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. 

Perihal Bulus

Dah lama tak berbual pasal bulus2 can. Tapi unless kalau die orang sakit ke or ade ape2 spectacular is happening, tadek sangat pon yang lain dari yang lain untuk diceritakan. 

Oh cuma satu yang buat aku angin dengan Bobby 

Jangan ingat muka inesen di atas tu tiada dosa. Die I notice sejak 2 menjak ni, duk spray2 kencing sikit2 kat keliling rumah. Kalaauuu macam Fasha dulu at least kat dinding , atau lantai, sonang je dilap. Ni kat sofa okeeehh.. dengan ade sekali tu kat almari buku, tapi sempat aku lempar  barang sebelom die buat. Haih la. 

Husband asked the vet, tanye tu marking ke. Vet cakap kalau dah neutered tu impossible untuk marking. Hurmph. But he does not pee, more like mark with pee kut. Adoi la kan. Now sekarang I am using the Urine Off to see if he will do it again. Babap bobby ni, memula dulu die buat camtuh, pastu die punye solution die is to let him out once in a while sebab die tension tak boleh keluar rumah, tapi I can't let him out bile weekdays. Maybe die tension sebab Orangina asyik masuk rumah, so I tak kasi sangat Orangina masuk. 

Oh kucing oren ni kan kite panggil Orangina. 

Dengan tak malunye hijack tuan rumah punye Hello Kitty jadikan rete die. 

Orangina ni memula ingatkan betina kan, sekali jantan. Die selalu nak masuk dalam rumah, kadang2 tak larat/sempat nak halang terus die masuk die gi perabiskan makanan kekucing ni. Pas makan berak sekali, berak cair pulak tu. Kan dah bawak die pegi vaccine sebab selalu sangat die masuk and makan kat rumah ni, and memerut dalam litterbox. Jumaat ni I bawak untuk followup lak. 

Memula Gollywolly and die suke2 gak main, but sekarang macam Wolly tak suke dah Orangina ni. Selalu kena belasah. So Orangina ni selalu ikut gi rumah my sister which have another male kitten there. Kitten ni dah besar gak la. More like teen cat. So sekarang Orangina and Asad ( that is my sister cat), macam best friend. Whenever Orangina datang, Asad will come out happily to play kejar-kejar and wrestle each other to the ground. So oklah ade geng. Kalu tak Asad tu rupa depress je . 

Over sangat ayu gamba ni. Lempang sikit kang. 

Kurap ni nampak sungguh la macam kucing yang feminin dan ayu. Tapi gangster ok. If I let her out in the weekend, kadang2 die akan pergi to my sister house 2 house down tu. Kurap and I kan used to live there, so to her macam second home la gak. So sekarang die emo je, datang2 ade kucing jantan ni bermaharajalela. Yang Asad pulak stress, agaknye pikir kenapa la kucing gemok ni sesuka hati je masuk rumah die and lempang die kan. Haha. Teruk taw Kurap ni. Masuk2 rumah my kakak, she will go in bau2 sikit, then terus cari Asad untuk dibelasah. Troma la kucing tu. Weekend je nanti die duk ketar2 dalam bilik maid tanak keluar kenkadang. Tak jantan tulll. 

Gollywolly ni tadek masalah sangat, cuma sekarang die pon suke ikut me and Ajis pergi rumah kakak. She wants to play with Asad too, cuma Asad agaknye troma kena belasah dengan Kurap, tanak geng dengan Wolly ni. Tapi die manja la, and she likes to selet2 her wet nose to kat kaki orang menyebabkan orang duk jerit "geli tahu taaakkkk... jangan laa"

Oh and I rase Bobby tension sebab kucing2 stray kenkadang datang depan rumah nak makan kan, so I let them be. Bobby rase tercabar kut, eleehhhh Bobby. Satu rumah ni ko punye, banyak naw songeh nak lepaskan geram kat sofa pulak kan. Jentik hidung tu. One of the cats that keep on coming is this one. 

Gollywolly tengok je

I panggil die Oliver Twist sebab selalu tunggud depan gate mintak makanan. Memula tetiap malam datang mintak makan. Tadek collar, badan berbau, fur kasar, then baru2 ni datang balik, tetap jugak mintak makan, ade collar dan fur dah lawa. Lagi sikit aku dah nak letak die for adoption kan, pantang je orang tu tak jadi. 

Actually not too sure if sebelom ni ade owner ke tak, tapi aku assume je stray tengok keadaan and kurus wehhh. Kalau die ade owner pon, owner die macam bagi makan tak cukup. Hurmph. 

Ni baru siang dapat tangkap gamba die sekali, tengok la kan. Nampak macam tak terurus. And nampak kurus. Makan selalu habis lak tu Pro Diet aku. Hish. Nak aje selitkan note kat collar kucing tu suruh die jaga leklok atau aku bagi orang. Tapi nanti kang die kurung tak bagi makanan lagi haru la plak. So how now brown cow. 

Setelah sekian lama, goodbye DiGi

I had been a loyal customer of DiGi from 2000 /2001. I can't remember. Back in those days, phone are gile expensive and beli line sama jugak cekik darahnye. My first phone the banana nokia was actually given by my then bf. He got sick of calling me through my friends and bought me a phone because I told him I don't think so I need a phone. Hahaha. Sekarang dah phone addicted kan. I cerita to my husband that and he just looked glum ( as his usual looks when I told him of my ex bfs which is honestly I don't tell much laaa .. considering my ex bfs... ) . 

Anyway the then bf gave me the phone but told me I need to get my own line. Pffttt. Well, I remembered then Maxis you need to pay more than RM200 to get the prepaid. Almost RM300 kut, and DiGi was RM159. I went with the cheaper one. Why not other telco at the time? At that time, UTP masih diconsider as kawasan jin tendang, and Maxis, you can get almost full bar there, but for DiGi if you prop your handphone right at the katil or cabinet tepi katil in the hostel, you can get 1 or 2 bar of line. Haha. Boleh la tu. 

Fuh I remember that time when sms was RM0.20 sen a piece and we were very concerned on how much a minute cost per call. Sekarang guna whatsapp je kan. Sape je lagi still using SMS ni. Then bile nak bergayut semua yang line DiGi ni, selalu kena keluar bilik to get a clear line. Come to think of it, that is what is currently happening to those using DiGi in Bukit Antarabangsa kut sekarang in 2013. Dalam bilik tingkat atas je dapat line. Selain tu, no call zone unless you keluar rumah. Setiap kali I nak call orang I kena to be in my room or go outside. And I had been living with that for years. Calling them to complain or help? Tadek guna ok, they will blame the phone, saying it is the phone fault when in fact we had tukar more than 5 phones with same result. Ye la kan, orang call center ni they have a certain dialogue. These are mostly not real support person, they are just there to placate the customer with placebo in term of dialogue. 

Husband gotten annoyed of never being able to call me, so he said let's tukar la. So we tukar to Maxis. Warily. We had heard numerous horror stories of Maxis where they are rampantly overcharging their customers macam customers die orang ni berak duit. I know those who had been overcharged near RM20k.  So of course we are very concerned but I know of people who say they never have those issues and praised Maxis to the sky, ( okay tipu, cuma cakap Maxis is good la). So we are hoping to be the latter. 

So, goodbye DiGi. It had been more than 10 years. Many a sleepless night had been have because of your service. And to be honest, I hardly felt the difference pon bile tukar, cuma every few days duk check data usage. Mestiiiiii. 

1st Mother's Day as Mom

.. which amount to nothing sebab cam biasa je hari tu. Ooo. I did cook pho that Sunday. It does not fail spectacularly, so that is a big win. Haha. I kinda overdid the fish sauce a bit, and lessen the cooking time from 2 hour to an hour and a half. My brother in law helpfully gave his critic , haha, saying maybe the cooking time should not be lessen. Well then... maybe another time I will attempt again the pho, 

Tapi siang tu, I brought little Ajis to the swimming pool at the clubhouse. My sister punye clubhouse la. I punye clubhouse probably is the sungai/longkang besar depan rumah itu. 

I tak turun pool sebab I don't have the appropriate apparel, so husband la yang played with him in the water. And he loves it. The way he moves in the water macam kalau lepaskan dah boleh kuak2 macam katak. Haha. But we did that once, with him wearing pelampung di lengan, dan die tenggelam sikit and cry. Wahaha. Nak advanced sangat parents Ajis ni

But he does not love it as much when being put in this position (as shown below) in the water. Muka cuhakkk.

Then afterwards we put in dalam.. boyar.. or you people called it pelampung for baby/toddlers. Suke weh, kaki die eksaited je kuak2, die tepuk2 boyar tu. Die rasa macam die dalam walker kut. Lagi2 ada abang2 cousin die tu push him around in there.

Basically Ajis had a blast. Balik je terus nak pengsan membuta. Haha. He slept for around 3 hours tengahhari tu, which is untuk anak aku tu adalah sangat marvelous la.

So maybe we can make it an almost weekly thing for him since he enjoyed it so much. Better pon, as dah beli baju mandi pon untuk die tu. Hehehe.

Mak die pon nak join gak. I don't know how to swim, so my sister ajak I gi kelas swimming as they have classes. Tempting kan. Tadekle keje tetiap minggu nak gi Ikea/KLCC/Wangsa Walk melebarkan badan je kan. Tengok la guano.

Ape lagi mahu

Honestly. The newspaper dekat country ni macam tadek conscience kan. Rase macam nak carik2 editor yang approve all these headlines today. I am not sure what they are trying to gain but they are treading in dangerous water. 

That being said, I am gonna say this, schools should not be segregated according to race. While any races can enter the vernacular school, but the channel is left wide open for segregation. Then nak pelik kenapa racism berlaku. I don't understand the need of vernacular school. If they really want it, then make it like sekolah agama la. An optional school, after you had attended a 1Malaysia school that is attended by all races equally. Bebudak johor boleh je juggle 2 school hari-hari, so ok what. Semua happy. But no... these people want to make education as their political agenda, then nak pelik why we have a long way to go as 1 Malaysia. 

Wow is this my most serious post in a while kan. Tee hee

Ok this topic is kinda reprehensible, so I am gonna stop here. Also I sangat mengantuk. Also jari ai sakit nak taip banyak2. I slept on my finger (that sounds weirdd), but it happens and now the finger is all kind of cramps and achey. 

Oh ye. Husband is back for a while for a meeting. So hurray! Dengan itu I nak pujuk die pegi Pavilion sebab I nak squid ink pasta weekend ni. 

Ending this post with this picture. Sekarang ni Bobby suke pulak ngendeng2 kat Ajis. Pantang la pintu bilik tu bukak mesti nak masuk nak join jadi baby sekali.

Update before election ( tapi tak cite pasal election )

Husband is back at Turkmenistan. Honestly with a cranky baby, unpredictable work environment, I am seriously considering going with him there. He transferred to the capital of Turkmenistan which is much more better than the camp he is living in now, tapi much better for him la, for me? Dan boleh ke bawak Kuwap? 

Ajis cakap undilah saya untuk parti segitiga untuk kebahagian bersama. 

I cut his hair. More like ask husband to bring him to barber to shave his head. Not fully botak la, but I wanted to curb his bad habit of pulling his hair bile die tension. Kecik2 dah ade bad habit. Babap die. Ni sekarang if he wants to pull his hair, he will feel it and then garu2 je scalp die. Haha. Kesian. I miss his curls la. Ni nampak notti. 

Ajis baby had a mild case of croup recently which made him a crankier than usual. Kesian semalam kena marah dengan mommy. Sebab mommy pon sama sakit, but he is a sweet baby cuma extra clingy bile kat rumah. I told him many times, nanti dah masuk sekolah menengah I will remind him of how he will hollers if I move away more than 10 cm from him. I think I also need to remind myself that once he grows up he will no longer need me as now, tapi penat la mommyyy. 

Ni nak kena adjust balik my day to day after dah comfortable husband tolong me around the house. Fuhh. Oh and I got my period back. And yeps, susu dropped. Sigh. Dah la stok memang merundum pon sejak 2 menjak ni, but most probably because the coming of my period kut, so I guess memang quite soon gak la Ajis will be given formula. But I will try to pump more at least until he have gotten over his croup and cough. But hey, 9 months ( he will be 9 by the end of this week), is quite an achievement ( cuba kalau buat statement macam ni kat forum or group breastfeeding mother, maw kena sedas ). So yeah, I am fine with that. 

As for the catss. 

Ajis trying to get a handful of Kurap fur. 

I am trying to persuade Kurap if she is in the room to sleep on the floor. Tapi dah biasa tidur atas katil kan, die emo laaa kena letak bawah. Haish. With Ajis cough malas pulak nak take risk for it to worsen, also Ajis now have become more naughty and always try to take a handful of the cat fur. Tak pernah kena cakar lagi kan. Actually ade je, tapi kid being kid unless it really hurts kut they will stop. Gollywolly will move away, Bobby are not interested in being near him but Kurap who is biasa to be near me, now tension je bulu kena tarik dek budak botak ni. Kalau beli pet bed letak kat bilik Kurap maw ke? 

Oh and the neighbour cat is macam our cat je. Most of the time he is here. Of the cat is a HE. Only now I can see his balls. Huh. No wonder Bobby don't like it. 

Eh, husband dubbed him Orangina. Well at first ingatkan female cat. Lantak ko la Gina, terima je la nama tu. We took him for vaccine sebab he always dart in the house and eats the cat food and sometimes use their litterbox. But for now he is living in front of the house and sleeping on my rak kasut. We had been adopted by him even though jiran aku kutip die. There is no other way about it. Ah well, at least it is easier to take him to the vet to be spayed bile die besa nanti. He is still thin but I think it is normal. He thinks Ajis boy is a cat because he always pounce on Ajis when Ajis is crawling around. And he is best friend with Gollywolly. The other cats tolerate him bile they mood strikes. 

The thing is because we are feeding him in front of the house and just leave the food there, the other strays are starting to come. And kalau datang je takpe, ni leave their marks. Haih la weh, tak baik susahkan orang bagi makan ok kekucing. Haha. Ah well. Bile got time and pics, I will show the pics of the other guests that came from time to time. Tapi tak sampai hati la kan nak buang or halau. They wanna eat pon, bukan buat ape. ( except sometimes sprayed around the front yard) I am seriously considering chucking my rak kasut or make it really high). 

Oh and re the upcoming election. I am seriously disgusted by the tactics of some party to garner votes, but considering what I had been reading and watching on election in other countries, I guess politics is a dirty game. Tapi macam orang tadek agama pulak ye if you can show video lucah at political rally without any shame. How this people live with their self I don't know. And I can't wait for it to be over too because the abundance of political sharing related video and articles is really boring. I want my FB timeline back to its Shaklee, babies, TV3s drama live update statuses ok.

We went to Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh

I think long time readers here ( ade lagi ke) may remembered I had already went there a couple of times. This time I want to shop. But bringing in baby also hampered a bit of shopping, but not by much. Baby Aziz had been a delight that he deserved several smacks and cute embroidered clothes for his trouble. But I am getting ahead of my post.

Before we go to Vietnam, which is on Thursday last 2 weeks, mak die and anak die baru la terkedek2 nak buat passport on Monday. Nasib baik la gak I opt to wait for husband because passport baby punye process goes something like

"passport ni nak ikut mak ke ayah. Kalau mak sehari je kalau ayah 5 hari."
Kite orang mesti la nak amik mudah cakap mak. Sekali nasib baik die bagi ayat seterusnye
"then kalau ikut passport mak, anak ni tak boleh dah dapat ape2 keistimewaan yang orang Sarawak dapat, e.g. biasiswa, pembelian tanah di Sarawah, penurunan harta"..

Woooooooo. So we decided baby passport ikut ayah die. The process is not that complicated, isi extra borang with photostat copy of IC by the father, and father signature then need approval from Kuching. The approval takes around 4 - 5 days. But of course that does not work for us, so they said we can appeal it by faxing to Sarawak office our flight itinerary and asking for a speedy approval. It took just 2 day. Monday sent, Tuesday husband telefon 20x and got it. Hehe. My husband is persistent. Harapkan mak die memang lama la kut. So we can go to Vietnam that Thursday!

At Vietnam we stayed at Bong Sen hotel at Dong Khoi street. I chose this rather than the popular Bin Thanh area because I know the area as my family had stay around here before. So it is easier to move around. I would think my choice was apt because I love staying here. It is nice to walk around, halal restaurants are just a stone throw away.

My hotel was great. It was comfy, clean, well kept, bathroom was nice and even have those extra amenities , like toothbrush and toothpaste. I stay in Sheraton Kuching baru2 ni pon takdak ok. It is those extra things that counts. I would most definitely stay here next time. Breakfast of koz la non halal, but there is plenty of breads and cereal and fruits and salads to keep hunger at bay. Dan I was fantastically full everytime breakfast pon.

Omelette during breakfast. I really enjoy their coffee. Sodap,  kona dengan tekak den. 

And the Halal restaurants we went too.

We can't get adventurous in Ho Chi Minh, well because I don't fancy getting food poisoning with baby, also because there is limited what halal food you can obtained.

Our breakfast is at the hotel.

Lunch is usually around Bin Thanh area, which the first restaurant named Kg Melayu I think is just ok, and the Warung 1Malaysia ( ko jangan, kat Vietnam pon 1Malaysia), is nice except don't order the sweet sour or the sotong or both! But the soup there is very nice. Another time during lunch we just ordered cakes at Gloria Jeans which is a MISTAKE because DILA when will you ever learn cakes in coffee shops are never good.

Dinner we went around Dong Khoi area, Halal Saigon the first and last night, D'Nyonya the second night and a Turkish restaurant which I suke sangat virgin mojito die. And the kebab is nice too.

These are mostly dinner food pics. Lunch we got our hand full with little Ajis yang asyik tunjuk perut seksi die tu. 

Halal Saigon food was pretty good nothing too great tapi sedap la di perut. D'Nyonya was so and so.

I somehow without realizing ordered Pho in D'Nyonya. It was nice enough, but it is distracting to eat a soupy noodle with a struggling baby. 

Most of these restaurants are pretty expensive as we are in the tourist district so if you guys go there make sure you calculate betul2 the meal in RM before ordering. All those 00000s in VietDong is pretty heady and confusing.

What we see

Ajis tidur afterwards so boleh tengok photographs bebetul. 

Not much. Like I said before I had been here before. I suggested to husband if he wanted to go to Chuchi Tunnel, but he said no because he does not want to take the risk of a temperamental baby there. So I ajak him to go to War Remnants Museum only.

Aside from that jalan-jalan area Ho Chi Minh is quite a good way to spend the time too.

Where we shop

Honestly not much too.

One of the bag I bought, I like this bag. It is biggg.  Kenapa gamba ni tak centered? Shut up

I bought few bags, but I think you'll fare better if you wanna buy a lot, go to the other shops around Bin Thanh. However there are more choices in Bin Thanh, which is why I bought there, but bile nak pegi the other place, dah malas pulak, because the shops outside Bin Thanh, while cheaper, only 1 or 2 design is kinda ok to me, lain2 macam so so.

Baju smocking for little girls, is cheap in Bin Thanh. Go deeper in the market to get the best price. They are much more incline to give discount if you buy more so if you beli 1 agak2 la kalau nak tawar menawar tu kan berapa banyak you wanna discount. I bought some for the nieces. Ajis of course la not smocking gown, but we bought him a cute embroidered coverall for him. Embroidered cloths are big in Vietnam, but I already have a few embroidered tablecloths dari long  time ago and I very rarely entertain so tak kose nak menambah.

Ape lagi ek, oh for baju kurung, I memang dah aim Hong Anh je, nowhere else. Maybe there are other places who sells good quality and pretty baju kurung, but I didn't go around and see but I had always before like and am satisfied with their baju kurung so malas to see around and just aim there. Hong Anh is not cheap compare to other places in HCM, tapi bile ko dah bandingkan dengan harga baju kurung yang sama kualiti dijual here, sangat2 la cheap weh. Dengan itu aku amik 3 sekaligus, and bought one for my MIL and one baju melayu kecik comel untuk Ajis boy untuk raya kelak.

Other than that, I didn't buy kain sebab kain kat rumah tu dah melambak dah. Ops, I only bought kain for blouse to be made here. Dan menangislah aku sebab dengan bodohnye I didn't bring a sample blouse for them, so they can copy it, instead just ask them to ukur and just make according to the blouse I was wearing that day. The result was not pretty. Menangis aiii okehh. Eh tak nangis lah, tapi cukup la untuk bad mood. Agak kebangangan jugak kan, I asked for blouse simple straight cut just like the one I am wearing, die orang pegi buat ala2 gaya peplum tapi lebih kepada kemakcikan. Nangis dalam hati je la, sebab diri sendiri salah tapi still berbakul jugak la kalau boleh aku nak maki. So those who wants to make blouse BRING SAMPLE. Penat je cari kain kat Bin Thanh, nanti tailor sana butchered your baju. They can make simple baju kurung, but go lebih sikit je memang out of their comfort zone, tu yang kain aku tu jadi practice sewing kut.

Other stuffs,  bought some other stuffs not worth mentioning, oh maybe one. A lacquer painting reproduction of Gustav Klimt  'The Kiss', because I love that painting. It sold for 20 USD but I manage to buy it for 15 USD sebab I pointed that there is a small chip here and there. Hehe. Boleh ko taknak tawar menawar dengan aku, so I pointed la what is wrong with your product.

Once I entered a shop near Bin Thanh, I looked at one of the dusty bags they displayed outside and asked the price, thinking maybe it is below 10 usd because honestly, the bag seen better day. Boleh die quote aku USD20. I just laughed at his face and walk away while he quickly adjusted his price from 20usd to 2usd. 2 USD kauu... but I tadek mood nak beli from guys quoting price that is daylight robbery pon.

In summary, where we go to shop pon is primarily Bin Thanh, Saigon Square, Saigon Tax , shops around HCM la.

Ade Loubotin ok the street hotel aku tu. Tapi aku tak masuk. 

Bin Thanh - good for cheap items, but i think yang betul murah is kain and clothes. Other tu especially souvenir items, I don't think so Bin Than is the place. They are very aggressive sellers, if you taknak tengok sometimes they take offense, macam ade 1 place tu, I memang nak beli the MNG knockoff clothes they are selling, but they refuse to tell me the price. They cakap, they cari my kaler and bukak packaging dulu baru nak bagi tahu price. Of course la kan if they do that we feels obligated to buy kan even if they said no, I asked repeatedly but they still do not want to give, so annoying. Then dedua la annoyed with each other. Honestly if you can't stand the hassle, Saigon Square is the best place for you to buy clothes. But I think mostly the tshirt sellers yang I perasan very aggressive  other sellers like the children clothes, kain, table clothes are not that aggressive. So we tried to steer clear away from them.

Saigon Square - There are 2, but you can opt to go to the one in front of Bin Thanh, they sell the same things, but things are not that oppressive, the sellers not that aggressive. I did go to the Saigon Square 2 and found a nice palazzo pants made of silk that I didn't found anywhere else, so I guess it is a worthy trip for me, but not too much items or a bargain you can get there.

Saigon Tax - These are for the tourists who malas to go in Bin Thanh, you can get somewhat more of the same things, and the price is ok too, but like I said old design. There is a supermarket in there.

Owh and we bought our souvenirs at a gift shop in the War Remnants museum. Cheaper from the discounted price we got at other place. Tapi ni souvenirs biasa je2 la like fridge magnets, and hat and bookmarks.

I didn't manage to go to the pasar malam at Bin Thanh, I heard lagi2 la murah, but with baby in tow I kesian la pulak nak bawak so I rather not. Usually nighttime we just jalan2 around the hotel je. Lagi pon bile dah petang I usually go back to hotel and let Ajis sleeps comfortably, so bile die bangun time dekat2 dinner tadekla die emo sangat.

Apakah konklusi ni: Tak tahu la, I bought some but not a lot, but tadekla serik to go again. I always like Ho Chi Minh, so yeah, kalau my family decided to go I might tag along too!

50 books to read before you die

Husband bought a bookmark that listed down 50 books to read before you die. Out of all I only counted 14 I had read. Barely a quarter.

I am not sure I must read it all. There are other books that are equally delightful. Life is too short to have a list.

Aziz is 8 months today!

Budak nakal yang nowadays semua mende nak masuk mulut. He had almost eaten 2 of keyboard keys. Manage to pry out a receipt from his mouth recently.

Oh and he boleh merangkak dgn cara yang betul tapi totally cartoonish way 

Ape lagi... mummy die tak ingat sebab bz gilos ni. Which is why I have not been updating about the cats sebab the cats need moar pics in blog.

Back to work bebehhhh.

Blur moment

I was in an one on one meeting with a manager . Ini manager mat salleh from a European country so.. yeah accent sedikit kuat.

We start the meeting by introducing myself and I told a bit about my baby. Then it was his turn and he said..

" as you know , I'm Gaayy."

I was speechless for about 10 secs while my mind was going... "okkkkkk... I am not sure why he is telling me that".

Then after he seen me silent for a while, he went on.. "yups.. I am gregory...".

Penat aku tahan gelak. Yela kan. Why the hell would people want to say that to their employees out of the blue. Telinga pokak.

I am now laughing about this with my colleague.