When Two Hearts Combine..

oh so fickle..

2010-09-15T09:44:00.003+08:00

it's almost October and i have just remembered that i have not reimbursed any holiday trip from my current employer worth $600 hence, i decided to really sit down and discussed it with the Hub, amidst our busy schedules. however, all efforts made to come to a decision, failed! it's annoying.. it's always the case of, are we bringing the girls? oh well, of course dude!! how can i leave my precious gems behind? Imagine them in their swimming gears, swimming? Grrr!!

then it will be.. Bintan or Batam? or what about just a Hotel in JB? like duh? JB? are we running out of ideas or WHAT? Anything further than JB suggested will make him cringed and he will wonder if the girls can stand a 3hr drive to Malacca..

I hate it when people are not confident of themselves.. Somehow by bringing the girls along, chances are I won't enjoy the trip as much as I want to but i'm game, anytime! I just want them with me.. Hm..

It's too difficult a decision.. Hope we make up our mind by December or else, they'll forfeit this benefit of mine :(

Anyhooo.. While browsing the Raya pics, I have to agree that KIDS are the happiest people around :)

Dah macam Pasangan Pengantin 2010! LOLx

So cute lah them..

Raya Mayhem

2010-09-15T00:47:00.003+08:00

I still cannot believe that Daniyal is now an elder brother to 2 little girls.. and I cannot believe too that I am a mother of 3 children within 7 years of marriage.. (",)

Aada and Aura are sooo alike but different in many ways too.. It has only been 3 months and I am beginning to see the differences in them and I hope to have a part in witnessing them growing up. I can imagine squabbles among siblings, attention seeking and of course, CRYING and COMPLAINING about each other.. phew! sounds like a lot of work, huh?

Doesn't Daniyal have that contented and proud brother look? He loves telling people that he has

twin girl sisters.. but sad, he has yet to identify them without my help :( never mind, give him some time and i'm sure he'll see their differences in time to come..

and since i'm already blogging at this wee hours, there are some things that i'd like to express in this humble blog of mine.. I hate to wash dirty linen in public because it is as good as 'buka pekong di dada' but still, i have to let it out from my chest lah if not, i feel so the terrible..

i'm not sure too if YOU know the existence of this blog of mine.. but if YOU do, this is what I have to say..

I'm not saying or self-proclaiming that I am good, but I think YOU have blown things out of proportion. It is a norm for people to have some kind of hatred towards other people in life, but I am in the perception that, it's best NOT to be sooo obvious about it and what's more using expletives which I think is soo uncalled for. We are after all, a FAMILY whether you like it or not.. Aunties, Uncles, Cousins etc are normal human beings and as normal human beings, we err but why not we be a gracious human being and learn to forgive and forget? It's easier said than done, I know but what if we all TRY to sit down and talk instead of publishing the unhappiness in a social network site for ALL to see? Is there a NEED to do so? Families don't treat Families that way, unless you do not consider us as your family.. It's sad to see a happy event turned sour. Let's not marred the meaning of Hari Raya.. It's all about togetherness, about learning to forgive and forget and having a new chapter in life.. Let's just move on, okay? *hugs*

I hope it's not too late to wish ALL MY FRIENDS SELAMAT HARI RAYA, MINAL AIDIL WAL FAIZIN.. From Me and My FAMILY, as pictured above.

And, 1 crazy pose from us, THE HISHAMS :0P

Will try to be back with more posts..

R&R

2010-08-25T14:34:00.003+08:00

i am always complaining to my mom about how tired i am everyday but when the girls are OFF to sleep, here i am in cyberworld, trying to do as many updates as possible.. and during this fasting month, where i am not required to help mom for lunch and when i find nothing else to do, i tend to switch on the lappy and surf the net until either Daniyal comes home from school or when the girls wake up :) but i guess, my Hub prefers me to idle around at home rather than gallivanting outside and come back with a damaged pocket.. hee hee.. I think if he knows IKEA is gonna be sooo near out house, he would not have opted for Punggol.. wahahaha! (",)

but, when my girls are asleep, i kinda missed them especially now that we can have baby talks and do all the stupid noises and funny faces.. LOL. From the pictures below, one can really feel that they are into a deep sleep.

Aura loves to sleep on her tummy (and everyone else's too) and if she is really tired, she can sleep in this position for hours.. however, i avoided putting her to sleep in this position at night because i don't want to take the risk of her unable to lift up her head.. maybe when she's a bit older and can turn around on her own then, i'll leave her in her comfort zone :)

Aada loves to sleep on the sides BUT she can remain in that position for like, less than 10minutes.. Yep, she's the restless one.. and i think it is also because she can't spread her legs wide open (so, not comfy mahhhh!) hee hee.. so after barely 10minutes she will lie flat on her back, facing up.. :)

If you're wondering WHY they are not in their cots during the daytime, because the cots are now in my room and, i'm starting my work in less than 2 weeks hence, i gotta train them to sleep on these mattress so it's easier for my mom. She does not have to walk to and from my room everytime the girls cry, during the daytime :) so far they are very accomodating.. with legs spread like one chicken wing, it's a sign that they are comfy, wherever they are.. (",) If you must know, i have 2 baby cots, 2 baby swings and 2 mattresses.. I'm amazed my house can fit all these.. and i soooo can't wait for them to grow up so i can give away the baby swings.. they DO take up a LOT of space, hor?! oh, i have 2 strollers too but that, remains in the car boot.. much to Hub's displeasure.. hallo! gotta make space hor? and it's your turn to sacrifice *bluek*

(o_O) Aada's waking up.. MILK TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chillin'

2010-08-24T07:00:00.003+08:00

BEWARE!

You are about to view the pictures of a gorgeous MAID..

haha! that's how i look like when I'm home..

I must be one of a few maids who are very gorgeous..

(",)

OK. I spotted triple chin, but who cares?! The girls are catching up cos now they have double chins.. muahaha!

Erm, can you guess who is who?! :P

no, that's not a spooky hair.. that's my sis messy hair.. haha.

told ya, they are irresistable!

counting down..

2010-08-24T06:34:00.002+08:00

it almost felt like it was only yesterday that i delivered my twin girls but reality is, it has been 11 weeks and next week, on 1st September 2010, my girls are turning 3months.. time passed real fast!

although i would love to stay home longer and spend more time with the girls and the fact that they now know how to respond to me with the oooohs and aaaaahs and the occassional gaga-gagas, i know work's been waiting for me out there and the company needs me due to some reisgnation along the way. since i had been missing from the workforce since late April due to the my complications in the pregnancy, i think it's only fair that i stick to my initial decision of taking 14 weeks of maternity leave, leaving the 2 more weeks for other times when i desperately need it.

i know i have blogged less these few months but trust me, mothering twins is not an easy task at all. you never know how it is until you face it. i have to admit that the first 4weeks was horrendous, waking up every 2 hours every single night for milk feeds and their cryings that took place at daytime and night time.. i got a culture shocked, no doubt about it. to make things worst, there's Daniyal who craved for every little equal attention we showed to the twins and at times, want to do his 'brother' acts by wanting to carry the twins and simply put them to bed. However, as he is prone to pinch the girls' cheeks (cos they are simply irresistable) we allow him to do his 'brotherly' business only under our watchful eyes, much to his displeasure!

if their 1st month was horrendous, their 2nd month was even worst! at 6weeks they had to be admitted to KKH due to bronchiliotis. little wonder how they got it because both me and mom (the only caregivers in the family) were down with flu and all but we still cared for them despite being unwell and ignored our medication (simply because there were no time to consume them and they caused drowsiness).. i spent 5 nights in KKH, refusing to even leave them and always want to be by their side.. thank god, the nurses at KKH were a helpful lot :) after the hectic 5nights, they were given the green light to be discharged. after that, i was a hygiene freak and would screamed when whoever touches the girls with very dirrrty hands, Daniyal and Hub included!! I don't want my girls (and Daniyal) to be hospitalised again because the experience itself is torturing for both them and me.. :(

things are getting better and improving now. they still ask for more milk now, i guess, its part and parcel of growing up :) but now that they are very responsive, it's very FUN to chat with them.. especially when you put the both of them together and it's funny how they both take turns to reply to our rantings.. (",) the best part was, watching them swim.. especially Aada who loves to swim but refused to share the tub with Aura.. tsk..tsk..

this Ramadhan (fasting month) has been very challenging for me especially during the daytime where i need to bathe not 1 but 2 of them, feed not 1 but 2 babies, put not 1 but 2 of them to sleep.. prepare not 1 but 3 of them for Hari Raya.. hur hur!

my life is tumultous at the moment, but it's sure is getting better.. (",)

A "Quickie"

2010-07-28T00:15:00.007+08:00

How do you like these?

Very Much, I must say =)

Lurve them to Bits!

<3>

Turning 30!

2010-06-26T23:30:00.010+08:00

This is going to be an emotional entry for me as I'm leaving the Number 2 to a Number 3 in front to represent my age.. yes, my age.. :( Not that I'm not welcoming it OR i'm in a state of denial BUT looking back, I do have some things which I have yet to achieve while in my 20s (except getting myself a husband and 3 beautiful and fantastic children) and I wonder if I ever have the opportunity to achieve them while I'm in my 30s.. Hm..

'things' I've 'achieved' before I turned 30.

1. At 5 years old, I can READ.. very very well.. haha! *clap,clap*

2. I scored a Perfect 100/100 for all 3 subjects in Pri.1. *clap,clap* This, despite the fact that I never attended Nursery, K1 or K2. So, you see, I don't have a pre-school "Graduation" picture.. Sad, right? It's okay, I've gotten over it.. It has been like, 24 years..? :P

3. I was selected as a School Prefect when I was in Pri.5.. *clap,clap* eh.. dulu Prefect is a BIG achievement ok.. bukan senang nak jadi "bookie" as young as 11 years old.. budak2 dtg lambat kena booked, running in the canteen also kena booked, swearing vulgarities lagi kena booked.. so happy jadi Prefect book2 org.. haha! (now that I think back, I tak suka you jadi Prefect, cos I looked soooo nerdy..bah!)

4. I passed my PSLE with 'flying colours'.. *clap,clap* (wah.. masuk Sec 1, I mcm dah step kakak2 gitu lor..)

5. In 1996, I did very well for my GCE N Level... & for the first time in Secondary Sch, I passed my Mathematics.. *clap,clap* (big deal to me hokay, Maths and Me..? *rolled eyes*).

6. Received "Best in Malay Language" for GCE O Levels (for the record, A1 + Distinction in Oral) ehem ehem *clap,clap* yg lain2, jgn tanya eh.. results boleh campak kat longkang besar sebelah sekolah.. I'm no booksmart lah people.. :P

7. Visiting Brisbane, Australia in 2001.. My virgin trip (to negeri mat salleh).. using my OWN $$$, so achievement lah tu.. *clap,clap*

8. I dapat masuk SATS *clap,clap* - why is this an achievement... read on..

9. (from point number 8) I met my husband lah.. (",) erm.. no he's NOT THE achievement.. THE achievement is.. I met him, I gotta know him and I married him.. so the achievement here IS, I GOT MARRIED!! *standing ovation, clap,clap*

10. Another virgin trip to.... EUROPE! which was actually my Dreams to go to Switzerland and Paris and my HUB achieved it for me.. (which indirectly is my achievement.. I married him, remember?) *clap,clap*

11. My first Newborn (couples that tried hard and finally struck the jackpot will understand why getting pregnant finally is an achievement) that arrived 1.5years after I got married and countless 'questionings' from "people".. *clap,clap* before that, "their" favourite word was, Bila? Bila? Bila? I bleh jadi GILA!

12. Despite all the negativities, I brought Daniyal to Amsterdam and London at 8months old and survived the gruelling 13hour plane ride with him.. achievement, no?! still it IS an achievement to me.. (wa punya blog, wa punya sukalah) *clap,clap*

13. Dapat 5-room flat HDB @ Punggol.. finally, a HOME i called MY OWN *clap,clap*

14. Driving License (after like a longggggg time and after ditching that unprofessional instructor for another driving instructor, who was waaaayyyyy "cuter") *clap,clap*

15. the arrival of the TWIN girls.. My hub asked for A girl, i lagi power, I gave him 2.. so it is an achievement, hokay?! *clap,clap*

Enough lah eh with the achievements.. (",)

So, i'm officially 30.. Do I look like I care?!

H@ppy Birthd@y to ME!

thought that counts..

2010-06-25T13:01:00.003+08:00

ooh, how i 'hate' confinement.. LOL! I guessed Mom must have understood how i felt so she loosen up a bit after I told her that Hub's not able to spend quality time with us on my birthday.. and the fact that school reopens next week and I have yet to spend it with Daniyal.. So, we left the girls behind with Mom, of course and went down to Orchard.. :)

For Daniyal, it was a Toy Story 3 treat.. wanted to do a 3D but too bad, the showtime for that was quite late in the evening, so we settled for the norm.. Daniyal was enjoying himself laughing at the characters.. =)

Almost everyone who saw Daniyal now claimed that he has put on a lot of weight. Just look at his round face and chubby cheeks. If you are lucky, you can even spot his double chin.. LOL! I guess with the arrival of his lil sisters, it kinda made him a proud brother and therefore, he showed his happiness, through FOOD.. yeah FOOD! Give him anything now, he'd gladly walloped everything up.. haha.. but i guess, he's growing up and putting on weight is just part and parcel of growing up.. :P

See? You can put anything in his mouth and he'll chomp everything down.. in no time! Wakaka!

Now, that's the HAPPY ME! Happy to be OUT! Hahaha.

Thanks, Hub. Although it was nothing special or 'out-of-the-world' celebration, but it's the thought that counts =)

The last thing I wanna do is to pose and take pictures at Orchard Rd.. I hate the onlookers who will look at you whenever u try to strike a pose.. but since the lil cameraman requested, i have to oblige.. who will pose for him to take pictures, if not me, his mom? hur hur hur..

One and only picture that turned out 'okayish'.. the rest were blurred.. aiyah Daniyal! I made myself so thick skinned and your skills have to be half past six?? duh!

R.A.N.D.O.M.N.E.S.S

2010-06-21T14:31:00.002+08:00

it's been 3 weeks.. confined to HOME.. I'm loving it, no?! hee hee..

my hub commented that he was surprised i was well behaved.. i didn't even ask him if i can go out and has been very or shall i say extremely careful with my food intake.. yeah, 1 meal a day initially killed me but i persevere.. LOL! the tummy somewhat flattens but i hate the flabby skin around the tummy.. that, i need to work extra hard, means i have to hit the gym but with 2 babies at home, i doubt i ever have the luxury to hit the nearest sports hall to home.. unless, with the blessings of mom.. :P

these few days, hub and i, we talked nonsense.. we pictured how it would be IF i'm pregnant again and it's twins again.. he said, i'll look like a crazy woman, if that ever happens.. or probably i'd be in depression throughout that pregnancy and landed in IMH after delivery. Now you know my hub is not a nice person.. lol.. 1 twin pregnancy is enough.. i can never go through another one.. we also imagined if our first born is a twin.. Daniyal?? and twin?? gosh!!! if that ever happened 5 years ago, and now i have 2 Daniyals instead of 1, life will be very very busy.. Daniyal alone takes up a lot of my time!!

The girls so far, have been very pleasant to me.. that's because all they do now is drink and sleep.. wait till they are 3months or so.. and then maybe i would sing a different tune then.. haha. Aadalya is forever hungry and Auralya is forever sleepy..

Feels like switching to another blog site... hm... but where?

FaMiLy FiEsTa..!

2010-06-16T14:04:00.002+08:00

the entire of my family members are now into HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.. this weekend, my Uncle has organised a Badminton Tournament within our family and heard he's going to organise another event next month.. As currently I am still in confinement, I've to give this weekend's Badminton Fiesta a miss so I am RARING for the event next month.. I wonder what it will be.. Can't wait!

I simply hearts my FAMILY.. We rarely have tiffs or arguments among us and we try hard to organise events to unite all.. It's pure joy when you see smiles or laughters plastered across their faces.. That is why this FAMILY is very very important to me.. :)

I LOVE ALL OF YOU!

and so..

2010-06-07T12:15:00.003+08:00

i'm officially a mother of 3!! i still can't believe it and neither can Hub.. LOL! Altogether, we're a family of 5.. so Hi-5!! wakakaka.

i wish i can actually write how my labour went and how painful the Caesarean was.. but to write it all over again will remind me the ordeal.. so i think i'll leave it for now.. it was a one in a lifetime experience that although i'm glad that i had gone through it, but wished i wouldn't have to go through it anymore and given a choice, normal delivery is so so much better.. so, like i've said before, my quota has exceeded and yes, am not planning to get pregnant, again.. i'm happy with what GOD has in store for me.

A cheeky and active Boy..

and 2 sweet looking Girls..

they are my MAIN priority NOW!

So, let's meet the newest family addition, shall we?

Born on 1 June 2010 @ Parkway East Hospital,

weighing @ 2.2kg,

the elder TWIN,

Nur Aadalya Bte Norhisham

She is slightly heavier than the younger twin, the most active one while inside the tummy. Now, she's slightly quieter and very obedient. She drinks when she's supposed to drink and sleep when she's supposed to :) she can sleep like throughout the day, especially right after milk feeds and wake up only when she feels hungry.. but the kiasu mom in me will still feed her every 2hrs whether she asks for it or not.. Why? Because born at 35+5days weeks, they are considered as prematured and in order for them to gain weight faster they have to be fed regularly..

and the younger TWIN,

Nur Auralya Bte Norhisham,

weighing @2kg

Don't be deceived by her small frame, the nurses at the hospital named her 'cili padi' because despite her small frame and tiny appearance, this girl has the loudest wail in the nursery room.. LOL! Initially, she wasn't that very good in her milk feeds but gradually improved which was good news!! and now she can easily finished up 60ml of milk, in no time.. and, this tiny one, wakes up every 2hrs on her own, asking to be fed... so, imagine.. her wails, her demands and her refusal to drink unless you cleaned up her poops in the pampers.. maybe it's true when people say, the youngest is always the most pampered one.. Hm..

Does Daniyal has a favourite? You bet he does.. but in a bullying manner.. He loves to disturb the elder twin, Aadalya, while she's asleep but will carress and kiss the younger twin, Auralya, instead.. many a times, he tried to carry Aadalya without our knowledge, and when Mom saw the difference in Aadalya's position, Daniyal quickly admitted it was him who shifted her.. Dangerous, huh?? I know, that's why now we keep a closer look whenever he's around them.. I guess, everyone, looking at Auralya's small frame, would immediately fall for her cos her uniqueness is in her small frame but larger eyes.. even my brother in laws have shown some favouritism.. hm...

Life has been pretty hectic and despite going through the Caesarean, I am still mobile.. i hope not to burden my Mom too much that's why I chose to bear the pain and be as normal as possible.. For now, I have a lot of herbal drinks and jamu to drink and lotsa "indonesian" herbs plastered on my body and forehead, everyday.. I haven't enjoyed any great food so far but then again, the appetite hasn't been good.. I just hope to lose whatever extra pounds that I've gained throughout the pregnancy..

..NO PAIN, NO GAIN..

wassup??!

2010-05-31T13:23:00.002+08:00

practically the same OLD thing =) tomorrow will be my FINAL check up before the Gynae makes a decision whether I should be induced.. If not, then it'll be 10 days from tomorrow.. My gut feeling? I'll go through the entire induced process again, just like what I had gone through, 5 years ago.. So, let nature takes its own course and of course I do not deny that I AM FEELING THE JITTERS but I'm sure, I'll do FINE. I'll just have to think POSITIVELY. The twins are sensing that they are coming into the world anytime soon and hence have been very active since the past 2 days.. and every time they move, stretch or kick, I'd cringed because it's so painful 'down under'..

But, what was more PAINFUL was the conversation I had with Daniyal, just 2 days ago. I was requesting that I want to bring his favourite pillow to the hospital with me because I know, I'm gonna miss him oh-so-terribly.. because practically on nights that the Hub is working, Daniyal is the one who accompany me to sleep.. So when I requested for his pillow he replied:

"Why my pillow? Why not bring me instead?" *heart shatters*

When I said that is not possible considering that I'll be in pain etc etc.. he said:

"Don't worry, I'll help you.. I'll massage your back" (hm.. obviously he hasn't understand what I mean by 'pain')

And when I say, I'll be busy with the babies.. he said:

"What about me? Are you going to 'sayang' me as well?"

Dear Daniyal, you not only grow in my tummy, but, you grow in my HEART too.. How can I NOT show you the care, concern and attention? Things will NOT change, I PROMISE! :) The only change that's gonna take place is, dividing the attention but of course, the 3 of you will receive the equal amount of it and for that, your dad and I, have decided that, we will be having your 5th birthday celebration with the entire family and as per your request, BEN 10, will be your theme.. I'm sure with the arrival of the twins, everyone will be so hyped about them that they somehow, will neglect you, unknowingly.. So, we hope, in having this birthday celebration, they will still remember that YOU, do exist.. =)

So, allow me now, to concentrate on the delivery of your sisters, nurse them well so they'll be as healthy as when you were born and once our lives are more settled, I promise I'll work on your birthday celebration in July.. Even if the celebration is a small affair between families, I do hope you see the sincerity in us having it for you..

This may be my final entry before I deliver, but I promise, I'll try to blog on my new LIFE as soon as I settled down.. For now, wish me LUCK =)

So, is it gonna be 01062010? Let's just wait and see.

A Mini Playground.

2010-05-17T13:19:00.002+08:00

I ain't sure whether it works in here. Do let me know if you aren't able to view it. =)

Just for sharing hor..

~ @ 33 weeks ~

2010-05-17T12:24:00.003+08:00

mom just returned from Langkawi this morning and yeah, we all sure missed her a lot!! =)

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i am supposed to be preparing my "labour" bag and again, I procastinate because I simply do not know where to start. how many baby clothes do I require? what about mittens and booties? preparing for the arrival of the twins are not as easy when I was preparing for Daniyal's arrival. Everything is x2 now..

*confused state*

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i've been wanting to do an entry for Mother's Day over @ my grandma's home last weekend, but again, I procastinate. It must be the lazy syndromes.

but I guess, pictures will do? =)

we had a great bonding time! & i think in every family, that matters the MOST!

May we be able to celebrate this occassion every single year, without failed!

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@33 weeks.

i'm feeling very heavy, easily lethargic and breathless, had difficulties sleeping and battling with bad water retention especially on the feet. the tummy's going down down down, a sign that the babies are 'down under' at the pelvic, i hope! my gynae has given a Hospitalisation Leave so as not to welcome a premature labour considering that i get braxton hicks quite often.

His only advice?

Get plenty of rest. Don't walk a lot, don't carry heavy stuffs, Daniyal included.. lol.. and hopefully this pregnancy can go beyond 34 weeks and hope to deliver by 36 weeks.. Babies' ideal weights have to be more than 2kg each, considering my small frame, he doesn't recommend more than 2.5kg for each babies.

So, as at 31 weeks ie 2 weeks ago, Twin A is 1.7kg and Twin B is 1.8kg.. I wonder how much have they gained these past 2 weeks.. well, i'll know it come this Friday.

It's kinda embarassing to reveal my total weight now but heck, I'm 74kg now. If i'm not pregnant, I'll be categorised under

SEVERE OBESITY!

*shudders*

Now, can I lose ALL THE WEIGHT I've gained?? :(

29th & Counting..

2010-04-19T11:16:00.002+08:00

this week marks my pregnancy at the 29th weeks.. just days ago i was googling and even watching preemies born at 28weeks at youtube and yes, it kinda scared me a bit.. i'm glad that despite the condition that i am in, my babies are still safely inside me.. although at times i do worry that Twin B is not as active as Twin A. I felt reassured that many have told me that in twin pregnancy, it is common that one is more active than the other.. I can't wait for my gynae appointment this Thursday to see them once again and hopefully my gynae will be able to tell me whether i am going for Normal or Caesaerean delivery..

Last Saturday night I had a scare. I felt a sharp pain right down beneath the abdomen. My sis said, it's pelvic pain.. I don't know how to describe the pain but it was unbearable and i was practically holding on to my tummy. Mom checked and concluded that it's not contractions *phew*!! Instead it could be that Twin B's legs or hands or whatsoever are stuck in between the pelvic and the abdomen, considering the fact that Twin A is on top of her.. A quick call to my masseuse, who unfortunately, was not able to come due to her niece's wedding, and through the phone, she guided me on how to do a simple massage to release whatever thing that was stuck there.. My gynae was having an operation and I didn't want to bother him further so I did what i was told.. Soon, I felt Twin B 'moved' quickly to the other side of my belly and I think she must have felt relieved too because after that, she was kicking, although her kicks are not as strong as Twin B, profusely.. I was sweating like mad ok?.. Felt better after that.. but develop cramps on the legs, till now..

I feel like as though I have a reservoir stored in my legs.. Water retention starts to show now.. and i'm hating it.. :(

I can't wait for Thursday to arrive.. although I can get to see them for a mere 10-15 minutes, but knowing that they are doing all good, is certainly good news for me..

1.5mths to go.. I looked like i can't hold on any longer.. that's what my family doctor told me when I brought Daniyal to see him last week.. Hehehe.

i have feelings too, you know..

2010-04-09T20:23:00.002+08:00

i guess the title says it all.. that although i'm a jovial and chirpy person, i too have feelings. how can you expect me to tolerate some nonsense?

i shall just name them PEEPS.. people who peeps into other people's lives and pass unnecessary comments to scare them off.. to these PEEPS, GET A LIFE!

i know i'm having twins and i know how high the risks of having complications when you're having multiples. do you think i'm the sort of person who takes my pregnancy very lightly and just be proud and announce to the world " look at me, i'm having twins.. ain't that WONDERFUL? " no dearies, i did my homework OK? and all the risks of complications that are affiliated with multiples pregnancy, i am so very the aware of.. do you know that during my free time i googled for information? Babycentre & Motherhood forum have been my most visited sites for the past 7 months? Do you know that i have never once thought that carrying multiples or singleton is different? Yes, to a certain aspect.. but the complications can happen to anyone, multiples or not. So, do get this FACT right!

The next favourite question is: What if your pregnancy doesn't make it to at least 34weeks?? Dearies, if it happens, it happens.. When I discovered my twin pregnancy, i'm willing to go ALL OUT, no matter how hard it will be for me.. Yes, I know some of you who are having twins either choose to go on No Pay Leave and stay home while tending to your pregnancy, good for you.. and there are those who go on hospitalisation leave from 24 weeks onwards, good for you too.. cos I know by the 26th weeks, it can be hard on you BUT please, don't judge ME just because I am currently still working despite being pregnant at 27 weeks.. it doesn't mean that my pregnancy is easier as compared to the rest. Read this, while some of you are first time moms, I am already a mother of 1.. so whose job do you think is easier? Yours or mine?? You judge.. since you love to judge so much! I choose NOT to listen to anyone else opinions except for my gynae. If he thinks I should rest, I'll rest. If he thinks I can still go to work until the 32nd week of gestation, I'll go.. In every pregnancy, all we want is the BEST but if God has other plans for us, with faith, we have to accept it and these can happen to all, wether or not u are a full time employee or a SAHM.. geddit?

Another favourite question: Who's taking care of them once your maternity leave is over? Wooo.. I'd love to tell them that I have a maid at home who will tend to them and to my home as well.. I'd love to tell them how 'a bed of roses' it will be for me since i have a domestic helper.. Grr.. well dearies, I DON'T! Nobody will be taking care of them except for me and my lovely mom.. my lovely mom who said NO! to a domestic helper which means an additional 'head' in the family and an additional 'expenses' for me and my hubby.. my lovely mom who always think of us and our well being, my lovely mom who is very sure she can handle all of my 3 children as long as I PLAY A PART IN IT AND NOT RELY ON HER TOTALLY!! *panting* i think i'm gonna have high blood pressure sooner or later.. and the best thing is, PEEPS think i'm burdening my lovely mom.. like, who knows my mom better? THEM? Do they actually know what goes behind the scene?? What we discussed? What we agreed on? How we are going to manage the time? Do they?????

Why? Why do people always COMPARE? I just so hated it!!!!

Earlier on, I googled on 'babies born at 28weeks'.. and I guess, i'd better stop here.. because come Monday, I'll be in my 28th week and of course, I wouldn't want them to come out earlier although I can't wait to see them.. I so the angry you know.. :(

ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!

so Random

2010-04-07T10:47:00.005+08:00

i came back from work yesterday and mom handed me a plastic bag full of babies' clothings. looks like someone went 'shopping' without me.. hehe.. oh well, better that way because i can't seem to make my lazy butt out from the house to shop.. in fact, apart from pillows and my nursing pillow, i bought 'zilch'.. nothing and it's mom who have done lotsa stuffs for the girls.. how can i NOT love my mom?? She knows me the best.. her lazy daughter.. LOL!

just an excerpt of the song from Spice Girls - Mama..

"i didn't want to hear it then but i'm not ashamed to say it now

every little thing u said and did was right for me

i have a lot of thing to think about, about they way i used to be

never had a sense of my responsibility..

back then i didn't know why

why you were misunderstood

so now i see through your eyes

all that you did was LOVE

mama.. I love You.. mama.. I care

mama.. I love You.. mama.. my friend

You're my friend..."

and that's what I planned to be.. a mom, a confidante and a friend to all my children :)

ok, so it's NOT Mother's Day yet and i'm having this entry.. keke.. mom and grandma won't be around this year for Mother's Day as they will be celebrating it in Langkawi with uncle and aunties.. yes, a special treat from ME to MOM.. nevertheless, we're thinking of celebrating a week earlier, provided all agree.. :)

oh and and.. HAPPY 4th Birthday to my another wonderful BOY in my LIFE.. HARITH!! Hope you love the present Daniyal bought for you...

LoSt @ An ABanDoNed RaILway tRAcK

2010-04-02T15:34:00.008+08:00

Kudos to both my sisters!! =)) A shot well done, indeed for a basic photographer. It was not easy finding our way there since we are not from 'western' side of Singapore peeps but somehow, we managed after I googled the way there.. =) Getting on the bridge was not an easy feat as there is a slope to climb.. a steep one indeed. The metal plates on the bridge creaked when we stepped on them but otherwise, they are still strong and sturdy for us to step on them. If me, the pregnant one, can do it.. u can too!! LOL.

There were other avid photographers out there, since it was a Public Holiday, and when they saw me.. I swear they didn't know wether to give me a thumbs up OR a disapproving look.. me, with the tummy and all.. there was this female photographer from a certain photography club who said " Waaaah, i salute all of u ah ".. I guess she's afraid of heights because the railway bridge was like 20feet above ground and in between it, is a canal.. so.. go figures!

In all we took about 200 pictures.. so you can imagine how 'FUN' it was to do the shoot under the scorching sun. Haha. I intend to do more outdoor shoots and in fact, I've just told my elder sis to take up my challenge and do a photoshoot for kids instead.. it'll require a lot of patience but hey, we can do it! =)

Model: Shahira
Photographer: Shima

Make Up/Hairstylist: Shila (yours truly)

2010-03-21T00:23:00.002+08:00

My fingers finally got itchy and I couldn't resist the temptations anymore!

Guess what?

I succumbed to it.. Gone online shopping for babies' accessories and ordered

bibs for the twins.

@$2.90 per piece and free normal postage, why not?

However, I told myself.. Only 6 pieces ok.. not more than that.. and Mom was also

saying that I don't need that many bibs cos we will wash them everyday..

So, heck!

Now awaiting for the seller's email to confirm the purchase.

I'm freaking excited!

PINK, finally.. lolx.

Sweet..?? :P

P/S: Kak Yati, if you reading this, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLFRIEND!!!

the journey so far...

2010-03-18T13:07:00.007+08:00

.. has been amazing, top it up with an emotional roller coaster ride.. i was an emotional wreck but now as the pregnancy progresses, i'm so much better =) at times i wish that this pregnancy can end faster so i don't have to carry the weight with me on this petite body of mine but at the same time, i don't think i want it to end any sooner either.. this pregnancy has made me a very confused lady. On a good day, that means, no vomitting and no splitting headache, i enjoyed my day so much but on days that i have all the pregnancy symptoms... i get very agitated & yes, emotional! (*-*) and when i do have all these symptoms, my hub and Daniyal suffered the most.. haha.. i can be shouting at the top of my lungs for a minor minor incident and the next minute, i can be cuddling up to them and joking around.. i shuddered at the thought of how my twins will turn out.. lol.. obviously i'm not wishing that they will turn into a mini tarzan.. :P now, how i hope that all the myths about how the babies will take after their mothers' personality during pregnancy are soo soo untrue!

so how was the journey..?? the discovery of the much awaited pregnancy, the revelation and the surprised that were in store for Hub and myself..

When I missed my menses for the whole month, I wasn't very excited and I did not purchase the PTK immediately because I know, that wasn't the first time that my menses was late.. I have a series of irregular menses and deep inside, i wasn't ready for another disappointment so I decided to wait... i even went for a pre-employment check up with the current employer that i am with and readily signed the I AM NOT PREGNANT column on the Xray form.. i know, i'm %^&*! LOL. So then, the intuition that I am pregnant was just so so strong.. plus the body aches that I was having, I decided to buy the PTK.. but still, i decided to wait.. so the stubborn right? Next morning, during my morning shower, i decided to test and hey!!!! it didn't take 5mins for the PTK to turn positive.. I was like.. Huh?! Called Hub who was at work and he was like Huh?! too.. *slaps forehead* You can say we were more Shocked than Thrilled.. haha.

So yeah, I had wanted to buy another PTK just to ensure that I didn't test wrongly but Hub insisted on seeing the gynae instead so a week later, we went.. I did my first abdominal scan (but had to painfully fill up my bladder before that) to confirm the pregnancy..

So what you see above is the scan image at my 5th week of pregnancy.. The huge black round thingy is the foetus and this, so called confirmed the pregnancy..

What surprised us was the next visit at my 8th week of pregnancy.. somehow.. I had a gut feeling that I am carrying more than 1 foetus but I shoved the thought away.. thinking, I couldn't be very lucky, can I?

Can you spot the 2 foetuses on the 1st image?? The 2 foetuses that are developing to form a human like shape, and the heads bulging?? The moment my gynae placed the 'scanner' on my abdomen, he asked me whether I have an inkling as to what is going on in my tummy.. I looked at the image on the screen and exclaimed " I'm having TWINS? ".. *faints* no lah.. fainting would be too drama-mama.. LOL.. and Hub?? He was surprised.. grinning from ear to ear but at the same time, still the same old blur him asking.. WHERE?? like duh! Well, it seems that the HUGE black foetus has since splitted to form 2 foetuses after my 5th week and this, my gynae claimed is an identical twin pregnancy because it resulted from 1 egg that splits.. furthermore, they are sharing 1 placenta but each of them has their own waterbag.. which is a relieved! =) Well, after the revelation, my life was topsy turvy... If with Daniyal I had bad bad morning sickness, with the twins, I have worst!! I couldn't keep my meals in the tummy for the first 4 months.. I had to rely on milk milk and more milk.. Gradually, things get better and now that I am at my 24th weeks, I never felt better although I'm battling with cramps almost every morning.. I went for a detailed scan at East Shore Hospital last month and it is confirmed by the sonographer that I am carrying Twin Girls.. =)

Whilst Twin A scan image shows a very clear image of a Girl, Twin B is still very doubtful to me lor.. I don't know from which angle in this image that the sonographer concluded that Twin B is also a Girl.. However, I'll leave it to the hands of the experts since my gynae had told me before that he suspected that I am carrying twin girls too.. So we shall leave it at that, yeah?? I am very pleased with my pregnancy so far and I can finally put my mind at ease after my gynae gave an all clear, an indication that everything is going on well, the babies are growing well although not of equal weight (common in twin pregnancy) and that i should just concentrate to eat and sleep well and enjoy my pregnancy for the next 3 months or so..

And now.. for the not so good news.. Daniyal contracted chicken pox last Sunday and I was hysterical. Hysterical because he was running a fever and also because, all the plans to bring him out during the school holidays are spoilt! Tsk..tsk.. Before he had chicken pox, the school has already warned me that a few kids were having it and that chances are anyone attending school can be infected. Lucky for Daniyal he got himself vaccinated against chicken pox at a young age so the breakout wasn't that bad for him.. Vaccination is just a prevention.. it's not a guarantee.. well, better to have it now than later once the twins are out.. if that was the case, I'd guess I'd be even more hysterical!!!

Calamine lotion all over his body! I was told NOT to bathe him BUT I chose NOT to believe that 'someone', did some googling on chicken pox and it stated clearly that HE HAS TO REMAIN HYGIENIC.. so, how to remain hygienic if you don't bathe? After some discussion with Mom, we decided that he has to bathe every 3 hours and re-apply the calamine lotion every now and then. My gynae has given me the green light to 'nurse' Daniyal because I had chicken pox before and my pregnancy is fine.. although, I still have to be careful.. So what I did was.. bathed often and washed my hands after nursing him.. Hehehe.. My utilities bill is soooo going to escalate this month! Haha.

That's ME @ 24th weeks of pregnancy.. Glowing?? no?? but definitely GROWING.. it's serious business.. I tipped the scale at 69kg now.. ooooooh... I wonder how much more i'll gain in the next 3 months.. :P

The Family Tree

2010-03-11T10:45:00.003+08:00

Preschoolers have so much fun learning these days.. and it's even more FUN when they engage the parents as well in their daily learning. I learnt this when in the beginning of the year, Daniyal's pre-school try to engage parent-child bonding through school activities, at least once a month and here's how they do it.

In the month of January, we were made to draw, cut up and hang 3 objects on a hanger, that the children can find in the school since their theme for January was MY FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL. Any items as long as they are school related. So, Daniyal & I decided on a "scissors", "ruler" & "book".. Easy? I thought so too but whilst drawing the items on the drawing paper, Daniyal & I had a slight disagreement because he thought, my BOOK, doesnt look like a BOOK at all.. (I left school like 13years ago.. so, yeah) but i thought it was allright so I ignored him.. Little did I know, suddenly he became disinterested because I wasn't paying attention to his requests. When everything was almost done, I swore, we had a hard time to convince him to bring it to school the next day.. LOL. As a result, I forgot to take the picture of the 'project'.. So, that's for January.

For February, the theme was "ALL ABOUT ME" and Daniyal was given a paper doll and we had to decorate the paper doll to look like HIM, who else, huh? However, the decoration were not that simple at all because we had to use our imagination and be creative. Daniyal decided that 'his' t-shirt has to be green in colour to resemble his preschool, Kidz Meadow, and there I was frantically looking for anything green. We settled on a green ribbon, much to his displeasure.. lol.. why? because ribbons are always associated with girls and he doesn't want that BUT i insisted, well, i never did learn my lesson, did i? :P We used 'black threads' for his hair.. thanks to Mak sewing kit, we found what we wanted but then again, another disagreement arose, because he wanted his hair to be 'spiky' but I left school 13years ago, didn't i? and i didn't know how to spike it so we settled for BEN-10 kinda hairstyle.. lol. Mother and son did have a lot of disagreements but we sure had a lof of fun too.. like how to colour the buttons black for the eyes, and how much glue to spread on the paper before we used the rice to 'colour' the hands and the legs.. it was sure FUN but a headachee for me as well.. the END result? This time I did snap a pic..

Nice? I couldn't tell from Daniyal's expression but I'm sure he was proud of his artwork, because this time, he 'willingly' brought the artwork to school the next day.. =)

Did i say it was a parent-child project? It has become a Mother & Son project so for March, I'm gonna make the daddy do the work.. So what it is for March??

The THEME: MY FAMILY TREE (haaaa.. amek kau!)

I'm sure dear Hub will FREAK OUT! Who cares?? He has to go through all the disagreements I had with Daniyal and all the materials searching.. Just to add in more FUN, maybe, I should make him get all the thumbprints of his mom, dad and siblings and my side of family as well.. and then make sure he finds all the pretty2 picturs to be pasted on the family tree.. Hm.. I haven't break the news to him yet but we shall see.. he'll beg me to do it 'together' but I can always use my BIG tummy as an excuse.. hee hee.. unless, it's a special request from Daniyal.. I may relent =)

School holidays are just around the corner and I've taken 2 days of leave so I can spend more precious time with Daniyal.. the question is, to where? Hm... Resort World, anyone??

going animated (-)

2010-02-21T21:48:00.003+08:00

everyone are feeling under the weather lately and it didn't help that the weather was scorching hot during the CNY holiday break. it was such a waste as we didn't have any 'mood' to go out and have fun.. everywhere was crowded, including the sneak preview of the Universal Studios Singapore.. hence we stayed home the entire holiday break. can you imagine how boring that was?

last Friday, Daniyal caught a flu and down with a slight cough. i had to miss work because he wanted no one else but me :( bringing him to the doctor all on my own with my 'heaviness' and all was such a chore.. especially when he was cranky.. aaargh! it was such a challenge.. but thank god! i survived!!

and.. the good news was, after the rounds of medications, he was feeling OK and since he wanted to go fly kite, we brought him to Marina Barrage's rooftop on Saturday.. Unfortunately, the wind was strong and we are amateur 'flyers' so we decided to become audience instead.. lol..

& Daniyal did the jumps.. I had to take the shots =))

Sis was game for cycling on Sunday morning and Daniyal needed more fresh air & lotsa sunshine so we headed to Pasir Ris beach on Sunday morning.. but not before a breakfast at our favourite mamak stall in Tampines =)) i didn't take lotsa pictures because, in this state, i couldn't cycle and had to bask in the sun while they cycled around the park. Lucky me it was a breezy afternoon and i super loved the wind..

Below are the sequences of Daniyal dancing to the tune of Beyonce's ALL THE SINGLE LADIES.. yeah.. why Beyonce??!! LOL

Seeing all his pics turned out funny on the DSLR, he now wanted ME to be the clown and him the photographer.. Mommy's gotta do what the mummy has to do.. that is, conceded to his request.. Crazy all right!!

I think i looked all right despite looking like a clown out there =) i think i needed more of 'clowning' time so the twins will come out jovial.. LOL!! SMILE ALWAYS, even when you think the world is looking down on YOU =)

Cheers!

quality or quantity

2010-01-30T11:07:00.003+08:00

I have been religiously listening to RIA89.7FM, Hafeez Glamour & Aura Shai's "sixten" segments every morning on my way to work.. at first I was quite skeptical of Hafeez's comments on some listeners but i guess the listeners are their avid fans and Hafeez's 'mean' jokes to them are being well received by them.. so, i thought OK =) and then there was this particular day their topic on their 'cakap-cakap' segment which i found interesting and brought me to 'air' my views here.

"Ramai anak.. Rezeki atau beban?"

well, it's a known fact that the malay community loves to have many children.. but how well prepared are they on the upbringing of their kids? with the current high rise of living in Singapore, can we afford to have 5, 7 or even 11 children?? some of the viewers called in to voice out their opinion.

caller 1: saya rasa, tak salah kalau kita ada ramai anak Feez, asalkan kita tahu kita mampu tanggung mereka. walaupun saya rasa kadang kala amat ketat dalam soal kewangan, tetapi bila saya pandang kehapadan, saya rasa sebagai seorang Ibu saya harus beri yang terbaik (well, this come from this listener who is a full time homemaker and have 5 young children)

-in this modern context, i wonder how they survive?? the husband as the sole breadwinner of the family, is he stressed or does he work long hours?? hm..

caller 2: alar Feez, anak 2 orang cukuplah Feez.. sekarang semua mahal.. makan mahal, sekolah mahal.. semua lah.. kalau kita ada 7 orang anak susah Feez, keperluan anak2 susah kita nak adakan.. kalau anak2 nak makan Mcdonald's, takkan kita nak bawak tujuh2?? sekali makan dah $70 Feez.. 2 orang cukuplah.. asalkan mereka bila dah besar nanti berjaya sebagai seorang manusia.. kita tak nak dah buat anak ramai2 lepas tu kita complain kat suratkhabar yang kita tak terima amal jariah utk membantu dlm segi kewangan.. malulah Feez..

- betul betul betul.. i agree 100%.. and to think that this caller was a man..

caller 3: Feez, tak nak cakap banyak lah eh.. senang cakap, orang yg buat anak banyak2 tu selalu aje kata anak tu rezeki.. bila orang tanya.. nak buat macam mana, dah rezeki Tuhan nak kasi.. sebenarnya Feez, memanglah anak itu pemberian daripada Tuhan.. tapi ia juga amanah Feez supaya kita tak sesiakan anak2 kita.. kalau kita ramai anak dan tak dapat nak beri kemewahan utk anak2 kita, mcm mana Feez? Jadi saya rasalah orang yang buat anak ramai pakai perkataan 'anak itu rezeki' sengaja nak tutup malu.. sebab tak tahu pakai protection.. sekarang tak macam dulu Feez.. orang dulu2 bolehlah 1 emak jaga 10 anak.. skrg?? blom tahu bole..

- LOL LOL LOL!!!! lepak seyyyyy ni abang... but but.. can I say that I agree with him too??

well, in my opinion, it's really up to the individual.. for me, i'm contented with only 2 children but with the current situation that i am in, i don't think having 3 kids is a burden as long as there are plans in placed.. that is why, from now, i am making plans and one thing for sure, the baby bonus that the government is giving as an incentives will be placed wholly into the CDA account and after some time doing 'mathematics' it seems the baby bonus + the dollar to dollar top up by the Govt, can, insyallah, see my children through to their Kindergarten 2. Normally the school fees for the pre-schoolers are more expensive as compared to primary schools etc..

I am not rich, neither am I poor, but I hope I can provide my children with a conducive learning environment, a comfortable home and maybe enjoy some 'perks' which can come in any forms.. =) other than that, i wish and hope for a healthy life for my family... insyaallah.

For now, i am enjoying my life with the 2 MEN in my life.. before the twins make their grand arrival..

disclaimer: you can choose to agree or to disagree with me on the above context because like i said, to each his own.. =)

scenes from yesterday

2010-01-23T10:31:00.005+08:00

Sheera Sherry =)

I can't seem to stop camwhoring, or can I? =)

great company, great time but not so great food and entertainment :(

next time can UP the budget and hold one at Resorts World Sentosa??

Dinner & Belly

2010-01-22T15:15:00.004+08:00

what's with the title anyway? ;P

i'm on half day today as my ex colleagues from Vital have 'invited' me for their annual Dinner & Dance held at the Singapore Expo later this evening.. I had wanted to catch a few winks but I can't seem to shut my eyes and go to deep sleep.. My tummy's a bit uncomfortable and I can't seem to find a suitable sleeping position, so i thought, let's do some catch up with my blog instead =)

i nearly didn't want to attend the DND.. basically because I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR! When u have a big belly, what do you think is your best choice of outfit? Forget Maxi dresses because they don't do me justice at all.. they just make me appear BIGGER.. after pondering for so long, i took out my 'old' but still in good condition Punjabi suit and thought whether I should just put it ON.. and lucky me, the theme tonight is HOLLYWOOD/BOLLYWOOD.. so there, I'm going for BOLLYWOOD and hope i'll leave the house tonight, looking like Preity Zinta (FAT HOPE!). Seriously, I hope I do turn out FINE so I can camwhore.. it's been a long time since I last camwhore.. hehe.. which brings me to a conversation I had with a longggg lost ex colleague from Minlaw yesterday night throught the Facebook chat..

Ucop: Babe, how many months are you?
Me: 17weeks lah dude.
Ucop: So, dah scan? Baby boy or girl?
Me: Insyaallah, if everything goes well, both are girls.. but next month buat scan lagi to confirm :)
Ucop: Wah.. like this, with 3 kids u gotta stop Camwhoring.. kwang3..

STOP CAMWHORING???????????? (what ever gives him the idea?) My answer? a simple.. "no way dude!" LOL..

Honestly, I have 1001 agendas to do once I give birth. One of it has to be weight loss.. ahakz! I also aspire/dreaming of a nice relaxing holiday with the family.. =)

Talking about weight, I don't seem to put on a lot as compared when I was pregnant with Daniyal. I don't know wether it's good or bad news but I think it's due to my constant vomitting too besides, I have less or rather, simple cravings this time round.. I can't stop asking for Durians but I want real taste good Durian. Now, I seem to ask for French Toast everyday and lucky me, it's one of the easiest to make so Hub has been making them for me.. Daniyal seem to like them too.. so we both will gobble up the French Toast, leaving NONE for the family.. haha!

The twins seem to co-operate with me as well except for bedtime.. =( i haven't feel any major kicks yet but i do feel 'flutters' u know like butterflies in the stomach, once in a while.. it's only when i'm lying down then i can really 'feel' them.. but then, i always wonder, what are they doing inside??

How nice if this is what they have been doing? However, I guess not because they are separated into 2 waterbags.. which I was told is good news so they will not entangle each other as they become more active =)

Insyaallah.

.. and a post at this hour??

2010-01-18T00:38:00.003+08:00

reason is, i couldn't get to sleep, i'm aching all over after conquering the whole of Bugis St for my baby's sister's sake who went shopping like there's no tomorrow.. oh well, countless number of tops she bought, a pair of shoes, 2 belts, a necklace, a new bag and.. and... gosh! i lost count!! *rolled eyes*

before that was a late lunch @ Newton Food Centre, compliments from yours truly as a treat to my baby sister for doing so well in her O levels.. well, she has already secured a place in NYP in the Dip in Nursing but this 'gatal' girl has appealed to do a diploma in molecular biotechnology after she weighed her interest and finally she realised that she's more of a 'research' person.. gatal kan?? so yours truly had to write to NYP for the appeal and we're now awaiting for the outcome.. we think it shouldn't be a problem because she meets all the requirements for combined science and biology but, NYP may not grant.. let's see what happens.. =)

after Bugis, we zooooomed to John Little Sale at the Singapore Expo.. and and... i bought a nursing pillow to aid in the breastfeeding and pillow sets for the twins.. i know it may be a bit too early but the price is like so so cheap!!! if you haven't heard, my last visit to the gynae i was told of the twins' gender, which brought smiles to dear Hub's face.. and if everything goes well and gynae is correct then we are expecting both twins to be girls.. =) however, as i'm due for a detailed scan at East Shore Hospital, we can confirm it again next month.. but let's hope it stays that way, yeah?? So that brought us to the scenario while choosing the pillow sets for our twins..

Hub: So, what colour?
Me: Hm.. let's play it safe and buy a unisex colour.
Hub: Yellow??
Me: Hm... OK (tho' PINK was like the obvious choice)

We settled for 1 Yellow pillow set and Daniyal had to remind us that I am carrying 2.. so he took another Yellow pillow set (tho' I had wanted PINK badly)..

20mins later before we head to Cashier..

Me: Hm.. Dear, don't u think we should just take PINK?? it's so desirable...
Hub: But... what if it turns out the other way..
Me: (pausing n thinking hard) then.. we shall just buy pillow covers in other colours to cover the PINK!
Hub: Hm... Oklah. (i know he wants PINK too but he's too egoistic to admit.. lol)

So there.. I'm a HAPPY MOM! and fyi, the nursing pillow to aid in breastfeeding? It's in PINK too! LOL!! Sorry, but that's HOW MUCH i trust my gynae.. LOL!

Goodnite!

the HAIR issue..

2010-01-10T15:11:00.005+08:00

we've been procastinating to chop off our Prince Daniyal curly wurly hair. we think the hair is too cute to let go but then again, we find it to be too messy at times.. even when school started on 4th January 2010, we didn't hurry to the salon to have his hair done.. we thought we'll see if his teachers were to comment anything.. the teachers didn't but my in laws DID.. LOL! they said they find his hair tooooo distracting.. so yeah, after much thoughts, we decide to do the dos.. its just HAIR.. they'll grow.. and the fact that they are sooo messy and un-styleable (got such word?) we think it's TIME.. so.. yeah, Daniyal look like an ah-beng now.. but got more brotherly look lah.. haha..

so below are the pictures from the process =)

& i present you my 'chio' ah-beng..

The cute look is now gone.. and replaced by "beng-ish bro ah-long" look!

wakakakakakakakaka.

hopefully the next time he sees u he won't go..

" eh.. lu hor boh? se-mi tai-ci?? "

*faints*

I'm BACK

2010-01-03T11:20:00.003+08:00

with a BANGGG!

no, just kidding.

i admit i've been missing from updating my entry here for so so long.. i think there are no secrets that i am currently pregnant with my 2nd and 3rd child.. yes, TWINS!.. however, as much as i would love to be strong and healthy with this pregnancy, i just can't. the pregnancy this time is so so much different from the 1st.. with frequent throwing ups, constant giddyness and bad bad back.. now that i'm in my 15th week, things are getting better, i hope!

ok, that's for 2009... i've no resolutions for 2010. I just hope my FAMILY will always be in GOOD health and be HAPPY everyday =)

We kicked start the new year with a BBQ cum Family Gathering at the CHANGI BEACH. It was a great FUN meeting up with all my family members.. As the game organiser, I did quite a bit. From planning the Lucky Draw to the telematches.. The kids and adults alike, HAD FUN and that was the most important factor for me.. =)

I hope the FAMILY will be thise CLOSE, always..

For the first time, I'm showing my pic in here.. with 'that' BELLY.. I can't help but feeling UGLY in this pregnancy.. don't know why. When I was carrying Daniyal, i always thought myself as the MOST beautiful preggie woman in the whole wide world.. I made it a POINT to make up to work EVERYDAY w/o failed.. I had my colleagues telling me that i indeed had this Pregnancy GLOW! well, that was in 2005. Now??? I'm UGLY.. nuff' said.. LOL.

Farewell to wonderful Colleagues

2009-11-03T17:55:00.002+08:00

My note to them:

" dear fellow colleagues & friends.. =))

geez, all these while i thought breaking up was hard to do, never did i ever thought that in fact, bidding 'farewell' to great colleagues like all of you, are even harder.. :(

Today marks the final day I am with Vital and it is with mixed emotions that I send this email. It was truly a difficult decision for me as I really enjoyed working with all of you. Before I go, I wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed my time here. Thank you all for your gifts, the lunch, support, patience and friendship over the past 2.5 years. You are a special group of people and I will definitely miss all of you. I have wonderful memories at Vital, especially our annual trip to Batam, which will always be a part of my life. Last but not least, if I have ever make any of you angry (to the extent of wanting to ‘kill’ me) or if I have ever been rude to any of you (got ah?), I truly apologized for that and it wasn’t my intention to act in that manner. I hope the bond and the friendship we have developed will not end simultaneously with my service at Vital (hehe!). Do keep me updated of any activities and if time permits, you’ll be sure I’ll be more than happy to participate =) "
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I will miss them, yes I will.. no doubt about that..

There are a lot of 'unexpected' events happening in my life now but before everything is FIRM up, I don't think I would want to 'declare' it at this humble Blog of mine. I will definitely do so once everything is more or less affirmed..

Meantime, wish me luck everyone! =)

Yakult-i-fied!

2009-10-28T13:16:00.004+08:00

We had a HRS Unit outing to the Yakult factory organised by our HRS Welfare Committee. It was a learning journey for all of us. No doubt all of us have consumed Yakult for like almost throughout our entire lives but do we know the benefits of drinking Yakult?

Before the outing, I don't know. The only thing I know was it can prevent Cancer, Colon Cancer especially. After the outing, I realised Yakult is also beneficial for our immune system, fight against the bad bacteria and hence, suppressed them so we recover faster from infections or prevent us from having infections post operation/surgery. We were told that if you are undergoing any surgeries, it's best you drink Yakult 3 times a day, 2 weeks prior to the operation so the 'good bacterias' inside Yakult can fight against the 'bad ones' and decrease your chances of infections.. and simultaneously, reduce your hospital stay.. True? Maybe, maybe not.. However, I choose to believe that Prevention is better than Cure.. and like any old wives' tales, I will heed this advise whenever I or any other family members, need to undergo a surgery.. :)

Errrm.. medical question: Can we get infections for giving birth albeit naturally or caesaerian? Hm...

So, we were given a complimentary Yakult drink before their presentation and who doesn't gobbled up the FREE drink almost instantaneously, right? I finished mine within seconds and so did the rest.. and around 20mins after that, some of us regretted (i guess) but fortunately, no one puked.. Why? Picture below..

(sorry, it's not that clear.. the best that I can come up with)

I was like..??? WTH?? The 'good bacterias' looked like little tadpoles swimming in the water, almost similar like.. you know.. alah, you sure know what I meant lah eh.. and withing seconds, they multipled.. goshhhh!!!! and I had all that in my stomach.. hahaha.. but think positively and think of what these good bacterias do for your health, ok? hee hee.. Do you also know that Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (not sure about Malaysia, though) are the only countries that have straws packed together and the rest of the countries, produced them 'strawless'.. Interesting, huh?? Having tried to drink Yakult strawless, I think it tasted better, from the tip of the tongue and then to the throat :) Lovely! Another interesting fact, only Singapore has Yakult in 5 flavours =) talk about kiasu-ism.. lolx

I'd love to take pictures of the plant, from the moulding of the Yakult bottles, filling those bottles up, sealed and packed but no photo-taking are allowed there.. :(

Only these pictures of us camwhoring with the HUGE YAKULT outside the building facade.. :P

random thoughts

2009-10-22T12:57:00.002+08:00

i think it is no secret now that i have tendered the resignation and moving on to join a private organization just like how i had written in my previous post. i have received a few feedbacks from friends who left me personal messages in FB inbox as well as SMS and MSNs, enquiring on my departure. At a time when our economy is rather down (but hopefully is picking up), being offered a new job is like a bonus..

Here, I'd like to reiterate that by me moving on does not mean that I have ongoing problems at the current organization. I am blessed that throughout my 2.5yrs here, I have great colleagues who some, share lots of interests with me and I'm glad that we have formed this bonding even outside office hours =) this is something that i will cherish & treasure for the rest of my life. Me moving on is due to personal preference. I have always nagged and complained to my Hub that I am sick of travelling so far, interchanging trains at Outram Park etc (and to add if i may, the UGLY Singaporeans that I encounter with almost everyday) in the trains whatsoever, that I pine for a job, any job, that I do not have to spend at least 1.5hrs everyday on commuting to and fro. So, when this offer comes, I couldn't resist. Not only it's a 1 bus ride away, at most 1hr, at least 45mins, depending on the traffic, it's also an environment where I have become accustomed with and to top it all, a better pay. Tell me, which human being will deny an offer that is of a higher pay? =)

Lesser travelling time = less fare on transportation = more time with family..

I thank you for the concerns but I did take some time before making a decision. None other is more important than the support from my immediate family.. and thank God! I have that.

I have around 12 days to spend with my family before embarking on the new journey, and I'm really looking forward to it.. =))

packing up..

2009-10-20T13:31:00.002+08:00

who says goodbye is always as easy as A,B,C? I've not said my goodbyes yet, I have approximately 15 days from now.. but I can foresee how my goodbyes are gonna be.. :(

well, i have officially tendered in my resignation on 8 October 2009 and am now serving the 1 month notice. my departure wasn't a planned one. It just happened. I applied for the position sometime back mid year and wasn't hoping for an offer after the 14days deadline.. so I was taken by surprise when they called me, like 3months later, for an interview.. again, after the interview I wasn't very hopeful and was stunned and when they finally made me an offer, I coudn't resist.. Nearer to home and a slightly higher pay. So, why not?!

i hope i've made a good decision. wish me well, won't you??

i have around 10 days of relaxation and free mode before i start on the new job.. i have plans but i will have to see how it can fit into Hub's and Daniyal's schedule.. I don't wan't Daniyal to miss out on his lessons but at the same time, I wanna spend as much time as I could with him. I am also working out a flexible working hour with my new employer.. I hope to start early so I can be home by 6pm. Means, more time with Daniyal for his school work and more time with Hubby before he goes off for his daily night shift.. and lesser commuting time means lower transport fares and can reach home faster too.. =)

wish me LUCK!

F.U.N

2009-10-19T18:03:00.004+08:00

over the weekend @ Savannah Condopark.. one madness day filled with food, fun & laughter

shall do this again, someday. being with family as great as them is never a bore or a chore. how i wish things can be the same 'at the other side' of the family but it simply won't because there are judgemental people around. so we choose to leave it and live in 'MY' necleus.. it's more gerek that way.. erm, his words, not mine.

I.LOVE.MY.FAMILY.

@ home..

2009-10-07T12:11:00.002+08:00

i'm at home today. finally the indulgences during the raya festive has caught up with daniyal. after gobbling up all the nuts and cookies and drown in all those gassy drinks, he found himself coughing, flu and worst, maybe bronchitis.. even though he's feeling sick, but alhamdulillah, bless him that he doesn't lose his appetite.. woke up pretty early this morning and requested for his favourite Nasi Goreng 'hotdog'.. So a filial mum, ME, had to accede to his request.. =)

It's a simple dish. Just plain rice, hotdog and egg and I fried it with some butter to give it a bit of flavour.. Eversince Daniyal went on solid food, he has been having this dish almost every other day.. Bring him to any mamak shop or any house, he'll ask for Nasi Goreng.. Hm..

and of course, a THUMBS UP from him =))

dilemma..

2009-10-05T13:33:00.002+08:00

just as i thought i'm looking forward for the Putrajaya trip next month, it has to be postponed!! Something BIG cropped up just today and I'm still in dilemma.. I know I have to move on because this IS what i really wanted..

The environment will not be a 'stranger' to me anymore since I've spent almost 6 years there and ALL my friends are waiting for me reunite with them although we won't be under the same 'roof'.. but heck! as we can always make time for another now that we're practically 'there'. Looks like more of Starbucks meet ups coming reallll soon =)) not to mention the frequent 'window shopping' (with discounts) when its paycheck time.. and lotsa foodies too.. =)

They are excited and I'm thrilled to be given this opportunity although it doesn't seem to sound like a 'glamorous' one but at the end of the day, it's the 'take home' pay that matters.. never mind if it's NOT my kind but i'll try to create a pleasant and enjoyable one..

Hope, I'll have MORE time for the little one.. & MORE chances and LESS stress to plan for another little one.. :P

Will post more once it's confirmed, officially..

it's sad to say goodbye but there's always a new beginning.. for everyone.. for you and me..

mad about...

2009-10-03T22:32:00.002+08:00

HOLIDAY! ;P

if you're planning to go on a short trip to anywhere during the school hols, then be prepared to pay MORE! Hub wants to go for a short retreat in Nov since he has 3 days off during a weekend and since it's Mak's birthday month too, he decides to bring her as well and all expenses paid by him.. including Shasha who will end her O level paper that same week...

we have some destinations in mind for that 3 days.. as much as we like to drive up to KL, we do not want to be caught up with the much anticipated massive jams at the causeway so we are considering going on budget airline.. I toyed with the idea of either Bintan or Batam (cos i seriously don't want KL anymore).. but Hub thought with the amount of money spend at Bintan or Batam, he'd rather FLY to Malaysia.. grr. He's paying right?? So he gets to decide..

So we shall see then.. hope this time round, mak and I will get to rest and relax. No more hassling around KL with their small and limited space trains that are 'sardine' packed during the Peak hours..

Putrajaya Pullman Lakeside, shall we, Hub?? Personally i've not been there before, in fact, not even to Putrajaya, let alone staying there.. but u can check their resort here .

of ABC & 123

2009-10-01T19:16:00.004+08:00

first & foremost, HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY to ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE UNIVERSE!! =))

the initial plan to bring Daniyal to Vivo City but Hub cancelled it and we headed to Novena Square instead.. we went to United Square's Toys R Us instead.. It has been sometime since I last set my foot there and I was uber excited to find a number of children's clothing store there. They had Pumpkin Patch, Fox Kids n Baby and of course, Cotton ON Kids.. which I think will be the FIRST store i'll head to for baby clothes.. they are all sooooo cute and sooo irresistable..

no LEGO for Daniyal.. boo hoo.. so he settled for the Lil Artist Easel instead.. either way, they are both beneficial for him.. hope he can utilise the Easel often to practise on his writing skills..

The 1st row was mine followed by his 'super nice' handwriting on the 2nd row.. haha!! think he follows his papa in this area.. Hub's handwriting is simply 'un-commentable'.. if there is such a word.. lolx..

MY LITTLE ARTIST! =))
hope you like the present.. & had a great children's day outing with us!

twohundredentries

2009-09-30T22:22:00.005+08:00

i've an announcement to make.

jeng jeng jeng..

with this entry, my BLOG has officially reached

200 ENTRIES.

woohoo! I never knew i would make it this far.

haha.

there's so many stuffs i'd like to share here but sadly,

time is not at my side..

i wanna write about the 'grooming' course i had attended last week.

abt the raya mania i had for both mine and hub's side..

which turned out i had more FUN with family from my side..

(i shall not elaborate that for now)

am still perplexed abt daniyal's love hate relationship with

his school..

today he's ok.

the next day, he's not.

hm..

we even brought him to the doctor in case he has any underlying health

conditions that we may not know of.

besides some flu and cough, doctor certified him as in a PINK of health

hm..

so i called his teacher..

& found out that of late, it takes him a longer time to warm up with his classmates.

so what can be the cause???

i donch know.

i'm clueless!

our conversation:

me: what's wrong with you dear?? are you okay??

Daniyal: i'm ok.

me: are u sure?

Daniyal: i'm ok.

& it ended there.. grrr..

what i'm really worried is, his rice intake.

donch know wether there's a cause to worry.. or wether it's a normal eating habit.

he takes rice.. everyday..

and at time or shall i say, most of the times, he'll ask for a

second OR a third helping..

& that is a FULL PLATE OF RICE..

hm..

& the carbo intake is really working for him because neither me nor Hub can carry him

anymore.. i can feel my back cracks whenever he fell asleep on the sofa or on my bed and

had to be carried to his bed..

my back is already in a bad shape, to begin with.

so what is exactly wrong with Daniyal??

i hope i get the answer soon.

tomorrow is children's day & i took half day off from work so i can spend time

with him.. coincidentally, it's Hub's off night.. yee haa.. we thought of buying

Daniyal a set of LEGO bricks to enhance his motor skills.. which left a very good

on his Form teacher so unanimously, we agreed that we'll enhance on whichever skills that he's

good at and work harder with him, on skills that he has yet to master very well.. and that said,

will be his writing and reading skills.

he's only 4..

give him time.. i believe every child is special in their own way

wether it's theoretical or practical..

moral support, is important..

g'nite!

That BIG 6!

2009-09-28T13:41:00.004+08:00

and so..
we turned 6 yesterday.. =)

~ 6 years ago.. i couldn't cook for nuts.. but u didn't mind.. i still remembered vividly you quoted something that went like this.. "it's ok if you can't cook or cooked anything that tasted like rubber.. i will still compliment u.." and back then i thought you were just being nice.. now, 6 years later, i finally can cook decent dishes.. and you called me a great chef.., that's something about you.. you never failed to compliment me no matter how bad i cook or how ugly i look.. haha.. we always have crazy and weird jokes about each other but you never ever took it to heart.. you know that i don't like to quote romantic words or rather being so lovey dovey in public, but you didn't mind.. my wish is at your command, you said.. you never wanna make me do things that i am uncomfortable with and now, even after 6 years together, you never wanna make me stay 'at you know where' because you know i'll be uncomfortable and will cry my eyeballs out.. never mind what people will label me as.. you don't care cos you know me better.. i love you for what you are because you do the same to me too.. ~

& i thank you for the wonderful solitaire you placed on my finger.. it's not the size or the weight, but the thought that matters..

Happy 6th years Anniversary..

Looking forward to a 'decade' with you..

I went on this 'marriage institution' with you and I plan to 'graduate' from it with you.. insya'allah..

Eid Mubarak 2009

2009-09-21T12:55:00.005+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to ALL..

from Me & Family..

Seeked forgiveness in the morning of Hari Raya.. tapi nanti leh buat lagi ehk?? Hehehehe..

This one funny boy.. "Sorie Papa.. Daniyal nottie2.. Hari Raya!!! LOL!

With me he didn't say anything, just kisses and i love you mama.. & mama pretty sey! LOL!

Candid from US..

Pretty Shasha & Me.. I did the curls for her.. glad it turned out nice =)

Shasha & her nephew..

We ended the tiring day around 9pm.. quite early this year considering we were all tired doing all the last minute cleaning the night before. There were a plenty to eat at almost every house!! I think I at least gained another 5kg.. muahaha..

pre Hari Raya

2009-09-19T11:47:00.003+08:00

the humble abode is in a mess right now..

lotsa things not done yet

can't wait to cook for breaking fast later

where we'll have ketupat, ayam masak merah and most importantly

my all time fav, sambal grodok..

but before that, back to hardwork now..

;(

museum hop in..

2009-09-11T16:06:00.004+08:00

Just came back from

Singapore Philatelic Museum.

A good knowledge learnt.

More pictures will be uploaded at my facebook, soon!

constant headache..

2009-09-09T12:45:00.002+08:00

we're not done yet with Ramadhan but then we're busy preparing for Hari Raya? I'm no exception.. Every year I always say the same thing that Hari Raya comes too early and I can still recall what went on and how i celebrated Hari Raya last year.. Too early, isn't it? Nevertheless, we can't change the fact so we have to face it.

As of now, I still have tonnes to do.. My completed list is far shorter than the 'yet to complete' list and that will be.. cookies, the need to sit and count how much "ang pows" i'm giving this year, the "usual" whose house will we be going on the first day raya and etc etc.. apart from that, the major headache to 'clean' the entire house!! headache.. headache..

for Ramadhan this year, so far, I have not break fast outside with friends.. I'm always confined to breaking fast at home now that Hub is on permanent night shift and for him, it's a MUST that at least we break fast together simply because we can't get to 'sahur' together almost everyday.. So there are plans where my friends would plan for Iftar but somehow, couldn't get everyone together and so the plan was aborted.. However, I see it as a chance for me to refine my culinary skills and so far, has been good at it.. My seafood black pepper pasta received a thumbs up from everyone at home =)) it was hotttt and saucy.. *i like

hm.. actually.. i had wanted to 'let loose' a certain 'anger, disappointment' that i felt towards a certain someone (who had yet to be a part of the family) and a good 'bootlicker' who does things for praises.. the bootlickings are so fake that it was sooo obvious in our eyes but too bad, some people have eyes but failed to see the 'stage show and the fine fine acting.. i have no qualms abt that but if it is affecting MY reputation then i have the cause to be angry, right? But knowing me, i would just shrugged the whole thing off.. I'd rather be myself than a hypocrite.. I'd rather show my love and concern to people who deserve it.. I'd rather do things which I think is for my benefit or my family's benefits rather than to pleases you and most importantly, i do not need to be a 'bootlicker' just so you will praise, appreciate or love me.. I don't need all that.. I have my mom's love, my siblings' care and concern and family who appreciates me for the way I am..

I have said this countless times: i don't need you because you were never there to provide the love, care and concern.. if you can't provide all these to your flesh & blood then why do it for an 'outsider'..?

For the 'bootlicker'.. keep bootlicking.. you don't bother me!

OK TOTS

2009-09-05T19:42:00.007+08:00

It's the school holidays once again and I believe all mummies and daddies are cracking their brains as to where to bring their children.. it is also exam fever for those GCE N & O Levels students hence this September hols are more like a study week for them, including my sister =)

But look, who's happy? None other than Daniyal Adam. We brought him out to Plaza Singapura for the OKTOTS event and he was extremely excited.. He couldn't stop running and were at times missing in action.. (he went back to the basketball corner, so I kinda knew where he would be at)..

The response for this event was so overwhelming and I think the organisers weren't expecting too much a crowd and hence they held it at a small area at the Drome (outside PS) and Mr Sun was scorching HOT HOT HOT and it was NOT air-conditioned so you can imagine.. Organisers, think you could do better next year =))

So hyped abt the event.

The Q at the Entrance =)

Co-sponsored by FRISCO, growing up together..

Daniyal attempting to colour and yeah, made a mess out of it.. He's only 4yrs so, it's excusable. Haha!

With the Host of the day, the beautiful Kim Wakerman.

Posing with his brand new BEN 10 shoes.

He didn't win the contest lah.. cos he's just cute, not the cutest!

Haha.. (self-assuring nampak?)

LOL!

Bugs and Tweety made their appearance. So cute lah them!

We went home right after Bugs & Tweety was ushered in. Daniyal wasn't happy that we left early but too bad because Mom was fasting and I didn't want to dehydrate her as the weather was very hot..

There's always next time Daniyal =)

Hub and I went to IKEA on Sunday.. we think Daniyal's room need a serious reorganizing since his 'car bed' will be delivered this Saturday.

Apart from the storage that we bought, we bought him a mini desk since he has officially 'inherited' my PC and will need a corner where he can try hands on the PC..

So, we threw the BIG and OLD computer table and replaced it with a mini one for Daniyal..

Cute kan?

and this will be his study corner for now..

So Irresponsible

2009-09-03T20:23:00.003+08:00

whoever this bloody bugger is, she is really inhuman!

damn it people, even if you have done something wrong, face it and work things out.

she was not born into this world so that you can abandon her.

bloody idiot!

have you ever thought what the consequences will be for her when she grows up?

do you like to grow up one fine day and realised that YOUR MOM has deserted you elsewhere without handing you over to 'responsibly'??

whatever reasons you may have, i still think you do not deserve a beautiful baby, an angel who may lit a childless couples' lives.

she may come from your womb, but she is definitely better elsewhere.

are you fit to become a mother?

in fact, you're not even fit to be a human.

i hope you won't ever get to celebrate Mother's Day.

p.e.r.i.o.d

(source: from spf.gov.sg homepage)

Found outside a unit at Blk 824, Woodlands St 83 on 31st Aug 09.

The police is appealing for eye witnesses.

Contact 1800 255 0000.

my condolences..

2009-08-18T15:53:00.002+08:00

to an ex-schoolmate and a good friend of mine, Walid, for the
demise of his beloved dad,
Wahib Warren.

it feels terrible that upon getting the news, i'm not able to pay my last
respects to a good friend's dad due to me having the fever. Nevertheless,
he will be in my prayers.
Amin.

To Walid,
Be strong, dear.. Your mom and siblings need you and you have friends around
you who has cared so much for you.
Take care, my dearest friend.

so overdue..

2009-08-17T12:52:00.012+08:00

excuse me for the lack of updates, i've been busy and sick.. yeah, i'm sick again and shall i say this is the worst for me in the year 2009? i am so going for the flu jab no matter how much it's gonna cost me.. had a very high fever of 38.7deg last friday, went to see the doc, medications prescribed and was asked to rest at home for 7days.. 7days of not going out and minimal contact with Daniyal, was advised.. with all these H1N1 rising cases daily in SG there's no way the doc gonna take the risks.. so yeah, staying put at home, i did! taking the medications regularly, i did! minimal contact withDaniyal.. I CAN'T! but, put on a mask at home, i did (hm.. but i gotta admit.. it got pretty hot and uneasy so i did take it down at times) and at the same time, praying hard that no other family members catch the flu bug from me.. =(( it simply ain't a good feeling.. my life for the past days revolved around sleep, eat, medications and henceforth.. grrr..

i must say i feel slightly better today except for the loss of my beautiful voice.. =( the sore throat's killing me and right now, the hardest thing for me to do is swallow.. the food, the medicines and even the saliva! the fever is still going up and down and mom made me bathe at least 4 times a day with COLD RUNNING WATER.. imagine that! i wish i can post a pic of me wearing the unglamourous mask at home and looking ugly.. but eeeks! no guts lah dey!

but since i'm feeling a bit better and am already itching to blog (with pictures, of course!) i've decided to do the much overdue post.. haha. the family NDP day out @ Changi Beach.. LOL! (mcm dah takde tempat lain gitu kan)? I was expecting the beach to be overcrowded with Malay families having their picnic as usual on every long weekend holidays but that day, it was still ok.. at least we did find a good spot.. but the weather was terrible! it was hot and humid!

Only few pics to post here =)

My Favourite Subject = KIDS! Except for Daniyal who turned up in Blue, both Humaira and Harith proved themselves to be more patriotic than anyone else there when they turned up in RED and with a Singapore Flag, embossed on their cheeks.. cute-ness!

My sister who turned up in Red+White and before leaving all of us to go to Marina Barrage to catch the fireworks and ended up 'keringgg' cos she said the view weren't clear enough as it was blocked by the IR constructions.. haha!
(pic is a camera effect, courtesy of Canon Ixus90)

My Aunt and US, her nieces and nephews.. so u can see my other cousins are like so tall and yet i so bantut.. dunnolah whose genes i followed cos their moms not that tall either.. LOL! So Daniyal better don't follow my 'this side' of genes.. LOL! no offence hor... & i still dunno why ppl said i look like a japanese woman wannabe so now i tink i know.. its the hat lah.. shdnt hv bought white kaler.. but nevertheless it costs me $2 ok.. (on my jakarta trip) and it saved me from the hot and glaring sun on that day.. everything on me can turn dark BUT NOT my face hor.. so the tak cantik ok!

The rest of the family!!!

I.LOVE.MY.FAMILY.AND.MY.GRANDMA.

(my grandma: you're the bestest grandmother on Earth.. we all love u soooo much! we hope and pray that you'll be healthy always.. we'll bear you lotsa great-grandchildren, we just want u to be there to witness their arrival.. muacks!)
that's all about the NDP day =)
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& those nights we lingered, just the two of us
we've always had a hard time to spend during the day time and it's only occassionally when Hub got a night off during weekends that we're able to put Daniyal to bed and sneaked out, with Mak's permission of course lah.. and many a times we don't know where to head to.. and many a times we think the subject of "where are we going to" shouldn't have been brought up cos we always ended up at the same place.

.CHANGI POINT.
to sit, chat and watch the planes (as well as those men trying their luck on fishing)..

Our conversation and that 'duduk mcm apek kalah judi' Hub.

Hehe.. and the 'muka telor setengah masak' ME!

@ Low tide. (amazingly, the water was still that night, I still remember how calmed it was with no waves.. nothing..hm..)

That jetty that ferry NS boys back to Pulau Tekong. Remotely quiet at night.

Feeling..

Normally.. after about 45mins to an hour chatting and bumming around Changi Point, we'd drive to Coastal Road, parked at the side and watched as the planes took off and landed but that night, if I remembered correctly, was already 2am and not much planes to depart so we headed for a late night coffee at Mcdonalds, this time @ Budget terminal.

Hub gamely stopped at the bridge leading to Budget terminal.
Stopped. Shot. Sped. LOL.

Aaaah... warmed me up on that cool cool night!

At the Budget Terminal, we were wondering which flight will depart so early in the morning and judging by the people who were there at 3am, the first flight out should be around 6am.. would you pick a flight that early?? I wouldn't unless of course its damn cheap lah.. hehe. Oh, they have a small mini palyground there too.. maybe it's an alternative place for me to bring Daniyal (lesser kids, i guess) and the parking's cheap too.. budget mah! Ok wat Budget terminal.. at least they have Mcdonald's there.. got internet some more.. wahlau! muahaha.

& we said goodbye at around 3am.. and headed back home only to find no parking lots available for our car.. BUMMER!

Anugerah 2009 - FINALS

2009-08-11T10:57:00.008+08:00

As predicted, Sarah Aqilah WON! Heartiest Congratulations to her and I believe, she has what it takes to bring Singapore Artistes to International Level =) Syabas, Sarah!

& What's next? The much anticipated and hyped about, Singapore Idol.. After the 2 episodes, I am very certain that this time round, they are NOT gonna have a "MALAY" Singapore Idol again.. and I've got this gut feeling that this time, it's gonna be a FEMALE IDOL! Whatever it is or whoever it is, I just hope HE/SHE will be the deserving WINNER =)) Too early to judge so let's just stay TUNED! =))
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Tonight will be THE NIGHT.. the same show that made Hyrul Anwar and Aliff Aziz household names in Singapore, among the Malay community =))

I am not a singer neither am I a performer so I am in no place to give out any judgements. However, my personal favourite will be Sarah Aqilah =)) I think she has a package. The quality voice, sweet face and a great personality. Even if she doesn't win tonight, there will always be a place in Mediacorp for her, albeit singing or acting.. She will go far, definitely =))

OK. Here's a quick one on the placings of tonight's FINAL (solely based on my OPINION).

4th SPOT

CHIRUL

He's young, got a MANLY voice and will go far.. came from a family of singing enthusiasts, singing does flow in his blood.

3rd SPOT

KUNJUNG

A NAFA student, she is in fact, a GREAT performer. She can sing and she can dance well. You can see that she wants this badly. Maybe she really loves to be in the entertainment industry. She may not receive a lot of votes considering the HOT forum on Suria's website concerning her being a foreigner and all and after Eka Mairina, it's obvious that some Singaporeans would not want her to win. Ultimately, it's still up to the judges. Let's vote because this girl can sing and not because of her PR status etc. OK?

2nd SPOT

WAWAN

Wawan is a HOT favourite among girls so I can foresee his votings will be rocket high! It's obvious he loves ROCK. Never mind the fact that his looks and voice will swoon the girls away. Wawan is a FAVOURITE.. Rock ON, Wawan!

1st SPOT??

SARAH AQILAH

Like I said, this girl has a package. That sweet angelic face comes with a powerful voice and whenever she does a BALLAD number, she makes my hair stand up! Haha. Throughout the Anugerah journey, I'm already feeling that maybe, she's the ONE. So bring the house down tonight Sarah, then you can go ride on your bike!!
(oh yeah, this chick can ride and drive)
hm.. talking abt package.

How correct is my predictions??
We'll see tonight.
Another STAR will be born.
=))

something NEW

2009-08-10T14:36:00.002+08:00

thanks shasha for assisting me in having this 'fresher' look for the blog.
i hope to blog often now.
that is, if time permits.
now that i've spent almost 2hrs donning up the new look and feel, it's time to get the lil one started on his homework.
the FUN is almost over now.
back to work tomorrow. back to reality.
i'm excited to WELCOME Ramadhan in about 12 days from now.
=)

@Jacob Ballas

2009-08-08T23:00:00.009+08:00

Date: 8 August 2009
Venue: Jacob Ballas Children's Garden @ Singapore Botanical Gardens
Entry Fees: FOC

I have ran out of ideas where to bring Daniyal out and every weekend, I will have the same problem. Today was worst because Hub had to work and we have very little time together. I came across Jacob Ballas through Google and hearsays and I thought, WHY NOT? Daniyal have been here before and from what he told me, he kinda like that place.. and I think he likes anywhere that has waterplay area.. No admission fees, No need to pay for water (wastage).. LOL. Nothing to lose so we made our way there at 3pm.. Kinda lost our way though since Hub is not familiar with that area but somehow, through sheer perseverance, we made it.. LOL! (Like Amazing Race??)

It was at this suspension bridge that ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE! LOL! Daniyal was terrified and he held on to Hub for DEAR life while Hub and I camwhored awayyy.. haha!

He had FUN.. I had FUN.. Hub didn't have FUN cos he had to work tonight.. Muahaha!! =)) The garden is quite small but it was a scorching HOT and we felt STICKY, thanks to the HAZE so we let Daniyal played by himself at the SAND and WATER area while we sat somewhere shady.. If I had a proper attire on, I would jumped into the water area as well.. haha.

Let's do this again OK??

OK2.. we will.. =)) that's IT.. a short 4hrs and yet, quite enjoyable.. =))

of Opehs & LuuuLiann..

2009-08-02T11:06:00.008+08:00

i had an eventful day out yesterday despite the fact that i had to return to work at 1pm for the signing session and Daniyal crying his eyes out and not letting me go. It ended later than i had expected but nevertheless the session turned out OK. mom 'tapau' for me some kuehs for my lunch and i was glad she did it because when i reached the edutoriam, i was famished!

after the session ended, Hub texted me to inform that he'll be picking me up.. great! not that i mind taking the public transport BUT the horrendous weather did tempt me to take a cab ride home =) so no need to waste money already..

and while waiting for the 'driver' to arrive.. camwhoring in the office is the way to go to kill some boredom.. haha!

Muahaha!
I need some fun in my life. Think i'm lacking of it.. LOL!

Hub arrived but was without Daniyal.. *sighhhh* Reached home and Daniyal was sleeping but i think he kinda 'smelt' me because within 5 minutes, he woke up! Yeeeeehaaaaaa!!! Get him dressed before we zoooooomed to East Coast Flea market where Hubs' colleagues opened a few flea stalls.. Hm.. I had a picture taken with them but my cam's batt went dead hence unable to upload it at the moment.. Hub suggested that i SHOULD open a flea stall in the future considering the fact that i've tonnes of clothings to be sold off so the wardobe can make way for his clothes.. *sinister smile* on the other hand, i think it's the bestest idea that he has came up with and certainly looking forward for another flea@east coast.. but i'll go for carboot flea.. cheaper mah.. haha.. =) daniyal got himself a Lancer toy car, compliments from Mama Dewi.. hey, u should make us pay for it, u know?! but thanks anyway.. and the car's been stuck with him for like an overnight since yesterday.. hm... then, we jalan2 at geylang while killed time to meet hm... the inlaws.. muahahaha! had dinner (altho i didn't eat.. not that i had no appetite but i was looking forward for something else..) and what was it???????????? it was a SUPPER date with Hub.. without Daniyal but with the intrusion of Shasha.. muahaha... (pity her lah since she announced how hungry she was and yadayadayadayada).. i don't mind lah.. since she's a great eater too.. (size does deceive)..

Pooooof! @ Spize Bedok Corner, in no time... timecheck: 1215am
and since my cam went dead on me, we had to rely on Shasha's Sony Ericsson K770i.
not bad lah.. cuma tak clear sgt aje.. LOL!

Frankly speaking, it was my 'virgin' try on the Mee OPEH and it was Hub who have been promoting the Mee Opeh, eversince he was on permanent night shift, he has been coming here almost every night for the mee opeh with his colleagues... ish ish ish.. that explains the extra kilos he's gained eversince he's in the night shift.. hm.. he has also been telling me reviews about the mee opeh and how tasty it was.. so kinda drooled me to try it also. My verdict? 2 THUMBS UP!! power giler... LOL! and if u add the chilli padi.. wahlauuuuu... it's price is quite steep @ $8.50 so we bought one and shared it among the 3 of us and mind you, we felt full after that.. it's worth the price because the ingredients are sooo complete. 2 words: WORTH IT! =) Hub bought Chicken Wings too.. aiyoh.. don't want to post lah the pictures.. paisey arh.. hahahaha.. dahsyat OK???

So did we stop there?? Obviously NOT! I'm on another mission after that..
So what was it that made Hub 'pening kepala' with me??
My Bestfriend, DURIAN!
*glee*
timecheck: 0130hrs

didn't i say my sis is a good eater? despite feeling full she also 'layan' my kerenah for durian.. until she eat also she got so stressed up.. i had wanted to try the D24 durian but Hub said it was expensive and what if i can't finish it? i told him can 'tapau home' what.. he retorted: We've been tapau-ing durian home almost every week.. grrr! Wet blanket betullah! so we ended up buying the 3 for $10 Durian.. and the first one we opened.. Hm... it was heaven!!!!!! the flesh were soooo yellow, i like! but i like the D24 better.. muahaha!

Did the D24 durian picture above tempts you? Wuaaaaaaaaa!!!
I got to taste it.. compliments from the Apek.. think he saw how i drooled earlier on. LOL!
No lah, i think he was enjoying his fruit of labour alone and my Hub came to disturb him so out of courtesy, he gave my Hub 2 pieces.. 1 for me, 1 for my mom (at home).. LOL!!!

The taste of D24?
Indescribable.
Thank you, Apek!
U made my night.. =)

Timecheck reached home: 0230am
bathed and slept
feeling fully satisfied.. &
i'm soooo gonna be in the OBESE list soon..
muahahahahaha!!!!

pening lalat

2009-08-01T09:37:00.007+08:00

i hope i can be done with this in an hour before I get ready for work, again.. helo? it's a saturday and yet i have to report for work today at 1pm? WTH? but the good thing is, i'll be done by 3pm and pooof! i'll be home again in no time =)

Ramadhan is approaching and after that will be busy with Raya preparations. Preparations? What preparations? Seriously, I think Syawal comes too soon every year.. I still vividly remembered what took place last Syawal and now.. in around a month's time we're gonna celebrate Syawal again? Hm.. let me see what's not done... in fact EVERYTHING NOT DONE! Aaargh! Even the materials I bought in Jakarta have not been tailored.. and I thought I have only 3 pieces to send and then I remembered about the material I bought in KL last December.. and Hub could only say.. " U go do yours.. me and Daniyal.. we can wear the same colour.. not necessarily same as yours " A RELIEF! =) cos he knows HOW mad I can get at the Bazaar if I don't get the same colour.. so now, it's NOT a MUST anymore.. YAHOOOOO!!

Some of the materials i bought in Jakarta.. although I have given some away to Mom and Mom In Law and to my 2 wonderful sisters.. I have left 3 for myself. The black lace with red satin, the pink lace and blue satin and the all lime green lace and satin. Fuyooooh! Dah mcm RAINBOW! LOL! Frankly speaking, if not for the bombings that took place, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT MORE!

The next time if i go Bandung, I will buy lah banyak2.. U all nak beli ke? Muahahaha! Y not kan? Kalau makcik jual kropok bole laku takkan I jual kain tak laku?? =D

I'm seriously considering wearing RED on 1st Syawal.. nevermind lah what ppl say i gelap ke, gemok ke.. but i betul2 nak pakai merah.. tak tahulah kenapa.. dah buang tebiat kot?? LOL! n lets see if i'm daring enuff to put on a shawl (shawl eh, not hijab k.. (pengsan agaknya sume orang pagi raya tgk aku pakai hijab)) hahaha!

we shall see...

Good Sharing

2009-07-29T13:12:00.005+08:00

i'll skip on my 3rd day of Jakarta for the time being ok? For now let me just share an information I received yesterday.

Looking for a retreat? But with tight budget? Look no further.. highly recommended island just 45mins away from sunny island Singapore!

Where? Batam lor.. LOL! But seriously, I've been to Batam like countless times already but I've not been to Turi Beach Resort @ Nongsapura. I had planned to got there before but I read some bad reviews abt the resort, I contemplated. So, after the bombings in Jakarta while we were there.. and didnt really got the relaxation we wanted, Hub suggested why not we returned to Bintan? I have no qualms abt Bintan cos they give good rates for airline staff but, i prefer Turi Beach MORE. Not only because it's cheaper, but I guess, it's more nature, in a way.. so I told Hub abt this and he quickly made a call to Turi Beach Resort..

Price quoted:

For Tirta Wing (a boutique style room (PREMIER), and obviously the most recent upgraded room) promotion is at $188 nett per room including breakfast and transfers to and from hotel for 2 adults.

I'd prefer Riani Wing tho'.. well, talk abt going for Nature mah.. so must stay in a kampong hut kinda room lor.. promotion is at $116 (Superior Room) including breakfast and transfers to and from hotel for 2 adults.

For Deluxe Room, promotion is at $140 including breakfast and transfers to and from hotel for 2 adults.

Cheap? No..?? I think it's just a right budget for 1 night getaway.. and of course, the cost is not including the ferry lah.. which costs ard $36 for 2 ways trip from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.

Don't say I never share good deals around eh.. =)

Pics above are of Riani Wing - Deluxe Room =)

Hopefully, I'll make it there.. soon.. but not sure whether it'll be 3 of us or we'll go Daniyal-less for a night..!

Aaargh, the thought of leaving him freaks me out. Haha!

Jakarta Day 2

2009-07-28T16:38:00.014+08:00

Let me begin the 2nd Day in Jakarta with pictures as they say a thousand words =)

On a sidenote: I went back to the same stall to have another bowl of Soto Betawi for brunch on the second day but this time, I chose beef instead of chicken... wahlauwei.. *speechless*

The condiments that go well with the soto betawi.. YUMMY!
&
Avocado/Alpukat Jus..

At the entrance of Dunia Fantasi, Anchol.

At some point i think "whatever this thing" is called, was lopsided.. (thanks to Hub) that got me worried because they were without life jackets.. Hm...

@Istana Boneka/ Doll Castle

wild wild west??

As you can see from the picture, Hub was happy to be around Indonesian girls.. haha.. =)

That SPIDERMAN show

After the show (in fact, we didn't even finished watching the show) because of Daniyal's WILD imagination that Spiderman has been caught and that Green Goblin was now FREE to roam and will destruct the Earth, we went to MAGGA DUA SQUARE and had our dinner at SARI BUNDO restaurant. En route to our hotel, we stopped by a Pasar Malam and bought more goodies. Their ROJAK SERUK was heavenly! Voilaaaa! =)

We had all these BEFORE we went to SLEEP.. It was a longggg and tiringgggg day. By 10pm, we retired to BED.. =)

I shall continue on our day 3 soon... This 2 entries took me 2hours hor.. now so tired liaooo. Time to prepare dinner..

=)

JAKARTA DAY 1

2009-07-28T15:35:00.009+08:00

wow! so free huh? 2 entries in a day? eh tak eh.. its only bcos Daniyal is sleeping after yet another dose of medicine and the mummy is bored to death and thinks its the right time to actually get started on the recent trip to Jakarta.

the trip was 2 weeks ago and hence, i kinda forgotten some details lah (yeah, i'm growing old) so please pardon me if this is not WHAT you wanna read.

we departed to jakarta on 15th Jul 09 at 0750hrs on SQ. it was a bad weather day so i kinda freaked out lah when i looked at the weather.. it was even freakier when i gotta know that hub wont be seated together with us, not even NEAR us.. but knowing that i could handle Daniyal singlehandedly, he couldn't care less. That's my Hub, for you. Thank you. =)

Once checked in, we proceed to Terminal 2 for a quick breakfast. It's a MUST for Daniyal to have his regular Prata fix (considering he won't have any for the next few days)..

You can now see how much he loves Prata.. something which till now I don't understand why. Ask him every morning what he wants for breakfast and he'll say PRATA! gosh!

Wait! Now, who is this mat salleh next to Daniyal? He's Nick Crocher and an unaccompanied minor onboard the same flight as us. He's turning 11 this year and he came from Brisbane where he visited his dad and now back to Jakarta where he's staying with his mom who is an Indonesian. I'd like to thank SQ for allocating his seat next to mine and Daniyal cos he immediately hit it off with Daniyal. I guess when you have 2 friendly kids next to each other, chances are they'll talk non-stop. Never mind the fact that they might be talking in different languages. LOL! Nick was splendid and Daniyal behaved well around him like he didn't refuse to put on the seat belt cos he saw how big bro Nick had it on and they played games together.. As you could see from the picture above, the both of them fell asleep while waiting for the aircraft to taxi on the runway. The flight was slightly delayed due to bad weather and the captain decided to wait till the rain subsided before asking for clearance. Good idea, Capt!

Once we took off, the weather up above was so so fine. Look at the formation of the clouds. Pretty amazing, isn't it? However, soon after that we came upon many turbulences, especially across Palembang =(

This time round, the breakfast they served onboard were not to my liking. If I know, I'd request for Fruit Platter instead. Anyway, who says airline food tastes good? Not unless u travel First Class lor!

Soon we touched down at Soekarno Hatta Airport in Jakarta and bade our farewell to Nick. I think this was the longest 1.5hrs of flight I've been in. Especially when I was made to entertain these 2 kids. Haha.

The moment we cleared the immigration and approached the arrival hall, we were literally 'hounded' by taxi drivers. I was lucky I read on travel advices to Jakarta before my departure and at least had an inkling to how much the taxi fare would cost us from the airport to the city. So when these taxi drivers quoted us Rp 225,000, we knew instantly, that the price was too high! So we took our time to stroll at the arrival hall in search of the highly recommended taxi service, Blue Bird.. we spotted their counter and asked for their quotation. They informed us gladly that their taxis are by meter and it should cost us around Rp90,000 and at most Rp100,000 due to traffic congestion adn plus the toll fees. Hm... what a huge difference from what the 'tourists trap' taxi drivers quoted us. Without much hesitation, we hopped on Blue Bird..

Note: Rp225,000 = SGD32 (approx)
Rp100,000 = SGD14 (approx)
our final taxi fare from the airport?
Rp89,000 = SGD12.80
but i think my Hub was in a good mood so he gave the cab driver,
Rp 100,000.. =)
konon SGD2 tu tips lah.. haha.

Our Hotel, IBIS MANGGA DUA, the Superior Room and the views from the room.

I don't have a very good impression of this hotel. However, one can't expect so much from a 4 star hotel in Jakarta. We had wanted to stay in Novotel all the way BUT there weren't any vacancy. We suspect it could be due to the APM (Annual Awards show) in Jakarta. But for the price of SGD47 per nite, why not? LOL. (please note the price is due to the airline staff rate that Hub gets.. yes, that's the perks for working in an airline industry)..

Soon after we checked in, we were ready to recce MANGGA DUA. Muahaha! and because I didn't eat breakfast onboard, I was terribly hungry so we hurriedly and hungrily looked for food and this stall enticed me to try their food: SOTO BETAWI (ayam).. I didn't regret!

1 word for IT: FANTASTICALLYHEAVENISTIC!
LOL!

It tastes something like our Mee Soto, but BETTER!! I put tonnes and tonnes of chilli into it and after that was gasping for air n water.. LOL!

then we went to their supermarket to buy some drinks and last minute amenities. Never ever take anything from the minibar because the hotels overcharge them.

The rest of they day were spent jalan2 and makan2 ice-cream cos Jakarta was very very HOT! We got back to our hotel around 7pm just in time for dinner before we catch up with our sleep and recharged our energy for the day at Anchol, Dunia Fantasi, the day after.. =)

"MAGNETS"

2009-07-28T09:52:00.005+08:00

Geez, i know i should actually blogged abt my Jakarta trip but somehow i think i'll skip on that for the time being.. Daniyal isn't well today and now that he's snoozing, I hope to have sometime alone to keep this blog going.. =) but it's not abt Jakarta.. it's abt the lil craze i have for fridge magnets.. yeah! I started my collection for fridge magnets, by chance.. Whenever I went overseas for trips, I couldnt really decide what I want as souvenirs.. that was way back in 2003.. so I guess the cheapest souvenirs that I can buy are magnets!.. I don't travel every year hence I don't really have a wide collection of magnets.. those that are featured here are mostly from relatives and friends =) so here's how my fridge looks like with the magnets ON.. messy, messy..

The flowers perched on the top left of my fridge is from my colleague cum good friend, Bariah.. I don't remember telling her abt my collection of magnets so you can imagine my surprise when I received that from her as part of my 29th birthday. They may not be from overseas but yet they are soooo unique and I think they kinda light up my fridge magnet-deco even more. Thanks, Bariah! =)

If you look closely, you'll see this magnet that was chipped? That was from Venice, Italy.. Unfortunately, without my knowledge, Daniyal had meddled with it and broke it.. It was a souvenir from a close friend of mine, Safira, from SATS. =(

This Las Vegas magnet was a souvenir from an ex-colleague in SATS who went to LA recently and got me that.. from the magnet itself, you can really see that it lives up to the VEGAS expectation.. colourful and vibrant city.. when will i ever step my foot in Vegas? When the money is thick! =)

I went to London in 2006 but I couldn't remember whether I brought back any souvenirs. What I remembered from that trip was I brought home more of HARRODS and Mark and Spencer.. LOL! This magnet was a souvenir from my Uncle Gero and Aunt Ana who went to UK to visit his parents.. it has all the London attractions on it.. Big Ben, Buckingham Palace etc etc.

I bought this magnet from Holland when I went there in 2006. Windmills are the best way to describe Holland.. =)

I think I don't have to mention these.. It's from the city that never sleeps.. HONG KONG! Bought these on my trip there last year in 2008.. If given a chance again, I WILL VISIT HONG KONG.. but this time, I'm very ambitious.. I wanna go MACAU & SHENZEN as well.. anyone keen? =)

Last but not least, this has always been my FAVOURITE! It was this magnet THAT started me on a magnet collection. Bought in EuroDisney during my honeymoon to Paris in 2003.. I'm not sure if i will re-visit Paris. My Aunt and Uncle who just came back from their Paris trip claimed that Paris is dirrrrty city.. hey, it was dirty when I was there in 2003.. looks like they havent changed, have they? LOL!

and hey! this is the BABY of all magnets placed on my fridge.. BABY because it's the latest lor! and it's from my elder sis who recently went to Istanbul.. =) and this magnet is as 'handsome' as the Turkey lads.. lol.. I'm sure if it was me I would have taken thousand pics of those gorgeous males.. and surely my husband wouldn't mind.. LOL.. in exchange for a belly dance entertainment night, he would say.. hahaha.

My recent trip to Jakarta, I didn't buy any magnets.. It didn't even cross my mind! Maybe I'll return there end of the year and hopefully, they'll have a magnet made from the suicide bomber's face and I'll definitely buy it and place it on my fridge and everyday I will make sure I'll use Daniyal's toy gun and shoot that face... that IS what he'll get from me for spoiling my holiday!! Haha.

I think I am going to continue to collect magnets as my favourite past time. My Aunts and Sis has started on their snow globe collection, but i think, I'm gonna stick to magnets. Cheaper, mah! =)

The 2 snow globes that I currently owned.. pathetic two lor.. haha.

This was from Shasha when she went to Kuching, Sarawak last year on a school trip.. that suggests the "kuching" and the globe.. =)

And this was a recent one from Italy, compliments from Uncle Gero and Aunt Ana again on their recent triple treats trip to London, Paris and Italy.. =)

laidback..

2009-07-23T13:43:00.002+08:00

i had wanted to put up a post on my Jakarta trip last week.. and the bombings that took place whilst I was there.. but i really have got no time.. hm.. maybe i will write soon.. just bear with me..

=)

My Sister's Keeper

2009-06-30T13:08:00.002+08:00

.... A movie based on Jodi Picoult's Best Seller.. My Sister's Keeper.. I am sooo gonna watch this movie once it's out here....

Anyone wants to tag along and share my box of tissues? =)

not in the mood

2009-06-19T13:54:00.002+08:00

lately, i wasn't just in the mood for everything.. and i guess it shows cos my health's kinda affected too.. =(

i've been sick and keep having fever.. high and mild every other week.. i seriously do not know what's wrong with me. I can be OK this minute and sick the very next minute.. SICK!

and i've been moody because all my travel plans to Melbourne have been casted aside due to the H1N1 virus.. and then we thought of going to Cape Town.. they are having winter too and we nearly booked a land package for $400 per person and Daniyal is free.. BUT?! grrr.. so now i just have to make do with a 5days tour to Jakarta and Bandung. If this fails... I never wanna plan again.. NEVER!! With Jakarta and Bandung, I hope to be shopping for Hari Raya.. the materials and such. I heard the Factory Outlets around Bandung and Puncak is a MUST too and yeah, I am checking on that.. they have this Jeans Factory Outlet?? no? Aargh, I haven't done any homework on this yet.. hotels all booked and we are raring to go.. lets jsut hope NO NEW VIRUS found again... darn!

We plan to go somewhere in October to utilise the staff free ticket.. Destination? Pu Che Tau! Leave it to the Hub.. i soo the lazy.com wanna plan again.. =(

For now... let me just treat my health and hope it'll be ready for the trip soon...

Sunday Mayhem

2009-06-08T13:02:00.008+08:00

Never ever step into Little India aka Tekkah on Sunday evening unless you're out for some shoving and pushing among them. It really felt like I was in India.. although I've never been to any Indian cities before :)

Listening to 89.7FM as we made our way there. Elder Sis is looking for a Dry cabinet to store her much loved Canon EOS and Dad was out looking for a flashlight for his video camera while Shasha tried persuading Dad for an Ipod. Me? I'm merely there to escort them although I would love to purchase a camera tripod.., but I would rather wait for elder sis to buy for me. :D

We were greeted by a picturesque sunset at TPE near Punggol.. I think that area has got one of the most beautiful sunsets. Often on my way back home from work, I could easily witness the sunset, almost every day.... it exhudes a great feeling, romantic nonetheless, that is, if you're with your loved ones lah. Sunset anyone? Come to Punggol.. LOL!

We merged into the CTE City.. traffic?? Hm... not that bad!

OK. So we are now in Little India and finding our way to Mustafa Centre and 2 car park slots to park our cars. The carparks were NON-EXISTENCE! There were NONE!! We made a few rounds there and yet we found ZILCH! Nothing.. haiz.. look at the crowd? Elder sis was afraid that she would just rolled over someone's toes that she drove slowly.. Shasha said she felt as though elder sis was driving a bride and groom. LOL!

Steady ah this man who walked in front of our car and didn't even turn to see if he was obstructing the traffic. LOL!

It was already 7pm+ and we have not found out parking yet... I got slightly agitated.. if I was the one driving.. LOL!

Another 'steady' man taking his own sweet time walking in front of the car. I don't wanna sound rude, but I wonder if these exist in India where people can walk anywhere on pavements even if it is a road full of traffic.. Hm..

Daniyal was jumping for JOY when he finally 'escaped' from being inside the car for like an hour?? So we parked at Sungei Road?! Far? Hm.. it's about 10mins walk to Mustafa centre. Oklah, better than nothing!

I didn't take any pics in Mustafa. It was CRAMPED and I was GRUMPY when one of them bumped into me purposely... &^%$! Since Dry Cabinet was over budget for elder sis, she settled for Dry Box first but aimed for the cabinet at a later date. Haiyooo!! So troublesome one. So we headed to SAKUNTHALA'S for chapatti and thosai.. the food.. was not worth mentioning. They were okay-ish. Nothing fantastic!

The many2 different snacks available at the counter. I didn't have any.. but they were colourful though.. :P

We left soon after dinner and then mom and I decided NOT TO GO THERE ON A WEEKEND ANYMORE!

Enough!

Travel Terrified!

2009-06-05T13:29:00.002+08:00

Damn the H1N1 Virus or the bloody Swine Flu!!! Not because i'm having a fever due to that BUT because ALL THE HARDWORK IN MY TRAVEL PLANS TO MELBOURNE have to be sheltered.. and I am soooo looking forward to see my friend there..

Click below for an information of the affected aread as of 3 June 09 and u'll see MELBOURNE as one of the cities affected.. what LUCK?!

http://www.moh.gov.sg/ ~ MOH advises avoid non-essential travels to these affected areas.. So there is no way I can claim mine is essential, right???

Now, I don't know if I will still be travelling?! And what options am I left with?? Australia is a definite NO-NO.. So the only region is the Africans or Middle East cos Europe is out too.. the laki suggested Dubai.. I think he wants me to BBQ-ed there at a weather of 40 deg celcius.. haiz.. Capetown is nice.. but the flight load looks unpromising.. or should I go with my sis to ..... ?! hm.. arrrgh! this has to happen the very year that I am set to travel?! (sib baik org Islam ada Iman.. kalau tak dah maki hamun pat sini, just to let out the anger)..

It's WORLD pandemic.. so maybe I should just be in SIN.. where the swine flu just landed too.. stay home and put on a mask when I go out..

One thing for sure.. I'm soo taking the annual leave and maybe jet set on a budget airline to somewhere resort-y... just so i can have a peace of mind, rest and relax..

On another note, I still have another month to go.. prolly I should just wait and see the outcome?? and by then I hope the Swine Flu will vanish as mysteriously as it had appeared...

yeah, you wish, Shila!

That Mid Year Report...

2009-06-04T21:21:00.003+08:00

It's the mid year review for Daniyal once again and although I wasn't expecting much from his teachers, I was glad that at least he did make some improvements but MORE can be done for his alphabets and numbers. I was down with fever and flu hence Hub went to see his teacher and came back with the reviews. The only thing that impressed me was when his teacher commented that he IS very FRIENDLY with EVERYONE (including to the teacher next door) and very caring towards his own classmates because he show concern whenever a classmate cries or in trouble. Sociable, he is!

So there you have it. A compilation report from the teacher, consolidated in the development folder which cost me $5.00/-. Haha!

Little Big CLUB!

2009-06-01T13:11:00.002+08:00

At least after a boring weekend last week, there is something that we can look forward to this weekend and it's happening at Singapore EXPO! Kids... it's The LITTLE BIG CLUB! I guess there were already sooo many promotions in the media about this concert... but, I didn't know about it until Norimah told me.. So, we decided to take the kids out for this concert, minus the hubbies, of course.. and we kept it from our children.. So Daniyal and Virna (Ima's daughter) know NUTS about this.. hahaha.. dah macam arranged marriage right? LOL!

Oh yes, it's $42.00 per head.. Hm.. Ok lah. Once in a while. I do hope we have a good view seats because I simply wouldn't want Daniyal to go closer to the front especially when it's BoB the Builder performance..

Tickets bought and collected and now, we're just waiting for the BIG day for the BIG CLUB!!!

Mommies do spoil their children, don't they?

Sending them OFF...

2009-05-31T11:35:00.006+08:00

Finally, Uncle Omar and my Aunt set off to London,Paris and Rome yesterday night for a whole three weeks. Lucky them and poor me to still be stuck here amidst the hot and humid weather. Darn it! ;p

Anyway, almost everyone turned up to bid them farewell.. well, it was not their first time travelling but that IS my FAMILY.. just name it who's leaving for holiday, pilgrimage or whatsoever, we will try our best to send them OFF.. we will be the ones feeling soo excited and yet, we are the ones who are stuck here.. ;D

My Aunt can't wait to do her LV shopping... She's one branded Queen! Hee Hee..

My Uncle was a HAPPY man.. and why not since Chelsea won the FA Cup the day he departed to London.. He was all smiles.. and he is very certain, he'll come back with a Chelsea jersey.. MEN!!!

Holding hands on the way to the Immigration... dah macam matair.. haha!

This kakak and adik... have the same face shape and cheeks... Hm....

A final HUG for Daniyal and Qistina before Qissy left for the immigration counter. So sweet right these 2? They were inseparable.. Humaira and Harith didn't get to come or else, the whole of T1 can hear their voices. =))

Bon Voyage! Come back with lotsss of prezzies ah..

My SuperHero

2009-05-28T13:52:00.003+08:00

This is gonna be a quick one.. Lunch time's UP soon! Hehe..
See MY SUPER HERO? Daniyal the SUPERBOY!!
Love him to bits!

Canon Ixus Training

2009-05-23T11:20:00.007+08:00

I went to Canon Digital Camera Training with Ima and Bariah after work last Thursday. We had bought Canon Ixus models camera around the same time with Ima purchasing Ixus 85IS first, followed by my Ixus 90IS for me and Bariah.. Since it was a FREE lesson we thought we should give it a GO! despite our busy schedule at work.. Whenever the 3 of us got together, there were never a moment of silence.. The "kecoh-ness" started almost instantly from Buona Vista and it didn't stop even when we were in the training class.. Lance, the instructor, caught us camwhoring so many times during his class but he simply told us to ENJOY! =))

Below are some excerpts/pictures on the training.. and what went on in class!

Ima trying on the functions as Lance went ahead with his training. For the first 30mins, I was practically sleeping away because all the basic functions that he went through, were not ALIEN to me at all for someone who bring her camera everyday, everywhere! hee hee...

And so the camwhoring started. This time was when Lance went through the effect of 'lighter skin tones' especially useful for me whose skin is damn acne-prone.. chia-latt!! lol!

Close up shots... my favourite!

Below are pics on "continuous shooting mode".. Just see how silly 2 of my dear friends can get in a matter of... 10 seconds?? LOL!

Now, that's LANCE! Can you spot me in the visualizer? Nope? Cos I'm not in it.. LOL!

TIPS

Camwhoring before and after the session ended!

A lovely 5mth preggy Ima..

Some Randoms SHOTS before we called it a day..

Overall, the 2 hour of basic training is NOT ENOUGH! However, I have now learnt to use more of my manual functions rather than just Auto mode all the way. In fact, for a lazy me whose hands on are waaay better than reading the manual book, I find this training is beneficial because I have learnt where ALL MY HIDDEN FUNCTIONS are which are a teeny weeny bit similar to my sis's EOS.. Hm.. and I can't wait to snap more and more pics, come July 2009!

Insyaallah!

On a side note, Shima... I'm waiting for the tripod stand! It'll make a great birthday prezzie for me.. LOL!

abt Vivo & CINTA

2009-05-17T17:16:00.006+08:00

it is actually a rarity that i get to go out alone with Daniyal.. the opportunity came today and hey! we went to Vivo.. LOL! We decided against the initial plans to go swimming at Bukit Batok CSC.. the hot and humid weather made me changed my mind.. but of course, while you are at Vivo, chances are, you'll be stuck at the waterplay for at least an hour or so?!

We reached Vivo around 11.30am.. had brunch @ Banquet.. and off we went to.. hm.. Toys'R'Us.. where Daniyal couldn't decide what to get for himself, and I was more than happy when he settled for.. yet, another BALL, of all things?! But hey, the ball was wayyy cheaper than the Hot Wheels set that he was eyeing.. :) I didn't persuade him to get the ball though, he was given the option to choose so he chose the ball instead.. :P That paid for and off we went to the waterplay BUT of course, the mummy's gotta have her Starbucks White Chocolate with Coffee Frappucino first.. :)) simply heaven! LOL!

This time round, we spent only 45mins at the waterplay.. Daniyal couldnt stand the heat either.. and when the water got into his left ear, he panicked cos he claimed he couldn't hear! Haha..! So we packed and headed to BK.. this time, for Daniyal's regular fix of Fries and Onion rings.. God! This lil man of mine loves junk food.. and i couldn't say no lah.. it's not always that he has this opportunity to eat all those stuffs..

We sat around here, outside Vivo so Daniyal could enjoy the view, take a look at the Superstar Virgo and have his fries & onion rings.. It was superrr duperr HOT HOT HOT! No choice, since the BK was overly crowded and we had nowhere to sit.. :(

That's Daniyal and searching for his new Ball that got caught among the bushes.. :))

He persuaded me very very hard to buy him the ice-cream.. and I tried very very hard NOT to give in to him.. But what made me relented was when he said " Mama... I so HOT ok?!" LOL! Like as though, I'm not understanding enough.. So there he had it, ice-cream all to himself and not even a bite for me, at all.. When it comes to ice-cream.. no one can outdo him.. even myself! Grrr! I went broke again! This time, at Harbourfront's Kiddy rides area! Thanks to Daniyal!

I think there's a similarity between Daniyal and Bob the Builder.. Is it the Nose?? LOL! He loves this man.. Oh, and did you notice the 30% SALE sign at the back?? Hm... No shopping for me when I'm with Daniyal cos he has got no patience and his mom's a bit fickle minded..

I did say I went broke, right?? Hm...

Well, as much as i didn't want to buy ANYTHING for myself, I DID! Regrets? I guess NO?! I was approached to try this NAIL products and since I HAVE NEGLECTED my poor Nails.. or shall i say, my short and stout fingers with ugly looking nails, I decided to give it a try! and boy, was I impressed!! LOL!! I don't put on nail polish so I guess this is an alternative to having good looking and very shiny nails w/o the help of a nail polish.. :))

I went home immediately and tried it on Shasha's nails since her nails are wayyyy better looking than mine... and she was impressed too... see the before and after pic of her nails.. :)

BEFORE: Normal looking and a bit dry looking too?!

AFTER: SHINING???? I thought so... As usual, showed Mak and she thought we used nail polish and she started with her sermon again.. LOL! But we managed to convince her that it WASN'T nail polish.. showed her the products & guess what? She requested Shasha to do it for her. SEE? Young or OLD.. Women are VAINPOTS!!!

and the final person to try.. who else if not me, yours truly ;P

Let's back track a bit.. Yesterday was someone's BIG 1st BIRTHDAY..

CINTA ORLYSSA.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAYANG..

You're such a CUTIE ok?!

Above with my usual suspects.. MY PRECIOUS COUSINS.. For some reasons, Daniyal just refused to take a picture with me or us... Maybe he find it weird that he wore PINK? Hehehe.. :)

Ok, that's IT for today! :)) &

BACK TO WORK TOMORROW!

I Just Feel Like Blogging..

2009-05-08T13:18:00.006+08:00

About Daniyal..

It's been quite sometime since I last featured him in this humble blog of mine.
He's a grown up now and his antics are increasing, by day.

He claims, he loves me a lot and would rush to get for me anything and he can't bear to see me in pain.

Proof? The moment I cut my leg, he would run just to get me plasters and after putting on the plaster for me (yeah, he insisted).. he told me with his finger pointing right at my nose,

"Mama! No bathe for you ok.. wait bathe U pain.. got blood ok"..

LOL!

I think he treats me better than my husband.. LOL!

I think I've done a great job as a Mom..,

although at times, I do neglect him..

but, I am not Perfect!

So, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ME!

We have the same button nose.. Cute kan?? LOL!

& More of Daniyal.. Latest ones in here... :))

Insyallah, come July, I'll be travelling with Daniyal... to Down Under we go!! I can't wait but at the same time, I'm anticipating that it ain't gonna be easy handling him all on my own although it's fine with me... cos I see it as,

BONDING TIME!

LOL!

My Absence

2009-05-03T21:29:00.006+08:00

I've been absent from this blog for over a month.. well, it's the busy season at work and I cant seem to find time to blog.. in fact, life has been pretty boring for the past month, although there were a plenty of birthday invitations..

Daniyal contracted HFMD, a serious one this time, in mid April and I was shacked out..! It went on for about 1 week and then he got better only to catch FLU again and quarantined at home. So no school for him for 2weeks! He was of course, a happy lad but then again he suffered tremendously during the HFMD period and was constantly in pain.. I wish I could take the pain away for him..

I was active in Facebook.. most of the pictures are uploaded there.. :)

Work seems to be NEVER ENDING.. and I am soo looking forward for a break in July for Daniyal's birthday.. If possible, I would love a 10days break but I'm not sure myself if I can afford to do that.. Plans are underway to visit "Down Under" but with Hub's leave uncertainty, I may just proceed without him for the first few days..

I make sure I'll blog as often from now on.. :)

Oh yeah, recent pics at Henderson Waves Bridge... :)

Siska's Bachelorette Party

2009-03-15T01:51:00.013+08:00

I had wanted to post it out earlier but I was pretty busy with stuffs at work. So here is an update on Siska's Bachelorette party held at Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel on 14th March 2009. It was a day and nite of fun fun fun with close close friends since 2001, and of course a surprise for the bride-to-be..That's US with Siska, in the middle. If you think that was how she dressed up to the 'event' then you're wrong. WE MADE HER WORE THAT AT PARKWAY PARADE IN PUBLIC! Yes, we did that.. haha! On top of that, there were a few penalties that she had to oblige. From doing 'starjump' in public till we managed to capture a great picture, to asking a stranger for a kiss on the hand and to going up to a stranger and said, " Hi I'm Siska. I'm getting married, pls congratulate me".. while being blindfolded.. Well, these came from the chairwoman, Linda.. Haha!

Linda, Roslan, Rose and myself met up at around 11am to decorate the room. We spent almost 3hours decorating and ensuring the room was romantic and beautiful enough to surprise the bride-to-be.. Lan took most of the decorating job while the ladies, helped and camwhored a lot! LOL!The decor was amazingly well done.. and Roslan touches, completes all.. he's the one with the artistic touch.. He did the tutu, the veil and the sash... Well.. designer student mah.. Maybe one day, he'll be Singapore's next Ashley Isham? Hm..

The 'committee' after the room all done up and ready for Siska's presence.

Ssshh! It's a secret. Don't tell Siska ok. Hahaha.. silly silly..

Roslan's touches on Siska... :)

Roslan's touches on MUA! Haha.. feeling gitu??

And Roslan's final touches on the sash.. :P
We presented Siska with these..

And she presented us with Victoria's Secrets Body Mist!..

It was also an advanced birthday for my bestie boy: Shaifudin.. Sweet 29th lah tu kan?? Those who know Shai knows that he has a temper similar to PMS but he was simply sweet that day.. Could he be in LOVE too? Or the atmosphere of the room somewhat changes his mood? Haha!

We ended the day with some crazy crazy fun stuffs... those pictures posted below.. was done in the name of FUN.. we were NOT by any chance, under the influenced of ALCOHOL.. we were MABOK on Coke and Green Tea. See what even innocent drinks can do to ALL OF US?! Tsk.. tsk.. (If u ever saw US yes, US the crazy girls jumping around with 1 small child.. posted on youtube or anywhere else.. do let me know.. cos we were happily jumping around.. while the camera were on self timer mode.. and after all the hoo-haaas.. we realised.. that there was a security camera just outside the lift lobby.. so my guess is as good as yours.. Are there people watching or taping us? hm...)

The day came to an end at almost midnight.. but look at the faces.. we sure did have FUN, indeed.. Siska wasn't only the happiest being that night, Daniyal too.. :))

Thanks peeps, for a wonderful nite.. :))

Next: BABY SHOWER.. whose??

Either the 3 of u lah..

yet.. another update..

2009-03-13T12:57:00.005+08:00

it's been a busy week this week.. i have tonnes to do but very little time or shall i say the 'energy' is lacking in me.. heard of the numerous sales that Singapore is currently having which i think is to beat the recession.. Singaporeans do know when to shop, huh?? :)

So what have i been up to this week? Nothing much except for an Aunt's birthday last Saturday which was a last minute but successful event with a not-so-bad turnout and FOOD! yeah.. food.. thanks to the Birthday Gal.. :)

When I returned to work on Monday, there were heaps to do and it kinda spoilt my mood.. I've got splitting headaches every now and then and I am still deciding whether or not to consult a doctor on this.. I just hate visits to doctor.. :(

On Wednesday afternoon, I was told of Daniyal's suspicion of HFMD (every parents' nightmare) and immediately sought Mom's assistance to fetch him from school. Neither me nor Hub could get away from work and lucky me, Mom was there everytime I need her.. Guess I'm blessed! Although I was skeptical about Daniyal getting the HFMD, I had no choice but to relent however, my suspicions were confirmed (abt Daniyal NOT having that HFMD) when I reached home and turned my room was topsy-turvy.. and Daniyal was crying NOT because he was sick BUT because I reached home and caught him in the act of turning my room into a mini Zoo.. with the pillows acting as Zebras and Elephants and what-have-yous.. Gosh! I got very MAD but still maintained my composure and checked him thoroughly for any signs of HFMD that his teacher claimed. Except for 1 tiny ulcer underneath his tongue, I found nothing else and his temperature was also moderate but at the same time I panicked because Daniyal was still crying and after I calmed him down then only he relayed the whole incident in school.. In between sobs, he told me what had happened and I was trying very hard to figure out that 'incident' and after about 10 minutes of trying to gather the information, I finally concluded that what he told was, he had wanted to go back to his class but his teacher refused to allow him and instead, isolated him from his friends and that, made him sad. Gosh! Nevertheless, we brought him to the doctor and hey presto! it's confirmed that is was a False alarm.. No HFMD.. nothing!! :)

Dear Daniyal,

You know how 'paranoid' your mom is whenever you're sick and you know how many sleepless nights I had whenever you're sick. You're a BIG BOY now and I do hope after all the hygiene lessons that your granny and I taught you, you'd better take extra care of yourself. You know your 'mummy' aka "Kak Shima" said that you should learn proper hygiene, I didnt tell her that we already taught you.. because she simply wouldn't understand.. and no matter how much at times I tried to explain to your 'mummy'.. she still wouldn't or couldn't understand. Everytime you're sick and your mummy heard of it, she would claimed "Huh? Sakit lagi? Aiyoooh".. Tsk.. tsk.. We all LOVE you soooo much that whenever you're SICK, it's not just my HEART but many HEARTS will be broken! and please, the next thing that you should learn is, NOT TO TURN MY "RED" Room into a Mini Zoo. You know how much trouble I went through to finally convinced your Papa to let me paint the room in RED? I wanted sooo much to create a ROMANTIC atmosphere for the room with candles and such (LOL!) and you had to spoil it by creating it into a Zoo?? If my room is a Zoo, then who are the monkeys and elephants? I hope you don't have the answers for these questions. LOL!

Yours truly, Mama..

Bullshit kan? Macam lah Daniyal can read.. but this was what I felt or thought lah at that point of time.. but I can't say all these to Daniyal, right? Even if I did, the most he would do was just to nod his head.. :P

Today's Friday... and I sooo cant wait for the Day to END.. tomorrow is a party day for a great friend, Siska.. who'll be signing her life away in April.. Tomorrow's Bachelorette party is gonna be a bash!!! I can't wait to meet all of them... but before that, I have to slog hard tonight for the cheesecakes... hur hur hur..

Chiaoz..

Fooling Around

2009-03-03T13:26:00.004+08:00

This is what happens when you have a new Camera to camwhore, and yet, still bored to tears. With nothing interesting to capture, you ended up, capturing your own images with silly silly things...

But some say, I'm creative!

Haha.

Yeah, creative when there's no one at home to entertain my crazy antics

and 'gila' requests for photos.

I'm enjoying my CANON.. :)

In Deep Thoughts

2009-03-01T01:47:00.002+08:00

It rained tonight and here I am, sitting next to my full length glass window in the master bedroom, as I pen down this entry and watching every single vehicles that zoomed past at the almost deserted TPE. How nice it would be to be out on this cold and breezy night.. I've told Hubby before that he shouldn't panicked if one day, I'm not beside him when he wakes up, because I might just sneak out, go somewhere to witness a beautiful sunrise.. I've got the desire to do just that (since Hub is not a morning person, except when he's gotta work lah) but no guts, yet. Haha!

However, right now, Hubby's out with his colleagues and Daniyal's asleep peacefully on my bed, looking soo innocent like an angel.. :) ok, so Daniyal's sleeping on my bed.. and where will I be? On a mattress, on the floor next to the window and yeah, facing the TPE.. LOL! Don't be surprised because the TPE is really a picturesque view at night.. and it's not noisy at all unless you open up the windows... but you get to wake up real early because the sun will shine right onto your face and there is no way, you can go back to sleep after that. You've been disturbed! Haha.

and the question is: Why am I still awake at this hour?

the answer will be: because I can't go to sleep.. haha.. my mind's blank..

My elder sis stayed over at our house tonight and she was grumbling earlier that Liverpool lost to Middlesbrough by 2 goals. She thinks it's shitty but I think, it's just a game. She kept saying ' why ah, why ah'.. I don't understand her and worst, I didn't know she is a die-hard fan of Liverpool until today.. Ok, so she put on a Liverpool jersey during Daniyal's 3rd soccer birthday bash, but she told me, it was my brother in law's jersey.. but then again, she went to Liverpool last year.. so I think, my brother in law 'forced' her to become a fan.. cos he is.. she was still ranting about the match loss tonight.. but now, i think she has accepted the fact, and went to bed... peacefully too.. I think she enjoyed the bed in the guest room so much cos she kinda dozed off almost immediately.

Actually, this entry was supposed to be on Natas fair that I went to earlier.. but I started on unnecessary ramblings.. Haha. Oh well, next entry then..

Chiaos, for now.

Stairway to Heaven

2009-02-27T12:55:00.004+08:00

The current K Drama I dig - ..STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN..

However, downloading the drama from mysoju.com takes a long time that I think, I'm so gonna buy the DVD.. and watch it during the weekends. My weekends are going to be boring anyway since our peak period at work is starting soon and come April, I'll be coming back on Saturdays for Teacher Trainee Agreement signing.. and judging from past years experience, when I go back on Saturdays for work, Sundays mean.. lazing at home.. :(

I'd better start buying some K-dramas DVDs.. to keep me and Daniyal (hopefully) occupied in the room, lazing on the bed, with the air-condition on, overlooking the smooth but sometimes crowded TPE and not forgetting, plentiful of tissues, in case I weep while watching it. Haha!

Anyway, here's a bit on the Drama:

Jung-suh and Song-joo grew up together. They were always there for each other. Tragedy begins when Song Joo begins his studies overseas without Jung-suh. Jung-suh's father remarries Tae Mira. Mira takes in her two children from a previous marriage, Tae-hwa and Yuri. Yuri is envious of the life that Jung-suh leads and is determined to take everything away from her, including Song-joo. Tae-hwa begins to develop feelings for his stepsister, however Jung-suh still loves Song-joo. Five years later, tragedy occurs when Jung-suh gets into a car accident causing her to lose her memory. Together with Tae-hwa, they start anew. Song-joo is led to believe that she is dead. However, when they meet again one day, he is determined to remind her of the love they had for one another. When fate finally seemed to be on their side, Jung-suh is diagnosed with eye cancer.

Beautiful Liar

2009-02-25T00:39:00.002+08:00

It's past midnight now and I am still wide awake. No inkling as to when I'll fall asleep.. Was listening to the radio and Beyonce's Beautiful Liar went on air..

Ay, Ay, AyNobody likes being played

Beyonce, Beyonce

Shakira, Shakira (hey)

He said I'm worth it, his one desire

I know things about 'em that you wouldn't wanna read about

He kissed me, his one and only, (yes) beautiful Liar

Tell me how you tolerate the things that you just found out about

You never know

Why are we the ones who suffer

I have to let go

He won't be the one to cry

Let's not kill the karma

Let's not start a fight

It's not worth the drama

For a beautiful liar

(Oh) Did he laugh about it

(Oh) It's not worth our time

(Oh) We can live without 'em

Just a beautiful liar

I trusted him, but when I followed you, I saw you together

I didn't know about you then 'till I saw you with him again

I walked in on your love scene, slow dancing

You stole everything, how can you say I did you wrong

You never know

When the pain and heartbreak's over

I have to let go

The innocence is gone

Life is FULL of UNEXPECTED Surprises.. You'll have them when you least expected it. Isn't that what living in this world means?

No one's PERFECT, not even ME..

The best medicine is to face up to reality, move on and.. hope for a better future! :)

To LOVE someone OR To have someone who Loves you, which one you'll pick? hm... *thinking cap*

With that said, I shall end this entry..

Blast From The Past

2009-02-24T12:58:00.005+08:00

First of all, THANKS a lot, Linda.. for posting all the old pictures in Facebook and tagging me on to each and every photo.. pandai kau kenakan aku eh.. :)

Nevertheless, I really enjoyed reminiscing, viewing and laughing at them because the pictures really made me realised how silly we all were.. haha.. Let's start off with the Airport Days pic first okies?

(Fyi, all pics compliments from Maslindah Fadzilah.. and I kinda ' illegally snatched' them away from Facebook.. haha)

Airport Days .. this was where we, met one another, and till today, we would still reminisced about the quarrells, the tests that we had to sit for in order to become a qualified customer services agents, the days that Siska and me slept during classes, Fadly who cursed and swore the PCs in the classes and hm.. troubleshoot the PCs by, tampering with them.. LOL! and... the most classic of all, was when Linda aka Lindalam (Kekasih Gelapku).. fell down at Level 1, Airport T2 and had to be assisted by Rafiq, Sham and Shai... LOL LOL LOL!!! See? We were all once very innnocent and decent nonsense... haha.

Can you spot me?! haha...

And from then on.. whenever we have the same REST days we would all plan to go out to, where else? But Orchard Road.. and the pictures below was one of the many outings for Karaoke session to sing out Hearts out and release all the STRESS in us from entertaining ALL INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS at the Airport! Haha..

From Left: Myself, Lizah, Adiati and Lindalam

At times, when our Rest days didn't meet, we would go around the office and begged people to change shift so we could all go out together..

haha.. such silliness!!

I seriously couldn't recall Y the need to hug a pillar but I do remember that Lizah was once a Psycho who loves to molest other girls, me, included.. LOL!

She said we resembled each other a lot.. Do we?!

Enthusiastic kan si Linda tu singing? But hey, she can sing.. although now I think she has cracked every single mirrors in her house.. LOL.. :))

The pictures below, one of the few Hari Raya outings that we tried to plan. I remebered how exhausting it was for us to plan an outing for Raya because all of us worked shifts so normally we would choose the date where MOST of us are on REST days.. so for those who were not.. off they went to the doctors and self-declared themselves as SICK! LOL..

After that, as all of us stayed almost every corner of Singapore, we had to plan the journey routes properly and at times, we did end up arguing as to whose house to go first and last.. LOL! yeah, arguing during Raya.. such irony, huh? but after that, all's forgotten!

The lads from Batch 304.... I miss you guys.. a lot..!!! and Siska, the most right hand corner, is getting married in April.. After all the obstacles she went through, finally found a great man and makes up her mind to settle down.. :)) I'm glad for you Sis.. :P

The small boy in Blue (behind me), is Julie's son.. I think he has grown now.. He was such a cutesy.. and I went ga-ga over him cos he looked soooo cheena.. Now I know why Daniyal looked cheena too.. cos his mom, ME.. have a thing for cheena looks.. haha

And The MOST memorable of the lot, was when they, my BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS, graced my wedding in year 2003..

These pics were during the solemnisation day. I remembered how nervous I was but these girls were there to calm me down.. and humoured me with their nonsense.. haha!

I love you girls.. to Death!

Kadi Hassan gave me a 'thumbs up' not because I looked well.. err.. like every bride lah.. but because, I couldn't figure out where to sign.. and when I finally gotten it.. the girls laughed and the Kadi gave me an ok sign.. LOL.. well.. nervous mah.. hahaha..

Well, this was like 6years ago... and things have definitely changed...some of those who were very close to me are now GONE.. except for Linda.. and Linda, you RAWK, girl.. You're the only person who can stand my nonsense, my selenger-ness, my forever blur like sotong expression, my mentel-ness, my naggy issues and etc etc etc etc...

Let's hope this Friendship will lasts forever... and, I'm still waiting patiently for next month.. Our sister is getting married, remember? And we will do anything for her.......... so she will enjoy her last days in 'singlehood'.. haha..

Insomnia III

2009-02-23T13:03:00.002+08:00

I woke up today with 2 'bloated' eyes and very baaad eyebags.. and shrieked! I have to look like a 'mak-nenek' today with the spectacles on.. I hated it when I couldn't put on my lenses to work. I know I am so the reliable on them. Blame it on my vanity lah! I didn't want to state the reasons as to what caused the 'irritating and bloated eyes' but trust me when I said, it's Insomnia part3.. and it's driving me Crazy!! It's okay not to sleep well but please take those eyebags away..!!

I checked my email inbox today and..... received a lot of mails from a certain someone.. She must be very free, huh??! LOL.

Daniyal's getting better.. He should get better because I sacrificed my bed, my comfort for him.. He should be back to school today.. unless he played 'phunked' with mom.. his cheekiness is sometimes, beyond me..

Oh well... gotta lots of 'stuffs' to prepare.. time to Google them now..!

On Course

2009-02-19T13:04:00.003+08:00

I'm on course today @ Civil Service College.. Since the course is Effective Speaking and Writing with Dictionary, it was hm... alien to me now. I remembered the last time I held or used the Dictionary was when I was preparing for O levels and that was like 11 years ago?! So imagined how petrified I was when I went into the class and all I saw was, DICTIONARIES.. Cambridge, Oxford and what have yous. On top of that, except for one, the other course mates are.. strangers and sorry to say this but I think they are as old as my mom.. LOL! The trainer was good though and she did all she could so we don't fall asleep.

I think Daniyal has caught the flu bug from me and he was complaining yesterday that his right ear was painful. Took his temperature immediately and fed him "Brufen" ( u know the fever medicine that's for kids whose temperature is above 38.5 deg) .. I was quite annoyed with hubby.. He actually waited for me to come home before administering Daniyal with the medicine. I literally 'forced' him to take urgent leave today.. and send Daniyal to the doctor so imagine how furious I was when he sms-ed me earlier and informed that they are not going to the doctor at all.. I think if MEN can become pregnant and give birth, they will realised how difficult it is to raise a child, care for a child and most importantly, how devastating it is to lose a child.. :( Oh, and my hubby.. (knowing that he has to take urgent leave, after much discussions and hesitations) could sleep the night through.. and I had to like wake up every hour just to ensure that Daniyal's temperature is below 38deg and he's comfortable..

And now.... as I'm writing this, he called me and finally, at the doctor, BUT complained about the long Q at the clinic.. WTH?! I hate to be 'wishy-washy' about stuffs and I personally hate to nag so all i said was, " It's been eons since you last cared for Daniyal. Now is the time.. so don't complain! " That said, end of conversation! But of course I'm waiting to reach home at 6pm today to see if the medicines are administered to Daniyal.. which I am 100% sure, he won't because Daniyal can turn real nasty and cranky when we feed him medicine. It will take tonnes of patience to finally coax him to take his medicine and talking about patience, my hubby has none of it! Give him 5 minutes.. he'll surrender.. So I AM expecting 'unopened' and 'unconsumed' medicines when I reached home today. Haiz... Wow.. been ranting quite a lot.. I must have felt pissed huh.. hehehe..

And before I forget.......... waaa! Someone is ALL READY to go Europe huh?? Tickets bought, Eurostar confirmed.. So, if you are reading this.... I've decided not to get LV but LongChamps instead.. hee hee... time is limited lah Abg B.. so cant go yr blog to inform u.. but hey, U've been very busy lately huh??!!!!! :P Kirim Salam Datin Royyy hor... & nenek has been asking about US.. its high time we do an event for the family....

Gotta get back to the class now... Chiaoz...!!!!!

Expect the Unexpected

2009-02-17T13:24:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was simply brilliant.

Met up with a 'longggg lost friend' (LOL!) and talked over a cuppa Mocha Frappucino, Hot Chocolate and New York Cheesecake.. LOL!

The meet up was briefed.. but we talked a lot.. about anything and everything and when you have this kind of meet ups, time is always not on your side.. fret not, we'll have plenty of opportunities..

It seems like nowadays I've been going out a lot with old old friends.. I think I really owe it to Facebook because it's through it that my 'old old friends' got connected to me but I get really pissed when they upload 'old old pics' and tagged me on them.. You wouldn't want to see how 'KENTAL' we were last time.. LOL!

I haven't got the opportunity to sabo them back.. maybe one of these days, I will dig up all the old old pics and post them in Facebook and tagged them back..! Especially the pictures of me and my fellow IPTO Entertainers.. LOL!! I'm expecting lotssss of comments so I really have to take my time to choose the pictures... i mean, bad bad pictures.. LOL.. nothing too sexy anyway.. :)

And,

This morning... I made a damn bloody stoooopid mistake I think I won't forgive myself if anything undesirable happens.. Let's just cross fingers and hope for the BEST to come out of it..

:(

Insomnia Part II

2009-02-15T11:15:00.003+08:00

If you had noticed, just last week I wrote an entry on Insomnia.. I'm still having it and certainly it's not healthy.. Previously, when I found it hard to sleep, I would try my very best to read a book so that I would feel sleepy and eventually fell asleep on my own.. Nowadays, it's even harder.. reading a book at bedtime doesn't help either.. Or is it due to... Hm... (some things are better left unsaid, huh?)

I watched a Korean movie yesterday shown on Channel U which has been dubbed in Mandarin. It was a light hearted romantic comedy. Boy meets Girl, Girl meets Boy, a hatred relationship that slowly progressed into a romantic relationship and yes, a happy ending indeed. The male lead was.. hm.. cute with deep dimples on both cheeks.. :) I think he was the reason why I stayed up to watch the movie.. I was never a fan of Korean drama.. and the same goes for the Korean movies.. but after yesterday, I think I'm gonna end up like my lil sis who spent her December school holidays, glued to Korean dramas DVD. I think I may end up like her, soon. LOL!

I have no plans again, today.. Maybe.. maybe I'll head to IKEA for some 'retail therapy'.. Hm.. what do I need there.. Err, I would always say I don't need anything cos I have everything.. But as usual, will always end up with lots of stuffs in the end.. I always find excuse to buy stuffs, much to Hub's disgust.. I would just say.. Hm.. We need a new set of bedsheet cos the present ones are erm.. not dirty but so 'used'.. LOL.. I'm planning to bring Daniyal to Ikea today BUT I will place him in Smales (correct?) .. yeah, u know where 'they' babysit your children while the parents off to shop, in peace.. I think I'll do just that so I have the WHOLE 1 hour by myself, to shop, peacefully and erm.. fickle-mindedly.. :P

I sooo can't wait for March.. where I will meet up with my friends and will lepak2 at Roxy Mercure Hotel at PP and surprise Siska with her bridal shower party there.. Lin took all the trouble to book a room there (a suite, i hope.. LOL), I'm given the responsibility to decorate the room which I am cracking my brains every now and then.. everything has to be RED n BLACK! How the HELL am I gonna do it.. Roslan came up with the 'door gift' ideas.. LOL.. which I think will shock everyone.. Roslan and his ideas never fail to surprise everyone. Siska gonna be a pretty pretty bride to be... This time I wonder what they gonna ask her to wear.. how they gonna torture the bride to be.. Lin's bridal shower was a blassst and embarassing for her, so I would assume she will declare "payback time"! LOL!

Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait!

Love Is In The Air

2009-02-14T19:25:00.003+08:00

13th February 2009 Friday @ Crystal Ballroom, Bukit Batok CSC..

Vital.org's very first DND and boy, was it a great one.. the theme for that night was

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

as it was held on Valentine's Day eve.. :)

We were all encouraged to wear the Colours of LOVE.. hm.. is Black consider as one?

Oh well.. Black is Basic and Basic goes well with me..

So, WTH?

I would lurrve to update more but at the moment I just can't.

Enjoy the little pics above and don't be fooled by the dishes pics cos the food were

so-so only.. :(

Oh, before I end,

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL

who are celebrating this special day..

(I don't anyway..)

L.O.V.E is a special 'thing'..

It conquers all..

It can do wonders..

So..

HAPPY LOVEY DOVEY..!!

LOL!

(i seriously do not know what i'm writing cos my mind is just not here)

boy, do i hate this feeling..

I hope to find a 'closure' soon..

Aaargh!

and ima, if u're reading this, i swear i never laughed so hard before..

when i thot abt the events.. pre and post dnd..,

i couldn't help but smiled..

esp the HONEY joke I pranked on YOU!

Hahaaaa..

So Ima, did you or did you NOT do it?!

LOL!

Phew!

2009-02-11T22:14:00.002+08:00

Finally, I've done a much awaited new skin.. thanks to my lil sis, Shasha.. How can I NOT adore her.. :)

I hope i'll be well enough tomorrow for work and also to go town to look for some accessories.

P/s: Mom really wanted me to alter the dress for the DND. She said the length is like a school skirt.. LOL!

Ok.. it's time to hit the sack! Chiaozz..

Sick!

2009-02-11T11:50:00.002+08:00

I am writing this post at the comfort of my home and bed.. yeah, i'm in bed when I should be at work at this hour, right? Reason is, I'm SICK! Yet again and it SUCKS! I hate to be sick in the start of the week because I will have tonnes of emails to clear when I go back to work tomorrow.. and worst, it's gonna be our peak season soon.. and in time to come, all of us at work will be stressed out.. and that's not gonna be nice.. we all can turn into monsters during the peak season.. haha..

I've just popped the panadol for fever, chlopheniramine for flu and bromhexine for phlegm, so give me another 30mins and I would doze off.. into a deep deep sleep.. Wanna guess what time I went to bed yesterday after I popped these pills? Initially, I went to sleep at 2pm.. then at 4pm, I woke up cos mom was nagging as I didn't have lunch.. so I woke up, freshen up and took my lunch n dinner before I went to sleep again at 5pm.. woke up at 8pm to have another course of the medicines before I slumped on the bed again till like, 9am this morning?! Strange thing is, I still didn't feel fresh.. and the fever has yet to subside.... :(

The strangest of all is, I felt fine on Monday.. no clues that I was gonna be sick.. and yesterday, I was battling with the bout of flu, went to work for like 2 hrs, conceded defeat to the illness, made my way to Sengkang Polyclinic... battled another long Qs and after 2hrs of waiting, finally made my way in to the consultation room and within 5mins I was out... chett! 2hrs for 5mins consultation... goodness me!!

Next was the ordeal to finally swallow the pills... I hate pills! Hated the taste!! URGH!

Then there was this ordeal of cant be too close to Daniyal... haiz.. What could be worst, right?

And... I'm slowly going drowsy so I shall end the entry here..... not much to be written about since I'm feeling groggy..

Chiaoz!

When Two Hearts Combine..

oh so fickle..

Raya Mayhem

R&R

chillin'

counting down..

A "Quickie"

Turning 30!

thought that counts..

R.A.N.D.O.M.N.E.S.S

FaMiLy FiEsTa..!

and so..

wassup??!

A Mini Playground.

~ @ 33 weeks ~

29th & Counting..

i have feelings too, you know..

so Random

LoSt @ An ABanDoNed RaILway tRAcK

the journey so far...

The Family Tree

going animated (*-*)

quality or quantity

scenes from yesterday

Dinner & Belly

.. and a post at this hour??

the HAIR issue..

I'm BACK

Farewell to wonderful Colleagues

Yakult-i-fied!

random thoughts

packing up..

F.U.N

@ home..

dilemma..

mad about...

of ABC & 123

twohundredentries

That BIG 6!

Eid Mubarak 2009

pre Hari Raya

museum hop in..

constant headache..

OK TOTS

So Irresponsible

my condolences..

so overdue..

Anugerah 2009 - FINALS

something NEW

@Jacob Ballas

of Opehs & LuuuLiann..

pening lalat

Good Sharing

Jakarta Day 2

JAKARTA DAY 1

"MAGNETS"

laidback..

My Sister's Keeper

not in the mood

Sunday Mayhem

Travel Terrified!

That Mid Year Report...

Little Big CLUB!

Sending them OFF...

My SuperHero

Canon Ixus Training

abt Vivo & CINTA

I Just Feel Like Blogging..

My Absence

Siska's Bachelorette Party

yet.. another update..

Fooling Around

In Deep Thoughts

Stairway to Heaven

Beautiful Liar

Blast From The Past

Insomnia III

On Course

Expect the Unexpected

Insomnia Part II

going animated (-)