The 4 of us out shopping

For the first time!


On November 10th, Rayhana had to get her 1-mth Hepatitis shot. At the same time Ja had to do her papsmear, while me and Rayyan had to eat sardine roll and chocolate cupcake from the D'sara Specialist cafe.

Rayhana was born 3.09kg. After 1 week, her weight was 3.10kg.. now after 4 weeks, her weight jumped to 4.4kg! And we thought she didn't have enough breastfeeding... haha unlike Rayyan, where Ja's breasts were never enough, Rayhana's diet is strictly breast milk.

So, after the hospital trip, we all went to Ikano. Initially we planned to go to One Utama, but then malas la pulak...


We had lunch at Dome. Me and Ja had Spicy Olio Spaghetti and Caesar Salad, Rayyan had mushroom soup and nuggets & chips, while Rayhana had some sleep.

So, after makan, Rayhana nak susu pulak. So we went to the tempat salin/menyusu budak kat Ikano tu.. all four of us went in.... until suddenly Rayyan pulak nak terberak.

Brought him into that father and son stall in the toilet. Cleaned the toilet seat, and had him sit there. Dah lama duduk, tak keluar-keluar jugak.. sempat lagi ambik gambar...


hehehe last-last memang tak berak pun... so we went back to see Rayhana minum susu... dah habis pun.. Ja had already even changed Rayhana's diaper.

Lepas tu we went to Cold Storage. Got some stuff for everyone... including Rayan's own BEN 10 t-shirt! Saja beli besar... give some room for the dryer to shrink it.


Then balik rumah, malam tu... saja-saja jer snap gambar the four of us.. although not altogether in 1 frame.. hehe

Multiple Intelligence

I'm always fascinated by how the brain works, especially what actually happens when we're learning something and how one person's brain activity differs from another person's while learning the same thing.

Being a writer/publisher of kids' learning materials, how I wish I have the right formula that would suit every kid's brain! I believe kids learn at different pace, depending on lots of factors: family culture, their surroundings, and to a certain extent, genetic... etc.

I just read an article on the theory of multiple intelligence by a Harvard Professor, Howard Gardner. He lists 8 different types of intelligence, which to me is an opportunity for us parents to see if our kids have enough exposure to all of them...

1. Linguistic intelligence
2. Logical-mathematical intelligence
3. Musical intelligence
4. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
5. Spatial intelligence
6. Interpersonal intelligence
7. Intrapersonal intelligence
8. Naturalist intelligence

I just wanna list them down now so I won't forget.

I have Rayyan and Rayhana as my "guinea pigs" in experimenting on stuff that I need to do for work and the above list of intelligences sure does help in shaping our kids to be a more complete person, as well as becoming a framework for all my publications in years to come. Previously, everything was centered around the various learning theories and not so much on multiple intelligence theories, which I feel are essential to make learning theories applicable. Lets face it, if the kids aren't ready to learn, how can you make learning work?

I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place. Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are and what we can do... Ultimately, we must synthesize our understandings for ourselves. The performance of understanding that try matters are the ones we carry out as human beings in an imperfect world which we can affect for good or for ill. (Howard Gardner 1999: 180-181)

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You can Google Howard Gardner and get more details of his theories...

Rayhana is 1 month old today...

What I did to my son before Raya

I balded his head. 2 weeks before Raya. It was Saturday morning. My dad was unhappy. My mom was sort of mad. Ja who came home from work in the afternoon thought there's another kid in the house. Lagi 2 minggu nak Raya and Rayyan looked so not him hahaha. He never looked good with short hair, let alone bald!

Rayyan's hair was in dire need of a cut. Panjang sampai masuk2 mata. Rimas orang tengok. Usually I would use the scissors. Ntah macamana I couldn't find one that day. So I used the trimmer and set at No.4 (that would leave about at least an inch of hair). All was well when it was 90% completed.

Then it came the trimmings of the side burn. I took out the No.4, and trimmed the sides. Suddenly tertrim lebih la pulak. Terbotak area sebelah atas telinga dia. Then I tried to make it even on the other side. Jadi gonjeng pulak. So had no choice but to teruskanlah proses pembotakan rambut si Rayyan ni. But then tak even la pulak. I never had the experience botakkan kepala sesapa.

So Atok came to the rescue. He finished it off for me. Pity the boy. As I brought him to wash up, he looked himself in the mirror and slowly said... "I need my hair..." :( sambil dia usap-usap kepala dia yang botak tu.

But he's a good sport. Untuk menyedapkan hati dia.. tiba-tiba je dia kata.. "Papa, my hair is stylish!" chewah budak ni.. ntah mana dia belajar perkataan tu pun I don't know...

We actually had an invitation to buka puasa at Dewan Perdana Felda by Felishia's bf's family. So dengan botak-botak tu la si Rayyan pergi berbuka puasa with all of us.

The food was great! Literally 101 types of food, including 2 racks of lamb.

Bila dah almost habis time berbuka.. about 11pm, orang pun dah takde, we were the last ones there, Rayyan actually helped the waiters kumpul botol-botol mineral water kosong and buang dalam plastik sampah diorang... hahaha and he was happy doing it!

At one time he actually had 7 bottles with him. Yang lawaknya bila dia lari tergedek-gedek pi cari botol and kumpul, panjat meja and give to the waiters, and then lari tergedek-gedek lagi dengan kepala botak dia... haha lawak gila...

Now, occasionally, he would say.. "Papa, see my hair is growing!!"

When I ask if he wants to cut his hair again... he said.. NO!

Rayyan and his Seashell

These photos were taken months ago, before Rayhana was born (and Rayyan still got hair!! hehe). Saja nak upload gambar lama-lama daripada tersimpan kat laptop ni hehe.


That's Rayyan and Seashell the Ikan Laga...

One good thing about this ikan laga is that it's VERY low maintenance. A friend of mine Shazmin who bought fish about the same time we did accidentally left it 4 whole weeks without food and it's still alive!! Talk about low maintenance, huh?!!

Well this fish of ours eats at least 2 times a day. Initially we bought 2 small bottles of palletes but somehow I misplaced one of them. So bila pallete dia dah habis, I was too lazy to go to pet shop to get a similar one, so I just went to Giant and bough the generic tropical fish pallette. Slightly bigger, but small enough to fit Seashell's mouth.


Seashell ni satu hal... mengada-ngada. She (or he?) will only eat fresh palletes.. which are still crunchy within seconds they touch the water. Yang dah lembap2 after 5 seconds tu dia tak layan dah... so tu yang buat air dia cepat berkeladak.


So now, I only splash in very little amount of palletes so that dia boleh habiskan within seconds and stop feeding him. I know this fella is always hungry 'coz this fishy would jump for food at the next feeding time. Hahaha.. didn't know this fishy could jump... haha

Some of you guys may know about my "geliness" with any animal that moves... haha well.. same with the fishes, when it's time to tukar air.. haha

Ja used to do that. But ever since dia tengah sarat nak beranak, I took over... TERPAKSA. So I scooped Seashell out of her bowl every 4-5 days... hahaha I faced my geliness, and now dah tak geli dah.