The end of Aisyah's music class

Last Friday marked the last day for Aisyah's music lesson. To celebrate the graduation ceremony, the school had organised a mini concert and a small makan-makan pot luck style for the parents. The kids were supposed to present 5 songs.. Aisyah only performed the first and the last bits. Despite this, I must say that I was very proud of her.

Aisyah, although quite a talkative and active child at home, is indeed a very shy girl outside her house especially in the presence of strangers or to unfamiliar faces. She always looked forward to her weekly music lesson, although she might not perform or participate in the classroom activities. Her music teacher advised for Aisyah to repeat her course rather than continue to the next level. She worried that Aisyah's shyness would limit her learning as taking part in classroom activities is the main core of the next class.

I must admit that her shyness sometimes worry me, and it reminds me of my childhood days. As a child, I had low self-esteem and always thought that other people were much better than me. When I was in Standard 5, I was just a fat boy with lots of pimples on my face who was always being left behind by my friends due to my inability to play badminton with them. Yeah, I always get bullied! Yeah, I sucked at it!

I promised myself that I would never ever let my children to go through the same situation like their Daddy. I want Aisyah (and definitely Aliyah) to be more active and full of energy like their Mummy. I know for a fact that Aisyah could easily outperform the kids who were on stage the other day (I saw her signing and dancing in our living room - the same string of songs over and over again). I just need to polish her PR skills.

Perhaps its time for us to enroll Aisyah in a kindergarten. Not for her to learn things but more for her communication and inter-personal development.

Kereta baruku bewarna Merah

My new car was delivered last Thursday.

The colour is red. Volcanic red. Although to me it looks more like chilli red.

Sporty.

Compact.

Sleek.

Practical.

Birthday and Aqiqah

I am now sitting at my favourite coffee outlet, sipping the seasonal frappucino (tis the season to be jolly...) waiting for Tai-tai to wrap-up her tasks for the day. I now realise that the available time for me to update my blog is mostly when I have to wait for Tai-tai to finish work.

Sorry blog... Daddy has been very busy lately.

Adik had her first birthday last week. To celebrate this joyous occasion, me and Tai-Tai decided to buy a big chocolate cheesecake. Why chocolate cheesecake? Coz Aliyah loves the cheese (or so we thought) and Aisyah loves the chocolate part. It did not really go well... we were in the middle of singing the birthday song when Aliyah started crying to show how much the whole thing appalled to her. I guess all she wanted for her birthday is some peace and quiet moment at home instead of some whoo-haah. We'll see how are we going to go about it in her next birthday.

We had Aliyah's Aqiqah ceremony last Saturday (bersempena dengan Hari Raya Qurban) in Slim River. Unlike Aisyah's Aqiqah ceremony last time, for Aliyah, we decided to purchase a section or satu bahagian (dua for boys) from a whole cow instead of slaughtering a goat or sheep.

Preparing the cow for slaughtering

The final product...notice the head?

Daddy: Can't wait to drive my new car! Hope can do so by next week!