How time flies...

I often wonder, how long will it take me to realize that every minute is precious? I haven't blogged for a very long time, partly because other priorities have surfaced and let's face it, when you barely have the energy to keep your eyes open, the last thing that comes to mind is to blog :-P

Asyraaf is now 5 years old and Hazel is going to be 3 this coming April. How time flies. The last time I checked, they were both just babies. Yeah, I know, it sounds cliche but hey, gimme a break, that's what moms always say, so I'm going to follow suit, what the heck... :-D

Asyraaf is now in kindergarten, Hazel is yet to go to one, since she has a different disposition altogether than Asyraaf and I'm afraid the ants will bite her at school. Haha... She's what my father usually calls her " The delicate lady'... You'll understand when you meet her...:-)

Both are alive, healthy and well and I'm thankful to Allah for that, Alhamdulillah. I try to make them happy whenever I can between the juggling of my work and manning the family since hubby is no longer around. Breaks my heart sometimes to hear them ask "Where ayah? Work lagi ke?" since it's a very loonggg work time, 2-3 months at times. We try to make  it a point to visit once every month if we can. So far I'm coping, and so are they. Initially it was tough, but we get by. I'm lucky since my parents and Munir's are always around to help out if I need help. 

I'm always out of energy *duuhh... from everything that goes on around me, and it does not help when you have to answer " Ibu, where is God staying, is it behind the clouds?" when I'm trying to drive and finding my way around KL  (you know how bad I am with maps and directions) :-D

But I am so so thankful I have them. Such pretty, innocent faces that can drive you nuts and melt your heart all at the same time...Oh well,  I hope they stay this adorable forever and I stay the same age forever. Hah... dream on...lol...

Ano ang bago?

Finally we decided to get a helper. The decision did not come easy though. It came after many sleepless nights and thinking. But we were left with no choice since Mr Hubby was despatched to Bintulu, Sarawak to work. 

Working frantically at that time to get a maid due to the limited time frame, I finally found one. Of course, I considered maids from Indonesia, Cambodia and Philippines. I grimaced at the thought of hiring Indonesian maids, since there are too many cases heard of, most of which were not good ones. 

So I settled between Cambodian and Philippines maids. After thorough searching and asking around, Cambodian maids are quite hard to train, due to the language barrier; they cannot speak Bahasa AND English. Therefore, it would be cruel to the kids too since they are my primary concern for taking a maid in the first place.

Philippines maids are expensive... no doubt. But since it is for the well-being of my kids and my peace of mind too, upon discussion with hubby, we decided to go through with hiring a Filipino maid. The search took quite some time since I wanted to be almost absolutely sure, she will be able to handle my kids well,  have the dedication to work and honest, of course. 

So biodata after biodata were exchanged between me and the agency, until I found one that caught my attention and were worth considering. She had the right qualification, she was married with two kids which I thought at that time was crucial for her to understand how having kids is like, and she had  the earnesty in her words in the biodata. Of course, if the biodata was a fake,  I would have been duped.

So I interviewed her via phone to confirm the good perception I had of her from the biodata and confirmed her employment with me, made the necessary arrangements and then the wait, of course. Her training and her preparations to come here took 3 months.

She came 1 week shy of 3 months. Picked her up from the agency, had a long talk of what I expected of her and what she can expect from me as the employer. And the journey began...

I took a week's leave since I was very nervous leaving my kids to a total stranger that could not speak  a word of Malay and my kids were not that fluent in English too. At first it was like watching a duck and 2 hens speak... :-D A lot of frustrated wailing and yelling especially by my eldest when his requests were not understood but I was there to help out with the translation and the maid tried her best to learn Malay. She even borrowed my English -Malay dictionary to learn how to speak Malay. And the kids learn the basic words of english to tell her what they want.

Work-wise, I could not ask for a better maid. She did not need coaching, just a little bit of direction on where to get what and the dos and don'ts with my kids. My kids adapted to her, and vice versa. And life went on as usual, with me sighing in relief whenever I needed to work on off days and public holidays coz it used to cost a bomb to send my kids to nurseries when I was working on public holidays.

Good thing about having a Filipino maid is that my kids are starting to learn English words since they are forced to... :-) I hope good things do come our way, I try to treat my maid well and she does the same thing for us as a family and I have learnt to give a little to get a little, to which she is very grateful for.

So now, my kids call me 'maam' since my maid call me that... Oh well, they will soon understand that I'm not their 'maam' but their MOM... :-)

Property prices on the rise

I know many will sigh just looking at the entry title... Well, it's not surprising too. We made the decision to purchase our property a while back in 2009 and boy we were glad we made it. I think we were among the last to get a house with the reasonable space and price.

For the same price, many can only dream to get a much smaller house and at a location one would never think of buying because it is too far out and can be quite a distance from work location and general amenities.  The only people who are smiling at such high buoyancy in the property market are the speculators and previous home owners who bought their house at a much cheaper price.

I call it cruelty. For a couple who has just started their family with the average income of RM2000-3000 a month is just plain cruel. Not to mention the other expenses that can crop up at any time that needs attention. Yes, government tries by doing their part and introducing housing schemes for the lower income households. But the problem persists, prices of houses continue to soar. And we are not exactly running out of land, compared to other smaller countries ie Singapore.

Property prices should be controlled, and the same goes to car prices. In the end, consumers end up paying more for the same value of assets (or in this case, liabilities) that lasts longer, like 9 years of hire purchase tenure and 40 years of housing loans. If you don't die first, of course.

It is like telling the younger generation it is alright to borrow more and have mountains of debts before they even reach 30! Somebody, somewhere on the face of the earth should be doing something, don't you think? Food for thought, night everyone...:-)

Ipad 2 Madness

It's madness, this iPad 2 phenomenon. I don't know how Apple did it, but it worked.

For iPads, many of us have been queuing up forever and coming out of the store with a triumphant smiles plastered on our faces. How many devices can do that to us, let alone to the majority of us?

I was lucky this time around I went into the game prepared due to the endless wait. Otherwise I would have been in the queue too since any more waiting would have cost me my life ...Lol...

After managing to secure a booking with EpiCentre in IOI Mall, Puchong. I bided my time... After finishing work on the day of launch, I headed straight for IOI. When the sales guy opened up the box for me to put on the screen protector, the feeling was undescribable. My wait was well worth it.

I got for myself a 16GB Wifi 3G unit in black. For me, that's good enough I guess. At least that's what I think NOW...hehehe... When it comes to gadgets, I'm never too sure with myself...:-D From the reading I have done, Malaysia is one of the cheapest country where you can get an iPad 2. So worked out well for us who have been waiting for so long huh?

Anyway, so far, the iPad 2 has proven to be a good investment for me. Love the feel, the power to be connected at all times, the ability to be organized and do some work even when I needed to. Games are not for me though. Have never played any, not even on my iPhone or any other phones. So life is good for now.

Am a proud owner of an iPad 2, with frequent trips to Machines and epiCentre in between for accessories. It'll die down at some point...this madness but till then... :-)))


Apple iPad 2 Official Spec and Features:

* 33% thinner and 15% lighter than original iPad
* Dual Core A5 Processor
* iOS 4.3
* 9.7 inch display (not retina display but same as original iPad)
* Front and rear facing cameras
* Rear facing camera with 720p HD video recording capability
* FaceTime and PhotoBooth
* 10 hours of battery life

Happy Mother's Day

8th of May comes again. A day celebrated for all mothers for the sacrifices and hardships that comes with the territory of being a mum.

Being a mum made me understand that all is not a bed of roses. Children don't come with manuals because every one of them is different. The process of getting to know their uniqueness is called parenting. It made me understand that learning does not come from us only, we as parents also learn from our kids. The refusal to learn from our kids will only result in frictions, which, if not dealt with correctly, may result in a lifelong of frictions and may even cost us their love...

Understand, and accept them for who they are and you may get all the love in the world that can last you a lifetime all the way to your grandkids. I'm no expert, but I do know how precious love is. One day, you'd like to know in your heart that you have no regrets in bringing up your kids.

Happy Mother's Day all... :-)

The last time I checked...

For young mothers like me, one of the hardest things I  ever had to do was leave my kids when I'm away on assignments or sent to cover elections in other states. So far I've only been to Kelantan, Melaka and Sarawak. And already, it's taking its toll on me.

Ironically, I do understand how working mums have to make sacrifices and learn how to balance family life and work. And yet, I hesitate... Sometimes I wonder, is it really worth the money I bring home for the time of my kids' lives which I will never, ever get to experience again? How much money is equivalent to it, really...?

One of my worst fears is one day to turn around and see that I have missed them, missed most of their growing up lives, and what I see are just adult faces looking at me and calling me Ibu. How would that feel I wonder?

Don't get me wrong, I love what I do. But I'm really wondering how to truly balance between family and work. So that I get to perform at work and yet raise a happy and loving family. What if there is no way such thing?

Ooh the challenges of parenting. It was so much easier when I was growing up. We were fed, clothed, sent and picked up from school. She would always be there for anything. I always took that for granted. In fact, when I first got married I didn't want to work because I wanted to be like my mother, nevermind the degree and masters degree that I had then. For me, it was family first. But then tragedy struck and I had nothing to hold on to. I didn't have a job, I didn't know the first thing about paying bills and ...living a life. I had no life so to speak...

So I became a superwoman. I did everything, learned everything. Now that I'm there where I want to be. I'm wondering, what if... One day... this is all there is? How would I react when my heart asks myself when did my children grow up. Because the last time I checked, they were just babies....

Mr Compass & I

How is it that somebody can be lost so many times yet still don't know the way, you ask? Sigh...I've been asked this question too a thousand times. With a disbelieving look, mind you.

The truth is, I don't know! And don't you dare give me a compass and a map, it does nothing for me! Arghhh...The same disaster struck me here in Sarawak. Do you know that maximum distance of the place I planned to go were 5km tops? And still I got lost. God... Yesterday I tried to get to a laundry shop which 'should' be about 1km away from the hotel I'm staying in. And took me 1 hour. A freaking hour! Please help me. I am out of excuses for myself...

I don't know whether some of you  may find this funny ( yes I see you trying to hide your smile while reading this),  but it's not! *Sigh

Anywayyy.... One of the reasons was I was a very good kid. Ehehehe kasik angkat sikit. I had no adventurous side to me. I was that girl that was comfortable with a good book, always doing what I was told to do. How I loved books. I liked the smell of old books especially the ones that you find from old bookshops. I was happy to sit in any corner and got absorbed reading and reading. Nay I was no geek, I had friends, we hanged out but when I get home, I would turn to books. I started reading readers digest when I was 9, started to copy jokes and put it up in my notebooks and refer to it whenever I was free. It was all it took to make my day. So adventure was not a friend of mine.  How's that for justifying myself for getting lost so many times? :-))) 

Oh well, I really tried. I really did. But sorry we don't have any chemistry Mr Compass...:-(

Korean fever

The last time I was this hooked up on a drama was way back in my uni days when I was hooked up on Japanese dramas. With Takuya Kimura as the lead star of course. 

I remember I would lock myself in my room, coming out only for meals, trying to finish up 16 episodes of dramas which would take about 3 days to finish. Yes, it was that bad. But oh so worth it... I was young, and naive (still is at times) and I thought the world was filled with love all around...Ehehehe... Reality check Ina...

But the dramas were not only about love. It was about spirit to live, to understand that some things are not always as they seem. To have the strength to go on although there were nothing more to live for.

Call me naive, but it helped me somehow when I was at my lowest. The only things that was different was that not every man is handsome...LOL... And I definitely am no heroine. So go figure...:-)

This time, it's Korean dramas. The lead star u ask? Rain, of course. Damn he's good. Of the many dramas I have watched, his and Takuya's are the ones that can touch me, with deep messages. It's not easy to get touched with unrealistic dramas that don't make sense. It has to be smart enough yet deep enough to touch hearts. Then again, it can also be a matter of personal preferences, I guess. For instance, I don't watch violent movies and chaotic ones. My reason being that there's enough of violence and crime in real life  as it is to last all of our lifetimes...Love stories, well, the more the better right?

Again, it's just a matter of personal opinion and preferences...Okay I'm off to another drama journey...See ya...Saranghabnida! :-))))

 * It runs in the family too...At least the ones with small eyes like me...Haipp u there, is that a smile I see...? Sepet pun sepetlah...:-)

If only I can turn back time...

After stitches done...

You know when some things that you know will happen and yet you think may never happen to you yet? For example, u know your husband will die someday but you always think it may not be now? But it did. And when you think you will never make the dreaded mistake of hurting your child but you did? Or when you think that you will  never get into an accident, but you did?

This time, it was a mistake that I will forever remember and I take full responsibility of. Up till now, my hands are still shaking and my eyes well up every time I remember how it happened. The fact that it took me this long to write this note up speak volumes. It was not just any mistake, it was THE mistake. A mistake which resulted into Hazel into having stitches and scars on her face!

Oh how I wish I can rewind that day! There are no words that can describe my anguish at seeing my 2 year old cry her heart out while being stitched up and the how I wished I was the one that was hurt. A hurt that I, her mother, inflicted upon her. It hurt more that being hurt.

How it happened? Of course, the million dollar question. Some even asked with disbelieve how such incidences are even possible. Oh well, a mistake is a mistake. I make no excuses for myself. What a birthday though...:-(

3 days after...

The truth, plain and simple, was that she fell. Fell right out of the baggage area of our car straight onto the tar road. Failing to see that she was leaning against the back door of our car because of the tint of the car and my absentmindedness at that time, I opened the trunk right up without thinking and saw 'something' or rather 'someone' flying out of the car! When I heard her cries, I realized to my horror that it was Hazel! Both of us crying, I drove with her on my lap straight to the nearest ER and waited for her to be tended to. Blood pouring down her forehead, tears streaming, voice screaming. God...How I wish I could turn back time.

It was my mistake through and through. Now I know some of you would say mistakes happen. But I just cannot bring myself to forgive myself, for now at least. The irony is that, she isn't the active one, she never was. But Asyraaf has never had any such incidences happen on him before. Falls yes, stitches, never.  I have become complacent.

I am writing this down as part of trying to forgive myself, if I ever can, and for her to know that one day when she gets older, how sorry I am on what happened.

So now, whenever I open a door of the car, a peek is always a must before doing so. Sigh... If only I can turn back the time...If only life works that way...

Oh lala...Please don't kill me :-P

Hey yalll! Ahaha...Still alive no worries...But please don't kill me for the long overdue updates...again...


No, I did not go anywhere, overseas or under the sea. Was right here all along, have just been busy with other priorities in life. Have a pending post I have wanting to write...So tunggguuuu...:-)))

Not hot cekelat dehhh!

Well hello everyone...! :-))) I'm blogging live from Gua Musang, Kelantan. Have been here since Oct 24th...So it's been what, a week plus? Oh my, it was initially very hot during the day, and bloody cold at night. On top of that, we are given accommodations at Rumah Tumpangan Mei Hwa, I call it. Damn, can't the company get us a more decent place to stay with so many other choices, we got among the worst...:-( But I'll live as I always do, some have even taken the extreme measures of shifting to another hotel on a self-paying mode. I don't have that luxury, so Rumah Tumpangan Mei Hwa it is...LOL

Sweet... That was my first thought of Kelantan food. Almost everything is sweet, even the sambal tumis...! It has been quite a long week for some of us. Not only because of the food. But it seems that the culture of the food business is that everyone seems okay with the late service, no matter how long it takes for the food the reach the table.

Impatient KL people like us would sigh at the slow service and the wrongly taken orders by the waiter or waitresses. Mostly due to the language barrier, we usually ended up with teh o when we order teh ais or as they call it here, teh beng. A kopitiam shop here is now well-known for its slow motion service. Funny but the locals do not seem to mind...:-)

I miss my hot chocolate...Huwaaa...As a colleague says it, can't wait to go back to civilisation...LOL. No offence Gua Musang folks, it's just that we are used to certain luxuries in life...be it small ones :-P

I did go around the town to learn and see new things...meet the people. The are actually quite friendly, though it takes me some time to figure what they are saying...LOL...

Meet us in www.oigalas.blogspot.com for more boring stuff on the by-election and campaigning...:-P

OMG...

Has it really been a freaking year since I last blogged?? OMG... there goes the question of whether being a mother of 2 is time consuming.... Ngeheee...

What happened since I last blogged? Guess what...EVERYTHING...LOL....Gosh I don't even know where to start!

* Talking to myself...Think Ina think...!!

Okay...here goes: 

1. The little one in the previous entries is now little no more... Hazel is now 1.5 years old...the quiet jewel of the family, as yet. Always overshadowed by the loudness of Asyraaf, she usually prefers to lay back and watch...And follow of course, to my dismay. So the series of the trouble twos has started. Sometimes driving me and Munir the brink of madness...

2. This entry comes live from PWTC...I'm here for the online coverage of Umno General Assembly...my, it sure is different being on the other side of the bench. Though it might sound corny, it was kinda cool actually being here. And the media pass can get u anywhere! 

As a side note, I got to see some of the UMNO leaders when I was lurking around to get decent pics and coverage for the NSTlive this morning. Food is good, wifi access not bad except for the intermitten signals once in a while, starbucks just across the street but the roads coming in sucks though.

It's my third day here today, am enjoying the new experiences of journalism with wide-eyed innocence... Hmmm...I think that will soon go away once I get used to it. I can see myself doing this for a long time... (I think, at this time I think I can do anything thanks to the adrenalin rush).  So that's it

for now guys...have some time on my hands,  I might blog some more...the operative word her is 'might'. :-) I hope I don't keep you waiting for the next year...LOL

3. We have finally bought a house in Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam, just a small mere terrace house to accommodate the four of us. We never thought we'd be able to afford one, looking at the current market prices of properties that skyrocketed to levels beyond comprehension. But alhamdulillah... Allah's blessings come in many ways... Just nice enough for us to share our lives with the people we love...

To be visited soon....:-)))

See you in the next post ya, will have more details in the next entries... daaaa....enjoying my hot choc courtesy of Kak Fauziah...:-)

Oh well… What do I know…

One of the main reasons I ‘jumped’ into a different field about a year plus ago was my passion for writing. I have always had English as one of my easiest subjects to score during my schooling years.

Blogging started just after Arwah passed away, and carried on until now, although I am sometimes pressed for time, I always have this place called a blog to write about things about my life, things that I go through and things that matter to me.

And of the things that I have always regretted was not being able to be a frequent blogger. And by frequent I mean, a blogger that blogs almost everyday, provide updates often to make readers to come back for more. Working at the same time, can be a bugger to writing since it’s not my primary source of income.

I have been told by a friend to start writing.It is actuall y a dream come true, really. But yet, I hesitate…

Now, if I were to blog on a personal blog, it is okay to make mistakes, and even write about things that’s trivial to many, yet, what the heck, it’s my blog…:-) But writing as in writing for a bigger audience such as the newspaper readers…that thought alone is enough to make me shiver…LOL…And being in the publishing industry, I feel like anchovies in the sea of jaws…so to speak…

But Whatever it is, I will definitely give it a try. And I hope, it’s good enough :-) I really do. In layman’s term, I hope I don’t screw up big time…haha

So friends, share your thoughts on my writing, constructive criticism if you can… in short actually I’m trying to find the nudge that I need to have, as a friend keeps saying…”START WRITING!…” LOL…Man, that guy never gives up! I hope I’m worth his trouble though…:-)

So see ya guys around…and this time I will say… look out for me in print sometime next year ya? Next year is a loooonngg time to go….(Stalling) LOL…

 

Signing off…

That’s life…

Last weekend, a friend of mine, Meque, had an open house at her home in Putra Heights. She was a friend of mine in high school, and  coincidentally, her husband is a friend of my husband’s. So we made the time to go meet some old friends…

When we arrived, I saw some friends that I have not seen since school years, some as far back as form 4.(I changed school at F5). Some with kids, some in-progress getting kids, some about to get married.

What triggered my mind was…how we have changed. There was an aura of…maturity to a certain degree. Many of us, I believe, although I may not know ALL of their life stories, have been through life’s hardship at some point of their life. I could see it in their faces, the unwritten pain, and the hidden sorrows.

Along the way after school years and now, there was a lot of gatherings and reunions. Some did not make it, some did not want to make it…me included. But it was all justifiable I think. We all have our reasons.

Having been through a rough patch in my life, and at one point, having nothing in my life, gatherings and such was never a thing I wanted to go to. The fact is, I wasn’t happy at that time. And gatherings are happy occasions I think. I applaud those who are going through rainy days, yet still managed to make it. It takes courage. I definitely didn’t have it.  To plaster a smile on your face when your heart is not feeling it.

IT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE. And It’s always easier to judge than to be in that person’s shoes.

But one thing that needs to be said, EVERYBODY has their own drawbacks, no matter how happy they look or how ‘perfect’ they seemed. But it’s not always said. The unsaid is usually more painful that how it looks. So no matter how ’inferior’ you feel, know that the grass is not always green in other peoples’ lives too. That’s life…

So to my friends, I enjoyed seeing you guys, although in school we were never  that close as friends, but we’re not in high school anymore are we…? :-) Life has thought all of us many things, but for me, life’s too short to harbor old grudges or anything else from the past. I, for one, know that for a fact.

Enjoy our lives as adults and mature individuals… enjoy it while it lasts. Be it good or bad, it’s still experiences that are worth going through.

C you guys next week…! ;-D

Not such a ‘fruitful’ event…:-)

One of the things that we noticed with Asyraaf eversince he was about a year old was his fascination with aircrafts, be it the commercial aircrafts, a chopper or anything that moves in the air come to think of it…He’ll will shriek at the top of lungs “Ibu!! Oplane!!”, pointing excitedly at an aeroplane that passes by. So when we got to know of the TUDM Subang Open Day, we were excited to bring him there and see his reaction.

But alas, it became an unfinished business instead…

Notice the deep frown on Asyraaf’s forehead? That’s because… we didn’t manage to get ourselves in time to the TUDM Open Day event in Subang…LOL. Our bad, we thought it was held until evening, turned out it was only till 1pm… hihi…sorry Asyraaf. It must have killed him to see the aircrafts so near yet…so far. Next time yer sayang…

After that, since the intention was cut off mid air like that, we decided to bring Asyraaf near KLIA and park where the aircraft landing strip is to make up for the failed attempt the first time around.So we drove there while Asyraaf keep repeating “Nak tengok oplane…(translation= aeroplane), yes!”

We parked very near runway and waited…and after a while came the first aeroplane…nice…

And then came the next one…suddenly…when we turned to see him…and we saw this instead…

LOL… our superhero…it seemed…was afraid if the plane is very near him…up in the sky is fine…but not THAT near…:-)

After saying “Jomla balik…nak masuk keta…acaf takut…” while gripping his dad’s neck…we took pity and started the journey home…:-D

And believe it or not …this is the story of the superhero that is afraid of something…FINALLY…:-)

Asyraaf, at his ‘not so best’

You know sometimes when you notice a kid in a party or a gathering somewhere that steals the attention of everyone by doing something that nobody else would do...? Well in this case, that boy is none other than Zamir Asyraaf.

This incident, or rather accident actually, happened last Sunday at Auntie Mira and Uncle Em's open house in Kemensah...Ibu is still red in the face remembering that incident...haiyoh...!

We went there before heading to Acik Eina's house for a gathering and it turns out it Auntie Mira made a cake for Abg Emir and wanted to celebrate it with the kids around. So we stayed a while longer for Emir.

 

And I did notice Asyraaf inching towards the cake the minute it was put on the table by Mira. And Emir trying his hardest to prevent Asyraaf from tumbling into his cake. The nightmare didn't end there.

While everyone was getting ready, Emran was lighting the candles, and everyone started singing "Happy birthday to you...happy birthday to you... happy birth..." and poof...the candles was blown off by Asyraaf...without a hint of guilt! My eyes nearly went out of my eyesockets!

Now I know some say, "ala...budak2..." but imagine the feeling of the birthday boy when his birthday cake candles was blown off by another person! Kesian Emir...

And again, Emran had to light the candles... and believe it or not, Asyraaf did it again! This time, I went to Asyraaf, held him in my arms to prevent him from getting to the cake while waiting for the Happy birthday song to end. At the same time fighting Asyraaf's wail trying to blow off the candle from afar, and in the end, desperate times calls for desperate measures... I HAD TO COVER HIS MOUTH so that he couldn't blow off the candles, praying Emir will blow it before he did.

.The song has never seemed so long before.

So this entry is to convey Asyraaf's utmost apology to Uncle EM, Auntie Mira and Abg Emir for blowing off Abg Emir's birthday candles...TWICE.

* I am dreading the next birthday party we have to go to...maybe I'll bring a mask along to cover his mouth...:-D

Out of preggieland...

I believe this entry is very much late in due. I was back at work since 22/6/09 but only now do I get a moments’ peace to write.

How do I feel??

Lighter, of course LOL… Not to mention, sleep deprived too…:-)

But it’s all in the package ladies and gentlemen…once you sign up on the trip to preggieland…there’s no turning back… EVER.

Work is better since I don’t have to go pee once in a few minutes and I can finally see my feet!! Hehe… Now that I think about it, after almost three years of marriage, I have not seen my feet quite often! And yes, I am definitely thinking of family planning. It’s not that I don’t appreciate God’s gift…but I’d like to give the best of me to my kids. More time, more love and of course more comfort if I can.

 

Now I don’t deny the rezeki that comes with the child…but I can only do so much if I am half asleep, tired and worked-out from work and family to do much. And hubby, I would like to use the maternity provision allocated for NST staff for once… which would of effect only after 3 years of service… Thank you very much…:-P

(sorry guys for the unfinished version…never thought anybody wud be reading it tonight…:-))

If you ask me honestly,

“So, how do you feel being a mom of two?”

The answer would be… TIRED. DAMN TIRED. EXHAUSTED. Me and hubby used to wake up once or twice every night for Asyraaf’s feedings, but now, times that by three. Hazel is still at the stage where she doesn’t really know how to differentiate night from day, so she wakes up frequently at night. Once I even made the wrong susu for the wrong child! Haha… That, would be a story I would tell the kids when they grow up…:-)

So… what has happened since Hazel’s birth? Well, for one she has been having occasional seizures from time to time… albeit mild ones. Brought her to a neurologist but nothing much came out of the visit. We are thinking of bringing her to another Paed in the few weeks in coming…

And the Prince? He’s 2, so the list is quite long for him…

1. He now knows how to say “ Ibu work…, ayah work…” if asked where my hubby and I during the day, or in my case, nights too…

2. Calls money…”Singgit lapan” no matter how much is in his hands…

3. Watches Barney tirelessly… (even now)

4. Runs for his life whenever I turn the vacuum cleaner on…

5. Wants to pick and choose his own choice of clothes, food and other things to his liking…

6. Demands hugs and kisses, and sometimes simply… DEMANDS. Eg: Peluk Ibuuuuu….(I want to hug Ibu) , Ciumm Ibuuuu…(I want to kiss Ibu) ,tepi sikit….(can u move over?)  sini duduk….. (sit here beside me) And yes, he speaks the second word before the first…hehehe…

But if you ask me again, how does it feel to be a mom of two…?

IT’S VERY REWARDING, EVERY SECOND OF IT. No doubt about it.

Coz at the end of a very long and tiring day… You get to see beautiful and innocent eyes looking at you, while running into your arms…saying   “ Ibuuuu!!!”

THAT, MY FRIENDS… is enough to make me walk a thousand miles to get to them, even being barefoot while doing it… Truly…

Alhamdulillah…

Asyraaf turns 2!

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Sorry for the late update guys…been busy with…well nevermind…I’ll spill on that in another entry eh…?

Been a headless chicken prior to Asyraaf’s birthday, cracking my head on the cake design, calling every baker I know to make his cake for both his taska and Ipoh birthday bash… including his goodie bags and everything that goes with it like the party novelties aka hats, whistles, eyemasks etc etc etc… Man it was a lot of work! Lucky I only had to prepare the cakes and the cuppies for Ipoh since MIL has other things prepared…phew!

But it was well worth it I guess. Now I know why some mothers would go all out in preparing their kids birthday party. Because of the looks you will see in your child’s face, that shine in his eyes when he sees his favourite cartoon character on his birthday cake…and in Asyraaf’s case when he took a taste of the cake with his fingers before it even got out of the box!:-)

Sorry haven’t gotten a lot of pics from the bday party in Ipoh…been busy with putting everything together with the help of relatives plus making sure Asyraaf didn’t jump into the cake…*sigh…

So Asyraaf turned 2 on 28.05.09 this year…how time flies… beautiful days every single day turns out to be when you have children to share it with…Alhamdulillah…

PD in the blink of an eye

  admiral cove’s view was great…but the food needs improvement though…

We went for a trip to PD last weekend, a short one… it was actually to let me blow off steam of my pantang…needed the fresh air… ;-D

We stayed at the avillion admiral cove… i booked through online and tried my luck since PD is not exactly a familiar holiday spot for us… so book i did and off we went that evening…

And man… could there be a longer packing time for any family in this planett?? Took quite some time to pack since this is my first time packing for two kids… lucky we don’t have to bring asyraaf’s cradle now since he can sleep without it if need be though he still uses it at home.

We arrived at the hotel quite late and after checking in we stayed in the room for a while before going out to the nearest eating spot for dinner.

I had this… 

It was RM 8! But it was well worth it…sedappppp… (isk…tanye org lepas pantang sumerr sedapp LOL). Asyraaf and Munir had Nasi ayam and roti bakar… Btw, the name of the drink was tiramisu blended with coffee and choc…sumething like that…:-)

 The boy who ‘likes’ the pool but only wishes to be ‘near’ it, not inside it…

Next day we headed down the hotel to have breakfast ( the bfast was not to die for…unfortunately) during which Asyraaf managed to give some bread to the fishes near the jetty/marina… there were some   people prepping to go for fishing nearby too. The view was great… * sigh… definitely have to go away again…

And last but not least… some pics before we went off…:-)

The girl in top pic? That’s asyraaf’s friend from pool…

You are cordially invited to…

We are inviting everyone to our daughter’s Akikah & Cukur Jambul ceremony … It will be on this coming May 30th, 2009 in Ipoh. If you can make it, let me know and I’ll email you the map ya…?

And after the ceremony, big bro Asyraaf will have his birthday bash right after…he is 2 on the same date! So come jom heboh2 in Ipoh!  :-)

* Asyraaf kata jangan lupa bawak haiiiahhh ehhh… * wink2x…