tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16715757434909515642011-12-09T07:49:32.111+08:00Ramblings of a dad..........Dad of 4+1http://www.blogger.com/profile/02416931054757991537noreply@blogger.comBlogger3431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671575743490951564.post-80644247374305560412010-08-02T08:05:00.003+08:002010-08-02T10:26:02.268+08:00

Khadijah fed me with this song when it first came out and have been listening to it ever since.....And I really liked it the first instance!Weekend was, as usual, hectic....Spent most of the time with, you guessed it right - kids. Saturday was a Swan Lake marathon with Hajar whilst Sunday was Incredibles' turn. Almost memorized the script to both. Yusof and Khadijah went to watch The Sorcerer's

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(picture : courtesy of Khadijah)I can heave a sigh of relief now that normalcy has crept back in to our lives . It's my first posting of the year..I haven't blogged about our not-so-new addition..Neither have I corrected the misrepresentation of this blog...These two were actually the main obstacles which have stopped me from continuing to diarize my account of our lives for posterity..So, the

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Another year has come to an end...."What have I achieved?" is indeed the routine question....I really have to sit down and make sure that my set goals are achieved next year.Anyway....here's wishing all of you out there "Salam Ma'al Hijrah" and may this new year be a better one in all aspects.We are closing the office early today to allow everyone to take their time to reflect and to join in the

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Am I back with a vengeance blogging? I really don't know...I have been putting off blogging as I need to do some housekeeping for this blog of mine...Currently it is really misleading and tweaking it is so time-consuming. Let's see whether I can keep the momentum going, time-permitting.I have 3 hours to kill while waiting for Khadijah sit for her MARA entrance exam at a quaint little place in

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Sempena Hari Raya Aidil Fitri yang mulia ini, saya sekeluarga, ingin mengucapkan ucapan SELAMAT HARI RAYA & MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN. Kepada anda yang akan memandu balik ke kampung masing-masing, pandulah dengan cermat dan selamat semoga selamat sampai ke destinasi anda, Insya Allah.In the mean time, stay focussed with your ibadah during, what's left of, the month of Ramadhan and we can only pray

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Khadijah turned 15 today. We had a small celebration last night after her iftar. We ordered pizzas and wifey baked her a carrot cake...My only advice to you dearest sweetie.....always remember Allah in whatever you do and insya Allah everything will be just fine and taken care of for you!And...don't grow too fast, dear baby!

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Khadijah's pieceKhadijah's piece too I now fully fathom what the hype is all about - Revenge of the Fallen! It was freaking awesome (to borrow the most over-used phrase by my kids). Dad was indeed awestruck despite some reviews that it lacked substance. Well I paid to be entertained and entertained I was. Comments from my kids :- Khadijah - " Josh Duhamel is hot"Yusof - .....stoic.....Ibraheem -

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Yusof has finally decided to save up his pocket money but for all the wrong reasons - to spend on things that he loves! His penchant for shoes is definitely driving him to earn the title "Mr Imelda"! He has been sharing with me of his newfound love "Macbeth" the past few months - not of the Shakespearean kind though, which I secretly hoped it was (err...I mean love for literature and not

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Yes....!! The constant nagging since a month ago will be laid to rest finally. I actually managed to secure an on line booking for ..yah...Tranformers : Revenge of the Fallen, T2 in short. Mmm all this talk about being sold out for the next week is utter rubbish. So all of us are going minus Hajar. It's Umar and Ibraheem who have been really looking forward to T2. Ironically, the movie is rated

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Let's just say that Khadijah and her team mates didn't get to, literally (well they were to present a disfigured pineapple to their opponent had they won the debate) and figuratively, mutilate a pineapple today. Her debate team lost to the state reigning champion team which school bears "pineapple" as part of its name. When I called her right after the debate, she was in high spirit, which for a

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Picture of an old armchair against a newly acquired 1950s display cabinet in our Ayer Baloi houseThis entry is actually inspired by my discovery of a 1970s advert below..."Puan Nora, ... anda kalah!" It was a good weekend in Ayer Baloi, as always, last week. Kids had fun, parents had their much needed break...But most importantly had a quality time devoid of modern world entrapments which would

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Khadijah & me @ LookissHajar & mommy @ Lookiss (Image : Copyright belongs to Janiz Chan)With three kids and two teenagers all cooped up at home 24/7 - definitely a formula for disaster, well nearly! No, just kidding....Gone were the days that kids could roam free around the neighbourhood without any fuss. This reminds me of the good old days (aaah..reminisce..reminisce) where days were spent

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Raising teenagers can be daunting on parents. When will the issues ever end, one might ask? It will never. Yusof has entered his new phase in his life. He definitely has a mind of his own now...He chooses his own style, charters his future path, over-zealously speaks his mind and so forth. Physically, he's shot up to almost my height and we share the same shoe size. This means, half of my

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I like this; so whimsical. Is it the naive style? Not sure myself. Got Khadijah an easel, acrylic paints and three sets of mounted canvas last Saturday. Lucky for me there are a few art supplies shops in Taman Melawati which are barely five minutes' away. There is an art institute there hence the many art supplies shops. She hardly wasted her time to start a piece - of wifey and Hajar but still

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Khadijah was running an art-marathon a few days ago finishing her school art folio. This girl has got talent but refuses to admit it. Saw her charcoal landscape sketch last night and I thought it was good. She had annotated colour schemes on the sketch. I think she's going to transfer the idea somewhere else. True enough, she's asked me to buy readily-mounted-canvas and acrylic paint this weekend

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Ib had his birthday party and wifey and I are so relieved. It was a hectic but pleasant week for the both of us after failing to persuade Ib out of his self-planned weekend. You see, his and his siblings' exams started this morning and obviously having a party for him would mean that the last-minute-pre-exam-prep-night is out of the equation! But we eventually relented and let him have the party.

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Ib's turning 8 this 17th and he wants a party. He wants to celebrate it with his classmates. So, mom and dad are frantically organising one for him! It'll be one hectic week ahead for us. Invitation cards : printed; menu/food/drinks : mum's job; party favours : my department (haven't started); pinata (yes he wants one - this will be about the only party game which I agreed) : my department;

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It has been a dream of my dad to organize a gathering to reunite his immediate family - his siblings, half-siblings, step-siblings and step-mother. They had, somewhat, grown apart since the demise of my paternal grandad who passed on when I was fifteen. The house in Ayer Baloi was inhabited by my dad step-sister and her family with my dad's blessing since Tok Ayah's passing-on. She was the

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Wifey turned forty one almost eight hours ago..Exactly a year ago, the above pictures were supposed to be posted BUT I procrastinated; so shoot me : ). BTW ignore the U in FOURTY as it was a mistake by the bakers. Those were the cuppies I surprised her with last year together with a handbag.What did we do for her birthday, you ask? It went uneventful, as usual...Not not really, wifey baked

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My comot girl Hajar after lunch last Saturday Trying to log in to LHDN's website for e-filing for wifey..luckily mine is only due end June! Password re-set by LHDN somehow does not jive with the system..Hence this posting came into being. We have two khenduri to attend this weekend - one in Johor Bahru and one in Ayer Baloi... I'm knackered...need to sleep....

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Just came back from a surprise dinner for my bro-in-law, Meor a.k.(affectionately)a. Yeop at Intai Intai.... Wifey made the cupcakes above...heavenly and sinful Valrhona Chocolate Mudcupcake. Yumms...I'm stuffed! Wishing Yeop also known to his nieces and nephews as Papa Yeop a very Happy Birthday!Will upload more piccies when free.

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As I brace myself for yet another frenzied weekend, I discovered that one of my postings was striking enough to have one third of it plagiarised. A whole paragraph from it was lifted and pasted in somebody's blog...A lady from the red dot down south to be exact! How did I find out, you say? I keep track of new visitors of my blog and would reciprocate by visiting theirs. Thanks to free widgets

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Last weekend kicked off, on Friday night, with a b'day dinner Mrs N, Mr N, wifey and I hosted for superwomanwannabe, my work partner at Il Tempio . It was cosy and intimate. The ambiance was, according to wifey, like in her kampung - well, she's right but with a luxe-touch; the tag-line of the restaurants of tamarind group is after all "Jungle Luxe". It was meant to be a surprise dinner for SW

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Early this month my sister and parents held a thanksgiving khenduri in my hometown, Muar, for my sister's recent negative diagnosis of the big C and to celebrate the addition of a new family member, my sister in law. Initially I was supposed to take a lift from my sister since it made no economic sense to drive alone when one could car pool! But, as always, my mom (who always knows best....: ))

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I wanted to post my trip back to Muar with my two girls over the weekend but Yasmin's posting in her blog made me defer the entry. Yasmin's work never has failed to touch my heart. And this latest installation just did it again this morning"Little imperfections that make them perfect for you"...Isn't this so very true..! Life is too short to dwell with and complain about the imperfections.

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Rushed home last evening after Maghrib, and left my partner alone in the office, to send Khadijah for her tuition only to be greeted with a frantic phone call from the maid halfway through my journey home. Coming from a drama-queen ("darah banyak, sir...kulitnya terbuka"), I just assumed it was just another normal-part-of-growing-up-boy-thing accident and took my time home. He was pressing a

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This time around, (our 3rd visit to Ayer Baloi after so long), I was determined to visit Kukup and savour Ah Lai's sweet and sour crab dipped with bread/bun. We planned to have our dinner the first day we arrived but we were too knackered to move a limb! This was all because we had to do our grocery shopping in Pontian Kechil (15 minutes' drive from Ayer Baloi) plus getting new pillows and

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The House We are back from our short balik kampung break...Too short a time, too many things to do! The kids enjoyed it albeit a brief one. They were practically 24/7 outdoor!We spring-cleaned, ate really fresh seafood, had a barbie..., eat, eat, eat and eat...In short we had fun! More pics on the way! Hajar at the entrance Kebun behind the house My parents' wedding legacy - (restored) table

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My kids just can't wait to go back to Ayer Baloi this weekend. This is their new kampung. "New" in the sense that we had just begun to visit this place regularly. My Tok Hawa passed on in Mecca when I was 9 and Tok Ayah departed when I was 15. The only person left in Ayer Baloi was my dad's sister who, sadly, left us a few years ago. That explains why my kids never had the opportunity to really

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The Opening CeremonyYusof and Ibraheem were super excited the weekend before last...It was their school's annual sports day. I certainly wish that they are super-keen in other areas, in particular their studies, as they are in sports....(..sigh...)Anyway, they were supposed to be in Kompleks Sukan MSN Bukit Jalil by 7am and were making arrangement with us the afternoon before! Super-organised,

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Warning : This posting is so last centuryDuring PGL3 intermission I refreshed myself (after dozing off during the last part of part 1) by viewing and admirimg Nizam Ambia's artwork called aptly "The Puteri Series". I'm not an art collector neither do I possess wealth of knowledge re: art. But I do appreciate them.....I would buy what I like.Nizam's work is what I really want to add to my

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Alhamdulillah......my sister was given the clearance of the dreaded big C. The pathology report was negative. I just got the news! I cannot imagine how the past week must have been for her...I sure know what she had to go through. It began with intermittent high fever with three doctor visits in between. Dengue and Chikugunya were ruled out...If my memory serves me correctly, my parents and she

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Can't believe we ahve entered the last month of the 1st quarter this year. Where did the time go? Last weekend just flew past us without noticing it! It was so hectic! Wifey had to bake close to 200 cupcakes! 170 of them were sold through a couple of friends during a charity bazaar at GEM, Ampang. We sort of stumbled upon this project after wifey gave a few cupcakes to our friends who sell their

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It's been a good three months and a bit since I last updated this blog. That's what our crystal anniversary hideaway did to me (wink wink! nudge nudge!). But seriously, to say that a lot of things happened between then and now is a gross understatement! One thing for certain - the title of this blog needs reviewing (which full disclosure will be done later after I have scanned a couple of

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By the time this entry is posted (thanks to auto/scheduled/timed-posting which blogspot introduced), wifey and I are on our way to a much deserved 3-day-hideaway-break and staying in one of the heavenly abodes above....And it's a surprise for wifey (of course I have about 3 other surprises up my sleeves lined up for wifey which will be unfolded one by one by the day)! Well the weekend away is

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Yes! Yes! After a 10-year-wait, my craving for Kassim Nasi Kandar was satiated yesterday! It's not that I have not been back to Penang all these years, but it's always for meetings etc that I always had to skip this place every single visit. So this time when the opportunity came (background : had a meeting plus signing session with a company up in Sungai Petani and the nearest airport is Bayan

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It's mak's birthday today.HAPPY 66 TH BIRTHDAY MAK! LOVE FROM ALL OF US.

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I'm stranded at Bayan Lepas airport. Flight is delayed and it's our national carrier. This is so cool though, being able to blog using my phone! My first! Got a bit fed-up with FB and walah! access to blogspot was relatively easy. But then, it may be Penang where the network is not that congested!I'm here just for the day - meeting and signing documents in Sungai Petani. A bit of a hiccup due to

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I'd better put these pictures here before I lose them! What have I been up to? Don't know, really. Time seems to have been racing through like a whirlwind without me realising it.....It's almost the end of 2008 and what have I achieved? Err....not much! I have a few drafts remained unfinished and it remains to be seen as to whether they will ever get to see the daylight. Picture aove was taken

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Yes Hajar turned one two weeks ago. On the 27th September to be exact. Dad has been procrastinating, hence this late posting. She can run now....Dad on the other hand is re-learning how to walk! I am finally walking without the aid of crutches! I have been limping when trying to walk without crutches. Thanks to Khidir, my physiotherapist, who taught me, yesterday, how to walk again! In his

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Hajar Showing off her teeth standing unaided Long overdue piccie of Hajar showing off her set of teeth. We used to called her Nanny MacPhee during this stage as only one upper incisor and canine teeth surfaced as opposed to two incisors. I was discharged from the hospital two days ago....The discharge process took about 6 hours - basically the paperwork which held me up....The insureres took a

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The surgery went on well, alhamdulillah. It took about 2 hours for the procedure of harvesting the tendon from the knee area and reconstructing the ACL. The "grafting" was done athroscopically and the tendon secured with bio screws (which will dissolve during the healing process) hence the pain post surgery is quite minimal. Less than 24 hours after th surgery, the ortho arranged for a physio

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Wifey, Yusof & Umar playing kiteYusof with his beach volleyball mates. I had to retire due to my torn ACL Hajar & me in the poolDad & Co (sans wifey & Hajar)

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Visited an ortho surgeon this morning....His diagnosis is that I have torn my ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) and will be confirmed by an MRI this afternoon! He jokingly said that I have joined the iluustrious list of athletes who have torn their ACL like Woods and Owen. He has recommended a surgery for ACL reconstruction/grafting which will land me in a hospital bed for 5 days and put me on

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View from our day-rented-chalet Ib was asking to go for a beach holiday. Wifey and I have been very busy that we did not plan anything for the school holidays...Two days ago, feeling rather guilty OR rather feeling a bit harassed, I, with the help of my partner, Superwomanwannabe, began scouring the internet as direct calls to hotels in Port Dickson, Cherating and Kuantan proved futile. We wanted

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Wifey received news last Saturday that one of her aunties whom she's closed to had a stroke with a systolic blood pressure of 260 post stroke! Initially she decided to drive up to Baling with another aunt Sunday morning to return today...Since we only had a khenduri to attend yesterday in KL and no other pressing matters that needed to be settled, I suggested that we drove up ysterday and

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Owh man..Indeed I was surprised that Khadijah has spoken her mind. Well she has been an Al-Gore and Caprio's advocate/supporter all this while (Umar, dont open the fridge tool long - CFC! CFC! CFC!; Turn of the lights, mind you.....we can't afford to waste energy; etc etc....)but to finally have written something about it (read here) has truly left me reeling with pride.Ever since her English

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I'm making good progress here...considering my hiatus for the last couple of months! I love taking piccies of my children when they are asleep. This one was taken after a cupcake-meal at Wondermilk, Damansara Utama. We lurve the cupcakes there...the caramel and pinacolada are nice...Not to mention their Pesto Chicken sandwich! Obviously Umar was stuffed to the hilt that he fell asleep on our

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Finally a quick update from me....Loads to write but have to rush off for a date with wifey...A not so recent photo of Hajar; may be a month back or so. She's sooo cheeky and almost boisterous. Can't blame her - she has three older sifus who teach her play football and climb tables and chairs! She can stand now without support for some 30 secs (the longest) and walk around the house with support

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I stumbled upon this video clip from youtube which received like 8.5 million hits in April 2008 alone! She's also on wikipedia believe it or not! I like her earnestness.....I had to do this posting - a special dedication to the person whom I made her work today and took her away from her family for the day....You know who you are! Thanks a million! If it's any consolation to you, I have three

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Hajar at 6 monthsHurrows peeps! Pressure has been mounting to update this.....So here I am to update in a jiffy as there's a mountain of work waiting! SuperWoman - thanks for the constant reminders to update! Well there are a few others who have reminded me...you know who you are ; )!Just came back from Cameron Highlands (unfortunately for work related matter - a client who wanted to form a

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I'm guilty of leaving this blog of mine filled to the brim with dusts and cob webs.....Ah well....blame it on work....that's the easiest way out. But, that's the fact!Anyway, a short update on Hajar. I've not posted on her milestones for eons! She flipped over when she was 3 1/2 months and now she's swimming and moving around without lifting her butt! Amazing.....! She can recognize her

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(Images in this post are courtesy of Khadijah) This trip back to Kedah was different from our usual quickie trips of the mandatory hi's and byes. We actually stayed there for six days and five nights! It was over the Eidul Adha and Christmas period! We planned it months ahead but fate had it that wifey and I had to work right till the eve of Eidul Adha - we had to cut short the trip to six days

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I thought this is rather nasty and irresponsible.... - on how Beijing Olympics 2008 got its emblem which was circulated via email. Read here for the true explanation of the Dancing Beijing

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(one of her self-portraits)Readers of my blog from day one would already know that my daughter Khadijah aspires to be a professional photographer. Well, she received an email from an established publisher based in the tiny red dot country down south yesterday exploring the possibility for them to use one of her images from her flickr account (not for gratis by the way - they wanted to know her

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I'm still busy......But I have to wish my dearest Umar a happy fifth birthday today..... "My Dearest Umar, May your life be filled with people who love you for who you are and with barakah from Allah swt...... Loads of Love : DAD"

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Welcome two jelo jelo fatt (two zero zero eight)! Loads of things to update....Apologize if I have not replied to your comments...(will do soon!). Many things to tell...! Well my law professor used to say....points form will suffice if time is not with you. So here goes :- Ib's starting school tomorrow...Paid all his fees. He's super kiasu. Harassing me to do all sort of things like wrap his

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These pictures were taken by my daughter on our way back from her french class....Hajar was slightly cranky after our visit to the Curve [for GUiT hunting (after two weeks of failing to purchase a copy) and to meet our friends with their kids to pass on Dewa concert tickets] only to realise that she wanted to pooh.... This is how she normally poohs (just like her sister!). The last picture shows

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Look dad, I'm in denimHajar's 2.5 months now and weighing about 5.5 kg. She's fully breast-fed and wifey plans to breast-feed her until she's 2 years old. I salute her and thank her for that for it takes a lot of determination and discipline and most of all - I don't have to wake up at night! (LOL). But seriously, it's for Hajar's well-being!Hajar had a blast of a time last Sunday....We brought

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This book came highly recommended by a friend...Went a few times to MPH thereafter only to find that they were all sold out. That heightened my curiosity even more! Finally made my purchase during the month of Ramadhan this year. I started reading the first four chapters and abandoned it as there were other pressing agenda for me. Khadijah finished it within a day! I resumed reading two days ago

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School : Assalamu'alaikum. DoF: Wa'alaikumsalamSchool: Is this Ibraheem's Dad?DoF : Yes ...School : Just to inform you that Ibraheem is eligible to be admitted to Primary One. In fact he did extremely well considering that he didn't go to our kindie.DoF : (stumped but smiled from ear to ear...). Owh...School : Don't forget to come to the book-sale from 10th to 13th December! That's the

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Ib was hilarious this morning - I was flummoxed and lost for words!Whilst bathing Hajar this morning, Ib hugged me from behind and the ensuing conversation went on something like this:-Ib : Dad, why do you have grey hairs?Dad : Mmm...I suppose I'm old already.Ib : Old people can have babies? (in a perplexed and naive tone)Dad : (laughed......). Of course!We attended Ib's school concert last

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Hajar's two-month old today!She's sooo adorable (NB : an impartial statement by the way!)...! We've started with flash cards and board books with her and amazingly she responds with her coos and giggles. Our new maid, Wahyan, has arrived. Khadijah is helping out to baby-sit Hajar whilst we are at work...(thanks a lot daahling [this is how Khadijah would say it!]). But it doesn't come for free....

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I've forgotten it for the first time in my life.....! Wifey is the one who usually forgets and it's a no surprise that this particular day passed as a non-event for her yet again this year...; like previous years! For me to forget this important day shows how chaotic my life has been for the past two months! It was our Ivory anniversary on 21st November 2007 and it really eluded me! Had it not

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Finally Ib's got a school! OR rather we registered Ib for Primary One next year....Yup just yesterday!Yes yours truly have been procrastinating in registering him BUT hey it's all with reasons....For me it's really about balancing...the "type" of education which suits each child of ours, logistics, transport, etc etc.....And the decision normally comes at the eleventh hour!! There'll be four

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Hi All....I've been busy...."maidless", "tonnes of workload in my practice (certainly good news)", "b-i-l's wedding", "Khadijah's DELF A2 exam" etc etc....Just a quick one now...!The email:-"Can I please please PLEASEEE go with my friends only?sigh. Please say yes. anything, go hereOh and do spread word to everyone :)And HAJAR is fineee..."The sender :-Khadijah, my daughter the budding

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Hajar turned one month old today..... She's gained 1 kg and grown taller by 2 cm. She still has slight jaundice..(bilirubin count of 11.2) - apparently she has prolonged jaundice which is quite common amongst fully-breast fed babies.. Need to go back to the hospital this weekend for another blood count test....

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It's that time of the year that most people get their bodily system undergo a massive shock; in particular one's digestive system - which definitely will have to work overtime! Yes....it's "open house" time. And yes it is starting tomorrow for KLites and the rest of the world, I should think! And, we have a million of invitations tomorrow (and Sunday and next weekend too)! Not complaining though.

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Acha...oopps..Aris is gone!Yup we are maidless....Aris did not pass the Fomema test in the first month after she arrived. It's good that the Government has imposed this Fomema check up upon arrival as this filters the unfit maids before it's too late..For the uninitiated, the first medical check up conducted locally, previously, for foreign domestic workers, was for the renewal of permit i.e

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First day of EidFirst day of Eid Second day of Eid Third day of Eid

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Last posting before we leave for Muar...Happy Holidays!

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To all of you ......SELAMAT HARI RAYA & MAAF ZAHIR BATIN FROM ALL OF US (Haq, Yani, Khadijah, Yusof, Ibraheem, Umar & Hajar). To those who will be driving back to kampung, please drive safely!I'm taking a blog-rest..and will see you guys after the break!BTW, Hajar has been discharged and will bring her home later this afternoon!p/s thanks Rin for the card..which I lifted off you!

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Hajar has been slightly yellow for the past few days...But today, after traditional methods of reducing the "yellowness" didn't work, we brought her to see her paed, Dr Kuma**. Doc ordered full blood count to see the bilirubin level. It was 15.4...hence the admission today. Had it been 13, admission wasn't necessary! Just got back from the hospital to send breast milk expressed by wifey.....She

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Day 12 pictureWifey had painstakingly and lovingly made a smocked dress for Hajar to be worn on first day of Eid.....It's slightly big, though.... Now, she has to settle for an off-the rack-dress which I bought for her..My mom is in tghe process of finishing a baju kurung (Malay traditional dress) for her to match Khadijah's....That completes her Eid wardrobe!

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Ain't this cool.....?

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First ride I took Hajar on her first ride - on day nine- (well not counting when she came back from the hospital) today. Yup just Hajar and me! I had to fetch Khadijah from her tuition class this morning and took the opportunity for a 10 minute bonding with her.....(much to the envy of her sister..LOL!). When Khadijah was a baby, I used to spend a lot of time with her on Saturdays since wifey

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Day 8 piccie Took the day off today to buy Eid clothes for my older ones, Khadijah & Yusof. We've learnt our lesson really well. We don't normally bring our kids for clothes-shopping.....The hassle of making sure that everyone doesn't go astray is the main reason! But this year I decided to let the two older ones choose their garbs since half of the lot we bought last year for them never got to

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Received an email round in which the author complains about the exorbitantly priced handsfree kit that are offered in the market and in the same breath the author offers to sell the one in the picture being a cheaper alternative! How amusing and creative one can be.....!

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Hajar - day 3Warning : The picture has got nothing to do with this entryIb really tickled us pink these couple of days...All related to food/drink! Well yes he's fasting....probably lack of glucose may have contributed to these bloopers -Blooper OneIb : Dad, can you please buy Durian blended juice for me to break fast?Dad : Huh? Durian blended juice? Ib : Yes the one embah (grandmother) bought

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Second day picture Hajar's home! Took this picture about 4.30 a.m today before I left for home to make sure the rest of the troop are fed for sahur (morning meal before one start fasting). Everybody's excited that she's back...Poor Hajar though as she's being "manhandled" by her siblings..."For god's she she's not a doll" (- so the father and mother scream!). Well, that's what we expected anyway

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Well guys....I'm officially Dad of Five from this day on. Decided on a mouthful of blog title/name "Dad of Four plus One" though! Praise to Allah, Siti Hajar was born (normal delivery) at 1.20 a.m. today....(i'm still sleepy coz wifey was finally pushed to her room at about 3 a.m. and here I'm now in the office waiting for a client to sign some documents. Then off I go to the hospital. Her birth

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Picture taken from Anuar Zain's websiteJust bought Anuar Zain's latest album after 5 years of wait. The first single released of course is "Lelaki Ini". He has painstakingly chosen all the songs to give his best to his fans...This first thing which struck me is how he has made sure that quality is his priority e.g live strings for all the songs (wich I'm sure must have cost him a bomb) as

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It's that time of the year again (......so soon?) when wifey will be terribly busy with hamper orders....(started as passion but has been taking orders for the last four years). This is the other side of her which not many people know - and of course smocking dresses (sample work here) is another hobby - but she's been doing charity work all this while....Not anymore though because she has

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My transient blog-rest has been largely due the fact that I had to deal with a string of events which were thrown before us as a familyand at work! Anyway...here I am rearing to go sharing yet again the usual stuff!Well, this blog needs a name change quite soon. Our fifth child is in h** (not revealing the sex here) 37th week of gestation. A week before my bro-in-law's wedding (31st August 2007),

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And so the classical/opera lovers lost an accomplished tenor today in that of Pavarotti!The front page news brought back memories to the time when my parents visited me in the UK in 1992. Naturally the first place to visit was London. And so we were on the world famous London double decker bus at Piccadilly Circus passing the Eros when my mum (who's a music lover but classical and opera are not

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I just had to post this commercial....This is just relevant all the time!

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Mom and Dad were too tired the day folowing Ib's discharge that they decided to splurge on breakfast.....The Bakery, Ukay Heights were where they flocked to!Mom had ratatouile quiche (our all time fave here) whilst dad had the junior big breakfast (the chcken breast sausage was divine and the sauteed mushrooms were just right!).The Bakery bakes authentic french breads daily....And our fave bread

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Thanks for all the well wishes, Praise to Allah, Ib is his usual self i.e. being hyper! He has three more weeks before the K-wire is pulled out without anaesthesia - yes this is what the ortho surgeon told us when he signed the discharge form (But before the op, he told us it'd be taken out in the OT under anaesthesia)! Well, I prefer it without the G.A as there are risks involved in any

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Ib had a compound fracture on his right thumb.....Warranted a 40 minute operation for axial K-wiring (in layman's term - inserting wire like "kebab" skewer through his thumb [this is exactly how the ortho surgeon described to us) about 11 pm last night. It is Yusof's 10th birthday today...Sorry son, we have been bogged down because of Ib's injury. Will make up to you very soon! HAPPY 10th

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As usual, I have father to sons talk in the car whilst sending them to school....Two mornings ago, I was commenting on how I like the way Umar runs as it's a bit unusual... DoF - "Umar, I love the way you run especially during the sports day......"Umar - "Owh.....that is "teknik katak" (frog technique)!"DoF - (bursting laughing) "What is that?"Ibraheem - "Ya Umar "teknik katak" is when you squat

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I thought this was sweet.....

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I have been without a secretary since last August. I have not been fortunate the past one year. That's the grumble we hear within the circle of legal eagles! These experienced secretary just won't hop around. Even if they want to move....- a person with more than 15 years of experience expects to be remunerated at least 4 grand! (We had a male secretary a few years back- who claimed to be

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It's been a week and a half now that the new maid has been with us...I told wifey that I some time have mental lapses calling the new maid Acha (as in .... Acha Septriasa) - and she said I wished! LOL! BTW her name is Aris Septiani...Ain't that close? Anyway, she has been quite decent! It really boils down to attitude at the end of the day....Regardless of the efficiency, if the attitude sucks...

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My daughter turns 13 today......"Happy Birthday my not-so-little baby!". But look at her birthday wish list here.... Wifey and I decided to let her organize a small do with her close friends at *bucks (her fave coffee joint - she takes after wifey when it comes to coffee! LOL!)today as her birthday gift...(dad & mum will be watching and supervising nearby though!).I kind of miss those days when

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Your Japanese Name Is...Yoshiyuki NanbaWhat's" your Japanese Name?

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Sephia picture of Ibraheem and Umar and an another model shot at our house courtyardOur new maid, Aris, arrived yesterday and we fetched her from the agency after sending the previous one to LCCT this morning. Her flight was at 7 and the counter closed at 6.15 am - we arrived just two minutes before it closed (by hook or by crook she must board the plane as wifey just couldn't stand another

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I don't like to call them "maids"...House helper sounds more decent! And this is the picture of ours which was taken a week or so after she first arrived in Malaysia. Her size now....has increased by one third.What good life she has. Even the agency exclaimed to her "Have you been doing work or have you been eating a lot?". She really CAN eat (half a pot of a small rice cooker is just lunch!)!

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Putrajaya mosque carpet Last weekend was another hectic one or wifey and me. It began at about 5 am for wifey (the usual pasar tani) and slightly later for me (about 6.15am)... Sent Khadijah to school for her canteen day and headed home for breakkie which wifey got from Mak Jah. Had nasi berlauk, nasi dagang and kuehs. Had to wait for Khadijah to finish school at one pm (and she had to skip her

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A friend emailed me this picture (there are more....!) and I find this disturbing rather than amusing....What have us mankind become????

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House elves with their rewardBought stuff for Khadijah's blueberry muffins....After performing maghrib prayers...Khadijah was pestering to start the baking session...At least she took the initiative to kick-off the session...Ib the house elf was more enthusiastic. Took out the eggs from the fridge and ladle from the drawer etc etc....Frankly, I was a bit claustrophobic with all of them in our

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