Oh Penang!

Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia. 

I have not been to Penang for quite sometimes and, surprise surprise! Goodness Gracious! The scenery, the scents of food HEAVENLY especially their significant delight, char kuew teoy & Nasi Kandaq, and over the coastal, there were lines of hawkers striving to live near Gurney Drive there where MOSTLY they were all the Chinese. Speaking of development, i see a bunch of sky scrappers reaching out density high! As a matter of fact, there a number of it. Like Magnificent! Personally, not taking political issues into account, i envisioned Penang as a mini Singapore. The developing island to accommodate the needs.

welcoming from the island. 

Anyhow, i'm not giving a lecture on Penang. Cut the crap.

We were there for the weekend to witnessed the beautiful akad nikah ceremony of my uia's clan, Shuhada & Sairien held at Masjid Terapung Tanjung Bungah. Beautiful! Edat & Zana (sisterhood of the clan of course) were there too. And boy, whilst the bride were calm and smiling ear to ear, relieve and syukur that the ceremony went smooth sailing, extraordinarily them both were the one sobbing hard, held tissue in hand shedding of running tears. Drama Queen! Haha

And i sooo love her dress! Her gestures all accentuates the fact she's the Queen of the day. 

laughter shed for the union. Truly happy for the both of you.

hands together for the newlywed. during their dinner reception by the beach.*pix from their fb*

In between, we managed our time for their local delicacies. a MUST!

whenever you pay a visit to the island, it's a MUST to savor their significant localities, i.e : The Famous, non other than Nasi Kandar Line Clear! Two thumbs up!

On all, suffice to say we will surely come back to Penang for their glorious mouth watering food!

an apple a day hope to keep the doctors away

fast asleep with an apple in hand.. adam, when you turn 10 one day, mommy'll surely tease you over this! the half eaten was all by himself. he didn't even let me peel off the skin.

The Anniversary Breakaway

When I first met you all those years ago,I fell in love so fast, I knew right then,You were the one and only one for me; so i waited, and I'd never have to look for love again..so VAIN but yet so TRUE!

Yeah, anniversary had always remind me of how much LOVE i have towards husband. bounty and bound-less. husband, if you read this, i want you know the LOVE i'm offering is UNCONDITIONAL and no EXPIRY. grow old with me, will yah? 

To commemorate the love, of 3 years blissful marriage, we decided to spent a night in this beautiful resort that offers Balinese inspired villas. It is worth spending! the free breeze ambience, beautiful scenery, accommodation & amenities provided, all are captivating! It's Hubby's pick guys, so Yes, a pat on his back! We only decided upon it on Friday, can you imagine? Friday morning browse their web (conversation and decision made through sms'es, thanks to Technology) scan through the details they have and bla bla bla...and by 9pm we find ourselves on the comfy bed enthralled and wriggling!

i'm soo in love with the walkaway! enticing!

our room were upgraded by the management. hence, the two king size bed. we make full utilize of the other one for us to unpacked the luggage.

the coolest of all. all ecstasy. the private pool to our own. back and forth at our own expense. 

this is the only pix approved by husband to be publish here. the rest are censored. :p

this is the glass panel for underneath sea viewing. But there were nothing much to view except for dry leaves unfortunately. Adam was too mesmerize by the panels and kept on saying amie, issh (fish).

the luxurious bathroom i adore so much! Range products by The Crabtree & Evelyn. Notice the shower cap? Oh i soo want it to be in our home!

did you enjoy our anniv trip little fella? *_*  nasib baik mommy x tinggal. haha

time for us to bid farewell. InsyaAllah will come again if time permits :)

all in a nutshell, we did had a great breakaway for the weekend. Husband, what do you say if we make it as a yearly event in the family planner? Brilliant kan idea i.. :) 

Alhamdulillah for the 3 years blessing bestowed upon us!

It's October 10th

but now, i am certain sure..

HAPPY 3rd ANNIV DARLING HUSBAND!

ps: will later do a write-up on our Anniversary Breakaway :)

wordless wednesday #13

cafe

this a place where we dine in a few nights ago. i admired the concept and design they have in coming up with such a pleasant-homey-like place to dine. very simple and cozy ambience it has, and i find myself staring to almost everything  in the cafe. i love it. the little white cafe.

the deco.. captivating entrance there they had. and more? owned by a Malay. I am truly proud.

nah here is the blackboard where all the menu's written down.

the garments on the wall. pretty much inspiring if i may say.

macaron in the house.em,i rate B for this. tasted a good one indeed.

for concept wise, i rate A for an effort! Did not disappoint me on that particular one. 

BUT must i say, pretty pricey for the minimal portion they served and if not much, surely and highly can improve more on the taste-wise. Make it less bland. Anyhow, go try peeps!

wordless wednesday #12

not my expertise

very very recently the husband make his way to our home for an update progress. Like i said earlier, i'm numb when talking pertaining house. be it purchasing neither structuring! I don't have a single clue on what a beam looks like or what composites materials used or what holds up the ceilings and the walls. I totally cannot imagine. I mean, when seeing a house under renovation, hubby will go "ohh,kemas kontraktor ni buat kerja die" whenever he sees one, analyzing the piece attached to another, whereas i on the other hand see it as just a piece of naked wall. Nothing more.

He knows what tabletop best fit the concept of a kitchen he has in mind. What solid and which are not or steel A are much much elastic if compared to steel B. Daannnggg! How difference could it be anyhow? He's the handy man. So, i would very much appreciate he take care on matters said. The later part i.e when deco came into picture, you definitely can rely on my ten fingers and a single brain of mine :)

I don't even understand what to describe what's happening here. Hubby took the picture. All i can say, 30% work completed. As per hubby said. *_*

On the site progress.

the staircase. hubby actually took like 50 pictures all together which i see it all are likely the same and he went those may seem similar but it's from different angel. For him to be able to measure the proportionate he said. 

Purchasing a property has never been easy. Hassle particularly pertaining the documentations. And cost a loop to your bank account too!

20 months

tick tock tick tock... lapse of time is definately felt! adam is now 20 months young, and will soon turn 2! How time has never wait for even a single second. He's no longer a baby as it may seems, but eternally he is at heart. And i shall pat myself for being able to render the duty of a MOTHER coming to this point. Lots and loads of PATIENCE needed along the way and much say, days ahead in dealing with him becoming toddler, meeting new phase of environment in life, the unpredictable. It is said, watching the parents control their temper may be the first step in his learning to control his.

At this point, Adam has never fail to amuse us. Everyday, and every deeds he's developing and absorbing the sees and do's from surrounding. Notes on his being 20 months;

1. Understand simple instructions i.e "Adam, go get the Remote Control for me please"..- and he'll be back with one.

2. Still emerging language skills - he remembers precisely on certain things i.e whenever he sees the Petronas logo, be it outside, in the newspaper, on notebook, even on ayah's shirt. He'll shout for "nassss"..

3. On the new vocab he picked -  McD (mek-nol-nol), Shell (dell), Playground (pey-gong), House (house), Bicycle (kal), Pillow (wo-wo), Aeroplane (aa-yoo-pane), Tractor (tek-torr) Merdeka (deka) and few more to mention..

4. When i point to him and asked, "who's this?"..he replied saying A-tammm.. cute i think!

5. He has now complete his Transport book.. and moving on to the First Word Book.. 

6. Address waitresses he bump into as "kakak".. 

7. Knows to pull his pants off when mommy said shower time. 

8. Whenever done's with 'business', he'll let us know.. "mommy, yakkk".."wash mi" ..and oh i think he's ready for potty training kot kan.. hmm, must do reading on this.

9. Loves "aa-kutt" (Yakult) and "yatt"(chocolate)..NOT GOOD! most of the time i'd hide whatever that is chocolate based from his sight. I personally do not want him to consume chocolate/candies at this age.

10. Knows how to knock - knock when entering a room, gives salam i.e akum whenever enters the house. And prefers running instead of walking!

11. Refuse his binky on his own! He went no-no when i offered one. Good boy!

Adam, the list sure continues as time goes by. Whenever one day you read what i have jot down, i want you to know, despite the naughtiness - makes mommy went adammmmm!!! whenever you lashes out, you did not fail to impress. You put a smile on my face when i needed one most! And knowing you calling mommy mommy see is (this) from outside when i was taking bath, is such a wonderful feeling you know. It is felt at heart. I didn't realized it until today. Mommy loves you son!

my late raya post

For now it seems everybody has loaded up their joyous raya celebrations on fb,blogs,twitter,etc etc.. How wonderful to be able to see the celebrations through out the continent portraying family and friends in their vibrant baju tailored dedicatedly for Raya and - the smile of one wearing's it, grace and  is just simply luscious. It's the sensation and vibe that makes the Raya always a memorable one! So here i am, putting the color imaging our Raya celebrations despite being drainage due to my pinkeye disease. Yes, conjunctivitis raya for me! *boo* But still surrounded by loved ones, are the cut! No any feelings could deter the fact. 

the little fella on raya eve.

i made with lotsaaaa love. an extra one indeed. it turns out pretty OK i can say. But hubby claims the 2010's way much much yummier! did not score on that.

1st Syawal 2011..

We are family! Adam suprisingly was not a hesitant when it comes to songkok. Wasn't the same for last year where i had to pick up his songkok after every steps i made.

the in-laws. can you just imagine, we totally forgot to snap a picture of all at the in-laws side? argh! only the parents had theirs,lovingly :)

wrap-up! I don't want to eye-sore you guys with too much of us.haha.

Selamat Hari Raya again readers!