2016

We didn't do anything fancy last night or today. We stayed at home and last night Anita and I watched a few movies. Movie marathon starting with Interstellar, moving on to Step Up after which I fallen asleep.

Anita watched another movie after that. When I woke up, everybody were already snoring, all in the lounge in front of the TV.

I woke up early for my rounds and after Friday Prayers, we went for a meal at great Eastern Mall, doing some groceries before heading back home again complete with dinner.

And we stayed at home again after that. The weather was also gloomy, hence no real impetus to go out. But no complains from the boys. They wanted to stay in their rooms and do their stuff, which I was sure involved video games and YouTube. Anita was looking forward to that.

Our maid were supposed to arrive today but she has yet to come home. Usually she would stay an extra night at her sister's before coming back to the mayhem tomorrow.

Looked like I would be heading for bed soon. I have a long clinic tomorrow morning, before having a few days off next week. Not sure what we were going to do yet, but we were reluctant to travel far. Maybe a day trip somewhere. Genting maybe ....

Deepavali Morning

The morning started early with a few phone calls, which prompted an early ward round. Once that was done, I realised it was still early and the admission had yet to start.

I had a quick read on the Facebook and found out that some friends were actually having breakfast nearby. Anita suggested that we join them and I went straight to pick Anita up and join them for breakfast-cum-lunch.

It was a nice sunny morning to kick the day offTime to leave the apartmentWished I could've taken all these along ...

This was followed by an easy morning while waiting for the calls, carrying through lunch with a bit of shopping thrown in before I drove back to the hospital. The admission carried on until it was time to head back to the apartment for dinner, and I was just waiting for prayers before heading back to the hospital. Hopefully it would wind up early tonight as I had to start early tomorrow, plus the drive to Parkcity.

Now He's a Man

Finally, after many times trying, Idlan managed to handle the sunflower seeds by himself! A big win!

The bad news was, I may have to start sharing the seeds with him. Dang!

Babysitting

Anita attended a reunion dinner with her old university friend tonight and with our maid back in the Philippines for Xmas, I was alone with the boys tonight.

Idlan had his Nando's for dinner but Irfan wanted something else. We had some bolognaise from lunch but the pasta was missing. That was simple. A 20 minutes job and dinner was ready.

But they spent the whole evening in front of the PlayStation, which made my job super easy .... It was their holidays after all!

The Mask

I was wondering what Idlan was doing with balloons at the apartment last. It turned out that it was part of his assignment from school. What was it? To build a mask.

First, you glue the balloon with paperThe glue concoctionIndustrial strengthFirst, he inflated a balloon, pasted some papers at half the surface. This would form the curvature of a face. He then left the paper and glue to dry solid overnight.

And then the colouring partAlmost doneBut not without the mess ...Then came the colouring plus some bits for the nose and mouth. Walla!