Author: Dyan

No we are not in Tokyo. Yet.
We’ll be in Tokyo in less than 3 months now! Yaaaaay.
It’ll be our 1st Winter holiday. Brrrrr. I know Rusly is secretly happy to have a winter holiday on his birthday. My husband seriously got thick skin. Can withstand cold very well. On the other hand, i get cold really easily.

I’m finally done with the 1st stage of planning!

Will be flying via Singapore Airlines and snagged tickets for the 3 of us at $1500, which is a good deal cos that’s what it’ll cost for Budget Airlines if we didn’t book our tickets reallly early. Like at least 10 months early.

We were ding-dong-ing between booking AirBNB or Hotel and finally decided on AirBNB cos we found a decent apartment at a decent price at a good location.

It is a nice size for the 3 of us and most importantly it is quite close to Shinjuku Subway, which is the busiest station on Tokyo. In the world, even. That’s because there’s so many lines running through the station so it’ll be easy for us to go from one place to another. Cos taxis are really cekik darah there. A 10 minutes distance can cost you about $30.00 gitu? So we must take the subways and i’ve been studying the subway lines intensely. Pening ah but do-able?

I’ve already done up the itinerary for this trip and Disneyland is definitely in it.
Other than that, we’ll be heading to Shibuya, Harajuku, Roponggi, Asakusa and Mount Fuji. Would love to go to more places but we’re trying to pace ourselves since ada Nadya, and it’s winter.

I was thinking of getting Winter Clothes in January. Hopefully it’ll be cheaper then. Probably will just get one Down Jacket from Uniqlo here and then buy another one from Uniqlo Japan cos it’ll be cheaper. I’ve already got some HeatTech Tops from Uniqlo cos they were on Sale at $14.90 last week. So i bought few pieces for myself & Rusly. Will also get heat packs for me & Nadya especially. Obviously worried about the cold. Tapi nak pergi winter holiday. Lol.

I think we can survive the city but because we’ll be heading to Mount Fuji area, it’ll be even colder there. Friends who’ve been to Japan mentioned that February is the coldest month in Japan cos Winter is ending soon. So we’ll really need to bundle up but i don’t think i’ll buy too many winter clothes. Just get some basic ones and then buy a few more in Japan. Mana tau ada Sale? Cos they’ll need to get rid of their winter clothes also kan.

I’ll need to get a pair of boots for myself though. Rusly will be wearing his Timberland Boots and even though i’ve got one, i realized the sole is the same as sneakers and it’ll probably be too slippery so maybe i’ll get one of Timberland boots as well.

Was thinking of the pink one! So cute!

I was initially thinking of getting it thru Amazon for US$120.00. Shipping would roughly be S$35 – S$40. it Will be about S$200.00. It’s selling at S$249.00 at our local stores. Not sure if it’s worth the hassle though. Cos i already know what’s my Timberland size. I’m also not sure if i should go and get the classic Wheat Yellow colour instead cos it’s easier to match and it’s a classic.

I did manage to get Nadya some cute Winter Boots at H&M when we were in KL. SO CUTE!!!! Ada bulu2 lagik seh. And murah gila. Hahahaha. I bought few size bigger cos she’ll have to wear socks and also cos kaki dia cepat gila grow.

Then stuff like gloves & scarfs, i’ll just get it from Taobao. Cheap cheap good good.

What’s left to do now is to decide if we want to take the Narita Express / Limousine Bus from the Airport to Shinjuku. There’s not much difference in cost and journey time. Plus minus je. But luckily our AirBNB host was nice enough to let us check in early at 12.00 noon instead of 3.00pm so kita takyah lah merayau2 macam perantau tak betul.

We’ll need to drop by Takashimaya one of these days to purchase our Disneyland tickets and book the day tour to Mount Fuji from JTB. Mula-mula angan2 nak pergi Lake Kawaguchi on our own to view the Mount Fuji. Tapi laki aku pulak sibuk nak naik Bullet Train segala and seriously aku malas nak pikir how the hell we’re gonna take the Bullet Train from our trip to Lake Kawaguchi. Dengan anak aku lagi. Tak kuasanya aku nak pikir. So yes, day tour sudah. Naik lah bullet train tu. Jangan dia tido sudah. Mengamok aku nanti!

I’ve also listed down all the halal places that we’ll be going to! Best gila part ni.
I search for #halaljapan on Instagram and got a few places i would love to visit and they’re located at the places that we’ll be going. Yay yay!

I have intense love for Sushi & Sashimi and BBQ Meats. So this trip, i will makan sampai aku jelak.

And you know what’s chronic? We’re not even done with Rusly’s birthday trip yet and i’m already surveying ticket flights for MY birthday trip, which is in October 2016, Insha Allah kalau panjang umur. Much to Rusly’s annoyance. Especially since i keep going “Eh New York k. Amacam, New York ok?” hahahahaha.

Member macam nak beli one-way ticket to India untuk aku. Sadded.

Baby Nadya is 9months now. 3 more months to her 1st birthday. Whuttt.
Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

She don’t look as chubby as she did many months ago. Although the chunky thighs look like they’re staying. But i’m guessing the losing weight part is normal cos like my dad says, she needs to be more active now cos she’s learning how to stand & crawl. And this girl is active, alright. I don’t even want to imagine how having boys would be like. Almost want to tell Rusly, let’s just stop at one. Hahaha

Like trying to check out whether i’m really working.. or Online shopping.

Or going in & out the exersaucer. That’s not how you use the exersaucer, baby!

Or try and find ways on how to reach for things by going up her Bumbo seat.

Sometimes she plays on her own but most of the time she wants me to layan her and play with her. So mummy gotta drop whatever she’s doing to play with her instead. We’ve installed the safety gate for the kitchen cos she kept crawling in and hide under the kitchen cabinets. 

I was expecting her to crawl more but she love standing up and bouncing up & down instead. She figured out how to move from one place to another by ‘walking” and supporting herself with the sofa and sometimes it’s really scary but i guess i’m the “gasak kau lah” parent while Rusly is the “No…. she’ll fall. Don’t let her do that” kind of parent.

I guess when you’re a stay-at-home mum, you kinda know better what your child is capable of doing and you’re not that scared? I don’t know man. Or maybe it’s just me. I sometimes think i baby her too much but sometimes i think i’m too relaxed with her. I let her do whatever she want to. As long as it’s not dangerous lah.

Somebody can tie hair already lah seh. Chey.. dah kakak2. Lol
And you know last month, she only have 4 teeth? Apparently few days after turning 8months, 4 more is out and now she has 8 teeth! Not kidding you. Baby has toddler teeth, and she’ll bite everything! Especially clothes. And her teeth are conversation starters lah. Nyonya & makciks like to go “eh banyaknya gigi… dah berapa bulan?”

I think right now is quite fun to be around her cos she knows how to play and all but it’s tiring. Man, it’s tirinnnng. But fun lah! I know it’ll be even more tiring as she grows up but that’s ok. I should really cherish all this. She will grow up really fast.

She’s 9 months already. That was fast, man.

We went on an impromptu Batam Trip with my sisters & parents. Impromptu cos we planned it on Friday, bought tickets on Friday evening and off we go on Saturday morning.

Without Rusly though cos he had to go for his jamming session so i took it as a day out with my family.

With my 2 sisters! Do you honestly see similarities? I cannot.

It was Nadya’s 1st Ferry ride and it didn’t occur to me that she might have seasick. That’s because i don’t get seasick, i took it for granted that she might not. Until my sisters mentioned about it and i was like “oh shit! I have not googled on how to avoid seasick for babies!” hahaha

But alas, this girl pun tak seasick. She slept thru the ferry ride after the whole jakun of seeing laut and bigger ferries next to us and all.

Had the usual Nasi Padang meal for the 1st stop of the day. I was so hungry!
I think we polished off most of the dishes.

Distracted Nadya with snacks so i can eat in peace!

On the way to Nagoya Hills, someone approached us for Taxi which we declined and then he asked “Telur Penyu?”

NAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKK!!!!

Oh i miss Telur Penyu. I remember craving for it during my pregnancy. Hahahaha. No, this is not the time for you to give me your #savethepenyu speech. Thank you.

Somebody’s enjoying her new ride too much.
Can i just mention how convenient it is now that she can sit up? Hahahaha

My two maids! Lol
Because Rusly wasn’t around, they had to help me with the diaper bag and my own sling bag! Lol. I honestly can do it myself but selagi boleh bully, kita bully.

We found this small stall selling this rolled ice cream at S$1.00.
Satu dollar, korangs. That’s the price of what? Kita nya Solero?
I let Nadya have a taste of it and she kept asking for more. I created a monster. A sugar-rushed one.

I just had to take a picture of this.
Local manufactured Mamypoko Pants were selling at S$6.00 per pack of 30 pieces. Whuuuut. Sumpah aku jakun.

But i didn’t get it cos i prefer getting the Thailand-manufactured ones, which is available in our local stores. Batam Hypermart is selling it at S$15.50. Locally, they’re selling it at S$21.90. So i grabbed 3 packs at one go. I would have bought more if Rusly was around. Hahahaha.

I also bought loads of Instant Noodles. Indon instant noodles is sedap gila ok.
Even better than the ones we get in local supermarket.

Then on sunday, we dropped by the Baby Fair. I honestly don’t know when we’ll stop going baby fairs! hahahaa

But this time round, we spent lesser and our trip was really a quick one.

Got her a new Car Seat from Cosatto and Safety Gate from Safety 1st.
Also stocked up the wetwipes from Organic Story. I think they’re working out to be just as fine for Nadya. And it’s cheap! Also stocked up on bath products from Bud’s Organics & California Baby. So so much cheaper!

Me & matching baby! Denims & Headbands day!