Mommy & Baby SN goes to school

Starting from last week, baby SN and I have to go to school. As I've already started my Permanent Head Damage *PhD* study, I have to leave baby SN at Popora hoikuen (nursery) everyday from 9 am-5 pm. Since my campus is about 23km away from our house, there are 2 medium of transportation that I could used to go to the university i.e by car or by train. Public nursery nearby our area were already full and we were in the waiting list until next March...sigh.

So we have to send him to a private nursery which in the end costs us 33 950yen (RM 1260) for this month *ini cuma bayaran untuk separuh bulan + yuran pendaftaran*. Hohohoho...with that amount of money, I can rent a semi-D 2 storey bungalow in Malaysia...aiseh, what to do *takkan I nak bawak baby SN masuk lab wind tunnel dengan I yer tak?*. For the next month, we have to pay 36 540 yen (RM 1400) per month for his monthly payment of the nursery...*aiseh, garu kepala laju2 sampai luruh semua kutu*.

(Baby SN at Popora Hoikuen)

On the first day i.e Tuesday 13th October 2009, we went to school by car and it took me about 1 hour to arrive there because of the traffic congestion and also because of the speed limit to drive is only 40-60km/h huhuhuhu. It was not too hard to drive alone with baby SN as he sleeps most of the time in his car seat.

(Baby SN sleeps well in his car seat)

The hardest things to do is of course to left Nazhan at the nursery after being with him 24-7 for the past 4 months. Alhamdulillah I didnt cry .. even I couldn't believe myself . But I guess I have to be strong to ensure that baby SN is tough enough to face other challenges in the future. The nursery is about 2km away from my campus. We purposely choose this nursery as it it near to my campus, in case of emergency I could rush to the nursery to pick up my baby.

(Baby SN with his friend)

They were 4 staffs that are working at the nursery with about 10-15 children to attend to. They will provide daily report on the baby progress and activity done at the nursery. The report will also state amount of milk (in cc) taken by baby SN and how many times diapers have been changed *specific & detail sungguh orang jepun kan?*.

(Baby SN's first day report)

On the second day of schooling, both Baby SN and I travel by using subway train + JR train to reach school. It took almost 1 hour 30 minutes to reach Nazhan's nursery. It was fucking damn tiring to push him on his stroller at the train station. I have to always look around for elevator and it cost me lots of time and energy to find the elevator and at the same time pushing his buggy with so many people around.

(crowd of people at Hakata Station)

As we were using the train during the peak hour, it is so hard to look for a seat to sit down. Plus, I was pushing baby SN's stroller..which means I cant sit in the train...arghhh, giler penat cam nak pengsan. After sending him to his nursery, I have to walk for about 15 minutes to reach the campus. Aiseh, pagi2 dah exercise tolak stroller + naik turun tangga + berjalan kaki..hohohoho. On the way back home, it is already dark as nowadays the sunset is at 5.40pm. Furthermore, the weather is becoming colder everyday as we are now entering the autumn season with cold breeze of air swoosh on our face.

(Baby SN inside his stroller on a JR train from Hakata - Kasuga)

I decided to use baby SN's Combi Ninna Nanna carrier on the third day to school. Of course, carrying around a 7.2kg baby on my shoulder together with a bagpack full of his stuffs and not forgetting a handbag full with my stuffs is not an easy task to be done. Dang!. Imagine carrying 3 things on your shoulder which weights approximately reaches 7.5kg in total; for a journey with train for 1.5hours...hohoho..*I'm such a SuperChomeyl-ToughMommy *.

(I have to carry these 3 "things" huhuhu)

The good thing about carrying him around on a baby carrier is that you get to received a priority seat on the train..yeah!. People will be pity seeing such a skinny lady *okeh, perasan skinny* with a weight of 45kg *apa ntah motif buh berat kat sini* carrying such a chubby baby with loads of bags on her shoulder hohoho. Apart from that, baby SN enjoy being near to me and he also enjoy the view outside of the window panel in the train. On these days, I will cycle to campus right after sending baby SN to his nursery..*perghh sejuk tak hengat, angin menghembus2 tulang pipi*.

(enjoying the view)

(portraying a chomeyl smile to mommy)

Though it was hard to go to school together with baby SN everyday, I know that I should be thankful with this chance given by Allah to us. I am thankful enough as my Prof even provided a private room especially for me to use for praying and to express the breast milk during the school hour *baik sangat2 sensei I kan?* . It will surely took some time for me to adapt with the status as a student again. I have to change my bed time to a lil bit early and of course to wake up early as well ..hohoho. Not forgetting that I have to crack my head again and recharge some of the urat2 otak yang dah longgar to revise on the subject of fluid mechanics again...dang!.


Being a Doctoral student in the wind tunnel laboratory of Research Institute of Applied Mechanics means that I'm sharing the lab with 4 other guys as it is difficult to find other woman in the same lab with me. The only lady that I met everyday at the lab is the secretary..leh gak wat teman I borak2 & makan..ngeeee. I admit that it was not easy to do all this right now (read: a wife, a mommy, a student) but I also believe that these hardships will pay us fruitful success in the future. Bak kata hubby I, "takpo lah kito susoh2 dulu awal2 ni. Insya Allah nanti2 kito sene lah". I'm nodding my head.."Insya Allah".

(mata I sembab sebab tak biasa bangun pagi ngeeee)

Psssttt: Doakan di permudahkan urusan kami dan doakan I cepat2 dapat mana2 scholarship yang I apply yang sudi menaja study I. Amin.