I know it's been a while. So much has happened.. I've kept notes, but just couldn't pull myself to the old pc. So here goes.
Wafa came to our lives in a rather roundabout way.
Dekna was only a week past her seventh month pregnancy when on Saturday 26th. April, around 3.30 in the wee hours of the morning she had a "leakage" and was admitted to a private hospital close to the in-laws' place. The gynaecologist only came to attend at about 8.30, and when Dekna still had her problem, the hospital gave up on her "because of equiptment shortage" and she was referred to the Government Tuanku Jaafar Hospital that night. That's a private hospital for you.
Sunday morning the attending gynaecologist here decided that there was a risk of respiratory stress and the hospital's ventilators were all being used. The next available was at Sultan Ibrahim Hospital in JB. A hospital ambulance with an accompanying doctor and a nurse took Dekna there, leaving at about 12 noon. I followed in Haniff's car with Idah, who was crying. Dekna was calm when she was pushed in her trolley into the ambulance.
Upon reaching SIH at about 4 p.m. Dekna was pushed straight into the labour room for "screening", the pushed into the OT, because by then she was completely "dry" and the baby had to be delivered by caeserian birth.
That was how Wafa came into our world, all 1.6 kg of her. She wailed and that was a good sign - no breathing problem. In fact in the end the ventilator wasn't necessary.
Wafa was in the ICU, however, because she was premature. She stayed for 19 days in hospital. On discharge after weighing 1.92 kg, the stipulated weight, everybody who was in JB came home to Seremban on Thursday 15th. May. Now she's fast putting on weight, feeding and sleeping as well as to be expected. Only the brand new parents are learning the hard way how much sacrifice is required in child care - and that's just to mention only sleep.
Then there was the Veteran UMNO AGM in KL.
We didn't get PWTC as was much lauded before. The veterans were the first members to have contributed in more ways than one to the construction of PWTC. But even with ample notice and the the supposed attendance of the PM, and a total number of 659 delegates, there was no room available in any of the "Dewans".
So off we trooped to the Regency Hotel in Jalan Raja Alang, in front of the infamous Chow Kit Road pasar. The conference hall wasn't too bad, but obviously it's no PWTC. As for the rest of the place, I think it's not out of place it being at the Chow Kit Road area, if you get my drift.
Anyway, I got to be elected into the Central Committee for the 2013-2016 term. Actually it was a "no contest". There were 25 candidates for 25 posts. But at least I got to deliver a "motion" that was duly passed.
The only side note was Ustaz Ahmad & wife with me and Jamaluddin were made to wait from 6 p.m. till 8.30 p.m. at a workshop nearby. A broken left rear door of Ustaz Ahmad's Proton Perdana had to be fixed.
Next was the MUBARAK AGM in Kuantan.
This time the delegates were much smaller, only 141, but the hotel was much, much classier - the Zenith. The whole show was sponsored by the Pahang State Government for about RM 300,000.
The food was excellent.
Finally the Telok Intan bye-election.
To me it was a surprise win for Gerakan and BN. But a win is a win.
Now let's see what happened.
In the 13th GE, Mah Siew Keong of Gerakan ( it's the same guy ) obtained 20,000 votes and lost to the late Seah Leong Peng of DAP who got 27,000, a majority of more than 7,000 with 900 spoilt votes. This time around Mah got the same number of votes - 20,000 - and beat newcomer and female Malay youngster Dyana who got exactly 19,919 votes. The majority was 238. There were more spoilt votes - about 500. These spoilt votes are everywhere ! It simply meant that 7,000 Chinese voters thought that DAP cannot lose and didn't bother to vote.
Maybe the MCA President got it right this time. The win could be described as a flash in the pan. But there's a lesson somewhere.
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