A couple of friends of mine who are also expecting baby boys been complaining about how they can’t find anything cute for little boys to wear. I slapped my forehead and wondered if they have ever shopped at Pumpkin Patch. Or at least Mothercare which is available in all major malls in Klang Valley.

Yeah of course girls have skirts and dresses and tutus but they sure make really cute clothes for baby boys too these days, my favorites are those tiny ones but similar to adults’ in design. Everytime we go out I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from buying a lot something new to add to the unborn baby’s collection. And that’s after I am being reallllyyyy prudent these days.. Masa Miki dulu lagi giler shopping kot for baju budak but most of the stuff have been donated to other kids.

Here are some cute outfits in newborn size waiting for the lil baby boo to enter the world. Mummy can’t wait!!

Purple sweater and white romper Opah bought from H&M when she was in Germany. The stripey purple leggings just RM10 from a kiosk at Giant.

Tiny RL long sleeve shirt with jeans for newborn yang miniature gilerrr and matching sneakers. Too cute! Rasa macam nak makan je haha

This romper Opah yang beli also… It is so tiny I don’t know how long the baby can wear it, maybe 2 months… I think Opah has good taste, doesn’t she?

This jumper is another ultra cuteness. Bought it at Debenhams yesterday. They are having 30% off. That matching hat is super comel but the little white teddy bear in the front pocket tu yang paling tak tahan… Hehe! I think this jumper makes any baby extremely gomoi-able!

This little t-shirt is probably world smallest. Bought it for RM9 at Brands Outlet. I am so afraid I would sneeze one day and this shirt terus terbang sampai hilang.. Lol… I am still looking for a matching bonnet for this little cekodok, it already has a matching brown pants yang besar sikit je dari batang pencil, brown in color! (more reason to go shopping yay!)

Okay this one is slightly bigger, for 3-6months but it is Daddy’s favorite, both ACDC shirt and jeans bought by Opah at H&M. When I saw the shirt she brought back from her Europe trip I was like ACDC tu apa?? Azman gasped with utter disbelief and explained that it is one of greatest heavy metal band ever! I then gasped with utter disbelief that my mother choose that shirt! *pitam*

Oh well! Grandmas, they are the best aren’t they? Thanks Mama for shopping so much for your unborn cucu ke-11. Happy mothers’ day to you and to all the loving moms reading this blog! You Your husband worked hard at the office for the money, let’s spend it on the babyyyyyy… Yay!

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As a child I grew up seeing adults around me read. My late Tok Yan (my grandfather, Al-Fatihah) rode his bicycle from home in Jalan Bharu to Pekan Kuala Kangsar for a quick lepak at his favourite roti canai shop and will bring home newspapers that he will spend hours reading.  I lived with him and my aunt until I was 12. Although my Tok was not highly educated but he loved reading and I guess that inculcated my passion for books.

During my primary school years, I was *cough* quite smart and won a lot of quizzes, competitions and I even played hockey and netball. For final exams  (except Darjah 2, I got number 9) I was a top scorer yang dapat no 1,2 atau 3 every year. 

Agak dasyat gak bila aku fikir-fikir balik. Sungguh bijak aku masa kecik tapi kenapa bila dah besar ni sungguh mangkuk hayun tingkat sekali? Like the bigger I get the more bimbo I become!  Ughhh…

Anyway, everytime I won competitions etc, the prize  that I got was Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka book store vouchers which I appreciated so very much. Me in a bookstore was just like a starving Somalian kid in Famous Amos. Tapi rupa aku memang ada macam budak Somalia pun! Huwaghhhh…

I remember when my kid sister and I was really small, we look forward to annual Pesta Buku Pulau Pinang, that if I am not mistaken held in Dewan Sri Pinang in December during the school holidays. 

I still remember vividly once, I cried buckets in the car because for some reason we couldnt go to the fair and on many other times, my sister and I bought more books than we could carry. Sweet childhood memories with Shanaz and my mom and dad….

Now, although I am older and reading more blogs than books compared to before, I am still addicted to books, book fairs, the sight of books even the smell of books. That’s why I was so tergedik-gedik to go to Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2011 that is being held in MAEPS Serdang. They claim to be the biggest book sale in the world, I am not so sure about that but I sure did enjoy myself weeeee~~~~

I wanted to guling-guling on the mountains of fictions, swim in ocean of memoirs and biographies and lompat katak among the piles of cook books! Syoknyeeee…Even Miki was rambang mata but being prudent, we only bought these for our tiny library at home:-

I didn’t purchase any novels at all (can you believe that?) for I have several at home still unread. Those Campbell’s, Kraft Philadelphia, Jello and Hershey’s cans do not contain food but recipe cards that are so darn cute! So those cans are actually cookbooks ya.. I like! I like! God gimme the power and strength to try out the recipes ya! haha.. That Jamie Oliver’s was only RM25 *faints*

Looks like Miki and I have new books to read tonight. Happy reading everyone.

They say what you read becomes you! So adakah aku akan menjadi Jamie Oliver selepas ini? Atau jadi tin sup Cambell’s saja? *pengsan*

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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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