Preparation for the day....

Am at 35 weeks now. Already started my once a fortnight visit to the gynae....My tummy is getting heavier by the day....Am I prepared for the day??? Well...lets see now...

- Baby's stuff : Memandangkan cucu pak aji n mak aji yang paling kecik baru berumur setahun, cucu pun ada 7 orang, makanya stok baju baju baby adalah banyak...Kami rotate aje among kami 3 beradik yang dah berkeluarga...hehehhee...Dah siap sort out dan filter baju baju baby yang masih elok dan dah siap basuh semua....barut baby pun dah settle, cuma yang barut gantung tak basuh lagi sebab yang tu baby pakai masa umur 4, 5 bulan...saiz besar daaa...Apa lagi ek belum basuh? Booties and mittens...ni la paling liat sekali nak basuh sebab semuanya kecik kecik beno...space nak sidai kain pun ada ler sekangkang kera aje...dah rumah pun kecikkan...booties and mittens tu makan space....rasa nak jemur ala ala jemur ikan kering aje, aci tak? hehheheh...Baju baru pun ada gak beli sikit sikit...tu pun yang saiz new born ada ler 2, 3 helai aje...The rest beli yang 3 months and above...Baby kan cepat besar....Nanti pakai kejap aje dah tak muat... From the scan so far during check-up, dr cakap insya Allah girl juga...so that sort of stopped me from buying more new baby's clothes, Since setakat ni all my kids are girls, my other sisters also have a daughter each, so stok baju baby girl pun automatically banyakler...Even the ones that I bought pun natural color, brown ker, green, orange...takde pink pink semua sekali...a little bit of pink here and there tu ada la sikit sikit... Bed and pillows, blankets, toiletries semua dah ready....:)

- Mom's Hospital Bag : Barang-barang mommy dan baby dah diasingkan, cuma tinggal nak masukkan dalam beg then masuk ke kereta...Uwaaa !!! I hate packing....

- Baby's name : Belum finalized lagi though dear hubby dah bagi 2 proposals....sedang dipertimbangkan..heheh..macam tender ler plak kan....He suggested D*a*l*i*a I*m*a*n*i or D*a*y*l*a I*m*a*n*i...I kinda like D*e*l*i*l*a*h or D*h*i*a as the first name, then followed by A*r*i*s*s*a...Hmm...we'll see la later which one yang terpilih...:)

- Where to deliver : Finally decided to deliver kat Pusrawi Jalan Tun Razak nun. Actually, the location of the hospital tu yang memang betul betul kat jalan yang memang jam especially time peak hours made us delayed the decision to go there. The reason kami tukar hospital sebab my gynae kat Damai tu nak tutup klinik dia di Damai effective April..Dia tak larat nak berkejar and juggle between the 2 hospitals...and since dr yang ganti tu pun an Indian male dr from HKL and another dr yang available kat Damai tu pun can only do normal delivery...in case kalau terpaksa buat C-Sect, dia tak leh nak buat pulak...dah satu kerja plak kan....I've been with this current gynae since my second delivery lagi...so dah 2 of my babies yang dia handle. Lady doctor pulak tu, peramah, tanya apa aje, semua dia explain...Kita pun dah selesa dengan dia....So we figured just follow jelah dia kat Pusrawi tu...cuma mintak mintak masa nak deliver nanti bukan time peak hourslah kot...Now ni every morning on our way to work, my mind dah start planning what if when the time comes nanti, cemana nak handle kalau terkena pagi pagi peak hours orang nak pi kerja...MRR2 dari Bukit Antarabangsa sampai nak ke exit AKLEH tu can easily take half and hour nak lepaskan...tapi dah tau spot spot mana yang ada abang abang and akak akak polis trafik berjaga...dah budget nak mintak tolong escort sampai ke Pusrawi dah dalam kepala otak nih...Moga dipermudahkan !!!!

- Post-delivery : Set bersalin NR dah kirim kat my sister yang kerja kat Pos Dayabumi tu...Dapatler price member kan...hehehe...jimat jimat...Kalau tak, terbang RM365 wooo....Bengkung mommy tak yah beli dah...ada 5 jenis, pilih ajelah nak pakai yang mana...recycle, babe !!!! Di mana berpantang? Since Dania pun dah sekolah betul, tak leh nak ponteng lelama, rasanya pantang di rumah sendiri aje...Mak ada call last week tanya cemana pantang, siapa jaga, kat mana semua, biasalah mak mak kita kan..mestilah concern...Kalau dia tak jaga anak adik yang sorang tu, memang dia datang kot...Mak siap pesan, kalau makcik hubby tak dapat datang, dia suruh jugak balik JB dalam seminggu dua sampai badan segar, baliklah dengan baby and Dina and Dian while Dania stays with daddy dia and my aunty...Hubby cepat cepat confirmkan makcik dia memang nak datang jaga, sambil bawak sekali makcik urut dari Temerloh...Dapatlah ngurut seminggu....Tau dah hubby kalau boleh tak nak kami balik JB, tinggal dia sensorang kat KL ni...dah 3 kids ni, tiga kali jugaklah dia mati kutu sebulan lebih everytime masa pantang sebab balik rumah takde orang, balik rumah terkebil kebil sorang, last last pegi melahu kat Giant...heheheh..sian dia...So dia dah pesan this time, biarlah kat KL aje...:)

Hmm...what else? Advance claim dah submit last Friday to HR. Kena follow up this week, tanya when can get it...Kang takut dia tak buat urgent, dah bersalin baru nak bagi kan...Haru !!!

My next check up is scheduled this Wednesday....Hope everything will be fine and smooth...Amiinn !!!!!

8 Tahun sudahhhhh.....

Esok genaplah 8 tahun umur my eldest girl....How time flies !!! Kejap aje dia dah 8 tahun (mommy pun dah makin berumur....hehehe..tak nak sebut tua jugak tuh !!!)....

Teringat masa bersalinkan dia di Pusrawi (masa tu masih lagi di Jalan Ipoh), the pain started at midnight...Being a first-time mommy, wasn't really sure how the pain would be...Sekejap kejap terlelap, then terjaga bila terasa sakit...Just waited until the pain was no longer bearable, barulah kejut hubby and off we went to the hospital. Alhamdulillah, pukul 10.10 pagi my baby selamat dilahirkan....And it felt like the longest time in my life !!! Phew !!!!

She was an easy baby to take care of...Her night feed was not that frequent and the good thing was she suddenly stopped her night feed when she was 1 month old...Dekat dekat subuh baru bangun for her feed....Just nice masa untuk mommy bangun untuk bersiap pergi keja...:)

I think my late MIL was the happiest person when Dania was born...She was longing for a baby girl for a long time...Yeah !!! Hubby ada 4 beradik, semua lelaki...the cousins also all boys...same goes to the anak sedara hubby...all boys (masa tu lah kan...now that cousin baru aje dapat baby girl after 3 boys...). Saban weekend pinjam Dania bawak balik Temerloh. Dania pun tak meragam, ikut aje...Berjalan sakan aje makcik kecik tu...That time, my late MIL was still healthy, belum diagnosed with breast cancer lagi. Only during my second pregnancy that we knew about her illness...stage 4 already...Well, that's a different story already...

Since birth until now, it is my aunt that took care of Dania and all my D's...My dad's youngest isster to be exact...Kebetulan, my aunt and uncle pun takde anak sendiri...Merata they all bawak Dania berjalan, balik kampung ke Lenggong semua without mommy and daddy...Sometimes weekend pun pinjam gak kalau depa nak pi jenjalan or ada kenduri....Kalau we all balik kampung, be it Temerloh or JB lama sikit, kerap aje call tanya khabar..tanya bila nak balik KL...:). So when Dania was small, dia panggil my aunt and uncle as Atuk and Nenek while my parents are known as Atuk Johor and Nenek Johor...Ha panjang kau !!! hehehehhe...

Dania..she's friendly...cepat mesra, senang dapat kawan...Kalau bawak ke playground, tak kiralah budak kecik ke budak besar ke, Cina ke, Melayu ke, India ke, omputeh ke, semua dia sapu buat kawan...Main tegur aje, tak kira...Tapi kalau main dengan dia, macam queen control gitu...mesti nak ikut cakap dia...she must lead...Habihlah menantu aku esok !!!! heheheh...We started sending her to school before she was 4. Dia punya seronok pi sekolah, first few days dia marah kita sebab datang amik dia awal sangat, dia tak puas lagi main....First day of school, dia suruh daddy dia balik rumah, jangan tunggu dia...Adoihai !!!!

Dia juga keras kepala...ikut kepala dia aje...kalau time nak periksa, kita dah susun buku mana nak buat latihan dulu, of courselah ikut jadual periksa kan...Eh dia tak !!! Kalau dia rasa nak revise Science dulu padahal esoknya paper BM, dia tetap bukak buku Science jugak...Sometimes paper dah lepas, dia pi revise lagi sedangkan paper the next day tu tak buat lagi...Uwaaa !!! Mencabar jiwa raga betul !!!

She was never like me when I was a kid...She was out-going, out spoken, extrovert kind of person...She loves attention, kalau bab bab naik stage bercakap, dia laju aje volunteer. Nyanyi, menari, berlakon then now ni dah jadik pengawas, most of the time she would be the MC masa assembly. She just loves that. She's been practising the script as MC since she was in standard 1...Gila glamour ke apa ni kan?? hehehhe...Me on the other hand, masa kecik kecik, senyap aje...diam...reserved...Bila dah masuk sekolah menengah, barulah banyak mulut sikit..tu pun with close friends aje sampaikan orang cop sombong...padahal segan dan malu kalau tak kenal...hehhehe...

Maybe the only thing that we have in common is our love for books...She can spend hours baca buku cerita, baca komik, baca majalah, apa apa je yang boleh dibaca...Biasanya before school holidays start, mommy akan belikan dia buku cerita just to keep her occupy...which reminds me, buku cerita in BM for kids her age agak terhad...yang banyak, terlalu nipis, kejap aje baca dah settle. So I opted for novel with bigger fonts for her...Lambat sikit habih...hehehhe...Tapi cuti kali ni terlupa sangat nak belilah...dah dia merengek nak baca novel Ketika Cinta Bertasbih tu...ish !!!

Alhamdulillah, lately ni dah buleh harap dah buat keja rumah. Kemas meja makan before and after meal, basuh pinggan mangkuk, sapu sampah, mandi dan siapkan adik adik...siap pakaikan diapers and baju semua...Kiranya bila ada baby nanti, bolehlah dia tolong tengok tengokkan Dina and Dian....Kalau tak, pengsan mommy buat sorang sorang weh !!!

Anyway, like all the mommies out there yang always wish for the best for their children, I too wish the best in life for my dear girl...Jadik anak yang baik dan solehah, kakak yang boleh menjaga adik adiknya especially Dina....Always strive the best you can and always remember that we love you very very much !!!

Happy birthday, D*A*N*I*A !!!!

Shanghai Trip

Alhamdulillah...rezeki murah tahun lepas, hubby dapat reward lagi melancong ke Shanghai....It was Beijing last two years. This time around, trip cuma 3 hari 2 malam aje, banding last time 5 hari 4 malam...Flight pergi pulak 28 January pagi pagi buta...4 am...melangut kat KLIA tu jenuh tunggu flight...Punyalah tahan mata tak mo lelap kat KLIA sebab nak tidur dalam flight...heheheh...And this time dapat China Eastern Airlines....rasa macam naik AirAsia pun ada sebab kecik and sempit.....Last time naik Thai Airways, oklah kan sebab 8 hours flight to beijing....To Shanghai ni, 5 hours ajer...Other groups ada yang naik MAS, Singapore Airlines, etc....Nasiblah dapat China Eastern Airlines sebab hubby's group pun yang requested to go after 25th January sebab depa semua baru balik dari Langkawi...Takperlah..janji selamat sampai....

We were informed beforehand that it was still winter in Shanghai...Makanya, makcik buyung ini kenalah beli extra clothing untuk winter sebab yg dah ada tak muat dah...Perut mana nak letak kan...hehehhehee....Nasib baik ada FOS dan Reject Shop....harga berpatutan dan berkualiti....Promo tu beb !!!! And first time jugak beli long john. Selama ni cuma tau Roti John aje.....after a short chat with HappyIrfa since dia penah ke Paris time winter dan interview dia serba sikit, so makcik buyung ni pun terjah ke Sogo dan beliler long john....Nasib baik tengah sale...got the long john for just RM75++.

Kami selamat sampai ke Pudong International airport lebih kurang jam 9 pagi (no time difference between Malaysia and Shanghai) and the weather was 5' C. The bus took us to the hotel, hantar beg dulu since it was too early to check-in, rooms are not ready yet....Lepas tu, apa lagi kan !!!! Ronda dan shoppinglah...hehhehehe...Lagipun, unlike Beijing which was a guided tour and satu hari aje shopping day....Shanghai trip was free and easy all the way. Official function yang ada pun cuma Gala Dinner, tu pun our group ponteng tak pergi sebab dah risik risik kat group yang dah pergi earlier, dinner was so so...nothing special. So geng budak nakal kami decided to continue with their exploration and shopping at Shanghai...:)





We stayed at Radisson New World Hotel Shanghai somewhere at Nanjing Road. A very very long stretched with lotsa lotsa lotsa lotsa shops...



Group budak nakal kami..heheheh...Sepanjang 3 hari kat sana, we traveled together, exploring the night life in Shanghai. Shanghai is a busy place. People are rushing getting from one place to another, most of the time trying to catch the train. Jalan punya jalan, ternampak pulak outlet Zara...Kalau kat KL, memang tak penah jejak. Setakat lalu and jeling ajelah...Tapi kat Shanghai ni, depa tengah buat winter sale. So mata pun sudah rambang, and the price is unbelievable !!! Sambarler jugak blouse which was priced at RMB75 (RM35.70)....mana tak rmbang mata kan !!!!! For those yang minat cardigan, pun banyak jugak...just RM45...tapi sebab makcik ni gemuk, tak delah beli cardigan tu...hehhehehe....kalau time tak pregnant pun memang tak pakai dah cardigan tu, zaman zaman bujang dulu lainler, segala color makcik beli...ehehehehhe....and winter coats dia, aduhai !!! Very the menggoda !!!! Nasib baik tinggal saiz kecik kecik aje..Sedih tau !!! Untuk my sister, since dia ada bagi duit suruh belikan something, I bought her a blazer...grey color....dok dalam aircond kat office tu bolehlah dia guna, ye tak...Hubby? Dia memang mestilah beli something, knowing him yang lagi terror bab shopping ni...Sambar jeans sehelai..tak sampai RM100 pun...Nice nice !!!!



The next day, after breakfast, while waiting for the others to get ready, hubby and me took a walk at the park just opposite Radisson. The weather was great, there were sunshine yet it was cool....Aktviti wajib, posed for the cameralah kan..hehhehe...The place was well kept, clean...cantik aaa !!!

Agenda seterusnya, continue our exploration kat Nanjing Road...The night before, ada member dok citer they went to this place, 580, not far from hotel. Dalam 10-15 minit jalan kaki ajer...So that was where we were heading....Ada apa kat sini? Macam macam barang ada....baju, tie, beg, aksesori, souvernirs, jam, pen, handphone, PSP, iPod, thumbdrive, toys, you name it...hheehehe...tapi the quality of the electronic devices tak jamin aaa....kalau kejap aje pakai dah rosak, faham faham jelah...Harga pulak, if you are very good in bargaining, dapat harga yang murah...Soal bahasa, jangan risau. They can converse in simple English...tak pun, tekan aje harga kat kalkulator..Beres !!! hehehhe...



Ha tak ke rambang mata tu tengok macam macam kaler and corak tie...Guys borong sampai berpuluh....Makcik buyung tukang pilihkan jelah..hehehhe...



Then malamnya, we were taken to the Yu Garden. Very very old buildings and architecture....According to our guide, some of the buildings are more than 300 years old...of courselah ada renovation here and there to preserve the place...So beautiful with all the lights...ada banyak kedai kedai juga cenderamata juga..




Lepas tu, van yang kami chartered took us to area The Bund. Sejuk gilerrrr !!! The scenery was fabulous !!! Ramai orang dok klik sana klik sini amik gambar....Nak naik cruise, dah too late...Last boat pun dah jalan..too badlah...:( So we ended up jalan jalan, menikmati suasana dan pemandangan kat sekitar The Bund aje....




Oh !!! Muslim food kat area Nanjing Road ni kira senang gak nak carik. When we first arrived kat Nanjing Road tu, there was this Muslim restaurant yang properlah...tapi masa we all nak makan tu depa tutup kejap...that was around 3 pm and we were starving !!! Lewat petang sikit baru bukak semula...So jalan punya jalan, tanya groups yang dah sampai lebih awal, they directed us to this one small shop....So this shop jadik our official tempat makan selama 3 hari kat sana..heheheh...Service was fast, price was just like makan kat warung in Malaysia (RM4 kalau nasi goreng cina tapi punyalah menimbun nasi dia), big portion some more and the food was not bad...Kalau kita order mee, dan dan tu jugak dia tebar buat mee...mee dia lembut woo...Cuma bahasa is the problem here...Nasib baik ada tampal gambar menu...so tunjuk jelah nak yang mana....Yang kelakar tu, masa memula pergi kedai tu, ramai yang nak mintak telur goreng...Gambar takde plak tu...Sebut egg, dia tak paham pulak...We actually suggested sorang mamat ni buat aksi ayam berketak nak bertelur....heheheh...Last last nasib baik nampak telur goreng dia letak kat rak..so tunjuk dan settle problem...Next time bawak flash cardlah senang kot, gambar ayam, itik, lembu, telur, air....:)







Last day in Shanghai, flight pun lewat malam. Siap siap packed barang and letak beg kat bilik member yang will spend another day there...Then we started the day with sambung shopping lagi sikit kat 580 since ada yang kirim barang baru bagitau...hehehhe..sib baikler dekat....Settle shopping, balik hotel letak barang...terus menjengah ke madame tussauds kat sebelah hotel...Dah alang alang sebelah hotel kan...nak isi masa pun yer...kaki pun dah penat nak jalan jejauh shopping, so masukler sini..warm sikit kan banding kat luar tu...hehehheh...Banyak gak koleksi kat situ...cumanya takde label to indicate siapa ler patung patung tu kan...kalau hollywood celebrities tu and the sportsmen tu, oklah kita kenal..tapi yang artis artis China and Hong Kong...Kenal ramai mana pun....so takdelah amik gambar kan...heehhehe....

Done kat museum tu, went for late lunch, tapau untuk dinner di airport later, then balik hotel, lepak bilik member sementara tunggu pukul 6. Sampai airport, check-in luggage, tengok ada restoran Muslim kat airport. Took our dinner there while waiting for our flight back. Mostly kepenatan on the way balik, ramai yang pengsan dalam flight, kebetulan plak banyak seat kosong, ada yang siap baring kat 3 seat...landing baikkk punya !!! Alhamdulillah semua berjalan lancar...selamat sampai di KLIA pagi buta pukul 3 lebih. Took the limo to hubby's office to get our car...Sampai rumah, pengsan !!!

All in all, the trip was great and fun !!! But we really missed the kids...Diaorang pun dok melekat aje tak kasi hilang dari pandangan...hehhehehe....