Last memory of Standard 6

and hello Emir, you should thank me as my blogging mode is on. Ibu just realized that i only uploaded 4 entries for the entire 2018 - perhaps the worst performance as the blogger. :p

Having said that, im trying to save your childhood journey here and for you to understand, ibu and papa always support and you can always rely on us anytime and anywhere.

Standard 6 comes too soon and it ended too fast. I myself couldnt breathe and keep up with the activities that was planned by your school and your dad. I was working my ass off to ensure that I would get a better bonus for 2018 :D so we could go umrah in 2019 insyaAllah..

End of November, your school has organized too many event for Standard 6. It was one after another - which is a good thing! :)

Well, the fun part of being the standard 6 started when you and your friends finished the UPSR and the party started immediately after.. Zaman ibu dulu, tak macam ni pun, ni mak ayah yang prepare ..

I remember your last paper was on Thursday and Papa booked the flight to Chiang mai on Saturday. I disagree at the beginning, ye lah takut ada macam-macam perkara, but Alhamdulillah tak de apa -- another blogging post that i must published (our trip to Chiang Mai)

Errr, after Chiang Mai, most of the time, you skipped school with our permission and you only attended to seat for the final exam at your school.

Comes to the end of  November, satu-satu event yang berlaku.

(1) Hari Penyampaian Anugerah Cemerlang

Because it was not happening every year (no-no we still proud of you :D) so we always look forward to attend Hari Anugerah Cemerlang and this year you managed to achieve no 2 in class. During this time, the school will announce the recipients of Tokoh-tokoh Pelajar and yeah, sadly you did not manage to grab any despite your achievement in academic and as MSSM Gold Medalist. Yes, we didnt target you to grab Tokoh Pelajar, tak target apa-apa pun as we know you may lack of some leadership quality (yes, you manja). But at least the recipients should have good credential to be awarded. Ibu has attended few Anugerah Cemerlang previously and Ibu was totally impressed with the recipients CVs but honestly not your year :). Ibu and Papa exchanged our looks and we were like (eh tu je).. Well, perhaps the school management must have a reason for this la kan :) No worries, you did not feel sad at all, but your friend did. and honestly, he deserved the title..

Ok, enough of drama .. lets celebrate..

Antara cikgu-cikgu yang sentiasa belakang Emir..

Cikgu Diana - guru kelas Darjah satu

Cikgu Shidah - guru kelas Darjah dua

Cikgu Azira - guru kelas darjah 6

Emir ni memang minta ambik gambar dengan Cikgu yang sama je :)

2) Majlis Apresasi Tahun Enam

aka graduation ceremony for standard 6. Semua sekolah sekarang ni budak darjah 6 siap ada convo, siap ada baju jubah. memang over.. but its good to celebrate achievement kan.. Bila orang happy, semua akan happy jugak. Baju jubah pun cantik tu.. Just enjoy the picture lah nothing much .. sama saja, tak ada extra vaganza..

My office mate make a joke on the above picture. Katanya over, anak baru darjah 6 gambar macam dah graduate.. Oh well.. their time will come.. After all it is for memory and was provided by the school, guna je lah. A happy picture should be captured. So once again, their time will come. lets see what will happen.. pandai cakap sangat kan :)

3) Malam Seribu Kenangan

The most challenges time for the parents :D. It was dinner night for Standard 6. The students have to perform during the dinner and im telling you, depa practise macam nak buat show dekat overseas. I said challenges sebab bertapa banyak betul mak bapak kena sabar masa latihan ni berlangsung.. Maybe i dont understamd, but seriously until today i dont understand, the audience was only the standard 6 students and only the standard 6 teachers, tapi practise 3-4 hours per day for 2 months..

I remember, during the night itself, all parents were eager waiting someone to upload the performance via whatsapp.. kiterang nak tengok ape bendelah yang sampai 3-4 jam kene practise. The teachers were not involved in the performance training, mak bapak yang mintak trainer ajarkan (siap ada trainer you .....)

But whatever it is, all kids were very happy during the day itself.. I rasa anak i pun nampak handsome betul malam tu. Suit Emir kami buat di Chiang Mai..

with another mom. we waited for our son to finish from 7-12am hehe, setia menunggu dekat hotel tu.. nak balik nak patah balik malas.. so tunggu je lah dekat lobby hotel, masa ni jugaklah nak update pasal hal-hal sekolah..

and Emir with his classmate..

THE END 

He scored 6As for his UPSR

Salam All 

Alhamdulillah we are back again in 2019. For a record, I just discharged from the hospital due to the slipped disc. but lets put aside my story. Will share, insyaAllah. 

So, how is everyone?? Blogging is no longer an avenue for us to express. Not like before, blogging was a trend, now it becomes outdated.. budak sekarang akan cakap.. what?? blogging ?? 

So there you go.. of cos i would like to update on my Emir... 

All these pictures were taken during the UPSR announcment day.. :)

Emir with his mates queuing-up to take the result slip..

Tho 2018 has long closed its diary, but i should record this moment.

Alhamdulillah, Emir scored 6As for his UPSR!!

It was tears of joy from my side. As a mother, I’ve seen him struggling to manage the expectations either from me, his father and also his teachers. Up until August, he was still competing for Chess tournament (MSSM) and I think he only has a week to do some revision before the UPSR trial. Yerp, Alhamdulillah he scored straight As for his UPSR trial too..

Honestly, I didn’t put much hope on his result especially for BMs, even his teacher asked me to “kita tawakal ye Puan” hehe. His BM is crazy. He refused to read BM books and will spend less time to do revision on BMs. Yes, dia tak suke BM. :D and Emir has this attitude, tak suka memang dia tak suka lah- very choleric type of person.

Along the way, I guess, Allah helps him. A lot. Kalau kenang-kenangkan zaman dia dekat sekolah rendah, kesian juga. He is ok but actually not ok. But anyhow, he managed to instill positive vibes inside him which I am proud of. Im not sure whether I am able to be like him if I am in his shoes. Allah knows best. Peer pressure is really a thing OK! Thought wanna share it here, but well, its not a good idea, after all, past is past kan. Emir pun dah happy sekarang.

Cuma nak cakap, we as a parent, we cant no longer refer to the older parenting. We have to learn according to the time. Budak sekarang, kite kene sentiasa berkongsi cerita, berkongsi rasa, jadi dia akan rasa kita rapat dengan dia dan dia akan lebih terbuka bila bercakap dengan kita. Semasa Emir menghadapi saat-saat mencabar dalam hidup dia, he shared his story with me. And im happy because he is still trusting me as a person who can ease his worries. Alhamdulillah all good 

Back to the day when the result was announced, it was a week after the school holidays. It was scheduled to be announced at 10am but was delayed to 11am. But we know the result earlier hahaha.. SMS pukul 10 dah keluar dah..

And you know what..

Now only I know how our parents feel when we delivered the good news to them. Oiii bagilah satu juta pun tak sama rasanya.. Dahla saya ni anak sorang.. Alhamdulillah dapat jugaklah merasa kejayaan anak.. Emir? You can see the video, he has noooooooo emotion.. tak ada perasaan langsung.. 

Kejayaan Emir juga adalah hasil didikan guru-guru Emir. I always believe, teamwork makes the dream works. Usaha bukan hanya setakat pada Emir, pada mak ayah dia, pada cikgu dia. Sama-sama kena usaha, sama-sama kena jaga ukhuwah. I against some parents (u know-lah some SKBD parents :p) yang keje dia asyik complaint je.. To me, Cikgu pun manusia, kalau kite layan dengan baik, kebaikkan tu akan dapat semula kepada anak kita indirectly. So i always maintain good relationship with Emir's teachers. walaupun hakikatnya papa Emir yang lagi baik dengan Cikgu-Cikgu :p

Cikgu Emir - Cikgu Dhabitah masa Emir Darjah 3

Cikgu Emir - Cikgu Shidah masa darjah 2. Anak Cikgu Shidah jadi anak murid emir dalam Chess :)

Cikgu Hafiz - Cikgu Tusyen Sains Emir

Cikgu Farizal - cikgu yang palingggg budak takut hahaha tapi palinggg budak sayang..

Cikgu Faiz - cikgu ni panjang dia bagi nasihat dekat Emir.. Paling i tak boleh lupa Cikgu cakap dekat Emir "kita kena selalu berhati-hati apatah lagi Emir nampak sangat budak baik, jangan senang terikut"

Cikgu Azira - guru kelas Emir darjah 6. Cikgu darjah 6 memang mencabar. Mereka ni takde cuti selagi budak-budak tak exam.. Sangat dedicated dan Emir sangat bertuah..

Dan dalam banyak-banyak Cikgu, Emir sangat bertuah dikurniakan Teacher Asmitta. Teacher yang telah menjaga Emir sejak dari tadika. Teacher yang mengajar Emir tusyen Mathematics sehinggalah Emir darjah 6. Walaupun Teacher Asmitta bukan cikgu Sekolah, tapi hai--- dia jaga Emir macam jaga anak sendiri.. Emir pun sangat sangat sayang Teacher Asmitta dia.. and i continue to send Emir for tuition there...

Lagi satu Cikgu Emir yang paling dedicated is Cikgu Noraidah. Gambar atas Emir bersama Cikgu Noraidah di hari terakhir and anakanda saya menangis.. Dapat Cikgu Noraidah adalah kebetulan sebab rasanya harapan tipis. I memang memerlukan seorang Cikgu BM yang dapat drill Emir. and Cikgu Noraidah adalah Cikgu yang sangat popular. Rezeki, dapat juga tempat untuk diajar dengan Cikgu walaupun last minute. Cikgu Noraidah sangat concern.. Always update what homework she gave, kalau anak tak siap, mak pun ada notice jugak .. Paling terharu Cikgu siap percepatkan urusan ibadah hajinya untuk make sure Cikgu ada masa UPSR. Memang jasa cikgu-cikgu ni tak terbalas.

Gambar ni pun menarik juga, dari kiri Muiz, Irfan and Emir. They have been together since kindergarten.. and all of them scored 6As :)

  

Emir & Aliff - not knowing they ended up in the same boarding school.. same dorm juga..

and parents. I am not good in this department, perhaps i rarely be in the school as compared to my husband.. but as and when i will always give any other parents full support..

dan gambar yang akan saya kenang sehingga akhir hayat adalah gambar ini. Betapa lamanya bapa saya (atok Emir) menatap result slip Emir. Saya sangat bersyukur diberikan peluang untuk berkongsi rasa ini dengan bapa saya.. I know he is proud.. (because i saw him texting to his friends on Emir's achievement).. Bahagia sangat rasa.. Alhamdulillah.. 

Dan terima kasih SKBD untuk segala kenangan..

Boarding or non boarding

 

Having a son who will reach 13 by next year, I have lot in mind. Whether or not I should let him go for boarding school is a big question. I find parenting is hard now especially when decision making is important to ensure that he gets the best of him.

So, both husband and I have had few serious discussion on whether or not we should let him go on his own. We have even listed down the positive and negative side of our decision.

First, Emir himself. We supported him in each and everyway, but on the flip side, everything is made easy for him. I would love to see him to be more independent and matured because in a long run, he gonna live on his own, with no backup from his parents, and it should start from now. Looking at his character, he needs to be pushed, and the best decision is to send him for boarding school.

Many will disagree, even my own mother. To him, daily school is sufficient to shape a person, I agree. From my experienced dealing in selection process and based on my analysis, I found out that daily school performed better in terms of resilience and communication as compared to boarding school students.

But as a mother, I want him to step up from his comfort zone. No doubt, the character building for those in boarding school is far better than the daily school. You can easily tell a person if he is from MCKK or from SMK Bukit Bandaraya (sorry, I cant think any school).

But, there you go, it comes with limitation. We (read: I) only let him go if the school is up until Putrajaya :)  Poyo much. Yes, because I may want to visit him every single week, both Saturday and Sunday haha. Otherwise, yes thank you, any daily school in KL.

Speaking of that, Emir would love to continue to be in KL school as he really "sayang" his KL chess team. The teamwork and friendship that he created may not be the same at other states.

But yeah, truly, it depends on his UPSR result which makes me feel hmmphh and ummpphh especially thinking of his Bahasa Melayu. Honestly, whatever the result is, we are OK as he has a long way to go and UPSR is not everything.

My own mission is for him to secure a sponsorship to study abroad because I personally couldn't afford to fund his overseas education. Yes, he MUST ensure admission for overseas university because there is one fine line between local and overseas graduates. Saya pun dari UTP saje, so yes I can tell the difference too.

Insyallah, ini semua perancangan.. From an eye of a mother..

Sports person - my definition

How should i start.. 

I do love sports. Honestly i do. But i know my body doesnt show the right figure to say that i am a true sport supporter. 

But not many of my friends knew that i love sports. And i dont blame them since i am with my 5xL shirt. I envied those who have determination to be on diet and working on their exercise routine everyday, because me on the other hand busy to pay a visit at any recommended restaurant in town. Ive tried to be on diet, and always tried especially when it comes to Monday until my husband said “berapa kali Isnin la nak diet”.. 

I immediately failed when i see nasik. Yes, i cant live without nasik even though it is only a small portion. Yes, brown rice is available but im always using my workload  as the big excuse to not having time cooking a healthy meal.

For now, im trying to cut  down my meals. My big mission is to announce that im on diet tapi malu sebab takut tak jadi. 

Ok lari topik. I have endless excuse not to be on diet *sigh

Back to the topic, dari zaman sekolah rendah i sanggup tak tido malam semata-mata nak tengok big sport event. Olympics., Commonwealth, Asian Games, Sea Games, World Cup & Euro Cup. I tak kisah pun any countries janji the sport is not snooker, karate, taekwando and sewaktu dengannya.

I enjoyed watching the atheletes fighting at their best for the country and i agree sports reunite people. The crazy experienced that i had was when i was heavily pregnant with Emir back in the year 2006 and that year was World Cup year and if im not mistaken it was held in Germany. The different time zone didnt hinder me to wake up in the middle of the night and watched the match until it finished and the next few hours i was ready for work. Crazy kan. That time i was Italy big fan and Italy won the World Cup for that year.

So when Emir was born, putih pulak tu and tak sama langsung dengan mak paknya, i jokingly said “ini mesti sebab maknya suke tengok World Cup dulu”

Until now, i still glued my eyes on tv when there is any big sports event tho my two heroes tak heran pun.  Im ok so long that they dont fight with me to change the tv channel.

So, Pandalela and her partner just won a gold for Malaysia in 10m diving at Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia and in the same event, Dhabitah and her partner won a bronze Malaysia. Bangga pulak. I asked my husband if only we have a daughter, does he allow her daughter to wear swimsuit in ang sport events? And i was surprised he said yes.. i continued to ask, Malaysian is very judgmental when it comes to this and guess what he said “anak aku, berani dia cakap”

Yes, thats my husband. Told ya, apa2 yang anak dia punya interest dia memang support.  But dun worry, anak tak keluar lagi berani la cakap bagi anak pakai macam tu kan lol. Anak dah besaq, mungkin ayat lain yang keluaq.

Till then..

How does it takes to support your children passion...

First chess tournament - March 2015

Representing his school for the first time

Without any hesitation everyone knows that Emir’s favorite subject or Emir’s Hobbies or Emir’s bestfriend or whatever you want to name it- is Chess.

It started all the way in 2015 when he decided to sign up for school selection for chess and amazed us when he managed to secure a place to represent his school despite being the super duper beginner.

We as a parent never know that Emir has potential in chess as we never thought that he knew how to play chess. Being the kiasu parents, once we received the confirmation that he is one of the school player for zone bangsar, mulaah tugas kami to ensure at least Emir shows that he deserved a place to represent his school at such a young age.

That is where we started to sign up for chess classes and joined as many tournaments as we know and also the beginning of no more weekends for us.
At first he joined the school chess club and later we signed him up for Polgar (chess centre in Sri Hartamas).

Of course in the beginning of his chess years, Emir is “lauk” for the seniors and achieving 3 points in every tournament is considered  Fantastic!!
As a parent on the other hand, ok i personally thank my husband for his dedication towards chess. To be honest, dalam setiap apa yang Emir minat dialah yang akan bersungguh sungguh. On a side note, sometimes i have to always remind myself to be grateful. Yelah some of you is blessed with super rich spouse, some of you with hardworking husband and me is blessed with a spouse yang tak kisah pasal hal anak. So is rezeki masing-masing.

Back to the note, husband slowly gathered all information on chess and he started to find chess group for parents. And we learnt that to be successful in chess, you must have a dedicated personal chess coach (i first terkejut chess pun ade coach) This is due to the fact that at chess centre, selalunya akan belajar basic in chess saje, so when your child has reach that level, his performance becomes stagnant and as parents, nak dapat hadiah luxury bag or owning a luxury bag, mimpi je sebab now its time to invest on chess!!

Emir with his Coach



So, we have been recommended to get Emir a personal chess coach and wahlah tak sangka harga dia (to cry or to smile) 😂. We are lucky to get someone who introduced us to Coach Kamal as his personal coach till today who is very passionate about chess and understand kids!! U know lah budak2 kejap perangai dia malasss..  Kejap asyik nak mainnn jer. Or sometimes waktu kelas nak tido! Its so common among the kids..

Slowly we could see Emir’s progress in Chess. Instead of having one personal chess coach, honestly Emir has few personal coaches depending on the availability of the coaches because some of the coaches are from other countries. And belum lagi chess class that catered for certain topics with his teammates.

Me with crazy chess mothers



Why suddenly this madness happen. Senang.. because we have been surrounded by other crazy parents who want their children to excel in chess.
I always thought chess players are all nerd and work in silo, of course part of it i cant deny but overall they are not. Normal macam budak lain cuma mungkin mereka satu group nampak macam budak baik. Get it?

Emir with his favorite gang



Im glad Emir found his friends in chess. Chess has changed him tremendously. Emir is always known as someone who is quiet and very reserved. But with chess, he is now more confident and able to speak up. He is still quiet in class but the teachers said, during the lesson, he is the boy who always raised his hands until teachers have to stop him asking. 😂😂

Besides, Emir has “opened” his own chess academy at school and now he has two students. And sometimes he received requests from our friends to teach their children. Tapi itulah.. masa emir yang takde. Kalau satu sekolah senang sikit.

Emir with his "student"



From this networking, i have learnt that few overseas universities allocate scholarship for chess players and i want him to get that opportunity after he has sacrificed his time for chess.

Well, Of cos along the way my husband and i always has disagreement for Emir’s time management. Husband is serious to develop Emir in chess and me, sometimes i want my Emir back in my arms doing nothing especially during weekend.

How is Emir? My friend and even my family said Emir is a busy kid and some of them think that we forced, or put too much pressure on him.

My say? He is fine. To be honest, he would rather skip his school for chess. And so does his friends. In my entire life, i never had a friend who is chess freak, so i myself susah nak digest why do people love chess.

But I realized, you cant force anyone to follow your plan, let alone your own child. As a new generation of parents, I believe that the new breed of kid knows what they want but as a parent, we have to always monitor them and giving advise appropriately.

So, whats next for me.. honestly I just want him to concentrate on his UPSR.. but of course im having a hard time to convince his father that he is 12 years old now *sigh..

Let me end with some of Emir's achievements for the past two weeks..



(1) Champion for Individual Category Age 12 and below for Bangsar Zone
(2) Champion for Team Category Age 12 and below for Bangsar Zone
(3) Champion for Individual Category Age Group 12 at 6th International KUSESS
(4) Champion for Team Category Age Group 12 at 6th International KUSESS
(5) Champion for Open Category Group C Round Robin at Global International School