Decision on playschool umar

Umar will turn 3yo by may next year. First let me recap few schools that i have survey near to my house area. (Damansara uptowon, ttdi):-

1) Lets Hop - monthly fees is RM400. I luv their teaching method and they only take 6-7 students for 3yo. THE ONLY thg lacking is it is in shop lot area at level 3. And the parking area there....is simply stressfull.

2) Brainy Bunch - too many students! 1 teacher for 10 students in a very small room. Simply NO! But the fees are cheap. RM290.

3) Qdees - i luv this school because they have gym day and swimming class once in a week. I always prefer kids to play more at their 2-3yo age. Simply because they are developing their motor skills right now. Their uniforms are cute too. Sadly they started teach islamic program at 4yo and above. For 3yo no islamic program. Other than that their fees are expensive. Monthly rm290 like that but have to pay extra (the extra is alot like RM600 for every quarter) for certain thg every quater month. Gahh. For 3yo kids i think not worth it but 4yo and above is ok. They teach mandarin too! I think this will be perfect school for umar when he reach 4yo. But not next year. Pembaziran sbb umar baru 3yo tahun depan. Too expensive for his playschool at umar's age.

4) Little Calliph - i read alot of good reviews about this school at other branch but not at TTDI. Everythg so kesian. It's at the corner house, their swing is broken, rumput so panjang, students ramai, and lot more i dun want to mention here. Sorry i just have to tell the truth here. The management really have to do somethg for the school. Kesian budak2 plz.

5) CIC - i would consider this as the best among the others. Fees pon ok. RM300 je monthly. Students tak ramai. Cikgu2 nampak passionate nak ajar budak2, ada playground dlm sekolah. Cuma bila masuk dalam so-so je tak berapa bersih. I mean a bit berdebu. Tapi ok la sbb aircond manjang. Other thgs are ok kot. Program dia pon nampak ok. Cuma i tak rasa diorg speaking 24hours with children. Pon tak kisah sgt. Sbb umar ni ok je ckp bm or english. Umar mmg ckp manglish haha mcm blog aku. Aku tak la fussy sgt bab tu. Sbb sebagai parents pon kita kena memainkan peranan kita mendidik anak. No school is perfect for your lil ones. As long persekitaran nampak ok, harga ikot budget n cikgu ok, dah memadai.

The only school yang aku tak sempat survey is Smart readers kat bandar utama. Sbb nye we already made decision to homeschool umar for this year only. Aku da study sikit2 pasal homeschool tidak la susah mana, cuma kesabaran kena setinggi gunung haha. Tapi aku da ckp ngn husband kena invest sket kat kawasan belajar umar. Seperti rak buku, meja n kerusi umar. Every month insyaallah kitorg akan put aside budget utk beli buku2 umar yang sesuai. DIY stuffs utk aktiviti homeschool dia nti aku buat.

Kenapa at the end kitorg decide utk homeschool? (Tahun ni je tau)

1) sbb kalau hantar g playschool, umar kena tido seawal kol 8 or 9 malam and bangun kol 6.30 pagi? Bila la bonding session umar and daddy dia gitu kalau alip pon tetiap malam balik kol 8 and 8.30? Bonding session anak and ayah penting dan mengatasi segalanya. So for the time being rasanya biarla umar belajar kat rumah dulu setahun ni.

2) semua school pon aku rasa mahal je lebih tapi kurang pada aktiviti bermain. Pendapat aku je la. Ada 1 tu kat mutiara damansara and kat ttdi, tapi dah full house. N soooo expensive. RM500 monthly. Wahhh tu aku tanye harga kat tepon je la. Malas nak g sbb tau tak mampu. 

3) umar tak diaper free lagi. Hehe insyaallah bila badan aku da kuat amik shaklee nti, boleh la aku start train umar diaper free kie.

4) aku nak start ajar umar makan sendiri sepenohnya and without ipad. Makan kena ngadap ipad. Grr tp kalau kat luar takya sbb byk distraction. Anak aku mmg terbalik.

Gitu la. Wish me luck to homeschool umar and insyaallah i will share the activities soon here supaya jadi rujukan kita sesama parents. Jadual aku pon akan berubah gila2 but that's ok utk kebaikan bersama.

Getting old

I hardly sleep if umar fall asleep first.

And easily sleep when struggling put him to sleep.

Haha no wonder petang2 kalau umar bukan main payah nak tido, aku yg tetido dulu.

Macam ada magic pon ye. 

Td petang almost settle kan 50% problem aku.

Hehe another 50% knr tunggu esok.

First time ye nak dekat setahun buat on9 business ni, problem gini happen. Serentak plak tu.

Mana la aku tak cuak pening pala.

Yang penting barang customer sampai kat masing2. Soal rugi sikit takpe aku sanggup tanggung.

Since this is the first time i encounter this problem, i will be extra careful next time.

Since it's consider a bad day, i had myself a toffee nut latte which was not bad at all.

Try la. Sempena christmas je dia ada kot.

Lama da tak beli starbuck.

Last minum 3 bulan lepas share ngn husband.

Thgs are too expensive nowadays. With gst and all.

Cant afford premium coffee anymore.

I dunno if anyone in kl still depends on 1 income without doing on9 business/any side income jobs, you guys mmg hebat.

Anyway, kebetulan umar ter nap awal, so dia bangun dlm pukul 2pm, just the right time to go out and settle thgs.

Aku jarang sgt dah kuar sendiri masa pregnant ni.

Dengan musim hujan, dengan pregnant, lagipon setiap hari knr tunggu posmen anto barang and kutip barang, haha. By the time posmen kutip barang je, dah nak dekat waktu nap umar.

So kebetulan sgt harini takde barang utk dipos sbb smlm nye dah pos byk plus kebetulan lagi umar ternap awal. Wuhuuu just nice.

Dahla sekarang hujan pagi dan petang, bila nak sidai kain kann.

So being a supermom agaga i bring along baju utk keringkan kat dobi. Lalala

Tq la the self service machine. Rajin tak rajin je nak keluar rumah.

Alang2 kena g pos opis, marila keringkan baju sekali.

Mula2 bgtau umar nak g pos ofis je.

Pastu bukan main gembira si umar bila dia nampak ikea the curve semua tu.

Asik menjerit escalator.

Tapi budak ni memang senang bawak keluar sbb dia behave je dengar cakap.

Cukai pon mintak ball 50sen hahaha.

I luv u la umar.

So i tapau ayam penyet, starbuck and settle pos barang customer.

Selalu aku pakai easy parcel je servis kutip barang dari rumah. Tp sbb arini urgent barang tertukar kan, tak sedap ati aku nk tunggu sehari lagi. So g la pos manual.

Sampai rumah, suap umar makan kenyang termasuk la aku sekali yg kelaparan.

Now masuk malam je aku cramp kaki, and sakit belakang.

Aku da masuk minggu ke 20 of trimester 2.

Walaupon dah amik vitamin yg doc kasi, still sakit. Nak dekat 2 minggu cmni!

Aku baru beli shaklee ni haa for pregnancy. Da tak tahan sakit sangat.

Husband pon nyampah agaknye dengar seminggu aku bebel sakit.

Dapat gaji teros dia kata hah g la beli.

Will share the progress after consume nanti.

Lusa la kot baru smpai.

Dulu aku masa pantang pon amik shaklee, tapi lepas abes, aku stop.

Sbb kunun da kuat da badan haha.

Now umur pon da 31 lagila nak handle umar everyday, sbb tula sakit nye lain macam.

Dulu masa aku pregnant umar, time tu dok opis je.

Takde la masak sgt balik rumah.

So aku bear with the pain je la kot.

Now aku kena handle umar plus masak everyday, mana la badan tak sakit sini sana kan.

Okla sian korg knr dgr aku bebel.

Goodnite~

Dugaan

Minggu lepas n minggu ni adalah minggu yang sangat sangat menguji kesabaran.

I had a problem with poslaju.

Tapi bukan dorg yg salah 100%.

Ada salah dari supplier, ada yang salah dari pos laju, and semalam salah dari aku!

Rasa nak nangis n takmo buat on9 business.

Rugi tak la banyak mana.

Bawah RM100 la bila campur semua but still... Pfft

Yg salah supplier tu, sbb dorg salah ship ke aku. So tu dorg nak refund balik.

Yg salah pos laju, dorg hilangkan item aku.

Yg tu take agessss utk drg selesaikan.

Yg salah aku plak tersalah pos kat customer.

Kebetulan semalam ada 3 parcel.

Padahal selama ni rilek je handle more than 5 parcels in a day.

Tak pernah tersalah send. Smlm first time tersalah send.

Sighh apalahhhh naseb.

Okla nak g settle semua problem.

Cant make any decision yet

Comel tak tgok umar tido?

Hehe senang dia nap petang arini.

Tetido depan makanan :p.

Alkisahnye arini antar daddy umar g lrt. Ada la sebabnye setelah sekian lama tak anto.

So umar bgun awal la dlm kol 8pagi kot.

Aku pon ok je since mlm td da tetido awal so byk tenaga la pagi td.

Siap berjaya asingkan toy2 umar yang kecik2 yg sakit ati aku nak kemas letak dlm plastic.

Aku acah2 ckp ngn umar nak buang tp takkan la aku nak buang. Nti aku sorokkan je la.

Pastu kasi breakfast, kemas rumah, basuh baju, sidai baju n sempat cuci toilet.

Umar bagi bonus berak lagi haha.

So dlm kol 2 dia da tetido. Alhamdulillah nasi semangkuk pon hampir abes masa dia tetido tu.

As long dia makan complete breakfast n lunch aku lega hehe.

Last weekend aku susun balik katil umar sebelah katil kitorg.

So dah seminggu dia nak tido katil sendiri.

Lega den. Yerla aku kan tgh pregnant i need moreeeee space haha.

Cuma kalau ada baby nti ntah camne penig pala aku pk susun atur katil ni.

Tau je la baby kan manjang bgun malam nak susu badan.

Now jap g pon aku nak nap.

Aku tgh fasa backpain bila masuk mlm.

So lil time like this i would appreciate it so much hehe.

Btw umar nye school aku takle decide lagi la. Tensi tol aku.

Aku ckp ngn husband end of this month nak decide samada nak homeschool umar or antar umar playschool.

Kalau aku tgok rumah berserabut rasa mmg cecepat nak register playschool.

Tp lepas kemas rumah, tenang n aman je, rasa mcm mampu n ada tenaga lagi utk homeschool ni.

Cuma aku terlupa time tu nti ada baby. Haish...tau je la baby setiap sejam nak susu.

Baby yg susu badan mcm umar lelaki confirm kuat susu kan.

Xde istilah tidur 3 jam straight. Seingt aku la.

Umar memang jenis setiap sejam bangun nak susu dulu2 masa baby.

Sbb tu la aku sng kurus dulu. Gile ke tak kurus dah kalau setiap sejam baby susu je.

Karang aku tensi, playschool ke mana, umar plak asik knr marah setiap hari.

I know myself so well.

The anger or the level of stress i can handle.

Tapi tuh la punyalah payah cari playschool umar.

Nak dekat tp harga jgn cekik darah sgt bleyh.

Ataupon if harga ok, tp school nye plak mcm kotor2, aku yg risau persekitaran cmtu.

Tp tuhla nak yg best, bersih, cantik, cikgu2 speaking london best, knr la invest kan.

Mana makbapak yg taknak terbaik utk anak2.

Umar mmg tgh fasa bijak sgt2. So sayang kalau aku salah buat pilihan utk dia.

Umur dari 2 sampai 4 mmg tgh mcm sponge, ko ajar apa, insyaallah dia boleh serap dengan baik.

Dahla dunia skg makin mencabar. Kalau ko lambat, ko ketinggalan.

Kalau english ko tak power, ko akan kecundang dlm dunia pekerjaan.

Gitu la.

Ohs lagi 1 tgh pk jugak. Umar ni dah la sejenis bangun kol 9pagi. Kalau dia knr bgun kol 6/7 pagi mesti dia hangin kan. Sigh decision decision.

Well, till next time.

Hope next entry aku dah leh decide apa yang terbaik untuk umar.

Latest update

Last week im so bz with my sickness haha gila lama sakit kali ni. Batuk n selsema sampai seminggu. Now tinggal runny nose je alhamdulillah so much better tday.

Sangat2 aku hargai nikmat sihat Allah kasi selama ni.

My friend share that she started to feel backpain and all.

Jd jaga la kesihatan korg ok.

Tu husband ku dah knr bebel ngn doc suh benti rokok hehe sbb dia da start wheezing OMG.

Sblom aku jatuh sakit tu sempat la aku survey playschool umar kat taman tun.

School apa xle btau.

Kesimpulannye aku mmg tak jumpa playschool idaman utk hantar umar.

Bgtau husband lebih baikla aku ajar umar sendiri pastu weekend joinla apa2 program kids.

Kan skg ni mcm2 kelas baking la, brain program for kids blablabla.

Those program bukan cheap dah sama je mcm ko register playschool.

Well i havent decide yet.

Sbb baru baik sakit tros focus kat online business this week.

Masa sakit last week, ptg aku auto tido join umar nap.

Kepala berat gila, tekak sakit semua. Mmg nyampah tgok ig hahaha.

Now this 2 days supplier buat gila2 kaw discounts plak mestila aku knr cpt grab.

Sian umar aku neglect dia 2 harini.

Muahaha tp pagi td dah bawak dia naik basikal 1 taman, bukan main happy dia.

Alhamdulillah trimester 2 ni so much better.

Trimester 1 kan aku emosi manjang. Trimester 2 aku ilek2 je. Semua masalah kitorg berjaya discuss leklok. Takde mengidam bebukan.

Everythg back to normal. Alhamdulillah.

My husband pon sangat2 helpful dlm semua benda.

Walaupon dia bz, aku bz. Sama2 boleh give n take.

Btw aku baru launch akikah set last week kat ig shop aku @shortalesbunny and @shortalesbunny_kids.

Feel free tengok kie.

Harga n details korg tgok kat ig kie?

Saper penggemar pink? :)

Umar plak makin bijak sangat2.

Sigh i hope i can expose him with lot of creative thgs everyday.

Okla nti sambung lagi.

Now nak kemas rumah, lipat kain n masak jap lagi for dinner.

Very weng

I just took husband's cough medicine this morning and im so weng until now.

After i took it, i just realize that im pregnant hahaha sorry baby Y.

I had trouble to sleep last nite because i had cough, husband n umar gilir2 berdengkur dah mcm buat lagu orchestra. Pity husband because he had his semput and cough so tidur pon berbunyi la.

So i got this cough from him.

But i able to finish alot of housechores this morning including settle bungkus barang customer.

Tinggal tunggu orang pos laju pickup je jap lagi.

Also i made umar's fav nasi goreng.

Sbb ada byk balance nasi smlm. Sekali harung jela.

I made nasi goreng ayam n he ate alot.

Senang je. I dah tau takya sesusah nak masak utk umar.

Tumbuk 4 ulas bawang putih ngn sengenggam ikan bilis.

Tumis, letak la ayam if ada. Letak garam.

Then letak telur sebiji, jangan kacau.

Letak nasi, kacau. Done.

He luv that simple nasi goreng.

Ko takya letak carrot ke kobis ke any sayur nanti meroyan sbb bila dia rasa je kubis dia taknak makan. 

But he does love carrot just not in his nasi goreng.

He's weird i know.

Pastu malam tadi sbb takle tido i pon survey la baca review pasal playschool umar yg tak settle2 lagi.

Tiba2 dapat idea nak homeschool umar.

Yeah im so ambitious like that rite.

But i straight away scratch the idea from mind after im so weng of this ubat batuk.

After im so tired clean up the house.

There's not much energy left.

I realize i cant be supermom.

Impossible tho the idea seems soooooo interesting.

Somethg happen yesterday.

I went to Little Caliph near my place to survey the playschool.

No wonder not so much info about the school (the branch that near my place).

The place so kesian. Usang.

The worst part bila budak2 tu abes session dorg, dorg p rampas egg toy umar dari tangan umar.

I tak blame dorg.

I rasa drg tak cukup funding.

Obviously management nye salah.

In conclusion semua playschool yg sederhana kat taman tun sangat2 mengecewakan.

Not well maintain, too many kids, not really clean and all.

Uniform pon satu hal sgt2 saddd.

Qdees je uniform comel.

Is it because the fees tak semahal those expensive one?

I didnt bother to survey tadika diyana and all.

Those expensive kiddies registration je dah mcm registration masuk university.

Conclusion nye i tatau lagi nak antar umar katne hahaha.

I really wish ada tadika islam yg best tp penuh dengan aktiviti yg kreatif kat taman i.

Malangnye takde.

Hehe nti la pk lagi.

Update on survey playschool umar

Yesterday we went to 2 schools to survey the surrounding, system they use and the teachers:-

1) Q-dees - tq lisa for suggesting this school. I was impressed by the school uniform, surrounding, and the system they use. However, i think their fees a bit pricey. N furthermore they didnt teach islamic program for 3y students. Well every school have their pros and cons. Tho i foresee umar will develop his reading and writing skills very well there but still my instinct said no. If they teach islamic program for the 3yo, it will be perfect. I kinda turn off when the teacher said it's too early to expose islamic program for 3yo kids. For me u can give many more reasons but never too early for lil kids. Ohs they teach swimming class every wednesday.

2) cic - the fees are within our budget. No additional fees at the middle of the year or wutevs. The programs seems great - with islamic program, the teachers are friendly tho they are young, umar look happy there. They didnt take so many students so it's good. The only lacking is the interior look a bit old skool. But they do have small playground outside. I guess you cant be fussy too much. No school is perfect for lil one. Sure each school have pro and cons.

In conclusion, i might go for cic. But i need to call 1 more school - lil caliph tho their intake for students 4-6y but let just confirm bout it. Alang2 da survey semua playschool.

Yesterday after survey those 2 schools, i have bodyache all over me. That's what happen when u didnt exercise much rite. Haha. I even sleep early yesterday and bangun feel good this morning.