"Apa adik cakap," Pt. 4

A continuation of "Apa adik cakap"... Part 4

Introduction: This sequel is about the progress that adik is making in developing her communication skill. Currently, adik has expand her vocabulary by picking up words from her surrounding. Now is the phase that mama n babah have to be more careful with words, try to avoid saying bad words (especially babah, he likes to use bad words when he is angry with something, usually when he is loosing in the PS's game that he was playing). Adik can now convey her needs more clearly. If she can't explain or say what she wants properly, getting a question mark face from me, she would simply say, "tuu...tuu.. (itu)..." and then grab my hand and take me to the location of that wanted thing. She recently can argue on certain things. Check out these two scenarios:

Scene 1: Adik is playing PS with her beloved sistah. One thing for sure is, it's difficult to ask adik to stop playing the game, she will without fail make a tantrum by crying out loud and screaming and insists that I carry her around for the rest of the day. Adoiyaaaaa.... bergayut aje la nanti....But one day, she was a little bit smart... As usually adik n kakak were playing PS in their room, while babah was playing with his PS at the living room.

Babah: Adik...sudah la tu...dah lame dah...
Adik: OK... (but she kept on playing)
Babah: Kakak...dah tu, stop please!!
Kakak: OK babah...
Adik: Noooooooo!!!
Kakak: Dah la adik....
Adik: Nooooooooo!! Adik nak main game....
Kakak: Sudah!!!
Babah: Dah tu adik...esok boleh main lagi
Adik: (she started a tantrum by screaming and crying) Noooooooo!!!

Then adik got up, and ran out of the room to the living room.... she stopped at the hall that separate the living room from the bedrooms... then she said..

Adik: Tengok tu, babah main lagi!!!

Then she ran back to the room and continue playing.... hhahahahahhha.... apo den nak kato... layor buruk anak den sorang nih....

Moral for us: Please set a good example to the kids. Susah kalau ada loyar buruk dlm family nih!!

Scene 2: Kakak has always been the princess in the family. This is because she likes feminine, girly things, such as dolls, children makeup and jewellery things, etc. Adik on the other hand was a bit agressive, favors boy's things like trains and cars, until recently when she showed her interest on her kakak's barbie dolls. So both of them are now regularly fighting over the dolls almost everyday. So one day, kakak was getting tired of not letting adik buat ghete of her barbie dolls. Kakak nie pun satu, one thing about her is she doesn't like sharing her things with adik, until I persuaded her. It so happened that kakak has 2 barbie dolls, one she willingly gave to adik, sebab apa tau, sebab dah buruk sikit...aiyoh.... Dah buruk, of coz la adik nak yang cantik kan... (as I am writing this, they are fighting over the barbies again)...this is a dialogue between kakak n adik fighting over a barbie once upon a day.

Kakak: bak la adik.........
Adik: (making "i-couldn't-care-less" face)
Kakak: bagi laaaa!! (kakak is getting agrier)
Me: (adeh budak2 nie gaduh pulak...den nak menulis nih!!)

I then turned around and face both of them.

Me: Apa kakak...
Kakak: adik nie laaa...ambil barbie orang...barbie dia ada, tak nak main...
Me: Ala...barbie aje...main la benda lain..
Kakak: Kakak nak barbie kakak....
Me: Adik...barbie adik mana?
Adik: Ada...
Me: Mana?
Adik: lam bilik....(sambil buat tak tau)
Me: gi la ambil barbie adik, bagi kakak balik barbie dia
Adik: OK... tapi adik nak main barbie kakak...
Kakak: (masam mencuka)
Me: (buat tak tau aje laaa)

Adik nie bukan ape, suka sangat sakat kakaknye. Tapi bila dia dah tengok kakak dia tarik muka 14, baru la dia bagi...hahahhahahah...dia tak kisah pun pasal barbie tu, she just wants her sister attention yo....

Next week the school reopen, sunyi balik la adik kat rumah nanti....

Adik smelling a Jasmine

yours truly,

Ramadhan Day 21: Two pony tails

Today is the 21st day of Ramadhan. Alhamdullillah, it is getting warmer by day, but I have yet to decide on the washing and changing the bedspread, duvet covers and warmers, and put away the heater, afraid that the chilly wind will blow again.

But one thing for sure, as the noon passes, I will get sleepy. Yawning frequently, almost everyday. Dugaan dugaan. Blog writing is one remedy that could make me stay awake, or if I can no longer sustain from being awake, I will go to TV3 website and watch what ever available online that interest me. Like today, I just downloaded and watched a few episodes of Masam Manis Ramadhan. I knew about this drama from kty, thanks kty for recommending (indirectly because I knew about it from her blog). Best-best...

OK... Today I want to write about adik. Adik used to have wavy hair when she was small, but her hair is now more straighter and longer. I can now tie up her hair. But adik doesn't like the idea of her hair being pull together to a pony tail, or two or even in a tight bun. Well, she only allows me to tie her hair up into a tight bun when I bathe her, because she doesn't like her hair gets wet, as long as you will untie it immediately after that. Everyday, I will persuade her to allow me to tie her hair, nampak kemas sikit. An everytime she will turned down my offer. But yesterday, out of ordinary she agreed to my offer. She even requested two pony tails (am not sure if this is the correct word for ikat dua). Excited I was, after getting her hair done as she requested, I then took some pictures of her.

Taken outside our apartment, that pink and purple flowers are not blooming.

Today, she didn't want me to tie her hair, again. hmmm....

Ok... till we meet again, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

Ramadhan Day 5: Enthusiasm

Today is the 5th day of Ramadhan. The busy week starts again, need to concentrate more on my writing. Am sooo missing my parents dreadfully, so I need to finish this fast, pronto, rapido.... I can do it!!! I keep chanting this in my heart,"must submit in October, must submit in October, must submit in October". Friends please pray for me ya. Tawakkaltuwallah....

OK, I can't spend a lot of time here, so here a brief. Yaya is at school today, so that leave me with adik at home. Adik as usual la, when nobody else at home except me, she will spend the day watching TV, her fav movie selection or doodling on a piece of paper. Dah lame tak citer pasal adik new words kan. Her recently added to the dictionary is, "Kukumi" haaaa....macam burung cuckoo pulak ye.... What she is trying to say is "excuse me". hahahhahah... nak minta lalu, "kukumi", nak minta attention den jap, "kukumi mama".

So for yesterday iftar, because it was Sunday, so terlebih rajin sikit, I cooked bryani rice, beef kurma and acar darat (Mak' recipe).  Kuih?..hmmm still have leftover donut from a day before yesterday's iftar and cucur udang from the iftar with neighbour makan-makan, so heat them up laa...

Nasi briyani set (Atang's plate)

While Atang had nasi briyani, yaya, adik and me had soto ayam from our neighbour. Thank you neighbour :D.

Soto from neighbour

Weekend masing-masing rajin ke dapur masak macam-macamkan. Weekday, sorry la hehehhe... buka terus makan nasi campur yo, takde kuih-kuih nie :D. If I am lucky, we will have leftover...ahahah punye la malas. Like today, we still have beef kurma from yesterday's iftar, so I think I will cook sambal ikan bilis as add on.

Oh yes...before I forget, the Bazaar Ramadhan organise by the Malay Student Association of Queensland (Persatuan Pelajar Melayu Queensland, PPMQ) has already started since last Saturday. Same like previous years, the Bazaar opens on Saturday and Sunday, from 3 to 5pm, but the location will be announce each week. Last weekend, the Bazaar operated at Guyatt Park. Hope they will still continue at the park, I think it is most convenience for everybody.  Tak sempat lagi nak pergi, actually, we don't know what to buy yet. Tengok la one day I will go down and take some pictures. OK laaa... till we meet again. Selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

p.s. Welcome to new readers and followers to my humble blog. Thank you for reading bebelan ntahapahapantah of mine nih...hehhehe.. For those who want to link or add my blog to your blog roll, please inform me ya, so that I can add you too. Thanks again, happy reading.

yours truly,

Ramadhan day 1: Chilling wind but fair

It is windy now in Brisbane. I am practically shivering while typing this. But the sun is bright. What a wonderful day to start fasting today. Soon the winter will leave and the blooming season will come and visit us, for the last time.

Today is our first day of Ramadhan. Alhamdullillah, almost half of the day has pass by. Yaya is doing OK. I woke her up for sahur at 4.30am. Fasting started at 5.00 (5 minutes before Fajr). Alhamdullillah she didn't give any trouble waking up and having sahur. We had rice. Dah biasa makan nasi for sahur. We don't mind breaking fast with anything else, but for sahur, we must have nasi, otherwise by half of the day, perut pun mula berbunyi. Hopefully Yaya able to fast the whole day today. Luckily she has no school today. The school is close because of Ekka, kinda agricultural and industrial exhibition held annually in Brisbane. Macam ekspo pertanian kat Malaysia tu. But tomorrow the school opens, I wonder how she will be tomorrow.

OK, nie citer pasal adik pulak. Adik nie kan susah nak cerai puting, tapi semenjak dua menjak nie, dia terlupa sikit akan best bud dia. Wah...ini petanda baik. Tapi semua nie berlaku ada sebabnya tau..... Tengok exhibit 1 dan 2 di bawah.

Puting yang rompong

Puting rompong dari pandang sudut lain

Iyeeee, itu la sebab utama adik mula reject puting nie...yang telah rompong tu. Macam kena gigit tikus. Itu pun dia masih nak hisap jugak. Nak beli baru, tak nak den, kang ntah bila dia nak let go. Gigi pun dah mula terjungkit ke depan. Kite tengok sampai bila adik nak hisap puting dia nie, sama ada adik yang reject dulu, atau puting tu memang dah tak boleh di selamatkan lagi.

OK for those who are wondering about abah (eh ada ke?) hehhehe... mmmm... starting Monday abah will undergo radiation therapy for 10 days, 2 days break in between. From the recent CT scan, the cancer has spread to the spleen and liver. It is about time for abah to start chemo, but most probably after raya. Sedih la jugak, tapi ini semua ketentuan Allah. Den pasrah. I only hope I have the chance to look after abah, hope nothing bad will happen with us still here. OK...tak nak fikir negative. Kita bertawakkal pada Allah.

So what to cook for iftar ya. I already took out chicken breast from the freezer, maybe chicken padprik and telur dadar. And will fry some of the frozen karipap I made last weekend.

Karipap frozen (tapi sebelum di frozen kan)

Ok, I still have 2 hours left to work on the chapter, until the iftar preparation. Breaking-fast time today is at 5.25pm. Until tomorrow, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

 

Fresh air

Alhamdullillah, the weather is so great today. Not that cold, a bit chilly, but sunny. Why waste ur time at home?
Am sittin in the car parked in front of the garage, watchng the kids riding bicycle n scooters.

Happy Birthday Abah/Atok

Today, Abah turns one year older. Alhamdullillah, syukur to Allah, for Abah is still here with us, and we are given the opportunity to celebrate abah's birthday this year (though we are far away). We wish abah is bless with better health, and given more strength to fight the cancer. Allah, please give me a chance to look after him. Please let me realised his dream. Please Allah, he is my inspiration, my courage is his words, my knowledge is his wisdom, my dignity is his respect. Please protect him from any harm and wrong doing. Amin.

I have recorded a video of yaya n adik singing the birthday song and mailed the CD last week. Was informed that abah's laptop is not working, don't know if he could play the CD anywhere, or have access to internet. Anyway, enjoy the video.




Happy Birthday Abah. Maaf, dah 4 tahun tak dapat celebrate birthday sama. Next year kita celebrate OK, InsyaAllah. I will always be your little girl.

yours truly,

Kite gi dinggum

Diggum is adik's jargon when she is referring to playground. Don't ask me how on earth she came up with that word, because neither I nor atang knows how.

Today, I don't have anything to ramble, just wanna post some of many pictures taken from the day out at Portside Wharf. Of all playgrounds we have been to, this is the best so far. The amenities, kids attractions are excellent, I especially like the breeze, and the view. Both yaya and adik love the place, maybe we will come again. OK enough say, enjoy the pictures.

 

A pose before leaving the apartment.

Yaya's favorite activity. These pictures were taken before she started to freak out of not able to climb further and the idea of jumping down scared her. She started crying for babah, but babah was looking after adik at the sandpit. End up I had to drag, well literally pull her down, eventhough she resisted, and later merajuk. hehe

Adik enjoys the sand.

Siap baring atas pasir...punye la suke dapat main pasir.

Main frisbee pulak, while adik can't still leave her sandpit

Going home, but first we need to wash our legs and hands.

Adik said bye-bye to the playground, "Bye-bye dinggum". She will always bid farewell to any dinggum before leaving. Sentimental betul budak kecik nih...

yours truly,

10-minute post: "Apa adik cakap" Pt 2. Adik's movie/TV selection

Our weekend was busy with the medical checkup and cleaning. Alhamdullillah, the checkup took just an hour and 30 minutes. Then off we went to buy some stuff for friends back home and groceries shopping. And we went through Clem Jones Tunnel, while it still free hehehe... starting 6th April there will be a toll charge of $4. Ala...macam SMART tunnel gak. So, when we went through it, I felt very proud because we have kinda same tunnel in Malaysia. By noon the kids and mom were already tired. Though now it's autumn, we still experience hot weather during the day (on fine day). We had lunch at McD so that the kids can have some fun at the playground.

OK, a quick post this morning, this is the continuation of "apa adik cakap". When I am working from home, adik will spend her time watching movies or her favourite TV programmes. After sending yaya to school, I will ask adik what movie she wants to watch, and she will say like this:

"uuuu bat (singing to the opening song)" = Bratz the movie

"ngok mut laaa" = Antz bully

"pin pin" = Upin & Ipin

"bean" = Mr bean (on holiday)

"pee po pee po" = Cat in the hat or Up!

"mouse" = Mickey Mouse club house

hahahahha... only adik knows why she said it like that.

yours truly,

10-minute post: "Apa adik cakap"

I know I have a very tight schedule, but I need to write something, and at the same time to have a 10 minutes break between readings.

So here is a quick, 10-minutes story.

Of late, both atang and I keep track of adik's jargon....ahahaha... I mean, words that adik used when she wants something. Here are some:

nyanyak = tak nak (don't want)

boh skit = bubuh sikit (just a little) - and she actually immitates abah when she said this word

air song = air kosong (plain water)

penbot = spongebob - we kinda took a longer time to understand what she said, until she showed us the DVD

pin pin = upin ipin - and this one she said almost every hour, everyday

OK ... my 10 minutes is almost up...till later... enjoy your weekend friends.

p.s. dah lame tak post gambar makanan, my used-to-be dedicated digital camera mogok laaa...lens error....aduhaiiiiii ....

yours truly,

Ayam goreng at the park

We had lunch at New Farm Park, and it was breezy today. We bought some fried chickens at Country Chicken, several packet drinks and some cut watermelons. That's it for kids day out today.

yours truly,

Layan anak2 @ new farm park

As usual, today is our groceries day. Done wth the shopping, we are now at New Farm Park, kasi budak2 main jap.

yours truly,

She is Two

Alhamdullillah, thirah is two years old today. The chocolate cake that I baked yesterday is for thirah's birthday. And because of this special day, we took the kids out for some splash at South Bank Parklands.

Happy Birthday Thirah. Mama and Babah will always pray for the best in your life, and may you will always be bless with good health and prosperity

For the chocolate cake recipe (Ms Taj :D), this is from kak Hanieliza's collection, please follow the link. Sorry la den barred dari copy text kat blog nie. Cake dia memang sodap...cuba laaa...

KEK COKLAT

Bahan A

250 gm butter

250 gm gula perang atau kastor

4 biji telur gred B

1 sudu kecil esen vanilla

250 ml susu segar

Bahan B [ Ayak ]

290 gm tepung gandum (I used self-rising flour instead)

50 gm serbuk koko

1 sudu kecil nescafe instant

1 sudu besar baking powder (omit this as I used self-rising flour)

1/2 sudu kecil soda bikarbonat

Cara

1. Butter dan gula dipukul sehingga kembang.

2. Masukkan telur satu persatu. Pukul lagi. Masukkan esen vanilla

3. Masukkan Bahan B yg telah diayakkan berselang seli dengan susu segar.

4. Kacau rata dgn senduk kayu.

5. Masukkan dalam loyang yg telah dilapikkan kertas dan bakar dalam oven yg telah dipanaskan suhu 170'C selama 45 minit atau sehingga masak.

6. Sejukkan dan hiaskan dengan topping coklat.

Coklat Topping

1 cawan susu pekat

60 gm butter

50 gm serbuk koko

1. Kacau secara double boiler sehinga larut dan sejukkan sekejap.

2. Tuangkan atas kek dan hias mengikut kretibiti sendiri

yours truly,

Salam Maal Hijrah....Salam Tahun Baru

Salam kengkawan and friends. May everybody in good health. The new hijrah year has started, and soon the new year of masihi will come. Hope everyone has planned for the whole year. Wish a great success, wealth and health to all of you.

Thanks again for all the doa and prayers for my abah. I was back in Malaysia, a couple of weeks ago, for several days, to visit him. Though his condition is not promising, but alhamdullillah his spirit to keep going is still strong. We now hope for the best for abah. The tumor is at stage 4. What a shocked we had when we learnt the truth, and that is only after the doc told abah, with the presence of mak, along and bang long about abah condition, almost a week after the operation. I was on the way to the airport with my brother, heading home to Brisbane, when my sistah, along called my bro, and told him everything. I knew immediately, from the tone of my bro's voice, that it was not a good news. Yup, the bad news came just before I was leaving Malaysia, but not at abah bedside.

Abah is now recovering from the stiches and wound at home. Doc, on medical advice, unable to remove the stomach that was affected by the tumor. The medical team had to perform three bypasses to abah's intestines and colon, so all the food will no longer go into the stomach. As a result, abah has to change his diet to soft food. That was from my understanding. We will wait for the advice of an oncologist for abah's treatment. Meanwhile, we hope abah in stabil condition, hope everything is good for abah. What ever the doc said about his time, that is just on medical term, life and death is in Allah's hand.

A week after abah's operation, my sistah and her family, came and visit us in Brisbane. They spent 10 days here. The trip was already planned early this year. They were supposed to come a week earlier, due to this circumstances, my sistah postponed (well actually, she nearly cancelled it) a week after. We were very happy that they finally here in Brisbane. And for the rest of the week, we were the hosts and tour guides for them. The bonus is, our two little princesses are here. Came with my sistah and will stay until my completion. So we are back as 'one' again.

My nephews and niece, penat n ngantuk after 8 hours of flying.


Our itinerary of 10 days:

Brisbane view at night at Mount Cootha;


bus rides, citycat rides;



koala and kangaroo visit at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary;



fruit picking, juice tasting, fruit eating and that delicious apple pie at Stanthorpe;







sale! sale! and sale! shopping at DFO, Carrara Market and Harbour Town;



MovieWorld, DreamWorld, Wet and Wild (we only went to the MovieWorld, the rest of the parks my sistah and her family went by themselves)


and last, the Queens St Mall tour.

phewwwwhhh.... 10 days, and that is not enough, there are still other places that we couldn't visit. For 10 days, the ten of us (with my sistah's family of 6), crammed together in our small crib. The kids did enjoyed themselves, and the adults couldn't be better, though with a hole in our pocket, seeing the happy faces, hearing the laughter, what more a parent would asked for. My sistah and her family went home on boxing day (after the boxing day shopping of course). Leaving us to finish what I have came for. And I got 9 months more to the finish line. And that is only my new year wish.

Hope you too, friends had a wonderful holidays. Till I have the time again, take care and salam.

yours truly,

Turun naik, pusing pusing, kuar masuk...dan dia menangis di kerusi itu

Salam kengkawan n friends,

Apa daaa tajuk macam tu....heheehe.... ahahhaha sebenarnya itu la keadaan den 3-4 hari nie. Have started my data collection work on Monday. This week, I spent four days meeting with the IS users at Wisma Negeri, N9. Den turun naik tangga, masuk celah situ, celah sini, redah ofis orang...wakakkakaka kuar masuk pintu dan lif. Sampai pak guard kat main entrance tu tanye, nie dah baper kali nie. Today is the last day. Itupun ada gak yg belum serah lagi, tunggu diorang call dulu la baru gi ambil. Dah naik segan pulak den kuar masuk wisma tu. Cam keje kat situ la pulak. Lepas nie turun Melaka dan JB pulak.

Paneh betul skrang nie ya. Dok terbayang sirap air batu jek. Tapi kalau summer kat Brisbane tu, perrrghhhh tak usah citer laaaa....Rasa nak duduk bawah shower aje. Patut la dulu kengkawan selalu joke, tido malam rasa nak tido dlm bath tub aje. Kami dah 2 tahun rasa summer kat sana, mmg Malaysia kalah laa. Cuma Malaysia nie bila panas, kite berpeluhkan, tu yg jadi tak selesa tu. Apa-apa pun, Malaysia tetap best...tetiba... :p owwwwhhhh mana nak carik sirap air batu nie......

Saje je nak meriahkan rumah siber den nie. Eh haritu den bawak yaya gi dentist. Gigi atas pulak yg berlapis. Haritu dah cabut dua gigi yg bawah kan. Haa yg nie belah atas pulak. Dan ada lagi dua kat belah bawah dah berlapis gak....adehhhh.... Jadi kisahnye, suatu hari tu, den pun bawak la si yaya nie gi dentist. Sebelum tu kawan tu dah pesan, dia taknak cabut 2 gigi, "satu aje ma..ok...satu aje...". Pengalaman lepas masih menghantui dia....ahahhahah... Yg dulu tu, kawan tu steady la kan, sebab dia tak tau apa yg akan berlaku. So this time, she knew what is going to happen, jadi bila masuk aje klinik gigi tu, muke kawan tu dah berubah. Tapi yaya masih lagi being brave la.

Akak kat kaunter pendaftaran tu pun suh la masuk bilik no 3. Dan kami pun jalan la terkedek-kedek ke bilik no 3 tu. Masuk aje dalam, cerita itu ini ngan doktor, doktor pun suh la yaya duduk kat kerusi rawatan tu. Masa tu tengok muka yaya dah cuak dah. Doktor suh bukak mulut, dia bukak. Doktor pun citer la apa dia nak buat. Kawan senyap aje. "Ok puan, nak cabut yg bawah ke atas?" "Yang atas la doktor, ada satu tu dah longgar." "OK, tapi kena cabut dua-dua ye. Nanti lagi 3 4 hari puan datang lagi kite cabut yang bawah pulak". Tu dia, mata yaya dah buntang pandang lampu kat atas kepala dia tu.

Doktor pun mula la buat persediaan. Saat nak inject jek, yaya cakap, "mama, yaya tak nak cabut 2." "OK, satu aje." Terpaksa den menipu kawan tu aritu. "OK adik, tarik nafas kat hidung ye, bismillah...." Doktor pun tekan la picagari tu, sekali kawan menjerit, "aaaahhhhhh...sakitttt....." dan terus menangis. Makin lama makin kuat, dan terus melalak kat atas kerusi rawat tu. Puas doktor, dan pembantunya pujuk. Den lagi laaa...tak gheti memujuk. So akhirnya, terpaksa la batalkan aje rancangan nak merongakkan 2 gigi yaya tu. Kawan tu tak nak dah, macam dah takde peluang aje nampaknye. Adehhh...susah hati gak nie. Kat bawah tu 2 batang menanti, atas 2. Kalau cabut kat Brisbane, ratus ratus kena nie. Alamatnye kena la standby playar, cabut gigi yaya nanti. wahahhahahaha.....

On the way back to teratak ayahbonda, kena bebel la si yaya tu. Muka dia pun dah bersalah. Tak banyak pun den kasi, sikit jek. Dia pun dah besar, pandai pikir sendiri. But deep down I know she feels guilty. Tapi den dah kasi umpan Slurpee siap-siap dah, sian tengok bibir dia swollen sebab ubat tu kan. Tapi yela, kite dulu pun takut gak bila kena jumpe doktor gigi. Ntah apa stigma orang bagi kat doktor gigi nie, dengar aje doktor gigi, mesti naik bulu roma. Sampai skrang, kalau dah sakit sangat baru den carik doktor gigi. OK sambung citer yaya, dengan rasa bersalahnya, kawan tu pun dok la goyangkan gigi dia yang sebutir memang dah goyang tu. Dari petang, sampai ke malam. Tiba-tiba.....

"Mama....dah kuar dah mama" yaya datang berlari ke arah den yang sedang follow citer kengkawan kat fesbuk, sambil memegang sebatang gigi kat tangan kiri. Kawan pun nganga la tunjuk kat den tempat kejadian tu..ahahhahahah... mulut kawan tu pun penuh ngan yong tau foo den beli kat pasar malam ampangan nie haa.... "haaaa....bagus2.....nanti kakak goyang-goyang yang lain jugak ye"....wakakkakakakaka.....




Si adik pun sibuk nak nganga mulut. Tapi kena bawak jumpe doktor gigi gak nie, sebab yang berlapis kat bawah tu mmg takde tanda-tanda akan longgar nih.....adehhh....camne nak pujuk ye kengkawan.....

yours truly,

kakak and adik, they are different in many ways

The last week I was in Malaysia, I spent most of my time with my two little angels. They have changed a lot since the last I saw them 6 months ago. Yaya has became a little bit quiet and reserved, but she has shown interest in how and why things happened around her, asking more challenging questions.

She made a lot of friends at school. She has a friend that would call her at home regularly. Yaya can now read in both English and Bahasa Malaysia too, though sometimes she doesn't understand what she reads. However, yaya is getting more clumsy and careless. Mak told me that she lost her purse many time. Mostly after the recess. Although she brings some snack to school, since she learnt how to buy things, she will, everyday, buy 1 bungkus/pack of nuggets or sausages or keropok plus a vitagen. When she reaches home from school, she will immediately changed her clothes and has her lunch. Yes, yaya may look a bit skinny, but she does eat a lot. Alhamdullillah. Well, that doesn't change since she was a baby :D.

Adik on the other hand, it is soooo difficult to get her to eat. She shows interest with food, but when it comes to eating them, then a fight will begin....hahahahhaha.... She wants to eat it all by herself. But after a few feeds, she will starts playing with the food. She seems to like salty things like crackers, chips, all sort of kerepek. And fruits. Most of the time she will ask for her susu.

Except for eating, Adik acts the same way like yaya did when yaya was the same age, except adik is more focus and alert, always responded unexpectedly. We think adik is more mature than her age. But one thing that adik hates most is taking her picture. It is so difficult to capture a nice picture of her, i mean, of her smilling at the camera. We consider we are lucky whenever we managed to get a nice picture of her. Most of the time, she will runway, shy away, hide away from the camera ahahahhahah...like these pictures below.



This is something different with yaya, for she is always camera friendly :D.



Luckily we are using digital still camera, or else...



One of the lucky picture of our two little angels.

yours truly,

Penawar rindu...

Almost 6 months since we last saw our two little angels. And it has been awhile since I last wrote about our two little angels. Not that I don't have anything to write about them, in fact, I have plenty. I often on the verge of tears whenever I write about them, even speak about them. So I have been avoiding to talk about them. But that was a long time ago, well not that long actually. A couple months back, I have accepted the situation. The most important thing is, they are happy living with their Atok and Wan back home. Listening to them on the phone, talking to yaya on the phone twice a week, keep me going, and help me to stay strong.

However...... watching them growing up is a wish that I know can't be fulfilled at this time of being. Dapat tengok gambar diorang pun jadi laaaa.... So yesterday my SIL sent the latest pictures of our two little angels. I am so happy.... can't explain exactly how I feel. Rasa macam legaaaaa sangat...ahahhahahaha....dapat la lepas rindu kami kat sini.....


yaya


thirah (last jumpe thirah tak bleh jalan lagi..skrang nie ligat, memanjat, melompat)



My sister-in-law with our two little angels. Thank you very much Adik (my SIL's nickname).

Tak sabarnye...lagi sebulan