The pool video and pics...

Rayhana's first pool experience... and our first dip into our condo pool in the last 2-3 years or so.. hehe

Jalan-jalan & berenang

Yesterday night marked the first time Rayhana boleh berjalan more than 5 steps unassisted.. hehe, at 1 yr and 10 days old. (Rayyan started walking 2 weeks before his 1st birthday).

And of all places, she managed to walk masa orang dok sebok2 berkenduri and open house... kat rumah Nek Long dia... pelik betul.. dulu masa nak belajar meniarap... the first day she did it was when she was admitted kat DSH, on the hospital bed. :)

Yesterday morning also marked the first time Rayhana masuk swimming pool. Have promised Rayyan to go swimming since early of the week and that boy memang tuntut.. counting down every morning when he wakes up till yesterday... bila I kejut dia pagi2 at 8am, senangla pulak dia bangun and while dia jalan keluar bilik walking past me, he said "Papa, thanks for waking me up early"... hehe one thing I'm proud of this boy is his manners.. hehe forever being thankful and complimenting :)

Rayhana at the pool? Tak takut air langsung! She kept on splashing and splashing for about 15 mins or so.. pastu bila tangan dah kecut, we took her out.. dia meradangla, nak masuk balik... hehe sikit2 cukupla for now.. kang selsema balik kang susah pulak.. hehe

pics and video will follow soon.. nak sambung buat kerja jap :)

The birthday cake...

A friend of mine, Izma who lives just sekangkang kera from our house does cupcakes and stuff ( Myra's Cupcakes ) So bila browse-browse blog dia, I found out she does birthday cakes as well... I was about to go to Secret Recipe or Baker's Cottage for Rayhana's birthday cake but decided to give Izma a try... the theme.. of coursela Winnie the Pooh... coz she loves the "Think, think think" thingy...

Izma asked asked me to give her a photo of the Pooh gang since she has limited collection of that.. so I browsed the net and found one. Emailed to her, and she cropped it to fit the cake... the photo resolution was big enough to have such a sharp and a bright colored image on the cake.. :)


The cake flavor... choc moist cake.. sedaaap!

Happy 1st Birthday, Rayhana!!!

08-10-09: My little kitty kat turns 1 today... how time flies...

Raya Photo from Kota Bharu

Selamat Hari Raya!!
Maaf Zahir Batin!!

Buying a mama...

Rayyan: Papa, let's buy another mama... this mama didn't listen to what I say..

:)

Nak tau kenapa dia cakap macam tu?
Sebab mama dia tak layan dia dok bercakap suruh stop kat McDonald's drive-thru... hehehe

Selling off the sister

From the profits of our kuih raya business this year, we're planning to build a built-in study area with cabinets etc kat area hall atas tu.. so I call lah this Francis, whom we've known for the past 10 years, and also responsible for all my house renovations, and renovations in several houses of my aunts and uncles...

So this Francis guy came, dia ni suka layan budak2... Rayyan panggil dia uncle Francis jer.. sambil si Francis ni layan Rayhana...

Francis: Eh, Rayyan, you punya adik saya bawak balik eh?

(Rayyan was running around the house as usual...)

Francis (again): Eh, saya bawak balik you punya adik ok?

(Rayyan stopped, held out his hand...)

Rayyan: Beli dulu!!

Francis: Wah.. beli berapa ringgit?

Rayyan: Fifteen...

Francis: Weh adik you banyak murah kaa...?? Eh, Faisal you tengok you punya anak mau jual dia punya adik... ini apa punya abang laa...

The cabinet will be fixed in this coming Friday. Already given them my design.. and it will cost us about RM5k... nanti dah siap kita tunjuk gambar.... if I can ever find that camera link.. hish!

Selamat Hari Raya! Maids & Kindnapping

Disebabkan I misplaced my camera cable.. so takleh nak upload gambar lagi.. just want to story jer.. a few things happened since the last post...

Story 1
Out with the Indon maid... in with the local maid... 49yo, single, from Perak, with siblings staying in Pantai Dalam area. Ja and my mom ntah macamana dapat this employment agency that focuses on cleaning services domestic maids, etc.. rupa-rupanya this is the same agency that my mom went to get local maids for us when I was 6 years old... based in Brickfields.. kalau nak nombor, let me know. But the salary a bit on the high side laa.. RM800. So far she has been with us for 3-4 days.. okay.. the kids warm up to her well, dia pun okay.. maybe still takut2 lagi nak buat kerja...

Story 2
Raya in Kelantan.. got pics but nanti later I upload... it was okay... we almost missed the flights.. nak pergi pun almost missed, nak balik pun almost missed... KLIA was packed gila. We arrived there (7am) almost 1 hr before the flight but they have already make the "last call" announcement, so we had to check-in kat a special counter.. gila berlari berkejaran all the way to the gates... with Rayyan lari, and Rayhana giggling away in her McLaren... hehe
Kota Bharu sesak nak mampus sampai the usual journey that takes 30 mins from Ja's kampung to the airport at Pengkalan Chepa turned out to be 90 mins. Nasib baik we plan to leave early.. kononnya nak makan, lepak, berak dulu befotre boarding the plane... hmm.. tak sempat!

Story 3
I tried so hard to keep the kids stay healthy throughout the stay kat KB, but bapak dia pulak selsema the day after we got back. Then, since I had to take care of the kids since maid takde lagi masa tu, Rayhana caught the selsema from me. Then Rayyan pulak cirit-birit, demam, pastu dah baik dia pergi cium adik dia banyak sangat, dah kena selsema pulak... so the raya kat KL kitorang tak keluar mana pun...

Story 4
My cousin got kidnapped. He saw some guys chasing a girl. He tried to shout to the guys who were chasing not realizing some other guys from the same gang behind him shot a gun and almost kena kepala my cousin ni. The shot kena pompuan tu. Then the guys pukul my cousin, humban dia dalam van, and was transported to some hutan. He was asked to strip down to his boxers and given a pagoda shirt to wear and stayed in a cage. Monday morning, my aunt received an SMS from the kidnappers using her son's handphone. That same day another SMS came from another number which we found out later was just registered on that day under my cousin's name. On Tuesday, my aunty received a call from her son... from a public phone somewhere.. he said he had to do some job for this men and that we shouldn't be worried... Tuesday night, my cousin heard the men were contemplating to let him go or finish him off. Wednesday morning, my cousin was dropped off somewhere and he called his mom to pick him up... ALHAMDULILLAAAH!!!! We're just glad that he is still alive!! My cousin still a bit traumatic from the episode... it's a like a drama pulak.. but man... semuorang dok panic giler throughout the 50+ hours he went missing but alhamdulillah, we thank Allah, and the kidnappers, for returning my cousin back to us safely.

Selamat Hari Raya!! Maaf Zahir Batin!!
Stay safe!!