The three heroes

Hello..I'm back for few weeks..

2009-05-20T10:29:00.013+08:00

Yeah..I've finished my masters programme and Alhamdulillah everything went on great (I passed my exam! I passed my exam! hehehheee) except for being apart from my family. However, in order for me to be qualified as a public health specialist I need to continue for my PhD or so called DrPH...and that will take another 3 yrs!! Hubby was a bit reluctant to let me be in KL for another 1 and a half yrs (yes..I need to do coursework + research) ...but I guess he finally accepted the fact that I hv to do that for our future...hang on ya dear!

The man who always support me :)

So, how's my holiday? Basically I spend my time with my kids and hubby at home..cooking, sorting out all sort of things in kid's room :) and spending time chatting with my neighbours and here...surfing the Internet!

Here is where I spend my time... a big bungalow.. tapi rumah kerajaan :(

Another view..

Sometimes it is nice being a fulltime housewive I guess..but I think I cannot live with it forever...hehehehe I don't know why but may be it is just not suitable for me. The kids as usual they like it when I'm at home but still sometimes I need to yell at them especially when it comes to asking them to take their bath in the evening...susah betul nak mandi bila dh melekat kat depan TV or bila tgh syok main bola..huh!

Afiq is now 1 yr 8 months old..but has not yet get his booster dose of Tritantrix....hehhehee ok ok I promise to bring him to clinic for a jab coming Sunday ;)
Look how cheeky this boy is...

Danial..so active as usual but less tantrum than before..he is good in playing football even better than Aiman...hehheheee. I noticed that Danial doesn't like eating rice...he prefer eating bread, biscuits and peanut butter! That's why his weight is now just 15kg :( So different from Aiman who looooove rice! Breakfast, lunch, dinner all he want is rice. My helper told me that Aiman even asked him to cook fried rice for tea! LOL! No wonder his weight is about 30kg now. Aiman is going to sit for mid term exam next week...I think everybody's kids in primary school rite? So all the best for them! Bak already set the benchmark...hahahhaaa sian ko Aiman.

My handsome active boy...Danial

Wajah anak sulung ku..

I actually planning for some 'makan2' at home next week...may be 'makan2' for tea..so any suggestions for the menu?hehhehee hubby said no need to cook, we just order from caterer and he doesn't want me to feel very tired because next Thursday we are going to PD. Yeah..but being me, I don't feel very comfortable when entertaining guest without me actually cook the dishes...don't know why..may be because I love to cook :) tak kira la sedap ke tak...hahhahhaaa

Love this pic..walaupun gelap :)

Happy Birthday Mak

2009-05-05T21:14:00.004+08:00

Happy Birthday Honey...
It is unfortunate that the special day falls during your exams. But I hope it brings good luck with it too.
Your kids have made these especially for you. Enjoy sayang....

(erkkk... sorry for the senget video, still dont know bout this IT stuff)

Afiq's Red Little Bike... and Happy Anniversary!!

2009-04-14T22:26:00.003+08:00

Today is Our 8th Anniversary!!
Happy anniversary dear.. I missed you here and the kids too.
Well, today afiq got his first little red bike. The reason for the RED color. Coz, i'm a red scouser. These past few weeks afiq has been playing with his elder brothers old worn out bike. He likes to play outside the house every morning. He still can't cycle and mainly due to the bike has no seat!! hehe.

Afiq with part of the bike

Danial with Afiq. 2 good looking kids i might say.

Later today, while i was waiting for the patient to come to my clinic. I decided to go and buy Afiq's first Tricycle. It's a simple tricycle with a bee as the horn. How cute..

View from the front. Notice the yellow bee?

View from the side

I told my wife that i had bought Afiq a tricycle. She felt a little bit upset coz she felt that she is missing a moment in Afiq's life. She also said that she felt unimportant. I told her that she is always important to us. Its just the circumstances now that she had to be away for her studies. And she wouldn't miss a thing, coz i'll always make them feel as if she was here.
Afiq was ecstatic when i brought back the bike after i have finished my clinic. He would sit on the bike but was making a car sound. LOL. He also doesn't know where to place his hands. He puts his hand on the side mirror, and not on the handle. He he. Danial was also excited and tried to sit on the bike himself if not for my intervention.

Afiq trying on the Tricycle

The hands on the mirrors. LOL

Afiq on the bike making a car sounds. He he.

Afiq posing with his brand new bike.

Once he gets use to the bike, i'm sure in no time i'll be screaming my lungs out as he certainly will take out everything that is on his way. and not forgotting his mother too. LOL...

How Do I Live.....

2009-03-25T00:33:00.015+08:00

At this point, my wife Natrah is struggling in her pursuit of her Masters in HUKM. She previously had asked me to contribute to this blog. I did not promise that i would do it but rather promised that I'll try and do it.

This blog is her pride and joy. As much as her children are to her. She was coerced into or should i say sweet talked into become a blogger by her dear friend Farah in Penang. She officially started blogging in December 2007. Initially we didn't have a broadband internet connection in our house, but after a painful hours spending waiting for the internet to download via the dialup connection we decided to have the streamyx line plugged in. She was very happy as now she can surf and blog without being plugged in as we had put in the wireless router also. She can blog on the bed, while watching tv and sometimes while cooking.

I could say that she is quite obsessed with blogging at that time coz sometimes she would spend time staying up until wee hours in the morning, sometimes until 3 a.m. Which is quite unusual for her. Even when she came back from work in the afternoon, the first thing she would reach for after eating lunch is her laptop. She started blogging while using this old horse the NEC Versa which we bought from Carrefour. Because she was so enthusiastic in blogging, i decided to buy her a brand new Sony Vaio plus a Sony Cybershot Digital Camera. She blogged about it in this entry.

She would blog almost everyday and the thing that got her hooked is that she was able to learn new things like how to do a header using photoshop and other add on stuff. She likes to browse or blogwalking to other bloggers blogs. From there she made quite a number of friends. She would blogwalking to all sorts of blogs and leave messages. She was excited to be able to meet new people and share their interest.

But as they say, all things can't stay the same forever. She applied for Masters in Public Health from UKM. Obviously, she was accepted in the Masters application. She started her study in July 2008 and her masters programme would finish in 4 years time. She was divided at that time whether to further her studies or stay on as Medical and Health Officer in Baling.

By my encouragement, she decided to further her studies. Being a student, and a long distance mother and wife was quite hard for her. The travelling sometimes took a toll on her health. This past 1 year she had numerous occasion of URTI or simple cold. Well, i could also say that it had also affected me in a way.

My responsibilty had increase by being the single father during the weekdays. No more extra time for myself sometimes, my eating habits was also affected too. Sometimes i couldn't careless for my food, as i would prefer to concentrate more in my children's food. I was feeling pretty tired most of the time. My sleep pattern was haywired. I would sleep early with afiq. And then woke up in odd hours. By then it is difficult to sleep again. The most difficult part is the feeling of being lonely. You can say that i have my kids for company, but it's different. Its not the same of having her around the house. I did not tell this to her as i don't want her to feel burdened by this. She has enough on her mind with her studies and all. I thought that it could be more okay after i had adjusted to it. But it seems with the days passing, it wasn't.

I tried to keep myself busy at times. Just to ignore the loneliness. I bought a new laptop, a Dell Studio. I tried to play games (pc games) which i had enjoyed previously, but its just wasnt the same. I tried exercising at night. Its just wasn't the same. Getting hooked to Ebay doesn't work too.

Aiman too felt that i had been different at times. He even commented that I don't eat a lot nowadays. Sometimes he even scold me for not eating. I try to accompany them during dinner as this would make them eat more. Aiman is also i could say a 'schoolaholic' he likes school so much that he even wants to be the first one reaches school. But... when he reaches home, he just forgets everything from school. All he wants is just relaxing and watch tv.

Aiman with the long face... Late to school. Hehe

As for Danial, i think he misses her mum the most out of the 3 despite him being the one who gets scolded more often than everyone. He would point out the things that he would do like able to ride a bicycle with 2 tyres or even able to read and write and complained that mak is not around to see him do that. He also questions why other kids mother is there with them (he only knows our neighbour mother who is not working). There is one time that he cried when all of us sent mak to the airport. He said "Abang ngah tak syok mak tak ada".

Danial with his usual grin

The boys chilling out in the water

Afiq, he doesn't know much. But when my wife comes back during weekends, he would cling to his mother most of the time. And when the next morning when he wakes up, he would call out for her. He also likes to see his mak's pictures. He even confuses himself with 'mak' and 'bak'. Out of the 3, afiq seems to know how to 'pujuk' me when i'm angry or upset he would call out to me and make animal sounds that he likes to make a cat or a goat sound.

Afiq in KLCC Playground

Oh how I wish i could turn back the clock to the time when everything was simple. And do things differently or even feel things differently. But i can't. So many things had happened during this past 9 months and even so in the past 2 months. I am trying my best. But i don't know if that is good enough. I sometimes questions my own ability and ownself. Am i good enough to face this, am i strong enough, did i do things right, or did i do things wrong. Am i bringing them up the right way or not. All i can do is pray and hope.

By Deejay (Natrah's hubbby)

Happy Birthday Aiman

2009-02-13T22:36:00.002+08:00

Aiman turns 7 yesterday. We had a small bday party for him but I'm too tired to update about it even today! Hehehehhee...Anyway, to Aiman..may Allah bless you and you'll grow up to a good boy and happy always :) Lot of love from Mak

weekend getaway..

2009-02-09T12:30:00.001+08:00

We decided to finish up our vacation entitlement for the year 2007 in Cameron Highland, Pahang. The last time I went to Cameron Highland was about 20 years ago! I could not even recall what is was like. Therefore, on Thursday afternoon (after Aiman came back from school), we left to Cameron Highland. We arrived at about 6.30pm, it was drizzling at that time and it was so cold. Although the temperature showed 17 degrees celcius, I felt like it was a freezing temperature! We stayed at Strawberry Park Resort. Since it was an old resort, so I didn't expect too much from it...but hubby said if we come again to Cameron Highland, Strawberry Park Resort definitely not our choice :p It was situated in a bit secluded area, nice for honeymooners I guess ;) and the surroundings were nice and calm.

The lobby entrance

Sejukkkssss...

We didn't do much shopping actually..I just bought few cactuses, roses, strawberries and sweet potatos and sweet corn (yes, they are really sweet!) but the 2 days spent there were nice and relaxing..

We came back on Saturday afternoon and later that day we had guest from Amsterdam! Actually they were on their holiday in Cameron Highland when we met them. To cut the story short, hubby invited them to our house to get the medicine since their son had an ear infection. Their son was so excited playing with my kids and didn't want to leave our house..LOL..I guess another reason they came to our house was to enjoy the countryside scenery here..after they had their tea, they left to Penang for another few days before they go back to Amsterdam. To Carlinda and Raymond..nice meeting you :)

So, now the weekend getaway is over, I have to concentrate to my assignments! At least I have a free and peaceful mind to start back the student life ;) Ops! btw, Aiman's birthday is just around the corner and we had planned a small bday party for him this coming Thursday..ok got to go...Afiq is crying!

The start of my break...

2009-02-02T23:16:00.000+08:00

Today is the first day of my mid semester holiday at home. I'm a bit tired coz last nite I had a late night, accompanied hubby watching the game, finished up a bit of my assignments and watched DVD ;)

Yesterday I drove back from KL alone, yes believe me..that was my 2nd time driving alone for such a long distance journey...luckily nothing serious happened :) and guess what, hubby started to worry because I might driving back every weekend!LOL..

Everybody at home are fine which is a good news because we had planned for a short weekend break somewhere this coming weekend.

The weather over here is quite hot and windy..perfect weather to play kites! but today I planned to play badminton with my kids. Cooking is another agenda during my holiday..and it starts with doughnuts! OK got to go...c ya ;)

Bowling with the boys..

2009-01-24T00:29:00.007+08:00

It's bowling time!! I love to play bowling but I can count how many time I got a strike :p hehhehehe masuk longkang byk tak terkira laa...The last time we went for the game was about 5-6 months ago, so last night hubby and I decided to bring the boys to try the game (previously the just watch us playing). Luckily there were shoes that fit Danial's...or else he cannot play and he must be very difficult to handle when we were playing. We played 2 games.

Aiman quite good at controlling the ball..I mean for it to go straight on the lane..not into the 'longkang'..

But Danial, apart from the ball was quite heavy for him, it was slightly difficult to teach him...so most of his balls went into the longkang.

Afiq was very good, he didn't make any sound even...may be because he was already sleepy when we started to play. We just let him walk around. Bak as usual love the game too...and he even went for a few bowling tournament before. After the 2 games everybody was so tired and sleepy..it was almost 10pm. The two boys were very excited and request to come again tomorrow! Errr...may be next next week when I'm on a long holiday. Pssst: Bak should we all get our own pair of bowling shoes and bowling balls??? :)

Mummy in action!

Before we went back..

Aimandanialafiq updated!

2009-01-10T16:54:00.017+08:00

AFIQ

Before..

After..

But still energetic...

Regaining energy...

Another mission..
Yeah!!..enjoying the scenery outside mummy's appartment...:)
The scene...the drain where Afiq fell into...

I could not remember when was the last time I wrote about Afiq, my little boy. He is almost 1 year 4 months old. He started to walk at the age of 1 year 2 months..quite late compared to his 2 brothers. He is very active...and he loves to go to the bathroom and of course loves to play with the water too...luckily his hand cannot reach the water in the toilet bowl!!! or else...you know he will do it ok. I came home on Friday night and I was surprised looking at him sleeping with 2 bruises over his left eyelid...and even abrasion wound! Oh what happen?? I thought he had it when he was sleeping, but no way that was not a new wound. Then, hubby told me, he fell into the drain! What???? Yes he fell into the drain while my maid (mak lang) went outside to hang the clothes..and of course Mak lang didn't realised he was following her..Oh poor Afiq. Luckily the wound missed his left eye. Today the wound recovered well.

DANIAL

Hahahahaa ni takde mood kena paksa bergambar :P

His happy face..

last raya in JB..

Danial..he is as usual, has a lot of ideas and very difficult to handle sometimes. When Aiman started his first day at school and we have to buy him exercise books from school..Danial want them too..so Bak had to buy few books and colour pencil for him too..although we already paid for him to get them from his kindy. Everytime he is in the car he would say "bak,bukak bumbung" even it is raining!! But I think he is the one who is most affected when I'm not around..he would say "mak balik lama ke?" :)

AIMAN

Nampak mcm muka sakit ..kan?

Aiman down with fever the last day he went to school last week. According to hubby his temperature was very high and he went a bit delirious whenever his temperature was high..saying that he saw something big! Luckily hubby started antibiotic early so by the second day his fever settled. Today he go to school as usual but his appetite still not very good. I'm going to cook his favourite dish today..hopefully his appetite will recover very soon.

Skybridge KLCC during last Christmas.

Why?

2009-01-06T18:32:00.006+08:00

I was on my bed just now trying to sleep but I couldn't fall sleep because my mind keep thinking of my life...I wonder how am I going to face the days ahead. Now I realised that juggling between being a full time student, a mom of 3 heroes and a wife is not an easy task. Physically I feel very tired especially travelling 400km every weekend (and to be frank I'm the type of person who is very difficult to fall asleep while travelling..even at night!)..and emotionally I'm exhausted with all my 'brain torturing' assignments and assignments datelines and missing my other half and my kids :( during weekdays. Initially I'm 100% sure that this is my right decision..to be a full time student, leaving my family, leaving the comfort zone in my working lines and etc..but now I'm not that sure. Sometimes I was forced to make a difficult decision, like absent to class or missing my son's 1st day at primary school (absent means whole day absent,coz I cannot afford to be absent only in the morning and be there in the afternoon coz I am 400km away from my class)...but of course being me and I guess being every mom we will choose the 2nd option right?..and that was what I did on Monday!..hahahahhaa. Aiman 1st day at school!! I don't want to miss that..I planned to blog about it but too tired on that day, so hubby said he will do and he did it here. My first semester went smoothly as I passed all the paper I sat for the exam..Alhamdullillah and now I started to worry about my final exam and that result will determine whether I'm qualify or not to proceed to phd programme. I do feel that I have no time for myself..but I don't bother about it much, but after I watched Desperate Housewives (Oh, should I write here that I bought a complete set of season 1 Desperate Housewives??:p..which I never watch before..) I started to think about it..hahahhaaa...anyway I can't wait to finish it during my next semester break :p . Well, for now I take it as a problem that I have to find my way to solve it.. everybody has their own sets of problems right? Things never go so well that you should have no fear, and never so badly that you should have no hope...:)

pssst: is it because I'm tired and sleepy that makes me feel like this or the other way around??errr..not sure but I surely need a good deep sleep tonight :)

Raya haji..bbq@my parents house

2008-12-11T01:02:00.017+08:00

We went back to my parent's house during Aidil Adha this year.. my eldest brother (Along), my sister and my 3rd brother with their families came back too. It is nice to have sort of family gathering once a while. These 3 pics below are the scenery at the back of my parent's house...paddy field! or known as ' bendang' here at my place.

Close up of 'pokok padi'..
Aiman with his cousins

My sister in law who has a great passion on fishing! and her daughter too...(pssst:Kak Yam if you read this..Yes,I've blog about it! and ppl around the globe can see you fishing!..if they come across my blog lah.. hehehhee)
Cousins...I actually have 14 nephews and nieces at the moment and 11 of them were there at my parent's hse during last raya..
Thinking of having a lot of beef during raya haji..my brother bought a lot of fishes, prawns and squids and Kak Yam (my sister in law) and me planned a bbq night. She went out to buy those essential things like the charcoal grill, chicken franks, the 'satay sticks' and things to make the gravy. Then by 6pm the grilling started...

See..aiman is trying to swallow a hot grilled chicken franks! and another one is in his right hand! and finally the chicken franks finished before the actual eating session started..LOL

And the girls preparing it..dah besar-besar anak sedara Acu ni..hehehehe

After about an hour..tadaaaa...everything is ready to be eaten..

Makan time!..Tok is busy rationing the food...hehehee takut tak cukup :P
The kids had theirs' first..
The girls eat inside the house..

Makan-makan ended at about 9pm..and by 10pm everybody was very tired and slept early that night.

Packing again

2008-12-06T15:58:00.005+08:00

I felt like I was just unpacking my things yesterday (when we came back from Sabah last week) ..and today I'm doing packing things again...LOL.. I'm sure most of muslims in Malaysia would do the same...packing things to go back to celebrate AidilAdha. I'm going back to my parents house in Alor Star Kedah, about 120km from here. During the last Aidilfitri we celebrated at my in laws house, therefore this raya is going to be my turn.. yeay! ;)

Hubby, me and Afiq down with cough and cold..luckily my other 2 heroes are well. I'm a bit tired today due to not getting enough sleep last night...came back from Penang at about midnight and chatted through YM with my good friend until 2am...hehehee but it was nice ;) kan Farah kan?? So this morning woke up at 8am and continue back my sleep at 10am till 12pm..luckily I gave Afiq his medication (Actified)...hehehe he slept well too.

I'm going back to KL this Tuesday..huhuu and coming back home on friday! Yeah..I'll be a weekend traveller again ;) Do you know that my bus ticket which previously cost me RM27.80 now escalates to RM35.90!!

OK Selamat Hari Raya AidilAdha to all...

Holiday in Sabah..

2008-12-01T12:01:00.042+08:00

Do you think a vacation is a must for every family? For me...definitely yes! but it depends on your financial budget :) The most important thing is the quality time spend together and it is a bonus if it is spent at a nice vacation places. My kids love to go for a holiday especially when we stay at a nice hotel..I guess everybody does ;)

I've planned for this year end vacation about 2 months ago after I read someone's blog and saw a very nice pics of a few interesting places in Sabah. Luckily hubby agreed with my suggestion...so we went to Sabah on 26th November 2008. We stayed at Le Meridien Hotel and I think that's the right decision. It is a nice hotel and very convenient because everything is within walking distance..shopping mall, ATM, the famous Filipino market, the jetty to Tunku Abdul rahman Park and seafood restaurant! Yummm.....Oh I should mention here...a staff at concierge counter at Le Meridien Hotel named Ash...he is very helpful and even give us his handphone number for us to contact him if we cannot find a way to Kinabalu Park. Thank you Ash :)

On our first night there, we were recommended a famous seafood restaurant at Bukit Padang...but for me it was a bit expensive. RM280 for a dinner (2 adults and 2 children)is expensive right? Do you think so? Or I'm stingy??hhahahhaaaaa..the food was OK but not up to my expectation :P and we went there by taxi which cost us RM40 return. Whatever it was,we slept that night with a very full stomach :)

The second day in KK we rent a car which cost us RM170 and went to kinabalu Park, Kundasang, Ranau, Poring Hotspring and Sabah Tea Plantation. It is better to rent a car to go there because I was told that if you go by taxi they want RM300 for a day trip!

We were not so lucky because the tip of Kinabalu mountain was covered by mist when we got there :(

We didn't explore much of Kinabalu National Park..just took few pics and went up to Kundasang and Ranau for lunch. Guess what we had for our lunch that day? KFC! As me and Aiman a bit fussy about what and where we eat, hubby suggested to have lunch at KFC. Unfortunately, the water supply to the town of Ranau was cut off at that time and no air condition in KFC, we decided to have our KFC in the car :)

Kundasang is a very nice mountainous small town with a lot of fruits and veggies being sell along the road..when we were there it was covered with dark clouds and very cold air...refreshing! until I forgot to snap a pic of Kundasang :( but i still remember the nice view of it.

After lunch we headed to Poring hot spring not because to take a warm bath but we wanted to try a canopy walk. What I can say is that you have to experience it then you know..hehhehee. I'm not an adventurous person but walking in the jungle with my kids and had the chance to teach them a few things about our nature is one of the best moment in my life. Walking on a canopy walk with one hand carrying my little Afiq was quite a challenge mentally and physically for me..but Alhamdulillah everything went on smoothly. Later that day we headed to Sabah Tea Plantation hoping to get a cheaper Sabah Tea but the shop there was closed already at the time we were there but we were offered a nice view of Sabah Tea Plantation.

The third day in KK, we went to Manukan Island. I love it...a crystal clear water really calming. Hubby and kids had a great time there, me and Afiq just enjoyed a nice view of Manukan Island. I didn't do much shopping in KK, just a few crystal bracelet for souvenirs and salted fish ;)

Ok lets enjoy the pics...

Me and the kids beside the hotel swimming pool..

Le meridien KK

The view in front of the hotel

The famous Filipino Market..

Jetty at Manukan Island

The view at one spot in Manukan Island..

Afiq is so happy enjoying the beach view..

My heroes :)

The boys at the beach..

crystal clear water

At the jetty..

This the view from the jetty..the water is so crystal clear..you can see the fish swimming down there

That is Kinabalu mountain..

Oh did I mention that we had to change the boat right in the middle of the sea???...scary weh..

In the boat to Manukan Island

Ticket counter at Jesselton point..jetty to Tunku Abdul Rahman Park.

The entrance to the jetty

On the way to Kinabalu National Park

Poring Hotspring..

canopy walk..

At the start of canopy walk..

Jungle tracking..

KFC in the car :)

Likas mosque..

Cultural performance at Seafood restaurant in bukit Padang..

Le royal club at Le Meridien KK

Flight to KK

I'm too lazy to reorganize the pics above...hehhehehee

Anyway, Sabah is a very nice place to go for a holiday. I surely will go for the second time :)

It's me..

2008-11-06T19:04:00.002+08:00

This is me..yes me! After another period of hibernation :) Tomorrow is the last day of my exam, another paper...Epidemiology! Hate it..ops! I took this opportunity to update my blog because tomorrow I'll be going back to my hometown and fyi, no internet at home!!! apparently some stupid desperate ba*t**d stole our telephone cable last week (and that's the reason why my hubby also cannot update his blog) and of course no telephone, no streamyx..no internet :(
Anyway, I try to take it positively...may be it's the time for me to spend 24/7 with my kids. and hubby..which I'm looking forward to :) So guys be prepared to hear me shouting in the house..hehehhee
My exam? Well don't want to talk bout it now..wait till the result come out I'll blog about it. This week and next week are the exam week for masters student in HUKM. So everybody is cracking their head..and so sorry to hear that part one surgical exam was real tough. Its OK guys "Winners never quit and quitters never win" :) Whatever it is I've gone through this semester quite well which I hope a good start for me...the only thing is I miss my kids and hubby badly lately..hmm may be because I didn't see them for the past 2 weeks! Yes 2 weeks because I decided not to go back last weeked to prepare for my exam...Anyway, they are coming tonight to fetch me and we are going back together tomorrow right after my paper...hehhehehe tq Bak (susah payah Bak naik bas..).
Oh actually today is aiman's kindy graduation ceremony...I missed it :(
OK have to go...I have so many things to revise tonight...wish me luck :)

While They Were Sleeping

2008-10-30T23:26:00.003+08:00

I love to watch my kids sleep. It is the time when we appreciate them more. (maybe it is due to the fact that they are not running around that drives me nuts!! LOL) Even though sometimes Danial would have nightmares and shouts for no apparent reasons. My kids are just like me. They can sleep anywhere. Which is kinda handy if we were to go to other peoples house or relatives house.

Tonight Aiman and Danial had a quarrel for reasons unknown, they don't need any reason to fight. They just do sometimes, but if one of them are missing the other one will search for the other one.

So tonight, Aiman decided to sleep in front, with Danial sleeping inside their room. While Afiq is sleeping with me in the main bedroom.

Sorry guys, can't help myself to take your pictures....

Aiman with his special pose..hehe

Danial likes to hug another pillow

Afiq that sleeps like his mom...hehe sorry wifey

By Natrah Hubby....

hello mak...

2008-10-28T22:43:00.005+08:00

For all readers and friends of this blog, i would like to apologize due to inactivity of the blog for quite some time. It is unintentional, but my wife is currently struggling with her study as her exam is just around the corner.
Afiq is doing well now and gaining weight as he should. he is very active like his elder brother danial. and also very cheeky. he also knows how to throw a tantrum now. I can't be late to prepare his susu 'milk' or else he would yell his heart out.

he can't walk yet but he can stand without support. he also likes to play with the cordless phone. he would mumbling with the phone and sometimes laugh. As if he is talking with somebody. hehe.

Aiman is also getting bigger due to his big appetite. yesterday i took both aiman and danial for dinner at a local food place. he has been nagging me to take him there to eat ikan bakar 'fish' or other preparation of ikan. we orderer a simple ikan siakap 3 rasa and a sup tulang. i only ordered 2 plates of rice. i shared with danial and aiman got 1 plate for himself. to my amazement, he was able to finish the whole plate. he just said to me 'aiman lapaq..' hehe... i guess he got that type of an appetite from me.

Danial being danial. as active as ever. but one thing that i noticed. he kept asking what day mommy will be back. i told him not too long now. i guess he misses his mommy. :( don't worry danial mak will be back soon after she finishes her exams. then both of you can quarrel again. LOL.

helo mak, bila nak balik?

Afiq posing with his new favourite 'toy'

AFIQ'S 1st BIRTHDAY

2008-09-14T13:52:00.007+08:00

Afiq 1st bday cake...

With his bak..

Look..he is aiming the cake! Bak has to hold his hand...or else,pap! musnah kek tu...LOL

Today is Afiq's birthday!! He is 1 year old today..I still remember this day a year ago...when all muslims in Malaysia were fasting on the 3rd day of Ramadhan, I was in the labour room pushing my baby out to see the world :)...what a memorable experience a mother went through. We had a small bday party for Afiq yesterday(because I'm back here in KL today)..invited few of Aiman and Danial's friends...and I even packed the cakes for those who were fasting. To Afiq, hopefully you will be in a good health and be a good boy ok..Mak Love you very much and miss you and all the guys at home...Mak want to come home....huhu :(

updated..

2008-09-07T07:08:00.008+08:00

This month marks the holy month of Ramadhan. I would like to wish a blessed ramadhan to all muslims who observing it. Today is the 10th day of fasting...huh, time flies! By early next month we will be celebrating Hari Raya..and me this time around, will be celebrating it at my MIL house...in JB. Well it has been quite a long time I didn't post any photo of my kids here...so today I feel like doing it.

During my hubby's bday
Aiman with his 'kontrol' smile..

Danial with his spiderman action...tak habis2

Our little afiq who is going to be 1 year old in a few days

He is cruising along the sliding door holding to my curtain!

It's 6.30am and I have to prepare to go to my class which will be at 8.30..huh student! FYI, I'll be sitting for a few test every 2 weeks starting from next week until early October and my end semester exam will be in early November....TIDAKKKK!!!! OK OK I have about 2 months to get prepared. So guys wish me luck ok? Think thats all for now. Oh before I forget, my hubby also started his own blog..go and check it out ya (at my link list) . He is a nice guy I tell you..feel free to leave him a comment OK..

There goes another weekend..

2008-08-25T04:29:00.006+08:00

It's 4am, I just arrived at my rented house, very tired and sleepy but I need to be awake because I have to sit for a statistics test in the next few days...kena study! Usually I'll sleep after this 6 hours journey (by bus..argh,my neck is so painful :( ) and wake up at 6.30 or 7am for my class at 8.30 am. About my weekend, of course I had a great time with them. I actually brought along the camera to upload some photos about my hubby's bday treat and etc. but I forgot to bring the cable! LOL..anyway, I actually bought a cake and cooked some 'lontong' for them. I did gave my hubby his bday present a G Shock watch...and guess what he said," I've waited 30 years to have a G Shock" hahahahahhahhaha...kesian. So now one of ur wishes come true ya baby :)
Aiman, as usual very occupied with his TV programmes, Danial is active as usually. Oh he did cut his own hair on the middle of his head..so it is like 'half bald' right on the middle.LOL...Afiq, my cute little boy, very active now..not gaining much weight despite good appetite. He can now stand with support and cruises, he also follows some of the instructions like when you ask him to clap his hands..he will do it and he also understand 'NO'.. :)
OK have to start study now...wish me luck for the test :)

My hubby's birthday!

2008-08-19T13:08:00.003+08:00

Today is my hubby's birthday..he turns 30 today!! He has been a great hubby to me and a wonderful dad to my kids and will always do. To my dear hubby a very Happy Birthday and may all your wish come true. Although we can't celebrate it together today, I really hope that today will be one of the happiest day in his life. I will bring home his bday present this weekend. I didn't plan anything yet..may be just a special dinner at home with my small family :) Hope I can upload some photos about that dinner..I just hope but if the internet at my house is still not working nothing can be done :( OK have a nice day..

Hello!!

2008-07-24T11:10:00.003+08:00

HELLO EVERYBODY!!!!! It's me...after about a month silence. I was told by hubby that he had updated my blog yesterday..so this morning I tried my best to get connected and guess where I 'm doing this?? In the department!..During our video session (we are required to watch this video called Minamata..have you ever heard about that?It's actually a documentary on Mercury poisoning in Minamata Bay in Japan..psssst pls google for further info OK). I just want to take this opportunity to thank my hubby for his sacrifice and to tell the world that he is the greatest hubby in the world for me and the best Daddy for my kids. Who will take care of 3 small boys alone especially at night without any help?..and even brought them for a holiday..? You think :)
Well, back to my student life...nothing interesting but I love what I'm doing now except being separated from my family during weekdays and travelling 800km weekly :( but guess what..? I'll have my semester break for 2 weeks starting from 2nd August! Yeayyyy.....(hahhahahaaa really like a student huh...waiting eagerly for the holiday to come). Before I forget..Afiq is now 10 months old and he started to crawl errr not started but he can crawl very fast already and he loves going into the bathroom! I will put up a video of him crawling later when I'm at home. Aiman and Danial still like they used to be..very active and talkative and have lots and lots of ideas. I noticed that Danial frequently kiss my cheek whenever I'm at home...may be he is trying to tell me that he miss me but I guess he just don't know what to say and just give me a kiss. Sedih nyerrr... :((( Oh ya..I really need a suggestion from you my online friends. Actually my hubby's bday is coming in 3 weeks time...what should I get him??I bought him a wallet last month, so wallet is out...so please give me some suggestions OK? Think that's all for now, got to finish my work..because tomorrow is the last day to submit my thesis proposal summary. To all of you take care and have a nice day :)

What's Up?

2008-07-23T17:25:00.005+08:00

Dear readers,

As my wife Natrah is doing her masters right now, she is very busy with her hectic schedule. Mostly she would have classes during the weekdays and would come back to Baling during the weekends as her weekend are free from any classes.

She would travel back by bus most of the time except for last friday when she flew back to Penang from KLIA. I took the opportunity to bring the 3 heroes along to Penang as I had booked a room at Golden Sands Resort in Batu Feringghi. This is the 1st time that I had drove the 3 of them together at the same time outside of Baling.

How did went? I had cramps at my left shoulder and forearm. Initially the little cutie Afiq was very good. He sat on his child seat quitely until we went aboard the ferry. He became restless and started to cry. I had to pat him (tepuk) him with my left hand and drive with my other hand. By the time we reached Golden Sands and checked in, it was about 6p.m. Everybody was tired and hungry, (mind you, we had our lunch very early at about 12.45pm and handn't eaten since). But knowing the fact that we will be picking up our heart and soul at the airport kept our spirits soaring.
We waited patiently at the departure bay (hehe, i didn't want to wait at the arrival due to the heavy traffic) until there she is...... everybody was excited cept for Afiq as he fell asleep waiting. Aiman and Danial kept on talking and talking due to the excitement. We went for our dinner at a place call Marton. We had ikan bakar, kerang bakar, etc...... but the service was so so and the food was late. I don't think that we would go back there again. We rushed back to the hotel as i wanted to go to the infamous pasar malam near the hotel to buy some dvd (shhhh, not original one). We came back dissappointed as they had been rushed by the local authorities a few days back. Never mind, i vowed to come back again to get the dvds.

The next day we let Aiman and Danial enjoy themselves at the swimming pool. Oh, I forgot to mention that the hotel is crawling with Arabs. It seems that it is the peak season for Arabs to come here to Malaysia to escape the hot weather there. But being a local tourist has its disadvantages as the hotel staffs seems to be more helpful and more courtiest to them than to us. When I checked in into the hotel, there was no one offering me to help with the luggage. I was carrying Afiq with one hand, carrying my laptop on my back, and carrying another beg with my other hand. I was dissappointed with that. Its like a Malay proverb "kera di hutan disusukan, anak dikendung mati kelaparan". Maybe the management should look into that.

The next day we went to Gurney Plaza, where we did some shopping. Well, I did most of the shopping. I bought 3 shirts, and a pants at East India. I've been looking to buy for quite some time now and i managed to buy 3 in one shot. I wanted to buy another one from Bonia but I think I'll save some when we're going to KL next month to do a shopping spree.

Then we rushed back to Alor Star to see natrahs' parents. Her father had another episode of mild stroke. This time it is a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), he had the attack 3 days earlier on Thurday. Luckily its just a mild attack and he improved to normal afterwards. He had been neglecting his health by not taking medicine regularly and i hoped that he would continue to take care of himself. Afterall, he is my father also.

Well, that's just a quick update to you all on what's been happening so far. Don't worry, Natrah will be back soon.

Danial's Birthday

2008-06-29T15:45:00.000+08:00

It has been 2 weeks since I last posted here...hmmm quite busy huh? :). Well, you know being a student right?..with homework and all, plus travelling back home every weekend (never fail up till now!), they keep me busy almost everyday. Oh I should write about Danial's birthday which we celebrated it 2 weeks ago..at Cinta Sayang Sports Cafe. Initially we planned it to be held at home but since I was not around during weekdays and I'm too tired to hold a party at home (with all the preparation and cleaning after that...oh NO!). Finally we just invited my parents and sister and her family and my helper's son. The party started with them had a splashed at The Carnival Sungai Petani. It is not as big as other water theme park but I guess all kids will love it. After we spent about 2 hours there we headed to one of the Cafe in Cinta Sayang Golf and Country Resort. I chose to have a dinner there because the steamboat is quite nice. Aiman and Danial love eating in front of the stove with boiling soup. I guess they like the cooker instead of the food inside :)

My family...waiting to be served :)

Look how he stared at the cooker...

I love steamboat but some places put a lot of other things like fish ball, crab stick and etc. instead of the seafood. I don't like that :(

It was almost 9pm when we started our dinner...and The Birthday Boy almost fell asleep..LOL

Finally Birthday cake is here....HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIAL...

May all your wish come true and you'll be bless and be a good son :)

A messy bitrhday boy...Danial, hopefully you'll be able to see this pic when you grow up..

Aiman and his cousin...

A few pics at the Carnival..I cannot take many pic as I had to carry Afiq who was sleeping all the way when we were there and hubby was busy supervised Danial and Aiman playing there.

Daddy's boy...

I found this video over at youtube..may be it is a good way to look around without spending RM 28 to actually go in there :)

Day and Night Trip with the 2 elder heroes

2008-06-14T00:10:00.004+08:00

Today is friday, which is the only day that i have for my off day. i decided to do a day and night trip with the elder heroes a.k.a. Aiman and Danial (sory my cutie Afiq, bak will bring u along when you are older).

Where did i decide to go..... well it seems that i have chosen Queensbay Mall partly because i wanted to bring my kids to the cinema to watch the latest movie. Kungfu Panda and THE INCREDIBLE HULK. Mmmm, actually i wanted to see the movies also, hehe.

The day started after i had made them breakfast...not much of a breakfast really as i only manage to goreng them a burger each and scrambled eggs. I had a leftover of the Murtabak Johor which is about 3 weeks old but it is still edible due to it being frozen solid inside the freezer (sorry farah, we'll get u the murtabak the next time we go back to JayBee). Then after sending Afiq to Mak teh's house we were on our way. The traffic was smooth all the way to QB. We reached there at about 10.45 am. I bought the tickets for both the shows. Kungfu Panda at 1145am and Hulk at 445 pm. I let Danial and Aiman run around the place with me following them. They decide to go to the arcade near the Cineplex, where they don't even know how to play.

After that, we made our way to the cineplex to watch the 1st movie. The movie was made by Dreamworks which also made other movies such as Shrek and Madagascar. It is okay, not great but okay. Aiman enjoyed the cinema but Danial doesn't seem to share the enthusiasm. I guess he hasn't reached that level yet as he keeps going on talking all the time. We later had our lunch at Secret Recipe and both of them had Fish and Chips. it is one of Aiman's fav food.

we window shop after that looking for Danial bday present. I wanted to buy him an interactive laptop rather than just toys as it could help him in english and education in general. so i bought one in Jusco. it is not exactly a laptop but more like a desktop. Aiman was heckling me to buy him computer games for him too, but i said no. (He wants a PSP!!!!) We then made a pitstop in Borders where i bought two graphic novels to complete my collection and then off we go again for our 2nd movie THE INCREDIBLE HULK.

I love movies that is adapted from comic books especially Marvel Comics. X-Men, Spiderman, The Fantastic Four,and not forgetting Iron Man. The Hulk is actually the sequel from the 1st one which came out in 2003. but the fellas from marvel said that it is actually a reboot from the 1st movie and technically not a sequel. Let's just move on before i complicate things.... Aiman had a lot of drink prior to the movie and was holding his bladder from the final quarter of the movie. i told him not to drink too much as he had almost bursts his bladder by holding on too long during the last time when we watched Iron Man. Luckily he managed to hold on this time until the end of the movie. Oh ya, what about Danial? He slept through the movie as he did when we watched Iron Man at Midvalley.

After the movie we had some ice-cream at Baskins N Robins. Danial is a 'hantu' when it comes to ice-creams. He simply loves it. We took 3 scoops sundae and i think he ate a lot more than both of me and Aiman combined. I also bought them a pair of new shoes to play with thier football as i couldn't fine an appropriate football boots. Oh, plus 2 CD's of Ultraman Nexus and with it 2 GUTS aeroplane. Before we left for Baling, we stopped by the airport to meet with Farah. Thanks for the stuff Farah.

WOW!!!! What a day. It took a lot from me just to keep up with them. I wonder where they got such energy.... and as usual, i couldn't sleep if i'm too tired (which explains why i am posting these blog at 2 am).

As a conclusion........

MOVIES RM 40

SHOES RM 60

CD'S RM 50

EXPRESSION ON THEIR HAPPY FACES .....PRICELESS

2008-06-09T16:58:00.002+08:00

Finally I'm able to get connected to internet here in my rented house...Yeay! Thanks to my beloved hubby who let me use his laptop which came with Windows XP..so I'm using the modem that I bought last month.(the one which cannot be used with Vista..remember?)So, where should I start? My study? My new life during weekdays? or my family which is 400km away? OK I'll start with my family of course. As you can see at the ticker above this post, Danial's birthday is approaching. Hubby and I have planned something like family gathering to celebrate his 4th birthday. Most probably we have to have it on Saturday even though his birthday is actually on this Thursday (You can guess why right?). Hopefully it will be done as planned. Last night before I went to the bus station, I cannot hold my tears when I kissed them while they were fast asleep...sayunyerrrr!!

About me being a student again..I guess nothing much to tell..just I'm a bit nervous knowing that only 11 students taking the same course as me...and the most important part is that my 1st semester exam will be in early November :P

OK I better open my book now..:)