Sparkles Montesorri Kindergarten had their year-end concert on November 17, 2007. So far, we’ve went to 3 of them before (2 for Shahira and 1 earlier mid-year concert for Haris). This time round however, it was held at the National Science Centre in Bukit Kiara (a first for them I think).

This was good because Mama never had the chance to visit the National Science Centre prior to this; and now she gets to go in for free!

Expectedly, Haris was very excited about the concert months in advance. A couple of weeks before the actual date, he would ask Papa everyday, on the way to school- “Is the Concert on this Saturday?” Much like the Petronas ad- (“Burung apa ni, Abah?” “Buring Murai.”), Papa answered his questions patiently each time…. over and over.

So, the day of reckoning has finally arrived. The whole thing was themed- “At the Zoo”. For the intro song, all the kiddies wore animal headgears and sung “We’re Going To the Zoo… zoo… zoo… How about you?…”

Haris was an elephant, and seemed to enjoy performing very much. All in all, the whole affair was quite lengthy and they broke it into 2 performances each for each segment- one for the daycare and the other for the kindie kiddies. But to be sure, everyone was very cute in their own way. There was this one girl, who refused to sing or do the dance moves, but still will go on stage everytime. She’ll just shake her hear when the teachers prompt her to sing and dance.

Apart from the intro, they went into ditties like- Rasa Sayang Eh, Ke Ren Lai, some short plays, and even did the Macarena! The kindie kids had to do a poem recital about them learning while playing. Haris had the following lines he had to recite with his partner, Nur Ain: -

“When you see me cooking or tasting food
Please don’t think I’m just playing
I’m learning to see the differences
I may be a chef one day.”
He also played a doctor when it was someone else’s turn to recite. Morale of the story is parents should let their kids play, as its part of their learning process. Wished the same argument can be used when Papa is playing with the Wii!

This time round, the teachers wanted the parents to also participate at the end. Parents had to do the Macarena for their kids. Luckily, Papa’s spider sense tingled before the announcement, and he took the now fidgety Alisha out of the concert hall to look at the kids’ handicrafts. Heh heh!

They served some light refreshments before everyone went off to explore the exhibits and experiments abound. Mama was delirious with excitement- worse than the kids. Leaping from one experiment to the next, trying them out… hee hee hee… a slight exaggeration… only.

Being Government funded, the facility was not strangely government-like in operation. 5ish, and it was closing time (on a Saturday!). No announcements… no apologies… lights out literally. It was a very disappointing end to a somewhat exciting day for the kiddies (and not to mention Mama)

Hee hee hee…

Papa has been a bit preoccupied with Facebook, that he has neglected to post here. Nevertheless, due to some demand and lots of reminders, updates will come within this couple of days. Promise!

Anyway, right now is the School holidays- at least for Shahira, as Haris’ kindie still has till the end of the week.

As a bit of a preview of posts to come- Shahira has done well in the end of year exams at both her Sekolah Kebangsaan and Sekolah Agama. She even got a towel (and a medal) from Sekolah Agama Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan to show for it

Now, she’s demanding a new bike from Papa. Which has got Haris going- he’s asking for a scooter and a new bike. “Papa, why it takes you so long to fix my bike… ha Papa?”

He just had his concert last Saturday at the National Science Museum in Bukit Kiara, so we all got to go look around for free afterwards. It was Mama’s first time there, and she was worse than the kids at trying out the experiments there.

As for Alisha, she has declined to have a baby brother on account that she doesn’t want to give up her sleeping privileges on Mama and Papa’s bed. She was all for it until she was informed of the potential new sleeping arrangements if there’s a baby.

Otherwise, she is also entrenching herself more to Papa by now allowing the old man to hug her when she’s sleeping and also sleeping tight next to Papa (giving Mama all the room in the world and Papa a few inches from the edge). But that’s a very small price to pay for the privilege of her not screaming every time Papa holds her before she dozes off. Yea!!!!

Oh! Yeah! Papa even forgot to give a shout out to Mama for her birthday last November 4! So a loud “BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAMA”! to you. However, her pressie could not be belated. Mama was very selfish this year and used up Papa budget for the kiddies presents… and then some .

So lotsa things happening and with the holidays, we can all expect the tom foolery to escalate! Save us! (especially with Bibik going off on holiday for a month!)

In the mean time, should you fancy a game of Scrabble on line, you can find Papa (most times) on Facebook. Just follow the link on the sidebar. And, oh! If you haven’t joined up, please do so and add me (not Mama) as a friend.