Amalia's 1st step and 4th tooth!

My poohbear Ama'ia officially can walk by herself at 1years old! :))

Yesterday was Deepavali hol so I was at home with my kids tidying up the ever messy room, while Ama'ia was busy playing the cds at the tv shelf with Along Afeef. Suddenly I saw her trying to reach for the bed, and when she failed, she took a step forward, still can't reach for the bed so she took another step with a struggling frown on her face and she finally get hold of the bedside after the 3rd step. I immediately applauded for her great effort and achievement, and she smiled sheepishly and excitedly sbb berjaya showing of her 3+1 teeth yg baru tumbuh yesterday too!

Amalia's 1st Birthday - The Prep

As usual, kalau ade rezeki lebih sikit (Alhamdulillah..), 3D birthday cake and helium balloons are a must for mama. I'm the kind of person who appreciate beautiful and artsy things to the max. So that explains the 3D cake, and there's a huuuge childish side of myself that wanting so much and luuurve cute things and toys a lot! In fact, most of the time I bought toys for my kids because it is ME who wanted them hihi, anyways, I luurve cute balloons as much!! :D

So in the morning, we went to Kak Zurin's house in Putrajaya to fetch the beautifully made cute Winnie the Pooh cake, which due to Mama's busy being in the kitchen preparing the food i.e. Mee bandung muar, nasi ayam, mashed potatoes with gravy, coleslaw and bbq chicken, cake cantek itu telah dikerjakn oleh my darlings before sempat diambil gambar sobsob! TT

Late that evening, about 6pm sempat lagi went to Giant to buy mineral water and incomplete groceries for the party & plan to go to BalloonBz Taipan to buy the helium balloon, nasib baik surf the website to look for Taipan's phone no. & found Bdr Puteri branch instead, lega! Kalau pergi Taipan, alamat isya' br birthday girl sampai rumah huhu.

We were so glad to find the Bdr Puteri branch, 1stly, because it is so near to home. 2ndly, they tied up the balloons the correct way so as not to entangled them unlike Taipan's (we spent a good 15min detangling cutting the strings the 25 balloons on Afeef's 2nd bday!) and 3rdly, they blew the balloons to their max allowable size unlike Taipan who blew them unattractively small. Nasib baik order 50 only, as our car can only fit 50 balloons. Thank you Babah for being so understanding and supportive of your childish wife, you complete me mmuachhs! Just look at how delighted Amalia is looking at her 50 pink balloons! As excited as her Mama, that's my girl... (^.^)

Amalia's 1st birthday present :)

Bertambahnya ahli keluarga i.e our pwincess Amalia, thus we need more room while travelling. Saje usik Babah, rase mcm terlebih luas dah pulak ni, dh bole tmbh lg sorang hikhikhik! :p

Alhamdulillah yang tak terhingga pada Allah rabbal alamin, rezeki Allah swt dtg dalam pelbagai bentuk dan cara..

Semoga Allah sentiasa memberkati rezeki keluarga kami dan jauhkanlah kami dari sifat kufur dan harta haram amin ya rabb~ :)

Afeef - Mat Kacang

Afeef suke sgt makan kacang, his Chek ajar coz his Chek mmg suke kacang, and groundnuts mmg ade stock dpn tv satu bekas at rumah BSP. When he was about 1yr plus, his Chek always mamahkan groundnuts for him sbb Afeef belum byk geraham nk kunyah. Chek ckp Afeef mkn satu paket besar tu sorang! Chek tau sbb Chek mmg sengaje xmkn sbb nk tau Afeef mkn banyak mane.

Now at the age of 2yrs 4mths, Chek dah berjaya groom Afeef becoming an avid lover of peanuts! Last weekend balik BSP, Afeef terjumpe satu balang kacang botak (yg kaler kuning tu) depan tv. Mase tu Babah was watching World Badminton Championship 2011. Afeef suruh Babah open the balang and Babah open sekejap for him to take a few and tutup balik balang. So the whole day Afeef dok kepit balang tu sambil tangan sebelah genggam a few kacang and mulut tutup rapat mengunyah. turun naik tangga and keep on asking people near him to open the balang for him everytime bekalan dalam tapak tgn die dh abis. Chek was surprised that Afeef likes that peanuts coz it was so keras than usual. Patutla Mama dgr Afeef mengunyah ketap-ketup and bukan crunch2..sian anak Mama, kacang botak tu kalau crunchy lagi sedap sgt2 sebenarnye sayang.. So everytime org bukakan the balang, he will bersungguh2 sambil meleleh air liur mengutip kacang dalam balang with his left hand, and masukkan sebiji2 into his right hand’s palm. And sangat berusaha memenuhkan genggaman tangan die yang kecik tu, macam takut dh xbole amik lagi. Chek kesian so Chek ckp, “Amikla Afeef bawak balik Puchong. Kesian Chek tgk, xpe nnt chek beli lain..”

So ptg tu nak balik Puchong, biase when I start to salam everybody and Abang start to load in all our bags into the car, Afeef akan meluru nk keluar sbb takut kene tinggal. But this time around, sebab he was too engrossed with his kacangs, die buat xtau aje siap say “Bye..” to us sambil lambai and salam Mama and Babah. Xtau kacang botak dh masuk dlm kereta. Bile everybody hanta kami to the car, he was still carried by Chu Im and bid us goodbye dengan selamba nye siap senyum simpul and mengunyah kacang. But when I showed him balang kacang botak from inside of the car, die terpempan kejap and baru la nk masuk kereta, hahaha! Kelakar la anak mama ni..

Since he keep on asking me to open the balang for him and I was too busy feeding Amalia, I gave him the whole balang and he ate straight from the balang joyously the whole way back to Puchong. Sampai Giant stop kejap, and masuk je kereta balik minta Mama bukakan balang nikmat die tu..sudahnya hari ni, Afeef makan kacang sesaje, bubur, pasta semua mkn sikit je sbb dh kenyang kacang huhuhu!

Afeef 2mths and 4 mths old - anak yang caring

Mama: Afeef, come let's take bath syg..

Afeef: Nanak! (sambil main phone game)

Mama: Come la..Afeef good boy tak?

Afeef: Tade..

Mama: Iye la..Afeef good boy..

Afeef: Tade.. TADE!

Mama: Come la good boy Mama, sayang Mama x..Afeef sayang Mama kan..say 'sayang'?

Afeef: Amak! (coz kpl terbang pejuang die terlanggar gunung)

Mama: cepatla say 'sayang'..

Afeef: (still engross w his game) Owh yeke?

Mama: (terus picit pipi bayut die sbb gerammm)

 

5 min kemudian..

 

Mama: Afeef, cptla sayang..let's take bath..

Afeef: Tabole..TABOLE! (Mata xlepas dr iphone main game)

Mama: (Tetibe dpt idea..) Afeeef...huuu..huuu..Afeef....huu.. (pure2 nangis sambil gosok2 mata), come..let's take bath..huuu...

Afeef: (terus angkat muke and tengok mama penuh concern, and terus ckp dgn suara lembut n memujuk) Ok..ok...jom...jom.. (sambil tepuk2 and tarik tangan mama and angguk2 kepala) jom..jom..

 

Afeef mmg nampak anak sulung..sgt caring. Walaupun die suke garang dgn mama (sbb die tiru gaya Mama bile garang dgn die huhu..) tapi sgt responsible and caring. Due to that, I enjoy very much berlakon menangis whenever he refuses to listen to me nowadays hahaha! Sbb die akan datang pujuk siap peluk and kiss me, because he knows whenever he does that I will stop crying (pretentiously) and what important is, he will follow what I've initially asked him. :p

 

There's 1 scene, Afeef lepas mandi mmg struggle nk pakaikan baju die. Bukan ade ape pun, saje nk melawan, baik Mama baik Babah, same je. Because Afeef is so tall and bertulang keras and kuat, Mama selalu xlarat and xde kudrat nk lawan die unlike Babah yang bole kepit die kuat2 sambil pakaikan baju. So recently, after bathing, I tried putting on his pants and as usual he kicked me real hard on my leg and it was actually pretty hurting. Since I've found his softspot i.e. xbole tgk org nangis, I exaggerated the pain and pretend to cry sambil gosok my leg. Afeef yg tgh baring tu terus duduk and look closer at my face just to be sure that I was not laughing but crying (kehkehkeh..) and terus pujuk sambil gosok tempat sakit and ckp "ok...ok...ok..jom.." and terus hulur baju die yg die baling mula2 tadi tu.

 

Another scene was mase Mama nak tidurkan Afeef. Afeef mmg suke gentel bare skin, xkisahla leher ke, lengan ke perut ke, kadang2 adik die yg pakai tights and romper tu die seluknye celah bedah dkt lubang kaki tu nk gentel perut adik die yang semestinye tgh sedap tidur dan rimas. So semalam, as usual Afeef gentel leher Mama, tetibe die terjumpe macam kutil lemak tu kn, cepat2 die duduk and have a closer look at it dalam samar2 lampu tidur tu beria2 die tgk. He tried to pull it off, but failed. So sambil die tekan that spot with his small finger die mcm bace doa/berzikir which I don't really understand and upon finishing his recitation, he kissed the spot...oh it really touches my heart..mcm mane Mama selalu buat kat die bile sapu ubat pada luke sambil baca selawat syifa' tu mcm tu la die buat pd Mama...saayaaaannng buah hati mama ni... :)

 

Amalia 8 months old

1) Starts to show signs nk merangkak i.e. angkat punggung tinggi like doing london bridge, lepas tu buat crawling position and goyang2 punggung..menyulur combat style makin laju, xbole tinggal atas katil sekejap aje dh smpi tebing. For the record, dah banyak kali jatuh katil..just like along Afeef.
2) Makin lincah bermain, cepat aje mata die nampak barang, cepat aje capai and kalau x dapat berusaha dalam senyap sampai dapat. Tangkas jugak Amalia ni dalam kelembutan die tu.. :)
3) Makin banyak babbling...almost every waking hours babbles "Bababababaahh..", "Atatatatataaaaa!". Becok macam Along Afeef jugak ni. Boleh tahan nyaring suara dia. (mama, as usual x pandai lagi sebut TT)
4) Lepas tu suke sgt 'geram' nowadays, muke sweet innocent tibe2 menjerit, "Aaaaaaahh! Ahh!!!" sambil keras2 kan badan kegeraman, people around selalu terkejut.
5) Dah pandai pinching her telunjuk n thumb bile nk ambil something. Yang kelakar tu, she likes to aim the thing that she wants to pick with her thumb and pointing finger from afar sampai la jari2 die smpi to the object. Sangat cute, melentik2 jari die nak aim. She doesn't like to grab with all fingers but pinch, even Mama's spectacles pn die nk pinch mcm la my spec ni sebesar butir nasi hihi~
6) pandai main agah2 as in dah tau suspense and feeling nervous..suke sangat bile Mama buat2 ala2 Jaws, dtg slow2 dr jauh and makin dekat makin laju, melompat2 punggung n kaki die nervous.
7) sgt particular, kalau mama dah balik jangan harap la die nk abis kan EBM yang dh rendam. Dicampaknye botol tu. Nak yg direct. Air masak ke, air milo ke pun xnak kalau mama ade..die larikan muke die kalau kite sua ke mulut die.

Afeef 2 yrs old Milestone

Dah besar anak mama ni, everytime balik kerja, ade je new words or sentence yg Mama dengar from anak bujang mama ni.

Word/Sentence Jumble:
1) Ataghfiullahalajiiim (upon seeing a mishap, bile adik did something wrong pn he'll call me and point to his sister smbil ckp astaghfirullah)
2) Yay2 dah balik (bile mamababah balik kerja)
3) Dah tapai yay (ni dh lame dh Afeef pandai, Babah ajar)
4) Ya Allaahhh (when he saw a mishap)
5) Sini..sinila (if he wants something)
6) Djiamla (he got it from his Atok T.T)
7) Tepila (also from his Atok T.T)
8) Ceppet (Cepat)
9) Kejjiep jee (kejap je, if he wants something, normally coupled with ceppet)
10) Shoes
11) shipper (slipper)
12) Adik
13) Amalia
14) Air
15) Eat
16) Ship (sleep)
17) Akiit (sakit)
18) Amak! (Alamak)
19) Tolong...tolong.. (sambil buat gaya helpless..baru smlm die dpt ni)
20) Akum (Assalamualaikum)
21) hakkyu (thank you)
22) ekem (u'r welcome)
23) eit (wait..sambil buat hand sign to wait)
24) count 1-20 (but 1-10 perfectly, 11-20 skip2)
25) ABC to Z
26) nyanyi buai aju2, apai kok ne, ape ayam aju, utum nge nine..
27) nyanyi tinkle2 little tar, aw i onder atchu are..up a world ape te i..smpi abis..
28) count atu uwe ige empet ime annam ujuh appan selilan spuloh!



Sangat suke berzikir/berselawat Alhamdulillah, siap bole zikir dr awal smpi habis, in fact Babah pn segan coz he himself x hafal. Yang xtahan tu mane part kene tarik suara, Afeef akan tarik siap keluar2 urat leher and muke penuh semangat. He will berzikir almost every waking minute, in the car, sambil tgk cartoon, tgh makan, tgh main toys, tgh main with cousins, tgh mandi, tgh cebok uk-uk pun berzikir! InsyaAllah anak mama jadi al-Hafiz amin ya rabb..Antara yg Afeef dh pandai:
1) Solatullah salamullah..
2) Astaghfirullah rabbal baraya..
3) Asmaul husna
4) Surah al-Ikhlas
5) Surah Al-Fatihah
6) Hasbi rabbi jalallah..
7) Lailahaillallah halmalikul haqqul mubin..
8) Subhanallah walhamdulillah..
9) Doa khatam Al-Quran: Allahummarhamna bilquran..
10) Nasyid Tuhanku aku tidakla layak untuk syurgamu
11) almost all lagu Maher Zain
12) Ya Nabi Salam Alaika..
13) Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
Sebab die pelat lagi, my big challenge is to try to figure out what is he singing/berzikir..and when I finally get the vague wordings and perfect tone, I will berzikir together with him, and he'll smile satisfactorily, if otherwise, he will hushed me to keep quiet coz I got it wrong!

Guilty

Yes, bukan lagu Westlife. This is a story about my 2 yrs & 1 mth old son, Ahmad Afeef Ahza.

Babah is now in Sipadan for a diving trip with his Perasan Bujang group (haha!) until Wednesday. So I took this shining golden opportunity to stay at my parent's in BSP until then. Yesterday, Afeef had a very heavy breakfast, celik mata je his Chek suap donut 1 1/2 biji, then a bottle of milk, followed by 1/2 roti canai. Dek kekenyangan ya amat, he climbed up the bed lying beside his sister yg tgh mkn kaki (belum ye, lmbt lg die nk dpt adik), while I was making another bottle of milk since he looked so sleepy.

When I came back into the room, I noticed him lying with a comforter covering him and Amalia up to the chest and I said, "Alalala bijaknye anak Mama, baiknye baring dgn adik siap berselimut. As I entered d room, I smelled something foul and instantly said, "eh ape bau muntah ni??" and start sniffing my 2 kids while Amalia is still munching her foot and Afeef lying straight looking at me with a straight blank expression. The foul smell is nearby but I was positive that it was not on my kids clothes.

As I was sniffing somewhere else trying to find the source, suddenly Afeef gotten up from his lying place and my sharp eagle eyes spotted that he was lying on a heap of blankets and I saw something wet and brownish beneath the blankets heap, immediately it struck my mind that my 2 year old son is trying to hide his vomit by putting all the blankets on the spew, lying on top of the heap and cover his body to his chest with a comforter, and that straight blank face was actually a face of terror that I might spank him if I discovered the truth.

Terus I hug him and kiss him repeatedly sambil ckp, "kesian anak mama, sakit perut ke syg? Kesiiaann die...mama xmarah, don't worry sayang..let me clean up the mess..come with me, let me wash you.."

MasyaAllah, I have mixed feelings:
1stly; Felt like crying out of guilt, coz I've made him scared of me for something he shouldn't be scared of. 2ndly; Amazed by his quick action to save himself, at the age of 2, coz I've only been away from
him for 5mins, subhanallah!

3rdly; I was sad that my son couldn't be transparent with me coz I like to scold him whenever he did something wrong, and sekali dua pernah naik tgn sbb geram sgt,Astaghfirullahaladziim serik lps tu n kesal xkesudahan!
4thly; wahhh penatnye rs nk kene basuh all d blankets and the vomit spot on the bed, instead of only the spot, serve me right..

When Babah called, I told everything that just happened. "Alahai..anak Babah.." sayu suara Babah mengeluh...sebak Mama..

Anak Mama sayang, thank you for making me realized my mistake in educating you, I promise not to spank you until you are big enough to understand and know how to reason out things. By then you will understand that Mama will only be angry if you did something bad purposely or degil ckp mama, Something bad that is beyond your control like vomit will not make me angry..Mama saayyyaanggg anak2 mama..mmuacchs3!

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PRS: Pengaruh Rakan Sebaya

Bukan pembimbing rakan sebaya ya..It's kinda hard to raise your kids when you are a working mum. We tried our best to nurture good values like, salam org tua, say sorry, say thank you, don't shout, don't kick people, don't put your feet on people, talk nicely. But when you are a working mom, your kids spent 8hours with other people, be it your maid or at nursery and only 3hours with us. Kalau overtime balik lambat silap2 xsempat jumpe sbb dh tido as in my case coz Afeef budak sekolah tido on time 9.30pm.

Dulu Afeef budak yang sgt baik, sgt well-behaved coz we tried as much as we could to nurture all the good values. Tapi sejak dh pandai berkawan with the cousins and spent almost 8hrs x 5days = 40hours in their room, he now behaves if not totally, pretty much like them too. Sedih bile my Kakngah cakap, "Kaklong, aku tgk Afeef skarang dh mcm perangai F, semalam tibe2 die tendang Fwz..terkejut Fwz sbb dulu Afeef x macam tu..."

Sedih..sedihhh..bukan sedih kakngah ckp mcm tu, sbb she was just telling because she herself is worried too..tapi sedih bile kite cube didik anak perkara yang elok tp kerana rakan sekeliling berperangai the total opposite, he followed them instead.

Ini baru 2tahun, mcm nila rupenye perasaan parents about the friends that their kids chose. Ya Allah, semoga anak kami bijak memilih kawan yang baik, yang soleh, yang mengundang kepada perkara kebaikan amin ya rabbalamin.. 

Happy 2nd Birthday my dearest boy Ahmad Afeef Ahza!

My dearest son, Mama doakan anak mama membesar menjadi insan yang soleh, tinggi pekerti, taat pada perintah Allah swt, taat pada Mama n Babah, seorang anak dan abang yang bertanggungjawab dan menjadi contoh yang cemerlang kepada adik2, penyabar dan xsuke marah2, rajin belajar dan jadi seorang Muslim yang berjaya dunia akhirat amin ya rabbal alamin..Happy 2nd Birthday sayang..Mama n Babah saaaaaayanggg sgt2 Ahmad Afeef Ahza...

Tender

Tender of resignation not tenderloin haha!

I didn't know it'll be this hard, maklum saje saye seorg yg setia
5tahun bercinte dgn only 1 company.

Malam semlm susah tdo, rs resah aje, hubby gelakkn geli hati la sgt
tgk org 1st time nk resign xkeruan.

1 hari at office resah today, boss buat lawak pn kaku je susah gelak.
Serbasalah, last week dh cuti seminggu, naik2 keje nk resign, mcm wat
salah je rase, soalannye: salah ke bertindak demi mase depan anak2?

Hehehe..so long ULTes, so long engineering design field..this is a
huge step I'm making, I'm changing my careerpath..I hope it's the
right one..amin ya rabb~

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AMBIGUOUS LUMP

Setiap nikmat yang diturunkan Allah swt pasti disertai ujian xkira besar atau kecil. Ujian itu tanda sayangnya Allah swt pada makhluk-Nya. Jika hidup penuh dengan nikmat memanjang, manusia senang alpa pada sang Pencipta yang Maha Esa. Sungguh, terasa berat di bahu dugaan sebegini, tapi bile mengenangkan orang yang lebih besar ujian dan lebih malang hidupnya, terasa amat bersyukur ke hadrat Ilahi yang Maha Besar lagi Berkuasa sekurang2nya ujian yang ku terima cumalah kecil, cukup untuk membuatkan diri ini sentiasa teringatkan-Nya dan sentiasa teringin mendekati-Nya, di mana lagi tempat mengadu yang setia Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Mengasihani kalau bukan Allah Azzawajalla..

Dulu mase Afeef about Amalia's age, pun ade lump tapi at armpit i.e. the common place for lumps to occur, where the lymph nodes are. Doc suspected it was due to the TB virus from the BCG jab. Though it didn't reduced in size after antibiotic treatment, it did not get any larger therefore the doc advised to us to leave it there as it will get smaller relative to the growth of the body. The lump remain there under his arm until he was 1 year and a half, suddenly it gets bigger and the size was prominently big and immediately developed into a bisul and burst, and now the lump is gone.

When Amalia's BCG dah start bernanah at 1mths old, I started to check her armpit everyday, paranoid that the lump problem will happen to her too. Everyday time mandi, mesti raba her left armpit, where the BCG is. Syukur Alhamdulillah it was never there. At the age of 3 months tibe2 I discovered a small lump on her shoulder near her armpit. I was not worried at first coz I thought it was just like her Along's. But when all docs that I met said that it was uncommon to have a lump there I was soo upset. Even more upsetting when the ultrasound scan confirmed that it was neither lymphnode nor a cyst. It was a solid therefore they're worried if it is actually the "Big T". Therefore ambiguity. The 1st time it was discovered, it can't be seen by naked eye. Only can be felt by touching it. Later xpegang pun dh bole nampak but only when xpakai baju, and as of yesterday, over her shirt pn dah bole nampak the lump.. :((

And due to ambiguity, besides the lump does get bigger day by day, she was referred to a Paediatric Surgeon in Tawakkal Hospital. So we went to see the Paediatric Surgeon last Tuesday. Berat hati Mama and Babah nak decide, coz hanya Allah Maha Mengetahui what's the best for our precious daughter. After much contemplation, discussion, berdoa banyak2 pada Allah yang Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Mengasihani agar memberi petunjuk ape yang terbaik untuk our Amalia, finally we decided on putting her in a surgery to remove the lump.

The lump is shown in the white box near her armpit

The surgery is scheduled tomorrow, Friday the 4th at 10am. Doctor asked to puasakan Amalia 4hours prior surgery. Ya Allah, tabahkanlah hati hamba-Mu yang lemah ini, sembuhkanlah anak kami segera, semoga surgery esok berjalan lancar dan selamat tanpa sebarang complication, semoga lump itu tidak membahayakan anak kami Amalia Ahza, kuatkanlah anak kami Amalia Ahza, semoga badannya yang kecil itu kuat menerima bius yang bakal diberikan dan semoga badan yang kecil itu kuat melawan sakit..amin ya rabbal alamin.. :(( :((

 Amalia sayang, be strong my dearest..Mama sentiasa doakan kesejahteraan anak Mama..

Interview Fever - Part II

So today was my interview with the 'Susu cap junjung company'..To be honest, although this position shud be an easy-peasy one compared to the risk/safety position, I was very nervous unlike the previous, coz dis company is so popular of asking fundamental university exam type of questions, since I applied for a Cost Engineer post so I did some study on planning/costing..and guess what? I was almost right except dat i didn't anticipate them to ask questions like a PTD exam but oil&gas version!

The longest interview ever, jawab exam 10pages 45min and 15mins extra time was given. Interview session 1 1/2 hours. Total hours I spent there termasuk termenung tunggu dipanggil is 3 hours! Hubby who's having an interview at Arm**a TP** pn habis dulu although his interview session starts at 12pm.

BTW, mase tengah termenung tunggu dipanggil tibe2 ade one guy yg agak familiar entered the office and sambil lalu stared at me mcm kenal. Puas kufikir, I think he's my schoolmate named Am*dtakiy********. Tapi can't recall la muke die mase skolah macammane so xsure huhuhuhu!

Killer Question.. T.T

INTERVIEW FEVER

Alhamdulillah setinggi2 kesyukuran dipanjatkan kepada Allah yang Maha Kaya lagi Maha Berkuasa. After so many months of trying and waiting, Alhamdulillah finally, I get to be called for interviews, and Maha Kaya Allah swt, all interviews are of different post. Berkat mendengar cakap suami supaya bersabar at current company and gain as much experience as i could being a multitask engineer (i.e. engineer sampah as we always joked at), berkat mendengar ckp mama ayah supaya amik Biotech Engineering huhu, that's how I met my dearest hubby and get to be a multitask engineer..Sesungguhnya I've always believe in keberkatan dalam setiap perkara/keputusan kalau mendapat restu parents and bile dh kawin restu suami n parents. That's how I'm married to dearest abang. :)

Semalam interview with this one Bumiputra Oil&Gas Consultant, although mcm same je dgn my current company i.e. bumiputra juge, the difference is, this time it's a huge company with Petronas licence, therefore almost all projects are PCSB projects. The post was a Risk/Safety Engineer. The exhilarating part was, the post is more on Process safety, therefore my dream to come true. I've always wanted a job related to Process all along. And they're offering me a Lead Engineer post, hence I demanded better salary than what I expected coz I applied for engineer biase initially. But the down part is, I'm to be stationed at Kota Kinabalu for a year, plus a 1week visit to offshore every month. Berat, berat..so many things to contemplate..breastfeeding Amalia? Whom to take care of my kids? Where shall they stay, KL or KK? Away from Hubby? Another maid or just daycare? Tapi bile google most of them are not muslim daycare, as in none yg muslim that i found. Hubby said this is the best for my future. My Mama said just doa that Allah give the best for you and your family, thus if you don't get it, then maybe it's for the best. OK, I'll make Solat Istikharah and pray to Allah for the best for us, Amin ya rabbalalamin...

This 1st March, another interview with a Dutch Oil&Gas Consultant, SBM and this time it is for a Planning/Cost Engineer post. I hope I'll do well coz the company has a good track record in terms of employee's benefit and project-wise. 

Tomorrow ade walk-in interview with this huge oil & gas consultant, worleyparsons. Ingat saje2 nk try at least I can get soalan bocor for my next interview at sbm, coz the post that I'm going for is a Project Control Engineer which also involve doing costing and planning as well. 

Ya Allah, permudahkanlah segalanya untukku demi masa depan anak-anakku...Amin ya Rabbal Alamin..

p/s: special note to my kids, esok dh besar jgn degil2..dengar cakap mama n babah, insyaAllah dipermudahkan segala urusan oleh-Nya..amin..

Macih!

We always try to speak perfect English with Afeef, coz we know he can
catch up w Malay by himself since evbody around him speaks Malay. But
somehow he prefers Malay than English most of the time like today,
when he was sucking his empty bottle n babah said "ala sian ank babah,
come babah make ur milk" and he passed his bottle sambil ckp "macih!"
eventhough we always teach him to say thank you n he can say "hakyu"!
Some of the Malay words he preferred from English are:
Tepi - excuse me
Nak - i want
Anak - dont want
Dah tapai - we're home
Dah abish - finish
Air - water

What can i say, malay is his mothertongue afterall!

Milestone: Afeef 1yr 10mth old & Amalia 3mth 2wks old

Dulu mase Afeef rajin sikit update his milestone,sejak ade dua anak, bukan malas, tp sebab byk sgt perkara to update terus bingung & x update...haih..

Well, to start with, Afeef is 1 yr 10 mths old, byk betul dh pandai mengajuk kte ckp. Indahnya Iman pn die dh bole hafal cume butir2 sebutan tu xbape clear. Pandai ckp Bye, Akum (assalamualaikum), sgt friendly kalau jumpe org esp org baru akan angkat tgn sambil ckp Hi! and bile nk pegi ckp Bye! pulak, suke baca alfatihah tp part "Waladdholliiin...Amin" aje sebutan die clear. Bole fhm instructions very well like sit down, take Mama's phone, cry (he'll pretend to cry too), wait (when i said to him wait first he'll sambung ATEE? as in OK? coz sometimes I like to say "wait ok?", no, come and eat, let's take bath he'll go to the bathroom straight and wait for me at the door, InsyaAllah by 2 yrs old Afeef dh bole construct full sentence ye syg..amin..pandai rimas, i.e. when we say lets take bath terus meluru ke toilet walaupun in the midst of doing something interesting, and especially when diaper dh berat. Xsuke diaper berat, sejak dpt adik, dah many times bile diaper berat he'll tarik2 sampai koyak and open it by himself as in lorotkan on the floor and run around bottomless! Tak pandai sebut huruf L tapi pandai sebut ALLAH really well, alhamdulillah! Sgt suke Maher Zain, obviously when a child likes Indahnya Iman, sbb after azan mesti ade lagu Maher Zain. Afeef sgt suke nyanyi nowadays, asik la humming and singing tp xdgr butir just the melody. Paling favorite is, "InchaAllah..InchaAllah..." siap macam tarik nafas dulu and penuh semangat nyanyi dgn high pitch siap kening kerut2...kelakar la anak mama ni kihkihkih! 

Amalia dh pandai pusing mengiring and dh tunjuk tanda2 nk pandai meniarap sejak masuk 3mths old, tp up till now belum bole lagi, xpe syg..take ur time..ikut normal milestone chart pn 4-5mths br start meniarap. She's a friendly baby just like her Along too suke senyum n ketawa bile org dtg tgk, but Amalia is friendlier in the sense that, die memang muke senyum. Duduk diam2 sorang2 pn senyum aje, girl agaknye. Dah pandai melekek2 ketawa sejak masuk 3mths old, the 1st time was with Babah. Babah borak2 dgn die tibe2 die ketawa melekek2 dgn kuat sampai semua org toleh (malam sebelum her majlis akikah). Dah start tgk tgn from 2mths old. Masuk je 3mths terus pandai tgk tgn and masukkan dlm mulut. Start 3 mths jugak dh kenal org, bile nampak Mama buat suara nk susu "eh..eh..eh..". Mase her Aqiqah i.e. wedding Alan, she was playing with me on the bed. Tibe2 her Che tarik her to different direction and facing her Che instead and ckp, "asik main dgn mama je, meh main dgn che pulak.." Terus nangis sambil kepala toleh2 tgk Mama. Sejak tu, when I gave her to someone else, her Che or Bibik or Mama Ngah, die akan diam mula2. But once she heard my voice, try pusing ke arah my voice and terus cebik and nangis sekuat hati. And bile Mama amik balik, mcm ade switch button, terus diam nangis. Manja Mama ni, selain Mama only Babah can hold him without her crying unless nk susu.

Forever a protective brother.

Afeef mengigau!

Sgt klaka! We went to celebrate his Achik's bday at Pizza Hut Ampang
Park. Mkn pasta sgt byk, I've only discovered his cravings towards
pasta just recently. Agaknye sedap sgt pasta, mlm tu siap ngigau tgh
mkn! Mata tutup, tp tgn suap mulut n kunyah mouthfully, lps tu tgn
menggapai mcm amik food from pinggan hidang then ltk on his
plate..cutela chebol mama ni mmuahh!

Milkaholic!

Saya tgh gile mkn chocolate ini, sgt sedap! Rase manis2 lemak2 coklat masam2 strawberry yogurt, sgt sedap! 2 bar sekali hadap selambe, sgt sedap!

Ye satu office dh terpengaruh dgn saya maka inila hasilnya: one whole wastebasket full of milka packs!!

Afeef 1st Surgery

Afeef selalu jatuh. Everytime jatuh mesti tersembam muke dulu n mulut
wajib pecah n byk darah sbb gigi tergigit bibir. Baru last 2 weeks
Afeef jatuh mcm tu n I said to Mak, Afeef mesti jatuh sembam muke
dulu, mulut wajib berdarah. Org kate ibu jgn byk ngate ank bende
xelok, nnt mcm doa.

Arini Afeef jatuh lg, mase keluar bfast dgn Nekni n Ucu Ana kt Risyad.
Balik umah Babah n Mama cpt2 ltk minyak mcm biase. Afeef trus tertdo
lps mnum only 1.5 ounce milk sbb penat mnangis. At 2pm i.e after
nearly 3hrs jatuh, mulut Afeef still bleeding, pelik. Biase sekejap dh
kering. Mama suluh mulut Afeef yg still asleep dgn torchlight,
terkejut Mama, d cut was deep n bleeding still.

Bergegas Mama n Babah bwk ke Columbia Puchong. As expected, Afeef need
stitches, what we didn't expect is, he was referred to a surgeon n
Anaesthetist is involved. Kids below 4 yrs can't be stitched as
outpatient n without anaesthetic according to MO. Afeef needs to be
warded for d procedure n puase for 6 hours prior surgery. It was a
minor one as assured by d MO, only 1-2 stitches. Surgery was scheduled
at 6pm however postponed to 6.30pm.

Babah was to accompany Afeef smpi d Anaesthetist put him to sleep with
gas. Once asleep Babah is supposed to exit the OT n d surgeon will
take him from there. I was v worried n feeling doubtful especially on
giving him any anaesthetic however pujuk hati ni, xpe just 1-2
stitches n my baby will be fine n recover faster. Tapi bile smpi OT d
anaesthetist start asking me scary Qs like "Puan, are you aware of
what d surgeon is going to do to your son?" while hubby was led thru d
backdoor to change to OT scrub. I started to doubt our decision even
more. I felt like running out of the OT with my baby in my arms but i
know, it was too late.

Abang appeared looking handsome in OT scrub n took our baby from me, i
watched them walking into the OT with a big lump in my throat, i felt
like crying seeing his pitiful beautiful big eyes staring at me while
Babah took him inside as though begging me silently to stop this from
happening. I cried anyway as I walked back to the ward.

After 1/2 hour d surgeon came out n see us, everything's fine. The
wound was flower shaped, not a simple straight line, so we understood
very well it's more than 2 stitches. Doc said d wound should heal in
3-5 days, Afeef couldn't come out just yet as they need to monitor him
like taking his bp etc.

He came out after an hour in d OT looking much worse as his mouth
swells even more than before due to the surgery and he looked so
miserable n groggy due to the GA.

Tonight as I'm typing this entry, I'm sleeping alone with Amalia,
already missing my baby boy who's spending d night at the hospital
with Babah taking care of him, thank you suamiku sayang...
Mama doa sangat2 Afeef cepat sembuh, sayanngg buah hati Mama..