Aliff nak tukar kete mama

Aliff called me today at work, his voice sounded disturbed..

Aliff : Mama, Alif rasa nak tukar kete mama lah
Mama : Hah? Kenapa pulak
Aliff : Aliff tak suka lah kete mama, Aliff nak tukar kete Abah dgn mama
Mama : Aliff nak tukar kete apa?
Aliff : Aliff nak kete BMW dgn kete WAJA
Mama : Errrrr......Aliff call Abah la
Aliff : Aliff tak tahu
Mama : Aliff tulis
Aliff : Tunggu kejap eh....(gone to take pen and paper)..Ok berapa ma
Mama : zero, one, three
Aliff : zero, one, three
Mama : seven, eight, zero,
Aliff : seven,eight, zero...
Mama : Eight, zero, eight, zero
Aliff : Ok bye

hehhe, he was really fascinated by BMW car in the movie "transformer"...carried away lah ni...When I got back he was really mad when I oppose to his wanting to change my car and Abah's. He showed tantrum and running around red faced with anger. As if he buying a new car is like buying his toy car. I wonder what has got into him. I was trying to call Abah when I came across this handwriting next to the telephone...Wow, he can really understand what I dictated over the phone and he can write..!!!

I tried to be rationale with him.

Mama : Kenapa Aliff jadi macam ni?

Aliff : Aliff tak nak kete buruk, Aliff nak kete baru

Mama : Kenapa? Ada kawan kat sekolah Aliff ejk Aliff ke?

Aliff : Ha (ya), budak umur 5 tahun

Mama : Mama dia pakai kete baru ke?

Aliff : Ha

Mama : Kete dia tu kete pinjam, kete kita , kita punya. Tak payah tukar kete, kete ni ok lagi, boleh jalan lagi, boleh bawak Aliff pegi kedai India...! Nak tukar kete kena pakai duit banyak

Aliff : Mama pegi lah ambik duit kat bank

Mama : Duit kat bank tu bukan mama punya. Kita kumpul duit singgit sehari, lama-lama kita boleh tukar kete nak?

Aliff : Tak nak. Aliff nak sekarang jugak..

I have to leave him there because no point stressing my point since he is too young to understand all these. I left for Sekolah Agama Abang Afif for solat hajat for his UPSR. Abah will take over.

Later when I came back, he was OK, as if nothing happened. He slept quite early, very tired I guess....

wassalam

Mama

TWO THUMBS UP FOR RATATOUILLE

We had a great time yesterday watching the latest Disney movie by Pixar " Ratatouille". It was hillarious. The only set back was our bad choice of seating. The first time we went to MBO for TRANSFORMER, we were seated in a middle of a two-row theater CINE 7. Abah prefered we took the back seat.

This time around the movie was shown at CINE 4, a larger theater with 12 seater in a middle and 2 seaters on each side. When we book the ticket on Saturday, we saw ample seats at the back so I chose the last row not knowing that CINE 4 and CINE 7 were having a totally different layout.
So what's wrong with the last row? The last 3 rows were rather flat, We did't get to see the bottom part of the screen. I was annoyed by the front people, some heads were higher than the other. Aliff had to sit on the arm rest in order to watch the movie, so did Ayie, Ngah and myself.

But nevertheless, the movie was fantastic and entertaining right till the end. Worth the ringgit that we spent. I heard Aliff asked to buy the CD right after the the lights on. I thot I want to watch it for the second time...It will take sometime for the CD to come out...apa lagi cetak, rompak le...DVD 9.

Seriously speaking, I think this is the best animated movie ever.

wasalam

Mama

DINNER 3 SERANGKAI

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AFIF

Today is Afif's birthday...opps yesterday 8 aug 2007. He asked permission to celebrate with his friends. I said OK. I thot of serving mee goreng besides just the birthday cake. So right after work, I went straight to Jusco to buy the uncooked mee and the cake.


The cake selection was really tough. Knowing Afif being very sensitive at times, I had to go from bakery to bakery to get the right cake at the right price. I was contemplating between black forest and American Chocolate cake. Nowadays simple cake can go up to RM50/kg.


With much deliberation, I gambled when I chose Coffee cake instead of the normal 2 cakes mentioned above. It cost me RM 39.90. I just hope Afif wouldn't mind the simple finishing of his 12th year birthday cake.

When I reached home, it was almost Maghrib. Aliff was really testing my patience when he asked for "tetek" (bedtime) at this critical hours. Had to pray first before starting to cook. Afif told his friends that the "party" will begin around 8.30pm. I was in a mess when his friends turned up earlier than the party time...only 1 packet was fried at that time. I asked Afif and other siblings to entertain his friends while I finish off my cooking. I finished on time but had to take shower and freshen up.


Finally, all were seated, I started of with everybody introducing himself one by one. There were 6 of them, from the same class. They happened to be football play mates. At least now I know who his friends are. Afif was sheepishly shy when around his friends.


They started with mee goreng. I only fried 2 packets because I did not know exactly how many are coming eventho I bought extra packet. They finished all within minutes and ask for more...Alamak...I promised them I will cook fried mee again during the next gathering which I hope will be after UPSR but before Ramadhan.

Then, the cake cutting session. All of them chanted birthday song and Afif cut his cake. He seemed OK with the cake....no complaint. I knew it was the best choice when the cake almost finish the same night. I had to save some for Abah and Bibik.

All of them stayed for a while and later dismissed at almost 10.00pm. Some came back later with birthday present of some cash to Afif. Afif looked satisfied.
Afif asked for new soccer ball for his present. I promised to bring him to the sports shop over the weekend.


Happy Birthday Afif. You are always my Abang Long and the best that I could ever wish for. Mama can still remember the fresh pain of labour and the joy of being called "mother" for the first time. Afif was borned a few days later than his due date at 3.40pm at Klinik Pancho. The following day was Maulidur Rasul in 1995. He weighted only 2.7Kg, the smallest among the four and was brought out to this world with the help of "forcept". The pain was unimaginable but all were gone after mama saw his cute face. And the rest is history.....


wassalam


Mama

ROAD TO GLOBAL VENTURE

Last Sunday 4th of August, I was in KL attending Franchise international exhibition