Petrosains KLCC

A weekend outing to Petrosains KLCC. Idlan has been here last year under his tadika's trip while me n hubby was here about 8 years ago, right after completing our Uni thesis work. The kids had fun touching this n that, while myself just walked around, didn't bother to actually read info on most of the items being displayed, i guess my brain was just too plain lazy to digest or absorb all those geology or chemistry facts. That was all in the past, already had enough of it :p

Anyway, adult tix is RM12 while children RM4.

gold price

The movement in the gold price is quite interesting. I bought my 20g gold bar on 11 May at RM2762 (while 1 dinar=RM571), and the price kept on moving upwards until 20th May when the Euro crisis became severe, sending the prices slumped down to as low as RM2709. I've aimed to buy at least 1 dinar every month as parts of saving and future investment, as its more affordable compared to a gold bar. As such, i prayed the price will continue to remain low after the pay day. But i was wrong as it continues to climb up, and closed high at RM2833 for the bar while 1 dinar at RM585.

Yes I've missed the opportunity. But the game surely will continue....let's keep on hoping and watching ok!

Ad-Din Sports Day 2010

Alhamdulillah, sports day Idlan berjln lancar despite cuaca dan terik matahari yg sgt panas.
They started as early as 8pm with marching and teams' cheer. Later the kids lined up in their respective teams, and performed some 'senamrobik' before the team leader climbed up to the podium, to read ikrar and recite Syahadah. The 4 and 5-yo kids continued with some shows + pom pom, followed by the 6-yo performing some taekwando steps. Later after some speech by the principal and student's rep, the game begins. Idlan entered the 'lari berhalangan' and 'susun tin', and his team won both. The final game which was 'tarik tali' was a tough one, but at last idlan lose to the blue team. Overall, yellow team ranked the last...tapi takpelah, everyone gots a medal :) It was close to 11am when the event finished...mmg penat!

pulut kuning

Alhamdulillah my 1st attempt on pulut kuning menjadi! By 8am pulut and kari ayam ready for ngapp. Hubby kata sedap...tuan yg msk lagikla hepi sbb dpt satisfy craving. Idlan pun mmg peminat pulut, tp dia just mkn dgn kuah sajerk....pelik tp layanzz sajelah! Lunch nnt plan nak masak udang goreng daun kari+sayur goreng sempoi je utk mama and kekanak. Hubby kata dia nak layanzz pulut pagi-malam :p

site visit

Supposed to go to Malacca Satellite Station next week, to accompany vendors for a site visit.
Nevertheless i gave an excuse to my user not to attend the said visit, after a casual conversation with my colleague. He said probably that place is not suitable for a preggy mommy like me, considering the wave/or heat or 'whatever it may be' emitted from the satellite. Aha that idea is practically good actually, in fact it never hits me in the first place :p I glanced again at the proposal paper, our local vendor actually needs to transport the thing to France (the principal manufacturer) for the repair & maintenance works.

I smiled from ear to ear and told my colleague....beb kalo france aku rela pegi site visit tu despite all the wave/radiation/god-knows-what hohohoho aci tak??

food galore

Kek lapis sarawak dah selamat order from adik farra...insya allah next week bley ngap!

And today i already knew what's coming up next...............

jeng jengggggggg.............





Pulut kuning + kari ayam

Insya Allah akan termaterialize this weekend. Dah siap buat talian hayat kat umi tanye camner nak buat pulut kuning :p

Ok don't laugh don't laugh...

we've been married for nearly 7 yrs;
pulut is one of my hubby's top fav;
and yet i never cook pulut on my own;
blame me not, for i can always get my umi to cook one for us everytime we crave for pulut kuning :p

But this time around, my umi is not around this weekend for she's going for a vacay again with my papa, my head kept on thinking about pulut i dunno why, i dunno any fav spot that sells delicious pulut kuning, as such i think the best way is for 'tuan punye bdn yg craving tu' turun dapur masak sendiri :)))

so what's your latest craving peeps??

at 22 weeks...

Dgn jayanya berat tiba2 naik almost 3kg bulan ini. Sebelum ni complaint berat jatuh, tgk2 kelmarin dusssss terus shot up hihi. Tak sepadan plak kenaikan berat dgn marathon puasa yg tgh ongoing. Nampak sgt ini gara2 stock ice cream yg tidak pernah putus dlm freezer + makan kek almost every week + sneakers bar/choc bar setiap hari jika tidak puasa. Lucky tahap gula dan seangkatan dgnnya semua normal :p

Semalam doktor tak scan, katanya tunggu next month. Dia check2 perut, katanya kedudukan baby normal, pembesaran pun normal and within the range. Last skali, doktor komen perut ku nampak slim...bila you baring tak nampak pregnant pun, bila pakai baju kurung pun tak nampak perut. Lapisan lemak you nipis kot, senang je i tekan2 and rasa bentuk your baby.
Aku cuma senyum meleret jela hoho

Dan ohh kata doktor aku tidak digalakkan snorkelling. Pressure air laut tak sesuai utk pregnant women. Naik ferry/boat ok asalkan not too bumpy. Doktor kata, bagusnya bawak anak2 pegi jalan cuti sekolah ni yer! Dan dgn tulus ku jawab, anak saya tak reti snorkel pun, mama dia yg teringin!! So geng Tioman ku, nampak gaya den cuma duduk atas bot dgn Firas jela nanti :p

mee udang Sg Dua

Akhirnya setelah hampir 7 tahun berkahwin, berjaya juga ku sampai ke gerai mee udang Sg. Dua yg digembar-gemburkan sedap dan wajib datang jika pergi ke Pulau Pinang :)

Komen:
Udang sangat besar dan fresh (padan la dgn rege dia :p), kuah dia sedap cuma agak pedas. Boleh diperbaiki lagi dgn tambah sedikit gula utk kurangkan tahap kepedasan dia tuh....tak sesuai utk kanak2 ok. Selain mee udang, ada juga makanan goreng2 lain yg boleh diorder, western food & sate. Sorry gambar mee & udang tak sempat nak snap sebab dah lapo sgt!

Balik kampung kali ni no major damage done alhamdulillah. Tapi jalan tetap jalan, sempatla 2-3x melenjan Alza baru mak ude ngeeeee......so next time mak ude drive dtg kl naaaaa!

Esok balik kampung yey!

p/s: ada sesape yg nak pi Sarawak dlm masa terdekat ni tak?
den tingin sgt nk mkn kek lapis sarawak.....adusss sedapnyer bila imagine!

rambling org sakit

MC yang agak membosankan gara2 diserang migrain attack sejak ptg kelmarin. Usai memvakum & mop rumah, ku cuma lepak2 tanpa membuat sebarang aktiviti yg berfaedah. Buka novel sekejap, kemudian rasa macam takde mood...jln cerita terlalu lambat & agak membosankan, tak seperti Jaja & Din :) Nak tido, kepala dah terlalu berat..mata taknak lelap. Nak iron baju utk next week, argh malas rasanya. Nak tengok tv, takde cerita yg menarik utk ditonton lagipun ku bukanlah kaki tv. Surf website TGV, tapi dekat wayang pun tiada cerita menarik. Pukul 12pm, ku membuat keputusan utk mengambil Idlan di tadika dan kami terus menuju ke Jusco berdekatan. Pekena lunch di food court, ku order curry mee manakala Idlan makan kuew tiow goreng. Selesai makan, singgah sebentar di groceries department utk membeli few things....paling penting stock ice cream seperti yg di bwh tuh :p Tak lupa ke SR membeli 2 ketul kek sebab dari kelmarin dah terbayang-bayang :) Hajat nak pergi ke bahagian ladies utk mencari cardigan baru sebagai pengganti cardigan biru tua ku yg tiba2 MIA ntah ke maner...tapi kaki dah penat, kepala pun masih berat...maka tak sampai 2 jam outing kami pun pulang.

p/s: Menyihatkan ke tidak ni yer???

Jam 5pm, ku baru sudah menghantar idlan kembali ke tadika utk sesi mengaji al Quran.

Kejap lagi kite masak spiral carbonara ok...khas buat anak2 ku yg lidah taste mat salleh :p

Sebenarnya dah 2 minggu berturut2 ku masak masakan melayu...so mama dia dah teringin pekena pasta cheese balik!!

Ha utk yg tidak tahu, AA dah start buat promo free seats bermula hari ini. Cepatla plan dan buat booking! Kami tidak ada plan untuk ke mana-mana (sob sob)...yelah macam mana nak booking kalau nama adik baby pun tarak?? Nak pakai tibai letak Adam, Ali, Abu, etc....tak sesuai gitu! Takkan nak travel dan tinggalkan baby dekat umi kots? kesian dia nak bf tercari-cari nanti...isk kejam mama dia kalau tinggalkan baby sebab kes pergi melancong hihi.

Tapi sebenarnya dlm hati ni meronta-ronta nak klik-klik mencari tiket free.....adesss ralatnya rasa!!!

cucur bilis

Saya just curious, cucur bilis buatan anda bagaimana yer?
Gunakan air panas? atau air peti ais yg sejuk itu?
Tips dari MIL, bancuh guna air panas utk kasi dia rangup di luar, dan rupa yg cun.
Saya ikut tips itu, dan hasilnya...hmm mmg sedap! (sori perasan kejap yer ni kan blog saya jgn marah :p)
Tapi baru2 ni saya tgk JJCM di TV3, cucur bilis version Pulau Pangkor menggunakan air sejuk dari peti sejuk untuk menjadikan dia rangup. Tengok hasilnya...aduss memang kecur liur!

Jadi, apakah cucur bilis version anda?
Mehla share tips u ols....sharing is caring hehe

* Pregnancy kali ini memang mudah, kalau mengidam pun, setakat cucur bilis, atau ice-cream. Cucur tu senang je buat, ice-cream pun senang je nak dpt kat jusco. Ntah2 baby girl kot? Sebab tak byk karenah :)

dividend...

TM telah di announce minggu lepas. Lupa nak update.

Ex-date: 18 May (those yg jual after this date will not be entitled for the dividend)
Payment date: 9 June
Quantum: 13sen/unit. After tolak tax 25% jadikla 9.75sen.
Term: Final dividend for the year 2009

Alhamdulillah kira okla...boleh buat fund pegi Tioman :))

dinar emas?

Pukul 12:27pm. Mata rasa sangat mengantuk ntah kenapa. Pagi tadi ade gotong royong di ofis, dijamu pula dgn nasi lemak+kuih free. Malangnya saya berpuasa, maka hidu bau sajer lah huhu. Last 2 days pun begitu, GM tetiba belanja semua staff, again saya berpuasa...maka hidu bau sajelah lagi! Laksa johor, laksa penang, roti jala....adusss besar seh dugaan berpuasa ni.

Bila mengantuk ni, biasalah saya akan rest sekejap sambil surfing. Dan saya hampir tergelak bila baca moderator satu forum ni tulis begini:

tips:
1. Nanti birthday minta hadiah dinar emas
2. Kalau pregnant, buat-buat mengidam nak dinar emas

Yang!!! Mama tetiba rasa cam mengidam dinar emas la...bley ker? Seketul pun jadikla :)))

* lunch time nanti nak baca Jaja & Din. Kena make sure cepat abis ni, nanti Ijah bising :p

post mother's day treat

Since last week org tu agak bz, maka cuma kelmarin baru berkesempatan for a quick lunch date sempena Mother's Day. Apa2 pun tq Yang....luv u, always will!


cam biasa Indulgence, hubby kata tak bosan2 ke mkn kek ni??


cam biasa gak, tom yam kung for meself...bosankah aku asyik tom yam jekkk??


Hubby tried Sarawak Laksa for the 1st time, not bad, kuah dia sedap, cuma isi kurang.
At times taste dia aku rasa cam laksa johor pun ader hihi.
Mee dia sedap, guna slim pasta yg lagi slim from spaghetti but not as thin as angel hair...recommended!

arghhh....tetiba rindu nak pekena laksa sarawak yg original....guna mihun, kuah pekat kaler merah2...dulu pi sarawak siap beli paste dia tapi sampai ke sudah tak masak2 :p

Pelaburan emas

Sebelum anda membuat sesuatu tindakan berkaitan pelaburan emas ini, ada baiknya anda baca dan membuat research dulu tentang hukum pelaburan emas di sisi Islam, apa yg dibolehkan, apa yg dilarang, bagaimana bentuk pelaburan yg dibolehkan, syarat2 dan sebagainya. Saya pastekan sedikit petikan dari UZAR buat tatapan semua, nak baca isi penuh pendpt beliau bolehlah pegi ke laman web tersebut ok.

HARAM DAN BATAL - jika emas belum atau tidak diterima serta merta ketika membuat akaun pelaburan emas itu.
HARAM DAN BATAL - jika emas itu belum ada didalam pemilikan pihak bank dan hanya akan dibeli daripada pihak ketiga dlm majlis transaksi yg berasingan.

HALAL DAN SAH jika:
1. Bank memiliki emas yg dijual semasa menjual.
2. Bank memberikan bukti dan hak tasarruf kpd pelanggan sama ada dlm bentuk fizikal emas atau dlm bentuk sijil hak ke atas sejumlah emas yg telah dibeli, yg mana sijil itu melayakkan pelanggan itu menuntut emasnya secara fizikal pada bila2 masa yg dikehendakinya.

http://www.zaharuddin.net/content/view/764/100/

Dan k.Tini, komen anda ada kebenarannya. Saya pun pernah terdengar yg emas yg dibeli tidak boleh diniagakan utk keuntungan short-term. Emas boleh dibeli untuk tujuan simpanan di masa hadapan, utk kegunaan long term seperti untuk pergi ke haji, fund utk anak kawin (:p), for savings and retirement fund, etc...yg penting tidak boleh beli hari ini, esok lusa dah nak jual. Saya akan cuba cari artikel yg dapat mengsahkan kenyataan di atas...bear with me yer :)



Pesan saya kepada adik saya yg nampaknya sgt teruja tentang pelaburan emas ini, baca dan kaji dulu sehabis mungkin. Bila dah confident baru melabur. Jgn ikut kata2 orang (i.e. kakaknya) sajer..sbb kalau kakak dia rugi, haaa awak pun rugi!

Knowledge is the key :)

Hati berbunga-bunga.
Hopefully i'm venturing into a right path.
caiyo caiyo!!

It's MOther's Day again!

Idlan had this written on his whiteboard this morning.....

"Selamat hari ibu mama nanti Idlan beli cincin yang paling cantik untuk mama....."

hehehe nampaknya anakku tahu mama dia tgh obsess dgn cincin skarang ni :p

I told him...cincin mahal la mane cukup duit tabung Idlan.
Then he replied....ala belila cincin yang harga 5 ringgit tuh!

Well we don't hv any specific plan yet. I'm done with breakfast, ironing and laundry. Plan to cook nasi lemak sambal udang for lunch, and later go out to Tesco or jusco to get some provisions (and i know they're getting me a cake hehehhe)

gold investment

Anyone has ever invested in gold?
Care to share your experience & tips?

All info's very much appreciated tq :)))


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cont. surfing n surfing while munching raisins.....
enjoy your weekend!

ice cream anyone?

I wish i can have a waffle maker in the house, so that we can indulge ourselves with these as much as we can :))



And i guess this is happening only when we let women to take charge of the groceries. Instant gratification ke farra, or it's more like satisfying my endless cravings?? :p Daz is wayyyy too expensive for my pocket, and being the usual calculative i am, i just ended up with these 2....worth it la kan!



So what's your Mother's Day plan peeps???

abah happy, mama pun happy??

Our plan was slightly changed yesterday. After having breakfast with the kids at kedai mamak & pekena roti canai, we sent them off to their taska/tadika, then head back home to settle few chores (i.e. lipat kain, sidai kain & sapu sampah di laman which i rarely do hihi). Then the both of us were hooked up to the net for nothing in particular. Just doing some browsing and surfing till i landed at few Co*ch websites and laid my eyes on some of their collections and terus jatuh cinta pandang pertama org kata :p Terus email some of the blog owners asking for quotations. I glanced over at hubby's screen and as expected he was looking at the range of his helmets idaman :p Sedar tak sedar it's almost 11ish dahhhh...isk terus kelam kabut pi mandi ngeeeee. Exactly at 12pm we were ready to go out, but as hubby was about to start the car, he said kesian plak kalau tak bwk idlan. So we decided to bring him along as well :)

No Tgif for lunch since hubby agak sedikit was-was with its halal status, so we just settled for Kenny roger's at Mines. Hubby had its 1/4 chicken set, myself had spaghetti bolognese while idlan settled for his favourite mac n cheese. By 1.10pm, we were already in front of the TGV, and managed to catch the Iron Man2's show at 1.30pm. It was a great movie, full of action-packed, kira okla and tak bosan. Later after solat, we started looking for hubby's birthday gift. He wanted a sports watch, or something of similar yg tahan lasak and water resistance (since we're going for a 'pulau' trip in July kan hihi). In between the searching n hunting we stopped by at A&W to enjoy their mouth-watering double scoops vanilla ice-cream +waffle + root beer...arghh sgtla refreshing! Afterwards, while hubby was identifying his so-called mr right, i couldn't stop myself from screening thru the display shelves as well :p Hubby and the tokey kedai were not helping either sebab both them pun sibuk influence suruh beli adesssss. So at last.....


a Casio G Shock for hubby's besday.....


and i landed myself for this black matching watch ngeeeeee. I actually like few others but hubby said this one suits me well, funky yet elegant in its own way :p


our boy had actually wore one of the G Shock and asking us to get one like his abah, but after a series of 'pujuk rayu' we managed to get him this instead. RM10 sajer :)

That's all for yesterday, a plan that was slightly changed, and again myself yg terjebak with an unexpected purchase iskkkkkk

formula anak pintar

Sedikit petikan dari majalah Pa Ma utk tatapan anda....

1. Bayi dalam kandungan didapati lebih responsif terhadap suara lelaki daripada suara wanita.

---> B, awak kena byk ckp dgn adik baby la camni :) Tapi baru perasan mama mmg jarang berborak-borak dgn adik baby kali nih..isk sibuk sgtkah mama? sian adik isk isk

2. Bayi didapati lebih aktif di waktu malam ketika ibunya berehat dan kurang aktif pada siang hari ketika ibunya bekerja. Aktiviti fizikal yg berlebihan di kalangan ibu mengandung boleh menyebabkan kelahiran pra matang.

---> pagi ni jer dah ulang alik dekat 10x dari cubicle ku yg agak belakang ke entrance ofis gara2 kena jumpa vendor. Belum campur berjalan ke depan utk mendptkan machine fax & printer yg kedudukannya sepelaung dari tempatku. Macik penattt!!

3. Juga ketidakstabilan atau gangguan emosi ibu boleh mempengaruhi rangsangan otak bayi. Tekanan di kalangan ibu hamil boleh mengurangkan IQ anak mereka dan meningkatkan risiko anak mengalami masalah tekanan seperti kemurungan, anxiety dan ADHD.

----> erkkk, dek kerana nak menghilangkan penat mata dan otak buat contract maka mama take 5 update blog kejaps, sambil layan website tgif tgk menu apa nak makan esok, sambil layan website tgv tgk citer ape yg best utk ditonton esok ngeeeeeeee dah pukul 1pm yer kengkawan kira oraitla nih!!

another 24 challenging days to go....sungguh mencabarnyerrr den rasa!!!
Dgn kepala yg akan pening everyday.
Dgn perut yg berkeroncong walaupun hari belum menjengah tgh hari.
Dgn cravings yg ntah pepe sokmo muncul dalam kepala.

Dan Ramadhan bakal menjelang dlm masa 3 bulan je lagi.

Moga semangat dan imanku akan terus kuat......amin.

Hepi Besday.......

to my dearest Hubby!

I wish you all the best in your undertakings.
May Allah bless you with all the good things in life, and after.
Thank you for being such the bestest life partner, who understands and accepts me

the way I am.
Thank you for being a super dad to our kids, i owe you a lot!
Thank you for everything Yang...me and the kids can never have a better lives without you.
We luv you loads....muah muahhhssss!!

p/s: taun depan kita gi jalan2 lagi ehh :)))




sesi potong kek dekat rumah Umi sabtu lepas.....

Crocs Warehouse Sales...

at Ikano from 29 April-3 May. We went there yesterday, together with umi, pa, adik, my SIL, niece n nephew, reached around 1030am and the crowds were already huge. Lucky to have Umi to look after my stroller, so that i can shoved myself into the crowd, squeeze here n there to look for firas's , while abah 'bertempur' to get one for himself and Idlan. At last, we brought home 2 pair each for the kids, abah got 1 for himself, mama got none for her! Penat woo spent kat situ dekat 2 jam, penat bangat rasa. Apa2 pun, mmg berbaloi-baloi :p Ramai org yg beli sampai penuh one big box gitu...huish macam nak borong n jual plaks (my dad gave his honest remarks...what a crazy people! hehe) Later afterwards we went for lunch at Ikea, macam biasa its meatballs and Daim cake is a must! Then jln2 dekat Ikea to get some items already IN our list, pukul 340pm gerak pulang. Hampir 7 jam outing, mmg kaki dan pinggang mama sakit yg amats...balik rumah, the whole house terbongkang hampir 2 jam :p


p/s: Malam tadi, anak2 mama pakai crocs dlm rumah...si firas sampai nak tido baru berjaya pujuk bukak...ganas jugak demam crocs neyhhh :p

achievement of the day

1. Berjaya membeli kek di SR petang kelmarin, 12 different flavours at a slightly higher price is sooo worth it! Forget about inconsistency of the slices, yg penting sedap and value for money :))) Tak sabor nak ngappp today!
2. Beli ayam dan sedikit sayur. So kejap lagi breakfast mama nak masak nasi goreng kampung ala warung Maggi hehehe. Ni kes terpengaruh dgr iklan dlm radio everyday pasal perencah nasi goreng ni :p Yang penting, idlan kata dia nak bwk bekal ke SR pagi nih.....
3. Tgk dekat bahagian freezer, nampak ice cream Haagen Dazs...tapi 1 small pint costs you about RM30+++...isk sayang plak duit, so at last i just resort to Walls Selection Italian Gelato. RM11 je yer tapi puas hati :))
4. Alhamdulillah marathon puasa berjln lancar. Another 25 days to go..insya Allah kalo semangat kuat bolehlah ku habiskan sebelum Ramadhan yg bakal tiba tak lama lagi....wish me luck yer!!

happy day

1. The big B is in...alhamdulillah. Just within few minutes a portion was safely transferred to my TH, the kids, hubby, my family and put aside a few $$ to treat my close friends. Only few hundreds left in my account, which i might be using it for impulse buying and whatnots :p

2. Finally after 3 dreaded months of waiting, the office laptop arrived today. HP brand, processor intel core i5 which according to hubby is the latest version. I dun care it's the latest or not, yg penting mak tgh struggle camner nak create personal folder dlm mailbox...semah helpss!!!

3. The good thing about having a companion, or a lady friend, she understands you most of the time, especially when it comes to women's thingy. In less than 1/2hr, me and my ex-1090 friend (nak aku tulis ke nama ko hehehe) 'terjebak' at the Caratique! They were selling it at 50% off, and thanx to my 'good' nego skills (perasan kejap yerrr jgn mare), i managed to get both items at another rm50 off respectively. I loike!!! Back at home, showed it to dearest hubby..and he said, janji awak hepi sudahla....yg penting duit awak bukan duit kite hehehehe.

I'm indeed one happy chap today!!!

adik baby.....

Alhamdulillah, adik baby is growing well. Despite meself is now on continuous effort to pulun pose ganti huk huk. Honestly it's not easy to fast outside the Holy month. You tend to feel hungry all the times, you tend to crave for so many things all day through, and the very not good things about me this time, i tend to have migraine almost everyday. That's super duper tough i'd say, to fight with the migrain and at the same time to stay through till the end of office hour. What more if i need to concentrate doing the physical contract, which contains 59-67 clauses all together, which i don't remember exactly the total pages. I hate it big times okie, wish i can outsource the job to somebody else tapi siapa yg larat nk tgk all those lawyer's clauses huk hukkk mencinyerrr!!! So far i have 6 contracts to be completed, which to date none is 100% complete and due for sign off. Am i not good in time management? ntahlaa....malas macik nak pk.

Anyway, we have yet to know the baby's gender. It moves actively and super fast inside the waterbag, as such my doc can't really figure out whether it's going to be he or she. My hubby said his paternal instict tells that we're going to have another hero in the family, and my maternal instinct told me the same :p I know meself, and many other of our immediate family are hoping for a girl this time (cucu girl tak ramai in our family :p), but if the one that pops out is a boy, it must be cute isn't it....walking around the mall and chasing after the 3 heroes! And for sure mama's going to be the most special person in the house :p

Whatever it is, i'm glad he or she is doing all ok. Yg penting dia sihat sudahlah.

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now i can imagine myself n hubby going for another oversea's vacation (hopefully next year yer yang!!!) with the 3 heroes tagging along....and i'm wearing the baby in a hot n chic baby sling inside the plane....akakaka adoiii macik rasa sgt cute!!!

Gold Coast - 3rd & 4th Day

Back to GC story yer.

Pagi tu kami bgn agak lambat, sebab mlm sebelumnya tido jam 12am++ gara2 lepak lama dekat kedai souvenir. Breakfast cam biasa sandwich tuna+jem, sempoi yet kenyang. Lepas siapkan bag pack kami terus gerak keluar ke bus stop utk ke Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (ala2 Zoo gitu). Naik surfside bus no 700, return fare $21.20 (sampai hotel baru perasan dia tak charge fare utk idlan pelik gak...). Journey takes about 35min, the farthest compared to Sea World & MW. Untuk masuk ke entrance kena lalu souvenir shop dia dulu, mmg strategi baik habis punyer :p Dalam tu ade few other souvenir shops, harga berbeza2 jugak...kami cuma beli fridge magnet tulis Currumbin jer...lain2 item macam biasa and kurang menarik. To be honest, Currumbin ni takdela best mane. Binatang tak byk sgt, nak jalan from one animal to another tu agak jauh...so kalori mmg confirm byk terbakar hari tuh! Kami eksyen takmo naik tram yg disediakan, so rasakan la hehe. Our main intention datang ke sini cuma nak merasa jumpe kanggaroo & koala secara live..tu jela...kalau tidak confirm tak dtg sini sbb mak buyung bukan larat sgt nak tour satu park tuh huhu. As for idlan & firas, derang of course happy...biasala kids never failed to be happy upon seeing all those different types of animals, sama macam kite kecik2 dulu yg suke pegi zoo betul tak? Kami sempat catch up a free flight bird show....tapi agak letih mengawal firas yg sibuk nak ke depan kat instructor mat salleh tu. Time eagle keluar, firas nak berlari ke depan jugak...mujur tak kena gigit ngan si eagle yg agak garang tu huhu...kalo tidak confirm satu memori 'istimewa' bakal terpahat dlm percutian kami kali ni :p Lunch, again kami pekena fish n chips + fresh fruits....aduhhh lega and rasa segar bila dpt mkn buah, dpt menghilangkan muak mkn fries selama 3 hari berturut-turut! Lepas lunch, akhirnya kami tiba di kawasan kanggaroo. Waa mmg byk sungguh kanggaroo yg tido & lepak2 di park tu....nampak serene je depa tido sambil tangan terangkat macam menyerah diri hehe. Idlan & Firas memula takut nak pegang, sebab sampai2 je kat situ ramai pulak kanggaroo yg dtg menyambut kami...terus sorok muka kekanak berdua nih. Tapi lama2 barulah berani pegang, and amik gambar bagai. Firas budak paling galok hari tuh...sibuk berlari naik turun bukit siap taknak mama pegang. Jatuh gedebuk byk kali pon dia tak heran...tak serik, terus sambung berlari turun bukit lagi mmg ganas betul budak nih. Kita plak yg semput nak mengejar. Last2 on the way berjln keluar dari park tu dia bley tertido sambil hisap lolipop...mmg cute! Kami tak lama di Currumbin, tak silap jam 3pm++ dah gerak keluar...naik bus and terus balik solat di hotel. After Asar, kami gerak keluar jln2 sekitar hotel, pegi tgk surfers beach (idlan siap merajuk sbb kami tak kasi mandi :p), masuk shopping mall Centro, and few other shops sekitar surfers street. Stop sekejap dekat Ali Baba's Kebab sbb idlan bising dah lapar...so suaplah kekanak ni mkn kebab ($8-9)+pizza ($4.90/slice) sambil duduk dekat bench along the street tu. Malam, terus balik ke hotel sebab dah penat and tak tahu nak buat apa. Abah turun ke souvenir shop sorang2 cari few other things sementara mama lepak kat bilik teman kekanak tu tgk tv sampai penat :p Malam tu jugak kami packing barang2....sbb esok pagi dah nak balik uwaaaaaaa!

Hari ke-4

Flight pulang ke KL sgt awal, jam 8.25am...so pukul 530am kami dah bgn utk bersiap. Kenapa amik flight awal sgt....sbb tu yg paling murah ok :p Jam 6am kekanak tu dah bgn dgn sendirinya...tapi kami tak mandikan derang pun, sbb sejuk sgt...lagipun depa tgh selsema. Kasi can tukar baju cun jer sudahla hehe. Turun ke lobi hotel utk check-out, collect our $200 deposit, and mintak org hotel panggilkan cab. Dalam 1/2jam kami dah sampai ke airport, fare $49.10. Urusan custom again sgt strict, semua liquid kena pack dlm zipper/any transparent bags, pihak custom siap sediakan lagi zipper bag tu baik sungguh. Kami bawak 2 botol mineral yg kecil, officer tu tanya brape baby....kami cakap sorang jer, then derang pun discuss2 la kejap sesama depa...akhirnya depa lepaskan kami. Waaa considerate jugak derang ni yer tq very much sir!

Lepas check-in, kami pergi breakfast di Hungry Jacks jam 730am, (ala2 burger kings kots sbb logo almost sama), order pancake + egg burger without ham. Pancake dia punyerla fluffy and marvelous...mmg mat salleh punyer specialty i bet! Flight took off as scheduled....1/2jam after that firas dah landing, ngantuk sgt kot sbb bgn awal. We were quite lucky sbb seats byk kosong, so pruzz & idlan pegi duduk kat tengah...myself & firas duduk in one row...lapang la sket rasa sbb firas bley tido baring. Flight siang menyebabkan kami asyikla rasa lapar :p Pukul 10++ dah order makanan (pre-booked). Pruzz amik in-flight entertainment kit utk idlan (rm30) so sepjg flight dia bz tgk kartun madagascar2 + alvin chipmunks mmg tak pandang kiri kanan dah. Firas agak susah dikawal, kejap nak itu, kejap ini, menulis sambil berbaring bagai, jln2 dlm flight, tak bley berenggang dgn mama, sampaikan mama masuk toilet yg sempit tu pon terpaksa bwk dia! Pukul 3pm++, kami order makanan lagi. Kali ni aku mkn maggi in cup tuh (tergoda dgn bau org lain mkn seh hehe), pruzz amik sandwich, tapi terkezut sbb rege sandwich rm19! Baru la perasan certain food rege dia berbeza ikut flight depart dari mana. In this case kiranya sandwich rege AUD la hehe so be careful ye ppl :p My maggi still rege biasa RM6. Pukul 4pm++ kami selamat landing di Malaysia....lepas solat & tapau mc D terus la pulang ke tmn sutera.

To be frank, kami rasa agak ralat tak stay lama kat sana, in fact duit AUD pun byk lagi yg masih berbaki....it was my mistake, tak buat research dulu before book tiket dulu. Supposedly kami draft simple itinerary dulu, baru bley plan tpt ape nak pegi, brape hari nak stay, then baru book tiket. So utk kengkawan semua, this shall serve as a good lesson ok....plan plan plan!

breastfeeding 123

When i read about Aida's posting on partial breastfeeding, it reminds me on my past experience with Firas. Aida is right, there's no point for you to force yourself to the extreme to ensure exclusive bf, to the extent it tortures you mentally and physically, not to mention affecting the emotions. When i was sick for nearly a month, with 2 weeks straight of hospitalization, and another 2 weeks spending time in and out of hospital, that period marks the end of my bf journey with my lil boy. To be exact, i only managed to exclusively bf him for 14 months, and another 1 month of partial bf, before he stopped and refused direct bf all the way.

Right after my surgery, i tried to pump and managed to get only 1oz. That was after 6-7days of not pumping at all due to the continuous pain strike, vomitting, etc. Back at home, the production increased to 3oz per day, firas still on direct bf, and that plays as the main stimulation. Nevertheless soon after that i was admitted again on and off, and when i was back, firas totally refused me. Time to go to work, the pumping regime still continues 2-3x per day, despite the output remains at 1oz per day. I persevere for only 1 week++, and after that i made a decision to just stopped. It does not help at all since Firas was not cooperative either.

My hubby was very supportive during those days. He knew i was all out and struggled to boost up the output, despite myself not fully recovered. He knew the only thing that keeps me going is the mother's pure wish of giving the best to her baby. But he also told me not to force myself, asked me to also think about my health, and that it's not the end of the world if i failed to bf firas till he reaches 2 y-o.

He was right. After all motherhood is not all about bf only. It does not mean a total failure for you as a mother if you fail to achieve the 2-years milestone. It still takes a lot to be a best mother in upbringing your child, and you still have a lot to offer in this world.

So cheer up my friends, you know you've done your very best, with God's will...there'll be another or more opportunities coming into your way, amin :)

my boy

Off topic from GC kejap ok, dah masuk opis ni taleh nak compose blog panjang2...tunggu weekend kita sambung pasal GC.

Last two night me and the two boys (abah was away for a volley match) were watching tv when suddenly idlan started this conversation that startles me a lot, left a huge impact deep down inside.

Mama, idlan rasa bila dah besar takmo kawin la...
Then i asked...kenape taknak kawin?
He replied...sebab nanti nak duduk dgn mama, jaga mama.
Then i said....tapi nanti bila idlan besar, mama dah tua, macam atok, nek umi, wan, tok....tak lama lepas tu mama mati. So idlan kenala kawin...lepas tu ade baby.
He said....idlan takmo mama tua, takmo mama mati.

After that he immediately recite a doa sounds like this...ya Allah ya tuhanku janganlah kau kasik mama ku mati...amin.

Truthfully I was touched and sad...that conversations kept on repeating in my head, while driving, when am doing my work, etc. It was a pure and honest revelations uttered by a six y-o kid....see how much our kids love us yet we still scold them, push them away for attention and whatnots....maafkan mama ye anak2 ku sayang...mama loves you with all my heart n soul.....

I hope Allah will bless me with good health and long life, so that i can take care of my kids and family till they've grown up and can be on their own....amin.