"Apa adik cakap," Pt. 4

A continuation of "Apa adik cakap"... Part 4

Introduction: This sequel is about the progress that adik is making in developing her communication skill. Currently, adik has expand her vocabulary by picking up words from her surrounding. Now is the phase that mama n babah have to be more careful with words, try to avoid saying bad words (especially babah, he likes to use bad words when he is angry with something, usually when he is loosing in the PS's game that he was playing). Adik can now convey her needs more clearly. If she can't explain or say what she wants properly, getting a question mark face from me, she would simply say, "tuu...tuu.. (itu)..." and then grab my hand and take me to the location of that wanted thing. She recently can argue on certain things. Check out these two scenarios:

Scene 1: Adik is playing PS with her beloved sistah. One thing for sure is, it's difficult to ask adik to stop playing the game, she will without fail make a tantrum by crying out loud and screaming and insists that I carry her around for the rest of the day. Adoiyaaaaa.... bergayut aje la nanti....But one day, she was a little bit smart... As usually adik n kakak were playing PS in their room, while babah was playing with his PS at the living room.

Babah: Adik...sudah la tu...dah lame dah...
Adik: OK... (but she kept on playing)
Babah: Kakak...dah tu, stop please!!
Kakak: OK babah...
Adik: Noooooooo!!!
Kakak: Dah la adik....
Adik: Nooooooooo!! Adik nak main game....
Kakak: Sudah!!!
Babah: Dah tu adik...esok boleh main lagi
Adik: (she started a tantrum by screaming and crying) Noooooooo!!!

Then adik got up, and ran out of the room to the living room.... she stopped at the hall that separate the living room from the bedrooms... then she said..

Adik: Tengok tu, babah main lagi!!!

Then she ran back to the room and continue playing.... hhahahahahhha.... apo den nak kato... layor buruk anak den sorang nih....

Moral for us: Please set a good example to the kids. Susah kalau ada loyar buruk dlm family nih!!

Scene 2: Kakak has always been the princess in the family. This is because she likes feminine, girly things, such as dolls, children makeup and jewellery things, etc. Adik on the other hand was a bit agressive, favors boy's things like trains and cars, until recently when she showed her interest on her kakak's barbie dolls. So both of them are now regularly fighting over the dolls almost everyday. So one day, kakak was getting tired of not letting adik buat ghete of her barbie dolls. Kakak nie pun satu, one thing about her is she doesn't like sharing her things with adik, until I persuaded her. It so happened that kakak has 2 barbie dolls, one she willingly gave to adik, sebab apa tau, sebab dah buruk sikit...aiyoh.... Dah buruk, of coz la adik nak yang cantik kan... (as I am writing this, they are fighting over the barbies again)...this is a dialogue between kakak n adik fighting over a barbie once upon a day.

Kakak: bak la adik.........
Adik: (making "i-couldn't-care-less" face)
Kakak: bagi laaaa!! (kakak is getting agrier)
Me: (adeh budak2 nie gaduh pulak...den nak menulis nih!!)

I then turned around and face both of them.

Me: Apa kakak...
Kakak: adik nie laaa...ambil barbie orang...barbie dia ada, tak nak main...
Me: Ala...barbie aje...main la benda lain..
Kakak: Kakak nak barbie kakak....
Me: Adik...barbie adik mana?
Adik: Ada...
Me: Mana?
Adik: lam bilik....(sambil buat tak tau)
Me: gi la ambil barbie adik, bagi kakak balik barbie dia
Adik: OK... tapi adik nak main barbie kakak...
Kakak: (masam mencuka)
Me: (buat tak tau aje laaa)

Adik nie bukan ape, suka sangat sakat kakaknye. Tapi bila dia dah tengok kakak dia tarik muka 14, baru la dia bagi...hahahhahahah...dia tak kisah pun pasal barbie tu, she just wants her sister attention yo....

Next week the school reopen, sunyi balik la adik kat rumah nanti....

Adik smelling a Jasmine

yours truly,

Ramadhan Day 12: Kengantukan

Today is the 12th day of Ramadhan, and I am feeling sleepy right now. I slept early last night, felt exhausted, probably due to the late nights I had couple of days ago. And now I still feeling sleepy, maybe had a lot of sleeping yesterday, plus it is cloudy with occasional rain. Adik is busy with her phone, an old phone of mine that I hand it down to the kids. She loves scribbling on the phone, and can spend a long time doing it. Aiyah, my eyes are getting heavier pulak.


I forgot to update about Yaya eye. Apparently it was not conjunctivitis as I have assumed. Alhamdullillah, probably her eye was dry and itchy, something got into her eye maybe. But the redness has subsided. We bought eye drop and applied it to her right eye. Days before that she had this 'ketumbit'. This ketumbit thing has been in my family for generation. You know how ketumbit so itchy right, maybe yaya been scratching because of the ketumbit, and that thing burst. I noticed she no longer had it before the red eye incident occur. Anyway, alhamdullillah it is not an infection.

And I also forgot to say, or give an advise when you want to buy shoes in Brisbane. You have to be really carefully, because many many shoes selling here used pig skin as the inner sole. You all tau kan how to recognise pig skin, if not please visit this here. Usually shoes that is less than AUD50 used that skin as the lining, because it is cheaper. Kasut budak2 memang banyak, terutama kalau buatan dari C-H-I-N-A, tak kisah la apa brand pun. Contoh kasut C-L-A-R-K, susah nak jumpa yang tak pakai kulit tu. We all bila nak pilih kasut, kami pegang tapak kasut tu dulu, lepas tu belek-belek dalam dia, selalunye ada label yang bagitau insole dia leather ke synthetic. Kalau leather, ha kena la belek lebih-lebih sikit, besar kemungkinan kulit babi. Jadi hati-hati la kalau membeli kasut kat Brisbane nie ya.

OK..change topic. Last night I called up Abah. Abah has completed his 5 out of 10 times radio therapy treatment. He stays at the hospital, easy for the doctors and nurses to monitor his condition. He said he misses home. Adeh, bulan-bulan puasa nie, duduk hospital, sorang-sorang, dah la tak boleh puasa, lagi la rasa sedih aje kan. Mak is at home, yela, nak teman pun, mak bukan sihat. Lagipun InsyaAllah, abah ok, lagi la in good hands. So when I called him yesterday, "Bah, lambat angkat telefon". "Abah kat balcony, tengok2 kat luar ni haa...boring dok sorang2." Alahai...sedihnya dengar. Takpe bah, tak lame aje lagi. Dan tak lame lagi gak, cucu-cucu abah nie balik. Hopefully by Friday, all treatment is completed and he can go home to mak. Abah weight is worrying though. He needs to gain more weight to start chemo, which is scheduled after raya. His must weight at least 60+kg, and his current weight is 56 (wohooo, that's so much less than my weight). Before he was sick, he weight 70kg. Yup, he lost a lot of weight definately, I can't imagine how Abah looks like right now.

Ok laaa...that is the story for day 12th Ramadhan. I have about an hour to complete a task today, before fetching Yaya at her school. Then asar, after that I will start preparing iftar. Still have left-overs from yesterday's iftar, I cooked nasi ayam yesterday. Today ingat masak kari daging aje laaa. Till next time, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

Ramadhan Day 4: Mission accomplished

Today is the 4th day of Ramadhan. Our tamar mission yesterday was accomplished successfully. Alhamdullillah. And if not of the tamar mission, maybe we will never visit the butcher, this one located at Moorooka, one of the suburbs in Brisbane. The price is not much different from the regular butcher we go to. I was delighted with the size of a whole chicken they offer at this butcher. But the service was slow, I waited longer for my turn. I don't like waiting, so I wonder around the shop while waiting for our turn. Luckily they not just selling meat, there are many dry product such as lentils, rice, some biscuits, cordial, and most of the products are imported.

Halal butcher at Moorooka

As promise, here is the picture of the tamar.

The tamar

For iftar yesterday, I made a batch of donut, half I pre-fry and kept in the freezer, another half I fried for iftar. Atang bought Nando's, birthday boy belanja. I was more happier, I didn't have to cook for dinner and sahur.

Iftar day 3 (Big donut, small donut and neighbour's yummy popia)

I called mak last night, before iftar time Malaysia, arghhh sedih la bila dengar Mak n Abah buka puasa berdua aje. Wish that we are there (memang rasa terkilan betul la semalam), and they said the same thing too, adeh, sebak betul. Alhamdullillah, thank you Allah, they are able to perform the fasting. Abah puasa, but he had to skip the first day because of the CT scan. On Monday he will starts the radio therapy, dah tentu tak boleh puasa. Coincidentally my neighbour's dad is sufferring from cancer too, and will undergo radio therapy somewhere next week. Dah macam apa dah sekarang, sana sini dengar kes-kes cancer nie kan. My mother-in-law has completed her second chemo, and on medication, hopefully tak de lagi laaa. She went through two times, because of two different cancer. In June, my uncle passed away because of cancer. Atang's aunty is now on death bed because of throat cancer. Now I have both sides of the family who inherit cancer. Orang kata kemungkinan anak-anak untuk mendapat kanser tinggi. Hmmmm... wallahulam. Semua ketentuan Allah.

And yesterday, my facebook public wall was inundated with news, video recording, pictures of a tragedy that occured at pasar ramadhan at Jasin, Melaka. Al-fatihah to those who passed away (from the news, two people died). I had goosebumps watching the videos. Macam kena angin dari blower aje...... SubhanAllah.

Ok. Till we meet again, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

Melancholy Mode

I am not well for a few days, got the flu and was feeling quite sick yesterday. Alhamdullillah, after a long rest last night, I feel a little bit better. But something is unsettle in my mind. Feel worry and sad.

I called Mak yesterday, just before I went to bed. Mak just came back from hospital, Abah was admitted....again. Last month he was admitted at HKL for almost five days. Yesterday, Mak has to send Abah again, but to a private hospital in Senawang. Mak can no longer drive long distance nowadays. Abah's foot is swollen and he was in pain. Mak said Abah vomitted everytime he ate, and he can only eat porridge. The last time he was admitted, is because the same thing, foot swollen and painful, and his blood count was decreasing.

I knew mak explained a lot on the phone, but my mind slipped away, couldn't really focus. I wish I could pack everything and go home for good. But that is not a good decision to make. I have to finish all this, must, and praying hard that I can finish all this as fast as I can. Sikit aje lagi, just 2 more months to go. Sikit aje lagi....

Ya Allah, please...speedy recovery for abah, and may I can finish all this on time. I just want to go home.

yours truly,
 

Perginya seorang insan yang digelar Uncle/Tok "Bond"... Al Fatihah

A dearest uncle of us passed away this morning at HKL. He was diagnosed with colon cancer a year ago (similar with abah's case), and was in and out of HKL since December last year. He was warded almost a month ago, and was in the state of coma couple of weeks ago until his death this morning. Please recite al Fatihah for the arwah, Kamaruzzaman bin Sidin. 

Pakcik, we will always remember your joke and laughter. The sight of you, carrying the briefcase (hence the nickname uncle bond) that everybody knew contained duit raya on the early morning of raya, and every nieces and nephews of yours will line up in front of you to seek forgiveness and the duit raya, will always remained fresh in my mind. You were one cool uncle and had always treated us, your nieces and nephews, like your own children. Pakcik you were the greatest uncle in the world.


Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas rohnya.

yours truly,

She is Two

Alhamdullillah, thirah is two years old today. The chocolate cake that I baked yesterday is for thirah's birthday. And because of this special day, we took the kids out for some splash at South Bank Parklands.

Happy Birthday Thirah. Mama and Babah will always pray for the best in your life, and may you will always be bless with good health and prosperity

For the chocolate cake recipe (Ms Taj :D), this is from kak Hanieliza's collection, please follow the link. Sorry la den barred dari copy text kat blog nie. Cake dia memang sodap...cuba laaa...

KEK COKLAT

Bahan A

250 gm butter

250 gm gula perang atau kastor

4 biji telur gred B

1 sudu kecil esen vanilla

250 ml susu segar

Bahan B [ Ayak ]

290 gm tepung gandum (I used self-rising flour instead)

50 gm serbuk koko

1 sudu kecil nescafe instant

1 sudu besar baking powder (omit this as I used self-rising flour)

1/2 sudu kecil soda bikarbonat

Cara

1. Butter dan gula dipukul sehingga kembang.

2. Masukkan telur satu persatu. Pukul lagi. Masukkan esen vanilla

3. Masukkan Bahan B yg telah diayakkan berselang seli dengan susu segar.

4. Kacau rata dgn senduk kayu.

5. Masukkan dalam loyang yg telah dilapikkan kertas dan bakar dalam oven yg telah dipanaskan suhu 170'C selama 45 minit atau sehingga masak.

6. Sejukkan dan hiaskan dengan topping coklat.

Coklat Topping

1 cawan susu pekat

60 gm butter

50 gm serbuk koko

1. Kacau secara double boiler sehinga larut dan sejukkan sekejap.

2. Tuangkan atas kek dan hias mengikut kretibiti sendiri

yours truly,

Salam Maal Hijrah....Salam Tahun Baru

Salam kengkawan and friends. May everybody in good health. The new hijrah year has started, and soon the new year of masihi will come. Hope everyone has planned for the whole year. Wish a great success, wealth and health to all of you.

Thanks again for all the doa and prayers for my abah. I was back in Malaysia, a couple of weeks ago, for several days, to visit him. Though his condition is not promising, but alhamdullillah his spirit to keep going is still strong. We now hope for the best for abah. The tumor is at stage 4. What a shocked we had when we learnt the truth, and that is only after the doc told abah, with the presence of mak, along and bang long about abah condition, almost a week after the operation. I was on the way to the airport with my brother, heading home to Brisbane, when my sistah, along called my bro, and told him everything. I knew immediately, from the tone of my bro's voice, that it was not a good news. Yup, the bad news came just before I was leaving Malaysia, but not at abah bedside.

Abah is now recovering from the stiches and wound at home. Doc, on medical advice, unable to remove the stomach that was affected by the tumor. The medical team had to perform three bypasses to abah's intestines and colon, so all the food will no longer go into the stomach. As a result, abah has to change his diet to soft food. That was from my understanding. We will wait for the advice of an oncologist for abah's treatment. Meanwhile, we hope abah in stabil condition, hope everything is good for abah. What ever the doc said about his time, that is just on medical term, life and death is in Allah's hand.

A week after abah's operation, my sistah and her family, came and visit us in Brisbane. They spent 10 days here. The trip was already planned early this year. They were supposed to come a week earlier, due to this circumstances, my sistah postponed (well actually, she nearly cancelled it) a week after. We were very happy that they finally here in Brisbane. And for the rest of the week, we were the hosts and tour guides for them. The bonus is, our two little princesses are here. Came with my sistah and will stay until my completion. So we are back as 'one' again.

My nephews and niece, penat n ngantuk after 8 hours of flying.


Our itinerary of 10 days:

Brisbane view at night at Mount Cootha;


bus rides, citycat rides;



koala and kangaroo visit at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary;



fruit picking, juice tasting, fruit eating and that delicious apple pie at Stanthorpe;







sale! sale! and sale! shopping at DFO, Carrara Market and Harbour Town;



MovieWorld, DreamWorld, Wet and Wild (we only went to the MovieWorld, the rest of the parks my sistah and her family went by themselves)


and last, the Queens St Mall tour.

phewwwwhhh.... 10 days, and that is not enough, there are still other places that we couldn't visit. For 10 days, the ten of us (with my sistah's family of 6), crammed together in our small crib. The kids did enjoyed themselves, and the adults couldn't be better, though with a hole in our pocket, seeing the happy faces, hearing the laughter, what more a parent would asked for. My sistah and her family went home on boxing day (after the boxing day shopping of course). Leaving us to finish what I have came for. And I got 9 months more to the finish line. And that is only my new year wish.

Hope you too, friends had a wonderful holidays. Till I have the time again, take care and salam.

yours truly,

The pain inside...will it subside?

Salam kengkawan, friends, and to those who are following this blog. My gratitude to all of you who keep on visiting this humble place of mine, although I have not written any new, fun, and informative story lately. This place look so melancholic, just like me.

Just received news about abah's condition. He was finally wheeled into the OT yesterday, before noon, after being postponed twice. The operation lasted almost 8 hours, but the surgeons had to do something beyond what they have planned before. Abah was finally wheeled out from the OT after 7 pm, and was placed in the recovery room.

This morning, I was told by my sistah, that the surgeons did not remove the stomach (that was affected), but instead they made 3 bypasses, so abah's stomach is not functioning anymore. The reason why they did that was unclear. Hope by today, the medical team will explain what was actually happened, and what will happen next.

Feel uneasy here, hopefully nothing serious happen (although this is serious enough). Actually I don't know what to hope for. But I just want abah to not feel any pain (is that possible) or any complication after this.

Anxiously waiting.....


yours truly,

Pray for the best

Salam to all,

My apology for living this "room" for long. Being occupied is one good reason that I can give (I know I have over used this reason, but don't everybody??), but what have been holding up my ramblings most is about an unfortunate thing happened in the family.

I am not good at expressing bad/sad feelings to people, especially to those who I have not meet in real-life. I am known among friends as "a happy go lucky" person. Not that I am not sensitive, I do cry, have cry almost everyday since I start this PhD journey. But I did all the crying inside, on the outside I am what people have known me. So I maybe look tough on the outside, but I am fragile inside. I am frail....

Dear friends, please pray for my dearest Abah. He is undergoing an operation to remove part of his stomach tomorrow. There is a malignant/tumor in his duodenum. Hope everything goes well.

yours truly,

Mood raya abis daaaa.....

Salam kengkawan, friends...

So how's everybody, after the long holiday? How's the Eid @ Aidil Fitri celebration? Confirm meriah dan ceria ye. Tahun nie kali kedua kami beraya di Malaysia (eceh, bunyik macam tinggal overseas aje...wakakkaka). Tahun pertama kami merantau, den tengah sarat ngandung, lepas tu dengan kelas semua, tak dapek la balik beraya. Ingat lagi yaya cakap kat wan dia pagi raya tu, "Wan, kat sini (Brisbane) tak de duit raye...". ahahhahahah... Tahun lepas, oleh sebab dah rindu sangat ngan family, dan mmg dah rancang awal pun nak beraya kat Mesia, rezeki kami, dapat juga la beraya kat Mesia. Tahun nie, ambil peluang lagi sekali. Alhamdullillah, research den pun mmg berkaitan Mesia, so kebetulan kan, sekali lagi rezeki kami beraya di Mesia tahun nie. Memang raye kat overseas pun meriah, tapi takkan samanya kemeriahan di Mesia nie. Bukan apa, bila raya mestilah nak dekat dengan family kan. Tahun depan tak tau lagi laa...kalau cepat abis, tahun depan raya kat Mesia lagi. Kalau tak, raye di Brisbane, tapi yg pastinya yang terakhir :D.

OK...lama dah den tak update...nie kasi kemas-kemas sikit la...buang abuk-abuk nie haa..wakakakkakak... Balik Mesia nie, memang busy, macam-macam benda nak kena settle. Balik pun bukan bercuti, kerja maaaa.... raya aritu je den relaks sikit (sikit ke?? yo la tu). Minggu nie start full swing la nie, sekarang nie memang rasa masa cepat berlalu, kejap aje 24 jam tu. Tapi yang indah selalu gitu kan, cepat aje berakhir. Lumrah alam.

Raya tahun nie seperti biasa laaa. Mudahnye, kampung kami berdua tak jauh, beza mukim aje. ahahhaha...jadi takde masalah balik kampung nie. Rutin tiap-tiap tahun pun sama aje. Yang rasa beza, anak-anak kite aje la kan. Kemeriahan pun sekarang nie milik budak-budak nie. Zaman kite dah berlalu, tapi kadang-kadang tu teringat jugak la zaman kecik-kecik beraya kat kampung, dengan riuh rendahnya, budak-budak main kat laman, mak-mak sibuk masak kat dapur, bapak-bapak bakar lemang masak rendang kat luar rumah . Masa tu tak rasa penat pun berpuasa, lompat sana lompat sini, panjat sana, panjat sini. Yela, sekali kumpul semua sepupu kan...tu dari bandar, tak masuk sepupu yang mmg tinggal kat kampuang. Dulu keluarga besarkan. Sepupu, dua pupu, semuanya macam satu keluarga.

Datang petang, sibuk pasang pelita. Pelita pun buat dari buluh. Malam sibuk main bunga api, mercun, sampai la ke tengah malam. Korang ingat tak mercun thunder clap, parachute, mercun katak, mercun padi, ngan bunga api brand kucing itam tu. Sekarang susah nak jumpe kan. Aritu pun dok perhati anak-anak buah main mercun ngan bunga api je. Ahhhhh jauh betul keadaan dulu ngan sekarang nie.



Malangnye raye tahun nie, semua kena cirit birit ngan muntah-muntah. Keluarga den kena dulu, 2 hari sebelum raye. Masing-masing melepek, paling teruk adik @ thirah. Raya pertama pulak, keluarga kakak, semua kena, lepas sorang, sorang. Mak dan abah pun kena gak. Petang raye tu, keluarga abang balik. Besoknye anak dia pulak kena. Lepas tu abis semua kena, sampaikan, pakcik yang datang umah pun kena. Rupenya ramai gak yang kena cirit birit muntah-muntah kat area rumah mak nie. Mula-mula ingat sebab makan tak ingat kan, almaklum raye. Kami yang kena dulu tu ingat sebab food poisoning, gi supper kat McD, kunun2nye ngidam la. Lagipun kami berempat aje kena, orang lain yang tak gi McD steady aje. Air pulak memang sehari sebelum raye kotor. Issshhh kualiti air kat Mesia nie, bila la nak improve. Bukan nak kata la kan, Mesia yang tak de masalah bekalan air nie, yang air berbayar pun, tapi kualiti air sangat-sangat la menyedihkan. Nie bagi peluang bisnes kat supplier filter air ngan pembekal RO la pulak. Kat negara luar, air dah la free, bleh minum terus dari paip tu. hmmmm.... Kisahnya, kami mmg suspect nie air la punye angkara, abis dah semuanya gitu. Si adik, den terpaksa sumbat pil chi kit tek aun (ikut dosage la, budak 1 tahun ke atas mmg boleh makan), sebab 4 hari dia cirit birit. Alhamdullillah, terus ilang cirit dia.

OK la.... den akhiri bebelan sekali sekala den nie, dengan potrait raye kami ye (seperti biasa, atang low profile). Gambar nie ambil kat tangga serambi rumah kampung den kek jolobu, yang skrang nie tinggal takde penghuni. Sekali sekala je mak balik kemas rumah tu. Kami pulak masa raye aje la jenguk rumah tu. Sempat nanti den update lagi yo.




yours truly,

Finale: A bag full of junk food..yeah

Hahaha... one bag full of junk foods, fats and sugar.... Let's make them fat like us nyeh nyeh nyeh....



Yup, we finally packed our bags. We bought loads of Doritos and Smiths for our relatives. Need to get that "Fragile" sticker for the bag. Otherwise they will eat crumbs instead of chips :D.

My PDA is full with travel agenda while I am in Malaysia. Have to visit my bro and my new nephew, my uncle (recently diagnosed with cancer), my sistah (of cos a must) and not forgetting my in-laws. Ooohhh my MIL was diagnosed with cervical cancer pulak. Earlier this year she was cleared of any tumour at her small intestines (that she suffered last year). Cancereous has become normal occurence nowadays ye....gerun...

I also need to meet some people regarding my research. And also meeting some friends who have been for long pestering us to meet (wakakakka...sorry la kawan, just to emphasis je) ok ok...we too can't wait to see them. Jom ngeteh, korang belanja ekk..wakakaka

Tomorrow, I will be attending a workshop for the whole day. 1 more day to go yippie.

yours truly,

A bundle of joy news....

I received a text message from my bro today. I have a new nephew today....yeeeaaaa.... Alhamdullillah...

Finally my bro has a son (he already has 3 daughters).

Total nephews and nieces I have: 4 nephews, 4 nieces... hehehheh... So the record holder for number of son is my sistah, she has 3 boys and 1 girl.

Total number of cucus for my parents: 10 heheheh ( coz I contributed 2 of them).

Sure riuh giler raya nie....yeaaaaa

Happy thoughts for today .....



yours truly,

Penawar rindu...

Almost 6 months since we last saw our two little angels. And it has been awhile since I last wrote about our two little angels. Not that I don't have anything to write about them, in fact, I have plenty. I often on the verge of tears whenever I write about them, even speak about them. So I have been avoiding to talk about them. But that was a long time ago, well not that long actually. A couple months back, I have accepted the situation. The most important thing is, they are happy living with their Atok and Wan back home. Listening to them on the phone, talking to yaya on the phone twice a week, keep me going, and help me to stay strong.

However...... watching them growing up is a wish that I know can't be fulfilled at this time of being. Dapat tengok gambar diorang pun jadi laaaa.... So yesterday my SIL sent the latest pictures of our two little angels. I am so happy.... can't explain exactly how I feel. Rasa macam legaaaaa sangat...ahahhahahaha....dapat la lepas rindu kami kat sini.....


yaya


thirah (last jumpe thirah tak bleh jalan lagi..skrang nie ligat, memanjat, melompat)



My sister-in-law with our two little angels. Thank you very much Adik (my SIL's nickname).

Tak sabarnye...lagi sebulan

The birth-day of one of the most important person in my life

Tu dia panjang tajuk entry kali nie :p


Today is my mom special day. We wish her wealth and health, and most importantly she is always under Allah blessing.

Happy Birthday Mak. We love you endlessly (sayu la pulak...sob sob)

Ok, am not typing emo things here. Mak will not read this anyway, coz she is not into computer. I want to share with you of an online service that I used to send gifts for Mak on her birthday. But first, here is the story on how I came across this online service. This is the third year I celebrated Mak's birthday away from her. The first year I actually didn't do anything. Not even sending her a birthday card (and I regretted it so much). Was busy settling down, well actually, it kinda slip away from my mind of getting Mak something. Not that I forgot her birthday, will never do that, will never forgive myself if I did it (mane tau in the future), but it just that at that time I didn't know what to do. So there was nothing special from us on her birthday, only a phone call that has became a weekly routine (twice a week) since we arrived here.

So last year, I was browsing the internet, a few weeks before Mak's birthday, and I came across several online gift shops that provide delivery service door-to-door. I compared prices and delivery option, and found a website that is reasonable for my budget. Nobody knew about it, hehehe, I even kept it secret from my sistah. And it has been a custom for us, siblings to celebrate our parents birthday, trying our best to meet on weekends (if the birthday do not falls on weekend, we will celebrate prior to the day). So on that day, my family was suprise of the gift. And that was my intention. Both Mak and my sistah love the gift. My sistah said it was huge, pretty flowers with fresh fruits. Good.

And for my sistah birthday last september, I sent her a flower and fruit basket, using the same online gift shop. I am satisfied with their service.

What online gift shop I am talking about? Here it is, Love.com.my. Click on the picture to browse their shop.

This year I tried finding different option, but still I found Love.com.my is the best. They even sent me an email reminding about Mak's birthday a few weeks before the important day, making a good rapport, taking care of their customers ya :D .

So for those who are living abroad, who are thinking of getting/sending your love ones at home (malaysia), to celebrate special occasions, to represent yourself, to show love, etc. Click on Love.com.my

(am posting another testimonial on their website soon)

Thirah in action : pushing the walker

Enjoy watching thirah in action, pushing the walker, on her birthday.

Celebrating Athirah @ Adik 1st birthday

5th of January, 2 exciting, memorable, once-in-a-life-time things happened: the day yaya started schooling, attending stardard 1 and the day thirah turned 1-year-old (read about thirah's arrival here).

Just a simple celebration for thirah. A birthday cake and lamb chops for dinner (though the lamb chops are only for adult, ahaks). Here are some pictures taken to mark the day.

Yaya 1st day @ school

On the first day of school, 5th of January 2009, yaya woke up at 6.30 am. The excitement of going to school made the job of waking up yaya more easier than what I have anticipated. I prepared scrambled eggs and toast for her breakfast, and pack a bun for her snack. I couldn't accompanied her to school that day, as I need to settle some things at home. So only babah was there at school with her. As atang doesn't like to carry a digital camera around, I kept reminding babah, during that wee hour, to have yaya pictures taken using his hphone. "Mama nak tengok hari pertama yaya kat sekolah", I said to atang.

On the first day, yaya was wearing pinafore. Soon after arriving at yaya's school, I received a text message from atang, saying yaya was the only one wearing pinafore. Everyone else was wearing baju kurung. Alahai kesiannya. So, that first day of school, is the last day yaya wore pinafore.



Yaya in her class. On her left is the first friend she met at school.


Babah accompanied yaya until recess. Then he went home, leaving yaya under the care of her temporary class teacher.


When she came home that day, she was not happy. She said, she doesn't like the school for it was not fun. I told her, this is the starting day. Everything has not settle. Wait until the session starts, then you will know how fun it is.

And soon, yaya forgets what a boring day she had that day.

Tiada apa yang lebih menguntungkan

....Selain daripada membazirkan wang, tenaga dan masa bersama-sama anak-anak.




Although they are happy and healthy, and are well taken care, invest some time to sit down and get to know them well. When you know them well, you will sense something amiss, in the future. When you know them well, they will respect you, and have trust in you. Trust will lead to harmony.

Don't take things for granted. Their future is in your hand..... at least for now.

(am talking from experience)

Rindu yang sarat

Rindu pada anak-anak, tidak dapat diukur....

Those who have kid will understand this feeling. My sis and bro in law went to Mak house recently to visit yaya n thirah. Unfortunately, yaya was not around at that time, for she was in KL with my sistah.


Atang has been waiting for the latest pictures of thirah for long. Finally my SIL, so sweet of her, took some pictures of thirah, and sent them to us.

I used to call up yaya n thirah every other day, but since yaya is still a little bit sad, Mak advised me to not call them too often. So I just call them twice a week. Nonetheless, whenever I called them up, yaya will always say, repeatedly, "Mama buat kerja fast ke slow?", "Bila mama nak balik?", "Kak Long good girl". Ohhhh sayu je dengar everytime I hear these sentences.

As for Thirah, lately she doesn't want to hear me. Before, she would allow Mak to put the receiver at her ear, but nowadays she refuse it, even pushes it away. Atang said she is missing something, but she doesn't know what. Am a bit devastated, but I don't let it carry away. It won't do me any better anyway. Need to focus and progressing, so that I can successfully complete my study, and back in their arm for good.

According to Mak, thirah is learning to stand on her own. Soon she will walk. Thirah is now 11 months 2 weeks. Only a couple more weeks to her first birthday. InsyaAllah, we will be in Malaysia to celebrate her birthday, and also Yaya's first day at school. Yaya is attending year 1 next year.

We miss thirah and yaya dearly, an unbearable feeling that sometimes atang and me refuse to talk about.

42 years of loving and devotion

Annoucing the 42nd Anniversary for the most loving couple on the earth

A special dedication to 2 important person in my life. Without them, I am not where I am now. And without them, I am not sure I can face all the circumstances, the hardship that I have went through. They have always, always been there for me (and to my sistah and brother too). They have been very supportive, understanding and provide all the caring and loving that one can never imagine. Yup they are my parents, my Mak and Abah.



To Abah and Mak, you are our mentor. Thank you for everything. Oh, I always have this 'lost of words' situation whenever I try to write about my family.

HAPPY 42nd ANNIVERSARY ABAH AND MAK

p/s: When I mentioned to atang, yesterday, about mak n abah's anniversary. He said, "eh betul ke?". I was like, ya!! (as if you don't know). And then he said, "Mak n ayah's anniversary is today"(2nd Dec). What!! You have never mention about this before. Yup, I just found out about my PIL wedding anniversary after 7 years of marriage. And we have been celebrating Mak and Abah's anniversary before we got married. And yet atang never mention about his parents wedding anniversary to me.

And it just came up from nowhere. Yes my mistake, I never ask atang about it. But knowing atang, it will be useless, because he has this difficulty of remembering dates, especially his siblings birthday (oh! he will kill me if he reads this). But he always remember my birthdate, our dotting daughters' birthdates and the most important date, our anniversary. In contrast I still, sometimes, forget about our anniversary date. I still need to refer to the calendar in order to not miss it (ooohhh sometimes I buat2 lupe ahahhaha). Not to worry because I have somebody who will remind me of that date. Oh melalut dah...

To Mak and Ayah, Happy Belated Anniversary (I guess it was the 34th anniversary).