KISS!

Skuirtgun tweeted me on this new release ;)
He'll get it for me, yippee yeay!

Goes matchy-matchy with my el-cheapo Kiss tee.

I'm walking on clouds now~

wolekom!

Aresha cracked me up this evening.
I handed her slices of orange, her favorite fruit btw.
She forgot to say thanks.

I reminded her, " Did you forget something?'

"Oh, Thank you, mommy,WOLEKOM!"

I was like, 'Assalamulaikum' correcting her la konon.

Then I realized, she meant "Welcome"
LOL! Kids say the darndest thing, don't they? ;)

Too many things so little time!
May seems to pass oh so rapidly!
We have family wedding and getaway scheduled end of the month till early June ;)

Quite occupied with the CS City Attack Fest meetings and whatnots.

Did managed to check out Tenderfist + Homogenic and catch up with bff Ain :) Awesome!
Haven't met her since Lekman's @ Annexe! Waaaay too long!
Sorry darl you almost become my personal doctor pulak, teehee!
Loving ur new look!

Skuirtgun was being so sweet to let me stay till the wee hours ;)

I had so much fun just chit chatting accompanied by all these talented musicians.
Next time, Nad should join us, right, Ain?

Tweet & market view

I think I've tweeted about feeling trés content since I got my fridge fully restocked!
Went Pasar Pudu (by far the best wetmarket ever! Even Chef Wan said so!)
spent RM100 for bags full of fresh crabs, big prawns aka udang galah, tilapia merah, tomatoes, squid, etc. So satisfying and I should bring my camera next time!

I'm only motivated to experiment and cook fancy stuffs when i have everything in the fridge, so far we had eggplant pizzas, all made from scratch, tonight we'll be having chili crab and maybe buttered prawn along with zucchini and eggplant tempura, yummm!

I guess i have a new passion, reviewing markets!
When we were in Europe i spent hours @ Barcelona Merkat and Portobello....
Now where do i start?

Hyped!

Gone are my gloomy days I'm now ready for a new challenge.
Something big is coming....
That will be announced..... by the end of this week!

I'm keeping myself busy bee, with the chores the weekly menu, tutoring and sometimes babysitting (not my kids, :P, the neighbour's kids)

Last Saturday we checked out dear's new office. Bigger space to give way for Mr. CD!
Minimalize yet chic. I think he's loving his new job, though it needs time to familiarize with ;)

So much for nothing

Friends advised me to not get affected by this.
I tried.

Why can't they leave me alone?

Politics is just everywhere.

I don't wanna get sucked in.

From now on, ignorance is bliss.
It will remain that way I'm afraid.

Friends and dearest, you know who you are thank you for being my pillar of strength.

That aside, i love the fact that Nad is glowing ;-)
We met for quick lunch and she's prettier than ever!
Babe, I'm happy for you!

Newborn are just beautiful :)

Congratulations to Renee & Josh on the birth of Maxence aka Taco
Beautiful baby :)

Home birth which I wish I could.
The comfort of own bed and surroundings, ahhh!

Now that makes me feel like having another baby, but wait! Zara needs me, but I'm absolutely sure she's not gonna be the last ;)

The sisters I love :-)

What a joy to have these two girls :))

Aresha adores her sister with a hint of 'geramness'
Look at her expression, she would pinch Zara's cheeks as if she's a doll!

They're gonna be bff, like any sisters would ;)

Hosting & loving it!

It's been a while since we last hosted, January that is!

So, having new baby doesn't stop us from doing so, apparently!

We had fun times with Mads & Sarah, look @ the dinner they made for us, yumm!
even our cats loves her, sleeps with her every nite!

Our previous hosts in BKK & Barcelona is coming, next week & June, yeay!

Saturday nite out

I'm just hopeless when it comes to updating this blog.
H.o.p.e.l.e.s.s

Talk about hopeless, the supposedly thirty minutes Walk of Hope didn't go as scheduled, lasted only for ten minutes and the organizer had a brilliant idea lighting up the candle in a papercup. VERY environmental friendly.

We wasted our time there quickly redeemed by girly,cheesy naan session. I had two of those heavenly naan btw.
A CS couple joined us a petite Greek guy & his Lithuanian wife. They are just soooo enthusiastic telling us stories and jokes.
A lesbian joke that I only find funny when he explained it to me, lol!
And i wish i knew about Oxfam when we were in UK.
They both made it easy for us to have a conversation.
I didn't take any pictures, i'd be the last to upload anyway, but girls,my R's you guys made my day!

Bkk, Burapa & a lot of love!

Just came back last Tuesday from much deserving break .
He had to finish his previous year annual leave.
Burapa Bike Week '09 coincides with V day, what can I say, perfect timing!

Last year we went sans fille , this time with deux filles in tow :)

Well, fun isn't "the" word, I'd be lying if I say that it's not tiring, but definitely worth every sweat seeing Aresha enjoying every bits (especially the hostel part) & Zara's beautiful smile, every morning (and everytime we retire from all the shopping & sightseeing)

We never celebrated V- day , however dear was being so sweet & oh sooooo romantic by getting me a bouquet of roses (which I proudly brought home in one piece, ha!) when he went out on his own to get us coffee & snacks :)

Ok, enough of that, heres' some snippets of our first family holiday with Zara :)

The day he got" Mark"ed!

Someone smiling from ear to ear yesterday :)
We saw this at the boutique before raya and now he's wearing it to work!

It wasn't an easy decision to make but in the end it makes us all happy.

*and that's a rare smile from him, my Reza hardly smile on camera ;)

Ladies day & cheese naan

What is more sinful than chocolat?
Cheese naan! And it is not just ordinary cheese , it's mozzarella!
Worth every single cent ok!

It tastes even yummier when you're having it with these two lovely ladies, mes amies Reen & Ratna (hey that's double R!)

Reen came all the way with ERL, all feverish and couldn't even taste tht delicious bread but that doesn't stop us from having a good laugh.
That is also the first time meeting Ratna with her oh-so-lovely dread (sadly also the last as she shaved it off few days later, still looking gorgeous tho!)

Dear was being so nice to let me have my so-called ladies nite.
He took care of the babes which I must say,an excellent job.
Both girls smells even better than before I left them, lol!

Thanks to R & R for making it happen & the other R for being such a sweetie :)

I don't wanna go to school!

She slept late and woke up cranky this morning.

Refusing to go to school and get into her uniform.

That little drama queen made daddy woke up and talk into her.

Holiday doesn't work.

Her fav Kit Kat bar doesn't work either.

She said 'Aresha nak buang baju, nak gunting'

' Tak nak sekolah!'

All because of she didn't get enough sleep.

I took her hand, we're 5 minutes late.

As soon as we reached the school gate she pulled my hand, so I carry her.

Cikgu Anita smiled as she saw us, it must be pretty normal scenario for her.

10 minutes in front of classroom door. After a while she gave in but the teacher has to carry her pulak this time :P

Oh well...

So much for 2009

Aresha now goes to kindy and sleeps in her own room.
She turned into a big girl in just one day.
She found her strength to go through ear piercing (after 2 attempts prior to this where she ran away as she saw the gun)
And now, she plays with my FB status and uploaded pics from my iPod without me noticing! Arghh!

After 3 days going to kindy she told me "Why didn't the teacher teach me ABC mommy?"
Wonder why? She wants to learn how to read so that she can email and play FB!
Okay, that's scary, right?
She just turned 4 two months ago and might want to have her own FB profile soon!
I'm so not ready for this!


On another note,Zara smiles a lot and wants to to sit so that she can watch tv and look around. And that's her, fell asleep while watching telly :P
She has such a beautiful smile and loves to talk (babble or whatever you call it)
The last few days she's been asking us to pick her up and sit on our lap, smart girl.
I was fooled twice, when I thought that she cries for milk but no, no she just want me to hold her for a while and gave me a huge smile right after that.
Morning feeds are quite easy, she didn't wake up after her last feed (or she fell asleep when nobody picks her up, perhaps?) and knowing that daddy usually take her outta the cot, she'd rather want us to play with her than mommy's milk! That just happened 2 days ago, and no matter how sleepy we are, we just can't resist her cooing that adorable chubby face :)

Les chats de Chez Reza - starring April & Bambina

Pictures taken by her 'sister' Aresha ;)

Deux les enfants

Reza's @ KL Bike Week

We spent the holidays @ MATIC for KL inaugural Bike Week. bbjnm,,Zara didn't make a fuss at all and she impresses everyone by not crying in discomfort and she could even sleep in the midst of loud music and sunny, hot weather!
It was a successfully well-organized event, albeit some minor glitches in how they conduct the best bike contest.
Here's looking forward for another bike week, next year!

Zara in IMG booth

Of returning home and adjusting life with two kids

Yeah, I'm back home last Saturday, which actually was my 39th day of confinement, but i broke all the pantang that day haha.
We went to celebrate Mak's bday at Chilli's MV.
So I drank glasses of iced cold fruit juices, heaven!
That's what I miss the most.
If mama knew she'd be screaming on top of her lungs, heheh

It wasn't easy, being home with these two, alone.
I didn't even got the chance to clean up!
But managed to cook on Wednesday and Thursday.
Simple stuffs lah, chicken soup and thank God for mama's frozen rendang!

Zara loves to hang on my boobs. she drinks a bit then fell asleep and wakes up 30 minutes later. Aiyoh tiring!

She's still having difficulties to breathe,especially at night (but not to worry, we've checked with the paed, she's ok it's just the mucous stuck in her nose and diaphragm) and that reflux is something that's bothering me now.
After feeding, she keeps milk in her mouth, and vomits it out if she's not lying down in the right position. What a waste of milk!Hehe.

Today she's bottlefed for the first time,she made a funny face when sucking the teat for the first time, but happily finishing the hole bottle. I'm storing milk to get ready to catch Jens Lekman this Tuesday. Yeehaa!

We're off to shop for some baby stuffs, Salam Aidiladha!

meanwhile here's pics of our first roadtrip to Malacca with Zara

Zara has arrived!

She was born on the 22nd October 8.12 am, 3.74 kg
Labour pain started at 4.30am and when we arrived at the hospital 2 hours later, i'm already 8cm dilated!

All is well in Reza's hood, waiting for the confinement to end next Saturday, yeay!

Zara is gaining weight rapidly and a no fuss baby :)