Babang Bored ?

It is Tuesday. We are still sniffling but we feel much better than yesterday, and much much better than Sunday! The throbs in the head are gone but Ram has another complication. She has to visit the ‘loo’ often. Running nose has slowed down but running tummy has begun!! Perhaps her immune level has dropped much that one slight mistake in food intake causes the tummy to protest!! We wondered what causes it as we have been taking only hot soup and bread the last few meals. Anyway she made v very strong plain tea (the Chinese calls it ‘kow’ for strong and she made it like triple kow) for herself and drank half a cup, without sugar or milk, hot and steaming …. yuk! (That is old grandma’s recipe for upset tummy) and she says she feels much better now. So, grandma’s recipes are no ‘old folk’s tale or fables’ after all. Yup, it works…. So folks, if you have an upset tummy and have to visit the ‘loo’ more than twice in an hour, try taking the ‘triple kow’ tea, and make sure that it is hot. If in the next hour after that you still have to go to the ‘loo’ hasten to a doctor. Make sure that there are ‘loos’ available along the way as you may need it. It is no joke and no laughing matter. I have, and I am sure you have too, experienced the pain and the rumble in the tummy when it happens. Ram appears ok while I am writing this and she has not gone to the ‘loo’ for quite a while now.

A while ago Mini called from her office and spoke to Ram. She must have heard that we are not well. We learnt from Mini that the kids have not gone to their playschool for about a week now and that all the playschools in the town has been asked to stay closed as precaution because of an infectious flu affecting small children in the town. Mini said that Babang is complaining of being bored staying at home. And that the three kids are very boisterous, especially so baby Haadieya. She constantly annoyed her elder brothers and fight with them and … she is a girl??? Shaffik had offered to take all of them to Miri this weekend but Babang said Miri is also boring….. I guess he must like school very much.

Later we called and spoke to the kids. Dedek came on first and rambled on and on about what he is doing at home and why he is not at school. Asked if he quarrels with baby Haadieya, he said ‘Noh! Dadek do not quarrellllll’ in a sing-song style. He is proud in saying that he can now ride his scooter with both legs on it. Babang on the other hand was more subdued in his conversation with us. He says that he does drawings and colouring, and also read his books at home. He can balance on his scooter for a long time now, he says. He told us that it is boring to stay at home and not go to school. Ram asked him why it should be boring since he has his brother and sister to play with. He said, “No, Tok Mi, Babang boring stay at home…. If Babang go to KL and to Tok Bah’s house Babang not boringggg!” Hahahaha! A 5 year old wishful thinking!! Who knows…. his wishes may come true ….. will it? Shaffik has a meeting in KL for two days next week…. I wonder…… ???

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