Leisure Hours

It's school holiday! Maknanya more xtvts, indoor as well as outdoor for my kids. As promised, "Cuti, boleh main sepuas-puasnya." Seronoknya diaorg and I'm happy for them too.

INDOOR

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Permintaan pertama of course la PS2, their favourite video game. They have agreed to abide by all the rules... PS2 is only available on school holidays. Awin, as usual bila balik cuti, first thing yang dia terkam is her lappy... I wonder apa ada dalam lappy tu agaknya, ek? Cyber date ke?

Apart from modern gadget, I do teach my kids about traditional games like congkak. I still have my own congkak kayu at my mom's, still intact. I have my disagreement with my hubby when he said, "Ini mainan orang perempuan!" "Itu dulu, now no more. Young boys are beginning to pick up the skill involved in playing the game," I tried to convinced my boys. I told them, one day I will bring home my congkak kayu dan let them feel the difference when played with small guli or biji getah. Believe it or not, the game would take hours to finish.

Other alternative game is Monopoly. This one is The World Edition. The Malaysia Edition, kekadang saja main. The World Edition is more interesting. It has 22 top cities around the globe, there's an interesting facts about the world on the Chance and Community cards plus the new electronic deal making unit. As you can see, there's no notes involve.

This is my brother's guitar actually. I borrowed this musical instrument for them. Danial yang beria-ia sangat nak pinjam. "No problemo, tapi kena share and make sure tali tak putus dan tak kena muka", said Iwan. They promised to return it back bila sekolah nak start tahun depan. Lagipun Iwan dont need it bcoz he has to take care of this new born baby, Mohd Rayyan. By now Rayyan is 2 mnths old.

OUTDOOR

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On this day, we were supposed to take them to the Extreme Park, Shah Alam. Kononnya nak angkut skali skateboards & their bikes. Tapi disebabkan hujan, plan tu terpaksa cancel. So to make everybody happy, we went to One Utama then to Pizza Hut for dinner.

Time ni hujan... hirup mushroom soup memang sesuai sangat! We ordered two large pizzas, four sets of bread stick, two extra garlic bread, one set of barbeque chicken and spaghetti, plus cold and hot drinks.

This is what mother does!

Layan family makan.

Hubby with his spaghetti.

Above: So excited @Pizza Hut.

Below: Selepas kekenyangan.... @home.

Ketulusan Hati

The first time I watched this video in Astro Oasis, I was touched. It make me realised that only Him we love and believe in. To all my Muslim friends, relatives, brothers and sisters, Salam Aidil Adha to all of you.

5As!

19 Nov is UPSR result day dan alhamdulillah, Danial berjaya mendapat 5A. Alhamdulillah again! Satu lagi sejarah dicipta oleh anak-anak aku. In 2005, Awin scored 5As. Now Danial pulak. Aku sangat2 bersyukur kepada Allah SWT.

Frankly speaking, aku tak expect Danial akan dapat 5A. Sampaikan lagi setengah jam result nak keluar, aku masih prepare diri aku untuk 4A1B, B is BM of course (macamlah aku yg ambil exam). Masa aku dapat tahu 51 students dapat 5A, jauh di sudut hati aku, biarlah orang ke 51 tu Danial. Tapi hati ini masih kuat mengatakan 4A1B. Sebabnya Danial tak serius in study walaupun according to his class teacher, dia pay attention, hard working in class. Danial betul-betul all-out waktu trial start...But still I've my doubt.

Tapi aku tak henti2 berdoa pada Allah... siang malam. Only God knows. In fact from the day one he sat for the exam sampailah ke final day, aku buat solat hajat for every each paper serentak dengan time exam start. Time tu plak second week of Ramadhan. Dan aku yakin doa hambaNya yang berpuasa tidak akan ditolak, InsyaAllah.

Tak dapat tahan sebak...

Award for Best Achievement in Class Year 6

for 9 Subjects.

Hilang rasa malu menangis depan kawan2.

Danial with his new look.

Habis saja exam, Danial kata dia bernazar nak botakkan kepala macam Mawi kalau dapat 5A. Dia pernah kena panggil dengan cikgu disiplin sebab rambut panjang but when he explained about the nazar, cikgu tu terus tak kacau dia.

The Proud Family!

Nampak tak betapa lebarnya senyuman aku! We all proud of you, Danial. (Sayangnya Awin tak ada to celebrate this moment. Sure dia bangga sebab adiknya ikut jejak langkah dia). Hubby dah janji nak bagi RM50 for each A. Atuk and nenek dah standby dengan suprise for Danial. Angah, dah janji nak bawa dia keluar makan-makan to celebrate. Pak Yan pulak, "Danial boleh minta apa saja". Iqah, "Nanti Acu amik cuti, kita keluar KL then pilihlah nak apa pun. "Pak Wan pulak, on hold dulu sebab masih busy dengan his new born baby. Me? Secret!

Sebahagian 51 students yang score 5As.

Student lelaki boleh dikira dengan jari.

I like this picture!

Danial with Guru Besar, En. Hamshah.

The next morning, I received a phone call from Pn. Limah, salah seorang orang kuat PASTI. She said, PASTI nak bagi award for their ex-student yang score 5As in UPSR this year. Then only I remember, dulu Danial tadika di PASTI. That was 6 years ago! But they still keep track of their student's achievement. Tak sangka.

Siapa sangka.... from standard 1 until standard 5, Danial was in 1st class, Kelas Fitrah, always dapat good score. Suddenly dia 'tercampak' ke kelas ketiga utk standard 6. I was soooo disappointed at that time. Tuhan aje yang tahu. Tapi aku tak salahkan dia. Masa Danial standard 5, dia sibuk jadi wakil sekolah dalam xtvt koko. Selalu tak masuk kelas. Orang sibuk belajar, dia pulak berpanas berhujan kat tengah padang mewakili sekolah. At that time eventhough I was worried, I tried to ignore the feeling bcoz I wanted his achievement in cocuriculum to support his UPSR result later.

Then, bila dia masuk kelas 6 Cekal, I was depressed. Walaupun 6Cekal is the third best class, but I want him to be in 6Fitrah or at least 6Amanah, the second best class. I was so depressed sampaikan aku jumpa Pn. Noraini, Penolong Kanan at that time. She said something yang menyedarkan aku, "Tak semestinya student kelas ketiga tak boleh score 5As dan belum tentu students kelas pertama boleh score 5As."

And it's true! Danial from third class get 5As and some of his friends from first class only managed to score 4A 1B! YESSS! He beats them all!

On this day, Danial also received an award for

Best Achievement In Class Year 6 for 9 subjects.

Anugerah Ketiga Terbaik Dalam Kelas.

Alhamdulillah...

So, the moral of the story is.... always have faith in our kid's ability no matter what. Here I would like to deliver our special thank you to all his teachers esp. Pn. Thava ( class & Math's Tchr ), Pn. Aspalela (BM Tchr), Pn. Rosieyanti (Science Tchr) & Sir Yusof ( Eng Tchr).

Tak lupa kepada Sir Yusri & Pn. Nori (personal Eng Tutor), Pn. Haslina & Pn. Salwati (personal Science Tutor). Hanya Allah saja yang mampu membalas jasa serta ilmu yang kalian curahkan.

On the same day, Affiq also received his award. He got second place in class. We all proud of you, my dear.

Aku tak sangka Affiq can score good result for final exam, sebabnya I was so busy paying attention to Danial's exam. Affiq pun sama macam Danial, last minute all-out. When I addressed my concern to daughter Awin, she said "Ibu, budak lelaki memang macam tu. They play first, then study at the same time!".

Best Achievement In Class Year 5.

Affiq promised me 'hat trick' for UPSR next year! Kebetulan, malam tu, Masjid Saujana Utama is open for public for the first time. Malam tu selain solat pertama berjemaah di masjid baru, majlis bacaan yaasin & solat hajat juga diadakan. Jadi kami ambil kesempatan untuk meraikan kejayaan anak2 di masjid baru. It's totally out of tradition...

Girls Nite Out

It's Nadia's idea to watch a movie @One Utama on Saturday nite. It was a last minute plan. We agreed not to watch English movie this time. We watched Pisau Cukur! Don't laugh, yeah. Sometimes, we need to support our local movies too. Pisau Cukur by Redfilms is not a bad film after all. If you dont watch The Making, you wouldnt know that the film was not made on a luxury cruise ship.

Coincidentally the four of us wear black blouse and blue jeans! We had fun. Please do not talk bad or gossiping about us! Of course we went out with our hubby's consent. Then, on our way home, we laughed at ourselves for watching Malay movies!

Saturday Nite Fever

Last Saturday, we all went to 1 Utama. Hajat dihati nak bawa anak2 tengok 2012 yang dah released but all shows for that day dah full. Show for the next day pulak, yang available ialah 12:30am and onwards! Bila tengok barisan panjang yang bengkang-bengkok macam ular, tak sanggup pulak rasanya nak beratur. Tunggulah bila 'pisang goreng' dah sejuk nanti...

FYI, background 'scenery' tu hanya sebahagian.

Imagine that!

We went to Subway for dinner... hubby is craving for sandwiches. So the whole family had sandwich for dinner, saja tukar selera. But the size of sandwich ni kenyangnya sama macam makan nasi. That's for me, I'm not sure about them!

"Its raining season, cold drinks are not allowed", says mommy.

Qme with his tuna sandwich.

Kena letak napkin kat dada or else....

"Mommy will get angry".

Danial with his second sandwich with

Parmesan Oregano roll.

Aksi2 terlampau selepas perut kenyang.

But I bet they will ask for more after this.

Ini baru 1st round.

Coincidence...

Me & Afiq wearing the same colour.

Black and Red.

As I said earlier, sandwich takkan cukup. We ordered Pretzel about half an hour after sandwich. Our favourites... sweet sour onion & cinnamon sugar.

This is our favourite 'pot'. Mesti singgah MPH to look for reading materials. Tapi MPH ni tak buat sale. Yang tengah buat sale gila2 is MPH The Cova. Salenya berbaloi2...