My first kindergarten in Malaysia - TADIKA BIDAYAH, TMN MUHIBBAH, ALOR SETAR, KEDAH

This is my first ever kindergarten in Malaysia if memory serves me correctly. Tadika Bidayah :) I still remember the uniform... it was sorta like a round neck yellow shirt, and with somewhat a green looking green round collar. Matching it were short green pants. Used to remember climbing in and out of our rented home in Taman Muhibbah, Jalan Sultanah (Alor Setar) to catch a ride on the school van driven by this very nice Chinese man... forget his name tapi :(

Anywayz, this kindergarten, masa dulu, seemed So So So far from my house. Maybe it's because the van made a few trips, rounding up kids from the whole taman. So it took maybe (I think) approximately 10-15 minutes to reach the school. But after my visit down memory lane... I saw that it was just a 2-5 minute walk from our house! hehehe.... tapi takpe.

This kindergarten by the way, was run by a Cikgu Bidayah (Allaah yarhamah oredi). She was very-very stern but very sweet at the same time. Somehow, I remember her face being similar tu Siti Hasmah, wife of our beloved Tun Mahathir. Hehehe.. maybe its the fesyen rambut kot yg sama. Anywayz... the interesting thing was that, Cikgu Bidayah taught me at the kindergarten, and she also taught my mother when she was in form 6 at Sekolah Menengah Sultanah Asma (or was it Kolej Tunku Abdul Halim... Hmmmmm)! Memang dedicated sungguh ini cikgu :D

Okes... below are some pics :D Assalaam aleykom....

Front gate

Signboard

Mini playground

If memory serves me correctly, here's where the small desks and chairs were arranged

Farhanah and de geng

Not the kindergarten, but a house nearby with a very straight forward sign