..aryanna nadyne || full of life and hope..

On my way to become a Prima Ballerina!

2012-05-05T12:51:00.000+08:00

At long last, the day of my ballet concert came.

The name of my concert was Sugar & Spice. It was on the 29th of April and almost everyone was there.

Mommy and Mak Lel took me to the hall at noon as I had to be there early. Dadda, Tok Abah, Tok Mama and everyone else came later.

All set to go :)

The concert started at 2pm and my performance was the 3rd one. After the concert I met with everyone who came to see me. They were Tok Abah and Tok Mama, Paksu and Aunty Kinaz, Umi Put and Uncle Irsyad, Ayah Ngah and Aunty Inn, Mak Lel, Aunty Ina, CuNa, Sarah, Kak Miza, Abang Faiez and of course, Mommy and Dadda.

I think everyone had a good time (although I doubt they could really see me amongst all my ballerina friends while performing on stage).

I think Pak Su really enjoyed it. I think he secretly wants to be me too.

I'm not quite sure he has the talent though...

My 4th Birthday Bash!

2012-04-22T13:30:00.000+08:00

This year, my birthday celebration was different. Instead of having a party at home or Tok Abah's house, I had my 4th birthday party at a kids play area called Yukids Island.

Mommy decided after seeing the place a few months back to have my party there so after discussing it with Dadda, they agreed. About a month prior to my party, Mommy started planning our guests, food, party packs and all the other details. Although we decided to make it a small event with only family members, I was so excited. I was counting days to my birthday and couldn't wait for the day to arrive.

Finally, 10th April came. It was a Tuesday so it was a school day but the next day, Wednesday was a public holiday. So, instead of having the party on my actual birth day, we had it a day after, on the 11th. I woke up excited that morning as everyone was busy getting ready to go to the venue.

When we arrived, Mommy went straight to the cake shop to get my birthday cake. This year I had chosen the theme 'Barbie'. All my guests had to turn up in pink and/or white. As I am now a ballerina, I chose a ballerina Barbie for my cake.

My cousin, Alyssa came in a complete 'princess' costume but seeing that it was my birthday, she was kind enough to let me wear her tiara all day! How sweet of her.

The place provided us with food from McDonald's and we also brought more food from home for our guests.

So, although most of our guests were late, eventually all turned up and we started off with the cake cutting (Mommy decided to get that out of the way so all the kids can play). Cousin Nadhrah helped me with the cake cutting.

After that, everyone else started eating while some kids were too excited to eat and proceeded to the play area to play. I ate a little and joined my friends.

After playing for a while, Mommy called everyone back to the party room to take photos.

We also gave Mama her birthday present from the rest of the PJ family.

And now, both Papa and Mama have the same handphone.

Although some of my cousins couldn't make it because some were ill and some were stuck somewhere or parents had to work and stuff like that, quite a number of relatives turned up to celebrate my birthday.

There were, of course, Nek Wan,

my lovely aunties/godmoms/hang-out buddies,

Aunty Shaly and Natasha, all the way from Somerset...

Ayah Ngah, Aunty Inn, Che Ah (not seen in the photo), Kolah and her daughters..

Wan Dak and Wan Kie...

Tok Uda, Wan Uda, Mak Long Syafa and Mama Rina..

Alyssa, Ryan and their parents...

Tok Cu, Wan Cu, Mama Lyana and Papa Dam..

AyahDe, Cik De and Nadhrah, of course...

Umi Intan, Uncle Yus, Ami Ndar, Aunty Ina and their kids...

Uncle Azrul, Aunty Illy and Aunty Kynaz...

and the others...

And when they went home, they all got to bring back some souvenirs/party packs.

So, after all the guests have left, we took our own little family fun photo...

I had an AWESOME time! Thank you Mommy, Dadda and everyone else for a lovely party!

Hope to see you again next year!

My 1st Sports Day!

2012-04-02T13:07:00.000+08:00

On March 31st this year, I experienced my 1st sports day.

Mommy woke me up early for ballet class that day and she started packing a whole lot of other stuff along. I was just too excited to go to ballet class that day because right after that Mommy's going to make me change into a yellow t-shirt and a track bottom.

Yes, a yellow t-shirt. I was in the Yellow team or better known as the Yellow Tiger team.

We were among the early ones to arrive at the stadium. My school, Children Islamic Center, has quite a number of branches all over Malaysia. So, our sports day is divided in 2 sessions. Morning and afternoon. I was lucky that my branch got the afternoon session so I don't have to miss my ballet class in the morning.

The afternoon session was supposed to have started at 2pm but it got a little bit delayed. It was just as well because although Mommy, Adida and I arrived around 1.15pm, Dadda, Tok Abah, Tok Mama and Pak Su were really late and only arrived at around 3pm as they all had work and got stuck in the traffic jam coming to the stadium right in the middle of KL.

My support team all in yellow :)

We started off with a march around the stadium, showing off our team and mascots.

Immediately after the march, I got ready for my first match. I was in 2 different matches. The first was the Kangaroo jump where I had to carry a bag in front of me and hop like a kangaroo as fast as I can. I then had to choose an animal picture and hop off to the other end and put the picture in a basket. My team won the 1st place for that.

I was the 1st to start

Here I go!

After all the games were over, it was time for the parents to play some games. Dadda was tired so Pak Su played in the games for dads and Mommy took part in the games for Mommies while Dadda and Adida took photos. Both of their teams won 1st place so Mommy and Pak Su also came back with some prizes.

Pak Su passing a balloon through his legs

Mommy taking rubber bands with a straw.

Tok Abah and Tok Mama also came to support me :)

With Dadda and Mommy

Adida was there too :)

My principal, Teacher Zana :)

Teacher Aishah

Met Alisha and her parents too! She's in CIC The Strand.

So, that was my first sports day and I had fun! Can't wait for my next one.

Look out for my birthday post soon :)

Aryanna Ballerina' and Idzhar's latest venture

2012-03-17T17:17:00.000+08:00

Since the beginning of February Mommy had enrolled myself in a ballet class. I've been asking Mommy for a chance to go for dance classes for the past one year and Mommy kept asking me to wait.

The day came when she finally decided to take me for a trial class in January. She wanted me to try before making up my mind. Turned out that I really enjoyed it so, in February, I began my training to become a ballerina.

It's now been a month since I attend classes and I'll be performing in a concert at the end of April.

Will let you know how the concert goes. Hopefully with some photos or videos too.

Now, I wasn't the only one who had tried something new. Adik did too.

We took him swimming for the first time sometime end of February and since then, it's been a weekly activity for us and Idzhar. Well, Mondays have always been our swimming day all the while but Idzhar has just started joining us and he absolutely loves it!

Let's see if he picks up swimming as quickly as I did.

February birthdays!

2012-02-29T11:56:00.000+08:00

February is a month full of birthdays of the people close and dear to me. Let's see, there's Papa's, Mak Lel's, Aunty Alma's, Zariya's and Uncle Nuar's. As usual, we celebrate them all together with everyone.

For Papa's, Aunty Alma's and Zariya's birthdays, we went bowling with the other uncles, aunts, grand uncles, grand aunts and cousins. Mommy bought birthday cupcakes for the February babies and after bowling, we went and have lunch at a restaurant of Papa's choice.

Dadda taking his turn.

Mommy's turn.

Waiting for my turn.

The cupcakes.

The February babies.

Giving Papa's choices of presents for him to choose.

Later that week, we celebrated Mak Lel's and Uncle Nuar's birthday at a restaurant called Bonjour Garden in Kota Damansara. It serves western food plus a bakery in a very nice 'European-like'setting. There's a picture of an apparently very famous tall building called the Eiffel Tower.

Mommy said that the tower is in Paris, France. I have no clue on where that is but Mommy, Dadda, Tok Mama, Tok Abah, Pak Su and Uncle Nuar all have been there before. Perhaps someday I'll get to go there too!

While waiting for everyone to arrive.

There's a nice fountain in the middle of the restaurant.

Adik and I with the birthday girl.

Mak Lel and her birthday food.

Uncle Nuar with his birthday food.

Adik and Uncle Nuar.

The birthday cake.

The whole family.

Bibik and adik included.

So that was how I spent my February. How about you?

Colourful CNY at i-City

2012-02-25T13:38:00.001+08:00

This year, Chinese New Year fell on a Monday so we had a long weekend to celebrate it. School was off for 4 days. Mommy and Dadda decided to take me to i-City in Shah Alam, just about 20 minutes drive from where we're staying. I-City is famous for its colourful lights.

So on Sunday night, after Maghrib prayers, we got ready. We left Idzhar with Bibik though because Mommy decided that it would be too tiring for him to follow us around and he wouldn't have enjoyed it. Pak Su Ami tagged along to help Mommy look after me. We left the house at around 8pm to meet Adida, Tok Daddy, Aunty Sheila and her kids there. There was quite a bad traffic jam going into i-City.

After braving the traffic, we finally got a parking space and went straight to look for Adida and the rest. Our first stop was the Snow House. We brought our own jackets but Adida and her family had to queue up and rent jackets. Inside, Dadda, Pak Su, Adida, Kak Ira and Abang Amir went on the sled while we watched and took pictures of them.

Mommy wanted to go but I didn't want her to. I wanted her to just stay with me as I was too cold and only wanted to be with her. So, we waited and watched them slide one by one. Dadda went twice because Mommy didn't get his picture the first time. We then took some more pictures before going out.

Outside i-City

Jam going into i-City

Just arrived. Pak Su and I.

On the way to the snow house. Stopped to take some photos.

Snow house, ready to go in.

One with everyone.

Dadda getting excited.

With Dadda.

With Mommy.

Pak Su sliding down.

There goes Dadda.

This is us with the snowman.

Once we're out, we went our separate ways (Adida and her family left straight away because they were tired as they were out the whole day). We walked over to the theme park to go on some of the rides but all the nice ones had really, really long queues. We wanted to go on the huge Ferris Wheel but decided against it when we saw how long we had to wait in line so we moved on to other rides. We finally decided to go on the carousel.

Pak Su, Mommy and I went while Dadda waited for us. I loved the carousel. It's now my favourite ride. Mommy and Pak Su then went on another ride that had lots of swings. They looked like they had fun too! I didn't go because i didn't make the height benchmark to go on that ride. Maybe when I'm a bit older and taller I'll go.

Deciding where to go.

Pak Su on his horse on the carousel.

Mommy and I shared a horse because Mommy was afraid I'd fall.

Here we go!

Pak Su 'buat perangai'.

Mommy and Pak Su on the swing ride.

After the rides, we decided to call it a day because Mommy taught we had already left Idzhar long enough by then.

On the way back, Dadda stopped by at McDonalds because I was complaining of hunger, hehehe...

My 'healthy' late night supper. Mommy said once in a while is okay ;)

We had a really good time and are planning to go again for all the good rides we missed!
Maybe next time we'll see you there!

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!

2012-01-16T15:09:00.000+08:00

It's been quite a while...

From the moment Khaliq came into our lives, we've been really busy. Just after a month Mommy delivered Khaliq, Ayah Ngah's solemnisation ceremony took place at Aunty Intan's home in Gombak. I attended the ceremony with Mommy and Dadda while Khaliq had to stay home with Wan Ndak. Tok Mama was away in Japan at that point of time.

On the 17th of December, we had Khaliq's Aqiqah ceremony. We invited close friends and family and it was quite an interesting affair. Khaliq was really well-behaved during the ceremony.

Baby Idzhar's goodie bag.

Idzhar behaving himself.

We celebrated Christmas in Langkawi Island up north with Adida and Mak Lel. Tok Abah and Tok Mama sent us to the airport and Pak Su picked us up from the airport when we arrived back from Langkawi.

It was a much needed holiday for Mommy before she goes back to work. We went on the cable car, visited the Underwater World, sightseeing and shopped till we dropped (well... at least Mak Lel did...) It was Khaliq's 1st experience on an airplane too... not that he'd remember it.

Idzhar and Mommy boarding...

Me making silly faces...

So happy that we've arrived at our destination.

With my Trunki, just arrived at the hotel.

Isn't he just adorable?

Lunch with Mommy and Dadda before the cable car ride.

With Adida and Mak Lel in the cable car.

Jump!

Mommy and her two babies.

Breakfast at The Loaf.

With the penguins at Underwater World.

Made a new friend.

With Aunty Debbie, Dadda's friend at her 'cafe' on Pantai Chenang.

Pantai Chenang.

Dataran Lang.

On the way back home. (update status?)

And then there were Ayah Ngah's wedding receptions.

Aunty Intan's side on the 31st of December at Maju Junction.

The lovely couple in pink.

And our side on the 1st of January, 2012 at Dewan Tabung Haji, Kelana Jaya.

I was one of the flower girls.

The happy couple in blue.

Tok Abah, Tok Mama, Pak Su and Wan Ndak attended the wedding too.

Dadda was the MC.

Adik had his share of attention too.

With Tok Uda and Wan Uda.

With Adik who was well-behaved on that day.

My family with the bride and groom.

The women in PJ family.

The whole PJ family in blue & pearl.

So that was how I bid farewell to 2011 and welcomed the new year.

Now, back to school. Huhuhu... (Dadda jangan sentap! :)

Please welcome a new addition to our family... baby Idzhar Khaliq

2011-10-27T17:05:00.001+08:00

My baby brother, the latest addition to our family, baby Idzhar Khaliq was born on the 17th of October, 2011 at 5.47pm, weighing 3.41kg.

Mommy and Dadda sent me to school that morning and went straight to the hospital. Tok Abah picked me up later that day and brought me straight to the hospital to see Mommy and the baby. I was so delighted to see my new baby brother and am so excited to be a sister.

Will update soon with more stories and pictures of us! :)

PJ's Annual Family Trip 2011

2011-10-01T18:36:00.001+08:00

Yes, it was that time of the year again where we had our PJ Family trip... well, actually not really. This year we decided to move the trip earlier than usual. So instead of having it at the end of the year, we went in September, on Malaysia Day holiday because it was a long weekend.

Plus, we wanted to go to the East Coast this time so end of the year might not be a good idea because of the monsoon season. Apart from that, Mommy's due to give birth in October (anytime now...) and there's another good reason why having the trip earlier was a great idea. I will reveal the last reason at the end of this post.

So, we started quite early (although not as early as the others) on th 16th of September. As usual, it was quite a problem for Mommy and Dadda to wake me up early to have my shower. I mean, I've been waking up early every morning for school every weekday, why should I wake up early on weekends and holidays, right? Right??

Aaaanyway, we thought we were the last to leave home but it turned out that Ayah Ngah, Che Ah and Cu Na were even worse, hehehe... Anyhow, they managed to catch up with us since Dadda was driving slowly because he didn't want Mommy feeling uncomfortable during the long journey there.

We stopped by at a rest area to meet up with Ayah Ngah but they proceeded first to meet up with Papa and Mama at a waterfall area (Cemerong) on the way to have a short picnic. We however, didn't join them and after our meal, headed straight to Paka, Terengganu.

We arrived at the Rumbia Resort at around 3pm and rested while waiting for everyone to arrive. At around 5pm we had our tea and I met up with all my cousins at the cafe. We then walked over to the river nearby and went on a short cruise around the area and the sea. It was soooo cool and all of us had fun!

The next morning, I was also the last to wake up hence the last to have breakfast at the cafe. Everybody else were already getting ready to start the game. While the adults were taking part in the games, Mommy took me to the pool to swim.
This year, Mommy didn't take part in the games because she's pregnant so she spent most of her time with moi. Dadda had Che Ah as his partner this time.

After swimming, Mommy took me in for my shower and right after, we joined the rest of the family. I took part in the kids games.

After the morning game session Papa treated us to seafood lunch at a restaurant nearby. The food there was delicious.

Everyone went back and had a good rest after the big meal. At around 5pm, we headed to the beach. The adults continued with their game while the kids played with sand, including me! Yes, there was a time when I hated sand but learned to like it that day building sandcastles and all. I did take my time in the beginning, though.

That night we had a specially prepared dinner at the resort. Oh, I forgot to mention that the resort belongs to the company Ayah Ngah works in so he organised everything this time.

And then we had the prize giving ceremony...

The baby inside Mommy's tummy got a present too...

And the overall winner went to...

Ayah Ngah and Cu Na!

The next morning, only Dadda woke up to go and see the sunrise. He took some cool photos of it.
Cuna, Cek Ah & Ayah Ngah joined him later.

After breakfast we took some family photos before leaving back for home.

On the way back, we stopped at Kemaman, Terengganu to have a break.

I'm now looking forward to next year's trip because it'll be the FOUR of us next year, InsyaAllah! :)

p/s : Ayah Ngah made an announcement on the final night that he will be tying the knot to Aunty Intan really soon!
Unfortunately, Mommy might not be able to attend the engagement ceremony because it'll be held at the end of October, during her confinement period. Perhaps she'll be able to join the solemnisation ceremony in November. Let's keep our fingers crossed ;)

It's been quite sometime...

2011-08-31T20:53:00.010+08:00

I know it's been quite a while since my last update so I'm gonna make this quick, simple and non-draggy.

So, a lot of things have happened in the month of August and September, and I mean a lot!

First thing's first... the August birthdays...

There were Paksu's on the 10th, Tok Abah's on the 15th, Mommy's on the 17th and Kak Nadhrah's on the 21st. Mommy's birthday fell on Nuzul Quran day so she, Dadda, Pak Su and Adida were on leave but not Tok Mama. Tok Mama eventually decided to apply for leave too since everyone was not working on that day, hehe... The night before, at the stroke of midnight, Dadda and I wished Mommy a Happy Birthday and we wrote it on my board. Oh, and I did a card specially for Mommy too!

Dadda tried to have a surprise birthday and baby shower party for Mommy but it didn't really happen because firstly, it was during fasting month so we were more concentrating on fasting, breaking fast and the Terawikh prayers at night, second, only Selangor had the day off and most of Mommy's friends are working in KL, third, it was raining so heavily that day that everyone was stuck in a bad traffic jam. Nevertheless, some did turn up. Aunty Uma, Uncle Gerard and Jadrien came. She made a huge cake for Mommy and brought some cookies and food.

Uncle Nuar and Wan Ki came too. In the end, we had a simple and cosy gathering amongst close friends and family and it turned out really nice and sweet. Mommy was happy for everything except for the fact that I had a fever at the end of that day and it lasted for days!

When we went to Papa and Mama's house in PJ that weekend, we had a small birthday celebration for Kak Nadhrah.

Anyway, since all their birthdays were in August and it was the Ramadhan, Tok Abah had said earlier that the August birthday dinner treat will be after Eid in September. And so...

The Eid arrived...

We spent Raya eve and the first day in PJ this year. We also visited Tok Nong's house on the first day evening and drove back to Rembau straight from there. The next day, we went to Adida's house in Muar.

Just recently, we finally had the postponed and long-awaited August birthday dinner promised by Tok Abah at Le Meridien.

It was such a wonderful treat! The food was really yummy and we had fun!
Thank you Tok Abah :)

Coming real soon...

The Annual PJ Family Trip...

July happenings...

2011-07-27T17:07:00.007+08:00

July is almost over.

Come 1st of August, Muslims around the world will celebrate the starting of the holy month of Ramadhan where fasting starts. Let me tell you what I've been doing in the whole month of July, the month prior to Ramadhan.

On the 2nd of July, we celebrated Dadda's birthday. Mommy and I gave him a jersey of his favourite football team, Liverpool FC with the name of his favourite player at the back plus tickets to see them play here in Malaysia a couple of weeks later. We had 2 birthday dinners, one with Mommy's family to celebrate both Dadda's and Wan Ndak's birthday and the other with Dadda's family, to celebrate the birthdays of the July babies, Dadda, Tia, Ayah Ngah and Che Ah.

Tok Abah, Pak Su and Tok G left for Mekah to perform the umrah on the 6th for 2 weeks.
So, only Tok Mama and Adida were in Subang while they were away.

The next day Mommy and Dadda celebrated their 4th year wedding anniversary. We didn't really have a big celebration but Mommy bought a small cheesecake to be shared amongst 3 of us and I had all the strawberries on the cake, yum! That weekend, on the 9th Dadda, Mommy, Tok Mama, Adida and I travelled to Johor Bahru for a weekend getaway. Well, it was mainly to attend Tok Naim's (Tok Abah's best friend) daughter's wedding there but to us, especially Mommy and Dadda, it was like an anniversary holiday. Although it was only over the weekend we had lots of fun at the wedding, hotel and on the way back, stopped by to visit Nek Wan in Rembau.

Tok Abah, Pak Su and Tok G came back recently and they bought a lot of souvenirs for everyone. I got 2 jubahs and several t-shirts from Tok Abah. Of course they brought back dates, raisins and chocolates too plus other souvenirs from Jordan (they went there first for sightseeing before proceeding to Madinah and Mekah).

Besides all these, I attended other weddings here and there and we also went to a Hi-Tea held by Mama and her friends to celebrate the arrival of Ramadhan. We've moved to Tok Abah's house in Subang Permai and will be staying there until the baby arrives as Mommy's getting too heavy to be climbing up stairs to our apartment in D'Rimba.

So, we're slowly settling down and preparing ourselves for fasting month.

I still haven't decide if I'm going to start fasting, though and while I think hard on my decision, I want to wish all muslims Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadhan and Happy Fasting!

May this holy month brings joy and rezeki to all of you who embrace it :)

My trips with CIC so far...

2011-06-27T14:33:00.000+08:00

As some of you might already have known, I attend the Children Islamic Centre (CIC) in Kota Damansara. Since I turned 3 this year, I was allowed to attend the 4 and 5 year old classes too and they have so many fun school trips all year round. My head teacher, Teacher Zana allows me to join my seniors in some of the short and interesting trips.

So far this year I've gone to 2 school trips. My first trip was to the National Zoo with my seniors from my branch and also other CIC branches around Damansara and Taman Tun. Mommy woke me up really early that morning. I almost fell asleep at the shower! We went to another CIC branch at the The Strand, Kota Damansara at around 8am.

Who's more excited? Hehe. With my beloved Teacher Zana. It was raining that morning..

I said goodbye to both Dadda and Mommy before they left. After having breakfast there, we left in a school bus. Teacher Zana took a photo of me with her phone on the bus and sent it to Dadda.

The MMS pict sent by Teacher Zana, on the bus to the Zoo! :)

When we reached the zoo, the other students from other branches were already there, queuing up. We did a light exercise together and started our mini exploration of the zoo to see some of the animals there.

Light exercise? More like chicken dance!

Thank god I was wearing a new pair of sports shoes Mommy had bought months earlier. She bought them just because she liked it, not knowing that I would really need them now for this trip. So, thanks Mommy for having this obsession for shoes! I think I was the youngest among all the students there.

Yes, you read that right, it Adidas Stan Smith! Thank you Mommy!

In the afternoon, we headed back to our respective schools and waited for our parents to come and fetch us. I brought back a bunny hat and some other merchandise from the zoo. It was an exhausting day but I had loads of fun.

Ready to go back.. Pakai topi pulak.. :)

Told Dadda that I wasn't tired after the Zoo Trip, but 2 minutes inside the car... Zzzzz....

My second trip was to a hypermarket just nearby our school. That trip was also for the 4 years and above but Teacher Zana asked Mommy if they could take me along. It was during the Health & Science week and we were there to learn about food especially fruits and vegetables. This time, we didn't join other branches as each school went to hypermarkets nearest to them.

So, when we went to the Carrefour accross the road from us, others went to other Carrefours or Tescos near them. I learned about the food, names of fruits and vegetables and at the end of the day, we took pictures together and went back to school with some goodies.

Our trademark 'PEACE' sign whenever there's a camera in front of us!

I'm really looking forward to my school trips in the future.
I really enjoyed my trips so far. I wonder where will we go next...

Have a look at the album slideshows below of my CIC trips!
Thank you CIC!

What happened during my school break...

2011-06-20T17:29:00.002+08:00

I had 2 weeks break from school recently. During that time I still went to my playschool (CIC), but I didn't have to wear my uniform and we didn't have to attend classes. So, we did some activities, watched some TV, slept and played most of the time.

Last week, the 2nd week of my school break, I didn't go to school everyday. Dadda wasn't around as he had a meeting in Terengganu. He left on Tuesday together with Papa & Mama. They were also going to Terengganu to attend a wedding on Thursday. So, I went to school on Monday but on Tuesday, I followed Mommy to her medical check up with her doctor, Dr. Nor Ashikin. She scanned Mommy's tummy and we finally found out that the baby is a 'boy'!

I was actually quite disappointed to have found out that it's a boy for I had always wanted a baby sister. But now, I've learned to accept the fact that I'm going to have a baby brother and am really happy and excited and can't wait for the baby to come.

Anyway, after learning about the great news, I followed Mommy to her office in KL. There, I met Mommy's friends like Aunty Mary and Uncle Terry who is a radio announcer there and yes, Mommy works at a radio station. They were in the midst of moving a new and better office so the old office was in a huge mess. I had my books and the iPad to keep me occupied while Mommy finished off her work. At around 4pm, we carried some stuff into the car and headed to the new office which is much nearer to our house. Aunty Mary and Aunty Farah followed us in our car.

Peace with Aunty Mary

Playing with bubble wraps with Aunty Jackie & Uncle Terry!

That night, we had dinner with a friend of Mommy's from her previous office before she started working with this company. Aunty Adi was already waiting for us when we arrived at The Curve around 8.30pm. The next day, I had to go back to school but after school we had dinner with Tok Mama, Tok Abah, Pak Su, Adida and Mak Lel at Sri Thai restaurant in PJ.

Yes, we miss you Dadda, that's why we had to dine at fancy restaurant!

THREE is the new PEACE!

On Thursday, again I followed Mommy to her old office. This time I had a friend. Aunty Mary had also brought her son, Jayden. I had a lot of fun with him playing and running around the office. The 4 of us went out to the nearest McDonalds for lunch and at the end of the day, before we left, we took pictures together. Mommy had to carry a lot of stuff to the car because she was on leave the next day and they were to start working at the new office on Monday.

Inside the studio for the very last time with the RedFM crew!

I went back to school on Friday. That night, Dadda came back from Terengganu and we picked him up from PJ. He bought me and Mommy a new pair of kaftan dress and I ate 4 turtle eggs they brought back from Terengganu that night.

I hope I'll have as much fun when the next school break comes just as I had last week.

I'm 3!

2011-05-10T09:24:00.005+08:00

Sorry, this post is long overdue coz Dadda was too busy building his business! Good luck Dadda!

I celebrated my 3rd birthday at Tok Abah's house in Subang Permai on the 9th of April recently.
My birthday is actually on the 10th but we did it a day earlier as it was a Saturday and everyone could spend time with us as long as they liked.

We started the day off with some tahlil prayers for Umi Mae and other family members who have left us.
It was attended by just family members from both Tok Abah's and Tok Mama's side. After that we had lunch together outside. Everybody then went inside to watch a special video of me that Dadda had prepared earlier.

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My Year 1 slideshow courtesy of Dadda

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My Year 2 slideshow courtesy of Dadda

At 4.30pm, Mommy showered me and I put on my birthday dress bought by Tok Abah and Tok Mama. I had a special badge on that said 'Birthday Princess'. By 5pm, all the other guests had arrived. It was not a huge party, we only invited family members and close friends but they all had children around my age and that made the party fun!

The 3 of us (+1) on my 3rd Pororo birthday! Click on image to go to album!

They all received a blue 'Pororo' party bag each. Pororo is a penguin cartoon character I love to watch on TV. Mommy ordered them specially for my birthday. The bags have a picture of Pororo and his friends and they're all printed 'Happy 3rd Birthday Nadyne'.

Mommy also ordered a huge Pororo cake from her friend, Aunty Uma. She eventually gave the cake as my birthday present so Mommy didn't have to pay for it. She also made Pororo cupcakes for my school friends. Thank you very much Aunty Uma! I really, really loved the cakes. We had guests till night, even when I was already asleep. I was really tired that I went to bed earlier than usual that night. I had a lot of fun, though. The next day, on my actual birthday, we decided to just relax at home. That night, after a light dinner, we went back home.

On Monday, Mommy didn't go to work as usual but I went to school... like usual. Mommy took a day off from work and apparently went out for a date with Dadda after sending me to school, hehe... She had told me earlier that they would come back that afternoon with Pororo cupcakes and more party bags for my friends in school. I thought they were just making an excuse to leave me in school while they enjoyed themselves.

But true enough, they did return that afternoon with cupcakes and party bags! I was happy and excited to see them but at the same time I had to control my excitement and remain cool in front of my friends. They sang the 'Happy Birthday' song for me and we recited our doa before we ate our cakes. Just before we left, I distributed my party bags to all my friends.

Reciting doa before eating the cupcakes. Click image below to go to album!

It was a really enjoyable weekend for me!
I want to thank everyone who came to my party and made it a fun and unforgettable event.

I'm officially 3 years old now and practically a lady!

Mommy and Me Time

2011-04-14T00:19:00.000+08:00

This was a conversation I had with Mommy a few days ago...

Me : Mommy, Nadyne nak tido dengan Tok Babah. (Mommy, I want to stay with Tok Abah)

Mommy : Tak boleh (No, you can't). Tomorrow kan Nadyne school. Semua orang work (Everyone's working). Tok Babah, Tok Mama, Mommy, Dadda, Pak Su, Adida... semua work esok. You have to go to school.

Me : Mama dengan Papa?

Mommy : Papa pun work (Papa's also working). Mama pergi Korea dengan Che Ah, jumpa Pororo. (Mama went to Korea with Che Ah to meet Pororo)

Me : Chu Na?

Mommy : Chu Na pun pegi school (Chu Na also goes to school). Chu Na nak jadi doctor, dia kena belajar rajin-rajin (Chu Na wants to become a doctor, she has to study hard). So, kalau Nadyne nak jadi doctor macam Chu Na, Nadyne kena rajin pegi school, belajar sampai pandai (So if you want to become a doctor like Chu Na, you have to go to school and study hard)

Me : Adida?

Mommy : Adida engineer.

Me : Pak Su?

Mommy : Pak Su pun engineer.

Me : Che Ah? Mak Lel?

Mommy : Diorang accountant.

Kalau Nadyne nak jadi macam diorang semua kena rajin pegi school (If you want to be like them you have to go to school) Nanti Nadyne boleh kerja macam diorang (You can have good jobs like them). Chu Na nak jadi doctor so nanti kalau Nadyne sakit tak payah le pegi jumpa doctor lain, jumpa Chu Na je (Chu Na wants to become a doctor so when you're sick we just go and see Chu Na). So, kalau Nadyne nak jadi doctor, Nadyne kena belajar rajin-rajin sampai pandai, tau! (So, if you want to be a doctor, you too have to study hard!)

Me : Huh. Tak nak lah (I don't want to)! Nadyne nak jadi Batman! (I just want to be Batman!)

Mommy : Hah??? (Confused)

Tok Mae... In Loving Memory

2011-04-06T08:53:00.004+08:00

Amongst all Tok Abah's siblings, I think the person I'm familiar with the most is Tok Mae.
In fact, she was the closest aunt in-law to Dadda too.

Tok Mae is Tok Abah's younger sister. The one right after him. She's the kind of person who's really warm and caring and you just feel comfortable whenever you're around her. Naturally, her house was our favourite hang out place. Any chance we got, any reasons at all, whenever we're around KL, we'd think of her place. Whether to stop by and kill time or just dropping by to 'tumpang solat' (pray).

On top of that, her husband, Tok G is cool too! He didn't seem to mind us dropping by at any time of the day. Mommy would make it a point to at least bring some snacks whenever we stopped by and only call to say we're dropping by when we're about to reach her place. There's a reason for all that.

You see, Tok Mae was a person who LOVED entertaining people, especially her family members. If we tell her way beforehand that we're coming, she would be preparing food and snacks for us. So, Mommy will almost always call her at the very last minute to inform her we're coming so she doesn't tire herself preparing for our short visits.

Tok Mae had a particular habit where she was always wiping and cleaning. Her tables and floors were always clean. Tok Abah had joked once and said she had OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). Mommy says I took that habit from her. I do wipe almost everything especially spilled drinks even when we're eating in restaurants. One more thing that was her all-time favourite was the Karaoke. I think her two kids, Umi Putri and Ami Putra enjoyed it too. Mommy and Pak Su used to join them till late at night.

You were always never allowed to do anything or help her in the kitchen when you're at her house. She'd make a fuss even if you just want to take your mug to the sink! She'd make us sit and talk and tell stories and just relax and watch TV while she goes back and forth from the living room to the kitchen doing God-knows-what. That's how she makes you feel welcomed and show that she's so happy to have you come visit all the time

That's why no matter how much you spend time visiting her, no matter how much we talked or told her our stories, no matter how much we laughed, joked and sing with her, it's just never enough and you're never satisfied. That's why you always look forward to spending time with her. That's why you love getting her long, carefully composed SMSes. That's why you feel you've never had enough of her and that's why you're always so reluctant to leave her when it's already late and time to go home. That's why.

I remember Mommy used to tell me that I should talk to Tok Mae and make her happy. She and Tok G were always delighted to see me everytime. Mommy also told me one day that Tok Mae was not well. So, once when we were at her place, I told her "Tok Mae, be 'tong'" (Tok Mae, be strong) just before we were about to leave. And not long after that, Mommy told me that Tok Mae is not sick anymore but it would be the last time I'd be seeing her. I didn't really understand.

That past couple of weeks, Tok Mama had been away, working. The morning she arrived back home, Tok Abah drove her straight to see Tok Mae. I tagged along. Mommy and Dadda followed a bit later in another car.
We were preparing for Umi Putri's wedding that afternoon so I thought that's why we were in such a hurry.
Little did I know that it was the last time I'd ever saw Tok Mae...

Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi, Narrated AbuUmamah [Ibn Majah transmitted it.]

The Prophet stated that Allah, who is Blessed and Exalted, said "Son of Adam, if you show endurance and seek your reward from me in the first affliction, I shall be pleased with no lesser reward than Paradise for you."

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After perhaps more than 5 years, Tok Mae lost in her battle against Cancer. She left us on Friday, 11th of March at around 7.15pm, around Maghrib, about an hour before her daughter, Umi Putri's solemnisation ceremony.
I finally realised that Tok Mama was actually rushing to see Tok Mae for the last time before they buried her the morning Tok Mama arrived back home. That's when all of us including me saw her for the very last time too.

Nonetheless, that very afternoon, Umi Putri's wedding went on as planned. It was Tok Mae's wish that the wedding would go on just like any other normal wedding. It was afterall a celebration of lives - Tok Mae's and Umi Putri's new life with Uncle Irsyad.

Mommy told me on the very same day that Tok Mae is no longer in pain and she is now in a beautiful place with Allah. She said that although we all really loved her so dearly, Allah loves her more.
He has 'lent' Tok Mae to us for years and He has every right to have her back.

I'm grateful that I had the chance to know Tok Mae and that I have memories of her with me.
She'll always be in my and everyone else's hearts. Perhaps someday I'll understand better and I'll be able to tell my future siblings about a woman I once called Tok Mae.

May her soul rest in peace amongst the blessed and chosen ones.

Al-Fatihah.

These are just some memories that we have of her in our albums.
As you can see, Tok Mae was quite camera-shy..

Guess what...?

2011-03-18T14:50:00.000+08:00

I have great news!

I am going to be a SISTER!!!

Yes, it's confirmed!

I went with Dadda and Mommy for our first check-up. After the long wait for our turn to go in, we finally got to see Dr. Nora, the doctor who delivered me almost 3 years ago! Of course I was delighted to see her (and err... the toys in her room...) and so was she. We even took pictures together.

Then, I saw my future baby sister or brother on the screen!
Well, at least, I saw the heart beating. It was so tiny.

According to Dr. Nora, this baby will be born in October. Estimated due date : 21st October.

I'm so excited! I can't wait to have a sibling.

So this is an official announcement. As of this moment, Mommy is 2 months pregnant!

Will keep you updated :-)

Please pray for Mommy & my new brother or sister inside her tummy..

My CNY Holiday

2011-02-23T23:42:00.000+08:00

This is long overdue...

As some of you may have known, I had spent my Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday all around the East Coast of Malaysia. This was because one of Mommy's cousin got married to a Kelantanese and they had their wedding on the 2nd day of CNY.

We started our journey on Wednesday, 2nd of January morning. I had to wake up early that morning to get ready. As soon as we're ready, we all jumped into the car. Tok Abah was driving.

On the way, we stopped at a McDonalds on the highway for breakfast.

After that, we continued our journey.

Our first destination was a resort owned by the company Ayah Ngah works for.
He had made the bookings for us about a week before our trip.

We had a bungalow all to ourselves.

That night, everyone was tired so we went to the nearest mall and had dinner there. I had pasta and warm milk and it was delicious.

The next morning, we walked over to the resort's cafe to have our breakfast. I went in my pyjamas.

And we met Mak Lel, her brother and his family there too. They too were going on a holiday trip and decided to stay the night there.

After breakfast we packed and got ready to continue our journey. Next destination - Kuala Terengganu. At the gallery where they sell the famous Malaysian Batik and silk we met up with the rest of the troops - Nek Wan and gang. They went ahead after that to another shop while we had our lunch by the river.

After lunch we were all set to head straight to our final destination, Kelantan. It was another loooong journey and I slept most of the time.
Over there we checked in at a hotel Tok Abah had booked prior to our trip.

Tok Noor and Tok Uda were there too along with their family.

That night, Tok Abah took us all out for dinner at a place called Tarbush but Tok Jah had secretly asked Tok Noor to pay for everyone.
So, dinner was on them. Thank you Tok Noor and Tok Jah!

Next morning, after breakfast we headed to a very close friend of Tok Mama's family, Wan Ani and Tok Amin's house about a half an hour's drive from our hotel. That afternoon, Mommy's cousin, Pak Long Ayush were to have his solemnisation ceremony with his new bride, Aunty Yan. Pak Su was his Best Man.

The solemnisation ceremony went smoothly. The reception was held the next morning.

Immediately after the reception ceremony, we headed straight back to KL because Tok Mama had to catch a flight to Frankfurt the next day.

We had a short stop over at Primula Beach Resort, Kuala Terengganu where everybody else was staying the night before continuing on their journey back.

After that, Tok Abah drove all the way back to KL and it took us nearly 10 hours to reach KL because of the bad traffic jams along the way.

All in all, it was a very tiring, hectic yet fun-filled holiday for all of us.

The Ram and the Rat are in me..

2011-01-20T17:17:00.003+08:00

I was born on the 10th of April so that makes me an Aries, just like both my grandmas.
This is what I found on Aries babies on the internet:

Get ready for the ride of your life this little soul is a powerhouse of energy and talents. Active is the keyword, and fearless too, so remove tall objects once climbing is mastered or attach a bungee cord for safety's sake. Innate confidence and natural leadership abilities can lead to success in a myriad of fields. Discipline is needed, but not so firm that it breaks her spirit.

And here's another one: The Rambo of the play group has arrived!

With an Aries baby around, you can expect lots of action and activity in your midst. Don't expect this tot to sit still with a rattle -- it just won't happen. The Aries baby is one who makes a lot of noise and will definitely be heard. There's really no choice!

As a Fire sign, the little Ram will be dynamic and always up to something. Will this be a tough baby to deal with? More than likely. To that end, parents would be wise to show this child how to work with other babies early on. Things such as sharing won't come naturally, they must be learned. Even where siblings are concerned, the Aries child won't be a walk in the park.

What the Aries baby may want most of all, however, is attention, so parents be well advised. In a play setting, the Aries tot will easily get the attention of others on their own. This baby will also start many things early, the better to get to the finish line, so to speak, in a hurry.

To sum up, the Arian baby can be quite independent but enjoys interacting with others. This baby is a fairly physical child and craves constant stimulation. They will be ready from day one!

According to Mommy, I'm everything like the description above, although the fearless part is not really showing at the moment. Ok, ok... I might be quite a challenge sometimes but isn't that supposed to be good? It shows, that I have a strong head on my shoulders, right?

'Strong Head'

Anyway, Arians are born anytime between March 19th to April 20th (more or less) and the symbol for Aries is The Ram.

However, the year I was born, 2008, was the year of the Rat, according to Chinese horoscope. Apparently, I am an Earth Rat, although I'm not entirely sure on how you determine that.

So according to the Chinese horoscope I love to be loved and cuddled. Rat babies tend to depend tremendously on their parents, but later in life they develop natural leadership qualities. During their baby years, Rats mature slowly, but gain momentum as they become toddlers. Eventually, they begin to exhibit active mentalities, so, in the early years, plenty of sleep is necessary (no wonder!).

In school, the young Rats are eager to learn. It is then, too, that Rats begin collecting things, and like to fill their bedrooms with pebbles, shells and keepsakes of every kind (oh my, Mommy's gonna have a headache!). Generally, young Rats are smart little people who are artistic and literary students.

Showing off my artistic abilities..

They are well-rounded and many of them do well in sports, too. Being born in the first sign of the Chinese horoscope motivates these children to be pioneers and gives them a need to be first in line.

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My sporting ability recently @ the Family Trip! :)

So, I don't know how Rams and Rats are supposed to connect and neither do I know whether I'm more of a Ram, a Rat or both equally (or if that is even possible?). Last year, it was the year of the Tiger, Tok Abah's year.

This year, when Chinese New Year comes, it's going to be the year of the Rabbit - Tok Mama's year!

It's a long way to go to another year of the Rat.

Whatever it is, I guess I am a perfect example of a RamRat!

HAPPY 2011!! Ending 2010 with a FireFly family trip..

2011-01-07T10:59:00.004+08:00

Hi everyone! Happy New Year!
How's 2011 looking so far?

So, I went back to school on Monday. After more than a week of holiday, honestly, I really didn't feel like going back to school. Tried my luck telling Mommy that I didn't want to go to school on Monday morning but she said that I had to and she and Dadda had to go to work. So, with a heavy heart, I let her carry me to the car and Dadda sent me to school.

I wonder if my friends felt the same too. Or were they excited having to go back to school after such a long holiday? I was happy once I was in school though, because all my friends were already there. Some of them stopped coming to school once the official school holiday started more than a month ago. Even my headmistress, Teacher Zana, who went on confinement leave since about 2 months ago was finally back.

Owh, I actually wanted to tell you about my holiday trip. We went to see fireflies with Dadda's family (the usual annual PJ Family Trip).
We went on the 26th of December. On the way there, we stopped by at a place called Bukit Melawati to check out some historical sites.
We had to take a train ride up the hill. Once we reached at the top, we went to visit the museum there.
After that we played with some monkeys while waiting for the train back down.

After lunch, we continued our journey to the hotel and rested for a while. That night, after dinner, we went on the boatride to watch some fireflies. There's only one kind of tree that the fireflies like and you can find this tree along the river, all the way for about 28km apparently. It was such a beautiful sight. Imagine Christmas trees all along the river banks and they go on for as far as your eyes can take you.

The place where we stayed & watched the Fireflies;

The boatman then purposely took our boat near one of the trees and brushed the leaves gently. All the fireflies started flying around us and some came into the boat and on our hands and palms. We were all laughing excitedly. Some even followed us back to the dock. When we finally went back to our rooms, freshened up and changed into our pyjamas, I sat and watched Mommy, Dadda, Tia, CuNa, CheAh, Ayah Ngah, Abang Iky and Kak Miza played a game called Taboo until it was time to sleep.

The next morning, after breakfast, it was time to play games. We started off with Ayah De's game which was kinda like the Amazing Race.
There were 3 games for kids which I took part and got 2nd place in 2 out of the 3 games played.
One was a puppet game and the other was carrying a ping pong ball in a spoon game.

My pictures during games;

Me 'posing' with my cousins during prize giving ceremony;

Oh yeah, we were the overall CHAMPION! :)

We checked out at around 2pm and had lunch at KFC on the way back.
That night, Che Ah treated us to some pizzas in PJ.

I'm sure you can tell that I had a great holiday and that was the reason why I wasn't really keen on going back to school, hehehe...

p/s: there were sooo many great pictures from our family trip, the next post I will let you feast your eyes on them one by one! ;)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

2010-12-24T13:04:00.004+08:00

Here's wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Blessed New Year!
Hope the new year will bring you lots of happiness, joy and more achievements.

Looking forward to more exciting things next year!

Au revoir 2010!
See you next year!

Love love,

Nadyne...

Eid-ul-Adha &; ehem ehem... shh...

2010-11-28T20:12:00.002+08:00

It seems like I'm only talking about Eids here. I'm so busy nowadays that I could only talk about big events right now (yeah, right!).

Anyway, of course, Eid-ul-Adha came and went. I'm sure you know that I'm going to say it was fantastic and all that but the truth is, I've had better ones. Eid, that is.

Helping out Mama melapah daging.. Help 'tengok' ajer..

This year, Eid-ul-Adha fell in the middle of the week on a Wednesday. That made it difficult for us to go anywhere unless Mommy and Dadda took extra leave days, which they didn't. So, we went back to PJ and celebrate Eid with Mama and Papa. I did however got to see the korban at the mosque after the Eid prayer.

With Mama & Papa at the masjid where they had the ibadah korban.

So, enough about Eid. I've news to tell you! I heard that Tok Abah and Tok Mama are planning another umrah trip and Mommy has asked Dadda if she could go along. And guess what? She plans to take ME along! Oui, MOI! How exciting is that? Anyway, it's still a plan and nothing has been booked yet so I'm not gonna talk about it and jinx it.

But I'm really excited! That'll be another plane trip! Woohoo!

Will keep you updated.

p/s: Dadda also was fortunate to go through the Hajj experience back in 2006/07. Check out the album here!

Eid-ul-Fitri 2010

2010-10-30T20:28:00.002+08:00

Yes, yes... I know Syawal month came and went. I was just too busy attending all the open houses and weddings and other events. You know how it's like.

So, to sum everything up in a not-so-draggy post, I'll just let you feast your eyes on the photos we took during the month of Syawal.

This Eid, we spent our first day in Tok Mama's hometown in Rembau. On the eve of Eid everyone worked together to prepare some traditional food. They're a must for every Eid and have to be done according to Nek Wan's specification too! - Ketupat and Lemang.

Tok Uda was the one who had to look after the Lemangs since everyone was late (we also arrived later that night, after the Takbir at PJ)

The morning of Eid, Mommy and I got up and got ready as soon as the rest of the family left for Eid prayers.

When everyone came back from prayers, we gathered and took some pictures together in our red outfits (it's our theme colour this year).

Nana Belle gave this to me when we visited her in Scotland in April.

The 4 generations of women in my family.

With Mommy,

Mommy and Dadda,

Mama Lyana,

Wan Andak,

Wan Cu,

Tok Abah,

and Pak Su giving me a money packet.

Then, we went and visit a few relatives...

The next day, we went to Aunty Huda's house in Muar.

It is normal to have 'open houses' throughout the month of Syawal and we are encouraged to visit friends, old and new in this month too. So, we went to some relatives and friends' houses, especially ones that we don't get to meet often.

The first house we went in KL was Cu Jeed's house.

Her mom cooked and we tried Cu Jeed's kuih raya.

We also went to Aunty Abby's house in Putra Heights

and Tok Mae's

and Uncle Rosh's

and Aunty Ciah's (she did her daughter's birthday celebration too)

and finally, Uncle Ded's in Tropicana.

On top af all that, we also held our open house at Tok Abah's place in Subang Permai.

Did we have a good Syawal?
Yes, we did. We had a GREAT Syawal!
Hope you all did too!

Esok Hari Raya!!!

2010-09-09T17:25:00.000+08:00

I, Aryanna Nadyne on behalf of my parents Adzfar (Ed) & Ainul Aniha (Nia) would like to take this opportunity to wish all my readers and fans a;

VERY BLESSED AIDIL FITRI,

SELAMAT HARI RAYA &

MAAF ZAHIR BATIN!!

Esok Hari RAYA!!

Both Mommy & Dadda are just too busy preparing & packing my stuff.
I'm just excited to be celebrating my 3rd RAYA already..

Check out my past RAYA experiences here;

August Birthday Celebrations & Ramadan

2010-08-24T12:38:00.000+08:00

How's everyone's Ramadhan so far?

As usual, August is a month of celebration in our family because it's the month of Pak Su's, Tok Abah's and Mommy's birthday. This year, their birthdays happened to fall in the month of Ramadhan.

Pak Su's birthday was the day before fasting started so we didn't have any celebrations. Besides, we just had a Graduation barbecue dinner for him 2 weekends before. It was also sort of a farewell dinner for Pak Ngah Ajad who'll be flying of to Cairo, Egypt in September to further his studies.

Happy Birthday Pak Su @ Kayu SS2

Tok Abah's birthday was on a Sunday, 15th August, and it was the first weekend of Ramadhan so we had an Iftaar get-together on Saturday, the day before Tok Abah's birthday. All Tok Abah's brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces came to Princess Garden for the Iftaar. There were quite a variety of food to choose from and Tok Mama cooked her special Sweet n Sour Crab.
Yummy! It was the first time I tasted crab and I loved it!

After dinner, we prayed together and before the Tarawikh prayers, Ami Iqbal gave a short Usrah and talked about Solat. I prayed next to Mommy and after that played with Kak Alia. After the Tarawikh prayers, Mommy brought out Tok Abah's birthday cupcakes to celebrate his 60th birthday.
Mommy's friend Aunty Dilly joined us that night too.

Enjoying the Terawikh prayers!

Happy Birthday 60th Birthday Tok Abah !

Thank you Auntie Dilly for joining us!

A few days later, on the 17th, it was Mommy's turn to celebrate. She took leave from work and I was delighted because she told me the night before that I didn't have to go to school and I get to go out shopping with both Mommy and Dadda on her birthday. I remember waking up on Tuesday morning feeling really excited. I smiled the minute I opened my eyes and saw Mommy and Dadda still sleeping next to me. Right then I knew she was telling the truth when she said that I didn't have to go to school that day.

We got up, got ready and Pak Su arrived. He was to join us shopping too! Yippee! In the afternoon we came back for a while and Pak Su helped Mommy with the drill and put together some stuff. After Zohor prayers, we continued our shopping. That night, we had dinner with Tok Abah, Tok Mama, Pak Su, Adida, Mak Lel and Wan Ki at Shogun, Sunway Pyramid. All the August babies received their birthday presents there. Mommy got 2 pairs of tops and a pair of earrings. Pak Su gave Mommy a Man Utd gold shirt too!

Happy birthday Mommy! Look @ my smug look!

We love Shogun!

With my favourite aunts & Mommy's presents!

The month of August have always been a happening one. I'm now looking forward to shopping for Eid.

Happy fasting everyone!

Check out the albums here: