life as mommy of 2..

i'm supposed to sleep but instead i'm blogging myself away..if i'm sleepy or tired tomorrow,i've no one to blame but myself(luckily its a sunday,yea!).nway,back to the title above,i'm loving every minute of it!!only thing that can make me feel miserable is my work :( seriously,the workload is getting heavier..i'm trying very hard to maintain my 'positive attitude' but i feel it is deteriorating..don't get me wrong,despite the heavy workload,i do like what i do,only thing is that sometimes i feel its taking a toll on me in terms of time..i tried my best to settle the work given but there's always not enuff time.and of course, now that i've got 2 kids to look after, i can't be going back late/stay back for long..susah la eh,tak keje i need to help the family,keje plak, sometimes i feel guilty when i have to work on weekends and leave my babies behind with the maid,help!!!whatever it is though,alhamdulillah i'm glad that i'm still able to fully breastfeed ariff and that my milk production is stable,had to remind myself all the time that i need to keep my stress at bay because of this..takpela,if my niat is good i.e brfdg ariff and ikhlas in doing my work,insyaAllah everything will be smooth,aminn...

busy,busy,busy!!

boleh tak agaknye if office work kite buat slamber je tak buat??!!but being a schematic girl all this while,i can't afford to do that,altho now i tried not to be to hard on myself..btw,i'll be sitting for my CCP paper 1 this Saturday in JB..i really hope i'll pass the 1st time around,at least dun have to repeat again..

nway,2day's the 2nd of apr, my cousin, k.long nor just delivered a baby gal last 2 days (31st march09)..congratulations to k.long & a.man, & of course 'lil k.arina' as she now has a sister to play with..

i'm actually on leave, to be exact on exam leave for 3 days since yesterday..but just found out that i've to attend this 'face-to-face discussion' with our KL mgt..dahla kat Batu Pahat,malas betul!!takpela,pg jelah,nak buat camne:-( looks like i've to bring some questions to do over there, study la kan..

btw,i'm already in the 3rd trimester,yea!!in about 3 months time, we'll be seeing our son for the 1st time, insyaallah..i hope everything will be ok..the dr we went to in Kluang slalu inform byk kali that we'll be having a bb boy.truth is, i dun really mind what is the sex of the bb, as long as it's healthy, that's most important priority. but klu betul this time dpt boy, then i'll have a pair already, boleh 'pause' kejap kot..still contemplating on how many children do we want??!!berserah kot, ade rezki alhamdulillah..

in about less than a month, my brother amil is getting married to his primary school sweetheart,hahah!!cute!!so this year insyaallah they will be 2 additions in the Yasin Family..how nice;-) but me being in kluang, i cudn't really help mama with the preparation, sian mama,i hope she can manage, i know she can,tp penat la kan..

ok,study,study,study..i'm going to pass this exam..I KNOW IT!!

cuti di hari khamis...

salam..juz ate my brunch after going for check/up kat Pusat Kesihatan Kluang..i am forced to go there since i'm staying in a 'small town'..if in kl,sure tak gi punye lar..takpelar,sbnrnye its not that bad,the only thing is lambat coz ramai yg pegi sane..btw,for the next 2 days,i'll be on leave,best!!insyaallah later we r going back to kl to my mom's place..tomorrow got another check/up to go,this time at D'sara Specialist..fyi,this time nak jumpe lady dr pulak..but i heard in DSH there's only 2 lady gynae so i'll probably be going to 1 chinese dr recommended by my former primary classmate..the appointment is fixed 2mrw but i'll be going w/out my hubby coz he's working..takpelar,myb ajak afiq teman,haha!!

nway,heard a good news from a friend that she's already pregnant..fyi,her son is also the same age as dina,so mmg die pun nk try for 2nd one..to zmah,congratulations!!hrp2 dpt girl plak:-)

ok,later,have to do some work i promised my boss to do..

updates..

another sunday in Kluang..the scene,i'm blogging, my hubby n lil' dina watching Transporter 3(as if dina paham sgt??!!)but then again she doesn't mind watching any movies with us,though maybe not the scary ones..nway,as usual my mind says i'm supposed to study for my incoming exams in April but i keep delaying them (btw,i did study a bit this morning,cover la konon!!)ok,lepas ni study..

today i was quite excited to wake up coz we decided yesterday to go for check-up with Dr.Lukhmal. since i know that i'm already in my 4th+ months, i was hoping that maybe we cud find out the baby's sex..though i'm not going to reveal it here, lets just say it was what i expected..but then again, even with the advanced technology, we cudn't be too sure until the bb really appears..whatever it is, my main concern is on the health of the baby.i dunno whether it is the 'pembawakan' of bb or the fact that i'm carrying my 2nd one, but this time around i can't seem to eat/drink much of the so-called healthy food this time around..cume try 2 make sure i eat the pills given by the dr. that's why everytime we go to the dr, i hope that we can scan so that we can see the progress of the bb. alhamdulillah, so far everything is 'A' ok:-)

as with my firstborn,she's quite excited too about the baby..kadang2 a bit clingy tp not too bad,still boleh reason out things with her. she's been asking us to send her to school,but we think it's too early, takut nti she'll get bored.we'll just wait until she's 4 kot.about sending her to a chinese school, memang rase nak hantar tp on the other hand, if u can find a good normal school pun not a bad idea. but i wonder if i will still be in Kluang when she reaches Standard 1 nanti (lagi 4 years je,hmm...)if we r, we probably will send her to one, but if we r in KL, there's a possiblity of sending her to normal co-ed school. decisions,decisions??!!1st step, just send her to a chinese based kindergarten, then we take it from there..if she can cope with the language, boleh la hantar jer to chinese school..

ok, later,gotta study,chewah!!

a new life..

it has been confirmed..i've got a new life inside of me:-) i'm excited,ecstatic,worried,happy,anxious...all roll into one...ok,when i didn't get my period when its due, i didn't really think twice as few months back,my period was late for like 10 days..but when i did the pregnancy test,'twas negative,owh boy..so i thot it was the same thing this time,tho a tiny part of me secretly wish it's goona be different..konon tak nak check,tp curiousity had me went to watson to get that PT..n what luck,alhamdulillah now i'm preggy wif my 2nd baby,yeah!!thanks to the EPO advice given by k.long nor,It worked!!

dina's gonna have a sibling,insyaallah..

all the best to me in battling the preggy symptoms...

now 6 weeks pregnant

due tentatively on 11th July 2009

p/s: oh ya,btw,we went to see Madagascar 2 today as promised to Dina..

 

work,work,work...

Let's face it,it is a never ending story..even if u r self employed, it doesn't mean u can just 'goyang kaki',rite..than ur biz won't grow..of coz,if we dun work, we dun earn..as much as u wish, money doesn't grow on trees.
for example now, i feel that since i've changed job, it is more satisfactory than before, but i dun want it to take over my life n i won't let it happen.my priority is my family,reason i'm working is b'coz of my family..
now,raye is due in about 3 days and i'm hooked with work commitment..i have to settle my work before raye or i won't get to go on leave..how awful!!in order to get it done with, kene la work this weekend..org dah blk raye la bos,kitorg still kene keje,not fair!!!
dun want to dwell on this topic..what i know, i'll go on leave starting from this tuesday & nobody's gonna stop me!!
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Maaf Zahir & Batin

Ramadhan again..part II

if it's up to me,i dun feel like buying any kueh raye..sapela sgt nak dtg rumah kluang nih..cheh,mcm sedey,but i'm okay..this is not my house anyway,i'm just renting here..somehow or rather,eventho i've been in kluang for about 3-4 years,i dun regard this as my hometown..i'm very much a foreigner here n i certainly dun intend to make kluang my home..let's face it,my families & friends are not here!!!i bet one day when i'm leaving this place, i probably won't even miss it,huh!!(okay,dun be so arrogant here,adila!!)..i know 1 thing that i'll miss,no jam!!
i dun mean to sound so harsh by writing the statement,but sometimes i really miss hanging out wif frens(esp. my girlfrens,huhu..), drinking teh tarik..
nways,i managed to get some things done this week,like:-
1.send my comforter to the laundry
2.send my bj kurg to be sewn wif beads(it costs me bl^^dy RM80,tular tak reti nak bt sendri)
3.buy some groceries
4.and oh yea,bought 2 pairs of shoes for myself...yea!!for raye n can be converted to office shoes..mesti mau jimat skarg!

what to do before raye:-
a.pick up abg's bj
b.pick up my bj(ready by 27th)
c.find dina's raya dresses + shoes
d.tukar duit raye

p/s:-boleh tak tak nak ajak org dtg rumah this raye except family jer,malas lar..

Ramadhan again...

it's puase time again:-) how time flies..before u know it,dah raye..and come this 27th,it will be a year i'm in Maybank.this coming raye is dina's 3rd celebration..but this year would probably be a simple one..lets just say our spending budget is running low this time..tp bj kurung 4 psg jugak,hihihih...n i managed to tailor-made a kurung & a kebaya for dina..all she needs is probably another kurung(we r spending this raye in KL wif hubby's family n the theme color is purple) coz she doesn't have purple kurung yet..maybe find a pair of shoe n some nice dressess...

Cinema..here we come...

Today marks one of the 'first' for dina..today is the day she experienced her first movie watched in a cinema...
at first we thought that MBO(yes,i know..most of us are only familiar wif TGV & GSC) but hey,at least there's a wayang in kluang,owkay..anyway..we thot we cud still catch kungfu panda on screen but alas, it wasn't going to be dina's first movie in a cinema..it was 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' starring Brandon Fraser and idunnowhoelse..
yes,we know,of all movies, we chose the so-called 'action packed' and full of 'adventure' type of movie..hello,can't expect us to choose 'Hellboy II' or 'Hancock' for a 2 years old...
so, she sat on her daddy's lap the whole time.to make her feel comfortable, we made her 'milk-susu' that she drank during the movie.we didn't count on watching the movie till the end coz we thot she may feel bored and want to get out..but she was ok..well,she did sleep about 1/2 an hour/45 min tp kire oraitla:-)
the 1st time she heard the loud sound effects, she looked quite taken aback,and daddy was worried that the nxt time we bring her to the movies, she would be phobia, but i think she's gonna be fine becoz after the movies, we asked her how she feels and she started telling bits of the stories to us..maknenye ok lar kot:-|

there goes another first in anissa irdina's life...
now daddy has promised u that next we can watch 'Madagascar 2'..Alright!!!

jigsaw puzzle

guess what??dina has 'conquered' her jigsaw puzzle..it's the one with 24 pieces, which is meant for children aged 3+ years old..and dina is only 2 years and 3 months old,yea dina!!!mummy & daddy are so proud of you..i guess we have to find more of that for u to practice,huh..we get nanna to buy for u ok,heheheh(she was the one suggested us to buy the puzzle to 'test' dina).
when me & hubby first tried out her skill, we were amazed at her intensity completing the puzzle with her deft hands.we actually found out about this when my maid told me that "dina sudah boleh main itu"..
my dina has grown...

supercallifragelisticexpiallidocious..

hehehe..whatatitle huh??coz mary poppins said,if u dun have anything good to say,u can say these 'words' and here u go...so,i'm now blogging again on a lazy sunday evening in my new rented house(for the past 3 weeks now)..the scenario-little dina's sleeping away, hubby is taking a bath(he's fond of that,especially on hot days,oooohhh!!),i just switched off the tv coz it has been on since morning!!(poor tv,no rest at all)so, it's pretty much quiet,n i can hear the sound of the fan,kreek,kreek(not rosak,but a bit squeaky),the sound of boys dribbling basketball,probably at the nearby playground..hmm,yup,it's the end of the weekend...most of the time,hate the smell and feel of it,but i tried to cheer things up by going for a coffee with my dear lil' family..which is what we r going to do in a short while, oo,and by the way,my sleepy dina is half-awake nnn a bit drowsy and grumpy..hmm,this might take awhile....owhkay,i gotta go,i'll continue later,if hubby tak pakai laptop karang la:-)
ok..i'm back, and no,we didn't drink coffee,instead we went and bought dina's milk supply..what an 'exciting' evening,rite,hhihihi..anyway,on the way out,the shop was playing 'if u r happy and u know it,stamped ur feet' and guess what,dina actually stamped her feet,hehehe..very clever darling:-)
to end my sunday evening tonite, i was hoping that i cud check out the 'Sex and The City' DVD that i bought last week..cross my finger that dina won't request for 'Ratatouille' or 'Kungfu Panda' or 'Happy Feet',then i'll be on my way...ciou!!

Names

Names I have in mind:-
1.amelia
2.iesha
3.ariff
4.ikmal
5.imran
6.aimal
7.aamal

where to go for a holiday??

today is the first day of the new financial year 08/09..(oh wow!!)it's mid year already??my,my,how time flies..nway,i kinda made up my mind,i'm not gonna think much about getting pregnant,it will only sort of stress me out(sbnrnye xdela sgt,hihih)but of course i'm hopeful..so stress=not pregnant,rite??!!
the other day,took a quiz just for fun to find out how many kids i would have,n the result is pretty similar to what i'm planning..but then,it's not final,we can only plan,but Allah decides..i'm not gonna tell what's the result,it will spoil the fun of guessing:-)
nway,i peep thru one of hubby's couz facebook,n she has this albums full of pixs of her trips to various countries in europe..n i can't help feeling 'dang' envious!!how i wish we could travel like that!!all i can do now is to dream it, believe it, and i know 1 day,we'll be able to travel,it's only a matter of time..yup,that's just it,rite!!DREAM and BELIEVE...
still haven't come to the holiday part!!mane nak pergi ek??at least a short holiday..the other day we planned a holiday for just the three of us,but apparently hubby had another plan..he invited his parents along..don't get me wrong,i'm very ok with my in-laws,but for once,i would like to really go on a holiday Just The THREE of Us??wonder if i will ever get to do that coz my in-laws love to go on holidays,and most of the time,they are the ones doing the planning,of coz they have to come..tak tau la,pening gak mende ni..i know my hubby bukan senang nak inform his parents that only the three of us is going...
ala..nape rase tense ni huh??!!

it's been awhile..

it's been awhile since i last blogged myself..i think i've gone quite rusty so bear with me here..hmm..by right, there r so many things i would like to write about but hey,i only have 2 hands, which i'm very grateful of:-) and never enuf time, so what the heck..here goes..

last weekend we (as in me & my luvly fly) managed to whisk ourselves to Cameron Highlands for a weekend 'getaway'..tho at first it was supposed to be only the three of us, my hubby invited my in-laws to come along, which is actually not a bad idea,considering the fact that irfan is hooked-up with his golf the whole of saturday..anyway, they came on saturday..me & dina got the chance to go sightseeing wt her Gemma&Gempa:-) it was cool..by the way, did i mention that i'm lucky to have great in-laws and of course, my lovely mama&papa..love ya'll!!!in the end, i must say that i enjoyed the holiday,couldn't be better..only thing is that my work was starting to get to me...wait a minute,is that a hint of complaint i'm writing??!!hahh!!

i've been working in the new place for 7 months & 20 days, and oh yeah, i've been confirmed!!i am now officially a Maybanker...like a friend loves to quote "with great power, comes great responsibility"..in this case, it means that i now have to proved myself to the company..shoot!!like me & hubby used to discussed, if only we're millionaires....but 'if only' doesn't count,shucks!!i'm not saying that i hate my job, actually they say, i have the talent for it, and even then, it feels good when somebody especially ur superior acknowledges u, but sometimes u felt as though the work is piling on you and wish that u could push it away, which is very unlikely because at the end of the day, u have to face the fear..

i gotta go..i think that's all for now..malas to think:-0

ciou!

the pros n cons of living in small towns..

instead of blogging in kluang, today i'm in kl,or to be exact, in sg.buloh(my mom's hse)..insyaallah i'll be here until tuesday,then we'll be back to the 'oh so exciting' kluang,haahah...as the title says, today i'm gonna blog about the above..1st the pros:-
1. everywhere u go, u seem to bump wt the same faces..n because of that, they r friendly towards u..
2. there's absolutely no jam at all,except when it's festival time n people blk kampg..whereas us, we go bck to KL,hihihih...
3.no jam equals to working up late n still be in the ofc on time,still have time to play with Dina n havg brkfst with hubby..
4. life is very laid back..nobody's in a rush..
5. most of the time, u r close to ur colleague,to the point that u know where's their hse n who's their family members..
6. learn to be independent n able to take care of my own family..

the cons:-
1. no happening place to lepak, not much entertainment n certainly not much choices for shopping!!(damn,i miss those days when shopping was s'thg i took 4 granted)
2. some people r soo narrow-minded!!really makes u tick sometimes!!!
3. miss my friends!!!i do have nice friends in kluang,but s'times u just want to talk wt familiar friends over a glass of teh tarik n roti canai...which is also not many in kluang..kedai mamak,that is!
4. miss gatherings or reunion or even weddings in kl..regardless of family or friends's)
5. of course, having to stay far from family:-(

my 3rd attempt @ blogging..

as the title suggested, this is my 3rd time trying to blog,hope this time ard i'll be able to do that without any interruption by my internet data card,not to mention,my darling daughter who's sleeping this very minute but will wake up anytime to ask for her milk..now,isn't that a lengthy explanation...btw,i was interrupted,but it was done with..
hmm..what to write this time??i cud write about my work n my new "whatever" colleagues, or of my new completed with CF apartment n now looking forward 4 my putra heights house to be ready, or my social life or the lack of it??which is top on my list??
i'll start with my work..it gets more challenging as i go on..like i said earlier, there's so so many things that is still vague to me n i need to learn..basically,i kinda get the concept but it's like everyday there's something new..this is good,right, considering that i want to have a better career prospect in the future..now,career is a big word, i hope that i have what it takes to succeed..actually,its not 4 me,it's more of for my family..i pray that 1 day we will be able to really stand on our own,instead of always rely on our family to back us up..as for my colleagues, it's not exactly smooth sailing,i still feel like an outsider, somehow they seem pretentious??i knw the grass is not always green on the other side, but it helps if u have supportive colleagues who doesn't have any hidden agenda..the best colleagues that i've ever worked with is the marketing team in MBSB kl,they r the best,seriously..even my boss was nice, i mean, she's serious when it comes to work, but u can still talk 2 her..of coz, boss will be boss..wt the new boss, so far i've yet to connect to him,still finding out what type of a boss he is??
next topic,my favorite for now..my new apartment..i knw i dun really have the intention to stay there coz i need to rent it out as the instalment will be a burden to me,but it's kind of exciting to know u actually own a house,which not many can say they have in my age,so alhamdulillah...now we've alrdy engaged a contractor to put up grilles n what not,nxt will be waitg 4 the developer to repair the damages,which by the way,as my hubby puts it, bad workmanship..i knw i probably shudn't feel hurt, but the way my hubby tell it to people, it's like i'm buying a worthless "bricks" or s'thing:-( i knw the workmanships's not so well done, especially since it's not a low cost apt, but i just hoped he would ease down in describing the damages..i love u but i think the way u say it seems a bit 2 harsh..

ok,i think that' s all 4 now..it's late n i'm beginning 2 feel hungry..

9th Syawal 1428

Salam to all and Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri..it's been more than a week we celebrated the much awaited Hari Raya...before u know it,it'll be over soon n as for us homosapiens working 9to5, business as usual..awwhhh!!!n in a few days more,i can safely say i survived a month in my new workplace..i'm still adapting to it,still getting the hang of my job n also getting to know my new colleagues which i would say, not much improvement??!!but this time around,i'm not gonna worry myself thinking about it coz i've got some other bigger things to think like concentrating on the reason for the jump to a new company and that is to learn new things and strive on the challenges to improve myself and subsequently to earn a better living for me n my family ..that's my goal now!! Ya Allah,Kau tenangkanlah fikiran ku dan terangkanlah hatiku supaya dapatku menghadapi segala cabaran..Aminnn....

The end of another ramadhan...

Salam to all...today notes the 28th of Ramadhan and the 9th day of my working in this new place..since i'm new, i know that i won't get any leave to take,but then again the raya mood is also less coz the excitement and anxiousness(is there such a word??) of starting in a new place is still pretty much there..and when i say excitement, i have to face the reality that the grass is not always green on the other side.but this is my choice and i kinda have a goal of my own..for me,it's a good place to start afresh and turn into a new leaf..that means,this time around,i will try my best to really commit myself to the job and turn it into something i enjoy doing..another thing,i'm gonna try to ignore or maybe filter things people love to pass around,like for example saying stuff like "keje kat sini byk", "the management tak best"..i do not want them to influence me on what's bad and what's ok..ok for now..later....till then,enjoy the rest of ur Ramadhan....

here goes...

i've been trying to blog for the past few days but wasnt able to b'coz of my internet data card is not being cooperative..in fact,its doing it again:-( nway, i've been working at my new place for the past 2 days, n so far so good, i think??!!i mean, i do know for a fact that there's so much to learn.but then again, this is what i wanted so i have to face the music, as scary as it seems..i'm given a mentor to teach me, but as my 2nd boss said,"nobody will help u if u dun help urself so if u dunno, u have to ask"..perrhh...kalau ikutkan, nilar yg malas when u come to a new job, u gotta learn again..i have thought this thing thru before, n if i don't do it now, it's much harder to get off coz i'll probably be complacent in my 'comfort zone'..i shud think it's just the right time...now, all i have to do is to get past these awkward phases of being the new girl n miss sweet,hahaha!!1st stop will be to learn as fast as possible as much as i can n get myself confirm within 6 months..after that, hopefully everything will be A-ok!!!

starting in a few days time...

in a about 3 days more, i'll be working in a new company, probably a different environment but still in the same area..it's a bit daunting but then i've got to face the fear,oohhh...everyone does it all the time,rite..well,if i want changes,i've to step out of my comfort zone.that's the only way to go..but of course,until u actually get there,it is scary..like a friend said, the fear of the unknown..btw,just a few minutes ago,i've got a call from my soon-to-be office that they actually gave me the wrong information..they said i'm supposed to report duty today but they told me earlier to report on 27th sept..well,it's not my fault,rite..in the end,they called again and said stick to the earlier date which is 27th,hehehe...pheww,quite a relieve coz i've got a few things to settle before i start working,like picking up my baju raye,hahaha,pretty exciting!!wonder how my baju will turn out.not that i'll get long raye holidays,since i've just started working, tapi raye la jugak,kan..nways,today is my brother's birthday n i've yet to wish him..Happy 26th Birthday,dear Amil..i'll send him an e-card later..n today i'll be going to my house in D'rimba, Kota D'sara to pick up the keys and do some house inspection..hope it will be ok so that soon i'll be able to rent it out..