As Busy As A Busybody

yes. i’m getting crazy! there are plenty of things to do in such a little time. and in this festive season, there is no way that i can bring work home. i have brought home some of my work but then they were left untouched. and at this very moment, i can feel the nerves in my brain are throbbing. *groans*

1) Graduation Concert: sometimes i ask myself, why did i have to choose a tough dance item? javanese ‘kuda kepang’ dance IS tough! my partner is practically not helping enough although she claims she does. costumes are terribly hard to find and i HAVE to get mom to help me make them, which are still not complete. we’re left with 3 weeks and 31st Oct will be our full dress rehearsal!

2) (still!) Graduation Concert: i volunteered to be a part of the Teachers’ Item during the finale. to do what? to sing. why did i think that i can sing? and the song? MJ’s Heal The World. *shakes head* i just started practising. Hubby’s getting annoyed.

3) Children’s Portfolio: we’re already into the fourth week of Term 4 and about last week, i just handed in the portfolios for Term 3 to the principal. she’s understanding but i can’t carry on slacking like this! i’m not sure which area i should do for this term and when i should start!

4) Fateha’s Home Therapy: *covers face with a pillow* this i have to admit, i have been a REAL slacker. i’m trying to balance a lot of things on my skinny, bony hands. it seems like this home therapy is solely my responsibility! but hey, i did try my best whenever i was available. and i’m very very lucky that Fateha’s babysitter is helping us and her out. wednesday will be another physiotherapy session and paediatric appointment at the hospital. i hope they’ll see her improvements.

last Friday, i swallowed 2 painkillers twice. morning and afternoon. both were in between the classes’ programs. my migraine was just getting worse. yea, i’m under a lot of stress. hope i can cope well with them and end this year’s school term with ease

Her Impersonation Of…

i was snapping pictures at random and candid, when this little girl’s pout was caught on camera! i didn’t realise it until i replayed all the pictures a few hours later.

“C’mon Ms Anita Sarawak, is my pout as sexy as yours?”

What day?

the kids are learning about weather these 2 weeks and the children have to plot the class’ weather chart that i’ve pasted in the classroom. they usually asked me to open the door so that they could go out to check on the weather.

today it was Group 4’s turn to plot the chart and so TJ volunteered to be the one to draw the weather symbols. everyone got so excited, their usual self, and waited for me to open the door to free them to the world outside and never to return again!.

they discussed amongst themselves on who got the weather right. all of ‘em asked me if any of them were right. i didn’t give them any answers, i got them to think and decide. here’s our conversation.

me: okay, have you made up your minds, kids?
kids: YES!!!!!!
me: good! let’s go in now. TJ, go and get the marker. (off TJ went.)

TJ drew a sun to indicate ’sunny day’, which was right. then all of a sudden, JD yelled!

JD: Nooooo! it’s not sunny. it’s cow-dy!

everyone, including me, laughed hysterically at him. as a professional, of course i have to stop the kids and got JD to say the word correctly. it’s cloudy, JD, not cow-dy.

Eidul Fitri 2009

i just love my heels. bought specially for this year’s Eid and i tell you, they kill. i ended the visits with excruciating pain on my feet. do i feel regretful? heck, no!

grey was the colour for our first day of Eid. i bought my scarf at a very last minute in JB. it looked very nice but the embellishments on the sides of the scarf were very prickly. they were very irritating that i had to take it off and ironed a totally different scarf, of the same colour as our baju kurung. i felt good about bringing an extra one.

see the differences? i changed my scarf and so did Fateha. the weather was a killer too, besides my heels. i could actually ignore the irritating prickling of the embellishments on my scarf and could wear it throughout the whole day. but i chose not too. and the i-can’t-stand-the-heat-mommy kinda look that Fateha was giving me, i knew i had to do something. and again, i felt good about bringing a more forgiving headband for her. it’s ok, darling. you still have a lot of time to practice wearing the scarf

second day of Eid, we had no colour codes i wore a very old but-still-look-new baju kurung, which was handover to me by my aunt years ago. Hubby wore the one from our first Eid, as hubby and wife, baju kurung collection. and Fateha, she wore a blouse and jeans

not much pictures were taken during the visits. my bad. but i can’t wait for the next round of visits, hopefully soon. i don’t want to wait for the weekends to gatecrash and enjoy the scrumptious food spread. and i promise this time around, i will snap and snap till the camera and battery go bonkers!

till then, i wanna wish all Muslims a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Aid For Eid!

i certainly have lesser time to spend in the blogsphere due to overwhelming chores for this upcoming Hari Raya. it’s only a few days away, 3 days to be exact, and there are still things either yet to be bought or have not been put up around the house.

To Do/Get:
1) buy translucent drapes for the windows
2) the rest of the Eid cookies
3) fancy Eid shoes for Fateha
4) change new bedsheets for Eid

All Set & Done:
1) cookie jars (empty ones of course )
2) curtains
3) wooden mat (a common item that Malays have at home)
4) my stilettos
5) cheese & spicy crackers
6) Eid clothings and veil
6) decoratives

will i still have time to get all set and done?