Today

Today we all went to have our blood test. Somehow the company that my lover is working for need all these records. So we went.

It is the Muslim's calendar new year but it is not observe as a public holiday here. Unlike in Malaysia where it's public holiday for both Awal Muharram and Maulud Nabi. There is no stories of Awal Muharram in the children's school either. Or is it because they didn't go to school today. Blood test remember?

In fact today is another ordinary day. I probably wouldn't notice that it is awal Muharram if not for me reading it in the web and also the dates on the YM offline messages. Yes it has both the Gregorian dates and Islamic dates on the display.

I think I will just tell my kids the name of the Islamic months again and probably explain the significance of the month. You know Ramadhan: fasting, Syawal:Eid, ZulHijjah:Hajj, The forbidden months of war:Muharram, Rajab, DzulQaedah and DzulHijjah. Is it? Oh! No! I am so rusty. Help! And it was 1427 years ago when our beloved prophet moved to Madinah in his struggle to spread Islam.

Anyway we had our blood test. Only Sya cried. The boys didn't. Such a classic case of stereotyping, my children.

My children all have different blood type. This is probably because myself and my lover have different type of blood as well. Mine is A and his is B. So this combination can give you all blood type when mix together.

Hazig is a "B" which he detest. He wanted A like mine. What is it with him? Does he think everything is a competition?

Sya is an "O". With her crying and wailing I don't think I can ever ask her to donate any of her blood. ha ha ha

Zachary is an "A" which Makes Haziq ask why is it that he is not an "A". Anyway we also have Zachary's stem cell stored safely, Insya Allah, in Cyber Jaya. Hope we don't have to use it ever.

So now should I make another one just to complete the blood groups. An AB perhaps?

But what good an AB is? Only for oneself. But still another AB's blood can be used for another AB person in need eh?