I must say 2008 has been a pretty good year for us. Well for starters Arian has been doing pretty well in Std 1 at his school St Agnes and finished off at second place in 1 Tekun ( which is second best class) and is now in the best class 2 Cekal next year, thus completely alleviating my concern that kids who come back from schools abroad have problems adapting. He has since been showered with rewards which included a Nerf toy gun from Amon, a pair of trainers, a watch and other stuff from us and his Nenek Mama. Good news is he is presently maintaining his grades at 95% average.
Then Aqeel is growing up to be such much more placcid which is great. I was initially concerned that he was going to be sort of hyperactive but thank God things with him are back to normal just like the times when Arian was a toddler. The thing I notice now is that he is much more responsive to his surroundings but know his limitations. He is also like his brother reading books which is according to my mum rare for a three year old but then well..they are after all MY kids...full stop (haha proud parent) not to mention his playground's my laptop. Last week his teacher at the Chung Hwa Kindergarten which he attends tells me that he has somehow managed to memorize and learn all the chinese words and characters that has been taught. According to Teacher Chung (thats her name) he is presently the only one able to do it; not even his Chinese classmates can at the moment. well syukur alhamdulillah. I have one thing less to worry about.
In two months time it will be our tenth wedding anniversary. We have booked flights to go back to KL for a week where we hope to spend it with Mak and Abah at Gombak. Perhaps we may go to Malacca for a short trip.
Careerwise things seem to be looking up for us.I will soon be needing to look at ptential places for my PhD studies. I have decided that since Harvard is too far for me to go, I will settle for Australia. I have not decided if its going to be Melbourne or Sydney but I am sure it ain't going to be Perth. Andy has been rumored to assume an important position in the university soon, so fingers crossed for him.We had a bit of a scare last February when he went for an ultrasound scan and a kidney lesion showed up which necessitated a trip to the consultant nephrologist, but luckily it wasn't anything serious.
With a bit of luck we will be moving into our new house next year. So now we have to watch our pockets and try to save as much as possible as we need to do stuff for the new house like installing the grill and electric gate , etc etc..money ..money..
I have so much more to write but I will go to sleep now as I am just knackered. Its Saturday night but I can't be bothered watching the telly, so i will just go to bed.
