Less Words on Wednesday: Selamat Hari Raya Haji 2015

Wishing all muslims a belated Eid 2015~
Mommy saya tak dak idea nak borak... hope everyone is doing great!

sorry dia kata tak habis2 upload gambaq saya.... biasalah.... anak dia sorang jer....

ok, have a great week!

20+ books at Big Bad Wolf Penang With RM0 spent! : my humble review of the event

budak paling banyak buku.

yeahh..that's how amazing shopping should be when u spent ZERO ringgit and brought home almost 30 books. hahaha.... it's a true story okay.

Alhamdulillah, tercapai jugak hajat hati menjelajah the BIG BAD WOLF edisi Penang which is now still going on until 30 March 2014. selalunya dengar dan baca review Big Bad Wolf in KL saja...so the penangites kali ni i rasa serbu kaw kaw jugak weekend hari tu. we went on Saturday and i think, the Venue in Times Square Penang is approriate. the place is crowded and the air-cond was functioning well and temperature was great inside. i was worried we would have to suffer with heat inside the place since a lot of people in there. but, no...sejuk dalam tu! good! good!

well, let me tell ya the reason why i spent zero ringgit, i am a student remember? hahaha...so i made full use of the BB1M voucher that i received. at first agak cuak sebab takot2 kalau certain books saja they allowed to use voucher, it turned out that all books can be paid by the BB1M voucher. so thankfully. ;) i had to pay nothing for the amount of book i took. itu pon i bukan spent the whole RM250 of the voucher tau.

well, sorry tak sempat nak capture the moments and the atmosphere inside the venue of the Big Bad Wolf sebab i was too busy looking for books. i found that the children section was the BEST since the variety of books are enormous! i literally went crazy taking the books for Maryam, Happy lah makcik tu dapat buku 20 ketul! hahah..love the children section, again!

buku2 yang i beli semua beteween RM2-RM20 sahaja. i managed to grab Annabel Karmel's book which ran out very fast that day. hehehe...

But, i must say that the other selections of books were not that suitable to my taste. again, i might be wrong here, it depends on what kind of books that u are looking for at this kind of book fair anyway. so it didn't really appeal many of the genre to me. but i think the teenages would benefit the most since a lot of books were fiction.. i must say that at the age of 31, i don't really go for novels and such. i prefer the self improvement and parenting books mostly which i found lacking in the Big Bad Wolf Penang. tak berapa best sangat buku2 genre macam ni kat sana. sorry.

still i managed to grab a few books yg i bekenan. My husband bought 2. satu tentang cara2 nak jadi kaya. LOL...and another one is a traveling destination book. okay la..man's book i think. ;)

overall, i love the experience. u know dragging your own box and filling up books into your box. but, i think next time i should bring a small trolley. yang macam trolley isi ikan bila pi pasar tu...letih tau angkat kotak. i admit at one point i memang tolak kotak i pakai kaki ja masa berbaris nk bayartu..

ohh, the line...a very longggg que. but very efficient cahshiers line walaupun 1 saja barisan. they had a lot of cahsiers spots and i think, waiting to pay for 20-30 mins in line is still acceptable by looking at the long que that had to bear. i memang time how long my que was. sebab i beratur panjang gila..from one end to the other end gitu..luckily Maryam was sleeping masa nak dekat2 balik tu. lega..so daddy dia bawak dia pi lepak kat  luar while waiting for me to que up towards the cashier.

so, i think the penangites should take this opportunity and experience the event themselves la kot..orang lain maybe lain perspective dia. but, seriously the price of the books are crayyyyzyyyy cheap!


ok last kopek, gambaq Maryam. hehehe

our own place finally.

Alhamdulillah, my small family has already moved into our own house last December 2013. life feels a lot settled at the moment. Walaupun we all moved in dengan serba kekurangan but Alhamdulillah, Allah S.W.T selalu mecukupkan segala kekurangan yang dirasai. we all pindah dalam keadaan yang sangat stressed out. sebab tuan rumah tak nak let go the rental house to a new family..dengan rumah sendiri yang tak siap, kami ni angkut jugak lah barang2 masuk rumah sendiri and we were stationed at my mak's house for almost a month until we finally moved completely into our own house which was on December, hujung-hujung dah pon. and we were amongst the first batch yang masuk menghuni ke taman tu...was quite ok actually walau at that time ada 4 ja family di lorong kami. 

stress sebernya berpindah randah nih..ditambah dengan i tengah nak mengadap final exam bagi kelas Master i lagi at that time..serabut rasa...Alhamdulillah...lega sangat..now i'm in my 2nd semester..and my first class for this semester dah mula semalam... *happy*

ni lah lorong i duduk...heheh..umah mana satu?? nun di hujung sana...segan nak tunjuk..tak buat apa2 major renovation pun...we did kitchen cabinet and  pasang grilles saja..no plaster ceiling and such. sebab we had problem with leaking pipe the minute we entered the house. so because of that, risau gila nak plaster the ceiling walau hati  melonjak riang dengan design2 plaster ceiling in the market. hahaha...we have fixed the major problem with piping and we thought, at this moment kitorang should just wait for the next 6 months to a year first.see how it goes first. nak tahu rumah tu ada masalah besar ke tak elok duduk dulu..no major renovation yet. kalau bajet besar takpa, cam kami ni bajet sangat limited. so kalau jadi apa...remuk hati kot nak cari bajet lain to fix the problem.huii~

so the kitchen is ready...and seriously baru terasa lengkap dan selesa main masak2 di dapur sendiri...macam2 resepi dah try so far..hahahhaa...i think having a kitchen kinda motivates me to start cooking and learn how to cook decent meals...

so, that's about it...short update on what's happening in my life right now...actually banyak drama nak pindah umah ni...but malas nak type.hehe..

till then, i hope to write again soon.

Maryam is now learning to ride a big girl's bike~ ;p

etc2

Im gonna start my master class real soon. Like any concern mom i would always have a concern on my daughter's well being. Im afraid i won't really have quality time for her. That is the main concern i have basically. Cos i am very protective mom and veryy sensitive as well. I am afraid she would not be as close as now to me. Ohh i can't bear to see her being soo manja with anyone else more than with me. Seriously... But, i guess i need to be calm and let it go lah kan.. She's a big girl now...kalau umur 1 tahun lebeh macam Maryam ni mak2 lain dah bagi adik tapi i? Hahahaha....

Back to my main objective of coming back to penang after almost 6 years of living my life in Perlis, which is to achieve my gold. To improve myself by going back to uni and study. - so CHECKED!

I waited 6 years for this and now it has meterialised. So syukur Alhamdulillah. I am actually quite excited too. meeting new friends at class is the best. i mean i love meeting new people and exchange ideas and stuffs. and one thing about going back to study i guess because i miss studying after all these while. working has been very tiring, especially mentally. i need something to fresh my rusty brain. LOL! serious dah karat...

heeee...

so last week, i went for a registration day for the postgraduate students. it was okay, met lots of new people with the same intension, love it! over the time, i do questions myself whether i can juggle my resposnibilities well or otherwise. but Alhamdulillah, i have a very postive and supportive husband. he is the one who would always make me think straight again. get my goals done. because this is why we come back to settle down here. heheh.. InsyaAllh, i think i can do it. it's not like i have to go to class every night. paling banyak pun 2 kali saja. so hopefully i can manage la kan.


one more thing that keeps my moral high is when i find that majority of my classmetes tinggal jauh dr USM, i met one from KL, from Ipoh, from Taiping and even from Perlis. these people are going to travel twice a week to penang and go back to their respective homes at night after the calsess finish. and they are WOMEN! seriously, kalau itu tak cukup menginsafkan i, tak tau la apa lg kan... tengok semangat orang, kita ambik la semangat tu sama...bukan being all negatives and full of excuses.. if there is a will, surely there be a way kan...tu ja la i percaya. hopefully, segalanya berjalan dengan baik.

i remeber one thing that a friend told me, "it might not be easy, but it will be worth it"

registration day! beratur laa dengan tabah berjam2 lamanya. susah2 dulu kan..

less wordy wednesday.

opportunity knocks, but only once in a while... don't let it pass us by~

long hitus!

and i am back!! hahahha... macam laa ramai sangat baca blog hang norr oii... 

Well, i just did some "renovation" to this blog sebab dah bertahun layout yang sama. zaman tak kawen, dah kawen dan beranak....sama saja.

now, kasi improvement skit for the look...content tak tau laa ada improvement or not after this....cam sama ja...balik-balik cita tentang si Maryam..heheheh...

Anyways, i have nothing much to write just to say HELLO to the blogging world as i have been on a long hiatus for quite sometime...atas dasar kasihan kat blog ni,macam hidup segan mati tak mahu pulak sejak dua menjak tuan tanah tak dak idea nak tulih apa. hehhh...so tulis laa sepatah dua kata skit rasanya.

what am i currently been up to these days?? aside from endless workload, i am currently actively trying my best to lose weight.seriously. i mean i cannot be walking around with a plus size clothing anymore...i hate it and i want to be healthy and strong and active for my very active girl, Maryam too. i need to keep up with her running and jumping around.

 i am ashamed of being  fat and i am tired of being overweight already! seriously. i think i am doing this for myself basically. i am so lucky that my husband has never asked me to reduce my weight as he thinks i am just perfect the way i am and he actually assured me that.. but, i have been gaining too much weight since pregnancy and post pregnancy...so, if i want to be pregnant again the next time, i think i better loose the weight first. i don't want to be pregnant fat. that's all. i think it is not healthy and definitely not cute... sorry, that's my opinion. ;) so peace...no hard feeling please.

ok enough 'bout the fatty me. on the other note, i am a lil' bit busy with this

application for post-graduate studies.

i have a few dreams in my life, and this particular one has been slipping away a few times already. i cannot let it slip again this time. you know, to continue my studies at this time with a growing up child, i have a lot to think and to sacrifice. but, if others can do, why can't i? so, all i need is to be positive and remind myself to stay positive all the time as the road to this particular dream is not going to be easy. and i know it will be all worthwhile, Insyaa Allah.

if i ada post graduate degree pun it would not guarantee me a high position or stuff like that. this is just for my own satisfaction and for my child to have a person who she could at least look up to one day hopefully.

and i have to make sure that while i am busy juggling my work and my studies, Maryam would still be the  first priority and family comes first before anything else. so, dear God please help me with this. Ameeen.

sekali sekala pegi belajar balik akan buka lebih luas pemandangan kita kan. our Prophet pun encourage us to never stop learning until the end.

"Bila nak bagi adik kat Maryam?"

Lama tak menaip entry. kekok pulak. ewahhh..mengada! today i've no evening class and office work pun tak berapa demanding sangat hari ni, so i thought of curi masa writing something for the sake of missing writing. ada ka?? hehh...

Rasa macam dah lama sangat tak udpate anything. the reason being ... i have nothing to write. hehehe.. so today i think i have something to write after encountered a few pregnancy stories and got to know that many people who gave birth almost towards the end of 2011 or early 2012, which was my batch la beranak time tu now are already pregnant with their second child. woww... you go girls!! seronok baca stories depa.

Also at the same time, lately i've been getting a frequent question regarding when will i be having the next baby?? 

My first reactions in this topic is always "HAHAH....SOON" just enough to keep them guessing or satisfying with my answer. heheh...

Kalau jawab, "ehh anak i baru setahun tiga bulan you..." confirmed orang balas "ehh...i dulu anak umur setahun dah pregnant balik. tak mau buang masa, etc..etc..etc.."

i am not gonna lie that sometimes i do wish i could post a pregnancy test that shows a double lines or a scan picture of my uterus with a baby sack here. hahaha...

Honestly, it is NOT an annoying question at all. in fact it is a positive question. :) i think i welcome this sort of question anytime. it gets me into the baby mood i think.. i loveeee babies...i remember telling  my hubs that i didn't want Maryam to grow up. i wanted her to remain a baby forever as i see her growing by the day.

Who didn't like babies. their pretty, smell heavenly and adorable looking. kan!! well, messy but cute.

Even the hubs is almost ready for the second baby. he said that to me if ada rezeki maybe we can have another baby this year. 

But mostly i would just keep quiet when he said that. hehehe..dunno how to react. i think i am the one who is not ready for baby number 2 just yet. How la to welcome a new baby?? We're moving into a new house by the end of this year. i think moving into a new house requires a whole lot of energy and time and everything. i can't see myself being pregnant and busy with the new house. i want to be involve in the process of moving out of this current rental house and get busy with the new house too. i can't be sitting and heavily pregnant at that time looking and giving orders to people. that just not fun! hahahah...adakah alasan i ini mengarut??? seriously...

if i get pregnant now, by November i would already be in labour kot. and we're planning to move into the new house around that time also. again, HOW laaa...

The second reason is that i am planning to pursue my post graduate studies this year.InsyaaAllah. and the new semester will take place in September. Unlike those days sem baru started on June tak silap. so now i have to wait for September. i can't register myself in September and like 2 months later tangguh sem pulak because i have to give birth. that's just not me.. at least i should finish one semester and then have my baby number 2. okay kot tangguh. hahahha berniat tangguh jugak rupanya...

Seriously, these 2 agendas in my life currently make me stop wishing to get pregnant soon. not that i simply don't want another baby. i think betul lah kata orang, after sometime, when we forget the pain of giving birth and the baby starts to get a little bit older, we start having the feeling of missing being pregnant again. rite??

yep, i miss being fat like that...and i love looking at the preggers nowadays. simply beautiful. ;)) now i understand, no matter how ugly i felt when i was pregnant previously, i think there are people secretly thinking "ohh seronoknya tengok dia tu pregnant". at least i think that way.

Another reason is that i wanted to be ready. Like 120% ready with the second pregnancy and in welcoming the new one into the family. Physically, mentally, financially and also making sure that My Maryam is also ready to have another sibling too. After a year plus of giving birth i still have not lost a lot of weight. depressing sangat lah tengok badan seniri... i have to get back in shape and energetic mostly if i want to get pregnant. that is why i am currently planning to hit the gym and shake off these fats. i have too much fat. i need to get rid of them first. i want to be healthy while i am pregnant. that's my gold. dok tunggu gym tu bukak next month. baru nak pi. hehh...hari2 i pi buat lawatan tak rasmi tau, ushar gym tu. it's exclusively for female only gym. so tak segan sangat nak gedik santai di situ.

Readiness is very important  in my case as i want to the second pregnancy and baby to be a focus point when the time comes. i didn't manage to breastfeed Maryam for as long as i wanted because of a few circumstances which i think was fully my fault. i didn't equip myself with enough knowledge and also i failed to continue providing her the breast milk at least until she was 6 months. she stopped at almost 5 months only. i don't want to reminiscent of the past thinking how it went wrong. biar la berlalu... and i think Maryam is very healthy and smart girl. she is even more healthy than the brestfed babies i know. so i consider this as our rezeki. Alhamdulillah and i am very proud of her. she is learning to speak nowadays and she uses English too. she's only 15months. ;) see, i'm proud like that. hope when she finally able to read, she will read  this and know how proud mommy is when talking about Maryam.

i went through a not so easy breezy pregnancy stage. with two pregnacies i've had before they were quite tough. one ended with a miscarriage. i disappeared from the blogging world for a while and only managed to write back when i was at 6 months pregnant. when i finally felt good to join this social meadia back. really, my pregnancies were awful. i felt miserable and gloomy at least the first 20 weeks. it was so hard for me back then that i had to take unpaid leave. couldn't work, couldn't eat, couldn't socialise, PUKED ALL DAY... hadoi... so i better rest for a while la.. i know every pregnancy is different. i might have a great pregnancy next. who knows...tak bermakna i cakap camni i takot nak pregnant lagi okay... ;)) bukan i tak enjoy langsung my pregnancy...i had great times too...Alhamdulillah.

ok apa lagi reason i boleh state kat sini?Well...hmm..tu saja kot for now...i want to clarify that i am not rejecting the fact that ANAK ITU REZEKI DAN SIAPA KITA UNTUK MENENTUKAN BILA PATUT DIA DATANG. Not at all, itu cakap orang yang tak beriman pada pendapat i. but, i think in general people have their own reasons of why they plan to gap their childeren's age. as for me, these are basically how i feel. and i don't think it's a right thing to do something without being ready first.i'm just suck at multitasking! hahahha...

okay, peace!

handling these two people in my life pun is quite handful, i think. ;p

p.s. i tak sentap pon orang tanya soalan kat i...i'm fine...herherher...positive kan minda dan hati. 

BEING THIRTY.

I JUST TURNED 30 TODAY! weeee.....

how do i feel?? well, being 30 at the beginning of a new year is not that bad okay...i accept that i am finally entering my 30. see i keep repeating the number 30....hahahah...

i guess it is true that age is just a number. u can be 30, 40 or 60... but u can still feel and look great AND appropriate with your age.i don't wanna be in denial that i am no more in my 20's. so i'm just gonna go on with my life like usual.

when i thought about people who were 30 back then, for me these people were basically a well balanced and matured adults. how can we be 30 but not matured?? i don't see the logic here. so this thought kinda gives me some reminder for myself to act and think maturely too.

"Women need to embrace that ‘get better’ mind-set in their thirties, forties and fifties,” i read this line somewhere in a magazine not too long ago. i don’t want to eat anti-aging creams by the dozen in hope I’d stay young, instead of focusing on what I love and staying young at heart.

at this particular age, i guess i am quite stable.In the past, there were amazing events, i met a soulmate, had my baby, but also other events i could have gone without. Getting old is fine to me. and i fell like slapping people in their butt especially people who have a negative mind set that being 30 is soooo frustrating. like u are an old makcik... annoying!

so, turning 30, where i am right now??i don't wanna be crazy over setting a goals or resolutions anymore. remember when we were a lot younger, we loveee making azam baru.. hmm...doesn't appeal no more. hehhh...

just that i think i should focus in navigating mylife right now with simple mindfulness.Being totally myself. Know who I am even more and be it. No hiding, holding back, doing more that I can handle. ( ok yang ni tak sure.hahah).Be rocking at my best. AND most importantly try to improve my relationship with Allah S.W.T. Ameen...

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY TO ME.... ;)

foods.

i never really understood the feelings of wanting to give the best for a child until i myself became a mother. yeah..this includes what goes into my child mouth.

i never really gave a damn about baby's food before i learnt that Maryam actually an elergic baby. i started her on solid foods at a few days before she turned 6 months and she was so good at chewing and swallowing her first food. i remembered that. i gave her the instant one.hahaha...kesian maryam. mak maryam langsung takdak ilmu tentang pemakan anak masa tu. seriously i thought why go through hassle? instant ones kan banyak! kan??? macam2 perasa pulak tu...and they look cool and delicious too...see the packaging la kan...nampak sangat best la instant foods for babies on  the counter nowadays...

until, at day 3 maryam was on the intant cereal i noticed she had red spots growing on her legs and her back. i was soooo stupid to think that she has developed demam campak.so my mak and also our BS quickly went to take the daun untuk mandikan dia and also we gave her some air kelapa to see betul ke tak she had chicken pox.


No she was not developing chicken pox. after a week the reddish sports didn't seem like a chicken pox at all and we went to her doctor. and BAMMM!! the doc said she is allergic to something. and he asked us what we gave her for the past 7 days....it was instant cereal..


and i was soooo angry at myself thinking how stupid i was. for not knowing the symptoms. see i know nothing about taking care of my baby at that time. and my mak and our  BS pun wasn't really sure why maryam punya badan naik merah2 cos they never experienced that before.

the worse part when she had her whole body except her face turning red. she practically looked like a baked lobster! kesian tau.... Alhamdulillah nothing bad happend. i didn't know that a baby could die by eating foods that are not suitable for them. 

and then the doctor said i had to stop giving her what i usually feed her and he taught me to give her only fruits and veggie puree instead and she had to go through treatments with the specialist too for the whole of  9 days and we had to go to the hospital everyday because of that... . i knew that i should give her puree as 1st food. but it was just too convinient to give the instant ones i guess. kan?? senang gila...ceduk,letak air, kacau, suap! sedapppp...

and from that moment i started learning about preparing baby foods from a few friends and also they invited me into the solid food group on fb which really an eye opener for me...yeah...it's the coolest thing to prepare you baby with the homemade food.

and i think being able to cook our baby the homemade foods is precious. try la dulu baru tahu betapa seronoknya tengok anak makan kan, kawan2?? ;)

anyways...i firmly believe that it is a matter of choice. if some people think that giving the instant ones are the best for their children than who are we to say it is wrong??

the same goes with me, when i chose to give Maryam foods that are cooked by me or my mak, than i really expect people to respect the choice too. and it is annoying to hear comments from the people who do not understand about the choice i made.especially if they have never gone through the jouney i went. they do not undestand that every baby is different! some babies can tolarate certain foods. some just cannot!

 examples:-  
  

 Comment 1: waaaa besemangan hang no...nanti anak besaq depa sebat jugak KFC dengan MCD     

                      hari2....buat penat ja ajaq makan elok2 ni...

Comment 2: anak pertama memang la excited nak buat macam2..mai anak no.2,3,4,...hmm...sumbat 

                      yang ready jugak nanti.

Comment 3: budak kecik2  lagi dah bagi macam2 makan...tak sakit perut ka?? boleh ka bagi  

                      labu  tu...tak elok tau...angin!

respect. as simple as that. and again every baby is unique.

and please be a parent first and learn about the baby development too if u haven't been one. then you will know how important it is for them to eat healthily at the very early stage. it it simple because they really need the nutrients from good foods for their brain to develop as well as for the health. kesian tengok anak with runny nose, always demam, batuk and so on...tengok balik apa anak makan. that is the simplest rule when your baby is sick. sebab itu saja rutin harian seorang bayi kan...makan dan tidur. selain enviroment laa...

whatever that we feed them at the early stage will have a big consequneces in their future. we don't want our children to grow up and be an adult with problems like obesity, high blood pressure, heart desease and so on..and Malaysia nowdays pun dah dapat tangga yang atas2 jugak dengan problem ni kan...semua  berpunca dari pemakanan. it all began when they were small.

i don't know how long my baby will be able to continue eating healthily. yes, they grow up eating fast foods and junks too. but all i know is the way we eat when we were small has the biggest impact when we became an adult. just teach the our children to eat good foods.God will, they will blossom into healthier adult.

what our parents fed us when we were small was beyond our control. YES they fed us with sugar and salt in our baby foods. simply because they were not aware of the facts. but they didn't have all the infomations back then. but, we are the generations with all the informations just at one click away... google tengok tentang baby foods...we will get a lot of info why we should only give the best while they are still young. 


i'm not planning to keep the sugar & salt away from my child's foods forever...but i know that the important to keep these two ingredients at least before she  turns 2 years old. until she reaches the appropriate age then she can have the adult foods. so please don't make comment as if i am torturing my little baby pulak....anoyying ok!

i just don'y want her to grow up being a picky eater or wanting to eat certain foods only. or hates vegetables...berapa ramai kanak2 membesar tak nak makan sayur dan buah?? ramai kot. and i just don't want her to be one. 

for me, every parent have their own way in raising a child. that part we should really respect and don't say or question why. and act as if we have the best way compared to the other parents. that is just rude.

at the age of 10 months++ now, my baby seems to be enjoying all kind of tastes and i am so happy to see that. when i think back, kesian kalau kita restrict makanan anak to only certain foods saja padahal ada pelbagai jenis yang boleh dimakan. cuma mentality kita saja yang menghalang.

and no, i am not a perfect parent . sometimes telepas jugak biskut2 and adult foods masuk mulut dia and i am ok with that. as long as i know what goes into her little mouth. ;)

 i still have sooo many things that i need to learn and read and ask the right people. when i fisrt got pregnant, i didn't reeally bother to learn about taking care of a baby. i thought i would come naturally. i was wrong! i shoud have equipped myself with knowledge first and the rest will come naturally. that is my personal opinion.

and my lil' girl is turning 1 real soon..sooo excited because after that she can eat new kinds of foods pulak...and the best part after a child is turning one is that  the milk is the supplimentary and the foods will become the main....so, yeayyy to that!!!

kalau jalan2, beg Maryam memang banyak stok makanan. ;)

thermost yang banyak berjasa!

LET'S READ SOMETHING~

For someone with absolutely zero knowledge about handling a baby, this is just what i need. Love Heidi Murkoff's books. Previously bought her book entitled "What To Expect When You're Expecting" and found it very interesting & full of info. So today, i went out and bought another her bestselling. 

i have just started my reading an hour ago but had to stop cos my Maryam nak susu...terbantut seketika. So i thought of sharing this book with all moms & moms-2b out there. seriously worth buying sebab i got very very excited walaupun baru start baca. Also if u have no clue about being a first time parent like me. YES, i admit i only know how to push a 2.55kg baby out into the world but very little knowledge about taking care of her...*Pathetic!*

Hopefully, this would improve my knowledge! ;)

It's a comprehensive packed with down-to-earth,reassuraing and practical advice.an invaluable aid for all parents of new babies! ( ni i baca kat kulit belakang..ngehehe..)

By the way, it's RM49.95 can be found at Popular,MPH and Border.

p.s: at first nak beli buku resepi tajuk 1 Hari 1 Resepi tu, sebab tgh hot semcam buku tu kan..(maybe sebab para bloggers sekalian dok promote).tapi tengok beg duit ada rm60 saja...heheheh...tapi dok teringat nih buku resepi tu sebab selain tak tau jaga baby, i jugak tak tau masak. *AGAIN,pathetic isn't it??*

BARUT ZAPP!

hi all! actually this is a very long postponing entry. supposedly posted long time ago, but never mind, since baru teringat let's talk about it anyways. ;)

i am not sure when to stop putting on barut kat my Maryam sebab she's still wearing barut at 2 months of age and my mak kata only stop after she start meniarap.But her doctor the other day during her 2 months check up immidiately took off her barut and gave it to me.sempat cakap "mommy,u keep this,no need to put anymore" i was like...ERRR..BLUR. but i think i would still follow my mak's instruction. baby kena pakai baru lagi nanti masuk angin. ikot cakap doctor sangat pun susah sebab selamber sangat.hehhee..betoi!

Actually since birth Maryam tak pakai barut yang ready made and beli yang kat kedai baby tu cos my mak hates those kinds of barut sebab always ternaik ke atas or turun ke bawah bila baby mengeliat or moves. so she asked somebody to  tailor made barut for baby yg macam zaman dulu2 tu. white color with straps keliling dia. BUT!! i pulak rasa leceh nak pakai maryam. sebab i memang failed bab2 pakaikan barut maryam. MESSY!!

So after she hit 1 month old, i googled around and saw many blogger mom-2b/mom yang bought this BARUT ZAP online. yeayyyyy!! a solution for me~ cos this kind of barut is very simple and easy to put on and with a blink of an eye dh siap si Maryam. kalau nak pakaikan barut biasa dia tu, adoi...laaaaama sungguh i nak bubuh, then nak kena ikat tali2 dia...pastu i lak takot terikat ketat sangat kang tak selesa pulak my baby or worst i could actually hurt her little tummy! seriously i memang tak pandai pakaikan barut dia...*sorry baby*

so i ordered these at mybabycomel.com just like many of the moms out there. at first tak tau nak order cemana, since one blogger Sarah told me to sms Kak Mazlin the owner,to ask for suitable size. lebeh senang camtu dari dok tekulat2 fikir what size fits the baby...and Alhamdulillah, Kak Mazlin sangat baik, and melayan many smses from me. heee...* i kan suka blur*

so ini la hasil dia...BARUT ZAPP ON! comey kannn?? she advised me to buy mix sizes sebab baby cepat besar kan...so i dengan blur confusednya asked her to choose the size and the designs...hehehe sebab banyak sangat.

Basically all baruts boleh beli per pair or per set. i choose per set senang skit. one set is equal to 5 pairs. harga? alamak..lupa...but never mind. just log on to her website and see for yourself. ;)

barut flannel zap on bercorak - actually Kak Mazlin gave 1 extra to me cos i ter banked in extra money.heheh..

barut flannel zap on colorful

sample barut. ada lengkung kat belakang so that tak kotor barut if baby poop or shee shee.

boleh contact & order through the web as well. ;)

 VERY SATISFYING because jahitan dia AMAT KEMAS and very2 cute designs. i suka zap on ni sebab it makes my job easier kot. heheh...dah pakai  banyak kali pun and basuh tapi still pelekat dia kukuh. a job well done!

The owner is sooooo very friendly so no worries if we have too many enquiries, she's there and ready to answer.

okeyh, that's all...baby girl needs her mom!!

sudah ngantokkkk....

idea for baby room

Hello all, HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)

*sigh* how tie flies these days...pejam celik dah almost 2 months i dok umah, having fantastic time doing nothing much....but early next month, time to get back to work, AGAIN....halamaakkkk...

So, the hubs and i have been planning to go back to our house (well not really our own house) for cleaning proces soon since we have left the house for quite sometime now, i am currently staying with my mak in Penang and Rizal is staying in Alor Star with his parents since he works there. The house in Perlis is left empty....err..EMPTY KAH?? entah2 dah ada......hishhh!! tak mau pikiaq laahh!

Rizal went back to Perlis today to take a few of my documents at the admind and he dropped by at our house and said it looked horrible as expected! hahaha.... but on the bright side, we have been talking about baby room already, how to start decorate it...Rizal is the most excited. i on the other hand, not really sure whether Maryam will be sleeping in her own room once we are back in Perlis. Kesiannya Maryam kalau tidoq sorang2...

nevertheless, there is a room for her there which we never really occupy, we put a lot of our stuffs there.that room has become more like a transit room for our shopping bags,lugages,etc. since we have baby Maryam already, he said why not we make a room for her. good idea!

so, sekarang my brain ligat berfikir how to deco that room..hmm...completely zero idea.. but i like something simple and very child frenly looking. tak mau laa elegant2 room for baby...tak sesuai!

okay, have to google some more....and berangan more!! ;p

idea bilik baby di show house for Kelisa Residance - sweet!

By the way, this is a picture that i snapped the other day during our visit at show house in Butterworth, Penang for our house hunting here, look, how serene the deco is, kan??? tapi...ni bukan taste i nih, taste i kena banyak colors sebab people said it would stimulate the baby brain kan??hehehe...yang ni terlalu elegant i must say, but definitely a nice choice for those who want simplicity. makkk aiii,..dah macam jenama make up lak i cita..hahahha..

okay, tata~

p.s: kata nak something simple, tapi nak banyak kaler..apa punya turr??

PACKING & PACKING!!

i am still in Perlis and i guess Rizal and i saja yang tinggal kat blok W2-3.1 nih...jadi pak guard and minah guard! ehehehe...

we are still busy doing house chores since after subuh. doing the laundy (a lot,huhhh!) and i just finished packing my clothes to send back to penang ( stock baju masa berpantang nanti) and surprisingly, my lugage sebijik ja.maknanya tak banyak baju sangat la bawak balik.

mom's bag & baby's bag- image kurang memuaskan cos captured from lappy and straight away uploaded into blog. ;p

and finally i have successfully packing my hospital bag and baby bag to load into the car today.hehhh..orang lain awal lagi dh selesai benda ni, i baru tekedek-kedek packing my bag. baby's bag actually was packed earlier a few weeks ago by my mak.hahahah...nampak sangat i ni suka buat keja last minute, or i memang slow or i malas? hahahah...nak pack my back pun jenuh Rizal habaq banyak kali baru la i buat.tu pun berjam sebab sambil pack barang sambil fesbuk! eheheheh...

*haihhh...lega*

nanti la kalau rajin i will let people know what are insede these two bags.insyaAllah..but overall, i think they are pretty much the same with other hospital bags kot.just that i separate my stuffs with baby's stuffs in two different bags. ;)

Rizal and i are headed to Alor Staq to celebrate raya haji ni with his parents first and tomorrow after lunch we're going back to Penang. YEAYYY~

To all Muslims, i would like to wish each and everyone a very HAPPY AIDILADHA, hope that everyone will arrive home safely...sacrifices come in many ways and often it is hard to sacrifice.
 May Allah Bless Us All. Amin...

p.s: tak boleh la telan daging sangat rasanya, nanti darah naik lagi... ;(

SELAMAT HARI RAYA

Dearest Family & Friends ( online and offline ),
as the Eid is fast approaching, i would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone including those who drop by at this humble blog, A VERY HAPPY EID MUBARAK EVERYONE!! hope that you guys will have a great and joyous time celebrating, eating, chatting, minggling, hehehe...

SELAMAT HARI RAYA MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN & DRIVE SAFE, PEOPLE!! 

 with that, i announce that this blog will officially be "on leave" starting tomorrow and for the next 1 week as i will be leaving for hometown penang tomorrow.

Ramadhan Wishes...

Dearest friends and family, i wish everyone a very HAPPY RAMADHAN... may this Ramadhan is better as compared to the last.

last night

living in perlis for 4 years now, i must say we don't really have decent fast food chains to go and explore the menus. we don't even have Mc Donals here. there are only 3 KFCs restaurants in perlis. ohh wait maybe 4. the nearest to what a normal KFC restaurants is called MY FC. and it tastes...well, u should try it to judge it. i've tried MY FC once and never returned ever since. what a joke!

oh, recently there's secret recipe restaurant opened in kangar. and i guess it's the only decent place for me and hubs to go out on our date night once a week. i bet the tauke has already familiar with us by now. since that's the only "decent" place for us to spend time with, i think i have eaten too many cakes nowadays.seriously, i have turned myself into a CAKE ADDICT. i may not have all the pictures to prove cos if i do, i think people might freak out to see how many pieces of cakes i have sinfully indulged myself in. ohh well, the waist line might be a good proof. ehehhe...nak kurus??? lupakan la seketika..

last night i had this pulak... White Chocolate Macadamia. i spent a very long time scanning the cake's caunter. because? ya la..rasanya almost each cake dah pernah try..hahahah...that's very bad ok.


i think this cake hit me at the right spot. oohh~ SODAP! not too sweet & not muak..just perfect.

as if the cake is not satisfiying enough, so i opt for this Chicken Cornish. taste just like a pie. with shreaded chicked,carrots,raisin, pastu lagi apa tah, cooked in special sauce.hmm...ok, not bad boleh tahan. there are 2 types of cornishes. original and spicy - and it's BIG. i love the original taste. :)

so, just to give my perspective of perlis, i think the perlis people should demand more developments. a lot of things are either can't be found in perlis or (VERY) limited number in perlis. kesian...i demand more fast food chains pehhhleaseee...ohh, if possible low calories. ada kah?? i mean boleh kahhh? ;p

what to do..i'm hungry all the time...

1 minggu 5 hari lagi

hey everyone! hope that the raya was great for everybody. =) as for myself, it was short.i was preoccupied with everything related with the wedding. i hope i could share all those things that i managed to settled during the raya break.bad news, i left my camera at home. since i only have a few more days left before becoming a mrs. i guess, the the feelings of having butterfly in the stomach has finally and clearly emerged.... i never understood it when some people said they were nervous of entering the new phase of adulthood,which is, marriage. but i guess, i do fully understand that feelings already. i am nervous. i can't describe it. but i guess this is normal, kan?

i arrived safely in perlis yesterday. the first thing i did was cleaning up the house. and the two cupboards in the house. 1 in the master bed room, another in the 2nd room. i took out all my work outfits in the masterbed room and put them in the other room. my intention is to leave some space for the future husband's clothes... =) at first i was thinking, to let him use the cuppboard in the 2nd room. but, suddenly i felt like i was being selfish. isn't a marriage is all about sharing and making sacrifices?? hahaha...

anyways, i guess that was the first step of entering a new life, huh? making a space for him..err, lagipun i decided to have 90% of my clothes in the other room sebab tetiba i terfikir something...

"ish, nanti nak salin2 baju, etc, dia tengok mesti i malu. baik amik bilik 1 lagi. PRIVACY"

see how ridicoulous i can be?? i told the story to a friend this morning and she laughed so hard it offended me a little..but, i think i ni mmg weirdo kot?? kahwin pun nak malu2 lagi ka? heheheh...

hmm, i wish i could share about all my activities and the preparations when i was away, but i guess, all of the stuffs will be shared after the wedding, insyaAllah...camera takdak, gambaq takdak, tak syok cita. ;p

as for the wedding cards, well, i was so careless i didn't know that the price for the stem were incresed to 60 cent. i was so stupid to post the cards 2 weeks ago using 30 cent stems. it turned out that, many who recived the card need to pay the post men the balance, adoi...malunya!! i'm soooo sorry ya kawan2 yang terlibat tu..maaf zahir dan batin...ehehhe...BUT my concern is that many have not recieved the invitation card yet! now, kelam kelibut follow up tanya dh dapat card belom...aduhhh...


okay, i will try to update again...but i'm a bit busy with work. hahh, i have not even applied for my leave just yet...

i'll be a wife in 30 DAYS!

Apakah perasaan anda sekiranya anda akan berkahwin dalam masa 30 hari lagi?

a) teruja
b) takut
c) serabut
d) kenapa 30 hari? bukan 3 hari ja?
e) whatever


my answer? err...i have no idea!! ;p okay tipu, my anwer will be C. serabut!!

but i think at this point of time, it's better to relax and enjoy my 30 days of singlehood...( macam tak logik ja) 30 hari orang bujang buat apa??

anyways, let the countdown begin! ;p

at 1 month 1 week & 1 day

all i could say everytime i look at the ticker is - come on!! hurry up~ i can't wait any longer... ;p hehe...

i'm officially done with my preparation, insyaAllah. though if i think logically, a lot of things that other brides 2 be should have on their big day, i don't have...still, i keep myself calm and leave it to the above power - redha. =)

there are times i feel very depressed to see the amount of my bank account but a lot of time i feel so blessed that Allah never let me feel as if i'm completely broke. Alhamdulillah...

i know many of the b2b go through the same situation, the same experience that i do. that part makes me feels that i'm not the only person who is tested by Allah. i can't be hypocrete to say that i'm not envy at those who have been blessed with beautiful wedding or at those who are currently manage to prepare for their wedding very well. as compared to myself a lot of things i put into my so called wedding ckecklist have been pull out since the first day i planned for the day.and all i could do is to get mad at the world because i have the feelings that everything is against me. again, never ever let that thoughts lingers too long or it will ruin my morale. =)

and yes, people can easily missintrepreted me by saying i'm beig fussy & not thankful of what i have. well, honestly i don't have a lot of things that a wedding should have. people never notice that. and all they keep saying " janji selamat nikah sudah la" yes, i know that very well to the extend i believe my wedding is going to be very simple - simple is not that bad. so i adopt the idea. =)

at 1 month 1 week & 1 day before i could finally feel complete with everything, i'm not gonna lie that i'm currently feeling so worried if things turn out into disaster during the day. i'm so freaking afraid! i plan the whole thing on my own with occasional helps from my fiance. i can't rely on my family much because i completely understand thier situations and the last thing i want to do is put any burden on them. i just want everybody to be happy and not feel like they have the responsibility towards me. i'm glad, i do recieve some helps from a few people whom i consider angles. i'm happy to include as many people as i could in my preparation.

1 more month, and my life is about to change! i'm so excited! i love the process of my wedding. it's like being on a rollercoster, on top of a mountain and sink deep into the sea all at the same time! YAHOO I'M GETTING MARRIED!

Penang Brides - finally, there's hope

lama blog ni ditingalkan without updates...susah nak dapat mood la nowadays...anyways, back to the title,
those who keep complaining about the how u wish to be somewhere near to KL so it'd be more convinient to prepare your wedding cos obviously around there, banyak wedding planners yang best2 kan? well, after a few surveys, i think i could safely reccommend 1 wedding planner in penang who is also talented and the products that they deliver are not that bad...as compared to other bridals boutiques around penang ni yang i think are outdated and so frustrating everytime we enter their boutiques...penah rasa frust tak?? ka i sorang ja yang selalu frust ni?hehe..

Hassan Wedding is the person you should give a try if you are planning a wedding. it is not like any typical bridal boutique around penang in my opinion, cos this person could provide you first hand wedding dress, some really beautiful decorations and also the up to date trends in wedding like what brides in KL areas and such are having now.i came accross this planner after reading the ads in magazine. trust me i was a bit frustrated i did't know him at the early stage of my wedding preps.

a very nice blogger nuwon once told me about him as she was so satisfied with his work.so i checked him out and fell in love with his work. i mean at least he provided us with something different than what we have seen in penang all this while.

one of my dearest friend amy, who is currently planning her wedding talked to me how she also hated going in and out of the wedding boutiques in penang...and i suggested going to hassan wedding. and she said the meeting was successful and very happy. so good luck babe for the preparations! ;)


i don't dare to suggest her the person i hired for my wedding cos i have no idea of his performance just yet..so tak berani cakap banyak2.tunggu dan lihat ja la baru boleh komen.

i love the fact that at Hassan wedding, u get to pour your own ideas too...bukan cam sesetangah planner, asyik cakap faham apa yang kita nak tapi sebenarnya the have no idea at all. a few wedding planners ni ramai jenis sensitif tak bertempat. cakap professional, tapi sebenarnya emotional. tu yang tak syok.mangsa keadaan??? hmm...i kah?? hahahha..oops!

if u pay them good, 8K and above they'll give u what u want. but if lower than that, nasib la...lagi teruk dari butik2 pengantin biasa kita masuk tu.tu yang i alami la...cos my budget is very low. sedeh! cos a wedding is very sacred to many of us kan..kita nak yang terbaik, tercantik, terindah..but they treat it as a business only. tercantik, terbaik, terindah for me doesn't mean yang termahal. if they are truly professional, they will try to make you wedding as beautiful as they could for u based on your budget,kan? tapi bukan senang nak dapat semua ni...u have to do a lot of research and surveys.kena rajin skit.heheh

do hire somebody u think u could relly get along with. don't listen to others but do your own surveys just to be safe.=) as for Hassan wedding. u can check him out at the link given but the best way is to go and meet the person personally to see his current or latest designs.kat blog ni kadang2 jarang update kan!


for your information, i'm not hiring him for any of my wedding event. but i'm just sharing this for those who is still looking for a wedding planner around penang area.listening to a few comments from my friends, i think Hassan ni boleh deliver a good result base on your budget, insyaAllah...

sharing is caring kan! ;p