Arissa is Best Student 6 Years

My my my...Arissa is best student 6 years. Congratulations Arissa. Papa is extremely proud of you. Words cannot describe how proud I am. Best subject Bahasa Melayu. 2nd Overall ranking and also Best student 6 years. I wish I was there cheering you on when your name was announced as the best student 6 years. But I was working. I have another cheering on at another place.

Anyway, I went to Toys R Us that night to buy your that Furby that you always wanted. I think you deserve that Furby. Love that Furby.

Ain't Furby cute?

I hope Aryana will follow her sister. She the most patient student. (Really? most patient?). I think the teachers have different version of the meaning of the word 'patient' than us. But still, a medal is a medal and still an accomplishment.


I never thought she would get best student but she did. My respect for Arissa grew that day. Well done Arissa. Remember, tangible results are secondary. Most important values and good islamic character.

Clever Rabbit and the Wolves

This book is Arissa 12th book as far as we started counting and taking note of the books she read.

• A Native American folktale retold for beginner readers ready to tackle more complicated storylines and sentence structures.
• The Clever Rabbit is eating happily in the woods when he has to save a lost sheep from being eaten by a hungry wolf. But will the rabbit’s brains outmatch the wolf’s brawn?
• Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.
• Includes several pages of reading-related puzzles. (Source: Usborne Website)

The rabbit in this story is indeed clever. Never thought that the rabbit could fool the wolves like that. But no animal can challenge our Sang Kancil. :-))

The Girl's Favorite Color.

Our topic in the car this morning was favorite colors. What are our favorite colors? Just to start the morning discussion, I told the girls that my favorite colors are BLACK, WHITE and GREEN. All these colors have its own meaning but I wont discuss it in here. So, I asked the girls, in English (which I expect the answer to be in English too), what are their favorite colors. These are their responses.

Arissa:" I like PINK, LIGHT BLUE, YELLOW and RED"
Aryana:" I like PURPLE, GREEN and ORANGE"

Arissa keeps on forgetting when I asked again but Aryana was quite consistent. Asked her the second time, the same three colors she gave me. I am sure that we could find some articles out there about personality based on favorite colors. Need to find those articles. Just for the fun of it.

Welcome to Hotel Transylvania

Hari Sabtu 6 Oct 2012, kami semua (kecuali Adel) pergi menonton Hotel Transylvania di Cathay Cineplex, Damansara. Aktiviti menonton wayang hari itu adalah hadiah kepada Arissa sebab dia berjaya habiskan 6 buah buku. Kalau Arissa dapat habis kan 6 buah buku, dia akan dapat 6 stars dan 6 stars bersamaan dengan satu consumable hadiah. Aryana, free rider. :-)). Tak payah dapat 6 stars pun boleh pergi. Untung lah Yana ni.

Macam mana cerita Hotel Transylvania (HT). Ceritanya memang kelakar. Kalau nak compare dengan kartun yang kami tengok, Madagascar 2, HT lebih kelakar. Walaupun jalan ceritanya biasa biasa saja (Toy Story lebih hebat) tapi tetap ada mesej yang ingin disampaikan. Ia mengingatkan saya pada cerita Afdlin Shauki Papadom di mana si Ayah sangat protektif pada si anak perempuan. Semua karekter menarik dalam cerita ini. Bermula dari Count Dracula (vlah..vlah..vlah...) sampailah kepada Wayne the Werewolf. Cakap pasal karekter, Aryana minat pada Count Dracula. "Sebab dia handsome"...amboi Aryana...You are ONLY 4!. Arissa, being the girly type, dia suka Mavis, anak Count Dracula. Not surprising lah sebab dalam semua cerita yang di tengok nya, kalau ada watak feminin yang sebaya dia, itu lah favorite watak dia.

Walaubagaimanpun, saya rasa cerita ni sedikit perlahan di bahagian awal, tapi lepas tu, ia dah start momentum. Pengenalan pada watak watak monster seperti Frankenstein, the Mummy agak menarik tapi mungkin humournya agak berlebihan. But overall, kami enjoy cerita ni. Kalau nak bagi star, saya akan bagi 6 stars, sama macam Arissa dapat.

Another Cooking Class

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* 9th September 2012 *

yes..arissa and aryana went for another cooking class..this time around they cooked some garlic bread and cream soup..

and this time around..they were left alone on their own with the teacher ( Kak Marina Mustafa aka Chef Marina Mustafa) ...more so..we want them to learn to be independent ( and so..mama n papa get to go elsewhere while waiting for them )

personally, mama hope arissa n aryana would enjoy cooking later on...

--> we'll look for other cooking classes in the future ye.. (Villa 16 )

here are some pics...

Basic Music Class

* 24th September 2012 *

yesterday, we went to register Arissa & Aryana for the music classes..yes, we want to expose them with lots of activities as to nurture them with their choices of interests...we hope they will get to try out in different activities, and as a way for them to get to know about themselves and their abilities..so that they will know that they are special in any other way...

so..they will start off with the basic music classes..until grade 4...after that, onlye then they will get to choose what music instruments that they want to play..and as far as now...arissa said, she wants to play the drum..and as for aryana..she wants to play the guitar..so we just wait n see whether the choices of the instruments maintain until they finish their basic music class...

the class will be on every thursday starting on the 4th of October 2012...

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