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Early July 2020
1. Her grandma cut Nuraina a big slice of agar pudding from a low square tin for her to take home as the family was leaving after paying us a visit one whole day. As usual her grandma never forgetting to inculcate good manners in her reminded her to share the agar pudding with her father as well.2. Back at home, her mother sliced
the pudding into small rectangular pieces the size of a USB drive. Nuraina
loves pudding, so she frequented the fridge to spoon a piece or two at a time.
3. By and by all the pieces were gone
but one. Only then did Nuraina remember her grandma’s words. She carried the
plate with the solitary piece of pudding to the dining table. Using a teaspoon
she began chopping that last piece into a number of smaller pieces and scattered
them on the plate.
4. Her mother thought she was playing
and got upset. Nuraina explained herself and insisted the pieces were for
Daddy. “I feel bad to leave only one piece for Daddy,” she said innocently, “This
is more like it.”
17 July 2020
1. My daughter shared a drawing by
Nuraina on WhatsApp (see below). I believe the picture speaks for itself.
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| Nuraina's drawing |
2. But there is a story behind the
picture as described by Nuraina and recounted by her mother: ‘Mama kata I LOVE
YOU kat Abah. Pastu Abah kata balik I LOVE YOU TOO kat Mama. Haa..adik rasa
camtu sesuai la. Baru sesuai. Laki tak boleh kata kat perempuan dulu.’ (‘Mama
said I LOVE YOU to Daddy. Then Daddy said back I LOVE YOU TOO to Mama. Haa.. I
feel it’s proper that way. Truly proper. Man shouldn’t say to woman first.’
3. My daughter was most amused of one
thing only – that was the first time she ever heard Nuraina use the word ‘sesuai’(=proper).
21 July
Umar and Nuraina were chatting away
as they put on their shoes in the doorway getting ready to go to school.
Suddenly a weird thought crossed Umar’s mind: “If mama and daddy die, I’ll stay
with grandma and grandpa.”
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