Weekend Review

The weekend started on a disheartening note. My eldest daughter, Nurlina, who has not been too well for some months was admitted to the Universiti Malaya Hospital. She went to the hospital for her appointment (on her own) to see an ENT specialist. She later called her mother saying that she was detained for immediate treatment for viral infection in the ear. This changed a lot of our plans for the weekend.


That night I conducted a meeting among my brothers and sisters to discuss final preparations for my sister's wedding on 19 December. Since we had discussed some of the things before and we had the benefit of experience preparing for similar functions, the meeting went without much hassle.



On Saturday morning I went back to Melaka with my son, Afiq, to help my Makcik with some shopping in preparation for my sister's wedding. After the shopping, I managed to confirm the purchase of the cow for the wedding (RM3,000) and also met up with the Imam to confirm the nikah details. We left my kampong after Maghrib prayers, stopped at my sister in law's in Serkam to drop her the invitation card, pick up an exercise bicycle which she wanted to dispose and left for home.

We reached home just in time to catch MU's game against West Ham. MU fielded a depleted side especially in defence as injuries began to take its toll on Sir Alex's side. But the game ended on a positive note as MU won comfortably with four goals without reply. Scholes and Gibson scored two scorchers while Valencia nd Rooney had two tap-ins after some typical MU built ups. The night got better when Man City did MU a big favor by beating Chelsea 2-1. Chelsea's lead is now just 2 points. Hopefully, MU will be able to sustain the challenge without several key players in the run-in to the busy Christmas period.

On Sunday, we visited Lina at the hospital and headed for 2 weddings thereafter. Actually, we had 3 invitations on that day. I had to skip my niece's visit to the groom's place as it would mean missing the other 2 weddings. The first wedding was in Cheras where my wife's cousin is marrying off his last son. A short trip was made unnecessary long when I missed a turn in Batu 9 Cheras and we found ourselves in Hulu Langat instead of Cheras. We just stayed for a short while and headed to Shah Alam where a college mate was marrying off his son and daughter in one go.




Another full weekend.