Sing along with Aisyah

Last week I had to go to Kota Kinabalu again for a two day-one night business trip. Tai-tai and Aisyah were at the airport to fetch me up. On the way home, I overheard Aisyah sang a song..

"Shanta..shanta..ho!ho!ho!"

I actually had to ask Tai-tai if I heard it correctly and she confirmed it well. I probably should have told Aisyah that it was far too early for the seasons to be jolly, but instead I told her that I wanted to get a petite Christmas tree for her as a gift (with much dismay from Tai-tai).

The next day we took Aisyah for her trial music class at the local Yamaha school. She was thrilled to see the pianos, but not so much in the classroom. A bit of shyness and introvert behavior during the session. By the time the class ended after 30 minutes, Tai-tai and myself decided to enroll her for the music class with a more concrete reason - we want her to socialise and make friends with other people!!! Hopefully when we send her for kindergarten next year, she should be able to make friends on her own.



Daddy : Last week Kota Kinabalu, today Lumut, next month - Ghana????

Scenario analysis

The following conversation took place yesterday morning.


Daddy : Aisyah, can I watch TV3?

Aisyah : Nope.

Daddy : Please......can I watch TV3?

Aisyah : Nope..it's my turn!

Daddy : No...it's my turn! My turn!

Aisyah : No..it's my turn! My turn!

Daddy : Pleasssseeeee.. your turn is up already. So now it should be my turn. Please...can I watch TV3? Aisyah good girl kan?

Aisyah : No...it's my turn! My turn! My turn! My turn! My turn! (100 times)

Daddy : My turn! My turn! MY TURN!!!!!!!!! (100 times also)

Tai-tai : Can both of you please cut it out???!!!???

Waiting and waiting and waiting...

It has been more than one week since we started the toilet-training programme for Aisyah. Was not easy for the first few days but I think the situation is getting better. On the other hand, she seemed to have lost her appetite and did not eat much. We are very worried as all her "baby fat" is diminishing bit by bit every day.

My other daughter, Aliyah, is recovering well after the surgery and has always been on the cheerful mode although sometimes we think that she could not distinguish between day and night. We have the feeling that she hardly sleeps in her buai at night coz her eyes would be wide open every time we peeped inside.

After so long.....

Finally...Tai-tai and myself have solved the problem of accessing blogspot from our home PC, thanks to the expertise of my IT savvy and technically sound brother-in-law. Now I can blog from the convenience of my home, although the only thing missing is a portable fan (I am sweating right now...no wonder some people say that blogging is sometimes "hot").

Aliyah was admitted to HUKM for two days observation on 28th April 2009. Her operation took place two days later on 30th April. Tai-tai and myself were not only impressed with the results of the operation, but also on the services provided by the staff particularly the nurses at Ward 4D (Paed 3). Our perception on Government (or quasi Government) hospitals changed totally and I would highly recommend HUKM to anybody seeking medical attention or treatment. She was discharged on 4th May and due for follow-up on 3rd June. The purpose of this operation was to repair her cleft lip only, and we anticipate her next operation (i.e. to repair her cleft palate) would take place before the year end.

Pix above : Before the operation

Pix above : After the operation

Our new maid arrived about two weeks ago, but not the one that we had chosen earlier. The one who was supposed to come and work for us ran away even before she left Indonesia. The agent sent a temporary one, a 22 year old lady with a four year old child currently facing some marital problems at home. We gave her a week of probation period and decided to confirm her as our permanent maid. Another problem solved and closed for at least another two years (provided she has no intention of running away).

Daddy : Al-fatihah to Tai-tai's beloved Nenek and Uchee to my children, Hajah Som Abdullah who passed away peacefully on Thursday evening, 21 May 2009.

Accra...Tema...Ghana

Tonight is my third night in Ghana. The actual situation in Ghana itself is much better than what I had imagined...but surely it is a totally different set of world out here...

Tai-tai sent me sms earlier - Aisyah knocked herself against the bed and bled her gum, whilst she was trying to calm Aliyah who was already throwing her tantrums demanding for her feed. Later when the two angels had fallen asleep, Tai-tai cried due to exhaustion. I honestly felt very bad and sorry for her, and wished that I was by her side when all these things happened.

Now I can't wait to go back home... looking forward for Thursday evening!

From the Emirates Lounge in DXB

I've just landed at Dubai International. Managed to get about two or three hours of sleep on my seven hours flight from KLIA. In about an hour's time, I will board my next flight to Accra.

Dubai Airport is superb..... and for sure I will be "legally robbed" by the duty free shops during transit on my return journey.

Ghana...here I come!

Yeah! I know it has been quite some time since I last put my words in my blog. But since I came back from Kota Kinabalu, I hardly got some time to put some words into it...days passing by without me realising..and right now I'm sitting in the Emirates Lounge at KLIA waiting for my flight to Dubai, and thereafter to Accra, Ghana for a five days business trip.

A lot of things to update....

On Maid

We got our new maid about two weeks ago. She was nice, sincere, and honest (my first impression). Tai-tai spent quite a number of hours training the maid to do household chores, and the special way to feed Aliyah. It was tough for her but she was a fast learner. Five days passed by before I receive a phone call from the agent informing me that the maid failed her medical test due to hepatitis....(SIGH! - A BIG ONE!!!)

We immediately sent the maid back to the agent, and was given a temporary maid a few days after that. A 22 year old girl, youngest in the family, illiterate and unable to tell the time...(SHOOT!). Tai-tai gave her a chance but unfortunately, she was not capable enough to work with us. We sent her back to the agent... and we were left "maidless" since last Thursday until (hopefully) the end on the month. Since Tai-tai has to come back to work, we had no other choice but to live temporarily in Slim River until the new maid arrives. We just have to commute to work by taking the shuttle bus from Tanjung Malim bus station every morning, and get ourselves used to this arrangement.