Mom's Day 2010 & Tea Party...

As Salam Peepz...

OK, 1st thing's 1st...

Wishing all moms a "Happy Mothers' Day"... Smoge kami dilindungi & diberkati olehNya... Insya'allah... Amin... =)

So how's your weekend? Mine went pretty well... Alhamdulillah, I wasn't on duty for this weekend... Kalau tak... hmmm... Macamane agaknye aku nak celebrate Mothers' Day with my family eh? Dorang nak kena tunggu aku habes keje ler kalau macam tu...

Went for a little grocery shopping with my family last Friday after fetching the kids from school... Sampai ruma jer, aku tros kemas barang pasar & masak (Baba aku kempunan nak makan masakkan aku, al maklom la, membe gi Indon satu minggu wo... So bile balek sini jer tros sound aku masak)...

So the menu for that night were :

• Stir Fried Beef in Sambal Belacan Sweet & Sour Sauce
• Steamed Tofu with Mushroom & Oyster Sauce
• Fried Eggs (Egg is a must for hubby...)

And yesterday, I didn't cook much as there're still some leftover food from the night before... So aku cume masak Stir Fried Bee Hoon... (I like)

I'm the type of person who prefers to cook for my family whenever I've the time & ability to do so (be it on Medical Leave, Annual Leave or Child Leave)... Standard procedure for a wife la kan – Cook + Household Chores + Kids...

The thing that pleases me most is when I see family enjoying & savouring the food that I cooked & they loved every bite of it... Lagipon ade berkat nye jugak kalau kite masak untok kluarge kite & then share the food that we cook with them... Sape tak nak pahale wo... So buat la sebrape banyak amal yang dapat aku lakukan... Insya'allah... (Aku ni pon blom tentu dapat jaminan masok syurge... wallahualam..)

Also, my Aunt Tonah ever said this to me, "The way to a man's heart is thru his stomach..." I don't know how true this saying is but I tell you, once I learn how to cook, the Baba kept asking me to cook more frequently @ home for the family...

Ari ni pulak, Mothers' Day... So the Baba told the Ummi this, “Ummi, you don't have to cook today... You should rest for all the hardwork that you've done for the family... Today we go out & eat OK... Then we go jalan2...”

Some of you might be thinking that we would go to a nice restaurant serving wonderful dishes & then the Baba would present me with a surprise Mothers' Day gift... But nah, that didn't happened... Just a simple dinner @ Banquet & a little trip to the neighbourhood library... (Told you I'm a pretty simple person...) It's an “every-weekend-family bonding” that we always did and yeap, we enjoyed it... Just us & our kids... Kalau nak gi jaoh2 pon macam melecehkan gitu... So “mah fan” coz the kids need to wake up early in the morning for school and so do us parents, we need to go to work... (booooring... Monday blues again tomorrow... pfft...) Anyway, the Baba did bought some "ole-ole" from Indonesia for me already... So tak payah ler nak "boh katak" ni sume... Can keep the money on other useful stuffs... heh...

It was drizzling here in Sengkang, so our kite flying trip & our little walk to the park were cancelled... Well, it's OK, perhaps next time we'll do all that...

You know, my 2 little babies, they've grown up into becoming 2 little rascals... So mischievous & so full of curiousity & they are so testing their parent's patience with their sibling fights... Ai yo... And FYI, they're still awake... Blom tido... Korang tengok la pukol brape ni... Dorang maseh blom tido... Jumping & laughing on the bed instead of trying to sleep... Besok bangon pagi confirm prangai... Throwing tantrums & all...

The school where my kids go to everyday had organised an advance Mothers' Day Tea Party celebration a few days ago... The principal & teachers had encouraged all mothers to come for the Tea Party & surprisingly, the response was overwhelming... 1st time aku dijempot gi Mothers' Day Tea Party... There wasn't anything like this in the previous school before so I was pretty much looking forward to it...

There're games played between mothers & their children... The atmosphere made me feel like I was a little pre-school girl again... Food served were simple but deliciously nice... Ade brownies, fruit cocktail & I simply love the Fried Noodles cooked... In fact, I'm still craving for it... Aku macam nak tanye Fidzah (the principal) jer for the resipi... hee hee... Anak2 aku makan sampai licin paper plate dorang...

The part that touched me most was when both of my kids, presented me with their handmade clay gifts & they wished me Happy Mothers' Day while giving me a hug & a kiss... Those were my 1st Mothers' Day gifts that I got... I even got another gift (cute lil pink box with ribbons on it) from Sis Muz & hubby [Thanks you guys... So the very the touching... ] I guess this is one of the nikmat of being a mom... Subhanallah... It's like all your efforts are being appreciated... =)

Hmmmm... I wonder where does Mothers' Day originates from... Must search in the Internet for the info...

And also, the Centre should make another occasion like this for Fathers' Day coz what I heard was that there wasn't a thing like this for Fathers' Day & the hubby was like, "Why? Asal tak de... So unfair like that..."

And to Baba : Thanks for everything... I really enjoyed myself... Just you, me & our kids... That's all that matters... =) Love you all so much...

SLIDE uploaded...

My Little Darlings In Their New School...

(above) It's brushing of teeth time!!

(above) Asil with his Aunty Lala... Ooops!! Correction!! It's Teacher Lala... lol...

(above) Lunch time...

(above) Tengok tu!! Comot mulot nye...

(above) Asyura with her schoolmate, Xavier...

(above) Tak layan nampak!!

As Salam Peepz & Hello World!!

How's everyone doing? I hope your days been pretty fine, peaceful & healthy... =)

I've uploaded above some photos of my little darlings in their new School cum Childcare Centre... Much thanks to my dearest Cousin Lala for the photos... hee hee... [Wei Aunty Lala!! Aku "self service" amek gamba anak2 aku dari kau nye Multiply... hee hee...]

Their 1st few weeks in school was filled with tears, wails & cries... It was heartfelt for both hubby & me coz as you know, there's no more Nenek to take care of them... Then there's this daily routine of us, waking up & getting ready early in the morning to sent the kids there... Tiap2 pagi kalau kejot Asil & Asyura bangon dari tido, dorang slalunye akan nanges... Asyura would cling herself onto me... Asil, on the other hand would follow me everywhere I go in the house coz he needs the attention as much as his little sister does... So bile da sampai kat school, we parents have to hand our kids over to their teachers & tu part yang buat kitorang rase sedih coz we pity our babies, kecik2 da nak kena get used to waking up early & go to school... What's more, both Asil & Asyura will be in the Centre from as early as 8 in the morning until about 7 in the evening... Both of them have to wait for us there until we parents are done with our work...

This is the part where I'm gonna just start to feel guilty as a mom... Then, I'll start to breakdown... Then, I'll start to think of the kids... Kecik2 dorang da nak kena masok Childcare... Their time spent would be in school with their friends & teachers instead of their parents... Just pity them lor coz they have to stay there for nearly 12 hours without having us around... Time spent with us would only be during the night after office hours & also during the weekends when we parents aren't working... So aku rase sedih sangat2 lor... =(

And there was this day when the school called up asking me to fetch my little Asil immediately coz he was unwell & was frequently vomitting out all the food he consumed... The part when his teacher told me that his feet & hands turned cold due to the vomitting and all lagi buat aku panic giler... Blom apape, air mate aku da meleleh... So aku apelagi, called the hubby up & we both rushed to the Centre lor, fetched our little boy & brought him to the doctor...

And also, there was this other day when Asyura was struck with a high fever... Huwaaaargh!! Another "child sick" situation... I got me a pair of panda-looking eye patch underneath my eyes coz I was awake majority of the time in the wee hours of the morning, attending to her... Hubby & I, we even took turns half a day each to take care of her... It's quite sad seeing both of our kids sick... They looked so tak bermaye like that...

Life's been pretty challenging having them in that kind of situation but alhamdulillah we managed to pull thru... And we're so grateful to Sis Muz, Bro Yus for helping us out whenever we need their assistance... And also to my dearest cousin, Lala for keeping her eyes on our babies in school while we went out to work... It's a good thing that she's working in the school where our babies are in... Alhamdulillah... And it's a good thing that Sengkang & Punggol is just an 8 minutes drive away... =)

[Thanks y'all... May Allah repay your kindness towards us... Insya'allah, amin...]

So OK, like I said earlier, I've some photos uploaded... Take a look... Oh!! And just so you know, the name of the school where my kids go to everyday is BRIGHT KIDS SCHOOL HOUSE PTE LTD...

If interested, kindly visit the website HERE

One thing I like about this school is the part where kalau budak2 "poo-poo" ("berak" la eh dalam bahase melayu), sume teachers kat sane tak pakai toilet paper main "set-let" bersihkan tahi kat bontot bile nak cebokkan budak2... Dorang sume cebok bontot budak2 pakai air... Tu yang buat aku so keen to put them in this school sebab tu paling important apart from the way they educate the children & all... And the part where the school frequently organizes educational field trips for the children is such a great thing coz kids would definitely love the idea of going out on excursions & field trips instead of being cooped up in school every month of the year...