Alhamdulillah, Aidiin has fully recovered from his dot-dot disease after about 2 weeks. Make that 17 stay-at-home days, to be exact. Although he seemed happy staying home spending his waking (and sleeping) hours with his railway buddies, deeeeeep down, I think he misses school. Sampai mengigau lagi, "Teeeaaacher, Akif conteng dindiiiiing." Dalam mimpi pun sempat nak report kat cikgu lagi tu. One time he recited the entire surah Al-Ikhlas, with eyes still closed.

He started going back to school 2 days ago. I am re-tuning and re-adjusting to my new (or old?) routine.

Alhamdulillah juga, I think Sofea managed to 'escape' the dot-dot disease. Which has its pros and cons lah. I've been told by many that it'll be better for her to kena time kecik-kecik ni (which I do not disagree with) sebab senang nak baik, especially if ada scars. Since she escaped *this* time, this would imply that she might catch it later in life, despite being vaccinated and all.

But then again, catching chicken pox now would result in her having to miss school for at least 2 weeks, which means she'd be missing her exams both in KAFA and sek keb. Her KAFA exams started on Monday (May 5) and she'll be sitting for her last paper (Akhlak) tomorrow. The exams in SKBeeJay will begin the week after next. So, in a way, I am glad and very very thankful that she's chicken pox-free for now.

Unfortunately, my mother has been infected by the chicky pox virus, which she'd gotten from none other than her t'was dot-dot grandson. Sian my mom. She's got huge spots all over her face, scalp, body, hands, legs. Bukan dot-dot yang comel-comel pulak tu, but those big pimply and berair ones. *sigh* She's got fever on and off. She complained about throbbing headaches and feeling nauseous, loss of appetite and body pains all over. Sakit badan rasa 'berbisa', she said. *double sigh*

I do feel sorry for my mom. Dan sedikit guilty juga for this unplanned mothers' day 'gift'. I pray that she'll be strong to get through all the sengal-sengal, bisa-bisa and gatal-gatal, and I pray that she'll recover soon. She told me she'd had chicken pox before, but siapa sangka dia nak kena sekali lagi, kan?

Arrrghhh. Sungguh pening kepala makcik. Dengan my mom sakit, dengan exams and Sofea's upcoming birthday (kena postpone-lah party dan celebration segala nampaknya).

Pada masa-masa tensi seperti ini, I would try to remind myself to be thankful for all the blessings that Allah has bestowed so far, on me and my family.

And I would take time to stop and smell the roses.





In case I am not able to get online before Sunday, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all mothers everywhere...

HAPPY MOMMIES' DAY!! :)

*hugs*

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After somewhat neglecting this blog and abandoning bloggy world after err... *checks date of last update*... about a month, I've finally managed to squeeeeeze some time to make an appearance. Kiter rindu kat korang tau, korang rindu kat kiter tak?

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As expectedlah, once you've been away for a while, it's kinda hard to get back into momentum. Nak tulis apa pun tak tau. Feels like there's so much to tell and yet words are not flowing out freely, sentences are not forming correctly and completely. I started typing a sentence halfway, then I ended up Backspacing the typed words instead. Hampeh sungguh.

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For starters, maybe I should write a summarized version of everything that's in my head at the mo.

Congratulations to LazyD on the birth of her twin girls! And thank you for informing me via sms. I actually gave a little excited *gasp* lepas baca sms from you. Despite some careless(?) mistakes, Sofea did pretty well in her SK ujian bulanan (Alhamdulillah) and I am very proud of her. Her Ayah was smiling from ear to ear. Seriously. She has not gotten all of her KAFA results back yet though, so kena tunggu & lihatlah before we can decide if we should get her the promised reward/gift or something else. I do hope Puan Rotidua is feeling much better. I am still shocked with the news actually. I am considering cross-stitching, i.e. as a revisited hobby, after (silently) hopping over to Ondeonde's blog a few days back. Nak tinggal comment tapi tak logged in that time... hee hee hee. My previous two work assignments made me want to watch Cas1n0 R0yale and sing T1na Turn3r’s “The B3st”. What to cook for lunch and dinner tomorrow, aye? Kena start scouring the web for some quick n easy recipes. I am helping (sort of) Helmy relocate his "office" to the room downstairs. Semaknya tak terkira!! Nak nangis tengok. I wish I could twitch my nose or blink my eyes and make all the stuff magically declutter and rearrange themselves, neatly. I think I am fat. *cries* Madame Y's new baby is sooo tiny. Dah lama tak pegang baby lembik-lembik camtu. Met Zan and her boys on the same day. I want to pinch baby Aidan's cheeks! How come I cannot see Lollies' video? I need to find time to read about Elisa's Cairo adventures. I missed all my virtual buddies, young and old not-so-young alike, girls and boys. Last month I finally got to finish Life is an Open Secret (eye and mind-opener, this one) and for some light reading, completed books #4 and #5 of the Shopaholic series. I am trying to make myself promise not to make any (new) book purchases until I finish reading all of the unread books on my book shelf. Busy, busy, busy, weekend ahead! Places to go, people to visit, and obligations to fulfill.

There! Talk about downloading my colorful thoughts. *grin*






Oh well. I've missed so much, obviously, so I'll be spending the next few days catching up on my readings (of your updates, that is). I don't know how I'm gonna do this without leaving basi comments and accumulating more alerts :P Maybe I'll just ignore the alerts in total and start with the friends' list, go by the writer's name and read all of the unread entries written by that person, rather than go by updated entries sorted by dates. Or should I just attack the subscription alerts instead? *scratches head*

Hmmm... Nampaknya saya sudah mula merapu. I'll see you folks soon, ok? :D

Exam week for SK and KAFA starts tomorrow, and will go on till March 5.

One word... YIKES!!!!!

It is only the 3rd week of school and so far I have had to replace/replenish (due to reasons such as "tertinggal kat sekolah", "tak tau cemana", "kawan Kakak pinjam lepas tu dia pusing-pusing sampai rosak", "dah patah", "Kakak tak ingat", and "dah tak boleh sharp") the following items, in no particular order:

- four (and a half) batangs of 2B 'exam-grade' pencils
- 1 sharpener
- 2 erasers
- 1 color pencil (specifically, the brown one)
- a pair of scissors
- 2 sticks of glue
- 1 Disney Princess water tumbler

Adusssss! Pokailah Ibu macam ni!!