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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Hello 2012, Hello 3.0

I'm about to enter the phase of 3.0 . Nope, it's not web3.0, nor is it Globalisation 3.0 as per my MIS lecture notes. The truth is, ladies and gentlemen, I'll still be in my 20s for another 6 months and then hello, age 30.

Before that, have you guys watched Disney-Pixar's cartoon movie 'Up'? The old man's wife fascinated me deeply because she knew exactly stuffs she wants to do when she grows up and actually had it written down in her 'Adventure Book'. Of course I was not that gung-ho, but I do remember some of the things I wanted to do when I grow up.

At the age of 6, I wanted a lot of things to happen. Simple, innocent things like boarding the plane, and going to university. Read my post about my dreams as a six-year-old in my post written 7 years ago (wow!).

At 10 years old, my idea of being 30 years old is well, old. With a few kids (5 to be exact, like what I told my friend Nick Chang when I was 14). Definitely a grown-up. Even being 20 years old is considered a grown-up back then.

Ok, fast-forward to me at age 20.

At that age, I was already in university (cross out this item from my life plan) and working hard towards being what I want to be at age 30. A successful career woman. My vision of me as 30 years old  was, well - a confident, wise and very much well-to-do woman (WOMAN ok) who is breezing through her career in an international MNC and married to an engineer (what can I say, I went to an engineering varsity). Oh, I also revised the number of kids down to 2, although I'm still keeping an eye on the 5 kids vision. Let's just be a bit more realistic here, Internet.

So here I am. Almost 30. Have I actually made it, or did I break it?


1. Married, 2 kids (originally 5) - I would say, I almost made it. I got married at the age of 24, in 2006. I first became pregnant at the age of 26 (2008), but it was an unsuccessful pregnancy and left me traumatized for a few months following the miscarriage. Praise be to Allah, I became pregnant again at the age of 28 (2010), and we welcomed Khayla in December 2010. But, if my first pregnancy was successful, I would have taken this off from the list of stuffs I will do when I become 30.

2. Go to land of mat salehs (part 2 - Europe) - Refer to my entry in 2005, this was one of my to-do item back then. I'm proud to say - yes, this is definitely a completed item! Thanks to my sister who read my blog and then offered to take me to Paris in 2007. It was the most fabulous trip of my life. Then we had another accidental trip to Europe when my previous Company sent me to a conference in Madrid, Spain. Managed to persuade En Suami Terchenta to tag along so we could have our nth honeymoon (we lost count of how many honeymoons we had before Khayla come).

3. To own my own car and house. Still working on that. Checked. We bought our first car in 2006 (not a pleasant experience, mind you), but it was definitely a worthwhile purchase. Our CLK had brought us to countless destinations and served us most loyally despite my initial dislike to it because it wasn't the blue car that I ordered. Thank you CLK!

Secondly, the house. Like most things that happen in my life, it was pure accident that we found ourselves as house owner. We were shopping for household items at Jusco and a month later, found ourselves signing S&P agreement. Will blog about the house in details when I have the time.

4. To have enough money to shop for my own clothes - it's a difficult area here. I used to have the figure, but not the money. Now I have the money, and not the figure. But all in all, this is completed as far as I know.

5. To go to Mecca - still working on this. 

6. To have a grand wedding (later revised to a simple but sweet wedding) - What was I thinking when I revised the vision?? Of course every brides want a big wedding! I wished I had paid more attention and details to my own wedding. As it was, I was too busy working and being in denial of the fact that I was getting married and forever tied down to a big commitment. So, suffice to say that my wedding preparation was my biggest regret and if I could turn back time, I would take all the time in the world to make it my big day. Yes, on top of a sea cliff, wearing white gown, sauntering beneath a beautiful arch, complete with perfect weather and everything.

7. Confident, wise, earn big salary working with MNC - Alhamdulillah, I had progressed well when it comes to my career. Even though I hate my job, I still do well in it. And money department is quite satisfactory. Although not really that high, I still have excess to save for rainy seasons and home renovations and whatnot.

Of course the confident and wise part is debatable. In fact, this is something that I am still working to achieve - being confident and comfortable enough to break away from the rat race and try my hand at being an entrepreneur and stay-at-home Mom who raise successful kids. Some day maybe.

8. To marry an engineer - My husband is a computer engineer. So yes. I married an engineer all right.

To sum up, I had had a good life, thank You Allah. I had managed to accomplish many things that I visualized myself of doing at certain stages in life, although most of them are done without really thinking (like getting married, having a baby and buying a house). I don't plan them either. It just happened. Life's like that.

This year, again I don't plan for what will happen. But this year, I will do what I did when I was 10 and 20 - I will visualize myself at the age of 40. What will I already accomplished as a 40 years old woman? I have yet to think. Only time will decide.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Here comes Baby Khayla (part 2 - a year later)

Setahun yang lepas, ye, pada tarikh yang sama, aku sedang bekerja keras menyiapkan kerja ofis di hospital, sementara menanti esok paginya untuk melahirkan seorang bayi perempuan bernama Khayla. Sila baca di sini.

Nampak sangat kan aku tak rajin update blog? Ada ke citer setahun lepas baru nak muntahkan kat sini?? Tak patut, tak patut...

Tapi, tak kira! Nak citer jugak! Sebelum aku lupa buat selama-lamanya, biarlah aku citer kan jugak pengalaman setahun lepas tu. Hehe.

So selepas aku siapkan kerja-kerja ofis pada pukul 2.30pagi, aku simpan laptop dan baring di katil hospital 5 star tu. Syok betul baring di katil hospital, sebab ada remote control boleh nak tegakkan atau flat kan katil tu, terpulang keselesaan. Maklum la, sejak pregnancy dah sarat, sakit pinggang menjadi-jadi, dan tido adalah mission impossible. So bila dapat katil yang boleh adjust sesuka hati, aku rasa kagoms dan heaven! En Suami dan lama dibuai mimpi di katil sofa sebelah. Dengan kedinginan aircond dan keempukan katil tu aku pun tertido selama 2 jam lebih.

Seawal jam 5 pagi, nurse dah kejutkan aku sebab nak pasang alat yang boleh detect contraction dan dengar heartbeat baby. Walaupun aku mamai, aku bangun la jugak untuk allow dieorang pasang mesin tu. Lepas tu, layan la dengar heartbeat baby selepas sekian lama tak dengar. So far, memang takde contraction pun sebab aku sepatutnya due 2 minggu lagi.

Pukul 6 pagi, dieorang remove benda tu dari perut aku, dan aku pun bangun untuk solat Subuh. Lepas tu dah tak tido. Sebab. Aku start rasa cuak. Cuak nya nak beranak first time nih!

Yang menambahkan rasa cuak, family aku sorang pun takde temankan aku (kecuali En Suami Terchenta la, kalau dia pun tak de memang lagi syahdu la aku! Tak de beza dengan budak2 yang beranak sorang diri tepi longkang tu kan. Huhu...). Kami kan sebatang kara je, so terpaksa la terima hakikat tu. Mak aku pulak tak dapat datang temankan aku last minute sebab nak sambut ketibaan ayah aku baru balik dari Mekah. Dugaan...

Pukul 7.30 pagi sepatutnya aku dah ditolak masuk ke wad pembedahan. Nurse dah suruh aku salin baju untuk operate, dan aku pun dah duduk di sofa tunggu ditolak keluar je dari bilik tu. Sempat la kami hubby & wife amik gambar terakhir berdua sekeluarga - lepas operate ni, bertambahlah ahli keluarga kami. Sementara tunggu tu jugak, sempat rakam video anakku bergerak-gerak di dalam perut - aik, baby pun cuak ke? (Ye, memang dia cuak, sebab dia boleh pusing 180 darjah, jadi posisi dia dah beralih masa tengah operate tuh!)

Pukul 8.15 pagi cenggitu, barulah nurse-nurse datang dan suruh aku naik ke katil aku. Dah setel, dieorang tolak katil tu keluar bilik. Masa tu dah rasa excited - woah, tak sangka dalam beberapa jam aku akan dapat menatap wajah si kecil yang selama 9 bulan membesar dalam perut aku! Rindu tau!

Suami Terchenta follow je kami, tapi bila dah sampai ke operation theater (OT), nurse suruh dia tunggu di luar sementara dieorang siapkan aku untuk pembedahan. For 15 minutes more or less, aku tunggu sorang-sorang dalam wad tu. Tak lama kemudian, seorang doktor Cina datang untuk explain prosedur anesthetic yang aku dah pilih malam sebelumnya (pergh, boleh pilih kau, sama ada nak epidural atau spinal block). Tentu2 aku pilih spinal block sebab ngeri tengok jarum epidural yang besar masa antenatal class dulu!

Lepas tu, dieorang angkat aku ke operation table dan sorong aku ke operation theater. Baru nak settle down, anesthetist tu datang dan suruh aku duduk dalam keadaan membongkok sedikit ke depan. Perasaan? Cuak dan takut! For a few minutes, dia dok tekan2 kat tulang belakang bahagian pinggang - geli pun ada, sakit pun ada gak. Bila dia wipe kat bahagian dia nak cucuk tu, terasa sejuk je kat situ (dah la bilik operation tu memang sejuk!). Bila dia cucuk tu, aku tersentak sekejap - sakit plus terkejut tiba-tiba. Woah, jangan main2, saraf tunjang tau. Doktor suruh aku jangan gerak, pas tu dia pun inject la ubat pelali kat situ.

Dalam beberapa saat je, aku start terasa lain macam je - kaki aku mula hilang rasa. Aku sempat gelak dan cakap kat doktor, 'My legs are going to sleep!' dan seminit kemudian, aku tak rasa apa-apa kat bahagian pinggang ke bawah. Mulanya aku rasa funny (ye rasa macam janggal pun ada, lucu pun ada). Tapi, tiba-tiba aku rasa nak amik nafas tu macam cukup2 je - doktor tu dah warning dah, paru2 aku separuh mungkin akan kebas jugak. Dah aku tercungap2 macam ikan kat darat. Nurse yang standby tu bagi aku topeng oksigen, tapi bagi aku tak membantu langsung.

Lepas tu, the same doctor insert pulak drip kat tangan kiri. Aku tahan je la kan. Bila dah settle semua, gynae aku pun masuk. Dia tanya kabar semua, dan kemudian mula la set up alat-alat pembedahan. Tak lama lepas tu, Suami Terchenta pulak masuk, siap pakai baju scrub. Bila aku nampak Suami Terchenta, aku rasa lega sangat dia temankan aku dalam bilik operation tu.

Disebabkan nurse dan pasang langsir daripada separuh dada ke bawah, maka aku tak nampaklah pembedahan dah bermula. Suami Terchenta sibuk amik video, dan tak jawab langsung pertanyaan aku bila aku tanya doktor tengah buat apa. Tau-tau, aku rasa pressure yang kuat sangat sampai menghimpit paru-paru aku, beberapa kali. Masa tu, aku ingatkan gynae tengah betul-betulkan posisi baby ke apa, rupa-rupanya dia dah operate pun, dan tengah cari kepala baby untuk ditarik keluar. Maklumlah, anak aku dah cuak kan, so posisi dia dah beralih dari masa scan dulu.

Tiba-tiba, Suami Terchenta duduk di kerusi sebelah aku sambil letak kepala di katil. Aku yang terpinga-pinga start tanya apa yang dah berlaku? Tak lama lepas tu, aku dengar doktor memberi salam, 'Asalamualaikum!' dan suara tangisan yang ditunggu-tunggu berkumandang.

Finally! Bahagia, teruja, pure happiness. Sebut la semua perasaan tu, semua ada dalam hati aku masa tu. Mendengar suara Khayla for the first time adalah magical moments for me. Aku jadi sebak lalu mula menangis. Suami Terchenta (aku masih susah nak maafkan dia sebab pengsan pada saat-saat penting tu!) tengah pitam, kalau tak dah lama aku suruh dia amik gambar Khayla di baby cot. Bila doktor bawak Khayla ke depan mata aku, aku terasa nak peluk cium dan tak nak lepaskan dia, tapi apakan daya sebelah tangan ada drip, sebelah lagi ada finger monitor. Aku cuma sempat cium wajah Khayla sepuas-puasnya sebelum doktor bawak Khayla pergi.

Suami Terchenta pulak dah dibawak keluar oleh nurse untuk sambung pengsan di katil yang dah standby kat luar bilik operation. Tinggallah aku keseorangan, tunggu doktor habis jahit tempat C-section tu. Entah camane, lepas beberapa minit, aku mula rasa lenguh dan sakit teramat sangat di bahu kanan. Bila aku bagitau kat doktor anesthetist tu, dia kata it's normal. Body aku detect ada injury tapi tak tau kat mana (sebab dah kebas kena inject pelali), so the pain signal tu 'park' la kat mana2 yang tak kena bius tu (kat bahu aku la).

Aku rasa sangat tak selesa, tapi En Suami takde pulak di sisi tolong picitkan bahu yang sakit tu. Terpaksalah aku tahan je sakit tu sampai la doktor dah habis jahit luka. Tapi bila doktor dah pergi, aku tetiba rasa boleh gerakkan jari kaki. Adeh. Itu bermakna ubat bius dah nak kehabisan, padahal masih lagi dalam operating theater! Aiyoh.

Lepas tu, aku disorong ke bilik recovery, di mana ada a few pesakit yang baru keluar dari bilik operation ditempatkan. Di situ, dieorang akan pantau keadaan pesakit, kalau dah nampak stabil, dieorang akan release dan boleh balik ke bilik masing-masing. Kalau tak, masuk la semula dalam bilik bedah kot. Aku terpaksa tunggu kat situ selama 1 jam. Tak tau kenapa, badan aku mula rasa sejuk teramat sangat sampai menggigil-gigil. Pinggang aku pun lenguh dan sakit, mungkin sebab baring terlentang agak lama (ya lah, sebelum ni aku mana tido terlentang dengan perut yang sarat, mau rasa nak patah pinggang gamaknya). Tapi, aku asyik terkenangkan baby yang baru lahir tu, kalau aku banyak komplen nanti lambat la aku nak discharge dari recovery room tu. So, aku cuma bagitau doktor bius untuk tambahkan dos ubat tahan sakit sebab aku dah mula rasa pedih di bahagian kena bedah tu, dan duduk diam-diam tunggu sejam tu berlalu.

Lepas sejam barulah aku ditolak semula ke bilik aku. Masa tu, aku tak sabar-sabar nak jumpa Suami Terchenta, nak mengadu betapa sakitnya lepas kena bedah kengkononnya. Tapi, masuk je bilik tu, tak de sapa2. Huhu. T_T

Sebaik je nurse dah betul-betulkan apa-apa yang patut, aku laju je mintak supaya dieorang bawak baby ke bilik. Tak sabar betul aku nak tengok wajah si kecik tu.

Dalam 15 minit aku tunggu, barulah pintu diketuk dan nurse sorong baby cot ke dalam bilik. Masa tu aku dah dengar si Khayla meraung2 (ya, dia memang kuat meraung). Nurse kata dia lapar. Bila tengok muka dia sekali lagi, aku rasa syahdu sangat tak boleh describe perasaan terharu bila first time jadi mak ni. Mulalah air mata tumpah sekali lagi, sampai nurse kata, 'Sudah la tu, kan baby dah ada ni...'

Aku ambik, peluk, cium sepuas-puasnya pipi si kecik tu. Lepas tu, nurse ajar camane nak bagi susu badan. Yalah, first time jadi mak ni, nak keluarkan susu sendiri pun tak reti. Apa lagi nak ajar baby camane nak menyusu. So, memang berterima kasih la kat nurse2 PCMC yang sabar melayan karenah kami sepanjang seminggu kat hospital - dengan si Khayla yang taknak menyusu sebab demam kuning, mak dia yang tak cukup tido sebab asyik kena ulang-alik pegi ke nursery nak bagi dia susu tapi dia tido pulak...

Citer pasal breastfeeding ni, memang aku akui first time tu memang kekok dan mencabar. For the first 3 days, memang tak banyak susu keluar. Paling banyak pun, sesudu dua je. Kalau aku tak pegi kelas antenatal dan tak dengar ceramah pasal breastfeeding, memang laju je akan mintak Suami Terchenta beli susu formula untuk top up.

Tapi sebab dah attend kelas tu, aku tau baby baru lahir memang perut dia kecik je, sesudu susu tu dah cukup mengenyangkan dia. Sebab tu dia hisap sekejap je, then dia sambung tido.

Then by hari ke 4-5, aku terasa breast bengkak sangat, sakit sampai rasa nak demam! For first time seumur hidup, aku tengok breastpump elektrik. Bila aku pam, dapat la 1-2oz susu, which nurse simpan buat stok untuk spoonfeed Khayla (sebab dia tak pandai feed directly lagi). By the time kiteorang discharge dari hospital, si Khayla dan mak dia masih lagi kekok nak breastfeed, so biasa aku akan pam / express susu dan bagi dalam botol susu. After 2 weeks (dan juga lepas pam manual patah, menyebabkan kiteorang terpaksa beli Medela double pump secara emergency), barulah production susu bertambah dengan banyaknya. Alhamdulillah :)

So back to story pada hari kelahiran Khayla. 

Lepas nurse guide Khayla camane nak minum, sekejap je bayi tu dah kenyang dan sambung tido. Nurse letak dia kat dalam baby cot dan tinggalkan kami untuk berehat. Lepas tu baru la Encik Suami Terchenta masuk - alkisahnya lepas dia bangun dari pengsan, doktor tak bagi dia masuk balik dalam OT takut dia pengsan sekali lagi.

Maka, dia pun pegi la breakfast kat ground floor sementara tunggu operation berakhir. Tau2 Wife Terchenta dan anak dah dihantar ke bilik. 

Encik Suami Terchenta yang tak penah pegang baby baru lahir tu, memberanikan diri nak dukung Khayla yang tengah nyenyak tido untuk diiqamatkan. Then, aku suruh dia ambik kurma kat tepi katil untuk tahnik kan budak kecik tu. Selesai semuanya, kiteorang sama2 menatap wajah si kecik dengan perasaan bahagia dan kagoms. Ya, jadi parents kepada bayi baru lahir ialah satu perasaan yang mengkagoms kan.

Begitulah kisah kelahiran Khayla Junaidi. Permata cantik dalam hidup kami. Terima kasih ya Allah, sebab mengurniakan anak secantik dan sebaik dia :)
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Monday, December 12, 2011

Sunday Activities

Woke up this morning feeling not so well-rested. Hubby had crashed next to us after burning the midnight oil finishing his report. Khayla was already awake and doing her favorite activity - standing and holding to the bed head. Thinking to tease her, I shifted over to hubby and cuddled up to him - and as expected, Khayla felt left out and started to crawl over and try to get between us. She is such a jealous baby. Camane la nak ada adik ni?

Morning activity is the same. Prepared porridge for my little girl (broccoli, carrot and blended anchovies), and while waiting for it to cook, bathed her. Khayla soon started to crawl after me and whine for food after her bath - so I gave her a plate of chopped banana which she contentedly ate and afterwards, played with while sitting in her baby chair. After she had had enough of banana, I scooped some porridge and we settled down in front of the idiot box watching Babytv while having a proper breakfast.

Hubby had to leave for a group discussion and there was just the two of us to continue with the day. After finishing her porridge, she nuzzled closer for a cuddle and a round of breastfeeding session. After she dozed off, I put her down and went to hand wash her clothes - then put them for a spin in the washing machine. By that time, Khayla had woken up only to find Mommy is not around. It was already 12pm, I scooped her up and then brought her to the guest room to iron our clothes - we were going to a kenduri kahwin in Bukit Damansara.

After that, I had to leave Khayla by herself while I took a quick shower. She was in full tantrum mode by the time I was done, and yet I could not pick her up because I had to: 1) put on my clothes, 2) re-heat her porridge, 3) prepare a bottle of formula milk for the journey, 4) store the warm porridge in a container for the journey 5) pack her bag, 6) put on some makeup and my headscarf, 7) put everything in a carrier bag ready for the trip. After all was done, then only I picked up my crying little girl and changed her into a matching outfit ;)

Then we went down to the car, but once I had settled Khayla in her car seat, I couldn't find the GPS holder - then I remembered it was on the fridge (dammit!). So I made a quick dash (it was drizzling some more!) back to home (with Khayla) to fetch the GPS holder, and also to fetch her dummy. After she was settled down for the second time in her seat, I noticed that one of her sandals is missing. So it was a third trip to trace the sandal (without Khayla this time). By the time I went back to the car, my little girl was crying - again.

All set and done, we drove off to our first destination - the petrol station to fill up on fuel. Then, to the gift shop to get a wedding gift. After all that needed to be done was completed, then we set off.

It was lucky that I simulated the journey before we went for the trip because most of the journey, the GPS was not working. It is the stupidest GPS navigator I've ever invested in (it's called Papago, installed on iPhone 4). So I had to rely on my memory to reach the destination, based on the journey simulation.

We reached there at almost 2pm, Khayla had fallen asleep in the car after a bottle of milk and a nibble on a biscuit (she dozed off while holding the biscuit - such a dear sight). Getting out of the car while holding the baby, a bag and the gift was a chore - luckily I got a parking close to the entrance.

Khayla was hungry when she woke up and she ate a good deal of her porridge. After the wedding, she was in a better mood and she fell asleep again during the journey back. We decided to stop by at a bakery to order her first birthday cake this coming 15th. Gosh, I get teary-eyed whenever I think of my little baby who is growing up into a little girl. I wished we could spend a lot more time because I never get tired of my little baby.

We reached home at almost 4pm. By that time, I was tired and my hands were aching. After settling down a bit, we both took an afternoon nap - such a wonderful nap it was!

Never will I venture out of the house with only the two of us - it's too tiring! So, how's your weekend, my friends? :)
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Rantings of a Mommy

Okay, I'm going to admit something. I hate BabyTV. But I love it (for Khayla's sake). And I hate it too. Strange, eh? Khayla only stops wriggling and resisting any attempts to feed her when the channel is turned on. She'll go into this zombie mode - glassy eyes absorbing the Hippa Hippa Hey or Oliver the Discoverer or whatever, and her mouth automatically opening without even seeing the spoon reaching her mouth. Then she'll chew chew chew (or if there's a baby song playing, her mouth will stay still full of food, and when the song is over then only she'll start chewing) without even tasting the food.

If I'm in my easy-peasy Mommy mode, I simply can't thank BabyTV enough for keeping my precious occupied while I hurriedly feed her, or zoom around the house getting things done. But most of the time, I prefer that she crawls around, exploring and learning rather than become a tv addict. So, there. The story of my love-hate feeling with BabyTV.

Talking about Khayla, she has been feeling rather unwell for the past few days. It started when I had to travel overnight to KK. I thought it'd be fine - she had started on formula milk a couple of weeks now so no issue of milk supply like last time. In fact, when we were Skype-ing, Khayla did not even bother to look at me frantically waving and calling out her name. She was just busy with the remote control or the tv console (do you know that babies her age are busier than a CEO?).

But that night, Khayla was down with fever and the next day, she was lethargic and slept the whole day at the nursery (according to her Daddy of course). Apparently Khayla is still having problems to detach herself from Mommy. So there goes our long weekend plan. When Khayla is sick, she changes into this overbearing child - who can't be left alone, needs to be cuddled all the time, needs Mommy's breast all the time, and to put it frankly, she becomes a whiny and tearful baby when she's awake.

I love my baby very much nothing in this world will make me want to part from her, but when she's in this mode I wished that daycare is open during weekend so I can get some needed rest. Do you know how stressful is Mommy's occupation, cupcake? Can't you just give me a 5 minutes break?

By the way, if you are wondering how then I get to write down this whole entry, she's currently having a nap (praying it will be for a couple of hours, but she just coughs and whines and stays quiet so probably her Daddy is lying down beside her till she falls asleep again) and I'm a really fast typist, so there. Phew. Oh yes, I haven't had any breakfast because I was busy trying to catch a moment here and there to fix her breakfast, do laundry and fold clothes. Let alone do my assignment or revision for an upcoming quiz next weekend.

Take a deep breath and try to do one thing at a time. Brunch first. Then study (if Khayla is still asleep). Toodles!
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Where weekends are my favourite days of the week

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I had been keeping this too long in the draft mode that I forgot about this entry. Time to get it out for memory's sake ;) World, cherish your family!
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I had had a good weekend these couple of weeks. A good weekend means quality time I spent with both Suami Terchenta and our precious little baby.

To me, no matter how crappy the week had felt like, I must put in efforts to make my little girl happy. Surprisingly it has been easy to put away any ill-feelings I harboured throughout the week and don my 'World's Fun-nest Mommy' mode.

Just seeing the joy and happiness in my baby's eyes made me forget about work and instead concentrated to live in the moment watching my baby grow in front of my very own eyes.

Last week for example we brought Khayla to Snowalk, i-City in Shah Alam for some fun family outing. Khayla being the cold weather fan baby, didn't complain being subjected to minus 0 degrees but it was obvious it was not her cuppa tea either. She hardly smiled, maybe because she found it impossible to reach out to the snow, being wrapped up in multiple layers of clothing:



She was nevertheless fascinated with the lights and I was pretty sure she would grab those lit-up ice carvings if she could free her hands from the thick jackets.

Before we went home, we stopped by Fruitty-tutty for some ice-cream treat. Khayla enjoyed herself in the shop because she got to sit on a grown-up chair:



It was probably the highlight of her trip, much better than the freezing Snowalk or the lights walk we took later.

This week, we didn't go anywhere but we brought her down to the swimming pool for some splashing fun. The last time she went into the pool was when she was 4 or 5 months old. I brought her toy duck and she loved chasing after the duck in the water.

Unfortunately Khayla outgrown her water instinct and she had learnt that water could be nasty. So when I tried to put her on her back so she could float, she wriggled and stiffened her body. She also tried to lift her head up because she hated water going into her ears. There goes her water baby nature...

Today, we brought her for brunch at PappaRich nearby our house. She enjoyed her bun and even shrieked along to Celine Dion belting out her evergreen songs. Khayla could be really boisterous too.

In the evening I brought her to play at the playground. To summarise, she loves the swing and hates everything else. We also brought her to visit Che Mat's family and she loved Kak CT's boys, and vice versa.

Truth is, I wished we could have a lot more weekends like what we had this week. C'est la vie people!
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