ok, so this isn’t as romantic as that john legend song, you know, the one about kissing underneath the stars and not caring about going too far in public, etc. (seriously, where got time to be romantic nowadays?? ceh.)
…
so, every place we go to now has to fulfil a certain criteria.
the first question we’ll invariably ask is: “is it family-friendly?”
whenever we go to restaurants and other eateries, the first thing we look for are high chairs for The Royal Highness. if they do not furnish us with one, we’d scoff at them with a “huh! so un-family-friendly!” rant and turn away with our noses in the air. (hey, if simpang bedok/hawa restaurant/et al have them, you air-conditioned food courts should jolly well have them too.)
shopping malls are judged by whether they have nursing or diaper-changing rooms. if they make us go through an entire maze of escalators and fire escape routes without finding even a broom closet with a handwritten cardboard sign that says “Baby Room”, we’d throw our hands up in the air in exasperation and nevermore swipe our visa/master/nets cards there again.
anyway, back to the park.
it can’t get any more family-friendly than this.
(well, in the day-time, anyway. come night-time, i’m sure other kinds of ‘family-making activities’ take place… *cue that john legend song*)
wide open space, green grass, blue sky, balls, bicycles, and best of all… horseys and ponies! wahhh… (yes, i AM very jakun like that. lol)
you know, i don’t think i did or went out much as a child. my parents aren’t exactly the outdoors sort, and i didn’t have anyone to run around with. (which probably explains my aversion to P.E and ECAs that required any outdoor activities.) i don’t even remember what toys i had, except girly ones like strawberry shortcake or barbie. i tried asking mum at what age i did what, but she didn’t exactly have a blog or a digital camera or anything back then. :p
so, yeah, i really don’t remember much about my childhood. all those stories other people have about climbing trees, catching spiders, playing chapteh, sound like cliched fairytales to me.
nevermind playgrounds, i was terrified of sliding down the pole, and disgusted by the sand which smelled of cat’s pee.
cycling? can’t!
throw me a ball? i’ll duck!
and you know that game you used to play during recess, where you jump over a string of rubber bands (see, i can’t even remember what it’s called), forgeddit! i was hopeless, and it didn’t help that i was the size of a hobbit child.
my gross motor skills, as you can tell, are almost zero.
but looking at the little boy, i’m amazed. i’m not sure, though, if i should be too smug at the rate they’re developing. i heard something about kids who start walking at an early age being more stubborn or headstrong or belligerent or… something when they’re older. i don’t know. (in any case, i think any stubborn streak should come from me, his motor-challenged mother.)
nevermind. let me be amazed now (“you mean one-year-olds can do THAT??”) and worry later.
i just hope one day he’ll look back and remember the fabulous times he had as a child.
and i’ll look back and remember the fabulous times i had with him.
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itu bende where you jump over a string of rubber bands is called “zero-point” eh? haha i think la coz i remembered u need to say “zero-point” when its ur turn to jump. itu wa pey fav game! and teng-teng also lol!
ahhh i knew someone would help me out with this – ZERO POINT! lol!
ko dulu main netball jugak kan? sporty kan? boleh lompat lompat…
i tak pandai arhh… macam mana korang boleh main tu zero point sampai kepala nye height ha??
haha so betol la ZERO POINT!! ako dulu main macam².. active sia. now main orang je LOL! ahh macam mana kita main eh.. lari jauh² pas tu lompat je lah! or kalo ko tak sampai, u jump and u can hold the string down i think. jom kita main one day nak? LOL!
Another name for the game is yey-yey!I loved that game! Sampai datang sekolah cepat sebab nak main tu game tau! Hehe…
Tapi kalau skarang nak main that game, habis bergegar satu building. There’ll be a hole in the ground. Or I’ll probably end up hospitalised
eh i also cannot cycle ley!!! ahwhwa kental..tried once lepas tu langgar dustbin kat east coast terus phobia!
yeh yeh!! i suka dulu time pri sch!!slalu buat cartwheels for 1 inch!! hahwhwah
skarang dah berat nak buat cartwheels..patah pinggang i!
btw i like the fact that u let aniq do anyting la..like get dirty..run here and there…i tink its great!
ak ah! i remem its called ‘zero point’! i always buy lots of rubber bands just to do this & bring it to school to either play aft school or during recess.. so fun!
eh now tat irris n lynn had mentioned, is it yeh-yeh or zero-point eh? wa sua conpused! hehe but i tot zero-point more commonly used lei…
same same i tink..orang putih zero-point…malay is yeh yeh! waahahaha
waaahhhh korang betol nye TERRER!!
sampai buat cartwheel, beli rubber bands, datang skolah cepat… tsk tsk.
no wonder i dun like to go to school last time… coz i cannot play yey-yey/zero-point!
esah, cakap MAIN ORANG tu pelan-pelan sikit boleh tak… ish! i tau lah u lagik terrer buat tu dari zero point kan? ngahahaa!
nani, kita nye bldg yang buruk ni, sure bergegar one!
lynn, same ah, i got phobia oso since i got dragged by my cousin’s bicycle… brrr… and also, i cannot balance arh! kental seh. :S
and thank you, babe… i always have to think of ways to let him release his abundant energy lah. kids cooped up all day at home tend to be crankier, i think?
len, u dulu main ngan esah ehhh….
ok part this tergelak i hwawhwh “esah, cakap MAIN ORANG tu pelan-pelan sikit boleh tak… ish! i tau lah u lagik terrer buat tu dari zero point kan? ngahahaa!”
jgn cakap kids…i kalau whole day kat rumah pun cranky ah ..but i dun like to get dirty,i like to go shopping only muahahha
zero-point!! ahh…fav game sey….sampai lutut luka2 main itu benda. kalo mak ajak pi umah org kahwin, rewang….i sure very hepi. bukan lah dapat tolong2 tapi dapat members main2 zero point. nanti kocek baju kurung gelombong sebab penuh dgn getah lol!
then …. selak kain tinggi2 (dlm pakai short lah) pastu lari jauh2 nak lompat yg height kepala or skipping….lol! kental siak ako. kalo in sch skip recess carik members main zero point……duit simpan beli getah or erasers.
tak pon main monkey bars or main kejar2 or main pepsi cola 123….or play erasers. u know main eraser kasi golek2 and if your eraser landed on yr opponent’s then his eraser belong to you. lol!
haiz….jgnlah nks da besar mcm maknye….kental! beli suar or skirt with big pockets to keep rubber bands or 5-stones / batu selimbat or erasers bila kuar nak jalan lol!
my mum has always been a neat freak, so i was never allowed to get myself ‘dirty’! mebe also that’s why i’m not much of an ‘explorer’? ni macam psychoanalysis plak…
ha ngkau aliyah, sumer games keluar, pepsi cola 123 (?!) lah, eraser lah, batu selembat lah…
quite versatile eh!
kalau boys, i’m guessing it’s bola bola bola! borrrrinnnggg.
ya eraser!!!! i also quite good in it i must admit whahawhwa!..those were the days haizzzzzzzzz..
wahahahhahaa! yey-yey or zero point, what’s in the name? janji tu game best sua. gua pon peberit you. wakaka kental siak. then hor, last time primary school gua pon anak hobbit macam korang2 jugak. betol bedah, gua dah masok sec sch baru ada growth spurt, terus jadik giant macam sekarang ni. hehe. anyway, sebab gua kecik and pendek kan (macam takleh imagine gituk kan?) so kena creative lor masa time lompat yang level paling tinggi tu. macam orang main sepak takraw pon ada. alah, stunt yang kaki kat atas, kepala kat bawah tu lah janet. fun fun fun!
btw, i pon nak nenok anak pony, tapi paris jauh sehhhh …. haiizzzz ….
huahuahuahuahuah hana! kesian ko ehhh…tak tau ride bicycle….!!
tapi takpe, AKO PON TAK TAU!!!!! huahuahahuahhahauha!!!! *hi5*
dulukan…hehehe…ako main skate-board….hahahaha! lepaksss saks! itu zero-point, monkey bar pon ako bedal…..!
hmmm…apa lagi eh? ahhh…primary school ako suka PE, tapi sec tak suka, sbb kena lari 2.4km and x-country….leceh ahhhh!!!
Aah.. dot-org dah up! Alhamdulillah!
Bestnyer main2 kat park! Looks so very very fun
Nabil’s turning out to be quite an outdoors budak too. Pantang nampak mak dia pakai tudung, he’ll get all squeal-y, squirm-y and scream-y, as in “Nak kluar! NOW NOW NOW!” Cheh..
I’m so very waiting for the day when he’s a tad mobile (and less tetek-dependent) so that I can heret him and Quinny wherever without waiting for the chauffeur. Heh. Dah lama tak duduk dalam gerabak MRT nyah..
Can’t help myself from laughing at all these comments. Teringat zaman dulu. Lagi lagi part eraser. Wahaha.
Korang lupa nak mention main game set set set mi mi mi.. mi mi mi arifasomi… fa fa fa entah apa lagi aku takut salah type nanti korang ketawakan aku. haha. I was so expert at that game. Kalau challenge dengan kawan, nanti yang lain lain semua kerumun around me macam aku superstar. Hahaha.
hana hana guess what?
I dun remember playing much at the playground either coz of the sand, the slide and what else they have there that might be infected by ‘germs’. playground dulu2 tak mcm playground sekarang hor.
zero-point tu.. saya main playcheat version. haha alaaa I get to touch the rubberbands and pull them down before going over them. playcheat kan!!!
cycle can forget it too! asyik jatuh aje~ FRUST SIOT!
Anyway its ok … our kids will get to do all of them and much more. Lucky them.
heh! hana’s entry on the parrkkk dah melencong jauh….
but nevermind….i wanna add one more bit. remember the string which was tied like a big loop then u thread thru fingers? 2 players. then u start like weaving your fingers thru the fingers of the 1stplayer and then u came out with diff versions and the game continues till the string got entangled or tak-menjadi….haiz! lupa lah nama game tuh..
another kental game i used to like playing during class while waiting for the teacher to come …. lol!
ohh i know i know, i think i was quite good at that (my fine motor skills are way better than my gross)… first buat letter A, lepas tu tukar jadi star, lepas tu apa benda lagik kan… hehee… tak tau ah apa nama!
haaa, misa & herda *hi5* tak tau cycle, lol! mebe when we teach danial, aini and aniq, we shd also learn at the same time arh… ada tricycles for adults tak??
and fwaahh misa, ko lagik terrer eh, MONKEY BAR?! lol! tak padan kecik… si hobbit child ie. me, ni, haiii, nak naik tu ladder pon seram, hahhaha.
btw, 2.4 SUX!!!
kak lynn, i think that set set set era was before out time lah, ngaahaha! eh, imagine eh our kids, when they look back on their pri/sec sch, they will be remembering things like X-box, PS2….
red, you can do it! ouhhh and btw, i want to story about aniq’s in-tek-pendence! i’ve hung up my pumps and cut down on BF, even the before-tidur-at-night ones! only once when i come home from work, he’ll whine for it, but won’t suckle for long coz dah kenyang makan dinner.
and yahh i havent been on the mrt for so long too, i think i shd venture out too, naik lemak seh!
kak m, u dun bluff hor, YOU? HOBBIT CHILD?? no. way.
Mak! set set set era is way before your time??? Tua nyer aku! uwaaaah!!!
Eh tapi kan, itu set set set my daughter pun main tau sekarang. Only different version a bit. And they even changed the lon-chiam-pass (scissors paper stone) to ROTI PRATA CHAR KWAY TEOW! wahahaha…
Ak ah betul the comments dah melencong jauh dari entry title. Lagi lagi aku yang merepek ni :p
yah! i dun even know how to play set set set mi mi mi leh. :S
deprived nye aku.
and i think i also didnt play masak masak, coz… i can’t cook!
Aiyah … Hana, you give new meaning to the phrase “catch no ball”. Haha!
I used to play all those games you girls played u know? Teng2, zero point, pick-up-sticks, etc. and I was pretty good at it. Of course, as I grew older, I moved on to more rough and tumble games like football and sliding down slides on my back, head first.
And by the way, I was a late bloomer when it came to cycling. I only learnt to ride a bike after my A levels!
i thk the zero-point game during pri sch days followed smwat like a “season”…macam buah durian jugak, ada musim ..hahhhah
sbb bila satu grp of girls started playing it during recess, then ada la grp2 lain ikut…kalau tkde org start, takde yg main pulak…
ahhaha best nyer kenang masa silam
hana nanti kalau kita ter-jumpa kita main set set set mi mi mi kejap k
kesian u..tapi i pun tak ingat sangat ahhah
i was thinking am i a berserak kid last time? coz now i v lazyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to kemas my house waahahaa
tricycle for adults? U wait long2 ah.
The most we ride on tandem bikes with our other halves with our kids cycling way infront of us racing each other. Bila mau game dah nie mcm!?!
haha
i think we stick to err, stationary bikes sudah lah.. :p
i asked my mum again yesterday to confirm what kinds of toys i played with, and she confirmed that i didn’t have a lot of toys, mostly hand-me-down books (from my brother) and a pen (coz i liked to conteng-conteng on my legs, sib baik dah besar tak buat tattoo hehe).
Bah..!! ehh set set mi mi gua expert..!! Same goes for zero point & batu selembat & pepsi cola..!! Masak² lagi gua pebret & barbie doll. Bicycle pun gua expert.. haha. Tak tau naik pun gua naik jugak sampai lebam² seh… & I am 1 of those suka panjat² at the playground.. & play wif the sand. Hee..!! I had a very exciting childhood with some battle scars to show.
Eh ya 2.4 sux..!! kiter tak pernah pass tau..!! Lari mcm budak sempot…!! Kental..!!
ohh I oso gt play tis game i dunno wat tau bt it goes like, “abc, a atas…b bawah… c depan.. d belakang… celi celi loncampas..! LOLOL!!! Oh & 1 more. “My mother went to market to buy hankerchief. What colour do you want.” Haha kekadang game dia mcm tak make sense..bt apa nak buat…
Ooohh abis tu kan.. I play itu monkey bar sampai jatuh & twisted my arm or did I break it ehh.. Entah lah all i remember my hand was in a cast BUT still main² pat swimming pool tau..!! Sampai bapak kiter marah..!! Hee..!! Ish if my kid degil like me pengsan ahh..!