22.3.09

My Sundays

2 weekend yang lepas aku jadi sebahagian rombongan pengantin lelaki pada majlis perkahwinan ibu mertuaku punya adik ipar punya anak buah. Hahaha. Sangat tak ada kaitan dengan aku. Oh, di Senawang ye. Agak jauh. Dan cuaca semalam agak panas. Nikah pagi dan sanding tengahari. Jadi antara nikah dan sanding tu kami melepak di surau tempat nikah tadi tu.

I was wearing my new baju kurung, made by Madukara hehe. Very nice. But I didn't take any picture.

Anyway, motif aku bercerita ni ialah nak mengatakan yang abang pengantin ni sangat suka kat Emma. Aku ngan Zufri memang sangat relax semalam pasal Firdaus ni lah yang jaga Emma sepanjang hari. Sampai aku nak menyusukan Emma pun takde time. Hehe. Asal aku amek Emma balik je, dia hulurkan tangan balik nak amek Emma balik. Dia ikut Emma merangkak satu surau. Emma pun ada orang layan dia, seronoklah.

Lalu bila rombongan pihak lelaki melangkah ke rumah pengantin, here's Emma.

Sheesh. Tidur pulak. Muka macam Lee Kuan Ewwwwww pun ada.

Then on Sunday, Emma and I just chilled at home while Zufri played some golf. Yes, that's right. He's into golf now. Even tunes in to the Golf Channel in lieu of the usual Discovery. Sigh. Well at least he's getting some exercise, and we all know just how much he needs one. Or at least one thousand. Hehe.

The point is, usually when Zufri's hitting 'em balls, it's a girls day out. Seronok berjalan berdua dengan Emma ni, pasal dia tak cakap banyak dan bila dia penat dia tidur. Hehe. The furthest we've been to together was Puduraya to pick Papa up. Macam ni cerita dia. Come gather around. A few Sundays back, after sending Zufri to the diriving range at Bandar Utama, we went to OU. Stayed there until around 5, then we drove up to Puduraya. Aku memang kalut, padahal bas Papa sampai pukul 7. So with an hour to kill, I decided to take Emma to the National Monumet a.k.a Tugu Negara.

I've never been there before, so I didn't know it closes at 6:00. Sangat mengecewakan. I know Zufri would never believe me when I tell him that I took Emma there, so I took some pictures. But I couldn't take a picture of Emma with the monument because who would hold her, right? And I'm not the type of person who walks up to a stranger and asks that person to take a picture of me. Buatnya dia lari dengan kamera aku macam mana? (Note to self : Should have more faith in others)
Kui kui kui. Do you see what I see? Yup. There's the monument right there.
And that's Emma's sparsely (kan?) haired head


Dan ada sekumpulan pemuda bermain dram, or bongos or something.

And here's a picture taken after my birthday dinner. Cuba tengok sikit Adam tu. Macamla perut Kak Peachy dah besar sgt sampai kepala dia harus begitu.

From left to right is Kak Yen (who wants to be called Tante Yen. I suggested Mak Yen, hehe), Emma carried by Abang Sany (The Sun to us, who would like to be called Om Marlon), Zufri (Mamu, kuikuikui. Kak Yen even calls him Mams for short), the 27 year old (Adam calls me Gigi. I don't mind at all), Rizzqin carried by Papa (the usual Atuk and sometimes Pops, Poppy Doo. He's 61 this year. Aku sayang bapak aku. Although I don't think I ever told him that. Except in birthday cards. Malu lah. Wakakaka), Adam (hensem kan? hehe) and Kak Peachy (Aunty Peachy. Yeah. She's straight like that. Wakakaka). Tiada dalam gambar is Pipi (Aunty Pipi. Also Pipi Doo), Abang Emil (kui kui kui only to his face. Behind him it's Emilzers. Or Ims. Adam calls him Uncle Memel) and finally Aunty Rani, Papa's wife. Hahaha macam kejam je kan. My step-mom. Will post a picture of her as soon as I have one.

20.3.09

Emma & Elmo

A few weekends back, the lot of us went to Singapore to cure a pregnant lady's craving for Newton Circus' steak tulang. Delicious, I tell you. Terubat segala rasa kerinduan. The place is so different now.

Habis merah-merah jari semua. Over minah ni. Heh heh.

Haih, I'm not in the mood to write lah. Haven't had the mood for a long time. So enjoy the pictures, OK!


What? Mummy's still sleeping? Come, Bapak! Let's wake Mummy up!

But first, warm up dulu.. Stretching sket..

Huarghh all that stretching and jumping to wake Mummy up is making me sleepy lah. Come Elmo, we sleep.

3.3.09

Tag: Your Firstborn

Nobody actually tagged me. But I just have to share, hehe. The tag goes like this..

"Here you go moms - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!
Let's see how much you remember!"

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Sort of. We planned to just wing it the first time. The following babies have to plan.

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Of course lah :p

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
Mostly deliriously happy. A little nervous.

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
Not at all.

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
26

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
My instincts told me to pee on a stick. Actually 8 of em sticks. Hehe. The first 7 were inconclusive. Very light.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Zufri. Naturally.

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
Yes.

9. DUE DATE?
My first EDD was 30th July. Then it changed to somewhere the end of August. 28th August if I'm not mistaken.

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
Alhamdulillah tak ada. Everyone from my mummy to my now pregnant sister takde morning sickness. It's in the genes, I suppose.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
First it was cheese. Then nothing. Zufri really had it easy.

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
Can't think of anything/anyone. I was a seriously happy pregnant lady

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD SEX?
Girl

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
I've always wanted a girl, so when the doctor first told us that our baby's a boy, I was a bit disappointed, but later really wanted a boy. The following scan confirmed our baby's a girl! Yay!

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
Heh heh a whopping 15 kilos!

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
No :(

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
Not applicable!

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
Some days I had really elevated blood pressure. So serious that I had to get my blood pressure monitored every other day.

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Hospital Putrajaya. Lovely hospital.

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
Let's see. Around 3 hours.

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Zufri. We actually went for our weekly checkup and discovered that I was to be induced. So drove me to hospital on Tuesday, picked me up on Saturday!

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Zufri, two midwives and one suspiciously calm male Indian doctor.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
Epidural for me. Was contemplating to take or not to take, then the doctor informed it was free. Definitely a no brainer

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
2.92 kilos.

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
1st August 2008

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Almas Amelia.

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
7 months 3 days! Yay!

32. WOULD YOU DO IT AGAIN?
Definitely maybe. Not just yet.

So who do I tag?
Ujie, Marhani, Wan Rose & Mien.