Aina @ Bird Park

Last Saturday, we decided to bring Aina to the KL Bird Park, something I've wanted to do for a long time but kept postponing due to a number of reasons -- family gatherings, H1N1, babah too busy, etc.

The trip on Saturday was unplanned as we were going to KL anyway to pick up Ana, so decided might as well go earlier and let Aina have a day out.



She seemed to be a bit quiet at first, then slowly started to warm up to the fact that there were birds roaming free around her, and started pointing here and there and jabbering non-stop :-)


This is her new 'thing' -- pulling at her lip. She doesn't do it very often, but enough to annoy us! LOL LOL LOL

Initially, she was fine and seemed excited to be able to touch the birds.......


But when she tried feeding the bird, and felt the slight peck of the beak, she became a bit nervous and fussy.....

She posed here with me, with her making such a cute and sweet face, ehehehehhehehe...


Here, you can see she's rather hesitant to have the bird so near to her....


Here, she became very excited again....


even clapping her hands and fidgeting about! She LOVES water and was obviously excited to see the waterfall.... Hurrmmmm... I might just take her on another outing when her babah gets back from Iran.....


Here she looks kinds 'limp' as it was a very hot and sunny day...


At one go, she finished half a bottle of fruit juice -- VEGOOD orange + mango, her favourite!!



Her babah had this bright idea of letting her hold a baby chick, and the poor thing almost got strangled to death!!!! Aina has a thing about fluffy/furry creatures and becomes to excited that she tends to (unintentionally) squeeze them, and that was what happened with the chick as well. Babah quickly took her hands away, and I told him to put the chick back. Good thing I had Dettol wipes in Aina's diaper bag, too!!!



Anyway, I've only managed to resize Aina's pics so I'll only put up pics of what we saw in a later entry.....

It's now 3:00am, so I have to go sleep now... :-D


Keep safe, people :-)




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Aina Yang Macam Macam

She's now as vain as can be, and the mirror is definitely her best friend!!!

I don't know what to call this 'fashion trend' but she seemed really happy and proud with herself that all I could do was laugh my head off while looking at her LOL LOL LOL


She'd obviously found another use for the ball that came with her learning blocks, and it took a LOT for me not to just die from laughter.... The 'best' thing of all was that she tried it on her head while sitting down, then got up to go to the mirror just to see how she looked... LOL LOL LOL

Priceless!!!

Then she started rearranging her toys....


And this pic shows her plonking herself down on the floor to watch her favourite programs on the Disney Channel. She's dressed up as we were going out for dinner with her Aunty Cicik.



This is Aina with her Aunty Cicik.... dinner at Lala Chong, Kayu Ara.



All in all, Aina is behaving like any other 17-month old I guess, testing out territories and boundaries and testing our patience in general, LOL LOL LOL





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All In One

This is going to be an "all-in-one" entry where I'm dumping all the happenings over the last couple of weeks so that I'm up to date LOL LOL LOL

Have been a bit busy, plus the internet line in our area still sucks, so it takes a WHOLE lot of motivation to put in a new entry....

A couple of weeks ago, I had some friends over (NO, it was not an open house thingy) so I prepared some simple dishes to suit the occasion...


Aina was, as usual, her cheery self and had her meal of hashbrowns before everyone arrived.


Then, the following week, we were at TTDI as Mom had her open house then......

NOTE: rantai labuh itu adalah cap zhulian ok...
kalau yg btol menangis la kalau aina campak2 ntah ke mana... huhuhuhuuuuu.........

It was during this time that Aina decided to walk when she saw so many people at TokMi's house. She wandered from one table to the next, basically saying hello to everyone LOL LOL.

Since Aina loves to get into our cupboards, we decided to buy her her own shelf to keep her stuff in. It seems to work, as she's spending less time ransacking our cabinets, and spending more time 'rearranging' her own space. I guess pretty soon she'll need her own room to keep her stuff (which seems to be growing in quantities as well, LOL).



Oh yes... Aina also LOVES to accessorise these days. She'll wear her hat and admire herself in the mirror, turning from side to side, then she'll take the powder and pour some in her hand and powder her face.... When I get ready for work, and she's actually already awake, she'll play with all my make up stuff and pretend to make her face up as well LOL LOL

I think the most hillarious was the other day when she peeled the airport security sticker from my luggage bag and stuck the thing on her forehead!!!! LOL LOL LOL

I dunno, maybe it was all metallic and shiny and she liked it so much so she decided to wear it....

Anyway, this is a pic of her, just after 'brushing' her hair...... ehehehehhehehehee...


In these pics, you can see her face with white patches, which she powdered herself LOL LOL....

And here, Aina is reading.... or maybe rearranging her shelf.. Who knows?? eheheheheh


And here is my simple dinner yesterday -- Yong Tow Foo Noodle Soup!!

Hubby is busy preparing for his upcoming trip so I just make dinner a simple affair since it's just me, Aina and Ana.








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Aina...FINALLY showing off!

We've known she could walk for a while now but she always pretends that she needs help. Finally, at her TokMi's open house, she wlaked. Watch the video, and you can see that she can practically run already!! LOL LOL LOL

I have more pics of her, but will only load them later....

Just the video for now :-)







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Gaduh Gaduh Gaduh

dah naik menyampah baca paper yang dok sebut pasal perebutan "hak warisan" dan "sejarah" yang sedang berlaku sekarang ni, dan agak meruncing kebelakangan ni.

apsal jadi sampai macam ni?

kalau dah namanya serumpun, mestilah ada similarities. asas tu memang akan sama, cuma variation dan adjustments dari segi 'perlaksanaan' or actual practice yang mungkin differ.

adakah itu bermakna kita ni mengamalkan plagiarisme ke??

dewasa la sikit kan....

kalau betul nak gaduh, kenapa tak cari gaduh dengan jiran sorang lagi tu yang dah claim semua makanan tu dia punya... dengan bijak pandai import, pehtu proses tukar bentuk rupa dan export semula dengan 'branding' yang lain.

kita pulak yang dituduh mencuri warisan orang, tak tau la apa sebab.

dah kalau orang dari satu bangsa keturunan tu berhijrah ke sini sejak zaman Hang Tuah, dan mereka terus mengamalkan cara hidup dan budaya asal usul dia, benda tu dengan sendirinya dah meresap masuk jadi sebahagian budaya kita. sebahagian.

susah bila benda-benda remeh macam ni yang menjadi tumpuan, digunakan untuk mengapi-apikan sentimen "hate your neighbour" sehingga mencetuskan kekacauan.

walhal rasanya ini semua untuk menyorokkan masalah-masalah internal lain yang jauh lebih serious.....

memang sangat illogical.............................





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Ke'dilema'an....

hurrmmm agak susah hati jugak la dengan perkembangan terbaru ni...

raya kedua aritu dapat perkhabaran yang bulan 11 ni jiran sebelah rumah yang belah kiri (macam la orang2 yg baca ni tau kan, LOL) nak masuk. kira dia dah nak start reno la dalam masa terdekat ni... ok, fine.

masalah 1 - dia nak tambah buat tembok, yang mana kita tak brape setuju sebab kita ni dah ler dok lot intermediate... kalau naik tembok tu, sahih la air circulation turun, and tahap ke'terang'an jugak akan mendadak menurun. yang tu no hal, dah bincang dan sudahpun mencapai persetujuan bersama... kira compromise la ek :-D

masalah 2 - DIA BELA ROTTWEILER!!!!!!!!! ARRGGHHHHHHHHHHhhh...........!!! yang ni tak bole nak tahan...

dah la dulu pernah jadik kes kat depan rumah mak kat ttdi tu, ada jiran bawak cucu dia jalan2... skali dia singgah la rumah jiran depan rumah kengkonon nak tunjuk cucu, skali nak sembang2 waktu petang. nak dijadikan citer gempar, tetiba anjing rottweiler yang dibela oleh "Uncle Dato'" kat depan rumah tu tetiba terkam budak kecik tu... kena heret jugak la sikit. apa lagi, meraung la si nenek penuh panik!!! nasib baik masa tu tuan rumah a.k.a tuan anjing tu ada, security guard dia pun ada (yeerr... umah dia pakai security guard ok) so dapat la leraikan DUA EKOR anjing tu dari beudak kecik yang dah panik dan trauma tu. sib baik tak sempat nak jadik lebih serious. sib baik jugak la, pasal budak kecik gitu, ada malaikat yang jaga (tak kira la agama mak bapak dia kan...).

following week, 2 ekor tu mengganas lagi. kali ni, anjing kecik comey yang bulu2 banyak pulak jadik sasaran... sampai arini, tak tau la apa jadik dengan anjing kecik tu. tuan dia terjerit2 mintak tolong masa tengok anjing kesayangan dia diheret 2 'monster' tu, tapi takde orang -- masa tu time keje.

my point is, area yang kita duduk sekarang ni *banyaaaaaakkk* young families, meaning ramaaaaaaaiii kanak-kanak kecik. kanak-kanak kecik yang suka bermain lari2 depan rumah, main beskal sepanjang jalan (mmg selamat sbb ujung jalan semua jalan mati :-D), taman permainan pun sangat dekat dengan row rumah tu. macam mana kalau rottweiler dia meroyan satu hari nanti? brape ramai agaknyer ibu-ibu bapak-bapak akan jadik panik dan kelam kabut tiap kali dengar rottweiler tu menyalak2 kat pagar?

macam mana nak handle benda ni ek?
dah la berjiran plak dgn kitorg ni... huhuhuhuuuuu

sahih la bulan 10 ni last aina bole jalan2 dengan confident kat luar pagar. lepas tu, sorry!
tak sanggup nak ambik risiko mcm tu.... :-s

kalau ikut hati, nak ajer diracunkan, tapi dia pun makhluk Allah jugak, punya nyawa yang wajib dihormati. macam mana niiihhh.........????





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p.s. memang kata jiran tu dia ada pikir tak nak bela anjing tu dah, tapi takde org nak ambik rottweiler tu so dia terpaksa jugak bawak walaupun area kitorg dah ada security, gated community, bla bla bla. dia tak sanggup nak tinggal kat pound/spca dan sbgnyer sbb dia tau, kalau takde org ambik, lepas beberapa lama, anjing tu akan kena put to sleep... abis la kita kalau nak tunggu anjing tu mati akibat sakit tua... uhuuhuhuhuuuhuhuhuu....

Aina & Duit Raya

Yesterday, I managed to meet up with Anis.... :-D

After MANY many many years, this was a catch up session which I truly cherished. We've not seen each other in *AGES* and to see that Afiq, her oldest son already grown up (well, the last time I saw him, he was like 2 or something and now he's 10!).... it was definitely sweet :-D

Aina, as usual, was excited to be around 'little people' like her but she tends to play a bit rough. I had to watch her to make sure no one got injured!

Anis and I were "corridor mates" at Uni and after we graduated, we didn't have much time to spare to meet up regularly. For one thing, working life took up most of our time, and soon after we got back, Anis got married to a wonderful guy (and SO perfect for her!) whom she met in the UK thanks to her sister who was in Australia at the time. Confused? Hehehehe... You just had to be there :-)

And so, here is a pic of us to share with all of you......




Now, these are piccas of my cheeky-tot having fun with her duit raya packets :-D :-D :-D
Her babah first arranged her in a pose with all the packets on and around her, but when we prompted her to react a bit, she was all game for it and so she began rolling and posing on our bed... LOL LOL LOL



Anyway, Aina still has a few more colletions to make, but I've already kept all the receipts from the 2 days of Raya. She's now officially richer than Mama & Babah put together LOL LOL LOL





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