Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The Big One O Anniversary + The Not So Graceful 36th Birthday

baca angan-angan saya di sini. akhirnya dapat jua...
FOSSIL crossbody ISLA




Terima Kasih Yang
Kerana sudi memperisterikan I, wanita yang penuh kekurangan ni.

Terima Kasih Yang
Setelah 10 tahun kita berumahtangga, kita punya 3 anak yang comel, nakal, bijak dan 1001 macam perangai lagi. Pendek kata, meriah. Mesti jiran kita ingatkan anak kita ada 7-8 orang kot kalau ikutkan kekecohan tiap-tiap hari. Jangan lupa, kita hampir punya 5 anak sebenarnya! Apapun, like you said, rencana Allah pasti yang terbaik buat kita.

Terima Kasih Yang
Kerana sudi berkongsi rasa sayang you dengan I. Walaupun I PMS, post-natal stress, gendang gendut yang tak hilang-hilang walau selepas 9 tahun bersalinkan anak sulung kita. Dan sanggup temankan I shopping sampai you sakit tumit.

Terima Kasih Yang
Kerana menyara I 100% for the past few months lepas I jadi TSAHM. In addition to that melayan I merengek nakkan beg FOSSIL yang rugged itu. Tapi I tak mampu nak belikan you apa-apa untuk anniversary kita, sebab kalau I beli jugak pun, tetap you yang kena bayar :P

Terima Kasih Yang
Happy 10th Anniversary.
Semoga perkahwinan kita sentiasa bahagia-bahagia saja sampai bila-bila.



our wedding date + my birthdate
(yang nombor tu lerrr...)

Monday, August 30, 2010

Happy 6th Birthday (Hijrah That Is!) Iman

Iman, now.

Iman, then, almost 2yo.


Apakah wujud kasih sayang tanpa sempadan?
Apakah Allah sudi memberikan kesabaran?

Allah menjawabnya dengan mudah. Seorang anak yang dilahirkan pada hari ini, 2o Ramadhan, 6 tahun (hijrah) yang lepas. Satu kelahiran yang payah dan menyakitkan. Satu proses membesarkan yang mencabar saya (dan suami) secara emosi. Saya sedar, kasih sayang tanpa sempadan itu wujud, malah saya (insyaAllah) mampu melakukannya. Dan dengan cabaran itu, saya menjadi lebih penyabar.

Muhammad Iman, despite all the odds, I am one proud mother. I owe you many things in life. Especially the life lessons you bring into my life. Not forgetting to mention all the joy, the laughter, the sulking that come along with it.



Selamat Hari Jadi Ke-6 (Hijrah).

My entry (of wishes and hopes) below: -

Iman's 5 yo (hijrah) here.
Iman's 4 yo (hijrah) here.
Iman's 3 yo (hijrah) here.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Iftar 3 Ramadhan 1431H


Menu 3 Ramadhan 1431H. My first attempt membakar ayam. Patutnya guna whole bird or kalau nak sikit, half bird. Tapi dalam freezer ada chicken pieces je, so chicken pieces it was then. Sudahnya meratah je.. Habis terawikh menggagau capai kuali buat nasi goreng (oleh En Tebby sebab dia kata kalau Kak Mon goreng nasi, selalunya tak sedap!)

Oh, recipe here.

Iftar 1st Ramadhan 1431H - Menu Sempoi Saya

Bak kata orang ni, better late than never. Sapa-sapa nak tiru menu sempoi ni? Ni hidangan iftar 1 Ramadhan 1431H yer. Busy la sangat sampai tak nyempat-nyempat nak sama-sama bizibodi share menu. Ntah busy kan apa, Kak Mon pun tak tau.

We had Daging Goreng (ala, perap sama garam, kunyit, letak bawang kisar sikit, campur chilli flakes sikit, pastu goreng sama bawang besar dan cili hijau, senang aje), Udang Garlic & Parsely (lihat sini untuk keterangan lanjut) and Sawi Bawang Putih (lihat sini untuk resepi sempoi ni).

Iftar 2nd day - tak ingat dah makan apa.. tapi memang set sempoi jugak.. lagi sempoi dari 1st day punya.





Sunday, August 15, 2010

Puasa Tak??

My first Ramadhan 1431H entry. On 5th Ramadhan. Semua masih puasa penuh lagi setakat ni. Tebby (walaupun dia dah macam nak pitam on 1st day, MC on 2nd day), me (minumlah CCCP waktu sahur wahai rakan-rakan wanita.. anda akan rasa tak begitu lapar) and Kakak (hari sekolah ajer merengek sebab haus, can't blame her tho sebab time dia keluar pegi sekolah petang tu, waktu betul-betul tengah panas terik).

Iman? Hemmm...
Puasa tu apa Iman? Tak boleh apa?
Tak boleh makan.
Apa lagi?
Tak boleh minum air.
Iman puasa tak?
Puasa.
Tadi kan minum susu?
Tadi tak puasa.
Sekarang tak minum, puasa lah ni.


Adam?
Time orang sahur, dia pun minum gak susu barang 8oz, pastu orang bersiap-siap solat subuh, dia sambung tidur. Time orang sibuk nak mulakan urusan diluar, dia pun bangun tumpang sibuk. Dia punya weight baru naik ke 13kg. Dah lama sangat stagnant kat 12kg.

Iftar? Memandangkan tak bekerja ni, cam tak berapa manis lah kalau asik nak menapau je kan. Takat 5 hari ni, semua main dish adalah homecooked. Beli pun cuma kuih-kuih atau air je. Air kelapa tak boleh buat kat rumah kan? Kenalah beli kan? Sahur pulak light-light aje. I can survive (insyaAllah) with just 2 slices of white bread cicah air milo or roti cicah sadin je. Nanti saya sharekan apa menu kami. Sempoi aje. Myself pulak, lepas berbuka, memang tak makan apa-apa benda lain dah, sampai ke sahur. Just minum air banyak-banyak je. Tak taulah kenapa.. kurang selera. Owhh.. tapi... dari first day puasa dok merengek kat Tebby nak berbuka kat Al-Diafah. Takdelah merengek sebenarnya.. saya rak reti nak merengek-rengek nih.. sekadar memberi cadangan (dan diulang setiap 2hari sekali, boleh?)

Persediaan Eid pulak, hohoho, cuma saya aje yang dah tempah baju dan dah siap 7 pasang! Orang lain? Kain pun masih kat kedai! Selfish kan? Kain-kain tu bukan baru pun. Dari zaman china silk glamer kan main, china silk saya belum berjahit, until recently. Ada 2 pasang tu, dah 2 tahun beli, baru ni buat. Ada selai tu beli tahun 2006, masih belum berjahit. Ada selai lagi, dah lama sangat sampai tak ingat bila hu hu. Jadinya, takdelah saya berfesyen ala terkini okay. Apa.. kaftan? Saya cuma pakai kaftan time nak tido ajerr..

Cookies? Ni pun belum mengorder. Kat mana ada jual online? Yang korang dah try and konfem sedappp. Range? Paling mahal ku sanggup RM25 sebekas. Tolong ya, inform ai kalau ada...

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Sofa & TV Rack for Sale

**This is a sticky entry. Please scroll further down for my usual ramblings**



I am selling off these two items i.e. 2-seater and tv rack.
Price - RM1,600 (both)
Booking - 1/2 the price. This will not be refunded should you back out. Booking is for 2 weeks only.
Mode of payment - full (or the remaining should you've placed booking) in cash, before taking the items
Transportation - not provided


Sofa
- From Fella Design.
- Bought in April 2010, used approximately for less than 3 months.
- 2 seater.
- Slipcover in plain medium brown (body), cushions in cream-brown damask, throws (small cushions) in plain beige. Very nice and elegant.


TV Rack
- No brand, bought in one of those kedai perabot.
- Black.
- Not solid wood.
- 2 drawers and 2 open slots (roomy enough for that black ASTRO decorder)
- On castors, easy to move around

Should you need more information, please sms me at 013-341 six zero two four. Appreciate sms only ya.



front view


side view



top view






TV Rack. In photo, with 21-inch TV on it.

Some text goes here


Monday, August 09, 2010

BBQ Party II 2010

In celebration of Kakak's birthday, we did a BBQ last Saturday 7th August. Just the 5 of us and Bibik and Acik, my SIL who happened to be around.

Around noon we did all the marinating and at a little past 6, hidupkan api. After solat Maghrib dah berbara and ready for grilling. We did 5 types i.e. 1 type of prawn, 1 type of squid, 1 type of chicken wing anf 2 types of beef.

Here goes some photos..


uik.. bak sini pengepit arang tuhhh


the boys


orang paling sebok dari mula sampai sudah


kakak dan iman


western beef


oriental beef


squid


prawn



Read about our first BBQ here.

Sunday, August 08, 2010

Happy 9th Birthday Precious!


Selamat Ulang Tahun ke-9 anakku.

Your last birthday before you hit your double digit and then your teens. I want you to know that no matter what number your age is, I'll always be there for you in good times or bad times. I will sob at your sad stories, I will laugh at your funny ones and I will smile at your happy ones. I want to be the one you'll first look for to share your stories and heartfeelings. I will love you unconditionally and hope you'd be that too, me.

I love you, precious one. Always have, always will.

My ramblings on Kakak's 8th Birthday in 2009, here.
On her 7th in 2008, here.
And on her 6th in 2007, here.

Friday, August 06, 2010

When Love & Hate Collides

Tell me,

When a particular someone acts like the person that particular someone hates, how can I love that particular someone?

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

My First Japanese Rose



pink japanese rose, first bloom

testing 123... thanks smah.

10% = 35 Days

It's been 35 days! Means I have already spent 10% of my one year leave.

35 hari nan indah (well... mostly). Kinda loving it staying home and manage my household affairs (well, with Bibik Ros's assistance anyway). To say dok rumah takde keje, well, is wrong. Who says so? I am now officially in charge of domestic affairs, field activities and liason officer. I am a far cry from domestic goddess (yet, I hope!).

Iman has been going to Dyslexia Center for approximately 4 weeks. He's under Teacher Sharifah with 4-5 other students, mostly his age. There's Alia, Arish, Omar and Sofea (Sofea is his monkey love at the moment). He's still at beginners level but I guess that would be most appropriate since he did not know a thing about abc 123 when he first started there. From what I gather so far, they use phoenetic technics, similarly to Bacalah Anakku. But then since the class is small (and the teachers are trained to manage kids with special needs) everybody gets fair amount of attention and nobody gets left behind. Homework is a must everyday. Weekends means more. Revision is needed on daily basis. 10 minit pun dah cukup. That 10 minutes rule isn't mine okay. I am told, that long is enough.

Let's see how Iman is doing after 4 weeks in Ampang Hilir, shall we?

Alhamdulillah, he has shown lotsa progress (by my standard) since he first went there on 5th July 2010. From not knowing head-and-tail of abc, he now knows a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, s, o and u. He can read simple sukukata ba bi bu be bo, ca ci cu ce co, da di du de do and fa fi fu fe fo. Masih merangkak-rangkak lagi but insyaAllah, he's getting there.

As for English, he can read bat, cat, fat, hat, mat and sat. He can spell those as well. So far alhamdulillah, for every matching exercise for the first letter (eg, connect m to picture of mug), semua he can do on his own. Writing wise masih agak slow and he writes really BIG, sampai terover-over dari garisan.

He's quite good at numbers (must be the genes from his father, that one). Knows 1 to 10. Knows that 2 balls are 2, 3 cakes are 3. Hari tu saja-saja je tanya dia, If you have 3 homework and Teacher Sharifah adds another one, how many do you have now? I saw 4 fingers raised. Happy? Indeed I am.

At times, even he himself looks perplexed and suprise, as if 'hey, I can do this', as if dia sendiri tak sangka. Pat him on the back, good boy. What a proud mom I am of you, Iman.

Syukran Ya Allah. Insaf saya. Despite all kekhilafan setiap hari, Allah mempermudahkan perjalanan kami menguruskan Muhammad Iman.



By far this is the most difficult homework. Difficult in terms of preparation. Iman was given a long strand of string then he has to cut it into shorter ones and shape them and paste them. Bersememeh okay. He, got 'very good' for that.

Spelling. He did that on his own.

Also on his own. This is among his favorite kind of homework.


Additional aid I bought for him. Almost run an amok that he couldn't find 'C' for crocodile. He doesn't know there's similar animal called alligator. Now when I show him this, he said 'eyyigehter'. Adam added those smudges, takmo kalah. Apa Abang buat, dia nak join.


Additonal aid I bought. These are for Math.


These are for alphabet recognition

Monday, August 02, 2010

Congratulation Tebby

Remember this entry on 1st January 2009? And, this one in July 2010?

The contract is shorthen and he's back sooner than expected. Well, today is his second first day in T* (the first first was 1st August 1997).

Congratulations Yang.