Rumahku Syurgaku

Saturday baru ni, kebetulan I went to see another new addition to our big family member, my cousin just had his first newborn, a baby boy, Aiman Al-Yamani Bin Omar Al-Yamani. So happen that he was staying at Subang Bestari, whereby to get there, kena la pass-by Denai Alam. So, me and my rombongan cik kiah (I had 2 aunties and my mother with me) dapat la pass by and usya our future house kat situ. Sadly, tak sempat nak amik any pictures of the house to show the development stage cos rombongan cik kiah ni nak balik rumah cepat and the weather was super hot at that time. Anyhow, our house dah naik dinding complete dah. To be cemented kasik licin and I think after this roof pulak naik. The row in front of us dah start mengecat dah. Excited la pulak tgk rumah. Hubby was not with us that day, cos he had to stay home and take care of Nia. So it was me and the aunties aje lar. Bila tgk rumah tu, mcm tak percaya pon ade jugak. Yerla, tak percaya nak ada rumah sendiri dah - and soon plak tu. Tentatively, completion date is by the end of next year. But when we check with our Sime Darby agent recently, kabarnya they are ahead of schedule so most likely by mid next year kot - Insya Allah.

So looks like kena start saving byk la cash ni. The main bulk nanti nak buat house grill, kitchen cabinet, wardrobe as well as nak tuko electric gate. Furniture kat dalam boleh postpone dulu setahun dua. Haha. Duduk atas carpet/lantai sudah. Kalo start fikir from now, terus rasa pening cos so many things to do. Dah tahu la duit bonus tahun depan nak gune untuk apa. Fully for rumah la. Sama macam this year. Both of us kalo berborak pasal rumah ni mesti la mcm-mcm angan-angan. Nak buat mcm-mcm style. Haha. Harap tunggu cukup bajet ke tidak je. Nantila, ingat nak round berdua ngen hubby je in a few weeks time. At least can take same pictures and see the progress of it. ;-).

Single Framework Sucks!

I've been away from the office for almost 2 months now and I'm getting all sorts of news. People are leaving Shell. Why? Simple actually. Mostly it's because of the soon-to-be implemented single framework policy which will have us all moving to a new remuneration package that might involve our salaries being cut down. Reason being? Its to streamline all processes with the global Shell Shared Centres like those in Manila as well as Krakow, Poland. My reaction? Totally absurd!

Why? Employers cannot be so cruel to the staff. We have got monthly financial commitments that needs to be considered. If we are currently enjoying a RM2k monthly basic salary, you can't simply cut it down to RM1.5k/month. People have rents,loans and bills to pay so to speak!

The sad part is, we can't have a union to speak on behalf of us because we fall under the 'Executive' criteria and thus not under the Collective Agreement group. So who is there to speak on behalf of us? Currently its the so-called bosses that we have.

Now, I'm being sarcastic because 'THE BOSSES' that are supposed to speak on our behalf are not affected by this drastic changes in the policy. So they don't understand how we feel. They don't understand the extent of this issue. So now, people are leaving Shell. People are resigning. And people has started to look for other opportunities out there. Padan muka Shell!

As for me, what will I do? Shall I stay at endure the salary cut at Shell, or do I start looking for new jobs out there? Let's just say that rezeki is everywhere. ;-). Be it here in KL, or it could be somewhere else.

To Nadia: Selamat berpindah to Dubai and good luck with your new job there
To Adila: Selamat ber-training with the PTDs and make sure to get a spot at Wisma Putra or the PM's Department

Dah Sampai...

Of all the things that we bought when I was pregnant of Nia, we forgot to get a bottle warmer bag. So trip² pergi ke hospitals before this, susu Nia sume kena wrap pakai kain nappy je to keep it warm cos mommy tak habis pantang lagi so cannot go to the mall to get a bag for her. Hehe. Cian Nia. By the time nak minum susu, da sejuk dah. So, since littlewhiz is still on sale for the whole month, I decided to get for her the warmer bag that I've seen at Mothercare before this. Ade RM5 discount and of course, since mommy is paying for this and not your Abah, I chose Pink for you. Else, Abah mesti asyik nak Black je. Isk. Cepat jugak website ni process my order. It took them only 2 days to confirm and ship the order. Hari ni dah dapat. Memang impressive! Harap²nye this bag tahan lama la. It looks ok. The material is environmentally friendly. And since it doesn't have any divider's inside, we can even use the bag later on when Nia starts weaning to keep her bottled food warm.

Toothy Grin

Yesterday afternoon I had a wonderful surprise from Nia. Finally, she gave me her full toothy grin. All this while ade jugak dia attempt untuk senyum. Tapi selalunye tak berapa menjadi. Hehe. But yesterday, for the first time, Nia managed to smile to the fullest - although takde gigi - that makes it even much more cuter.

Nia is 1 Month!

Bath Time

I'm super proud of Abah today. For the first time he decided untuk mandikan Baby Nia pagi ni. When it comes to Abah and Nia, mesti la ada adegan-adegan yg tak dapat dielakkan. Today I let Nia tido lama skit. Dah pukul 10.30am baru kejutkan dia untuk mandi. In the beginning, everything is going as plan. Abah dah buka baju Nia and wipe her bottom clean. So angkut la Nia untuk masuk dalam bath tub. I left the both of them together for 5 seconds untuk amik towel, and next thing I know, Abah dah terjerit-jerit in the toilet. Ingatkan ape la, panic jugak dibuatnya. Rupanya, anak dara dia dah wee-wee on him and in the bath tub. Aiyoo! Dah kena tadah warm water all over again. So out Nia and the water go. Abah dah kasi buka seposen plak, panic jugak dia kena wee-wee ngen baby agaknya. haha. Kesian pon ade jugak tgk muka. Takpela, first timer. Below some of the snapshots of today's happenings.



To Abah, practice makes perfect. Petang ni kita try lagi mandikan dia ok. Hehe.

Abah oh Abah...

Since bergelar parents and getting into parenthood ni, macam-macam yg kena adjust and get use to. Yerla, now no longer can wake up from sleep late. Nak bangun lambat pon takleh cos dah ada 'au de natural' alarm tido kat babycot sebelah ni. Takpon, even if the 'alarm' tak menangis, memang dah automatic bangun awal. I suppose the body clock pon dah adjust ikut the baby's timing. Bagus jugak la, at least nak bangun for Subuh now takyah nak set alarm da. Since 6am for sure Miss Nia akan bangun untuk minum susu.

Semalam something really funny happened to us. Me and hubby made a deal between the two of us. Since during the day and up until 10pm I will be taking care of the baby, so I get to sleep the first part of the night. Meaning, the midnite feeding and the 3am feeding will be his shift. Afterwards, the 6am shift onwards sume mommy punye shift la. But Abah being Abah, even if it is his shift, mommy still has to wake up sama. Buat susu, change diaper, cuma Abah will do the feeding and the burping and putting Nia back to sleep again. Last night in particular was hillarious.

As usual, at 3.15am sharp, our little Nia started whimpering to be fed. Hubby dah pesan before we went to bed to wake him up once the baby starts crying. So, I woke him up lah. Cakap, "Yang, baby da start nangis tu..bangunlaa...nak kena kasik susu.." Ada ke patut, suamiku yg still drugged with sleep ni boleh tanye dalam keadaan mamai..."Ha...nak kasi susu? Nak buat ape kasi susu?" Adoiii.....hahaha....nak je cobit kat perut kasik mata cik abang ni terbukak luar skit. Nia da makin kuat melalak, dia boleh blur tanye ape pasal nak kasi susu kat baby...ahhaha...Takperla, hubby pon baru nak get a hang in the fatherhood thing...hehe...the best of all, siang smalam, he actually remember yg dia cakap mcm tu and we had a good laugh because of this... Kisah-kisah nak kasi susu ni memang macam-macam and of course funny...especially yg bangun tengah2 malam ni...hehehe...

But whatever it is, we are having fun. Baring atas tilam bertiga with Nia. Tickling her with the blankie at her nose - and watching her wrinkle kan hidung dia afterwards - super cute! Memang betol orang cakap, now I cannot imagine our life without Nia with us. So it's a salute to Abah, mommy and Baby Nia. Mwahs!

Nia's First Attendance to a Birthday Bash

It was a small get together that we had at home last week. Sempena Sufiyya's 2nd birthday as well as untuk buat tahlil arwah for Abah since 2nd April was his birthday. Since I was still in pantang, Abang Yo and Kak Ana decided to have the party at Kota Damansara instead of their place. So for one day, I get to eat real food instead of more ikan bakar and sup sayur. Tapi tak banyak la, I just had a 4 sticks of satay, some potato salad and seafood carbonara.



Also, it was Nia's first attendance to a birthday party. The little miss slept all through the bacaan Yassin and even during the cake cutting ceremony. Cousins dia memekak, terjerit kat sebelah main balloons pon dia tak sedar. Hehe. Bagus jugak, mommy & abah can actually enjoy eating and being in other people's company instead of the two of us je. Hehe. So some pictures from the party, below.

Nia at 25 Days

Rocker Nia Dah Sampai!

Yayyy!!Rocker and head snuzzler Nia dah sampai today. Cepat jugak kedai ni deliver, ordered on 1st April, 3rd April da dapat. Impressive service - boleh la mommy order lagi barang untuk Nia kat website littlewhiz.com nanti. Anyway, Nia da excited nak test duduk atas rocker ni. Mommy pon ingat nak tolong assemble la untuk Nia. Dengan bersemangat bukak kotak rocker tu. After dah baca instruction, complicated lar pulak. Ada nak kena pasang screw bla bla. Sorry eh Nia, mommy tak reti la, kena la kite tunggu Abah balik office malam ni pasangkan. Nanti malam kang Nia boleh test duduk ok baby.

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Bila da siap pasang....look at miss pricess sleeping peacefully on her rocker...