A complete Challenge

Raising a child nowadays is a complete challenge.
Mine, a boy aged 4 sometimes drives me crazy but at the end of the day puts a smile on my face... :)
This is not my personal experience but rather an experience of someone close.
Yesterday, after what happened, I had a serious thinking. What if the same thing were to happen to me ?
How do I handle the situation? How do I handle my frustration? How do I overcome my stress?

Nowadays as I observe, being parents is not an easy task. Compared to my younger days, 'canning' was always the solution. All sorts of punishments done before are prohibited to be implemented today. Looks like schools nowadays are no more than a place for knowledge acquisition. Moral, attitude and behaviour  of the students perhaps are no longer the prime focus of the teachers..
And perhaps there goes ... gifted knowledgable sudents perform better and better while the non gifted ones and unfortunately mischievous are left unattended ...
Whose fault is it? The parents? The teachers? or is it a revolution?

Couple of months ago, I persuaded my son to pre school. I know its a bit ridiculous but I am becoming a mum who wants her son to be perfect! Of coz the 4 year old kiddie showed a complete sign of refuse.
Frankly I did my own deep self reflection and finally realized that it was a selfish move.

But it was a surprise when my son mentioned that he is ready to meet new friends and learn new things in life when he finally agreed to my request. I suddenly believe that when the time is right he will be there.
To my bro...hang in there ... this is a challenge. Its a test from God. I know both of you will sail thru...
Continue the efforts and Don't Give Up!

Always there for you..

My dad is 72 years old this coming October. Still healthy ... and happy. I could still remember when he was at my current age (or perhaps older) he did all the gardening alone... (sometimes he got tired of 'enjoying' that alone too and 'forcely invited' us to join, normally on Sundays). That was maybe 15 - 20 years back when his energy was at the top and one of his routines was making sure the compound of the house was upkept.

He still does that gardening as usual but not as frequent as before. With all the cucu(s) around and the only son in law (of coz my hubby!), occasionally we will have family gathering - time for makan, chit chat and sharing ideas and opinions on politics as well as family's gossips hahaha...

But lately dad looks so 'tired' and perhaps not as energetic as before. Mum raised her concern on dad's driving - not like before, nowadays dad gets easily confused on the normal route.... Worst thing, when he does the marketing alone, he tends to forget what to buy and sometimes left things that he has bought .... But still he has the 'drive' to drive to places like Melaka, Muar .... (when he drives with mum and oya to these places, I make sure that I call every 2 hours). Selagi tak sampai rumah, I will be restless.

Last month dad complained of his blurry vision. We advised him to go and check his eyes. Joe sent him to the hospital and true enuf both of his eyes have cataract; the right one is in bad shape. Next month he will undergo a minor surgery to remove the one on the right. Before the surgery, he has to do 2 medical check ups. If both check ups okay, then only he qualifies the surgery.

Last Friday, he went to do his normal medical check up and the doc said he has gallstone. (I know that gallstone is in his family history). Perhaps after the cataract, the gallstone will be looked at ..

This is one of the aging symptoms... I hope dad will be okay. I know he will.
Even the doc said that looking at dad's condition and strength, he said dad is a strong-hearted man.
Yup we know that... I have been living with him for more than 40 years
The difficulties that he went thru all his life made him a tough and commanding person. I still remember when I was at my younger age... I believe that he has the power and strength to kill ghosts... :) (How time flies .... and I know all his cucu(s) have the same feeling and thoughts that I've had on him before).
I hope this old wise man, my dad will be okay..
And as for me and my brothers .. dad, we will be always there for you :)

Dia buat hal lagi...

For the past few days, memang tak senang duduk dibuatnya...
Masa tu la rasanya berangan jadi orang kaya, banyak duit terus tukar kereta!!
Yes the love of my life buat perangai lagi...
Lepas satu, satu... Rasa macam nak meletop, nak menjerit, hishhhhhhhhhhhh... geraammmmmmmmmmmm...
Hubby tak cakap apa all this while until finally he said "cuba bawak sabar sikit... be positive"... Calm but very commanding.

Yes I have forgotten the word patience actually. Even though its merely a car - yang tak semahal dan secanggih mana.. but it has been affecting and hitting me left and right.. Mana taknya itu la the only means for me, sending Amir, clocking in to the office and all other routines.
 

But the sweetest thing was that, hubby sent me to get a lift from gg every morning, fetching me from the same place that he drops me every morning... Something that I think have not been practised for quite some time...
Well.. now the love of my life is back to normal and even though I treasured that spin of moments shared with hubby every morning and evening, I prefer not to go thru this 'engaging and "adventurous" sitaution again....

Gals just wanna have fun?

Is that true? Nay!! But perhaps ... last nite we did!!
It was an enjoyable gathering. A dinner was held for the whole department at Renaissance just beside the pool area. As usual Sally really dressed up. I just changed to a more 'casual party' outfit... Just to get out of the 'office' ambiance.  It was a hectic day though... I had to attend 3 meetings - one after another... besides 'entertaining' some staffs' stuffs..

We arrived at the pool side a bit late... We (Nasha, Sally, Kogi and myself) decided to pool in one car... and it was Nasha's ... part of it bacause she drives Alphard... and the other part of the reason was malas nak jalan... even tho' Wisma BSN and Renaissance tu 'sepelaung' ajer...

The food was okay. I guess everyone in the department enjoyed.. with all those exhanging of gifts (Hmmhh... I got the Boss's secret prize!), the lucky draws and sms games... Tak sangka Kama membawa pulang hadiah-hadiah yang lumayan seperti 1 tin biskut ..... wahahahahahahh ..... (Pls be reminded that is to be shared among the HEK's members bila tgh lapar ... )

The highlight of the event was actually 'the singing session'. I believe those invloved would agree with me. En O who at first refused to sing, sang 2 songs ... tu tak masuk dia nyanyi as backup singer... Kama who at first wanted to finish merely one song... got excited and sang more songs.... LOL!!!!!

Kogi with her Kuch Kuch Ho Ta He.... Sally pecah tradisi - empowering Goodbye from Air Supply...I love Nasha's voice when she sang Never Been To Me... En Rahmat and En Raman were also on mic.. Special request by En Rahmat - to duet with me... hahaha 'Endless Love'... Mr Chang was cool... tunggu sampai abis...
Event yang sepatutnya habis kul 9.00 was dragged to 10.30pm... Of coz the Boss was with us... I once thought okay ke Boss ni... dengar the staff 'melalak' sumbang mambang... But from the reaction and body language.. she did have a good time...

Thank you guys ... We did (not merely the gals... but boyz too) had fun !
Looking forward for the new office bearer appointment of HOUP Club !!