temper temper

reached home today, as we were getting out of the car, heard najwan SCREAMING.

turned out he put 3 marbles in a cup, then he filled in the cup with tap water, and the marbles dropped to the bathroom floor, and boy went flaming mad.

we turned one session into a vocabulary session for the older kids. as najwan was screaming away, I turned to the rest and said, 'this is what we call a tantrum.'

whenever I use the word 'tantrum' in class, the ECE students would give me blank stares, so might as well.

after all, boy switches on and off easily, so not quite a bona fide tantrum, it just sounded like one.

hajj 1429

so in february we submitted a request to be able to do the hajj this year.

in february, ibu and papa got on standby list, tok ayah and chik did not. but papa was already gung-ho on going, so I got to reply and say yes, we'd take the standby option.

tuesday morning, we went to rayhar to register to be under them, seemed that going under private packages improved our chances to be able to go. no guarantee, but that's okay, instead of a downright no.

tuesday afternoon, a letter from Tabung Haji came in the mail. We have a medical check-up appointment with them 30 jun. guess it's standard for all standby jemaah but getting a little excited here :).

so need to go take some pictures, and also pick up the health record book before 30 june.

the junkyard war

so there I was trying to clear those old toys and stuff under the stairs.
and then one by one the boys came and started rifling through them.
boys including papa.
and papa came up with the idea of having a junkyard war kind of thing.
and so that's what they are doing right now.

and they're blogging

after prodding upon prodding upon prodding by mummy, kids have finally set-up and *published* their own blogs.

the links are on the blogroll.

will post ibu's take on redang soon.

but basically like theirs too -- wanna go again!!!