Aaron is Almost Two Years Old

Today's post is a special entry to my second son, Aaron Idris. Aaron will be 2 years old in 2 weeks time. I delivered him on the 26th June 2011, at around 3am. It was a normal delivery and alhamdullillah, it was pretty easy. My husband, Juma, was there, giving me support and welcoming his new hero. 

At almost 2 years old, Aaron is an active boy. Like the meaning of his name (full of strength), it seems like he never lack of energy. He is like a robot, working non-stop. It starts once he opens his eyes and stops when he falls asleep.

His best friend is his big brother, Maleec Ismael. He will holds Maleec's hand whether they cross road or climb stairs. He will imitates Maleec's action. One thing that I'm so grateful is that they love each other unconditionally. Maleec will check on his brother whenever he notices Aaron is not around. Same goes to Aaron. He will ask on his brother where about when he realizes Maleec is not around. They hardly quarrel and fight. They share toys, food and stuff. 

Maleec also gives a lot of impact in Aaron upbringing. Like I mention above, Aaron will try to act like his brother. He also loves to wear what Maleec wears. He always want to put on whatever Maleec is wearing. After taking bath, Aaron will rush to his bother's wardrobe, looking for Maleec's clothes. Therefore I exchanged their wardrobe. So far Aaron hasn't notice the changes and will bring his clothes that he thought from his brother's wardrobe, but actually it is his now. Aaron also speak the same language and 'accent' like his brother. 

Maleec speaks in English, at most of the time. And with that, Aaron speaks in English too. But he can't pronounce the words correctly. If the word is having more than a syllable, he will pronounce the last syllable. It is so cute looking at his lips when he is talking. I feel like tying a ribbon on his lips. 

Aaron is a great explorer. He doesn't know fear. If his brother will scream when he sees lizard, but not Aaron. I guess if I don't stop him, he will pick up the lizard and play with it. He wouldn't play with children toys much but he prefers the 'real' thing. If he wants to play cooking, he will ask for the real utensils. He also loves to play with eggs. how many times he drops eggs at my house and his grandparents' house. He is calm when he got his immunization injections. He also doesn't afraid of taking medicine, which is the opposite to me and Maleec. He loves green color and will go with anything that is in green. 

Aaron is not a picky eater, unlike me and Maleec. He will eat anything. like his daddy. But he doesn't like spicy food. He loves juices and any cold drinks. And now too, Aaron's fondness towards cartoons is growing. He loves to watch Hi-5, Timmy Time and Banana in Pyjamas. He is becoming like his brother, a television junkie. Hahaha.

Oh, one thing about Aaron. He loves animals, especially cats. He cried out loud once when I caught a kitten in my house and hand it to our handy man for him to bring back home. Aaron was swimming in the pool, came out of it and chased the guy till our house gate. He cried loudly when he saw the guy when off with the kitten. 

At almost 2 years old, Aaron is still drinking his milk from the bottle, and sucks his thumb to soothe him away. Aaron is mummy's sweetheart, daddy's lucky charm and Maleec's partner in crime. Happy birthday sayang!

Hello Baby Wira!

Assalamualaikum... How are you people? I'm fine. My kids are happy and my hubby is in the house. yes, he is not travelling abroad this week. I can sleep with him every night though I'll go to sleep first and he will stays up late, attending his work. But I'm blessed!

On 18 May 2013, my big family welcomed a new addition, Wira bin Syarimie. The first son my my beloved cousin and the second child in their family. Syarimie, or I call him Imie, is my cousin that I treat like my own big brother. We grew up together by our grandparents. Our parents are so close and when we started dating, we always double date. His wife, Suraya, is my good friend. The three of us attended the same university. 

Rambut lebat

Hidung mancung

Maleec is enjoying Anggun's toys room

The mess

On that day itself, I was scheduled to fly to Seoul, Korea. Yes, I went to South Korea. And I'll blog about my visit very soon! So stay tune!!!

Suraya was due a day before, but the baby was still comfortably stayed in his mother's womb. I called her on that and promised her that I'll stop by to her house tomorrow, before I fly off to Seoul. Unfortunately, my car couldn't get started because of the battery. And I have a lot of packing work to be done. 

When I reached my phone to call Suraya, I saw a message from Imie that Suraya is safely delivered a healthy baby boy. I called him up and he told me that Suraya delivered the baby through normal mannered. However, Suraya had been bleeding heavily since the delivery. I couldn't give any advise since I never experience that before. Right after returning from my mother's house (I went back to fetch the kids since I left them to their grandparents while I ent to South Korea), I went to pay her a visit. 

Suraya told me the story which still haunt me till now. I wish to have a daughter some day, but her story made me think twice. Here's what happen. I jot it down in point form as I'm afraid I might miss out few things if I write it in para. 

1. 17 May 2013- Suraya met her gynae and seek for advise. The baby is exactly 40 weeks today. The doctor said that it is not possible that she is giving birth today. Therefore he performed sweeping technique. You can read more about it here.

2. 18 May 2013, 6am - Suraya felt the pain and contraction. Imie sent Anggun, their daughter, to her grandparents' house. Later Imie sent Suraya to the hospital. She was sent straight to the labor room. The nurse reported that Suraya is 6cm dilated. 

3. 18 May 2013, 8am- Suraya was fully dilated. The doctor, nurses, Suraya and Imie, all were ready to welcome the precious baby. Suraya pushed few times but the baby isn't out yet. While pushing, Suraya heard a loud beeps at a machine that monitor the baby's heart beat. Suraya saw the doctor's eyes were glaring and heard that the doctor instructored the nurses to look for pediatrician. Suraya also heard the announcement from the PA system that pediatrician is needed urgently to her labor room. The doctor said to Suraya, 'Ummi, you have to push hard now. Your baby has no heart beat.' With the pressure from the doctor and the energy that left, she pushed. But there was no cooperation from the baby. The doctor vacuum the baby out as she could see that Suraya couldn't help to push any longer. The baby was out and the nurses were working on the baby. Later the pediatrician arrived. Actually, the baby's umbilical cord came out first, before the head. With that, the baby had not enough oxygen and lost his consciousness. 

4. 18 May 2013, late morning - Suraya been pushed to her ward. She complained to the nurses that she still felt the contraction, as strong as when she was about to deliver. The nurses checked her wound and pressed her stomach. The nurses told her that it is normal and gave her pain relief pills. Suraya had to keep on changing her sanitary pad since it was soaking wet with blood. 

5. 18 May 2013, late evening - The gynae came to check on her. She told the doctor about the bleeding. The doctor checked on her wound and pressed her stomach. She put her hand in her vagina, searching for the source of the blood. Suraya was losing her consciousness.  Her blood pressure was dropping. And was almost dozed off, the gynae instructed he to sign a consent paper and explained that she has to through a surgery. 

6. 19 May 2013, morning - Suraya was awake, in the ICU room. The doctor explained that she just went through a minor surgery. They found a cut/tear in her vagina. This is might due to the vacuum machine entering her vagina roughly. So Suraya been stitched twice; one when the delivery and the other one during the operation. As she lost too much blood, she went through blood transfusion and four bags of blood is inserted through her vein. 

7. 19 May 2013, afternoon - Imie was called to the hospital to sign a consent form for the baby to go through a minor surgery. Apparently there is air in the baby's lung. The lung was pushing the heart further and for a longer period it will crash the heart. The air was in the lung perhaps due the massage performed by the doctor and nurses to gain the heart beat. 

8. 22 May 2013 - Suraya and her baby, Wira, were discharged from the hospital. 

Oh my! I'm happy that both mother and child are healthy. Baby Wira looks like his daddy a lot. Love love love you guys!

Baby Wira with his big sister, Anggun

The kids and their mother, Suraya

Siblings bonding time

The kids with their father, Imie

Is your behaviour in your DNA?

Salam all.. How's your day today? If you are a mother, happy mother's day to you. 

My kids didn't wish me 'happy mother's day'. I also didn't receive a wishing card written in their ugly hand writing nor a necklace made from paper plate as mother' day present to me. I don't mind. As long as they are happy and healthy, I'm bless. 

A simple butter cake for my mom

But lately, I feel so tired with their naughtiness. **I guess whoever reading this and happen to be supplement dealer, will be jump from their chair and start to promote their product. 

Aaron is a hyper active child. He can't stop working, from the time he wakes up till he asleep. The only time to see him in peace is while he is sleeping, which is hardly happen. He wouldn't play with the toys we bought him, but he will play with our 'toys'. He will take my cooking utensils and pretend to be cooking. He will take  him little plastic knife and starts digging the soil, mimicking the way I take off the grass weed. He will sweep the floor and bring in the sand from outside to inside of the house. He will take the clean clothes and pretending as if he is folding them. And many more. The above I mentioned is the mild one. Sometimes he can be extreme, like mixing soy sauce and milk (as if he is making fruit juice), playing with cups and teapot, touching my precious tablet and soaking his pillow in the water. From my mother-in-law's mouth, he acts exactly like his father, Juma, when he was little. Is it a coincidence?

Playing with my wallet

Wearing my slippers, pretending to be sweeping the floor

Maleec on the other hand, wouldn't play with weird stuff. He will play with his toys. He will watch television and wouldn't let you watch it. He will throws his tantrum whenever he didn't get what he wanted. He will yell at me whenever his father is home. And all those behaviour, sounds like mine, only when I was small. Yes, I admit it, it isn't nice, but hey! I was a baby at that time. 

Maleec is making mess on the floor while watching television and Aaron... well.. he is testing his superhero power, I assume

About eating behaviour, Aaron is more like Juma. He will eat anything, in anyway, as long as it will make his tummy full. But Maleec is different. He is such a picky eater, like me. He choose what he will eat according to his mood. He doesn't like to try on new menu, as he loves to stick with what he is comfortable with. It takes such a patience for us to wait for him eating noddle. He will pick A noodle, wiggling it to remove anything stick to it (e.g egg, beansprout), pull it high paralax to his eyes as the second check, before entering it into his mouth. And it happens to each noodle in his plate. And my mother told me, it is the same step I took while eating noddle, when I was small! 

Picky eater is enjoying his fried noddle

My question is, do we inherit our behaviour? I thought it is from the lifestyle, from what the kids see the surrounding and in my case, it is on what they see their parents. I don't eat noddle at that kind of way, anymore. Juma is doesn't make mess, in fact it is the other way round He is a clean and tidy person. So where is these behaviours from? 

Met Gala 2013: Punk! 'Oi! Oi!'

Met Gala is back! The annually ball that much anticipated by celebrities, and people in fashion industries where they parade their look according to the theme. This year theme is Punk: Chaos to Couture. Let us see who gets hit and who miss it!

1. Kim Kardashian

Miss! Its chaotic! She is huge and the print, the length of the dress and the split... all are at the wrong place. Get it off!

2. Miley Cyrus

Hit! And hot! Look at her hair! That style did the talking. Simple look yet so punk!

3. Anne Hathaway

So-so. The dress is elegant. Too elegant for the theme. But Anne's look is saved by the hairstyle. Lucky her!

4. Sarah Jessica Parker

Hit! It is a print dress but it matched to her look! What's up there on your head? It looks weird  but it works!

5. Gwyneth Paltrow

So-so. A safe look, buy hey! Who can blame her. After a rough time a week ago, Gwyneth is on the strategy to cool down. I guess!

6. Gisele Bunchen

Hit! A LBD that I wish I had! One-side-hair is elegant yet demure. The dress is unique. She looks amazing!

7. Kristen Stewart

Hit! Purrrrr!! Sexy yet punky!The hair, make up, the purse... everything is well blend and it suits the theme, as trying to put it at higher level; couture.

8. Nicole Richie

Hit! I wish I have that dress. Although the hair looks horrible to me, but it gives the edgy vibe to her look. 

9. Ashley Olsen

Miss! Did anybody lose their curtain? Perhaps yours is on Ash's body. 

10. Taylor Swift

Hit! Wow! Hot! This dress made Taylor as the new Gwyneth Paltrow. You are smoking, bebeh!

I know there are many others who dress impressively and also some ridiculously. Sadly, I'm too tired and sleepy. And thank to E!online web, that's where I got all the pictures. 

Pre General Election 13- What's Hot?

Salam... In less than 24 hours, Malaysia will face their 13th General Election. Are you a Malaysian? If yes, are entitle to vote? If yes, are you voting this Sunday? I am. I'm voting in Kedah. This is not suppose to be my first General Election that I entitle to vote. Unfortunately, this is the first one that I'll exercise my right for my country. 

Here's the summary of what attract me in this GE13: 

1. The ruling party and the opposition party are leveraging the social media usage. You can find many pages in Facebook who is pro and anti the both parties. The pages also very active in updating their status with hot gossip and news. 

2. Cyber troopers, the name given to people who has knowledge in sabotaging people using information technologies.  They  spread out the sex videos (I don't know whether is real or fake) of politicians. They also will hack people's social media account. Search for Mustafa Ali, Anwar Ibrahim, Azmin Ali and enjoy! Azhar Sulaiman, an actor and who is pro BN, made police report when his Facebook account been hacked and received threaten letter. 

3. Flag war! It's everywhere! Even at shops and residents house.

Nurul Izzah Anwar and 'spring' flag in Bangsar

4. Both parties are using attractive manifestos in their campaign. In my personal opinion, I'm move with both parties' manifesto, but whether it is achievable, it is a question. For the first time in history, BN manifesto was presented live telecast throughout the country!

5. Few member of party, both ruling and opposition, are unsatisfied with the chosen candidates. Some taking drastic move by quitting the party and becoming independent candidate.

Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim from UMNO is not satisfy for not been elected to becoming the candidate in Kuala Kangsar, made decision to walk out from UNMO and BN and contest as Independent.

Ibrahim Ismail is out from PAS and contests as Independent for DUN Selinsing.

6. Few senior politicians are not becoming the candidates, either because they want to give way to the new comers or because of their past record. 

Koh Tsu Koon from Gerakan is giving way for young candidate.

7. It is a surprise to see few politicians are jumping from their previous party to the other.

Read more here, here and here.

8. For the first time in the history, PAS, DAP and PKR are united under one roof: Pakatan Rakyat and stand as an opposition party.

9. Therefore, in a seat, the candidate has to be determine whether from PAS, PKR or DAP. As this is the first time for them to team up, the distribution comes along with the rumors of unsatisfactions. Unlike BN that has years of experience in distributing the seat according to the strength of the support in the area, the Opposition party can't really tell whether the supporters will support the candidate of theirs.

Read more here.

10. We also can see some hot seats, but the most interesting for me is at Gelang Patah; between Ghani Othman and Lim Kit Siang.

Lim Kit Siang is testing Abdul Ghani's strength in Gelang Patah

11. This is the second time for the current king to dissolve a parliament. The first time he dissolved was when Tun Razak as Malaysia Prime Minister. And now, his son, Najib Tun Razak is the Prime Minister. Najib also seek the King's permission to dissolve the Parliament on the anniversary of his service. 

Najib Tun Razak and DYMM Sultan Abdul Halim 

So to my fellow Malaysians, please exercise your right. 

Rosey Kisses and chocolate chips cookies

Salam all.... Today is the last day before I'm off to my hometown for the upcoming General Election (GE). Juma is away in Australia for few weeks and I'll be at my mom's for at least a week. 

Today I did rosey kisses. It's a meringue and what you need are just egg white and sugar. Then you can drop the flavour that you wish. 

Ready to be pop in the oven

This is specially for sweet tooth persons and suitable for party. I did this for a customer and I charge rm25/ 200gm. I also can do it in lemon, lime and orange flavour. 

Can you see the beautiful peak?

Two days earlier, I've prepared chocolate chips cookies. You can get the recipe here. I did with walnut, hazelnut and one batch with mint. Juma loves it so much!You can get your chocolate cookies customize with your choice of nuts and flavour as well!  You can order from me at the price of rm35 of a container. It is suitable at any time, any where and any occasion.

Chocolate chips cookies: Mint flavour

Chocolate chips cookies: With hazelnut

I've packing my stuff for my stay at my mom's. After travelling alone with the kids for few times, I'm kind of good at packing the stuff. Which means I don't carry extra luggage for unnecessary stuff.  

For tea break: Cucur kodok

Till then, see you again. 

P/s : please pray for a safe and smooth journey for me. 

Random: Celebrities and Politicians

Salam all... greetings from Ipoh! How are you today? I'm in Ipoh with my family. It is suppose to be a holiday for me and the kids while Juma is attending some work at UTP. However, we are stuck in the hotel due to no transportation. Juma uses the car to work and with that, we have no car left for us to go around the town, except for waiting him to get back. 

Well, this post is quite random. Let's take a look at what is happening around us. 

1. Nabila Huda and her new boyfriend. 

Who is she? She is an actress and daughter to famous Malaysian rocker, Amy Search. She is a divorcee and her taste in fashion is always a top story in Malaysia celebrity world. Lately, she told the press that she is in love and wants the whole world to see her happiness. But the most foolish mark from her is when she quoted to the media that the guy is not her boyfriend but rather to be call as her soulmate. Wow! That's pretty fast for me to give that title to a person. Let us see how long will this relationship last. 

p/s: Sorry, can't post more pictures. Me is holding myself from vomit. 

2. Muhammad bin Muhammad Taib  (Mat Taib) joins PAS

Former UMNO vice president and Selangor Menteri Besar has joined PAS, a religious party and comment that although Barisan Nasional had done a lot to Malaysia development, but the party isn't relevant anymore. He also told the press that he wants to see school children (girls) and tv presenter (ladies) to wear head scarf. I totally agree with the idea because keeping our aurat is nothing negotiable. But, look at his daughter. She is a singer and not wearing hijab. So, how are you going to educate others if you fail to educate your own child? But nothing is surprising about the man who hold the name Muhammad twice. He elope late Sultan Selangor's daughter and got married in South Thailand. He also had to stepped down from his Menteri Besar p0st after been arrested in Australia for not declaring the money he brought into the country. How much that he brought in? It was RM3.8 million. It is kind of a lot for a former teacher who left the job to be a politician. Come on PAS! Are you to desperate to conquer Putrajaya till you invite this kind of man to your campaign talk? How sad!

Him and Ku Yah

His daughter while contesting in a dance competition

3. Reese Witherspoon lost her coolness

I think she is super talented as an actress and she personally has not much wild gossip surround her from the beginning of her career till last week. It was a surprise that she been arrested along with her hubby. Her husband was charge for driving under influence (DUI) while she... err.. for being rude to the police. Reese, who was drunk during the arrest time was questioning the Atlanta police whether he know her name. Her arrogant behaviour perhaps is her alter ego when she is drunk. Look at how the alcohol could do the damage to you. The good reputation that she built all this while gone at one night, because of the alcohol. That's why Islam doesn't allow Muslim to take alcohol. 

The couple mugshot, source: TMZ

4. Celebrities and Gaza

World pities the fate of Palestinians and condemns Israel's attacks towards Palestine. In Malaysia, many initiatives are done in the name of humanity towards Palestinians like donation, education opportunity and so forth. And lately, few celebrities visit Palestine, for many purpose. For documentation shooting, to charity work and for business purposes. That is good because the more people be there, the more exposure the rest will get about Palestine. But what trouble me is the celebrities comment on their feeling when they were there. They said that they feel peaceful when they are in Palestine because the people are redha on what's going on with them and they take it as Allah's test on them. The question is, do you need to get your ass to get the feeling of peaceful and take it as Allah test when you feel down (or high)? I think when you get the concept, you will feel peaceful in anywhere. Peace out!

Heliza Helmi

Aishah Sinclair

Yatt Hamzah

Fara Fauzana

 p/s: I really HATE to see Muslim ladies who wear hijab 'halfway' like Fara Fauzana shown. It feels like telling the world that I'm not wearing hijab in daily basis but I have to wear it at certain occasion. What a shame!