When Will I See You Again?

when will I see you again
after the rain clear up the drain
after the sun dries the wet lane

when will I see you again
to see the smile in your face
to hear your soulful voice
and to let you caress
my heartache away

here i am
waiting for you
by the side of this cherry lane
and always keep pondering
when will I see you again.

Hmmm..I wrote this poem myself. Poem always remind me to baba, mama's husband. I once saw baba's poem about cloud. He wrote that poem when mama sent him an email, saying the kids miss him at home. . In fact, that's one of the reasons why mama falls in love with baba back in the old days - his poems.

Baba pursued mama when they were in Form 6 in Sek. Men. Jalan Cochrane. Later on mama got offer to further study in Iowa while at the time, baba was in ITM doing his diploma. Fearing that mama would fall to another guy, baba took up a loan and flew to Ohio. He thought Ohio is very close to Iowa. Apparently, his guess is totally wrong!

During that time, there is no email like nowadays. Al Gore hasn't come up with idea just yet (it was only discovered in the mid 80s for the ARPANET technology). So baba wrote to mama mostly in English because baba is very good at English writing. He could coin any weird English word for mama and mama had to look up in the dictionary just to find its meaning. And one day, mama got sick. Seriously ill and Tok requested her to come back to M'sia.

While she was recuperating at home, Tok asked mama if she is seeing anybody at the time. If she didn't, Tok wanted mama to wed one of his friends' son. Feeling anxious, mama decided to call baba in Ohio, US, all the way from M'sia. She asked baba, "It's okay if you say no because I can take such answer...". Something like that. And to no surprise, baba said yes to mama.

So mama got married to baba at the age 23. Both of them were 23 when they married. A year later, both of them obtained Master; baba obtained his Master in Banking and mama obtained her Master in TESL (previously did her degree in Linguistic in Iowa University).