#forkeepsakes

[naamesa]

One of the signs mama is in a good mood is the sight of stackable empty laundry baskets. It simply means mama had summited Mount Kinabaju that day!

I had not folded laundry for more than 7 days during recent school holidays. Imagine the hassle and trouble of digging up the big pile just to look for a tiny pair of socks.

There were 5 basketful of laundry and we tried our best avoiding the sight whenever we caught a glimpse of them. Just a sore to the eyes.

One day fathi came to me and said. Mama why don’t u fold one basket at a time. U don’t have to do it all at once. One basket, take a break. And fold another basket.

Haha that was exactly what I said to him when he dread doing so many pages of homework 😅 not expecting those words will be used against me.

I read so many times before that our words become our kids’ inner voice. And today is a testament for that.

And yes finally I summited Mount Kinabaju today, thanks to fathi 😁

[naamesa]

I saw F1 the movie with Amru the other day, during his long weekend break. It was my 3rd time watching 😅 the previous two were with different people. As usual watching technical movies like this is always fun with amru.

Mama do you know that..

1. Verstappen got his F1 license way before he got his real drivers license

2. If you ever blink during your F1 race you will lose 20 meters. Every blink will cost you 20meters visual loss.

3. See the tires aren’t ridged so they have maximum contact with the track.

Ok thank you Mr Encyclopedia 😆

While mama only taught how to pronounce Verstappen correctly. It pronounces feghshtapen.

[naamesa]

A: Mama, what is C+? M: (looking at his drawing) Oh it means cemerlang. C is for cemerlang. C+ is for extra cemerlang! Well done buddy! A: What is cemerlang mama? M: It means excellent. U got 'excellent' because the teacher really likes your drawing. Can you tell me what is this drawing about? A: I draw a masjid, and its the safessttt masjid in the world. U see it has 2 water tanks top of the roof, and then there's a long tali firemen can use to take out the fire. Firemen can use the water from these 2 tanks la nanti. I also put domes on top of the tanks so that orang jahat won’t know if they burn the masjid the fireman can still save the masjid. M: (Ok so the 2 black squares are the fire tanks) Wa.. That’s really the safest masjid in the world. Ok next time maybe you can put labels at the water tanks as u usually did. A: But the teacher tak suruh pun letak label. Mama je yg selalu suruh letak label kat drawing amru.

[naamesa]

Thank you fathi. Mama learned something new today. We talked about different currencies in different countries during bedtime tonight and usually when the topic is somewhat ‘heavy’ fathi would just get so silent and slept. Later he would wake up in the middle of the night and ask questions I assumed might be lingering in his head. So tonight is one of those nights. He woke up and went to me, “mama, ape currency Antarctica? Utk Antarctica ade ke currency sbb Kan die jauh kat South Pole” so i googled away and was surprised at the findings🤣

[naamesa]

Fathi

Mama, malam ni fathi nak mimpi jadi org United Kingdom lepastu fathi nak jadi king. Ok tp sebelum tu fathi nak tengok berat tulang fathi berapa dulu. Tapi mama tau tak camel kan binatang islam sbb dia boleh tak makan lama sgt. Mcm org islam puasa tu. Mama tp bila kaki fathi nak ada syurga. Please Allah..bagi la kaki fathi ada syurga jugak.

[naamesa]

There are also story 3, story 4 and story 5 about the legoland trip 😂 Good job buddy!

[naamesa]

Minister yang berwibawa

One morning..

A: Mama, how to be a minister?

M: *gasped* hmm do u remember bulan May last time when Mama had to choose one of the flags?

A: yeah.

M: So whoever gets chosen the most will win, and then if he’s lucky he gets to be a minister of this country.

Nina: amru nak jadi minister ke nanti?

A: Aah.

Nina: wah semoga ada la cucu nina yang jadi minister esok ni. Amru jadi minister drpd parti amanah ye.

M: tak kisah la flag apa asalkan amru jadi minister yang berwibawa ok? *tetiba mama defensive*😂

A: sebenanye sebab amru nak naik limousine..

(recalling the books we read last night about prophet Yusuf who became a minister. And also fathi’s books about types of cars and vehicles and there was a limousine in the book - and the boys asked what kind of person yang ada limousine…etc and mama related with minister from cerita prophet yusuf etc..)

And as usual fathi broke from his silence and asked a totally random question.

F: mama, macamana kita boleh ada suara?

😅 And mama explained to him about the movement from the guitar string and how it forms a sound and related to humans.

[naamesa]

Among the times that I love having conversations with my boys is when I send them to school in the mornings.

So we had a pajero in front of us in the traffic light queue.

A: Mama what’s this Mitsubishi car. I never seen a car like this before

M: This is Mitsubishi pajero. You know when I was small atok used to have this car.

A: Really ma? When you were small you had a fine life. You were so lucky😢 M: 😂 why did you say that?

A: you guys had a pajero. I only have this small mazda to go anywhere.

M: I had 7 siblings! So nina and atok needed a big car to bring us all everywhere. You only have two😜

A: I wish I can have more siblings! Mcmana nina boleh ada byk anak ha Mama?

… He had me at “you had a fine life” 😂😂😂 never see that ‘fine’ word coming from him.