Preparation

Posted by Ibunoor in Family First | 8 comments

How time flies masyaAllah… my elder’s; Wahbah Zuhayli is starting school tomorrow! Alhamdulillah…

This school I am talking about is a kindergarten… Tadika and Taska Cahaya Ar-Raudhah, Taman Kamariah, not far from our house, somewhere around Setapak (se-tapak; isn’t it just a step far from everywhere?…just joking!). It is just on my way to IIUM and I will be able to drop both of my children there. My initial plan was to leave him to ‘explore’ his own potential at the existing nursery and let him enjoy his childhood… ‘excavate’ his capabilities… and spread his wings of freedom there. As parents, we do not want to expose them to a very early class disciplines and ‘rupture’ their interest in exploring the wonders of childhood. In brief, I just want him to have fun while he can.

I guess he gets enough exposure there, at the existing nursery where he mingles with his other brothers and sisters who are already in kindergarten. These children will be having a pit-stop at the nursery after their classes till their parents pick them up in the evening. It came to my knowledge that he is very interested in helping his brothers and sisters with their ‘school’ work… drawing and colouring away… (luckily, he didn’t tear or accidentally tear the papers up… well at least no complaints of that till their final day there). Otherwise, I should have been hold responsible for his behavior. Thank you ya Allah…

There is one thing I am really worried of… I mean for those ‘transit’ children in the nursery… the children will be boarding a so-called ‘school’ van after their classes at the kindergarten and they will be sent to the nursery by the driver. I talked to some of my friends about this and they too share my sentiment… some ‘expert’ bus or van drivers seemed to drive very fast (maybe in a rush to catch another trip) and you should see when they put their vehicle into a reverse mode…. whammmppp…! Pity all those cute passengers inside. Some that is… but it seemed that I have been bumping into this ‘some’ of drivers… I still believe that it’s only some. I hope so.

I could not imagine my elder’s being in those vehicles… Allah… I am really worried! And that is why we choose to change their nursery altogether and we pick one which has both kindergarten and nursery so that both of my children will be within the same compound; either nursery or kindergarten… in Tadika and Taska Cahaya Ar-Raudhah.

To my children; Wahbah Zuhayli (going to be 4 this year) and Yusuf Zufayri (going to be 2 this year)… hope you will be able to adapt to the surroundings and ‘camouflaged’ with the culture in no time… ibu would really like to home-schooled you both and be with you 24/7… even ayah agrees on this idea… but then, hope one day you’ll understand why we need to sacrifice. Ya Allah… only you know how we feel about this.

We love you both  with all our hearts!

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