Friday, November 28, 2008

Anas's Graduation & Our Holiday Dilemma

Anas's Graduation

I should have written earlier about Anas's Graduation Night. It was really sweet & charming. The concert was so adorable with 3-year olds dressed in animal costumes!! I love pre-school concerts! Anas performed in a few song & dance but the most special performance was his solo poem recital. When his name was called to recite the poem, he looked so tensed that I thought he would chicken out! Thank God he quickly got over it & spoke clearly although he didn't look happy at all - siap muncung sedepa :-D haha! I was so proud of him! 

Anas & Friends - Baru Pre-school pun dah 
pakai graduation gown!

Anas reciting his poem - with a pout

Pom-Pom dance - they had so much fun :-)

Our Holiday Dilemma

What are we doing with the kids for the School Holidays? Well, we cancelled our earlier plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland as Adlan did badly in his final exams & we specifically told him that the trip will be cancelled if he did badly. It's a matter of principle. However, we had to reconsider our decision not to go anywhere at all as Adlina & Hakim did really well in their final exams (Adlina actually got a prize for highest in English - she got 100%). It wouldn't be fair to penalize them for something that Adlan did or didn't do. Anyway, thinking back, Adlan did make us proud this year with his other school activities (his choral speaking team won first in State & he was in the Petrosains Actology drama which won 3rd prize at National level). Susah betul jadi parents ni.. we want to teach our kids good values but sometimes we are faced with dilemmas..

So, after much deliberations, we decided to take them to Bangkok instead. Flights were booked & schedules planned. Zaharim & I went to Kino @ KLCC last week to get the necessary Guide Book & spent some time together planning. We are so excited about the trip & the kids are ecstatic! 

UNFORTUNATELY, yesterday Bangkok declared a state of emergency on its 2 airports as they are barricaded by protesters who are not happy with the present Thai government!! YIKES!! Of all times, why now??

Now we are in a REAL dilemma.. Our trip is in 2 weeks. Nak pergi ke tak pergi Bangkok ni... HELP!!! 

8 comments:

Fao said...

aiyo dilla,
kensel jer....don't take the risk. having said that; houssam and I still balik Beirut walaupun ada letup sana sini. But Houssam orang sana, we know where NOT to go. And of course the French Embassy is just behind our place in Beirut. So we still had evacuation plans if anything happens while we were there. Siap simpan passports all in one place and senang capai...

Adillah A Nordin said...

Hello Fao,
Tu lah. We have decided to cancel the trip. Takut pulak if anything happens while we are there. Don't want to take the risk. Have to change all our plans now..
Anyway, take care in Beirut ok. Keep safe.
Salam to Houssam.

Adelina said...

Hi Mama,
Looks like we won't be able to even go to BangKok :(

<3 Adlina

Adillah A Nordin said...

Yes darling, we have to cancel our trip to Bangkok. But let's just see where we can go for the holidays ok?

bubbles said...

haiyya... manyak suwey oooo..
darn bangkok!!
can get refund or not if u cancel?
kalau tak dapat, hugi lorr...

but, tentu ada hikmahnya... (that's a standard line to pujuk hati...).. :)

cheer up guys.. why don't u all cuti2 malaysia je like me..
get a good hotel & go by MAS (since it's juz local trip), indulge yourselves.. the total cost of an exclusive & executive cuti2 malaysia will still be cheaper than going overseas..

lemme give u some ideas:
e: langkawi
er: sabah
san: sarawak
se: pulau langkawi
oo: kelantan- ala2 rombgn cik kiah
lio: colmar tropicale
ci: genting highlands
pak: penang- got multi language signage maaaa...

;) mmuuahhs.

Adillah A Nordin said...

Hiya Bubbles!

Thank God they gave Credit Refund when I cancelled the Bangkok Trip. Will write more about this in my next posting. Tak rugi la tapi kena pakai untuk future trips with Airasia. Boleh tahan hawau jugak Tony Fernandez ni... Bukan dia nak refund kat dalam creditcard!

But we are definitely going to have a Cuti-Cuti Malaysia. Yang pasti: No riots, No tembak-tembak, No Bom-Bom. Selamat.. Tempat2 yang you bagi cadangan tu, I confuse la: what's the difference between Langkawi (#e) and Pulau Langkawi (#se). hehehe :-D

bubbles said...

oops... mistake!
okay, change #se to: cameron highlands.

nasib baik abang tony bg refund..
berani dia tak bagi, kita bwk broti gi ofis dia. kita serbu lcct, bakau semua plane dia!!!

;)

Adillah A Nordin said...

Hahaha :-D Bubbles, u r so da funny la.
Bawah sikit je dari Afdlin Shauki, tapi definitely atas dari Saiful Apek!