Taknak Grow Up Kot

I think Umaira has issues about growing up. Perangai dia dua tiga hari ni memang pelik. Bukan pelik annoying, tapi pelik kiut gitu. Since she got back from Cheras, she has been expressing how much she misses me and loves me in many different ways. Dengan ayat tu toksah kata la kan, tetiba datang peluk, tetiba datang kiss. Cakap "I will miss you Mummy" tu memang acapkali.
Ini teori Mummy sendirilah, maybe she knows, once she starts real school, things will be different (Noooo!). She will have friends, and Mummy Daddy akan jadi ala ala second place gitu (Noooo!).
Below, look what she did for me and Daddy before we left to work. Schweeeet sangat!! I love you too Umaira....


Barulah Rasa Disayangi

Poyo betul Mummy sejak kebelakangan ni. Emosi tak menentu, must be the time of month nearing soon. Tak best bila tak dapat control own feelings. Siap terpikir, kalau jumpa our annoying designer, he's so gonna get some screaming from me today. Nasib baik pakcik to MC, macam tau2 jek kalau dia cari pasal, he's so gonna get it from me wahahahahaa...
Paling poyo sekali - sah2 la anak2ku memang sayang Mummy dia. Tapi semalam, memang rasa extra disayangi especially from Umaira. She has been at tok Mama's place since Thursday, so sudah rindu gila kat Mummy and Daddy, sampai bergenang2 air mata. She really wanted to go back with us, but since tok Mama said she wants to send them back today, so it's better that she stays on. Atleast they have their Asu there to amuse them (Asu's kek batik is to die for! Today they're baking cake). Umaira macam okey with the idea. Until it's time for us to leave. Pecah abis muka sebab menahan air mata (not me, my eldest tu lah). Ya Allah, siannya baby Mummy. So, I hugged her sampai dia tertidur.
If you're wondering about Ulfa and Umar, itu dua budak memang hampeh. Tanya nak balik tak? Ulfa jawab: "Taknak, nak duduk sini one hundred..." 100 menda, I asked? "100 hours!" Ler, ingatkan nak duduk 100 days tadi, gediks betul! Umar plak, jawapannya dia taknak aje. Sukalah leh wrestling ngn tok Baba dia, kalau kat rumah sendiri, takkan nak wrestling ngan Bibik plak hehehe...
Bila tok Mama tengok perangai Umaira gitu, dia cakap sama jek perangai anak2 sulung dalam family ni, aku lah tu. Dulu, when I was around Umaira's age, my parents sent me and my cousins to Guar Chempedak for the school holidays. We would stay there for around 2 weeks to a month. Dibela oleh Mak Lang, who I considered as my second mom. When it's time to balik, memang drama abis la kan. My older cousins still make fun of me. "Ni lah orangnya yang bergayut sambil meraung kat buai depan rumah Mak Lang, taknak balik punya pasal." heheheh..at the same time, dengan Mama pun taknak lepas. How lar kan?
Those were the days, and memang tak percayalah menurun kat Umaira kan. My excuse: I am the glue of the family, I keep everyone together. Yeah right? Yeah right!

Syioknya Kemas Rumah

Oh yes, I love it when I get the time (and energy) to clean house. It's soooo satisfying. Especially these days when me and bibik don't see eye to eye. Rasanya maids ni ada "expiry" date macam makanan jugak. Mula2 tu sodap lah, suma pun pandai buat, suma pun dengar cakap, suma pun ikut selera kita. Dah lama2 tu, mulalah tunjuk belang. Mulalah jadi lemau, mulalah boleh cakap "saya sedang istirehat" bila kita call rumah nak tau apa dia tengah buat. Ada akal ke? Kadang2 it's better dia tipu cakap tengah lipat kain ke mop rumah ke, janganlah ko kata ko tengah istirehat. I don't pay you to istirehat, or burn my favourite top or mess up my cadar or lipat baju dengan cara buruk sekali or make my boy eat milo and not rice or use the berus I spared for my bathroom to cuci longkang. Like SERIOUSLY!!
Bibik is now with the kids at Mama's. Instead of my usual hibernating sessions on Saturdays, today I get to mop the house (which I truly truly love doing, percayalah!), cari balik all the missing sarung bantal and cadar etc, susun balik harta kat dapur etc. Memang puas hati dapat buat suma tu. Dengan harapan menggunung, bibik wont mess it up semula. But percayalah, that's not something I'm so hopeful about. Sigh...

Make Way for the Turtles

Anak angkat kami!! All 10 of them.


Kesimpulan - we always take things around us for granted. Sebab apa? Do you know we have a great turtle sanctuary in Cherating, Pahang? Yang bolehkan guests come and actually set free the babies, FOR FREE? Percayalah, ramai orang tak tahu. Samalah kita. I found out about this pun masa the media trip to Club Med awal tahun ni. Tu pun bila dikejutkan dengan sesi lepaskan anak penyu agar before one of the dinners. But then, I didnt actually know we can actually do that again if we go to the turtle sanctuary itself. I thought, then, it was just part of the programs that they especially made for media.
So, last weekend, when we were at Cherating, we saw the big road sign pasal turtle sanctuary ni. And it was 3 minutes away from our hotel. I thought, why not. Bawak je la anak2 ke situ, kot ada rezeki dapat tengok penyu saja pun dah kira baik.
I googled the place, and was really disappointed that they didnt have an official website. Info on the place was put on some random travel sites, but atleast it's there. And ting!! The place is open at night sampai 7.30am.
So we went there lah lepas dinner. Daddy jumpa pakcik yang jaga tempat tu, and dia bagitau acara lepaskan penyu starts at 10pm. Since it was still early, and Club Med is a forbidden area tu hang around (Turtle Sanctuary tu betul2 sebelah entrance to Club Med Cherating), so kitorang pun balik hotel layan Shout Awards dulu.
Dalam 10 lebe gitu dah sampai balik kat TS (short form ya). Tengok2 manager dia pun ada situ, and paling best, we were the only ones there! Lepas sedekah skit duit untuk "kebajikan" anak2 penyu, the manager gave us 10 ekor anak penyu agar untuk dilepaskan ke laut. But ofcourse, ada lah sesi bergambar2 gedik dengan anak penyu ketakutan tu. Dan yang paling excited sudah tentu Mummy and Daddy, barisan anakanda suma kegelian. Nak sangat bela binatang kat rumah tapi suma kaki geli, ntah apa2.
Then we were taken to the beach, unfortunately, cant take any pictures here sebab satu, it was so dark, I dont think my camera murahan can actually capture anything. And dua, memang takleh amik gambar pun sebab according to pakcik tu, the little penyus are afraid of lights.
So pelan2 kami lepaskan sekor demi sekor anak penyu tu. The experience can't be described by proper words. Simply said, for me, it felt like sending your kid to his/her first day of school - to the unknown. And to think the unknown for these penyu are getting eaten by crabs, jellyfish, birds and big fishes, it's just super scary. And we even got to witness one of the penyu kena makan ngan ketam, betul2 depan mata kami. We tried saving it but the crab was fast. One down, another 9 to go. And I pray hard they survive the open sea.
Overall, the experience was precious. The kids can't stop talking about it. We are so lucky. We are so blessed. Alhamdulillah...
So silalah ya kengkawan, kalau dah sangap sangat tak tau nak buat apa hujung2 minggu. Silalah ke Turtle Sanctuary in Cherating. Like I said, kalau nampak jek signboard Club Med, you wont miss the signboard to the place. And waktu siang, you can go to the centre tengok the older turtles which they keep for research.

Macam pakcik melawat kawasan!

One of the Club Med GOs very hands on with the information at the turtle sanctuary.

Umaira has a list of names of the turtles.




Yang bulat2 biru tu yang belum hatch lagi. Katanya, they hatch after 8pm, lepas 45 hari.




The oh so lovely weather masa kat LPT. Heart!

Torture

My maid threw away the flowers my husband gave to me for my birthday.
I am devastated.
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Saya Lebih Tenang...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha from us. Love!

This is how we love Terengganu. Hehe!

Sesangatnya! It shows, I truly deserve this break, no matter how short it is. Second eid for 2010 and we're back in Kg Serada, KTganu. Memang balik kali ni, Mummy sendiri super excited. Macam rindu kat rumah arwah mak (inlaws), now taken care by the kids' Mak Nik and Ayah Nik. At least, leh lah nampak anak2 sendiri jadi super comot and I dont mind it at all. They are allowed to be comot here. Sebab they still look cute hehehehe....
When I said jiwa lebih tenang kat sini, sendiri pun terkejut sebenarnya. Pikiran kurang serabut, takde apa nak stress sangat, and I get the golden opportunity to gomoi my kids siang malam. (Gomoi Daddy tak dapat, rumah orang maaa..wahahahah)
Dan sekurang2nya the kids dapat merasa life in a kampung. Wake up to the sound of ayam jantan berkokok, or the lembu memekak (it doesnt moo here, they actually memekak sebab musim korban kan), and the latest addition is the itiks kat belakang dapur. Real bebek pendek quacking the day away. Banyak plak tu telur bebek yang Nik kutip utk dijual.
And despite no aircond, we slept soundly at nite, tetap berselimut sampai ke telinga sebab by the time Subuh, pegggghhh...menusuk tulang dinginnya. And yes, siang memang panas. Which I appreciate sebab leh mendobi sakan. I hate bringing home dirty laundry, I try to minimize as much as I can.
And the food - biarpun sekadar ikan goreng, daging singgang and sambal belacan - SODAP tak terkata!! Even the kids makan bertambah tambah, like dua tiga pinggan, seronok makan ramai2 like setiap kali 10 orang keliling 'meja' (kami makan duduk bersila di lantai ya).
I am grateful coz my kids get to experience a different kind of life. I am grateful they have the Terengganu heritage in them and the language they will never grasp (Daddy kat rumah pun cakap key-ell, how ler?), the wonderful kampung dishes and he super sweet tea they have for each meal.
Ooooh...bunyi guruh. Soon it'll rain. Another night of natural aircond. I HEART!!!

Let's Jom To School

Mummy: "Umar nak gi skolah tak?"
Umar: "Na-nak." (taknak)
Mummy: "Umar nak pergi sekolah ngn kakak Ulfa tak?"
Umar: "Solah? Nak, nak!" Sambil angguk kepala beria2. Gediks!

Over supper, us and the kids talked about 2011 school session. Umaira dah setel lah, she's going to standard 1 already (sob still!). After checking out other (cheaper) options near our place, Daddy putuskan to send Ulfa to Krista too. I like!! Financially, yes it is expensive to our pockets, but result wise - gerenti puas hati. The other kindy we checked out is half the cost of Krista but because it is relatively too new, there's no guarantee Ulfa will be as good as her kakak. So yes, Kristalah jawapannya.
As for Umar, I really really wish we could send him too, but it will be too damaging to our expenses, for now. Baby bam bam, u wait aaa u wait...
Tomorrow will be Umaira's last day in kindy. Me and Daddy are meeting up with her teacher, to check on her report card and to finally get her concert CD. Yeay!
Will try to upload her Bollywood dance here. Good nite...

Moshi Moshi Sunday

Konichiwa!! Ewah, tetiba nak menJepun kan diri, mentang2lah abg misai sudah pulang ke tanah air hehehe... Memang seronoklah bila family members kembali complete. Lega and tak perlulah lagi buat drama menitis air mata sorang2 bila tengok cerita sedih (ntah apa2 Mummy ni). Kalau Daddy ada depan mata asyik nak ajak gaduh je kan, bila separated for a week dah syahdu syahdan mengada2. heheheh...gitulah orang dah kahwin.
Thank you lah Daddy sebab beli macam2 souvenir for me and the kids. Suma pun Mummy suka, termasuklah kain sebelah lain sebelah lain yang orang Jepun buat bungkus barang macam ala2 citer Oshin tu. So cantiks! Benda2 macam tu I love to hoard. I also like the 3 tiered box with cute flower prints that I am using to put my lipsticks and mascaras. Rupa2nya I got plenty of mascaras, takyah tadah tangan kedip2 mata kat Aunty Nana dah. (Saya sedar diri bulu mata tak panjang, so right now, I love mascaras).
Acara Ahad mulia - lepak OU, jalan2 cari pasal. Took the kids to Get Crafty, again kena pujuk amik pakej yang rege RM200 per kid. Memang lebih murah berbanding ala carte for each visit. Macam tadi, each kid and craft for an hour I had to pay RM45, kalau amik pakej dapatla diskaun RM5. Untung kalau rajin pergi lah. Walaupun minah tu kata we all kategori rajin pergi tapi idaklah sebulan sekali. If I take the RM200 pakej per kid, that adds up to RM600. Sebab there's no way I am taking one pakej only, tentu2 kena amik for all three. Rabak poket mak! Plus, validity of the pakej is 6 months only. Bermakna, every month I got to send them to class. Ikkh, malasla plak nak commit eventhough it's cheaper. I'd rather opt for "bila-saya-ada-duit-lebih-saya-pergi".

uMummy & uUmar






Takde apa2, sekali sekala dapat balik rumah awal, dinner pun before 8pm... So banyaklah masa nak gediks geduks with Mummy's yoboy. Dia pun, bila takde Daddy ni kuranglah sikit eksyennya kan. Mau melayan Mummy menggomoi dia.
We played the jelir-lidah-to-the-phone-camera game. And, I'm so glad his "ugly" hair cut dah nampak less "ugly". Long story about the hair cut, but let's just say, somebody gave me flowers to apologize (jeling kat Daddy).
Today, Umaira will be in KL, enjoying her last days in kindy. Minggu depan dua hari je skolah, then we r going back to Tganu for Raya.
So begin the countdown to Umaira's first day in primary school. They grow up so fast, huwaaa!!

Kami Pula Kena Tinggal

Lepas my weekend break at Bali with my opismates/BFFs, turn Mummy plak kena tinggal kat rumah with the kenits. Daddy dapat assignment terbaik 2010 - pi Tokyo. Dari minit pertama diberitahu akan trip tu sampaila ke saat sedang taip ni, I am still so jealous of him. Peliknya, Jepun tu tak pernahlah masuk dalam list of top 5 places I want to go. Tapi kalaulah dapat pergi, pasti takkan tolak. Apatah lagi jika all expenses paid for. Aagh!!
Itu dari pandangan Utara lah yer, dari pandangan Selatan pula (apa yang merepek ni?), it's good that Daddy gets the opportunity to go. He soooo deserves it, after all the hardwork he's been doing this year. Daripada kena antar cover bencana alam, baik pi Jepun ye tak? Leh lah merasa duduk hotel harga RM1,000 semalam - CHISSS!!!!
Nasib baik juga kids lebih behave when Mummy is heading the house. Ada berani? Kata Mummy garang hehehehe... Umar plak bila dapat jumpa Mummy lepas dua malam tak sebumbung, manja satu macam. Dengan sleng omputih pelatnya nyebut "Hello mommie" tu, memang cayirrrrnya ati bondamu ini. Ada sekali tu, siap tadah pipi bagi kita cium dia. Something yang agak mustahil coming from my only boy tu.
Tapi, bila ajak tidur sekali, tiga2 dolak dalih taknak. Lebih rela tidur bilik tengah. Sabar je lah. Sometimes rasa, nyesal ajar anak2 tidur asing so early. Tapi dari sudut lain pula, I get the room all to myself! Leh baca buku jiwang asmaradana sampai waktu sesuka ati. And takyah kena tendang ngn dua kenit buas iaitu Umaira and Umar. Ulfa jek tidur macam Sleeping Beauty. Tu sebab Daddy suka peluk anakanda petite dia tu, tak ganas langsung.

Anyways, during lunch hour tadi, Daddy sudah MMS his lunch dengan ayat: "Yummy, fresh fish. Best giler! Wish u ada sini."

ermm... Nampak macam daging jek. Ikan apakah? Dibakar? Dipanggang? Makan saja ke, cecah sambal? Ada ke sambal?? hehehehe...
(update: According to aunty Nini, it's tuna, and she vows its really good. ok)

Then I MMS-ed him my lunch dengan ayat : "Huhuhuuu... Ni jek lah lunch Mummy." (sebenarnya: lunch saya lebih sodap!!!)

And last nite, baru buka the 4 mini paintings I bought for the kids' room at Ubud. Tunggu tukang lubangkan dinding balik dari negara matahari terbit untuk setelkan ini kerja.

Beautiful Bali

Sunset in Bali with Zura, Net, Izza, Nana, and Kamali

ugh! Corny tajuk but apa2 jelah. Bcoz i havent been at the beach so tak tau apa kah cantiknya bali ni. But oh, the view at Uluwatu nearing sunset was really nice (and hot). Most of the time it reminded me of the media trip to Bandung. Long drives and traffic. Quite crazy sbb Bali rained and there were many road projects n road closures so had to endure it. But my big butt couldnt bare cramping with other smaller ones, sokmo rasa cramp.
I am not complaining cuma 3 days is NOT enough!! We need atleast 2 days at the beach, full day in ubud (lovely lovely paintings!! Geram...), Seminyak pun full day (if u wanna find dresses n accessories) and a must - try the spa. Rasa mcm nak msuk suma spa yg termuncul dpn mata. Leh ke? Hehehe...
Importantly, dpt gediks2 with the cosmo team outside the opis. Boss pun leh buat tocang dua bila karaoke, gempak tak? Hehe...
Ikh, tetiba tandus idea plak. Mlm tdi rasa mcm2 nak cerita. nnti dulu yaaaa....
(tak bez hapdet guna fon ni, byk gangguan) :p
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