Over the...

1. It's the classic case of trapped in between loved ones. One made a request that is subject to approval from another. The other said not yet, right now there are other priorities and considerations. Tried to explain the situation to the requestor and the phone was hung up. Tried to cajole the other and it turned into a fight. No, it's never easy when one is caught in between loved ones.
"Dibuat salah, tak buat salah
jadi semua serba salah..."

2. After lots of persuasion and some assistance from somebody closed - what was requested was turned into a reality. But instead of seeing the requestor smiling, we both cried. It's hard to explain stuff rationally when the emotions are high... But yeah, who says we need to be rational all the time...

3. Am currently maidless. The new maid is supposed to arrive on February 1st, which was fine with me because it's public holiday (Putrajaya is part of the Federal Territory and not Selangor, unlike Cyberjaya) Turned out, the awaited maid had decided to wait until she can come to Malaysia together with other friends so she will only be arriving in mid February. Oh well...

4. For the time being, Humaidi is staying with my parents in PJ, Huzaifah sent to my uncle's place by hubby after kindie and Haniyya is cared by the bibik of my back-door neighbour during office hour.

5. Ayah suggested that both Huzaifah and Humaidi to be left in PJ - but I think the combo of them both will be more than a handful for Mira, the helper. Already during her one-month absence in my parent's place, there is a mountain or two of washed-but-not-yet-ironed-nor-folded laundry waiting for her attention. It's not so bad if one paired Huzaifah or Humaidi with Baby Haniyya, but pairing Humaidi and Huzaifah could sometimes result in volatile emotions (and really high-pitched voices). Big No No.

6. And it's true, I prefer to let Huzaifah be rather consistent in attending his kindie, not so much for academic but rather for his social skills development. During the past one month, I've seen him improving like never before. He has grown to be more detailed in his stories of what happened during the day and a lot easier to negotiate with. (Last time he would insist on us getting him some toy everytime toys were spotted within the vicinity, now I can take him for groceries shopping, and let him choose a favorite food or two instead of buying him any toy) Besides, it's good to keep waking him up early in the morning - he has to start learning waking up early for solat Subuh someday. (Now, if only I could make him stop wearing his diapers...)

7. The clerk from Dr Priya's (the Child Development specialist) called me to let me know that the appointment for Humaidi have been postponed until March 23. Turned out the good doctor has to attend a conference abroad. Her clinic is only opened on Tuesday evenings, hence the long postponement.

8. We witnessed my cousin Imad's wedding over the weekend. The akad nikah was held at Masjid Putra - a simple solemn ceremony in which during the Khutbah Nikah, Mak heard a line that most others did not pay much attention to (but could bring huge implication to the wife in later days). Talk about paying attention... I guess others were more keen on the akad nikah itself - when Imad and Atie became legally wedded couple with just "sekali lafaz", alhamdulillah.