Adik's engagement

Adik's engagement was held last Saturday. I tell you it was a grand event, macam kenduri kahwin. Yelah, Adik is the youngest and the last one for us to have such ceremony. Hence, that explains the kebesaran of the majlis.

It was held penuh adat istiadat. Complete with pantun and seloka melayu by the experts in the subject matter.

The hantaran pink vs blue, pink is ourside of course.

The girls love the way their Cik Cu looked. Very pretty they said. I was about to drop some tears looking at Adik, how she has grown up to be a lovely woman. The first time I met her, she was still in her primary school and now ready to be married.

Of course, me and my better half shared her happiness....

Insyallah Adik, Abg Man dgn K Liza doakan Adik bahagia selalu dan jodoh kekal selamanya!

Monopoly - The quality time that matters

As a working mom, I will try my very best to spend time with my cuties. I will try to either take them out or do something at home. So, if it's at home, we have to plan some activities so that the cuties won't get bored.

During the cuties birthday party, they received alot of board games. That includes 3 versions of Monopoly ; 1 - normal 1- Starwars and 1-Malaysian version.

Last weekend, we had our Malaysian version session of Monopoly. It was really fun as the landmarks are full of places which we can relate to like Putrajaya, KLIA, KLCC and so on.

I don't really like Monopoly, I felt like the game is too long and boring....

But for the sake of my cuties, akak layan jer lah....

Terawih @ Masjid Putrajaya

We were very fortunate as we get to the chance to perform the Terawih prayers at Putrajaya Mosque last Sunday. We thought to make this Ramadhan a more variety Ramadhan, not only the iftar menu, also where we have the Terawih. However, this can only be done over the weekend as the cuties will still need to sleep early on the weekdays. Dah ler kena bangun sahur kan?

We arrived quite late, the Isya' azan was already on air. Parking was a big issue, we couldn't get one so my better half dropped me and the girls first while he and my hero looked for a parking spot. He got one, right in front on PM's gate house.

The mosque is so beautiful. It's so huge and cozy. When we arrived were alot of jemaah there. And it's a combination of international jemaah. The ablution place was at the basement, again very convenient.

After terawih, we took the cuties for a walk at Dataran Putrajaya. It was Merdeka eve, so some where gathering there for the Merdeka countdown.

Some pics taken that nite...

Next on the list, Masjid Besi Putrajaya this weekend, Insyallah!!

It's good to have help in the house

It was a long weekend for all of us. That's what we thought when we entered Friday, with one addition leave day, that is a luxury to us.

However, when we entered Sunday morning, we felt the weekend was fading away......

There were still a lot of work to do around the house. Alhamdulilah, my cuties are big enough to help.

My princess was doing the dusting to make sure the racks and TV are dust free. While my hero was doing the vacuming....

And where's my baby....

Tiduqlah, mana lagik!!!

A Merdeka Entry - Why Merdeka Means A Lot To Me

After few days of silence, I finally got the chance to do an entry, and this one is not an autopublish entry. While typing this, my better half is sitting next to me watching Demi Moore in action in the movie Indescent Proposal, one of her best acting.

Yup, we have just entered the Merdeka Day and let me share why Merdeka Day means a lot to me.

Merdeka Day......

This is my parents wedding anniversary. They were married 40 years ago on that day. Very convenient, so every years celebration, no need to apply leave, a celebration is totally guaranteed.

This year, we have to delay the dinner bit later, since it's Ramadhan and my dad don't really like to eat out or even eat that much during iftar cause he don't want to miss even a day of Terawih. So, perhas we'll have a good celebration later.

Merdeka Day also marked the 1st year we moved to our new house. A very easy date to remember....

And my real Merdeka, was back in 2003, when all the loans we have were settled and we lived for 5 years debt free until 2008, when we bought our new humble home and the new car, that was done after long hard thought.

So, Merdeka don't have to be 31st August, it can happen to us everyday....Just that whether we are willing to look hard enough for it.

With that said, Selamat Menyambut Hari Merdeka and Have a good time with your family....

Iftar @ Home - Mee Bandung

Though it's the second day of fasting, it was actually the first day of fasting for us. We had the first day of fasting @ Batu Pahat which I will blog about it later once I figure out how do I transfer the photos from my berry to my desktop.

The menu yesterday, Mee Bandung. Actually, this year Iftar, we empowered the cuties to choose all the menus they want for this whole month. Which is also a good exercise for us as we don't have to think about what to cook.

The ingredients in the wok. Resepi rahsia turun temurun.

I also bought some kuih @ Bazaar Ramadhan Bandar Seri Putra, karipap and kuih lopes. Not forgetting the tamar.

Hot and cold drinks - hot for the old people like me and my better half and cold for the cuties lah.

The end product, sorry if make you all terliur....kuatkan iman yer....

I am so proud of my baby, last year she managed to complete one full month of fasting and she is determined to do the same this year. This was her pic taken at 6.30pm, still smiling.

We are trying to train the cuties to start the Iftar with tamar, my hero don't really like it, but willing to give it a try...

What's for iftar tonite....hint hint...going western!!!

Opening Season of EPL - Match Review Spurs vs Liverpool

Being a football fan and freak at times, I am very excited with the beginning of the new EPL season. The last 2 season, I was not able to really focus and watch most of the games. This season, I pledged to myself, I will make sure I watch at least 90% of Liverpool match as far the EPL is concern.

Last Saturday, the opening match for Liverpool vs Tottenham Spurs was held. I wanted to write about this sooner, but due to frustration, I put this on hold.

Why?

Cause Liverpool sucked that day. They played not their usual game. Gerrard looked so tired(clubbing lah tu), Caraggher did not defend well, Torres was no where to be seen, the only one played like a professional player was Reina, the keeper. It was like he is the only from Liverpool on the field that day, the rest was like invisible.

Spurs played a great game. Keane was at his top form and it was good to see Crouch again, with better hair this time.

Tonite will be another game for Liverpool against Stoke, so I hope I won't be dissapointed again....We'll see....

p/s : where was my better half? sleeping lah, he is not into football lah....

Carrefour Subang - The place when Mama lazy to cook lunch

Last Sunday, after going for the official opening of the new medical center, we headed for lunch. It's been quite sometime since we ronda2 Subang Jaya area so we thought to visit the areas which we have frequented when we were staying around the neighbourhood.

We then dropped by at Carrefour Subang Jaya to have our lunch there. We used to frequent this place on Sundays after we do our groceries shopping. The cuties love the sizzling noodles there.

My better half was in the mood for wantan mee.

And for me, was really starving....so had Nasi Goreng Paprik with Telur Dadar and Nescafe Tarik.

Honestly, we love Subang Jaya so much, may be because we spent many years there. But, BSP is the place to be and love it there!!!

Sime Darby Specialist Center Megah

Last Sunday, my better half took us to the official opening of Sime Darby Specialist Center Megah located somewhere in Kelana Jaya just few km away from the LRT station. He thought to go there and give support to his workmate and attend the function.

But, me on the other hand learnt one valuable lesson....

When my better half wanted to take us to any event, make sure he get the details right. The time, the agenda and other relevant details. Otherwise the following will happen :

1. We arrived late, after all the event was nearly done. And the heavy rain added to the not getting to participate to all the contest.

2. The cuties were very dissapointed and tired as they were really looking forward to meeting clowns and balloons and participating to the contests...

What did we ended up doing....

Buying ice creams......to entertain the cuties.....

What a great breakfast

Last Sunday, again, we had breakfast in our garden. We thought that was a good idea considering it rained the night before and that gave us the assurance the air will be cleaner in the morning.

The difference from the last session was this time around to tapau food. The kitchen was open early that morning and I cooke fried meehoon, with sambal tumis ikan bilis and fried eggs. Of course, how can we leave the Nescafe Tarik from the menu.

The cuties enjoyed the breakfast, they finished the whole bowl of the mee hoon.

While baby, still a bit feverish and had to take the medication after the meal.

I was doing some self reflection over the weekend and thinking about the direction of my life. That's when questions like what do I really want in life pop up.....Time to re-allign and re-adjust the aspiration and be reminded....my priority will and should always be my family, the cuties, as they are my investments for the life after death.......

A well spent Saturday

Work has been overwhelming and this workload usually spilled to the after office hours i.e. either later at night or over the weekend. Due this circumstances, I have to really plan carefully. What time I need to allocate for cooking, for housework and for other related stuff. And my dream to be a successful blogger, which I know something I have to really work hard for. It's not impossible, just need to work hard and time management is very crucial.

Saturday is an important day for me. Not only I have to complete the house chores, I also need to make sure I spend sufficient time with the cuties.

It will usually start with breakfast. FYI, for those who don't know yet, my better half works on Saturday hence life on Saturday with him will usually starts at 2pm. Last Saturday, I just tapaued food, some nasi lemak and kuih. My hero helped to serve the food and this was his creation, karipap berdonut.

Later, once my better half came home from work, we left to send the cuties to Holiday Villa, there's a magic show workshop conducted which we have pre-registered for this. While waiting for the cuties, I tried to do some work at the nearest Mcd, trying to get Wi-Fi access. When we picked the cuties up, they told us it was a boring session and not interactive at all. Kesian.....

Then, we lepaked at Subang Parade, been quite some time since we went there. Had late lunch at Yanti Rasa Thai, ordered Nasi Goreng Cina and Cantonese Kuey Teow. We were really full when we left that place, my better half was the most full one, he even had Sago Gula Melaka for desert.

We hang out at MPH, I bought some books for the cuties, of course, Cleo for me. Again, lepaked at Book Cafe to get some work done using their Wi-Fi.

It was indeed a long Saturday but well spent. Now...what should we do on Sunday...Hmmmmm.....

The day I felt like an incompetent mother

I never had a maid. Not that I am against those who have one, but that's just the choices that me and my better half decided. We felt, both of us still can manage the chores and so we decided, not a necessity to have a maid. I am blessed to have a better half who is very hardworking to help me out.

However, like I have mentioned thousand times how workload is really overwhelming nowadays. Most of the time, after I sat down with the cuties to help them with their homework and after I cook dinner, I have to go to my mini office in my room to do office work. I still manage to do some of the housework but not the cleaning part.

Last weekend, I had to make a difficult decision, that is to hire people to clean my house. It's not something I like doing because I felt may be it's a waste of money. Maybe they don't really clean the house up to my expectations. and may be....a whole loads of may be....

But, I know I have to be realistic. There's no way no matter how I juggle, I can do everything.

Alhamdulilah, the decision was really worth it. They did this spring cleaning package where they send 3 people to scrub clean the whole house, from the kitchen to the bathroom to the rooms and halls. Memang berbaloi baloi!!!

After this would be the maintenance part where they will come 4 times a month and clean the house again.

And the good thing is I got to spend my Sunday with my better half and the cuties, talking and playing games in our garden. That makes the spending much more worth it!

And this is why they should ban karaoke during wedding.

I promised I share something from this wedding.

Here goes.

Ya Ampun...Hazab bang!!!!

Tapi yang penting feel yer...

Hahaha....

And now I don't really envy Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and other reality show selection panel. Bernanah telinga and imagine hundreds of people with similar "talent".

Another wedding to attend

Last weekend was definitely a tiring weekend. It's been quite sometime my weekends are filled with fun activities. Usually, it's either I have to work or just stay at home while makan tidur makan tidur.

On Sunday, we went to this wedding in Gombak Setia. I was asking Minah nie for direction to the place, and can you imagine she replied "Gombak Setia tu kat Gombak ler kak, duh!". Ada ka patut. Amboi ko dik, tekena akak.

Anyway, this was the wedding of my better half's nephew. The theme was white and purple. That can be reflected with the dining table, pelamin and the hantaran.

What make the wedding unique was both the bride and groom are neighbours. So, they just did one reception. The makan place was divided into 2 ; one for the groom side(that's our side) and the other the bride's side.

We had to leave early, expecting someone to come to our house. Tak sempat nak menatap wajah pengantin.

And something I wish to share about an incident during the wedding. Tapi, nantilah. Tunggu next entry ya!

p/s : baru perasan, takde ambik gambo org pun, smua gambo the wedding stuff. Camne lah boleh jadik camni

Best Breakfast Session

I think too bad the cuties have a crazy mother who likes to do things when she feels like it. Doesn't really matter whether it's a common thing to do or it's out of extra ordinary.

Like last Sunday, the morning weather was very nice, so I suggested (strongly suggested that no one else have a say) for us to have breakfast outside. Since I have declared the kitchen was close that day, we just tapau Nasi Lemak.

Of course, a must to have Nescafe Tarik.

Apparently the cuties love it. They felt this was better than having meals at the dining hall.

We stayed for a while and read the morning paper. Then, off to a wedding.........

Upin Dan Ipin - Glamour already

While channel surfing last weekend, I came across this FFM thing going on Astro. And just so happen there was this performance from Upin Dan Ipin with Ito and ntah apa ntah the rapper.

The cuties love Upin Dan Ipin. During their birthday party, the theme was Cartoon Character and we wore Upin Dan Ipi T-Shirt.

Actually, not only the cuties love Upin Dan Ipin, maknyer pun suka gak....

BBQ Party With Bloggers @ Bandar Seri Putra

The food

The birthday girls and a boy

The happening crowd!!!!!!!!

The story...

Read here, here, here, here and here....(nampak no malas update)

Yang here nie lak, ntah ada ntah tidak yer

Yang lelain, kita story later yer, busy bangat nie