Ramblings of a Mami of Two

I’m always amazed at kids who have good manners. Manners like, say hi if they saw you, or shake your hands when you go to their houses, or offering to help you carry your extra bags. Or tolong dekat dapur. Or buat kuih raya. I want my kids to be like those kids. Sons or daughters, they must be equally sopan santun and adept at doing housework. My ideal picture of the kids is they would all exhibit sopan-ness, depan orang or tak depan orang, and will help me with the dishes at home, willingly or not, that’s another story. Tapi preferably willingly la. Ach and I try our best to be a good example in front of my one year old son. We say please when we request for something, we say thank you after that, and we ( read=I ) try our very best not to say bad things (i.e. any four letter words) in front of him. We make sure he salam the elderly bila pergi rumah sapa-sapa and say bye bye bila nak balik. Teehehe. Ach demonstrates gender equality by helping with the dishes and cooking (t his is tr...

I have been very stressed lately. In fact, to use the word very is an understatement. It should be immensely. Yes, I am immensely stressed . No. 1 : I am maidless. The house is a mess, laundry’s piling up, frozen food stock is depleting, I often overslept and didn’t have enough time to prepare breakfast for both Ach and Kimi. No. 2 : Work is driving me insane. I’ve been going back at 8.30 pm for the past week. That’s after telling em that I have to pick Kimi up from the babysitter. Without that excuse I’d do sleepovers in the office for 3 nights straight. Okay I’m exaggerating, but its nothing weird to still be in the office at 3 am, because my officemate did that. No. 3 : I did a blunder that would cost me my job had it not been rectified immediately by my immediate supervisor. She is the bomb, she really is. Very thorough ( could be frustrating sometimes to have to go to the very last coma ), but she saved my life. I owe her. No. 4 : I have an impending overseas two-week training to...

Since its our first time, we were quite clueless on what we're supposed to do; items to bring, food, what time do we send him or pick him up, and most importantly how do we hand him to the babysitter and leave him when he'll definitely be crying his lungs out . The previous night we prepared his bag, and pack all his baju, susu, diapers and what not lah. Then while nursing him I gave him some pep-talks about behaving and all that. Sambil nangis sikit2. Mommy yang nangis bukan baby. Then yesterday morning I woke up earlier than usual and for the first time, prepared his breakfast in a cute lunchbox! Konon2 nak buat ala-ala bento yang comel, tapi takde masa and takde tools maka jadi la bekal makanan yang biasa. I prepared mini pillsburry instant pancakes and grapes. I read somewhere that you should peel the grapes so I did just that. Kimi if you happen to be reading this, you see mommy loves you very much, tau tak? Kimi was still half-asleep when we got to the babysitter's h...

I think the title says it all. If you still don't get it, my maid has gone back for good. She said she's too old to cope up with my son and the housework. She only told me this a month before he visa expires leaving me with insufficient time to find a replacement. As I'm writing this I feel the need to drown someone in a pail. Well, maids, cant live with em, cant live without them. I'm helpless. I am lost. I am not sure how i can cope with this. I cant remember the last time I ironed my own workshirt. Or folded my own pajamas. Or swept the floor. This morning it took me 10 minutes to figure out how to use our washing machine. I know, I'm spoiled. Please don't hate me. Its only been a day since she went back, and the rumah is in a mess already. I can't cope up with the dishes, I didn't even mop the floor when kimi spilled air kosong. Instead, I just arranged bangku around the mess, sorta like cones. Nanti esok dia kering la sendiri. Now, I know a lot of ...

I gotta jot this down somewhere so I wont forget moments like these: - Kimi can clap his hands! I'm pretty sure the bibik taught him this some time ago but today's our first time seeing it. I was so surprised. And proud of my lil boy. - He can say any words that end with "tak". Sebab that's pretty much the only thing he can say. So ask him to say, masak, he'll say "tak", ask him to say katak, he'll say "tak", ask him to say nenek, he'll say "tak" too. - He calls everyone Ata. Not just ayah. But I swear sometimes I heard him saying "Ayah" or something like "Aya". Mommy? Far from it. - he finds high ceilings and their decorations i.e. the ones at malls, fascinating. Today we let him walk freely dekat concourse alamanda, dia jalan sambil looking up dengan mulut wide open. And gelak sorang-sorang. Hyper. - He's one cheeky boy. Suka acah and buli orang. Let's say he's eating a biscuit and you ask...

It's been a while. I hope it's not too late to wish all readers a Happy New Year =) Talkin about new year, this little family of mine spent the first day of the year bergolek-golek guling-guling at the Lake Garden picnicking with Kay and family. It's been a while since Kay and I last met and did something together. Last time was in INTEC itu pun I dont remember much of it. Masa tu we were still bunch of anak dara who didnt know much but to have fun, pegi dating, langgar our curfew and what not. Both of us are now married. She has an adorable daughter, Inas Kamalyna , who speaks arabic. ( shughul = work. Eh ye ke Kay?? ). Kimi barely understands english. Ini arabic terus. Hebat. Kay sangat rajin she brought mihun goreng and air kotak while ach and I brought only Kimi and our empty tummies. Btw, Kay also happens to be a photographer. FYI, Kay ni dulu dekat INTEC used to be tone deaf and tak artistic langsung but since she went to Arizona she became really artistic and someh...