Time flies..

 Hana turns 10 months old today!! Oh gosh, in 2 months time, she'll reach 1 year old. Eii can't wait to plan for her first birthday.. thinking of baking a special cake for her, setting up a cute candy buffet with the decorations and all.. Heheheh.. I'm into DIY nowadays kan kan :)

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Anyway, my little missy ni dah pandai merajuk and throwing tantrum. Lambat bagi susu skit or tinggal kan sekejap sorang2 then she'll start crying and screaming her hearts out macam budak kena abuse! But most of the time, she is such an angel and very easy to take care of. Unless you are a stranger to her, she'll smile at you most of the time and showcases her four cute teeth. 


She began crawling professionally (cewah) about a week ago. Now dah pandai pull herself to stand but still not enough courage to cruise. She now understands what her index finger is for, that is to point at things. So dah pandai tunjuk benda yang dia nak. 

Crawl Hana crawl..

And guess what? Her favourite word nowadays is mammmaaa!! Not papa or dada.. but mama..me.. her mother! Nak mintak dukung, she'll start calling mama. Nak susu, sebut mama. Hehehe.. I sukeee!


To Hana Khadeeja,  my daughter kesayangan, happy 10 months young dear. Mama loves you verrrryyy verrryyy much! Muahhh!

Who is the biggest loser?

Only 4 participants (not enough to turn into an interesting reality TV show);
involving 4 female pediatric doctors who desperately need to shed off their very stubborn extra kilos.


The winner will get RM400, just nice to buy a decent pair of shoes (or skirt, you know who you are). 


The competition started last week and will end just before Raya. 
Sorry Chiam, you just have to fast along with us if you want to win :p

Wedding preps

My sister and I are planning to DIY certain things for my brother's wedding including centrepieces for the guest tables, decoration for the buffet tables as well hantaran for the bride. As for pelamin and main table, we leave them to the hand of the professionals, Merisik Gallery and team.


As a measure to prevent any disaster, we amateurs decided to give it a try before the big day and test our creative fingers. Postcall on Sunday, I forced my hubby along to a florist wholesaler in the middle of KL to get a bunch of reasonably priced flowers and went over to my sister's pad for the project men'DIY'.


These are the outcome.

Wedding centrepiece attempt #1.
We used a combination of shocking pink and light pink roses as well daisies
Pot/vase (whatever you call it) was bought from Ikea

Tall centrepiece.
We did not have enough flowers. As a result, a very 'togel' sponge.

Hantaran using a mix of yellow and white roses and baby's breath.
Green ribbon and the real black dulang were left at mommy's house in Bangi.
Tak kuasa nak travel dari Shah Alam semata-mata nak amik barang2 tu.

Yes, I know, there is a room for improvement. But then again, I personally think that the end result is surprisingly okay for a first timer like us. What do you think? Ada harapan untuk kitorang tukar profession jadik wedding decorator macam Chenta Weddings :p

A home is where the heart is..

As you all know, my hubby recently migrated to a new company in Rawang. Located 50km away from Shah Alam, travelling back and fro to his work place is really gonna cost a big dent to his pocket. What with petrol lagi and 3 tolls amounting to more than RM7 (one way), I guess you can do the math of how much he needs to spend everyday. Adding to our monthly expenditure is my travelling to Sg Buloh via NKVE costing me RM3.20 one way and minyak lagi.  Haihhh.. boleh bayar guna pasir tak??? 


Once, we were thinking of car pooling since both of us somewhat heading the same direction but my hubby tends to finish work late and I tak sanggup nak tunggu for hours at the hospital and left Hana at my sister's home way pass Maghrib time.. 


So my hubby proposed that we apply for hospital quarters and rent out our current house. Hence, we'll save a lot money on tolls and petrol as my hubby is the only who does all the travelling. On the contrary, it's gonna be SO sad leaving Bukit Jelutong and our house behind. 


My hubby, a kampung boy, once said that he can't imagine staying in an apartment/condo and will only buy a landed property. He needs some greeneries around the house. He also said that  it is inconvenient in terms of kalau tertinggal barang dalam kereta, takdelah kena masuk lift and turun 10 storeys down to get the stuff. And kalau shopping banyak2, tak ke penat turun naik dua tiga trip semata-mata nak angkat barang .. well, he has a point there.

BJ is a nice neighbourhood and the first time we stepped in this area, we just knew that this is a place where we should stay and raise our kids. So, finally we decided to purchase a house within walking distance to the school, a big padang and a mini business centre called D'bayu. This place has everything you asked for, a steak house, 7-E, Domino's, Tutti Frutti, a kopitiam, kedai mamak, clinic and Cambridge for students to learn English.


What I love most is that on the day that we are off, me and mr hubby would bring Hana for a stroll for our breakfast at the nearest Mamak stall or Kopi Kaw while enjoying the morning breeze (cewah :P).. I pernah jugak once called for Domino's home delivery and bila derang tanya rumah kat mana, I malu2 bagitau our house is located just accross the shop :p (ishx3, memang dasar pemalas!) 


Back to our ancient crib. We bought this house for 370K at that time, yep still cheap back then considering the location. Just after we signed the S&P and moved in, the price of the houses around this area increased by 30%, even the old ones like ours! Yes, crazy I tell ya! Anyways, this house ada attic yang previous owner dah buat, so at least we have an extra space for storage and dah ada pegola and wooden door. So, kira okay la kan. Though, we just moved in 2 years ago to this 10 year old house with a lot of leaking problem and a much needed renovation (but don't have the ongkos for it), but we still love this house to bits (I'll proly exaggerate a bit there teehee..).


Anyway, I've filled up my application for the hospital quarters. According to my friend who stayed there, the place is quite spacious with 4 rooms and is almost fully furnished minus the electrical appliances. I did survey for apartments around KD area where my sister lives but it is waaaayy beyond our budget. So I guess we'll just stick to staying within the hospital compound, if my application approved, that is.


Okaylah, nanti I'll snap few pictures of BJ and my humble house before it will be rent out (huhuhu)..


P/s anyone interested to be our future tenant? Sewa cuma RM1500, partly furnished..

Shhh..

Baik tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, abang, kakak dan adik. Sila perlahankan suara ya, as I am currently in study mode. Exam bulan September dan saya kena korek poket dan dompet, cari duit sen-sen yang bersepah-sepah untuk cukupkan RM2.5k sebagai yuran peperiksaan tu. Kalau tak pass, duit tu kira burn je dan omputeh kat UK tu sedap-sedap je dapat makan duit yuran yang kita bayar dengan titik peluh sendiri.


Saya tak mampu fail lagi sebab kena cepat-cepat ambik clinical exam agar dapat menjadi specialist segera. Duit gaji sebagai MO cikai ni hanya cukup untuk hidup berserderhana, tak dapat nak bermewah-mewahan. Selain itu, saya dah berjanji dengan diri sendiri yang jikalau saya lulus exam kali ini, saya dapat membeli handabg Longchamp yang dah lama saya idamkan.


Okay ya, makcik pakcik sekelian. Sila beri kerjasama ya... Senyap semua sebab saya tengah beri tumpuan sepenuhnya terhadap buku depan mata  bertajuk Paediatric Exams, A Survival Guide oleh Encik Paul Gaon.


Harap maklum... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Planning a wedding

Since me and my elder brother's wedding Razeen 3 years ago, me and my sister have always been looking forward to planning a beautiful wedding. So now it's my brother's Rasis turn of being a groom and his reception will be held in the near future. So far, everything is running according to plan.


Theme: Tiffany blue with a dash of pastel pink and white
Venue: Home sweet home

1) Barang- barang hantaran bought my brother, baju bride and groom dia yang pilih. Cross finger that the design is okay since the future bride is currently in Egypt. So I hope my brother had a good taste.


2) Dulang and design for hantaran
My creative sister ambitiously wants to do it herself since upah orang will cost at least RM100/dulang using high grade artificial flowers. So far, what we have in mind is probably using white bekas decorated with blue hydrangea and pink flowers from SSF. It should be easy I hope? We are still searching for the right dulang but so far our attempt of finding one failed miserably. We went to SSF the other day but did not find one that we really like. My sister paid a visit to Romantika but she said tak banyak option. Then I guess wajib singgah Nilai 3 then.


3) We were impressed with the simple yet elegant pelamin by Merisik Gallery and will hire them for simple pelamin at home, main table deco, stairs deco, wedding favours and centrepieces. We would also like to use few lanterns at the tent and car porch. 


One of my favourite wedding decorators cum planners are Chenta Wedding and Wedding by Sher but it seemed like they cater for VIPs and those with a lot of $$$.. sigh.

Wedding favour by MG, cute!

Pelamin also by MG.. simple yet nice.

4) Catering: not yet decided. 
I've tentatively booked Mazia Catering as I found good reviews on their food and service. But my dad on the other hand strongly wants another caterer, En Khalid something from Sg Kantan Kajang. Papa claimed that everyone in Bangi use him for their wedding. Yeahh.. rite..

It's the in thing. To have such cute lanterns hanging at the canopy

5) Wedding card ordered (see previous entry) and paid. Just awaiting printing.


Tomorrow ada meeting tergempar dengan the rest of the family regarding my brother's wedding. My dad needs his update before he goes to Bangladesh. I hope my proposal of getting Mazia catering is accepted. Hmm.. kena buat kertas kerja nih!

Sneak peek..

Not mine tau!
This wedding card is for my brother's reception in July.
It's a modern design which was chosen by my sister. We simply ordered online ..
What do you think.. okay kan? You better say okay, okay :P