Wednesday 29 December 2010

Year-end 2010 vacation..

Wassup guys?!? its the end of the year now...since our 'pengapit' is getting married (hubby's bestest fren, a MUST to go to..), we planned our year-end vacation aka shopping trip aka reunion with frens in KL....

24/12/2010, Friday :

head out from home around 8.30am...not too late from my expected time of departure at 8am (started packing about a week before =D)... pit stopped at gunung semanggol's RNR for breakfast....i can proudly say, we brought our own food : rice+boiled eggs+sambal ikan bilis...juz need to buy 'teh tarik'....since the sambal was leftovers, it gave me idea to simply cook rice n boiled eggs the night before...stopped at 2 more RNRs to change Ariana's diaper n bought lunch, we arrived at the hotel around 1pm....


after checking in, we headed to putrajaya, the nikah's event to be held at Masjid Besi...very impressing architecture with open air ambience, metal ceiling...too bad it was raining at dat time, so we couldnt take any picture outdoor....lil girl was among the spotlight as usual, roaming around the mosque ('baru dapat kaki la katakan'..)..

we stayed for the bride's reception held at a nearby hall...hubby was still not feeling very well dat night...stil recovering from a very bad fever, driving for 5hours++ some more....the ceremony was a bit delayed, so at 9.15pm hubby couldnt wait any longer, he was shivering, plus we needed to drive back to PJ which was 45mins away...oso lil cutie wont sit stil, exploring the whole venue, greeting people here n there....we went back without seeing the groom in tux =(...

25/12/2010, Saturday:

set out to OU to meet up wit my frens for lunch....we ended up being in Seoul Garden for 3 hours, bz catching up n filling our stomach wit the buffet...but somehow i felt dat i didnt chatted enuf with everyone as i was bz struggling to meet the need of my lil girl....she was actually sleepy but due to a lot of people being there, she cant concentrate to sleep, instead she became cranky....she's sleepy but wanted to play, roaming around....but cant go anywhere coz the place's crowded, of coz mommy wont let her go further....its oso hot in the OU, we cant feel the aircond due to the christmas crowd....she finally dozed off by herself, while i was holding her, thankfully without having to bf...everyone came wit partners except for one...catching up their latest stories, mostly known via blog/fb...some bz preparing for their wedding next yr...there'll b lots of my frens' wedding, feeling excited for them...so happy to see them, shud do dis again gals =)...

from OU we straight away went to i-city shah alam for a night of LED lights...trees built using LED, very nice panorama...taking pics was difficult due to the christmas crowd again...by dis time i felt like my legs are going to break...cant carry lil girl anymore (her weight is 10kg)...hubby's tired too...we didnt cover the whole park but tried our best...if the trees' are repeating, we juz ignored the section...all in all its a very good experience, except the entrance for a car is 10ringgit, a bit too much i think.... 26/12/10, Sunday :

started the day early (went to bed straight after dinner, nasi bukhara from mamak at shah alam is the best!!), packing n filling the bath tub for lil girl's bath...unfortunately she pee'd right away after entering the tub (can see the water changes to yellow..hihihi)...need to throw the water n refill again...dis i the reason we were out quite late, had breakfast at ikea...shopped for only half an hour, need to rush coz we need to check out at 12pm...'hahaha, sempat lg tu shopping'...bought only lil cutie's toys, follow the short cut to kid's section n straight down to the market hall downstairs...

after checking out, went to the wedding at Manjalara...nice, aircond-ed hall...catching up wit frens from Surrey dis time...juz realized dat in my A-level batch, i am the only one with a child...others stil njoying their singlehood =P...stayed for about 2 hours until the bride n groom arrived....took pictures n off we go to the next destination...my sis-in-law who stayed in Perak has been inviting us to her house n guess what, we never been to her house since lil cutie was born....watched futbal dat night, yahooo mesia beat up indon =D....as usual, upon meeting her cousins, lil girl wont go to sleep even tho she had been cranky since b4 maghrib...only at 10pm would she go to sleep....mummy is sooo exhausted....grandma did try to put her to sleep but ending up making her cousin bro jealous =P...'abg haris pon nak tuk anim riba n usap2 kepala jugak'...

27/12/10, Monday:
after sending my in-laws off to work, we only headed out at 9.30am....had breakfast n stopped at ipoh...to survey doorgifts at KK Home Deco, english roses-style for my sis's wedding...stumbled upon the hub of pottery shops (lots of shops selling planting pots, garden accessories, landscaping stuff etc) across the street...after comparing the prices, Kedah is certainly cheaper than Perak...but there is certainly more variety of choices here...we'll certainly be back now dat we have our own garden =D...

stopped by Taiping for cendol, saw Kuala Sepetang's signboard...heard dat its famous mee udang, hubby opened his gps n in less than half an hour, we reached our destination....ordered mee special (big prawns), with a price of RM11 only per plate, we got 6-7 big2 prawns...marvellous indeed, the service was quite fast, we hv no complains against the specialty dish here....cheaper than Sg Dua in fact...arrived home safe n sound, tired but felt really satisfied wit our trip dis time, full wit wonderful activities....

on the way back, i was dreaming to organize a trip to northern Perak...going to Bukit Merah Waterpark, Zoo Taiping, Bukit Larut/Maxwell, hv delicios mee udang, cendol, seafood....wallaaa, i got the itinerary simply for 2-3 days vacation wit family =D....hubbyku sayang, jom!!

Wednesday 15 December 2010

Reminiscent of our first house...

Dis will be a nostalgic entry for me n hubby...

Sweet memories
- Our first house together...I moved in here after we got married, 1 year++ after hubby first moved in...
- Experience my first pregnancy here...all the throw ups...waking up in the middle of the night due to heartburn, went to clinic in at 2am...
- After confinement, i stayed at home, handling lil girl alone for 2 weeks...hubby would came home during lunch time juz to allow me to hv my bath n eat lunch....sometimes he had to sacrifice his lunch time...
-Uncle Kuah n family....our nice neighbor....

Bitter ones
- I vomited thru-out the living room..i was having my sickness during the first trimester....i was required to test for sugar level in blood due to dad has a history of diabetes....need to drink a glass of sugared water (quarter of sugar, 3 quarter of water)....my morning sickness 'peak-ed' around dis time, we decided to let me rest at home while waiting for 2 hours b4 the second time blood sample can be taken...as soon as we reached home, i cannot hold it any longer, as i was running to the bathroom, i vomited thru-out the journey...poor hubby had to clear everything...i manage to hold during the 2nd and 3rd time doing dis yucking test...
- Flood in the living room....washing machine pipe was not properly placed into the bathroom (hubby was cleaning the toilet the day b4)....all the boxes in store had to be thrown away due to the water they absorbed....but i did felt the cooling effect on the carpet =P...
-Too many single-and-working-living-together-in-a-rented-house neighbours (aside from Uncle Kuah)...not the right environment for lil ariana to hv no frens from the house next door....
-Uncle Kuah loooooooves to park in front of our house, sometimes blocking our way out..sigghhhh, a habit dat he never change....



I enjoyed living here albeit the bitter memories dat happened...hey, im a sentimental person, even if i dont like dat place/things, if i hv memories wit them, i'll still feel sad....anyways, im loving my new house....building new memories wit hubby n lil girl....buhbye old house.....


New house :



-Still empty-



Old house :


-We were preparing to move, please ignore the mess =D-

Thursday 9 December 2010

1st birthday celebration..

Lil girl turned one-year-old on 2nd of Dec...we had juz a small,simple celebration at home...she's too young to hv an extravagant birthday to remember, atleast we had it twice...(ngeee, save money =P)...

The day b4 her birthday, grandpa n grandma on mummy's side came bringing a blueberry cheesecake....since her past experience of having diarrhoe after eating cakes, of coz she's banned from eating the cake...only had 'nenen' as her dinner, she dozed off to sleep, leaving both her parents and grandparents to enjoy the yummylicious cake...we had satay as well =)....

-birthday cake-

-cutting cake time!!-

After birthday girl slept n my parents went home, i started the mission to make trifle pudding for lil cutie's birthday....since i dont have oven to bake n birthday girl is alergic, no cake for her birthday, only delicious pudding was made...using recipes passed from generation to generation (only from mum to me...future will be to lil girl =P)....

-over excited parents-

Bottom layer is the fruit cocktail, mid layer is the jelly (dis time i used strawberry flavour)....the top layer is the custard pudding....i screw the pudding a bit..the recipe was supposed to be soft and fluffy...instead it became a bit hard and dry...so, engineering's analysis :

root cause : stirring on the stove for too long (wanted to melt the custard's flour)...too much heat causing the pudding to lose more moisture....end up being dry n keras...

corrective action : practice makes perfect! (enuf said =P)


dis is wat i do everyday at work...haha...

-the famous trifle =P-


-ariana's way of enjoying her birthday celebration-


back to the birthday girl, what did she get as presents?



-gold is a woman's treasure and investment-

-tok wan khalil n tok anim's present, chosen n bought together wit ibu n pak n lil girl (siap try lagik =P)-


-tok ayah n maktok's present, savings for future-

-paklong n maklong's lovey dovey bear-


-1 year old-

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAYANG IBU...IBU DOAKAN ANAK IBU N PAK NI ANAK YG SOLEHAH...DENGAR CAKAP IBU N PAK...RAJIN SEMBAHYANG, RAJIN PUASA....BIJAK, CERDIK, PANDAI, BRILLIANT, CLEVER,KREATIF....HORMAT ORG TUA, HUMBLE, PANDAI JAGA HATI ORG LAIN....N ALL THE GOOD QUALITIES DAT A GOOD MUSLIMAH SHOULD HAVE....LURVE U SOOOOO MUCHHHHIEEEEEE.....*kisses n hugs*...

Friday 3 December 2010

Home sweet home : Garden

About 2 months ago (yes, dis post is already 'basi', n its been in the draft folder for dat long), we started to work on our yard/garden....the plan is to get carpet grass for 3 quarter of the land as our garden/kids playground...another quarter will be for the orchard (nak mkn buah, petik je kat blakang tu...ngeeee)...

Started off with buying the right tools...

-Tools dat were used-

Then, bought the first batch of carpet grass...20 pcs...surveyed around the area n found the cheapest one to be the nearest to our house, save up some fuel *phewww*...A week later we bought half of a lorry of white sand....n i started to help hubby...


-I did contribute, see see, veryyyyy hard working-

In summary we've bought :

carpet grass (rm3 x 40pcs) = rm120
foxtail (rm45 x 1pcs) = rm45
white sand (rm40 x 2yards) = rm80
poison-round up (rm25 x 1bottle), mewah (rm15 x 1bottle) = rm40
soursop tree (rm10 x 1pcs) = rm10


Our next plan is to buy :

more carpet grass..atleast 100++pcs...
stepping stone (simenfero)..rm15 each, the cheapest dat i can get...
3 more foxtails...
more fruit trees : cempedak, mata kucing, mango...


future-when-we-are-rich-then-we-can-buy-but-now-can-only-dream :

pergola...with grape trees 'melilit pergola ituh'...from sliding doors towards our 'wakaf'...
wakaf...centre of the garden...
water feature (koi pond, swimming pool, water fountain, water fall etc)...not likely to be on the list...high maintenance...esp ELECTRICITY...and cleaning it...and filtering system....but i still envy others when i browse thru the mags...
gate...wooden fence all around the house...with automatic gate, no railing at bottom....


-Hubby hard working too, watering the plant twice a day, now he's darker than me muahahahahaha *wink wink*-


The result : will update the pic (there's some addition since i last took the garden pic)..

Thursday 2 December 2010

Ariana's first birthday

At 6.23 pm today, 2 Dec 2010, Ariana will be 1 year-old...woohoo..big girl oredi...so proud of my lil one...

Will story her birthday celebration in the next post...=D

wedding ticker

Daisypath Anniversary tickers