Friday, September 26, 2008

Anxiety in the Air

My sister went and check with the tailor last nite - our baju raya are not even cut yet!!!!

Now I'm in no mood for raya, infact have been in no mood since I was maidless.

But, hey, tomorrow is the Day - the new maid is coming via Port Klang. Now I'm getting nervous. Would she be a good helper? Would she treat my kids right? Would she know how to take care of them? Would she be hygienic? Would she.....??

It's the same old feeling again, every time we're taking in a new person. Only tawakal and lots of do'a that I could do.

Let's see how tomorrow turns out, insya'allah if there's tomorrow.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Coloring Contest Again

My kids are just hooked to coloring. I wish they are like that when it comes to books. Having said that, whenever we went to any contest, we will not go home empty-handed.

Yesterday, Abang & Aina participated in a batik coloring contest, again at the local mall. This time around Papa's bank co-sponsored the gifts. What do you know, Aina came in second in her category. So she got a savings certificate of RM70, RM80 of Kedai Nasi Ayam vouchers and a piece of batik cloth (for Mama la). Not bad for a 2-hour job.

However, Abang was disappointed for not getting anything. He tried his very best not to smear his work (I told him to be careful of the mess), so he was one of the few that submitted last. He was so proud of his piece that he thought he could win something. In fact, the MC missed announcing his name for the consolation prizes (everybody got one..), which made him even more upset.

Lucky Papa's staff knew the MC - so they asked for the missed gifts. Lucky for Abang and Amir, both got a RM10 voucher of Kedai Nasi Ayam.

This time around Mama couldn't capture their masterpieces. Aisha was sleeping on my shoulders, and Papa was busy handing out the prizes.

The only picture I got was when the Upin & Ipin mascots came out, and all the kids got excited. Not bad for a local animation company - the series seems to be capturing many hearts.



Abang was so excited, trying to figure out who are inside the mascots.