Around KL

One of my bestie came back from NY and I texted him the day he was supposed to be home (totally forgot about the time difference)..

"Welcome home!"
"Sheesh I have packed all your shit lah. I'm on the way to the airport"

-____________-"

He brought Ariel and I spent a couple of weeks googling on what to do/ where to go in KL. I really don't know what tourists do in KL. Besides eating, I really could not figure out something.

Muzium Negara?

Tugu Negara?

Butterfly Park?

*crickets*

"Ariel, do you eat spicy food? You do? Cool! Screw touristy stuff. We shall eat all day!"

We ate this and that, walked around Bukit Bintang. I actually walked! Azrin and Greg know how much I hate walking especially through crowded places, but anything as a host.

*bows*

They came over to the house after and later at night we went out for dinner and just talk.

We were suppose to head to another place after for coffee, but Ariel fell asleep in the car so decided to call it a night and sent them home. Haha.

I got to see them one freaking day!! Before they went for their little asean tour and head back to NY.

Urgh.

I had so much fun. I mean, Greg is my longest friend, since primary school. He went off to Melbourne to study after school and work there, later to Sydney and now all the way in NY. We rarely get to see each other but we still do update each other- thank god for technology.

I tried convincing him to come back to KL. He said err..no. We said, why not meet in the middle- Sydney/ Melboune. I don't know how is Australia in in between Malaysia and US.

Oops.

Maid Stories

In four months, I've had two different maids/helpers, and now back to zero. It got me thinking..is it me? Am I the problem here? Am I that difficult to work with? Oh will Adrian grow up hating me too?

All these questions...

So I got my first maid about four months ago to help take care of Adrian while Azrin and I are at work. We would send the maid and Adrian to Daddy's house before work (before we would fully trust to leave Adrian and her alone at home) and pick them after. At night, Adrian would sleep with us. Basically her bedtime would be at 8pm while we take turn at night taking care of the baby.

I mean, that would be the only time we have with him anyway before we have to wake up and head to work again..

Anywho, the day we got the maid, we went grocery shopping and I told her I don't usually cook and I told her to get anything she wants/needs for her to eat on a daily basis. Right after, I tapau-ed something for her, and went back.

A few days after, while I was enjoying my cup of coffee after at home I got a call from Daddy..

Him: Adik, how could you do such thing?
Me: What?
Him: Apa la buat macam ni dekat orang. Kesian dia.
Me: Huh?

Apparently, she's been telling Daddy and Stepmom that Azrin and I have not been giving her food. She expects me to serve her food for every meal, like I did on the first day.

-__________-"

We later found out that she's been convincing Daddy's maid to run off. Haha. I couldn't be bothered to deal with petty things like this. Got her to pack her things and sent her back (friends asked me why I sent her back and not just halau her, I don't think that is right).

I got another maid after. She is ok. This is the one that got me thinking if it is me. We installed cctv around the house just so we could leave Adrian while we are at work. You see, I have his thing where I like my things..my way. Don't care about other people's stuff but mine..hmm. Azrin is becoming worst since he got together with me, so when we see through the cctv that she moves things around (sometimes to clean, which is her job!) we would get so...irritated.

"Did she just move my cup?"
"Eh she basuh baju, smells different. Tell her I will basuh myself la"

Azrin will come back every night with a magnifying glass and inspect every inch of the house. It got so bad, that we would wait for her to sleep, and we re-arrange everything and re-do the laundry and hide them just so she won't iron them.

Because. Her. Ironing. Does. Not. Bring. The. Right. Lines.

Well, she said she's getting married and stuff so we let her go a few days ago and we were smiling away. Tired, but smiling.

All for you, little one.

Benefits

We were about to place our orders when..

Ashraf: Eh, you know kids eat for free right? *points at Adrian with a smile*
Me: He don't even one tooth out yet, dude
Ashraf: Its ok, I can eat.
Me: *looks at Adrian* Make sure when you besar nanti you claim back from Pak Su.

So we ordered what "Adrian" wanted to eat and the rest of us had fun being kids.

*proud*


Later, there were the Tic Tac Toe battle. Belle and I were playing and of course no one won. Azrin said he could do that trick thingy where you can definitely win.

"Apa la you guys ni. The third round let me play. I know the trick"

Fail.

#takmenangpun

Oh and Happy Deepavali, everyone!

Who Wins?

When it comes to calculations, Azrin and I will always try to prove the other one that he/she could calculate faster, especially in terms of money. Splitting bills, calculating our balances, anything. If he gets to calculate it faster...

"Apa la..belajar bertahun-tahun to kira duit tapi lambat"

..but when I find out that the amount is wrong..

"Hmm susah la kerja bank tapi kira duit pun salah. Bahaya."

So bottom line is, we both suck! Gahaha.

In terms of expenses, we usually don't really care as in we would just take turns paying but recently we had to pay for something for Adrian and we needed to make three payments so he insisted later on to divide the total.

Here comes the rollercoaster.

So I have paid RM1067. He paid RM188 and RM116. Easy, right?

Him: So I owe you another 229.
Me: Eh, 381 la..How you kira?
Him: Since u paid 1067, divide 2 is 533. So I paid the 188 and 166, I tolak that as what I owed you lah.
Me: Huh?

At this point he was getting annoyed with me thinking that I was so blur. It was because I was trying to figure out his logic. So i decided to write it out for him.

I am mimi, he is bobo, btw.

Him: wah, if like that you pay me back my 152 la
Me: huh? 152 from where?

It went back and forth for about 30 minutes. Honestly its not about the money, its about who is going to win this. Crucial! He kept saying, with my calculation he will pay more. So did a break down for him again.

So I'm pretty confident it is RM381.

Him: whateverlah. So berkira.

Hahahaha.

Oh, felt better than the day I graduated.

We know who won't be teaching Adrian Maths.

Salon

I get hooked on series super easily, from Friends to Suits. I prefer series than movies because I can stay up all night and watch seasons after seasons, especially during my "zaman bujang". Don't get me wrong, when it comes to malay dramas, fuhhh. This makcik here will berlawan-lawan with Abang Azrin. Hands down, he wins. That dude can match all the opening songs with the malay series in a jiffy.

#dalamhatiadataman

Thanks to being married for about three years we have been watching so many malay dramas and we will membawang about it in the morning traffic on the way to work. Life. They usually have a very typical storyline (expected) with a happy ending. I usually prefer a mind boggling kind of show. It is hard to find these kind of shows, especially in the Malaysian industry. Doesn't have to be violent, just a very twisted storyline. The more tired I get from watching a show, the better! I think I wrote about this before- I have only came through a few Malay shows like this, for example Mana Hilangnya Juwita and also Chinta. Amazing!!

Few weeks ago Azrin told me..

Him: B, you should watch this new show. Its very..you. Psycho. Like gila.
Me: ..but now there's Bahagia Bukan Bidaan and Vila Ghazara. Suits pun tak updated lagi..
Him: Yeaa but this is really good. Its starting soon. Watch la. Watch la. Its called Salon. on ntv7 and viu.
Me: Hmmmm.

I did put Suits on hold, and watched Salon. Impressive! Dark, twisted. The show is mostly in english which impressed me even more. Very different from other shows. Every episode will have its own twist.

You guys should take a peek!

Baby Farm

My girls Fara and Sofia just popped little babies recently (omg!) so of course I was so excited to go visit them, all the time in my head thinking how will our next outing be? Should it be just a picnic at a playground? I mean before this we just have 2 kids from Sarah and 1 from Sofia but now...

*picturing the number of kids running around*

Oh. My. God.

Yes, us girls will be outnumbered.

First stop, went to see Fara's baby girl- Dinda Dahlea.

Such an angel.

"Now with you people, so quiet and nicely sleeping..later the moment I pegang her...hmmmm" -Fara

-_________-"

Next stop, Sofia's baby boy- Khalid Iman.

Omg those cheeks!!

Khalid and Adrian weigh the same and Adrian is almost two months older.

#gottafeedadrianmore

Both babies look exactly like their grandmother and nothing like their parents. Sorry girls! Haha.

Sofia: Eh, now we can all go for a baby-friendly holiday..
Me: Yeaa we can tinggal the kids in the pool
Sofia: Hmmm...

Every Year

Between preparing myself for Adrian's circumcision and Abang going for his boys weekend getaway, we managed to squeeze a quick birthday dinner for Daddy right before his real birthday.

We planned a few hours before the dinner itself. So no balloons, no themes, no unicorn cake. Hehe.

A few days before Azrin and I was chilling at Daddy's house and we were whispering behind him on what to get him for his birthday. Our problem every single year.

Azrin: Baju again?
Me: No. Enough la. Pleaaaseeeee.
Azrin: Then?
Me: Should we ask him?
Azrin: He might ask for a car! Or for us to move in. Haha
Me: I would rather give him the car. Kih kih kih

A few minutes later, while watching tv in his kain pelikat and munching on his keropok, he was yapping away that he is running out of books to read, asking Abang if he have any extra books, this and that.

*lightbulb*

"Chup! Chup!! I will get you books for your birthday! I will buy you new ones. Well, if you want my whole collection of fifty shades I can pass to you too!"

No, I didn't give him my Fifty Shades. Bahahaha.

Happy Birthday Abah! Enjoy the books!

Reality

After almost two months, Azrin and decided to take a couple of hours to ourselves and had it all planned out. I was so excited for our "date", we got Adrian ready, fed him smelling all nice and dropped him off at Daddy's. I mean, there are just too man nice movies on now hehe.

Here's our plan for the day:

10am: Nice breakfast

11am: A little shopping

1pm: Lunch

2pm: Watch Crazy Rich Asian

4ish: Watch Munafik 2

6ish: Have Coffee somewhere

7pm: Head back to Daddy's

Sounds like a perfect day, ey? *puts on sunnies*

Reality

10am: Still at Daddy's playing with Adrian

11am: Trying to calm Adrian down before heading out.

11.30am: To go breakfast and eat in the car.

12pm: Shopping  Buy diapers, nappy cream etc.

1.30pm: Azrin had to go to office for a little while 

2pm: Me looking at movie timing while waiting for Azrin

2.15pm: Lunch

3pm: I had to go for a quick meeting.

3.30pm: We head home as Azrin needed to finish some work stuff. It was either home or he had to go back to office. I pick home because I could take a nap while he finish work.

3.45pm: I took a nap. Azrin was doing work thingy.

6pm: Woke up. Saw Azrin sleeping on the couch hugging his laptop.

*We were both on leave, btw

"Crap, I fell asleep. We need to go pick up Adrian"
"No movie? Hahahahahaha"

There goes out "movie date"

It was a good nap though.

Her One Day

Its Her. Again.

So when she said she was going to "come back for a month" last month, she touched down in KL and flew off for her Eurotrip for three weeks.

That's her "back for a month". I got to see her for one day. One day! to get my freaking Pods.

Last week she came back again for a week (I'm guessing being a doctor in Melbourne is quite free ey? Haha!) and I prebooked her for a day. Well, for a couple of hours.

"Omg Dila, I can't believe you're a mother man..hahahahha. Its you! Hahahaha"

-______________-"

Now she is back in Melbourne again. Haih. I told her that once Adrian can fly, we might bring him to Melbourne first, so be prepared, lady!

#thatwillbeintwoyears

Leading Up To It

I've been suffering from Epilepsy for about six years now and up to now the real cause of it is still not a confirmed thing. Could be genetics, could be hormones, could be lifestyle, could be anything- according to about three different  neurologist I went to see. Back then my fits would be about once a month at least, and with the help of medications, it lessen to once every three months, n now less since my doctor kept increasing the dosage of my meds. Feels better with less fits, but let me tell you the side effect of the meds- urgh. From speech, forgetfulness and giddyness to name a few.

This feels weird because I don't usually write about things other than chirpy, happy things in here. If you are close to me, you know how I don't talk and tell anything at all and I just bottle things up inside until...boom! *explosion*. Haha!

...anywho, back to my story, after being marry for three years, of course the subject of children came across our minds but after consulting my doctor, the exlaination of...

1. It won't be safe for the baby with if you get fits during you pregnancy since we know how often you get it

2. The amount of medications you eat may be fed to the baby.

..does make sense. I mean the thought of feeding 10 pills to a baby does scare me. Yes I know it doesn't work that way but it does sound scary! We made an agreement to at least try to get me to be seizure-free for a whole year to reduce the dosage and we'll see from there. Last year, with some lifestyle changes, I was on the way until I almost hit the 7th month, I had a seizure and had to start my 1 year calculation again.

One day, Azrin and I were walking in a mall and we saw an Orphancare booth. We just looked at each other, approched by the lady at the booth, talked to her and decided to register ourselves. During the whole process, even Orphancare told us, we were one of the few of the "no rush" where we said from the beginning that we are in no hurry and if there is a rezeki for us, we accept with open arms. They said that the process will take about 2 to 3 years and they will usually prioritize couples who have been married for more than  years. In other words, we won't be their first choice.

Less (almost) than a year later, guys, say hello to Baby Adrian!

Hehe!

For this whole journey for Azrin and I, we told about five people in total I think (only because we had to!). Like I said, I keep things to myself (to a next level), but I am amazed at the support, help and gifts that I get once we made the announcement the day Adrian came home to us.

Endless! Sometimes I wonder what did I do to deserve this people around me. Thank you, everyone!

Alhamdulillah.

She Hits The Three

Sarah reached her *cough* threezero mark yesterday and she was touched that I remembered her birthday the night before. I was offended because, hello! I am not nyanyuk yet and since I have to wish her the same thing for the past 14 years, not something easy to lupa, right?

Me: Eh, since Rais is working tonight, come la I take you out for dinner.
Sarah: Cool. I drop the kids at Mommy's. After maghrib?
Me: See ya.

At around 7-ish, she texted me..
Sarah: Reservation under Sarah. My crew are slowing me down. Running a little late.
Me: Oh! kiddies coming along? Cool!

Reached the place..
"Reservation under Sarah please"
"Oh yes. 9 pax?"

*crickets*

How many kids did she pop within the last few months??

It was nice to celebrate with her whole fambam!

Me: Aunty Lina, why did you let Lala order? She can't control herself
Aunty Lina: Lala, Sha is getting sick just by looking at the food.
Me: You are banned from ordering. Banned.
Sarah: You know I need to order something from every page right.

I bought her cupcakes and we ate them before the food came so you can imagine the amount of leftovers.

*shakes head*

Anyhuu, Happy Birthday Lalat!! Thanks for leaving me alone in the twentysomething group now. Enjoy!! Like what your mommy said to us:

"Well, you guys are definitely older, I don't see the wiser side"

#foreveryoung

Wedding Back To Back

We don't really get wedding invitations during the fasting month so right after raya, I was not surprised there were just weddings everywhere! Sometimes you don't know if you are passing by a wedding or an open house because everyone is just dressing like cray, possing for photos under the hot sun..oh and the food!

Meriah!

Last week, Azrin and I attended a fellow ex-classmate's wedding. Glamorous wedding! Chryseis and I were classmates since primary school right up to the last day of school haha! So it was nice seeing other "class of 2005" around at the wedding. No pictures with them because everyone were scattered at different table so it was more into bumping into them and a quick hug. Except for a few of them at my table. Oh yes, and of course, Faliq was my senior of two years in school. So when I was in Form 3, he was in Form 5. So with his friends and Chryseis' friends, you can imagine the number of Cempakans there.

So beautiful! I mean, we thought everything was perfect until Shane Filan came and sang for us as we were about to start eating.

Obviously the ladies started giggling and smiling. I mean we were all hungry. All the boys were being gentlemen and waited for us girls to start eating first but we were busy singing along and taking picture of Shane. Haha! 

Congratulations Faliq and Chryseis!

So a few days ago, Azrin and I went down to JB because Azrin's brother got married! We drove down Saturday morning (like at 6am!) because the nikah was supposed to be at 10.

Drama here and there but we made it!

...and he is married!! Nice to see everyone there at the nikah, and for an early lunch later. It was a very laid back occasion, awesome location and of course Belle's family is quite amazing!

Later that night I was with my side of the family (aunties, cousins, nephews, nieces, brother, SIL, stepmom, daddy) for a tahlil in JB too so it was really like killing two birds with one stone.

To Ashraf and Belle, Congratulations!