Haaa...Masa ni lah, Mummy Daddy did our akad nikah, at Masjid Jln Langgar, like opposite my sekolah menengah (eh, tetiba teringat, about the school I mean). So yes, Happy Anniversary to us. But this anniversary sambung sampai esok, sebab Mummy gatai nak jejugak a Wedding anniversary.

So far, takde apa2, just lepak2 at home, enjoying the superb cool weather. Memang ptg2 skit baru acara pau Daddy for something akan berlaku. See first if I find anything I like. When I passed the 5 years mark, dah tak heran sangat nak minta2 hadiah gempak ni. Dapat flowers pun dah renyih. Tapi saja test market tadi, mintak handbag, and dia leh cakap OK! Macam tak percaya plak. Huhuhuhuuu...


Reshoot gambar kahwin. Zaman ni takde digital copis. Suma dalam negatip ittew yang I seriously don't know where. So yes. Daddy nampak macam budak sekolah kena paksa kahwin wahahahaha...

Us with Sultan of Kedah, Raja Muda and Raja Puan Muda. Gila protokol for the first two hours of my wedding. Sesi bergambar ni pun banyak istiadat. One thing I truly like about Sultan Kedah is the way he ties his sampin. Gila unik. And urm, I wish somebody tolong tarikkan seluar belah kanan (kiri on pic) Raja Muda yang sangat kiut itu..hehehe..

Ni takde kena mengena dengan anniversary, but our riadah at Tmn Tun park, in heavy drizzle. Ya, I made my kids walk in the rain. Paling liat bangun si Umar lah, umpan baju Thomas baru mahu bangun, tapi end up, pakai jersey Liverpool. One of those days with lovely lovely weather. It rained thru out the day. Me likey!


Tetiba nampak playground! Memang takleh escape. Kenalah singgah kejap, and baru nak riadah sakan kat situ, hujan pun makin lebat.

Motif?? Umar ordered Daddy to take his pic ya. Apa nak dikato...?

Nak sangat ngelat keje kaaaan... So dapatlah sejam dua of pure entertainment in the spirit of the CNY. Ni kalau Umaira nampak ni mau lari pegi bangunan sebelah ni. Kalau ada dragon dance kat OU tu, dengar bunyi pukul gendang pun dah ajak pi the other wing. Bayangkanlah!

It was loud, but we got used to it after the 10th minute. Tapi bile sekor muncul at our cubicle, we were cringing! Tak biasalah gesel2 ngn lion ni hehehehe...

Welcome, welcome... welcome to opis kami nan comel ini...

Cosmo offerings - kena bagi dua limau, and angpau dalam nombor genap. We gave ikut angka paling ong lah = level opis kitorang. Dalam plastik merah tu sebenarnya ada sekotak "pelindung kehamilan" (we got A LOT for free, thanks to the Aids Foundation, and it is expiring), tapi tak jadi bagi. But it's soooo Cosmo! Hahahahaha...

Ni brader tu pi sangkut kepala singa tu kat bucu my cubicle, sementara dia amik the limau and kupaskan for us. Makacih lah... macam tau2 jek tuan corner ni sangat tak suka kupas buah. Lucky me!!!

Hasilnya!!! Cantik jek belahan dia. Sodap pun ya... Di kesempatan ini, happy tahun baru bagi kengkawan Cinaku. Oklah, nak gi event kat otel. Nak jumpa LS, adakah dia ingat...? Hmm...

Have u ever tried typing ur name in the Google search? I just did. And antara yang keluar is this. Click here. Termalu kejap! And yes, (sebab ternampak comment orang), there is such a name - Poto Travel, an agency yang sponsoring hadiah for Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian this year.

Ok... Lain stories - site Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan Negeri Perak, yang kelakarnya tajuk dia tulis Harga Daging dan Ikan Tidak Dikawal tapi cerita dia pasal Mamee Gigih Kuasai Pasaran Susu Kultur. Sungguh pelik! Tersuspens kejap, sebab bila plak den tulih story pasal harga daging plak ni? Setakat launches tu rajinla pergi masa zaman bisnes desk dedulu.

Yang lain2 adalah juga stories pasal H1N1, Naza launch model baru yada yada... Tapi tetap - malunya! :P

Ya, sepatutnya dah lena. Must be disciplined for the kids, tapi Mummy ngelat. One, my throat is not behaving nice. Two, Iqbal Umar is wide awake and singing "7 Hari" dengan lirik "naak susu." Padahal, dah dua botol gone in the past hour. And Daddy dok jawab dengan lagu "susu habis, susu habis." Bertekak lah dema ya.

Anyways, a friend brought up this subject. How to make sure our kids can read by the time they reach Primary One? Kalau ikut pengalaman sendiri, thank god for kindy - to Umaira. But with her, we started early. 4 years old dah belajar ABC in school (kat rumah Mummy malas nak ajar heheheh). So she goes thru the stages of learning to read ikut syllabus skolah la pendek kata. But with Ulfa, she's 5 bila jejak kaki kat kindy. Somehow, macam tak belajar ABC. Ulfa now kena "read" Peter n Jane and revise with Sally and gang book at home. Lagi pendek kata, she's actually memorizing the words thru the shape of the words. Don't think she knows ABC by heart just yet, dah test, memang tak dapat markah penuh. Yes I'm worried, but it's not only past 3 weeks of kindy. We shall see if she gets her ABC right by this sem.

Kalau ikut pengalaman diri sendiri, my kindy days were filled with lots of colouring and main kejar2, dan yang penting, Jumaat is terjun pool day! And hujung tahun konsert nari lagu kain pelikat u ols! Oklah, ada lah jugak belajar ABC, but I think I learned to read masa formal school. Masuk darjah berapa ntah baru lancar membaca. I turned out just fine ye tak?

My dua sen: Don't give up. Teruskan usaha anda (ewah). Kalau penduduk kampung Pendekar Mustar in Pendekar Bujang Lapok can learn to read agak dah tua bangka gitu, anak2 zaman sekarang jauh lebih bertuah. 3 tahun dah leh gi skolah tau sekarang.
Keep the reading habits tahap "meletop" di rumah, let them practice to read menus at restaurant, read road signs, read Cosmo (sempat selit tu), baca subtitles kat tv, and importantly JANGAN BERKIRA BILA ANAK MINTA BUKU (reminder to self ni). Sah sah leh claim potongan cukai pendapatan.

Ok, good nite. Nak join Daddy and Yoboy bertekak pasal susu. Umar dah tahap buat gulungan pembesar suara letak kat telinga Daddy dia sambil jerit "Nak susuuuuuuuu...!!" Haihh...

Brrr... Oh sejuknya! The weather outside is really hot and in the office, brrrr... Before lunch hour ends (kena careful skit, MT berkeliaran), here's the update from last weekend. Saturday, took Ulfa and Umar for the Salsa session with our current cover girl, Lisa Surihani. Umaira kena sekolah, ganti cuti for CNY.

Here we are, Lisa asking Umar pasai pa tak tie tali kasut. Kenit tu buat bodoh sebab satu, kasut dia mana ada tali kasut daaaa... and dua, urm. Takleh cakap! Biar "kenapa Mummy kureng skit ngn LS" jadi rahsia Mummy sendiri... Hehehee...

Ni Umar bebuat malu sebab dah jumpa artis. Macam lah dia kenal kan. Hahahaha... Interpretasi gegila Mummy je ni.

Umar went bonkers with our little camera. So terpaksalah Mummy jadi model al-baduts for him (macam tak biasa!). Ulfa: "Have you taken your meds mom?" Hahahahaha.!

This one, he was actually cam-whoring. Ada 5-6 pics like this and I put up this one coz yang ni paling decent. Like seriously!! The rest leh nampak lombong emas dia wahaahaha!

Ni Aunty Zura, dah jadi Ulfa's favourite Aunty sebab dapat pegang her iPhone and main some of the games. When I reminded her that she is also Fiona's mummy, she went "ha'ah laaaaa...kita pernah pergi rumah dia." Apa punya budak!

Gambar wajib. Sebenarnya nak tunjuk kasut Mummy kena "kidnap" oleh selebriti. Wahahaha! Umar dah ready nak chow, tapi selagi LS kena berposing lengkap, gue kena berstokin lah dulu.

Urm... Ni namanya, let's test the zoom in our li'l camera. Saja dia duduk at the other side of the studio, see if I can snap his pictures. Gila gedik punya budak!

Joined by Ulfa. Kalau Umaira ada mesti lagi meriah "drama bisu" tetiga beradik. Eh, silap, dua beradik. Sebab Umar jenis tak tahu malu punya yoboy.

This is what I am currently reviewing. Haaa... Jangan kompius. It is actually a smart phone aka Android phone. Sejak bila Garmin kahwin ngan Asus pun tak tahu. But so far, so good. Wish they had downloaded some games in there, then the kids can review that apps hehe...

My current read. It is actually a Malaysian story. It is very interesting actually, for as long as you don't read it right after your dose of cough meds. Baru dua muka surat dah lalok. Ahaks!

Afternoon snacks, in between lunch, a nap and dinner. Hehehe...Ya, dua kali membuta siang hari semalam. Tapi takpe, suami takde kat rumah so boleh hibernate macam mak beruang. Ginger snaps with neskepe are da bomb!!

I heart the weather right now, it's after the rain. The smell of grass and birds are tweeting, and it's only 6 plus tapi rasa macam nyaris malam. I was just "complaining" to hubby, mesti lepas ni cuaca panas jek sebab it's almost CNY. Usually that's always the case. Tapi Alhamdulillah, hari ni ujan selebatnya. Tak tahu lah kalau KL banjir but I love the rain. Paling penting, jimat belanja letrik sebab malam takyah pasang aircond... Itu sebenarnya. :)

Cadangnya nak update pictures from yesterday's event with Lisa Surihani, tapi my little netbook tengok "demam". Tak pasal2 dia blue screen sendiri. Mencik! Padahal ari tu dah reboot and paid RM50 for that. I think they downloaded fake Windows here. That's why all system is crazy. Tomorrow nak bawak balik to the "doctors" and do some fixing, and this time for free. Belasah kang!

Yey yey, esok cuti! Memang hari yang Mummy nantikan, cuti di tengah minggu bekerja. I like! Paling best, Daddy pun off. So esok plannya nak lepak rumah tok mama and makan pizza, we are baking them tonite at our house. Sebab oven kat rumah kitorang, bawak sana panaskan jek.

Update terbaik: We finally got our house key! 31 Dec 2010 ari tu lah dapat surat from developer kata we go and see our unit. Best, best. Berarak lah kami ke Alam Budiman itu...

Lepas amik kunci kat the main office, off we went. Rupa2nya selama ni the unit that we thought is ours is actually not. Thanks to Daddy yang kuat berangan tu. Our unit is actually on a different lorong altogether! Dahsyat tak? It's not 3 units away from the playground, but now 4 units away on a plainer playground than the lorong we thought would be ours. Sigh, takpelah... Yang penting ada playground. Dan melepaslah Mummy nak dapatkan rumah number 69, huhuhuhuuuu...

Here we are, at house number 71 (next to 69, kira sipi lah tu). I heart my red brick house!

The kids at the ruang makan, behind them is the ruang tamu. I just love the space (empty, that's why spacious maaa). It is split level, so need to figure out some sort of penghadang supaya anak2 tak buat aksi terjun lantai "swimming pool" di ruang tamu.

Pemandangan from the ruang tamu ke luar rumah. Tingkap tinted. Siang memang tak nampak dalam, does this mean I need not any curtains? Haha, yeah right! Kang malam2 nampak free show plak..hahahaha!

Ni sebenarnya lorong belakang rumah, gila gempak kan? Yang bestnya, the longkang is on the opposite house. But the tembok not so tinggi, bimbang orang panjat jek nanti. Hmm...

Don't know why, I am sooo happy with the bathrooms! They put lovely tiles in there and in this picture, it is actually the bathroom for guestroom kat bawah.

This is part of the kitchen, I love the fact that the tiles sampai ke siling. And ruang terperok tu is especially catered for the fridge. And I can just imagine a cabinet on top of it. Can campak unused stuff in there.

Master bedroom. Don't know yet what to do with the tingkap.

Again the bathroom, obses betul!! Ni dalam master bedroom. The tiles is not as pretty as the ones downstairs tapi....

Tadaaaa... Kira tak basahlah lantai satu bilik air kan... Cepush cepush lah sepuas hati!

And our sink. Dah siap pasang gitu. I like. I am imagining some sort of cabinet di bawahnya.

As for now, we can't move in yet sebab satu, they still need to do some repair work by developer. The usual stuff when new owners go in. Then we need to plan the kind of grille and pasang lampu and kipas bagai. The basics dulu. We have plans to do the engagement of my sister there in May, so need to lengkapkan yang tingkat bawah dulu.
As for moving in, nak tunggu ada sekolah buka in Alam Budiman kot. Coz the nearest school is quite a distance. Crazylah nak commute!

Oh yes we do... No more late nights, and definitely no more TV in kids' room like before. Akibatnya, Mummy Daddy kenalah berebut TV with children now, but ofcourse, Mummy always gets her turn, whenever she feels like watching it. Nowadays, sangat jarang dah. Don't know what TV show to follow, and the ones I'd like to watch (Giuliana & Bill, Project Runway, Keeping Up With the Kardashians) dah tak tahu what time mula and ada.

I thought with kids getting to bed early, got lah chance for me to hog the TV. Takde maknanya! Mata Mummy pun berat semacam bila anak2 dah masuk alam mimpi. Cuma kena layan Umar jek yang at this moment, is busy membelek wayar komputer ni hah. Hepp... pi baring pi!

Do tell me, how do I handle this:

Situasi Satu: Ulfa's teachers (see the plural, meaning ALL ya) akan cheer dan sambut Ulfa dengan sorakan sakan bila dia tiba kat sekolah. Teacher Shelly sempat bisik bagitu, Ulfa likes to be praised, pujilah dia nampak cantik bagai, confirm tak jadi meraung. Patutlah cik kak tu makin bersemangat pi sekolah. Ada plak tukang aircond kan kechomelannya. Yang tak leh layan tu, Shelly said Ulfa will actually go to the mirror to check her hair and face etc. Heh?? And just this morning, her class teacher Zhana told me the same thing but in plainer words: "Your daughter is very cautious about her looks ya." Mak ai! Like how is that even possible? (Tulah, sapa suh tulis cerita Angelina Jolie jek masa ngandung dia, dah dia perasan dia artis. Hamik ko!! And her pouty lips tu memang kenan Jolie la kan heheheheh)

Situasi Dua: Umaira was doing her homework. Bayangkan kena colour a page full of fruits and guna duit syiling to give texture to the image. Heh? But that's not the main issue. Sambil dia buat homework dia slow and steady tu, sempatlah berbual2 kosong.
Mummy: Cikgu mana ajar Umaira ari ni?
Umaira: Tak nampak cikgu Badariah (her class teacher, dan tiba2 suara dia jadi pelan), tapi ada cikgu Adi.

Heh?

Ari tu Umaira told me she thinks Cikgu Adi is handsome. *faints*

So yes, how do I handle these situations?

p/s - Tic Toc to Eight Years! Happy!

Mentang2lah buat perangai drama princess (ala ala drama queen/king) last week kat sekolah, meraung macam ke apa bila sampai sekolah, and petang tu tok mama dia sudah belikan may-nan baik punya bagi pujuk nak pi sekolah esoknya (Jumaat), Ulfa sudah pandai main strategi u ols!

Last night, we went to OU, saja lepak2. Daddy's idea lah ni masuk Speedy, kot2 lah got new DVDs we can buy (the Azis-Anida family only buy originals ya). I know for a fact the girls has all the Barbie movies, and despite Ulfa asking whether we have this or that, sorry, Mummy knows. We have it all, cuma korang jek tak pandai nak nyimpan, so suma pun dah ntah ke mana. (Plus dapat Bibik yang tak pandai nak jaga barang. Sigh!)

Dah dia tengok "terjahan" terhadap Mummy tak jalan, dia sudah angkut satu Strawberry Shortcake DVD to Daddy. Ni Daddy yang cerita balik:

Ulfa: Daddy, esok Ulfa sekolah kan?
Daddy: Ya. Kenapa?
Ulfa: Ulfa pergi sekolah dah tak nangis kan?
Daddy: Ulfa good girl, mestilah tak nangis dah... (mula syak sesuatu)
Ulfa: Ulfa balik sekolah esok nak tengok DVD ni boleh? (buat muka sweet, I can so imagine it) Sebab Ulfa pergi sekolah dah tak nangisssss...
Daddy: (lemah lutut, lemah longlai, lemah semangat...IKH!!!) Ok sayang, Daddy will buy it for you.

GEDIKS TAK???
Ingatkan awal2 tahun ni, mak pak kena gunakan ke-saiko-an untuk pujuk anak2 to school tanpa drama meraung. In this case, anak2 lebih bijak ya tuan2 dan puan2... Dia plak saiko kita balik. Bertuaaaahhh!!!

Tak kuasa kot nak buat manual hahaha! Sebab utama, it's already the 5th day of school. The thrill to actually share what happened on their first day, is now not as exciting. Not an excuse, but I have been busy this new year (BTW, happy new year!!!). Setel jek first day of school, dah kena back to back photo shoots yang agak gila. Bila dapat duduk kat ofis ada plak yang meroyan minta itu ini. Then masuk studio balik. Gitulah. Orang lain baru nak panaskan enjin for the new year, I am thinking April Fool now u know! Yes, that's the job prescription.
N'ways, I still need to do this for the kids. Here goes...

Ya kengkawan. Ingat tak waktu2 di mana you can actually bangun awal and tidur balik before getting ready to work? Say goodbye to that once you have kids schooling in formal school ya. The Azis-Anida household is up and about by 6.15am, exactly one hour before Datin Ding of Umaira's school starts reprimanding late comers. Time tujuh suku to tujuh setengah (saja nak ngeja) adalah time utk baca story book. Zaman Mummy dulu, mana leh bawak buku cerita gi skolah (nak kalu, seludup ley) rupa2nya sekarang they legalize that. Chis! Tapi tak sure plak budak darjah satu leh bawak story book menda, bawak buku princess kang! Pic above, bukti matahari belum terbit when we were about to leave to school. Semangat abis! (but yeah, Mummy's a little kiasu ahaks!)

Eh lupa, before that, acara Daddy pakaikan kasut sekolah anak. Olololoooo...Daddy ni sangat lemah lutut bab anak. Mummy dah bersemangat abis nak tinggal anak kat gate, sebab Umaira pun on jek nak walk to her class on her own. But Daddy tak bagiiiiiii... Selagi Datin Ding kata parents can enter school premise in the first week of school (applies to Primary One only), itulah kata2 yang dia pegang. Daddy, daddy...

Here we are, in school. It was about 7.05am. Still early (gila awallah!). Lepak dulu bagi nyamuk2 kebulur kat kawasan sekolah tu plenty of food for the new year. heheheheh...

Krrrrriiinnggg! Kenalah mula beratur. Didn't see any of her classmates so terpaksalah (terpaksa ke?) beratur depan. Yes Umaira, ke-kiasu-an Mummy gave you a chance to stand infront. Duduk depan best, leh dengar segala. Percayalah...

The standard one kids kena "tahan" dulu coz the teacher has special announcements for them, how to tie hair, when to wear the tie (eh?), name tag... Bab ni Mummy ada skiiiit bengang. During orientation, we asked one of the teachers, is it necessary to buy a tie, kena pakai hari2 ke? Dia cakap, tak yah beli pun takpe. So we opted for not buying lah. Anywhere we can save, we try to lah kan. Belakang, during assembly, taklimat di atas memberitahu, they have to wear the tie for assemblies. Chit! Nasib baik we didn't have to que at the book shop (gila panjang kena beratur) sebab cikgu kelas ada stock ngan dia. Bagus!


Bila Umaira dah nyaris nak abis assembly pertama dia, we rushed back to get Ulfa to school. Sian anak Mummy yang ni, memang second child syndrome yang tak dapat dielakkan. We fussed so much for Umaira's first day of kindy, but Ulfa telah disiapkan oleh Bibik. Mummy tinggal tie her hair saja. Tapi Ulfa ni lain skit, she will tell you what kind of hair style she wants, and everyday, it varies. Layan je lah...

I think they repainted the school, coz it looks more ceria somehow. Memula tu memang terkantat2 juga cari nama Ulfa, they put stickers with the kids' names on it, so tau la nak letak kasut kat mana. Rupa-rupanya...

Macam mana tak kompius! Yes it is still (almost) her name but we jarang use Khadeja. Dah la salah spelling. What lah you teacher..?

Interestingly, Ulfa's, I mean Khadeja's class is upstairs. Opposite Umaira's old class. Past two years, the K2 kids saja kelas kat atas. And paling bagus, kelas Ulfa ada 10 budak jek. Leh teacher concentrate on them. And Ulfa, dapat Teacher Zhana, as she "requested" before school started.

Ulfa ready to be a big girl! Next to her is Shakirah. Ya, I tot she's Chinese too sebab putih melepak! I have yet to see this Abdul Ghafur boy Ulfa's been mentioning. Mention bukan sebab berkenan, tapi sebab budak tu besau. hehehe...

Bila tengok Ulfa macam okay jek, terus rush back to Umaira's school. Nasib baik BSD ni is just one big circle so senanglah nak ulang alik. Masa ni, Umaira had to sit next to a boy. Muncung je mulut coz she said she only make friends with girls. Ewah... Darling, must make friends with everybody u know....

Second bell of the day, recess time! Baru perasan Rania is in her class. I have seen her name on orientation day, tapi tak sure plak yang mana satu. I thought she is Alisya. Rania is actually Umaira's Krista classmate masa they were 4 years old. The first week of school (then), dedua ni lah kaki meraung sesama. Tak sangka plak dah jadi classmates for formal school. Cute!

Joined by Alia Alyssa (van-mate Umaira, also ex Krista), from kelas 1 Murni. Tengoklah mak pak yang sakan nak make sure anak2 makan. Aunty Zieda siap make sure dedua baca doa makan dulu. Yang syioknya dia kata, doa sebelum makan bolehlah ajar, hat lain kena belajar ngn ustazah. Sabar je lah kan!
So far, Umaira bawak bekal dari rumah. So there's no need for any pocket money for now. Mummy Daddy dah ushar food kat kantin tu, memang takde sesuatu yang Umaira akan berkenan. Takat nak beli nugget tiga ketul RM1, suh je lah Bibik goreng jumlah sesuka atimu!

Dah habis waktu rehat, kenalah beratur balik. Yang pegang pembesar suara tu was one of the Ustazahs. Belum apa2 dah ada budak tercicir wallet. Darjah satu pun dah bawak wallet u ols! Mummy dulu taruk dalam kocek pinafore jek. Tapi dulu duit syiling jek la kan, sekarang dengarnya mak pak bagi sampai RM5 pun ada. Peggghh... We went to see what kind of food they were selling. Don't think Umaira would enjoy nasi lemak with sambal tuang on the nasi, or any of laksa or mi kari. Ada juga depa jual kek yang dah siap potong, hat tu murah - 40 sen sepotong. Tapi potongannya ala ala "tiny, tiny, tiny!!" dalam cerita Confession of a Shopaholic tu.
And pantang betul tengok keropok lekor kaler cerah jual harga mahal. Dah kahwin orang Tganu, dah tahu sangat kualiti kopok lekor yang mantap kenalah warna gelap skit, menandakan isi ikan dia tak kedekut. Gelap itu menawan, macam Daddy heheheh...

Masa ni, the tears finally fell. Mummy dah agak leh terima hakikat (not fully, but bolehlah...) yang Umaira is growing up (fast) with going to Year One sebagai permulaannya. Ingat dah takleh nangis dah, tup tup masa tengah beratur ni ternampak this little lady, she must be in Year Two or Three. Adik lelaki dia dok pegang siku kakak while the kakak bawak adik untuk beratur. Aduuuuhhh...so kiut!!! Awak tu dah ler kanak-kanak, tapi dah kena jadi kakak and budak besau. Nasib baik masa tu pakai spek itam, takleh la nampak mata dah merah macam vampire huhuhuhuuuu...

Setel recess Umaira, we went home to pick up Umar the yoboy. Dah terperuk dalam rumah, kesian la plak. Nampak dia a little lonely, selalunya ada Ulfa buat kawan bergaduh. Hamik ko, dedua kakak pi sekolah. Patah balik ke Krista sebab nak tengok Ulfa balik dengan van. Sementara nunggu, sempatlah Umar terrorize the playground dan buat aksi super gedik seperti terbukti di atas. Aiyorrrr...so gediks! Bila Ulfa dah nampak Mummy Daddy ada, sorrylah nak naik van kan. Bergenang ayaq mata nak balik ngan kami. Takpelah anak, esok masih ada and memang takde choice pun, kena balik dgn van. Mummy and Daddy cuti sehari jek.
We paid the van, gila mahal k! For just a short distance: both girls are travelling one way with the van. Umaira kena RM80 and Ulfa RM60. Gulp!
Susah susah esok, Mummy berenti keje amik upah bawak budak pergi balik skolah je lah. Bukannya kena amik lesen pun kalau sendirian berhad gitu dok? Duit bersih gitu...

Sampai2 rumah Ulfa terus minta susu and sempat pengsan kejap sementara tunggu kakak balik. Mummy Daddy patah balik to the school, nak tengok Umaira naik van plak. We made sure she knows where to wait, and who are her van mates etc. Nasib baik our van driver memang jenis efficient and akan tunggu kat the promised spot, making sure all the kids under her are there then jalan sesama pi van. Seriau lah kalau kena tunggu luar kawasan sekolah, it's the main road and there's lots of cars. Better wait in the school premise. And another good tip: Make sure the school security guard pun kenal you.
Suami saya memang super friendly, dan kebetulan guards sekolah Umaira are this two old ladies yang sangat garang, baguihlah garang pun. One thing people sometimes take for granted about these ladies is the fact that they're human too. Tegur dan bagi salam lah kat depa ni sama, gerenti depa akan ingat you. Umaira pun dah diingatkan suh selalu bagi salam kat the two nenek gagah. Leh jugak nenek2 tu tengok2kan anak kita...

Pic atas, bila dedua beradik yang berpisah separuh hari berjumpa, macam berpisah seminggu tau! Depa memang super close and I think Ulfa ingat dia satu sekolah ngn kakak. Tu sebab ada sikit "amukan" bila nak ke sekolah dua tiga hari lepas tu. Part of growing up sayang, not that I like it that you both are "separated". Soon, you will be in the same school! Yey! Then leh kakak pimpin adik pergi kelas bagai. Huhuhuuuu...

Nampak tak perjalanan ulang alik for the two first timers to school? It was crazy but it was also most satisfying! Paling puas hati si Daddy lah, lepas lunch jek terus pengsan tiga jam. Macam dia plak yang pergi sekolah. Over betul!!!!