Selamat Hari Gawai!

Selamat Hari Gawai!

As usual.. Ariana’s kindy will have one day dedicated to learn, see and experience the Gawai celebration. Parents are encouraged to dress up their child with Dayak costume or Gawai themed outfit. Ibu-ibu haruslah excited kann.. hehe

Me and the other mommies went to RonReng, to buy stuffs needed. Me as usual, wanted to mengasah kembali teknik menjahit, bought 4 metres of Batik Sarawak to make a dress for Ariana. 4 metres because takut tersalah jahit.

Dress pattern cut-outs. I bought the pattern from etsy, which I have forgotten the seller. Ok I lied. Malas mau bukak balik Etsy to track. But if you really need to know, just PM me 🙂

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This is the most leceh thing to do. But because I really need to sew this dress, ku gagahkan jua. But, once it done, I can re-use this pattern for Ariana’s Raya dress.. Christmas dress.. Birthday dress.. 😛

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Siap jugak akhirnya. It was not hard lah actually. But it took me few days to finish it because I have small baby at home, who crawls very fast and really interested with sharp things in mommy’s sewing studio. Jahit sikit, tengok Sofea sudah pegang gunting. Jahit sikit, tengok Sofea sudah pegang jarum. Jahit sikit.. ahhh.. Sudahlah.. Nanti sambung jahit..

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They made a cute mini ‘terabai’. There was a video of Ariana’s class ‘mengajat’and I saw how lembut Ariana’s movement was. Kalau mommy, jadi tarian robot sudah tu. So millenium of me ;P

May was filled with a lot of school activities. Visiting Petroleum Muzium, Gua Long House and Sports Day. Mau cerita lain-lain entry tu, when mommy is rajin lah k..

Pinanonanonano ~

I enrolled Ariana to a piano class last February. She has shown her interest in piano since she was 4 years old (that was when we bought her a toy piano).

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The picture I used to pancing Enchek Kedek to give green light to buy a piano for Ariana. Thats the toy piano that we bought duluu..

The plan was to enroll her first and see how was her progression. Suprisingly, she always received good comment from her piano teacher (ketara jarang bukak report book due to penggunaan ‘surprisingly’ di dalam ayat). Her piano teacher even asked me whether we have a piano at home because Ariana played and memorized very well.

Then the we-should-get-a-piano episode started..

Both me and Enchek Kedek do not have any knowledge on piano so we started asking our friends who played one and we came into one conclusion, i.e. to buy her a digital piano. The price was okay and we were ready to buy one when her teacher told us that soon, when Ariana got her Grade 5 in piano, she needs to change into an upright piano. Gulp. Then we went home to have another series of discussion. So we think hard and we think long, ok lah.. Sampai bila mau berfikir. So last Tuesday, we bought one for her.

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As an appreciation for reading this entry sampai habis, Ariana belanja satu lagu.. But unfortunately, after few attemps to upload the video here, nda dapat pulak.. jadi belanja satu gambar ja lah.. hehe

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Fairy tales and Folks Tales Character Day

Tadika Ariana ni best. A lot of activities. Minda berkembang. Parents pun turut serta. Ikut aktivity held by the tadika.

So last month, ada fairy and folk tales character day. Since that Ariana sudah boleh membaca, I wanted her to be the character of the book that she can read. Went to the book store and mula memilih buku yang costume nya mommy dapat jahit sendiri.. Hehe..

Setelah berungkus lumus dengan kerja last minute mommy pegi membeli kain awal pagi (jam 8 okaaayyy.. Nasib kedai sudah bukak), menghantar MIL pegi airport balik Sibu dan menjadi very full time house wife, akhirnya siap jugak costume ni jam 11 malam. Eleh.. Ingatkan sampai jam 3 pagi menjahit.

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Tadaaaaaa… Oh patutlah sampai jam 11 ja menjahit. Very simple design. Asal memenuhi syarat emas-emas tu. So her character was King Midas. But she wanted me to call her Queen Midas. Baiklah.

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Reading to her classmates.

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Ariana with her Marissa and Mikhail.

Ok lah. Mommy puas hati walaupun baju tu ada besar sikit for Ariana. As long as shes happy. Oh ya.. I made the crown my self as requested by the queen, she wanted colourfull hearts on it.

Ariana & Sofea

Soon after Baby Sofea delivered, people around kept on asking, how was Ariana? Is she ok?

Well, as expected, she is ok. In fact, excited and happy that she is finally a big sister.

On the day me & baby were discharged from the hospital, Ariana paling excited untuk bawak adik balik rumah. On our way home, Ariana tertidur dalam kereta. Sampai rumah, Enchek Kedek gendong Ariana and tidurkan di bilik neneknya. Baby & me dalam bilik tidur sendiri. Sedang kami sibuk-sibuk urus tempat tidur baby, Ariana dengan muka menangis berdiri di luar pintu.

Rupanya, Ariana tidak mau dia ‘tidak terlibat’ dalam urusan menguruskan adiknya. Dia harus turut sama menjayakan apa2 yang sedang di buat lah. Kasi tidur, kasi mandi. Kakak yang bertanggungjawab kan? Hehe..

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First picture of the sisters.

I’m a happy mommy!

My 29th Birthday

Umur sudah cecah 29 tahun pada 11 March yang lalu.

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Enchek Kedek belanja makan. Saya makan sampai perut ketat. Sampai rumah mau bangun berjalan ke tandas pun nda larat.

Enchek Kedek : Kenak ktk?
Binikedek : Perut ketat terlampau kenyang. Sik dapat berjalan.
Enchek Kedek : Hahaha.. Bangga kmk dapat berik ktk cukup makan sampai begini.

Ariana nyanyikan lagu birthday. Menyanyi sambil tutup-tutup mata. Mungkin dia sedang mengamati lagu nyanyian nya. Thanks Mai. Mommy dapat rasakan keikhlasannya. Ariana gave me an imaginary cake & imaginary present. Hehe. Jadi, dapat lah mommy imagine Mai kasi mommy cake perisa unicorn (???) dan handbag-yang-tidak-tercapai-akal punya harga. Haha.

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Lepas itu, selfie~

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Bukan selalu dapat selfie walaupun dengan Enchek Kedek. Dia memang tidak minat. Hehe.

Terima kasih kepada keluarga dan kawan-kawan for the birthday wishes & juga doa-doa yang baik2 untuk saya.

Last but not least, kita doakan yang terbaik untuk SAR team & penumpang serta crew-crew MH370.

Saloon

Saya, dari zaman bujang lagi suka mem-pamperkan rambut ke saloon. Potong, cuci, perm, lurus, treatment & colouring. Tapi, itu dulu-dulu lah. Sekarang, more to hair treatment.

Kami laki bini ada our own favourite saloon and hair dresser. Kalau kebetulan Ah-Ching (nama hairdresser tu) tiada atau offday, kami sanggup datang balik lain hari tunggu Ah-Ching ada.

Masuk kedai ja, ‘Ada Ah-Ching?’.

Kadang-kadang, baru tunjuk muka di counter, sudah kena teriak ‘Ah-Chinnnngggg’..

So, a few times jugak pernah jalan-jalan dengan Ariana, and kebetulan ke saloon jugak. So from there, rupanya budak kecik tu sudah observe apa yang mommy buat di saloon.

Few days ago, after school bawa Ariana jakan-jalan di mall tempat saloon yang kami pegi tu ada. Tiba-tiba budak tu request untuk potong rambut. Since that tiap pagi selalu bergaduh untuk ikat rambut, so potong lah. Dan macam biasa, ‘Ada Ah-Ching??..’

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Macam Rihanna kan? Hehe

Saya kalau offday, selalu ke saloon. Hari tu try saloon lain, yang saya x pernah pergi. Sambil kena cuci rambut, aunty tu pun tanyalah, ‘Tidak kerja kah hari ni?’. Based on my experience, untuk mengelakkan perbualan yang panjang hingga mengakibatkan terbeli produk rambut mahal sebab dia tau kita kerja apa dan di mana, maka, saya tipu. Tipu sunat.

‘Saya tidak kerja. Suri rumah’

‘Ohh.. Suami kerja mana?.’

Sebok pulak aunty ni, kata hati kecilku

‘Kerja di Bintulu..’

‘Mau bikin hair treatment?’

‘Oh belum lagi lah. Lepas ini mau ambil anak dari sekolah & pegi tengok movie..’

‘Wahh.. Best jugak. Tidak kerja tapi pegi main-main sama anak’

Of course. It is every working woman’s dream! Hehe..

Oh berbalik kepada cerita Ariana tadi. Selesai potong rambut, budak ni request, ‘Wash hair,mommy?’

‘No need. Nanti mommy wash Mai’s hair di rumah’

Since that Ariana sudah belajar benda basic di saloon, lain kali, ada lah geng saya ke saloon sudah.. Haha. Sekarang ni tiada geng. Last last year pergi perm rambut duduk 4 jam, di saloon sendiri-sendiri tiada kawan cerita2. 4 ja, tu bagaikan setengah hari rasanya. Mau pengsan keboringan.

PS : Oh cakap pasal perm rambut, saya minat dengan perm jenis golong besar-besar tu. Hari tu jumpa my boss punya wife, first thing that I noticed was her hair, tapi tidak sempat tanya which saloon.

Ariana’s school trip to Esplanade

Last Wednesday was Ariana’s first school daily trip to Esplanade, organized by the school. Since that it was on my offday, I took the chance to join in the trip. There were 3 buses which accomodated the teachers, kids and parents. I did not realize in the release form that parents can also join in the bus trip, so I drove myself. There were also few parents whod rove themselves. It was actually cute to see parents car tailgating the 3 buses. I bet everybody are very anxious and excited on this trip.

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I didnt know at first which bus was Ariana on, but the bus that stopped right in front of me at the car park, was the bus that Ariana was on. I immediately saw her super-full-of-excitement face through my windshield.

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Lining up as soon as they get their feet of the bus.

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Their activity started off with a story telling, a round of walk by the sea side to observe, listen and fell the sea, sand and tiny creatures by the sea side. After that, they stopped for short break and continue on with building sandcastles, the most awaited activity by the kids.

From my personal view, it was a very good activity and great experience gained by the kids. But, it would be better if the local citizen are more aware of keeping our mother nature clean for our younger kids in future. We noticed a lot of litter along the seaside, eventhough the are many rubbish bin provided there.

How hard could it really be to walk to the rubbish bin and throw your rubbish in?

Overall, the kids had fun and enjoyed their day… And I got sunburn :/

Growing up with Ariana

Lama tidak update secara detail pasal Ariana.

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Ariana sudah besar dan makin banyak bercakap. Kadang-kadang saya terpaksa request Ariana untuk diam sebentar sebab pening.

Buat masa ini, kemahiran yang saya tengok Ariana ada ialah kemahiran untuk membuat rundingan damai. Setiap perkara dia buat rundingan dulu.

Macam tadi, pegi kedai, dia jumpa toys yang dia mau. Sebelum masuk kedai saya sudah pesan, ‘no toys, stickers only’. Tujuan asal mau beli stickers ja untuk project aquarium Ariana. Tapi sebab sudah nampak toys tu, serta merta buat rundingan.

Day before, kami pegi stationary shop, pun untuk cari sticker (tapi x jumpa). Di sana pun dia buat rundingan minta beli water colour sebab mau painting.

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Asalkan bahagia.

Oh ya.. Projek akuarium Ariana tu cikgu yang bagi. Sebab printer rumah sudah rosak, so saya beli sticker ja supaya senang sikit.

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Tadaa.. Kecik ja akuarium yang cikgu bagi. So ikan-ikan besar x dapat muat. Jadi mommy buatkan satu lagi akuarium baru yang lebih besar.

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Project yang best and simple untuk di buat dengan anak. Nda lah balik-balik hulur ipad ja 🙂

Team Omizoomi

Ariana’s new obsession.

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Team Omizoomi.. Geo, Milli & Bot. Kalau hari-hari dengar music yang sama, effectnya seharian terngiang-ngiang di telinga opening music omizoomi ni.

Hari tu, balik dari kedai, saya masukkan Ariana dulu dalam kereta. Bila rasa sudah ready & ready untuk tutup pintu kereta, Ariana suruh stop sebab team omizoomi belum masuk kereta

Bulan

Lama sudah jarang update pasal Ariana.

Ariana sekarang semakin terer bercakap. Terlampau banyak ‘why’ sudah.

Hari tu, on the way dari rumah ke masjid, saya & Ariana tengok bulan. Bulan penuh masa tu.

Ariana : Mommy, the moon is following us.

Mommy : Yeaaa..

Selepas beberapa minit, bulan masih kelihatan.

Ariana : Mommy, the moon must be very tired.

Then tadi, di siang hari,

Ariana : Mommy, i miss the moon.