Saturday, December 30

Salam Aidiladha & Happy New Year!

Salam Aidiladha to all my friends, may you have a happy and blessed Aidiladha.
I know most of you may already be at your kampungs respectively and this time we'll be celebrating Eid with dad's side of the family in Segamat. It's gonna be dearie's first time there after almost 3 years of marriage. (Don't ask me why ;) )
Tonite we'll have mama and papa's 27th Anniversary celebration. I already cooked Mee Hong Kong and Erie's gonna buy a cake. Silly me I forgot to wish them on the 21st so we decided to make a surprise party for them :). 27 years wow!

In a sad note, Saddam Hussien is now dead executed by Iraqis. Well I know he's a dictator and all but I still find it sad that he has to go that way. I read that many Iraqis who lost their families were really happy that he's gone for sure but what makes me more happy is to see the PUSA who hides behind his humanity mask die in agony and humiliation. Say what you wanna say. I'm gonna stick with this.

We'll be back on Monday and hope y'all have a safe journey home.
It's ironic to celebrate Eid and New Year's Eve on the same day but we stopped celebrating New Year few years back so it doesn't matter. We hope for a wonderful year in 2007 and maybe some travel soon? Have a great one!

Friday, December 29

Xmas in S'pore

These pics were taken almost a month ago while we shop in S'pore.
Notice those cute little All Star on Aresha's feet? I've been searching hi and lo for this sneakers since Aresha was born and we found it in S'pore for just SGD29!
Aresha's becoming more attached to her daddy each day and I just love seeing them together.
The past few days she even sleeps on daddy's chest, which is soo sweeeet. Don't u just love it when daddy and daughter bond that well?



Friday, December 15

Designer/punk



I so wanted Jeffrey to win Project Runway 3. Why? Maybe because he's a punk who successfully made a living being a fashion designer, or I'm always a punk at heart (pffft) and married to a punk who's also a great designer. He's not your typical gay designer. Tattooed, mohawk and all, just a breath of fresh air in the fashion industry.
Laura is such a b**** for pointing it out at Tim about his sewing skills or is it such a great finishing on his leather jeans. So what if he used "outside" help? That's none of your business! Why can't you just shut up and get on with your buttons and hooks?
Tonight we'll see how it goes, but it seems like Jeffrey is gonna be disqualified and she seems happy to eliminate one contender away. I just wanna see wonderful design by a punk on a runway, ala Vivianne Westwood or Malcolm Mclaren. I guess it won't happen eh?

Wednesday, November 29

3 in 1 party




Last fortnight was like a whirlwind and hectic for all of us. We were hosting two couples of CSers simultaneously, preparing for the party and doing makeover for our lil' living room. No wonder I didn't manage to cook on time. Luckily mom made us her famous laksa johor, with nasi himpit and kuah kacang or else Ain, Nazri, Stuart and gf would have nothing to much on except for cheesecake and kuih raya la. Open house apa namanya tu?Pfftt

More pics can be found @ here Luckily Man brought his SLR cam and act like a photographer we hire for the party(err,jgn hantar bil pas ni sudah) We didn't get the chance to take so much pics as I'm for sure running around the house to make sure everything's ok. Sorry for those I didn't get the chance to greet or chat with. Particularly Ain and Nazri :( Many thanks to those who came and brought gifts for Aresha. It was great to meet Apek, E.T and kids, Ajeep, Man, Nadia, Kecik, Yawn & Mas, Yunus,Marlia & Isz, Muna & family, Kak Ada, Abg Enol (thx for the lovely painting) & Iwan, Oare, Kerry & Ola, Wong & family, CSers Low & Ed, in case if I forget to put your name, you know who you are and we appreciate your presence.
Most of all thanks to my wonderful parents who did helped me a lot! and saved the day! (Aresha loves the bike so much!) My grandma who made me the nasi himpit My future SIL Siti, who brought the scrumptuos apple crumble and helped out in the kitchen, Erie for the balloons oh you guys were so kind! ( Sounds like Oscar speech plak)
Aresha had so much fun tht day and it shows! She's beaming with giggle and laughter, playing with all the kids and even adults (who has camera, posing, and love to see her own pics, ok?)Tht was the first time we saw her so happy!

Meanwhile,here's snippets of our lovely time with Alia and Luis, me practicing Poi (you're truly a 'legend' ;) Alia!) I miss them when they left, they're such lovely, super nice couple , I admired their politeness and their effort to make our hosting experience a memorable one :) Do come and visit us again guys! Or, we'll visit you soon, perhaps?

Alia doing the ribbon poi

Luis and his diabolo

Riding in car with Bambi

Went to my best friend's, Marlia wedding last Sunday and I can't believe tears almost came down from my eyes seeing a very close friend of mine tying the knot :)
She's glowing, prettier than ever and Isz is sure one good looking groom :) Too bad I didn't take much pics as we're handling two babies, Aresha and Bambi.
We took Bambi for her booster vaccination and earmites treatment. She's actually having a serious infection in her ears.
Bambi is a dream cat. We could travel in the car without having to cage her. Aresha loves it, she giggled all the way :)



Friday, November 10

10 great years!

We're going to #malscene gig/gathering tomorrow. Can't wait to see faces of our old friends, some we haven't meet for years!

I dunno if I've wrote about this but this is how I met dear. Yes, thru IRC chatting. I was 17 back then and he's 23. He's one of the founders of the channel, I'm just a newbie who gets really excited to meet/make new friends.
To cut long story short, we chatted for hours almost every night, on weekends, till 6am! Mama got so furious (obviously there's no broadband back then,the phone bills went sky high!)She even locked the computer room at night. Lol! I'd climb the window from the kitchen and sneak in. Talk about things you do for love eh? We didn't become online bf gf instead I fell in love with his long ponytail on the 2nd IRC gathering that I went. Heh,I always have a thing for long-haired guys since I was in school. The relationship starts from there, tho' he actually uttered only a few words the first time we met. There goes our monthly Tower Records meet up, hiding from other #malscenians dates, till we actually tie the knot almost 3 wonderful yrs now. How fast time flies when #malscene is actually celebrating 10 great years online and we're almost 9 yrs together.
Happy Birthday Malscene, I'm thankful that I met my #1 love there :)

Wednesday, November 8

Our new baby

Since you guys have been asking, or wanting to ask when are we going to have a second child, while here she is....introducing, Bambi (short for Bambina) new addition to the family. She's a Flame point siamese mix, cream coloured neither shorthair nor persian-liked fur, with orange striped tail.



She's really cute and bonded with Aresha instantly! She loves to play and sleep with Aresha (tho' sometimes Aresha got so jealous when Bambi snuggle with me)The best part is she's so smart we don't really have to toilet train her. Just put the cat litter in the bathroom, she went there on her own to do her business, :)

We got her from Ampang's SPCA. She was really meant for us. Why did I say that? When we arrived there, it was raining heavily. We went straight to the cat's area where most of the cute kittens are already taken (adopted/booked) Bambi caught our attention the minute we went in. She was placed in a cage, on the center, left side, she's the only kitten left in that corner, others are either taken or left empty. Dear fell in love with her immediately as she wriggle herself towards us. Then, the caretaker,kakak came in and told us she was taken. Arghhh.. but there's another cat near the office, just like her, only orange in colour. This time it's a male cat but we know he wanted us to take him home too :(
We just can't bear looking at other cats' sad faces, as if they were saying"Why aren't we taking 'em home?" We decided to take the orange cat home, when dear said he wanted to look at the backyard one last time, and..... unexpectedly good news! Someone cancelled to take the cream kitty home! It's officially ours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, that's how we got Bambi. Bought a carrier, the sweet lil' Bambi stayed really calm in the car, singgah open house rumah Che Mat jap for 3 hrs and Aresha just couldn't wait to play with her.

Now, the bed is really I mean really full with 2 adults and 2 babies altogether. Bambi loves to sleep on my pillow. Ah, my new baby! It's easy to leave Aresha when I'm cooking as she'll happily snuggle, cuddle and play with Bambi.


On another note I made pot roast chicken (since we don't have oven yet), with baked potato served with, sour cream beef bacon and spring onion and Caesar's salad on the side.






So here's the recipe of Pot roast chicken, Baked potatoes and my interpretation of Caesar's salad for 2.

For the Chicken in this particular recipe I only use half of the chicken (preferably one whole chicken cut into four) Mine was already cut into twelve hence the presentation is not really that good :P

Pot Roast Chicken

1/2 Chicken - if u don't have it quartered, choose drumsticks, wings or thigh
1 cup chicken stock/broth (I use Maggi cube)
1 bay leaf
2 garlic cloves - smashed
2tbsp light soy sauce
1cm ginger - slivered,smashed (if u like it gingery, smash it or use more than 1cm)

It's easy peasy, just fry the garlic till brownish or aromatic with some oil and put all the ingredients in the pot. Leave for 45 minutes.

When it's done, heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok transfer all the chicken, fry each side for 2-5 minutes ( I like it crispy) and add some black pepper to taste.

Now, for the baked potatoes what you need;

2 Russet potatoes
2 slices beef bacon
2 tbsp sour cream(I love sour cream, so I use more!)
scallions/spring onion to garnish on top


You can either put it straight in the oven wrapped in alumininium foil or if you don't have oven like us, just boil it till it becomes soft abt 15 minutes [I think, I just left it since Aresha always distract me from the kitchen ;)]
then wrapped it in foil and put it in a pan (dry fry) for 5 minutes each side (cover it if u can).
Meanwhile,you can fry the beef bacon with 1 tbsp oil for few minutes and chop it.
when your potatoes are ready,transfer to a plate, make a cross cut and spoon sour cream in , garnish with beef bacon and spring onion.

As for the salad I made the sauce beforehand with
6 tbsp mayonnaise
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp vege oil/olive oil
1 sprig dill( I don't have it in stock so I just leave it be)
salt and pepper to taste

Blend all the ingredients in a blender/food processor till it becomes smooth, or just whisk everything in a bowl.

For the salad;I use;
Butterhead lettuce - tear or chopped
2 boiled eggs -sliced
potatoes - boiled with the ones used for baked potato, diced and fried with garlic- this is substitute for croutons
purple cabbage- shredded
8 cherry tomatoes (yellow and red)

Voila! A healthy meal for the whole family. Aresha digs boiled eggs, she ate most of 'em and no kids would refuse to eat chicken!

Monday, October 23

Aidilfitri

Salam Aidilfitri to all
Maaf Zahir & Batin
We're off till the 2nd of raya to Jeram (dearie's kampung) then till the end of the week to USJ with my family and relatives :)

Too bad dear has to work on the 3rd :(
We didn't spent much on ourselves this year. I guess we threw it all on the new place :)We didn't even buy clothes for the lil' one. Luckily mama bought her one. what would I do without you ma? Oh, I managed to make 2 kuih rayas yesterday but this silly lil' me left it at mama's, and boy, mama spoilt me with kuih raya she made for me. Emm, I should continue packing as we'll leave in less than two hours

Have fun y'all and have a great Aidilfitri!

Tuesday, October 17

Host

Finally we've got a CSer in our crib today. I don't feel so guilty anymore :) We're blessed with meeting wonderful Csers while we were in Europe and this is a great chance to turn the favor. Gio is such a great CSer to host. He got plenty of stories to share and great with our lil' Aresha. Aresha just adores him and she actually cried when he went to sleep. Oh, did I tell you he's doing a world tour on his bike? Mamma mia!
That means, he rode all the way from Tuscany to KL! It took him 1 1/2 years to get here.
Will write more about my hosting experience. I'm sure we'll have a blast :) Maybe take a picture of all of us having a great conversation. Toodles!

Thursday, October 12

New post, new home





Just got back our internet connection after almost a forthnight of excruciating wait.
It's great to have a place to call our own :) Dear has been busy with drilling new wall shelf,blinds, curtain rods and lamps, all for this coming raya.
We had a shopping spree @ IKEA last Saturday and it was the first time I saw dear got really excited in buying stuffs there. (Usually it was me trying to convince him that we need to buy certain things while he's telling me not to as we don't have a home of our own) His eyes lit up, going thru his lists , oh I just love it when we share the same interest!
Luckily I managed to bring along homecooked Singapore Noodles and fried chicken for Aresha, talk about saving some penny, healthy nutritious meal and avoid here screaming all at once! She took almost 45 minutes to finish her meal (and her own sweet tiem too!)before we proceed to more shopping.
We didn't even realize that it's almost break fast while we were at the check out, end up having ice cream and their famous curry puff for buka puasa
It was dearie birthday anyway and since I've already got payment frm M.c.K.i.n.s.e.y
it was my treat of Classic Pizza, Calamari and Seafood Tagliatelle. Portion was huge as we even take away for sahur.
Well, since we moved in I try to occupy myself with the usual chores i,e : washing clothes by hand [I'm so used to it, it's very satisfying, Ain would definitely agree with me :)]I've always wanted a washer-dryer machine but since dear's clothes need tlc (read -hand washing) I ditched that idea to the drain, it's not so hard, I got all the time in the world, hehe, plus it's only laundry of the 3 of us, why bother waste money right?
During Ramadhan, my cooking preparations start as early as 8.30 am. I have to make use of Aresha's sleeping time as she'd hold on to my feet, trying not to let me to go to the kitchen. It's not easy peasy to think of berbuka menu. Dear's on low carb diet (no rice)
So far I've tried, pad thai, porridge (Thai style with chicken soup), Hailam mee , Mee goreng mamak, Pot roast chicken served with mashed potato and salad)Wh would've thought cooking would be this pening?

Today, it's gonna be Porridge, served with chicken soup, garnished with fried garlic and shallots, salted egg, lobak asin and fried anchovies with bird eye chilies, onions , don't forget the lime wedges!
I'm gonna make mungbean dessert( in English bubur kacang hijaulah!) and fruit cocktail drink with a splash of ice cream soda.
Better soak the beans now! I need to run to the grocery to buy gula melaka, sago and pandan leaves. Toodles!

Updated: I changed my menu last minute to Hainanese Chicken Rice complete with chilli and ginger sauce. It was my first attempt, a success!

Wednesday, September 13

on print

Dear and his Streething crew were featured on JUICE last month. Shot @ The Curve's Showroom early August and here's the outcome.



Left to right JamastaJules, Skuirtgun himself, Kzzit, UrawaRed and Headhunter. They're all sneakerheads and the backbones of Streething, a street culture forum. These peeps are really cool and they're so friendly they made me feel welcomed, even on the first time we met. can't wait for another swap meet or Nike party!

Monday, September 11

Home Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Home!

Just paid a deposit to our very own crib (for the time being la )last evening.
We'll move to Sri Gombak Phase 9 end of this month and that means more entertaining friends, parties, barbeques and ALWAYS a place to couchsurf!

I'm walking on sunshine oh , oh , oh!


Dear, this is the best gift ever! Je vous aime beaucoup!

Thursday, September 7

Joyful , joyful






Yeah, I've been lazy again... been riding almost every weekend, yes I'm back on track now. Slowly trying to get over separation anxiety from Aresha (tho' I still wish she's with us all the time)
The past few weeks was a bliss. It's my birthday week. Dear made sure that it lasts till last weekend. Had two dinners one at the usual and the unforgettable , very affordable seafood galore @ Coconut Flower not on the same day, mind you ;)
Oh, dear surprised me with his gift , a biker-styled leather jacket which I've been longing since last year! I'm just lucky my birthday falls in autumn. I've searched hi and lo when we were in Europe last year, be it at the vintage shop, flea markets or department store. European girls look really cute with these, cowboy/leather boots on and skinny jeans! If only I could wear it during the day lah :( everyday!
However, this year, while having Caesar's salad, I told dear that this is the first time that I felt birthday is just another day in my life, not a big deal as I always felt previous years. He said, that's how he feels every year, wait till you reach the three-oh. Cheittt! In other words, I'm getting oldlah!

How fast time flies... but to look on the sunny side, I'm walking on rainbows, couldn't ask for more!
Big thank yous to mi familia, my Cik Nab, Dzeti, Marlia, Masnah, Nadia, Ichah, Bob for remembering my birthday :) Love you guys to bits!

Wednesday, August 16

I miss travelling :(






My fellow CSer friends Reen and Anne are now in Europe and I wish that I could do the same too! However we have to be patient and wait till Aresha's big enough to understand and remember the journey before we embark on another Euro trip. We're gonna be staying with as many CSer as possible and most prolly staying with the same hosts in Berlin, Amsterdam,Barcelona (Jan asked us to wait till he get back from his Globetour) and London.

Pics uploaded above were Jan the ever so kind host who picked us up @ Barcelona Sants train station (his place is literally an hour drive from the city)and Phaeny & Sergi, the lovely Greek+ Catalan couple who's also Easyjet's hostesses, they've been so helpful on giving us guides to flea markets and best places to shop for vintage clothes. We miss you guys so much, and here's hoping our paths may cross again!

Monday, August 14

A long awaited ride!




This is what I've been up to the past few weeks. Yes, I'm back riding on dearie's Springer,after almost twenty one month of long hiatus. It's not that I didn't ride at all, very minimal to tell you the truth. Now it's not so hard to leave Aresha at home. My parents and MIL always ready to take care of her, She's not totally dependent on my milk anymore, yeay for me!

Last Saturday we went to PD, a short ride which I miss the most after having Aresha. I just love riding, long rides are the best especially with fellow IMG brothers and sisters. Can't wait to ride maybe to Fraser's Hill next weekend!

Friday, July 28

Quickie

Time: 8.15 pm
Location: Sierramas West (Kzzit's crib)

Watch out for this Friday's (18th August) 8tv Quickie @ 11.30 pm as my dearie and his Streething crew will be on air! Well, not live but they've just shoot the short segment last Wednesday with Malaysian Airmax collector Chris aka Headhunter and Streething founder Choo Ee aka Kzzit.
I couldn't stay and watch the interview as Aresha's making loud noise talking and running around the house but basicaly they're asking about the sneaker collecting culture in Malaysia and how it influence their lives.

Here's some pics from behind the scene


Saturday, July 22

These boots are made for me!

I wanted a Puma Pele Brazil, but as usual they don't bring it in in my size. What a discrimination towards women's collectors :(





Dear was being super sweet yesterday to think of me when he bought me these cute Rbk boots.
I lurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrveeeeeeeeeeeee it! In fact I'm gonna rock 'em today! SO if you see anyone with these dope boots on, that would be ME!

Wonder what would be my his next pick up for me? ;)




Last nite, dear and his colleagues went on b/o/m/b/i/n/g session and here's the masterpiece.

Friday, July 21

Raise!

This is beyond content. I'm overjoyed, jumping off the ceiling, exhilarated basically everything that rhymes with happy as dear just got a FAT raise last evening!
We can finally move out and run around naked in our own crib! WUhoooooooooooooooo!

Shopping @ IKEA tomorrow morning is gonna be a blast and meaningful :)

Thursday, July 20

Meowwww



Content. One word that describes my emotional status right now. Life's good (especially after that Twisted Logic tour) Still can't believe that we were only few metres away from the greatest band on earth! Aresha's enjoying the clips we brought her home. Watching the bear wandering aimlessly on the screen while singing 'Talk'. She taught it was a cat! Constantly calling 'Meow' which is quite funny and I think she has an imaginary cat. It's been almost a week now. While we were in Segamat, (grandma's place for her yummy durians)she started with this 'Meow' thingy, pointing her fingers to an invisible object, making that "Tchu,tchu" sound (when you're calling ur cat), she did too many times when the fact that there's no cat around. I didn't find it freaky but quite amazed that she's having an imaginary cat, which is pretty cool! I realized it last night @3 am, the three of us were lying on the bed and she made that sound. It was dark and since her birth we rarely bring a cat/kitten in the room.

And dear, if you're reading this, I don't want any expensive prezzie for my coming birthday which is 38 days away, I just want a place of our own were we could run around naked when Aresha's sleeping/not around, cook whatever/whenever I want, where we could display your collectibles ;) I know, it's gonna be a reality soon, but it will be the best prezzie ever as I'd love to have a birthday party for all of us in our own crib! You can start with your birthday wishlist now as I'm now saving as much as I could to buy you a gift!

Ah, IKEA's annual sale is back! I so wanted to go to the member's preview this morning, but mama is on cranky mode, I dunno why she merajuk, as if she's the one who has to pick me up. Weird. Last-last dua-dua melepas

Wednesday, July 19

slip on a tiger or AM90?



I've always wanted an Onitsuka on my feet. Saw 'em in London, boots and sneakers in chinese silk which is soooo prettyyy but damn expensive! This particular OT is kinda cute,

I'm now searching for quickstrikes...





Vans slip ons are the best. Got one from Miz 29 at a special price. They're so light, comfy and best of all, no laces! I dunno abt leather slip-ons tho' but I gues it's like loafers the more u wear it the softer it gets :)



Oh,AM90! This is dope! Only available in Canada? Any hook ups? I bet they don;t have it size 6. There goes another dope kicks :(

Thursday, July 13

Coldplay!


Chris Martin
Originally uploaded by zachreza.

It was a stellar show! 90 minutes seems to pass very quickly. They didn't even pause to have a drink! Just changed clothes before the encore.
Played almost every song in X & Y, complete with strobes, LED, laser, video, and yellow ball! We didn't take so much pic as we got 5 video clips, not to forget Fix You for our lovely Aresha.
I almost broke down in tears when singing along to Fix You, reminds me on how Aresha loves the song so much and misses her presence. When Coldplay comes again, and Aresha's six, we'll definitely bring her along. Overall, it's worth every single dollar in $170 and the long drive!

Tuesday, July 4

Mom's the word


I've just finished watching Stepmom on Star Movies and I cried the whole time! I'm a sucker for sappy love stories, mother-daughter bonding movies (Mom's sacrifice, dying of cancer etc) movies. But, I have to watch it alone, all by myself, not even with dearie. I know he would laugh or make fun of me, lol!

It was an old movie back in 98, seen it once before I was a mother myself and watching it the second time brings more emotional interpretation of mother-daughter relationship. I always have this perfect picture of a mother (ala Hollywood movies) and I wish I had that with my mom. To be honest,since 5 year old I realized that I'm always hunger for attention from my parents, especially my mom. It's not that I grew up being neglected or anything, but I envy the attention she gave to my siblings, well, that's what I always thought. I got a brother when I was 2 1/2. Back then he was sooo cute, being really fair, great skin and he's a BOY! I remember when he's only few months I hit him on the head when no one's looking, (ha!Evil lil' Zach) and when he's 3, I hit him with a broom and he got bruises all over. Papa was an army officer and he's been relocated like every 3-4 years but we never move with him(except for KK)as they wouldn't want us to keep on changing schools.
Mama works as a Head Dental Nurse and when I was 9 she was transferred to JB. So we only see her once a week.

Atuk raised me, she's technically my parents. So, I got really close with her. I'm practically her youngest daughter!Oh, she showers me with her unconditional love, she did all the houseworks (never asked me to help, hence I don't even bother to learn how to cook until I met Faizal) Only the last few months, I realized that mama's absence made me really independent. That was the most precious lesson she ever taught me. I took a public bus to school, and at 16 I'm already on a bus,from Kluang to KL travelling on my own to watch underground gigs @ Piccadilly,Damansara Jaya every month! (KS, you were so worried about me, thanks for being a great sis, your nagging kept me in school, haha)

This is where I met the most beautiful people in my life. I guess those were days where I learn true friendship which lasts 'til today. This is also the path that leads me to meet my beau. To cut the story short, I got acquainted with Man (of Sufferage circa 95-98, I hope I get it right) who introduced me to the world of IRC who happens to already know dearie and let's say that's how it all started. 1996-2000 were the best years of my life until Aresha came in '04.

I remember how furious my mom and dad when I brought home a long-haired guy, torned jeans and very much older than me! I've just finished SPM and she tried with all her might to end my relationship with him. (Now she loves him to bits,she knew the guy with that unforgettable ponytail, now spotting mohawk ;) will never break her eldest daughter's heart) Yeah, that's how much mama loves me, she wants what's best for her precious. I've made mistake once when I was 15 to fall in (stupid puppy)love and broke her heart when I didn't score 8A's in PMR. I should've listened to her back then, but what did I know? She was right, that so-called boyfriend is no good for me but I'm glad that I follow my heart when I met dearie, I know I'll never find someone who makes me laugh every single day, puts me above everything else, and works really hard so that I could care for Aresha 24-7.

I dream of having Anna and Jackie relationship where Me and mom could be really good friends like what she's doing with Fara now. I knew I broke her heart too many times
while growing up. I was a rebel, we had arguments on almost everything right until I got married. All of us a sudden she came to her senses that I'm no longer her baby girl, and belongs to dearie. However, our relationship is having a great headstart, we talk more, share experiences on child care, I come to her for advices, we cook together hey, we're practically walking on clouds now!

I guess I've always wanted to be a good mom since I was a kid. That's why I choose to stay-at-home and give my all to Aresha. I don't want to miss her any of her firsts, and I hate to share Aresha's love with babysitter/nanny. I hope I did it right.Seeing her gorgeous smile and her spontaneous act of wrapping her arms around my back is more than enough to make me stay, at least till she goes to kindergarten.I never thought I'd choose to live some called 'conservative' life over being a successful writer. Tho' I miss having my own money (and my shopaholic days), I love who I turn out to be now, I'm a better person and not so slf-centered anymore. The world did not evolve around me anymore,maybe in Aresha's ;)

I miss mama more than ever and she's coming home with my other mom, Atuk this Sunday. Really looking forward it!

Sunday, July 2

Blame it on the referee

England lost 2-1 in penalty shoot out against Portugal
I have a feeling that it is not good a sign after Beckham limps off and has to sit on the bench, followed by referee Horacio Elizondo's outrageous decision to send off Rooney to the locker room.

I am as baffled as Shebby when history repeats itself, another failure in scoring penalty.

I'm sick of prediction that Brazil gonna take home the Golden Cup once again, Ribery, Zizu, Henry , I'm counting on you guys!

Saturday, July 1

Shiny happy people


IMG_7539
Originally uploaded by zachreza.



I didn't realize it was 11.30 until Erie called telling me that he'd just test ride a Sportster which happens to be one of ex IMG and asked me to get ready as he's coming over in 45 mins! OMG that means I have to take a shower along with Aresha, lol! I guess I had an overdose of @ctifed, fell asleep instantly after drinking more than 10ml of the syrup.

Headed to bike shop cum service center @ Jln Pahang and surprised to found the ol' technician from 222 and Sunway HD the petite, always shiny Zailan working there. Haven't met him for a while, only to be more surprised that he'd just remarried last month! However the red 'Porter' wasn't really all that nice, spraying black wrinkle to the engine block is a no-no,unless if it's done professionally.

Ooohhh, dear just bought Bell & Ross M1 by Sinn for a bargain, @ Swiss Union Starhill. It is so military (it is a military model) and he's always wanted one. He used to dream of having a Porsche Design military watch but it's really hard to find. The M1 was meant to be his, if he's not working on M@xis' project he might not know that that particular shop has an exclusive preview sale for members. It's a discontinued model(Bell&Ross now made their own watches not manufactured by Sinn anymore) He couldn't stop smiling and looking at it the whole day!






And he bought me Vans slip-ons with skulls motifs all over, Andy said, just soooo dearie (He 's always inspired by skulls and bones)Lurve it and the best part, I don't have to tie shoelaces anymore!

It was a long day alright, and we end it with a rare eating out with Uncle Khir's family and Pak Usu with very soon-to-be wife, along with of course ma pere, Erie and his ol' buddy Erwin. We had so much fun, wish that mama and atuk are here with us :(