Mak Long and Pak Long will miss you two soooo much....

My niece and nephew will be leaving for England tomorrow night. As much as I am happy for their mother and slightly relieved for their TokMa, I know great sorrow will linger in the void that will be left by those two.







Hannah's arrival into this world was welcomed with much joy and anticipation, being the first grandchild of the family. She was a very disproportionate baby when she was smaller - she looked unusually 'long' - but she has expanded (vertically, thank goodness) much nicer nowadays....

Hannah turned out to be such a delight to be with, that is when she is good. Man, can that little girl talk! and I don't think she ever went through the 'pelat' stage. At three she was saying things like, "Eh, mana topi awak?!" and at 4, she went up to her kindy teacher and asked her "Kenapa cow ada tetek?" TokMa just lurrrves regaling her friends with the latest anecdotes of Hannah.

She used to be quite difficult at times too - one second she was chattering away and the next suddenly all quiet and with her back against us. We knew then that she is in her 'merajuk' mood. If not handled properly, that sulking phase will quickly turn into a silent sob, and kalau tak pujuk jugak, alamat major bawling episode lah jadinya. But she is much better now, TokMa made sure of that, kan TokMa?


Hariz (or Ayes, as he is more affectionately known) is the complete opposite. While Hannah is chatty and warm, Ayes is more of the strong silent type. He kinda reminds me of Tarzan, with his 'Me Tarzan, you Jane' dialogue.







He does love his food though. We used to joke that kalau nak kidnap budak nie, just offer him food, he will definitely come running!

So anyway, they'll be leaving tomorrow night. I know TokMa will be sad, what with her third grandchild possibly leaving soon after that too. When they come back, Hannah will be a young lady of eight, possibly with a British accent and most likely will not be able to remember sleeping while cuddling her TokMa, being afraid of Pak Long's goatee and being brought shopping by Mak Long and Pak Long whenever they come visiting from Kelantan.

So, be good okay you two...and don't forget to remind Mummy that she is to update us with loads of piccies of you two in Facebook!