Ramadhan musing

Salam all..

ehh macam tulis email..hahah..

Anyways, some things that I want to get off my chest :-

1) Bought 1 way ticket for my maid. After giving us 3 times of ultimatum "kalau tak dapat this this this, saya nak berhenti kerja" *sigh*. Yes! please go, just go. Kinda sad it ends this way, really. I was damn pissed with her but at the same time thinking the good things she has done to us, I soothed my heart to just simply forgive her especially in this holy month. Takpelah, hopes more rezeki will be on my side with Allah grants me with a better helper.

2) Now, reality bites, I still have not gotten a new maid :( Been looking high and low but still tarak, elek! One friend promised to help me look for Orang Asli to become a house helper. Apa2lah dek non, asalkan match with my criteria.

3) Now a million dollar question, who's going to take care of my honey buns? Either my mother or MIL? Since they are really old esp my mother who have just turned 68 last 26th Aug (Alhamdulillah), I was very clueless until yesterday in surau, I thought why not stay put at my mother's house until we get a new maid and will try to look for Indon ladies nearby that are willing to work from 8-6, Mon-Fri? Look I will..

4) Do you know that we have been camping at my mak's place for nearly 11 mths? grrrr...rumahku syurgaku hotelku :P

5) Nael has been diligently berpuasa separuh hari (2pm onwards) everyday except on 6th Ramadhan, he had the full day. Good boy!! ohh and he even makan masa sahur dengan mata tutup mulut jer nganga everyday without fail. Bagus! bagus! tak susah nak bangun. 1 tip is to dokong jer budak nie :))

6) Nampaknya hajat nak buat kenduri cum Raya Open house cum birthday Aidan in Syawal kena postpone lagi. Too much things to do with little help and time to scout for things..tak sempatlah!! pressure..pressure.

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Till later --> to attend training..zzzzzzzz...

Aidan is 2!

Things that I will want to remember my dear love Aidan when he's at 2 :

1) He didn't really talk except for the 20 something early vocabs that he knew like papa, Naeh, atok, dog n such until he's like 14month where his vocab library growth spurt uncontrollably. Just before 2, he speaks like when Nael was a 3+ albeit some are pelat like

"kaki aidan ejuk, nak akai okin"
"aidan nak jalan, egi JJ (as in Jaya Jusco) ... yayyyy!!"
loves to ask "atok ana (mana)?, wan ana?, papa ana?, Naeh ana?, ummi ana?" and the list goes on.
and when he quarrells with his big brother, he will end it with "abg Naeh kedekot!!!" LOL!!

Another thing, he knows his full name when being ask "what is your name?"
He will say it in jest "Zul *pause 2 sec* Aidan *pause 2 sec* NA-EZ" NA-EZ is said with tounge in between your teeth


2) Knows his body part really well both in Eng and BM and when we reverse it, he knows them too. Ex: Rather than we ask the body part and ask him to point, we also ask him, this body part is call...?
can recite 1-10 in Eng and some random alphabets.


3) You know they are a few types of toddler's kissing..some will smooch with open mouth or purse lips but Aidan is the muncung type, like a fish. Panjang betul muncung dia, boleh sangkut hanger..hehehe..but he's just too cute not to kiss him that way.


4) He has one kind of jiggy that is so cute, like a dancing robot but with faster motion.


5) He can eat on his own with fork and spoon, drink from cup/mug on his own, he can even put on shorts or long pants on his own. I gave 2 thumbs up for his motor skill.


6) He loves to scribble too and too bad, our walls and bedsheet have his art murals on them but it's containble as we keep on encouraging him to write on kiddies white board that Nael now has to share it with Aidan.


7) He loves reading..oh boy! As we flip pages, he loves asking " Nie apa? nie apa? nie apa X 1000 times" Penat Ummi nak layan and worse he wants the same attention that I'm giving to Nael during Nael's reading session with me.


8) He loves loves lego..this is only time I can find peace in the room when he's with his lego. So so quiet, he will produce cakes with a candle on it, a robot he calls Tranz-OH-Mer and a gun to bang a bang :)


9) He still very clingy to me as I'm still nursing him and scared of crowds but not in shopping malls, not that extrovert just like the big brother. I have no issues with that as long as they behave in public.


10) He loves making faces, which makes us so geram sebab teramat comel especially with his comical expressions.






Our dearest Zul Aidan Naez,

Happy 2nd Birthday Sayang! You have been with us for 2 great years and we hope Allah s.w.t will grants us many more years to come for us to shower you, our little one with plenty of love and wonderful memories. May you become anak yang soleh, healthy and happy boy. We love you to bits and we shall miss your toddler cheeky smile and funny face that you have entice us this long. Happy Birthday, Aidan!

From your Ummi, Papa and Abang Naeh :)

ZAN I

I have been meaning to write something about the kiddos but didn't find the time..been busy or buat2 busy :P

ZAN 1
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I did not tell you about the post party aye...it was awesome coz the birthday boy had fun! Remember the end of May was super duper blazing hot although it was at night? The choc fudge Ben 10 cake from Resipi Rahsia melted only in 1 and 1/2 hours in room temperature! but the ZAN brood together with atok, wan and other cucus had terrific dinner and it was time for games. What we had for games were written here
but the bestest in my opinion was the blind folded musical chair! Hats off to Che Na...lawak gilos I tell you. Just imagine these kids blind folded scrambled for chair small plastic stools and the final between 2 girls was super duper eeking funny when I (as the emcee) moved the stool out of the circle..so basically they were on top of each other!! har har har. Too bad we did not snap pictures but it was all on video...yay to that!

These are the teka teki Questions I gave :-
1)Kat hujung katil ada apa?
2)Dalam banyak2 mata, mata apa yang paling besar?
3)Bapak Ali ada 5 orang anak iaitu nana, nini, nani dan nina, sorang lagi nama apa?
4)Dalam banyak2 ikan, ikan mana yang paling garang?
5)Kalau gajah naik basikal, manusia naik apa?


Silalah jawap ya anak-anak....




Eeee..hokeh hokeh..back to Nael. We have extracted 2 bottom milk teeth on 2 different visits to the dentist. Syukurlah, he is so okay with dentist, not afraid at all and even ask me to take him to see his dentist. 1 tooth cost me RM20...is that cheap or expensive?


Did I tell you that we went to Dino Trek? yes we did. In anticipation of the brood will get tired due to the 'wide coverage' that we need to explore, I bugged the kids and hubby to go to bed really early and woke them up early. So by 10am, we were at the KLCC car park and went straight for the tickets. The kids enjoyed them, Nael loves the racing with the Dino and amazingly Aidan loved the jiggy! Muka tak tau malu, 2 to 3 times he did his jiggy. I wish I can upload the video but I don't have it with me at the mo. In an hour, we were done :) hehehe...Ingatkan besar manalah...But that day we covered major malls in town, KLCC, Pavillion and Tropicana City Mall and once we were back at home, the kids and hubby slept like a log. Maknya yang jugak tak tido :P.




Coming up ZAN II

Huwaaa..

moi : order snack plate 1, original..

girl : ada lagi kak?

moi : air tukar twister

girl : lagi?

moi : itu saja...

girl : sebelas ringgit empat puluh sen

moi : ok

*bukak purse....jaw dropped.....duit elek...*

moi : adik..kensel..kensel..

*muka merah*

moi : takde cash!!

*malu..........* org ramai kat belakang hahaha..

girl : takpe kak, saya tunggu, akak boleh keluar duit kat bawah di stesen ATM terdekat...dekat saja!

moi : ok ok :P

sungguh skema jawapan budak tu har har har...

apa2 pun saya dah lapar, nak balik mau makan hot banana fritters..check out my new TWITTTTT upper left...

Sekian ...itu saja yang saya nak bagi tau ...hohohoh...

Nael is 6!

Let's do some recap on his milestone from 5.5 to 6 years old.

Nael is currently reading Dr Seuss's Hop on Pop which he finds it hilarious, Bacalah Sayang and also some of his school materials that is Book 16 for his English reading. He is an average for his reading skills and I'm currently coaching him to do Math from Year 1 book, plus some other Math, English, Bahasa work book bought from some bookshops. He will do one of these activity after he's done with his school homework. He's doing okay for his academic which I have no worry on that and he's now started to speak English again (albeit he needs help in rephrasing his sentences).

He's still into Ben 10 and Ben 10 Force and one funny thing he loves to watch PPG too which I find it quite hilarious. He has some new games for his PSII, some sort of samurai lawan2. He said it's Basara and since he joined TKD classes, he will demonstrate what he learns after each class. His 'new student' is off course his adik :P, the great impersonator :) . Nael latest interest is playing badminton with his cousins, his papa bought him racket for small hand like his, very cute! Alternately, we have been playing freesbie with the kids. Nael instantly fell in love with this game and also he asked for a kite for his birthday. Ehh wait..he asked for so many things for his birthday like roller blades *roll eyes*.

Personality wise...he's obidient type, shy in public, very rajin related to education ie doing homework, reading, what not. He shows his intimacy towards his loves ones, very technical little young man, very drawn into gadgets and quite sensitive about what other peoples think or act towards him.

Health wise...looks like he's allergic to dust, cats fur, he can easily has running nose with teary eyes and sneezing too. Phlemy cough and flu are his 2 best friends :( Still very skinny around 17kg. Eat moderately and very slow too unlike Aidan :P but one thing positive, he would want to taste a lot more variety of food like curry and sambal. I think that's a great achievement for a fussy boy like him.

Nael sayang, Ummi and Papa love you sooooo much and we pray that you will turn out to be a good young man and be blessed by Allah swt in your life. May you be anak yang soleh, disayangi dan disenangi oleh semua, Insyallah. Happy 6th Birthday Sayang, from your loving parents and your die hard fan Aidan :)




"The birthday boy is having high fever! Munching Milo nuggets while waiting at paed's"

Pre celebration...

Nael's birthday is coming up very soon :) Yes, he will turn 6 on this 21st and Ilham will turn 11 right? Elisa..who else sharing the same date? is there any besides Ilham?

First we were planning of having bowling birthday party since Nael is so much into bowling but had to strike that one out as fund tak mencukupi :P , plus we have been at my mak's place since many moons back, so the idea of having the bowling party at our house is not convinient at all. Since, he is so looking forward to celebrate his birthday, I promised I will make do with what we have aka have a little party with his cousins and having a Ben 10 cake.

I have been busy during weekend due to work commitment *yikes* and only last Sunday, I managed to order the cake, yesterday bought rm4 below gifts for the games that we will have and today trying to come up with some idea on the games....so far, these are what I can think off since we will be doing it at night (this Sat) in a confined area of the Wan's living room

1. Blind fold musical chair - cilok dari che na
2. Teka teki
3. Pecah belon berdua guna bontot..hahaha
4. Math question - get the age of this A, B to E person and divide by 5
5. Tulis Jawi - "Selamat Hari Jadi Nael" hehehe
6. Hafazan - 3 Kul & Dhuha : I know Nael can win this coz he can recite Dhuha and others cannot hehehe....aci tak?
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?

What else? Can help give idea on any games that kids age 6 to 12 can have a fair chance to win? with in mind that space is limited and no kotor2 ie: main air/tepung and what not. Tolong! Tolong!

Last game will be....

10. Lumba lari 5 meter for Aidan and his girl cousin (age 1+) bawak belon...hehehe..CUTE!!

Thanks auties and uncles :)

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Edited :

I was thinking of having charade game...but do u think these kids will enjoy it? kang silap2 aku sorang jer yg terhegeh2 berlakon kat depan te he he...

Oh oh treasure hunt...what did che na do for the treasure hunt???

Suka suka Tag

Setelah di tag banyak kali oleh cik Famy, suka saya nak buat 2 in 1 tag di bawah :P

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Thr33 Things Tag

The Three Names I go by
- Ummi
- Bee
- Ida

Three Jobs I have had in my life
- IT trainee at Bernama
- foodie operator at Wendy's
- cafe worker at hostel, uni time

Three Places I have lived
- Ipoh
- Skudai
- Michigan

Three TV Shows that I watch
currently
- Friends reruns, never fail to amuse me
- American Idol
- Ben 10 --> kena paksa tengok


Three places I have been
- dalam negara yg saya kenang: Pulau Redang, Langkawi, Pangkor
- luar negara: USA, Singapore, New Zealand

People that e-mail me regularly
- my x housemates in US
- my lunch ladies
- my sister in laws

Three of my favorite foods
i almost love all foods except wasabi
- all kind of pasta
- all kind of grilled meat --> lamb!! yummie
- desserts --> almost all of them but cannot be too sweet

Three things I would like to do
- renovate some part of my house
- to have a 3 nights stay at sutera harbor beach resort only us, if i can minus the 2 kiddos, that will be great ;)
- to be able to stay at our home again :(

Three friends I think will respond.
Puan Lollies?? Sexy Lana?

Things I am looking forward to
- to settle my debts
- so that i can quit my job
- and be SAHM :P
ohh yeah and another baby? yes :)

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The "Yes" or "No" Tag

1. You can ONLY answer Yes or No!
2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages or comments you and Asks!

Now, here's what you're supposed to do: copy and paste this into your notes, delete my answers and type in your answers.

Kissed any of your Facebook friends? Yes
Been arrested? No
Kissed someone you didn't like? No
Slept in until 5 PM? Yes
Fallen asleep at work/school? Yes
Held a snake? No
Ran a red light? No
Ever thought you're gay? No
Been suspended from school? No
Totaled your car/motorbike in an accident? No
Been fired from a job? No
Ever thought that maybe He/She was not the one? Yes
Sang karaoke? Yes
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Yes
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? No
Sang in the shower? Yes
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? No
Broken a bone? No
Shaved your head? No
Blacked out from drinking? No
Thoughts of being a bachelor/spinster? Yes
Played a prank on someone? Yes
Bought a gift for someone and kept it for yourself? Yes
Felt like killing someone? Yes
Had sex with someone you didn't love? No
Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? Yes
Been in a band? No
Bought something and returned it worn? No
Shot a gun? No
Walked in your sleep? No
Tripped on LSD? No
Ever feel like you're in a current relationship you shouldn't be in? No
Donated Blood? No
Seen a ghost? No
Eaten alligator meat? No
Done body shots? No
Peed in the pool? Yes
Passed gas and blamed in on another without their knowledge? Yes
Thought of having your best friend as a BF/GF? No
Have body piercings below the neck? No
Still love someone you shouldn't? No
Think about the future? Yes
Ever felt you deserved someone better? No
Believe in love? Yes
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? Yes

Any takers for this?