I became a mother for the first time today eight years ago. It's such a precious milestone for me and ofcourse my husband who also became a father. We love you Umaira!

And because today is the first day of school, we celebrated her birthday semalam (Happy belated birthday Arman!). Dan Alhamdulillah sebab Daddy ada rezeki lebih so we had a birthday party at McDonald's. She invited her close school friends and I ajak my cousins and kids.

Senanglah buat kat McD ni sebab takyah pening2 nak pikir party packs, games and food. Siap ongkos saja. Tips from me - buat time McValue lunch or dinner (tak sure plak if they have parties done at night) sebab time tu, sets are cheaper by almost two ringgit. Jimat banyak woh! (ambil kira tax and service charges ya). You just datang about 15 minutes before party time just to ensure the tables are ready, food pun dah ada and put the cake aside etc... tunggu je lah sambut tetamu.

Usually for kids, depa bagi a room for them, so parents ada reserved table just outside the door. And there's also a playroom for them kot nak pegi melalak berlari keliling mini playground tu. Layankan je lah... And meals for kids you have variety to choose from. We ordered the chicken burger for kids with fries and Coke (u can opt for Milo too, or do this - order 5 medium size Milo and serve them in smaller cups. Jimat!). The funny thing is their chicken burger is cheaper than ordering nuggets. So weird! And baru dalam menu, kalau taknak fries, you can opt for fruit pudding for an additional cost. And toys dalam Happy Meal bergantung kepada promo that month, we got SpongeBob Squarepants, memang bagus sebab it's unisex. Last month Umaira attended her schoolmate's bday party kat situ, it was some girly girl toy. Umar ngamuk nak boy toy. So Spongebob ni kira semua pun boleh terima la kan...

And makacih lah friends, aunties and uncles for the wonderful gifts for her. Ari tu dia hilang her favourite bag kat hotel in PD, where we went for a quick holiday. Muncung mulut sebab hotel tak berjaya locate balik her bag. Semalam dapat tiga Strawberry Shortcake bags, hamik ko. She was smiling ear to ear. Satu memang dia bawak to school, satu lagi dah plan nak bawak for her school trip this weekend. Tapi paling Mummy suspens, dia dapat a diary with locks. She's gonna start keeping secrets from us! Ke bagus sebenarnya ada jurnal ni so that she can write apa saja? I still keep my diary from zaman uni, sorok dari suami (opps!). Hehehehe... Tapi kalau dapat baca balik memang kelakar. There are things in there yang I myself forget, termasuk times with Arwah Lan. So in that sense, it's great keeping memories written and kept. So hopefully Umaira pun akan pandailah simpan great memories with us. :)

Alhamdulillah, bukan nak apa2 tapi rezeki ada skit so insyaallah akan buat lah serba sederhana birthday party Umaira, who is turning 8 next week! Eight years? Macam tak percaya plak anakanda sulung dah besar panjang. Rasa macam baru jek jaga dia dalam pantang, yang jenis melalak dari kol 11pm sampai Subuh tu, sampai dah rasa-rasa boleh tidur berdiri kekadang tu. Sian jugak kat Mama yg kekadang kena MC from work sebab bergilir tolong pegangkan Umaira yang taknak kena letak tu. Pengorbanan ibu. And lagi best, ibu dan nenek tak tahan tu...

Menariknya tahun ni, Umaira seems more grown-up. Sayang adik tu Alhamdulillah sangat. Sampai adik belasah dia pun, she will tahan gegila. Memang dia dah diajar kena mengalah dengan adik. Tapi dalam ngalah tu kalau Mummy tengok memang adik (Umar lah tu) over cara belasah kakaknya, memang Mummy menyinga la kan.

And tang nak belajar pun rajin gak. Sekolah pagi petang tu. Kita kesian kat dia, tapi dia cool jek. Nasib baik jugak sekolah agama bukan jenis ada homework sebab awal2 Umaira dah cakap "Ustazah cakap takde homework nanti banyak sangat campur dengan skolah kebangsaan punya..." I love you lah Ustazah. Heh? Mummy plak yang excited.

Kalau bab pegi shopping, selagi kita tak suruh dia pilih she will keep quiet. Sukar sekali nak dengar dia cakap "Mummy can I have this?". Selalunya kalau Umar meraung (secara over) nak toy ke apa ke yang dia berkenan sangat, kakak2 termasuk Ulfa akan telan air liur jek. And you can actually see them telan air liur k. So memang kenalah beli for everyone, kalau Mummy ada rezeki lebih...

When people say girls are easier to take care, I can actually say they are right. Setakat ni Alhamdulillah... And I really hope things will continue that way. Aaaammmiiiiiinnn....

Macam biasalah, bila you realize that your kids are growing up too fast ie, bila sedar badan dia makin panjang, muka dia dah berlain, keletah pun macam budak besau, dengan spontannya you tell them, please dont grow up so fast.

Umaira: "Napa mummy? Napa takleh grow up fast?"

Me: "Nanti Umaira n Ulfa dah besau, mula ada boyfriend, then kahwin then tak duduk ngn mummy dah..."

Umaira: "I dont want to have bofren, I want to be with you always.." (statement menusuk kalbu grade A nih!)

Ulfa: "But, kalau takde boyfren and kahwin, then how to have baby?" (tak padan ngn budak umur 5 tahun, tau ke leh buat apa ngn bf sampai leh ada baby ni? Hmmmm...)

Mummy: "Yeah Umaira, Mummy nak ada baby, so that I can be grandmother like tok mama."

Umaira: (Dalam nada sedih sedan) "Tapi nanti Mummy jadi grandmother, jadi nenek, nanti Umaira rindu..."

Me: "La pasai pa plak nak rindu?"

Umaira: "Nanti Mummy jadi tua and nanti Mummy mati..." (GULP!)

Me: "Belum lagi... Kan Mummy ada ni..." (Gila macam ayat drama dah ni.)

Umaira: "Kalau tok mama mati macam mana mummy?"

AAAGGGHH!!! Now I am totally disturbed. I cannot imagine ke tahap itu. Padan muka sendiri sebab provoke anak cakap bebukan. All I know, I will be totally devastated, but till then, there's no way I want to think about it.

It made Umaira so sad tonite (Ulfa dah blah bila tengok conversation became to mellow), and I'm all sad too...

I love my kids... :)

Tiba2 teringat, Umaira told me got this boy from her class who teased her about wearing a "bra". Mind you, she's only 7, no bras required, yet. She wears a camisole under her baju kurung, so I guess the boy thought it's considered a "bra". Either that, his pretty disturbed sebab pernah nampak mak or kakak or somebody in his house wear them. The poor kid, but it's still no excuse for him to ejek my girl. So this is this is the answer I gave Umaira in case budak tu kacau lagi:

"Awak teringin pakai ke? Nanti saya bagi ek." Lantaaakkk!!

This is what my Papa taught me when this one kid suka bebenor usik me during our bus rides home, masa sekolah rendah:

"Dia kacau2 awak tu sebab dia suka awaklah..." ERKSSS!! That. Is. So. Weird!

Sepatutnya dah kena balik ni. Sekarang, takleh nak stayback kat opis lelama (yey!) sebab the girls dah start kelas mengaji. It's like almost everyday of the week. Yang paling bestnya, the girls absolutely love the class, boleh? Kalau remind them ada kelas mengaji, bukan main merenyih sampai belakang telinga. Nak kata ada ustaz kiut, idak pulak sebab belajar ngn ustazah. It was actually a last minute thingy. Memang nak bagi depa belajar ngaji, and dah lama dah pegang nombor ustazah tu, tapi tercall-call. Ntah macam mana ari tu, saja SMS nak enquire dulu. Tup2 ustazah balas cakap datang malam tu jugak. Waaaahh... Bagi dia, benda mengaji ni tak baik lengah2. Yes bos!
Menengokkan pada buku rujukan yang ustazah tu guna untuk mengajar, sangat interesting. Kita dulu guna Muqaddam yang nak kena belajar alif ba ta sampai ingat. Yang ni terus teach you yang baris di atas semua. Menarik la jugak. I think I can teach kids to mengaji also, but hehehehe...tak lengkap ilmu di dada nak jadi ustazah la kan, dada pun kurang! wahahahaha...
See here untuk lihat gambar comel anakanda berdua jadi ustazah kecik.

Dah nama pun blog for the kids, so inilah updatenya untuk besday Umaira yang lalu. Actually, we went to cousin Daddy's wedding in Perak during her birthday. Kebetulan hari yang sama. And nasib baik anak sulung bukan jenis diva nak celebrate birthday hari tu jugak, walaupun sebenarnya Mummy yang rasa kesian kat anak sebab takde proper birthday singing session and cake when she turned seven. Mama papa rajin celebrate my birthday masa kecik2 dulu, so memang dah jadi tabiat dalam keluarga. Asal birthday jek mesti nak ada kek.

And actually, nyaris tak terbuat birthday party ni yang direncanakan sebab satu, none of Umaira's classmates to whom she sent the invite to RSVP-ed, and dua masa kitorang balik dari Perak tu tengok dapur banjir. Air from tangki overflowed bagai nak rak. Masa tu plak bibik pi Cheras, so memang takde orang kat rumah nak tengokkan. Dah satu keje nak ngemas, and Daddy kena panjat bumbung malam2 betulkan the pelampung. Haihh... Tapi sebab ada sorang kawan dia bagitau nak datang, kami pun sediakan secara ala kadar, and I texted my friends. Sesiapa yang ada kesempatan silalah datang. So Zura and family came too.

It was not a big birthday party but it was good enough for us, though tak leh blah lah rasa kechiwa di hati ini. Sob! I promise a better party for you ya Umaira. Mwahs!


So here are the attendees. Tiga memang penduduk tetap rumah kecik tu and Alyssa, kawan baik Umaira since kindy. Though she wasnt well, but she braved thru the party sambil layan kegedikan aunty Nida hehehehehe... Good girl lah you! And I absolutely LOVE this picture sebab everyone look so yomey yomey.

Here's the cake. Asalnya nak buat kek Angelina Ballerina, tapi nak buat tempahan yang sebenar memakan harga yang agak terlampau. So terpaksalah buat kek gini kat Berry's. Takpelah, takde Umaira nak complain "Napa beli kek murahan?" If she did, memang Mummy bagi makan meja jek kang.

Atas permintaan ramai, buatlah games serba skit. Yang ni dipanggil Pass The Rubber Band With The Straw (macam lagu omputih plak). I learnt this thru own experience masa dok rajin pi besday party kecik2 dulu. Rajin woooh pi besday parties. Jenis mak pak tak join punya, just us kids. It was super fun. Dulu pernah main game ni dipaksa duduk dengan this guy yang katanya minat bebenor ngn Mummy masa tu (dalam tingkatan gitu lah). So masa nak passing getah tu memang dok tersipu-sipu macam siput lah masing2 kan. Lagi plak kena sorak ngn kengkawan, siut jek. Haiiih...Kelako!

Ni group foto jenis Daddy amik gambar Mummy, then Mummy amik gambar Daddy. Takkan nak suh Bibik plak amik, jahanam plak kamera tu. Percayalah!


Aktiviti seterusnya, sebaik saja ketibaan Fiona Zara semua nak main painting painting plak dah. Layankan jek, sebab bahan pun ada. Atleast depa tak main kejar2 dalam rumah sempit tu. Ada jugak yang lari masuk bilik air jugak. Hehehehe...

Sebab ada sorang leh gantikan Mummy's place, so mainlah semula passing getah ni. Sungguh cute melihatkan aksi Fiona passing getah kat Umar yabam. Dan actually, we played another game which was the Statue Dance game menggunakan lagu Baby by Bieber sahaja (pasang lagu lain kena marah dowh). Tapi gambar2nya terlalu terlampau untuk ditayang di sini. Bukan budak2 yang terlampau, tapi Mummy yang kena jadi player yang terlampau wahahahahaha...

One of her favourite birthday gifts was from Daddy. Beli beg sekolah Barbie (sebut betul2) kat dia. Bukan main suka lagi and tak pasal2 tersudi cium muka Daddy yang cantik tu hehehehe...Selalunya sorry ya. I gave her books, as requested (lupa plak nak load kat sini). And we also thank Alyssa and Fiona and Thalia (Zura and Farief) for the lovely2 presents too. Also to tok mama and baba, aunty malyn too for the gifts. :)

Main belasah jek kiraan di atas ni. It's the countdown to Irmy Umaira's seventh birthday. And baru last night Daddy cakap we can do her birthday on 20th. Nggh!! Bunyinya macam tak jadi buat coz we have to attend his cousin's wedding in Perak on Umaira's birthday. So I thought, just a cake with us at home, dah memadai. Dia nak buat birthday party plak dah!! Breath in, breath out.

And... He wants to do it at home. Aduh!! My one and always will be dilemma is the fact that our house is tiny, and parking pun agak mencabar. Kalau dah sebuah rumah ada minimum dua kereta kat neighbourhood tu, memang confirm one car tempek kat luar rumah. Itu our house, we have neighbours who has more than two cars! So memang agak crowded lorong rumah tu, then where lah the guests nak park kan. Kalau kereta leh lipat masuk kocek sedap la kan.

So, the only logical solution will be, tak invite ramai orang. Maybe just Umaira's classmates (she has named 8 of them) and a few of our selected and closest friends. Need to find cake, good spread of food and goodies. And take leave ofcourse. Tak gemar buat party on Sundays ni sebab Isnin kerja. Agak sangap gitu, sebab saya jenis rumah mesti super kemas macam selalu (kemas lah sangat!), macam takde apa2 berlaku right after the party. Daddy takpelah buat makan2 Sunday, sah sah dia tak keje Isnin. Blah la lu!

Oh-key. Now to google Angelina Ballerina. Whatever that is!! Agak ketinggalan gitu...!!!

The blog title is already a day old. I am trying to recall them but heck, can't remember the details. Tapi yang terbaru, just happened minutes ago, is about Umaira. She was asked to come to school early today. How early? Tak reti habaq plak. But the best part is, she told Bibik to wake her up at 4am, boleh? Gila apa pergi sekolah gitu awal? As usual, Mummy pun tanya banyak lah - the what for, especially. BUt one thing about Umaira, lagi kita tanya makin perlahan her volume goes, tak kira lah if we meninggi suara or cakap tone biasa. It's like she has a please-don't-ask-me syndrome. Haiiihhh! Can be quite frustrating.

So fine, I sent her early, but not at 4am ofcourse. Sent her by 7am. It was still considered early, coz the official bell is only at 7.30am. Called her just now, nak follow up. She said, she was given a present by one of the senior teachers during assembly. So soalan susulan is "what for?". And once again she goes errr urrrmmm... SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHY SHE'S BEEN GIVEN A PRESENT? (yang Mummy pun jadi saiko sebab anak dapat hadiah pun nak stress, apakahhh??)

Ok fine, I am texting her class teacher. Hope we're getting a satisfactory answer.

(setengah jam kendian)

Al-kisah... Umaira entered some contest for Maulud Nabi in school on Saturday, and somehow, whatever she submitted tu got her to top three in her class, so dapatlah present from I think the Cikgu Ko-ko. But urm, she was the only in class that day who didn't wear her tudung (coz Mummy tak bagi coz I thought she was just fooling me. Alasan!! huhu). Malu ah!
Okay, okay, Yeayyyy to my girl!!!

I've been wanting to write (alasan). Tapi our netbook is ill, suka shut down sendiri, especially when you are in the middle of writing something. Tu yang putus angin nak update. Kang tengah sedap2 taip, kapoot! Got to send to doktor Nano, my sis works at Digital Mall, so siapla adinda yaaa...

And oh, me and hubby dah pergi sekolah Umaira and spoke to the ceekgu kanan disiplin. Al-kisahnya, lepas peristiwa kena pau duit to buy sharpener tu, I gave Umaira RM5 sekeping so that she can get her music book and be done with it. Seperti biasa, I called her after school to check, dia dah start ooh aah ooh aah. Dah agak dah, mesti something went wrong. Bila tanya punya tanya, rupa2nya another girl in class (buddies to the first girl who took her two ringgit) went up to her and asked: "Ko ada duit?" (intonasi samseng ya). So Umaira ni, sebab dah diajar to say no to the first girl if she asks for money mungkin tak sure la kot if the same rule applies to this girl plak. So sudah serah duit RM5 itu dengan sesajanya. Kata budak tu nak beli sticker kucing plak dah. Ngghh!!

Memang menyirap bandung, jawa, jakarta dah kami laki bini. On Friday itself terus pegi sekolah to speak to the teacher. I think after we left, the ceekgu pi kelas Umaira and called her and the two girls. So sudahlah ditegur bagai, and ofcourse the girls tak ngaku they took her money. Bestla kan kalau buat salah leh ngaku kan.

But for me, I am glad the teacher(s) took immediate action and I pray that this thing tak berulang, not only to my daughter, tapi kepada sesiapa je lah. It's just scary bila budak2 dah tau nak tunjuk samseng. Mungkin the girls tak tau it's wrong sebab dah tengok some adults do it, manalah tau kan. Kids besau2 tu mesti meniru jek keje dia. Mungkin dia tengok kakak or abang dia dok buat, or dia sendiri pernah kena buat nothing happened to the pembuat, dia rasa benda tu tak salah. Manalah tahu... I pray besar2 esok tak jadi penyangak la korang ya...

Below, gegambar masa cuti2 raya cina yang panjang ari tu. We didn't go anywhere, just lepak rumah, keluar masuk mall, pi rumah tok Mama. Cuma ada satu hari tu, TV yang pernah menimpa Umaira (secara misteri habis) akhirnya telah meninggal dunia. So terpaksalah nyopping TV baru...


Sementara kami tengah ushar TV, Umar pun tolong "review" mana yang boleh. Sampai ke macam tu sekali. Heheheheh...

Hah!! Hamik ko. Mungkinkah Umar sedang kira pixelation pada TV ittew? Mungkin juga...

Alamak! Sudah malu besau sebab Mummy caught him in the act. Gediks!!

Me and my darling sisters, Nano and Malyn. We had dinner at Cerana, near Mama's house. Not bad food situ, service pun not bad. So yes, I am the most gelap hahahahaha...

I really really want to sleep early today, but I can't shut my eyes right now. I am super disturbed sebab Umaira just told me she gave two ringgit to her classmate "coz she wanted to buy a sharpener." I gave her the money in order for her to buy her music text book, but she ended up giving it to her classmate coz she asked from her. I really really hate to admit this - I can't believe Umaira is bullied in school. My girl is only in Primary One, for goodness sake! I can't help feeling helpless coz I wasn't "there" to stop her. And I hate, hate, hate to bebel to her so long. But I hope she gets it, the fact that she can't simply give other people money for no good reason. Adeh, sakit kepala..
I guess, I am just being protective coz she is still my eldest BABY. No one bullies my little girl (kecuali Mummy sahaja, dengar tu!). Huwaaaa... Am so emotional.

Huwaaa... sharpener benda sampai dua hengget ni???????

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!

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!!!!

We're ready for orientation, bring it on!

Daddy's last chance to dukung anak. He's more emotional I think. :)

To be used forever!

Text and exercise books, nyaris siap dibalut.

Planner/Calendar for 2011 school year.

Not officially yet, coz that's gonna happen on Monday ni, but it feels like it's today sebab dah orientasi and siap kena buat assessment test bagai. No, Umaira didn't cry at all (or just yet). No, she wasn't running to me whenever she feels insecure in class. No, she didn't look lost at all! Don't know why I was expecting the "worse", so Alhamdulillah sesangat she was a-okay! But sedetik tadi rasa sebak, when the HM announced the kids need to line-up according to their class (she's in 1 Setia) and the teacher will walk them to class for the assessment. Satu, I thought I'd be the one walking her to class and dua, WHAT TEST lah?? Rupa2nya they want to see which kids need extra attention, kot takleh baca lagi etc... Oh, okay. I think she did okay coz she wasn't pulled out of the class.

Yang kurang bestnya, none of her kindy mates are in her class. Me and Zieda, Alia Alyssa's mom were quite disappointed, but the good side of it their classes are nearby and they are going back with Aunty Carol sesama.

Pictures from school today are up on FB http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=265533&id=548779721&l=2956084ca3. Check it out!

The holiday was fine, we hit the beach, played in the pool, mummy also swam macam baby paus (haha)... Sekarang suma tengah gelap terbakar, layan je lah...
Prep for school/ Umaira - baju sekolah dah, tinggal satu lagi lencana. kasut sekolah dah, stokin dah, "kiwi" kasut sekolah (donno why Daddy panggil kapur kasut tu kiwi, ikh!), tshirt and track bottom dah, beg skolah dapat advance, bulan tiga nun masa bday dia so leh pakai secara rasminya. stationaries pun setel. Tinggal nak check bottle tumbler and bekas makanan pakai jek yang beli kat Ikea ittew.
Prep for school/ Ulfa - Dah register, terbang ribanan uang. Dah dapat beg sekolah and uniforms. Ada ke principal tu ingat I am just gonna use Umaira's old school outfit, aiyor, so unfair. And, Ulfa is going to learn Mandarin for the next two years. Tapi bila pikirkan balik, kang masuk sekolah rendah tak guna plak Mandarin tu... How ek?

Berjaya potong rambut kat salun kena charge RM10! Pernah sekali tu, main terjah jek potong without asking, tup2 bil kena RM20 seorang kenit kot. Gilalah! Tak potong pendek sangat coz I still want the hair to be tied to school, rambut depan pun biar panjang.

Ulfa nampak sad je, tapi sebenarnya she loves her hair shorter. :)

One of those months when we need to do collective shoots for a few issues. My schedule becomes really packed, but once it's done and accomplished memang puas hatilah!

This was during an important Cosmo Cover Star campaign shoot. We shot 10 Cosmo girls and readers will get a chance to vote for the best cover pics. Nampak kasut hitam kat atas tu. The crazy shoes I bought tapi tak mampu nak pakai coz it's so tinggi! So dah jadi ala ala kasut wakaf for shoots. Whenever any of the talents takde super high heels, memang I will standby with this. Cian my Aldo.

Rapunzel! Bila masuk bulan baru, Umaira mesti tanya "bila nak November?" Coz we can't wait to watch one of the best Disney movies ever! Memang sangat best, the girls enjoyed it (Umaira nak jadi Rapunzel, Ulfa nak jadi the Queen coz she loves her green-grey eyes. Daddy tak pasal2 jadi Maximus, and Mummy? Jadi the little girls yang tolong braid rambut Rapunzel, apakah? Umar plak jadi the King tak pasal2 hehehehe...)

Gediks tak? I bought these for the upcoming FFF event. Tak pasal2 Umar buat jadi his toy phone. Sudah tentu menelefon Mummy lah tu. Haihhh...

Inilahnya the infamouse rat I have been updating on FB about. I told you it's HUGE!!! Dan akhirnya it surrendered into our trap sebab lapar rasanya. Who can say no to ikan tenggiri masin heh?
Us at POGH! Inconjunction with tok Baba and tok Mama's 34th anniversary. Lepak sini dua malam, barulah puas...

And yes, we just had to make Mama n Baba jump for the cameras kan? And they are so sporting to actually do it. Love you mama n papa... :)

The anniversary dinner at the CarouselCafe. Flowers bought by Daddy. So cun!

On the way to the pool. Motif gambar ni? Nampak tak padang sekangkang kera yang depa tengah pijak tu? That's where this company had an event here, no tent, and about the same time I took this picture. One of the hotest event I ever attended! Kalau tau depa nak jemur media, mak pakai bikini jek wahahahahaa...

We love the pool walaupun frankly, none of my kids can actually swim. That's why mereka ada bodyguard peribadi in the pool, tak lain tak bukan Daddy tersayang lah hehehehe... And tak pasal2 Daddy juga jadi life guard kat situ sebab ada budak kecik ni nyaris lemas, Daddy sempat tarik.

And oh, Umaira went to the dentist pagi semalam. Memang Mummy berdebar2 drama gitu coz for sure she's going to go thru a traumatic experience. She was excited to go sebab last time she was at a dentist, she only had a check-up. Kali ini, memang can't escape cabut EMPAT (ya, empat) of gigi susu dia yang dah reput, to make way to her gigi kekal. Orang lain kat klinik tu punyalah puji kata Umaira brave sbb nampak rilek jek masuk bilik doctor. Half way, she was already screaming and running around the room, and keluar dari situ, Daddy kena dukung. Sian baby Mummy.
On the way balik, nampak okay skit, so Mummy pun tanya "Nak gi OU tak?" Boleh dia angguk!! Bertuah betul. Untungnya cabut gigi ni, dapat izin doktor untuk makan ice cream siang dan malam, so that's what we gave her. You are indeed a brave girl, Umaira!

I think Umaira has issues about growing up. Perangai dia dua tiga hari ni memang pelik. Bukan pelik annoying, tapi pelik kiut gitu. Since she got back from Cheras, she has been expressing how much she misses me and loves me in many different ways. Dengan ayat tu toksah kata la kan, tetiba datang peluk, tetiba datang kiss. Cakap "I will miss you Mummy" tu memang acapkali.
Ini teori Mummy sendirilah, maybe she knows, once she starts real school, things will be different (Noooo!). She will have friends, and Mummy Daddy akan jadi ala ala second place gitu (Noooo!).
Below, look what she did for me and Daddy before we left to work. Schweeeet sangat!! I love you too Umaira....

Poyo betul Mummy sejak kebelakangan ni. Emosi tak menentu, must be the time of month nearing soon. Tak best bila tak dapat control own feelings. Siap terpikir, kalau jumpa our annoying designer, he's so gonna get some screaming from me today. Nasib baik pakcik to MC, macam tau2 jek kalau dia cari pasal, he's so gonna get it from me wahahahahaa...
Paling poyo sekali - sah2 la anak2ku memang sayang Mummy dia. Tapi semalam, memang rasa extra disayangi especially from Umaira. She has been at tok Mama's place since Thursday, so sudah rindu gila kat Mummy and Daddy, sampai bergenang2 air mata. She really wanted to go back with us, but since tok Mama said she wants to send them back today, so it's better that she stays on. Atleast they have their Asu there to amuse them (Asu's kek batik is to die for! Today they're baking cake). Umaira macam okey with the idea. Until it's time for us to leave. Pecah abis muka sebab menahan air mata (not me, my eldest tu lah). Ya Allah, siannya baby Mummy. So, I hugged her sampai dia tertidur.
If you're wondering about Ulfa and Umar, itu dua budak memang hampeh. Tanya nak balik tak? Ulfa jawab: "Taknak, nak duduk sini one hundred..." 100 menda, I asked? "100 hours!" Ler, ingatkan nak duduk 100 days tadi, gediks betul! Umar plak, jawapannya dia taknak aje. Sukalah leh wrestling ngn tok Baba dia, kalau kat rumah sendiri, takkan nak wrestling ngan Bibik plak hehehe...
Bila tok Mama tengok perangai Umaira gitu, dia cakap sama jek perangai anak2 sulung dalam family ni, aku lah tu. Dulu, when I was around Umaira's age, my parents sent me and my cousins to Guar Chempedak for the school holidays. We would stay there for around 2 weeks to a month. Dibela oleh Mak Lang, who I considered as my second mom. When it's time to balik, memang drama abis la kan. My older cousins still make fun of me. "Ni lah orangnya yang bergayut sambil meraung kat buai depan rumah Mak Lang, taknak balik punya pasal." heheheh..at the same time, dengan Mama pun taknak lepas. How lar kan?
Those were the days, and memang tak percayalah menurun kat Umaira kan. My excuse: I am the glue of the family, I keep everyone together. Yeah right? Yeah right!

Takde apa2, sekali sekala dapat balik rumah awal, dinner pun before 8pm... So banyaklah masa nak gediks geduks with Mummy's yoboy. Dia pun, bila takde Daddy ni kuranglah sikit eksyennya kan. Mau melayan Mummy menggomoi dia.
We played the jelir-lidah-to-the-phone-camera game. And, I'm so glad his "ugly" hair cut dah nampak less "ugly". Long story about the hair cut, but let's just say, somebody gave me flowers to apologize (jeling kat Daddy).
Today, Umaira will be in KL, enjoying her last days in kindy. Minggu depan dua hari je skolah, then we r going back to Tganu for Raya.
So begin the countdown to Umaira's first day in primary school. They grow up so fast, huwaaa!!