It's Eid Everyone

"Eid Mubarouk."

- Hirumi


Taken from here

Day 1 of Eid

Ka-chan: Hirumi, go out and play with your cousins. It's Eid. You only get the chance to meet them all like this once a year.
Hirumi: Yeah, alright.
Ka-chan: Oh. Abang Shazrin with his family came just now. You still remember him right? He's Outou-sama's nephew. So that makes him, your "dua-pupu". He has 2 cute and lovely daughters around 5 years and 6 years old. I'm sure you'll like them.
Hirumi: Shazrin? Um.. Ah yes, the tall and dark guy right? The one who lives in KL?
Ka-chan: Nope. That one is Zahrin. This Shazrin is still tall but fair.
Hirumi: Owh. Ok.
Ka-chan: Go play with his daughters.

So, Hirumi went out of to the hall and greeted Shazrin and his family. There were too manay people in the hall. Hirumi look for Shazrin's daughters and play with them. Ka-chan was right. Both of them were lovely. One of the was on Hirumi's lap and another one was lying on the floor grinning next to Hirumi. That was when Ka-chan came.

Ka-chan: Ahaha. It looks like they've gotten friendly with you.
Hirumi: Haha. Yes. I didn't know I was gifted to be friendly with children. Only girls of course. I hate the boys. They don't know how to keep quiet.
Ka-chan: Haha. Good for you. Hey, who are these kids anyway? Where are their parents?
Hirumi: Owh? These are Shazrin's daugthers la. Hahaha. I thought you knew them.
Ka-chan: HIRUMI! These are not Shazrin's daughters. His daughters are outside playing with Syafiq.
Hirumi: Huh?! (Sh**. Then, who are these kids?)

Hirumi with one of kids that he thought was Shazrin's.

*The identity of the girls is still a mystery. They only said that they're the daughters of Cik Alang. Who is Cik Alang anyway? Never heard of him.

The End of Life

"Berpisah sudah segalanya

Yang tinggal hanyalah kenangan

Diiring doa dan airmata

Yang pergi takkan kembali lagi."

- Pergi Tak Kembali, by Rabbani

Ustaz Asri (Rabbani)

11 years ago

Knock knock

Syaraf: Hirumi oh Hirumi.

Hirumi: Oh. It's you Syaraf.

Syaraf: Hey, come out and play with me.

Hirumi: Ooh. Alright.

They went to the playground in front of Hirumi's house. There were lots of questions in Hirumi’s mind but he doesn’t want to bother Syaraf with it.

Hirumi: Hey, Syaraf. Um. I'm really sorry your mother passed away yesterday.

Syaraf: Ooh. It's alright. Thanks Hirumi.

Syaraf answered with a straight face. Hirumi looked at Syaraf in awe. Tempted by Syaraf’s carefree attitude, Hirumi went ahead and asked.

Hirumi: Syaraf, I'm surprised you're this calm. How can you be this calm when your mother just passed away yesterday? I thought you would still be mourning.

Syaraf stopped playing the see saw.

Syaraf: Yes, I’m still mourning. I did cry a lot. And I still wanted to cry now. But somebody said to me yesterday, if I cried for my mother’s death too much, the Syaitan will get into my mind and control my body and actions.

Hirumi: Ooh.

Hirumi was really surprised. How can a 12 year old think about that? Alhamdulillah, Syaraf has grown up to be a good man and he has been a really good friend of Hirumi eversince.

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*Note to another good friend who has lost his beloved mum days ago.

Hi friend.

I hope you’re doing fine. I’m really sorry for your mum. How I wish to be at her funeral and prayed for her too. I know you love your mum so much. I believe other friends know about that too. We never really talk to you about your mum since she passed away. We’re just afraid that it would remind you of her again. We don’t want to see you in pain, mourning for her.

All I really want to say is that we are still here, your friends. I may not be able to advise you on how to handle these things as I’ve not experienced it. But I can always try to listen.

There is so much to life for you to live for and things for you to look forward to. So, life must go on. And remember, you will always have us, your friends to support you.

May Allah bless you mother’s soul.

Al-fatihah.

P/s: Al-fatihah for Ustaz Asri (Rabbani) too.

The Neonatal Screening

"Let's quit medic. Let's open a laundry shop"
- Azheer

One fine morning.
Hirumi, Rasheed and Hafizul went to the postnatal ward to join the medical officer (MO) checking the newborn babies. They were delighted to see a bunch of babies waiting to be examined.

MO: Hey, you all can examine the babies if you want. But wash your hand first and wash it again before you check another baby. Make sure you don’t miss anything ya.
Them: Alright. Thanks doc.

Then the MO went out for a while.

Hirumi: Uwoah. This is nice. The babies are all ours. Let’s Moro them one by one.
Hafizul: Hey, why don’t we start with one baby first. You show us how you do it Hirumi. You were here earlier.
Hirumi: Uh, okay.

So, Hirumi went on to check the lucky baby while both Hafizul and Rasheed observed.

Hafizul: Ooh. That's easy. Let me try.

So, Rasheed checked the baby and followed by Hafizul. They were satisfied with the screening they did. Feeling content, the thought of how easy a neonatal screening is done, they want to check another baby. That's when the MO came in.

MO: Have you finished checking the baby?
Them: Absolutely doc.
MO: So, I assume everything is normal?
Them: Yup (giggling)

But the MO was not convinced. She checked the baby. And that’s when her cute face suddenly turned serious.

MO: Did you three check the baby?
Hirumi: Yes, we did it in turns.
MO: You said everything is normal?
Hirumi: Err. Yes.
MO: Hey, how can you say it’s normal? The baby has flat nasal bridge and single palmar crease. This baby has Down’s syndrome physical characteristics. How can you all missed all these?

Hirumi, Hafizul and Rasheed looked at each other in disbelief.

Oh. Shit.

Now, what seems to be a fine morning ends up in the gutter.

Flat nasal bridge


Single palmar crease