My little sweetheart

It's the time of the month again and as always, I'd be craving for something sweet. This time around I can't seem to take my mind off this little sweet heart.

These colorful desert kept beckoning to me and they were persistent I tell you! They invaded my dreams Every. Single. Night. Without fail.

So last night once we got back from groceries shopping, I straight away went to the kitchen and prepared the sweet savory. Hubby helped with the crystal jelly, but instead of slowly scooping them on top of the custard layer, he poured them into the bowl like he was making teh tarik!. That's why you can see bits and pieces of yellow custard swimming in the red sea of the jelly.

Despite the look, the sweetheart is a real heart breaker. I ate them for breakfast this morning, and gonna have them for lunch later. I'm so savoring it as I don't know when's the next time I'm gonna make them again. Perhaps after hubby got me this, then I'd be making trifles every single day. Haha!

Bila dia buat magic, barang pun mula hilang!

I can't believe this! I just found my long-lost memory card reader like few weeks ago, and last night I lost it again!

You know nowadays, all our belongings need to be hidden lest Irfan would do his 'magic pewww pewww' and everything would simply vanish into thin air. Yes, people. Believe it or not, my son is a magician! And I blame his grand dad for training him to be one. Tsk tsk tsk...

We're really runnning out of place to keep things where he can't reach them. I have to place my spectacles on top of the television nowadays so he won't be playing with them. The only place he won't selongkar now is our wardrobe, but then it's already packed to the brim and I swear if we stuff another single thing in there, it would explode.

So yesterday I shove the card reader together with his dad's pack of cigarrate deep under the sofa as I was pretty sure he won't be able to reach it down there. After he was asleep late that night, I went there to look for it, but God please cast Your mercy on me, it was gone!!! Takkan tikus curi pulak, rumah aku mana ada tikus!

Now, where can I find that precious thing among all these trashes we have in the house. Whoa! I hope he didn't threw it in the dustbin, if not I would use his raya collection to get me a new phone that comes with a cute card reader. I don't care!

Haish! Tension! *Tarik rambut*

Please say THANK YOU!

We have been teaching Irfan to say 'thank you' whenever someone give him something or do something nice for him, but every time I tell him to say thank you I would get a 'welcome' reply instead.

Mama : Irfan, I'm giving you this bottle of milk ok, so what should you say to me?
Irfan : *blur face*
Mama : Sayyyyyyyy....thank you.
Irfan : Welcome.
Mama : No!No! Read my lips, THAAAAANK YEWWWW!
Irfan : *tilting his head to the side konon2 macam cute* Welcomeee!!!

Ok. I rest my case.

A Visit to THE Toy Museum Penang

I've been wanting to update about the visit to toy Museum for quite some time but every time I remembered it, I felt too lazy to write up a karangan for you all.

Thus, this entry will be filled with pictures and just a short summary of the trip ok. Over all, the visit was fun as the kids got pretty psyched looking at those toys. They enjoyed running through aisles of toys so much that we had to run after them to catch up.

The collection is pretty impressive as he got all these little and big toys from the ancient time! Siap simpan with the box lagi. My nephew is collecting the Spiderman figurines so my sister could recognized a few of those that are no longer been produced now.

However, the arrangement of toys, the atmosphere and ambiance was so not impressive. Toilet was yucky! Flooring and the shelves weren't done properly and dusty, I would say it's just melepaskan batuk di tangga. By charging RM10 per entry for adults and RM6 for kids, the owner could really make the place more presentable if he wants to. And perhaps he could add some spaces/rooms for kids to play all sorts of games and activities, like those toy places they have in the US and other countries. Anything to make that place more interesting and fill with activities.

So if you are thinking to visit this place, I would say it'll be worth it if you have toddlers and kids who love toys but for teens and adults who are not THAT interested in these figurines and such (like me!), you can forget it.

Irfan's fave



The hot babes

Haha! Hot sangat kan!

The Superheroes

Mr. Spiderman and his girlfriend haha

And the rest of them....Ah Irfan jangan cakap bohong k. Kalau tak idung panjang macam???

Irfan ikut ja whatever abang Ariez did, perhaps he thinks Abg Ariez sangat cool and macho minat Spiderman while he's still into Thomas, Barney and Mickey haha!

Oh my googly bear!

The cute monster

So what do you think? Is it as good as other toy museum that you guys have been to?

Time-Out for your toddler

I've had some discussions with my sister earlier about disciplining our children. She use the time-out method on her son since he was about Irfan's age. I tried it on Irfan the other day when he suddenly flung this headphone on my back, because he wanted to listen to a song but it wasn't working. Yes, he will get physical at times so instead of spanking and thus setting a violence example for him, I wanted to try the time-out method.

So I put him in his room. He cried and then came out to the room I was in and so I grabbed him and put him back in the room, telling him to stay there until he stop crying. Tak tahu lah whether he understood my words or the action I took, but he stayed at that very same spot for almost a minute before he started crying out "Mama, mama, mama" in a very sad voice.

Ok, what do you think happened after that? Of course la hati ibu saya pun tersentuh and so I went to hug and told him not to repeat the same behaviour.

So after googling, this is what I found on babycenter about this method.

A time-out isn't a punishment. It's an opportunity for your child to learn how to cope with frustration and modify his behavior. While your child is in a time-out, he's on his own, so try to let him sit in solitude for a few moments.

Because toddlers find it hard to sit still, trying to make your little one stay in a certain place for a prescribed length of time may well disintegrate into a chase scene. Here's what happens: Your child runs away from his time-out spot. You catch him, then struggle to make him stay in one place. You threaten, he laughs, delighted with this new game — or cries, frustrated by the requirement. You grab, he bolts. Meanwhile, because he has a short attention span, your toddler forgets why you wanted him to sit still in the first place. Instead of helping your child regain his self-control, you find yourself in a power struggle.

For this reason, traditional time-outs won't really work until sometime between your toddler's second and third birthdays. Watch for signs that he understands what's acceptable and what's not. One clue is if he reminds you of the rules when you break them, too. For example, if he catches you doing something you normally wouldn't allow him to do — say, eating a snack on the sofa — he may say, "You're not supposed to do that, Mommy." Until your toddler shows this kind of appreciation of the need to follow rules, hold off on time-outs. Otherwise, he won't understand why he's being corrected, and you may get frustrated and abandon the strategy prematurely.

Full article here.

So, what do you think. Is 'time-out' a good method to teach your child discipline?

Making rendang

I know nothing about making rendang. But today, with mak giving out basic instructions on the phone, I'm gambling with these half a kilo of beef. So if it doesn't turn out edible I guess we'd just be eating vegetables for the rest of the week.

I remember this one year when mak asked me to blend the ingredients, and I did it the wrong way. They became too smooth with no hampagas2 whatsoever, so raya that year saw us eating crappy rendang. Haha!

Takpa, practise makes perfect kan. So hubby, please bear with me ya.


Now can anyone tell me, is this how it's supposed to look when u first put it on the stove?

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And the result :
It looks ok kot? But taste wise, not as good as my mum's rendang. *sigh* Takpa, lepas ni cuba lagi.

Gambar pengantin cantik

We attended the Indian wedding reception last Saturday night. It was the reception of my hubby's colleague, thus I felt pretty awkward there. The main reason is because those colleagues attending were not my hubby's closest friends whom wives I can connect to. Secondly, I would've been more comfortable if I were to seat at the happening table instead of the table we were seated at.

But anyway, we got seated at the table with the boss, and then my hubby kept on escaping to the other table with Irfan, leaving me all alone staring either at the screen of my phone, or at the entrance just so I could avoid looking anybody in the eyes forced, awkward conversations about the weather. Hahaha! Gila loner kan.

To make matters worse, the bride and groom was stuck in the traffic jam thus were pretty late to arrive. But alhamdulillah everything ended well for us despite the awkwardness on my part, we still got to eat the delicious halal food and that's all that matters!

Oh, the theme color(s) was white/blue/silver, so I had to turned my wardrobe upside down to look for a blue outfit. Found a very old baju kurung that I seldom wore, so that's it! Off went the blue family to the pretty blue wedding.

Abah, baju biru Irfan dah ketat nampak perut, he deserves a new blue shirt!

Abah, tudung biru mama dah senget, I deserve a new blue tudung haha!

But sorry abah, you don't deserve a new baju biru because this one still ada bau kedai. :-p

I love the bridal outfits! The details on them were simply breathtaking.

Her make up was nice too, not overly done.

Hah?? Why suddenly ada Man United logo nih? Clearly they're die hard fan of MU.

More of the pics...

The bridal's piccas were cilok-ed from hubby's FB. Saya tidak mengambil banyak gambar kerana saya adalah berasa awkward. Haha!

Sekian.

GSC Members Birthday Treat

Siapa tak suka benda free, angkat tangan!

Well, too bad for you then. As for me, I love anything that I can get by NOT having to fork out my husband's money to get it. So... the birthday treat from GSC is just like a dream come true to me, as I'd get to watch a movie at the GSC cinema with my googly bear for free! Yes, you heard me right the first time baby, for FREE!

I just need to print the coupon out from their website, fill in the blanks and present them to the counter together with my IC as a prove to get the free movie ticket.

Well, that's not only it. By joining the GSC's website membership, I too get to enjoy 10% discount on food and beverage in Glitters Café (GSC Pavilion KL, GSC 1 Utama & GSC Gurney Plaza) and GSC Signature F&B outlets at any time, on every visits.

ADA LAGI! I also get to enjoy 15% discount on food and beverage off for my BIRTHDAY! So since my B-Day is around the corner, I will make sure I'd enjoy all these privileges I'm entitled to by signing up as their member.

Now, what movie shall I watch?

I like to move it! Move it!

I'm contemplating whether I should send my son to a dancing class so that he could improve on those moves? They are simply horrible, don't you think? Tsk tsk tsk..




Lalalalalalalala choo choo traiiin!

Time for wedding bells again!

I have a wedding to attend this Saturday with dear hubby, and this wedding is quite different from all the weddings I've attended so far. Why?

BECAUSE IT'S AN INDIAN WEDDING Y'ALL!

Which brings me to the ultimate question, what shall I wear for an Indian wedding? Definitely not a sari, nope, that's not for me takut terlondeh! And not a punjaby suit as well for that matter, they simply don't complement my look the last time I tried them on. It will only succeed in making me look like I have a conflict in choosing my race during the ceremony, haha!

I'm thinking of getting something that can be worn even after the wedding. What about a fancy-schmancy beaded kurti? or whatcamacallit. You know the tunic-like Indian clothing to wear with pants, but I don't think we have the time to go scout around for it as the wedding will take place on this coming Saturday night!

Oh my! I heart this particular design and color. It's so yummy!Image googled (model pakai adalah cantik sebab kurus!)

Hahhhh! Tension! Pakai baju kurung saja lah, shall I?