Magaadd 3 Series!! 8 Sebab Best Turning 30s

Assalamualaikum and happy new year!

Tak berapa nak new sangat la kan. It is already day 28/365 dah punnnn.. Ini pun sebab azam hujung tahun 2017 itu lah digigihkan jua diri menulis haha.

Coming to the year of 2018 it means semua yang lahir pada tahun 1988 akan turning to 3 series.. NOOOO!!! How can I be old so fast! In denial actually but at the same time I'm gonna embrace it like a strong lady (kiss muscle)! Bring it on 30!

 The thing is, what with the 3 series yang orang takut sangat nak masuk tu. Like seriously bila masuk 30s tu maksudnya dah tua sangat ke? You know what? Sempena new year, I must have a new way of thinking, positive one a MUST! So here are some cool facts about 30s instead..

8 Sebab BEST Turning 30s

1. For ladies, we own a mind of a wise woman who able to control our own lives but body of a girl even for young moms like myself!
2. At the age of 30s ramai yang akan mencapai tahap 'stabil' dalam kehidupan. Dari segi kewangan comparing to 20s dan juga kehidupan. 
3. We are happy with what we have and responsibility level masih boleh handle. Midlife crisis gonna wait at 40s and 50s!
4. Freedom as it best peak! Dengan duit yang reasonably cukup dan family sendiri yang belum terlalu besar so bolehlah holiday or backpacking 
5. People take us MORE seriously sebab obviously I am older and wiser. 
6. Umur 30 ke 39 anda (yes anda sebab saya stay-at-home ibu) berada di kemuncak career sebab dah jumpa kerjaya pilihan and no more being a rookie. Hello to naik gaji!
7. Studies said at 30s personality won't change much as compared to childhood to 20s. So say bubye to mood swing and ola positive vibes!
8. Lastly, we have another 10 tahun lagi sebelum turning 40s and 40 tahun..wooo that is old..

So there's no reason to be afraid of  being 30s.. kannnn.. Except we are getting old, day by day huhu. Anyhow, let's grow old gracefully dan yang paling penting let's just live life to the fullest sebab kita belum tentu dapat merasa tua. Like betul-betul TUA..               

Till then, 30s peeps rock!

Image: Celebrated our 4th Wedding Anniversary. Let's grow old together sayangg.. so that we can be annoyed and yell at each other for the rest of our lives lol

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! 

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!

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!

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!

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!

We are Pregnant!

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Berbulan-bulan telah berlalu sejak kali terakhir menulis. Berhabuk dah blog ni hoii. Dan yang pastinya banyak perkara telah terjadi these past few months, ada pahit dan tentu ada manisnya. One of it was my husband has lost his beloved father beberapa hari sebelum Ramadhan tahun lepas. Al-Fatihah buat arwah bapak Aris Bin Mat Lela. Dengan segala kejadian ini, diharap telah mematangkan diriku inshaa Allah.

Meanwhile, there's one good thing; more like a miracle, I would like to share. The reason I'm writing again actually. And that is الحمد لله I am pregnant! But it is not a 'new' news, sekarang dah masuk 36 weeks dah pun. Sikit je lagi dah nak POP and inshaa Allah we'll meet our baby very soon. But not too soon please baby, I still need to go to TCE Baby Expo end of this month hihi.. 

Writing a blog is like writing in my diary though it can be read by all of you. And I wish to remember every moment of this miracle happening to us right now, therefore inshaa Allah I shall share it all. 8 bulan free tak nak menulis now dah nak bersalin baru nak start kannn.. Hopefully ada la lagi masanya haha..

Anyway, الحمد لله terima kasih Allah atas nikmat ini.. Buat yang masih mencuba, moga Allah murahkan rezeki kalian ameennn..

Jungle Tracking di FRIM – Weekend with Nature

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Astaghfirullah for past for I am a sinful devotee. Alhamdulillah for today for breath of faith and imaan. InshaAllah for future for being a faithful devotee and istiqamah till the end.

Pada Sabtu yang lepas 7hb November 2015, hubs and I went to FRIM for some ‘training’. Actually this coming weekend kami akan pergi tracking Bukit Kutu di Kuala Kubu Bharu dan disebabkan I’ve stayed home for too long, I am self-conscious dan rasa diri sendiri perlukan sedikit work out la before tracking. Takut pancit cepat sangat nanti malu dengan member lain yang join tracking tuu hihi.

Masih ingat lagi kali terakhir datang ke FRIM was in 2010 untuk tracking dan naik Canopy Walkway which was 5 years ago! Yups, memang lama gila dah tak bergomol dengan nature. Tapi sayang kali ini tak dapat nak naik Canopy Walkway lagi sebab kebetulan beberapa minggu yang lepas, FRIM telah dilanda ribut yang telah ‘mencederakan’ beberapa pokok penting mereka. So let the trees heal first!

Pagi Sabtu tu bangun seawal 5.45 am untuk sediakan bekal nasi lemak – hubs request dan bertolak dari Bukit Jalil (our house) about 6.15 am. Dari sini ke FRIM ambil masa hanya 30 mins sebab weekend so the traffic was clear, Alhamdulillah. Since FRIM is a huge place, hubs guna maps untuk cari the nearest entrance untuk tracking ke Sungai Kroh.

TRACKING PLAN

Engkabang to Rover Trail – 30 mins

Rover Trail – 30 mins

To picnic area Sungai Kroh from Rover Trail – 30 mins

Dalam pukul 7 am tu dah ramai orang yang beriadah includes jogging, tracking, main tenis dan basikal and many other activities la. Meriah sangat dan rasa seronok that we Malaysian are still doing healthy stuffs together whenever we have time.

So about 7.20 am we finally started our jungle tracking via Engkabang Trail – Trail yang agak mudah yang melalui kawasan hutan nipis dalam 20 mins dan kemudiannya tembus terus ke Rover Trail. Di awal tracking tu ada la panjat memanjat sedikit menggunakan tali yang disediakan dan since the night before hujan, trail agak berlumpur so kasut dan seluar berlumpur la sikit.

Jalan masuk ke Trail Engkabang sebelah je Rumah Melaka ni

Park kereta kat sini dan jalan 5 mins untuk ke area Rumah Melaka dan masuk ke Trail Engkabang

Akan jumpa sekolah ini bila park kereta di situ

Map ini terletak kt picnic area Sungai Kroh

Ini lah jalan masuk ke Engkabang. Nampak macam scary tapi ada trail so just follow along the path

Let's go!

Sebaik sahaja keluar dari Engkabang dan masuk ke Rover Trail, kami terserempak dengan beberapa orang lain yang jogging dan tracking. Mostly yang jogging di Rover Trail maybe pelari professional sebab jalan di situ macam jalan tracking yang tak rata berbatu-batu dan kadang kala mendaki. Orang biasa macam kitorg memang tak la nak jogging kt situ haha.

At the end of Rover Trail (after 30 mins of walking) we decided to straight away go to picnic area where Sungai Kroh situated. Kalau betul nak challenge diri lebih sikit, boleh je nak teruskan ke camp site tapi bukan buat masa sekarang la sebab laluan tu ditutup sebab ribut.

Turun je ke picnic area trail, banyak batu-batu besar sebab itu kawasan sungai. Agak tricky nk turun tapi tali disediakan so no worries just be extra careful sebab I did hurt myself on the way down. Lutut kanan terhentak ke batu besar sewaktu turun so time tu memang langsung tak boleh nak jalan la dan luka sikit je. Tengok, this is the reason why I need practice. Lemah sangat huuu..

Finally after another 30 mins of tracking, about 9 am kami pun sampai la di picnic area and there was this one guy in FRIM uniform waiting for us.

FRIM guy        : Abang lalu mana masuk sini tadi yea?

Us                    : Engkabang, dekat dengan Rumah Melaka tu.

FRIM guy        : Ohh, dah biasa datang sini ke? Mana tau trail tu?

Us                    : Ikut map je la. Jalan pun ada track so lalu je. First time la guna trail tu haha.

FRIM guy        : Okay. Next time jangan lalu situ lagi yea sebab sekarang ni kami tengah tutup Rover Trail dan kalau lalu juga kat situ, jadi apa-apa memang bukan under tanggungjawab FRIM la.

Me                 : Di website beritahu Rover Trail tutup tapi tak tau pun Engkabang tu tembus ke situ, tak ada tulis pun Rover Trail dan tak ada notis apa-apa di laluan tu.

Hubs                : Kira kita nasib baik la dapat lalu kat situ tadi, pasni dah tutup dah hehehe..

Me                   : Lol

NOTE: Make sure do some research on the particular website before you go anywhere for any activity. Kitorg dapat tau pasal ribut pun sebab buka website FRIM a day before. This research can help you to make better plan, save time and most importantly for your safety.

Selepas tu kitorg pun turun ke bawah untuk ke Sungai Kroh dan makan nasi lemak yang dibawa. Along the way there ramai orang yang tengah piknik sambil makan dan mandi-mande, ada juga yang bersenam dan bertafakur. Tak jauh dari situ there was this event, perhaps family day and loud music was playing while little children screaming and having fun.

Sungai Kroh yang cantik dan sejuk sesuai untuk bawa keluarga beriadah di hujung minggu

Selesai saja makan dalam pukul 9.30 am kami pun gerak balik. Ingatkan balik berdua, rupa-rupanya berempat. EMPAT?! Jeng jeng jeng. While driving back home, hubs pegang kaki sebab gatal and there it was PACAT. Kelam-kabut kitorg cari Petronas nak buang pacat tu dari kereta and then! Me myself plak felt something gooey at my back so apa lagi terus genggam baju tak bagi kena badan. Panggil hubs and he removed the pacat from my back – 1 inch away from masuk seluar, GELI woi!!

Disebabkan pacat tu ‘dipaksa’ melepaskan diri dari terus menggigit, darah keluar tanpa henti dengan banyaknya dan sampai hari ni still ada kesan luka dan kudis yang belum sembuh.

TIPS:

1.   Setiap kali selepas activity outdoor, especially melibatkan hutan dan sungai, check seluruh badan untuk make sure tak ‘terbawa’ balik PACAT/LINTAH.

2.      Gunakan garam untuk mudah lepaskan grip pacat/lintah dari gigit korang.

3.      Hentikan pendarahan akibat gigitan pacat/lintah dengan serbuk kopi diletak di tempat gigitan.

4.      Pakai la stoking tinggi or tights untuk haling pacat/lintah naik badan korang, eeuuww!

Well that’s how hubs and I spent the last Saturday together embracing the nature. Maha suci Allah yang menciptakan alam ini dengan penuh sempurna dan kecantikan yang tiada tolok bandingnya. Can’t wait for this coming weekend for yet another weekend with nature dan kali ini memang betul adventure sebab ktorg akan tidur atas bukit yeay! I’ll update on that later after the trip inshaAllah.

Till then, assalamualaikum and have a wonderful Wednesday peeps!