Ramblings of a Mami of Two

Hakimi is still in his talk-ask-non-stop phase. Why this, why that, how this, how that, who this who that.  He would ask the same question tens of times that sometimes I just had to tell him to stop. Or else I would go mad.  Tonight, in the car on our way home he asked us about sembelih and one question led to another. I gave up about 10 mins into the conversation, while Ach continued answering him. Tiba-tiba I noticed that Hakimi was talking less and less... apparently Ach had turned the table on him, asking him one question after another. Ayah: Kenapa kereta dalam cerita Mr Gru boleh masuk dalam air?  Kimi : Sebab dia tere. Ayah : Macam mana dia boleh masuk dalam air? Kimi : Macam dalam cerita Cloudy 2! Ayah : Kenapa Mr Gru bawak kereta dalam Cloudy 2? Kimi : Tak, dia bawak kereta yang boleh masuk dalam air, sama macam cloudy 2. Ayah : Kenapa mesti masuk dalam air? Kenapa kereta kita tak boleh masuk air? And it went on and on and on until.....

Daddy's boy through and through, this one. One of the mornings Ach made me send Kimi to school so I did. Kimi made face even before we entered my car, asking why am I the one sending him instead of Ayah.  I was fine with that and with him not being happy, until: Kimi : Kenapa mami yang hantar? Mami : Because I want to talk to your teacher. And plus, I miss you.  I was hoping that would stir some emotions but I was wrong.  Nothing happened, there was not even a smile on his face.  Mami : What? Why? Tak suka mami hantar? Kimi : Suka. Tapi suka jugak bila Ayah ada.  Mami : Kimi tak sayang mami ke? (I just HAD to ask) Kimi : Kimi sayang dua-dua. Tapi kalau ayah tu kimi sayang 4. Mami kimi sayang 3.  I felt like my heart was hit by a tsunami so hard it left a hole deeper than Mariana trench. Drama. But then come to think of it, nak terasa pun buat apa? Ach spends more time with him, taking h...

Mami, Kimi nak delete gambar kimi dalam camera tu, yang dekat pool tu, yang kimi sedang bersin tu boleh mami? Kenapa? Sebab kimi buruk. Boleh la mami Kimi nak delete? Tak boleh. Mami rasa comel je gambar tu.  Tapi Kimi burukkkkkk. The picture he was talking about: There were three things he said that I made mental note to write of. Tapi I remember this one the most, simply because, I think it is cute that he is concerned about how he looks. Probably ach has noticed this before, tapi mami being the unobservant person she is, never really paid attention to my son's need to appear hensem.  Sudah reti nak hensem anak bujang Mami ni!  Ah. You grow up too fast honey. 

I was in the bathroom doing my thing. Outside, Hadi was being Hadi, menangis sedih kena tinggal. About three minutes in, I heard Kimi calling me: Kimi : Mami, mami lama lagi ke? Mami : Lama. Kimi : Tapi adik dah menangis. Mami : Takpe biar je. Kimi : Okay mami. Few minutes later... Kimi : Mami, lama lagi ke? Mami : Tak. Nak flush jap. Kimi : Mami, mami tolong laju-laju boleh? Adik dia dah tunggu mami. I felt like dropping whatever I was doing (literally dropping what should be dropped where they should be dropped in... TMI?) , open the door and give my eldest son a big, fat hug. Because I think he's the sweetest brother. I love my son. =)

Quote 3: Mami kerja sini ni, Mami dapat duit ke? / Dapat. / Berapa banyak? / Adalah sikit. / Sikit je?  Said when Mami took him to the office, one of the days when he got sick and skipped school.

Quote 1: Kimi suka la tengok mami ngan ayah peluk macam ni. Kimi rasa happy. He said this when Ach and I were watching TV, and ach had his arms around me. Both kids were playing around us. Quote 2: Mami, mami ni muka macam tua tapi sebenarnya mami muda lagi. Cuba mami pakai *muttered some brand that i've never heard of*, nanti mesti muka mami ni cantik sikit, takde lubang-lubang tu. Rambut tu pun, kalau mami gunting sikit mesti cantik. Happened when we were having dinner together. Broke my heart. Made me feel like locking myself in the shower.

This conversation took place today when we were on our way to tapau dinner: Mami, mami tak rindu kimi ke? Rindu. Habis tu kenapa asyik cakap dengan ayah je? Taknak cakap dengan kimi. T-T Dear Hakimi, It hurts me to not be able to spend as much time as I'd like with you. Sabar ye sayang. Sabar. Ajan via Phone

It's Sunday and I have to work. Well - not work, i have to be present at a training to... just be there.  When I told Kimi of this, his reactions were: Mami : I have to go to work today, Kimi. Kimi   : Ala kenapa mami kena work? Mami takde duit eh? Kimi bagi mami duit ye? Duit dalam tabung kimi banyak! *Cry* I honestly thought that dialogues like this only happen in forwarded emails - written by some super sappy, super imaginative writers. Never thought that it could exist in real life.  My Little Guardian. 

Ayah, kenapa moon tu boleh terbang terbang sana, situ, sana, sini? Taklah, moon tu besar. Dia tak terbang-terbang. Dia stay je situ. Kalau kita pergi mana mana pun dia ada je. Tadi dia dekat rumah. Sekarang dia ikut kita? *Note: we're Travelling in the car

... which WILL, undoubtedly land you in awkward moments. Yesterday, Kimi and I went for a train ride. He was ecstatic i tell yah! Lompat sana sini, talking very loudly in excitement ( Mommy! Kita masuk tunnel!; Mommy! Tengok tu kita tinggiiii!; Mommyyy! Lajunyeee train ni!; alright you get the idea ) sampai everyone was looking at him. Attention seeker. Malu wey. At the KLCC station, a lady came in and sat opposite us. The thing about her is... she has, how do i say this, weird teeth? She has one teeth jutting out ( okay i feel terrible already! ). I kinda knew what was gonna happen next, so I prayed; Oh God please conceal my child's eyes of this view and spare me the embarrassment.  I think I had sinned that day because God didn't answer my prayers. It couldn't happen soon enough. Mommy! Kenapa gigi orang tu patah? Kenapa gigi orang tu macam tu mommy? *sambil tunjuk orang tu* Holy crap mana aku nak letak muka aku ni?!!! Aku ...

Kimi : Ultraman, cakap sorry dekat Makngah. Ultraman : Sorry Makngah. Mommy : Apesal Ultraman kena cakap sorry dekat Makngah? Kimi : Sebab Ultraman kopek cat dekat rumah Makngah. Ach and I : ????

I love holidays. It's a perfect time for me to know my family.  In Hong Kong, I learned a lot of things about Kimi. I'll write about them in another post, for this one, I'd like to concentrate on one. I learnt that Kimi is just like his Ayah, when it comes to treating his mom. Even tho husband saya tu selalunya dia memang suka buat muka stone like orang takde perasaan, but one thing about him is he's very loving with his mother. Eh, am I allowed to write about this? Takpe kita belasah je. He kisses his mother every time kitorang balik kampung, he is easy to say sorry, he is very careful not to hurt his mom. He's the opposite of me.  Which is why I am very glad that he's teaching our son to be just like him. During our flight back home, Kimi spilled milo on me and my brand-new white sports shoes. Milo and kasut putih - not good. I got really pissed, prolly because I was tired and suffering from a very sore body from a 5-day vakay (eceh, vakay!). I w...