Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Maya Apartment Bay View Villas, Port Dickson: Review (Kotor!)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Every year without failed, inshaAllah family side husband akan ada event Family Day and this year alhamdulillah dah berlangsung dari Jumaat lepas till Isnin. Since Christmas on Monday so cuti panjang tak perlu additional cuti.

For third year in a row it was held in Port Dickson, which hopefully next year bolehlah nak berubah angin ke different venue plak haha. Anyway in this post nak share accommodation kami kt sana. Family kami ramai so perlukan at least 6 apartments and sebab last minute booking not much pun yang available.

After melihat sendiri keadaan Maya Apartment Bay View Villas, now it was obvious kenapa banyak je apartment yang available padahal peak weekend. 


Kami stay at 2 bedrooms apartment Blok A-7-03 at this how it looks like..



Old school furniture dengan langsir yang dah tercabut or pasang tak siap kot tapi at least ada Njoi provided. The kitchen was big tapi macam orang renovate rumah main tinggal all the stuffs. Siap ada tin cat, tangga, lampu dah terbakar ke apa ntah..



The worst thing of all definitely the fridge. Tak pernah lagi dalam hidup jumpa kulat dalam fridge punya freezer di apartment yang disewakan kt orang. Kesan hitam tu after dah lap kulat tuu.. Patut ambil gambar before lap because it was surely gross, cendawan hitam-hitam tumbuh dengan sihatnya.. magadd!!



The room was as old school as the hall with that nenek punya cadar dan selimut ntah abad bila lah kan, with NO kipas, NO cermin dan tepi katil yang sangat berhabuk. Aarfan lost the aircond (20 tahun punya aircond alhamdulillah still function) so hubs looked under the bed, siap boleh jumpa kopiah! Gila KOTOR!


Toilet was not any better, with no hot water or heater.. tu takpe lagi.. Toilet bowl yang kuning kotor and surely disgusting. Tak ada langsung tempat untuk gantung towel or baju but they provide us with mop, sabun basuh hashtag me being sarcastic.



The master bedroom okaylah sikit, part cadar not so nenek tapi the rest all the same. There was en suit bathroom attached to it and luckily ada heater yang masih berfungsi.



The ONLY good thing I can say about this apartment.. well, the ok view from the balcony that facing the swimming pool dan boleh juga nampak laut sikit. Seterika pun ada disediakan tapi not sure function ke tak sebab I used my own.



But again, it is unfair to generalized semua apartment teruk since it depends on the owner. My mother-in-law punya 3 bedrooms apartment was not this bad. Furniture dari IKEA and the apartment itself  facing laut with such a breathtaking view subhanAllah.. TAPI fridge still KOTOR.


Meanwhile, the rest of the apartments lain yang kami sewa most of it families complained. Ada yang NO kipas, ada NO aircond, fridge kotor, kettle rosak so boleh disimpulkan this place is horrible. For me, it is okay to be old school but not so cool to be kotor.

From ibu and Aarfan, find other place to stay unless you don't mind semua ni. Until then, assalamualaikum! 



Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Big Bad Wolf 2017: Books Fair Murah Gila

Assalamualaikum

Yesterday's midnight marks the end of this year's Big Bad Wolf 2017 dan kali ni berjaya pergi dua kali sebab first time tu Aarfan meragam tak nak tidur dan second time barulah dapat shopping.. sekejap. This year rasanya Big Bad Wolf provide a bigger section for children's books tapi cloth book dan touch & feel book kurang or maybe tak jumpa sebab sempat jalan about an hour je.


Even at midnight still kena queue untuk snap picture kat sini sebab forever ramai crowd unless it is midnight on weekdays. Parking under the exhibition hall pun lebih murah RM3 Mon - Fri dan RM5 Sat - Sun per entry.


This time around BBW sediakan troli kecil so senang letak buku dan anak-anak which I think is brilliant. First dulu they provide box then basket ada roda tu and finally now a mini troli so improvement la every time, great! 

 


Since Aarfan suka hisap buku so mostly memang sekejap je dah koyak and no other choice but to buy board book sebab tebal so hisap kemam lah berapa lama pun for sure tak lunyai, at least will take years la kot haha.

The books selection varies from babies, toddler, children, teenagers to adults and even grown men so it is definitely a paradise for all books lover! Harga way cheaper dan boleh jimat dalam at least RM10 okay so mostly parents will come here dan beli buku stok setahun untuk anak-anak.




We need at least 2 hours to just browse through all sections tapi this year Aarfan ada so sempat sejam je pergi randomly belek section children. Now that's the best part of it, bukan setakat boleh belek, boleh duduk baca sambil kalau lapar or dahaga there's even small cafe there.
Honestly speaking, hubs and me bukan book lovers tapi sejak BBW wujud few years back, we bought so many books dan even dah setahun tak habis lagi baca haha. Now all those books aarfan suka sepahkan and this picture down here just sikit dari total books we bought from BBW. 


 Anyway, can't wait for next year's BBW cause Aarfan will be 1 year plus so hopefully dah ada character or books preference. Well until then, tata dari ibu dan Aarfan!




Sunday, December 17, 2017

Menu Boat Noodle Paling Sedap

Assalamualaikum



Bila weekend je time tak balik kampung for sure akan keluar sebab nak makan sedap dan antara tempat paling favourite is Boat Noodle! Ada banyak je menu kat Boat Noodle tu tapi iols paling suka..


1.  Chicken Pathumthani


Rasa masam-masam, tambah pulak dengan fish sos yang masin dan chili flakes pedas.. memang sedap sangat! Time pantang hari tu mengidam teruk la juga nak makan ni haha. Tapi hubby prefer beef Ayutthaya sebab lebih creamy dan berempah.


2. Sour Yum Mama




Rasa Sour Yum Mama ni exactly as it's name, kerabu maggie yang rasa masam dan pedas macam tom yam. Rasa sekali macam biasa je but then very addictive tetiba je dah habis sepinggan haha.


3. Sang Kaya


Sejak azali lagi memang suka makan roti dan roti steam ni nothing special pun just gebu dan super soft tapi kaya kat tengah tu yang power. Manis, berlemak dan bau pandan sedap sangat but sadly lately Boat Noodle kedekut, bagi sikit je.. mana cukup nak cicah dengan roti banyak tuuu..


4. Terer Taro




Their green tea used to be my favourite tapi since ada Aarfan so tak boleh nak consume too much tea and fortunately lah ada air yam ni yeay! Taro = yam = keladi = sedap!

Okay tu je la yang paling paling suka and we kept on makan tu je every time we when there. Pelik kan carta ada 4 je, well dah tu je paling favourite haha. Till then tata dari ibu and Aarfan!


Antara Boat Noodle dengan masakan ibu, Aarfan choose ibu's! Its not like Aarfan has a choice hahaha


And thanks babah for the treat! Murah rezeki belanja lagi!







Wednesday, December 13, 2017

TCE Baby Expo 2017: Baby Fair berbaloi ke?

Assalamualaikum..

Last month macam biasa; since tahu pregnant, we went to TCE Baby Expo at Mid Valley. Held few times a year, TCE can be considered a great place to find baby's stuffs with great bargain. Senang kata memang berbaloi la kalau pandai cari barang.

So macam mana nak jadikan pembelian kami berbaloi? These what we did every time we go to any baby expo.

Things to Do BEFORE
  1. Browse through the baby expo website/fb/instagram untuk tengok baby stuffs yang akan promo/dijual murah on the event day.
  2. Screen shot/take note baby stuffs yang berminat nak beli.
  3. Google/pergi kedai for the price of those baby stuffs and compare harga original dengan harga promo baby expo tu.
  4. Kalau betul memang murah, keep that screen shot and boleh start sediakan duit.. haha
  

TCE kali ini interested on these stuffs so screen shots and compared. ClevaMama memang murah bila compare di Toys R Us dalam RM5 to RM7  per item. Summer Infant Chair tu Google je dah tau murah dalam RM50.

On the DAY

  1. Always datang awal, dalam 9 a.m at least (Expo starts at 10 a.m) kena dah ada di Mid Valley untuk cari parking. Kalau lambat sure jenuh nak parking and kat luar Mid Valley pun dah jam.
  2. Kalau banyak barang berat nak beli, bring a luggage would help.
  3. Ambil map dan katalog Star Buy, cari booth yang jual baby stuffs kami nak beli. TCE Baby Expo is huge! Good thing is diorg sediakan map along with name and number of the booth serta gambar Star Buy (baby stuffs serious murah). 
  4. Masuk terus pergi ke booth yang kami aim, sebab sometimes barang tu limited to few units a day je and if lambat memang habis lah.
  5. Settle beli semua barang yang nak, baru pergi beratur untuk dapatkan door gift, free gift and nombor cabutan bertuah.

Booth Tolly Joy selalu ramai sangat crowd because most of their items are way cheaper than normal price dan especially for expecting mommies sure suka baju newborn yang sweet sangat. Mitten and booties berbaloi beli as they are too cute!


Too many things to look at and buy, semua pun nampak murah! So kalau takut 'tersasar' dari jalannya make sure lah buat list. Luckily sejak ada Aarfan ni susah sikit nak berjalan lama-lama kt tempat yang sesak so no chance for me to tersasar huu.



Kebetulan semua barang Aarfan yang nak beli dari kedai yang sama which is the Tommee Tippee booth tapi every time nak masuk booth ni kena beratur panjang. 

We bought all of the above along with this sippie cup dan malam tu jugak Aarfan selamat merasmikan seat makan baru yeay!


That's all for now, Aarfan tengah busy nak menaip juga ni haha. Till then, tata from ibu and Aarfan!


Thursday, December 7, 2017

Homemade Broccoli Puree untuk Aarfan: Bayi 6-8 bulan

Bismillah..

Mencari masa untuk blogging after having a baby is super hard, at least for me (padahal time sesorang pun dah cukup malas nak blogging haha). Especially sebab Aarfan nap most of the time kurang dari sejam. Being a stay-at-home-mom pun susah apatah lagi for working mom, so.. salute to them!

Anyway hari ini would love to share one of favourite puree Aarfan; broccoli puree. Did some readings dan katanya kalau kita bagi sayur-sayuran as first solid food, any puree without added sugar or salt, inshaAllah later on Aarfan tak memilih nak makan sayur.

So here it goes..

Bahan-bahan
Broccoli segar
Steamer (I don't have baby food processor)
Normal blender 
Bekas isi puree yg dah siap

Cara-cara
1. Make sure basuh dulu broccoli dengan vegetable wash. Rendam for few minutes dan kemudian bilas bersih.

2. Potong broccoli kecil-kecil lebih kurang macam ni so that cepat masak dan meminimumkan nutrient lost.


3. Steamkan few minutes; tak sure precisely how many minutes so I kept on cucuk dengan garfu untuk rasa dah lembut ke belum. Kalau overcooked, habis la nutrient nya and how to know? overcooked akan buat colour puree not so green anymore.


4. Lastly blend kan. Kalau guna normal blender, tambah la air rebusan tadi sikit-sikit. Jangan terlampau banyak kalau tak nanti tak pekat puree tu. So inilah hasilnya, broccoli puree.. tadaaaahh!


So very simple steps je kan. For working moms, ambil masa less than sejam je time weekend to prepare this. It is better to make our own puree sebab tau exactly bahan apa dalam puree tu which is definitely healthier for our babies.

Homemade puree like this can tahan for about a month in a freezer tapi tak sampai sebulan for sure habis punya. Well selamat mencuba daripada ibu & Aarfan.
Assalamualaikum!