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Pengalaman menjadi make up artist dan update secara tiba-tiba

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:53:00 +0000

Salam Ramadhan semua!

Ya Allah lama gila tak post apa2 kat sini. Cuma nasib baik taik cukup setahun je. Tak taula kenapa tiba-tiba hari ni terbuka hati nak update. Kita tengok lepas ni saya ambil berapa lama pulak nak update entry seterusnya.

Tapiiiii....

yang bestnya walaupun dah lama gila tak update blog, nuffnang tetap jalan dan dah lama gila tak bukak nuffnang rupanya adalah hasil sedikit walaupun bukanlah boleh dibanggakan sangat. Kalau macam ni setahun lagilah baru buat entry yang seterusnya. Muahaha.

Hari tu adik kahwin. dan adik yang sangat bijak tu (dia memang bijak pun sebab tu dia belajar medic. bukan macam saya..wuwuwu) telah memilih saya jadi mak andam dia. Masa saya mula2 tau tu saya fikir gila ke apa. Seumur hidup tak pernah mekapkan orang tiba-tiba kena jadi mangsa pulak. Saya sendiri pun tak nak mekapkan diri sendiri masa sendiri kahwin, ni lagikan nak mekap orang.

Tapi kerana tak mau mengecewakan permintaan, setelah difikir saya pun mengalah dan mulalah belajar mekap kat youtube. Bermula jugalah membeli barang-barang mekap yang sebelum ni saya tak fikir pun nak beli sampai ada budak kat guardian tu cakap "nah kak..ambikla voucher ni..lepas ni boleh beli mekap banyak banyak lagi.." Kurang asam punya budak perli orang yang lebih tua darinya. Hahaha.

Dannnn,,tengtengteng. Inilah hasilnya..

Mekapkan orang adalah satu skill yang perlu sentiasa dipraktis. Saya dahlah rookie, dengar bunyi kompang je dah cuak sampai comot2 muka adik saya. Dengar tok kadi nak datang pukul 9 pagi pun dah tensen sebab awal sangat. Kesian lah saya tok kadi, dahla nak kena siapkan dua orang anak sebelum mula mekap.Pegang brush pun sampai menggigil sebab nervous mak ni ha!

Alhamdulillah walaupun takdela sehebat mana hasilnya, tapi bolehlah sebab setakat ni takde orang komplen. Yang penting pengantinnya pun sengih je. Wahaha. Tapi taubatlah, lepas ni gantung brush2 ni semua dulu. Takut sebenarnya nak mekapkan orang.

Oklah, sampai disini sahaja update yang tidak dijangka di bulan Ramadhan ini. Selamat berpuasa semua dan jangan nakal-nakal!

Almira's first LRT train ride, splashing in the KLCC pool and Bisou Cupcakes!

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:20:00 +0000

Almira had her first LRT train rain last Sunday. I was skeptical at first thinking whether I was 'strong' enough to handle Almira during the LRT train ride knowing how restless and cerewet she can be, I even nearly drive to KLCC, which by the way is the destination for that day.

But then after much deliberation I decided I am braving my little girl's throwing tantrum and restless cries, so off to the LRT we go! Of course I dragged my sister along because handling two kids on my own for a few hours - are you mad? Haha.

Husayn was behaving himself inside the LRT but keep saying "mama..kita ni tengah naik keretapi dinosaur ke?" - thanks to the dinosaur cartoon at Astro Ceria. Thankfully, we all managed to get seats for ourselves.

As for Almira, she was a little bit blur at first, but her eyes kept scanning around looking at people. She saw a few Bangladeshi guys and suddenly she started squirming and muttering "tatutt! tatutt" which means she was afraidlah.

As soon as we reached KLCC, we went to Roti Buy to buy a few rotis since we just cannot resist the heavenly smell! And then as promised to Husayn the day before, we rushed off to the KLCC Park and hit the pool! Well, actually only Husayn hit the pool - but the day was so hot (it was 11.30am what do I expect!) that I wish I can jump into the pool too!

It was Husayn's first time at the KLCC pool and he had a splashing gooood time!

My usually shy shy cat son met a friend too!

While me and Almira struts besides the pool with the camera! Almira was down with flu so she stayed outside the pool. She had a good time munching the roti boy while running around near the pool though.

Almira was crying in the below pic since I actually forced her so I can take her photo! She really hates the glaring sun that she keeps crying whenever I stop to take photos. Most of the time she hides under the shades of her stroller while wearing a cap so she's all good.

After playing at the park, the kids were hungry and exhausted so we went to KFC for our lunch. I haven't been to KLCC for quite some time so I was a little bit lost there. I realised that the Toys R Us was not at its usual place and I went to Sephora for the first time! Didn't buy anything though but had a good time browsing and playing with the make up and stuff in Sephora.

We also went to Kinokuniya - but not to buy any books, but because I want to give Almira's chance to help rearrange the books there!

Seriously this litle girl is one avid rearranger that you should see my room. It's an absolute mess!

She managed to ride one of the rides in KLCC...

...and me managed to buy 4 cupcakes from Bisou! Absolutely deliciousssss! But look what happens to the cupcakes during the LRT rides..everything has gone upside down but still, it still tastes good!

The LRT ride back to home was exhausting but we had a good time. The LRT was full, but one good Samaritan has given up her seat - because she saw me holding Almira. I was thankful for that since I don't think I can stand holding her too long.

All in all, it was a fun Sunday, hope you had a good one too!

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:39:00 +0000

The below is an excerpt of Steve Job's speech that I found very inspirational and that I read again and again when I feel mentally drained and cursing my life away.

Connect the dots and live to the fullest

The Big Read:I want to tell you three stories from my life. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of college after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months before I really quit. I could not see the value in it. I dropped out and trusted it would all work out. It was scary at the time, but looking back, it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out, I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me and begin dropping in on ones that looked more interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room. I returned Coke bottles for the 5c deposits to buy food, and I would walk the 11km across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

For example, I decided to take a calligraphy course. I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But 10 years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me, and we designed it all into the Mac.

If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography they have.

Of course, it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college, but it was very clear looking back 10 years later. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, karma, whatever - because believing the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.

My second story is about love and loss. I was lucky.

I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz (Steve Wozniak ) and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2-billion company with more than 4000 employees.

We'd just released our finest creation, the Macintosh, a year earlier, and I'd just turned 30, and then I got fired.

How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew, we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so, things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge, and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our board of directors sided with him and, at 30, I was very publicly out. What had been the focus of my adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I was a public failure. But something slowly began to dawn on me. I still loved what I did, so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired was the best thing that could happen to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of my most creative periods.

During the next five years I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world's first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now a very successful animation studio.

In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT and I returned to Apple. The technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance, and Lorene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17 I read a quote that went something like "If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you'll most certainly be right". It made an impression, and since then, I ask myself, "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" Whenever the answer has been "no" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important thing I've encountered to help me make the big choices, because almost everything - all external expectations, pride, fear of embarrassment or failure - falls away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About six years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors told me it was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.

No one wants to die, and yet, death is the destination we all share. And that is as it should be, because death is the best invention of life. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now, the new is you. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other opinion drown your inner voice, heart and intuition .

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

The above pic is from here

* This is an edited version of the speech Jobs gave at Stanford University in 2005 at a graduation ceremony

Hari Ahad yang indah

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:25:00 +0000

Sejak suami pergi kerja di negara lain, saya tak pernah bawak Husayn dan Almira sahaja kalau pergi jalan2 di hari minggu. Mesti kena bawak adik saya sebab saya tak rasa diri sendiri boleh handle makhluk comel 2 orang ni.

Almira suka main kat luar rumah.Macam best sangat bila dapat main kat halaman rumah.Bila ajak masuk dia selalu tunjuk perasaan dengan melakukan adegan baring dilantai sambil terjerit jerit.

Baju warna merah polka dot yang sangat comel tu adalah tajaan BBLUVSME. Check them out untuk baju kanak-kanak yang sangatlah adorable! Kasut Almira pula adalah kasut abangnya masa kecik kecik dulu.

Semalam pergi area The Curve dan Tesco bersama geng (anak-anak dan adiklah gengnya tu.) Pegi Tesco nak beli rak utk toilet dan macam macam, tapi boleh tak troli dah habis. Last last stroller jadi troli.Sumbat je apa yang patut .

Kalau parking mesti ambik gambar sebab konfim saya adalah cepat lupa. Hehe.

Lepas tu pergi makan kat Secret Recipe The Curve. Saya makan mushroom chicken dengan nasi sebab nak suap Almira jadi malaslah nak order yang pedas pedas.

Acik makan spaghetti dan Husayn makan kids' meal ada burger kenit kenit.

Yang geramnya Husayn ni makan sikit je lepas tu tak nak sebab sibuk nak main lori.

Almira pulak buat persembahan kat Secret Recipe tu. Panjat sana sini, baring kat kerusi dan macam macam lagi. Kat sebelah kitaorang ada couple ni duduk. Yang si bini pregant jadi si suami tolong sapukan minyak cap kapak kat dahi dia.Saya rasa dia pon pening tengok anak-anak saya yang bermacam ragam dan kecerewetan yang melampau.

Husayn pula main lori kat meja makan jadi penuhla meja tu dengan bermacam-macam benda.

Nampak tak orang meja sebelah yang tengah urut belakang bini dia tu sambil melihat gelagat kami? Itulah dia couple yang diperkatakan tadi! Saya pasti dia pening tengok anak anak saya yang tak tau duduk diam langsung. Kesian dia. Hihi.

Sampai rumah semua letih dan tidur kecuali Husayn. Petang tu boleh keluar lagi pergi main kat playground pulak.

Almira memang suka naik buai sependa ni. Heheh

Kelakar tengok gambar ni sebab Acik macam rongak dan takde gigi. Hahaha.

Inilah anak bujang kesayangan. Baju lori berwarna hijau adalah tajaan BBLUVSME juga.

Bila malam semua sudah letih dan terbongkang. Kecuali mek kecik di gambar di bawah ni. Jangan tertipu tengok gambar tu sebab dia bukan tidur sebenarnya, tapi bulu mata dia panjang jadi tak perasan sebenarnya mata dia terbukak lagi.

SERIUS SETIAP HARI ADA MASALAH SUSAH NAK TIDUR PEREMPUAN KECIK SORANG NI! TERTEKAN!

Heheh.

Bagaimanakah hari minggu anda? Dapat berpeluk pelukan dan bergomol dengan anak-anak tak? Hehe. Bai!

Thanks goodness it's iPhone 4S, not iPhone 5!

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:30:00 +0000

photo from Apple website

If other Apple's fans are complaining because Apple did not unveil any iPhone 5 during Apple event yesterday, then I beg to differ because I am certainly not complaining at all!

Just because I bought a white iPhone 4 last month !
So at least takdela rasa rugi sangat.Tihihi.
I've been fuming at my previous phone which has some problems that I ended up buying myself an iPhone 4, but at the same time hating it because I was saving and waiting for an iPhone 5. So now that it's not here yet, I kind of sigh in relief. Hihihi.

But fret not Apple lovers..

The iPhone 4S is powered with dual core A5 chip, and then there's the 8MP camera with iOS5 and iCloud. This iPhone 4S also comes with Siri which is some sort of virtual assistant (not to be confused with nombor siri ya!).

Look wise, the iPhone 4S looks the same like iPhone 4 and it's available in both black and white. This brand new iPhone 4S also comes with the 64GB version besides the usual 16bg and 32gb so you can download more movies, songs, take more photos due to the bigger storage.

Will you buy one?

Well Apple claimed it's the most amazing iPhone yet!

Not sure when it's coming to our shore yet though.

Which kindergartenlah wey?

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:21:00 +0000

Husayn will start his kindergarten next year so lately I found myself with throbbing headache on which kindy should I send him. I am looking for an English medium Islamic kindergarten but too bad it is so hard to find it near my area since we are the only Malay family there. The nearest would be around Kelana Jaya, Damansara Jaya/Utama (this one pun susah nak cari) or maybe Taman Tun. I googled around and found a few kindies that can be considered:

CIC Taman Tun (cic.net.my)

* Mutiara programme (8.30am -11.30pm) = RM4250 (roughly RM4250/11 = RM386.36 per month)
* Delima programme (8.30am - 2.00pm) - RM6190 (roughly RM6190/11 = RM562.73 per month)
* Zamrud programme (8.30am - 5.30am) - RM8390 (roughly 8390/11=RM762.73 per month)

All the fees above can be found on the online registration form of CIC website. However I was a bit confuse since I saw in this link that the total cost for kindy at CIC for Zamrud programme is RM6870 (tuition fee + meals). Maybe the cost for each CIC centres are different? Not sure since I only referred to their website for all the fees above.

Genius Aulad Kelana Jaya (geniusaulad.com.my)

Monthly = RM238 x 11 = 2618
Uniform = RM38 per unitform. Husband said I should buy 5 of those so 5 x 38 = RM190
One time payment = RM788 (if I'm not mistaken la but it's less than RM800)
Total = RM3596

Husayn and I went to Genius Aulad Kelana Jaya open day last Saturday and I like that place and the environment even though it is situated in shop lot. I already paid RM100 for booking fee, only downside is there's no transporation that cater for my area. If all goes well, Husayn will be attending the afternoon session, reason being the morning session is full but I really don't mind since my son is usually extra moody in the morning. But now I guess need to solve the transport problem between Kelana Jaya to either LRT Kelana Jaya area (my house) or Damansara Utama (my babysitter's house). Pening pening!

ITQAN (itqan.com.my)
I read about this place in TripletsPlusOne blog and I thought this is an excellent place for kids.Only thing is it's in the Kota Damansara area. Fees for 5 year old kids class should be around RM6650. You can read more about the fees structure here.

The above are only some of the English medium Islamic kindergarten that I found. Honestly I myself did not even go to kindergarten, I basically learn to read at home by reading the intisari rancangan in the newspaper! But then, of course nowadays it is so different. Early education has been so emphasized that parents everywhere are scrambling to get the best education for their kids.

Hopefully whichever kindergarten that I end up choosing will be love and enjoyed by Husayn who is by the way the most cerewet person in my life right now!

Husayn - pic taken last Saturday after he had his ALIMKIDS class, and then we went to Genius Aulad Open Day, oh we managed to lunch at JM Bariani which is in the same row as Genius Aulad too!

Hari Raya in IKEA when it's not even Hari Raya month anymore

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:15:00 +0000

It all started with an SMS from my old university friend Ropol (of course not her real name la kan!) inviting the bunch of us for dinner at IKEA. She actually just gave birth to a handsome baby boy named Musa. For a person who named both her kids using 3 mouthful words, I thought her baby's name is really unique since it's only Musa!

I was really excited since I haven't seen Ropol in quite a long time, well the last time was back in July during Almira's birthday party. So there I was on Friday evening, braving through the Friday jam and rain, rushing home after work. Surprisingly, me who are usually late is the earliest who arrive at IKEA! I dragged my sister along since I don't think it's possible for me to handle Mira and Husayn alone out in the public.

Here's my friend Ropol holding her little baby who is comeyyyy ongott ongotttt! (translation: comel sangat sangat=uber cute)

Initially Husayn said that he didn't want to follow me to IKEA, but of course I dragged him along. He had a good time jumping and playing around and I'm glad that I brought him along!

Clockwise: Baby Musa with Baby Tihany, yours truly with a surprisingly good behaviour Almira, Baby Musa with his hip hop look and Husayn.

I just realised that Husayn is actually the oldest kid there! Husayn used to be so afraid of people and will cry or refuse to meet and mix with people he rarely meet. But, I'm glad that he's all grown up now and he mixes around better even with people that he just met.

I was surprised that Almira who is usually so restless was actually well behaved during the dinner. Maybe she was entranced with all the kids and babies surrounding her? I hid her shoes in my handbag though since I was too lazy to chase her around. Heheh.

Maryam was my friend - Afni's kids. I saw her running really fast and Afni was chasing behind her. And yes, she actually came with that handbag sitting prettily on her shoulder and I think she will make a gorgeous fashionista when she grows up! Oh, she can shuffle too!

The whole lot of us had a great night gossipping and catching up with our lives. Looking back, I thought it was ironic since we all used to be so carefree during our university days and now here we are, not so free anymore with kids in tow. I mean back then all we gossiped about was our crush or our boyfriend, and now we mostly gossiped about our kids and how they have make our lives a riot! Well, at least in my case it's true..haha.

It was my first time where the IKEA guard has to show us the way out since we were the last customer left there. It was late that the elevator and the escalator was not even working anymore.

Thank you Ropol for inviting all of us and for belanja-ing us as well. Hopefully we'll meet again soon!

*some photos are courtesy of Mr Ropol aka Joe

Siapa rasa dress Vera Wang yang Memey pakai tu cantik sangat?

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:30:00 +0000

I IS CONFUSE........

gamba cilok dari BeautifulNara

Dress Vera Wang harga RM500,000 yang dipakai oleh Memey ni yang mana sebenarnya? Gaun pengantin bercorak polos (ok serius aku pon tatau sebenarnya apa makna polos ni bole? Tapi selalu nampak dalam majalah fesyen bahasa malaysia) berwarna krim (eh ke putih?) berpotongan pendek dihadapan hingga menampakkan lutut ni?

ATAUPUN..

gamba cilok dari BeautifulNara

Gaun tidak berlengan yang boleh intai intai cleavage ni dengan mutiara tajaan rafflesia tu la kot..

Tak kisahla mana-mana satu yang dress Vera Wang pun..

Tetapi mengapakah saya merasakan dress pengantin Kate Middleton yang bukan Muslim ni lebih sopan dan ayu dari Memey yang beragama Islam ya?

gambar cilok dari Daily Mail UK

Saya bukanlah calon Ustazah Pilihan dan bukan baik sangat pun, tapi aku tak boleh tengokla Memey ni, mesti nak kutuk dia! Ok dah dah bai.

Kesimpulannya: Dress tu tak cantiklah dan macam tak sesuai sangat untuk reception. Ke saya yang jahil fesyen ni? Hihihi.

A mother's biggest nightmare

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:52:00 +0000

This is one of a mother's biggest nightmare:

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Car thief drives off with baby on board

KUALA LUMPUR: Carjackers took a vehicle from a woman without realising that her baby boy was still inside.

In the 9.15pm incident yesterday, Ong Ming Chiang, 26, was driving from Jalan Kuching to Selayang when her Honda Accord was hit from behind.

When she pulled over to check the damage, four men rushed out of their car and held her.

One of the carjackers then drove off in her car with her 14-month-old son in the back seat.

The other three men left Ong and fled in their car.

She stopped a taxi and used the driver's handphone to call her husband Ong Yong Ming, 27.

Both of them tried to call her mobile phone, which was still in her car, in an effort to inform the carjackers about the baby. However, there was no answer.

The couple later received a call from a man who found their son strapped to his baby seat outside a restaurant, about 2km from the crime scene.

The carjackers must have left the mother's mobile phone with the baby on purpose after discovering the young passenger.

Yong Ming said he and his wife were thankful their baby was not harmed.

The couple later lodged a report at the Sentul police headquarters.

**from The Star today

Since husband left to mencari rezeki up up and away, over the sea, of course I am usually the one who ferried my kids from home to the babysitter's, and then from the babysitter's back to home. Sometimes when I have work to do and have to go back later than 7pm, the kids also have to go back late - not that late to orang muda la, but still....And then reading the above kind of stories, of course I got scared. After all Jalan Kuching is very near to my officem though I don't actually use that road to go home.

But still despite myself driving a meagre Proton Persona, you'll never know what type of lunatic is out there especially living in the Klang Valley area. So ladies, especially ladies who drive alone with kids in tow, please please be careful.

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The real difference between baby boy and baby girl

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:35:00 +0000

It's a Girl!
Raising a little lady? Then prepare to gab with your girl. Whether they're trying to maintain eye contact with you as newborns (research shows they excel at this more than infant boys) or saying their first words sooner, girls thrive on communicating with you. You can expect all or some of the below characteristics to blossom in your baby girl.

Honestly I can't remember whether my son or my daughter excels more in trying to maintain eye contact when they were newborns. But this little lady of mine sure excels at picking on her nose!

Ask her "Mira, hidung mana hidung?"
She will grin at point at her nose and then start picking her nose.
Ewww!

They're made to mimic.
As early as three hours of age, girls excel at imitation, a precursor to back-and-forth interaction. In a study conducted last year, newborn girls did better than boys in trying to copy finger movements. As toddlers, girls zoom ahead of boys on imitative behaviors such as pretending to take care of a baby but, interestingly, are no different from little guys when it comes to pretending to drive a car or water the plants, actions that are much less about human interaction.

Oh my little girl works well in mimicking everybody alright. Her favourite person besides me is of course her brother. So everything her big brother do she will follow fearlessly.

I found her in the pic below terrorizing her big brother's toys! Who taught her that?

HUSAYNNNNNN!

They're good with their hands. Infant girls exceed boys when it comes to fine motor tasks, a head start that will stick with them until preschool. They're faster to manipulate toys; they use eating utensils sooner; and they write sooner (and more neatly), too.

Masya Allah, this little lady is not only good with her hands, but she makes good use of her feet too! I was watching the tv when suddenly there was a loud banging noise behind me and I found that she has actually succesfully toppled over the mighty baby hammock aka buai tempat dia tidur with her bare hands!

I was again somewhere in front of the tv when I found her lying on her back while kicking furiously at the toys off the table for no reason. Must be because I was still playing futsal when I was pregnant with her - without knowing that I was pregnant of course!

And she also loves rummaging through the clean laundry and throwing it everywhere to my mother's utter horror!

Climbing is of course not a problem. THe only problem that I most afraid of is if she slips accidentally off that chair. Behave please, Almira!

They like face time. Girls are more likely to establish and maintain eye contact, and are attracted to individual faces -- especially women's. They're also more skilled at reading emotional expressions; if shown a frightening face, for example, they'll look at Mom or get distressed, but they'll be fine if they see a happy one. Boys take longer to notice the difference, according to a meta-analysis of 26 studies on kids' capacity to recognize facial expressions.

It's true that Mira notices more if I was showing that angry face of mine compared to Husayn. But it doesn't mean if she notices she will do anything about it. She will usually laugh it off and continued whatever it is she was doing or else she will start merajuk-ing and throwign tantrum if I refuse to let her do whatever it is she wanted to do.

Only 1 year old 2 months but already like this? But don't worry mama loves u still both Husayn and Almira but please have mercy!

*all in blue font are taken from parenting.com

My favourite part of Hari Raya is Hari Raya Open House!

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:29:00 +0000

Hari Raya Open House is one of my favourite part of Hari Raya! Obviously it's because of the food, but when you had too many open houses, you end up doing businesses in the toilet more than you usually had, but still that won't deter you from attending more open house!

This year despite me and husband being ten thousand miles apart, I still make an effort to attend open houses, with Google Map as my best friend. On Saturday alone, we went to three open houses and my tummy had a whale of time. Yummy!

We went to husband's cousins house. Husayn was throwing tantrum like the usual of course (he doesn't particularly like going beraya to my husband's relatives houses. I BLAME MY HUSBAND FOR THIS.haha). My daughter is of course an angel like the usual, she played around and ended up falling asleep which makes me easier to eat and eat. Hihi.

During the night we went to my auntie's house which is like only 10 minutes drive from my house.

Me and the kids dressed to the nines in our baju kurung and baju Melayu which we previously wear during the first day of Raya. After all if we didn't wear it now, I also don't know when we will wear the outfits again.

My auntie's house is full of his son's toys, so I wandered into the toy room and found Almira eating out the diving equipment.

As my mom and dad eat and eat, I was so full I only eat the soto instead!

I couldn't remember whether Husayn did eat or not since he was excited playing around with the toys of course.

We stayed the night at my auntie's house and I found out that Almira was down with fever that Sunday morning! So kesian since she actually just got her fever 2 weeks ago. And now she got fever again due to the rainy weather.

Husayn loves the pool and jumping around with his uncles!

While my one year old daughter strutted around the pool wearing her glittery ballerina shoes:)

Look at my son's tulang belakang. Bukti yang dia memang kurus sebenarnya. Haha.

And finally the shower after spending hours in the pool!

It was a good weekend, hope you all have a good one too! Bye!

This used to be my playground

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:02:00 +0000

Finally we have a playground that is actually proper for kid to play around in front of the house! The playground in front of my parents' house is actually the very same playground that I used to play around back when I was a little kid myself. But as I grew up and that very same playground aged, the play area was dirty, dog poops were everywhere and honestly I refuse to let either Husayn or Almira played around the area due to its poor condition.

When I saw the initial construction for the new playground, I was excited because this means my kids can run around in the playground area again!

Husayn and Almira were super excited seeing the slides and the swingset. Though to tell you the truth my usually self boasted son who is so full of big talk this and that is actually afraid of hopping on the swingset!

Almira who was wearing her brother's old shoes was running around like this is the first time she got out of the house!

Husayn's favourite is of course the slides. The playground was empty so he had a whale of time shouting around and jumping all around the place.

The playground was quite wet when we came since it was raining a few hours before. So we came prepared with kain buruk to wipe all the wetness away! But to my utter disgust and horror, we stumbled upon dog poop near the new playground area. Lately we had a few stray dogs around this area and no offense but I really hate to see these dogs ruining the shiny new playground!

Despite just got back from the playground, this little girl of mine of course cannot seems to stop climbing everywhere. She's making me nervous though with all this climbing everywhere thingy especially with the above plastic chair. Can you imagine if she topple over? My goodness, and I thought girl is supposed to be playing with dolls and all those girly stuff!

Guess I was wrong..

Hari Raya 2011 adalah agak pelik

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:46:00 +0000

Raya tahun 2011 adalah macam pelik sikit sebab pagi raya saya masih berada di rumah di Petaling Jaya. Oklah, memang pun saya marah suami sebab malam tu kitaorang tertido sampai ke pagi. Bangun-bangun dah pagi raya lepas tu takde masakan Hari Raya pun sebab parents saya sudah pulang ke kampung. Wuwuwu.

Lihatlah anak-anakku menunggu abahnya balik dari sembahyang raya sambil bermain kasut raya mama. Selepas itu kami berhari Raya di Kuala Kangsar sampailah ke 10 malam, itu pun nasib baik rumah terakhir tu takde api, kalau tak tak tau la pukul berapa agaknya habis. Memang melekit habis badan dan tudung pun senget benget. Dah agak dah memang akan jadi macam ni, tapi tu lah gatal jugak nak pakai tudung belit belit.

Pinky and the brain kan kami? Oh saya pun pandai sangat sebab dengan ada pakai inner baju lagu, memanglah konfem berpeluh sakan.

Hari Raya kedua lagilah pelik. Pergi jalan-jalan kat Taiping Sentral dan Tesco, lepas tu makan kat Kenny Rogers. Seumur hidup inilah pertama kali menjejakkan kaki ke shopping mall di hari Raya kedua. Sungguh bersejarah! Haha.

Tapi tak kisahla, sebab Almira pun suka dan suami saya juga balik ke Malaysia!

Raya ketiga kami balik ke kampung saya di Batu Pahat.Bertolak dari Taiping pada pukul 3 pagi. Jadi jalan memang konfemla clear saja. Best balik kampung sebab dapat duit raya! Bukan Husayn dan Almira je dapat..saya dan suami pun turut dapat juga dari makcik-makcik dan nenek. Best kan!

Oklah sebenarnya hari ni juga agak pelik kerana setelah lama tak update blog, terbuka pulak hati nak update hari ni. Akhirnyaaaaa...bai!

Excuse me but I don't plagiarise

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:38:00 +0000

I was lazy and was browsing through google about Malaysian Supermummy (ya, kadang-kadang memang suka google diri sendiri.haha).

And surprisingly I found this at The Bloggess: Honestly I've never read The Bloggess until yesterday. So I don't get it why this commentor is comparing me with The Bloggess.

But then, it's 2010 so lantak dia lah. Brrrrrr.

Almira is finally taking her first step!

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:30:00 +0000

Almira started crawling very fast when she was nearly 7 months old. And so I was expecting her to start her first step early.

Maybe she will make that first step by 10 months old. Or 11, well in all honesty I was expecting her to start walking at least earlier than Husayn who started walking at 13 months old. And so me, my parents, my babysitter waited and waited..

Guess when did she finally make that first step? It felt like ages but finally she started walking at 13 months old - just like her brother! Look at her lugging my bag around. I guess being a girl, this daughter of mine loves bags (more like she loves discovering the contents inside the bag actually), jewellery like necklace and bracelet and will smile her sweetest smile everytime I say "cantiknya anak mama ni!" Haha.

I also just found out that Mira can ride the tolocar by herself, using that quickie feet of hers. But of course when Husayn saw her riding that tolocar, he will always come and make himself comfortable sitting behind Almira.

And this little girl is also a fan of climbing the sofa. To me it is kinda scary especially when I was sometimes too tired and ended up sleeping and when I suddenly jolted awake I found her grinning cheekily while standing on top of the sofa.

Adakah kau feeling macam standing on the eyes of the world anakku?

After all there are a few incidents where I accidentally fell asleep and she ended up falling with a loud thud on the floor while crying. Thank God Almira wasn't hurt but husband was mad at me for falling asleep and leaving her playing around with Husayn. I'm so guilty I know :(

Oh well, Happy Weekend! This year's Ramadhan passed by so fast I can't believe the fasting is halfway through already.

Window shopping baju raya berkonsep colour block untuk menghilangkan ngantuk

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:02:00 +0000

Hari ni mengantuk - ok screw that, sebab sebenarnya tiap-tiap hari pun mengantuk bila datang kerja dalam bulan puasa ni. Memang respek orang yang keje the whole day waktu bulan puasa, balik memasak lagi untuk family, lepas tu malam boleh pulak bersolat terawikh dan bertadarus. Aku ni mampu buat bekerja kat ofis je la. Balik tu memang selalu letih yang melampau di tambah lagi dengan traffic jam luar biasa di bulan puasa yang menyakitkan hati.

Balik awal setengah jam ni pon tak guna sangat sebenarnya sebab waktu sampai rumah adalah sama je macam aku balik 5.30 pun. Dugaan oh dugaan!

Korang dah start shopping untuk raya ke?

kang ada pulak suara berbisik : "eh bila shopping boleh pulak ada tenaga ya?"

Haha, sebenarnya tak larat jugak. Untuk anak-anak dah settle sebelum puasa lagi hari tu. Untuk diri sendiri pulak aku banyak shopping online je. Tapi untuk tahun ni sukalah tengok trend colour blocking kat baju tradisional ni. Sebab selalunya aku tengok konsep colour blocking ni baju-baju biasa je. Ni contoh-contohnya kedai online yang jual baju tradisional colour blocking ni:

Cantikkan yang ni? Aku suka yang combination brown dengan biru tu. Siap ada embroidery dan manik-manik pasti canteks sekali! Kalau nak tengok boleh tengok website penjualnya di sini: Little Ilsya

Yang ini pun cantik, tapi yang ni aku rasa macam takde beads. Tapi aku suka la concept ada cuff kat tangan tu. Yang ni ada jual kat sini Modish Mode House. Tapi kalau korang nak order untuk raya lupakanlah sebab pre-order dah tutup. Tapi dia kata lepas raya dia bukak balik order.

Yang ini pun comel dipenuhi polka dots! Rupa pun ala ala vintage dengan ribbon kat pinggang tu. Kalau suka boleh tengok kat Buttons Tradisional

Setakat ni, tu je la kot website yang aku tau ada jual baju raya konsep colour blocking ni. Kalau korang tau lagi share2 lah. Kalau tak beli pun, saja je la window shopping bagi menghilangkan ngantuk ni. Heheh.

Oklah selamat berpuasa kawan-kawan semua!

Nanaimo Bars

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:34:00 +0000

I am generally a person who rarely cooks in the kitchen. But really, deep in my heart, I really love cooking and I keep telling myself, someday when I have my own house I will really really cook..(though honestly, I myself wonder whether I will really do that!)

Anyway the other day I saw this recipe of Nanaimo Bars and suddenly started getting so rajin to try it myself. These no bake, three layered bars are originally from Canada and the only reason I was even interested to make those bars is because I was craving chocolate! So here it is..

Bottom Layer:

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar

1/3 cup (30 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder (regular or Dutch-processed)

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups (200 grams) graham cracker crumbs or crushed Digestive Biscuits

1 cup (65 grams) sweetened or unsweetened coconut (shredded or flaked)

1/2 cup (50 grams) walnuts or pecans

Here's how to do the bottom layer:

In a saucepan over low heat, melt the butter.

Remove from heat and stir in the sugar and cocoa powder and then gradually whisk in the beaten egg. Return the saucepan to low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens (1 - 2 minutes). Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract, crushed digestive biscuits, coconut, and chopped nuts.

Press the mixture evenly onto the bottom of the prepared pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm (about an hour).
As I waited for the mixture to firm around one hour, I met this little makcik who can't wait for the cooking to be over so she can nenen all the way..

Siap bawak beg kecik lagi..haha.

As the one hour was approaching, I proceed to prepare the middle layer of the nanaimo bar..Here's the ingredients:

Middle Layer:

1/4 cup (56 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

2 - 3 tablespoons milk or cream

2 tablespoons (20 grams) vanilla custard powder (Bird's) or vanilla pudding powder

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups (230 grams) powdered sugar (confectioners or icing) sugar

Middle Layer:

In your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter until smooth and creamy. Add the remaining ingredients and beat until the mixture is smooth.

If the mixture is too thick to spread, add a little more milk. Spread the filling over the bottom layer, cover, and refrigerate until firm (about 30 minutes).

Ok now for the final top layer...Ready with the ingredients now!

Top Layer:

4 ounces (120 grams) semisweet chocolate

1 tablespoon (14 grams) unsalted butter

Top Layer: Chop the chocolate into small pieces.

Then, in a heatproof bowl, over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter.

Spread the melted chocolate evenly over the filling and refrigerate for about 10 minutes or just until the chocolate has set.

Using a sharp knife, cut into squares.

The nanaimo bars taste good, but somehow the based was crumbling away so those bars don't look that pretty lah. This is how it should look like:

photo copies from joyofbaking.com

Anyhow it's a super duper easy recipe to make and perfect for super lazy person like me. Oh before I forget, those recipe above I got from joyofbaking.com.And I copied it word by word, well just because I am too lazy.

Oh, happy ramadhan to all of you too! Have a blessed one and jangan naughty naughty tau!

Jangan salahkan lori yang lembab di depan

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Hari tu bawak kereta kat Penchala Link. Masa tu jam dah dekat pukul 2. Ada sebuah lori yang sangat lembab di depan. Duduk kejap kat belakang lori.

5 saat.

10 saat.

Ok tak boleh jadi ni. Lembab sangat jadi kita pintas saja lori lembab ini.

Kasi signal, saya pun pintas dengan bangganya. Di tengah-tengah kebanggaan itu, tiba-tiba ternampak ada manusia mengibarkan bendera di depan.

Maaf ini bukan bendera patriotik nak sambut merdeka.

Tetapi ada Polis DiRaja Malaysia la!

Dem.

Memang efisyen PDRM ni sebab tak sampai seminggu saman dah masuk dalam MyEG.

RM150, boleh beli baju raya anak tau!

Eeeeeeeeeee.

Dia ingat pegang tangan atau bercium boleh menyebabkan mengandung

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:54:00 +0000

Ni petikan berita daripada The Star hari ini.

A HIGHLY educated couple, in their 30s from
Hubei, China, thought that the wife would get pregnant by sleeping on the same
bed, Sin Chew Daily reported.
Prior to their marriage, the couple did not
dare hold hands and kiss as they thought the woman would get pregnant by doing
so, reported a China newspaper Chu Tian Jin Bao.
However, the couple decided
to seek medical advice after the wife, who holds a masters degree, could not
conceive.
They have been married for three years.
The doctor was shocked
to learn about their “sex life”.
The husband, who has a doctoral degree, said
they were too focused on their studies.

Tak sangka aku di zaman yang penuh dengan unsur seksual di mana-mana ni ada jugak orang macam ni.Kesimpulannya kadang-kadang tengok porno pun ada jugak faedahnya. Muahaha.

Tapi alasan "they were too focues on their studies" tu yang aku tak tahan tu. Kat negara China ni tak belajar subjek Sains atau Biologi ke? Konfius pulak.

Lagu kegemaran

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:49:00 +0000

Setiap hari, masa bersiap nak pergi kerja saya ada habit suka scroll cari lagu dalam handphone untuk di mainkan.

Tak kisahla masa tu dah lambat mana pun, saya tetap akan gigih mencari lagu apa untuk di pasang pada hari ini. Kalau dulu zaman sekolah waktu tidur pun tak tutup radio sebab suka kalau bangun pagi dengar lagu dah terpasang.Masa kat uni pulak tak tutup pc sebab suka biarkan mp3 tu terpasang.

Tapi pada saya yang mempunyai emosi seperti yo yo dan suka menangis masa tengok Grey's Anatomy (emo betul tengok Grey's Anatomy ni. Maybe sebab ramai sangat orang mati kot. Heheh), mendengar lagu yang sesuai pada waktu pagi sebelum pergi kerja adalah penting untuk membina mood pada hari itu.

Contohnya kalau mood tengah upbeat dan happy dengarlah lagu Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

ataupun tengah sedih dan nak menaikkan semangat dengarlah lagu Katy Perry - Fireworks

ataupun bila sedih dan teringatkan suami yang jauh bolehlah pasang lagu Incubus - I Miss You

Ok sebenarnya hari ni berharap amat-amat suami akan balik pada hari Raya nanti. Dia janji dia akan balik time tu tapi kalaulah tak jadi pasti banjir satu Batu Pahat nanti. Huwaa.

Happy 1st Birthday Nur Almira Latifa!

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Ceritanya bermula dengan kek ini.

Hari Rabu yang lepas saya saja-saja je la order kek Red Velvet buatan Coffee Bean ni untuk celebrate birthday Almira. Time tu tak terfikir pun nak buat majlis makan-makan ke apa. Saja je lah sebab biasanya memang selalu beli kek pun kalau ada birthday sesiapa.

Tapi entah macam mana perkara macam gambar di atas pula terjadi.

Dari situ bermulalah membeli birthday party goodies macam ini..

Dan tiba-tiba ada plak segerombolan geng polkadot pink.

Selalu orang buat kids birthday party waktu petang. Tapi ni buat waktu malam sebab ada makcik kesayangan nak masuk NTV7 punya Feel Good Run pulak. Dahla dia salah date ingatkan larian tu hari Sabtu, tapi sebenarnya hari Ahad. Haha.

Husayn happy je sebab uncle kesayangan pun nak datang. Jadi dapatlah dia main berlompat-lompat tanpa henti.

Di antara hadirin yang hadir (disebelah kiri adalah makcik kesayangan yang sibuk sangat nak masuk Larian NTV 7 tu tapi saya lihat melantak makanan pun hebat je malam tu. Padahal pagi2 esok tu dah nak pegi larian. Heheh)

Uncle kesayangan Husayn yang suka pakai kasut Nike kaler pink. Haha.

Nampak tak ada orang lengan macam abang Fumakila? Ha adik saya la tu. Lengan polkadot pula mak saya. Heheh.

Kawan saya Jamie buatkan Almira kek yang comel ni. Thank you Jamilah I laf u!

Kita kasi orang makan coklat dan gula banyak-banyak supaya rongak gigi. Tihihi.

Ini adalah kawan segossip semasa di universiti. Dah lama tak jumpa jadi seronok bergossip bersama rakan-rakan lama

Ini juga kawan saya Joe yang selalu perasan muka macam Dave Grohl bersama Maryam yang baru umur 2 tahun tapi pandai menari shuffle. Kiut doh!

Abang Bob dan Kak Wa yang merupakan saudara mara juga.

Ha ini dia birthday Girl. Happy Birthday yang pertama untuk baby mama Nur Almira Latifa! We all wuv u soooo much!

Terima kasih kepada yang sudi hadir walaupun late notice sangat-sangat. Terima kasih juga di atas hadiah yang kiut-kiut..Terima kasih kepada mak saya dan adik-adik saya yang telah memasak makanan yang sedap-sedap sekali dan pengasuh anak-anak saya yang jugak makcik saya yang juga telah mengsponsor spaghetti. Sedap sehingga menjilat jari nyam nyam! Terima kasih family, terima kasih rakan-rakan..nanti kalau ada rezeki lain kali saya jemput ramai sikit sebab kali ni memandangkan ruang pun agak limited jadi saya tak nak la seksa orang bersempit sempitan. Kihkih.

Bye bye sweetie pie!

Perhimpunan Bersih

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:46:00 +0000

Aku tak tau pulak A Samad Said ni pro Bersih. Eh sebelum tu, tau ke Bersih tu apa? Kalau nak tau baca kat sinilah. Malas la nak taip. Heheh. Sebenarnya tertarik baca sajak A Samad Said masa event Bersih (aku bukan pergi event Bersih atau pro Bersih la..aku terjumpa kat internet je ni).

Unggun-Bersih

Semakin lara kita didera bara -kita laungkan juga pesan merdeka:
Demokrasi sebenderang mentari
sehasrat hajat semurni harga diri.

Lama resah kita - demokrasi luka;
lama duka kita - demokrasi lara.
Demokrasi yang angkuh,
kita cemuhi;
suara bebas yang utuh,
kita idami!

Dua abad lalu Sam Adams berseru:(di Boston dijirus teh ke laut biru):
Tak diperlu gempita sorak yang gebu
diperlu hanya unggun api yang syahdu.
Kini menyalalah unggun sakti itu;
kini merebaklah nyala unggun itu.

Yang hebat pasal sajak ni adalah disebabkan sajak ni A.Samad Said disoal siasat dengan polis.

Kesimpulannya sesiapa yang nak shopping untuk raya kat Jalan TAR atau Sogo terutamanya wanita dan kanak-kanak pada 9 Julai ni lupakanlah. Kang terperangkap pulak dalam perhimpunan Bersih ni. Tu tak campur lagi dengan Pemuda Umno la, Perkasa la yang nak 'bertempur' dengan orang-orang Perhimpunan Bersih ni. Nanti tak pasal-pasal kena gas pemedih mata ataupun kena tangkap polis pulak.

Duduk rumah diam-diam sudah.

Random entry adalah apabila tak sempat nak update blog

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:02:00 +0000

You must understand, I'm not lazy to update this blog.

I'm just either pre-occupied, too tired or sleepy! I'm okay if I only have 5 readers and all the said 5 are actually relatives, I mean it's my own fault I'm bad at updating this blog after all.

This is random updates with random photos of my precious..Much love!

Honestly I'm too lazy to bath Almira like the above photo. That one is my mother's doing and Almira totally love it! Husayn loves it too because that means he can kacau Almira and at the same time 'accidentally' splash himself with the water. As for me I usually bath Almira in the kitchen sink and she will always refuse to part ways with the water.

This is my youngest sister who is currently on long holiday. And thanks to that long holiday, I have no problem bringing my kids to the mall during the weekend because I have two extra 'bibik'! Both are my sisters of course and what's the best way to return the favour for taking care of Husayn and Almira than treating them at some nice place where we can eat and gossip.

Husayn : Mama! oooo Mama!

*I was eating something in the kitchen so I didn't say anything*

Husayn : Mamaaaaaa!

*I heard him but I continued my munching anyway*

Husayn : Mama! Mama tu takde mulut ke?

#*%*#%&%

Ok, he was actually repeating my ayat since I usually said that to him when he just ignored me. But still...

Suneo is Husayn's first sand art though honestly I hate Suneo. I don't also like Nobita because he's too sissy. Heheh. I like Doraemon though since Doraemon has that pintu suka hati! Best ooo

Lately Almira love to test my patience. Especially at night. And when I'm so tired that I want to sleep and do nothing else. But she always, always refuse to sleep. She crawls everywhere, munching stuff that she should not munch, lying on top of her brother forcing him to wake up and will give me the cheeky scrunchy nose smile whenever I start babbling away.

Oh by the way, the hat she's wearing in the photo is not actually a hat, it's a musical instrument that I supposedly create when I went away to my office's teambuilding course.

Tak percaya..cuba tengok gambar kat bawah ni..

I nearly scalded my fingers because I accidentally glue gunned my own fingers, and when I got home, proudly giving the little drum to Husayn, he started destroying the thing to my utter dismay. Urgh.

This is me and my sister at Sunway Pyramid. Husayn was throwing tantrums in the above photo so what's a mommy should do? I forced him to sit in the stroller and continue his sulking there.

Well hope you all have a terrific Tuesday! Bye.

Keep it simple, Stupid!

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:25:00 +0000

Malam tadi ajar Husayn tulis nombor. Mengamuk betul dia sebab tv kena off dan mama dia ni paksa dia tulis nombor. Geram tengok dia mengamuk, tapi kadang-kadang terlepas gelak jugak sebab tengok cara dia tunjuk perasaan telah mengingatkan saya pada seseorang.

Tahukah siapa orang itu?

Orang itu adalah diri saya sendiri.

Teringat dulu masa darjah 3 kot, pakcik saya ajar saya spelling tapi saya tunjuk perasaan dan tak nak buat apa yang dia suruh. Jadi semalam tengok gaya Husayn mengamuk bila saya suruh dia isi ruang-ruang kosong kat buku latihan tu dengan no 9 memanglah macam déjà vu pulak. Dia tau bentuk no 9 tu tapi dia saja je tulis benda tu terbalik sana sini. Bila geram sangat saya marah jugak dia tapi lama-lama saya tunggu je dia tulis sampai habis.

Sentiasa nak mengamuk bila tak dapat benda yang dikehendaki? Forever rasa tak puas hati dan nak membantah? Kurang sabar?

Ya perangai kesemua di atas memanglah tidak syak lagi Husayn dapat dari saya. Dah macam aku ni menghadapi diri sendiri la pulak. Dulu masa kecik mak saya memang suka membebel dan saya akan buat muka muncung nak memprotes. Sekarang bila turn saya pulak jadi mak, saya cuba kurangkan membebel dan cakap apa yang perlu je. Sebab utama adalah Husayn baru 4 tahun, dia bukan nak dengar pun kalau saya cakap panjang-panjang jadi baiklah saya K.I.S.S. saja. Bukan KISS peluk cium (walaupun yang ni perlu juga) tetapi KISS =Keep It Simple,Stupid!

Senang cerita saya cuba limitkan bebelan kurang daripada 2 minit. Haha.

Tapi percayalah, sia2 je membebel kat budak bawah 5 tahun ni. Dia tak paham sangat pun dan buat letih mulut saja.

Kadang-kadang saya suka buli anak saya

noreply@blogger.com (Intan) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:05:00 +0000

My baby girl is so manja sometimes I pinch her cheeks just for fun!

My gosh Almira, tau la abah awak tu duduk jauh (tu yang asyik cakap abah..abah je sepanjang masa..ish) dan nasib baik ada mama ni yang nak layan awak dan abang yang suka peluk peluk awak (walaupun most of the time Husayn suka cucuk muka dia pakai jari!) .

Confession: Kadang-kadang saya suka buli anak sebab comel bila tengok muka dia nangis! Contohnya adalah seperti di bawah:

Muka permulaan nak nangis

Orang jawa kata suka 'membewek' ni..haha

Sayu betul anakku ni..kehkeh

Itu dia dah gaya macam lion king pulak..haha

Ni dia geram sebab mama dia gelakkan je..takde usaha usaha nak pujuk.kihkih

Kesiankan kena buli dengan mak sendiri..ahaha. Tau tak sebab apa dia nangis? Sebab saya ajuk bunyi kambing iaitu "embekk". Haha..ada ke logik nangis sebab tu? Isk isk.

Ada satu lagi gaya muka dia iaitu kalau macam dia malu-malu ke dia akan buat muka macam ni pulak:

Dan dia suka cakar muka dia sampai keluar misai kat tepi bibir..

Kalau kat rumah suruh tidur memang susah gilaaa sampai last2 mamanya ni yang tertido. Setiap hari suka bangun pukul 5 pagi. Lepas tu dia pergi kejut abang dia pulak. Babysitter kata dia lagi ganas dari abang dia. Mana la mama ni tak pening Almira oi!

Tapi tak sangka bulan depan dah nak setahun..jalan je tak pandai lagi. Kalau dah pandai jalan pasti mama ni lebih pening. Kehkeh.