Ramblings of a Mami of Two

Harini I feel like telling you a story about Mak saya. My Mak, she's the kinda person who does not give compliments that easily. That is especially true with us her children. Kalau nak kena puji, we have to fish for it. Itupun nanti dia puji lapik2. Kalau let's say aku tanya dia aku masak sedap ke tak, (and aku tau memang sangat sedap!), she would just shrug and say, " Okaylah. Boleh makan. " Kira dah cukup hebat lah tu!! Which is why I felt very, very, VERY proud of myself bila mak puji aku, not once, not twice, tapi banyak2 kali last week! Haih. Bangganya saya. Okay saya bukanlah nak sangat orang puji saya, sebab kalau saya nak saya boleh suruh my husband puji everyday. Tapi sebab Mak sendiri kan... this is like, when you were a little kid, you would do anything to get your parents' attention and compliments? Ha sama lah macam ni! So, marilah baca cerita mak saya puji saya ni: Case no. 1 Last week we went to visit a neighbor who'd just delivered a baby girl...

Couple of months ago I was such an ass when it came to Kimi's food. Jangan harap orang lain nak suap anak aku anything that wasnt approved by me. Memang aku mengamuk 24 jam. To give you a picture of my ass-ness, read this: I got effin pissed when anyone suggested that I put garam in Kimi's bubur. " Alahhh, bagi lah rasa sikit dekat bubur tu, kalau tak tawarrr aje, tak sedap la baby tu makan! " Hahahah stressnya hidupku dikala itu!!! Sekarang, I have relaxed a bit. Actually a bit would be an understatement. The correct word should be a lot. From someone who would freak out when ppl feed my kid goreng pisang to someone who actually gave him secret recipe's moist chocolate cake and fries. Once, KFC's potato wedges. I must admit, me being liberalized means less stress for me. Which in turn has helped improve my relationship with some people (read: my maid) since I no longer get mad at petty things, such as, letting my son share the same food with my niece who sta...

Okay I know cerita ni dah basi sebenarnya sebab dah lama, tapi nak jugak tulis! Sebab kitorang baru tgk semalam teehehe. Had I known that this is Quentin Tarantino's, I would never, ever, ever, everrrr have agreed to watching it. Seriously. Seperti melihat pesta darah dan tembak menembak gitu. Definitely not for the faint-hearted (macam saye) ones. Macam sesuka hati aje dia tembak and bom and toreh and scalping and macam2 lagi lah. Ewww. Disturbing. The movie was 2.5 hrs, and I think I spent 3/4 of the time covering both my eyes and ears. Teehehehee. The pelik thing was, the movie is rated 18-PL, and yet there were a couple of budak2 aged around 12 - 15, or even younger, in the cinema hall. Pelik betul, tah macam mana boleh lepas i also have no idea! Verdict: Actually it is a very entertaining and funny movie. Though I actually think it's quite tasteless to think of anything related to the Holocaust and the Third Reich as funny.

Last few days, when my pipi was still swollen, kimi tak sengaja terpukul pipi saye. Sekali terpukul and sekali tersepak. Dua2 masa dia tengah mamai nak tido. Dan saya sangat marah sebab sangat sakit, saya pukul anak kesayangan saya. Hmm.. wisdom tooth punya pasal la! Sekarang, pipi dah tak bengkak lagi. Hurey. Stitches pun dah cabut. Dentist tu kate i am healing well. In fact, too well. Teehehe. And I am still on soft diet. Dah lama juga tak makan nasi! Okay, i eat bubur but that's considered diluted nasi kan? After one week, I do feel like I am one kg lighter =) Bad news is, I have another wisdom tooth on the right side. It's caused me pain, occasionally. Given what I had gone thru last week, I'd rather deal with a lifetime of pain sikit-sikit dari sekaligus sakit yang sangat sakit. Paham ke? And, saya juga lagi rela give birth lagi 3 kali or 8 kali dari cabut gigi wisdom tooth lagi sekali. Sekian, terima kasih.

Gigi saye dah ok. I mean, takde la ok tapi takde la rase swollen macam semalam. I'm still on soft diet. Makan bubur macam kimi. Yang tak best, time aku sakit gigi mak masak gulai daging cili api la, ikan masak merah... kecewa ok. Harini ada possibility stay at home the whole day, sebab pipi kiri saya swollen macam bola tennis. Tak pon macam rupa orang beguk. Adoi, huduh.

Its almost 5 hours after the extraction. Anesthetic pun dah wear off. SAKIT GILA! MAKKKKKKKKKK SAKETTT. Ye blog saye maybe jadi tempat saya menjerit utk lagi 2-3 post sampai la swelling reda. Sakit ok. Pusing kanan salah, terlentang salah, pusing kiri lagi la tak boleh sebab cabut belah kiri. Huuhuhuhuh nangis...

My gigi bongsu have been hurting me since a very long time ago, but usually the pain would go in a couple of days, a week at most. This time, dah sakit for two weeks, pun tak baik2 lagi. The dentist that i went to said that I have no choice but to remove my gigi bongsu, or it'll keep hurting for the rest of my life. Besides, the tooth is so badly infected that there is a lot of puss already (disgusting, I know). So harini dengan beraninya saye pegi cabut gigi bongsu saya. Sakitnya Tuhan aje yang tau! The dentist said if I could give birth then this should be like gigit semut aje. But I tell you, I'd rather give birth again than cabut gigi one more time!!!! Sakit like hell. The dentist said my tooth was huge and deeply rooted. So agak susah nak keluarkan. I dont know what they did, tapi at one point, the dentist was wriggling my tooth kiri kanan kiri kanan lepas tu sampai jaw aku pun boleh rasa senget ok!!!! The tooth just wont come out. Degil macam gue. Pastu dah try tarik paka...

Little Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer just before her 6th birthday. Doctors gave her approximately 135 days to live. So what did she do with her remaining days? She hid little love notes around the house for her family to find after she was gone. The notes are in between CD cases, between bookshelves, in dresser drawers, in backpacks.... find out more notes at Elena's Notes ************************** Sangat heartwarming. Her parents have published her notes in a book called Notes Left Behind to fund a non-profit organization, The Cure Starts Now , dedicated to fighting pediatric brain cancer. Some people though that the story is faked, some said its bullshit, that the parents are doing all this for money. I dont care. And I wont know the truth anyways. So why dont we all put the skepticism aside and just enjoy the story as it is.

Synopsis : When Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe’s daughter, Willow, is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta , they are devastated – she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. As the family struggles to make ends meet to cover Willow’s medical expenses, Charlotte thinks she has found an answer. If she files a wrongful birth lawsuit against her ob/gyn for not telling her in advance that her child would be born severely disabled, the monetary payouts might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow. But it means that Charlotte has to get up in a court of law and say in public that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she’d known about the disability in advance – words that her husband can’t abide, that Willow will hear, and that Charlotte cannot reconcile. And the ob/gyn she’s suing isn’t just her physician – it’s her best friend. ****************** *Spoilers ahead* My motherly instinct was what made me spent RM40 to get the book off the shelf. Now I wish I...