A busy week

It had been a busy week for me & the kids. Since the last posting I made in early May, I never really had the chance to do any posting or visit any other blogs which I normally do. Since early last week, after the movie trip, I was busy preparing my kids for their Mid-Year Exam. I've never sent my kids for any tuition since they were in Std 1. As long as I can still teach them, I'll do that on my own.

When I was still working.... not so long ago, in the week before their exam week, I'll normally schedule all my sales visits in the morning so that I can be home by lunch to teach and monitor their study and to prepare them well for their exam. (In the sales line, we are free to come and go as we like, schedule our sales visits as and when, up to our liking and mood. It is so flexible that sometime, we don't even have to apply for leave if something came up.. impromptu ie. old friend calls for lunch, school events or even shopping. To my boss, as long as I'm bringing in new prospects and clients and meeting my targets, nothing else matters. You can go shopping, do errands, even sleep at home..nobody cares)

Back to exam....My daughter Sofea is in Std 2 and until now, she still hasn't understand the need to study for exam...exam or not, she couldn't care less. I really need to lecture her about the needs to study & prepare for exam...No doubt she's a smart girl but if you don't practise to answer exam questions properly, still U won't get good result. It'll be full of careless mistakes. Even if I managed to get her to study, she won't stay for long...after 5 to 10 mins, she'll start to wander off or play with Adib. But if she can grab hold of her storybook, amboi!!!! 1 hour passed just like that! Sometime siap boleh argue ngan mama dia..
"Sofea, study lah..kan nak exam"
"Nak study aper Mama..."
"Study all the subjects la...read the school books & do the exercise books yg Mama beli"
"Kan Cikgu dah ajar Sofea dah...kat sekolah"
"Cikgu ajar dah lama...mesti Sofea dah luper sikit ...kena read again, so U remember the answers"
"Sofea sill remember la Mama"

I remember when she was in Std 1, she hardly study for exam, main jawab ajer....ok pulak...but anyhow, I still need to instill studying habit in her. Std 1 is still pretty easy...more common sense. But now, she's in Std 2. The questions getting harder n harder.

As for my eldest,Izzat, not so much of a problem. He knows when to study, but, his only interests only in Science & Math....but most & foremost.... History...any kind of histories, he'd be interested especially sejarah para Rasul, Nabi & Pahlawan Islam. He knows most of the histories of our Nabis, Rasuls, Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, Iskandar Zulkarnain (or Alexander The Great-he'd read both versions) and many other ancient histories. His superheroes are Umar Khatab, Uthman Bin Affan, Sayyidina Ali & Abu Bakar Al-Sidiq and their stories are at his fingertips. Too bad, they don't have History subject in Std 5...

As for BM & English, so-so only. Sekejap A...sekejap B...Since early this month, he insisted to go for tuition as most of his friends go tuition and they scored in exam....so as he said la.." Takper la Darling, U want to go tuition, I send U " (he has since started tuition begin early May)... we'll see your result this July & final whether it makes any different.


Anyway kids, I have done my best to teach all the subjects my way....all the best to you!

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the Mamas especially all the blogging Mamas out there!!!! But most importantly...to my dearest Mak ....sorry, for not being there with U to celebrate this auspicious day like we normally do every year.

I plan to go n see my dearest Mak this Sat for a belated hugs & kisses. Need to remind myself to bake a carrot cake and Pizza(her absolute favourite)for her.

Last Saturday on eye of Mother's Day, Abah bought me a new HP..Thanks Abah. He knows I been wanting that Motorola -Motto Razr since late last year when I was about to resign knowing my -canggih company owned Nokia phone- will have to be handed back to the company. So I've been planning to buy Motorola using my last drawn salary...tapi tak terbeli lagi until my beloved Abah gave it as a Mother's Day gift..Yeay!!! Ya Allah....murahkanlah rezeki suami ku...Amin.

Anyway, sempat juga gi celebrate Mother's Day with several closed friends in the neighbourhood. After telling Izzat the pages he has to do in the exercise books, my friends and me (plus Sofea la....if I don't bring her memang confirmed takkan study, so I brought her along since 2 of my friends brought their daughters too, happened to be Sofea's best friends) went to have Hi-Tea in Sun & Surf at Sunway Hotel & Resort; of course with Abah's permission. After Hi-Tea, we (the Mamas & daughters)went merayau at Sunway Pyramid for a while...got myself a blouse...nice one...then on our way home sempat lagi having nice chats at Secret Recipe in our neighbourhood before adjourning ourselves. Merayau sakan kaum Ibu while our husbands golfing. Once home....continue ajar anak... nak periksa!!!!

A movie trip

Last Saturday we fulfilled Izzat's wish to watch movie with 3 (he demanded 5, but my car couldn't fit in more)of his best friends. On that auspicious day, my 7-seater MPV had an extra 1 passenger than its limit of 7. Anyway, since Sofea is the skinny type while Adib is only 4+ so they shared a seat with so much refusal at first. Anyway, Izzat brought Imran, Akeem and Wafi all his best friends n classmates to watch Spiderman 3.

When he first suggested about this trip a couple of months ago, I wasn't paid attention to it. Well...its Izzat you know..he has all the plans in the world to do this and that but the bulks of it still remained as plans. Only some managed to materialise.

But for this trip, he's been nagging me for the past few weeks since publicity on the movie started to flame...

So back to the trip, bila gi berlapan tuh, fuh terasa cam ader keluarga besar pulak aku.....camni agaknyer kalau aku ader anak 6 orang erk..teringat kat citer Rombongan Makcik Kiah...he.he..he...

Luckily, the boys were all very well behaved...yelah..dah bujang ..11 years old dan dah ader perasaan malu pulak. We went to watch at TGV Sunway Pyramid, our usual place for movie. I had to book the tickets twice, since there were 8 of us and only 6 can be booked at one particular time. Dah ader booking numbers pun masih ader problem masa kat ticket booth. My 2nd booking was cancelled it seems, as per the computer screen la...anyway after much arguing and begging, they gave seats jugak...God knows who its belong to. I hope I didn't ruin anybody's booking.

The movie was good, full of actions, funny pun ader jugak bila part otak si Peter tuh dah mereng sikit sebab pakai suit hitam ..sekali-sekali tergugat jugak jantung aku ... overall the kids had fun. Perut pun kenyang...Abah ( hubby....aku pun call dia Abah) belanja sakan .....sampai aje di Sunway Pyramid lepas gi amik tickets terus makan di A&W nearby..then masa watch movie Abah beli popcorn & drinks. Then once the movie finished, we had pizza at Pizza Hut.

Masa tengah makan, sempat diorang citer kat aku pasal another movie yang diorang tonton. Aku ingat movie aper, ruper2nyer a chinese couple in front of the buat movie ...u know what....

Masa nak balik, Izzat siap minta another trip for his other friends whom we couldn't bring earlier, to watch Pirates of the Carribean....aku cakap ngan dia....InsyaAllah..Mama taknak promise anything.....kena tanya Abah dulu ye...

Seronok bukan main aku tengok si Izzat tu n his friends. Bukan diaorang tak biasa gi tengok wayang, tapi kali nih ader kawan2 lain la sikit....Then when we sent each n everyone of his friends home, Wafi's mom gave us a large pizza from Dominos...rezeki la pulak...baru aje lepas pekena pizza...so that was our breakfast the next day...

A housewife...I am

I pity my kids nowadays. Before, when I was still working, Almost..everything they asked for, nak beli toys ke, games or baju ke, I'll get it for them almost instantly... Being a working mom, masa tuh duit pun penuh kocek..top up with that, I was also in the sales line, which made me very mobile..so takat nak gi shopping complex kat mana2 tuh tak jadi hal le..bila2 masa aje I boleh gi..

But now that I'm not working anymore, everything become bersyarat...tunggu Abah bagi Mama duit dulu, Abah belum dapat gaji lagi, kids...remember.. I'm not working anymore k, pakai duit raya you all ok, improve your result dulu baru Mama beli, ingat duit turun dari langit?.. and many more answers/excuses from me.

I'm the generous type of mom tapi masih bertempat..Tak le sampai my kids mintak aper2 pun dapat...(they have been taught to ask things when necessary only) but most of the time they will get what they asked for. Izzat usually will ask for his xbox games, pirated DVDs, board games (favourite dia la tuh) and other sport stuff like racket la, baseball bat la, bola la ...Sofea will normally asks for Barbie related stuffs like stickers, DVDs, baju, stationeries dan anything Barbie...and my youngers plak...nothing but kereta mainan...yang kecik, besar, remote ke takder remote ke semua dia sapu...dan buku of course , as my kids semua hantu buku...Tapi aku tak pernah le guna lagi excuse2 cam kat atas tuh...not that I know of..ye la...semua yang diorang mintak pun bukannyer mahal sangat...so aku bagi je..mama loaded plak tuh..

Tapi bila dah berhenti kerja nih...takleh la nak beli ajer...akupun survive on allowance fixed and agreed by hubby masa aku decide nak memperhambakan diri untk anak2,jadi housewife..No doubt aku ader jugak fikir pasal nih sebelum quit...tapi bila the real event took place... ohhh..camni rupenyer...patutla kakak aku asyik aje membebel kat anak2 dia bila diorang mintak itu ini...now kena kat batang hidung sendiri...

So sekarang after 5 months aku tak kerja, my kids pun dah faham... beli aper yang termampu..tapi takes time le...this is what I feel most during tak keje nih...fulus...bukan tak cukup...tapi kena berjimat...

Inilah pengorbanan Mama buat korang......harap2 anak2 aku membesar jadi manusia yang patuh pada perintah Allah, memghormati orang tua, murah rezeki serta hidup yang diberkati Allah..

The important things of all....I feel so good to be with my children..tengok diaorang membesar depan mata...taklah cam dulu..selalu bila aku call mykids at home, aku punyerlah rindu yang teramat sangat...mesti nangis kat office..(masa tulis ni pun aku dok nangis..teringat masa dulu2 nak tinggalkan diaorang gi kerja) I don't have datelines, meetings, targets and site visits to think of. No need to pening kepala pagi2 dok fikir what baju to wear, which tudung to match...Syukur Allah murahkan rezeki hubby tok support all of us..

So to those career women out there....don't hesitate to follow your guts.

Listening to my kids' stories about school n friends during lunch, stopping their arguments, drying their tears and sharing their hugs, supporting them during problems ... and victories, helping them with their homeworks, chauffering them to and from school, tuition, religous school etc. I can never turned back the years that I missed spending enough time with them, but look forward for the years ahead. To be a fulltime housewife is my best career of all!!!!

Yassin

Its been so long since I last did gathering for Yassin recital at my house..When I 1st moved into my current residential, about 8 years ago, being one of the pioneers, we were a very close knit Muslim community. Closer then we are now. Back then there were about a couple of dozens Malay families that we know of and we only had 1 surau to go. Yassin recital were held almost every fortnightly rotating from one member's house to another.

Over the years as more families moved in and as the Muslim community gets bigger, more surau were developed. Currently, we have about 4 surau within 2-3 km radius (gosh!!! what were they thinking? building too many and too near from one other) Since this happened, drama "pecah-belah" pun bermula. Everyone prefers to go to surau that is near to owns house...can't blame them..

Not really a serious "pecah belah". We were just divided..thats all. Different gangs represent different surau..tu aje..But like I said earlier, now,we are not that closed like we used to be. Since that, program keugamaan like baca Yassin cam terhenti seketika...bukan tak buat lansung, tapi jarang sangatlah didakan from house to house..sesekali tu ada la but mostly kat surau masing2.

So nak dijadikan citer, just recently when I attended one of the weekly religious class, our Ustazah mentioned about it...So , to start d ball rolling, aku pun volunteer lah tuk buat kat rumah...

It'll be held this Fri 27th April. Breakfast menu will be Nasi Lemak. I managed to get this Makcik N to cook for about 30-40 expected attendees. All I have to do is to buy all necessary ingredients that she had listed down a few days ago..amongst other things are beras basmati Faizah "Moghul", cili kering, tamarind etc.

Today aku punye lah sibuk gi pasar malam beli all the stuffs. Letihnyer bukan main...Yesterday went to Tesco for the beras. Hanya satu harapan ini, Semoga majlis itu nanti diberkati Allah..amin.

Assalamualaikum....

What??? I'm writing my own blog now? Can't believe it myself. Tulis diari pun tak pernah seumur hidup. Ahhh..what the heck....there's always a 1st time right?

So..this is my story...about my kids, my passion for cooking, things that I like to do, books that I like to read, apa2 ajelah yang aku nak citer akan ku tulis dalam blog ni.

So.. to begin with...I'm a fulltime homemaker ( homemaker ke? aku cuma jaga makan-minum keluarga ajer, hantar anak sekolah dan kemana-mana lagi lah yang diperlukan...lain2 kerja rumah/housechores tu..Bibik yang buat) anak tiga, Izzat 11thn, Sofea 8thn dan Adib 5thn.

Baru semalam Izzat tanya aku masa dia terlihat aku dok belek2 contoh2 template blog yang aku nak pilih...

Izzat: La....Mama nak buat blog ke?
Mama : Takder lah ..tengok2 ajer.
Izzat: Mama nak tulis aper?
Mama : Entahlah...aper2 ajelah kot..pasal Izzat, Sofea dan Adib.

Well that was yesterday...today..here I am...

I was working in the banking sector for about 5 years and when I gave birth to Izzat in 1996, I left my job to be a fulltime housewife. When Izzat was almost reaching his 1st birthday, I got so bored at home (masa tu aku dok menyewa 2nd floor shop/apartment, punyerlah boring giler, takder neighbour nak borak...yg ramai adalah anak dara dan bujang2 yang menyewa) So I applied and got a job in a multinational oil company. After almost 10 years,I quit my 2nd job end of last year and this time its for GOOD.

So, back to reality...

Hari2 my routine start in d morning, 1st sending Adib to his kindergarden. The other two, my hubby (a.k.a Abah) hantar, school nearby only. Then balik baca newspaper, breakfast, baca email and cooking. At 10.15am gi gym( part gym ni aku citer lain kali)at the clubhouse nearby till 11.30 terus pick up Adib from school. Balik feed Adib n layan.....

Noon, pick up the other 2 from school. Lunch together, relax n continue with their homework. Part ni yg darah aku cepat naik. Actually masa monitor homework anak ni lah yang aku teringat nak blogging....to divert my ANGER....Anger Management kata org...( nanti aku citer lain kali pasal part homework nih)

At 3.30pm hantar Izzat religous school habis kol 5pm. Pick him then at 5.30pm aku lepaskan diaorang kat playground with Bibik. Masa ni lah aku leh relax sket....kadang2 tu aku gi sekali...bukan taknak gi selalu..tapi kat playground tu penuh ngan Bibik2 ajer..I'll be out of place..kol 7.15 kang anak aku balik...mandi, dinner, reading session( part ni aku akan citer kemudian)then zzzzzzzzzzz at 9.30pm.

Hari2 lain schedule berbeza2. Tues ader KoKurikulum...Wed ader piano lesson, Friday ader softball practise, Sat ader Mental Arithmetic,Sunday swimming...fenin aku...esok lusa aku sambung lagi ek...