Week 13: A great week of Eid

This week has a been a good week. Got to celebrate Eid with the family. Everyone has some drama but nothing too serious. Overall it has been a great week. Plus things are starting to come up for my wife anniversary which I only have less then 2 weeks to prepare. My best friends mom past away but I am glad he got to say goodbye

Mar 22

• 2nd day of Eid. After subuh as a group we cook some breakfast for all 

• After that we are expecting a big turnout of extended family. So we made mee kari and mama made some pulut kuning

• People didn’t stop coming until 3pm

• My father in law came and decide to stay at the homestay nearby 

• Dinner I made some rice, chicken, sardine and omelette 

• H2 went out with her cousin so I was waiting for her while talking to my cousins until 12am. It was distrupted when my wife came along so we went to sleep

Mar 23

• Waking up this morning and prayed together. Mom cooked some fried rice and there is also some noodles. Dad joined in breakfast as well

• We packed everything and left close to 1030am. Arrive close to 12pm and we all went to bed. 

• At 2 we ordered some food which arrvied at 3pm and I continued working until 730pm

• Watch a movie with wife and then went to bed 

Mar 24

• Did classes today and after that me and the girls got ready to see my Japanese student 

• We pick her and her 19 year old daughter (which is going to university in April to study economics) from the train station and straight went to the pink mosque. Took some pictures eventhough the sun way scorching hot but we manage to finish that tour

• After that we went to the botanical gardens. Over there we saw some deers and feet the fishes. 

• Lastly we ended the tour to the mall where we had some Malaysian food which is a bit spicy but they could eat it prefectly and she bought some souvenirs to bring back home (she did gave us some candy from Japan) 

• Send her back to the train station close to 5pm and then went to mom in laws house to hang out. Left back home with some McDonands 

Mar 25 (Death)

• Did classes in the morning. H2 has started school so its back to normal routine 

• Send my mom to the airport and after that went to do some groceries. Today cooking some curry chicken and veggies. Simple stuff 

• Did some classes in the evening and pick up the cleaner.

• Trying to restart back my exercising routine so that is something I guess

• In the evening send back the cleaner home 

• At 1244AM (Mar 26) my best friend my text me that his mom past away from breathing complications. She was a nice a lady and before she got dimentia she did remember me. My friend is in Korea when it happen. I am glad that he got to say goodbye. I have nothing to say about the mom. But I hope she will finally rest in peace. 

Mar 26

• After sending wife to work I went to do some groceries. Today I am doing Puasa 6. So i decided to make some fried chicken with potatoes, fried long beans and portugese fish

• Pick up H2 and she told me she chip her tooth again so have to bring her to the dentist 

• Pick up the cleaner again but this time she is here to give wife a massage because she is hurting everywhere

• She also cooked some Bakso and fried tempe. It was delicious, pair with some sambal gepuk 

• I wanted to play games but wife gave me some tasks to finish. So I had to do that instead before going to bed

Mar 27

• Today H2 didn't go to school since we need to fix her tooth so after classes I brought both girls to different dentist to check their tooth. H2 tooth was quite bad so they wanted to do a root canal. I told them I wanted a second opinion which is another dental appointment at 3 

• I am fasting again today so I just did classes and went for friday prayer 

• In the evening the dentist said that H2  root is okay just her teeth is close together which is causing the pain. So she need to take antibiotics for a while 

• At 4pm wife took H1 to go to the mall for shopping. They didn't came back until 9:30pm 

• I break fast by myself and eat a lot of leftovers. 

• Watch the Rookie and then went to sleep. Wife was not feeling so good and at 1am H1 knock the door crying to wife. Sigh

Mar 28

• Its the weekend and I can't do too many classes because we have to be at my father in laws house by 930am. 

• Arrived at in laws at 934am (after a wrong turn). Step mom in law cooked some Sarawak laksa and spagetthi. Both were delicious

• Took pictures and left the house at 11:30am to go to another aunt house

• There we stayed for a while and ate really delicious food. We left there at 230. Came back Tooka short nap and then did classes

• At night went to H1 dorm to help her move out of her room. It took close to 2 hours to get all the stuff out of the room. 

• Went to bed because I was too tired. 

Next week will just be busy doing work. This monday going to settle the final of wife anniversary gifts and mom is coming down so I need to send her to the airport later in the week. I need to start playing some games. I think this year to get 10 it is going to take a miracle.

Week 5: I got scammed

Last week of January and this week I got scammed badly out of BTS tickets. I feel like an idiot. I have no one but myself to blame so I will pull myself back up and recover. Other than that. The week wasn't that bad. I didn't finished a single game this month but this year I'm targetting at least 10 games since I have a lot of long form games this year.

Jan 25

• Send mom to the hotel only to realised that she took the car keys with her. Ask her to send it back via messenger 

• Send wife's car to be washed 

• After that went to the mall for lunch. Had some Korean and then went shopping for stuff. Met wife brother and he brought the new baby. He confronted me about going viral. I ask him am I still viral. He said yeah... just give it a while. 

• Came back home and need to help H1 move to her university. Carried all her stuff up and mop the floor. Wife was asking until when I would help her. I have no answer for that since I am the dad. So I think I am forever will be on call 

• Came back home and brought wife to get her shot and then went home to clean myself up and go to sleep

Jan 26

• Send wife to her office and then went to get things for lunch. Today I made a chicken salad. Wife ask if I could make some for her office mates. I said okay. So I made it with some fries as well. 

• Did classes the whole day today and in the evening installed some lightblubs around the house. 

• I need to start playing games back. I really don't have the time to do it. Need better time management. 

Jan 27

• Send wife and then buy ingredients to make chicken curry with roti canai  

• Other than that is a very low key day 

Jan 28

• After class send wife to her office and went to buy groceries for 3 days. We are trying to eat less since we want to lose weight

• Lunch at the uni food court and bought some noodles for H2. 

• In the evening I made some roasted herb potatoes with oven chicken and salad

• Slept early 

• My new friend is coming in terms with his affair partner being a big jerk and she felt she was only being used for sex. Block me in the morning and came back to me at night

Jan 29

• Today cook some pulled beef but I think I made the mistake of the beef I took so it was a bit tough. I can eat it but my wife can't. In the afternoon we we made wraps and at night I switch it up to make a rice bowl

• In the evening I had to go to wife office since she has classes until 9:30pm. Looks like this is this is going to be my routine every Thrusday until the end of the semester

• My mother in law came. This is very unfortunate since she came without any warning and its so annoying. Wife say they will be here until Sunday. Due to this, I can't ask my maid to come over tomorrow. 

• My new friend is having a rough time. Its okay.. She is going to be fine. Maybe she should fall before she understand 

Jan 30 (unmemorable) 

• H2 is not going to school today since the school has a picnic quite far away and we didn't want her to go. So she slept 

• I cooked some veggies pasta with chicken tenders

• Mom in law left today but not after giving a bombshell that she wants wife to continue her house loan. I told my wife a straight now unless we can sell the house right away. Safe to safe we didn't talk about this issue after that but I am going to bet that this is going to come up again in March 

• I got scammed, I tried securing BTS tickets for wife in Korea but it turns out that the person didn't deliver and then they blocked me. So I am out 1800. Sigh. I did make a complaint and I hope the can get my money back but I am not hopeful. Sigh

• Took cleaner and at night had some chinese food 

• When I was sending the cleaner she left her phone so I have to circle back. So tiring.

Jan 31 (Death) 

• After class I took a short nap. We were supposed to go to a wedding but wife was not ina social mood. So it took us 2 hours to decide where to eat and eventually we settled on Oriental Kopi 

• Went to eat and H1 realised that I was wearing my shirt upside down. She was laughing her ass off and I rushed to get it changed. She took a video of me. Leave it to my daughter to make an idiot out of me

• Had some rice and curry which was okay. Oreintal Kopi food lack vegetables. They only have cucumbers which sucks. I did have the cendol but there was a lot of red bean there. I forgot I don't really like red bean 

• Went to the park to give the fishes our expired bread and then the girls saw some dear which were cute.

• Came home did the rest of classes and played some Hades 2 

Death: In other note. One of my favourite Actors Caterine O'Hara died at 71. I rarely put death of a random person I knew but she was special. She will be remembered on how she touched lives with her funny performance. Rest in peace. 

With that 2026 January has come to an end. This was a terrible month for me. With the going viral the whole country and getting scammed. This month seems to end on a low note. But they do say if you hit rock bottom, the only way to go is up right. So lets hope the months things will go up. But again... follow the flow

Week 29: Uncle past away

This week has been a tiring week I think. With the passing of my uncle (90). Navigating life challenges and trying to lose weight at the same time. I don't know. I didn't like this week that much. I still haven't finished Star Wars...  Sigh

Jul 13

• Made claypot chicken rice 

• Help H1 do some scholarships. We need to do a lot more. 

Jun 14

• H1 doesn't have any classes today. But she has a therapist appointment at 11. After seeing the therapist we went to her favourite fried chicken. I love her so much and I don't know how many times I have with her. 

• H2 went to work with wife and after lunch we brought some chicken to wife's office to eat. 

• Still have a lot of work to do, not sure if I have the time to do it. 

Jun 15

• Wife got a lot of work today so she came home late

• Got a lot of things done. Cooked some chicken buritto 

• Mom text saying that my uncle (mom oldest brother) is really sick. My brother is here in the city so tomorrow we are going to see him 

Jun 16

• After sending wife to work did classes

• Cooked some curry pasta 

• Brother came at 1pm and we made our way back to our hometown. Stopping by for lunch. We talked about a lot of stuff. But nothing too substantial. Just normal things that guys talk about 

• Came to see my uncle, he was looking quite bad. The doctors say there is nothing they can do for him. We gave him something to eat and talk a while with my cousin.

• Coming back home he let me drive his big car. It was nice. After that she left and wife came back home with her car

• After that I had to send wife car back to H1 at the library 

Jun 17

• Wife took my car because she was late getting ready and I have class 

• I did a lot of classes and I also have time to exercise. Having no car means I have time to do other things.

• At 3pm wife came back and we went to the mall to have some korean food

• Ordered some missing puzzle pieces for H2 puzzle and H2 bought her sister some birthday gifts 

Jun 18 (Death, unmemorable)

• Got some sad news that my uncle that we went to visit that day has sadly past away. He past away at 9am and mom said she is taking an emergecy flight here and will be arriving at 4pm 

• I cooked some fried rice for lunch 

• After 330pm I went to fetch my mom from the airport. The mood was not as somber. I cracked some jokes. We talked about a lot of things.

• We arrived by 540pm and the funeral is alreaedy on the way. Mom didn't get to see her. I got to see all my cousins. After it was done we went to my uncle house to have some dinner. We talked about my uncle who past away, other things. Ate a lot of kampung food. 

• After 8pm send mom to her kampung house. She decided to stay 2 days because next week she can't come home next week. After sending her I drove back home. I manage to talk to my best friends so the drive wasn't that bored. 

• Came home and send the cleaner back home and come home and just past away on the bed. 

Jun 19

• Is a lazy Saturday for me. Promised to spend time with wife. So just hang out with her sleeping

• In the evening wanted to go to the park with H2. But there was so many people that we can't stopped there. We eventually just went out for dinner. 

• Watched Heads of States (5/5) with wife.

Next week will be a busy 4 days for me. I will be going everywhere for a lot of different things. Other than that nothing much is going on next week. We will see how it goes.

Week 3: Baby the cat Died

This week has been a sad week for the family since we lost the cat. It was careless on my part but it was bound to happen. Death is unavoidable but it is not easy when it happens. H1 is not back yet and this is the longest I haven't seen her. Miss her but this week has been very eventuful

Jan 12
• Went to get H2 eyes check
• Bought some custom Japanese glasses that cost a fortune
• Bought wife an early birthday present of sunglasses
• Made some fried rice

Jan 13
• Made some rice balls for H2
• Went to the bank with wife and took out close to 19k
• Ate at the mamak with H2

Jan 14
• H1 invited her friends to come over and they request me to make them some chicken katsu curry which I did.
• In the evening H1 need to go to her uni to finish work. She is going to stay there for a couple of days. I thought her friends would leave but instead they just stayed for an extra 4 hours more. I was so tired until wife had to kick them out. One left and one more decided to stay. We are okay with it. It's not a big issue.
• Helped out wife with work and was passed out at 10pm.

Jan 15 (Unmemorable, Death)
• I made some salmon curry today
• Mom came over
• Wife was not feeling so well. She is having bad anxiety due to her KPI
• This evening I notice I couldn't find Baby (our black and white cat). I looked outside and found her lifeless body. It looked like she has been dead for a couple of hours. Most likely got attacked by monkeys. Told my wife and then borrow the neighbours shovel to dig a hole beside the house. H1 is not here since she is at uni so we broke her the bad news. Wife took one of my t-shirts since we couldn't find a box to fit baby and I carried her for one last time. Her lifeless body and put in to rest for one last time. I know that death comes for everyone but really I don't know how I am going to face it when it really happens to the people I love.

Jan 16
• Today feeling a bit mellow due to yesterdays events.
• H1 told us that she doesn't want to stay with us next semester. Since baby is no longer here she has no point to stay. I am sad since I love H1 being at home but I think baby passing was so that H1 could fly. So yeah I am happy for her for being a bit independent from us
• Mom bought food today. Mom was there giving me a pep talk on how death is inevitable. The problem is that, its not easier. But I think we can't mourn for long. Life has to go on and Insya Allah good things will come

Jan 17
• Mom cooked a feast yesterday because cousin came for lunch
• Had to send wife to her exams and pick up the paper
In other news: David Lynch died today. I just finish Twin Peaks.

Jan 18
• Today went on a tour with my mom back to our hometown to visit my uncles and aunts
• First uncle we visited was 84 (pak itam). He had a storke a couple years back and now his legs are giving out. But the sad part is that he has two handicap daugthers, my cousins age 50 and 51 respesctively. I wonder what will happen when my uncle and aunt are no longer here. They treat us to Nasi Lemak in the morning
• Second we visited another uncle at 90 (pak ngah). He is getting old and now he is seeing ghost. They do say when you get closer to death. The devil will come to make you see things. But today he looks good so that is great. We had lunch for yellow curry chicken and lots of fruits
• Third is a 80 year old uncle. He doesn't have any problem. In fact he doesn't look 80. He looks like he is 60+ and still is strong. Had some tea and just talked
• The last which is the greatest is we visited my uncle and aunt that is around 85 and 78 (aunt birthday was today). Most of my cousins were there. I love these cousins since I am always the funny one here. We had a lot of food. I had some beef belly, beef, veggies and lots of rice. We ended up talking for 3 hours before heading home
• Going home I notice that our fuel was low. But we really couldn't find a petrol station. So for the first time in a year, I drove below the fuel gauge. That was so dangerous and no I won't want to do it again
• H2 aunt came to day and took her back to mom in law house. H1 is still in uni until Tuesday so she did ask me to order her some food for dinner.

So there you have it. Week 2 and is already not a good start to the year. It is going to take a while for the family to recover and we still have 50 more weeks to go for this yea r

Baby the cat

Yesterday we lost Baby our beloved cat. You can check the Journal dated Jan 15 2025 on how she died. But this posts is to celebrate her life and what she meant to me and the family.  Baby was born from the stray cat who ended at the house. We choose her name due to her being the last cat that was born. She has a motherly look that she is always cleaning other cats and humans too sometimes. She always wants love when she gets the chance and she doesn't care that she will also distrub people when they are doing work. Baby suffered from sezuires if it gets too hot, probably a brain issue so we need to make sure that she is always not overheated. Other than that she likes climbing a lot. For a fat cat (weighing in at 6kg plus) she likes climbing and sleeping on the celing of the patio. Sometimes she would just stay there for a day and come down when she is hungty. Baby is H1 most favourite cat. She also will come when H1 calls her and sleep with her. I know that there is no heaven for cats but I hope that Baby can find peace. This family mourns out so much dear. 6 years you are with us, you give us a lot of joy. But Allah has better plans for you. Rest well baby. We love you so much. 

Week 45 - Wife's uncle passed away

This week is a busy week where I didn't have the chance to cook at all since I was busy doing a lot of errands for everyone else. Besides a death nothing too big happen this week. I am fighting my own demons in my head and that is very annoying 

Nov 3
• Did a lot of classses
• Went out with the kids for some Chinese food

Nov 4
• Cooked some mashed potatoes and roast chicken
• Every early morning mom showed us her tour in Eygpt. Is like being there. Would I go there proabaly not
• My best friend from Findland called me. We had a a good 47 min chat about stuff. Miss him but I am not sure when will he be back

Nov 5
• Didn't cook today so did a lot of classes
• Wife had a reaction to something so now her lower lip is swollen badly. She had to cancel class.
• She gets annoyed at H1 for not being polite that much. I picked her up late today.

Nov 6
• I was supposed to send my friend to the airport. Everything was already planned but it didn’t stopped raining since 5am. I was stuck in the city somewhere and told them that I couldn’t make it in time. So in the end they drove themselves to the airport. Parking is going to suck
I found out that one of wife’s uncle passed away. The sad part on how he passed away. He got a heart attack last Thursday (since that was the last they got in touch with him). Yesterday they came to his apartment and the body has already stink up the whole place. The did the autopsy and flew back the body early this morning
• Wife was feeling bad for her mom so wife bought tickets for her to go back home. I had to drive them to the airport and we had to check them in. I find it annoying that her husband wanted to follow along since he is a old man and he takes up lots of place and time

Nov 7
• Bring the wife for her follow up

Nov 8
• Finally cooked some beef Ragu pasta afer a week

Nov 9
• Something is wrong with my finger. I hurts it when I bend it. So its really annoying and making me in a bad mood
• Didn't do anything much besides laundry.
• In the evening went out for dinner and then went to mom in law house to pick up some winter clothes.

Next week the only thing on my schedule is picking up mom from the airport and wife has a procedure for her knee. Other that that, Im hoping to finish Nintendo 64 games this months. Only a couple left. I still need to finish the Prince of Persia before getting gamepass.