Water rationing, leisure friday and 16th weeks

Alhamdulillah Friday is here again and we're on April already, how time flies like an arrow

Talk about this blissful Friday I have a leisure day- minimal cooking and minimal house chore. Why? haha we have been informed for the water rationing around Klang Valley for a month! and since our house fall under category Gombak Zon-4 the takde air day is gonna start today. So we husband and wife bersiap siaga with all the tong air besar sampai 3 and we start tadah air for the past 2 days. But you know what, yesterday one of the cleaner of our condo building told me  'ohh tingkat 4 ke bawah saja takde air, tingkat atas semua ada'

..Gulp..

As for the preparation, I did all the laundry, clean all my ikan and sayur just in case no water. But suddenly we've been told for not to worry as our condo's tangki air can afford for 2 days of no water. Bahahaha. I think it's quite funny la jugak sebab tak penah takde air kat sini, so a lil bit excited jugak nak merase catuan. Ohh man, I'm eager to shower and cook with minimal water but my husband said takpelah we just prepare just in case tiba2 takde air macam mana kan. Jangan dicurahkan air2 tu sudahla jangan jadi macam pepatah melayu "guruh di langit, air ditempayan dicurahkan" just in our case not tempayan but tong air merah

>_<

Yummy since all the house chores considered settle so mommy have some leisure time for some good books! I just purchased these two last week. Ok now on chapter 5 of Step Back In Time

and I change my blog for a fresh look. Takde keje

For my pregnancy, Alhamdulillah now I'm on week 16= 4 months. My tummy getting bigger, sikit hari lagi Insyallah nampaklah the baby bump. Baby ok, just a slight thing makes me worried during last week antenatal check-up but my obygn said no need to worry, kita sama-sama doa everything will be fine

No matter on what number the baby is, the worries tu tetap ada kan. Our baby means our heart and blood. They grow inside us, only us mother can feel the insecure feelings and sometimes we can just be over worried. I'm trying to remain calm and pray a lot to Allah SWT. Same goes when I was pregnant with Sophie, risau je manjang if possible nak scan the baby everyday! haha typical mom kan

That's all for this Friday's babbling. See you again! salam

WW Magazine

I used to be a magazine hoarder before married. I still have  a lot of them everywhere. My mom's house, my aunt's house and now at my mom in laws pon ada! I hide that in the cupboard. Hihi. I would buy every magazines in the market be in english or in bahasa. For a god sake, thanks I did'nt read mandarin or tamil if not...Mmmm

>_<

But after become a mother and have no time to splurge on reading, I decided to cut my monthly magazines purchases.  After did some maths, I settled down with only one magazine and thats WW magazine. It's quite new magazine and if I'm not mistaken the first issue was around Mac 2012 and till todate I'm become their big fan. There were no single months I didn't buy it

I love this magazine first because it's in bahasa, less advertisement (why we have SO many magazines with a ton of advertisement huh?) they also have a great articles, and of course their pretty and gorgeous cover.  This mag also not thick yet they have everything inside. Fashion? lifestyle? health? beauty? ado belako dale nih. LOL

I love to say isinya padat, bernas dan tak merapu. After all, that's what we mom want from a magazine right?

XOXO

Walking Down the Memory Lane: Second Bedtime Book

Hi guys, did anyone of you know Enid Blyton? I bet many of you grow up with her books collection same as me. I was a big fan of Enid Blyton's series and always will do

My kids are gonna be a collector like her mom's too one day. Being a gigantic collector, I owned a lotsa of her books. I start collecting since I was 9 years old. A bunch of thanks to my dad who always support my passion towards collecting Enid Blyton's books

I keep all the books until today with many of them still in my mom's house back home Kuala Krai. I just keep with myself in my house, KL a few of them and of course the one in a good conditions only. My husband is against me to bring all here as some of them got a minuscule bugs and we don't want to spread or produce another batch of anai-anai in our house. Bahahaha

 After 20 years, some of them totally looks old and torn out. So, it makes sense to let them stay with my mom, they just cannot stand a long haul journey from Kelantan to KL. lol. But as a replacement, I continued purchasing the books when I start earned my own money 7 years ago

But the one, the only one I want to share  this time is my first Enid Blyton's book in English. My father bought these for me when I was 9 years old. On that time, the only one things attract my attention was the colorful cover. Yes, the phrase  'don't judge a book by its cover' does not apply to me here. I couldn't understand the story during the time but the book remains with me till now!

 

I'm only fully understand of the contents when I was 15 years old (Form 3 in secondary school). Well, it's not surprise as English is not our Malaysian mothertongue especially those who were schooling in kampung like me  

Looking at this book like walking down in a memory lane. My sweet childhood, my always warm and kind father and my child-hood house

Till then!

.Love.

Are you read ma'am?

Just if anyone dare to ask me this question, the answer will *pangggg!* $#@@#$%^^^ haha I'm kidding 

Honestly the answer is 'zero' '0'. Sophie now is 13 months means I didn't read any single books in this 1 year and 1 month. Hey, I'm busy juggling with the house chores, washing someone poops, attend her demand needs all the time and bla bla bla

The only reading material I can catch up is *ahem* Miss Internet and some magazines. But for the magazines, it tooks me around a week to finish it. When your baby is sleep, not a book or magazine you want to be-friend with but you just need sleep and/or finished the never-ending house chores

My dad's library. He read everyday! without fail

Last few weeks in Popular Book Store I saw this new book of Madeleine Wickham or known as Sophie Kinsella (hello..now you know where my lil Sophie got her name). I totally cannot recall the title but this one in a bright blue color and bigger than normal novel, just smaller than A4 sizes. I was standing there for a minutes with a  to-buy-or-not-to-buy moment. Bahahaha finally I walked away knowing I never have a spare time to read. Booo!

Not kidding but I miss the eager feeling while reading everytime. Sophie! grow up faster and go to school baby, then mommy will have time to read

>_<

The 'gurus'

One of my idol in fashion is Victoria Beckham. Her fashion sense lately especially when she's no longer wearing mini-skirt is wise. Her outfit become more classy, elegant and more decent if i can describe. Yupp for sure she's not a hijabi but in a certain way can be applied to hijabi like me. I used to read her book and 'cedok' her fashion ideas and tips. Why not!

I dont like the cover. Why squat huh?

Bed rest

Life on the sofa has never been so busy..

My current reading, BED REST by Sarah Bilston (her first novel). Actually this is my 3rd time reading this book. The first time, 4 years back. Yet married and just read as reading the normal novel. Second time was this year during 3 months pregnancy. And now read it again as i can more feel the character's feeling. It’s hilarious and we can get some info of the final stage pregnancy like what i experiences right now!

The story is about Quinn 'Q' Boothroyd, a busy successful young English lawyer married to the gorgeous Tom and living in New York. But when her doctor tells her she has to spend the last three months of her pregnancy on bed rest. Quinn is thrown into a tailspin by the idea of losing her social and professional life.

Initially bored and frustated, Quinn gradually finds herself  re-examining her world-her marriage, relationships with family and friends, and her job.

I love to qoute some interestings para's from this book :-

I can still be the person  I thought I was twelve hours ago, a woman who had checked off at least some of the important boxes on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do Before Hitting Thirty, that mental list all late-twenty-somethings carry around with them

• Get good job
• Marry handsome man with good job
• Have healty bank balance
• Get pregnant 

I have no life now, and i'll never have a life again. I might as well face the facts. My youth is over. This is simply a taste of what's to come. I'm not 'me' any more; i'm not a lawyer, I'm not Tom's lover, I'm a body , a vehicle, an incubator..my own life has effectively ended. Bed rest just means it ended a little earlier than expected.

Thirty-two kicks since I finished my last chocolate brownie. I will clearly be able to retire and live on my child's earnings as a footballer. I'll be one of those mothers in the front row with a loudhailer and T-shirt emblazoned with her son's image.

and she mentioned a lot about goooddd food!hehe..really make me cravings for those

...Tom left a mound of sandwiches made with outrageously expensive cheese from Zabar's (he made a quilt -inspired shopping dash on his way home from work yesterday afternoon to buy me a big crumbling hunk of White Cheshire)...      

Last night we had spinach lasagne, the evening before we had duck casserole, and she made a big pot of apple and parsnip soup for lunch today. She's promised to make more and leave it in the freezer before she goes, together with wholegrain rolls. Yum 

Ok, gonna go now to continue reading..blast!

Sedang dibaca

My currents reads:-

1) The Last Empress by Anchee Min-baru sampai bab 4

2) The Wedding Girl by Sophie Kinsella-baru sampai bab 6

Dari dulu lagi aku memang suka baca buku sampai 2-3 sekaligus..Let say belah pagi baca buku A dalam 2 bab, after lunch baca buku B plak , malam baca buku C..Gilir-gilir sampai habis..Yeahh  call me greedy ;)

FEMALE magazine January Issue

Bought Female Magazine January Issue and got shopping bag for free! with 2 shades, pink and green. I chose pink.bag shoping dah berlambak tp namanya pun free tak beli rugilah ;)

Ladies day out

Last sunday i had a great "ladies day out" with my friend, kak syira. Watching Ombak Rindu and went to MPH Carnival Sales. Just bought some books sebab tak banyak pilihan.Banyak buku budak-budak. Basically, i got for myself:-

 

MYDIN sebalik tabir dah habis baca. It's a good book but i just not understand why such a good book like this sold for RM12.90 only ( i got 25% less pulak lepas tuh).

The UNDOMESTIC GOODDESS (25% disc also) now in the midst of reading and for DEVIL WEARS PRADA, maybe only next year i have a time to read.sighhh..i'm usually reading before tuck into the bed, while commute in public transport and only did the massive reading during weekend only. How i wish i have more spare time to read, read and read. DEVIL WEARS PRADA looks delicious now..yummy..maybe tonite can have a sneak peek first ;)

Did some shoping in TOPSHOP and BERSHKA

BERSHKA scarf and TOPSHOP purse. 

Having our lunch at Manhattan Fish market. Pukul 4 ptg baru sampai rumah. Keluar rumah pukul 9 pg.hiksss

MPH carnival sales 8-12 Dec 2011

MPH akan mengadakan jualan besar-besaran bertempat di Mid Valley Megamal bermula hari ini, 8hb sehingga 12hb.Hujung minggu ni mesti pergi.Mmmm,mungkin patut buat senarai buku yang hendak di beli.Jika tidak,boleh rambang mata nanti.Antara yang terlintas dalam fikiran saya sekarang:-

1) My father's dream -Barrack Obama

2) Sophie Kinsella's Book

3) Fashion books (tak spesifik nanti sampai sana baru cari)

4) Some Law books (Mr.Hizri yang akan banyak beli yang jenis ni nanti)

Harap-harap ada potongan harga yang berbaloi. boleh borong sakan..nanti akan saya tepek disini hasil pembelian (skema je ayat tapi cuba sangat-sangat untuk menulis dalam BM standard) bukankah bahasa ibunda saya ini INDAH.Saya sebetulnya ingin sangat menjadikan BM sebagai bahasa utama blog ini.Banyak blog yang menarik adalah yang berbahasa inggeris.Apa kata kalau saya cuba menghasilkan satu blog yang berbahasa Melayu yang tidak kurang indah dan puitisnya.

Sila abaikan VCD Barbie yang duduk bersamanya.Juga kesukaanku ;)

Bercakap pasal buku,antara novel melayu yang menarik perhatian saya ialah TASBIH CINTA & LASYKAR PELANGI.Tidak kerana jalan cerita yang menarik tetapi juga gaya penceritaan yang indah disulami ayat-ayat yang pada perkiraan saya,sungguh puitis.Sewaktu di zaman persekolahan dahulu, saya agak bagus dalam penulisan malahan pernah menulis cerpen..sayang sudah saya buang "karya-karya" tersebut jika tidak boleh menjadi tatapan anak cucu kelak paling tidak untuk menjadi bahan ketawa saya dan suami.