Aiman and Einstein

We went to Petrosains KLCC on the first day of Chinese New Year. Aiman was very excited to get on the Dark Ride to the exhibition area. However, both kids were very quiet during the Dark Ride because of the darkness. Once we're at the exhibition area, Aiman ran here and there. He wanted to try everything... both of them even had a shot with Einstein.

He was fascinated while trying his hands on the 'bulldozer'. Luckily there were not many visitors yet while we're there.

And when we reached the racing car area, he didn't want to get out of there. But from the photo guess who enjoys the virtual race game the most? See, even little missy decides to join the race... Mama .... well I'm the forever family amateur photographer.

Later Aiman and I boarded the Heli Ride. It's actually a helicopter ride simulation where the passengers were crammed into the so-called heli pit, and off we go to the off-shore oil platform. Its a bumpy ride alright.. with thunder and bolt and lightning and even rain. But we enjoyed it .... Daddy and little missy cannot join because child under certain heights are not allowed 'onboard'.

And here's my little astronaut, hanging from the ceiling. Actually he is not hanging at all. All he did was peer into some sort of a screen, and his image was projected at the face of the astronaut.

And at the end of the tour, little missy decides to make some music. She tried her hands on the harp.

We spent more than 2 hours there without realizing it. Anyway, it's a good experience especially to young kids. We enjoyed the whole things even the baby. And Aiman said, "I want to come again....".

Cerita sekolah Aiman

It's Friday....
Hubby waited for Aiman at the transit place to bring him home during lunch hour. He was not with the first batch of kids who got off the Wish. Hubby panicked, so he drove to the school. He saw Aiman at a nearby shop. Hubby let him be and he went back to transit place after seeing Aiman got into the Wish.

When we asked him during lunch what was he doing running about. He told us, "We were waiting for auntie, then one of my friend asked me to accompany him to the shop. So I went with him. That's why I'm not in the first trip." When I reminded him not to cross the road, he said "I did look carefully Ma... I looked right n left n right n left and we run". Guess I just have to trust him and not be overly worried.

Then I asked him, did you see babah while you are at the shop? His answer,"Ala .... Aiman nampak. Babah parking jauh kan, kat hujung? Babah ingat Aiman tak nampak Babah lah tu....". Daddy had nothing to comment, senyum ajelah....

A new beginning

Happy New Year 2011 to all ...

A new beginning? Yupp .... It's about my Aiman actually. He is a Standard One pupil this year. Got him settled at the transit home. He's eager to start school. This is on the morning of orientation day 01.01.2011.

On his way to his class for the Linus test.

On the first day of school, during the assembly session.

He bought a plate of nasi lemak which is a bit too hot & he decided to bring 'bekal' to school.
Dad fetched him in the afternoon and he got ready for 'sekolah agama'.

The thing that surprises me is that, none of his classmates cried (excluding one girl). These kids nowadays are ready to do anything. They are not like us back then. The anxiety is more on the parents rather than the kids it seems. I'm one of them. Hope everything goes well .....

But kids being kids, he can barely open his eyes on the first day of school..... Pity my baby ....

Aidlfitri 2010

Salam Aidilfitri to all.

It has been quite some time since my last update.... Hahaha ... some of my friends have started bugging me about the last post.... Ayam tu dah hangus dah..... So true ....

Anyway, it's Aidilfitri again. Didn't get to celebrate fully last year due to confinement. And now my little 'buah hati' turned 1 on 13th Sept 2010.

So many things happened for the past few months. The faculty shifted to BJ ("they" finally succeeded to shift us), the commuting, the never-ending MQA, the baby and HFMD, and now it's Raya time. Here's some photos taken during Raya, didn't get the chance to really click2.

My little "bujang" with his new attire.....

And this is daddy's girl .....

This little girl is a little bit too tired. Mana-mana pun dia boleh landing & tidur. Penat raya agaknya....

BBQ dinner

These dishes were requested by hubby but only managed to do it quite recently. He requested bbq chicken the conventional way (no microwave or oven baking....mind you) - charcoal fire. Actually it's not fire lah..... just the 'bara' .....

My job is only to marinate the chicken, he took care of the rest. Of course he had his fav helper to help ...... none other than Mr. Aiman. And I made this delicious (perasan) potato salad to complement the main dish. The meal was very satisfying. Oh btw ..... this was actually about 2 weeks ago .... don't have time to upload then.

And today, we had ikan bakar for lunch. Who else yg bakar, Mr. Hubby lah..... But forgot to snap photos of it because I'm busy preparing the other side dishes. And the ikan bakar also don't last long on the table ..... because there's a 'big cat' in the house (according to hubby .... referring to who else .... Mr. Aiman again ..... Aiman memang tak kisah).

Pusat Sains Negara

Brought Aiman to Pusat Sains Negara during the school holidays. He enjoyed being there. Wanted to try everything, but he loves the spaceship section most.

He's specially interested in anything which has a joystick / control on it.

At the entrance to PSN.

Busy manning the robotic arm to collect some wooden blocks, but didn't succeed.

He's been asking me to go there again. Haiyaa .... tak boring ke?

The latest addition ....

It's been some time since I last wrote in this blog. Been away from work for two months and been busy with work afterwards. As you can see, here's the latest addition to my family .... Daryn Arissa bt. Sahalan. Here's the baby a few hours after birth.

She looks more like her father ... don't know yet for sure, but that's what people say.

We call her Arissa, or Adik but Aiman calls her Baby. Everybody who knows Aiman asked about his reaction to the new baby. Well, I can say he accepted the fact that he's no longer the only child, but he seems okay about that. Thank God... Even Arina was fascinated by the baby ..... Wait till she becomes the little 'kakak'.

Arissa is now 3 months going on 4 months. She loves to smile and she loves to suck her little hands. 'Dia suka makan aiskrim' Aiman says.

Birthday celebration of 3 generations

The family decided to combine birthdays of 5 members from July to September since most of the birthdays will fall in Ramadhan. I ordered a set of cakes from my dear friend Shaz, you can visit her blog @ http://mamachaksrecipe.blogspot.com/.

And guess what, since 3/5 of those celebrated consists of the Geng bas sekolah, the theme has to be anything of their favs. To be fair, there were Transformers and Disney Princesses. The members whom we celebrated were my mom, my sister, Maisarah, Aiman & Damia. The kids love the cakes. Aiman doesn't want to cut the Bumblebee. Aiyooo ... mcmana nak mkn kek mcm ni? Takkan nak tengok aje kan.... The cakes were yummy .... choc cakes. And my sister ordered some cute chocs from her friend ....

Well ... kids being kids. Their fascination were only for a while. Then they were busy with their birthday gifts. They were very excited with all the goodies.... They were busy tearing the wrappers ... next time just wrap in paper lama ajelah.

After busy checking the gifts, they decided it's time for more fun. They jumped excitedly into the new pool. There were a lot of splashing & noise. Even the baby joined in. She's not afraid of the water at all. They stayed in the water until their hands & feets became wrinkled.

Finally we managed to drag everybody out of the pool. And here they are .... posing atas motor atok pulak.....

Kenduri

The previous weekend was full of 'kenduris'. It's a kind of practice in some places that people will offer 'kenduri' when Ramadhan is coming. It could be any kind of 'kenduri'; kenduri arwah, doa selamat or kenduri kahwin. We attended the kenduri 2 days in a row, which ended yesterday with a kenduri kahwin. All the foods were delicious but we can only eat that much. Besides, I've started to be a picky eater, trying to avoid all those yummy sambal udang & rendang daging. Don't know lah, just doesn't have the appetite for spicy foods for now.

My youngest sister came back bringing a big plastic pool. Aiman & his cousin Arina were very happy splashing around in the pool. No pics of that since I forgot to bring my camera. But those two kids were happy in the water, they don't want to come out. Wish the other two cousins were there to complete the rowdy bunch of 'Geng bas sekolah'.

Transformers

Well its a bit late but its about joining the latest craze of Transformers. My beloved son is already attracted to Transformers (or anything that can change from car to robot & vice versa) way long before the film was out.

He readily poses with the poster in front of TGV Bkt. Tinggi. Lucky he didn't beg me to pose with the thing in front of all Petronas stations. Kalau tak jenuh lah nak amik gambar. But one thing for sure, he's been pestering me regarding the figurines @ Petronas. "Ma, bila Optimus Prime nak sampai? Tanyalah org Petronas tu". Aiyoo ... sometimes headache. Try telling a 5 year old about dates. He thought every time we fill in the tank, we can buy the toys.

Well Aiman got his wish last night. He insisted that he want to ask the cashier himself. We went up to the counter & he stood there. The girl smiled & asked "Ya adik nak apa?". And the adik answered " Nak lori". He was so proud of himself, he told daddy about it. Well that wraps up his collection of the Petronas Transformers figurines. He insists that we either call him Bumblebee or Optimus Prime only. I called him Megatron one time. Scolded me, telling he's not Megatron. "Megatron tu org jahat. Babah tu Megatron". So now daddy is labeled as Megatron. Phew ... kids & their imagination...

Oh btw ... for those who are guessing did we watch the movie? No we did not. Just posing in front of the poster while we're @ Jusco BBT.

Proton COE

We had an appointment involving the latest addition in our family. No .... not the baby yet! The baby's due in a few months. I'm talking about the car. Went to Proton COE (Centre of Excellence) @ Shah Alam.

Aiman as usual enjoys being in any car showroom. Busy snapping away some pics while the car was being serviced.

These two people with the Lotus. Ambik gambar ajelah, berangan. Kalau ada pon rasa sayang nak bawak car tu. Cantik sgt ....

Aiman said the red car is for him & dad, while the purple one (Lotus Elise) is for me. I wish ....

Langkawi Revisited (Final Part)

Found the time to update this blog. So, still with the Langkawi story, on the last day, we visited Underwater World. Ohhh .. before that we went to Awana Porto Malai first since it's still too early to visit Underwater. Awana is one of my fav spot in Langkawi. It has a very nice view of the sea & the islands. The water is crystal clear and we saw some beautiful fish swimming. Such a heavenly sight!

After a while there, we headed to the Underwater World. Everybody got the gov rate for the entrance fee. Aiman was afraid of the big fishes (they're bigger than him). There's a 3D movie show every hour. It was very fascinating seeing all those deep sea creatures.

There's this corner where you can actually hold some starfish (I did), some small fish and some sea cucumber (bukan timun...tapi gamat). This beautiful creature is called the dragon what ahh ... (I have a mental block lah pulak). It's actually a type of fish.

Can you recognize this little Eskimo boy?

We still have much time before our flight back home so we headed to the Langkawi Shopping Fair Mall. Nothing much to tell here.

All in all I am satisfied with this trip. Have been wanting to go back to Langkawi for quite some time. Alhamdulillah .. everything went well and as planned. Glad to be able to bring along my parents (I know my mom have been pestering my dad to go to L'kawi - beli pinggan lah apa lagi). Hoping to go some other time. Nak shopping Corelle lagi.....

Reminders for those who planned to visit Langkawi (or never been there before).
1. Try to arrange your schedule out of the peak season. Peak season in Langkawi: School holiday (if possible a big no-no), LIMA (the maritime & aircraft exhibition) and Le Tour de Langkawi.
Reason is simple: those so-called entrepeneurs will surely 'ketuk' you 'kaw-kaw punya' during the peak season. We rented a Nissan Serena (7 seater) for only RM 80 per day. But during those peak season the price could skyrocket up to RM 250 per day. Same goes for other things e.g. meals etc.

2. Do not take too much clothing there as you'll tend to buy some shirts or stuff. So no point packing your luggage to the brim, yet you still shop for clothes there. One more thing you could use those extra space to stuff chocs, kain batiks, souvenirs and what not.

3. During packing back home, do not put the metal stuff that you've bought in the hand luggage (e.g. spoon, forks, senduk etc.). The Customs will make a fuss of it. So better stow those things in the cargo.

4. Do not forget your sunblock, sunscreen or what-so-ever esp. if you're going to the beach. For those with kids, you'll be dragged by them to the beach I tell you!