Of Jehan and I....

I thought that I would write about this in today’s posting; it sort of about the family members that were lost and found. In those days when everyone live in the same Kampong [village] or town it was easy to know the who and who of the extended families but today with mobility where one move  out of the local scene in seeking of a better pasture it not that easy. It happened to me and my family. I was born and bred in Kuantan, a small town on the east-coast of the country. Our family were the original settlers in Kuantan thus almost everyone there are related in one ways of the other. In my case I have nine siblings and do not know the numbers in the whole families. Once I ask one of my brothers how many kids does he have and his reply was ten with 28 grandchildren; so folks that is the nature of things nowadays and we must accept for a fact that we can never really know how many are there in the family at a given time. We would never really know. So let us move forward in the ever changing world of ours. 

After school I stayed in Kuantan to work there until 1967 when I found a better job and was posted outside the state. With that I began to lose contact of any new happening in the family circle and this is one of such cases. With the Internet, first with blogging and later with Facebook I soon got connected with lost friends and relatives some of which I do not know exist. It was one of the best happening in my life. This is one such story. I first got into bantering with Jehan through her Facebook posting. She is a Blogger too and this is her Blog. One thing led to another and soon I start to put two and two together; voila! I soon found out that she is none other than the daughter of Bakar the son of my step sister thus she is the granddaughter of my step sister Rokiah.

So one fine day in August 2014 when we were in Kuantan for a short break I invited her to breakfast at the hotel that we were staying. She could not join us for that breakfast but did arrived and met Asmah and me at the hotel lobby. It was such a wonderful meeting of close relative whom we had not met before. We invited her to come over to our house in Ampang Jaya whenever she could find the time. And just last week she came with her whole family; her other half and her two lovely kids. Oh such a wonderful kids indeed; well manners and articulate well in English. Indeed a joy to have around. 

The family had travel all the way from Kuantan to go for a wedding in Malacca and in doing so made a point of visiting us in Ampang Jaya. Asmah had prepared lunch so I send her a note on her cellphone telling her not to stop anywhere for lunch since Nenek had already prepared lunch at our place. Just after twelve that fine day on the first day of May the group arrived; cheerful indeed. Without much ado we all sat to enjoy the lunch and chat along. It turns out to be such a beautiful family gathering. Another story of the happening that beginning in the virtual world and became real in the physical world; such happening otherwise would not be possible before the Internet and the Social media.  

The top image is when we first met at the Vistana Hotel in Kuantan whereas the rest are scenes at the dinning table at our house that day. 

Have a nice day.