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Date: 28 June 2016 It is the last 10 days of Ramadhan and this was our first time breaking fast at a restaurant for this year. Khadijah wanted us to join her to try the new restaurant, specializing in everything grill. It is owned by 2 muslim brothers, therfore halal, and provided us with more dining choice apart from Sofra and Nandos. After Hasben finished his cleaning shift, we went straight to the CBD and arrived slightly after 7pm. Khadijah had ordered for us in advance so the food was ready for us on the table. I ordered King Prawns but felt that it wasn't enough,  I was still a bit hungry. There were only 3 prawns... So yeah... I will order something else in the future. However, Hasben's Lamb Chunk was a bit too much for me, it was a really humongous chunk! After finishing our dinner, we went for ice creams at Gelatisimo across the road. The cold winter night did not stop us from having cold deserts!

Just got back from Brisbane and I am exhausted! Woke up quite early for an appointment with Bupa, for Kimi's medical check up. He needed to get some blood sample for a TB test. He acted like a champ, cried a bit for less than 3 seconds. Was so proud of him! As a treat, we brought him to South Bank Parklands for some swimming fun. It was an unplanned trip therefore, the boys had to swim with their boxers - until they were shivering. Later, we visited the Queensland Museum again so Kimi could see some dinosaurs. At this point, Afi had dozed off quietly on the stroller. So that sums up our day trip for today. My little hero's bruise:

Date : 20 March 2016 This trip occurred about 1 month ago. Back then it was still summer, none of this waking up to chilly mornings. (I am under the blanket right now). We missed the opportunity to visit a cotton field last year, while celebrating Anzac Day at Jondaryan Woolshed. This year, however, we had Adam who was working on that part of Toowoomba to inform us that it was finally cotton season! I was not sure where the exact location was since there were not many information about cotton fields in the Internet. Using Zana's tips, we used the alternative Toowoomba-Dalby route, passing through Jondaryan Woolshed. This takes an extra 30 minutes to reach Dalby as calculated by GPS. After driving unsurely, we saw the fluffy whites of cotton and stopped by the road side for some pictures, wishing no one shoots us for trespassing. After feeling satisfied with the pictures, we went to Dalby town, had a bit of a walk in the CBD, shopped at Target Country (Target for rural a...

This love - hate relationship with CDs has been going on for a while. Lazy mom but feels a bit guilty everytime I imagine filling the landfill with my kids' diapers, which would probably take 200 years to decompose! So I got these 2 CDs from Vinnies, a GroVia and an Issy Bear Nappies for $3 each. Suddenly, I became determined (again) to use them. Especially that Khadijah seems effortless with cloth diapering Maira. Semangat la konon ... At the moment, I am feeling a bit exhausted from the changing and washing every 2 hours! Arghhh! On the plus side, while hanging out the CDs, I had this beautiful sky to enjoy.  :)

Hasben has been astonished with my sudden urge of buying new clothes. He said if I wanted to help in saving up for our future, the first thing I should do is have some self-control! Haha! Fine! So my new project is to upcycle my not-so-old clothes that I have some issues with, such as, not 'muslimah compliance' enough (as JuliZac would say). I have this blouse from French Connection, yup kids size, but comfy and I love it. The downside was that it's a bit too short and nearly gave it away to Vinnies. I rummaged through my stash of fabrics and could not believe my luck! I have a black and white fabric (bought from Vinnies a loooong time ago) that I have never used before. It matches the blouse perfectly. And after adjusting the shape, I am quite happy with the final product. (Although honestly, it looks a bit like a nursing poncho, haha). Another blouse is from Elle. Although it was made for teenagers, I felt it was a bit granny looking. This took the longest for...

Date: 14 February 2016 Haish... have been so lazy with writing blog, journals, reports etc... Not a good start to the new year it seams. Partly to blame is Cities Skyline, a computer game (like Sim City) that I have been hooked on. But now that I have the most awesomest and richest city in the world, the excitement has died down thus here I am, writing an entry. Anyways, we revisited AAFM in Oakey last month. This time Kimi was extra excited as compared to 3 years back, obviously the age makes a lot of difference. It's a nice little museum and wasn't too expensive. Great for little boys with planes obsession! This is Skipper from the Disney movie Planes... According to Kimi anyway: One of the first plane models I guess: A play area for kiddies, the mini planes were too adorable: The real thing out in the open: When we got back home, the little boy was still on cloud 9, talking about planes, plane and planes. He even gathered all his plane c...

Date: 12 January 2015 It has been almost a month since we went back to Malaysia for my brother's wedding. Kimi was excited to be with his grandparents, aunties and uncles and of course, his many cousins! I helped Mak with decorating the hantaran. She had done most of the work, just needed some touch-up. So these were the products of mother-daughter creative minds: We also did a little work on the groom's room (Bilik pengantin). The same bed sheet set for my wedding was reused. Mak bought this mosquito net (kelambu) for a more romantic effect. WinZie and I spent a little sisterly time decorating this pelamin. No one was really impressed with our work, except for ourselves... Haha! And maybe Pak Long... Anyways, this is Aqram during the akad. Apparently, they have a text now they can read from, so it's not as challenging as it used to be.. Hehe... This was their reception at a hall in Hulu Kelang, the theme was dusty pink or Mak likes to call it, pink b...