Melting point

It seems like my sons, at the tender age of 5 and 3 respectively, discovered that at certain temperature, certain material will change it physical form from solid to liquid. In addition to that, once it in liquid form, it can flow flawlessly.

They run that experiment in our house fireplace and the result is..walla..an abstract piece of art.

I threaten to force them to do the cleaning, and after some shouting and acting, both floodgate opened wide. And, at the end, this is the outcome.

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On the weather front, it is not officially winter just yet, but first batch of snow (in the form of sleet) fell yesterday night, after we came home from dental hospital. It was about 7pm and effort to take pictures out of it was unsuccessful. The kids enjoyed it very much, since they were asking about it since the very first day they were here. The mum seems to be unimpressed with it, maybe she had enough of it during her time in Nova Scotia.

Anyway, its very cold right now, so much so to go out throwing the rubbish into the bin involving thoughtfully decision making ala HAZOP session. One have to consider the consequence out of the action.

At least, I never lock myself out in cold weather. If you wonder how it feel though, maybe you want to consider to drop a line or two to this friend of mine. He has vast experience on that subject matter.

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Trick or treat..Happy Halloween everybody

Bila bunga-bunga (daun-daun) berguguran

The chilly autumn is officially here. The weather has been kind so far, but the wind is so strong and chilly you can see people already don their bennie hats and gloves.

Ahh, and the rest of the troop was already here, to be exact, three weeks ago. The eldest already attending school here while the second is ineligible for nursery class since he was 15 days younger when they start the term (term start at 1/9). And their ever-reliable officer, has started her busy life as a student, attending classes (consist of 4 people!!!) and clinical sessions. Between that, she has to cook for the boss and the platoon, which in Newcastle's cool weather find that their appetite towards food is in increasing manner.

We spent our hari raya this year with the mum attending classes, the eldest in the school while the adik and abah make effort to other people houses to taste hari raya delight. At the moment, my PhD program has to make way for the dentist to attend her classes/ clinics. We still try to find the formulas to overcome this, hopefully we will find it before it too late for me. So, my weeks from now on will be like this;

Monday - Send abang to school and then go to lab (since the dentist does not have classes on monday)
Tuesday - Send abang to school, jaga adik, ambik abang, jaga adik+abang)
Wednesday - Send abang to school and then go to lab (since the dentist does not have classes on wednesday)
Thursday and Friday - Send abang to school, jaga adik, ambik abang, jaga adik+abang)

So, I guess I can be considered as a part time student. Since I have to move in group now, I have no choice but to turn my back on my environmentalist side. I had bought a car since they arrived but still commute on bus to go to university. Not because the environmental concern though but more on economically awareness for the fact that I already bought one year £200 bus pass.

Selamat Hari Raya everyone