The winner of Best Friend Award!

Once upon a time, we got an invitation from the school saying that Medina got an award. So they invited us to come to the ceremony.

Mom was thinking like...really? seriously? Because her end-of-term report is not that sparkling to get an award.
But hey...probably that's good enough to get one of the awards though.

So yeah...then here we were, at school with all proud parents whose their children also got awards.

Frankly, mom was quite surprise to know that the categories of the award were so....how should we say it...so genuine!
They were "Creative award", "Curious award", "Never-give-up award", "Sport award", "Helpful award", etc and...Medina got one of these: "Best-friend award"!

All the categories are the qualities that basically everyone needs to survive and get along nicely with each other in this world.

Yeah...we were just thinking an old fashioned way that someone will get an award when he/she got the best test result in the class/school; with those high grades and ranks. 

Sorry...mommy kan produk pendidikan jadul :D

Anyway, Congrats Medina!

Keep shining my dearest!

(words by @mommy_memei) 

The Winner of Eid Card Competition

Alhamdulillah, Medina got 2nd place as one of the winners of Eid Card Competition at her Islamic Sunday School, Bristol Taleem-ul-Islam (BTIT).
The card (with her name on it as the designer), among with others, can be purchased at BTIT.
Medina likes to draw and tells stories, and she always practises doing drawing and making books everyday.
Good job, Medina!
Ramadan Kareem, Ramadan Mubarak, everybody!

the winner!

can you spot Medina's name?

the drawing

Once Upon a Time in Edinburgh, 2018

Edinburgh, Scotland, 12-15 February 2018.

School Break and celebrating Baba's thesis re-submission.

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Lawnmarket

Victoria Street, the "real" Harry Potter's Diagon Alley

the (Harry Potter) Museum at "Diagon Alley"

David Hume welcomes you

taken by Medina herself

we love Dobbie

Queen's Gallery

Scottish Art Galleries

Edinburgh Castle

the other side of Edinburgh Castle

Medina dkk Pentas Tari Topi

Tahun ini, Medina dan kawan-kawan pentas Tari Topi untuk peringatan 17 Agustus di Bristol. Dan demam "Love in Kamu" pun melanda kota ini.

Medina yang pakai legging merah, dan kayaknya yang paling ekspresif , hehehe.
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Medina Just Won Another Award from Her School!

Yay! Yesterday, Medina just got another award from her school. It is called Megabot Award, for the best achievements in doing regular homeworks.
This time, she got the award because she is good at cursive writing.
The certificate states:
"Medina Azzahra is an excellent learner because she is able to apply what she does for her homework into her lessons at school".

Medina sat in front of all KS1 students (Year 1 to Year 3) with other award recipients. And the headteacher called the winners one by one, and read her/his achievement and asked their teacher to explain why they chose these particular students.

Good job, Medina! Alhamdulillah.

Some pictures and video:

waiting to be called

with the headteacher

Previous awards for Medina:  5 December 2016, 26 May 2016, and 16 May 2016.

Best of Summer (3): Medina's 6th Birthday Party

Finally, this is it!
After a long wait--Medina kept asking "Am I six now" almost everyday since April--Medina celebrated her 6th Birthday Party!
It is not a princess topic or anything like that. It is sporty!
We had the party a day after her birthday, at a Gymnasti and Trampolining center near our house.
Some pictures and videos:

Getting Ready:

getting ready to the venue

Let's explore the Gym!

bouncy castle

exploring the facility

Medina,  Trampolining

with friends

The Games

another game

the game

The Birthday Cakes and Lunchtime:

hungry kids

time to open the presents!

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Links:
Best of Summer (1): Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
Best of Summer (2);  Liverpool's Beatles Tour

[Video] Medina and her Class Reward Jar

Medina and her Class Reward Jar  (and other Eid gifts) from Bristol's Islamic Sunday School.

Happy Belated Eid, Everyone!

the card said: "Jazakallah Khair and Thank you, Medina, for being kind to your class"

#latepost #btit #islamicsundayschool #eidmubarak #happyeid