ok, was supposed to blog abt this in the KL entry.
well it's never too late and it still stays vividly in my head.

so on the 2nd and final night, already tucked in bed,
watched a telemovie titled 'Ihsan' on TV3 if i'm not mistaken.
It has a similar plot as 'Si Tanggang',
except the ending.

well, this guy (played by actor Zamarul Hisham), son of a poor and uneducated kampong couple,
got married to a beauty who came from a wealthy city family of respectable repute.
she didnt know of her hubby's family background as that jack.s told her that he's anak yatim piatu and lived sebatang kara.
dont know how they met (didnt watched from the start) but that jack.s worked for his father-in-law.

so one day, his mum came all the way from her kampong to visit her son at his KL mansion after hearing no news from him since he got married, 5years ago.
she cooked and brought him his fav dishes, that are packed in tiffin aka mangkok tingkat.
but, as u may have figured, the ungrateful jack.s unwelcomed and scolded his mum for the visit and repeatedly yelled at her to leave right away before his wife sees them.
mum cried, begged him to accept the fd.
he pushed mum when she refused to leave, she fell, cried even louder, tiffin broke opened, fd threwn out.
mum dragged herself to where the tiffin has rolled to, picked the rice up and placed it back into the tiffin.
seeing her wasting even more time by doing that, he kicked the tiffin, pulled her up and dragged her into the taxi that's still waiting.
again, mum refused, so he grabbed her by the head and pushed her down and into the taxi, hurriedly slammed the door and demanded the driver to speed off.

jack.s struggled with his work, company suffering losses and anyhow fired employees when he was deservingly down with immense stress.
wife tried to comfort and calm him down at home but was rewarded with shoutings of blame when she asked where has his money gone to.
he raged, "awak maseh ade hati nak tanye mane duit saye pegi? eh, awak tak sedar ke selama awak jadi bini saye, saye habiskan duit saye sume kat awak bila awak nak beli tu beli ni, pegi sane pegi sini.....!!!!!"
wife fumed, "awak yang tanak saye bayar pakai credit card saye. awak ckp saye dah byk tolong awak dan tiba mase utk awak membalas jasa papa saye.....habis akrg awak nak salahkan saye pulak?!"

life turned to the worst for him, he lost his sanity, roamed around city talking to himself etc etc, and somehow, wifey found out abt his lies and ill-treatments toward his mum.
she left him and he went to look for his parents but neighbours informed that they have long left.
he turned suicidal and tried to jump down from a building but a voice somewhere told him not to, that by doing that, he will be committing a huge sin.
and so, he got down.

back at kampong, mum is on the verge of facing death, visitors reciting Surah Yassiin.
when asked, dad said he tried looking for his son but to no avail.
then somehow, jack.s came back with the help of several outsiders, but it's ever too late.
mum has died, dad didnt even looked at him.
he went in but shouted to everyone that that wasnt his mum.
"eh!!! korg berhenti baca2 tu sume eh. ni bkn mak aku laaa. mak aku kan keluar pegi kedai. korg pegi balek...BALEK!"
then he dashed out, tears, mucus, saliva all over his face.
the outsiders went after him, only to find him flat and unconscious on his front on rocks near a river, blood all over.

jack.s was brought back and laid down beside body of mum.
he was also on the verge of death but when asked to mengucap, he cldnt.
then suddenly sat upright, veins all abt to burst, face swollen and blue.
few seconds later, died with his eyes wide opened.

the tukang mandikan mayat (TMM) had difficulty cleansing jack.s's body when performing the 'mandi jenazah' ritual.
and soap-like substance and blood leaked out from his mouth, nose, ears and eyes,
stench forced the TMM and helpers to vomit.

thereafter, relatives left with mum's jenazah to be buried at the cemetary.
on the other hand, relatives had trouble lifting up jack.s's jenazah as it was too damn heavy and they were all panting hard.
since it still had to be carried on, the jenazah was being carried lopsidedly by the relatives who are hanging on to dear life.

at the cemetary, mum's body has been successfully buried, relatives waiting for the 2nd jenazah to arrive, dad following behind.
so the helpers dug a hole, but cldnt get the body in.
after 3 times, enlarging the hole, still to no avail.
then an imam went to the father and advised him to forgive his son.
initially he refused strongly but after being told that "sedangkan Nabi ampunkan ummatnye, inikan kite manusia", he forgave.
and instantaneously, the body managed to be carried into the grave.

then came the wife, running and crying, stopping them from burying the body.
she instructed the helpers to let her see his face.
and when opened, the cameraman zoomed to show the face that no longer looked like one,
maggots and whatnots crawled all over, feeding on the flesh.
everyone felt nauseous, covering their nose and mouth and trying hard not to puke, at the foul smell.
by then, wife had fainted.

subhanallah.....
masya'Allah.....

i swear my cheeks were wet and thick mucus tried to seep into my mouth while watching those happenings.

and Zamarul Hisham is a gd actor. He acted and brought his character out so well.

there are several lessons that could be learnt from this story but the main message is......

jangan sesekali menyakiti hati org tuamu.
hormatilah mereka dan sentiasa meminta ampun atas kesalahan atau dosa-dosamu terhadap mereka.
bahagiakanlah mereka, terutama sekali ibumu yang telah melahirkan kamu dan mengorbankan segala-galanya untuk membesarkan kamu.
SYURGA ITU TERLETAK DI TELAPAK KAKI IBU.