Aqiqah at friend's place

My niece, Nana enjoying some cendolOccupied with the weekend happenings, I did not have much time to update the blog. One of my auntie came over from Kelantan and stayed with us for a couple of nights. I also attended a wedding in Nilai yesterday, driving my parents and sister over there.

I managed to catch the football match last night. United managed to net four goals despite using just a couple of gears and ending the match with an improbable back four. None of the back five were their regular and this can only be a good thing talking about the depth of the squad. However, the highlight was Chelsea's loss to Man Citeh. I wasn't sure what I enjoyed more, the fact of Chelsea having lost the game or the sight of Fat Frank missing the penalty late on which would have pulled his side level.

Consequently, I woke up late this morning for my ward round. It was however sorted by noon and I headed straight from UMMC to a family friend's place in Keramat. Our family have been close since I was in kindergarten and it was pretty nice to catch up on old times. I may have a spare couple of hours later today to finish my write-up about the Fraser's Hill trip, so watch this space.!

Bringing Irfan to Casualty

Even the gloomy Casualty room was lit up by a Xmas tree.I was woken up at around 4.30am with Irfan's coughing. He developed fever yesterday evening and has been looking toxic but was well enough to play. He was also coughing. After some paracetamol and cough medicine, he went to sleep. 

When I was woken up, his cough has turned croupy. His chest was wheezing. Idlan is asthmatic but not Irfan. Our family are riddled with asthmatic anyhow. One of my Uncle passed away last year due to an asthma attack in Jordan.

I then got everyone into the car and sped off to the nearest Casualty which happens to be Gleneagle in Jalan Ampang for us. He continued to be wheezy on the way in. That only stopped after he saw the Doctor and given a nebuliser.

It's difficult to say if he will turn up to become asthmatic but it certainly looked that way. After the nebuliser, he slowly returned to his normal self. The wheeze subsided. The coughing reduced. His temperature also came down after some paracetamol. We left Casualty just before 5.45. We will have to return later at around 10 if the wheeze returns.

Looks familiar?

I'm sure it is to those who did their Medical training at UM. Giving a lecture in Kelang this afternoon, on hemeostasis. Then will drive straight back home. I have all those pictures to edit from the weekend.

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Update on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 10:19PM by Haris Abdul Rahman

I went over to Kinokuniya after work today since Anita wanted to look at something at Isetan in KLCC. Never really had the chance to rest after the the trip. I only managed to get on the computer after dinner and edited the photos from the first day. Already getting tired and will retire soon. Have a long day tomorrow as Habibah is currently in the US attending a conference in New Orleans.

Getting my priorities right - first, clean the car

I haven't been updating my blog for the last couple of days. I have been on vacation with the family. We went up Fraser's Hill on Sunday and we just arrived home a couple if hours ago. First things first, the car needs cleaning. Unfortunately it has been raining outside. It has stopped since.

We stayed at the Smokehouse Hotel there. It's a mock Tudor English house which was built in 1937. It has since been converted into a hotel. It serves authentic English food, which was half the attraction. All in all I was very happy there. Anita insisted that I leave my MacBook behind. Phone connection was rather hit and miss although the hotel have got free wifi at the louge.

I was uploading the photos onto my computer earlier. I counted about 450 pics in total. Was too lazy to edit yet. Maybe I'll leave it until tomorrow. Rather tired with allthe drivig and the prospect of having to return to work tomorrow. I might blog more later if I can muster it. Oops! The car is ready!

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Qurban

Salleh with his QurbanSelamat Hari Raya Qurban. This year, Salleh, my brother-in-law bought a couple of portions of Qurban and was involved in the slaughter yesterday. It was held at my Mum's local surau at Bukit Antarabangsa. There were a total of 5 cows put down. The event started just after 9.30 in the morning after the Raya prayers. Salleh's cow was the first to be slaughter.

The crowd looking on

Qurban described the event when Allah decreed for Abraham (Ibrahim a.s.) to slaughter his favourite son Ishmael (Ismail a.s.) to test his and his wife, Hagar's (Siti Hajar) faith. During the slaughter (Qurban), Ishmael was replaced with a qibas (desert goat) and to commemorate the event, Qurban was performed yearly during the end of pilgrimage (Eidul Adha).

Volunteers being roped in.... and helping each other outThe morning was blessed with beautiful weather. Around 120 people turned up and the Qurban went on without a hitch. Everyone chipped in, the younger once watching in awe of the whole process, maybe for the first time. After the Qurban was done, everyone started cutting up the slaughters and preparing them into small portions for cooking. Some of the meat were given away as sedekah, while others were cooked in a broth to be distributed.

Each sacrifice are divided into 7 portions. As you can see, some of them were for Aqiqah.The young and the old joining forcesSpare ribs anyone?

My local masjid in Taman Melati will only be performing the Qurban today - it does not have to be done on the first day of Eidul Adha. They are offering courses for the younger generations to learn about the process and hopefully lead it in the future. I learned about it late. Maybe I will enroll in it next year.

I spent the rest of the Hari Raya at home with the kids. Not many of our relatives came this time around. Anita went shopping in the afternoon to prepare for our upcoming trip to Fraser's Hill. We then went back to Bukit Antarabangsa in the evening with the kids to have dinner with my Mum. The rest of the slideshow can be found here.