The Baby Walker Thrill Ride. Weeeeee!

Irfan has taken over Syihab's walker but it didn't seem to affect him because now all he can do is hitch a ride instead of walking.

He absolutely loves it.

   

Our Hari Raya 'Kueh'

Hari Raya is just in a few days and our weekends during the fasting month was filled with baking.

I love baking and I have been baking for almost 10 years. One thing that I can do and feel proud is baking.

There are 7 pastries/ biscuits this year. 2 made by my mom and 1 by my sis.

1. Kueh Suji
2. Kueh Makmur
3. Kueh Tart
4. M&M Biscuits
5. Golden Crunchy Cornflakes Cookies
6. Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
7. Kueh Sagu Keju Kering (cheese!)

I had to bake Kueh Suji and Kueh Keju TWICE because everyone (including me) just couldn't help but snacking and I am talking about finishing 1 big bottle of kueh!

Despite of it all, I definitely take it as a compliment. I would be worried if no one is tempted to eat and can't wait for Hari Raya. hehe

Anyways, SELAMAT HARI RAYA TO MY ALL MUSLIM READERS!

   

Naan and Smurfs

Fizah, Jhon and I met up for Iftar as joke because we usually don't meet up to break fast and we mock others who would enthusiastically plan to meet up with old acquaintances and iftar as a group.

Anyways, Fizah managed to find a good deal to have our Indian dinner by the pool like "atas" people at Riverwalk Tandoor in Landmark Village Hotel.

Food was not what you call top notched even though there were certain dishes like the Curry Chicken and Naan were delicious, the other dishes were ordinary to me.

How crazy was I about the Naan? I didn't realized that I had probably ate 4-5 whole pieces even after eating Briyani until Fizah pointed it out.

Then, there was this fruit punch which was our welcome drink that we were making a big fuss about.

Fizah and Jhon drank it first and they were crazy about it so I purposely saved it for last so that I can boast to them that I still have a full glass of punch while theirs were finished or finishing. This is what happened to us after drinking the fruit punch.

SUGAR RUSH!!!

After the sugar rush and mellowed down, we finally left the place and take pictures on our way out.

We headed to Bugis Village for a while to just walk around and kill time and apparently, there was a Smurf exhibition of decorated Smurfs figurines done by celebrities. I got to admit, some where rather nice and I suppose it also brings out the personality of each celebrities.

It was a fun night, especially that sugar rush moment. =D

   

Iftar with Fireworks

My mom and sis has been always been avid fans of fireworks but for some apparent reason, they only like to watch it on the actual day of National Day Parade instead of the rehearsal days. And when they do, they would leave the house late, had to beat the massive traffic and searched for a parking spot that is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Most of the times when I follow my family to watch fireworks, we usually can barely see them.

So this time, I asked them to follow me to watch fireworks. The only catch is that we have to leave the house early. Unfortunately, my sis was unable to follow us because she went to Johor with her in-laws so it was just mom, bro, sis-in-law, Shibly, Syihab, Jhon and I.

It was also the fasting month so mom cooked 'jemput-jemput bawang', brought hot coffee to break fast and we bought chicken rice before we went on our way.

We reached Marina Bay Sands about 5+pm and by that time, the place was already packed and immediately, we got mentally ready for what may seem a never ending quest of an empty parking lot.

But the Gods of Carpark seemed to shine on us because as soon as we turned in to enter the carpark, another entry (for lorries) opened and we got a parking spot in 1 minute.

Not only that, we also managed to get the spot that Jhon and I went previously so it was perfect.
Waiting time was undoubtedly somewhat nerve wrecking only because of the certain group of people who were stubborn and wanted to squeeze into the pathway we were in. Thanks to the 2 prams and 1 foldable chair, we managed to "secure" our spot. hehehee

We managed to watch the air and water shows and the sunset was simply beautiful.

Luckily, Syihab slept throughout the show until he was woken up by the 21 gun salute. We were ready for him to cry because of the blasts but he didn't cry at all and didn't even flinched! Shibly was a good boy too until he had a craving for an ice-cream.

When the fireworks started, everyone went wild and I was somewhat surprised that my bro was a screamer for fireworks and for once, the fireworks video was not overwhelmed with my shrill screaming. haha

By this time Shibly was sleeping but mom managed to wake him up so he managed to catch the last set of fireworks.

Overall, despite of the wait and irritating people, I was glad that everyone enjoyed the day because I knew my bro and sis-in-law was not keen at to follow because of the crowd but they absolutely it that they managed to finally get to get an awesome view.

But most importantly, my mom managed to watch fireworks; the main reason I asked everyone out.
=)

   

Let’s Go Into The Woods

On the first week of August, Jhon and I went to a local musical at the Esplanade theatre, Into the Woods.

There are 3 reasons why we went.

First, ever since our first official musical (school musicals that we participated when we were young does not count) of Lion King at Marina Bay Sands, we simply got addicted; the costumes, the songs and the performances. Fuh!

Secondly, Into the Woods is actually a story of all grimm tales combined; Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and others. How do they fit into one plot? Into the Woods tells it all.

Lastly, there was a time when Jhon and I had to take a long journey home but we didn’t want to fall asleep so I offered a story. A story of all grimm tales into one! Nothing like Into the Woods but all I can say is my story lasted for 1 hour and 5 minutes later, we were home. So we thought watching this is also signifies an internal joke.

By the way, the musical stars the best in Singapore theatre such as Selena Tan, Adrian Pang, Sebastian Tan, Emma Yong, Denise Tan, RJ Rosales, Robin Goh, George Chan, Lim Kay Siu and Sheila Francisco, together with Ria Jones from London’s West End.

By the end of their transmission, Jhon and I grinned at each other and sang snippets of the songs to each other. Music was fantastic albeit certain mellow dramatic songs and their acting were excellent. Who says there is no local talent? You just need to know where to look.

As soon as the entire musical ended, our butts were sore but we left Esplanade with a grin, mentally skipping back home and Jhon was singing snippets of “Agony” and “Into the woods”. In fact, he was still singing after a week. It was THAT good!

   

Words That Will NOT Get You Away With Trouble

People are expressive and can’t resist the temptations of a rant or debate. Sure, I have my rants that I post occasionally on Facebook, Twitter or here but when I say it, I mean it and I don’t try to cover my butt after saying a load of despicable things.

There is no crime on saying what you want BUT my pet peeve is when people try to justify or deem themselves forgivable after saying these words.

You just mocked an entire race and gender and expect those who happen to be one take no offence? I am a malay female and I think I am funny among several of my malay counterparts! So STFU! Oh, No offence!

Right, after bashing someone with all your might and you declare peace? Perhaps one day I shall throw cat poop and piss into your room and say “PEACE!”

What do you mean you DON’T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL? Your ignorance alone is disrespectful. I don’t mean to be disrespectful but I think you are an idiot.

See what I mean? They think they just write/say those sentences, people won’t get mad and forgive them. Oh sure, after you gave out rude, disrespectful rants, we have no right to counter back just because what you actually mean no offence, peace and full respect?

You know what? If you can’t take the heat, don’t say it at all.

   

Turning Paper into Optimus Prime

My nephew who is turning 4 in 2 months likes to request things that us grown up could not perform.

Recently, his best request would be.

To his utter disappointment, our answer is always no because we do know how to turn a blank piece of paper into a transformer. In fact, fixing his transformer toy from a robot to a car (and vice versa) is almost like fixing a rubix cube.

But a few weeks ago, I came across paper crafting and with all happiness; I printed the template and brought it home.

I asked my sis and bro the same question that Shibly likes to ask “Can you turn this into Optimus Prime?” and as they grinned, I flipped the paper that revealed an Optimus Prime template and smugly declared “I CAN!!”

Unfortunately, Shibly was sleeping but as soon as I was done with breaking my fast, I started with my craft.

Undoubtedly, it was an easy template but since it was my first time and too much excitement, I sort of ruined the tabs to slot. I am also not sure it was due to the type of paper I used but when I creased the paper, the ink ran off so the corners are imperfect.

But either way, I think it looks awesome!

And I can say that Optimus Prime just came back from fighting that’s why his paint on his edges seemed scraped off.

Shibly was intrigued by it when he woke up and saw that I was almost done.

Shibly: Mak Su, what are you doing?

Me: I am building Optimus Prime out of paper!

Shibly: Noooo.. Daddy says cannot!

Me: Yes I can! *smug face* (lol)

Shibly: *silence* after that, turn into a car okay?

*facepalm*

Anyways, thanks to Shibly, I’m hooked on paper crafting now.