Rock Concert

Just got back from KL again. This time the whole household went down. Since G had started school holidays, Dad decided to take everyone to see the new baby. So off we went.

We didn't get out much except around Bangsar area. Everyone was busy with preparation for baby Irfan's first haircut. Mom with getting all the equipment ready since she's going to be the hairdresser. Kak Yam and Chik busy with cooking, Shukri had some meetings in Melaka and Dad busy with his meetings in KL. Me? I was busy with taking G and Nadiah out to the shops.

before

after

We went to Bangsar Village and Nadiah of course made a bee line straight to Toys'R Us. She went round the whole store but always getting back to the basket of balls. She was so attracted by the colourful balls in it. Thought to myself "this is going to be a good trip" because the balls were below RM10 and that's MY kind of shopping.

But just before I went to the cashiers to pay for the ball, Nadiah made a detour to a corner of the store and would not leave. So I went to look to see what was holding her attention. It turn out to be a small drum set which the store had put up for demos. There wasn't any drumsticks on the set but Nadiah saw some toy snooker cues and grab them. She jumped on the tiny stool and started drumming away. All my pleas for her to stop so we could pay for the ball and go was a complete waste of time. After a while I went to put the ball back in the basket in defeat, knowing that she's not going to want that anymore.

With a sigh, I had a quick look in my purse to see if I have enough money. Alas! only a few tenners but the shiny silver card was blinking at me; a supplementary from dear hubby. So a quick call to hubby asking if I can just sign for the drums. They weren't THAT very expensive. RM89.90 with a further 20% discount so that makes it just over RM70.00. Hubby gave the greenlight.

A last try to get Nadiah to just up and leave the store but to no avail. I can see the glazed look on her face meaning that she is sooo totally in love with that thing. Not until I was holding the box and showing it to her while telling her that we will go to the counter and pay for it will she got up and followed me. Since she wanted it so much, I let her carry the box down to the parking lot. Yeah I know. That was so bad of me. But she was determined to carry it so I just let her. :)

Here's a video of Nadiah drumming away:


When Bro #3 came over, he took out his keyboards and him, G and Nadiah had a little rock concert. Bro on the drums, G on the keyboards and Nadiah singing on the mic. Well, blowing was more like it.


I also got some books for myself. It's been so long since I read a book. The last was IKEA catalogue. Bought three from Times bookstore and 4 from the book rental store down in Bangsar. That was my first try at renting books. I think if I like those books very much, I might "forget" to return them. I bought:

• Every Breath You Take -- Judith McNaught
• False Impression -- Jeffrey Archer
• Confessions of A Shopaholic -- Sophie Kinsella (everyone is talking about this book so much and thought I'll give it a try)

I rented:

• Against The Rules -- Linda Howard
• Faery Magic -- Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverly et al
• To The Limit -- Cindy Gerard
• A Gentleman's Honor -- Stephanie Laurens

I don't know when I'll have the time to read them all, but read them I shall... someday.

Apart from baby Irfan's haircutting ceremony, we also cooked dinner for Mak Ndak and family. I made my (in)famous apple crumble. That was my "zipedidooda" dessert dish to make when I was in the UK. It's easy and quick. But most of all, it's yummmmmmyyy!!! Since there were no vanilla ice cream to go with it, I whip up some vanilla sauce. It's my first try but it wasn't bad. Nope, wasn't bad at all!!

Well, the short break is over and am now back in Alor Star, pouring over more beading projects. In the last two weeks, I have stayed up all night a few times to finish up the beadwork before the customers came to collect. At the rate I'm going, I'll probably be wearing glasses by June next year. We shall see, shall we??

To Create or Not To Create...

That is the question. Well, maybe not because I have already created it. It's my new blog. One that shall be called "Yatie Travels". As the name suggests, the blog will have stories of places that I've been to.

I've always love travelling and I love taking pictures. They say "a picture says a thousand words", so there's going to be a lot of pictures. There will be funny stories and sad stories. Ones that make you want to pull out your hair in frustration and ones that make you realise how great Allah The Almighty is.

The blog is more for myself than anyone else. It's for me to remember and reminisce. But then, why waste a good story. For sure I'll never be a published writer, so I'll publish myself in MY blog. :)

Yes, I shall do it. I've created the title and it only waits for these busy fingers to start typing. I will put up the link once the first entry is published.

On a different note, everything has been real quiet these past few days. Nothing much has been happening apart from me being stressed out finishing my various beading projects.

Nadiah is her usual happy self. Remember I wrote about her ability to use the pc mouse in my previous post? Well, she has become more competent now. I found her a Teletubbies site for her to play around with. The first day, that really kept her occupied the whole day; stopping only for food and after I dragged her out to play in the garden.

Another new thing that she discovered is a camera. It has come to the point that everyone keeps their camera away from her sight; be it the digital kind or handphones with camera. One night while browsing through the picture gallery in my handphone, I found SEVERAL pictures of her own self. These are the "Blair Witch Project" kinda pictures. You know, dark and only a part of the face can be seen. I have absolutely no idea how or when those were taken.

Talking about The Blair Witch Project movie, have you seen it? Gosh! That's a scarry one. I think I was behind the sofa cushion almost throughout the whole movie. Not that you can see anything horrendous, but the music and the kids' conversations give the movie its scariness. Once while ruffling through my VCD collection, I came face to face with THIS picture, I quickly shove the VCD to the back of the cabinet. Bbbrrrrrrhh!! Just looking at it gives me the chills.

Ok, I'll be off for now and will leave you with a short scene of Nadiah playing hotscotch. Cheerios!!!

Well done, Daniel!!

To my nephew, Daniel, congratulations for getting 5As in your recent UPSR exams. Knew you could do it. Now you can ENJOYS!!

My Baby Can Click!!

She's only 4, but she can use the mouse to click or double click.... Mama is so proud of you Nadiah!! She can even use the touch pad on the laptop. Now she won't have to pull me over to the pc to change her Barney or Teletubbies. She can do it on her own. So Mama won't have to stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down... :)

I just got back from KL on. Our original plan to stay until Tuesday got changed to Thursday. But most of the time we were in Melaka with my mom and Mak Ndak. I only got to go to IKEA.... and they didn't even have the lovely RM1 vanilla ice-cream... HWUAAHHH!!!!!

Got to see baby Irfan. He's got smiling lips just like his father. Soooo cute even when he's crying. Cute because when he cries, the parents have to deal with it and not me!! eheheh!! Now that we're back here in Alor Star, Bro #3 hooked up the webcam so that everybody here can watch Irfan sleep, cry, kick, burp, vomit... the works!! Not feeding time la.. coz then his mama's *toot* could also be seen!!!
Here's some pics of Irfan in action:





Got to go. More beading to do. Alhamdulillah murah rezeki. Probably won't be blogging for a while since all of the bajus are to be ready by the end of the month. Then there's BroIL #2's wedding on the 8th December and I volunteered to do the hantarans.... kes terlebih rajin la ni!!!

Before I go, a HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CS.... my friend from school who we all call "THE SUPPLIER" because she's got everything. You want glue, she's got it. You want stappler, she's got it. You want a steel, long ruler, she's got it. You want kain buruk, pun she's got it. Basically everything lah!!! Thanks for all the laughs, CS. You have a good one this year. Present??? Lain taun boleh?? Anyway, this one's for you:

SURPRISE!!!!!
CLICK HERE, HERE, HERE...!!!!!

Darn Allergies!!!

I’m now in KL. Arrived around 7.30pm. Both Mom and Dad are now at Bro#3’s IL’s house, I’m sure goggling over baby Irfan right now. Me? Am not allowed near the baby because my stooooppid allergies acted out!!!! I cleared out some of Nadiah’s old clothes last night and kept the boxes nicely stacked in the storeroom… the dusty storeroom that is. The result? I’ve been sneezing and sniffling all the way from Alor Star to KL, in addition to my swollen eyes and red nose.

Ever since I was little, I’ve been allergic to dust and cat’s fur. I love cats. They’re so cuddly and cute. But even the thought of cuddling a cat gets my nose twitching already!!

Well, I suppose baby Irfan would have to wait till tomorrow then (that is if I do get better!!). Okay, will report more on the morrow.

He's here! He's here!!

Dear all,
This is to anounce that my brand new nephew has arrived!!! Woohoo!! As of now, 6.09pm, he is 5 hours old. I will be going down to KL tomorrow so that he can get to know his dear Mak Su as soon as possible.

first picture of baby sent by Bro#3