Pulau Pangkor, Perak

This was supposed to be our weekend getaway. For short holidays. Kami ke sana selama 3 hari 2 mlm. Cukup cukup dah, lama sangat nanti boring. Perjalanan dari KL took almost 4 hours to Jeti Lumut. Rasa macam lama sangat nak sampai di Lumut. Asyik berkicau dengan Azuar, bila nak sampai bila nak sampai. Dia ada trick, " Lagi 10 mins lagi yang...". Tapi tak sampai juga.

Jeti Lumut

Sampai Jeti, terus beli tiket about RM 10 (return), considered dah murah since perjalanan naik feri took 25mins macam tu. 

Sampai di Jeti Pangkor, kami terus cari Pangkor's trademark, their pink van.

Pink vans, image goggled.

The pink van charged us about RM15 to Pantai Teluk Nipah. We choose to stay at Nipah Guesthouse in Pangkor. If you ask me, it will be a biased answer. For me, Pulau Pangkor biasa-biasa saja since I dah pernah sampai Pulau Perhentian and Pulau Redang. Dont expect any crystal clear water and air menghijau itu semua hihihi. But its still enough for a short vacation. Enjoy juga main dekat pantai tu. Takkan nak pi Port Dickson, saje kan, boring juga...

I love the guest house. The accommodation itu yang I dok bising tak sabar nak pergi Pangkor. We found it in website of TripAdvisor and it received awards in 2012 and 2013. Go Google it! I fall in love with its A-frame cottage, and yes we got it.

 

So, they rate was about RM150 per day during peak days. Normally it costs RM90, when I check it in Agoda. Rasanya boleh dapat low rate. Biasanya guest house, they don't provide any breakfast, but the guesthouse come out with something different, DIY breakfast. We woke up early in the morning to cook the breakfast. I masak pancake and scramble eggs for the two boys. Bancuhan pancake dah siap, you just pour it in the pan. Tadaaa siap! They provide bread, jam, butter spread, pancake, fruits, eggs, tea, and coffee. Kat sini, customers mostly Mat Salleh, so I nak masak konon western breakfast pun segan, takut salah kan... Cuba suruh masak nasi goreng depan dorang, sure I memang confident level tinggi menggunung...

Lepas dah siap makan makan, we went to the beach, dalam 400m dari the guest house. 

My two boys.

Bermulalah aktiviti pantai kami. Adam is a happy child as always. Seronok lah dia.

 Kami juga sewa motor, membonceng pusing satu pulau. Harga sewa pun still acceptable RM20 per day.

Teluk Dalam

Horn bills are everywhere and you just feed them to make them come closer.

Petang sikit, kami ikut boat tour and snorkelling, dapat at good price juga, about RM 50 satu family dan tiada had masa. Snorkeling and swimming sampai puas, letih baru panggil boat datang ambil.

Aktiviti sama berulang untuk dua hari. Waktu sebelah malam, tak ada aktiviti sangat, just keluar jalan-jalan cari makan. Banyak kedai seafood, ikan bakar semua tapi kami datang waktu public holidays, semua tempat penuh dan mahal di sekitar Pantai Teluk Nipah. Jadi we choose to have dinner at their town. Janji kenyang, tidur lena.

That was a start for our family's holiday in this year. Seronok, priceless and as expected, SUNBURN. 

Officially 28.

It just a number. Happy Birthday to me. Husband dah bagi present siap-siap, siap ada choices plak tuh. Tapi Pa kita nak dua sekaligus laaa. Baru lah sayang menyayangi hiks.

Pandai Azuar throws a surprise small celebration for me. Diajaknya makan at TGIF, Midvalley. I cakap setakat nak makan, makan la TGIF Alamanda lagi dekat. Dia cakap tak best.

Sampai sana dah rasa pelik sebab siap reserved banyak kerusi pulak. I cakap, Pa tukar tempat, banyak sangat kerusi ni. Dia insist nak juga dok situ. Pastu dia mula lah dok ulang alik pi toilet bawa handphone. Tak ada lah rasa pelik sebab memang habit dia masuk toilet bawa hp. Tapi macam aisehhh orang nak dinner, dia sibuk nak membuang lah apa lah.

Tup tup tup sorang sorang adik beradik and in laws datang bawa girlfriends semua. Amboi. I dah macam wah Pa.....nak belanja semua orang. Wah sekali TGIF crew datang bawa cake, menyanyi baru waaaaa I takut sekejap Pa...

Apa pun Abang, thanks so much. I love u lah.

 Annoying anak beta sekarang, tak boleh bising sikit.

 Siblings in Kuala Lumpur and I declared myself as a guardian.

They asked me to sing and I choose Adam's fav song. Old McDonald had a farm. ei-ya-ei-ya-ooo. Adam pun sporting sangat. Dia menyanyi beria.

I guess semua orang clap to him lah, not for me, sebab dah besar sangat. Tua.

Semua singing happily kan....hahahahaha

I got from my sister, harap bunga amat lama segar lah ya...

 Thanks Papa.

Ayam Berempah

Ayam berempah hentam saja lah.... Ini resepi dari Chef Hanieliza.

Ayam 5 ketul
1 sb Serbuk kari
1 sb Serbuk cili
Daun kari
1 inci Halia
5 ulas Bawang putih
2 Serai
Garam

Blend bawang putih, halia n serai. Perap sekali dengan serbuk kari dan cili. Tumis daun kari sampai naik bau then masukkan ayam. Done

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It's FUN!

Sejak dah rileks sikit ni...Banyak stay rumah dengan Adam, mcm 3 days in office, 2 days at home. Baru rasa nak jaga sendiri, since dia kan banyak dengan babysitter time mummy dia busy sgt.

Tapi Adam ni, memang can not get away from Ultraman lah. Semua ultraman. Mak memang tak tahan. Azuar selalu cakap macamana nak alih kan perhatian dia dari Ultraman. Dia dah tau mana Dyna, Gaia, Zero, Mebius, Cosmos, Max and macam2 lagi. Yg peliknya cerita bahasa Jepun tu, dapat pula dia tangkap the aliean names tu. Hishh....

So, I fikir, and bought him an easel. Boleh dia conteng-conteng, tapi silap perkiraan pula, dinding dah selamat buat mural.

So far Adam baru tahu draw dua benda, line as ONE and circle as BUBBLE. Itu yang dia perasan, dia buat sendiri, dia sebut sendiri. Kita dah lukis macam-macam benda tapi itu je yang dia tangkap. Tapi kalau kita draw, dia recognize it and boleh sebut pulak.

Ini pula, apps yang dia suka sangat dalam Ipad papa dia. Asyik decorate Madagascar dia. This is among his fav cartoons lah.

Arghhh rindu, he is our bundle of joy. Dan sekarang tengah mengalami fasa amukan yang tak berbelah bagi. memang lah Pffttf...... tapi tiap kali nak marah, i remind myself, dia lahir bukan untuk menjadi kurang ajar, dia tengah melalui fasa meluahkan emosi. Tak apa lah, as long as boleh bertahan, kita bertahan. Nak peluk dia pun, i should ask him first, sebab dia dah tau space dia. Biasa saya tanya, I need your hug, come! Dia datang ok lah...if dia buat dun no it's ok.

Alhamdulillah, for this 2 years journey of being a mother for a fussy toddler. Hiks.

Good job Papa

Semalam Azuar took turn in teaching Adam. Ok lah drawing dia still Adam recognize it.

Good job papa!

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Ramadhan 2012

Selamat berpuasa semua. Hari ini dah hari ketiga. Sekejapan rasa. Puasa pertama dan kedua, kami pulang ke Terenganu rumah Maktok ku sayang hehehehe.

Best wehh, kalau puasa untuk berbuka mak masak. Kalau balik KL, kol5 sampai rumah terus berkelentung kat dapur. Cun siap masak, terus masuk waktu berbuka. Haiihh I tak rileks ok... Aisei aisei stress... Hari ini buka puasa rumah makcik Gombak pula. Eh seronok sedara ramai, asyik dok bertenggek buka puasa rumah orang kan hehehehe..

Esok juga patut ke Bandung. Even Azuar beli tiket and proudly saying, " Have fun sayang... Shop till you drop". Kalau Allah tak izinkan, memang tetap juga tak jadi kan. Tiket yang dah dibeli kita bye bye kan saje. Tak rasa ralat sangat sbb dah smpai sana, cuma rasa ralat yang lepas tak shopping beria saje. Boleh?.

Kali ini blog sendiri pun tak jenguk fasal saya sibuk sangat dengan tesis. Saya dah nak submit dan saya bangga sebab saya cuba submit within 3 and half years. Puji diri sendiri jadi lah kan. Average orang complete 5years, tapi bila dah push to the limit, rasa azab stress tu tak payah lah cakap. Kita simpan sorang sorang, balik rumah amukan pada suami, keji sangat kan hehehehe. Diari I penuh, due date, conteng sana sini, eh kalah PM nak buat kerja ada due date. Kalau lepas due date, rasa bersalah tu membuak lah. Study PhD ni tak ada orang cakap senang, ada yang cakap gila lagi adalah. Nak habis berapa tahun, kalau dengan izin Allah, semua boleh. Tapi bagi saya since my scholarship bonded 4years, saya nak buat smpai semua benda saya belajar free. Ko berlengah, maka ko bayarlah dengan duit sendiri. Eh tak nak! Tapi ada juga benda2 lain boleh drag study. Macam thesis kawan saya external examiner dari USA, nak dpt respond kemain lama sampai 10bulan baru dapat date nak VIVA. In my case, I dengar my tesis berlayar ke Indonesia sahaja. Kat mana mana tak kisah, yang penting dapat grade tinggi dan lepas cemerlang segala-galanya.

Adam pun dah besar, macam tesis mummy dia. Kalau tanya mummy pergi mana, "Mummy pergi school". Sian mak ko kan, belajar tak habis lagi. Kalau tanya what is your mummy's name? "Ma-Hi-Yah". Tiap kali nak get attention mesti dia ulang " A bu yu so much Mummy". Pelat. So poor little boy!

Melalut panjang. Dikesempatan ini kami sekeluarga ingin mengucapkan Selamat berpuasa semua, banyak kan beribadat dan berdoa agar apa yang dihajat temakbul. Amin.

Learning process

We all selalu terfikir nak belikan Ipad untuk Adam. Tengok anak-anak orang lain siap belajar macam-macam application guna Ipad. Hishh macam macam lah, hebat hebat kan.. Ipad pun dah tak mahal sangat sekarang. Ada rezeki nak belikan untuk dia. Bila dah ada duit lebih, 450x lagi berfikir. Its not that easy to buy him an Ipad. Sekarang pun susah nak get away him with Ultraman cartoon. TV pun nak Ultraman, PC kat rumah pun nak Ultraman, our hps pun nak Ultraman, Laptop pun nak Ultraman. Eh semua lah Ultraman untuk ko kan...

Dan membayangkan Adam study dgn apps via Ipad, amat impossible sekali.

Dan saya tak tahu mana kelebihan Ipad melainkan asyik memanjang akan online. Both of us akan dok ngular FB and layan You Tube. Maklumlah rumah ada Unifi, streaming non stop, seronok lah kan..

Jadi kami berpikir sama-sama berganding bahu mengajar Adam secara old school hehehe. Kita lah cikgu dia lah anak murid. Setiap malam kena lah make sure Azuar ada ajar Adam itu ini, while I'm in the kitchen. Time is so precious. Both of us, balik waktu office hour, nak kejar masak, kemas dapur, laundry. Eh semua lah kena cooperate. Melalut pulak.

Adam dah tau ABC, 123 - 10 complete in Bahasa and English, cuma I know, dia memang guna kaedah menghafal. So stage sekarang, memang byk kena drawing. Alang-alang menghafal, kena lah mengenal pulak.

Last week, I taught him how to write three, 3. Dia tengok terbalik and cakap, "No..mummy..., eh MekTonald, yeay! Hadoooo hadooo hadooo

Ok, this is our last night activity. Drawing class with Mummy.

Kesian bear tu macam cacat aje. I tak ada imagination langsung pasal bear, tapi kenal juga Adam hehehe

Imagination of a Tiger.

Drawing basic, circle circle circle, line line line...Ini Adam yang buat.

Tapi student ni kalau dapat bertahan smpai 30mins, dah bersyukur sangat. Semalam bertahan 15mins aja, pastu terus tumbang malas layan.. Hok hek hok hek, bagi susu, ajak naik atas tidur terus.

Enjoy juga drawing dengan anak. Drawing skill semua kena asah balik, kelakar pun ada. But its fun, dont worry.

Crayola Magnetic double easel

Nanti lah Mummy fikir balik. Balik hint kat papa nanti. Macam best kan?

Family dinner at Temptations

Morning weekend!!!!

 

Dua minggu lepas, we decided to celebrate Father's Day and Adam's Birthday at Temptations Restaurant, Renaisance Hotel, KL.

Happy Father's day Papa! U such a good daddy in the world. Over protective, loving, kind-hearted, understanding, caring and the list goes on...... Thanks for everything. Thanks for the 3 years of wonderful years together. Thanks for being there to support me in everything. Thanks thanks darling...

We love u so much.

Back to the restaurant, the ambiance was so nice. Cozy. The food was so great and they range from various countries. Being me, I dont like to try any food which is too alien for me, so that part sangat membazir. We got a good price for that day, about RM60 per person for dinner, normally it costs RM102+ per person. It costed a bomb for me at least, if it charged at normal price. The dinner starts at 6.30pm to 10.30 pm.

Mummy and son.

Papa Azuar

Oh nothing cant explain. He loves chocolate dipped strawberry. Macam Tok Ti haa selera..

 We start with sushi. The taste is not good as Sushi King. Biasa biasa saje.

 Yoong Tau Fu

 Roasted Duck

 Dessert section. I love their oreo cheeese cake and pudding. 

Noodle and soup section

 Sushi

 Food from Malaysia

We enjoy the dinner, borak borak, give some comments but obvious we cant sit peacefully enjoy the meal. Adam is running  around and great everybody and talk to strangers. Mana makan nak aman. Mata asyik melilau.

 Run baby run.

Dancing gracefully hmmm hmm hmmm..

Lepas settle the dinner, paksa paksa Adam makan, kami habiskan masa at the pool. Papa tengah survey a good hotel in KL, he promised hahahahaha, padahal boleh tidur rumah juga kan but stil ngada nak tidur hotel, still in our plan. 

Ececeehhhhh tengah relax konon..

Actually, now I tengah train Adam to take care of his basic hygiene. So I have my own hand spray in my handbag. Tiap kali nak buat something, I cakap kat Adam "spray first!". Dia paham. Oh now suka mengajar dia something new, At this age, he has an amazing sponge brain. Tak percaya, try at your kids, cakap apa apa mesti ikut since dia dah paham terima arahan ni kan...

Adam memang selalu confuse. Then dia pergi lumur at his face. Lumur beria. Ini sebab selalu tengok Mummy buat before tidur. Tak apalah enjoy your learning process son!

We really enjoy the night, then after that heading straight to KLCC. Konon nak beli kasut tapi dah lewat. Then, another good mood turns to bad mood.

Enjoy your weekend darling!!!!