Manner Police

The other day my sister complained to me:

Sis: Tadi orang sendawa tau... Pastu Daniel cakap, "Acik! Say Alhamdulillah, echoose (excuse) me!!"

Me: (Tergelak) Memang la...He'll say that everytime other people around him burp or sneeze. Selagi orang tu tak cakap Alhamdulillah, excuse me dia akan ulang lagi suruh sampai la orang tu cakap Alhamdulillah, excuse me.. Kalau cakap Alhamdulillah saja pun not enough..Kena sambung the excuse me part..

Sis: Eee...nyampahnya!!!

Me: Hahahahaha....

The fuss...

I have never been a fan of discussing 'harta pusaka', especially when it involved greed and fighting. I really hope when the time comes, we siblings do not have to go through such ordeal, because if we really have to, I would go out of my mind!

The usual cases that I have heard about the battle of the harta pusaka thing:

1) The fights between siblings until 'putus saudara' just to claim the rights over a very small piece of land left behind by the ancestors

2) One or more of the siblings got angry because one of them took the initiative to fully utilize the piece of land by growing vegetables or fruit trees for fear that they are messing with the land, only to come back for the harvest later

3) One of the siblings never receive any part of the inheritance, just because he/she had been independent from childhood days (clever enough to find own pocket money for schooling and migrated to other states far away from home to find job and start a family). Despite that, he/she still made effort to go back home as frequently as he/she could and never forgot to give money to the parents and foot the medical bills for the parents and the other siblings when needed. And also helped when the others were facing financial problems when they needed to renovate and expand their houses or when they wanted to hold kenduris and marry off their children. When this happened, and that particular sibling took offence and never come back again to the home town, who was to be blamed? Is he/she wrong to take that step?

4) The rumah pusaka was strategically built on the piece of land which has been divided to two recipients. One of the recipients still lives in the house and the other comes back occasionally to visit. The one still living in the house, after all these years, suddenly insisted that they separate the land title properly so that one do not have anything to owe the other. And insisted that the deceased owner had promised the house to him/her, which literally means that if the other wants to come back occasionally after this, he/she has to find other accommodation. What the heck??

5) The other siblings accused the one sibling who is taking care of the elderly parents of trying to woo the parents to award him all the harta pusaka. Even accused him/her had cast evil spells to the parents so that they will give him/her the inheritance. Do you have to go THAT low??

There are many more stories which I have heard, and I really despise them all. Boleh bawak ke kubur ke nanti harta pusaka tu? I don't know about you, but I always believe in working hard to earn your own wealth, and to not concern yourselves so much about the inheritance. And for the parents, please divide your wealth (if any) properly among your children. You do not wish to flip in your graves when your children fights over their inheritance, don't you?

May Allah guide us all in the proper ways...Ameen...

I'm back!!!

Yeah! It's been quite a while since I last wrote anything here.. Have lots of things to say, but was just too lazy to type them out.

I am back at my PH house. We are slowly returning to our previous routines here, plus and minus some stuffs. I have lots of stuffs to be cleared out of the house i.e expired foodstuffs, old newspapers and magazines, Daniel's broken toys etc. In fact, that was what I have been doing for the past week and they shall continue indefinitely. My garden is quite messy, but I just couldn't bring myself to tend to that yet.. Many of my flower plants perished during my absence. Sedih...

In a blink of an eye, it has suddenly been 3 weeks since we return to the homeland. And I am sorely missing my other half who is still in the UK. His application for work permit extension has been rejected (after about 2 months waiting) because the HO said that he did not attach his photos. Duh!! If he really didn't submit the photos, his HR would have noticed and informed him earlier, man!! So, he had to resubmit the application, and now have to wait for indefinite time for the approval. Which also means that he will not be able to utilize his 3 weeks rest period to return home until the application is approved. It sucks!!!

I have been meeting my long-lost primary school friends since I returned home, thanks to FB. It feels like yesterday that we left the primary school, and strangely, we never felt odd, although we have not seen each other for the past 20 years! Must arrange a proper reunion soon. It should be a blast!!

The Little Highness is also adjusting well to the old surroundings. Clingy still, and manja more. He loves to spend time with his Atuk, Nenek, Aciks, Acu and Cousin Dhiya. But my problem now is, when we are about to leave my parents' house (or my parents are about to leave our house after visiting), he would cry like there's no tomorrow. He wants us all to be in the same place together with him. I always ask him to follow Atuk and Nenek to their house, because his Aciks and Cousin Dhiya would be there too, but he would always insists that I follow him too. Hangin jer!!!

Not only that, even if we were all going to the same place but in different cars, he would cry if he couldn't see his Atuk's or Acu's or Aciks' car in front or behind our car! I always try to be patience, but sometimes, his antics really got to my head! Geram betul!!!

My sister sat with him on a journey to a dining place last night, and she complained that Daniel talks non-stop, her head hurt... hehe... It was just a 30 minutes drive, sis! Imagine what I have to endure....wakakakakak!!! Nasib baik anak sendiri...hehe....

Right now I am watching Man U and Liverpool's clash. Esok sure fans masing-masing saling kutuk-mengutuk...Bosan...Macam pasukan negeri sendiri pulak...huhuhu....

Daa!!!

Salam Aidilfitri 1430H

Maaf Zahir Batin semua!!!

Takde keje, eh?

I am not a big fan of Y*ut*be... Only use it when necessary (like finding songs that I like) and that is not very frequent. But when I looked up the raya song just now, I came across loads of videos of contests. Singers from different countries' performances' videos were compiled and compared, to see who has the better voices, better looks, higher notes etc. And the videos became battle fields between people from the countries that were being compared, to ridicule and make nasty comments about each other's countries. WTF???

The makers of these videos really ought to be whipped in public or locked up in some dungeons where nobody could hear them or read what they write. What is the business of creating opportunities for people to fight each other? Even this simple thing could create so much hate, anger and cruel intentions, and yet these people kept on going to find ways to play with fire.

You are entitled to your own opinions. People have different tastes, likes and dislikes. If you think a particular singer is superb, other people might not agree with you and think that that singer is lousy. But it doesn't give you the right to give nasty remarks to the other person for not liking your idol!

And mind you, not only these comments touched about the singers contested, they also were nasty about the other citizens of the respective countries as well. Haiya....Habis semua isu-isu dalam negara terlibat..

I am speechless to see the levels of maturity of these people....Grow up, will you? And find better and more productive things to do, ok??

I wonder whether the respective singers know what their fans are doing...hehe....

Dari Jauh Ku Pohon Maaf

Dalam dingin subuh hatiku terusik
Kenang nasib diri di rantauan
Bergema takbir raya menitis air mata
Terbayang suasana permai desa

Rindu hati ini inginku kembali
Pada ayah bonda dan saudara
Tetapi aku harus mencari rezeki
Membela nasib kita bersama

Hanya ku sampaikan doa dan kiriman tulus ikhlas
Dari jauh kupohonkan ampun maaf
Jangan sedih pagi ini tak dapat kita bersama
Meraikan Aidil Fitri yang mulia

Restu ayah bonda kuharap selalu
Hingga aku pulang kepadamu

Hanya ku sampaikan doa dan kiriman tulus ikhlas
Dari jauh kupohonkan ampun maaf
Jangan sedih pagi ini tak dapat kita bersama
Meraikan Aidil Fitri yang mulia

Restu ayah bonda kuharap selalu
Demi anakmu yang kini jauh

BFF

Daniel suddenly came up to me the other day and said, "Daniel nak Mummy....Mummy my best friend." I was taken aback for a bit. Now where did that came from? Pengaruh TV la ni...hehe.... Nevertheless, I felt all warm inside..

So, I replied, "Yes, we are best friends.. Best friends forever"

If only he knew how much I love him. And I hope and want to be his best friend till death do us part. I want to be his best friend when he is old enough to make his own decisions. I want to be his best friend all through his teenage years when all his hormones will be raging inside him. I want to be the one that he consults and confides. I want to be the one whom he shares his worries and problems. I want to be there whenever he needs me. I want to be able to give him wise advices and guide him throughout his life. And I need him to need me.

Ya Allah... Please let us be best friends forever....Ameen...

Phrases that tickled me...

His words to me, which, if uttered by other people would get me pissed off...hehe....

1) Smell my feet, Mummy!
2) Steady, Bumpy Dog!! (of Noddy's fame)
3) Come on, Mummy! No time to waste (if he needs something and I ask him to wait)
4) Why Mummy tido lambat-lambat? (his Q if he wakes up earlier than me)