Another wedding

The hantaran from Jozuan, carried by his cousins and aunties.

The wedding lunch.

My youngest sister, Rai (left), Juriah (the groom's mother) and I going to the bride's house.

The groom was being made up before the bersanding.

Jozuan and family

Merenjis pengantin at the bersanding ceremony.

Another nephew, Jozuan, tied the knot on 20 Dec 2008 with Nurulazwa (Mawa) in Malacca. Wedding on the groom's side is not so messy as in the bride's side. The family members grouped at Juriah's house waiting for the appointed time to be at the bride's house ie at 1 pm. We had rendang and nasi impit first as wedding lunch at the bride's house would be late. Of course, my brother Zul was not present at his son's wedding today. He was with his young wife in Penang and I guess, this side of his family is not important. That made me mad but thankful that he didn'r show up as it would not be pleasant for Juriah especially if he were so thoughtless to bring his new wife. I have no desire to accept that woman as a family member as I thought she prostituted heself and destroyed a family.

Part of the family attending the wedding. Left is newly wed Yanti with mother Zainun (my sister-in-law) and my younger sister, Anah.

None of my children attended their cousin's wedding, a point which made me feel alone and unappreciated. Ika and Justin went to Laos and Maz to Kota Kinabalu for holidays. Izrin was at home sleeping all day. Anyway, I didn't want to entertain this feeling. They are old enough to understand which I have much doubt.

I met an ex-student, Mismi at Ju's house. She was my student at Sekolah Aminuddin Baki, Kg. Pandan in 1969, and a neighbour to Juriah. Imagine, my ex-student has also retired as a school principal. Anyway, it is a pleasure meeting ex-student and we spent time reminised the old days, me as a very garang teacher. She quoted a few incidents which left me in giggles. God, was I so terrible? Anyway she told me that every time when I came to class, everybody would be prepared with their reading for I would questioned them one by one! Sorry to all my ex-students for making your life miserable when I was teaching you. But one thing I remember her telling me was that everyone in the class was successful individuals. I am happy and proud that they did well in their lives.

After the ceremony at the bride's house, I left Malacca for Port Dickson. I didn't want to stay in PD. The resort and hotel was fully booked by holiday makers. It would be so noisy and finding a parking space would be a nightmare. I can imagine the amount of rubbish left by irresponsible people which would disgust me. Since Ika and Justin are in Vientienne, I must go back to cat sit. Poor Mok and Raisa. Even though Izrin is at home, the cats would be hungry in the morning as he gets up really late to feed and clean their trays. I Don't want my spoilt cats to be miserable, so I have to go back to PJ. Mok is going to merajuk and jual mahal when Ika comes home.

I stopped at PD to see Ung to pick up my notebook. He is reformating it as I have problem uploading pictures. But after checking, the problem is still there. I have to take my scanner for him to check when I come back to PD next year. It's going to be along holidays for everybody and I intend to stay in PJ until 2 January 2009 - away from the noise and the stupid drunk people (mostly Indians) who came to stay there, I hate long public holidays in PD. I have no peace. The place becomes disgustingly dirty and the workers take their time to clean it.

I arrived at my house (Ika's house) in PJ at 8.30pm. Hugged Mok and Raisa. Izrin wasn't home.