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!

hello October

Hello October. Tragedy October.

I have been waiting for you.

So much to look forward too.

Waiting for that 365 days in which I succeess to declare my self super Mommmmyyy.

Its Over

One day... one fine day... I'm gonna change the blog layout... Wedding days are so far far far behind...

 

Sigh... but to change the layout just means that all the little poloroids at the side will be gone, all the wedding links will be gone. Its no longer a wedding prep blog. To get a new blog website is a no no... I'm comfortable here. Still receiving mails from bride to be. And i'm so glad to answer any enquiries be it decor review, caterer review, tents provider.

 

Now is baby diaper, minyak telon, similac milk, tommie tippie bottles, fisher price, bouncy castle, dinesy princess, Aladdin, power puffs girl (the daddy can sing the power puffs girls jingle dari start sampai habis. Mummy really impress.) little dresses, baby strollers, baby bag, baby expo, baby walkers, meleket floorings, baby baths, morning kisses, night hugs, bedtime stories, baby smell...

 

Now this mummy is busy planning baby N first birthday party... tak buat besar, buat kecik kecik ajer at home with the family. The nenek say, 'Budak satu tahun bukannya tau birthday' Iyelah nek.

Tapi 2 years old kita buat eh?

My loves

At times I found myself rushing for time, seeking for additional time, begging for time.

I am so exhausted. And I always wonder how can a family of 3 (with a little girl) have so much laundry. Tak habis habis cuci baju. Oh dun tell me about ironing, satu hari ironing board tu boleh fly from the balcony.

 

Nyla is super active. Crawl sana, crawl sini. Panjat sana panjat sini. She love kisses, she kisses everything, the paul frank, her reflection in the mirror, her walker, her bumbo, the tv console, almost everything and anything!!!

 

And her daddy... sigh...  he has been the sweetest, what would I do without you babe.... I'm currently at work. 1pm come quick, cant wait to hug these two!!!

 

 

Dancing in the moon light

Weekend come quick....

 Mummy is fidgetting on the office chair on a daily basis.

In the mean time lets dance with raya song along the hallway, daddy style....

We still have a week left.

Eid 2012

Its been a mad rush here and there, its been almost 3 weeks but we are still not done with the raya visiting (plus baby N is enjoying her collection).

 

It feels different to be in my own house on the eve of malam raya. There is no takbir, there is no smell of sambal goreng, lemak lodeh, sambal sotong and all other yummy dishes , there is no nagging from datin dearest to pasang langsir, tukar cushion, pasang cadar (we always do all that chores last minutes, baru seri naik), the frequent argument with the sisters to delegate the jobs, taruk duit dalam envelope, tengok Salam Lebaran together sambil kutok kutok...... sigh.... and truthfully, I miss all that. I really do.

 

On the eve of malam raya, my house was a total mess, the husband has his own system of cleaning, tapi lembabbbbbb nah, mop sikit, hisap rokok sebatang, lap lagi sikit, minum kopi secawan. But I admit he did a very thorough job, he will always do a proper job walaupun lembab and banyak relek. I jenis lap lap lap, ok dah.... next... very sembrono, jenis asal buat.... I love that we are balance that way. Khakhakha

 

Tomorrow another jalan raya with the skool mates and the following Saturday with the expandable ding dong bells.... so exciting...

 

Enjoy ur Rayas....

Selepas sebulan berpuasa

Selamat Hari Raya... Maaf Zahir and Batin

xoxo Fei, Adi and Ny.

Office Politic

I dun remember how fun it was to have colleagues in the office.

Someone who will tell me not to give a damn to notorius residents, having small talks during coffee break, to leave notes on my laptop screen...

Till end of August I'll be back to my lonely self in the office.