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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

over the weekend..

terasa lama betul weekend kali ni. ye lah, isnin pun cuti sempena birthday Sultan Johor. oleh kerana anak2 demam, batuk & selsema, so kita tak kemana2.. just stayed home, doing whatever we wanted. basically, on saturday, anak2 spent their time on books and pens. colouring, drawing, doodling, tearing, gluing, scrunching, folding (even munching for akmal!), anything that has to do with papers, which really made them so quiet and engrossed. tapi, sampahnye lepas tu, memang berchinta la nak kemas... later in the afternoon, we went out. di satu kawasan di jalan johor, memang dah lama teringin nak menjengah ke art centre (can't remember the name of the school at the moment). after lunch, i took nina & fatin to the school. met with the guy (probably the clerk). chatted with him. susah sikit nak cakap bahasa malaysia, dia tak faham. so i used english. pun dia tak faham juga. last2, katanye, datang esok utk jumpa dgn cikgu.

so the next day (Sunday), we came again. kali ni nina sangat excited. ada beberapa budak cina yang comel2 dengan pakaian ballet sedang bergolek2 atas lantai. then, i waved to the teacher. oh, she was expecting me too! tak sangka pulak. so, after a discussion, she's fluent in both BM and English (which made my life easier), adlina akan dimasukkan utk belajar ballet di school tersebut. she said, not to worry, walaupun adlina sorang je budak melayu, she'll make sure that instructions will be in BM & English. dan of course bahasa cina utk budak2 cina. and, dah namanye budak2 kan, cepatnya adlina & budak2 cina tu berkawan. tak tau nama lagi, tapi they have started smiling at each other, said some few words, and that little girl even allowed adlina to touch her dress. yuran bulanan tak lah mahal, only rm50, tapi bajunya yang mahal, nearly rm200!. so, i told nina, in order to buy the dress, nina tak boleh beli jajan yang bukan2, and toys yg ntah ape2, sbb nak kena save duit utk beli baju. kelas akan bermula Januari next year. fatin, pun sebok juga kata, 'fatin nak belajar ballerina'.. tapi cikgu kata, fatin kecik lagi, nnt org lain tak boleh belajar sbb asyik tengok keletah fatin dalam kelas.

sebelah malam, we went to the barber. rambut akmal dah panjang sangat. akmal lebih dikenali sebagai budak yang 'cool', tapi malam tadi dia tak cool langsung. tengok je muka tukang gunting tu, dia melalak macam apa this was the first time akmal gunting rambut kat kedai yg selalu ayah dia gunting juga. kedai india. dia memang expert. before this, akmal gunting rambut kat kedai di sri pulai, pakcik melayu. bila dah menangis mcm tu, macha tu panggil ayah suruh duduk, dan dia dudukkan akmal atas ayah. bila hampir siap gunting, baru lah tak nangis lagi. bila nak balik akmal siap babai lagi dengan macha tu. bertuah punye akmal!

fatin, ataupun we always called her, budak montel, sangat suka makan. outside the barber, ada gerai jual burger. dengan bau burger yang mengancam tu, we ordered 2 (for dad & mom). tiba2 fatin pun kata, 'fatin nak jugak burger'. ok, so we ordered benjo for fatin. on the way nak masuk jalan ke rumah, ada abg jual sate. tiba2 ada request juga nak sate. ok, kita beli sate pulak. sampai rumah, fatin memang betul2 makan benjo tu. amboi berselera betul nampaknya. fatin, fatin, mana lah badan tu tak montel!

before bedtime... after cleaning the kitchen, suasana senyap. manalah anak2 ni agaknye. rupa2 nye they were all in bed... masing2 meniarap dengan senyap. oh.. menyambung colouring lagi.. and main stickers yang memang ada dlm colouring books tu. lantai jadi mangsa tampalan stickers diorang ni. dulu2 fatin suka tampal kat dinding. bila dah kena tegur, dia tampal kat lantai pulak. kena tegur lagi, dia tampal kat muka & tangan akmal!

finally when i announced that i will turn off the light, barulah budak2 ni, kemas2, sebok nak brush teeth, wash face & feet, barulah sebok si fatin mintak susu, and nina sebok2 susun bantal. i think, it was about 11p.m barulah diorang dozed off...

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