greatest gift

i know we don't celebrate christmas, but we just got the best gift or shall i say gifts for the eve:

1. we had our scrumptious dinner packed from ss2 (pan mee and kam heong chicken) - sorry if you were expecting - turkey & stuffing with mash potatoes :P
2. while eating we were watching our fav show - anthony bourdain
3. fed and played with the little one, sounds ordinary eh? aira was giggling and in her joyful mood for at least 5 minutes. that is seriously priceless!

the best day so far for the month of december....

help!

in dire need of a good dermatologist! before it gets drier and i start looking like a prune?

any thoughts or suggestions?

almost...

...doesn't count right?

hubs called me winona/absent minded mommy...

think i was extremely occupied with the little bub - misbehaving while i took her out for lunch at ikea, i had walked earlier while waiting for a girl friend, so i decided, i'd like to buy something for the little one...

but during lunch, i was in for quite a ride with her!

okay to cut the story short, hubs was waiting for me at the entrance and i was totally excited to see him... and then i parked the stroller and he carried aira, he turned and asked me, "hey, what's that you bought for her?" i looked and said... "i didn't buy anything... i only had lunch!"

oh ohhh...

he pointed, "there! below the stroller... the red thing..." jeng jeng jeng! (my heart was racing...)

i panicked. took the stuff and walked to the guard, passed the item and said... "i'm so sorry, i totally forgot to pay for this. could you please hand it to the cashier or something..."

then, i slowly made my way to the car, full of embarassment!

shit. i'm not a kleptomaniac!

her first kaloo

i forgot to update my post on sunday, we managed to buy the cute kaloo rabbit for the chubster! well, its not love at first sight for her, as it was for me! haha...

i just think that every babies should be given a kaloo bear, its darn adorable. was struggling to buy it for her, wanted to order from amazon, calculated the medium sized bear would cost us approximately RM100 or so, and the large one is close to RM200; but i was just fortunate enough as i was walking around one utama the other day, i stumbled upon it!

totally made my day. you ought to check it out! click here for more info and pics on kaloo. will post up the pic of bunny and aira as soon as my bro remembers to bring the camera back! sigh.

mundane monday

the little one is feverish today. hope we can kick it before it gets worse! *hope, hope and hope*


quick shout out to a dear friend, nurul! "happy birthday darling... many happy returns! may today be filled with all the joy and happiness one truly deserves... love you"

it's boring monday again, back to square one - more complaints about work. work, work and work! i can't wait for the long hols... seriously.

planning for a trip next year with the little one, when she's about 8 months old! either brisbane or london, or which ever we can afford first. haha. i guess that's all for now.

oh oh oh wait, am loving every scene from the latest gossip girl episode, just so intense. gave me goose bumps. anyone who has songs from this particulare epi, please hollar! thanks.

listening to: satisfaction by john legend - i love his dreamy voice!

the jist

been meaning to blog, i think i have about 4 saved drafts! but i was just lazy.

anyway, just a brief update on the latest haps.

my little chubster just turned 3 months old on monday, same day as eid al-adha. so of course it was more meaningful for us. we made our way to my parents, had brunch which was abso-scrumptious! then we headed to my in-laws. yes, we're fair like that... that's why i have an undying love for my hubby.

tired, but satisfied at the end of the day.

***

the whole week i've been stressing my self out, (my cold sore was starting to act up! thank goodness, i managed to overcome the whole thing) remember the wedding that we got invited to? yeah, leaving the little one at home with the maid is fine, but i still have my doubts and observations on her! so i asked my parents to come over and monitor the both of them.

so, fri eve... as i was getting ready, the little one seemed suspicious... i asked my mom to carry her and she screamed her head off! hahaa... my maid had to calm her down... it didn't really work, i had to carry to pacify her. yeah, imagine this was going to be my second outing away from her for more than an hour! imagine that!

skipping the whole mumbo-jumbo, mom just told us to leave and enjoy our eve at the wedding.

finally arrived at sime darby convention center, being out without the little one feels weird for me. yes, call me crazy or whatever you want la... i just felt odd.

i don't know if its normal or not, but i was pretty excited about dressing up... you see i've been having doubts and all, coz since i've been preggers, you know there is such thing as excess fats being developed, and after birth, its not that easy to lose it all! hahaha.. so yeah, i was dying to find out if i was still able to fit in my corset! it went well though. hooray.

quick note about the bride, a friend that i've known since we were 10! wow, can you imagine that? crazy eh? but she's still the same person i've known all these years :)

"congratulations tunku putri nur asma & asraf!"

you had an extremely elegant reception, we're sorry we couldn't stay til the end... hope we'll see you next sunday!

came home and it was such an overwhelming feeling for me, the 2 hours away from the little one made me teary when i got home, saw her sleeping, thought she was going to continue but somehow she knew i was back and woke up! *the look on her face, how it lit up was just priceless... i was speechless*

such a great feeling being a mommy, you ought to try it sometime, hihi... ;)

listening to: no other love - john legend f. estelle!

When you’re surrounded by your loved ones, all your problems just seem to fade away, least for me. We organized a lunch date with our lovelies at spring garden to celebrate amir and malik’s birthday, yesterday. It was the usual group, our best travelling buds. It’s effortless.

Bought their strawberry fruit birthday cake from sun Moulin, a bakery in isetan, must admit the name of the shop is kinda sucky, but the cake was extremely light and refreshing compared to your average chocolate cake! Lunch was as usual, delicious as ever. My favorite restaurant had a major make over, but the food still tasted the same, just as good! As we arrived, the little bub was still wide awake, so I had to carry her in my arms and hummed for 15 minutes and sent her straight to la-la-land. It totally worked; she slept for a good 1 and a half hour! Letting her parents enjoy some quality time with their friends.

We managed to do a little shopping, bought some make up stuff, which I have been delaying! Been using those old almost dried up mascara, you know how it’s like, since the little one has been in my life, I have totally given up on my social life to be with her, but I can’t be looking ugly all the time. So I decided I should at least look pleasant la, for our little outings! Hehe…

We made a pit stop at the Gardens; hubs had to snap a couple of photos of the M&S concourse promotion for Christmas. For crying out loud, miss predator! (Nickname of the client) It’s a freaking weekend, and we’re having our usual family outing… can you please in god’s name just get there yourself and snap the photo on your own? I know it’s difficult for you to understand that we have a family, cause yours seems non-existent! Or maybe you just like these boys company? Which is what?

I think I’m right, my bro just confirmed it with me… when miss predator called, she suggested to my bro she wanted to walk around the Gardens with hubs! Haha… okay woman, good luck on getting him to agree. ;)

Got home, we were figuring out on how to use the little bubs carrier, I guess she looked at her father and I and thought we looked silly, so she decided to let us hear her FIRST GIGGLE! And she did it 3 times, but after hearing us laughing so loudly, she decided to stop. Apalah mommy ni excited for no reason?!

Started the day pretty early, it was such a pleasant one, till my maid came up to me and asked for my permission to go out for 2 hours. I looked at her and asked for what reason? She said to buy baju melayu, hmm… okay when you’re using that sort of an excuse for raya, it’s a bit difficult for me to deny it right? Benefit of the doubt!

*woosa, shereen, woosa*

I said ok, and ignored. Then I went downstairs, and told her reason why I said you could, is because tomorrow is raya. For any other month, or any other reason, you can forget about it! She looked innocently, and nodded. To be honest, I have trust issues with maids now, after hearing my girl friends side of the story! Her maid, who’s been taking care of her toddler at her mother in-laws place, apparently has been sneaking out of the house to go for her raunchy-sex-romp outings! THE NERVE RIGHT? She got herself pregnant, and got it aborted; mind you she wears tudung and is married? (not that I’m trying to be judgmental, bout her appearance and all, but have you got no shame and respect over yourself?) FUCKER! I was mad when I heard about this; the toddler is such a dear baby to us all… scares the living day light out of me.
Sometimes, you need not to ask yourself, why these maids actually get aggressively abused by their employers!

It’s wrong to be cruel, and worse when you’re nicer, with them.

Totally thinking twice about leaving the little bub with mine, I have another wedding to attend to this Friday! Argh! Makes me want to bail out last minute, but that’s pretty mean. I think I would just get my parents to come over and keep an eye on her for a couple of hours.

But what happens when we move out to a new office space? ARGH!

*woosa, shereen, woosa*

I better stop thinking, and writing. Its driving me mad mad mad!

listening to: take it slow by estrella (on repeat like a 1000 times)

today

i think every couple who is planning to get married, should have a wedding registry! i know its not in our culture, but it makes it so much more convenient, and i think our generation is able to accept it, no?

it sure beats the hours you spend, walking around the shopping mall trying to figure out what in whole wide world would be that 'special gift' for your friends! dang, and what if you think its special and to them its just an ordinary thing?

like the last wedding we attended we asked the bride and groom directly, what they'd actually preferred, gifts or cash? up front they said they preferred cash. easy peasy.

yeap, its that time of the month again, when your schedule is filled with wedding bells! so this weekend, i will be busy walking around the shopping mall, figuring out what to buy. blegh.

seriously, its nice to go get your registry up! i did mine in metrojaya, it was so so fun, all you gotta do is just point out the items you want, and the personal shopper would jot it down in your list.

***

yesterday we brought aira out, i'm so liking the christmas deco at all the malls, filled with beautiful fairy lights, glitters, colorful decos and all... haa... she likes it too!

*oh, just a heads up, to the food lovers! there's a tiny shop in OU (called Molten LAVA - near cold storage), that sells CHURROS, and yes they're delicious and pretty cheap - 4 sticks of cinnamon sugar, is only RM4++ and believe me, you... its scrumptious!*

we'll be attending a post-thanksgiving party this sunday, i think bringing a cheese platter would suffice! i wouldn't know what else to bring... plus i don't have a lot of free time to cook now, let alone bake.

eid adha is on monday, so looking forward to eating my moms food, last raya i was still in confinement, can you imagine i was totally tortured! everyone was enjoying the raya food, while i was drooling, looking at others enjoying it... its payback time! i'm so gonna SPLURGE! slurp, slurp, slurp. chup, i can't slurp the rendang, but i'm hoping i could at least eat the lontong and soto!

aira will be turning 3 months old then, how time flies huh? before you even know it, my daughter will be able to sit down and enjoy her meal with us... i so can't wait for that!!

thank god, today is a better day for me... hoping for a lovely weekend too.

listening to: today by stickboy (ost - gossip girl)

i think at times, you should just 'shut it'!

you know as you grow older, you're expected to just accept disappointments in life. there will be things that would not just go your way, even though you'd like it to. there are just some things that will go beyond your control, and it sucks!

i'm a creature of habit, i like to feel in control of things and when it doesn't, it pisses me off. i know i sound really spoilt and what not... but hey, this is just me. if you don't like it, then move on... i won't hold it against you.

there are a couple of things that has been bugging me lately, but i'm not the sort to express it out by blogging about it (although i find blogging extremely therapheutic for me!) i just don't go all soapy, emotional and decide to express it all out here, i'm more of a... how shall i say this, prefer expressing it by talking to a friend or just driving around town and cursing at every single 'mofo' to make me feel better, but don't worry i ain't no road bully... if you're wondering!

so yeah, just bare with me yip-yapping! not getting to the point... i'm just looking forward to the weekend, so that we're able to spend some quality time together, and meet up with our friends! i guess that'd cheer me up.

ergh. i really hate this!! shit!

i wonder if you know that feeling, when someone says something to you, and you're so tempted to say something back to them out of spite?! but in this particular situation, i just had to bite my tounge, i guess to the point where i could taste blood! i could not say anything not because i didn't want to, its because i can't cause it will blow our of proportion. fuck.

i know its best that i let it slide. everytime this happens it just drives me crazy. i'm just hoping this phase would be a short one! seriously. i'm at the point of loathing already.

listening to: love is colder than death by the virgins - ms. bani i think you might like this song, check em out ok?

we thought wrong

my little bub totally proved us all wrong!

she was extremely well behaved when i took her for the wedding reception, yes indeed people! I TOOK HER TO THE WEDDING RECEPTION! you read it right! i know i'm not suppose to bring a BABY! but i couldn't help it, my silly of a maid took off for some cuti or better put raunchy get-away-weekend! and and me moms in penang, can't leave her else where so i decided, take her la! hehe... by the time we got to the hall, she was still wide awake but had her stomach filled. then i totally had to rely on the magical binky! carried her for at least 10 minutes and it sent her to la-la-land, only having to wake up an hour and a half after, and after putting the binky again she slept for another 45 minutes or so!

woo hoo, mission accomplished!

but she missed the FC blonde's performance though... she didn't get to see her daddy and his futsal team mates sang their heart out looking like some teenage boys, dedicating the song 'kau ilhamku' to hafiz and aishah!

the wedding reception too was sweet and elegant! theme was black and white! it was purrrrrrdy!
then met a whole whole lot of me old friends, the food was good, the performances was entertaining, love the wedding favor, and we totally enjoyed each others company.

i didn't get to snap any photos of the wedding and the performance, gotta get my hands on those with the cam yesterday! hmmphh!! anyhoo, shouldn't matter much if memory is good, can always depend on it.

have a good day!