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Adam & Aiman: Your 1st Day of School

January 13, 2014

Adam & Aiman Sayang,

(Read WE = Mama & Ayah)

We can't believe that the day has finally come. Like finally-finally-finally. Well, after several episodes of playschool-registration-cancellation, we decided that this must be it. Even until now, we are not quite sure whether we are ready for this, but it comes anyway. You boys are going to school. Ohh, how time has flown.

It just a kindergarten, hello? What's a big deal about it? -- some may say that. To us, this whole thing marks the real beginning of your journey in becoming who you are. Rockstar? Pilot? Engineer? Rugby Player? or whatever you choose to be when you grow up, this is just the beginning of your new adventure. Your first solo year to be exact; independent of Mama, Ayah and everyone else at home.

Weeks before even until the night before your first day of school, I explained that you boys will be going to school, see new friends, learn new things but worry not, you guys will still see each other anyway. Abang nodded quietly, trying to take it all while Adik replied excitedly, "Ok yeay! nak pergi school. Abang don't cry ok? Mummy tinggal sekejap saja". Little did you know Adik, that you will be away from the comfort of home, where everything is new and everyone is different.

On the first day of school, we were all very excited, nervous and scared altogether. I told you, "Don't worry, everything will be fine". Trying to act all cool and relax, the truth is I was the one who worried and scared most. In a sudden, I got worried for so many things. Will you ask for help if you need one? Will things be too hard or too easy or too anything for you? Will the teachers and other kids be nice to you? Will you be brave enough to protect yourself? Will Abang be able to protect Adik and vice versa? And to Aiman particularly, will the teachers understand your boisterous energy? What if you get hungry for every one hour? Oh my Aimannnn.

We walked to the school, very slowly (trying to delay the time eyh?) and both of you held my hands tightly. Stood in front of the glass door and as expected, both of you hesitate to go inside. I guess this the point when you realized that Mama and Ayah will not be staying with you all day, and there your tears waiting to stream down your face anytime soon.

We kissed you both on the forehead, gave you one big hug and waved good-bye *and you burst into tears*. Sorry kids that we just had to walk, leaving the crying-Adam-and-Aiman to the Aunties. But I promised that it will only be a quick few hours away from Mama and Ayah and will pick you up on time.

It's day 4 of school today. Abang looks much better now, happy about going to school but Adik, he doesn't seem to be adapting well. I know you will have struggles, or probably feel insecure, but knowing you Aiman, I believe you will be able to handle whatever comes your way with full of confidence. You just need more time to adjust sayang, Insyaallah everything will be fine.

Very deep inside, it's a bit hard to let you go and to trust someone else to look after you two, even for only a short 4 hours. My heart is torn between wanting to have you all day with me, where I can protect you from the crazy world (it's not everything nice as seen) and wanting to let you go out there so you can experience more things than just being home. But I believed, school will teach you many new things, on top of what you have learned so far. There's a lot more to discover about the world we live in and may this be among the first steps you took, that will bring the very best in you.

Only few important notes that Mama and Ayah want you to remember, always:

1st - It's ok to be different because not everyone in this world will share the common things with you. Even Abang and Adik are different from each other, embrace the difference kids.

2nd - Don't be afraid to try something new because you never know how pleasantly surprise things can be. Try Haris, try the new adventure.

3rd - Always follow the instructions BUT it's ok to speak up when necessary. :) Trust me.

4th - Do anything you want or maybe better than anyone has ever done it as long as you be the best of you. Survival in life is about becoming the best you, not the best in class. Remember that, please.

5th - Mistakes just happen. But don't forget to say sorry and learn from it.

Last but not least, regardless if the notes outgrown from just 5 to hundreds, one last thing that you boys should always remember is your FAMILY. No matter what, we will always be here, ohhh in fact we are here since you were just one minute old. I'm your Mama first but always your bestfriend, remember that. Ok fine, if Mama says no, go ask Ayah - as the tagline said. I'm OK with that, as long as you talk to any of your family members. Or Maktok, Tok Wan, Tok Abah, Jaja, Yaya and the list goes on. :) We love you kids, to the infinity sampai tak boleh kira!

With lots of love, to the moon and back,

Mama.

ShilaShower

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STAR Reward System for My Kids

January 07, 2014

Yeah, as you read it, we have now implemented a reward system at home. Nothing so complicated about it, one star for every stated expectation that is met. In return, for every 50 stars collected, they can redeem those for treats or outing or whatever that is deemed appropriate and ok by Mummy and Ayah, hehe. At this moment both of them nampak faham macam mana the whole system works. Oklah untuk awal ni, 50 stars tu dalam 2 minggu baru dapat collect, so at least takdaklah hari-hari mintak new toys. :P

We just implemented the system, so I'm not sure how successful it will be (tunggu until end of the month) and not any pitfalls that we have encountered, as yet. I know some people may say, "nanti budak-budak tak ikhlas buat baik" but well at least this whole thing can encourage them to do good and motivate them to achieve their goals (for example Adam, he needs to collect enough stars that to be redeemed for another set of die-cast planes). As simple as that.

Sebab Adam hari-hari mintak Ayah belikan new planes when he probably has more than 50 die-cast planes in collection. It's easier to explain that, "NO, no new planes sebab Adam tak kemas lepas main, Adam tak share dengan Adik and bla bla bla and you can only have a new set when you earned your 50 stars by doing/behaving good", lebih kurang macam itu. So far dia faham and hopefully janganlah ada orang lain tolong beli hahahah nanti dia dapat short cut pulak.

I tak expect them to do basic house chores pun and all the expectations stated I rasa manageable and achievable by them (at least for now). Play nicely, share things, clean up toys, help each other, practise positive behaviours, brush teeth (yang ni confirm ada star, they love it), eat fruits & veggies, or anything simple for kids age 4-5.

I dapat idea ni masa dekat Disneyland. They went bonkers over toys when we were in Hong Kong and we've never seen them like that before. Even masuk Toyrus dekat Malaysia pun I rasa masih berhemah dan bersopan, but not in Disneyland. T_____T Aiman particularly, lepas satu, satu dia nak beli. Hairan. For all we know Aiman has very minimal interest in toys. Aihhhh, disampuk hantu Disneyland ke apa taktau la.

So I just have to explain to them that they can't always get what they want in life. Sometimes things just don't happen the way you want them to be and that Allah gives everything for reason. Also have to tell them that Allah bagi Mummy and Ayah duit not only to buy toys for Adam and Aiman, but also for foods, school, baju, jalan-jalan and whatnot. Adam seems to understand the idea but Aiman well well well, he is the "Mr. Whatever". So whateverrrrr.

Siap pesan balik dekat Mummy, "Mummy cakap lah PLEASE nicely to ALLAH, nanti mesti Dia bagi. Mummy cakap elok-elok tau?"

Fast forward, Mummy pun dapat ilham nak buat reward system ni and so far both of them faham. For example, lepas dinner jer Aiman will come and ask for his 'star' sebab dia dah makan veggies sampai habis. So senang kerja Mummy hehehe...

For time being, we will just stick to this. For long term, maybe kena fikir cara lain sebab tak boleh nak rely on the reward system sepanjang masa. The main idea of this is to build a strong sense of responsibility and to create awareness on how their role impact the rest of the family. But until they can further understand, star chart ni kira dah good beginning. Because little kids respond well with continuous positive words such as "good job, well done, awesome, thank you, great, wonderful and etc."

ShilaShower

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Wani's Reception at Hilton PJ

December 23, 2013

Well, rasa macam free je, macam nak tulis blog jer.. :P Ok, tadi confuse nak update blog pasal event mana satu, nak sort photos dalam iPhone pun pening. Tu la banyak sangat activities sampai dah taktau nak update mana satu hehe.

Thank you Wani & Iza ajak kita pergi kenduri. Tapi sorry yang reception dekat Marina Putrajaya tak dapat nak attend sebab both my superheroes were down with fever masa tu. Adam paling teruk, sampai temperature dah 40 degrees, every one hour I bawak masuk shower untuk mandikan. For three days temperature range between 38.8 to 40.1 ~>____<~ Sepatutnya dah kena masuk ward but for some reasons, I refused. And the fact that he hasn't had any antibiotics yet, and kalau masuk ward just untuk monitor temperature and masuk air, we might as well do it at home. One of the main reasons sebab I taknak Adam trauma and fobia lagi dengan hospital. We had countless hospital stays when he was one (ke sampai two macam tu), sampai raya dekat hospital pun pernah. Masa tu anything relates to hospital semua dia takut, nak makan ubat punyalah susah but alhamdulillah, we managed to overcome the issues. So I taknaklah for just one hospital stay, again, dia trauma balik dengan doctor, nurse, medication and hospital for many years to come.

Eh, dah melalut cerita anak. Tadi nak cerita pasal kenduri hehehe. Ok back to Wani's wedding dinner.

Invitation was for two, tapi memandangkan suami kita takde dekat sini, so I pergilah dengan boyfriend gentleman I. Adam Haris.

Kacak hensem tampan bergaya, nak mengorat sila amik nombor and isi borang. Tak pandai masak tak apa, Mummy also tak tau masak awal-awal dulu, janji pakai baju cukup kain atas bawah. Okies? :P

Ok nak cakap apa lagi? Takkan nak review wedding pulak kan hahaha. Yang penting makan sedap hehee...My little gentleman pun behave elok je, or maybe sebab dia dah 'pau' Mummy diecast airplane yang jual dekat mini-mart Hilton tu. Of all the places, boleh dalam Hilton tu ada juai diecast planes. Mula-mula dia nak 10, but hahahahaha of course lah Mummy says "one only". Gilo satu RM35 ok? Selalu beli dekat wholesaler seketul RM10, sepuluh baru RM100. Ini kalau sepuluh dah RM350. You think I plucked money from tree kah? -_____-"

(Sneezing non stop now) I shall end today's entry here, achoooommmm!! and Clarinase doesn't seem to work on my runny nose. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

ShilaShower

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Nana & Brian Baby Shower

November 19, 2013

Alhamdulillah, I am blessed to have been given the opportunity to be part of Nana's baby shower team. Ok, bukan lah I contributed banyak tenaga ke apa, diapercakes jer pun, but still, the whole thing marked a huge milestone for Shilashower Diapercakes hehehe :)

Masa Faida whatsapp me nak request diapercakes theme safari, tapi warna nak black and white sahaja, I was like, "ermmmmmmmmmmm boleh ke buat niiiiiiiiiiiii??". Sebab all this while my trademark memang diapercakes warna warni tu lah. Tiba-tiba nak kena buat black and white je ni T____T. But I said ok, boleh cuba sebab still ada masa. Ok lah, two weeks notice, sempat nak cari ilham apa semuakan.

She wanted the classic version of diapercake, so takla fikir banyak barang sangat, but still nak brainstorm on how to make a three tiers diapercake in black and white, properly constructed punya, macam pening jugak. But tadaaaaaa! Usaha tangga kejayaan. Jadi jugak akhirnya :P

And this is Nana at 36 weeks pregnant. Diameter perut 32 inci SAHAJA. Can you imagine that? Aku tak pregnant pun, kalau terbabas makan perut boleh cecah 32" or probably more hahahaa. Never met her in person, selalu comment dekat Instagram saja, but bila dah jumpa orangnya sangat peramah.

Ala, kita jumpa artis ni kadang-kadang boleh tengok. Ada yang jenis control, ada yang kaver-kaver diva, ada yang joyah abes, macam-macam la kan? Nana ni kategori memang friendly and bubbly. Kown cakap, "oooo sengal2 jugak Nana ni, bagus tak control control macam artis lain yang dah pernah jumpa." Hahaha, suka hati jer kan suami ku ini. T____T

Ok tu jer lah nak cakap hahaha. Event start pukul 3, tapi masa hantar diapercakes semua, masa tu baru pukul 12pm. So in between tu untuk membuang masa, kita orang pergi lepak Pavillion. Wahhhh, kemain sakan Christmas deco dah start. Baru mid November kot??? Elok tengah makan dekat Ben's, Aiman cakap, "Mummy, Adik berak"

@____@

Aiman ni kannnnn. Dah la sabun, towel, pampers apa semua tak bawak, camna nak basuh ni. Dah la baju dah start comot, herghhhh. Last-last masuk Parkson beli baju, diaperpants, sabun apa semua. Potong betul Aiman ni tau. Tapi kesian Aiman, I rasa dia confuse la sebab Mama dia kejap bagi pakai diaper, kejap tak pakai hahahaha. Kalau dia tak pakai ok je dia pegi toilet, cuma kalau pegi jalan, kadang-kadang tu I malas nak cari toilet time-time tengah syok shopping muahahahaha. So I pakaikan diaper. :P Confuse dah budak tu, hhehhee...

ShilaShower

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Update, sebab kena update :P

November 12, 2013

Yuhuuuuu. Lama betul tak update blog. Seriously, Instagram is the one to be blamed. I spent hours on my Instagram everyday; update photos, communicate with followers and skodeng others too bwahahaha. Pity this blog, and probably many other blogs too as they are losing their charm to other social media platform, mainly Instagram.

Hence, memang hebat sapa yang bekerja full time, balik buat kerja rumah, dengan anak lagi, or maybe with part time business lagi, yet boleh update blog regularly. SYABAS! Memang tere sangat ok. I ni laptop bukak dekat ofis je, itu pun sebab dah memang syarat wajib kerja kan? Hahaha. Otherwise, I would just leave it at home. :P

What I have been up to? Entah, macam-macam. Every weekend ada jer activity. Tak pernah nya nak free. Tengok show la, kenduri la, makan-makan la, pegi jalan la, shopping laa eyh? haaaa tu yang selalu dok update dekat Instagram je. Senang. Info pesanan khidmat masyarakat pun lagi cepat sampai hehehehhe.

Sekarang dah November, tak sabar nak tunggu December sebab nak cuti. Tapi start next week, pergi office mungkin dah aman damai sikit pagi-pagi tu, sebab jalan clear cuti sekolah dah mula. Tho I still tak faham, memang begitu ramaikah manusia yang keluar pagi-pagi hantar anak pergi sekolah sampai jalan jam teruk, sebab bila cuti sekolah jer, immediately traffic elok tenang. Tapi mungkinlah kan, sekarang budak-budak umur 4 tahun dah pergi playschool, pastu yang nak pergi tadika, sekolah rendah, sekolah menengah segala, tu yang jem kot? Haha.

Diapercakes business still berjalan macam biasa. Update memang buat dekat Instagram jugak hehehehe, sebab senang tak payah resize gambar :P Ok gtg. Sambung lain hari. Mungkin jugak lain bulan. Tapi tengok lah, kalau rajin, esok pun boleh tulis. Everything so unpredictable now. Semua asal boleh asal sempat sahaja.

Owh ya, my boys are doing fine. Sihat alhamdulillah. Ada jugaklah in between demam apa semua, tapi alhamdulillah tak sampai kena warded. Unlike one or two years back, bila anak demam tu, bersedialah nak masuk ward. Maybe sekarang dah senang pujuk makan ubat (Adam lah terutamanya). Aiman senang, apa ubat pun dia bedal je hehehehe.

ShilaShower

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Just a random Monday babble.

September 30, 2013

Yuhuuuu!

Blog ni nampaknya macam dah nak dipinggirkan, kesian dia. Apatah yang tuan dia sebok sangat sampai tak sempat nak update barang secebis dua. :P Kadang-kadang tu cerita dia banyak, macam-macam sangat tapi sebagai seorang yang kononnya perfectionist, tulis blog pun nak review sampai dua ratos lima puluh kali sampai cukup puas hati nak publish. Nak tengok ayat ok ke tidak, paragraph and font standardize ke tak, gambar edit tu lawa ke tidak, tapi I have to admit, masa untuk semua tu dah tak berapa nak ada.

Kita cubalah update jugak blog ni sebab taknak lah sampai jadi "The Land of the Abandoned" pulak. Kalaulah blogspot ni boleh bercakap, mesti dia curse Instagram tu cukup-cukup, hahahaha. Sebab banyak blog terabai sebab hidup lebih meriah di Instagram. Kalau cerita hari tu pasal Teh Ais, maka kita tulislah pasal Teh Ais ok? *for which hari tu daku seperti terkedu bila nak bayar teh ais dekat foodcourt office yang harga dia dah RM2* Like "wadehelllll". RM2 ok? Minyak baru naik 20sen tak sampai seminggu, teh ais tiba-tiba jadi RM2, bengang betul.

Ok, cerita tentang hari ni, hari Isnin. Bila hari Isnin, jalan memang jem sangat tahap tak reti nak explain. Tapi hadap jer lah, dah routine pun, sampai rasa tak sempurna pulak hidup dalam KL kalau tak jem. Macam tak meriah, macam ada kurang pulak nanti haha. So dah sejam mengadap jem dari Batu Caves ke Bangsar, sampai je Menara TM, OH-EM-GEE did I just throw my kepala hotak or what, laptop bag tertinggal dekat rumah!

Like, dugaan apakah ini oh Tuhannnn. Adalah tu Allah nak bayar cash ke apa kan. Yeah, I left my laptop bag at home di pagi Isnin yang mulia ini. And all the important reports yang kena siapkan ada dalam tu. What options do I have pun, terpaksalah redah balik rumah semula nak ambil laptop. So basically I spent about 3 hours dalam kereta, dalam traffic jam, atas jalan hari ni. Ok, if plus the journey balik rumah that will be 4 JAM ok?

-_____________-"

Tapi takpa, kita keep calm. Sekarang ni saya lebih banyak bertenang dan kontrol emosi gitu. Kalau zaman muda mudi dulu, jadi macam ni, mau sampai petang haku sakit jiwa. Emo. But come to think of it, apakah berbaloi kita stress tambah kedut kat muka untuk perkara tak berapa penting cam tu? Of course not. So redha je lah. On the way balik office, singgah Desa Parkcity tapau Coffee Bean's Vanilla Latte, hahahha terus hati tenang.

So itulah cerita hari Isnin beta, hahaaaha. Ok sumpah memang tak reti nak buat blog entri yang melaporkan segala jenis aktiviti harian apatah lagi membuat laporan menu makan dan bla bla bla. Tapi that kind of interesting also, dari takde topik teruk kau membebel 250 patah perkataan :P

Oh, hati terus sejuk sampai petang sebab bila sampai office tengok ada parcel DHL ada atas meja. Mihmihmihmih. Canvas bag yang dibeli taktau atas motif apa, ada atas meja. Besar pulak tu, ingat halus je. T_____T Oh beli sebab masa tu Marc Jacobs sale heheehe. Itulah bahaya online shopping ni, pantang nampak tulis SALE, FREE SHIPPING terus gatal je nak beli, tapi belum tentu perlu. Kofkofkofkof!! (ok Manager saya nak beli bag tu, ehehehhe so kira tak membazir lah)

Oklah, esok sambung lagi karangan harian. Yang penting malam ni nak kena letak post-it-note dekat bell pintu rumah, tulis situ "JANGAN LUPA LAPTOP BAG ANDA". So every morning akan nampak dan tidak akan berulang lagi kejadian macam pagi tadi. Membuang masa di tengah jalan di pagi Isnin is no naissss ok?

ShilaShower

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Yuhuuuuuu! Is anybody homeee??

September 18, 2013

Wuwuwuwuwuuwuw, memang tahap bersawang berhabuk teruk dah blog ni. Tuan sendiri lari pi mana tah sebulan lebih, hehehehe. Ok sebenarnya memang sangat busy, tahap tak boleh explain dah. So nak cari masa type tulis blog entry tu macam sangatlah susah. Ok, nak type tu tak susah, nak transfer gambar from iPhone to laptop then edit lagi, yang tu susah. So kesudahannya, tak update blog terus. Terus update INSTAGRAM kihkihkihkih. Konsepnya "A picture speaks a thousand words", share gambar, tak payah type hehehehe.

So, a little update on what I've been up to lately.

Cookies.

I bake cookies. Wahhhh terus jadi baker kembali gitu. Ok, ini bukan fulltime yer rakyat jelata sekalian. Ini suka-suka as hobby. Makna kata I accept order kalau I FREE. Di ulang, FREE --- ada masa lapang. And kalau order tu tak complicated, tak banyak requestnya, I acceptlah. Sebab nak buat cookies amik masa lama. Nak bake cookies, nak bancuh icing, nak buat outline colors tu, nak flood colors tu, nak tunggu kering, nak pack lagi, MEMANG LAMA. Sebab tu I accept small amount sahaja hehehe...

Diapercakes.

Business runs as usual. Yang ni tutup mata pun boleh buat. Hahahhaa. Belagak mintak lempang :P Maksudnya, yang ni tak rumit kerja dia, sambil tengok TV boleh buat. So takdak masalah.

Cousins Kahwin.

Hah yang ni penting. Tahun ni, I dapat ramai cousins baru. Perempuan pulak. Bagus tu, sebab Geng Joyah nampaknya semakin berkembang hehehee. So bila jumpa tu meriah sikit nak bergossip Cik Bedah. Insyaallah soon dapat anak sedara baru (anak kazen ku). Kalaulah keluar baby girl, memang seronok Mak Chak Shilashower hang beli baju online. Haha. Anyway, bulan 10 ni ada kenduri lagi, baju apa nak pakai pulak ni? Banyak sangat kenduri, so kena susun baju so bila amik gambar family, baju semua lain-lain hahaha.

Haris Bersaudara.

Alhamdulillah, sihat sejahtera. Aiman turned 3 last August. Hahaahha, I know mesti ramai terkejut, "baru 3 tahun je??". Yer sesungguhnya body frame Aiman tu sangat melangkaui umur sebenar dia. In fact, melebihi size Abang dia. Very often orang akan ingat Aiman yang abang hehehe, and Adam tu adik. Sekarang dia orang dah bestfriend sangat. Dulu Adik kecik lagi, nak communicate dengan Abang pun susah. Sekarang ni, they are like twins. Ke hulu ke hilir berdua, tapi ada jugak time perang, but to me that's normal.

Officeworks. T______T

Ni takdak comment banyak. Walaupun hajat nak resign tu membuak-buak, tapi kesudahan ku tetap di sini jua, hahaha. Sayang syarikat, nak buat macam mana. So duduklah dulu, kerjalah selagi mampu. Tapi rasanya kalau masuk anak no.3 boleh jadi kebarangkalian besar untuk I berhenti. Sebab rasa tak kuasa nak ulang routine pam susu dekat ofis hahahahaaha. Nak gather all the ketabahan dan kesabaran tu rasa macam AIHHHHHH mampu kerrrrr. Anyhow, tu nanti. Buat masa ni, anak masih dua dan belum nak decide tambah lagi hehehehee. So kita chillex dulu.

So oklah, itu saja update yang hado buat masa ini. Takda apa yang extravagant, macam biasa-biasa saja tapi hati bahagia. Ok itu konsep kehidupan yang penting. Duit selombong kalau hati tak happy, tidur tak lena, makan tak kenyang pun tak guna jugak. So yeah, silalah happy-happy selalu :P *peace!*.

Agak-agak kalau blog ni nak menuju ke mode hibernate *lagi*, silalah ziarah Instagram saya, SHILASHOWER, Insyaallah situ lebih lively. :P (sebab situ tak payah buat karangan 200 patah perkataan, dalam traffic jam pun boleh update hehehehe).

ShilaShower