laa dee daaa......

I know it has been way way too long and i have no clue if i still have any readers but here goes.


EID

Celebrated Eid at Kuching with loads and loads of relatives. Azalia met my small cousins and they just loved her. They practically followed her everywhere even when she wanted to sleep they lay beside her or patted her. She was bewildered by the attention but after awhile got used to them and loved every second of it.

Not having my grandmother around this Eid is certainly weird. My last Eid with her was..... maybe 3 or 4 years ago.. I lost count. This was because I was in UK so Eid was spent abroad and when we came back, our first raya was back in the UK because of Asa's graduation and the second one was in KL, Asa's side. So........ it was suppose to be with my dad's grandmother this time... but it was not meant to be. Every night while we were there, there was tahlil because by tradition we have tahlil 7 nights in a row. So, the furniture in my aunt's house were all moved to one end(to make way for the jemaah prayers), and there's this big space in the living room for the children to run around and everyone to lepak in the day time, and after tahlil.

Eid was..... the usual despite her absence. The first day, my eldest aunt couldn't hold back her tears so there were tears from the other siblings too. But other than that, it was the normal Eid. But they did reminisce a lot and picture albums (which I didn't know existed) were taken out and stories of the old times were told. Everytime I walk pass my grandmother's room, I can feel the tears just waiting to burst, but I quickly distract myself, thinking "enough tears have been shed, She is with Allah now."

Sometimes I catch my dad mutter under his breath "hmmm... mak nek dah takde" to Azalia.

We had a family picture in front of her house. It was planned before she passed away. She was suppose to be in it. Her children thought they should take it this Eid while she still have the strength to sit. But again. kita hanya merancang...

All in all... there was a mixture of emotions this Eid. But I look forward to going back again.



Poland..London.... home alone..not quite

Asa went to Poland for 5 days for some conference and had a 3 day transit in London. At the same time, my parents went to Australia because my mom have some work and my dad tagged along, sooooo.... Azalia and I had the house to ourselves for about a week. Needless to say it was a big adjustment for Azalia. She is so used to having a lot of people in the house and when there's only me... she was sooooo insecure. I had to be within sight everytime. She would follow me around everywhere even in the toilet and I had to take my bath, and do my business with the doors open (is this too much info.. hahaha), and to prevent her from coming in to the bathroom, I put her in her highchair. If not.... she'll cry and cry like I left her for good. huhuhuhu. kesian.

We webcam a lot with my parents and Asa so she seems to think that they live in the computer now and demands that I switch the computer on. Everytime we get back home, she would point to the computer. Even when Asa came back and was in front of her, she pointed to the computer.. hehehe funny girl.

Not having anyone around to help with the house chores is certainly tiring but I got things done because Azalia is so so so good. She would listen to what I say and does not whine as much. But when Asa came back... aiyoyoyo.. sudah start mengada. Kids are clever.. they know how to make you go against each other so they can get their way. But when it's only you and them... they know... there's no way around it... hahahhahaha.

Azalia's learning new sounds too... now she keeps on saying... kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. It started when I said... " azalia.. we are in the car" and she goes.. kaaaaaaaaaa... she also knows 'umbrella'. She'll open her book and point to umbrella and gestures to me to say it and when I say "umbrella", she'll say " umbek...mama" She knows birds goes tweet tweet.

So I guess that's all for now.... till next few weeks?? months??? hahahahahhahaha