We hate you Mr Weatherman >:/

7 days ago:
You reported that the whole of last week would be an awful week with heavy rain. But come bank holiday weekend, the sun will be shining again.

So, we booked our family outing ticket to Hampton Court Palace for Sunday.


4 days ago:
You reported that Friday & Saturday is going to be sunny, but expect very heavy rain (possibly flooding) on Sunday. However, bank holiday Monday will have some showers in the morning, and the sun will shine again later in the day.

So, we cancelled Sunday’s plan and postponed the trip for Monday instead – tickets bought & sorted!


During the bank holiday weekend:
Saturday – Cloudy with heavy wind
Sunday – Sunny, bright & warm
Monday – Torrential rain non-stop throughout the day!



Thus, thanks to you Mr Weatherman, our anticipated fun day out in the sun at Hampton Court turned out to be a miserable one. We got home with frizzed-out hair, muddy shoes and soggy socks!

My makan-sedap weekend :)

Last weekend was my official makan-sedap weekend:

Friday night we rushed from Sutton to meet with the Atanmayas and made it to LittleLili's housewarming kenduri. We had laksa Johor and nasi kunyit, which was sedap coz dah lama tak makan Laksa Johor, Okey..

Then, Saturday we had nasi lemak for breakfast (mmm.. sedap!), as we retired at Atanmaya's. And as usual had our borak-till-pagi session. They have a new Wii and Hubby & I enjoyed the Saturday ber-Wiing. Marisa's getting really good with bowling, caya-lah!

Sunday, met up with the Atanmayas (again! hehe) and HAwari & Kak Zihan for some delicious chilli crab. I so miss the Chili Crab in Matahari and literally makan hingga menjilat jari. Was enjoying every minute of the meal and company coz they were a bit too expensive to go to on a weekly/monthly basis... so obviously had to makan-sampai-mengah. We all then took a stroll up the hill to enjoy the views of the old ruins of Guildford castle.

Leelwan and Haidan posing in front of the castle pond:


The ruins of Guildford Castle on top of the hill:


Me & Kak Zihan senyum semput setelah berjaya mendaki bukit:


Hubby prefers posing at the gardens:


Haidan's & his Aunty Zihan's gossip session:

Apparently, this coming long weekend will be marvelous weather-wise. So, me can't wait!

Rain, rain go away...

I guess summer is officially over. The weather was doing so well the past few weeks. It was really sunny and warm- perfect for a BBQ get-together, which we successfully did attend to. Thanks to Mimi, we had a wonderful time at their place in Rumford. I for one truly enjoyed the BBQ chicken, lambs (mmmm… lamb… sedap…) and pineapples. Pictures below courtesy cetak rompak from Marisa’s camera (thanks dear!).






I had so much fun lepak-ing with the cool-hot-mamas (Marisa, Mimi, Amy, Fay and err Alan.. hehe), followed by some Wii-ing and a game of 31’s. Haidan behaved really well and Hubby obviously enjoyed the food and company too.

Such perfect weather- clear blue sky, warm and sunny….

But alas, … now it’s raining more than ever…

(hmmm…)

…Know that we’ll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
Ella, ella, ehh, ehhh…..

Ladies, this one's for you ;)

A Spanish Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. 'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.' 'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computers should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine('el computador'), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

The women won.

Dear Haidan

Dear Haidan,

You are now 5.5 months now and growing up so fast. Am really sorry that Mama didn't update much in our blog coz you have kept us very busy since!

Anyways, here's an update:
1)You can now sit up on your tummy with no problems. You love the different view and call up for Mama & Papa to notice every time you sit up on your own :)



2) You love to give us a BIG smile... (err..and for some strange reason, that big smile of yours seems to appear everytime you just done soiling your nappy!)



3) Your favourite activity at the moment is looking at yourself in the mirror... uhm yess.. Everytime you feel cranky or moody, all Mama & Papa have to do is just show you a mirror and suddenly you're in a world of your own- all happy and chatty... (hmm.. how ah?)





4) You have started on solids.. Hoorrraayyy!!! Your first food was baby rice, and then you moved on to purees- sweet potatoes (his favourite!), apples and carrots. You much prefer Mama's fresh homecooked purees than the ready-made-bottled ones tho... So thanks to you, Papa finally caved in to buy Mama the TEFAL steamer that I've always wanted.. hehe, kita geng kannn- calit sikit ;)



5)You seem to love music and sing-alongs. You enjoy listening to Mama singing to "Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star" and playing our "5 little fingers" sing-along-game. Excited sampai gelak tergedik-gedik... (either that or you find Mama's terrible croaking really funny... sabo je-lah!)





6) You're getting chattier too (hmmm... maybe you're not like Papa after all... hehe). Your favourite words are "aaa--buuu" (followed by a trail of air liur bubbles), "ammm-mmmaaamm-mmmaamm" (especially when you see your bottle) and your trademark grunt.. Here's a picture of you giving Papa a lecture on "the-disadvantages-of-coming-home-late-from-work and how-it-would-be-so-cool-&-fun-if-we-can-go-on-a-holiday-to-Europe-this-summer" ;)





Aaahhh.. yess my dear Haidan.. Mama thought you well, I'm so proud of you sayang!

A great weekend :)

I truly enjoyed the long May bank holiday weekend. On Friday night, Marisa, Alan and little Azmarea came over and we all went for a lovely dinner at Tony Romas in Kingston. Thank you dearies for the presents - me, the desperate housewife is intimately Beckham-ised... hehe ;)

Haidan wore his first formal shirt and vest for the dinner...


I got a pleasant surprise from them when they came up with a birthday song and cake (which was lit up by bunga api). Obviously, Haidan was surprised too and enjoyed the mini-sing-along


Here's the yummy warm chocolate birthday mud cake.. so sedap!


The next morning, we drove up to Lemington Spa to meet up my dear friend, Devina and her sis, Shivani. We lepak the whole Saturday at her house catching up on gossips- it has been quite a while since I last met her... so much stories! Devina made yummy nasi lemak and surprised us with a strawberry truffle birthday cake- it was lovely!

On Sunday, we decided to jalan-jalan Royal Lemington Spa town and gardens. It's a really nice lovely town, people are so relaxed and laid back. The flowers were in full bloom- beautiful!



On the way back from town, Molly, the next door neighbour cat greeted us in her own special way. She jumped in the car as soon as Devina opened the door! Here she is, the cheeky one:


She refused to get out of the car (much to the delight of Haidan who was squealing away excitedly!):


On Monday, Marc came over and we had dinner in Sutton.

It was a lovely long weekend - great food, great weather and great company.

Tick, tock, tick, tock...

... come, on clock!

Can't wait till the clock strike 4.30pm... and I'm off work for a long 4-day weekend.

Can't wait for tomorrow... we're having dinner at TGIF with Marisa, Azlan & Azmarea to celebrate me getting a year older. (I so miss Leelwan!)

Can't wait for Saturday... we're going to spend the weekend at Devina's in Lemington Spa.

Can't wait for Vasantha's parcel, which is supposed to arrive tomorrow.

Can't wait to explore & "i-touch" my birthday present from Hubby.

Can't wait to see Haidan's smile.... miss him!