Jan 04 2009
Different Lifestyle
Last Thursday, the first day of 2009, me and my wife brought Ikhwan, our son, to his new primary school, located between our house and our workplace. Time moved so fast and out of a sudden, my son is now entering standard one in a decent primary school. I still remembered the feeling when I was at his age, very eager to go to school. I climbed my fathers closet to try out my metal school badge. It was such an exciting moment. However, now, all the school badges are mostly cloth or cotton and either stick or stitch to the uniform. Some of the present school also have the student’s name tag attached to the uniforms as well.
A week before school, took a passport size photograph at studio.
Not just Ikhwan, Marsya, the second child of ours will continue her education in the same kindergarten – Tadika Ijazah. She’ll have another two years to go (including this year) before she enter the same primary school as his older brother. Alya, the youngest of all, will also join her sister in the kindergarten. She’s still too young but I decided to expose her earlier. She just turned 3 years old last November, so in January, she’s 3 years and 2 months old. I hope she’ll enjoy the pre-school life and can become independent earlier.
My son with me near the school canteen.
Ikhwan lining up with his new friends – new classmates. He is in 1 Bijak.
Ikhwan sits in the middle of the class.
Alya will be going to school tomorrow. She’s 3 years 2 months old.
That’s it, all three kids of ours are schooling. This is certainly going to be a different lifestyle for the family. We can now only take long quality holidays during the school break, unlike previously. We also have to properly coordinate the transportation arrangement for the kids. It’s a little bit tough because all of them have different schooling time. Check out their schedule:
Ikhwan’s schedule:
Religion school: 0900 – 1030 Hrs Primary school: 1300 – 1830 hrs. Iqra’ – 2030 – 2100 hrs.
Marsya and Alya:
Kindergarten – 0800 -1100 hrs. Iqra’ – 2030 – 2100 hrs
Bringing Ikhwan for Friday prayers.
Nothing really new for Marsya. She’ll continue her kindergarten pre-education.
On top of that, Ikhwan is a boy and it’s my responsibility to bring him for Friday prayers every Friday afternoon. Luckily I have resigned my process engineering job in Pasir Gudang and moved in closer to my family with my new job. I have already brought him 3 times for Friday prayer so far and I’ll continue doing that until he can go by himself.
Training Ikhwan to change my Kancil flat tyre. He’s tightening the bolt.
Having three kids schooling for me is really changing our lifestyle. It’s easy to grow kids BUT it’s not easy to grow good and responsible kids who obeys the God, Islamic way of life and parents. Its really a challenge for us and we have to do everything right. We have to provide good education, good teaching, good example, good and halal food etc. We love them a lot but we don’t want to spoil them by giving them whatever they want. InsyaAllah, we’ll try our best to grow and lead them being a good Muslim, a good human being.
Trying hard using his body weight to tighten the bolt.
As I mentioned to my wife last week, our life can be segmented into few stages. I didn’t get this from anybody. I just thought about it while I was with Ikhwan performing Friday prayer last week. The stages in life which grows parallel with responsibility…
Stage 1: Age 0 – 6: We basically couldn’t remember anything. No responsibility at all.
Stage 2: Age 7 – 12: We begin our formal education and begin to gain confidence in life. Our learning curve increase and our creativity begins. We have small responsibility in our education.
Stage 3: Age 13 – 17: We begin searching our own identity and we’ll normally encounter an identity crisis at this stage. Still, the responsibility is mainly on our own education.
Stage 3: Age 18 – 23: We are nearly thinking as an adult. We are going to be a little bit more mature in thinking and various areas. We have reach our optimal physical shape. Some has responsibility to earn money to support family while some have to focus on his/her studies.
Stage 3: Age 24 – until married: We have a job and we are responsible on all our own action. Some have responsibility to assist their family and siblings. Some begin to focus seriously in career.
Stage 4: Married life – We have extra responsibilities towards our spouse and our in laws on top of our own family. We need to act like an adult as we are now having and growing our own family. We have to plan the financial cleverly and spend wisely. We’ll have kids and we have additional task to nurture and educate them.
Stage 5: Married life and children schooling – At this point, we have to be a really good example for our kids. Our kids are watching us and we also need to give them all the love and support that they need. We need to provide them all they need but not all they want. That’s a different in that, please figure it out yourself. Our time is controlled by the kids schooling schedule and we can only take long breaks during the school holidays. Hence, we better plan all our activities systematically, efficiently and effectively. At the same time, we need to perform well at work. We don’t want to get fired or not getting salary increament. Our kids are growing up and we need the money to feed them.
Stage 6: Married life and children turning teenagers – Have not reach that point yet.
Stage 7: Married life and children getting married – Have not reach that point yet.
Stage 7: Married life and getting grandchildren – Have not reach that point yet.
Yesterday, while having a nice lunch, my kids had roti bom. Ikhwan took his time to read newspaper. He was attracted to the accident that killed 10 people at Kelantan.
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wow!! time flies.. i remember the time when ikhwan is still the size of my palm.. during wcup 2002..
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cyza reply on January 4, 2009 10:09 pm:
Yeah…time really flies super duper fast… Suddenly they grew up just like that… Imagine 10 years later… Ikhwan will be 17, Marsya will be 15 and Alya will be 13… Wow…they will be teenagers…
and imagine another 20 years….maybe Ikhwan will be a father like me and you…and I’ll have a grandchild…hmmmm
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farahaznil reply on January 6, 2009 10:48 pm:
hohhoo..garndchild..hi hi hi datuk muda ka?hohhoo..now how old are you ha??35??
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cyza reply on January 22, 2009 3:06 pm:
Why don’t you make an intelligent guess?
as at this moment i am still single. hehehe. but it seems time sure fly very fast. at any moment i might get married. have kids, and my kids grew up and get married. n the next i knew is that i would have a granchild. oh my oh my. time is fast.
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cyza reply on January 5, 2009 7:22 pm:
Yes, definitely, time is moving very fast. Just imagine… in 2000 I’m single. 2001 got married, 2002 my first son was born, 2004 I got my first daughter and 2005 I got my second daughter and now in 2009 my son is in standard 1. Fuhhhh….time is very fast…
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budeen reply on January 6, 2009 8:43 am:
ok now it started to sound scary.. my first daughter will be in standard 1 in 2012.. my 1st son in 2015.. OMG!!
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farahaznil reply on January 6, 2009 10:53 pm:
hohhhooo..its ok ma..time flew fast sometimes is good..n sometimes is not..time flew faster will not feel good if u still dont have any partner or married…ho ho ho..
contest2u reply on January 21, 2009 6:13 pm:
congrate to u bro.. its sound really cool having children but sure its one tough work to raise your children
cyza reply on January 22, 2009 3:07 pm:
Yea… it’s kind of challenging and tough…but rewarding…
contest2u reply on January 21, 2009 6:12 pm:
if u are still single then its time for u to find a goo candidate to fill in the empty slot
maybe cyza can recommend some good girls to u? 
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i love primary school!
=)
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cyza reply on January 5, 2009 8:47 pm:
Me too… Missed that moment.
Miss it so much…
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farahaznil reply on January 6, 2009 10:49 pm:
hohhoo..thats u..but not me..huhhuu..i just like my secondory school life.its more ok n better!!
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so.
what was your primary school eh?
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cyza reply on January 5, 2009 9:43 pm:
SRK jalan Pasar 1, Jalan Pudu, KL
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budeen reply on January 6, 2009 8:46 am:
“tekun belajar, cergas bermain”
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farahaznil reply on January 6, 2009 10:50 pm:
aiyark..cyza..actually u was born at KL or JB?why suddenly ur parent stay at JB lak?hohhoo
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cyza reply on January 22, 2009 3:08 pm:
Born in KL, partially raise in KL and JB. the other portion I grew in Perak, Shah Alam, UK, and now I’m dwelling in JB.
oh.
i thought it was somewhere in jb.
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contest2u reply on January 21, 2009 6:10 pm:
i think he stayed in jb and is a UTM lecturer.. maybe i’m wrong though..
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cyza reply on January 22, 2009 3:09 pm:
I don’t say you are right or wrong…
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budeen reply on January 7, 2009 2:42 pm:
is that u cyza?
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cyza reply on January 7, 2009 2:58 pm:
Yep that’s me. Purchasing something – i mean knowledge, at the same time who knows some money can be generated along the way.
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farahaznil reply on January 7, 2009 10:34 pm:
hohhoo..its good info maaa…but im still confusing..how to join it?takkan by advertisement at blog je kot..hohhoo
zaki blogjer reply on January 10, 2009 9:22 pm:
Bro, u did’t cover the affiliate ref#, someone steal your sales later.
Anyway, my son going to be 1 year old at the end of this year, so still long way to go
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contest2u reply on January 21, 2009 6:09 pm:
i still dont understand why u said “Bro, u did’t cover the affiliate ref#, someone steal your sales later.” how do people will/can steal his sales?
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Bagus2.. Kecil2 dah pandai tukar tayar kete..
Saya dah masuk U baru tau tukau tayar kete..
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contest2u reply on January 21, 2009 6:03 pm:
of course cyza is educating or training his son to do the work at earlier age.. he is a lecturer so he teach his children like a teacher teach their students
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cyza reply on January 22, 2009 3:10 pm:
hehe….
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i think this entry represents the real story of you.. you have been very busy lately with kids & school.. dont even have the time for your blog.. i believe you’ll get use to it & be back here soon..
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cyza reply on January 22, 2009 3:10 pm:
I’m struggling to make a come back…here i am..
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wahhh very quiet here now days? what happened to u cyza? hopefully u are ok bro..
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did anyone tell u that alya is sooooooooo cute? the chubby cheek.. hopefully no one cubit it till red hehehe..
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… 1st day at primary school.. I missed that moment.
So jealous. I won’t get it ever for Adam Harith; my boy, even if I live for another 1000 years… poor me.
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contest2u reply on January 21, 2009 6:06 pm:
pity u samdaddy.. what happened to your adam harith?
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farahaznil reply on January 25, 2009 9:04 pm:
adam harith is ok actually..ho ho ho..just because of sam live at johor make he missed it..is that right?
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cyza reply on January 22, 2009 3:11 pm:
It’s ok…try it our with your other kid(s) later…
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samdaddycool reply on February 4, 2009 1:00 am:
Never be the same.. anyway, life goes on….
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proud daddy.. yes u are..
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contest2u reply on January 21, 2009 6:05 pm:
he is one proud father.. i bet he is because he indeed a real cool father.. just try ask his children if cyza is cool or not
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samdaddycool, love your son’s name.
adam harith.
wah!
adore!
=)
*wink*
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samdaddycool reply on February 4, 2009 1:04 am:
You can adore his daddy as well.. *wink*
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hahaha.
samdaddycool,depend on your real name la.
haha.
=)
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