Updates!!!!

Hey people.... Sorry for the hiatus and the long silence. My laptop kaput again and now using hubby's laptop. I know I need to get a new one and right now trying to save enough money for that. Anyway, lots of things have been happening to me. Where should I begin? Oh well...remember my eldest daughter Nuraina she was supposed to compete in the daerah Pertandingan Syair Islami well well well she did pretty well, she got third! Enjoy the video.
So sorry the video is senget. Not sure how to rectify it.

I was so impressed and proud of her as at this stage she had to compete with other winners from the zone level and they were 16 of them. This time we managed to watch her in action and she was good, although the ustazah said she did a lot better during her practises as this time around she was not so mendayu-dayu and her speed was faster. When I told her that the ustazah said she was faster than usual she said 'Aina ketarlah ibu, Aina nak cepat-cepat habis'. Gelak I. Nonetheless, I'm so so proud of her. Well done sayang! You know the morning of the competition, we were so so nervous as like I told you earlier the runner ups and the winners of the zone level meet here to choose the best to represent daerah Petaling. When we arrived in Subang Jaya, these girls had extravanganza props and ours were minimal. Hence this added to my daughter nervousness (if there's such a word! ahak ahak) but the ustazah told us that props only added 10% to the whole performance but it sure scared the hell out of us. Can you imagine they brought carpet, bouncer net, handphone, picture frames, stroller and etc etc and my daughter only had a doll, a napkin, a cane and a styrofoam in a shape of a tomb. And on that same day I got my new car. It's nothing big or fancy but it is nice. Slightly bigger than the one I had before so now it's easier to ferry the kids around. Hmmmm... what else? Oh yeah the highlight of the day, I danced for the teachers' day celebration today. It was a blast! I had a great time dancing away with my great friends and the students enjoyed the performance too. We danced to the song 'Dancing Queen' from the Mamma Mia soundtrack. The funny thing, it took us 3 days to dance to the tune and the result was awesome. (READ: Perasan! ahak ahak). We wore afro wigs and we had plume ( the feathers boa). We had so much fun basking the glory after that ahak ahak. No pictures yet. I hope to cilok from my friends or my students so I can post it here. Girls, if you happen to record of us dancing, can you burn it in a cd and give it to me. Very much appreciated if you guys could do that to me.

The Joy of being a Mother

Being a mother is a gift. A fantastic one I tell you. And as a mother you get one extra occasion to look forward to the 'Mothers' Day'. Mine started as early as 1.08 am when a friend sent me mms wishing me 'Happy Mother's Day' and around 8.30 am onward messages kept pouring in. Up to this hour, I've received 11 messages wishing me Happy Mothers Day from friends and the messages come with lovely poems about the joy of being a mother.

Well at home, the first one to wish me was my eldest daughter, she hugged me and wish me 'Happy Mother's Day, ibu. I love you, tau.' And she spoilt the surprise by saying 'Abah, when can we give the present?' much to Abah annoyance. I could see my hubby eyes were about to bulge when she said that and he only managed 'Ok, we shall wait until all your siblings are up.'

Anyway, this morning we went to Shah Alam as my daughter has saved enough money to buy her Hannah Montain raincoat. We got back at around 11.00 am and I was upstairs when I heard my 3 year-old daughter Dhaniyah singing 'Happy Birthday to you, Ibu' and the elder 2 siblings went 'Bukan birthdaylah, Niyah' and she corrected herself with 'Happys Mothers Days, ibu' followed by Aina and Nabil while presenting me with a huge card and a small present. Dhaniyah later went 'Let me help you to open the present Ibu' and the sister went 'tak payahlah, Niyah sibuk aje, bukan untuk Niyah pun' and Dhaniyah went 'takpe, takpe, Niyah nak tolong ibu' so she helped me unwrap the cute lil' present.

The lil' gift that Dhaniyah helped to unwrap

The children with the giant card.



The other 2 kids were missing from this picture because Hilman poo-poo(ed) and bibik was washing him up and Khairina was busy watching her favourite programme on telly. Sigh!

Nonetheless, Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there and I hope you have fun celebrating this day with your children and hubby. We have the children to thank for for making this day possible for celebration. Cheers!

Nuraina's Diary

Aina on the first week she received her prefect's tie

My nine-year old Nuraina has a diary with a picture of Hannah Montana as the cover. I didn't mean to pry but as I was checking her school work I saw this diary neatly tucked at the front pocket of her school bag. Seeing me scrutinizing her diary, as this diary has a padlock, she went 'you can read it Ibu, I don't mind'. She later unlocked her diary using the key that she has kept inside her purse and shoved it to me.

I took the opportunity, expecting to witness something juicy written in her diary but this is what I got:-

30 March 2009

Dear diary,
Today I have a great day. I already have my pengawas tie but the bad thing is I got 68% for Maths. So I was really sad and I don't know when to change. I dream I got 100% for Maths. Thank U!

31 March 2009

Dear diary,
Today I have a great day. You know my aunty Erra Fazira has given birth to my cousin. Her name is Engku Aleesya. My brother loves to go to school. He always asks me where to wait and I always say wait at the BUS STOP!!! Thank U!

*NB from Ibu - I can sense her irritation on the last line as she has been answering the same question everyday. It has been 3 months already. (Note to Nabil- stop asking Kakak Aina this question again- you should know by now where you are supposed to wait for your sis, ok Nabil?)

6 April 2009

Dear diary,
Today I had a great day, luckily today I got to jaga at the tangga. The great thing is after school, I went to my mother's school and it was terrific. I saw my school mate and she always says "Hello budak Taman Megah.' I saw the orchestra practised and it was terrific. Thank U!

14 April 2009

Dear diary,
Today is a sunny day. I like it. My mother said if I can save enough money I can buy Hannah Montana raincoat. And I think I can do it. I love my family but just if people scold me I will be very sad but I know that I am wrong. I love U Ibu! I love U Abah! I love U Tok! I love U Tok Mama!

5 May 2009

Dear diary,
Today I had a great day. The most I like is I got first for my syair competition. Now I will fight with daerah because all the winners will fight here. I hope I can win. Thank U!

She actually wrote more than what is written above but only these entries are worth sharing.

I find her diary entries to be interesting because:-

1. she often starts her day with a great day.
2. she ends her diary with thank you. how cute!
3. she is willing to share her thoughts with me.
4. she loves her family.

I just hope that she will keep on sharing her thoughts with me. I hope that we will remain best friends forever and I hope she will always know that I love her so very much.

Thank you, Aina. Thank you for sharing.

Interesting Conversation

Two days ago
Ibu : Dhaniyah, tadi bibik kata, Niyah poo-poo dalam seluar, kenapa?
Dhaniyah : Tak tahu.
Ibu : Tak tahu? Mana boleh tak tahu. Niyah poo-poo dalam seluar ke tak?
Dhaniyah : Iya. (raising her voice)
Ibu : Kenapa? Kalau nak poo-poo pergi toilet, bukan dalam seluar.
Dhaniyah : Ok Ibu.
Ibu : Lain kali nak poo-poo panggil Ibu atau bibik.
Dhaniyah : Tadi tu kan, ibu semayam (praying)kan, pas tu bibik kan kat luar.
Ibu : Abah kan ada, kenapa tak panggil abah aje?
Dhaniyah : Sebab hari tu kan.... hu...jan...
Ibu : Huh?????.......


A couple of months ago

I was lying down on the sofa, reading a magazine. Dhaniyah came and sat beside me.

Dhaniyah : Ibu kaki ibu ni busar(besar)lah Ibu. Kaki Niyah ni kecik aje. (Pointing
and comparing my calf to hers)
Ibu : Yalah sebab Ibu big, nanti bila Niyah big kaki Niyah pun besar macam
Ibu.
Dhaniyah : Haaah? Niyah tak naklah Ibu.
Ibu : Why?
Dhaniyah : Sebab kaki Ibu ni busar sangat.
Ibu : ???????????


One night

Ayah Chik : Cantiknya baju Niyah...
Dhaniyah : Yelah. Tok Mama buli(beli) kat pasar malam.
Ibu : Bukanlah. Tok Mama beli from Thailand.
Dhaniyah : Pasar malam. Ibu yang tak tahu.

That's the problem with Dhaniyah, all her bajus come from pasar malam in front of our house. Tak kira beli kat mana pun, she'll say pasar malam.

Dhaniyah my 3-year-old daughter

Our school Rocks!!!!

Students of Sri Aman, you all should be proud of your alma mater. It is the most happening school in Selangor, don't you agree? This year we have appeared in the TV3 news, newspapers, EduwebTV and soon will be appearing in Bang Bang Boom and Disney Channel.


The Hannah Montana Rock with Sheila today was awesome, she was talented and we have a bunch of talented school girls too. I had fun and so did my kids.

I'm not sure about you but I'm sure proud to proclaim that I'm a teacher of Sri Aman, you all are so lucky that you are students of this school as a lot of interesting things are done here in this school for the benefit of the students. Hence, I reckon that you prove yourself worthy to be a student of this school and make us more proud of your achievement. All the best to all of you and good luck in your future undertaking.

We the teachers here will always stand by you and definitely support you from the back.

In a Flash

Last Saturday, my eldest daughter Nuraina took part in a competition called 'Pertandingan Syair Islam' and she emerged as champion beating other 20 students from other religious schools all around P.J. Good job darling!

Sadly, we did not manage to witness our daughter road to glory due to a communication breakdown. We started the day quite early as my daughter had to be in her religious school by 7.15. So I woke her up at around 6.30 am, after taking her bath and prayer, I told her to get ready, she was then clad in her agama school attire as stated in the rules for the competition. She told me to put some light make-up on her face and once done, the time was closed to 7.10 am. I told her to eat something but she went 'we are late already, Ibu, we have to go now, Quick'. Furthermore, she didn't feel hungry due to the butterfly fluttering in her stomach.

So we walked to the school which takes less than 3 minutes walking distance and true enough we were the first to reach the school. The other participants for tilawah, story telling, pidato and khat writing came minutes later. Their ustazah (the religious teachers) were the last ones to arrive about 20 minutes later. So things got pretty kelam kabut and I was told she was number 31 to perform that day. The ustazah told me that the competition will commence at 8.30 am.

At around 8.30 am, I called my daughter through her handphone, and she said it is not starting yet. As we were planning to take everybody to watch kakak Aina, we basically time ourselves that we should have ample time to watch her if we go around 10.00 am as each contestant takes 5 minutes to perform. So as we were about to get everybody into the car at around 10.00 am, hubby received a message from Kakak Aina 'Dah habis dah' and we were looking at each other and our brood in the car and we went HUH! Dah habis! Laaa... Macamana boleh jadi camtu?

Dissatisfied, we still went to the religious school located in Damansara Utama. The place was swarming with people, it was difficult for us to locate our dear daughter, as everybody looked almost the same in their uniform. Afer a wild goose chase, met her ustazah and was informed that only 20 students took part and she was the 16th person to perform. That was around 10.30 and result will only be announced at around 2.30. So we decided to go back.

When asked on how did she think she performed that day, she said "Ok, I don't think I can get number one sebab ada orang yang hebat lagi tapi no 2 or no.3 can kot Ibu". Nevertheless, she tried her best and that what matters. So she only got to know the result on Monday when she attended her agama school. The ustazah took the trophy home on her behalf.



Hilman had his second haircut last Sunday, he was such a sport that he didn't cry at all this time. Well done, my boy!





Nabil is now playing football in this team called Elves and he plays the position of a striker and doing pretty well in his team.

Khairina is now reading quite well, still slow but not too bad. She had us almost worried as the elder siblings could read at the age of 5 and she was still struggling when she was at that age. She still behaves like a baby, doesn't have a sense of responsiblity, often loses her belongings be it books, pencils (especially), eraser and etc. Tak tahulah budak ni. Berbuih dah mulut cakap.

Dhaniyah still loves dancing and singing but still shy and timid in public. But she sure can shake those booties.

So that's it. My progenies in a flash!

It Is IMPORTANT to be NICE!

It's nice to be important but it is MORE important to be nice.

The Geography Quiz held in the school gallery today, showed me the true colours of my students. The so called 'elite' class behaved in such a way that had me flummoxed. In the quest to get marks for the class, the students can be too agressive that got me almost injured. The girls were practically snatching the microphone without thinking the safety of others. Tsk! tsk! tsk! This kind of behaviour had definitely changed my perception towards you guys.

The aim of this quiz is to instil that learning takes place in a fun and a spontaneous way, but, when we had people that were too 'kiasu', the game no longer became fun. What is so great of getting high marks when you leave such a bad impression of yourself? Talk about first class facility but third class mentality.

Do we teachers have to remind you to be nice every time? Nagging can be tiring you know, and it is no fun especially when you have to nag to 6 other classes of thirty odd students. You people come from a girls school, a cluster school and many of you have parents who are professional but you guys definitely do not behave like one.

As teachers, of course we are happy to have clever girls but what is the use of being clever when people talk more of your rowdy behaviour? We teachers appreciate more of our polite and obedient students. These students may not be clever but there are the ones that we remember to this date.

I know it is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice. Please remember that, as we Malaysians are slowly lacking in this. Please bear in mind too that society tends to associate a child behaviour to his or her upbringing at home. So please do not tarnish your parents name and the school name. Take care.