Sunday, April 21, 2013

Mini getaway in the city

Since semua proposal iols untuk naik kapalterbang for a babymoon direject oleh En. Leman, last friday evening kitaorg check in kat hotel kat KL jek la..

Jadik la buat amik feel katanye.. Hehehe
Hotel of choice this time around is G Hotel KL..

 Welcome!

 Gila best katil hotel ni..

 Spot my bump :) 

Somedays, I look more fat than pregnant.. Other days I look more pregnant than fat..
It depends a lot on what i wear kot.. 
Anyway, I'm totally loving my bump.. Sekarang ni lepas makan banyak2 takyah susah payah nak suck in perut lagik.. hahahahha..

(ps: Yes baby, of course it's becos I love you too)

Kat belakang tu is a small walk in closet.. 

 Tengah berak pon boleh tgk tivi youols

 Dah namanya holiday dalam pekan.. Ke mana jek pon weols nak pegi selain dpd pegi shopping kan.. Hehe..

 Our room include breakfast kat level 28.. Kat level nih jugak ade Bridge Bar kalau korang nak party.. Tapi mak buyung kol 10 dah bed time party dalam bilik jek la :P

 This is a green hotel.. So byk la concept alam sekitar ni kot..

 Waiting area near the reception.

Next day nye.. Jalan2 carik makan la weols..
Lunch at Ikan Bakar Jalan Bellamy..
Merasa mak bawak beg Prada dok bawah atas zink youols... Panas nak mampos.. 

Tapi SEDAP nak mampos ikan terubuk bakar iols tuh.. Makan sambil berdoa jgn la migrain sebab mmg atap zink tu ade la 2 kaki jek dari kepala.. Huhuhu.. 
Memang puas hati lah dapat ikan bakar tengahari tuh.. Hehehhe.. 

Lepas tu balik bilik berehat sambil teman Leman buat keja kat bilik..
Pembetulan: Leman buat kerja.. Iols teman sambil tido.. hahahaha..


 Petang plak kitaorg gi Delicious sebab iols teringat2 watermelon lychee blast dia..

 And this today's morning mase breakfast..

Overall hotel nih cool la jugak.. Tapi iols tak berapa berkenan sebab dia dlm office building.. Dah booked baru la nak buat research kan.. Pandai!

And for 5 star hotel they claim to be.. punye la belagak and sombong nye customer service kat sini.. Daripada reception, sampai la ke restaurant and any other hotel staff we met along the way.. semua berlagak sombong.. Senyum sikit tak nak.. Apetah lagik nak greet guests..

Aku pernah dok hotel tahap umah tumpangan pon ade yg lagik friendly daripada nih ok.. Pfftttt!!
But i think diorang nih double standard.. Sebab kalau dgn mat salleh bukan main baik kau ye.. Nasib mood ahkak tgh baik nih.. Kalau tak mau akak make a big fuss kat managemen kau.. 

So that wraps up our mini getaway..

Later nak check out sebab dah rindu kat Hiro & the geng.

Hopefully we can have another 1 or 2 more babymoon lepas nih..
I need my holiday fix! Huhu

And it's nice that baby dot gets to tag along now (within me)  :)

Monday, April 15, 2013

Travelling with The Mann - Part 1

Hello.
Lately nih asek blog pasal pregnancy je. Hehe.
Hari ni mari kita blog pasal holiday planning plak..

Sebab nya proposal demi proposal iols aseklah kena reject ngan big boss aka Leman.
Long-haul flight destination mmg awal2 lagik dah kena rejek..
Bandung yg sekentut tu jek pon dia rejek..
Ajak pegi Cameron Highland pon dia kata bahaya youols! Apekah.. Huhuhu..
So nanti kitaorg pegi honeymoon dalam pekan jek la.. Huhuhuh..

Sebab tak dapat nak pegi holiday anytime soon..
Iols bukak la balik blog post vacation iols yg lepas2 tuh..
Jadikla buat amik feel.. hahahah..

Anyway.. back to my original intend (bukan dot namanya kalau mukadimah tak 3 paragraphs youols :P)

Before we actually find courage (and money ;)) for our Europe holidays, kitaorg tetiap tahun pegi holiday dekat2 dulu.. Pehtu jauh sikit.. Pehtu jauh sikit lagik.. Hehehhe..

So solely based on own experiences, these are the things that's important for us when planning/ travelling..

1) "PEOPLE WHO DON'T PLAN IS PLANNING TO FAIL" 
This saying is so true youols..

First part of planning is choose your destination and buy your flight tickets!

Having said that, budget pon mestilah dah kena set aside ok..
Setengah orang diaorang mmg dah tau nak pegi mana.. kalau korang jenis tu mmg senang kerja lah..
Iols selalu leave it open.. Mainly depending ngan harga tiket flight.. hahhhaha.. (cheapskate)..

For our Europe planning.. after setting aside a rough budget (lepas dah survey2 daripada kawan2 yg dah pergi).. Iols pon start planning mana nak pegi..

Initial plan nak pegi PARIS - BRUSSELS - AMSTERDAM jek..

Punya la confident mase tuh, tiket flight belom beli nih tapi annual leave bulan 5 iols dah apply dah..
Kahkahkahkah..

Bila orang tanye.. "So you nak pegi mana?"

Iols jawap: "Ermm.. Tak sure lagik.. sebab belom beli apepepon" (sebab nak tunggu Matta Fair sebenarnya)

Hahahaha..
Memang pakat la kena gelak ok..
But that was part of my planning..
So I gave my boss more than enough time to consider my long leave and we can plan our work around it..
And iols mmg slalu akan carik "cuti kapit" (gi holiday mase weekends and public holidays) utk save annual leave kan.. So mmg dah tau la bila iols plan nak pegi bercuti kan..
Tapi iols berani confident pon sebab bajet dah siap ketepikan awal2 kan tadik..
Iols took 8 working days of leave.. tapi sebab ade weekends and public holidays.. dapat la bercuti for 16 days including travelling days..

Now the interesting part..
The most expensive portion of our Europe holiday..
Beli tiket kapal terbang from and back to Kuala Lumpur..

Sebab nak menunggu Matta Fair punya pasal..
Bulan 9 baru kitaorg actually survey tiket untuk travel bulan 11 nanti..
But since our travel is pretty much DIY style, takde pekdah pon kitaorg pegi Matta Fair (MF) tuh..
The truth was, bila sampai Matta Fair.. kitaorg mintak quotations from a few booth utk flight tickets and semua kasik quotation lagik mahal daripada yg kitaorg dah check online sebelom kuar umah..

Harus lepas tuh panic sebab extra mahal dalam RM500 - RM600 for 2 tickets..
Cepat2 Leman ajak iols balik umah utk booking tickets sendiri jek..

TIPS: Kalau youols nak pegi ikut tour, then sangat berbaloi2 la checkout MF tuh.. Tapi kalau nak travel sendirik, mmg tak payah la menyusahkan diri bersesak2 kat PWTC tu youols.. Click2 depan tv atas sofa kat umah lagik murah..

Balik jek umah ngan hati yg berdebar2 kitaorg pon purchased la our KLM flight tickets.. Mase time kitaorg pegi tuh.. dapat return tickets for 2 lebih kurang RM5800 (itu pon dah include credit card charges RM150).. Sumpah aku pon tak pernah beli tickets mahal macam nih sebelom nih.. Selalu tuh nak bayar RM580 utk flight tickets pon iols pikir dua kali.. hahahha.. So bila website tu kata successful jek.. bersorak girang la kami laki bini yg jakun nih.. hehehhe..

Kan iols cakap tadik, our initial plan was PARIS - BRUSSEL - AMSTERDAM kan.. So ade beberapa cara jugak utk nih.. and we have to tie everything back to out original budget kan.. Kang lari bajet mmg naya la kan.. Huhuhu..

Memula iols check flight landing Paris (CDG) and balik from Amsterdam (AMS).. and then Vice versa.. Pehtu check plak landing and balik from Paris (meaning nak kena travel by train to BRU and AMS and then patah balik ke Paris)..

So the cheapest option for us was.. KUL - AMS, and balik ikut CDG - KUL.. Sebab kitaorg naik KLM so mmg dia akan landing kat Amsterdam dulu.. Plus iols confirm nak shopping byk kat Paris so kalau pegi Paris awal2 leceh la plak kan..

Selesai satu kerja.. (based on all my other previous travels.. Once dah secure your flight tickets, yg lain2 tuh will almost always falls nicely into place)..

TIPS: We travel without kids mase tu.. So we prefer a direct flight.. Senang tido pon tak terganggu kan.. satu kali naik satu kali turun... Hehehhe.. Takyah nak risau pasal connecting flights.. takyah nak penat2 tunggu connecting flights..

Mase nak balik from CDG - KUL tuh.. kitaorg still kena transit kat AMS dulu.. Sebab KLM originate from AMS kan.. Nak dijadikan cerita, flight from Paris delayed sejam due to very bad weather kat Amsterdam..
And connecting flight kitaorg plak only 50 minutes apart.. Kahkahkah..

Memang redho jek la.. Mase tuh me and Leman mmg pasrah abes.. Tak stress pon cause ape boleh buat pon kan.. So mase tuh dah pikir worst case scenario la.. whereby kena KLM had to book us into another later flight back to KL..

Mmg mase landing kat AMS tuh kelam kabut la.. Dari dalam kapalterbang diorang dah buat announcement.. Utk yg ade connecting flights sila pegi ke sekian2 kaunter..

So off we went once kitaorg disembark from the aircraft..
Sampai kaunter tuh.. minah salleh tuh rilek jek cakap.. "Owh. looks like you've missed your flight! No worries, go to that kaunter and we will re-book you into a later one"
Fine.. kitaorg pon gelak2 jek la kan.. Nak stress pon tak guna.. After all it was all part of our adventure kan..

Sampai kat kaunter yg dia tunjuk tuh.. another minah salleh cakap.. "Your flight is still open.. You have to run for it!"

Okay.. mase nih akak dah stress..
Nak jek aku mencarut dah mase nih..
Tadik ko tanak cakap awal2..
Buang mase aku beratur jek kan..

Pehtu mmg kitaorg berlari pecut (not that easy with 1 bag pack and 1 carry on suitcase each.. hahahha)..
Memang semput la kitaorg laki bini..
Plak tuh jauhhhhhhhhhh nak mampos satu kaunter ke satu kaunter kan..

Sampai imegresen, barisan plak panjanggggggggggggggg nak mampos..
Haihhh.. stress..

Pehtu tunjuk la kat awek yg jaga tuh kan..
Cakap we need to cut queue..
Sebab flight kitaorg nak lepas dah..
Bole awek tuh buat muka sardin cakap takley cut queue.. Kalau terlepas nanti diorang akan book kan flight lain..

Mase tuh aku dah nak panic la kan..
"Nooo.. you don't understand.. We just got back from that counter.. And the lady in charge asked us to run.." Bila aku tunjuk tickets kitaorg baru la dia bagi kitaorg pegi satu lorong khas.. Still kena queue jugak.. hahahha.. Tapi yg tgh queue tu kebanyakan nye senaseb.. meaning satu flight ngan kitaorg..

Finally settle imegresen.. and another running episode required.. Daripada imegresen nak menyampaikan ke aircraft pon jauhhhh gileee jugak.... Uuuwwwaaaaa....

Selamat masuk aircraft and lepas tuh pon still kena tunjuk another hour sebelom can finally berlepas..
Chehh.. buat penat iols berlari tadik kan.. Huhuhu..

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Mak aihhh.. baru cerita pasal flight tickets jek dah berjela2 panjang.. Huhuhu..
Iols nak kencing.. Nanti kita sambung ye..
Pegila beli tiket kapalterbang tuh dulu ;)




Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Helo baby

Copy from www.babydotkiut.blogspot.com

Helo baby.
Mummy and daddy is so happy we've got to see you last saturday.
We have to say, you are indeed on your best behaviour that day..
(as at date, you've always been on your best behaviour. Sometimes mummy wish you kick me a little harder.. err.. but i think i'll take that back.. One of my friend said soon I will feel your sidekick, boxing, turning and somersault and I may want to be careful what i wish for.. hehhehe)..

The picture of you sucking your own thumb while moving a little bit here and there is so priceless..
But the print out of ur scan session semua angle tak best.
Mummy totally blame daddy for not recording that day..
Can't wait for our next visit. and this time mummy will make sure daddy records it ok.

We got to know your gender already.
Both of us are very2 happy.
Cant wait to buy more things for you..

On a different note, today i would like to tell you more about your daddy.
Honestly baby, I hit jackpot when i fell in love and marry your daddy.
Although i dont always say it to his face (kang dia riak bahaya plak :P), he is indeed one super awesome guy..
And you will be lucky to have him as your daddy (as I am lucky to have my abah :))

Before my pregnancy, admittedly memang mummy manja and mengada2 pon.. (cause daddy let me be :P).
Tapi bila pregnant mmg makin menjadik2 okey.. Hehehhe..

Daddy has been so loving, caring and attentive throughout my pregnancy..
At times, he can also be a tad annoying but most of the time he's the most patient and caring person untuk melayan kerenah mummy. Hehe..

Sometimes mummy complain kat dia that he's not doing enough reading to educate himself in preparation of your arrival..
Most of the time he ignored mummy.. pfftt!
he said he know what to do without needing to read stuff.. Cehh.. so ekshen right?

That day he bought the "food wash" tanpa di suruh..
Sebab dia kata mummy suka makan buah.. so kena make sure buah2an tu semua basuh bersih2..
Awww.. so sweet..
Sampaikan the next day dia terlebih efficient pegi rendam buah anggur mummy sampai lembik..
Tapik sebab it's the thoughts that matter, mummy senyum jek la.. (tapi mummy tak lalu nak makan anggur lembik so kita buang kat office je okay ;)).. hehehe..

Pehtu sekarang pagi2 daddy yg akan kupas and bekalkan buah2an ape yg mummy pilih nak makan..

Daddy: "Bini nak buah ape hari nih?"
Mummy:"Pamelo, oren 1 and mangga 1" (yee.. banyak kan kita makan baby. hehe)
Daddy:"Aaa.. ite tak reti potong mangga. Makan la oren 2!"

Hehehe.. sweet kan daddy. But dun worry. Daddy potongkan oren jek.. Mangga mummy potong sendirik. Kang kalau peeler tu kena tgn dia mau sampai petang kita nak kena layan dia membebel. hehehe..

Pehtu skrg mummy mmg malas masak.. err.. actually sebelom pregnant pon mummy takde la rajin sgt nak masak pon kan :P.. Skrg nih mmg sekali sekala jek la mummy masak.. Kasik daddy teringat2 masakan2 mommy yg awesome tuh.. sebab tuh takleh masak selalu.. hahahha..

Kalau takat goreng2 sekarang mmg daddy take over la..
Kadang2 kalau nak makan roti ngan telur or roti ngan sausage pon daddy masakkan pagi2..
Macam mana la mummy tak cair kan..

Cuma mummy nak pegi holiday jek daddy takmo bawak.. Huhuhu..
Jenuh dah mummy pujuk dia..
Paranoid rupa nya daddy kamu..
Mummy ajak pegi Bandung jek pon.. bukan ajak pegi London pon..
Tapi still dia takmo bawak.. Huhuhu..
Dia kata tunggu baby lahir nanti baru kita continue holiday kita..
Please remind mummy if I forgot.. Make sure he keep his words after you're born okay..

Okla..
Nanti mummy continue lagik..
Take care little one..
Xoxo

Sunday, April 07, 2013

Much to be thankful for :)

Yesterday.
We had our monthly visit to see our baby (in the black screen :))
Doctor Dev did a detail scan for me.

Kali nih sangat la excited nye.
Sebab baby has grown so much within this 1 month.

Sejak dari umah agi iols dah mintak Leman record kan mase doctor buat detail scan jap gi.

So doctor pon tunjuk la..

Doctor: "See. this is the head"
Mak bapak yg excited: Wahhh


Doctor: "See. this is the feet"
Mak bapak yg excited: Wahhhhhh


Doctor: "See. this is the hand. See the baby is sucking its thumb"
Mak bapak yg excited: Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.


Ulang process yg sama untuk bahagian2 yg lain seperti jantung, tulang, kidney, muka, mata etc

Sampai la doctor tunjuk..

Doctor: "See. Now we're looking at the genitalia area"
Mak bapak yg excited: Okay. So what is it Doctor?

Doctor:... It's gonna be a ....

Hehhehehe..
I'm only sharing the gender with a handful of my friends at the moment.

Both mummy + daddy (to-be) is super excited.
Like i said earlier be it a baby boy or baby girl.. We'll gladly and humbly accept it..
Yang penting sihat. In syaa Allaah..

Finally mummy boleh start shopping.. Yeeehhaaa.. Hehehhe..

Anyway, during session ngan doctor tuh..
Beberapa kali akak kasik Leman eye signal..
Suruh dia start recording..
Poyo jek pakai smart phone canggih2 tapik takmo record kan..
Pehtu dia dok la tergedik2 belakang doctor tuh..
Haishhh.. geram betul..

Ade satu stage tuh dia dok sibuk nak pass phone dia kat aku yg tgh terbaring nih suh record..
Aiyooooo..
Orang tgh busy layan gambar baby kat monitor sebuk jek tau dia nih..
Ko tu duduk belakang Doctor record jek la diam2..

Bila kuar iols tanye so did you record any..
Dia buleh sengih2 jawap No.
Huhuhuhu..

So skrg dok teringat2 jek la..
Nak tgk balik takde sebab bapaknye tak amik video.. Huhuhu..

But it's getting sooo much more real after today..
Sebab baby dah full formed like a real baby (duh!)

I can't help grinning all day..
From my latest scan today, I'm already 22+ weeks pregnant..
Syukur alhamdulillah..

Baby pon dah berat dekat 500gram..
Tapi mummy dia dah naik berat berganda2 daripada tuh.. Huhuhu..

During my 1-4 months of pregnany..
Iols naik a total of 1.5 kilo jek at most.
But within 4th-5th months pregnany, dah naik almost 3 kilo!!
Nanges youols..

Tapi doctor kata not to worry..
Ingatkan doctor nak marah sebab berat naik banyak kan..
Tapi doctor kata on top of baby's weight, fibroid iols pon dah grow to 9+ cm..
And fibroid tuh bukan jenis air (ringan).. jenis daging.. so berat..
(wahh,. nak salahkan fibroid yg entah 50 gram tuh jek kan.. hehehe..)..

Sebenarnye sebab iols slalu suka makan mende2 manis macam chocolates and whatnot :P
Nowadays nausea pon tinggal malam2 jek.. So siang tuh mmg bantai makan sesuka hati la kita kan..

All in all..
I know i have a lot to be thankful for..
And i am ever so grateful and bersyukur pada Allah atas setiap rezeki yg diberi.
Alhamdulillah.