Away This Weekend

We will be away this weekend to the land of 'Keropok Ikan'. Gotta do packing, some shopping, pick the boys and off the the Airport.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Money Minded Child

No2 is very money minded. He looks for all ways to earn money. Recently he has been creating 'magazines' and sells them for 10cents per copy. The time he took to produce each magazines ( abt 3-4 pages) is less than 15 minutes.

Guess who bought his magazine? My nephew who took pity on him.
His magazine as you can see comprise of bad spelling, bad drawing and bad English.

Magazine 1


Magazine 2


Magazine 3


Magazine 4


Magazine 5

Now his older cousin wanted to buy some from him too!!!

Last night I asked him to pull out my white hair and for each white hair I've to pay him 10 cents. He pulled 2 white hair and 5 black hair!!!!!

Labour of my hands

Finally after months of procrastination I've got another site set up although not fully as I still have some loose ends to tie ...........

So here " Welcome to Chains Of Joy"....my new baby!!!!

Little bit, little bit

Scenario 1 :
Daddy was resting on the floor mattress after coming back from Awana. No1 was running around and accidently stepped on his toes.

Daddy : Look where you are going. I cane you ah?
No1 : Little bit, little bit cane! Little bit, little bit angry.

Daddy decided not to cane anymore.

Scenario 2 :
While looking at No2's homework....

Mummy : How many times I told you not to do this way. Okay...don't want to listen,
no computer this week.
No2 : Aiyah....small matter only...also get so angry. Little bit, little bit also get angry.

Mummy decided not to scold anymore.

I wonder we as parents are we putting up to much expectations on our kids. Are we expecting them not to make mistakes......in the name of raising them up properly. Are we empahising too much on things that does not really matters..............

I think I'll better learn to be more 'bo chak'....I have to cool down............ The kids are reminding me and dad....................

Empty Handed

My boys had their sports day last Friday at Stadium Bola Sepak , Cheras. I have always secretly hope that they won't take part in Sports until later years i.e Std 5 and 6 simply because I don't like going under hot sun and doing lots of waiting.

Anyway, No2 participated in 3 events ( all the events for Std 1). 50 m individual and 2 other obstacle race. Two of the participants from his class did not turn out. Sad to say, he has to come home empty handed because his team just could not clinch a medal. Because they were short of participants, so they took another student in ...who runs like he is a newbie....and helped them to get first from the bottom ( no kidding).

I am surprised that No2 represented his class ( 2 from each class) in the 50m individual. There's certainly no runner in my family or hubby's. Anyway, I think he was like 3rd or 4th from the bottom!!!

I am glad he still enjoyed himself despite not winning any medal.

As for No1, poor guy, only managed to be a 'reserved' so he joined me at the spectator's seat. Maybe I should asked him to go with the participants and he might get a chance to be called up. Nevermind, maybe next year..............

Ha! Ha! you can see from my post that I'm not even enthusiatic in 'reporting' all the going ons...events...presentation in the sports day.

However, I would just mention that their school clinch the gold medal for both the girls and boys 4x100m relay . I am surprise cos the other 4 schools were not even close nor giving them a good fight. I wonder why??????

The 11th Commandment

"Thou Shall Not Use Your Mother's Name In Vain".

That's what I told No1. Yesterday he came back saying

No1 : Mummy, teacher said school work is more important than your brain
exercise!
Mummy : Why did she say that?
No1 : Nolah...she just say only.

Mummy : Ok, tell me did you forget to do your homework yesterday.
No1 : No....
Mummy : Which homework did you forget? ( See....mummy knows him inside out)

No1 : Maths English
Mummy : So you lied to your teacher....said mummy gave you too much 'brain exercise ( that's what I called whenever I give them my work), and you have no time to do , is it?
No1 : Yes
Mummy : Why did you lie? I didn't give any work at all last night. Even if I give, I will only give if after you have finisned your homework and that also if you
have little or no homework.
No1 : I am scared the teacher will cane me.

Mummy : So did your teacher cane you?
No1 : No

Mummy : You have to accept the consequences. You just have to tell your teacher , you forgot about it. If she wants to cane you , you just have to accept. So the next time, you won't forget. ....Don't ever tell lies and use 'mummy's name again. ......blah blah blah ........{gave him a good 30 minutes {almost} of lecture}

Now what should I do? Do I go see his teacher and tell her the truth? What if she punished him severely for telling lies? This is NOT THE FIRST time he used my name. Perhaps the 3rd ....but I only realised now looking back at the feedback the teacher once told my husband. Now it all makes sense to me. I think the teacher must be thinking this 'mad, kiasu mummy ( in which I'm definitely not) who has no other work but give her son work all day long"!!!!. This teacher has been very kind to No1 I should say. No1 often tells me how the teacher explained to him whenever he doesn't understand anything. Hmmm....maybe she thinks this little boy is abused by his fierce mother at home.

End of the month is the parent's teacher meet. But I may not be going cos I'm might bring the kids to Awana ( follow daddy)....which means the kids have to ponteng their Saturday replacement class. Then again, I might not go, cos next month we have another trip Terengganu and they have never there yet. Can't ponteng so many times. See first.............

Back to the problem......fear makes a kid lie. No1 has been one of the most honest kid
that I've known and now realised that he needs to lie to 'survive'. He used me as an excuse and since it worked previously he has continued using my name and his teacher believed him.!!! Sometimes , he forgot and sometimes he missed out the pages due to his outstanding 'dreamy' nature. ....but he will never intentionally not do his work.

No matter what, I told him this is the last time .........else ...........Mr Cane will visit him.

Sigh.........kids at all stages gives us different 'challenges'. During younger days, it's more a physical challenge, and as they grow older it's 'emotional challenge'. Give a choice I rather have physical challenge.....cos emotional challenge can really make me lift up the white flag sometimes.

Play Like Mad

This June holidays has been what it is suppose to be for the boys and me.
We had a restful time back in hometown. Did everything that they would like to do, i.e

• Wake up late
  

• reading their favourite magazines

• play computer games

• swimming ( or should I say play water), badminton
  

• build sand dunno what at the beach, play with cousins

• go for motorbike rides ( so suaku like that) with grandpa

• eat like no tomorrow

• spend a night at Damai Laut.

Came back and mummy was feverish for 3 days. Few more days and it is back to school. Got to slowly get into the school routine now .....sigh.................