All Muslim boy are required to get his tip off. I did mine when I was eleven. It is not the best experience but for sure it is very memorable one.

The question raised even before Kimi was born. Should or shouldn't we circumcise Kimi.

I always pro Kimi being circumcised early while he was young and know nothing about pain. There are many of reason for it and one of them is hygine. A circumcised penis does not collect any white stuff underneath the foreskin like an intact penis does. At least there is one less area to wash in the shower. I bet you most uncircumcised boy (and men) don't even bother to wash this area and it totally unhygienic.

Ajan on the other hand, against the idea. She can't bear the pain that young Kimi will bear. She event cried when the staff in Pusrawi make a tiny cut at Kimi's heel to get his blood for testing. Another reason is Kimi won't be having his Khatan kenduri later. It is not such a big deal but Ajan want Kimi to have his 'a step to manhood' ceremony.

At one time, I'm agree with my wife not to cut Kimi's tip off. The fact that there is still not many baby being circumsized these day make me feel OK with the decision. At least, when he grow up, he will be the same with most of his peers.


But that decision has changed. We were advised by Kimi's pediatrician to circumcise him. The reason, there are many bacteria in Kimi's urine and it doesn't sound good. So we made appointment with Dr Zul and Kimi will get his tip off tomorow!

Ajan will start working in 6 weeks time and we need to find someone to look after Kimi. Of course there is Mak at home while we're out at work but we don't want to bother her that much. Plus, Bibik is Kak Ngah's maid (even though she's staying with us) and she suppose to look after Kak Ngah' 5 kids.

Few months back, Mak told us that she knows someone that could jaga Kimi during the day and she live just 2 blocks away. The plan is to send Kimi to the caretaker place every morning and bring him back home after work. We both aggreed with the plan. But I guess we really need a maid, after all, Bibik is Kak Ngah's and she should stay and look after Kak Ngah's house. So we decided to get our own maid.

We've looked around and man, the cost of getting a maid is damn expensive, it can cost you up to 7k for an agent to get you a maid. And of course, there is no guarantee that the maid they give you will suit you wel.. There so many bad stories these days. Lat month alone, 3 of our neighbor's maid ran away.

The best option is to stay away from maid agency, but everyone keep talking that it is not an easy job. You may take few days off from office to settle the documents and all. But the sweet thing is you can handpick the maid and of course the cost is way cheaper, you could save al least half the price tag.

But how could we start? my officemate suggested that I go to Lombok or Tanjung Balai or Batam or Medan to hunt the maid my self. But Ajan is not hugely fond of the idea. We asked Bibik to find someone trustworty and want to work with us. I still actively seeking other alternative, should you know how, please let me know.

I only own 20% of my name. L is the only part totally belong to me. My parents decided to combine their name to make mine. So AK come from Akhpah, my baba and MA is from my ma, Mariam. Not that I want to complaint, I love my name though (and dont call me L, it sound too girly)

As for Kimi case, the name is 100% his. When we deciding the name, we're not combining my name AK(Akmal) my wife's IM (Izniza Mustafa) and left Kimi with HI (even though HI is better than L). We just pick the name because it sound very nice and have wonderful meaning.

Yup, Kimi were expected to be delivered on 11th Nov, at least that what the "baby scanner machine" told us every time we went to Pusrawi for Ajan monthly pre-natal checkup. The machine calculate Kimi size and make its prediction.

Such a great number right 11/11.

But here it goes, Kimi was born 2 weeks early. Now he's 2 week, hansome and healty young lad.

Many people complaints of their "all night long crying" newborn baby especially the first few week. But for our Kimi, he has been sleeping through the night almost everyday. Great he is ain't a crybaby (yet?).

The first night Kimi at home was the houghest, he's crying all night. Maybe it is a new environment for him, need some time to adjust.

These days he has reliably slept for about 2-3 hours before wake-up asking for a drink. Meaning, we need to wake up 2-3 times during our night sleep to attend him . No more deep sleep for us , but not much to complain about.

He start to make noise once he's wet. I normally do all the "dirty work". Cleaning him, change the nappy, swaddle him tight and make sure he's comfortable and ready for his drink time. Then I passed Kimi to his mom (usually I continue with my sleep while Kimi and Mommy spend time together)