Before and After

time nih masing2 bawa hal sendiri lagi..

si kakak dah makin dekat dengan adik tu...

this is what happenned. susu kakak dah habis, irfan pun tiba2 je jaga. tiba2 ke. ye la tu. if si kakak tak kacau, tak jaga lagi si irfan tu

Note : Abaikan background rumah yang bersepah ye.hehehe

i miss Germany!!!

aku rindu Gemany!! sebab.....

yes! sebab world cup. bukannya aku layan pun world cup nih, jauh sekali. tapi, coz 4 years back in 2006, world cup kat Germany and I was there! bestnya! sangat meriah okeyy!

terkenang zaman muda remaja tgh study dulu. sangat bahagia (tolak tepila bab2 stress study semua tu) enjoynya! oh kawan2 ku. aku amat merindui korang.

terkenang juga la zaman bercintan cintun dengan cik abang dulu. di Germany jugala kita bertemu:) banyak tul kenangan kat Germany nih. memang tak boleh lupa sampai bila2...

and today, i got these from my bos...

arghhh..ini menambahkan lagi ingatan aku kat Germany

she was away for a business trip to Germany and just came back. actually i was hoping for Ritter Sport ke, Milka ke, Giotto ke..emmm..yummy. those are my favourite chocolates from Germany. hehehe..

by the way, out of that three bars, only one which is the top one, bole makan. the rest contain this E476. see in the bottom picture? aku actually tak sure source E476 ni dari veggy ke animal ke. kira was2 la. so, baik tak yah makan kan.


haihhh..bilala agaknya aku boleh pi Germany lagi ye. adala jugak cita2 nak angkut anak2 g makan angin. kena menabung la nampak gayanya....

New bottles arrived. Yippie!!

i must admit that the service is gut. that's one of the reason i love to buy things online:) just imagine, i've placed the order yesterday and today i've received my stuffs. easy kan.

beli ni untuk ganti a few bottles yang agak lama dah. buy 8 pcs get 2 FREE!

ice pack lama tu dah koyak sikit. so kenala beli baru

here's where i've bought these. aku selalu beli breastfeed stuffs kat sini. i think their prices murah sikit compare to other online shops. but u have to become a member first to get the special price. takpe, sign up je, FOC:)

under Construction

suddenly aku rasa blog aku ni buruk sangat. so, nak bagi cantikla sikit. so, what u r seeing is real..blink blink::)
macam rumah tak siap je kan. esokla sambung balik. dah ngantuk giler nih. hopefully it will turn out to be something nice...

Irfan go green!

i think, everywhere people are talking about go green now. so Irfan pun nak contribute something la kan. aku pun belikan la Irfan cloth diapers kat sini, which aku rasa the lowest price i can get for Coolababy CD. aku beli 6 pieces je, saje je nak try. lagipun, aku tak plan nak guna CD fully, aku guna at night and during weekend je.

cute tul CD nih kan. colourful!

here are some good tips on how to care for the cloth diapers copied from internet:

* Bagi CD yang baru, prewash 2-3 kali sebelum guna tanpa menggunakan sabun. (Ini adalah untuk menambah baik penyerapan fabrik) bila dah dapat je CD tu, aku terus basuh and let it dry. aku buat ni 2 kali before guna.

* Untuk basuh CD yang telah digunakan, semburkan air ke atas inner yang terkena najis dan buang semua najis ke dalam mangkuk tandas, bilas sehingga hilang bau. Warna kuning masih ada?? Jangan risau, serahkan tugas tu kepada mesin basuh dan cahaya matahari.. betul betul betul:) warna kuning tu hilang bila dah jemur

* Semasa sesi basuhan, masukkan kesemua CD ke dalam mesin basuh, boleh guna sabun paling murah di pasaran,gunakan sedikit saja sabun. kira-kira 1/4 sukatan. lebih elok guna sabun kain jenis kurang buih, tidak mengandungi enzyme (contoh enzyme pewangi atau enzyme pemutih) kerana sesetengah bayi mempunyai kulit yang sangat sensitif.Kalau takut CD cepat rosak, gunakan laundry net ye. aku guna NappiKleen yang Tesco punya tu jer..

* JANGAN masukkan 'softener' atau clorox semasa membasuh kerana 'softener' boleh mengurangkan daya serapan dan clorox boleh merosakkan cloth diaper/'insert'. anda boleh menggunakan cecair basuh pinggan (contohnya 'Sunlight') pada 'microfleece' untuk menanggalkan warna kekuningan (kesan poo-poo) sekiranya ada. andaikata cloth diaper tidak sempat dibasuh terus, tinggalkan saja di dalam baldi kering tanpa perlu direndam dan boleh dibasuh kemudian. simpanan tidak boleh lebih dari 3 hari. kekadang aku simpan more than 3 days. tak sempat....ke malas.hehehe

* Kemudian jemur seperti biasa. Paling bagus jika dijemur di bawah cahaya matahari. aku jemur kat balcony. cepat jer kering

* Lepas dah kering, angkat dan masukkan insert ke dalam pocket pant. Bila nak gna dah ready... yang ni, aku bila nak guna, baru terkial2 nak insert.hehehe

* sebulan atau seminggu sekali, lakukan 'stripping' iaitu dengan membersihkan bahagian dalam dan luar 'microfleece' dengan sabun basuh pinggan yang elok kuasa tanggal minyaknya contohnya 'Sunlight', kemudian dibilas bersih-bersih supaya 'microfleece' dapat berfungsi dengan baik. biasanya apabila cloth diaper sudah lama digunakan dan nampak seperti 'microfleece' kurang menyerap dan air kencing keluar mengikut tepi cloth diaper, maknanya 'stripping' perlu dilakukan untuk mengeluarkan kekotoran halus atau mendapan sabun yang mungkin terperangkap pada 'microfleece'. yang ni tak pernah buat lagi. again, tak sempat....ke malas.hehehe

ohhh....by the way microfleece tu adalah part yang colourful tu and insert is kain putih yang kita insert masuk dalam microfleece tu.

men is from mars, women is from venus...

no... i'm not going to talk about alien. hehe....
what i want to say here is that men and women are totally different. that's why, in every marriage life, mesti ade gaduh2 kan. tipula kalau tak pernah gaduh. apa tu, sedangkan lidah lagi tergigit.

so cik abang, if u r happened to read this, this entry is specially dedicated for you my dear:) actually, i was inspired by the leadership workshop that i've attended. this was kind of selingan during that training. tapi kan, seriously, memang betul la apa yang dia cakap tu.

so, guys out there, pleaseeee read this. this might help u to deal with your partner. i'm not going to list out everything, just a few points only..

• ok. ladies out there, we talk a lot right, i mean compare with guys. well, i tell u what, it's ok. actually, women have more quota of words per day compare to men. it's a fact! i don't have the figures here, but u will find it in internet. so, guys, please... we are finishing our quota. that's all. just listen lahh... bagi peluang sikit:)




• i believe most of men out there are familiar with this kind of conversation:

cik abang : yang, jom kita makan luar malam ni. nak tak?

cik adik : eh, jom2. lama kita tak makan luar eh

cik abang : so, kita nak makan kat mana

cik adik : hmm... mana2 la. ikut abangla

cik abang : ok. kita gi Pelita Nasi Kandar la

cik adik : alaaa... boringla. asyik2 mamak

cik abang : hmm....ok. kalau macam tu kita gi makan nasi ayam kat Chicken Rice Shop

cik adik : alaaaa.. tak suka la nasi ayam dia. tak sedap

cik abang : (time ni darah dah start naik dah nih) tadi kata mana2 pun boleh. dah abang bagi cadangan, semua tak mau. okla, kita gi Pizza Hut la

cik adik : okeyyyla..as u wish la. pizza hut la...(muka dah monyok dah nih)

cik abang : dah pulak. buat muka pulak. nak gi ke tak nak ni

cik adik : ala abang ni, kenapa nak emo pulak nih

cik abang : (darah dah makin naik nih) aikk... abang pulak yang emo. dia tu yang bla bla..

the conversation not end here. cik abang and cik adik started to have a fight. last2 makan mee maggi je la kat rumah..hehe

moral of the story is..... bila cik abang tu tanya nak makan kat mana, and cik adik jawab kat mana2 pun boleh, actually kan, cik adik tu dah ada dah tempat yang dia nak gi dalam otak dia tu. it just that, cik abang tu kena guess sampai betul. and by the time cik abang tu guess betul (in this case, Pizza Hut:), so cik adik tu pun kunun2 je la buat2 muka monyok sambil setuju, nak jaga air mukala katakan...hehe

so guys, are we complicated? kena pandai2 la yerrrrr

typical perempuan kut nih. suka tanya soalan yang sangat obvious..hehe

malaysia way of LEADERSHIP!

somewhere in April, i was nominated by my bos to join an 8 days course workshop which is called the Executive Leadership Program. Frankly speaking, at that time i rasa sangat malas nak join. the first reason is of course it is 8 days program, although we will have it like 2 days a month for the WHOLE YEAR, it is still 8 DAYS okey!

Next reason will be, my bos is joining the program and i'm sure most of the participitants are at the higher level. arghh.. aku cukup tak suka training dengan bos2 nih...

well, after the first two days program completed, i must say that i am actually very lucky and grateful that i've joined this program. the program was very informative, motivativating, inspiring, entertaining and what more can i say.....the trainer is marvellous. i really enjoyed it.

Mr Heera Singh, i don't think i will forget his name. he owns a web which consist of all his articles and information on his service as a consultant. he wrote a book (Bestseller nih) which for the first time i feel like reading this book. selalunya aku agak malasla nak baca buku2 ilmiah macam ni. lagipun dapat free buku nih:)

The reason why i think this book is readable are:

• nipis. biasalah orang malaysia nih mana nak baca buku tebal2
• ada 30 different chapters in this book. i always like this kind of book. sebab if u read a few sentence in the first chapter, and u found it is boring, u can always switch to the next chapter, and so on...
• every chapter has a summary in a small blue box at the end of it. it called Key Learning Points. so, if u r so lazy to read the whole chapter, u can just read this..hehe

i'm really looking forward for the second session, which will be another two days, next month..

recovery at 4th day...

mama dah risau dah if Irfan tak ok lagi, since mama ada workshop at Eastin Hotel for 2 days. takboleh nak cancel. Alhamdulillah la, the measles almost gone. takde merah2 dah macam hari tu. mama pun dengan senang hati boleh pegi ke workshop tu..

so, activity weekend ni, snap gambar je la kejanya sebab kena berkurung dalam rumah:)

ok, posing maut sikit Irfan

mama! kakak and Elmo pulak

is that ur smily face Qistina?

Chickenpox or Measles???

it's measles!!! that's what my paed said when we met doctor yesterday. poor my little Irfan:(
i thought Irfan kena chicken pox. but he said, sort of since Measles and Chickenpox are in the same group.
after demam for a few days, naik bintik2 merah kat muka, followed by badan. seb baik bintik2 kecik je, like rashes..

Qis also kena this, but at that time, she was around 8 months already. it lasts for 3-4 days..

some infos copied from internet..

Chickenpox

This first appears looking like a little bug bite on your child’s belly, and is usually more annoying than harmful. Other symptoms include (in order of appearance):

•headaches
•loss of appetite
•mild fever
•itchy, fluid-filled bumps.

These may last for a week or so. Crusty scabs comprise the final stage and can last for up to two weeks before flaking off and being replaced by healthy, healed skin.

Because chickenpox is a viral infection, the use of natural immune enhancers can be used to fight it–unlike antibiotics, which have no effect against viruses. Many wholistic doctors don’t recommend the chickenpox (Varicella) vaccine, as we do not find it difficult to help children get through chickenpox without complications.

Measles

This is a highly contagious viral infection spread by respiratory secretions (e.g., coughs, runny nose). Symptoms include:

•runny nose
•eyes that redden and tear
•persistent cough
•red, bumpy rash (not itchy)
•fatigue and increasing fever
•blue-white spots on the inside of the mouth.

A case of the measles normally lasts about nine days. Complications such as respiratory tract and ear infections may occur, and in rare cases, brain inflammation and seizures. If your child develops shortness of breath, a fever over 38°C (100°F), convulsions, severe stomach pain or vomiting, seek medical help immediately.

mudah-mudahan Irfan cepat sembuh.....

relax jap lepas makan ubat..

Irfan like always, senyum je...sangat baik anak mama nih:)

kakak pulak mengantuk sangat sampai tertido dalam keta on the way balik dari clinic, mama kena dukung dari kereta sampai ke rumah

We need books!!!

it's been a while i didn't buy any book, even for Qis. Remember this entry? this is the last book that i've bought, which is a cloth book for Irfan..

Irfan suka gigit ini buku.....

ehhh.wait. i just bought PaMa Jun edition. is that counted:)

every weekends, always occupied, until we didn't manage to pay a visit to any bookstore. this coming weekends pulak, kena attend banyak kenduri kawen. hmmm... beli online je la kut..

as our Qis and Irfan growing up, our job as a parent gets tougher and tougher, and i think we really need a parenting book. i know i can find a lot of information on parenting in internet, but i always prefer to refer in a book. senang sikit, takde masa nak surf internet (tapi ada masa pulak tulis blog,facebooking, online shopping...hehehe)

this book is one of my top wishlist.

Here's the book review....

Some parents make it look so easy.

They are eternally calm, have great relationships with their kids, and seem to have parenting down to a fine art. But is this really possible? How do they do it? Have you ever wondered what makes them so good?

These parents do many things right but have one thing in common. They know The Rules of Parenting. The set of golden behaviours that help you to help your kids look after themselves, enjoy life, be caring and kind, and help you to enjoy the whole experience too.

The Rules of Parenting is the reassuring support that thousands have been searching for. You don’t have to be a perfect parent, and you don’t have to have perfect children; this book will tell you why.

Templar’s simple rules will reveal the small things that you can do to make a big difference; the behaviours, the motivations, the ways of thinking that will help you through both the early and later years of

parenting. None of them guarantee success, but they all increase your chances of bringing up happy, healthy children. And they will all show you how to remain sane, keep your sense of humour and be a great parent; after all, it’s an important job to get right.

The Rules of Parenting puts everything in perspective and you in control. A simple set of principles and behaviours that will guide you smoothly through the challenge of being a parent.

There are 100 rules in this book. fuhhhh....banyak tu