Happy Teachers' Day...

I still remember the song (partial) that I sang on teachers' day celebration when I was in primary school.

Di sini tempat aku menunggu kawan
kawan-kawan sama sekolah
sama-sama belajar

Di sini tempat aku menuntut ilmu
membaca menulis mengira
dengan panduan guru

Sampai di sekolah
kami selalu riang
berjumpa guru
selamat pagi cikgu

Lalalalalalalalalala

I received tons of wishes from ex students, current students and friends.

Among wishes/greetings that I received:

Without Teachers, dayz are
SADDAY
MOANDAY
TEARSDAY
WASTEDAY
THIRSTDAY
FIGHTDAY
SHATTERDAY...

so... Happy Teachers' Day ---- From Rose


Here's another one:

Dalam ajarnya ada harapan
dalam tegurnya ada doa
dalam marahnya ada sayang
dalam diamnya ada bijaksana
selangkah kakimu ke kuliah
insyaAllah 10 langkahNya datang kepadamu
Andai mahu kaya raya
menjadi guru bukan bidangnya
Sekali menjadi guru
selamanya menjadi guru
p/s sori, tak ada hari lecturer, tapi lecturer pun guru jugak... guru yang lebih tinggi tarafnya... From Najiha Sudin


Thank you Rose, thank you Jiha... and about 1000 more well wishers... I love you all...

Dinner for Amin's birthday

The restaurant where we had the dinner

The birthday boy...

The birthday boy enjoying his dinner - Grilled chicken... but he said "tak sedap, tastes like staled chicken"...

And... because it was mother's day... a free glass of fresh water melon juice for each mother present at the restaurant... how nice...

Amin's birthday is actually today. But since he (and Mia) has tuition classes every Monday and Wednesday night, I decided to take him (and the other kids as well of course) to dinner last night.

I saw this new restaurant a few days ago when I was coming back from the Section 3 McDonald drive thru with Mia, Aqim and Nabil. And since the place looks so nice, I thought I'd try it last night.... But... haih (sigh)... seperti pepatah Melayu... Indah khabar dari rupa... or in this case... Indah restoran dari makanannya...

Amin turns 15 today...

Amin was born 15 years ago today at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang. Like Muaz, Amin was also born prematurely, barely 34 weeks. In fact all my 5 kids were born prematurely. At birth, Amin weighed only 2 kg.

Amin... what can I say... ever since he was a little boy, he has always been hard-headed, strong-willed and stubborn... he is and has always been a no-nonsense kind of guy... everything must be practical... no room for mushy jiwang-jiwang kind of stuff. However, whenever I fell sick, he'd be the one that showed most concern - massaging my feet, legs, arms and forehead, checking on me every 10 minutes, asking me if I felt any better...

When he was 4 or 5 years old, he asked me this question:
"Mummy, do you think one of our neighbours would want to sell his house 20 years from today?"
Wondering why he asked that question, I asked him back: "Why do you ask?"
His reply: "Because I want to buy that house and because when I grow up I want to live near you so that I can visit you every day in your old age..."
It was so touching... that I just felt a big lump in my throat...

Being hard-headed and stubborn, we (Amin and me) always engaged in a fight (mostly verbally). And I always say this to him "Amin, if you don't want to listen to me, and if you think living with your daddy is much more fun and easier, by all means, pack up your things and go move in with him"...

I have said this so often that I didnt think it had any effect on him, until last week, when I saw him crying after one big (verbal) argument between him and me. At that time I was also crying in the kitchen. Suddenly I saw him coming to me, and with a very very sad looking face, he said he was sorry... he never wanted to hurt me, and he pleaded to me to not ask him to move back in with his daddy...

Hm... that's my Amin... I hope and pray that he would grow up to be a fine gentleman...

Mother's day...

A card from Muaz
- with touching words and phrases inside, I cried reading them...


A vase from Mia

A model ship from Aqim

A self-made card from Nabil...

As usual. every year I received tons and tons of mother's day wishes... from colleagues, from staff, from friends, from ex-students, from current students, from sisters, nieces, nephews... and of course most special of all, from my dear dear dear angels... though Amin, the tough, rough and no-nonsense no-mushy-jiwang-stuff-ever has not wished me yet... I will write more about Amin tomorrow as tomorrow is his birthday...

I wish to thank all those who sent me their well wishes today (actually since last few days), some very touching, some quite funny, via text messages, emails, and even cards as well as those who wished me verbally...

Here are a couple of funny wishes that I received today:

Women...
at 20s... mengancam
at 30s and 40s... terancam
at 50s and 60s... tak boleh nak cam...
But, no matter what age you are... you always look mengancam to me...
Happy Mother's Day...

Who is stronger? A woman or a man?
A woman, definitely... Because she can carry 2 mountains wherever she goes with absolutely no help.
A man can only carry 2 stones, and even that with a help of a bird...
*(Hahahahahahahaha... I really laughed hillariuosly here...)
So, woman... be strong and stay strong...
Happy Mother's Day...