A Quickie in Limbang...

Nah...its not that type of quickie... Its just a short trip I'm going for along with mak, sis and Amie my nephew. The trip is just to send my sister back to Limbang coz there's where she lives with her husband. My sister is a primary school teacher and so does her husband who is a Limbang local. Last December she came back to Kuching coz she wanted to deliver her first child in Kuching. So now its time to go back to her husband's home. Amie was born on the 28th of December by the way.


Me and mak went along coz I'm suppose to be the luggage carrier while mak helps out looking after Amie. We left last Wednesday and will be coming back to Kuching on Saturday. So far there's nothing much to be done in this small town. There's only one shopping mall and it's more like Kuching's Center Point. The only thing keeping me from total boredom is my sis's broadband...which I'll definitely miss when I'm back in Kuching.

At least I finally gets to go out of Kuching for the holidays...even if it was just for a few days before the start of the new semester. ; )

Heh...not to mention I'm gonna miss the little crapper as well... : )

Abah's Sweepstakes

All those entry submission from all the rice purchase my dad did for months suddenly paid off when we were told through a phone call on Friday afternoon that "Mr. Abdul Rashid had won FIRST PLACE in an H&L Sweepstakes". Yeah...H&L as in H&L Supermarket. And the first place prize was a refrigerator.

The whole family was really happy that we could finally replace the old Singer. He's been serving the family for years now. Mak said he was around even before I was born. So I guess its about time for 'him' to retire. He looks old and ungly any way and the lights would burn out after a month or so.

The new 'guy' is a Samsung which was as tall as I am. Guess we could stock up more stuff inside now. And I guess every one in the house would shut up when ever Abah's gonna fill in another sweepstakes forms in the future.

: )

Allahyarham Apeet...dlm Kenangan?

Today marks a whole one year of the day he passed away. Awang Abdul Hafidz a.k.a Apeet. He was a student at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. He took a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Passed away on the 17th of February 2008.

A couple of Saturdays ago his family did a "Makan Hol" for him. A lot of his relatives and friends to the family came, but surprisingly very few of his friends showed up. There was only me and another fren along with his girl. Which left me with the question...where were his friends?

Where was those Swinburne guys who went to classes with him, or even those who use to chill with him at the cafeteria? The ones who were in the same band as he was?

Where are his skateboarding friends?

Where were those guys who use to play futsal with him?

Where were his schoolmates or childhood friends?

Where were those guys who cried when they saw his lifeless body on the hospital bed last year?

Where were you guys?

To be honest I'm not one of his closest friends but still I took the liberty of trying to know when the ceremony would be held. It seems like....after a while people just seem to care less.
Or perhaps 'they' have more important things to attend to....yeah.

So I guess one day when the time comes, I too shall face this reality. No one cares once you're gone. But I'll try my best to remember 10 Safar as the date a fellow friend passed away.

Amin.

Best Day Ever.... : )

Sunday, 15th February 2009


Ever since my holiday started, I have not felt this much fun...or perhaps enjoyment in a day.

In the morning my family had a "Majlis Doa Selamat & Bercukur" for my little nephew which my sister gave birth to last December. This was quite tiring coz me and Abah was the only man in the house and we stayed till 2am the day before just to rearrange the living room. Rearrange as in clearing the living room from all 3 sofa sets to make space for the guess and those people who shall be doing the doa' and 'bercukur'.

Then the second event which I was more looking forward to was the 'reunion' that I had with my campus friends. I have not seen most of them ever since the holiday started so I was really eager to meet them today. The first meeting point was at Barok @ My Village where we meet for dinner. Second place that we all went was Little Lebanon where most of them wanted to 'Sheesha', except for me of course.

After 'Sheesha' half of them went back while the other half went to watch football. Even though I don't watch football I decided to hang around for a while since going home early wouldn't reward me with anything useful to do any way.

So yeah...I really enjoyed the day.

: )

Yassin untuk Apeet

In Islam, perhaps it the Malay culuture to have a bit of Yassin recital and Tahlil on certain days after a person's passing. The 3rd day, 7th, 20th, 40th and 100th. Then there's the yearly ceremony which is based on 1 year in Islamic calendar. So it has been a year now. A year have passed since the day Awang Abdul Hafidz @ Apeet pass away in that car crash. It has been a year I haven't seen the infamous black Savvy in campus.

Will be going off in a couple of hours to Allahyarham's house in Gitak for the ceremony. Hope to meet friends whom I have not meet for quite a while there.

This post shall enlighten those who would like to know about my fren Apeet.

Al-Fatihah