“The only good is knowledge; the only evil is ignorance.”- Socrates

If Only I Could Turn Back Time

It’s 5am. I couldn’t sleep after some mental torture, gasping to meet datelines deadlines. I have meeting at 8am, I might as well stay up and blog.

I was tagged by AyUmi (again). I figured I should repay her before I forget. Anyway, the tag is, if I could turn back time, where will I be?

NoktahHitam 18 months old Back to 18 months old.

I had much fun back then. Mom would come back from work with a new set of jigsaw puzzle and a pack of Apollo snacks.

I had no worries. I had no dream. I had nothing to think about. I was stress-free.

I only sleep, eat, play and chase cockroaches crawling under that antic looking furniture. I remembered mom pulling them out of my hands.

Mom cleaned my craps, changed my diapers, rubbed my sore tummy, patted me to sleep, bought me toys, made my milks, taught me to listen, speak, walk, think, and most of all, loved me unconditionally.

Dad, well he isn’t home much. I remembered him pinching me when I cried after a hard fall from the couch. Yeah, dad taught me, ‘it’s a cruel world out there, so shut up’ since birth. Although he never made it verbally, I’m sure he loves me too.

This post isn’t much about myself, it’s a tribute to parents. Love them while they’re still around. Mom and dad, thank you for being patient. I’ll make you proud, more than you did to me. I love you both.

As usual, I’d like to tag my nemesis, AisyahRozi, Life4Hire, Callister, KNizam and Nono.

ps: I actually want to write about my upbringing, but half way through, I reckon I owe this to my parents. Hence the above.

pss: Considering a superbike, 500 - 750 cc. Wasting money? I’m not getting married anytime soon, so WTH.

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paes wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 8:01 am

Seriously?
you could remember how it was when you’re 18 months old? the earliest thing I recalled back then was when I was 4 years old..

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 8:25 am

Yes I do. I even remembered my first attempt to walk.

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|1f34|-|1r3 replied on
June 13, 2008 at 11:23 am

wah..super genius !!! :neutral:
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arejae replied on
June 14, 2008 at 9:13 am

err..mmg super genius nie. :grin:

betul tuh eddie,love our parent while they’re still around.bagi yang sudah tiada,sedekahkan al-fatihah selalu buat mereka tanda kasih sayang kita. (al-fatihah to my dad :cry: )

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fuxane replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:04 pm

same goes here.
i recalled my first childhood time when I was 4..

i realize my full name was A..F.. when I was in standard one. am i consider lembab? :P

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:32 pm

its ok, I spelled my name as Edmin, when it’s suppose to be Edwin. I was 4 that time :smile:

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buzzybug wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 8:32 am

zaman kanak2 mmg best… no worries at all… being an adult is … :???:
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AyUmi wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 9:58 am

i dah tag nono la dear. dia pun dah jawab. btw, ingatan u sungguh kuat. the only thing i ingat masa 18 months, err.. nothing. hahaha. maybe berkelakuan nakal dan menyusahkan my mum la kot. hahaha.. ( i guess sampai sekarang pun i nakal hihi)

thanks sebab jawab my tag.

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 12:30 pm

tak aci! I nak tag jugak! :smile:

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AyUmi replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:29 pm

iye.iye. tag la jugak bersama-sama :wink:
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teddY wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 11:23 am

Wow NH you definitely have superb memory! The earliest memories I have in my life was when I was about two and a half, when I woke up in the middle of the night and walked to the toilet instead of using that little potty mom conveniently placed beside my bed. Mom woke up and she was screaming in joy that I finally know how to use a toilet. But it was pretty dangerous too because I was too short to reach the switches, so I entered a pitch-dark toilet, risking a nasty fall :shock:

Then I can remember biting on an oral ulcer on the way to kindergarten when I was four, I cried all the way :cry: a few weeks after that, I remembered attending my aunt’s graduation ceremony at UM. I passed her a flower (but I couldn’t remember what flower it was) and she cried!

Speaking of parental love, what sets it apart from any other kind of affection is that it is unconditional :smile:
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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:41 pm

2 years old. I still sleep with diapers. Safer :D
Ulcer? Ouch! I remembered I had to take a blood sample when I was 4. I hated it since then.

Teddy,”Air dicincang tidak akan putus”. Family ties never break.

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teddY replied on
June 13, 2008 at 11:45 pm

I hate blood samples being taken from me! I’m not afraid of needles, but the sight of blood squirting into the tube (because of blood pressure) makes me queasy :eek:

There’s a Chinese saying for the kinship thing - “blood is more viscous than water”.

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|1f34|-|1r3 wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 11:26 am

by the way bro..gambar ko tuh super klasik la…zaman2 koleq dulu aku rasa pernah tgk gambar tuh…or somewhere la…

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 11:53 am

tade. aku tak pernah bawak gambar tu ke koleq. Plus sekarang ni satu album baby aku ade kt ex aku. Aku mintak, tp die tanak jawab phone. Perangai…

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MK wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 12:18 pm

ala tomeynye tiut tiut

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:33 pm

mase baby, ramai yg ‘tomey’. Tp ko tetap maintain ‘tiut’ walaupun awal 20-an

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callister wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 12:27 pm

hehe.comel sungguh eddie pakai topi esso. tp appollo smpai skang ada kan. ape makanan ms kecik2 dulu ada tp skang xda.. tora ada lg x? koko jelly ada lg kan?

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:34 pm

chickadess. Dah pernah hilang sekejap. tp direvivekan balik

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Najib Hassan wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 12:52 pm

:razz: sokong sangat yang second wish tu..dptkan superbike.. bro..best tu..leh stress free bawak lelaju :razz:

mak haih…hawatt chomel sangat gambar masa kecik tu :lol:

ps: esso cap tu ditaja ke? heheehe

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:34 pm

My dad was in Esso mase tu.

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Najib Hassan replied on
June 14, 2008 at 2:33 pm

uih…patut la cap brand esso tu..rare cap :cool:
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M-I-N wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 1:02 pm

one thing came into my mind bile tgk tajuk post ni.aqua’s song :smile: cutenye mr e mase kocik² dulu.Apollo snack always have n always been among my favourite snack.bring back old memories.”If i could trurn back time,where will i be?”only 1 day;26th feb 1998. :sad:

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:35 pm

ironically thats what popped into my mind when AyUmi posted it :arrow:

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M-I-N replied on
June 14, 2008 at 12:48 am

what brand of s/bike?honda?kawasaki?naza?esso better than petronas ek?any reason y?

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nono wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 1:18 pm

alahai.. comelnya budah kecik itu.. :lol: haha.. well eddie, saya sudah buat tag ini.. :kiss:

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:35 pm

buat sekali lagi! tak kire, nak jugak

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bongkersz wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 2:10 pm

buat iklan esso ke that little kid? :D

i barely remember what i did what i was a kid. okay i guess, i grew up to be a normal person :P cukup kasih sayang lah..

yeah dude, go and get the superbike. just, be careful on the road :arrow:

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Hahaha. Esso fuel lagi better dari Petronas. Proven and Endorsed by NH

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karthik wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Cute post man.

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:38 pm

thanks man

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melbie wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 3:19 pm

oh sungguh comel! skarang masih comel kah? wihihihii

superbike? Go for it, but be super careful on the road… ramai driver gila-gila di malaysia ni :roll:
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NoktahHitam replied on
June 13, 2008 at 4:38 pm

“beauty stands in the eye of the beholder”

comel or not, I want a kid who looks like that. So I can kick him around.

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melbie replied on
June 14, 2008 at 5:09 pm

hui… geram with your own baby photo till you want a kid who looks like that? Just so you can kick him around some more??? Alalala…. jahat! hahha

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melbie replied on
June 14, 2008 at 5:10 pm

You ask bongkersz the same question, and he won’t say that sentence you quoted… he’d definitely say he’s cute or handsome or whatever lah… hahhaha

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bongkersz replied on
June 15, 2008 at 11:57 pm

yes.. i am definitely cuter. a narcissist never look down on himself. hail the narcissist! :D

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 16, 2008 at 2:57 am

Hail Bong~

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suituapui wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 9:45 pm

You had Apollo snacks! Gee! You’re very very young!!! I can only remember going to the hospital at around 4 years old to get my tonsils removed…and I cried and cried and the Mat Salleh matron (colonial days) smacked me!!! F***KING B***H!!!! Hahahahahaha!!!!

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Aisyah wrote on
June 13, 2008 at 9:54 pm

that was u? oh sgt, sgt, SGT lah comel. hehe.

adoi~kena tag. terima kasih ye eddie :cry:
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Aisyah replied on
June 13, 2008 at 9:59 pm

BTW, Aida pun suka jigsaw puzzle. hahah

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 14, 2008 at 2:23 am

I played jigsaw from 18 months to 36 months. Then got bored :arrow:

sgt comel? I’ll make sure I’ll make babies like that. Any volunteer? Hahaha

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saffa replied on
June 14, 2008 at 9:00 pm

whoopz! Make babies.. Volunteer? Gulp..
definitely not with me.. haha..

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ika wrote on
June 14, 2008 at 2:00 am

zaman kanak2 memang tak stress.. happy je.. hurmm.. nak jadik kanak2 semula :sad:
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ika replied on
June 14, 2008 at 2:02 am

you are so cute hehe :smile: cute boy
sekarang ni kiut lg ke? :grin:
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NoktahHitam replied on
June 14, 2008 at 6:12 am

tak.

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ika wrote on
June 14, 2008 at 9:09 am

:twisted:
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aisha wrote on
June 14, 2008 at 1:44 pm

nice pic u got urselve there…
damn i miss my childhood days :cry:
no responsibilities, no worries, no homeworks…
nothing to think about except playing,eating and sleeping…
LOL :grin:
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Mira wrote on
June 15, 2008 at 10:33 am

Comel2!! :smile:
Chasing cockroaches? Erk. :shock:

Kadang2 memang rasa macam nak ke zaman kanak2 balik je. Dah besar ni asyik stresssssss je. Dah keja nanti, lagi la. Ouch.

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cik simpankira wrote on
June 16, 2008 at 7:53 am

haha…ko ke ni??
sama ke muka dgn skang??

jap…jap…aku kena igt balik camne muka ko…

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t.a.t.a replied on
June 16, 2008 at 9:00 am

Ehh cik simpankira pernah jumpa NH ke?

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 16, 2008 at 6:36 pm

tak.. ni bukan muke aku. ni muke anak aku.

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cik simpankira replied on
June 17, 2008 at 8:00 am

wakakakaka..
muka anak ko?
acuan sama la ni??

NH, mata, mulut kau masih sama hingga ke tua..

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cik simpankira wrote on
June 16, 2008 at 10:06 am

Penah.. aku ni cikgu NH dulu..

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 24, 2008 at 7:21 pm

Seingt aku, yg ajar aku KH mase form 1 ialah cikgu lelaki. dan semua cikgu KH aku lelaki. Aku pon tak pernah plak ade module buat accounting.. camne tu cik SIMPANGkire?

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cik simpankira replied on
June 25, 2008 at 8:26 am

cikgu tadika la…
ko tak ingat ni….

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rippa87 wrote on
June 24, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Ah~comel..xpe,semua orang comel mase kecik-kecik,tmasukla saye..

superbike ka?try Kawasaki ER6N or ER6F, dua2 650cc. Ade CKD version of ER6N baru launch kat malaysia bulan ni, ~RM30k OTR..

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 24, 2008 at 7:20 pm

ER6N dah tgk, tp die jenis NAKED bike and torque die sgt menakutkanlah. Although I have B full license, takut gak bawak motor besar ni. Kalau tergolek, haisshhh… lucah tu! Sumorang tgk je sambil ketawe kecil

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rippa87 replied on
June 24, 2008 at 7:54 pm

Sayangnye xde ER6F versi CKD lagi. Tu ade fairing sume dah, tapi dapat review kurang best sebab gune plastik murah ntuk fairing die.

Xpun brader NH beli la Ninja 250R 2008 (CKD gak), walopon kecik, die kecik2 cili padi. Dapat review yang sgt bagos. Bike pilihan saye lepas abes intern di AMD.

Murah (RM21k OTR), bergaya (fairing baru), and powerful (dlm kelas die sindri).

ps: nak gune ntuk commute gi bandar ngan gi kuliah je pon.

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 24, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Also dah tgk Ninja 250R. I have to say I fell in love. Sadly, the shop was closing, I didn’t have time to test drive (or test ride) the bike.

I think I’ll opt for something between 250cc to 650cc. 550 would be just nice. Cagiva Mito or Naza Blade. Something with less maintenance would be justifiable.

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rippa87 replied on
June 25, 2008 at 9:02 am

yes2,true! she’s a beauty! don’t worry, you’ll have your chance later. emm, mito is nice…

ps: kalu tringin bike kamen rider, bli Honda CBR1000RR..tp tu da 1000cc..

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