Star Of The Week

Nabila has been chosen to be STAR OF THE WEEK in her class. She has been awarded with a certificate during the ceremony at the school this afternoon. Unfortunately it’s not for parents. She told me, the principal called up her name n she went up on stage to receive the award.

This is a weekly program for the school. Every week, one student from each class will be chosen for this award. I am very proud of my daughter, Nabila. This is her 9th day in school n this is the first week ceremony n she is the first one to be chosen in her class.

When I fetched her this afternoon, her teacher told me about this. Well done Nabila. Mommy is so proud of u.

My Hero

This morning I was a bit rushing preparing kids for school. Anyway we managed to be at the school on time. This morning Hakeem was a bit cranky. Once arrived at the school, I let Hakeem n Nabila played around at the playground in front of their class while I was meeting their teacher.

They were playing the swings. I heard Hakeem cried asking his sister to push the swing for him which at the same time her sister wanted to play too. Nabila tried to teach him how to push himself to make the swing moves. When he couldn’t do it, he started whining.

I was at the distance watching both of them. Later on the teacher blew the whistle n called all of them to their respective class. Hakeem at that time immediately jumped n hugged Nabila. He kept hugging Nabila n didn’t want to let her go. The teacher came to them n tried to talk out. But Hakeem acted like a baby kept whining hugging, kissing his sister.

At that point, I had to go n interfere. I pulled Hakeem slowly n carried him with me. He was whining n crying (without tears in his eyes). His class teacher came n calmed him then took him to the class. Huh.. memang mengada-ngada anak jantan I pagi ni. This is why my elder daughters always complaint – I spoilt him too much!

This afternoon when I fetched him, he was very happy n cheerful. He was wearing a plastic glasses that he got from the party pack. He said he looked like Granpa. They had a birthday party in the class. The teacher told me that he was fine n smiling the moment he took him to the class this morning. I know very well that he’ll be fine. Maybe he needs more attention from his sister which I think he had more than enough. They spend their whole time together, so attach n close.

That’s my only boy – Hakeem. Sometimes he can be so confident, rough n tough. At the other time he can be so soft n sensitive. But most of all, he’s the proud of the family. The youngest, the last n the only boy. My hero.

Mr Plumber vs Pasar Ramadhan

I was really pissed off with the sink at my kitchen. This is the 4th time happened. The first when I moved in, the sink has started giving me problems. First the water started leaking under my sink due to the sluggish drain. I called the landlady n she sent the plumber for repaired.

Somehow I didn’t know what this plumber had been doing as the drain started again. The second time, the drain was quite bad n the water leaked n overflowed the floor in the kitchen. It was so messy. The plumber came n repaired. Then it happened again for the 3rd time n that time I was bit nosy n kept complained the way he has been doing his job.

I even told him that I might not know much about this plumbing thing but by commonsense any of layman people like me knows that what he’s been doing was not right. All this while he was using the soft plastic pipe (like a washing machine hose) n of course it couldn’t support the heavy water flow thru it. Later on he changed to a normal pvc pipeline.

And 2 days ago, it happened again. I tried using plunger n poured hot boiling water but it still didn’t work. I called him yesterday n he promised to come today. I waited n called him again in the afternoon n he said that he couldn’t make it n will come tomorrow morning. @#$&#@#

I have stopped using the sink since yesterday. Tonight when I used the washing machine, my sink was full with water. I don’t know where it came from but I suspected it was from the washing machine as maybe they share the same hosepipe.

So now I just have to minimize my activity in the kitchen. After fetching kids from school, I took them for lunch n did some groceries. Later on I stopped at Pasar Ramadhan (excited sungguh membeli-belah) to buy food for my Iftar. God knows how enthusiastic I was marching from one stall to another. I can’t belive myself that I bought lots of food mcm ada 3-4 org dalam rumah.

I bought nasi kerabu, murtabak, sata, roti john, sate n mi sup (for kids). Oops.. n also chocolate moist cake from Secret Receipe. The food was good except the murtabak which was so tasteless. Frust sungguh.

I am not sure whether I could finish all that but I will try. (nafsu.. nafsu..). While I was there, I heard a couple walking beside grumbled over something – the wife said “Yang beli bnyk2 ni nanti habis ke makan, tak habis jaga” the husband replied “ Habis yang.. abang kalau benda yg abang suka sure habis abg makan” Hmm… ingat pompuan je yg nak beli mcm2.. rupanya lelaki juga!

Anyway beside the absence Mr Plumber who annoyed me today, I enjoyed my Iftar for the first time with the food that I bought from Pasar Ramadhan.

A Trip to Pasar Ramadhan

Today has been the sixth day of our fasting month. How time flies. I was occupied with my daily chores n rushing here n there to settle some matters. Normally after Iftar, I will still continue my pending tasks which at the end I got tired n retired early.

Yesterday n today, I got visitors coming to my house. The guest was my niece. She came with her hubby n kids. So the kids are my grandchildren. Huh.. sounds old ahh.. They call me Nanny instead of Nenek, Atok or Wan (nampak ah modern n muda sikit!). This niece is actually my cousin’s daughter. So that’s how I became a grandmother as it goes by the hierarchy of the family tree.

Today after finished cooking, I brought all of them to the big n infamous Pasar Ramadhan at Stadium Shah Alam. I, who has been looking forward to come here was very excited indeed. I was so thrilled to see lots of different kind of kuih, drinks n foods.

I ended up buying lots of kuih but regret that I couldn’t buy murtabak as the que was so long that I couldn’t wait anymore. Anyway I will surely make a point to go there again.

Thank You

First n foremost I would like to express my gratitude to Allah S.W.T for giving me a good health n long life that I will be able to see the world n as who I am now for 39 years old. Syukur Alhamdullilah.

Exactly 12midnight last night I got a birthday wish from my hubby. It then followed by my cousins’. And this morning till evening I am still receiving wishes from brothers, relative n friends, and also wishes from all of my children.

Thank you so much. Though we are at a distance but I am so touched n pleased that I am still be remembered by all of u on this special day. Thank you again.

Today my dearest cousin, Dhaniah came over to have Iftar with me. Surprisingly she got me flowers n cake. It’s so lovely. Unfortunately the cake she bought couldn’t be eaten coz it tasted awful. Not because of the flavour but because it’s already rotten n smelt stink. Nabila n Hakeem who were at first excited to eat the cake got frustrated with it.

Takde rezeki kami. Anyway the thoughtful that counts. I am thankful that she came all the way from Putrajaya just to be with me.

I hope that I will always be loved by all these special people who are always close to my heart. I pray that my years ahead will be filled by happiness, prosperity, love, long life, good health n fully blessed by Allah S.W.T.

One year older doesn’t mean that u are getting old but u are actually a year beautifully matured.

Back To School

Today after a month break, Nabila n Hakeem start their new term at their new school. The person who is most excited was Hakeem. He is really looking forward to go to this school. This term/year at this school he is able to have a uniform. Something that he’s been longing for.

Nabila always showed off n brag of having the privilege wearing the uniform. She always said to her brother that only big girl n boy wear uniform. So today Hakeem had proudly wearing his first school uniform with a proper school shoes.

Today’s programme was the orientation n welcoming children n parents to the school. We were being introduced to the teacher n staffs members. Parents were being able to see n mingle around in their children’s class. As for Hakeem n Nabila, they were doing great.

The final programme of the day was the balloon released. Each of the students has to draw n write their name on the card n then stick it to the balloon. Later on they released the balloon to mark the end of the orientation day. The program ended at 12.15pm.

Both of my children were so happy n excited. Now they are back to their routine time of sleep. They are looking forward for tomorrow as it will be a proper school day for them.

Ramadhan Kareem

Ramadhan has always been the month that every Muslim in the world waiting for. It is a pleasure for me to finally have a chance to celebrate this year ramadhan in Malaysia. This is the moment that I’ve been waiting for. Every time when ramadhan comes, the memories n incidents occurred during this month will flashed back in our mind.

Everybody has their own memories of ramadhan from childhood, zaman2 bujang till we got married n have family. As for me, those memories are still fresh on my mind. When I was abroad, I was so excited n eager to celebrate ramadhan here. One of the reasons is because of the pasar ramadhan which selling various kinds of temptation foods that u cannot find elsewhere abroad. Another reason is because I can have my Iftar with my parent n relatives.

Nevertheless sometimes things that we wanted doesn’t always come in ‘package’. I can anytime go to Pasar Ramadhan, enjoying myself with the foods, but I am alone here. So the temptation n excitement won’t be the same if I have my hubby n children around. I would love to go back to my parent’s house n have my mom cook all the requested n special dishes for me, but she is not there anymore to do all that for me.

Even so I am sad when think about it, but I am glad n blessed that I can still be able to have my Ramadhan here.

To all my friends staying abroad, Selamat Berpuasa. I am sure you all now have started busy planning kuih muih, lauk pauk n also the schedule for rumah mana nak Iftar. This year I ‘cuci tangan’ takyah susah payah buat kuih. Beli je kalau teringin. But I know the thrill won’t be the same.

I wish everybody a blessed Ramadhan. May Allah S.W.T. bless all of you.