25.2.11

Short Notes

Just the two of us at home tonite, Emma and I. Zufri went out training for golf and Pipi's off to stay at Kak Peachy's. Hehe did you hear what happened to her maid? Kerana melawan kata, dia dipecat on the spot. Moralnya jangan cari pasal dengan Kak Peachy. Hehe.
We had a few makan sessions last weekend. Pipi's macarons didn't quite turn out so we had Wondermilk cupcakes instead. The kids loved them. The kids' mothers loved them as well. Love them.
Some people just need to chill out. Downloaded 4 pregnancy apps on my phone.

17.2.11

A Recap

First post as a 29 year old, huhu. So maybe my posts should sound more mature but not to prissy chewah. Thank you babes for the birthday wishes. Pipi made me lamb stew for dinner last night as a pre-birthday dinner. Then we had dinner at Swensen's, I had the salad because I was making room for ice cream. Hehe. Not the earthquake because I wanted something traditional, with almonds and whipped cream and love letters et al. Quite satisfying. Not the same case with their main courses however. My salad was OK, becuase how the heck can you screw up a salad dish?
So anyway, requested for a birthday present from Zufri this year, hehe. Tapi hadiah belum sampai. Mula-mula ingat nak fridge 2 pintu, hahaha. Gila domesticated. Terfikir mana nak simpan stok EBM nanti? Itu nantilah, dekat-dekat nak bersalin kang nak buat request number 2. Maybe I can surprise HIM with a fridge on HIS birthday, muahahaha. Tu barulah surprise namanya.
Shikin is having a makan-makan session this Saturday to half celebrate my birthday, half her house warming. I'm having a makan-makan this Sunday. Thinking of cooking Singapore style chilli crab. Yummy. And maybe cajun shrimp ala Bubba Gump. Pipi kata nak buat macaroons. The one she got from Whisk was quite delicious, although a bit too sweet for my sweet tooth. Yes, begitu manis.
Wah satu paragraph satu story mory doo.
Papa is on board the Ekspress Senandung Malam, transit di KL Sentral on their way to Penang, also by train tomorrow morning. Seronok, kan travel naik train, especially when you get a cabin, and because its free. Auntie Rani won an essay writing contest, dapatlah cuti-cuti malaysia sekejap.
Kami pun cuti-cuti malaysia gak cuti cny hari tu. Kelas mak jadi organizer, tip top sangat, kekekeke. Especially rumah Encik Abrar tu. Semi-D 3 tingkat, roof patio yang besar, semua bilik ada air-cond, ada boiler (hot water), ada washing machine, ada pak guard. Superb la kira rumah itu. Siap bagi grill lagi jika nak berbarbeque. Tapi tak sempatla. Sampai Ipoh je dah pukul 12! Breakfast sekejap kat R&R Jejantas Sungai Buloh, aku masak nasi lemak lazat dan sambal daging superb tapi termasin sikit, hehehe. They all bawak telur je, hehehe, tak mencabars. Oh ngan ayam goreng. Yawn. Sampai Ipoh, touch up2 sikit, lepak-lepak, then we had lunch at McDonalds what?! Jalan jauh-jauh makan McD? Hampas.
Sampai Tambun at 2+ kot. OKlah Lost World Of Tambun itu. Yang hebatnya pasal dia ada hot water spring tu. Ya Allah serius panas. The coolest hot spring there was at 38 degrees kot, the warmest at a whopping 43 degrees! Not recommended por pregnant ladies, so I just sort of dipped my legs there. Papa pun tak tahan. Then we went down dan lepak at a much cooler 40 degrees. Not bad. Really relaxing.
The petting zoo was quite small., but you can touch everything. Ada seorang tukang bersih tu, when I wanted to touch the guinea pig, he said cannot touch. Sheesh. Its not actually a pig, you know. Like why would they put a pig in a petting zoo? Kenapa? Then we went to feed the sheep. Agak jakun di situ. Penjaga kambing tu tanya aku, akak nak rasa dikerumuni kambing tak? Mula-mula tak nak, tapi apa motif pergi petting zoo kalau tak nak pegang haiwan? Jadi dia bagi aku some seeds, tadah tangan dan kambing-kambing pun meluru ke arah aku, menjilat-jilat tangan aku. Mula-mula agak ewwwwwwwww, maklumlah, ewwwwww. Depa macam takdak gigi kot. Lama-lama I ok je posing dengan kambing, hehe. Ada seorang budak tu darjah 6 kot, menangis-nangis kena kejar dengan kambing (padahal pakai t-shirt WWF ganas abes, kekeke)
Lepak-lepak, swimming-swimming, pukul 630 kami cabut, balik lepak-lepak, keluar dinner kat Restoran Nasi Padang Simpang Tiga. Again, what?! Nasi padang?! Aku sangat suka lauk-pauk dia, not everyone agreed. Takpelah, lain orang lain selera.
So for lunch the next day, papa wanted to have some nasi kandaq perak. There's this one place named Kedai Rahamath near a mosque in town. Kami pun dok carikla, and this one man said maybe its in the medan selera. Masuk-masuk nasi kandaq Hussein, papa pun dah lapaq kot time tu, so kami pun digged in. OK je la makanan dia, but not to my taste lah actually. Zufri said that's how the real nasi kandaq tastes like, where they put some peanut gravy on your rice. I'd take Pelita over Hussein anytime.
So after lunch, on our walk back to the car, lo and behold! Terselit di sebalik bukit adalah Kedai Rahamath yang glamourous itu dang it! Oh mujurlah ia tutup for Friday prayers. Tapi tetap rasa kerugian. Lain kali on the way back to Penang harus stop by Ipoh kejap hehe.
Wow panjangnya post kali ini. Making up for lost time. Penatlah lately asyik overtime aje nasib baik Mak Su jarang keluar dating pasal save budget nak kawin kekekeke.
Then we went to Kellies Castle in Batu Gajah. Mak aih, jauh benar tempat itu. Siap pusing-pusing Batu Gajah lagi. Tiba-tiba berhenti depan sebuah rumah misteri. Kemudian telefon papa berbunyi... Oh rupa-rupanya Kak Peachy, calling to say that it was Emil's grandpa's house. Hohoho bawak pusing-pusing kampung halaman rupanya. Oh Kellies Castle. Cantik castle tersebut. Not quite finished, because according to Papa Kellie (haha agaknyalah nama dia Kellie. Tak ingat lah) built the castle for his wife, but stopped halfway because his wife divorced him. Of course that's all bull, because he actually died of pneumonia. Sheesh. Begitu jaded nya pemikiran papa ini.
So then we left for KL, but not without stopping at Tapah first. Pergh so many stops in such a short journey? I like. Very cuti-cuti malaysia.
And there you have it. Practically a recap of my life since my last update. Had so much fun during the trip to Ipoh. I love February. Apart from my birth month, it is also the month I get my bonus and my increment. Also this year ada quite a few public holidays. And the month is so short, before you know it, its the 28th and its pay day again!
So yay for February!

25.1.11

Lost World

Opah half day hari ni, so kalau ikutkan aku pun nak half day juga. Sekali cuti kena cancel di atas alasan kerja, so Zufri bawak Emma ke Teacher Zulaikha kat nursery kat bangunan MITI tu. Emma loves Teacher Zulaikha. Sikit-sikit teacher, sikit-sikit teacher. Yang menjadi cerita adalah setelah penat lelah mengemas beg Emma (kena bawak susu, botol, bantal, toto, toiletries, diapers, selimut, Woody, Jessie dan Bullseye), masa aku nak berjalan ke tempat kerja, nampak beg tu kat atas meja makan! Terpaksa Zufri patah balik during lunch dan hantar Emma ke rumah Opah.
Sekali Opah kata, oh budak-budak lain semua tak ada, Emma sorang je datang. Hahahaha. Ada aku rasa bersalah? Ada? Oh, Emma kena main sorang-sorang la nanti. Bye Emma, mummy pergi kerja. See you at 5:30. Dan aku pun cabut.
Hahaha. Kesian Opah.
Kami tak jadi ke Tree Top Walk, mahupun ke PD. We are going to the Lost World Of Tambun! Yay! Tak sabarnya menunggu minggu depan. And I also made myself a pair of maternity jeans, altered from an old existing pair i had. Quite good handiwork. Hehehe. Also quite tight, worried that it might not stretch when the stretch is really needed.
Dan aku sedang menonton The Walking Dead. Pipi says its stupid. I think its scary. Memang ada satu part tu semalam aku sangat takut, Emma peluk dan cover mata aku dan berkata dah dah dah mummy. Jangan takut.
Yeah rite, kiddo.
Happy Chinese New Year and happy holidays! Yay!

11.1.11

Tree Top Walk

So I suggested to Zufri that maybe we should go to PD. Dia kata tak nak PD, ramai orang. Aku suggest Cherating. Tak nak, pantai timur tengah monsun timur laut. Aku ajak pegi Hutan Belum pasal hari tu tengok dalam paper adalah sangat cantik resort itu. Tak nak, kena hiking. Which I think is not true. Then kita pi Genting lah. Also don't want for some reason. I must've tuned out by this time pasal malas nak layan. Jangan dia ajak pergi Royale Bintang Damansara sudah. Hahahaha. Boleh tengok Bukit Sungai Penchala.
Turns out he wants to go to Sungai Sedim in Kulim, his friend has this resort that has the tallest tree top walk is Asia, I think. I'm not sure.
Oklah babe, Kulim pun Kulim daa.
Harus singgah Taiping Night Safari.

9.1.11

2 Weddings and 2 Birthdays

2010 has been a year of sad endings and happy beginnings. Let's hope for a happier and cheerier 2011, yeah?
2 important weddings took place within the last month. Anies in Perlis and Shikin in KL. Saya pergi pernikahan Anies kat Perlis, tapi tak stay untuk kenduri besok harinya. I wish I had stayed darn it. And I didn't go to Shikin's nikah, but went instead to her reception dinner. Both weddings were gorgeous. I especially loved Shikin's wedding soundtrack, very Shikin. And very me also, I think. Thanks you for having the guts to play Radiohead's Creep (Scala Version, tak sempat carik lagi). Your live singer is also very, very good! And I loved the food Anies served at her nikah night! Dengan suasana kampungnya, makan lauk pauk yang unconventional.. Mak tambah nasik 3 kali OK! These two are my bestfriends, and I love them very much (and they both have become bestfriends too, selalu pinggirkan aku. Mentang-mentangla I tak pakai Blackberry. Huh benci)
So congratulations and have a great life ahead, Insya Allah!
Then today we went swimmin at The Club after dropping Zufri off for a game of golf. Sejuk OK swimming pukul 8 pagi, tapi Emma sampai-sampai je terus bukak baju and her jeans (dalam dah pakai her swimming costume). Kalau tak kat rumah macam nak pengsan tunggu dia bukak baju sendiri. Yesterday Zufri even said she took her clothes off in her sleep. Hahaha. Dunno lah she, she likes sleeping with only with her diapers on. During the day pulak she naps diaperless.
Then we went to The Curve to get birthday presents for Dhani and Iskandar, picked Zufri up, dropped him off (main golf without breakfast, akhirnya migraine dan harus stay out of the sun, baah!) and headed out to the KFC at Shah Alam Extreme Park. I thought it'd be like an outdoorsy thing, because its in the Extreme Park. Tak tahu pulak Extreme Park tu tempat orang rock climb and skate and what not, hehe.
I'd say that Emma had an OK of a time at the party, pasal Mummy dia wasn't so much fun today, hehe. Masa treasure hunt tu, aku ngan Emma duduk je tengok orang berkocoh-kocoh kumpul barang. Wan Rose and Sazrin gave us some of Nabil's collection, hehe. Then Chicky came out, and the kids (birthday boy included!) started crying for dear life! Kesian gila tengok Chicky, macam not appreciated gitu, huhu. Mula-mula Emma OK, tapi bila aku amek tangan dia suruh usap-usap Chicky tu terus menjerit menangis. Hahahaha. Rugi je. Sekali KFC black-out.
Hahahahahaha hampassss sungguh la KFC! Nasib baik games dah habis. Keji je tau berparty dalam gelap. Nasib baik kat luar ada playground.
Happy birthday Dhani and Iskandar!
Sampai rumah, tengok Nat Geo's In The Womb about twins, triplets and quadruplets. Bagusnya kalau dapat kembar, boleh berhenti kerja. Hahaha relevannya statement itu. Terus tertidur, dekat pukul 12 baru bangun. Saya juga kagum, macam mana saya boleh tidur begitu lama dan tenang. Rupa-rupanya Emma juga turut terbongkang sama. Bangun kejap, minum 2 botol susu. Sekarang dia sambung tidur. Ahh penantnya lah Cik Emma berenang dan bermain hari ni.
Sekali sekala update blog best juga. Next update : cuti CNY nak ke mana?