Caught in Action!

While uploading several pics to my facebook, I caught him red-handed. Silently he is mimic whatever I do. Acting like he knows what he's doing, Danial is very serious typing on the keyboard.

Danial... what are you doing?

I'm doing my homework ummi...

Hmm.. how to write an essay on "Why Pocoyo's mother is always not around?"

Ummi, pls dont bother me..I am trying to finish my assignment here.. !

Babies Days Out

Yesterday we went to Lokawi Zoo. As usual the kiddos are very excited to see all the animals yg selalunya diorang tinguk d TV jak. This is the 3rd time we went to the zoo, and this time they were enjoying the animals encounter with their cousins, Syakir and Aisyah.

Group pic before entering the zoo..it was very hot, even it's only at 10am

The kiddos are very happy to ride the so-called train.

Syakir: Abah, napa train ni tiada kuar asap?
AbahSyakir: Oooh.. sebab ni train guna enjin petrol.

Senih with Aisyah and Danial and Me

One happy elephant

...and one happy boy...Syakir

It was fun seing the elephant being fed, but the tiger was seems unhappy maybe because it was alone in the cage.

one happy girl with the sad tiger

The sun bear

This afternoon, we plan to have Ladies Days Out pulak. Will go for a facial with the sisters, Senih and Ida.

Autism

Just finished marking for one subject... Will continue to the next one.. In the mean time, I took a break before starting on the next paper. It is almost 2.15 am. I went to the kitchen. Treat myself with mee segera and a cup of coffee. Hope it can make the sleepy head away for another couple of hours. I switched on the tv. It was CSI Las Vegas, which I already watched. So, I decide to watch Oprah instead. It is about the Autism.

When come to kids, I am very sensitive. My eyes start to masuk abuk when I saw the parents sharing their stories about how to raise their autism kids. The discussion of parents talking about the heartbreak at their special children and the devastation this disorder has caused for these families. But not only that, they also talked on how it changed their life, become more patient and see things in a different perspective.

Autism is said to be mystery. 1 out of 150 baby is prescribed with autism in US. I am not sure the statistic in Malaysia. It is a difficult challenge that seems to just go on and on. It is scary to think that how would you deal with the fact when you have autism kid, and even scarier when you see their development is very slow, can't take care of themself. The worst case is
the isolation parents feel from other parents who are raising neurotypical children. Raising awareness can help lessen that feeling of being alone. If we can't help to lift the burden of these parents, it is really helpful if only we can try to understand their situation.



How to know the kid is autism? According to the physician (cant remember the name) in the Oprah's show, there are three things that we need to be aware of:

1. The language development - by 12 months, baby should start mumbling
   
2. Social interaction - show interest when you call out his name, pointing at something to attract ur attention
   
3. Physical behaviour - do they have some repetative behaviour? Eg. always bang his hand on the wall without any reason.

This website is good for more info on the sign of Autism .

In Malaysia, there is not enough effort to increase the awareness of Autism. It is important to create the awareness so that we know how to handle and face it if one has been diagnosed to have Autism. It also a great help if we can understand the kid when dia buat perangai at public. So we will not stare at them or marah2 bila dia buat bising di supermarket kaa..

I remember last semester my Entrepernuer student chose to sell book mark and put some words about Autism and share their keuntungan with the Persatuan Autism KK.

Ok, I need to continue marking..

Lost

Yesterday, Sal and I went to a food court near library to have our breakfast, when we bump into Leyana. We asked her whether Farah has delivered her baby, it was almost some time since we talked to Farah.

Ley : Oh, kesian dia.. baby nya meninggal dalam perut.
Me n Sal : Apa??! Meninggal? Aduuh.. kesiannya.. Bila?
Ley: Kamu tidak tau? 2 hari before due date dia bersalin. Itu baby tidak bergerak2 dlm perut, bila p hospital, dr kata tu baby sudah tiada.

I almost cried hearing the news. Farah is one of our colleague in the IT service department. I really feel the hurt. That was her second pregnancy. Her first pregnancy was a twin. However they were having this kind of disease - one baby is taking all the nutrition from another baby. (is that TTS). She and her hubby went to Australia to get some treatment. At the 6th month of her pregnancy, she lost the babies. Yes, both babies.

I still remember, Farah was so happy when she found out she was pregnant for the second time.

Farah: Kak, aku pregnant lagi!
Me : Iya? Wah, bestnya. Tahniah, berapa bulan sudah?

My heart is with her. Kuatkan semangat, Farah. Tentu ada hikmah disebaliknya. Moga damai mereka di sana.
Three stillborn babies..? I want to cry...