The Renovation has Started

After moving into the apartment three years ago, we finally got our act together and settled for a renovation. Anita had a few ideas and managed to engage an interior decorator that suited her taste. So, the first day of renovation was today!

Cue the dust and the noise, it looked like this will go on for another month, in phases. We started out with the main living area first. By the end, the whole apartment including the maid's room would be transformed.

Hopefully everything would be ready before Irfan's birthday in February just in case he wanted a party.

Anita was under stress at the moment as the maid would be away for Xmas. The renovation would also be on hold during the holidays which gave us some respite. We might have to spend some time away from the apartment when our master bedroom were being upgraded. Hopefully that would be in a couple of weeks time ....

Getting Them to Bed

‎We had to move some of the stuffs from our Taman Cemerlang house tomorrow. That house was going to be sold soon and we were just finalising the paperwork. The stuffs need to be moved out, some into storage while the rest into the apartment. Now that where the problem came. We didn't know how to arrange those stuffs.

But before we can do all that, I had to get the boys to bed early as they had to travel with Anita to their grandparents place while Anita do the arrangements for the movers. It was going to be a long day for her.

We wanted to get the moving done within this week as our maid would be back to the Philippines for Xmas from next Monday. We also planned to have a small kenduri sometime later in December for Idlan's khatam. And of course, we would be away to Fraser's Hill next week as well.

Time to get moving!

Back to Normality

The last week had been a long one. Long hours. Long tired hours, ended with a long Sunday and a very busy Monday with cancellation of clinics and the likes.

My colleagues had been away and the combination of three people's responsibility was just real hard work. And the main problem was the Saturday call which I had with some really sick patients needing looking after.

But, my colleagues were back today. And as the school holidays had come to an end, the heavy morning traffic also came back, with a vengeance. Heavy morning clinic followed by lunch soon brought some normality to the proceedings and by the afternoon, I felt much lighter with spring back in my steps.

To top it off, I will be taking both Thursday and Friday off for the beginning of Ramadan although I would still be coming in the morning to do my rounds. Time to chill out a bit I think.

The Boys are Back

So, their exams were over and the boys are now back to the apartment and were now in front of the PS4. Earlier, they were with their friends at the cinema watching Big Hero 6. I was attending a workshop this weekend, and was not able to join along. The movie was awesome according to the boys.

The room were in a mess now, not half an hour after they arrived. Prying them away from the console to hit the shower was a challenge. And I was not sure what time they would be sleeping tonight. Unfortunately I have a long day tomorrow. I would be starting my ward rounds early before hopping over to Saujana for the second day of the workshop. Hopefully I would be able to take them out for dinner after that.

Hooray for a School Holidays

It was kinda weird to have the school holiday starting on a Wednesday. All out of a sudden the traffic to work was light and reaching the hospital early although were desirable at times, could be rather boring.

I ended up finishing my round early, and had my breakfast before leaving for my clinic at Park City. Such a blissful drive.

I wished that it was like this every morning. But being on call this morning meant that the serenity would be broken very soon ....

Best to enjoy it while it lasted ...