And its Monday again..and close to you..carpenters

and so does all the routine work..

and counting of when I would be able to do or at least start some where of all things planned..

Spoken to ayah last night : ".. Cepat le besar baby..."

And ayah replied : " Ni dah besar la ni...slowly..tunggu la nanti bila dah mula merangkak...tunggu la mama..just watch the hero in action..."


Watching the baby in the arms of his father....so sweet...and he is so gentle....not knowing whats going on out there....in the world...in Gaza..perhaps...and i feel so blessed...

And I just dozed off...tak perasan bila ayah tutup tv..AJL...entah sapa yang menang..as mama had to catch up on short nap..before baby wakes up for another round of feeding..Meanwhile..ayah takes charge..haha!!!

Maisarah and maryam pun dah lama tidor..esok mula sekolah semula...

Praying for the greatest health so that what ever planned cd be materialised...well what else...

And out of boredom..I still find the songs by Carpenters..so ..music to my ears...




CLOSE TO YOU (Carpenters)

Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
Just like me (Just like me)
They long to be
Close to you.

Wahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Wahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Hahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Lahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.

The two go bald..??New year resolution?

Dear Son..now u are fully awake and what kind of look is that?...can u see me in you or its all daddy's....(waa....tak aci...)..and eh! awat hidung hang kembang???



And just wanna have these two special person captured in my blog after having their hair shaved..

Wallaa...new year with new head....bald is sexy meh!!!



( and they sleep like a log....at least mama cd have a cup of hot milo..during supper)





( And Sarah and Yam cheekily giggled and watched the daddy with their little brother..)





(and Mama wdn't wanna miss a shot too...well friends..how do I look?)..from the face..ok lah..Huh..but I still have those spare tyres and stretchmarks...which I think will take more than a year to be repaired...anyway...I close my case... Mikhael punya hidung kembang lagi...

And what am I doing now?..the research says for every one ounce of breastfeed..I shd be able to shed away 20 calories..and for a good supply of milk I need at least 12 glasses of water and good 1500 calories....waa..( nak makan ape tu...)..true or not???..and baby is fed at a minumum of 10 times a day with at least 2 ounce per feeding..(maths..mathss..)but one thing for sure I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight..and sheepishly 2 kilo lighter...waa..heaven!!(but still the BMI is overweight...) isshh..and dear ayah..u still owe me a good juicy beef steak kan!! Bila nak belanja???

when it comes to maintaining gd health and shape..I usually am the lazy and not strong willed(hangat-hangat- tahi ayam one.).and as I cd not miss sweat menu & beverage...loooonngg road to go..even I still have few packets of param, ubat sapu kurus..and the 'bengkung' dah satu minggu kasi cuci (kunun lepas habis pantang kasi cuci la..and ingat akan pakai lagi..)and hang nicely inside the drawer...waa...ini macam mana boleh 36-26-36....ha!ha!........( sorry Che Abang Mus..errr sponsor me to that slim & trim place ..can or not?)..p/s: Baby mikhael is 48 days now...

Dear bloggers...one need strong determination to achieve one's objective....at least to keep fit remain one of my new year resolution...ever...every year...every year..



p/s: i am exhausted and off to my noon nap....see you ! tata!

Prisoner of Zenda..Bye Kakak Moon..

(Kakak Moon few days before school holidays at her school - arts performance Nov 2008, i.e malam gala kesenian P.ramlee where she played a scene from Ali baba Bujang Lapuk)



( Kakak Moon affectionate kat ayah...amboi-amboi...)









( Kakak Moon and mama - few hours before the birth of Mikhael..and mama was wearing wrist watch..timing her mild contractions.... a miracle..miracle...)




So..the last few days before we went off to Jb, saw Kakak Moon frantically trying to finish all her homework including reading the above novel and thus answer the question given by her teacher..

It was a simple but nice novel..well..it caught my attention..( sebab nak tolong Kak Long fahamkan the whole story..)..Then I said..this was a famous novel tapi mama tak ingat ade baca masa zaman skola dedulu but I remembered my late dad used to have the tv show taped and watched over and oer again...( err..betul kah Ch' MOk?)..

It has been quite looong time since I could finish a novel...MAta sakit.( sudah rabun dekat nampaknya..).kepala sakit...sebab nak focus dan concentrate punya pasal..wahh..sudah tua kah???.but at last..dpt gak tell a summary to K.Long..(such a pengelat!)..siap bukak you tube lagi sebab nak fahamkan betol2..That's a spirit..

So we managed to send KLong on 4th january ...GOnna miss u sooo much especially as she was a great help..taking care and singing to Little Mikhael..( dear kakak..true mikhael already miss your high and loud tune..).Mama doa..kakak dpt segala hajat..diberi kesihatan...almaklum another exam year for you..ingat pesan ayah supaya jgn tinggal solat dan solat hajat..and don't worry about KakNgah Mas..nanti kita akan visit dia..take care sayang!!




(K.Long and Busyhuk-busyuk Mikhael)





(K.Long and Kngah Mas)










(K.Long and K.chik Yam)











(K.long and K.Lang Sarah)




Yesterday...was the first day of schooling for Maisarah and Maryanm..duadua excited dan sangat teruja...bangun pun senang nak dikejut...and it was like a dream watching little Maryam in her new school uniform..thanx to the courtesy of dear daddy.( who had to take leave).just to make sure she was ok on the first day..and yes..she was superb..Only that Maisarah could not find her class and being Maisarah she had joined her old friend which was actually not her right class...ended up receiving wrong class time table...Isk !isk!...Luckily she was quick to realise it was the wrong class when she met one of her friend directing her to the new class...hai..Maisarah..maisarah..so mama pun membebel...make sure u get the time table from ur teacher tomorrow, ok!..So the two girls are on the evening session..at least I cd have a little of my time with Mikhael after 1 pm right to 6 pm...wah!!! syurga!

I am trying to squeeze my time especially to take advantage of the solace when Mikhael is fast asleep..isshh..terkejar-kejar rasenya...masih teringat pada kerja akaun2 my brother yang tergendala...talk about discipline and time management...

IN the mean time..hope you all had an enjoyable opening of 2009..

See u again...

Byebye 2008..welcome 2009.."U mean everything to me "

Wowweee..seems ages since I last updated my blog..time flies so fast..and I am so stuck with my new routine..nursing my new little boy....preety tired...and thanx so much with the help of my girls..( not forgeting the daddy as well - who appears once in a while due to his work nature - miss u terribly dear...)

Many things have changed..and all of us slowly adjusted to the new timetable..tip toeing around...night screams..slumber disturbance...taking turns of having meal..etc..etc..am sure..all chaotic at first...but again..everything comes with a price..and we are ready to pay for it..

It has been over one month..and Baby Mikhael has gained his weight...from a mere skinny 3kg to 4.2kg)

It has been a week now since my 2nd daughter has gone back to her school...( happy belated Birthday Mas! - thx a lot ayah for the cheese cake)...

It is almost a week before the new school term begin...we shall be sending my first daughter to her school in Jb...( she is all anxious for its going to be her pmr year..)

.and by next MOnday my 3rd and my 4th daughter shall resume their days of schooling..

That means..I shall be alone with baby...Omigosh..can u imagine..me being alone with him...chaotic..no more lullaby by his kind sister...perhaps..perhaps..he shall cry out loud for more than he can imagine as mummy shall be busy with the normal routine...and ayah if you happen to read this...forgive me from the bottom of my heart..for all the 'moody' moments....never meant..never meant..have pity on me dear!!

I am saying bye bye to 2008..with great memories...

I am welcoming 2009...pray for the best..prosperous..and happiness..all the year throughout..

The same goes to all my blogger friends...Happy New Year..Much Love..Tata!!

p/s: Happy Birthday to my dear hubby....on this coming 31st December...and please listen to this old song..." you mean everything to me.."


and dear Maksu...all the best for the project...and this neil sedaka song was also our parents' song..

..He is the apple of many eyes...

Dear bloggers...

~Muhammad Mikhael~ safely born on Monday morning 1240am...24 Nov 2008...( 37 weeks & 2 days pregnancy age)..

Could not describe the many feelings that i felt..with his presence...much joy...much happiness..I totally forgot the pain of childbirth once the doctor safely place him on me..well that was a very intense pain.but quite a very short labour... ( I tell u!) .but for one thing I know..one of the many wishes has been granted..yes..that one wish...

But most of All..I am so grateful for the gift from Allah...and today the mood is quite sober for everyone over here.( funny that his sisters cried along our way back to home after seeing the little Md. Mikhael in his birth suit )...as he has to be left at the hospital for the jaundice treatment since yesterday afternoon..

So I am taking this opportunity to thank everybody whose prayers and support had made me strong along the pregnancy..and also well wishes...

This post is rather short..but enough to announce the arrival of our little boy..

Shall meet again..Thanks you all...

Baby minutes after been delivered (top) and after being cleaned (down) ..

Baby at home.. 4 days old.






Satu anugerah..akhirnya...and to all my beloved family and friends..thanks again..see you when I see u..tata!

Wouldn't u also ???

Since last visit to my gynae, my appetite has gone hay-wire...thus..cooking is the last thing i enjoy.(especially when at times the smell makes me dizzy..which of course make me wonder..how on earth..at this trimester??)..if its not a must....and these few days if someone wd have spotted me..they wd see me around the area of food court near my place..( difference wd only be the gown I wore and the time plus the food i bought)..Since there'r only me and my two little girls....it makes my reasoning to bring ready-made food so much easier..less hastle..no guilty...

This afternoon I stopped by a noodle stall which also sell 'bubur kacang' - sweet dessert...I was greeted by a boy still wearing a school uniform..(the said conversation is then translated into Malay language.)

Me : Eh, Mana mak?

Boy : Err..jemput makan makcik..Mak saya balik jap, solat...Makcik nak ape?..( prior to that he himself was actually scooping the noodles to himself....)..

Me: Mee hun sup 1 , bubur kacang 1 dan 2 dadih.

He looks so pro when packing all those ordered..and between that I asked him few question...like how's the paper, his other siblings..etc..

Me: Baru balik skolah?

Boy: Habis paper spm, cik...Saje je temankan mak kat sini..

And my heart melts for no reasons...

Quite a times I had this opportunity to have met and deal with nice and well mannered boy..and of course my heart wd smile all the way...why?..maybe I had compared them with those boys roaming around on a bike...dangerously showing off their talent..and things like that..or laughing hysterically inside the cyber cafe regardless of the surroundings..( u bet ..i'd been inside those cc..and since it didn't separaete adult and kids...it was like h*ll..sitting beside those little ra*cals...)

But again...I wd love to see and meet those kind of teenagers...which I think are becoming very rare..well depends on the type of places I visited...

To conclude...would n't u also love to meet and be treated by some nice and well mannered teenagers..?..Deep inside..I am eager to meet their parents too...and at least learn the parenting skills..etc...which I think still lot to be learned..

And of course..what about my own kids???

Bak kata pepatah melayu:..bagaimana acuan..begitulah kuihnya.......I wonder if I cd carry the mission...and if anybody out there who have met my husband..who is so reserved and introvert..(facts only ok!) then I'd say for this department alone..lots and lots work must come from me eh!..adeh!..well talk about soft skills...pr..pr...Well...maksu..give me a hand pls!!

Have a nice day for all nice people I have known and met out there..

Feeling grateful..

I am so grateful that it rained just now....

I am so grateful for so many things...and words aren't easy to describe the feelings..

and this short post is to greet each and everyone of you out-there..

have a very productive week ahead...

p/s:..Quite nervous over here...!!

The ones most excited....

Get your free online pregnancy calendar from WhatToExpect.com

...And since these two little girls are always there...they'r also the ones who can't wait for the arriving of the little baby their mama is carrying around....only few weeks left...errr...the agony of waiting ....what more.....the baby, cd be familiar with the yelling voices of the girls...as it wd do many kinds of somersault inside there whenever the girls calling after....the suspense is killing...As for me..I've long forgotten the labour pain...( Ni lah hikmahNya....kalu semua orang ingat sakit...tak bertambah jumlah umat..he..he...of coz..I miss my Late mum!..)

Maisarah : "Mama, bila baby boleh keluar ma?"

Mama : " Insya'Allah, When Allah makes it happen , when everything is ready and of course when the baby is matured enough.."...

Maryam : " Matured enough tu ..bila jantung dia dah kuat ya mama..."..

Mama : Maisarah dan Maryam mestilah rajin solat dan doa untuk dia , ok!...



And time after time...they wd play doctor and patient with one assisting the other to deliver...
( amazingly..how good they are in immitating!!)..hahaha..when I asked Maisarah...nak jadi doktor kah?.....tak mau lah..Sarah saje je ni...Sarah nak jadi tukang masak.....dan lukis fesyen baju...Iyam pun...

I guess I just let them be...

Little did they know..that life with a little baby is going to be lot different..and of course mama wouldn't be this extra nice to entertain them....and as to quote Kak Long.....hehe!!..Mama wd be grumpy at times.....oopss.....post natal blues!!!

We r yet to make a visit to the baby shop for last minute shopping..those essentials...and of course the ayah is still comtemplating on the spring cleaning of the house..oh yes...and ayah is aiming to transfer the task to kak Long and Kak Ngah...hahah!when they's back for the school holidays...about a month from now..and by that time...I am hoping and praying the balloon will pop !...ie..just like my all other angles... out by 37 weeks...insya'Allah...

Cheers to everybody....

Kan syawal sebulan???

And Maisarah recently askd me...

Maisarah : Mama, kan raya sebulan ..kenapa sekolah tak cuti dan ayah kerja tak cuti lama..?

See..even the little girl has been enjoying the holidays..the jemputan rumah terbuka...makan-makan..etc..

Apparently...little kids...

Dan kalu semua orang bercuti sebulan raya.....bayangkan apa akan terjadi to the whole system....

Even parents bercuti kirana nak bagi moral support untuk anak2 yang nak ambik periksa...pun ade yang bagi remark yang tak puas hati.......and there's this one person who had commented in the news...if within an organisation many parents take leave for their children..what wd happen to the productivity...bottom line....etc

Entah le...so subjective..I bet this same type pf person wd give same kind of comments when people take leave during begnining of the year to accompany small kids entering std 1 or form 1..or boarding school or university..well...

Ape nak buat...

Rambut sama hitam..
Hati lain-lain

Lain ulu lain parang
Lain dulu lain sekarang...

Tata!!.

Raya..sebelum dan selepas...

Selamat Hari Raya dari Kami semua........( oopss.dgn ehsan gambar dari hp ayah...!!)


Me..with all the girls...including..maksu chun

And who wdn't want to be 'touched up'..girls are girls.....Maisarah, Munirah, Masturah and Maryam
p/s:...tapi kenapa semua senyum 'kambing' je ek!!...

****************************Sunday 28 Sept:-************************

About 9am...to my lateparents' house in gombak...with everybody in the car still sleepy or groggy after sahur...just to accompany Maksu..with her housekeeping project....thought I wd be helping her..but bila dah sampai..lemah longlai...jadi mandur sesungguhnya..yang membanting tulang hanyalah Maksu dan bibik express..sesekali Munirah mencelah....mas, sarah and iyam..tolongkejap..pas tu tidor..entah ape yang letih...and our parents' house look so clean...shining armour..except for a few spot..yang aku rase..kalu panggil bibik mana-manapun pasti dah tak de tenaga menyental dari 1030pagi samapi 530ptg....and later off Munirah tagged with Maksu to berbuka puasa..( munirah ni pun pantang org nak belanja...hehe)...and ayah and us..flocked back to Rawang....tapau Mcd...(macam tak tertelan rasenya sebab kids aje yang enjoy fast food.....tapi syukur)..and Munirah overnight umah tokwan..kunun nak study....

*******************************Monday 29 Sept:-********************

Early in the morning ..had pastured ayah to drive me around..cari daging segala..since he didn't like NSK..so ..kemana-mana ajelah ayah oi...Kundang? Batu Arang?..and sampai terbabas ke Paya Jaras Sg Buloh....Just to get ingredients for sambal goreng and ayam masak merah.....reached home about 11am..with Iyam..every 10mins before that has pleaded to buka posa..tak tahan le...sakit tekak lah..well not so bad for first timer...20 days and Maisarah only missed 4 days...Suka hatilah Iyam...go help yourself with the fresh milk..bukan nak makan sangat pun...Then I had to drag myself clean up all the daging and udang..etc..get everything rebus...and pampered myself with a good one hour nap!!..
Woke up..and start packing for the raya as we are going to stay over my late parents' house...uisssh...berbeg-beg..macam nak pi overseas..lak...between that had asked mas to isi balang kuih raya...( both for maksu..and for our house...)...and remind Mas not to forget to prepare daun pandan untuk kubur tok wan dan nenek..kemas rumah ala kadar..mood raya weh!!..place on the coffee table..and ayah had fixed the timer for lampu lip lap...aduhai...penat...nasib baik berbuka oleh ehsan ayah..tapau pasar ramadhan...tarawikh cuti...and dozed off awal...only to bangun around 5am...apelagi..nasi goreng was the simplest ever menu for sahur..Received a call from Ch'mok...far away from Libya....Selamat Hari Raya Ch' mok!!

**********************************Tuesday 30 Sept:-*******************

With all the necessary kitchen utensils..(assuming maksu might not have this and that including rempah ratus segala..almaklum..orang duduk bujang...), waduh penuhnya gerabak kereta...around 7.00am...as eager as ever..we started our journey back to gombak...Had smsed Maksu to wake up Munirah to get ready to ziarah kubur our late parents as soon as we reached Gombak...
Event which had been a monthly affair now became a once a year routine....

To pusara arwah mak first at keramat and then to ayah's at Tmn Selaseh Gombak..because Keramat area wd be jammed around its pasar due to people flogging to buy raya stuff..
Reminiscing back almost 11 years ago..same time same date...My late mum was buried at Keramat Muslim cemetry...about 2 days before syawal...the emotions then was hard to express...even to cook raya dishes required extra lot extra energy from our part..while late ayah was cool as ever...reciting Alquran...
and almost 6 years ago..we celebrated hari raya with late ayah at HKL...a week after that..ayah left us behind..with no one by his side..alone he had suffered....I guess if any of us were present..a trauma thru the rest of our life as the doctor related how they tried hard to assist to my late dad during his last breath...

While everybody was eager to balik kmapung to gather with their family...me and my siblings have accepted the fact...we only have us for raya gathering...

Alfatihah...and alhamdulillah we finished both visits around 11 am...and as it getting hot...I kept pleading to my hubby to have the car aircond fixed ( since the last repair..I think the mechanic didn't do the job properly...now we know there's a leackage...well another unexpected expenses..)..dropped by the nearest pasar pagi because stuffs like sayur mayur for masak lodeh lom beli lagi...
Around 12..reached Gombak..and everybody was already tired...and my hubby left us for the nearest car centre...so maksu and me...leisurely ourself with a short nap...wah..jap lagi nak masuk dapur nih!!..bercinta tol!!
Amazingly after zhr..maksu was like superwoman...with Munirah as a great assistance....Me?...u cd guess la....physically hindered..voice to be heard only when Maksu asked..what else to put inside the rendang, sambal goreng and masak merah...and ayam rendang...( wah! bayknya nak masak Maksu..ramai nak dtg kah??)..
....prior to that lauk berbuka sudah pun siap....ooooo...how nice to have somabody else to pamper urself with their cooking..blessed!!!
Had wanted to anyam ketupat..tapi tak pandai..so beli aje daun ketupat yang dah siap di anyam...isi beras biasa campur beras wangi..haha!!.sebab beras biasa dah habis stok.( i'm sure this ketupat takan tahan lama sebab mana ade orang campur beras wangi...lantakle labu..asalkan ade ketupat atas meja di pagi raya!!

Like the adv fr the tv...Maisarah asked :" Mama, kenapa kita kena raya kat sini..kan tok wan dan nenek dah tak de?"..

And Maryam was also puzzled...

But I told...sesekali kita temankan Maksu beraya kat sini..we cd have always prepare eth at Rawang...but I guess just for that sentimental feeling...and Munirah and Masturah never stopped relating how they have missed raya with Tok Wan..and This year since my mother in law will be staying with my hubby's brother nearby...so..here we are....syok sendiri..masak-masak dan kemas-kemas...

Later that night, Pak Long Kudin datang...before his journey to Sitiawan....hehehe...me dapat duit raya fr my big brother..terharu tak???and Mak su had missed it..sorry Maksu...tu lah ...ade je nak keluar mlm raya...nak kasi lauk kat 'kawan' segala..


****************************Wednesday 1st Oct..************************

Allahu akbar...Allahu akbar...Allahu Akba..Walillah Ilham......Ist syawal...

Preparing the table for the syawal morning has always be my routine..and it continues until now..so I told my kids...to wake up early for the ceremony..and sheepishly told Maksu...once u are married its going to be part of your routine too!!!..because I remebered my mum used to tell me...make sure eth is ready on the table and let ur hubby eat and drink first before his solat hari raya...wahhIsteri Mithali gitu!!..( walupun...braxton hicks kerap menyerang these few days...!!!)

With ayah return from his solat hari raya...we are all in our baju kurung raya and my girls siap di 'touch up' by their Maksu...we gathered for salam bersalaman..maaf bermaafan.....wah! syahdu....ade dosa yang harus diampunkan?..ade tangisan?....ade duit raya???



Then..we eat and eat....went to visit my mother in law at Uncle Harun ( My hubby's brother)..and to Keramat to visit my aunts...( late ayah's sisters...)..reached Gombak back at 3pm..and everybody dozed off...full of raya dishes...

So that's this year ............................Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.................

Munirah had went back to JB...no more at Puduraya but at Bukit Jalil.....Take care my Bambino!!

All pictures are in the process......shall be posted here once ready...yang ade hanyalah ehsan dari hp ayah..yang tak berapa terang..tetapi sekadar mewarnai...posting ini...yang selalu kering kontang...no pics...etc..

Salam to everybody...now still in mood raya..back to normal routine..and to my kids...bulk up your belt.pull up your stockings....final year exam is around the corner......

Alhamdulillah..and to my hubby..thx so much for being so sport...for your understanding....budget lari sket kah????Jgn serik ye Yang....kesianlah kat I ni...yatim piatu....

This weekend..shall be sending Mas to her school lak....and another pre natal check up....

Have a nice weekend everybody...