A Little Bit Weird

After so long, yesterday I got my period back again. All this while time pregnant memang la tak period. Then after deliver, since kena C-Section, tak banyak sangat blood. By the time discharge kluar from hospital, I didn't even have to use the maternity pads. Pakai pantyliner je. Gyne cakap sebab dia dah suck all the blood out during the operation. So yesterday, when my 'old friend' came, rasa macam pelik plak. Haha. Ye la. Dah macam close to a year takde real period. In fact, semalam siap macam duk pk nak gi solat, then baru la tiba² teringat balik yang period, takyah solat. Hahaha. Bila duk kelam kabut cari pad, terasa macam a small girl yg first time dapat period je. Rasa laa a little bit pelik. But all in good sense. ;-)

Nia's First Big Trip

On 1st May, Nia finally had her maiden big trip at 53 days old to go back to Batu Pahat, Johor. All this while, I've never really brought her out and about since she was too little. Kalau keluar pon, normally to go to the hospital. Sekali je Nia really went out, itu pon ke Starbucks kat Sunway Damansara je for 1.5 hours. Hehe. The morning untuk bertolak balik ke BP memang hectic. I never thought that such a tiny person can have so many things to pack. Sebesar-besar boot kereta Abah, Nia punye barang was like 90% of it. Sebab barang mommy and Abah cuma 1 duffel bag je, itupon kitorg sharing. Now I know how hard it was for Mama to pack for all 5 of us kalau time nak balik raya kat Terengganu. Memang salute lah!! :p

Anyways, back in Batu Pahat, we had Nia's Akikah and Potong Jambul ceremony. Alhamdulillah, everything went superbly well. It was the first time I was involved in a 'merewang' activity cos all this while kalau kat KL, sume pon main cater je. Now baru la tahu the real erti merewang ni. Syiok jugak rupanya. Cos boleh ramai-ramai berkecoh-kecohan kat dapur buat kerja. Terasa la meriah nak buat kenduri untuk budak kicik ni. Kenduri nye dibuat at night, we started off with the recital of Yassin, and a simple tahlil. Then baru la marhaban and acara untuk potong jambul Nia yg mahal ni. Hehe. Although banyak jugak kena cantas, but rambut Nia still boleh maintain tercacak malam tu. We decided not to shave her head bald. Kesian lah. Nia kan princess. Ape kelasss rambut botak kan. Hehe. We stayed in Batu Pahat for a week. Kasik chance Nia beramah tamah ngen sedara-mara kat sana plak. Then on Thursday, we were off to Putrajaya for a quick holiday just the three of us.

Since it was Nia's first hotel stay, mommy ni super excited for Nia. Hehe. We stayed at Pullman Putrajaya Resort & Spa. The hotel was newly launched and not completely finished yet. The view was superb - we got a lake facing view. Memang cantik. But it was too hot for Nia to go out disebabkan weather 'summer' kat Malaysia ni. Abah nak swim kat pool pon tak jadi sebab panas sangat. The room memang best, katilnye besar, so Nia can sleep in between us. But they were nice enough to actually provide us with a baby cot with no extra charge. Masuk bilik je the cot was already there. Impressive!

Then, Nia had her first trip to KLCC. Her first mall as well. At first risau jugak nak bawak. Yerla, with the swine flu going about. Tapi since kat KL ni takde case lagi, panjangkan langkah jugak la. Sampai ke KLCC je Nia tido. All throughout the time we were there, makcik kenit ni membuta. Elok masuk kereta nak balik la dia buke mata nak susu. Hish. Tak nampak la Nia how KLCC looks like. Hehe.

All in all, we had a good time bertiga last week. Nia took her trip pretty well. Slept the whole way on the highway. Now we're ready for our next trip. Maybe we can persuade Abah to drive us to Singapore the next time we go back to Batu Pahat. Mommy will make sure to get Nia's details updated in the passport, just in case Abah rajin nak bawak kite jalan-jalan again. *Wink*

Nia is 50 Days

How time flies. Sedar tak sedar, yesterday Baby Nia was exactly 50 days. Rasa macam baru je semalam kena tolak masuk dalam operation theatre when the doctor poked my back nak cucuk epidural tu. Hehe. Now, Nia dah learn a few things. She can smile. She can look at you directly to your eyes and trail you if you move. In fact, if she's in the mood, she can even give you a few giggles of her own - though it sounded more like gurgles of coos coming out from her. Tak kisah la. Yang penting, baby mommy ni da learn a lot of things.

Normally what we'll do is, we'll have chit-chat session in the afternoons. Sebab in the morning Nia suke tido. Hehe. Then, at night, Nia loves to play with her Abah. Itu bonding time yg mommy memang da allocate specially for Nia and Abah. So that, Nia tak picky between mommy and abah sangat nanti. Cos even now pon, kalau nak tido mesti nak cari mommy. Kalau abah kiss skit time mengantok, mesti la mengamok marah kat abah dia. Cian Abah. Kecik ati dia. Hehe. Bukanla Nia nak picky sgt, agaknye rimas asyik kena gomol ngen Abah. Kalo da gomol tu, abes kena misai & janggut Abah yg prickly. Itu yg Nia cranky kalo time sleepy tu. Hehe. Tapi Nia faham, Abah loves Nia very much. Sebab tu Abah suke kiss Nia sampai pening kan?

Today, mommy taught Nia to sing. Masa Nia tengah syiok dalam bath tub duk splish-splash water. Kite nyanyi a few songs. Mommy taught you how to sing Twinkle, twinkle. Then we played Row-row-row Your Boat. Later while dressing up, I taught you how to do the Itsy-Bitsy Spider. And finally, when you were about to fall asleep this morning, mommy sang to you the Barney song - I Love You. Abes je lagu, Nia terus tertido atas pangku mommy. Best ke mommy nyanyi? Hehe. Or its so tuneless that I bored you to sleep. LOL. One thing for sure, mommy loves the time that we spend together very much. Nanti Nia da bangun, kita sambung tickle-tickle with Mr Worm again ok Munchkin. Kalo boleh, mommy taknak Nia besar. Nak maintain je baby all the time. Hehe. But at the same time, mommy nak tgk Munchkin mommy ni jadi anak dara. Hehe. Mixed feelings. Whatever it is, Nia always remember ok, that mommy loves you very very very much. And mommy can't wait to see what else that you can do by the time you are 100 days old. XoXo.

Impulse Purchase

Vidicated! My husband is as much as an impulse buyer as I am. Hahaha. All this while, dia asyik buat muka je kalau meneman isteri dia ni shopping. Tapi this time around, I get to make a face at him. Out of no where, now we have a brand new 37" Sony Bravia at home. Oklah, I give him the benefit of the doubt. Dia memang la dah eyeing for the TV dah lama. I think eversince kitorang duk bercinta dulu kot. Asal ada promotion TV at the shopping malls, mesti la tak lepas gi tanye soklan macam-macam at the promoted sampai the promoter pon naik bengang. Beli nye tak jugak. Hehe. Tapi this time around, entah macam mana, terbukak hati dia nak beli. After 2 years of surveying and comparing prices at every shop that we went. LOL. Terkejut jugak la, cos it's not easy for him to buy something as pricey as this. Tapi maybe sebab dah minat dia agaknye. Tapi ok jugak la since I love watching TV. And nowadays pon, most of the time we spend our time at home watching DVDs. So now, bergema la bilik TV ni bile da pasang home theatre semula. Kesian Baby Nia. Kalo Abah dia nak pasang surround system je, cepat² la mommy angkut dia kluar from the TV room. Hehe. TV room skang pon dah kemas balik since my pantang days are over. So all the couches the two Bibiks dah angkut masuk balik. The single bed is back in the guest room now. Lapang la sikit nak tengok TV yg beso ni. Kalo budak2 tgk cartoon pon agaknye boleh rasa nak masuk dalam TV skali. LOL.

Tapi bile di-pk kan balik, I think we got quite a good deal. Currently Sony is having a promotion, so we got a RM500 discount on the Bravia. Then the shop kasi a bit of discount for the mounting board for the wall. Apart from that, the TV is for our new home nanti. Beli skarang, so later on takde la teruk sangat kitorang nak kluar duit cos our house will be empty. Memang no furniture at all. Hehe. Ni la yg beli skit² apa yg boleh dulu. Hehe. Maybe next round can get something else pulak. Who knows. ;-)

Girlfriends Luncheon

After 1 month being cooped-up at home, I finally get the chance to go out for lunch with the girls. Although tak dapat meet up with the whole gang, since it's a working day, Mya & Ida managed to squeeze me in during their lunch time on an-office day. We met up kat BSC, since me and Mya are both on a strict diet, no Chillies for us this time (boo-hoo),so it was just Dome je. At least I didn't choose salad for lunch, but I had a nice baked fillet fish with steamed broccolis and carrots to go with it.

Like any other girlfriends outings, of course ade je la gossip-gossip for us. Baru sebulan setengah tak jumpe, so many things are happening. For starters, Mya told me the good news about Alif. He finally found the right someone, with the nickname 'Leo'. Tak tahu la it stands for what. Mya said girlfriend Alif nama Sharifah something. It doesn't matter, I was just super delighted to hear the news. On the same day itself I texted him and congratulate dia on the happy news. Tanye jugak la, when can Baby Nia meet Aunty Leo. Hehe. We are superbly happy for you Alif dearie. All this while, you asyik tolong kitorang je, it's about time you found the right someone for yourself pulak. Hugs and kisses from us. Mwaks!

Then it's wedding bells update for Mya's and Sarah's. Sarah will go first in July with exactly 4 wedding receptions - solemnization, 2 receptions for Sarah's side and another reception for Ilyas's. Mak aih!! More baju kena buat and more reasons for me to slim down (Uwaaaa!!). Then Mya pulak dah confirm to bernikah on Saturday, 26 Dec 2009 morning and the reception will be on the same day at night. And Harith punye side will be doing it on 2 Jan 2010. That leaves Nadya & Edward, JJ & Zila as well as Alif & Leo je. Hehe. So next year I suppose more babies will come our way. Yippie! More fwens for Baby Nia. Hehe.

Overall, we had a good 2 hours chat. Hopefully, the next time we meet up, we can have Nadya, Sarah & Mieko with us. Baru la complete the whole gang. Memang not easy to get everyone to come at the same time. Tapi will try to make time for it. Baru la ade life skit bile da jadi wife and mommy orang ni. Yer la, kadang you just need some time off for yourself. Luckily hubby is very understanding and tak kisah bini dia ni kluar for some girl-time. Maybe he also needs some time off from me kot. Thats why kasik. Hehe. Fair and square la, dia pon ade some guy-buddies time. :p

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!