Sunday, May 13, 2012

Batu belah batu bertangkup



I'm surprised about how people perceive this story... To me, it's not about a selfish mother. It's about how fragile our mothers are and how we forget to be considerate. I think we're so used to getting things from our mothers that we've become selfish ourselves. Lagipun ini kan cerita dongeng... And the point of it is to scare young children, threaten them that Mama's gonna run away to batu belah batu bertangkup if you've been bad. Like my mom did to me, lol.

Well I, for one, love this story. It's the first Malay folklore that anyone has every told me. And it reminds me to love my Mama when I forget to.

I love you, Ma. Always.
Happy mother's day, everyone!

5 comments:

  1. well..honestly,for me la..this stories is uber stupid & x ada pengajaran.ok,maybe ada la satu which is jangan derhaka cakap ibu.but then,is it wrong for a mother untuk beralah dengan anak ? gila kedekut mak dia x bagi anak makan psl anak lapar ? heh

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    1. this is what surprises me, how people perceive this story. kebanyakkan salahkan ibu dia. honestly for me, i figure it as bad script-writing. they wanted to portray the mum as widow who had to raise and support her two younger children who were selfish and inconsiderate. it's supposed to scare us kids la, and tell us even the tiniest "hmph" can upset our mothers, cause they've sacrificed so much. i mean, ibu dia tak la selfish sgt... she wanted to sell half of the egg to her kids kan... and still, even though she left her kids to fend for themselves, she gave them a path follow and last2 anak dia jd raja kan. which is unfair to me. anak derhaka jadi raja.

      I'm sorry, I'm a little bit of a feminist.

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    2. and secondly, it says nowhere in the quran that a mother must beralah dgn anak. dalam cerita ni pun mak dia byk kali beralah kan?

      what i find unfair most is that the sister yg kena handle the entire situation, her mom running away and her brother being a brat and only wanting this and that. and what happens? nothing... hohohoho part ni sangat2 tidak adil.

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  2. lol.
    so,that's ur thought la ? hehehe.good for u.
    my thought is different :p .dedua salah sbnrnya.psl telur pun merajuk ? lol
    well,the one yg open up my mind ckp "is it wrong for a mother untuk beralah dengan anak" was my mom actually.dia yg tetiba ckp "nonsense.aku yang mak kepada 4 org anak n hidup since 1950's pun takkan kedekut mcm mak tanggang tu.anak tu rezeki Allah."
    lol

    p/s : oh well,it's a classic MALAY stories.what do you expect ? bad writting,bad acting & etc2.. :p

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    1. all I know is... I'm so glad my mum didn't run away ahha cause she used to threatened me when I was younger AND I REALLY THOUGHT SHE'D RUN AWAY. but as I got older, whenever she runs away, it's usually to my aunt's house all the way in Ulu Langat and I wont see her for like... 3 days. and then when she comes back and we all hug her and ask her not to leave unexpectedly again.

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