#Twins : Essential needs

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.....

Salam aidiladha to my followers and silent readers if any...hehe.

Seperti tahun sudah, tahun ni pun takde kesempatan nak balik kampung walaupun cuti straight dapat 3 hari since raya jatuh hari Jumaat. Disebabkan nak save annual leave yang ciput tu, terpaksa la berKORBAN tak balik. Lagipun kalau nak spend 3 hari balik kampung dengan kereta memang tak berbaloi lagi-lagi dengan keadaan peknen camni.

So, apa aktiviti nak buat sepanjang 3 hari cuti? Shopping, car hunting and mandi-manda! Semenjak Setia City Mall ni dah banyak kedai bukak, malas dah nak pi OU ke Sunway Pyramid ke, lagipun dah tak mampu nak menapak tawaf kedai yang banyak-banyak kat sana tu. Ingat nak survey barang-brang twins tapi unfortunately choices for baby boutique tak banyak pulak kat si. Yang ada pun agak di luar kemampuan kami :(

Bila dah survey kat kedai tu, baru tersedar dari lamunan! Rupanya banyak benda nak kena beli nihh...selain baju-baju yang cute mute tu, keperluan lain yang memang essential macam stroller dengan car seat pon nk kena beli gak. Car seat, nak recycle yang budak-budak ni punye dulu memang dh takde. Dah le semua nak kena beli double!!! Kena buat baby shower la cam gini...muahaha dengan harapan ade orang nak hadiah kan. Stroller masih ade dan masih elok so nak kena tambah lagi satu je, lagipun tak berapa gemar la yang jenis double tu. Macam besar sangat susah nak tolak kalo pi shopping ke atau tempat-tempat yang sempit. Ada yang jenis double depan belakang tapi mak aii harga dia boleh buat downpayment kereta!! 

Jadi, kesimpulannya kenala start beli sikit-sikit dari sekarang.

Cakap pasal downpayment kereta, tu lagi satu essential need. Kalaula beli kereta tu semudah beli keta mainan kan..haisyyy :( Banyaknya nak kena pikir. Moga Allah permudahkan semuanya...aamiin.

Mulai sekarang nak kena buat list twins' needs sebab tak nak kelam kabut at the last minute. Dah le takde helper nanti sebab insyaAllah bersalin kat UMMC je bukan kat kampung macam dulu-dulu. So kenala pandai-pandai survive sendiri, kalau nasib baik mak or MIL boleh datang untuk seminggu dua masa awal-awal twins arrival bagus jugak. Tapi kalau boleh tak nak la menyusahkan diorang. Nak kena iklan kan ni kot-kot ada yang berminat nak jadi part time helper ke sepanjang tempoh pantang nanti. At least ringan sikit beban kat bahu ni...hehe.

Oppss... Dah 7:30pm rupanya, lom solat Maghrib lagi. Harap-harap towards the end of due date, masih boleh bangun duduk dengan sempurna untuk beribadah sebab perut pun dah makin berat rasanya, kekadang dudok pon tak selesa, baring pon tak selesa sampai dah tak tau nak dudok camne. Dah start dapat restless night sleep dah :(

Cukupla dulu membebel, Isyak awal sekarang ni. Chow cin cau :)

Discovering H&M

Finally, H&M has landed in Malaysia, not just one store but two. And the fun part was the location of the 2nd store which is in Setia City Mall(SCM), just about 20mins from my home sweet home...yezzaaa!!

Suddenly, there were so much hype about the grand opening of this store which is a bit weird for me. Macam la takde oversea store lain yang se-happening H&M pon kat KL ni. I think berlambak pon....Mark & Spencer, Debenhams, Sephora la, to name a few. Maybe it was because of the grand opening in Lot 10 store was celebs packed and the media's role in making it such a big event. 

Dan lagi the promotional strategies to attract people. Can u imagine shopping there for free like 400 bucks free??? If it was me, I'll be the happiest girl in the world!! weeehooo!! I just read in SCM facebook that on the day of the grand opening there, some of the earliest persons got to have a total of RM400 cash card to spend there and RM200 gift card for the first 150 people to Q...woww!! And the Q has started as early as 8.30pm the night before the grand opening in SCM....double woww!!!

Jadinya, mane boleh orang lain je joining all the hype and happening things taking places there, lagi2 la SCM tu dekat je kan. And plus my lil brother has been an unpaid promoter for H&M when he keeps telling me that most of the clothes in H&M-SCM are prettier and well organized than in LOT 10 since he has been to both location...jealous! 

So, on one fine Saturday afternoon, my beloved other half was so kind enough to bring me there...so sweet of u, baby :)  Actually was planning to go there with my brother after my other half came home from his office futsal league, so I don't have to drag him and the kids with me. U know how most men react when they have to wait for their ladies during long hours of shopping trip plus they have to look after the children. I usually end-up not buying myself anything or making some shopping mistakes instead. Besides, I need my own therapy, a private time for myself to indulge in something I love doing ( and every women love doing...) just like him...playing football or futsal, right baby?? hahaha!

But since my brother had other plans, so I said to myself maybe next time I'll have the chance. H&M won't be closing anytime soon with the well received phenomenon by Malaysians. So, I did not even bother to ask my other half to bring me there instead, but he was so loving enough to offer me his kindness...hehe.

After going there, and get to indulge in my retail therapy (syukur, there was no massive crowd like sardines) while he wait outside with Aqil n Ashif, kakak followed ummi *becoz kakak is a grown up girl now and making her way to understand the joy of retail therapy too*. I've fallen so much in love with H&M clothing range because there were so much choices from glamorous to office attire to casual look to mix n match etc....etc....etc and the children's range also makes me rambang mata. No words could describe those feelings.... ..over kannsss!! And the price was definitely quite affordable with the quality u'll get and the brand u'll wear, or is it just me yang terlampau rambang mata sampai tak kesah dah rege berapa sebab dah lama (lama ke??) tak shopping. And they even had 30 days return policies in case u feel like u did not like the piece u've already bought. Of course there are terms and condition for that. 

That Saturday afternoon, I was a happy lady and mother since I get kakak something too. The boys did not get anything since I've spent some serious bucks *for me la yg gaji cukup2 makan ni* on their Nike sandals last month and did not manage to get kakak anything at the time. So, it was kakak's turn that day. Tapi dalam keghairahan shopping tu, I was a bit disappointed since I didn't manage to get my other half anything :( Dah la he surprised me with a birthday cake the day before, on my birthday!! Plan senyap-senyap dengan kakak pulak tu. I even thought he did not remember since he was so silent about my birthday. Lepas tu pulak sudi bawak his wife ni pi shopping. So sooo frustrated, dah la bday dia hari tu ingt nak belanja makan tapi end-up he payed half :(

Now, I know why H&M is such a big deal this few weeks, since now I am also a big fan too. Had to admit that shopping is such a good therapy for ladies, even my feet and my back did not hurt during the visit there though I have to be in a long Q at the payment counter. Almost lost my temper becoz of the bad reception in the store when I was trying to inform my other half that I was in a long Q, trying to comfort him that I'll be out ASAP. Tapi, the day after I had to have a lazy day because my back hurts sampai nak pi parti bday anak opismate my other half pon tak larat dah....penangan shopping. Tapi nak kena make another round of shopping trip *tak semestinya H&M...bankrap leee* sebab barang2 twins belum beli lagi kecuali yang ni je.....

Cute lil socks :)

Btw, my fav singer, Lana Del Rey is the face of H&M...truly luv her songs

p/s : Bumped into Dynas Mokhtar at H&M that day....she looked so lovely with her short hair :)

#Twins : 1st check-up @ UMMC

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.....

Went to my first antenatal check-up at UMMC@PPUM yesterday. Yes! That's right. I'm changing hospitals from SDMC Subang Jaya to UMMC. Since me and my other half found out that we are expecting twins, had to change our mind for places of delivering our twins. I think u can guess why??? Becoz of this lorrrrr.......$$$$$ :( This time around I'm opting for c-sect. I've asked a friend who have given birth is SDMC-SJ and she told me that one chinese lady who gave birth to twins via c-sect on the same date as her previous son got charged double the standard charge...say about 16k......pffttt???? And from some forum on the internet, most hospitals will likely charge double for delivering twins especially the private ones. Obviously the charge is far from affordable for us. Even if I got the $$$$ I would use it to do something else, like buy bigger and new car since the existing car won't fit us 7s by next year.

So, after reviewing some opinions and experiences other mothers had on the internet forum , I found that UMMC is one of the renowned and recognized by mothers in Klang Valley. But, before we make the final decision we did pursue for a second opinion. This one opinion is solid enough for us not to think twice anymore becoz we asked my other half's bro-in-law who is Paed doc in UMMC himself...pheww! Got lucky during this difficult time of deciding. But won't be lucky enough when it's time for the twins to arrive since he will be transferring to Selayang Hospital by Dec soon. 

After all the registration and booking payment process, I found myself repeating all those standard antenatal check-up again. The part I hate most...when I had to surrender my veins for them to take my precious blood out. Ohhh did I mention I forgot to hand the doc the forms of few tests I needed my blood for and she had tu cucuk me again on another arms to withdraw the blood again....double pain my frenz, double pain!! I hate needles!! And the nurse had me drink some sweetest drink I ever had in my life before that...u know to check whether we have diabetes or not. I did not receive any call from UMMC medical staff till evening, so I assume everything was ok. Had to wait an hour after drinking it before the bloody process took place.

Was called to the doc's room during the one hour waiting and she was shocked to hear me saying that I am pregnant with twins. She had to call one of the sonographer for an immediate ultrasound scan since I am already on my 20 weeks long. She had to blame the nurse at the registration counter for giving me a very late appointment since twins cases need special care as I told her that I have already given the nurse info about me carrying twins.

Lying on the hospital bed during the ultrasound was a pain in the a**, I even had to stood up for a while after finishing ultrasound-ing the 1st baby. Thanks to the sonographer, she asked me to tell her when ever I need to stood up for a moment if I ever felt uncomfortable or dizzy. The whole scanning process freaks me out, or in other words, technologies freaks me out, becoz the ultrasound was so damn DETAILED that u don't need to wait for your babies to come out to know whether he or she is perfectly healthy physically and internally. They don't have this 4 years ago when I was pregnant with Ashif! I hope u get what I mean. U know, what if something was not totally fine with your babies and u know it as early as 5 months??? Can u carry on with ur pregnancy happily for another 4 months knowing that the arrival is not going to be joyous one?

Anyway, alhamdulillah the ultrasound result came out just fine. Both babies basically have 10 fingertips, 10 toes, eyes, noses, solid lips ( no sumbing), 2 kidneys and 4 important heart veins ( see what I mean!!). That was a relief but still the sonographer could not determine whether the twins share the same placenta or not. From what I understand this is an important info for the doctor to closely monitor the development of the twins coz they might be sharing everything especially foods and nutrients and can cause some problems if one of them did not get enough nutrients. So, there might be one bigger baby and one smaller baby or one healthy and one not. Need to go and see Doc. Haris again for some reference regarding my 1st trimester check-up at SDMC-SJ that day..haisyyy :(

So, basically I am satisfied with the check-up yesterday....from the output of the ultrasound, the check-up procedures, the UMMC facilities and of course the treatment from all levels of UMMC staff.

 

p/s :The next appointment will be 3 weeks from today which is on the 19th of Nov.

Superficial wishlist...

Okay, since today is supposed to be my big day, can I just dream big too?? Lets layan my superficial wishlist as of I've been wishing for in my dreamland. So, here we go..........

Louboutin heels

Dior Granville

Oceanfront house 

 

Audi R8

Santorini Island, Greece for a lifetime getaway

A happy housewife.....perhaps??? ***nyanyi jela lagu "Perhaps,perhaps, perhaps"***

Hahaha....enough fooling around for the day. Keep dreaming big next year!!!

Note: All pics are Google pics.

A tribute...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

Alhamdulillah di pagi Jumaat yang mulia ini, penghulu segala hari, diri ini masih dipanjangkan umur dan masih dapat merasai segala nikmat yang Allah kurniakan. 

Today is the day to pay a tribute to my beloved mum for her 9 months struggle and hours of pain in the labor room 33 years ago just to bring me into this world.

Usually, this day will be full of wishes, sms or on my FB wall but this year  I have decided that I don't need any bday wishes though I still got some from the closest people around me...and for that I thank you for all your prayers.

That is why today will be something different than normal, a day to appreciate my mum not just for bringing me into this world but for making me who I am today. Since I'm a mum also going to be a mom again, so I think the purpose of celebrating remembering 19 Oct 2012 as the day to pay a tribute to my mum is more appropriate and meaningful for me.

The Anti-Social Me

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim....

I think I've become a bit of anti-social lately. No more YM, sooo jarang-jarang bukak FB becoz FB is so damn boring now. Same old story again and again....mostly a place to put your crying heart out into words sampaikan ade ayat-ayat yang sungguh kurang sopan. So embarasssing lebih-lebih lagi awak tu berjantina F!! So, I have unfriend a few who I think they have no benefits in my friends list except memaki hamun tiap kali kluar status. So damn annoying!! 

One more thing, felt so geli-geleman tahap gaban reading testimoni customer-customer sesetengah penjual jamu. My BFF sorang pun ade gak jual jamu tapi dia takdelah nk kluarkan testimoni customer yang tersangat lah detail pasal kebaikan jamu dari segi relationship dengan husband. Ade la jugak filtration di situ. Sib baik morning sickness dah takde, kalau tak gerenti pagi-pagi bukak FB mesti puke to the max baca testimoni yang langsung takde rasa malu macam tu. Sometimes, some things should be kept where it was supposed to be.

Ada pulak lagi, kes yang dok klua status pasal sakit hati orang dok mengata dia kat belakang macam orang tu bagus sangat. Tapi, dia tak sedar yang dia pun 2x5 je sebab dia dah unfriend orang tu lepas tu klua status macam2 pasal orang tu walaupun tak disebut nama. Better way, unfriend jugak so takdelah kita pon dok buat dosa hari-hari baca status yang tak mendatangkan pekdah pon lepas tu gossiping tapi macam tak sampai hati lak sebab hari-hari jumpa. So the best way, unchecked the show in news feed button je lah. Pasal kata mengata ni, rasa-rasa sebelum nak sentap ke sakit hati ke, apa kata kita muhasabah diri sendiri dulu. Cermin diri sendiri dulu apa salah kita yang buat orang dok mengata je. Kalau kita ni lemak berkrim disukai ramai dan tak menyusahkan hidup orang, insyaAllah takde modal la orang nak mengata baik kat depan mau pun kat belakang, kecuali orang tu penuh hasad dengki sebab kita ada kelebihan yang dia takde, kan. Haa!! Lepas tu jangan lupa lak cermin apa kelebihan kita *kalau ada* yang buat kita rasa orang dok mendengki je.

Sorry la ye....membebal lak!!

YM pulak just yesterday baru ade mood nak bukak, tu pun sebab ade something important to chat about with my colleague...haha. Sometimes, giving orders pon through YM. That's why lemak badan pon jadi tepu...muahaha. Ntah la, sungguh-sungguh takde mood nak ber-Ym, cite pasal perkembangan terbaru ke dengan member-member as usual. Seriously, I felt guilty sometimes but I just couldn't help it anymore. It is like a hibernation phase for me now. 

It started before raya lagi. With all the sickness I felt, came in the anti-social feeling because I have no energy to mingle with people. Yet, the anti-social feeling never make itself go away though all the sickness have shed some lights of goodbye.

From the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry my frenz if u have not heard from me a long time. I hope everyone will understand :( 


p/s : But I'm always available on Instagram bcoz it is 'sakit jiwa' free. At least, I could taste a piece of mind.

Typical Malaysian...sad :(

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..........

Looking at the scenario, somehow I wish could cast a magic upon them so that they will never ever smoke in public area especially nearby children and pregnant woman like me. Sedih la tengok our typical narrow minded Malaysian macam ni. Seolah-olah dia orang ni takde consideration langsung towards other people around them who may be affected by the secondhand smoke. Memang sia-sia government buat kempen kesedaran tiap-tiap tahun kalau kesedaran tu takkan mungkin wujud dalam diri smokers tegar camni.

Common case scenario kat mana-mana tempat makan terbuka yang takde aircond, dia orang ni sesuka hati je masuk dudok dalam, meja tengah-tengah sedangkan meja dekat tempat terbuka available je lepas tu melepas asap rokok sesuka hati je ( kalau melepas benda lain pon tak sanggup gaks...wakaka!!) Kesian kan orang-orang sekeliling yang tak bersalah kena sedut asap rokok dia yang busuk tu!! Kalau tak dapat penyakit takpe jugak. Like me, ada lelah dan I really hate asap rokok sebab it makes me semput. Kalau bukan sebab semput pun, tak hingin la dok sedut asap rokok busuk tu. Ada ke orang yang tak smoke tapi sangat suka sedut asap rokok orang lain?? Takde kot, ye tak!

I pity their wives and children yang hari-hari dok sedut asap rokok yang bahaya tu. The wives should limit their husband smoking area which is good for them and their children or one better way, ask the husbands to stop smoking for good. Duit takdela dok habis dekat something yang tak mendatangkan kebaikan pun, ye tak. I think they should keep track on how much money they've wasted on cigars and then lepas tu cuba fikir balik with that amount of money spent, apa benda yang lebih baik dan lebih berkat sepatutnya kita buat. Bayangkanlah kalau hisap rokok Dunhill yang regenya RM 10.00 tu, kalau seminggu 3-4 kotak, kalau setahun boleh mencecah RM 1.4k-1.9k setahun duit dilaburkan untuk benda tak berguna tu.

Sampai macam tu skali ke kita nak membazirkan rezeki yang Allah bagi dekat kita?? Kalau 1.9k tu kita simpan kat Tabung Haji, dalam masa 10 thn insyaAllah dah boleh bergelar haji. Muda-muda dah boleh pi haji, kan. Tak pun lebih baik duit tu buat sedekah ke bayar zakat ke. ZAKAT...satu benda yang wajib yang disyaratkan ke atas orang-orang yang berkemampuan tapi sering terlupa/lalai menunaikannya. Tapi bila tiba bab-bab yang tak mendatangkan pekdah laju je buat. *Peringatan untuk diri sendiri juga*. Tak pun bagi jelah duit sebanyak tu kat saya buat bayar yuran sekolah anak ke yang rege yuran setahun pun dah cecah 5k. Bukan nak show off, tapi like I said just now, rezeki yang Allah bagi lebih afdal kalau kita gunakan ke jalan yang lebih berkat, yang pahalanya boleh jadi saham akhirat. 

Dan salah satunya, education for our children. Saya tak rasa rugi pun, insyaAllah even kena spent sebanyak tu setahun per child, kalau baru seminggu sekolah Darjah 1 dah pandai semayang 5 waktu sehari, dah tau kewajipan menutup aurat dan dah boleh mengaji. Rugi ke macam tu? InsyaAllah, takkan rugi. Dengan kesibukan mak bapak cari rezeki siang malam, lebih baik saya hantar anak-anak ke sekolah yang lengkap dengan ilmu dunia dan akhirat, takut-takut kami tak dapat menyumbangkan ilmu agama secukupnya dekat anak-anak.

My other half pun perokok jugak, tapi no more a perokok tegar. Asked him to quit as soon as we were married. Sekejap je quit lepas tu janji tinggal janji :( Sekarang masih gak smoking occasionally, terutama bila balik kampung kena drive. Tak nak bagi ngantuk katanya, tapi tengok ngantuk jugak...huhu. Lain-lain masa, tak tau la kat belakang kita, kan. Pantang ade kawan offer, ambik je kadang-kadang tu...hehe. Whatever la sayang, as long as u don't smoke in front of my nose. Tapi setakat ni alhamdulillah, I trust him. Harap-harap he is not one of those typical Malaysian smokers.

I'm talking from my perspectives, middle class working people with families to feed. Kalau millionaire, nak hisap rokok sekotak sehari pun sape nak marah. Tapi please be considerate on other people's health. Awak banyak duit takpela kalo sakit sekalipun, boleh pi berubat dekat first class punye hospital pakar. Tapi kesihatan yang baik tetap tak boleh dibeli dengan wang ringgit, tak kisah la u kaya or miskin pon. Dan pada smokers out there, bersyukurla kalo anda tak kena penyakit seperti yang di war-warkan dalam kempen TAK NAK MEROKOK tu. Jangan bila dah kena, no turning back masa tu, menyesal pun dah tak guna. Bukan diri sendiri je susah, anak-anak dengan isteri dengan sedara mara jugak yang susah, tu pun kalau boleh menumpang dia orang time macam tu. Lagi satu kalau ade orang pregnant ke even if it is not your wife sekalipun, please la jangan smoke, boleh tak. Tapi ade jugak suami yang smoke betul-betul depan dia punye pregnant wife dan wife dia tak cakap apa pun. So so truly saddened looking at those situation.

Anyway, life would definitely be much better without cigars!! Cleaner airs to inhale everyday and more healthy people. And then we could live happily ever after...haha! *Keep dreaming.....*