Today's Lessons

Idlan was back to school and all evening he was talking about the changes in his classroom. There were 3 new classmates he said and they were all girls.

There were projects being lined up already and he was going through some of the things to be covered this term. Science would have plenty of Chemistry for this few months, and he would be doing some Statistics in Maths. For Design, he would be building speakers and was going through what he learned about circuit boards today! I expected some explosion ...

He was still struggling with Flash animations at the moment and it looked like I would have to learn it as well to help him. I promised to drive him to school at least once a week so that I could take him to see his teachers if he has problem. Since Sri Utama, he had been terrified of teachers, and it would take him some time to change ....

The main thing is he was enjoying school. That was the main thing ...

Ceilings Done

The main living room was halfway done. The ceiling at least. Next would come the soft furnishing instalment on the living room while the ceiling work would begin in our main bedroom.

During this period, we would be sleeping in Idlan's room. Once the bedroom was done, the work will then shift to the children's room, my study and the small living area. Hopefully by time work were being done on the other rooms, our main bedroom would be back in commission.

The next month would be a bit of a nightmare as we had to move things about in the house.

School Soon

Irfan would have another week of holiday, but Idlan is not so lucky. His class would start from Wednesday and he would have to start his morning routine again ...

He finished his holiday assignments last night and went through his tasks for the coming week. He also cleared up his room - stacking his Nerf guns away from his bed. Next came his school bags as well as starting to go to bed earlier than he had been during the holidays.

Idlan clearing up his roomFiles in the right placesEverything was ready apart from his lack of training for the upcoming games that he signed up for. He will start on Ultimate Frisbee every Friday afternoon from this week ..... Good luck!

A Long Stretch

8 calls over 40 days did not sound too bad. I was sure I had done worst stretch before. But in private practice, it was different. It was more hands on. Coupled with the fact that the stretch went through my boys Xmas break was really a downer. We ended up staying at home much of the time.

Add to that the renovation which was going on, certainly the weeks could have gone better. And Idlan would be starting his classes again tomorrow, after only 3 weeks break.

It was my day post-call, and my next one would be another 3 weeks away. Time to stretch my back a bit before another series of call around the Chinese New Year period. I also booked 5 days off work in a couple of weeks time. I was thinking of a weekend away maybe with the family. It had been a while since we went back to Penang. I wonder where Anita fancied going ....

Waiting for Fireworks

New Year struck right during the halftime of United playing Middlesborough, which made things rather complicated. As soon as the halftime whistle went, Anita and I went out to our balcony in anticipation of the fireworks.

Unfortunately there were more building erected since last year around the Mid Valley area - the Eco City Park - which blocked our direct view. But the rapturous sound of the firework was heard everywhere. The biggest display came from the direction of KLCC. But noticeably, there were lesser celebration this time around. The fireworks at KLCC also only lasted a mere 10 minutes. I could remember it being much longer before. I guess everybody were being sensible with the economy at the moment ...

The display at Mid Valley was less spectacular although it lasted longer. The sound was more deafening as it was only half a kilometer away from our apartment. After all was done, it was back to the football .... and a cracking game of football it was ....