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Feb 08 2010

Teaching my kids playing cards

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Yesterday, we went to Jusco, a routine weekly activity, to grab hold of our groceries. On the way to the cashier, I saw some cards being sold. Looking at its price, RM2.90, I just took it and paid it with the rest. I want to play this with my kids.

At home, I played it with my kids and also our friend’s kids who happen to dropped by at our house. The kids were very excited playing the cards. I only know how to play 2 games. I have totally forgotten how to play other card games. That’s fine, I’ll google it later.

It is also interesting to capture the first moment of them playing cards like this. I hope to spend more fun and quality time like this with my kids. I’m proud that Ikhwan also is good in chess. I taught him how to play chess last 2 weeks and now he is good at it. As good as he is, he still cannot beat his sifu, that’s me. Maybe one day, he’ll be able to challenge and won a chess game against me.

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Feb 07 2010

What is with Lola?

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Introducing Lola, our family (pet member). She, we believed is a teenager, maybe adolescent. She joined the family in December, last year. That means she has been with us nearly 2 months. She’s a gorgeous, tender and good cat.

Where was Lola from?

We don’t know. She just appeared in front of our house in December and decided to stay at our house! That’s kind of weird but the kids love her. I like cats, so I let her stay.

Where does she sleep?

We don’t allow her to sleep in the house. We prepared a nice box covered with cloth for Lola to sleep and relax at the porch. She knows it is her place. However, sometimes, If we forgot, she took the opportunity to sleep in the the house which is warmer and peaceful from the male gangster cat who always patrol in front and behind of our house.

What does she eat?

I bought cheap cat food and feed Lola with it. It cost me RM9 per kg.

Where has she been yesterday?

Seriously, none of us know where she has been yesterday the whole day and night. Normally, she’ll be around us and let herself bullied by Alya! But, she wasn’t around yesterday.

What had possibly happened?

Today, at about 9am, I found Lola under our white Proton Exora. She seems very weak and barely moved. She meow…meow…meow…weakly. We checked her out and saw that she was badly hurt on her right back leg, possibly bitten or scratched fiercely by other cat or/and self defending herself from being forcde to make love (or raped) by the male gangster cat (I presumed). She could not walk properly. We felt sorry for her. We fed her and put her nicely on her box for her to relaxed.

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My other half applied “minyak gamat” on her injured leg. Lola did not react that much. She kind of understand that we want to treat her and want her to be back up on her feet again.

What happen after few hours?

She’s back missing! We don’t know where she went. She’s badly injured cannot walk properly, yet she still want to go for window shopping!

We just hope she’s safe…and will return home in one piece.

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Feb 06 2010

Should I get my kids a dedicated laptop and Web 2.0?

Last week, I attended Matlab training with my wife, a training that I organized on behalf of the post graduate society (I’m the post graduate society president in my faculty). My pH.D supervisor also participated in the same training and sat next to my wife. On one of the break during the training, we chit chat about our kids… how our kids are performing in school, how they are progressing etc…

She (my supervisor) highlighted that her son who is in standard 4, is crazy about Farmville. It is difficult to go anywhere because he will always want to get back home, to be online, and work on his farmville in his facebook account. I was amazed that his son has already explored the net and meddle with facebook, uploading photos and videos.

After the training, in our white Proton Exora, on our way back home, I discussed with my wife about our kids. We think it is time for us to seriously expose our kids to the computer and internet. Before this, Ikhwan (standard 2 primary school) and Marsya (6) has been exposed to flash games and youtube. Alya (5) will tagged along with her brother and sister infront of the laptop(s).

Maybe now is the time for Ikhwan to utilize the laptop (or computer) for his early education. There are some online tutorial in the net which we or the school can subscribe. Maybe he can also learn to use google to learn many things, off course with our supervision.

Maybe we should get a dedicated personal computer for the kids…

What do you think? Is it too early?

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Dec 04 2009

Early December Updates

Seriously, I’m very stressed with my life now. Not because of family and not because of my online activity. It is mainly due to:

1. Ph.D, need to get my first stage proposal ready.

2. Professional Engineer activity…need to prepare my report…a matured report…

3. Consultancy project… it’s really a headache….

Those main three tasks are almost like a complete combination of migraine to me. Oh God…But I know this is temporary. It will be over soon. At least the task #3 will be over the latest end January, I hope. Ph.D will be at least for another 2.5 years.

2 Conferences in December 2009

This Sunday, We’ll be heading to Kuala Trengganu for 2 nights attending a conference. I just rehearsed my presentation in front of my supervisor just now and she has provided me some ideas for improvement. At that very same day, our maid will undergo her semester leave, back to her hometown at Surabaya.

2 weeks ahead, we’ll be heading to Penang for another conference. We will stay 3 nights at Bayview Beach Resort, Batu Ferringhi. That is a headache for me because the expanses is going to skyrocket. At peak season, the hotel cost tremendously expansive. For that 3 nights, I have to pay more than RM1k++. That’s excluding the travelling and other expanses. Oh God….

On top of those 3 tasks mentioned above, I have other important small tasks to settle. However, I’m focusing to settle the biggest unsettled business first.

GempakNewbie.com launching next week

I also look forward for the launching of GempakNewbie.com next week where my report will be given away FREE of Charge… This is my first ever report in Malay Language. Register and get it now…

I hope to prepare few more english reports in 2010. It will be a sharring of my online and offline business activities. An academic / intelectual free report associated with my career will also be prepared, but I think most of you won’t be interested to download chemical engineering stuffs… heheh…

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Oct 21 2009

Family is my priority

Published by cyza under Friends ~ Family

Sometime in this life we have to make some sacrifices. That is life. I’m very grateful to have one happy family. I’m blessed with a great job and the opportunity to further my study in the highest level. What else can I ask more?

I realized I have earlier mentioned about arranging my online activities. But then, I also realize that, I need to prioritize my time with my kids, especially to monitor their studies.

Ikhwan, my active eldest son, is in standard one and require serious attention from us (the parents). He likes to play and go to school. But when it comes to doing homework and studying, he needs somebody to motivate him. That’s when we come in. I’m now committed in spending 1-2 hours every night to ensure he can perform in his study, especially in reading Malaysian and English language, jawi and mathematics. I hope we can prepare him well enough before the final examination next month. We want to see him improve his grade in his examination in both his official school and religious school.

Marsya, 5, our expressive first daughter is very diligent and require less attention in terms of her studies. She’s doing very well in her pre-school and we are trying to bring her up to another level. The only thing is her mood which is sometimes unpredictably annoying.

Alya, 3+, our charming third child, is still very small. We don’t really expect her to study seriously for the time being. We want her to have her own sweet and fun time studying at school.

That’s the current sacrifice I have to make. Maybe I cannot call it sacrifice, but rather define it as responsibility. Before this, I have not really paid sufficient attention to their studies. After work, at night, I only focus on my online activities. But, their future is very important and precious to us. We don’t want to gamble their future. We want the best for them. We want them to excel academically and morally and grow up to be good people with great career. We have to do our best to provide them with the best education and support plus motivation + love.

That’s it. I’ll reduce my online time in order to ensure my kids are doing well. I have to re-arrange my strategy because I have to spend more time thinking and running my ph.d research too.

Oh gosh… when can I relax???

My online time will be roughly around 1 hour every night, I’m guessing… And I must proportion it finely to do all the blogging, affiliate, article marketing, SEO, and other making money online duties…

Please, I seek other almost similar parents to share your experiences with me… ;)

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Apr 21 2009

Our 8th Aniversary

Today is our 8th aniversary. In short it means I have married to my wife for eight years and blessed with 3 beautiful healthy kids. I surprized her with 8 red roses which signifies our 8 years together. In the afternoon we had fine lunch. I prefer not to reveal the location… hehe… :)

To my wife… I love you…

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Oct 07 2008

Raya Memories 2008 – Part 1

I just want to share some photos on our family’s first day Eid Mubarak 2008. The following photos were taken in my parents house and we did some family photo shoot as well. I know I haven’t posted my/our photos, but I feel like sharing them with you… The following photos are taken from my brother’s Nikon D40.

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Aug 05 2008

Why Women Are So Special…

A friend from my previous work place forward this email and again, I’m sharing the content with you. It shows how great women are. But I’m not saying that man are not great. Some man are equally equipped with the same quality. Check out the article… Credit to the person who composed this wonderful article…

Mum and Dad were watching TV when Mum said, ‘I’m tired, and it’s getting late. I think I’ll go to bed.’ She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day’s lunches.. Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning.

She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of clothes into the washer, ironed a shirt and secured a loose button. She picked up the game pieces left on the table, put the phone back on the charger and put the telephone book into the drawer.

She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket and hung up a towel to dry. She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom.

She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the excursion and pulled a text book out from hiding under the chair.

She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her bag.

Mum then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser, put on her Night Solution & age fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and filed her nails.

Dad called out, ‘I thought you were going to bed.’ ‘I’m on my way,‘ she said. She put some water into the dog’s dish and put the cat outside, then made sure the doors were locked and the patio light was on.

She looked in on each of the kids and turned out their bedside lamps and radios, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks into the basket, and had a brief conversation with the one up still doing homework.

In her own room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the next day, straightened up the shoe rack.

She added three things to her 6 most important things to do list. She said her prayers, and visualized the accomplishment of her goals.

About that time, Dad turned off the TV and announced to no one in particular. ‘I’m going to bed.’ And he did…without another thought.

Anything extraordinary here?

Wonder why women live longer….? ‘CAUSE THEY ARE MADE FOR THE LONG HAUL…… (and we can’t die sooner, we still have things to do!!!!)

Whether a housewife or a working woman, every woman is special in her own way..

if U men agree, hand on heart, that women are special, just respect them as they are …and their individualism and independence. Cheers to womankind!

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Jul 31 2008

Top Tips To Praise Your Child

Published by cyza under Friends ~ Family, kids

It is very important to know how to communicate and praise our kids (if you are still single, just read through it because at later stage of your life, you may have your own kids). I have three kids aging from 2.5 to 6 years old and I’m still learning how to educate, communicate and love them.

I would like to share some good tips that might be good for us to praise our own kids. Since children between the ages of two and five are at different stages of development below are a few pointers on how to praise your child on the respective stages:

Toddlers:

- “Nice colouring.”

- “Good sharing.”

- While you are on the phone, say “Good waiting!”

Basically, we must keep it short and always with a positive word with our young ones.

For preschoolers:

- “I love it when you play nicely with your sister.”

- “What a good job waiting for me to help you across the road.”

- “Thanks for the drawing, it makes me happy.”

So, incorporate these simple tips with our child and hopefully we ill get hang of it in no time at all. You can also share this with your brothers, sisters, uncle, aunt, cousin, friends and whoever having small kids. Good luck to you and me :) .

Source: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Jul 20 2008

My Son’s 6th Birthday Today

Yep, to day is my son’s 6th birthday and we are having a birthday party to celebrate it. We were pretty busy preparing for the birthday party. We cooked “Nasi Lemak” (Coconut Rice) and made some sardine sandwiches. I also blew a number of balloons and decorated the house to create happy party mood.

The party began at 5 pm but some of our guess came earlier. The party just ended and we were so exhausted. The happiest person is my son, Ikhwan. He received a lot of presents which include 2 remote control cars, 1 toy army jeep car, an army tank, stationaries, few beautiful colourful t-shirts and some cash as well.

We hanged some decorative for Ikhwan’s birthday party and also some colourful balloons.

We ordered a square Spiderman birthday chocolate cake from a nearby bakery store. Unfortunately, I missed one candle. The store accidentally counted the candle wrongly and gave me only 5 small candles instead of 6.

They don’t look really excited in this photo. Not sure why…but in actual fact, they are played together brutally and noisily!!! Well, they are just a bunch of kids…

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