tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132357276134324292011-12-13T19:36:37.546+08:00Cinta as in Love. Love for my religion, hubby, Sufi, Khair & Furqan. Love everything about my life journey, no regrets thou not rocky and not always smooth. Love to be a wife to Ridwan. Love to be a mother. Love to try out quilting, photographing, dish out recipes. Love to be a quilter, artist, chef and a swimmer. Love organic life. Love to be ME in my most imperfectious originality.Marlini Ridlis Ismailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404095825465468713noreply@blogger.comBlogger1261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313235727613432429.post-20059197942421127362011-12-01T01:10:00.002+08:002011-12-04T11:29:50.643+08:00

When you decided to choose a partner, it means you have decided to stay together forever... and its a choice for both. Everything comes in pairs.  And you need to make it works along with the chronicles of journey, with bitter sweet riding in the picture of perfection. I am contented, thankful and blessed that I have found my other half in the most beautiful and mystical ways that GOD has planned

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Today is the first day that Furqan our youngest son will start his first session of Playgroup. An early start for all my kids, Furqan at 20mths enters his preschool days at Al-Amin Preschool, same as his older brothers. This year, he will have an advantage, as Khair is still in K2. As much as I want hime to be independent, make more friends and let him have his play time among his peers, my

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Today dream was a very sad ones. In fact, it touches my heart deeply that I knew I cried sadly in my dream. Its has been only few months that she left this world, without me having the chance to meet her for the final time. Bad-blood ran through until the day she left us. Its a choice as not to offend anyone at home. I have been silly as not to choose a choice that I will never regret in my whole

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Why do I call it white? Is when my children start comparing the south pole and north pole to be a white month for December. Which means, snow all over the other part of the world, while its very cold, windy here in Singapore. We felt extra blessed due to our house location, facing the expressway that is facing the Punggol sea and not forgetting the wide open field across our flat and the river

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How I wish I can just rant it here! Arrghh! We have accepted that its not easy and never will it be. But the reply reason was so ridiculous. And not to mentioned we have spend an amount, but the reply is unacceptable. How on earth do you justify working experience of 8years to 12 months of capacity? Is it 12mths of working experience is vital while 8years of experience is too much? Anyway, we

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Thank God, everything goes well for their wedding. We as a host felt thrilled and overwhelmed that everything goes as planned and we believed that we have tried our very best a first time host for a big event! Relatives from my MIL maternal side came over all the way from Klang, KL - Malaysia. A few families indeed. And my families and my sisters who came to add merry to the happy occassion.

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Earlier today was my younger's son participation in his school graduation concert for his K2 friends. This year the concert was held at the Concorde Hotel, Orchard Road - Singapore. This is the first time for us to step in this hotel. There was a tea-reception for all guest. The theme and the performance in line was all a great effort put together by the school, teachers and students. Its a

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Its Hari Raya Haji again! Phewww! Its just a few days ago, the house is fille dwith guests for the wedding and we are taking the chance not to do up the house especially since the master bedroom has been beautify with the past weddings deco. A simple one thou, yet its fulfilling as I get to sew the curtains and the side tables round-runner! Well, for this year, my parents did their ''Korban'' (

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Here it goes, Brownie is new to the family. He is 2yrs old the day Candy gave him up for us to adopt. We grew to have this special bonding with him. Well, I addressed myself like how the kids addressed me - Mummy. Brownie is so adorable, grew to love him just like how Sufi, Khair & Furqan bonded with me...  Brownie has started to familiarise with our home, he wanders around happily.

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All is well. We prayed hard for this day to come... Its just 3days more and we will have the event that we have been waiting for! Yes, its going to be held at our humble crib. We really hope that we will be at our very best as a first time host. We have been busy for the last few days and spring-cleaning, painting the Big Day room, well just for display thou. And lots of fun and happiness filled

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November has drove in, the rain has started to pour in and the haze is becoming lesser & lesser. We hope so. Its ridiculous and madness on how irresponsible some people may be which makes others pay for their mistakes indirectly. And thinking of all the children suffocated, suffered... Its emotionally wreakage for some. Anyway, November not alone bringin in together the natural disasters, it has

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We saw pumpkins everywhere, kids and adults in costumes... Well, we did have a blast, a white cape all over the house while watching Harry Potter! Halloween tragic in Singapore neighbourhood malls? Its not really a tragic for us, but it is for a student who died of multiple stabs during Halloween Day last night. He dragged his wounded body all the way to the entrance of Sakura Buffet. We felt

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As he aged further, I see him aging wisely and handsomely. Yes, that is how I described my husband. Well, not that he is so old, at 31yrs old, I see wisdom crawling in and he has achieved much in maintaining, creating a cozy, safe environment for us family. Especially when the kids simply adores him, that is the best thing that I want my kids to feel, looking forward every minute to meet him and

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Its already October. Its my brother's birthday. We have already bought him a biker shirt from Nizam's new brick & mortar store for bikers accessories & dressing. Quite a good deal. Apart from that, we did went to Melaka for final Eidulfitri's celebration visiting my hubby's maternal's families there. The kids had fun. It was a short getaway with hubby's maternal grandma(Nenek). All went well.

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This year, another great year to celebrate Eidilfitri. As usual, Im not cooking any festive food for the first day. More or less concentrating on dressing the kids, spring-cleaning and just relax. I am glad, my MIL is very understanding, going to the extent of heping us with the cooking! And yes, the first day at my parent's house was a blast with relatives & food! This time, we made extra

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This year Ramadhan, I really felt that it is short. Partly due to the kids falling sick back to back from last month and along with Furqan who needs constant attention. I planned to sew the 3 bedrooms curtains for this year Eid, well, I guess I have to put it on hold. With 3 kids in tow, if I want to sew for Eid, I have to do it at least 4months in advance! I felt that Ramadhan for this year is

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Lets start off with my younger son's 5th birthday earlier this month. We had birthday goody bags sent over to his kindergarten, and Khair is so overwhelmed that he hugs, kiss and hugs and kisses again for me. Sweety-pie. Forever a baby in our eyes. He had two days fever a day after his birthday! And few days later, while we were at his great-grandmother's house, he injured his feet accidentally

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Well, July has not much thing happening. The kids getting the hang over for June holidays. Almost daily school work for school, and their weekly swimming lessons ending soon to give way for their Arabic Tuition & Phonics Class for Sufi & Khair respectitively. Apart from the daily randoms with the kids, I must admit, the financial issues is getting bigger and needed more attention. With 3 kids in

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Its so fast and yet going through the whole process is such a handful for me, yet enjoyable. I get myself away from working at home for the school holidays just so to pay more attention to my kids and avoiding myself from ferrying them to and fro to or parents house to babysit. And not forgetting, we did had a blast for Fathers' Day celebration. It was an awesome, happy family gathering. Apart

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~ dreams that has been there, will never be executed with the heart pounding yet not bearing... ~ Cintaridlis... Leaving on the Jetplane, this is not that we have planned. We planned to leave on an aeroplane which will soar high up in the beautiful sky leaving to our dream destination. Indeed a dream is a dream, although we have faith that we will reach it soon along with lots of obstacles and

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June School Holidays has already kicked in. As usual, I will be working lesser on projects and limited the WAHM-ing to few times a week or few hours. The house as i have forseen will be in a ruckus, riot almost 24/7 and this will include the tiny-weeny Baby Fur who has started to explore more confidently around the house. We have a few things in mind for the kids. It has to be fun, interactively

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Our eldest boys are off to my mum's house. Sara came over to fetch them and Khair start to asking for me the moment he step out of the house! How adorable! Well, back to our supper earlier. We decided to settle for Cheesecake from McCafe, Hot Fudge Sundees and a small double cheesburger meal. I must admit that I am never tired of Cheesecake from wherever it came from. I love the availability

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Theme: Fairy Tale Venue: Al-Amin PreschoolWhen: Mid Term Role: Prince Khair of Anchorvale KingdomProps: Personalised Crown & Cape from his almost done quilt made/sew with Love by Mummy.Rate: 5 Loves

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One year has passed by very fast. I still remembered well last 12 months, I am still in confinement and the riots started to kick in with 3 kids during the June holiday! But I still feel happy and contented. The feeling is so overwhelmed with a mix feelings. So much I have been rantings and ramblings about the oldest two boys, yet so little have been mentioned about Baby fur, thou his milestone

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This is the first time I am listening to a webinar session by Suria Mohd. I have been putting it off for quite some time. And I really need to listen to it, i heard that it is so good. It is really good. Suria talked about herself, talk about how she started to be a teacher. How she was rejected twice when she applied for NIE with the fact her results was acceptable. Suria has a passion to

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It has reach almost  the peak of our relationship. 10th years of togetherness, gng through thick and thin. Bitter and sweet as sugar. We did not expect it can last till this long thou we prayed hard that the love will last till the end of our lives. And we felt thankful and blessed with the chance of tying the knot together and having three active, healthy princes. Yes! 3 boys in a row and

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We love this! Its deliciously prepared by Rid with honey. A jug full of it, healthy choice for our afternoon tea-break! Thank you Love.

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This is the first time for us to go through an experience of our children having exams. Since Sufi started his primary education, he has started to have lots of class test which are meant as a preparation for him to sit for a more important examination. So far, as I did mentioned before we do not intend to sent him for any tution class till maybe when he is at primary 3 onwards if need be. Apart

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Month of May will be busier every year now. We used to just celebrate Mothers Day & our courtship anniversary but now its going to be birthday celebration too for Furqan. He turns 1yr old this week and we had a great celebration among loved ones. Since its the same week for Mothers Day, we decided to throw in the mood! Lots of goody bags, food, Barney Birthday Cake and Mothers Day mini-cupcakes.

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Its a simple fare. Today I had two projects done and feeling tired and will skipped the process of cooking lunch and dinner. so we end up with plain rice, an egg and soya sauce for our pre-dinner meals! Its delicious! And most important, the kids love it so much that they asked for more & more eggs! Now we are all waiting for Rid to buy dinner for us - Nasi Briyani! Our favourite!

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This is our all time favourite sofa. We bought it in year 2002 when we just moved in into our new house, and still staying here over the years. Its our first sofa ever and we still love it. The cushion is still comfy to our suprise! We bought it from Ikea and it cost us S$299 only! Its a miniature for only the two of us and does not takes up a lot of space. And we only have one cover which we

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''....shreeeeekk. booom!'' As I lay on my bed I saw a light beyond the horizon. Transparent. Strong yet diminishing. It seems so far & becoming very faint. As I tried each time to reach it. It gets further & further away. Blur. And I saw the darkness. Nothing else. Silence. Not even the sound of the wind. It just stop. -----------------------------------      Now I know why, Aunt Lina & Uncle

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When it come to food, our family galores thre idea! Well, both my grandmother cooks deliciously in their own ways and my mom is no exception. Her touch is 'magic'... Now back to the other food  thing. Apart from home-cooked, we love to explore on cuisines. Be it Indonesia, Malay, Chinese, Middle-East, Korean or Japanese food. And I am glad that I share the wild-exploration character with my

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Its Earth Week again. Or I might call it Save the Earth Week. This time, I believe I have put in extra effort. How about you? Have you done or contribute something? Since young, my parents has implemented the needs to eat wisely, to the extend of taking supplements (organically claimed by some Companies) to maintain our health. Needless to say, I dread it. I hate the thoughts of drinking

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For the past few weeks, my body has started aching, aching & aching. My self-endurance i must say has expired. My body needs repair every 2 weeks if i am in the midst of breastfeeding duty but has been delaying it due to time constraint. And the aching gets worst! And today, Mak (MIL) came over to give me a full body-massage and i go ooohhh! Awwww! Haha most of the times! I can feel the veins

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Its Friday again. And I am loving it so far. The boys has been great these past days especially Sufi & Khair. And maybe the weather are great always each day, each time when they are home from school. Sometimes, the humid & hot weather makes a kid restless & will trigger their unbelievable tantrums! Not mentioning the adults too. For April, Sufi has started his Arabic Tuition. Every alternate

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For past years Rid & I have been exercising equal attention on the two older boys. Trying still each & everyday. Especially when they are just two years apart, it was easy to spend time equally, quality ways. Its either way, I hangout with Sufi or another part with Khair. Sometimes it just happened that we switch roles on the attention job as much as we can so as not to make each one of them feel

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Today, I had lunch at 12.30pm exactly after I managed to cook 'asam pedas' quite fast & deliciously to my expectations *winks* and start with my WAHMing with replying queries, appointments to be arranged and preparing to mail out receipts. And not forgetting planning for new promotions for collaborations with MMW Joint-Partners. Up till today, since my last day of service with a Company few

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It just happened that everyone in the family is not working! Great food and great time we had. And the kids too! Rid was very happy, he had wanted this to happen.

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Its the 1st day of April. Time flies very fast. Tomorrow is Good Friday Public Holiday & the weekend will be a little bit longer than usual. We are not going anywhere tomorrow as Rid will be working until 7pm. I planned not to cook tomorrow & maybe just grab some bites with the boys. And maybe finish up my undone laundries, bedsheets, 30mins of sewing & ice-creams! Planned to, so that Saturday &

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For days they have been home-schooled & behaving almost quite well... We decided to give them a treat to lunch out at their fav spot...

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In the morning we headed to Sufi's school to collect the Nasi Briyani Amal in conjecture of the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W birthday at Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah. After that we decided to have our lunch (the briyani rice of course) at McRitchie Reservoir. We love to have picnics at parks. Its so serene & very nature feeling. The chirping of the birds & people who enjoyed the nature so much as us

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The pasts few days, since the kids had fever I was busy with nursing Sufi, then followed by Khair & Furqan had fever at the same time. While Sufi has recovered just before the two younger brother fall sick. I felt so handicapped and feeling lucky as my Rid was with me helping me out with boys. When I looked at them lying on bed, I see the bonding between them. It looks stronger. Then the

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I have been doing this for years with my two older sons, every Saturday w/out fail!! And I did't even knew that its called as 'Lapbookers'!! What am I doing, browsing through the internet, sourcing for thematics styles to incorporate to my weekly lessons but i didnt know what its label as... And it has been selling as an educational package to all who yearns for a different approach of

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We just had Nasi Briyani Lil' Furqan having great time.. Then we drove off to Seletar, our favourite hangout place where Nature is preserved for now... My kids (Khair & Sufi) made new friend, Darwisy (Naval Base Pri Sch) who stayed in Yishun...

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Its another Lunar New Year & embracing the Tiger Zodiac! And my kids are loving the tigger idea of it. We hang-out at my parent's house the eve of LNY, watching tv, chat & eat! Well, ridwan needs to work today & tomorrow. Seems so long this weekend to ends with the kids jungling with me! So we planned to make some hong-bao fans, some colourings the next day itself. I am still thinking of the

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So i am missing my MacLaren Triumph Stroller & my all-time favourite MomsInMind baby sling. Its only a few hours after i dumbly left those lovelies at the back of a Comfort Delgro taxi! And i didn't even remember the taxi number! I am feeling worst, the stroller & sling has been with me since my first child. And only a few hours w/out them i am feeling handicapped.... The only thing that i can

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We had this in the morning! What I can say, its tasty.Really! Toasted Sandwich with cheese, dashed of basil, oregano. My kids love it!

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Heres another art piece of mine, which is the same as the other 'Numbers Mini-Quilt Patchworks' - courtesy of fabrics from Ikea, and Patch from MODA that I bought from http://www.thesproutzstore.com/ and I am addicted to their shop!

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Time flies so fast. Today I turned 30 years old. With 3 hyperactive kids in tow. Apart from the numbers reminding me that I am old and sagging fast, I started to feel that my children are all grown-up & seeing lesser of each other sooner. Especially when most of their times are at school, while I am busy with my WAHM-ing and the housechores. I am trying to think back of things that I have

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Ok so its already into the almost second month of the year2010. So far I have not yet finalising on what themes to give the boys. We did New Year Theme this month & Happy Family. Theres still more to plan, but i have limited time. The only next I have in mind is the normal CNY as usual, we will be doing firecrackers, hongbao decorations eg... After that? hhmm... need to unscrew my brain. Or

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This is the Numbers Baby Quilt with Patchworks measuring 18''x20''  with fabrics that i bought frm http://www.thesproutzstore.blogspot.com/ - that I am currently working on... My mobile is low batt I can't yet snap the patchworks pictures which mostly will be in greens as refelected on the numbers which is in light greens. There will be a loop for easy hanging on strollers, baby-cot or

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I realised that Furqan is totally skipping crawling totally! Well he did crawl once or twice, very, very rare. Touched 6mths, he sits & he started to move around in the baby-walker, he seems to like climbing on stools, on dinner benches, on his baby-cot. He seems curious to explore beyond his age. especially when he sees what his active, happy older brothers engaged in a fun activities, he

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So this ready made fabrics are going to be modified with a patchworks specially for my Furqan. I might get a few more to add to my project lines. Oh and the batik prints? For now it has already cut and waiting to be sew as coasters. I can't wait for it to happen! *All items will be produced or produced in a Smoke-Free Home-Office*

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You see, this is the first time he went to school without Sufi, since Khair started his pre-school at age 18mths. He is trying to get used not to see his brother at school. He is such a brave boy, thou he kept saying that how he wishes he can enrolled in Madrasah Al-Irsyad with Sufi *winks*

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Sufi attending his Primary 1 @ Madrasah Irsyad. He is enjoying the moment & he loves his new school! During his first break-time... After visiting Sufi's school, Khair is so hungry & we settled for Kentucky Fried Chicken!

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We took a stroll to watch the kite flying & the beautiful sunset... Sufi & Khair enjoying the moments while eating ice-cream Its a beautiful moment, God's creations...

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The training goes on.. it has been almost 18mths since they started training. And they are still enjoying the fun! (By Coach Raymond) XXX

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After our take-away dinner of nasi briyani from Jalan Kayu, We had a great new year watching fireworks at the river across the Anchorvale Community Centre. Beautiful fireworks and then great supper @ Mac Cafe... Photos coming soon... C yah! Kids waiting for the fireworks to start... We had cheesecakes, unfortunately we snapped the picture after we are done with it!

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In 2009, this is what both hubby & me produced, an adorable bubble that melts our heart 24/7! Looking at him each time leave us the feeling that there will not be any new bubble to our family tree... He's a wonder. In 2009, they embraced each other as elder brother to Furqan, and still trying to show how much they adores their little baby brother... In 2009, this is where they spent

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We are having it for dinner, the kids love it. Dash of olive oil makes it more healthier choice. Love it! We love potatoes! Fried Potatoes Casserole with Olive Oil

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I have started to collect the material, few patch of recycled denims to start off for  a start... hope all goes well for my beginning of quilting... Wish me luck!

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Its a Christmas holiday, happy why? not because I am celebrating it, but the fact of having another festive holidays is a great way to celebrate great deals! Shopping bargains are everywhere, great food, TV series are more variety especially the OKTO channel which my chidren always looks forward to. And of course, I always have a great day during festives holidays. No doubt that hubby is working

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just bought new rice cooker frm Tefal, basic function such as cook rice, porridge, replacing our 8mth old phillips rice-cooker that went berserk! send it for repairs as it has a two-yr warranty. I love it as it has lots of functions;baking, sushi, congee, steam and so on... one thing for sure my kids will not be having home made sushi for some time... At 4pm, off we went to the field across

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My hubby is still on leave today and he will be till 24Dec09/Thurs whereby he will start work back. We are determined to rush things, clear things that is undone so far. Today we managed to go to Khair's Preschool to buy his school books for Kindergarten 1. He will be in K1-Mercury. We opt him out of refreshment as Khair didnt eat his portions at least 90% during his days in AL-Amin Preschool. As

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Its the time of the year where we tried to go for a short trip. Initially we planned to go Fraser Hill but the hotels there are fully booked. We ended up going to Cameron Highlands since we love the laid-back moments. Serene. And full of fresh air. We thought of Genting but its a fast pace place, we decided on Cameron then. Alhamdulillah. The boys love the place. Its cool. Last I

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She's gone. Is it going to be forever? I am totally not sure. What I am sure is Allah loves his ummah & always giving us a chance to know him better. Since she's gone, question marks eludes everyone of us at home. And everyone is starting to be as vigilant as never before. Forgive? Yes, maybe its already history, but to forget? The scar is always be there till every each one of us leave this

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Its towards the end of Syawal, cookies almost finished, drink toppers kept, coasters tiled ready to be kept away. Baju kurung washed & folded away. Swimming lesson has started and Furqan has already started with his weekly splashing-time. And even the weekly art lesson by Teacher-Mummy has started too, which Sufi & Khair has been urging me to start as soon as they have missed a lesson. And I am

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Hi family, friends and fellow buddies, my handphone goes berserk! It will just go off anytime, anywhere!! So please, if i took a longer time to reply to your sms... calIs not a problem its just the display screen... I know, I know nowadays Nokia phone is not reliable and esp when you get it for zero dollars, thats what most friends & relatives mentioned, but i love the SMS, its easy, faster

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Its the penhujung of Ramadhan... preparations almost done, and hoping that I can seat back & relax on raya eve. Do take note that MyMumsWorld (S) www.mymumsworld.com will be closed officially from 14Sept-27Sept and will resume with new postnatal/prenatal on 28Sept/Mon. Thank you for your support! And finally, I would like to wish all family & friends and to all Muslims 'Salam Lebaran, Maaf

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http://www.imeem.com/mayapersada/music/MOUx8GTN/khairil-johari-johar-sepasang-kurung-biru/

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We had our iftar or so called break fast w/out hubby for a few days. He's on afternoon shft and will be eating dinner at work. So here we are after a lazy afternoon, boys back from school and I came home with not one box but two boxes full of tasty delights! DonutEmpire, their fav donchies! I tried new flavour orange strips apart frm the traditional flavors, chocolates or strawberries. Sweetness.

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Its a lazy afternoon & baby furqan just need to be amused, after a hectic hours with my older boys I need time to unveiled myself and with the help of baby furqan... Huby mentioned that I found a new facet in myself... becoming a super mommy hahahkks! Sure am, barking, growling early morning like screeching witch! So this is the time i really lay back & rest, thou not exactly, halfway through

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Its another year for my Sufi, he turns 6years old this month and I see him becoming more & more mature as time flies. He is a grown up boy. Sometimes, I missed those days but I felt blessed that Allah has let him see the world up to this age. May Allah blessed you baby. He asked for Korean food, unlike Khair who went for Japanese Food. More pictures will be upload soon. We had a

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Its quite random whenever Ramadhan arrives, people, friends & families started to wish each other. I have yet to wish a lot of people, thou have replied few well-wishers, mine was a short, sweet note saying '' thank you''! ahahh, so lazy of me, not really but coincidently i am on something each time i received a note. I am trying not to missed those sms so i ended up replying in short replies.

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Hope it is never too late to wish. been busy with arranging the two older boys goody bags, birthday list & so on... and the neverending paperwork for MMW. Oh yah the website www.mymumsworld.com is down and am thinking of having a revamp. I hope so.

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Have you heard of someone eats non-stop when he/she is feeling stress or unhappy? The solution to it is never a losing weight anymore but instead I swear on the add-ons! Feeling stress, feling unhappy, worried really makes someone do something on impulse or negatively and gosh not forgetting the impulse shopping for a stress person. Tell me about it. I have never feeling stress so far, really

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Happy Birthday to Khair. He turns 4years old this week and we prayed that our lil sweetie pie will be sweet, cute & adorable always. May Allah blessed him with happiness, prosperity & health always.This year is a little different on how we celebrated his birthday, since he has been progressing well at school & home so far that we knew he gets to have a 'Khair's Choice' time this year (apart

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As some friends has already knew & few customers has already called in to queries on my official website. Errr... really frustrating when this thing happens suddenly. Its been months since I have been trying to rectify and find solutions to this. Now, at my wits my website is down. Sad over it. Hopefully I can contact the Web company soon to upload back my site. Its always great and to our own

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Khair had fever last few days, a mild one and he has been staying home these few days although he already recovered from fever. Now, coughing and as normal his nose bled due to heat. He is enjoying home-school as he requested before =) He learnt how to write more words thou he cant remember much of what it is, at least he is doing something at home rather than watching tv all day. And next we

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It was a fun day, esp when hubby was off on that day and the rest of us have been lookin gforward to it. Well, its a Carnival Day and, free entrance to the swimming pool plus! free games by Timezone!! sufi & Khair definitely love those games & while Furqan was enjoying his break-time nap... After that we heeded towards the pool and splashing moments with Furqan for the first time. i

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I have been feeling very tired since yesterday... had a deep deep sleep am feeling really fresh. Today I am baking Hershey Brownies, requested by my two boys. They just love to eat cupcakes, brownies, cakes... sweet tooth huh. All done, and cant wait to let them have it! Hopefully they gonna love it just like the cupcakes that i baked them last week.

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Walk-In-Wardrobe (WIW)... did i get the spelling correct? Let me start, the first time I heard & seen it was way 20 odd years ago where my neighbour on the 4th floor , Cik Yati converted her only store room into a WIW... how delighted I was each time her daughter Kak Ebel invited us over, I always loved to sneak in into her WIW.. and yes it was carpeted. The fact is her whole house was

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Today early morning, Sufi having his P1 Orientation Class while parents attending talk by few panels on how to prepare your child for the new Primary 1 expectations. And at the same time, we have to register for trasportation and PreOrder his school uniforms. As expected deposits for all of these are over few hudred bucks. But above all, its worth a penny spent. And the best part Sufi will

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Dehydration is a big word to remember, each time i felt thirsty, each time I sweat through my shirt and each time my kids sounded so cracky in their voices and each time after I breastfed my youngest son, Furqan that I am reminded of my dehydration days in yr2003 when I was pregnant with my eldest son, Sufi. I kept on drinking, drinking & drinking plain water non-stop due to the dehydration

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So whats that my girlfriend asked me, AFTERBIRTH RESOLUTION instead of NEW YEAR RESOLUTION (NYR)... I have tonnes of it. Of course not NYR as when it comes, its the time where I am busy preparing for the new school semester for my kids... I just cant fit in any into my schedule! No.1 - To pass my Final Theory before I can proceed to Practical No.2 - Continue with my untouched, Scrapbooking

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While working, i need my frapuccino - which now i am too addicted esp its so convenient to buy it @ 7-11 store downstairs and of course, while working i made full use of my time. Multi-tasking on pumping excess milk.... Making sure that i have extra supply of milk in case of emergency.

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What we are up to during the June holidays, thou we didnt step out of the country as Furqan has no passport yet, we decided to enjoy the fun locally and of course non-expensive places esp time are bad (for the first time ever no July bonus for CS...duhh!!)One weekend, we happened to bring the boys out to Novena Sq and what were thrilled when we saw Ben10 show!! Well of course we stayed for

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Furqan & his BottomBumpers Cloth Diaper, one of my favourite.... While visiting Furqan... Sufi, Khair & Syauqii managed to pose for the camera.... Here, the beauty of Ummi Salwa... and of course carrying Furqan while Mummy grab a burger! My tiny feet... Im dead sleepy Mummy!!

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Its that part of the year where all your moods just swayed away & bearing all the heat really not a good time to start the day. I am confined at home with Furqan, lucky for my boys & hubby they get to freshen up themselves at the pool after their training... I cant, and not only that have to wait for at least 2-3mths before i can dip in myself. Some says, its more or less summer & the more you

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This month is Mothers' Day, and celebrating the month with much happiness with the arrival of my 3rd child - a boy... Yes 3 boys in a row! We are happy and of course the best gift ever is to be able to celebrate Mothers' Day with Sufi, Khair & lil' Furqan... Weighing 2.79kg @ 38.5weeks, he is one tiny, healthy baby...

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Early morning my gf beeps me asking me out for lunch & happened that i am eating out since i wun be cooking today. So there i am meeting Zaiha & to my suprised, its a lunch treat from her for a preggy mum... she said to have a baby shower time contraint & the only thing i can fit in is the lunch hour... =) sweet of her. Since shes on a long break from workforce, she happened to have time for a

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I have been feeling really, really heavy for the past 2 or 3 days and the tightness has been consistence thou not regulating yet. Started from the left side of mid-tummy till the whole place of my pelvis bone. SOmetimes to the extend that I cant walk. I freeze down there & snap just like that. Baby is still moving so actively, and i am not sure exactly what to expect actually for my 3rd labour.

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This happened last month...It was late afternoon, it was hubby off-day and we went to pick up our old baby cot that we bought back from Min - very sweet of her to sell it back to us... of course with the help of hubby's friend who drove a goods van. And not mentioning the weather was really hot, i am sweating like waterfalls!! phewww!! After which we had a short tea-break @ Jln Kayu which

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I really thought that today when i opened up my eyes, I will be at the hospital bed recovering from the ceasarian... Well, almost dropped everything last night and about to rush the Labour Ward. Its really painful and comes & goes within a 10mins gap. But its definitely not contractions for me as the pain is at the pelvis bone & i felt that something or somehow the baby is coming out. I really

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SO here i am seating, slouching on my bed rambling with chilled drinks and trying to free myself frm the ever-busting warm night... or shld i say in the wee hours? hubby is not home yet and i am feeling so heaty that i got up from my sleep, just cant get back to sleep again. And the cruel fact is, need to be up by 6.30am, breakfast for my boys and off to sent them for their swimming training.

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Last night was already very hot, globally i believe the earth is erupting.... and of course during my last trimester its very heaty especially when everything starts to bloom too much. I kept on drinking chrysanthemum tea & home-brewed rosehips teas... chilled of course. I should not be drinking too much tea fact that i am thalassemic, minor. But i just cant help it! Its too hot and drinking any

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