Roller-skate

And.. after half an hour, they're totally exhausted. Wawan fall asleep right after I bathe him. And that was 7 in the evening. Hmm.. malam berjaga lah jawabnya.

There's a funny cute story of Wawan today. He was telling Emak to buy him the ultraman mask that he saw yesterday (he has asked me already, but, I don't want to buy). So, Emak said that she has no money. Wawan.. being wise at that time, took a card (membership cards of XYZ co.) and gave it to Emak. "Nah.. ini duit nya". When Emak said that the card "tak boleh", he went to get another card and told Emak that "yang ini boleh". Hahaha.. come to think of it, maybe he often sees us swipe our cc instead of cash. I don't think he assumed the card as money because he already knows the real 'money', the notes and the coins as well. Hai.. dah pandai dah.

Engagement Ceremonies

Achik is showing off her engagement rings.

McNa is someone's fiance now

Ceremonies? Waa...takkanla banyak sangat kan? Well.. towards the end of Dec, there's two engagement ceremonies held in our family. Back to back. Ingatkan LOTR trilogy or six episodes of Starwars are the only ones yang ada back-to-back. The first one is my 'cun' cousin .. Achik .. a.k.a Zainita's which was held on 25th of Dec. And the second one is my own sweet sis .. McNa a.k.a Syalina on the 27th. But I miss my sis' engagement ceremony because of some technicalities (urghhhhh.. I really regret this! ;(. Sorry sis!). But, I've settled certain things for the ceremony before I hop on a train back to Banting. Thankfully, my serba-boleh cousin.. Along.. is around. So, there's nothing to worry. Hehe.. sorry Long for putting the burden on you.. ;).

Cuti-cuti Malaysia

Smooth sailing journey on a train

My kids and I have travelled with many kind of transportation to go back to Kelate..my hometown. We've travelled by car (it's obviously common, rite?), by aeroplane, and also by bus. But, travelling in a bus on a 7-hour journey for an adult accompanying TWO kids can be very annoying and tiring. That's why, I only tried it once, and never had the courage to travel by bus in the near future with my kids anymore. It happened early January when DH is already in KB for a short-term assignment, and I have to go back to Kelantan on my own. Since the arrangement was kinda last-minute-arrangement, the flights tickets are way expensive than it should be. So, being a cheapskate, I brought Ecah and Wawan to hop into an afternoon bus from Putrajaya to TM. It turned out that Wawan need to pass his stool in his diapers. So, go figure what happen next. Hahaha...

So, this time around, I need to go back on my own again since DH didn't get the leave approval until 17 Dec. Bus tickets were already sold out from 26/11 till 7/12. Do you know why? All because of school holidays and Raya Haji on 8/12. So, I didn't have much choice but to buy train tickets. And the result is ... a tiring journey with longer duration... but somehow .. much better than travelling by bus. ;)

Bullion rose vs Bead flower

Once upon a time (well... last few months I guess..) I'm so in love with gardening. Now, I have come to another phase of obsession, or craze ... bullion roses. What are bullion roses? How do I grow them? Haha... it's totally off topic from gardening. It's embroidery. Malay call it 'bunga tahi ulat'. My MIL has learned on how to embroider it a long time ago. It was a trend in yesteryear and now it has made a comeback. So, taking some guide from my MIL and the internet (http://www.needlenthread.com/ and http://cheq-sue.com/blog/2008/11/30/teknik-sulaman-benang/), I have started it... and I have fun doing it. This is another way of refurbishing my old tudungs. So, here goes my first attempt ...

Beading on the other hand.. is progressing slowly. Because, I have a hard time to keep it neat. Hmm... so, the easiest solution is, have it made by Kak Z, whose work is extremely neat and creative. Seriously.. I really adores her work. ;)