Thaqif dan SKTS

Alhamdulillah, berakhir sudah sesi persekolahan buat Thaqif di SKTS. 19 November 2012 merupakan hari terakhir Thaqif di SKTS setelah menerima keputusan UPSR. Selepas ini kami sudah tidak perlu lagi menghadirkan diri ke SKTS kerana sudah tidak mempunyai anak yang bersekolah di sekolah rendah. Terlalu banyak jasa SKTS kepada ketiga-tiga anak kami dari Dini, Faiz dan Thaqif. Di sinilah mereka mula menimba ilmu dan belajar mengenal kehidupan. Kami amat berterimakasih dengan semua guru-guru yang banyak berkorban mengajar anak-anak kami dari tahun 2001 hingga 2012. Kami akan merindui mesyuarat PIBG, hari sukan, hari kantin, majlis penyampaian hadiah dan hari mengambil buku rekod.

Sememangnya kami sangat berdebar menantikan keputusan UPSR keluar. Maklumlah, Thaqif bukan seperti Kakak dan Abang. Oleh kerana tinggal keseorangan di rumah, dia lebih banyak menghabiskan masa bermain PS, Computer dan PSP. Kami tidak meletakkan harapan untuk Thaqif untuk mendapat 5A dalam UPSR tapi kami berharap keputusan yang bakal diperolehi cukup untuk memudahkan Thaqif memohon sekolah menengah yang baik. Alhamdulillah, Thaqif mendapat 3A2B apabila Teacher Mary mengumumkan keputusan. Kami sangat gembira dengan keputusan UPSR Thaqif yang di luar jangkaan. Thaqif mendapat B dalam matapelajaran Sains dan Matematik.

Walaupun Thaqif bukanlah seorang pelajar pintar di SKTS tapi dari apa yang kami tahu dari guru-guru dan rakan-rakannya di sekolah, Thaqif memang seorang yang popular. Walaupun saiz badannya yang comel, dia mendapat undian tertinggi bagi mengisi jawatan Ketua Rumah Biru. Mungkin kerana minatnya yang mendalam terhadap bola. Walaupun rumah biru tidak menjadi juara pada hari sukan tahun ini, tetapi rumah biru berjaya memenangi perbarisan dengan tema "Angry Bird". Thaqif juga selalu menjadi imam di sekolah dan menjadi penyanyi solo kumpulan nasyid sekolah. Walaupun tidak menerima sebarang hadiah pada Hari Anugerah Kecemerlangan 2012, Thaqif menyanyikan lagu Doa Perpisahan sebagai menutup tirai majlis tersebut dan sebagai tanda perpisahan antara Thaqif dan SKTS.

Selepas majlis tersebut, Teacher Mary datang berjumpa dengan Ibu dan Thaqif memohon maaf kerana Thaqif sepatutnya menerima hadiah bagi matapelajaran terbaik Pendidikan Islam. Kami telah pun menerima surat untuk hadir ke majlis tersebut. Tetapi dua hari sebelum majlis, Thaqif maklumkan pada kami anugerah tersebut ditarik balik. Walaupun terkilan kerana itulah pertama kali Thaqif menerima hadiah di majlis kecemerlangan dan dia pun agak teruja bila mendapat surat, kami redha kerana mungkin ada kesilapan yang tidak disengajakan. Pada hari tersebut setelah semua pelajar tahun 6 menerima sijil graduasi, Teacher Mary menegur Thaqif kerana menanggalkan robe kerana dia akan naik ke pentas sekali lagi untuk menerima anugerah matapelajaran terbaik dan Thaqif memaklumkan yang anugerah tersebut telah diberi kepada pelajar lain. Teacher Mary agak terkejut apabila mendapat tahu perkara tersebut dan setelah majlis berakhir dia berjumpa kami untuk menjelaskan  perkara yang sebenar. Memang Thaqif dicalonkan untuk menerima anugerah tersebut walaupun dia tidak mendapat markah tertinggi bagi peperiksaan akhir tahun tetapi secara keseluruhan prestasinya pada tahun tersebut dalam matapelajaran Pendidikan Islam. Teacher Mary hanya mahu anugerah-anugerah pada majlis tersebut diagihkan kepada lebih ramai pelajar yang layak dan tidak tertumpu hanya kepada beberapa orang pelajar cemerlang. Tetapi semasa Teacher Mary menghadiri kursus selama tiga hari, senarai pelajar yang menerima anugerah ditukar tanpa pengetahuannya. Walaupun kami maklumkan pada Teacher Mary kami terima keputusan yang dibuat oleh pihak sekolah, Teacher Mary tetap ingin menjelaskan kepada kami apa yang berlaku kerana baginya peristiwa sebegini boleh meninggalkan kesan yang mendalam pada murid. Sungguh mulia hati seorang guru dan dia sendiri ingin menjelaskan perkara sebenar di hadapan Thaqif supaya Thaqif tidak kecewa dengan peristiwa tersebut. Terimakasih yang tak terhingga kami ucapkan kepada Teacher Mary yang mengajar anak-anak kami yang belajar di SKTS. Mungkin bagi kita, ia hanya satu perkara yang remeh, apalah sangat anugerah untuk matapelajaran terbaik. Tetapi ia mungkin sesuatu yang besar dan hebat bagi anak-anak yang tidak pernah menerima apa-apa anugerah seperti Thaqif.

Faiz dan Thaqif bersama Teacher Mary

Thaqif rehat selepas UPSR

Thaqif and his best friends

Logo 6 Geliga yang dicipta oleh Thaqif....macam logo LFC :)

Ketua Rumah Biru yang dah kepenatan

Semangat mewakili rumah

Wajah ceria seorang ketua :)

Walau apa pun yang berlaku, kami redha dan terima Thaqif seadanya. Mungkin dia bukan ditakdir untuk menjadi pelajar cemerlang seperti Kakak yang tidak pernah tercicir dari menerima bermacam anugerah selama 6 tahun di SKTS, tetapi dia akan jadi seorang yang hebat suatu hari nanti, in shaa Allah. Ibu dan Abah sentiasa doakan agar Thaqif berjaya di dunia dan di akhirat dan yang utama menjadi seorang yang berilmu dan berakhlak mulia. Semoga Thaqif menjadi anak yang soleh. Tahniah Adik dari Ibu, Abah, Kakak dan Abang. We all love you very much....

Majlis Anugerah Hari Kecemerlangan 2012

Thaqif dan slip UPSR

Baru berselera selepas mendapat keputusan :)

Slip UPSR Adik

Thaqif "Doa Perpisahan"

Thaqif Birthday Bash @ 3 Residen

Today Thaqif is 12! But he has been enjoying pre-birthday celebration for the last two weeks. He received his advance birthday gift, the PS3 early November and yesterday we had a little celebration at 3 Residen. Since yesterday was a public holiday and the school holidays just started, Abah arranged for a game of futsal at the KLFA which is just next to our condo. Normally they would play at the Ampang Sports Complex but since KLFA is offering promotional rate to the public, Abah thought that it would be a good idea to give it a go. The ladies can relax at the condo and the girls can have fun at the pool. Everyone is happy :)

Since we received the key to the condo in October 2011, we have been organising little family and friends gatherings. We decided not to rent the place out but to keep it as our weekend hideout for as long as our pockets allow. Ibu wanted to have her own masterchef kitchen where she can cook at her whim and fancy especially after she got stuck with the AFC Channel 703. Now, the nieces and nephews love to come to the condo than our home. They love the huge infinity pool and the view from the balcony and of course Mak Long's cooking. 

Since everyone would be here for the futsal and swimming, Abah thought that it would be a good idea to just buy a cake to celebrate Thaqif and Aaryz birthdays which falls on 14 and 4 November 2012 respectively. When Abah mooted the idea, Ibu immediately thought of what to prepare for the little party. Ibu has been planning to make sushi when she accidentally came across a recipe book on sushi making by a local chef. Since then, she has been to Daiso to get the basic stuff for sushi making like the sushi mat, the mould and the utensils. We always get excited whenever we plan for gatherings, be it big or small. We would talk about the menu and the itinerary for that day and keep changing the menu until the last minute. We want it to have an impact on everyone even though our guests are our immediate families. We finally settled with Sushi, Macaroni Cheese, Mini Burgers, Pizza Baguette, Fried Meehoon, Dim Sum, Fruits, Ice Cream and of course the Birthday Cake! 

The futsal court was booked from 3pm to 5pm. Our guests started to arrive just before that. While the males were having fun chasing the ball, the females were enjoying themselves with abundance of food. The girls had no choice but to wait for the boys to finish the game before they could all dive into the pool. At around 5.30pm, the condo was quiet since everyone was at the pool having fun. That was the time when Ibu could have a break, relax and spent time catching up and preparing more food before they all rushed back with empty stomachs! True enough, when they were done with futsal and swimming, they dashed back to the condo and attacked the food and in a split second, everything on the table just disappeared! The only thing left was the birthday cake untouched. So, we all sang happy birthday to Thaqif, Aaryz and Aiman who celebrated their 12th, 4th and 8th birthday. 

After solat maghrib, while resting and eating, we discussed our plan to go for a holiday in December although we knew pretty well that the best places around have all been booked since it is already school holiday season. Tok Jae was assigned with the task to check out any leftover chalets or homestays for us to spend our holiday together. The kids refused to go home, that's usually the case when they come to Pak Long's house or condo. What more with the boys all glued to the TV with the PS3 game. After several attempts made by the parents to leave, they finally made a move at around 10.30pm. 

Alhamdulillah, everybody had a great time. We truly enjoyed their company, Pak Ngah, Pak Lang, Pak Teh, Tok Jae and their families, Ira and Opung. Tok, Tok Wan and Tok Mamie dropped by to wish Thaqif. Thank you all for coming and for Thaqif's birthday gifts. We love entertaining the kids and organise family gatherings like this. Although at the end of the day, our bodies started aching, but the feel good factor from  the smiling faces and the joy and laughter we had throughout the day was so satisfying and made all the efforts seem worthwhile. We are so grateful and bless for the bonding we have and we pray that it will stay strong and continue to grow stronger for the rest of our lives, insyaAllah.

First Attempt Sushi Making

Better than Sushi King!!! What a compliment...

International Mini Burgers

Makan Time

The Birthday Boys!

Thaqif and his fav jersey!

The girls having fun

Futsal at KLFA

Red Card for Pak Ngah !!

From futsal court to the pool

Pak Long all time favourite!
plus Dijah and Nana

As for Thaqif who turned 12 today, Happy Birthday Adik. You have "grown up" so fast and will soon enter teenage life which will be more challenging and full of excitement. Always give your very best in whatever you do. Ibu and Abah always pray that you will be successful in your studies when you start your secondary education and will have the opportunity to follow Kakak and Abang to learn Quran, insyaAllah. Let Al Quran and Sunnah be your guidance in life.

We love you  Ahmed Thaqif Iman, the hard-core Liverpool fan!

Time for MyKad!

19 Years and Counting!

That was the message we received on watsapp early morning on 5 November 2012. It was for our 19th wedding anniversary from Pak Lang. Yes, it's been 19 years we officially tied the knot and 27 years since we knew each other. That is a long, long time and we are so grateful for all the blessings granted to us throughout the years of our marriage life.

We decided to celebrate a day before since 5 November falls on monday. Nothing special planned except to spent some time together. In the afternoon we went to Festival City to look for a notebook. Initially Abah wanted to buy a new phone for Ibu but since Ibu wanted to get a notebook for herself, he decided to get one for Ibu as the anniversary gift. Ibu has been planning to buy a pair of sunglasses for Abah to replace the one that he has been using since they are really in bad shape! We normally get for each other things that we want; that way we save from buying unnecessary stuff for each other. After looking at various models in the All IT Hypermarket, we settled for an Acer Aspire M5 Ultrabook. The latest generation of notebook which comes with features similar to tablet. At the end, Abah got his Rayban,  Ibu was happy with her new gadget and Adik who accompanied us also got his share, an advance birthday present,  a PS3!!! 

Later that evening, we went to Pavillion just the two of us for dinner and movie. We had a quick dinner at Bulgogi Brothers and later rush to watch James Bond 007 Skyfall at GSC Gold Class theater. It was nice to spent time together once in a while without the kids and Adik was very understanding. Although he wanted so much to stay at home with his new PS3, he has no choice but to follow nenek to TLG and waited for us to fetch him after the movie around midnight.   

We thought that was the end of our anniversary celebration. But to our surprise, on the day itself, our inbox started to fill up with anniversary wishes from close relatives and friends. Once we updated our bbm and watsapp status, more wishes continued to come in. Thank you so much for their wishes. We are so bless to be surrounded by thoughtful and kind-hearted people. Jasakumullahu Khairan Kathira...

At around 11am, the receptionist at Ibu's office called saying there is a parcel for her. Normally the receptionist would deliver all letters, couriers and parcels  to our office. Ibu was a bit puzzled but nevertheless walked out to the lobby to receive the parcel. Another surprise!!!!! A bouquet of lovely roses and lilies from Abah. That was truly beyond her expectation. It is something unusual for Ibu to get flowers, only on rare occasions Abah would send flowers to Ibu. After getting the ultrabook, Ibu was not expecting anymore gift from Abah. Everyone that came into Ibu's office later that day could smell the strong fragrance coming from the lilies and the roses.

We had a wonderful celebration this year, Alhamdulillah. May Allah swt bless our marriage and let it be a source of untold blessings, happiness and joy. May He guide us to reach our ultimate destination, Al Jannah.

LOVE.com.my

@ Menara Stanchart

Acer Aspire M5 Ultrabook