Thursday, January 30, 2014

Idaman Kalbu - Thank You Abang! :D

Yang ditunggu dah tiba!! Lambat sampai sebab guna GDex courier. Bermasalah sungguh GDex ni. Imagine dari Bangi nak ke Putrajaya ambik masa 5 hari! Nasib baik dah sampai semalam.

Saya beli dengan Ajasu My Breastpump Shop. Fara la yang mula-mula kenalkan Aja ni - that was 2 years ago. I bought my Medela Harmony with Aja, I decided to order the Freestyle (FS) from her too. Recommended. After sales service adalah sangat tip to! After the warranty ended, boleh service dengan Aja, with some payment, provided that you bought the pump from her shop. The best part is, she will substitute your pump with the same pump that you have while having yours fixed or serviced.

The first pump I bought was Spectra 3, from a friend who owns an online shop. After a while, it felt that the suction did not suit me well. So I decided to get a manual pump instead - hence the Harmony pump. Manual-manual pun gigihhhh pump siang malam untuk penuhkan deep freezer hehe... So this FS is my third pump la :D

Aja's selling price is RM1699 + RM35 for postal = RM1734. Boleh ansuran, boleh kutu and boleh pay RM1734 tu sedebuk (mesti menabung dah lama hehe).

Saya pilih Package 2 = dapat 20 Bumble Bee bottles! So tak payah risau-risau lagi nak beli storage bottle for Baby A nanti :D

Tadaaa~  Bungkusan keramat ituuuu :D
Semangat buat pouch untuk motor FS tu heheheheh~
Terasa begitu poyo sekali :P
Please ignore the stitches - gedik nak cepat siap sudahnya huduh gila.
Berminat nak beli? So visit her blog. For the mean time, Aja's away, performing her umrah so keep notified with her updates ok? :D

*semangat nak beli milk liners pulak*

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The Chicken Pox Outbreak

Took 2-day leave on Monday and yesterday. Amna has chicken pox. Body covered in blisters and pity her, merengek these few days. Petang semalam macam sihat sikit, terus ceria makan ais krim kelapa heheheh...

It started on Friday. Balik tu tengok ehhh Amna ada kudis kat kepala! I suspected she had an allergy so I told my husband. That Saturday monring, bila nak mandikan Amna --- blisters started popping on her back and from there I know she has chicken pox. Well hello, my siblings and I got chicken pox masa sekolah rendah. It was horrifying, expecially adik number 4 tu jenis auta lebih sikit. Melolong-lolong mandikan dengan air ubat singseh. Tu belum part sapu calamine lotion lagi. Macam kena pukul. Capuk-capuk semua muka dengan calamine and scabs. Except for me, I got only small blisters sikit-sikit and in my mouth.

On Monday, husband told me that the nanny from Amna's nursery reported only 9 kids showed up, out of 30!. Eben one of the nannies were sent home - chicken pox jugak. It is an outbreak la kan? I hope parents out there please be extra careful and thoughtful about sending your sick kids to school or nurseries. Kesian tau kat anak-anak kecik. Amna is almost 2 years old, so she can tell at least in a word or two if it's itchy or painful but babies??? I suspect someone within the nursery has siblings or family members who got infected  around two weeks ago by chicken pox and thus spreading the virus at the nursery. Yes, incubation period is 2 weeks. Pandai-pandailah korang Google pasal chicken pox ni. The most critical part is actually masa blisters tengah naik -  memang tersangatlah contagious. My advice, always wash your hands and change your clothes or at least mandi before pegang anak. Dah musim chicken pox ni.

And today, I feel like tak berapa larat nak pergi kerja. Ya Allah jauhkanlah dari kesakitan. Paranoid jugak sebab takut kena chicken pox pulak huhuhuhu~ bergilir-gilir cuti dengan husband jaga Amna. As for these few days, asyik upload gambar Amna je. Mesti orang muak tengok kan. Hahahahahahaaa~

Semalam Rezal tried bringing Amna for a ride, Amna refused sambil sebut "Ibuuuuuu~!!! Ibuuuu~!!!" nangis sekuat hati. Ayahnya sentap habis sebab selama ni memang Amna suka sangat keluar dengan ayah. Kwang kwang kwanggg~ These days ni memang Amna manja. Tidur nak peluk lengan okeh. Bangun pagi kalau ibu takde mesti nangis. Awwwww... Ni rasa nak balik cepat nih.

Today nak gagahkan diri jugak untuk ke Alamanda, beli fruits, mengidam okehhhh... Plus nak buatkan fruit jellies untuk Amna. Limau mandarin banyak ni. Boleh beli banyak-banyak yeayyyyy!!!
Monday: Applied Moogoo and she stopped crying. Blisters keep popping everywhere.
Tuesday: Dah sihat sikit. Blisters turned purple, hopefully scabs soon. Now it's 'menggaru' period.
Ok, that's all. :)

Thursday, January 16, 2014

A Musalla

Took me more than a month to get it done - assignment, workload, Amna.

I need a vacation! (again).

(c) Wan Nihayah Wan Hussin
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Baby A?

It's a boy! Alhamdulillah... Actually the gender was known during the 27th week but I decided to keep mum until the 3D scan. :P

Same features like Kakak Amna.
Chubby face, button nose and those pouty lips! :P

Monday, January 6, 2014

Serabut Perut

I had a nerve breakdown yesterday. I cried. Sakit hati. Bengang. Sedih. Jiwa kacau. Semua ada.

Imagine selama ni kita ingat assignment dah hantar rupanya tak hantar pun??? Mula-mula janji nak hantar Monday lepas exam. Lepastu janji nak hantar lepas Christmas. Check punya check, TAK HANTAR PUN. Lepastu apa pun takde perubahan mahupun pertambahan. Kita ni siap buat assignment masa bercuti pegi China haritu sebab nak make sure everything siap on time. Rupanya NAY.

Imagine, kalau saya ni pregnant, bekerja, kena jaga anak and at the same time sambung study (sampai terabai hal-hal rumahtangga huhu) boleh siapkan assignment, jawab forum online etc. TAPI yang dia tu single takde tanggungan, yuran pengajian pun orang bayarkan, dah consIder nak quit study. Tak rasa macam nak mengamuk ke kita ni? Kot ye adalah masalah dalaman pun bawakla berbincang ke, maklum awal-awal ke tak boleh siapkan assignment ni last minute (after passed due date - 2 weeks after) baru nak bagitau GROUP ASSIGNMENT TAK SIAP AND NAK QUIT STUDIES?

Amna sampai siap pujuk Ibu sebab tengok Ibu menangis teruk sangat. Tak boleh nak explain masa baca SMS. Hari ni terima soft copy assignment - satu hapa pun tak berubah. Macam mana buat 3 minggu lepas, progress dia takde. Lepastu ada hati suruh hantar part yang saya dah buat je. Berani pulak suruh kita ni hantar benda separuh siap. Kita ni punya lah tak nak ganggu dia dengan harapan dia boleh focus siapkan assignment. Ternyata sia-sia je bersangka baik. Call dah 2 minggu tak angkat. SMS boleh reply. Orang kalau dah bersalah macam tu la. Nak je tanya KAU NI DAH KENAPA???

Umur tak melambangkan kematangan seseorang dalam menjalani hidup (saya pun macam tu) tapi please lah consider orang lain yang bersusah payah sambung study pakai duit sendiri ni. Bukan suruh dia bayarkan pun. Suruh dia study elok-elok je. Sedih tau tak. 

*pulun siapkan assignment sorang-sorang*

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Whatttttt...?

Nursery yang Amna pergi sekarang ni kerap jugak bertukar nannies. Kadang-kadang bertanya jugak nanny dulu pegi mana, nanny yang baru-baru ni cakap owhhh yang tu balik kampung. So kita pun senyum jelah. Nak tanya banyak kang kata menyibuk sebab jawapan tu macam memang tak nak suruh tanya lebih-lebih.

Nak jadi cerita, hari ni sibuk carik alamat taska Amna tu sebab nak buat surat sikit kat owner regarding nak hantar Baby A kat situ. Tiba-tiba ternampak tajuk "Taska Puaka". Bila click kat situ, terjawablah sudahhhhhh kenapa Ain dah tak kerja kat situ lagi. Huhuhuhhuhu seriauuuu... Dahla baru dikejutkan yang anak staff meninggal kat taska. Umur baru 4 bulan. Walawehhhhhh kenapakahhhhhhhh...

Seram dibuatnya. Yelah, anak kita kalau jadi apa-apa kan memang siang malam tak senang duduk. Anak demam pun dah susah hati, ini pulak anak diapa-apakan kat nursery. But Amna seems ok je kalau pergi kat situ, takdelah nangis ke apa ke. Tau-tau menonong je kejar Cikgu Siti dia tu. Sampai nannies kat situ cakap Amna tu anak angkat Cikgu Siti. 

Hopefully ok lah kan sebab nak carik nursery yang bagus sekarang ni memang susah, tambahan pulak fees untuk nursery kemain mahal Jemah oiiii... Imagine pendaftaran certain nurseries je dah RM1700 and monthly fee would be around RM600. Kalau anak dua dah RM1200. Botak kepala nak bayar nursery fees je kat situ. Tu belum masuk makan pakai anak lagi, education fund lagi. 

Rasa nak consider daily maid yang RM900 tu je huhuhuhuhu... Ya Allah lindungilah anak-anakku...

So?

Semalam husband suruh survey harga ticket nak balik for early ramadhan and second day of Eid (tahun ni raya KL hahahahahaaa). Dia cakap:

"Sayang, tolong tengok harga tiket balik awal Ramadhan and raya untuk 3 orang ye."

And I replied:

"Abang, tolong ingat sikit baby lahir bila. By July we would be having 2 kids already," sambil geleng kepala.

"Ehhhhh... a'ah ye... Lupa pulak Abang. Anak dah dua in March. So Amna takleh harga infant dahla kan. Harga toddler pulak." sambil garuk-garuk kepala tak gatal.

Ha. Yelah. 2014 ni, hypothetically will be challenging. Everything is getting more expensive by the day! Imagine:

Tol NAIK.
Electricity tariff NAIK
GST NAIK DIKENAKAN - Thanks Kak Mala for the correction
Household expenses NAIK
Taska fees NAIK
Harga rumah makin NAIK - malahan melambung

So in order to make sure that my savings are sufficient, I will deduct from my account minimum of RM500 to my other saving (pakai buku hehe) so that I won't be able to withdraw the money. Bahaya ada ATM card ni kan. Lagi-lagi kalau ada online banking ni. Berdesup je duit keluar hehehe... 

And I'm thinking of doing side income too. Bolehlah tambah pendapatan, ye tak? Dududududuuu~

So what's your plan for 2014?

p/s: Will be doing a large purchase today. May Allah ease everything.