Aladdin, the Musical

another musical theatre for us, but this time with Jihan...yeay!!! we thought it was a good idea to expose her with another type of entertainment that she can enjoys with the family....furthermore, it's a children's musical theatre...

so, off we went to Istana Budaya, bought the ticket (RM 30 for adult and RM 15 for children + tax), and they actually do not allow children below 4 to enter the theatre....but i just bought the ticket...furthermore, Jihan looks like a big child....

i was quite worry though if they are really strict and really do not allow us to enter and watch the show....while waiting to enter the hall, we saw many other parents with smaller kids (babies, actually) than Jihan....

phew, luckily we passed through the door...and we prayed that Jihan would behave well throughout the show...alhamdulillah, Jihan's behaviour was not disappointing...she sat on her papa's lap and once a while on her ownseat and really enjoyed the show...when the lights went off or when there was a loud bang, she closed her eyes and peeped through her little fingers....

the show was good, Jihan and the other children were enjoying themselves seeing the actors/actresses (who were mostly children as well)....and the other children were behaving themselves too, no loud cry and such like what we usually heard in the cinema (like what i usually experienced)...

overall, we enjoyed ourselves too...and we bumped into Faizal Ismail (FBI - HotFM), he plays a role as the Jin, and he was very friendly....but we didn't get to take photo with him as we were too stunned...hahaha...!!! he shaked hands with my hubby....

so, hurry and catch the show, it ends on 18th December...!

Rattatouille.....

we just came back from Mines Shopping Centre after a movie treat, "Rattatouille"...it's Jihan's first movie watching at a cinema....

we went there quite early where most of the shops were not opened yet...we bought the ticket, booked our seats very near to the aisle, just in case we have to leave early if Jihan throw her tantrum...we told Jihan that she is going to watch a "big cartoon" and she agreed to that and she really wanted to see a "big cartoon"...

so, the show is scheduled at 12.10pm...so we went strolling around the mall...we wanted to go on the boat cruise but the services won't start until 11.30....gosh....so, instead we watched the big fishes swimming around the canal...

then we gave Jihan her lunch before the movie, 1/2 of tuna sandwich..we sat in front of a guy boutique where they played a very energetic song...Jihan was eating her sandwich while dancing in front of the shop...she really enjoyed herself...

then it's time for the movie, Rattatoulle....we went in and i kept telling Jihan that she is going to watch a "big cartoon"....i was worried that she might just freak out when she enters the dim cinema...

she sat on her papa's lap and watch the cartoon quietly...she didn't make a lot of fuss and seemed enjoying herself though she looked sleepy...about 3/4 of the show, she fell asleep.....and she woke up 20 minutes later to enjoy the last few part of show....

we were ready to leave when it finished but they were still showing the name of casts, producer, bla, bla....and Jihan said, "not finished yet...want to see big cartoon"....so we sat there for a while and when almost everybody has gone out, so we made our move...

and she can pronounce it right, "rattatoooeeee..."

and she definitely wants to see more "big cartoons" after this....

surprise...surprise..! but i'm not...

with papa at the Aquaria

today, we brought Jihan to Aquaria KLCC...she loves seeing fish, so this is a good exposure for her...

upon entering the Aquaria, we stumbled upon the fish mascot of the Aquaria....me n hubby were so excited seeing the mascot waving at us and i told Jihan to shake hand with the mascot....but she was scared and screamed loudly...!!!! what a bad start!...it spoiled her mood throughout the day...! i thought it was nice to take photo with the mascot but it didnt happen as planned...

i wonder if we were to go to disneyland to see Jihan's favourite cartoon characeter - Mickey Mouse - the real mascot, will she scream that loud..??

my cousin's son had the same experience when he was small with an A&W bear...once he was a bit bigger, the mother told him that it was only a person wearing a clothes that looks like a bear...since then, he was not scared of any mascots or even clown...

once i saw 1 family had their lunch at a foodcourt... at that time, there was a clown lingering around to entertain the visitors....so this clown went to the family's table...one of their children was startled seeing the clown's at his face and jumped to the father!! very unfortunate his plate of rice also fell to the floor....the child must be very frightened at that time..!!! i must blame the clown for doing that!

some children loves colourful, funny mascots/clowns but some are just scared seeing big, funny "creature" in front of them....they see the same thing on the TV but never expect that in real life it will be really big!...

icon...?

hmmm...how should i start ya...? nowadays, media can never be seperated from our lives...children and adults find themselves very much attached to TV advertisements, jingles, shows and others, somehow gives an impact to our lives...

i noticed that my Jihan, being very much exposed to TV/radio from the early days, she now can imitate and hum those usual tunes and advertisement and even recognize some of the famous figures on TV....

due to "repetitive exposure", Jihan will run to the TV when she hears her favourite TV advertisement/show...she loves Sunsilk jingles where cute Nora Danish dancing to the tune of Amy Mastura and at the end saying "kita enjoy"....she recognizes Mawi in the Power Root advertisement and in fact any bald men she will call them as Mawi....another favourite figure of Jihan is Aznil of Akademi Fantasia and Macam-macam Aznil (MMA)....she'll call him "Anish"....she will certainly dance to the tune of "menuju puncak" and in MMA....anything that has to do with Spiderman, she will be so excited and starts saying "sheman"....not forgetting all the children's favourites - Mickey Mouse, Barney, Thomas and Friends, and the list goes on...

children are fast learners...they love entertaining, "charismatic" characters that can influence their life....it's good that children can learn through educational TV programs but parents need to supervise their children so that they are not exposed to programs that are not suitable for their age....

when i am at work, i told my maid that Jihan's channels are 63 (Playhouse Disney Channel) and 24 (Astro Ceria) ,apart from TV1,2,3 that we usually watch...i usually lock the channels that have many Indonesian soaps that are easily accessible to my maid, those that Jihan won't learn anything from them....but when i'm at home, i will carefully choose the appropriate programs for her to watch which include educational programs/cartoon and family-oriented programs...