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Oh Dear.. This Can't Be Happening??

I think this is just too much.

Hoih... malu... malu!!

Next year is supposed to be Visit Malaysia 2007 and now we have this sort of thing going on in the country.

It's just too much lah! What ever those people were doing, they should get their eyes and brain check!! Too extreme!! Too much!! What ever it is.. Where's the freedom of privacy?

Obviously they are tourist for goodness sake. They are just looking for some private time/moment alone. *double sigh* I can imagine what his wife is thinking right now about our country. Congratulations!! Malaysia Boleh!!!

In Memory of My Late Grand Uncle

I was woken up by a phone call this morning from my mom. She was crying telling me the bad news that my grand uncle from Singapore had passed away this morning. I was told that he collapsed and fell down as he was coming out from the toilet. The whole situation of what had happened is still unclear as all my uncles are still waiting for the body at the hospital as I'm blogging this.

I'm sad. He was the only surviving grand uncle who was very close to my family especially with my mom. It was during the 1950's era, my mother who was working in Singapore then, stayed with him and his family. That's why she was crying. She was really close to them. He and late grand aunt was consider like a second parent to her.

During the early 80's, we used to travel down to Singapore every year during Hari Raya to visit them. At that time, they still had the "rumah kampung" in Sembawang. I had so much fun whenever my parents decides to drive down to Singapore from Batu Pahat. It was compulsory back then for my mom to visit my late grand uncle. Then as the years passes by, we grew up and my parents hardly drive down to Singapore or even "balik kampung" anymore. The "balik kampung" trips during Hari Raya also stopped as my grand parents passed on. There's hardly anyone left except my uncles back in "kampung". It was only during special occasions like weddings or death in the family or relatives that my parents would drive down to Batu Pahat or catch a day trip flight to Singapore.

Anyway today would be one of those special occasions. Unfortunately this time around it is going to be a trip that will make my mom very sad. My parents and siblings are supposed to drive down to Batu Pahat tomorrow to attend my cousin's wedding. But since my aunt called mom and broke the news to her, she won't be driving down to Batu Pahat. Instead, my siblings will be driving down to represent our family. My parents will catch the morning flight tomorrow and fly down to Singapore.

My relatives are scarttered all around Malaysia and Singapore. I'm not surprised if any one of the readers here are my cousins or distance cousins. For some cases, I don't even know they are my cousins. We hardly meet them. We don't have those "reunion or family gatherings" like we used to have. Though our origins are Johor or some people call it Johoreans but we have migrated. My parents moved around alot back then before they finally migrate to K.L. Military life has always been that way. We moved around alot.

Anyway, I'm so sad that my late grand uncle did not manage to "meet/see" my siblings, my children, nephews and 2 years old niece. It's been years since he last saw them. Probably 7 years ago. The last trip to K.L was actually at my wedding reception which he attended with my relatives from Singapore. Since then he was not able to travel around that much. He was getting old. His eye sight and hearing was not as good as it used to be. We would talk really loud to his ears so that he would be able to hear what we say. Sometimes, we have to scream talking to him on the phone. But those day are gone now. He just left us for a better place this morning.

It was actually last year that I "last" saw my grand uncle. In fact my parents and siblings have not seen him for a while. They have been busy while my trip down to Singapore last year was due to medical reason and it was because of the PET scan that I did twice in Mount Elizabeth Hospital. While I was there, I managed to visit my late grand uncle at my uncle's house. He couldn't recognized me at first until I told him who I was. He was so excited to see us. I showed him pictures of my children. He was happy to see how well we all have grown and that we've got children of our own now. He wanted to keep the picture of me and my children but I suggested that I will post him a picture of the whole family instead. But he never got to "see" the picture. I felt really bad that he didn't get his "last" wish. How was I to know that the trip to Singapore at that time was our "last" meeting. Our last trip to Singapore was in late June this year when I took the whole family there for a short vacation. However, we didn't had the time to visit him since our schedule was tight and we had 2 hyper kids running around us with no maids to help out.

Tergamam rasanya.

But this is what it has been written for him and I have accepted it as much as what has been written for me. Saya redha. It's Fate, Qadaq and Qadar. Friday is a good day and he left this world on a good day. Al-Fatihah.

Tok Man, I will always remember you. You were the grand uncle that I only had and remembered growing up with after arwah Tok passed away when I was very very young. Thank you for the beautiful memories. I will miss you.

Al-Fatihah

Scuba, Anyone??

If you're adventurous and want something exciting for your whole family, why not try scuba diving. I'm helping out a friend to promote his Scuba activities for kids and family. I think this is an excellent way to expose the children at young age about underwater world. At the same time, you get to spend time with the family.

What say you? Why not give it a try....

Dear Parents/ Divers,

KIDS SCUBA CAMP, LANGKAWI – PULAU PAYAR, NOVEMBER 24 – 27, 2006

Warm Greetings from Kids Scuba !!!

We are pleased to inform that Kids Scuba™ with the cooperation of Langkasuka Beach Resort & East Marine Dive Center brings you another fun packed adventure for your children. It will be held at Langkawi & Pulau Payar Marine Park, where Divers, Kids Scuba & Scuba Rangers students and their families can interact with real marine life. Pulau Payar Marine Park is known for its amazing corals and abundance of fish that can be found in relative shallow waters, perfect for the Kids Scuba camp program.

Kid's Scuba™ is the pioneer for children scuba activities in Malaysia and a recognized certified SSI (Scuba schools International) Dive school in Kuala Lumpur. We have trained hundreds of Junior and Adult divers including kids since 2004. Kids Scuba has officially trained the first children in scuba diving in Malaysia and is still the only dive school experienced in educating children in this activity. ( www.kidsscuba.com)

The Scuba Camp will be held from November 24 – 27 2006, School Holiday. It will be a 4 days /3 nights full board Ex Kuala Kedah Jetty - self-drive or night coach from Kuala Lumpur.    Accommodation has been arranged at Langkasuka Beach Resort while the Scuba diving activities has been arranged with Eastmarine Dive Center, Langkawi. ( www.eastmarine.com.my)

The Kids Scuba Camp is catered exclusively for Open Water, Jr. Open Water , Kids Scuba & Scuba Rangers students.  We attached herewith the full itinerary and registration form for your kind attention. The closing date will be on 06^th November 2006. As there are only limited places available, please register early to avoid disappointment.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and hope to see you in Langkawi !!!!!!!  Feel free to call me at 019-3176705 or Nadia at 019-3826705 for further inquiries.

Thank you & best regards.

Syed Abd Rahman

Manager, Scuba Educator

SSI Scuba Rangers Instructor Trainer

KIDS SCUBA
"Underwater Adventure For Kids"         
Tel : 6019-3176705 (Syed) or 6019-3826705 (Nadia)
Fax : 603-51928005      E-mail    : kidsscuba@yahoo.com     Website :  www.kidsscuba.com

Festive Season

I'd like to wish all the blog readers celebrating this festive season in Malaysia and through out the world "Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri Maaf Zahir & Batin".

I'd also would like to extend my greetings to the readers who's also celebrating Deepavali end of this week.

For those who are driving back to your hometown, do drive extra careful. Have a safe journey home during this festive season.

One Day at a Time

Warning: Long entry coming out from the heart.

Sometimes it takes a light bulb moment to think back about life. Yes, few weeks ago I was angry. Angry about the haze. Angry about what's been written in the news. And all this happened during the fasting month. Oh..the challenge that I go through, only ALLAH knows. Yes, for a while I 'lost' it. All because I have phobia of haze or any form of haze from dust to smog. An experience that I will never forget when I was in Dubai.

I have been avoiding blogging about my life and how I am lately just because I want to channel my self from thinking about what I went through last year. Yes, I may have been too harsh in my entries lately which I admit I did. Try to put yourself in my position. Some may look at it differently. To some it's not a big deal either. Well, if you have 2 healthy lungs, you may just think...well..it will go away and it's just a matter of time.

Well in my case, it's not easy. I'm a mother of 2 who went through gruesome experience of chemotherapy, major surgery of losing a whole major lung and radiation. My kids was 4 and 2 then. Almost all of our live savings and insurance money went to the treatment. I wanted to get well again. I wanted to live a little longer so that my kids still have a mother and my husband is well taken care of by me, his wife. It's not easy mind you. But I had to do it for the sake of my family. I fought and I fought very hard. I am now well as far as I know. Insya'ALLAH. But there's always ups and down and when it comes to haze, I'm always either cooped up or down with a bad cough and running nose. Taking antibiotic almost every month is not my cup of tea...thank you. I'll try to avoid it as much as possible.

I'm tired talking about haze and yet I still bitch about it. Why? Because it effects my health, life and my family. I'm breathing with one lung. I can't afford to lose another lung or else I'll die. Whenever I feel my body aches or react to some situation, I'll get anxious and later leads to panic attacks. How will I breathe? What will happen to my family? My 2 little precious? I may be on remission now. But it takes 5 years till I'll be given the clear health bill or what ever they call it. I just completed my 1st year and 4 more years to go. How do I feel? I'm blessed and very grateful. Then again...this haze is not helping me right now. It's not just me but the whole world. Do you want the air to be polluted with smog? We all breathe the same air. So..what should I do? Migrate? Yeah right. As if the the other countries have no other problem.

So yeah, I was angry and suddenly I had another light bulb moment. Hey, shouldn't I be more relaxed and calmer since I took up yoga classes? Why all the grumpy feeling? *sigh* I don't understand my self sometimes. So, my conclusion is that I've been cooped up in the house too long that I need to run naked and breathe freely without worrying about the haze! Wait..did I say naked? I take that back. What I mean is that...I just want to go out and breathe freely without worrying to get sick caused by the haze. No masks and worrying about the kids getting sick too!! Now that sounds better.

So ok..I'm over and done about the haze cause I'm getting bored putting up newspaper cuttings on haze. B-o-r-i-n-g!! Next issue please...

While we read the newspapers and hear or watch the news everyday, (which I should avoid at times for some peace of mind) at least I've been fed with some good news and unfortunately also some bad news. My two best friend "J" and "N" are now mothers. Both of them gave birth to a baby girl. Sweet and nice. Another friend gave birth to a baby girl couple of months back only to have found out through her blog today. Congratulations to the 3 of you ladies and mommies for the first time.

As for the bad news, sad to find out that some of our friends are going through rough times. I hope they are strong and taking this as another challenge in life. Divorce is not something that everyone wants to go through in their lives especially those with small children. Yes, each and everyone of us seems to have our own challenge in life. Who says life is simple and easy.

Take it easy..take it one day at a time. Though I say it over and over again to my self, well it is not easy and I'm still struggling with it at times.

Next issue please...

Haze and More Haze

This will never end. For the past few days I was furious with the haze. But I'm calmer now. Though it makes me depressed once in a while when you're too cooped up in the house, I'd find something to do.

Anyway, I'm so fed up. Hah..obviously and I know that it's not going away. It WILL still be a seasonal thing eh?

Heck! Who cares about the world's population health, air pollution and being sick. Go ahead...kill the human race.

Looking Into Life

Another life is lost in the battle of an illness called cancer.

Al-Fatihah to Seha, the former singer of a local group in the 80's called Freedom. She died of Lung cancer this morning after 3rd round of chemo.

Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat. Al-Fatihah.

p.s

Happy Birthday to my sister who's celebrating her xx birthday today!! Hahahaha...you're so old babe!! Happy birthday to you..you were born in the zoo with all the monkeys and kangaroos..happy birthday to you!! :P

Life is precious...appreciate and embrace to what ALLAH have given to us. Live your life to the fullest. Celebrate your life. Be happy and Live Strong.

Breathe...People...

Here I am sitting near the window in my bedroom watching the view outside. Oh wait...what view? I don't see any view. I hardly see anything within the radius of 500 meter. I used to see the hills and the eye sore of the construction site.....WTF!!

When I woke up this morning, all I saw was haze. Haze here, haze there, haze was everywhere. I can't even see the construction building site in front of our housing estate. Forget about the hills or the far view of Genting Highlands that usually visible during normal day. I freaked out and almost choked. I'm not letting my kids go to pre-school at this condition.

Hubby was on his way to Putrajaya this morning and all he saw was haze. He took a photo of what he saw on the way there and e-mailed it to me. It freaked me out to see how bad the haze is today. So they say it will be gone in 3 days. MY FOOT!! BOLLOCKS!!!

I am so angry. I'm fuming mad. It may be the fasting month but I'm still mad. This is an important issue that the government should take it seriously. Don't just talk cock-lah. Hey, without the people's vote...you people won't be running the country. Heck..you people think of only contracts and how to get rich!! WTF!! Ok there's more to that but I'm not wasting my energy to elaborate further. Politics turns me off.

No shit, I usually don't talk about politics. I've never even touch on that topic because I HATE politics. Period.

I don't know how bad it was last year at about this time because I was still in Sydney recuperating from my major surgery and radiation. But I was told that it was bad enough and I was lucky that I was not in Malaysia at that time. But I did remember the year before that and it was bad. It's true what JeffOoi said. "Haze is now an annual affair that is more certain than the monthly menstrual cycle". Hahaha... oh..I agree.

I am not the only one who's complaining! The whole country is. We're choking! We are breathing hazardous air and what is the government doing about it? Ooohh...yes..they say..they will take action. They will do this..do that...bring this issue to this...that...bla bla bla bla bla...

....Hmm...why do I have the feeling that I've heard of all this bullshit talk cock so many times few years back?

OK.....I'm a mother of 2, a wife with one lung pleading to some of those monkeys out there who's running the country. Please stop talking bullshit and take action. Be firm!! Do something for the rakyat (country). We want to breathe freely. We want our kids to go out and play without wearing a mask. We want people with one lung live longer. We do not want air pollution. We do not want haze....

Not that my vote counts so much but heck... you monkeys better do something about it. Only then I shall stop the name callings!! (Hah..just maybe). I don't give a shit if the government or their people read this. I'm just a one lung housewife pleading for some actions. I just want my kids to be able to go to school without worrying of falling sick. Or people with one lung like me who would be able to live longer without worrying having any further respiratory problem. 

I'm sick and tired wearing mask and being cooped up in this house whenever the haze is back. I'm sick and tired of seeing my 5 year old son wearing a mask because he doesn't want his mommy to get infected all over again. And I'm sick and tired with all this bullshit nonsense talk cock about doing something with the haze. I don't see any actions. I had enough. No votes from me!!

Ye..ye...sabar mobilemom. Sabar!!... Heh...sabar la ni!! I'm talking facts-lah.

Will It Go Away?

My foot!!! I think this whole thing is a joke!! I'm so bloody fed up that I can keep on cursing about this stupid haze and not to forget those idiots. Yes, I'm mad. I'm so mad that I feel like migrating!!

I'm walking around the house with a mask on my face reminding me of doctors and hospitals which I try to avoid these days. One of my children has developed flu and cough again due to this bloody sickening haze. Soon, the other child will catch it, then the hubby and next...I wonder who. It's all a viscous circle. I don't want to be on medication all over again. It took me weeks to recover from coughs and flu that was caused from haze last month. Frag it!!

Be patient mobilemom. It's the fasting month. Yes, I know that. Obviously. Another Dugaan.

I wish there's such thing like a big vacum that can suck in all this fragging haze, bad viruses, bacterias that can lead to air pollution and hazardous to human health. *double sigh*

I just hope and pray that this haze will go away. Then again, why do I have the feeling that it wont and these people will never ever learn. Bugger!! I'm migrating!!!

**Click on the newspaper cutting if you'd like to read the details.

They Will Never Learn

They will never learn. They will NEVER EVER learn.

When will those idiots out there realized that the air we breathe in now is so bloody polluted!!!

Yes, yes...this is the fasting month. We should be patient and control of our anger. Can you live with this? Can you let your children breathe the air this way? Can you let your self breathe such condition? Can I let my self out knowing that I'm breathing the air that is very polluted because of some irresponsible people doing open burning as if this world is theirs only to live in. Bugger!! How more stupid can people be??? I wonder sometimes.

This has now becoming like an all year round season. Since when haze has become apart of mother nature???