20110331 Thursday

Thursday. Normal school day.

0600 - All up.

0630 - All of to school. Bapak arrived home after overnite at office.

1235 - All home.

1350 - Off to KAFA. Arief's ping pong was cancelled.

1715 - All home. Walking! The van didn't show up..the kids enjoyed it anyway.

1900 - Dinner time..fish curry. Like yesterday, No mengaji today.

1930 - 2030 - Homework time. Not many though.

2100 - Bed time for all.

Tomorrow, nothing different. Bapak and Mama has something to do in KK first thing in the morning.

20110330 Wednesday

Wednesday. As usual, co-curriculum day for Arief.

0600 - All up.

0630 - All off to school.

1245 - All home.

1350 - Hakim and Nurin off to KAFA, Arief off to co curriculum activity at his school.

1600 - Arief home.

1700 - Hakim and Nurin home.

1700 - 1815 - Playground time.

1830 - Arief took early dinner with Bapak.

1900 - Homework time for all. No mengaji. But it turned out they have no homework..at all! we gave the kids a break then.

2000 - Bapak off to office.

2030 - All off to bed.

Tomorrow afternoon, Arief has his Ping Pong club.

20110329 Tuesday

Tuesday. School time. Today Arief demanded Mama to buy him a Ping Pong bat. OK.

0600 - All up. No problem.

0630 - All off to school.

1245 - Hakim and Nurin home.

1315 - Arief home.

1350 - Bapak sent all to KAFA.

1700 - All home. It was raining heavily in KK.

1915 - No mengaji because of heavy rain. Dinner time. Tomyam udang.

1945 - 2015 - Homework time. Not many.

2015 -2100 - Ping Pong time! We converted the dinner table into ping pong table! The kids were having a good time...and a little fightof course.

2130 - Bed time for all.

Hmm.. it looks like Ping Pong is the new game for the kids!

20110328 Monday

Monday. Back to school.

0600 - All up.

0630 - All off to school.

1245 - All home.

1350 - All off to KAFA. Bapak off to KK for road tax and insurance renewal.

1700 - All home. Playground time.

1900 - Mengaji time.

1915 - Dinner time. Sotong rempah.

1930 - 2030 - Homework time.

2130 - Bed time for all.

Ready for tomorrow. Nothing new. No surprises.

20110327 Sunday

Today, we have a birthday invitation and Arief asked for an eating out. OK.

0800 - All up.

0830 - Mama and Bapak off to Tuaran Tamu. First time jumpa ikan parang, 5 ekor = RM5.

1000 - Mama and Bapak home.

1030 - 1230 - Revision and homework time.

1300 - Lunch time. Sotong goreng.

1330 - Bapak sent Arief for his guitar class. It started raining in PTKK.

1530 - Bapak and Arief home.

1545 - Off to birthday party. Walking distance.

1700 - Playground time.

1900 - Boboboy time.

2000 - Off to KK, Grace Court Food Court (photo). Nasi Goreng Pattaya for Arief and Hakim. Kuey Teaw for Bapak and sizzling claypot kuey teaw for Mama. The kids like this place so much for its cleanliness and nice playground.

2145 - All home. Straight to bed.

OK, ready for tomorrow. The normal school routine.

20110326 Saturday

Today, Hakim supposed to have his Smart Solat Class and Arief with his Science class project at school. Mama has her BAKAT's volleyball games. Later this evening, we promised to buy Nurin's birthday present.

0700 - Woke Hakim up but he insisted that his Smart Solat Class will only start next week, just like Nurin's. OK. We bought it. Arief meanwhile is ready to go to school for his science class project.

0755 - Bapak sent Arief to school. Bapak saw many Hakim's classmates..so much about class cancellation!

0800 - Mama went off to her volleyball games.

0815 - Arief arrived home. He said his project is put off to the afternoon.

0830 - All up.

1000 - 1200 - Homework time for all.

1215 - Mama home.

1330 - Lunch time. Nasi Briyani and daging kurma.

1530 - Off to GIANT and Toys r Us. Nurin chose a Barbie room set.

1730 - Arrived Home. Nurin straight to her Barbie set.

1900 - Shin Chan and Doraemon time.

1950 - Bapak off to office.

2015 - Dinner time for the kids.

2200 - Bed time for all. Bapak continue with his fishing.

Tomorrow, Guitar lesson for Arief and birthday party for the kid's friend.

20110325 Friday

Friday. Tonight, Bapak and Mama have other commitments, meaning the kids will not have their usual SmartReader's class. As for the school 1M1S program, Arief will have a shooting class today.

0600 - All up.

0630 - All off to school. Bapak was in his No 1 today.

1235 - All home.

1215 - 1310 - Friday prayer time.

1350 - Bapak sent Arief and Hakim to school and KAFA. Nurin was going with her friend. When we arrived school, we were told that the shooting lesson was cancelled. Off we went back home.

1700 - Hakim and Nurin home. Playground time.

1915 - Dinner time.

1920 - Bapak off to his dinner.

1945 - Mama off to her BAKAT.

2000 - Free time for the kids.

2100 - Nurin went to bed. Arief and Hakim stayed back to watch NARNIA on TV3.

2200 - Bapak home.

2230 - Hakim off to bed.

2330 - Mama home. Bedtime for Arief.

Tomorrow, Hakim supposed to have his SOLAT class and Mama with her volleyball.

20110325 Thursday

Thursday. Today Arief has a 1M1S program. Meaning he might not have enough time to go to KAFA.

0600 - All up.

0630 - All off to school.

1245 - All home. Arief was getting ready for his 1M1S. The program start at 1315.

1300 - Bapak sent Arief to school.

1350 - Hakim and Nurin off to KAFA.

1510 - Arief walked home. He said he played table tennis and asked us to buy him a table tennis pad.

1700 - Hakim and Nurin home. It was drizzling in PTKK. Indoor games for the kids = havoc in the house.

1850 - Mengaji time.

1915 - Dinner time. Udang goreng.

1930 - 2030 - Revision and homework time.

2100 - All off to bed.

Tomorrow, Arief has another session of 1M1S program. He said it is going to be a shooting game. Anyway Bapak will have to send him off to school.

20110323 Wednesday

Wednesday. Co curriculum day for Arief.

0600 - All up. No problem for all.

0630 - All off to school. Arief in his Pengakap uniform.

1245 - All home.

1350 - Hakim and Nurin off to KAFA. Arief off to his co-curriculum activity.

1530 - Arief home. Straight to playground.

1700 - Nurin and Hakim home. Straight to playground too.

1850 - Mengaji time. Bapak off to his dinner.

1915 - Dinner time.

1945 - Homework time. Not many tonite.

2030 - All off to bed.

Arief shown us a letter concerning 1 Malaysia 1 Sukan (1M1S), meaning he will have a sport class from 1315 - 1415 every Thursdays and a shooting lesson from 1400 - 1500 every Fridays. Bapak has to deal with this definitely.

20110322 Tuesday

Tuesday. Routine school day.

0600 - All up. No problem for all.

0630 - All off for school.

1245 - Nurin and Hakim home.

1310 - Arief home.

1350 - All off to KAFA.

1700 - All home. It was raining heavily in KK. Indoor games for the kids.

1850 - Mengaji time.

1915 - Dinner time. Kari daging.

1945 -Homework time. Arief with his backlogs of BM works. Hakim had a few. Nurin with her Arab language.

2130 - All off to bed.

Tomorrow, co-curriculum day for Arief. The rests are routine.

20110321 Monday

Monday. 1st day of school after one week school holiday. Today is Nurin's 7th birthday! But we have to postpone her party to a more suitable dates.

0600 - All up. Bapak gave Arief and Hakim a quick barber sessions. They will be late for sure.

0630 - All ready to go but we let them enjoy their breakfast. Today, Bapak will send them off to school instead.

0645 - Bapak sent them off.

1245 - Nurin and Hakim home. Arief has extra religious class.

1300 - Bapak picked up Arief from school.

1350 - All off for KAFA.

1700 - All home. It was raining heavily. Indoor games for the kids.

Nurin went out to her friend's home anyway.

1830 - Nurin came back with a present. Apparently, she had been telling her friends that her birthday party is today! Mama had to call their mothers explaining the real situation.

1930 - No mengaji today due to heavy rain. Dinner time - siakap kukus.

2000 - Revision and homeworks time.

2030 - Bapak went out for dining out.

2130 - Bed time for all.

Based on his returned test results, Arief told to be more careful next time. Hakim with his writing skills. Nurin needs to be more hardworking. My!

20110320 Sunday

Sunday. Today, Mama and Bibik are going to Pasar Tamu Tuaran while Bapak has to go to his office again.

0830 - All up. Laptops time.

1000 - Mama and Bibik home. Revision time for the kids.

1230 - Lunch time. Daging goreng and tomyam seafood.

1230 - Bapak off to Squash.

1300 - Revision time again.

1530 - Off to Block C for birthday party of a friend's daughter.

1700 - Home. It started to rain. Arief, Hakim and Nurin off to their friend's home for some indoor games.

1730 - Jagung bakar time.

1815 - All home.

1930 - Dinner time.

2000 - Bapak off to his office (again).

2100 - Bedtime.

Tomorrow is school day. The kids are looking forward to their school time. Bapak will have to trim their hair a bit, first thing in the morning.

20110319 Saturday

Today, Bapak and Mama had to go out early to KK for car servicing and some marketing.

0900 - All up. Breakfast nasi lemak.

0930 - 1100 - Movie time.

1130 - Bapak and mama home. Bapak got to go to office.

1230 - Lunch. Nasi lemak.

1330 - 1630 - Movie time.

1700 - Playground time.

1900 - Shin Chan and Doraemon time. Bapak and Mama went out for a round of squash.

2030 - Dinner time.

2100 - 2230 - Movie time before bed.

2030 - Bed time for all.

Tomorrow is the last day for their school holiday. The kids had to square up their school bags and kits. Time flies.

20110318 Friday

Friday. Today, Arief MUST finish his KAFA homework. Tonight, they don't have SmartReader class. So, we will take the kids for a night out.

Yesterday, Mama had bought some DVDs, which means some distraction to the kids..the DVDs are MegaMind, Yogi Bear, Prince Persia and Green Hornet!

0900 - All up after late night sleep last night.

1000 - 1215 - Revision time for all. Arief managed to finish his KAFA homeworks. Hakim has special Maths session.

1230 - 1330 -Friday prayer.

1330 - Lunch time. Daging goreng and sardin for Nurin.

1400 - 1700 - Multiple movie time!

1700 - Playground time.

1930 - Off to KK.

2030 - Shopping time at 1B.

2230 - Home.

2245 - Movie time - MegaMind!

Tomorrow Bapak is working as in normal working day, meaning, no activities for the kids. Maybe some more revisions for the kids.

20110317 Thursday

4th day school holiday. Today, Mama has to go to KK, meaning the kids won't have their morning revision session.

0900 - All up.

0930 - Mama went out.

0930 - 1230 - Free time for all.

1230 - Lunch time. Tomyam and daging goreng kunyit. Mama still not home. Meaning, another free time in the afternoon.

1330 - 1700 - Free time, no mengaji either.

1700 - Mama home, Playground time.

1845 - Mengaji time.

1900 - Dinner time.

1930 - Revision time for all. Arief haas the most because his KAFA homework is nowhere to finish. Nurin and Hakim's are OK.

2030 - Hakim and Nurin finished their revisions.

2200 - Arief finished his homework (for the day). Had to continue tomorrow.

2230 - Nurin off to bed. Arief and Hakim still up cause they were waiting for WWF on TV3. If not for school holiday, we will never allow the kids to stay up this late.

2300 - WWF on TV3.

2359 - Bed time.

Tomorrow, Arief MUST finish his KAFA homework.

20110316 Wednesday

Wednesday. 3rd day of school holiday. The kids are looking forward to play squash again tonight.

0900 - All up.

1030 - 1230 - Revision time.

1245 - Lunch time. Tenggiri goreng.

1330 - Mengaji time, Bapak hantar.

1400 - All home.

1400 - 1600 - Mama and Bapak went out to renew driving license, insurance slip for income tax and Celcom bill updates.

1700 - Playground time.

1930 - Dinner time.

2030 - Tonight the kids don't have revision as they requested to play squash instead.

OK. Give them a break.

2130 - All home.

2215 - Bed time for all.

They requested for sqyash games again tomorrow night!...Hmmm..OK kids.

20110315 Tuesday

Tuesday. 2nd day of their one week holiday. The routine is the same as yesterday.

0830 - Everbody's up except for Nadia.

1000 - Revision time for everybody.

1300 - Lunch time. Beriyani and chicken kurma.

1330 - Mengaji time.

1415 - The kids arrived home from mengaji..(walking) cause Mama had other appointment (berbekam).

1600 - Playground time.

1900 - Dinner time.

1930 - 2045 - Revision time...homeworks..

2100 - Squash time for all.

2200 - All home.

2230 - Bed time for all.

So far the school holiday timetable is on track..Good!

20110314 Monday

Monday. First day of school holiday. Today at 1330 they have a mengaji lesson instead of the usual 1845. Have to revise their activities.

0730 - Arief is up.

1030 - The rest of the kids is up. Mama just let them enjoying their free time.

1200 - Before lunch, Mama gathered all the kids to practice their reading skills.

1245 - Lunch. Grilled whole chicken. Bapak came back from his office.

1330 - Mengaji time.

1400 - 1700 - Free time for all. Special request by the kids, revision time at night.

1700 - Playground time.

1900 - Dinner time.

1930 - 2100 - Revision time for all. A subject a day.

2130 - Bed time for all.

Starting tomorrow, the kids will have to respect the timetable as set up by Mama. Hakim with his writing practices, Nurin with her reading skills, Arief with his BM. Nadia? She will chose to do whatever she wants.

20110313 Sunday

Sunday. As usual, today Arief has his guitar lesson at 1400. We also had a birthday invitation at 1600.

0730 - Arief is up. ..to his laptop. Scolded him to have his shower first.

0800 - The rest of the kids up. Susu time. Promise Nurin to take her for a Squash lesson.

0930 - Bapak, Nurin and Nadia off to Squash and later on to the gym. The kids enjoying themselves with the treadmills. Mama stayback, she was cooking lasagne for lunch.

1130 - Back from gym.

1300 - Lunch, mama's lasagne!

1330 - Bapak and Arief off to MusicMart for his guitar lesson.

1500 - Bapak and Arief home.

1600 - All except Arief and Hakim off to Block C for birthday invitation. Arief and Hakim went to Farhan's house for PS3 time.

1700 - Playground time.

1900 - TV time.

2000 - Dinner, lasagne for Hakim, daging kunyit for Arief, nothing for Nurin.

2100 - TV Time, Mr Bean's collection.

2200 - All off to bed.

Tomorrow is the beginning of one week school holiday. Better setting up a time table for the kids. Otherwise...

20110312 Saturday

Today Arief and Hakim have their Smart Reader replacement class from 0830 until 1230. Other than that, there is nothing for the kids...except for their appointment with Doraemon later in the evening.

0730 - Woke up Arief and Hakim. Get ready for Smart Reader.

0800 - Off to Smart Reader. Bapak and Mama continued doing marketing until 1230. Luckily there was PC Fair at 1Borneo. Get a nice place to kill off the time.

1235 - Collected the kids.

1300 - All home.

1400 - Bapak prepared the BBQ set. Today's late lunch - seafood BBQ! It started to rain in PTKK.

1500 - Eating time, Grilled stingray, squids and prawns. The rain was getting heavier. Meaning the kids had to stay indoor. Nurin and Nadia were playing Mummy and daughter game whereas Arief and Hakim with their laptops.

1900 - Doraemon and Shin Chan time.! a MUST! Bapak and mama off to Squash.

2100 - Nurin slept in front of tv. Nadia, Arief and Hakim still up and running.

2200 - Bapak managed to pursue Nadia to sleep.

2215 - Hakim off to bed.

2230 - Arief off to bed.

Tomorrow? Guitar lesson for Arief and we have a birthday invitation in the afternoon.

20110311 Friday

Today is Friday, the last day of school for the first term. The kids will have a one week holiday starting Monday.

0600 - As usual, everybody is up after some haggling from Mama.

0630 - All off. Nurin with his new shoes from the school assistance program.

Arief and Hakim were reminded to answer their test papers carefully.

1145 - All home.

1400 - KAFA time except for Nurin.

1700 - All home, playground time.

1850 - Off to SmartReader, Hakim doesn't have his class today due to unavailability of his teacher. Nadia was left at home, sleeping.

2200 - All home. Dinner with take away pizzas.

2300 - All off to bed except for Nadia. There is big news today regarding the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan.

Sayonara.

20110310 Thursday

Thursday. Today the kids have another tests. Theoritically they are well prepared..but we will see how it goes practically.

0600 - As usual, morning yelling game begins. No problem with all.

0630 - All off to school. Bapak has to sent off Agong.

1245 - Nurin and Hakim arrived home.

1330 - Arief arrived home. His van was late.

1400 - All off to KAFA except for Arief. He said he was too late to prepare.

1700 - All home. Playground time.

1845 - Mengaji time.

1900 - Dinner tenggiri goreng.

1930 - 2100 - Revision time..Science. Based on his test papers (BM), Arief did some careless mistakes but his comprehension is getting better. Bapak off to is futsal game.

2130 -Bedtime.

Come on Arief, read your answers over and over again before you submit your paper.

20110309 Wednesday

Today, Agong is visiting PTKK. Quite a day for Arief for he has to be part of the street lining party in front of his school.

0600 - The waking up games run smoothly this morning. Arief has to wear his KAFA uniform for the street lining.

0630 - All off to school.

1230 - The Agong motorcade passing through the school.

1300 - All home. Today the kids declared their own KAFA holiday.

1700 - Playground time.

1900 - No mengaji either. Dinner lamb chop.

1930 - Revision time, tomorrow they have to continue with their tests.

2130 - All off to bed.

Good luck for the tests kids.

20110308 Tuesday

Tuesday..today the kids don't have tests....only the normal lessons..I heard their teacher is planning to rehearse a street lining today for Agong's incoming visit to PTKK on Wednesday.

0600 - Wakey wakey. Less problem for everybody.

0630 - All off.

1245 - Nurin and Hakim home.

1315 - Bapak picked up Arief from school. He was left behind by the school van.

1400 - Off to KAFA.

1700 - All home. Playground time.

1845 - Mengaji time.

1900 - Dinner. Tenggiri goreng.

1930 - Revision time. Arief doing Science, Hakim with BM and Nurin with homework.

2030 - Arief and Hakim off to bed. Nurin still finishing off her homework. Bapak accidentally fell asleep during the process.

2200 - Nurin off to bed.

My, Hakim's writing need to be improved.

20110307 Monday

Today is Monday, 7 Mar 11.

The kids have assembly at school and some tests later. Got SMS from Arief's teacher on the tests schedule last nite and manage to remind my friends.

0600 - As usual, Hakim is the earliest one and Arief is the last one.

0630 - All off to school.

1245 - All home, lunch and get ready for KAFA.

1700 - All home. It started drizzling in PTKK.

1900 - Mengaji time.

1930 - Dinner..udang goreng with masak lemak nangka.

2000 - 2115 - Revision time for all. Luckily no homework. Maths and science. Guided them on answering techniques.

2130 - All off to bed.

Hopefully the kids will do well in their tests.

20110306 Sunday

Sunday...last nite the kids slept around 2200...

So they kind of overslept except for Arief.

He was up around 0630 when we were about to go out for weekly marketing.

As usual, today he has his guitar lesson and we plan to look out for his new school bag afterwards.

1000 - When we back from market..revision time for all. Stop until 1230. Lunch..Whole Chicken grilled.

1330 - Off to MusicMart. It started to rain heavily in KK.

1400 - 1430 Arief with his guitar class.

1500 - 1600 - Karamunsing complex, KK. Shop around for Arief bag. Found one. Hopefully this one will last longer than the previous one (2 months only?).

1700 - Home, playground time.

2000 - Dinner and final revision until 2130. Next Monday, Thursday and Friday the kids have their tests prior to one week school break.

My, my temperature did blow up when they were not serious enough when answering the dummy tests I set up..sabor sabor!

Come on kids! All the best from Mama and Bapak.

20110305 Saturday

Saturday..

0600 - Arief is already up..straight to his laptop..he is not like this during weekdays.

Have to wake up Hakim and Nurin for they have replacement class at SmartReader.

0700 - Hakim and Nurin finishing off their SmartReader's homeworks.

0800 - Mama sent Hakim and Nurin to SmartReader. They will be there until 1230.

1300 - Mama and the kids home from SmartReader. Lunch? Mama's instant briyani and chicken kurma.

1700 - Playground time.

1900 - 2000 - Sin Chan and Doraemon time!

2000 - Dinner. Same as lunch.

2015 - Homework time. Not too many.

2120 - Playtime before bed. Nadia answer a phone call from atuk Temerloh and she was online for about ten minutes with her atuk!

Tonite we let the kids enjoying themselves. Not quite sure when they are going to bed.

I am off... for tomorrow.

20110304 Friday

Likas Mosque

Today is Friday..meaning the schooling time is until 1130.

0600 - As usual, the waking up games begin with no problem with Hakim but a little problem with Arief and Nurin.

After huffing and puffing, all off by 0630.

1145 - all home with a bang!..The school had organised a dentist day without notifying us, the parents! Hakim home with one of his inner teeth took out while Arief and Nurin have their tooth filled...anyway, good news for us as well cause we have been tinking about taking the kids to the dentist.

Arief and Hakim received 2 pairs of new shoes each as part of educational assistance program in Sabah.

1400 - Sent the kids to KAFA. Paid RM10 for Hakim's fee.

1700 - Kids home from KAFA.

1850 - Off to SmartReader for tuition...meaning dining out at McD afterwards.

2100 -Took the kids at SmartReader.

2200 - Safely home.

Tomorrow morning Nurin and Hakim have replacement classes at SmartReader.

Better get them to bed now.

20110303 Thursday

Thursday morning..nice view from our house..

0600 - The waking up games begin..Hakim no problem. Nurin small problem,,Arief BIG problem..

Anyway by 0615, everybody is ready.

0620 - Hakim off.

0630 - Arief and Nurin off.

1245 - All home..lunch and get ready for KAFA.

1700 - Home from KAFA. Nadia was asleep.

1850 - Mengaji time.

1930 - Dinner..kari daging.

2000 - Homework time for all. Not too many today..but the time taken still the same.

2100 - Bed time for all.

Get ready for tomorrow!

A bientot!

20110302 Wednesday

Today is Wednesday, it's co-curriculum day. Arief has to wear his boy scout or pengakap uniform.

0600 - all up...Hakim quickly settled in ...but Nurin and Arief only in their uniform by 0625.! Morning shouting games has started! Chop Chop! you don't want to be left behind by your van right?

0625 - Hakim off...

0627 - Damn!..Arief's trouser is not the right one..the scout belt cannot fit in...OK, just forget about your belt...just go..

0630 - Arief and Nurin off.

1245 - All home.

1330 - Sent Arief to his evening scout gathering..Nurin and Hakim off to KAFA..Nadia? TV watching. It's started to rain again.

1500 - Mama home for BAKAT. Ceramah Maulidur Rasul.

1645 - All home. Rain has stopped. Playground time.

1930 - Today no mengaji. Dinner - daging goreng kunyit. Nadia accidentally fall asleep.

2000 - Homework time for Arief and Nurin. Revision time for Hakim. Hakim's writing had to be polished. Almost all his teachers' comment sound something like this "improve your writing"!

2100 - Bedtime for all. Oh oh..Nadia woke up!..must be a real challenge to get her to sleep again..

2125 - I am off..can't open my eyes anymore..peace.

20110301 Tuesday

0600 - Hakim was already up, followed by Arief. Nurin was the difficult one. Keep on rolling.

0620 - Hakim off to wait for his van. He is always the first!

0630 - Nurin and Arief off.

1000 - It started raining in PTKK.

1230 - All arrived home.

1300 - It rained heavily in PTKK.

1400 - Hakim and Nurin off to KAFA. Arief reluctant to go because he was having a... sore throat? What did sore throat has to do with classes?

1700 - Hakim and Nurin back from KAFA. Nadia was asleep. It was still raining.

1845 - Mengaji time.

1900 - Dinner, daging goreng kunyit.

1930 - Arief and Hakim did'nt have homework but Nurin had a lot! Arief and Hakim were given extra exercises instead.

2100 - Hakim off to his bed.

2130 - Arief and Nurin off to their bed. Nadia? Still with her laptop!

Tomorrow is co-curriculum day. Better start preparing their uniforms.

Adios.