Chicken Charge Teluq mom...

Masa tengok The Bachelorette 7 final episode tadi ada satu iklan, samsung phone dimana ada seekor ayam buat bising lantas tuannya letakkan smart phone yang ada gambar telur supaya ayam bising tadi ada kerja nak buat. So ayam tadi duduk la atas telur 3 biji eramkan sebab nampak real kot telur-telur tadi.

Selalu sangat tengok iklan ni especially time prime hours. Selalu aku akan terangkan kat Adam apa ayam tu buat. Tapi tadi just shut my mouth nak tengok Adam ingat tak apa aku ajar...

"Chicken charge teluq, mom..." katanya.

Aku punyalah gelak nasib baik tak tersedak sebab tengah makan time tu....tak terfikir lak jawapan tu. Well, he can talk after all. Just give him more time...I have to jot it down here so I won't forget this evening event.

I feel lonely...again

Perasaan yang tak seronok.
Setiap kali balik dari KL mesti rasa cam ni.
Macam perasaan balik ke asrama. Lonely and home sick.
I am alone here. No mom. No sisters...They are far away. Tak tahu bila bole jumpa lagi.
Oh, I wish we all can live nearby...that's impossible.
I am gonna be okay. Tomorrow...

Banyak agenda esok...daftar Adam, buy groceries, buka kedai, ambil poslaju, loundry...
Next week is next year.
Will send Adam to his new kindy.
Will miss his daily teaching day.
Next year he is 5, then 6, then 7...off to real school. Wow that's fast. I still remember the day he was born. His birthmark, his curly hair...his dark skin,...he changed from looking like a mamak boy to a cute and fair skin boy, now that's my son. A pretty boy just like mommy. I am gonna miss my baby. He is growing up so fast. I couldn't catch up with him.

Well done my boy!

Tetiba Adam buleh sebut 'a BIG cat' , 'a BIG something'. Terkezut i.
This happened yesterday. I was feeling annoyed at him at that time coz he hit Adelina and I was concentrating with Adelina's pain and cry and tantrum...but suddenly he said it. Wow! What an attention seeker. Tapi i tak amik pot...lepas tu baru sedar, eh?

Wah seronoknya! Keep up the practice of prepositions.

Semalam tengah surf image cari pattern manik. Tetiba terjumpa blog ni. LOTs of coloring pages. FREE!!! Adam tak berminat color dah. For adik la.

http://www.supercoloring.com/

Then kalau nak idea buat kraf mudah dengan anak-anak, rujuk web ni, berlambak:

http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/

Wokey, i have lots of clothes waiting to be folded. I hate this chores. HATE! However, every chores is important and treat them with respect. Adios.

My Teaching Tools for Home-Edu

Takde apa- apa pun. Saja nak share teaching apparatus. Semua murah-murahan saja. Paling mahal, set Grolier tu. Rega RM2500. Bayar bulan credit card selama 2 tahun RM104 gitu. Takpelah, nak guna sampai darjah 2. So, kira pelaburanlah...

Set Grolier Basic...banyak buku + DVD

Yang ni beli kat kedai buku jer...RM4.90 satu. Lepas habis buku dapat certificate. Buleh simpan dalam fail. Really gud exercise book. Ada banya siri. Craft pun ada.

Puzzle untuk mmengenal warna. Match dengan object. Adam dah advance tuk main puzzle ni. Bagi si adik main. Harga RM14.90 satu.

Yang ni biasalah, poster bergambar. RM6.00 satu.

Yang ni lak, buku. Magic English, Disney Words dan yang atas tu Kamus bergambar. Nak tambahkan vocab budak-budak ni.

Flash Card yang ada sebutan Pinyin Mandarin. Buleh ajar mandarin sekali. Beli kat tesco jer. Harga RM8.90 satu.

Yang ni puzzle yang sesuai tuk age Adam. Tuliskan nombor di belakan setiap puzzle. Buleh belajar mengenal nombor & nak solve nanti.

Ni Puzzle beli kat Lafonis. Sebiji RM14.90

Yang ni Fun Thinker. Macam puzzle. Buka board di kiri dan match kan di kotak kanan. Ada banyak buku. Buleh guna sampai sekolah rendah.

Buku Cut & Paste - RM7.90 satu. 

Puzzle -- print out, cut it and ask him to solve and paste it.

Cat Puzzle

Flower Puzzle

Puzzle Fire Engine

Puzzle match 'things that go together'

Lepas buat aktiviti bagi reward pelekat sticker. Beli wrapping paper yang comel, then gunting dan bagi dia lekat selepas dia habis buat kerja. 

Dulu. tak pernah percaya sistem reward. Tapi lepas tengok keberkesanan di kelas terapi, memang berkesan gak teknik ni. Jangan bagi reward macam tengok tv ke. mainan ker. kek ke nanti dia terlampau excited nak reward terus nangis tanak habiskan task dia tadi....setakat ni berkesan lagi reward pelekat ni. Cuma kena tukar-tukar gambar la.

Saper nak jadi suri rumah angkat tangan!!!!!

This is what I always comment in FB ---->Be careful of what you wish for...nak jadi housewife konon.

I am used to be a carrier minded woman also. During that time, I did my household chores also. Taking care of baby, sent him to nursery, took him back, bathed him, fed him, everything. I was tired and hope to care my child and never go to work again....sending him to that dreadful nursery really broke my heart. Plus...banyak problem kerja lagi.

The wierd thing is....becoming a suri rumah really sucks. You are trapped in the house. Has nowhere to go. No objectives...no tasks. No nothing. Nada. Ellek. None. Blank. Oh...No MONEY. NO $$$ at the end of the month. Stress + depress = my dearest friends. Feel bored all the times. Nobody understand. Low self esteem coz you are not working. Bored of doing stupid chores. Nobody appreciates what you did. Plus, you will leave a blank period of time in your resume (in case you want to go work again in the future). In Malaysia, this is not good at all. In the US/UK, okay. They will accept this reason. Stay at home to care for your family, then work again.

Stress of being a suri is different from work stress. I think it is bcoz----> stress at work, you will leave them at work. You will forget about it for a while after meeting your loved ones. Stress of being suri------> It will haunt you 24-7. If you didn't do anything bout it, it will EXPLODE. Either to your kids...hubby....cat...yourself. Yes, sometimes I feel trapped. I need some air. I sent the kids to the daily nanny. So that I could wind off. But I kept feeling guilty. Failed to be a good mom. Then of course I hated the nanny's services. Always let my child not wearing clothes. So, I stopped my day off. Then after some times, I think by online biz was going no-where. I wanted to job hunting again. Every time I tried to look for a job, I felt guilty. I don't wanna miss a thing of my children's moments. Then I stopped searching for a job. Okay, fine. I will further my study then. I was so close to submit the application form to study in Seoul...(WOW!), then I got this letter from MARA saying that I got that shop lot I was applying for (months ago). Here I am, this is my destiny. My online shop and walk in shop is getting better...I am happy because I can be with my children every single moments. Shop together...work together...learn together. SCREAM together...Frustrated together. Everything together gether...

I sold my car. So I have no mortgage debt. Every months, I just settle my manageable credit card debts like tv installment, Grolier installment. Insurance of course...(really pain in the ass). Then, shop rental. Clear debt first then save some money in Tabung Haji. Shopping money in BSN (emergency funds). I don't have lot's of saving but I am okay. I don't owned a house or a car by I am happy. I have no debt. I am debt free.

Of course my mom supports me all the way thru. My hubby? so-so. Hope he will help the chores. He never do chores...I am okay with it. I do my part...he does his part. Husband and wife have different roles in marriage. I hate nagging. Sakidap. Doa to Allah. Allah will appreciate what you do and what you did. He has  a big responsibility in mortgages, bills, household expenditure, his own gadgets shopping, his entertainment stuff---etc.

Money will always be an issue to me. I value the money more coz it s hard to get. Even 1 ringgit, 10 cent is precious. No more shopping like crazy...I still buy stuff like my precious Samsung Tab 10.1 but I really have to save for it. Next is a new laptop (this one is old and slow already), then buy Brillkids for Adelina, then is my piano, then....so on so forth. Shopping list never end.

Anyway, if anybody asks me:

' I would love to stay home and become house wife'...

' Good lah, no stress at home.'

'Why don't you be a craft teacher at....'

I WILL SLAP THEM IN THE FACE!

You have no idea bout being at home. You even feel bored after 1 week time off. How can you be a full time stay at home parent?

I never encourage anyone to be a SAHM even though I love every moment of it...:)

Aktiviti untuk Adam & Adel di rumah

Well, actually the schedule is free & easy. No fixed time to do what & what & what. I just set the everyday must do. Such:

1. Writing practice for Adam. Tracing for Adelina.
2. Counting 1-2-3
3. Read a book together
4. Cut and Paste (not daily)
5. Puzzle
6. Craft (whenever I have more time and tools and ideas)

I don't want to stress myself. So, 1-3 only is the priority. Yeah right, I am super busy woman. I write bout my activities later.

For writing practice, I just print it from the internet. There are tonnes of free web. I was overwhelmed at first. I bookmarked all of them but after scrutinizing/analyzing/filtering/searching these are my three favorites:

1. DLTK Kids Custom tracer - you can customize any alphabets or words you would want your child to write. They can trace it. For me, I teach them phonetic in Malay, so I need words like 'na, ni, nu, ba, bu, bi....so on'. This is the best custom tracer page.

2. Ziggityzoom - Lots of simple alphabets/ number/ shapes/ coloring...craft. Really like it. Easy to print out. No mess and confusing links. Love it and recommend it to all my friends.

3. Kidslearningstation - Here, you can get lots of tracer page. All levels. Cutting skills page for fine motor skills, basic writing practice, numbers, shapes, coloring page...LOTs more. Easy to open and print.

4. DLTK Kids Craft - This one is for printing out Craft. Trust me, kids love Craft. You will spend great Q-time while making craft with them. Even for 5 mins. They will appreciate it.

What you need at home to home-edu your child is a computer and color printer. Yes - COLOR printer.

Therapy Session 6

Semenjak 2 menjak teramat sibuk al nak mampus...tak sempat nak memblogkan diri pun. Alhamdulillah la kan? Dah ujung tahun ni kena wat sale. Clear stock lama tu. 

Hari Sabtu, 3th Dec haritu dah 6 kali la sesi terapi bersama ms Kok. Kali ni, dia bagi kertas mahjong...dia suruh Adam lukis. Tanya Adam nak lukis apa? Tanya open ended question. Jangan tanya yang jawapannya Yes/No. Tapi hari tu Adam malas. Sebab apa? Sebelum tu masa kat rumah ayah dia bagi dia main game. Then suddenly kena tutup sebab nak pi kelas terapi...hu hu hu. Mood pun hilang. Cakap pun tanak. Tapi lepas 1/2 jam oklah. Lepas dapat reward star. Ms Kok suruh dia punch star dia, pastu lekat di kertas. Dia pun suka.

Then, Ms Kok bagi kertas yang ada gambar atas dan bawah. Tanya dia mana atas, mana bawah. Gunting kepingan dan lekat...kena go on with atas/ bawah, dan soalan wh Q, repetition, s-v-o setiap hari. Jenuhlah bagi aku yang not talkative ni. 

So far, Adam dah improve banyak. Walaupun banyak ayat berbentuk kartun (yang tak dapat di fahami). Dia nak bercakap, cuma vocab takde. Slow-slow la baca kamus hari-hari. Rasanya tiap hari banyak sangat nak buat tapi masa tak mencukupi...tetiba dah Dec. Next month, he is supposed masuk tadika lagi. Rasa macam tak ready. Camner? therapist suruh masuk tadika bagi sosial? Terpaksalah, cari tadika subsidi kerajaan jer. 

Setakat ni dah jumpa 2-3. Yuran 60-70 sebulan. Cuma keadaan tadika tu macam...dot3x. Tak sama lah macam tadika Q-dees. Sedih sebenarnya rasa bila Adam masuk tadika balik (walaupun half day)....hope can adjust the learning activities to the afternoon and evening. Selalunya, after 12, aktiviti leasure----> tengok cd grolier, wonder pets, kartun disney...lepas ni terpaksa cut wonder pets dan kartun tv9. Petang kena baca kamus, buku disney...homework (kalau ada). Balik rumah petang baru aktiviti bebas...

Aku yang tak ready tuk berpisah ngan Adam...Hope he is ready. Love u son.