Festival Layang-layang Antarabangsa Pasir Gudang 2008

Festival Layang-layang Antarabangsa is an annual event conducted in Bukit Layang2, Pasir Gudang.. so this is hasif's first experience going to the pesta.. but we were not so lucky.. when we reached there at noon last sunday, 24 feb 2008, there was no wind.. we heard an announcement from the mc or someone tht no kite managed to soar due to the lack of wind.. aiseh br nak show off all those beautiful n gigantic kites to hasif..

the building on our back is Muzium Layang2. u know hasif, it's sooo difficult to let u use that topi.. each time u noticed something foreign on top of ur head, u will reach out n throw the topi on the ground..

hasif is soo excited to watch the kids playing their kite.. it's so meriah over there.. ppl were getting in the mood to play kite, with lots of stall selling kites, vaiety of shapes and kinds..


in front of the Muzeum Layang-layang Pasir Gudang..

there was also a blood donation campaign for hospital waqaf an-nur.. medical check up is a necessity to ensure tht only fit person donates blood..

papa in action.. nasib baik x mabuk darah (ehehehe ye ke x mabuk :P) in the meantime, ma brought hasif around jalan2..

we know it's time hit the road back home when we noticed this.. alahai sian dia ngantuk sgt2 dah.. we went there straight from hospital anyway.. hasif had his second jab for pneumococcal earlier tht day.. so we went back straight though we had been there for only a little over an hour.. it was scorching hot anyway..

this year we were unable to watch the beautiful kite.. variety of shapes normally.. it's ok, till next year..

TGIS (Thank God It's Saturday)

our weekend started with a good food with a good companion.. remember spec i asked u last about the good smorgasbord in jb..? well i found one tht we love already.. hyatt jb.. on friday n saturday nite, they hv a fantabulous bbq buffet dinner.. the price might be a little bit on the high side (RM50++ per head, plus the tax n service charge, for 5 adults kira la sendiri kan).. but the variety tht they have is definitely worth it (esp for ppl who lovessss to eat like us :D) the grilled variety includes salmon n dory fish, squid, lobster, sausages, otak2, beef n sekor lamb.. they also hv satay, lobster bisque, ghee rice n buttered rice n a few lauks, n many more.. i absolutely love their dessert.. beautifully decorated n taste so good..

before we went out.. we were out from the house 6:0 pm.. reached there around 7 pm..

the first dish tht ma had.. assortment of grilled items - lobster, beef, salmon n a pc of grilled squid..

nadrah n abg haziq. the long biscuit tht they had is so good.. crunchy.. (note to mak ngah n pak teh: the taste is like biskut azan.. cicah ngan air teh sodappp ni)

this is hasif's fav.. jelly with fruits.. the taste is good.. hasif managed to consume all the jelly in the glass..

waaa papa gigih menyudu nak kasik anak mkn ke sendirik nak mkn :P

oooooooooooo it's for the little prince..

mak long yg dah sarat (expected to deliver this coming april.. a couple more months to go), kak nadrah n pak long.. ehehe pak long nmpk cam x selera mkn je tu..

more lobster.. yummy..

abg haziq n umi (mak long's mother)

kak nadrah was pretending to be a spiderman.. hv a close look at her finger..

a walk outside to release pressure in the stomach.. eheheh too much eating already..

the lighting made it look like a scene in horror movie, when in fact the kids had a jolly good time ehehe..

one last pose before we head home, 10pm with a full stomach.. i personally think i gain another 1.5 kg on tht nite alone (those who know me must hv known better :D) but everyone went home happy.. (apsal la we took only a pc of the long biscuit each kan.. the taste is soooo good.. we were supposed to bring back a handful each :D)

(post note to mak ngah n pak teh n pak su: we will treat u guys here if u come down here in jb.. so meh la sini.. best ooo :D)

A Year Ago..

pre-birthday entry...

this photo was taken exactly 365 days ago.. see hasif, u were still in my tummy at tht time.. waiting for the big day to make ur grand entrance to the world.. ma looked like at walrus at tht time (though i was only seven and a half months pregnant at tht time).. nooo i looked more like a 10-months' pregnant walrus.. tht's more like it :D i may not be the prettiest sight to watch at tht time, but i thank God for letting me having u hasif.. n thanks papa for being so patient n so charming..

see hasif, ma's protuding tummy.. u were inside :)

mama with hasif in my tummy.. during this time i was around 4 months' pregnant.. the face starts to become rounder n rounder..

Prettiest Mom

Before I was a Mom
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.

Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to put him down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn’t stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom
I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom..

4 Things Meme

Mama received this tag from miss red.. ooo senyap2 je tag org ek.. eheheh.. so here goes..

4 Things Meme

Four jobs I’ve had:

1. Cashier A&W Pandan Indah – worked here for a month during my semester break longggggg time ago.. ehehehe igt lg dulu carik keje with my uni fren, pin.. ahahah lawak tul time tu..

2. Clerk at a legal firm in Bahau – after finished study, before the ‘real’ work.. ehehe works here for around 2 weeks only as MM*E already called.. learned to type using typewriter here.. adoiii charged experience..

3. Electrical/PDMS Engineer

4. Proposal Engineer

Four places I lived:

1. Bahau, NS

2. Tronoh, Perak

3. Persiaran Mayang *berapa-tah-dah-lupa*, Penang

4. Bandar Seri Alam, Johor

Four movies I’ve watched over and over:

1. Bring It On

2. Ghost

3. Clueless

4. Meg Ryan’s romantic movies like sleepless in seattle, when harry met sally, addicted to love, etc..

Four shows I watch:

1. All time fav Friends.. I had watched the series countless times..

2. Grey’s Anatomy

3. Hell’s Kitchen

4. American Idol

Four places I’ve been:

1. Singapore

2. Penang

3. Pangkor

4. KL ehehehe I’m so pathetic.. sume yg dkt2.. either s’pore or around m’sia je..

Four people who e-mail me regularly:

1. Babycentre

2. Babyfit

3. my pren kak inaz.. *muahhh KI*

4. Ex-colleague Effa

Four favorite things to eat:

1. Keropok Lekor

2. Nasik lemak

3. Ayammmmm msk ape pun.. esp kalau goreng..

4. Chocolates.. lotsssssss of chocolates..

Four places I’d rather be:

1. At home.. spend time with my babies..

2. At my kampung..

3. Rome.. ever since I’m small n started reading greek mythology, I always dream to be here..

4. UK..

Four things I look forward to this new year:

1. Shed off those ‘baby’ fat eheheh..

2. Watching my son grows.. his first step.. his first words.. ok not his first words la.. proud to say that his first words is ma or mama.. eheheh best.. best.. hasif dah pandai panggil mama dia :D

3. Our family vacation.. wherever it will be.. near or far x kisah la..

4. Spend raya with my younger brother, hasif’s pak teh.. best.. best.. tmbh sorg lg assistant utk mengemas umah n siap kan mcm2 time raya :P

Four people to tag:

I am not going to name names.. those who are interested to do the tag, pls do so n let me know eh once u do tht.. buttttttttttttttttt I will name one person.. the person issssssssssssssssss *drum roll* EPOL.. so pot jgn segan silu buat okeh :D

You have my heart award..!

this wonderful award was passed by my dear friend, spec.. a wonderful jedi tht i hope i can meet this coming may (ehhh may ke june ek spec) for her sis's wedding.. here in jb.. my heartfelt appreciation for u sis for this award.. 'muahhhhhhhh dia' said hasif..

i am now passing this award for all of u guys :)

My short movie clips.....

Normallly Papa and Mama luv to read me book. My favourite is "I am a duck". See, I can read too

oops... the book is upside down.

Today Mama is not around. Papa take care of me every Monday or when he is not working. Papa dun like to send me to Nursery when he is around. He like to cook porridge for me, bath me and take me for a walk. Papa's porridge is delicious. But sometime, Papa forgot to apply lotion on my hair and I have to remind Papa


I like to play with Papa and show him what I can do....


Look, I am a big boy now... I can stand on my own two feet.......

Soul Mate..

i found this in my younger brother's blog.. the one that i had not seen for a good 8 months.. very meaningful, thus i intend to post it here, specially dedicated to my better half..

Soul Mate: a person with whom one has a strong affinity.

When the person you love loves you back unconditionally. When you're hurting and you don't even have to say it because they can hear it in the mere tone of your words. It's when just a simple hello makes all the worries of the day disappear. It's how your hands fit together perfectly even when they share not in size. And how no matter what you say or do, there they are, longing to give you love you don't feel you deserve.

It's in the way you says my name. It's in the way you think about me. It's in the moments we spend together. It's when time with you stands still.....it's with you i decided i want to live the rest of my life...

I love u soooooo much :x

Ada Apa Dengan Dapo..

Our brand new state-of-the-art electric stove/oven is here.. yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. okay I’m exaggerating.. it’s just a humble n simple dapo cap butterfly.. it all started about 2 weeks ago actually.. hasif.. please learn something from this story.. so here it goes..

2 weeks ago, while cooking hasif’s porridge in our gas stove, I noticed that the flame was yellowish n berjelaga.. it causes the pot to be blackend by the jelaga.. my initial tought was that the dapo rosak already.. aisehhh. marah la mcm ni.. we just bought the dapo, I think around 3 months’ ago.. may be the cable or the connector or whatever thing that we call it yg kaler itam yg sambung kan from the gas to the dapo was loose, since hasif did play with that one the day before.. he was in his walker at tht time while ma tried to cook dinner..

so the flame remains yellowish despite papa’s effort to tighten the connector etc.. last week, Tuesday morning to be exact, while cooking hasif’s porridge in the morning, the flame suddenly became smaller n finally poof..! x leh nyala dah.. ma continued cooking the porridge in the rice cooker while pa trying to recitify the situation.. pa said ‘gas habis kot’.. but stubborn mama was adamant that the stove already rosak.. mas insist that the gas was relatively new.. we bought early November.. normally our gas can last for months.. so it must not be the gas right.. it must be the stove.. rosak la tu..

so yesterday morning papa send msg to mama using skype, said tht we better get a new stove, the one that comes with the oven.. yes, we have oven already but pa had always said before that he want a better oven.. so ma said ok la.. so after office, papa n hasif picked ma up.. off we went to masai in search of a good stove.. we settled with a butterfly electric stove/oven.. we initially planned to get europa/zanussi brand but finally decided upon the butterfly brand, as per the tokey kedai’s recommendation, though the price is much higher.. btw this shop is the one that we frequent.. i bought most of my electrical appliances here, ever since I’m single.. while we were there, we bought also a mixer.. just a simple mixer la.. cap butterfly gak.. dah ada oven yg best kena la ada mixer kan sng nak buat kek (ehehe mama n papa dah berangan nak msk macam2 ni.. there goes my diet if bake cakes/cookies every week)..

after dinner, we hurried back so papa can kemas2 a little bit to give way to the new stove/oven.. pa disconnect the old stove n then suddenly he called ma.. tong gas tu ringan sgt.. bleh angkat satu tgn.. which only means that gas dah abis..!!! so dapo lama tu x rosak pun, x nyala pasal x de gas..!! adussss we paid already for the new dapo.. sayang.. sayang.. but sporting papa said ok la.. x pe.. sooner or later we are going to buy the dapo pun.. so moral of the story is (1) if the flame of ur gas stove turns yellow, chances are gas dah nak abis n bukan dapo yg rosak.. though u just bought the gas 2 months ago or 2 weeks ago or even yesterday.. don’t underestimate the number of cooking tht u had done with ur dapo.. (2) bila tetiba dapo gas dah x nyala, again the chances are gas abis, n bukan dapo rosak..!! I had been cooking for years, tah camne still bleh jadik mcm ni eheheh.. (3) bila gas abis, beli gas baru, bukan beli dapo baru..!

anyway ape pun glad that we already have a new dapo.. x pe la kan..

so introducing our new dapo..

the new mixer..

the free gift that we got from the shop.. eheheh CNY kan, limau mandarin + air kotak la..

CNY Break..

it was quite a long holiday in malaysia last week.. public holiday for chinese new year on 8 n 9 february (thursday and friday), applied leave on saturday, 10 february.. so total we have 4 days leave, or u can have longer break if u applied more annual leave la.. so we took the opportunity to travel balik kampung to penang.. this will be hasif's 3rd trip blk penang.. the first time was right after our confinement period, n then hari raya 2007 where we spend the first and 2nd day of raya in penang..

1st day, thursday, 7 feb. 2008

we started the journey early on thursday morning.. initial plan was that we must be out of the house by 4am.. this is important in order to ensure that will not be caught in traffic congestion to png.. but the little prince had a better plan for us.. he did not had a good nite sleep prior to the travelling.. woke up at 1:30am for his milk, n decided to merengek until 3 am.. papa massaged his tummy, only then he started to sleep peacefully.. so to cut the story short, we were unable to wake up at 3:30 (who can.. sleep at 3am then woke up at 3:30 ek.. mana larat eheh).. we only managed to wake up at 5:30 am.. hurriedly kemas apa2 yg patut n get ready, out from the house by 6:30 am..

the journey was uneventful that morning.. mama accompanied hasif sleeping in the car all the way to seremban.. our first stop was Seremban Specialist Hospital.. reached there at 9:00am.. we were there to visit pak su.. ops don't misunderstood ok pak teh, not our side of pak su.. this is hasif's pak su on pa's side.. he is pa's youngest brother.. admitted due to dislocation of disc in his tulang pinggang.. apparently he fell during his trip to US recently, but only realised later that it becomes more painful with each passing day..

this is the hospital.. it is relatively new compared to Johor Specialist or Puteri Specialist.. the hospital is soooooo cantik n wangi n the room is spacious n the nurse is pretty n the air seems to be fresher (cehhh puji x hengat ni..) eheheh.. we basically loves everything about the hospital (except the doctor n the service la kan as we have no experience yet..) if only we can move the hospital to jb.. or even better to pasir gudang.. best tul..

so this is pak su.. hasif was trying to set himself free.. eheh still stranger's anxiety.. nice to see but not nice to hold.. he will laugh n play with u but do not dare to hold him.. eheheh kang melalak kang..

ma pun nak pose gak ngan hasif.. this is the waiting place outside the ward.. so selesa..

so we continue our journey at 9:30 am.. heavy traffic to northern part.. lucky that pa is so terer.. he used our 'special lane' most of the time :)

driving in our special lane requires skill sometimes.. ehehe..

hasif only slept for 1 hour during the trip seremban - penang.. so basically 1 hour sleep, 5 hours playing.. aiyooo penat sgt layan hasif.. mama nak terlelap pun x dpt.. we reached penang around 3:30 pm..

night time, again hasif had difficulties to sleep.. maybe because of the new environment.. beralih tempat tido gitu.. it was still early for us to sleep, 9pm but for hasif it was time to hit the pillow.. bentang tilam kat bawah since hasif tidur quite buas.. so x leh tido atas katil dulu.. but each time i put him to sleep, he will crawl towards the door.. so ma's last resort was to draw the curtain n closed the door.. pitch-darkness.. but i noticed that hasif still moved.. i quickly get the camera n snap his photos to see what he's up to as i can't see him clearly in the dark..

alahai.. dlm gelap pun hasif merangkak gi pintu.. still trying to set himself free..
funny to see how he attempt to open the door when in fact it's totally dark in our room..

2nd day, friday, 8 feb. 2008

planned to visit some of pa's uncles n aunts in the afternoon.. sume cancel psl hasif ngantuk but yet he refused to sleep.. when he finally slept, it was 3+pm.. n he slept like a log until 6+pm.. nite time, after maghrib, we went to tok teh's house.. tok teh is pa's auntie.. we stayed there until almost 10pm if i'm not mistaken.. hasif ate sooooo much.. earlier at home, he ate some corn.. in tok teh's house, he ate keropok, bahulu n coklat.. all in small quantity though, but the combination proves to be disastrous as he vomitted soo much afterwards.. must be because of the oily keropok ikan.. so hasif, that will be the last time u eat keropok ok.. sian tok teh had to wipe the mess with her own bare hands as their maid was on leave that day (ma nak kemas ok but she refused any assistance.. much to ma's delight ehehehe.. dasar pemalas tu :P)

3rd day, saturday, 9 feb. 2008

so the plan for today was to go to mak long's house.. she is pa's eldest sister, residing in balik pulau, a place famous for their durian kaki (alahai bukan musim durian lak skang) n fresh jeruk (spec, i will contact u through email later.. hv something simple for u).. we went out of the house around 11:45am.. hasif slept all the way through until blk pulau.. lunch was served immediately when we reached there.. sodap we were feasting on home-cooked meals of nasik n a few lauks (she made a great chicken rendang) n laksa penang.. releks sat, around 3 pm we were out to Queensbay Mall (kak inaz, azni n intan.. do u know that the mall is so near to Penang Free Industrial Zone..? kalau la zaman dolu2 dah ada this mall, mesti ronggeng sakan kita kan dulu :D) uishhhh the place is soooooooo huge.. it's currently the largest n longest n the most modern shopping mall in penang.. they have lotssss of kedai inside.. if only we can move this mall to jb.. seems like we are ketandusan shopping mall here in jb (elok la tu sebena nye, x la abis duit byk sgt shopping eheheh :P)

striking a pose with the chinese new year deco inside the mall.. from the left is tok wan (pa's father), Bie (hasif's cousin, anak Mak Long), papa n our precious boy, Siti (hasif's cousin, anak Mak Long gak) n Tok (pa's mother)..

sorry hasif, ma had to color my face as i looked like a clown in this photo ehehehe.. mama over excited la ape lagi..

we bought a few items there in queensbay mall.. ma bought a cute n sexy sandal (ahahahah in my own opinion la kan).. out from the place at 6pm.. on the way back to send the kids back to mak long's house, we stopped by the 'menara'.. this is where people stop n take photos n basically enjoying the view from the hilltop.. siti said the char kuey teow stall there is sooo famous n sooo sedap.. so hasif we must remember to make pa stop here next time for the char kuey teow.. tht time we hv no opportunity as we had better plan for dinner..

after maghrib, we bid farewell to mak long's family.. mama, papa, hasif, tok n tok wan nak blk dah.. but before that we planned to hv dinner at telok tempoyak, in batu maung.. this place is famous for the ikan bakar.. buttttttttttttt after we reached batu maung, we had some difficulties to find the place n tok said better balik as the place seems to be so scary n dark.. plus hasif was asleep n ma was a bit reluctant to stop for dinner..x sampai hati nak kejut kan hasif.. so we went back straight to junjong.. reached home around 10pm..

4th day, sunday, 10 feb. 2008

so we will be leaving by 2pm.. we went out around 2:15pm, but stopped by (actually deviate from our route) carrefour in seberang jaya.. the reason..??? eheheheheheheeheheheh we came to know tht they have kyros kebab there.. eheheheh.. ma absolutely love kyros kebab.. i used to savour the delicious kebab in kotaraya, kl before but they had closed the outlet there..

this is the ever-so-marvelous kyros kebab.. we bought 6 pcs.. eheheh 3 regular (one for papa n 2 for pa's cousin n her fren yg tumpang kitorg smpi dengkil - her car accident in penang during the CNY holiday, so bas pun dah x de) n 3 large for yours truly.. ehheeh ma nak lepas gian.. order 3 large, no vege, xtra meat.. yummy.. sodap sangat2 tau hasif.. when u grow up, i'll treat u to kyros kebab eh.. really hope that they will open an outlet here in jb..

we hit the hiway by 4pm.. traffic jam everywhere..!! lucky that skillful papa used his special lane again ehehehehe.. i think pa used that lane 70 % of the time :D

we reached dengkil by 11pm.. kesian papa.. we stopped there for almost 50 mins for dinner n freshen up.. pa had been driving for close to 11 hours straight so better lurus kan pinggang.. thank god no more traffic jam from exit USJ, subang jaya onwards.. uneventful trip until we reached home sweet home at 3:10am.. as a summary, we were travelling from 2:10pm until 3:10am.. adoiiii kesian papa.. ma n hasif had a wonderful time though.. hasif slept all the way through.. from penang until jb... only woke up for 1.5hrs when we stopped by in simpang pulai n another hour in RnR Dengkil..

so that's our holiday diary ehehehehe.. had to jot down everthing for our own sake of memory :) hope u guys had an even better holiday..

Hepi Besday Abg Adha..!!

we went back to ma's hometown last weekend, saturday nite, 2nd february 2008.. since we are planning to go back to penang during the upcoming chinese new year holiday, we better balik bahau earlier la..

we brought along abg adha's birthday present.. we bought the present at jusco permas 2 nites earlier.. i became so geram with abg adha's toys when we bought it but papa managed to pujuk me n i stopped sulking already cause pa also bought me a new toys.. fisher price's cookie jar.. eheheh.. the cookie jar can sing well.. less than 24 hours after we purchased that one, ma can already sing the whole song repeatatively like a broken record..

ma said his 4th birthday is today (last saturday), n luckily abg adha n the geng also blk kg, as they had some planned activities in jengka, pahang last sunday.. we reached bahau 9:15pm.. quite surprised when we saw a few cars there, n they are our relatives.. wan chik, tok chik, pak ulung, mak ngah, auntie erni n uncle sutan were also there.. seems like there's a celebration going on.. yeaaa birthday party abg adha la.. i noticed ma became so excited at that time, because a celebration means byk foods right.. we were feasting with satay, laksa johor n plain rice with a few lauks.. no pictures though as mama became rambang mata seeing all those good foods..

abg adha tgh kontrol senyum with his yummylicious tiramisu cake.. on his right is mak ngah, and pak ulung is the one in the background..

hasif pun nak posing with the cake.. (kindly ignore ma's sweaty-plump face.. she said she looks better when she's not tired eheheheeheh..)

hasif tgh gigih usya uzma.. pak su tgh gigih amek mknn..

atok looked a whole lot better than the last time we saw him..

as usual, pak ngah was the guy who's in charge with bakar2..

jeles ni.. abg adha received byk gifts that nite.. left most is the gift from pak su n his ehem ehem.. middle one is mak ngah n the next one is from auntie erni.. oo mak ngah gave him a set of walkie talkie.. very functional..

memula hasif usya je dulu abg adha bukak his present..

then both guys became so excited.. notice who's the most super-excited among those 2..? ehehe mcm dia punye hadiah :P

this is the gift from hasif (well okay.. actually papa was the one who paid for the gift.. but it was from hasif nonetheless.. ehehe)...

papa tgh khusyuk tlg abg adha pasang kan the rail for his new car set (sebena nye lps tu papa nak tlg main sama2.. sbb tu dia pasang cepat2 :P)

hasif tgh main keta present from abg adha's parents, mak ngah n pak ngah.. papaaaaa i lurveeee this car.. the stering bleh bunyik2.. kat depan tu ada shooter or something bleh pusing2 n tembak2 n have lights some more.. n the car is battery operated n can really move.. papaaaaa.. see i hv a good time playing with this one --hint hint--