Bola sepak

Semalam ada dua game. Satu game utk tentukan tempat kedua dan ketiga. Satu lagi utk yg ketiga dan keempat. Kemenangan game pertama itulah yg sangat 2diharapkan. Anakku yg sorang ni nak menang sangat. Dah empat tahun main bola dengan kelab disini. Dah tenguk seaneka game kat TV. Dah berlatih macam2 trick. Dah besungguh2 berlatih kat belakang rumah. Bercita-cita tinggi bila dah besar nak main dgn kelab kat europe. Aduhai anakku..... Semuga cita2 mu tercapai.

Dah la temperature sejuk. Dekat nak paras beku. Yg dia.... tak sejuk mama. Panas lagi berpeluh katanya. Pakaikan baju panas dibawah jersey, ditolak lengan baju kesiku.... lengan baju ganggu konsentrasi. Muka serius je. Game bermula. Badan budak2 team yg satu lagi, kus semangat, besar ya amat. Team anak aku badan chekeding semuanya. Kena langgar dgn budak2 badan besar melayang.

Lepas dua gol baru team anak aku dapat gol pertama. Masih tak give up bersungguh depa main. Kesian pulak aku tengok. Dah la sejuk nak mati, nak bergerak pun susah. Tapi masih main bersungguh-sungguh sebab nak menang sangat2. Lepas tu other team dapat gol lagi satu. Aku dah tak larat nak tengok. Parents lain masih bagi kata perangsang dari sideline. Yg bagus nye parents dari team yg dah nak menang ni pun bagi kata2 perangsang kat team anak aku. Anak aku masa coach ganti dgn pemain lain, duduk kat bench menangis, tapi tak obvious sangat la, dah tak boleh tahan air mata dia meleleh, sian aku tengok. Dua2 coach dtg pujuk.

Team anak aku dapat satu lagi gol. Bila dah nak habis team satu lagi dpt satu lagi gol. Penat aku yg tengok itu belum main lagi. Adui..... lepas habis game, kami pegi makan, sepanjang perjalanan dalam kerete pot pet pot pet pujuk anak supaya belajar menghadapi kekalahan. Setiap permainan mesti ada yg kalah dan yg menang. Problem nye team dia sepanjang season ni tak pernah kalah. Coach pulak sangat percaya dgn kebolehan dia. Itu yg dia rasa keciwa sangat.

Anakku sayang, masa depan dan hidup ini akan menjanjikan cubaan, kekalahan dan kemenangan yg lebih hebat. Harapan ibu kau akan tabah mengharungi segalanya. Aku tanya dia, dengar tak mama terjerit-jerit kat sideline tadi. Dia kata dia fokus pada bola je, I thought it was all silent, katanya. He was in 'the zone'.

Mo Amer

This guy is really good too. My kids fell of the chair laughing at many of his jokes in Allah Made Me Funny video. They can totally relate.

Poet Daughter

Just like to share daughter latest accomplishment as a poet.
http://www.peevishpenmancontactus.blogspot.com/ This site reprinted two of her poems, one on each side.
http://www.muslimamericangirls.com/09_10oct.html This site published her poem for the second time now. All the way at the bottom.

macam-macam

Four-year-old neighbor's son told my kids not to come close to him because he was sick with ----something. My youngest son ran into the house and told me W has amnesia! I asked him if he was really sure thats the disease W had. He said yes and widen his already big eyes as if I am the one with amnesia.

Son number two came into the house and announced to me that W has ammonia and half of his lung is full of water! Okaaay....I can sure smell ammonia in the air at this rate of weirdness that I have encounter!!!!!!!

Finally tween daughter came in and nonchalantly announced to the whole house that W has pneumonia. That sounds more like it.

Son number two is not feeling to well today. His team is in the soccer tournament this week and in the morning temperature can dip into the the 40s and 50s F. Plus it is not helpful when someone thinks that wearing a long sleeve shirt under the soccer jersey is not cool...... eeeemmmm

Send him to Sunday school anyways........ an hour later receive call from school asking to pick the sick son up because he is sick. He is now blissfully resting, while watching his favorite European soccer tournament on TV.

Kitty where are you?

Our kitty Shadow has been quiet adventurous these days. She leaves home at 7am and only shows up around midnight. Meowing a pityful meows asking to be let in. Once inside she doesn't even look at you. I am starving.... I am starving.... no time to say hi ok.... she walks straight to where her food is. Spoil kitty! She is neutered but I am still thinking to impose a 24-hr curfew. I know she'll miss her daily excursion, birds to sneak up to, boyfriends and girlfriends to play with. But I can't afford the constant thought of, "where could Shadow be?", gnawing in my brain. I have other stuffs to worry about.

Kids start school tomorrow. Another year, hopefully things go as smoothly as possible. They are getting older, schooling becomes more important. Too much pressure to perform at such young age. I wish the world stops competing and start cooperating more. The competition will never end and so does pressure and stress. Cooperation will take us further, helping and sharing, is more empowering and inspiring to the spirit and soul. I am tired of competition. Let's just live modestly and quit wanting more stuff. They are all the same anyways!