Aqiqah at PJ

Being on call today did not stop me from attending Dina's child's aqiqah, although we arrived fashionably late, just in time for the food. Actually, I arrived earlier than Anita as the venue was actually only 10 minutes away from the hospital. Managed to get there right after my first couple of admissions.

Anita was still feeling under the weather and she had to go straight home after lunch, while I went back to the hospital for yet another admission before returning to the apartment. The apartment sure looked rather big when it was empty …..

Aqiqah

Aqiqah is an Islamic sunnah event to celebrate a new member to the family, hosted by the parents. No, there were still only Idlan and Irfan for us. We were talking out neighbour here. The neighbour right next door, celebrating the arrival of their baby daughter a couple of months back. It was a really happy day for them, since they lost their first child last year - a stillbirth. Syukur, everything was well this time around.

We got there by 11 am, starting with doa and selawat, followed by the event of cutting a small amount of hair from the baby’s crown. The baby was well-behaved, no drama. I remember when we did Idlan’s back in July 2004, we gave Idlan some cough mixture. We actually separated the haircutting - cukur jambul - and aqiqah. The aqiqah was held in Kota Bharu instead. As for Irfan, it was done only with the lady’s present. It was also done during working day, and I was not even present. My mum-in-law wanted it that way you see.

After all the readings were done, we finally settled for lunch, which was initially for the people from the mosque - a simple rice affair. The initial party then adjourned before another one for relatives and close neighbour. The main attraction for the afternoon was the roast lamb, prepared the Malaysian way. Great stuff! They were also freshly fried koay teow, prepared on the spot and curry laksa, which I must say, turned out to be better then the lamb and koay toew. I missed the cendol unfortunately from the earlier event. Puan Anita said that it was really good. Shame!

The roasting was done right behind our kitchenUnfortunately, since it was a rather personal event, I did not bring my camera over. I don’t think my neighbour would appreciate me snapping away at their event. We initially wanted to take the boys out to the park in the afternoon, but they were already too tired by then. I decided to take the 7D out on my own for a proper spin. I’ll post those pictures in a later entry.

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.!