Driving a car with EPS feels sorta weird. The steering wheel sometimes feels as light as a feather(which is almost cartoon like) and the next second, it's as heavy as the steering wheel of the manual iswara that I used to drive years back in driving school (fine, I exaggerated, it's not as heavy). Absolutely something that I hafta learn to get used to.Hmphh..

Still think that some(note the some before ya go berserk) "big car" owners, are those with small brains or none at all. I mean, they probably sold off their brains for gold - hence the money for the spanking big cars - else I can't see why they think(if they ever think at all) that it's OKAY to cut queues (aku pakai kereta mahal, make ways!), park in the middle of the road/parking entrance for their convenience's sake etc etc. Owh, people with small cars pon sometimes included, it's just that most of the time it's the one with the big car, big car = big powahh = ignorance! Owh, kau susah nak parking sebab kereta aku ada kat tengah? Sooo? o_O

Talking bout car,think that I need to get the new ride to be tinted asap. It's not amusing to drive a car whilst feeling like you're inside an aquarium. Sungguh jelas segalanya tanpa perlu bersuluh. T_T

On a lighter note, the company financial year gonna end this month, otherwise known as hujung bulan tiga dapat bonus. :P

Not expecting much as last year KPI is only somewhere above the average (due to my long maternity leave, limited projects yada yada) compared to the year before yang sangat lah super flying color, but I do hope that it's enough for me to spend em on something for the loved ones(something new for everybody perhaps?) and probably a short trip for our little family, C***, Myra & me! :) (Myra's going to have her 1st plane ride in June! Yey!)

On a lighter note, it's the time of the year again, let's fill up the efiling - (whilst hoping ade terlebih bayaq :P).

Tata.

Time flies eh?

Our little precious is already a wee bit older than 10 month and gonna hit the 1 year mark in 2 months.Alhamdulillah.

Time really flies indeed.

At 10 month 20 days,

01. Still no gigi. ha ha. Do forgive my I'm-waiting-for-her-1st-tooth obsession.

o2. Has been introduced to egg (yey!) and no allergy or whatsoever.

o3. Still a bf baby,Alhamdulillah - sometimes she'll take her milk sambil tertonggek2. T_T (It's just that I'm a bit worry bout my decreasing supply especially when I am at work - adekah saya stress?, owh well, I'll try to strive through - at least until we hit the 1 year mark. Can't say that I'm not trying my best ey? Because I am.)

o4. She's getting pretty expressive of her feeling these days, demanding bukan main. Sib baek la she's everybody's sweetheart so semua pon sanggup melayan. :P

05. Could stand and cruise really well in her babycot and crawls like nobody's business.

o6. She'll clap to tepuk amai-amai song or when ya go "yeay!" - think that she's been doing this since the past 2 months or longer, tapi lupa lak nak jot down. :P

o7. She's been great during bath time since forever, but recently developed an undying love toward water. So each time we take her out of the baby tub, adelah menangis sebab nak main air lagi. T_T

o8. She has been introduced to straw! Like yea, I'm getting sick of the fact that sometimes she gonna be sucking hard on the sippy cup spout and later let the water dribble down from her mouth. She think it's amusing, but not so much for the mummy - especially when we're out jalan-jalan, abeh basah baju okeh.

So yea, the other day when I was in Midvalley, thought of introducing her to something new and impulsively got her a cute water bottle with a straw! Gave her the bottle right away after I'm back from work and in less than say..5 minutes, she was already drinking from em. I'm a proud mummy. Way to go baby! v(^^)

o9. Ya know how you could make the farting sound by blowing onto someone tummy? Which we usually buat dekat budak kecik to tickle them? In my case it's another way around. The baby pulak yang pi buat bunyi-bunyi dekat perot mummy. Whenever we're on the bed and upon discovering patches of exposed skin (tummy, arm, kaki even), macam-macam bunyi lah dia buat and adelah geli, so I'd usually scream and she finds it amusing, so lagi laaa dia buat.Owh ya, tonnes of saliva included in the process.Euwwiii :P

10.She's so mobile these days - she could climb onto her portable rocker-chair in a jiffy, wiggles herself down from the sofa and whatnot. It's getting harder and harder to put on her diapers/clothes without her trying to crawl away.

So we included the Mamy Poko pants(the easyfit one is blehh tho it's mamy poko - macam pakai plastic, the other variety of the pants adelah better,tapi the name escaped my mind pulak, something comfort?) for day wear besides Huggies Comfort dry as I still prefer the normal Mamy Poko and Huggies ultra for nighttime. (Our slim baby's still on size M diapers, we've stopped purchasing diapers since last month since we still have like 9 jumbo packs of various diapers in stock o_o )

11. She loves Upin and Ipin! ha ha. She also loves Shaun the sheep and Timmy time. Dunno lah why she find em entertaining but if one of the show is on TV and it's meal time, adelah senang,her eyes gonna be fixed on the screen, tapi mulut automatic bukak bila nak suap makanan. he he. I know it's hardly a healthy habit, makan depan tv, but sometimes she's so busy and easily distracted and somewhat curious by other stuff, adelah susah dia nak makan. So the method sekarang, anything that makes ya happy baby. Anything.

12. She'll be giddy upon hearing the word "jom", she'd usually start cruising or crawl dengan pantas whilst grinning - jom usually means that she gonna be carried outside, pegi jalan-jalan or simply a dukung. :)

13. Whenever I kiss her whilst making the mmmmuahh sound, she gonna press her open mouth to my face too, sambil buat bunyi mmmwaaahhhh. She probably doesn't appreciate being showered with too much kisses sometimes, but it's fun to see her mimicking ya action. :)

That's about it. Owh, we love you baby. ♥

Finally back to the office after a long weekend.

Well, our short weekend getaway was pretty much eventful and fun - since ya get the chance to spend em with the families. Did nothing much but laze around (whilst enjoying the cold weather), had bbq dinner and the usual jalan-jalan at the tourist spots - Bharat tea, the pasar malam, Kea Farm, strawberry & bee farm.

Bought pretty much nothing - except for boxes of tea & honey sticks(sucking on em whilst watching tv adelah chenta) - as I couldn't see any point of dragging kilos of vegetables down from the highlands as I'll get pretty much the same stuff at home. he he. Sayuq kat giant tu pon from Cameron, no?

So yea, I'd probably go there again in say..3-4 years. Yea, I need that long of a time to recover from my motion-sickness. Like why lah the road hafta be so bad. Tsk tsk. I love the cold weather(at night, siang adelah panas), greenery and all that, but the road is a turn off for me. Rasa macam nak muntah 100 kali. Urgh. Owh and make it sometime when it's not public holiday or school holidays. :P It's hard to enjoy the nature when it's too crowded.

That's about it, welcome back to geeky life. Hello reality.

Yesterday went by like a dream, C*** did great in taking care of the baby whilst I was at work - fidgeting in my seat. he he.

C*** gloated on how easy it's to take care of the little precious. She ate well, sleep well(thrice!), poop well(he he) , drank her milk and behaved well too.

Yea, the little precious decided to be extra nice for her daddy, after all, it's his 1st time taking care of her, alone. Maybe takot nanti daddy dia serik pulak. :P

Whilst all is well for C***, my day started pretty early yesterday. I had to get up early for the usual morning pumping session, labelled the EBM, whip up some fried rice for C*** lunch, made banana + oatmeal + yogurt for Myra's breakfast, bathe the baby, dressed her up before taking a shower myself and off to work.

Long story short, got back home sometime before 7pm to a starving C***. Kesian. :P

So I made him chicken and beef quesadilla (which was good but not cheesy enough for him, yer baiklah, next time letak cheese sepuluh kati) with tomato and onion yogurt dip for dinner.

Also made a fresh batch of chicken + carrot + broccoli porridge for the little one (for today's lunch and dinner) and whilst waiting for her porridge to cook to perfection, washed and sterilized the bottles and pump parts.

Rasa seperti super mummy, but not quite as later that night, I'm suffering form a backache. Adoi. Even a whole day of tampal koyok won't do it.

On a lighter note, I'm really looking forward to our short weekend trip, am planning to drag my trusted tefal pot to make yummy caramel popcorn during the bbq night. :D

Later.

I think that I need sometime off from work, ya know, a short getaway or something to unwind for a bit. I'm planning to have a wee bit of that during our family weekend trip to Cameron later - the crowd and traffic won't be pretty as it's the weekend + school holidays, but since I'm not driving, I'll suck it up and live with it.

Anyway, the weekend was eventful for me. Cooked pasta for C***, made a batch of caramel popcorn for our movie time on Saturday (it has been ages since the last time we went out to catch a movie, but being with the other half + homemade popcorn will do jugak lah). Had a good eat out and a shopping spree on Sunday.

Bought some cute cardigan,tops and sweater for the little precious from Mothercare(on sale yo!) - as the ones that we have (which were bought by my parents during their various jalan-jalan trips) are currently over-sized, mau lagi few months or probably a year baru leh pakai kot. T_T

Managed to satisfy my crave over pearl milk tea and cinnamon rolls. I heart cinnamon. Hmpp..cinnamon caramel popcorn sounds good kan? :P

On a lighter note, the new ride is here, Alhamdulillah - tho I can't say it's a dream comes true, as yes, I've been wanting a new ride, but it's just that, it's not what I want. I'll take it as a sacrifice on my part lah, so that we'll be able to get our hands on a better something later. he he.

So yea, something gotta give but fret not, after all it's just a ride for me to drive to work, which is like less than 50km daily - so no use of wasting too much moolah on it - talks about being a grown up with a family, you'll learn to prioritize. :)

On another lighter note, it feels a bit strange to be driving a compact car when you've been driving a big car for so long. Rasa seperti cartoon.

Talks about car, now hafta get the fixing and painting of the 4wd sorted out asap so that we could sent it back to Kedah - else how lah to keep 4 cars since we only have 3 parking bays. (p/s: Darling cousin, if ya reading this, if ada ternampak C*** car parked at your parking tu, ampun maaf dipinta, tumpang saaaat. :D Kalau nak guna, roger okeh. )

The PILs are going back to Malacca for MIL's checkup sometime later, guess who hafta babysit the baby since the mummy can't take leave sebab tengah UAT? :P Yey C***! Fret not darling, you'll be just fine.

Have a great week. Ciou.

So, we went back to Malacca during the weekend, without C*** - again. T_T

Had MIL's ayam bali and fatty food during SIL's house warming on Sunday, yeah, I did nothing but makan. Like what's new about that kan? Makan is like one of the things to do once you're back in kampung.

Owh, I've finally come to term with the fact that Myra gonna turn into one fussy little eater whenever we're away from home. So yea, she only allowed herself to be fed with oat + banana or oat + fig +raisins and the usual organic baby biscuits besides her susu. Well, as long as she's eating, then fine lah.

Bought Myra a mini baby pool which can be converted into a mini balls pit, together with a bag of colorful mini balls (100 of em all together) in Tesco which cost me less than RM60 (what a cheapskate mum to do, plus I don't think she gonna be amused with it for long, murah-murah sudah, benda yang fun is not necessarily expensive :P ) - only to realize that I forgot to get my hands on a pump to inflate the pool. Kalau tiup sendiri, ade yang pengsan pulak, so the pool hafta wait. T_T

C***'s back last night. *hugs*

I desperately in need of a bunch of new clothes. The paycheque's in, ape lagi? he he.

On a totally unrelated note, I detest people who can't freaking park in their stupid parking lot. Like, what's your problem? Tak nampak kah the terang tak payah nak bersuluh white lines itu, park within em, will ya? Owh, this goes especially to a macik, the owner of a white mpv. Only last week, I came home to find this macik driving her car into the parking lot, since I hafta park mine next to hers, I stopped for a sec and gave her some time to park dulu lah kan? I noticed lah her ridiculous parking skill tu sebab at that moment, her ride was like a few inches into my lot, ingatkan dia nak adjust, tetapi..tidak. T_T

Dengan muka toya, went out of the car and walked away. Oih, I felt like giving her a good honking, tetapi saya hormat orang tua (& it's due to the fact that the car's honking sound is sorta loud that ianya boleh membuatkan orang kena heart attack, kes naya pulak nanti). T_T

So yea, imagine lah my ultimate skill of getting out of the car whilst acting like I'm some sort of escape artist and as thin as a paper - I can't simply park sesuka hati, nanti termakan space org yang lagi sebelah pulak( & then it gonna make me "the macik yang tak reti park kereta the 2nd") and it's not helping that I was driving C***'s big car yang obviously big.

Well, if ya wondering, this is not the 1st time, it's just that the last week's incident adelah the best ever, sungguh epic. Like how ignorant could you be? It's like throwing rubbish into someone's lawn when ya know they're watching.Might as well say "Saya tumpang buang sampah kat rumah awak yerrrr?". Such guts.

Macik, I hate yuuuhh.

You're lucky that I'm not a lioness else I'll give ya car a good scratching. You're also lucky that I'm this *holding 2 fingers closely together* to punch a hole into your car, tapi tak jadi. Grr grr...

On a 2nd thought, maybe I should write her a note or something.

"Dear Macik, if you're suffering from acute blindness, please don't drive"

Sincerely,
Your loving parking bay neighbor.

Well, have a great week.

We spent our long weekend in Kedah - like finally! :P

Planned to start the long drive back early on the Friday morn but our long trip started sometime after 11am instead(it's like real hard to do the usual get up-pack our bag-and-drive routine within the intended time-frame now that we have the baby). Ye lah, dulu both of us dengan pantas boleh siap, now ya have to bathe the baby, feed her breakfast, drag our bags which are twice as much now. Then we could lenggang kangkung with a bag each, now? 4 bags, minimum.

How la to travel light like this?

So yea, we reached my parents place by 3pm. Moi parents were excited to see their beloved cucu so was the Paksu(aka the little brother) lah. Had an extravagance lunch (sampai confuse tatau nak makan lauk yang mana satu, dah la I'm the type yang reti nak mix up my lauk - so much so I had to divide my place of rice in quarters so that I could have a taste of semua lauk. Lauk here stands for the ikan and the meat, veges not included,sayur boleh pulak campuq. T_T )

Since C*** is a big fan of curry, he obviously enjoyed the fish head curry (which was in his food-wishlist, each time balik sp jer, mak mertua dia(otherwise known as my mum) sah2 la buat curry, macam tau2 je.)

Me on the other hand, was more than happy to see the masak lemak ketam nenas. Oih and yeah, the ikan bakar and the ape tah lagi? The next day pulak, came the udang galah besaq pinggan. Such a nice way to fail in maintaining a good diet. Owh well?

Whilst we're enjoying the food, I can't say the same thing bout Myra as she refused her porridge. T_T

Dah mai dah perangai tanak makan dia - tho we brought along her portable chair which she refused to sit on. I think it has something to do with her being in a new place as the same goes when we were in Malacca weeks back. She was more excited in exploring the place rather than eating - which explains why she only accepted hand-fed banana for breakfast and rice + grilled salmon for lunch and baby organic biscuits in between- whilst climbing on the sofa in the living hall.

Perhaps we really should consider the idea of getting 2 extra high chairs for both kampung, one in Kedah and another one in Malacca. Ya know, the high chair = meal time. Daddy, next week, mari lah pi beli. Your treat. :P

Moving on,on Saturday, we managed to visit my grandma who was thrilled to be able to see her cicit since it has been quite sometime since the last time. :)

Long story short, once we're back in KL, Myra's back to her normal happy-eater self and both of the parents pulak hafta get back to work.

Getting back to work after a long weekend = owh malas.

Hmpp..I'm so going to drag our little family for a cuti-cuti after this.

I think it has become a norm for me to post a write up on Myra's milestones approximately 2 weeks before she turns a month older. hi hi. What to do, her geeky mommy adelah busy.

So here goes, at 9 months and 16 days

o1. She still loves to pull her neng yatimah act each time I'm about to get off to work. I think she could tell that I'm going away as I'll have the tudung on. hi hi. So yea, whenever she sees me with my tudung, she'll get pretty restless and cranky, knowing that she might kena tinggal, yet again.

02. Still no gigi. Period.

o3. Is turning to be pretty selective when it comes to food. Previously ape sumbat semua okay, now whenever she detest the food, mula la dia nak gosok mata la, buat-buat tak nampak the food coming la, tepis-tepis la. Haih. I think her food selection won't be as limited as it is right night provided dia ade gigi, which she doesn't, owh well?

o4. She now beginning to cruise around in her baby cot - which is the only place that's considered safe - living hall is a big no no - tho sometimes terlepas lah jugak as she'll cruise from one end of the sofa to another.

o5. She loves Elmo - so mummy hafta download like tonnes of Elmo videos into the tablet to keep her happy.

o6. One of the ways to keep her quite is to recite the selawat/zikir or simply turn on the tv masa tengah azan - she'll stop whatever she's doing and stay still like a statue. :)

o7. She loves her mommy, but adores her daddy. Bila daddy balik, berdesup merangkak nak suruh daddy dukung okay? Tsk tsk. Dah jalan nanti, harus lah berlari.

o8. She's like so manjaaaaaaaaaa. So much so, tengah elok-elok bergelak ketawa, tetiba tukar tune jadi mengada. Sometimes you'll be like "Myra, are you laughing or crying nih?" T_T The same goes when you caught her waking up on her own, like if ya left her sleeping in her baby cot, then if she awakes & nobody's around, she'll sometimes entertain herself lah, belek-belek ape-ape yang ada, but the moment she saw ya walking into the room, teruih la uwaaaa. Sungguh drama. Anak sapa la ni?

o9. Still a bf baby alright. 3 months more to go before hitting the 1 year mark. Go mommy go! :P( Uih, mommy dah ade tiga bp nih - C*** was like "Why do you need that much bp?How many boob do you have again?"-, harus lah meneruskan usaha, else guess who akan menaga? haha)

10. Finally grasped the idea of waving = bye bye. he he. Now that she knows how to wave, adelah super cute (mummy dok masak kat dapur pon nak babai) - but it's not like I could see her waving me off to work - sebab pegi keja senyap-senyap to avoid the separation-anxiety drama. :P

That's about it, will write more later.

We finally got to spend the weekend together. Daddy, mummy and Myra. :)

C*** has been busy going in and out of the country for the past 2 months that it has been quite sometime since the three of us got to go out jalan-jalan and just enjoy each other's company - which is what I love most.

So yea, we decided to go out after lunch on Saturday but got somewhat delayed since the little princess had a longer than usual nap(we let her be as it's never a good idea to go out with a cranky sleepy baby.he he) so we only reached KLCC around 5pm.

Well, tho KLCC is one of the nearest malls to our place - compared to OU, MidV, The curve and whatnot,but it has been ages since the last time we went there. So imagine our surprise lah bila some of the shops are no longer where they used to be. hihi.

First thing first, we headed straight to Maxis since we need to switch our mobile plans - which ended up with a rather amazing discovery. C***'s name has been used to register an account years back which has been deactivated but it has an eye-popping outstanding fees which hafta be settled by nobody else but C***. T_T

But, fortunately, the registered address didn't match C***'s address etc. So yea, later we hafta drag our sorry asses to the police to log a fraud case - in order to waive the outstanding fees - which if ya ask me, adelah menyusahkan hidup when it's not even our fault to begin with. Kataaa canggih, tetiba boleh pulak boleh allow those sort of manipulations. Haih.

Sooo..the sucky part is, we can't do anything with our account, not until the issues are cleared - which might take them like what? 2-3 freaking months. Awesome possum lah Maxis.

To cure his heartbreak, C*** got himself a new pair of jeans - after much persuasions on my behalf. This other half of mine and his never ending issues of spending his own dough for himself. hi hi. :)

We bought some pretzels and cream puff for tea after a quick pit stop at Isetan's baby room - as the little one wanted her dose of susu. Wanted to buy some new toys for Myra but the Toy r us is no longer where it used to be and we were too lazy to find its whereabout.

We later stopped for yong tau fu in Melawati,our local giant for groceries and reached home sometime after 9pm. After a hot bath, the little one pon tertidu, leaving the parents nursing themselves with fatty foods. Bliss. :)

Today's the end of yet another long weekend(HELLO miserable morning traffic!) - thanks to the public holidays, so yea, the next one gonna be in what? May?

Well, we went back to Malacca, without C*** for the 1st time - and am not planning to do it again. It's like balik kampung without the orang kampung. It felt different, but I lived.

Myra was attacked by the nyamok as usual - not that I wasn't equipped will all sort of nyamok-killing stuff, I even got us the all-natural ubat nyamok (mungkin terlebih natural sampai tak berkesan, I even spotted few nyamok in the gel container, I thought it's suppose to halau the nyamok, not attract them to it.Urghh), I even sprayed the room with fumakila segala before bedtime and whatnot, tatapiii...the nyamok still managed to have countless bites of me and Myra. Talks about nyamok zaman sekarang, maybe sudah mutated to super-nyamok.

So yea, the little precious is looking rather spotty. he he. Among all the traits that she inherited from me, why lah it includes the super-sensitive-t0-nyamok-bites skin (& not the dimple?). A tiny nyamok bite will make the skin swells macam digigit naga, not pretty. She'd be better off with her daddy's amazing nyamok-proof skin. Owh well. Enough complaining.

Besides the nyamok, everything else was rather dandy. The little precious got daily visit from her arrays of fans - her little second cousins. They came over to PIL house as early as 8am to play with her and took like 100010 pictures. he he. Myra loves the attention tho she'd sometime went ek ek after realizing that her mummy's not around. Oih, dah banyak dayang-dayang pon nak mummy jugaakk.

A note to self, must bring her convertible rocker-chair during balik kampung next time as she's been eating rather poorly without her high-chair . Punya la susah nak kasi makan if ya just put her on your lap. Now that she's so mobile, she'll wiggle herself free pehtu sebok nak memanjat segala. Oih..mak stress nak. She was basically living on milk and fruits throughout the weekend as I'd stuff her with banana/dragon fruits whenever possible as more often than not,she refused to stay still for porridge.

Owh, but fret not, she's back to her usual good-eater self when we got back home on Monday. So all is well.

On a lighter note, little brother has been calling me daily, from India. Yesterday he called, told me that he bought me a yellow saree.(Yellowww??? I hope it's not in one of those blinding tones) ha ha. I intentionally skipped from answering his 'kakak-nak-saree-color-apa?' question from him earlier, as I've been wanting to see his taste in choosing those kinda stuff. Ya know, since our dad has an awesome taste when it comes to fabrics and whatnot, so mari lah tengok whether his only son pon sama or not. :P

C*** on the other hand, will be back, bearing tonnes of teh botol, I hope. I'm a sucker for jasmine tea hence the love for teh botol. :)

That's about it, hope that we'll be able to have a trip back to Kedah in a week or two. I'm missing my parents quite miserably - and they've been complaining about not being able to see Myra for more than a month now. Sob.

Have a good short working week (again!).

Tata.

Us,at an organic shop, somewhere.

Me: "Dear look, organic alphabet pasta!"
C***: "Hmpp..colorful."
Me: "Let's buy em for Myra okay, cute lah pasta abc, pastu color macam-macam..yada yada"
C***: "So..lepas makan ni, terus terer abc lah?"
Me: T_T

Guys, they just can't appreciate cute stuff as much we do, yes? :P

Owh, my C*** is back. 2 long weeks without the other half is kinda miserable for me. I miss having someone to talk to after a long day at work - not like I can't talk to someone else,but it's just different. Talking to C*** is like talking without thinking(ya know what I mean?), it goes naturally, without any sort of filtering or whatnot.

After all, our relationship kicked start on those hours spent talking to each other years back.

So am I thankful to finally have my C*** back? Owh yea. :P

On a lighter note, our little precious is 9 month young today! Alhamdulillah. (This calls for a cake, but just for the mummy and daddy of coz.)

She got her 2nd dose of pneumococcal shot last week. She's doing fine, tho her paed was a bit concerned on her slow weight gain. Which got me thinking that I should stop her usual oatmeal menu and supply her with more milk. Yer lah, she's been eating well and whatnot, cuma berat je tak macam dipam-pam and selalunya orang nak lose weight makan oat lah kan? ha ha.

My bad, the mum unintentionally put her 9 month old sweetheart on a diet. So yea, no more oatmeal for her for the time being. She needs all the fatty goodness in the world for now. Say hello to cheese. :P

Owh she loves her baby-version of mashed potato. White potatoes + sweet potatoes + pumpkin + a small dollop of unsalted butter and cheeeese. Serve em warm. Nyummeh.

Talking bout her weight, if ya ask me, I think it's in the genes. Both of her parents adelah sorta scrawny when we were little(I stopped being scrawny during high school and the same goes for C***), but look at us now! Bagaikan johan. T_T

That's about it. Have a great week - tho it just gonna be another short working week for yours truly.

Tata.

The 1st day at work after a long weekend is bleh. Like yea, especially when you ended up coming to a half empty office - so demotivating.

Well, the holiday was sorta well spent - tho I was initially hoping for a trip up North - I got to have like tonnes of Myra&Mummy time with the little one. It's heart-warming that she'd just be quite whilst we're on the bed,cuddling. Ya know, it's amazing when the little one's starting to learn how to be manja and all that. hi hi. Yea, I'm a mum, excuse my I'm-easily-amazed-ness.

January has been a lucky month for us (awesome way to start a year ey?) , we won a month supply of Huggies for Myra(to add up to her piling supply of diapers, tho we half expected the diapers to be our usual Huggies Ultra, but it ended up to be the one in red, the dry comfort thingy, owh well, boleh lah. Benda free.) and I got my hands on free movie tickets. It's nothing much really, but it's amusing to find yourself getting stuff for free - over nothing. An indicator of a prosperous year perhaps? Alhamdulillah. :)

I'd like to think that I've grown up to be someone self-sufficient but I'm missing my other half,terribly. Well, C***, I hope you're not reading this. :P

Myra loves kiwi. hi hi. (Why do I have to write stuff bout Myra in each post? Errr..) Introduced her to gold kiwi(the normal one tend to be a wee bit masam, I don't wanna risk her sakit perot) last weekend and she loves em.

MIL complimented her good palate - which obviously inherited from her parents yang suka makan, plus I think it's due to the fact that she's a bf baby, a bf baby adelah sangat bagus when it comes to variety of food since she's been familiarized with em thru the milk . I mean, at 8 months, she'd eat almost everything that I prepared for her. Today she's having quinoa + broccoli + tofu + carrot + pumpkin.

Owh, I finally introduced her to ikan bilis. To tell ya the truth, I don't really favour the idea of ikan bilis for babies as it's on the salty side. So yea, the ocd mummy, went ahead and soaked the little fishes overnight before frying em up in a wee bit of olive oil before grinding them.

Talking bout the fishes, it reminded me of our conversation

Me: " Orang letak ikan bilis dlm porridge baby, tapi sikit jer."
C*** : "Apesal sikit?"
Me: " 1st time lah kasi, takot dia allergic, nanti susah pulak."
C*** : "Ade ke orang allergic ikan bilis? Tak penah dengar pulak."
Me: T_T

I'm too paranoid for my own good, but only on certain stuff, else I'm pretty much adventurous lah. Seriously. :P

I'm looking forward to get myself some nice stuff this year(a new ride included, tho we hafta down-sized a little, owh well? I don't mind as long as we'll be able to reach our goal), ya know, for the past 8 months, I'd usually spent my paycheque for the little one, now that I think we've got everything covered, let's start to spend on things for ourselves lah pulak, tho I doubt that I'll stop buying stuff for the little one. People in the baby stuff industry are evil I tell ya, they tempt ya with cute stuff like all the time. Urgh.

That's about it. Have a great (short) working week people.

Myra gonna turn 9 months in 10 days - then the mummy baru terhegeh-hegeh nak update on her 8 month milestones.

Here it goes,

o1. Separation anxiety, yes she got it. It hard for her to see me off to work without breaking into tears. Don't cry for me Argentina, err..Myra.

o2. She had her 1st jatuh-katil moment, ya, it's a milestone. I think my heart skipped a beat that night - tho she escaped with nothing but a tiny bruise on her upper lip (yer, dia tergolek terkena her toiletries basket that I happened to put on the floor next to our bed) and I swear to myself to never let her sleep on our bed alone anymore. Now once she's asleep, she gonna be transferred to her baby cot.

o3. She's good in eating. I've introduced her to yogurt,quinoa, tofu and some other stuff and she's fine with em. Her current favourite is homemade mango yogurt with oatmeal for dinner. She also loves her salmon - tapi lepas tu bila kiss kiss, bau ikan. :P

o4. She's like sooo manja now, every morning, she'd wake up and crawl over to me (she usually wakes up in our bed as I'll bring her in bed with us when she wakes up for her morning feed, which usually around 5-6am) and sondol-sondol until her head rested on my chest, tummy or celah ketiak.ha ha. The famous saying of 'suka duduk celah ketiak mak' is somewhat true. :)

o5. She (finally) calls me mama! Yey! Yea, it's for real now. Previously I thought that the 'mama' thingy is just one of her various blabbers. But these days, she'll scream(yea, she screams) mama when she sees me back from work or when I suddenly disappear from her sight or when I walk right in front of her and refuse to pick her up. Sungguh dia pantang if balik kerja tak dukung dia, lagi lah dia scream for her mama dengan penuh drama. Eh, it rhymes! :P

o6. She could stand whilst holding to something with one hand, and yesterday I caught her trying to stand by herself, tapi of coz lah tidak berjaya .hihi

o7. It's hard for her to stay still, so much so it takes tonnes of perseverance to put on her clothes and diapers - the same goes when changing her soiled diapers. Baru jer nak basuh her bum, dah laju dia bangun nak crawl.Aaaa..the horror.

o8. Still no gigi. Gigi dimana kau gigi, tho her toothless grin seems to be harmless, but if kena geget still adelah sakit. Yea, don't underestimate the gum okie.

o9. She's still a bf baby. She takes 3ozx5 bottles of ebm whilst I'm away at work - besides her solid food. :) Yea,I'm thankful for the rezeki. Let's see if we'll be able to hit the 1 year mark in April. hi hi.

1o. She likes to copy stuff that you do. Last night,I was in bed, watching tv whilst scratching an itch on my arm, suddenly she crawled over to me and rubbed my arm on the same spot.hihi. Baik hati sungguh nak tolong garukan mummy.

Well, I'm eternally grateful for our healthy and happy baby.



Mummy & daddy love ya baby, like a lot.♥♥♥♥♥

I know. I know. We're already in the 2nd week of the new year but I still shy away from the usual new year resolution post.

Owh well, I've decided not to write one this year due to its- not- suitable- for- public nature. Okay fine, I'm just plain malas, but personally I do want to be better. A better servant, a better wife, a better mother, a better daughter, a better sister,a better friend and a better employee.

2011 has been a great year for me, Alhamdulillah. Got promoted at home(I'm now a wife and a mum.Yey!), at work( a senior geek now yo!). Went through a humbling experience aka beranak-yang-macam-serik-but-I'll-do-it-again-anyway and we've been blessed with Myra and life's never the same again - err.. in a good way of course and it's true that having a baby brings the marriage to whole new level.

Like, you'll be more sehati and sejiwa (like stealing glance at each other over something that only both of ya can understand) and you'll argue less on where and what to have for dinner when you're eating out sebab takot budak kecik mengamok kalau lambat-lambat sangat. Okay, that's too shallow of an example, but ya know what I mean? :P

Well, truthfully, I have nothing specific to rant about, so let's be random for a bit.

Myra turned 8 months 10 days ago. Alhamdulillah. She's one healthy and happy baby and I couldn't ask for more. (Yes, her 8th month milestones coming up, err..later.)



My 1st day of the year was celebrated (or should I say, spent?) with darling C*** and Myra, with a home-cooked pasta lunch with fresh white mushrooms, baby asparagus and our favourite mussels in creamy garlic sauce (I could finish up kilos of em if ya let me) and dessert at the Alexis, the fattylicious chocolate mixed berries meringue. What a 'healthy' way to start a year.

After much procrastination on our side, we've decided to get our hands on some gadgets. I mean, dah penat-penat keja, dah dapat paycheque, mari lah beli benda-benda yang lagha sket, yes?

I have like tonnes of stuff to do at work. So much so that I keep on thinking bout em whilst on my way back from work and tetiba I'm already at home. Yea, there are like so much stuff on my mind that I'm driving on autopilot. Scary.

I'm desperately in need of new working attires, like yea, it has been years of I-dress-casually-to-work that I rarely bothers to update my array of baju skema for work, tapi sekarang tidak lagi.

Moving to the new office is a blessing as I get to reach home before 7pm tho obviously it comes with a price, the toll fees, the ridiculous parking fees and the boring food. Owh well? At least I'll get to spend more time at home rather than on the road.

Myra tends to get rashes on her cheek and chin sometimes and it sadden me to see her spotty face - so much so that I bought her a bottle of baby facial cream(which actually cost more than my own). Haih, kids these days, kecik-kecik dah ada facial cream segala. If it were me 27 years ago, maybe pakai cornstarch je kot?

Tho having a mini-us is awesome in so many levels and in so many ways, but I just can't sleep in anymore these days, not even during the weekend since Myra's such a morning person. Sleep deprived much?

C*** is such a darling. Yes he is. His ganas look is somewhat misleading. :x

I don't know bout you, but I'm a big fan of seasonal fruits, namely cherry and pulasan.

I'm hoping that we'll be able to find our own place this year. Ya know, the one with the right location and the right price tag. Ya Allah, permudahkan lah.

We're into homemade mango lassi these days - it's way better than those in bottles. Mango + natural yogurt + fresh milk/fresh cream + honey/sugar. C*** could finish up a tub of em in a jiffy. Myra loves it too - tho her version of mango lassi only consist of mango + natural yogurt.

This year, I'm planning to travel for a bit. Probably after Myra turned one - since I'm like the most travel-deprived person ever. Oih.

The boss previously asked whether I'm willing to travel abroad for work - which obviously gained a big fat NO answer from me. Well, the baby's too small to be without her mum. Kalau sehari dua takpe(takpe ke? he he), but it's more like months since it's a project-based stuff. How ironic.

That's about it. Have a fabulous year people. :)

I've been stalling from writing bout one particular matter since forever. No, Myra's not going to get any sibling anytime soon or the sort. he he. Let's wait for another year (or probably two) for that.

I digress.

Okay, I've been stalling from writing bout something since writing it makes me feel like I'm finally admitting to the fact that it's finally gone, for good. Lost, never to be found again.

It feels like I'm giving up on hope - to ever find it again.

Well, this is beyond crappy, I've lost my ring, my freaking wedding ring. It went missing sometime months ago, whilst we were in Malacca for our weekend balik kampung.

I am sure that I didn't misplaced it as I rarely take it off sesuka hati, so I reckon that it just slipped off my finger - yea, it's a loose fitting(especially after we're blessed with Myra, BF helps me to lose weight, apparently on the fingers T_T ) - which is my bad as I didn't get the chance to get it re-sized.

So yea, I've come to term with the fact that it's gone now, that our jodoh ended and it's no longer my rezeki.

C***'s sorta cool about it - dah hilang nak buat macam mane? -tho he'd mock me bout losing it sometimes.

He didn't offer for a replacement, but paid for one anyway when were at the jewelery shop last week - as I wanted to look for a simple ring as a token of remembrance of the missing one(sob sob) - which didn't come cheap tapi tu lah

tho we could absolutely afford a much better one this time (sebab not in a cheapskate mood compared to how we were last time sebab takot terover budget nak kawen),

tho C*** cheekily put the new ring on my finger right after he paid for it together with the tacky "Will you marry me?" line right in front of the crowd - imagine a guy with a baby(Myra was in the babyBjorn), asking ya to marry him ALOUD. Yeah, sure darling. :x

Yea, I know. All the ring in this world could never replace the missing one - tho we did see one of rather similar pattern. Sama tapi tak serupa, yes?

I might not sound that upset now, I was and still am but my sane mind decided not to go meroyan about it. After all, I still own the person that gave me the ring.

All is well, all is well.

I've been having so much on my plate these days - both at work(new project, meetings, codings) and at home(masak,sterilize Myra's stuff, Myra, house chores, darling C*** to be taken care of). So much so that I couldn't find much time to update but since I owed myself another Myra's milestones post, I still hafta get it done, yes?

Slacking in updating the little precious's milestones would be such a shame ya know, this is like the progress of my 1st newborn (nothing beats the 1st time I tell ya), haruslah di-engravekan into the cyber world for like forever. he he.

So yea, at 7 months and 14 days she could basically

o1. Roams the entire living hall as she pleases. She's our little crawling expert. Now ya see her in front of the tv and few secs later, ya don't - sebab dia dah ade di bawah dining table.

o2. She's so talk-active, or should I say, babble-active? She knows how to say mamam and mama now. Tho I'm not sure whether she could really relate the word mama to yours truly yet - but my heart still melts each time she does anyway.

o3. She still has a bald patch at the back of her head from the shaving during her kenduri akikah. I mean, her hair is definitely getting longer everyday but those on the tiny baldy patch. Owh takpe lah.Hair grows - tho in her case, rather slowly.

o4. She's doing fine with solid food. Oatmeal and banana is still her favourite as she could finish up 4oz of em in few minutes. I've introduced her to fish(salmon+ brown rice + zucchini + carrot)and chicken(brown rice + pumpkin + chicken) within the past 2 weeks and there's no allergy reaction whatsoever to fish, yea fish, ayam ade sedikit allergic but nothing major. Alhamdulillah. Now it gets more interesting to experiment on solids. So much so that she gets to enjoy freshly cooked meal everyday. :D

o5. She's currently taking 3oz x 5 bottles of EBM from 9am-7pm besides her solid lunch, early dinner and a rare 8pm snacks (which is usually fruit related or rice crackers - which she loves to throw around for us to pick up).

o6. Now that she's an expert in crawling, she's currently learning to stand up. Most of the time she'd find something to hold on to and pushes herself up on her tiny wobbly feet. hihi. Which is cute, sampaikan mummy dia yang dok baring-baring pon abis la menjadi tempat berpegang.

o7. She loves to bounce. She'd be bouncing away (if ya ever so rajin to hold on to her and help her to stand up) as if she's on an imaginary trampoline. Bounce bounce bounce.

o8. She knows how to express herself rather clearly. Sad pouty face whilst sending me off to work and smiley face whilst bouncing happily (together with her endless babbles) when I'm home from work. :)

o9. It has been probably more than 2 month since she's been introduced to sippy cup and she seems to be doing fine with it - provided it's the Tomme Tippe Explora sippy cup as the others spill proof cups require too much efforts and she loves the soft silicone spout which doesn't requires any sucking, she could just bite em to control the liquid flow. Ya, she still hates sucking (everything but the 'real one' yo). :P

10. She's currently wearing 9-12 months clothes. Ya, she's not much of a chubby baby, but she's a tall one. Her 6-9months clothes are ill-fitting. Seluar senteng, baju dah nampak pusat. The more reasons for mummy to shop. :D

I know it's sorta corny on how a baby would turn ya life upside down and whatnot. It has been 7 months of a roller coaster ride, but I'm loving it.

Owh baby, what I've been doing without you.

Stop growing up too fast and please stay good for mummy.

I took a half day off on Friday after receiving a call from C***. His grand aunt passed away so we went back to Malacca for a visit.

Thanks to the 'amazing' Friday traffic. We only managed to reach there after the families were done with the burial.

I hafta admit that I never get the chance to really know the grand aunt tho she lived probably few house away from the PIL's.

The next day was spent at a kenduri, the same goes on Sunday except for a quick jalan-jalan to the night market for our favourite Pacik Bongkok's meaty murtabak.

It's surely ain't healthy, but if we were to get fat, let's make it due something awesome, yes?

Sometime this week, I'm going to drag C*** out for Subway(it's our once in 2 weeks treat, too much of Subway pon bukannya sihat - especially if ya the kind who goes for nothing but Subway melt. he he) and glasses.

Yes, I'm rabun (there I said it again), but has been way too proud for glasses but I guess that age is catching up with me and I sorta need em especially for night driving.

Talking bout food,I need to stock up on Myra's organic stuff too as I'm all out of frozen purees for the little one. Now she's living on oatmeal + banana and brown rice + pumpkin + raisins - on top of her usual doses of EBM. he he. Sungguh kesian.

I'm planning to introduce her to chicken soup or salmon later this weekend. Can't wait. One of the pleasures in life is seeing your little one enjoying your home cooked meals - tho it's just oatmeal banana and raisins. :)

Yea, I'm such a macik. I know.

Owh, let's ramble bout our east coast trip for a bit.

For a start, it was like the longest drive ever (it gonna takes me another few years to recover from the shock of it.he he. Mak insaf nak.) - so much so I ended up with a sore back throughout our stay in T'ganu. Well, it was probably due to the fact that Myra was a wee bit restless in her baby seat and decided that being cuddled by mummy adelah lebih asyikkkk.

So yea, a bumpy long trip whilst holding a 7kg baby is a recipe for an awesome sore back.

Okay lah, to be fair, I have nothing against the long drive, tetapi the roads are sucky. Like seriously, now that they don't have any highway in the area, at least sila lah fix the roads.

The bumpy roads aside, our trip was a fun one. We got to attend a dear cousin wedding (Selamat pengantin baru!) and we ate a lot (what's new with that?).

I think that I ate like a week ration of rice in the span of 3 days. Like yea, people in T'ganu take rice even for breakfast, nasi berlauk, nasi kerabu, nasi dagang, nasi lemak. Ya name it, they got it.

Tho I usually take my rice only for lunch and dinner, but throughout the stay, merasa lah makan nasi during every meal - together with an assortment of super sweet kuih - which includes the curry puff. he he.

It's good to be able to make it to the wedding, to spend time with the family. Even my grandma and parents were there - which goes without saying lah the little one menjadi pujaan ramai. There were so many people around to entertain her. :)

Minus the sore back, it's a weekend well spent - but we're so going to take the plane if we were to go there again. :P