Welcome Ammar

Alhamdulillah.

I safely gave birth to a healthy baby boy at 37 weeks of pregnancy on 9th March 2017. He weighs 2.92 kg, 50 cm in length.

He made it safely. Though the pregnancy journey was full of challenges. 

Age is catching me up. I couldn't cope with the pregnancy well.

Alhamdulillah, the risk didn't materialize. Allah allows me to preserve my uterus. He made me avoided hysterectomy. 

So this is the last baby. BTL done. 

To Ammar Muhammad Mirza, welcome to this world sayang. Mommy loves you so much.

35 weeks pregger

This week marks my 35th weeks of pregnancy. It has been the toughest so far, mentally and physically. I guess, age is catching up, and body has actually strained from multiple csect before.

Dr requested me to try to retain the pregnancy up to 38 weeks, before the cake cutting ceremony is done. Hopefully no emergency csect. no bleeding or anything.

It's getting pretty bored staying at home, doing not much. Movement is restricted.. hence online shopping come handy. Lol. 

Doakan semuanya ok utk saya. dan baby. 

33 weeks

It has been so long I did'nt update anything in this blog. Not that I've lost my passion, but along the way, I was caught up with too many things. Life has been very hectic, and lots of things has take place.

Now, I have some time, well a lot of time to update blog. :)

Reason being, I'm pregnant, in my third trimester and was ordered for bed rest for one week because of premature contraction. It is not a planned one, :) alhamdulillah Allah blessed me with rezeki anak yang melimpah ruah though I was once suffered from endometriosis stage 4. Syukur!

This pregnancy is very challenging. the morning sickness during the first trimester.. then bila check ngan dr pulak, dr kata uterus lining is super thin (due to multiple c-sect, this is going to be my 4th csect + 1 cystectomy cut before). As early as second trimester, dah mula rasa sakit menyucuk2. masuk thid trimester ni, lagi la mencabar.

Dr kata most prolly, have to operate 4 weeks earlier than EDD. Next week will get my dexa jab (I hate that jab) utk matangkan paru-paru baby. Kena go along this line to save my uterus dari burst, or the op will be very messy,

Doakan perjalanan saya dan anak diselamatkan dan dimudahkan.

And it's going to be another boy in the family! insya Allah

Salam Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin

Bokitta Hijab at Zalora

Semua perempuan akan pernah melalui masalah ni - "Eh, aku tak ada tudung la nak pakai.." padahal almari dah nak roboh ngan tudung.

Dengan lambakan tudung-tudung pelbagai jenama, pelbagai harga, pelbagai kualiti, women are left with nothing but to indulge. Ecceh. Hihi.

Antara tudung yang mendapat perhatian ramai adalah Bokitta Hijab. Kenapa Bokitta? Sangat ekspress, tetapi cukup elegant untuk dibawa masuk ke majlis-majlis glamour, tetapi cukup santai untuk dibawa berjogging. Gituhhh.. 

Bokitta hijab direka khusus untuk menepati pelbagai keperluan tatarias wanita. Didatangkan di dalam perlbagai warna, hijabista boleh menggayakan dan menyuaipadan Bokitta hijab dengan pakaian.

Antara warna yang menarik perhatian adalah:-

1. Girly Pink

Warna pink/merah jambu memang sangat sinonim dengan ciri-ciri feminin dan penuh keayuan. Warna pink adalah warna wajib yang perlu ada dalam wardrobe hijabista. Boleh digayakan dengan baju putih, pastel mahupun hitam dengan mengekalkan gaya penampilan yang elegan. Cuba tengok gambar skek..

2. Soothing Green

Hijau itu menenangkan. Fikiran serabut boleh tenang melihat hijau. Sila pakai hijau bila masuk meeting supaya chairman tengok you tenang fikiran dan tak marah-marah. Eh! Hihi. Go for colour block ataupun matchkan dengan hitam klasik atau putih untuk tampak sangat menawan gitu.

3. Peaceful Blue

Rasa gelabah nak sit for interview? or Rasa panik sebab nak jumpa bakal mak mertua? Pakai la kaler biru.. kenapa biru? Sebab biru itu buat kita chill. tapi tak terover chill (sebab nak jumpa mak mertua kan.. or bakal boss kan) Bokitta hijab offer you blue in various shades, so pick one that suits yours well. 

So apa lagi readers.. Go get your Bokitta Hijab now! Jangan cakap akak tak payung.

Tuan Rumah Kurang Sihat

My health is hay wired, Have been sick on and off since CNY. Nak kata demam kuat tu tak.. demam lite-lite tapi sakit tekak la.. sakit badan la.. macam-macam.

Mungkin kebetulan, bila tengok memory kat FB, aku selalu sakit around this time. Hydrologist kata one year ARI. 

Sekarang ni cuti sekolah. How I wish we can go off somewhere. Unfortunately, I can't due to work commitment. Ku ingat doktor je ada on call, engineer gomen pun samo yoooo!

Kids asked, why mommy - only one day cuti? The guilt, aiyoooo. makan dalam. tapi seriously nak cuti!

I haven't finish updateing the Sydney holiday entry. nak type pun, memori dah ala-ala. RAM kaput gitu.

oleh kerana tuan rumah dah lama tak bagi puisi, kita puisi dulu la satu round..

Andai sepi itu,

Boleh aku garap dengan kata-kata,

Pasti tidak tersisa kalimah pujangga..

Andai sepi itu,

Boleh aku warna,

Pasti warna itu jadi hitam belaka.

haha. ok bye. 

Pandan Cupcake with Gula Melaka Swiss Meringue Buttercream

I have started taking up orders since last month. Alhamdulillah, good response too.

But I am a novice baker, so this is the best (so far) that I can do to decorate my cake. I just hope the baking supply shop will continue to supply the tiny white flowers. haha..

The above is Pandan Cupcakes with Gula Melaka Swiss Meringue Buttercream in teal colour. Supplied that to a steak restaurant.

Selling those gems at RM50 - 16 pieces. One colour per order. Self pick up at Taman Melawati/surrounding vicinity.

Jardin Petit Gateux Class by Confetti Studio

It is a busy-busy week for me. Busy buat benda yang aku suka. Hehe.

Ahad lepas, for the first time ever in life, I attended course related to baking. Jeng, jeng, jeng..

I memang minat baking. Tapi idok lerr terer amat. Cukup sekadar lepas untuk tekak sendiri dan anak-anak. Tapi tak reti langsung menghias cake. So Ahad lepas, I attended Jardin Petit Gateux Class by Confetti Studio di Ukay Perdana. Class scheduled from 9am to 4pm. The class was conducted by a mother-daughter team (wish this will happen with my own Arfa Marissa). We learned to pipe 4 types of flower - Daisy, Anemone, Cabbage Roses and English Roses. And yes, It took us the whole day!

I almost give up when we started doing the third flower, which is the cabbage roses. Tapi mengenangkan dah bayar, gagahkan diri jugak untuk habiskan. I just feel it is not my day, sebab everything I pipe doesn't look good as those around me. 

It is truly an eye opener. Lepas ni, kalau beli cake, ada munge-munge cantik tu, sila appreciate. Lol! Susahhhhhnya la to get it right! 

Anyway, I finished the course, and I'm very proud of my outcome though it doesn't look as good as others..

First, kita buat dirty coat dulu..

Piping anemone - flower no. 2 that I learned that day

The outcome.. Yang belakang tu cikgu punya piping. Sangat cantik!

This is another snapshot by the t utor. I amek kat instagram:-

I so can't wait to wait for next long weekend to practice to make these at homes. Harap-harap tak hangat2 taik ayam la..

Ngee.

Seksa

Stop la kejap entry Sydney. Ntah bila lagi nak update. Maleh kato org nismilan.

Dalam hati ni, membuak-buak rindu nak jadi housewife balik. Kelam kabut urusan umah tangga sekarang. Kerja pun tak berapa nak syok. Mengenangkan kos hidup makin tinggi, tu la yang buat sabar terus bekerja dalam paksa tiada rela.

Hoihhhh rindunya Jepun. 

Lagi tambah rindu, bila Adib tanya husband.. "Boleh tak hantar Adib sekolah semula kat Jepun?" 

Kena kasik "PANG!" satu kat muka ni sebab ini hidup sebenar. Hidup kat Jepun tu fantasi. Huwaaaa!

Sydney Day 4

Hope uols tak boring la update Sydney ni. Tabah je baca ok..

So continue Sydney Day 4.

Day 4 ni plan nak bawak budak-budak pergi visit:-

1. Sydney Wildlife Park

2. Madamme Tussaude Sydney

3. Sydney Aquarium

By visiting this, husband justify, no need to go to Taronga Zoo. 

Ticket for all three tu kitorang beli online. Beli sekali ngan naik Sydney Tower. Sydney Tower tu macam free la bila beli combo ni. 

Sebelum start journey, homework kena buat dulu......

 Settle Kumon dulu sebelum jalan. Segala susu & cereal atas meja tu house owner bagi. Amount dia bagi lebih dari cukup untuk sepanjang stay kat Sydney

Naik bas ke CBD. We decided to stop at Pitt Street and walk our way through the malls. Made our way through Pitt Street Malls, and ended up in QVB. Stop kat QVB for sushi, coffee, croissants and yoghurt. Aku and husband kalau pegi Sydney memang gila ngan dairy products. I somehow find dairy products kat Sydney sangat sedap. Yoghurt large size tu sekejap saja licin anak-anak makan. 

At QVB.. ps : Kids in Yokohama Marinos jersey

Konon-konon artistik. :) at QVB

Lepas alas perut lebih kurang, barulah kitorang gerak ke Darling Harbour nak gi tengok 3 parks tu. Started our park hopping dekat Sydney Wildlife Park. Attraction utama haruslah kangaroo and koalas. Kids enjoyed it a lot! Patut suruh bawak buku nota salin semua nama binatang, pastu buat report. (gila nerd mommy)

 Close encounter with kangaroos

Gambo ngan Koala ni mahai nak mampuih. 

Lepas Wildlife Park, pit stop sekejap, bagi kids snacking sebelum masuk Madamme Tussaude. Gambar dalam Madamme Tussaude memang berlambak gila, tapi lighting challenged. Aku ngan husband ni harap amek gambar guna phone je, so tabah je la..

Since skang ni hot ngan Dilwale kan.. I bagi satu gambar ngan Shah Rukh Khan..

Ehem

Gituuuuuu

Lepas Madamme Tussaude, kitorang pegi Sydney Aquarium. Macam biasa la tengok ikan. Aku rasa Aquaria tu best lagi. Tapi kat sini aku dapat la tengok dugong. Bapak besar Dugonggg!

Lepas habis marathon 3 park ni, lari pergi fish market naik tram. Nak makan lobster. Sadisnya, bila sampai rupanya dah tutup. Makan je apa ada..

Petang tu, kasi chance kat anak-anak lepas gian main kat park lagi. This is free public park tau, kat ngan Darling Harbour. Suka sangat la budak-budak dapat main.

Argh.. This make me miss my kids.

Sydney Day 3

Panjangkan entry lepas. Gila rajin tuan rumah menaip..

Meh sambung Sydney Day 3

Since dah jalan hebat sangat semalamnya, husband decide to slow down a bit to let the kids to recover. Mau tak terkejut. 12km berjalan. haha. Padahal kalau kat KL, kalau boleh kereta tu bila park nak masuk dalam kedai.

So Day 3, kitorang pergi Bondi. Tapi bukan pergi Bondi beach, pergi Bondi Westfield. Jalan cuci mata, kosongkan wallet gitu. Kan nak dekat christmas masa pergi holiday, so toys and chocolates murah. Apa lagi, borong la!

Oleh kerana hari ni pergi shopping, gambar Day 3 memang tak banyak. I share sket gambar depan homestay.

Depan homestay di Randwick

 At parents' room

Mampu tengok saje Smiggles. Tak sanggup nak beli lepas convert to RM

Lepas shopping kat Westfiled, petang tu gerak gi rumah Huzaimi sebab dia ajak dinner kat rumah. So we all gerak gi rumah dia naik bas.

Huzaimi ni duduk sekali ngan kitorang masa kat Msia Hall dulu. Dah kahwin, with 2 kids, now kerja di Sydney, while his wife buat pHd. Nak dijadikan cerita, rupanya, wife Huzaimi ni aku pernah jumpa dulu. Masa mula-mula sampai rumah and salam terus macam.. ehhh macam pernah jumpa...... tapi dua-dua tak tau kat mana. Borak punya borak.. rupanya jumpa masa zaman debat sekolah asrama dulu & kursus Nadwah kat KISAS. Perghhhhh. Lama kottttt!

Wife dia tu nama Huda. Sedap gila masak nasi beriani. Aku yang diet pun let go diet ok. 

Tu je nak cerita Day 3. Nah amek satu gambar bunga.

Always my favourite.. before aku jumpa Sakura. :D

Sydney Day 2

Lepas seharian catching up dengan family & kawan-kawan, and anak-anak pun dah recover dari flight, barulah kitorang bawak anak-anak pergi jalan.

Since we have local knowledge on how to go about kat Sydney, we decided to utilize public busses as our main transportation. Beli weekly bus ticket (which will no longer avaible starting Jan 2016, hangpa kena beli Opal card - macam Touch and Go, boleh top up kat news stand). Weekly bus ticket ni pun dah masuk spesis pupus dah ni. 

Kids were excited (at first) on the prospect of riding bus everywhere. Littleeeee did they know, mak pak diorang ni memang kuat berjalan. First day tu, seingat aku la, record jalan kat tepon is about 12km. Mau tak tegang betis budak-budak ni.

2nd day in Sydney was a bit chilly. Sejuk sepoi-sepoi, best jalan kaki. Tak peluh and tak berapa penat. First day tu, bawak anak-anak pergi tengok Opera House. Tu kan spot wajib pergi bagi sesapa pun yang datang Sydney. Cumanya hari tu gloomy sket, so amek gambar kurang lawa. 

 Harbour Bridge

 The famous Opera House

 The gambar wajib

Husband too tall to fit in. lol

Lepas jalan lebih kurang kat Opera House, we took the kids (on feet) to The Rocks.They got to see big cruise ship along the way. Walk along Circular Quay towards The Rocks. Kids cooperated well.

Sampai dekat The Rocks, reward the kids with lunch before Arfa terlelap. Mengimbau kenangan silam konon-konon, kitorang makan dekat Pancakes at The Rock. The simple pancake with butter and hot syrup jugak yang sedap.

 With my manja kids - Fafa & Didin

The father with the growing up twins

 Pancakes on The Rock

Masa dekat The Rocks, bought Afiq jagung. Jagung tu memang rasa dia sama ngan zaman aku belajar dulu. Jaguung rebus, sapu butter, sprinkle dengan black pepper. Memang win lah. Lepas jalan kat The Rocks, bawak anak-anak pergi Paddy's Market. Paddy's Market ni is the place to buy souveniers Australia. Rasanya bukak 4 days a week, tak ingat plak. 

 Kids at Paddy's Market aka Market City

After brief and compact souveniers shopping kat Paddy's Market, we then walked to Darling Harbour. Kat Darling Harbour tu ada satu playground besar untuk budak-budak main. Kena kasi upah sket lepas penat jalan.. Gitu katanya.

 On the way to Darling Harbour

 We are deprived of good parks in KL for kids

Darling Harbour

Suka gambar ni. Hehe

Settle jalan-jalan Darling Harbour, kitorang gerak balik for dinner. And again, reminiscing kenangan silam, dinner dekat Taste of Thai. Kedai ni dekat Randwick. Tell ya, nasi goreng dia, dari zaman belajar sampai sekarang rasa dia sama. Afiq punyalah suka nasi goreng ni sampaikan boleh kata everytime makan sini dia kana order nasi goreng.