Come as you are. As i want you to be.
I love weekends especially cos Rusly work office hours so once it’s friday, kita hooray2!
Our friday ritual is to go my mom’s place and i always dress Nadya up even though my mom’s place is only 10mins drive away. lol
Too cute, i cannot! She’s at the stage where she can’t keep still so taking ootd is reaaallly hard work! But check out that side profile. lol
Mashed Potato with Beef Bolognese:
Mash boiled potatoes and mix with a little bit of unsalted butter.
Stir Fry minced beef with VCO, Garlic, Cherry tomatoes, baby spinach. You can sprinkle in dried oregano as well. Serve!
Vegetable Risotto:
Mince Baby spinach, Carrots and Garlic.
Heat up your non-stick pan with VCO, fry mince garlic for a while, then put in the Arborio rice. Coat the rice with the minced garlic and VCO before pouring in the chicken stock. You can put in the minced carrot and let it simmer. Once the rice is cooked, add in baby spinach, a little bit of butter and cheese. Mix well & serve.
Butternut Squash Risotto:
Same cooking method as above. I replace it with butternut squash and cherry tomatoes.
Cheesy Salmon Baked Rice
Stirfry the following with VCO;
Salmon, Butternut Squash, Baby spinach, Garlic.
Once done, mix with steamed rice and top it off with cheese. Bake it for 10mins at 180 degs.
Tomato Chicken Rice
Stirfry the following with VCO;
Dried oregano, cherry tomatoes, chicken & garlic. Serve with steamed rice.
Steamed Egg Custard + Stir Fry Beef & Spinach Soup
For the Steamed egg, i followed the recipe here
Spinach soup, i just add in onion and ikan bilis stock i’ve made earlier.
Homemade Pasta Sauce:
• Onion & Garlic
• Butternut Squash
• Carrots
• Tomatoes
• A sprig of rosemary
• A handful of basil leave
Cook everything together and then freeze batch for future use.
This post was stuck in my draft for the longest time cos i was too busy the past few weeks. But yay to Nadya turning 10 months! We’re inching closer to her 1st year. Mummy is not ready!
Physically, she’s definitely bigger and taller now. I carry her everyday and i noticed that too. It’s almost like she grew a lot overnight.
And her developments are on super-turbo these days. Like she wanna achieve everything before she turns 1! They really grow up reallly fast.
I know i was supposed to update on Nadya’s photoshoot with Young Parents magazine. That shoot happened when she’s 6mths and now she’s 10mths. Lol
Not my fault though cos i asked for permission to share the photos through my social media and we had to go through many approvals before they give permission to. I take this seriously because it’s a copyright material after all. SO really wanted to make sure i get the all clear before i share.
So here are the pictures that came out in the September issue and this is the soft copy given to me by them.
MY BABY!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
You don’t know how proud i was when i flipped open the magazine and see her flashing her bright smile.
The day this issue was out, i went ahead and bought 4 copies to be given to my family, my FIL and for us to keep. Heehee.
Definitely will blow up this picture and frame it up for her.
We’ll definitely do this again if another opportunity arise!
One of the babywearing question i always get asked is “Do u like Tula or Lenny Lamb better?”
To be honest, you won’t know which one u’ll prefer unless you’ve tried it on.
Here’s a comparison between the Tula and the Lenny Lamb.
Both are Standard Size and Wrap Conversions in this case.
Left: Lenny Lamb (Charlotte)
Right: Tula WC (Berry Sweet)
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It is finally ready, guys! Spent last sunday at home so i can officially move in all my stuff in that room instead and then stare and marvel at everything. So here’s the new vanity room. We converted the nursery to the Vanity Room cos Nadya is still sleeping in the same room as us and i think she’ll continue to sleep with us for maybe another 3-4 more years, i don’t know. I don’t want her to sleep alone yet. lol
Also cos she seems to like playing in the living room and it’s more convenient cos i can do work and keep and eye on her.
And when she’s finally ready to sleep alone, she can still use that wardrobe for personal use and i’ll buy an even bigger wardrobe for myself or we’ll move this wardrobe to our room.We’re still using the current wardrobe to store Rusly going-out clothes, our home clothes and baju kurungs. It looks pretty sad actually. All empty and lonely. Hahahaha.
I swear it looks happier when all my clothes were in there. Rusly own 16384 black T Shirts. U get what i mean. That wardrobe is looking all gloomy. Poor you.
Here’s the wardrobe! When it’s still empty, lonely & sad. 
And here’s the filled up wardrobe. 
The top part is still empty cos i’m still undecided if i should store the boxes of the bags in there or fill them up with more bags. Just kidding. Or maybe not. I threw away some of the boxes cos they’re too bulky and i don’t have space and also cos i don’t intend to sell some of the bags i own. I don’t know yet. But hopefully not. But i have a few bags on wishlist but unfortunately i don’t have a bottomless pocket. 😦
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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.
Every month, i’ll try and do up a monthly favourite of things i’ve bought or tried.
Could be anything really! Will kickstart it from this month cos it’s the birthday month and obviously i spent a lot because i’ve been using the ‘birthday gift to myself’ excuse again and again. Lol
I just hope i can keep up with this! Trying very hard to blog about things other than urmmm Nadya? Hahahahaha.
So here’s a list of my favourites for October!
NARS Audacious Lipstick in Audrey.
For someone who love love love wearing makeup, i’ve jumped a little late on the NARS lipsticks bandwagon. Maybe cos i only buy their highly rated blushers instead?
Got this during the recent KL Trip. Had no intention of getting any lipsticks cos i have tons! I wanted to get another blusher instead but i started trying the lipsticks and love the formula and since i was looking for a red lipstick that won’t make me look like a pornstar, the SA recommended this and it looks really pretty!
It is opaque, just one swipe and the colour payoff is really good. It’s moisturising and looks like it could be satin finish but stays on as semi-matte.
This could be finalllly a red lipstick i can wear comfortably. I’ve tried so many red lipstick but hate them the moment i have them on my lips. I got this at RM$101.00 (S$33.00) but i think it’s about S$44.00 locally. I should have got other colours eh?
So over the birthday weekend, we went to KL for the third time this year!
Definitely the best KL trip we did so far cos it was just us three so we get to control our pace and also Rusly gave me full reign on the places we go, eat & spend on cos my birthday mah.
We took a flight out with Airasia, but didn’t take the 1st flight out. With a baby, taking the 1st flight out when you’re staying at the other end of Changi, is menempah maut cakap orang-orang tua. Lol
We had breakfast at Coffee Bean and picked up our wireless router from Changi Recommends cos i wanted to stay connected all the time but don’t want to switch SIM Cards. One of the reason why i wanted to stay connected all the time was because we’re waiting for the Yamaha Asian Beats results to be out. Rusly’s band got 2nd place, Alhamdulillah. We were hoping for the 1st Place. Or rather I was hoping for 1st place cos the winner get to perform for the Regional Finals in Japan this December (so i can tag along as well, so we get to go Japan twice. Hahahahaha) but 2nd place is really a big deal for the band considering they only confirmed the final lineup this year and only composed the song few months before the competition. Maybe next time? Maybe GBOB, where the Finals will be held in Germany? LOL. Laki aku takde pape, aku tau yang sibuk.
So i digress.
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.
Deardyan 