Tengok Upin & Ipin Jeng Jeng Jeng

Weekend bawa anak- anak kesayangan pergi tengok Upin & Ipin Jeng Jeng Jeng.  Memang anak- anak dah nampak iklan kat tv, dah ala- ala takleh nak lari dah dari bawak diorang tengok sebab memang dah sort of berjanji.  Dia ingat pulak tu, movie tu release pada 24 November yang lalu (Khamis) so masuk je 24 November tu memang Kakak dah asyik tanya bila bila bila.  Tunggu weekend lah anak yee...

Memula risau juga sebab macam cerita- cerita lain macam Boboi Boy, Zootopia etc memang beli awal ticket sebab penuh aje.  Tapi macam biasa Mommy dia mudah hilang ingatan, lupa beli tiket sampai pagi sabtu tu bila anak tanya lagi... Ooopssss.  Ala tapi bila baca review macam expected yang seats takkan penuh sebab ada baca review yang kurang bernas sikit pasal filem ni, menyeru ibu- bapa semua toksah buang masa nak bawak anak gi tengok filem ni.  So tengok memang seats untuk sabtu petang dan malam tu pun memang banyak.  Oh tapi terasa penat sangat nak pergi jugak sabtu tu, so I decided to take them on Sunday.  

Macamana nak cakap ye, filem ni hmmmm.... 

Is it worth it?  Best ke?  Seronok sangat ke?

What I observed was, anak- anak I happy lepas tengok.  Haiyoooo, seronok sangat diorang sepanjang tu tersenyum- senyum, tergelak- gelak, punya lah best kan diorang layan.  "Mommy, tengok tu upin ipin keluar.." "Mommy tengok tu upin ipin jatuh"... Shhhh diam diam sayang nanti bising orang lain tengok.  

Bila I cakap, tak best laaaa Upin Ipin ni, my eldest akan marah hahahaa. Tak baik, Mommy cakap macam tu.

Rasa macam watak utama filem ni bukan ipin dan ipin pun... yang nak diketengahkan is Aqish, anak yatim piatu yang tinggal di rumah anak yatim Darul Makmur who is about to lose her shelter when the daughter of their previous caregiver gave on them.  Senang cerita, rumah anak yatim ni dah nak kena rampas, kewangan tak cukup untuk tampung semua perbelanjaan.  

So kalau pelik macamana boleh ada Awie, Remy Ishak, David Teo lak dalam Upin Ipin ni adalah kerana nak cari 'fund' untuk sustain rumah anak yatim tu.  Tapi korang perasan tak, aku macam takleh terima sebenarnya, camana anak kepada kawan arwah ayah si Noreen yang ambik alih tu boleh tetiba 'ok, korang tolong aku cari duit langsaikan hutang aku dengan si ah long ni, aku bagi balik ruma ni'.  So sebenarnya misi cerita ni ialah cari duit selesaikan hutang dengan samseng.  Iskkk.  

Tak ada watak watak lain Upin Ipin selain dari dua kembar ni aje dalam cerita ni.  Opah, Kak Ros yang selalu hangin satu badan, Tok Dalang, kawan-kawan seperti Mael, Jagjit dan sape lagi semua tu tak ada pon dalam ni.  Hanya Upin Ipin yang timbul hanya sebagai imaginasi pada Aqish ni.

Aqish ni kuat merajuk, cakap agak kasar juga kalau tengok.  Yang ni, kalau boleh nasihat anak jangan ikut eh?  Soalan Mr B pada saya, dah kenapa laaa watak Aqish ni pakaian dalam cerita ni buruk betoi.  I cakap la, laaa kan kata anak yatim... Tu sebab agaknya.  Dia macam duhhhhh takde makna. Bebudak lain semenggah jee.  Ok I tak faham apa masalah Mr B disitu.  Hahahaha.

Ehhh pastu baru I perasan, Remy Ishak ni rongak sebelah kiri rupanya.  Adehhhh hahahaa.  Watak dia sebagai Bo memang sangat goofy lah.  Kelakar habis.

Sedih gak, jalan cerita dia, I boleh terima.  Cuma sedih sebab tajuk je Upin Ipin Jeng Jeng Jeng, kita tak terbayang yang memang role Upin & Ipin dalam tu memang hanya sekadar buat penampilan sekejap- sekejap dengan perkataan pertama dari mulut mereka, "Jeng Jeng Jeng".  Agaknya kita pujuk hati, cakap tak perlu rasa tertipu sangat.  Udah memang tajuknye pon begitu, maka begitu lah cerita nye.  Hehehehe.

Tapi yang paling penting sangat, anak- anak gembira je.  Biar lantak lah Mommy dia fikir apa.  Tak ada anak yang meronta nak keluar panggung, kecuali Cik Nina sayang saya yang nak terkencing.  Takde anak- anak bangun cakap tak best aaaa jom balik.  They really enjoyed it, sangat menghargai Mommy bawak diorang, sangat sangat syukur.  Siap cakap, lepas habis je movie, thank you Mommy... sebab bawak kitorang... Terima kasih sangat, we love you.

I love you too babies.

So perlu pergi tengok ke tak?  Tepuk dada tanya selera.  I rasa semua orang patut pergi dan experience sendiri.  Give it a chance.  Rasanya KRU pon harus diberi pujian atas graphic yang bagus, gabungan animasi dan kehidupan.  Wahhh.  Hebat anak melayu kan?

Pergi lah, tengok :)  Beri peluang melayu kita belajar lagi menghasilkan yang lebih baik lepas ni.

Masa untuk ke sekolah semuaaaa

In 2 more months semua orang akan melangkah ke alam baru.  Kakak Ayesha darjah 1, Tengok semua orang dah besar... hemmm.  Mommy dia aje yang tak boleh nak let go ni.  Still rasa semua orang babies.  Haihhh cepat nya masa berlalu ni.

Tak pernah terfikir terbayang pun sebenarnya akan ada family sendiri, ada anak kemudian kena fikir tentang sekolah anak.  Dulu hidup seronok je having fun, shopping, food, sleep, shopping, sleeeppp.  Now mak dah ada 3 anak... Believe it or not, my eldest is already going to primary school and the twins are going to kindy next year.  *Pat own back* its ok Mommy, you are nowhere near to getting old.  

Dah nak darjah 1 *cry*

Ayesha 6 years old, next year darjah 1.

Haritu masa nak tunggu keputusan Ayesha dapat sekolah mana, kelam kabut juga.  Yelah Selangor kan semua daftar online and I daftarkan Ayesha tahun 2015 lagi.  Bila dengar keputusan akan keluar September 2016, memang menggelabah katak sebab tak ingat lansung web link yang digunakan masa daftar tahun lepas.  Lepas tu teringat pulak macam ehhh, email yang digunakan pon silap-silap email company lama.  Haaah mau tak gelabah masa tu.  The moment dapat log masuk ke web page yang dikatakan untuk menyemak status permohonan sekolah, status Ayesha pula 'tiada permohonan'.  Rupanya tak baca habis, bagi anak yag dah didaftarkan pada 2015 takleh semak kat situ pon status nye.  Hahahaha.  Tak lama lepas tu, surat pengesahan untuk Ayesha pun sampai.  So sekarang dah selesai lah urusan pendaftaran sekolah rendah dan sekolah agama.

Tau tak, betapa bergumpal rasa nervous dalam perut I ni... Ayesha sendiri suarakan rasa nervous dia nak sekolah.  Dia tak suka bas sekolah, dia cakap takut nak beli kat kantin, tak suka kawan baru nanti.  Anak oh anak... tak tau pulak dia rasa hati mak dia nak lepaskan kesayangan bersekolah, bawa beg berat, nak bertukar- tukar tempat sekolah agama - transit - sekolah rendah - transit.  Kalau I teruskan fikir, memang boleh sakit jantung terus.  Banyak benda fikir lah kalau dari segi menyiapkan anak ni rupanya... Anak tu sendiri pun tak dapat nak selam jiwa dia macamana.  Alah, fikir banyak pun tak guna.  Orang lain survived, surely Ayesha and Mommy will. Kannnnn.

Zehra 3 years old - next year masuk kindy...

Ni intan payung kembar berdua ni pulak...

Adrina 3 years old 0 masuk kindy jugak...

Yang berdua ni pulak nak masuk kindy dah.  Next year taska dah tak accept full day, kena juga pergi kindy.  Satu hal lah Mommy ni going through the whole process (like I did for Ayesha) untuk menimbang- nimbang sekolah mana.  Nak go full day, atau half day?  Actually masa proses menilai tu, I dapati kalau hantar full day kat satu tempat sahaja, sebenarnya lebih murah dari hantar kindy - taska, iaitu ke dua tempat berbeza.  Antara kos yang jimat kat situ adalah:

# Yuran pendaftaran dua tempat berbeza,
# Yuran transport,

I memang dah hampir sangat nak daftar kat tempat baru.  Sebab masa menilai tu memang ada berkira-kira, kos atau kemudahan?  Mana murah?  Mana mudah?

Akhirnya Mommy pilih yang mudah... Mudah nak uruskan anak di satu tempat sahaja walaupun dah tau macamana akibat kos tu nanti.  Mudah sebab kindy yang bakal hantar ni memang proven dengan Ayesha punya performance.  Mudah sebab transit yang bakal hantar, memang orang nye kita kenal... dan kita tau anak kita selamat.  Duit boleh dicari agaknya?  Tapi paling penting memang tak sampai hati nak pisah Ayesha dengan adik- adik... So nanti boleh duduk transit sama- sama... Gaduh sama-sama ye?

Hitung hari ajelah nak sampai 2017 ni... Tak lama dah. Pejam celik sampai lah... kan?

Dah selesai potty training

Clap clap...

Dengan ini saya mengistiharkan, both twins are now diapers-free.  Selamat dah poket mak ni... hehehe.

Zehra 'Tinting' nama dia... sebab rambut curly sangat,

Adrina tantek sebab dia perasan dia cantik *bluwekk*

Still ada terlajak terlajak, of course for Adrina she's had her 'accident' every now and then... especially when she's sick.  But it's ok, I am gona give her time.  Budak- budak comel ni baru je 3 years old ponnn... I will let them grow at their own pace.  Slowly but surely.  Walaupon ada rasa nak mengamuk je asyik kena jemur tilam, cuci cadar...

Alhamdulillahhhh... syukurrrrr.  Now in the midst of cup training pula.  Getting ready for school next year in sha Allah kalau ada rezeki.

A short trip with the kids

We had a short trip to Johor not a while back, and proud to say it was a successful first-time, short trip with the kids  twins while we follow Daddy to work.  The twins are already 3 years + and both of us never dared to bring them anywhere except balik kampung.  We used to spend short trips nearby when we only had Kakak.  It was too much to think about carrying 2 babies at once when travelling in our small.. small.. small.. car, and too many things to carry :P Don't expect a write up on overseas trip from me, at least not yet hahahaa,

Anyway, Mr B had a job to be done at Johor Premium Outlet, so it was a work-fun trip. Work for Mr B, fun for the kids and ah well, not so fun for Mommy where she gets to watch her kids having fun hahaha.  We spent 1 night there, mostly in hotel because Mr B ended up working most of the time.  Imagine my to-do list before going was like 1001, but we ended up doing only 1..

I was assigned to book us accommodation, which was of course reimbursable by the Company, so basically there was a limit.  I had to find somewhere cheap, comfortable, with swimming pool, huge bed, bath tub, and nearby the JPO.  So I went on booking.com and got us Le Grandeur Palm Resorts.  It is about 10-15 minutes to JPO.  Anything more than what Mr B's company can reimburse we'll have to top-up.

After reading several online review about Le Grandeur I decided that the place was probably gonna be an old hotel with lodsa refurbishment needed but somewhat convenient for myself and the kids given the facilities available.  Dahla pergi pun teman Mr B keje... not gonna be much of leisure or jalan-jalan cari makan trip la.  Just wana be away from all the shit normal stuff...

At the time of writing this post I was already thinking why was it that I did not remember to buy the inflatable mattress (which we bought just before raya).  Seriously tak terfikir masa tu.

I think we got ourselves the 'extra large double bed' or something, I can't remember.
But all of us can bunk in here all at once.  

 We had very little time with Mr B, but plenty of time to enjoy this room, me and the kids.  It was all mandi in the bath tub, another round at the pool and then bath tub again and the pool, it's been that or lazing around in the bed.

The room was very spacious for all of us.

Kids already screaming 'we wanna go mandi mom please pretty please.'

Nice and windy at 6pm. 

Pool was ok, huge but already looking very old.  

 Ok there was so much photos of the kids in the pool and hotel room because that was all we did other than hanging out at the JPO itself to do some Raya shopping, then we all went cari makan at Danga Bay for dinner and Kilang Bateri for late lunch the next day before we head back to KL.

My thought of JPO did not change since the first time I came here last time, any high street brands you find here are not much cheaper than those in KL.  Guys I even thought that my GAP 50% membership discounts gave me better offer than JPOs.  But if you happen to be here with intention to shop, well maybe... Maybe there were some that were really cheap, like handbags maybe.

These girls, all they care about is ice-cream *roll eyes* so having Baskin Robin while waiting for Daddy was fun for them.

The special thing about Johor I guess is also food varieties you can find here.  We obviously didn't get to explore much due to limited time.  But we made it to Danga Bay (no photos as princesses fell asleep on the way to dinner and Mr B decided to tapau back to hotel and we ended up eating in the room when the girls are wide awake).  Kiddos loved the ikan bakar soo much it was like one huge fish wasn't enough for all of us here. 

Then before we head back to KL we had our late lunch at this 'Kilang Bateri'.  Ok I should've taken the photo outside hahahaha because it was quite cool with vintage car and all but I didn't because we had cranky kids with us.  Seriously guys this place WAS a kilang bateri.  It is now a hipster cafe/ food court with varieties to choose from.  I loved this place.   Interior was super cool and of course clean, so many food to choose from and the price was shockingly cheap also.  Once you've filled your stomach you can pay a visit at their hipster vendor shops around this Kilang Bateri.  I found those shops pretty cheap.  I bet parking will be disastrous had we come at peak hours which thankfully we did not.  

I was running out of battery so this was one of the 2 photos I managed to take of 'Kilang Bateri'

My poor attempt to take 'panorama' shot on iphone hahaha

Anyway what I realised from this trip was that it didn't take expensive activities or places to make my kids happy.  It was the togetherness, and spending the time with them that they appreciated so much of this trip.  I bet they won't remember places that we've been to, but they will remember somewhere in that memory , I was there with them... Not just elsewhere too busy making a living that I myself have forgotten to live...

Mother that I am... was...

One of those days I feel suck as a mother.

I love you, kids.  With all my heart.  May God the Almighty forgive me for being the type of mother I was and provide strength and guidance to be the mother I need to be.

Nobody ever told me that mother was THIS hard.