Simple Breakfast

Since early last week, my hero has been asking me to cook Nasi Lemak for breakfast.But, I have to be early for work so did not get the chance to cook this for him. I offered to buy him the one selling by the road side, he said, he wanted the one cook by me. How sweet.......

So, last Sunday, I cooked this for him. He wanted the simple Nasi Lemak, nothing fancy. With sambal sotong and fried chicken, specifically as per his request.

Of course, my better half wanted my signature drink, nescafe tarik!

I felt that it's easier to cook breakfast rather than eat out. Like always, we will have this problem where to eat and sometimes when we try new places, we'll get very dissapointed.

So, this Sunday nak masak apa ler pulak!?

My hero's new craze

I think by now, most of you would know my hero's ambition to be a scientist. He loves science and would be able to spend hours reading books related to science. While other kinds enjoy watching cartoon, he prefers watching Animal Planet or National Geographic.

This was one of the very many great gifts he got from the birthday bash. I think this was given by Gina, betul tak?

He made us take him to the fish shop the next day to buy some to be placed in this container. He was also blabbering what kind of fish he wants as this tank does not have oxygen supply hence choosing the right fish is crucial. Now, everytime I come back from work, he would brief me the update on his new experiment, at time using terms I have never heard off!

Insyallah, if he works hard and study smart, he will be able to achieve what he has always dream off....Amin.........

Birthday Meal

Of all the places my hero can choose to eat for his birthday, he insisted we eat at KFC. I offered Chillis, TGIF, Swensen and many other places but he still wanted KFC. Why KFC, I have no idea and when I asked him, he just felt like having KFC. With that answer, I stopped asking....

We had the KFC at OU right after the science adventure. The crowd was not that pack so it was quite comfy to eat there. I was already tired so having meals at a fast food outlet where I have to que for food is just not what I was looking forward too. But, since this was the birthday boy choice, we went along with it.

My hero, as usual, being the hero in the family, make sure that the needs of his sibblings are well taken care off. That includes making sure the chilli sauces are able to come out from the bottle. Once everybody settled down, he recited the prayer and only then we can eat.

My hero told me he had a great time and this was like the best birthday ever....but then again, he said that every year. It's either the birthday celebration we planned for him is getting better each year or he is just being polite and grateful for all the things we are doing for him.

With that, I thank Allah for all the blessings....

A trip to National Science Center

We were thinking so hard on how should we spend my hero's birthday this year. Typical eating out event just seems to be so boring so we thought of doing something different.

And then we realised his passion for science and decided to go to Pusat Sains Negara. This place is located at Bukit Kiara next to SC. Quite strategic and the parking was quite convenient as well.

The tickets were cheap ; RM4 for adult and RM2 for children. Us, family of 5 only paid RM14 to enter. Wait till you see what's inside and you would know and thought the tickets here are too cheap compared to what is offered.

When you enter the place, the first thing you would see is a big aquarium filled with big fishes but it's ikan air tawar, i.e. ikan sungai. There were lots of this and reminded me of Aquaria.

I like this section, the anak bapak section when both the child and one of the parent sit in front of each other and then slowly a special mirror would reflect the resemblance of the family.

My hero trying the microscope, the real one. We bought one for him last year for his birthday so when he got to try a real one, he was very very excited!

Many more pics in my FB for those who have access to it.

It was indeed a good birthday celebration but the fun time is not over yet....Where are we headed next??

Breakfast before the science adventure!!

This were what we had before our science adventure outing, to celebrate my hero's birthday, his real birthday that is.

Char Kuey Teow - the best one in Kelana Jaya ever since I was in primary school

Yee Mee - My baby's favourite

Yong Tau Fu - fried version...

And mind you, this is only breakfast!!! But a much needed one once you see the kind of adventure we will be having with the cuties.

The day my hero was born

Today is my hero's birthday, yup, the real birthday. He turns 10 today.

My hero's name is Muhammad Ilham Syafiq which means "Yang terpuji, Ilham yang penyayang"

My hero was born at 3am in the morning, the same hospital as my princess and my baby. He was born a week late so I had to be admitted to either be induced or operated. Since I knew the date I will be admitted, I took the opportunity to really eat. I requested for my favourite dishes from my mom and eat like nobody's business. Al-maklumlah, nak kena berpantang lepas nie...


Back track skit, I just delivered my princess 6 months ago when I conceived my hero which of course is not a planned pregnancy. I was worried at that time, financially we were not that stable and my princess was still very small. I consulted my mom who told me, "rezeki di tangan Allah, bukan di tangan akak". That opened my eyes and I was grateful for being able to have kids while some people have difficulty to do so.
My hero was an easy baby to take care of. Just give him 2 bottles(fyi, his bottles were bigger than the normal feeding bottle) after maghrib and he will sleep until 7am the next morning. He was really quiet and rarely cry. He was so obedient and hardly throw a tantrum...

We had difficulty to get him to walk. He felt crawling was much faster for him to move aound hence opted to crawl rather than to even try walking. However, we noticed how strong he is. He was seen one day carrying the small chair while crawling...


And those were the good old days when it was so easy to control him. But, when he entered his 5th year, it was really a challenge to ask him to stay still. And that hyperactive attitude stays till now.


My hero may seems to look like this macho and tough guy. Truthfully, he is more sensitive and have the tendency to cry more than the 2 girls. He loves cooking and he is a good cook as well, something he inherited from my dad.



My hero is my bestfriend. My hero is the person I share my joy and sorrow with. I will be the first person he calls and wishes to talk too should anything happens in his life. He shares his most intimate secrets with me and would never want to see me sad. A very responsible brother who is so protective towards his family and will make sure our needs are being taken care off. However, he just hates it when the sisters refused to listen to him...dictator gak kadang2....

To my hero, Mama loves you very much. My only wish is for him to grow up a good son and a good protecter to the sister. And my his wish to be a scientist will come true and may he be suceessful in future. Jangan luper solat ye sayang!

Kasih seorang anak kepada ibu

My hero got a muffin from school and he was really excited to share this with me. He knew how much I love muffin especially the chocolate one. It's been quite a while since I had one and he knew that as well due to my diet.

I told him he don't have to leave any for me. But, he was quite persistent.

He then, cut the muffin into 2 and wanted me to have one. Actually, he insisted I eat the half....

I am very touched with his gesture and I know he loves me very much. He tells me everything that goes on in his life like a best friend do.

My prayers...for this relationship to continue even when he enter his adult hood.

Sunday groceries day

Once every two weeks, we will make a trip to Giant in Nilai to top up our groceries stock. Some essentials items are cereals, biscuits, nuggets, fries and many more. Giant is about 15 minutes drive from our home hence the nearest and most convenient place to get all the items we need.

This was done last week(Mother's Day week). Wanted to blog about it earlier but no time lah. It was actually a public holiday, Wesak Day so my better half was at home, usually he works on Saturdays.

My hero and my baby watching cakes and bread being prepared at the window while waiting for my better half was taking the car. Good news for me, at least that can keep them entertained while waiting for my better half. Otherwise, they will be running here and there and I will need to chase after them. Sape cakap anak dah besar senang nak manage huh?

The menu for that day was Nasi Ayam. Look out for the next entry on the Nasi Ayam lunch...hmmmm, yummy!!!!

Sports Carnival Is Back!!!

It's the time of the year again. The time where I start to take our my sports shoes from the closet. The time where my gym routine become more frequent than before. The time where I sweat and meeting up with my once a year sports buddies.

As usual the start of the event would be Futsal. And the venue this year was very convenient, in Subang unlike the previous venues, in Ampang. Baru ler adil kan.

And this year, the activities were not only meant for adults. There were activities for the kids as well, hence for this launching, I brought the cuties along.

This guy performed as one of the opening act. He did this ball juggling event which was very impressive. My hero enjoyed it very much, he insisted a picture was taken with this guy. Sorryler, forgot his name lah.

Our team did very badly but it's ok. We had a lot of fun and this year was the first year this game went well without any "fighting" incident. Maybe the level of kiasuness have toned down a little.

One game down...about 12 more to go!

My hero's ambition

My hero has this one ambition since he was 7, he wanted to be a scientist.

He has always been fascinated by the world of science. He reads science, he watches science and he learns science. It will not be too much if I were to say, he embraces science. And science will be the subject he scores the highest for his exam.

For his 9th birthday, he wanted a set to microscope and that's exactly what we got him. Since then, he was examining any specimen he can find, dead insects, baby's teeth even his own skin cells.

While others love to watch cartoon channels, he would prefer to watch the science channels in Astro be it Discovery or Animal Planet.

This are all his science books collection. Off late, he is really into dinosours. Infact, most of the books that he requested for me to purchase for him would be those related to dinosours.

As a mother, I will be supportive to whatever ambitions any of my cuties wish to be when they grow up. My only wish is for each and everyone of them will become anak yang soleh and solehah and will be able to have a good life later in the future.

p/s : I have a confession, actually he wanted to be a pilot during the earlier stage of his life, but I told him that would make me sad as he may not be able to come home to me for Raya...so selfish kan me as a mother, but I guess it's true when you hear those saying no matter how grown up the cuties can be, they will always be my babies......

A creepy entry

Last nite, finally I got the much awaited and needed sleep. The past couple of nites were very taxing to me and my better half...let me tell you why

Started Sunday nite, my hero was complaining of headache and his legs were in pain. I thought he is not getting enough rest so I told him to go to sleep. It was nearly 9pm, the normal time the cuties go to bed.

When the clock was about to show 10 o'clock, my hero suddenly stormed out from his room, crying....and he keep on looking back to his room. I was trying to understand what he was trying to say which can be very difficult in between the sobbing and heavy breathing. When we finally understood his message, the hair behind my neck started to rise.

He said he saw something big and hairy on top of him and he was trying to break free. I thought he was having a nightmare but he said it's real and he was awake at that time. Not willing to take the risk, I believed my hero's word.


I told him to sleep in our room instead, and told him to recite the Al-Fatihah and Ayat Kursi. He did just that but he said when he tried to do that even in my room he felt something hard was pushing his hands. I then recited the Al-Fatihah, 3 kul, Ayat Kursi followed by Bismilah for 21 times. Alhamdulilah, he went back to sleep. However, through out the nite, he woke up every hour and crying. I told my parents and my dad went to see the Imam at a nearby mosque and he gave us 2 bottles of water, one for bathing and one for drinking.

The next nite was worse. After I send him to be, about half and hour later, it started again. He cried and this time was hysterical. It seems like he couldn't recognise me and my better half and was talking to us like we were someone else. He told us not to make too much noise as his parents(which he meant me and my better half) was sleeping in the master bedroom. Then, he ran into his room and my better half ran after him. He then started to ran all around the bathroom and was pouring water. My better half caught him and gave him a big hug while reciting some prayers. He screamed but no voice came out....I was holding my tears and tried to be brave. He needed me to be brave....

I told him to recite Al-Fatihah which he said he forgot so we recited that together and he joined in after the second verse. Then, I told him to azan. Right after he finished, only then he recognised us and gave me a big hug...I slept with him that nite in my room but the truth was I can't sleep at all...

Last nite, I recited Yassin in his room and also performed both maghrib and isya' prayer there as well. Alhamdulilah, he slept like a baby and so did I.

If this gave you the creep...imagine me the mother. I will continue to recite the Yassin in his room tonite. And my in-laws are also doing some prayers from Batu Pahat. My parents planned to spend the weekend at our house.

I do hope whatever that was disturbing him left and left for good. This may be a a wake up call to us to ensure we pray on time and don't forget to recite Al-Quran as frequent as we could.

May Allah protect us from disturbance of Satan.... Amin.....

Lesson learnt from a 10 year old

We have been trying to ensure the cuties really focus in class hence trying this new strategy where during our way home we will ask them what did they learn in school that day complete with the interrogations part. Studies show if revisions are done within 24 hours from the time the subjects are learned, chances of 70% absorption rate may occur. So far, after over a month, this work fine, alhamdulilah.

But, this is not the main reason for my entry. Yesterday, while doing the same routine, my hero was telling what he learnt during Agama class. He said he was thought Rukun Iman and that day was focusing on Percaya Kepada Qadha' dan Qadar(though I have to repeatedly correct his pronouciation for the word Qadha'). When I asked him to elaborate further and this was his explanation.

"Kita kena percaya ketentuan(yup, he was using this word) Allah. Kita kena redha pada takdir dan percaya ada hikmah di sebalik semua kejadian. Kita kena bersyukur dan berusaha kalau nak jadik yang terbaik. Macam Mama selalu ingatkan abang, jangan putus asa. Jadik, kalau kita gagal, kita kena cuba lagik dan tak boleh give up".

Allah works His way in many forms. And I take that He is trying to show me as much as I feel my predicament which I am currently going through is big and difficult, I should never ever give up. And to redha though things may not work my way.

I have been cascading and instilling this positive attitude to my cuties and yet I am the one who need this more for myself.

And a 10 year old boy(whom I love so very much) has to be the one telling me this!

Cekodok pisang

Last night was the cekodok pisang night. We bought some banana few days earlier and before this banana start to spoil, we thought of making the cekodok pisang.

Before you ask, below are the ingredients :

Flour

Bananas

Sugar

Baking powder

Once you have mix all this, just let it sit for a while before frying them.

The nice, hot and fluffy cekodok pisang. Best eaten while it's hot!

This is my hero's favourite food by the way.

Today is Friday...and it will be a long weekend!!! Yahoo!!!

Roti Arab

My hero was the head chef for dinner the other night. And since we have decided not to have heavy dinner with immediate effect, roti arab was the menu for that night.

My hero showing off his flipping skills while giving tips on how to make a good roti arab. Majerin kena lebih, masak kena garing2...I quote...

I guess my hero has inherited to be a master in cooking from both sides of the family. He seems to be very comfortable in the kitchen and just know his way around it.

And my baby has always said to me "Roti Arab yang abang buat memang best, lagik best dari yang kat kedai mamak!!"

As for me, no dinner at all, diet ler katakan. I am not sure whether what baby said is true since I am not a fan of roti arab but my better half concur baby's statement...

Lepas nie abang belajar lah masak kari ke, masak sambal ke, senang skit mama kan?

Cravings finally satisfied

My frequent readers would know my hero went through this thus he has to serve his so called confinement. Which means no tasty food, at least not for another week.

So, let the picture tell you the whole story how he was so berselera that night...

Sebelum makan kena basuh tangan dulu

Baca doa dulu....

Start dgn tom yam duluNow meratah the fish....
All are done, except..........
We are ready to go but...somebody is not done yet

You should see how satisfied he was....Kenyang...BURP!!!

Makanan orang sakit...

This is for my hero who is still serving his pantang period...

Ikan cencaru bakar...

Sup cendawan...

Bilakah semua ini akan berakhir...

My better half's invention

My better is one creative person. The most creative person in my list.

By now, everyone should know my hero undergone this. So, my better half was thinking of a way to help his sleep better at night.

Since our house's ceiling is too high, no way we can do the gantung2 stuff like the one done in rumah kampung. So my better half invented this!

Cool huh, no my hero can sleep better.........(and with this, I can sleep well to :)

Dah sudah pun....

The moment we have been waiting for. My hero finally completed the procedure. We waited in anticipation (baby was the most excited 0ne) but I was a bit sad seeing my hero, my son, being pushed on a wheel chair. He is usually very active so I am not used to seeing him in that condition.

My better half told me the moment he regain his conciousness, he asked for me and I was so touched when I hear this. My hero, still need his Mama.

We waited for the medication and then made our way home. He still looked ok, perhaps the pain killer is still in his system...

Malam nanti, tau ler sakit ke tidak...

The moment of truth...(and pain)

We reached the hospital at 8am and the procedure is expected to start at 8.50am. Once we arrived, we proceed with the registration. My parents were already there waiting for us. I can sense my parents nervousness, I guess they know my hero will be going through a major milestones in his life.

My hero was tagged and then was taken to the changing room for him to be changed to the hospital gown. While we waited at the waiting area. Only my better half went in, only one parent is allowed at any one time and we have agreed it was more appropriate for my better half to be in there.

Once he has been given his jap to make him unconcious, I took my princess and my baby together with my parents for breakfast. My baby was not eating well, she was so worried for her brother and wanted to see him fast. She only had cereal, itupun tak habis....

In 1 hours time, my hero will be out of the Operation Theatre...and I do hope he'll be ok....