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Tulip Che Lah (12) Interview 2004

This is a questionnaire that my eldest daughter used to interview her grandmother/my mother at my home in Kg Chicha, Kelantan on 1 June 2004, i.e., 4 days before my mother died.



You are ...

Tulip Che Lah

Today will go down in history. Mark it.

1.6.04    

What is the event that made you do this 'paperwork'?

Dropping by at Chica for a visit.  


1. Describe yourself first thing in the morning.

I'm alive for another day. Shukor Alhamdulillah.


2. What do you never leave home without?

my purse


3. What do irresistible men/women have that the rest don't?

Men their physic


4. What do you do when you see someone you really, really fancy?

Go up to meet the person.


5. Any example of a pantun? Sajak? Syair? Poem?

I saw a ship a-sailing
A-sailing on the sea
And Oh! it was all laden
With pretty things for me.


6. What drives you crazy?

Noise


7. When the world seems to turn its back on me, this is where I run and hide.

My bedroom.


8. Name your most irritating habit.

Answering people with "Is it?"


9. Complete this sentence: When I'm old and 80, I'll be ...

sad and lonely


10. What would you like more of: brains or looks?

brains


11. What do you do to keep your feet on the ground?

being sane


12. What motto do you live by?

Help others if you want to live happily.


13. Name your most interesting asset.

my good nature


14. The most adventurous thing you've done ...

climbed Ben Nevis in England


15. Complete this sentence: When nobody's looking, I ...

I steal a look in the mirror


16. If you could be any person for a day, who would you be and why?

my grandmother. She's a foreigner and pretty.


17. Name one thing you can't say no to?

chocolates


18. Complete this sentence: Parents make the ...

best of loving us


19. Draw a marking that means 'you'.

The world around me.


20. Is there an ayat in the Quran that you would like me to take note?

Ayat Kursy ayat 255 Surah Al-Bakarah.

This is the meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah Ayat 255, which is also referred to as Ayat Kursi. It is the second Surah in the Quran. Reproduced from Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement:
http://www.cmje.org/religious-texts/quran/verses/002-qmt.php

002.255
YUSUF ALI: Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory). 



PICKTHAL: Allah! There is no deity save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth with Him save by His leave? He knoweth that which is in front of them and that which is behind them, while they encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He will. His throne includeth the heavens and the earth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime, the Tremendous. 


SHAKIR: Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend anything out of His knowledge except what He pleases, His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.

21. What's your line?

Apa khabar? Mmm ... nenek sayang!


22. What languages are you interested in?

Chinese


23. Chinese chess or conventional chess?

conventional chess


24. Name any place in our galaxy that you would like to go to.

The moon.


25. Is there anything you would like me to know?

That I love you.


26. Draw yourself doing something that makes you happy.

knitting


Terima Kasih

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