Ready for School

All my kids are ready to brave the new academic year of 2009.

Siti Aishah will be in P2 Unity in GreenRidge Pri. She still thinks that her form teacher will still be Ms Sahara...I need to explain to her over & over again that form teachers will be different as students move to a different level... Aishah love Ms Sahara so much you see. When Aishah went thru this patch of low self esteem after failing her Math mid year exam,...Ms Sahara was the one to pull her out. Writing diaries just for her, taking a personal effort to help Aishah. No wonder Aishah feels so close to her.

Her new books are all done up since mid Dec, plastic wrap..all the works.

Nuraina will be in Sec 4B West Spring Sec School. Even before the school open..band practises are in full swing for the upcoming Band Concert to be held in one of the Polytechnics in June 2009. They are practising the 'Pirates of the Carribean' theme song among others. They sounded so COOL....

Sulaiman will be in Sec 3 in St Joseph's Institution. Last night he tried on his school uniform....long pants....put on the belt. Doesn't look nice as the waistline is a bit loose...extra material look flimsy under the belt...I need to alter a bit.

2009 will be a very important year for Aina as she will be seating for her 'O' levels and a challenging year for Sulaiman as he is taking 9 subject combinations after the streaming exercise recently. He is taking Full Literature, Full Chem, Full Physics, A & E Maths, Higher Malay, English, Combine Humanities (Geography). He knows he needs to focus well in 2009.

As a parent, I am ready too. Ready to have more peace of mind once the school re-opens...the holidays seem to be too noisy at home....what with the kids arguing over computer time and attention. I am depleted of all energy and effort... I should get more personal time once they are off to school.

2009 datang dengan penuh cabaran

Semalam Ita ke CCK Polyklinik. Sudah beberapa hari tidak sihat. Asyik terasa lemah. Produk Reliv tetap Ita teruskan. PowerWalk pun begitu.

Dibenak Ita risau...sudah 3 bulan haidth tidak jelang. Memang putaran haidth Ita tidak menentu dari anak dara lagi. Cuma kali ini...terasa bimbang. Suami sarankan Ita jumpa doktor. Ita digalakkan membuat health screening oleh doktor.

Darah diambil, ujian air kencing diambil juga untuk memastikan Ita tidak mengandung.

Screening for High Blood Cholesterol (Dyslipidemia)
Result: 4.68 (Good)
Ita mesti maintain below 5.20

Screening for Hypertension
Result: 120/80 (Normal)
Normal limits is 130/80

Screening for Blood Glucose Level
Results: 6.2 (not fasting)
This is less than 7.8 which is not suggestive of diabetes. Ukuran kalau belum makan harus lebih rendah. Ita pula dah makan jadi ukuran ini tak menunjukkan ada diabetes. Untuk lebih pasti, Ita disuruh datang minggu depan dan berpuasa sebelum ambil darah. Insyallah akan Ita lakukan.

Doktor puji berat badan sudah banyak turun dari rekod dahulu. Alhamdulillah.

Ada satu perkara lagi... mengenai putaran haidth Ita yang tak regular. Doktor suspek ada besar kemungkinan masalah ovaries..they call it Ovarian disease. Ita harus ke NUH pada 7hb Jan untuk membuat pemeriksaan lanjut. Hati berdebar2 mendengar ulasan doktor itu. Apatah lagi, Ita sering rasa sakit dikawasan rahim. Setelah selesai jumpa doktor, Ita terkedu duduk diam ditangga...menangis sendiri. Ita tak mahu bilang mak atau Shahid..tak mahu mereka risau.

Ita harus berfikiran positif. Ita tempuh 2009 dengan penuh tanda tanya mengenai kesihatan Ita. Allah memberi kita ujian kerana Dia tahu kita boleh mengharunginya. Insyallah...berkat doa kawan sekalian... Ita akan pulih...

My Girl..... Aina's Birthday.....

Nuraina turned 15 yesterday...and I had planned a surprise birthday gathering for her. I had called up Amira on last Thursday. Gotten her to invite the rest of Aina's friends over. It was a secret.

At 1.30pm sharp.... Aina was in her bedroom getting dressed..the excuse was that...daddy coming back for lunch and we are going out...hehehehe..she was still in the dark about all this..

Her friends..came into the house...sat at the living room, being quietly enough..giggling....they were too excited ..waiting to see Aina come out of her bedroom.

As she came out...her friends cheered...and shouted....'Happy Birthday Aina...!' Then they started singing the birthday song.... Aina was so startled...she kept jumping up & down.... the surprise was well worth it. She was so happy. her friends all came hugging her..giving her gifts...

The menu was simple...

Anggun Salad

Laksa

Sembosa

Birthday cake

Ice Cream on Cones

I shared stories with them on Aina since birth.... how she was near stillborn... not breathing when I delivered her. Blueblack all over..deprived of oxygen.... One of her friends said...Aina is a miracle baby.... like all mothers in this world... I love my daughter so much..and seeing her grow into a lovely young adult is an enriching yet challenging too. 

Ya Allah..sempurnakanlah akhlak anak gadisku ini..jadikanlah ia seorang wanita yang berwibawa, bertanggungjawab dalam segala hal, cerahkanlah masa depannya, berkatilah usianya...dan sempurnakanlah solat dan imannya....Subhanallah...AllahuAkbar...Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.....

My short family break...AFarmosa Resort Malacca

We left home about 6.05am, taking the LRT, then transfer to service 75. The morning was cool and my family was feeling excited upon going on this train journey to Tampin. Siti Aishah was the happiest of all...singing and laughing along the way....she just cannot stop blabbering...

We arrived at KTM Tg Pagar at 7.20am...boarding was to be at 7.30am...we made it just in time... the train left the tracks at exactly 8.00am... Fuyohhh we are on our way....!!

I brought Sardine sandwiches & Spaghetti Oyster Sauce packed in individual containers for easy consumption. In the train, Razak & the kids took turns playing the PSP, I just listen to my MP3. It was a smooth ride...finally we arrived at 1.15pm...had lunch at a nearby food stall. Chatted with the owner, Pakcik Ninggal...who offered to drive us to AFarmosa in his car... Alhamdulillah!

We checked into our condo apartment...Condo D'Savoy. 2 queen size beds, living room area, TV, dining area, a pantry....spacious and clean. However, that could not be said for the landscape of AFarmosa....much can be done to improve on how it looks... as we entered the entrance to the 520 hectare resort...we couldn't miss but see the gantry was very worn off.... looks depleted and not exclusive as we imagine a resort to be... nothing compared to Sentosa..

Anyway, we kept positive and wanted to enjoy our stay there.. off we went to Cowboy Town. The weather was good, soft breeze can be felt around us.. we toured the Cowboy Town, bought a cowboy hat....saw the acrobatic show, red indian show and finally the carnival parade and a magnificent fireworks display... what a good finish. We attended the 4D-Cinema...The Haunted Office was screening. Good show...our seats moved, water sprayed at us, our body being poked at and special effects was not that bad too.

We went back to the condo at 11.15pm....was very tired...did our solat and off to bed.

The next morning, we went to have our complimentary breakfast at the Chinese Restaurant (Halal) Still minding my slim points...I chose wisely... I took generous amounts of cucumber (actually for Nasi Lemak), a tbsp of baked beans, a sunny side up egg (cut out the yolk) a portion of Bee Hoon, fresh fruit cuts and a cup of hot tea (no sugar). I survived....

After breakfast, we got ready for WaterWorld... Siti Aishah was very excited... off we went. The wave pool was nowhere compared to our Jurong East Wave Pool. It was rather pathetic... as we we waddling in the Lazy River...my hubby noticed nails on the walls... that could have easily hit anyone's head...Subhanallah!... safetywise... terrible.. We got out from the Lazy River and off to the slides.... this is much better... I went down the moderate slide with Sulaiman... the slide was fast...and furious... YeeHah....so syiok man..... as we reached bottom... the buoy turned over, crushing Sulaiman below me... kesian dia... my leg hit his head...my poor boy..hugged him..said sorry and off he went to play again... that was enough for me..I did not go up again... Aina & Aishah went together up in the slides... I could see they enjoyed the ride.... they were so cute together... Razak went alone.... twisting in turning in the tunnel....Phewww!

The 7th storey high down slide looks eerie n I am scared shit! I did not even try that one. I am too scared. Razak, Aina & Sulaiman were courageous enough to go.... check out the video...you see what I mean...video still under processing...

At 5pm, the weather turned on us...soon it was dark & rains starts pouring...luckily for us...we had toured the whole WaterWorld area...we changed, packed some food for dinner, kids got some snacks for the night and hurried back to the condo. As we were all too tired to go out, we just stayed indoors and watched TV. It was raining heavily too.

The next morning, we went for breakfast, walk around the resort and start packing...checkout was at 12 noon.


After checkout, we went to Tampin, had lunch and walked around town... most of the shops were closed...maybe because its Hari Raya Haji Eve...however we chance upon people making lemang... we bought some for my mom & MIL. Sulaiman called them Bazooka...

Stopped at the town mosque to do zohor..then back to the train station. We took the 4.15 train and reached Woodlands at 9.45pm. What a trip! Overall it was a fun short holiday.... my hubby plan to go on an adventure trip without the kids,,,just the 2 of us...backpacking...ya right.... so he plans....lets see if it happens....Wakakakaka

Hey...Its Aishah's Birthday....!!

Date: 3rd Dec 2001

I was brought to KK Hospital at midnight...labour pains was climbing to its peak gradually... I could still hold a straight face while sitting beside my hubby during registration to check in.

My water bag had not broke yet but the pain was intensifying... I told myself... this is it..she is coming to see me today... Both my hubby & myself did not want to bother my mom or MIL..we decided to just leave the 2 kids at home..told them that baby sister was about to come and they should sleep as they have to see baby sister in the morning...Tawakal pada Allah..we leave it to Allah to care for the kids while we went to KK.

After registration and all the health checks...I told hubby to leave... I know I will be with Allah in giving labour to this baby girl... he left to care for the other 2 kids at home...

The pain intensified but the water bag still did not break. I endured the pain while dilation was in process...Subhanallah.....it was a different kind of labour compared to my earlier 2. At around 4am, I could feel she was ready to come out...her head was pushing through...the water bag still did not break...I asked the midwife to just call the doctor and maybe snip the sack that has been home to my baby girl...but NO...says the midwife..she says at this stage..it will be dangerous as the umbilical chord might twist around my baby's neck and choke her. I need to wait....Masyallah....Allahuakbar...this waiting game was unbearable...

At nearly 8am....I begged the midwife to call the doctor. She came with an entourage of student doctors making their morning rounds.... I begged her to deliver my baby now as I can feel her just at my pelvic...as soon as she snips the water bag..... my baby girl shoots out....I could see the doctor's clothes were all smeared with blood. I did not push at all. She had to hold on to my baby's head, telling me no to push all out just yet.... what can I say...my girl have a mind of her own...SHE IS COMING OUT NOW! Her cries was very loud as if she was saying..hey doctor you are too slow....Wakakakakaka..


That was 7 years ago..... she is my sweetheart, always so endearing and caring to my feelings...whenever she saw that I am tired after doing my exercises..she will come to me with that cute little smile of hers and says...'Bonda penat? Let me wipe your sweat'... as she took a small towel and wipe my forehead.


She has develop a fetish for high heel shoes...and she will drag me into any shoe store..just to google over those shoes. "Wah...Bonda..this one is lovely..look at it...That one too.." That is my Siti Aishah.


I love you Aishah...no amount of presents or gifts will surmount to what I feel towards you. May Allah bless you with health, continued faith, akhlak yang sempurna, a bright future and most importantly your love & respect for your elders....


Happy 7th Birthday......