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 thing. sometimes he'll just do one, sit for his tahiyat and gives the salam and 'dah, adik solat dah.' sometimes he'll pray on his own.
mummy has 'banned' him from solat jemaah @ #43 coz the kids all burst out laughing.
he's getting much better though. abah likes to take him to the surau.
last night, he decided to say his isya'. he was only wearing his pajama top and diaper.
kak ngah: eee, tak tutup aurat.
najwan: ha-ah, solat kena tutup aurat kan.
and he proceeded to do his solat :).
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
durian, durian, durian
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.
anyway, for some nice pix, courtesy of kamaruld, go to http://flickr.com/photos/ks08 and click the durian fest @ suri.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
marbles -- version 20098
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 around.
too bad if you plan to play congkak, not enough marbles courtesy of b-daman.
pokemon? what pokemon? cool kids today know all the name of b-daman. and yes, the two older boys are proud to be one of those cool kids.
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 around.
too bad if you plan to play congkak, not enough marbles courtesy of b-daman.
pokemon? what pokemon? cool kids today know all the name of b-daman. and yes, the two older boys are proud to be one of those cool kids.
Monday, July 07, 2008
mix it yourself
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)
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)
Thursday, July 03, 2008
jen and nia
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 buat!!" yeah right, kak ngah is fast asleep in the sofa downstairs.
but today hania came home from school with a temperature. so she was feeling down, and just sitting there on the sofa. and najwan came over and offered her his truck to play with (big sacrifice there). and since kak ngah was feeling too down to take up his offer, he played the truck at her side to keep her entertained. and he was solicitious, quick to get her the comforter when she complained of feeling cold.
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 buat!!" yeah right, kak ngah is fast asleep in the sofa downstairs.
but today hania came home from school with a temperature. so she was feeling down, and just sitting there on the sofa. and najwan came over and offered her his truck to play with (big sacrifice there). and since kak ngah was feeling too down to take up his offer, he played the truck at her side to keep her entertained. and he was solicitious, quick to get her the comforter when she complained of feeling cold.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
cereal choice
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 tengok tv, letak gula sikit, sedap.' (it's nice ibu, i eat while watching tv before i go to school, put some sugar in it, nice.')
should i say i told you so? hmmm... i think I'll just settle with the rest of them losing interest in the other cereals and going for the plain corn flakes again, much better on the pocket!
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 tengok tv, letak gula sikit, sedap.' (it's nice ibu, i eat while watching tv before i go to school, put some sugar in it, nice.')
should i say i told you so? hmmm... i think I'll just settle with the rest of them losing interest in the other cereals and going for the plain corn flakes again, much better on the pocket!
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Our car is back!
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, it was actually why we sent the car in then anyway.
second week, it was still school holidays. but I had to be in Port Dickson and then Melaka, no choice but to take the car and papa had to fend for himself. later half of the week we went to work together, picked him up later at the lrt station. and gas price went up then.
third, fourth week, school began, and we practicum supervision resumed too. we were supposed to have the car back by then but it still wasn't done. so me the driver, sent papa to work, went around for supervision, went back to um, went back early to pick up nia on certain days, then later went to pick up papa from the station. i don't think we actually saved on gas price through this forced car-pooling, only that my pocket was okay as papa was filling in the gas for the citra :).
fifth week, no supervision, just a coordination of car use, which was also a headache as papa needed the car to go for meetings. once papa went on the train and had to wait out 7 trains before getting into one but it was still packed like sardine. after the gas price hike, more people went on the train, it seemed.
and today, the car is finally done, alhamdulillah. he's not 100% satisfied, but it will have to do, our work-day schedules just don't match well. yes, we'll car-pool now and then, the time together in the car is always nice, but when you're left with only 1 car to work with for an elongated period, we don't do coordination that well I guess :).
it's probably also psychological. I know sometimes out of 4 cars, one car can be at home for many days, but isn't it like murphy's law or something, when you need 3, you have 4, when you need 4 you have 3.
I'm rambling on and on, this is probably the longest post, maybe just trying to find a diversion to the shenanigans of people we call leaders and the media .....
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, it was actually why we sent the car in then anyway.
second week, it was still school holidays. but I had to be in Port Dickson and then Melaka, no choice but to take the car and papa had to fend for himself. later half of the week we went to work together, picked him up later at the lrt station. and gas price went up then.
third, fourth week, school began, and we practicum supervision resumed too. we were supposed to have the car back by then but it still wasn't done. so me the driver, sent papa to work, went around for supervision, went back to um, went back early to pick up nia on certain days, then later went to pick up papa from the station. i don't think we actually saved on gas price through this forced car-pooling, only that my pocket was okay as papa was filling in the gas for the citra :).
fifth week, no supervision, just a coordination of car use, which was also a headache as papa needed the car to go for meetings. once papa went on the train and had to wait out 7 trains before getting into one but it was still packed like sardine. after the gas price hike, more people went on the train, it seemed.
and today, the car is finally done, alhamdulillah. he's not 100% satisfied, but it will have to do, our work-day schedules just don't match well. yes, we'll car-pool now and then, the time together in the car is always nice, but when you're left with only 1 car to work with for an elongated period, we don't do coordination that well I guess :).
it's probably also psychological. I know sometimes out of 4 cars, one car can be at home for many days, but isn't it like murphy's law or something, when you need 3, you have 4, when you need 4 you have 3.
I'm rambling on and on, this is probably the longest post, maybe just trying to find a diversion to the shenanigans of people we call leaders and the media .....
New Car
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 play politics.
e.g.
if asked : papa or abah?
najwan: mmm.... paaa-bah!
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 play politics.
e.g.
if asked : papa or abah?
najwan: mmm.... paaa-bah!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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.
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.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
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 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.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
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!!!
the links are on the blogroll.
will post ibu's take on redang soon.
but basically like theirs too -- wanna go again!!!
Monday, May 19, 2008
nak ikut
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 outside and ride his bicycle.
I get home. Najwan opens the door. Gleefully rushes outside. Every mother's dream to have this warm welcome? Ha ha. He rushes outside and gets on his bicycle and goes the few rounds he can get during the time it takes me to put away my shoes and calls him to come inside with me.
Of course, to be fair, if I get in before he manages to go outside, I do get a big hug and a wet kiss.
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 outside and ride his bicycle.
I get home. Najwan opens the door. Gleefully rushes outside. Every mother's dream to have this warm welcome? Ha ha. He rushes outside and gets on his bicycle and goes the few rounds he can get during the time it takes me to put away my shoes and calls him to come inside with me.
Of course, to be fair, if I get in before he manages to go outside, I do get a big hug and a wet kiss.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
tooth still there
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? been composing in my head the post on his first tooth out for some time now.
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? been composing in my head the post on his first tooth out for some time now.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
kidz on line
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* wants his own email. not sure what a 6 y.o. would really use it for, but he was really persuasive, or let's just say he was very persistent in his bugging me for one :).
so last night we set one up for him. and he has sent his own email to papa, and today to uda. one-liners as he's figuring out the spelling and also key-board lay-out at the same time, so it was tiring for both him and me! he has learned to log in by himself, then of course we have to guide him after that.
so now all kids but najwan have emails.
azraf actually wanted a friendster account, he was like 'where are all the pictures?' but he's happy just having a little piece of the online action to call his own for the time being. besides, ibu has a bit too much on hand right now to help him with a friendster account. maybe in a couple of years' time after I've figured out facebook and those social utility sites work :).
http://www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm
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* wants his own email. not sure what a 6 y.o. would really use it for, but he was really persuasive, or let's just say he was very persistent in his bugging me for one :).
so last night we set one up for him. and he has sent his own email to papa, and today to uda. one-liners as he's figuring out the spelling and also key-board lay-out at the same time, so it was tiring for both him and me! he has learned to log in by himself, then of course we have to guide him after that.
so now all kids but najwan have emails.
azraf actually wanted a friendster account, he was like 'where are all the pictures?' but he's happy just having a little piece of the online action to call his own for the time being. besides, ibu has a bit too much on hand right now to help him with a friendster account. maybe in a couple of years' time after I've figured out facebook and those social utility sites work :).
http://www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm
Friday, April 25, 2008
"nama sapa"
najwan has learned the given names of the family members pretty well.
abang nama... N: amjad
kak ngah nama... N: nia
abang 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: zi
kak de nama ... N: syakira
angah nama ...N: syami
kakak nama ... N: sahrim (or bella! depending on his cheeki-meter!)
abah nama ... N: encik (!)
along nama ... N: syira
he has problems keeping these names straight though
mummy nama... N: Tihana
ibu nama ... N: Lihani (or vice versa)
abang nama... N: amjad
kak ngah nama... N: nia
abang 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: zi
kak de nama ... N: syakira
angah nama ...N: syami
kakak nama ... N: sahrim (or bella! depending on his cheeki-meter!)
abah nama ... N: encik (!)
along nama ... N: syira
he has problems keeping these names straight though
mummy nama... N: Tihana
ibu nama ... N: Lihani (or vice versa)
Monday, April 14, 2008
fat? moi?
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 'a baby' but nooo, this one promptly said "fat!" --- agh!!!!
half an hour later, as I was sitting on the sofa with the kids surrounding me, amjad
suddenly piped in "ibu, I think you have to start exercising" while looking pointedly at my tummy. out of the blue.
aghh!!! aghh!!!
it doesn't help that I'm finally starting to do some sit-ups lately.
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 'a baby' but nooo, this one promptly said "fat!" --- agh!!!!
half an hour later, as I was sitting on the sofa with the kids surrounding me, amjad
suddenly piped in "ibu, I think you have to start exercising" while looking pointedly at my tummy. out of the blue.
aghh!!! aghh!!!
it doesn't help that I'm finally starting to do some sit-ups lately.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
teeth coming out
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 still is not back yet. Hania developed this phobia of dentist after her first visit (which went okay by all accounts but she's now one screaming girl when it's time to go).
so we're waiting til this friday night or saturday morning. I'm not sure why, but papa wants to be available for azraf just in case (of what?) so we have to wait til the weekend.
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 still is not back yet. Hania developed this phobia of dentist after her first visit (which went okay by all accounts but she's now one screaming girl when it's time to go).
so we're waiting til this friday night or saturday morning. I'm not sure why, but papa wants to be available for azraf just in case (of what?) so we have to wait til the weekend.
pinggan mangkuk
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? Where's yours?
and a small bird (burung pipit) happened to fly and land on the cage.
Najwan: Tu adik nye!
Me: oh, ok, adik nye nama apa?
Najwan: Cawan!
Gotta give it to the boy :).
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? Where's yours?
and a small bird (burung pipit) happened to fly and land on the cage.
Najwan: Tu adik nye!
Me: oh, ok, adik nye nama apa?
Najwan: Cawan!
Gotta give it to the boy :).
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