Happy New Year

Just realised that the last I posted something here was in October 2009! Been busy in the office daytime, engrossed cooking and farming in FB at night for the past few months that I unintentionally neglected this page. Sorry!

Well, I hope its not too late to wish you all - Happy New Year! The year of the Tiger. May we roar like the tiger with New purpose, new hopes, new plans and new efforts for a better 2010.

I hope to be able to share more stories by next week soon as the Audit is over, in the mean time enjoy these pic of : -

...my hardworking girls ...

Take care everyone. Till my next post.

First day Raya

Salam Raya.

Raya kami tahun ni sederhana. First day Raya, lepas ja sembahyang Raya kami terus ke rumah my parents inlaw. Seperti biasa, di sini lah kami berkumpul setiap tahun untuk sesi minta maaf, family foto dan bertukar-tukar paket hijau.

All in the family

Mum in law dengan menantus and cucus perempuan

Afternoon nya kami balik ke rumah. Posing lagi.
Our family photo. Tema purple tahun ini.


The girls, and their kakak penjaga.



Foto-fotonya saja ya... ada masa kita sambung cerita lagi.

Thank you

To those who sent us condolences sms and emails

and not forgetting all the condolences wishes here in my blog

we THANK YOU.
Your words had helped us a lot during our grief.


Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Thank you all for your Doas & Prayers
May you be blessed for your kindness.

Busy week

Ternyata end of May memang minggu yang sangat sibuk. Selain dari kerja yang tiba-tiba menjadi banyak di ofis, tempahan kek juga agak memberangsangkan. Terima kasih ya teman-teman.

.. nah sila dulu jamu mata dengan kek kek di sini :-



cupcakes ordered by Fay, Norkiah & staff SESB






Thomas & Friends cupcakes ordered by Chill.








Butter cake ordered by Fay for her grandma's birthday








Chocolate Moist cake also ordered by Fay.


3rd. Anniversary cupcake ordered by Chill. She likes the design she saw in the internet, so she asked us to do something similar.

..& Chocolate Moist cake ordered by Christine. She requested football design sebab her hubby sangat suka football

Sudah penat buat kek, we decided to go for a short break. Destinasi bulan ini - Nexus. Kami berholiday bersama our good friend yang juga merangkap partner holiday kami..

tidak banyak gambar, sebab siang kami sibuk bercanda di pantai, malam pula kami sibuk makan.

..dan balik dari Nexus, we attended my cousin's wedding. Malas ambil gambar, so hanya ambil gambar ini..

sebab I have to let Momoi see my dress.

Busy

I've been extremely busy the last week or so with work, work, and more work. Argggghh.. wish it will end sooner. I need a break!

I wish to go to this place again...

Look like its located overseas isnt it?
The truth is this place is only about 90 km from Kota Kinabalu. Beautiful place. Aman, damai, dingin - well a nice place to relax and forget about work.

We stayed here during Good Friday.

It was more fun cause we booked the whole place. So it was only us there together with hubby's good friends and their families. 4 families altogether. Amat meriah. We chat and eat, eat and chat and finally when we got tired of eating and chatting, the ibu-ibu and anak-anak went back to our respective chalet and sleep. But the husbands stayed on berkaraoke. Honestly, after nearly 10 years of being his wife, that was the first I heard my hubby karaoked ... and I love it!

Some of the pics taken. I wonder why my eyes look so sepet?

We had a wonderful time.

Oh, but this awful sight greeted us when we reached home ...



..Vandalisma betul lah! Our gate bell kena korek! ..and this is not the first time ok. See the tapak tangans?

If you are in my position, what would you do?

Almost ...

Look at my hubby ....

He is working hard to finish this up. This is part of the beautifying our garden project. I've asked him to just upah the Om, but he said he will be more satisfied if we complete the project dengan titik peluh sendiri. Almost done? No, not yet... still a long way to go, since we are only able to work on it during the weekend.

Guess what? I baked some buns during the weekend. Tired of baking cakes only lah. The result ...

I'll rate it 7/10. Not the result I expected, but almost there. Gonna try a few more times lagi ni. I have to achieve at least 9/10.

Liburan di ....

Hubby will not be able to take leave during the school holiday next week. Too bad. But the kids are okay about it, since we just got back from here .......

Breathtaking dont you think?

It was raining the day we arrived, but that did not stop us from enjoying our holiday. We brave the rain. Naik buggy meround golf course dan mandi laut. Pity we had to leave Shasha and her kakak penjaga di bilik. Baby tidak boleh main hujan. But the next day was hers... berjam -jam dia mandi kolam & mandi laut juga.

Didnt took many photos tho. Everyone was busy dengan aktiviti masing-masing.

Iya, kami baru balik dari liburan di Nexus Karambunai.

That explain why I am still in a holiday mood.

Wide awake

"Shasha sleep? Macam tiada dengar suara dia" hubby asked at about 9.00 last nite. I said "ya maybe". Then I went in to their room to make sure and ...


I love the way this 3 sisters share a bed while doing their own things. So I quickly went out, took my camera and took a pic..




.... lepas menyusu terus duduk bah ..


.... main PS2. I tell you, she is a pro, she knows how to switch on the TV and PS2, terus cepat-cepat pegang joystick. Sometimes I pity her, she seriously thought that dia yang main.

...dan at 1 year 5 months, for her panjat-memanjat ini adalah perkara kecil ...

I went back to our room, showed hubby the pic I took and said "no honey, she is wide awake"

My weekend

Went for a hair makeover on Saturday. Traumatized of the outcome, therefore not going to post any picture of the new hairstyle. Baked these muffins to ease my trauma.

The girls wanted a small Christmas Tree for their room, so went shopping for one on Sunday. Done with the shopping hubby treated us for lunch at Grace Point . It was a bit early when we arrived, so most of the stalls are still closed. Had no choice but to order food from the Mee stall.

I asked my daughters if they want to follow me to the washroom while waiting for the food, but they prefer to be with their dad. When I came back, my daughter asks ...

Aby : Lama juga mum..
Me : Ya, I took these …..

well... just want to share with you the clean and cosy washroom area...

So what did we had for lunch?

fish ball mee for the girls ...

mee basah for hubby

..and mamak mee for me

... sent the girls home and went for photography outing with hubby. Sorry, will only share you the pic next time, cos if I share it with you now, then I will have nothing to blog later. LOL.

...thats how I spend my weekend. What about you?

...the therapy

Friday : 20 November @ 12.30 p.m
I wish I can say TGIF, but those are customer's files that demand urgent action. Pening my head. I need some therapy ....badly.

@ 1.00 p.m

headed for lunch at Kenny Rogers 1Borneo with my 3 girlfriends. Sedap-sedap makan muffin, sempat lagi dorang kena telefon boss for some figures - well it was our company's Board Meeting in KL so ..... understand

@06.05 p.m
when I left the office, I did not bother to clear the mess, tutup computer jak. Aduh .. sakit kepala!

@ 08.30 p.m
it was raining cats and dogs. Hubby and I decided to bring the kids out for dinner.

Makan di Grace Point - hubby had fried fish and I makan the ginger chicken - yummy.

The kids and their kakak penjaga seperti biasa makan nasi ayam.

Saturday 21 November @ 10.00 a.m
Breakfast di Krishna Asia City. Nasi lemak sudah habis, so hubby had chapati while the girls and I makan roti bakar saja.

Lepas makan, we drove all the way to Kota Belud. Wah.. banyak nya sapi dan kambing di tepi jalan. Pusing-pusing kampung but nothing caught the attention of hubby's camera, so we drove back. (.. kami teda turun pun dari kereta)




@01.30 p.m
on the way home singgah for lunch at Gayang Seafood. Oder this 3 jak, takut ndak habis.

@09.15 p.m - baked these cakes for Jovena.

...blueberry cheese cake for her daugher Hannah

&

carrot cheese cake for Hannah, Ian and Isaac. November Birthday, she told me.

Sunday 23 November @ 12.00 p.m
... tempted to buy a bag at Elaiza. Not as expensive as the sapi in Kota Belud lah, probably, just half the price of the kambing, but suddenly I came to my senses, so tidak jadi.




..... had lunch at RCH instead.

Argh.... tomorrow is Monday, I still have those many paperwork waiting for me .. but I hope tomorrow will be a better week.

The day I gave my Heart to you ... again

At the beach last weekend.
Hubby was behind me

Hubby : dont move
Me : kenapa
Hubby : I want to take gambar sunset and you
Me: my back??
Hubby : yes, dont move
Me: lama?
Hubby: dont move
Me : ya ok lah


I was browsing hubby's photostream at flickr on Friday when I saw this ....

The day I gave my Heart to you ... again

This is why beach is so sentimental to me. So many feelings attach to it...of course a great one. Its a place to reconcile, place to think, to be inspired & to renew your love . To my Honey...thanks for always being there for me..including freezing for this 30 sec shot!!hahaha..Luv U always.

....want to share it with you, simply because ...yeah.. I am the model. Sorry, cant help it ....I am vain! ha ha ha ....

but Chantique kan? hmmmm... the sunset I mean.


Hope you had a wonderful weekend with your family. I did.

I feel great!

I apologize for the lack of update. It has been a tough week for me ever since I came back from my KL trip. Challenging, exhausting, draining, and all the synonyms that you can think of lah. But I feel much better now…

See this beautiful roses? Hubby surprised me with these on Tuesday.

He gave me a hug, a kiss and said: I love you so very much, Mama.
Being the sensitive person that I am, my tears fell like the morning rain. He touched my heart more than he knows…

To my dear hubby, I can only say these...

As the years go by, I stop and think about all the memories we've made, the good times we've shared and the love between us that keeps growing. You are not only my husband, but my best friend and soul mate. You are a blessing from above. I thank you for all the things that you've done for me and the kids. I love you Dad ... more than words, more than life. I'm forever grateful for your love and proud to be your wife.

... aaah.. I feel great! ..and I wish you all the same.

Salam

Salam.
The holy month of Ramadhan is here again. How are you?

Apart from the work load in the office, I have been and still busy membawa client bersungkai. So I have been having hotel food for sungkai for the last few days - in a row. Kesian my husband terpaksa menyediakan makanan untuk anak-anak bersungkai di rumah. I am thankful indeed that my husband and kids understand my tanggungjawab sosial. Health wise, I am good. I hope you are well too.

This year is Abyana’s first experience of fasting. The first two days was a bit of a challenge for her but I am glad that now she does not have problem with it. She has been fasting full day for the last 7 days and is determined to continue fasting.

You go girl, I am so proud of you.

How time flies. Today is already the 10th day of Ramadhan. We will be celebrating Hari Raya in 20 days! To my Muslim friends, ...."sudah mula membuat biskut kah?"

Enjoy your Ramadhan.

What happened to the baby?

What happened to the baby,
that I carried deep inside?
She's now become a little girl,
so curious and wide eyed.

What happened to the tiny one,
that relied on me alone?
I see you striving everyday,
so eager to be grown.

Your eyes sparkle true,
show more wisdom everyday.
The little legs that clung to me,
are now running away.

Slow down my little angel,
there's so much more for you to know!
Slow down, my sweet baby girl,
for you're just 13 months old!

(c) Sherry Gautreau