Happy Birthday to Papa and Adly.
Both born in month of July with only 4 days apart. Well to the old boy... happy 40-oh birthday and you already got my private message and tazkirah from your mom hehehe and to the young guy...mama wanna wish you happy entering a new phase of 'tween life' as a bubbly and sensitive, 11 year old. Hopefully in another 6 years time... Mama will still be your favourite choice of confidante heheh.

Personal thank you to my sisters-in-law (ruby & etah), brothers-in-law, (firoz & jeeb), one and only sister (lijot) and aunties (makwijah, maksu keramat) and not forgetting my beloved parents-in-law (bapak & inchik) yang dok sibuk prepare itu ini and bawak itu ini. The menu were satay, briyani daging, dalca, pudding, pulut kuning, pulut manis inti kelapa, eggtarts pastries etc. The kiddos laa yang paling seronott sebab swimming pool depan bilik and waktu malam mak bapak and opah2 ler punyer time nak berkaraoke.

Red is the colour of anger,welling up inside of me.

Orange is the colour of fun,and all my happy energy.

Yellow is the colour of the sun,which makes me feel happy and warm.

Green is the colour of giggles and laughts,midnight feasts in a boarding school dorm'.

Blue is the colour of calm and cool,like swimming in a summer pool.

Purple is the colour of arty ideas,crayons and pencils and paint.

Pink is the colour of blushing and happy,love and kisses and all stuff that's sappy.

Colours describe how we feel every day,so listen to colours.

They'll help you find your way.

-{poem by ErinL from Loriswebs.com)

Now, look what I found: another sudden love! :)

I love the smell from this breadou is so delisciousa almost like a real fresh bread and it is so cute too! It is actually an ergonomics computer wrist rest. I spotted this at OU. Lots of people came by to squeeze and smell the fake bread and it is so irresistably squeezy...

Visit the breadou official website*here*

I know this LO looked so cluttered. I don't know why. I wanted to digiscrap nicely but somehow I am too lazyy heheh.

*credits*

scrapbookmax.com

because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say...

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator
and I immediately wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that
it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me
and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.

When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there
is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend
who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to
help people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something
should give to those who don't.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and
everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities,
even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible
when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and
I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's alright to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted
to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that
I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say,
'Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.'

Each of us(parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher or friend) influences
the life of a child. How will you touch the life of someone today?

Here are some of the pictures .. All smiles, after lunch date at the Foodcourt.Berderet-deret rasa cam bawak budak-budak kindy gi outing heheh. Nothing much cuma had lunch, lepak kat concourse area sekejap then balik heheh.

Lepas tu Aunty Etah siap kasi present to Mama & Aunt Ruby JJ voucher in an envelope sorang satu with a note of thanks from her kiddos (daniel,aryssa & adam).

Woww..tebalnyer envelope... Tengkiu so much. It was really a big surpised siap tanya all ibuk-ibu whether we wanted to go shopping now. Erk! with all the kiddos? hahaha kita pegi hari lain lah nanti habih kat toys department ler gamaknyer heheh.

read more at http://www.hafizismail.com/blog/2009/06/23/the-one-with-one-big-happy-family/

Oh, what a weekend! It was exhausting and exhilarating and beautiful and so full of such incredible love. I am, literally, hoarse today and need to take a break from talking and doing and just BE. It was just a great Sunday (dari pagi sampai malam).

Sebelah pagi the kiddos attended birthday party Adam Damien & Kaseh Damya Aryssa at KFC Sunway. Mummy Adam nih room mate Mama masa college dulu.

Thank you for having us. The kids had a good time. Adam Damien so bubbly and lippy heheh. Adam & Kaseh's had a pirate theme birthday party.

Then we headed home to pack some stuff untuk bergambar kat WOW studio. 10 budak cramming in the white studio boleh imagine punyer ribut. It was an impromptu idea and it was fun sebab Tokwan & Opah pun sporting berposing cam filmstar bollywood hehehe. Yang paling susah nak handle the toddlers sebab tak nak mungkin too much pressure kot takpun confused sebab kena lompat laa, baring laa, sengih laa etc terpaksa bribed bagi candies and chocolates. We managed to get 300 shots of the kids and parents. Kudos to Hafiz Ismail the Founder and photographer of WOW studio. It was a solid 1 hour of fun and laughter Then we headed for dinner at 'Kedai Kopi' an outdoor restaurant overlooking a lake in Shah Alam. Very nice ambience!

Lepas tu balik CHRS and had a cake and coffee before everyone balik rumah masing-masing.Happy Belated Father’s Day to all the daddies out there. A special thank you to my husband for being a great dad and giving me all these wonderful children to love.

After...participated in the ' Design A Tesco Green Bag Contest' kat food court...nun di penghujung kedai dalam Tesco ada another contest going on in conjunction of school holiday. It was a colouring contest organized by a Magazine Publication company called Voila. The Boys got to colour a page of Disney Pixar The Cars and the girls got to colour the Tinker Bell fairy. Participants ada lebih dari 20 orang.

An hour later the organizer announced all the winners and Dd was one of the winners. He received a consolation prize free 12 issues Mail Subscriptions of Disney Pixar The Cars Magazine starting next month. He was so happy and was grinning from ear to ear sampai balik rumah. Tapi masa kat stage muka cam confused jer hehehe.

Congrats Didi! Well done! Muahh!

The two boyz Abang & Adik enrolled themselves in Design A Tesco Green Bag Competition last Saturday.

They had a fun filled day with colours and crayons and expressing themselves about Environment.

Habis mengaler staff Tesco kakak cantik manis tu bersalaman with all the participants and kasi setiap sorang the big Tesco Green Bag as souvenirs. Ramai bebudak dok buka tutup beg besor tu but dissapointingly find it empty hehehe. Laa..Tesco nih bubuh ler candy ker or something laa hehehe. Resultnyer tak tahu biler keluar. But the grand prize is RM8k and your drawing will be printed on the next Tesco Green Bag. Fuhh Gempak kalau terpilih sure bangga hehehe.

Rasa-rasanyer tak menang tapie proud to see the boys sungguh-sungguh finished up their drawings. Hmm...kalaulah kerja sekolah boleh buat gini sungguh-sungguh kan baguz heheh

The night before all the grandmamas got to model the decorated hat. They were so sporting. Kelakar betul when all the grandmamas pakai baju tidor kelawar and had cowboy hats on their head. Hilang terus muka garang hehehe. Cucu-cucu ketawa sakan. All the party gear, games accessories and prizes you can get at http://www.party-candy.blogspot.com/

Prize giving to all winning teams, Karaoke Contest Winner is Aunty Juliana dengan lagu tajuk "Akhirnya Kini Pasti"-Anita Sarawak.

Memorable experience when 8 people got stung by bees masa tengah tengok kereta Aunty Lina yang tersangkut kat batu hehehe. Those people were Daniel, Adly, Athira, Najehah, AUnty Akma, Baby Iddeen, Uncle Daim, Uncle Firoz & Aunty Lina's Bibik.

The most exciting day for the kids. Right after breakfast we had a photo session sebelum comot. Aren't they looked adorable? Everyone pakai green cameo soldadu style hehehe.

First game we had was Tug of War, then followed by Fill em' Up, Scoop like a duck, Jump Rope Relay and Bouncing ball.

Everyone had a good time laughing. Macam-macam style nak menang hehehe, yang confused, yang menangis, yang tantrum, yang gila-gila, yang tergolek, sampai sakit perut dibuatnyer. Yang penting all the first and second cousins can get along pretty well.

Our first day at Villa Samrah was well spent at swimming pool, going to the river, main pondok-pondok, karaoke, barbecue and enjoying the green and lush landscape. Sebelah petang we had an indoor games of charade, hat decor competition, Bingo & karaoke.

Part 2 ( Janda Baik, Selangor)

I absolutely love this place. It is called Samrah Villa at Janda Baik. I was skeptical at first when my SIL suggested this place. Bonding with nature. Best giler tapie tak ler cam pegi duduk kat National Park yang lebih challenging. It is a bungalow house with 3 bedrooms with a malay kampong house architecture but with modern amenities. Since ada 3 bilik yang lain tido laa kat mana-mana sebab tempat dia spacious sebab tu kena bawak sekali tilam & Bantal bucuk masing-masing heheh. I and the kiddos choose tido atas katil besi vintage. Boleh muat 3 orang. Teringat masa kecik-kecik tido atas katil besi Tok kat Kampung best giler. Nyamuk takde langsung. Udara memang segar.

The facilities here are excellent: swimming pool, karaoke, open space kitchen, barbecue area, spacious dining area, kids playhouse pondok. Masa masak-masak pun tak rasa terperuk sebab the kitchen is so open that makes you feels like you are cooking out in the open. Built up area is 10 acres. The kiddos had a great time and they kept on raving about it. They love all the indoor and outdoor activities.

PART 1 (Penang)

Two weeks school holiday. We were on holiday. This Blog too was on holiday hehehe.

This time punyer school holiday was the most enjoyable and memorable sebab all the cousins ada. They're back in Malaysia to spend their summer holiday.

Penang is wonderful tapie..sesak ngan traffic. We were wasting our time on the road and sesak2 with other local tourists. Lepas tu sesat pusing2 dlm town walaupun ada map till I gave up and immediately called my cousin Vincent Van Gugh on the mobile to ask for directions hehehe. Thank you so much.

Choosing restaurant for lunch & dinner was rather funny and enjoyable. It was funny bila anak-anak asked for Pizza and Burger sebab nak ringkas while the other cousins said we wanted Malaysian Mc Donalds that is Roti Canai and Nasi Lemak. It is enjoyable to watch them eat. Mak aiii..2 keping roti canai sekaligus hehehe.

Places we have visited:-
Safira Country Club in Seberang Jaya - this is the resort where we stayed.

Gurney Drive, Penang Town, Batu Feringghi Night Market, Penang Hill or Bukit Bendera, Snake Temple and Seberang Jaya area.

When I saw this digital kit by LIEN and LOLODEN ...it rekindled back my childhood memory of all the sweet gift wrapping papers, book markers, perfumed letter set and perfumed diaries with all these sweet cartoon girlish characters that I used to collect when I was a little girl.

I got even more excited when I discovered Lien's blog *here*and some freebies that she has included. Her design philosophy is clean & simple, pure and minimalistic says it all...

Lily tried few games on the internet lately and it seems that she thoroughly enjoyed Dora's Games because she keep on asking 'nak play dora'.

Looked how she dress up Dora hehehe. Dora looked so confused. Just choose an outfit that Dora would wear by a click of a mouse.

But the encouragement for every outfit chosen is sooo...pleasantly good to hear. Mui Bien! Mui Bien! hehehe

Mama pun boleh enjoy layan main game Dora haha.

The boys painted these mirror themselves. The norm objects.

Sorang minat giler ngan dinosaurs sorang lagi minat giler ngan transportation. Takde object lain dahh ke yang boleh dilukis? LOL.

Enjoy the original in French by Charles Trenet and English Version by Robbie Williams. My kind of song hehehe...over and over again.

I love this kind of stuff it just makes life so easier hehehe. Some great ideas to share...

labels for clothing, curbside garbage bin, stationeries etc..

and Jason Priestly pun purchase this 'Mable Label' for his daughter heheh and this entreprising business was featured in the 'People Magazine'. Interesting! Here's the link.

Finally all his tortoises settled down in this new spanking home makeover by Dd.

Brilliant jugak idea Abang Dd nih the bare looking aquarium dia bubuh atas playdough warna biru, hijau then he added some coloured marbles, some leaves, a dummy fish and yang paling best Postcard Putrajaya as a background hehehe.

This aquarium he place it infront of his bed soo..tortoise tuu kinda boring tengok hujung katil yang bare looking sebab tuu laa he added the postcard. Tu gambar Putrajaya from birdview. Sayup jee rasa cool!

Then he added penutup pen sapa tah salvaged from lily's toys konon2 cam kayu balak tengah floating. Hmm baguih2 so far belum lagie dia suruh mama dia tolong cuci aquarium. Tapi dok rotate with Abang Adly. Legaaa.... ooooh saya takmau cuci itu aquarium saya sungguh gelii..

Pollock created by the kiddos earlier of the week.

Boring dah dok main gameboy and at the same time boleh tahan jugak si kecik guna mouse.

This is so much fun. Just move your mouse over the canvas and the paint will drip and swirl as you direct it. To change paint color simply click your mouse button and another color will appear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock Who is he?
http://www.manetas.com/ What?
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ Take it from here! Have fun!

*credits*

Tropical Dreams by Melany Violette

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Make this delightful and simple japanese pancake for breakfast last weekend.

I just used a pre-mixed dorayaki flour just add some water, 2 pcs of eggs, whisked it and tapis sikit utk mengelakkan dari bergentel and that's it! Just flip-on the non-stick pan and within minutes breakfast is served!

The kiddos doesn't like the redbean paste so I used fruit jem, peanut butter and Kaya jem and spread on the pancake generously.
If you have nutella pun okay. Simple & Kenyang.

The pre-mixed flour comes with easy to- read instruction. So gerenti jadik! Murah jee dalam RM5.00 perpacket and the pancake boleh dapat dalam 25 pieces.

Mother's day without a mom -the title just says it all with how I feel around this day.

My darling mom passed away in 2001 (about 8 years ago) after battling with cancer and she was only 52.

Mother's day and my Birthday are the roughest one for me as our birthdays were only a day apart from my mom. It just tears me apart. I put on a happy face for my children on Mother's day but I have to take a moment by myself to have a cry, to be alone flipping thru' my mom's photos and only God knows how I feel... I miss her so much and wish to hug her even it is just for a moment in my dreams.

All these years later and I still cry like a baby ...

I know that my children noticed my puffy eyes the whole day today and I just cover it up by saying that I am soo...overwhelmed with happiness. They must think that I am crazy for crying over a handmade card till Dd said something like," Apasal Mama nangis? Ohhh! Dd tahu mesti sebab..cantik sangat and Mama terkejut sebab kita gantung kat pintu bilik...bukan kat fridge. Yelaa tuh lagie laa Mama rasa mau nangiss !! Hugs to everyone who's mom is no longer with you...this goes to Kak Sal in Klang, Kak Zam in Milan, Ju in KL, Let us remember our beloved arwah with Al-Fatihah. I know you will be reflecting on so many things - a lifetime of memories. I know you will feel sadness but I hope there is also happiness, calm and peace in your life right now di samping keluarga tersayang serta anak-anak.

Dd ni memang suka daydream. He will be in his own world and kat mana-mana pun boleh dalam kereta, kat kedai, sambil berdiri pun sempat lagi. For example in this photo bukannyer perasan pun mama tengah ambik gambar dia . Lepas tu pulak facial expression macam sedih ada masalah. Well that's Dd in one of his pensive moods LOL. So serious...

*credits*

spontaneous delight by carrie stephen