Sepak [sey-pak]

So I know that the Euro Soccer fever is here. Didnt know that it cud actually got in2 the dotter, I tink. She likes to play w/ her soccer ball and nowadays, she threw her ball into her small bucket ala netball... sape jadi tukang pegang bucket, the amma and the appa la... who else rite... we try to hold it fr same eye level as her and than we try to bring it higher and higher.

Right now, Elly noes how to tell me what others conveyed to her. So whoeva bullied her or talked bad bout someone and if she overheard, confirm dia bilang ngehngehngeh

So ydae nite while watching the teevee, she asked permission to sit on my lap. hahaha yes she asked permission to that. I will always said no coz I will feel uncomfortable ard that tum² of mine. And so I let her sat on my lap.

"umi mas, nyai kam kata sepak [reads:sey-pak]..." she said.

I didnt get what she's trying to convey coz I was watching the teevee. So I asked her again.

"nyai kam kata sepak. kuku elly panjang...ngok ni..." she showed her 10 fingers.

I juz burst out laffing loudly while elms was surprised coz he didnt hear the conversation. I teared larh.. coz tak bley tahan ketawa... ape lei buat.. Sepit kuku dia ckp sepak kuku.... astaga maulana....

You wanna try it?~

I am always amuse by people who are left-handed. It really amaze me if someone can write with both hands. One of my secondary school female teacher can write with both. I realise that I will have that feeling of "aaawwwww" u noe when I see someone write using his/her left hand. Some of my close family members are a lefty. One of my nephews was a lefty wen he was young but was train to use his right. Shhheeeeesshh! My mum able to carry heavy stuffs for a longer period of time using her left than her right.


I've noticed since young that Elly loves to do things using her left regardless while feeding herself w/ a spoon. We often remind her to use her right only while eating. But somehow it always slip off her mind. A few months back, I tried to teach her to write. We started off with vertical, horizontal, slanted lines and curves. Not 4getting I use my lefty to do colouring with her. "...dont touch the lines.." I reminded her so that she'll colour it nicely and not beyond the lines.

I find it a bit difficult as being a right-handed person for years, it's a tough job to teach her. But I tried and well, my handwriting is as good as Kindergarten kids ngehngehngeh. I try to concentrate while holding her hands and write. Only to imagine it's mirror-like errr get wat I mean.


Thanx to the dotted lines from the books so I juz plainly follow it. But sometimes the sequence of writing is totally wrong. You know, like the letter O, somehow I started it from right to left. My right brain, wake up puuuhhlissssss!

It is somewhat an experience to me. At last I have no nonsense excuses to use my left hand to write. You'll neva know that I might master it one day... miehehehehe.

And so in the office, a few of them tried to use their mouse using their lefty. And as you might've guess. I've tried it too. Not bad larh... coping.. very well! But sometimes, the right hand gatal meraba the right side of the keyboard to search for the tetikus. LOL!

Wish me luck to teach that toddler of mine to write hor....

Lemme think~

The month of July is coming and somehow this year I am pretty excited. Ehemmmm, oh take note ahh Bibiknya, yours truely, is coming too, nxt week to b precise ek ek ek. *sempat enter frame* Korang plak jgn eksen tak nampak ni statement!

But the real reason is the darling used-to-be THE Toothless Babe is going to b 3. Yes! T-W-E-E!!



And the Mak and Bapak wonder what to do on her very Special Day. Mak and Bapak is hoping that Madagascar II will b out by then. And after that we can go for a small peknik together-ness surrounded by pokok² and bunga-bungaan yg chantek. Ni konon setep jiwang bawang~ Just the 3 of us and not pogetting the one in the tum².



Maknya, yg nowadays bz mcm org pangkat besauww, initially wanted to throw a 3-yr-old party bash. Iye la, konon alkisah wanna celebrate 1st yr, 3rd yr, 5th yr and bla bla bla. KONONNYA....


But Maknya tak sempat la nak dok pikiak. Bapaknya jgn ckp ah, semua dia serahkan bulat² jiwa raga kat Maknya ni. Men!! and they often say we women are kompliketot. Iye lah sukati, tapi men kawen jugak ngan women altho they're kompliketot.



Speaking of ketot, the x-Toothless Babe is no more ketot. She was known since in the tum² to b tall. The late gynae pon once said, "Cool, ur daughter has long legs." Mak and Bapak pon tersenyum simpol malu lerrr. Tgk la kita kan, meng-galah.

And now, although I am bijik as a bumble bee bbbzzzzzzzzz, this head of mine kept thinking what can I do for her besday. C'mon lemme have ur thinkin cap pipol!

He said~

" i felt dizzy.....agitated.....disoreinted...fatigue.....my breathing was almost gone...."


And so that was what eLms told me and it almost took his life. According to our research in the net;

Heat stroke

Heat stroke is also known as sunstroke, thermic fever, or siriasis. Heat stroke occurs when the body is no longer able to control its temperature in extreme heat: the body temperature rises rapidly, the sweating mechanism fails, and the body is unable to cool down. Heat stroke can cause death or permanent disability if emergency treatment is not given.

Warning signs of heat stroke vary but may include:

• an extremely high body temperature (above 39.4 °C, orally);
  
  
• red, hot, and dry skin, because of no sweating;
  
  
• rapid, strong pulse;
  
  
• throbbing headache;
  
  
• dizziness;
  
  
• nausea;
  
  
• confusion, and even unconsciousness.

He suffered fr almost all that was written above. The worst was his hands felt numb then his legs. He was quick enuf to tell the trainer that he was bout that he wanted to puke out and his head was spinning. His colleagues were quick enuf to pour ice to his body. He thot he wont b able to make it; alive!

He gave me a shock when I rcved his sms while I was on my way to Bt Panjang Ring Rd. I was so shock to get to know that death was just that near.

So, does that mean he needs to quit his job and find another?

Non-stop action~

Elly has been very energetic for the past couple of months. We wonder what has got in2 her.

This was taken in the airport in March 2007






Ydae nite, we went to Changi Airport to grab a hot tahuey kihkihkihkih. Alang² it's a slack Sunday and it's such a cooling day, we decided to have tahuey at Mr Bean. Then, we proceeded to the waving gallery to look at the aeroplanes. And we went back to the same area that we went last yr and she did it again. Running that is and she thot her sweater has a hood like the ones she had last yr.







Nowadays, she has the tendency to do some exercise routines. I asked her once b4, who taught her and she claimed it was Ayah Mimi. But the Ayah denied of doing so. She'll sit at the end of the couch and juz lift up her legs and tries to balance herself. And not only that, she'll do dat on the bed or grab our hands and juz did it. There's oso times that she'll lie on the floor and lift her legs and head up and not 4getting she did a one-time push up.

She's turning 3 this coming July and she's thinkin bout having 6 abs muscles?? peeeehhhhh~ perhaps it's our bad as we sometimes called her Elly Bunchs... obviously the Bunchs refers to her Bunchit tum² ngehngehngeh.

More than words~

A few weeks back, I was on the way back fr work. While sitting in the bus, the driver tuned to a chinese radio station which has a mix of english-chinese songs.

Then, this song was aired. How can u 4get this great song. I gotta noe it like in my secondary school days i think. Memories yah!




While singing to myself softly, I felt something moving in the tummy. I was not aware till the 2nd slight movements came in. It moved while I was singing the ending of these few lines.

Now Ive tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close dont ever let me go

I smiled and I guess that the baby must've reached out to touch me. Just a gentle touch; a slight one to b precise.

Come everyone say......... aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww~~

Her 1st~

Last week, me and eLms had promised eLLy that we're gonna catch Kungfu Panda. Along w/ her Achik, we headed to VivoCt and the earliest that we can get to catch it was ard 3ish and we got the 2nd front row. Most of the timing were in the midst of fully book. Hokay! we were hoping that we nid not look all the way up till our neck will get hurt.

That was our 1st to VivoCt's cinema and eLLy's 2nd time to watch a movie. Her 1st was w/ her Papa Achik's and family but I got to know that she slept all thru'out the movie.



Standing at more than 90cm [peh tinggi dia], she had to sit on her own sit. $10 for her hokay! I wished that she wudnt b sleeping thru'out the movie. Drinks bought fr 7-11 [heh, i tink there's not much diff in prices if we bought it fr the cinema itself], and that cheesy nachos, which we totally love most!

To my surprise, it was quite spacious. Not much of seatings in there but hey, we love it. Elly slept at the 3/4 of the show but she woke up a few mins later coz of the sound of thunder [meletom² as wat she always describe to us] and she sat back and enjoyed the rest of the movie. Great movie I must say, very impact w/ all the actions!

Next to catch is Madagascar 2!! Yiiipeeeeee! Oh I thank God that she didnt have the urge to go to the washroom. BAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH~

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The other day while the 3 of us were lazing on the bed, elly took a pen and a paper and drew on it. While drawing, she was mumbling and then showed to us in step-by-step.

this is a square, mummy..... [ye ye orrhhh budak ni panggil I ni mummy]

[when I looked at it, I commented] u sure this is a square, it looks like a circle.

[but she insisted that it's a square]no no no.... square!

one, two, twee feet

and then mata and then mulut

tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!~

Elly's 1st Robot. Not bad huh!

There she goes~

We managed to visit her in the ICU at TTSH. I was lost of words. I was trying my best not to cry but tears welled in my eyes.

She was once described as the "garang" lady once upon a time. That day, she was fragile. When I kissed her hand, I can feel only her skin and her bones. She was in tears. She shook her head once a while and tears rolled down. I wonder, if she's trying to say that she's not feeling comfortable w/ the oxygen mask on or she might wanna say that she's not sure if she can live that long. Time's ticking. And the family had made some decisions. She's in a critical condition.

And so ard 3ish am, 17th June 2008, the children were rushed down to the hospital. She was pronounced dead that morning. She passed away while sleeping.

Al-Fatheha to our grandma, Rohani Binti Abdullah.

The Bond~

That Friday was eLms off day. The car has not been washed for weeks. It is a rare situation coz usually it will bathe at least once a week. The rajin mood sets in. And here it is the daddy-dotter-bonding.






I took a cab back as my head kept spinning. I bought a bottle of Cokelight for elms and another bottle of Ice Lemon Tea for elly. Look how diligent the babe was! She admits that she loves to wash the car. Now, she becomes the partner in crime with her Ayah Mimi since Umi refusecant do it.

At the end of the whole process, satisfaction guaranteed!

X-squeeze me~

I had no prob when I was carryin elly when she's in my tum². But u will say again and again. All pregnancy different hor.

The other day, we saw for a few times advertisement of Palmer's Butter Formula. Cheh mcm tahu ajer I ni preggy. My x-kolig used to gave me some and I applied it in my tum². But as usual, I am not dat discipline larh. But everything went fine. Even eLms told me to buy that cream wen he saw the preggy lady massage her tummy using that. But I declined as I dont tink I nid it.

I beg to differ! I think I nid it! The tum² have been itching and I thot it's pretty normal. But lookin at the red rash, heh, I think I nid to do something bout it. Hey I don want any scars on my tum². Neither do I want any stretch marks. Some say Baby's Olive Oil will do and less expensive. But is this pretty ok?


They say it might help to reduce the itchiness. Since when I last applied I have nothing to complain so I have no comments on this product. I just apply it coz my x-kolig had passed it to me. How wow? Any other suggestions?

Growing~

Rasanya, korang ingat my gaji is as much as the total amt of the things on my desk? kekeke jgn teka ek.. buang karen. MAC tuh dah tentu² mahal. Sungguh FAT hope nak dpt gaji sebusat itu.

So I got the flat skrin monitor and place MAC cpu nicely at my side. My 3-tier trays had shifted to the other side. Now, isnt it much neater? Oh that thing on top with kain Ungu ala Barney is my RODE Podcaster microphone. Senjaga tutup, musim sejuk gini kan. In fact, initially I was scared to expose Rod [nama timangan, dekni jantan kot] but it's ridiculous to put him at the back of my Dell skrin. And another reason was I am afraid that it might get stolen. Alhamdullillah so far, it's doing fine there, iye tak Rod? ngehngehngeh. Oh itu Superman not mine.. That belongs to the person opposite on my right plak.

Oh Oh Oh... latest news... I have to bid gdbye to my DELL skrin and CPU who had gone thru all these yrs with me. Thank you for being the guinea pig when I downloaded all those songs and somewhat u might get some virus..errrkkkk.... Come nxt Monday, we're gonna have new PCs ngehngehngeh ACER i think. Oh I've yet to print out pictures of wat I wanted coz my printer at home, refused to print out the 4R size photo paper. chettt buang karen! apeke heh dia nak tuu? mintak tukar baru jugak? adeehhhhh~ nxt week jugak nak kasi hias my area.. cheh wats wrong with me 2dae?

Paman [my boss], was quite bz telling the secretary to clear here and there. The reason this MAC was pushed nearer to my side was coz nxt Monday, a new designer will be joinin the force. So he'll be sitting nxt or membontot me ler... That makes me the only rose amongst the thorns in the designer grp... ihikks. walopon ku bukan designer pong.

2mr plak, there'll b another person joinin and that person will sit opposite on my left and come nxt Monday too, 3 more ppl [exclude the designer] will follow suit. Department is growing for sure, thanx to the new CEO cum our indirect boss jugak. He's the one who's bringin' all his kuncu² ni ler.

I heard that the training rm behind me is gonna b demolished and make way for my dept.. Biar betiK.. don tell me the CEO is gonna sit ard here mah. Can he sit still at the EJEKETIP area nun jauh sana? Kang kat sini dorang cuma buat normal cubicle mah. sheeeeeeessh.


anyways...


p/s: smlm dinner ngidam mkn mee soto jadi bawak semua org rumah [only elms, elly, mak and me jek] gi Bedok Corner mueekekkekeke. Baru nari mood baik

The Ahmad's~

The time showed 5 mins to 4pm. After we managed to find a parking lot, it started to drizzle. Then got heavier and heavier. Was the weather welcoming us? heh... thot so too.
Most of them were under the shelter and some were bz bbq-ing and the rest were helping to hold on to the canvas to prevent water entering the BBQ pit. It was hot under that canvas. Even my 3rd bro complained that he might shed some weight after that.

Posing sideways do help to prevent attention of the bulging tum²

My 3rd bro in orange T and my 4th bro beside him.. Bz as a bumble bee


Fantastico'


The famous all time fave [and this time round it's sure enuf]; bedengdeng dengdeng

The weather sided us. In less than an hr, it stopped Alhamdulillah. And everyone crowded the BBQ pit area to grab the food available. Orh, for the Ahmad's, self service ahhh and chope which one u want and they'll set aside for u. Make sure u're there to grab them once it's done.



There's lots of food available at the shelter area and we do help ourselves once we stepped there. Lapar babe, dah la ujan sebegini.



Thanx to the aunties and cik-kak²s yg rajin buat kuih muih tuh semua jugak.

3 out of 4 granddaughters of the Masri's.
1 of 3 grandsons were there, playing with his kenet pakciks.



This was mine. I waited patiently for it to cook. Sausages filled with cheese.



The exciting part came in late evening. Look at how many games they had to play!





"Lengan aku ketat tau. Tolong tarik tali ni!"

"Haaa sape suro pakai double layer. Kan 2 org dah kene tolong" "Jgn tersalah tarik plak ek!!"

"Pakai sleeveless senang. Lobang besar. Kan nak pegi peknik, tak yah pakai lelawa"

Nota: Ada juga kaum Adam yg berasa ngilu bahagian dada nyer sebab tali tuh asik² tertarik² ngehngehngeh...

Game Master giving out instructions - better listen properly hor.

The Amazing Race! which consists a few tasks.

My 3rd SIL, the expert of ngayam ketupats.



My 1st SIL, who is standing, helping out fellow members. She and my eldest brada' mmg jarang ler main game. But not for that day. Very supportive and I was surprised. Memang patot ler ujan pong!



I wonder where's this place is.



The cousins brainstorming the puzzle.



The only group that managed to grabbed a Malaysia 1 cent coin.



Tiba masanya melompat dlm gunnysack. This game is the all time fave esp yg bdn nyer kooossmangat. Ada juga tersembam berlutut ke tanah.

Nota: Wanita berbaju biru tuh sambil mengambil video sambil tergelak dan bersorak kuat! Kalau boleh dia pon nak join!



Toing toing toing.... Pocong di siang hari.

Ramai juga spectators dtg melihat kekecohan keluarga ini. Ada juga yg bersorak kesukaan. Sib baik tak payah bayar tiket, iye!

========== Break time =========




Dinner served. That was my Ikan Ayam². "Saya suka well done."



Pineapple and Marshmallow ni dorang ala campfire gituq. Konon mcm omputeh.

Haaa.. mcm explicit content dorang tertonggeng gitu. This is Horse Riding.
They have to transfer the balls to the bag held by another team member.

"Cepat cepat eh.. Aim btul²..."

It's night time and the camera didnt work quite well. I couldnt see what I'd recorded in the video and snapped using the dg cam.



We thot they'll just fit for 2. Tgk lah size elms hahahha. But we were amazed that he can squeezed himself into that. Sib baik tak bunyiknya praaaaaaaakk. Kalau tak nak juga kene suro Cikgu Rose anak pakcik menjahit.



Strategy is to walk accordingly. Left foot then right hor!



Selagi boleh selit, kita selitkan. Lelagi kalau bebudak senonet ginik. Mempercepatkan pemoresesan.

They are preparing for the tug of war. Gloves were provided but many didnt make use of them coz it's slippery.

If I am not mistaken, the only game that was not played was the Fear Factor. The last gathering that we had, one of the pakciks yg sungguh ingat dia bley telan semua, had to muntah kedarah telur asin hahahahaha. Itulah pakcik perot buncit saya. In a few mths time I shall challenge him; "Whose tummy is the biggest?"

The clock oredi strike 1030pm and we were still in the high mood. We were the most noisiest bunch of all. We thanked all the crowds who had enjoyed the entertainment. Then we had Bingo and other awards to the Senior Citizen .. eh salah.... Warga Emas. Oh some of the relatives were fr KL too. They were told to come down to join the fun activities available. And 1 of them was awed to see the crowds.

Fun filled activities and great food. and by 1230am, we close shop bid gdbyes!

p/s: some makciks² told me not to publish their pretty faces kihkihkihkih.

I was thaaaat close larh!~

aahhh ermm I cant jump in excitement now. I feel a bit awkward now. I cant get my mind off thinkin bout it. The pair! We had a long walk. And we went back satisfied but there's this magnetic wave that kept pulling me. But I need to be practical bout it. If I could, I would juz hug them or sleep with them or even better, bring them to the office and display them on my desk.

I am thaaat close. 98% to be precise. And eLms was encouraging me to have them - to buy them. And a further discount of 15% off! I wish I wish I can hide them in the bag or juz x-changed them with my worn out flats. And the only size left was 10. Oh now u noe how gigantic and so-omputeh my feet is yach! It's not easy to buy shoes of my size and if there is, it would cost a bomb for a nice, sleek and chic' shoes.

Dragging ourselves to Sg Xpo Hall 7 were dreadful. It was at the other side of the Xpo mind you. When we'd done our shopping, we walked like penguins. Ellia was not spared too, she asked Ayah Mimi, w/ that cheeky malu face to have her carried.

Yes yes!! My eyes were set at Guess shoes; Golden Brownish. It was bout 6inches and I grabbed it and wore it. Ahhhh it so gd to be that tall. A lil' more centimetres and I'll be as tall as my 1.8m eLms. To my surprise, it fits! The last few pairs of size 10. For that high, I can normally wear a size 9 coz it's like menjinjit-style and it's a covered shoes, hokay. I had one fr BATA which I had worn twice. But this sexy babe really seduce me. But I had to let it slip off my mind. Think bout it. I will be able to wear them like in 2009. And with a baby in tow, errrr at least I can have an excuse to let eLms carry the baby yach, I doubt that 6inches chica will do any justice. I bid the shoes gdbye... very sad sad lorh~ And now, gila bayang. Still lingering in my mind. vad to do, mengkudu! I so miss high heels shoes.