Selamat Hari Raya, 2011

I personally did not take any pictures during Hari Raya.... malas ku! These are the few I've managed to find and the ones I like all because obviously I look HOT in them...hahahhaha.. :P

I've recently chopped off my long hair and am now wearing my hair really short way above my shoulders and so these pictures just remind me of 'the old me'... *sniff *sniff*

This time Hari Raya open house at our place was great. It wasn't overwhelmingly crowded like last year when we first moved in and I was especially NOT happy how the living room cushions did not match the carpet and the furniture. This year I managed to re-organise the house just the way I like it.

And since we held it on a Saturday this time and not on a Sunday like last time, we were able to recieve the Public Sector people during their lunch break and all the Private Sector working people all came after the lunch break which worked out nicely...Sam and I actually had time to sit, chit chat and mingle properly which was nice for a change.. :)

Then It Was MY Birthday..!

This day was really sweet. Sam arranged a Sungkai dinner for my family and got them all together at the Polo Club. I was of course surprised because Sam is usually so damn busy that he just simply has no time to coordinate anything like this. Later I found out his little elf helping him was my cousin, Asmah..! hehehe.. She then took the opportunity to *hint *hint to her husband..."this is what you do for "birthdays"..." hehehhe...

Zul, Asmah's birthday is in 2 weeks time....sort something out!!!! hahahha :D

Thank You Sam... You really are wonderful...!!

Happy Birthday, Nini Girl..!!

This was ages ago in mid August. I don't think I've blogged about this one yet..?? Anyway, here we all are at The Radisson, Sungkai time.

It was my MIL's birthday and my appetite that evening was so bad. Could not find anything that I really wanted to eat. I was a few weeks pregnant at that time and I guess it explains everything.

Baby Abdul Maliq getting a kiss from his Abang kasyfi.

Happy Birtdhay, Nini Girl.... We gave her a note pad with the grandkids pictures inside made by Rozi, The Artist. Good job Rozi..! :)

Funny Boys

Nawi and His Disappearing Act Gone Horribly Wrong

In a previous post I wrote about "The Day Nawi Did A Houdini", I talked about how Nawi hid one day which made us all panic like crazy coz we had no idea where he was hiding...turns out he was in the wardrobe sulking away...now I can laugh about it but it was such a scare at the time.

If I thought that was bad, this time was WORSE!!

Yesterday Nawi asked me if he could have some ice cream. I told him 'no' all because if I give him ice cream it would mean I have to give Kasyfi ice cream which I really couldn't coz Kasyfi is having a bad cough at the moment.
Anyway, after I told Nawi the 'devastating' news he ran to the back kitchen. I didn't bother coz the maids were there anyway. Then minutes later the maids were in a panic!

Nawi had locked himself in the maid's bedroom! Clever boy!

The key for that bedroom door is apparently quite hard to unlock and so Nawi couldn't turn it back himself. We all looked in through the grilled window and found him standing at the door playing with the key. We tried to get him to pull out the key but he couldn't.

Kasyfi helped by talking to Nawi through the door telling him "Dont cry Nawi, we're going to get you out of there...I love you Nawi.." aawwww so adorable... I actually thought for a second...hhmm keep nawi in there and at least we have a bit of peace..no fighting between the two of them.. :P

We spent about 10-15 minutes trying to get the door unlocked. Me yelling instructions to Nawi and everyone, including my neighbours maid and gardener, cheering him on to follow what I say. It was madness!! I was telling him, "how you turned the key, do the same only the other way..!!!" then he tries it and says to us "Macam aniii???? pusing kunci???? macam aniiiii?????" and we're all cheering him...." Yess Nawi, Macam atu..." then I go mental for a few seconds shouting..."bah kuat KUAT..!!!"

Then I though, okay forget it, no use, call the fire brigade! The only reason why I know to do this is because Syida's little boy, Iman, was also stuck in the toilet a couple of months ago and I remember Syida being told over Facebook to call the fire brigade. Yeap, she had time to facebook it..!! crazy!!! hahahha ... So I called 995, yes thats 995.. I was really surprised that they actually turned up quite quickly. I was expecting them to arrive in 3 hours or something ridiculous like that!

So the guys came, I told them the story, they assessed the situation and all the exit points and then the first thing their main fireman says to me.."Is there really any ice cream for him to eat??" i say, "yes...why?" he tells me.. "okay get some for him.." and he feeds Nawi ice cream through the window....hahahhaha.

He said, "payah ni ia ani macam ani, can be very dangerous if Nawi likes to just run off like that.." obviously I was agreeing with him....

So they found the only solution was to knock the lock open. BUT before they start damaging anything they had to wait for the police to arrive and make an official report first. procedure...! so while we were waiting these 4 or was it 5 big firemen are all talking to Nawi through the grilled window and feeding him ice cream...yeeesh! That sure made his day.

While waiting, Nawi actually fell asleep!! It was his nap time anyway. So the firemen looked at him sleeping and thought.."awwww...poor thing..lets just knock down the door now..get him out of there"
So, we decided to knock the door down before the police came and I told them not to worry I won't sue them... :P

all the hammering and banging and Nawi was still fast asleep! Got the door opened and then the police arrived shortly after that.

Can't believe what just happened. One little boy and 7 men's attention to rescue him...!

And then it was all over... wonderful Firemen and Policemen at our home... we're just so glad to get Nawi out of the room...

Since Nawi was asleep by the time we got him out he missed the Firetruck and Police car. Kasyfi was on his own admiring his two favourite vehicles especially the police car which he was convinced was Bumblebee and would turn into a Transformer robot any second! cute..

Poor Nawi, missed out on the REAL fun!! aawwww.....

*So parents in Brunei, fire brigade - 995, if your toddler is stuck in a room and you can't get them out....this is the person to call....!*

Wow!! I'm Back!!

It's seriously been such a long time since I wrote in this blog. I've been a little bit more preoccupied with my makeup blog it seems.

Anyway, a brief update.
- The two boys have both started in their new school now. They are loving it although it's the same old story with Kasyfi especially. His early morning "I son't like school, Kasyfi stay at home saja...No mandi, I don't wan't to pakai baju sekolah..." bla bla bla...
So now the routine for them is, no shower ...just change clothes for school. Kasyfi is the only boy in kindy who does NOT wear his school uniform. But I've spoken to the teachers and they say it's fine as long as he turns up for school. PHEW!
Nawi is really good when I drop him off to his class... he says bye and sees something he likes and then he's gone...doesn't even turn back to see me anymore.... it's good in a way because if Nawi was as clingy as Kasyfi I'd be at their school the whole morning.
Kasyfi takes Nawi into class and then gives Nawi a hug and a kiss everyday before he heads of to his Kindy area. He even tells Nawi that we'll fetch him later after school. He talks like a real BIG brother. We all find that sweet. The teachers can't imagine them fighting... little do they know!!

Kasyfi, on the other hand, after we've dropped off Nawi, he all of sudden turns into a ball of clingy goo...!! Some days I don't mind hanging around with him for a bit but on other days I just wana whack him and run!! He clings on to me and starts pulling my clothes and poking my face..! when I'm not pressed for time I play with him briefly which is kind of fun with all the toys they have there. It really is very interesting stuff! One time they were making mud pies. Love that..! hahaha. But on a very good day...he'll find something he is interested in turns to me and says something like "okay mama, you go to work and fetch Kasyfi later." and I think to myself...YESSSS...BYEEEE..!! And from there my day is usually pretty good... :D