Darwis Ichiro

Don’t know what’s wrong with me. I forgot my husband’s birthday and didn’t prepare anything to celebrate his birthday. Usually, I would order a special cake and buy something for him. Tapi tahun ni terlupa gila2. I tersedar yang birthday dia only a few days before, dah too late kalau nk order cake or buy him present. Sbb I always with him, kalau nk keluar beli hadiah need to arrange time and someone to send me to the mall.

Then, I pon terlupa juga Mother’s Day. Haihhh. Seriously I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Too busy and too many things to remember perhaps. My husband surprised me with a gift last night and wish me Happy Mother’s Day. I was really surprise you know, till I can’t believe that the thing that he gave me was actually a gift. I thought cam apa resit apa la dalam envelope (yup , my husband has a weird habit, he likes to pass to me payment receipt every time after he pays for something) and it turned out that the thing inside in the envelope is a pair of earring. Lagi la haku ingat joke of the year kan.

A pair of earring? You got to me kidding me dear husband! Haha. I totally can’t believe it. Still thought that it was a joke. I mean…earring? I didn’t wear earring for almost a decade already! Haha. Lubang pon dah tk ada lagi.

When I open the case, and belek2. My mouth can’t stop saying…“apa ni?” “apa ni?”…….sbb sumpah mmg tkleh caya that beautiful swarovski thing is an earring. I almost thought that it was a cufflink. Hihi. Then my husband tengok2 my telinga, and tanya ada lagi ke lubang? I said no (at this moment confirm it is an earring..haha) Then I tried to wear it, but as I expected lubang telinga dah terkambus and I need to pierce my earlobe again.  Ahhh hate hate hate.

Anyway, I felt so touched since he remembered and willing to went through the hassle to order the earring from Hong Kong! Yup Hong Kong! Well…that’s another fact that really surprised me. Mungkin sebab dia tk tahu bila boleh beli hadiah tanpa I tahu yg he’s buying something for me, so he ordered the earring online and sent it to his office. I’m so touched ok, now I know la seorang engineering manager ada masa juga nk shopping online kt office eh? Haha.

I dh tahu bila nk pakai earring tu, can’t wait!

One of few photos of me and my little baby Dawud Kenji. Should take more pictures with my precious sons and husband. Mcm dah kurang sgt bergambar, sbb most of the time penampilan diri adalah tidak mesra gambar. Wakakaka. Nk ambil gambar ni , nk kene pakai tudung lah, pakai baju elok2, muka nk kene bedak2 sket. Last2 tk bergambar. Haha.

Oh ok to all mothers out there Happy Mother’s Day! Drop comment and share your mother’s day story with me ok Spread the love!

p/s: and to both of my japanese “celup” sons Ichiro and Kenji, mommy love both of you till infinity . Muahsssss. To my emak and mama, love you both sooooo much too.

My husband and I planned to throw a birthday party and kenduri aqiqah for Kenji and Ichiro. It has been 3 years since our last kenduri & birthday party for Ichiro, so it’s about time to throw another party. Selagi the kids masih suka belon, selagi tu la birthday party masih relevant for them. Hehe. Once they lost interest towards balloon , I guess that would be the time to bid farewell to birthday party and the like.

Ichiro mmg suka birthday, semua birthday utk org2 dalam rumah ni pon, dia la yg paling excited to blow the candles and sing. Itu birthday org lain tu. Kalau birthday dia sendiri? Ha can u imagine? He even add his name in the birthday song…for example if the birthday song is for “daddy”..he will sing like this..

“happy birthday to daddy…ichiroooo”

Mesti ada nama dia kt dalam lagu orang. Hihi. That day I think ada classmate dia celebrate birthday dekat sekolah, balik dari sekolah dok nyanyi…

“happy birthday to sasha…ichiroooo” hahaha. I just geleng kepala jer la.

So, I actually kene fikir semasak2 nya nk buat party ni, sbbnya I don’t know larat ke tak nk do all the preparation. Everything will be DIY since we are on a very tight budget (REALLY tight) due to combining the party with aqiqah ceremony for Kenji so, lots of fund needed. Hope we manage to arrange a fun and cute party with small budget in sha Allah.

At the moment we have already list out things that we need for the party including clown, but one thing telah terkeluar dari budget list. Hahah. So, we are looking for sponsor kalau ada. Hihi. It would be great if there’s a dedicated photographer for the event nnt, but as I said earlier we kinda short on budget for photographer. Kalau ada photographer yang nk offer bargain price or photographer yang baru nk build portfolio, we would be glad to be featured in the portfolio. Ehe.

I know we are not celebrities, but who knows ada rezeki can get good photographer at affordable price (or budget price more like it!)

Oklah, I think wanna continue browsing for party ideas. Till then…daaaaa.

Dulu I rajin juga sekali sekala buat entry utk Ichiro, tapi sejak ada 2 anak, my time…my energy mmg over utilized. My focus in business pon a bit disturbed as when the night comes, I’m always more tired than usual ( more tired compare to when I have only Ichiro) It’s a non-stop chores that I need to do everyday. Wake up in the morning to mandikan my baby, then mandikan Ichiro pula. Sbb if I allow him to bathe all by himself, mmg mcm kene tsunami la bilik air tu nnt and expect more bottles of shampoo habis dikerjakan. Then kasi makan, then tidurkan baby semula, then siapkan Ichiro for school, then Ichiro pergi school time for me to mandi and jawab email or buat kerja2 marketing sket. Then not long after that, baby sure bangun, so dh kene jaga baby pula, then tk lama pastu Ichiro dh balik school. That’s basically what I do everyday and the list is actually not stopping there, it continues sampai malam. So, if ada orang kata jadi stay at home or working at home mom ni senang, I beg to differ. Dia jadi susah sbbnya, since bila u duduk dirumah dan bekerja di rumah, u akan kene jaga anak2 u sendiri tkleh nk harap maid. Sbb what’s the point you stay at home tapi anak2 still maid jaga kan? So, itu yg jadi susah sbb u kene buat kerja juga (yg jenis ada business atau mmg kerja dirumah) and at the same time kene jaga anak juga. It’s such a challenging tasks that I think not everyone can do it.

Kadang-kadang I hilang sabar juga la, sbb dari pagi sampai ke malam, semua org pon nk mommy. Nk tidur semua pon cari mommy. Yg si kecik Kenji ni pon dah tahu memilih. Ada satu malam, I was busy and try to finish my work fast, but I can’t concentrate because little Kenji was crying non-stop. Daddy dah peluk dah nyanyi semua tk jalan. Then I cannot tahan already, I take Kenji put him on my lap, terus senyap and straight tidur in 5 seconds!!

But sometimes when I looked back at what I’ve achieved in terms of my own happiness and raising the kids. I can smile broadly. It’s an experience that I could never get if I’m still working and stuck in the office 8-5 or sometimes 8-8. Right? I also deserve a pat on shoulder because I manage to build my own business from scratch till what you can see now.

Kenji is 8 months old already, dah pandai main dgn Ichiro and one thing I observe anak kedua ni daya tahan dia and tahap toleransi adalah tinggi sbb anak pertama mmg tk makan saman sket. Hahaha. But both of my children cooperate quite well and I can sometimes rely on Ichiro utk jaga adik especially bila suruh tolong tengok adik supaya adik tk jatuh katil. But cannot let him alone with Kenji for long duration la sbb Ichiro tu penggeram so does Kenji. So, bila penggeram jumpa penggeram mmg la bergomol2 nnt.

Kenji kuat senyum, rajin menggoda orang dengan senyuman especially bila nk mintak orang dukung. Hahah. Nk ambil gambar sangat senang, lompat2 sket or buat monkey action jer sikit, senyumlah dia I really treasure every moment with the kids and again I bersyukur that I can be with them 24/7.  Sbb life is short and our children grow very fast, so I nk simpan moment2 indah ni dalam ingatan.

So to baby Kenji and Ichiro, mommy loves both of you, jadi anak yg tinggi akhlak ok. If you guys nk baca and tengok gambar Ichiro masa 9 months old boleh baca di sini.

Selamat berhari minggu!

What’s with the title? Bubble love? *Sigh…seriously I don’t really know where to start my story. Last week, during my last day at my parents’ house (with anak2 and husband) , I was busy at the main hall doing my work and I just let my husband handle the kids alone (shouldn’t do that again), since I got like tonnes of work to do. Yes tonnes of work , I’m not kidding and I was like mengelupur nk siapkan semua kerja.

Inilah dia bahan bukti kes tuang shampoo sampai habis sebotol. Seriously I don’t know to laugh or to cry

Suddenly I heard Ichiro crying and he ran to me. I didn’t expect anything bad happen since dia mmg selalu gitu pon. Drama king budak sorang tu. Huhu. My husband face was pretty tight. Ichiro mengadu to me yg daddy scold him. Husband still with his tight face told me that Ichiro pour the whole bottle of my new shampoo (baru 2 kali guna sob sob) into the tub and he was playing happily with the bubble…hence the title “bubble love” He sure love the bubble so much. It was our mistake too, Ichiro has been asking for bubble quite a number of times already. We do keep about 6 big bottles of bubble for him to play, it just that the battery operated bubble factory machine can’t be use anymore, so we don’t have an instrument to blow the bubble with.

Sebenarnya can always find something else to use as a bubble wand, dulu masa kecil my mom tak nak bazirkan duit beli kan I bubble2 ni, yg dulu jual dalam botol pink merah jambu. So, I really want to play.. you know. I pun suka bubble gak. So, what I did, I ambil pemegang span kapur kasut, siapa dulu2 rajin sapu kapur kt kasut, mesti tahu yg kapur kasut jenis ada span yg celup2 pastu sapu kt kasut (bukan jenis yg roller tau) . Jadi I took the sponge holder, I threw away the sponge, so tinggal just the holder and lubang tempat span tu diselitkan. Jadi, I celup holder tu dalam air sabun (luckily zaman dulu punya sabun boleh kuar bubble, if not sure I kecewa) and I tiup. Then keluarlah bubble comel. I was sooo happy and I never asked my mom to buy me bubble lagi lepas tu

Kalau ada sesiapa berminat nk cuba shampoo yg sangat best ni, way much better dari brand Body Shop and harga pon lagi best rasanya especially time promo, boleh lah order from me . Boleh message or contact me by filling up the contact form. Harga shampoo ni if I’ve not mistaken is around RM16-RM17 this month (member price). Retail tk sure, kalau berminat I can check the price. Just message me dulu ok.

Ok in Ichiro case, I was too busy with lots of things in my mind , so mcm malas nk gi punggah2 benda kt dapur nk cari yg boleh jadi peniup bubble. But then my kemalasan tu eventually has taken its toll on me, as Ichiro tuang seluruh isi shampoo into the tub, I baru guna 2 kali and I really love the shampoo! It smells good, bau orange & grapefruit and it’s a natural (not 100% natural) shampoo, without paraben, mineral oils and other harmful chemicals and it really works to soften my rambut yg keras mcm dawai ni. The moment I saw the tub full with bubble, my jaw dropped.

I baru pakai 2 kali….2 kali jer tau. Waaaaaaaaaa. I felt like tearing my hair out. Like seriously.

Ichirooooooooooooo.

p/s: siapa yg pernah alami cam ni sila join tarik rambut ramai2 and like this post. tsk tsk.

Ichiro tengah tk berani nk rapat dgn clown. Malu tapi mahu. Huhu.

Due to limited number of events that we can attend in a year, so am quite lucky this year at least ada la satu invitation ni ha yg kiterorg dpt hadir. Hahaha. Not that am picky when it comes to attend event, I mmg always looking forward for parties and kenduri so that my kids can gain more social experience and be able to mingle with new friends andddddd….also because I can wear my dresses and princess skirts. I’m a sucker of dress and skirt, so keep collecting and making them but seldom wear. But kadang-kadang tk dapat pergi sbb ada aral, mcm hari tu my customer cum friend invite me and family to her son party, tapi we can’t make it sbb anak2 tk sihat.

Baby yg baju merah tu mcm sukaaaa sangat dengan Kenji. Sepanjang Kenji main kt situ, dia dok la melekat dgn Kenji. Hehe. Cute pakai shirt ala-ala sama cam Kenji gak. Kenji…kempiskan sket hidung tu please. Hihi.

Masa nk pergi party smlm ada problem, couldn’t find my black skirt, since dah running out of time and thinking we might not able to arrive before the cake cutting session, I just put on my electric blue satin skirt instead. I don’t have blue scarf (that comes in the form of instant shawl – check my Lelasari Collection to purchase instant shawl that is exclusively designed by me!) so I was a bit furious, but since dh lambat and my husband is not around to blame (at that moment la kan…hihi) so, I belasah je pakai tudung hitam and kuning (yes it’s an instant shawl). LOL. I was likeeee apa jadah la warna combination biru hitam kuning ni. But once dah pakai elok2, it looks nice also (i think la…colour blocking gitu..).Haha.

Now mmg I prefer pakai instant shawl, because sangat senang nk pakai satu, but most importantly sangat senang nk jaga bila dh pakai, bila senget, bila kene tarik and so on. Itu yg paling penting la bagi i, i rasa. I sampai tahap dah boleh pakai scarf tu tanpa tengok cermin ok. If in masjid, yg selalu cermin tk cukup, I’ll just pakai dulu siap2, then bila bangun nk blah, jeling cermin sket je. Easy kan? Tu yg bila takder scarf yg bleh matching with my outfit, I rasa tk best dah.

Us! Gambar ni tk berapa clear sbb guna second camera. Ichiro with his signature smile. Setiap kali amik gambar mesti kuar bunyi from him…”smile eeeeee”, yes he needs to say that in order to smile. Tengok rambut Ichiro dah serabai.

Ok back to the party, as expected kiteorg ni para VIP yang datang lambat. Sampai2 tengok ramai dh friend yg dh balik. Tengok orang pon dah tk ramai sangat, if you’ve been to any Rinie’s event before, tk pernah nyer la tk ramai orang. So, bila sampai dh tk ramai orang I cam dh panik, alamak dh nk habis kenduri ke? Hihi.

Sebaik Ichiro sempat get some balloons from the clown. If not confirm merajuk nnt. Huhu. Then my friend Munirah pon ada, she also baru sampai so tkder la feeling alien sangat. The weather was quite hot, tk tahan aku! Lucky tuan rumah kasi the kids main dalam rumah, so Kenji main guling2 atas karpet and Ichiro main bubble with the other kids. Main sampai rambut jadi serabai and berpeluh2.  I don’t know was it because of the weather or sbb Ichiro main tk hengat donia.

Ichiro with his sword balloon. Bila ada kawan jatuh and balloon pecah dia gi inform Clown belon tu, tapi sepatah haram clown tu tk faham apa dia cakap. Haha.

Dah kasi Ichiro main for a while, bila dh start nk mengganas and Kenji dah start nk start enjin nk menagis, I dah kasi signal to my husband to make move. Lagipon husband need to send us to my hometown straight after the party sbb school break ni I nk duduk kampung seminggu.

Cuteness! Kenji serious betul, sbb dia tgh merangka misi nk menerkam balloon and bubble

So, itu sahaja, hope get more invitation this year sbb we love parties! But sometimes mmg tkleh nk attend sbb anak2 / or kami tk sihat atau ada hal lain. Thanks Rinie and husband for having us! Semoga Daim membesar dgn sihat dan jadi anak yg soleh and to the elder 2 as well Dani and Dayyan. Lauk kambing and nasik arab (nasi arab ker briyani eh? I tkleh nk differentiate) adalah sgt sedap! Love the red velvet cuppies also.