Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Family Majmuk

Why aku balik every year celebrating Chinese New Year? Because we are from the Tan's family. hehe!

Ni citer pasal family belah mama. My mom is a chinese. Tapi cina kelate, so, lebih kepada gaya hidup orang melayu la. Datuk n nenek (Akong and ama) still hidup lagi. Tak tau la berapa umur diorang yang sebenarnya. Both my parents come from a large family. My ayah ada 9 + 1 adik beradik (campur yang tiri2 semua sekali) and my mum ada 11 beradik. Ramai kan? hehe! Sebab tu everytime CNY meriah. Sebab most of my aunties and uncles lik raya kat kelate. Why? Coz ramai yang kawin campur. Tapi ramai2 adik beradik mama, hanya 3 lelaki. 2 kembar and sorang lagi my uncle yang bongsu. The youngest tu tua setahun jer dari aku, meaning dia ada 2 orang anak sedara lagi tua dari dia. hehe! uncle kecik (aku-sey).

The eldest is my auntie yang duduk kat bangsar, auntie-gek @ auntie Jok Bee. Married to a bachok chinese guy tapi cool jer with 4 kids. My uncle was with DBKL as a Timbalan Ketua Pengarah for quite sometime until pencen and now jadik cam advisor gitu still untuk DBKL. Autie Jok Bee is a retired teacher, mengajar Bahasa Malaysia. Terer kan? Actually semua adik-beradik mama terer cakap melayu / kelate without pelat2.
Then Auntie Chu Eng, a teacher, married to Uncle Barjan Singh, also a teacher. U definetely know his race from his name, right? They are blessed with two children.
Auntie Chu Pan, the 3rd in the family, also a retired teacher, married to Uncle Sarjit Singh. Bukan sarjit Singh Hullon RTM tu ye. Hehe! They got 3 children to complete their life.
Next is my mama, married to my ayah (of course la, kan). The only one in the family married to a Muslim. 5 kids in the house (including me of course).
Then Auntie Chu Lan @ Auntie Lok, one of the manager kat Koperasi Malaysia, now attached to Ipoh Branch. Married to Uncle Seva, a nice Indian man, blessed with a kid.
Auntie Jok Chin, a teacher in Kelate, married with a local Chinese man (sorry Uncle, forgot ur name la...), with 4 kids in the house.
Another daughter is Auntie Jok Hong, cikgu jugak, married to a Siamese guy, also a teacher (ni pun lupa lak nama. Will post it once I remember his name). 3 anak.
Auntie Chu San, kawin ngan Uncle Edward from Sri Lanka kalu tak silap. 2 anak.
Pastu dapat la the twin brothers, Uncle E-pek and Uncle E-or. Both married to Siamese ladies. Uncle E-pek kawin ngan Auntie Alex, 2 anak while Uncle E-or with Auntie (pun lupa nama), 3 anak.
Pastu Auntie Chu Kian, an event management exec / suri rumah tangga. Kawin ngan Uncle Steven from Seremban, 1 son and another 1 on the way. She's pregnant at this moment.
Auntie yang bongsu is Auntie Chu Zen. Still single. A very active person. She is a teacher with Masters in Sports Science rasanya. Auntie, bila nak kawin ni? Kawin ngan mat salleh la pulak yer?
Lastly Uncle Eu Sin, graduated from University of Coventry, same year as myself. Once married but now divorced oredi. At the moment he is seeing a lady I think from KL kot.

Bila kitorang berkumpul, bahasa pengantar is kelate and English. Memang kalau orang lain tengok, sure kagum sebab pelbagai bangsa ada. Lum tengok rupa sepupu2 aku, pelbagai rupa. Maklumlah, campur2 semuanya. Hehe!
My grandparents pernah menang award Parents of The Year anjuran NST rasanya dalam tahun 1998 or 1999 rasanya. Glamer kejap. KuiKui! Atuk gua yang glamer.

Bila ambik gambar masa aku kawin dulu, kena wat dua sessi. sebab ramai sangat belah mama. Sib baik pelamin tak runtuh.Selalunya zaman aku bujang2 dulu, rumah auntie kat bangsar tu selalu jadi tempat lepak. Weekend jer sure penuh rumah tu with my aunties and uncles and cousins, including myself and my sister. hehe! Sesapa family yang datang kl, mesti tidur kat Bangsar. Sib baik la rumah tu besar.

Ni kalu wat family tree sure besar nye tree nih. Sebab ramai. Nanti aku carik gambar kalu ada and post kat sini.

Till, then, tarra.

7 comments:

tee said...

ghamainya sanak sedare... mesti meriah gitu.. esp bila dok kupul ghamai2. memang bole dikategorikan masyarakat majmuk n harmoni gitu.. :)

pB said...

WOW
Mesti sronok bilo khu'pul raghma raghma...

Kalu buleh post gamba, lagi comel...

dlt said...

tee: memang majumuk la. cousin saya ada pelbagai rupa sebab pelbagai bangsa. kalu ngaku sepupu, orang mesti heran. hehe!

kak pb: gambar rasanya semo dok kb. nati balik kelate, sayo cari n post.

Anonymous said...

Oh-ho..bestnya family -padanlah beraya sakan (bukan ke you kena bagi angpow sbb dah kawin?). Actually, I pun orang suka kata 'macam Cina' apa! (heheh, taknak ngalah tu..) And kebetulan dlm The Star recently ada article abt org2 Cina di Kelate. Maka I berbesar hati bila baca ur entry...rad

pekan said...

dah beberapa kali bukak n3 nie, tapi tak pernah abis baca..
selalu n3 pendek2 jer.. kali nie panjang la pulak..
so, baru sempat menghabiskan pembacaan, dan nak komen..

waa... meriahnyer family tree..
seronok bila kumpul ramai2 kan..
sampai lupa nama2 aunty tu,nama sepupu2 lagi la tak hengat kalu cam nie..
hihihi..

dlt said...

pisces, tu la pasal. selalunya cover panggil uncle, auntie jer, tak sebut nama. takut kantoi. hehe!

chingoo blog said...

Keluarga yang unik. Dulu dengar masyarakat majemuk. Ada cina, melayu dan india. Ini famili majemuk. Boleh buat kajian baru dalam bidang baru. Bila kau orang berkumpul memang seronok dan boleh jadi banyak lawak dengan Melayunya, siam pula ada, tambah pula dengan Singh dan Sri lanka. Sepupu-pupu kalau berkumpul oh tentu menarik. Ini lah kita nanti-natikan muncul bangsa Malaysia. Kalau orang kata tak ada bangsa Malaysia lihat pada keluarga Tan dari Cekok To Cuba. Betl tak? Tahniah dan terima kasih kerana menambah ilmu pengetahuan keoada saya dan saya ucapkan Bahagia Sokmo kepada kelaurga majemuk daripada Kelantan.