.....hi .. 

it's kinda awkward, try to post new entry after the silent for more than 2 months :)

anyway, found this from Blogserius, worth to repost. meleleh juga la airmata i at the end. hihi

Best Job Ever!

appreciate her while she's still alive...

iklan

hiya peeps!

bersiaran harini. hihi.

perasan tak, and curious tak.....

bila iklan dan gambar tak seiring? kenapa? apa motif? 

macam, iklan pasal cable, tapi tepek gambar perempuan nampak pusat. ape ke he?

or, iklan pasal jus ke apa, letak sofa. 

ok, maybe i blur? 

paper english

today is the second day im exam. paper english. so should i write in english too? hehe

anyway, since last year, i use this approach on him when exam is coming; study smart and informal. well, study smart is more like a lie. hehe :P

the 1st year, we really sat down and spent time for revision. he was 4 then. the result, not bad. but, then i think again, he's just 4. me & SBF agree that we need to instill the happy thought when associating the kids with school. start early. 

so, last year, we changed the approach. the informal way. we play for the revision. play here means, we make it a fun process. example, i said the words, he spelled it. i pointed the sign-board, asked him to read it loud. asked him to find/point certain words. asked him to do simple addition, subtraction. see, this is like a game, no stress. the result, improved. happy and still achieved the target. hehe

this year, terrible. i was terrible. no fun revision at all. :(

remember we were out of country during 2nd week of April? realized he missed the calendar learning process during those days. and we only catched-up last nite. i know i am bad. poor im. how to make him remember january till december and how many days per month? how to remember leap year has how many days? normal year how many days? how about february during leap year. 

"ma, im tak paham sebulan tu ada 31 hari" for the case of January. 

"ma, leap year tu apa?" i told him it's 'tahun lompat' in malay, and he confused with the word 'lompat'

"macam hari lompat (main-main) kat taska tu ke?"

eerrr...

u know this knuckle-game, where you associated the month and the days with it? yeap, that's simplest and easier way i shared with him. 

and this morning, he asked me 

"kalau im tak boleh jawab macammana?" to which i replied 

"im jawab yang senang dulu. dah siap baru buat soalan-soalan susah"

how can a 6 year old kid to be worried about exam? it's just kindy. my fault? 

i remember i started learning A-B-C 1-2-3 at school when i was 7! i don't remember having to memorized january-feb-bla bla during those days. lucky me, i had good teachers and less classmates, so teachers can concentrate more on us. and, we know, schooling todays no longer the same as ours. and as a parents of current generation, we want the best for the child. being defensive on my action? hmm...

well, good luck im!

The Wise Old Man Story

i got this from a friend. to share with you....happy reading...


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A man of 92 years, short, very well-presented, who takes great care in his appearance, is moving into an old people’s home today. His wife of 70 has recently died, and he is obliged to leave his home. After waiting several hours in the retirement home lobby, he gently smiles as he is told that his room is ready.  

As he slowly walks to the elevator, using his cane, I describe his small room to him, including the sheet hung at the window which serves as a curtain.

-  "I like it very much", he says, with the enthusiasm of an 8 year old boy who has just been given a new puppy.  

- "Sir, you haven’t even seen the room yet, hang on a moment, we are almost there. "

" That has nothing to do with it ", he replies.

" Happiness is something I choose in advance.  Whether or not I like the room does not depend on the furniture, or the decor – rather it depends on how I decide to see it. "

" It is already decided in my mind that I like my room.  It is a decision I take every morning when I wake up. "   

" I can choose.  I can spend my day in bed enumerating all the difficulties that I have with the parts of my body that no longer work very well, or I can get up and give thanks to heaven for those parts that are still in working order. "

" Every day is a gift, and as long as I can open my eyes, I will focus on the new day, and all the happy memories that I have built up during my life. "

" Old age is like a bank account.  You withdraw in later life what you have deposited along the way. "

kenapa blur lagi

berapa lama agaknya seorang manusia boleh berjaga tanpa tidur dan masih 'sharp' berfikir? ingat tak dulu, halim othman ada on-air utk ntah berapa lama, lupa pula rekod dia tu untuk Malaysia or world. malas nak google ah. tak kenal sapa halim othman? tak apaaaa.......

hari itu, sebab memang kurang tidur, i jadi a bit slow. hehe. 

cenggini cerita nya...

kat rumah, biasanya i pakai spectacle. so pagi-pagi tu, dah siap mandi semua, i capai la spectacle kat tepi i tu. dalam bilik air. belum letak betul-betul lagi kat batang hidung ni....

"apesal blur sangat ni" 

macam berkabus pandangan mata ni.

i dengan penuh yakin lap la cermin tu. pakai lagi... 

"eh, blur lagi..." 

i belek-belek cermin mata tu. 

"ishhh...baru beli dah hijau-hijau kat...alah....kat skru yang holds the cermin." 

i cuba lagi, blur lagi. lepas tu baru la terfikir. 

"ni cermin mata SBF!" ayoooooo....  

nasib baik SBF tak ada kat situ masa tu.....=P

think positive

i've read in brief about this. i have tried this twice. well, based on limited knowledge i have la.

bila nak tidur malam, think of what we want to achieve next day. imagine how smooth it will be. 

and alhamdulillah it works for both attempts i had. subconscious mind, the wonder of it. kena practice selalu ni. 

yang i noticed, bangun pagi mood bagus, budak-budak hu ha hu ha buat perangai, pun i tak cepat hangin. SBF pun perasan. hihi. 

bila mood bagus, i'Allah everything will be smooth. 

tu baru start dengan daily chores, just imagine kalau guna untuk better things... :D

tarik bulan

balik daripada dinner kat luar tadi, mood budak-budak bagus. maklum, dapat tunjuk bakat berlari pelbagai 'fesyen' kat giant kota damansara tadi. sementelahan mak dan bapak depa 'layan' kerenah....

sampai depan rumah, tengah buka pagar, im pandang ke langit dan nampak bulan. bukan bulan penuh pun...

"ma, kita cari tali panjang-panjang"

"nak buat apa?"

"kita tarik bulan" sambil buat gaya main layang-layang

i diamkan saja, tak terkomen sebenarnya. ingatkan dah habis cerita. rupanya belum. sampai pintu rumah, im tanya lagi

"ma, bulan tu lebih besar daripada rumah kita ke?"

"iye"

"oh! kita tak boleh la tarik bulan. nanti roboh rumah kita"

ye, dah fikir logik. bagus.

mula tu ingat nak cerita pasal tekanan graviti, impak pada air laut, bla bla.....tapi, fikir-fikir balik, i'Allah di lain kesempatan i cerita kat dia. :D

fade

sekejap aja masa berlalu kan? 

pejam celik pejam celik dah bulan 10. dah nak habis 2010. 

lately, kesempatan nak mengupdate blog sangat terhad (ntah busy dengan apa agaknya, ehem).

When things happened, immediately my thought 'hey, I can blog or share this in my blog'. But, more than often, there were things require my utmost attention, so, the idea kind of fades away. lepas tu terlupa *sigh*

anyway...happy Friday...enjoy the weekend....

bila jumaat datang...

selalunya...selalunya laaa....

bila hari jumaat, otomatik mood dari pagi ceria. best kan.....tee hee hee. moga berjangkit-jangkit untuk tempoh jangka yang lama......

dalam kereta pagi tadi, cakap kat SBF

"ayang cintakan abang". lepas dengar lagu apa ntah, rasa jiwang tu lalu pula dalam fikiran...

SBF pegang tangan, bawa ke dada dia. 

"dah lama kan ayang tak belikan hadiah untuk abang kan?"

cehhh....dia selalu macam tu tau! kita tengah syok-syok nak layan perasaan bunga-bunga sikit, dia akan buka topik lain. cepat-cepat tarik tangan, dia genggam erat. lepas tu gelak-gelak, sengih-sengih. kalau dah macam tu, bunga-bunga dah hilang. biasanya, sambung either cakap merapu gelak-gelak atau layan hangin. hehe

well, dia memamg macam tu.layan aje la.....

cerita lain dalam kereta...selang masa cerita ni dengan cerita atas jauh tau......penting utk di mention kat sini... hehe

cakap kat SBF, semangat nak bershopping masih ada. lepas tu list la apa yang i nak....untuk diri sendiri, untuk rumah. untuk SBF dan anak-anak tak ada. bila untuk rumah tu, mereka akan dapat tempias la...aci la tu kan. SBF pun sokong, dia kata dia pun syok shopping. tak tahan bila dia kata dia dah lama tak shopping! yo la! betul sangat la tu!

tengah panjat tangga nak masuk opis tadi, dalam kepala dah congak-congak nak kena bullet-point kan list i tu. nak kena kira bajet kasar semuanya. nak kira berapa boleh save each month, nak kira by tahun ke berapa semua tu i dapat. haiihhh.....

soalan lazim

"mama sayang nop tak?"

"mana sayang kitaorg tak?"

"nop baby mana kan?"

tu soalan lazim daripada nop. boleh dikatakan setiap malam dia akan tanya. musykil la pula, adakah i tak tunjuk cukup kasih sayang?

yang obvious, dia akan tanya those questions kalau melepak rumah mek, dan i pegang razin (anak buah belah SBF). jeles kah?

tak perlu jeles nop, u will always be my baby. infact, abang im pun still baby to mama ....

bibik

kami dah lama dok bincang (yang so obviously tak habis lagi) pasai nak ambik maid. the thing is, my gut feel is prohibiting me from employing one. why ohh why? pros & cons pun dah congak , dah luahkan pada SBF.

SBF setuju.

Im pun setuju.

Nop tak tanya pun. kang dia jawab ntah apa-apa. takpun dia akan jawab apa yang abang dia jawab.

perbualan di bawah di antara i dengan im, pada satu malam. dia tengah layan tgk tv, i tgh buat something kat iron board tapi bukan menggosok baju.

"im, kalau kita ambik bibik ok tak?"

"ok"

"kenapa?"

"nanti balik school im terus balik rumah. terus buat homework, tak buat malam-malam". 

ceh, pandai la tu nak ambik hati. yerlah, baru lepas kena marah sbb tak buat homework siang hari kat taska masa hari rabu tu (weekdays, homework cuma hari rabu aje). 

ye, kalau ambik, the main reason is for the kids. tak payah tunggu lama-lama kat taska. pastu boleh la tolong buat kerja rumah :)

oraitt.....jom sambung congak-congak lag.....

wise man says

have you ever heard, wise man says

"do the right thing the 1st time".

totally agree. sangat-sangat agree :D

bitter

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the bitter truth
hard to swallow
don't work on excuses to defend ownself
live through it for better tomorrow

accept the fact it's hard
set achievable commitment
work on it
for better tomorrow, always
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tukar kereta

siew ling kata tukar kereta!

ni kalau share dgn SBF mesti dia happy.

a ba ta sa & im

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im seronok baca iqra'. mama pun seronok ajar dia baca.

minggu lepas ada survey kat neighbourhood .. cari rumah ustazah yg mengajar budak-budak mengaji. Ara ada tunjuk rumah dia.

dah jumpa dah tanya, though ustazah tu kata dia ambik lagi budak, dan mama pun dah isi borang siap-siap dan ustazah tu dah test im ngaji baca a ba ta sa sikit-sikit....mama still macam keberatan. ustazah tu macam hesitant la. kenapa? sbb dia ada ajar seorang budak yg berumur 4 tahun tapi 'lambat sikit' progress dia? ustazah mentioned dia nak fokus mengajar budak-budak mengaji. ye paham. im pun dah pandai jaga 'keperluan nak berbilik air' dia. progress setiap budak lain-lain la ustazah. budak seronok nak belajar dah kira bagus.

mungkin ustazah ada alasan sendiri kot. oh, mungkin sbb mama masa jumpa tu pakai jeans. mungkin ustazah tak berkenan kat pakaian mama.

ntah, tgk la dulu.

EMBRACING IMPERFECTION

An email from a friend. I got it this morning.

From time to time, we often receive this kind of inspiration story (true or not, is another issue. But it means no harm, the way i look at it). It's like, someone needs to refresh, knock some common sense in ourselves. Coz in the midst of chasing so many things in life, simple thing often being neglected.

they just don't realize or memang busuk hati?

me & SBF were having breakfast this morning, talked about school, our experiences...

i just don't understand how some of the adults (see, some, not all) can really say things .. which i personally think can be demoralized to others.

i experienced this after my 1st sem result. i wanted to apply for scholarship. so i went to my alma mater to get some signatures. i remembered so clearly, of my teacher said welldone (well, i got 3.74 for the cgpa. hehehehe. bukan le riak, cuma happy mengimbau seronok time time belajar duluuuuu). then, this 1 teacher, my fizik teacher made a nasty remark. 'ala, 1st sem boleh la. dekan. dah banyak sem nanti...tengok la'. lebih kurang la. boleh ke? tak boleh ke tunjuk some more encouragement to your ex-students. ingat u sorang aje ke pandai? menyampah.

another incident. masa SRK buat final year concert. my son didnt have much participation. he just sat on the stage, moved his body to the sides & claps. hehe. (well, he's not really into that, so i was more than happy he was able to go up naik pentas) then, ada la sorang bapak budak ni, his son was 5 years old last year & attending the same school. mamat tu cakap kat SBF 'sian im, jadik pak pacak aje'. not really sure was he joking or mulut dia memang busuk. i didnt really noticed his kid's performance, coz i dont really remember his face. sorry kiddo, next time aunty remember ok .. hehe. SBF didn't reply anything. i am glad he didn't. because we are totally have superior thinking than this guy and also my ex teacher!

if the kids / youngsters really understand the meaning of those words, really bite in. how will that affect innerself? some might take it -vely, well some buat derk cam takde meaning.

i suppose, those kinda things hit my soft spot. and i react differently.

2010

hello ... hello... :D

beberapa jam lagi, kita akan memasuki tahun baru 2010. apa yang significant tentang 2010 except it's just another incremental year?

mesti ada yang pasang azam baru. nak ni nak tu.

me? hehe. i'll keep that/those to myself.

semoga kita semakin matang menilai sesuatu perkara & membuat apa jua keputusan.

semoga kita lebih menyayangi diri kita & orang sekeliling.

semoga kita lebih sabar melayan kerenah & ragam diri sendiri & orang lain.

semoga kita dimurahkan rezeki yang halal.

semoga kita lebih berjaya dalam hidup.

semoga kita dalam lindungan Allah selalu.

selamat tahun baru 2010!

what do you fill-up in the reason column?

hahahahaha

i got this from a friend. :)

what do you think? :)

underestimate...buwek!

so what if i have a hobby of snapping pics?
so i got myself big camera. NIKON D90 to be exact. (read: takde niat riak tau...saje je letak model ape...relevan kat cite semalam..hehehe) though i dont equip myself (yet) with all those additional gears or attending formal classes, i dont think that hinders me from taking not-so-bad pics after all.

the conversations yesterday, made me ponder.
i can't imagine ______ (insert my name here) is taking pics with the camera.
for this 'is taking pics with the camera', imagine urself holding the camera & ready to snap. that's what my friend was doing.

do you really use the camera to take pics?of course i am using that camera to take pics!. i think i am pretty good at playing around too. haha

aren't those biase against me or i am just being pissed off?

oh yeah, yesterday i got 4 hours sleep only. maybe my brain wasn't functional well ...