...and then the school holidays start! For some working parents, its a total relief from the chaos they brace every morning to send their kids to school in a crowded traffic before rushing off to work themselves but for some stay-at-home parents like moi for example, its a different scenario altogether. I dread the school hols!
Don't get me wrong folks. I totally adore my kids wholeheartedly and love them being around me but 24 hours a day, ok minus 10 hours of sleep (they usually slept that long during holidays) which means 14 hours of whole day with them for one and a half months? That requires some kind of super-energetic, noise-tolerant mom to supervise 3 active kids from various ages in a household. Phew!
Before I dwell on that subject in the next postings (if I ever had the chance to use the laptop come 22nd nov), let me begin by telling you how Kak Ngah has cleverly manoeuvred her way to persuade her ayah to buy three sets of board games for her to bring to school. Her simple request was accepted by ayah after she laid out 3 reasons;
- 3rd semester exams are over both mainstream school and KAFA (religious school)
- Played all online games there is in the school computer lab and practically read all the books in the school library (boleh caya ke reason ni?)
- bored stiff doing nothing at school
Well, that's good enough reason to comply with her request. We don't want her to ponteng sekolah even if there's nothing to do at school especially after 3rd semester exams are over and textbooks are promptly returned. Even the teachers are not always visible in the classrooms. The students are practically left to their own devices and its up to them to find their own entertainment. I'm glad she asked for some board games (which is very affordable) than some latest of the art PSP or flimsy electronics game. Phew, selamat duit ayah!
As for Kak Long who's in her tween years, she'd rather bring some story books from home or get involved in school activities with her buddies. Such low maintenance kid she is.
from clockwise - chess, dam haji (checkers) and dam ular (snakes and ladders) games...total amount less than RM50! Kak Ngah bawak the games on alternate days to school and she cheered many her classmates. cayalah!
