sebak dada mu sebak hati kami

kau umpama pelita tua
masih menyala menerangi semua
usia tuamu penuh khidmat dan jasa
mana mudah dilupa saja

kini kau terlantar lagi
berjuang sendiri tanpa henti
kesetiaanmu harus dicontohi
bukankah kau yang mempelopori

kau umpama pelita tua
perjuanganmu untuk semua
penyuloh jalan kami segala
mengisi hidup ruang negara

dengan teladan penuh yakin
menjadi pemangkin tulen
peka pada si miskin
yang sukar kini dah mungkin

dulu kau dipuji tanpa henti
sekelip mata ramai yang menyepi
kini kau terlantar lagi
mungkin ramai yang ingin mendekati

dalam diam ramai tak berdiam diri
mengikut jejak mu setiap hari
sebak dada mu sebak hati kami
menanti kembali mu ke pangkuan kami

demi negara demi bakti
kami iringi doa setulus hati
kami mohon restu ilahi
agar kau terus bersama kami

ahmad a talib
430pagi
3 sept '07

hope the author above don't mind for reposting his sajak here..

Doa Buat Seorang Bapa

Oleh Datuk A. Kadir Jasin

USIAMU serupa usia bapaku
Engkau dan dia pernah sekutu
Berjuang atas nama ibunda
Demi agama, bangsa dan negara
Tapi di situ persamaan terhenti
Kerana engkau Mantan Perdana Menteri
Yang memacu negara ke mercu tinggi
Sedang bapaku kekal seorang petani.

Kini engkau dan dia sama-sama tua
Sudah uzur dimakan usia
Namun jiwamu dan jiwanya
Tetap seperti dahulu juga
Padat sarat dengan perjuangan
Jitu padu dengan kesedaran
Bahawa padanya tiada sisa
Selagi jasad dan nyawa bersama.

Mindamu dan mindanya
Sentiasa segar terus muda
Tidak reput dimakan usia
Tidak patah diuji pancaroba
Tidak tawar dicaci nista
Hatta oleh anak-anak didikmu sendiri
Yang gila kuasa dan lupa diri
Yang tiada lagi budi dan pekerti.

Maka wahai bapa-bapaku
Ketika engkau terlantar
Hati kecilmu gementar
Dengarkanlah ikrar kami
Anak menyambung generasi.

Bahawa legasimu tidak akan mati
Kami tidak akan biarkan itu terjadi
Kerana antara kami
Anak-anak generasi pengganti
Masih ada yang belum diracun korupsi
Yang belum lupa erti jasa dan budi
Yang jiwa merdekanya terus membara
Atas nama agama, bangsa dan negara.

Wahai bapa-bapa pejuang merdeka
Doa kami buatmu semua
Tuhan jaga kamu dalam dakapannya
Dipanjangkan usia
Segar jasad dan minda
Kerana engkaulah pelita
Pujangga dan pendeta
Pemimpin sepanjang usia.

Surviving the Knife

Syukur Alhamdulillah!
Sujud kepada Allah yang Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Penyayang masih sudi mengabulkan doa hamba2Nya.

Got a call at 3PM this afternoon that Tun's operation was successful and he was off to the ICU for the next critical 48-hrs. Tun is a true fighter, so we are vigilant that he will come out post-operative with flying colors, insyaAllah.

A huge THANKS to the team of surgeons, doctors, nurses, attendants and those involved in taking care of Tun at IJN who are mostly locals except for Dr Hartzell Schaff of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.. my kampung actually.

Here's more info on Tun's conditions:

MEDIA STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Institut Jantung Negara, 4 September... YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad has successfully undergone coronary bypass surgery at the Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) today.

Currently Tun Dr Mahathir is warded at the Intensive Care Unit of the IJN where his condition will be observed for the next few days as is routine in post-bypass surgery. The next 48-hours is the crucial period in his post operative care and hence he will be under close observation in Intensive Care Unit by a team of doctors and nurses. Overnight, he will be fully sedated.

Earlier, Tun Dr Mahathir was taken into the Operation Theatre Complex at 8.45am where immediate family members were allowed to see him before he was brought into the Operating Theatre. The operation commenced at 9.40am and was completed at 3.05pm. He was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at 3.30pm.

Doctors are happy that the procedure progressed as anticipated and his vital parameters thus far are stable.

Tun Dr Mahathir was operated on by a panel of surgeons led by Tan Sri Dr Yahya Awang. The other members of the surgical team are Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery of the Mayo Clinic, Prof Dr Hartzell Schaff, Dato Dr Rozali Wathooth, Dato Dr Azhari Yakub, Dato Dr Venugopal Balchand and Dr Mohamed Ezani Mohd Taib.

The anaesthetic team led by Dato Dr Mohd Hassan Mohd Ariff included Dr Sharifah Suraya Syed Tahir, Dato Dr Syed Abdul Aziz Syed Zain and Dr Nor Azlina Abdul Jalil.

The panel of doctors is headed by IJN’s Medical Director, YBhg Dato Seri Dr. Robaayah Zambahari and includes consultant nephrologists Dato Dr Zaki Morad Mohd Zaher, Dr Ghazali Ahmad and consultant gastroenterologist, Dr S Ganeshanathan.

Tun Dr Mahathir had been admitted to Institut Jantung Negara on Sunday for the elective coronary bypass surgery.

IJN will continue to issue updates as and when there is significant change in Tun Dr Mahathir’s condition. Doctors have also advised against Tun Dr Mahathir receiving visitors apart from immediate family members.

For media enquiries please contact Sufi Yusoff

Buat Tun

I was driving from KL to Ganu early this misty morning. Passing the Pahang Banjaran Titiwangsa.. this Sudirman's song from Pahang FM.. . bringing tears to my eyes..

Warisan

Disini lahirnya sebuah cinta
Yang murni abadi sejati
Disini tersemai cita cita
Bercambah menjadi warisan

Andai ku terbuang tak diterima
Andai aku disingkirkan
Kemana harusku bawakan
Kemana harusku semaikan cinta ini

Betapa
Dibumi ini ku melangkah
Keutara selatan timur dan barat
Ku jejaki

Aku
Bukanlah seorang perwira
Gagah menjunjung senjata
Namun hati rela berjuang
Walau dengan cara sendiri
Demi cinta ini

Ku ingin kotakan seribu janji
Sepanjang kedewasaan ini
Ku ingin sampaikan pesanan
Aku lah penyambung warisan

immediately after this song.. was this Adibah Noor's song..

Terlalu Istimewa

Ku tak tergambar wajahmu
Sinar mata itu
Lirik senyumanmu
Pesona yang membelai
Wajahmu bercahaya
Memberi bahagia
Tiap yang memandang
Hati jadi salju

Kau terlalu istimewa
Kasih dan sayangmu terpancar
Seikhlas tiada batasan
Terus membara
Terkilan rasa jiwa
Ingin ku lihat mu dewasa
Apa daya
Tuhan lebih menyayangimu

Ku pasti kau berbahagia
Duduk di sampingnya
Mendengar cerita
Sekadar rahsia

Tak tertanggung rindu…
Mendengar suaramu…
Tawa mengusik jiwa…
Oh…

wah.. that really burst the dam.. and was crying all the way in my TD4 at 170km/hr..
knowing someone we love at that VERY moment tengah bertarung nyawa.. dejavu of my time w my late father at HKL.. my late father survived the operation, but not the ICU post-operation phase..which with any major operation is the most critical.

I hope God will still give us the ungrateful lot.. a second chance to show our gratefulness and love to this beloved Statesman of ours..

Dear God, please give us a second chance. Amin.

Updates on Tun's Operation Tuesday September 4th

From:

http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Update on Dad

UPDATE 12.54pm: Not much to update really. Just wanted to thank everyone for their kind wishes. Also wanted to request that those of you in KL please do not try and come to IJN to visit. Nobody will be allowed to visit Dad, doctors' orders. And we'd like to give my Mum a break too because she's tired. And so are we too actually. So thanks for the good intentions but please do stay away for the moment.

ORIGINAL POST:
Hi folks! Well he was wheeled into the OT at about 9am so now we're just sitting around waiting. Should take about 4 hours or so. But he was fine, calm and relaxed before he went in and we all got to give him big hugs.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Dad Goes in for Surgery

Dear folks, as you must have read by now, my Dad will undergo another bypass operation tomorrow. His first one was in January 1989 so it's been 18 years since his last one which is really good going. The operation tomorrow will be performed by the same team that performed the first bypass led by Tan Sri Yahya Awang and Datuk Dr Razali Watooth. Additionally they will also have the expert hands of Dr Hartzell Schaff, Chief Cardiac Surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in the US. Dr Schaff has operated several times with Tan Sri Yahya at IJN before.

In December 2005, my Dad had a check-up by the IJN team led by Datuk Seri Dr Robaayah Zambahari and the decision then was that he did not need surgery again. However after three episodes in fairly quick succession since, this decision was relooked at. Hence two weeks ago, he went in for some tests and an angiogram to determine the next course of action after which this decision to redo the bypass was made. At 82 he is probably the oldest person to have a redo in Malaysia although Dr Schaff has done plenty in the US. But as Rocky says, he's tough so God willing, all will be fine.

I am going to be holed up at IJN for next 24 hours or so and may not have access to the Internet so please forgive me if I can't update you very often. But any prayers sent our way will be very much appreciated.

(Pic shows my Mum, Dad and my daughter ShaSha at IJN yesterday, Sunday Sept 2 2007)

Thank you.

Posted by MarinaM at 9:56 AM 97 comments

Solat Hajat Buat Tun yang dikasihi

Tun Dr Mahathir is scheduled to undergo a heart by-pass operations at the Institiut Jantung Negara (IJN), Kuala Lumpur tomorrow Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. A special Solat Hajat prayers will be held tonight September 3rd, 2007 after the Isya prayers at the Masjid Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur to pray for a successful operation.

We pray for our beloved Tun's health and a successful operation.

May Allah grants our prayers.

Amin.