baby food

i'm aiming either one of these:



anyone ever buy those mentioned above, pls tell me which one is the best.

p/s: kalo ade org nak adiahkan pon best gak ni (hint hint)

first teeth

am not sure whether other parents out there brush their toddler's teeth. We saw a big information catalog in a clinic last saturday showing this one brand, FIRST TEETH, that is a toothpaste specially designed for babies and toddlers (can swallow also ok). We went to guardian, hunting for that brand, and we almost choked our heart out, the price tag shows RM24.90 for the small tube. Even the big tube for adults doesnt cost that much isnt it? We left out, buying other things instead...kite gosok gigi ngan air jela for time being ok!

bestnyer ari ni, best sbb dpt gaji....duit dlm bank tinggal beberape sen je lagi isk isk...ni sume gara2 mkn mewah sgt early of the mth ari tuh, tgk skang dah sengkek kopak bangat :p

ptg ni balik ofis ade projek, hehe projek mencari penimbang/scale..mlm ni nak menjalankan projek membuat muffin resepi farra..choc muffin and banana choc chips muffin nyum nyum..mintak2 si kenit comel tu tido awal, so bleyla aku bertapa kat dapur tanpa gangguan dia. Dulu 1st time buat muffin awal2 pagi, tp since si kenit dah bgn, makanye dia join skalik ngan mama kat dapur..habis muka putih mama calit tepung. Kali ni dah pandai jln, kalo dia kacau, mau dia bwk lari cups2 muffin yg cute tuh hehe

kalo muffin menjadi, bleyla bwk gi umah umi esok, cewahhh nanti adelah suara2 yg ckp "fuiyoo kak nur pandai wat muffin!" (belum pepe dah perasan hehe). Esok adik bongsu aku yg sorang tu dah janji nak banjer dinner (aku yg paksa hehe) for the whole family sempena 1st gaji dia..dia keje part time kat 7-11 sementara tunggu spm result kuar..gaji RM750 woo, pd aku byk aar tuh! Esok jugak nak bertapa kat umah umi, nak blajo menjahit baju kurung, sume skill dah lenyap dr otak sbb dah lama tak asah hehe..pasnih jimatla duit nak upah baju nyeh nyeh...sesape nak soh aku jahit baju dia, silakan silakan cewahh...harga mulah punyer kengkawan kan :p

ni adalah istana yg bakal kami duduki x lama lagik...mmgla macam bukan istana tapi pd kami inilah istana hinggap/permanent kami yg termampu buat masa ini hehe...tapi malangnyer kenapekah cat dia kaler oren??? arghhh tidak tidakss!

I've been TAGGED

walaupun penat nak pk, ini dia kak zira, saye sahut cabaran akak utk menjawab hehe

4 jobs i have in my life:
- budak contract kat TM
- lepas 3 bulan jd exec kat TM
-still TM after 3 yrs
-skang TM lagik??? hehe

4 movies i can watch over and over:
- My Best Friend Wedding
- Armageddon
- Sesame Street Count With Me (dah hafal dah lagu2 dia ok)
- tade dah kot....

4 shows i love to watch:
- cerekarama
- drama Natasya
- Jamie Oliver Naked Chef nyer program
- Amazing Race

4 places i've lived:
- Ampang
- Tumpat, Kelantan
- Johor Baru (maju maju maju segera maju!!!)
- Bukit Beruang, Melaka

4 places i've been on vacations:
- jakarta/puncak/bandung
- singapore
- pulau kapas, perhentian, redang, tinggi, pangkor
- genting/cameron highlands/fraser hills

4 favourite foods:
- tomyam (especially Malee, dengkil)
- spaghetti bolognese/alfredo (kalo wat sendiri leh mkn 5 pinggan sehari hehe)
- mashed potato KFC
- sundae coklat Mc D

4 websites i visit daily:
- blog sendiri
- blog kengkawan
- utusan online ngan star online
- fotopages kengkawan

4 victims to do this tag:
- Semah
- farra aiza
- julie
- kak tie

ok sape kena tag tu rerajinla menjawab eh hehe

[1] I hope i could be like ummimon one day, so obsessed in preparing home-made food for her Iman. Towards that, this morning i prepared applesauce for idlan's snacks, besides his regular carrot+potato+brocolli rice porridge and fish soup (ari ni sup ikan haruan nyummy!). last weekend he had pancake for breakfast, same like his mama and abah, except that i didnt put egg for his version for afraid of the allergy attack. looks like i've added another meal for his breakfast list - nestum, coco pops, cornflakes, plain bread, and last but not least, pancake! (plus nasi lemak, roti canai, mihun goreng, etc whenever he sees either of us eating all those)

[2] It's TRUE what people says, bila dah dapat kaki...ha asyik nak berjalan jek! That happened to us last sunday, we brought him to IOI Mall, to let him making his first debut cewahhh. Putting on his dark blue mickey shoes, there he go, walking straight forward as if his parent didnt exist, no turning at all! When abah grabbed his hand, tried to make him turn backwards to where his mama stood, he wailed and screamed...tunjuk perasaan la tuh :p

[3] The new skin looks so refreshing isnt it? credits to Aida and Semah, it'll never turn out to be like this if i were to do it on my own...me got no skills on this kreatip2 part ok! Tima kasih bebyk eh korang!

shame on u :p

The usual greeting will always be like this : "Welcome to TM, this is Yati"

Just now i was sooo bz flipping thru frens' fotopages, reading their updates stories and while i almost finished reading the last sentence that is my fren's email address : baxxxx@yahoo.com, a call from mr customer came in and guess what did i say.............






"welcome to TM, this is yati.com"


i dont know how on earth that stupid sentence uttered from my mouth...and i was soooo unfortunate that the customer noticed that last word....u know what did he say?

"hehe tgh surf internet ke yati?"

the rest of conversation, let me just keep it to myself....i couldnt stop grinning...betapa budusnyer aku cis ciss

Fettucine Alfredo nyum nyumm!

To those western food lovers, u might wanna consider this recipe for the whole family...i can assure u its much more yummy than the one u can get outside (including some 'femes' restaurant i tell u)..so here goes:

Ingredients:
- fettucine (or u can also use other pasta like spaghetti, spiralli, shells, etc etc...)
- boneless chicken - diced
- button mushrooms - diced
- garlic - diced
- onions - diced
- whipped cream
- shredded cheese
- salt
- oregano/all herbs
- black pepper powder

The actions:
- boil the pasta till tender, rinse it, put aside.
- Heat oil in small pan (the original recipe uses butter, but me personally dont like it because the gravy will become a bit oily after a few hrs)
- Saute garlic and onion for few minutes (jgn biar sampai 'layu'), add in chicken, let it half-cooked, add mushrooms, simmer till all cooks well.
- Add whipped cream, bring down the heat, let it cook for 5-10 minutes, then add in shredded cheese ( i use romano, u can use whatever brand u like), cook till cheese melted, add some water cause the gravy is thicken after u add the cheese, so the amount of water depends on how thick u want the gravy to be
- put a dash of salt, oregano/all herbs and black pepper powder
- stir well.....voila it's ready! (lupa plak, serve it with the pasta la ok) And u can put the parsley leaves as deco :)

note: sori i couldnt give u the actual measurements for all the ingredients, that merely because it varies, depending on the no of pax per servings, amount of pasta u boiled, how thick the gravy u want it to be, etc...and yes i dont strictly follow whatever recipes i collected, reason being the recipes dont produce the results u expected, so better follow ur heart....cooking is an art isnt it? so just put whatever amount u think make sense to u hehe..janji sodap!

your baby's zodiac

wants to know what the zodiac tells about your baby, visit:
http://bayi.us/zodiak.php

here goes the explanation for all Sagittarius babies including Idlan hehe...

Seorang anak penggembira dan yang beruntung dalam lingkaran bermainnya, pasti ialah si sagitarius. Kegembiraannya ini yang membimbingnya menjadi si penyemangat dan tentu saja ia akan meninggalkan jejak dimanapun ia berada semenjak ia akan menjadi si penjelajah kecil.Mandiri dan Mempunyai semangat tinggi, dan ia juga mempunya banyak ruangan ke ruangan dan mendapatkan tempat yang mungkin langsung menjadi sangat berantakan untuk memenuhi kemauan jiwanya, dan mereka akan bermain sampai terlepaskan jiwa keingintahuannya.Kabar baiknya adalah si sagitarius keci; tidak memerlukan banyak energi untuk menghibur disetiap detik di hari-harinya. Selain itu tetap jagalah si kecil ketika berada di tempat umum mengingat is sangat mudah menghilang! Si kecl Sagitarius sangat menyukai mnejelajah, baik mengenai mainan baru atau teman baru. Ia sangat pemberani! tidak memiliki rasa takut sedikit pun.Berterimakasihlah , si kecil sangat mengetahui bagaimana mencari teman dan menjalin persahabatan dan bahkan ia akan memiliki banyak teman. Ia sangat menyukai menjadi bagian dalam suatu grup, baik diwilayah rumah dan sekitarnya atau bahkan di dunia, dunia yang lebih besar buat si kecil. Dunia besar tersebutlah yang ingin ia ketahui dan ia lihat yang mana ia akan sangat mudah untuk mempelajari upaya tersebut untuk meraihnyabaik dengan kereta, pesawat atau melalui lautan bebas. Sagitarius kecil akan menjadi si traveller yang baik dibandingkan yang lain.Secara umum, Sagitarius keci membutuhkan kebebasan dan sifat keingintahuan yang besar. Hal tersebut selamanya akan menjadikannya sebagai perjalanan untuk Penemuannya. Si penjelajah yang gembira!

p/s: i dont actually believe on the zodiac thingy but the first sentence ...anak penggembira..somehow or coincidently similar with idlan's name..Farhan=riang gembira ehehehe

my sweetie 14-month-old's physical development

He's now entering 14 months old and apparently, he develops few new skills that somehow and rather amuses us all the time. His walking ability improves a lot, less stumbling to the floor, manage to control his body not to fall down whenever the feets touch uneven surfaces like carpet and our 'toto'. He can squat down and pick up something, then lift up the body by not holding onto the furniture, (or usually using mama/abah as support). He plays 'peekaboo' with mama very well, and i can say he enjoys 'looking and searching' his mama's hiding place, be it behind the sofa, in the kitchen, etc etc. He so likes to open the shoe cabinet, taking out the shoe one by one and dump it all to the floor, and ohh also taking out abah's smelly sport shoe and run to the toto...wekkkss!

What's more? He enjoys "putting things in" and "taking them out". He doesnt has any special container to keep all the toys that he has, only the old abah's shoe box hehe...so whenever he litters the toys onto the floor, as usual his hardworking mama will put all those little things back inside the box, and there again he repeats the same process till he gets bored with it. Our remote tv controller becomes his favourite target, picks up the remote and throw it away, then picking it up again and throw it away and god i dont know how long it can last. He still prefer the tv controller even after we gave him the vcd remote controller, not sure what makes him to be so fond with the tv one.

One last thing (tho i actually wanted to tell lots more) which most of the time will put me into 'infuriate states'...holding to my baju kurung/kain/pants, screaming and crying whenever i'm putting my tudung every morning to go to work...if only he understands that his mama will never ever leave him behind and the facts that how on earth can mama or abah go anywhere without taking him along...god he really gives me a hard time when it comes to wearing tudung. When i settled, i take him up and he hugs me as if he doesnt want to let me go (see how obsess he is to his mama :p) hope he'll understand this one day. Mama takkan tinggalkan sayang ok!

p/s: cian abah muntah2 kena food poisoning today, sumernya gara-gara nasi lemak breakfast yg mama tak mkn semlm...take care ok sayang...sori mama taleh cuti jaga awak huhu

my baby can walk!

Our little sweetheart now can walk on his own! That happened on last Friday, yes Friday the lucky day i'd say, Friday the 10th when he exactly reached 14 months :) As usual we picked him up from the nursery and one of his 'akak-akak' said "Idlan dah bley jln dah kak"! Merata dia dah pegi....

We smiled and felt excited, but i asked myself not to get over excited on it. I knew he can walk already, but i never expect that this time he REALLY CAN WALKS!

That miracle night, he walked all over the house. From main hall to the kitchen, vice versa. He explored every single inch of the house. And we noticed he lifted up his right hand while walking, almost 45 degree, for sef-balancing i supposed hehe...pandai anak mama!

Pertama sekali, takziah kpd kak Elin sekeluarga di atas pemergian bonda tercinta ke alam barzakh. Harapan kami semoga kak Elin tabah dan redha di atas dugaan Dia kali ini...sesungguhnya ujian kali ni tersgt berat dan kami yg masih hidup ini hanya mampu mendoakan yg terbaik buat arwah. Bersamalah kita semua mensedekahkan al-fatihah buat arwah bonda kak Elin...walaupun saya kenal kak Elin melalui blog shj, tapi sedikit sebyk saya dpt merasakan kesedihan yg ditanggung oleh kak Elin dan keluarga.

Pagi tadi sempat berborak dgn safurah aka maduku...hehe kenape panggil dia madu? oh dia bukan isteri kedua pruzz ok! takpe, rahsia tu biarlah bebudak Raudhah je yg simpan hehe...alhamdulillah dia sihat, baby in womb pon sihat, she's expecting to be due on 4th march...baby boy insya allah. Makanya tak lama lagi akan bertambahlah team volley kampung boy...skang dah ade amirul, afiq, aiman, idlan, izzul, mus'ab (ade lagi ke yg tertinggal ni?)...pastuh team pom pom girl plak baru sket je, kita ader aisya, atiqah and fatin (anak gina)..ditambah pemain2 import dan penyokong lagikla ramai, ade fawwaz, afif, amni, auni, nufayl, alyya, marissa.....oh byk lagikla..tak larat nak list out. So kepada safurah, jaga diri bebaik...perbykkan doa agar segalanya dipermudahkan bila tiba masanya nanti.

Kpd farra, tarikh ko pon dah dekat kan...take care and semoga semuanyer berjln lancar! Kpd Hany, hehe tahniah jugak di atas kewujudan 'insan' baru utk bermain dgn Nufayl kelak. Bestnyer lahai bila mendengar berita2 macam ni...ha tahniah jugak buat Has, dah ade 2 anak teruna dah kau eh!

Jangan tanye bila idlan nak dpt adik baru ok...perjalanan aku masih jauh lagi, skarang ni nak concentrate kepada cita-cita dulu cewahhh :)

Idlan oh Idlan...

Permata hati kami yg satu tu dah nak masuk setahun 2 bulan tak lama lagi...so far alhamdulillah dia dah jarang kena demam, sesema kekadang kena gak tapi kami jarang kasi ubat, saje nak train immunity body dia utk lawan sendiri kuman and virus2 tuh. Tapi skang ni ekzema plak yg menyerang, maybe disebabkan faktor persekitaran yg tidak sihat, i.e habuk2, udara, etc etc...agak teruk kali ni dia kena, habis dahi, leher, siku and but dia melecet and merah...hopefully after sapu krim and mkn ubat dia akan recover sepenuhnya. Esok nak gi wat passport, tapi dahi dia berbintik2 merah..sure org igt baby mama kena chicken pox huhu

Progress Idlan so far:
- bila kami sebut "Idlan...buat chicken little": dia akan kepak2 and hayun tangan dia cam chicken
- bila abah angguk2 kepala atas bawah : dia angguk2 kepala dia gak sampai cam nak tercabut leher tuh
- now suke benar pinpoint kan jari telunjuk dia, kat kami, kat benda, kat ape2 jer ikut suke hati dia
- suka acah2 nak kasik brg kat kita, bila nak amik brg tuh, dia tak kasik pon
- suke main cak cak, gelak sakan giler sambil tunjukkan gigi 8 btg dia
- masih belum jln dgn betul lagi. Kat umah umi bley jln 10-14 steps, balik umah sendiri malas yg amat. Dilepaskan tgn dia, dia cuma berdiri, hayun2 tangan kiri kanan cam exercise, henjut2 badan, at last lowered his body and merangkak! frust betul mama tau!
- mulut rajin membebel aka berborak ngan kami...tapi bahasa german/jepun la yg kuar hehe. Bila buat2 tanye dia something, dia akan jawab dgn panjang skali (macam one full sentence)..tapi sori dear, mama ngan abah tak paham :p
- suke tgk iklan yg ade pompuan. Time nangis pon bley berhenti bila tetiba kuar advert yg ade pompuan, cam iklan rambut....(suke tgk pompuan cantik kots!)
- tersangatlah manja ngan mama and abah...macam org tak cukup kasih sayang ragamnyer
- perkataan "abah" dah ilang dr kamus otaknyer...time 11 bulan dulu pandai sebut abah dgr jelas skali, skang tidak lagi huhu
- tak pernah nangis time pepagi antar ke nursery, dari dulu sampai sekarang. TAPI isnin lepas after balik dr hospital, hantar semula ke nursery, dia nangis sakan....adui luluh hati mama ni... terpaksa lari cecepat tinggalkan dia.

Itulah permata hati kami...yg buat kitorang gelak tgk perangai dia, yg buat kitorang geram bila dia manja terover, bijak berkata-kata dan trick org, malas praktis jln, hehehe tak kisahlah...esok lusa pasti akan jalan jugak ek!

Mama miss u!!!

dear, the July intake does exist! i wasnt wrong and am certainly good at making assumption dont u think so? it was found that mmu hasnt updated their brochure since when-i-dunno- and they do actually offer intake in july yuhuuu....all my certs and application form are now ready to be sent:)

anyone out there interested? do come and join me, classes on weekdays, min duration 1.5 yrs, max 5 yrs (lamanyer!), fees RM21.4k but you can seek for T* sponsorship probably in April/May, hmm ape lagi eh...ha bley kita form group assemen sesama jom!

i dont know what happen to myself...either i've been thinking too much about it that cause my imaginary state of mind assumed that there IS a July intake for the course...or i've been mistakenly confused myself with other intakes offered by other univ.

Sorry my dear self, there is and there will be NO july intake ok, no no no!

where to dump our money?

As a continuation on Aini's post on the status of ASB:

- i've decided to take out half of my money and deposit it in Tabung Haji (and yes i dont have any TH account, so that requires me to open up a new account with TH).
- i'll maintain the other half of it inside ASB, and that will be used to finance my mba soon (soon=either march or july intake, am still thinking about it)
-hubby will also transfer his money into TH
-we'll terminate ASW idlan, open up a new TH account for him, and transfer all the money into TH
- apart from that, we've looking for any other attractive financial instruments like fixed deposit, dinar emas, etc etc...fixed deposit is not to our favour at the moment. The dividen offered is quite low compared to TH, plus lower liquidity in the sense that the money parked inside cannot be taken out before the maturity period agreed beforehand. Dinar emas, we're still digging up some info on it. Playing shares wouldnt be a good option at the moment, according to my informer, the market is going upside down and the risk is well, higher! Unit trust, hmm we're not interested to invest particularly because of the lower return, plus longer terms of investment for promising returns. Bank rakyat, obviously that was the best option besides ASB but sorry dear, the offer is already closed.

Oh i forgot to mention, yesterday we managed to get idlan's photos been captured in passport size. He's only 13 mo and he'll be having his own international passport soon, see how lucky he is to have a mother and father like us hehe

With that, i couldnt stop myself from counting and hoping time to fly as fast as possible. Our March holiday escapade is waiting, plus my mba intake (if jadi amik bulan march hehe)....see the conflict, if i were to start my class on march, i'll have to escape 2 weeks of lectures for our holiday, that'll be on march and june. Plus i have to forward my own money for registration thingy bla bla bla...but if i wait till july, i'd probably being able to secure for T* scholar, plus being able to enjoy the holiday with free of mind. So that leaves a big question mark in my head...no wonder it keeps on spinning :p

Those working in KL, i bet they're still lazing around in house, either snuggle in bed, already woke up and now watching the astro while having a cup of coffee, the mothers might settled themselves in kitchen preparing simple breakfast for the family, not forgetting to dump the tonnes of clothes in the washing machine, letting the machine to do its works, and you, now sitting in front of pc in the office, with headset on top of your head, answering calls and entertaining your customers, of whom being in the same shoes with you. Pity you and your customers haha :p

5 days holiday wasnt that great to us, merely because we didnt spend our nights elsewhere. Yes we still went out to shopping complex and some other places, but still the feeling is different. We went to IOI Mall, to Alamanda twice, Rawang and Klang for wedding, and to Bagan Lalang beach in Sepang with just the 3 of us. With that kind of usual outings we still managed to get ourselves broke by having our lunch twice in secret recipe. The first trip was on hubby's treat, and i would strongly suggest you guys to taste their brownie with vanilla ice cream topping...and oh, together with ice chocolate with whipped cream. Those two are great and worth the money spent! That was on saturday, and yesterday, again we decided to go and have that brownie and ice choc again as dessert.

ok then that's it, my head is spinning, my eyes are blurry, i guess the nerves and joints are just not prepared to do their works, so as the whole body of mine....