On the 19th of September 2013, my awesome wife gave birth to another baby boy at the Wakaka complex in Universiy Hospital. Welcome, [name to be confirmed] to the world !
Minutes after arrival
It wasn't exactly smooth sailing this time, there were quite a few false alarms, even one of those incidents where we checked in to the hospital, were there for most of the day, only to be told that the baby's far from ready to enter the world proper. To top it off, mainly due to complications creating a concern on the baby's heart rate, the planned natural birth ended up becoming a c-section. But everything turned out fine in the end, for both Raudha and our baby. Alhamdulillah!
Props to family, friends and colleagues who gave us support during that tricky period. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Now I'm trying to relearn all the stuff I did back when Zharif arrived, even stuff like rocking the baby in the right way. The art of wrapping up the baby so that he'll feel comfortable continues to elude me. But heck, I'm trying!
Yes I am :p
One of our major concerns has been preparing big brother for the new arrival, and fortunately, Zharif has been handling the arrival of his baby brother pretty well.
Kissed his brother more times in 11 days than kissing his dad in 3 and a half years. The nerve!
There ARE a few items he's been reluctant to share, but otherwise he's been cool. He does seem to be a bit overprotective of his bro sometimes though, such as not allowing quite a few visitors to hold the baby, to the point of having a tantrum! He does calm down eventually, usually after a meal or milk, but there you go.
I've also taken Zharif out a couple of times during the weekend just to alleviate his restlessness and to give his mum some rest from handling two. My mother-in-law is also doing the same. He's generally been a darling, but his enthusiasm can get a wee bit exhausting for Raudha sometimes. I even took him to select a sheep for his brother's aqiqah.
Plus a little bit of father-son bonding time with Zharif is always good :)
Having said that, my latest trip didn't exactly delight mummy though :p
Anyway, so there's my excuse for not posting for so long. Hope to get back to more regular posting soon. The disrupted sleeping hours will certainly help once I've gotten used to it.
I AM getting used to kissing 3 people before going to work now :)
Arsenal: Will sign one big signing, plus a few Wenger-style ones. And Cabaye. International break right after the deadline proves lethal. Wenger considers David Bentley. Aston Villa: Manages to clear out their midfield, except for Stephen Ireland, whom no one wants because they're worried about his grandmother. Cardiff: Still buoyed by their City win, randomly steals Peter Odemwingie from under Swansea's noses. Chelsea: Tries to sign Anelka but fails. Certain midfielders consult Paulo Ferreira on how to look good on the bench. Crystal Palace: Surprises with the addition of a quality midfielder that no one sees it coming.
Everton: Ends up buying another ex-Wigan player. Fellaini
leaves!
Fulham: Randomly
purchases Atsudo Uchida. Wenger raises an eyebrow.
Hull City: Steve Bruce gets frustrated now that he's lost
the Ferguson connection for his transfer, yet somehow still manages to get
Macheda on loan.
Liverpool: Overpays for some defensive cover, Skrtel stays and fights them all off. Suarez stays and has a good meal. Off the pitch. Manchester City: With Demichelis from Atletico Madrid in, nothing else for them to do, unless they loan Lescott off. Btw, nice profit, Atletico :P Manchester United: Two big signings, including one really good central midfielder. Tries flogging off Ashley Young but fails. Norwich: Does nothing in public, but attempts to secretly clone Sebastian Bassong. Newcastle: Mike Ashley giggles and runs off with the Cabaye money, Pardew scratches his..umm.. chin. Southampton: Fights of late advances for Luke Shaw and Adam Lallana. Stoke: Hughes successfully brings in a creative midfielder, stunning the Stoke faithful into silence. Sunderland: Secures Borini on loan, but Ki Seung Yeung turns out to be the best loan signing for Sunderland, if not the entire league.
Swansea: Ashley Williams gets sold off, unknown guy comes in, turns out to be a phenomenal defender.
Tottenham: Apa lagi Spurs mahu? Manages to con another club into purchasing Adebayor.
West Brom: Major panic sets in and buys players no one knows about, proceeds to improve without them. But with Anelka.
West Ham: Gathers in the team lounge after training, laughs at other teams panicking in the transfer window.
Liverpool lucky?
We certainly were, I don't deny it, after an onslaught by Manchester United in the second half we somehow did not concede, even after losing Glen Johnson to injury. (not that he's that great a defender anyway)
Good to see Martin Skrtel return and put up an excellent performance, wasn't RVP a frustrated chappie?
Really hoping he stays, but we'll see what happens today, especially after two of Liverpool's likely defensive signings were on the bench during the match. Still good to see the Skrtel - Agger partnership again.
I think the only reason Manchester United might be embarassed by the game at all was the fact that they lost to a team that had Jordan Henderson in the starting lineup.
Excuse me while I go print out the current Premier League standings and enjoy it while I can.
The NLD
I was right on Friday in that it turned out to be a low-scoring match, but I still got the results wrong. Credit to Arsenal, I admit to overestimating Spurs quite a bit, and in hindsight, out of the six Spurs players in midfield and forward, four were new to the Premiership. Something to be said for a little experience eh?
And seeing Chadli in action showed me just how big a loss Bale is. Of course, Bale took a while, but when he came in, Spurs didn't have the level of expectations they do now. But for now, even Aaron Lennon looks better than Chadli.
But that Spurs keeper? Goodness, I'm sure Wenger wishes he had secured that Frenchman, regardless of the goal, Lloris is absolute quality!
Arsenal still need to do something for their transfer window though. Can you imagine Arsenal now if Walcott or Cazorla gets injured? Yes, it's not pretty, is it.
