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recently concluded phone conversation with the 6 y.o.Ibu: dah solat?N: belum.Ibu: Solat dulu then.N: solat apa?Ibu: Solat zuhurlah.N: dah pukul 4 dah, solat asar je lah.definitely good things:a) he doesn't lieb) he knows the solat names and their timesc) he can tell timestill making up my mind whether this is good or nota) negotiation skillsit's probably good just now in the immediate context!

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BismillahirrahmanirrahimWow! The cobwebs have surely gathered strength here, luckily spring cleaning is not that difficult online :)Just a question of trying to be more consistent in writing, and as one of the things to do is to really write, this blog has to really get going again. Maybe getting the ipad2 is the way to do it (thanks sayang for this gift). Although the more pressing pieces of

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Kids' project this school holiday -- charity sale.This is Syira's idea. Basically, a garage sale with the proceeds going to charity. They haven't decided which charity to give to.They had their first meeting last night. Syira has given out the tasks already, the kids seemed excited about that, even Najwan. Things they no longer want but is still in good condition will be put up for sale. This

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Nurhannan. Born 21 Oct 2009 1:45 am. 3.1 kg and 49 cm at 38 weeks gestation.The birth was quick and relatively easy -- 1+ hour, 1 push, no pain killer.After work, we went for my 38th week checkup. Dr Zana took a look at my past record and did a VE, and said 'see, you're already at 4-5 cm.' I told her the contractions weren't painful and weren't consistent enough for us to get excited about.

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dusting the cobwebs...3/5/2009. Azraf finally lost his lower front tooth, way after the permanent one is out. In the car, he bit into a burger and ouch! it started to bleed, so no burger there then. A few hours later, he accidentally hit his jaw, and out came the tooth. He's getting RM10 for saving us a RM20 trip to the dentist :).Najwan is now coming home with the van. Teacher Hani says he's

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Najwan turned 4 yesterday. Wow! And it's not just the number, he's just growing up by leaps and bounds. He is now so into his preschool, so into doing things that big kids do. He wants trucks, cars and a bicycle for his birthday -- he is so into wheels :). Amjad made jelly for Najwan to take to school today as part of his party pack. That is another big boy. The party packs were prepared by

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we observed earth hour last night, from 8:30-9:30.everybody gathered at mummy's house, so #45 was in total darkness.we lit lots and lots of tea light, mak ngah, pak ngah and umar happened to visit, umar did not seem to have problems in the dark.the kids passed the time telling stories, remembering the riddles and jokes they heard and re-telling them. it was as much fun trying to answer the

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last friday, papa took leave as it was the school holidays.After FRiday prayers, he took the kids to watch geng. Boo hoo! and it was my suggestion, and I was so looking forward to taking the kids watch geng, but ibu had a programme with the students at work that day.It didn't help a colleague had watched it and said it was cool.

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everyday, azraf will ask, 'ibu, how big is the baby now?'november is a long time away :).I should let him go to websites that chart a baby's growth in weeks, don't think they have any by days.bad days mean lethargy and splitting headaches. I think the headaches are also withdrawal symptoms from caffeine. so I should be thankful, just nauseuos (sp?) without actual throwing up, it just that that

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was on leave wednesday.we sent amjad and syazmi to robotics camp and then went to the dr with azraf and najwan.azraf was like, why are we here? and we said, just wait and see.it was a toss-up who got to see the dr first -- azraf was scheduled at the dentist next door.but ibu's turn came first, and it finally dawned on abang de as he was watching the u/s image what was happening :) :) :)and they

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the fishes are breeding!instead of three different 'homes' all the fishes are now in the nicely decorated pot that papa made for najwan's fishes.and they're so excited, there are now 2 baby fishes in there.

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today, we begin a new programme with the kids. after the solat maghrib berjemaah, the kids will take turns conducting usrah. how did we tell them what an usrah is? we just said, it's like cafe akhil hayy -- when he talks to the teens in the surau. so score 1 for tv :).today we began with syazmi. he chose to read out a paragraph he found about the Qur'an. it went ok for a first try, not a lot of

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Amjad's new guppy fishes are doing ok, and so is najwan's. One of Azraf's guppies died three days ago. Probably overfeeding -- Papa would feed the fish before he left for work, and Azraf would feed it again later when he got up in the morning -- a pattern we found out too late.

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...again, papa just cannot say no to the kids in this matter...So yesterday, off we trudge to the fish shop, (when we teasingly said it was closed najwan slapped his hand on his forehead and said 'alamak' a-la abah).The boys got a pair of fishes each. Hania decided she did not want the hassle of taking are of fishes and declined the offer (smart girl :)).At home, papa prepared the new home for

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so azraf got a rocket launch kit for his birthday.it was a home-science kit.so as they were waiting for the mixture to react and produce the CO2 which will in turn launch the rocket, najwan asked papa, "it's loading, eh, papa?"yesterday, he was on the computer, and he turned around and remarked, we haven't "telephoned" uda in a long time -- meaning skype.

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as we were sitting slightly before maghrib, kak de came rushing over, shouting "ibu, abang kena pisau, keluar darah, banyak, CEPAT!"so we rushed to amjad. Abah got to him first. He was in the bathroom trying to wash his wounds away (!) while shouting, "ibu, nak pergi klinik."there were blood spots everywhere on the kitchen floor. He had to have 4 stitches. Ugh, it was a deep wound -- at first

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two weeks ago with the kids in tow.we have not gone non-grocery related shopping for ages, the last time was when we went to get things for haj.so there I was, putting some things I planned to buy into the basket. And then there was Amjad, questioning the need for those things. And if my answer was not satisfactory enough, out went the stuff! And we were not even spending his money...

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alhamdulillah, we're home again after being away for 45 days for haj.We touched down at 8:20 pm, immigration was a breeze, as the counters were set up right at the arrival gate. But we had to wait a bit for the third bag -- it had to be in the last batch of baggage right, so we went out at 9:40. At first it was like, where are they? we saw all those people waving but none looked like those we

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11 more days... okay, that's getting a little bit worrying.not that I'm not looking forward to going for haj, it's the preparation part that's getting a bit worrying.last sunday, we had the taklimat perjalanan. As they were showing the scenes of pilgrims checking in at kelana jaya, it dawned on me, this is for real, we are really going. during the tea break, we got talking to a couple who seemed

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we have the flight date already -- check-in 9 Nov, flight itself is a little past midnight, and coming back Dec 23. According to the agent, still unconfirmed, but I hope changes won't be major like Kak Mas -- her flight changed from 25 nov to 5 nov!Tons of stuff to get done. Papa is going to Dubai tonight, until Tuesday, presentation for a major project. Next week is the last week of class, on

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alhamdulillah, have received written confirmation we are going for haj this year.flight plans not known yet, should know by next week.have to go, nia is pushing all the right buttons to make najwan scream.

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We first hustled Azraf to the dentist for his first tooth extraction in April after we noticed his permanent tooth was already out. Dr Salwa took a look and said the milk tooth wasn't budging at all, and she said the permanent tooth would push to the front and loosen up the milk tooth and then it would be ready for extraction. She didn't want to have to inject Azraf and after our experience with

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azraf has managed 7 full days -- or is it 8? bad mom, I know, but he's supposed to fill in his ramadan chart himself, so ibu got a bit too relaxed about keeping track.Amjad and Hania have been going strong. And Amjad has been keeping to his words, getting him up for sahur is now no big deal, a little shake-shake and he's up like a shot, he'd go eat, pour his own drink, and go back to sleep. Hania

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first sahur, in kelantan.waking azraf up was papa's job. azraf was woken up and started to cry, he didn't want to eat, he wanted to continue sleeping. but he wanted to fast. so made him took his pediasure, that was all he would take.and he managed to go on until 3 pm! impressive. if only waking up is easier.second sahur, at home.as usual, had everything ready before waking them up. this time, he

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we'll have one more 'rookie' this year with 6 year-old azraf. My kids have generally been okay with the fasting part (of course hania gets a bit lembek the first day but otherwise it's usually smooth sailing). It's the sahur part that tests my patience :).preparing the food is easy, no one is a picky eater, very simple hot food is the only requirement. Getting the kids to the table is the

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ok, so the nia's birthday party post is overdue, and this post is still not it.the kids are going through the net and finding out their Hijri birthdays.Abah. 6 SafarPapa. 17 RamadanMummy. 12 RamadanIbu. 15 SafarAlong. 1 SyaabanAbang. 12 RamadanAngah. 17 ZulhijjahSyakira. 25 Jamadil AkhirHania. 8 Jamadil AwalAbang De. 2 ZulhijjahNajwan. 29 Safarsite: islamic-finder.org

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dum! oh no! someone fell!it turned out to be najwan who slipped in his haste to pee.and oh oh oh oh, there was blood dripping from his head.oh no, ibu was the only adult at home.but amjad was quick to follow ibu's instruction to take the kitchen towel to stop the bleeding.the bleeding did stop, so he had his bath, and then waited for us all to say our maghrib prayers, and we made the trek to the

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so last night papa was writing out the monthly allowance check for ibu, and also for tok ayah.and amjad went 'why does papa give ibu money?'so an impromptu lesson on responsibility.I generally said, coz it's the husband's responsibility to provide for the wife and children, even when the wife is working. so better make sure you are ready to do that before you get married.and amjad added he'd be

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Amjad khatam Qur-an last night. According to the kids, ustaz made them all listen to Abang, and at one point Azraf pointed out abang's mistake (since he had pretty much memorized the surah lazim). The kids were as excited as Amjad, they were too young to appreciate it when Syira khatam. Towards the end, Amjad was a bit nervous. When he finished An-Nas, Ustaz read the doa khatam Qur-an.Pulut

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no idea if it's really a boy thing.so azraf was sitting and talking to ibu.najwan was sitting beside him, he suddenly got up and stood with his back to abang de.we continued talking.suddenly, 'pot' and gleefully, najwan sat down again.sungguh kurang sopan.and this has to be a boy thing --najwan was lying down after finishing his milk. me, on the 'net. and he volunteered, 'jen main pepet.' alamak!

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so as per letter received, we went to the tabung haji office to process our hajj passports.as the lady was scrolling down computer list, she said 'still on standby right?'so we said yes. I asked when would we know for sure, she said towards the end of ramadan.so we went through all the process. She counted out the 10 small-sized pictures and 2 visa-sized pictures, checked our particulars, had the

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the kids are fasting.no, it is not yet ramadan, but the kids wanted to fast for rejab. I know, wow! it has taken me 30+ years to actually fast in rejab that is pure sunat and not qada'.last monday syakira fasted. today thursday hania fasted. Impressive!and the girl who had a hard time keeping her eyes open for sahur last ramadan last night did not require much effort waking up, munched without

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buah apa paling berani.give up? ibu give up?buah pisang lah, sebab jantung dia kat luar.

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every weekend there's a person seeling jackfruit in BA. when we pass her, najwan would always request 'nak nangkel' and the others would burst into laughters 'nangka lah adik.' so he would dutifully repeat 'nangkel'.ohmigosh, drawing a blank, he has 'l' added at more words but brain going into shut down mode.

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we got a letter to go in and process our hajj passport -- signature and thumb print. we also need to bring in *14* passport-sized photographs, white background, and 2 slightly bigger sized photographs for visa purposes. that would be on 29 july (tuesday).the hajj intensive course is on 6 & 7 Aug at the masjid negara. we still haven't received any letter that we're going, but this is a step nearer

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more najwan speak.smajid! smajid kistal!spater.spatik.speto peto.translation.masjid! masjid kristal!plaster.plastik.sos tomato.amjad used to have problems with his s at this age too, of a slightly different kind.e.g. scooter -- cooster

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no kids post.but just grumblings. sure, I'm happy to have pen drives, I can fit in lots of files in one drive, and since it's physically small, I can put a few of the min my handbag with no noticeable effect.and there-in lies the problem.ok, which drive is it in? this one? hmmm no, this one then, hmm no... oh shoot, it's in another pen drive which is in my office. ok class, you guys just hold on

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when the others take their wudhu', he insists on taking his wudhu' too. actually, sometimes he just does it on his own. when we hear the stool being dragged to the sink, that's najwan taking his wudhu.' he does the whole thing -- face, hands, hair, ears, legs except tertib :). his solat will depend on his mood. if he feels like following others for the whole 3 or 4 rakaat, he'll do the whole

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after getting the invite every year, this year our calendars matched enough to make the track to suri's home in melaka for some durian binge. not exactly a binge, a binge was when we were small and had load of durians at home every day, but i digress....anyway, for some nice pix, courtesy of kamaruld, go to http://flickr.com/photos/ks08 and click the durian fest @ suri.

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the craze is b-daman. (google it and you get the idea)everybody except nia and najwan has it.what is it? main guli. main guli! what happened to the plain old using your hands to shoot marbles? no, no, you have to buy b-daman (RM8-RM20+, take you pick) spend hours assemblying it (ok, can live with that, eye-hand coordination and all that stuff), and then drive ibu crazy with all the marbles going

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went out to the kitchen, and najwan was smiling ever so proudly. uh-oh. there he was, with his hands in the milo jar, making his own milo. and no, thank you, i can do it myself. and oh ibu, i'm done making the milo, please clean up. (yes, he actually said as he was carrying his cup inside -- ibu kesat ya)

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kak ngah and najwan can bring the house down.kak ngah knows very well which button to push with ajen that the cry "kak ngah buat!!" is like a mantra for najwan. it has to be, when even when kak ngah is miles away, anything that makes him cry is because "kak ngah buat!!" yesterday, najwan must have felt a bit uncomfortable when he woke up, he started to cry, and then suddenly burst out "kak ngah

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chex mix, coco crunch, cookie crisp, waffle crisp, you name it, anything but the plain old corn flakes for the kids (which only ibu and mummy seem to eat).and this morning, while waiting to go to school, amjad reminded me to buy more corn flakes coz we have ran out of them. I was like '?' since when have you been eating corn flakes. he said, 'sedap bu, masa nak gi sekolah abang makan sambil

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he's begging for one, should he get it?BTW, his teeth still aren't out yet.

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hmmm... seems like najwan with his car obsession with two posts in a row on cars.but i'm just glad papa's car is finally back home. it's been at the garage long enough -- a 2-week job (we then budgeted for 3 weeks) actually took 5 looong weeks.gas price aside (oh yeah, now we are going to feel it!), our work needs are such that having 1 car is a pain. we were away the first week, so that was fine

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Mummy and Abah have a new car. Well, it's been 2+ weeks now. a purple persona, which Najwan is in love with :).We were on our way back after picking up Papa from the train station. Suddenly he chimed in "persona best."Papa: which is better -- citra or persona?Najwan: persona.Papa: (jokingly) oh? then you don't ride the citra.Najwan: persona best.oh well :). And don't think he's not old enough to

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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.'

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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

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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.

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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!!!

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najwan has very sharp ears. no matter which house he is in, if somebody opens the door of the other house, he will rush to open the door to see who is going out so that he could tag along.abah nak go surau? nak ikut!papa nak go petronas? nak ikut!mummy nak go carrefour? nak ikut?ibu nak go where? nak ikut!or else he's other reason for checking out the door opening is so that he can go rush

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azraf has had his bottom tooth loose and the permanent one peeking up since early april. we went to the dentist who said the milk teeth should be much looser in a month's time as the permanent one moved to the front.6 weeks already (from the time we went to the dentist, the new tooth has been out for about 2 months now, and we are not seeing much progress. so auntie dentist, what's the verdict?

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amjad and syazmi have been on friendster and gmail for a few months now. not that they are that active, in fact, they think all those friendster emails in their inbox are a bit too much (that requires reading!!!). syakira also has an email.the challenge was for them to have their own blog running but no one has really put a serious effort on meeting mummy's challenge.anyway, so azraf *really*

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najwan has learned the given names of the family members pretty well. abang nama... N: amjadkak ngah nama... N: niaabang de nama ... N: azraf (with the z and r blended together -- can't do it myself, only a 3 y.o. can I guess!) of course he still tends to say 'abang le'papa nama ... N: zikak de nama ... N: syakiraangah nama ...N: syamikakak nama ... N: sahrim (or bella! depending on his

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that's the sound of ibu getting pulled down to earth by her kids!I'm small-sized, and keep getting this sort of remark 'oh wow, you don't look like you have 4 kids.'but the kids keep me rooted on the ground (if not thoroughly nailed)!last night, najwan sat on my lap and then suddenly patted my tummy (bulging as it was after my dinner).mummy asked him: what's in there?another 3 y.o. would answer '

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we have got to take azraf to the dentist soon.two weeks ago, he so excitedly showed us his two front teeth (lower jaw) were slightly loose. ok, so it was just very slightly loose but it was exciting for him, sufeeya has already lost hers.last friday, I wanted to check how loose it was getting, anddiscovered the permanent teeth were already showing! Alamak! time to go to a dentist. of course uda

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pinggan is amjad's name for his pet parakeet.so azraf wanted to name his 'mangkuk' but amjad objected.the pair of parakeets are now officially Pinggan and T-rex.they have a big cage for themselves.hania doesn't want a bird, she's aiming for a rabbit (!).last week, Najwan and me had this conversation while we were watching the birds.Najwan: tu abang nye, tu a 'le (abang de) nye.Me: Adik nye mana?

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that's najwan's word for bicycle.and today, he is one happy boy for he now has his own bona fide big boy "bebikel."no more 'cruising' around with the others' bicycles. he cruises around holding the handles and walks or runs with the bicycle, as the bikes have no more training wheel.so today, after a few times 'intai-intai' at a few shops, papa got Najwan his bicycle.no nap today, as he is having

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tonight, after their session with mummy, amjad hania and azraf had a drawing session with papa. here is azraf's drawing. title: autobot (read -- transformers)and the top one is hania's. untitled. the orientation is wrong, so crink that neck a bit, ibu isn't up to doing more editing tonight.

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azraf is having his ihtifal this saturday.he's been practising hard, he has to do hafazan. the first time he was given alhumazah. but he kept forgetting the name of the surah and also the beginning, and he kept asking the teachers "teacher, I want to change surah." and I think he just blanked out on this since it was actually given after an "audition." so now he has an-nashrah. which he is also

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is not so little anymore....najwan is just growing by leaps and bounds. last night, as syakira, amjad and hania were playing batu seremban (five stones), he thought his kak ngah was cheating, and he chanted out "ayooo, kak ngah dosa!" he's getting bits and pieces of the alfatihah. he'll recite that when he is praying (ajen's style), and if you listen closely, there are legible phrases here and

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Azraf has been pestering us for pets. Rabbits, birds, hamsters, you name it. And when we went last raya break to KB, he was playing with tok ayah's baby goats and wanted to bring one home with us.The pictures spoke for themselves.

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what is it with boys and cars?hania couldn't tell a kancil from a kenari, and like she even wants to, but najwan will go 'perdana!' 'citra' 'lisa' 'keta abah' 'ami' when he sees the respective makes of the car.sure it's currently limited to cars he often sees family members drive, but then he is only a tad under 2 1/2 year old. I didn't even realize someone in the first block of 1/5 has an

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the first day of ramadan, all the kids woke up for sahur. azraf and najwan -- not by design obviously, but they woke up. alhamdulillah, they didn't get up the following days.hania woke up pretty perky for the first two days. that was good. and then she had a difficult time with sahur. with eyes still shut while sitting, papa had to feed her. but at least it wasn't taking her an hour to finish her

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the other night, Papa brought the mail in and handed a few to Najwan, telling him "give to mummy." Najwan went "tak nak." Papa repeated the request, Najwan went slightly farther away from Papa and said, "An De."oh yeah, this boy will give us a merry time.the little pond in the house is now practically storage space after being dry for so long. when there was water in it najwan would go in. so

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alhamdulillah, ramadan is here again.amjad still has difficulties waking up for sahur. he'll wake up easily, but he'll be moody for the whole meal and will go right back to sleep afterwards. the plan to study after sahur? at least for these past two days, that remained a plan.hania surprised us by being very okay during sahur. but yesterday, the first day, dia realy kebelai. but she didn't want

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so someone complained I haven't updated the blog in ages (probably the only other person who reads this blog :)).life is simply, thankfully, busy.work-wise, I think everyone is trying to get things in before Ramadhan. Home-wise, the kids had more break than necessary. After the 1-week school break, it was the Merdeka celebration week, so no real classes then, and we took Thursday off to go back

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so there were a few times papa and ibu came home together.and now when ibu gets home, najwan -- who invariably is the one opening the door -- sees ibu and promptly says 'papa?' and looks beyond ibu for papa.hello????

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this was so not expected.but sahrim's family called and asked her to go home, her mom's condition had worsened to the point she wasn't taking in anything anymore. this was saturday during maghrib.so called mama, after she checked there was a flight to lombok everyday, we all went over to bangi. drove at 4am to the airport and got her on standby, the flight was fully booked, the officer said we'd

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I had a call at almost 3. Syazmi asked, 'abang ada call ibu?' I said no. Syazmi: angah cakap ni ibu jangan panik tau.Ibu: Kenapa?Syazmi: abang kena langgar kereta.seram sejuk, tersirap darah. more details.they were on the way to mengaji. syazmi went the long route, amjad took their usual short cut. that was when he got hit.not quite sure of the details here. but the short of it, the person came

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actually, the right question to ask is "do we need a bed?" and the resounding answer seems to be "not at all."went to say good-night to the kids and lead their doa going to sleep, they were all huddled on a comforter on the floor, nobody wants to be on the big bed by themselves. the bed doesn't quite get the same blast of the air-cond.oh well.

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it used to be: aa, ee, oo (1, 2, 3 --the sounds were really unrecognizable, it was the tone of the voice and the context).then he got so much better. it would go like this.ibu (or others): onenajwan: twoibu: threenajwan: fouribu: fivenajwan: sixibu: sevennajwan: eightibu: ninenajwan: (pause) TEN!but only when he felt like it, sometimes he'd just pretend not to hear us.and then this week, he got

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since he's having so much fun in front of me right now.the phone in the tv rang, and he goes, "hello."abang is doing his science. and now he's asking najwan to show parts of the body, with najwan faithfully repeating the words.he is also such an echoer. he usually echoes the last two words we say, whether we are talking to him or not.mata -- kelip mata; nose -- point to nose; ear -- point to nose

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The big day is two days away, if you don't count Saturday itself.Ibu usually goes shopping before giving birth since during confinement you can't go anywhere, so it's only fair the boys get to do a little shopping before their post-khatan 'confinement.' :)So we went to Jusco for the boys to get a game to keep them occupied, since according to Amjad, they really wouldn't be able to sit in front of

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Insya-Allah, if all goes well, the boys will finally get their hearts' desire to be circumsized.Sounds weird to look forward to something that scares other boys but I think having had it postponed time and again, they're thinking -- finally!Hopefully, they'll be okay with it. I am clueless what post-khatan caring entails, and after asking around, I think I'd prefer to remain clueless! It will be

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it started with Amjad getting mumps three weeks ago.then when we got back from KB, Amjad was okay, but not the others.We got here on thursday. Najwan started running a bit of a temperature Friday. Friday night Najwan and Azraf were tossing about.Saturday morning we took them to the clinic. Saturday afternoon Hania started running a temperature so we took her later that afternoon. The dr was like

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last night, we sent their kakak sahrim to mama's house. she left for a months' break back to lombok.so our adventures begin.the kids, all except for najwan, are independent enough. and there's mak ngah, so we're not like totally in a bad shape.but there's still one week of class to get through, and mummy has 2 projects, and papa's leaving for india for a few days in april (that china trip had

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this morning, amjad proudly told me, "i can now tie up my shoe lace."amjad is 10.how times change. when we were in school, of course one of the most important things we have to learn before going to standard 1 was how to tie up our shoe laces. the teachers were not going to tie up our shoe laces for us if we didn't know how. those who had that pre-velcro type of shoes then were the 'rich'

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= the monkey???this may sound bad, but najwan is such a monkey boy at times! Such a cheeky monkey boy that he's getting away with everything!everything like eating only the middle of the cucumber and then offering the outer ring to others.... like drawing his hand and legs with whatever writing utensils he manages to get his hands on.... like climbing up the stool and the breakfast table while

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najwan has gotten a new habit this past two weeks.at around 4 am, he'll wake up, and presumably looks around and finds that only his siblings are in the room, and starts bawling.the first few times, it was usually hania who would wake up and bring her brother to our room. if the door's locked, you can hear her knocking and saying -- adik najwan kat luar ni. as if we wouldn't know since he would

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najwan had the sniffles last week.azraf caught it this week and some. he had the high temperature and also the cough. hmmm... well, it has been some time since he last saw his dr aminah. so he's been out of school this week. but he'll probably be well enough to go on the school trip to the national library this friday :).najwan still has the sniffles, but alhamdulillah, that didn't seem to bother

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recent phone conversation with 2005 babies.syameelsyameel: lome: hello, syameel.syameel: [silence]me: panggil mama.syameel: lo.najwanme: helloabang/kak ngah/kak de etc: ibu, tunggu kejap ya, adik nak cakap.me: oknajwan: HELLOme: hi sweetie.najwan: dah. [hang-up]

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Syira registered into SBPI Gombak yesterday. It's close enough for weekly visits (even our drive to work takes much much longer!), but still, an asrama penuh is an asrama penuh. But the parents and the girl seem pretty happy, after all, she so wanted to go to boarding school. But it's only another 10 days before the school holidays so it shouldn't be too bad. She didn't call home last night so I

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Happy birthday abang de!our valentine baby turned 5.weeks before his birthday, he's been trying to decide what the perfect birthday present for him would be. one day it was a bicycle. then it was a skateboard -- especially after amjad got one for his birthday. then a remote control car. then a scooter. etc etc. some days he tried to cajole us into buying him all of those!we still haven't bought

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'k', 'n' tee'that's najwan counting 'one, two, three'not sure where those 'k' and 'n' sounds come from but we realised he was counting when Amjad and Najwan were playing pass the ball over the weekend, and he would 'count' before passing the ball to Amjad, with the intonation as we would count 123.when I took him and Amjad to UM, we had to negotiate all these steps, and he started counting

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Hania and Azraf went with Papa for a project visit with RSP from Feb 1-Feb 3. Amjad opted to stay home so he could do the rentas desa. So we had two kids each.Thursday late afternoon, Amjad was already restless, 'boringlah ibu.' At bedtime, he became wistful thinking of his two siblings. No pushing around and squeezing around trying to jostle for sleeping space! And like telepathy, they chose to

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najwan climbs everywhere.he's now able to climb up the stools in the kitchen, and then up to the sewing table --argh!he was climbing at the *outer* edges of the staircase.he tried to climb up the chest of drawers, and we were all lucky it didn't fall on top of him. the moment it started teetering, he was off like a shot.he climbs up the magazine rack to play with stuff on mummy's side console.he

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just a short one.najwan's vocab has grown bigger.this week, his new word is 'upstairs', so of course azraf felt challenged and he also went around saying upstairs, lest people think only his little brothers knows english :).najwan's favourite face noun is still 'nose.' okay, so that's really his only face noun, he just refused to learn the names of the other facial features. anyway, he'd go 'nose

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Alhamdulillah, after hours of labour, Mama gave birth to another baby girl at 6:35 pm yesterday. She looked so tiny last night, hard to imagine Najwan came out the same weight! She seems to look like syameel but it's still too early to tell.Mama is still keeping the name a secret. Oh, the day before, the preparation for the baby included trading in their kelisa for an odyssey -- lucky girl :).

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Alhamdulillah, Ramadan is here again.This is Hania's first time trying. We sort of took it for granted that the older ones would have no problem but it seemed that the first day was harder on the boys than on her.Syazmi was struggling to continue fasting, Mummy had to give him his evening bath. Amjad was so tired, nak solat pun letih, nak mandi pun letih but of course he still had to do all that,

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A few weeks back, when mama was warded for 2 nights, we had all 10 kids at the same time. But alhamdulillah for the two maids, so the moms and dads can still maintain our sanity!the first day, I came home a bit early thinking that another extra pair of adult hands would be needed. and this was what greeted me when I opened the door.all 9 kids out, even the older ones who usually doesn't tkae naps

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Azraf has had two dry nights in a row!WOW!!!And it was all not pre-planned. Since his 4 1/2 already, the idea of night-time training has been somewhere on the horizon but we haven't really started anything concrete yet, after Amjad, I figured our boys would have a harder time with this night-time training so we weren't going to push it yet.Then two nights ago, we all fell asleep without putting

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tak serik-serik....but this time around there were as many adults as there were kids.we went to the mcD behind ampang point, didn't know there was quite a big eating area at the back there. we wentto the mamak's place.highlights: there were five or so mini bikes on display, and azraf and najwan got to sit on them. no surprise that azraf was doing his F1 sound effect, but najwan was also doing the

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last friday, we all went out for pizza. it was supposed to be 10 kids and 7 adults. but uda got stuck at kl central as the lrt was down (again!), so mummy and abah went to pick her up, after depositing the 5 girls that were with them.but it was really not bad. The kids were generally well-behaved, more intent on eating than anything else, and boy, did they eat. We ordered two sets of the family

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I really need to remember I have a blog :).the second lesson of taekwando, we came early. so the kids went through the whole warm-up routine. the stretching went fine, etc etc and then they had to run around the place 5 times (at least!) poor azraf. he kept up, but as soon as they finished that routine, he came out of class, ran to me, and said he was tired. I would think so! and then he refused

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As of 4 August, Azraf is now officially registered in the tae kwan do club. I think there's someone else his age, unless she's just small for a 4 y.o.He has been so eager to enrol. This guy would be TKD'ing by himself at home, following the moves he saw when watching the older ones in their TKD class. We were thinking July but July just rolled through and we just waited for August.So I had him

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did you know that if you rub your arms together, your arms will smell very stinky?hania was doing this, and then Grandma said "nanti bau busuk, macam tahi ayam," and hania smiled and nodded, indicating that was her intention anyway.that got everybody else's attention. so Syakira and Amjad and Hania and even Grandma were rubbing away and going 'ewwww' and then going hysterical. Poor Syazmi was

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sarah is now back from UK for a bit while waiting for her new sibling to arrive. And since her Mommy will be working here in the meantime, the older kids will get to dote on Sarah for a bit.she was already getting along fine with the rest. interesting to note that the older ones speak to her in english -- yes, they can when they choose to!!! sarah brings back her baby doll with her, and the older

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Najwan is due for his 15 month check-up and immunisation but since he's havign a cold, that will have to wait a bit.He's been able to go up the stairs on his own like in the pic, but lately, he wants to go up the way big kids do -- by standing upright and holding on to the railing!!! agh!!!some of his current schemas.see an open door --> close the door. doesn't matter if there is someone at the

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we couldn't stem the tide, so here goes.....world cup, what else. when even najwan at 14 months has a ball as one of his favourite toys and you know he's up in the morning when you hear him going "dooool," you know you can't turn your house into a football-free zone :).amjad's team holland is now out of the game. azraf's and along's italia is still in. so is syazmi's argentina.amjad has been

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