Cameron Highland by election

The Cameron Highland by election is gong to be interesting. For the first time after after four earlier by elections, BN is the incumbent. The question is can PH wrest this seat from BN. Looking at the results of the 2018 election, it was a close fight then. However, things are very much different now. PH is the government. BN is the opposition. In the four earlier by elections, PH retained their seats easily despite low voter turnout. Can BN do the same with theirs? My earlier thinking was that PH will win hands down but BN came out with a surprise. Their candidate is an orang asli. With orang asli making up 22% of the population, that is a good strategy but it can also backfire. Traditionally, orang asli has been BN supporters. So maybe it will not make much difference. Instead other races like the Indians, might feel alienated as before, the candidates has always been from their race. BN also has a new leader who is much more focus and knows what he is doing unlike the previous one who was going everywhere but nowhere. So, this might be an additional factor.

Sunny days

The rainy season is over I think. Its the hot season now. Most days it is hot and sunny. The rain still comes but only for a few minutes. So the worry about flooding is over. Now the worry is how to keep cool when the sun is unforgiving. Best is to stay at home. Don't go out unless its necessary. Unfortunately for me, many times its necessary like sending and fetching the kids from school. Then there's my daily prayers at the mosque.Most of the time, I use the bike. Its convenient. Its cheap. Its fast. The only setback is there is no respite from the sun.

Busy days

Wow! This must be the longest time I didn't update my blog. Never before has it been so long. More than a week. I was quite shocked when I realised it cause I thought it was only a few days. Must be the new year and the new routine. With Akid starting proper school and Maisarah in preschool, my time has changed a lot. Now its early morning getting them up to be ready for school. Altogether its five times to and fro school everyday. The wife send them in the morning. The rest I take over. That means four times. At 11.30am fetch Maisarah from school. At 12.50am fetch Akid from school. At 2pm send Akid to school. At 5.30pm fetch Akid from school. Wow! Alhamdulillah the school is only two to three minutes away and I mainly use my bike.

School days are here again

Morning

Afternoon

Bad start

The new year started rather badly for us. Right in the middle of the night, while we were all enjoying our sleep, Akid suddenly coughed loudly and then vomited. Plenty came out of his mouth. I looked at the clock. It was just after midnight. Hmm.....  like it or not, we had to clean up. Thought that was the last of it but then later he vomited again.....and again and again. Wow! This is bad. No. Terrible! As a result, I didn't have any sleep the whole night long, except for the first few hours before he vomited the first time. Don't know why he vomited. Could be the food he took but he only ate rice and fried egg.