Ramblings of a Mami of Two

Today after groceries I dumped everything on the kitchen floor and rushed to the bathroom. Aiye, at 36 weeks pregnant the toilet is my new best friend. When I was done I walked back to the kitchen to find out empty grocery bags scattered on the floor - turned out si Hakimi dah simpan our groceries! And 95% of the stuff were kept were they should be. Milk, veggies were all in the right compartments tapi daging, bawang dia pi letak dekat compartment veggies. Sausage dia letak tepi milk. Asal boleh. I'm amazed. Bukan sebab dia tau what goes where but sebab he did so without being asked, and lagi best without gloating about it! Usually he would say, "mami, mami taknak cakap thank you dekat kimi ke sebab kimi tolong mami?". Eh memang sharp tongue sikit budak ni. Tapi harini he helped me and didn't say a word until I asked him about it. Which he replied dengan a very selamba, "haah" and blah. Rasa terharu yang sangat. Ok terharu is probably not the right word to u...

Nak tunggu 2.0 keluar. I have not blogged much about my 2nd pregnancy. It's not that I'm not excited about it, I am. It's just, blogging is no longer a habit nowadays.  You know the first time I tested for the pregnancy, the result came out invalid. Satu line pun tak keluar. I was pretty disappointed - but I know that it was still too early to detect, I was only 2 days late.Then Ach knew how disappointed I was, he bought another test kit which, alhamdulillah, worked. The two lines were quite faint but enough to tell me that our efforts  weren't futile. =P So yeah, I'm already in my 33rd week, the baby is supposed to pop out on January 29th 2013, which makes him officially 5 years younger than Abang Kimi, in terms of Malaysian school years =). All checkups have indicated that 2.0 is okay, although there is a possibility that he will come out heavier than Kimi - this did not surprise me, looking at the way I've been eating in the past months.  ...

I have been cracking my head in the past one month for sweet things to write and do for our fifth anniversary. Honestly, I have no idea what to say or how to describe my feelings or how to describe the past five years that both of us have gone through. The experience, the feeling, the whole journey, everything, they are indescribable.  No words could express how thankful I am to Allah for sending me this man, for giving me this life, for giving us this passion (and patience), to live with each other.  Saya penyepah, husband saya pengemas.  Saya tak romantic langsung, husband saya memang romantic gila.  Saya pandai masak gulai lemak cili api, husband saya punya asam pedas to die for.  Saya suka lauk melayu, husband saya prefer simple food.  Saya suka terhegeh-hegeh, husband saya selalu remind saya to be on time.  Saya basuh pinggan, husband saya lipat baju.  Saya mop lantai, husband saya tebang pokok.  Saya siapkan breakfast every mo...

It's Sunday and I have to work. Well - not work, i have to be present at a training to... just be there.  When I told Kimi of this, his reactions were: Mami : I have to go to work today, Kimi. Kimi   : Ala kenapa mami kena work? Mami takde duit eh? Kimi bagi mami duit ye? Duit dalam tabung kimi banyak! *Cry* I honestly thought that dialogues like this only happen in forwarded emails - written by some super sappy, super imaginative writers. Never thought that it could exist in real life.  My Little Guardian. 

Hakimi and I were having our dinner. Mula-mula I was feeding him but after he tasted the traces cili api from my fingers he refused to be fed. Lepas tu dia amik his own plate and senduk nasi and lauk sendiri. Tapi ya Allah makan punya slow, sekejap main buzz light year sekejap mata fixed on the tv. Somehow that pissed me off. After repeatedly telling (yelling) him to concentrate eating, I lost my patience. I grabbe his buzz and threw it across the room. I immediately felt bad. With nasi still in his mouth, he looked down and I could see tears streaming down his cheeks. Tak lama lepas tu I heard him sobbing. I felt, and still feel extremely bad now. Nasib baik hakimi is like ach, he cooled down immediately. Ach went to him and made some silly jokes ( memang itu approach dia to cool kimi down ) while I sat next to kimi, still feeling bad. And you know what I did afterwards? I gave him a pack of cheezels that ach denied him last week. That didn't make me feel any better tapi... Sorry ...

Assalamualaikum Kimi Sayang,  It’s 28 October 2012. It means you’re four today. Four. Can you believe it? Four years had passed by since I first laid my eyes on you .  A lot of things had happened in the last four years, more good than bad, and it all happened because of you. You brought Mami and Ayah closer than I ever thought we could be. You turned both of us into better people. You made me see a whole new side of Ayah that I had never seen before and it made me thank Allah that whatever happened, happened. I couldn’t have asked for more from you. Eh wait, I could. I actually hope (want) you to graduate high school with the most A’s a student is allowed, secure a scholarship and graduate from RPI (so we could find a reason to visit RPI again – you know, that place means a lot to us). Okay, okay, I was joking ( not ). Hakimi, You have grown up to be a fine young man. Okay probably it’s too early to call you a “fine young man”, but honey ...

Sebenarnya I had drafted this since forever tapi tak terpost. Thought of it again when ada offer from Photobook Malaysia dekat Groupon. RM53 for a hardcover, portrait / square imagewrap album. MURAH GILA wey! I've been waiting for Photobook Malaysia to offer discounts like this, because their quality is superior than other photobook printers. I tried Vprinthouse on groupon once, regretted it sebab their print and binding quality was terrible. Jadi I only trust photobook Malaysia, plus their software is easy to use. Initially I thought photobook senang je nak buat.. rupa-rupanya. Hmmm. Anyways, yeah. I printed our 2010 travel album. I am one satisfied customer. Here are the screenshots. =)