Selfishness = Ignorance + Arrogance

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."

Oscar Wilde

Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854-1900)

 

I can never tolerate with selfish people. People who tossed their dirty tissues outside their car window while the car is moving, people who likes to litter simply because they think someone else can do the charity to pick up their rubbish, people who park in the middle of the road while they can actually park at the side of the road without disturbing the traffic and taking their own sweet time kissing goodbyes, popping up the trunk and taking their briefcase out of the trunk, and jalan lenggang kangkung exchanging place with the driver and owh hunny, you forget your blackberry sambil waving the BB high to the hubby yg dh jalan meninggalkan kereta..and so the hubby walk back to the car lenggang kangkung to take the BB and baru the wife get in the car and drove off and by that time there are 5 cars behind them waiting and watching the drama. These are just examples of people who we can meet outside there and have got nothing to do with your life, but the sight of them are just an eye sore.

 

But what if these people lives under the same roof as you?? Believe me, it's LIVING HELL.

Disclaimer: No I'm not talking about dearest hubby, he is such a caring and responsible citizen..mmuaahh abang~

Afeef - Ketua Pengawas

Afeef sejak lahir until now dh 5 kali warded:
1) 10 days old - Jaundice (An-Nur)
2) 1 mth old - prolonged jaundice (breastmilk jaundice) (An-Nur)
3) 3 mths old - broncheolitis (An-Nur)
4) 8 mths old - broncheolitis (KBMC)
5) 1 yr old - HFM disease (Pusrawi KL)

Afeef dah la budak panjang, everytime check up, his Paed akan measure & weigh badan die, head circumference & weight falls on 50th Centile* each time, therefore means they're average babies' measurements kot. But bila ukur panjang bdn mesti terlebih 97th Centile* of which his Paed selalu exclaimed bile mark his height on the growth curve. And bile die masuk hospital mase 1st and 2nd time due to jaundice, he was placed in the nursery, and sebab badan die penuh satu bassinet, his Paed called him Ketua Darjah in the nursery huhuhu.. When he was warded for the 3rd time, he was placed in the bassinet and placed in the NICU for a night sbb Mama xdpt bilik, and sebab kaki die hampir terjulur, his Paed tegur, "Owh dah besar dh ketua darjah" and Babah replied to his Paed, "Ketua Darjah dah naik pangkat jadi Ketua Pengawas." And so melekat la gelaran tu his Paed called him sampai sekarang.

Tapi xsangka pulak gelaran tu membentuk sedikit2 his personality. Bile dah pandai jalan and bijak ni, makin nampak ke"ketuapengawasan"nye. Suka in charge when playing with friends, bukan gila kuasa as in merampas semua mainan, but as in sangat vocal and lantang whereby his friends tengok aje die membebel2. And perangai yang die baru develop weekend baru ni is perangai garang..adussss! Cemane ni anak sulung mama ni garang..kebetulan pulak he was cranky unlike usual, a happy weasel (another nickname given by his Paed sbb happy aje walaupun demam). Sebabnye die kene ruam2 mcm HFM but not, due to allergy to Varicella vaccination last week. The situation took place at my home, his Che was playing with him, and Che buat2 marah die cepat2 die lepuknye peha Che sambil kerut kening ala Johnny Bravo terangkat sebelah tu..lepas tu die buat kt Mama pulak, bile Mama larang die something, he will lepuk me sambil mumbling xpuas hati ending with "haaaa.." sambil kerut2 kening..haish anak bujang mama ni...

*If a parameter such as height is on the 3rd centile, this means that for every 100 children of that age, 3% would be expected to be shorter and 97 taller. On the 97th centile, 97 would be shorter and 3 taller.

Hero Botak

Baru lepas solat dgn Mama

Main wallet mama is his another fav pastime..

Sejak anak bujang kami ni botak, rase mcm dewasa sgt..dh macam abang2 dah..belum dapat adik lagi. Macam2 dh pandai, maybe kepala die rase ringan so akal jadi panjang kot heheh..

1) Balik kerja semalam Afeef was outside playing, die mmg budak outdoor. Xsuke duduk dlm rumah terkurung or mengadap tv je, lagi appreciate activity luar like playing bikes, playing balls (sumpah banyak gler balls kat rumah tu, all the cousins except for 1, tapi bola die yg satu tu menjadi rebutan dgn syasya hihi..kids..) and kadang2 just jalan2 keluar peluh petik2 pokok (nk tolong atok landscaping ekk..). Anyways, upon hearing our car engine cepat2 die jalan toward us and Mama noticed his kengkang and bongkok dh kurang, jalan sangat tegak and x kengkang, nampak macho betul anak mama jalan mcm tu hehe..oh did i mentioned before about him walking kengkang n bongkok sebab terlalu berhati2, so dgn jalan gaya centu die rase COG lagi rendah maka possibility untuk jatuh dgn luka or sakit is very low sbb either sbb sgt stable or klu nk terjatuh pn sempat tahan...ehehe anak bujang kami yg sgt berhati2..

2) Word Jumble:

     - Makin banyak words dah dengar sikit2 bunyi, n cepat aje nk mengikut kite cakap:

        a) Ommee: comel

        b) Ba..ba.. (sambil tunjuk2 kt huruf2 jawi dalam Iqra' = huruf Ba

        c) Tatt = cat

        d) Bye = bidding goodbye (sebut sgt clear siap intonasi, waving hand n expression muke 10 markah)

        e) Air = air

        f) Abah = Babah

        g) Wawa = Mama (sedih betul xreti nk sebut mama lagi..)

        h) Bibik = Bibik (ni yg mama xpuas hati ni, bole sebut clearly isk isk)

        i) Ishh = Fish (ni antara 1st word die sbb suke sgt main fish, rasenye since die masuk 1year old)

        j) Tchok = Atok

        k) Hal = apehal? (Babah la ni, main2 ckp dgn die centu pastu die ikut...ishhh...)

        l) tcheh = shoes
       m) tho = go

    

 3) He even understood commands like:

       a) Put it back.. = he'll put back.

       b) Good boy = he'll clap his hands sambil tersengih gembira, suke kene puji, kadang2 die buat degil, when we said "put it back" but he didn't, we'll say "come on sayang, good boy..good boy.." and he'll immediately put the things back and clap his own hands and then amik balik the thing hahaha..gerammm betull..

       c) No = he'll geleng2 kepala

       d) Come let's iqra' sambil Babah pegang buku Iqra' = he'll datang cepat and sit on Babah's lap

       e) Allahuakbar = terus angkat takbiratul ihram and solat his way.

       f) Finish = he'll do hand gestures "Finish"

       g) Dirty = He'll say "wekk.." sambil jelir lidah. (sebab mama suke cakap "dirty..yekk.." sambil buat muke)

4) He already notice/remember the things that I always forbid him doing and he'll do it quietly in a corner that he thinks I might not noticed (nyorok2):

      a) Kutip makanan atas lantai and masuk mulut: Mase tu Mama perasan die kutip something and cepat2 pergi dekat 1 sofa at a corner and tersorok2 membelek bende tu with his two debab hands sambil tengok2 mama...and when I came nearer and said, what are you doing...cepat2 he hand over the thing which is sebijik kacang! ish..ish..

      b) playing with his nailclipper: Mmg disimpan dlm his toiletries basket and I placed it bottom most sbb biase die xkan jumpe sbb he always pick things randomly from the basket and normally he only pick up lotion bottle or powder or his comb which are harmless. One night while Mama solat isya' (which qiblat faces the toiletries basket, mula2 die solat same, after a while die distracted and went to the basket. Bole pulak this time he take out all the things inside and susun outside basket elok2 until he reaches something at the bottom and cepat2 lari with the "thing" ke belakang Mama yang tengah solat and duduk menggodek the thing. I was not sure what he found, and mase rukuk, Mama curi pandang (astaghfirullah xkhusyuk solat mama dibuatnye) because he sat sebelah mama just belakang sikit je from my side facing backwards and he noticed me looking, and I saw the nailclipper! Cepat2 Mama berdehem kuat and he understood my disapproval and cepat bangun and  put the nailclipper back into the basket! subhanallah bijaknya anak mama ni...

5) Sangat extrovert and social and peramah. Pantang nampak budak2 range umur less than 12 years old mesti nak berbual dengan becoknya sambil menepuk2 org tu and cakap dgn lantang, and biasenye budak2 tu akan back off a bit maybe sebab takut takut or intimidated by his forwardness huhuhu! Kalau kat Annur paed tu, sibuk nk main mainan org bukan niat merampas sbb die xrampas, tp mcm nk join same as though nk ckp.."eh jom la main same, xsyok la main sorang.." and of course budak tu biasenye akan melarikan mainan tersebut sbb takut..huhuhu!

6) kurang suke tgk cartoon (except for his alphabet jungle and the great numbers game), biase tgk cartoon tercengang seminit then terus bermain2..tapi kalau indahnya iman, bole tgk x berkedip mata, ternganga dari awal sampai habis, siap xpuas mesti nk duduk betul2 depan tv and pegang the tv cabinet. Die paling suke Ustaz Zulkarnain yang Qalam Suci tu siap goyang2 badan and langsung xberpaling even kte panggil byk kali. Kalau tgh syok main bola outside with cousins bile dengar je indahnya iman dah start, xkisah la zikrullah or asmaul husna, berlari2 masuk dgn kasut2 sbb nk tgk tv and terus terpacak dpn kaca tv walaupun ade sorakan cousins in excitement outside, akan terpusing kepala tgk sesaat then toleh tgk tv balik...subhanallah..Mama plan nak install Astro dalam bilik sbb nk encourage him watching English cartoons sbb cousins die suke tgk cartoon alihbahasa Melayu (adeke cartoon at Playhouse Disney Channel punye conversation "Cantiknya NIGHT ni.." rosak bahasa) but whats d point, Afeef bkn tgk pn...die lagi suke main and read books.

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..

Afeef's 1st Geraham!

Baru discovered this morning masa tengah geletek die lepas mandi, Afeef dah tumbuh his 1st geraham tapi baru keluar the tips of the geraham. Dulu pernah nak buat his tooth chart tapi tertangguh pulak. But I still remembered his tooth chart quite clearly, Afeef start tumbuh gigi right after balik from Korea trip, i.e. at the end of his 10 months old of age. No wonder he keeps getting fever a few times before that besides due to the atmosphere itself, with his cousins asik demam berulang2 and berjangkit2. Memang from December to February asik makan ubat aje Afeef, baru baik dh demam balik. 

Memang budak biase 6 months dh tumbuh gigi, Afeef sampai umur die genap 10 months pn still have a gummy smile yg cute tu. Everybody upon seeing his gummy smile as usual with their usual typical gesture, "Ishh lambat nye tumbuh gigii...." And I as usual with my complacent and unworried gesture, "Ha'ah, x tumbuh lagi.."

Tapi bile dah nak masuk 10 months terus gigi2 depan die keluar almost serentak sebanyak 8 batang, ha amik kau..hehehe! I never really care if his main development like tumbuh gigi, merangkak berjalan and bercakap lambat or cepat coz my mum always said our siblings even, have different milestones. My brother, Adam as an example, umur 10 bulan dah berjalan, tapi umur 3 tahun baru bole bercakap. Kalau org tua tgk mesti akan ckp or paling2 pn ckp dlm hati agaknya, "Ish ish ishhhh kesiannn...bodoh agaknye budak ni..lembab sgt nk pandai cakap.." Alhamdulillah Adam sekarang is in his final block doing Medicine at IIUM Kuantan, bakal doktor ye tuan2 and puan2 budak yang umur 3 tahun baru pandai cakap tu..hehehe..

Oh and by the way, this is my latest FS tracking status, aduhh..dr ptg semalam until now still at Malaysia Foreign Custom, gegegege...neves nye..mcm tunggu result SPM keluar. Harap sgt x kene tahan kt airport customs, I've heard the custom tax imposed may be as much as 30% and sometimes almost 50%! 30% of FS is about RM300+, so that could sum up to about RM1500 a pump, macam beli at online shops jugakla gamaknye.. TT

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.

Ahmad Afeef Ahza Al-Hafiz

Mase mengandungkan Afeef, Mama and Babah berusaha bersungguh-sungguh to inculcate the love towards Islam especially in Al-Quran. Tiap2 hari balik Subuh, Babah without fail bacakan Surah Luqman untuk Afeef supaya dapat anak yang soleh. Mama hari2 baca recommended Surah-surah untuk ibu mengandung, nak anak yang soleh, bijak dan cantik luar dan dalam. 

Masa bulan Ramadhan, I was pregnant of you and was in my 2nd months pregnancy. Sangatlah lesu and cepat fatigue especially balik kerja, maklum jela early pregnancy mmg lembik skit. Tapi demi anak dalam perut Mama gagahkan juga pergi Tadarrus dengan family Babah di Rumah Ibu di BK tiap2 malam lepas tarawikh, supaya Afeef menjadi seorang yg cintakan al-Quran. Bila ada kematian, Mama beria2 ajak Babah pergi melawat dan join group Nenek2 sedara Afeef khatamkan Al-Quran untuk jenazah sementara menunggu dikebumi walaupun kaki dah biru2 kebas duduk lama demi memupuk perasaan cintakan Al-Quran dalam diri anak mama dalam perut.

Alhamdulillah syukur yang tak terhingga kepada Allah swt yang memakbulkan, Afeef sekarang at a tender age of 1 year and 2months, sangat warak perwatakannya. Kalau Indahnya Iman program before Adzan at Astro Oasis tu cukup Afeef suka, kalau pasang mata x lekang dr TV tgk aje sampai la Adzan dh abis. Kalau pasang cartoon on Astro Ceria pn Afeef x sekhusyuk tu, sambil tgk sambil main/buat activity lain. Tapi bile Indahnya Iman, Afeef bole diri tegak like a statue and tgk xberkelip, kadang2 goyang2 badan sambil sengih.

Pantang Mama or Babah bentang sejadah, terkedek2 jalan cepat nk berdiri atas sejadah and terus angkat Takbiratul Ihram. Lepas tu solat i.e. Angkat takbir and sujud banyak2 kali and now dh pandai rukuk i.e. berdiri tegak then tunduk sampai tangan sentuh jari kaki hehe..Khusyuk anak Mama bile solat, bersungguh2, bila duduk antara dua sujud, siap tangan letak atas dua peha dengan elok dan tertib and tunduk pandang sejadah. Mama kadang2 bentang dua sejadah satu lg untuk Afeef sbb xnak berebut tempat sujud dgn Afeef, nanti Mama pulak solat x khusyuk geli hati tgk gelagat anak bujang mama yang seorang ni.

Alhamdulillah, doa Mama and Babah semoga Afeef terus kekalkan menjadi anak soleh hingga dewasa dan menjadi contoh yang baik untuk adik2 nanti insyaAllah, semoga adik2 Afeef semua anak yang soleh dan solehah juga, amin ya rabbal alaminn..

p/s: Last weekend bawak Afeef pergi kenduri tahlil rumah Babah's relative. Afeef was blabbering loudly playing with cousins of same age, sampai org tgh tadah tgn berdoa semua tgk die, distracted. Mama hushed Afeef a few times sambil ckp pd Afeef, "Afeef, say Amin...amin.." But Afeef x faham and  keep on blabbering excitedly then suddenly terkeluar mentol atas kepala mama, "Tingg!". At that time, Afeef was standing on the Lanai table, Mama immediately said, "Allaaahuakbar!" terus Afeef senyap from blabbering, angkat takbiratul ihram and perform Solat. Amazed Nek Uda, Moksu Anoi and others tgk Afeef...hihihi..