Glad to be back.

21.7.2015.

Phew !

Can't remember when I last posted on my blog. The problem was my cpu acting up before the fasting month, and I was too lazy to fix it. But this morning I finally went to the computer shop and had it done, and here we are.

Much has happened in the mean time. Malaysian politics, which I follow, is in deep shit. The Malaysian economy is, also. My pension is getting smaller and smaller. Shit. So what is new ?

Sadly, there have been several deaths, in the family, among friends, and in the neighbourhood. R.I.P. dear departed. I'm glad I was able to attend most of the sad funerals, except for Pa' Cu Kamil's.  Sharif chose to just sms me instead of making a call, and I only looked at the message just before the breaking of fast. I called Calit to go and visit together, mistakenly thinking Sharif meant the passing was 6.30 pm, when actually it was 6.30 am ! I was 12 hours too late !

Pa' Cu attended all my children's weddings. I even managed to get him to deliver a talk at the UiTM in front of Dekna's class when she was reading Law there. Pa' Cu would spend hours talking to my father into the wee hours every time he came back to Bukit Temensu in those days. My father wanted him to join UMNO and become the MB !

There is great news, too. After completing the required three-year experience, Memi had been admitted as a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Glasgow, in March.  The Certificate arrived during the fasting month. Anyway, he's joining Shell next month, as an ACCA.  

I spoke to Yusni about 1MDB when he came for Hari Raya on Sunday. I know, coming from Pekan, he's Najib's man, but he listened to my comments without interrupting. Whatever opinion he's having about the whole issue, I think what I said made some impression.

I'm on the second day of my Syawal fast today. I'd plan to do six straight days this year, but I've to take a break Thursday because Bangdek is having a khenduri at his house, a thanksgiving for Aza getting her PhD in Education. So I'll finish Sunday, instead.

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