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September 1, 2009

Celebrity and Washed Hand

This is about double meaning of washing hands for cleanliness or the hygiene for H1N1. As it is vital to wash hands and shower after lingered outside in the public places as prevention is better than cure. As for this post is about wash hands like rubbing two hands as if a relief emotion after a task has been done and also washing hands before eating. I am not sure to demo the exact gestures, the story goes like this as in the picture of my dad with his last kid, my brother.

My dad who is a caring person and also a concerned one towards his children. Being a father of many kids, he could not wait til the last kid to finish university and get a job, so that he could lay back and relax, relief of a so called the tasks were finished. Though that was his intention to wash hands (I've got the idea of wash hands from himself as I observed his gestures when chatting with friends, relatives or peers on us) but he goes on with his caring character waiting for my brother to have his own house as marriage is secondary, well my brother already owned a house now then my dad would be relief and yet he is not.

Time goes by, I have many nephews and two nieces but the two nephews who lived next door that is a new task for my dad by choice. The task gets going and the going gets tasks :). My dad is still can not put his hands together or to express the phew!! finished! and let them hanging relaxed.

He sweats to make sure the two grandkids of next door to grow up and finish school then he will be relieving a retired man! Our conversation during our holiday in an island, his own nephews who are my cousins said to him, Pak Long or Eldest Uncle, "you have nothing to think anymore, all is done by the children", my dad immediately counter that phrase that he has bunch of things to think about my nephews. He wants his hands are full of his grandchildren like sending to school, accompany them, taking them to places etcetera etcetera by choice could made him feel young.

This all make me think of how our life would be with my kid, the task is there and will always be there and loving it. My husband does not dream to have free of task as in the beginning. A task make him multitasker in fact :) We have many plans for the kid and yet the plans come back to us, there is no way to make the task stop rolling, the task will only keep handing hands or changing hands maybe rest when we must, just to never quit. The tasks relate to another are there and will be less and get easy Godwill, insyaAllah, only one choice is to raise two open palms together to pray for it from Him.

And I have another side story of washing hands. We family, together with my parents went out for a movie. We bumped with a country number 1 singer Dato' Siti Nurhaliza with her husband. My dad was so excited that he got a chance to shake hands with them. On the way home, my mom said to my dad that my dad would not want to wash his hands ever as he shook hands with the beautiful celebrity but my dad said he would wash his hands clean as he didn't shake hands with Dato' Siti Nurhaliza (photo above) but he only did with her husband, sighed :)


One question, was my mom being jealous :) Naaah...don't think so :D

25 comments:

  1. Washing hands is very very important. That is one thing that we always tell our kids..

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  2. Hi Greetings:)

    Very humorous post. I had a good laugh.

    It made me understand that no one can really wash his hands off from near and dear ones. We are always attached to each other in the family by blood, feeling, emotion and responsibility.

    Your father is a fantastic man. Always involved, interested, ready to help. A wonderful quality to be admired. When most people would like to wash their hand off from many things as they grow older, your dad is an exceptional man. Perhaps, as he said it keeps him younger.

    The last paragraph about your father shaking hands with man and not the woman and the conversation that ensued between your father and mother was truly hilarious.

    I enjoyed this wonderful post embellished with plenty of humor. Many thanks. Hats off to your creative writing ability and skill.

    Have a nice day:)
    Joseph

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  3. It's good to be hygienic during not so healthy season nowadays... hehehe
    Take care.. :)

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  4. as a human, we are engaged with the responsibilities all the times, right? and even its our choice, but we choose to take it ^.^

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  5. I guess once you have a family that you really love you can never wash your hands of them, but you don't really want to anyway.

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  6. Great story from a daughter of a great man...

    Your story make me admiring your father....

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  7. Fabulous post!!!

    Smooches,
    Sassy Chica

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  8. I loved that post babYpose and to learn more about you and your family, your dad. And washing hands, with meanings so different. You are the best, You keep me guessing but I gather you are married and have a kid. You look so happy in the picture of you on the header.

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  9. Hehe

    Thanks for visiting my blog. Hope to see you more often. Siti nurhaliza? well..i do not have the chance to meet her personally yet.

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  10. Lovely post, and interesting subject. It was nice to learn more about you and your family. And yes, I am constantly washing my hands. I see you have a new heading, I love elephants, was that photo taken at some safari?
    I always enjoy your comments and want to thank you for them.
    I just arrived in Madrid and found a house that has been closed for 2 months, uh...so much housecleaning to do! And then it is back to work and back to reality, boooo hoooo.

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  11. Hi BabyPose, ha ha, love this posting.
    I like your dad....
    I wash my hands everytime I come home or touch money.
    The dirtiest thing in our pockets is money....I have seen it under very powerful magnification....like seeing canyons full of snakes and UFO's....after that I almost put on gloves touching money.

    You keep well, best regards, Lee.

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  12. Hey there my young friend. It was so good to hear from you. I missed you when we could not get to your blog. I love your header. Thank you for the confidence you have in me. After nearly 80 years it is just kind of a meet every thing that happens head on and if it is good, enjoy and if bad, deal with it the best I can.

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  13. haha i like this post a lot! eh you've changed your template? it's refreshing though :)

    i didn't know that you have a very handsome brother. he must be famous among his friends or colleagues. too many girlfriends to count by fingers :P i was a bit confuse about your race actually as he looks so Chinese and your dad look otherwise. mix blood eh? :)

    i'd be shock and speechless if that happen to me. the most famous celebrity in front of me? damn. i wouldn't know what to do for sure! :)

    why you dad didn't shake her hand? because of the religion matter? :P

    i think your mom being jealous! that's my opinion hehe.

    eh you brother is married now? he looks pretty young though.

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  14. really before - never thought the importance of washing hands..

    after the H1N1 ~ I do ahaks..

    nice blog ^_^

    **erk,I do jealous ~ never bump with Dato' Siti hee..

    thank u for dropping a comment at my blog :)

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  15. Hello BabyPose, how is everything? I see you have a lovely, just lovely new heading. Gone are the elephants from Kruger, and we have what looks to me like a house in Bali.
    I hope you are having a good time! Hugs from Spain, Celeste

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  16. Hey Babypose,
    That's a nice pic of ur dad n bro...
    And I love that header pic... Which location is that...???
    My Travelogue

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  17. Interesting views on hand washing...sounds like your dad loves his responsibilities and would never want to wash his hands of them!

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  18. Wonderful and interesting post about "hand washing". Thanks for sharing this to us. :)

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  19. I don't wash my hands much... basically only after going to certain places or before eating. But one thing's for sure, if I shook hands with people I really like, I might not want to wash my hands either! Hehehe

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  20. I love your new header. I do not want to be greedy but would like to hear more about life in your place. You always look so happy, so it must be pretty good.

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  21. Enjoyed your post. Lovely story full of love and makes me understand more/better. Funny, now I am learning from the baby of the family.

    I really like how at the beginning of the post I wondered where it was heading. What story you are going to tell this time around.

    Amazing Flower Girl, looking forward to more :)

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  22. babYpose that was an old picture of me and my sisters. They are all dead and I still miss them so much, but thank you for the nice comment. I wish I was that slender as before. Not going to happen I am ever that slim again. I also had 5 brothers and they are all dead also, so I am the lone one of the Abbott family. Just wanted to explain. I miss you when you don't show up.

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  23. About your mum being jealous .. hmmm, that's a tough one!... Words are always uttered for specific reason even in nightmare.. haha. ~bangchik

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  24. Thanks for coming to my blog. I enjoyed reading your cute post. It is true that we NEVER 'wash our hands' of our family and friends. They are there for us and with us for our entire lives--and all we want is the BEST for them...

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  25. you have an amazing father. not many are like him. treasure his actions. thnx

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