I stumbled upon my old blog entry just now, the one entitled “Hijrah”. A rather short entry that marked the rather historical day of our move from the old rented house in Bandar Kinrara 3 to our very own 30-years-punya-hutang house in Bandar Kinrara X! ;p

It reminds me of how much I love my romantic pink dining room, the one that make you think only ice-cream sundae, cotton candy and vanilla cupcakes get to be served here… Never sambal belacan or petai jering… Oh yes, my kitchen and dining room is still my favorite place to hang out in this house except that dining table is hardly empty and neat like that anymore.

Now, memang sentiasa ada gelas kosong bekas Miki minum and tinggal atas tu, there are plastic shopping bags with groceries that I haven’t got the chance (and willpower) to put away etc etc etc Sometimes during weekends, there is even my notebook there left open for doing my endless work.

Not so romantic anymore lah isn’t it? But every once in a while when my ginger torce groove in the garden produces way too many bunga kantan that I can sedekah to my neighbours or consume, I am bringing sexy back to the good old pinky dining room.

I really like this edible table decor of mine. The fresh flowers makes me feel close to nature without having to spend much at the florist lah! There are about 4-5 ginger torches outside in full bloom, I think I will pick them for the my dressing table tomorrow

In case ada yang tak kenal, inilah bunga kantan yang orang but laksa tu.. Hehe

Yang ni pulak bunga kantan yang jual kat GIANT…

Ada ka patut RM1.99 sekuntum punya lah kurus kering kecut mecut empat minggu lepas petik harini still jual lagi?! Ayoyo… Giant jual makanan berkualiti sikit pls! Anyway sesapa nak herbs and vege fresh and free silalah datang amik kat garden I! ;p tak payah la beli sayoq kecut kat supermarket gini haha!

Have a lovely flowery pinky day everyone! Cheers!

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Weekends are just too awesome. I just had one that is so colorful thanks to Lil Miki. He did so many things  from being really smart to really chatty to really mengada-ngada and the ultimate one is when I left him for two minutes and he bit into an anti-fungus cream tube until it popped and some of the stuff got into his mouth. That evoked the meroyan-ness in me and I became mad! mad! mad!! And then I felt bad and bought him more toys… Urghh!

Anyway on Saturday we went to a kenduri in Salak Tinggi and since we were already there, we thought why not go to Nilai 3 to get a bicycle for Miki. We bought one for RM180 only and  I think it is just too cute, I will write about it in my next entry. Nilai 3 is a very interesting place, we were driving around when I saw AVALON  having a Cheap Sale.

FYI despite shopping for many lights in IKEA and here, we still have two walls in the house bare waiting for wall lights to be installed. So kesian we have been staying in this house for more than one year already but everytime I check out lights shop, most of  what they have are crystal ones like these :-

 

Crystal chandelier

I am not saying that they are not pretty but my taste slants more towards these kind :-

Classic lamps. White chandelier in the middle is sooooo cute!

This time around I was not looking for a chandelier but wall lights and AVALON finally have some that I really like.  AVALON’s pricing however is not very affordable!  Agak mahal berbanding kedai aku pergi dulu kat Puchong although they sure have many varieties to choose from sampai juling bijik mata.

Classic wall lights/lamps. Rambang mata!

Although the one that I wanted was quite costly, I thought we have left the wall so bare for so long, WOULD YOU JUST BUY ONE ALREADY, YOU KEDEKUT TAIK IDUNG MASIN YOU! So we did and I am sooooo happyyyy! Another  cool thing about all our home improvement projects is the fact that my darling Mr Handyman will fix it himself and that feels so satisfying and sexy. My beau Azman does gardening, plumbing, painting, carpentry, fixing broken stuff etc etc…all except cooking! That’s what I call a real man! :p

But this time, fixing the wrought iron wall lamp is a bit tricky because it takes two people to do it and Miki is too short to reach that high. Since Miki is a kid, Kokades is a rabbit, pandang kiri, pandang kanan takde sapa lagi dah nak jadi helper but me!? Gulp! 

So I had to help him..susah woooo…. lenguh ketiak tolong pegang lampu tu while Azman did the wiring thingy. And then when it came to screwing the wrought iron to its wall fixture, I am proud to say that I was the one who worked the screw driver around the narrow space between the wall and the iron. Azman had difficulties doing it because his fingers are huge. My dainty princess’ fingers however are so perfect for the job. I have never felt so talented in my whole life! heeeeee….

First drill holes to fix the lamp securely.. Baju tak pakai takpe, gloves kena pakai nanti tangan kasar LOL

Then hang the wrought iron lamp securely with the help of Madam of house but no pic of Madam in action la, Miki takmau tangkap.. :p Then try pasang the bulbs see the wiring works or not…

After checking, then fix the glass bowl whachamacallit…

Then finally tadaaaa!! We have new lampu in the house! Happy! Happy! Happy!!

The thing about furniture, decorations etc is the more you get them the more you want to buy MORE! Now that my used-to-be-totally-bare wall has a lamp (with three lights) already, I think some how it looks more naked than before. 

Beneath these lights a picture or painting needs to be hanged. That calls for more money. Tepuk dahi!

Have a good week ahead guys!

 

 

 

 

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After one year of staying in Chateau Diyanazman, we are finally considering planting grass on our lawn. All these while our lawn is carpeted by a wide variety of grass-like vegetation giving the garden a lovely look and feel of a mini AMAZON!!!

Dah la sometimes our rabbits escape, and then there are this couple of squirrels roaming around munching on my daisies, not forgetting the bees and the butterflies… eh memang hutan simpan terpelihara lah kekdahnya!
But don’t get me wrong, I love the squirrels, bees and butterflies, it’s just the rumput that I cannot tahan.

Anyway, planting grass is not exactly cheap. The last time I checked with the nurseries in Sg Buloh, the price of Philippines grass (if I am not mistaken) can go up to Rm3.50 per sf. This is also considering our location in Puchong and what not. Phew!

Anyway Azman has done a preliminary calculation of the size of the grass-covered area in our garden and it’s a about 782 sf.  I thank God for the terrace and the huge patio because 782sf alone is costing us RM2737!! *pitam*

We desperately need to find other nurseries that can offer cheaper rumput la… else I would be eating grass like LITERALLY!

Sungguh professional mengira keluasan taman menggunakan Doodle Board anak berusia 3 tahun. hehehe
Miki these days can be extremely manja and spoiled. At 3 years 5 months he has moved on from potty to toilet and only wear diapers at night. In fact a couple of nights ago, we forgot to make him wear one and only realized it in the morning. Surprisingly he didn’t sheeshee at all throughout the 10 hours! Good boy!

We are also proud that since Miki is potty trained in Dec10/Jan11, until today there not a single terbabas case at all! Hooray!

He likes to speak in English now, always in complete sentences although the grammar is like OUT! And the rojakness is superb. Can’t really blame him because his parents’ English also very much OUT! But never mind la… learn slowly ok…

His favorite sentence is “I think it is the …!”

While jogging with Daddy, he was getting tired and he saw a bench under the tree. Instead of saying he wants to sit down, he said, “Daddy, I think it is the kerusi!” hhaha…

It’s funny how he includes the word “the” in every sentence like “Mummy, look it is the raining!”…  Hahaha! Very the very tak sessuai la Miki.Oppss Mummy pun cakap gitu! hahahaha

Miki is super sensitive about the usage of “Kau”, “Aku” and other negative words like “naughty” and “jahat”.  Often we as parents yang kena tarbiah balik sebab tercakap “Kau” or “Aku”.Ustaz Miki will definitely tell us ” Eiii… tak baik kata ‘kau’! Nanti Tuhan marah… Kita kan family, jangan kata ‘kau’”! Perggggh, giler punya backfire ni…

It can be quite funny when we had to change all the aku’s and kau’s in the lyrics of Bangau Oh Bangau! Do you know that song? Cuba kira berapa banyak Engkau dengan Aku yang ada… haishhh…

His Al-Fatihah recital is getting better and better. Hope to move on to other surahs soon. Mummy is so sorry for being so malas in coaching you Miki. Most of the things he learned are from TV or Youtube. Kesian…

Tomorrow I am going to Melaka. It is just a day trip but I look forward to have yummy Malaccan asam pedas for lunch. And I know unavoidably I will be missing Miki a lot too… Just like I do every day at work..

Love you Miki and Daddy Miki! To all readers, life is too short! Enjoy your every minute!

 

 

 

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