Thank you

First of all..thank you friends...

kenapa thank you?? I dont know whether im giving vibes away..or GOD in his mysterious way is helping me see light..but when i am thinking of something..either all or some of the blogs ive frequented will write about it.

For e.g. this potty train thingy. I was considering it for some time. Then i read about it @ fid. So..taking the lead from her..i pursued Alesha's potty training. And believe it or not..she is now diaperless day & nite (except when she wants to poo but that doesnt count coz she actually said she wants to poo and go cry like crazy - aku pun pelik kenapa dalam nak membuang tu pun dia buleh nangis cam nak kuar bijik mata - for a diaper). Now gloating about potty-training Alesha, i read about it at nunumom's blog. She is now potty-training her daugther. Also kak yan and her *Alis. Welcome to the club i must say.

another thing is about kindy. I was seriously considering kindy for Alesha. In fact, last monday, i took leave of work simply to try out some kindies. I did not get to ask questions to the owners. In fact, i really dont know what to ask. And today, i get the long what to ask list from fid (*Again*). I sure dont remember asking her what should i do etc etc in sourcing for the right kindy for alesha. But then, there she is..writing about it for me to view.

and then there was this thing about kenduri kendara. Fid wrote about this, and one new blog i frequented also writes about it. I recently experience kenduri (where you masak sendiri berkampung ramai-ramai etc etc kind of kenduri). again, i get to see the FUN side of kenduri (i think GOD wants me to be thankful that i have to get to experience the joyful berkampung feeling) as opposed to keep on complaining how penat memotong bawang, menyiang daging dan sebagainya.

So u get me where im coming from...God is certainly showing me light. Not a big neon bright light staring me right at my face..but more subtle light and require me to spend a bit of time destressing from work by bloghopping. I get to be more sensitive, more courageous and more motivated to achive my goals.

hmmm and now who says blog hopping is no good? ahaks!!

SELINGAN

Selingan : can u believe it i forgot to bring ebm to MIL? Lenggang kangkung (NOT! Was carrying sleepy Azhad, big hand beg (kenkonon berangan stylish nak bawak duffel beg yg bagak itu) and Avent, car key) to MIL dengan semangatnya sebab baru pukul 8.15 a.m. 1st time sampai ofis 8.30 am dude!! Come 9.00 a.m. laki aku dah menjerit dari umah. Alesha was still sleeping.

Asked SIL to give him formula on Alesha's bottle. Trying out my luck coz he likes to suckle her bottle.

Just called SIL. Azhad refused to drink. (Amin..dalam hati dah terdetik..inikah era berakhirnya ebm aku. Nasib baik dia tak mo) Now he is outside tengok burung while waiting for papa and kakak datang jalan kaki bawak ebm.

hahahaha. berpeluh ketiak la dua beranak tu jalan kaki. Tu la..orang kejut suruh bangun tak mo.

Shivers

I was screaming my head off at Alesha while we were driving to someplace for something that she did(now i cant seem to remember why i was so angry - punya la immaterial punya hal boleh mengamuk cam giler) . Within seconds of me breathing fire..she asked me these..



Her : Ma sayang Sha tak?

Me: Sayang! (in a very tak sayang tone)

Her: Kalau sayang kenapa marah sangat?

Me: *gulp*



So dear friends...tell me how do i respond to that.

I would like to think that i am raising a emotionally genius child (as opposed to brain genius - quoting Diyanazman - geniuses are freaks, normal is awesome) who is perceptive to people's feelings around her, hence she asked me that question. But definitely not when i was being put under the above situation.

If she can asked me this at 3 years old, imagine what she will be asking (or retaliating) when she is 13 yrs old? *shivers* *shivers*

I was brought up old school. Canning and mom shouting from the top of her lung at me (think berleter in BOSE speaker turn at high volume) where the neighbors right left and 3 houses down from either side can hear her. Definitely NOT the psycho-therapy session family where no cubit-cubitan and lempang-lempangan are allowed.

Not denying that i am turning into my mom, i am worried for Alesha. For all the screamings and yellings and etc etc, i think i turned out good. But will she be 'good' too?

Muhammad Azhad

I didnt post this story, just because i dont think that there was any interesting story to tell. But i was reading Mak Andeh's blog just now and this come to mind.



Sometime early July, the family took a vacation to go to a place where passport and boarding aeroplane was required. Though i have reservation in bringing 2 lil kids on a plane, the anticipation is very similar to bringing kids to see movies. (those yg penah bawak - u will know the feelings)



So there were we, on the way to our destination. the 2 hours flight there was not so hard. But for very similar-monkey action by Alesha yang terpanjat-panjat the kerusi to get to her friend who was seated at the front seat. Azhad thankfully was sleeping all the times. Albeit the fact that i think the passenger seating accross me can see glimpses of my chest area, i managed to curb the anxiety level of the lil kids. Very low disturbance level for other passengers - i hope.



The travelling back part was a bit tricky. not to mention that we had to climb stairs to get to the departure door - with stroller and beg susu , but we had to walk to some distance under the hot sun to get to the plane. phew! Berpeluh ketiak mak tau!!


But good thing was, Azhad was sleeping the entire time (hence menambahkan kepeluhan ku itu). Once boarding the plane, all settled down, we waited for about a full 10 minutes before the stewardess announced 1 passenger had checked in but couldnt not be counted in the plane. Hmm gi buang air kot - thats the thing that crossed my mind.


5 minutes after that another announcement boomed : Please report any of your travelling companion not with you - we listened without paying much attention. And starting to get piss - pesal la orang ni tak naik-naik ni.


5 minutes later - Muhammad Azhad please report to the front - Wow i thought.. ada jugak orang nama Azhad - I have not come accross anybody with this name before. Starting to get pissed again but was on the look out to see sapa la the lucky guy yg nama sama ngan anak aku ni. Nobody come forward. Commotion started to build in the plane.


5 minutes later - A name similar to my FILw was called out. Hmm...now i started to feel a bit suspicious. nudged hubby on my side and told him you kot. A name similar to our family friend was also called out. Sah dah ni. Hubby went to the front had a lil chit chat with the stewardess and several AA staff yang dah berkumpul kat cockpit area tu. Turned around with a big DUH!! smile on his face.


Guess who Muhammad Azhad was? Its Azhad Razan who was happily sleeping on the sling!! Apparently when they did the click-click head count, they did not see Azhad in the sling. hence, the passenger list was short of one.


Hehehe sorry you guys..His name is Azhad Razan. Not Muhammad Azhad. If you called out Razan Azhad pun i would have responded. :P


This was how Azhad in the Sling. 1 pic he was sleeping and the other pic he was nursing. Can you really blame the stewardess for not seeing him? hehehe

BF..yummy

I forgot to blog about this last Friday.

Can you guys guess where ive been last friday? Kuang kuang kuang. No Dark Night to rescue me, but i was hung on Mummies. Yup..you guess right. I went for The Mummies.

I am not gonna yap about the review. Who am i to write all that? Plus i am bad at memorising names and titles and such. I cant even remembers what the full title of the movie. I know its the Mummies movie and Brendan Fraser is it in.

A bit on the background check - I LOVE BRENDAN FRASER....back from his With Honors movie (dont bother to check whats his 1st movie), the crazy rock singer character he played who went to hijack (bloody hell - i cant think of the right word for this) the radio station (what movie eh?) and whatever movies he's on. I remember listing all his movies (back then where got internet laaa - even if there is any, mana tau guna) and giving the list to the VHS rental shop. Yup..its VHS dude!

Anyways..you get my drift. I am a big (but not crazy) fan of BF. He is like brad pitt to me or Justin Timberlake to some teenager girls (ye ke? - whats hot now?)

The Mummies for me is like James Bond for some 40ish woman, or Indiana Jones for some , or even Star Trek. You get what i mean. The Mummies does it for me!! Maybe it was produced during my years (=when i was growing up and into movies) or maybe because BF was in. I cant really pinpoint what does it for me.

So if you ask me know, whats the review, i am bias.

But Hubby went to watch it yesterday. (yes ladies - my hubby do go out with friends - without me!!). and he said it was not as good as the other Mummies. The Mummies aka Jet Li is not evil enough for him and Evie..arrgh..what an eye sore.

I cant say much about Jet Li. If BF is my dreamy mat saleh actor, than i have to say Jet Li is his Chinese counter part. Dont get me start on Jet Li's VHS i have rented, i wouldnt be able to tell you -the titles were in chinese. but suffice to say, i watch too many of his kungfu movies, that i seriously think that he has long front shaving hair. Hmm..maybe he does have hairs like that.

Anyways.. few days before hubby making the comments, i was making the same comments to a friend. FYI, we (hubby and me) do not talk about movies as detailed as they way we speak to other friends. Hubby asked me hows Mummies , i said ok la..best apa. I asked hubby how Mummies. He said ok la..Mummy dia tak best. Bini dia pun tak cun. (the para before is my interpretation of his words..wife ada hak nak elaborate!!)

But i tend to agree with him on bini tak cun. I mean. .racheal weiss (??) is like the epitome of sexy va va voom to me. A bit on a fleshy side (kenkonon nak relatekan ke diri i la tu - ahaks!) that makes you feel that you the character. and her husky voice is undeniable an attraction, dont u think/

The off thing will this Mummies, firstly would be the evie charater. Dont know who she is, (though she looks a bit familiar to me) and i dont think her english accent is actually working well. But DUH!! who am i to say on this. moi pun cakap slang malayish. But pairing her up with BF, alahai..no fire la. U have this hunk of a guy as hubby, and bini muka berkedut-kedut and tak attractive langsung, bleh? eeee semak mata memandang.

That is one, secondly, the son. I mean, i know that several years have passed (dont care how long exactly) but get la some kid who has some sweet looking face to play Alex. They looked more like brothers rather than father-son team la. And whenever BF wants to pull his fatherly gig, so not happening to me. Maybe the casting director should have 'hobbit dude' on his mind when casting for the role. Barula believable sket to match the hunky BF, tak ke gitu?

All in all, like i said, Mummies have a special place in my heart. I dont care if its gonna be the 10th Mummies movie pun, i will be buying a seat to watch. (Or maybe i should put an exclusion remark - only if BF is in it.)

I'm a proud mother. I am!!

Being a mother, you know that your children will somehow (more like inevitable la doink!) grow up and become their own persons. And of course, deep down, you never want them to grow up. Having being just a mother for roughly 2 and a half years, i think it would be too soon for me to start having another person in the household as opposed another kid being an extension of me and hubby. Now..this is definitely confusing..but you know what i mean..right?

back to the original intention of the post, we all know Alesha is reaching her 3 years this December. and we all (we all meaning all my cyber friends with kids Alesha's age) know how kids this age can throw tantrum and basically disobey our commands though we are shouting fire from our nostril. If yours dont-mine is definitely ignoring me at times (thank GOD it is only at times - though at times nowadays are like most of the times!!!). If she knows the saying "TALK TO THE HAND" - i am most sure she will just put up her right hand at me and having me talking to it without stopping whatever she is doing!!!

But despite all these, i can not NOT be a proud mother of her.

Reason no. 1.
Several months ago, she stopped night feedings. I am most thankful of this as i was (and still is) getting comfy with 'selak and feed' the lil azhad. It was just a drag having to wake up for a mere 3 oz feeding couple of times at night. Hubby was assuming the job but the level of his crankiness having to wake up to buat susu - yikes..lets not go there.

Reason no. 2
Couple of months ago, she started wearing her own baju. First it was depan-belakang terbalik. But given couple of days, she understood that picture-front button in front and the rest at the back. Then it was the problem with the pant. Again, she will keep on flipping the pant on herself while asking ' cam ni yea mama?' 'ni depan yea mama?' 'ni yea?' - even when i was on the jamban doing my bussines. (i had to peeked out while she paraded in front of me).
Again, in a matter of days, (after i figure out there is no way i could be postponing my 'business' just for her to ask me mana depan mana belakang) of teaching her the side with the tag (or yang ada tanda tu!!) is supposed to be on your back, she grasped the concept and begin wearing her own clothes.
Its our routine, that i bathe myself, then Alesha (dry her up and let her go menganginkan bam bamnya), then Azhad. But before i step on the bathroom, all the clothes will be laid down for wearing on the katil or some nearby sofa.
Usually she will do her own bussines after i bathe and dry her. (meaning terkinja kinja lari tengok tv or gi menulis or apa apa suka hati dia) while waiting for me to monitor her pakai baju session. But to my suprised, few days ago, just when i stepped out of bathroom with wet Azhad, she emerged at the door, fully clothed (no front back mixed up) with a comb on her hand and an announcement to my delight : MA..Sha pakai baju sendiri..betul tak ma?
My heart flowered.

Reason no. 3
Alesha is potty trained. Or half potty trained. Up until yesterday, she wore diapers during napping and sleeping at nite. Or when we go out jalan jalan coz mom and pop tak kuasa nak mencuci dia di public toilet yang dikuatiri tahap kebersihan. But yesterday, SIL told me that she napped diaperless. Heart flowered again. and last nite, for the first time i go kamikaze by having her diaperless at night. I woke up at 2.30 a.m to feed feverish Azhad (am on half day to bring azhad to see paed today), stirred Alesha up.
and this is what happened: Moaning and crying and moaning with in between nak susu and moaning and crying. Hubby got fed up, throw a diaper at me and passed a bottle to Alesha. half way bottle, i stroked her and said..'jom kencing yayang..' She passed me the bottled, and lifted up her bam bam for me to pull her pant down and extended her arms to be lifted to toilet. (but not before winking at Azhad and saying hii Adikkk..with all the commotion, si Azhad tu dah bangun sambil tersengih-sengih memandang kakaknya) and wallah..what do u know...she actually did her business in the loo...WAAAAA.
As at 8.30 a.m when hubby put her half closed sleepy eyes on MIL's sofa, she was still diaperless and yet to go to the loos. (crossed fingers she doesnt leak on MIL's sofa when i was off to office).

SO..despite the fact that i am sooo sleepy due to the lack of sleep (menjeram Azhad yang demam dan risau si kecik tu menghancingkan tilam) i am ONE PROUD MAMA and my ALESHA is now a girl in the house.

Impian ku Musnah

huhuhuhu..impian nak menonton wayang terkabur..(padan muka aku sapa suruh eksyen tulis kat blog!!)

Reason being : aku punya la asyik beratur dari pukul 11.00 pagi nak beli pampers Warehouse Sale Mommy Poko!!!! By the time borong semua, dah pukul 12.00 noon. By the time aku punggah semua naik opis, dah pukul 12.15 p.m. Tengok the latest show eiii..pukul 12.00 p.m. the other earliest show was on 1.00 p.m. tak sempat la ni. huhuhuhu..

Tapi if its any consolation, i bought 4 L44 MommyPoko pampers for RM30.00 each. Ni nak turun pi beli lagi.....

:P

tambahan: enam jahanam...dah abis pulak size L. grrr...