The "Wayang" Experience and More

Many people have commented that my children are gaining weight like "superfast". This maybe due to my kind mother who always ensure that they are well fed. One very distinct trait about my mother is that she will always ensure that people in the house and guests for that matter, are well fed - breakfast, lunch, afternoon meal, and dinner. Maybe because of that, my children are accumulating body fats day by day. Since I can't stop them from eating, as an alternative, I have to make sure that they stay active to burn all those calories gained. Stay active they do!

Currently Husna is wearing clothes meant for girls aged 9-10 while Huda for girls aged 6-7. If it's 7-8 for Husna, the length maybe allright but the tummy diameter can't fit.  Same goes for Huda. Now the little brother is following suit. I have to get him clothes for boys aged 2-3 whereas he's only 1.5 years. I don't mind the height, but I'm damn worried about the body fat. 

Last 2 weeks, we managed to bring both girls to watch Ice Age 3 at Jusco Tebrau cinema. They were focused in the beginning and the middle part. Towards the end, Huda had lost her concentration and decided to doze off. Husna was very attentive. Ice Age 3 was a fun movie to watch. At first we did think about watching Harry Potter, but forget it. It maybe far too high level, beyond reach of the children.

Sometimes Husna pronounced some English words the Malaysian way. Since the teacher is an Indian lady, she pronounced the word "Van" as "Wan". I tried to correct Husna's pronunciation, but she said that's how the teacher said it, so it must be correct. There are other words as well, I can't remember them, but I really cannot tolerate when she started to say "Lah" or "ah" at the end of her sentence. Everytime she says it, I would say, please speak proper English. Tell your teacher that. The teachers are spoiling the childern!!! In a battle between mom and teachers, teachers always win. Hence, I have to go and tell the teacher to speak proper English. That won't be nice, isn't it? I've told them off once not to give candies as incentive when the students are well bahaved. After I called the school and stated my preference that my children are not taking sweet candies, then only they switched to giving stickers. Stickers are good. They don't harm the teeth. I'm sure the school teachers don't like me that much.

Talking about Nuri, parents have to fork out RM1400++ at the beginning of the year. Husna is going to be at J6 next year while Huda is going to enrol for J4. Huda has to go to school, if not she'll be conquering the tv watching Disney Playhouse or Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network all day long. We want her to develop her social skills as well. So that's 2 children - RM3000. Education is expensive.

Huda's major challenge right now is to pronounce the words containing the letter S. She would utter "Tesco" as "Tehco", "Smile" as "Mile", and "Jusco" as "Jahco". She has always  be the subject of fun when it comes to getting her to pronounce words with S in it. But that is not a big deal to me. But unfortunately, her teacher at Vital Years thought otherwise. The teacher called me up and said Huda couldn't move to the next level because she can't pronounce words with letter S in it very well. I said I am very well aware of the problem. But it's not such a big deal. I said you can't punish her for that. Nevertheless, we decided to stop sending Huda to Vital Years because we think she is more suited for centers which enhance the development of the left brain. Maybe e-nopi when she's a little bit bigger. E-nopi charges RM200++ also. Ouch! Can education come a little bit cheaper?

I am lucky that Mr.X supports the idea of getting early education in life. I was moved when I read a newspaper about a Chinese couple who managed to produce 13 doctors in the family sometime ago. They sold off their land and estate to give way for their children's education. I solute their principle in providing good education for their children. I dream that I can do the same. Only education can change one's life. Infact in Islam, we are purpoted to continuously learn. Hadith Nabi - "Belajarlah kamu walaupun sampai ke negeri China" and one more about "Belajarlah kamu dari buaian ke liang lahad" means that WAJIB for us to continuously learn and gain new knowledge persistently in life.

I hope and pray that all those education we provide and all those experience we give them, will make them better individuals to strengthen the ummah. AMIN.