30 years down the road..

Nope! Ryan is not off to some costume party.
He was actually waiting anxiously for the arrival of the King & Queen of the day. TOK & NENEK!!!

It was an iftar cum suprise party for our parents last night. Yup, 30 years! Lama tuh..
I frantically cooked/clean/wash/scrub the whole of yesterday in preparation of the event. Selamat ada Maria Gonzales (my part time nanny cum maid).



And nope, Diyana didn't put up the deco...dia nyibuk posing ajer tu. Biasalah, minah perasan. Macam tulah kan... But how? Ok right? Heheheh... last minute work, kira berjaya lah jugak.





Purple is ibu's favourite colour while blue is ayah's.

So there we were at the end of the night. Oppp.s.. Do you realise that all the kids are dressed in blue and purple as well??? I was actually wearing my yellow dress since I didnt have time to change. (SIbuk oiiii!!!) But for the photos, I just wore the blue top over my dress. Jadilah...

Happy 30th Anniversary to Ayah & Ibu!

We love you much much!!

Puasa

I am getting a breather right now.
Fuyooo.. Manyak penat woo layan itu budak tonet.
Not that I mind lah. I'd love to just hang out with him whole day long. Only if I do not have a million housework to do.

It's the 2nd day of Ramadhan. Everything's been going well, except for the fact that my precious is not well and Ikin is @CGH with some undetectable penyakit. She insists that it's Hans Isaac yang bomohkan dia since he couldn't get her. But yeah, everyone knows that she's delusional. But, that aside, get well soon both of you!

Back to Ramadhan. It's my 2nd puasa as a married woman. Technically, it's really my first as I was still dalam pantang last year and the puasa bug didn't hit me at all. What hit me was the post natal blues, so I ended up cranky and teary the whole of last year's puasa. Urgh. Hate that. This year is so much better (so far). I cooked sahur for the first time in my life. And I'm glad that Aini and Mimi are here or else, it'd be just a quiet affair with me and Shahreil. You guys must know that in Tampines, sahur and buka are absolutely big, noisy, kecoh affairs. And sometimes I just miss those. And planning what to cook for buka is fun too. Steamboat for the first night, nasi goreg tom yam the second, and I plan to cook nasi lemak for tomorrow. Yum Yum.. Fun fun.. I've always loved cooking and now that I have my own kitchen....yabedabedoooooooooo!!!!!!

Selamat Berpuasa, you all.

Updates

I know I haven't been updating this blog as religiously as before.
Life has been pretty busy for me. Wait a minute! Not busy, but HECTIC.
I feel as though I'm running here and there and everywhere all the time.
I know this is just temporary, and I can't wait for the day when everything's settled and I can finally sit back, relax and sip a cup of that aromatic tea that I've always loved. *aaaahhhhh* Just the thought of that sends me to a moment of that elusive blissful feeling.

Ryan's turning one in a few days time. I can't wait for the day to come because, first, it's a major milestone in his life. (*muahz* *muahz* *muahz* Ibu loves you, sayang!) and second, I can't wait for what seems like an 'alih bulan/tahun' syndrome to vanish into the thin air! Yup, it has been quite terrible these past few nights with him crying at night and wanting to sleep with my arms around him! We couldn't really pin point to what is causing Ryan to act up like that (rumah baru/panas/gatal2/banyak main/alih bulan/sakit/gangguan?). But I hope it's just an alih bulan thingy lah eh cos if I remember correctly, he almost always acts up a little at night when it's nearing 16th.

This year has been pretty sad, what with the deaths of so many people that i know (personally or otherwise)

It started with Pak Long. And I still get a sick feeling in my stomach whenever I see blue taxis because they always remind me of him and how I used to take a look at all the drivers in blue taxis hoping that it was him.

Michael Jackson tak yah cakap lah eh.

Then it was Yasmin Ahmad. I was terribly sad that such a gem like her is gone forever. I haven't had enough of her work. It feels like she has so much more to give.

And just yesterday, while I did my routine check on artismelayu for hot entertainment gossips, I was presented with the shocking news that Ustaz Asri of Rabbani died of heart attack. I am great fan of Ustaz Ari. It all started when I watched Erra & Yusri's wedding video, which showed them entering the wedding reception area accompanied by Ustaz Asri's reciting some doa as opposed to the usual kompang. It was sssoooooooo syahdu. I dreamt of him coming over and doing the same thing at MY wedding. Hehhehe... And it was such a coincidence that the night before, I searched for his CD which has him reciting the surahs, when Ryan was once again crying in the middle of the night. And I read his blog this morning and when I saw his entry that has his very young son's grinning photo, I nearly teared because that's another child who has just lost his dad.

All these just made me realise how short life is.
Let me leave with something I got off Ustaz Azri's blog:

"Aku adalah pengejar syurga akhirat, bagiku dunia ini adalah tempat mempersiapkan segala sesuatu untuk meraih syurga akhirat; aku yakin bahawa syurga akhirat tidak akan pernah dapat aku raih kecuali aku boleh menikmati syurga dunia terlebih dahulu. Maka rumah dan keluargaku adalah syurga dunia paling indah buatku. Tempat kerja syurga dunia harianku. Tetangga, masyarakat,dan bangsa adalah syurga duniaku yang lebih luas. Ke manapun dan sampai bila-bila pun syurgaku selalu bersamaku."

JELEBU

We're officially Jelebu residents now. Finally.
It was hard work. Not so much the packing cos I practically emptied everything out of drawers after drawers of stuffs into boxes. That part was peanuts. The pening kepala part was the unpacking. The moment I got to be alone in the house after every kind souls had left for the night, it finally sinked in that I would have to unpack every single little 'garbage' that I have. I nearly fainted looking at all those boxes.

Thank god for the ever reliable sis, Ikin who took 1 day leave to help me clear everything up. Well, she is after all my life-long manager. She took leave for my wedding prep, she took 1 week leave (and mc) after I gave birth and yesteday she took 1 day leave to help me. Thanks also to Mak who kindly volunteered to look after Ryan while we were hard at work. And to Kak Mars and Bomi who took Ryan off our hands while we moved house. *phew*

And to all our friends and their respective spouses/gfs/fiancees who had to flex their muscles and carry heavy stuffs on an otherwise lazy Saturday afternoon. What would we have done without you!

And to all of the uncles and aunties who were there with the delicious food to feed the hungry movers.. Thank you.

I wish the Tampinesians were there too, but they were all down with the flu. Rest well. Recover as soon as possible and we'll meet in Jelebu soon.


As for me and Shahreil, we are at another milestone in our relationship. In between all those packing and unpacking I'd stop and think...Wow! Here we are now. It never cross my mind way years ago, we'd be here and doing this. It wasnt that long ago when we were just a pair of teenagers skipping around town (skipping lectures & tutorials too!).
So here we are:

1) Child= checked
2) Car= checked
3) House of our own= checked
4) Cash= still working on it.

Im a satisfied woman!