2013 please be kind.

For the new year I have moved to here:-

 

New Place for the new year.

 

See you there in a bit.

 

Happy Holiday

New Year's Coming

2012 is ending in 5 days.

Well, i wouldn't call it a terrible year but it was a year that tested my every nerves to the extreme

 

In 2012, I knew that I have supper power and patience that I never knew existed.

I can juggle a screaming baby in one hand with a diaper bag and maneuver the stroller with the other.

I can last the whole day with just 3 hours of sleep.

No the dark eye circle is not from the smudge of my mascara.

I wonder why I have yet to lose all the weight despite all the running around

and got the answer when I look into my fridge.

I am a champion in ironing with a kid on my hip.

And I am proud to say that now I can distinguish between, sawi, kailan, cai xin, dan sewaktu dengannya.

 

Just like every other year. I made my new year resolution.

And just like every other years, It was never met.

 

So 2013, I am not gonna have any new resolution, I am just going to recycle mine from last year.

 

And up till now I still can bear to change the whole template of this blog.

 

This mummy is gonna create a new blog

 

2013, i pray you'll be kinder.. (:

 

Insyallah

Busy bee for the Christmas weekend

I rarely love Friday because I work EVERY Saturday. So whenever Friday came, it will just be like another Thursday for me.

But today, I am totally in love with Friday. Its gonna be a very long weekend....

We had planned for a trip to Jakarta and Bandung over the weekend but due to unforeseen circumstances and the Nenek nagging at us to not bring Nyla along. We cancel the trip. We burnt our air asia ticket. Lucky we got the ticket during the promotion period. Heart Pain

And so during lunch time, I briefly scribble  'Things to do'. It gets longer that I have expected.

1. Drill Nyla's book shelves.
2. Make over Nyla's room.
3. Organise all her toys and put away the 'baby' toys to give away. She's now into main masak masak.
4. Colour code my clothes in the Master wardrobe.
5. Throw away shoes yang cannot make it already, so the shoe shelves outside our house look a little senonoh.
6. Vacuum pack and put away all my maternity clothes. (Yes my maternity clothes are still in the Master wardrobe). Too sayang to give away, who knows Ny TERdapat adik ker.
7. Put away all baju that no longer fits and put it on ebay.
8. Clean Ny's wardrobe and clear all her clothes and shoes that no longer fits.
9. Buy table and chair for Ny's room.
10. Wall mount the flat TV in the Master bedroom. We've move into lulu for more than a year and the TV is still in the store waiting to be hang.

I have actually 18 bullet point on the receipt which I have scribble these on. Tapi kita type 10 ajer lah, and I have so many jemputan on Saturday and Sunday... I love nasi orang kawin....

Ok lah, nak log off. Have a good weekend.

December, Mini Zoo and LuLu

I love December... there is always something special about December, beside the bonus, the Christmas Sale is always a hit in my agenda for the month of December.

The husband birthday also falls on December and extra TLC will always be given and discounts at places during birthday months.

 

And Ny loves the Christmas lights down Orchard Road... aiya any colourful lights also she likes lah... lampu lap lip kat umah pun she can stare and smile... So the mummy and the daddy monkey have been visiting Orchard road quite often for the little Miss sake.

 

We had a mini party for the kids (actually its for the mak budak to meet and lepaskan rindu) last Saturday. We had a theme party. Ny decides to be a Flamingo, a flamingo which shrieks alot and wishes to fly. There are also little kai kai (but no jia jia), ada elephant, ada angry owl, ada Chimpanzees, ada tiger, ada lion, ada cat, ada giraffe... Macam Zoo.

The Shrieker

Can a 13 months old girl shout?

I tell you Ny has been shrieking every time she gets the chance to shriek.

She will shriek if you try to chase her, jenis jerit jerit mentel.

Turning into a diva brat this one.

The nenek ngan selambanya kata 'Jah cepat buat lagi satu, ada kan adik, jadi tak manja sangat'

Wah so easy ah....

 

ABC, 1 to 20 and 20 to 1

I love family gathering.... love love... but what I dun love is when they start comparing their kids... Come on.... she only turns 1..

The other daddy talk to the daddy....'My babe can recite ABC, 1 to 20, 20 to 1, in english, in malay... you should let them watch more videos, this video is really good'

The daddy ask 'What video ah, share ah...'

The other daddy 'That one cannot tell lah... u just search at you tube'

Huh...??!!?? Nasib I'm married to this really cool guy yang jenis relek, senyum and jenis LAYANKAN ajer...

And She Walks

Mr rockstar start running walking at 13 months!!!

She hold on to my little pinky, and with her crocs intructed to walk outside at 10.30pm!!!

 Only yesterday, she no longer needs my little pinky and walks on her own.

The cheers she received, member terkejut sendiri. She practically fell on her butt (nasib ader pampers untuk cushion) sebab her nenek, her bibik, her aunties and her mummy was practically shouting with JOY. Terus member nangis, merajok tak nak jalan... tapi skejab ajer... lepas tu shes backs on her 2 feets.

Baru lah pandai tateh, riuh sekampung macam, anak pass university with first class honours!!!

Over over!!!

Msg the daddy (the daddy having reservist) , and whatsapp him the vidoe of his baby walking... Aiyo the father more over than than the mother, sampai nak book out early nak tgk anak jalan....

another milestone acchieved. Alhamdullilah!!!!

Shes 21

 

My dear cousin turns 21. It feels like yesterday, I changed her diaper skarang dah 21.

The birthday preapartion punya lah kecoh, dah mcm kenduri nikah.

I wonder how agaknya Nyla punya 21st birthday. Confirm mak dia yang over.

Pray for Gaza

Looking through all these hurt and dead children and babies in Palestine make me so so so sad.
I don't want to see but it keep popping out in face book news feed.

YA ALLAH SELAMAT KAN SEMUA UMAT ISLAM DI SANA YA ALLAH KAMI TIDAK MAMPU UTK MEMBANTU MEREKA HANYA SEKADAR DOA DARI JAUH..PANDANG LAH MEREKA DGN BELAS DAN KASIH SYG MU YA ALLAH. SESUNGGUHNYA KAU AMAT PENYAYANG,LAGI MAHA MENGASAHANI.... YA YALLAH KAMI MOHON HANYA PADA MU...AAMIIN

Wet Weekend

It was pouring cats and dogs on Sunday. We were packed to go swimming at the nearby SIA club. Sekali hujan dah.

So the father daughter stay home and play with the papan luncur. Mummy relek tengok Gilmore Girls with a cup of hot milo.

Good good Sunday!

I'm a mummy

I wonder how these celebraties make it so effortlessly to carry their baby the way they carry their baby.

Many times I try to carry Nyla lenggang kangkong like that on my hip with heels. Every few minutes my arm would gave way den I'll swop Nyla to my left hip den another minute to my right, then on my left again, sampai lah budak tu lumur and vomit all over me. Sigh. Memang tak ada tokoh mummy cool langsung!!!!

Have a greet weekend babes!!!

Fab Four

Oh how I love the long holiday. Throw in a half day on Monday and a full day off on Wednesday. Long weekend. How lovely with the weather yg asyik hujan sungguh menyetim kan.

I surprised the husband with a ticket to the Bootleg Beatles on Sunday. I tell you they rock the theatres. I sang every song from the start of the concert right up to the end. Who doesnt love the beatles. They are my lullaby when I was younger. My dad was a huge huge fan of them, and still am right till now. The bootleg beatles are a Beatles tribute band, and they have uncannny resemblance with the fab four.

Love them.

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Weekend

I am helping a cousin to get some decor company to quote for her upcoming wedding next year.

Wah... its been donkey years since I actually sneak around office hours to google on wedding stuffs. I dun remember how fun it was.

During my time, siang malam pagi petang check out Multiply website, skarang banyak yang dah masuk dock. Most of the link on the left no longer works, mostly now ada facebook account. Senang lah like that kan.

For deco I still prefer Kasai sayang, JSS, daundco and Jentayu.

But minah ni bilang a little last minute banyak slots have been taken up. I start reading forum yang dah berzaman I tak baca.... hehehe... mcm best pulak baca budak budak dah kalang kabut nak plan wedding ni berbual.

So this weekend, me and nyla gonna surf more on wedding deco at the balcony since the daddy monkey is on duty for the weekend. We're gonna have a girly weekend!!!!

Have a bless weekend people! MMUUUAAAHHHH

Princess Jasmine

We had a magical carpet ride during Hari Raya Haji.

We had a mini celebration for the little mak nenek and we chose

 Princess Jasmine as the theme.

As always mummy lovess preparing for parties.

Cousin, aunties, neneks, are given Princess Jasmine head gear.

I did a few princess jasmine tutu for the little ones.

In short, we had a BLAST!!!

A day at the zoo

On her birthday we went to the ZOO. Yeay!!! It’s been ages since mummy step in there.

It was a perfect day, sunny, a little hot but perfect.

 Many renovation and upgrading works were going on. We showed the ticket officer Ny’s passport and we got a ‘I’m Having a wild Birthday Badge’. We pined it at her pram. We were surprised when a group of mats (workers of the zoo) came and start singing happy birthday. Eh happy semacam sei. Mummy dia yang excited. Terlonjat lonjat nyanyi Happy birthdays just like the monkeys there. Ternganga nganga anak aku.

Whenever we pass by zoo attendant, zoo keeper, workers of the zoo, they will stop and sing a birthday song, sampai last last kita cakap, ‘tak payah lah cik, dah banyak sangat orang nyanyi’

That’s the bliss of going on a weekday, no rush, no crowd. Agaknya jorang ni boring so ‘Meh kita nyayikan baby ni birthday song’ hahahaha….

The daddy monkey and birthday girl had a blast at the water theme place, bukan main lagi. We love the giraffe but not the smell. I still prefer orange tiger than the white tiger. Nyla was fascinated with the sun bear and the lion, the daddy as the name given, the monkeys. There was no elephant show cause the place was under renovation, no fun. We manage to watch the splash show. That was fun.

We end the trip by having a meal at the KFC. Then the daddy brought us to the Stomping ground show gallery at the substation. Ny was fascinated by the punks and the rambut tercacak cacak kind of kids. Member tengokkan ajer, and its tickles me when these kids with tercacak cacak hair with chains, with heavy doc marts, and skinny jeans and dark kohl eyes and chokers trying to make funny faces to Nyla. I wish I capture a pic of their antic but battery low batt, Ceh!!!

My Rock star turns 1

My Baby turn12 months on the 23 October 2012!

 

How time flies...

 

My water broke on 22 October 2012. Surprisingly I was really cool about it. Daddy monkey and my mum were kanchiong spider! I bath, wash my hair, shave shave some more. Hospital bag was not even ready, it was only 35 weeks, i thought it was still too early to pack.

 

I was given 2 jab on the thigh to open up baby's lung. To prepare the baby when shes out in the world. To make her stronger. Like lily say, premature baby have stronger lungs. Hopefully its true.

 

U cant imagine what went on in my head. I kept asking myself what went wrong, what I did wrong, kenapa nak keluar siang? Is it because of stress at work, I had 3 nights meeting that week, might be because of that or maybe the frequency of climbing to the roof top to check on the water tank (at 7 months I still climb up to the roof), is it because of the second hand cigarette smoke, is it because.....

 

I was asked to deliver within the next 48 hours. I teared, my baby is only 35 weeks, too soon. There was no dilation or contraction and so I was on oxytocin. The next day on 23 October 2012, I was on triple dose of oxytocin. I was blessed because my mum is with me on my left while daddy monkey was on my right. Mum is a midwife in the labour ward. I had moral support and cheerleaders (my mum colleague, midwife midwife tua ni) coming in to cheer me on while I push with my legs open. You can imagine that.

I even heard whispering from outside 'Saniah daughter giving birth lei, come come give support. Biar betol siol.

 

It was a short labour, no epidural needed, tapi sakitnya subhanallah. It was too late for epidural, I was already 7cm when I shout for it.

 

After a few more pushes, and shes out. Alhamdullilah

 

Nyla,

I remember the excruciating pain i felt after the delivery when the doctor refuse to let me hold you only for a second. You are a tiny baby, You are placed in the incubator immediately after being azan by ayah. I remember when relatives came to visit mummy at the hospital, they are unable to see you. They have to sneak to the prenatal ward just to take a peep at you and lied that they are they are the mother/father/grandpa/grandma to the nurses on duty. I ignored the pain from the stitches and visited you daily at the pre natal care, remembering the sheer pleasure of holding u in my arm only for that mere 15 minutes.

Looking at you now, mummy deserve to have a pat on the back, oh ayah too, even though he still feel squeamish about changing ur diaper. We did it baby. You are still in one piece. We did it. Alhamdullilah. Happy 1 yr ol my child.

xoxo,

Mummy and ayah

 

Free Posters

I have always love free product. Saper tak suka eh. Dah jadi mother ni lagi, I suka, especially if it can boast the well being of my child.

I know about the existence of this website. I have printed some cool posters from them. I had noticed that some individuals actually take advantage of the free templates of this site and sell it to other... (I once think about doing that, but thinking of copyright, I forget abt the thought)

I am so impress with their flash cards collection.Their flash cards are all so cute and at the same time elegant. They’re perfect for your kids and most of all, it’s free. Nyla loves them and I know moms would love to use them on their kids too. Ny has stopped putting everything in her mouth. She can point to specific objects, and she loves colours and pretty pictures. I used to show her flash cards when she was much younger, habis kemek, hancai cards tu, complete with saliva and all. So I guess now is the right time to introduce alphabets flash cards to her.

So this website is pretty cool and kick ass. You can print children flash card:-

• Alphabets,
• Words in English, Spanish, portogues, French(mummy dia pun print this, suka suka...)
• Posters
• bookmarks
• puzzles
• crafts
• decor
• favours
• and the list go on

It is a goldmine of FREE printables for kids that are beautifully designed, educational and did i mention it again, ITS FREEEEEEEE! Suka Suka Suka!!!! (atok Ny dah introduce upin and ipin to her, and she will start smiling and launging once she heard suka suka suka... I dont mind saying that continouously just to see her toothy smile) 

 

Little party

It glorious October. We had a small get together with the girls and the kunchus kunchus few weekends ago.

 

Just a small celebration. No cake, no cake cutting no singing of birthday song. There were party hats, party glasses, balloons, colourful decoration but with 7 kids in tow, saper nak gi layan. Satu nangis semua nangis. The mummies did not even take a single pictures together, but we manage to relase some steam and update each other sambil makan murtabak, mee goreng, pasta, shepherds pie, fruit tarts and muffins while the kids berkinja. Cerita baru nak start, dah ada yang terpekik....

 

Next time lah girls kita amik gambar satu group. If that is even possible.

Pinterest

Long time ago I was crazy about pinterest and then the hype stop and now its back.

I used to save all these gorgeous pics from one thumdrive to the other, and hard disk and thumbdrive again and folders after folders. And maximise the memory of the laptop.

 

Pinterest is heaven send. I actually get inspried by browisng all the gorgeous pinned.

I can pin all day... I'm actually pinning on way back home from work in the bus.

Have a pinning weekend.

 

Let off some steam

I was browsing some parenting website and stumble upon the following. Tring to follow this as close as possible, jadi tak kalang kabut sangat. Terorganise sikit hidup, tak lah bersepah sangat.

 

1. Plan your day the night before

Before you sleep, plan out the things that need to be done the next day. It will be easier for you to sort out your day with less stress.

Every time I want to plan my day the night before, I tertido while putting Nyla to sleep. Sigh… Tak boleh harap punya mummy! So I need to work on this. Siapkan baju dulu, pack bag kerja, siapkan barang barang utk besok. Jadi tak kalang kabut.

2. Be organized and prioritize

It’s not easy juggling two major projects with a tight deadline and going to your daughter’s dance recital as you promised while planning your husband’s 35th birthday. Prioritize your daily responsibilities. Follow your schedule and avoid missing out on your work and your family.

Oh I’ve practicing this even before Nyla was born. I carry my organizer everywhere I go. I need to be in line with my deadlines. Dah tak cukup slots I boleh selitkan lagi minor project. I need to be occupied, so most of my weekend is packs with agenda. This one, I dare say, I'm quite ok.

3. Take off your cape for a night

Yes, your kids appreciate your ‘superpowers’ but pass the responsibilities to your husbands once in awhile and go out with your girl friends. You deserve a fun time after all that stress

Oh mummy totally agree with this. Mummy totally needs this. During the initial stage, I felt bad, leaving Ny with my mum or daddy monkey while I enjoy my time with my frens. But they know that I need to let out some steam. With the daily early morning drive to and fro Simei and Hougang, cooking, laundry, house chores, a cranky baby, boleh jadi botak babe gua. But of course not all the time lah, I know my limit. Jangan melampau. Once or twice a month ok lah. That’s when I need my monthly dosage of sushi with Fai, kedai kopi gossip with nurra, coffee with mar, lepak lepak with nezah and childcare session with the ding dongs

4. Exercise

Cardiovascular workouts eases blood flow to the brain – relieving your stress and pressure. Go for a short workout everyday for 20 minutes in the morning or after work.

Oh.this.is.so.hard.to.follow.main.reason.NO.TIME!!!!

5. Get enough sleep

Your overly stressed body needs at least eight hours of sleep everyday. Go to bed (right after your kids do) and wake up earlier so your mornings won’t be a rush. Plus, you will have more energy to attend to your hyperactive baby.

Sigh, sometime I sleep dulu baru Nyla sleep. Dia tengok mummy dia dah pegang Iphone (she need her youtube fix of B.I.N.G.O, snow flakes, abc, every night)dah senget benget, dia tepok tepok pipi no respond, ater that she also sleep. Good girl!

6. Don’t juggle everything into one

Multi-tasking is unavoidable but don’t juggle everything at once. You might need to have a discussion with your boss, check your email and search for dinner recipes but do them one at a time. It’s takes the pressure away when you relax and organize your to-do list.

Oh I so glad that I requested for a change of site after my maternity leave. My current site rocks!! Alhamdullilah.

7. Get help from Hubby

Don’t hesitate to get help from your husband. He is supposed to be there with you through thick and thin. Get him to help with the cooking or do the laundry if your hands are tied.

This part, I have upmost respect with the daddy monkey. Toilet rumah tu, dia yang scrub. Sampah kat dapur, dia yang tolong kemas. Mirror wall kat dining dia lah yang tolong lap. Mummy lup u daddy monkey. Meh comolot sikit.

8. Rant to your girl friends

Pick up the phone and talk to your girlfriends. Tell them your day, release your frustrations and maybe plan a night out on the weekends. It takes away your stress when you have something fun to look forward to.

Thats why my daily msn chat, fb chats and whatsapp from them can make me sane.

9. Pick up a hobby

You can knit, bake, do some yoga or even play tennis. It’s healthy to distract yourself from the daily stress and take your daily routines off your head for a while.

Hobby eh.., watching E entertainment can be consider a hobby?

10. A weekend without the kids

Get your parents, your in-laws or anyone you can trust to look after your children for one night. Spend that night with your husband…on a date in town or in bed, your wish.

Oh this one is a real good one. How much we love to go out a night and spend time with our frens tapi nanti dah half hour ker one hour ker, we will look into each other 'Oh I miss Nyla' 'Me Toooooo' 'Jom lah balik!!!'. First child syndrome lah agaknya!