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July 31, 2015

#tipahtheSAHM

I think forgot to mention this but i currently am a full time stay at home mom.

*gasp*

Haritu lepas habis maternity leave, aku masuk opis jap. I am now no longer Petronas' staff. I'm a Petronas Carigali staff now. To an outsider mesti korang macam "pape je la ko ni. Same je la petronas ke pcsb ke.." Haha but for me it marks a new era in my career. Wah gitu.

Tapi tak sempat pon keje kat tempat baru, i decided to take a 6-month unpaid leave. Afif was scheduled for his cochlear implant surgery in end of June (which then postponed, will tell more in seperate entry), and after that, a whole new episode for him to re-learn hearing, listening and speaking will take place. His doctor and therapist strongly suggest a parent to be full time at home to achieve great improvement in his hearing and speech. 

I love being a career woman (dah la i'm due for a job promotion) but being a wife and a mother is my topmost priority now. Working for a better future for my son is more important than climbing the corporate ladder. InshaAllah rezeki untuk itu akan menyusul nanti.

For now, THIS is my life. 

Aku start cuti on the third week of June. Lepak je 2 weeks and on 10th July, Afif undergo his surgery.

Kalau dulu aku ngadu penat jadi SAHM jaga Afif sorang, boleh bayangkan tak penat jaga Afif AND Dhani serentak? Haha. But surprisingly aku tak la tekejot sgt mcm first time amek unpaid leave dulu. Mainly because i'm used to looking after Dhani and Afif in my 2 months of maternity leave. Masuk keje seminggu je pon pastu cuti balik. So dah macam in tune dan ada rutin. 

CI Afif belom switch on lagi, so he's hearing with his hearing aid on the left ear, right ear belom mendengar. InshaAllah next Monday switch on. A new era for Afif will begin.

Sekarang aku still relek2 je. Anak-branak bangon pagi kol 10 (kadang kol 12 pon ada. Haha). Nanti dah switch on kene all out la and spent at least an hour a day doing structured play with him. 

Wish me luck, peeps!


Raya 2015 Kami


Macam tahun2 sebelomnya, Raya kami simple je. 

Laki aku cam biasa la takmo beli baju melayu. Kitorang pon bukan la jenis beraya sakan. #teamRayaKL katanya. So pilih color drp warna2 baju melayu yang dia ada. I chose black coz of the slimming effect. Kahkahkah. Aku beli baju ArtDeco by Jovian for Zalora. Beli masa ngam-ngam abes pantang. Sebab tak konfiden bole kurus, aku order saiz M. Sekali pakai, besar. Kembang kempis hidung mak sebab terbukti muat lagi saiz S. Wuahaha. Afif dapat cari baju melayu hitam, Dhani plak aku beli online baju melayu romper. Settle.

Suka aku tgk Afif pakai set lengkap baju melayu siap sampin and songkok. Rasa cam wowww hensemnye anak aku. Bahaha.

Anyway, macam biasa PIL flew in from Kuching a few days before Raya. Tahun ni rasa la lain sket sebab kurang ahli di rumah. Adik-adik aku dah pindah sejak kahwen last year, adik-adik ipar plak jauh di US and UK sana haa. So terasa la kepenatan buat preparation Raya, tambahan ada anak kecik ni. Kemas mengemas keje kitorang laki bini, kuih raya aku in charge, lauk-pauk Raya Wan and MIL la tulang belakang. Sempat aku buat 3 jenis Raya cookies (choc chip licin tak sampai sminggu Raya kikiki) cuma sandwich cake tak sempat buat tahun ni.

First Raya, we spent the morning at home. Lepas bermaafan, bergambar dan makan, kitorang balik Sg. Penchala jap. Kononnya sementara tak ramai lagi family lain datang, baik beraya blah Mama aku dulu sebab pakcik makcik turn beraya umah nenek aku tahun ni. Kat rumah nenek aku rasa meriah la sebab adik bradik mak aku ada 11 (but minus 2 dah meninggal). Sampai je sana Afif mengamok sebab nak main, takmo amek gamba (-____-) but he's okay after a few minutes. Petang tu balik Wangsa Maju balik dan beraya ngan family Papa aku plak.

Gamba Raya perasan pengantin baru.

i tried to look and look but can you believe this is the best color-coordinated Raya family picture we have?
Gamba lain sama ada blur (sebab Afif gerak), Dhani ketara melalak, laki aku tutup mata, or aku ketawa over buruk benor.


With Atok and Nenek belah Mama saya.

Raya paling sakan adalah untuk bebudak.

Raya kedua dok rumah sebab sedara-mara datang. Memang aku tak bother pon pakai baju kurung bagai sebab mengerah tenaga jadi host.

Wefie sket, dik!

Keluarga nukleus kami.

Raya ketiga relax sket. Petang tu kitorang plus BIL bawak Afif tengok wayang. It's his first movie experience ever! Aku risau gak sebab budak ni suka explore. Tapi aku harap sebab dia suka Minions, dia akan ok behave la kot. Aku anticipate dia akan naik turun tangga kat cinema tu but surprisingly dia adalah sangat behave. Kitorang sampai lagi 2 minit nak lights out, so bila dah gelap and nampak plak Minion terpampang kat screen, terus dia excited, sat down, and watched the whole thing with that bowl of popcorn in hand. Bila part kelakar beriya la dia gelak, part serious dia serious. Phewww *lap peluh didahi* Cuma last 10 minutes of the movie dia dah boring baru la dia restless, berdiri atas kerusi dia and jalan gi duduk kat tangga. Huhu.

Weekend plak aku layan tetamu dirumah je. Beraya umah jiran jap pastu sedara aku datang. ohhh A'ai pon datang. 2 kali plak tu dia beraya kat rumah aku. Haha. Seronok tengok Afif geng ngan Safiyya main sama-sama. Safiyya siap nanges takmo balik. Huhu.

Geng Raya

That's my Raya so far. i just realized aku tak gi beraya umah sesapa lagi (well, rumah jiran sebelah umah tak kira la). Takpe nok, Raya kan sebulan. Hihi.





July 11, 2015

Home is..

Here i am again. On a wing chair in a hospital room.

Thinking how inconvenient it is having to spend nights in a small bed with Dhani by my side. How suffocated to live days in this small room, husband and wife with 2 kids. How i miss my king size, wonderful bed at home and my tv with lotsa wonderful astro channels.

But as i sit here looking at my two peacefully sleeping babies and laughing at my husband's jokes, i realized that there's no where else i'd rather be. 

Not on my comfortable bed without my husband and babies.

Home is where ever we are, together.