What's Your Color?

Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la la

It’s always nice to paint your nails according to the season. Since it’s winter, well not quite in Malaysia but who cares, there are few “in” shades for nails all over magazines and the internet. The IN shade is any shade of browns, neutral-ish, color with a hint of glitters. I searched one for me high and low, well I went straight to Guardian Pharmacy and I found few but I settled with Rimmel’s “Chocolate Fountain” (hmmm hmmm, that sounds yummy) for only RM10.70. You can’t beat that (ok ok, I know you can).



This shade is more like metallic brown rather than glittery brown. I like it though.

Much Love
Farah with fancy nails

Feliz Cumpleanos!

“Researchers at Vanderbilt University believe they know why winter babies are more likely to grow up to develop bipolar depression, schizophrenia, SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and other neurological disorders, compared to kiddos born in the summer months. The reason? Winter messes with our biological clocks, they say.”

“In their study of mice, they believe they've found the link between the "imprinting" of the biological clock at birth and the development of various health conditions later in life.” – glamour.com

Hmmm…

Let’s hope we winter babies don’t develop any of the above.

We??

Well someone just turned 24 and it’s ME!! =))

I’m nearly a quarter of a century old as told by Fiza. Birthdays excite me but not like they did back in my juvenile years. If any asked Farah at age 14 for a birthday list, she can make one up in a split second. Ask Farah at age 24 for one; doubt you’ll stick around to wait for it.

Don’t get me wrong. I do love birthdays. This year is a little special since it’s my first birthday as a mother.

I took Monday off which was a great thing. FYI, I’ve been working on my birthday ever since my 19th birthday.

On Saturday, December 11th, my MIL treated us lunch at Plan B, Bangsar Village, to celebrate all three December babies (my FIL, BIL and ME) birthdays. It was nice that we celebrated it at that side of town, something for a change.

This year I got few good presents and I heart them all. Faliq got me a handbag (love LOVE IT), Kakak got me Flora by Gucci (love LOVE IT), my SIL, Wawa, got me 4x Latin ballroom dance lessons (love LOVE IT—I CAN’T WAIT TO SHAKE MY BOOTY!), RS got me a rubber flats from Marc Jacobs (love LOVE IT), my MIL got me a makeup box (love LOVE IT)and Maya gave me more poop and saliva, hahahahahaha.. I love my baby.

Alhamdulillah, I am a year older and may Allah bless me more healthy-happy-wealthy-in-all-sorts years ahead.

Updates On My Life

Maya is 6 months and 2 weeks old!
Time sure flies. As I'm typing this, she's watching her mommy blogging while she's stuck in her Bumbo. :)
Maya's getting restless so I gotta make this short.
I've been wanting to blog about this since friday the 3rd but I just don't have the time to blog. It's amazing how people can blog everyday. I usually end up sleeping E-V-E-R-Y-T-I-M-E I put Maya to bed so there's no way I can blog when she's asleep. *shessshhh*

Anyhoos, MAYA CAN SIT!!!!! All by herself! Errrr.. Sorta. She's still new at it so we do need to keep an eye on her when she's sitting.
She was lil Miss Show-Off that night. I'm soooooo proud of my baby.

This morning she crawled (uuu yah, she can army-crawl now) over to the sheers by our sliding door, and sat there a good 15-30 minutes.

Maya is EXTREMELY manja though. She must have someone in her sight and IF there's nobody around her, she'll cry as though she had lost a puppy. Therefore, it's hard for me to do anything around the house when she's awake. It's a little frustrating to see the house not at its best state when you get home from work. There's no way I can clean the house after work. I don't have enough time really to pick up after my self because usually when I get home around 9-ish pm, I have to get my self ready to bed super sonic-ly so I can put Maya to bed. If I don't do that, I'll fall asleep with my work clothes and make up and contacts. Arghhhhh... I just wish I'm a SAHM sometimes. I wish I could make Maya her food instead of buying baby food from the store. I wish I could fold the clothes everytime after each wash. I wish I could maintain our home like how I would love it to be. *sigh* Ok, I know, we do have weekends to do allll that, but let's be honest, do we really have time in the weekend to stay home?? Nope, we don't.

Ok, gotta go. Maya's ready for bed.

Maya's Mommy~

Bummer! I can't upload pictures together with text :(

hey hey

I'm blogging through my phone. How cool is that! I'm at my grandparents at the moment. We had lunch here, we as in maya n moi, faliq's not around again this weekend. He flies most weekends. Oh well...

We're gonna have dinner here but not gonna sleep here. Zafirah's sleeping over tonight. Yeay! Sleepover.

ok, imma try to upload a pic through my phone. Sorry, i'm a lil jakun :)))

Chai-World

Woke up this morning feeling tired but GLAD that it’s FRIDAY!!!!
I couldn’t wait for my day at work to end already so I can be with my baby girl all weekend and have a goooooooooooood time til Monday comes back. So what I worked only two days this week, we can never get enough of holidays.

Why is it a 2 days work week for me?
I was on leave.
And what did I do?
We went to ISTANBUL!!!

Ohhhhhhh yes, we were in Istanbul for 3 ½ days. It’s Fall there and it was a lovely change of weather for the three of us. I’ll post some pictures up soon.
I think we all must go there at least once in our lifetime. Istanbul is beautiful. I love the layout of that city from its architecture to fashion. They have many old, REALLY old buildings around unlike Malaysia (they seem to demolish everything from the pass and build skyliners here). It’s quite affordable there too. However, we didn’t do any major shopping because the Grand Bazaar (Istanbul’s shopping haven) was closed due to Hari Raya Haji. Maya and I were lucky since we had our own personnel guide FOC aka Faliq. We went to the Blue Mosque, AyaSofya (well we took a pic in front of it, the queue was too long to get in :p), Topkapi Palace, Taksim (reminds me of NYC), and Bosphorus Cruise (we went to a place called I-can't-remember-&-I'm-too-lazy-to-find-it-out and we climbed up a hill to a castle overlooking the BLACK SEA!). It was a short stay but it was just nice to fully appreciate the beauty of Istanbul. We might go back to Turkiye and explore other places.

Thanks Allah Almighty for this wonderful vacation!

P.S: Faliq couldn't have enough of Chai (Turkey's tea) in Turkiye

Baby Belly

Why is it when I see pregnant ladies, they make me want another one pronto?!??!
I enjoyed the baby kicks and the aura I gleamed despite the annoying BIG FOOT and Hulk-like fingers. Oh, NEVER to forget, Ogre-like nose too.
Even though I ended up looking like a marshmallow, I LOVED every milli-second of it.
However, when I recently visited my friend who just had a baby, I CRINGED!
How can I forget about the excruciating pain of childbirth?!!?!
I had one just six months ago and I completely (not entirely :p) forgotten about that.
Maya’s not going to have a baby sister/brother anytime soon for sure. She will have plenty of coming-soon-baby cousins to bully.

Congrats to the newly proud parents of Humairah!

Sadness

This is what I saw today when I had my hair all pulled back.



OMG, Is that a BALD SPOT I see??!!?!?!?!

Girls & Shoes = INSEPARABLE

Since I’ve become a mother, I’ve abandoned my killer heels.
~I’m sorry babies, mommy miss you too~
Only on rare occasions I’ll strut ‘em heels.
It’s hard to balance on a 3-incher when you have a baby who sometimes prefer to be carried rather than pushed in a stroller. I’m not complaining but if I plan to be in crutches anytime soon, I’ll definitely start parading in them religiously.
It’s hard to say NO to that OMG-fabulous-strappy-platform-heels whenever I’m in a shoe store BUT I have become a “champion” at turning them down. Even though I am a self proclaimed “champion”, believe me, I still find it difficult to just walk away. *sigh*
However, thank god there are plenty of GORGEOUS flats/sandals out there for us ladies. We can still look goo goo GAGA in flats ya know. *me thinks*
Flats come in different colors and designs that cater to any style we’re rocking. Flats are versatile too; I can wear them to the office and a night out later. It’s ok to “invest” in flats because we all know that we will end up wearing flats more than heels. Therefore, it’s worth every penny when you splurge on that “must have” Tod’s flats. :p

Btw, this is what I wore on my wedding day & I'm glad I did.



This post does not mean that I will never ever buy heels.



I’m not a woman without my heels. :)

SPANX you!

Have you heard about Spanx?
If you haven't... WHAT??!?!??!?!
Where have you been WUUU MAN??!!?

Well, I can't blame you. We don't have it here in Malaysia. Boooooo
However, Spanx is uber famous in America. I love LOVE Spanx. It's every girl's bff. Doesn't mater if you are a size 0 or 16, you must own one. If you're going to a country that sells Spanx or you know anyone who is going there, you should ask them a favor to get you one. I don't use corsets anymore since I managed to grab mine just days before my wedding.
Spanx has different kinds. Check out what they have and see what suits you best. The one that I have is as shown in the pic. I used this when I was in my confinement and it works and feels way better than the too-much-fabric bengkung.
Spanx smooths out everything! Therefore, there's no need to think twice when you want to put on that stocking-like dress in broad daylight.

NO MORE pantylines, NO MORE muffin top, NO MORE lumpa-lumpa-lumpy(visible cellulites).

Why am I promoting Spanx for free? Because I want to share this with you.

Te Quiero Spanx!

OMG I Can Still Cook??!!?!

I'm bad. I've "quit" cooking since I moved to Malaysia. I'm spoiled by all the wonderful cooks they have here, from family members to warongs. I cook only on special occasion IF I feel like it. So far, I've cooked two weekends in a row. I made Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta for Halloween and I made some stir fry beef (which was quite salty) with rice tonight.


Chix Pesto

I got home from KLCC around 6-ish and I was trying to figure out what to eat for dinner tonight.
What the heck, why not cook!
My cousin Fiza came over and took a gorgeous, yeah right, pic of me self cooking away in the kitchen while Maya was all alone in her crib. :)





Nyom Nyom Nyom *BURP*

After dinner, chit chatted with Fiza while I helped her with her makeup for a party she's going to tonight.
I miss those late nights......
*sigh*


Skye '09 with Aza, Danielle, Liz

Maybe someday, for the fun of it.

Well to be honest, I do miss it but not much to get me out of the house now. I just love staying in with my daughter :)))


Deepavali 2010

Wednesday Blues

My unifi is down at the moment. Boooooo..
Hopefully it’ll be up and working soon.


Saw Demi Lavato’s pic on perezhilton.com and I’m in <3 with the color of her hair. I’m thinking about going lighter, few shades lighter, but it’ll take a lot of maintenance and I’m not really up for that. Plus, I don’t quite like the long-ass time it takes to color. Maybe I’ll color it towards the end of this year to welcome the New Year.
 
Btw, I’m still losing MASSIVE amount of hair. Thank god I’m blessed with an Amazon-like hair. I had a nightmare last night; I dreamt that I have my very own crater at the back of my head. Yep, it was horrid. However, I kinda like not having too much hair; my head seems lighter. Oh, I did cut my hair shorter to help slow down my shedding process. It did helped for few days after the cut but nothing is going to stop my scalp from spitting out my hair ):
 
Hair loss shampoo cost too much and I don’t know if they’ll fix this.
 
I really don’t know what to do but to pray for this to end.  
 
Balding Mommy~

Scaredy Cat

I hate it when I feel like there's someone else in the house when both Maya and I are in the room. Every time when I get home from anywhere, only when Faliq's not around, I will spot check the ENTIRE house. All bedrooms, store room, bathrooms, behind the shower curtain, UNDER MY BED; every corner of this house! I will switch on almost all lights and fans just to make my self not feel all alone with Maya in this HUGE space. I hope this feeling will go away soon because I really don't like you -- feeling.

Four Eyes

Yeayyyyy.. Hubby got me a new pair of glasses!

I’ve been wearing glasses since 1999. Yep, it was that long ago! I remember getting all excited when the optometrist told me that I have to wear glasses. I was too anxious the night before getting it from the optical that I couldn’t sleep. I thought glasses equals cool. YEAH RIGHT!

Now, my eye sight is HORRIBLE. It gets worst every single year. LITERALLY! It’s even worst than my mothers and I thought my mother is “blind”. I can’t live without my glasses or contacts and if I can’t afford them I would need a walking stick just like ‘em blinds. *sniff*

However, with vision needing glasses (I can’t work with just contacts), I love shopping for the perfect frame (almost every few years). Shopping for an ideal spectacles is MUY IMPORTANTE. It’s like choosing your perfect bridal dress! I almost will get black frames because, we all know, black is the easiest matcher. Note to all glasses wearers, please take time shopping for one and this is the time you must SPLURGE. I think there’s nothing wrong buying a little expensive ones because, because there’s no reason why we shouldn’t.

I had Chanel previously and this time it’s Prada. This is my second cycle of Prada :)

I work a lot in front of the computer and wearing contacts defines bothersome. Since I must wear makeup to work, obviously lately I’ve been applying my make up in blind. Therefore, I have an easy, car-friendly, makeup routine every morning. Yup I am a pro at applying makeup blindly while driving through traffic. Cautious to all ladies who are or will be attempting this.

I shall share with y’all my makeup routine in my next post. If any are interested.





Till then~

I FINALLY DID IT!

I passed my Module 7 exam and I have now a dealer representative license. Woohooo….

I passed the exam only with one sit unlike Module 6 where I passed after taking it three times.

I thought studying after having a baby would be easier for me since, I thought, my brain would memorize facts better. The truth is it was harder studying when there’s a baby to look after for!





Being the typical me, studying is always best (yeah right) last minute. I tell my self and others the reason why I study last minute is because the things I’ve studied few days before the DAY is fresher than if I were to start studying a month ago. This is true! I tend to forget or get facts all jumbled up if I start studying wayyy before an exam. However, studying the day or two days prior to the exam is not enough to comprehend and memorize every single thing that I need just to PASS the exam. :/

But whatever, I studied for 1 ½ solid days for this exam and I PASSED MY MODULE 7! Yeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (thank god I have my in-laws to watch after Maya)

When the facilitator hand me my certificate, I was too close to tears. I wasn’t near like that when I was up the stage getting my Bachelors Degree. :)

This exam was really important to me because the not-so-nice-lady-boss at work would have my head on a chopper block if I failed. P.s. I can always re-sit the exam if I failed but this wasn’t an option for me since Mr. smarty-pants-at-work didn’t fail. :/

How Good Are You With Nursery Rhymes?

Who me?
Yes you.
Ermmmm…(O.o)

Parenting.com sent me an email on “6 Classic Games Every Parent Should Know.”

These are the ones recommended for Maya’s age category.

Pat-a-Cake (2 months and up)

“This is easy for young babies to follow, and as yours starts trying to clap and play along, his coordination and motor skills will get a boost.” 


This Little Piggy (2 months and up)

“Along with prediction and memory skills, your baby will learn about his body.”


Where Is Thumbkin? (4 months and up)

“Babies get a lesson in object permanence, prediction, and body parts. The melody helps young children follow the words.”

The question now, do I know any of these?

Pat-a-Cake - CHECK (thank god for my little cousin’s obsession with Barney & Friends)

This Little Piggy – Errr.. I’ve heard my mom singing it a lot to my younger cousins but I was never able to capture its lyric.

Where Is Thumbkin? – I DON’T KNOWWWWWWWW

I’m a horrible mother! *cries*

I googled baby nursery rhymes and I am shocked to find out that there are EXTREMELY a LOT that I don’t know. *eekkkk*

I got to get my groove on so I can put up a show for my Princess Star :)

This Little Piggy

This little piggy went to market,

This little piggy stayed home,

This little piggy had roast beef,

This little piggy had none,

And this little piggy cried,

"Wee, wee, wee."

All the way home.

Where is Thumbkin?

Where is Thumbkin?
Where is Thumbkin?

Where is Thumbkin?

Here I am, here I am.

How are you today?

Very well, thank you.

Go away, go away.

Where is Pointer?
Where is Pointer?

Here I am, here I am.

How are you today?

Very well, thank you.

Go away, go away.

Where is Ring Man?
Where is Ring Man?

Here I am, here I am.

How are you today?

Very well, thank you.

Go away, go away.

Where is Small Man?
Where is Small Man?

Here I am, here I am.

How are you today?

Very well, thank you.

Go away, go away.

But first, I need to get on youtube and find out what’s the tune for “Where is Thumbkin?”


YEAY Youtube!

*bear hug*

Love Scent

This morning, when I spritz some of my perfume, its beautiful floral scent brought me back to my gorgeous wedding day. Like any normal bride-to-be, I did countless internet and magazines browsing to give me ideas for a wedding come true. I came upon an article suggesting brides to purchase a never-owned-before perfume for our EXTRAORDINARY special occasion. Since our wedding is a once in a lifetime adventure, a lovely scent would be a sweet reminder of that time when we said our I Do. No time was wasted; I went straight to the mall and began my treasure hunt. I was soon introduced to J’Adore L’Eau Cologne Florale by Dior and I IMMEDIATELY fell in love with its scent. I did an excellent job scouting for it since the fragrance fits perfectly with my garden theme wedding and not to mention the emotions I was feeling that day *melts*. Today, like this morning, the moment the perfume made its way into my nostrils, tiny little butterflies lingered in my belly happily just like they did 1 year 4 months ago.


If only those killer legs came with the perfume *sigh*

Do share this with any brides-to-be out there!

Seriously...

Please ladies. For the love of god, PUH-leaseeeee, dress appropriately for work unless required (if ya know what I mean ;p). Don’t try too hard to look good and ending up looking all Hoochie Mama! Not that I have anything against it; you can dress up as hoochie as you want only after office hours. I think the shortest hemline for skirts/dresses is right above the knee. At least put some tights on if you decide to go slightly shorter :). Yes, us women do love the attention when we are all dressed up, but do you SERIOUSLY want a different kind of stare? Nope, I don’t think so. So let’s us all gorgeous creatures stick by this rule and be a fabulous women that we are.


Picture courtesy from Banana Republic

Kiss Kiss

"Arghhhh" "dream is a wish" "*burp*"

What is up with traffic nowadays??
I was late yesterday and today for work. Ok, I left a little after 7:30am yesterday, but the traffic was as bas as I was to leave at 8am.
Now, how about you, you Thursday, yes YOU! I left at 7:15am today and the traffic was as bad as yesterday’s!
So what it rained this morning. If you people can’t drive in the rain, please leave before it starts to pour or don’t bother leaving the house. Give us super-drivers a peace of mind. Gracias!

Went to VW showroom after work yesterday to check out Tiguan. GORGEOUS I must say. We want a new car, SUV to be exact, to load us all up. The car that we have now is quite small for a family especially with Maya’s car seat. Which explains why we don’t do road trips except for that one time to Muar (we took my in-laws’ car). Hopefully, when we do get a new car, any car, Faliq would finally take us on a road trip somewhere at least every other month :).



I kept singing this song all day today whenever I envisioned us family in Tiguan. My all time favorite from Disney classic, Cinderella.

A dream is a wish your heart makes

When you're fast asleep

In dreams you will lose your heartaches

Whatever you wish for, you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday

Your rainbow will come smiling thru

No matter how your heart is grieving

If you keep on believing

The dream that you wish will come true

On our way home from VW, we were so clueless about what to eat and suddenly the sight of their not-so-glamorous Hj Shahrin Low signboard, a FINGER-LICKING-GOOD Chinese Muslim restaurant, made us took a 90 degrees turn into their driveway. Yeay for YUMMY food!


Maya & Daddy








Feeding Maya While Feeding Mommy


Maya Off To La La Land

I love it when I end my day with good food. :)

xoxo
Farah

Oh Sleepy Day

Went to bed close to 1am this morning. Woke up at 6:20am. Pumped out milk. Sterilized bottles. Took a shower. Ironed baju kurung. Got dressed. Packed pumping kit. Went back to the room to comb hair. Grabbed makeup. Grabbed purse. Kissed Faliq. Locked the door. Unlocked the door. Grabbed shoes in closet. Locked the door again. Loaded the car. Tried to give Maya milk. She refused and placed Maya in her car seat. Climbed to the passenger seat. Applied makeup. Climbed back to the back seat. Second attempt to feed Maya. Refused again. Put her back in her car seat. Kissed Maya endless times through out traffic. Arrived office at 7:55am. Switched on Bloomberg and BFE. Sent out morning news. Rushed to meeting. Signed the attendance list. Went back to desk. Went to cafeteria to get breakfast. Stuffed self with Kuey Tieow & Kueh Lapis. *burp* Energy is almost to negative.Wishing for the day to end sooner. :( Lunch at Aseana with Faliq and Maya. Work Work Pump Work. Dewan Felda for PNB Open House. Home (FINALLY). Changed Maya and myself for bed. Fed Maya. *blink* *blink* *blink*. Checked Aza's makeup tutorial on Youtube. Doing this. I'm almost there BED!

*yawn*



Almost Good Night

In Dying Need of Spanking New Work Clothes

This coming Friday, October 1st 2010, I will celebrate my one year anniversary of career-life since graduation. I’ve learnt so much about Equities Broking, particularly Direct Market Access (DMA). I’ve enjoyed and hated my stay here :/.
Why hate?
I have a psycho as my boss of course. I’m still on my probationary period! ONE FREAKING YEAR?!?!?!?!?! Many months ago, she said, if I were to pass my Module 6 exam, she’ll confirm me. I passed it, and many months later, I’m still on probationary. I seriously want to share every single detail on here but that’s just going to upset me and I don’t want to go there.
Anyhoos, for the past one year, I’ve been recycling my work clothes. The pants that I’m wearing today is what I wore back in University for my presentations. The top I have on is at least two years old or older. The only “new” thing I have on me is my faded black cardigan. It was black when I purchased it but I wore it one too many times since this is my only, I repeat, my ONLY black cardigan.
A glimpse or worst, the thought of my pitiful work wardrobe makes me puke a little in my mouth. I’m sick and tired of the same ol’ shit I put on everyday. It’s too depressing. I have the urge of dumping them all away but I can’t because I will be left with nothing to wear for work. I hate them so much that I don’t iron them unless I REALLY need to. I feel embarrassed sometimes, well all the time, when I see my black top do NOT match my black pants because they’ve both faded into two different colors. *blink*
Therefore, I avoid wearing black with black or red with red (not that I would) etc.
I envy looking at girls in pretty work outfit. It’s not that I don’t have taste in fashion (I think :p); I tend to spend my money elsewhere.
I’ve been going online lately and check out brands that sell work-worthy clothes. I saw some nice ones at Dorothy Perkins and Zara.

I SERIOUSLY need to do myself a favor and go SHOPPING!

Maybe, with my new outfits, I’ll be a little more motivated for work.

Maybe..

4 Months & 1 Week

Your baby may amaze you (and herself!) around this age by rolling over from her back onto her front or vice versa. You can encourage this new ability by placing her on her back and wiggling a toy on the side she usually rolls to. Babies love praise, so congratulate her and smile when she manages to roll. When she's on her stomach, you may find that she sometimes rests from her "head-up" position by putting her head down and drawing her knees up under her so that her bottom goes up. She will practise getting both ends of her body up into the air so that she can eventually achieve the hands-and-knees position she'll need for crawling. --Babycenter.com

Maya's development: She started rolling at 3 months & 4 weeks! It was the 2nd day of Eid and I'm ever so grateful that I was around to witness it. Being a NON stay-at-home-mommy (SAHM), I may tend to miss beautiful moments such as this. Hopefully Maya knows when exactly to show off her new talents hereafter (ONLY when her mommy's around!). Selfish, I KNOW :p

Insanely IN love with her daughter,
Farah

What Big Thighs You Have Maya

Took Maya to see her doctor on Wednesday during my lunch break. Since Hubby was not in town that day, my mom and I took her to the clinic. She was given:

(1) 2nd dose of Polio
(2) 2nd dose of Rotavirus Vaccination
(3) 2nd dose of Pneumococcal Vaccination

Polio & Pneumococcal was jabbed on each leg while for the rotavirus, the Doc had to forced it down Maya's throat. Well he didn't exactly do that but Maya for sure wasn't happy.

The total for our visit this time was RM530. RM530?!?!?! *ouch*
Thank god we have only one child at the moment. Parents with twins, triplets or MORE will definitely get hurt.

Check out Maya's thighs!





Maya has more shots next month and they said it'll cost me RM410!



Anything for mommy's baby girl :)

Project 1

I did a lot of internet browsing at work today and I came across a website that has MANY baby nursery ideas with pictures heavy. I already have a theme for Maya’s nursery in which I’ve already worked maybe 50% on it; however it has been like that for the passed 3 months :/. After going through all those beautiful nursery photos, I have now a new project, a project that I MUST finish. One thing, decorating in Malaysia is no fun since most things here are just overly priced. You can’t find great bargains here like you can in the U.S.
I know for a fact that this project might take some time due to budget constraint. *sheeeshhh*

Nevertheless I’ll try my very best to make my dream baby nursery come true.

Can’t wait for the end result. My brain is overfilled with ideas that are ready to explode.

*ehem*

Dear Self,

Before going on this mission, please do something about Maya’s clean laundry. FOLD THEM UP & PUT THEM AWAY!

Your action will be very much appreciated.

Thanks & Regards,
Farah

Mak Andam for Hire?

First and foremost, Eid Mubarak y’all!

I had an awesome Raya with my loved ones even though I had food poisoning on the 2nd day plus a fever and a cold. Believe it or not, it’s the 11th Syawal today, and I still have the cold and Maya too caught it from me. BOOOO.. Nevertheless, I had fun dressing my baby up and collecting duit raya for her :p


~Our 1st Day Eid~

I didn’t take any extra leave for Eid so I had to be back at work on 4th Syawal or September 13th. Here in Malaysia, Eid is a one whole month celebration. Therefore, each weekend is filled with food, love & fun FUN time. From September 13th till the 17th, I worked from 8am till 8pm (except for the 16th since it was Malaysia Day). We were short in staffs and our foreign clients were placing crazy amount of trades (it was more than the usuals), of all the time when were short handed, just GREAT. I get to see just a little bit of Maya after work just before she’s off to la-la land that whole week. I haven’t had any rest since Eid. If I’m not at work, I’m at someone’s home stuffing my belly up :)

This passed Saturday, my sis-in-law had her bertandang ceremony in which it consists of two events and they were all held in one day. And guess what, I was chosen to help do her make up. I was so excited when I was given the task but super nervous whether or not if I can do a good job. I watched uncountable times of makeup tutorials on youtube (thank god for their existent) and studied wedding looks after looks. For the afternoon session I was a tad nervous because 1) I don’t do bridal makeup except on my self (which I did it on my own for my wedding) and 2) I have to impress the bride herself. In the middle of working my magic, Maya was hungry for mommy’s delicious milk, so I had to go for an intermission and feed my baby while the bride had someone else over to do her hair. I was running out of time to have her ready and the whole bridal party which were my MIL, my other SIL, maid-of-honor and MY SELF. Not forgotten MAYA, she was still in her jammies! The bride’s entourage was expected to be at the venue by 1:30pm and guess what I was doing at 1:30pm, yeap, I was busy getting Maya ready.


~Afternoon Session~


~Blessing Ceremony~

We had a good time eating, mingling and I was relieved when I was told that I can work on the bride again at 6pm.

Around 5-ish, the bride called me and she was under a panic attack. The salon that she wanted to do her hair is no longer in business! I recommended her to go to a different salon and she said she doesn’t want to go to the mall because she’s afraid she might bumped into someone there. She asked me if I could do hair. ME??? Me do HAIR??? Errr…. was my answer and I heard my self saying “yeah, I think I can do hair.” What was I thinking? Hahahahaha.. I still chuckle whenever I think about it now. I told her to get some hairspray since I don’t own one. So I rushed over to my MIL, worked my magic for the second time around, and WALLA, I was quite impressed with my self. Never knew I had some talent that still needs some polishing.


~Night Session~

So those were my weekend highlights & not to forget we went to an open house on Sunday and a wedding at night. (O.o)

Yours Truly

I'll Miss You Ramadhan

Can you believe it, Ramadhan is almost over. That when by quick! I missed a lot of days this time, especially during the weekdays. I had to because Maya needs her mommy’s delicious milk and if I were to fast, which I did for the first week, I can barely pump milk when I’m at work. I thought I was drying up when I couldn’t pump as much as I did when I wasn’t fasting. My body was just too dehydrated from the fasting. However, I do fast on my weekends since I don’t need to pump when I’m with Maya. To date, I’ve fasted 12 days. I’ll be fasting most likely on the last day of Ramadhan and maybe the day before that day too.

This passed Sunday, Faliq and I hosted a get together buka puasa with our friends at our home. I cooked for all 13 of us! I made chicken rice and chicken pie. I’m so proud of myself :)


Chix Pie


Rice & Chix Broth


Fried Chix To Go With Rice


Soy Sauce & Sambal & Other Condiments

and of course the desserts which were brought by Leey



I haven’t cooked for these many people for the longest time, so I was a little terrified on the tasting since I was fasting on top of it. I think the food turned out pretty well since all my food was almost gone. Thank god I had my mom to help me out with Maya and also helped me with some garnishing and condiments. *phew* I finished cooking just minutes before maghrib. The only boo part about last night's serving was my sirap, it was tooooooooooooo sweet. My taster, Zafirah, said it wasn’t sweet enough and she told me to add a lil more of the syrup. It was already extremely sweet in the beginning so just imagine how diabetes-prone the taste was after I added just a lil more. *yuckie*

All and all I had a great time hosting the dinner. Leey, Mom, and I had our gossip session in the room while the others were watching some movie in the living room. Gosh, how I miss those late night talking + Aza.

Maya, Mommy and A Webcam