My book reviews of sorts

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult


The gist of the story:
An Amish, Katie girl give birth to an illegitimate child. The child died afterwards. The girl then held for infanticide and an attorney from the city, Ellie tried to help this girl.

Summary:
This is my first book for Jodi Picoult. I thought it would be too depressing because most of the stories I seen of Picoult seems to be dead depressing.

Well.. apart from the infanticide issue, it is not that bad. I guess why I picked up the book is because I am curious how they portrayed the Amish community here. A community who shunned technology is very fascinating. That keep me going. I like the book best when it is about the community.

The plot itself kinda flounders. Most of the characters are a bit one note. The main females character I don't really identified with. The only one I like are the secondary characters. Katie is weak willed in my opinion, while Ellie is a predictable hard ass city attorney. Sometimes I just feel like shaking them by the shoulder and yelled "get it together for pete sake!"

The story is exactly as the one I stated above, except some so called development character progress for Ellie which to me is no progress at all and predictable. I hated the ending. HATE. I feel it was unnecessary, as it is spoilerish I won't say it here, but really, it was a weak ending as I think it meant to shock but in turn kinda spoil the book to me.

Apart from my complaint, it was an OK read. Predictable, nothing spectacular, ok enough for a holiday read. Except for the ending.

David Golder by Irène Némirovsky
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

David Golder is the story about a self made millionaire who is now in his late life, living an opulent life with a greedy wife and far more greedier and giddier daughter. It deals with how at the late stage of his life and in the brink of ruins he is questioning everything that he hold dear or thinks he hold dear.

I bought this book because I enjoyed Suite Francaisse. This book is not for me. It is different from the unfinished Suite Francaisse. It deals of a man bitter disappointment and therefore it is a hard book to swallow.

However depressing I found it, and how one-note everyone is.. there is nothing wrong with the writing. Only the on the bleakness of it. If this is rich, I don't want to be rich. But even he saw it towards the end, it does not matter.



Area 7 by Matthew Reilly
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Gist? Shane Schofield is back again! This time he deals with adventure/shenanigans that happened in Area 7 ( US most secret base) while he was protecting the POTUS.

Because I can only think Matthew Reilly books in point form. I will write in point/short paragraph form.

Same as the other, very exciting. Action packed. Highly unbelievable yet entertaining.

I especially like all the genetically altered creatures lying around the area 7.

As somewhat mentioned by other reviewer, he likes to disjoint his action sequence. I have to turn back to the pages because I can't remember what had happened because he had cut with another action sequence experienced by other characters. I don't have time to read in one sitting Matthew Reilly!

I think it is cute that Matthew Reilly try to tack in some character development to the story, because while he called it development, I called it continuation. But.. I do like Mother background information. I imagined Mother is kinda like Sigourney Weaver in Alien 2. But more buff.

It is all shoot, wham, boom! But hey, I go in there totally expecting it. A light thriller book, with simple story and the only purpose for the plot is to move forward.

The Du Mauriers by Daphne du Maurier
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A novelization based on Daphne Du Maurier, great grandmother, grandmother and father.

It is more on her grand mother and her father as her great grandmother already have a standalone book on her own. Her great grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke was a mistress to the Duke of York. Her grandfather Louis Mathurin married Mary daughter, Ellen. Louis Mathurin was a dreamer and good for nothing kinda person while Ellen is a person long disillusioned by life due to the exposure she got from her mother world.

She painted a critical look of her ancestors. I like it. I know of many Louis Mathurin and Ellen of the worlds and understand their struggle, and seeing it written it is almost she is only critical of Ellen harshness and not Louis Mathurin irresponsibility. However I must say she must held both of them in great respect because in that age, there is only so little a woman could do. Not everyone could be Mary Anne.

Her writing of his father is almost sympathetic and apologetic to all his failings. It was said she adored his father exceedingly and it showed.

It was a good read and a nice novelization based on a real life of bourgeois French and English people. Enjoyed it immensely and I always felt sorry for Ellen and Louis. Sometimes, women do have all the ill luck and all the responsibility.



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Kelam kabut

Husband gone back to Turk early Sunday. On Sunday tu rumah macam kena tornado la budak kecik mengumbah. I only manage to semi kemas malam tadi -_- .

Baju tu.. Adorable but cheeky.

Little Aziz boy ni pulak suke tidur bangun-bangun, so agak susah to do things. Malam tadi la quite ok die bangun sekali je. Hari Ahad tu... setiap 10 mins.. Selagi I am not on bed, selagi tu die tanak tidor. And die dah tidur, I sneak keluar dan do stuffs ( sterilising, cleaning, washing of dishes..) tak sampai 10 mins die bangun and nangis. Sheesh. You know they always say enjoy your time now when your kid is clingy sebab bile dah besar they don't want to sleep on top of you, be hug by you as much. I always have to remind myself of this when he is being extra clingy at night!

Since baru lagi I am fending for myself, so tengah kelam kabut lagi la. However, it is ok, sebab usually I reached home lewat.. 7.30pm sampai tu awal la tu., my sister maid fetch the little boy from taska around 6 pm and she took care of him in the mean time and Aziz akan main dengan cousin2 die... so I usually have time to settle the cats need and mandi and solat bile sampai rumah. I usually eats at my sister house pon if I am alone. So I have help. Things are not bad. Kena adjust jee. Tak terbayang if sensorangg je.

But I know of other mothers who can do it, so I do believe women ni flexible. We bitch and moaned and complained this and that and thus... but if it gets down to it... we will manage. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going .. is what I think most women adheres to. Macam perempuan yang kena amik duit zakat sebab laki tak guna die duk main game je tanak keje. Mana boleh survive zakat je, mesti die kerja and all untuk bagi makan laki tu dan anak-anak die jugak. Cuba kalau perempuan tu keluar dengan anak-anak die tinggalkan. Mati kejung kat dapor kut jantan tu. Tataw nak buat ape. Tetiba masuk topik tu. Haha. The thing is .. most guys if tasked with being left alone with their kid will hantar their kid to kampung. Perempuan ni.. cakap je nak hantar.. tapi takut anak rindu laa ( cakap je anak rindu.. tapi sebenarnye kite rindukan anak) so hempas pulas jugak la untuk pandai hidup. Ni baru sorang anak.. kalau lebihhhh... kalau twin???

Macam pagi tadi, dah settle mop atas and dapur, mandikan anak, I pon mandi, hantar dak kecik gi taska, bagi kucing makan, baru perasan kunci kereta tadek. Kelam kabut cari.. then teringat I last put it in Aziz punye beg taska. Dah kena pergi taska balik dengan malunye hahaha. Naseb baik memang ada. Yang Aziz tu pulak, bile pintu taska tu bukak die first sekali menerpa pintu. Alahai kesiannye. Tapi dia tengah comot2 sebab die orang tengah breakfast, makan ape tah. Dah ambik kunci nak balik.. Aziz pon drama air mata balik tengok mak die datang tapi tak ambik die balik. Kesiannye.. Takpela. It is gonna be a long weekend nanti.

Gravity

Hey! I had time to watch movie dekat wayang at long last! Actually tadek la lama sangat. Last time I tengok wayang was World War Z. Zombies and Brad Pitt... it is an irresistible combination for me. 

Anyway sebab my husband akan balik semula ke Turk berkerja and I would take care of little Ajis sensorang after this. Hahaha. (Egads!) So die kasik wife die time alone untuk tengok wayang sebelom die pergi. Nanti kan after this susah laa. Bukan tak boleh.. susah.....

Ni dah paragraph ketiga dah ni. Saw wanna blog that I watched Gravity and here's my point form review sebab aku mengantuk tapi tetap nak blog. 

 

• What is it about. It is about space. About what can go wrong when you go for a little spacewalk. And you get lost or drifted away from the safety of the spaceship ( is that what it called? spaceship? )

• Quite a great movie but would be even more 'enjoiceful' if you watched in 3D. So I beseech you .. those who don't wear specs, see it in 3D for the whole gloriousness of it. It is meant to be seen in 3D pon . Kenapa aku tak tengok 3D? Agak sesalan.. tapi I hate holding the bloody glass throughout the movie if I want it to stay still . Sebab I wear glasses see. 

• A very good performance by Sandra Bullock. I am not blown away by her performance. I think she is a good actress but not great. She don't quite get me breathless. Actresses that can get me breathless is Cate Blanchett and Marion Cotillard. But it is a great performance, though I think if given to a more powerful actress, I would even be losing my shit together with Dr Stone. 

• The performance I am blown away by is George Clooney. He had always been a charming actor. He can charms the pants off anyone, hetero, homo and bi alikes. And this persona carried through here, but there is a little glimpse of  a great performance here and there especially when he have to let go. His expression breaks my heart. That alone nailed it, only that one scene carried the movie way up for me. I never knew he is quite a great actor and from that alone, I will look into his other dramatic role ( not Syriana, too boring.). 

• The story is GREAT. It started like most thrillers... light.. then when the action start.. it goes big. It slowed down, then it goes up again. Slows down.. and up again. Just when I start to think the story is kinda dragging it feet, the action start back up. 

• Summary. I would called it an action drama movie. More to drama.. but with a very well put out action that is a must see in 3D. So it is very worth to spend more sebab with all those things flying, floating around, I would imagine it would be very nice ( lagipon lagi lawa if the movie is dark kan..) . Tengok nyesal lagi tengok in 2D tapi aku tanak pakai spek tu okkk. 

Dah lama tak update about the bulus

Kesian la kan.. macam di anak tirikan pulak. Bukan di anak tirikan , tapi dah memang title anak bulus. Hehe. Sesekor pon lagi independent dari Ajis.

Tak reti buang taik dan basuh mangkuk makanan je.

Anyway... semua maseh ok.

Kurap cam biasa.. ade je mende berlobang. Telinga lobang, bontot lobang, ni kepala pulak.

Sikit je luka tu.. besela. Drama sikit tengok luka. Takut jadi macam telinga die hari tu, terus bernanah. Husband masa mandikan la perasan. So I put some betadine on it. Betadine is safe for cats ye, tapi agak2 la tuang tu. Better lagi dillute dengan air sikit before letak, tapi I tak dillute pon. Letak sikit je. So sekarang ni dah ok sikit. Kena perhati je la, takut bernanah. Bernanah kat kepala satu hal pulak nak toreh keluar nanah tu.

Ni mesti kes gaduh dengan kucing tah mana-mana. Kurap ni tak friendly dengan kucing lain mahupon human. Friendly dengan moi je. Dengan little Ajis pon die pandang selek jek. Macam 'hoiii sebab kau la aku tak boleh tidur atas katil lagi ok'. Ajis pedulik ape. Tapi Ajis pon taw jugak, with Kurap die tak mesra alam sangat. Sentuh pon hati-hati. Kalau dengan Bobby die tenyeh2 Bobby tu sesuka hati.

Cakap pasal Bobby ni...

Comel je kan. Nampak inesen. Baik. Gebu. Putih, sesuci salju. Ptuihh. Sekarang buat perangai kencing merata-rata. Ingatkan sejak Fasha dah tiada , no more masalah tu. Sekali bole pulak datang. I had checked the pees, no blood. And tengok die kencing kat litterbox, no problem, kencing normal and laju, tadek rupa tahan2. ( kalau ko tengok kucing kau lama je kat litterbox, kencing sikit-sikit... better bawak gi vet. Mungkin ade batu karang . Batu karang can lead to death in cats, and in fact for male cats.. lagi prone untuk batu karang than female ). Panjang pulak bracket tadi.

Anywayyy... aku rase sebab I am Jackson Galaxy wannabe, ini adalah masalah territorial. I duk feed the strays depan pintu rumah, dan he saw the male cats come and go makan depan rumah die EMOISM. He don't like it that these cats came into his house, so he is peeing here and there and everywhere. So I stopped feeding the strays. (kesian... but sometimes I feed them outside the gate instead if I saw them but don't feel so guilty because neighbor all around rajin feed the strays jugak. Sampai ade stray pandai pilih makanan lagi. ).

Currently still tak stop peeing, so I guess the next step is to let Bobby go out one or two hour a day, kasik die mark kat luar rumah instead of ON MY SOFA. I am really hoping this would help because cleaning out cat pee out of fabric takes time I don't have. Bobby behave please!

Wolly?

Wolly baik je. Angel catified. Selain dari suke menginja pukul 2 pagi lompat2 macam arnab sana sini... no problem with Wolly. Die inquisitive. If memasak ke buat air ke, kena hati2. Die suke tetiba senyap2 datang. Hidu2. Hidu2 molek tak ape. Ni try jatuhkan mende yang aku potong tu la. Tumpahkan milo atas karpet putih ku laa. Walaupon angel, tapi kenkadang tu kena jerit gak la. Haha. Cuma kena adjust je la position letak barang tu kalau Wolly datang. Die memang busybody.

Paling tak boleh blah. Suke masuk bilik air nak minum air dari jamban. Eiii. Geram.

Alsoo.. been meaning to blog this. If you have an extra money and feeling charitable and want to do good for these previously stray cats, please give a bit to the below shelter.

Their FB page is here : https://www.facebook.com/PandanCityFurries

What they do is, they took in hundred of stray cats that was previously in Pandan City in JB and setup a shelter for these poor kittehs. They relied on people donation to keep things going and currently are struggling to keep up. I am not a volunteer nor an admin, however I had been following their progress and I think their cause is worth highlighting.

So if you do, please give a bbit to these poor kitties.

Their Maybank account is as below. Those who wants to know more.. you can head on to their FB page.

Maybank 5513 3353 1459 (PER PENGKASIHAN HAIWAN) 

p/s: aku gi gatal pi  tuka template. will change back to the old one again. Found none to my liking... unless I want to pay

Muzium Negara

I went to Muzium Negara at long last. Last Saturday tu patutnye nak pergi KL Sentral je to settle my PTPTN. Habis settle, which took a while because there were a lot of people! (However I have to say, kudos to all of the young staffs there yang I can see that they had been working overtime but still smiling and if not, at least always replied back every enquiries politely).

Anyway, tadek plan nak pergi Muzium, but then Mahameru jam and we don't feel like joining in the fun, so we made a stop to the muzium. RM2 je pon per pax masuk. Sama harga dengan aiskrim kon yang dijual by pakcik aiskrim luar muzium tu.

It felt, short and like there is a lot more things that could be displayed. I am not sure if there were more, but we went to the Muzium Etnologi ( the orang asli punye exhibit which is quite nice and detailed) and the main building.

Dengan ayah at the Muzium Etnologi

 

The main building have 4 different segment to it. ( I think). The prehistoric, the before penjajahan (Malacca, Kerajaan Kedah, Champa and all that), the colonial era and Malaysia now. 

Like I said, it felt like there is a lot of things that are left off, but it was better than expected. The display is interesting and uses technology in their display quite well to attract the young people. I especially geeked out seeing the Perak Man skeleton. That was cool. 

 

Though IMO,  our royalty could help to lend more things kutt... 

But.. Aziz seronok je. He behaved mostly and I think the muzium is more to us because ape budak kecik tahu pasal muzium pon. He does like cannon a lot though. I was not so mobile as period paid so bapak die banyak take over. He walked around having a blast especially since there are primary schoolchildren around to gush all over him. He liked that more than any cannons. Die sibuk nak ikut those schoolgirls tu. LOL. 

Bersuka ria depan singgahsana

 

By the end of the museum visit, die pon pengsan and we go home too, as we were wiped out too. 

Oh, the week before we went to Aquaria jugak, but no pics from my end sebab my phone habis battery. Only this from my husband IG je.

He is using my finger to point at the fishes. Sometimes he do that when looking at things in the tab. Mungkin die ingat ini adalah screen tab jugak.

 

I don't think so he quite gets the Aquaria. He did likes seeing the fish, but only if the fish swam really fast. He also like if the fish came right to his face. Apart from that, apa die tahu jaws dan ikan pari besar kan. Haha. Maybe after a year or two we will bring him again. 

I enjoyed Aquaria too, though I missed out on the Piranha feeding. Super bummed out. Really wanna see how fast they chow down food. So if you wanna go, try to see the 'show' you want to go to and go during that time.. or left feeling bummed like I did. ( Sebab mahal kuttt.. kalau harga entrance macam muzium negara pergi hari hari pon takpe ). 

Well.. it had been a while

So we had been maidless for around 2 weeks now. At first it was ok, then it got a bit tiring.. however I have not regretted in my decision to send her back!

Why did I send her back.. well come.. let me story mory lahh,

She did not listen to instructions at all. I asked her not to do stuffs, and she wont do it for a while then she continues doing it if she knew she wont get caught. She also alwayss talk back, on how she does thing is right. Which pissed me off. I know , I know she can explain but honestly, she always tried to cut me off in when I am explaining why she is doing thing's wrong. And if she got caught on why she is doing this thing wrong, she will said "kepala die pusing.." That is just the tip of the iceberg.

She rarely bath so she really smells. She is lazy, she don't help me out preferring to stay in her bedroom 22 hours out of 24 hours. Yes, in the weekend, she is out of the room at 7 am and will go back in at 9 am. And don't come out... unless going to the bathroom or cook for herself. She don't ask questions, even after many many many times I had asked her to ask me things first before doing or handling things she never handled before. Which is why I don't let her vacuum or near the washing machine, because she broke my rice cooker and kettle. It may actually be near to the point of breaking, but she never said anythinggg if things are broken. I just find it out of my own. For a while, she had a friend, and every weekend, she will be at her friend house from morning till maghrib. I am of the opinion that maid should have a day off in a week, but saturday and sunday? Ok. That is fine too if other days she did her job. 

The sink look disastrous. The table and counters are never wiped. She only sweeps and mopped the floor twice a week, and only at the living room and kitchen and not anywhere else., and not under the sofa or chair or tepi2 dinding. No.. I did that.. . If she do the dishes I had to do it all over again because it is still oily. And those are her dishes.. I meant things she cooked. She don't even have to wash my stuffs. 

Well.. those are amongst it. She did have her good quality, with constant supervision and direction she can be fast and useful. However I can't do that. I can't be beside her overseeing all the time. She also loves little Ajis, so many times I just let it be and malas nak bertekak dah, because thinking she did take of Ajis and seems to love him. However because during those trial months I am unsatisfied with her work ( the never listening to what I am saying part) , I sent her to jaga my son at my sister house. So my sister maid can also oversees. 

But the thing that broke the camel back so to speak.. betul ke, is the lying. If I caught her doing something that is not, she always denied vehemently when I know exactly she had been doing it. I can't think of an example right now, but it had been done constantly. She always lie, but never to the point of stealing I think. Which proves me wrong.

When we brought her to Bintulu, she got caught stealing some of my ipar stuffs. Before this people kept on asking why we are sending her back.. she is rajin... *ptuihh*. Yes. Kat rumah orang bukan main rajin lagi, if she is at home, duduk la die dalam gua die ( I called it gua because she likes to be in the dark). Tapi I malas nak explain.. I just haa ye laa. Then she stole some stuffs. It is not expensive stuffs, but it still stealing. 

She got caught. We didn't confront her with the stealing, rather than asked her where did the things go, when the things was found in her bag. She said, no she didnt touch anything. Fine. We went to JB and she got caught again stealing. Some money and some food. I didnt mind if she wants the food, if she opened it in front of us or asked us ke. What makes me even more angry is she always 'up'kan diri die cakap ... " Saya ni baik orangnye. Hati saya suci.. bersih..." . And this happened. Which  just proves words meant nothing. 

So yes.. before the stealing was unravelled I was long unsatisfied with her. I think she knew it too and it only makes her angrier with me and in turn me angrier with her. So before things get out of hand, I asked husband to just send her early and we put little Ajis in a daycare. Then the stealing happened. I am not sure if she did stole some stuffs from me, because when I noticed things are missing, I will asked her repeatedly and told her, "jangan cakap saya lupa.. I know exactly where the stuffs are" .. then she will produce that stuffs. 

I don't think so I want a maid anymore. It is bothersome and if in a stroke of good luck you get a good one, well it is good, but most of the time we were left with the subpar one. For mine, she can be OK if there is someone always overseeing her. Someone older. Because she thinks I am young, she ignored what I said, I noticed if it were my mom or husband she will listen more. Senang kata memang payah la. Tengok la, if anak kedua or ketiga I changed my mind. There is plenty of moms out there who can cope without a maid . For now I am struggling, but to be honest I think the house even if it is more kecah, is a little bit more cleaner.  I always more for sweeping and mopping that decluttering. Heh. 

So itulah my experience with a maid. I am not saying the whole lot of them is bad. I had been living with maids for years, my mom , my sisters semua ade. But I happened got the person who is unsuitable for me. My ex maid so to say, should be at a house where there is a lot of people and someone who is always at home to keep an eye on things. I am on the other hand, who is alone with baby cannot do that. Ah well la kan. 

Lif

Peristiwa no 1

Aku tekan atas. Ade 2 orang awek tekan bawah. Lif pintu ke bawah pon bukak. 2 awek tidak sedar. I panggil and tunjuk die lif dah bukak. Die orang pandang aku side eyed je macam I ni amacik yang tak layak dipandang bebetul and geleng-geleng indifferently dan continue berbual. I pon indifferently senyap je la tunggu my lif. Lif pintu ke bawah tadi nak tutup. 2 orang awek tadi baru sedar. Terus kecoh berlari arah lif dan cuba buka pintu lif yang nak tutup tu guna 2 tangan!! OMG!! So bahaya!! Aku tengok je....  Nasib baik bukak lif tu, kalau katup dengan tangan2 die orang sekali. Tak ke menyusahkan aku yang nak lunch. 

* tu la aku panggil ko buat kerek...bukannye aku suke2 nak berkenalan ngan korang ok*

Peristiwa no 2

Nak masuk lif. Dalam lif ade seorang jejaka metrosexual yang handsome. Die tekan pintu tu tutup sebab cepat gile pintu tutup -_- . Aku pon... "Fine ..aku taknak naik pon. Muka je handsome tapi kerek". Sekali tengah duduk dalam ofis... tengok jejaka tu jalan tepi.... hahahaha.. satu ofis yeee. 

Ni dedua peristiwa lif semua dalam masa lunchtime tadi. Ade moral of the story ke? 

Hello

Some update sebelom gua punye team lead perasan gua tadek keje.

- I sent little Ajis to taska! Poor baby. Mula-mula I sent him to a pengasuh that used to take care of my sister kids for awhile. She kinda reluctantly take him in, sebab she already have around 5 kids to take care of. But the other  3 kids she is taking care of are older kids so she think she can cope. However Ajis cry non stop dari start hantar so die bertahan dalam sejam setengah je there. Huhu. Next day tu she sent us a text saying she don't think so she can take care of Ajis. I dah risau takut no one would take him in.

- However we did looked around some taska in the area. There is one which I love but my working hours and my family working hours making it really impossible to fetch him there on time. So we put that taska on hold for a while sampai my husband working placement is more permanent. He can go back earlier, while the earliest I can get home is 7.10 pm. Taska tu by 6pm dah kena amik. Susah la kan.

- Anyway, there were another just 4 doors away from my home. So we sent him there. The pengasuh there looks ok, and major plus point when we first test to send Ajis there last week, he looks delighted to be there. Sebab ade few boys his age there. He prefers the company of boys from what I seen. Also he is ok with the pengasuh2 there. My husband said maybe sebab one of them looked like my maid. Hehe. Probably, kids do like things that are familiar to them.

- About the taska? So far so good. Ajis had been crying, but not too bad. Only at first, and only when he saw the taska door opened. Probably expecting we will be there kut. But other than that, he seems to be enjoying playing with kids and eating. The taska provided food. I did provide him food the first day, tapi pengasuh tu informed he didn't eat much. I also know that my boy like to eat sama-sama with other kids, so bile makanan die lain dari yang lain, he won't care for my food. So I didn't cook for him la for now, which makes me a little sad, but on the other hand, the subsequent days the pengasuh informed he ate a lot. So just do whatever makes him happy la. I asked what kinda thing they bagi, they said it is usually nasi with sup, so I am ok with that.

- Apart from that .. it was ok. Cleanliness seems good, Ajis is happy, the bottles are being washed way better than my maid ever washed Ajis bottles. Maid aku tu dah ajar berulang kali pon still fail gak. So if the taska seems ok, we will put Ajis there permanently la or up until 6 months. Tengok dulu.

Ajis tengah excited tengok my bag tudung organizer. I am gonna buy another one of this la! Senang nak cari tudung pasnih. Yang ni muat shawl je. Huhu. Before this I used the Ikea punye kotak besar bawah katil. Tapi Kurap asyik tolak kaver die and lepak dalam kotak tu -_-"


- Oh kenapa we are putting him in taska while we have a maid? We are sending her back next weekend. Why? Maybe I will tell about it later la.

Update raya gaya malas dan lambat

Malas kuttt.. 

Raya kat Sarawak ni... my MIL ni jenis semangat waja beraya. Dari rumah ke rumah.. memang banyak la rumah menyinggah. Kat sana tu pukul 11.30 malam orang datang rumah tu.... NORMAL ok. Hahaha. Ade berbual with one of sedara mara orang Semenanjung yang baru je kahwin dengan orang Sarawak, die macam penat je and die cakap kenapa lewat sangat. So explain kat die memang die orang macam tu. Aku tak sure la if semua orang Sarawak memang camtu, tapi family husband and orang2 kampung die, memang camtuh. Kite ni.... go with the flow je la. 

Tapi jangan buat kat Semenanjung oiii. Aku buat pekak je kalau orang bagi salam kul 11.30 malam. ( kalau dah orang tua tu takleh buat ape kuttt).

So memang penat la beraya. Sampai sakit. Tidur pulak kat kampung tengah ruang tamu, fuh... habis la selsema mak dan anak. Bapak rilek sebab bapak memang orang situ.

Our itinerary there is Bintulu - Balingian - Bintulu - Miri . Sekali sekala. Quite fun and tiring with baby in tow.  Ajis seronok sebab banyak kazen. Meh tepek gamba. 

Ini gamba selfie bersama baby. Mak dah ready, anak dah ready tapi die kaver muka I. Haha. Anyway, ade la yang muka tak dikaver, tapi I don't like the pic, so kensel tunjuk sini.

Kazen mazen yang kecik2. Ade lagi besar2. Macam nursery pon ade tengok. Yang kanan tu tengah golek bantal, comel gile rase nak picit2 jee. 

Ini husband tangkap riang riang kat die and terus die eksaited nak picit2. Tak takut langsung. Mungkin ingatkan mainan kut. Bagus gak sekali sekala balik kampung ni. Mak die tak pernah tengok pon mende alah tu. 

Then after landed in KL, besok tu balik JB pulak. Memula memang tak plan balik sebab penat. But then mak decide nak buat potong jambul my newest niece, and no other daughters cuti, I balik la. 

Best gak la kan the majlis. My brother, the father of the newest addition tu bersemangat bake cupcakes for doorgifts and buat trifle. Tapi gamba niece baru and the majlis potong jambul tadek dalam phone so I didn't put it here.

 Got another majlis going on also, my cousing getting engaged. I took this pic then. 

Hantaran 5 je, balas 7. Kek tu hadiah I bagi for family tunang. Kek lapis Sarawak from MIL. MIL memang bagi banyak kek lapis ni. Rugi kalau tak bagi orang. 

Gamba majlis pon tadek since I sat outside with Ajis so he wouldn't interrupt the discussion ongoing inside. Inilah nasib jadi mak orang sudahh. Orang semua keluar barulah kami masuk ambik angin aircond. Tengok tu die berjalan sambil pegang duit raya. Sakan dah berjalan sekarang. Ke sana ke sini je. 

Ok. Sekian update buat kenangan. 

Eh eh

Last Thursday I was still on holiday. So we went to G.E Mall for lunch dengan Ajis. While husband settle his work stuffs at the office, I went around for a walk with little Ajis. (Gile penat handle sensorang tanpa stroller). 

Anyway. Tengah duk pimpin tangan Ajis sambil die eksaited dan becok2 mulut berjalan bertembung with this makcik who is sitting down at one of the bench. She looked at my kid and asked 

" Baru dapat kaki ke? Berapa bulan?"

I smiled and said "Baru masuk setahun ni" 

Boleh makcik tu macam make a face, juihkan bibir die and said.. "Setahun? Lambatnye jalan... selalunye budak 8 bulan dah berjalan ni. Setahun ni dah lambatt...." 

Ade lagi kut die ngomel2 lebih tapi tak dengar sebab aku senyum nipiss sahaja and continue pimpin Ajis sambil guide die jalan laju-laju sikit out of hearing of the makcik. 

Emo betul kau makcik, anak gueh lambat jalan. Cucu makcik aje la yang bagus..

*ini post mode terasa. tetiba kena child bash dgn total stranger mana taknyee*

Birthday boy

Birthday boy and bapaknye.

There was no celebration during his birthday last Saturday. Only lots of kisses and few toys we bought that we let him choose. He was really cranky by the end of the Toys R Us visit so the only thing he seems to approve of is a Big Bird soft toy. We displayed Elmo, Cookie Monster and Big Bird several times in front of him. Tuka-tuka, everytime we took away Big Bird die nangis, so we gave him that. Few mins later he threw Big Bird on the floor. Takpe. Beli jugak, kecik je pon. He seems to like it enough.

Bought him his shoes too. He is now tottering here and there. Lebih banyak berjalan dah dari merangkak. Mommy slightly sad and a tiny bit hysterical trying to see if she had captured video of Ajis merangkak.

Apart from that, ape lagi pon kan.

Anyway, this is a short post only.. wanna wish you all selamat menyambut hari raya Aidilfitri. Baru plan nak berblogging dari kampung husband tapi data dah habis. 0_0 . Frak.

Be merry and most of all, be safe. Maaf zahir batin.

The end of Ramadhan

It felt that it is so fast. A bit tired from tukar duit at bank tadi. Beratur around half an hour to change money.

Tak best langsung.

 I bought a new Crocs which I had eyeing before. Before it was RM200++ but now it is RM99. Tapi bile dah pakai lama2. Tak best. So dengan itu I nak beli new shoes that I had been eyeing before which looks and rase comfy. Dan I perasan all my shoes are now rubber shoes ( macam crocs tu, if not crocs itself).

 My Note 2 sekarang buat hal. Battery refused to charge, or drain. It is one or the other. Senang cerita kena beli battery baru. Haih. Last month I dropped my phone and the screen pecah. Not retak, but memang pecah la. Immediately kena repair, that is RM800 down the drain. Ni tukar battery ape pulak rege ni. Maybe I am better off with Xperia Z. Grrr.

 I am enjoying watching Orphan Black. It is only 10 eps, but they are good. It can get a bit OTT sometimes, but the acting is impressive. Apart from that, I am also watching Hannibal and Parenthood. Parenthood is delightful although this season is a bit heavy on the cancer stuffs. Hannibal is quite good, cuma ick factor when the cannibal elements tu masuk. Dengan itu I can't wait for the new seasons of series to start as my series is running out. *check bile first eps Downton Abbey dah kluar* *damn keluar in Sept* I guess I will watch The Americans next then.

 Also ever since the twt_malaysia talks about anime and manga, I am back to reading manga. Lagi2 sejak download app Manga Rock. Lagii laa obsessed baca. Am now reading High School of the Dead. It got some hilarious ecchi stuffs. Tadi masa tunggu at bank and bukak phone to baca manga, boleh pulak the page yang bukak tu tunjuk all those nekkid shoujo looking girls. Stress kejab as the guy at behind me memang bebetul behind me so boleh je nampak what I am watching. Besar pulakk tu tunjuk the tits. LOL. And yes it is not good to read it during Ramadhan, but to be fair, before it open up to that page in inappropriate place, there is not much nekkid things going on for th manga. So I switch to read Emma and the Earl which is Julia Quinn in manga form.

 As for last post when I say I tak pergi pasar ramadhan, by now I had only went 3 times. Twice to the small row of gerai yang opened at Bukit Antarabangsa. I prefer going there now sebab ade gerai jual apple crumble, strawberry and blueberry pie yang sedap. Sebelah tu pulak jual lemonade mint air yang also sedappp. The kuih and lauk there pon is quite good. My bro in law bought sup daging die one day and it tasted homemade. Kalau order kat kedai sup sup ni kadang-kadang there is one taste that I don't like, macam over msg ing or rempah sup die guna saks ke.. tapi gerai yang jual ni their soup is very good. Sedap lah. Hmmm ingat balik sedap pulak the pies. Still have some of the strawberry pies in the fridge. So later.

Ajis boy will turn 1 year old this Saturday! Oh my. Good timing that his father will be back hari Sabtu tu jugak so we plan untuk berbuka di luar. Mommy will order Ajis boy punye cake and eat it too. Planning to shopping raya for Aziz that Saturday pon. 

Wolly tu memang suke teman Aziz main. Aziz tu pulak mesti punggah barang mainan kucing tu. Mainan die die buat dek 

Book Update - Reilly, Gregory, Alexander & Kinsella

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

About the book? A team of scientists discovered a spaceship in Antartica and hijinks ensues in the forms of military combatants trying to gain control.

I always like Matthew Reilly. He writes entertaining adventure action thriller books that is not boring. If you are looking something that is close to reality, his books are not it. But for mindless, wham, bam, shoot and good testosterone fun. This is it.

While I always lament that his weakness is in writing out characters, but I like Shane Schofield much better than Jack West Jr. His humanity is much more fleshed out here though I still like to know what makes him as he is. Maybe the next books will give more.

This book, it is fun. Simple. Action packed. We got spaceship, a cute kid, a seal, gun vs cross bow battles, killer whales, hovercraft race. Action packed I told you!

Expect only that and nothing more and you get yourself an entertaining read, which I did ( because I already know what to expect)


The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

About? The early life of Katherine of Aragorn.

I am intrigued of Katherine of Aragorn. She must be an extraordinary woman, and this book, seems to think so too but however manage to not highlight it.

While many agreed that she perhaps had consummated her marriage with Prince Arthur, I think the author stretched herself too thin with, Katherine supposed death bed promise. I would like Katherine much better if she lied because of ambition.

The book skipped the major part when she married Henry the 8th which took away a lot of Katherine achievement as queen. Maybe the book mostly is how when she is queen.

I like the book enough, but Katherine is reflected kinda poorly here and it is hard to like her. All in all, kinda underwhelming book when it could be so much more.

The Cat Who Wished to be a Man by Lloyd Alexander
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What's it about? Exactly as the title. Lionel, a pet cat of a wizard wished to be a man and travels the world. So he did. Except he only travels to a town. Close enough.

It is a cute and wonderful book. A book like no other and it is a fun read. I love it when he tried to get used to be a man. Lionel is funny, earnest, honest and kind. A book that I believed children would love. A cute tale which I will save when my son is older for us to enjoy together.



Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

The last book of the Shopaholic series I gather, but I don't know the ending seems to hint on more. *groans*

Well, those who are familiar with Becky Bloomwood, a shopaholic will know what it is about. This time is with her daughter, a Mini Becky in tow.

Sigh. Where to start. I may quite possibly hate her now.

- She is selfish, a liar, in denial of own issues, childish, immature, does not want to better herself.

She is basically a horrible person especially to her husband. Honestly, why the hell Luke still like her?

Sophie Kinsella, did mentioned that she wrote the book with the economic depression in mind, and try to incorporate that in. If by incorporating meant other people paying for your luxury... what an easy way out.

I don't think so I can read another of her series. I may burned all the sequels except for the first book. The first book seems ok enough, but if the shopaholic is no longer a shopaholic why the need of another and another book right?

Forgotten

I think every mother yang baca kisah tragis of the kid left in car duk terngiang-ngiang. I am not gonna comment much about it except for a person who had locked Gollywolly in (!!!! Bad Owner!!!) for 3 hours di tengah har panas and Kurap for 4 hours dari petang ke malam.. I kinda understand how this can happened. 

Yang Kurap tu happened a few months back. I balik dari kedai kut and groceries was at the car boot. I had opened the car door for a while and then open the boot. Then after I take the things from the carboot, I terus tutup the car door. Petang tu cari Kurap tak jumpa. Malam tu keluar lagi cari Kurap, tengok die tengah baring belakang kereta pandang I. Fuhhh. Cuak kejab. But I agak2 the time die terperangkap tu is not that hot tapi dalam kereta still panas gak. 

Then minggu lepas I was down with flu. Amik MC, bought groceries then sampai rumah I let the cats roam free while I unload my groceries. On my second trip to the car dari rumah tu, ade tinggal cat food je nak unload then tetiiba Gollywolly went in the car. I tutup pintu kereta as in my head I will put the plastic beside the door and go back to the car. It shouldnt take a minute pon. Kereta kat porch je pon. Bukan duduk kondo or bungalow besar. But I forgot. In my head I think all the groceries had been unloaded. I terus masuk rumah and continue to do some stuffs. That was around 12.30 kut. Then pukul 3 petang I bukak pintu and panggil the cats name. Terus nampak Gollywolly with her front paw at the dashboard and legs at the seat peering at me. Horror ok. Tangan ketar jab while I open the car door.Door opened and she terus loncat keluar and pergi baring tepi pintu. I brought her water and wipe some water on top of her head, she drank half the bowl. 

So people who said it can't happened. It can happened. This time it was cats, who knows I might forgot, in my sakit kepala after unloading groceries thinking of chores, I might leave my child strapped in. This are called Forgotten Baby Syndrome. I was lucky with the cats that they are ok. I needed to really double check. And a lot of the stories I read, it is not that they didn't think of their child, it is that in their mind, their child is already at their babysitter/nursery/home. It is like any other day. 

Tadi masa park kereta pon I glanced at my baby empty carseat. Not that he is gonna be there as I sent him by foot to my sister house with the maid. Tapi nanti bile maid dah tadek that have to be a practice kan? There are a lot of tips. 

If you go to http://kidsandcars.org/ There is a lot of tips and few gut wrenching stories by parents whose child had died in cars. Half of those because they forgot. Most of those who forgot, there is a change of routine. A sick child. Not enough sleep. Busy schedule. Another half is when child playing in car and got locked in. That should also be a practice. To train kids that a car is not a toy. Car keys needed to be out of reach. Cars need to be always locked. 

I think one of the tips I can try is placing stuffs at the carseat belakang and before walking away from the car to check the back. I will start this today. This should be a habit. 

Updates on various

Bulan puasa ni .. is a challenge. However the challenge is not of tahan lapar or dahaga. The exhaustion. If hari biasa if I am exhausted, drinking water or a little perk me up cokes, lemonade, coffee, choc will lessen the desire to sleep but since puasa kena la powered through. I usually sleeps late since I prepared Ajis food, and pump milk. Walaupon dah diintroduce dengan formula, I found out that he is not keen on it. He much rather go without, so tak sampai hati la to stop pumping or lessen the pumping as he is not 1 yet. Mommy gigih la pump tengah2 malam. Which resulted me to not waking up sahur as I am much too tired. My sahur consists of only drinking water je. Kenkadang makan roti or dried fruits. If it is the weekend then I will try to eat a bowl of oats as weekend is more tiring as we are on the feet more usually. 

Tapi since before tu I dah ganti 19 days of puasa before, so tadekle shock sangat badan bile Ramadhan tiba. Cuma penat je la. On the upside, I shed some kilos! Yeay! Cikgu violin pon cakap dah kurus la. Wahhhhh! 

As for puasa pon aside from tiredness. It had been good. Buka puasa at my sister house. My sister usually cooks and I pulak tadek masa nak beli ape-ape pon sebab balik tu busy nak pump susu. Kalau awal, then I singgah to pasar ramadhan, but as of today, I had been once to a pasar ramadhan. Nothing appetizing pon. There is also nothing specific I want untuk berbuka pon. Cuma sekali je. I want sandwich ayam I buat sendiri. Haha. So masa I MC last Monday I buat la sandwich ayam. Hmmm.. ingat balik sandwich ayam ni macam best je. Maybe buat sandwich tuna? Tapi to be honest I don't really like sandwich tuna, sardine maybe tapi I tak kose la nak masak. Ayam rebus je. Then carik2 ( Macam susah naww nak masak sardin pon kan... nanti la). 

As we are deciding to send away the maid, I am racking up the brain and contact to see of any suitable babysitters or taska. If husband is still not back, then a nursery in Bangsar is kinda my only choice because my working hours and office, punye la susah I nak sampai Bukit Antarabangsa before 7, how la to hantar taska there. From the forum, people say the fees can range up to 8k per semester. I cakap kalau 8k per semester baik amik maid baru. But we will see. Asking husband for thoughts adalah sama macam asking my cats for advise. Maybe sebab he is over there, so takleh nak act sangat or he does not realize. 

Anway... lepas Raya ni I will update on how things go. The thought of sending him to taska kinda breaks my heart, but this is also the best for both of us I think. Which is why top notch taska la mahu di cari. In the mean time, frakkk... I tak apply leave lagi. Leave raya ok. 

Raya tahun ni. Di Sarawak. Hehe. I had only been there once before ( bukan Bintulu but kampung nenek die). So this year at Sarawak with baby in tow and bringing along the maid jugak. Tak tahu la mana nak sumbat semua orang bile nak balik kampung Balingian. This time with baby Ajis along, I guess it would be more interesting. Though untuk orang yang biasa raya kecil-kecilan with only a few of my adik beradik and only sometimes venturing out of the house, I am not exactly exhilarated at the thought of raya with sedara mara yang berpuluh ramainye under one roof. Bukannye ape. Tak biasa. Raya kalau kat JB, siang meriah, kul 12 dah boleh tidur! Muehehehe. 

Ok la. Nak apply leave. Kang ade tak beraya langsung sebab lupa nak apply cuti. Hehe. 

Entri basi about the last pet fair

Busy ka?

Banyak ke nak update.

I had realized I didn't update about the Pet Fair last month. So short update. Went there and the layout is a bit different, but it is more spacious though.

Bought some stuffs for the cats.

Ape yek di beli. Oh collar , makanan, pet tags ( ade 2 tu pet tag bumper sticker, payung, ). Tak de la banyak sangat macam tahun lepas. Teringin nak beli pet bed, tapi malas la pulak, dah le mahal. Baik aku try beli kusyen daiso RM5 tu dulu tengok die orang nak tidur gak situ. Masing2 ade port masing2 suke tidur kat rumah, semua tempat tak sesuai letak kusyen or bed. 

This time punye pet fair got lots of foods stuffs. Sape yang nak intro new premium food for their cats ok la kan, tapi aku malas. Hehehe. Beli makanan tin je sebab murah, ( and they like it). Other, is mostly catered for dogs, and cats stuffs punye booth pun tak banyak. Hmm. Tahun depan camne la kan. 

Paling best sebab dapat buat pet tag. 

Muat letak nama and no phone. Kurap punye dah tertanggal sekarang, tapi tag tu ade lagi la, cuma tertanggal. Nanti nak kena beli loceng baru and pakaikan kat die. Rege die, buy 1 free 1. Rm20 = 1 pet tag + free 1. So dapat la 4. Yang keempat tu letak no phone je, backup pet tag. 

Pet tag ni yang paling kecik sekali I found la amongst the big2 one ( it seems the seller mostly target it to dog owners, so they didn't expect that a lot of cat owners wants for their cats too). Bobby punye paling lawa. Die la nampak paling hensem sekali pakai pet tag. 

Ade beli satu lagi pet tag, tapi tak pakaikan lagi kat die orang. Pet tag ni macam ade bar code and then boleh scankan kat phone bile pegi website yang ade tulis kat pet tag tu. So kalau kucing tu hilang ke, orang yg ade phone boleh call nombor hotline kat situ or pegi website situ and check details pet tu. Awesomekan. Rege pon awesome la RM45, besa sikit. Nanti la, bile kucing tu nak kena gi boarding ke baru pakai. 

Tu kotak pet tag tu yang just bawah dagu Kurap tu. Tak register lagi the cats in the website. Nanti la buat. Muehehe.  Test semua sekali kan.

Ok la. Mari tutup entri basi ni and I wish you all Selamat Ramadhan. Bulan puasa ni kurang mood sikit update blog. Busy pon. Will update more.

11 months old!

Aiyooo. So fast la sudah 11 months. Soon he is gonna be a toddler. Ohmai!

Today I saw that another 2 teeth di gusi atas is gonna pop up soon. Sobs! Now I know why mommies always want a new baby. It is so sad when their baby leaving their babyhood.

Development?

He can stands lagi lama. Starting to put his feet forward to walk tapi macam tak confident lagi.

He can climbs down the bed. But so far he only did that once. I am not encouraging it. Heh.

I bought him mainan where you need to put various types of shapes blocks to go into the box. He only likes to throw it around if left unsupervised.  If supervised playing he can manage to put some shapes in. He knows the star shapes block suppose to go into the star shapes hole cuma he dont have the knack to pusingkan it to go in. Sometimes can sometimes not. Cool. Because mommy cant wait to buy baby castle lego so she can play pretend to build castle with knights. Hehe.

Speech not so much. Babbles. Screams. But boys are usually a little bit late in term of language development than girls. And I am always in the lookout of signs of ADHD / autism ever since I saw my little cousin had one. But it is so hard to detect in babies. It is kinda one of my fear. So yeah. Tawakkal .(And no I actually dont believe vaccination is the cause of autism. He havent had his MMR jab yet but I am waiting til he is one then we will give it. My sister the doctor advised to wait till baby is at least a year old for the jab)

Less needy. He currently likes bruno mars lazy song so that is a welcome respite from the daily taylor swift. But still if I am there and I dont pick him up nanti muka die monyok.

I noticed he likea to eat rice. Not so much pasta or pies. And pisang. Suke gile pisang. Or he may like buah. Maybe masa pregnant dulu everyday I duk makan buah je kut. Macam last sunday I bagi die mac and cheese and I put bananas in it. Laju je makan. Selalunye dalan 45 mins jugak la nak habiskan. Ni dalam 20 30 mins dah habis makan. Fuhhh. Kena add pisang in everywhere ke.

He likes to play with his cousins and the cats. Ade tu die nangis I panggil Bobby suruh jaga (suke hati je ko dilaaa) and bobby duk gesel kat ajis, push ajis to lie down and try to sit on him making ajis laugh. Bobby marvellous with Ajis. He really likes my baby.

Tidur masih lagi nak berputing. He only needed it to fall asleep though and after dah it will falls off.

Next month he is gonna be 1 year old. Oh my. Time sure flies.

Abang Bobby cakap stop! Dia nak naik gak. 

A cute YA and ambitious but somewhat fallshort biographical

The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

About the book
In this new stand-alone fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty. When Gwennie pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep, only Annie is awake, and only Annie—blessed (or cursed?) with being impervious to magic—can venture out beyond the rose-covered hedge for help. She must find Gwen's true love to kiss her awake.


Read this months back... and not much to say about it. Bought this for my niece who is 9, and she loves it. Before giving it to her, I read it first.. just to make sure no inappropriate stuffs is ongoing in there. Ok I lied. Of course I read it because I wanted to. I love Y.A. Especially reimagining of fairy tales.

It was a cute story. A good book to give to young girls and my niece who is into princesses is currently reading it the second time. So that is saying something aight.

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Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a story of George Mallory. I was long intrigued about Mallory. I think he was an extraordinary man and is now a living legend.

To those who don't know who he was, he was the man that supposedly reached Everest first, but either died before he reached it and after.. only God knows ( or at least until they found Sandy Irvine Kodak camera). ( and google Sandy Irvine... he was so handsome!) Tetiba fangirl di situ.

Anyway what about this book?

I like Jeffrey Archer. I think he wrote decent action-thriller books. And this book, this man that the writer obviously idolized, maybe is his Everest?

To me Archer failed to capture the soul of Mallory. He got the gist of it , I like how he painted Mallory during his childhood as a cheeky confident boy.. but along the way.. maybe after he meet Ruth, there is some essence missing. I don't know what Archer could have done honestly, but to me, I didn't get Mallory here. His determination is somewhat lost, his love for the 2 ladies while is portrayed beautifully... but his personality is diminished or maybe reduced here. I do believe there is a side to him that with a masterful writer could come out beautifully.. He must be a force to be reckoned with that all 3 expeditions , the men are willing to follow him to unchartered territories. And Cottie Saunders to be so in love with him.

Apart from that. The book is entertaining, engrossing and hard to put down. It is an easy read and at the end of the book together with the writer , we hope that he indeed conquered the summit.

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So am now currently reading The Constant Princess. Engrossing. Semalam je I read almost 100 pages. Wowowow. Hari ni tertinggal buku so tak boleh progress sangat. Booo.

Alkisah malang

Tu MyVi busuk aku. Kena aniaya dek orang. 

It goes like this, last week on Thursday ( malam jumaat nii), on the way back from office to home cermin kena pecah dek peragut. 

Jalan nak masuk Ukay Perdana at MRR2 tu kan selalu jem amat, so at 8 pm, memang still banyak kereta lagi lining up at the traffic light tunggu for the light to go green. Aku pon antara kereta2 tu la, dan with radio on and tengah kunyah2 Mochi mahal sedap gilos sebagai buka pose, and air Gong Cha. Ye tu semua korang kena tahu walaupon tak penting. Sebab peragut tu jugak telah kill my appetite untuk buka pose. 

So while tengah minum air tu, tetiba dengar bunyi 'kraaaakkk'. Sumpah bunyi camtuh. Aku pandang passenger side, tengok cermin aku cracked. Tepi kereta aku ade motor. Orang atas motor tu tengah pandang aku. Pastu 'kraaaakkkk' lagi. Rupanye orang belakang motor tu tengah cuba pecahkan cermin ai T_T . Bila kali kedua die try tu baru aku sedar... "shitttt die orang nak amik beg aku." The thing is ade 2 beg kat tepi. Satu beg susu, which is on the floor of the passenger dan satu beg kosong yg tiada isi sebab semua isi i dah masukkan dalam beg pam susu . So die orang ingatkan beg kosong tu la kut ade rete untuk diambil. 

And my action next kinda surprised me. I jerit2 dalam kereta sambil tampar2 cermin kereta sendiri dan alih beg kosong tu kat riba aku. Orang atas motor kat depan tu dah gelabah. Agaknye pikir. Perempuan ni kenapa. Dah la cermin tu nak pecah ko nak tepuk lagi cermin tu. I agak hysterical time tu campo marah. Hahha. Then aku pikir balik tadek point aku tampar cermin. So aku tekan hon 2 3 kali. During that time, die orang try lagi pecah kan cermin 2 kali lagi. Ade lobang sikit tapi still susah die orang nak ambik beg. Bile aku dah tekan hon tu orang atas motor tu lagi gabra dan terus pecut. Gahh! Hanginnye ingat balik. Bile die dah pecut baru aku maca sedikit lega, dan try tengok boleh ke tak nampak nombor plat. Haram tadek. Kosong gelap je nampak. 

After that baru aku sedar I telah melanggar kereta Viva depan I. Probably masa gabra tu aku tertekan minyak and kena kereta depan. Lagi i pon i bukan jenis angkat handbrake masa traffic light. Orang dalam Viva tu keluar angin je. Tanye kenapa langgar die. I terangkan what had just happened and kereta belakang I pon datang nearer to explain what had just happened to the Viva. Orang at Viva tu baru la paham and sympathize. Aku pon tak boleh nak cakap ape. Sebab ape pon ko langgar die, still ko salah sebab ko langgar dari belakang. Muehehe. Naseb malang ni. 

Next step was to report to the police. Orang Viva ni tolong I buat report sama. Ingatkan die nak report pasal accident, but it turned out, he does not mind it and just teman I je buat report sebab he knows how it goes sebab rumah die pon baru kena pecah. Banyak nawww jenayah Malaysia ni. 

So memula I report to the police on duty, bla bla bla.. explain explained... then redo the whole thing again at the Forensic, ke bahagian Jenayah pula. Walau pon berpuasa tapi tak ingat lapar dah time tu. Stress and terkejut. Naseb baik dah makan mochi 3 biji. So explain to him and described the motorist looks like and all. Rupanye tempat tu memang prime spot la nak kena peragut. And of course mende camni kena bile kite tak aware sekeliling and I pon tak aware sibuk naw nak makan and tengok phone. You know next time this happened I will try to remember to snap the peragut gambar sebab I can see his face as clear as day. Also, police yang amik statement I tu handsome la. Hahahaha. Sempat. Mesti sempat sebab kite kena cari silver lining bile malang datang bergolek. Bile polis dah amik statement and amik gambar then I can go home. 

The next day I just tuka cermin and now nak cari kedai to tint again the window for security tint. And ladies, if you havent put security tint in, I suggest you do. I think it will take more than 4 or 5 try for the peragut to successfully pecahkan the cermin and in that time you can do what I did which is make some noise, or bantai peragut tu guna crowbar ( ini adalah angan-angan). In my case they didn't manage to take anything, but still with terlanggar kereta depan and pecah cermin kereta and nak beli tint baru, it is still a hefty loss. 

• I guess my advice is, don't leave any kind of bag at the seat, plastic/paper bag included. 
• If you are like me where a bag is necessary to have in the car and on the floor of the passenger, try to obstruct the view of the bag by putting something else on it. Macam yang sunscreen tu ke. 
• Go for security tint. 
• Be aware ( which I was not) when you are stopping. 
• I am putting my camera mode on next time. 

Finished 1 book!

Rejoiced!

I used to read at breakneck speed. When the last Harry Potter book came out, which is just a nice during the weekend, I holed up in my room and finished it in 12 hours. Intense.

During my semester break uni days, because no money so beggars can't be choosers, we went to the library.  By we I mean me , my mom and my 2 little brothers. So usually by the end of 2 weeks I had read all of my 5 books, and my mom 5. Brothers punye tak because children book meh.

Sekaranggg.... 2 bulan la nak habiskan Sophie's Choice. And it was an interesting read, it was a good book. Not great, but suspenseful, nicely writte, well drawn out characters and interesting issues. Issues of growing up, acceptance, sex, illnesses, wars. It is not a light read but it is not heavy either. 

I had always wanted to read Sophie's Choice, because pop culture references. Doesn't it drives you mad when people keep on quoting things you have no idea of. So this is why. I am surprised to find that I enjoyed it. And the book has a twist. It has a mystery on it. If pop culture have not ruined it, I would have enjoyed it more, but I guess this is why it was refer/quoted again and again. 

About the book? Oh it is about a young man living in a boardinghouse just after WW2 and met a couple, an Auschwitz survivor (Sophie) and her charismatic American boyfriend. The novel delves into their lives during that year, their relationship and Sophie story in Poland. 

Like I said, it was a good book. The characters are rich, flawed, beautifully thought out. Sophie is what we can be when we are faced with life toughest test, I think that is why she resonate so with so many readers. She is not heroic, not brave, not wise. She just try to live with what life had given her. 

So next book? Oh I am reading my Anne series. My comfort book. This time Anne House of Dreams. It is an apt book to read again after I had a baby. Don't you find after sometimes, movies or books that you had watched/read before 5 or 10 or 20 years ago felt differently when you read it again? 

Selfie

The top above yang I made in Vietnam that the tailor did not make as I wanted it to be made  it was suppose to be longer tapi I brought it to be altered to shorten a bit.

Tapi not to my specifications pon I still like wearing it. Ok. Nak gi shopping kat Global Indian Festival lak.

My 10 mo old boy

Who is sooooo making her mommy nerves on edge semalam sebab tanak tidur and if he nak tidur pon, atas mommy and ME being ME who is all alone with no help ( maid? what maid... she went out with her friends from morning till maghrib all weekend) aku rase nak cekik semua orang.

Anyway, aside from that... he is growing up.. to be what.. I dont know yet. Somewhat clingy, demanding, knows what he wants, like Game of Thrones song. ( sorry, I can't help it, I love that soundtrack, but I let him watch the series, when.. hmm.. maybe he is starting college? )

Last weekend swim. Comel sangat kan. (jawabbb yeee)

So what is up with him.

He is 10 month today! 2 more months and he will be my tiny tots. No longer my tiny baby. Sedih!

He already have 2 teeth at his bottom, it is the cutest thing and he likes using my hand as teether. Sekarang rase geli2 la kan, tunggu la nanti bile dah fully grown. 

He can stand! And he stands up so proudly looking at his mommy and sengih besar sambil kepak2 tangan expecting applause and smiles and hugs afterwards. Again. The cutest thing ever!

Gambar ni blurry. Saya tahu. Just wanna shows how excited he is standing up.

I am still feeding him bubur, but with new teeth, maybe nasi and lauk next. As long as his hopeless mother can masak rice just right. Tah hape2 la mak die ni. 

He still likes Taylor Swift. The duration I can mandi is as long as Taylor Swift videoclip played. I am thinking to introduce him to Barney next because I notice he likes the songs, but not so much cartoons. My nephew and niece grew up on Barney and they seems to have awesome vocab, so why not la. He also likes the Game of Thrones theme song. I used that to stop him crying. 

Die loves cat. If I sepahkan his mainan on the floor, he played with it for a few minutes or just whack some once or twice then proceed to crawl to the corner when I simpan the mainan kucing and proceed to main with the cats. Sometimes I think it is more beneficial for all of us (bulus included) to just buy cat toys instead of kid toys. 

The cats love it. If he started to go there, those 3 will come near sebab tahu dah .. playtime!

He can be very demanding. Before sleeping nak orang urut2 dengan vicks and minyak yuyi. I know this because I try to get him to sleep, but he refused and then nangis2 sambil tarik2 rambut. Stress taw bile die buat camni. 

He is already in FM starting from last month, so I BF him till he was around 9 mo. Ok la tu. He is still BF ing by the way, but the FM is only supplementary at the moment. Memula try to introduce him to Isomil kut. I pon tak ingat. He hates it. He nangis-nangis tepis. So we bought Karihome ( the susu kambing for babies ni) and tested him on it and he likes it. Fininshed 8 oz at one go. Banyak. I tested Karihome tu sikit and it tasted like EBM a bit. No wonder la. 

Well.. theres a lot of other things la he can do but mommy kena continue buat defects fix. So later la. A step close to tots. So sad, but at the same time, grow up faster because he is soooo clingyyyy.