Mak!

okayyy, i guess i've been feeding you guys with entries with pics for the last couple of months, rite? now time to go pictureless plak! now nk share on kids . dah lama x story pasal anak2.. ala, this blog, what else la kan? aku bukan reti nk story pasal hal2 lain sgt ... :-) .. lagipun, pasal anak2 aje pun aku rasa mcm tak tercerita, apa hal plak aku nak sebok2 story pasal hal lain kan? cam ni lah, kalau dengan cerita2 aku pasal anak2 dan perkara2 yg berlaku di sekeliling aku boleh memberi manfaat kepada readers (if any).. aku syukur ... perkara baik /ilmu tak mesti datang dalam khusus topik ilmu je kan? pandai2 lah kita extract yg baik daripada sebarang info ... contoh, info pasal aku dan anak2 aku .. :p yg baik jadikkan tauladan, yg tak berapa nak baik .. bawak2 lah kasik nasihat kat aku .. jgn plak kondem aku .. insya Allah sama2 kita improve ...

Fahren is 1 year 9 months already.  Jarang pulak aku cerita pasal Fahren ni. Not that dia tak ada banyak points nak cerita,, tapi bila dah anak ke-3.. mostly semua yg berlaku dalam proses pembesaran tu, quite similar dengan abang and kakak dia ...

He has started to say few meaningfull words. he quickly copied what ever said by kakak or abang Lan. The most clear words is of course "Mak" ... Others are basic words  .. mcm "nak air", "aLan" (for abang Lan), "Ataakkk" for kakak...

Kat taska pon ibu taska and her babysitters semua kata Fahren ni senang diajar ... cepat catchup gitu .. pegang pensil pun mcm budak dah sekolah.. (aku tak pernah tgk pun.. and until now aku lom test sendiri betoi ke babysitter ni cxakap ekekekek)

dia pun dah boleh mengingat dengan baik .. bila tanya certain pic, dia dah leh respond ...aku tanya mana kucing, dia tunjuk gambo kucing, aku tanya ini apa? (gambar lalat) dia leh jawab "lalat" ... pendek kata leh mengingat ... and banyak kali jugak aku tanya dia mana kunci? dia tunjuk kunci kat dalam lubang speaker, obviously dia yg main2 masukkan dalam tu ..  

paling syok bila dia terlompat2 everytime i reached home from work, when he saw me at the front door, dia terus lompat2 sampai jerit "maaaaakk!" .. and catch me.. and..

"nakkk shushuuuuuu"

Alhamdulillah, even tho not exclusive anymore but i still BF him whenever i am with him. He still needs it and asks for it .. bila ada aku, dia takmo FM pun ... great..

ok lah dulu ,.. nanti aku update pasal Idlan plak .. then lepas tu baru pasal Lydia ..

The Day I feel so content ...

I feel so content. i feel blessed. .. I hope it's true, if it is, i want to mark today... till it's confirmed, i'll keep on praying ..

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gambar hiasan: They are the love of my life :-) bapak, Fahren, Idlan, Lydia.. pic taken few months ago.. much love!

Bermain Layang - Layang - photos

kami ni, nama je duduk kat Kapar .. tapi bila weekend, mmg x lekat kat rumah.. but beberapa weekend lepas,, ntah kenapa rasa malas nak ke mana2 .. rasa nak lepak rumah je.. tapi anaks plak bising nk jalan2.. so lepas dah puas fikir nak gi mana (yg tak jauh tapi bukan la giant atau tesco) .. baru tingat dh lama tak tgk Pantai Remis... ekeke.. last sekali pegi, masa baru2 kawin .. hubby ajak pusing keliling kapar .. termasuk pantai remis huhu ..

pantai remis ni, dekat je from rumah kami .. dalam 15 mins gitu ... kalau petang sabtu.. kul 3 tuh dah start ramai orang sbb ada pasar malam .. kami plak, kul 1 dah ada kat situ sbb lunch. ada foodcourt kat situ .. not bad lah food dia .. harga tak mahal, food pun boleh kata sedap...

Dah lepas makan tu .. budak2 ni nak main layang2 plak .. angin memang kuat memang sesuai utk layang2 ... so bapak pon belikan le 2 layang2 for Lydia ngan Idlan ...

lama gak lepak situ .. rasanya dah nak kul 3 kot baru kami balik rumah .. itupun sbb dah ramai sgt peniaga2 nak start pasang khemah kat tempat kami main kites .. sampai rumah je bebudak ni terus terbongkang keletihan huhuu ...

Pantai remis ni, bersambung dengan pantai Jeram yang ada seafood2 yg agak popular .. Ramai yang suka datang makan ikan bakar Jeram .. haa.. boleh la melalui pantai Remis ni utk ke restaurant ikan bakar Jeram, ngan restoren Aroma Ikan Bakar Jeram ... kami pom lom pernah makan kat situ walaupun rumah dekat.. dari sehari ke sehari nak ke sana asyik tertunda .. :-)

mak pun ada hati nak terbangkan layang2 :-) syok gak !! haha

sambil layan keropok lekor and apam balik - yes .. i like apam balik dari dulu sampai skang!

OK! jom datang sini :-)

Ranau-Kundasang-KK : photos

Dari Ranau ke Kundasang dan seterusnya ke KK ... perjalanan panjang menjadi pendek sebab view yang mengasyikkan ... cuma, sedih sangat sbb, dari pagi sampai ke tengah hari,,, Puncak Kinabalu tetap tak mahu muncul ... terlindung di balik awan memutihi angkasa ,,,, memang sedikit kecewa .. tapi tak apa lah .. saya dah rakam dalam ingatan .. dan manalah tau, next ti datang lagi .. kan?

This was taken 5 years ago, kat tepi jalan Ranau-Kundasang. owhh encik abangku rambut kemain! KLang gengster! Lydia baek punyer tayang pewot! huhu!

Taken recently - almost the same spot .. but this is tengah hari buta matahari atas kepala huhu! and no more KLang gengster yg ada hanya lah bapak mithalis auuwww!

antara view yg menawan

OMG yg tengah2 tuh awat poyo sgt posing cenggitu? eeeuuwww!!!

sekali lagi ... hikss! oh ye .. 5 years back, anjung tinjau ni tak ada ... mmg dah lain ... tapi still with this anung tinjau... Kinabalu tetap segan nak tunjukkan rupanya ... kat belakang tuh kalau x de awan..akan nampak lah clear habis puncak Kinabalu :-)

View taken from Masjid Kundasang ... the fly over baru siap ..time  ni awan dah start penuh meliputi kebiruan langit ... ingatkan tgh hari clear rupanya semakin matahari tegak kat kepala, semakin awan banyak :-) tak pe lah .. tgk awan pon cantik :-) begitulah awan nano nano nano nano ... ek eleh x lawak

orang pi solat, dia pi posing depan masjid ...

With atuk and nenek tapi muka nenek terlindung plak ...

Errrkkkk...

ah-haaaa!!! borong makanan utk makan kat kereta sajork! kat tepi jalan Kundasang-Ranau ...

Pics of my kids ... Idlan sangat susah nak ajak pose ...

Fahren pon pandai menghargai keindahan alam ... mulut dia tak henti2 membebel tapi dalam bahasa yg dia saja yg faham :-)

Kat Pasar Malam depan pasar basah ... yang sibaju oren tuh sempat rembat tali pinggang ... LOL .. ce peratikan cik abang kiter ty .. muka keletihan ... ciann ..

petang tu, kami ke KK .. dan berehat2 saja kat bilik ... cuaca pulak hujan .. mmg best lepak bilik... suami dan adik ipar ke airport utk mengambil beg pakaian yang dah datang dari KL .. huhuhu! .. Malam plak makan kat Likas, ada food court yang banyak choice ... kami makan ikan bakar dan segala2 bakar ... lepas makan, masih ada tenaga lagi utk singgah pasar malam ... tgk2 apa2 yg patut ..

malas nak uplaod kat FB sebab slow! blogger slow tapi FB TERSANGAT slow .. tatau apasal .. eh takpe lah.. tgk je kat sini ..

Then keesokan hari, adik ipar, abang ipar and makbapak mertua pegi island hoping ... pegi snorkeling kat 3 pulau2 glams tuh .. mamutik, manukan ngan apa lagi satu ntah .. lupa.. tapi kirannya aktiviti wajib for those who come to KK and esp. for those outdoor activity lover. . mak mertua and bapak mertua ku sangat aktif ok! dorang suka berenang ... so dorang pon suka snorkle .. i like! kami tak pegi sbb aku risau bawak bebudak esp. idlan yg suka je lompat2 atas boat ,... aihhh lengkali lah! lagipon aku dah merasa snorkle masa kat Tioman ... cukup la tuh .. bukannya aku pencinta aktivity luaran pon .. so x de hal ...

Semetara tunggu dorang pi snorkle, lepas hantar dorang kat Jessleton Port yang viewnya sangat cantik tu ... kami terus ke Karambunai .. pi lepak2 kat resort mahal ... lepak kat pantai dia lah .. bukan dalam resort ekeke ... by the time kami habis lepak .. dan penat plus dah tgh hari ... and dah time utk amik dorang yg pi snorkling tadi kat Port ... tapi sempat la balik bilik dulu sbb aku nak tukar baju .. baju kena muntah Idlan plak .. muntak sbb byk minum milo huhu ..

dah alang2 kat Port, and dah lunch time... terus la kami makan beramai2 nasi padang kat Port tuh .. hmm biasa2 jek lah.. satu hal pasal KK .. food dia biasa2 jek ..

and then petang tuh dorang yg pi pulau tadi berehat2.. turn kami plak mandi manda kat swimming pool .. biasa la bawak budak2 .. ni jek la aktivity yg dorang suka ...

and malam tuh makan kat Sri Melaka .. kat area Kampung air and lepas tu sambung lagi window shopping kat Pasar Malam Kampung Air plak ..

ada few tempat yg aku nak pegi tapi tak cukup time .. pegi kali ni sbb bukanpegi sendri  kan.. so schedule tu kena la ikut majority ..

Inside ticket counters Jessleton Port .. While waiting dorang beli tiket island hop ..

Lydia nanges nak ikut dorang pi snorkle ...

Kat Karambunai Resort

MAndi manda!

adik beradik sri Melaka yang kat Amcorp Mall ni ... huhu.. sampai sabah pon makan mcm kat sini jek

the next day, baru la kiterang pi kat pasar manila tu tapi x membeli pon kat situ .. cuma beli ikan kering kat pasar ikan kering and then beli kopok2 ikan kat pasar kopok... sabah terkenal ngan kerepek cincin dia... sedap.. rasa dia macam kuih denderam (cuping telinga?) tapi luar ada salut tepung keras .. sedap ah.. and then terkenal ngan udang kering yg fresh dan agak murah .. and then kopok ikan bulat2 yg dia panggil apa ntah aku lupa dah .. pastu kerepek malinja bersira ..ahh lazat! :-)

Before pi airport nak balik KL.. kiterang lunch kat Penampang ... makan kari kepala ikan .. perghhh dasyat besar kepala ikan dia .. ada sizes .. S, M, L, XL .. kiterang amik 2 pinggan XL .. perghhh puas! memang sedap! nama kedai .. restoren kari kepala Ikan Krishna ... halal ... kiterang ke situ sbb adik ipar aku bgtau situ mmg port org2 petronas makan2 kat KK ..

lepas makan baru lah ke Airport ... flight kul 4 ptg .. Lydia nanges takmo balik sbb nak ikut cik Usu dia naik kereta balik Bintulu .. adeh! lengkali la nak oii... kita pi visit cik Usu ngan Mak Usu kat BIntulu .. tapi dulu pon dah ke sana .. takdak apa2 kat Bintulu pon ...

We have been married for 8 years - Alhamdulillah :-)

10^th of June - So loaded with works, as project closure is approaching. One thing I hate about project is documentations esp. when they have to comply with certain standards - In my case, CMMI. Total headache! Blaming myself for not being proactive and to follow standard from the very early stage (ok actually my PM should be blamed, shouldn’t he? I mean why he never stressed this out?) Uurghh! I hv to admit, I am bad in documentations. The only good thing is that  we don’t have to print anything, as all will be in softcopies. Bliss! Printing can give so much hassle and stress! Been there done that!  urrghh!

Anyway,

My trip to KK was awesome! Being there again after 5 years was great.. and we had wonderful time celebrating our 8^th wedding anniversary in KK, which for me is one of the romantic getaways, don’t you think so? It was so special to celebrate our special day, in 2 different places, morning in Borneo, evening in KL as we took our flight back to KL on the anniversary day...and we have chance to have  the day in the sky as well, I hope you get what I mean.. :-) maybe I can call it as “Love is in the air”? … haha!

 above pic: our anniversary cake .. bought only half, coz not all in the house are cake lover .. Cheezy Choc from SR ..

So, 8 years of marriage huh????  Wow .. tahniah untuk diri sendiri .. I know still new and green tapi diam tak diam dah 8 tahun.. dasyat gak ekk .. 

Hmm know what? Actually marriage is not only about celebrating your wedding anniversary. I think wedding anniversary celebs are just a way of showing off, aren’t they? oopss haha!

Marriage is a lot more than that. I can’t put everything I’ve learned so far into words as words can’t really describe – or I am the one who can’t describe in words, or even in verbal hahaha!, but let me try, in simple word, marriage life is about tolerance, and patience. 

Marriage is not every time about you and your better half – sometimes yes, or course *wink.

I mean, for a day or two, yea it could be so nice and romantic with only you and him – after sometimes it actually is about you, him/her, children, ur family, his family, ur work, his work, ur friends, his friends, ur purse, his wallet – everything!!!. Without any of these, ur marriage wont rock! AND with any of these comes one thing – argument. 

And the best part in marriage (which I always found as the hardest part) is forgiving and asking for forgiveness (since we have argument).  Forgiving means letting go ur ego and just move on. Seriously this is hard. I normally argue rather than to just forgive. But there was a time where I just forgive without any argument; it took courage! Outcome? I found it so relieving! Sweet and Beautiful feelings! – but  I don’t remember having many of that occasions (forgiving without arguments). Hmmm…

Eerkk.. am I talking too much for someone who just 8 years in marriage? Ekeke.. too carried away I guess .. afterall, Alhamdulillah .. There were things that I wish I didn’t do and things that I wish I could do better … Allah know best. 

And lastly, for whatever things,, the most thing to do is of course, thank Allah for His bless towards our marriage. And He know everything , some of the things happened not accordingly, but I hope they are tests for us , and I pray for every wrongdoings, we will be forgiven, and we will be going to the correct path …

Lets pray and together we seek forgiveness from Allah

“O Allah, I seek forgiveness for every sin, I committed, about which, of course, You know inside and out, from the beginning to the end of my life, whether committed deliberately or intentionally, few or many, abstruse or manifest, old or new, secretly carried out or openly done; and for whatever wrong I have done I turn repentant unto You and beseech You to bless Muhammad and the children of Muhammad and forgive all my unjust acts I did to wrong the people (because they have rights which I have to recognize and fulfill) but You have full authority to forgive those wrongdoings whenever and howsoever You wish, O the most merciful.”

above: At the hotel room in KK: Hubby and kids blow our candles after father in law recited Do'a for us .. ameen

OK let me stop now. Gonna blog later, with more pics in KK I hope .. stay tune k?

Bolehkah saya?

Setuju tak kalau sy kata, mendisiplinkan anak, memerlukan disiplin diri. Salah satu yg saya alami, saya pernah berazam untuk mengajar Lydia mengaji (sama ada mulakan with muqaddam ataupun  Iqra’) dengan titik peluh sy sendiri. Sebabnya, sy pun semasa kecil, diajar oleh mak saya sendiri … mak saya garang dan tegas bila mengajar. kalau saya mengaji dengan suara perlahan dan tak bersemangat, beliau akan sound saya Mak saya akan cakap,

”apa ni mengaji macam nak tidur je.. kalau menyanyi tu boleh pulak melalak2 bukak suara tu beso2”  .. masa tu saya rasa sangat annoyed!

Dan saya selalu minta izin daripada emak, untuk ikut kawan2 mengaji di rumah orang, atau mengaji dengan uztaz/ustazah … asalkan bukan dengan mak yang suka sound peril huhuhu..

Jawapan mak,” pegi rumah orang, nak mengaji ke nak main2 dengan kawan2 je..?.. kat sekolah biar cikgu ajar, tapi kat rumah biar mak yang ajar..” sedih saya. Permintaan ditolak …Tapi, disebabkan rasa annoyed itu la saya jadi ingat, dan Alhamdulillah boleh mengaji (mengaji ni pun kalau lama tinggal, leh jadi kurang lancar).

Tapi, azam dan semangat yg sy tanamkan tu, tak pula diiringi oleh disiplin. Jadi, selepas beberapa bulan mengajar Lydia dengan Iqra’ 1 dan 2, entah macam mana, rutin berubah (biasanya saya kerja sampai malam). Daripada skipped semalam, jadi skipped beberapa malam..lama kelamaan, pernah sampai skipped beberapa bulan Lydia tak mengaji. Lama-lama, kami (saya dan suami) mengambil keputusan untuk menghantar Lydia ke kelas mengaji yang khusus oleh ustazah, supaya lebih teratur dan tak missed.

Alhamudulillah la, kelas berjalan lancar. Saban malam, suami (membawa bersama Idlan dan Fahren) memang tak jemu menghantar, menunggu sehingga Lydia habis dan balik semula. Saya? Perjalanan dari office yang panjang menyebabkan saya kurang berpeluang untuk berbuat demikian. Cuma jika ada masa, saya akan bersama-sama suami ke sekolah dan melihat sendiri bagaimana kelas mengaji berjalan.

Di dalam kelas, anak-anak menunggu giliran memperdengarkan bacaan kepada ustazah. Di luar? Ibu-ibu yang menghantar sibuk juga memperdengarkan hal-hal lain. Saya tak kata mereka bergossip. Cuma, saya rasa bersalah sendiri. Melihat diri saya berada di situ menunggu. Biasanya saya menunggu lebih kurang 20 hingga 30 minit barulah Lydia keluar dari kelas. Bila ditanya, hanya satu mukasurat (paling maksima 2 m/s) sahaja yang ustazah semak bacaan. Masa yang lebih adalah untuk menunggu giliran. Dan untuk itu, para ibu semua berkemas2 berdandan2 dan menghantar anak2 ke kelas. 

Tidak mengapa jika parents yang menghantar adalah yang tidak celik AlQuran, yang tidak yakin mereka boleh mengajar anak mereka dengan betul.i don’t blame them, in fact I respect them ada kesedaran hantar jugak anak mengaji.

Tapi saya?

Saya meletakkan diri saya, sebagai seorang yang boleh mengaji, boleh memahami arahan2 mudah dalam Iqra’, juga boleh mengenal hukum2 tajwid mudah yang terkandung dalam Iqra’. Jadi, apa yang saya buat? Menunggu selama 30 minit – mengambil masa 45 minit (masa bersiap sehingga pulang semula ke rumah) untuk anak membaca 2 muka surat Iqra’ 4?

Sedangkan dengan berada di rumah dan mengaja sendiri, 45 minit itu boleh saya gunakan untuk menyemak 3 m/s iqra’(bergantung kpd kelancaran Lydia), melipat baju, menyusukan fahren, dan Lydia tak perlu menunggu dalam barisan. Hanya saya dan dia. Ibu dan anak. Dan selepas itu, dia boleh terus focus kat kerja sekolah, (atau menonton TV-sekurang2nya berehat)

Tapi point saya yang lebih penting saya nak share di sini, ialah macam mana pada awalnya saya betul2 took it for granted. Mentang2 lah anak dan mengaji setiap malam tak pernah missed, saya pun senang hati. Memang alfa sungguh.

Saya tak tahu parents lain, tapi saya, untuk beberapa bulan pertama, memang saya serah bulat2 pada ustazah. Kemudian, lama lepas tu barulah saya terfikir untuk menyemak bacaan Lydia. Saya jadi teruja nak tau macam mana pencapaiannya hasil dari belajar di kelas mengaji.

Ketika Lydia memperdengarkan bacaannya, saya jadi sedih. Semua kata-kata mak saya ketika mengajar saya terngiang2. Itulah beza belajar dengan mak sendiri. Emak/atau bapa sendiri, focus untuk kita sahaja, dan lebih teliti, sebab anak dial ah yang diajar, anak dialah yang dia mahu lihat cemerlang.

Saya sedih. Lydia budak yang bijak.. tapi, mengdengar dia membaca dengan  suara yang sangat hambar, bacaan yang mendatar.. membuatkan saya sedar, saya perlu kembali disiplin kan diri saya.. sekali lagi, saya berazam, untuk mengajar sendiri anak-anak saya mengaji. Jika mak saya boleh mengajar kami adik beradik tanpa jemu, setiap malam (kecuali malam Jumaat..)..mengapa saya tidak?

Sekarang sudah beberapa minggu saya mengajar Lydia di rumah. Kerap juga saya meminjam kata2 emak … saya tak kisah jika Lydia annoyed.. tapi AllahSWT tahu niat saya, dan saya berdoa Allah membantu saya mendidik anak2… Alhamdulillah, Lydia membaca sudah seperti yang saya inginkan. Sudah bertenaga. sudah pandai menjaga makhraj2 yang betul, dan boleh berlagu2 asas..

Sekarang, terpulang pada diri saya, untuk mendisiplinkan diri saya sendiri.

There's something about "mak"

Lepas gigih went to the make up class; it’s time to practice it in my daily life! Haha! Actually right after the class, me and Sol decided to clean our face and removed all the make-up because we were going back to our mom in law’s place and we didn’t want to show off   them to see us looked like drag queens .

Too bad... dear hubby couldn’t see the result right away.

Tiba la masa nak show off kat husband kan.He should know how his wife has improved (in putting on make-ups, of course) kan? So bermula la balik steps I learned kat class… this time infront of him. Hehe! Cool je pun…

When all done, (except for the fake eyelashes lah. Ingat nak gi berlakon ke apa nak ber bulu mata pelesu bagai kan?) I told him I am ready for outing, yeay! (also secretly hoping for his opinion)

“ok dah siap ni.. dah jangok sangat nih,,, jom jalan2 .... nak gi mana hari ni?” with broad smile

“kalau camtu ... rasanya .. better .. kat rumah je lah….”

Oopss.. what was that mean? Errkkk ..

Haa.. sudah sudah!! Don’t get any idea ok? I just pretended tak dengar apa2 and that was the 1^st opinion I guess. Then I checked out on the kids if dorang dah ready ke belom (and checked out if they noticed my make-up huhuhu). Kang mak kemain lagik jangok, anak2 cam belacan.. tak seswaii la kan? So I went to Idlan .. and he looked at me, and dia mcm stopped gitu.

“mak.. mak kenapa lain!” ok. Lain. And it supposed to mean what? So I asked him if I look OK. Yeah I know he's only 3, but well.. 3 yo pon ada pendapat kan? Ke tak de?

he didn’t answered right away, instead, he ran forward and gave me hug, and said, “cantek” owwhhh … but I didn’t know if that was the truth. I mean, I am his mom of course he would say only good things, wouldn’t he? Dia ni sometimes dah pandai jaga hati orang tau, mind you! .. hmmm there goes my 2^nd opinion

ok. Must get 3^rd opinion. girl’s opinion should be better than boy's kan?

Lydia noticed. And as usual…she said she said "wow" and she liked it, and asked if she can put on make-up as well. Alahai anak dara ni .. exactly she said, “Lydia tengok mak OK lah .. Lydia pon nak jugak hehe.. tapi, mak tukar la baju tu, baju tu berdosa lah” deng! Lorrr… lain yg ditanya, lain dijawabnya.. ok,, baju tuh err..dia salu je tegur aku pakai tshirt lengan pendek ke, pakai tudung pendek sangat ke.. huhuhu .. anak bertuah, kan?

Ok. the 1^st opinion by mr hubby, even though lovely it was of coz bias .. then 2^nd from Idlan even though touching, was questionable, 3^rd opnion from Lydia was obviously with hidden agenda, and, off-topic)

No way fahren can give his opinion, can’t he? Hhmmmm better lupakan saja lahhh …

I took Fahren to get him ready. Masa tengah pakai kan dia diapers .. Fahren looked at me ..as in studying my face. And suddenly

He pointed his finger right on my face!!!, and laugh!! OMG!  Sooooo sweet! Sangat unsangkarable uols!terjerit2 aku panggil husband to tell him this and suddenly all of us were laughing!

Seriously Fahren? Adakah mak kelihatan that funny???? OK that was Fahren’s sooo sweet and spontaneous reaction. I mean who can be more honest than a baby?

~on second thought, is that why mr hubby wanted to stay just at home? because i looked funny? ~ hmmm

~ok on 3rd thought (boleh?) ... naayyy tak mungkin! !!! ekekekek! *denial mode, kah?

my pengkritik tetap. This was after the conversations. Finally we decided to checked in at SACC Mall (so i can buy stuff from Elianto-opss - and at this moment, i've already removed my make-up HAHAHA! not konfiden meks uols!)

Till later uols, see ya!

The boy is mine :-)

Hi peeps! 

I have never had a fever that caused a 3 days sick leave. Not until last week. I had to revisit the doctor asking for different medicines. Alhamdulillah, today am feeling much better

My kids were sweet and loving to me when I was sick--ok, they are sweet all the time not only when am sick, hahaha!. As I couldn’t take care of them, my kids were still sent to the babysitter during daytime. Honestly I felt guilty to do that, but it was hubby who decided. He said when you should rest, you rest. Like a veto gitu kan.. So I was supposed to rest but hubby caught me tweeting so he took the phone away and forced me to sleep.

And in the evening when the kids got home, Idlan came running to me and asked, “mak dah sihat…?” with the cutest voice that melted a mother’s heart. He is a pre-schooler now, and he is our ‘TV’ with his acts and words that always make us laugh.

His observations to things around him are very good. When I ate fruits, he said to me, “mak, makan la banyak2 buah tembikai tu… nanti mak cepat sihat” and when his brother cried, he said,”mak, adik susukan la adik tu..dia nangis..” so I teased him, “kalau abang Lan nangis, mak susukan jugak ye?” and he replied fast “tak payah lah, alan susu lah sendiri!”  and giggled. Soo cute! He called himself ‘alan’ in short of abang Lan. He is ‘abang’ to everyone including Lydia. When Lydia wanted something from the kitchen and scared, he volunteered himself to accompany. He said, “Jom alan temankan. Mana ada kumbang kat sini!”

One day he said, ”kalau nak memancing, bawak la badminton”. I laughed out loud. I couldn’t figure out why he came up with that so I just laughed as though what he said was meaningless. Then hubby replied to him,”abang Lan, bukan badminton.. itu namanya tangguk ikan..” opss .. ohhkayyy.. Now shame on me… he was referring to the net that people use to catch fishes! OMG! He actually can relate the net and badminton.

Smart boy, isn’t he?

At last, a vacation for us-even though a very short one!

The latest weekend (such words?), we went to Cherating. See I told you March is interesting right? Well, it is for me :-) . The last time we had a family vacation was like ages ago. i mean my family—me, hubby and kids—Yes we went to Cameron Highlands for a family gathering (family of my side), but that was a bigger family and that was in December last year, where we enjoyed very much but I didn’t get chance to blog about it.. But i did mention somewhere i had fun and can’t wait for the next one this December rite? So i guess i'll pass on that? :-)

The decision came almost impromptu. Hubby had to attend some meetings in Kemaman so he asked if i wanted to join — He knew he didnt hv to ask! — i was like, why not? .. i said yes right away! :-) It was quite a right time i guess after restless weekends with my bro in law wedding preparation and all.

So 3 days before the date finally i was busy checking for hotels. Ya Allah how I miss those days when i like to do that and actually had time for it! OK never mind, at least now i still have chance. I know i sound like is was a big deal. hey yes it was! even though just Kemaman, just locally, i was really excited about it! so it was a big deal i can say.

This is the first vacation after Fahren was born-so it's a big deal, isnt it?- and as far as i can recall, we didnt do much travelling (except for the monthly basis of going back to Johor which i thank God that my hometown in outside Selangor/KL) even before Fahren was born. Poor Idlan he didn't have much chance to travel (not yet), not like Lydia who at 2, has been to Sabah and Sarawak.(oopss all still locally..)

OK enough of ramblings. We checked in to Impiana Cherating resort. I wanted to have a nice hotel with stars (LOL) and with swimming pools my children have been asking for like everytime! most hotels are full, and it surprised me because school holidays had just over.. hmmm .. but when we got there, yup i can see why.. many companies were having functions. So that explained.

It was raining after we checked in and i felt frustrated. but it was not long.. after about 30 mins (and we used that time to laze around in the romantic nice superior deluxed seaview room-ok i dont know why i mention all these but well..just to share haha!) rain stopped and kids were all set for swimming. yeay! I didn't join them in the pool of course! It was fun to watch them having fun, and Lydia was excited to show us the techniques she learnt from the class. We send her to class for weekends. She is still not able to swim, but at least she floats and bubbles and brave enough to go into the water. improvement.

After Asar we left for Kerteh. Hubby's friend invited us for dinner and we happily accepted. I like their house. Old style but well maintained. A spacious single storey with unique design. It was a rented house, owned by Petronas which actually once belonged to Esso. Had a nice dinner and things talked. Thanks Hafizi and Amy. Will definitely go there again :-) and on way back to hotel, I pictured myself living there, as a stay-at-home mom, yeah rite!

Despite the romantic room, i couldn't sleep well that night. The sea was very close to us it made me worried the whole night. and the sound of strong waves made me stayed the whole night reading 'Big Girl' (citer pasai pompuan gumuks yg byk kali plan nak diet tak pernahnya jadik--sounds like me eh? haha!)

The next day was the meeting day. but before that, it was the day where my face was on paper! haha! I was not expecting but when i saw The Star in front of our room, suddenly i remembered being interviewed, and yes, it was there! haha!. We checked  out and went back to Kemaman. After meeting, we had our favorite Satar at Kuala Kemaman and that really made my day! .. perghh terbaaakkkk!! we never missed going there for Satar! i mean Kuala Kemaman. but we tried different stalls each time.

We left at about 4 after some kepok shopping, and reached home safely at about 8.

OK dah habis! Jom tgk gambo! didnt bring camera so just using phone... plus the lomolomo... ntah apa2... layan je lah ok... huhuu

at the lobby

opss... poyonyer!

was trying the lomolomo ekekeek

pheeewiiit!

hmmmm....