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Spring, I Like! Today is a public holiday and a great day for a combo birthday party. Hasben, Shasha and Hafiz share the same birthday (but different years) while Kimi's is just a day later. We had a makan-makan at Laurel Bank Park and took the opportunity to enjoy the flowers. Woke up early to bake this cake which magically turned  into a brownie... Another cake by Kak Ramiza, the pro baker. Hers did not magically turn into anything else. Made the sign thingy last week. Very unattractive but did not want to miss the current trend. Just wished I was more creative to make the moustache and glasses. Everybody was being sporting for the photoshoot. And these are some flower pictures I managed to snap while chasing Kimi half the park! Exhausted! Spring is the best! Colourful, cheerful and the weather is awesome! Here is the little man now after too much partying (or running):

Less than 2 weeks from now, we will be celebrating Eid Adha and the little Malaysian community here needs a BBQ picnic to discuss the event - because discussing through WhatsApp is just too mainstream, haha. So anyway, public BBQ facilities are literally everywhere in Australia. This time around, we lepak-ed at Hodgsonvale, just a few Kilometres outside Toowoomba. Our typical BBQ picnic will usually be like this: Men and boys do the cooking. Women and girls sit on the picnic tables, discussing world events (or the latest Korean drama), and wait for the food to be served. This is the only time when us ladies can be lazy and get away with it :o) Kids play at the playground. But with Kimi still in transition phase, from baby to an independent kid, it is quite hard to be alert at all times while stuffing my face. He thinks he is one of the big kids, but at certain time, quite unstable to do all the running and climbing. When the sun finally sets, it is time ...

This is one of those pointless and jakun entry but still impressive (for me, anyway). I have seen white milk (obviously), brown for chocolate and pink for strawberry (who hasn't?), and the occasional yellow for banana and purple for berry. But I discovered here in Australia, they have green milk! The flavour? Not mint but LIME! It actually tasted like dishwashing liquid, I imagine, not that I have ever drank any. Cool stuff... - Blogging on the go!

Date : 13 Zulkaedah 1434H I've always thought that Mr. Moon and Mr. Sun had an agreement: You get the night sky and daytime is mine. Apparently, on some special days, Mr. Moon would come and visit us earlier than usual. We are currently in the middle of the lunar month, where the moon is full and round.  And tonight, as I peeked through my window, I was a bit suprised to see the usually pitch-black backyard was visible. Could it be that the neighbours were having a BBQ? Nope, it was Mr. Moon, looking glorious and stunning!

Date : 26 August 2013 I love the smell of lavenders! And in Kingaroy, late August is when the flowers bloom! I expected a lavender farm to look like this: Google But a 2-hours drive from Toowoomba revealed that it was just a tiny farm with a few rows of lavender bushes. It was not too disappointing for me because I still had the chance to take some decent pictures. And it was free to enjoy the farm. We only had to pay $5 to pick 50 lavenders, which I didn't participate (typical me). There was a little foyer for wine tasting I think. And some shops selling English-y things. It is a nice feeling being amongst the purple flowers, but not so much with the bees (a lot of them) buzzing as well. And a word of advice that left me and Mak sniggering ;o)

Funny how depression can be used as a reason to not do any actual PhD work, whilst a hobby like crocheting and sewing is considered okay ^_^. I guess, to distract oneself from over-thinking, it is best to do something you really enjoy. It works well for me! My crochet needle was summoned after being in my sewing box for nearly a year. I tried searching for a kopiah tutorial but could not find any. So this was a product of my 'hentam keromo'. Not perfect, but it was a productive tension-releaser. This little model kept taking off the kopiah and throwing it on the floor... Erkkk... Wearing his Ninja Turtle PJs - a gift from his much missed Nekma. A part from the kopiah, I managed to modify my oversized round table cloth - making it smaller, squarish, and added a red border. I know, they don't match, but is it not colour blocking season? I hope this is still in style, ahaks! Stacks of kuih raya from Malaysia! Priceless!

Aaahhh... 2 fun days of eating during Syawal abruptly came to an end. Bleeding during pregnancy is never a good sign. Some sites do mention that there was a 50-50 chance of having a healthy baby in the end but, this actually gave false hope in desperate situations. Friends are complaining that they can't fit in their pants after successfully trimming down during Ramadhan, but it was the other way round for me... Ironic. Anyways, it was a blessing to have a little companion during the fasting month - Sahur and Iftar together-gether. Now for some distractions from the emotional roller coaster - which includes online bargain hunting and crocheting. Ahaks! And look who gets all the benefits - Kimi! I was Gumtree-ing nearly every hour now (Gumtree is the equivalent of Mudah.com) Funny, I was all excited to let Kimi play on his new horsy, and the first thing he did when he saw it was crying and running away from it... (@_@) Ok... Am picking this up tomorrow! Too late...