My Little Sister

I promised Adiknor that I'll write something about her in this blog once she got married. Well, she did so, last week. It was a rather elaborate ceremony I have to say but that's the modern Malay way of holding weddings, I suppose. Actually, to ask me personally, I thought she got married a bit young for today's standards but come to think again, why delay something which is encouraged by our religion and if she found her life partner this early, she'll be among the luckiest people in the world!! I know many who haven't still.

I gave a speech during the lunch event but I didn't touch too much with regards to Adiknor. The thank you portion was so damn long, thank to Abah. Adiknor is 4 years younger than me and I like to believe that we wre quite close while growing up. We quarell sometimes but I think I've hold on to the position of the big brother protecting litte sister quite well over the years. We shared quite a lot of secrets, I knew about her many 'peminat' and she read all my letters which I've kept while studying in the UK. She even pried into my very secretive diary when I was in Form 4. There was once during the Mask toy craze and she wanted this one toy car. We shared money and we bought the toy together. I can still remember those days and I hope she was damn happy to get that toy because if I recall correctly, she kept it only for a short while.

When she moved to a boarding school, I was at the verge of flying off to the UK to further my studies. However, still we kept in touch through mail, phone and eventually, email, irc and ICQ. See how the technology progressed as the years of my living abroad increases. I visited her at school and even provided free Science tuition whenever she's available. Till this day I'm not really sure whether she was excited about me coming for the tuition classes or the McDonalds value meals I brought along.

Throughout those years I really did enjoy helping her in any way I could. I was away most of the time, after studying abroad, coming here to work. So, whenever possible, I will do whatever I can. What is a big brother for anyway, right? It was a good brother-sister relationship and I do pray that in this new phase in her life she will be happy and contented.

Adiknor, you want advice? Well, as I said before, it's a multitude of factors but work hard and make the wedding enjoyable. Listen to Razi and make sure he listens to you as well. No more retiring to caves in the forests, okay? Work with one another and not for one person only. A marriage is a partnership and I do admit that sometimes I don't do as much as I'm supposed to but I'll try to improve, right Awi? :)

All in all, Adiknor and Razi, have a happy marriage, enjoy the rest and don't forget to visit us one of these days in Kerteh!!