Horse riding activity in Taiping Lake Garden

Antara acara sukan yang sangat popular pada zaman Rasullullah SAW adalah seperti memanah dan menunggang kuda serta berenang.

Manfaat menunggang kuda boleh diperolehi dari kepala hinggalah ke kaki. Menunggang kuda boleh merangsang seluruh anggota tulang rangka, otot-otot, sistem penghadaman, sistem saraf, sistem voluntary dan involuntary, organ perkumuhan, ransangan kepada organ seksual supaya semakin sihat dan mampu mencerahkan mata akibat ransangan terhadap sistem saraf kranial.

Disamping mendedahkan anak-anak dengan amalan pemakanan sunnah, saya juga berhajat untuk mendedahkan anak-anak dengan aktiviti kegemaran Rasullullah SAW.

~MashaaAllah~

Fatin feeding the hungry horse

Some info regarding the prices...

Feel free to visit Taiping Lake Garden. There are so many activities to try on. :-)

3 y.o Fatin khatam Iqra' 1

Depa dah besaq !

Tihani

Pada masa Tihani besaq tu ^...
Zahra besaq ni >...

Zahra

Mashaa Allah, Alhamdulillah.

Fatin, an independent researcher!

Budak manja ni..

Syifa's new look

Syifa's school was having vision screening on couple of weeks ago. She brought home a referral letter and we immediately went to see the optometrist. I know I had been delayed for Syifa's eye check-up since last time she was nearly fainted.

A couple of signs that Syifa had shown us:

i) She frequently rub her eyes.
ii) She easily despair when playing 'Spot the Different Games' and 'Hidden Object Games' - she had poor focusing.
iii) She had told us about her inability to see objects at a distance in classrooms.
iv) Tired sign when she came back from school.
v) She encountered frequent headaches.
vi) She experienced almost fainted in playground - perhaps due to sweltering conditions.

All of the above signs had triggered me to bring her for vision check-up. But as I said, I kept on delaying until eventually school's was having the screening.

Parents who wore eyeglasses or more precisely having eye problems, the tendency for their kids to have it too is high. In a review by Dr. Lowery (the chief of pediatrics at Pacific University College of Optometry in Forest Grove, Oregon), she mentioned that nearsightedness and farsightedness have a strong genetic component, especially if both parents are nearsighted or farsighted. Although, others may be influenced by environmental or other factors.

Para ibu bapa yang sememangnya mengalami masalah penglihatan 'mungkin' lebih sensitif akan masalah penglihatan anak-anak mereka. Tetapi yang tidak mempunyai masalah mata juga, diharapkan agar tidak memandang ringan akan perubahan pada diri anak-anak masing-masing agar proses mengubati tidak terlewat dan tidak merebak. Hatta, yang dah ada pengalaman pun masih bertangguh...apekah..:-(

Pesanan untuk diri seniri: Makan sayur dan buah banyak-banyak ye... Support dengan vitamins supplement untuk anak-anak yang agak syushah nak telan sayoq (sayur) tu. Potong sayoq tu kecik2 gaul dalam nasi sehingga sebati..erk

Sekian daripada penganalisis masalah mata yang tak bertauliah...

Anak-anak baru balik sekolah masing-masing (kakak 7 tahun, adik 3 tahun)

Sori kakak..mama tak alert

Symptoms dah banyak, tapi mama masih bertangguh. Sampai dapat referral letter dari sekolah. Its about my daughter's vision. Picture and slight enlightenment about kids vision will be uploaded later, Inshaa Allah.

Reasons why mom & dad going away good for kids

The reasons are:

No one:
It gives your children a chance to bond with other members of your 'village' (if dad going away too).

No two:
It gives.....hmmm...aaaa....hmmm....aaa (anybody can help me think of more reasons why mom getting away can be good for kids please...). oh man..I can only think of a reason.

Wahai anak-anak..
Please be good to opah & wan. Listen to them and and always let them happy. Kakak, don't miss your solat and mengaji, look after your sister. Adik, respect your sister.

Opah & Wan..
Please don't spoil them too much. They need to say sorry whenever they did wrong.


We will be leaving them for 6 days. I pray that everything will goes well. Allah, please make them stay healthy, strong and resilient.

"Mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. A mother holds her children's hands for a while...their hearts forever."

cute conversation with kids

Adik-Mama

Adik : Mama nak kurma ! Kurma..kurrrma..kurrrrrma..Macam rumah kan mama.
Mama : Ye ke adik.
Adik : S-A sa, T-U tu, ru..mah...
Mama : Bukan lah adik, S-A sa, T-U tu, satu. Bukan rumah..
Adik : 'SATU RUMAH' lah mama.
Mama : erk ...

(Masa fatin baby, mama adore dekat sorang anak kawan mama bernama Fasihah. Fasihah yang fasih. :-) )

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Kakak-Mama

Mama : Syifa, syifa rasa tahun depan mama patut hantar adik dekat Tadika Didik Kreatif ke Tahfiz Impian Kasih?
Syifa : Dua-dua sekali pun bagus.
Mama : Kalau salah satu, syifa rasa mana yang lebih bagus?
Syifa : Hmm...Tahfiz Impian Kasih lah.
Mama : Kenapa, why?
Syifa : Sebab semua orang dekat tahfiz pakai tudung dan solat.
Mama : Tadika Kreatif tak bagus ke.
Syifa : Bagus jugak. Nanti adik pandai English, ada banyak mainan untuk adik, ada music class.

(masih takda keputusan untuk pemilihan tadika fatin untuk tahun depan..)

We love you so dearly

Let the video explain everything...
(Turn ON your computer's volume)

Mama spent about a couple of nights to complete this video, since it is my first attempt working with Windows Movie Maker 2.6. I mean it as a gift on your 6th birthday. Less is more and hope you like it too.

Luv,
Mama

Perjuangan Hadapi Dugaan

You brought joy to my soul
And pleasure to my eyes
In my heart I can feel it
An unexplainable feeling
... Being a mother
The best thing that I could ever ask for

Just thinking of you makes me smile
Holding you, looking in your eyes
I’m so grateful for having you
And everyday I pray
I pray that you’ll find your way

You know I love you, I love you
My little girl, my little girl
I ask God to bless you, and protect you always
My little girl, my little girl
You’re like a shining star
So beautiful you are
My baby girl
You light up my world
I pray that I’ll get the chance
To be around and watch you grow
And witness your first steps
And the first time when you will call me “mama”

I could spend hours watching you
You’re so innocent, so wonderful and pure
O God I can not express my gratitude!
But I’ll raise her good, ‘cause all I want is to please You
And now I pray You’ll guide her steps forever

p/s: It is not fun at all to leave kids to somebody else or even simply leave them with their own father. But sometimes, I do need HELP.


Ya Allah, lapangkanlah dengan Al-Quran hati kami, mudahkanlah urusan kami, tinggikan pahala kami, cantikkan akhlak kami, terangi hati kami dan terangi pula dengannya kubur kami. Ya Allah, Tuhan yang mentadbir dan memelihara sekelian alam. Amin Ya rabbal A'lamin..
 

Products of AHAR-MFS

warghh..Ngantuks tahap gaban ni..Camne nak buat keje. Cam biaso, ngantuk kalu itu blog juga kasi bukak. Kasi pencerahan mata balik..

Lets see what we have today..

Left-handed girl caught in action.

Me: Haip fatin..makan kena guna tangan mana?
FT: Tangan kanan (sambil tukar tangan utk makan). Tangan kiri nak wash yak..
Me: Tau takper..
..............

Kakak: Fatin ni kaler apa?
Fatin: Kaler Pink
Kakak: Bukanlah. Ni kaler merah. Cuba eja merah. M-E-R-A-H !! Cepat eja.
Fatin: M-A-....
Kakak: Ishh...cuba ingat betul2 dalam otak, M-E-R-A-H !!! Cuba tengok macam kakak, bila teacher ajar, kakak ingat dalam otak..
Me: (Ohh... kakak yang garang bila mengajar, sama mcm mama dia..opss..)

Aksi apa entah

Happy sangat le tu dapat green light tolong buat kek

Its a real school holiday family vacation. No in conjunction of conferences/workshops/meetings. Vahh..very satisfied.

Grrreat storyteller in da house.

Ok dah habih dah.

What should be the title?

MFS will be leaving The States tomorrow. Yet, there was a sudden heavy snow in Nevada. In addition, he's not felling well. Good and no so good news for me. All I can do is to pray so that Allah will make the best arrangements for us. Being a single mom isn’t that easy for me. It makes me realize that every kid needs loves and attention from a person called ‘father’. I try to act both (being mom and dad) to them, but I noticed, I failed to do so. I might have strength and perseverance on the first month, but it was progressively diminished as time flown. Besides, the kids sometimes being inconsiderate (how should I put the words in modest way), I myself lose my judgment and deliberation. It was indeed not a fine circumstance to stay longer especially for the grown up kids like ‘em.

 p/s: I noticed that my previous 2 entry was written in Malay. My friend telling me that 'hang dah makan dalam kot buat research paper'..Ehehe.. Well yea, memang makan dalam pun. Since sy ni tak bape pandai Bahasa Inggeris and I have a very poor vocab, it took me ages to put words in a proper sentences. So bila nak tulis blog, I felt like really tired to find English words. Why must I write in English? I did this blog on purpose. Few reasons on the list. To be frank the top reason was to improve my English writing skills and widen my vocab. So guys, don't get me wrong.

 

Naluri ibu

Baru balik dari register standard 1 untuk anak sulung. Melangkah masuk sekolah dengan mata berkaca, penuh rasa sebak dan doa tak putus-putus. Semoga akhlak Syifa Az Zahra sentiasa terpelihara di sekolah baru ini, menjadi muslimah yang hebat, berjaya dunia akhirat. Keluar dari pagar sekolah, masih teruskan niat, tapi air mata tak dapat bendung lagi. Berderai dalam kereta..:)

Haishh..itu belum hari pertama sekolah darjah 1.

Dah 6 tahun mama besarkan Syifa

In the spotlight

Kids, please stay healthy. I pray for both of you to recover soon and also pray so that Allah will forgive all my sins.

These are all the latest pics collection of them. Someone was strongly missing them.

Kakak batuk yang sangat teruk hanya waktu malam. Hampir dua per tiga tidur malamnya diisi dengan batuk berkahak tanpa henti. I'm glad to have my mum who sleep beside her, monitor and calm her down while she was having her very bad cough. Rasanya malam semalam opah hanya dapat tidur nyenyak 2 jam. Risau sangat cucunya tak selesa. Ada je yg opah akan buat untuk kurangkan batuk. However, no matter how less sleep she has, opah akan tetap bangun seawal pukul 5.30 pagi, terus mandi dan solat subuh. Unlike anak pompuan dia ni, seboleh-boleh nak curi masa qada balik kekurangan tidur. Hmm...

Adik pulak dah disahkan Doctor menghidap hand foot and mouth disease. Anak-anak saya dah pernah kena penyakit ni. So dah boleh expect dah, how was the situation I'm going to face dengan adik nanti. Dalam pada tengah menulis entry ni, 2 kali terhenti sebab adik nangis. I am fully prepared for next stages.

Ada juga beberapa orang yang bagi macam-masam andaian berkaitan kenapa anak-anak boleh terjebak dengan sakit ni. Typical assumptions adalah seperti cuaca tak elok, memang musim orang tak sihat, berjangkit dari taska dan sebaginya. From my point of view, besides not rejected all the assumptions, sy rasa ada kaitan dengan perkara yang berlaku last week. Last week saya jadi 'singa jadian' dekat budak-budak ni disebabkan perkara-perkara yang saya tak suka. Mungkin Allah nak balas there and then apa yang saya dah buat kat anak-anak ni.

Muhasabah..

They are all safe with me..

Halo babah, not too worry okay. Your 'pokok' are all safe under my supervision..ngeh3x..Punya takut pokok2 MFS ni mati, tiap-tiap hari mesti bagi mandi dulu sebelum bagi mandi anak-anak.

See, I did not lie you...

Fresh green and fertile..

 So..so..okay la..

 This one I like most..turmeric plant, the fat one..wallah !

But..erk..not for this. Sorry..

 I don't have any idea what happen to this tomato plant? By default, you should count on weather as well :) perhaps..it has not enough love from you. Yes, you.

Lil Fatin got letter from America.

How suweeeet !

Why you grow up so fast, adik.

Look, she's already 2 y.o. Oh dear..you grew up in a blink of eye from my perspective. You wanna know why adik? Coz you can talk like an 'orang tua' already (ditambah perisa dengan slang utagha)...yet you are still small adik. Please wait for mama to catch you up dear.

No abah this year..

However, we have our beloved opah & wan to celebrate with..Again for the second year, Fatin's birthday was celebrated at granny's home.

I can say, Fatin inherit a balance traits of her parents', me and my husband. Not to discuss further. I'm sure all parents want the best for their children. Work for it and pray to Allah. I could also experience dissimilar case in raising up both of them.That's the beauty of life.

Last but not least, can you see what is the time this post was published?? I should continue with my grant application since I have promised my co-sv to submit to her tomorrow although my spirit and soul was more to bed...huwaaa..tomorrow is Saturday maa....

Cheers

** Blog sebagai pengubat ngantuk aku sebenarnya...pheewww...

Abah, this is your eldest daughter 2012 schedule.

Early morning at 7.30 am...

"Kakak..wake up. It's time to go to school"

Kakak bangun terus, semangat seh..nak pegi kindy (walaupun kindy sama je mcm sebelum ni). Senang banyak keje mama dia.

"Harini syifa 6 years old ye mama?" (ukur ketinggian dia dekat badan mama)
"Syifa dah sampai armpit mama dah..dulu syifa sampai pinggang mama je.." (sengih kesukaan)

After a hard work of thinking last year, I came with this final decision. Thanks for those who had given me their views and encouragements. Most complicated decision I've ever made for her. They know why...

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Tadika kreatif from 8.30 to 12 a.m.
Van pick up at 12. (women driver & driver must wear tudung, a request from her)

Send to Tahfiz Impian Kasih (TIK).
TIK from 12 to 5.30 p.m.
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Besides seeing her delighted with the decision, I also manage to save 70 ringgit monthly for her school fees compared to last year. Alhamdulillah..help from Allah.

Budak-budak...haishh..

2-3 hari ni, budak2 ni asyik gaduh-nangis, nangis-gaduh..Kakak paling senang nangis, adik pulak asyik buli kakak. Adik ni perangai lebih kepada mama, agresif, garang, nak gadoh je..Kakak pulak perangai lebih kepada mama, sensitif, sikit2 nak nangis..Sudah..eloklah tu, dua-dua ikut perangai aku.

Peace..no war okay budak2..

Tido lah kat mana pun asal korang tak gaduh dan bahagia sentiasa..

Demi budak kecik yg manja tahap gaban ni jugak, mama cancel lah conference mama dalam masa terdekat ni.

QiR 2011, Bali Island

3rd RCNRM 2010, Langkawi

 WEC 2010, Kuching

Where to next? Budak-budak, korang nak pegi mana?

Treat for solehah girl

Its been a week plus we've been staying without MFS around. Nothing much changed. I am still in stable emotion since the kiddos didn't ask much about their father. I am being mischievous by asking them, "Abah balik nanti mama pegi Amerika boleh?" and SAZ replied "Ala..taknakla" dengan muka monyok. The sincere response makes me think of reviewing my future plan for next year.  The target must be cannot leave out the kids.

My early morning routine were still disorder. Woke up 1 hour earlier than usual will be much better to avoid chaotic I guest. Prepare SAZ to kindergarten, FT to her baby sitter and feed them before going. Indeed, a very good exercise for me especially to cut down the nightmare weight. huhuhu..so bad..increasing 2kgs weight last month. Well, who care..:)

I planned something for SAZ today since we have been stucked in the house this few days. Only two of us, we went to Jusco Bandar Baru Perda, which was approximately 35minutes driveway from home via highway okkk..errkk..

 My precious SAZ was having her favorite BR ice cream and her lovable cinnamon sugar pretzel..She just loved sweet treats. Like her mom..ehe..

The special treat was due to her outstanding achievements in her Fardhu Ain school, 'Tahfiz Impian Kasih'. Very well done dear..

Both of us were also having fun watching Puss in Boots. I spent my precious time to the fullest with my SAZ today and I really feel contented to see her smiling face. Semoga perasaan rindu SAZ pada abah dia akan hilang sedikit memandangkan setiap malam dia tidur dgn abah dia. Be strong girl.

 Babah waz here..

 Hi babah! Babah & automation, automation & babah, both are best friends.

She passed the basic conversation

Since I sent SAZ to one of the so called 'International Kindergarten' by the locals in Nibong Tebal, her capability in English Communication is never been tested in front of me. One day, while we were having our late lunch at Dimiral's Grill (western restaurant owned by a Malay Doctor) where the workers (waiters) are all foreigner, SAZ was asked a few questions by them.

Woker: What is your name?
SAZ: Syifa
Worker: How old are you?
SAZ: Five (showing her 5 fingers)
Worker: Do you want ice cream?
SAZ: Yes.. (nodding her head)
Worker: What flavor do you want?
SAZ: Chocolate.

Very well done girl ! I just staring with patience at their conversation. As I know, since little, SAZ is a very shy person especially when confronted with strangers or people she rarely met. She will zip her mouth and looking at me or her father to answer on behalf of her if she was questioned. The above conversation might seem too easy or simple, but for me, she had impressed me a lot with her progress. Besides, she also had impressed me with unexpected answer while we were shopping.

Me: Syifa, you stay here, I want to get something. Pls do not touch anything on the rack okay.
SAZ: Mama, I already touched ..(with big grinned)
Me: My dear..

It is a pleasure to have teachers who had put much efforts to train my SAZ. I mustn't deny that I can't do that not because of not enough time or busy, but truthfully due to my less patience in teaching the kids.

SAZ was sent to Fardhu Ain class from 3 to 5 pm. I'll write more about her progress on the different aspect in future.


"I mustn't feel proud of myself for not able to teach my kids as a real mother does. Please forgive me."

AHAR