Chili's Lamb Shoulder

Well mcm mase Afeef jugak, walaupun this 2nd pregnancy I have a stronger craving compared to my 1st yg sgt xde mengidam sgt, tp Abang tetap has a stronger craving than me mcm mase I was pregnant of Afeef hehehe! Tapi this 2nd pregnancy, sejak 1st trimester Abang asik mengidam makanan Arab, asikla ajak pergi Ar-Rawsha or Al-Diafah..kesian Abang, coz I can't eat Makanan Arab due to some reasons already mentioned in previous post. Thanks to my BIL and family for serving us Ar-Rawsha menu mase beraya at their house, so Abang dh x mintak pergi Restoran Arab and now asik teringin Chili's Lamb Shoulder pulak hihihi!

Luckily, LS is also my fav, so off we went to Chilli's KLCC on last Thursday and mula2 Abang nk try other main dish sbb balik2 order LS kalau pegi Chili's, I told him, yg lain x sedap..but he insisted on trying. But when I ordered the all-time fav LS, terus Abang kecur and ordered the same. Sgt bernasib baik Abang ordered the LS too sbb the dish has been altered, i.e. they've added a small bowl of Black Pepper gravy besides the original serving! Mmg terbaekk! (sepatah kata abang hihi!) The marinate dah sedia sedap, topped with the delicious hot gravy, splendid!! Abang terus keluar verdict, "Dahla Lamb Shoulder mmg sedap, skang dh ade BP gravy, terus I dh x pandang lain dh!" So the pics that we took:

Abang acts goofy whenever he's hungry hihi~

Control ayu tau mak buyong ni~

Just look at how happy Abang was~

The newly amended lamb shoulder, super sumptuous!!

The newly added hot yummy complimenting black pepper gravy

Mmmm...inexplicably delicious!! 

Just look at how succulent the lamb is with the gravy smouldered over it...mmm!

That's my newly bought Twilight..sempat lagi baca while waiting for Abang performing Isha' prayer hihi! Oh ya, forgot to mention, while waiting for our turn to be seated, we went to Kinokuniya to buy my 'bekal' for confinement period; Twilight and 2 of Shopaholic series to complete the set I have at home. Didn't bought the complete set of the Twilight Saga, but already showed to Abang the rack should I need him to buy the other 3 during my confinement hihi..kesian Abang beria2 hafal, as he said, that was the 1st time he entered Kino!

Nak tunjuk jugak Lamb Shoulder before the sinful alteration. These pics were taken in May this year, I was in my 17th weeks back then:

 Without the BP gravy, but still sedapp!

Wow slimnye muke ku! 



 Cutenye Abang mase ni..mmuuaahh!



 Haloh3 muntat mama posing tido mcm pose dlm perut mase 3D scanning mmuahh~

Once upon a time our no 1 dessert, the choco mudpie..skrg tidak lg~

Nmpk tersgt sedap...tp CPK's & Bubbagump's choco dessert lg sinfulllll!!

Sbb sampai sekarang masih terliur bile teringat balik the newly altered LS, and sbb I'm due anytime soon (I'm today entering my 38th weeks) and takut ngidam pulak sbb xleh pegi Chili's mase pantang so tonight we're planning on our 2nd visit to Chili's weehee!! Lamb Shoulder, here we come!!

**Dulu time mengandung Afeef, Abang sgt mengidam sate. Bole kate every mth mesti at least skali we both menuju straight from work to Sate Zaini at Ampang situated en route to KDE. Mmg sgt sedapp! Lagi sedap dr Sate Kajang yg digebang2kan sgt tu..huhu! Plg terbaek sate kambing die fuhhh sooo succulent!! (asyik2 yg sedap aje mesti kambing, yes, we both are "kambing couple" but we smell human) Satu kali tu bole aje Abang fetching me, and as soon I hopped in the car terus ckp, "Kenape tekak I terase2 Sate Kajang ni ek?" sambil buat muke drooling.

"Haa joomm..." I replied layan kan idaman abang heheh! Off we went to Kajang. Skali x sedap daaa...terus kitorg berbalik ke Sate Zaini from that moment on. Now Afeef with only 2 geraham on his upper jaw, sgt xsuke makan ayam dada in fact luakkan balik sbb keras n susah kunyah tp kalau bagi sate bole abis 2-3 cucuk, mengunyah dgn sabar!

CPK

Dulu masa pregnant of Afeef, xde specifically mengidam anything cume perasan la selera tu more to masakan melayu. Sangat gile makan cili padi, walhal seumur hidup sebelum pregnant kalau makan any food nampak cili padi dalam lauk asingkan awal2 takut tergigit walaupun dh layu dek dimasak. Bole pulak tetibe mase pregnant every meal wajib ade cili padi hidup and make sure every suapan mesti ade 3-4 potong cili padi, kalau x xrase kick nye...ehhh pelik pulakk..lawan tokei betul (tokei = dearest hubby yang kuat pedas, die pun terbeliak tgk wife die yg aneh sbb die pn x mcm tu). Lepas tu suke makan ikan bilis garing, pun pelik sbb selalu asingkan awal2 mcm cili padi jugak, tp xla segila makan cili padi. Penyudahnya Afeef mmg bertekak melayu, sebijik Babah..ape Babah xsuke makan confirm die pn xsuke, haih kesian Mama masak lasagna ke mac n cheese ke semua xpenah dpt sambutan.

Tapi pregnancy kali ni, selera byk ke arah mat saleh specifically Italian. Makanan Arab and Jepun/Korean are big No-no sbb mase early pregnancy (xtau pn mase tu pregnant) we were in Korea, and asikla makan Korean food, kalau x pun Arab restaurant diterjah kat sane, so mase tu maybe sbb dh start rs fatigue and pening2 lalat so now bile sebut makanan arab and korean pn rs kembang tekak. Melayu tu tetap di hati, still suke makan ikan bilis and cili padi, tapi selalu rase teringin nak makan something western, kerjanya asik carik Waffle (Daily Fresh's is the best!!) and satu lagi kepingin pizza, pulak tu xnk makan the simple fast food pizza like Pizza Hut or Dominos (no offence to their fan but I personally think those pizza are nothing but a piece of bread topped with lauk-pauk esp those yang perisa sate la, tom yam la..lemak cili api ade?).

My definition of pizza is always pizza = Italian food thus mesti ade rase strong Italian herbs like oregano and basils and thyme whatnot. And disebabkan once a upon a time pernah plan a lunch date with Anim & Amir, which Anim initially recommended California Pizza Kitchen but later on changed our venue to House of Sundanese Food sebab suami2 kelaparan nasi hehe..And kebetulan pulak mmg nk treat this lovely couple lunch sbb terhutang budi yang amat atas penat lelah Amir pergi airport menyelamatkan my Freestyle pump yang nearly kene custom tax, so we planned a lunch date at CPK last Thursday at KLCC. Xsangka seperti dijangka the pizza was as described in the website, so Italian!! (although the name is California Pizza) Pictures speak a thousand words so they say unfortunately we were too busy berebut2 makan sampai terlupe nak snap pics tau2 dh licin pinggan so these pics are among what we ordered and are extracted from the website so explains the exaggerating texture but worry not coz the real one is about the same!

Thai Crunch Salad..wow sgt sedappp mcm rase Mieng Kam!

The Original Barbeque Chicken Pizza..hubby's choice yg suke BBQ

And we ordered this dessert yg sangat sedap dan sempat diambil gambar:

Punyela sedap pizza die, sampai balik kerja pn masih terasa2 pizza die dalam dinding mulut, and normally balik rumah from work terus dinner, but that day hubby tanye, "xlapar ke?" (sbb die tgk wife die ni relax aje dlm bilik). "Xnak makan bole x nanti rasa pizza ni hilang dr mulut.." I replied hahahah!

And the next day, I had a lunch plan with Tasya n Chura at KLCC, dengan xtau malunye mak yong ngidam ni ajak g CPK tp nak tong-tong sbb xde fulus huhuhu! Nasib baik la my dearest SFs ni sanggup melayan kerenah mak yong sorang ni, thank you darlings I love you soo mucchh mmuaahh!! So serba sedikit yang we ordered:

  

Wild Mushroom Pizza..the other 1 that we ordered smlmnye..

recommended by Anim...oh sedap3!

Portobello Mushroom Ravioli tersgt2 sedapp, a must try!

Also ordered smlmnye but with garlic white sauce pn sgt2 sedapp!

Me with Chura dearie, kenape Chura mesti nmpk chomell?? :p

Me & Tasya dearie..I hate my iPhone camera, it has no flash

so the result is this when you have backlight, thanx to the Flash application,

at least xdela silhouette je like the original one.

Oh BTW, they don't have Tabasco but that sauce bottle in front of us tu, lg sedap dr Tabasco!

Tp ni plg lazat..Key Lime Pie..sebijik nama dalam CafeWorld!

fuhhh terase2 lagi dlm mulut kemasaman+kemanisan+kelemakannye..

Freestyle is on its way!

The Medela Freestyle pump is on its way, I'm so excited! According to Paypal and the seller herself, the shipment will take 6-10days not including weekends depending on destination. That means it should be arriving by next week! Hope everything will go as planned, I'll explain THE PLAN later once it arrives safely.

It's a girl! :D

Today was my routine gynae check up, lame x tgk adik Ahza, dah pandai buat apa agaknye anak Mama sorang ni. Girl ke boy agaknye. Ikut rasa hati Mama rasa2nye girl:

1) Mama lagi suke melawa pregnant kan adik Ahza drpd mase Abg Long Afeef dulu.

2) Dahi Mama ni xpenah sepi daripada jerawat sejak mula2 pregnantkan adik Ahza sampai la now dh nk masuk 22 weeks pregnancy. Kalau sebijik-dua tahan lagi, ni berterabur satu dahi, org kata anak perempuan tarik seri muka mak die. Haish, minta2 lawa la anak Mama ni sbb byk sgt seri muka mama ditariknya amin..hehehe..

3) Masa pregnant kan Abg Long Afeef dulu, perut mama cantik lonjong aje..siap bole rase kiri kanan perut nk dekat2 pinggang mama tu kosong. Adik Ahza ni Mama bole perasan perut mama cantik jugak hehe..tp bulaaat aje. Siap rase berisi kiri kanan yang dekat pinggang tu, girl kot...heheh..

4) Mase pregnantkan Abg Long Afeef, Mama rajin baking, masak mesti nk masak pelik2 yg kene guna oven, lasagna aje rsnye dekat 10 kali jugak Mama masak mase pregnantkan Abg Long. Tuna casserole ntah bape kali, cupcakes lagi. Tapi masakan melayu biasa malas. Tapi pregnantkan Adik ni Mama rajin masak melayu lagi, baking xde terdetik pn dlm hati.

Anyway, check up td terkejut berat naik 3kg drpd last month's record! Dh agak dh, doktor nampak upset dgn my weight gain, siap bulatkan lagi sambil pesan pls monitor your weight, less sugar intake, rice intake and banyakkan minum susu and obimin only. Takut bahaya pd baby. Max weight gain allowed is 2kg, huhuhu..Ape taknye, makan muara la, chili's la, hari2 lunch nasi separuh macam penuh pulak tu xsuke membazir, kenyang teramat pn paksa jugak habiskan walaupun slow, hari2 makan kitkat or picnic sbb tgh mengidam. Ish ish ish...terpakse la diet..

Mase ultrasound scanning, tanye doctor on the baby's gender, and the doctor showed us, "See mommy, it's a cheeseburger! You can now start shop for girls clothing!" Oh happy nye, now it's a pair! Alhamdulillah..semoga anak mama ni sihat walafiat dan selamat lahir nanti amin..Mama, Babah and Abg Long will wait for your arrival with open arms and joy! :D

Baby Plus - Myth or Fact??

 

I learnt about BabyPlus from Hubby's cousin, Amir & wife, Anim when I was pregnant of Afeef at my 3rd trimester. Back then, I didn't even know where to find the thing in Malaysia, ingatkan kene ebay. Fikir2, by the time it reaches me, Afeef dh keluar dh pn. Later did I know yg Cosway ade jual BabyPlus. It was quite expensive, RM650 a unit, sangatla pricey for a super simple drumbeat sound device.

And me & hubby strongly think nak anak pandai amalkan aje surah Luqman hari2 and makan makanan berkhasiat mcm ikan, kurma and almond. InsyaAllah, pandai dan bersifat Mahmudah la anak kita. And Alhamdulillah, setakat ni, Afeef's behaviour and milestone mcm same je dgn testimonials from BabyPlus user: xbyk merengek, tido tenang xmeragam n xkisah pn bunyi bising,  terus pandai latch on when 1st time nursing, development cepat dr normal milestone (except for walking la huhu), and sgt cepat ckp..walaupun xpakai BabyPlus.

Tapi bile tgk Areez, Amir & Anim's only child yang sgt bijak berbanding cousins and aunty yg same age as him rase mcm teruja pulak nk beli (Hubby is, not me..I'm still sticking to our initial belief, Surah Luqman is the key recipe that is, although adela terpengaruh skit sbb sgt impress dgn Areez yg bijak). Hubby said, Amir die amalkan jugak Surah Luqman hari2 besides the BabyPlus. So after much contemplation and discussion between us, we thought well Surah Luqman is definitely the key recipe to Anak soleh yang bijak. But BabyPlus is just a supporting tool proven by scientific research. So why not trying, since Cosway pn is having an offer, for 3 coupons collected, we can get RM490 per unit. Akhirnya beli la jugak..

Al-kisah lepas beli terjumpe pulak this website yg sangat anti BabyPlus and the arguments given were so strong and evident that I was quite frustrated with myself for falling for BabyPlus marketing trick. But benda dh beli, and I didn't want to frustrate hubby even more, since he was the one who invested in it, so I continued using it, hari ni dh nk masuk lesson 2 i.e. a little bit faster drumbeat than the 1st lesson. Adik Ahza is responding well to it, everytime I was using it, adik Ahza will also kick vigorously as though following the drumbeat, hehe...

Logic wise, the marketing is quite convincing as it says, the baby will try to differentiate between the mother's heartbeat and the drumbeat from the BabyPlus. So in a way, we are training the baby's analytical part of the brain from the womb. Xpela, yang penting cuba je, berkesan atau tidak, semua nya ketentuan Allah swt dengan usaha yang berlipatganda dan doa kita yang xputus2..semoga anak2 mama semua bijak dan soleh insyaAllah..

Today's Hubby's Birthday!

Hubby is Sweet 32 today. Happy Birthday Sayang, Semoga Allah panjangkan umur, murahkan rezeki dan memberi keberkatan dalam hidup dunia dan akhirat. I prayed hard for our baby to arrive today so he can celebrate the same birthday with his Babah plus having 12 RabiulAkhir as his birthday which means a month later than our Prophet's birthday on the 12 RabiulAwal is quite an event too.

However up to now, 5.35pm, there is still no signs of labor. I feel as strong and as healthy as a black stallion. To be honest, besides the points mentioned above, it's quite frustrating to think that I'm gonna deliver quite a huge baby, can I? All I could do now is to just pray to Allah s.w.t. to give me much strength to push my baby out and may the labor process proceed smoothly without complications and both of us will be in healthy conditions, aminn..

This afternoon, I had my routine walk to KLCC, alone. I gallivanted around Parkson Grand and KLCC, windowshopping. Not to mention, I walked pretty fast, sengaje nk bagi cepat beranak. But as always, there were no signs of labour at all...which makes me wonder the whole way back to Wisma, why oh why this practice works on every pregnant mommy but me?? I always heard people telling, after a walk around a shopping complex, their waterbag broke, they felt strong contraction, they had bloody show. It sounded so easy. But it was not in my case. I thought I've walked more than any pregnant mommies. In fact hubby once told me, if there is an award for Ibu Mengandung Paling Banyak Berjalan, that would be me. But up to 38 weeks, no signs at all. Finally I've come to a conclusion that I've never thought off before. Maybe for other pregnant mommies, they don't normally walk that much (at least not as much as I do) until near labor when people asked them to walk a lot, they start walking so baby terkejut maka terberanak. As in my case, I've walked too much. So baby dah biase with me walking drpd mula2 pregnant, hari2 lunchtime walk from Tan & Tan to Ampang Park or PNB Darby Park, honeymooning to Bali berjalan dr 9am to 10pm hari2 sampai la skarang yg dh nk due ni hari2 lunchtime tawaf satu KLCC. So maybe, he's immune to my walking habit. So jalan la banyak mane pn, baby x terkejut, baby xkisah and maka x terberanak walaupun dh jalan round 4 shopping complexes in one day...make sense ain't it?

Ewok's feet and EDD

I'm now arriving at my 38 weeks officially today but still no signs of early labor. I've done all I can, walked to KLCC every lunchtime last week, in fact last Saturday, right after my appointment with Dr F, we headed to Pertama Complex to look for hubby's birthday gift that I've promised him (a Seiko watch for his second watch, that is) as well as SB900 speedlight for our D90. Later we headed to SOGO coz there was a sale and I wanted to survey baby car seats price. We plan to walk a long way to Jakel but the time shows it was already 12.30 when we finished window shopping at SOGO. So we headed to Shah Alam for Fazrul & Eda's newbie, Firhan Syahmi. Later that day, we pushed off from Fazrul's house to The Curve, walk around The Curve and end up walking around IKEA sampai hubby finally felt mengah of walking too much, but I on the other hand felt there's still a lot of energy reserved in me. I wonder where did I get all the stamina, despite all that, still there were no signs of labor.


This morning, while we were in the awful monday morning traffic jam, I realized that my right feet has become more swollen than yesterday. But only the right one, the left one looked as normal as yesterday (less swollen, that is). But later in the afternoon, the left one looked as 'Ewok'ed as the right one, which resulted to me not being able to slip into my exquisitely shiny black pregnant wedges lalu terpakse la eden menapak ke KLCC dengan selipar jamban yg dh koyak2...


So what's with the popular theory that swollen Ewok feet give signs of nearing labour? Well as of now, I shall say that was just a myth.

Anyway, showed hubby my 2 Ewok feet back from work. He said they look more like udang goreng tepung..tsk!

Nandos' for the fattening pregnant lady

Yeah screw me, it was Nando's..kononnye grilled la kan, very healthy but the side dishes..i dun think so.. TT

The petite lady with a watermelon attached to her front ;)

Anonymous: Ehh pregnant ek, anak second ke?Me: Err..xla, first... *senyum kelat sbb dh bosan dgn remark yg same evtime*
Everybody keeps on saying my belly was too huge for a first pregnancy. Bile dh ramai sgt yg ckp mcm tu ape x risau nye...harusla sgt risau sbb takut baby too big for me to push him out...dhla last check-up i.e. on the 14th March when i got the false alarm, Dr. Kamsiah lupe nk cek baby's weight haduu...dh bape la berat anak mama nih..
On a lighter note, some people says (including my mama) my belly is small but because of my petite being, my belly looks relatively super big on this cute figure hehehe...that's a good thing to hear. However lately, I keep on getting comments like "Ehhh perut you mcm you letak je bola or belon dlm perut...sbb bdn you x naik, nmpk normal je tp tetibe ade bende bulat kt depan yg mcm out of place", now that can put a big grin on my face ngeheheee...suke aje klu org puji kurus, but wait a sec! Do they actually mean my belly looks too huge?? tsk..
So last Saturday, I get the chance to meet my gynae, Dr. Fatimah. As usual, baring atas ultrascan bed, she will put her hands first on my belly. She instantly blurted out "Whoa.."
Me: Why doctor?
Doctor: Your belly feels very tight..
Me: Which means?
Doctor: I think your baby is quite big coz he's occupying the whole space inside here. Tp xpe, that's just my prediction, let's see what the scan says..
And the scan proved that our baby has reached 3.18kg at his 36 weeks! That's quite big for an Asian baby. Dr. F ask hubby to bring me a lot to shopping so as to encourage me doing a lot of walking. "Biar cepat skit beranak coz if ur baby is still inside in another 2 weeks time, he may reached 3.5kg" kate Dr. F.
I was supposed to diet as advised by Dr. F, "Kurangkan sugar intake, nasi etc. But you can still take obimin, neurogain and calcium as usual coz these 3 are just essential supplements that the baby and you need, they won't make the baby bigger"

So starting this week I take my gynae's advice. I walked everyday to KLCC during lunch time, xde purpose pn saje window shopping sbb nk workout. But I still can't abide to the other advice that is diet! I'm a food lover, always am. Unlike most women, being pregnant doesn't hold me back from being a true food lover that I always am. So chronologically,

Monday: I promised to have just salad but end up buying ayam goreng cold storage yg sgt oily and pasta salad yg sgt hi-carb as well. I failed.

Tuesday: This time I strongly am going to be strict to myself, however went to Isetan Supermarket only to be introduced to Isetan's wider range of salads that are almost 10 types in total and much fresher with good refrigeration system than Cold Storage salads yg selalu rs mcm dh nk basi! Jadi sawan tgk salad fresh yg byk, I end up mixing 5 types of salad namely Broccoli Salad+Fruit Salad+Pasta Salad+Coleslaw Salad+Potato Salad and semua sgt sedapp!! Byk pulak tu I amik, smpi tersandar lps makan. Promised again to myself, ok that's it for today, no more munching in the office, tapiii....tetibe plak nmpk Kak Min the tea lady dlm pantry tgh refill biscuit tins with biskut mayat bergula...my alltime favorite!! Nak jadi cerite hubby at last minute had to stay back to finish up some work..so I end up munching more than 20 biskut mayat bergula while waiting for him aduhh! Hubby was bewildered hearing my terrifying eating habit today so I promised to hubby in the car while on the back that the biskut mayats are gonna be my dinner for tonight, I'm not gonna eat wat mak cook regardless sesedap mane pn...tapiiii....tgk2 Mak masak udang bercili and udang masak lemak peria!! aduhhhh..mkn dgn byk nye siap bertambah smpi Kakngah Zila tegur, "Aishah pregnant selera makan x terbantut ek.."
Erk...dat was the second after Azlee Samad tegur mase kt Ekin's wedding "Aishah makan selera ek pregnant2 pun.." Obvious sgt ke kelahapan ku ini?? huhuhu..I failed again.
Today: I plan to buy the same mixture of salads but of smaller amount cewah...tp tetibe td dpt a call from Krun, my IIUM bosom, yg nk meet up kt KLCC..I think I can picture my lunch today. It's totally gonna be a hi-carb lunch either Polio Italiano at Signature foodcourt or Nasi Goreng Kerabu Petai at Rasa foodcourt...arghhh I'm so gonna fail again!

Grand Entrance to 37 weeks!

Next week our baby shall be entering his 37 weeks! This is the starting time for normal delivery i supposed as read in many articles. And how am I feeling to date? Nervouss, of course! This is my 1st pregnancy, and I'm totally clueless about signs of having labor. I've started experiencing Braxton Hicks contraction since my 34 weeks pregnancy, and it's getting stronger approaching 36 weeks. Stronger in the sense that, I've started having disturbed sleeps every night due to abdominal pain, mcm rase nk period...sakit yg memulas, sometimes felt like stomach cramp and I can't move a winch. The first time I felt any sensation close to this, I complained to hubby n mama. But now, I'm used to it so i kept to myself and prefer to endure it alone. After all, I'm d one who's experiencing it, so it's indescribable to anyone to understand as much as i do. Like if i said to hubby, "Rase sakit mcm period pain.."


Hubby: Rase period pain tu mcm mane?


Me: Rase macam kene tikam dgn pisau kt perut bertubi2 n tulang pinggang mcm dikepak2..


Hubby: ?


See what i meant? Heheh..