Random notes

Thought of posting things tapi sangat malas so few updates dah jadik basi..

..of school holidays (yg paling basi :))

We went to Taiping for a short vacation, and off to Penang for a fren's wedding. The kids were enjoying themselves especially splashing time in the hotel's pool. And not forgetting the trip to Zoo Taiping. We skip the night safari though, sbb by the time malam, semua org dah penat.

Fun in the pool at the hotel.

A photo shoot with the phyton for the 3rd time.

The after-effect. make believe zoo at home. hehe..

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.. of works

am thinking of switching my job. saw the advert in the email. i like my current job, i like the environment & frens (read :comfort zone), tapi dah agak tepu & bosan dgn other dept yg susah nak cooperate. Tapi dlm dok contemplating nak apply ke tak, tengok2 dah expired la pulak job offer tu. haih..

Anyway, we'll be moving office coming next months, nearer to IKEA, hehe. boleh car pool with hubby. boleh jimat. * Haikal cakap Hagemaru dgn mak dia suka jimat*. but we'll be having few hot-desks here and there. Bos ckp boleh pilih nak keje kat mana2.. hehe..

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.. of Husna's report card

i take a day off for her report card day, planning with babah to take the kids to watch Transformers after that, tapi babah kena cancel cuti lak sbb pi workshop. Luckily he managed to skip a few hours to join me at Husna's school. I didnt expect much from Husna, since it's her first exam. bila suruh study, dia cakap ' nak buat ape, semua tu kakak dah tau'. hmm ok.. yet to adapt to the concept of exam kot.. Anyway, kakak was doing just great , she got 5th place in her class. Ok la tu.. since i saw the difference between her and the 1st place is only 4 marks.. I think die banyak buang masa pi kaler semua gambar2 kat dalam soalan exam tu, so bila la pulak nak semak all her answers.

used to be my little girl.. not so little anymore.

.. of Humaira

Humaira now is already 4 months plus.. yet to get her 3rd injection next week. Why 3rd? because i missed her 2 months injection.. and so her 2nd was done on her 3rd months, and 3rd injection will be done on her 4th months. talk about byk saraf putus masa beranak.. excuses.. hehe.. camne tah boleh lupa. syndrome anak ramai agaknya, so dah jadik less komited. Nasib bawak pi private klinik, kalu pi klinik gomen sure kena marah dgn misi.

Humaira dah pandai mengiring sikit, but sesekali je die buat. Maybe berat so need to pull more effort. I think her weight is almost 8 kg now..

my little girl..

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.. of our big decision to make

we have a big plan, which also includes big $$. i pray for it to happen, and smoothly..

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.. of my dekat tapi jauh big brother

my brother and his family, now in uk will be back for good after 6 years studying/working over there. yeay on behalf of my mother who will be the happiest person. double yeay for hubby's 3 pairs of clarks, but none for me :(

Milk.

These are milk for Humaira while I'm working, starting tomorrow. Not as much as Ija's, but hopefully enough for me tu fully breastfeed until she is at least 6 months old.



My little princess. Be a good girl, ye.

My fav choc cupcake.

These were baked 20 minutes ago.


Thought of sharing this recipe. Very easy. Adapted from this recipe but simplified a little bit to suit whatever ingredients I have at the moment.


INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line muffin tins with paper cups or lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, 1 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Make a well in the center and add the water, oil and vanilla. Stir together until well blended. Fill muffin tins 1/3 full with the batter and top with chocolate chips.

Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Final week..

This week will be my final week of maternity leave. Sigh.. 2 months is not enough. The new bibik was pretty much okay to handle the baby. My only worry is for Haris to adjust being without me at home, since he still refuse to be with the maid.

I am lucky that Humaira is a very easy baby to handle. Milk, sleep, diaper change, milk , sleep. Very less noise. I can still get enough sleep at night, which is good since I dont have to qada' the sleep during the day. Hehe..

Most of my days was spent browsing the internet, mostly window shopping @ebay, beside entertaining Haris and Humaira. I manage to bid few set of clothes & shoes for Humaira, shoes for Haikal, Jeans & Bag for me :D. Takleh tinggal shopping walaupun tgh pantang. Dahla dapat duit bonus & ESOS.. yeay! I even wake up in he middle of the night / subuh2 buta to bid the items.. haha.. My hubby dah get used of me bangun tgh2 mlm , and his question in the morning will always be 'menang ke bid malam tadi? hehe.. such a sport, love u !

Humaira sleeping peacefully, her clothes was bought @ebay.

My growing family, minus Haris who was sleeping.

My cheeky Haris, comot lepas ratah susu.

Nextweek : Workloads, here I come.. heh

My Humaira

Azima Humaira was born on 5/3/2009, a day after our 8th Anniversary. Our 4th bundle of joy.

Her first hour

Day 1

Day 2

1 week ++

1 month

Today, 40 hari..

Welcome to the family. We all love you!

Haris is 1 year old

Haris turned one year old on 21st May 2008. I was away to JB, and luckily managed to get flight ticket for me to depart early in the morning and be back after maghrib the same day.

I asked my sister to bake a cake, and we decorated it upon me reaching home that night. I can barely open my eyes, was so exhausted.

Nevertheless, the kids are so happy except the birthday boy. Too small to understand. Kakak & Abang, already bought presents for Haris, paid by the father, on their way back from school.

The Birthday Boy

With the presents.

Mama & Babah doakan Haris menjadi anak yg soleh, berjaya di dunia & akhirat. Happy 1st Birthday, my baby.

Alive & kicking

We're back. Spent 4 days at the land of the kangaroo, with hubby & Haris tagged along. It's autumn, cloudy day everyday.

Sydney Opera House at the background

Koala tu posing sama macam Haris.

With kangaroos. Jinak aje.

Kat Blue Mountain.

With Yan, dormmate C-10 masa kat STF. Thanks for the chocolate.

Makan Pizza halal, for dinner.

Dengan kawan2 training.

So much things to do. So little time. But we enjoy every moment of it.

Few Updates

I was quiet for some time. Malas nak update. Anyway, here goes few events which I manage to recall at this moment;

Raya Haji @ Jengka

I called Balai Polis Jengka & Karak to make sure our route are flood-free. Nevertheless, traffic was very heavy the day before Raya. Budak2 semua dah restless. Supposedly the journey only takes 3 hours, but the traffic already bumper-to-bumper starting from KL lagi. We reached my house after 6 hours of driving. Sabar je la..

About Haris

I notice Haris' development was quite advanced compared to Kakak & Abang. By 4 months he can lie on his stomach unaided, then move forward commando-style by 5th months, managed to sit wiggly by 6th months, and crawl by 7 months, which was during Hari Raya Haji. One week after that, he can stand by holding on things. How time flies.

The kids started school

We registered the kids during the very last minutes, which was actually 3 days before school start. We intend to send both kids at the same school as Husna's last year, but there's transport problem. At last, the teacher agreed to sent the kids home. Problem solved.

So this is Husna's second year at the school, and on the other hand, totally new environment for Haikal. Nevertheless, Haikal was very cool on his first day of school, since he was always accompanied by Kakak, and he knows almost all Husna's friends & teachers. (Kakak balik sekolah selalu cerita, & dia pun selalu berangan pi sekolah & befriended Husna's friends - sort of Husna's friends were his imaginary friend).

Since there's no hassle, we left the kids at school early and went for windows shopping & lunchdate at Eastin - using free vouchers courtesy from the training I attended during Ramadhan last year .

Husna's Birthday Party

This year, my Husna has turned 6. We celebrated ala kadar je. It's a small gathering. Husna invited few of her friends at school, while we invited few close neighbours & friends. I baked Husna birthday cake, it's a Barbie Cake which the cake pan I bought at ebay. I bake my kids' birthday cake, it's another way to save. I cook few dishes like Spaghetti Marinara, Pizza & Mihun goreng, and accompanied by trifles as the desert. The day before, we pack some goodies for the kids.

It's exhausting, but we're happy to see she's happy.

Happy 6th birthday my sunshine!

Haris' first teeth

Haris dgn gigi baru. Tumbuh on hist 5th month.. My cute lil baby.. (sesi puji anak sendiri.. hehe)

Short trip - Ganu

During Raya holiday, we managed to slip to Terengganu for Cuti-cuti Malaysia. The last time I went there was like 10 years back, but not much changes to the place, I think.

Happy kids by the beach.

My shining stars..

We went shopping tak ingat at Pasar Payang. End up , we unintentionally left baby's stroller on the roadside while piling up loads of shopping bags into the car during the heavy rain. *sigh* . Whoever found the stroller, we all sedekah je la.

Raya entry

Tahun ni raya kat Kota Tinggi. First day raya, jalan2 rumah jiran terdekat. 2nd day raya , jalan2 kat kampung sebelah, pi rumah Mohen & rumah member Azhar. Third day raya, singgah rumah nenek Azhar, then balik Pahang. Nothing much to story about raya, standard agenda je, jalan/makan (ulang 100x) :P


Family pix. 5 of us this year. 1st raya for Haris.


Beraya ramai2..


Gadis2 & bujang. Jumpa ular mati kat tengah jalan.

With cousins

Uih nampak lubang idung.. hehe

Raya mood

Ramadhan dah almost coming to end. Will be going back to Kota Tinggi for raya on Wednesday.. then to Pahang on the 3rd day of raya. Kuih raya dah siap, buat sekadar yg termampu. Ade la dalam 10 jenis.. hahah.. actually it was more experimenting with new recipes using my new Europa. Cepatnya siap kerja compared to my cute 24 litres oven yang dah 5 tahun berjasa.


On the other hand, budak2 dah start main bunga api from the first week of Ramadhan. Despite being banned, senang je rupanya nak cari. Ade je jual kat pasar Ramadhan / Pasar malam. Nak order bunga api kat opis pun ade.. heheh..





Babah main bunga api on behalf of Haris.


Husna & Haikal having fun..



Will be having Smart Orange training tomorrow. Boringnya training time org dah nak cuti2. Bulan pose lak tu. Attended the 1st class last 2 weeks, and was given few assignments. Tomorrow will be the 2nd class, but have not even started a single word for the assignment. Camno tuh? Planning to do half during sahur this morning, and another half during the class itself.. hehe (pray I will not being picked up to present, else kantoi).

Good nite!

Haris in action

Harid dah 4 months & dah pandai meniarap. How time flies..

Udang Supreme

Saje nak share resepi yg simple utk bukak pose. Jumpa resepi ni dlm RASA, tapi dah di alter sikit2.

Bahan :

1. Udang


2. Bawang merah


3. Bawang putih


4. Halia


5. Cili besar


6. Sostiram


7. Kicap manis


8. Kicap cair


9. Daun limau purut

Cara2:

1. Goreng udang sekejap. Agak udang dah tukar kaler terus je angkat.


2. Kisar kasar bahan 2-5. Patutnya kena cincang halus, tapi nak cepat blend je.


3. Tumis bahan kisar, masukkan bahan 6-8 secukup rasa. Tambah air sikit kalau taknak pekat sangat


4. Masukkan udang & daun limau purut (kalu ikut resepi actually guna daun kari - tapi takde stok so guna je la daun ape2 yg ade kat fridge). Kacau rata2, bila dah mendidih je bulih la angkat


5. Siap utk dimakan.

Selamat Berpose.

Flora & Fauna

On Merdeka's eve, we went to a dinner at Singgahsana organised by Husna's school. One of the agenda was Pakaian Beragam with Flora & Fauna theme. Husna did not win any prizes, nevertheless, they had fun with Haikal pun menyebuk sama.

Was being informed of the Dinner the day before. So after work, I rushed to Warta and bought some artificial flowers, and attached them to her jacket and hat using safety-pins. Done within 1/2 hour, we rushed to the hotel early to avoid heavy traffic due to road closure.


Husna and her makeshift Flora & Fauna dress


Haikal and the snake.
Supposedly, the snake is for Husna tapi kakak tak cukup tangan nak bawak.

Our Shining Star..

Today is Haikal's 4th Birthday. Bought his gift @ MidValley on my way to BRF. And upon reaching home, whipped some buttercream and use yesterday's leftover buttercake, for his birthday cake. Cincai2 jek, asalkan ade..

On your birthday

Wishing you a handful of sunshine

A heart full of dreams
And a world of happiness

Happy Birthday
To the shining star
Of our life

May Allah bless U always..

Love,

Mama, Babah, Husna & Haris