Ear Wax, not a trivial matter

Amir will undergo a minor operation at 9.00 am this morning. Why ? Coz telinga dia tersumbat. Ada ear wax. Our attempts to remove it were futile due to his constant violent twists and turns accompanied with loud shrieks. At one point, he was franticly going,"Promise Mak, Amir tak buat lagi.", thinking he must have done something wrong to deserve this.

So, his mum brought him to the expert, an ENT specialist. She also surrender to Amir’s squirming and fidgeting and decide on the minor operation. Terpaksalah mak dia bermalam kat hospital sehari. Esshh!!! Bertuah betul lah budak ni. Nasib baik doktor ENT tu cun.

Ratchet : Mai sini !!! Nak check taik telinga.
Wheeljack : TAK MAU !!! GELI LAHH....

What can you find in the forest ?

While waiting for a green light at an intersection, I try to distract Amir and Adibah from fighting with each other in the car by asking them some questions

Abah  : Look. What can you see ?
Amir  : That's a forest, Abah. (Actually, just some trees and bushes)
Abah  : Okay. What can you find in the forest ?
Amir  : Monkey, Snake and Dinosaur.
Mak   : Ohh... You can see dinosaur in the forest.
Abah  : Dibah, what can you find in the forest ?
Dibah : Purple Cat !!!
Abah  : Lagi.
Dibah : Green Cat ..hmm.. Yellow Cat ..hmm.. Red Cat .. (Not sure if the traffic light has anything to do with her answer).

- Me, Grimlock say Dinobot go hide in jungle.
- Slag want to find purple cat.

Password, please ?

We're locking all cartoon channels on Astro to control the kids from watching too much TV. Besides, we're just starting to teach Amir to read. One day, Amir got hold of the remote and tried his luck to break the password to unlock those channels. After he had exhausted the three attempts, it prompted "Next try in 30 minutes". I wanted to laugh at what happen next. Amir entered "30" as the password repeatedly. Finally, he gave up and asked me, "Abah, TV kata use three zero. Apasal tak boleh ?". His mother teased him, "If you can read, you'll know that's not the password."

Banyak sangat nombor, mana satu untuk password ni ?

Burung Tukang

One day, Amir showed me a picture.

Amir : Abah, what is this, abah ?
Abah : That's a toucan.
Feeling excited, he went to show it to his mom.
Amir : Mak, this is burung tukang, mak !!
Abah : Toucan, Amir.
Amir : Hah !! Yes, mak. Burung tukang.

Guess what ? There's a "Burung Tukang" which is the Malay word for "NightJar". "Toucan" is a type of "Burung Enggang".

Siapa suruh ....

This conversation occurs this morning. Amir had just completed his first week of school for 2009. He started last September and just had a long break in December.

Amir : Why Amir have to go to school, mak ?
Mum  : Because, your school holiday is over.
Amir : Holiday ??? But Amir didn't go anywhere.
Abah : There's no money for holiday.
Amir : Apasal ? 
< Asking more since he's not satisfied with the answer. >
Abah : Because, I spend the money buying Ben 10.
Amir : Siapa suruh ... 
< Usually, he will go on "Siapa suruh buy Ben 10 ?". However he suddenly paused, realizing those Ben 10 stuff is for him. >

p/s: The Transformers caricature are from Matt Moylan's drawings.

Car Wash

This morning, just as Amir is getting out of the car, to his SmartReader class.

Amir : Abah ..., Esok Amir wash car Abah.
Abah : Wash car abah. Why ?

I'm expecting him to say he want to "cari duit" coz I told him if he wants more Ben10 figures, he has to do some work to get the money. However, he suprises me.

Amir : Car Abah dirty.
Abah : hmm...OK.
Amir : First, Amir pi school dulu.

Rendang Ayam Nani

Nani masak Nasi Tomato dan Rendang Ayam untuk Raya. Amir really likes rendang Nani sampai kuah dia pun licin. Everyone was surprise, including the chef, since this is the first time Amir's having rendang. Semua takut dia tak habis makan pasal rendang tu spicy sikit. Abah pun setuju ngan Amir, rendang Nani memang sedap !!!

5 years and counting ......

It has been 5 years and counting, but we still can't get a good picture of the family together during Hari Raya. It's no wonder that Mak keeps insisting me to take us all to the photo studio.

Raincoat by Borders ???

Borders is expanding their business to weather the current economic crisis.

Berebut "Ben 10" dengan Amir

This just happen before Amir goes to bed tonight.
FYI, Ben 10 is Amir's favorite cartoon. Adibah like it as well.

Abah : Amir ada Wildmutt, XLR8, Cannonbolt ngan
       Benwolf. So, Amir ambik dua, Abah dua.
Amir : No, Abah ... Amir dua, Amir dua. (2+2=4)
Abah : Abah dua, Amir dua.

The last two lines were repeated a couple of time.
And then ....

Amir : Not fair ...
Abah :(speechless)
Mak  : Huh ... (terkejut sama)

Amir tried out for Transformers' casting

Here's Amir Hamzah trying out for the role of Megatron, Bumbleebee and Blackout before Michael Bay told him that they would prefer using CGI instead.