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It was a hot hot day but the skies were blue and the wind was blowing. Perfect settings to celebrate a birthday.
The Kiddie Crew arrived fashionably late- thanks to Mama and her class, but we arrived just in time to catch the Birthday boy blow out his candles. Or rather… just the one. It was a elaborate cake both decorations-wise and the multi-coloured marble cake itself. Yummy!
Since it was a lovely day out, the party shifted outside to the grassy knoll by the pool. The Kiddies were at first a bit shy and didn’t want to join in the games, but later on Haris volunteered to be the Clown’s assistant during the magic show segment. For his trouble, he was made to ‘pee’ an unending stream of water out of a funnel, and had a panty pulled out his pants (a bit inappropriate for a kids birthday, but it was a bit of an inappropriate clown). Nevertheless, Aunty Meen made up for everything by lavishing Haris with pressies for being a good sport.
Of course, the star of the day was Baby Emir. Mama got to hold him for a while, and Papa snapped away. His face was full of expressions, and reminded Papa when The Kiddies were wee babies themselves. If only we had digital cams back then…
Happy 1st Birthday Emir!
Here’s the rest of the piccies from the day: -
About a couple of weeks ago, a dear old aunt of Papa passed away. When Papa was much younger- around the kiddies age right now, he used to spend a lot of time over at that aunt’s place, whenever he was in Singapore. There were many fond memories. Sadly, the older Papa got the less chances he got to visit.
Well, Papa was at the Dusun that Sunday morning when he got the call that Mak Odah was at her death bed in the hospital. She was admitted the night before. Papa wanted to go, but he had some errants to run, while Emma was away. Later that afternoon, while on a short stop at Ayer Keroh, he got the call that she had passed. It was funny, that morning before he even got the fors call, Papa had this strange feeling of dread- of death, and he was feeling somewhat down, with everything that was going on.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, Aunty Rin went on behalf of the family with Kakak Siti. Papa thought about going on Monday, but thought it better to accompany Emma when she came back. Mak Odah was Emma’s elder sister. So yesterday morning Emma asked Papa if we could make the trip. So her we are.
Mama couldn’t follow as she had her exams today- hope she does well. The kiddies only found out about the trip this morning. Papa intended to go alone; but Emily, as always, got her way with her Papa. The other two were convinced that it was a better idea to stay in KL with Mama, as tonight there’s Aunty Meen’s open house and tomorrow is Baby Adam’s birthday party at Serendah.
Papa is a bit sad to have his other kids away, but at least they can keep Mama company. Haris was told he was the man of the house and he needed to take care of Mama and Alisha. He looked sad no to follow but took on the task Papa put to him. Good boy!
Papa was relieved that Alisha didn’t cry, because he wouldn’t have known what to do then.
Emily is at least having fun meeting up with her cousins Sara and Haziq. We arrived at about 12:30 after leaving KL at 9:30. Papa probably got at least 1 summons… haha.
We’ll be visiting the pusara tomorrow morning, as Papa is a bit unfamiliar with the new cemetary complex in Singapore, and need someone to guide him. Well, more tomorrow. Papa isn’t feeling very upbeat right now- there something troubling his mind…
Hee hee hee…
Papa has been a bit preoccupied with Facebook, that he has neglected to post here. Nevertheless, due to some demand and lots of reminders, updates will come within this couple of days. Promise!
Anyway, right now is the School holidays- at least for Shahira, as Haris’ kindie still has till the end of the week.
As a bit of a preview of posts to come- Shahira has done well in the end of year exams at both her Sekolah Kebangsaan and Sekolah Agama. She even got a towel (and a medal) from Sekolah Agama Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan to show for it
Now, she’s demanding a new bike from Papa. Which has got Haris going- he’s asking for a scooter and a new bike. “Papa, why it takes you so long to fix my bike… ha Papa?”
He just had his concert last Saturday at the National Science Museum in Bukit Kiara, so we all got to go look around for free afterwards. It was Mama’s first time there, and she was worse than the kids at trying out the experiments there.
As for Alisha, she has declined to have a baby brother on account that she doesn’t want to give up her sleeping privileges on Mama and Papa’s bed. She was all for it until she was informed of the potential new sleeping arrangements if there’s a baby.
Otherwise, she is also entrenching herself more to Papa by now allowing the old man to hug her when she’s sleeping and also sleeping tight next to Papa (giving Mama all the room in the world and Papa a few inches from the edge). But that’s a very small price to pay for the privilege of her not screaming every time Papa holds her before she dozes off. Yea!!!!
Oh! Yeah! Papa even forgot to give a shout out to Mama for her birthday last November 4! So a loud “BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAMA”! to you. However, her pressie could not be belated. Mama was very selfish this year and used up Papa budget for the kiddies presents… and then some .
So lotsa things happening and with the holidays, we can all expect the tom foolery to escalate! Save us! (especially with Bibik going off on holiday for a month!)
In the mean time, should you fancy a game of Scrabble on line, you can find Papa (most times) on Facebook. Just follow the link on the sidebar. And, oh! If you haven’t joined up, please do so and add me (not Mama) as a friend.
Happy Birthday Sofea the Popia! Congratulations, you turn 1 today.
Can’t wait to see you on Saturday when we all come over to Aunty Rin’s for berbuka.
Why don’t Aunty Rin or Kakak Siti let us all know more of her achievements this past year…
We are happy to announce the birth of a bouncy baby boy (updated- Muhammad Karl Adam) on the 2nd of October or the 20th Ramadhan.
Alhamdulillah and congratulations to Aunty Noni and Uncle Erwan (the Uncle and Aunty formerly known as Pak and Mak Lang).
Also congratulations to Tok Abah and Opah for your 6th cucu.
Pictures will be posted once Mama returns the camera back to Papa.
The little kiddies hasn’t seen the baby yet, as Papa was down with fever the last few days. Alisha keeps saying “Nak kengok baby Mak Lang?”"I want to see Mak Lang’s baby.” Her ‘long’ statements usually said in a question lilt.
Alisha darling, you always run away from Mak Lang; how do you expect to get close to the baby?
