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We are proud of you Kakak!

2010-05-18T21:40:00.000-07:00

Keep up the good work!

Ayesha and her bekal

2010-01-09T06:29:00.000-08:00

Second day of school Mama bekalkan Ayesha fish and chips at her request. Fried tempura fish fillet, french fries, mayonnaise and a slice of lemon were neatly packed in the two-tier container for her breakfast at school.

When she came back in the evening, we had this conversation.

Mama: Abis tak fish and chips tu?
Aye: Habis...sedap sangat!
Mama: Share dgn kawan tak?
Aye: Tak, Ayesha makan sorang.
Mama: Nape? Takde kawan mintak?
Aye: Ada, budak lelaki. Tp Ayesha tak bagi pun...
Mama: Haa...nape tak bagi? Lain kali kalau org mintak sikit, kasi je la... Dia mintak camana?
Aye: Dia kata...NAK KENTANG...
Mama: Pastu Ayesha kata apa?
Aye: Ayesha kata, MANA ADA KENTANG?
Mama: Kenapa takde pulak, fries tu kan kentang...
Aye: *Sengih* Laaa... cakap la fries lain kali....
Mama: *Pingsan*

Moral: Sebutlah secara dwi-bahasa kalau nak mintak makanan dari Ayesha

My first day of school

2010-01-04T19:28:00.000-08:00

Pictures of Ayesha's first day of school at SRAI Seksyen 19.
(susunan gambar ikut kronologi cerita)

a memo for pappadom

2009-12-29T21:03:00.000-08:00

Sketsa Ayesha

2009-11-28T20:25:00.000-08:00

Ayesha: (doa mode) Ya Allah, bagilah aku adik ....tapi janganlah bagi yang macam budak ni lagi (sambil menunjuk ke arah Muhammad)

Mama: Hahaha....
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Ayesha: Mama, Ayesha dah pandai buat susu dan tukar pampers Muhammad dah, cuma basuh berak dia je Ayesha tak pandai lagi... Tapi takpe, nanti Ayesha suruh suami Ayesha buat yg tu....

Mama: *terkedu*
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Mama: Ayesha, nanti *hb Mama tak leh pergi sekolah Ayesha tau pasal Mama nak gi kursus (tipu)
Ayesha: Alaaa...Mama nak gi kursus kat mana? Berapa hari?
Mama: Kat Jakarta...sehari je.
Ayesha: Haaa? Mama pergi ngan sapa?
Mama: Ngan Aunty Myra and Aunty Eja
Ayesha: Aikk...kenapa Mama pergi kursus dengan diorang... diorang bukannya kerja kat UiTM pun..?
Mama: (Ishh...pandai la pulak budak nihh....) Mama pergi kursus cara2 utk bershopping.
Ayesha: Haaaa...ada ke kursus tu? Bestnya kerja UiTM ni, ada kursus mekap, kursus shopping... Ayesha nak kerja kat situlah nanti...
Mama: Hehehe...

*bersambung*

Ayesha mula berpuasa

2009-08-23T22:25:00.000-07:00

Tahun lepas Ayesha dah janji, bila Ayesha 6 years old, Ayesha nak mula berpuasa
So, tahun ni you fulfill your promises...!

Mama, Papa, Tok Mama and Tok Abah are so proud of you
First time puasa, Ayesha completed the whole day
Second day pun
Today is the third day, Ayesha kata nak puasa half day je...
Ikutlah, kalau tak larat, jangan paksa

Everytime sahur Ayesha mesti bangun
Mula2 senang, makin lama makin liat
Tapi walau apapun, nasi sepinggan mesti licin
Mama pun tak lalu nak habiskan nasi tapi Ayesha tetap terer

Bila dah masuk pukul 5 ke atas, Ayesha dah tak tentu arah
Asyik tanya lagi berapa jam nak buka saja..
Semalam sakit kaki sikit, menangisnya yang lebih
Mama rasa menangis tu sebab lapar, tapi tak nak mengaku..kan?

Mama dan Tok Abah dah janji nak bagi sorang seringgit for everyday that you fully fast
Tapi Ayesha tak kisah kan?
Sebab kita puasa bukan untuk duit kan?
Untuk apa?
Untuk mencari keredhaan Allah....

Stuffed egg delight

2009-08-16T23:22:00.000-07:00

Ayesha made this for Mama and Papa. She learnt it in her kindy. Good girl Ayesha, nanti dah besar boleh masak untuk Papa and Mama ye..kami nak rehat pulak...hehe

Mari belajar peribahasa

2009-08-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

Sekarang ni Ayesha dah tak berapa minat tengok kartun lagi, her favorite channel now is TVIQ - 552. Bila tengok Backyard Science and The Big Bang, sebok dia nak buat eksperimen2 macam tu kat rumah jugak. Suruh Mama amik baking soda la, vinegar la, salt la, egg la, etc etc...pening kepala kami nak melayan. But it is such an educational channel, Mama and Papa pun tumpang syok tengok (plus learning new stuff too).

Kat channel 552 tu jugak ada selingan yg ajar peribahasa2 Melayu utk bebudak UPSR. Satu hari Mama tgk Ayesha khusyuk mendengar maksud peribahasa2 yg disebutkan tu. Mama diam je tak kata apa. Malam tu Mama tanya Ayesha...

Mama: Ayesha, apa maksud, masuk kandang kambing mengembek, masuk kandang kerbau menguak?
Ayesha: (berfikir dan cuba mengingati) hmmmm...maksudnya....kita mesti berbunyi macam mana tempat yg kita pergi...
Mama: Wargh....hahahaha.....

Mama: Cuba sekali lagi. Apa maksud, seperti ketam mengajar anak berjalan?
Ayesha: Ayesha tahu....ketam tu jalan senget, jadi anak dia yg kena ajar dia jalan...
Mama: Hahahehehehuhuhu...ye la tu...
Ayesha: Salah lagi ke?

Mama: Ok, another one. Apa maksud, ada udang disebalik batu?
Ayesha: Hahaha...(this time Mama rasa dia saja nak buat lawak)...maksudnya...disebalik batu, ada org duduk, pastu dia lompat bila org lain datang!

Very funny Ayesha...I guess you're not ready for peribahasa yet la...belajar simpulan bahasa la dulu ye nak oii...

Ayesha Suka Tolong Di Dapur

2009-08-06T01:34:00.000-07:00

Ayesha Masuk Utusan Malaysia - 1 Ogos 2009

2009-08-03T02:01:00.000-07:00

Ayesha dapat no. 3

2009-06-28T20:07:00.001-07:00

One day Ayesha came home proudly to announce dia dapat nombor 3 kat periksa sekolah agama. I congratulate her and told her I'm so proud of her...then I probe further.

Mama: Sapa dapat nombor 1?
Ayesha: Iman
Mama: Nombor 2?
Ayesha: Hakim (err..ye kot..Mama lupa lak nama dia)
Mama: Nombor 3?
Ayesha: Ayesha la...kan dah cakap tadi?
Mama: Oh ye...Mama lupa...(sebenarnya Mama nak test Ayesha auta ke tak..). Nombor 4?
Ayesha: Sarah Sofia
Mama: Nombor 5?
Ayesha: Takde dah..ada 4 orang je dlm kelas Ayesha...

Lerrr... Ayesha dapat nombor second last la sebenarnya ye...? Hehehe....

Ayesha nak kerja apa?

2009-05-11T21:06:00.001-07:00

Soalan yang selalu ibubapa tanya pada anak2. Dulu Mama pernah tanya soalan ni, Ayesha kata dia nak jadi GUARD sebab boleh tiup wisel selalu...! Tapi tu dulu, sekarang jawapan kakak dah lain.

Mama: Bila besar nanti, kakak nak kerja apa?
Ayesha: Kerja Pengarah
Mama: Mana Ayesha tahu kerja pengarah?
Ayesha: Syakirah yang kata, dia kata kerja pengarah suruh orang buat kerja je pastu nanti dapat duit banyak.
Mama: Macam kerja Mama kat KLCC dulu je... tapi kena balik lewat selalu... Ayesha nak ke?
Ayesha: Eh..tak nak, tak nak... Apa nama kerja Mama sekarang?
Mama: Pensyarah
Ayesha: Ok, Ayesha nak kerja macam Mama, kerja pesangah..
Mama: Hahahahehee...kerja apa Sha?
Ayesha: Eh..eh..ehe...bukan..bukan...kerja apa Mama?
Mama: Pen-sya-rah....
Ayesha: Oooo...ok. Kerja pe-nga-sah...
Mama: Apa? Pengasah...hahaha...ingat aku kerja pengasah pensel ke?
Ayesha: Hishhh...salah lagi ke Mama?
Mama: Pen-sya-rah..
Ayesha: Ooo...pen-sya-rah
Mama: Insyaalah...nanti Mama doakan Ayesha jadi pensyarah jugak macam Mama.

Amiiiin...

Happy Birthday Ayesha

2009-04-28T03:54:00.000-07:00

Ayesha is 6 yrs old now!

Kat rumah saya ada kolam...

2009-04-28T00:53:00.000-07:00

Pak Tok saya yang buat kolam itu
Papa saya yang buat tempat duduk
Saya dengan Muhammad suka rendam kaki dalam kolam
Tapi sekarang Papa dah letak ikan dalam kolam
Mama saya kata kaki kita akan tumbuh sisik kalau
rendam dalam kolam itu lagi
Saya pun takut lalu tak rendam kaki lagi

Bila kakak main dgn adik

2009-04-26T21:14:00.000-07:00

Ini la jadinya bila budak perempuan main dengan budak lelaki...

Hair styling session

Hasilnya

Ayesha yang solehah

2009-01-28T20:06:00.000-08:00

Amiiinnn....

Hari Pertama Ayesha Pegi Mengaji

2009-01-04T23:12:00.000-08:00

Ayesha the ballerina

2008-12-14T22:35:00.001-08:00

In her concert costumes

Ayesha tindik telinga

2008-11-04T00:22:00.000-08:00

Another milestone for the big Ayesha.

Sebelum ni bila Mama ajak kakak pergi tindik telinga, kakak tak nak...sampai nangis2 lagi. Then, suddenly one day, you tell me,"Mama, Ayesha nak cilik (tindik) telinga, Ayesha dah berani, Ayesha tak takut dah!".

Mama was like, huh? Biar betul budak ni. But you walk the talk baby...

The result was....taraaa...

Beautiful girl...! Of course the earring must be pink too...

Ayesha memang budak berani, Mama pun tak berani...hehehe

Kakak Saaayang Adik...Pt.2

2008-10-24T01:11:00.000-07:00

Kakak saaayang adik...

2008-10-22T00:49:00.000-07:00

Papa Jangan Mati

2008-10-21T00:31:00.001-07:00

Lately Ayesha entah kenapa selalu bila tinggal sorang-sorang masa tengok cartoon, dia akan cari papa kat atas atau di bilik komputer.

Then she will start sobbing.."papa, ayesha takut papa mati. papa jangan mati tau, kalau papa mati siapa nak jaga ayesha sampai ayesha besar?"

So papa start ajar Ayesha doa ini: "Ya Allah, aku berlindung daripada bisikan syaitan. Ya Allah, panjangkan umur papa dan mama"

Remember kakak. For every evil whisper that you hear, it is truly come from syaitan; so you must seek refuge with Allah the Almighty.

Now everytime it happens she will recite the doa.

Amin.

Ayesha kira duit raya

2008-10-08T19:13:00.000-07:00

Sketsa pendek:
Semua duit raya, baik syiling mahupun kertas, regardless of the colour dilambakkan ke atas lantai and then she started counting...

Satu, dua, tiga, bla bla bla......sepuluh
Sebelas, dua belas, tiga belas, bla bla bla.... sembilan puluh sembilan
(Short pause)
Ermm.... Mama, lepas sembilan puluh sembilan apa?
(Mama tak jawab sebab tak dengar)
Haaa....!
Sembilan puluh sembilan, sejuta, dua juta, tiga juta, bla bla bla....sembilan juta
(Short pause again)
Mama, lepas sembilan juta apa?
(Mama tak jawab lagi)
Haaa...sembilan juta, satu milion!

Yeaaaa!!!!! Mama! Duit Ayesha dah ada satu million!!!

Ayesha dulu-dulu

2008-07-31T00:22:00.000-07:00

Cantikkan rambut dia? I miss those curly locks.

Keluarga Saya Ada 5 Orang

2008-07-22T02:29:00.001-07:00

keluarga saya ada 5 orang
namanya iyalah mama, papa, kakak siti nor ayesha,
baby muhammad dan nenek.
saya sayang keluarga saya.

gambar:
mama, kakak siti nor ayesha, muhammad,
papa

ini rumah saya
nenek
keluarga
ini rumah saya

Ayesha Likes To Draw

2008-07-10T02:17:00.000-07:00

Ayesha suka melukis. She will draw and ask us to keep her drawings.
Make us smile everytime we look at those pictures.
A picture can make your day.

at mama's office

at papa's office

Smart Reader National Spelling Competition 2008

2008-07-03T06:17:00.000-07:00

Papa nak order apa?

2008-06-30T22:26:00.001-07:00

One day, while i was sitting on the sofa watching tv, ayesha came. She was holding a pencil and a small notebook.

She asked: papa nak order apa?

Huh?

Ye la papa nak makan apa, ayesha nak ambik order ni..

Oooo, my daughter is pretending taking order as waitress.

Hmmm.. papa nak nasik goreng satu.

Air?

Papa nak air suam

Lagi?

Tak nak dah...

Kalau papa order fries papa boleh dapat free a slice of cake

Hahaha... where did she get this? Hai ayesha... very observant la anak papa ni... tergelak aku sorang-sorang.

So papa pun order fries in order to get free cake. :-)

I take a peek at her notebook. She spelled correctly with tulisan sekejap kecik sekejap besar.

Ayesha got perfect score

2008-06-29T02:09:00.000-07:00

26 June 2008 was Ayesha's school Parents-Teachers-Meet (PTM). Like two times before, Papa and Mama went together to hear what your teachers are going to say about you. We were really interested to know your progress in the half yearly evaluation that was done earlier.

This time we were surprised to hear from Teacher Zai that you were among a few students who got perfect score for all your subjects. Yes, you got 100% for Bahasa Melayu, English, Mathematics and Science. The teachers commented on your report card as below:
"Ayesha is a bright girl with good recall. Obedient and dilligent, she copes very well in class"
Alhamdulillah, we are so proud of you my dear. May you grow up to be a good muslimah who'll contribute back to the society one day.

Pics: Kakak Ayesha and baby Muhammad

2008-04-24T00:04:00.000-07:00

Gambar2 kakak bg EBM (expressed breast milk) kat adiknya...

Cerita Ayesha dan adiknya

2008-04-08T02:20:00.000-07:00

Ramai orang tanya kat kami, Ayesha camana dapat adik? Well we answered, she was so happy and excited sampai kadang2 terlalu 'ciwi' (bahasa Kedah, tak reti la nak translate). Nak dukung adik la, nak cium adik la, nak duduk tepi adik je...bla bla bla. But she was also very kind to help with her brother's need such as amikkan diaper, amik minyak telon, amik baby wipes, jiruskan badan baby masa mandi dan sebagainya. She is really playing the role of big sister to Muhammad for now.

But we just noticed, sometimes she is feeling sensitive too. Like when we asked her to slow down her loud voice when talking while Muhammad is sleeping, she will pull a sour face. Or when I scolded her to be quick to get ready for school when she was obsessed with watching tv while I need to soothe a crying baby, she will shed some tears from her eyes. I know, she felt left out and jealous of the baby getting all the attention. Luckily we were aware of this, so we tried as much as possible to ease the transition on her because this is something a child is confuse to understand on its own. We has talked to her on why the baby needs comes first, that he is small and need people to take care of him while she is already a big kakak now, so she can do most of the things herself. Nevertheless, I still do manage Ayesha like I did before such as bathing her, pakaikan baju, bedakkan, sikatkan rambut, suapkan makan, hantar naik van...and the likes, juggling with little Muhammad on the other arm. Because I don't want her to think that I love her less now that there is a new baby in the family. I kept telling that to her too. I need both of them in my life. Though sometimes she looks like she understands it while at other times she continues feeling insecure, fragile and rebellious, we must remember that this is a big change in her life and she needs time to adjust to it.

We just pray that she will overcome this phase of her life and Allah gave us patience and wisdom to handle her antics wisely.

Cerita di bilik tidur

2008-01-21T18:27:00.000-08:00

We sleep together in the master bedroom. I will sleep with Ayesha on the mattress and hubby will bentang comforter kat hujung, betul2 bawah kipas and aircond and tido kat situ. Our ritual sebelum tido will be Ayesha baca surah 3 Qul and kami akan mengaminkan sambil sapu seluruh badan (amalan untuk elak gangguan syaitan masa tido), saying goodnite to each other and then doze off. Di saat mataku dah betul2 nak terlelap, tiba-tiba Ayesha bersuara...

Ayesha : Mama, Ayesha tak nak gemuk....

Mama and Papa : (Nak tergelak...you see, the term budak tembam, montel, gemuk, etc are quite synonym with her in the family and she has been accepting it quite well since before)

Mama: Kenapa?

Ayesha: Gemuk tu tak cantik...

Papa: Mana ada, gemuk tu cantik apa. Macam Papa ni...

Ayesha: Takkkk...tak cantik...Ayesha nak kurus macam Mama. Abah Chaq (my brother) selalu kata Ayesha gemuk...

Mama: Takpelah...Ayesha bukan gemuk...Ayesha tembam sikit2 aje...tapi Ayeshalah budak yang paling cantik kat U12 ni (kawasan rumah kami).

Ayesha: (Senyum sampai telinga) Tapi... Ayesha nak kurus macam Mama...

Papa: Budak-budak memanglah tembam masa kecik, dah besar macam Mama nanti kuruslah....

Ayesha: (Diam sambil berfikir) Tapi... Ayesha nak kurus aje tapi tak nak ada jerawat.

Mama: (Nak jugak mengata aku ada jerawat tu!) Ada jerawat pun cantik jugak apa?

Ayesha: Tak! Tak cantik...

Mama: Oklah..oklah, nanti besar Ayesha kurus dan cantik takde jerawat, macam princess Ariel.

Ayesha: Ok....! Good nite Mama, good nite Papa.

Mama and Papa: Good nite budak tembam... :)

ZZzzzzzz....................

Nama Ayesha in Jawi Melayu

2007-12-04T19:41:00.001-08:00

عايشه بنت شيخ مذرول

Ayesha mirip siapa?

2007-11-19T18:22:00.001-08:00

Tak payah pakai tools pun semua orang dah tahuuuu.....!

My Uncle Tied The Knot

2007-11-09T07:56:00.000-08:00

Ayesha's Bicycle

2007-11-05T07:22:00.000-08:00

Kenduri Aunt Konot

2007-08-12T18:25:00.000-07:00

Saturday night Ayesha went to Aunt Konot's wedding reception at Dewan 3k, Subang Jaya with Papa and Mama.

Selamat pengantin baru aunt konot!

Amik report card

2007-07-04T00:20:00.000-07:00

Last week, Mama and Papa pergi school Ayesha untuk ambil your report card for the first term. Mama was so proud that although Ayesha joined the school late (3 months later than other kids), Ayesha still managed to score 100% in Maths and BM for your tests. For English, Ayesha dapat 94%, sebab Ayesha salah matchingkan huruf b ke huruf d... confuse agaknya tengok huruf2 tu terbalik2. Takpelah...for a start, that was already very good indeed.

Feedback from the teachers was also encouraging. Teacher Aananthy who teach you Maths said that you are able to grab things fast, walaupun Ayesha selalu MC tak datang sekolah...you still managed to catch up with your friends. She was also surprised when Mama told her that Ayesha tak kenal nombor lagi when you first joined Smart Reader. She thought Ayesha memang dah tahu number 1 to 10. She said now, you are able to count up to 20 and do simple addition and subtraction...hmmm...pandailah anak Mama ni. Tapi yang paling Mama terkejut ialah, teacher said Ayesha is a quiet and obedient girl in the class. Betulke she was referring to my hyperactive and super talkative daughter ni....? Pandai berlakon yeee...

Kawan Mama, Teacher Zai who teach you English also said you have made good progress. Mula2 masuk dulu, Ayesha selalu cakap in BM, but now you can converse to her in English already and can understand everything that she said. Only that, when you talked to your friend Aufa, you speak in BM as teacher said the girl refused to speak English with everyone.

Your Mandarin teacher's name is Teacher Khor ok? Not Teacher Call...

She said Ayesha banyak kali tak datang kelas, that's why Ayesha banyak miss the Mandarin lessons. Tapi whenever you came, you can grab things fast. Next time no more ponteng ok? You must take care of your health ...tak nak la selalu demam and batuk aje.

Lately Mama selalu dengar Ayesha nyanyi lagu Mandarin...kelakar ...wish I could record it so you can laugh at yourself bila besar nanti.

When you can read this my dear, do know that Mama and Papa love you very much and are so proud of you!

Ju On di Pendang

2007-06-05T18:13:00.000-07:00

Kisah benar ini telah ditapis oleh Lembaga Penapis supaya sesuai diceritakan kepada orang awam.

26th May 2007

It was 26th May, midnight. We were at kampung Felda Lubok Melbourne. Ayesha looks dizzy as she was just recovered from fever. Not active as usual she used to be.

12.00 am - Ayesha asked papa to scratch her feet to relieve itching.

1.00 am - Ayesha still can't sleep

2.00 am - Ayesha complained to papa and mama: "uwaa....Ayesha tak boleh tidur...."

Papa lifted Ayesha, embraced her and recited ruqyah. After a while Ayesha managed to sleep beside papa until morning.

27th May 2007

7.00 am - Ayesha woke up from sleep and watched cartoon. It was strange actually of Ayesha because normally on non-schooling days she usually wakes up at 9.30am and above. Time to run an acid test. Papa recited ruqyah and Ayesha suddenly felt uneasy. She walked into the bedroom, leaving her favorite cartoon show.

O.K that's another strange thing to happen. She still looks weak, lost her appetite which papa believe due to the fever, but that was 3 days ago. Now she feels itchy continously on her feet and strange reddish rashes appears on both feet.

Measles? Chicken pox? Papa did think about that and already gave Ayesha coconut juice. If that is the case, then rashes should surface about 3-4 hours later, and normally it will not come out on feet first. These diseases normally show rashes starting form upper body followed by lower body.

After considering all possibilities, papa recited ruqyah again and blowed on Ayesha's face.Ayesha responded quickly, covering her faces with both hands and start yelling..."Papa..jangan baca ayim, jangan baca ayim, jangan baca ayim..... " (ayim refers to Quran. This term was used by Ayesha since year one)

A brief conclusion: there's a thin line between medical sickness and spiritual sickness. Spiritual sickness symptoms however appear in physical form as a result of metaphysics elements which change certain physical condition.

Time to call 911..."Mak tuk, please call Pak Lang Sulaiman. I suspected this is something else, hiding behind medical sickness."So Mak Tuk called and Pak Lang also done a simple test. He recited holy quran verses through the phone without Ayesha hearing it. Ayesha scream suddenly became intense.

"Bawak mai sini, budak ni takut hantu ni" Asked Pak Lang.

On the way to Pak Lang house, about 10 minutes away, Ayesha cried non-stop. When we arrived, Pak Lang recite prayers on Ya-siin water and then "sembuq" on Ayesha's head. Since Ayesha cannot recite quran, Pak Lang asked papa to strap a white cloth with wafaq written on it. Before papa proceed, papa run a check on the cloth. Any element of syirk talisman will be rejected. Papa found nothing wrong as it is only written with dua to get rid of syaitan and dua haikal. The moment papa tied the cloth, Ayesha said "sakit..sakit...sakit". Her tone was low and weak.

Pak Lang asked not to untie the cloth for a while and let Ayesha go to sleep. We took Ayesha home. Ayesha felt tired and fall asleep. She slept about 3 hours. Then she woke up and asked for food.

Everything was okay after that. She smiled, she laughed, she became active again and those rashes dissappeared instantly without a trace. Until now.

Alhamdulillah.

Ayesha Pegi Konvo Mama

2007-05-31T21:34:00.000-07:00

Ayesha adalah budak paling gembira hari ini sebab dapat tengok mama konvo di UiTM... papa beli bubble balloon untuk Ayesha main sekitar dewan.

Ayesha sayang mama!

Smart Reader Family Day

2007-05-19T20:44:00.000-07:00

Black Out !!!

2007-05-13T23:46:00.000-07:00

Papa was burning Spiderman 3 into CD; which papa downloaded from torrent sites yesterday.

Ayesha and mama was watching TV.

Nenek was performing isya' prayer.

Suddenly lights blacked out and Ayesha screamed... Mama! Papa! Kenapa rumah kita gelap?

Ayesha takut. Jom la kita pindah rumah baru! Ayesha tak nak duduk sini lagi!

Punya la panik puteri seorang ni. Papa ambil lilin-lilin kecil yang dibeli dari IKEA. Teranglah sikit rumah. Lalu kami menikmati cekodok ikan bilis bersama-sama dalam kesamaran cahaya lilin... Fuyyoh! Candle lite dinner with cekodok!

Alhamdulillah, after half an hour, electricity is back.

First day to school

2007-04-30T01:39:00.000-07:00

Here are the long awaited photos of Ayesha in her school uniform. Budak yang sungguh bersemangat nak pergi sekolah ni.

Fetching Smart Reader Kid

2007-04-08T23:58:00.000-07:00

Hari ni mama tak dapat ambil Ayesha kat nurseri. So papa keluar ambil Ayesha hari ni...
Hu hu hu... memang best bole keluar waktu lunch hantar anak pegi sekolah, macam dalam TV tu la...

Syok kerja dekat dengan sekolah anak, tapi tak tau la berapa lama...sebab suppose every 5 years pegawai kerajaan kena tukar cawangan.

but then, miracle still can happen
miracles always happen!

Ayesha met Ariel

2007-03-28T21:46:00.000-07:00

Before when we went to Aquaria, Ayesha did asked me, "Ariel ada tak kat situ?". I said, "Ariel tu katun je la sayang", thus she was cheerless. Suddenly, we did found Ariel, and it really made her day!

p/s: it cost her Papa RM40 for this snapshot of Ayesha with her idol...

Ayesha masuk hospital

2007-03-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

Ayesha masuk hospital on the 5-7 March to undergo a small surgery (read the full story here).
Tapi mama tengok apart from the few screaming and wailing here and there, Ayesha enjoy sungguh duduk kat ward. ... sampai tak nak balik rumah.
Here are some photos of Ayesha's antics in DEMC.

P/s: Pictures taken by Mama punya brand new handphone..hehe

On the first day, before the operation... tangan dah berbalut

Tengah makan nestum sambil tengok tv

Lepas operation, Tok Abah and Uncle Syawal datang tengok Ayesha

Happy je dia bila Papa read book kat dia.

Main dengan Barbie. Bandage besar kat leher Ayesha tu tempat kena operate.

Tangan Ayesha kena cucuk tiub untuk masukkan air dan ubat. Masa nak pakai Ayesha melalak sakan tapi bila nak balik, tak bagi nurse buka pulak, dia kata nak buat main ping pong...

Mooo... Ayesha buat aksi lembu... happy sungguh!

Mulut terkumat-kamit baca doa sebelum makan. Papa dok surfing internet free kat tepi tingkap (masuk Starbucks punya hotspot)

Hey! Dah la tu Mama! Asyik amik gambar orang aje...

Bye! Saya nak balik dah.

Ayesha rindu kat Adham

2007-02-28T21:22:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a teary day for me and Ayesha. Dengan tak semena2, after I came back from work, she came, leaned her head against my chest, hugged me and cried.
"Kenapa Ayesha...?"
"Ayesha rindu kat Adham..."
At first I smiled. But when she continued..
"Ayesha nak main ngan Adham...Ayesha nak bawak dia pi jalan-jalan...Ayesha rindu kat dia Mama. Boleh tak kita ambik dia balik dari kubur?"
My tears fell down like raindrops.... It was too touchy for me cos I didn't expect such words from my 4 year old.
"Tak boleh sayang..Allah dah ambik Adham...Dia dah jaga Adham baik-baik...Nanti kat Akhirat, kita boleh jumpa dia", I tried to console myself and her. Then Ayesha continued on sobbing and talking to herself..
"Deham...kakak rindu kat Deham...kakak nak jumpa Deham..."
My blouse was wet with both our tears. Rasa kesian sangat bila Ayesha cakap macam tu. I really have to get another baby for her to play with as soon as possible. Well, for me too as I'm ready more than ever for another one now. We have been trying but no luck so far.
O Allah, help me on this!

Mama nak pergi naik aeroplane dengan Papa

2007-01-14T19:13:00.000-08:00

Mama nak pergi Bandung dengan Papa.
Mama kata Ayesha tak leh ikut pasal mama nak pergi beli barang.
Mama pergi dengan Papa aje naik aeroplane.
Ayesha tinggal dengan Tok Mama.

OK, takpe!
Ayesha suka duduk dengan Tok Mama, boleh main Old Maid dengan Tok Abah hari-hari.
Mama kata nak belikan Ayesha baju Cinderella, seluar Cinderella, baju Snow White, skirt Snow White, baju Belle, baju Ariel, beg Ariel, baju Princess Cheese (ada satu princess tu yang Ayesha tak tahu nama dia, tapi dia punya crown macam cheese) dan macam-macam lagi.
Nanti Tok Mama dengan Mama Su nak bawa Ayesha pi jalan-jalan.
Bestnya!

OK, Ayesha duduk ngan Tok Mama tau!
Nanti Mama beli banyak hadiah kat Ayesha tau!
Mama kata OK! Yea.... (senyum lebar)

Itu dua minggu lepas punya agreement, minggu ni bila Mama dah dekat nak pergi, si budak tembam ni dah start buat macam-macam perangai.

Ayesha nak pergi...
Ayesha nak ikut Mama ngan Papa naik aeroplane...
Ayesha tak mau duduk dengan Tok Mama...
Ayesha tak suka main ngan Tok Abah...
Nanti Ayesha nak tidor dengan sapa?
Sapa nak baca Fatihah kat Ayesha?
Ayesha nak Mama... (cry)

Haiii la anak sorang... Mama tahu Ayesha auta je tu...
I'm sure you'll be fine without us for few days although this is your first time.
Anak Mama ni dah besar, dah big girl dah kan?
Nanti Mama belikan baju Cinderella ye sayang?

I love you.

MP4 Player

2007-01-13T20:17:00.000-08:00

Last week papa brought MP4 player at Lelong.com. This player can play mp3 files, mp4 movies, games and record audios.

Papa intended to use the player to record his class lecture every monday night.

Papa installed mp3 files and mp4 movies. Ayesha borrowed papa's mp4 player to watch Barbie the movie, crazy frogs clips and hippo clips.

Ayesha tengok sampai habis bateri mp4 papa. Then ayesha suruh papa charge the batt lagi...Horey!Ayesha conquer sorang-sorang mp4 ni.

After all, papa just want to use this player on monday night. So, for other days, Ayesha punya la!

At one time, ayesha watch crazy frog clips; a frog wearing helmet and making impression driving a motorcycle. It was so irritating to see the frog making the ding!ding!ding sounds.

Ayesha punya la geram sampai ayesha punch the small mp4 screen! Nasib baik tak rosak mp4 papa.

Ayesha's School BUS

2006-12-31T21:01:00.000-08:00

Papa ada hadiah untuk ayesha!
Hadiah apa papa?
Ade la...Hadiah tu kan besarrrrr !!!
Hoorray!!!

Papa brought Ayesha a playhouse cum school bus.
Ayesha selalu susun bantal-bantal kat dalam rumah
Ayesha suka main "rumah-rumah"

So papa brought a playhouse hoping ayesha tak sepahkan kusyen lagi..

Masa cuti raya haji, Ayesha bawak balik BUS tu main dengan kakak Iqah..
Best la kawan-kawan!!!
Jom la naik SCHOOL BUS Ayesha!!!

Friends

2006-12-04T16:29:00.000-08:00

My Dad always told me that we could never

measure our wealth by money but by our friends.

I'm sure our friendship has made me rich!!!

No Rules at Kampung???

2006-11-28T23:04:00.000-08:00

Ayesha memang over excited and always looking forward nak balik kampung.. Ada ramai dayang dan sida-sida yang melayan dia...Toh Teh Girl, Tok Teh Boy, kak Iqah, Farhana, Farhani, Abang Gomok, Kakak Gomok, Unyang, Nenek, Tok Uu ...yang pastinya Mama and Papa are out from the list.

Kalau kat kampung, Mama and Papa ajak ronda pun takmau. Mama pegi la dengan Papa. Ayesha tak mau pi! Naik kereta pun tak mau. Nak pegi ke mana-mana semua nak naik motor kapcai.

Aiskrim? Ni lagi satu problem... dia selalu termakan and bila Mama & Papa sedar, dah ngap habis!

Well, memang Mama and Papa relax gila kat kampung...tapi tak tahan la pulak tengok Ayesha comot macam budak kampung sungguh...lepas mandi pakai baju lawa-lawa (that brand new Powerpuff Girls T and Skirt), boleh pegi main tanah tengah panas...

Itulah Ayesha .... our sweet talkative girl.

Masa nak balik semula ke Shah Alam is always a very tiring time to persuade her...

Action Packed Kids

2006-11-27T21:04:00.000-08:00

Ayesha memang suka tengok cerita action-packed... Ayesha dah lama tak tengok Disney Channel. La ni nak tengok cerita big girl and big boy saja.

Yeah right... la ni Ayesha's favorite cartoon series is:
1. Dragon Booster - Semarakkan Kuasa Naga !!!
2. Invisible Man
3. Winx club

Was her favorites:
1. Batman the animation series
2. X-men the animation series
3. Superman the animation series
4. Naruto anime - tengok sama-sama dengan sifu (papa)

5. Mucha-Lucha

Side effect: fantasizes even when crying...

Pernah satu masa tu Ayesha marah mama over something...while crying, she said " Nanti Ayesha jadi winx club, Ayesha fire mama !!! hu hu hu..."

Ayesha the Kampit Beras

2006-11-19T17:51:00.000-08:00

Ayesha tak berat la papa!

"Ye la tu... hang 19 kg, lagi satu kg dah sama macam kampit beras!"

Everyday, Ayesha will play the same tricks with papa...

Papa: "Kakak, papa bawak banyak barang hari ni, kakak jalan tau! "
Ayesha: "Ala papa, Ayesha lupa pakai shoes la...papa dukung ok. "

If she sees no bags around in the car....
Ayesha: "Papa, hari ni papa tak bawak barang kan, bole la dukung Ayesha! "

If we walk from Tok Mama's apartment to ours....
Ayesha: "Papa, ayesha penat la... papa dukung ok? "

And that kinda naughty smiles makes papa do everything for Ayesha.

Last week, lift at Tok Mama's block was black out... Maka berpeluh la papa "kok-kor" Ayesha turun tangga from tingkat 5.

p/s: weird....apasal la papa tak kurus-kurus even selalu buat weight-lifting activities ni?

Ayesha The Artist

2006-11-19T17:24:00.000-08:00

"Papa.. duduk la sebelah Ayesha ni tengok Ayesha lukis!"
and so papa accompanied Ayesha as always... then Ayesha will ask papa to comment on her masterpiece.... "Waaa cantik.....wa, pandai la kakak"

"Ye la, kakak dah besar la papa" (jawapan standard Ayesha).

Mama pun selalu jadi tukang tunggu bila Ayesha berkarya...

Apart from that, Ayesha also suka jadi tukang godek... dismantling all her toys and then put them back together. Papa... toys ni rosak la...Ni Ayesha tengah check ni...

This is her first masterpiece - painting with hands,
masa tu kat Playgroup Ummiku Sayang, USJ Taipan

This is artwork at Adek Cottage Playgroup, Seksyen 9 Shah Alam

Ayesha is Dora The Explorer

2006-11-12T17:45:00.000-08:00

Last saturday Tok Mama bring Ayesha to her School. Kids at school are having their camping activity on that day..

When they arrived at Sek Ren Seksyen 6, Shah Alam Tok Mama's friends tegur Ayesha: "Tu dia, Dora the Explorer dah mai!"

Ayesha bila jalan-jalan mesti pakai backpack. Together dengan rambut macam helmet (as papa said) memang sebijik macam gaya Dora the Explorer, a Nickelodeon cartoon series.

Tau tak ????

2006-11-09T12:04:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, Tok Mama fetched Ayesha at school.

Farah (Ayesha's gang member) came over and tell tok mama...
"Tau tak? Tadi Ayesha banyak makan biskut kita banyaaaakkkk..... habis semuaaaaa...."

Then Shakirah pun tambah... "iye la..dia makan habis semua biskut Farah"

At night, while we were shopping at Tesco, papa asked Ayesha (dok busy main dalam trolley)...

"Kakak, tadi tok mama kata kan, Farah bagitau kakak makan biskut dia sampai habis.
Betul ke?"

Ayesha:Tak de la papa, ayesha makan satu je...
Papa: Ooo... satu tu berapa????
Ayesha: Satu tu is... one, two, three, four, five la papa....(sambil bilang dengan jari)
Papa: Ces! Lima la tu.... sedap ke biskut tu?
Ayesha: Biskut chipsmore...
Papa: Nanti papa beli biskut chipsmore lagi, you can share with Farah and Shakirah.
Ayesha: Oraitsss papa!

Ayesha’s hidden talent

2006-11-08T21:04:00.000-08:00

We’ve just discovered Ayesha’s new talent; she can draw! At 3 years old, she can already draw recognizable images at her magnetic doodle board for us to gawk at. Yesterday she drew my face and her Papa’s and asked us to guess who it was. Of course, with one chubby face with beard and moustache and another smaller face with ‘tudung’, who can make mistake of not knowing what it was. Last few days, she drew some food like figures like apple and bread because she said she was hungry. She also had drawn ‘pictures’ of scenery in which she claimed are playground and swimming pool with her being in it. I suppose that was when she was frustrated that we didn’t bring her there. However, those drawings, I admit, need abstract mind and eyes to translate what they actually were :P.

Among her many toys, her favorite are her doodle board and Lego sets. She can spend hours playing with it alone while at the same time watching her favorite cartoon channel, (by the way, it’s Astro Ceria now). She would build a lot of thing from that little Lego pieces and would show them to us so that we will commend on her masterpieces. Among her distinct creations are robots, animals, pistol, palaces, houses and her favorite KLCC building in which she would say to me, “Mama, tengok ni. Ayesha buat office Mama”.

I think my girl has the right-brain related skills which relates to creativity, imagination and abstraction so I think, we should give her encouragement so that her talent can be unleashed to its fullest potential. According to research, people who can utilize both their left and brain functions are the balanced people and can learn things faster. However, most people only have a distinct preference for one of it.

A learning expert, Daniel Pink said:
We need to extend our learning approaches by focusing:
• not just function, but also design
• not just argument, but also story
• not just focus, but also symphony
• not just logic, but also empathy
• not just seriousness, but also play
• not just accumulation, but also meaning
• not just knowledge, but also learning

I believe we should do that to our kids. Who knows, maybe one day my Ayesha can become an architect, artist or designer as a result of our early nurturing.

It's Me Blogging!!

2006-09-17T10:52:00.000-07:00

Saturday; on 16th September papa bawak kami pergi hotel kat KL. Ayesha main lompat-lompat atas katil. Lepas solat maghrib Ayesha dinner dengan mama & papa kat hotel restaurant.

Lepas dinner Ayesha mandi dalam bath tub. Best boleh main air lama-lama.

Next morning (sunday) Ayesha breakfast dengan mama & papa. Lepas tu duduk main-main kat bilik air. Main air lagi dalam bath tub....yahoo!! best!!!

After lunch we went to Low Yat Plaza where mama brought a new slim laptop.

Ayesha suka spend masa dengan mama & papa. Nanti bila mama & papa cuti tak kerja, Ayesha nak pegi jalan-jalan lagi...

OK. Babai kawan-kawan semua...till next time!!

Papa Bulat Macam Kuih Donat

2006-09-09T05:10:00.000-07:00

Ayesha selalu bawak balik surprisingly new skills from nursery...among others are wrestling, dancing and singing.

Papa really surprised semalam bila papa Ayesha ejek Ayesha gemok, tiba-tiba Ayesha nyanyi satu lagu yang panjang kuat-kuat:

"Ada seorang budak namanya papa
Dia suka berkawan dengan mama
Kakinya sangat pendek
Jalan terkedek-kedek
Badannya bulat-bulat
Macam kuih donat!"
(dinyanyikan dengan suara penyek)

Kwang kwang kwang.... papa tergelak besar... lawak gila! Takpe la Ayesha, ejek papa takpe, jangan ejek orang.

Hari pulak, in the morning Mama keluar dengan Amy pergi beli merchandise for their boutique business. Papa dengan Ayesha keluar pergi bagi Mango (Tok Mama's cat) makan, lepas tu kami main RC Helicopter kat padang tepi masjid... then pergi hypermarket beli groceries.

Bila Mama dengan Amy balik, Sib Jr @ Amir pun ade. While their moms busy menguruskan hal-hal barang-barang perniagaan (ironing, ambil gambar... and oso fitting)... Amir dengan Ayesha main lawan-lawan... riuh-rendah sampai berkecah rumah...

:-) Seronok tengok budak-budak ni playful.... syukur anak-anak kami dapat bermain dengan aman di bumi Malaysia.

Ayesha Bayarkan !!!

2006-08-18T23:38:00.000-07:00

Ada satu hari tu Ayesha sibuk ajak papa beli sticker Naruto.

That day
Ayesha: papa, jom la kita pi mall, Ayesha nak beli sticker Naruto!
Papa: ala... papa penat la... weekend la kita pergi

Next day
Ayesha: papa, jom la kita pegi beli sticker Naruto....
Papa: ala... papa takde duit la Ayesha... (buat trick ngelat)

Third day
Ayesha: papa, tengok ni Ayesha ada banyak duit. Papa bawak Ayesha pi mall, Ayesha nak beli sticker Naruto. Ayesha ada duit la papa..!!
Papa: ok! ok! (habis takde trick dah)

Kami pun pi mall... jumpa sticker Naruto kat Plaza Alam Sentral. Beli satu set ada macam-macam small stickers characters Naruto atas kertas saiz A4.

Bila nak bayar,Ayesha bawak keluar mini purse dia, lepas tu genggam duit syiling dan bagi pada cashier...

Papa punya la tergelak... ayesha! ni apa ni duit satu sen dengan lima sen selonggok ni!
Ayesha: biar la, ayesha ada duit nak bayar!

Jenuh papa pujuk sebab ayesha nak bayar pakai duit dia jugak.... last-last kena trick kata kakak cashier tak mau duit dia... baru papa dapat bayar.

Rupa-rupanya Tok Mama Ayesha dok cerita yang Ayesha dapat wallet, dia bagi. Lepas tu dia punggah habis coins Tok Abah dalam kereta...sampai licin....

Punya la beria-ia sangat nak ajak papa beli sticker...Hai anak papa ni.... kecik2 lagi dah very determine ... bole ingat pulak tu bila kita janji dengan dia....

Dah besar nanti nak jadi Mama...

2006-08-16T20:11:00.000-07:00

Well, Mama always hear other people says children will look at their parents as role models. Bila Mama had this conversation dengan Ayesha, I really think that is true :)

Mama: Bila Ayesha besar nanti, Ayesha nak jadi apa?
Ayesha: (without hesitation) Jadi Mama!
Mama: Nak jadi Mama tu macam mana?
Ayesha: Nak jadi macam Mama la, bawak car green pastu pi work kat KLCC.
Mama: (nak tergelak tapi tahan...) Pastu?
Ayesha: Nanti Asha balik work nanti, Asha beli mama hadiah OK? Mama nak hadiah apa?
Mama: Hmmm...Mama nak powerpuff girls.
Ayesha: Orait...nanti Asha beli tau, Mama jangan noti tau.

Seems like all the conversation that Mama had before with Ayesha, semua Ayesha repeat balik. That was few days back, semalam Papa pulak tanya kat Ayesha soalan yang sama and this is what Papa reported back to Mama.

Papa: Ayesha, nanti Ayesha besar Ayesha nak jadi macam sapa?
Ayesha: Macam Mama la....
Papa: Macam Mama tu macam mana?
Ayesha: Bawak car green...hmm...kuruuuus....putiiiiih....

Tergelak besar Mama bila dengar cerita ni...tak sangka that's how Ayesha sees Mama. Anyway, I'm flattered....thank you Fifi, muaaahhh!

Kakak Ayesha

2006-07-24T04:47:00.000-07:00

It's all started masa Mama mengandungkan Adham, mama selalu panggil Ayesha "Kakak" pasal Ayesha nak dapat adik tak lama lagi.

Sekarang dah melekat, tak boleh panggil Ayesha saja lagi, kena panggil dia Kakak Ayesha. Sebab nak tunjuk kata dia dah besar, dia boleh buat semua benda sendiri. Ambil air sendiri, makan sendiri, mandi sendiri, kemas mainan sendiri, belajar sendiri...dan segala-galanya sendirilah. Kadang-kadang Mama saja panggil Ayesha baby, Ayesha cukup marah sampai menjerit-jerit. Lebih marah lagi dia bila Mama saja dukung dan dodoikan dia macam dukung baby, Ayesha marah Mama dia sampai menangis. He he... kesian dia kena usik dengan Mama.

Malam tadi masa golek-golek kat katil, Mama tanya Ayesha.
"Kenapa kena panggil Kakak? Kakak kena ada adik"
Ayesha jawab, "Ada, Ayesha ada adik.... Adik Ayesha nama baby Adham"
Mama tanya lagi, "Mana baby Adham pergi, kakak?"
Ayesha kata, "Baby Adham kat syurga"
Bergenang air mata Mama malam tadi.
Dalam tidur Mama mimpikan Adham. Mama rindu dia sangat-sangat.

Tengah tulis ni pun Mama menangis lagi. Dan seperti biasa, Ayesha akan datang peluk Mama, dia dah tahu kalau Mama nangis tiba-tiba tu mesti sebab Mama teringatkan Adham.
"Takpe, Mama jangan nangis dah. Nanti kita pegi jumpa baby Adham kat syurga ye?"

Nasib baiklah Mama masih ada Ayesha. Terubat rindu kat Adham bila tengok telatah Ayesha.

Ayesha nak beli tv baru

2006-06-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

Tadi Mama tengah tengok Astro, and then suddenly the channel was out of service. Biasalah Astro, kalau nak hujan je, terus takde siaran. Lalu bermulalah dialog ni.

Ayesha: Aikk? Nape takde? Rosyak ke Mama?
Mama: Aa-ah dah rosak...
Ayesha: Takpe, nanti Ayesha beli tv baru.
Mama: Ele...Ayesha nak beli ngan apa? Ayesha ada duit ke?
Ayesha: Takpe la, nanti Ayesha dah besya, Ayesha work dulu. Nanti dah work nanti, Ayesha beli la tv baru kat Mama.
Mama: (Terharu)Iye?
Ayesha: Betul....nanti Ayesha beli kat Mama one, Papa one, Abah Chik one, Ayesha two. Orait?
Mama: Oraitlah!

Mama tak sangka Ayesha dah boleh fikir macam tu, nak kerja supaya dapat duit boleh beli tv baru kat Mama. Sedih Mama rasa. Mungkin Ayesha pernah dengar Mama kata Mama kena pergi work sebab nak cari duit untuk belikan toys Ayesha so Ayesha pun tiru cakap macam tu jugak. Whatever it is, you're such an adorable kid Ayesha!

Sleeping Ayesha

2006-06-02T06:02:00.000-07:00

Ayesha ni kalau tidur ada macam-macam gaya. Kalau mata dah mengantuk tu, posisi macam mana pun boleh tidur. Tak percaya, tengok gambar-gambar yang sempat Papa ambil ni.

Ngantuk sangat tak sempat nak naik atas tilam

Tengah berjalan, ngantuk, berhenti tidur dulu.

Sempit-sempit atas kerusi kat office Papa pun boleh jalan jugak bila nak minum susu dan mata dah ngantuk.

Ni kat hospital, masa Mama warded dulu. Baring kat lantai, lapik dengan sejadah aje. Orang sejuk dalam aircond, Ayesha kepanasan sampai kena bukak baju.

Ni gaya favorite Mama, Ayesha tiru.

Apa-apa pun bila tengok Ayesha tidur, Mama selalu ada mixed feelings - gembira, bangga, sayu, kesian, penuh harapan dan yang paling penting sekali, bahagia...
I love you Fifi, forever and ever.

Ayesha tak bagi Mama pergi Port Dickson

2006-05-26T02:47:00.000-07:00

Mama terpaksa pergi Port Dickson bulan depan dengan kawan-kawan office Mama utk team building event. Aktiviti tu 2 hari 1 malam aje. Mama dah minta kebenaran Papa, Papa bagi. Tapi bila Mama bagi tahu Ayesha, Ayesha menangis2 tak bagi Mama pergi tinggal dia. Mama rasa sedih pulak tengok Ayesha macam tu, tapi Mama tak boleh bawa Ayesha sekali. Sejak dari lahir sampai sekarang, Mama tak pernah berpisah tidur dengan Ayesha. Mama mesti bawa Ayesha mana Mama pergi dan Mama tak bagi Ayesha tidur rumah Tok Mama atau balik kampung kalau Mama tak ikut sekali. Mama dan Ayesha masing2 tak boleh tidur kalau salah seorang tak ada. Tapi kali ni Mama tak tahu nak buat macam mana. Sejak kali pertama bagi tahu Ayesha pasal PD, Mama ada jugak tanya beberapa kali lepas tu, tapi setiap kali Mama sebut pasal PD, Ayesha mesti menangis dan menjerit-jerit tak bagi Mama pergi. Papa kata, takpe semalam aje, dah kena start ajar dia berpisah, dia pun dah besar, nanti lagi lama lagi susah. Tapi Mama masih tak confident. Mama tawakkal aje la. Mama harap Ayesha tak berapa meragam sangat kalau Mama takde nanti.
Ya Allah, permudahkanlah perpisahan sementara ini buat aku dan anakku.

Ayesha's 3rd Birthday 27 April 2006

2006-05-02T19:41:00.000-07:00

27 April 2006, Ayesha celebrated her 3rd birthday. In the morning papa beli kek dengan candy doll teletubbies, then hantar ke nurseri ayesha.... ayesha makan dengan kawan-kawan dia.

Afterwork, papa and mama bagi surprise birthday gift to Ayesha. Kami pakai cone hat dan nyanyi lagu happy birthday to Ayesha. Ayesha buat muka blushing la pulak.

Happy b'day my darling daughter. Papa and mama love u always.

Ayesha Gunting Rambut Pendek

2006-04-08T07:51:00.000-07:00

Ayesha dah gunting rambut. Pendek @ boy cut. Sejak tu perangai dia pun memeningkan kepala papa. Kalau papa ada kat rumah, 5 minit sekali mesti kacau papa suruh buat tu, buat ni, nak tu nak ni.... kadang-kadang papa buat tak tau aje....atau papa marah. Ayesha buat muka selamba saja.... hai anak...anak....

An Interview With Howard Gardner

2006-03-18T21:06:00.000-08:00

This article first appeared in Mindshift Connection, a publication of Zephyr Press. Posted here by permission of the publisher.

by Ronnie Durie

Ronnie Durie (RD):
Some of our readers are only just now getting the word about the eighth intelligence -- the naturalist. How would you like to present this to the classroom teacher? Could you expand on its wider application? I am thinking here of your reference to youngsters exploiting this intelligence as they make acute discriminations among cars, sneakers, or hair styles.

Howard Gardner (HG):
The core of the naturalist intelligence is the human ability to recognize plants, animals, and other parts of the natural environment, like clouds or rocks. All of us can do this; some kids (experts on dinosaurs) and many adults (hunters, botanists, anatomists) excel at this pursuit.

While the ability doubtless evolved to deal with natural kinds of elements, I believe that it has been hijacked to deal with the world of man-made objects. We are good at distinguishing among cars, sneakers, and jewelry, for example, because our ancestors needed to be able to recognize carnivorous animals, poisonous snakes, and flavorful mushrooms.

RD:
Given that we all have horror stories about revolutionary educational theories that have been relayed and distorted like Gossip down to the classroom front line - my own concerns cooperative learning- if you could convey one message to teachers about using an MI approach in the classroom, what would it be?

HG:
One positive message: Pay attention to the differences among kids and try to use that knowledge to personalize instruction and assessment.

One negative message: Do not label kids as "spatial, but not linguistic" or, for that matter, "linguistic, but not spatial." The intelligences are categories that help us to discover difference in forms of mental representation; they are not good characterizations of what people are (or are not) like.

RD:
Along the same lines as the previous question, what is your greatest concern for the class
room application of your theory of multiple intelligences now and in the future?

HG:
Ail initial applications are necessarily somewhat superficial. I am not surprised if individuals initially apply the theory by placing kids into boxes such as those just noted. My fear is that individual educators will remain mired at this superficial level rather than using the system as a way to discover what is special about each child.

RD:
In closing, what is your greatest hope for what the Ml movement can bring to education ?

HG:
MI cannot be an educational end in itself. MI is, rather, a powerful tool that can help us to achieve educational ends more effectively. From my vantage point, Ml is most useful for two educational ends:

1. It allows us to plan educational programs that will enable children to realize desired end states (for example, the musician, the scientist, the civic-minded person);

2. It helps us to reach more children who are trying to understand important theories and concepts in the disciplines.

So long as materials are taught and assessed in only one way, we will only reach a certain kind of child. But everything can be taught in several ways. The more that we can match youngsters to congenial approaches of teaching, learning, and assessing, the more likely it is that those youngsters will achieve educational success.

The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

2006-03-18T20:50:00.000-08:00

It was back seven years since i read about the 7 Frames of mind. Now i found research on this matter that has much criticis towards the so called I.Q based/driven education have identified 8 kind of intelligence, not 7.

The theory of multiple intelligences was developed in 1983 by Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at Harvard University. It suggests that the traditional notion of intelligence, based on I.Q. testing, is far too limited.

Instead, Dr. Gardner proposes eight different intelligences to account for a broader range of human potential in children and adults. These intelligences are:

1.Linguistic intelligence ("word smart"):
2.Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning smart")
3.Spatial intelligence ("picture smart")
4.Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart")
5.Musical intelligence ("music smart")
6.Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart")
7.Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart")
8.Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart")

Dr. Gardner says that our schools and culture focus most of their attention on linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence. We esteem the highly articulate or logical people of our culture.

However, Dr. Gardner says that we should also place equal attention on individuals who show gifts in the other intelligences: the artists, architects, musicians, naturalists, designers, dancers, therapists, entrepreneurs, and others who enrich the world in which we live.

Unfortunately, many children who have these gifts don’t receive much reinforcement for them in school. Many of these kids, in fact, end up being labeled "learning disabled," "ADD (attention deficit disorder," or simply underachievers, when their unique ways of thinking and learning aren’t addressed by a heavily linguistic or logical-mathematical classroom.

Playgroup

2006-03-18T20:31:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Ayesha attended playgroup at Ummiku Sayang at USJ 10.
She seems to be very shy that she need some encouragement from us to get along in group activities with other kids.

From observation, i can see Ayesha uninterested manner in story listening and playing together with others in singing activity. Thats weird because she like to sing a lot with her imaginary friends at home and very playful with her cousins and relatives of the same age at kampung.

Maybe she only acknowedge people she knows and that will take some time before she permit them into her "area".

But she still enjoy coloring and cutting papers at the playgroup.

I should further study the "7 frames of minds" concept which would help me to idnetify what kind skills and interest my daughter into, rather than pushing her to do things that did not fit her interest at all.

May be we should put behind social expectation and let our daughter blooms in her own beautiful way.

Ayesha Tet Yot (Sakit Perut)

2006-03-10T19:19:00.000-08:00

Pagi ni, dalam suasana cuti hari sabtu Ayesha bangun awal. Mengadu sakit perut.
Ada la menceceh sikit atas tikar sarawak dalam bilik. Papa & mama kena jadi cleaner pagi-pagi lagi.

Lepas mandi, Ayesha ikut papa pergi kedai. Sampai je depan kedai Ayesha cakap kat papa, "Papa, jom kita makan kat kedai". Papa terkejut dengan ayat Ayesha. Wah-wah belum tiga tawun dah pandai ajak papa melepak kat kedai.

Kami makan roti boom. Untuk mama kami tapau roti telur. On the way balik rumah, Ayesha petik bunga-bunga kecil kat tepi kondo kami. Sampai aje rumah Ayesha bagi pada mama..."Mama, Ayesha amek flower untuk mama !!"

Hari ni Ayesha tak pergi playgroup sebab perut Ayesha tak berapa betul.....

Mya Zara

2006-03-10T00:24:00.000-08:00

Mama mmg suka tengok cite ni....every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nite mesti tunggu depan tv punya...sometimes dah tido pun, mintak Papa tolong kejutkan. Ayesha never really watched it together with me...biasanya dia akan main kat living room tu while Mama enjoy the show.

Suddenly, one day while in the car, Ayesha nyanyi soundtrack cite tu...
Ayesha: Kasyihku syinaaaa...
Mama: (Surprised) Huh, mana Ayesha tahu lagu tu?
Ayesha: (Smile- malu) Asha tengok kat tv

Conclusion : Kids are like sponges...they absorb everything they hear and see and one fine day, you'll be amazed of how much they already knew.

Welcome to my room

2006-03-09T06:26:00.000-08:00

This is Ayesha's blog. Papa's favorite daughter. Mama's charming princess.

There's so many things that surprised Papa and Mama about Ayesha. We called her "si budak tembam yang banyak akal". Almost three years old now, our lives are so complete with her presence.

This blog will document all the interesting thing that Ayesha did so that when she's old enough to read, she already has her childhood life rewind back to her and be amused at it.