Jadual Seorang Emak Anak 3

Actually dah lama nak update rutin harian di blog ni, just for my own memories when one day i will miss all these hectic life routines i used to have in my life. That when my kids are all grown up with their own life.

Being a housewife or work from home mother, my days are also in routines during school days. I am lucky because my 2 eldest already attend school and also quite independent themselves so i don't need to attend or monitor them all the time. I can focus more on my little ones, Aidan. But being at home 99% of time with only kids can get lonely sometime. Personal time memang hardly la nak dapat. Sometime dapat mandi lama sikit, take my own sweet time nak pakai baju dan bersiap sambil dengar music pun dah kira macam therapy for me. I bring my kids everywhere...to the office, to run errands, to shopping..you rarely see me without my kids. I am devoted to them all my life, at least till they're old enough.

Back to the topic, here are my jadual. On school days. Kalau cuti sekolah, jadual longgar sket pasal takyah rush nak masak lunch and siapkan diorang ke sekolah.

6.30 - 7.30a.m - Wake up, pray, kejutkan Adam ke sekolah, prepare his breakfast, sapu lantai, lap habuk and mop the house (i mop once or twice a week)

7.30am - 9am - Most of the time kalau dah settle semua i will take a nap. Ni kalau si kecik tu belum bangun, kalau dia bangun awal memang teman dia main & tengok tv jela.

9am - 10.30am - Do some works / trading and attend to clients. Usually when market open memang ngadap laptop kejap nak update price and tengok report. Prepare breakfast again for me & my 2 kids. Do laundry.

10.30 - 11.30am - Mandikan Aidan, masak lunch, mandi + guling2 atas katil jap checking my socmed updates.

11.30 - 12.30pm - Suap anak-anak makan. Siapkan my daughter to school, sidai baju.

12.30 - 2pm - Waiting for my son balik sekolah, clean the kitchen, lunch,pray, tidokan Aidan.

2pm - 5pm - This is usually my rest time where i can do anything i want. Usually i will catch up on my tv series, mengait or just browsing the net. In between i will also tutor my son. He starts his study at 3pm. Sometime kena singgah office, so angkutla semua anak2 gi office.

5 - 6.30pm - Usually Aidan dah bangun so layan la dia kejap, kutip & lipat baju, pray, ajar Adam baca Quran (i teach my kids from iqra' till quran  myself since they were 5y.o).Wait for my daughter balik sekolah.

6.30 - 8pm - Mandikan Aidan, sometime Aidan will sleep again for 2nd nap, mandi, pray, tengok tv atas katil.

8 - 10pm - Cook dinner, kalau tak masak just makan dinner tapau ( i usually cook dinner 2-3 nights per week only, pasal taktau nak pikir masak apa kekadang), monitor my kids studies / homework, ajar Dania iqra'.

10 - 11pm - TV time for me & kids, lepas tu hambat semua pi tidoq.

11pm - 12.30am - My own tv time, sleeps.

Pretty mundane kan jadual tu. Well, itula tiap hari kena ngadap. Kalau keja ofis pun ada rutin, dok rumah pun ada rutin. The only different is that i am my own boss, i control my own time and i don't need to meet or handle people i don't like. Tired?? Yes, Lonely?? Yes. But if you ask me do i want to start working again, pakai cantik2 pegi office, join the rat race and have a social life & ample of personal time, i would still decline. I still love being a mother, all my kids in front of my eyes..dramas and all. Kalau i keja pun, my work tak berkurang. I am a hands-on mother where i choose to do everything myself. So dulu bila kerja rasa padat sangat jadual nak settle semua.

Some women love working, they become a better mother when they do. Some women who are possessive & hands-on like me find satisfactions taking care house works & kids by my own. Tak kisah apa pun , tak semua hidup sama. Pandai-pandaila cari ketenangan masing-masing. My adivse is for those yang dok pikir or rasa nak jadi surirumah je senang, pikir la sekali lagi ye. It is not easy and not everyone cup of tea ya. First you have to be domestic, enjoy doing houseworks. Second, you have your financial sorted up. Third, is your husband's support. 3 benda ni you kena pikir dulu ya, sebelum you fall into depressions and thinking no one understands you.

 After all, we women are very strong and independent by nature. Every women is a superwoman in their own way. If you would give man all the burden & tasks of a women, i guarantee mental institutions would be full of men . Kannnn??? hahahahaha :P

Just An Update

Fuyoo..lama tinggal blog ni. Does blog post relevant nowadays?? I rasa macam blogpost ni more to syok sendiri je kan?? More to update for self reading & record. Trend baca blog dah makin pupus rasnaya. Like myself, i dah tak kuasa dah nak baca blog..apatah lagi nak update blog sendiri. But still, pabila teringat, jadi teringin plak nak update harini. Just a short updates. Will do it in points:

• My Aidan dah exceeded 1 year milestone. Dah boleh jalan terkedek2 dan lari juga terkedek2. Makin clingy and kepo and curious. Masih suka layan katun especially nursery rhymes songs. I love baby at this age, so montok, so squishy and they are responsive now. 

• Bulan puasa ni makanan makin mahal kannn? Haritu gi beli makanan bebuka (pasal tak masak), habis RM50 plus jugak la untuk whole family makan. Aishh...makan kat restoran tomyam lagi murah kottt. Kuih pun kecik-kecik, jual 3 for RM2. Takleh la selalu melayan beli kat bazar ramadhan. Dah jadi surirumah ni kena rajin2 la masak yeee. Kadang tu bosan gak taktau masak apa, teringin makan nasi kerabu la..nasi beriyani la...nasi arab la..so kena la beli kan, i taktau masak semua tuuu.  

• So far my 7 y.o daughter dapat puasa penuh tanpa drama. Last year macam2 drama kena layan, but hanya ponteng few days. Hopefully she can finish her 30 days fasts this year.  

• Why there are sooo many raya sales niii. Online shopping ni memang dangerous betul. Luckily i ni size besar, so banyak baju takde size. Jadi kalau cantik pun mampu tengok je. Rahmat jugak kan plus size ni. Hahahaha. But habis jugak duit tuuu gi beli tudung, telekung, kids clothes (H&M had a massive online sales, 1 baju RM16 je!!) and cosmetics. 

• This year raya kat Sarawak. Means boleh melantak kek sarawak!! Tomorrow balik Aor Star, kalau raya kat Sarawak, we will sure balik berpuasa kat Alor Star because best puasa kat sana. Banyak makanan sedap and the bazar ramadhan is the best..macam2 ada, sedap, accessible and cheaper. Cakap banyak tak guna, orang Kedah tau la noh!

• Recently we celebrated our 11th year wedding anniversary. Dah 11 tahun menempuh alam perkahwinan, naik turun dari segi ekonomi, from apartment to landed house, from kelisa to alza mpv, from me working to me being work from home mom and now 3 healthy kids. Alhamdulillah for all the experience & gifts. Nak cerita bab perkahwinan ni, takde siapa ada experience yang sama, betul tak? Kalau nak cerita kat orang pasal marriage kita memang takkan yang faham totally because it is emotionally exclusive between you and your husband. People can relate but not one can say yes i have the same marriage as yours. No, it is impossible. My point is, your marriage is what you build & evolve with your love ones, so jangan la compare dengan marriage orang yang you nampak kat social media or dari ceritanya. Believe me, there are backstories that every marriage has to endure to be great. For me, Alhamdulillah..so far takde ujian yang belum mampu handle.

Ok that's all lah. Kalau rajin, lepas raya la update ye..with pictures. Selamat berpuasa semua! 

2017 & My 2 Schooling Kids

Happy New Year everyone. Whatever your hopes & dreams for 2017, i hope the year serves you well. My 2016 was ok. No drama, just me being work from home mom a.k.a slaves to my kids. It is a tiring  & undervalued job but i do enjoy taking care of my kids full time. Memang la letih dan hidup kelam kelibut ikut kerenah anak, but at least i have more time for my kids untuk masak dan personally monitor their studies. Kalau melawak kata i nak kerja balik, menjerit2 diorang macam suruh terjun lombong. Hahahahaha.....

To get organize ofcourse la one has to own a planner kann.

For 2017 i want to be organize. You know la, stay at home with a baby i can't really track time, kejap je masa dah berlalu. So this year i want to be more organize. I want to slip some time for exercise (dekat rumah je) & reading. I also want to keep track of my expenses. Selalu sangat draw duit, sometime tak tahu mana peginya duit tu, padahal duduk rumah je. And finally i want to be a better muslim. Sejak ada baby i hardly had time to recites Quran, kekadang rasa bersalah sangat. Dulu almost every night akan baca. Bila ada baby selalau baca sekerat dah dengar Aidan nangis kena la stop, pastu tutup simpan terus. Kena gak curi time, dapat baca 2 pages pun jadila kan.

This year my 2 kids dah sekolah. Dania standard 1 and Adam standard 4. Sorang sekolah pagi, sorang petang. So my jadual starts early this year. No more bangun lewat (FYI, i am not a morning person). Ada orang suka time anak ke sekolah, ada orang suka time musim anak cuti skolah. For me, i prefer anak cuti sekolah pasal tak kalut sangat nak masak & siap kan diorang ke sekolah. Every house chores has to revolves around their schooling time. Sometime nak gi office pun kena tunggu anak balik sekolah or gi skolah dulu. So i prefer cuti sekolah.

Dania's first day schooling was okay. No tears, in fact she was excited. Already made some friends. I hope she likes school. Kita tengok pulak anak perempuan ni study lagu mana pulak. Anak laki tau dah, keja nak main je..relax & cool. Kalau bab study kena push macam kita yang nak exam.

Oh and i also want to update my blog more. Eh macam banyak je nak buat kan. Eksyen je lebey, in the end, apa pun tak settle. Hahahaha...

Baby No.3

My third baby already 6 month old, baru la mak dia nak terhegeh-hegeh nak update blog kan. Well, taking care of baby is handful you know. Plus i always at home being slaves to my 3 kids mana la ada masa nak duduk depan laptop karang cerita. Nak check email pun susah oiiii...

My baby was born on 2nd May 2016, around 7pm (lupa exact time). That day was labour day replacement leave (labour day on 1st May, which fell on Sunday), so my husband ada kat rumah. The night before entah nape memang dah tak boleh tidur, tak sakit pun but i couldn't sleep till about 4am kot. That day about 9am i nak gi breakfast dengan my mother, she came few days earlier to take care of me during confinement. Suddenly terasa macam kejang below my abdomen, where you feel period paid. Time dok pikir aik, tak kan dah contraction kot. I was on my 38th weeks, last time i deliver my daughter also on 38th week. I igonore je sakit tu, pegi je breakfast. Tapi time breakfast tu memang dok makin kerap rasa sakit, every 15min macam tu. Balik rumah husband tanya nak gi hospital ke? Actually that day i dah plan nak gi lunch rumah my cousin, so i cakap kat husband after lunch sana kita terus gi hospital because i also taknak kena tahan lama kat wad, boleh lagi tahan sakit ni.

Dah sampai rumah my cousin around 2pm, the pain became intense. Tengah sembang pun boleh chup jap pasal nak tahan sakit. My cousins gelak je tengok i berkerut tahan sakit. Gigih jugak la makan. Sedap lauk dia oiii..pantang nanti takleh melantak sukati dah. Habis makan, i mintak permission my cousin nak mandi kat rumah dia sebelum serah diri kat hospital. After bath terus mintak diri pasal dah sakit sangat and jarak contraction pun makin dekat.

Admitted hospital around 5pm. Nurse check dah buka 4cm, katanya dinding rahim dah lembut. After my doc pecahkan air ketuban tu, bermula la detik meronta-ronta atas katil tahan sakit yang setengah mati. Pegang besi katil punya la kuat pasal nak tahan sakit. Bila time nak teran keluar i dah jadi letih. That time dok pikir kalau doc nak operate pun i bagi je pasal tak larat dah teran. So doc keluar la mesin vacum to expediate the process. Alhamdulillah akhirnya keluar jua anak lelaki ku yang bernama Aidan Amir dengan berat 3.1kg. Tak terkata leganya setelah keluar. Really, birthing experience is really really special. Sebab tu la para ibu memang terasa sangat kalau anak buat lebih kurang kat dia kann. Eh sebak plak dok type ni.

Syukur Alahamdulillah, Aidan dilahirkan dengan sihat. Dah nak masuk 7 bulan dan dia tak pernah sakit or demam. Mungkin pasal kali ni dapat directly breasfeed him fully and personally jaga dia sepenuh masa. Kita tengok hasilnya nanti, ada beza tak Aidan ni yg dijaga sepenuhnya by me dan kakak & abangnya yang dijaga pengasuh. Apa pun, harap jadila insan yang terbaik dan membanggakan ibu bapa. Amiiiinnnn..

Being sentimental

I have told you all that now i am working from home right? So i am slave to my kids now. Everyday nak pikir apa nak bagi depa makan. Like today, Adam kena pegi sekolah awal, so kenala masak lunch awal. Tapi alangkah leganya dia cuma nak toasted egg sandwich. Kalau tak memang kena bersilat awal sikit untuk sediakan satu lauk for their lunch. Kalau masak lauk untuk anak-anak ni semuanya ikut taste diorang. Tak pedas. I am a spicy eater. Memang tak lalu sangat la nak makan nasi dengan lauk tak pedas. So i end up just makan untuk isi perut, since tengah pregnant kena la makan jugak kan. I think that is the reason my weight doesn't increases that much this time. On my last 2 pregnancy i gained almost 20kg tau! But this time, at 6 months i only gained 3kg. Baguih la jugak macam tu. Badan pun asal macam peti ais dah, kalau tambah lagi jenoh laaa nak kurangkan lepas beranak nanti. Umur pun dah lanjut, metabolisme dah slow!

Basically being a housewife, most of my time adalah melayan anak-anak, especially yang girl tu. I think she will be my bff. Everyday kena layan kerenah dia, since she only attend half day school. Dia buka kedai makan kita la customer, dia bukan kedai runcit kita jugak customer, dia buka klinik kita jugak la pesakit (dah banyak kali dah dia keluarkan baby dari perut i) dan kalau dia main playdoh kita jugak la kena bagi idea suruh dia buat apa. Kalau dia diam tu means she is with her tab watching youtube videos. To lessen her youtube time, i try to engage her in activity. Beli some art & crafty stuff untuk dia, atau bagi jela water color, kertas & gunting, leka la kejap dia buat keja. Kalau rajin we bake cake.Kalau lagi rajin, bawak la dia keluar gi makan ice cream.

Bila anak depan mata we become very very concern if we don't do enough for them. I always worried. Selalu pikirkan, sampai bila my kids akan mengharapkan i. When they are no longer dependent on me, i will sure miss it. Sampai bila diorang will come to me and tell story of their day and ask silly questions? The day will come when they only want be in their room and no longer need our assistance. Will i be sad? Now when they still need me, i try my best to layan them every possible way. Walaupun anak-anak i ni suka merepek bila bercerita, layan je laaaa.

Panjang pulak merepek. I inspired to type this post when i was having roti canai with my eldest and dia mintak suapkan pasal taknak kotorkan tangan bila baca komik. Time tu pikirkan, they will come a time when my boy dah segan nak manja macam ni. Every little thing counts as memory. Oh i hope i am not the only one being sentimental here. I pray my kids will think of me, my time spend with them even though they no longer need me. Sigh, I guess it is my pregnancy hormones making me overly sentimental.

Another 32nd Birthday

I tak pernah pun update pasal husband punya birthday kan? Hehehe...asyik story pasal birthday sendiri je, over betol. This year i decided to share on what we did on my husband's birthday. 

Both my kids are wise enough to know what birthday is so i decided to get them involve. We do almost everything together like suggesting birthday presents, wrapping the presents, 'bake' the cake and all the usual stuff people do on birthdays to make it memorable for them. 

Started by suggesting the gifts. Actually ada penipuan di situ because husband already knew what i am going to give him, in fact he is the one who bought it (using my money of course) and handed it to me to be wrapped. My kids taktau yang bapak diorang dah tau, so when Adam asked his bapak what he wanted for his birthday, my husband will said "Nintendo 3ds". Knowing that i rejected the idea when my husband told me this last time, Adam replied to my husband "Hmm, mak takkan beli punya, mahal tau tak". So on the day i wrap the gifts Adam found out that it is actually what his bapak wanted. But i warned him not to tell and make it as a surprise. Well...Adam being kepo and memang tak pandai simpan rahsia, dengar je bunyi pintu buka when bapak dia balik keja, terus lari sua muka kat celah pintu, whispered to my husband "Mak beli hadiah Nintendo 3ds kat bapak". Haihhh....hopelesss!!!! Nasibla bapak dia memang dah tahu, dia gelak jela tengok anak dia yang kepo tu. Me, knowing my son better, did not tell him about what another gift was. 

 I lupa beli wrapping paper, balut pakai Astro magazine je. Look at the message Adam wrote. "Adam dan Dania bagi bapak"..literally! Hehehehe..

Next thing is baking. Well not actually baking la. I do not have an oven. So i opt fo a non-bake oreo cheesecake. A recipe i found on youtube. Senang je, orang yang macam i, more than 10yrs tak bake pun boleh buat. Walaupun tak jadi sangat. Tak jadi pasal my kids terlebih rajin pecahkan biskut marie lebih, resulted to the butter added not enaough to make them stick together. So berderai la base kat bawah oreo cheesecake tu. Nevertheless, still sedap...cuma tak cantik. Tak cantik pasal i bijak sangat guna pinggan lebar, so cheesecake filling to nipis je, patutnya tebal. Hahahaa... I include the youtube video of the oreo cheesecake below.

 



 Semangat diorang ni amik peluang sibuk-sibuk di dapur. A good experience for them.

Rupa end product. Okla kannn, hasil 3 tangan. Macam nak sama je dengan kat dalam youtube tu kann??

Haa...luaran memang la nak sama. Dah potong amek ko, berterabuq crushed cookies kat bawah tu. Very not presentable. Tapi yang penting sedap. Hehehe.

Most important thing was...the birthday-man was happy and glad we did it all wholeheartedly.

Happy 32nd birthday sayang!
Even though you are younger (by months) than me, i still much more cuter than you! :-P

My 2 Kids So Far

Macam lama tak update about my 2 kids kan. My sweetheart & my heart attack all in one. Taking care of these two is not an easy job. Salah ajar kot mana entah, lain macam ja aktif dia. They can make me laugh & happy and on other time make me want to run away from home and cry in the corner.

My 6 years old Adam now can read in both Bahasa Melayu & English and talks even more. Haih budak tu kalau bercakap macam makcik. Asks all sort of questions and kekadang macam tak masuk akal soalan dia tu. Whenever i am with him when he watches tv, mesti akan ada soalan yang ditanya setiap 5 minit. Lepas tu si adik akan tanya balik soalan sama, saja nak attention ikut apa abang dia cakap. Letihh ooiiii...nak jawab.

Adam also loves to eat. Selera macam mak dia. Makan bersambung-sambung 3-4 course. At 6, he is now weigh 22kg. Perut pun buncit. He always asks me what i ate for lunch at work. When i told him i ate something delicious he will eager to eat them as well. Dulu time kecik punya la susah nak makan sampai muntah-muntah kena paksa makan. So parents out there, don't worry if your kids taknak makan, chances are, they will eventually enjoy eating like a normal human being. I hope when he enters secondary school next year, he will shed off all those access fat he accumulated. If not, i will still love him unconditionally, fat rolls and all! :)

Dania, my cheeky girl is the one that gives me heart attack every now and then. Just turned 3 on August. People talks about terrible 2 (for 2 y.o toddlers), but mine extended till horrible 3. She is an attention seeker, always up to something mischief, stubborn and very very active. Kalau keluar gi memana, peluh kat ketiak ni tak pernah kering. Asyik kena kejar dia je. Just recently, naik flight dengan dia for 2hrs, rasa macam nak jerit-jerit dalam flight tu...tension sangat layan kerenah dia yang tak reti duduk diam tu. Drama queen also ye. Kalau abang die buli die, pandai tambah asam garam siap buat drama macam dasyat sangat abang dia buat. Kalau nak bagi dia makanan or minuman kena bagi direct dari tangan kita, tak boleh main letak atas meja je (ngada-ngada sangat!). Kalau nak something memang she makes sure she gets it or else she will keep repeating and crying sampai kita rimas. Luckily so far dia tak pernah lagi la buat prangai kat shopping mall nak toys or chocolate, dia tak pandai nak mintak benda macam tu lagi. Kalau keluar gi memana, dia akan terus larriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii tak toleh belakang dah. That is the reason i do not wear any heels or wedges anymore. 

Good things i want to share is, Dania already free from diapers. Even when she sleeps. Only kalau nak keluar memana jauh dan lama baru pakai. Jimat duit beli diapers. Now, to be free from bottle feeding. Harap berjalan lancar.  Dania, anak mak yang suka pakai dress 'pusing' (dress kembang), yang suka gelar diri princess, yang mengaku diri dia good girl, yang cakap bahasa alien, mak harap one day when you are mature and behave, you will my be my champoin daughter and put up with me like i did when you are little. 

Now,  looking forward i want to kick those two out from my bedroom. Tido bilik lain. But first kena buang rasa takut akan hantu diorang tu. Especially Dania yang takut 'hantu tarik kaki' datang tarik kaki dia. Hantu tarik kaki deserves to be told on another blog post. Hehehehe...

Another Raya Story (2013)

Selamat Hari Raya! Orang Malaysia sambut raya sebulan. Ada alasan buat open house sepanjang bulan...hehehe. Anyway, yang penting kita semua happy dan kalau yang mampu tu buatla tambahan puasa 6 untuk dapat pahala bonus setahun berpuasa. I am soooo glad that i able to puasa full this year. No, not pregnant, because i am currently on my menses.

This year raya kat kampung Sarawak. As usual memang meriah pasal siblings, nieces & nephew memang abundance! Penuh satu rumah. My son was the happiest pasal banyak geng dekat sana. My daughter still macam dia jugak, tak pandai main dengan orang, buli budak ada la..haissyy! 

Bila raya kat kampung, rumah mentua pulak. Honestly, walaupun dah masuk 6 tahun kahwin, i still rasa kekok. Maybe because setahun sekali je balik..or because i still tak berapa faham bahasa diorang..or maybe because i am not domestic enough. I am like still wandering around the house thinking what should i do..what should i do..how can i be more helpful around the house. End up i just do what i usually does, make sure my children eat, suap makan sampai habis, do the laundry, wash all the pinggan mangkuk yang asyik berlambak kat sink ( i memang rimas tengok pinggan kotor dalam sink, cepat-cepat nak basuhkan) and read books whenever i have spare time. 

Why i tak masak? Hmmm...reason being, i am not confident masak untuk ramai orang, especially i taktau diorang suka ke tak masakan i. Second, diorang ni taste pelik sket, makanan suka manis, tak boleh pedas langsung..haih, memang tak confident la nak masak. But, i ada jugakla gorengkan mihun untuk diorang haritu, tu pun pasal husband cakap mihun i sedap...sedap kewww?!? Hehehe!

Okla back to cerita raya. Raya kat Sarawak ni satu ja tak berapa nak ommphh. Beraya every rumah pun ada benda makan yang sama. Kek sarawak memang wajib. Yang tak best semua rumah pun jenis yang sama je kek sarawak dia, yela satu kampung order kat tempat yang sama kannn. Takde lemang, rendang, lontong or apa-apa makanan raya yang marbeles selalu orang jamu kat semananjung ni. So tiap rumah yang we visit, makan kek sarawak dan kelupis (pulut dalam daun palas, tapi panjang). Rendang pun tak mengancam because very plain and not spicy. That is why bila balik je semenanjung kalau ada open house invitation, i am very excited. Besalakann...orang suka makan macam i nih.

Anyway, i still enjoy my raya. Being with big family memang terasa meriah. A different experience than every other year..not all have the chance to raya at Sarawak kannn.

 So now, please enjoy the pictures. Tahun ni tema light blue or turquoise or mint. Walupun expect i akan nampak bambam dengan warna ni, luckily the tailor jahit elok baju kurung tu so takdela nampak gedebom sangat..hahahaha. Tapi bila dok tengok kat facebook ramai pulakkk orang tema warna sama. Takpala, janji gambar weollz elok kaaannn... :P

My life so far

Wah, lama jugak i tak update blog ye. Well, takdak siapa bother pun kan? Hehehe.

Just quick update of what happened throughout my silence from blog-sphere. Nothing major happened, but effect jugak la life daku yang serba mundane ni.

Me & family went to Legoland. Exciting experience, especially if you are a lego fans. I did enjoyed myself but not as much as my kids. All the rides are more kids oriented. Adam sampai sekarang dok tanya bila boleh pi lagi. If you are bujang, young & restless, better spend your money at Universal Studio because you enjoy more thrill rides there, unless you lego fans or simply can't resist theme parks (like me!). Legoland is very family oriented and convenient for those with kids. Tempat change diaper, tido anak, buat susu, feeding, memang disediakan bilik khas yang air-conditioned, bersih dan selesa. Siapa ada bibik boleh placed you baby in the baby cot to sleep or let your toddler play inside the room all day because semua dah complete. And playgrounds are everywhere. Means kalau parents tak larat jalan or too hot (panaih sungguh tau), you can sit down and let your kids main kat playground besar tu. Convenient kan? I really appreciate it.

On first day of Chinese New Year, at 3a.m my office caught fire. Started from the rooftop, and burnt down the second floor. I operate at ground floor, so my workstation is safe. But it was very inconvenient for us to work due to the dampness caused by the water hose sprayed by firemen when they tried to put down the fire. Memang office to bau bakar & lembab. Guess we have to live with this condition for few months before the re-constructions completed.Quite unhealthy also. Due to the built up mould and dusty air. Some of us already not feeling well.



Talking about unhealthy. Apparently each one of my family down with fever except for me. Started with my son. Sick for almost a week then my daughter's temperature gone up. Till now, she is still weak but the fever has gone, only her appetite and energy haven't came back and still cranky and moody. And the same time my husband also down with massive fever, the kind that weakens and steals his appetite and he can only lays in bed all the time. So left only me, the not so super-mommy that have to take care all of them. I am not having any fever but can't say i am in my optimum health as well. Caught flu and thick phlegm haunting me till now, rimass! Oh and i somehow have a pink eye, so sekarang sepet sebelah. Buuttt...being a mother, i still have to forget my misery and take care the rest of my family that needs my care & attention. Bila dukung my daughter pegi hospital untuk cek darah, my son trolling along, my husband still sick at home, terasa macam sayu sedih jugak kena handle and struggle semua sorang diri walaupun hakikatnya i sendiri pun tengah sakit. Pujuk & hold my daughter in the emergency room to her blood drawn for test wasn't easy, sampai air mata i pun meleleh tengok dia mearung sakit. That moment i felt all alone and almost pity myself because i got to handle everything myself. But i always be optimistic and toughen up myself, by thinking that ibu tunggal are everywhere and they have to face this everyday without help from spouse. There are lots of people in a much more worse situation than me. And i reminded of my own mother going through hell taking care of my late brother..all by herself for months! Haih...i am ok, only the sickness in me made me all emo and self-pity. Hehehehe. Afterall, i do syukur that i am the one that healthy enough to take care of them, otherwise pensan i pasal sakit pun sure my kids still want their mak not their bapak. I pray that my family will be fit & healthy again. So that we can be active, out & about again! Amiiinn!

Katun Pelik

Remember i once told you my son suka tengok katun pelik (refer post here). Last time it is Flapjack. Now Flapjack not showing at Cartoon Network anymore. But 3 other pelik cartoon pulak yang dia layan. Why pelik? The characters are gila-gila dan lukisan dia pun pelik. Cerita dia pun macam entah papa, kejap jadi kucing kejap jadi anjing, merepek tak sudah. Pastu lawak die macam tak sesuai untuk budak, lots of sarcasm. But my son boleh gelak, entah dia faham ke tidak pun taktau. Mana la pegi zaman dulu tengok katun simple. Katun macam mickey mouse with simple story line without dialog. Or katun like tom & jerry yang tak sudah-sudah kejar mengejar. Dulu kalau nak tengok katun clever sket with a bit of sarcasm are some of those Loony Toons one. Entah la, apa punya taste budak zaman sekarang. Maybe because kids are cleverer nowadays, will not accept simple cartoon?

Here are 3 cartoons pelik yang my son suka layan sekarang. I tak layan sangat katun ni so i dont know what are they really about:

The Amazing World of Gumball. 

Yang i tau die cite pasal 2 adik beradik ni punya hidup dengan skolah, kawan (yg super pelik) dan konflik dengan parents (esp bapak) yang juga pelik. Nampak je katun tu comel, tapi watak dia gangster sket. 

Adventure Time

Katun ni i pening kepala kalau layan. Cerita pasal adventure budak pakai topi putih tu dengan anjing dia. All sort of weird and ghastly adventure. Dahla katun dia hodoh. Tapi kelakar la jokes dia. But very-very weird! Even the creator also said he did not want to create normal cartoon with moral lesson. He wanted to write stupid stuff -__-"  

Regular Show

Look at the cartoon..the character..apa punya watak ni? Scary je! But my son loves them! The cartoon is funny, i pun macam suka. But kids faham ke? Dahla entah pape jalan cerita dia. The blue bird & raccoon are best friend. Cerita pasal konflik diorang dengan orang sekeliling la. I think this cartoon are more suitable to teenagers due to the storyline. But i taktau macam mana Adam boleh berkenan, even though i rasa dia tak faham sangat. Maybe because he naturally attracted to weird cartoons?

You must wondering why i did not stop my son from watching these cartoon kan? Hmm..taktaula. I am more of a parent that let my kids build their own character. Rather than me telling them what they have to be like. My parents memang macam tu dengan i dulu. He let me build my own character & personality but somehow i always know the limit because he will always monitor me and tell me when & why i should not do those things. He let me think. And by thinking i understand more why i should or should not do. I nak tengok katun or movie apa pun dia tak halang. And ofcourse la i pun takde la abuse his trust gi tengok porn stuff ke apa ke. Memang tak minat pun, because i am woman, kalau anak laki lain la kan??hehehe.. 

I don't know whether it'll work for my kids. We'll see. Whatever that clearly salah memangla i betulkan. Especially on his manners and also religion. Yang dua tu memang intolerable!  For now i don't see any harm for him to layan those cartoon, just hairan je apa yang dia suka sangat. But if the cartoon do give him any negative impact, i will totally stop it. 

Okla itu sahaja sesi sharing hari ini. Take care! End--- 

Everybody's Fine

Are you all fine? I hope you do :) With the wet weather, i hope you all take better care of your health. Alhamdulillah so far me and the kids are doing good, no fever or flu. Tapi sejuknya especially malam.



On this post i wanna share with you a movie i just watched last weekend. Everybody's Fine. Such a heart warming and sad movie, it made me cried. I am glad that i accidentally switch to Sundance Channel. (coz i hardly watch that channel). Bila terbukak channel tu i checked the storyline and casts. They got Robert De Niro (great actor), Kate Beckinsale and Drew Barrymore (my favourite actress coz she is adorable). So oklah, thought i layan the story because nothing else interesting to watch on other channels. Memang best sungguh movie ni. A simple story about a father's love but so sad lah. What makes it so sad it because the father's character is familiar to me.



The movie has simple story line but touches us at the right place. Suka sangat movie macam ni, yang tak trying hard to proves a point with great cgi or action and still can tell a beautiful story. Okla i cerita sikit what this movie is about. It is about a father's love to his children and trying to get close to them. His wife had just passed away and suddenly all his children are distant from him. Because all these while his wife is the one yang communicate with their children. So the father decided to start a journey to visit all his 4 children which live at 4 different states. Each children he visited, revealed a hint of secret that they been hiding from him. Due to the secret, his children macam tak layan sangat bapak diorang. That time i was so sad and fikir jahatnya anak dia. And each of his children has their own problem as well. A problem that their late mother knows. One of the conversation in this movie, his daughter told him that they are more open to talk to their mother because she was calmer and supportive compare to him (her father) which worries to much and expect the best from them. In the movie, it shows that all his children love & care for their father. And despite the cold treatment by his children, the father still calm & understanding. No drama what so ever. Until towards the end of the movie, the secret revealed, at the hospital bed where their father admitted due some complication with his health (u got to watch to know what). Ha, part ni memang sedih sangat. To cut story short, in the end they are back together as a happy family and their father has accepts the fact that his children are all grown up with their own life and problems. Takde macam drama melayu yang in the end lawat kubur dan ada hadis or ayat al-quran di akhir cerita. Very simple and heart warming story and funny as well. Robert De Niro is superb, love him! I want to watch it again!



The reason why i love this movie so much is that, my parents are like that as well. My mother is the one we go to if we have any story, may it be good or bad. And she is always understanding, not judgmental and calm. Unlike our father which will be worried too much. As a children we always try to impress especially our father because he always very expressive of what he expect from us. So to tell him bad news or problem is a bit harder. Hence, the distant from his children. The recent tragedy of my brother's condition proves the point. My father was the one worries too much to the point macam a bit mental dah. Sampaikan any bad news on my brother's condition kitorang memang tak cerita terus terang kat dia. He would broke down and cry like a child. My mother was calmer and easier to handle. So this is why i am so sad when i watch this movie, because it is familiar.



Those yang tak tengok lagi but love this kind of movie please do search for it. Everybody's Fine. I include here the movie's trailer. Oh, and here are more details of the story if you are keen (from wikipedia).

Racun & Madu

Been a while since i membebel pasal anak-anak i kan? Banyak nak cerita sebenarnya tapi tak pandai nak story to make it interesting. More over, now my daughter dah 2 years old. Ever heard of the 'Terrible 2'? It is a term yang pakar kanak-kanak labelkan pada budak yang over 2 years old. When your kids reached 2 years old, the hell begins! Diorang dah banyak akal, kekadang lebih pantas dari kita yang adult ni. And my daughter is even worse behavior than her brother (last time). Kalau outing especially, panjat meja, lari sana sini, jerit tak tentu pasal adalah senario biasa. Sampai senget tudung nak sabarkan dia. Dia pulak jenis tak takut orang, kalau ugut to leave her dia lagi lari jauh-jauh dari kita. One time, sorang-sorang naik escalator pastu turun balik. She did that all by herself..nak pensan kitorang cari dia! Nakal dia nauzubillah..ikutkan hati i macam nak guling-guling atas lantai pasal geram sangat. Siapa yang feel the same way about their kids? Do your kids behave like a monkey and impossible to control? Well, kita geng!

Now is my 5 years old son. Haih banyak betul cakap sekarang. Especially since he went to school. Semua benda nak persoalkan. He asks about every single little things! Lepas tu suka bercakap. He is a story teller. Kuat bercerita macam mak dia jugak. Tapi selalunya memang tak faham sangat dia cerita apa. Yang paling i tak suka is, he start to talk back now. Bila marah ada je yang kuar dari mulut dia nak jawab balik. Kreatif sungguh menjawab segala yang kita bebel. Satu hari nak kena cili jugak mulut tu.Tapi yang positifnya my boy ni dia ringan tulang. Rajin kalau suruh nak tolong pape. And he is loving too, always attentive when he saw me tired or sick. He will offer to massage me or simply ask about my conditions. Harap-harap berkekalan sampai besar..amiinnnnn..

Yeah..that are about all that i can sums up about my two kids. Racun & madu dalam hidup. Allah kurniakan anak yang sihat cukup sifat, macam ragam pulak nak tahan ye. Syukur jela, daripada Allah kurniakan anak yang tak sihat, cacat yang tak berlari sana sini dan tak boleh bercakap, lain pulak la dugaannya. Be thankful & grateful. Afterall, my kids are my life. I would sell my soul for them if i have to, as long as they are safe & sound. :)

Late Hari Raya Wish

Is it too late to wish you all Selamat Hari Raya? Tapi raya seminggu kan? So here i wish you all Selamat Hari Raya dan mintak maaf jika ada salah & silap sepanjang coretan i di blog yang entah pape ni. How was your raya? Still enjoying your holidays? I dah keja, 2 orang je staf malay yang keja kat ofis ni, yang lain semua still cuti till Monday. Lunch pun solo je tadi. Maklumla cuti dah kurang, banyak sangat kenduri kawin family terdekat tahun ni.

My raya was full of food fest! From the last 2 days fasting till the third day raya makan je kejanya. Dapat family yang semuanya kaki makan. Jangan tanya la berat naik ke tak, sensitif question! I didn't snap much picture of the food. Ramai sangat orang serbu makanan bila dah hidang, so memang tak teringat nak snap gambar because kalau i tak serbu sekali memang habis la makanan semua tu. Here are some food that i managed to steal from my cousins.

Roti jala & kuah masak manis. This kuah has sweet sour taste and has a similar ingredients with rendang, yang lain ialah dia berkuah & add air asam jawa for the masam taste. Oh, and we only use chicken wing. Dah jadi tradisi my father's family side to have this kuah with roti jala or ketupat palas. Sedap baq hang! Gambar ketupat palas tu i stole from google image, just to show you how sedap they are..nyam..nyam!

Inspired by A&W coney dog. Made by aunt. Also yummy. We had this during dinner on 1st day raya. There was also fried macaroni, no pic.  

Nasi minyak & kambing. This i ate during raya visits at one of the relative house. Got grilled lamb, lamb curry and ayam kicap. Semuanya sedap! Other food we ate during the raya visits is mihun sup daging, memang kaw sup daging dia tu..slurrp!

The best part of my raya feast is this! Kambing golek!! With garden salads & garlic bread..perfecto! I couldn't control myself and had 3 rounds if this. Mind you, before that we already been served with ketupat nasi & sambal udang bilis, megi goreng and nasi goreng cili api. Kambing sampai lambat sangat, makan itu dulu. Kambing sampai makan kambing pulak. Over tak?? Hehehe

On our last night at Alor Star, we went to eat nasi royale. One of the best nasi in town. See the que, it was so long it forms an L shape. Wajib pekena nasi ni every time balik kampung. Got udang besar, itik, limpa dan kuah campuq dia perrghhh..the best! Next time any of you go to Alor Star, search for nasi royale k!

Haa...terliur tak tengok gambar? I pun terliur..hahaha. Ada lagi banyak yang di makan tapi no pics to share. Ok enough or food pictures. Tak best la kalau tak selit gambar raya kan? I end my post with my family raya pics. My raya in Alor Star was a blast, i hope yours too!