Monday Blues

Monday can't be any bluer (?) than this. Weekend terasa panjang when you spend your days with exciting activities. Seperti bermundar mandir menghabiskan duit di Pasar Siti Khadijah? And tomorrow is a public holiday. Like hello tak boleh ke kasi je Isnin cuti sekali so you don't have to deal with Monday Blues? Sadly, No.

So bangun pagi macam biasa siap2 and I decided to bring a pile of books to the office today (for whatever reason. why today?) Konon macam nak study la kot to let Monday slips away quickly. Ada la dalam 3kg kot buku2 tu. And for whatever reason jugak, harini nak pakai high heels instead of the flat shoes. Ok fine.

Sampai dekat kereta, alamakkkk I left my car keys upstairs. (I didn't know it was just a beginning, a lot more to come) Ok no complaint since ade elevator pon not that I have to climb the stairs. Ok jalan jalan seperti makcik2 yang bajet busy bawak buku seguni dan berkasut tumit tinggi. Sampai depan bangunan office. Aaaaaaaaaaa menjerit2 dalam hati I left my access card at home. Urghhh. Call everyone, since esok cuti, semua org pon either taking leave, or lambat lagi sampai or ade hal blablabla. No way out, I had to go back and take my card at home.

Bila dah sampai station Damai macam... uhmmm boleh tak kalau tinggal je seguni buku ni dekat lrt station. takkan la ade org nak curik buku kot? Not gonna walk back and forth with those books. Ok tinggal dekat tepi2 dinding, walked 5 steps or less, turned back, ambik buku balik because I saw a kakak cleaner and 2nd thoughts crept in, what if she threw away my books? Berjalan semula ke kereta dengan seguni buku. Sampai rumah, rushing naik atas, bukak pintu, masuk rumah, terlupa tutup pintu  (or memang tak berniat pon nak tutup pintu sebab sekejap je) dann taddaaaaaa seekor kucing telah berjaya menfollow masuk ke rumah. Yes, you have no problem with that. Tapi kasihanilah saya, saya sangat penyegan dengan kucing T_T. Bermula lah episode "Aku dan Kucing on Monday (blues)". Kucing itu pulak sedang membunting yang gemuk maka bertambah tegaklah bulu roma. Huarghh. Meowww2 Quack2 Grrrr Shuhh2. Ape la aku nak buat dengan ibu mengandung ini tskk tskk. If someone saw me from the outside, he might think there's a kungku fighting filming in my house, but the reality was just "Aku dan Kucing on Monday (blues)" short story.

Beberapa minit berlalu, akhirnya berjaya meloloskan diri dari ibu mengandung itu. Tanpa memukul mahupon mencubit manja. Cume menjegil2 kan mata je kekekeke. Ambik access card kat dalam bilik, berjalan seperti makcik2 bajet busy dengan seguni buku. Sampai LRT, touch and go card menyatakan insufficient balance?? Why now why *&#$%@^&# Thanks! Topup, sambung berjalan dengan berpeluh2 seperti berlari 3km di pagi hari and here I am. Mengadap laptop, update blog sebab penat sangat padahal baru pukul 10.30am? Buku tah ke mana study tah ke mana. Maka kenapakah kau beriya sangat nak bawak seguni buku tu pagi tdi? Pffttt. Entahlah..

Boleh tak fast forward pukul 5.30pm cepat? Like superrr fasttt.

Random

Tiba tiba teringat dekat blog. Like hello after 6months? kahkahkah Life is so good, and fast that I just missed everything in here. Banyak nya hutang post.  I need to write it here no matter what, so I could re track everything just in case I need it later haha

-Bangkok
-Whitewater Rafting
-Tenggol Island
-VS is still on no worries. hehe even I haven't update anything since few months ago. My kids are good and currently enjoying their school holiday
-Umrah

Ok so let's just leave it like this. Next time I open this blog, I should know where to start hahahahaha.
Till next time. And yes, I'm alive

Skytrex

Sempena #VisitMalaysia2014, meh nak review sikit Skytrex Adventure at Bukit Cerakah, Shah Alam. I went there last 2 months kot. Macam last minute plan. Dh plan lamaaa tapi biasa la to get everyone together during weekend yang free is almost impossible. haha. So adhoc plan is so far the best.

For those who planned to go to Skytrex rajin2 la check their website for booking. http://www.skytrex-adventure.com/ Susah jugak nak booking lagi2 kalau school holiday. I called myself lucky sebab dapat book only a few days before. Tapiii itu pon dapat slot at 2.00pm which was not our preference. We preferred morning slot konon2 taknak berjemur panas but it wasn't that bad sebab dalam hutan kan. Tropikaaa sangat matahari tak dapat menembusi pokok2 gituuuuu. 

So we chose "Extreme Challenge" (RM55) or I should say the hardest from 3 circuits. Bukan nak berlagak hebat tapiii alang2 dah pergi kan, better pergi yang paling best. And I would recommend this Challenge even for first timer. you'll get the best out of it with Extreme Challenge. UNLESS, for those yang ade acrophobia (baru google nama) or height phobia, try la Little Adventure dulu. Yang lain2 tu rendah ke tinggi ke gemok ke kurus ke, take "Extreme Challenge" and I'm so sure you'll survived. hehe

Before we went there, we googled the Extreme Challenge images and read a few reviews. Saje nak get all excited and be prepared kononnya. Bile tengok gambar flying fox from 22 meters above the ground mcm WOW scaryyyyy. anddd we thought that was the scariest challenge, and another WOW image was when you have to walk on a single rope from one platform to another.

And here's Expectation Vs Reality

Tip 1: Be there early. At least 30 mins before your slot. Boleh beli2 air dulu ke kat situ
Tip 2: Wear sport attire. Sport shoes sebab senang nak grip atas tali.
Tip 3: Go to bathroom first. Selesaikan apa2 yang patut. There's no way outtt once you've started.
Tip 4: Rent a bottle holder. Bawak air mineral, Camera/phone.
Tip 5: Have fun! hehe

Bila sampai sana ade satu counter untuk Skytrex, so register dulu and buy the park entry ticket (RM3 not included in Skytrex ticket). Bawak duit sikit utk glove etc. Lepas tu ade bus transfer exclusive for Skytrex. Jangan naik bus yg general for park. That one is different route. Bile sampai dekat sana, fill in the form, buy a glove (RM3) (highly recommended), rent a locker and bottle holder (RM5). Then, wear harness, safety briefing (pay attention to the instructor because you've to be independent almost all time, the instructor is not waiting for you at every platform) andddd you're good to go!

First Challenge was sooo tiring. We have to climb 14m high ladder. Gila penat nampak sangat stamina sangat mensedihkan kahkahkah. Lepas tu first flying fox 22m above the ground crossing hutan2 pokok2 mcm wowwww. I looked down before the jump, It was when my adrenaline rush started and never stop until I made the jump hooorayyyyyyyyyy it was so much funnn. Tak cuak pon :P and the view was aahhh all greeennnn so refreshing. Ade 34 challenges for Extreme circuit. There were 5 of us. But one platform can only be occupied by 2-3person at one time. Kadang2 orang 1st dengan yg ke-5 hardly met each other. I hold the camera so I have to swap the sequence a few times to get everyone on the camera. hehe.

Flying Fox! Yang paling best paling fun-Level 1

Walk on a single rope- Level 2

When I googled, I thought this one would be the scariest. But surprisingly, this was the easiesttt of all the challenges. Everytime we finished one challenge, we always hoped the next one could be this, or the flying fox. hahaha sebab yang lain2 lgi payahhh 

No, this one was not that bad. Even ade missing wood plank in the middle. -Level 2

Tarzan - Level 3

This was the last challenge, ini mcm cuakk jugakk. You have to be tarzan. Hold the rope and jump to the next tube. Hold the rope was easy, Jump was not that hard buttttt the hardest part was to stop at the next tube macam susahnya nak bajett.You have another option to just walk on the rope at the side tapiii try la to do the tarzan bestt. hehe

 (Source: Google)

 I didnt take any picture here sebab cuak sangat berpikir cmne nak jalan kahkahkah. And of all the 34 challenges, I should say this is the toughest. Nampak macam senang and I didn't expect this to be that scary, but it was. Sebab the tube was sooo unstable macam kne balancekan diri sndri. Pls get nervous for this one! hehe 

And group photo. We did it yeay!! Extreme Challenge Survival.

Cost: RM55 (extreme) + RM 3(park entry) + RM 3(glove) + RM5 (locker and bottle holder) + RM2 (mineral water) = RM 68 per pax.

So worth it! Klang Valley area. Dekat, tak payah carik accommodation, yang penting best! 

Skytrex Shah Alam is Highly recommended.  

VS 3

"We can do no great things, only small things with love" - Mother Teresa

It was a game day! since cuti skolah pon dh nak start, we didn't want to pressure the kids so much with all the academic thingy during school break kan. So we brought puzzle, we played origami, and I also brought my Pictureka and Uno Stacko.

Random games for everyone. they can play whatever they want. Pictureka was quite new to them. So macam ramai yg interested. They fought several times over the sand clock timer. Semua sibuk nak jaga the timer. But a few of them memang betul2 bersemangat gila nak main. Pictureka is about finding things on the 3x3 tiles. I bought it from US for my younger sister. Tapi bila dh besar die macam dh hafal pon tile boards tu haha. I am so glad to see the Pictureka became beneficial again.

Some of the kids joined the Origami group. I didn't have the chance to go to the other games sebab non stop layan diorg main Pictureka. But I saw the sampan, love shape, swan, rocket and other origami flying here and there. They're having much fun.

Pictureka pon bagus utk English vocab. sebab ade banyak jugak bnda yg diorg tak paham the meaning but now they remember sebab nak menang. Uno stacko maybe macam not really suitable for their ages kot. They ended up playing it as Lego. and the other volunteers also showed them the domino effect from the Uno stacko.

Overall, it was a quite relax day. Tapi we, the volunteers rasa macam we have to standardize all the games. Means that kalau sorang buat origami, semua kene main origami. Kalau tak the kids pon mcm tak stick to one game, nak try itu nak try ini and the classes looked like a mess.

So, our PM had planned a schedule until end of December for the Volunteer Session during School Break. And guess what? Every session ade 15 minutes "bedtime story session". The kakak2 kene tell them a story before the session ends. And and and and my name was there for one of the session. Ahhhhh nervous! a few more weeks until my turn T_T. help me help me.

VS 2

"Never underestimate your ability to make someone's else life better- even if you never know it" - Greg Louganis

The feeling before going to the second session was different than the first time. I didn't feel nervous anymore, the excitement was doubled. While driving, I started to recall their names and cute faces, imagined how welcoming they are when I stepped inside the house, lovely hugs from everyone.

The activity for the night was drawing and painting. Our PM brought a few boxes of BUNCHO colors and drawing papers for the kids. Of course they were happy. Well what is more happier than skipping mathematics books for an art class? Uhmm except for me coz I'm *#&(#@(% at art.  Tangan botol tahap maximaaaa. hehe

When the session started, I sat with KH and PU again, and TP. They needed to write their name at the back of the paper. So I tried to be as artistic as I can, I wrote their name in block letters. Tak cantik pon but they were so impressed. Puji2 banyak kali sampai rasa nak kasi hadiah kahkah. And they asked me a few times, "Kenapa kakak ingat nama saya?" " Macam mana kakak boleh tau nama saya?". Maybe that is one simple way to make them feel appreciated. So, I'll try my best to remember each of them. 

Anddd the drawing session started. Hands up and I surrender! I really can't draw. They asked me to draw hello kitty for them. Ok fine it was not that bad but I hardly imagined how hello kitty looks like. So me being ehem kakak yang moden dan bergadget bajet canggih, I googled Hello kitty on my phone to guide them. Tapi PU merengek2 suruh lukiskan jugak. Dia kata kalau die lukis mesti buruk. I didn't want to spoon-feed them, so I made a dotted shape of hello kitty and asked her to connect all the dot.

"Kakak kenapa hello kitty kakak buat kepala besar badan kecik?" Pffffttt even PU can judge how bad my drawing can be. Art-failed! 

Then, I helped them with the buncho colors. Hello Kitty is pink but too bad there is no pink in the buncho box. Berguna jugak ilmu seni zaman sekolah dulu so I mixed the red buncho with white to make pink color. and I also mixed a few more colors like blue and yellow to make green, just to make more variety colors. 

TP and PU drew Hello Kitty, but KH changed her mind a few minutes later, she wanted to draw a house. Bukan rumah bodoh2  tu, a 2 storey house which looks so much like RKK. Kan dah kata KH sangat sesuatu. She is different than the others. 

Tengah2 lukis tbe2 PU tanya "Kakak, kenapa kakak tu (pointing her finger to a volunteer yg bermakeup agak tebal) kulit die putih sangat? Dia kenapa?" I tried hard not to laugh, and thought of an appropriate answer. Ahh kidsss so innocenttt. Soklan macam tu pon nak tanya. huahuahua. So I said "Dia cantik sebab tu die putih" Yes, not very convincing but I can't think of more creative answer. haha

So presentinggggg.. my kids's drawingggg hehe. 

After the session, one of the volunteer shared his knowledge about drawing and personality from psychologist point of view. I never know the selection of colors, the type of drawing can show one's behavior. There was one drawing of a house with black as the background which is very rare. So that kid should be given more attention, maybe she had a bad history, or a problem that she kept inside. Well, It's our task to figure out. and I'm gonna find out why KH insisted to draw a house instead of hello kitty? It must be something...uhmm

Tak sabar nak next week!hehe