Working in a big company comes with its good as well as bad side. Like how ya hafta wait for 5 freaking days to get a small issue fixed - since ya hafta go thru the helpdesk support, desktop support, yada yada. If only they gave me the full access to my own goddam laptop (yea,being granted with Super User access is somewhat sickening) I'd solve em myself, then I don't have to whine for days like a pathetic helpless damsel in distress over a small problem. T_T

Myra had her 1st visit to the KL bird park over the weekend - actually it was ours too. She was rather sleepy so she sorta enjoyed the whole bird-watching thing half-heartedly. She seemed to be keen of  the small white bangau-look-alike kinda bird(which were all over the place, running and stalking around like nobody's business) whilst ignoring the others(the colorful peacocks included). The parents in the other hand, enjoyed the visit, like very much. ha ha. We got there around 5PM after our late lunch and managed to walk all over the different zones of the park. I'd say that it's a time well spent(I think I managed to burn off all the calories from my yummy lamb chop lunch) tho I think that the park need a wee bit more of good maintenance job.

I mean, some parts of the park looks rather neglected and the flamingo pond, airnya adelah sungguh green and smelly - so much so we had to walk past em quickly. Owh, it's a good idea to bring a good reliable stroller, else we might break our back if we were to carry the little one as the path sekejap turun bukit,sekejap naik.Semput mak nak, but in our case, daddy yang semput nak tolak stroller naik bukit.Owh well, that's what a hunky husband is for.

Myra's baju kurung for EID is ready! Mine on the other hand gonna be done in the 1st week of August. Hopefully everything that I requested for gonna come out right, else? We'll see how lah.

Our eat-right-and-lose-weight program is doing fine so far. No more heavy dinner for us. So these days, we're sticking to the pasta-sandwich dinner. So yea, tho it could be quite tiring as sometimes I have to cook different meals for others, tapi haruslah jugak as we can't expect others to join our pasta-eating cult. he he.

I'm sorta broke, but I think I'll fare better next month. Thanks to C***'s infectious habit, I'm finding myself paying for multiple advance payments too. Advance payments for the car, the house maintenance fees, the loans etc. Oih, now how to go and buy some crappy stuff from the IKEA sale? Me got not money. Darling, pinjam sikit. :P

These days, I've been showering C*** with what-I-want-when-we-have-the-2nd-baby list (no, we're not expecting, yet, I don't think that we're ready. Fine, I'm not. ). Ya know, it's awesome to finally be able to tell the different between the wants and the needs when shopping for a baby. Like yea, now I know that I definitely need an upright deep freezer(supaya my breastfeeding dilemma tidak berulang lagi), a light stroller (a purple McLaren would do) and another car seat. Yea, that's all in my big-stuff-mesti-beli list, besides the other necessities that is. :P

I'm going to drag C*** to hunt for certain food that I've been craving for before Ramadan starts and I only have the coming weekend! Sungguh la tak sempat.

That's about it. Tata.

 In the span of 2 years of marriage, I think that I'm at my heaviest weight right now(minus my pregnancy weight lah yer, if I'm still as heavy,itu adelah menakotkan), yeah too much TLC and good food gonna do that to ya, same goes to C***.

So we made a pact to lose certain amount of our current weight in 2 months. Yea, we'll weight ourselves again in Sept to measure our success, if we flunk, we'll celebrate it with a big meal. ha ha. Bagus la sangat. :P

Me : "The best way to lose weight is to have breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper"
C*** : "Yea, I'd like to have breakfast like a king too, except that the queen was still asleep so she didn't make me breakfast"
Me : T_T

Fine darling fine, pasni saya bangun kul5 pagi la (for sahur that is) :P

I'm late in updating Myra's milestones, again.

Well, they say it's better late than never, yes?

At 13mth

o1. Still a toddler with 6 gigi. No new gigi peaking out so far. Already introduced her to a proper toothbrush and she's been handling em like a pro(by baby's standard lah).

o2. She can actually walk quite a distant these days, as she could already walk from the living hall to the kitchen in a jiffy - tho she sometimes resorted to crawling when she's in her hurry mode.

o3. She's still our little drama queen, more often now than ever - as she won't let me out of her sight once I'm home from work and the same goes during the weekend. Weekend is absolutely her favourite time to stick to me like a baby koala. When mummy's around, others just won't do, tak laku okeh? Daddy je laku sikit-sikit.

o4. It's sad to admit that during her 13th month, she has been introduced to FM as my EBM stock is currently non-existent. My production plummet right after our Kuching trip and yet to recover ever since, now I'm giving her as much as I could whilst resorting to FM to cover up for the lack of it - especially when I'm at work. I'm terribly frustrated bout this but I think it won't make me any less of a mother for her kan? So let's not be too stressed out lah.

o5. She could understand and follow simple instructions these days. If ya give her some finger food - pieces of apple/pear and the sort and ask her to sit, she'll go to the living hall and climb into her portable rocker seat to munch on the treats. You could also ask her to fetch you certain stuff - especially the tv remote controller. he he. Cakap jer "Myra, mummy nakkk.." whilst pointing to the object. More often than not, she'll bring it over - unless she's busy doing something else. he he.

o6. I wrote bout how you could count on her to massage ya hand and whatnot last month, these days, she'd still do the massaging for you, say, suruh urut kaki - but only for a while lah, pastu she'll grab your hand and place it on your leg as if a way of saying "mummy urut lah kaki sendiri" T_T bertuah punya anak.

o7. She gets more excited bout walking after we got her 1st Nike sandal, I think it's probably because it's the most comfortable and practical footwear among the previous ones I've bought for her - others are more of the dressy type yang maybe tak comfortable. Kalau nampak je that we're going out, she'll grab the sandals, and she'll voluntarily gives her kaki to us so we could put on the sandals. She loves to jalan-jalan. Perangai macam mummy - bak kata daddy :P 

o8. She's now known as our little curly. Uih, sungguh lah curly rambutnya. I should have take a photo of her with her paksu when we were back in Kedah last weekend, then people gonna stop asking me bout the hair-inheritance. Yea, she didn't get her hair from her parents, she got it from her paksu. he he.

That's about it lah. The end.

Getting back to work after a long weekend is utter kemalasan. If I could afford another day of cuti then I would just stay at home and do nothing.

Well, our trip back home up North was a quick one, we reached my parents place at 2am on Saturday and headed back down south by Sunday noon - so much so that we didn't really get to do much but stayed at my parents place, filled our guts to the brim(yummy durian & mum's udang masak serai!), got myself a haircut and that's about it.

By Sunday, we reached Ipoh (for our super-quick anniversary weekend getaway) sometimes after 6pm. Yea, we had 2D1N stay at the Lost World of Tambun. We checked ourselves in at the hotel before 7pm, got a decent room facing the hill and the water park on the 1st floor. I have no complaint bout the room since it's clean and decent tho it's nothing grand and the tv channels were blehhh (but we're not there to watch tv, so yea, no biggie). We even got a proper babycot for Myra without any surcharge when we requested for it.

Right after Maghrib we walked to the Hot Spring & Spa for a good dip(RM15/entry). This, I hafta admit, is the selling point of this place for me, yea, the night hot spring, not the water theme park. There are several pools with various depth and water temperature and since we were there on Sunday night, the crowd was sorta on the low side which was awesome, jadi tidak lah crowded sangat macam tempat badak berendam.

Since we went there with a baby, we decided to stick to one of the large pool with steps alongside of it where the temperature was just right (probably around 45 degCel), so we just sat there for a good dip together with the little one.

All in all, we loved it, Myra did too - tho she's a wee bit afraid at 1st. Like yea, tempat apekah ini, open-air hot bath malam-malam, with flashy lights, music and whatnot. 

Owh yea, the only thing I detest about the hot spring is the loud music. Well, I thought that it's a place for you to unwind and relax  - not to have a wild party or something coz the choices of songs are absolutely those which your parents usually do not approve.

So yea,we spent approximately one hour at the hot spring, and before heading back to our room, we had a quick jalan-jalan to test out the other pools. We had a good walk in the foot-spa pool and C*** even had a dip at one of the hottest pool and he came out almost half-cooked. :P Okay, maybe not.

All of us had a good sleep that night,thanks to the hot bath.(I'd love to drag C*** to go there again later, we probably could go for the spa next time).

The next day (which was yesterday), came one of the biggest surprise of my life,ever. I mean, I've stayed at various hotels(from the awesome Four Seasons to the ordinary Hotel Seri Malaysia ) in the span of my 27-years life and I hafta say that one of the thing that I look forward to is the breakfast buffet(I like to dine like a king during breakfast) as good hotel usually comes with an equally good breakfast spread.

So yea, honestly, I didn't expect much since the Sunway Lost World of Tambun hotel is not a great hotel to begin with (it was a practical hotel, nothing-grand type) but I did not expect the breakfast to be super ridiculous. Like yea, no breakfast buffet which was sorta fine at 1st(tho shocking) - tapi once you're served with the chosen food. It's super kesedihan. I mean, the hotel basically gave you breakfast coupon that you hafta redeem at the in-house kopitiam(Pappa Rich), there were probably 6 choices to choose from from the breakfast menu, the typical kopitiam food, nasi lemak, toast and the sort. The food absolutely looked better in the menu compared to the reality.

C*** requested for the nasi lemak whilst I opted for the porridge. The nasi lemak turned out to be the plain nasi lemak (cucumber, anchovies, hard-boiled egg & sambal), which gonna cost you more than RM7 if ya decide to buy it ala-carte and the porridge was terrible - so called chicken porridge with half boiled egg dumped in the middle of the bowl.

Those meal comes with unlimited supply of tea, coffee and juice. Juice ey? Like what juice lah? I reckon it's a watered-down cordial drink. It was terrible that C*** couldn't even tell what sort of juice it is. We even overheard a kid asking his mom "Maa..macam ni juice ke??". If I'm the manager in charge,I'll be so embarrassed that  I'll go and dunk my head in a sink upon hearing such comment from a kid.

Yea, I'm not exaggerating. That's how bad the breakfast is, you'll be happier with teh tarik mamak and nasi lemak ayam berempah from macik tepi jalan. I kid you not.

So yea, since we decided to have a go at the water park, we just headed back to our room after the crappy breakfast, so that Myra could have a quick nap and whatnot. The water park opened at 11am during weekdays(RM45/entry,kids with height under 90cm FOC!), so we got there few minutes after the opening and spent approximately an hour there wading in the kids pool before walking back to our room.

After a quick rinse, nap (for Myra), we checked ourselves out of the hotel( bye bye hotel!We won't stay here again), we headed straight to the city for a dose of Nasi Ganja(my dad's favourite!). Truthfully, I had no idea where it is tho I've been there countless of time with moi dad, but thank God for GPS and C***'s great sense of direction, we got there within 10 minutes. he he.

We drove ourselves back to KL right after the hearty lunch, stopping by at C***'s workplace for a bit and went to pick up MIL at C***'s uncle's place before reaching our place at 7pm.

Yea, how I like my weekend getaway? Very much, except for the crappy hotel breakfast that is. he he.

Owh yea, we turned 2 yesterday. Alhamdulillah. I am truly is grateful for the blessed life together (& rather obviously, our super wonderful baby).

All I want in a marriage is to have tonnes of kids. Okay, kidding. :P

All I need in a marriage is someone(which is C***, obviously), that 20,30,40,50,60,70 years down the road, will keep on striving to find ways to keep me deliriously happy (and I'm not someone hard to please) and likewise. Am I a good catch or what? :P

So yea, happy two year of making-me-happy darling! Nak hadiah plis and yeah, jalan-jalan lagi plis. Make it somewhere further this time. Okay?

Off track sekejap, yesterday whilst we were on the car listening to the radio, came the news bout Johnny Depp splitting with his partner, the reason being "he was bored senseless with her and being with her was making him miserable". Like yea, bored eh? After 14 years of relationship(not marriage) and two kids.

Who would have thought that ditching someone out of your life could be that easy? Haih la, whatever makes ya happy.

I think that I'm sorta stuck in one of my so-called-hiatus modes, all thanks to the fact that I've been very much occupied both at home and work.

 I have like tonnes of stuff to write but somehow most of em managed to escape my mind.

Anyway, last Saturday we went to SOGO after a quick trip to the seamstress. Everything was on sale, like usual. I couldn't find anything interesting for myself but couldn't resist from grabbing cute colorful little tops and jeans for the little one. She even got her 1st Nike sandals that day. It's cute, practical and in pink! Myra was too excited about it that she wore it right away and started walking like nobody's business. After a quick lunch at Nandos(the roasted chicken was like super scrawny, previously the serving was sorta decent, sekarang adelah pathetic), terus lah balik as the crowd was starting to get a wee bit unbearable and the little one needed her nap.

Later that night, we went out to hunt for Myra's swimming suit and we eventually found a cute, decent one which got the approval nods from the daddy. he he. There would be like tonnes of water-related stuff during our anniversary weekend getaway, so yea, we hafta equip the little one with proper attires and whatnot too. Now I just need to get her a baby float and a swimming diaper, we wouldn't want her to accidentally pollute the water with her 'waste' now, wouldn't we? :P

So yea, on Sunday, we went to KLCC after attending C***'s friend's wedding (I think the wedding's lovely, especially the dais) as C*** wanted to send his ride to Cars for the ritual cleaning n waxing whilst yours truly on the other hand, in need of some retail therapy and good food. So yea, we had fun walking around (whilst stuffing ourselves with bubble tea, gelatos and whatnot), yes, all of us did a lot of walking that day, the little one included. She seems to be more excited of walking since we got her the new sandal, probably because it's owh-so-soft and lightweight.

We even dropped by at the Petronas Gallery for the current exhibition which I managed to enjoy for a bit since the walking-frenzy little one was busy exploring the exhibition halls with the daddy.

We later made a quick stop at the Toy r Us in search of something educational-but-fun toy for Myra(I think she has just too much baju and not enough toys, I used to have a room full of toys when I were little ), and came out of the store with the shape sorter toy, ya know the one that come with cubes and multiple shapes that you hafta match to their corresponding holes. I bet most of us used to have one when we were little, I know I do. :)

Yea, we're yet to give her any kitchen set, dolls and whatnot. The parents adelah suka the educational stuff, or the way that C*** put it, "a toy to enhance her intellectual and motor skills", yea, tu bapak engineer yang cakap, mummy programmer pulak, ajaq anak tengok educational and entertaining video kat tablet kira ok lah.(Yea, she truly knows how to pick her videos these days and when she's finally bored of em, she'll stand on the tablet instead.Bertuah punya budak) :P

That's about it lah, I've been wanting to write a review bout her birthday gift,

tapi adelah malas, plus she's yet to fully experience the educational bits of it - as she seems to be more interested in chewing the alphabet blocks whilst turning the train upside down so she could play with the wheels. T_T

So yea, I can't wait for our trip up North tomorrow (balik kampung!) and our quick anniversary getaway on Sunday.

Tata!

We're back from our long weekend Kuching trip.

It was sorta fun tho we didn't really get to do much of the usual touristy sight-seeing stuff since we got a wedding to attend.

 So yea, I'm still terribly tired from the lack of comfortable sleep and whatnot, but let's not succumb to the ultimate malas-ness, yes? Let's do some recap before everything manage to escape my mind. (This gonna be one lengthy post, I've warn ya!)

On Friday, I woke up at 5am to do the last minute packing - Myra's food, milk etc. Yea, we brought along a small cooler box to store Myra's 3 days worth of food which I made the night before - I'm glad that it's just a domestic flight, so there was no issue whatsoever to bring the cooler box into the cabin as hand luggage.

By 7.40am, we drove ourselves to KLIA to catch our 10am flight - the others were already on their way as they took an earlier flight - their Air Asia flight pukul 7am, oh mak tak sanggup. he he. I'm never keen of early flight before, now that we're with a baby, lagi lah tak rela. Cheap tickets or not. This is one of the time not to be a cheapskate. When ya traveling with a baby, this kinda stuff matters. A happy baby makes a happy trip.

Reached the airport, parked our car (this is another reason to fly with MAS, KLIA's indoor parking adelah lebih reliable compared to LCCT's open-air car park, C*** mana lah nak biaq keta dia sun-bathing lama-lama), checked-in, dropped off our luggage and had a quick breakfast at the KFC, we had the KFC breakfast thingy whilst Myra had her homemade chicken porridge - the breakfast was sorta necessary for the mummy tho our inflight breakfasts were served within the 1st 20 minutes after takeoff.Why, you ask? We'll get to that later.

So yea, talks about flight. I was sorta worried that Myra gonna be all restless and whatnot during the +- 90 minutes flight, but the little one's awesome. She's off to la la land for the 1st 60 minutes - whilst the Mummy hafta learn how to eat with one hand whilst cradling a sleeping toddler in the other which she managed to do,tho quite miserably (and thanks to the fact that she's full from the KFC breakfast, she wasn't as cranky as expected from not being able to eat properly). Myra also remained calm during the rest of the flight - thanks to the tablet as she got to entertain herself with Elmo's and Upin n Ipin videos :P. I'm one happy mummy.

Daddy on the other hand was rather estranged from my worry-dom since he was seated miles away from us - due to some seating arrangement issues, which is a different story altogether.

On a lighter note, I sorta hate my seat-neighbor. Ya see, I was seated in the front row and mine happened to be sandwiched between an Ah Soh and 30-something lady which got the window-seat. If it's not handful enough to have a toddler sitting on your lap, try having a seat-neighbor who couldn't seem to stop gawking at you after you asked her whether she minds to switch seats since I need to bf the little one and I need some, ehem, privacy. I mean, she had this annoying look plastered on her face and she just stared at me as if I just asked her whether I could go out on a date with her husband or something. Sungguh bleh. I felt like slapping her silly.

It's just fortunate that Myra fell asleep right after the flight took off and remained calm afterward since she's still full from her breakfast, so there was no urgency to bf. Else, I dunno how lah.

Moving on, we reached Kuching a quarter before 12pm and were picked up by the groom himself. We had a quick refreshment, bathed Myra (ya, budak kecik belum mandi, we just changed her diaper and clothes) and headed to the bride's place for the solemnization. Everything went well tho the groom was a wee bit nervous and we had our 1st taste of Kuching's kenduri food. It's nothing like ours in the Peninsula but not something that you cannot digest either. Myra as usual had her chicken porridge and slices of honeydew for dessert.

We later spent the rest of the day doing nothing but sleep. ha ha. :P

The next day, we were already at the hotel for the wedding reception by 10am. Ya, awal okeh. By noon, the ballroom was relatively empty - except for a bunch of relatives having a go at singing.
We later headed home whilst the others went for their Terubuk masin and kek Sarawak hunt. I don't fancy the fish nor the cakes(as they reminded me of something poisonous due to their striking colors, no offense), so we stayed in and let Myra enjoy her afternoon nap. Right after Maghrib, a family friend came over and took us out for seafood dinner. Like yea, we had the usual fish, crab soup, buttered shrimp, sotong goreng tepung and all.

After the fattening dinner, went for a round of night sight seeing and we're back to our lodging before midnight.

The next day, which was our final day in Kuching, at 6.20am, we're already on an hour drive to Serikin for its famous side-road market. Personally, I'd say that it's not a place that I'll revisit. I mean, there are like tonnes of stuff being sold there but adelah kurang interesting (and it got so freaking hot by 8am!). So much so that C*** ended up with nothing and I only got myself two simple cotton dresses - since we're more occupied with the thought of finding a place to hide from the scorching hot sun instead of shopping.

Well,can't say the same bout the others tho. he he. The makciks surely loves their ikan kering, udang kering, kain batik,kain pasang, rolls of cinnamon sticks(kalau cinnamon rolls, I like!) and whatnot. So yea, it's probably not a place for us.

Our next stop was the waterfront. The others bought more cakes, colorful woven bags, etc whilst we on the other hand, settled for nothing but three pieces of fridge magnets. Like yea, how pathetic is that? I bought em for the sake of getting my hands on something. I just couldn't bear the thought of going home with nothing. Crazy, I know. T_T

After we're back at our lodging, C*** later went to the airport to check us in so that we don't have to face another episode of miserable seating arrangement. So yea, we managed to sit together during our flight back to KL, which was lovely - as we got to camwhore a little. Ya know, it's practically our 1st flight together as a family, so pictures are absolutely necessary. :)

Our plane took off at 8.30am approximately 20 minutes late from the scheduled time - yea, MAS pon pandai delay sekarang. Our flight back was great as Myra slept all the way through, leaving the parents to enjoy their dinner - I even got to finish mine this time as I got C*** to help me with the food. ha ha. I was tired from the lack of sleep, so food was rather necessary to keep me going and happy.

We reached KLIA sometime after 10pm, waited for our luggage, walked to our ride and headed straight to LCCT to pick up the in-laws. We got home sometime around midnite. Sungguh penat - hence the half day off that we took the next morning.

So yea, that's about it, our Kuching weekend getaway. I'm glad that Myra's easy to handle during the trip, regardless the hot weather. Yea, just when I thought Malacca is panas, Kuching is like super panas. If there's a next time, I'd make sure that we'll stay at a proper lodging - supaya there's no chance of waking up in the middle of the night all hot and sweaty. Urgh, that's probably the minus point of the trip, else everything about the trip was pretty dandy.

Our next quick getaway is coming within 2 weeks. I can't wait! :)

It's Monday and I'm obviously drowning in the endless ocean of Monday blues, so let's be random for a bit.

Managed to get myself a spa-time to loosen up the tensed muscles for a bit on Saturday, like finally! Had a nice sauna, aromatherapy massage (tho the masseuse was sometimes too caught up in her kneading-happy mode, that she forgot that I'm a human, not a dough), a good sea-salt scrubbing (gotta love this one), a facial treatment(which lasted like forever) and hand-wax  treatment.

 I came out from the spa almost 4 hours later, feeling lightheaded and happy. Haih, what's not to love bout having someone to squeeze the stress out of you and scrub you clean as if you're the laziest person on earth ey? Can't wait for another trip next month. Well, after all the countless spa trips, I've learned that to enjoy those massaging, scrubbing and whatnot, malu sila lah tolak tepi.  :P

I'm currently drafting a meal plan for the little one  - as I think that I need to bring along some prepared-ready-to-eat food during our Kuching trip. Am planning to bring some frozen food which I'll stuff into a cooler-box which will also be used to carry the EBM later.

I also need to stock up on her Mamy Poko soft fit pants. It's impossible to use the normal diaper during diaper change when we're on the run - as more often than not, the little one refuse to lie down on the changing table in the baby room, due to some mysterious reasons which obviously I also don't know lah. So yea, a diaper pant is the way to go.

Our Kuching trip gonna be Myra's very 1st flight. I'm praying with every fiber of my being for the little one to behave else musnah lah harapan mak to pester the daddy to bring us jalan-jalan somewhere further.

We gonna turn 2 next month! Time flies, yes? So yea, we're going for somewhere for a short weekend getaway for our 2nd anniversary - nothing super fancy, but I think it's going to be fun and yes, Myra's included. he he. I need to get her a cute decent swimsuit( pardon me, but I'm sorta disturbed with the image of a  little girl wearing two-piece swimsuit that looks like it once belonged to a baywatch actress or something, no matter if she doesn't have any hump or lump or whatsoever to show yet. Parents please, she's just a baby, a Winnie the Pooh swimsuit will do.) and a nice float.:P

Got myself another bag, when am I going to learn to berjimat? Haih.

My dad was in KL for one of his countless seminars last week. He stayed in Seri Pacific since it's merely sekangkang kera away from PWTC where the seminar was being held. So yea, days before, he already called me up, informing (or more like commanding. he he) us that he wished to see the little one. Yea, we're not longer the favourite, now it's all about the baby and it's not like we mind. Initially thought that we just gonna have our dinner at the hotel like we usually do but we ended up in KLCC instead. We reached there when it's already 9PM, so we just settled with a simple dinner at Dome. Myra was being her little nice-self which was great since we got to catch up on some family stuff and enjoyed our food. I even managed to drop by at Sephora for a quick shopping spree tho their shop was already half-closed. :P

We went to somewhere near Batu Kikir, but further in (which is in N9) yesterday for a friend of C***'s wedding. It felt like forever before we finally reached the groom's place. Sungguh lah jauhnya macam the end of the world (I had to resist from asking "Are we there yet?" sebanyak 400 kali), it didn't help when C*** himself had no idea of the place whereabout since we're basically tailing one of his friends' ride. So yea, it took us almost 3 hours to get there T_T, but the food was the savior as it was awesome. he he. :P

We finally bought the fabrics for our baju raya, ya, we're the late bloomers in the excited-nak-raya department. I'm just lucky that I still have a seamstress willing to sew the fabrics into a nice baju kurung for me, else, maybe kena pakai kain tu macam sari.

That's about it. Randomness at its best.

Have a great week.

Myra's turning 13 month in 6 days and I'm yet to update on her current milestones, yea, I should learn to be more punctual.

So yea, at 12 month and 24 days

o1. She's now equipped with with 6 little gigi, the latest being her upper left and right lateral incisor. Like wow, 6 gigi in less than 2 months, once the central incisor sprouted a wee bit more than a month back, the others just seem to follow suit. Sungguh pantas! I'm just thankful that she's not down with fever or all those usual teething stuff. Yes, she bites - tho fortunately not frequent. Last few days, she actually bit me on the knee, tempat lain, I rather not say. ha ha.

o2. She could walk in a rather fast pace if ya hold on to both of her hand and if ya just hold to one of em, she'll be minding her steps for a bit, walking slowly like a little penguin. ha ha. She could 'walk' for a step or two without support - as when you're about to count her 3rd step she'll get down and crawl at a lightning speed to you instead. :P

o3. Still a bf baby with her usual 3oz x 4 bottles of ebm from 8am-7pm, together with her breakfast, morning snack, lunch and early dinner at 5pm. She rarely eats at night as she's usually sleepy by 9pm -  most of the time, she'll just stick to me for milk.

o4. She's still a great drama queen (with the separation anxiety intact). I wonder where she got the talent from? :P She'd fake a cry whenever ya try to stop her from doing something, or when you refuse to give her the cellphone for her to chew on, but fret not, the remedy is sorta simple, as we'd usually try to imitate her fake cry (the facial expression, the pouting, voice and all) and she'll ended up laughing - as if knowing that what she's been doing. :P

o5.If ya give her a phone, she'll put it against her ear and mumble something that sounds like "hello" which amuses us to no end. he he. Few days back, she did it with C*** phone which surprised us for a bit since C***'s mobile phone is enclosed within its leather casing, but somehow she knew that it's a phone! I know lah for adult,we could just glance and tell that it's a phone, but for a 12 month to do that, I think she's a genius.

o6.She obviously don't know how to ask for something yet, but she does know how to get someone to 'walk' her - as she'll come to ya, grab both of your hands with hers and pull at em. Previously C*** even sat on his hands so that the little precious won't be able to grab em,but she just tugged at em relentlessly and C*** just gave in to his little daughter. So off he went jalan-jalan pusing satu rumah until his back ached.

o7. During the last checkup, she weighed 8kg. A chubby looking but slim baby. he he. Already done with the pneumococcal vaccination which is great (she had 3 doses altogether) and due for her MMR shot next month. I hafta say that I'm grateful that she's blessed with good health - in a span of 12 months, she had been down with fever only twice - once out of nothing and the 2nd time,due to teething. So far, no cough, flu whatsoever. Alhamdulillah.

There are like tonnes of other stuff which I can't really recall right now, but I'll write it up when I do later.

How much do I adore the little one? I really can't say. :)

Since I'm well into my 1st year of parenthood, I think I'm finally sorta qualified to come up with the baby-good-to-have-stuff list together with the approximate pricing.

These items are not compulsory- as parents before us were fine without em - but I think most of em are useful in their very own way and has been a great help in the baby department.

Let's start, shall we?

o1. A sterilizer & warmer set.
Since I'm sorta ocd in my very own way, I've been using the sterilizer to sterilize the storage and feeding bottles everyday since Myra was born. If you're familiar with ebm, you'll come to notice that they are very very oily (hence the fattygoodness for the baby), so I'll usually double wash the bottles. 1st round using hot water and bottle cleanser, 2nd round with another batch of hot water before finally dumping em in the sterilizer for a good steaming. Within few minutes, you'll have a sparkling clean sterilized bottles, ready to be used. he he. Tak payah nak risau of over boiling the bottles on the stove top sampai bottles cair whatsoever. Yea, stuff like that happened to people I know. he he.

As for the warmer, we've been using it daily to warm up the ebm(whilst I'm at work) and the baby food that I've prepared in the morning. Easy peasy, hassle free. :) Owh, ours is the elcheapo Little Beans and I'm not recommending it since the sterilizer already died on me few weeks back, it probably cannot stand the daily use and I'm still searching high and low for my new sterilizer. So yea, feel free to explore others since most of the stuff that you'll find in the market, basically gonna serve it purpose - we got ours for less than RM200. Ya just hafta find one that fits your tight or extremely loose budget. We're just a bunch of cheapskate. :P

o2. Fisher Price Newborn-to-Toddler Portable Rocker

We got our hand on this one when Myra was around 2 months old since I'm forever determine not to use any sort of swing for our baby tho I was a swing-baby myself and I could recall rather vividly on how mum used to tell me that moi parents hafta drag along the swing(the tiang besi and all) whenever they go else I won't sleep! Yikes, absolutely the trouble that I don't wanna get myself into plus I have my own safety concern when it comes to swing, but that's more of personal thing, so yea, feel free to use whichever best for you.

 So yea,moving on, this rocker allows the baby to be rocked gently to sleep (if she ever feels like it) when you're down with severe kesakitan pinggang and later be used as a portable chair when she's bigger.

These days, Myra has been using it as her very own version of lounge chair as more often than not, she'll be sitting on in whilst watching her favourite shows (Read: baby cartoons & upin n ipin) on tv and we'd sometimes use the rocker during mealtimes when Myra's too active for her highchair.

You could easily get it for less than RM300 when it's on sale - which is sorta often if ya ask me. Few days back, I think I saw it's selling on groupon or something for RM230 which is the cheapest price I've seen so far - tho it's of the old blue model not like the one we had, but whaddaheck, it's still the same stuff.

o3. A reliable thermometer
This is a must. I don't know how some could live without em. hi hi. I'm no doctor, but thermometer helps to rule out some unwanted possibilities when the baby's cranky.

Cranky baby + thermometer = normal temp = baby's not having fever so let's figure out something else to soothe the baby (which in my case, the boob always work.haha).

Owh, still on the thermometer, it's great to have a good-reliable-takes-temperature-within-seconds thermometer as one of the hardest thing to do is to take the body temperature of a wiggling baby. So buying one of those stuff where you hafta wait foreveeerr before getting the reading,adelah meaningless beyond words (like the 1st thermometer that we bought, to my defense it's super cute tapi gagal T_T). The one that we've been using now is the Microlife ear-thermometer (which comes with a handy bag), it takes less than 10 secs to get the reading( & we'd usually do the reading thrice) and it has been great so far. I think we got it for less than RM150 when it was on sale last year.

o4. Baby carrier.
Our one and only baby carrier is a red BabyBjorn. Bought it together with the carseat and stroller way before the baby was born. he he. I'd say that it's a good buy since Myra loves to be strapped to us when she gets too restless for the stroller and having a carrier is awesome since you'd have two free hands to do something else, say, shopping. he he.

Some say that crotch carrier is bad for a long run, and I'm not saying otherwise, to my defense, we just use it for less than an hour each time(which is not regular at all,most probably once/week or less) and I blame it to our lack of research-time. he he. We're too excited about baby stuff, so we just hauled everything that grabbed our fancy. Our bad. So yea, I'd probably get another baby-safe carrier for our next baby(whenever that will be). he he. Perhaps one of those custom-made SSC (soft structured carrier) or another version of BabyBjorn. This carrier cost less than RM300 kot, I can't really recall the exact price as it has been more than a year and a year is pretty long. :P


o5. Stroller & car seat.


Car seat is important.Safety 1st. Period. I'm an ocd mum so my mind goes wild on the unwanted possibilities sometimes, I cringed whenever I read the news bout babies being thrown out of the car, yada yada. So yea, get a car seat - tho I know strapping your child onto the seat does not guarantee that everything gonna be merry, but well, at least we try kan? The rest, leave it to Allah lah to protect us.

Anyway, we got our Ferari car seat for less than RM700 after discount and it's supposed to last from newborn until the little precious is 18kg which I don't know when lah.

Whilst car seat is a must for me, can't say the same bout stroller as sometimes adelah malas(& Myra tends to hate the stroller sometimes much to her daddy's annoyance, "Dah beli mahai-mahai apsai tamau duduk?". Macam la si kecik tu paham.ha ha. She wants what she wants okeh?) and some places are not stroller-friendly. Anyhow, a stroller is quite handy for long shopping spree, eating out (when the kedai doesn't seems to have a baby-safe highchair,we strapped the baby in her stroller instead.Apekah highchair tanpa safety harness?) and whatnot, so when we were stroller hunting, we made it a point to choose one that could be compact-folded and could be handled(fold and unfold) and steered with one hand.

Yea, we can do that with our PregPreego. We initially thought that we'd go for something lightweight, but most of lightweight strollers come with lousy padding so that's why we ended up with ours - tho at 10kg it's not exactly light for me. :P

We bought ours during the year-end sale for a little less than RM1.2k tho you'd probably get it for less during baby expo and whatnot - my parents bought me a Combi stroller 27 years ago and it cost them RM100++, tu pon they claimed that it has been overpriced, imagine their shock when we told bout ours, he he. Depa lum tengok lagi the prices of other expensive strollers in the market.he he.Ours adelah versi separa budget.  Maybe 2nd stroller boleh beli black-red Recaro stroller(idaman hati daddy) or a purple McLaren!(idaman hati mummy coz she digs purple) . :D

o6. Breastpump.
This is not for the baby, but for the mummy so she could efficiently provide the best milk for the baby tho she's away at work. he he. :P

So yea, my 1st bp is a Medela Swing (which has been sold months back since I couldn't bear looking at it collecting dust), bought it a month before the delivery, used it for probably 2 months before getting my hands on the Medela Freestyle(FS) which is loveeee. :P I love the fact that it's a double pump, the battery is rechargeable just like ones in the mobile phones and it's owh so light and handy - tho I'm a little bit sad to admit that I'm yet to use its handfree accessories. My bad.

The freestyle is double the price of Swing. I got Swing for RM600 whilst FS for RM1.5k, but to watch your little one growing up all healthy and owh so clever make it worth every penny.

So now with the Swing gone, I've been rotating between the FS at work and Avent manual( which I bagged for only RM144, super cheap!) for home use.

o7. Food storage.

Myra started on solids when she was 6mth old, but I've been scouting around for the equipments, storage and whatnot probably a month or two earlier.

So far I've got my hands on 3 types of storage solutions for baby food.


a. MAM storage solution - RM 45.00 for 5 pcs
It's BPA free, comes with a twist lock lid. Suitable for freezing, sterilization and could be used in microwave(tho it's not that I do). It could store up to 4oz of food which is perfect for a single meal. :)

b.Tomme Tippee food pot - bought it during baby expo, can't recall the price - probably less than RM30 for 3pcs.
It's pretty much the same with MAM pots(mine is in blue), but you hafta be careful with the lid as it leaks sometimes and a bit on the smaller side and so I'd usually use it to store Myra's snack - homemade mango yogurt , mashed potato and stuff.

c. Baby cubes - RM 29.90 for 8pcs (35 ml / 1oz)
I'd usually use this to freeze the puree, be it fruit puree, vege puree or even meat and fish. It's pretty neat as you could just dump the cubed puree into the porridge and within minutes, food is served. Now that Myra's a bit over 1 year old, I hardly make any fruit or vege puree anymore as I'll just chop em to smaller bits before dumping em in the porridge, but as for the poultry and fish, I still make fresh batch of em every weekend as Myra new sprouted teeth can't really handle the fibrous texture yet, so I'd usually steam the chicken/meat/fish with some herbs and puree them for later use.

Still on food storage, I also got my hands on a couple of thermal food containers so that I could keep the baby food warm whilst we're out jalan-jalan.  The 1st one is similar to a mangkuk-tingkat, tho I hafta say that it's of the cute version but the keep-warm power is rather lacking (tho it's a Thermos) so I went ahead and got myself this

Yea, fashion food jar (tak bleh blah betul, feeding the baby whilst looking pretty? he he), but yea, it's cute and it does the job to keep the food both hot and cold pretty long so I'm sold. I got both the food jar and the bottle for a little less than RM120 online which is cheap, so these days, when we're out jalan-jalan, I always have a jar of hot porridge, ready to be fed to the baby whenever she's hungry - as she's on the no junk-food policy except the occasional baby biscuit. he he. :)

 That's about it, it's not a complete list but it's all I could think of right now.

To future mummies, happy shopping and the already-mummies, happy shopping lah jugak - shopping, like parenting, is a never ending job. he he. :P

Have a good week.

I don't know what kind of world we're living in right now. It make me sick to watch video after video of kids being abused. How could a woman(who by nature supposed to be all kind, motherly and all) had the heart to torture a baby, a freaking human baby? Arghhh..tension mak.

I don't wanna call her stupid as it's obvious and she doesn't even deserve to be called stupid as she's far worse than that. Whatever she has against the baby, there's no valid reason to do what she did. I mean, even if the baby poop on you - or your face even, he didn't deserve any beating, he's just a baby. A babyyyyy.

If I could have it my way, she'll be dragged on the streets for a nice grating and for everyone to spit on and later be dumped into a pool loaded with lemon juice and get kicks where it hurts - together with the stupid one behind the camera. Apehal dok eh eh jer? Why can't you just put down your goddam camera and stop the crazy one from hitting the baby?

Kot nak buat proof ke apa, cukup la sikit-sikit - if people could only watch a mere minute of the video,they surely got the point already. Bukannya nak kena tengok an hour long of video of a baby being abused baru lah the people gonna go "AHA!I got it, the baby kena abuse izzit?".

 Sick sick people.

Kid abusers,may Allah have mercy on you.

There's nothing more ridiculous than having to wake up  for work whilst it's raining outside and later stuck in the horrible horrible KL's Monday morning traffic.

Haih, the agony.

Please don't mind my Monday blues, let's be random for a bit.

I managed to keep Myra mosquito bites-free for the past 2 days. Mothercare was having its anniversary sale during the weekend, so besides a couple of cute tops, the ocd mummy actually bought all the mosquito-related lotions available on the shelf. Mozzie free lah, soothing balm segala to add up to her existing war-against-nyamok 'equipments'.

 We brought Myra to the Paed  for the 3rd dose of pneumoccocal shot. At one year and 4 days, she weighed 8kg. Sorta slim, yes, but nothing to be worried about since breastfeed babies tend to be leaner plus she's hitting all the expected milestones, so yea, she's doing fine.

Bought myself another bag, tho I've promised myself earlier that I won't as I already ran out of bag quota of the year but ones could use another crossbody bag right? Now with a baby and whatnot, a crossbody is a must.

I submitted an inquiry to Umobile a week back, asking bout my broadband issues - only to be answered a week later - & it's not helping that you hafta wait for ageeees when ya calls up the customer service hotline. Like yea, awesome customer service Umobile, am sure glad that those people don't work for the 999 hotline. *roll eyes*

I've been wanting to drag C*** to Kampachi for the weekend buffet dinner, I just don't know when, what with our restrictions and all. Haih.

Instead of fisher price's Stride to ride lion, I actually got my hand on a Vtech Push and Ride alphabet train (more on it later). I reckon that it's better compared to the boring lion as the 'roaring' gets pretty annoying and it's pretty much what it could do.

Our trip back to Kedah 2 weeks back was fun, managed to stuff my face with loads of crabs (my favourite!) that dad bought at the kuala(together with 20kg of fishes, guess who hafta gut em?Not me.) which were so fresh that they were still jiggling when I put em in the steamer. Also had the fabulous koewteaw kerang that was fried on the top of the good old charcoal stove. It's something ya hafta try to appreciate, small stuff, big different.

I think I need another weekend getaway somewhere, probably would badger C***  to take me somewhere for a short trip sometime soon. A short relaxing break, just the three of us, is basically all that I need.

That's about it, have a good week.

Our little precious turned one year young last Monday!(Mummy luv ya darling!) It feels like yesterday, the day I squeezed a tiny human outta me. Alhamdulillah. Times flies, faster than the speed of light sometimes.

So the little precious 1st birthday marked our 1st year into parenthood which had been an awesome roller-coaster ride, bumpy, yes, but fuuuuun.Seriously.

Yea, we jumped into the pre-parenthood wagon pretty quick, just a couple of months after we were married in June 2010 (We didn't get to experience the whole macik kepoh asking ya when ya wanna multiply the number of human in the family and the sort,ya it was that quick). We were ecstatic, yes , but truth to be told, the whole thing came like a big tsunami. Fast and surely. Honestly, I was not quite sure that I'm ready for the whole mother thing yet. I mean,I just got promoted from a fiancee to a wife, I'm still getting used to the whole wife thing and I'm sort of a baby myself but somehow in time, everything started to fall into pieces (cliche I know,but it's true) and next thing ya know, out came the baby. he he.

Personally I think the 1st three months of parenthood is the hardest. Juggling between taking care of yourself during the confinement and a tiny (more often than not) screaming little baby adelah susah. So much so that sometimes I felt like crying myself. he he. I still remember how the little one hafta be rocked to sleep every night, which mind you not a 5 minutes business, as most of the time it lasted more than 40 minutes, so imagine my kesakitan pinggang.


Kesakitan pinggang aside, parenthood adelah awesome. I mean, what's better than having a mini-us to amuse us to no end which is something I wouldn't trade for the world. It's amazing that you could somehow love a tiny person so much. I'm forever thankful to be blessed with the gift. :)

On a lighter note,Myra's 1st birthday also marked our 1st year of breastfeeding. Alhamdulillah.

To come this far without much support is exhilarating, satisfying. I mean C***'s not against it, he gave in to every single request when it comes to bf but honestly, I can't say that he's the super supportive kind either (it's probably a guy thing, ya know, I care but I rather not show it, owh mother) - tho he's a  wonderful doting father to our baby, I wish he had been more interested and supportive to what I'm doing when it comes to bf.

It's a bit sad to admit this, but I'm basically on my own in this from the very 1st day (& it's just my luck that my mum is supportive about it when I was at home during my confinement period otherwise tatau la ape jadi.)

Most of everything I've gained, is from my own doing (besides the obvious rezeki from Allah lah kan?) as nobody else seems to be that interested in em . Manusia-manusia skeptical yang suruh stop, ada lah kot, bila nak beli susu? Sampai bila nak bf? Sampai bila pon ada susu? Dia laparr tu tak cukup susu, tu pasal nangis je. Blehh, if ya can't appreciate what I'm doing,just shut the f up boleh?.Excuse my french.

Not that I can blame em for their ignorance, since some of em think it's ridiculous since I'm getting myself into all the troubles of preparing the EBM(that's expressed breastmilk to you) whilst I'm at work and whatnot and about the money, which obviously not lah kan? If I could spend my money on benda lagha, or thousands for breastfeeding stuff, what make em think that I'm that bad of a cheapskate sampai tamau beli susu anak? Do they seriously think that I'd let my baby starve? Apekah? I didn't suffer for months during pregnancy only to torture the baby when she finally comes okeh? *roll eyes*

Well, not like it matters anymore. Err..teremosi pulak, so yea, my point is, I have every single right to brag bout my success and no, I have nothing against mummies with formula-fed babies. I mean, everyone would strive to give the best to their little ones, and if that's their best choice, then be it. The one simple rule is, if ya can't help em, don't judge and bug em.

So yea, 1 year down, 1 year more to go. InsyaAllah.

Owh, I'm yet to get anything for the little one tho we already got a list of to-buy-stuff. We were too busy going up North and down South balik kampung. We also didn't have any sort of birthday party or the sort (we just let her enjoy her pool time every morning and evening throughout the long weekend, just keep swimming, just keep swimming). I just think that she's too small to appreciate the cake, party hat and the sort ( & it's not like I'll let her eat her cake.he he.), so we'll probably have it next year :). This year, let's just badger C*** to take the three of us jalan-jalan, get our hands on some nice stuff and the sort.

That's about it, will update her 12 month milestones later. :)

Our baby gonna turn 1 in less than a week! Time flies like ya wouldn't believe.

At 11 months & 23 days

Spot the gigi!

o1. She now has 2 gigi! TWO! Dua. :P The 1st one is the upper central incisor on the left, and the 2nd one is her right lower central incisor. I've been waiting for those gigi for like forever, but somehow I managed to forget to buy her those baby toothbrush thingy, ya know those little beginner toothbrush which looks more like a teeter stick rather than a toothbrush, so yeah, am so going to get me one of those ASAP. (Okay, I'm overreacting over a couple of teeth. So? )

o2. She loves HI5, and each time they are done with their songs and ya could see the little kids in the show jumping and clapping, she'll clap too.

o3. She can actually stand on her own now - tho just for a mere seconds- and she'd 'walk' eagerly if ya just hold on to her little hands and let her 'walk'.he he.

o4. She'll fake a cry whenever I raise my voice to stop her from doing something. Drama swasta betui.

o5. Still a breastfeed baby alright!Alhamdulillah.

o6. Her fine soft hair is getting curlier each day which is sorta funny since none of us berambut curly. I mean, when we're out people gonna think that she has my hair la kan? Since they could only see C***'s straight hair and they'll simply assume that she got the hair from me. Well, I think she took after her paksu aka my little brother as he used to have curly hair when he's little. Now his hair is no longer curly, just wavy (tu pasal sibuk nak straight kan rambut,ehem) :P

07. She'll raise her hand up if ya call out "Mana Myra angkat tangan?" tho sometimes she just couldn't be bothered, especially when she's busy watching the advertisements on tv. T_T

08. More often than not, she'll sleep throughout the night these days - only waking up sometime around subuh for morning feed, in fact she stopped waking up 2-3 times for milk since she's around 6-7 months which equals to more uninterrupted sleep for mummy!

09. She could be such a decent little eater aka sitting down on her chair during mealtime - whenever she feels like it else you hafta be prepared to feed her whilst she's cruising around the house and the usual 15 minutes gonna be elongated to 45 & you'll have a handful of clothes splattered with baby food to be hand washed. (On a lighter note, body wash works quite wonderfully to remove stubborn baby food stains before washing em thoroughly using baby friendly detergent.I tend to get bored of body washes, so using em to wash baby cloth helps to finish em up rather quickly.he he)

10. She'll demand to watch her nursery rhymes,Upin Ipin and Elmo on the tablet each time she sees it. So pantang nampak the parents holding the tablet, dia pon nak join sekaki & she actually knows how to pick the video and put em on play! Ok I lied, she probably doesn't know how, she might just trying to imitate our gestures whilst using the tablet, tapi most of the time, she's able to select the video from the list and play em which amuses her to no end. :)

11. If ya hold out ya hand to her whilst telling her "Tangan mummy sakit, urut urut", she'll either rub your hand with her palm or squeeze em or sometimes, pinch em. he he. Nenek ajar urut. he he.

12. Her separation anxiety is getting somewhat dramatic these days. I mean, she'll stick to me like glue during the weekend, refusing to let me off her sight else she'll scream her lugs out and the moment I pick her up, she'll hug me,sad face, resting her head on my shoulder, little hands around my neck and all,macam takot kena tinggal. Haih. It breaks my heart a little to think of how I can't spend much time with her during the week days, ya know,I'll usually leaves home sometime after 8am and got back home by 7pm and later sometime around 9pm, it's already her bedtime.So ya see, I have less than 3 hours to belek my baby. I sometimes wish money grows on tree.

13. She could wiggle herself down from her rocker-chair, the sofa and recently our bed - granted it's a bit on the high side and just yesterday, the bed at the my PIL place in Malacca. She'll simply shift into her reverse gear, get a good grasp at the bedsheets and wiggle herself down safely. As much as I cringed at the thought that she gonna fall, I'd like her to be able to explore as much as possible, so I'll  just bite my lips and let her be. Haih, the agony.

Well baby, I know how I can't wait for you to grow up and all, but could you just please do it sloooowly?

That's about it, I'm so going to get her a cake - tho it's not like I'll let her eat it anyway.he he.

I'm having the post-public-holiday syndromes today. So yea, reading the incident logs and working on the codes give me headache.

So let's be random for a bit.

o1. C*** is such a sweetheart. He actually helped to wash my ride yesterday, I mean, this is not the usual, drive-the-car-to-the-car-wash wash, this is the he-went-down-with-a-pail-and-whatnot-and-wash-the-car-himself wash. Terima kasih daun keladi darling,err..next week basuh lagi? :D

o2. Since Myra's turning 1 in less than a month and is currently in eager-to-walk mode, am searching high and low for a nice walker-cum-ride for her. Got my eyes on the Fisher price's stride to ride lion. The online reviews are sorta promising, but hafta scout for em at the store so I could scrutinize em for a bit and get my hand on em asap.

o3. I spent the public holiday doing house chores and nothing else. Managed to cook for lunch for the little one and the adults(it has been ages since the last time I made fish curry, but luckily it turned out okay), washed the seat cover of Myra's convertible chair-rocker. It was blardy berdaki. Urgh. Folded the laundry. Did the usual pumping sessions and sorted out the frozen EBM. Made mango yogurt. Washed C***'s white baseball cap twice (he complained that it's not clean enough previously so saya telah memberusnya dengan ganas.he he) etc. Tired? Yes.

o4. I'm dragging C*** out for hi-tea on Saturday. I've made the reservation,so let's.

o5. Bought a new wedges heels over the weekend, but unfortunately it's a bit too..hmpp..I dunno, fragile (due to the material, it's suede leather)? Inappropriate for work? So yea, probably need to hunt for another pair shoes over the weekend.

o6. Am still waiting for the (rather incompetent) girl (who works at the management office) to give me a call so I could collect some stuff. She works at a snail-like pace as if she has all the time in the world (which is a bit annoying if ya ask me) and I'm starting to think that her promise to give me a call in 2 days adelah actually 2 weeks kot. Haih.

o7. Don't think that I'll be able to use the free movie tickets so I'd probably give em away, I don't think that I'll step into a movie theater in the next 5 years. These days, I only watch movies when they are on tv. How lame.

08. Baby brother celebrated his 24th birthday last Saturday. Happy birthday little brother. Study well, do graduate with flying colors, get yourself a great job & later when you're rich and successful, ingatlah orang-orang yang tersayang, get me a VW Scirocco sebijik so I could drive it untuk pegi pasar. Okay thanks. :P

That's about it, I'm done blabbering.

Tata.

I know it's the wordless Wednesday, but I feel like rambling for a bit

We were in Malacca for the long weekend as MIL had to go for her scheduled checkup on Friday. So yea, our Friday was sorta well spent as the three of us got to go jalan-jalan for a bit, which mind you, is very rare tho we often spend our weekend in C***'s hometown. Yer lah, if ya hoping to jalan-jalan during the weekend, you're better off staying at home kot, as the crowd is sorta unbelievable & not to mention Malacca adelah super panas.he he (I lived there for a year,I know :P), crowd and super kepanasan don't go well together. Now that we are with the baby, the uncomfortable jalan-jalan,more often than not, is not an option.

Myra turned 11mth on Friday hence the jalan-jalan(refer above), I'd take it as our little private celebration - tho truthfully it was me who badgered C*** to take us to the Taming Sari tower days before. he he. I'm very persistent ya see? In a good way of coz which turned out to be great since C*** himself seemed to enjoy the ride - the lack of crowd made it more enjoyable, no long queue and the cabin was somewhat empty. Or should I say that he was more excited about it than I am? After all, at RM10/ride, it's dirt cheap. Boleh la kalau nak naik lagi 20 kali.

After the ride, went to MP which's my 1st in the last..hmpp..10 years? Yea, it has been that long since my Alpha year in MMU. 10 freaking years, it feels like yesterday. The mall has been refurbished but it still has the 'old' atmosphere to me. We stopped by at Starbuck for drinks, Watsons for Myra's vitamin and Mcd for the fattening food(tho we're not hungry) and got home by Maghrib as we had a malam berinai to attend and SIL to visit.

The rest of the weekend was pretty normal, laze around, a quick drive by the beach watching people flying kites (I'm so going to bring Myra out to the beach to fly a kite once she's big enough, on 2nd thought, I don't even know how to fly a kite myself, so how ah?) .

By Sunday night,we reached home around 10pm, exhausted but I still had to unpack the bags, prepared Myra's ebm, cook her porridge,yada yada. The drive back from Malacca lasted for over than 3 hours, thanks to the weekend traffic - if ya throw another hour into that, it would be as long as it takes to reach Kedah from KL. Talks about Kedah, I can't wait to balik kampung already.

That's about it. Hafta write on Myra's 11mth milestones later. Our little precious is turning one in less than a month! :)

Good day, tata.

Finally getting to the end of the current project 1st UAT cycle - without any major issues, which is a hugeee relief.

I detest coming to work only to discover there's something waiting to be fixed, but on the other hand, adelah bagus that they've discovered the bugs here and there whilst in UAT, kot masa production nanti, it's going to be another story.

On a lighter note, now that the moolah is in,adelah awesome as I didn't put much expectation on the performance bonus which turned out to be great after all. I'm thankful for the rezeki. I mean, last year has been a so-so year for me, job wise - as it was quite an easy year for me, not much of workload(except for some phases when I was almost drown in my own workload) due to my pregnancy and looong maternity leave.

So yea, time to spend some of the hard earned moolah, yes?

Work aside.

We finally managed to get our hands on the extra high chairs. Yup, bought 2 more high chairs for the little one which gonna be placed in both kampung, one in Malacca and Kedah later on. I know having 3 of the same stuff is hardly berjimat, but think of it as an investment lah kan and the hassle free balik kampung trip as there are less stuff to angkut, plus it's not like the chair gonna rot like cheese or something, silap silap boleh guna sampai anak yang ke2, ke3, ke 4, eh?

Talking bout high chair which equals to meal time, the little one is having a wee bit of trouble when it comes to food lately, I reckon that she's teething - as her gum is rather swollen and if I'm not imagining stuff, I swear I could already see 2 big rabbit teeth emerging - but since I'm an obsessive mum who can hardly wait for her baby's 1st tooth, I might be imagining stuff after all. :P

Cepat laa anak tumbuh gigi. Your mummy is getting bored of cooking porridge already. Bila la pulak nak makan nasi goreng, pasta, cheese sandwich,bread pudding ke ape ke? Owh, she's having chicken + pumpkin + sweet peas rice porridge for lunch/dinner and mango yogurt with cous cous for breakfast.

I also made scrambled egg with caramelized onions and mushroom wrap for C*** for breakfast (at 6.30am!) - tho he didn't really request for daily breakfast for him to take to the office (he's pemalu just like that), tapi during my malas day, he'll ended up sending texts saying that he's starving and the sort, apekah maknanya itu? Yea another way of saying "I'm starving because my wife was too sleepy to make me breakfast" T_T Fine darling, fine.

Apelah nak masak untuk esok pulak? Hmpph..

On another lighter note, am going to make C*** take us on a little tour of his kampung this weekend. Me likey. :P

Owh tata.

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.