b3 b0rn.. c0nf0rm, b3 si|3nt .. di3

well, things are looking mighty well with the cold. fever’s completely gone, throat no longer scratchy (tend to be a bit dry in air-conditioned spaces) but i hab a sduffed dose.

tomorrow’s eid al-adha - the celebration to remember the sacrifice made by prophet ibrahim as a sign of obedience to ALLAH. HR just sent us an email today to inform us about how to treat the public holiday (since we now have personnel in the east coast - which observe fridays and saturdays as their weekend)

i am torn on whether or not to tag along with the rest of the family to celebrate back in mama’s hometown in perak.

on one hand, amir’s on night shift starting tonight and will only end his shift tomorrow at 8 am (when ppl are getting ready to go for prayers). i don’t feel like leaving him to celebrate raya by himself.

on the other, mama mentioned that my aunts actually tried to persuade her to kidnap kya to celebrate raya with them. also the fact that the last i actually visited nenek & atuk was in dec when they were staying at my aunt’s in pj (not that long ago but to mama that’s long enough)

there is a compromise here - i could do what i did last labor day - drive to perak with kya (with either brother as a backup), celebrate raya tomorrow and drive back to kl in the afternoon. amir wouldn’t even notice we’ve gone (well, apart from the fact that when he arrives home tomorrow morn - no kya will be jumping up and down excitedly to herald his homecoming)

still considering this… emm

unrelated,

• a colleague, in trying to explain the absence of another, said that ’she said her body is not that delicious’.. huh??? translated into malay it should read ‘rasa tak sedap badan’ (re-translated into english - feeling a bit under the weather)
• in observing the somber mood since the tsunami, our company’s annual dinner has been postponed to march. mayhaps i can make it then this time. need to check my schedule (and amir’s shift)
• citibank sent me the renewal card for my visa - when i have already sent my letter of cancellation. called up their customer careline to receive a promise that their card cancellation center will follow up with me (how long would that one take?)

Update:
papa returned my call and when presented with my compromise for the balik kampung dilemma, his response was ‘what a waste of time/effort/money! just for an overnight?‘ . i explained that this is just so my aunts (and mama included) won’t be disappointed - to that he said ‘we’ll just take kya with us then! you can stay here and keep amir company‘

my first thought was ‘woooo hooooo!!!‘

it’ll give us a chance to go out (after amir’s had his sleep, of course).

am really really tempted to say yes. have done this before - albeit only for half a day - the family left with kya early in the morning, we headed back only at night after amir ended his shift.

but this time it will be minimum 2 days (could even go up to 3 days *gasp!!*)

should i?