Mimi's Team is the Gombak Champion

I usually take a short nap during lunch time. When I woke up today after the nap, I saw a msg from Mimi which I received at 1.25pm.

Mimi: Mimi dah lawan 3 game semua menang pompan masuk final tapi laki yak game kalah doa kan menang muah mimi.

Her msg was short without any full stop and grammar was bad. But I understood her msg. And I answer her msg after I woke up.

Msg : Ok ayah doakan Mimi main betul dan team Mimi menang.

At 4.26pm, I received this message from her : "Dah jadi johan pun". A short message but full of proudness (action lah tu). Now her school team is the Champion for Gombak District.

And I replied back to encourage her more. "Congratulation Mimi. Sampai kan tahniah ayah pada team Mimi."

But for sure tomorrow she got to go to school in the morning and sekolah agama in the afternoon. No compromise on that. Johan tak johan sekolah agama kena pergi jugak.

Medal of Happiness

Now my three kids had won the games they played in the Gombak District inter-zone tournament. Here's their medals.

Acik & his team was the champion in their under 15 game. He said only 3 of the 6 players were from form 1 whilst the rest were from form three. And that he is the shortest. Dia act sikit - dia kata dia lah the best ball setter for his team.

Acik a.k.a Adib's medal of championship.

Angah & his team got 1st runner-up in the under 18 category. He not only the medal but also both of his legs got muscles cramp.


Angah a.k.a Aizat's medal of agony.

Now Mimi pulak dapat medal ni. Johan lah konon. More so that she loves the glamor of getting the attention after winning the game.


Mimi's handball medal of glamor.


See I told you why it's a medal of glamor. She took this pic below on her own.


Mimi with her 1st medal of happiness.
(Gombak inter-zone handball Champion)

My Kids In Sport

Dulu Acik masa darjah 6, dia wakil Daerah Gombak dalam sukan Bola Tampar. Bagai nak rak practise tiap-tiap hari.

So now Acik dah Form One. So I ingatkan dia dah takpayah main lagi lah sebab dah masuk sekolah menengah. Lagi pun I ingatkan Volleyball Team sekolah menengah sure tinggi-tinggi punya and Acik is still short (bila lah dia ni nak besar dan tinggi macam Along. Belum mimpi lagi tu...).

So recently he mentioned to me that he has been selected to represent his school in the under 15 Volleyball team. Eh macam tak percaya jer sebab dia terpilih jugak.

So this week is the tournament week for the inter-zone for Gombak. And you know what. His team was the champion. Yesterday he brought back the champion medal. Wow.. hebat jugak team dia. Tapi I was not so surprise because his school team was the 1st runner up for Selangor under 12 last year. Angah also representing the same school but for under 17 team.

No wonder Mimi is trying to put up her sportmanship so that she can be like her brothers. Nak kata kan ikut Mak dia tak jugak sebab Mak dia kaki bangku. Mungkin ikut I kot. Tapi I was just a sprinter saja. Entah lah dia orang ni. Asalkan jadi orang esok besar jadi lah kan.

Mimi Lagi

Remember yesterday about Mimi getting lazy to go to school and me trying to discourage her going into the sport thinggy. She now trying to trick me into it again and now using reverse pyschology (hey is she going to be a psychologist like her mom???).

She called me while I was having a meeting.

Mimi: Ayah. Mimi tak suka lah. Mimi kena pergi sekolah petang ni kena practise untuk wakil sekolah lagi. Cikgu paksa Mimi pergi. Mimi tak dapat pergi Sekolah Agama hari ni.
Me: Mengapa pulak?

Mimi: Semalam Mimi masuk 4 sukan. Bola Baling, lompat tinggi, lompat jauh dengan lari. Mimi menang semua Yah. Empat-empat Mimi dapat (dia cakap dengan perasaan bangga)
Me: Habis tu kenapa pulak. (i now begining to sense her trick)
Mimi: Cikgu paksa Mimi wakil sekolah Yah. Mimi kena pegi esok. Tapi Mimi nak pergi sekolah agama jugak.
Me: Habis kalau awak nak pergi sekolah Agama, awak cakap lah ngan cikgu awak taknak masuk sukan.
Mimi: Takpe Yah. Mimi masuk ni sekali je Yah. Pastu Mimi tak masuk lagi. Ok Yah.
Me: Kan awak kata awak nak pergi sekolah agama. Awak cakap lah kat cikgu tu supaya awak tak payah wakil sekolah lagi.
Mimi: Takpe Yah. Sekali je ye. ok Bye...

Tak sempat nak kata apa-apa dah dia letak talipon. Siap dia malam ni.

Habis macamana...............

Lagi cerita Mimi

Semalam Mimi's school team won Gombak inter-Zone handball game. So dia bawa balik satu medal. Well good for her. Tapi dia missed sekolah agama petang. Dah lah tu, kulit muka putih nya tu pula sunburnt - macam udang kena panggang.

I was happy that she won and I knew that she was happy too that she is now representing her school in the handball team. Itu satu hal.

Tapi apa yang tak sedap nya ialah dia dah start ponteng sekolah agama nya just because she got to attend the training and the matches. So semalam at about 8 somethin after magrhib she told me that she might be demam esok. Iya ke tu? Ada kah itu satu helah sebab malas pergi sekolah. I buat dek je sebab malas nak layan kerenah dia. Kalau ikutkan dia, memang lah selalu malas ke sekolah bila dah letih sangat main game.

Malam tadi befoe she goes to sleep, dia dah siang-siang beritahu I that she don't want to go to school konon-konon nya dia tak sedap badan. So this morning I woke her up as usual at 6.30am. Dia mengerang malas nak bangun. I consistently wakes her up.

Dia macam nak tak nak (deciding nak pergi sekolah ke tidak) bangun and she didn't hug me before going into the bath room as she usually did. Dah tunjuk memberontak lah tu. But I got all the uniform prepared for her.

Macam nak tak nak juga, she got all her books packed in her bag. Got into the car late till 7.15am (it's already very late for me) - dengan muka masam nya. Sampai sahaja kat sekolah, dia mula malas keluar kereta until I had to tell her to. Dia mula nak nangis - tu yang I malas nak tengok.

Selalu nya, she'll will salam me and give me kisses on both cheeks as what I would always do to her. But hari ni dia buat muka masam and taknak salam and kiss. Ni yang buat I hot ni. Dah sampai kat gate sekolah, mula nak buat hal lagi.

I paksa juga dia keluar kereta dan suruh masuk sekolah. I am already late and she is testing my patience. But I have to be firm about it. If she want to go for the games, she should not sacrifies for her school. No school no games.

So she reluctantly got out of the car and walk slowly into the school. Kesian juga tengok dia tapi kadang-kadang tak boleh memuakan (bagi muka) sangat kat dia. Nanti dah banyak lemak, kita jugak yang susah. To me, I want to teach her a lesson. She should know how not to sacrifies something to get other thing. She should not sacrifies her school if she wanted to play the game so much. She should know how to balance her life.

Future Planning

You might be wondering what future planning right? Is it the plan to have a another life partner hehehee?? Definitely not!

It's Mimi who have been pestering me to plan for her birthday party. I don't have much interest in planning her party. She had been telling me what to do and what to plan for her. I just kept one ear open for her and not really paying much attention.

However during a get-together cum baca doa selamat and a birthday do at my mom's place last Thursday, 2 of my sisters gave a a self-printed invitation letter to us inviting to their children birthday party. The self-printed letter were neatly done and Mimi was excited over it.

One is on next Sunday for my lil-sister's 3 boys and the other was an invitation to a Barbeque-cum-birthday party gathering cum picnic at Kuala Linggi Melaka. And that will be a weekend stay at the beach front resort. Now Mimi got more excited to plan for her birthday party.

Last year when her Mak was around, she planned her birthday party together with Rayyan, her cousin Joey's son. Now she wanted to have the same birthday party. She had been insisting me to plan for her.

So last night she had been penning something on how her party should be. This is what she had been wanting, and I just gave her some ideas:

1. Time and date
2. Venue
3. Theme colour
4. Games
5. What food to bring

She had already told me to invite both sides of our family and also all her school friends. I told her it all depends on where she wanted to have it. Initially she wanted to do in the park like the Metropolitan park a.k.a. Taman Layang-layang somewhere in Kepong. But I told her it would be a problem for her school girls friends to come cos it's quite difficult for them to come on their own.

Theme colour: she already insisted on white and black. But I told her why not yellow and blue? Red?? We had that last year - so red is out.

She had started pestering me to design her invitation card. What to write, how the design should be like, what to be on front page, so on and so forth...boring betul nak buat kerje-kerje ni kan...

Last time he Mak was the one who went all out for her to organize everything. Unfortunately this year I have to do it for her. Unlike my 3 boys, they could careless if their birthday is coming at all.


Everybody was dressed in RED


Joint birthday party for Mimi and Rayyan May last year.

Macam-macam cerita dia orang ni lah....

Scene 1:

Bro-out law: Zam kau nak tak?
Me : Nak apa?
Bro-out law: Alah.. nak kawin lagi lah....
Me : Taknak. Mengapa lak? Ada ke? (Curious jugak nak tau tu)
Bro-out law: Ada. Umur 30 tahun. Belum kahwin lagi.
Me : Tak nak
Bro-out law: Cepat lah.. Kalau taknak, aku ambik kang...
Me : Ok you ambik lah..

Leceh betul out-law ni.

Scene 2:

I met a lady office colleague whom I haven't seen long time. She was walking towards me but facing the floor.

Me: Hi Zau, pandang atas lah sikit. Nanti terlanggar tiang lah pulak.
Zau : Eh...Azam. Apa khabar?
Me : I ok jer. Macam biasa.
Zau : Anak-anak you macam mana?
Me: Anak I ok jugak. Yang the boys tu no problem. Tapi my youngest girl tu jer rindu kat mak dia kadang-kadang.
Zau: You taknak lagi ker?
Me : Taknak apa? (but I understood what she meant by now)
Zau: Alah taknak lagi ker?
Me: Ada orang nak I ker?
Zau: Kalau you tak memilih, ramai lah... hehehehe

Cheh si Zau ni.. I pun belah dari situ.

Scene 3:

Sherry : Ha kau apa khabar Zam?
Me : Aku ok jer.. Kau ok ke?
Sherry: Aku ok gak. Tapi busy lah sekarang. Sorilah lama aku tak call kau sejak Ky meninggal.
Me: Tak pe lah Sherry. Aku pun busy gak.
Sherry: Eh Zam. Siapa jaga anak-anak kau.
Me: Aku lah. Sape lagi.
Sherry : Takde lah. Bila kau keje sape lak jaga dia orang.
Me: Kan aku ada bibik yang dah keje dengan aku lebih 16 tahun kan. Dia lah jaga dia orang.
Sherry: Bagus kan kau. Tapi kau jangan kahwin-kahwin lagi tau. Kau jaga anak kau betul-betul.
Me: Eh.. lain lak cerita kau tu..
Sherry : Betul Zam. Kau jaga anak kau baik-baik. Kalau kau gatal sangat, kau ...... jer tau, tapi jangan kahwin tau..
Me : Tak guna kau Sherry. Bukan nya nak suruh aku kahwin .. kutuk aku lak ya... ok byee.. hehehheee

Chisssss...

Scene 4:

Sophie: Ha kau sekarang ni dah single. Nak aku carik kan ke?
Me: Taknak.
Sophie: Eh..kau kan sekarang single and available.
Me: Ya lah aku tau. Tapi bukan lah sekarang. Biar lah dua tiga tahun lagi.
Sophie: Kalau kau nak, nanti aku carik kan.
Me: Woi sejak bila lak kau ni jadi Agen Pencarik Jodoh ha?? Tak yah.. aku taknak lagi tau.
Sophie: Hehehehehe..

Scene 5:

I was walking for a meeting when suddenly Sheikh who was walking towards me smiling from ear to ear.

Me: Ha.. mengapa Sheikh kau tersengeh-sengeh ni.
Sheikh: Kau sejak dua menjak ni kan hensem je lah.
Me: Pehal pulak. Aku macam biasa jer.
Sheikh: Ya lah. Kau ni kan sekarang tengah mencari-cari kan.
Me : (I still cannot catch what he was saying). Apa kau cakap ni? Aku tak faham lah.
Sheikh: Ya lah .. carik awek lah. Kan kau tengah single ni. Patut lah hensem semacam jer.
Me: Celaka kau Sheikh. Aku ingat kan apa bende.

Scene 5:

We were in a meeting room while waiting for other to come when suddenly Onn ask me.

Onn: Kau taknak kahwin lagi ker Zam? (He asked politely)
Me: Tak lagi kot. Not these 2 three years.
Onn: Bagus lah tu.
Me: Ngape lak?
Onn: Bukan apa. Sekarang ni memang lah tak terasa. Tapi nanti dah tua-tua nanti kau seorang aje tinggal. Anak-anak nanti tinggalkan kau. Kalau kau kahwin, ada juga teman tua kau nanti?
Me: I just give him a smile.... (Betul jugak Onn cakap kan!!!!!)

And that makes sense....

I know all my friends and family meant well when they ask me that "Million Dollar" question. And I ni pun jenis yang tak kisah sangat. And these peopla are very close to me. That's why they asked me out of concern.

Tapi ada gak cakap macam ni....

Scene 6:

Sis-in-law: Kalau you nak tu, I faham...
Me: Nak apa Nah.
Sis-in-law: Alah nak tu lah. We all will support you.
Me: Support apa bende Nah. Apa you cakap ni. Kahwin lagi ke?
Sis-in-law: Habis apa lagi?
Me: Eh boleh. I ingatkan you all (all the sisters in law) tak bagi.
Sis-in-law: Eh.. kita orang faham. We all support you.
Me: Alhamdullilah.
Sis-in-law: Tapi ada satu saje...
Me: Ha.. ada apa lagi.
Sis-in-law: Kena go through kita orang dulu tau.
Me: Hey.. sape nak kahwin ni. You ke I?
Sis-in-law: Kita orang nak interview dia dulu tau...
Me : Cheh....macam ni memang lah I tak dapat kahwin-kahwin lagi

Scene 7:

I was having lunch at the cafeteria with some office colleague (girls) as there was an empty seat at their table. Somehow we were talking on some topics and we came to this topic as well. I was relating the above story to them i.e. about all my sis-in-laws wanted to be the panel of interviewers for my future partner (if I ever want one).

Girl 1: Aha.. elok lah tu. Bagi kitarong interview jugak.
Me: Hey.. apa pulak ni?
Girl 2 : Betul lah dia cakap. I pun nak jadik panel jugak.
Girl 3 : I pun nak. Kita orang semua nak tau jugak tau.
Me: Eh.. kalau macam ni lah, semua orang nak kena interview dia, sampai bila I tak kahwin tau.
Girl 3: Ya lah.. kita orang punya standard tinggi tau.
Girl1 and 2 : hahahahahah...

Cheh ..Tak guna punya kawan.. bukan mau support gua.Bikin gua susah lagi ada lah..chissss.


Scene 8:

Suddenly she wanted to ask me.

Sis-in-law: Arwah ada wasiat.
And suddenly I know what she wanted to ask.
Me: I taknak tau.
Sis-in-law: Eh.. betul ni.
Me: Taknak
Sis-in-law: Dia ada wasiat supaya you ....
I cut her thru' halfway
Me: Taknak dan taknak.. ok byeeeee..

Heeh takut nak dengar wasiat ni. Entah betul ke tidak..or is she trying to pull my leg.

Ini bukan cerita dongeng tapi kisah benar... macam cerita KISAH BENAR ulangan TV3 tu. Tapi watak-watak tu kena lah tukar sikit ya supaya taknak mengaibkan yang hidup atau pun yang telah menginggal dunia. Tapi cerita-cerita macam ni lah yang menceria kan hidup gua tau...Chissss...