Sunday, May 13, 2007

Mother's Day

Mother's day is here. My hubby punya murah hati tahun ni tak tahu apsal tetiba bukak mulut nak belikan aku sehelai blouse sempena mother's day. Ok la tu. Orang tua tua kata rezeki jangan ditolak. Lepas tu dia cakap nak carikan baju untuk our daughters pulak. Dah jumpa baju kakak then nak cari baju adik pulak. Problemnya si adik ni bila dah nampak mainan dekat shopping kompleks dia jadi cam tak tentu arah. Beriya ajak main. Bila aku tanya nak beli baju tak selamba jer dia jawab, Tak Nak! Aku beritahu dia kakak dah dapat satu adik tak nak ker? Dia geleng. Babah dia tanya sekali lagi nak baju yang mana dia boleh tunjuk satu T-shirt penuh dengan gambar dan tulisan "I Love Cakes!" Gambar cake di baju tu memang terserlah sangat sangat. Both of us geleng kepala. Suka benor dia dengan makanan, even baju pun ada motif makanan. I have her pic taken masa dia tengah selongkar tudung saji. Tapi aku tak sempat nak transfer ke pc. Still dalam camera. Biasa ler aku ni bab bab gambar ni memang slow sangat nak deal with. Tidak menjadi minatku la. Ada atau tak sama jer....tak de makna hehehe. Kalau ada sesiapa yang nak tolong transferkan, kecil tapak tangan nyiru aku tadahkan.

Back to adik, she is a unique person la. Her teachers call her teletubbie. Just looking at her you can understand why. Last week she watched "Tentang Bulan". Everyday she's been asking me when that movie will be on air again coz she wants to see her fav character - Bulat in there. She also can imitate the way Bulat shake his tummy.

Kakak in contrast would maintain her feminine character most of the time. When we went to buy groceries and some toiletries she would remind us to buy her silkygirl roll on perfume. Hmm ni babah dia la yang ajar dia pakai bende ni. So she has started using it and would want to maintain it. Jangan esok esok high maintenance sudah. Aku tak nak membayornya. Pastu pandai pulak ngajor budak budak pompuan lain kat nursery pakai silkygirl facepowder tu. Itu ler babah dah start belikan nanti kene la dok membelikan.

Ada dua anak yang contrast perangai ni kelakar ada, geram pun ada. Hari hari bergaduh tapi bila diaorg tak berjumpa for few minutes dah tertanya tanya. Bila berjumpa macam setahun tak jumpa tapi pastu gaduh.

But overall being a mother of two daughters really mean something to me. We learn from each other. I cherish every second that i spent with them, even though sometimes i feel like they are really testing me up to the limit. Well i'm a human also. Ada orang kata tak baik mengeluh bila terasa letih jaga anak. Tapi tak leh nak control kadang kadang. Kalau dah memang letih tu memang terkeluar la benda benda yang tak sepatutnya. Yes i admit memang satu tugas yang mencabar untuk balancekan antara kerjaya dan rumahtangga. Kalau ada orang yang betul betul bole sentiasa tersenyum dan takkan merungut penat bila balik kerja dan sampai rumah kena handle budak budak yang of course mana reti duduk diam and then have to do house work without any help from maid or anybody else, aku memang respect la. Bole tak datang rumah aku demo satu hari cemana dia buat semua tu.

Being a mother is the greatest thing that has ever happen to me. It taught me how to be more considerate, patient, not to be self-centred, responsible, tough and other things which i can't describe. These are the things that i would really love to share with my daughters one day.