The Journey of Our Life

Iphone,onnoconno & kelly clarkson

2009-12-16T17:42:00.000+08:00

I still owe alai rayyan's birthday celebration post but am too lazy to switch on my lappy nowadays..plus i still havent got the pics from his uncle gee..was too busy entertaining alai's moodiness that i didnt took any pics myself..

So u might wonder about my random headline :) Read an article in the weekend bb last sat about a 2.5 years old girl who's addicted to iphone & i was just worried about exactly the same thing. I could hardly get hold on my phone now since alai is hogging it all the time. It all began when I started downloading all these educational stuffs to distract him when i need to and indeed it works wonder! So i put all his stuffs in one page so that it would be easier for me to find it..it didnt took alai a long time to learn how to unlock my phone and scrolling to his page! After a while he started to get bored of his own page and start scrolling to the other pages exploring for others that might interest him. Now, everytime he sees me with the iphone, he would grab it away & he even knows how to reject calls and exit any incoming texts (so ppl, the delay in responding of your smses is definitely not my fault hehe).

What worries me is, iphone is the first thing he looks for when he wakes up & it seems to be the one that could put him to sleep..oh & the onnoconno is also in my iphone. At first i didnt understand when he said onnoconno repeatedly when he woke up. & one day he just took my iphone & start scrolling to mxtube, switch on video and played pocoyo! & the mxtube is not even on his page! So now i know onnoconno means pocoyo hehe..oh yeah alai has now beginning to learn and says few words other then his usual kalakalak or kayakaya or gilagila :) ..like if we asked whats his name is he would say 'ayieee'..& he knows ball, banana and other simple stuffs..i guess he wanted to be able to talk before the baby comes so he could complains if we dont give him enough attentions then hehe..

& alai's lullaby now is kelly clarkson's song - already gone (which is again in the iphone). I tried downloading a proper lullaby songs for baby but he would just switch it to kelly clarkson again and i have to play it repeatedly until he falls asleep.. It does make my life easier though.. Now i can schedule his nap & bed time..no matter what he's doing at that moment, i just need to switch on that song & he would immediately crawl up on bed and lie down beside me...oh how i love my iphone! Hehe but again it can gets quite worrying...what do you guys think? Is it safe to just let your baby gets addicted to all this technologies.. Would it actually hinder him from gaining other skills i.e socialising & human interactions or how about his eyesights? Im loving how i can use my iphone as a distraction tool & even thinking of buying him his own itouch but again will there be consequenses in the future?

-- Post From My iPhone

Twenty-eight plus week

2009-10-31T10:40:00.000+08:00

Went for the monthly pre-natal checked up just now and apparently I' ve gained 4.5 kg within this 1 mth period...i blamed it on the raya festivals + fruits season..been having durianss, tarap and tibadak almost everyday! Now i have to watch my diet..Dr advised to take low carbs item and no sweets..yikess! It would be hard for me not to esp now my liur is more to all the sweet stuffs.To make things worse, my hb level dropped again from 9.9 to 9.6. Its not surprising tho since i also suffered from anemic on my 1st pregnancy..i guess i have to be more consistent in taking my vitamins.

Alai is currently with my mil in keriam while i'm in lamunin doing my part time job - nursing my younger brother. Its only been 2 hours being away from him but i couldn't help feeling guilty and i miss him a lot. I guess being a full-time mother makes you become very attached to your baby. Wonder how would it feels like to leave your babies from 8-5 everyday for work...if i think about it...i would rather stay at home and spend my precious time with my little bubs. If only government could classified housewives as a job..after all children that grew up with enough love and attentions would turn out to be better citizens for the country isn't it? :) if only....

-- Post From My iPhone

Its been agesss...

2009-10-30T01:37:00.000+08:00

Yup..been a while since i last blogged..infact i've even forgotten my blogger p/w that i had to reset it! I know a lot of you are aware already but to those who are not..i am currently 6.5 months pregnant! I've successfully graduated end of July and been back in Brunei eversince. And No i am not employed yet...been doing my jobhunting but no luck so far. Well, to be honest i didnt do much job hunting..i applied to 3 places only and i'm done with the recruiting processes for all 3. So far, got declined by 2 which left me with 1 which i have the least confidence in getting...so i guess i would remain jobless till i deliver.

So at the moment...besides being not a very good housewife, i'm also helping my mum in taking care of my youngest brother who you all might recalled was involved in a car accident last year and was suffering a serious brain injuries. Alhamdulillah..he's recovering slowly..he can talk like normal people now and he can move his right hand. He could even write text msgs using that one hand! As the Dr confirmed that he's not paralyse, we're hoping he could get on his two feet eventually..So people please pray for him yeah...

Oh and before i forget...tonight Alai Rayyan finally call me Mama like he means it! I hope he would be able to talk soon which i think he actually knows how to but refuse to show us..just like last night..He was counting 1-5 and yesss a proper 1-5..and i asked him to repeat to me which he did...thennnnn i called his abah and asked him to listen..So there goes Alai saying oneee... choooo..but then he realised his dad was listening so he began saying kalak kalak kalakk (yup his fav phrase!) instead of saying chee (3)... Hehe funny isn't it? Which makes me conclude ~ my baby is so shy in showing off his pemandainess :)

Other than that..there's nothing much to write about my life..will try to update more frequently from now on...insyaAllah...

-- Post From My iPhone

P.I.P

2009-04-12T13:54:00.004+08:00

P.I.P: Procrastination in Progress :P

Here I am, supposedly buzy with all my revisions for this coming mid-semester exams but I can't seems to focus or even begin at all! I couldn't help but feel a vast of excitement as Hubby and Alai Rayyan will be paying a visit very soon! I know I should be studying so I could spend more quality time with them and I know I would regret if I don't BUT I just don't know how to start!

Oh crap, I'm feeling sleepy now..So what should I write about? Eversince Alai Rayyan is no longer here, it feels like there's is nothing significant in my life that I could share the details around. Writing about myself is not appealing at all...I guess people are right when they said that this blog is mostly about Alai Rayyyan hehe...Oh God...my eyes feel so heavy...sigh...I guess I'll take a nap for a bit and will continue this random post later...hehehe..anyong haseyo!

P/S: Happy Birthday Ikin & Jimmy, Happy belated Birthday Alai Aaqil and Kaka Era. And Mummylysh, please take lots of photos of Alai rayyan with Alai Aaqil today...have fun celebrating Alai Aaqil's birthday :)

Now and Then

2009-04-09T22:55:00.004+08:00

Got this from my sister's FB and felt the urge to do it. So much times had past and so many things had change..mostly for the better.

Past and present...
Today...

------------- 10 YEARS AGO -----------

1.) How old were you?
--- 18 years old...life as a teenager

2.) Where did you go to school?
--- Maktab Duli PMAMB...where I met the love of my life :)

3) Where did you work?
--- I did a part time job after I was done with the A'Level as a Takaful Clerk in Islamic Development Bank of Brunei which has now merged with IBB to form BIBD.

4) Where did you live?
--- A Flat in Jerudong

5.) Where did you hang out?
--- B, where did we hang out most of the time? hehehe it was everywhere right? probably Jerudong park at night to eat..and Pantai Tungku (hahahah we were crazy arent we) Btw people I was not in a BF-GF relationship with my hubby then...we were just in a gang...like FRIENDS.

6.) Did you wear glasses?
-- Yup and i started wearing lenses too

7.) Who was your best friend?
--- More like who are my bestfriends, always had and always will be: Nadia, Lyssa, Hadrie and Itri. But I was also very close with my high school crowd and I think we were also as close as a bestfriend could be and they were: Erda, Ajin (yes my hubby Ajin), War, Julie, Maza and Aliashim. On my family side, I was very close with my Auntie Seri and Kaka Era and of course I will always be bestfriend with my one and only sister and my Mum.

8.) How many tattoos did you have?
--- None

9.) How many piercings did you have?
---Mhmm..I think i had like 4 on left ears and two on right..yup was into pearcing those days hehee

10.) What car did you drive?
--- I think its either Daewoo Nubira (borrowed from my mum) or Hyundai Coupe (borrowed from my dad)

11.) Had you been to a real party?
--- hell yeah we did hehehe remember B we use to go to those $10 parties? hehehe

12.) Had you had your heart broken?
--- Yeah, big time! But I was lucky to found Erda and the Gang. They were my saviour and I ended up marrying one of them :)

13.) Were you Single/Taken/Married /divorced?
--- Ermm...I had a bf yeah and he ended up being a jerk as well..

------------- 5 YEARS AGO -----------

1.) How old were you?
--- 23 years old

2.) Where did you go to school?
--- University of Sheffield

3.) Where did you work?
--- was a full time student

4.) Where did you live?
--- Havelock Street, Sheffield

5.) Where did you hang out?
--- Most of the time at our place, sometimes starbuck, subway and meadowhall

6.) Did you wear glasses?
---Lens most of the time

7.) Who was your best friend?
--- Still with my 5 years ago bestfriends and also my housemates in Sheffield: Ikin and Audrey.

9.) How many tattoos did you have?
--- still none

10.) How many piercings did you have?
--- 2 on right ears, 1 on left and 1 on my belly button :)

11) What car did you drive?
--- I couldnt afford a car in UK but I drove a volvo during my holidays

12) Had your heart broken?
---Yup, by the jerk I've dated five years ago

13) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?

--- Dated my hubby :)

-------------------- TODAY --------------------

1.) How old are you?
---oh dear...hehe will turn 28 this sept....

2.) Where do you work?
---hahaha I cant believe I'm still a student! Well I did work with HSBC for 2 years and just last year I decided to pursue my Master

3.) Where do you live?
---St Lucia, Brisbane

4.) Do you wear glasses?
--- obviously I still do..cant afford to do a laser treatment yet hehe

5.) Who are your friends these days?
--- Again, still the same crowds 10 years ago, 5 years ago and now with all of my Wonderful Malaysian friends especially my lovely housemate, Amelia Wong.

6.) Do you talk to your old friends?
--- Yup! You couldnt just throw away all the friendships away right?

7.) Do you have any more piercings than before?
--- Nope...been a good girl or shall i say woman hehehe

8.) How many tattoos?
-- being a muslim, Im not allowed to have any...so would never happen!

9.) What kind of car do you have?
--- Nissan Xtrail

10.) Has your heart been broken?
--- I've never been happier and have a life full of LOVE :)

11.) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorce?
--- Happily married with one beautiful son

I'm not sure if this is suppose to be a tagging thingie but I am going to tag anyway...so I'm tagging Lyssa, Amy and Nuha :)

How Well I know my Hubby :)

2009-04-08T14:05:00.004+08:00

Been tagged by Amy...so here goes:

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
CSI or prison breaks or any latest movies and if he's sitting with me then it would be friends or desperate housewives hehe

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
He never order salad but if its a buffet then prolly thousand island

3. What's one food he doesn't like?
He's not a fussy eater...but he's not a fan of Indomee...he ate too much that he couldnt eat nomore hehe

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?
All kind of nasi goreng and teh tarik or coke...depends if he wants hot or cold drink

5. Where did he go to high school?
SMJA

6. What size shoe does he wear?
Ermm...8? hehehe

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
Comics

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
Peanut butter with butter

9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
Ruffles cheedar and cream hehehe

10. What is his favorite cereal?
Frosties

11. What would he never wear?
Skinny jeans...he despises guys who wore those hehehe

12. What is his favorite sports team?
Liverpool...die hard fan!

13. Who did he vote for?
Ermm...ME? hehehe

14. Who is his best friend?
Aliashim Alias a.k.a his gay partner

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?
Being too stubborn and hot tempered hehe

16. What is his heritage?
Malay-Chinese-English and Indian (this one im not sure but I suspect there is! hehehe)

17. What is his favourite colour?
Green

18. What is his habit?
I dont think I picked up any yet since we are only married for 2 yrs which most of it i spend being away from him :( but i think one habit that I noticed is he's a procastinator just like me hehehe

19. What is he proud of?
Our Rayyan :)

20. Lastly, do you think he will read this?
Yes...esp after I tell him to hahahahah

So now Im tagging Lyssa, Kaka Era, Kejah Aming, Huaida :)

P/S: Dear hubby, please dont be mad if I got many wrong answers...You know I LOVE YOU! heheheh

Backkkkk!

2009-04-02T20:51:00.008+08:00

Wow....Its been more then 4 months since I last update this blog...most of it was because I've been busy spending time with hubby and my family in Brunei. Being in long distance relationship really made u appreciate your partner more...I just wish I didnt have to come back here...and as u all might know already..I'm now all alone, without Alai Rayyan by my side :'( Its been one month now..and God knows how much I miss my lil angel. (I feel like crying already...God! Im not good with expressing myself..thats why I did not post anything up to now...otherwise I'll ended up all being all emotional).

Moving onnn.....lets change the topic before these tears start rolling down...so much had happened the last few months. My older brother got married, Ikin got married, Lyssa and myself had our mandi belawat, and there's my anniversary with hubby - which we captured by doing photoshoots on that day :) We went for KK trip with a bunch of friends just before I left for Oz and it was fun.

Some photos for all the above events:

Abang Iyol

Ka Jijah

Alai Aaqil mandi belawat

Ikin's wedding

The gorgeous bride with hubby

Ikin's nikah day

Us - The havelock gang

28 January 09 - Our 2nd Anniversary

Alai Rayyan mandi belawat

With my bestfriends

Novotel Hotel Kota Kinabalu

My adorable baby

Fuhhh...a lot of precious moments to share in this one little post. Thats what happen when your so lazy to update :) I guess that's it for now...will try to update more often from now on...Miss u people in Brunei!

Happy One Year old my Baby!

2008-11-11T21:21:00.007+08:00

Alai Rayyan will turn one in the next half an hour or so....I really couldnt believe how time flies so fast! So what has he learnt so far? Lets see:

(1) He's learning to walk! Still lesen L though and ikut mood...if he wants to walk he will make his rounds in the living room but if not he wont even work for that day...so I dont know how long will he take his lesen L for...lets hope not as long as Mama Mieee hehehe

(2) He knows how to marah you...by saying Eppp just like how Mummy would marahkan him hehe...the last time when we were in DFO and he was throwing a fit, I decided to ignore him. So when I finally tried to calm him down (coz he was reallyyyy LOUD!) it took him quite a while to forgive me and when he finally did, he hit me on my arm and said eppppp! hehe

(3) He knows how to give flying kisses.

(4) He knows how to play with his toy car! hehe this really amused me! I bought him his first car toy when he was 9 months old? Because I remember my nephew really loves playing with toy cars...but the car remained in his play tent because he doesnt know how to play with it. I tried to show him a few time but he refused to even look at it. Then suddenly a few weeks ago I saw him playing with that car! he was crawling around the living room pushing the car here and there :) So I guess Alai Rayyan is a self learner kind of baby (or should i say toddler now?)

(5) Alai Rayyan can recognised characters from his books.

Hey its past twelve now...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA'S BOY! Abah and mama really lovesyou to bits! And we're so proud to have you as our little one, our one and only (so far hehe), the apple of our eyes.

We will be having a little birthday celebration today and will have another one once we're in Brunei. Since its in the middle of the exams period, it will only be a very small one but i will try to make it as proper as possible. After all its Alai Rayyan first birthday party ever! hehe I will post some pics and hopefully videos of the party soon after.

As for now, I shall leave you all with Alai Rayyan's walking lesson video taken a few days ago. Will head to bed now as I will be having a very busy day tomorrow...preparing foods for the party and setting up our living room. Have a very good night you all.

Alai Rayyan Official First step

2008-11-05T21:16:00.005+08:00

I wish to mark today as Alai Rayyan official first step as I finally managed to catch it on video and plus he did try seeral attempts before I took the video so I'm guessing Alai Rayyan is going to walk very soon...yaynesss!!!

Okay, back to my revision as I will be having my first paper tomorrow. Wish me luck people :)

Some recent photos...

2008-11-03T22:25:00.006+08:00

Alai Rayyan enjoying his favourite biscuit

Me & Lina on the way to Wet and wild theme park

Widya, Me, Alai Rayyan, Sis and Lina in the train station

Alai Rayyan with his new sunnies

Sis doing some modelling with Montergueil

Cleaning up the spiderwebs

2008-11-02T08:49:00.007+08:00

Lyssa messaged me from Brunei saying my blog is full of spiderwebs, so here I am with the intention to do some spring cleaning and updating the blog before it rots hehehe yes people, I know I have been super lazy in maintaining and updating this blog...which is unfair for my beloved one in Brunei especially Hubby...kept on asking when am I going to update.

So what have we been up to? My sister is here to help me baby-sit alai Rayyan.... OMG Alai Rayyan was making his few steps just now!!! he was standing a few metres away from me where suddenly he moves forward for like 5 steps...but when he saw i was looking, he sat down! Thats the thing with Alai Rayyan that I've learnt...he wont let other people sees his weaknesses. Like he knows his not good at walking yet so he wont walk infront of you. The same thing as crawling, he didnt want to do it everytime we insisted but all of the sudden there he was crawling all over the room! Ok back to my story, hehe I was just overexcited seeing Alai Rayyan making his moves forward...ok ok, so my sister is here and we have been going around. Yesterday, we made a trip to Wet and Wild in GoldCoast. It was a lot of FUN! Other then that, been really busy with assignments and all, thank God the sister is here...reducing the amount of stress and helping me a lot with Alai Rayyan and doing the house chores. But she will be going home next Sunday though sob sob...I wish she could stay a little big longer...I miss the feeling of being pampered...hehe thanks Sis...love you much! So today, we decided to go to the DFO, as my sis wanted to get some souveniers for families and friends. This might be our last outing before I have to really sit down and focus for my papers which start this Thursday! and I will have 3 papers in a row!!! Wish me luck on that.

To make up for all the missing posts, here's a video of Alai Rayyan taken last night, and some of his recent pics.

Staying true to my motto

2008-09-18T12:38:00.009+08:00

A lot of people has been suggesting to me that I should change the name of my blog to Rayyan.blogspot.com or something like that as all I do in this blog is talk about him...Well..I don't want to...simply because I really love PINK and SHOPPING is like my medicine for any given conditions...so I decided from now on, apart from updating about our daily life here..I shall also blog about my other passions (which involves shopping, shops and shops) and I would stay true to my motto, which was created by Audrey actually "Who says motherhood will rip you off your shopping rights?" :)

To be honest, I havent been really doing a lot of shopping this lately...well not as excessively as before la..I guess mostly because I'm living my student life, thus I dont earn as much as I used to..and also have been really busy keeping up with Uni and taking care of Alai Rayyan. Only after my recent outing to the city I realised, i've been neglecting my inner wants and needs (sound so dramatic isnt it huhuhu). It's like I couldnt stop myself from buying all the unnecessary stuffs just to indulge in my cravings to spend and spend. So that day, I bought myself a few bajus, some make-ups and a travelling bag hee hee...Well actually I was supposed to get a beneFit foundation for Lina's Birthday, but as they were offering a free gift if you bought over $100, might as well get something for myself isnt it? (Im a sucker for free gifts, its like a catalyst for shopping to me) hehe plus I could get the travelling bag for only $20! what a bargain isnt it?? Plus plus benefit is such a good make-up brand if you want to go for oh-im-so-naturally-pretty-but-not-so-natural kinda look..I've tried a few of BeneFit products and they never fail to amaze me. This is what I got:

Get Even pressed powder: to blot away your shines and discolouration

They also got a new colour for benetint and its a nice shade of Pink! Thinking of getting that after my next allowance come in.

Posietint: poppy-pink tinted cheeks and lips

Oh and living-proof of how good beneFit is, I got Lina hooked up onto it, that she's decided to use BeneFit as her hantaran make-ups! So, we will be off again to the City tomorrow to buy lots and lots of BeneFit..yayyyy!!!

Welcome to the World, Mumtaz Rania

2008-09-11T13:08:00.004+08:00

I wish to congratulate my little brother and his wife for the born of their beautiful daughter, Mumtaz Rania on 7th August 2008. I am so delighted that its a girl as my mum have already had 2 grandson, Alai Razi and Alai Rayyan. Yayyy!!! Now I have someone to play dolls with hehe..really cant wait to go home and hug alai Rania.

Happy Ramadhan

2008-08-31T21:16:00.007+08:00

First thing first, some pictures for hubby, will upload more soon okay, I haven't transferred some of the pictures from the camera.

Alai Rayyan sticking out his tongue as I tried to dress him up...my least-favourite thing to do at the moment

UQ-Brunei Student Hi-tea reception

Mummy bullying Alai Rayyan (actually it was Yasirs idea but being a cruel mummy I am,I joined in hehe) Oh and notice the pink cheek, that's all the rashes coming out. Sian Alai Rayyan, will post some more of his rashes pictures soon

Secondly, tomorrow is marked as 1st Ramadhan in Brisbane as the moon had been successfully sighted here. Too bad Brunei would only start fasting on Tuesday, I would really want to fast with Hubby though we are now separated by the oceans (but again what else is new right? I couldnt recall the time when Brunei had ever successfully sighted the moon, kenapa kan tu? I think its about time they change their 'binocular' to a better one hehe).

It has been a busy week for us, I got a mid-semester exam last Monday and it was really hard! Then Alai Rayyan rashes strikes again on Tuesday, and with a temperature as well making me all panicky again. Went to the GP again and the DR said that it could be due to the bacteria is still in his system and he needs to carry on with the antibiotic. Sigh~ I really couldn't bear seeing Alai Rayyan with all the rashes, I just hope he will recover soon. Aminnn.....

Oh on a happier note, received a wonderful news from Brunei. One of my dearest bestfriend~ Hadrie, got pregnant!!! Yeay!! The long awaited moment is finally happening! I am so happy beyond words, and I cant wait to see her with the tummy...hehe..

So back to us, we spent the weekend with Amy and family - hanging out at their place on Friday, watched the fireworks festival in Southbank on Saturday followed by watching Long khorn 1 and today we continued with Long Khorn 2 at their place again. hehe spending time with them is sooo addictive...makes me feel like home...Thinking back, I was adamant that I would be miserable this semester especially that I don't have any of my family member here to help me. But Alhamdulillah, with the blessing from Allah, I've been given a lot of helping hands which I truly appreciate. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

Okay dokie, time to go and prepare food for sahur...happy fasting everyone, and happy 'beramal ibadat'...

Happy Birthday dearest Lyssa

2008-08-22T20:30:00.003+08:00

Just a quick note to wish my dearest bestfriend - Mummy Lyssa a wonderful happy birthday. Sorry I cant be there to celebrate it with the rest of you but Im sure u had a blast regardless esp with the super advance bday presie from Hubby ;p

Oh and Alai Rayyan also wanna wish his mummy a happy birthday. He wants mummy to knows that he's damam at the moment. He got a very high fever last two nights and yesterday he developed some rashes. Went to see the Dr again this morning (thanks Amy and Yasir for the lift :D) and the GP reckon that he has an allergic reaction towards the prescribed antibiotic. I do hope its true because I couldnt stand seeing Alai Rayyan with all the rashes...my poor baby...

Anyho, back to Mummy Lyssa, we love you to bits and jangan merajuk-rajuk ok, we're sure umi and bonda do remember, maybe they have their reasons...Miss you a lot...

P/S: Hugs and kisses for Alai Aaqil Hensem...

Greetings Earthling....

2008-08-17T19:38:00.007+08:00

I don't know where to begin as it has been a while since I last blogged. Mhmm...feels like I have lost interest in sharing all the what and the when in my life. But again to think that I initially created this blog to record the wonderful developments of alai Rayyan, I shall continue narrating and capturing Alai Rayyan's moments :)Alai Rayyan is now 9 months old (yeay!)His developments so far:

1) He could stand up using anything that he viewed as a support object (and that includes anyones body while we are sitting or standing).

2) He could crawl! That happened when we first reach here from Brunei which was on 16 July. It was our first day in Brisbane and there was crawling around the house and sit on his own when he was tired!

3) Today, Alai Rayyan is able to clap his hand! yeayyyyy....and this happened when I was busy sleeping (I know, I know, but Alai Rayyan woke up sooo early and I was really sleepy, so I let him entertained himself hehe dont worry Alai Rayyan is not the type to crawl away from me, he would just sit beside me and babble away, and if he's tired he would just search for his 'pacifier' and go back to sleep, hehehe)

4) I think he now knows the meaning of Mama, Baba, Nenen and Mamam as he had correctly used it for several times now.

Those are his major developments that I could think of at the moment. oh, oh and most importantly Alai Rayyan now have a friend; Alai Insyirah. She's 6 months Old and such a cutie pie! I'm sooo grateful that Ive gotten to know her parents, Amy and Yaser...they turn out to be such a great couple and we ended up having lots and lots of family outing, hence adding up to the reasons of my lack of entries (hehe...sorry for putting the blame on you Amy :P, but x kire, nak jugak)

I'll call the night off for now as I need to spend some quality time with hubby on MSN (Sad, I know...boohoo) Night you all and I shall leave you with my fav Sony moment of Alai Rayyan and Alai Insyirah :)

Ameda Purely Mine!!!

2008-06-02T20:05:00.004+08:00

Yes! MyAmeda Purely Yours had arrived today! That was quick...yeay!!! I cant wait to use it but as Huaida was suggesting, I need to buy a converter for it. Oh well, I guess it has to wait as I got group assignment to do now and I've been procastinating since last week. It seems like the rest of my group members are almost done while I'm not even halfway there! Sigh~

The Box

My Backpack :)

Dual Hygienic Milk collection system

A separate Cool n Carry tote

Its day two of not going out for Alai Rayyan so as usual he became extra fussy and cranky. This evening, he was so mengusut and he even refused my BM! So my sister put him in his stroller and brought him around the living room...it didnt take him more then 5 mins to fall asleep in his stroller!

No-no mama

2008-05-30T10:50:00.007+08:00

Our semester is now officially over and we'll be moving into our revision week starting this Monday. I still have one assignment to submit though, luckily my first paper will only begin on 13th June 2008. That should give me enough time to prepare InsyaAllah..if my procrastination is not making an appearance that is...hehe

My sister is now here...thank God! Being a stayed-home mum for 1 week plus had really drained me out...not because I was tired taking care of the lil one, No...its just doing the same daily routine and not being able to go out was really driving me insane. Even Alai Rayyan was bored to the max, the first thing he did when he was finally able to handle his walker was walked to the door and peek through the glass window beside the door hehe my poor lil baby.

Alai Rayyan had an instance connection with my Sis and it took him no time to be in her arms. So my life is much much easier now and I was able to finish my 2 assignments on time. Got one of the result back and I actually did great! I got 27/30 woohooo...couldnt believe my luck! So for that course I've actually collected 43 out of 50%. (16/20 for mid-sem exam)...the rest of 50% would be from the final exam. I hope I could atleast get a distinction on that.

Thats on my achievement. Alai Rayyan has a few things for me to be proud of as well...here's some of his major developments so far:

1) He is learning to shake his head as a sign of saying NO....though sometimes he just shaked his head randomly.

2) He's not only growing one tooth, but there is now four! (2 visible one on the middle and 1 whitecap on each sides- all on the bottom gum)

3) He knows how to salam people

4) He knows how to express his dissatisfaction - by bitting your hand! hehe...he'd done it to my sister a few times when she was trying to stop him from messing around with her laptop (Oh Alai Rayyan really loves to play around with the laptop; once when i was webcaming with hubby to sleep and suddenly I heard a 'tinggg tinggg' sound, and I opened up my eyes to find out there Alai Rayyan was betiarap quietly infront of my lappie playing with the keyboard! Usually, when he woke up in the middle of the night, he would cry for my attention but not this time. He was taking his oppurtunity to play with the laptop while no one is watching! lol!)

Oh my lil angel is just growing up so fast...he's becoming more berakal each day. I know I should be happy, but a part of me couldnt help feeling a bit sad...

Anyho, some pictures to share with all of you and a video of Alai Rayyan saying no to medicine (oh he got a slight fever after his vaccination few days ago) and FOOD! hehe

No-no mama (my room was quite a mess as it was the middle of the night when Alai Rayyan started screaming and had a bit of temperature. My sister and me were a lil panik!)

His cute teeth - halfway up :)

After shower - its getting harder to dress him up now as he keeps on rolling away

Alai Rayyan peeking outside

1st day out after berkurung for 1 week plus

Happy Birthday to Nadia a..k.a Umi Rayyan

2008-05-30T07:31:00.005+08:00

This post is especially dedicated to my bestfriend of 18 years; Nadia.

Dearest Nadia,

Happy 2*th Birthday (Just incase you don't want people to know how old are you today hehehe). I started counting again last night how long we had known each other...and it has been 18 wonderful years! It all started when we were in the same Ugama class in SR.HMJM. Kiulap. We were in Primary 1, and I remember feeling a bit intimidated by this smart-beautiful girl sitting quietly at the back of the class. We never really talked to one another until one day for some reasons I couldnt quite remember, I was told to sit at the back of the class, just beside this smart-beautiful girl. I learnt that the name of this smart-beautiful girl is Nadia, I also learnt that she's a very kind person and it was so easy to get along with her. All the teachers in that school then learnt how close we have become and so everytime there was a class promotion, we would be put together. We became inseparable eversince.

We've been through a lot together; all the dramas, ups and downs of our teenage life, the heartache caused by those stupid boys :D, and like all other friendships we also had some 'break-up and make-up' moments. But nevertheless, our friendship remains and the bond became stronger as we grow up. We have survived the distance ( I was in UK for 2 years while she's in Brunei and now she's in UK and I'm in OZ) and the family hurdle (we're both are now married and have a child of our own). You are more like a sister to me and I know we will always be friends till death do us part :)

Happy birthday darling, wish you all the joy and hapinness in this world and don't forget our second project, hehehe...in 2 years time? Love you so much and life would never be the same without you.

Found these photos in my photobucket.

Myanmar Cyclone - Help those in need

2008-05-23T23:08:00.010+08:00

Found out that two of my ex-collegues from Uni are involved in doing a fundraising charity for the Myanmmar cyclone victims. I couldn't helped feeling a spang of proudness seeing my own generation doing something big like this, something I never actually thought of doing...

I would love to go to the garage sale held by wardrobe inc if only I'm in Brunei right now. As for you lucky people in Brunei, why don't you head off there and provide a helping hand to those in need. For further information, please refer to the flyer below or visit Wardrobes Inc

Oversupply????

2008-05-20T12:21:00.017+08:00

Alai Rayyan had been poo-ing green for the past weeks and its worrying me. I was so afraid that he got 'senudung', i don't know what that is but Lyssa told me if baby got green poops, that's one of the sign he got 'senudung'. And from her explanation, it basically means that the baby got some stomach bug.

So, I did what I usually do - i turned to my online guru; the google! (My MIL pun tau dah nie, coz everytime my in-laws asked me something that I was unsure of, I would said 'entah ah, cuba goggle...' lol). Most of the webs that I've found said it's common for baby to have yellowish-greenish poops but if it goes on continuously, it's wise to consult a Dr. Oh God! I don't know any pediatric here, but then I remember Wid got friend whose a pediatric in Malaysia. So I asked her to get an online advise (through her Yahoo Messenger hehe). Dr Amir said its okay. as long as baby is not vomitting, the poo is not watery and no strains of blood found in his poo. I was relieved to hear that but then, its been weeks!

I tried to recall any changes in Alai Rayyan's diet or mine when I remembered, my supplements!? I started googling, 'Fenugreek side effects to baby', 'blessed thistle side effects to baby' as well as 'red raspberry side effect to baby' as I realised the green poops started almost the same time I took my supplements. And yeah, some webs did mentioned that Fenugreek could sometimes caused the baby to poop green. But then, I've been taking Fenugreek all this while, and it did'nt caused Alai Rayyan anything. Then I came across a web where it says oversupply could caused your baby to have green stools. I tried googling 'oversupply and green poops in baby' and surprise surprise here's my finding:-

When a mother has more milk that her baby can handle, the following behaviors may be common:

Baby cries a lot, and is often very irritable and/or restless - I guees Alai Rayyan was a bit restless lately but I thought that was because he was teething.
Baby may sometimes gulp, choke, sputter, or cough during feedings at breast. Baby may seem to bite or clamp down on the nipple while feeding - Yes, he had been gulping awfully loud everytime he feeds! and sometimes he would choked too!
Milk sprays when baby comes off, especially at the beginning of a feeding - It does happens occasionally.
Mother may have sore nipples - Yup, especially when my B felt full

Baby may arch and hold himself very stiffly, sometimes screaming - Alai Rayyan did scream in the middle of his feeds a few times .

Feedings often seem like battles, with baby nursing fitfully on and off - Yup, and God it is so annoying! I thought he was just playing around.

Feedings may be short, lasting only 5 or 10 minutes total - Yes, it was getting shorter in times

Baby may seem to have a "love-hate" relationship with the breast - Yup, see feedings with battle.

Baby may burp or pass gas frequently between feedings, tending to spit up a lot - Yup, there were a few times when Alai Rayyan would screamed in the middle of the night and couldnt stop crying, when i picked him up, he would let go a loud burp!

Baby may have green, watery or foamy, explosive stools - Definitely!

Mother's breasts feel very full most of the time - Yup, full and leaky!

Mother may have frequent plugged ducts, which can sometimes lead to mastitis (breast infection) - Yeah, I woken up with three lumps near my armpit the last few days! The lumps still there now but i guess its getting smaller now as I kept on massaging it and feeding Alai Rayyan on that side of my B.

(Taken from Le Leche League)

And it all started after I took those supplements! On the bright side, it means that the combination of Fenugreek, Blessed thistle and Raspberyy Leaf work wonders! But I still didnt managed to express much! So it all comes down to my breast pump!!! Maybe I have no issue with supply to begin with, its just my breastpump is not working properly and when i took those supplements, I started to face an oversupply issues! Matters made worst as my breastpump couldnt empty my B as well, so Alai Rayyan was left with a constantly full B that he couldn't handle...my poor lil baby. And all this while, I've been assuming that I had a low supply, sasak ku my breast pump!

As i was upset with the situation, I began to google for a double-electric pumps. And being an impulsive buyer I am, I purchased myself an Ameda - Purely yours double electric pump that cost my hubby US$260 plus shipping. Its cheaper then the PISA hence the reason I chose it and the reviews are not bad pun. But now I am a bit nervous about it as I've purchased it from some US website which I'm not even sure of. I kept on checking the status of my purchased and I even wrote email to them, lol. The status now says 'in process - shipping on Wednesday, which is tomorow...yeay!! But until the item arrives, wish me luck. Oh and thanks hubby for the pumps hehe...u've granted my wish :)

So I have stop all the supplements since 2 days ago to confirm my suspision and Alhamdulillah, Alai Rayyan has been pooing a nice, beautiful yellowish poops since yesterday hehe (I've become one of those poop-obsessed mommy!)

The reunion; A peek on his little tooth

2008-05-16T19:28:00.008+08:00

Alai Rayyan's little tooth decided to make an appearance while daddy was here :) At first, we didn't realise it...he kept on grinding his gums together and one day I just like "eh napa kan ia mcm orang gergitan ani, cuba liat gusinya atu!". To our surprise, there it was, the little white cap! I didn't expect it because I always have in mind that the teething will come with a fever, but Alhamdulillah, Alai Rayyan has not got any yet. Hopefully he won't get it at the later stage as well..ameeeennn...

But he is getting fussier though and its harder for him to sleep soundly during night time. Oh and he poo-ed a lot too. I couldn't wait for his little tooth to make a full appearance :)

The reunion; Coffee & Doughnuts

2008-05-15T12:50:00.008+08:00

( WARNING: Some pictures in this post will possibly caused some cravings and extreme droolings :D )

Yes, Krispy Kreme doughnuts are now available in Brisbane City! It took like a week for the queue to ease down. Everytime I went to the city, I would take a peek at the queue and there was always a long one!

A few days after hubby was here, while passing Krispy Kreme, I noticed that the queue was not bad, told hubby I wanted to grab some donuts. But while queuing, changed my mind and decided to have lunch there. I was sooo greedy that I told hubby we should order 2 dozens of donuts! hehe...Luckily hubby won't listened to me and bought a dozen instead. I think the price was : AUD$14.98 for a dozen of Glazed, AUD$17.98 for a dozen of 6 glazed and 6 of assortments, and AUD$28.98 for 2 dozens; a dozen of glazed and a dozen of assortments. But to my disappointments, all the assorted donuts that I tried was really sweet! But the glazed ones are as good as ever...(or is it my tastebud is getting more sensitive as I'm getting older? hehe)

Wahhhh...!!!!

Slurpp!!!

Alai Rayyan's meal (besides the Krispy Kremes box)

Yummylicious!!

No doughnuts for me? :(

The reunion; Alai Rayyan new wheels

2008-05-12T15:07:00.004+08:00

Second thing that we did (actually hubby did) upon his arrival was fixed Alai Rayyan new wheel - the baby walker. I think Alai Rayyan kinda like it as you can see his bright smile while riding his baby walker. But he does not really know how to use it aside from using it as a tool for him to jump up and down hehe, he does know how to reverse occasionally though. Maybe its better this way as I wont have to worry much about him pulling stuff everywhere as he has not got the mobility yet.

Apparently, Alai Rayyan has not only got one wheel from daddy, he got another wheel the next day - 3-wheel pram!. I was so excited as I have been eyeing on it since almost all the local here are using it. Hubby was sooo kesian with Alai Rayyan current stroller - apanya orang lari allignment and brake nda makan lagi hehe..and its sooo hard to fold it, there's this 1 time, the bus driver had to come down and helped me fold it since it was taking me ages to do so! (Only God knew how malu I was then hehe).

Alai Rayyan seems to love his new pram very much! Maybe his thinking "ani barutah sama mcm baby org putih, I'm sooo in man!" lol! But seriously, he could never stand being in his old stroller but with this one he would sit proudly macam kan show off hehehe...maybe this new pram is more comfy and spacious for him. The only downside is its quite heavy for me to carry once I fold it but as long as my little one is happy, thats all matter :)

The reunion; Hubby's blated b'day surprise

2008-05-12T13:53:00.006+08:00

The first thing I did was had a little celebration with hubby the very minute he arrived here. Since I'm living a low-budget student life and trying to make my effort seemed more sweeter ~teehee, I baked a cheesecake instead of buying a cake from some bakery shops. I still haven't got hubby any present yet, I have something in mind but have to do some saving first...sabar ah hubby hehe..

The ugly cake :)

Hubby and me

My home-made lambchops

Express delivery from Brunei - yummmy

Happy 6 months to Alai Rayyan

2008-05-12T13:46:00.002+08:00

Alai Rayyan is now six month old. Can't believe time flies so fast, the next thing I know he will be walking and calling me Mama :)

One week of love, fun and joy

2008-05-11T22:33:00.008+08:00

Its been a week-well-spent with hubby...sadly its time to be apart again :'(

I will have no one to look after Alai Rayyan for now til 21st June (My sis will be here then) so I guess I have to skip lectures and tutorials unless my housemate is home and is able to baby-sit. Oh well, atleast I get to focus on my two assignments which will be due on 22nd and 23rd of this month.

On a different note, Alai Rayyan had shown a lot of new 'pemandai' while Abah was here! He managed to roll over (finallly!) and he talks a lot too (not that we could understand him but there's definitely a lot more then gagigu...mcm2 udah bunyinya hehe. Oh and we saw a white cap on top of his gusi bawah...will definitely see some teeth coming out soon :) I do hope he wont get any fever tho..aminnnn

Oh and I have been noticing that my EBM is reducing more and more. I'm guessing its because I've been really busy going around that I have been skipping meals and I don't even have time to express my EBM anymore. And Alai Rayyan has been feeding non-stop during night time which adds more value to my assumption. I tried expressing my BM the last few days and only managed to get 2 0z on one side! Tried to search for the Milkmaid tea high and low but it was nowhere to be found. So I decided to search for the other recommended herbs as Fenugreek on its own doesn't seems to help much anymore. Managed to get Blessed thistle and Raspberry leaf in the pharmacist shop at Indooroopilly. Been combining these 3 herbs the last two days and it seems to work. I woken up with an engorged and leaking B yesterday but when I tried to express, only managed to get 3 oz out of it! Funny that my B still felt full but I couldnt expressed anything anymore so I ended up feeding Alai Rayyan directly. Does this means that my Breastpump is not functioning properly anymore?? More reason for me to get a new BP...(hint hint to hubby hehe).

The herbs

Oh well...time for me to sleep now. Will definitely continue with my rambling soon as there's just a lot of photos to share plus I sure will have a lot of free times since I wont be going to lectures and all.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Alai Rayyan first sit?

2008-05-02T21:37:00.005+08:00

My life has been really hectic for the last 5 days - entertaining my Mamah and hubby from Brunei. Yup she was here to visit me hence the reason for my MIA :D

I've been so mobile this past few days that I didn't even have time to go near my laptop hehe...I am now feeling a bit upset and lonely as the taxi had just picked up all my Guest including Bibi and Razi to send them off to the Airport. Today marked their last day in Brisbane...I am sooo gonna miss them especially Bibi and Razi :'(

Oh well, atleast I get to see Hubby tomorrow..yay!!! And I think Alai Rayyan is able to sit down now..mesti plg I sit behind him just incase ia landing...not that stable yet :) Here's some shots of his first successful attempt in sitting down on his own.

Happy Birthday to Daddy!!

2008-04-22T21:49:00.004+08:00

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to hubby aka Rayyan's daddy,

Happy birthday to you...

I wish I could be there to join the celebration :(. Sadly, I can't and the reason being:

The prisoner

NOT!!! hehehe...You all know why...coz im in Brissy mengejar cita- cita...the above pic was taken at the Dreamworld. Went there a day before my accounting mid-sem exam hehe..

Anyho, to hubby: Alai Rayyan and me miss you sooooo much...we will make it up to you during your next trip here k? We couldnt wait to see you..12 days to go..yeayyyy!!!

Happy 5 months old to Alai Gundul ku :)

2008-04-12T23:17:00.004+08:00

I love mummy

My new hairdo

Fancy it?

I miss Daddy :( (after a phonecall from hubby)

I was so excited with the birth of Alai Aaqil that I forgot to mentioned Alai Rayyan's 5 months birthday (12 April 2008). So yesterday morning, I went on and ask "Alai pandai apa udah 5 bulan ani?" and he just smiled happily pulling up his leg closer to his mouth...so that's it..no rolling over yet...no first word (except for the awuuu and constant bubbling when he's upset)..no first tooth...oh well...lets just enjoy his baby moment for now :)

3 days ago, Bibi, Lina and me did the honour to do Alai Rayyan first haircut hehe...we shaved his head bald!!! I was really irritated with his falling hairs and have been wanting to shave his head eversince he was 3 months...but no one dare to do it, not even the hairdresser! So I finally bought the set myself and now his my cute little Gundul!

The new addition...

2008-04-12T13:35:00.004+08:00

I wish to congrats my dearest bestfriend - Lyssa for the delivery of a very cute, handsome baby boy - Alai Aaqil Harith. He was born on the 11th April 2008, after 10 hours long labor! Sian Lyssa, but its all worth it in the end right? Yeay!! Now Alai Rayyan is looking forward to go back to Bruland...ada gang dah nie! Can's wait to see you and Alai Aaqil babe...

Oh and Happy birthday to Ikin and Jimie...Remember our celebration at Itri's fav place in Sheffield - Jumbo? hehe I wish i could re-lived those moments...

Some Pics of Alai Aaqil:

Market Day

2008-04-12T12:13:00.004+08:00

Sorry for the lack in updates..been really busy with my mid-sem exams...2 papers down, 2 more to go..

Anyways...we've been going to the Market at west-end every sat morning to buy fresh fruits and veggies...and every single trip that we go is always an enjoyable one...so I'm always looking forward for the the market day...

Gimme Gimme....Gimme more....

2008-03-28T14:49:00.001+08:00

Alai Rayyan first meal

2008-03-27T23:11:00.006+08:00

I have been contemplating with the idea of starting solid with Alai Rayyan as he has given me some signs that he is ready. After googling and surfing through several websites, here's my finding:

How will I know when my baby's ready? Your baby will give you clear signs when he's ready to move beyond liquid-only nourishment. Cues to look for include:

• Head control. Your baby needs to be able to keep his head in a steady, upright position. Tick
• Losing the "extrusion reflex." To keep solid food in his mouth and then swallow it, your baby needs to stop using his tongue to push food out of his mouth. Tick
• Sitting well when supported. Even if he's not quite ready for a highchair, your baby needs to be able to sit upright to swallow well. Tick
• Chewing motions. Your baby's mouth and tongue develop in sync with his digestive system. To start solids, he should be able to move food to the back of his mouth and swallow. As he learns to swallow efficiently, you may notice less drooling. Tick
• Significant weight gain. Most babies are ready to eat solids when they've doubled their birth weight (or weigh about 15 pounds) and are at least 4 months old. Tick
• Growing appetite. He seems hungry — even with eight to ten feedings of breast milk or formula a day. Tick
• Curiosity about what you're eating. Your baby may begin eyeing your bowl of rice or reaching for a forkful of fettuccine as it travels from your plate to your mouth. Tick

Although Alai Rayyan has given all of the cues above, I was still unsure whether I should start solid or not as he is only 4.5 months old but after consulting with hubby and my mum I decided to give it a try. So here's how it went:

The Cereal

Mhmm..is that for me?

Yeay!! I'm gonna eat just like mummy.

My first bite

So this is how cereal taste like...

Yummy!!!

So yeah, Alai Rayyan did not reject the cereal at all! Infact he cried after the first teaspoon of cereal demanding for more. I guess he really is ready after all! Wow...my baby has reached one of the major milestones in his life and I am glad I was around to experience it with him.

Down Under

2008-03-14T21:35:00.014+08:00

Hi you guys..I know my post is long overdue but been really busy settling myself down here in Brisbane. First thing first, I want to thanks to all of you guys for sending me off during my departure. It really meant a lot to me and I didnt expect there's gonna be so many of you. I was overwhelmed with mixed emotions - mostly it was feeling of sadness and fear, sad to leave all of my beloved one behind and fear of the unknown journey ahead of me. But whatever it is I am really thankful that I have all of you to support me from behind and catch me if I fall...Love you all very much!

During Departure

My six hours flight to Brisbane was unexpectedly easy. Alai Rayyan did not fuss at all! It was drink, sleep and play for him. As you all know, Alai Rayyan was very good at throwing tantrums but upon stepping up the plane it was like he's a completely different baby and Alhamdulillah, that last untill now.

My first week in Brisbane was quite a challenge. I had to look for a house but before I could do that I had to find someone to live with as renting a house on my own would be very costly. It was very hard for me to search for a housemate, all the Bruneians that I know were unavailable. There was one point where I had to move to 4 different places - 4 nights in a row! I was amazed by how understanding Alai Rayyan was during those times, everytime we had to move he would sat quietly in his stroller and fall asleep on his own. The fourth house belongs to two Bruneians Postgrad - Husma and Lina. They were actually looking for a housemate before they settled for their two bedroom house, it was unfortunate that we did not get to meet each other until it was too late. They however offered me to bunk in their living room as long as I want - that was really nice and thoughtful of them. I was about to give up and live with them when miracle happened...We were just going out to the city to buy some groceries and household stuffs when one of my Bruneian friend - Farah bumped into this Malaysian Lady - Widya who turns out to be my housemate today! Farah was just sitting around waiting for us when she said hello to Widya. And being a bubbly person she is, Widya told Farah that she had a place but she does not have a housemate...so the rest is history...Oh and Kin, Widya reminds me so much of you! Makes me miss you even more!

Widya - my wonderful housemate

Since then, Hubby has returned to Bruneiland, Bibi and Razi is now here to help me take care of Alai Rayyan. I am now on my one week easter break and I will be having mid-sem exams for all of my 4 courses following this week. So guys, wish me luck!

The weekend

2008-02-04T19:04:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday night, had a 'Sheffield Gang' dinner at Capers. It was a treat from Ikin as she passed 3 more of her CIMA papers. Congrats babe, so proud of you!

Not all of us could make it..I was hoping I could atleast see all of them before I leave...sigh~

Anyhow it was a great night, was really fun catching up with the dudes ~ hehe all this while I have been hanging out with the girls only... oh and I received some gifts from Itri and Wardi. I was really touched as I did not expect it at all...Thanks a lot girls for the wonderful gifts. I really do appreciate it.

Some pictures from the gathering, I'll email the rest to you guys soon :

I attended Julie's wedding on the Sunday Morning. She looks sooo Gorgeous. So happy for her.

Oh and one more good thing happens to Brunei...the arrival of 'Fun Doughnut'. I have been craving for good doughnuts since my return from UK - that was 4 years ago!?? Really missed Krispee Cremes from Harrods and Dunkin Doughnuts in Rome (Dunkin Doughnut in Brunei could NOT compare to that!). So when my sis-in-law brought home some doughnuts from 'Fun doughnut', had a bite of the 'Lemon Cheese', my was I in heaven?? Seriously, it tasted soooo yummy-licious that I became addicted to it instantly. Been buying doughnuts almost every other days now..but mind you...they always run out of doughnuts and the queue is always long...thats how HOT they are now!

An evening in Red Canopy

2008-01-31T10:09:00.000+08:00

Life has been a bit hectic for me, there are a few things I have to arrange before my departure to Brisbane. Yesterday I went to apply for my Visa at HRDS, I have to say the people there were very helpful and friendly. I have to do a medical check up at Riverview and Chest X-ray at JPMC for the Visa which I did yesterday as well. Didn't know there's so much to do in order for you to obtain an Australian Visa. I have to further send a consent form to the Magistrate to allow Alai Rayyan to be included in my Visa. What else do I need to do? Go to Ripas for further Medical Check up (this time for the scholarship people), Go to MOE to hand in my signed Agreement, buy ticket for my sis-in-law and Alai Razi to join me in Brisbane. I think those are the most important things I have to focus on for now and I haven't even think of what items should I bring abroad..and I have approximately two weeks to do all these! OMG, this is really stressful!

Well..I do not wish to think about it now so back to my headline 'An evening in Red Canopy'. Had another hanging out session with the Havelock Chicas (haha..I don't know why do I still called ourselves that) and also our part-time chicas - Mardhi..hehe..she used to hang out with us all the time in Sheffield though she didn't actually live there. You would expect to see her every other weekends and at any other special occasions. She's actually our junior so she had just graduated last year. Its been a while since the 5 of us were in the same room, thus you can guess how perky we were that evening. There was this one time when Ikin was trying to tell us a story about this annoying guy- the story was actually short and simple which could take her less then a minute to tell but we kept on menyampuk with other stuffs. Here how's the conversation went:

Ikin: Iatah this guy...
Yatz: Eh ani lelaki yg masa d Sheff??
Ikin: Bukan...
Audz: Nyaman ah my Cambodian food..
I3: Boleh ku rasa?
Yatz: Aku pun mau makan..eh kin back to your story
Ikin: iatabah..skali this guy..
Yatz: bukan lelaki yg cousin mu ani kah (memajal hehe)
Ikin: Bukannnnn...
Then someone else said something else lagi haha..it took her I think 10 minutes to tell us her story.

Well..it was a fun evening for all of us (except Alai Rayyan - I had to call his dad to join us as Alai Rayyan was mengusuting most of the time) Oh and thanks to Aunty Ikin for the great pressies. Alai Rayyan will wear it the next time he sees you :)

Alai Rayyan and his Ooma

Audz siuk sendiri ;p

My saviour came to the rescue

Poor Alai Rayyan...we pulled off his pants as we tot he was kepanasan...caught in camera lagi tu hehe sorry baby...

Daddy became the nanny as mummy were busy with her friends :D

I3 and me

Hangin out sessions

2008-01-29T11:26:00.000+08:00

I have been having several hanging out sessions with my lovely friends but did not managed to post about it due to time constraint and my laziness hehe...So below are some pictures for you...

As promised, pictures from our hanging out session in capers/my car. You could also look at Ikin's blog for further details of the event hehe taking shortcut so I wont have to elaborate more :)

Pictures of Alai Rayyan hanging out at Umi's place on her departure day. We sure does miss Umi a lot...Won't be able to see her any time soon as Alai Rayyan and me will be flying off to Brisbane 15thFeb while Umi is still doing her Degree in UK.

Umi trying to make Rayyan burp

Still trying....

In Escapade

A must do in every hanging out session - BF alai Rayyan hehe

And I can't help putting up this pic of Alai Rayyan and Abg Razi...they were just chilling in Abg Razi's room. Look at how happy both of them are :)

Happy One Year Anniversary :)

2008-01-28T23:50:00.000+08:00

Today is my one year wedding anniversary. Wow...Time sure does fly..a year of being a wife..and now a mum...

We didn't get to go anywhere to celebrate as Rayyan is not feeling that well (he just got his second vaccination shot today which gives him a slight fever). Nevertheless, hubby bought me roses which I thought symbolises 'I love U' but hubby said its supposed to mean 'hubby, alai Rayyan and me' Sweettt~ hehe. I didn't manage to get hubby anything yet as I hardly go out and if I do, it would be with him. Furthermore, as I'm going to Australia soon, thinking of buying him something from there.

Anyho, I wanna wish hubby a Happy Anniversary..Thank you for being such a wonderful husband, thank you for this beautiful life that you have given me, thank you for putting up with me and most of all thank you for loving me...May our marriage be blessed forever and looking forward to spend the rest of my life with you. Love you lotsss...xoxo

One happy family (forgive alai Rayyan for being cranky)

This is more like it...

Hubby.alai Rayyan.Me

Rayyan's Look-alike Meter

2008-01-28T22:06:00.001+08:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family heritage - Family history

Ahaa..I knew Alai Rayyan look a little bit more like me hehe

Just for oomma

2008-01-11T13:42:00.000+08:00

Thanks oomma for buying me this cute shirt. Love u..xoxo

Wonderful Life~

2008-01-11T09:54:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I was supposed to attend my friends' mandi belawat but as baby Rayyan was still doing his Marathon, I had to skip the event. I really wish I could go though. Anyho, baby Rayyan decided to end his Marathon by noon yesterday where he slept soundly for 4 hours! Fuh..what a relief! Managed to watch Enchanted with hubby and his siblings. Though it was only at home, still...Yeayyyy....I was finally able to do something else other than feeding hehe..

Ikin was here yesterday to hand me my birthday gift - It's a scrapbook esp made for me!! I was really touched...all the time and effort..I couldnt even get myself to do a scrapbook for Baby Rayyan. I was really semangat when I bought all the stuffs (that was when I was 8 mths preggie). I spent almost $200 on the items..I even almost bought the eyelit hammer set which cost about $80 but hubby ask me to make atleast one page first before I decided to buy it (hubby really know me well! hehe) and yeah I only made one page up to now! Thats the thing about me, I tend to overdo the shopping bit if I decided to do something, but when it comes to actually doing it, I'm very not committed..as a malay saying goes 'hot hot chicken shit'. Anyway, thanks so much kin, it really means a lot to me...I love you berabis! Hugs~

My beautiful scrapbook

As Baby Rayyan was sleeping most of the time yesterday, I told hubby I wanna shop. We went to Southaven and Qlap mall yesterday...I ended up spending almost $350 on clothes!! I know I am supposed to save esp that I'm unemployed but I have not been shopping for clothes for the last 2 months PLUS I do not have anything to wear now..my maternity clothes are too big and my pre-pregnancy clothes are too small! So I have no choice but to buy...So, I refuse to feel guilty despite hubby keep on sindiring me for spending too much teehee...

Oh and our hang out session didnt turn out so well as baby Rayyan was still on his Marathon then. We ended up hanging out in my car as I had to BF baby Rayyan. Still waiting for Audz to send me some pics for me to post. I just hope we will be able to do it again soon..

But all in all, these past few days has been great! - being able to hold and cuddle my Baby Rayyan while he's feeding, seeing ikin and Audz, the beautiful scrapbook, watching movie with hubby and SHOPPING...What a wonderful life :)

Growth Spurts??

2008-01-09T12:18:00.001+08:00

Baby Rayyan has been doing what I called 'Milk Marathon' where he BF non-stop for the past two days. Search through the internet and apparently this means that he is going through a growth spurt where baby may demand to feed more often than he has previously and may seem fussy and less content after feedings than he has in days before. And this increase in the number of feedings is baby's way of increasing the milk supply to meet his needs.

So here's how baby Rayyan's current schedule is: wake up, feed for 30 mins, snooze while feeding, mummy put on bed, wake up after a few minutes, mummy pick up and try to calm him down, put him inside his cradle and unggak him to sleep, sleep for 30 mins, an hour if mummy is lucky (bear in mind have to unggak him constantly so he wont wake up and fuss)...so the cycle continues...oh and mummy has to change his diaper in between.

This also means less sleep and rest for me..I have to wait for my hubby to return from work yesterday just so that I can have my 'me time' which include showering! I do hope his feeding pattern will go back to normal today as I'm planning to hang out with the girls today..but no luck so far...

Some photos to share with you all (shots taken today):

After Feeding

Look at how sweet he is...

A few minutes later

My saviour "the cradle" (to distract him from feeding again). This could last him for approx 30 mins. Thanks to Lyssa for this wonderful gift.

Notice the frown - that's what me n my hubby called 'tidur inda ikhlas'

Finally...

2008-01-08T10:01:00.000+08:00

After a few months under construction (actually more like a day of creating this blog, a few months of not doing anything and finally 2 days of searching for a good layout), I am finally ready to post my very first entry...

Its been a while since I last blog..since then a lot had happened to me and people around me. I've graduated, married to my wonderful husband and had recently given birth to my beautiful son - alai Rayyan. Worked as a banker for 2 years and quit my job recently to pursue my Master Degree this coming Feb. The rest of havelock chicas are still single, earning their own money with a good job except for Bliss, she just got back from doing her Master in UK. Though we hardly had the time to see each other, our friendships remain strong and the memories of us living in one roof will always be remembered and cherished.

Back to my life, as a full-time mum, my time is dedicated to nurture and nourish my son. As my decision is to BF him exclusively, I could barely have time to go out, hang with my friends nor doing my most fav thing in the world - Shop! I went out last sat to find a shoes to match my dress (one of my close friends is having a wedding reception next sunday), I spent more then half of my time in the BF room and ended up buying nothing! Nevertheless, I went out again the next day and eventually managed to buy a pair of shoes and yes my baby did fusses along the way...but I've managed!

Don't get me wrong, having my baby is the most amazing thing that had happened to me, I just need a bit more practise in handling him and soothing him down. I know its just a matter of time before he would feed and fuss less, till then I would have to tone down my social life and my shopping (which is a good thing I suppose as I could save a lot of money given that I am now unemployed).

Oh well, I think I've written down too much on this first entry, time to go and feed my baby :)