My 7 Wishes

Since being tagged by Aini..

1. Perform hajj before or by the age of 40;

2. Bila dah ramai yang kecik-kecik kat rumah ni, terasa pulak nak buat Diploma in Childhood Education;

3. A small secret garden where I can sit and read peacefully;

4. My home library with an English style design. Samala cam Aini and Aida, suka english style. Dulu pernah forwardkan the idea to my hubby, nak my living room English style, my hubby said, "Tak praktikal sekarang, nanti anak-anak koyak wall paper tu.". So....abaikan dahulu;

5. Hutang JPA langsai ASAP. Since being stay-at-home-mom, my hubby yang pemurah ini (semoga Allah swt murah-murahkan lagi rezekinya...) is paying. Terfikir gak nak buat kuih akok (tak tahu kenapa this kuih yang pop up, walaupun tak berapa gemor tapi tahu Kelantanese memang suka this kuih ni) dan hantar kat makcik yang pagi-pagi jual nasi berlauk dekat kawasan perumahan ni supaya cepat2 habis hutang ni;

6. A Robot that can help me with the house chores;

7. A daughter..... (wink!)

Since Aini dah tag sedara-mara yang baca blog ni, I tag my sonla...runnnnn!

When papa left for Langkawi...

My hubby left for Langkawi last Tuesday and will be back by tomorrow. He is missed dearly by all of us...

When Abang misses his papa...
























Abang will use his credibility of using computer technology to draw his lovely papa....


When Jat misses his papa....


























Jat had not notice me when I saw him staring at our compound. I sat at the sofa and asked him "Jat buat apa?". He turned around, I saw tears in his eyes, he replied, "Jat misses papa..". I hugged him, and he wept on my shoulder. "It's ok, it's ok..." that's all I managed to say...
(Anyway, the pictures taken are 'lakonan semula' by Jat, isn't he a great actor?)


When Syafiq misses his papa....
















When papa is talking to him.....


















When papa say good bye

















and when papa hang up....


When Iman misses his papa
















Iman just couldn't go to sleep...


and when mama misses papa......
















and.....

Happy Mother's Day

Last friday, while I was driving, just after picking up my sons from kindergarten, Jat said cheerfully, "Mama, Jat ada surprise untuk mama. Jat buat dengan ustazah kat sekolah." I said, "Iye? Jat nak kasi apa kat mama?" Actually, I've knew it must be something related to mother's day. "Mama kena close your eyes. Mama kena hulur tangan gini." He showed me his two small hands. "Ok, nanti sampai rumah mama close my eyes. Mama tak boleh close my eyes now, mama is driving, nanti accident." I said and Jat agreed.

Abang who heard that Jat had a surprise for me, sadly said, "Abang tak de apa-apa pun nak surprise kat mama." I said "It's ok." He repeated again that he had nothing to surprise me. I turned around to see Abang's face and he really looked sad. I said, "Hmm...nanti bila papa balik, abang ajak papa beli surprise kat mama ok?". Well, I know, I'm using my son to get something from my hubby. Anyway, he protested and said, "Papa balik lambat. Abang nak kasi surprise kat mama...". Well, as usual I'll stop at my sons' favourite shop before heading home. Abang got his ice-cream and forgot about he had nothing to give me anymore.

Just after we arrived home, Jat presented me with a card that he and his ustazah created at school. Inside the card was a big heart, with 'I Love U, mama' by Izzat. Thank you so much, Jat, that was lovely...




As usual, in the evening, around 5.30pm, I will accompany my sons as they play in our compound. Abang plucked Alamanda (a flower that we grow in our backyard) and gave it to me, "Mama, ni flower untuk mama." After I said thank you, he ran and played with his brothers.

On Mother's Day, early in the morning, I was preparing breakfast. My hubby was watching TV when Abang woke up and sit next to him. My hubby reminded him, "Abang, today is mother's day." He replied, "Abang dah kasi mama flower."

Thank you sayang, you are such a lovely boy!

(I received a mother's day card from Abang on Tuesday. In his own handwriting, he wrote 'you are always in my heart, mama', 'thanks for everything, mama' and 'I love you mom!' and a picture of Abang and me, Signed Wan Imran.)

Hikayat Nong Ketemah Kembang Semangkuk

The Untold story of 'Bekeng'

Nun di hujung sebuah desa Putra Purnama, Nong Ketemah Kembang Semangkuk hidup bahagia di samping suami dan empat anak lelakinya yang tercinta. Sewaktu muda dahulu Nong terkenal dengan sikapnya yang garang, oghe kelate kato 'bekeng'.

Hobi Nong suka membaca. Sewaktu Nong punya dua anak, Nong akan marah anak-anak Nong kiranya bacaan Nong diganggu. Sewaktu anak dua juga Nong pantang jika anak-anak Nong makannya tumpah, pasti anak-anak Nong kena marah. Seingat Nong, kerja Nong asyik marah-marah anak saja. Waktu itu Nong begitu naif dengan makna tanggungjawab seorang ibu.

Semasa Nong beranak tiga, sikap bekeng Nong sudah berkurangan. Lalu kakak Nong, Che Sita Wan Kempis, yang memang kenal sangat-sangat perangai adiknya yang sorang itu lalu berkata kepada Nong, "Engkau nampak tenang dengan anakmu yang ketiga ini." Begitu sopan susunan kata Che Sita. Kalau diterjemahkan dalam bahasa yang kurang sedikit sopannya, "Tok bekeng doh mu loni deh nga anok-anok.."

Nong senyum sahaja lalu menjawab, "Nong belajar dari pengalaman. Nong banyak melakukan kesilapan dengan dua orang anak Nong sebelum ini, terlalu banyak...bila Nong kenangkan sikap bekeng Nong pada dua orang anak-anak Nong itu, Nong menangis teresak-esak. Pernah sampai satu tahap Nong berdoa pada Allah swt supaya Nong dikembalikan pada hari Nong melahirkan anak sulung Nong. Nong ingin membaiki kembali kesilapan-kesilapan Nong terhadap kedua-dua anak Nong itu."

Nong tahu tiada terowong masa yang dapat mengembalikan Nong ke zaman Nong melahirkan anak pertama.

Namun dengan kuasa Yang Maha Esa....

He did answer Nong's prayer. He didn't grant Nong with a time tunnel but blessed her with two more sons so that she could make up her mistakes before.

Nong begitu bersyukur dengan kurniaanNya dan Nong berjanji pada diri Nong, Nong akan cuba mengawal ke'bekeng'an Nong. Sekali-sekala bekeng Nong terlepas, Nong maafkan diri Nong sebab Mak Saudara Nong kata bekeng ini penyakit keturunan....

The End

Go to sleep Syafiq...Papa is here...

Just now my 3rd lovely son, Syafiq, fell asleep with a handphone at his ear. He always miss his papa everytime papa is not around. He will pick up papa's clothes, pants or kain pelikat that were laying around and said "papa...papa...". Sometimes he would wear and walk around in papa's cloth. When he saw papa's picture, he would cry aloud which I could feel it came from his small heart. Sometimes, he would pick up my handphone and said "papa.." when he feels like talking to papa.

Just now, he picked up my handphone and said "papa..". Knowing my hubby had no meeting this morning, I make a call and it's engaged. Syafiq would be sad if he can't talk to papa. I handed the handphone that gave the "beep..." sound to sooth him down. He lay down with my handphone at his ear and when he almost closed his eyes, papa called. Shocked and couldn't hold his tears anymore he just cried hearing his papa's voice. I said to my hubby to keep on talking, my hubby did until Syafiq fell to sleep....

One of my neighbours said that my hubby is the best father she ever met. I agree with her. Everytime my hubby comes home from work, he will play football, tagging game, hide and seek etc with our sons. I did ask him once " Tak letih ke?" He replied, "Anak-anak hanya kecil sekali sahaja, when they grow up, they won't play with me anymore. They will stay close to their mother but they will keep a distant from their father."

Akok Blues

I don't like akok. What I didn't know is that my sister, Siti dislike akok too. To my surprise, she didn't like akok for the same reason as me. It was revealed during school holiday this year when I went back to KB.

The akok conversation started when I told my sister, how much my hubby loves akok. My sister then told me, her husband loves akok too.

Me: "Why they like akok, hah? I don't like akok."

Siti: "I don't like akok too."

I was so surprised when she told me that she didn't like akok.

Me: "I didn't know you don't like akok? Do you know why I don't like akok? It is because of the akok served at MRSM full of cloves (bunga cengkih). Every time I munch the akok, I'll be munching at the cloves, it was so irritating, I don't know how many cloves they put in one akok."

She looked at me with a surprised, then told me that she dislike akok for the same reason! We both laughed. My sister said her husband did persuade her to eat akok, she politely turn down the offer . My mother-in-law did homemade akok once in a while, I told her why I don't like akok, I pick one or two akok just to be polite.

We've been keeping this akok dislike secret to ourselves for so long (almost 17 years, I left MRSM in 1991). Well, till now we still 'traumatised' with akok as if we'll be munching that cloves again!