Pejam celik², believe it or not, it's the season that I hate the most again. Rasa mcm baru je yesterday I had to go to LHDN in Jalan Duta to pay my outstanding MYR700 for last year's tax submission. Now its April again and another round is e-filing submission is due. The reason I hate it so much bukannya apa, its just that I have no idea on how to fill up the BE form. Memang blur! I'm not sure what kind of things that I can get exemptions for. I don't know what figure to put in which column. Memang tak suke la kesimpulannya. For me, LHDN memang menyusahkan hidup je. Haha. We've paid our taxes in our monthly salary. I don't understand why we must submit balik every year. *sigh*. Hopefully, this year I don't have to pay any short amount. Kalau ada nak kena refund okay lah. Hehe.
So this year, I've enrolled the help of Ida to help me out with the e-filing submission. From what she said, e-filing sounded super easy je. But I know better than that based on my experience last year. *grr*. Malam ni project untuk list down all the details. I've reset by e-filing password just now. So far everything looks good. Ida pon da tolong amekkan my EA Form from SSSC. Thanks Love. Time to dig out all those receipts from last year's expenses. Wish me luck!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Nia is 3 Weeks Old Today!
Nia is exactly 21 days old today. Rasa mcm baru jer semalam kena operate to bring her out. Rupa-rupanya it has been 3 weeks ago since I first saw her chubby little face. Now at 3 weeks, Nia has changed a few of her first behaviours. She still sleeps most of the time - so that provides me ample time to rest as well. Now, Nia da tak bgn so frequent at night - she has somewhat or rather develop her night routine. Last feeding must be at midnite and after that she will need feeding again at 3am and 6am - interval of 3 hours between each feeding. Skarang pon dah makin kuat minum susu. Susu mommy dia pon tak cukup, so kena la add on ngen formula - kalo tak for sure la meragam tuan puteri kecik ni. Previously time baru kluar from my tummy, she only drinks about 1oz of milk for each feeding - but at 21 days, each feeding must be at 3oz, kalo tak mesti la siren berbunyi tak puas. Increase in milk intake means she's also weighing heavier nowadays. Sampai lenguh jugak la tangan nak pangku Nia minum susu. Alhamdulillah, sihat baby mommy ni.
Next check-up with Dr Musa is scheduled for Friday, 10th April 2009 - when Nia is exactly 1 month old. Nanti Nia nak kena jab her first immunization. Kesian my chubby cheeks ni - hopefully dia tak demam la after that. Takpe, we'll try to use the tips given by her Cik Yong, letak Vicks kat tempat jab right after the doctor sudah cucuk so that tak bengkak. Apparently it seems to work for Sufiyya - and no demam at all. (,")
Saturday, March 28, 2009
It's In the Name
Many have asked why we chose the name we've given to our daughter. So, here it goes, the meaning of:
Nur Aqeela Daania Binti Fahmi
Nur: Light
Aqeela: Bright/Intelligent
Daania: Gift of God
Nia: Beautiful
We try to make sure that all the names given to her has a meaning behind it - since what the parent call the child is equivalent as a doa for her. Initially we wanted to name her as Nur Ariana Daania, but we were not so sure that Ariana has a meaning or not and after consulting an Ustaz, we decided on Aqeela instead since it has a very nice meaning.
Hence, hopefully our Nia (our beautiful gift of God) will be a child that is intelligent, bright, with all the good qualities in the world and most of all a Solehah ummah. Amin.
Nur Aqeela Daania Binti Fahmi
Nur: Light
Aqeela: Bright/Intelligent
Daania: Gift of God
Nia: Beautiful
We try to make sure that all the names given to her has a meaning behind it - since what the parent call the child is equivalent as a doa for her. Initially we wanted to name her as Nur Ariana Daania, but we were not so sure that Ariana has a meaning or not and after consulting an Ustaz, we decided on Aqeela instead since it has a very nice meaning.
Hence, hopefully our Nia (our beautiful gift of God) will be a child that is intelligent, bright, with all the good qualities in the world and most of all a Solehah ummah. Amin.
My Nia..Our Nia
Introducing Nur Aqeela Daania Binti Fahmi to the world for the first time ever.
Our precious baby girl is finally born on Tuesday, 10 March 2009 at Damansara Specialist Hospital via a Ceasearean-Section operation at 12.28pm weighing 3.42kg with the length of 48cm and head circumference of 35cm.Our little one started her journey out of mommy's womb at about 3am in the morning when mommy's waterbag broke when she went to the toilet to take a leak. Mommy quickly woke Abah and they actually argued whether it's necessary to go to the hospital or not. But when mommy started to bleed, everthing was on auto-pilot. They showered and got ready to hit the road and prepared for the long day ahead of them.
At the hospital, mommy was quickly rushed to the maternity ward by the ER nurses. There, her tummy was strapped to a machine so that they can check on her contractions level - it was a bit funny because mommy keep on telling the midwife that she cannot feel any contractions because she doesn't know how it feels like - but the machine was showing a spike in the reading - so she is indeed having rather strong contractions. The midwife decided to check mommy's cervix if its dilated or not since she's started having strong contractions, but she was still at 1cm dilation and my head was still not engage properly in the birth channel.
At 9am, the gyneachologist came and checked mommy and she quickly informed the nurse to prep an operation theatre for mommy since I could drown in mommy's tummy if they don't get me out soon. After awhile, our anesthetist came and spoke to mommy on the procedure and gave a chance for mommy to ask any concerns that she might have. Mommy was all geared up to meet me so she was all perky and ready to be whisked away to the OT. She was wheeled off at 10am and given her epidural shot at 10.30am. By 11.45 she was ready on the operation table and Abah came in and sat next to mommy and held her hand all thru the procedure.
Alhamdulillah, after 45 minutes, I came out all purple and wailing at the top of my lungs. Mommy was too drugged to move so my peadeatrician gave me to Abah for him to Azam, Qamat and gave me my first taste of Tamar and Air Zamzam. Afterwards, they wiped me clean and put me on mommy's chest where we were officially introduced for the first time. Mommy was so happy, that she even had tears when she looked at my chubby face.
Overall, it was quite a journey for me coming out of mommy's tummy. Today, I am 19 days old and I have gained 0.2kg from my initial birth weight. Mommy is getting a hang of her new mommy-hood world and I am starting to develop my own sleeping pattern. Both of us are happy and we love each other to bits - that includes Abah as well. ;-)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
As the Countdown Begins
11 more days to go...11 days of leg cramps, sakit belakang and kebas tangan....11 more days for my legs to look like karipap...11 more days utk rasa Baby kicking in the tummy....11 more days utk mengada-ngada with daddy-to-be; to be pampered and utk salah guna my pregnancy as a reason to ask him to do things and to run errands for me...hehehe....
excitement and a bit of anxiousness has kicked in....tapi right now, what i really feel is penat...hehe...all the time kalau boleh nak lie down and tido je....
Yesterday dah considered as my last day at the office....hari ni up until Thursday, da work from home...Friday is my PH replacement, and next week da officially on MC....itu pon if the Baby tak keluar lagi la....if not, terus maternity leave lah...
excited jugak rasenye, nak tgk rupa budak kecik ni....i wonder how she looks like...more like me or more like the daddy....better look like mommy...penat je gua angkut hari2 dalam perut, berat ni...ehehhe....currently the baby is weighing roughly around 3.2kg....as usual, gyne suh makan less rice....*sigh*....tu yg susah tu....me likey the rice.....hehehe....mmg susah nak cut terus...but i'm trying to reduce the consumption, so that baby tak beso sgt...
birth plan, for now tentatively, everything is supposed to go au-de-natural....but we'll see lah during the delivery itself....hospital bag for both mommy and baby da siap pack....including daddy's bag as well...kurma and air zam-zam pon da ready for her first tasting in the delivery room nanti....hehe...GL letter and admission form pon dah ready in my handbag since last week....so, ready utk lari masuk lam kete je la kesimpulannye...
last checkup, baby mmg da in position...as in she's already head down....tapi bile check2 lagi, rupanye kepala tak fully engage....so, gyne said most likely lambat lagi ler....daddy nye da excited nak tgk the baby keluar....mommy nye pulak, mixed feelings....takut pon ade....excited pon ade....sume la....da ready ke nak jadi mak ni...ahahha....one step at a time i suppose...
so, i'm hoping that the baby will come out this week or latest by next week....cos the longer she's inside, the bigger she's going to be....so baby dearie, listen to mommy, get ready and make your official appearance soon ok....muwaksss!
excitement and a bit of anxiousness has kicked in....tapi right now, what i really feel is penat...hehe...all the time kalau boleh nak lie down and tido je....
Yesterday dah considered as my last day at the office....hari ni up until Thursday, da work from home...Friday is my PH replacement, and next week da officially on MC....itu pon if the Baby tak keluar lagi la....if not, terus maternity leave lah...
excited jugak rasenye, nak tgk rupa budak kecik ni....i wonder how she looks like...more like me or more like the daddy....better look like mommy...penat je gua angkut hari2 dalam perut, berat ni...ehehhe....currently the baby is weighing roughly around 3.2kg....as usual, gyne suh makan less rice....*sigh*....tu yg susah tu....me likey the rice.....hehehe....mmg susah nak cut terus...but i'm trying to reduce the consumption, so that baby tak beso sgt...
birth plan, for now tentatively, everything is supposed to go au-de-natural....but we'll see lah during the delivery itself....hospital bag for both mommy and baby da siap pack....including daddy's bag as well...kurma and air zam-zam pon da ready for her first tasting in the delivery room nanti....hehe...GL letter and admission form pon dah ready in my handbag since last week....so, ready utk lari masuk lam kete je la kesimpulannye...
last checkup, baby mmg da in position...as in she's already head down....tapi bile check2 lagi, rupanye kepala tak fully engage....so, gyne said most likely lambat lagi ler....daddy nye da excited nak tgk the baby keluar....mommy nye pulak, mixed feelings....takut pon ade....excited pon ade....sume la....da ready ke nak jadi mak ni...ahahha....one step at a time i suppose...
so, i'm hoping that the baby will come out this week or latest by next week....cos the longer she's inside, the bigger she's going to be....so baby dearie, listen to mommy, get ready and make your official appearance soon ok....muwaksss!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
What Is Your Love Based On?
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Our miracle at 31 weeks weighing approximately 1.5kg
we had this taken today....ehehe....so, biasa laa....a wee bit jakuns...
looks like she's going to cry....she was sleeping and the doctor had to shake mommy's tummy so that mommy and daddy get to see her face...
nose pressing at the umbilical cord & placenta
Bye-Bye 2008, Hello 2009!
Happy new year everyone!!!
As usual, we didn't do anything for new year's celebration this year. Both of had to work on new year's eve and balik from the office pon it was already 10.30pm....pergi uptown, grab something for dinner...and we drove back towards The Curve and waited by the roadside to see the fireworks....it was spectacular - macam previous year oso - and we managed to see 3 different displays of fireworks....from The Cruve, One Utama and Damansara Perdana....sume playing at the same time and visible from the roadside where we parked....right after the show abes, Fahmi straight away ushered me back to the car in his so-called attempt to try and beat the massive traffic...but somehow or rather, we were still caught in the jam tapi not so bad la...jam pon because the police dah start buat roadblock nak saman those people who are not wearing seatbelts ...
anyhow...some highlights of 2008
2008 started slowly & painfully for me...that time dgn problem yg dunno what the ending is going to be...hehe...but alhamdulillah, I prevail!! (woohoo!...a big pat on the back for me)
then it progresses slowly, still bumpy in the first quarter....
June came and I got married to my beloved soulmate....kihkihkih....with all the pink pelamin and pink hantaran just like what i wanted....
July was our honeymonn period....hahaha....we went to Netherlands and Paris...not knowing that I had already conceived a baby by then...=p
August was super sad....arwah Abah passed away....our 'postponed' wedding reception pon jadi less meriah....I had no mood to celebrate...plus nikah pon da 2 months...
September, balik kampung in laws for the first time....there were some drama - but it went pretty well...thank God...
October, raya puasa....balik Ganu ...still no mood to celebrate since Abah dah takde
November, back to KL....super busy with work....
December, my baby bump is super prominent now....back ache is my best friend...as well as sleeping whilst sitting down...LOL
So...hopefully 2009 will be a much better year for our little-expanding family...there are many things for us to look forward to...
Hubby's office is moving to Cyberjaya somewhere in mid Jan...
I'll be getting my own office laptop - so no need to stayback at the office now that I can work from home...
Our little miracle will be arriving soon in March - I hope she will make her arrival known in style....;-)
Am planning to take the 3rd month maternity off to layan the budak kecik upon her arrival
We've started scouting for a new place....now there might be some changes made to the original plan....instead of renting a place for ourselves, we are quite interested to get a place of our own...went to Denai Alam the other day...pretty convenient and its located in the center between Cyberjaya and KL for the both of us to go to work....so, we're working hard on that 10% deposit money...:p
Weddings to look forward to in 2009: Nas + Ana, Sarah + Ilyas, Mya + Harith, Kiyai + Didie, Farhan + GF, Prem + Ruben, Nurul & Jalil (hehe....Maybe....)
More babybumps this year I believe...hopefully Kak Lin...since she's dying to give a lil sister to Fawwaz... (,")
Roughly that's about it....so, goodbye 2008 and hello 2009....I hope it will be a superb year for all of us....muwahsssss!
As usual, we didn't do anything for new year's celebration this year. Both of had to work on new year's eve and balik from the office pon it was already 10.30pm....pergi uptown, grab something for dinner...and we drove back towards The Curve and waited by the roadside to see the fireworks....it was spectacular - macam previous year oso - and we managed to see 3 different displays of fireworks....from The Cruve, One Utama and Damansara Perdana....sume playing at the same time and visible from the roadside where we parked....right after the show abes, Fahmi straight away ushered me back to the car in his so-called attempt to try and beat the massive traffic...but somehow or rather, we were still caught in the jam tapi not so bad la...jam pon because the police dah start buat roadblock nak saman those people who are not wearing seatbelts ...
anyhow...some highlights of 2008
2008 started slowly & painfully for me...that time dgn problem yg dunno what the ending is going to be...hehe...but alhamdulillah, I prevail!! (woohoo!...a big pat on the back for me)
then it progresses slowly, still bumpy in the first quarter....
June came and I got married to my beloved soulmate....kihkihkih....with all the pink pelamin and pink hantaran just like what i wanted....
July was our honeymonn period....hahaha....we went to Netherlands and Paris...not knowing that I had already conceived a baby by then...=p
August was super sad....arwah Abah passed away....our 'postponed' wedding reception pon jadi less meriah....I had no mood to celebrate...plus nikah pon da 2 months...
September, balik kampung in laws for the first time....there were some drama - but it went pretty well...thank God...
October, raya puasa....balik Ganu ...still no mood to celebrate since Abah dah takde
November, back to KL....super busy with work....
December, my baby bump is super prominent now....back ache is my best friend...as well as sleeping whilst sitting down...LOL
So...hopefully 2009 will be a much better year for our little-expanding family...there are many things for us to look forward to...
Hubby's office is moving to Cyberjaya somewhere in mid Jan...
I'll be getting my own office laptop - so no need to stayback at the office now that I can work from home...
Our little miracle will be arriving soon in March - I hope she will make her arrival known in style....;-)
Am planning to take the 3rd month maternity off to layan the budak kecik upon her arrival
We've started scouting for a new place....now there might be some changes made to the original plan....instead of renting a place for ourselves, we are quite interested to get a place of our own...went to Denai Alam the other day...pretty convenient and its located in the center between Cyberjaya and KL for the both of us to go to work....so, we're working hard on that 10% deposit money...:p
Weddings to look forward to in 2009: Nas + Ana, Sarah + Ilyas, Mya + Harith, Kiyai + Didie, Farhan + GF, Prem + Ruben, Nurul & Jalil (hehe....Maybe....)
More babybumps this year I believe...hopefully Kak Lin...since she's dying to give a lil sister to Fawwaz... (,")
Roughly that's about it....so, goodbye 2008 and hello 2009....I hope it will be a superb year for all of us....muwahsssss!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
15 reasons to be glad that I am pregnant
- Relishing the early weeks when only me and hubby knows that "We" are pregnant! ^_^
- Knowing that I actually have exactly 9 months to fantisize & plan and dream...
- Being pregnant is always the perfect excuse to be pampered...
- Looking forward to your 2+1 months of maternity leave...eheheh
- Not having to feel guilty that I am getting heavier
- And of course, its bigger boobs and..hey....i now have a bum to look at....LOL
- People giving ways to me at malls and when i queue up at the atm machines...
- I'm getting a lot of attention from everyone
- Feeling the kicks for the first time
- Being able to talk and converse with my tummy as if I'm talking to another person
- Our 'small-family' bonding time at every night before dozing off - just mommy, daddy and baby
- Closer relationship with hubby
- Feeling a little pair of heels prodding under at my diaphragm and knowing that soon I'll be meeting the little person they belong to!
- Choosing baby clothes and planning what I'm going to buy.
- Getting hubby to take photos of me smiling over my enormous bump so that, one day, I can look back and be amazed I was ever that size...hehee
Sunday, October 26, 2008
and who says being pregnant is easy?
i have reached my 20th/21st week of pregnancy and i am:
- having a really bad case of rashes on my right arm
- having a really bad constipation if i don't take any bananas/papayas/prunes in a day
- starting to have backache especially on my left side
- eating everything that i can put my hands on
- and that will result in me having heartburns afterwards
- short of breath after a climb up the stairs
- awake 3 times every night to go to the loo
- getting less emotional/sensitive
- tires easily
- with a huge expanding belly!!!!
but, i am/have also:
- felt my first quickening - a few weeks ago
- proud of my tummy
- looking forward to every check up with the gyne to see the baby during the scanning session
- eating more healthily
- more contious of my behaviour
- having a closer bond with hubby during our 'talk-to-the-baby' sessions
- have a new habit - rubbing the belly
- excited to start buying baby stuff
- starting to look for suitable baby names
- trying to see the both of us as parents for our little one
