It means ‘bye bye for now’. I’ve decided to close down this blog page and follow my other mommy friends by moving to a new blog space. There are several reasons for that. But mainly because I need to change the name, since i’m not a mom to just Mia anymore. So mommy-on-the-loose, mommy at home, faith’s mommy (currently i do not have access to your blog but wish i culd have ;-)) and Aliff’s mommy, i’ve moved to your blogspace neighbourhood!
I want to share with all of you out there a not-so-sad, yet not really a happy news. I wanted to announce it earlier but i was only 30% sure of it but now it’s 99.9% sure. Here goes. My hubs and i have decided to move out from here, our rented house in Ampang, and move in with his parents in Sepang. I probably have told you all before that i might be moving with my parents but unfortunately after a very long wait the house has yet to complete. There were so many problems and most of it due to the contractor. It really pisses me off. Geram betul!
About moving in with the in laws, well honestly, of course it’s not really exciting but what choice do we have. My hubs, being the sole contributor in our household income, has had a lot on his plate now. He has started to pay quite high progressive fees for our house in Sh*h Al*m which will be completed next Aug (hopefully). This rented house cost us RM600 pm. That’s a lot. So by moving in with them, we culd save up a bit for the new home i supposed. Sigh!
I’m sad to leave this house. Today, 27 Dec, marks 4th year we’d stayed in this house. We 1st moved here right the day after the wedding. Which btw, yday was our 4th year wedding anniversary. This house is full of happy memories. This is where we started our family. From just two of us till now four of us. And another sad part is, from this 900 sq ft of spaces we’ll be downsized to….. i don’t know, 200 sq ft maybe. Therefore, almost all of our stuffs here will have to be disposed off or sell off. Hubskin did mentioned that we’ll start staying in Spg this new year but that’ll be next week. I don’t think we have that much time. I haven’t even started packing yet. So many things to do! Sigh! Sigh!
Both hubs and i will have to give up our own privacy since Mia & Marsya will be sleeping in the same room with us. I love having my my own space and doing things at your own house when there’s only you and the kids around, you know what i mean? I’m going to have to give that all up. Looking at the bright side, my kids will sure love all the attention and also having some friends to play with once we move there. Not forgetting the space for them play. Mia can finally play her bicycle outdoor. I really hope it’ll turn out good. Wish me luck peep. Till then….BBFN
…Marsya skipped her quick nap before meal time.
Her normal routine is to take a quick nap after bathing but sometimes she refused to nap. So when it comes to her meal time, either lunch or dinner, she’ll have this kind of incident which really humours me. My little dopey!
Family here means, us-hubs, mia and marsya. Our 1st vacation was when mia was abt marsya’s age, where we went to DL. Back to our 2nd vacation, we went to theLWOT. Went there on the 19th Nov for 3 days. We’d a very good offer from ICHI. Accomodation, bfast plus entrance fee for LWOT at a very reasonable price. We really had a great time. I really enjoyed myself. Especially going around the 1p0h town. Foods was very easy to find. The lwot, is a small version of snwylagoon so it was easier to handle these two tots of mine. For someone who’s obses with schwim and the idea of schwimming pool, mia doesn’t seem to enjoy that much at lwot. Probably, it was much too big for her. Here is a photo of them.
A very special note to mama hani: Thank you so much dear for that very lovely bday pressie for mia!!! She loves it and I love it too. It’s her favorite– butterflies! Very beautiful. Really appreciate that you actually took your time to stitch that for her. Where on earth did you find the time esp with the newborn?? Do tell ok.
Well this is kind a an ancient story, but yes, my eldest baby girl turns 3 last Oct 23. Before, like a few months earlier, she told me "mommy, nanti happy bday kakak ok, mommy…ok mommy?" Probably because she has attended so many bday parties of friends and cousins so she must be wondering, when is hers. About approximately 2 weeks before her bday, she called herself ‘baby’ and insisted papa and myself to call her that. And then just a week before, she said "mommy, nanti mommy say ’surprise’ happy bday to you kakak ok?". Well i was not surprise where she got the "surprise" idea (Mickey mouse clubhouse-the minnie’s bday episode) but i wondered how did she knows that her bday is just around the corner?? Because both hubs and i never mentioned abt it. In fact, we both still haven’t had any idea on how to celebrate it. The best part is, just the day before her bday, I told hubs all abt her ideas so hubs asked me to plan something. So i told him, we shuld get a small bday cake that nite. I was getting ready while waiting for hubs to come back from work and Mia actually said to me "mommy, nak go buy mia present ya mommy…?" I was like "huh??". Somehow, i think Mia has a sixth sense. Either that or, like my sis said, she probably has an imaginary friend who told her abt all the plan.
The plan for her bday actually shuld be, to surprise her when she wakes up on her bday morning. Of course with the cake ready and the deco, which is recycled from her 1st bday (we’re pathetic parent, i know), ready. But that morning, while i was still putting things ready (digging the huge box in my store room for the deco, paper plates and cups and hats), Mia woke up so there goes the surprise. Luckily, we had a back up plan. I took her out to buy nasi lemak for breakfast, while my hubs prepare for everything else. When we came back, she actually surprised to see everything. She was excited and blew out the candle 4 times ok. Coincidently, we’re all wearing blue that morning and honestly hhmmm…. non of us took our bath yet that morning hahahahahaha… Well she’s an early riser and to take a bath that early is sooooo cold.
About Mia having a sixth sense, the other day, i was on the phone with my sis. Then my sis had to go coz her daughter wanted to play bubbles. I just said ok and goodbye. That nite hubs took us out. Out of the sudden Mia said to me "mommy we’re going to buy Mia bubbles, ya mommy?" I was like "What??". Then i told hub abt the conversaton i had wit my sis on phone. He said, "you probably said it (the word bubbles) out loud kot. But i didn’t think so. The next day i asked my sis whether or not i repeat the word ‘bubbles’ when she said it first. She said no. I told her the whole story abt Mia and again she said "I told you she has an imaginary friend!"…. am i supposed to be worried?
Now, updates on my other baby girl. Little Marsya, not so little anymore. I think she doesn’t grow bigger but more of taller. She can crawl but i think she prefers ‘melunjur’ (the thing that baby do when she wipes all the floors with their body) better. I think she’s more active than her sis. I’ve never had to tie-up Mia’s walker when she’s a baby but i’ve to do that now with Marsya. Otherwise, she wuld end up falling down or in the bath room. She’s much cheekier than her sis. Naughty but when you look at her you just don’t have the heart to be angry. She adores Mia so much. She’ll gigled evertime Mia teased her. Mia on the other hand, sometimes culd play along with her but most of the time she wuld just push her sis away. Pity Marsya. She’s on solid foods already. I started slowly when she turned six months and she’s still fully breastfed.
OK, whoever said that breastfeeding can make you loose pregger fat quickly, doesn’t work for me. It’s so frustrating! And whenever i heard or read people saying what breasfeeding can do to your weight, i just don’t want to believe it anymore. It probably works for other people but not me. I’m just the unlucky ones i supposed. Even during Ramadhan, i thot fasting and breasfeeding at the same time can make me slimmer a bit, but heck! Will write again sometime if i don’t have problem with this bband. Till then…
Wishing all muslim friends…
Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir & Batin.
From us:
Mohd Johar
Mazean
Alya Kamillya
Alya Marsya
I first thot i wanted to write abt kuih keria. Because i’ve just tasted freshly made kuih keria recently which is still warm and soft. Then, when i asked my sis #1 "have u ever tasted warm and soft kuih keria?" (the same question which i planned to start my blog with) in which she replied "yes, i made them myself". Hah! There you go. It was just me, i supposed, yg jakun tak pernah mkn freshly made kuih keria. The one that i normally tasted was from the nasi lemak stalls or cafes, which was already cold and keras. There’s a few yg pandai buat wuld still be soft. Others, just keras. Oh! In case if you’re wondering who made the kuih keria, it’s my MIL.
Speaking of MIL, my hubs once mentioned that MIL is very good in cooking. Well, being me, i just quietly whisper in my heart "what a brag!". That was me, probably the 1st 2 yrs we were married. This is because i wasn’t really close to the ILs at that period of time. I just culdn’t adapt their ‘culture’. Some of you prob knew abt this from my earlier post into this blog. I must say that i’ve now beginning to develop a good relationship with them. It took 3 yrs and 1 horible incident (am not going to delve into this) to make me realise that i just hv to acept them for who they are. Me before, if hubs ajak balik kg, i wuld give him 1001 excuses. Me now, "D, bila nak balik kg?".
In fact, now I prefer MIL compared to my own mom for certain reasons:
1. She cooks (and good at it)
2. She never question or interfere the way i raise/train my kids (she sometimes just give some tips and advice, thats it. Not more than that)
3. She never call and ask "bila nak balik kg?" even if it’s been 2-3 months since our last visit. Never call just to say "mak rindu cucu2 mak" or worst, call just to speak to Mia (My mom did that and it annoys me terribly).
I don’t really mind if i’m not the fav DIL. Comparing myself and Biras #1 (my ILs only hv 2 DILs and 2 Son-ILs), i must say she’s much more good at attracting the ILs attention and also good at pleasing them. For instance, masa SIL #2 nak kahwin last June (i was still in the midst of confinement), Biras #1 planned with the other 2 SILs to wear same baju kurung. Mcm boria la. They bought same material and color (the wedding theme was purple). Luckily SIL #1 didn’t get her baju kurung ready on time so she wore something else. Otherwise, i wuld be out of place, don’t you think? I tak amik hati coz they probably didn’t know i was coming or not (unless if it’s her plan to left me out of place, which i’m not aware of, tak tau la kan). Am trying to think of it positively.
She’s good at pleasing my ILs mabbe because she was the one who, what my MIL said, ‘meminang’ my BIL #1 kot. Hehehehe… Ye la, she probably get used to the idea of amik hati before she was married so tak kan dah kahwin just stop kan. It’s true abt she ‘meminang’ my BIL #1. Kira dia la yg ngurat my BIL ni. Pastu siap bawa sisters dia dtg jumpa my MIL. MIL la yg cerita kat i. Hehehehe… i’m so bad ngumpat psl dia bln2 puasa ni.
Ok let me change the topic. Oh! Yaya, you want my tips for taking care of these two?? Seriously?? Alamak, i pun tgh dok nak belajar mcm mana nak survive. But i must say i’m coping better now compared to 3 months ago. Masa memula tu mmg i kelam kabut sgt. The only thing i can share with you is not to expect too much and to learn to accept some imperfection. Mcm i dulu i tend to make sure everything in order and place perfectly. Now I hv to keep on reminding myself that that was before and now i hv 1 more additional responsibility so mmg dah tak boleh nak perfect 100% mcm dulu lg. Unless with the help of hubs whenever he’s around (which very rarely now that he’s helping my BIL, his biras).
Ok i better stop now. Actually, since i dah tak jadi nak cerita psl kuih keria tu, i planned to update abt my girls. I guess i’ll hv to do that in my next post. Till then, we only hv 1 more week before Ramadhan is over so ladies this our only chance to gain as much pahala as possible while losing some weight (note to myself: to write abt losing weight in next post as well) so pls take this opportunity ya…
Yupp! It’s raining and lebat pulak tu. Best nyer…..if i can enjoy it by napping for few hours. With Mia jumping up and down and turning the whole house into a big playroom for her, i can only dream of having some nap. Seriously, my house dah mcm haper ntah. With ALL the cushions on the floor. Tak cukup dgn tu, comforter pun ada. Not to mention her books and toys lg. So the whole living room ni looks like tongkang pecah. Only difference is probably the smell. If tongkang pecah sure smells like rotten fish eh.
At the same time, she’s also watching her cartoon so i really don’t get her. Sometimes, while her cartoon on, she wuld ask me to read to her. I said, if u want me to read this, i’ll have to switch off cartoon. In which she wuld always reply "Mia nak watch shartoon". If i lepak in my room or hers with Marsya, she wuld join in but lps tu buat sepah pulak in that room. So i said, do u want to watch cartoon or not? Mommy close cartoon ok? Her answer "No, Mia nak watch shartoon". See I don’t get it. She wants to do other stuff but still wants to leave her cartoon on.
Morning till her nap time mmg cartoon je la but once she’s napping, i’ll switch the channel or switch off terus. When she gets up, sometimes se’ll ask for cartoon again but i have to be firm and say no. I’ll just have to put limit. Otherwise, mmg cartoon je la all day long. Kena berebut dgn dia pulak if i want to watch my fav show.
Oh! it’s still raining… sejuk and best esp during this Ramadhan. So i’m gonna log off now to "rest" for a while before i start with cooking. Till then…
It was indeed a very sad news we heard yday and today abt that little girl that went missing since last month and was found dead in a bag. I can only imagine how the parent’s felt when they first denied it was their daughter. What makes it even sad was how brutally she was abused that led to her demise.
Being a mommy to two girls, i can’t help but feel very uneasy with this news. Now, i’ll hv to think not twice or thrice but hundreds times before going alone with the kids. I just don’t trust myself and i feel very unsecure with the surroundings knowing there are perverts everywhere. Gosh! Really can’t believe we actually hv these "animals" here in Msia.
Dah la we are in the midst of Ramadhan and will be celebrating raya soon. I supposed this is the 2nd Ramadhan with 2 shocking news isn’t it. Last yr was abt that m0ng0lian m0del case. Apa la nak jd dgn dunia sekarang ni eh… ??
On latest update abt my 2 girls: Mia captured some alphabets and numbers from 1-10 (to some kids mabbe dah khatam all this but do excuse coz mia’s mommy baru je rajin nak ngajar). Itupun i just found out recently. She knows some basic colors and shapes (*clap2 for proud mommy*) One thing abt her, she’s very quick at adapting or absorbing new things. Her catchy fav words now: 1.oh..my..God! 2. Oooo spooky (thanks to little Einstein) 3. Boo boo…And as for Marsya, she can turn! A bit malas tho but she will do it whenever she feels like it.
Happy Fasting to you all! Pray a lot for the children’s safety ya…
There’s a BIG butterfly in my house. Well, it’s not really a surprise. Butterflies are no strangers in my home. I especially noticed them whenever i was pregnant….well that’s what really surprise me coz i’m not expecting. But usually butterflies that came over just the tiny one. This one’s really huge.
Org tua2 kata if butterfly masuk rumah means ada guest nak datang. Lg besar the butterfly means org yg nak datang pun besar. And also ada jugak i dengar the guest yg nak datang tu nak masuk meminang. I dunno how true this is but seriously nak meminang saper eh? My anak2 dara ke??
Can’t imagine myself going thru that phase, where my girls ada org masuk meminang, in another 20ish years from now…hehehe
