choices.

mak selalu cakap, bkn semua org yg kita boleh masuk dengan. ada org, the first time jumpa, kita boleh klik n kawan sampai bila2. ada org, kita takleh kawan dgn langsung. tak tau kenapa.i used to complaint a lot to my mum about people i could not get along with, regardless friends, cousins or even colleagues. i still do actually. my mom, my everything. so much so that i still seek her opinions in everything that i do, be it small or important matters pun.

ada byk sbb knp kita tak boleh klik dgn org lain. faktor persekitaran & family(how we were brought up) selalunya adalah antara faktor yg penting. i often see rude people and wonder what made them to be that rude, only to find that their parents are just as rude as they are. but there are some cases also where the parents are as sweet as an angel but their child's totally the opposite of them. so perangai manusia ni sgtlah unpredictable n dipengaruhi oleh byk perkara.sometimes kita tak boleh klik dgn org not because of them pun, but just because we become someone else when we're with them, that they bring out the worst in us, something like that.

bila saya rasa saya tak boleh klik dgn org, benda pertama yg saya akan fikir adalah "what did i do wrong?" and akan focus on how to improve myself to suit others' needs. which is not good for my self development kot. asyik la nak pk pasal org lain, even org buat kita mcm taik pun kan.

so my defense mechanism is to avoid people who bring out the worst in me to avoid further complications. like my mom said, u have a choice whether or not u want to be friends with someone or not, if u feel that someone is bad for u, by all means, u have the choice not to be friends with that person. mcm kata pepatah, kawan dgn penjual minyak wangi, kita bau wangi, kawan dgn pembersih tahi, kita bau tahi juga(ada ke pepatah ni?)

so teka teki utk hari ni, kalau kawan dgn pekerja kilang bau apa?haha.


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separuh mati

semalam pergi gym setelah 4 hari tak pegi sbb trainer bercuti. padahal dia da pesan siap2 "sepanjang peninggalan saya(chewah, cam nak mati je kan) saya nk awk dtg at least 2 days utk buat cardio, up kan stamina sket ok".

tp disebabkan birthday party aqeef n the preparation bagai, tidaklah sempat utk ke gym sepanjang peninggalan dia.(padahal pemalas,kelentong lebih). so smlm, pagi2 dia da sms, "today gym 2 hours 8-10, u tak dtg langsung kan last four days?" gulp. takut, nervous, resah dan gelisah. i replied "ok" je kat dia. huhu.

so lepas keje, bersemangat waja pegi gym, dalam hati dupdapdupdap. sekali dia train mcm nak mati hokeh, rasa semua lemak bergerak2, semua aktiviti dia double kan frequency dia. padan muka kau nordina. siap nangis2 lagi towards the end sbb tak larat buat sit up. badan da sakit gila takleh angkat kepala pon. dia bleh jerit tanya,"nk kurus tak?" time haku nk mati tuh . pastu ada hati lagi nk jawab "nak.." walaupun suara keluar lembik gila ok. pastu dia slowtalk dgn saya ckp pasal komitmen, kalau nk achieve target kena focus n takleh amik ringan benda2 camtu. hish2, insaf. dlm pada tu sit up kena buat juga, hampeh. haha.

hari ni kena pegi juga buat cardio utk improve stamina. insyaAllah pegi la ptg ni, takut kena belasah lagi teruk. haha.

tp one thing, exercise ni is something yg u akan rasa sgt teruk bila tgh buat, tp after that u'll feel relieved, happy n calmer that we chose to improve our health. sgtlah the opposite dari makan. masa tgh makan, mmg feel good (especially prosperity burger ngan red velvet cake, nyum), rasa nk kahwin je dgn makanan tu,;p, tp after that, the self loathing session will start n u'll regret everything that u've put into ur body. for me lah, that is,hmmm. uwaaa, ptg kena pegi gym!


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aqeef's first birthday party!

dear aqeef danish,

sabtu lepas(15 jan-birthday atok), mama organize belated birthday party untuk aqeef kat mcdonalds kota kemuning tau. alhamdulillah ramai org2 yg dtg party aqeef. kalau birthday party mama, papa pun tak confirm nk dtg kot, haha.

mama n papa decide utk buat simple2 kat mcdonald je sbb takyah kemas lps party. huhu. sbb aqeef pun baru satu tahun kan, n since maktok n atok aqeef sibuk suruh celebrate, we did a simple one kat mcd saja. nanti insyaAllah aqeef da besar sket, mama n papa buat kat sunway lagoon ke, megakidz kat midvalley tu ke okeh?

masa hari sabtu tu aqeef pagi2 da bgn, lepas tu aqeef main sampai tghari, bila da pukul 2 aqeef cranky2 nk tido, so i patted
u to sleep kejap,n u slept for half an hour. since your party should start at 3pm, i had no choice but to wake u up. mama kacau2 hidung aqeef n dukung aqeef utk suruh aqeef bgn tau. when u woke up, u cried non-stop during your bath time. kelam kabut mama,huhu. tp bila masuk kete, alhamdulillah, aqeef suka je. lagi2 bila tgk pegi mcdonalds, lagilah aqeef semangat. at this age, aqeef da tau da mcdonalds means food tau syg. i'm so proud of u,;p

masa party aqeef tu ramai org2 kesayangan dtg tau kip. atok nordin, atok abas, nanny, maktok, mak long zira, makmak, acu pina, mak long zura, aunty na, pakboy, aunty lyn, kakak eisya, abg aiman, abg anwar, abg ammar, aqlan sume ada.ramai tak?

n tu belum campur lagi kawan2 kesayangan mama n papa tau syg. aqeef tgk gambar je la ya.mama malas nk type, huhu.



your first birthday kek tau syg. sgt kontroversi tau kek ni. org asyik ingat dia ladybird je. sbnrnya dia bumble bee. haha, kontroversi la sgt pls.


since 15th january adalah bday atok aqeef sbnrnya, inilah kapkek atok,:)


your birthday cuppies. :)


aunty cumi yg tgh berbadan dua n uncle niki!:)


mak mak n acu pina yg kurus2, nanti akip da besar kite korek rahsia kurus mereka ok?(haha, apsal masa akip da besar je tah).


aunty mizah n humaira,:) (papa humaira tgh lepak dgn papa aqeef kot masa ni)


aunty nisa and adra yg sgt comel!:)


aunty chika! geng makan mama n akip, hehe.


uncle shazwan, aunty nurul n izz.


uncle zul, aunty sakinah & iman,:)


tok chu sarah, aunty amiya & maktok.



mak long zura, aunty na, pak boy, mak chu, abg aiman & abg anwar.


wan an, aunty noah & aunty opie.


and oh, not only our loved ones came to show you their love tau syg, they brought gifts jugak. alhamdulillah, no words can describe their kindness. their presence were good enough for me though. u must always be good to all of them ok baby?

all in all it was a great party. we had fun with our loved ones tau aqeef danish. since aqeef da satu tahun ni, mama nk wish happy birthday! kat akip. i am so proud of you, my one and only busyuk manja masam.semoga aqeef membesar menjadi org yg berguna di dunia dan akhirat ok syg?please know that mama n papa love u very very much ok?

love always,
mama

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run

light up, light up
as if u have a chance,
even if u cannot hear my voice,
i'll be right beside u dear....

-snow patrol, run-

one of my favourite songs.listening to this song made me ready to face monday. selamat hari isnin!:)


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holiday mood

i sooooooo want to go to europe this year.tsktsk.syafik's currently weighing out, or rather calculating our budget for the year before he gives me his decision.hopefully he'll have good news for me soon.tapi da survey2 jugak ni flight and hotels sambil setting aside some money to shop kat sana nanti.boleh tak?haha.(ok ki, saya da save duit ni, nanti saya belanja dia air kopi satu kat sana.u just have to say yes.;p)

the next matta fair will be in march and we're definitely going.hopefully ada rezeki nak dapat package europe tour yg berpatutan.nak pegi december for the boxing day ke nak pegi celebrate my birthday and our 3rd anniversary(insyaAllah) in october ek?hmmpphh, satu lagi benda kena consider...

hoi!laki hengkau tak agree lagi weh.dok diam diam.shuh shuh.

my gym song

i could run throughout the whole song without feeling exhausted,seriously.this song gives me courage and strength to continue with my workouts. always has been.and plus, it's a great song too.something about the beat and how she managed to relate her name to one of her songs.creativity, man, that's why she's who she is today.and oh, happy birthday kak siti! (chewah, bajet best friend ke mende?haha).

nite nite.

the day aqeef brushed his teeth on his own

my mum has been complaining to me that aqeef doesnt want to brush his teeth and he absolutely does not want anybody else to do it for him either. day by day i would hear statement like , "hari ni aqeef makan banyak, tp tak gosok gigi, lama2 nanti rosak la, mcm mana ni? what should i do?", to which i would shrug and continue to play with my son. da ada sorang yg risau, buat apa ramai2 risau kan, ngehngeh. anak yg kejam, kasi mak jaga anak,;p

but today, my mum was so happy, telling me that she has managed to make aqeef brush his teeth without any persuasion. how did she do it?

aqeef has a thing with elmo. he loves elmo very much, so much so that he only watches elmo's dvd(no barney's or teletubbies for him ok, semua dia buat bodo) and only respond to elmo's toys whenever we went out looking for toys with him. so, when we were in perth, during boxing day to be precise, mak ngah aqeef bought him a big talking elmo and since then, the thing has been aqeef's best friend.





this elmo is bigger than aqeef tau, n it can talk juga when it's tummy is pressed.

so, what my mom did is, she took one toothbrush and brushed elmo's teeth(it's actually just an opening without any teeth pun,haha) and aqeef took another toothbrush of his and started to brush his teeth too!my mum was ecstatic!masa cerita pun sgt happy dia, and sgt berbangga dgn cucu dia sbb da pandai berus gigi.

oh, baby aqeef saya da besar,;)

tp, after that my mum asked me innocently "but where can i get toothbrush yg tak basah eh?kesian elmo basah bila kena berus gigi," hahahahahahahaha, we laughed our guts out lepas tu.

i love u mummy, for everything. and i know for a fact that aqeef loves u too, so very much.


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getting healthy

urrggh, ultra hard. it's one thing to start to exercise and eating healthily, but to keep doing so and making it a habit is another story. i've been going to the gym for a month now. yeay to me! but exercise alone is not enough u see, u have to eat right as well.

so there i was talking to my instructor about calories, healthy food and keeping it real. her advice? nothing i didnt know before pun. u have to eat healthily, less sugar, less oily food and more fruits & vegetables. n u have to still balance up ur intake of protein, carbs n other nutrients. its not advisable to go for no carbs diet like the atkin's or no protein diet etc. for me at least. because it will only make me crave for it more. betul kot.

n the most important thing is to not skip any meals especially breakfast. it's like diet suicide if u skip ur breakfast cause your body needs energy to start up the engine and kickstart ur metabolism in the morning.n also try not to take any meal 4 hours prior to ur bedtime. hmm ok, no problem.

last week i made a new friend in the gym. she's a very slim lady and my first impression of her was that she's no more than 30 yeara old and must have no more than 3 kids, considering how she exercises and her high stamina level. i could not be more wrong. as we talked, she told me that she's been going to the gym everyday for the past two years, she's 45 years old and has 8 kids at home. EIGHT!!!saya rasa sgt malu ok. serious. terus tarik2 baju tudung nk cover lemak2 berlebihan. haha. tp she did give me some tips as to how to take care of ourselves and what not. thank u kak mia!:) i'm glad i met her, it is less intimidating to go to the gym now that i have a friendly face that i can look up for.

oh, hari ni ada training session lagi. i cant believe i'm saying this, but i'm actually looking forward to go to the gym.(padahal kejap lagi nangis2 bagai sbb kena dera dgn trainer, haha). ah well, what dont kill u will only make u slimmer,;p

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dua.2.two.ni.

:) something to smile about.but still a long way to go.

perth.

ok, i'm waiting to pay my groceries kat jusco bkt tinggi ni n the line is neverending. of all the days, i chose sunday to go grocery shopping. padan muka skrg. ok, to kill the time, might as well write a post about perth just in case my memory went kaput later on.

perth is a very calm city. seriously. tak pernah terjadi traffic jam kat perth.at least during my stay there la kan. semua org sgt relax je. kalau pergi shopping pun relax, pegi makan pun relax, jogging pun relax, haha. i love it during the days but when night comes, oh, dead boring. mcm padang jarak padang terkukur. kedai bukak paling lewat 9pm. n most of it sampai kul 7 je kot. n not only that, da la tutup awal, macam restaurant tu, lunch time would be say from 12-3pm and dinnee would be from 5-8pm camtu. in between it will be closed. tak best ok, u really have to know their operation hours, kalau tak plan semua gagal,huhu.

our tour guide explained that it's due to the expensive labor cost in australia. even the cashier at a reataurant without any qualification can get $20 an hour, that would be roughly around rm60. ok. kalau $20 sejam, keje sehari 8 jam da berapa kan? bankrup bos.

ok, weather. sgt panas during summer.scorching hot ok. i'm talking sun directly above u hot ok. it was even hotter than malaysia. ngehngeh. org dok kuar dari perth during summer to avoid the heat, kami selamba bercuti kat sana kan. cool tak? even pakai sunblock pun kulit merah akan merah2 n kering merekah bagai.sbb malaysia basah dan lembap sepanjang thn, tp masa summer kat aussie adalah basah dan kering, sbb tu la jadi begitu ya. tp ok je, it did not stop us from enjoying our holiday pun,;)

perth ada pantai, ada desert, ada sungai, ada city & ada ladang.seriously, all within 50 km radius kot.pantai mereka sgt cantik dan bersih, air sgt biru kehijauan, and facilities kat beaches diorang sgt lengkap. tak mcm kat mesia.huhu. and if you go up north dlm 30 minutes drive you can see gurun padang pasir da. tetibe je ada gurun. ok la, boleh pegi sandboarding kat pasir mereka.

org2 kat sana sgt best, polite and berbudi bahasa. tp ada jugak yg kurang hajar. itu nama dia malaysian yg duduk kat perth.haha, kidding. one time at night, when we were strolling around the city,we met one australian guy who called us muslim terrorists and kept repeating it to other people that we're muslim terrorists just because we're wearing hijab.
luckily org lain buat bodoh je dgn org tu, n even called him "stupid!" for saying such things.

tp one thing, kalau pergi kedai, the sales person will greet u and ask "do you need any help today?". if u say yes, they will help u dgn sgt baik dan penuh keikhlasan, but if u tell them that u're just looking around or that u're fine without their help, they will smile, and tell you to feel free to look around and leave u alone. ah, that's the best part. kalau kat mesia, mesti da kena pandangan "kalau taknak beli sila keluar" ataupun fia alan ikut kita keliling kedai sampai kita keluar sbb rasa uncomfortable. haha.

currency mereka adalah australian dollars. and adalah sgt mahal kot bagi saya yang kedekut ni. rm1=$3.09~$3.19 gitu. pengsan ok. my mum kept telling us not to convert to malaysian ringgit when we want to buy anything, but i couldnt help but to do so.gila weh. tetibe kang nak beli spendar , 10 dollar, bunyi cam murah je kan. sekali convert rm32 bila balik rumah, tak ke nangis? baik beli prosperity burger 3. eh.

brg2 kat sana sgt mahal!!! seriously. sbb exchange rate mahal kot. tp sbb we arrived masa boxing day kan, mmg menggila la shopping murah masa first day tu. ngehngeh.itu entry lain kot. tp generally mcm food, sekali mkn cam waffle say 5 dollar, da 15 hengget da. ni makan kat outlet tepi jalan kalau kay shopping mall je ni, belum pegi exclusive place ke hape. malaysian food lagilah. oh by the way, perth sgt ramai malaysian, so ada la 2-3 kedai malaysian kat sana. tp mahal gilo weh. nasi goreng pattaya 30 hengget, roti canai 21 hengget, teh tarik 10 hengget. ngehngeh. sapo suruh gatal cari malaysian food kat perth kan?balik mesia sudah. haha.nasi campur+any meat(ayam or ikan)+sayur, rm23 gitu. masa2 tu gak dok pikir, ni kalau kat kantin sony rm2.50 je kot. haha. boleh?

other than makanan malaysia kat sana, we all had a great time eating their sea poducts. mainly fish n chips la. had the best fish n chips kat fremantle(20 minutes drive from perth city) kat restaurant kaili's.yumyum, sedapnya.teringin pls.seafood mereka fresh gila!tak pernah rasa seafood sefresh tu.they said the best fish n chip adalah cicerello's, next to kaili's tp sbb cicerello's using animal based oil yg kite tak sure kehalalannya, we had kaili's saja. itupun da sedap? tak taulah sedap camne cicerellos tu. waaaa! teringin!;(

ok, skrg da lapar nk pergi
makan. will write more about perth and our days there insyaAllah.


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not as easy as i thought it would be

i thot planning for a 1 year old birthday party is easy. nope. was proven wrong. its not as easy as it looks.(ke, mmg takde bakat jadi event planner ke tah kan).

went to balloon buzz shop in section 9 this morning to get aqeef's accessories and party packs for aqeef's guests. we went without papa because he was still asleep in the morning, thinking, how hard is it to choose the party pack for little children right?haha.


choice 1:all inclusive gifts inside(party popper,whistle,party hat, mask & paper whistle yg keluar ke depan bila tiup tu,;p).


choice 2:separate bag and stuffs. need to buy separately.


choice 3: all inclusive gifts inside(same as choice 1) but with a see through bag instead of a paper bag.

which one did mama choose for aqeef?haha. all of them.bought one of each and asked papa to choose.ngehngehngeh.

papa's answer? - "which one is cheaper?".ok.;p

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papa, aqeef & basikal

papa's first attempt to teach aqeef about bicycle. failed miserably.haha. takpe,we'll try again tomorrow ok papa?,;p



papa : ok, mula2 aqeef angkat sebelah kaki and cross over to the other side. dont forget to hold the handle.


aqeef : *terbalikkan basikal* *%]*\€\€\¥\+|$\¥_•¥_>\_€[*_¥_$\€]>_¥¥_+\^\%[>$[¥[++_=[€\%]$ --> bahasa baby dia

mama : hahahahhahahaha.



aqeef's vandalizing the bicycle. papa da geleng kepala. mama gelak lagi. ngehngehngeh.kalau ajar main bola lagilah, kite beria ajar dia tendang and tangkap bagai, dia kejar bola tu and bila dpt tangkap, dia peluk tak kasi org lain da. syg sgt kat bola dia. huhu.aqeef aqeef.

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all i want for new year is....

to be a better mommy to my precious little aqeef aka aqeef the toddler. i cant believe my baby is now a toddler. sob sob sob.






and therefore i need above books.anyone care to buy 'em for me?*hint hint* papa aqeef.after all u're going to be needing it too kan papa?;)



evening walk with my sayangs at scarboro beach,perth.may the year ahead brings us all the best that it has to offer,insyaAllah.:)

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aqeef's birthday party

am currently planning for aqeef's belated birthday party,huhu. today i went out surveying some suitable places to hold his party and da ada kot tmpt yg affordable n best, ngehngeh.:) n insyaAllah it will be on the 15th if january, sama dgn birthday atuk akip, celebrate skali pls,huhu.

ok, things to do for the party:
-confirm n book the party place
-survey suitable cakes n book
-once the place has been confirmed, need to invite people.to finalize guest list.
-choose food and party favours.

thats it kot. ok, get moving nordina. u need to settle this as soon as possible. ok, sesiapa yg ada baby or rasa dia kawan baik saya, sila bersedia utk dijemput utk memeriahkan birthday party aqeef 15 januari ni ya, insyaAllah,:)


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lepak dgn tenton

i spent my last friday of 2010 in malaysia lepaking with my bff, cik tenton.ngehngeh,seronok gila pls.faten's currently working in sarawak and sgtlah susahnya kami nak berjumpa selalu.and since faten balik shah alam for her year end holidays hari tu, lepaklah kami bersama walaupun actually i crashed her shopping session with her sister naquiyah.sorry eh naquiyah,haha.
ok, tgk hantu kak limah balik rumah.hahahahaha, the best part of our outing kot.kelakar tgk tenton takut.faten sat in between naquiyah n me but still dia yang takut lebih.sampai saya pun tertakut sbb tgk dia takut.haha.da la sebelah kanan n depan semua kosong, kitorang duduk paling depan, so tak nampak org langsung.jadi takut tu lebih pls.haha.tapi i really had fun la tenton.haha.nanti awk balik sini kite lepak lagi pls.sila bitau bila awk ada kat shah alam hokeh?
tenton n i.had our lunch kat bubba gump's shrimp.sgt sedap as usual.yummeh.
our lunch.i had the fish n chip, not knowing that for the next 7 days most of the food that i'm going to be having adalah fish n chip saja.kahkah.tp i've had better fish n chip kot.kat sini not so special.better to stick to the shrimps je kat bubba gump kot.faten n naquiyah's dishes were so good.definitely going to have 'em the next time around.
faten n naquiyah.naquiyah yg sweet je tak kisah kakak dia kena hi-jack,ngehngeh. n oh by the way during lunch i got to know that naquiyah's selling decorative cakes yg comel2, n lepas tgk website dia saya sgt kagum ok.sgt comel.go check out her flicker page & her blog.serius comel2.i siap da mintak diskaun ok should i need to order nanti2.haha.order nye belum lagi, minta diskaun lebih.
our dessert.nyummy.it's a big cookie at the bottom and ice cream on top. sgt yummy, first time try ni.tp mmg sgt berbaloi.tapi tak habis pun sbb sgt besar n perut da kenyang ngan main dishes kami.

thank u tenton,i had great fun lepaking with u guys!i heart u so much!:)