Yesterday, 3rd November 2025

 With my favourite people and my favourite plants

Come home

 

Mothers

 

Mothers" greatest fear

 

Not being ever to see them again

 

 

Mothers never give up

 

Friendships

 Some friendships do last a lifetime.  

       L-R, Ir Jenny; Ir Datin Ruhana, Ir Dr Salamah; me.  Picture taken when we visited Datin Ruhana last week. Love these girls, very smart lady Engineers with whom I had the privilege of working in the same department in the 1980s.  

L-R,  Lai Ling, me, Norhayati when we had a lunch meet several days ago.  Love these girls.  They were my classmates in High school in Kuala Lumpur.  Norhayati and me continued tertiary education in the same university locally while Lai Ling studied in the UK.

 

EID 2023

 This year's Eid in April 2023 coincided with eldest son's birthday.

No person will love you like your mother will

 The fate of a mother is to wait for her children. You wait for them when you’re pregnant.

You wait on them when they get out of school. You wait on for them to get home after a night out.

You wait on them when they start their own lives.

You wait for them when they get home from work to come home to a nice dinner.

You wait for them with love, with anxiety and sometimes with anger that passes immediately when you see them and you can hug them.

Make sure your old mom doesn't have to wait any longer.

Visit her, love her, hug the one who loved you like no one else ever will.

Don't make her wait, she's expecting this from you.

Because the membranes get old but the heart of a mother never gets old.

Love her as you can.

No person will love you like your mother will.

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Birthday 2021

 

                                 New profile picture for  my WhatsApp, to commemorate my birthday.  

                                 The old profile picture was posted 11 years ago.  I am much older now!!

                                 The old whatsApp profile picture is included in this new collage 

                                {top row in the middle}

          WhatsApp profile picture used for 11 years

                                                Dinner with the children on my birthday 2021

My only daughter

A diminutive, highly independent girl, that's my only daughter.  Had a tiny birthday celebration for her at home on 8 September 2021 .

 

Selamat Hari Raya

 Eid al-Fitri marks the end of the month-long fast observed by Muslims all over the world. This year, just like last year, we only had  a quiet celebration with immediate family members. To avoid the spread of Covid 19, for the second year running, we have to observe the SOP of not receiving any guest. We definitely miss having our friends and relatives in the house.     

Mother's Day tribute to a comatose mother. 母爱伟大！

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This lady went into a coma because of a blood clot in the brain.  At the same time the doctors discovered that she was 4 months pregnant.  After much consultations family members and the doctors  decided to abort the fetus to give the mother a better chance  of survival.  At this point of time the mother suddenly opened her eyes and used her tears to express her objection.   She only stopped tearing when the family and doctors agreed to proceed with the pregnancy.  For the next 5 months she continued to be in a comatose state.  When the baby attained full term a C section was performed, with the odds against the mother's survival .  Against all odds  both mother and child were safe.  The mother even managed a hand gestured a V sign when she was being pushed out the operating room.  Now she has still not fully recovered but always so happy when she sees her baby.   

Mother's Day 2021

 Me and the 3 most important  persons in my life.  I would not have been able to remain strong without you.  

The pot of Pink Lady represents my current hobby.

When not yet a mother, 47 years ago.  😁😁😃

Birthday

How do you celebrate your birthday?  Many might celebrate with a birthday cake. Well, I cooked for myself some birthday  noodles. Birthday noodles or 寿面 are not just ordinary noodles. They literally mean “long-life noodles”.  It is believed that the longer the noodles, the bigger the chances are for your wish for a long life to come true. These noodles also have to be eaten in a special way, without breaking it into pieces.

When my  mother was still alive, from my childhood to well into my 50s just before her departure to heaven, she had consistently without fail boiled 2 red coloured hard boiled eggs红鸡蛋 for me and I must eat both at the same time.

An egg is a symbol of birth.  2 eggs coming in a pair is even number, considered good luck. Red is the auspicious color for every Chinese, as red symbolizes good luck and fortune.  

Well, I forgot to buy red coloured food dye, so I skipped the red egg this year.  Will do better next year.

 

As a tradition our family normally celebrates each other's birthdays with a dinner at a fancy restaurant.  Since our movement is restricted by the covid 19 movement control orders , we had take-away pizzas instead.  

Birthday cake from the children 

Gift in the form of cash from the children for me to
buy myself a present after the MCO

 

Birthday dinner

 

In our family it has become a tradition to have birthday dinners.  

We have birthdays in April, September and November    

CNY 26 Jan 2020

Chinese New Year has its beginnings in the ancestor worship of the ancient Shang dynasty people.  However, today CNY is about spending time with family and sharing blessings and abundance with family and friends.

Daughter

New Year  Eve diner with Deedee

Families are the compass that guides us

Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

-Brad Henry

Happy birthday to Deedee 8 Sept 2019

A Mother's responsibilities

God has given her an instinct to provide for her children, nurture them, and protect them. In a family, the mother's role has traditionally been to raise the children and take care of household chores. However in reality, many mothers have multiple roles, such as working at a full-time job, keep house and provide for the children at the same time. Mothers do all that without expecting anything in return.  But she also looks forward to the time for her responsibilities to be eased.  May Allah bless us.

I like this heliconia which I nurtured from a plant discarded by a neighbour about 10 houses down the road.
I call it lobster claws.  It' s graceful, tall, hardy and does not require much care.