About Leenda...
- A Far from Perfect Human
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- A working wife and also a mother of three awesome children. This blog is my online journal or diary, where I write and share my feelings, family, events, useful products, good food, exciting trips, kitchen endeavors, as well as occasional musings. Please note that I have no intention whatsoever to show off or to brag but merely to share my happiness and gratefulness. Life is short, let's make it sweet :)
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Forever
Yesterday, Naz and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. Seems like only a fews years ago that we met for the first time and that time, Naz was as quiet as a mouse. Barely spoke a single word during our first date. I was the more friendly and outspoken one hehe. Today after almost 12 years knowing each other, we share basically everything. Of course, our life is not perfect but at least we have each other and after all these years, I still enjoy our little talks in the car, before going to bed or over a cup of coffee. Thank you Abang for always lending me your shoulders to cry on. I am so lucky to have two most understanding BFFs, Naz and Win. Thank you God! :)
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Selamat Hari Merdeka!
Just to wish all Malaysians out there a very Happy Merdeka Day and since tomorrow is the first day of Ramadhan (so glad that it is a public holiday here in Malaysia), I would like to also wish all Muslims, 'Selamat Berpuasa' (Happy Fasting). Naz and I are so looking forward to visiting the Ramadhan market again after one whole year! My hope is that our little princess Munira, will be able to fast again for the whole of Ramadhan, just like last year...:)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A short trip to Melaka
Naz and I took last Friday off to bring the kids to Melaka for a short holiday. They had a splendid time, especially when they had ice-cream almost 2-3 times a day (only during vacations that they are allowed to do so). Anyway, let the photos do the talking...
Just arrived. About 1:25pm, Friday, August 22
First activity after lepaking for a few minutes in the room
Then, went for a late lunch at Mahkota Parade. This was taken at Candy Land inside Mahkota Parade's Food Court
On our way to lunch, we saw a new tower by the road side and decided to try it out. We later found out that the tower is called the Menara Taming Sari. Here's the replica of the tower that we will be on in the next few minutes
Waiting excitedly to board the ride
On the ride that goes around in a 360 degree circle at 110 metres above the ground
Peace...
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Woken up...
Last Sunday, for the very first time, the baby woke me up - with 3 soft kicks, very early in the morning.... I was shocked at first but could not stop smiling after that. Those were actually the first real kicks I've felt since I got pregnant hehe.
This morning I was woken up again but this time, even earlier - 4:00am. Not because of the baby though. It was because I was thinking and worrying so much about work. I tried very hard but just could not get back to sleep. This is bad. It is happening again. The last time this happened was like two years ago when I literally broke down and confronted my boss.
Anyway, in the process of trying to relax my tensed body and mind, I suddenly started thinking about friends from the office whom have left. All the wonderful memories I had with them - Joal and John who are back in the Philippines, Pat, Steph and Sheryl who are in KL but can hardly meet, Joel and Joy in Australia, Charis who is leaving to the U.S. soon and Tse Leng who is London. I miss them so dearly...:(
This morning I was woken up again but this time, even earlier - 4:00am. Not because of the baby though. It was because I was thinking and worrying so much about work. I tried very hard but just could not get back to sleep. This is bad. It is happening again. The last time this happened was like two years ago when I literally broke down and confronted my boss.
Anyway, in the process of trying to relax my tensed body and mind, I suddenly started thinking about friends from the office whom have left. All the wonderful memories I had with them - Joal and John who are back in the Philippines, Pat, Steph and Sheryl who are in KL but can hardly meet, Joel and Joy in Australia, Charis who is leaving to the U.S. soon and Tse Leng who is London. I miss them so dearly...:(
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Week 17 - Almost half way there my babeh!
Email from Baby Gaga...Update on my pregnancy.
Fetal development in pregnancy week 17: fetus in fourth month.
Don't be too shocked but... your baby is EVEN bigger than it was last week, not to mention getting cuter, and smarter every day! (Leenda: Cuter? I'm sure hehe). As you’ve come to expect, there’s no shortage of growth and development this week: your fantastic little bean stalk has added yet another half inch to their overall height--making them nearly half a foot long (Leenda: Wow!). Their little limbs have reached (or are within one week of) their relative proportions, and will continue to grow evenly with the rest of the body after this week. Reactive listening has begun for your baby, even though their ears are not yet structurally complete or fully functional. Meanwhile, different parts of their astonishingly complex brain are developing to process your little one’s hearing and other senses, (you know, sight, smell, taste and touch). Mind boggling factoid of the week: if you’re going to have a little girl, her ovaries have already produced millions of primordial egg cells (Leenda: What? Hemmm...), which, within a few weeks, will develop into actual eggs! Phew… just wait till she’s a teenager eh? (Leenda: Tell me about it hehe...)
And how's mom doing? Even though the second trimester is often characterized as the most enjoyable of the three, you can count on a few ailments (see week 14 for additional tri-2 symptoms). This week, or in the coming weeks, you may be privy to the uncommon joys of “round ligament pain.” (Leenda: My God, I'm experiencing exactly that!)
These not-so-lovely symptoms - bellyaches, pain in the lower abdomen and sharp shooting and/or stabbing pains, most often expressed at the end of the day. Your suffering is due to stretched ligaments and muscles that support your ever-growing uterus (Leenda: Oh, no wonder!) This is to be expected and is perfectly normal (especially since your uterus is only getting bigger!)(Leenda: Thank God!).
Some doctors advise sleeping on your left side as lying on your back can compress your pelvic veins, decreasing blood return to the lower half of your body. Lying on your left side relieves this pressure thereby allowing normal blood flow. If this doesn’t do the trick, go ahead and consult your health care practitioner, but try not to punch them when they serenely tell you it’s normal to feel stabbing pain during this time. As we all know, violence never solves anything. (Leenda: I'll try the sleeping position as well as not to punch the doctor muahaha...)
Fetal development in pregnancy week 17: fetus in fourth month.
Don't be too shocked but... your baby is EVEN bigger than it was last week, not to mention getting cuter, and smarter every day! (Leenda: Cuter? I'm sure hehe). As you’ve come to expect, there’s no shortage of growth and development this week: your fantastic little bean stalk has added yet another half inch to their overall height--making them nearly half a foot long (Leenda: Wow!). Their little limbs have reached (or are within one week of) their relative proportions, and will continue to grow evenly with the rest of the body after this week. Reactive listening has begun for your baby, even though their ears are not yet structurally complete or fully functional. Meanwhile, different parts of their astonishingly complex brain are developing to process your little one’s hearing and other senses, (you know, sight, smell, taste and touch). Mind boggling factoid of the week: if you’re going to have a little girl, her ovaries have already produced millions of primordial egg cells (Leenda: What? Hemmm...), which, within a few weeks, will develop into actual eggs! Phew… just wait till she’s a teenager eh? (Leenda: Tell me about it hehe...)
And how's mom doing? Even though the second trimester is often characterized as the most enjoyable of the three, you can count on a few ailments (see week 14 for additional tri-2 symptoms). This week, or in the coming weeks, you may be privy to the uncommon joys of “round ligament pain.” (Leenda: My God, I'm experiencing exactly that!)
These not-so-lovely symptoms - bellyaches, pain in the lower abdomen and sharp shooting and/or stabbing pains, most often expressed at the end of the day. Your suffering is due to stretched ligaments and muscles that support your ever-growing uterus (Leenda: Oh, no wonder!) This is to be expected and is perfectly normal (especially since your uterus is only getting bigger!)(Leenda: Thank God!).
Some doctors advise sleeping on your left side as lying on your back can compress your pelvic veins, decreasing blood return to the lower half of your body. Lying on your left side relieves this pressure thereby allowing normal blood flow. If this doesn’t do the trick, go ahead and consult your health care practitioner, but try not to punch them when they serenely tell you it’s normal to feel stabbing pain during this time. As we all know, violence never solves anything. (Leenda: I'll try the sleeping position as well as not to punch the doctor muahaha...)
Monday, July 28, 2008
Malas...
I have been feeling extremely lazy (and heavy) lately. Find it especially hard to get up in the morning. All I feel like doing now is just to lie down in bed, in ai air conditioned room, with a remote control in my hand and of course with snacks by my side. Aaahh...that sounds like a perfect way to spend my pregnant days. However, coming back to reality, weekdays - got to go to work, come home at 6pm, spend a bit of time with the kids and would already be half asleep by 9 pm. Weekends? Well, possible...but with two kids and and Naz, there is always something that I need to do that requires me getting out of bed hehe...
I was so looking forward to last Saturday cause I was not feeling well almost the whole of last week. I managed to rest a bit but most of the time, was out with Naz and Muzafar, running errands. Munira was also not feeling well and was spending most of her Saturday in bed.
Took Kak Jah to Italiannies (Gardens)on Sunday for her birthday lunch and I found the food to be as great as the last time I came with friends from the office for Cin's birthday. As for Naz who was there for the first time, he really loved it! So, we will definitely go back there especially when they gave us free dessert (they didn't even know that it was Kak Jah's birthday)!
After Italiannies, took the kids to Tasik Titiwangsa. Munira was feeling a lot better and wanted to rollerblade and the lil boy wanted to play soccer with his Ayah. I was just there as a spectator, water supplier and moral supporter hehe.
Oh, baked Marble Cheesecake with Walnuts on Sunday but totally forgotten to snap a photo of it. What a waste!
I was so looking forward to last Saturday cause I was not feeling well almost the whole of last week. I managed to rest a bit but most of the time, was out with Naz and Muzafar, running errands. Munira was also not feeling well and was spending most of her Saturday in bed.
Took Kak Jah to Italiannies (Gardens)on Sunday for her birthday lunch and I found the food to be as great as the last time I came with friends from the office for Cin's birthday. As for Naz who was there for the first time, he really loved it! So, we will definitely go back there especially when they gave us free dessert (they didn't even know that it was Kak Jah's birthday)!
After Italiannies, took the kids to Tasik Titiwangsa. Munira was feeling a lot better and wanted to rollerblade and the lil boy wanted to play soccer with his Ayah. I was just there as a spectator, water supplier and moral supporter hehe.
Oh, baked Marble Cheesecake with Walnuts on Sunday but totally forgotten to snap a photo of it. What a waste!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Just Last Week...
Sunday - July 20. Fira's birthday...Happy birthday darling. Going to have dinner with her after work tomorrow.
At home, so much for my 'katil day', Naz and my dad were outside having a gotong royong to clean up our front yard, I felt guilty so I ended helping a tiny bit hehe. It looked like really hard labour for them though. Poor Naz, he had to cut down a dead rambutan tree all by himself. His hands were aching that night. Am sure my dad had a bad night too :)
Saturday - Munira was in school for her Solat Camp. Naz and I went to Carrefour for our monthly grocery shopping and by the time we got back, my brother's kids have arrived. They were spending a night with us as my brother and sis-in-law had to go for a business trip. They were sleeping in my room with Munira and they looked sooo cuteee...
Rashad, Munira & Aneesa
Saturday night, Naz and I went to Chris and Gayan's wedding at Concorde KL. It was a simple wedding but the hall was nicely decorated. I especially love the wedding cake.
I love the candle stand. Beautiful flowers
The Wedding Cake, alamak gelap laa...
Chris and Gayan cutting their wedding cake
Friday - July 18. It was the birthday of the most special person in my life. It was Naz's birthday. Naz and I took a day off on that Friday for two reasons. First, to go for my monthly check-up at Pusrawi and second, to celebrate Naz's birthday. That night we decided to go for Iranian Food which all of us enjoyed. Naz has always liked middle-eastern food.
Naz and his babies on his 33rd birthday...
Muzafar posing
Naz ordered Iranian tea which my throat couldn't accept. Some funky taste there, man
Superb Lamb Shank
At home, so much for my 'katil day', Naz and my dad were outside having a gotong royong to clean up our front yard, I felt guilty so I ended helping a tiny bit hehe. It looked like really hard labour for them though. Poor Naz, he had to cut down a dead rambutan tree all by himself. His hands were aching that night. Am sure my dad had a bad night too :)
Saturday - Munira was in school for her Solat Camp. Naz and I went to Carrefour for our monthly grocery shopping and by the time we got back, my brother's kids have arrived. They were spending a night with us as my brother and sis-in-law had to go for a business trip. They were sleeping in my room with Munira and they looked sooo cuteee...
Saturday night, Naz and I went to Chris and Gayan's wedding at Concorde KL. It was a simple wedding but the hall was nicely decorated. I especially love the wedding cake.
Friday - July 18. It was the birthday of the most special person in my life. It was Naz's birthday. Naz and I took a day off on that Friday for two reasons. First, to go for my monthly check-up at Pusrawi and second, to celebrate Naz's birthday. That night we decided to go for Iranian Food which all of us enjoyed. Naz has always liked middle-eastern food.
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