Raising Up Two Little Zara

We Rode The Movies!

2012-01-11T00:26:00.000+08:00

Last November, it was raining in the morning, but not that bad. First time for the birthday girls and daddy, second visit for the mommy. Masa mommy datang dulu belum bukak pun lagi. Dapat chance tour the studios and camwhoring tanpa gangguan background pengunjung yang ramai. Nak beli souvinier pun takde chance sebab kedai belum ready for business.

Apa-apa hal pun I loveeee my second visit! Baru dapat merasa perasaan cuak hampir disimbah air di Madagascar, kene bersin dengan donkey di Fiona & Shrek's palace, dan paling gila best, the brand new Transformers ride yg gila gempak! Next time nak pegi mmg berbaloi kalau amek express pass lagi-lagi kalau pegi during weekends or black out dates. Will update more bout the trip in my travelog soon (percaya ke soon?) Sebabnya kali ni we drove down to Singapore. Sangat convinient bila travel ke Singapore with the kids. Lagi satu boleh singgah JPO (Johore Premium Outlet). Will share bout the procedure later.

Packing for four to fit everything in one huge luggage ain't easy. The MUST BRING item, of courselah her Madagascar headband!

Surprisingly Fiona tak takut dgn big bird ni. Selalunya kalau nampak mascot terus jerit lari.

The real Princess Fiona. Bukan main dia jalan depan and lead us beratur tgk movie 4D.

Fariefs The Gediks!

Ayah long belanja ice cream while waiting for the daddy and cousins layan roller coasters.

Fiona "dera" nanny naik ride ni sampai dua kali!

Oh, my! I didnt bring my canggih camera so pics pun tak banyak.

During the trip, sempat shopping express at Orchard Road & JPO.

Sayang all the hotels in Resorts World fully booked! Apa pun, I love our stay at Novotel Clarke Quay. Attached dgn Liang Court, a shopping mall. Ada Hong Kong cuisine halal restaurant named The Straits. This hotel located betul2 kat tepi attraction Clarke Quay. Makan senang, jalan-jalan pun best. Shanghai Dolly club pun seberang jalan je. And the window view is not bad as well...

Okaylah, mommy dah sleepy. Cerita concert Fiona pun masih dalam "draft". Wish I'm a stay-at-home-mom! Nanite!

What's Up With The Kids?

2011-12-23T20:12:00.000+08:00

Will update bout these two naughty girls soon!

Anyways, I adore this kids fashion spread so much!

Fiona Turns 4!

2011-11-29T14:58:00.000+08:00

Selamat hari jadi kakak sayang mommy! Kali ni, Fiona punya cake cutting ceremony buat kat school jer. Mommy hantar red velvet cake, lasagna and goodies for teachers and friends. Sepatutnya potong kek berdua dengan Thalia, tapi si kecik tu pulak admitted lagi. Thalia kena cepat baik tau because we are going to ride the movies!

Mommy's #Fabulousity Moment

2011-11-13T03:07:00.001+08:00

Who doesn't adore this fantastico mommy? As ya'll know, KLS was in town and I... got a chance to meet her in person!!!! Excited giler okay!!!

Meh meh nak show-off (sori poyo sekejap sbb over excited)... Dalam pada kesesakan, I was trying my best to get her signature on my passport! Tada...

And the best part was ada this one beautiful stranger sempat captured that moment (video) and shared in Twitter :)

To Kimora, stay fabulous! We mommies love you!

Who's Turning 2 Today?

2011-11-09T20:21:00.000+08:00

Taya!!! No cake for you today, but mommy already planned something BIG for both November babies!

Muah! Muah!

Book 10 On The 10th Month

2011-10-30T02:12:00.001+08:00

Sebelum berlabuhnya Oktober, mommy nak record siap-siap Fiona's latest milestone. She makes me proud when she showed me a pendant necklace, gifted by her Principle. Rupa-rupanya Fiona sekarang dah baca Book 10! As told by the Madam Principle, Fiona ni bersaing-saing nak habiskan membaca dgn classmates dia. Good to know that sayang! Penangannya, mommy dengan daddy tak aman tengok TV malam-malam sebab Fiona suka "show off" membaca from what she learned on that day. Bagus anak saya, mommy dia jer penat nak melayan kena kacau bila tengah tengok E! channel. Teruk kan mommy? ;p

P/S: Tengah fikir make up look for Fiona esok. It's her concert & graduation ceremony!

June's Story

2011-09-24T17:07:00.000+08:00

Selak punya selak, terjumpa 3 saja gambar that I've uploaded in FB during our Daddy's Day vacay June lepas. Gambar lain dah selamat terdelete...

So, as promised we brought the kids bercuti ke Hard Rock Hotel Penang. Daddy macam biasa dengan tugas "lifeguard" with the girls at the pool. Menjaga dua naughty girls, sorang panjat depan, sorang panjat belakang. Gelongsor tiga beranak, haih macam-macam... Too bad, the funny acts semua tak dapat diselamatkan. The memory card was full and I thought pics semua dah saved sebab a week after that I was on another vacay yang menggunakan kamera sama. Takpelah, yang penting the girls had fun!

Fiona Barbie Fairytale

2011-09-22T11:35:00.003+08:00

Tersenyum-senyum Fiona during her Barbie makeover and photoshoot at the new Barbie Store in Mid Valley. She was soooo berangan!

Ceritera Raya

2011-09-05T11:06:00.003+08:00

Menjadi tak mix & match baju raya kitorang? My 70 bucks baju kurung, baju melayu free daddy with his old orange sampin and Adara et Zara baju kurung for the kids. Malas nak bergaya dengan kaftan yang panas, mommy kebetulan terjumpa baju kurung with green dots like two days before raya kat Kompleks PKNS. Bolehlah walaupun material tak sebest mana.

Tahun ni turn raya pertama dengan family mommy. But still we visited their Tokki Ramli & family in Bangi. Malam sikit we chow to Temerloh dengan Tok Mama and others. Nak beraya kat kampung belah mommy pulak.

Second raya, the kids bergaya dengan baju kurung yang dijahit Tok Mama pulak. Tok Mama yang insists nak jugak buat baju raya untuk cucu walaupun dah tau I already prepared their baju kurung. Gian nak menjahit lepas mesin jahit yang rosak dah dibaiki. As for their cousin Eman, the mommy chose to dress her up in Adara et Zara baju kurung :)

Malam second raya daddy dah tak sabar balik Kuala Terengganu. We spent two nights beraya di KT followed by Kuantan for another 2 nights. Sampai demam mommy bila sampai Shah Alam Ahad malam.

p/s: Seronok kumpul duit raya Fiona dah requests nak beli kasut princess in pink and purple. Mana nak cari yang betul-betul cantik? Haiya, macam-macam hal!

Raya Runway

2011-08-29T11:57:00.001+08:00

Membayangkan Fiona and Thalia berlari-lari in 5-inches heels memang menggerunkan! Tapi itulah "kerja" yang diorang suka buat; selongkar kasut mommy or auntie lepas tu sebok nak catwalk laju-laju. Semalam, I found a nice comel pair of kids maryjane yang ni kat Zara...

Sebab mommy yang geram dan tinggal dua pasang jer (saiz 21 & 23), I bought a pair of size 21 for Thalia. Sudahnya, she refused to wear them. Dok geleng-geleng kepala cakap "Nanak, nanak!". Arggghhh, tak kira. Raya ni Thalia kena pakai jugak!

p/s: Maybe sebab takde heels kot. Mengada!

What Shopping Raya Means To Mommy?

2011-08-23T17:11:00.003+08:00

Oleh kerana tahun ni mommy dah mula jadi "tauke" kids baju kurung, jadi senang dah tak perlu susah payah nak mencari baju raya lagi for the kids. Plus I already did some (or more) shopping sebelum ni, kaftans pemberian MIL dan BFF pun tak pernah tersentuh lagi, so I feel guilty bila nak "declare" another shopping session for baju or kasut raya. Lagi-lagi bila terkenang nasib orang lain yang lebih malang bila tak mampu langsung buat persiapan raya. Atas sebab itu juga mommy and my partner decided to donate RM2 for each baju kurung and baju melayu yang terjual kepada rumah kebajikan. Tak banyak, sikit pun jadilah...

Nothing for myself, but I'm more excited untuk "rayakan" rumah dengan living products yang telah terperam di dalam "mostly in green" wishlist. Inilah masanya untuk cuba realisasikan...

Penangguhan bertahun lamanya menghantar fabrik kepada tailor untuk upah jahit Klippan cover baru akhirnya selesai bila Ikea ada cover in green stripes terbaru! Priced at RM249, tak payah susah payah nak ukur berapa meter, nak beli fabrik lagi, nak upah jahit lagi. Dah habis cerita! And the list goes on...

I need all these to cheer up my home raya look; bohemia colored drinking glasses, green periuk for lauk-pauk rendang-mendang, chic container for raya cookies, cuddly cushions (Kas, British India and LifeShop's caught my heart), modern design of storage stool to place those bersepah toys, beautiful tray (i never have one before disebabkan asyik tak berkenan), makeover the vintage cupboard (this one might sounds too ambitious), 24pcs Pinti cutlery set in order to add on the only 12pcs cutlery in the kitchen. Kesian... macam rumah bujang. Green scanpan knife saja mengada nak potong buah in-style kononnya.

Last but not least, I really-really need two huge frames sized 70 x 100 untuk bingkaikan my Chat Noir and Picasso in Paris posters yang telah lama tergulung di dalam tumbler. Anak-anak, duduk diam-diam makan kuih raya. Mommy nak kemas rumah!

More Kids Baju Melayu For Your Lil Hero, Now In Premium Swiss Cotton!

2011-08-15T11:47:00.000+08:00

We have limited unit it in tangerine, apple green and turquoise for your hero aged 5-6 years!

Check out Fiona et Thalia now!

Dejavu

2011-08-11T12:26:00.001+08:00

Finally after 8 nights temankan Thalia tidur dalam ward. Rutin after sahur, Tok Mama datang to take over the "day shift", mommy, daddy & kakak Fiona balik rumah mandi-mandi, hantar kakak pergi school dan terus ke tempat kerja. Kalau sebelum ni fobia nampak nurse, meraung nampak nabulizer machine, tapi now dah independent pegang sendiri nabulizer mask tu.

Nak cerita lagi kisah "dalam bilik" setiap kali teman kids during warded. Mommy and daddy dua-dua akan tidur sekali jaga Fiona atau Thalia. Mommy akan tidur sekatil dengan lil miss sakit dan daddy akan tidur kat side mini bed. Itu kalau DEMC, tapi kalau kat TMC dulu, Fiona tidur dalam baby cot, mommy and daddy tidur sekatil kat sebelah. Kadang-kadang, terfikir jugak, orang lain ntah-ntah tidur jer kat kerusi pastu lentok kepala kat katil sebab tak berani nak baring sekatil dengan anak. Ker kitorang je parents yg selamba tak malu nak "jadi" pesakit jugak?

Apa yang dejavu? Mana taknya, Thalia baru je admitted end June hari tu, a week before our vacation at Hard Rock Penang. Rimas jugak when Ive been questioned "Kenapa asyik masuk ward jer?", Thalia ni cepat dapat flam yg teruk once kena batuk atau selsema. So she needs nabulizer to clear her lung frequently, about every 3-4hours. Takkan mommy and daddy nak ulang-alik bawak Thalia pegi amek nab for every 3 hours kot kan? Jadi sebab itulah Thalia sering dihospitalized.

Last end June...

Mommy tak putus berdoa supaya anak-anak mommy jauh dari sebarang penyakit bahaya. When the kids are not well, tak dinafikan memang memenatkan. Tapi ada orang lain lebih teruk nasibnya bila perlu uruskan anak kurang upaya sehingga dewasa.

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2011-07-25T18:34:00.000+08:00

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2011-07-23T14:54:00.001+08:00

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2011-07-23T11:06:00.001+08:00

by ADARA et ZARA

Made in Heaven

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Welcome To The Club!

2011-07-23T02:54:00.001+08:00

Bebeh Liyana

Darling Didie

...and Bestie Zana

Congratulation on your marriage(s)!

One Little Adara

2011-07-06T22:26:00.003+08:00

The kids' foster-sister's first birthday was amazingly happening! Fiona and Thalia "sampaikan" a bouquet of cute Hello Kitty(s) untuk Adara Naqeeyah. Okay, birthday girl kena masuk dalam dulu sebab ramai yg beratur nak camwhoring dengan Hello Kitty comel ni :)

Birthday cake yang menjadi bualan tetamu dari cake couturier, siapa lagi kalau bukan Kak Jun! "Air tangan" Kak Jun memang sentiasa menjadi, tak kira sama ada menggentel kek, mengarang novel... she's my idol and I would say she is part of my life too. Miss her lots!

Back to the story, Hello Kitty(s) were everywhere! Dari balloons, pinata, hinggalah ke cookies... and the mommy got the stuffs from places; States, Japan, Jakarta, Singapore. Mommy pun tolong "pening" sekali layan mommy Adara yang tak pernah penat prepare untuk birthday Adara sejak berbulan lalu okay! Mana tak excited, first birthday... Paling best bila ada bout 10 Hello Kitty laptop and diaper bags were giving out during lucky draw session. Auntie-auntie lah yang melompat-lompat!

How lucky this adorable Adara ni! Showing off her mini speedy. Pandai jer nak bengkokkan tangan macam tu! Anyways, happy birthday Adara! Muah muah!

Hot Mommy On Cosmo Cover!

2011-06-28T10:32:00.003+08:00

She's stunning in this mandarin draping dress! Pakaikanlah apa pun, mommy kepada Nessa ni tetap maintain cantik! Get your Cosmo July copy now kalau nak tahu kisah inspiring terbaru tentang ibu tunggal bernama Natasha Hudson yang cukup tabah ni.

Bukan itu je, bonus buat kita-kita, ada artikel hangat "Aksi Nakal Malam Seksi" dan "Relationship Secrets" :)

Miss Cosmo Miss Out!

Feeling Feeling Paris

2011-06-28T03:32:00.000+08:00

Sayang nak delete this blurry picture. Tergelak mommy sorang-sorang tengok si kakak mengangkut the Eiffel replica, lepas tu suruh si adik pose depan Eiffel Tower kononnya. Yang adik pun menggedik senyum bukan main lagi.

p/s: Fiona dah pandai complain, "Daddy selalu tinggal kakak kat rumah Tok Mama pegi Disneyland tak bawak kakak. Mommy selalu takde kat rumah." Okaylah sayang, next week kita pegi holiday okay! okay!! okay!!!

WW: Oh-My-C! Palette Disaster

2011-06-15T14:02:00.000+08:00

WW: Anna Who?

2011-06-15T13:59:00.000+08:00

When Junior Chef Malaysia Plays Angry Birds

2011-06-11T17:49:00.001+08:00

The weekend meant for the kids. Mana taknya we attended 3 birthday parties in a row and one of it was Adina's 5th birthday! The Junior Chef Malaysia theme was so dayum cool! The kids enjoy main masak-masak in Pakcik/Atok Kamali's studio siap berapron lagi.

 Thalia with the cute birthday girl, Adina. 

So, apa kene-mengena dengan Angry Birds pulak? Tada...  

According to her ibu, Adina sekarang tengah obses dengan Angry Birds. So do auntie! ;p Jadi we hadiahkan Adina a huge Angry Birds bag (boleh bawak pegi daycare) and a pair of Angry Birds indoor shoes.

Di sebabkan kepenatan, another 2 parties tak larat nak bercamwhoring.

Kids Performing Arts Programme

2011-05-27T17:24:00.000+08:00

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Come experience ACTING, DANCE and PERFORMANCE with some of Kuala Lumpur's most popular directors and choreographers like Christopher Ling, Mark Beau de Silva, Kimmy Kiew, Kelvin Wong, Qahar Aqilah, and Lex Lakshman in this 2 week fun filled programme!

Ages: 7 - 12 years old

Dates: May 30 - June 8 | Time: 10am - 12pm

Course fee: RM250 | Reg. fee: RM50

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Dates: May 30 - June 8| Time: 10am - 12pm

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Ages: 3 - 6 years old

Dates: May 30 - June 3 | Time: 10am - 12pm

Course fee: RM250 | Reg. fee: RM50

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Al-Fatihah...

2011-05-26T11:34:00.000+08:00

...Buat mangsa tanah runtuh Rumah Anak Yatim dan Anak Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa di Hulu Langat yang telah pergi ke Rahmatullah.

Her First Teacher's Day

2011-05-23T21:48:00.000+08:00

Mommy had so much fun preparing goodies for Fiona's school teachers. Sampai terlupa wish kat bekas cikgu sendiri ;p S

To her teachers, thank you for teaching my beloved daughter sampai dia tak jemu-jemu "mengajar" mommy pulak kat rumah. And to my favorite teachers, Cikgu Nita (we shared a lot of things includes she was the guarantor of my first car!), Teacher Arida (i still remember the moment kat tangga sekolah rendah when I asked her bout 'shall-grammar' thingy), Teacher Mahanum (pernah tido umah cikgu kengkonon nak study before UPSR), Cikgu Salmah (cikgu pantun yang sangat cool!), Ustazah Nuriham (tak pernah pandang serong to a free hair student like me), Ustazah Hayati (my fave ustazah yg comel), Cikgu Ros (pernah menyamar jadi anak dia sbb nak masuk pertandingan make over ibu dan anak kat Shah Alam Mall and we won!), you are the reason of my smiles whenever I remember my school days.

p/s: Surprisingly, I never miss my uni days.

Hair Drama

2011-05-19T13:19:00.000+08:00

Updated gossip pasal Fiona yang buat drama swasta menangis macam kanak-kanak kena dera bila dibawa ke salon. Setelah gagal beberapa hari sebelumnya di Hairkunst, mommy berjaya juga akhirnya membuatkan rambutnya dipotong! Just me alone, bawak dia pi Ikano. There's a Kwik Cut kat tunnel Ikano - The Curve ada tempat duduk car for the kids. RM13 sekali potong. Tengoklah tu, menangis macam nak kena potong telinga!

Mine Was 20 Years Ago!

2011-05-19T13:04:00.000+08:00

Terharu mommy masa Sports Day Fiona. Macam biasa nak emosi dalam hati, "OMG, today I'm attending my daughter's Sports Day!". Rasa macam baru jer melalui Hari Sukan kat sekolah sendiri. Mommy menari2 kat padang pakai cheong sam merah siap dengan kipas.

The event was held on last Sunny Sunday at the padang near by. Mommy rasa macam nak pengsan!

Fiona kalau depan mommy and daddy malu-malu kucing nak dancing-dancing sambil nyanyi lagu T Dees, oopss Q Dees lah! (Fiona suka betulkan sambil gelak bila mommy gurau-gurau sebut sekolah dia school T Dees). Bila tak nampak mommy and daddy, bukan main gelek lagi!

Daddy punyalah bangga team anak dia menang gold medal sukaneka! Cayalah Fiona!

Bukan main deco tents. Oh lupa, Fiona rumah hijau! My favourite color :)

Before we left, daddy and Fiona masuk acara "Father & Daughter". Sepatutnya diorang menang nombor dua, entah macam mana bila announce winners, cikgu tersalah mention nama untuk second and third winners. Dah kelam kabut confuse agaknya. Daddy tak puas hati tak dapat bawak balik hamper besar. Hahahaha. Leklah daddy!

p/s: Kelakar tengok daddy bagi spirit kat Fiona the night before her Sports Day. "Fiona mesti menang tau! Jangan buat malu daddy!"

WW: Two Little Dora?

2011-05-18T00:41:00.001+08:00

In Her Sister's Shoes

2011-05-14T03:09:00.001+08:00

Cuba teka siapa yang jalan laju sangat in more than 2 sizes bigger shoes? Thalia in her kakak's shoes! Bila tengok anak-anak membesar, I noticed that we have one interest in common. Sapatos! Shuz! Shoes! Kasut! Sepatu!

Fiona dulu, antara part kelakar kalau teringat balik masa kat kedai kasut. Mommy sibuk try, dia pun nak sarung jugak! Nampaknya Thalia pun dah inherited sama. Selamba sarung high heels mommy jalan terkedek-kedek satu rumah. Just like her sister, hari-hari dok mengadap shoe rack dan try kasut satu-satu.

Sekarang, kena update saiz baru untuk Fiona, and dah tentu Thalia "mewarisi" koleksi kasut ketat kakaknya. Still, I can't resist to get new pairs for Thalia. In addition, a perfect shoe rack would be the best gift ever! Wink wink...

WW: Color Block?

2011-05-11T12:33:00.001+08:00

Her Favourite Hairstylist

2011-05-09T12:46:00.003+08:00

Cuba tengok betul-betul, there are tears on her eyes. Her cheeky pose mendapat ais krim after mengamuk dalam salon sebab taknak potong rambut. Sampai mommy pun rasa nak mengamuk sama! Pujukan untuk kembali ke salon selepas mendapat her favourite scoops pun masih tak menjadi. Dia cakap perlahan-perlahan, "Biarlah Tok Mama yang potong!"... I wouldn't mine, boleh jimat $$. Tapi daddy dah serik dengan gaya "Abu Bakar Ellah" yang dipotong oleh Tok Mama.

We surrendered, biarkan jerlah rambut Fiona yang dah macam rambut anak tarzan sehingga menjelang Sports Day yang hanya tinggal beberapa hari saja lagi.

P/S: Drama terus berlaku bila Tok Mama potong jugak "ABE" bangs ketika ketiadaan mommy and daddy semalam. I was like speechless sambil tergelak dalam hati! Happy Mother's day mak! Because of you, I exist, and so do your grandchildren... ;p

Mini Me

2011-04-26T23:31:00.001+08:00

Mini Farief (Thalia) and Mini Mol (Baby Adara). I should have take their pic kat tempat yang terang sket so that the daddy's girls' nampak lebih jelas photocopy muka bapak-bapak.

Mommy Is Back!

2011-04-12T22:49:00.001+08:00

Not that mommy is lazy to update this blog, tapi terlampau sibuk dengan komitmen kerja yang sedia ada, Fiona et Thalia project dan yang terbaru, sibuk compile input for my very new travelog. Kembali bercerita pasal dua budak noti ni. Last month we were invited to Umaira's birthday party! Auntie Nida memang nak kena rotan sebab invite last minute! Nasib baik sempat lari beli hadiah dan nasib baik jugak we were free during that weekend.

Fiona with Umaira and Ulfa. Ooopsie, her Zara high waisted pants dah jadi mcm baggy pants pulak, and the shirt dah kecik sampai nampak pusat! Thalia pakai pun dah muat!

Tengoklah anak saya paling noti ni! Suka gigit kakak dengan mommy.

Kelakar pulak tengok aksi budak yang mulanya "pendiam" main game dengan Umar bambam!

p/s: Kak Nida, kuah rojak buah cicah mangga tu sangatlah sedap! Terliur pulak bila teringat.

Princess Pasta

2011-03-21T16:17:00.001+08:00

Tada... lunch for my demam princess for today. Iya, Fiona memanjang demam. On off, on off. There's something wrong with the tonsil so we decided to get advice from pakar ENT nak remove tonsil or biarkan ajer... Haishhh... Oh btw, inilah pasta that I bought in Disneyland. Menarik kan? Ada castle, carriage, disney princess, flower, princess stilettos.

Bought it at EUR1.95 per pack. Expiry date by 2013, so kalau sempat ingat nak simpan stock for their birthday in November. Tapi nampaknya Fiona asyik requests masak pasta ni jer drp pasta biasa. Apa-apa jer lah makcik kenit!

Back To Reality

2011-03-21T01:40:00.001+08:00

Kesian anak-anak mommy daddy lama kene tinggal. Before we left to "Paghi", Fiona dihantar ke Kuantan a week before untuk diletakkan di bawah jagaan Nanny, terpaksa ponteng sekolah for 2 weeks. Thalia pulak dengan Tok Mama kat Shah Alam. Disebabkan kerinduan yang teramat sangat walaupun jet lagged tahap gaban, we fetched Thalia on the next day after sampai KL, terus amek Fiona kat Kuantan.

About the trip, disebabkan sekarang mommy dah ada travel blog, so segala review akan mommy share kat situ. I'm still compiling all the pics from four different cameras. Antara story that I should highlight here mestilah kisah pertama kali mommy ke Euro Disneyland! Orang pertama kali masuk Disneyland memang overexcited compare to daddy yang dah dua kali ke Disneyland sama. I love the park itself, the rides, the parade, and the shops at Disney Village! Ada jual pasta princess lagi! Nantilah, bila Fiona and Thalia dah besar boleh jalan kaki sendiri so that mommy tak payah nak push stroller, kita pegi sana okay!

Je t'aime Paris Une Bonne, Une Bonne Journee!

2011-02-24T03:05:00.003+08:00

Oh, not bout my less-than-a-week-until-Paris trip. This is bout my the only Fiona who is now obsessed with Barbie Fashion Fairytale yang berlatar-belakangkan City Of Lights ini. Haih, beratus-ratus juta kali kot dok ulang tayang cd ni. Sampai semua dah hafal lagu seperti tajuk di atas. Meh sini mommy cerita sikit sinopsis Barbie Fashion Fairytale ni...

Si Barbie ni, kena pecat dengan director film sebab dok complain pasal peaz-zaz boys. Tweet that! Lepas tu ntah macam mana hangin pulak dengan Ken bila dapat call kononnya Ken nak break up. Setelah mendapat keyakinan drp dua BFF, Barbie dan poodlenya Sequin pun membawa hati lara pegi Paris jumpa aunt Milicent yang ada fashion boutique kat sana. Gedik kan? Sequin pun nak ikut! She found out from her assistant Alice that her aunt yang suka ber-parkour ni dah nak bankrupt dan nak jual butik dia kat tauke hotdogteria. Ni semua angkara Jacqueline dan pembantunya Delphine yang jahat curi idea si Milicent.

Dalam pada tu, Sequin jumpa boyfriend baru Jacques si anjing makciknya dan Jiliana, kucing makciknya yang kerek, "Huh, just Jiliana? Huh!". Kat Milicent ni ada almari ajaib, tempat persembunyian Flairies yang bernama Shine, Shimmer and Glimmer. Flairies bertiga ni boleh bikin ajaib, kasi lawa baju yang dah sedia cantik bagi lip lap lip lap gitu. So, dengan sentuhan pakar, banyaklah orang lalu lalang yang berkenan dengan baju yang di window display pada mannequin. Dari situ si Barbie dan Alice senyap-senyap cari duit dan buat plan untuk selamatkan business aunt Milicent. Tapi rahsia Flairies akhirnya diketahui oleh Jacqueline dan Delphine, so diorang merancang untuk culik Flairies. Pastu Jacqueline cakap, "Kita bakor jer!" sambil menghayun-hayun tangan. Ish, tak larat pulak nak bercerita sampai dah merepek ke cerita lain plak! Teruja? Silalah tonton sendiri ya ibu-ibu dan anak-anak sekalian. Baru I ada gang nak nyanyi "Je t'aime Paris une bonne, une bonne journee!" Hehehe...

Fiona sampai mengigau-ngigau sebut "glimmer, glimmer, glimmer!"...

p/s: Proud of her, she just finished her first book at school. Impress sekejap bila dia dah lancar membaca buku pertama. Rasa macam nak splurge her on a Barbie doll, tapi bila amek je mesti letak balik sebab sayang, mesti Fiona nak keluarkan Barbie dari box yang cantik tu. Pastu kaki ke mana, tangan ke mana. Mommy plak yang geram!

Proud 26

2011-02-13T00:11:00.000+08:00

Rasanya macam baru je celebrate birthday yang ke-25. Sedar tak sedar, 2 Februari lalu mommy dah 26!!! Saya dah besar, dah ada dua anak! Ya, memang masih rasa macam mimpi lagi. Bila dodoi Thalia, tersenyum sorang-sorang, agaknya macam nilah dulu mak dodoi aku. Bila tengok video Fiona kecik2 dan tengok dia depan mata at the same time, Fiona macam terlalu cepat membesar. Dah bijak bercakap, dah faham banyak benda. Thalia pulak dah berlari, tapi still tak pandai cakap besides her simple words "ah, ma, dididi" compare to her 10 days older cousin. But its okay darling, take ur time. Don't grow up too fast sebab mommy pulak rasa tua ;p

Celebrate with "Hu Hu Ha Ha Birthday Song" and That Chocolate Thing at Bubba Gump as the not-so-official bday cake. Save the official "special" cake for the ultimate celebration with BFF Maisara about a month after the birthdates (birthday kitorang sebelah-sebelah. Her on 1st).

Thank you daddy for the dinner treat! Next month is your turn. Mommy belanja makan ketam puas-puas pun best gak kan?

p/s: First time makan kat Bubba Gump. Selama ni lalu-lalang je sebab selalu penuh orang.

Panic Button

2011-02-11T21:34:00.001+08:00

Bila anak jatuh sakit, I'm gonna be the most gelabah mommy on earth. Apa taknya, dah pernah jadi depan mata sendiri Fiona fit dalam kereta due to high temperature when she was 2. Last CNY week, I was hoping to just stay at home bila si kecik Thalia dan kakak Fiona dah mula batuk-batuk. Tapi memandangkan daddy already made plan to Kuantan, so we headed there. Not only there (Kuantan) when we were also went to Gambang Resort. I don't have much words to say when Fiona down with high fever in the crowded park. But I did share in my travelog.

Dan sempat jugak we had steamboat dinner with their Tok Ki at De Rhu Beach Resort and joined the cake cutting session on the sister's birthday at her new house in Bukit Istana before we left.

p/s: Alhamdulliah Fiona recovered from her 40degree fever after her third antibiotic from PPUM.

Mommy The Travelistah

2011-01-27T03:18:00.001+08:00

Kalau nak tahu kisah kaki jalan si mommy of Fiona et Thalia ni, you are welcome to follow my very own travel blog www.travelistah.blogspot.com. Dah lebih 10 entry, baru berani nak introduce, kalau tak malu ;p

Kat sini bukan hanya cerita bercuti ke destinasi tertentu, tapi ada banyak travel tips, travel in style yang akan dikongsi dari semasa ke semasa. To appreciate the followers, Insyallah there will be giveaways probably souvinier from my visit to lucky followers. Thank you in advance for your support :)

The Big Hair Little Girl At Ward 423

2011-01-18T10:42:00.002+08:00

Cuba teka siapa ni? Thalia lah! Budak tak reti duduk diam, nasib baik admitted for 3d2n jer lepas mommy request kat Paed nak balik on the 3rd day. Alhamdulillah, Thalia dah getting okay lepas semput, nafas berbunyi sebab batuk. She admitted on last Thursday, discharged semalam. She still needs nabulizer until Monday, so we rent a nabulizer machine at RM30 per day. Bawak balik enam jenis ubat, Mucoflyx, Zyrtec, Atarax, Ventolin, Singular and Prednisolone. What? Prednisolone? I just found out, a friend of mine Kimmy the Mrs Meet Uncle Hussain is suffering asthma yang teruk, and she said that the Prednisolone boleh rosakkan kidney in long term sebab steroid! WTH? And that is what she's going thru now. I immediately put the "poison" aside.

All the pics above taken using Lomo Lomo app in iPhone. Seronok pulak main snap-snap :)
Ok sekarang gosok mata for the brighter pics:

Appearance of Dr Bunny on every Saturday cheer up the poor lil kids at Mutiara Ward, DEMC. Siap dapat goodie bag lagi!

The brand new DEMC Paediatric Ward is as impressive as Tropicana Medical Centre. Cheerful walls, playroom, reading room and even better when we can watch a few channels on TV for free instead of paying 10 bucks for only a few hours on HaHa TV. Cis, semua benda nak kena bayar nowadays.

p/s: Mommy kene bebel ngan Tok Mama & Dr Roliza sebab missed 6 month jab. Made an appointment on this 31st for 2 jabs lagi. Am I a bad mom? :(

Strong, Smart and Stay Healthy

2011-01-13T13:21:00.003+08:00

That's what I always need to be as a mom. Thalia is now admitted again. She needs nabulizer for every two hours. Di saat-saat macam ni lah medical card sangat membantu. Bayangkan bagaimana kalau anak-anak sakit, need to be admitted, pastu nasib tak baik takde $$$$.$$ dalam poket? Alternatifnya mestilah GH kan? Tapi bayangkan keadaan GH yang terpaksa menunggu berjam-jam lamanya, itu pun ntah berapa kali keluar masuk jumpa doctor yang berlainan. Kalau kita, orang besar mungkin takpe lagi. But how bout kids?

Memang betul orang cakap, belum kena batang hidung sendiri. Kalau hospital bill melambung lebih kurang/lebih mahal daripada bil bersalin macam mana rasanya? We experienced that once masa Fiona mula-mula admitted dulu sebab demam panas. Lepas tu, barulah daddy kelam kabut terus cari medical card for the whole family. Thalia lahir jer daddy terus zas zus zas filling up the medical insurance form. Setiap kali Fiona or Thalia admitted lepas tu, medical card je lah yang "bayarkan" bil. Yes, of course we need to pay apa2 charges yg exceed dlm coverage. Tapi a few hundreds are more than okay than thousands kan? It's up to you, pilihlah insurans with good reputation. Like us/my husband, we don't really like to commit nak bayar bulan-bulan. We prefer bayar one time for a year. For the kids around RM200++ per year, and our age (25) around RM400++ per year. And that is why we are comfortable with Takaful Ikhlas instead of Pru (sorry Kak Hazel). Tapi as I said, masing2 punya pendapat/keperluan.

p/s: Pernah sekali, daddy just need to top up bout 20 bucks. Senyum daddy bayar bil ;p

The Kids's Beloved Auntie Is On Telly!

2011-01-11T21:32:00.001+08:00

Check out Imelda Ahmad on Gadis Semasa Sunsilk, every Tuesday at 6.00pm :)

Little Miss Snapper

2011-01-07T01:33:00.000+08:00

Since Fiona is now staying with us, asyik kene "haip!" jer dengan Fiona bila mommy acah-acah manja ngan daddy. She'll hug me right after that and say, "Ini kakak punya" to his dad. The good thing when she's also joined our anniversary dinner date bila Fiona dah boleh diharap jadi mini photographer!

Tengok ni:

Not bad... Mommy enter frame lebih sbb Fiona sayang mommy lebih kan? kan? kan? Ada banyak aksi suap menyuap seperti selalunya dah jemu untuk dilihat so I won't upload 'em here.

We had late dinner at Warisan Cafe, The Royale Chulan and the bread butter pudding sangatlahhhhh "berdosa" untuk mommy yang sedang half strict diet ni :(

p/s: Jangan tertipu dengan food yang banyak on her plate. She only ratah the skewer and "seciput" amount of live pasta.

Almost a Week

2011-01-06T10:20:00.002+08:00

On the first day, ingatkan Fiona yang akan culture shock with the new environment kat pre-school. Rupa-rupanya jangkaan sama sekali meleset. She's cool tapi mommy pulak sebak bila nak tinggalkan Fiona dengan kawan-kawan barunya. So untuk semester pertama, Fiona berada dalam kelas En-Beethoven. Bukan Encik Beethoven yg macam daddy Fiona sebut ya. Macam biasa, bila balik mommy and daddy wajib tanya, "Makan apa?", "Belajar Apa?", "Nama Kawan Siapa?", "Nama Cikgu Apa?", well lain yang mommy tanya, lain yang dia jawab. I think we shouldn't ask too much nanti dia bosan pulak hari-hari tanya benda sama. On her second day, masa balik rumah dia sibuk tengok jam dan teka pukul berapa. Hmmm, mesti baru belajar agaknya! It's okay Fiona, take your time, enjoy your childhood!

p/s: Today, mommy and daddy's 4th Anniversary! Thanks daddy for the gorgeous trench coat :)

Twenty Eleven

2011-01-02T13:03:00.002+08:00

Second day in 2011! I'm gonna miss 2010 sooooo much. There were a lot of sweet things happened last year. Here we go again, Januari datang lagi. The "love marked" date is the most memorable date to mommy and daddy. Bukan hari jadi, bukan hari gaji, tapi hari daddy lafazkan akad untuk jadikan mommy sebagai ibu kepada anak-anak comelnya hari ini. Bila teringat masa daddy pandang mommy kat belakang lepas sekali lafaz sah, mesti mommy tersenyum. Poyo betul muka daddy masa tu, banggalah tu sekali lafaz je! Dah empat tahun berlalu...

New resolution as a mom and wife? Satu jer, bangun lebih awal pagi like 5.00am every morning instead of 7.30am ;p

Happy new year everyone!

p/s: 5 pagi pertama adalah esok!

Fiona Goes To School

2010-12-31T14:38:00.003+08:00

Yeay! Fiona is going to start her very first semester at school this Monday Jan 3rd! Bukan senang mommy and daddy nak decide hantar si kecik ni ke sekolah mana tau! Banyak benda nak diambil kira especially bab location. Daddy wanted to enrol Fiona at an Islamic Montessori Preschool mulanya, but after he found out there is no Mandarin class (requirement utk masukkan Fiona kat chinese primary school nanti), mommy pening balik nak cari preschool yang okay. Rupanya, ada satu yang sangat dekat dengan rumah! Ada Mandarin and Agama class lagi :)

She'll join the 4 year old class sebab kalau ikut tahun, she turns 4 in 2011. Masa mommy tgh sibuk filling up the form, Fiona dah jumpa a few of her classmates nanti. Ada one girl sorang tu friendly gila, dia cakap kat daddy Fiona, "Uncle ni cantiklah!". Hahahahaha... kembang kejap daddy, ayat "cantik" plak tu kan. Cantik ker? ;p

School preparation, takde apa sangat actually. Once registered, dapat macam-macam dah; school bag, books, stationeries, uniforms yada yada yada... Tapi sebab nak bagi "semangat", we bought her Barbie school bag. Fiona dah lama mintak nak school bag Barbie yang boleh tarik-tarik katanya. Dah musim "back to school" ni tetiba pegi merata-rata habis licin Barbie bag small size! Kebetulan terjumpa kat U Parkson last Tuesday. Maybe they just restock sbb macam banyak pulak choice. Kids nowadays are damn lucky, macam-macam benda best ada kat market sekarang sampai buatkan mommy pun excited to get 'em for the kids. I bet mommy-mommy lain pun sama kan? Mengaku cepat!

Ini bermakna, Fiona dah tak lagi Tok Mama jaga, tinggal Thalia sorang je lah yang boleh "membuli" Tok Mama, Tok Papa, auntie Diana and auntie Melda kat sana. Bermakna juga, they both will be missing each other sebab dapat jumpa during weekends je :(

Fiona sayang, mommy and daddy are trying to give our best for you. We believe that you will make us proud someday. I don't expect her to be the smartest kid in the world or even in school. Cukuplah sekadar menjadi orang yang berguna, berjaya dan sentiasa sayang keluarga, especially mommy tau! tau! tau! I love you Fiona :)

p/s: Pejam celik, pejam celik, Fiona dah sekolah, Thalia dah laju berjalan!

Why Mommy Hearts Christmas So Much?

2010-12-27T16:20:00.001+08:00

Walaupun tak celebrate Hari Natal, tapi musim perayaan inilah paling dinantikan. Kenapa? Sebab utama, every xmas season mommy will always get a lotttt of presents, yes a lottt! Smile to my new fragrances, another Havaianas flip flops (now I have more than enough) etc etc... paling best when I received Metrojaya cash vouchers worth hundreds. Priority mestilah untuk Fiona and Thalia. I ve redeemed berpasang-pasang kids pyjamas from Reject Shop. Yes, the Metrojaya voucher can be use at any Metrojaya and the sister company (Reject Shop, Living Quarters, East India, Somerset Bay). I chose to spend at Reject Shop sebab current baju kat Metrojaya kids department tak best and I need to update my both darlings's pyjamas sebab banyak yang dah kecik dan senteng.

Another great reason is year end sale lah! Lagi bonus when mommy and BFF (Maisara, Diot, Lin and Tuan) were at Orchard Road on 26th for the post holiday sale :)

For the "Boxing Day at Singapore" trip, I didn't buy much for myself since dah tershopping sakan kat "Ke-El", like seriously i just grabbed two pants, one winter hat, that's it. Lagipun kena "puasa" to splurge for Paris-Amsterdam trip in early March. Yang lain2 semua untuk Fiona for her school preparation. Termasuklah berus gigi Barbie yang mommy cari tak jumpa-jumpa kat sini, tapi terjumpa di Watson ION Orchard. Aah, Fiona nak shekolah dah :)

p/s: Beg sekolah Barbie small size yang mcm trolley tu everywhere sold out. Mana nak cari ni?

"It" Selipar Jepun

2010-12-10T23:31:00.001+08:00

I just bought myself and hubby pairs of Havaianas Brazilian flip flops during my visit in Bali recently. Both similar - pink thongs, black and white retro soles. And after a while, I got another silver pair from the brand new boutique "H-The All Havaianas Store" here in Pavilion! Forget about mine, let's take a look at the babies and kids range! Cute sangat! Priced at RM59.90 onwards for kids and babies range. Kenapa mahal sangat? These candy pairs are made from special rubber, bukan macam selipar Jepun biasa yang lama-lama akan haus "tenggelam" especially at the heel part. Pendek kata, tahan lama. The thong material pun sangat best dan tak melecet so you don't need to literally bite your sandals before you wear them. Kepercayaan karut yang dipraktik ramai. Tak percaya best? Cubalah sarung sendiri...

P/S: Christian Louboutin once said, "Woman needs at least three: one high heel, skin-colored sandal, so that it is invisible and there is the impression she is naked; one pair of flat shoes, which can be warm in several moments; and a pair of Havaianas."

The Next Face of Baby Gap Should Be This Girl!

2010-12-05T03:23:00.003+08:00

Let's vote for this cute little darling Puteri Darnisya, Malaysia :)

P/S: Fiona is away at Kuantan, tak sempat nak join. Should I bring Thalia then?

The Real Peter Pan

2010-12-05T03:05:00.002+08:00

Yes, I'm talking about the real Peter Pan, bukan Peter Porn oopss... Pan dari seberang yer. We brought Fiona to watch Peter Pan The Musical Gala Premire Show at the Amphitheater, Sunway Lagoon last 26th Nov. Malangnya, disebabkan ramai gila orang dan keadaan yang agak panas ditambah pula the show was only starts one hour late (sepatutnya pukul 8pm), Fiona dah mula gelisah ke sana sini. Mommy nak focus pun tak boleh when she's more attracted dengan si penjual aiskrim. Yes, he shouldn't selling ice creams when the show is playing donk! So, we angkat punggung and chow earlier, followed by other parents. Frust betul! Among the parts yang sempat ditonton:

P/S: Berjaya jugak mommy and daddy tengok movie Rapunzel sampai habis walaupun Fiona dah mula turun naik tangga!

The November Princesses

2010-12-03T19:23:00.006+08:00

The much awaited month has come. It's my princesses birthday month! For the 1st time, they celebrated their birthday ceremony together! On last 9th, we had a small cake cutting session for Thalia. Tunggu hari kakak Fiona on 29th for bigger cake for them to cut. As requested by si kakak, nah daddy got you a princesses cake. Terima kasihlah kepada my fave baker Mira sebab sudi tanpa rela ambil tempahan 24hours before walaupun ada dua wedding cake yang menunggu utk disiapkan. Cayalah Mira! Hehehe, mommy Fiona memang selalu suka buat kerja last minute (sbb tunggu daddy lah decide!). I ordered a yummy red velvet cake, tapi apa-apa hal pun my BFF Tasha's red velvet is the best so far! I'm so gonna order one more before she leaves to NYC.

Still, it wasn't a big bday celebration, tapi dimeriahkan oleh Kuantan clan yang turun "Kay-el" sebab nak sambut Nanny balik haji. Jadi all of us celebrate kat Tok Ki's place. Lagi surprise, tada...

Another princesses cake baked by Tok Ki! Iya, Tok Ki budak-budak ni yang buat vanilla cake yang sedap pulak tu. Fyi, Tok Ki currently tgh obses buat cakes, buns, mini pizzas. Hobi semasanya attend baking classes and he's always like "a rose among the thorns" konon! Hahaha... Tapi apa-apa hal pun almost semua air tangan Tok Ki menjadi. Cake decoration, bolehlah baca. ;p

Nah, this is the "last minute cake" looks like. Fiona was the most happiest girl on that day bila dapat cake idaman. Travelled all the way from PJ to Bangi dengan cake yang tinggi.

Next, we had dinner and the "main" cake cutting session at Village View, Bangi.

Thank yous to all makciks, pakciks, atuk dan nenek sekalian for the presents and ang pows. As expected, Fiona and Thalia got a lot of princesses/Barbie thingy. Terselit satu baby doll yang daddy taknak belikan ;p

...and not to forget, thanks to Auntie Nida's clan for cute flowery shirts. Tengok budak-budak tu, saja nak try pakaikan, langsung taknak bukak pulak!

p/s: December rehat, January-June birthdays of the family members in a row!

Eyeing On iiamo (Pre order is now open!)

2010-11-25T13:25:00.001+08:00

Very impressive! Bukan hanya kerana baby milk bottle yang stylish ini direka khas oleh the most famous industrial designer Karim Rashid, but the technology of this iiamo Go Self Heating yang sangat berguna ketika emergency dengan hanya 4 minit sangat mengujakan!

Already grabbed it for my kids and going to open booking soon to anyone who is interested to own the most stylish baby milk bottle by iiamo. For more info, log on to Fiona et Thalia baby blogshop: www.fionathalia.blogspot.com.

She Misses Elmo

2010-11-25T12:38:00.001+08:00

Her abandoned Elmo Live with a macaron inside the mouth - ini semua keje Fiona Zara! I think she misses Elmo lepas beralih kepada Dora dan Barerbie (that is how she pronounce Barbie). Last weekend, tiba-tiba Fiona "hadap" balik Elmo. Dia dukung Elmo dan dodoi sambil nyanyi "La.. ila... haillallah...". Cewah mcm nak tidurkan baby lah pulak! Dan lepas tu, she force-fed Elmo dengan lebihan Laduree macarons yang sedap. Nak "tercekik" Elmo dibuatnya! Hahahaha...

I'm Giving Away Four Ocean Park Hong Kong Tix

2010-11-19T18:54:00.001+08:00

Oleh kerana expiry date dah nak dekat (valid until 31 Dec 2010) and we are not going to Hong Kong before that, I decided to giveaway all four tickets worth RM400++. But I'm going to split by pair to 2 lucky persons yang akan ke Hong Kong dan interested ke Ocean Park HK. If you are keen, check out my baby blog shop for more details. First come first serve basis and absolutely FREE!

Erra Art Club

2010-11-19T15:59:00.002+08:00

Wah Erra Fazira dah bukak art club lah! Parents, let's sign your kids up at www.era-artclub.com to join many interesting activities, contests and programmes with kakak Erra and Staedtler.

Nak tengok how the 375-year-old "Mr Friedrich Staedtler" makes the pencils? Let's watch the video taken by me below...

...and of course, I got one for myself too! Danke Mr Staedtler!

Berkorban Apa Saja

2010-11-18T18:04:00.001+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Haji! Hari pengorbanan ke jalan Allah yang wajib diraikan! Generally, being mommy and daddy, pengorbanan untuk anak memang tak ternilai. Harta, masa, tenaga. Layan karenah anak, jaga anak bila sakit, berjaga malam bila anak taknak tidur-tidur (mcm Fiona once pukul 5 pagi baru tidur layan CN), cari nafkah for the expenses on their need yada yada yada. I'm not complaining, I'm actually proud of myself and hubby. Tak sangka both of us berjaya (bolehlah dikira berjaya) melalui semua ni setakat ni. Cayalah daddy! ...and to budak bertuah Fiona and Thalia, sila baca kisah nakal benar both of you!

Kisah naughty Fiona yang mommy ingat setakat ni:

1. abis abis abis games dlm iPhone mommy. Penat-penat mommy main sampai level 34, Fiona pegi balik kat "new game" and this is not the first time!

2. suka tukar phone wallpaper mommy dengan gambar kucing. iPhone daddy plak dia pernah snap pic sendiri pastu set as wallpaper. Daddy realised bila dah bangun keesokan paginya.

3. Bila lepas mandi je nak make up, lipstick eye shadow segala! Pernah senyap2 main make up kit mommy. Eyeshadow pallette bercampur warna, lipstick tumpul! Tapi dengan bangga dan rasa tak takutnya panggil "Mommy, princess!". Lagi satu, lipstick color pale pink taknak, nak yang merah mak ngah jer or she'll complain, "Tak nampak pun!". Geram betul budak ni! Fyi, I don't like to see kids berjalan with make up on. Tapi nampaknya anak saya telah melakukannya! Kalau padam Fiona menjerit!

4. Bila pegi mana-mana, main ambik je barang letak kat cashier counter and she'll ask seringgit from me. Haiya! Seringgit bayar parking pun tak lepas sayang, and why should I buy baby shoes? Alasannya, untuk baby Thalia. Bagus, ingat adik. Hahaha...

5. Bila lalu toll plaza, dialah sibuk nak bayar and babai kakak toll. Bayangkan bila dia pun nak tap touch n go pass. Huru-hara kejap.

6. Bising nak naik horse, bila dah bawak dekat takut pulak. Tapi bila nak bawak lari from the horse merengek nak naik horse. Haish pening mommy ngan daddy!

7. Dalam kereta tak bagi daddy pasang radio or cd, nak kene layan Dora jugak buat kesejuta kali. Sampai mommy pun dah hafal!

8. Kalau Fiona kat rumah 24/7 mesti cartoon channels. Yes, 24/7! Memanglah nak kene order 2nd decorder. Takpun tunggu dia tidur baru boleh mommy tukar channel. Sigh...

9. Suka main interview-interview dgn mommy dalam bahasa alien. "Woshughezeysaidhkam fetei chocolatey daskiurhegi". Yang penting word "chocolatey" tu wajib ada.

10. Berjoget bukan main, tapi tak bagi orang tengok. So bayangkan menari dengan lutut terbukak tutup the crotch ke depan belakang and mata lirik kat mommy and daddy to make sure kitorang tak tengok.

...dan banyak lagi.

Si cenonet in Balinese kebaya ni pulak, taknak kalah naughty...

1. Kalau kat rumah, mommy kene bertempek kat sebelah 24/7. Nak pergi dapur pun tak boleh!!! Walaupun daddy ada. Menjerit je lah kerja budak ni.

2. Tengok tu nak cuba pakai boots kakak Fiona. Dah mula pandai berebut barang dengan kakak, while the kakak pun tak nak mengalah.

3. Sama dengan Fiona, pukul 1 pagi boleh main playhouse sama-sama.

4. Makan makan makan. Nasib baik tak terlebih sihat. Jangan haraplah mommy or daddy dapat makan dengan tenang depan Thalia.She'll come closer macam kucing kelaparan.

and that is all I can recall for now. Thalia punya kisah naughty sikit tak bermakna she less naughty than her sister. Both are same, and as you both know no matter what, I love both of you so much!

p/s: praying for their nanny's health in Mekah. Can't wait for her return as she bought a lot of nice stuffs (carpet lah, jubah cantiklah) ;p

Gifted Weekend

2010-11-15T14:52:00.001+08:00

Thanks to Lord for the "funfilled" weekend and thanks to my BFF Ungku Net for the All Park passes as the birthday gifts for my both princesses. For the first time, four of us naik ke Genting yesterday walaupun jarum jam telah menunjukkan jam 1.00pm. Nak tak nak pergi jugak sebab this week mommy tak available di hari Sabtu for a happening awards event. Bila dah balik lambat, takde maknanya hari Ahad tak tidur sampai petang kan? Maka redeemed sudah 3 passes walaupun it was raining, sempat naik a few rides outdoor dan indoor. Fiona and Thalia impressed gila tgk rides and lights as expected. Me myself avoiding Genting all this while sebab every year pasti "berkampung" di sana for a few days for work. "Bau" carpet conference room Genting yang kurang menyenangkan masa tgh preggy Thalia masih terngiang-ngiang. Ya, begitulah penangan mabuk pregnancy masih melekat walaupun dah bersalin a year ago! Lain orang , lain gaya okay!

No more free for kids below 3 years. Above 90cm je, kene charge. Atau mungkin saya yang ketinggalan zaman. The fees for All Park are RM59 for adult and RM41 for kids. But us, absolutely free lah!

Outdoor rides yang sempat dinaiki dalam hujan rintik-rintik, lepas tu rides semua ditutup bila bertambah lebat. Sayangkan?

Terpaksalah kami "berteduh" di Merrybrown. And that cute animal hats cost RM30 bucks each kalau tak silap. Daddy cuba pakaikan kat Fiona, tapi dia pulak taknak. Hmmm... bagus!

Dalam pada hujan yang mencurah-curah, mommy sempat lari kejap (dan dikejar Fiona) ke Beryl's chocolatey shop. Beryl's is my favourite Malaysia chocolate product (tapi cocoa beans dari Ghana). Tak percaya, cuba layan gigit (bukan hisap), sedappp!!!

Indoor pulak sempat naik gondola jer sebab Fiona dah "pengsan"! Mommy cuba bangunkan dia tapi dia surrender cakap "taknak, taknak" sambil bg isyarat tangan. Kesian Fiona, tak sempat naik car kat sini:

We spent about 6 hours jer kat atas ni. Takpelah, Genting pun dekat jer.

Rewind hari yang sebelumnya, we attended my friend's wedding; Nunu and Hakim. Ucapan cliche "Welcome to the club and jom lumba anak siapa paling ramai!". Iyalah sangat nak berlumba kan?

P/S: Recycle baju raya.

Kids Pop Art

2010-11-12T02:03:00.000+08:00

Hola mommies, fancy to have a "mini gallery" for your little one? Then this is the right time for you to "splash" some colorful fine arts on your kids bedroom or corner wall. I brought back 3 sets of cute animal paintings by Balinese young artist all the way from Ubud, yes Bali! Sole and only and they are limited! Visit my virtual gallery at Fiona et Thalia baby blog shop now!

Thalia Turns One!

2010-11-10T12:32:00.001+08:00

Time flies, time really flies. My one year old Thalia Zara is not a baby anymore. Ini petanda mommy semakin tua. Oh, tidak! Hehehe... Anyways, we had a small cake cutting session last night November 9th with the family members kecuali auntie Melda yang tak abes2 shooting, since me and hubby are planning either to throw birthday party for both Thalia and Fiona (they are both November babies) or we just take them somewhere they might enjoy themselves. Dah lama tak update milestone si cenonet ni. Dua batang gigi atas tengah dan sebatang bawah belah kiri baru tumbuh. She can now balance her body and walk selangkah dua. She loves to smile and laugh out loud. Kalau mommy voice call, dia mesti nak tgk kat phone screen sbb dia ingat its a video call and she'll kiss the phone bila dengar suara mommy. Alalalala... sian anak mommy selalu kena tinggal. Tapi mommy bukan Wilhelmina dalam Betty Ugly yang abaikan anak dia tau! Mommy selalu bawak jalan-jalan apa!

I ordered a simply superb delicious red velvet cake from my BFF Tasha. Bak kata my friends, mmg "orgasmic" habis! Nanti mommy beli cake kartun-kartun untuk Thalia ok! Fiona pulak dah request Barbie cake siap-siap. But Fiona, you already got your Barbie cake on your first birthday lah! Bosan betul lah minah ni, sikit-sikit Barbie :(

p/s: I hate my camera! Blur memanjang!

Rocking For Charity

2010-11-09T13:06:00.001+08:00

Berhibur dua jam bersama Zainal Abidin, Sheila Majid dan Amy Search di Hard Rock Hotel Penang dengan bayaran RM50 dan 80% dari jualan tiket disalurkan kepada badan kebajikan "Friends of Kapar" yang membantu kanak-kanak miskin dan underprivileged, gila best kan? Jadi sesiapa yang memang atau akan berada di Penang on 23rd November, walaupun hari itu ialah hari Selasa, hiburkan hati sambil membantu di Hall of Fame, bermula jam 8.30 malam. Book your tickets now by calling 04-881 1711 or email info.penang@hardrockhotels.net.

Kids Buzzar

2010-11-01T07:13:00.002+08:00

Spooky Surprise!!!

2010-10-25T14:47:00.005+08:00

She's just turned 19 (baru...) last October 23rd. Well, I'm talking about Fiona and Thalia's fave auntie, my second baby sister, Imelda Ahmad. Macam biasalah, the boyfriend Mech kene subahat bawak dia jalan-jalan while we were preparing the Halloween feel partay, this year at home.

Daddy, as our official "jangan naked!" Chef. Semalaman marinade ayam with three different flavors. Semangat!!!

...dan surprise!!! BUT, it wasn't surprise her actually after she confessed she already found out our plan thru my sister Diana's fb inbox yang tak logout in her BB! Dumbo Diana!!!! Ada sikitlah surprise sebab adanya mereka-mereka ini:

Her school and college besties :)

The complete us :) Tok Papa, Uncle Mech, Daddy, Mommy, Baby Thalia, Auntie Melda, Uncle Aus in his Batman mask, Auntie Diana, Tok Mama, Ayah Long Amir, Baby Eman, Auntie Eija. Eh mana Fiona???

The sisters and Fiona. She insists nak jadi princess. Tak sangka her old dress that she wore on her 1s birthday muat lagi!

There she goes! Crown and Batman mask at the same time. Berebut dengan auntie Diana yang taknak kalah.

Thalia the bee and Eman the devil. Better be scared!

Ia berlarutan hingga ke malam, siap ada insiden ayam terbakar! I almost sembur the whole chicken dengan air paip! Nasib baik the firemen above bertindak pantas!

Ten Ten Ten

2010-10-19T13:32:00.006+08:00

The day to remember. Not so much on important events tapi pada 10.10.10 Fiona for the first time poo poo on the toilet bowl with my assistance. Yes, Fiona is still wearing diapers. Mana ada masa nak potty train! Tak salahkan? Lagi satu, dia dah jatuhkan her Mickey Crocs sebelah dalam longkang yang besar masa tgh ikut daddy pegi Section 2. Terus call Mommy. Saja asked her, "Kenapa kakak tak amek balik shoe kakak?", she replied, "Nanti kakak masuklah dalam!!!".

p/s: Look! She was hugging the Barbie pyjamas tightly! When she fall asleep, mommy letak balik sebab tak cantekk!!! ;p

Loving Barbie Without Having One

2010-10-17T10:01:00.006+08:00

Another thing buat mommy rasa anak dara sulung makin membesar when the big girl Fiona is now demanding for Barbie stuffs! Oh, she in love with Barbie so much ever since Tok Papa bought her Barbie DVD (yg "terlayan" oleh daddy dan uncle sekali). We forced by her to buy Barbie watches, accessorize (bila call mommy jer dia cakap "Nak gelang Barbie, nak cincin Barbie"), stationery sets, yada yada yada. Sampaikan everything nak mommy replace dengan Barbie. Dah tak pandang her syebob (sponge bob) tooth brush. Mommy tak jumpa pulak Barbie tooth brush. Baju Barbie pun nak jugak, Mommy try usha but as usual the designs look skanky to me. Rambu ramba, bling2 OTT tak kena tempat. Ish, letak balik. I wanted to buy her ice cream, she refused! Dia nak Barbie ice cream sampaikan penjual tu tanya, kat mana dia jumpa Barbie ice cream? LOL! Memanglah tak ada! What bout the Barbie doll itself? Kelakar betul bila daddy berjaya pujuk Fiona to not have the expensive doll. Fiona "termakan" pujukan daddy yang cakap Barbie doll tu akan bangun malam-malam jadi monster! Terus Fiona letak balik! Hahahahaha...

He has his own "religious" reason, and I also have mine. Satu, once dah terbeli, nanti mommy sekali terlibat gian nak tambah collection Barbie Fiona. Dua, we don't even have any space to place the Barbies! Wardrobe Fiona pun dah nak "termuntah" kena cari perumah yang lebih besar. Muat ke? Tiga, Barbie is expensive. Adakah Fiona tidak akan keluarkan Barbie doll out from the box dan mommy mungkin tak akan terpijak kaki, kepala, baju Barbie yg terpisah dari badannya? Oh, tidak! Membazir sebab knowing me, kalau terjumpa apa-apa toys yg dah "cacat", I'll definitely throw it into the dustbin. Empat, nanti dah besar jadi macam kawan Mommy ni ha! Imagining, she'll call me from overseas asking for permission to use her credit card to buy the expensive special edition Barbie doll for her birthday! Akibatnya, tada... read from my previous entry "In Her Barbie World"

p/s: Replaced her Barbie doll request with a new crib. She goes, "Wow!!! Mommy beli ya?". Berbunga sikit hati mommy bila tengok Fiona super excited :)

Insyallah...

2010-10-15T10:37:00.002+08:00

Jap, terngiang-ngiang pulak lagu sedap Maher Zain. Buat pengetahuan semua, Nanny Fiona dan Thalia selamat berlepas ke Tanah Suci Mekah awal pagi tadi. Kami semua mendoakan kesejahteraannya ketika melakukan ibadah Haji. Semoga mendapat haji yang mabrur. Amin...

Terharu bila dengar Tok Mama bercerita pengalamannya tengok orang tua yang gigih keliling kaabah walau dalam keadaan mengengsot. Satu lagi pernah tengok kat Discover Channel ada orang tua dari India sanggup berjalan kaki tarik carriage dari India ke Mekah semata-mata nak buat Haji. Bila tengok pakcik makcik yang dah berusia dengan kemungkinan tak larat nak berjalan jauh, sakit lutut etc, tak dapat bayangkan mcm mana kesanggupan mereka bersesak dan jauh berjalan kaki. Minded to do Hajj bila dah bersara atau tua has been changed. Masa muda dan bertenaga ni lah I should have mission tunaikan haji. Insyallah...

Lebih Sebulan Beraya

2010-10-13T14:26:00.002+08:00

Kalau orang Islam di tempat lain beraya sepanjang Syawal, kita orang Malaysia sakan beraya walaupun dah tiba Zulkaedah. Begitulah meriahnya Aidilfitri kat sini kan? How lucky being Malaysian and live in this beautiful country yang serba ada. Open house invites jgn cakaplah, almost everyday pun ada. Attended yang terdaya.

For both sides me and hubby, nenek dan atuk dah lama pergi. Lucky still, I ve my Tokde (nenek saudara cum moyang saudara to Fiona and Thalia) who lives with my Pak Lang Zaini in Semenyih. Visiting Tokde is the most exciting Syawal itenarary. Our family members rasa seronok sangat dapat jumpa Tokde. Terubat rindu kat arwah Tok yang seiras dengan kakaknya ni. Pak Lang Zaini cakap, Tokde baru nampak ceria sikit during our visit. Yelah, baru ada gang nak bersembang catch up mcm2 benda. Next plan, nak bawak Tokde sleep over lama sikit kat rumah my parents.

Next, terjah open house rumah my school BFF, Suzana. Yang mana? The one in blue! Next to me mommy Azerin dengan baby Adam dan Ekin (bila nak join the club?)

Next, wajib datang mestilah kenduri akikah baby Adara Naqeeyah. Tembam bam bam sekarang rasa mcm nak picit kuat-kuat, can mommy? Wajah-wajah yang sedang menunggu turn to get married, (except for my godmother, mommy to Maisara yang mendukung Thalia yang semakin lasak), Liyana yang kat belakang tgh dukung Adara (she engaged!), Lin (tak lama lagi nak ties the knot lah tu!), Diot the mommy and Maisara (tunggu Fie the fiance balik from Aberdeen, Scotland. Can't wait!). Sorang tertinggal Nabyla (was this pic taken by her?). Bila tengok balik pic raya now and then, memang nampak beza. Tapi walau apa pun, bak kata Mai, "Celebrate Raya at age 25 is still awesome possum!".

Young daddies Mol and Farief. Semoga wajah korang akan lebih matured dari usia sebenar ;p

We also attended two weddings in Shah Alam. Both ex school mates mommy. Congrats Nelyza dan Erwin!

Last two Saturday at Nelyza's reception.

A week after pulak Erwin pulak take over naik pelamin. Sempat pose dengan mommy and daddy Eiky. Tp pic tak clear lah pulak!

After wedding Erwin, sambung open house rumah Net. Ni acara tahunan ni! (walaupun raya dah habis).

Hari yang sama sehingga malam, as promised sampai jugak rumah kak Ina bersama Didi dan Fauzan. Janji nak bergathering before Kak Ina bersalin dan pindah ke Kuantan. Fiona dan Ehmed yang kejap gaduh kejap kawan.

p/s: Alhamdulillah... Kak Ina dah selamat lahirkan bayi lelaki (lagi) semalam :)

Bring Along The Kids and The Grannies

2010-10-08T23:32:00.002+08:00

...for an island getaway!!! We headed to Redang Island (as the daddy wishes sebab terpengaruh dengan Redang pics cantik kawan-kawannya) last Sunday Oct 3rd and spent fantastico four days at Berjaya Resort.

We took the 3pm ferry from Kuala Terengganu jetty instead of Merang jetty the one that we went last Raya remember? Parking rate RM10 per day (kalau yang takde orang jaga RM6 per day), Ferry return fees for adult RM100 and kids RM50. Pssttt, kalau local residents RM20 jer tau!!! Takpelah, sokong Cuti-Cuti Malaysia :)

It took about 1 1/2 hour to reach Redang. Along the way, Thalia tidur nyenyak dan Fiona tak penat-penat panjat sana sini. Sampai je, ada buggy dah stand by to fetch us.

Yeay, Redang here we are!

Yeay, Berjaya here we are!

My favourite window view!

Walaupun hampir senja, all of us terus berlarian ke pantai to enjoy the view :)

The next day, apalagi kalau bukan terjun kolam!

Pagi di swimming pool, dan petang pula...

dan sambung lagi swimming pool... tak puas-puas berendam sampai kecut!

Bila malam, mommy and daddy berkejaran tangkap anak ketam sebesar tapak tangan. Tangkap for fun, lepas tu we let the baby crabs pulang ke pantai.

Ada baby turtles kat Restoran Asmadi. Surprisingly, makanan kat restoran-restoran sekitar Redang takdelah mahal compare to Perhentian & Kapas Island.

Third day, hari paling di tunggu-tunggu. Snorkling!!!

Masa tak disia-siakan begitu saja, habis snorkling angkut the kids to the beach again!!!

Wrapped up the evening with Hungary Pizza. Late night, pinjam motor local stranger lepak burger stall with the local peeps Pok Jong, Mak Ngah and Mak Su Jenab. Baiknyalah diaorang ni. Siap ajak tidur kat rumah lagi!

Day fourth, we left Redang at 7am dengan perasaan tak puas sebab didn't get a chance ronda di long beach due to condition laut yang bergelora, boat bumping kuat, tak sesuai bawak kids.

Singgah breakfast nasi dagang dan nasi minyak di Chendering dan singgah tambah koleksi kaftan di NACC...

p/s: We will definitely come back, mommy ngan daddy jer dua orang sebab nak snorkling sampai lebam ;p

Leaving The Kids With The Grannies

2010-09-21T14:20:00.004+08:00

Put aside Elmo Sings Karaoke and play the True Blood series along the way ;p Mommy and Daddy seized 3 days raya off for our so-called-honeymoon vacay at Hard Rock Hotel Penang from Friday the 17th to Sunday the 19th. I break my promise to bring along the kids to this rocking hotel because we both were attending the 1st Anniversary VIP Party at the pool side on Saturday. Takkan nak heret the kids party sekali kot! Jadi, tinggal lah Fiona bersama Nanny dan Thalia bersama Tok Mama.

Happy Saturday Penang!

I'm not an early riser, but its already 10am in the morning! Wake up lah daddy! Jom breakfast!

The adrenaline junkies; aunt Sara, aunt Nabyla, aunt Eza and uncle Syed.

What a night! Happy birthday HRH Penang!

Due to car battery yang suddenly "kong", we pinjam this Hummer limo back to KL ;p

p/s: Kids, we'll bring you here. No worries okay (walaupun HRH Singapore tetap di hati)

Wicked Raya

2010-09-17T01:08:00.002+08:00

Sampul Raya "premium" untuk Tok Mama & Tok Papa yang memang minat dengan Tokti.

We are back!!! As planned, kami sekeluarga beraya di kampung daddy di Kuala Terengganu. A day before, Thalia kene amek nabulizer bout 4 times due to her bad cough and flu. Daddy dah cuak takut tak boleh balik raya ;p

1st DAY RAYA

We gerak to KT around 12am sebelum takbir raya ditemani Elmo Sings Karaoke dvd that kept playing again and again and again selagi princesses dua org ni tak tido. Ngam-ngam sampai sana daddy terus solat raya. Raya pertama kali ni beraya dengan Tok Ki Ramli's side. We visited bout 7 houses on the first day. Memang sakan Fiona & Thalia kumpul duit raya.

This is the best pic 4 of us di pagi raya. Kakak Fiona biasalah bila dah ramai gang, ajak bergambar pun dah tak focus. Sudahnya, mommy ngan daddy amek gambar bertiga jer dgn baby Thalia.

Us with nanny, ayah ngah Faizal, ayah chik Fazie, auntie Nurul, Airisy and Riana.

Baju raya Thalia by Tok Mama.

2nd DAY RAYA

Kebetulan ada engagement cousin daddy. All the family members join menghantar rombongan meminang. Due to hot weather, mommy & Thalia lepak dalam kereta jer.

In her shoes

Jangan main-main, Fiona is very protective sister. Pernah cousin dia berebut PSP dengan Thalia (Thalia bukan nak main, tp nak suap mulut), Fiona bulatkan mata and says to the boy, "Bagi dia. Ini.... dia... punya!"

Ni kat rumah Pak Awang daddy. The son is the one who is engaged.

Oh, ow! Baby fighting! Remember baby Qaseh? Semakin tembam! She's 10 days older than Thalia, tapi nampaknya Thalia lebih "ganas" because she loves to pull Qaseh's hair. Everytime Qaseh nampak Thalia, dia akan freeze, buat-buat pengsan! Comel betul budak ni.

I'm trying to avoid Fiona to be close with firecrackers or even sparkles. Tp bagi chance sekali jer supaya dia rasa seronok mcm budak2 lain. Bukan takut bahaya api jer, asap pun boleh buat semput tau! Sorry Fiona, mommy love you more!!!

3rd DAY RAYA

Open house and we went further up to Merang to visit nanny's couz. Me quite impressed with the house yg kat Merang tu that reminds me to Flintstone, seriously! Artistic gila (the husband built it by himself, macam masuk dalam rumah pokok that made from stone) but didn't get a chance to snap it, sigh...

Cam-whoring dalam kereta, on the way to open house.

Mommy with nanny and mak long Nana.

Mommy and daddy with mak long, pak long and ayah ngah.

Oopss... "iklan" Thalia kejap.

Tak boleh duduk diam si kecik ni. Bila nak tido je kene bawak naik kereta and play Elmo Sings Karaoke. Macam manalah Tok Mama nak tidurkan Thalia balik Shah Alam nanti. But I still love you Thalia no matter what :)

Aura Redang comes when we were in Merang, dekat je dgn jeti to Redang. Oh, Redang! :) dan lepas tu, us layan kelapa muda kat gerai simpang masuk to The Aryani by Raja Bahrin.

4th DAY RAYA

Hari lebih santai after we visited a few houses more. Nanny punya mission nak ziarah relatives yg dah lama tak jumpa since she's going to do her Haj this year.

Tak tahulah terkenan ke apa but Fiona loves soccer and she's really good in it. Masa preggy Fiona, almost every night daddy gila main futsal + soccer games PS lagi! Tapi bila Fiona dah tunjuk "bakat", daddy pulak tak bagi Fiona main takut ganas macam boy pulak. Me ok jer...

Makan lagi! Layan pari goreng, sotong goreng etc. This gerai located near by the airport.

Visiting Fiona's friend at TER. Next, to Pantai Batu Buruk layan more horses...

5th DAY RAYA

Before we left KT for a night at Kuantan, we visited Pulau Duyong and Ri-Yaz Heritage. Lepas tu mcm biasa, dropped by Noor Arfa Craft Complex and borong kaftans for the kids and urban batik blouses. Thalia can fit well size SS and Fiona size M. Priced at RM16 for a nice and cute kaftan :)

6th DAY RAYA

We left Kuantan at noon, sempat singgah kampung mommy pulak kat Temerloh :) Jumpa Tok Cu, Tok Long dan Aki Man kesayangan Fiona (sampai mengigau-ngigau sebut Aki Man).

Sekian laporan raya tahun ini. More open houses are coming, more duit raya for the kids, more kemaafan yang diberi. Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin from me the mommy, Farief the daddy, Fiona Zara and Thalia Zara :)

p/s: Mommy "tak tercapai" satu jer, makan ketam kat Deluxe Paradise sebab tutup.
Takpe, repeat on October :)

Eid Fever

2010-09-06T13:58:00.004+08:00

Sedar tak sedar this coming raya is going to be our 4th raya as husband and wife. First year raya, mommy tgh preggy Fiona. These two handsome boys are my BFF Lisa's brother. Raya kat Ganu on the first few days.

Bahang raya semakin hangat terasa. We didn't do any "official" raya shopping since mommy memang sentiasa akan beli dan belah baju dan kasut all the time for Fiona and Thalia kalau ada yang cantik. Lagipun current collections tgh tak best (on my eyes). Penat mommy turun naik malls cari perfect black dress utk Fiona. Yang "terbaik" pun kat Lovely Lace tp design yang sangat common. The new Vogue Bambini's too casual pulak. But I love their JPG suits for boys. Kalaulah I ada boy... Lastly, tak beli apa pun utk Fiona but she's still lucky when Tok Papa bought her black baju kurung. Problem solved! Walaupun theme colour of the year tidaklah hitam.

Second year raya, Fiona was one year old :) Balik kampung Tok Papa kat Taiping. Lepas tu gerak ke K.Ganu ikut Grik, Perak - Kelantan - Ganu. Tok Mama, auntie Diana & Melda pun join.

Drama utk warna tema sebenar tetap berlaku when I was late hantar kain to the tailor. Hahaha, knowing me, LATE is my middle name. Lepas tu pulak, baju Thalia yang dijahit Tok Mama siap separuh sebab sewing machine dia rosakkk!!! What a lucky me bila my old time favorite tailor setuju terima tempahan. Baju kurung mommy & baju melayu daddy were ready in amazing 3 days! Lagi lega bila half done baju kurung Thalia pun dia sanggup nak siapkan jugak. Bila semuanya dah ready, tiba masanya to pack everything. We gonna spend a week at daddy's kampung mana lagi kalau bukang Kuala Terengganu!!!

Third year raya, tadaaa... 3 and a half. Thalia tgh "alive and kicking" dalam perut mommy. Masa ni dah 7 months :) Fiona pulak counting days to turn 2. First raya kat Shah Alam and Temerloh, malam tu "cung..." ke Ganu (again but I love it). Can't wait for our 4th raya album. Complete dengan Thalia atas riba mommy :)

p/s: a week after raya mommy and daddy nak pegi "hornymoon" oopss... typo error. "honeymoon" lah!

She Knows

2010-09-02T15:35:00.003+08:00

I had a conversation with hubby while Fiona was happily jumping next to us. Tgh2 sembang tu, saja lah cakap kat daddy dia, "Fiona dah besarkan?" and out of sudden Fiona pulak menyampuk, "Aah, dah besarkan?". Me and hubby glanced to each other. Pandai betul budak ni bercakap.

Maybe it is normal for 2-year-old++ kids, memandangkan Fiona is our first child, so apa je perkembangan depan mata sangat mengagumkan! Ada banyak lagi sebenarnya apa jua yg terpacul keluar dari mulut Fiona buat mommy and daddy rasa time really flies! Fiona sekarang dah pandai berkata-kata.

Antaranya:

"Kesian monster, Ultraman tembak dia..." (dah I need to explain plak...)

"Apa daddy tu? Daaa!!!" (sambil buat mata gedik - copy who? mommy? auntie? daddy?)

During playing her PSP, kalau tak dapat bunuh monster dalam game tu, dia akan ketuk PSP screen tu. Haiya!!!

ABC memang terror tp with her very own accent "a be se de e ef je, h i je ke el le le o pe. q r es t u ve, da bel le le lu, x y zey..."

Bila mommy ajar Fiona alif ba ta, dia pulak yang akan tanya mommy randomly, "Ni huruf apa? Ni huruf apa?" Aik, siapa ajar siapa? Akhirnya mommy yang yawnnnn.... ZZZzzz

Idea daddy untuk beli je dvd Iqra' and let her watch & learn by herself is actually quite a good idea. We saw the DVD selling at a bookshop in Carrefour Kota Damansara priced at RM179.

Cerita pasal Islamic thingy, Alhamdulillah Fiona pandai baca doa2 simple (yg mommy tak tau pun dia hafal). Doa makan, doa tidur, mcm2 doa harian my mom and baby sister ajar. Thanks mom, thanks Melda :) Bila mandi je, sibuk konon2 nak amek wudhu'. Daddy selalu jugak bawak Fiona pegi masjid bila nak singgah sembahyang. Mommy pernah sekali je, masa 1st night tarawih, memang failed! I can't handle Fiona alone. Solat tak kusyuk sebab dia merayau2 main turun naik tangga. Sudahnya 6 rakaat je for my 1st tarawih. Proud of you daddy sbb pandai handle Fiona yang macam cute lil monkey (Fiona called herself "monkey" sebab suka panjat dalam kereta).

Daddy finally found a nice Islamic Montessori preschool located in between of our neighbourhood and my work place. We visited the place already and I impressed with the cleanliness, tools & mechanics. As told by my BFF Liyana who is a principle of a Montessori preschool, lagi bagus kalau ada Montessori preschool with Islamic concept. Senang 2 in 1 and beware jugak sebab nowadays banyak preschool claimed they are using Montessori method while they are actually not. So far tak finalize lagi nak enroll Fiona kat mana because I ve my own list dan kene ambil kira tempat dan masa. I want everything well-planned supaya tak huru hara di kemudian hari; who's going to fetch her and what not.

Celebrating Anak Merdeka!

2010-09-01T10:34:00.004+08:00

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! All of us laung kat rumah jer... rumah my parents. Pada tanggal 31 Ogos jugaklah my beloved niece Eman's 1st birthday! So, on the merdeka eve all of us ramai-ramai berkumpul kat rumah after buka puasa for "License to Grill" session :)

Loving her new Hello Kitty pair from Fiona and Thalia.

Separuh yang terlibat, yang lain ada di belakang tabir. Tok Papa, Tok Mama, auntie Eija, auntie Melda, uncle Mech, and the birthday girl dah syok tido.

Fiona and her favourite popsicle.

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Sian uncle Aus, tercedera masa nak pasang pelita. (Elleh... sikit je pun nak nangis!)

p/s: I'm so proud to be Malaysian, live in this beautiful country with amazing people.