Day Off

The original plan was to travel out of town. But it was changed at the last minute since our maid missed her flight. So, I was assigned to babysitting duty instead with Anita sorting our the boys books for school next week.

She had been gone since way morning since the queue at the school had been long for the bookstore. And our maid would only arrive later in the afternoon. Until then, there's would be me and the boys at the apartment. And yet had yet to wake up. Therefore, some peace and quiet until then.

I could do with a date with Anita though .... Of only somebody could hang around with my boys .....

School's Closed Again

It was fast becoming a joke. These days off school due to haze. It was fun for a while, but once it started to become almost predictable, the novelty soon wore off! The school would be closed again tomorrow, and it started to effect the parents as well in terms of them having to scramble days off to sort out their children having to stay in.

Luckily Anita is a stay-at-home Mum, and even then the boys staying at home limited her activities. She couldn't even do her groceries and shopping without taking my reluctant boys along.

The forecast said that the air quality would only improve by Thursday. It was only Monday today. The school might as well be closed for the whole week at the rate we were going. And then there was a small matter of me traveling to Hong Kong this weekend.

The boys watching movie before bed. I am Groot!I asked my boys what were their plans for tomorrow? They said, staying home and playing games .....

Very Happy Boys

The haze was back and by the afternoon, things really got bad! And by dinner time, the boys were waiting with bated breath. The announcement!

Scheming at the party yesterdayYes, school is closed again tomorrow! Cue the celebration!

The Boys are Absent

Both the boys had a rough night last night. It all started with Irfan. He had been having sniffles since Friday, and yesterday had been coughing incessantly. And last night Idlan had been sneezing non-stop, having nosebleed this morning.

It looked like they had to step up their medications with Irfan needing antibiotics. But surprisingly, the starting running and jumping as soon as I said they didn't have to go to school today.

The boys in their elements last weekLater, Anita would bring them to see our family Doctor, Uncle Lim. He hasn't seen the boys for ages. They better start faking being sick otherwise Uncle Lim won't issue an MC!

A Reunion of Sorts

WhatsApp and Telegram had opened the way for old friends to hook up more so than Facebook. Accessibility being the key, as well as the reduced risk of distraction when one looked at their Facebook page. WhatsApp also allowed for real time notification especially in the current climate of fast is best.

In the last few months, my olds friends from school had created a WhatsApp group which should I say, very active. I got most of the updates from my wife - she is also in the group - as I had shut down the notification since it was too distracting.

One thing let to another and last weekend, my wife had a mini-reunion from other girls from our year. None of the boys were invited but I had the trump card. I was the designated driver for Anita.

The meet-up took place last Saturday at Nu Sentral. I had a long day including ward round, a lecture to deliver at UMMC as well as referral across town at Park City. By the time I was free, it was already time for them to go. I finally hooked up with Anita and the rest at around 5, enough time for a quick group selfie.

As you could see, I was the thorn among the roses! With my white hair sticking out.

Time certainly flew, with some of them I only last met 26 years back. There were murmuring of a bigger reunion towards the end of the year, but I could see that it would be hard work to get everybody together under one roof. It would definitely be in KL since most of them were based there now.

So, would wait for the next meet-up and hopefully the boys were invited as well ....