Hero

I have been reading the news about our Heroes at Lahad Datu. Condolence to the families. It must have been hard to receive such news about your loved ones.

Getting to know that the police being place at the scene is from Commando, it reminds me of my father..He was once one of them. Of course he has retired and alhamdulillah he live long and he gets to see all his kids grown up and weds with lots of grandchildren.

During my father time it was a communist. I can see scars everywhere in his body. My mom must have been shivering every time he had to go to fight. I can feel it now..especially she has to take care of 4 little kids. 

I love you both very much..thank you for always being there and thank you Allah for letting them be with me.

Mom and son story

Reading this article almost makes me cry...it is just so sweet to have a good relationship
with your kids until they grown up. Hoping that me and the kids stay close until they are married.

The article was taken from Yahoo:-

When Leo Klink stood up to speak at his mother's funeral, just about all of the 700 in attendance knew about the tragedy that took place at the 17 year-old's last high school soccer game. Leo's mom's dying request made news all over Hawaii, and so did the soccer star's inspired performance that day.

Leo Klink and his mother, Hiroyo. (Courtesy of Klink family)The mourners all wanted to know Leo a little better, and know his late mom a little better, too. Leo could have said anything at that funeral, or nothing at all, and been embraced for it. Yet his choice of words was telling and powerful.

Leo decided to tell a story about a little moth.
Leo Klink wasn't destined to be a great high school soccer player, or even a member of a great high school team. "I didn't think we were that good my freshman year," Klink said. His mom, Hiroyo, started him in the sport when he was seven, and she didn't have the World Cup in mind. She wanted most of all for her only child to go to college, and Leo worked hard in the classroom to make that happen.
"She taught me you can't just sit on your butt," Leo said. "You gotta get out there and work hard. Hard work gets you places."
Leo could see that clearly. His father, Paul, couldn't work at a 9-to-5 job because of a heart condition, so it was Hiroyo who spent long hours in Waikiki as an accountant. She still had time to teach her son, though, coaching him on the game, putting together highlights for the team, telling her son to respect his teammates, and insisting that he smile. Always smile.
"She had a great smile," said Michael Ching, Leo's high school coach. "She didn't speak a lot of English. But when I would see her, she would have that great smile."
Leo became known for that smile – his mom's smile.
Then he became known as a terrific soccer player. Klink won Gatorade's high school soccer player of the year for Hawaii in 2012 and took his team to the state finals where they lost 3-0. The honor went to him as a junior not only for his play, but also his academic performance and "exemplary character." He volunteered to help the March of Dimes and those affected by the Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Hiroyo and Paul had raised a good kid.
This season, as a senior, Leo led Kalani back to the championship game with 24 goals. Standing in the way was Punahou, the well-known prep school attended by Barack Obama, Manti Te'o and Michelle Wie. Mom and Dad were, as always, in the stands.
Punahou scored first, 15 minutes in, and then Leo tied it on what Ching called "a perfect ball."
Early in the second half, the game was stopped because someone fell ill in the stands. The players on the field had no idea who it was, but word soon reached the head coach: It was Leo's mom.
"I didn't really know what to do," Ching said. "I kinda thought it would crush him. Our team is close and the relationship with the mom was close. It would devastate him, and we didn't know the condition."
Ching continued to wonder and worry until he was given a message: "Don't tell Leo. Do not tell Leo."
Hiroyo had suffered a stroke. Her husband, Paul, had the presence of mind to ask her to smile as she dealt with dizziness and weakness to her left side. When someone has stroke-like symptoms, asking him or her to smile gives a good read on what's wrong. Hiroyo couldn't smile, and that's when Paul knew it was bad. Paramedics were called and Hiroyo was sent to the hospital, but not before she insisted that her son not be told she was in trouble.
The game went on as Leo's mom fought for her life. Punahou took the lead again in the 50th minute, and then it was Leo again, taking the ball to the 18-yard mark and blasting in the tying goal. The game went to overtime.

The teams played two scoreless extra sessions, forcing the game to penalty kicks. Shootouts were not Leo's specialty, and Ching worried about what would happen if his star lost the game for the team and then found out his mom was in the hospital. Yet the coach had a feeling about Leo. He slotted him fourth out of five.

Three rounds passed and nobody scored. It was Leo's turn. He punched his shot into the right side of the net. For the first time, Kalani had the lead.
Punahou had one more shot. Kalani's goalie made the save. And that was it. Leo had led his school to its first-ever state soccer title, scoring all three goals. Emotions poured over the team. Many of the boys were crying. And then Leo's club coach, who was there to cheer on the team, heard from the hospital: things were looking bad. There might not be much time. The coach came over to Leo and told him: the ambulance was for your mom.
Leo fell to his knees, dropped his plaque onto the ground, and cried.
"It was one of the worst things in my life," Leo said. "So heartbreaking. Knowing your mom had a stroke and you couldn't do anything about it."
Leo rode to the hospital and squeezed his mom's hand, and telling her over and over again how he loved her. She was already unconscious.
Two days later, Hiroyo passed away. She elected to donate her organs, so five people will live because she lived. One of the last things she heard was her husband telling her Leo's team had won. Her wish to let him play was fulfilled.
She smiled.
"That's what she wanted," Leo says now. "She wanted us to have a state championship title. Giving her that final news, I think that was the best news of her life."

Leo Klink, 16, led Kalani to the state championship with 24 goals this season. (Courtesy of Klink family)It's been two weeks now since Leo lost his mom. He misses everything about her: the advice she gave, the times they spent talking about the game, the way her special salmon dish made the house smell. And of course, her smile.

"I miss her love," he says. "I miss her existence. I miss her food."
A Facebook page has been set up to raise money for Hiroyo's biggest dream for Leo: a college education. Things will be tougher now, since Paul can't work the way Hiroyo did, so there is concern.
"No one can replace my mom," Leo says. "My dad is doing one half; I'm doing the other half."
Leo isn't sure where he wants to go to school next year, but he wants to play soccer. "It's gonna be great when I start again," he says. "She'll be watching over me."
A few days after his mom's passing, Leo went out with some friends who wanted to cheer him up. They went bowling. The group finished around midnight and got into the car. One of Leo's friends noticed a black moth flitting around. He told Leo about an old legend known to many in Hawaii. When a loved one passes, a black moth is sent to watch over those left behind. Leo listened to this and looked at the moth in awe and wonder. It was floating in the car, just over his head.
Leo told the story of the black moth at his mom's funeral. It said everything about her, how she loved him and looked out for him even when she could no longer watch him – especially when she could no longer watch him.
"It flew right above me," Leo says, "and stayed there."

Family Chat

When you have a crazy siblings, probably you gonna have this kinda chat is very high..

I was driving from office back home and was laughing along the journey..

The conversations are between my first brother, my sister in law, my sister and brother in law.

My husband was pretty occupied with his new job load and of course he did not bother of the crazy conversation going on..

My second brother in the other hand would just ignore his crazy siblings..

The conversation began when my sister bought a thomas and friends toys for the maid's son. She wanted to post it to Indonesia as a birthday present. My maid, of course did not request for it, but it is just our way of showing gratitude for her kindness. After all, we are all mothers and we know how she felt leaving her small baby.

By the way, here is the conversation..

 

Today is the day!!

Today mark my 4th wedding anniversary.

Woke up this morning as usual..

Went to the office and had my breakfast...

Did my usual pumping thingy...

and when I wrote the date today at my milk storage, then only I realize that today is 11 October..

Quickly smsed husband, asked him whether he knows or not what day is today...

He called.."Yup, I know..today is our anniversary...we celebrate it this weekend okay..I wanted to wish this morning but I supposed both of us are tired"

Me, myself pretty tired with office hectic, chasing bankers for our housing loan and the kids...

Guess both of us really need a vacation..

Dating for 10 minutes

Once you have a kid, it is never easy to date with your husband anymore. Especially when you are having more than just one kid.

When you tend to bring your kids together, it is no longer called dating.

Having to leave behind the kids while you and your partner go for a dating, for me, you are just being cruel or unfair to the kids.

Hence, what me and husband did for our so-called dating is plan to go back from work at the same time and meet at the petrol station.

He reached first and bought us ice-cream. Fuel up my car tank, and we ate ice-cream together. By the time the tank is full, we were done with our ice-cream and headed back home. Yup, 10 minutes and such a memorable moment. I guess the sweetest moment I ever had..

Aisha's Birthday

Last Tuesday marks Aisha's 2nd birthday. It is just a simple birthday celebration since me and husband thought of doing three birthday celebration at one time together with our house warming. 

Last Sunday, my parents host an open house merely to invite the neighbors. Hence it is a small open house for us. Later in the evening we did Aisha's cutting cake ceremony. We bought a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake, but I guess that is the mistake that we make. The ice cream melt immediately (i know that will happen but it is just so nice to have ice cream cake after all the tiredness) and all i have to do is asked husband to hold Aisha's hand and immediately cut the cake after the family members and a few neighbors sang the birthday's song.

Aisha's crying out loud and I am not so sure why. Try to make her quite by giving her the ice cream cake but she just refused it anyway. She just ate the oreo biscuit instead. Seeing the ice cream melting, I quickly cut the cake and the balance put it back in the freezer. It is just so not easy having ice cream cake for birthday celebration that involves quite a crowd but it is just so delicious to resist..

 

This are the first time all my kids wearing baju raya after 3 weeks of Raya.. Alhamdulillah Aqeel did not make any fuss or refuse to wear it as he always do...

Raya Part 1

Macam banyak jer alkisah raya yang nak ditulis...padahal dah tak tau nak letak tittle lain..

Raya tahun nih seriously sunguh penat dan mencabar. Segmen, oh i lupe this and that happened soo many times...even before bertolak balik Johor, we have to return back twice..sampai dah sampai Bangi, kene patah balik sebab lupe baju raya mak bapak...and worst, esok nya bile dah sampai Johor lupe baju raya the kids..all mixed up sebab we have sorted out and kemas-kemas for bag ke Kelantan or the second raya...so tengah-tengah kelam kabut terletak baju raya the kids dalam bag nak g Kelantan..

Luckily teringat ari sabtu then we rushed to the shopping mall and bought the kids baju tshirt raya warna seakan-akan warna baju raya mak bapak...kalu ari Ahad baru perasan, mau nya semua pakai singlet ajer...huhuhu

We were at Johor for 1 and half day, then rushed back to KL since the second raya we need to go to Kelantan for my niece Aqiqah..A very tiring journey sebab we stuck in the jam and only reached Kelantan after 10 hours. Ingatkan dah raya jalan pon horah-hurray la, rupanya tidak...

Dekat Kelantan, nak pegi 5km pon dan nak satu jam..worst than KL..so we ended up lepaking at the guest house. 

On Wednesday, before we kick start our journey to Cherating, we stopped at Pengkalan Kubor for a shopping time. Dapatlah tiga ekor kuda..and nasiblah bawak Starex...dah macam sardin...

The whether dekat Kelantan adalah sangat panas and resulted the kids to get cough and flu pretty bad. The journey to Cherating took another 10 hours and by the time we reached the Hotel semua dah lembik..

On Thursday, afternoon, we start our journey back home. Selamat tak jam dekat Karak Highway...

By Friday morning, we brought the kids to the Hospital Pantai for medicine and spent RM390. Seriusly not a very nice Raya at all. No family pictures, no main bunga api and so on...Abis masa kat journey saja..I wonder people yang origin from Kelantan..every year they have to face it. How do they survive?..or they are used to it?...hmmm...

Anyway, Selamat Hari Raya from my little princess...

Birthday Celeb @ 28 June 2012

Birthday lunch date for my dear husband yesterday took place at Shogun Saisaki UOA KL. The foods are superb. So many choices available and I only managed to taste half of it. The lunch buffet price is reasonable as well. 

These are all mine. Hahaha...i know that is a lot..dah macam orang kebulur pon ader...this did not include sushi portion. (tak sempat amik gambar sebab dah ngappp!!)..but believe me there are so many options.

After that, we heading to Jusco Maluri sebab ader J-Card day..What a Birthday Celeb..I know...sungguh tak romantis bini ajak gih Jusco Day beli wipes menimbun, pampers dsb..

Enough shopping we headed home dan ajak the kids play ball outside the house..Sungguh pathetic Birthday Celeb. I want to give him something as a gift but he just refuse. He said next year he wants double. Yeah right...

Anyway Happy 30th Birthday to my beloved husband Md Kamil Md Rafi. Me and the kids love you very much!!

Restoran Upin Ipin

Aisha is a huge fan of the famous cartoon Upin and Ipin. Hence, we decided to bring her to Upin and Ipin restaurant and souvenir shop at Shah Alam. We saw this place when watching Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan. 

She was sleeping when we reach the place but woke up when we said Upin and Ipin to her. She was cheerful and excited to see the Upin and Ipin mural at Les Copaque office. It is very fun to see her..she even give fly kiss to the Upin and Ipin pictures in the restaurant. After finish eating, we headed to the souvenir shop however, the shop is closed for lunch hour. 

We waited for half and hour but still nobody open it and decided to go to my friend's house to picked up my all time favorite Kek Brownies Kukus. After one hour, we make a move and on the way to go back we stop at the Upin Ipin souvenir shop and it is already open.

Abah as usual spent a lot in the souvenir shop for his kids t-shirts, cap, cup, fridge magnet. Total purchase made is RM270. Luckily the shop is small and not many items inside or else we gonna stuck there till night.

For this few days we gonna see Aisha wearing Upin and Ipin's t shirt all the time. She even wear the cap to sleep.

Brotherly Love

What a wonderful day I had today. Being a mom of two little kids, most of the times give me a headache, body ache and many more. But somehow it gives me wonderful moments too.

Like today, I witnessed the two kids holding hands while walking towards the kitchen from the living room. I do not get to take the pictures as it happen so fast.

After that, instead of giving his cousin who was sitting next to him a biscuit, he insisted his sister to have it first. I was sitting next to him at that time. This was the conversation:-

Me: Aqeel bagi Zahirah biskut (Aqeel give Zahirah the biscuit)

Aqeel: Bukan, Aisha dulu. (No. Aisha first) He stands up and walk to Aisha.

He is just 2 and half years old and yet he knows how to take care of his little sister.

My mom previously had informed me that last time when I was working, they bring the kids back to my mom's hometown in Melaka for a quick visit. Throughout their stay, Aqeel keeps on holding Aisha's hands. Even my grandma notices that he really taking care of his little sister.

How proud am I having you as my first child, Aqeel. You know how to take care of you other siblings. Hope that this stays forever and may our family live happily together.

Time Flies..

One night when the kiddos were sleeping by my sides, my husband and I opened my brother in law's facebook page. He likes to take pictures of my kids.

So when browsing, we stumble upon the kids picture while they are still babies. Such a cute adorable babies look so innocent turn out to be a monster. Aqeel looks so chubby back then compared to his new look now, maybe because he is having a fever.When he is baby, he is easy to handle and sleep all the time.

Aisha on the other hand, we would expect that this beautiful girl who like to cry every single minute until she reach 7 months old is a heart breaker. She likes to bug other people, dancing and such a happy go lucky girl. 

I just wondering that this is just a few years apart, what if they are already a grown up person, such a gloomy feeling inside me..

After all, Alhamdulillah I get to see my kids grown up in a very healthy way...

Hope I would be able to see them getting married and have family of their own one day...

Aqeel Pictures

Aisha Pictures

Handmade Birthday Card

 The card was made by my 6 years old niece. So sweet!!..Thank you Batrisya Balqis and hope you will be a good leader to your sister and cousins at home..

1st page

2nd page

It says "thank you maksu for taking me to the Muzium to watch Upin and Ipin. I love u so much"

 

My Little Dancer

Finally I got to capture the little girl performing her belly dancer..(not really belly but more to butt..hehehe). Anyhow, I manage to capture a video of my little Aisha dancing after a few attempts fail.  

I tried to upload the video in this post but failed. Hence, I have uploaded it in my facebook instead. However would like to watch my little princess dancing, you can click here

Please bear in mind, the video is taken using my phone and it is quite dark as it was taken last night. I did not on the camera light afraid that she will stop dancing and focus on my handphone instead.

Upin and Ipin

Last Saturday we went to Upin and Ipin exhibition at Muzium Negara. We reached at the right timing as the mascot did their appearance. Double A had so much fun. They even brave enough to go to the stage with the bigger kids who are dancing with the mascot. Aisha didnt do her dancing but just staring at the mascot..maybe because the mascot is much bigger compared to what she seen in tv. Same goes to Aqeel..but at least they went to the stage.

The entrance is RM12 per adult. For kids under 5 years old it is free. Above that im not too sure. Of course the excited abah join the Upin and Ipin membership and bought a lot of things even Aqeel did not request for it.