Orientation

As per previous entry, we'd successfully enrol Alya into QDees. Went last Friday to pick up her school bag and reading books and mula la dia excited menggalas begnya ke sana ke mari...

In her school, with her school bag~

Outside her school.. Gaya cam tengah tunggu school bus je kan?

Budak beg melurut~

And officially on Tuesday, 3rd Jan 2012, Alya started her first orientation day at school. Yang sangat nervousnya, as expected would be the mother.. Yeah, I'm that lame!

Started off by sending her to a class on the first floor. The school teachers had decided to combine the class of 3 and 4 years old students during the orientation days. Once settled, parents were ushered to outside of the school for a briefing by the principal (who happen to be my caterer during my wedding! Sungguh berjaya sehingga bley bukak franchise kindy laks kan? BTW, the catering business is still on!). After 30 mins of briefing, we then back to the class to observe on the kids. Macam nak kecik hati, Alya macam tak notice je I was gone.. Hehehe..

At 9.30am, they'd queued up outside the toilet for the teacher to help them with washing their hand before their snack time. Alya mmg bersemangat nak queuing up time nih. Then, off to downstairs. Part nih agak sangat kelam kabut though there were 3 teachers to assist. Malum la budak² at the age of 3 and 4 nih lain macam sket. Alya refused to hold hands as she felt tak selamat kot turun tangga holding hands with friends, and so she was the first came down. Mujur la teacher trusted her and ushered her to the dining area. And lucky for her, she's the only one yg dapat pink set (bowl, spoon and cup). They had nasi goreng with diced of carrot and chicken tapi Alya (yg memang susah nak makan pagi) bley la makan dalam 3, 4 sudu.. Dah la tuh dengan selambanya dia cakap "I only eat nasi goreng with ikan bilis, egg and sambal". Poyos tol! Teacher laks leh cam amazed dengar dia kata makan sambal.. Setakat once in a blue moon bley makan sambal, nak wat announcement camtuh... Huh!

On the way to school. Muka kena paksa bagi pose..

Pandai teacher ambil hati Alya by giving her puzzle. She loves puzzle!!

Momma trying to get her attention.. Nah, nothing can take away her focus from the puzzle, thank you!

Tired by Done the puzzle, moved on to next activity; colouring..

Tapi she was trying to put the colour pencils inside her pencil case. Luckily she took it all out and told me that teacher said, these cannot be brought home.. *phew~

Another activity yg I pon tak tau.. Yg pastinya, she was trying to tie the things together sampai nak menjejeh air liur la tahapnya.. Mujur tak menitis..

This boy is his classmate tapi muka sedih je control macho..

For her second day, hubby came up with the design to label her school bag. She was very much proud of it though she wanted it to be more pink. That reminds me to spare some time to come up with a proper design for her.. Err.. not that I disagree with hubby's design or anything~ *rolling eyes~

She'd later forced me into putting her school bag with some glitter on it. And since I malas nak bergaduh di pagi hari, I gave in to that. Got myself red glitter glue and started to trace on the red Q letter. (That way, we can hardly notice the glitter as it is the same colour!) *Pandai tak momma dia? Hihihi.. Later, she asked me to write down with marker (yes, you read it right, MARKER!), "Thank you momma and papa for decorating my bag". Apakah tujuan nya? Of course I won't do it. What does she thinks this is? A bag or a note book? *dang!
Note to Alya: That was sweet of you to say such thing, darl! We felt appreciated! *about to roll tears~

The decorated bag... Told you!

Sent her off till the front door, waited for her to take off the shoes and bid farewell. It was one of our attempt to see whether will she be ok and yes, she was very much fine! Alhamdulillah.. She just amin both of our hands, hugs and kiss us before holding to teacher hand and up to her class. She certainly look like a big girl already..

After 2 hours, we popped into her class. She hugged us and back to her activity. Today, instead of combining 3 and 4 years old in a class, the principal decided to separate them into individual class. We couldn't agree more as it'll reduce the influence of those kids yg ada separation anxiety.

There are only 5 students in Alya's class. Alya, a Chinese girl (as brave, active and friendly as Alya), a Malay boy (yg yesterday sat next to her, but today tak bley masuk class sebab dah start tangkap syahdu), an Indian boy (insisted on his aunty to be by his side ALL the time) and an Indian girl (who was at first ok until she saw her father).

Teacher Fatin who is the class teacher nampak sangat friendly and helpful tapi sangat la obvious nya muka fresh and kadang² nampak gak muka panic. InsyaAllah as time goes by, she'll be able to guide my daughter to learn more.. Amiin..

Apa yang Alya dapat hari nih from the school? Err... not the uniform (yet!). It's a badge and she's proud of it! Pengaruh Special Agent Oso~

Kita tengok la nanti camne esok plaks...

Kindies hunting

We (well, personally me) have started on kindergarten hunting ever since Alya was just 2 and a half years old. Believed that early education is important besides the social exposure as she stayed at home with only mom and was circled by at least 20 years older than her, we did try hard at getting our hands on many some kindies:

1) Kizsports & Gym
My eyes was first fixed on their Early Learning Academy classes. Had sent Alya for a trial class and memang best. Though it will only be 3 times weekly, it was impossible for us to make it. Dah kelas nya kat One Utama, sape laks nak ngantok ngambik budaknya?

2) IIUM Montessori
Oooo... Talking about this pon can make myself drooling. The distance is perfect. The programs / classes are perfect. The environment is perfect. The teachers are so-so ok. But the price, humang aih! Dah macam student U dah gayanya. With semester fees which when u calculate, average about RM450 monthly. Well then again, what do u expect with such standard, rite?

3) Smart Reader
Programs and advertisements you can find anywhere look exciting and so I searched on more reviews for the specific branch in my area. My oh my... I must say out of 10 reviews I read, 9 mentioned that the teachers were negative thinkers. Memang terima kasih je la kan jawabnya~

4) QDees
Suggested by SIL, we went for a review and agreed that the kindy is ok. The minus point would only be the grey uniform. Grey? What on earth were they thinking?! About to roll her in, mom laks yg kata tak yah laaa.. She is still too young, she's about to get a brother and give her the chance to get to know him laa and so on. And yes, we gave in to that~

Now that she's entering 4 next year, we seriously thinking over on the kindies matter. And of course MORE kindies to be reviewed:

5) Little Caliph
As we do have that intention to enrol her into Chinese school, of course we'd like her to have the Islamic basic first and foremost. There're no review on the franchise in our area but the programs are certainly looking good. Called the principal, she was either sounds uninterested or tak angkat phone langsung. Hello, at least have the courtesy to call back la kalo dah nampak more than 2 missed calls! Dang! Tp takpe lagi.. Nak punya pasal, we all still tak give up. Went to the school straight and paid RM50 for booking. The teachers macam takde masa nak entertain we all, perhaps they were occupied. But when I asked the principal whether do they teach Mandarin, dia bley jawab, "Tak. We all Islamic-based". Bley? Nampak tak negative thinking nya. Apa kalo dah islamic based tak bley blajar bahasa asing ke? Jawab "tak" je pon dah memadai kan? Nih dah tak pasal-pasal I yg ada negative remark on them!

6) Brainy Bunch Islamic Montessori
Programs, best! Reviews, best! Fees, acceptable! Tapi... Takde transportation laks! This time around I memang sangat frust as I love the look of the kindy gak..
*Am putting this in KIV for next year!

7) CIC
Another Islamic kindy yang juga menarik. I was at first bolayan to call the kindy as it is situated at a shop lot. I'm pretty skeptical with kindy on the first floor.. Anyway, the programs are great and teachers pon helpful. Tapi... The class are already full as we're very late already to sign her in! Eeiii... Geram btol!!

In the end, we're back to QDees... Had registered Alya without second thought. Thanks to their three times in a row award winning. Harap-harapnya with the new management and the improved syllabus, Alya can achieve more.. InsyaAllah...

By the way, yes, the uniform is still grey.

Shop & Swim

Johor Premium Outlet

If you compare it to Bicester Village or the Clarks Village, memang ah jauh beza harganya. But if you compare it with store price, memang terasa perbezaanya.

Humang aih.. Tengok je la line nya~

And sebagai seorang warganegara Malaysia yang sayangkan negara (eceh), I mestilah nak membantu kepada penambahan ekonomi negara dengan berbelanja secara berhemahnya di sini. (Ehem!)

Rasuah her fav food.. Penne carbonara @ Coffee Bean..Terus suka!

Oops.. caught in action *blush!

My boys yang sabar dengan I..

Take a break! Erk.. penyalahgunaan stroller dan anak?

Mengukur keluasan Johor Premium Outlet dalam cara berbeza dengan momma nya~

I'm tired, momma... But I don't want to sleep because I want to swim in the hotel's swimming pool.. <-- Kemaruk budak ni~

Anyway, to cut things short, as the kids dah dengan sabarnya mengikut karenah rambang mata I, I pon membalas jasa baik mereka dengan a
session in the pool. Amboi mandi kat pool memasing macam tak penah jumpa air!

End of the story, by 10pm both kids dah selamat berlayar.. Hooray!!

My submarines are having fun!

And I love them loads!

p/s: I'm not high because of all the shopping..

Sleep la adik...

We're on our way to JB. And biasa la kalo jalan jauh sure ah momma ngantuk mahu sleep gitu. Kakak dah terkorban dalam pada keep on repeating that she doesn't want to sleep and doesn't feel sleepy at all.. Sedar-sedar tak sampai 5 minutes later, shut down!

My darling yang kunun tak ngantuk tuh~

As for Adik. Widely awake! Now in the restless phase where he couldn't stay still. Dengan mulut yang non stop nya tambah lak dengan kaki tangan yang aaaasyik nya nak bergerak. Yang tak tahan nya, bila tak dapat apa yang dia nak, mula la jerit macam kena pukul. Adik dengan kakak, sama je drama siblings! And bila let him have what he wants, he'll start to throw things all over the place..

Mula-mula dia jumpa dia nye boots.. Lepas dia belek-belek sampai buhsan, dia BUANG!

Bila la agaknya adik nak go to lala land ni?

Belalang tempur?

Kunun nak pakai sendiri.. Bila tak bley, masuk mulut!

Dia gak yang kena tahan godaan tengok orang lain tidur dengan lenanya~ Lalala...

Packed!

Oooh I love Friday! Err.. Of course there are times when I just hope the Friday never come. When it's the end of the month or I got group departing on the weekend - that is!

Anyway, it has been quite sometimes since the last time we packed for a getaway. Yeah yeah we did went to Universal Studios Singapore last weekend but it was just a day trip. So we didn't go through the hassle of packing that much stuff. (Read: with 2 children, going to a house next 2 doors for more than an hour still require a preparation, hokay! Perhaps because we're a fussy parents who wants everything to be within reach~) Besides, we usually have this routine of going back to hubby's hometown every month. But for the past few months, we've missed the routine. MIL laks yang slalu turun KL...

This weekend we'll be accompanying mom who'd have a meeting in JB. No plan as at now besides lazing around the hotel and enjoying the facilities ie swimming pool. Oooh gotta plan with hubby on how will it be for us to check the sauna room (since maid won't be following...)

Last but not least, I am so looking forward for Johor Premium Outlet! Will definitely post my review on it!

Orang sibuk nak packing baju, dia sibuk packing diri sendiri~

Kakak is all set; except that she has yet to shower and we are yet to leave~