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.: Friday, December 14, 2007 :.


:: The Number 2. ::




Now I know I keep repeating the same words over and over again each time the 14th comes, but I have to say it again.

TIME SURE DOES FLY BY.

There, I said it. Shoot me.


Can you believe it?

Today Hawra turns 22 months.

In exactly 2 months from now,

she's going to turn

2 .

As much as I am looking forward to the day, I am also dreading the fact that Hubs may not be able to join us on Hawra's big day. :(

Oh well. Too early to panic, innit?

aaaaanyway.

Alhamdulillah, Hawra is a healthy active toddler.
To date, she has only had flu about 3 times, and fever, erm, 3 times too?
Recently, she had a slight temperature because of teething.

She's quite a fussy eater, like she has always been.
Sometimes she would eat like there's no tomorrow, but sometimes she would simply clamp her mouth shut and refuse to eat anything we feed her.

Her vocab has also expanded, and I don't think I quite remember all the words she now knows. Some of the words that I do remember are: Mommy, Daddy, Mak (Hub's mum), Ma' To' (my mum), A-yah (Hub's Dad), Ka-kak (Kakak), Baby [points to herself :) ], Cat, Dog, Sheep-sheep (her fave soft toy-she adores it so much), lion, hoss (horse), fishie (fish), teddy, bunni (bunny), binky, blankie, shoe, socks, milk, yak (when she make poopoo), shee-shee, car, haa-gis (her huggies diapers), monkey, a-syik (nasi), eat, no, yes, o-kay, uh-oh...

there's quite a number more, but tak ingat ah!

Additional body parts she knows : Head, feet, bum
Me: baby, show me your bum. Hawra : (pats own diapered bum)

Current faves : Hi-5, Sesame Street (thank GOD for youtube) and *gasp* BARNEY!

Loves mirrors, helping me with the laundry (this always makes my heart melt!), playing dress up with me (yes, me. You should see her purse her lips when she sees me applying lipcolor. lol!), pose for the camera, (try to) sing along her fave tunes, and of course, dancing!

Speaking of fave tunes, in addition to the nursery rhymes cd she will ask me to play for her everyday without fail (more than 10x weh!), she has one current favorite song.
One day, we were tuning in to Fly.fm, and Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry was on air, and she sang along! Well, not the whole song, of course. Just the "Don't Cry" part.
But it sounded more like "Don Kwaaai...don kwaaaiii" Hahahaha!! :)

Am I overdoing it? Too much information eh? :)
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Ok, ok..moving on to the pictures :)


With her sheep-sheep.

Posing for the camera.




At Equatorial Bangi.




With Daddy on the merry-go-round.

And finally, the pictures taken on The Eye On Malaysia. Yes, finally I got myself a new charger.


With Kakak Ad, waiting for our turn.


We're almost there!


Me? Hyperventilate? where got?!


Admiring the view from the top.

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Happy 22nd months, darling.
You are exactly who you are.
My love.
My angel.
My baby.

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love as always by zaLin @ 3:11 PM

.: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 :.


:: Beautiful 21 ::





Another month gone, just in a blink of an eye.
You, my darling Hawra, are just 3 months short of hitting the big 2.

Where has the time gone to?
Sigh.

Your baby fats are all gone.
No more chubby cheeks.
No more thunder thighs.
Sigh.

You're no longer a baby :(.

But you will always be my baby.

Happy 21 months, angel.
Please continue whatever it is you do everyday.
Your smile, your laughter, your antics, your silliness, your tantrums..
Just bring it on, I don't mind.
Because you are never too much for me to handle.

Love,
Mummy.

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love as always by zaLin @ 4:49 PM

.: Saturday, November 10, 2007 :.


:: My Guy ::





Happy Birthday, my beloved Abang.
May Allah bless you with great health, great career, murah rezeki, and most importantly, may we lead our lives together till we both grow old and wrinkled ok!
Make a wish..I may just make it come true ;)



I love you.
You know that, don't you?
Of course you do.
It's so obvious that I'm truly, madly, deeply in love with you.
Always have.
Still do.
And always will.


*go ahead people, puke all you want for all I care.. :p*

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love as always by zaLin @ 4:22 AM

.: Thursday, October 25, 2007 :.


:: Aku Melayu. ::





First things first, Happy 20th Month to my darling Hawra.
Wouldn't want to bore you all with her milestones this time, cos trust me, this is gonna be one helluva long entry with tons of pichas. *i see some of u yawning already* :p

I will write today's entry in Bahasa Melayu pasar.
To those Malays who claim they don't know Bahasa Melayu, screw them :p


Setelah sekian lama, akhirnya dapat jugak update blog yang dah lama bersawang ni.
Tugas sebagai surirumah, memang betul2 menguji kesabaran.
Semalam, tiba2 je badan Hawra panas. Demamnya membawak sampai ke pagi tadi.
Tidur pun merengeeeeek aje. Kesian betul.
Nasib baiklah pagi tadi, demamnya dah kebah. (ha ha ha pandai2la korang yang tak faham perkataan2 yang aku guna ni cari dalam kamus yer! kwakwakwa)
Anak Demam = anak merengek = anak tak lena tido malam.
Jadi, anak demam = ibu bapa yang tak cukup tido.

Oklah, tanpa membuang masa, kupersembahkan gambar-gambar yang sempat ku'tangkap' (lol).

Sampai je Singapore, malam tu tanpa membuang masa, kitorang ke Geylang dengan Kak Tika & Abg Olan. Crowded, tapi best!! Teringat masa zaman kecik2 dulu, Abah & Mak suka bawak pergi Geylang. Memang seronok sangat. Nak beli tu, dapat..nak beli ni, dapat...maklumlah, jalan dengan boss & mem! Hehe :D
Ini yang membuatkan aku terfikir sendiri. Mungkin generasi sekarang ni lebih suka habiskan masa merayap dengan kawan2 sebab mak bapak sendiri jenis yang amalkan sikap 'don't-like-crowds-so-better-avoid' sejak diorang kecik lagi.
Yelah, dah mak bapak tak suka tempat yang sesak camtu, kan..sape lagi nak temankan kalau bukan kawan2. Dan bila masing2 dah jadi mak bapak budak, kita pulak 'turunkan' sikap macam tu dekat keturunan kita. So, siapa yang harus dipersalahkan?
Sendiri mau ingat la..

Ok, so I digress kejap..


Hawra & Zali, tengah enjoy di bawah sinaran lampu lap-lip kat Geylang.
Tak dinafikan, kitorang takjub dengan Hawra yang nampak cool je tengah2 Geylang yang panas malam tu.

Dalam tempoh seminggu tu, dapat la aku buat 5 jenis kuih dengan kakanda2ku.
Seronok sangat, sebab dah lama tak buat kuih sama2 macam tu.
Gambar kuih...err, takde. Tak ingat pulak nak amek gambar. Boleh gitu? :p


Di pagi Hari Raya.


Bersama keluarga di Singapura.

Malam hari raya, hati aku diusik rasa sayu.
Teringat bagaimana almarhum Abah bertakbir di malam raya, atas sejadah hijau favoritenya. Dah 3+ tahun Abah pergi meninggalkan kami.
Dalam hati aku terdetik, kalaulah Abah masih ada, dah tentu atas ribanya penuh dengan cucu yang berebut nak duduk atas riba, termasuklah Hawra.
Aku rasa terkilan + sedih sikit, sebab Hawra tak berkesempatan untuk jumpa Abah, tak macam cucu2 Abah yang sebelumnya. Sempat merasa bermanja dengan Abah.
Hawra cucu pertama dalam keluarga yang lahir selepas Abah meninggal dunia.

Abah, kami rindu padamu.
Semoga Allah tempatkan Abah di kalangan hambaNya yang soleh, amin!
*alfatihah*

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Hari raya pertama, sehari suntuk ikut Kak Tika beraya. Aku & Zali tak kira la diajak beraya ke mana pun, yang penting Hawra dapat duit collection..he he he :)
Bolehlah..balik modal. Lepas duit tol & duit minyak keter! kwakwakwa..joking!
Mana boleh pau duit anak weh! Tak baik woo...

Malam tu jugak Zali bawak balik JB, sebab pagi raya kedua tu, nak convoy dengan ipar2ku. Kluang, Melaka, Muar..semuanya jauh2. Sampai Mutiara Rini pukul 4 pagi.
Tak pernah dibuat dek orang.

Rindu nak tengok Hawra?
Nah!


Hawra ni memang pantang tengok kucing. Habis dia nak ramas. Nak cium.


Look into my eyes...When I count to 10..you will no longer be a kitty..You..will...be...a..monkey!


Bapak, rempit. Anak? drift kot...ahaks!


Hawra & Ad.


Ad, Hawra, Me & Afreen.


Afreen with her bro - Wafi, and kuzzin Hilmi.


With Nur Aina Khalisha, Zali's kuzzin, Faizal's newborn baby girl.
Born a day before raya.
Nasib baik tak taruk nama, Siti Aidilfitri or something..hahaha


Beraya rumah Wan Rodiah, sampai atas katil!


So, where are we heading next? I text them first ok, Daddy? So they can get my duit collection ready.




Oklah, cukup2lah untuk ari ni.
Seronok jugak eh tulis entry dalam Bahasa Melayu.
Lain kali bolehla buat lagi.
Bukan apa...kita ni orang Melayu. Dah dalam IC tu, nama Melayu, bangsa keturunan pun Melayu, janganlah dok claim tak tahu sepatah haram Bahasa Melayu.
Bangga sangat boleh berbahasa Inggeris, sampaikan ngaku konon tak reti cakap Melayu.
Piirah! Sambal belacan ko reti makan pulak eh?
Meluat tau tak?! puik..

Memang betullah..Melayu mudah lupa! tsk.

Selamat Hari Raya untuk semua pembaca!


with a miau-miau face like this, how much duit raya can I get? rm5? rm10? oo..rm50? hihihihih *cheeky laugh*

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love as always by zaLin @ 9:53 PM

.: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 :.


:: She's 19! ::





I am to be blamed for missing out on Hawra's 19 month update.
As much as I wanted to blog on that date, there were other more pressing matters which required my attention.
That, and the fact that a few days after 14th september, I actually totally forgot that I haven't done her 19 month update! *slaps forehead*
What is wrong with me?!
She's not even 2 yet and I already forget to do her monthly updates?! *slaps forehead summore!*

The days have been passing by freakingly fast. I haven't had enough of Ramadhan and already Syawal is approaching us at a very alarming speed!
I have just done some bling-bling sewing on me & Hawra's baju kurung. Yippee!!
And tonight I am going to start on another bling-bling project.

Ok, so I digress..
Can't help it mah..raya mood already sinking in! kwakwakwa.

Where was I? Oh, Hawra's updates. Riiight.

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Nothing much really. She's as chatty as ever, loves books, adores her soft toys (which, according to her are all 'gehlllls' like her - including Mr. Garfield. Yep, Garfield has gone girly..lol).

She now enjoys adults food as much as we do. Her appetite is better now, alhamduliLlah. No more trying to force feed her. Whenever she sees food, be it on the table, or on the tv screen, she will say, "Nak..Nak..", or "Nyum nyum nyum!!"
She likes to brush her teeth, and has 3 toothbrushes to date.
It was hard to get her to actually like brushing her teeth at first.
It used to be, "Hawra, you want to brush your teeth?", which her answer would be a definite NO NO NO NO NO!!! (siap wags finger tau!!).
So, we changed our tactics. We bought another 2 brushes, and whenever she had her bath, the question would be, "Okay, which toothbrush do you wanna use today?"
Haha!

She loves to sing along the ABC song, Incy wincy spider, and a number of other nursery rhymes.
And she also likes Rihanna's Umbrella song, especially the ella-ella-eh-eh-eh part.
But hers sound more like, ek-ek-ek. Hehe.
Oh, that and Gwen Stefani's sweet Escape, the "Woohoo Woohoo" part. Kekeke!
Another song is the Rasa sayang song. She will clap her hands and sway her body while trying to sing along..hihihhih.

She still loves mirrors, and loves getting dolled up. But that doesn't mean that she's gone all girly, you know! She still enjoys playing ball. *ada harapan jadi soccer chick la..hehe!*

Certain parts of body she recognizes when asked : Eyes, nose, ears, teeth,hands, belly button, head, legs.

Favorite word of the month : "Uh-oh" when something goes wrong. I.e, she spills something, boinked her head, tripped, did something wrong.

Current fave book : I wanted to be, written by Shirley Jackson, from Ladybird books.
- mummy : I wanted to an astronaut..but Mum said..
-Hawra : NOOO! no-no-no-no-no *wags finger*.


Numbers : 1 - 10. (but she will NEVER count in front of strangers. apa laaa!)

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Another couple of days and we'll be leaving for SG to spend the remaining Ramadhan & celebrate raya. Yippeee!! I can't wait!
Hawra, get your raya-bag ready baby! We're gonna do some serious collection! Hehe :p

Oklah, can't blog much today. I have some BAHARAT to blend, to bring back to SG.

p/s : wan, besok yer k lin do ur tag? muahs!!

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love as always by zaLin @ 1:47 PM

.: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 :.


:: The Kid. ::






This is a tad too late for an update, but I don't care.
I have some pictures of Hawra I wanted to share.

Our latest trip to Singapore was so much fun.
Hawra wasn't as clingy as she used to be, alhamdulillah.
She mingled around really well with her cousins.
And she would follow just anybody who sets their foot outside the house.
So, all they had to do was stand outside the gate and reach out to her, and she would immediately want to follow. Hahaha!

The tahlil was led by zali. And it went well, alhamdulillah.
It was held for my almarhum Abah, Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed (al-faatihah).
Semoga Allah tempatkan ayahanda bersama hamba-hambaNya yang soleh, amin! *sobs*

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Anyway..

These were some of the pictures snapped after the tahlil.
Some of it are blurry, because yours truly left the cammie with her niece and trusted the niece to snap proper pics :p hehe


This is my family.
Yes, my family is BIG.


Zali and Hawra, with my big brother Joffri, who migrated to Dubai last year, only to come back home to Singapore last month.


Me with my beloved sister, Mustikawati.


Mak Budaks monkeying around. The girl donning the black tudung is my niece, Red.


The lovely and sweet Nisreen, my Kak Aton's youngest child.
Very helpful, this girl :)


Hawra & buku, ibarat irama dan lagu..tak dapat dipisahkan! hehe


US.

The day after the tahlil, we went to visit my almarhum Abah at CCK cemetery.
As usual, pose before leaving house.



I can't believe the mob at the cemetery. Maybe it's because it was a Sunday.
Or maybe it was due to the fact Ramadhan was just around the corner at that time so the families decided to spring clean the resting place of their departed loved ones.

We spent a good one hour at the cemetery, went to my almarhumah auntie's grave, and a few other relatives' too.

I had intended to let Hawra try goat milk for quite some time now, but couldn't find any restaurants selling them. The powdered version is too damn costly, and we weren't sure how Hawra would react to drinking it anyway, so we didn't bother buying.
So, it was fortunate that Hay Dairies Goat Farm was nearby, so we headed there to buy some fresh goat milk.

Goats' Milk is quite costly, I tell you. A 250ml costs SGD2, and a 1l costs SGD7.
But oklah, considering the goats at the dairy farm feed on alf-alf-a. lol.
Hawra didn't seem to fancy it much, but she just gulped it down without any complaints, anyway.

All right, enough yapping.
These are a couple of pictures of Hawra smooching with 'bek-bek' clan.


Come, come. I give you a kiss and turn you into a prince!


uuUUuummMMmMmuuUuaaAaaHHhhHHsss!!!
I love you kambeng.
kwakwakwa.

She kept cooing the goats "meeeww..meewww" despite us trying to correct her, saying, "no..not meww..beeekk". She even managed a scornful look, as if trying to say, "when I say it's a MEW, then it's a MEW lah!". lol!

She even refused to leave the barn, you know.
The mommy cannot tahan and left her and the Daddy to snap pictures.


Me & Red. She's 14, and she's already that tall. sheesh.


Bondaku berposing dengan susu kambingnya. lol!


Almost 20 minutes later, Zali and Hawra came out smelling like kambings themselves, especially the kid (read : Hawra).

Blueeek.

Oh well. She's my Kid, after all. harharhar!

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love as always by zaLin @ 2:37 PM

.: Sunday, September 16, 2007 :.


:: 7. And still going strong. ::


Seems like yesterday...


We turned 7 today.
7 years.
7 great years together.
Even as time flies us by, I am glad that we are still holding strong.

We've been together through thick & thin.
We've been to hell and back.
We've went through the lowest point of our lives together,
and now we're slowly making our way to the top..together.

This one is for you.
My other half.
My significant other.
My lover.
My best friend.

Thank you, Abang, for always being there for me.
For sharing all the laughter.
For sharing my tears.
For being there beside me every night I close my eyes to sleep.



And for that, I love you.
Yes, You.
Only you.

Happy 7th anniversary, Sayang.
Today I cook maqlubah for you ok? hehe


*ya ya, I know I owe you all a post on our latest adventure in SG, but guess that'll have to wait until, erm, tomorrow, perhaps? ;)
I want to be jiwang-karat-nak-mampus today can?! :p


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love as always by zaLin @ 1:09 PM

.: Friday, September 07, 2007 :.


:: Singapura oh Singapura ::




Singapuuuuuraaaa..
Oh Singapuuuraaaa..
Sunny island
Set in the sea..

Singapuuuuuraaaa..
Oh Singapuuuraaaa..
Pretty flowers bloom for you and meee...

*bla bla bla bla* (tak hafal lyrics)

We are leaving later this evening to Mumy's hometown, Singapore.
A kenduri will be held tomorrow at Wak Aton's place, and the whole family will be there.
YipppppeeEEeEeee!!!

But before we take a few days off blogsphere, just wanted to share with y'all some pics taken on merdeka week.


Eye on Malaysia @ Lake Titiwangsa.


Chakkkkk!!!!


With Dady on merdeka eve @ PICC Putrajaya.


Loved the fireworks that night.
I LOVE JAPAN(ese cute boys).Heehee *giggles mentel-ly*

Well that's it for today, I guess.
Need to help Mumy to do some packing.
That old lady really hates to pack.
I don't know how'd she pack our stuff without MY help. *sigh*

We'll be back on Monday, insyaAllah.
Wish us a safe journey, ok.
Muah. *blows flying kisses*

With much love,
Hawra.

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