How long would I last

Many, many things happened, all in the month of Dec 2009-Jan 2010.

1. We had to decide within one week in end Dec 2009 to open up our first Royals outlet;

2. I received my promotion, but missed the tea ceremony;

3. Pa is going through at this very moment, end Jan-early Feb, his final reservist cycle;

4. We had to rush the opening of the company account before 1 Feb 2010, bearing in mind Pa was not around to sign documents for the account set-up;

5. I had a Lean Management workshop for an entire week, rushing every lunch hour, every day to fetch Riyan home from school since Pa was on reservist;

6. Me juggling between work, home and running the set-up of the outlet by myself.

Alhamdulillah, I manage to pull through these events that come hitting me right in the face.

Why can't we watch 'kissing' on TV

I do not allow my kids to watch kissing scenes on TV..At least not at their age. I don't want them to get all excited about relationships now, what more with the influence of TV.
They were watching some Disney telemovie and there was a kissing scene. Nurul was simply watching the scene. I told her to look away and cover her eyes. She did. And asked me why she couldn't watch such scenes. I told her, not yet. Not at her age. Then Riyan interrupted:

"We cannot watch kissing on TV, right ma? Cos got saliva. It's YUCK!"

Alhamdulillah...

Things have been going pretty well for all of us now.

Nurul has just been appointed a Maths leader for her table or group. That's a good start to leadership. Do it well, baby elephant! yes... i call her baby elephant when she was a baby... cos she was... f.a.t.! eheheheh she doesn't like me calling her fat! Being a Maths leader is a small step, but it's a STEP.

I've just got some good news from work... :)

Happy Nurul

Nurul is always happy each time i see her off at school. She just loves school so much. She's excited about everything in school. That's excellent!

ok, tomorrow i'd need to see Cikgu Fareeeezzzz about her missing Malay text book. She handed it to him on the first week of school and now she said she was textbook-less during Malay class earlier today and he told her to share with her friend. Ekhs? what the h#@!

Riyan's first day episode

Riyan also started his first day of school yesterday. Like always, he didn't want to wake up for school. Same 'ol Riyan. The lure? To allow him to bring his toy car to school to play with Helmi.

He is feeling all grown up too. Cos his teachers and Mudarissahs reminded his class that they are in Kinder 1 and no longer in Explorer or Challenger. Plus, his new class is on the second floor. Of course, he is elated! It's going up the stairs! Going up the stairs means you are THE big boys and girls of the school.

Her first day of school

ok, this is gonna be pretty long entry...

It was a good start to the morning... rained a bit, rahmat Allah. But the traffic came to a standstill at the junction of the school as many parents dropped off their children at the sheltered foyer.

Nurul started her P1 this morning in Egdefield Primary School. I'm glad that she's in the morning session... her school is a single session school. I was not allowed further into the school premises. Parents are only allowed to be with their children during recess. So i thought... But noooooo.... They barricaded the canteen. Parents could only see their children from afar. Like a circus! arrrggghhhhh...!!!! shucks!

Anyway, like all schools, they have the buddy system, P1 and P5. Girls are usually paired with girls and likewise for the boys. They also paired students according to their faith so that they would learn to buy from the correct stall. And too bad, just tooooooo bad that Nurul is the only girl who has a boy buddy! Because the P5 class attending to her class has only 2 Muslims. So it was a blind, very boring, first date. And i wonder if this boy has close friends he hangs out with during recess. He didn't seem to mingle with anyone. And so, lunch was pretty quiet. I was like a vulture watching over them two. Any wrong move from the boy and i'm gonna hit his head! hahahahah nah, just kidding... it was just to make sure she ate. And we (me and Pa) could see that the boy kept asking if she was done. Finally she gave up and said yes, with her mouth full to return the dirty plate to the basin. Then she sat on the bench near the boy as he spoke to his friends who seemed to be laughing at him. She looked damn bored.

Of course, being me, i just, juuuuuuust had to raise this to the police teachers who were patrolling the canteen ensuring peace and ultimate order in the canteen hehehe..!

I was frantically waving at the teacher to get his attention.
me: errmm... just wondering... why is my daughter paired up with a boy?! Just look at her... she seemed so bored and quiet.
pa: ya, what if she needs to go toilet during recess?
not-a-bad-looking teacher: oh, ok, i'll go check...
(oh, he'd better check or i'd go up one level...)

He did just that and that was how i found out on the pairing system. Thanks, Cher!

Now, come the funny bit... Buddies are to be like glue. Like 3M tape. And my daughter did just as instructed. After recess, all assembled at this space they call the 'Quadrangle'. P1 classes in front, P5 at the back. I was standing behind her class' row. He brought her to her queue and told her to sit. He left to join his class at the back. Nurul saw him 'left' her and she dutifully got up, out of her class queue to join him at the P5 rows! ahahahahahah when i saw her, i quickly ran to her to get her back to join her class. I told her that he's only his buddy during recess.

*sigh* i think the boy must be thinking :'eh, ape nie... rimas lah... asyik ikut aje.' ahahahahahah

Nurul had so much fun on her first day. She really enjoyed her school and the bus ride home too. Makes her feel like she's all grown up taking bus without us. As she queued up for her bus, she kept telling Riyan, who was there after his school, that she was taking a bus home and that he could join her when he's in P1.

What's in store tomorrow? I dunno... but whatever it is, she'd definitely enjoy her day.

Watch out Gabriel, here comes Nurul...

Her first violin - a Sarasate 1/8. A name synonym to her best friend's.

Nurul's class at Sonare started today at 11.30am. It's something that she has always wanted to learn to play. She has a wonderful violin teacher, Ms Joanna Chiew, whom by the way commented that Nurul is a good student and learns fast. Not bad for someone who has completely no musical background.

Nurul played us what she learnt in school today. It sounded awesome!!! Good job, sweetheart!