Varia: The Week Leading to Anniversary

Yesterday was our 32nd wedding anniversary and we celebrated it rather modestly. Let us backtrack for a few days more.

Given that I have 'more time' these days, I spent a little bit more on social media looking at all the viral issues being discussed, only to be depressed. There are many more educational materials in the internet but there seems to be more gravitation to dubious sources. Even with AI, I do think we need to read real books and reflect more. I do give such advices to my own family. I shared the following video to my family: key phrase - question everything. When I look at my book collection, I realised that my family rarely touch them. Of course, most of these are on maths and physics, which they will not be interested in. But I do have plenty of religious books and self-help books too. A large percentage of them is in English and the non-English ones many are written by Indonesian authors. In a way, I saw that people only read what is familiar and understandable. I worry about where these books should go, once I'm gone. At the same time, I rushed my writing on my Malay blog to post this, so that more could benefit from what I have been thinking.

The weekend also some mild earthquake happened in Segamat. Rather unexpected. I post the following to my family WhatsApp.

While not trying to be alarmist, one should always be aware of such news. In fact, this morning, another earthquake was felt and posted the news in my family's WhatsApp. I will keep posting things that I felt important.

During the weekend, we went to UiTM Shah Alam for my youngest son to collect his convocation gown. The convocation will be in mid September.

After collecting the convocation gown, he took some photos there after donning it.

Just two days before, he collected his new pair of glasses after a visit to our local opthamologist (it was detected that he had high astigmatism in one eye). 

To add, I also bought myself a new pair of leather shoes just for his convocation to conform to the dress code during the convocation. I was not sure if my Skecher shoes is allowd (wore these because of my back problem). Soon I hope, he will register for his BSc degree. By then, I hope I could manage with the extra expenses if he stays far away. I pray that everything will be well.

Last night, my other half and I decided to go out and have dinner at the local Middle Eastern restaurant.

I thought that I wore a smile when the pics were taken. I guess these were the best that I can do with many things on my mind. Don't worry, be happy.