Friday 27 January 2012

It has been 3 days......

Yes. Its has been 3 days I survived without my darling Ms A. Ms A registered in her boarding school on Wednesday. Life is definitely not the same without her. I miss her smile, her crooked rabbit tooth, her frown, the smell of her hair, her clumsiness, her acting that sometimes driving me up the wall. That is my Ms A.
She still called several times a day, telling me every details of her experiences. What she did, what she observed, what she learnt, about her friends, etc.....  and that is typical of Ms A. Dari dulu pun, bila balik jer, tak cukup mulut nak bercerita pasal apa dia buat satu hari tu.

To my darling, mommy wishes you all the best in your new adventure. Mummy, Papa and adik love you so much. Take good care of yourself and don't forget to have fun. Love you honey!!!!

Wednesday 18 January 2012

San Francisco

I'm currently in San Francisco attending a course at UCSF. This is my first time in San Francisco and second time in the US. My last time in the US was 20 years ago!
Bila cakap pasal San Francisco, terbayang the sunny San Francisco. After all, it is in California, the all year sunny California. Oh boy... how wrong I am. It is FREEZY cold here!!!! And the wind make it worst!!!!!
Sebelum pergi, check weather kat internet and katanya 18C. So, bawak la light jacket. Sampai sini.... sejuk sampai ke tulang hitam!!
What do I do here? Pagi, 7.30am pergi UCSF, petang 7pm sampai hotel balik. And its dark by 5pm. Sebab sejuk and ditambah tak de geng nak keluar,, makan pun tak, just stay in hotel. Ingatkan nak la pergi Fisherman Wharf ke, Hard Rock Cafe ke, Union Square ke, semua nya tinggal angan angan.
Usually, when I travel, I love to try the local specialties and in here, the specialty is the crabs and seafood at Fisherman Wharfs. Ruginya rasa tak pergi. Its just one and a half miles from here but definitely cannot walk because SF is hilly and the weather definitely hinder the spirit. I walked back twice from Union Square which is only less than half a mile from here and rasa macam dah kurus betis ni. its 45 degree hill. Really good for cardio workout!
I definitely miss my girls and En. ID. Counting my days to go home. And if you ask me do I return to SF? errrr I don't think so.

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Hello 2012

Its 2012!!!!!! Dah 10 hari dah pun.

It has been a super duper busy week for me. Both at work and at home.

The first week of 2012 was so dramatic. Managed to get Ms M school stuffs on time before school reopen while preparing benda benda yang perlu for Ms A registration to the boarding school. She suppose to register on the 7th and I have to be away for management retreat on the 5th and 6th. So, we prepare, pack everything ready to go before I went off. Kuasa Allah and hanya Dia yang maha mengetahui, on the 6th afternoon, I received sms saying that she was accepted in another school as well.
That put us in great dilemma..... which school to choose. The one she got earlier is a prestige private school with very good track record. The fact she was accepted there is already an achievement. She all set to go. And now, we have another school which is also good, with good program and its a public school. As a mother, I was really torn. Her happiness is the utmost important to me.
So, we laid all the facts for both school infront of her and we let her choose. Ms A being Ms A, always have matured thinking, chose to go to the public school. Although we assured her, money is not an issue (we will sacrifice anything for her future anyway, all parents will do the same!), she still insist of going to the public school. Her reasons were so that we do not have to spend so much on her secondary school and the chances of getting sponsorship for her tertiary education is higher in this public school. So, we decline the offer to enrol in the private school and prepare her registration for the other school.
Although everything dah settle, Ms A seems happy with her decision, deep in my heart, I always have this "what if she's not happy there? what if dia tak boleh sesuaikan diri? etc...." because I know she love the other school so much and really looking forward to be there. So now, since keputusan telah diambil, I just pray that Allah akan permudahkan semua urusan dan kehidupan dia kat sana.
Now I'm juggling between trying to manage my office work which never seem to finish and preparing for her enrolment to the new school, buying her new school uniforms etc because this busy mummy will have to fly off to San Francisco this weekend and will only be back a day before her registration which is on the 25th January. Sigh..... apa nak buat. Nasib ibu bekerja memang macam ni la.....