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Hmm. Sekali lagi abandon pulak post kat blog ni kan.
So straight to the point - mesti musykil kan bila tengok blog title kali ni. :)
Yes.
Lepas Raya haritu, one of my neighbour approached me and asked if I am interested to babysit her kids. So kira kidsitting lah. Both boys. Abang is 9 years old and adik is 6 years old. The routine is easy. Hantar pagi to school. Their school is nearby je around 10 minutes drive across the highway to Cyberjaya.
School finishes at 3.30pm. By the time we got home it would be 4pm dah. Then get the kids to take shower, solat and then come down for lunch. Lunch ni mum diorang dah preparekan and I only have to reheat je. Breakfast and lunch box pun mum diorg dah siap pack kan. After makan, their routine is to get their homework done.
I tanya la kenapa dah tak hantar pergi transit as usual. (I just want to gauge la kan what is going on). The mum said that van mahal and they refuse to send her kids home sebab just the two of them living on this side of the town. Other kids memang dah tinggal di Cyberjaya. Before this the van will pick up the kids from school and then drop them off kat transit place. Transit place ni pulak penuh dengan budak and they don't monitor homework at all. Diorang just....tempat transit while waiting for the kids' parents to pick them up.
I cakap I'll think about it and discuss with the husband dulu.
Husband said that's good, at least bolehlah do something kan? Dah setahun jugak dah I'm unemployed. Probably a good time to get up and do something. Halfway through tu I bercerita dengan kakak kat dobi taman kitorang ni. She said I can ask for RM250-350 per kid. I said ok lah kot. So the next time I jumpa my neighbor ni, I am ready with a figure.
Rezeki itu milik Allah. Alhamdulillah sangat2, the kakak actually offered me way better than the figure I had in my mind. Reason dia? Sebab aku ada degree and this is like way below me punya job. Syukur lah. It's a good offer so I accepted it.
3 September haritu first day of school diorang. A new year for them. Abang is in Year 5 and adik is in Year 2. Everything went well.
Pagi time hantar diorang pergi sekolah tu aku akan ajak diorang borak2. Macam-macam topik yang kitorang borakkan, science, history, geography, general knowledge and their experiences. Yang aku paling suka is ask their opinion on certain things. Sebab, aku tak ingat apa yang aku selalu fikirkan at that age.
Petang pun macam tu jugak. Ajak diorang borak sampai rumah. Mum diorang cakap, before this bebudak tu tido je dalam kereta. Problem is bila dah nap siang (on the way to school) and nap petang (coming back from school) ni, malam diorang lambat la nak tido. Bila lambat tido, lambatla nak bangun pagi kan? That's the challenge before this. Nak suruh bangun pagi sebab confirm akan cranky. Especially adik.
Now they have a steady schedule, by the time aku sampai rumah diorang, they are already in the kitchen finishing breakfast. Sometimes the mum tak sempat nak pack rice dalam lunch box diorang so aku tolong la sikit2. By 5.30pm parents diorang dah sampai rumah. I will report on their progress of the day and convey any notes from the teacher. Then I'll balik dah lah.
One of the day yang aku paling ingat happened like two days ago.
Usually aku drop off diorang je kat bay depan school canteen tu. But on that day, aku kene gi bookshop sekolah tu untuk beli additional exercise book then send him off kat gate kecik tepi administration building.
Salam, lepas tu say bye-bye.
"Okay auntie, bye bye, waalaikumsalam, I love you,"
That's what adik said to me.
Aku respond jugak balik "I love you too!"
On the way balik tu aku rasa sebak. Baru seminggu diorang dah so close to me. Tak tahu la kan aku je yang feeling lebih sedangkan budak tu mamai pagi.
I told his mum about it and the mum said elleh with mama takde plak macam tu.
Truth is, before this the kids ada cakap, its okay auntie Anne can just drop us off kat bay tu sebab mama pun selalu macam tu. Mama nak rush kan takut late to work.
Sedih jugak aku dengar. These kids really look like they crave for attention. But zaman sekarang ni to survive is not easy. So it is really understandable both parents had to work hard for the kid's future.
Private school ain't cheap yo! But I admire their determination to provide to the kids a better opportunity later on in their life.
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Bulan lepas, the visit to the doctor pun not fruitful. Sampai dia tanya, dalam family ada orang stroke ke? Ada orang smoking ke? Aku cakap, neighbor je. Left and right pulak tu. She said please ask them to stop because this is not helping you. (tetiba pulak diorang ni tukar ke vape la kan before I can even find a way to get their wives to help me out). She asked me to come back again this cycle. Malangnya, this cycle coincide with Aidil Adhha and school holidays. My doctor ni memang akan ambil cuti sama macam her kid's school holidays.
So, next cycle it is.
Still hoping.
Tapi ternyata solat Dhuha itu sangat besar manfaatnya.
Now, the babysitting job dah spread among the suris taman ni and taman sebelah, and requests for home tutoring tiba-tiba bertambah. Time aku post ni pun husband tengah tutor anak jiran for Additional Maths and Physics.
Aku tengah study balik Biology jugak before I start tutoring next week. Another request, budak darjah 3, for English and Maths. Another one, primary 3 Science. All estimated to start next week. Revision for end of year exams.
Satu pintu rezeki tutup, banyak lagi Allah buka. It is up to you to grab the chance.
Amiin, Syukran ya Allah.
xoxo
Hmm. Sekali lagi abandon pulak post kat blog ni kan.
So straight to the point - mesti musykil kan bila tengok blog title kali ni. :)
Yes.
Lepas Raya haritu, one of my neighbour approached me and asked if I am interested to babysit her kids. So kira kidsitting lah. Both boys. Abang is 9 years old and adik is 6 years old. The routine is easy. Hantar pagi to school. Their school is nearby je around 10 minutes drive across the highway to Cyberjaya.
School finishes at 3.30pm. By the time we got home it would be 4pm dah. Then get the kids to take shower, solat and then come down for lunch. Lunch ni mum diorang dah preparekan and I only have to reheat je. Breakfast and lunch box pun mum diorg dah siap pack kan. After makan, their routine is to get their homework done.
I tanya la kenapa dah tak hantar pergi transit as usual. (I just want to gauge la kan what is going on). The mum said that van mahal and they refuse to send her kids home sebab just the two of them living on this side of the town. Other kids memang dah tinggal di Cyberjaya. Before this the van will pick up the kids from school and then drop them off kat transit place. Transit place ni pulak penuh dengan budak and they don't monitor homework at all. Diorang just....tempat transit while waiting for the kids' parents to pick them up.
I cakap I'll think about it and discuss with the husband dulu.
Husband said that's good, at least bolehlah do something kan? Dah setahun jugak dah I'm unemployed. Probably a good time to get up and do something. Halfway through tu I bercerita dengan kakak kat dobi taman kitorang ni. She said I can ask for RM250-350 per kid. I said ok lah kot. So the next time I jumpa my neighbor ni, I am ready with a figure.
Rezeki itu milik Allah. Alhamdulillah sangat2, the kakak actually offered me way better than the figure I had in my mind. Reason dia? Sebab aku ada degree and this is like way below me punya job. Syukur lah. It's a good offer so I accepted it.
3 September haritu first day of school diorang. A new year for them. Abang is in Year 5 and adik is in Year 2. Everything went well.
Pagi time hantar diorang pergi sekolah tu aku akan ajak diorang borak2. Macam-macam topik yang kitorang borakkan, science, history, geography, general knowledge and their experiences. Yang aku paling suka is ask their opinion on certain things. Sebab, aku tak ingat apa yang aku selalu fikirkan at that age.
Petang pun macam tu jugak. Ajak diorang borak sampai rumah. Mum diorang cakap, before this bebudak tu tido je dalam kereta. Problem is bila dah nap siang (on the way to school) and nap petang (coming back from school) ni, malam diorang lambat la nak tido. Bila lambat tido, lambatla nak bangun pagi kan? That's the challenge before this. Nak suruh bangun pagi sebab confirm akan cranky. Especially adik.
Now they have a steady schedule, by the time aku sampai rumah diorang, they are already in the kitchen finishing breakfast. Sometimes the mum tak sempat nak pack rice dalam lunch box diorang so aku tolong la sikit2. By 5.30pm parents diorang dah sampai rumah. I will report on their progress of the day and convey any notes from the teacher. Then I'll balik dah lah.
One of the day yang aku paling ingat happened like two days ago.
Usually aku drop off diorang je kat bay depan school canteen tu. But on that day, aku kene gi bookshop sekolah tu untuk beli additional exercise book then send him off kat gate kecik tepi administration building.
Salam, lepas tu say bye-bye.
"Okay auntie, bye bye, waalaikumsalam, I love you,"
That's what adik said to me.
Aku respond jugak balik "I love you too!"
On the way balik tu aku rasa sebak. Baru seminggu diorang dah so close to me. Tak tahu la kan aku je yang feeling lebih sedangkan budak tu mamai pagi.
I told his mum about it and the mum said elleh with mama takde plak macam tu.
Truth is, before this the kids ada cakap, its okay auntie Anne can just drop us off kat bay tu sebab mama pun selalu macam tu. Mama nak rush kan takut late to work.
Sedih jugak aku dengar. These kids really look like they crave for attention. But zaman sekarang ni to survive is not easy. So it is really understandable both parents had to work hard for the kid's future.
Private school ain't cheap yo! But I admire their determination to provide to the kids a better opportunity later on in their life.
------
Bulan lepas, the visit to the doctor pun not fruitful. Sampai dia tanya, dalam family ada orang stroke ke? Ada orang smoking ke? Aku cakap, neighbor je. Left and right pulak tu. She said please ask them to stop because this is not helping you. (tetiba pulak diorang ni tukar ke vape la kan before I can even find a way to get their wives to help me out). She asked me to come back again this cycle. Malangnya, this cycle coincide with Aidil Adhha and school holidays. My doctor ni memang akan ambil cuti sama macam her kid's school holidays.
So, next cycle it is.
Still hoping.
Tapi ternyata solat Dhuha itu sangat besar manfaatnya.
Now, the babysitting job dah spread among the suris taman ni and taman sebelah, and requests for home tutoring tiba-tiba bertambah. Time aku post ni pun husband tengah tutor anak jiran for Additional Maths and Physics.
Aku tengah study balik Biology jugak before I start tutoring next week. Another request, budak darjah 3, for English and Maths. Another one, primary 3 Science. All estimated to start next week. Revision for end of year exams.
Satu pintu rezeki tutup, banyak lagi Allah buka. It is up to you to grab the chance.
Amiin, Syukran ya Allah.
xoxo
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