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2008-09-16T05:51:00.002+08:00

yeay!

it's official ... at 15 mths, ilhan can walk! at last! :)

that means ilhan beat ayah .. but still lost to ibu! hehe

but sometimes action tau ... when he walks, he'll swing2 both his hands ... cam apek2 yg tgh execrcise kan tgn while walking kat park gitu ah.. lol.

the best is... jalan siket je teros he will stop in front of my dad and clap his hands, so my dad will clap and say "pandailah cucu atok jalan".

then he walks up to my mum and clap again... asek gitu je haha.

kira kita asek suroh dia jalan, so now dia da pandai jalan kita kena tepok kan dia ah... padan ngan muka kita. lol.

but he still has his moods lah .. when he's in a good mood, he'll walk non-stop... into the room, into my mom's room... back to the living room... climb up and try to press the tv... climb back down, walk into the room again.

but when he's into his 'baby' mood, he'll drop back on all fours, and crawl!

haiizz ... i just hope he'll wanna walk on hari raya. jgn nanti raya dia teros takde mood nak jln, then he'll start crawling around in his baju melayu and sampin! haha

and talking about raya, i'm still in 2 minds abt buying him a songkok. that's cos from baby till now, he doesnt like anything on his head. letaklah kejap je...tak sampai 5 saat, dia teros capai and buang! last sunday afternoon, me, hubby and bil brought him to geylang to search for our baju raya. try pakaikan dia songkok, dia teros bukak ... haizz susah sgt.

jgn kata songkok, apa2 khazanah atas kepala dia pon dia tak suka. even when he has a faver, i letak tuala basah kat dahi dia pon dia capai and buang! haha.

okies songkok nvm. one at a time. at least now da achieve nak suroh dia jalan. nxt step nak suroh dia salam n cium tgn lak. ini pon satu big headache cos he just wont do it! kita amek tgn dia and tried to put it to his nose, he will tahan or push it away. he will never let us push our hands to his nose... my mil was joking camni camna nak collection, tanak salam! lol

ilhan..ilhan.. mcm2 perangai lah anak ibu.

2008-09-11T12:31:00.004+08:00

we had iftar at restaurant singgah selalu at jb last sat. even ilhan had his fair share of rice & hotplate beancurd. and when i typed 'fair share', i MEAN fair share. haha.

dats cos he got to eat it all by himself! yeah mum put some rice on his plate and he got to pick them himself and stuff it in his mouth. but of cos, his shirt was all 'gorgeous' at the end of it! haha.

we made early plans with abg wan's family to buy raya cookies and crackers from simpang renggam, cos we'll all be busy with other things in the remaining days of ramadhan.

but sadly 2 of his teenage daughters, aisyah & fifa just caught the chicken pox a few days before and had to be left quarantined at home. poor girls!

so only the eldest one rahila followed and then abg wan asked cik misri's family along.

cik misri has 2 teenage daughters himself, so ilhan still had his fair share of 'dayang-dayang' for the day. haha.

when we reached jb at abt 1plus, we straight right to singgah selalu to book our tables and chose our dishes.

then we headed to simpang renggam and shopped our way through all the cookies and crackers. and to our surprise right nearby there's a surau to perform zohor prayers. this is the 1st time my family shopped for cookies cos usually every year without fail we'll bake our own.

but everybody seems to be quite lazy this year and also cos of our busy schedules, we decided to bake only kuih tart, kuih makmur & kuih sarang semut & maybe honey cornflakes too (cos these are the hot faves among our guests). so that's the reason we decided to try buying some this year.

then at about 3plus we headed to Xtra to shop for home groceries at giant supermarket and then bought some food at the huge food and clothes bazaar outside, for sahur the next morning. dad even got ilhan a very nice pair of red baju melayu & kain sampin made of black songket.

we spent quite some time there so next we headed straight to singgah selalu to get ready for iftar. we reached at about 6:45pm and the place, from the outdoor eating area under the huge white gazebos right to the airconditioned area inside was already packed with ppl.

we booked our table inside so that we can enjoy the aircon. and luck was on our side cos the table they reserved for us is right at the back beside the washing basins. so we had a very comfortable space all to ourselves.

we had white rice with lemon chicken, cereal squids, hotplate beancurd, fried kangkong with chilli, sweet sour fish, etc.

and that wld be the 1st time my parents missed their daily terawih. i have been missing my terawih since last year when ilhan was born. nobody to take care of him since he's still small.

after some relaxing and talking session, we headed to our final destination .. plaza angsana. there, me & sis managed to get a pair of raya shoes each. a grey sequinned open-toe heeld pumps for me and red hot pointed heeled pumps for sis.

we only reached home at about 12 midnite by taking the 2nd link.

oh, and after such a long day in jb, i forgot to mention dat hubby did not follow :(

he had to work that sat so he allowed me to go with ilhan and that he'll break fast with either his family back in serangoon or with his friend in jurong.

so anyways, we'll have another outing with abg wan's family, but to geylang this time round. most prob next sat. but only after we've had our iftar at home. i shudder to even think about breaking fast in geylang! haha. i dunno if we can even walk! haha.. the sea of humans there is really amazing.

hmm ...ok.. think ive typed too much now. gonna spend the rest of my lunch time to catch a bit of rest.

salams all.

2008-09-10T15:12:00.003+08:00

wow at last i managed to find some time to blog.

it is the 10th day of ramadhan. alhamdulillah i have managed to fast so far. who says expecting mums cant fast? heh. but of cos it depends on ur situation. alhamdulillah my baby is a good lil baby. of cos the baby's hungry and the kicks have been much more frequent in the fasting month. baby must be knocking from inside, "hello ibu? why no food today?" haha

ibu's so proud of u darling ... ur not even born into this world yet, and you're already fasting with ibu.

oh.. but while fasting is bearable, walking long distances is NOT. that's a bit sad doncha think?

if i walk long distances, the lower part of my tummy will start feeling some pain. and if still continue walking, the pain will increase gradually until i feel very uncomfortable. i cant figure out wats wrong cos i did not have this problem during my 1st one.

and just fyi, i am at my 23rd week now. next week i'll be 6 mths preggie. wow time flies really fast. i'll be into my 3rd trimester soon. maybe the fact that this is my 2nd pregnancy and i am paying all my attention to ilhan, causes the pregnancy this time round to breeze past really fast.

not like when i was pregnant the 1st time with ilhan, i kept counting how many weeks pregnant i am and cant wait for baby to come out, that's why it feels slower compared to now.

and im really looking forward to the 4 mths maternity leave! yippeee....

and did i ever tell you guys that my edd will be during the busiest period at work?

during year-end closing and final audit period!

and im gonna excuse myself from all that! heheheheh *evil laff* :p

and just a happy update: hubby got a new job last week and his new office is just a stone's throw from mine! hehe.

alhamdulillah .. on normal working days i can take a ride from him cos we both start work at 8:30am! and he ends at 5:30-5:45pm while i knock off at 6pm.

only when he has overtime or im working late while the other party ends early, will i go back on my own.

so that's real good news for me. i can even lunch with him at the nearby malay stall once in a while.

and good news too for the 1st 10 days of ramadhan cos i managed to return home in time to break fast with either my family or my in-laws. muslims are given time off at 5pm (subject to urgency of task) for this whole month of ramadhan.

but being in the finance dept, with never-ending work, of cos we couldnt really go back on the dot at 5 ..so ive been gng off between 5:15 to 5:45pm but that's ok as long as i could reach home in time.

ok, till then... selamat menjalani ibadah puasa to all my muslim sisters & brothers for the remaining 20 days.

2008-08-24T19:37:00.002+08:00

im very sick.

with a very sore and itchy throat, a rock voice, very bad continuous coughing which are very deep and intense that i hurt my tummy and probably my poor babay in the tummy too, everytime i cough.

it's been like this for a week now.

medicines from doctor not really helping.

and where am i now?

no, not nicely tuck in the comfort of bed.

but at the stadium, on duty for a football match.

and it's raining some more.

grrrr.

what a great way to end the weekend :(

this coughing is really killing me i tell you.

i was advised multiple times to try to cough very gently so as not to hurt my tummy.

however, i couldnt do that cos my throat is so itchy that gentle coughs wont do at all. it will make the itch even worse.

so i hafta cough it off like nobody'd business and thus, the tummy pain.

and not just tummy pain. im having a cold too so all the bones in my entire body are in pain. i couldnt bathe with cold water anymore so warm water all the way cos cold water will make the body aches worse.

and becos of these unforseen circumstances, i had to cnxl all activities this weekend.

we couldnt go to bob's baby girl's 'cukur rambut' ceremony, and i couldnt follow hubby when he helped out at janna's mil's house-moving session last nite.

and today, i braved myself to eilla's house for my darling niece alya batrisyia's 3rd befdey.

i couldnt possibly miss it. why? cos on ilhan's birthday party last june, eilla helped out from morning till nite.

this time round i couldnt help her out at all!! just managed to drop by from 3pm to 4.15pm the most. and i was also coughing like a crazy woman at her house.

my family bought alya a bicycle and she's so happy to see it. she kept trying it out smack in the middle of her living room although it's packed with other kids! lol

and then ... i came to the office straight after that for this match duty.

and tomorrow's already monday!

arrrgghhhhh .... can somebody pls shoot me??

nah jus kidding. lol

hope i will get back to the pink of health within this week cos i wanna be at my very best for the 1st of ramadhan and for the whole month insya Allah.

have a great nite's rest everyone!

2008-08-16T20:09:00.002+08:00

finally managed to find some time this morning to visit nadya.

found out from janna's blog that nadya was sick.

got to know personally from janna wat kind of sickness she's suffering from & so when janna initiated a visit ti her home in sengkang, i was all out for it.

that's becos it's been some time since i last saw her.

so since i am at serangoon this week, and carrying my baby and his diaper bag all alone w/o hubby cos he had to work, visiting nadya at sengkang wld be a good idea before i go back to jurong next week.

earlier this week, on wednesday to be precise, me & mai met up with janna at suntec for a short lunch at mac after finding a nice 'red & white roses' flower basket with a very cute 'get well soon' cream teddy bear for nadya.

and heard it from the horse's mouth itself about her sickness from a to z.

wow... that's a real test for her once again after all the other tests she's gone thru.

Allah really lurves her & i hope she'll stay strong throughout.

i admire her strength & will power.

how i wish i could be half as strong as her if ever i were to be diagnosed with such sickness.

well as for now, i jus pray to Allad that i will be a healthy person physically & emotionally so as to be the best mum i could ever be to my boy .....

& another coming boy.

heh yups...

alhamdulillah... i am pregnant again. 5 months now to be exact ... and with a boy again! lol.

looks like i hafta try again next time... for a girl. but not the near future i hope.

wait for my 2 boys to grow up a bit more. or i'll not be able to catch my breath running around after the 2 of them..haha.

till then, have a gd weekend everybody.

as for me? rite now, im stuck in the ofis for a young lions match!

2008-08-13T20:31:00.004+08:00

ilhan turns 14 months today!

he can already stand steadily on his own w/o holding onto anything.

he crawls damn fast.

he is very impatient.

he likes to pull people's hair and dig their eyes out.

he loves to bite! *hubby just got one deep red lovebite on his chest*

he loves picking things up from the floor and putting it in his mouth *even a feather from his tok amat's pet birds..haha*

he loves slamming his body backwards while sitting up.

he loves watching birds fly past.

he loves turning his toy cars & almost everything else upside down & fiddle with the wheels, the battery compartment & wateva else is down there.

he loves throwing himself down from sofas & beds.

he can say daddy, ibu, takde, apa je, baby & all other gibberish.

and yet... he doesnt wanna walk!

lol.

my mum told me to bring him to the field after subuh prayers and let his feet touch the morning dew on the grass.

that's wat janna's mil told me too.

but havent got to try it yet.

janna on the other hand said she heard somewhere (is it from her mum? i cant remember) to slap the baby's feet with live eels!! yewww!! hehheehe.

but what did my fil say?

'korang budak lum jalan sebok nak suroh jalan. nanti dah berjalan padan muka korang nak kejar'

haha.

very true.

ok in that case, my darling boy, u shall take ur time k. hee.

on another note, mil brought ilhan to arab street on monday.

she bought 3 sets of songket material and 1 of them is for me!

she lets me choose the colour so hubby chose the maroon one for me.

& she'll gonna slowly sew it for me during ramadhan.

im such a lucky dil .. since i married my hubby 2+ years ago, pil have bought for me no less than 10 sets of cloth in which about 4 or 5 of them is sewed by my mil herself.

and that do not include all the other gifts they bought .. including gold jewellery!

heh.

2008-08-11T08:43:00.004+08:00

weekend was a great breather from work.

if last week was spent with hubby & baby buying half a dozen donuts from donut empire and some iced-milo for a picnic (our idea of a picnis was to hougang heavy vehicle park playing his drift car (on sat), and then again (on sun) with my bils joining and this time around was at the big field/park in front of my mil's flat,

the weekend that had just past was spent shopping (!) and spending some quality time with sis.

spent the late afternoon at takashimaya looking for either some new handbags or wallets, cos dad received some taka gift vouchers from singtel.

and so we got ourselves new guess wallets :)

then we rushed out of the place cos as u know, parking rates at taka cost a bomb.

we headed down to imm to have our dinner at bagus (a franchise of banquet, for those who dont already know) because dad had some bagus vouchers too. haha my family's living on vouchers for the day!

ilhan enjoyed his share of the really tender & soft french fries from my black pepper chicken chop. he had quite a few. there's one point he secretly poked it into his nostrils and laffed happily. i quickly took it out but mum was commenting that probably he found it a bit tasteless so he's trying to add some flavour to it. lol. kurang asam lah my mum.

after the meal, we went out to the open garden just beside bagus (on the 3rd floor) to let ilhan play on the slides on the dry playground and watched the waterworks from the wet playground.

sunday was well-spent resting my tired body.

somewhere in the afternoon, sis even suggested to do an 'inai' spa treat for me in her room. haha.

so i was happily lying down and she helped herself with the leftover inai mum bought during her umrah trip last yr and applied it nicely on my fingernails & toenails.

but my hands and feet got tired from the motionless position after only 45 minutes so i washed them off and so my fingernails now looked like some slight stains from marinating fish with tumeric powder. lol. my toenails look a bit better though. heh.

and then after maghrib, before heading towards our '2nd' home in serangoon, we dropped by wan & man's mum's place 1st cos hubby had to pass sumting to man. and of cos janna & laith were there too :)

yeay! gotta see that superhot baby .. hehe... i soo love his crying lah. damn cute u noe... such a tiny high-pitch sound...hehe. i think laith's cries are a lil bit demure than ilhan's. ilhan's was super loud even when he was a still a lil baby.

and his cries have gone much, much louder now. aiyah! headache man when he throws a tantrum... the whole block can hear him.

*shakes head*

2008-07-30T19:05:00.007+08:00

selamat pengantin baru!

congrats to burn & julie for taking a step further in their relationship.

burn is hubby's cousin but this pic is taken at the bride's place in yishun.

i have no pic of the groom's dais at bukit batok cos i did not bring my cammy!! uwaahh. but i really lurve the colours of his dais & deco lah... cream, pink & black.

so yummy. like neapolitan ice-cream. hehe.

& this is the latest pic of my darling boy.

that's hubby & fierce-looking ilhan with man & sound asleep laith.

he's such a big boy now. how time flies. & he's very, very notty too. in a smart way.

i always smile to myself looking at all his antics.

he's growing up too fast in fact.

but im proud to be his mum :)

and then.. here's the latest pic of me.

heh... not really a full pic of me. just a side view. why? becos it's a candid shot by janna! haha. thanks to janna who brought her cammy so at least i can keep some photos of last sunday's event.

see any difference in me? heh..of cos not... still the 'slim shady' me as janna puts it :)

and talking about cameras... i want my own!!

i have a family cam .. so that means that when im at serangoon, the cam's left at jurong. so that explains why im camera-less at some events.

must hunt for a good one soon!

especially when raya's rite around the corner.

hmmm...

2008-07-03T13:32:00.015+08:00

the outdated post on my KL seminar (shah alam to be exact, not KL) from 12th to 18th june 2008.

the only memory i can keep from the seminar are SOME of the participants from other countries we made friends with.

the rest, i think, i would rather forget. duh.

anyways, the most important thing in this entry of mine which i really could not possibly miss out, due to the fact that this is my first time ever that i stepped foot on KLIA ...

with eyes wide open, me & mai couldnt stop laffing. malaysian are really in a world of their own lah i tell u.

not that i anti malaysia... i love to shop in jb myself... but no one can deny, the malaysians themselves deep in the heart, are anti-singaporeans kan? kan? kan?

and me and mai can very well proof that.

we were given the cold and rude treatment by 2 malay lady officials there on our way back to singapore.

we were checking in with our singapore international passports and that's where they knew where we were from... and that's where they start all their nonsense.

wah heart-pain ah just thinking about it rite now.

i'll just leave it rite at the back of my head.

and journeys up to malaysia will be back by car from now onwards.

u see, my dad loves to drive up to malaysia.

we've been to johor, malacca, perak and all the way up to kelantan & terengganu and even all the way north to perlis where we parked and then took the ferry to langkawi.

tiring yes. but the view along the way? priceless.

and no worries about excess baggage charges. hehe.

and then came my first time on plane to kl that is, and this had to happen.

what bad customer service.

and you still got the cheek to call yourself 'WORLD's best airport??'

i thought that title belongs to OUR changi airport? duh.

and then came this pulak...

really in a world of their own. *smirks*

and then when we reached the airport, we actually had to take the 'sky-train' of sorts to go to the other side just to claim our baggage. 'best' airport indeed.

the FAM (football assn of msia) had to make it worse when they wanted to keep their budget and thus made us wait for those from other countries to arrive too and that'll be like 5plus in the evening, when we had actually reached at 2plus!!

one of the seminar instructors was sam, a treasurer at FAS and thus he was with us.

he widened his eyes in surprise and blurted out to the driver, "you must be kidding me."

yeah of course i would have blurted that out too man.

i mean, sam is an instructor, not a participant. he should have been fetched from the airport by a private car or something like that. not a bus.

of cos sam, being the kind man that he is, did not mind the bus.

but to wait at the airport for a freaking 3 hours just so FAM could save on the to and fro journey picking up participants arriving at different times was way too much man.

in the end sam managed to talk some sense into them and we got onto the bus at 3plus.

and here's the FAM bus.

hey FAS shld have sumtimg like that man. haha.

the journey from KLIA to the grand blue wave hotel took about half an hour.

our hotel was ok. the room was comfortable and spacious. it was 5-star rate, though in spore it would only be 3-star i guess. breakfast, lunch and dinner was on FAM.

it was a really huge buffet spread for every meal. however the taste were not up to me and mai's standard. not that we had very high expectations. but as malays, we love spicy food, while all the food there were eeerrgghhh bland.

the only thing we enjoyed were the desserts. lotsa diff kinds of traditional malay kuehs, western cakes and pastries, and ice-cream too.

oh yeah, another thing we loved... was the view from our hotel room.

yups.. it was directly facing the famous blue mosque of shah alam. it was so near that we did not need any alarm to wake us up each morning.

we could hear the azan very clearly.

we could even hear the Qur'an recital before each azan.

how serene.

and it was also a good thing cos let me tell you a secret.

im afraid of hotel rooms. hehe.

hey u wouldnt know if its haunted or wat rite?

so i'll never miss any of my prayers if im in a hotel room.

so hearing the azan and Qur'an recital rite through your room is a much needed boost. haha.

view at sunset.

and here's our seminar room. those red cushions were for the instructors and the bog shots from AFF, AFC, AFM & FIFA during the opening ceremony.

and here's where we the participants were seated, according to country.

and that's our singapore flag! hekhek.

here's a picture of the whole cohort, in black adidas gear provided by FIFA.

each participant received two polo-ts, one jacket, one trainer pants, one shorts, three pairs of socks, all in a nice black adidas training bag.

and here's me and mai with our closest seminar-mate of all... from our neighbouring country indonesia.

they're very friendly and funny.

the guy, A-re, even treated us to lunch at a very yummilicious halal vietnamese restaurant cos the previous nite he had to cancel a shopping trip to bukit bintang and petaling street with us.

all in all, the days go by repeatedly till the last day, so not much things for me to write about, only that i learnt sumting very valuable.

the participants from FAM were so unfriendly lah.

they were the host country and yet they kept to themselves.

only smiled back when we smiled at them first.

and only talked back when we acknowledged them first.

gosh.

anyways, the seven days flew by and here we are happily smiling on our way back to the 'world's best airport' (hehe..im so evil).

was really missing my two babies at home.

in fact, i was missing my mum too you know! hehe

we reached the airport too early. managed to stroll around and even grab a quick bite at BK, but still have a lot of time in our hands.

so that explains my sad expression, heh.

but anyways, here i am in the comfort of home already, with my darling 'bushuk bacin' ilhan aqiel.

i'll think twice or even thrice if there's another upcoming seminar organised by FAM or AFF. duh.

fully organised by FIFA or other countries' football bodies will be ok!

2008-07-02T19:13:00.002+08:00

my parents-in-law are really good at traditional ways of healing.

you know, when we fall sick, or at least now, after having our own babies, our best remedy is to pay a visit to the 'stepfather' or like our mothers always say, "nak jumpa bapak tiri lah tu, baru baik."

but them, they use other methods if the sickness refuse to go away even after we finish up the whole bottle of medicine.

like ilhan for instance.

he already paid a visit to his step-grandfather 3 times now.

but the cough just wont go away. (also maybe due to the fact that he's still too young to know how to spit out the phlegm, so after some 'wet' coughing, he swallows them all in again!)

and the fever keeps coming back everytime he's under the sun for a long period of time.

so next solution?

for his paternal grandma to chew some betel leaves (errr is that the correct english word for daun sirih? oh God im hopeless) and that spit them out (after reciting some Qur'anic verses i think) behind his ears and on his forehead.

maybe some of you would already know this method.

but me?

hell no.

and the amazing secret i learnt from that is that the residue will turn black on ur skin if the sickness is really bad, red when it's bad, and colourless if it's ok or healing.

it really turned red behind ilhan's ears last nite, so much so that when hubby came home and saw the red residue behind the ears of the already-fast-asleep ilhan, he asked me, "eh! berdarah eh telinga dia?"

hehe.

and this morning after azan subuh, mil did that again and this time it's colourless. and that coincides with the fact that ilhan's fever is coming down already.

they also smeared minyak daun sirih on his head to bring down the hotness.

and they also brought him to nenek yah's house to get some 'air baca'.

all that trouble u might say?

well, fil is very particular about this sort of things.

he would lose all his appetite if he sees someone in the house fall sick and get very weak.

what more when he sees his precious 1st and only grandson at the moment, lying motionless on the bed with a very high fever. when on the other hand, he's a very active cannot-sit-still-even-for-one-second baby, when he's not having a fever.

the more lah my fil cannot take it.

he sure must do something about it.

so cute kan? hehe.

my parents-in-law come from pulau tekong u see. and they're very, very good at identifying weird plants, fishes or insects.

i can safely say they can identify everything lah.

and that's y i admire them for that.

but on the other hand, my dad is more on the modern side, and i love him for that too. cos being modern is much easier lah, not too many pantang larangs. tenkiu ah dad! hehe

2008-07-01T13:38:00.003+08:00

my poor boy is once again down with high fever.

yesterday, it reached 38.7 ... hope it wont go any higher.

his body has always been rather warm. he perspires easily and he seldoms get cold in the rainy weather or in an air-conditioned room or place.

my mom blames it on me having too much durian during my late stages of pregnancy.

oh well hehe i just love durians.

ok, ok mom. i wont have any more durians during the late stages of my other future pregnancies (kalau ada, insya Allah).

cos i wouldnt want my future baby(s) to have the same problem as ilhan.

now, ilhan cannot be out in the scorching for too long, or his alreay warm body temperature would climb even higher. and thus will cause him another fever again.

haiz my poor baby. pls get well soon yah.

ibu cant bear to look at u waking up every hour at nite, coughing phlegm, not able to sleep, and when i touched ur hot body, i can feel the discomfort ur feeling :(

some accusing words too are a bit disturbing. it really dampens my mood last nite.

oh well, shall not mention it here.

and so, the moral of the story is that maybe cos we brought ilhan to the swimming pool last sat when the sun is scorching hot.

but then, we only let him play in the shaded areas and not the open ones.

but maybe...just maybe... the heat still got to him.

2008-06-29T13:24:00.014+08:00

it was my 1st time at the swimming complex yesterday!

and i had so much fun!

just look at me!

atok, nenek, ashu, ibu & me brought kakak alya along.

look how much kakak alya loves me!

you know, i love the water so much. every time i had my bath, i will scream when ibu or nenek pull me out. hehe.

so u can imagine me waddling & splashing the water with my hands.

oh no no ashu. u can forget about pulling me out. i havent had enuff!

and just look at me confidently trying to play on the slippery playground without atok holding me.

i even climbed up the steps on my own u know!

but of cos atok was always close behind in case i slipped.

but i didnt!

and then it was time to have my lunch. icried when ashu carried me out of the water but was cajoled by ibu.

i relaxed a bit when i had a taste of my delicious rice porridge. but i was still frowning cos i wanna get back into the water!

at last i did! see how happy i was! u must bring me again to the pool soon atok!

and oh yes, 20th june was atok's bday. exactly 1 week after mine. we had a mini surprise for atok.

did u know that atok had forgotten all about his bday?

he was very surprised when he got home from work with ibu and aunty eilla that day.

nenek cooked a mini spread of fried mee siam and chicken wings and ashu made popiah. ashu also bought a delicious durian cake from prima. and there were drinks and watermelon to add.

lookat me helping atok to cut his cake. hee so fun!

and here's my big happy family. hehe not so big and not so happy after all..haha cos i was struggling to get out of nenek's grasp so that i can grab the food on the table!!

happy 57th years on earth atok! may u be blessed with a ripe old age and good health and lots and lots of grandchildren! oopps!

2008-06-13T12:38:00.002+08:00

Happy 1st year on earth, sweetheart! You are the greatest gift bestowed upon us from Allah. Ayah and Ibu will always love you.

Happy 1st Birthday, Ilhan Aqiel.

2008-06-09T12:58:00.017+08:00

alhamdulillah.. my simple befdey celebration was a blast!

tenkiu ibu, ayah, ashu, atok & nenek for having the doa slamat & party for me!

tenkiu auntie eilla for all ur hard work before and especially after the party to help clean up the mess!

tenkiu kakak aisyah for helping out with the decorations & frying the chicken wings!

and last but not least, tenkiu to all my relatives & cussins for sparing some time from their busy schedule to attend my party!

house nicely done by ashu & kak aisyah.

funky door gifts for the kids.

atok wanted nenek to rest this time round. so he ordered the buffet spread from shaik sabri.

and this is ME! the birthday boy! hensem tak? that suit is bought by my atok & nenek when they were on umrah last year.

and this is my birthday cake! yummy! carefully selected by ibu, ayah & ashu... specially for me! auntie julie & auntie shikin said the cake is so lovely!

and kakak ita lurve the taste to bits! she took a huge second helping! lol.

getting ready to sing me the birthday song in malay (Allah selamatkan kamu) & english (happy birthday).

ibu's helping me to cut the cake.

this was before the relatives from my nenek's side turned up. they jam-packed my house! so fun!!

tenkiu very much everyone for the lurvely pressies and lotsa lotsa $$$$!!

i lurve my party so much! can i have another one next year, pretty pls?

2008-06-05T13:00:00.002+08:00

at this very moment, it's raining very heavily outside with thunder & lightning.

while im very cosily sipping my steaming hot mee rebus from the stall across the street.

no lunch date for today = lunching in & surfing the net of cos.

all three of my usual lunch dates are on leave.

but no jealousy here cos i myself will be on leave tomorrow! yippee..

will be doing some last minute marketing for any leftover things not yet bought for ilhan's doa slamat & birthday celebration this sat.

will be able to do some tidying up of the house too.

& oh gosh, talking about my match duty on monday, haha what a disaster!

uzbek seems to be playing against a school team ... disastrous defence... of cos lah..wat else wld u expect out of baihakki.

up till now ... me & my whole family thinks he cant play soccer for nuts.

i jus dont understand what raddy sees in him.

bleurrgh..

anyways, remember my last entry about the red national team replica jersey we satff hafta wear during match days.

i got an sms from my bil when the match was nearly finishing.

"azmi tau asal spore kalah. sbab ada squad merah jaga kat stadium mlm nie"

hehe...kurang asam kan.

oh yeah, we had a staff health talk cum lunch on tuesday.

there was a mini game at the end of the talk & there are 3 prizes (1st, 2nd & 3rd) for those who have all three answers in a straight line (horizontal or vertical) correct.

however, almost everyone got 3 correct answers and thus the choosing of winners become a lucky draw thing.

3 staff had to draw out a name each and thanks to my colleague, staff coach sivalingam, who picked out my name, i got the 1st prize!

it turns out to be a nikefit jersey in white and in L size some more!

so 1 nike jersey in red for me & one on white for my hubby!

the funny thing is, all the 3 prizes, from 1st to third are all the same thing! haha

only in diff sizes.

ok, my mee rebus is finishing.

im gonna go surf other ppl's blogs now.

tata!

2008-06-02T18:34:00.004+08:00

i have yet ONE more person to call... makngah.

yes.. and then the list will be complete.

ilhan's 1st befdey celebration insya Allah will be held this saturday. 6 days earlier than his actual birthdate.

yes im really flying off to kl this time round.

no more postponements.

so i'll leave on the 12th.

ilhan's birth date is on the 13th.

so i'll confirm NOT be around when my prince turns one. *sob..sob*

takpe sayang, at least ibu tried my best to do up a nice, simple birthday celebration for you before i go k sayang.

and ilhan, you have yet to walk!! haha..

my lil darling refuses to be tateh-ed.

he loves to climb on his own, hoist himself up against the wall on his own, tried walking sideways while holding on to the wall on his own.

but he just refuses to be held by his 2 hands and tateh-ed!

lol.

nevermind sayang, take ur time k. i noe, boys usually take longer than girls to learn how to walk. so i shall not force u.

anyways, my mil said that my hubby only walked at 18months! berot bontot tau my hubby! :p

anyways, we managed to grab some time to visit the new kid on the block. heh.

laith.

he's such a charmer. muka soo cute. tapi muka garang tau. frown je. nie mesti sempena nama dia yg garang tu.. lion. hehe.

we managed to grab sumting from toys 'r' us TM and was so glad to receive an sms from janna when we were on our way home that we had hit the jackpot.

what we bought them is what they have been planning to buy for laith.

they were so happy... and this we were very happy too for making them happy.

thanks to hubby for making the final decision to buy that instead of the other one i'm eyeing.

and besides laith, ilhan also gets 50% of the attention from janna, her sis and cussins.

ilhan was a bit playful that day. did not want to be held. he wanted to crawl freely on the floor. and with his antics, he made everyone laff :)

i really cant believe that my baby is turning one.

it seems just yesterday that i look at his near perfect little face in the delivery suite, weighing at only 2.745kg.

that's him at a couple of months old.

and just look at how cheeky he is now.

oh well... i cheated.

that was not really now. that was a couple of months back. hehe

oh well im off to the natl stadium for my night shift ..heh.. match duty i mean.

complete dgn natl team jersey tau! haha.

from today onwards, staff are made to wear it during natl team match days. looks funny seh.

dah mcm pakai uniform pulak kat ofis. tapi pakai jelah since my colleague said that it retails at S$99 in the stores. nike lah katakan...

majulah sukan untuk negara.

haha.

entah apa nasiblah spore kena ngan uzbekistan mlm nie. hee.

2008-05-25T11:53:00.002+08:00

wow ... havent been writing for almost a week.

many things to write about, and lots of pictures taken... however was just too lazy too transfer and upload them .. teehee.

shall just update the impt ones then.

i had dinner after work with mai, mas, nisha & my sis on wednesday.

how did my sis end up with us? cos she and a number of her schoolmates had to help out at my workplace for the inter-jc soccer competition.

it ended at abt 5:30pm. half an hr more before i and mai knock off so i invited her for dinner, and seeing that i'll be treating, of cos she'll say yes. haha.

but the place, naked fish, was a total disappointment i tell u. the food was eeuuwww not nice, the waiter was so clumsy, and the glass for our iced tea was soo small, even ilhan's cup at home was much bigger.

luckily the great company made up for it.

we laffed at the food and joked the nite away.

too many things to talk about and update each other.

until we were 'chased out'. haha. the waitress politely came up to our table and told us that the cashier is closing soon.

cant wait for another meet-up with them.

and yeah,

ilhan was down with fever on friday.

mum called me up during lunchtime and told me that he kept on crying and did not wanna eat. she told me to take the remaining day off and to bring him to the clinic.

i went back to the office.. told my boss, finished up some urgent work and left at abt 3:15pm.

reached home, ilhan was asleep. mom managed to coax him to drink his milk and then put him to sleep.

however, he woke up just a moment later, saw me and 'cebikkan' his mouth and crwaked towards me. so cute and manjalah when he's sick.

he's head and armpits felt so warm so i changed him and brought him to see the doctor.

was supposed to spend the day in jb with abg wan's family plus eilla & alya too yesterday.

i initiated it cos i wanted to send some cloth for tailoring. and also to buy some groceries at uda ocean at plaza angasana for ilhan's birthday celebration.

but in the end we had to cnxl it and spend the entire day at home instead cos ilhan was not feeling well.

oh well, we were glad we did not go out anyway cos the day was so scorching hot yesterday.

oh yes, we have decided on ilhan's 1st birthday celebration. just a mini one at home for family & close relatives.

me n hubby had wanted to throw a big one for him at a chalet.

but my dad gave me an advise which i suddenly found quite true.

he said that it's not wrong for us to throw a chalet party for him, like everyone else, however have we ever noticed that at 1 year old, the kid is still too small to understand what's gng on and it'll be the adults who are enjoying themselves at the party.

which i suddenly remembered my cousin who threw a chalet party for his daughter last december. his daughter was cranky and in the end was put to sleep upstairs while us, the 'baby ganyut' partied and enjoyed downstairs. haha.

so ok.... dad was quite rite.

so we'll throw u a big one on ur 2nd yr yeah darling?

we'll just have a small family affair next 2 saturdays, starting with a doa slamat and then makan2!

have yet to call up my cousins and aunties and uncles.

anyways, we're off to a wedding invite later in bedok so most prob will be visiting janna & her new baby, laith in pasir ris as well before gng back to our serangoon home. hehe.

oppps but have yet to grab a pressie for laith!

we'll see how it goes. ilhan's fever has gone away. but in case it comes back later, we'll have to postpone the visit to pasir ris cos we dun wanna get laith catching ilhan's fever! oohh no! no!

well then, have a great sunday everyone.

2008-05-19T21:15:00.003+08:00

my heartiest congrats to my friend janna khaireah and hubby's friend herman for the birth of their 1st child, laith.

may he bring much joy and laughter to both his mom & dad.

we'll visit you and baby soon yeah, sis :)

and im pleased to announce the arrival of our new batch from babycliQue.

summer.

do take a look yeah.

www.babyclique.multiply.com

good nite!

2008-05-12T13:33:00.002+08:00

"They always looked back before turning the corner,

for their mother was always at the window,

to nod,

and smile,

and wave her hand at them.

Somehow it seemed as if they couldn't have got through the day without that,

for whatever their mood might be,

the last glimpse of that motherly face

was sure to affect them like sunshine."

~ Louisa May Alcott ~

"A mother holds her children's hands for a while,

but their hearts forever."

~ Anonymous ~

"A mother is a person who,

seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people,

promptly announces she never did care for pie."

~ Tenneva Jordan ~

Happy mother's day to my mom, my mom-in-law,

and to me.

and of course, to all my relatives and friends, who are mothers & mothers-to-be.

2008-05-07T12:49:00.003+08:00

al-fateha to pak man who had just passed away last nite.

had to take urgent leave today cos mum & dad went up to malacca to ziarah.

too late for us it seems cos we had planned to 'balek kampong' this coming vesak day holiday to bring ilhan on his 1st trip to visit his relatives in malacca, and also to pay pak man a visit actually cos we have earlier rec'd news that he was not well.

semoga roh pak man dicucuri rahmatNya.

so, here i am, looking after my baby & blogging at the same time.

and let me tell you im practically 'fighting' wif my baby this very instant cos he wants to hit the keyboard too!

anyways, on monday nite, i met my best-fren-of-all-times, kathy. she has been my best friend for 23 long years. yups, twenty-three.

we first became neighbours at the age of 5. we played together, studied together, gossiped together, recite the muqaddam & quran together, got scolded together. almost everything together lah.

even the kids in our old neighbourhood at 1st thought that we were actually siblings.

we had even had the same school as our 1st choice during the psle & 'o' levels exams.

but it was fated that we wld neva be in the same school eva. not kindergarten, not pri school, not sec school, not even poly.

but we were still the best of friends no matter.

we moved to diff neighbourhoods when we turn 19.

it was from then that we were not seen together 24/7.

but of course we made sure we keep in touch via the phone & internet.

now im married with a kid & she's busy with her 'kids' at river valley pri.

she already has a suitor though, and they're planning to get married next yr.

i wish her all the best .. and yes, i had a great time catching up with her on monday, after soooo long.

i am proud to say that she is one friend i can count on through thick ad thin.

the one friend that i had cherished for 23 long years... and many more to come, insya Allah.

2008-04-30T20:58:00.002+08:00

what a bummer!

just rec'd an email from the GS' secretary that our kl seminar is postponed AGAIN!

arrgghh!

it was supposed to be from the 6th to 12th of may.

which is a gd period really.

5 days off from work.

however due to unforeseen circumstances, it was then postponed.

16th to 22nd of may.

why was it not as good as the 1st one?

cos 19th is a public holiday and therefore we'll only miss 4 days of work.

but now it's AGAIN changed to 12th to 18th june due to the fact that this seminar clashes with some important AFF meetings.

and why is this date even worse than the 2nd one?

becos 13th june is my baby's very precious 1ST BIRTHDAY!!!

arrgghhh!

what am i gonna do??

2008-04-22T13:54:00.002+08:00

i had the weirdest dream last nite.

in fact, it was downright scary.

there was a death.

it was an aunty.

an aunty who's child is getting married very soon.

we were all so happy when suddenly one of our cousins came up to us bringing the shocking news, and everyone started panicking, esp her child.

everything was all so surreal i woke in a cold sweat.

ok, sume nie mainan syaitan...mainan tidur je kan.

but u noe when the dream felt very real, it gets pretty freaky.

oh back on the lighter side of things, ilhan is now loving every minute of putting his biggest toe (ibu jari kaki) into his mouth.

he did that while sitting on the sofa, and he did that while drinking his milk.

yeah he'll shake his head so that the bottle will drop off then he'll put his toe into his mouth and happily suck away.

haiizz... my bil will be very happy to read this cos u noe lah org tua2 kan ckp kalau mcm tu dia nak adik.

haha ... oh my ilhan, ur only turning one in 2 mths time.

well, talking abt having another baby, im always torn btw 2 choices.

one half of me really wld lurve having another one.

the whole 9 mths process was quite a breeze for me during ilhan's time, except for the 1st trimester's morning sickness & vomitting.

so i wld really lurve to have another one now.

but another half of me was like, what the ...??

ilhan is still a baby in full need of our attention.

looking at his adorable face every day makes me feel so guilty for even thinking of having another one too soon.

haiizz... ur still my no. 1 darling sweetheart!

2008-04-18T19:02:00.002+08:00

do u guys watch vice versa shown on tv3 every tues nites at 11pm?

i jus love the series man!

it revolves around the married lives of 3 couples ... best friends to one another.

1 couple was happily married .. the female a malay, the male a chinese muslim convert. the guy's totally in love wif his wife but at the same time, a devoted son to his mom.

his mom on the other hand is not too happy about the religion conversion, so she always create trouble for the happy couple.

2nd couple is divorced with 2 kids. they separated cos the guy, an actor/director-wannabe cld not afford the 'nafkah' for his wife n kids.

trying his best to earn more moolahs but always slapped with all kinds of probs.

the last couple is just starting to patch things up and be more affectionate towards each other, when the hubby bumped into an old classmate who now looks like a model, and everything got messy when the wife found an 'i miss u' sms on his hp from the classmate.

well, that's just the overall picture.

what kept me glued to the tv screen till midnite even though my eyes were barely opened and it's a working day the next day, is the various events & elements in each episode that made me realise, 'hey, that's absolutely true man'.

and then i will ponder on my relationship with my hubby.

it keeps my mind working.

and it obviously makes me try to appreciate my marriage more.

however, the 'stylo' thing i find about this series is the unique way each episode is portrayed.

first half hr will focus on the wives.. all happenings evolve around the wives, with the husbands coming in here n there.

the nxt 30 mins will then replay the exact events from the 1st 30 mins, but this time, they evolve around the husbands, showing what the husbands did, say, etc .. thereby filling up the spaces from the 1st half hr.

and it really helps that one of the actors is fahrin ahmad!

he's a hottie lah.

heheh.

by the way, it's quite a coincidence that i just mentioned nadya in my previous post and there she popped in my office on wednesday!

and brought along with her some cakes from polar.

sweet kan.

dpt free cakes.

smlm dpt mkn free lagik.

a colleague who's just been promoted, treated the whole admin & finance dept to a team lunch at hajah maimunah.

thanks lydia!

2008-04-15T13:04:00.003+08:00

i had sent an email to my fren nadya about linking our blogs up.

i said sumting like since ive been a silent reader of her famous blog for quite some time now, and since i have now taken over my baby's blog, y not we link up?

yesterday i recd a reply from her.

she said "silent reader of my famous blog eh? apa je. i tau u are a secret admirer of my shoes kan? every time i came to ur ofis last time, u will always check out my shoes! haha"

lol. she cld actually remember that?

oh well, i lurve shoes mah ... and she got very nice shoes!

and yes babe, the 3 of us shld have dinner soon.

mai was shocked to hear nadya asked us out for dinner.

"eh? dia kan busy? susah tau nak date artiste." hehe

wld really lurve the dinner meet-up since it's been way too long me & mai saw her in person!

anyways, i was quite surprised that i was feeling quite fresh this morning.

my eyes were too lethargic and dried up looking at the pc for 13 straight hours yesterday!

i started work at 8:30. 1 to 2, lunched in while surfing the net. then back to work till 6pm. went outside to the nearby shops with mai to duplicate some office cupboard keys and then buy some snacks to stock up in the office, then was on duty for last nite's yl match.

finsihed everything by 9:15pm.

sms-ed hubby.

no reply.

called. again & again & again.

no answer.

wanted to go back.

but afraid hubby was on the way to my office already.

so waited.

till 10pm.

still cld not get him.

luckily janna has always been my saviour when i cldnt reach hubby.

asked for her help to get her hubby to talkie my hubby.

haiizzz at last he called me back and asked me to wait at paya lebar instead.

reached paya lebar, called him, he's stuck at bedok pie due to jam.

at last he reached paya lebar at close to 11pm.

and when i finished bathing and hit the pillows, it's already 12midnite.

my body was aching mad.

ilhan was a gd boy last nite. he did not wake up for milk at all.

he only woke up at 6am.

so i played with him for awhile on the bed before waking hubby up to look after him while i have my shower.

then back at the office again at 8:30am.

wat boring life.

luckily i have a charming and totally active boy to perk me up everyday!

2008-04-14T13:22:00.002+08:00

spent the saturday in jb with my family.

minus hubby cos he had to work.

and bringing along with me a mere 80 ringgit, balance from the previous trip with my in-laws back in feb.

hehe no prob, if short of cash.. got daddy to the rescue maahh!!

i greatly miss my monthly jb session with my family.

before i was married, we will have a family session in jb at least once a month.

and this family session consists of 2 families. mine and abg wan's.

we'll shop till we drop and then dine the nite away.

and then finally, we'll head to the car wash at close to midnite before heading home.

last sat, abg wan's family cldn't make it cos he & his wife had to open up their stall for a school function.

but i still had a blast shopping (50% of it using my dad's money). hehe.

when we stopped for a drink at the hawker stalls outside plaza angsana, we bumped to an old family friend. actually cik fitri used to be my dad's colleague at their old workplace, a lawyer's firm.

but they were so close that his family became a family friend of ours.

so close that the first thing my dad did was to rub his oh-so-round tummy before they shook hands. hehe.

cik fitri and his wife were both 'polis pencen'. hehe. with quite a high rank. so they are quite well-to-do.

i knew that they have bought themselves a holiday house in jb. a 2-story semi-D house.

but what we just found out last sat was that they have permanently moved in.

cik enab had left her 5-room hdb flat to the care of one of her daughters.

and they invited us to sleep over once in a while.

im so excited lah dey.

ive always lurved landed property. the beauty and serenity of it.

my sis had been to their jb house before and she loved it. it is big and pretty and has a garden, so she said.

ok .. cant wait to be there.

and when i reached my in-laws' house last nite, they had also just came back from johore.

so i got a nice lime green lace cloth from mak ngah, to be tailored for her son's wedding this coming july.

wow ive just gotten 2 lace cloth in jan. one black one from my mil to be tailored for busu's daughter's wedding, which i already did.

and 1 brown one from busu herself, which is still in my wardrobe... most prob i'll tailor it for this year's raya.

ive got lulu hadad in mind already.

yum yum.

yummy new kebaya design for raya i mean.

2008-04-10T20:58:00.002+08:00

i alternated (err .. is there such a word?) from coming in early for a couple of days and then late for the next couple of days.

the same goes to my 2 colleagues in finance.

and then on some days we'll work thru the nite.. WITHOUT any overtime pay.. just to finish up our work which are due.

and come on, my workplace is a sports association .. nobody comes to work smack on the dot at 8:30 ok. most even reached at close to 10.

only us, at finance do come in early a few times a week.

and so wats my point here?

well, you see ... we had a team meeting last week, and our finance boss told us that since there'll be a new GS coming in, starting from the 10th of april, we shld keep on our toes always.

at least one person must already be in the finance office at 8:30 sharp.

and y is that ridiculous?

cos the new GS is actually an existing staff from the sleague office upstairs ok!

and he too doesnt come in at 8:30.. in fact on some days he doesnt come in at all!

ok nvm, so we agreed.

but this week, i had some sleepless nights, as ilhan kept waking up for milk..and on monday, he kept having nitemares i think, cos he'll wake up with a start and then cry a bit before he went back to sleep.

so nobody reached office at 8:30.

so my boss watched .. and watched ... and tadaaa! yesterday we rec'd an email from him saying that since nobody took him seriously, with immediate effect, everyone in the finance team has to be in the office latest by 8:45 and that's that. no excuses, unless we're given time off subject to his approval.

whatt???!

i just couldnt believe it man.

so what if we come in on the dot everyday? will the finance team get any special incentive for being 1st in the office everyday?

all other depts claim for overtime pay when they work later than 6pm although God knows what they're actually doing upstairs.

finance dont claim extra hours, cos we're merely finishing up the work we're supposed to finish up.

do we also get any special incentive for not bursting the company's budget?

no.

so wat's up with my finance boss man?

beats me.

!!!!

2008-04-04T13:29:00.002+08:00

ilhan nowadays makin susssssaaahh skali nak tido.

toss n turn, toss n turn.

mata dah really 2/3 closed already still can toss and then climb up as soon as his hands dpt grab something to hoist him up.

smpai skg my fil ada new method to put him to sleep.

he will sit ilhan on his lap, then place ilhan's keyboard on ilhan's lap, then he will enjut kaki dia sambil keyboard tu play the demo song.

sampailah ilhan terlentok there on his lap baru we will place him on the bed.

and last nite was no exception.

hubby was home early too so both me & hubby tried to put him to sleep at near to 11pm. already switched off the bedroom light and turned on the night light, closed the door to block out the living room light but still no success.

then hubby turned to me and asked,

"mcm mana tu lagu favourite alya yg duck song tu?"

so i sang,

"5 little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away, mother duck..."

"ah dah cukop...my turn" he said.

so he sang,

"5 little ducks went out one day, 1 kena cut, now no buah-play*"

????????

*faints*

* must spell this way, spell the real way too obscene! haha

2008-04-03T09:00:00.003+08:00

today will only be the 2nd day that my colleague mai is on study leave.

she'll only be back on the 11th.

but im already missing the her 'riuhness' and 'kecohness'.

she's one talkative and bubbly person and sometimes..hmm..make that most of the time 'mad' too.

so it's quite noticeable when she's not around.

and that brings me back memories of my last day at work a year ago.

on my last working day in march 2007, we were all laughing and joking happily while i cleared the final mess on my workstation.

then my dad came to pick me up and i bid gdbye to everyone esp my direct supervisor cum boss, and my 2 wonderful colleagues from my dept, mai and nisha (who now had also resigned).

but suddenly while on the way back home in my dad's car, i received an sms from my boss.

"ur 2 friends are crying."

"haha... buat lawak je boss ni"

"eh betul ah.... dont believe me eh"

"mestilah...takkanlah sampai nangis..merepek je"

"betullah... tak caya tanya dorang"

so i sms-ed nisha and mai.

both replied no and that boss was only pulling my leg.

so i replied back to my boss and he said "dorang tanak mengaku".

i laughed to myself.

but suddenly, i received another sms from nisha,

"actually betullah kita nangis. i tgh termenung kat my place skali mai walked in ..and we both looked at each other and cried!! pastu boss dtg and saw us! we will miss working with u aisyah"

and then i cried.

haiiizzzz .... so sweet kan.

2008-04-02T09:14:00.001+08:00

i had a peculiar dream the other nite.

i was driving around the blocks in an unfamiliar neighburhood, but confirm in sg cos they were hdb blocks.

the funny thing was, the vehicle i was driving, was some sort of buggy cum jeep.

i just kept driving around the neighbourhood till i woke up.

told my hubby bout it and noe wat he said?

"oh! tu u drive kreta sampah yg slalu bangla2 drive kat carpark tu."

kurang asam kan.

2008-04-01T10:56:00.003+08:00

im a walking zombie today.

ive been yawning for the umpteenth time.

this morning, in the shower, i was daydreaming while squeezing toothpaste onto my toothbrush.

then when i started brushing my teeth, the feeling was somewhat funny, cos the toothpaste feels smoother than normal.

i stopped and inhaled, and smelled something not quite right.

i looked and ..walla! i had squeezed my olay facial wash onto my toothbrush instead.

bleargghh! i spatted it all out and re-squeezed, this time round, the normal darlie toothpaste.

i had the normal monthly closing last nite and reached home only about 10:45pm.

had hoped for hubby to finish his work around the same time too so that i cld get a lift from him.

but no.

he's not finished yet so i left office at about 9:45pm, dragging my tired body and tired eyes, with my dried-up contact lens, all the way home to my in-laws' house.

ilhan was already asleep when i reached home. bathe, had my late dinner and the time was already past 11:30pm when i carried ilhan from my pil's room back to our room, which was actually my bil's room hehe.

and great news, ilhan woke up at 4am and wanted to play. so i played with him on the bed till close to 6am!

and that explains why i said im a walking zombie today.

2008-03-31T08:56:00.001+08:00

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2008-03-30T14:58:00.010+08:00

made plans with my good old pals fida & ziyan to visit yati & her newborn baby girl at her crib in woodlands yesterday.

fida & family arrived first cos they were the nearest, from yishun and also cos they have their own car. senang kan!

me, sis & ilhan arrived next. i dragged sis along to help me carry my big bag while i carried ilhan.

took a cab there cos hubby had to work.

ziyan arrived last with her son, also ilhan. mohd ilhan.

fida's 2 sons, fahmy & fadly were so cute lah! esp fadly, he liked ilhan soo much! haha. padahal he's only a few months older than ilhan. i think abt 4-5 months older to be exact.

had a great time since ive not met them for quite some time. all being busy with our own lives. i think the last time i met them was when they visited me when i gave birth to ilhan & ilhan's already 9 mths old now!!

anyways, we managed to grab some photos of the princes just before fida & family left.

from left, fida's boys fahmy & fadly, my ilhan & ziyan's ilhan. look at ilhan eyeing fadly's pacifier!

and he got it!

look at ilhan's reaction when fadly took it back! haha

but when fida's hubby called to everyone to look at the camera, he turned and smiled sweetly.. haha so mentel kan .

oh.. so where's the princess? tu lah sume yg dtg tgk dia sume eligible bachelors. dia sorang je anak dara.

oh here she is!

alah pose nie tak vogue la sayang.

we try one more time k..

pheewwiitt! nie baru pose maut!

welcome to the world nur balqis!!

k since u gave me a great pose, here's a pressie for u from me & uncle ok sayang!

oh and here's me & ilhan downstairs moments later waiting for dad & mum to pick us up for our next destination, to yishun to visit my sick aunty.

k now wait for janna's turn to pop!

2008-03-27T20:38:00.002+08:00

heard on the news just now a horrific accident involving a sg chinese family in malaysia.

a bus collided into the unfortunate family's car.

what breaks my heart is finding out that only the 2 month (if im not wrong) baby survives.

the mom, granny, and bro died on the spot.

daddy died in hospital.

:'( so poor thing kan the baby... he/she has not even had the opportunity to know his/her parents face, to understand their love, and they're gone.

what's gonna happen to the baby now?

but God knows best ..

i do not know why .. it's just me. ever since forever, i have a very weak heart when it comes to news about babies being killed, abused, abandoned, etc.

and im not talking about just hearing... i cant even bear to see or watch.

like the case of the maid abusing her employer's baby caught on the couple's cctv installed at home.

i was with my in-laws family watching the 8pm news on suria when that horrible news came up. the video had just started, it caught me by surprise, the maid was violently shaking the baby swing while the baby was still inside.

i felt a gripping pain in my heart and i walked into the room. i couldnt bear to watch any more of it. i just couldnt.

i jus could visualize the baby's innocent face ... startled ... and not understanding what's happening..

screw that maid... i hate her so much for that.

and for the record ... i cant help but feel the tiniest pinch of pity for edga ian cook, the cute son of recently-divorced rima & davin.

though of course both of them have their own reasons for this unfortunate decision, it's still a pity for edga.

torn between 2 parents at the age of 10 months, smiling ever so charmingly cos he doesnt understand what's happening.

too young to be caught in this situation.

*sigh*

my dearest ilhan, ibu and ayah will try to be the best parents you could ever have.

and may Allah bless our marriage so that we will always be together as a family till death do us part.

amin.

2008-03-26T08:44:00.002+08:00

phew! at last the early bird presale for tonite's wcq match is over.

like finally we can go out for lunch together again. you see it had been 2 weeks that at least one of us had to stay back in the office during lunchtime for the presale in case public came in during that slot.

and since the lions drew with the socceroos last sat, more ppl have been coming in buying tkts to tonite's match. my dad wanted me to get him some comp tix too but in the end when he found it'll be broadcast live on ch5, he decided to watch in the comfort of home. heh.

and talking bout presale, check this out:

some teenage boys walked into the office. the first few bought their tkts already. the last one came up to me.

teenage boy (while stretching out his hand to hand me some dollar bills): firdaus..

me (looking up, stunned): huh?!

teenage boy: eh!! sorry...sorry!! i mean 1 student tkt pls...

his friends were already laffing at him from the door.

haiiiiizz... too stressed up ah until he blurted out his name instead of asking for tickets.

ckp punya ckp ... it's already wednesday today. almost half of the week is gone... but i'm not really looking forward to the end of the week actually.. cos of mth-end closing! yikes... *sigh* here comes the dreaded time again. hmmpph..

last weekend was ok. on gd friday, hubby brought me & ilhan shopping. on sat morning, ilhan had his 9 mths check-up and then in the afternoon, we went shopping again. and then on sunday we went out again and almost shop again...

shop, shop, shop je lah keje... haha.

shopping again this weekend? my sis wld lurrvee that ... she's really bugging me to go plaza sg cos she wants to get some materials from made with love. i do office banking at plaza sg about once every 2 weeks but ive yet to see that shop. maybe it's on the upper levels.

she wanted to do a surprise for this june *hint..hint*, so no matter what, she have to get those materials and she wants it from made with love. maybe we'll go there this sat yeah sis.

happy wednesday all.

2008-03-16T18:02:00.015+08:00

there you go ..... two lurvely pressies for my beloved sis. a black heart pendant necklace from diva ... and purple patent pumps from gripz.

was totally clueless what to get her this yr so gave her a budget and let her choose herself during our shopping trip to marina square.

dad wanted to give the family a treat for my sis' birthday and let my sis choose the place herself.

so she chose breeks n i agreed. why? cos although breeks has existed since back then, we have n.e.v.e.r dine there ever.

so breeks it was and marina square cos it's been some time we stepped in there.

did the shopping first and then when hubby sms-ed saying that he had finished his job and was on the way there, we headed towards breeks, ordered 1st and waited for him.

ilhan caught some ppl's attention cos he was busy chatting away happily to himself.

some couples turned to look at him and 'agah2' him from far. he laffed cheekily and that made them 'agah' him even more.

dessert

my hot plate salmon

mum's baked rice

mummy, y so sad? hehe

daddy enjoying his fish n chips. hubby had fish n chipstoo.

sis' fish & shrimps lafayette

salad

sis & cheeky ilhan

dats my shaolin! ilhan with his new haircut.

the best part was when i rec'd an sms while i was eating. it turned out that it was from hubby, although he was only sitting diagonally from me.

"nie bukan breeks tapi geeks!"

haha u noe why?

cos they kept chorusing in unison every time customers walked in or out.

"hi welcome to breeks!"

"thank you! pls come again!"

everyone.... i repeat everyone..including those in the kitchen were shouting that in a sing-song manner. haha.

2008-03-14T12:16:00.002+08:00

happy happy birthday to my darling sis haneys for turning sweet eighteen.

a year older, a year more matured.

& to my dear friend, janna for turning a wonderful, glowing thirty and being hugely pregnant at that! cant wait for ur 'lion' to pop out soon!

have a wonderful day ahead u two!

and a great weekend to the rest!

2008-03-13T20:48:00.002+08:00

time check: 8:46pm

already finished my match duty for the lion city cup.

but still browsing thru the net.

why?

cos this lazy bum is too lazy to take the train back home all the way to jurong.

so... great way out?

wait for hubby's lorry to tpt me home lor!

quick lah hubby .... i cant wait to get home to my shaolin.. miss miss...

2008-03-13T17:14:00.004+08:00

happy 9 months on earth my darling!

ilhan was babbling non-stop last nite. he was not usually like dat.

he blurted out all kinds of words.

sumtimes we even caught him saying e-bu (not ibu) and 'panas'... haha.

mum said that he knew it's his big day today, turning 9 mths.

tak lama lagik nak kawin anak ibu ... haha

and oh yah, heartiest congrats to my dear buddy back in poly days, yati! she safely gave birth to a lil princess this morning. hey same date lah my boy & ur gerl.. 13!

and may Allah bless my good fren juli and her unborn baby with the best of health. she's now abt 5 mths preggie i think and there's a slight prob with her foetus. my prayers go to u sis. and stay strong for the baby. he/she needs you!

may Allah bless all of us on this good day.

happy thurs all!

2008-03-11T13:26:00.003+08:00

weekend was ok.

on fri, hubby fetched me from work. he was on urgent leave that day. he told me he had a surprise for me back home. and it had sumting to do with ilhan.

and when i reached the front door, ilhan scrambled up with his walker towards the door and i saw ...... a shaolin!

heh.

hubby with the help of his 2 bros, managed to shave ilhan's hair off.

like finally.

since the day we held the 'cukor jambul' ceremony for ilhan, we left his hair like dat. so like finally, ilhan had a proper haircut. hope his hair will grow thick and full soon.

sat, sent my in-laws to woodlands for their catering job and then zoom back home cos it's already 5pm and ilhan had not had his meal yet.

8pm followed hubby to a nearby steet soccer court. luckily it was nearby. hubby suggested that place and the rest of the sumotruckers agreed so...once again, poor mak buyong janna hafta come all the way to jurong from pasir ris. hee jgn marah sis nanti kena jual.

they were halfway into the game when ilhan, carried by janna, kept rubbing his eyes. i took him and stepped out of the court area to try to cradle him to sleep. they stopped for a break and hubby saw me so he sent me and ilhan back to the lorry, switched on the engine and aircon and ilhan dozed off straight away!

didnt even manage to say goodbye to janna and june.

on sun, we went out of the house at abt 12:30pm to fetch my sis from her pergas religious class at madrasah irsyad and then straight to a wedding of a relative from my mum's side in tampines.

like everyone else, i love weddings too.

i always like to compare the deco n dais to other weddings i've attended.

no pics to show. but this time round, the dais was so damn big, but very simple, with an extra extension on the left side to display 2 big sports bikes. which i was like "huh? apa motive seh?" mcm lah dia sorang je ada motor besar. merepek.

and it turned out, i found a new relative!! heh.

on my way back to the car, i heard someone shouted my name. i turned and saw my colleague, aida. so i thought she or her husband must be a friend of the groom.

it turned out that her husband is the groom's cousin. his mother (who is my colleague's mil) is the groom's aunty.

and my mom is the groom's aunty too.

which it turned out that my mom and her mil are cousins!!

so me and her hubby are actually second-cousins (dua pupu).

and the best part is, me and her hubby dont know each other.

haha.

great kan org skg tak kenal sedara.

oh well.

then off to another wedding in jurong which is good, cos it's near to my place. senang nak balek. hehe.

the wedding couple this time round was my cousin's nephew and his bride.

not related to me cos my cousin (kak ros) is actually my cousin-in-law. she's married to my cousin (abg wan). so her nephew is not related to me lah.

but we were invited cos all her siblings know my family and we are quite close. we go for picnics together and visit each other during hari raya.

i like the deco this time round. very rich and soothing colour, cream and brown sort of theme.

ilhan was passed around like nobody's business. sume nak pegang dia. hehe.

stayed till 5 plus and then home sweet home!

looking forward to another weekend....

2008-03-07T08:40:00.002+08:00

after much thought, me & hubby decided to just surprise mil with a cake from the royals.

becos of our past experiences whereby we got 'scolded' for 'wasting money buying expensive things' as she calls it (hehe), we decided to skip that this year & see how it goes. cos she'll be busy tonite in the kitchen. she has a wedding catering to do this weekend.

plan was for me & hubby to grab the cake after work tonite, light up the candles outside and then walk into the house with the lit-up cake. i wldnt know what her reaction will be like. heh. cos hubby said that in his whole lifetime, he has neva bought a cake for his mum *faints*.

yesterday's health talk cum staff lunch was ok. the talk turned out to be on HIV. our despatch uncle kept cracking up stupid jokes and that kept us entertained. the best joke of the day was abt our colleague, lydia.

yesterday was our 'batch day' whereby my dept has to close our payables/receivables batches for the week. so we were kind of tight on time. therefore this talk cum lunch which took up abt 2 hrs, to us was time-wasting. but lydia being the rep from our dept, kept urging us to go. she kept clapping her hands and said "come on guys! it's compulsory!! come on! come listen to the talk!"

and then during the talk, she s.l.e.p.t!! she was practically sitting in the 2nd row with her head dropping to one side. the rest of us were at the last 2 rows. we laffed so hard.

my dept is gonna spring-clean today. audit just ended so time to clear away the files and documents for year 2000 i think. cos we have to keep records for up to 7 years before we can destroy them.

so have a great weekend u guys!

2008-03-06T08:48:00.002+08:00

thank God we made up this morning.

me & hubby had a slight tiff last nite that we didnt talk to each other.

but i missed him lah i cant cope not talking to him the whole nite.

serves me right for being so hard-headed. heh.

anyways, today will hafta rush thru my work cos there'll be a health talk cum staff lunch from 11:30am-2:00pm. what a waste of precious time to finish up my stacking workload. but at least we get free lunch. hehe.

and bil just reminded me last nite that it's my mil's birthday tomorrow!! yikes! i totally forgot all abt it.. what shall i get her? what shall i get her? oh no. hubby suggested fetching from work tonite and grab sumting from bugis. but ive totally no idea what time i could knock off tonite. we'll see abt that.

and next friday will be my sis' turn. i have no idea what to get her too.

help.

2008-03-05T09:15:00.002+08:00

it's official.

my company's flying me & mai up to kl for a financial management seminar for 5 days!

yup i'm excited cos it's my 1st time overseas (though only across the causeway) on official matters.

but im very, very sad too.

why? cos i'll be leaving my super-duper cutey-pie behind. and of cos my darling hubby too.

and wat makes it worse is that it'll be from 17-21 may! n why is that bad? cos 18th is mother's day!! my VERY FIRST mother's day and im not with my loved ones. arrghhhh!!

and 19th is a public holiday!!! wasted kan?? haiizzz but wat to do.

AFF postponed the seminar which i dunno for wat reason. it's supposed to be from 7-11 may at first.

but it's still more than 2 mths away.. so i'll let the matter rest for now.

ok back to work!

p.s. janna .. din complain smalam that din kk da jadi hot topic smlm! haha dia kata nie mulot i punya pandai ah gi ckp ngan u ... teros u pon bilang tajun...kah kah kah... ok apa...fofular siket haha

2008-03-04T09:08:00.001+08:00

a new entry as a new person.

ilhan is busy trying to crawl properly now that he doesnt have time to blog anymore.

so his ibu is taking over for good. hehe.

but not to worry. there'll still be lots of updates on ilhan. he's the star anyway!

in the office rite now trying to freshen myself up for a brand new day.

so much work to do, so little time ... and yet i can steal some time to blog. heh.

2nd batch for babyclique has arrived yesterday. will upload the pics up in a couple of days' time. cant wait for april's batch cos we'll be broadening our stock to shoes & accessories too. we'll be looking into clothes for bigger kids too cos there's been quite a number of demands on that. insya Allah hope to expand our business. give us your support yah!

www.babyclique.multiply.com

2008-02-26T15:43:00.002+08:00

major revamp!!!

ibu's gonna join me in this humble blog! yeah!

so i'll be sharing ownership of this blog with ibu... starting from the next entry.

so of cos ibu wld wanna change the blogskin too.

hmm must wait till she's rajin enuff to do it.

in the mean time, ibu's multiply acct will only be reserved for photos (huge photo album wif lotsa photos will be updated there). otherwise, a couple of photos here will do.

so see yah in our next entry.

p.s. i'm drooling like crazee cos my forth tooth is starting to show already! now 2 complete sets (1 set top, 1 set bottom) for me to bite with! grrrrr!

2008-02-16T16:48:00.005+08:00

see the cute-sy mute-sy dute-sy bear?

it's from kak alya! but of cos uncle ebok (her dad) helped to buy it lah. heh.

last friday morning, when aunty eilla came to send kak alya to my house, kak alya was holding a transparent box in her hands. still standing outside the gate, she shouted at me when she saw me approaching in my walker.

"ilhan! ilhan! this is for ilhan!"

ibu opened the gate and aunty eilla helped to take the bear out of the box. kak alya was so excited and told ibu repeatedly to press the bear's left hand. she kept saying "along! press here!" haha so cute.

when ibu pressed the left hand, i heard kak alya's voice from the voice recorder inside the bear. she said, "gd morning ilhan! i love you baby!"

auwww sooo sweet of u kak alya! thank you!

and big hug to uncle ebok & aunty eilla too!

then when ibu came back from work that evening, ibu got a surprise too!

ashu bought for her the official mom book! so cute kan!

the book is dedicated to the wonderful angel we are blessed with,

our moms!

ibu loves it!

the book is full of phrases from famous people, cartoon illustrations & jokes about mom ,etc.

and oh! yesterday we went to pontian, johor for aunty sue's 2nd wedding lunch!

yups, she had a grand wedding dinner in sg on 26th & a grand wedding lunch on 27th jan.

and now she had another wedding lunch in pontian! so cool kan!

so we were invited & we left home at 8am. waited at pantai lido for the other 3 families and soon reached the kampong at 10+ am.

preparations were still under way when we reached and no sight of aunty sue, her hubby uncle idham & also pak bushu who accompanied them there since friday nite.

so we hung around in the living room 1st before heading outside under the white gazebo to eat. but actually for the adults to eat lah. me, it's not my mealtime yet so they played around with me while im in my pram.

after they had their lunch, we went to the far corner under some big trees to relax and cool off.

it's a nice kampong. with the old-fashioned round tyre swing.

and there's 1 cool thing. i saw a tall ladder attached to a tree and some long lines attached to another tree. i heard ayah said that'f for the flying fox. wow. like OBS seh..hehe.

soon after, aunty sue & uncle idham & pak bushu arrived and we mingled & joked & had a fun time.

there was no dais as there was no 'bersanding' event. it was just a simple, casual lunch which uncle idham's parents held for their relatives and neighbours in pontian who did not manage to catch the wedding event in singapore.

so nice of them kan.

oh fyi, the kampong house belongs to uncle idham's parents. best eh.

oooh and that makes me wanna balek kampong sooo much. ibu's family always balek kampong at least once a year. in malacca.

and the last time they went, they brought pak bushu along.

and me? i have YET to go there. atok yem.... when are you bringing me?

and i noe if pak bsuhu reads this, he will wanna go too!

rite pak bushu??? heheheh

2008-02-13T22:32:00.002+08:00

hey i forgot to wish myself heppi 8th month!

heppi 8th month to me!

4 more months to go nefore i turn 1!!

im a big boy now....

pssttt... i have 3 teeth now u noe!

yeehaaaa !!!

2008-02-13T10:49:00.001+08:00

i had a great long CNY weekend.

it started out with some time spent at changi sailing club on thurs.

ibu, ayah, ashu & pak bushu left me at home with nenek minah & atok amat while they went off to escape theme park to have some fun cos tok amat got some free tix. notty kan dorang. neva bring me. but it's ok cos ibu said the weather's hot & it'll be very uncomfortable for me & furthermore who'll be looking after me when they took the rides kan?

so since they left me behind, i oso left them behind lor! haha.

nenek minah brought me to changi sailing club for a breather. actually nenek jah and tok amin wanted to fetch tok nyang busu from his workplace at changi sailing club so since it's still a few hours to go before tok nyang busu knock off, they decided to ask nenek minah & me along.

uncle mail & uncle azri came along too cos they wanted to do some fishing.

when we reached changi sailing club, ibu & ayah hav also just arrived. they have finished wif the rides and therefore they sent pak bushu there for a while before moving off again to send ashu back to jurong.

so i spent the late afternoon there. i didnt even want to drink my milk cos i was so engrossed looking at the beautiful sea and the many nice-looking yachts around it.

we went back in the evening cos i heard it's not a gd place for small babies like me to hang out till night time.

friday was rest at home day cos nenek minah had a catering order for the next day.

saturday was fun. after ayah, pak bushu & uncle mail sent the orders to toa payoh at noon, we headed off to pasir ris park. uncle y joined us there cos he just knocked off from work.

i saw some horses while walking towards the beach. when i was passing one white horse, it poked its nose out towards me but i was scared n looked away. hehe.

the guys then started their fishing again and i had fun enjoying the wind and looking at the sea again. when i can walk i'll force ibu & ayah to bring me to the beach so i can swim swim swim!

later the guys moved to a diff location and ibu pushed me in my pram and we had a good long walk in the park nearby. it's much shadier there cos of the huge trees.

soon uncle ogy & his gf aunty siti joined us.

by evening we headed back to ayah's lorry. ibu, ayah & me dropped by the shop for a while to buy some drinks and the apek there liked me a lot! he asked ayah & ibu a lot of qsns like my name, my age , etc etc. and then gave me 2 oranges! heheh.

we bid goodbyes to uncle y, uncle ogy & aunty siti and then we headed off to sengkang... to... i cant remember the name of the shopping centre. heh.

ayah & pak bushu bought me some toys from kiddy palace and then we headed back. on the way back, we passed 77th street. ayah had a glimpse inside & saw this very nice white rising sun cap & asked pak bushu whether he wanted it. he said, anything lah.

so we went in & then ibu saw another rising sun cap, but this one's a green camou one. ibu said it's much nicer. & pak bushu agreed & said that one's ok. while ibu was bz pointing out that cap to one of the salesgirls, ibu heard the other 2 saying "cutenya...cute seh..pakai baju rock seh takleh angkat".

ibu turned and saw these 2 beautiful minahs (haha... the ones with coloured hair and wearing baju tak cukop kain gitu lor) looking at me. so ibu stood me up and waved my hand and said hello.

they were so excited and kept waving at me. then the one who took the cap down held out her hands and i wanted to grab then. that makes them laff even more and then one of them said 'gatalnya!'

kurang asam punya minah. dia yg kacau aku dulu pastu kata aku gatal? cett!! tak patot...tak patot.

they waved me goodbye even when we were out of the shop til out of sight haha.

when we were back at the lorry, (uncle mail didnt follow cos he was lazy) ibu pretended to talk to me... "wasted lah uncle tak ikot eh...cos ada 3 chickies kacau ilhan... kalau tak, bole uncle mail tolong dokong ilhan and masok daun skali...haha"

we reached home at about 8 and ibu & ayah got a good scolding from atok amat cos i havent had my meal for the evening. haha.

we had an invitation on sunday from aunty liza cos she just moved house at punggol east. so we went over at 2pm.

bumped into uncle y & his family at the void deck. auntie zila as usual will grab me first. heh.

aunty liza's house was wayyyy to the end. near the sea.

good location cos her flat was just by the roadside with a bustop & an lrt station.

the 4-room flat was kinda small and squeezy but dat's normal lah....all new houses now, especially 4-rooms are very small. u cant find any new houses that are big & spacious like the old flats.

but ibu loved the view from the master bedroom the best! it was the usual windows at new houses. the celing-to-floor kind of windows & it's facing the sea. aunty liza's house was at the 5th floor so they got a glimpse of it but it is still very niceeee.

stayed there for a while and met a lot of my cuzzins before heading back to serangoon for ibu to pack up cos we're heading back to jurong for the following week.

what a long weekend. but i had fun.

looking forward for another long weekend!

invitation from NbyN studio

2008-02-02T16:27:00.000+08:00

we had a great time this morning! abg sam, the guy who attended to us was very nice & fun.

but i cried halfway thru cos i was feeling really sleepy.

so we cut the photoshoot short.

there were sooooo many nice photos, especially of me alone surrounded by soft toys.

but since this is a complimentary makeover cum photoshoot, we only got to take home 2 pics so ibu chose the family pics instead.

but they're very nice too dont u think?

thank u abg sam!

2008-01-31T20:07:00.000+08:00

it's 8:00pm now & ayah & ibu are late again!

y do they hafta work late every nite?

anyways yesterday, like once in a blue moon, ayah came home at 3:30pm.

woaahh... cam nak beli nombor gitu.... hehe.

when ayah reached home, i was asleep. he played around with me for a while when i woke up but then left again at close to 6. but before he left, he managed to help clip my nails for me.

my nails grow very fast lah. in abt 2-3 days time after clipping, the nails can grow long enuff for me to scratch my face and also.... other ppl's face. hehe

also, something happen when i was playing ard with ayah yesterday.

i was in my walker & kakak alya was on her small bicycle. she was kind of chasing me lah but suddenly, one time, she knocked the bicycle handle to my head. it was kind of a hard impact.

kak alya was so scared that she climbed off her bike and ran to hide behind ashu.

poor thing. she was scared that ayah will scold her. but of cos ayah will not scold her cos it was accidental.

ayah just came to check on me casually but surprisingly to him and ashu, i didnt cry one bit. my face was 'selamba' only.

and that reminded me too of the time when atok was sitting cross-legged on the floor and holding me up in a standing position while i was busy jumping up & down. suddenly i hit my head on atok's chin real hard.

i heard atok said 'aduh!' then atok panicked and quickly rubbed my head. atok told nenek that the knock was very hard and his chin felt painful.

but i just looked at atok 'selamba-ly' again and continued my wonderful game of jumping up & down. atok looked puzzle and asked nenek 'dia tak sakit ke?'

heheh.

i must be a superboy lah!

maybe i dont cry when ppl knock into me but one thing i'll sure cry.....

when i bit my own finger!! haha

twice already i bit my own finger & cried hehe.

2008-01-30T09:12:00.000+08:00

good wednesday morning u guys!

i feel so fresh today. maybe cos i had a gd nite's sleep. i was a gd boy last nite. i only had milk at 12+ and then i slept all the way thru till 7am. so ibu had a gd rest too. hehe

anyways, talking about aunty mai in my previous entry, she did come over to my house the other day. why? cos she & ibu has a project coming along. once it's confirmed, i'll let u guys noe abt it yah? so i had a gd time playing wif her.

& on the same day too, ashu & aunty eilla & kak alya was not around as they were away at science centre for the subordinate courts family day. atok got the tics from his werkplace. & they didnt bring me along!!! uwaahhh!

oh well, maybe cos im too small anyway. i wldnt understand a single thing. heh. oh yes, they brought kak syura along too. so kak syura's mum & lil bro (abg nadir) waited for her at my house.

here's me & abg nadir.

abg nadir is so handsome u noe. he's so fair he looks like angmoh. & he loves me.

he likes to some around & suddenly hug me. heheh.

& have i told u dat i love riding on ayah's lorry? sometimes when we have reached the carpark, ayah will put me on his lap so i can try driving on my own too.

& here's me trying to change gear. but ayah's gear handle is sooooo high, ive got to stand to do so.

hehe. sometimes atok lets me drive his car too. one day i'll get my own license. but ayah wants me to get a bike license 1st. so soon i'll train on my pocket bike 1st. kah kah.

but most times, instead of driving i'd rather sit around on ibu's or nenek's lap and suck my hand. it's more enjoyable & yummy i tell u.

oh yeah, have i told u that i rec'd a free sample tin of dumex mamil gold milk formula?

it's a follow-up milk for babies aged 6mths & above. ibu has tried it on me. im ok with it. like ibu said, im a gd baby. im not choosy. i can eat anything. but ibu & ayah have decided that after i finish this tin, they'll go back to my dulac formula. that formula is for babies up to 12 mths. it's much cheaper & ibu & ayah think that all formulas are the same lah. it's not the babies who are choosy. it's the parents who wants to be a bit 'up' lah by buying their babies 'branded' and expensive formulas. heheh. notty lah ibu & ayah.

cos u noe, even ibu, ayah, ashu & uncle drink dumes... & they still grow up healthy & strong & clever mah. heh.

ah enuff of my nonsense, i just hav sumting very exciting to inform u guys. ibu registered me for this!

cos u noe... ppl keep telling ibu & ayah that im cute so wat the heck...nothing to lose mah.... just for fun, so ibu sent the entry form! ibu said, 'kalau ada rezeki adalah. try2 je mah'...hehe.

besides, there'll be hundreds, if not thousands of other mummies registering their cutesy-mutesy-dutesy babies so my chance will be like...3%? haha.

anyways, only the shortlisted ones will be contacted to be present during the baby fair somewhere in march.

& wat pic did ibu send? of cos her faveret pic! me looking so mentel in the camou hooded rompers!

wat do u guys think? can win? haha.

oklah, it's been a long entry wif so many pics. just wanna share the last pic... a long-overdue secret.

ive got 2 teeths already!

& ive bitten atok's finger till i left a dent u noe!

hehheh.

have a great day all!

2008-01-29T22:56:00.000+08:00

i cant seem to be able to fall asleep.

i keep turning here n there and mumbling loudly and it's driving ibu crazee.. hehe

so i'd better take this opportunity to blog instead. remember the suit i mentioned in my previous entry?

tadaaahhh....

hehe cute isnt it?

ive already worn it by the way. on sunday. remember aunty sue's big day? but i didnt wear the bow cos i keep licking it until ibu gave up and took it off. heheh. cant help it lah. it's so near my mouth so i licked lah!

i'll post a pic of me as 'bang braim' soon ok?

talking about clothes, did u noe that aunty mai bought me these?

ibu said while doing office banking the other day, aunty mai walked around suntec while waiting for ibu.

she then sms-ed ibu saying that there's a 50% discount at FOX Baby for old stocks to make way for the new ones. being a FOX Baby fanatic, ibu was excited. so she asked aunty mai to wait for her there.

however, the banking took very long and lunchtime was running out so ibu sadly had to sms-ed aunty mai seying that they hafta go straight for lunch instead. aunty mai said ok.

when ibu met aunty mai later, aunty mai surprised ibu with a FOX bag! secretly she shopped on ibu's behalf instead! so she bought those for me lor... so sweet of her kan? luv u many2 aunty mai!

ok lah ... now im sleepy already. i'll continue tomorow okie?

nitez peeps!

2008-01-25T08:42:00.000+08:00

hi all! happy friday! it's the last weekday of the week!

and that means that the day aunty suhana becomes a beautiful princess is very neaaaarrrr.

hehe. i mean she's getting married lah. last sat we went to her house, i mean, her mum's house, who is actually my nenek busu. get it? cos yah now of cos it's her house, but she's already bought a house of her own. so after her wedding, she'll be living in her new house. what lah am i blabbering.

so anyway, last sat ayah helped to transport some furnitures from nek busu's house to aunty sue's new house lor. to clear nek busu's house for the big day.

anddd....... pak bushu has already bought for me a very cute suit to wear on sunday for the wedding. i'll post a pic of the suit in my next entry yah. nenek minah haf to alter a bit cos it's big lah... but when ibu saw me trying it out the other day, she laffed and called me 'bang braim' ...as in ibrahim pendek in pendekar bujang lapok.

u noe the one where braim pendek was in the photo on the wall, then when aini the maid asked for help, "bang braim tolong bang braim' then he jumped out of the photo and helped! haha. that's ibu's faveret moment in the story.

ibu i said i looked so cute in the suit like bang braim. i think when u see the pic of the suit, u will noe why ibu called me that. hehe.

tonite, ibu is going to make a fruit hamper for aunty su to add on to her gubahans (wedding gifts) for the groom. i'll add a pic of the fruit hamper to when she has finished it ok. so that means tonite, ibu will bring me to cok wan's house to collect the basket for the fruit hamper. and that also means that i'll get to see cik wan & cik ros & their beautiful dotters, kak ila, kak aisyah & kak fifa. but dunno lah whether kak ila will be at home.

she's always very busy u now.... cos she's very active in ....dancing! the hip-hop ones lah i think. i also dunno what is hip-hop... i still very small mah. one day i want to go watch kak ila dance, then i'll noe what is hip-hop. maybe they hop on one leg when they dance..like hop-scotch like that. hehe. by the way, kak ila is very gooooodd that now she's a judge for dance competitions.

one day u teach me how to dance k kak ila? then i can look like this. rapper ah. cheh! heheh.

oklah ilhan tired already. ilhan want MILK! see ya later peeps! muackz!

2008-01-17T19:05:00.000+08:00

i miss ibu & ayah.

they've been coming home late. ok, i understand they're bz saving up for more 'braindead' clothes ... oooppss ..i mean for my future. hehe

last nite, ibu reached home at near to 11pm. she's bz with year-end closing i heard. whenever she reached home, she'll call out in a cute high-pitched voice, "bushuk ibu mana??". dat gets me so excited all the time. & yesterday was no exception. the moment i heard that, i jumped up & down while nenek held me. ibu was calling out the 'bushuk' thingy and smiling widely at me..but suddenly, she turned back & moved towards the kitchen. i was so disappointed she didnt pick me up that i cried! haha. i sort of shouted or cried all in one.

ibu had to quickly wash her feet & face & ran back to get me. oh. she was just cleaning herself before picking me up. heh. what chaos.

anyways, nowadays, i always hear ibu and nenek calling me 'bertuah punya budak'. hehe. i think i noe why. i'm beginning to be more hyper-active nowadays. i simply refuse to go to sleep even though my eyes are all so droopy. when they tried to put me down, i'll struggle & toss & turn.

& now i'm beginning to learn to talk. i keep mumbling when i feel like it. & sometimes i scream. & fyi i have a very high-pitched sneeze. for those who hear me sneeze for the 1st time, they'll get a shock of their lives. then they'll laugh at me. and they'll say "tak padan kecik!"

& everytime i yawn, i will make a sighing sound at the end. that tickles everyone too.

im beginning to recognize my lullabies & nursery rhymes now. i love listening to the remix 'enjet2 semut' vid on ayah's hp. i love listening to my neneks or atoks or ibu singing 'pak cekup gembang gamit' and then i'll open & clench my fist too.

& i love watching tv. they'll put me in my walker & let me face the tv. & i'll watch & laff. and then i'll hear someone say 'mcm paham je'. apa ingat aku tak faham ke? kah kah

i've enjoyed my 7 mths on earth. cant wait to learn how to crawl (im now learning to push myself front & back), then walk, then talk.....

my visit to ibu's office

2008-01-14T20:52:00.000+08:00

hey all! it's already the middle of jan and i've yet to wish everyone happy 2008! hehe. have been missing in action for so long yet again. by the way, i've turned 7 mths yesterday! happy 7 mth to me!

last thursday, ayah was on half day leave. ibu forced him to bring me to her office and at the same time to fetch her from work too.

i met quite a number of ibu's colleagues but i only took pictures with 3 of them. and i met a new fren!

me and auntie mai

me trying to have a bite at auntie mai's access card

me and auntie siti

me and kak mirah

see? that's my new fren!

i would lurve to visit ibu's office again to meet up with all the other aunties and uncles i haven't met!

2007-12-06T13:51:00.000+08:00

PRINCE ILHAN AQIEL AND HIS WONDERFUL TRIP TO THE ~~ZOO~~ WET MARKET.

Once upon a time,
there lived this little prince in
the faraway land of Dung-dung west (as pronounced by none other than the prince's most prettiest cousin, Princess Alya).
His life is already so eventful.
At a very young age,,
Prince Han has travelled all over the tiny island of Singapore and even Johor Bahru.
But one place he have yet to visit, the wet market.

And so one day his grandparents, the King and Queen decided to bring their one and only grandson to the wet market.
His royal mother and ashu tagged along too.

And so starts the exciting adventure for the royal family.
Their journey to the wet market, with a barely 6 months-old prince.

Prince Han was not that excited at first cos 'Wet Market' doesn't sound that fun to him.
Oh wells.

But the moment his royal grandpa stepped into the market with him in his hands, he oversee a very fun, educational and definitely 'wet' trip. :)

Prince Han got excited over the tiniest fish around. What more those gigantic ones!

And he even get to see the most weirdest fish around.

"Eeew! I swear that's the fugliest fish around!" exclaims his Royal Ashu.

"What's that, Along?". He thought he heard his cousin, Princess Alya asking.

Even his Royal Mother agreed that the fish is weird, and definitely fugly.

Prince Han laughed at the sight of his Mother and Ashu for being so pathetic.

How could a 27 and a 17 yr olds not know what fish that is! His Grandpa couldn't agree less.

And then Prince Han looked over to his Granpa and said "Oh, My handsome grandpa, thanks for bringing me over to the wet market! I really enjoyed it and really hoped that this would not be the last time."

Prince Han definitely enjoyed his first trip to the wet market.

Many more trips to come, he exclaims!

And so they lived happily ever after.

At least till the next time they're at the wet market again!

2007-11-13T20:35:00.000+08:00

I am 5 months old today!

I went to Bukit Batok Polyclinic today with Ibu and Ashu for my monthly immunisation.

Here's me waiting for my turn.

My queue number is 1077.

Hmm, let's see. Oops, not my number yet!

Grrr. Boringlah wait for my turn.

Anyways, everything turned out fine. The jab was a fast one. I cried but because i want my milk! Slow lah Ibu, forgot to make my milk. :( Btw, i am 7kg now!

Here's me back at home, at Nenek's room.

Let me share a secret. I'm beginning to learn to lie on my tummy!

Alamak, but i still have yet to learn to keep my head up longer. So someone must still be around me now in case i suffocate myself. Hehe.

Till then! I'm gonna have my beauty,oops, handsome sleep now. Tata!

2007-11-05T13:55:00.000+08:00

Hellow everyone!
Last Saturday Ibu,Ayah,Atuk,Nenek,Ashu and I went out for jalan Raya. Went to Nenek's siblings houses and at around 5.30, we separated.
Me,Ibu and Ayah continued to jalan Raya to Ayah's friends houses while Atuk,Nenek and Ashu went home cos there are people who are coming over to our home.

So,these are the pics taken at my Ayah's friends houses.
Enjoy.

2007-11-01T13:25:00.001+08:00

I'm back!
After taking a looong break for 3 months.
Hehe.
I've been very busy lately. Very busy. But let's not get into that.

I would like to wish everyone,
a belated
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

I have lots of fun visiting all my cousins and aunties and uncles and neneks and atuks houses cos this is my first year celebrating hari raya.
And guess what, on the first day of Syawal itself, i turned 4 months!

My ibu and ayah brought me to many houses for collection, and introduce me to their families and friends who have yet to see me.

At the end of the day, i'm one very happy baby....
and rich toooo!

Can we please have Raya every month.
It's so fun!

We didn't get to snap many pics cos we were too busy visiting but of all the pics taken, more than 3/4 of them has me in it.
What to do. Everyone seemed so excited to take pics with me. So i have no choice but to entertain them and their never-ending requests.

So here are some of the pics:

In Atuk's car.

With Ayah and Ibu

Hensem Abg Haikal and Pretty Kak Tasha

My one and only Ashu

Kakak Aisyah and Ibu

Look at my mentel Kakak Alya

Ashu again

Ahhh..Finally i'm freee~

Ashu lagik,Ashu lagik

With Ibu again

I love my shirt and pants and my Adidas shoes.

All courtesy of Atuk.

I have muscles too you know!

My hensem Atuk.

That's where i got my hensem features from.

Hehe ampu siket,

Jadi can go shopping again!

Ok, that's about it for now.

Check out ibu's and ashu's multiply for more pics :

IBU'S MULTIPLY

ASHU'S MULTIPLY

I will update soon, i promise.

2007-08-10T12:52:00.000+08:00

Hello everybody! I'm back... with a vengeance... HAHA, just kidding.

:):)

Actually just wanted to inform everyone of you that i am a big boy now.

Eh no no no, don't get me wrong, i haven't cut my bebird yet. Hehehe.

I cukur my jambul only lah... But, no worries, i still look as handsome as ever. Heh, prasan siket...

The event was held at Nek Minah's and Tok Amat's house at Serangoon on the 5th of August.

It was a small ceremony but the house and the corridor was jam packed with relatives and friends.

I wanna thank everyone for coming and for the contributions.

Yea yeah.. Im Richie Rich. Yahooo!

Anyways, here's the groom for the day... ME!

Cute tak? Cute kan.. jangan nak bedek.

Ok sape2 nak jadi my bride, sila queue up and amek borang from Ibu.

Hehe. :)

2007-07-24T17:02:00.001+08:00

Hellow people :):)

Guess what? I got a pressie from Ayah as i turned one month old a few weeks back!

Ayah has been planning to get it for me for so long actually. It's really cool. And it's red!

It's my first pocket bike!

Oh no. My legs can't reach to the bottom.

And... my hands can't reach the handle toooo!

I think i need to do some pull-ups so that my hand can grow longer quicky!

I love my pocket bike! Thanks AYAH!

You are the world's best Dad. So what will i be getting next?

:):)

2007-07-13T19:57:00.000+08:00

It's 13 July 2007 today.
(Friday the 13.haha)

And that means that i am 1 month old!
HAPPY ONE MONTH OLD TO ME! =)

I wanna thank my Ibu, Ayah, Nenek, Atuk and Ashu for taking good care of me this 1 month.

And to my Nenek, Atuk, Pak Bushu and Uncle Mail in Serangoon, wait for me okay?
After Ibu's pantang is over, i'll come and stay over.

Toodles.

2007-06-28T19:13:00.000+08:00

My pictures update:

2007-06-25T14:49:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday Atuk!
Just one week after mine!

We had a mini celebration for Atuk on Wed 20th June.

I had fun even though i slept throughout.

Haha.

Ibu, Ayah, Ashu and Nenek gave Atuk 2 Adidas Jerseys!

Of cos, my ever-so-cute Ashu was the one who chose the designs.

I must say, she has good taste.

Hehe.

Afterall she was the one who created this blog for me.

Ashu, what will i get for ampu-ing you?

Anyway, here are some pics taken on Atuk's birthday!

Next year, we celebrate our birthdays together-gether okay Atuk?

Take 1. Sleeping...

Take 2. Still sleeping.

Take 3. Need i say more?

Oh. Last week Ashu came in our room and played with me.

She promised me that when she has started working, she will treat me to Zoo.

And Ayah made a laugh about it.

He said, of all places why Zoo?

Hehe.

But i kind of like it.

Nevermind, Ashu.

I support you all the way.

Have i told you about my Noty Kakak Alya?

She has this habit of stroking my face or nose and then she will lick her fingers.

I must have tasted good eh?

I should try that one day.

Oh no!

It's 3 already!

I need my Susu already lah.

So, bye bye evrybody!

Next time I story to you all again okay?

I have arrived!

2007-06-19T20:29:00.000+08:00

Hello once again evrybody!

I'm back ... as a REAL person now. Hehe ... yupz, ibu had safely given birth to me last Wednesday, the 13th of June 2007. Weee ... Allah has very kindly granted both me & ibu's wish to see each other's face as early as possible. I came out into this world 3 weeks before my due date!

I am very thrilled to see ayah & ibu & everyone else. So these are the beautiful faces who have been talking lovingly to me when i'm still safely tucked in my ibu's tummy.

By the way, here's some facts on my birth:
2.745kg
47cm
6hrs labour
delivered by doc irene chua of kkh

Last but not least, i would like to say a big thank you to all of u who have been praying for ibu's safety while delivering me.

Till we meet again! Tata!

Ibu's 12 june check-up

2007-06-12T13:19:00.000+08:00

hallo evrybody! i'm back!

as promised, here i am updating u guys on ibu's check-up this morning with dr chua.

atok sent ibu to kk just now cos atok reports to work later than normal today. nenek, ashu & kak alya also follow. ayah did not send ibu today cos i heard ayah told ibu since atok was around, ayah decided not to take leave. ayah wants to save his remaining leaves until after i'm born so that he can spend more time at home with me & ibu.

anyways, dr chua as usual did a scan on ibu's tummy. i heard her say that my head's already engaged & i'm 2.6 kg now. after that dr chua poked ibu & informed ibu that ibu's already 2 cm dilated! she told ibu that if by this week ibu experience very bad pains or contractions, ibu must come to kk & directly report to the delivery suite. woweee i'm so excited. i know ibu & ayah must be very excited too!

but dr also said if nothing happens by this week, then ibu needs to come for her next check-up on next tuesday, 19 june.

so evrybody, pls pray for ibu's safety & also for mine ok?
thankz evrybody!

till we meet again! tata!

2007-06-05T20:48:00.000+08:00

Hellow evrybody.

Welcome to my blog.
You know, technology is so advanced these days that there's a laptop in my Ibu's tummy!
Well,im still wondering whether i'm a boy or a girl.
I've tried asking Ibu and Ayah but they said they don't know either and they wanted me to be a suprise!

Hmmm.It's really comfortable in here but i can't wait to come out and see everybody's face.My Ibu, my Ayah, my Atoks and Neneks, my Ashu, my Pak Bushu and Uncle Mail and Kak Alya and her Mummy and Daddy. And also all my godmothers and godfathers. Waaah so many i want to see! Hehe :)

Well, today is the 5th of June. That gives me 12 more days if i wanted to give my Ayah his first and best Fathers' Day gift ever. If not, 15 more days to give my Atok his most wonderful birthday pressie. If not also i don't know when lah want to come out but i hope sooon!

I know i have been a naughty baby. Always turning around and making my Ibu's tummy painful but i always hear Ibu say that she loves it everytime she feels my movement because then she knows that i am a healthy and active baby.

Hmm.I'm sleepy now. Well, ibu will have her next check-up with Dr Chua on the 12th of June. I hope Dr will scan her tummy again. So that Ibu and Ayah can see me again! I will update all of you again after the check-up!
Tata.

Byebye everybody!