Quiet Merdeka 2009

Its rather a quiet affair this year huh for the shopping malls that are notoriously known to blast fireworks at any chance they get...

As 12am tick by, the only fireworks Jaden and I saw was faraway near Kepong side. *sigh*

What about The Curve & One U?
Saving on the moolah I assume for some big bang for New Year?

Selamat Merdeka Malaysians !

and braise ourselves for the RM2 rise in petrol money!

#1 Essential element

Water is something really essential in this household of mine. Without water, I am at a loss. I can do without electricity for a while (short while) but can't do without water even if it meant an hour of disruption.

Woke up today to no water when I already had big plans to want to clean up the house, do the laundry and mop the floor and yea, wash my hair.. I am not the kind to wash my hair daily but once every two days is good. Don't want to lose hair over excessive washing. Been hair dropping after I gave birth. The cons of it.. *sigh*

Luckily I have stored lots of water from previous water disruption, and had enough to clean Jaden's bowl to feed him first, to brush teeth and wash face and well, flush the toilet too.. Lucky mee too, for waking up at 6 something in the morning to fetch Hubby water and decided to boil some drinking water first so by the time everybody wakes up, the water will be cooled enough to be put inside the bottle and fridged it up! Smart move!

I thought of the worse scenario about the water disruption and was going to piss in my pants but THANK MY LUCKY STARS it was only due to the management cleaning up the water tank and the water pressure has yet to get back up to my floor. *pHew* Have to get down to business tomorrow first thing after I feed Jaden lunch.

Water just came back like a few minutes ago and I quickly jumped at the opportunity to clean the dishes, now doing Jaden's laundry.. and then after, bathe the boy and then myself.

So many things to do, so little time in the day and yet sleep seems so precious to me... how-lah to be the good housewife / mommy yet be yummy? Slummy is more the word that suits me.. slummy mummy!

Thrift&Green weekend

Today Hubby layan-ed me and took me out for a nice lunch at Vettro, followed with a shopping trip to the Thrift&Green bazaar at 3Two Square.

Damage:-
Summer Dress = RM45
Shoes = RM45

Happy with my buy! Jaden was just happy marching around inside the air-conditioned area seducing every girl he sees. Luckily Hubby accompanied me along to help me take care while I browsed for clothes.

Then we went to One U Old Wing where Hubby had to use the Toys'R'Us voucher before 31st Aug. Bought himself a TF toy and Jaden... Jaden.. another story to be told.

The little one actually lead me to Toys'R'Us when I wanted to walk into Nichii. The small one just refused to enter Nichi, instead pulling me towards TRU and he went straight to the Transformers toys section before he stopped and pick a TF toy. He did not stop for other toys. Only TF toys. The father had seeded him well in the Transformers toys.

o.Oh and I got my hands on Buy 4 Free 1 Mooncakes too.. wee! Two doubleyolks, one yolk, and one snow skin durian something.. which I ended up puking coz of indigestion. Grrr... but well, its a good day today, eh?

3-in-1 day

Jaden turns 23 Months Old ! One more month to graduating to being a 2 year old... and does that mean the Terrible Two tag will follow suit?

• Jaden still can't really talk in words but he could convey messages to us through hand gestures and baby talk which Hubby and I could catch-lah what he wants or is trying to tell us.
• He allows me to brush his teeth now each time during his bath time, which he will also in turn try to bite the toothbrush playfully just to annoy me when I am trying to quickly finish bathing him so he doesn't catch cold...
• He tries to run now, still wobbling from side to side, sometimes ending up tripping himself over something.
• He has recognized Vitagen or Yakult as HIS DRINK and will always try to take it from the fridge when I am taking something from it, pushing me out of his way.
• His tantrum throwing is still bad, resulting in whackings from me as usual but he finds them funny. So whenever I whack him, I have to whack him 5-6 times straight hard in a row to let him know I am not playing with him. When the pain sets in, his tears will also set in.
• Found a game he think is funny and No, its not funny to Hubby and me because it involves the TV. He keeps pressing the buttons behind the TV and that irritates the shit out of me when I am watching subtitled movies.
• Loves his father to bits. The face will brighten up whenever he sees his father and will want to hang out with his father in front of the computer.
• Caught him flipping his storybooks, looking at the pictures and laughing to himself. Wonder what caught his funny bone attention?
• Eats more solid now. Cooking his rice a little softer compared to adults' rice, and him loving his vege more than meat unless its satay!

So this is more or less Jaden's 23 Months Old milestones.. hopefully he will be able to talk in proper words soon...

Today is also one of the many anniversaries in Hubby and my date. Just well, all three of us were just too tired by the end of the day to want to do anything special or memorable together unless if you want to count that my left shoe tore when I was at MidValley eating dinner and have to ber-tempang back to the car, drive barefooted and walked tempang back into the house.....

Of all days and when I thought, how and when 'she' will come, 'she' has to make it today the first day.. thus adding on to the tiredness of today's event. Lets just say the three of us have to leave the house at 630am and we only came back home at about 8pm? (well, Jaden and I did come back home at about 745am-245pm to sleep off again before going out)







Had a lunch appointment with my sister at BVII. Howard is such a big boy already and he is so much fun to play with. Jaden only started warming up to his cousin when we were paying the bill, of course which he ended up throwing a tantrum as my sister pushed Howard away (going home mah!) and I taking him down the lift to the carpark.



The boy wants to play and his cousin wants to sleep. How lah like that? Both the little boys crying for different reasons. My sister and I was full from taking care of these two boys.. I bet all mothers out there will understand what I mean from that but it was all fun!



After the lunch date with my sister, which ended up at about 430pm, I took Jaden to go find his father at work and I guess that was when Jaden tired out himself by running around. Jaden was just so happy to see his father and after that, running around trying to seduce everyone else in the room and he was even caught in action sneaking a peek into one of the model's back! *aaarrrghhh* Once I get my hands on that photo, shall show you all.. but for now, you guys would just have to settle for other photos then. =)

It is really a very very very tiring day indeed!

Menu over the weekend

The long awaited wanted dinner of mine did not happen last Saturday as two of our friends had a last minute meeting. So instead of just Hubby and I and Jaden, I thought might as well just cook dinner at home since we bought quite a lot of veges in Tesco the night before. Hubby complains that I buy them but never really get to cook them until they turn yellow so I thought might as well just cook them all!!!

I whipped up bah kut teh for dinner. Started preparing for the dish since 130pm, hopefully to be done by 4pm where I had to leave to pick Hubby up. Did everything in time while Joy helped looked after Jaden. How Joy came about in my house is another story to be told, which she ended up 'going to the movies with the car mechanic'.

Reached home at about 530pm, hungry like mad and both Hubby and I ate all the rice I cooked accompanied with bah kut teh. There was still half a pot of bah kut teh left after we were done with the early tea/dinner meal so we saved for later... which turns out to be at about 11pm again before we finished the whole pot! YUMMY!

On Sunday, I steamed the Emperor Chicken with red dates and wolfberries, which sweetened the dish a bit. Fried asparagus with sambal belacan and the chilli I brought back from the Chilli Pan Mee place. Should have added some dried shrimps to the asparagus dish... *sigh* there will be next time tho!

Yesterday, I cooked my usual minced pork in thick black soya sauce + chilli padi and brocolli with braised mushroom. Fried omelette with cheese for Jaden which he finished it, fed him with rice and brocolli to nibble.

Today, shall take a rest from all the cooking and go tapao some ramadhan bazaar food. Afterall ramadhan bazaar food only come once a year! =) and there is one just right opposite where I stay. How convenient can that get?

I am so procrastinating in washing up the dishes at the moment but think shall get down to it this instant after I log off blogspot. Still feeling the fire burning inside me for doing someone a favor and getting shouted at while it! BAH!

p/s: Fell kind of in love with Miss USA 2009's evening gown... pretty in blue yea?

Partial housecleaning

Finally, without anyone having to wake me up, I got up on my own and started off with doing laundry, mopping the floor, then vacumming up the bits on the floor, ceiling... try to wake Jaden up (fail because he sat up for a while and fell back right into slumber) procrastinate a bit, come online and blog, and soon, shall go back to wiping the TV cabinet because it is getting dusty and Jaden plays a lot over there...

Soon the dishes, feed the boy, boil more drinking water and let it sit and cool, feed the two little furry hopping babies, bathed Jaden, let him nap... my turn to bathe, get ready, call IzGrace and off we go for the long awaited dinner I had kind of missed!

Hubby? Hes been our of the house since early morning. I don't think he would have much time for both Jaden and I for this coming two months.. until maybe Raya holidays come unless he decides to be a workaholic and work the week through... BAH!

I have been rather itching to want to go shopping but refraining myself to do so because I have not really seen anything that I like although there is this one comfortable shoe and glads in Voir that is really comfortable when you wear them. Just that I don't really agree to the pricing. They don't even have 20% tag to it while the others around it all have. Grrr...

Today there is a baby fair in Midvalley Exhibition Centre. The one I always go to annually to buy Jaden's diapers but since changing from Sealer to Mamy Poko because Sealer do not produce XXL, it does not serve me much purpose to go there this year although I like to go kaypo to see if there are any good offers on other products. *sigh* but the fear of H1N1 is going on and these are babies everywhere whom might either have common flu, just runny nose or they actually are positive with the Influenza but did not realize yet.. so why go through such risk? There is always next year and well, I just have to wait for Giant for the discount on the diapers.

Do you know that the Nestle rice cereals (boxes) are sold cheaper in Carrefour compared to the other hypermarkets? I am just kinda glad that now I have Giant, Tesco and Carrefour nearby my place (although Carrefour aint exactly near near but will do, better than going all the way to Subang Carrefour).

Hubby has been treating me to some good food lately and later again tonight. Its really nice when someone enjoys eating as much as I do. Don't you think eating provides happiness, some contentment and satisfaction when it is really yummy and that kind of melts in your mouth and makes you orgasmic? o.Oh... speaking of food, I really can't wait for tonight to come!

Alrighty now, enough of me procrastinating, have to work hard to wake the small one up, so he can nap at about 2 later... and wake up all fresh for dinner instead of rushing us through it.. so toodles!

Have a great weekend!

The Little Nyonya

This TV drama has been keeping me quite busy every weekday 7pm. The first few episodes somehow did not catch my attention until one day, I decided to give it a go and voila! The drama really captivated me, sometimes a tearjerker, playing with our feelings as a woman and how women were treated in the past. Guess this TV drama audience are mainly women, who can relate to the storyline.

I wikipidia-ed The Little Nyonya and somehow regretted wikipidia-ing it because I now know the whole story before the drama even ended on Astro AEC. Dang! So to those that are watching it, don't ever click on the wikipidia site k? =)

Its quite an addictive drama that will keep you glue to your seats. Life of a typical cliche housewife like me although I know a lot other housewives out there who really make full use of their day instead of being like me.

Singapore dramas can be really good compared to our local Malaysian ones.