Mummy tak nanis ke ?

This morning had a debate with my little boy. It all started when he had forgotten to ask his Babah's permission to enter a Batik colouring contest. He needed RM 15 to enter and when he missed his Babah, he asked the money from his grandparents.

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Mummy asked why did you get the money from Atuk and Abang said if he asks from Babah, Babah will surely say NO. I don't have to write my lecture on that subject and as usual my lectures caused tears.

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In the car on the way to school, both them fought and Adik was about to cry when Mummy said ," Please don't cry. Mummy paling boring kalau korang nangis."

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" Kenapa Mummy boring kalau kita orang nanis Mummy ? "

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" Sebab bisinglah... ! "

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" Then Mummy tak pernah nanis ? " He asked, face all screwed but he was not looking at me. However I saw his forefinger was almost erect. I know I am going to get lectured.

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" When did you see me cry ? "

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" Masa Mummy small kid, Mummy tak nanis ? Hari tu masa Mummy langgar almari pun Mummy nanis ( forefinger started to wag already ), lepas tu Mummy fight with Babah... "

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"Cop ! Cop ! Eiii..... ( head whirling trying to cut his points )... erm, erm... Mummy nanis banyak macam Abang ke ? " Aiseh, very lame....

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" No... but you still cry....,"

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" Kan Mummy ? Adik pun cry......, Abang baling kat muka Adik , " said Adik. That sentence she had on record. She had that repeated every day.

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Nasib baik ada Adik, Abang and I just ended up laughing. Kids always have the gift of gab. Only time will tell if they will retain it.

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I remember last week, when we went to Subang Parade. Abang wanted something but he was not allowed to. So he went to merajuk mode and was all sulky. I made funny faces at him which always make him cry sebab sakit hati. Anyway I wouldn't stop making faces ( I just love to tease until they cry, I don't know why - it is partly his fault, he wshould've stopped looking at me..... ) when suddenly he said " Mummy ni macam mak tiri !! " That made me stop. Babah laughed, Abang smiled again and me ? I sulked........

Kesian anak - anak Mummy

On Monday we broke fast at Tok Mi's house. Mummy went there straight from the office to help Tok cook. Abang and Adik arrived at Tok's house around 7 pm as I glanced to look at the wall clock when I heard the calls for me from you two. Abang raced in first and gave Mummy a big hug when you saw me at the kitchen door. "Hai Mummy...," was all you said but the way you said it was priceless, all smiles and looking up at me while your hands circled my waist. You then let go of me to look for your Mamus and Ciks.

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Then I saw my little girl running, her eyes searching and all the while asking, " Mana Mummy ? Mana Mummy ? " When you saw me Adik, you broke into the most beautiful smile I have ever seen and your hug when it came to me was tight. "Mummy !" you said and indicated that you want me to carry you. You rested your head on my shoulder darling girl, and told me about your day ( it usually involved a lot of violence and I couldn't understand 50% of what was being told ).

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Then yesterday, Babah had a function and Mummy had a splitting headache. I went straight to Tok's house and asked her to give me a little massage. Tok's hands worked like magic and soon I drifted to sleep. I woke just before adzan and I broke bread with Tok, Mamu Jat and bibik Atik. After that I prayed with Tok and had a lovely time. It was about 9.45 when I got to you two.

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Abang was already asleep but Adik was wide awake. Mummy left Abang with Atok ( since he is too heavy for me to carry ) and we walked back to our room. Adik, you kept saying, "Mummy dah balik ke ? Ini Mummy ke ? " over and over again that I felt so wretched for not getting to my babies earlier. We watched the telly while waiting for Babah and then we went out to have roti canai for soq at 12. At dawn, Abang knocked on the door and went straight to lie next to Mummy before falling asleep again.

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Mummy is really sorry for not being home earlier, but duty calls. Please remember that I am not just your Mummy but I am also a daughter that needs her Mummy as well... But it feels so nice to be loved and needed.

A song from Abang

Abang sang this song yesterday. It was hilarious I asked him to sing for me again so that I can write down the lyrics. He was good, my little boy. He sang again and again to make sure I got it right lepas tu he proof read it....

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Please sing this song to the tune of our Negaraku.

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DEDARAKU ( I actually wrote The Darah Ku and he said that is wrong. When I asked him what does Dedaraku mean, he sais " Takkan you don't know Mummy ? " I said I really don't and he pondered for a quite a bit before he said, " Babah, can you tell Mummy what is Dedaraku ? "

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Dedaraku

Dadah tumpahnya daraku

*Blaja tido

Mesatu dan maju

Raba batnya

Tuhan meniata

*Blaja kita

Selamat **bertata

Raba batnya

Tuhan meniata

*Blaja kita

Selamat **bertata

* Blaja is belajar but since you have to sing the song very fast, it becomes blaja ( lepas tu tulung Mummy spell perkataan tu takut salah spell. But why do we have to belajar tido ? He said because we must.....

* Bertata is waving/lambai. When I asked kenapa kena selamat when saying goodbye, he got rimas and said I asked too many questions.

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Babah wanted to correct his singing, but I stopped him. I want him to sing like that for a little while longer for me to really savour his baby-ishness....

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Abang's surprising request

Yesterday we had dinner at ITM cafe. We go there quite a lot as the food, although the choice is limited, is good. The nasi ayam is nice and I see it as our support for ITM, especially as they are training our muda - mudi the art of being a restauranteur. My only problem with them is on their choice of beverage. They only sell drinks from this brand that I have boycotted for ages due to their 'rumoured' support for the Israel state. Anyway,

Abang : Babah, I miss our old house.

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Babah : Why ?

Abang : Because, at our old house we have a sofa. So bila Abang sakit perut, when I get home I can just go and baring at the sofa.

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Mummy : Kat rumah Wan kan ada sofa ?

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Abang : Yes, but we need to have our own house Mummy.....

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Mummy : Abang you are mightily clever for a boy your age.

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Abang : It is not about Abang clever Mummy, Abang nak rumah kita yang ada sofa for me to baring when Abang sakit perut....

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Mummy : Ishh... budak ni.....

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Actually, this request is not new from Abang, therefore it is hardly surprising. When we first moved, he had already voiced his protest. But you know, children do not exactly have rights when big decisions are made. We just tried to make things better for him. I would say since we moved, he had mentioned a few times on the need for us to get our own place. But what is surprising is him mentioning the sofa. I suppose he is right. Dulu, when he got home, he would jump on the sofa first, switch on the telly and quietly do his own things.

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I really though he is already over it. Know what I mean ? Hmmm........ Maybe he needs some time to get used to the house. We'll see....

Abang lonely rupanya

I told my family about Abang's desire to have more siblings and my brother Mail shed a light to Abang's sudden request for a larger family.

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Abang : Mamu nak main game dengan Abang tak ?

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Mamu Il : Boleh jugak.

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Abang : Abang tak suka main game alone.

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Mamu Il : Why ?

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Abang : It is so boring playing alone. I am so lonely. Mamu main ngan Abang lah

( kesian anak ku. Patut lah dia dok selalu ajak Titi main game but she is too busy being a princess )

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Mamu : Tapi game tak de kat sini. Mamu Pek dah bawak balik rumah dia.

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Abang : Mamu nak main dekat rumah Wan ( Babah mum ) tak ? Do you know where is Wan's house ? Mamu jalan straight, lepas tu turn like this .......

( all the while showing directions with his hands and making car sounds. When Mail's eyes started to glaze dia jerit " Mamu tengok tanan Abang, nanti you will get lost !! " )

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Abang : Tak nak lah, Mamu malu

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Abang : Okay kalau Mamu malu, when you see people, you hide behind me

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Mamu : Mana boleh... Mamu is bigger than Abang

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Abang : Hmmm.... Okay... then Mamu have to find a good hiding spot. Okay Mamu ? Abang alone all the time...

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Kesiannya anak Mummy. Begging for people to play with him... Yang kesian sangat punya nak Mamu datang, tried to work out solutions for Mamu's shyness.

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Lepas tu, I was quizzed by my siblings on the level of interaction I have with my children !!

Excuse me ye... he is alone when he plays his playstation.... other than that, he is with his Mummy all the time ( except weekdays during working hours )

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Tapi kalau nak bagi adik pun my darling son, he will only come in 10 months time, lepas tu it will take about 4 years for him to belajar main game. Lepas tu, kalau adik perempuan macam Adik macam mana ? Alah, main je lah dengan Adik....

Abang's take of the world

In the car, while waiting for Abah to buy his pre-requisite kuaci for Man-U game.

Abang : Mummy, Abang nak baby.

Mummy : Really ?

Abang : Yes. A baby sister for Adik and a baby brother for me.

Mummy : Oh really ?

Abang : Yes. Adik's baby sister's name will be Aishah. No no... Sherina. No... I think Sherina Aishah. That is a nice name ..... ( he beamed and nodded his head a few times ).

Mummy : What about Lyla ? That is a nice name ..

Abang : Sure Mummy. My baby brother I want his name to be Muhammad Afiq.

Mummy : No lah. What about Ali ?

Abang : No Mum. All my friends ada Muhammad. Muhamad Ivarn, Muhamad .... ( he named a few more, but I couldn't remember them )

Mummy : And Muhammad Abang ?

Abang : No.... ( he giggled ) I don't have a Muhammad. I have a Rashdan.... ( hmm... suka hati kau lah )

Mummy : Do you want a Muhammad in your name ?

Abang : No... sebab Abang lahir kat London. Orang lain semua lahir kat Shah Alam. Orang yang lahir kat Shah Alam saja ada Muhammad Mummy....

Mummy : ( quiet due to cat got my tongue )

In the car on the way to Tok Mi's house after the concert

Abang : Abang nak main game Mummy.

Mummy : Yelah kita pi rumah Tok sat.

Abang : Tapi Abang today holiday. So Abang nak main game.

Mummy : Abang, bagi lah Mummy nak pi rumah Tok. Kat situ Mummy banyak kawan.

Abang : Then, Abah and Adik and Abang macamana ?

Mummy : Awat pulak nih ?

Abang : Nanti Mummy nak tidur rumah Tok. Abang and Adik nak tidur dengan sapa ?

Mummy : Apasal masuk bab sleeping arrangements ni ? Kita pi rumah tok sekejap je lah ( as it turned out from 1pm - 5pm )

Abang : Mummy nak tinggalkan Abang and Adik. You don't love your own children ..... ( *sob *sob )

Mummy : La... awat conversation ni turn this way ? Abang kan ikut Mummy gi rumah Tok.. bukannya Mummy tinggal Abang and pegi sorang - sorang.

Abang : Okay okay Mummy.

Later when Babah balik and I asked him to repeat what he said, tak nak pulak. Malu katanya .... Where did he get that ?

In bed while watching Clifford.

Abang : Mummy what is valentine ? Clifford wants to ask that puppy with ribbons to be his valentine.

Mummy : Well, Babah is mummy's valentine. Somebody that you really love.

Abang : Okay......

Mummy : Valentine is someone that you really like. Do you like Ellie ? ( His very cute classmate which is in my bakal menantu list )

Abang : Yes, Ellie is a nice girl ... ( smiling )

Mummy : Do you want to have Ellie as a girlfriend ?

Abang : Hahahahahha ! No no Mummy ( shaking his hand ) don't say that. Muka dia gumuk.... The thing is Mummy, I am not a grown up yet.....

Mummy : Phewww....... ( Lega as last time he said he likes boys only..... Takut )

Semalam punya cerita

This morning, I was at tinkering at the piano at my parents' house when I heard a commotion upstairs.

Abang : I said I am sorry.

Adik : No !! Adik nak cakap mummy. Mummy ! Mummy !

And the hurricane went down the stairs.

Abang : I said I am really sorry.

Adik : Adik nak cakap Mummy jugak.

Abang ran ahead of Adik and pulled her. She wrenched her hand free and ran to hug me.

Adik : Mummy Abang pok Adik sini. See ? See Mummy ?

Abang all the while slowly crept to me and hugged me too.

Mummy : Okay Adik. Sikit aje.

I looked at Abang and he gave me an angelic smile.

Adik : Mummy, blow my hand Mummy.

Mummy : Okay... (And I proceeded to 'blow' her hand)

Adik : Blow my kaki pulak Mummy..

Mummy : Wah Abang. You certainly have been busy ( And I blew her kaki )

Adik : Blow my bontot Mummy

Mummy : Bila Abang pukul ni ?

Abang : I did not pok her bontot

Adik : Semalam !! Abang pok semalam. Adik nanis heee heee heee ( screw up her face to demonstrate her cry yesterday )

How can I keep a straight face ? Abang pun gelak...

Conversation with my children

This took place while I was bathing Abang this morning.

Mummy : Can you please brush your teeth now ?

Abang : I can't brush my teeth while somebody is cleaning me !

Fair enough, I was soaping him, but somebody ?

Mummy : I am not somebody. I am your mother !

Abang : Mummy, somebody tu apa ?

Mummy : Oranglah.

Abang : So you are not oranglah ?

Was that an honest question or was he being cynical ?

This took place while Mummy and Adik were having breakfast with Tok Mi and Tok Yah this morning.

Mummy, Tok Yah & Tok Mi : Blah, blah, blah....

We were eating putu mayum , tengok gula merah Adik macam banyak je, so Mummy pun cubit le sikit.

Adik : Mummy, what you doing ?

Mummy : Haaa ?

Adik : Mummy ambik Adik punya sugar punya Adik.
(those words were accompanied by Adik's famous look that I call Pontianak face. It depicts extreme displeasure)

Mummy : Sikit le. Adik punya banyak.

Adik : No Mummy. Mummy put back Adik punya sugar punya Adik.

Mummy : Fine

Tok Mi & Tok Yah : Hahahahhahah

Mummy sakit hati sebab rasanya at that age I was not that vocal. Ye ke ? Sebab I saw my Dad wiping his forehead with his thumb up right. Menyampah !

Not Sushi Again

On Sunday, we had our lunch at Sushi King. Again. I think it is a weekly affair now and seriously Mummy and Babah dah tak lalu dah. Tengok muka orang Jepun pun boleh muntah agaknya. Dulu Adik and Abang will share 1 Tempura Udon and maybe 4 plates of kanikama ( sushi rice and crabstick ). Tapi sekarang 1 each of Tempura Udon and countless plates of Kanikama. Hmmm... I think maybe we should save up for a holiday in Japan.

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Friday, Tok Mi made steamboat. Yumm... Abang and Adik just attacked the crabsticks. Friday TV3 aired Abang's favourite show, Misteri. He he.. All of us were busy at the patio filling up our bellies with Tok Mi's scrumptious steamboat, but Abang was watching the show alone. Bibik kesian tengok Abang, decided to teman dia ( dia pun segan - segan nak makan steamboat, sebab tu lah ). Every so often, Abang would come running with the show updates, at one time shouting "Hantu tu dah keluar. Rambut dia tutup muka !!" He he... you are so cute baby.

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Titi was busy throwing food in the fish pond, squeling happily if the fish ate her offerings. Ahh.... bliss......

Please keep my children safe

Hari ni Adik staged another protest. Her cryings reminded me of our maid dulu. Lets just call her F. Abang and Adik dulu was okay with her. They didn't mind being left alone with her. Sometimes, Abang and Adik tak nak ikut pun Mummy and Babah pergi mana - mana.

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Tapi, tiba - tiba they refused to stay with her. Pernah sekali my mum came to fetch me and they were crying and screaming like there is no tomorrow. I was really upset. Bukannya sedih tapi geram. And I remember F was holding them back and keep on urging me to go. "Sekejap aje dia orang nangis ni," she said.

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I think 2-3 weeks after that I found out that she was abusing my kids. And I vividly remember what my mum said when I recounted the horror story to her. She said "Patutlah sekejap je dia orang nangis. Dia buat budak - budak tu takut...,"

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I couldn't imagine my two angels cowering in fear. Abang is confident I couldn't even picture him trembling before that witch. Adik is really sure of her Princess status, I couldn't envisage her shrinking while being yelled at.

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I fear for my children. I really really hope, Adik's problem is just because she is unused to this new help.

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Ya Allah! Please keep my babies safe.....

Waaaaa

Today seperti biasa Abang bangun pagi mencecer. Ada saja benda penting yang dia nak cakap. Mummy asked you to hush many times but you just refused to listen, and then the thing that I dreaded most happened, Adik opened her eyes. Here goes another tear-filled morning.

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"Adik nak ikut Mummy...."

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"Yes tapi Mummy kena work,"

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"Adik nak Mummy...," x 10

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*Sigh... Okay Adik let us hantar abang to school. As usual before sending Abang to school, we swing by Tok Mi's house first. Alas, Tok Mi takde so we disturbed Mamu Il ( who is home for the holidays ). Then hantar abang to school and Adik looked happy.

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"Adik ngan Mummy okay ?" She said happily, her head already planning her day with me ( agaknya lah ). Kesian my baby.

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I couldn't go through the act of abandoning her. I don't want to betray her. According to reliable sources, yesterday she kept repeating "Mummy tipu.." over and over again. I carried her to the front door, put her down and she was still smiling and chattering when she saw Dewi. Her head snapped to look at me, every sign of bliss gone from her face.

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"Adik nak Mummy.." and I ran for the door. Dewi managed to close the door grill before she escaped and there she was, my little angel, screaming for me. I stood there for the longest time, listening to her "Mummy no !!".

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In the car, as I reversed to get out of the driveway I heard she cried "Mummy please. Adik nak Mummy !"

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I feel like a criminal. For going to work.

"Mummy nak Adik !!"

Slumber Party

Those who read my blog would know that some crooks broke in my best friend's house. So mummy, the Official Worrier for Malaysia was fretting the whole day thinking of my precious ones. Tetapi yang bestnya it was not me who suggested the slumber party, it was Babah. He came home at 7 pm, demanded to hear the full story and was quiet for awhile. Then he went to Abang and Adik's room and proceeded to lift up the single mattress. He he... tapi he had to call Mummy to help.

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Anyway, Abang loved it but Adik insisted to let her sleep in her own room. I think she just loves to disagree, fighting for the sake of fighting. So mummy and babah had to sleep with Transformers talking and warring in the background. I hate that song !!

Hari Merdeka

Our merdeka plans went very very wrong. Babah was suppose to finish work at 4 pm, fetch you guys and check in the Concorde. Abah called me around 9 am to say that he is not sure if he can do so because of blah blah blah... So mummy panicked a bit as I really do not want to get you guys after work and then try to enter the city again !! Then Cik Ta called to say that she is spending merdeka at the Pan Pac. So, I told her to collect Adik and Abang and babah or mummy will go and get you guys there. Then Cik Ta called again to say that she will be taking you guys to KL Sentral first !! Another brilliant idea as it is better if I meet up with you two there and send you to your babah as I really don't think I want to go to The Mall and then to Concorde, sure jam punya. So I pushed off at 3, pick you guys up, sent a letter to a client at Jalan Klang Lama then head to Jalan Sultan Ismail. Then Babah called to say that blah blah blah..

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What am I going to do with my 2 kids, during office hours ? Called my boss and he said no issue. Bawak lah masuk dalam office. Thank you En Azman. Sampai office I whisked them to the surau, which is just above my own desk. Tetapi, although the CEO is fine, there is another anasir that is not happy with you guys being in the office. So mummy and Cik Su told Abang to be quiet as there is a bad man down there that will be mightily upset if he knew of their presence. Adik was fine but Abang was really spooked about the bad man and started to cry if were left alone as do not wish to be murdered. Pulak.... So things didn't work out brilliantly after all.

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The room was okay, the dinner was fine. All of us fell asleep and suddenly we woke up when we heard the loud bangs. All of us except for Adik, ran to the window to watch the fireworks. We lasted for 1 minute and drifted back to sleep. Well that was better than last year when Abang didn't even wake up and here Babah and Mummy have a very funny story about fireworks and last merdeka, kan Bah ? Let's try to keep our eyes open for 2 whole minutes next year okay sweetface ?

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PS: En Azman said he stayed at Prince Hotel last year and the building shook !! Maybe we should change venue next year Babah ?