The lil’ dude and his family…

I’ve been very busy at work, at home and everywhere else that I have not had the time to blog. Actually, plain laziness contributes to it too. Haha. Anyway, here’s to wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Be safe, yeah? :)

I’ve been meaning to back-up my photos and also get them printed since yonks for one of my many, many projects, BUT, laziness and lack of time have always been my numero uno problem. Pft. Anyhow, as I was surfing the internet the other day, I stumbled upon eoe Online printing and am mighty pleased to learn that I can just upload any photos that I want, whenever I want and they can just print them out for me and even deliver the photos to me FREE if my orders exceed RM 35.00. Good deal, yes? And the printing price isn’t that expensive either - 30 sen for 4R and 50 sen for 5R. I am so going to go mad choosing the pictures that I want them to print for me. Soooo, what are guys waiting for? Head out to eoe now! :)

And oh, they are also running the eoe Online Blogger’s Review II where you’ll stand a chance to win the Olympus E-520 kit with a 14-42mm lens worth RM 2,499!

A week before her wedding, Zehan, Az, Farrah, Kim and I “kidnapped” Alia for her bridal shower in Langkawi. It was my first time leaving the two boys alone and I was very nervous and anxious about the whole trip, but it was a good one. I’m glad I went. :)

Saturday

We left for Langkawi on Saturday morning, and as always, the AA flight was slightly delayed. When we arrived, the driver/chef/caretaker - Pakcik Nazri - from the villa was waiting for us and we headed to Bon Ton for lunch. After lunch, we went for a sightseeing around the area since they were doing a soft launch for their new villas and I thought that it’d be nice to get some pictures of Alia at the historical villas.

When we were done, we headed to the duty free place to get some snacks and champagne. After that, we stopped at the nearby stalls to get some pisang goreng and kuih-muihs. Maaaan, I knew it then that we’d be pigging out like nobody’s business for our entire trip. And I was right! Heh.

The Owners Villa (courtesy of Uncle OTT and Aunty RZ) is a blardy gorgeous place! But since it’s in a middle of the jungle, it got a bit eerie at night, but nevertheless, a lovely place. :) It was blazing hot and we all decided that we should go for a swim after we’ve settled our luggages. The twins made an entrance at the pool and after a few laps here and there, we went for our makan session (again!) and by 6pm, I was this ular sawa that cannot move anymore. :P

Dinner was by the beach at Datai Hotel itself. We were fortunate that it didn’t rain that night and if it had, we would have had the dinner at the Gulai House instead. Whatever it is, the view was magnificent and the ambiance was oh-so-great! Thanks to Regina who arranged everything to perfection. :) And of course to Zehan too who was bossing everyone all the way from Sydney. Haha! I’m kidding, babe! :P

We got back to the Villa after dinner and changed into our PJs. First, we had the panty poem and it was just so hilarious! Zehan and I only found out about the game via the internet 3 days before the trip and I rushed to Topshop and La Senza to get ‘em panties for Alia. So to anyone who wants to throw a bridal shower to their friends, this poem rocks! When that was done, we did the newlywed game. Zehan got a friend to film Johan (the groom to-be) answering some questions and we asked the same questions to Alia and then compared notes. It was soooooo funny and everyone just had a good laugh! Again, good game to have at any bridal showers. :)

We then watched SATC and I was just so tired from everything that I knocked out 15 minutes after the movie started. Besides, I’ve watched it like 3 times already. Ish! Haha. Then around 1-ish, I got up and decided to go to the loo. And to do that, I’ve got to go to our own individual villas as they weren’t any toilets in the TV room. It was quite eerie outside but I had to golah and there was no two way about it. Haha. I’m just glad that Pakcik Nazri didn’t mention any stories earlier on, but he did when he sent us to the airport the next night and I ain’t gonna talk about it here. Pft.

Sunday

Zehan had to drag all of us out of bed for our morning walk with Irshad Mobarak but I’m so glad that we did it. We were suppose to have our nasi lemak at 7am before the morning walk, but since we all got up so late, we went for the walk sans our breakfast. By the time we got back to the villa, it was 10am and we gobbled down our nasi lemaks like there was no tomorrow. And then, we had to get ready for our Thai culinary class that was specially arranged by Regina at The Datai at 11am. Kim and I quickly mandi-ed kerbau because cannot tahanlah the body so sticky and all and we made it a few minutes late for the class. But since it was specially catered for the 6 of us, it wasn’t really a problemlah.

Menu for the day was Thai Basil Chicken and Tom Yam Gung. We were done cooking our individual meals in less than an hour and sat down for lunch (makan lagi!!!) with our end products. I never knew making Tom Yam Gung is so simple? Shall cook those two dishes once my hectic schedule this month is over. ;)

Went back to our villa after that for some quiet time at the pool. Most of us zonked out by the poolside and when we got up later on, we all went into the pool and had more food for tea. I swear, I just can’t bear to look at anymore pisang gorengs for now.

Kim, Farrah and I were to fly out of Langkawi on the last flight out on Sunday night. After tea, we just chit-chatted until it was time for us to pack and get ready. Around 8pm, we had dinner (more lovely food from Pakcik Nazri) and although I was so full from eating the past 2 days, I just couldn’t resist his sambal prawns and oyster sauce vege. I think I must have tambah-ed three full plates of rice. Urgh. Damn ular sawa alright.

Pakcik Nazri drove us to the airport at 9pm and waddaya know? We were told that our initial flight at 1040pm has now been delayed to 11pm. And then, as we got into the boarding hall, we were told that our flight was postponed yet again to 1120pm. I’m like whateverlah wey. Just get us out of here! :P

Got home around 1am and that is how I spent my weekend - with the girls. Thanks Yan - for everything and thanks Alie - for the lovely gifts. Thanks Uncle OTT and Aunty RZ for the food and the lodging. See you girls tonight at The House and so can’t wait for the big day this weekend! Wheeeeeee…. ;)

The whole load of pictures (courtesy of Zehan snapping my Pentax too) can be seen here:

Part Un
Part Deux
Part Trois

At 32 months, he can already:

• wear his own pants, socks and shoes
• sing til the cows come home
• hold a pencil real well and likes to write (gibberish) or draw doodles
• eat on his own
• ask me questions til I go mad
• eat everything under the sky minus kayu, batu, pasir et al
• tell his wants and don’ts - and be very firm about his choice
• watch a movie - thank god! - and his favourite being wall.e
• swim, jump, dunk, kick, turn, flip and whatever else in the pool - must get him off the floaties soon as we’ve been giving him less air in the floats
• pee on his own - but still not 100% toilet trained yet
• scream and whine when his demands are not met - madness!
• help me fold his clothes - albeit a bit messy, but who cares? :P
• snap (some rather ok) photos via the pns

and many more I can’t remember. Haha. It’s a crazy month, this December is. Hopefully I can breathe better next month! :)

To my dear husband - I love you then as I love you today and thank you for being the greatest husband a wife could ask for! Here’s to us growing old together and watching our child(ren) blossom into good people. Amin.

Our nephew’s akikah was done on the 23rd of November 2008 and he wore the baju melayu that Irfan wore during his parents’ wedding. Heh. The lil’ one was fuss-free and even slept during the ceremony. It started at around 1030am and ended at around 12pm and we all dug in at the good food. The kambing was superb and I think I had like 5 rounds of makan-makan session. Haha.

Irfan as always was kepo-ing around and even refused to nap when it was time for him to sleep. He was already lying on the carpet with the cushions all around him but howlah to sleep with so many humans around? So I carried him and brought him upstairs (with Irwan tagging along with half-opened eyes) and after drinking his milk, his eyes were shut and no more noise emitted from his mouth. Aik? Tadi kata tak sleepy? :P Once they (yes father & son) were both asleep, I took to eating more kambings and dim sum. ;)

Aaaanyways, here are more shots of the ceremony.