Recently in Family Category

My mid sem holiday is somewhat over. I'm already back at Gua Musang. Am here early so that I can start on the new timetable as well as properly putting the stuff that I moved from the old house.

So how did I spent my short holiday, basically there was not much that I did, I attended a relative's wedding. It was a simple affair nothing grand but the atmosphere was definitely festive.

The Imam that did the solemnization was really funny, first he made the groom really nervous by purposely saying another person's name. Then he gave the usual wedding sermon. After the solemnization is the really funny part. He then transformed into the wedding director. Even telling the newly weds what to do. For instance he told the groom to put on the ring to the wife's finger and then counted so that the photographers get a chance to snap pictures. Then he instructed the groom to kiss the bride and then counted very fast saying that it needn't be too long as they have other times to do it as long as they want.

On another note, Alya is not feeling pretty well lately she has been coughing and the doctor have given her some medication. But the cough have not really subsided so far.
Alya is also pretty heavy right now. When we weighted her at 1 month old she was already 3.6kg an increment of 500 grams then at 2 months old her weight shot up to 4.7kg. I bet when we weigh her next she'll be close to 6 or 7kg.

Till next time

Adieu

My grandmother on my father's side passed away yesterday. It was very disappointing for me. I was still at school during that time because we had extra-curricular activities, and I had to cover for another person.

My family tried to call me to tell me about the death at 3pm but they couldn't get through to me, the school is a virtual wireless dead zone. I was finally told about the news when I was on my way back from school.

Rushed from Gua Musang to Machang, but when I had arrived, they have buried her, as it was already night and they wanted to finish before Maghrib. The only thing that I managed to do was meet my family members.

My grandfather was still in shock, he was asleep when my grandmother passed away. He kept babbling about how he will be lonely, and blaming himself for not dying earlier. The two of them were close, and have never been apart. Her death is still a shock to us all, as my grandfather was the one that was sick. She was the one that looked after him.
She had no illnesses and that morning didn't complain about anything. That afternoon her feet was cold and my auntie wanted to take her to the hospital, but she died quickly after. Whatever it is, she will always be loved by us. The quiet and sweet grandmother that loves to smile.

Farewell dear one

Al-fatihah & adieu

A week ago, I had a moment of panic... the car went out of control while travelling down a hill side. It was a simple right corner but one where there was running water on the road.. it made it very slippery and while trying to turn right, the rear end moved first and the car drifted to the right because of that... it turned my car into a mower and mowed the grass on the right side of the road.... managed to regain control in time and put it back on the road...... (on the left side is a big chasm and on the right side a big drain)

Stopped a few meters away after the incident to take a look a the car, no serious damage, just a whole lot of scratch and a dent near the tail light. Lucky that neither the light nor its bracket was broken... if not that alone would cost a few hundred. Got a quote from toyota, they quoted 600 just to fix the dent alone.... I had it fixed at a small workshop near my home for just 60 ringgit And their work was remarkable... the paint wasn't even chipped....

I myself wasn't hurt in the incident just that my body is sore from the incident.... was wearing my seatbelt.. so that must have protected me while giving me a shoulder ache..

Meanwhile on another front. Alya is now 40 days old... she's a lot chubbier now and has gained a few centimeters as well.

She also likes to smile and make small sounds whenever i talk to her.. and her eyes definitely follows me around whenever i get up to get something. The joy of fatherhood????

Till next time, Adieu

p/s: no I don't know how to drift

My newborn is now 2 weeks old (15 days including today), reminiscing back, the day after she was born, the mum and baby was allowed to leave. We headed straight for her grandpa's house for him to have a look at her, we also swung around to her great grandma's house. We also managed to stop at Abuya's (a local sheikh) for her tahnik ceremony.

She was all fine and dandy until her third day when the visiting nurse announced that she has a slight jaundice and we needed to check her blood for it. We went to check her blood daily at Lundang Paku Health Clinic, and on the 3rd time, her jaundice had went down and the nurse told us to bring her back only if necessary.

I went to the registration office and had gotten her birth certificate, in a month's time I will be getting her MyKid. She is now officially know as Nur Alya Fatima, though her family likes to call her Alya for short. Alya can mean a few thing such as "a high place", "venerable", "mountain", "high", while Fatima is the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH or in old arabic "to wean"
as such her name can mean "The light of the venerable Fatima".

During the weekend, we did a little get together for her Aqiqah, and we managed to get it done with a minimum of fuss, even managed to get a goat for it at the last minute and luckily it was cheap. During the aqiqah, the imam shaved her hair a bit. I was instructed to finish it on my own. Her head was soft, and it took me almost 4 hours just to shave her head. (Have shaved my own head in less time) Probably because I was afraid that I would hurt her. That afternoon her belly cord fell off on its own accord, this was only noticed when I was checking her diaper.

Alya is still sleeping around clock only waking up for her milk and for her diaper to be changed. She is also more active during the night, waking up several times in the wee hours for her milk and sometimes not going back to sleep after it. This is to be expected, but a bit tiring for me and her mum. On that note, I need my beauty sleep.

Adieu