Ada Apa Dengan Gediks???

My daughter surprised me yesterday with her short self-video. Yup, you read it right.. She video-ed herself! (In front of the mirror, mind you..) I uploaded 3 of her masterpiece in YouTube already.
For a sneak peek, Enjoy!!


A little How-to video on what to do during a fire. Sound, sound advice! I believe she got this inspiration from "Elmo Visits the FireHouse" CD we got Khaleeq 2 weeks back.


Her other ramblings include:
Restrike!! - gibberish all around. But, coupled with a LOT of attitude and style!

Subtitlist - practising to replace the Japanese voice over people in RTM.

-dillz blogging out-

The Day That Was..

We decided that this was the year for Khadra to join a preschool to ease her transition into primary school in 2010. (No, it's not thaaaat far!) For the past 2 and a half years, she has been attending Early Years Playgroup in Damansara Heights where they were more into wholistic development. I must say that they have done a terrific job on Khadra and she have blossomed into a sweet, confident girl who loves to draw, paint and perform- I mean, just look at her dance and sing. To think that she was barely even speaking when she first came in, it is truly amazing!

She is now attending Beaconhouse preschool and here's some pictures of her first day of school - all smiles in her new uniform. (also Naqib's first day of Primary One in SKBD) However, I found it extremely difficult to coax her to prepare for school in the mornings. She takes almost 30 minutes to down her "Shishu Milo", cries before taking her shower, finds all sorts of excuses to NOT go to school for that day.

There was this one stretch that she missed almost the whole week; cited reason - sick. (cough, vomitting, what not) The next week, as we were walking towards the car, all clad in her gym outfit, she vomitted infront of me. So, I thought, "Aahh.. She's not well.. Let's not go to school, then.." I took her up our house and from the corner of my eyes, I think I saw a little smirk on her face. The next day, she vomitted, even before we were out the house. Another day of NOT going to school. Khadra -2, Mommy-0.

That night, we were just talking and she somehow let out : "I made myself vomit. hah hah" and in my mind, I immediately went, "What? Is this girl playing me? Waaa.... so terror.. Tipah tertipu...." So that was the end of it. For the next day and the day after the next.. She was dragged to school come hail, or snow, or storm, or vomit.

Very sneaky, eh? I know it'll take some time for her to adjust to the new school environment. Bigger school, bigger class, new faces - both friends and teachers, new requirements (uniforms, homework). It is quite a lot to take in, I guess, for a little 4.5 year old Khadra... Maybe she just needs a little more time.

In the meantime, I think I need to just support her and bribe her with breakfast before school at the local mamak or an island holiday.. heh heh heh The things mommies have to do these days...

-dillz blogging out-

Sorry Mary!

Been lazy at updating. I know. Have loads to write but kinda been a little tied up buying and selling off my family and friends at Friends For Sale in Facebook. heh heh heh

Will definitely put some stuff up here for your reading pleasure.

Till then!

-dillz blogging out-

Thirty Three

.. and counting. Hoop-de-doo!

The whole family was at our humble abode the night before. Since it was a spontaneous plan, we ended up having rice with chicken korma (courtesy of Illa) and Parmi fried loads of chicken with a plate of omelette and sambal belacan at the side. Not very fancy, I know.. We ended the night with a happy birthday song and me cutting the obligatory birthday cake. (Had chocolate cheese cake this year which was absolute yum!)

Azrul treated me to a birthday lunch at Victoria Station. We had the usual Indonesian Oxtail soup and Chili Spare Ribs. The birthday girl decided on Lobster Thermidor as a special treat. The food was good but the ambience was better. Since ours was a late lunch - the 3pm crowd was almost non-existent. The kids were really having a time of their life, running around the restaurant and acting like their grandfather owned it. Since there were no other patrons at that time, we just let them enjoy driving the train and going round and round the coach for the umpteenth time.

Speaking about Coach... Have a look at my brand new find and salivate!
My very own Bleecker Flap Leather Duffle bag. I love you, Azrul... Maybe another one next year? heh heh heh

-dillz blogging out-

Short Break

We took the opportunity to go down south the New Year weekend with Ziezi's family. The plan was to stay in Orchard Road for one night for intense shopping session and also half-a-day at Sentosa Island for the kids' enjoyment.

We managed a superb rate at the Grand Central Hotel (behind Le Meridien) thanks to Ziezi's persuassive bargaining power which was OK in location and conveniently had a Halal hawker stall nearby for lunch and dinner. After the first wave of shopping at Robinsons', hubby and I unanimously decided that it was easier to get the shopping done withOUT the kids. So, we sent the elder ones back to the room , under the watchful eyes of Parmi.

Off we went; me , hubby and Khaleeda in her Baby Bjorn carrier for some serious shopping. (That carrier is a real God-sent! She looked so snug in it and was practically asleep most of the time) Shopping with Khaleeda was a breeze coz the malls here have sufficient facilities for nursing and baby changing. The breastfeeding rooms were comfy & clean and I was rather surprised to see many mothers were breastfeeding their babies here. Even saw one lady expressing her milk during one of Khaleeda's breaks-- heh heh heh..

Thankfully, we didn't do much damage shopping this time round. It was mostly for the kids and I was very happy when I managed to get the Bumbo seats for Khaleeda for S$69.00. Have been trying to get one in KL but to no avail; seems that the stocks have run out around here. For myself, got a hell of a bargain at Polo Ralph Lauren for a raw denim low-cut jeans. Me very happy, me likey! Other than that, biasa-biasa je....

The Sentosa Island trip was purely for the kids. We were in time for the animal encounter show and even crossed a hanging wobbly bridge for some photo op. The kids were a little upset when they found out that they couldn't go swimming in the sea. In fact, Khadra was the loudest in expressing her disappointment;
"We are doing NOTHING at the beach?"
Amboi, marah ke makcik?? heh heh heh

Wanted to watch The Sounds of the Sea but the earlier show was already full-housed. So, we headed to Arab Street for dinner instead. There was a long row of restaurants serving all sorts of food. Taste-wise, I thought that it wasn't anything much to shout about. We have better tasting food here. But, I was mighty impressed that the Singaporeans did not double-park and all vehicles were parked in their designated spaces. Seriously...

-dillz blogging out-