of debu and sawang gugugaga

Fuh2 shoh2 sume debu and sawang yg telah hinggap at my blog nih. Sian die dah lame tuannye tak berkunjung tiba. And also on that note rase nak tulis bahase kebangsaan la this time around. Bahase kebangsaan yg telah di'pasar'kan to be exact ;p Kata my thinking language is my mother's tongue kan. Mmg ahli keluarga most of the time menggunakan bahase pasar tersebut. Enough on that please....

Ok la actually saje je nak tulis something here coz nak rasmikan my new mouse, courtesy of beloved hubby. Tikus takde ekor tau. Best wooo...hehe thanks a lot dear! Cam la tulis blog nih byk pakai mouse kan, dan2 tulis sbb nak rasmikan mouse. Whatever la kan.

So a lot had happened since last time i wuz ere (hehe dah lame x jumpe phrase 'i wuz ere' ni which is so famous at my high school...i wuz ere is everywhere...haha perasan cool btul la sape2 yg mengvandalismekan kawasan sekolah dgn perkataan tersebut ;p) Whatever it is as I mentioned a lot had happened...but...nothing really interesting la actually. But not to record what had happened pun cam x best jugak especially on that lil' girl's development. To name a few, had I mention that she had her first tooth already? And the second as well? I don't think I did. And that just one thing kan. There are sooooo much to update la....waaa where to start eh?

It's ok la, let's do it slowly. Ok we shall start with her development la before I forgot everything. Eh anyway what happen to my bahase jiwa bangsa eh? Suddenly my thinking language dah switch to english la pulok. But still in 'pasar' category la. Or rojak. That suit better. My rojak manglish ;p Ok2 back to topic, Izma's development (that I can recall as of now la ye):

• Can stand by herself when berpaut to furniture or my kaki and boleh tawaf meja 7 pusingan lengkap (dpt gak tekan tikus itu sbb nak letak bullet kan...syok woo ;p)
• Loves to eat everything - so far in her radar right now mostly rice, chicken, beef, carrot, pumpkin, spinach, various fruits, bread - and she loves all of them, no exception
• Her weight is currently around 9kg++
• Call me mama or emy!!!!! selambe la dak kecik ni panggil I emy...ni sure ikut ayah and opah die panggil...hehe
• Sudah menunjukkan kegarangannye - marah if retreat anything she's holding and pandai pukul org kalo marah...and also pandai merajuk...cair sume org ;p
• Susah nak habiskan susu sebotol pun - senang distract with everything around her and she prefers to eat than drink milk - dah boring kut....asyik2 susu, asyik2 susu...hehe
• Tido lintang pukang - abis conquer satu katil - most of the time I yg hampir2 nak jatuh katil kene tolak ngan dak kecik tu...hehe (note: ayah, we need a bigger katil ;p)
• Dah byk ckp bebel2 - x kisah ade org layan or not die tetap bebel...hehe
• Likes to say fish...tunjuk bird sebut fish, tunjuk car sebut fish jugak...i think it's time to feed her fish kut...ikan is not part of her diet yet...ok2 Izma, I got the message...will do that soon ye :)
• Suke sgt joget2 goyang badan n bum bile dgr lagu kat TV...sungguh2 joget especially iklan mc donalds spicy chicken macdeluxe tu...awal2 dgr goyang2 bum, pastu masuk part yg rap2 tu abis satu badan goyang...haha so cute!!!! ish2 mane blaja nih Izma ;p
• Merangkak dah laju dan maju...hehe first time merangkak on 3rd raya @ Bluewave Hotel JB and ayah die yg first witness...saje nak tunjuk skill kat ayah pulak...selalu asyik terlepas je her milestone kan sbb dok jauh

Ok can't think of any other things yet for now. Actually there are tonnes of them but can't really recall. Nanti kalau dah ingat I'll update lagi dan lagi dan lagi. Hmm best pulok tulis bahase ibunda nih. Laju je saye menaip. Kalo tulis omputih, taip2 delete sbb cam x sedap je ayat. Pastu tulis and delete lagi. Asyik rase something wrong je. But if camni main jalan je. No turning back. Kate pasar and rojak kan. Bedal je la...hehe

Btw I'm on my way to a transformation plan....fuiyooo nak jadik transformer ke ape nih ;p
That one I'll update later la if that plan works well. I hope so la. It will be starting next Monday insyaAllah. Can't wait la. Suppose to be today but takde rezeki hari ni. It's ok, I'll wait patiently and excitedly. Fuiyoo cam suspen kan ape bende la ni...hehe nothing big pun la actually but if the result is really inspiring then I'll share it here. So wish me luck eh...hehe cam nak gi interview lak nak wish gud luck ;p

Ok gtg nak gi mkn lapalala~~~

What's your thinking language?

This is something that my boss shared with me. Well not me alone, he shared this with all of us in my department. He mentioned that you know you are fluent in certain language if you do your thinking in that language. And he mentioned that if you want to be fluent in English which is important for your job (at least in our case…kut ;p) then you have to start thinking in English. So I was like ok that’s easy peasy (peasy? tgk ni awal2 dah tau confirm tak fluent in English lagi ;p). But the truth is it’s not easy!

Actually it’s supposed to be subconsciously done as if you are really thinking in English without you realizing it. However as for my case I think most of the time I do my thinking in my mother’s tongue language, which is not English, obviously. But there are moments when I remembered that “eh, am I already fluent in English?” (I ask myself this in my mother’s tongue language ;p) and then only I start to do my thinking in English, consciously. And it’s difficult! Suddenly I don’t know what to think about and if I have something to think about, I am thinking about it in a very structured English language…haha sounds difficult right? And not natural at all of course ;p

I think as long as we are speaking day to day in our mother’s tongue language or any language in that matter, most of the time we will do our thinking in that same language…kut…hehe because it’s really in your subconscious mind so it’s really hard to find out what language are you thinking in. Or is this case just for me eh? I’m so complicated eh? And I’m still not fluent in English…sigh~~~

Ok to abg and Izma, let’s speak in English from now on! Hehehe yolah tuuu ;p sendiri pun berterabur jangan nak ajar Izma ajaran sesat yer…hahaha but that is something that can be done actually. Will still keep this option open J and also it’s nice to master more than one language right J

So peeps what’s your thinking language?

One year wiser...

And of course yeah, one year older for me...and almost one month had passed since my birthday on 31st August. I had been dreading this post  for too long and really need to write this memorable milestone before I forgot everything. Doesn't matter if I'm one year wiser, people do forget no matter how wise we are..haha whatever la kan ;p

Ok so my birthday this year fell in the fasting month again like last year's. However this time it was on Tuesday, not really nice timing for a public holiday. Hubby was very busy during this time. It was the peak time for his project at Pasir Gudang before the load outs during Raya. And thus we agreed to celebrate my birthday during the weekend. So one day before my birthday on Monday hubby went back to JB as usual. He said he had to work on Tuesday which was supposed to be a public holiday. He said everybody in the project team has to work on that day. So it's ok with me and I was looking forward for the next weekend instead.

Well Tuesday morning nothing unusual happened. Actually I was thinking maybe hubby will surprise me by coming back home exactly at 12 am on Tuesday but that didn't happen. He just called me and asked what I want for my birthday and I told him just get me anything but not another Coach handbag. I had enough of them (haha cam la byk sgt kan ;p). So that was it, I said ok that's it, no surprise...huhu so Tuesday morning I just enjoying my birthday with Izma and the television ;p Mama asked if I want to go out somewhere but I didn't feel like it because I didn't know where to go and it's fasting time so have to save that evergy to entertain Izma for the whole day...hehe

That morning hubby called me a few times but I didn't suspect anything unusual. At around 1pm hubby called again. And this time he asked me to look outside the house. And there he was! Waaaa really really surprise! You got me darling! Terkejut tak ingat wooo and soooo happy!!! Izma was also excited to see him :) And he already got me a nice present :)

It's a Tissot watch!!! I love it very very much!!! It was perfect because the current Guess watch that I'm wearing (which is my birthday present also from him for 2007) is already tight for my chubby hand and I couldn't remember where I put the strap extensions...huhu

As for my birthday dinner, last year we had my break fast birthday dinner at Seri Angkasa Restaurant @ KL Tower (i hope that's the right name of the restaurant..huhu ingat2 lupa ;p). For this year, still the same restaurant branch but at the normal land latitude..haha..we had my break fast birthday dinner at Seri Melayu Restaurant this time. The food was nice and we ate a lot! Really a lot ok. I especially love the roti john...omg so yummy and full of beef and less egg. So contrary with what we usually bought at the Pasar Ramadhan which always looks like bread with omelette spread and I usually don't care whether it's chicken or beef roti john because they taste the same, no? But this one, it's just undescribable..fuhh..until now I can still imagine the taste. Marvellous! (Yes, that's me when describing about food. I just love to eat ;p)

Anyways, before I start making food review for Seri Melayu Restaurant, I'd better direct this entry back to it's original story line ;p Well all in all I had the best birthday ever as I was surrounded by my loved ones. This time together with Izma also. I'm so blessed...a big big big thank you to my dearest hubby for the surprise, for the birthday present, for the birthday dinner and for being there on my special day. I love you sooo much!!! Mmuahh!!! XOX :)

Apa ada di JB?

Budak debab dan tembam ini sekarang berada di JB. Lagi sekali setelah berkali-kali berada di JB. Berat dia adalah 7.9kg sekarang. Ok tak ada kena mengena ;p

Breastfeeding & fasting

First of all, to Cery I owe you this…well some part of this la…nanti baca2 if rasa2 leh jadi testimonial sila ambil yer…help yourself ;p

Ok to others, please ignore the above note. What I want to story here is about my fasting experience as a breastfeeding mom for the first time J For fasting I have a lot of experience la of course, bukan first time yer ;p But fasting AND breastfeeding is a totally different story ya. Well saje je wat ayat dramatic camtu. Actual case not very much different from normal fasting la. It’s just that you have to think on how to maintain the milk supply just like when you are not fasting.

Coming near Ramadhan, I admit that I was really nervous to face Ramadhan. Firstly because I never practice fasting ever since last year’s Ramadhan (dapat puasa full la katekan J Alhamdulillah). So no ganti2 puasa and sunat2 also of course la not in the picture as well ;p Then secondly because I just can’t imagine the thirstiness that I will feel after each breastpump session. Usually I will feel really really thirsty after the bp session and will drink a lot of water. But during fasting month how? And also eventhough Izma is already on formula as well I really need to continue pumping to maintain my supply because at night Izma won’t drink from the bottle. So if I don’t pump, there’ll be no demand and eventually no supply la. And I’m so afraid that my milk will dried up during this fasting month…huhu this is my biggest fear since my milk ni kan mmg kais pagi mkn pagi, kais ptg pun mkn pagi jugak sbb tak cukup dah utk ptg…haha so no EBM stock at all…huhu

Ok lah enough on my fear experience. So I was really nervous and thinking and thinking and thinking what to do about it. Ceh cam masalah negara lak kan ;p Then my friend Cery who is also a Shaklee dealer provide me with the solution…hehe she introduced me to Shaklee Performance Drink and Mealshake. I’ve been consuming the Mealshake for quite some time before that just as my vitamins supplements. But for fasting and breastfeeding she recommended the Performance Drink. So what actually does this thing do? It actually maintains your body rehydration so that your body have sufficient fluid despite of fasting during the day. And I gave it a try.

The result? I drink 1 glass of this everyday during sahur with 2 tablets of Alfalfa and as of now on 9^th Ramadhan I still able to maintain my daily production of 8oz (yeah it’s only 8oz ye, kecoh je lebey kan ;p). But sometimes it also drops about 0.5oz – 1oz. Still ok with me, enough for 2 feedings J And I’m still able to direct bf Izma in the evening. Yeay me and yeay Izma! J And the most important thing is that I don’t feel so thirsty after each bp session. So I’m ok having 2 bp sessions at office. Yeay again!

So to Cery, the Performance Drink rocks! It’s tasty (rasa cordial oren) and it works! Definitely will have this for my sahur for next Ramadhan as well…InsyaAllah if ada rezeki J

But anyhow comparing fasting during pregnant and fasting during breastfeeding, it is more challenging during breastfeeding, at least for me la. But for those who are gifted with so much milk may not really feel the difference. Even if there is any difference surely their EBM stock can back up any milk shortage…hehe as for me it’s not really about to provide as much milk as possible but the challenge is for me to maintain whatever supply that I have at least until Izma reaches one year old InsyaAllah…and it’s still 4 months to go so I really can’t let my milk dried up now. That more of the reason actually. Whatever la kan ;p

So whatever it is I hope it’s not too late to wish y’all Happy Fasting and enjoy your Ramadhan ya! Toodles~~~

p/s: Note to myself – 4 months to go to de-commissioning of my Medela Freestyle...tee hee…

8 months on 8.8

Izma is exactly 8 months today, on 8th August 2010. 8 on 8.8. Nice number right 888 ;p
Happy 8 months birthday darling! Mmmuahhhh!!!!

Ok itu je nak cerita. Bye! ;p

(It's 20 minutes to 9th August. Fuh seb baik sempat tulis this on 8.8. Ok enough on this 888 thingy Emy! Good night everyone. Tomorrow is Monday. In 20 minutes. Not nice.)

Izma Poppins and The Magic Umbrella

Izma is currently sooo obsess with her ayah's Timberland black umbrella. Introducing Izma Poppins...

Mama and Izma berposing dgn payung Ayah. Payung mesti pegang yer...

Ok ni Izma posing bersungguh-sungguh

Ni Mama pulak posing...Izma malas nak layan...panas tuuu

Sian Ayah pegang payung berat...meh Izma tolong

Pegang jgn tak pegang ;p

But seriously she's really obsess with that umbrella. She'll be soo excited whenever we want to open that umbrella and insist to hold it. And she'll scream and cry when we take the umbrella from her...huhuhu Izma, Izma, mainan ada byk tapi payung jugak yg dia suke main ;p