~hubby's future present~

Okies..since I'm no longer searching for baby items on the net or at the shops I've changed my focus to something else.You see, I'm the type that easily gets bored with doing the same things for a period of time and I'll always find interest in other things. Hubby says I'm an all rounder..hehe..

The last thing that we bought for the baby is a hat. We searched every mall there is in Klang Valley(exaggerated it a little bit but part of it is true) for this perfect hat(hubby's the one yang choosy) and we ended up in Subang Parade and bought this nice pink stripped hat from pumpkin patch(similar to this pis but slightly larger stripes and different pink colour shades). Hubby really likes the colour shades from pumpkin patch and he decided to buy clothes for our baby at pumpkin patch in the future.

Back to what i was talking about earlier, I am now moving on to searching dslr cameras. wanna know how it started? simple really, hubby wants to buy me a new phone for my birthday and so i wanted to buy something special for his. He is passionate in music and also photography. so i asked him which present does he want either an electric guitar or a dslr camera which he wanted soo long and guess what, he wanted the camera. He said it'll be more useful for the whole family because he can capture beautiful memories in the future with our baby(so true and i totally agree).

After asking people's opinion and also reading up forums(still reading up) I've resulted in targeting for these cameras but I don't know which one I'll buy yet. It all depends on hubby really. Which ones he likes the best after testing it out at one of the camera shops .hehe. These are the top 3 cameras(for beginners) Canon EOS 4ood, Canon EOS 1000d and Nikon 60d. At first I was interested with olympus but after an advice from a friend for beginners you shouldn't go for olympus because the functions are more complicated..hehe..So staying away from dslr olympus camera. But will buy an olympus compact camera in the future. The canon model said to be a little bit pricey compared to Nikon. But then Nikon is said to have no auto focus, so u have to do it manually(have to find out if it's true or not).
my friends that i refer to for infos about these camera are fakhar and Ikhwan. They are somewhat an expert on cameras. The thing is with them is that Faha will promote Canon because he's currently using Canon camera and Ikhwan will promote Nikon is the best because he uses Nikon. This makes it more difficult. Anyhow, in the end the decision lies in my hubby's hands since he'll be the one using the camera..hehe

Owh and another thing, I need to also survey on good camera shops around as to get good deals at a bargain price with a good quality cameras. There are some shops that sells AP sets aswell, better watch out for those. The shops that I know that will give good bargains is in Sg. Wang(this shop called boeing), Lowyat Plaza, Lot 10 and also at Amcorp Mall(the easiest will be here I guess).

So what I have to do now is to save up for hubby's present as you might know that a dslr camera is not that cheap at all.The lowest price you can get is around RM1.4k. But that's a secondhand item and sometimes they only sell the body without the lens. Targeting to buy him a new one. Atleast it comes together with a manual and also a warranty. Hubby just wants me to buy a cheap one for him but from my opinion 'dah alang2 nak beli tu baik la beli yang betul2 bagus dan ada quality biarpun kene bayar lebih sikit atleast puas hati'. Wish me luck ya~.

~Me and Raya~

About last night, me, wan, mak(mother in law), sitti and biena went to this open house belonging to mak’s friend’s house auntie yatie for Hari Raya. There were many people as it was a grand open house together with one of auntie yatie’s daughter’s birthday (Anis). I really enjoyed the night because I ate rather a lot of food and the food was absolutely delicious. If I was not pregnant I tell you, I would have walked back and forth non stop to the buffet table. Foods that I ate was slices of lamb, kuew teaw(topped up twice..hehe), 5 mini popia, salad, a little bit of rojak buah, tauhu bakar, fruits, 2 mini plates of kuih raya, and air batu campur. Quite a lot huh. Yeah I know. I was really hungry that night. What surprises me was I ate a lot plus when we got home I still felt hungry. I don’t know why. I guess it’s true when people say pregnant woman do eat a lot and put on a lot of weight. Phew, I guess I’m lucky that I’m small build and if I do put on some weight people barely notice it.

Darah Nifas and mandi Wiladah

Me and hubby are now counting the days for my delivery. We are excited to see our baby but at the same time we are scared that the baby might come out earlier than expected this is due to me having contractions more than usual plus I'm getting weaker by the day. I easily get tired from doing house chores even. I'm grateful to my husband as he helps me around the house and even cooking during days that I could not get up. My breathing problem is getting worse which is not helping. Maybe i need to rest a lot more. I hate the feeling not beeing able do anything around the house and just watch hubby cook sometimes. Kesian pulak kat die, die pon penat jugak. Anyway , today's entry I would like to talk about darah nifas and mandi wiladah.

As I said before that my due date is just around the corner and what is running through my head right now are things like darah nifas(darah ibu bersalin), mandi nifas and also mandi wiladah(mandi kerana bersalin).

Because this is my first pregnancy and i have no experience at all i just google up these topic on the net and this is what i understand from it. if there are anything that i state in this entry that is untrue please2 do correct me and for others who is also like me do not take this entry as a guide for you. please do refer to other sources that is more reliable.

The first thing is darah Nifas. What I understand is that this darah nifas comes out from a womens womb within 15 days after the women have given birth. The blood can come out until 60 days after giving birth. That's the maximum period. If blood comes out from the womb 15 days after giving birth than this blood is no longger called nifas. It is just haid(the normal period women have).

What I don't know or rather I have not found out yet is the hukum for women during nifas period. What they can and can't do. Is it the same as women who is on haid? i mean they can't pray and fast or they can do all of this things but just clean up the blood first then pray?. If anyone has answers for this please do tell.

Then comes mandi nifas. Mandi nifas is just that women have to mandi after all the darah nifas has dried up. It's like mandi after haid basicly. Mandi wajib.

Mandi Wiladah is another thing. Every women who have just given birth or gone through miscarriage should mandi wiladah but the again it depends on whether after giving birth. If darah nifas comes out then the person only need to do this mandi after the blood dried up. Meaning mandi wajib sekali jer la kan. Ni saje byk pulak terms. I think. But if i'm wrong please do correct me.

This is all that i know now. I need to read up more and also ask around regarding this topic plus the hukum. Tak nak la nanti salah buat ke ape kan. If you do have any extra information that you can share with me please do share k. Jangan kedekut ilmu. Tak baik tau..hehe

Smile Alwayz =)

~SeLaMaT HaRi Raya to ALL!!~

This year's Hari Raya celebration is different from the other Hari Raya celebrations before this because I'll be celebrating the morning of the first day of Hari Raya with my husband at our home in Kelana Jaya...just the two of us..but after 'Eid prayer we'll go and visit his side of the family as my family are all in Pahang and I could not travel that far for fear that I might deliver my child on the way..so as precaution we decided to stay here in Selangor.

Although I might feel sad the first day of Hari Raya I wouldn't be able to raya with my family as usual but at the same time I'm happy as well as I'm celebrating the very first raya with my new family and I'm certain next year will be the best Hari Raya ever as my baby is there with us and we will be sure going back to kampung..insya'allah...jumpe tokbah, maktok, tokki and moyang(kat Rompin tu)

This Hari Raya I might..u see MIGHT not in the Hari mood yet because I'll only take one day leave that is on Friday(3/10/2008) and I have to work on the Saturday plus I won't be seeing my parents until next week, deep inside I feel sad but I'll try not to show it and plus I'm also happy at the same time..u see it's all confusing..yeah I know but that's how I feel right now..the thing is you can't have everything you want rite..You just have to be positive and be thankful with what you have right now..One thing for a fact is that I'm better off than others because i have my loving husband and my family in laws celebrating this Raya..I am grateful at that..there are other people out there who celebrate Hari Raya without having their family members to share the moment at all..I'm still lucky that I have a family.

Although i am confused with how i feel about this hari raya and i know as well that deep inside i'm happy, i'm still looking forward to this raya with my new family...can't wait for it..meeting hubby's family members which I never met before..this should be interesting...hehe.. I also can't wait to eat kuih raya..especiallt tart nenas..nyum2..my favourite kuih of all..

So a note to self..'Bersyukur lah dengan ape yang ada, jangan byk mengeluh..ade org yang lebih susah dari kite..jangan sesekali sedih dengan ape yang kita ada sesungguhnya keadaan itu boleh menjadi lagi buruk dari sedia kala..and again bersyukur lah ye...'

To All my family members and friends out there, Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin from me n hubby..sesiape yang blk kampung tue drive leklok ye termasuk lah my parents and siblings yang blk ke kampung today, Sorry xdapat nk join balik kampung this year..next year ye together with our new baby..Insya'allah..

Owh another thing.. today, I received 'duit raya' from the company i'm working for, maybe because from ground flour to the fifth floor of this office i'm the only malay and the rest are chinese..thanks a lot to them..really appreciate it..hehe..alhamdullillah..ingat dah besor n bakal jadi mak org xdapt dah duit raya..rupenye dapat lagi..hikhik.. saje nak cakap buat kawan2 kat luar sane jelez...hee..jangan marah..mintak ampun banyak2 ye!

Smile Alwayz =)

Memilih Set Bersalin..yang mana satu ye?..

Senang kate ade sahaja benda yang hendak difikirkan manusia ni..ada sahaja benda yang merunsingkan..sejak saya mengandung ni ade sahaja benda nak search on the web..mula2 obses sangat dengan breastfeeding dan pump susu so join la susuibu.com, lepas dah bosan bab tu saya berpindah kepada cloth diapers, ni pon saya ade join forum diapersasia.com..lepas tue dah bosan lagi move on kepada jenis botol susu plak..mane yang bagus..BPA free or beli botol kaca jer terus and dok survey2 jenama botol yang safe utk anak..dah jelak membace pasal jenis botol move on kepada baby sling/pouch pulak macam berminat dengan baby sling/pouch ni (tp mum and hubby xencourage sgt beli baby pouch/sling ni).. ha sekarang sibok pulak dengan memilih set bersalin yang terbaik..banyak sangat product 0ut there to choose from..nak bace setiap review memang penat la kan sebab terlalu banyak and people guna set yang berlainan mengikut kesesuaian badan masing-masing.

Antara set yang telah saya survey dan tengok - tengok adalah set bersalin Ammy Salindah, Tropical Herbs Amway, Mustika ratu, Leesa formula - confinemum dan Nona Roguy. Mind you that set bersalin ni semua over RM200..huhue..tue yang kene fikir panjang tu mane yang patut beli dan yang terbaik.

Setelah banyak buat survey dan sebagainya saya rasa saya akan cuba set bersalin Tropical Herbs Amway ni..apa yang buat saya tertarik dengan set ini adalah adanya herba - herba untuk meransangkan susu ibu.. disebabkan saya hendak fully breast feed anak sulung saya nanti saya rase benda ni perlu supaya cukup stok susu untuk anak...plus set ni easier to consume compared tu salindah yang banyak sangat jenis nye sampai boleh keliru kot..hehe..then ade set Leesa formula(my mum yg recommend). Set ni mahal sikit, RM350, mungkin akan try lepas bersalinkan anak kedua nanti insya'allah. Set mustika ratu pula dikata kan panas dan tidak elok bagi ibu yang hendak menyusukan anaknye kelak. "Kesian kat anak tu," ni mak saya yang cakap la sebab dulu2 die gune set mustika ratu ni and anak-anak die tak minum susu ibu lama.

So now dah confirm untuk beli set bersalin amway setelah saya dan suami berbincang dengan terperinci dari segi aspek penggunaannya dan harganya(ni penting ni..hubby financial controller..hehe) kami telah membuat keputusan untuk membeli set bersalin amway ni selasa depan just before raya..punya la bersemangat siap ambil cuti half day lagi..hehe..xpe2 demi bakal anak yang tercinta..

Smile ALways =)

Just daily things

This time i'll be writing about my thoughts and also what i've been up to lately, and today i'll start off writing about foods that i can't eat because i don't want to harm my child but at the same time i'm craving for it(talking about junk food)..huu..i have to be patient for 3 months plus or so. but then sinceI want to breast feed my baby exclusively i can't eat just about anything either because it will effect my breast milk and still i have to be patient for another 2 years..huu..that is if I'm not pregnant for my second child, if i am pregnant then i still have to restrain myself from eating junk food..i had thought about this for a long time and i think by the age of 45, only then i can eat whatever unhealthy things i want to eat..but then again at that age i'm prone to have diabetes, obesity and such since my family have a history of these disease. the conclusion is that i or rather we can't always eat the things that we desire too much because we might end up falling sick and also live an unhealthy life.

The things that i want to eat at this moment are maggi curry, lays (and also other jajan out there), and drink coke. I guess that's it..hehe..not that many huh..

Moving on, since i and hubby just got married and we're trying really hard to build up our lives from scratch we have to save a lot of money for the baby and also for furniture for our new home. we have been quite lucky really as we have survived for two months now on our own and i really am grateful for that. Up to now the things we have in our living room and dining room are a dining table with six stools, two carpets and a television(yea!..thanks to my MIL) . Now that we're in the month of ramadhan we do get to save a little bit because we only ate one meal a day and sometimes we either go back to my mums house or to my mother in law's house to break our fast. we do go to the bazaar everyday after work, only to buy some kuih for RM 2 and also a lauk for only RM 1, that's all. when we reach home i'll be busy cooking rice and another lauk with chicken. what i'm trying to say is that even though we only spend a little but still we have a little to spare and still we survived..until now we still don't have any extra money for our savings..guess we'll have to wait for a few months before we start saving for our future..I really can't wait for this months salary, we're going to use it to buy a TV cabinet(yes, at the moment the TV is on the floor) and some stuff for the newborn. Really can't wait!

As i'm working in a Chinese company i don't get a bonus for hari raya (huu) but maybe i'll get a bonus on chinese new year..yippeee..since we don't have any extra money for this hari raya me and hubby decided not to go back to kampung this year..I really am sad that we couldn't go back but insya'allah by next year we can afford to do it plus it will be more meaningful because it'll be our first raya together with our baby..this raya we're thinking of inviting some friends over..the third saturday of October maybe..

As for buying baby stuffs me and hubby decided to buy something that have quality and at the same time we can afford it..and yes we ended up buying things online which is second hand items and there are some that is new..so as for now i'm addicted to shopping online..it saves the hassle really compared to going to the mall, as my baby is getting heavier by the day I can't neither walk a long distant nor stand up for a long time.

till next time!

Smile Always! =)

Soo funny!! well it felt funny

Yesterday after breaking our fast with a doughnut and roti jala, as usual me and hubby did the maghrib prayer together. As we were in our first rakaat i felt this funny vibration in my tummy, at first i thought my hand phone vibrated but when i think back why would i have my phone with me while i'm praying and then it happened for the second time. It feels like u have bubbles of air inside your tummy and this is a different feeling from if you have a bad indigestion. Only then i remembered what i've read in the books about babies development at this stage. guess what? it was my baby's first fart. hee. It was quite funny i wanted to laugh but couldn't as i was still praying so i ignored it..hehe..funny isn't it..xsenonoh la baby kacau ummi nk solat..kentut plak die..hikhik...