Stop Talking About Lintah!

The morning after Mummy came back from the Alumni Dinner, after we had breakfast, we went to Bukit Bintang area to drop off Ayah to get his "lintah" treatment. When we arrived Master Ee, the 'lintah' business owner has not arrived. Mummy sat with Iman at the bus stop watching the world go by... we saw the buses, the monorail trains - one is green and another one yellow. Iman was rather excited because it was her first time sitting by the roadside in the middle of the city!

We went upstairs where the treatment was to be done. It was quite a nice set-up. They also provide reflexology service.

Ayah was asked to lie down on a bed and Master Ee brought in the bucket with the leeches in it. Mummy wanted to wait around and see how the treatment was done before going with Iman to Nenek's house. But Iman was so traumatic when she saw one of the leeches started to climb up the bucket and tried to get out of the bucket. When Mummy hugged Iman after Iman started to cry, Mummy could feel Iman trembling and the heart was beating really fast!!

Mummy managed to take some pictures of the leeches and had to leave the camera to Ayah so that he could capture the pictures during the treatment.

When Mummy went to Nenek's house and was telling Nenek about the treatment, Iman started to scream "Stop talking about lintah!". Then when Mummy got calls from Cik Han and then from Cik Na all asking about the 'lintah' treatment, Iman kept on screaming "Stop talking about lintah!" Apparently Iman was so traumatic about it. When Iman saw Ayah's foot still bleeding in the evening after the treatment, Iman was worried that Ayah actually brought back the leeches with him. Iman was so scared to even go into the bathroom that Ayah was in.

When Ayah's blood dripped on the floor, Iman scolded Ayah "Ayah, you have to sit still and not move around! Nanti spill the red thing on the floor!" Mummy and Ayah couldn't stop laughing when we heard that. Iman sometimes acts too old for her age.

Mummy's Alumni Dinner

This year 2008 - Mummy's school, Sekolah Seri Puteri Kuala Lumpur, initally was known as Sekolah Menengah Jalan Kolam Ayer, is celebrating it's 40th Anniversary. The Alumni has organized to celebrate it with a big bang.

The Fabulous 40 Gala Dinner was held in Grand Ballroom, Rennaisance Hotel, Jalan Ampang on 28 June 2008. With Ayah's blessing Mummy has gone for the dinner and slept over in the hotel with Aunty Ze after the dinner. Mummy sent the MMS of Mummy in the dinner dress to Ayah and when Ayah showed the picture to Iman, Iman said "my mummy is so cantik!". Mummy was so touched by Iman's words...

Here's some pictures of the dinner.

After the dinner, Mummy found out from Ayah that Iman was still not sleeping at 11:30 p.m. because Iman wanted to watch Aladdin. And Ayah actually allowed Iman to stay up till 12:30 a.m.!! Just to let Iman finished watching Aladdin. Well.. it's a weekend night.. guess it was ok.

Like father like daughter

Mummy woke up to see this morning with a beautiful view of a father and daughter sleeping side by side in the same pose!

Trip to Deer Park

31 May 2008

Iman went with Achik, Uncle Shuk, Abang Amir, Arissa, Akif and Anas to Deer Park when Mummy and Ayah went for our date to see P.Ramlee The Musical.

Mummy just got the pictures from Achik. It was great to see Iman so brave feeding the deer. Mummy felt bad that Mummy was not there to witness Iman's bravery. Glad Achik took quite a lot of pictures of Iman during that trip.

Iman @ Aidan's 4th Birthday Party

Aidan, Iman's cousin, turned 4 on 14 June, but the birthday celebration was held on 21 June @ McD Sri Damansara. We all went to celebrate too. The funny thing is that Aidan doesn't like the birthday song! He thinks it is too noisy... so every year he would cry when people sing the birthday song. This year before he cried, he was closing his ears so that he couldn't hear the song.. but in the end he cried anyway...

Iman was enjoying herself with the rest of her cousins - Akif, Arissa and Amir, but kept on being annoyed at Anas for being a baby.

Iman @ Bella Vista's Playground

Iman has been asking to go to Bella Vista to play with her cousin, Arissa. We finally went yesterday to visit Nenek and at the same time let Iman play with Arissa. Iman really had a nice time trying out her new scooter outdoor and let Arissa and Akif also try her scooter. Mummy was really glad to see that Iman was willing to share her toys with her cousins.

A Tribute to Ayah

Ayah, Happy Father's Day! Iman has been wishing Ayah "Happy Ayah's Day!" for the last few days. It must have been because the activities in Young Ambassadors this week are related to preparation of Father's Day cards for the fathers. In fact Iman has brought home the card and put it all over the place. That's how kids are.. You can't really make them understand the concept of keeping secretst and surprising someone later. Iman was just too excited to show Ayah the card that she can't wait for the real day! It happened that way too during Mother's Day!

Mummy want to take this opportunity to give a tribute to Ayah for being a great Ayah to Iman and a great husband to Mummy. When Ayah had the gout attack for a few days last week, Mummy realised how much of chores daily that Ayah had been sharing with Mummy. Only when Ayah was not able to do them and Mummy had to do them by myself, then only Mummy noticed how much had been done by Ayah to lessen Mummy's burden.

When Mummy arrived home from work, usually Ayah would entertained Iman and assist to wash when Iman poo-pooed, then help to bath her and take things for her. In the morning Ayah would bath Iman while Mummy get Iman's stuff ready for school and then send Iman to school. With Ayah not able to move much, having to do all those was really really tiring.

Mummy really really appreciate Ayah now... Thanks, Ayah for all your help! Mummy is so lucky to have a very helpful, caring and sporting husband like Ayah! Happy Father's Day!

Ayah sakit kaki

Today Iman woke up and first thing Iman did was look for Ayah! Then Iman asked "Ayah sakit lagi ke? Esok baiklah.." Ayah said "InsyaAllah..." hoping that Iman's wish will come true. Ayah sakit means Iman can't play with Ayah, and can't be sent to school by Ayah. Mummy guess that's why Iman really wants Ayah to be well.

Already missing the chat during our drive to school

Tomorrow Young Ambassadors is opened and Iman would be going there. Goodbye to Teacher Asnah's school till the next school holidays. In a way Mummy is relieved that Iman is back to Young Ambassadors since it is closer to home. No need to drive all the way to Wangsa Melawati to drop Iman at Teacher Asnah's school (which will cost more now that fuel price has increased!). And then Mummy had to park somewhere either in Wangsa Maju Section 1 (near Alpha Angle) or in Desa Setapak so that it would be easier in the evening to pick Iman up. All those change of Mummy's normal routine sometimes upset Mummy.

The good thing about the long drive to Wangsa Melawati was it gave Mummy an opportunity to chat with Iman on the way to school and on the way back from school. Mummy found that Mummy could get a lot of input from Iman during those trips. Mummy is now feeling that Mummy is going to miss the long drive...

There was one day when we were driving back from school and it started to rain. Iman commented that the rain is good for the plants and the animals because they need water to drink so that plants can have move leaves and animals can drink and 'mandi'! Once a upon a time, Iman would be so upset whenever it rains because that would means no cartoon! The Astro would not get the service and there would be no cartoons! It was always devastating for Iman then. Alhamdulillah when we explained about how important rain is to plants and animals and that we could always watch the CDs if it rains, Iman had been at peace with the idea of rain.

On another day when we were driving back, Iman commented that there is no moon because it is day time and the moon would only appear after the sunset. Mummy felt that all those talks we had about the science and all will be reduced since the ride from Young Ambassadors back to Sri Ayu is only 3 minutes!

Mummy must now try to slot in the chat time during the cooking or watching tv slot. "Hendak seribu daya, tak hendak seribu dalih..." You will learn this expression later on, Iman. For now Mummy just want to make sure we continue to communicate. It has been a precious thing to Mummy to be able to be there for Iman to ask and to share your thoughts. Mummy hope we will continue to communicate forever and ever.

Ibrahim... like my abang!

Iman saw the picture of Baim (nickname for Ibrahim) from Ayah's handphone and asked Mummy who it is. Mummy told Iman "That's Ibrahim, your brother." Iman was so excited! "Yeah! My abang!" That's what Iman said. Mummy was glad the information about having an older brother she has never met was received so happily and willingly by Iman.

Then Iman continued to scroll the pictures in Ayah's handphone and saw the picture of Aina - Iman's older sister. Iman asked Mummy who she is. Mummy said "That's Aina, your sister." Again Iman was excited with the idea of having an older sister. She said "Hurray! My kakak!"

That was the only time Mummy mentioned about Ibrahim and Aina. Mummy just don't know how to explain something like this to a 3 plus year old when Mummy don't know when would Iman be able to see them. If ever she gets to see them.

Today as Iman was going into the bathroom to take shower, Iman heard the name Ibrahim being mentioned on TV. Iman looked up at Mummy and said "like my abang!" Mummy was quite surprised that after only one time Mummy mentioned Iman's brother's name - Ibrahim, whom Iman has never met up till today, Iman actually can relate the name Ibrahim to her brother! It is so amazing at what kind of information Iman is capturing and keeping in her brain! That information has such a big impact on Iman that when she heard the name Ibrahim, her brain went to relate the name to her brother!

Iman with her Barbie Sunglasses

We went to Carrefour for some grocery and Iman ended up with a new Barbie sunglasses and some Barbie hair clips...

Iman posing with the new sunglasses, hairclips and her new Phuket t-shirt.

Iman's Last Day in Teacher Asnah's School

On the last day of her stay in Teacher Asnah's school, Iman told Mummy that she wants to wear baju kurung as Teacher Asnah asked her to do so. Mummy wanted Iman to wear her blue baju kurung for the last hari raya but Iman chose to wear the orange baju kurung from the previous year's raya. Look at how much Iman has grown!! The kain of the baju kurung was so 'senteng' while the baju kurung seemed to be still ok with Iman. She has grown tall!!

Ice-cream cloud

This morning as Mummy was driving Iman to school, Iman suddenly said "Look Mummy!! Picture of ice-cream!" Mummy tried looking around to find what picture Iman was referring to. Mummy asked "where is it, Iman?". Iman said "There! Look at the clouds! It looks like ice-cream! Ice-cream cloud!" Mummy couldn't help but laughed at Iman's expression. It is so amazing what a child can see within the cloud! Mummy suddenly started to look at the clouds and realised that we, adult, tend to not take notice of things around us because we were just too busy to see anything. Thanks, Iman for reminding Mummy to take time to see the clouds...

Barney - Mr Knickerbocker

Another one of Iman's favourite song lately..

Hey, Mr. Knickerbocker, bobbity bop!
I like the way that you bobbity bop,

Hey, Mr. Knickerbocker, bobbity bop!
I like the way that you bobbity bop,

Hey, Mr. Knickerbocker, bobbity bop!
I like the way that you bobbity bop,

Hey, Mr. Knickerbocker, bobbity bop!
I like the way that you bobbity bop,

Hey, Mr. Knickerbocker, bobbity bop!
I like the way that you bobbity bop,

Iman and Her New Roller-Skate

After buying a scooter, a set of safety gadgets for Iman on Sunday, Mummy got a voucher for RM50 from Toys R Us. Since Iman has been asking for a roller-skate, Mummy thot might as well get for her the roller-skate. Mummy just need to top up RM14.95 for the roller-skate!

So, that was how Iman suddenly ended up with a roller-skate! Glad Mummy bought it yesterday coz it cheered Iman up and got her mind off the idea of Ayah being away on business trip. Mummy's heart just swelled to see Iman posing with the roller-skate. Iman really looked like a big girl!! We must go to the park this weekend so that Iman can have the roller-skating experience soon.

That's where I belong...

This week is still school holiday, so as Mummy was sending Iman to Teacher Asnah's school (Iman's temporary school during every school holidays), Mummy explained to Iman that she still has to go to Teacher Asnah's school. She said, "Ok." When Mummy said "next week when the school opens you can go back to Young Ambassadors." At this time, Iman said "Hurray!! That's where I belong. That's where my friends Aiman, Anas, Aqil, Farhan and Didi are." Mummy was amazed that Iman actually knows about sense of belonging at this age. So Mummy just said, "Yeah.. that's where you belong." And Iman was smilling away, thinking of her friends. Mummy realised that Iman is missing her friends.

When Mummy told Aunty Bee about what Iman said, Aunty Bee said she was surprised. Mummy said "what are you surprised about?" Aunty Bee said she was surprised that Iman was so matured in her expression. Mummy couldn't help but agree with her.

A shopping spree for Iman

We got a brochure from Toys R Us on the upcoming sale. Iman was going through the brochure and showed Mummy what Iman wants Mummy to buy! The list was growing very long.. But Mummy had shortlisted some items Mummy wanted to buy for Iman. When we were in the car to go to Mid Valley, Iman kept reminding Mummy that Mummy is supposed to buy a scooter for Iman. Mummy told Iman that if Iman continues to be a good khalifah, Mummy would buy the scooter!

Since we were already there, Mummy and Ayah decided to give in to Iman and got her the scooter. But Mummy was concerned about the safety when she started to go on the scooter, so we got a set of safety gadgets too - the helmet, knees guard and elbow guards. Iman was so happy to get all those!

When were arrived home Iman couldn't wait to put on all those gadgets and try on the scooter too. Iman said "I think today is my lucky day!" and Mummy told Iman that indeed it was her lucky day to get all those things from Mummy and Ayah.

Iman posing with her new scooter!