Penakut

Earlier tonight I watched the movie Chermin with my family with the exception of my Dad. He was not around. Just last week I watched Jangan Pandang Belakang with my sister and niece. But we watched vcd lah.. tak ke cinema pun...

Yes, I am a fan of horror movies.. but the ones yang memang seram... tak kisah english, japanese, chinese, korean, indonesian or thai..... sekarang, malay horror movies dah improve a lot daripada dulu-dulu.. walaupun tak seseram korean or indonesian ones.. tapi still boleh membuatkan I terbayang-bayang hehehe... Jangan Pandang Belakang is much more scary than Chermin. But the plot, Chermin is much better.. Jangan Pandang Belakang's plot is too simple.. but the hantu, I tell you.. sangat memeranjatkan..

So.. how penakut are you? Me.. until my late twenties.. I was so daringly 'berani'.. setakat tengok movie hantu malam-malam is nothing... bukanlah cakap besar but.. that was fine with me.. and I watch it selambaly, tak ada tutup-tutup mata punya... but it was when I was 28 when I was staying in KL.. I went to watch this Korean movie The Wishing Stairs at the Sunway Piramid with my brother and his fiancee. I was staying in central KL. We watched the midnight show.. and.. when my brother sent me back.. well escorted me back actually.. we were driving separate cars... masa nak turun tu.. dia siap takutkan I.. he said masa I nak buka kunci rumah, the hantu in the movie will come ballet-dancing to me dari jauh and tiba-tiba dah ada depan mata..

Jahatnya! you know I was staying at this condominium, at level 28 pulak tu... and the movie punya scene was that of girls in dormitory.. so agak sama la macam condo.. ada alley and everything.. and from that moment I was not as brave as I was... that movie memang scary..

And now.. I am still okay with driving alone after midnight from KL-JB or vice versa.. bukanlah tak takut langsung.. ada area-area yang I tahu memang agak 'haunted' tetapi tawakkallah.. and baca ayat-ayat Al-Quran yang sepatutnya.. Insya Allah tiada apa-apa.. also, I do not mind at all staying alone at home for a few days...

BUT.. hohoho I will not watch horror movies after midnight lagi.. tak kisah di rumah atau di cinema.. mintak mahap... I did mention haritu I cuba-cuba nak buat 'stunt' tengok Jangan Pandang Belakang seorang diri in my room at 4 am something.. and belum lama pun I dah off the vcd hehehe... sorry la... kejap lagi nak turun ke dapur minum air siap la aku imaginasi lebih-lebihan..

bukan apa.. masa I tinggal sorang last few months.. memang something happened.. and i am positive itu memang gangguan atau dia nak test... tapi Alhamdulillah I tak begitu takut.. and i recite the appropriate Doa and I said.. I do not mind if we co-exist in the same house but I only seek protection in Allah.. so if I do not disturb you, please do not disturb me... that's what I said... Alhamdulillah now tak ada apa-apa lagi..

oh, and if I wanna check on my cats, I akan ke luar rumah even at 3 or 4 am jika dengar kucing bergaduh.. I tak sanggup biar my cats cedera dek kerana bergaduh.. but I will recite doa dulu.. termasuk doa dilindungkan daripada pandangan mata yang menyeramkan.. itu yang paling penting.. to me.. kalau dia ada dan tak kacau kita, dan kita tidak nampak, tidak mengapa.. tetapi kalau dia ada and visible, walaupun tak kacau.. hehehe kes berat tu...

my father was a state government officer.. so in the early days we had to move from one district to another kerana tugasnya itu.. so my life revolves around one old colonial house to another.. bila dah begitu ....faham-faham sahajalah rumah lama... so many things and so many stories...

but whatever it is, my parents adalah jenis yang tidak suka menakutkan anak.. so any stories from predecessors of a house tak akan sampai ke telinga kami semua.. they would only remind us not to forget our responsibilities to God and recite the appropriate Doa.. this way, Insya Allah payah nak diganggu.. melainkan jika Allah kehendaki.. siapa-siapa yang penakut tidak tentu fasal pasti akan kena marah kow-kow...

jadinya I ni tidaklah terlalu berani and bukanlah penakut sangat.. somewhere in between... apapun kita kena ingat sentiasa, bahawa manusia adalah sebaik-baik kejadian...

How about you? What is your rating between Berani and Penakut?