I saw and had a very interesting discussion about inter-community marriages. Many will argue that in this time where love marriages are on the rise no body really cares about which community their partner comes from but that is never an issue when you are in love. It becomes an issue when you take it one step further, marriage.

I still have this very strong opinion that marriage is never between just 2 people but between 2 families. Marrying someone from our own community definitely has its advantages.

The tradition, custom, food and many daily activities firstly will be very similar. You avoid a lot of differences and matters on which traditions to follow and who gives in and certain compromises do not have to be made. No one gets unhappy.

Weddings are held differently in every community. Practically every function will be different be it a birthday party or a baby shower. So which practice is going to be followed at that point of time? A fusion would definitely sound cool but let's be practical.

The children get affected the most in an inter community marriage as they get lost on which side they should follow. I mean when the parents themselves are not sure, what about the children? It could be their mother tongue or simply their daily practices.

Inter community marriages have happened and are still happening and many of the marriages are successful as well. I guess rather than keeping the couple which has someone from a different community away, they should get them to be part of them. You don't want a situation whereby the generation begins to hate the pratices of the community.

I guess the bottom line here is whether someone is choosing a life partner for themselve or for their family as well.

And I'm back home. Came back past midnight. Had quite a good break and I badly needed it. Couple more days left and back to the normal routine.

Met mamu. When he called me that day the first question he asked was any fever, cough, sore throat or any other symptoms. If you have any then I would have to put on a mask when I see you. Haha... Had a nice chat with him over lunch. Went over to his place but somehow the timing I went in, everyone was sick. Mami was sick, his girl, his niece. Haha... I was like oops.

When out with periyamma and anna. When to this place which like just opened I think. Huge shopping place. But then no people. It was soooo empty. I wonder how they still manage to run the complex though. Watched Ayan. It was ok but I still think VA is very much nicer.

Want to go back there again. Haha... I doubt there'll ever be a day where I say I am not going back there again. Let me finish 1 more term and I'll fly there.

First term's modules have been cleared. At least I think I have cleared them. =) Have no intention of remoduling any one of the modules no matter how 'interesting' it seems to be .

In the midst of my paper yesterday the invigilator came to me and said ur calculator model is not accepted and took it away from me. I was seriously boiling mad la. I was like sitting in the middle of the class and at that point I didnt really care if the rest were in the midst of their paper or not. I simply screamed out " So what am I supposed to use now?" Haha... I was furious. Tell me way before the exam what calculators can be used and what can't. Not on the day you let me know it can't be used. My lecturer knows what model I use, at least he could have told me. Aiyah. Whatever la. At least she got me another calculator.

Mum's asking what I'm gonna do in KL for 3 days. Seriously, I only have the plan for Monday night and that is to meet up with mamu. God knows what I'm gonna do the rest of the time but all I want to do is simply leave the country for a couple of days. I don't mind slacking but not at hm.

Somwhow, I am feeling very happy today, despite the exams and the assignment that I'm rushing to complete. I can't think of a reason though. But I got to admit that the feeling of peace and happiness that I had the 10 days I was in Makkah and Medinah, I can't feel it anywhere else. It was nice. No worries no doubts. You just feel happy. I would love to go there again anytime.

I can't wait to finish all the papers and I'm off to KL for 3 days.

I have been stuck in the hospital the past 3 days and have to be here for another week. Farwizah's hospitalised due to pneumonia. Buah and I have been taking care of her in the afternoons. She gets super cranky and my patience is being put to test.

I do understand that being cooped up in a hospital is very frustrating and being a 7 yr old and having no one to play with, i do understand how she feels. But she has to do certain things to get herself out of the hospital. She doesnt want to eat, doesnt want to drink lots of water, cough out her phlegms or eat her medicine. You got to coax her to get all these things done.

She's ok when she has no fever. She laughs at the smallest things and makes fun of everything we say. She does coloring with me and plays scrabble(Following her rules) and goes down for a walk and buys sweets from the vending machine. Haha...

Kids will always be kids.

Had the most interesting genetic lesson today. We learnt about sex determination. She was teahing us about what chromosomes makes a human male, female and a homosexual. Not every organism needs a male and female to reproduce. Some have both male and female parts in them and they can actually choose what gender they want to be at any point like worms. Damn cool la.

Then she was saying that all the ants that roam around our house are actually male ants. Female ants or queen ants like bees will stay in their colony and lay eggs. They are the only one that can ensure that they don't become extinct. Same applies to bees.

She was also talking about houseflies and they actually have 5 genders. Male, Female, Supermale, superfemale and the homosexual fly. apparently the super male and female exhibit exceptional male and female characteristics respectively. Never was genetics sooooo interesting like todays lesson. For once the terms used didnt sound greek to me. Looks like theres more infomation coming and I can't wait for the next lesson!

Had my first Bio lesson in 19 years. It was sooo interesting! The lecturer was like somehow people don't give importance to Biology. Then he asked how many of us owned a lappy. After that he asked this guy what does your laptop have inside it. He answere RAM, 2G. Then the lecturer asked what forms your digestive system, he could not answer. Neither do I know. Hahahahaha... The lecturer was talking about Species and Systems and bacterias and plants. I had an overflow of knowledge today but I am having a good time. Learning a lot of new things in modules like genetics. Anatomy is yet to start but am sooo looking forward to it.

My students are telling me they don't like the new relief. They are asking me to come back. I feel super bad leaving them earlier then I should have but I had no choice. Things will get better guys! Bear with it till May...