WAKE UP UMMI, WAKE UP!!!!!

I was too comfortable with the school holidays, now I've got hard time adjusting back to the normal routine. Every morning is a sure rush for me. I can't go back to bed after the subuh prayer, as Afrina is in the morning session. Her bus transport will pick her up as early as 7.25 a.m.

Afiqah and Affandy are early riser, like me. Once they heard a commotion outside their bedroom, they knew that Ummi has woke up to sent their sister to school. I have no choice but to bring along these two kopet kids downstairs with me, or even to the market. Why can't they just continue to sleep till I get back from the market?

I am feeling so guilty now. I have not touch my oven and sewing machine for more than a month. I miss the baking and sewing. My sewing projects were left untouched. I bet that my sewing machine has been covered by dust.

And my oven, I should have turn it on even if I'm not using it. Just to warm-up the oven, to let it know that I'm not neglecting it again.

And yes, Affandy lost my ezlink card. Not just mine, Afrina's too. The last time I saw, he was playing with the cards. Then it's gone. Just like that. I have searched everywhere, I can't find them at all.

When I asked him, he answered, "Uh, no, no, no."

Afiqah simply said, "Takpelah, kan boleh beli baru punyeee..." Amboi budak ni...

At least Afrina said, "Kalau nak jalan, kita pakai coins ajelah, kan Ummi ada banyak"

Emmmm....sedap sikit hati Ummi dengar.

THE NEW ME....

Thank you to all, for the birthday wishes to my son.

School will reopen tomorrow. That mean I will be back on my hectic routine again.

Send Afrina - go market - cook - send Afiqah - fetch Afrina - fetch Afiqah. If only both girls are in the same session, so I do not have to run up and down.

I had terrific times with my kids during the school holidays. That was where I built up my confidence to bring the kids out on my own. And the best part, now I'm more confident to take the buses and trains with them, no more relying on taxis. I saved really a lot on that. I am so proud of myself.

And I am grateful to some of my bloggers friends - Salina, Yati CCK, & Mummy Jam - who instigated me to take my first LRT trip. Starting from there, I have learnt to ride MRTs and buses with my kids. I have even travelled on MRT from Changi Airport to Woodlands - the longest journey on a public transport with my kids!

Most importantly, I have learnt to relax when going out with my kids. No more tension and anxiety.

So Hubby, you nak kerja, kerjalah. *grins*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy 2nd Birthday to.......
MUHAMMAD BAQIR AFFANDY BIN ROHAIZAT

And thank you Mummy Linda and Mama HD for the BOMB!

SWIMMING MOVIE BOWLING SHOPPING!!!

Today we had sooooo much fun!

Or rather......I had so much fun!

Hubby deliberately took leave just to spent time with us. I love to go out on weekdays as most of the place we go, usually is not crowded. But I love to go out on weekends too. Meaning I love to go out on weekdays and weekends. Is that mean I love to go out everyday? *confuse*

Anyway, we start our day going to the pool for a swim, early in the morning. As Afrina was having her swimming lesson, Afiqah and Affandy joined in.


The Swimmers......

Next, we watched movie! Batman Begins....

I was so kiasu that I booked the tickets from the internet. I realized that I had wasted 50 cents on the booking fee, as less than 15 people watched with us. What was I thinking? It was a 11.15 a.m. show, who would want to watch the first show movie, beside those who had nothing better to do, like us....?

I didn't really enjoy the movie, the sound effects was too loud for me. But I'm not complaining. How often do I have the chance to watch movie?

Errr...if I remember correctly, I think I've watched other movie with my kids the week before right?

By the way, Affandy and Afiqah slept through out the show. Thank God that we did not have to pay for their tickets, even though they have seats. It would be such a waste.

Next, we played bowling!!!

Yes, we bowled again. This time, we had two games...with our kids cheering for us! But once a while (KO Gang, read properly, I said ONCE A WHILE), the ball rolled towards the drain. *it's not ME*

But hey...! I got a few strikes too (huh huh huh). Can't wait for our bowling date. I wonder who will get the title 'Queen of Longkang'.....(heh heh heh)


The bowler and her number one fan....

Next, I met up with Diana at her house. Nice house...just like condo layout. Finally got the chance to meet her. She's running an online business , and I came to pick the things that I ordered, plus buying some other things that I did not order. And I think I want to order some other other things somemore. *check my wallet*


The 'things' and Diana with gorgeous Samuel....

Oh...oh..CSI:NY is starting soon.

To summarize, I really had great fun today. I said that already right?

SUNDAY BLABBER

I have learnt a lesson.

Never trust whatever shows that featured restaurants review that have been shown on TV. Not even if one of the most popular guy in Singapore appeared in that show.

This is what happened.

My family and I went to have lunch at a resturant at the west side of our beloved country. This restaurant was featured on TV, which supposed to be the favourite hang out place by this popular guy.

The food served shown on TV was....well, it looks yummy and delicious till this popular guy and the host, finished all the food.

We ordered the same dishes shown on TV.

It was such a dissapointment!

First of all, we expect the place to be crowded as this is supposed to be a popular restaurant since its been aired on TV. Well, good thing its almost empty as I hate to eat in crowded restaurant, with three kids tagging along.

The most dissapointment, the portion of the food served was not as much as shown on the TV. Even the garnishing was far below my expectations. The portion was small, but the price is not. I bet that any woman would complained of that - not worth paying so much with that portion served.

We also ordered other dish which was something new to us, and the picture of it looks so tempting. But its all in the picture, whatever garnished shown on the picture, was not on the food we ordered.

Taste wise, I would say, its not as great. We have taste better.

Hubby agreed that we rated that resturant three and the half upon ten. We don't think we will come back to eat at that restaurant again.

And I am not going to reveal the name of the restaurant here. It might not be fair. Others might think highly of the restaurant. So you, you and you, don't bug me with your questions. :)

Another lesson I learnt.

Do not order noodle with gravy when you have to share your food with your kids and feed them. It's sooooo troublesome. You know what I mean?

Why didn't we listen to our kids when they want to eat at McDonalds??

DIP TRIP TO CCK

I took a step further today. I went swimming with the kids, without Hubby. And we took bus and MRT too. If Salha had not asked me to join her and kids taking the MRT, I would have wasted money on taxi fares. Mummy Jam also joined us. She was such a great help, as she handled one of my kids, either Affandy and Afiqah. They seems to be fond of her.

I really salute Salha. She can handle her kids really well. They are really independent and the brothers help to look after their younger sister. The eldest, Irfan, even took little Irdina to slide down the pool. And she was not scared at all!

As for Affandy, I have to hold him tight to warm up in the pool. After a while, he could walk around the pool on his own, of course with a float around him.

Afiqah also need me to be around her for a while. Then she could play in the water on her own, with me watching nearby.

So far, I need not have to worry about Afrina. As she had learnt swimming, so mostly she was on her own. She swimmed from one pool to another. She even slided down the pool by herself.

I am glad that I brought the kids to swim. As least I'm a little bit confident to cope them on my own. I must learn to be less tense and be more relax in handling them in public places.

We went to have lunch at Lot 1. I was surprised that the place was not so crowded, even though it was lunch hour. We teased Salha's boys by pairing them with my girls. They were cool about it, but my girls were shy. Irsyad even snapped a photo of Afiqah, secretly! *Siap menabung dari sekarang eh Pol!*

Upon reaching home, I asked my girls if they had fun today. Of course they said yes. Afrina spoke quietly to me, "Next time nak pergi swimming dengan abang tu lagi".

Amboi.....bila mata bertentang mata, lidah kelu tak terkata. Ada hati nak jumpa dengan 'abang' tu lagi!

HECTIC!!!

Again, I was a very busy Ummi on weekends. We had so much fun!

Friday

I did bring the kids out to lunch and shopping at Causeway Point. So far I could handled them on my own.

Lunch is always at McDonald's with the kids, as though there's no other great restaurants around. As long as they're happy, I'm happy!

Then shopped for their new toys at Kiddy Palace. Another happy moments for them.


*Habis Ummi kena ketuk!*

Saturday

The whole family went to Downtown East Chalet to attend Harith Danial's 2nd birthday. Another great day for us. Hubby brought the kids to swim for a short while. Then we started the barbecue followed by doa and cutting of birthday cake.

I also had the honour to play bowling with the 'longkang queens' *wide grin* (aku pun sama jugak, sekali-sekala..he...he..he..) Hubby scored the most, he was such a good bowling player! How I wish I could beat him at this game.

We reached home nearly to midnight, as my kids got cranky and sleepy.

Sunday

Sunday was another great and tiring day. We brought our kids to lunch at Pizza Hut Causeway Point. This round, Hubby did not drive, but we took the public transport.

We took a double-deck bus 168 all the way to Bedok. Afrina was pretty excited and kept asking, why are we so high up! Afiqah and Affandy slept even before we reached the highway.

Then we took MRT back to Woodlands. In the train, Affandy wanted 'memek', but the train was so crowded and I'm not used to breastfeed in crowded public places, so he threw tantrums.


He even took off his shoes and socks!

Lucky Hubby was around to soothe him, if not, I could cry there!

Today

Today is rest day. But not for me! I have thousands things to do.

But today I'm a little bit rajin.

I went to the market and start cooking early.

I changed all the bedsheets, pillows and mattress covers.

I changed the curtains.

I wiped the bedrooms windows.

Then I realized that all the above add-up my laundry - makin bertimbun!!!

Mr Sunshine, please be present everyday. I need you to dry the piles of clothes.

Then I need someone to do the ironing! I NEED TO REST!!!!

WHERE'S AFFANDY???!!!

Watched Madagascar with Afrina and Affandy yesterday. Funny cartoon! Afrina surely enjoyed herself. Her view was blocked by two adults sitting in front of us, so I asked her to wait for a while before moving to another seat nearby.

While Affandy..*haiz*...could not sit still. He ran around the cinema, barefooted! At times, he sat at any available seats he like. He was not scared of the dark. He ran he and there, screaming and laughing, as though he was playing with someone. He even lied down on the floor. Luckily no one's complaining, as we were watching children's movie.

When the movie end, he did not come back to me. People started to leave the cinema, but I still could not see him. I was getting worried. Then I saw him, sitting in the very front row, with both arms at the armrest, nodding his head and enjoying the music!

I took a cap to MIL's house. Hugged and kissed Afiqah on the front door. I bet she also miss me. Hubby fetched us and we reached home before 10 p.m.

I was looking forward to watch 'LOST' on tv, but I was 'lost' and the tv watched me!

Today I intend to bring the kids to Causeway Point. Thought of buying the 'make-up kit set' which Afrina has been pestering me to buy. Also need to get birthday gift for her son. Hopefully I can manage handling 3 kids on my own, without Hubby's around.

CAMPING TENT

Today is my mother-in-law's 58th birthday. I really have no idea what else to give her for present, as it seems she has almost everthing. Lately I observed that she is into the "manik-manik" shoes, so I bought for her shoe, handbag and tudung to add on to her collection. All pink and lots of "manik-manik".

Yesterday afternoon, she came to my house and I got Afrina to give her the presents. As Afiqah was pestering to follow her nenek home, knowing how persistent she is, I let her go. But only for a night, cause I know the longer she stay with her nenek, she will become more pampered. On the other hand, I miss her so much. The house has less noise without her, and that make me feel so apprehensive.

So later I am going to fetch her back.

Yesterday Hubby reached home quite early, so after Maghrib we went to Bukit Panjang Plaza. And we bought this.....

6-men Summer Tent

It is so huge and spacious. One thing we like about it, because of its height. Since its high, about Hubby's height, we can perform our prayers in there. So if we having a picnic at the beach, no need to rush back home to pray.

After our dinner, Afrina insisted to go to the bowling alley. So Hubby and I had one game there. Only one game. Hubby is still good at this game as he scored mostly strike.

As for me....I felt like I was playing for the first time. Most of the balls side track to the drain! I couldn't believe it. This is not ME!

Later in the afternoon, I am going to watch Madagascar with Afrina and Affandy. Too bad Afiqah is not with us. After the movie, will be going to MIL's house to bring back my chubby little girl....

Afiqah, did you miss Ummi....?

BUSY BUSY BUSY

Wow! So fast it's the second week of school holidays. So far so good, except for some mischievous act by the two smaller kids. I still can survive!

Friday

"Rewang" at my mum's place as she was the caterer for my cousin's solemnization on Saturday. Potong bawang, potong cili, kopek kentang, potong paru and hati etc. Penat seh! Slept over at my mum's as she need extra helping hand.

Saturday

Sent the lauks to my cousin's place at Sembawang. Ran here and there, up and down to help out. Berpeluh-peluh! Went back almost to midnight.

Sunday

Not as busy but still berpeluh-peluh, due to the hot weather. The wedding went smoothly. I was the last to leave my aunt's place, so apa lagi....tapau lah lauk pauk, kuih muih, kropok krepek dan macam-macam lagi. Best in the world!

Monday

Almost overslept. Sent the girls to their ngaji class. Hubby was on leave. So we went to update Affandy's photo for his passport. There was 207 queues in front of us!! Waited for more than two hours just to update the photo. What a waste of time!

We went to Tanjong Katong Complex to buy MIL's birthday present. It's coming soon. Thought of buying for myself, but...takpelah. Next time can return back to shop again. *Bila tu agaknye..*

Tuesday

Yahooooo!!! I had grooving good time yesterday!!

Sent Afrina to her swimming lesson in the morning, had lunch at Causeway Point with the kids and went back.

Afternoon, met her, her and her for bowling game at Bukit Panjang Plaza. Also met her for the first time. It's been ages since I last played. My score did not even reach 100! Maybe my hand dah kaku or blame it on the ball *wink at her*.

Have late lunch with them, then they brought me to take LRT. *blushed* My first trip boarding the LRT. Cannot blame me what...Mana ada LRT kat Woodlands!

I really had fun, looking forward for next week!

DOODLE

They did it again!!

On the wall is not enough for them. Now it's on the floor, on my LAMINATED floor!



They have books, drawing blocks and papers to scribble on, but they chose the FLOOR!!

If I were to leave it to let Hubby see, sure they will get spank.

So who else would help me to clean up? She voluntarily help me, my sweet Afrina.


From today onwards, the two rascals are barred from holding any pens, pencils especially crayons.

If they want to scribble, I will make sure I SIT TOGETHER WITH THEM.

They are not allowed to move around the house holding any pens, pencils or crayons. If not, the walls and the floor will become their writing board.

Don't play play with me!!!

1 2 3 4 Hi 5!!!!

I brought my kids to Hi5 Concert at Expo 1 yesterday.

I could see that they really had a great time and enjoyed themselves very much. At first I was sceptical about bringing them to the concert, as I was not sure if its worth it. As you know, the tickets were expensive and I had to buy four tickets for us.

But after watching them dancing and jumping along, I knew they loved it so much.

Next event of concert, I should drag Hubby along. Let him see how happy our kids are......



And of course, they also 'ketuk' me to buy these stuffs.....


Light-up Headband for the girls and Hi5 Cap for Affandy.