Accomplishment

I feel happy. Contentment kind of happy.

I cooked this week.

And the people who knows me, knows that I very seldom cook. VERY SELDOM. The fact that I have a husband who likes to be in the kitchen more than I do does not help the situation either. So, when the mood strikes, please leave me be and let me cook.

So, just now we had daging stir fry and sayur campor and sambal tumis ikan bilis complete with petai and ayam goreng.

And Hubby finished it all.

The other day, we had sotong goreng tepung and terong sambal and ayam masak kicap.

And he finished it all too.

*me happy now.

*me happy and beaming now.

Fenats

Jannah is at that phase.

Clingy.

Mommy only.

Don't want anyone else if Bibik not around.

And due to that, I have a bad back now.

Aliah had this phase too. But at that time, it was Papa only so I was spared from the ordeal. I guess it's payback time now eh.

She would literally cry buckets and insist on being carried - all the time, if we are anywhere else but home. As soon as she gets into the car, she's back to being the angel everyone knows and loves. *sigh*

I hope she gets over this soon. If not Raya would be one hell of a time for us this year.

Art Time

Aliah wanted some paper yesterday. It has been a while since she took an interest with crayons and such, so I obliged. I am impressed that she can draw a face quite effortlessly now. And - she's ambidextrous. The left picture she drew with her left hand, the right with her right hand. I am not too sure whether she prefers the left hand or right hand. But honestly I am not that bothered. But she did say, "Aliah guna this hand.. sama macam Mommy kan" So, it might be that she's just trying to emulate me.

Ni pulak, while drawing she narrated. "Mommy, do you want me to draw a smiley face or a sad face?" "Sad face", I said. "Ok, look Mommy.. I'm sad because I cannot play with the kompuleter" Iye lah tu. Siap ada tears lagi tau.. berjurai2 air mata. Hahaha!


And apa saja Kakak buat, of course Adik pon nak jugak kan. So this is Jannah's first art attempt. Boleh tahan jugak la strokes dia, cuma we can't leave her alone with any stationery. Abes melukis, masuk mulut. Lukis lagi, masuk mulut. *sigh* Bertuah lah anak aku tu.

The Impromptu Hill Trip

Last weekend, we went to my uncle's new house in Tg Karang. I forgot just how far it is even though its postcode still start from 4****. It took us 2 hours to get there. Penat sey. But food was good, ye la kan.. dah jalan jauh camtu sure lapar! Anyway.. after resting and solat, we decided to make the 2 hour effort worthwhile. Dah jalan jauh-jauh.. we want to make full use of it. Besides, it wasn't like we had much of a choice. Haha. Mama insisted.

Mana lagi nak pegi kan, kalau malam boleh la tengok kelip-kelip.

So we went. 2 cars, ours and Schey's. 6 adults, 2 toddlers and a baby.

Uphill ride was easy. Being a weekend and all, of course la the trains were full. But takdela sampai bersesak and berebut.

So, as we reached the top of the hill.. we were greeted by monkeys. Dozens of monkeys. Big ones, small ones, friendly ones, garang ones. You name it. And I tell you, they are spoilt rotten! Non stop eating. Jenis yang kalau kena campak dalam hutan, tak reti dah nak cari makanan sendiri.

We spend about 15 minutes up there. Contemplating whether we wanted to go check out the museum or not when the next train arrived. 2 trains at one go pulak tu, we figured if we missed this one the next train sure lambat lagi. So we hopped on the 2nd train. And it was a good call. Because we got the driver who was quite mischievious. He was driving the train like it was a roller coaster. Oh sangat blood rush experience!

The downhill ride which should have only been 5 minutes was somehow extended to 10 minutes. He took all the longest route, and when round and round in circles. Haha. It was fun!

Went to a nearby Kopitiam and had some good old roti bakar. Yummeh! All in all, I can say no regrets at all about this little detour. :)

The Birthday

Pre Birthday



Had a July / Aug birthday bash at Mama's. It's been a while since our last sleep over. And it was fun. The kids had fun obviously. Tengok lah Idish tu, before taking this picture I told him to bukak mata besar2 kalau tak nanti tak nampak. Haha! (Cake / Cuppies from Mama Chak's seperti biasa - and this is the new oreo flavour. Yummeh!!)

Birthday Day


I got a big suprise that morning. Flowers delivery! White roses pulak tu. A dozen of them! Sangat teruja ok! Haha!! And that night, I got to do the things women love most. Shop! Wohooo.. Thank you darling!

Post Birthday

Ada eh? Haha.. well now that I am officially in my 30s, (tahun lepas in denial pasal just reach 30.. Haha!) I hope I will be a better person. I've to say, I did a bit of self - reflection and found that I still am lacking in a lot of different areas. But yeah, we try to be the best we can eh?