My parents came to visit

 Shu got them return flight tickets just to get my dad out of the house. The last time he was here was about 12 years ago when Shu and I got married. My mum had been wanting to come visit since forever but she couldn't just leave my dad behind. My brothers are working so there's no one to look after him.

Anywho, they flew over on Saturday. Took them out for lunch at the place where I go for my sailing classes coz my dad wanted to see the area. There were a lot of construction tapes because I think they are repairing the decks. He only got a glimpse of the boats. Also, the sailing team were all away for SUKMA so the area was pretty empty.

Then, we headed home coz the kids wanted to show them around the house. We went out for dinner somewhere Yusuf really hates but there's proper food for everyone and the place was pretty cozy.

My mum spent the rest of the night with the kids watching Ghostbusters Afterlife. The next morning, we headed off to the beach because my dad was in major need of a soak in the sun. He was having a good time...... It got too hot for my mum that she had to get some shade because she started hyperventilating........

After a few hours, we headed home to clean up and rest. Later in the afternoon, we took them on a boat ride across the river to the market. They had a blast. We'll, I always love being on water. The weather was great on our way there.

I don't know what's going on with the weather these days but we were lucky enough to have made back across the river in time before the storm hit that evening. The wind was so strong and the waves were getting rough.

We had dinner at home that night.

The next morning, the boys had to go to school so everyone got up early. Came back with some breakfast and I took a walk with my mum around the block. She had no sense of the surroundings so I showed her........on foot.... Later, we got everybody into the car to get some keropok from a nearby shop for them to take back to KL.

We got ready at home and sent them off to the airport. Managed to get coffee and after they headed into the departure hall, we headed off to get the boys from school.

It was a short trip because my dad had to go to work when he got back. My mum said she's planning to come back with my aunt and uncle and my brothers........ I hope they don't mind the rain coz I think monsoon is coming early this year......... 

Sometimes.......I don't realize how fast time flies..........

 Sometimes, I'm still stuck in a moment in my mind...........and then, I'd wake up and see that years had passed. What ever memory I have about a person or an environment or anything about anything is sometimes shocking to me because I don't realize how much time can change a person or a situation.

Especially since I live far away from the people I know........I'm always on the move doing something somewhere and then when the weekend hits, I'll stop and think what the hell happened to everything.......

I have no idea what I'm saying at this point. In fact, I don't even know who or what I am addressing.

I was chatting with my brother, Rashid, the other night. I like to send memes to him or stupid things like how I wore a top hat with bunny ears and I was playing my guitar and I captioned the picture "Slash Bunny from Guns N Posies" No one will get it coz only a handful of people I know listens to Guns N Roses...........

Anywho, I always forget how far away I am and how far away I have been in the past few years and I can hardly remember when I saw him last.........other than the few video calls I usually have with my mom. He was telling me about his new job. I'm so happy to know that he's doing something skillful and not stuck in a professional line. I don't have anything against professionals. I just think that skills usually go a longer way and learning new skills are always rewarding.

I sometimes look back on photos from my cloud drive and realize how tiny my kids were and that now, they are old enough to make up excuses -_- Sometimes, I have a hard time keeping track of their vocabularies because they keep learning new things everyday.

Right now, Shu and I are facing a new challenge with our kids. They can't tell if they are being bullied or that their friends are trying to be funny. It's hard because sometimes they'd come home and tell us about their day and we'd pick up some bits and pieces about their interactions in school which isn't the most polite thing to do. I'm trying to tell them to stand up for themselves and that it's ok to tell people off if it bothers them but I don't know if they understand what I'm talking about.

I've always been bullied growing up and sometimes, I don't realize that I'm being bullied because I don't understand other kids and why they do what they do. I've always tried to be the diplomatic one and I must admit, not everyone can understand what I say. Maybe it's the language. Maybe it's the vocab. Maybe it's just upbringing. I don't know. I understand why I am sometimes bitter about certain things but I really want to spare the kids these emotions because it can really eat you up inside and it can really affect your life as you grow older.

At least out loud, I won't say I'm in love

 

I was 16 and I was never the dating type and my mom insisted that this was my song when I met Shu........

Well, it's been 21 years since then...... And we have been married for 12 years now....... 

Abschiedsbrief

 Try pronouncing that as you sing a Deutsch song...... As a non-native speaker........ 😂

It's been a long week. We made a quick trip to KL to shop. Well, I needed to replenish my coffee and the kids wanted to go to Toys 'R' Us. The main objective was to get Shu's clothes coz he wanted a specific brand and we knew the one place that could cover all grounds.

Yup, we headed south....... Not south south but souther than east of KL.......

This seems to be our home whenever we come here. The kids love it. I don't mind the spa here and we don't have to worry about parking when heading out to the mall. So much win.

We couldn't go to our favourite park in Cyberjaya coz the weather here was raining all day and night. I was living in a hoodie. Not complaining. It's a change because where we currently live, the weather bounces back and forth from 25 degrees celcius in the evening to 32 degrees celcius in the day.

Made a quick stop to see my parents in Taman Tun. Met my brother Azim whom I had not seen since the beginning of the pandemic. He hugged me and immediately caught on to the scent of Dirty....... Hahaha...... I forgot how much he used to be obsessed with that scent back when he used to visit my sister in Sydney.

My dad was trying to get rid of some of his stuff so he gave us some paragliding rope and carabiners........

Made it back in time for Independence Day celebration...... We got up later than planned coz we had been driving all day the day before but we did manage to park and walked so far to where the celebration was held. It was worth it.......

We had a blast........

Oh yeah, one of the other goals to our trip to KL was to visit Shu's sister over at her new house. She had really done up the place and it looked awesome! We hope to get her contractors to come work on our house soon....... We have quite a lot to work on.........