Glee Season 1

It was on air since last year, since I was berbadan dua, I think, but i just got caught with it last week. hehe

I downloaded the whole season 1 and khatam it in four days..phew! Glee Marathon!!!

At first, I thought it would be just the same as The High School Musical 'thingy'  but i was WRONG.. it was way way way better than that thingy.. ;p

And my fav character is of course Coach Sue Sylvester and baldy Principal Figgins.. Both are such brilliant characters that would make laugh in tears.

I love the song especially Don't Stop Believing.

Can't wait for Season 2.. ;)

Ramadhan Oh Ramadhan!

Psst..In conjunction with Budak Lurpak entry, here, on her preparation for upcoming Ramadhan, I'm here to talk on my past and upcoming Ramadhans.

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I love Ramadhan. 

And as far as I could remember, I always had to serve Ramadhan without my family (except during primary school years and below) since I was school-boarded as early as 13 years old.(I didn't' even know that I am supposed to wash, iron and fold my own clothes during that time)

My first Ramadhan without my family was at MRSM Kuala Klawang and it was not bad at all.All of us were divided into homerooms and we got to break sawm in each homeroom. 

We alternately hidang the food for our homeroom members, and  the boys were the ones with lazy asses. hehe (kan Mimah kan?) hehe And for my homeroom, there would always be the cases where "nasik tertumpah lah, air jatuh la, gaduh la" hehe it' was a normal thing back then. The most memorable one was the part when the whole of us waiting to break the sawm. During that period, pakcik DS [Dewan Selera] would play the radio, and there would be many kind of radio adverts on kurma, minyak, etc2.. hehe

  Later, all of us would perform Tarawikh  at our basic surau ( a simple surau with no walls hehe)  and went to prep. Tarawikh at this surau was different as compared to any other suraus I've been after that. The ambient while performing the solats was different. I still can recalled the feeling but yet failed in re-invented it.

I was there for 2 or 3 Ramadhans, (I really can't recall this), then I'd to moved to MRSM Muar. There, we didn't have to break sawm in our homeroom. We were free to sit around and eat hehe. and I only had one sahur during my 2 Ramadhans there hehe I was too lazy to wake up and always missed sahur. 

The food in MRSM Muar were heaven! Heaven! Heaven!! I missed DS's chicken rice, briyani, western food, drooolinggg..

After SPM, I went to University Teknologi PETRONAS, and had 4,5 Ramadhans there. 

And during my first year with PETRONAS R&T, I was posted to Bintulu, Sarawak and it was the worst Ramadhan experience. My life was hectic with the project, with the environment, the people, with the project, have I mentioned abt the project before? Bintulu exp was a one kind of life exp. 

So, now here I am, in Singapore, with hubby and Adam. Phew!

This year is our first Ramadhan as a whole family. Alhamdulilah and we're all in Singapore!! Yippee..!! 

I guess Ramadhan would slightly be different since there are less param here. And the food here are more/less the same with Indo/Johorean food but wayyyy different from Malacca/KL food. I never heard of Ayam Penyet, Daging Dendeng, Nasi Ambang, sambal goreng, before. Still, I have no problem putting it all in my tummy hehe 

The point is since I'm a jobless woman with a one year old toddler,[not that busy kunun], my family will expect me to cook a decent meal for sahur and bukak pose..So, I have to carefully plan for the break-sawm-meals. There should be at least a traditional /western kuih, 2,3 lauk-pauks and air best. And as hubby alias my food critic said, from 10 meals that I've prepared, only 7 were sukses sukses. T_T

cubaan membuat marble cheese brownies dr Mat Gebu [the cheese layer is too thin kan?]

Furtherrmore, as a first time domestic goddess, hehe, I'd to plan for the kueh raya... Pelik tau surirumahtangga tak buat kueh raya T_T.. no lah, actually, I always wanted to prepare my own kuih raya, but I was too busy coping up with works and last year I was in pantang. T_T So this year is the year to tunjuk bakat.. hopefully, kuih jadik and  takyah main tunjuk2 kat kedai.. hehe 

So, this Ramadhan is going to be the busiest Ramadhan ever. Plus, I'm going back to my mom's house this Weekend to start preparing (sewing) my house curtain, table cloth, cushion covers, you named it hehe Hopefully, every plan I've planned work out smoothly.. Ameen..

How about you guys? Baju Raya dah tempah? ;)

Hmm.. we could not re-invent our childhood memories now, but the least we could do is to re-create it for our kids..I really miss sahur and bukak puasa time with Mak and Ayah.. time really flies kan?

You've Got Mail

I'm watching You've Got Mail while writing this up. This is the fourth time I'm running it since I downloaded it last 2 weeks. Every time I had a hard time putting Adam to sleep, I would run the movie and watch it until we both asleep. Hehe But Adam fell asleep first this time,so I have some free time now. 

Well, I guess, everyone know about this movie. It's about Kathleen Kelly, who owns a hand-me-down-from her-mother small children bookstore nearby and Joe Fox, who  just set up a another super big bookstore chain and steal other bookstorers (new word! ;p) customer. Kathleen Kelly vs Joe Fox!

On the other hand, both have a cyber alter-ego named NY152 (Fox) and Shopgirl (Kelly) and they exchanging emails and start falling in love. :)

My favorite scene is when they planned to meet up for the first time and NY152 stoop her up. Then he went again to the coffee shop as Joe Fox "coincidentally" bump into the Shopgirl and start teasing her. hehe 

The coffee shop clip


After had to close her shop, Kathleen and Joe ended up their rivalry and they started to bump into each other.While Joe, playing along with the plot, insisted Kathleen to meet the NY152. 


And as expected, they met and kiss and the end. hehe malas dah nak typed. 

I really love this movie. It reminisce the whole my husband and I story. We met through Yahoo Messenger back in  year 2000. hehe yes, it is typical. Everybody was into YM, AOL, MiRC, you named it, including me.  


I have a friend in US and she asked me to go online one day. I didnt have a clue on YM neither the chatroom and all, so while waiting for her to buzz me, I went to check on the chatrooms and I choose Islamic Chat room. That's the only room I'm familiar with. Nothing much inside..


I logged in as tempurung81, so typical of people during that time to add numbers at the back of their ID. hehe 


I just parked my ID there and continue working on my AutoCAD assignment. Then suddenly, a pop-up appeared in my YM and it orangy-blinking on my toolbar. I picked it up and there he was, nicknamed as spanish tortillas, saying salam. 


I returned his salam and I found out that, he's a Malay guy working in Belgium and he picked me up because of my nickname, tempurung. Tempurung is a Malay word for coconut shell btw. hehe


We chatted for few minutes, i think then my friend pmed me and I leaved him. 


The day after that, I emailed Spanish Tortillas..and he replied me with his picture. hehe macamlah org nak tgk dia sgt ;p


 


Since that, we always exchanging emails and we only chatted during my school holiday and we never exchanged personal details. He didn't know my name and neither did I. 


Up until year 2004, I broke up with sorang mamat ni, and I became closer to Spanish Tortillas. During this period, he was more known as PJ since he was using " i_love_my_blue_stripes_pajamas" as ID. 


One fine day on June 2004, he emailed me asking me my number and we became even closer since then and the rest was history =D 

Adam First Few Steps!

I put Adam with his Playskool walker after lunch with a high hope that he'll practice his walk. 

And he did. =D

Then I decided to record his action with a camera while he was playing with his toys. 

He was showing me his toys and I asked him to pass me the toy, which is Moo, the hand puppet.

Andd..there he was, taking few steps toward me with Moo.. :)

[Tears]

He took his first steps there, and I am with a camera. Perfect timing. 

[Tears again]

I'm a happy mommy. 

[Oh, I've to be more alert with him when he start walking rite?]

Euro 2010 Prolog

I haven't had a chance to really sit down and wrapped up all our holiday' adventure story' in one piece of paper. If I had it, the mood to write it down was absolutely zero. 

So, there's me, typical me giving excuses. M.A.L.A.S [L.A.Z.Y] Sydrome sebenarnyer. =p

Here's the preview, ala2 prolog for the entry =p 

Stop at one of many Amsterdam's bridges to pose. 

Happily taken after having our dinner, 

Mushroom with Cheese Pancake,

at the Pancake Bakery.

Ok..Adam dah bgn..nak gi continue serve Tuan Kecik..=p

Adam's First Birthday [Isra' Mikraj Birthday]

Adam, Day 3..

Adam was born on 20th July 2009 (Monday) at 12.09pm, at Prince Court Medical Center [PCMC] by C-Section performed by Dr. Seri Suniza Sufian after about 12 hrs of contraction battleship.

 [phew with the facts! ;p]

 He was supposed to do so on 23rd July, three days later, but he changed his mind I guess hehe

20th July 2010 was also an Isra' Mikraj Day. And it happened that,  Isra' Mikraj this year fall on my mother's birthday.  Yes, it's so coincidental.. and it's so confusing rite now and I forgot what's my next line is LOL.

Hmm..

[I wanted to continue the story on the Adam's birth battle but I'm runing out of time now.. Adam seems  to wake up any time soon.hehe He's sleeping now]

[and I haven't cook his luunch yet..=p]

At almost 1 years old, Adam is now actively ['lasak'ly] climbing all the things he could climb on. From chair to table up to his high chair. 

And Adam has learned how to screaaaammm [not for an ice cream..] starting on last Saturday. He would screaaamm if he didn't get what he wants. I gave up. . Take, and do what ever you like to do Adam..Period. hehe

He also aware where his, mouth is. and of course mine too. and he's a BIG fan of Barney, Elmo, and Youtube's 'If you Happy' Song, and not to forget the Hot Dog Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Song. He would dance, shake his body left and right and smile all the way until the end then he would ask us to rewind it again..and again...and again...again... again.. sigh.

owh, I forgot to mention that he didn't like when I'd brushed his teeth. I'd tried all [almost] tricks , eeeiii, ade ulat dalam mulut..yeww..ade elephant dalam mulut.. sing "pagi2, gosok gigi," and etc.. but he still refused to do so. All I ask is for him to open his mouth and I'll do the brushing job. It's that easy. Hmm..sounds easy but believe me not, the almost 1 year old didn't get the message at all. 

Starting from 10 months, he knew how to pronounce mamam, mummy and FISH! haha.. I keep doing the Dory, from Finding Nemo, "Just keep Swimming, Keep Swimming" song and he really likes it. So whenever Adam saw fish pic, he would say "tish, tish" and do his fish movement hand.. alaa..buat gaya ikan berenang pakai tgn hehee 

We've been planning all sort of plans for his first birthday bash. But I guess, it's better for us to celebrate it privately among the 3 of us. May be a birthday picnic perhaps? 

Happy 1st birthday, baby Adam..!! 

10th July 2010

Mommy and Daddy heart you sooooooooooooooooooo much!!!! 

[owh now we can expand our family perhapss??? hehe]

Blog Design

I still can't decide on my blog design. 

It's hard for me to settle down in one design since my sixth sense keep telling me "THE ONE" design that I've been looking for is out there and I had to find it. hehe.. 

Even with the new Blogger design choices, it was not up to my satisfactory. I guess I stick to this ribbon thingy until I find the ONE that suit meself. ;p

A Note to Adam [9 months & 10 months}

Dear Adam,

You daddy and I went off to Europe as our honeymoon trip and we had to leave you at Puan's house for two weeks. It was hard to leave you behind.  Every time I turned my head to other baby's cooing or crying sound, immediately I feel like to hug and kiss you and only Allah could describe my feeling at that time. 

It was hard.

It was HARD.

It was HARDER that I thought it would possibly be. 

.. and I believed I am the one who suffer the separation anxiety the most..

 The honeymoon trip was supposed to be relaxing and I am supposed to enjoy the trip as 'single lady' with your dad hehe, but half of my heart was left at home with you. I missed you so much during the entire journey. 

But time was ticking away and in a blink I was at home with you. I just loved the way you greeted me in white pajamas that night. You hugged me all the way, from the bus central until we went home. It was soo sweet of you.. You looked so skinny but my eyes could be wrong anyway hehe Let's not blame Puan for it.. ;p

Dear Adam, 

We stayed for a week at Puan house and I found out you were having a regular poo-poo. I had to change you in one or two hours and you suffered a very bad blister at you-know-where area. Poor baby. You were crying at night, and I was so worried. I tried to find the cause of the problem, and almost ( I did actually) blamed Puan for it. I know it was't anyone fault, but I was too worried. Then I remember, the last time you suffered from this, Dr. Sharmila prescribed you a bottle of prebiotic. Thus, I quickly bought some yogurt and dehydration salt for you. It was not working very well, so during your check up with Dr. Sharmila at PCMC, she suggested for you to continue having the yogurt and salt followed with a plain porridge as your meal. Alhamdulilah, you're back to square after couple of days. 

Dear Adam, 

But the sickness saga continued. After recovered from the poo-poo thingy, you were attacked with HMFD (Hand, Mouth, and Foot Disease). At first, we didnt know you were having the HFMD, we just thought it was a regular fever. But when you temperature hit almost 40 deg C, we quickly brought you to KK Hospital and the doctor confirmed it as HFMD. You were crying all day long, and you have an ulcer near your throat. Luckily, the fever went off the day after followed with the ulcer few days later. Alhamdulilah.

Dear Adam, 

After those dreaded 2 weeks with sickness, you changed a bit. hehe You like to scream, the same way you screamed when I had to push you to take your medicine. hehe You like to sleep tertonggeng. It wasnt worm or anything but you seem so comfortable with that new sleeping style of yours. Let it be..at least for now. 

At 9 and 10 months old, you knew how to pass thing whenever I asked you to do so. When I asked you, "Mana Susu or Where's your Susu?", you would quickly pointed at the milk bottle and grab it to pass it to me. 

And your hobby at this moment is "reading" books. You have like 4,5 books right now and you loved to flip the book pages and staring at the picture as you really understand what the picture is all about. hehe Sometimes, you   will babbling yourself as you were narrating your own story at every picture. You favorite book is Fuzzy Bee and Friends and The Fairy Tales Book. Believe you me, the second book looked much more like a scrap book to me since you love to bite the book edges. Sigh. ;p

Dear Adam, 

It was hard to put on your pampers nowadays and you'll threw small tantrum whenever I had to push you to wear it. The same goes to Shirt and short. hehe I have to lure you with the Shirt's pattern or picture, then you'll wear them. It was not easy handling you at this moments. I had to be careful not to push you at all time or I'll be sorry later hehe..

You hair is curly. Yes, definitely CURLY. Mine is straight and your dad's hair is a bit wavy. We want to see how'll your hair grow, up or down hehe so we decided no to cut it at this moment. 

In term of walking, you can walk better then last month but still need to be assisted. Take your time Adam, slowly. Hehe Once you start walking, I have to be extra careful and I might had to put one ayes at the back of my head to watch you 24/7. Hehe

you loves YOUTUBE and your favorite vid is The Wiggles's Twinkle2 Lil Star and Hot Dog Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Song. and few other nursery rhymes and zikr. 

You can drink from your own cup dah hehe 

I am sleepy right now. There are so many things to write about but since my memory was not that good nowadays, I could not exactly recall anything else.Maybe I'll add some more later. Note: I should jot down your progress in one sheet rather that accumulating it inside my dusty brain ;p 

Will write again soon. Mommy loves you Adam.. you're the best thing that ever happen to me so far. :) 

Muahs!