little zarya

visited a dear friend azila who gave birth last thursday to a beautiful baby girl, zarya che wan.

a baby who is 5 days old, eager to leave mommys' tummy a tad bit earlier than expected, to be exact 3 weeks earlier!

but thank goodness mommy + baby are all well, and resting at home.

more little darlings for baby A to mingle around with, happy happy joy joy! congratulations mommy and daddy! your precious gem is super adorable; and look at that tiny feet. overwhelming.

xx

college mates

last weekend, we sneaked some time on saturday to go out for a short neat meet. we finally made it happen, it has been a year ago since i last hung out with these ladies.

auntie lala got married in january, and auntie hani just got her promotion. how great is that?

my daughter is almost 2 this coming september, and i can still remember when we use to meet each other over "teh-o-ais" just cause.

hush and listen

when one speaks to me about their problems and issues, i think the best thing to do is just to listen. not to get emotionally involved, cause that just takes its toll on you.

what do you think?

obsession?

ok so now i kenot tahan di, it's been days since we've been back and its ever busy during weekdays and i don't even have time to upload our hol pics. dah lah i feel like the break was super short and so tak memuaskan because just as we were enjoying it, we were on the next plane coming back already.

so yeah i guess for those who's studied in australia would come back and tell you the lifestyle there is way better than kl, ok lah whom am i kidding comparing it to kl? someone compared it to london and still preferred melbourne anytime! we were in brisbane for only 10 days and i feel like moving there already. haha... how gila is that? or maybe i totally enjoyed the company i was with, problem free lovelies with lovely set of friends and family members. i heart them.

baby A became pretty attached to them too. so many things can happen in such little time huh? i'm constantly thinking of our experience there, walking by southbank enjoying the breeze with an extremely to die for view of the city + the ibis walking freely + the lovely friendly people there + the citycat + the man made beach + the eateries + the market (with churros). the list just keeps getting longer and longer.

i'm just thinking of my next trip already, hubs suggested end of the year; but i think i rather stay back cause they're coming back to kl then. so looking forward to that.

oh yeah not forgetting, westend has the best rocking langos - hungarian fried dough with few dolloped of sour cream + mozzarella cheese + drizzled by your choice of sauce, to be enjoyed while sitting at the park with the bestest group of friends. blissful.

i heart you brisbane

labels

you are aware that some of your friends might not be friends with your friends, but once they've been introduced and hit it off they might become friends, right?

see here's the thing, i have never been a fan of labelling friends. for instance, i've been hanging out with a group of friends, and a new acquaintance is being introduced to them peeps, and gets along like really well, that would be super awesome! and if i have had an instance of having a fall out, i do not expect you to pick my side and just be friends with me. get me? or is this all too confusing?

it's sad to say that no matter how good of a friend you think you are, things will not go your way all the time and people in general do "talk" or so that's what they'd like to call it... and it gets back to you.

in this case i have been labelled as the "garang one" to some people, even others that of an acquaintance to me... and it got back to me. *sigh* i do admit, i am vicious only if i need to. totally become cougarish like okay not the best of animals to pick (might derive some misunderstanding that i'm some middle age woman prying on young boys! totally not..) tigerish only to protect the best interest of people i love, even myself for that matter.

here's the thing, some people i know likes to take ownership of friends, and they do not like mixing their cup of tea, get me? so they start making excuses for themselves not to introduce or bring their friends into the 'group'. funny how these little life pleasures work for them.

i'm just wishing you the best of luck, hopefully in due time you get what you're looking for - that inner peace, i hope.

listening to: OST the holiday - three musketeers by hans zimmer (an extremely talented man!)

dinner @ cendana apartment

after months and months of not seeing a friend, we finally met up last sunday... were suppose to meet him and his wife, but she wasn't well; so she sent her representative - her younger brother and husband. i find it amusing everytime i refer him, as someones husband :) and proud nonetheless.

so after catching up and all. we decided to have dinner at his apartment yesterday, he wanted us to introduce him to our little bub and us to his lovely wife.

we arrived at his apartment by 8p.m. and was brought up by one of his colleagues. we were in awe... my jaw was constantly opened. wow! that apartment was extremely beautiful! it had that hotel feel to it. so chic.

finally, they arrived after their studio photo shoot session, and we started eating dins! he greeted and spoke to the little one, and said "uncle sorry ok aira, i was suppose to see you since you were born, but i'll make it up to you ok?" then called his wife, she came over and handed aira her gift. didn't know what it was... she said to put it in my handbag... so i did...

a friend told us they ordered food, but i didn't know they were going to order EVERYTHING off the MENU! we had 2 steam fish, 2 deep fried fish, deep fried squid with salted eggs, black pepper beef, chicken with dried chillies, kangkung belacan, fried asparagus, err... err... i think i'm forgetting a couple of other dishes! seriously... but thank god, dinner was for approximately for the 12 of us! hehe... here we thought it was just going to be the 6 of us; but it was fun though...

then after lepaking, catching up, laughing, eating... and much of eye rubbing from aira, we had no choice but to leave.

finally when we got home, and checked the present...

another jaw dropping moment!

let's just say, we could get aira a ticket to bali and she's able to go on a shopping spree. alhamdulillah.

thank you so much uncle haidar & auntie ameera @ encee!

i would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the both of you, and may your blessed union be blessed by the Almighty filled with joy and happiness!

over the weekend

saturday 28.02

a good friend niney invited my fam and i for a photo shoot session, but we'd have to be their "guinea pig" cause these photographers were some sort of newbies. i could not care-less, hehe i jumped at the opportunity when she invited us!

so, at 9 a.m. aira was ready, then hubs and i packed everything and made our way there at 945 a.m. to bangsar that is... the house looked pretty cool, they had set the whole mumbo jumbo before we arrived. there aira was introduced to little sweet maya faith who is 8 months old and isaac who is 7 months old!!

having 3 babies in one house, you can imagine the whole ruckus we had caused!

the main photographer told his little minions that taking pics of babies & toddlers is by far the most challenging tasks for them! and we brought 3!! heheh... i was having a blast though, hubs wasn't feeling too good but he stayed til we had our first family picture taken :) can't wait to see the final product (although i know i'll look like some orang minyak, due to my little dyne-dyne being extremely active behaving like a boy!)

we left by 1215 p.m. and headed to giant kita damansara, yes i'm becoming a bit more kiasu now cause i look for which hypermart is having promotions on them PAMPERS! we can save quite a bit out of my being kiasu and all. hehe. we had lunch, and i was pretty glad to find JCO there! finally, after donkey amount of time they have opened their shop here, that was my first time eating it in KL! loser huh? hehe... i'm just not that keen to line-up and pay, but hey, i guess the craze for them donuts is almost done. lucky me.

sunday 01.03

was looking forward to lunch today, so we headed to BV and met up with my in laws. today, i totally noticed my daughter is extremely 'sombong' seriously!! for that period of time that we were there she just refused to go with anyone of them... except for when my sister in law carried her and i had to entertain her by singing or something! it's tiring dowh!!

i guess she's in that phase now.

hope it gets better, seriously!

monday 02.03

hooray! today i baked sweet potato and mixed it with a little warm water to dilute it a little, then i fed her, without any rejections!! i was so happy, she loved her sweet potato... i guess babies love anything that is sweet.

the challenge will be obvious i guess when i start feeding her the green veggies - broccoli, peas, etc! can't wait.

she'll be 6 months old this friday, and we're taking her to penang for the weekend. she'll be having a lot of her very 'firsts'.

...more to come...

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)

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!

i believe congratulations should be in place...

i believe i should start my blog with congratulating my friends!

dahl & loque; congratulations on your first step, to eternal happiness that is well deserved by the both of you! (making a LDR work is obviously challenging, but you guys have given hope to those who has lost all hope in that) KUDOS!

a personal note to dahl, "darling i'm just a phone call away, if you need any help at all with wedding prep or to talk to vent out errr whatever else no specific reason needed pun is fine... i got your back ;)" ... i is love you!

hafiz & aishah; congratulations on your akad nikah last night, may your marriage be filled with happiness and your love flourished more and more each day! i must say the wedding favor is absolutely gorgeous!

on a shorter note: we took aira out on friday night to the curve for dins, met up with some friends - rini & rizal, liana & zadey and selly! it felt like it was planned, a reunion... its been a while since we last saw them and hung out! it was cute seeing the 2 preggy ladies up and about! rini is due in feb, while liana is due in april, i so can't wait... aira will have 2 new friends... wee!

then on saturday: my parents came over for breakfast, mom usually get excited in the mornings cause she's able to come over and bathe aira. then at 11 we made our way back to their place, had lunch with my uncle and auntie, who came all the way from rembau to see aira for an hour and a half hour only!

back home, got ready and headed to masjid wilayah for the solemnization ceremony. short, sweet and elegant!

another long day ahead of us today! sigh.

title-less

just heard a great news from down under! my girl friend gave birth to a baby girl who weights a tiny 2.7kgs at 420a.m. alhamdulillah! happy for her... 'congratulations darling! you have a beautiful journey ahead of you..."

i believe its 1-2 weeks earlier than expected.

had a lovely afternoon yesterday, auntie lala came by and we had our updates and all, then uncle hadi joined for a short period of time too! yes lovelies, soon we'll go to ss2 yeah? or you can always tapau! hihi, as planned.

aira was cranky last night for a short period of time, then she slept at 11p.m. after mommy nagged! hubs was laughing and said, "haaa... finally mommys nagging or shall i say, kena marah ngan mommy..." i wasn't angry, i was sleepy.

as i was feeding her, i feel asleep with my mouth wide open! and hubs laughed at me... haha... yes i should feel all kinds of silly but i was tired and sleepy, can you blame me? :P

i didn't have much to do today, but i had loads on my mind. too many questions remained unanswered. you know the usuals, life, doubts, friends, work and everything else... sometimes thinking too much doesn't get you anywhere, but cloudier/cluttered/messier!

thinking i should be de-cluttering my mind this weekend, suggestions?

progress report

yesterday we learned few new things from aira, since she just turned 2 months and 3 weeks old, she's able to 'mengereng' all on her own... okay for those who do not understand that word! shame on you! its when an infant lay down on her side without any assistance!

she was not only trying her very best to do that, but today she's been extremely talkative! it was hilarious, we had a good conversation for at least 10 minutes! then i guess she got bored talking to me, because she knew i just pretended i understood her. my maid was having a ball of a time laughing at the both of us.

today she's finally giving in bit by bit, in the morning she let the maid bathe her, then in the eve wipe her before changing her to her jammies, then after feed her milk! good progress huh? alhamdullilah, i hope it'll get better!! as i have been invited to 3 weddings (hafiz/nov, putri/dec, & ayin/dec) and i don't know how in the world am i going for these occassions if the little one does not detach her self from me!

i'm making sure, slowly but surely...

we're suppose to go for our first family trip this saturday to malacca, but we decided to cancel it as hubs might be busy with work, to just pack up our stuff and go? hmm... tempting but can't. so we discussed and thought maybe it'll be good if we stayed in kl, somewhere where we can take aira, then i thought why waste money! plus i don't want her to miss her music class on saturday!

wow, the predicament. tee-hee.

i do have photos of her on my phone doing all these new tricks - the most adorable is her discovering things she could do with her tounge! she likes sticking it out now, simply irresistable. if only i know how to upload it from my phone. well, til then we'll just have to wait til i could snap it with my cam. boo!

last but not least, i totally miss my lovelies! you know who you are, its been a while... i think its about that time that we meet up at the curve for coffee or dins? what say you? missing you guys so so much!

little prodigy

visited my girl friend eita and her new born yesterday, aww her little tot is really tiny! she only weights 2.9kgs as compared to aira who is now 5.3-5.4kgs! she is such a cutie pie, none of her new born clothes even fit her! she has to use the pre-mature baby clothes...
anyhoo, her mommy had already lost 14kgs!

hmm... where did i go wrong?

think my appetite was just too good for me then, i only lost 7kgs! in my first month. sheeeeet.

am glad i finally get to see them, thanks to auntie liana for making time to pick me and my little prodigy! as soon as i got home, an old friend fiza came to visit aira... its always nice to see her, all chirpy and dandy... she's great with kids or shall i say babies as she took good care of her newphews and nieces! so i would assume the little one would be comfortable with her.

nope, think again! fat chance mommy!

this time round, aira did not just cry. she showed her temper and screamed for her dear life as though auntie fiza was out to harm her. haha... she felt so bad due to the whole 'mumbo-jumbo'! she also witnessed the little drama aira pulled when i was trying to bottle feed her... so she gave me some suggestions and what not.

there's always a story to tell when it comes to aira huh? according to auntie fiza, aira's too smart for her age. hah!

after she left she sent me a message, regarding the teat and the bottle and etc... the message came like this:

okay i just checked with my sis NUK doesn't fit avent bottle (nasib baik i
tanya!) they have their own bottles, and mothercare punya bottle pun can use NUK
punya puting, but at the moment she looks fine using it, i think? you
can still try and see if she likes it. neways tell the little prodigy,
tunggulah! i will charm her with everything until she heroworship me, u
wait!!

i thought that was just so darn adorable! it totally made my day. anyone seen madagascar 2? do share your reviews, thanks!