I now strongly believed that the real reason Amri becoming so gung ho about going to school was that few hours of freedom from me. Definately not because he couldn't wait to score straight As. Couldn't be about making new friends either since first, most of the kids come from ttdi jaya and second, Amri made friends easily that more often than not, my house was a playground for half of ttdi boys under 10. Occasionally he brought back girls but always one at a time.
That few hours of freedom also came with a few ringgits of pocket money. What more could a boy ask? He had so many things to buy in his list that RM2.00 seemed to be not enough...duh. Knowing Amri...I did not let him loose at any shop with money on his own....until now. The nearest he get to buy anything on his own was the occasional purchases I allowed from the ice-cream man. And that was rare. My freezer was always well stocked with ice cream unless during the time Adam was having severe cold/cough.
Well...he seemed to seize this newfound freedom wholeheartedly. Like he's been waiting all his life for this moment. Yesterday, hubby and I decided to see whether Amri would be okay at school canteen. Had a big shock myself. Several hundreds hungry kids, from year 1 to year 3, muscled their way to buy whatever food they could lay their hand on, pushing away anybody who stand on their way. Gosh! Remember jusco members day sale? Or tesco first day sale? It was like that. . Amri was frightened initially. So I resolved to pack his snack from tomorrow onwards. But 10 minutes of staring at the crowd later, Amri seemed to know what to do so he joined the cut-throat scramble at canteen counter. All my six years of lessons to Amri about good manner, queing, waiting your turn etc flew out of window instantly. Hmph!! A few minutes later, he emerged with 2 pieces of nugget. Then back to the mad scramble at drinks counter. Again he emerged with a glass of iced drink, amazingly without splashing half of it on himself. (But how come he sloshed his drink everywhere at home?)
Being a big eater, Amri couldn't be happy with just two pieces of nugget. He wanted the plate of fried mee or better still, chicken rice. But the bell rang and he ran back to his class. Checked at his classroom later and he was not there. *Sigh* But I came across my old schoolmate way back at jenan....Zain Azraie. Wonder how he noticed me despite being 20kg heavier and a metre wider.....
Today, I decided to stalk him during recess time. But I already packed him a chocolate bread and boxed soy bean milk earlier. However, when hubby and I reached there, we were informed that the recess time for Year 1 was brought forward half an hour earlier to avoid yesterday's mad scramble. Well...good I guess.
After school, Amri reported that he ate his choc bread and soy bean, plus he bought a drink and a burger. How did he ate all that within 25 minutes recess time?
That few hours of freedom also came with a few ringgits of pocket money. What more could a boy ask? He had so many things to buy in his list that RM2.00 seemed to be not enough...duh. Knowing Amri...I did not let him loose at any shop with money on his own....until now. The nearest he get to buy anything on his own was the occasional purchases I allowed from the ice-cream man. And that was rare. My freezer was always well stocked with ice cream unless during the time Adam was having severe cold/cough.
Well...he seemed to seize this newfound freedom wholeheartedly. Like he's been waiting all his life for this moment. Yesterday, hubby and I decided to see whether Amri would be okay at school canteen. Had a big shock myself. Several hundreds hungry kids, from year 1 to year 3, muscled their way to buy whatever food they could lay their hand on, pushing away anybody who stand on their way. Gosh! Remember jusco members day sale? Or tesco first day sale? It was like that. . Amri was frightened initially. So I resolved to pack his snack from tomorrow onwards. But 10 minutes of staring at the crowd later, Amri seemed to know what to do so he joined the cut-throat scramble at canteen counter. All my six years of lessons to Amri about good manner, queing, waiting your turn etc flew out of window instantly. Hmph!! A few minutes later, he emerged with 2 pieces of nugget. Then back to the mad scramble at drinks counter. Again he emerged with a glass of iced drink, amazingly without splashing half of it on himself. (But how come he sloshed his drink everywhere at home?)
Being a big eater, Amri couldn't be happy with just two pieces of nugget. He wanted the plate of fried mee or better still, chicken rice. But the bell rang and he ran back to his class. Checked at his classroom later and he was not there. *Sigh* But I came across my old schoolmate way back at jenan....Zain Azraie. Wonder how he noticed me despite being 20kg heavier and a metre wider.....
Today, I decided to stalk him during recess time. But I already packed him a chocolate bread and boxed soy bean milk earlier. However, when hubby and I reached there, we were informed that the recess time for Year 1 was brought forward half an hour earlier to avoid yesterday's mad scramble. Well...good I guess.
After school, Amri reported that he ate his choc bread and soy bean, plus he bought a drink and a burger. How did he ate all that within 25 minutes recess time?
