This is Rayyan, Sarah's (a cousin of mine) first born. A very handsome fellow if I do say so myself. Very much like Adam, the way I remembered him when he was that age, ok maybe Adam was a bit bigger.
Took this at Fareha's wedding. Held at Masjid Abdul Razak yesterday. Love the atmosphere. Did not take too kindly to the other photographer though. I hate what he did.
Anyways, suppose to wake up earlier today and have a good walk and shoot day but alas, day was spoilt when I woke up at 0730. Maybe later, when Adam is at his swimming lesson.
Body felt refreshed when I showered just now but the zzz monster is starting to take over. Hope it won't win.
Slim
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Rayyan
Friday, October 19, 2012
Road leading to sembawang mosque
I like this picture. A very moody look. Its like there is something beyond what's there.
Woke up at 6 today. Sent wifey to school when I came back, my body stubornly refuse to let me do anything else except to go back to bed. Woke up at 11 am. Brushed my teeth and took off to JB to fill up the Jet. Came back and after eating a slice of whole grain with peanut butter, I am full.
Was reading the newspapers awhile back, but nothing came to mind. Must have been a boring yesterday.
Still thinking of getting the LA-EA2 for my ned. That will be about $420. I don't think I have the cash to spend. So I made up my mind. I will get it next week, when wifey's pay is in. Yup, still making use of her. Love her much much. Not because of just her pay only but because she is her.
Slim
Thursday, September 13, 2012
I caned him.
I caned him today. I can't believe that I did. I caned on his left palmed. I caned him out of a sense of responsibility. I caned him because I said I would. I should not have, but I did and I am very sorry.
I caught him lying. He told me he did not hand in his worksheet because his mother said that she wanted to go over the questions with him. I cannot accept that. I cannot accept him lying about his mother like that. I was so angry. I shouted at him, told him to stop making excuses. I then used that as an excuse to use the cane.
I am sure, I was caned when I was young. I cannot remember. I don't think I was. I know for a fact that I was not afraid of being caned, because I am not afraid of not doing the right thing. I was slapped by a teacher several times when I was in primary school. But I was never caned.
I made him go back to school today. I made him collect his worksheets from his teacher. I then made him complete the worksheets. His mother took over after dinner. I think I would have found the long hours more uncomfortable as compared to being caned. I sincerely hope, I don't have to use the cane anymore.
I love him. I love you.
Slim.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Illegal
I know I should be out cycling. But I guess, reading is better than doing nothing. I have finished my reading on Study Unit 1. The study unit ended with a spot on Benjamin Franklin. Interesting, quite a joker ah he...
Writing
I read somewhere, or maybe I heard somewhere that even if one can write, it does not make one a writer. Implying that one can hardly be called a writer even when one writes. Anyway, I choose to write, even though this will not make me turn out to be a good writer, it is fine, that is not my intention anyway.
Maybe I am a closet writer, you know, the kind that wished that he writes, but am too embarrassed for the rest of the world to see? But after reading about Benjamin Franklin and how prolific a writer he was, I am inspired.
10 going on 40
You know when you are getting old is when you cannot remember what you did for your only son's last birthday. I always thought that anything to do with Adam is worth remembering. But I cannot remember what we did for his last birthday. That is, until I checked my Facebook pictures which provided more than an inkling of what transpired that day. Nevertheless, lets not write about the distant past, rather lets talk about the not too distant past and what it holds for the future.
Future
Ah, who am I to talk about the future. Based on statistics alone, I am more than halfway through before I get to kick the bucket. But Adam, well he has a long way to go. Why should he not. He is only ten. I cannot remember vividly what it was like when I was ten, but I know he has it better. His birthday cake alone is better that one I will ever going to get, and perhaps a million other people too. He can choose who he wants to be, whenever he wants that to happen. Its the decisions that he has to make along the way that worries me. I worry because, I will never be there for him all the time. I worry because, people and places surrounding changes ever so often. I worry that I cannot keep up. In fact, I cannot keep up with all of my cousins' names. But never a worrier shall I be.
40 and getting wiser
I may be getting older, but there is an upside towards getting older. One gets wiser. True, this is subjective and the young seldom sees the errors of their ways. I know I am getting wiser, as I keep saying good stuffs to Adam. Stuffs, that even he appreciates. Stuffs that I cannot possibly make up on my own if not for the fact that I am wiser more so this moment then the moment that has just passed. For instance, we has a dad to son as to what being gay is about and more importantly, how not to judge is as important as being able to tell the difference between what is wrong and right. That and what to when somebody uses a bicycle lock to lock your gates so that you cannot get into your house.
That really steam me up. I will write about that in another post.
Midnight
If you come to think about it, everybody is getting wiser. Its a matter of whether you are getting enough of "wise". Maybe it will be too little too late. Maybe it will be sufficient but I have come to accept it. I have come to accept the fact being wise and being wiser are two different things. I settled for just being wise, that is already hard enough. When midnight comes, it is the start of a new day and if becoming wiser has a correlations to being forgetfulness, I want to remember that I was there during your birthday, I took the pictures and I witnessed the joyous face of yours when you opened up your presents in the presence of those that matters. I love you, and I hope I don't forget that. I will try to be wiser for you but in the meantime, try not to wise up too fast.
Love you, abah.
Writing
I read somewhere, or maybe I heard somewhere that even if one can write, it does not make one a writer. Implying that one can hardly be called a writer even when one writes. Anyway, I choose to write, even though this will not make me turn out to be a good writer, it is fine, that is not my intention anyway.
Maybe I am a closet writer, you know, the kind that wished that he writes, but am too embarrassed for the rest of the world to see? But after reading about Benjamin Franklin and how prolific a writer he was, I am inspired.
10 going on 40
You know when you are getting old is when you cannot remember what you did for your only son's last birthday. I always thought that anything to do with Adam is worth remembering. But I cannot remember what we did for his last birthday. That is, until I checked my Facebook pictures which provided more than an inkling of what transpired that day. Nevertheless, lets not write about the distant past, rather lets talk about the not too distant past and what it holds for the future.
Future
Ah, who am I to talk about the future. Based on statistics alone, I am more than halfway through before I get to kick the bucket. But Adam, well he has a long way to go. Why should he not. He is only ten. I cannot remember vividly what it was like when I was ten, but I know he has it better. His birthday cake alone is better that one I will ever going to get, and perhaps a million other people too. He can choose who he wants to be, whenever he wants that to happen. Its the decisions that he has to make along the way that worries me. I worry because, I will never be there for him all the time. I worry because, people and places surrounding changes ever so often. I worry that I cannot keep up. In fact, I cannot keep up with all of my cousins' names. But never a worrier shall I be.
40 and getting wiser
I may be getting older, but there is an upside towards getting older. One gets wiser. True, this is subjective and the young seldom sees the errors of their ways. I know I am getting wiser, as I keep saying good stuffs to Adam. Stuffs, that even he appreciates. Stuffs that I cannot possibly make up on my own if not for the fact that I am wiser more so this moment then the moment that has just passed. For instance, we has a dad to son as to what being gay is about and more importantly, how not to judge is as important as being able to tell the difference between what is wrong and right. That and what to when somebody uses a bicycle lock to lock your gates so that you cannot get into your house.
That really steam me up. I will write about that in another post.
Midnight
If you come to think about it, everybody is getting wiser. Its a matter of whether you are getting enough of "wise". Maybe it will be too little too late. Maybe it will be sufficient but I have come to accept it. I have come to accept the fact being wise and being wiser are two different things. I settled for just being wise, that is already hard enough. When midnight comes, it is the start of a new day and if becoming wiser has a correlations to being forgetfulness, I want to remember that I was there during your birthday, I took the pictures and I witnessed the joyous face of yours when you opened up your presents in the presence of those that matters. I love you, and I hope I don't forget that. I will try to be wiser for you but in the meantime, try not to wise up too fast.
Love you, abah.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Books for the term
The books I am suppose to be reading now. I guess I should be. Seems very heavy going. But I think I will manage. God willing.
Update:
Its about an hour and a half since I last wrote and I am happy to inform you that I have cleared chapter 1. That should be at least a third of study unit 1.
OMG OMG OMG..
Update:
Its about an hour and a half since I last wrote and I am happy to inform you that I have cleared chapter 1. That should be at least a third of study unit 1.
OMG OMG OMG..
Friday, July 20, 2012
Sick
A cousin was admitted into Changi hospital today. He was found unconscious with his eyes wide open this morning. His mother tried to wake him up because he was suppose to be off to work, and that was how she found him.
I am full of fear. Fear of the worse that can happen. He is so young, one of the younger batch of my cousins, younger than my youngest sister.
But you have to be brave, I keep telling myself that. God willing, we will pull through the the many tests that he had set out for us. Insyallah
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I am full of fear. Fear of the worse that can happen. He is so young, one of the younger batch of my cousins, younger than my youngest sister.
But you have to be brave, I keep telling myself that. God willing, we will pull through the the many tests that he had set out for us. Insyallah
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Idris
Came back from the doctor yesterday. Was told the good news, that out baby is healthy. Even though he is not born yet, we have started to call him idris. Yup, we were told that idris is a boy.
I know I was suppose to cry out in happiness. But I was silenced. Silenced as in I am syukur that I am going to have another child. I hope, I really hope that that child is going to be syukur to have us as his parents.
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I know I was suppose to cry out in happiness. But I was silenced. Silenced as in I am syukur that I am going to have another child. I hope, I really hope that that child is going to be syukur to have us as his parents.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
One Direction - One Thing
This is the song that Adam sang to during his P4 camp. That boy can move. I became a fan when I the slicks he had.
He claimed he did not enjoy the camp but he could not stop talking about it. Wait till he becomes one of the instructors. That boy has potential.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
That's Adam. On his way to school for the start of the p4 camp. Its hard not to remember the time when he was still carried by su. That boy has grown up very fast. It makes me wanting to hold on to the memories even more.
I wished him the best and that nothing bad will befell him during the camp.
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I wished him the best and that nothing bad will befell him during the camp.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Camp
Adam is doing his final preparations for his p4 camp tomorrow. It will be Jalan bahtera camp. He will be back home on Saturday afternoon. I pray that Allah protect him against all mishaps. All the more important seeing that he can be very clumsy at times.
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Friday, July 06, 2012
Foetus
That is our foetus. Its 12 weeks old. I hope everything will be fine.
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Scary movie
That's Adam watching a scary movie. We were watching dragonfly, starring Kevin Costner.
My sister was just discharged from hospital today. Her right side still giving her problems. But apart from the fact that we can poke a pin on her right cheek and she can't feel a thing, she is fine. They have just left my houses. They dinnered here and I introduced her to celery. I hope that that will do her some good.
My in laws are here. Looks like my nephew will be sleeping over. A happy day..
Oh, dad was here. Happy day indeed.
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My sister was just discharged from hospital today. Her right side still giving her problems. But apart from the fact that we can poke a pin on her right cheek and she can't feel a thing, she is fine. They have just left my houses. They dinnered here and I introduced her to celery. I hope that that will do her some good.
My in laws are here. Looks like my nephew will be sleeping over. A happy day..
Oh, dad was here. Happy day indeed.
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Stroke
My youngest sister just had a mild stroke. She is in hospital at the moment. I am still in shock.
It is a mild stroke. She seems fine.
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It is a mild stroke. She seems fine.
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Nifsu syaaban
Tonight is nifsu syaaban. I have been on this earth for nearly half a century and only today did it occur to me to find out what it meant. So many wasted moments. Masyaalah.
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Food and fun fair
Am at a convent school for girls somewhere in sallim road. My sister is teaching in this school. They are having a fun fake to raise funds and I think this is one heck of a party...
Jason mraz is playing on the loudspeakers now. The noise would put Hong Kong lady's market to shame.. I love the atmosphere. Fantastic...
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Jason mraz is playing on the loudspeakers now. The noise would put Hong Kong lady's market to shame.. I love the atmosphere. Fantastic...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Ikea
Now
At ikea now. Finally manage to leave the house. Even if there is still pain in my foot. Have just parked the car. Su and Adam went inside looking for picture frames. For sota, a forum Su is organizing.
Thor
Subscribed to HBO today. Was about to leave home when su switched to the channel and it was showing Thor. Seems like a good idea to ditch ikea and do Thor. But then, I would not be leaving the house.
Radio
I am beginning to like ikea. They piped good music to the car park and the quality is not bad. Drank an alkaline drink just now and I think it must have been good for me. I feel better.
Slim
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At ikea now. Finally manage to leave the house. Even if there is still pain in my foot. Have just parked the car. Su and Adam went inside looking for picture frames. For sota, a forum Su is organizing.
Thor
Subscribed to HBO today. Was about to leave home when su switched to the channel and it was showing Thor. Seems like a good idea to ditch ikea and do Thor. But then, I would not be leaving the house.
Radio
I am beginning to like ikea. They piped good music to the car park and the quality is not bad. Drank an alkaline drink just now and I think it must have been good for me. I feel better.
Slim
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Criminal
Criminal mindsss
We, as in Su and I have been watching episodes of criminal minds almost every night. We started all the way from season 1 and now we are at season 2 disk 5. Disk 6 should be here today and after I ripped it, I will enjoy watching it together with Su.
Market
Puji went to the market by herself today. She went to the wet market at punggol plaza. I half expect her to screw up but I sincerely hope she does not. Anyway, I did not go because of the pain I am feeling right now in my left leg.
Dad
Waiting for dad to come over with more medicines. They are cheaper in honor.
Sad news.
Reported in the news that some key personnel of city harvest church was arrested for misusing the church funds. I am not a Christian but this is ridiculous. Honestly, I don't know what churches uses the contribution from their congregation for but surely not to unwittingly finance the singing career of the pastor's wife.
Just my thoughts.
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We, as in Su and I have been watching episodes of criminal minds almost every night. We started all the way from season 1 and now we are at season 2 disk 5. Disk 6 should be here today and after I ripped it, I will enjoy watching it together with Su.
Market
Puji went to the market by herself today. She went to the wet market at punggol plaza. I half expect her to screw up but I sincerely hope she does not. Anyway, I did not go because of the pain I am feeling right now in my left leg.
Dad
Waiting for dad to come over with more medicines. They are cheaper in honor.
Sad news.
Reported in the news that some key personnel of city harvest church was arrested for misusing the church funds. I am not a Christian but this is ridiculous. Honestly, I don't know what churches uses the contribution from their congregation for but surely not to unwittingly finance the singing career of the pastor's wife.
Just my thoughts.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Soccer match
WIN
Ever since I turned to Apple for my computer needs, I knew that windows is crap! one of my friends would believe it and some who do use Apple would not even bother to look at the difference! I mean seriously, why do I have to pay more just so that I could have my laptop back up itself to a router which is connected wirelessly? Its not that it can't be done, its just that I could only have it done if I upgrade my WIN home premium to a WIN professional. That will be another $85 bucks! Hey, Apple allows me to that and so much more and we all know how reliable windows is don't we? But I digress, as I am writing this post on a Samsung notebook running on windows. Sigh. Why? Because I have to keep this notebook online as it back up itself into my external hard disk.
WIN Phone
My nokia lumia 900, running on windows 7.5 on the other hand is a gem. That is until you read that microsoft is releasing windows 8 about 2 months after nokia released the lumia 900 with a tag line "the real windows phone". The thing is, you cannot upgrade the win 7 phone to the new OS. What the...?
Apple
I wish sometimes that Apple is like windows. I mean they have just released a new mac book pro with retina display. I can afford it but my logical side keep asking me as to why would I need another notebook since the first mac book pro that I bought some 5 years ago is serving me very well? No doubt that I had to change the battery twice but it still works! Hooray for Apple.
Slim
Ever since I turned to Apple for my computer needs, I knew that windows is crap! one of my friends would believe it and some who do use Apple would not even bother to look at the difference! I mean seriously, why do I have to pay more just so that I could have my laptop back up itself to a router which is connected wirelessly? Its not that it can't be done, its just that I could only have it done if I upgrade my WIN home premium to a WIN professional. That will be another $85 bucks! Hey, Apple allows me to that and so much more and we all know how reliable windows is don't we? But I digress, as I am writing this post on a Samsung notebook running on windows. Sigh. Why? Because I have to keep this notebook online as it back up itself into my external hard disk.
WIN Phone
My nokia lumia 900, running on windows 7.5 on the other hand is a gem. That is until you read that microsoft is releasing windows 8 about 2 months after nokia released the lumia 900 with a tag line "the real windows phone". The thing is, you cannot upgrade the win 7 phone to the new OS. What the...?
Apple
I wish sometimes that Apple is like windows. I mean they have just released a new mac book pro with retina display. I can afford it but my logical side keep asking me as to why would I need another notebook since the first mac book pro that I bought some 5 years ago is serving me very well? No doubt that I had to change the battery twice but it still works! Hooray for Apple.
Slim
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Games
Dad and Adam playing command and conquer against each other. Adam is winning.
Its quite rare to have dad stays beyond 3pm. I never tell him, but I really appreciate his presence. I wish that there are more father son activity i can do with him..
At least playing computer games with his grandson seems to make both him and Adam happy.
I might drop by his place tonight. That is if Su is feeling better.
Su has caught the flu bug. She has been on medical leave for the last two days.. Caught the bug during our trip to the gynae.. I hope idris is fine.
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Its quite rare to have dad stays beyond 3pm. I never tell him, but I really appreciate his presence. I wish that there are more father son activity i can do with him..
At least playing computer games with his grandson seems to make both him and Adam happy.
I might drop by his place tonight. That is if Su is feeling better.
Su has caught the flu bug. She has been on medical leave for the last two days.. Caught the bug during our trip to the gynae.. I hope idris is fine.
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