it's a phase & 80'an gerek

ilhan seems to have left behind his trinity of Barney-Bananas-in-Pajamas-Elmo and somehow moved on to 'PANTEN!', which is what he calls robots/power rangers/transformers. he's also into excavators and cranes, thanks to BoBede (Bob The Builder). i can't seem to figure out the semantics and etymology of the word  'panten' - how did this word come about? *scratch* *scratch* closest i could think of perhaps 'fighting'? what a word to learn at this age. but where did he learn it from? certainly not from home. hmmmm...... probably from his babysitters' kids.

so anyway, before Ilhan i was like all moralistic and decreed that no child of mine shall get sucked into these violent cartoon/fighting stuff like Power Ranger/Justiriser/Gransazers and like-minded friends. you know lah, we came those days of wholesome Care Bears, sweet Little Ponies and harmless Smurfs. so there, no fighting stuff.

but here i am finding myself on the hunt for some Power Ranger figurines and some transformable creature (you know, truck bukak bukak bukak jadi robot). such dizzying array of creatures and blardy expensive, may i add. why did i succumb? tell me how not to. haha. especially since we are getting on a flight again on thursday and i need to distract Ilhan lest he had enough of The Three Little Kittens and The Magic Porridge Pot (fav books of the month).

anyway, this thursday we supposed to come to school dressed in 80's fashion. i suppose i'm excused, since i was only in kindergarten-primary sch in the 80's? but colleagues so on about it, some wearing their fomer school u - those from branded schools, of course.

but what to wear? so orbit right? i remember big hair, garish make-up, spandex and pants/skirts up to your armpits. and hijab 80's style lagi orbit and tak-style - think Cikgu Bedah. hmm...tak payah lah eh.