Arissa turned 2!

Hi there.

Arissa turned 2 yo last 5^th Feb 2013. Oohh noo, my baby is no longer my “baby”,  she’s soon a big sister. Time flies – super-duper fast. Sometimes I felt like I need to find time to breathe so that I will be able to catch up with everything. She has grown so fast and talks a lot. She seems to understand more nowadays and we just love to spend time with her and talked to her, of course.

Let’s recap on what she can do at her 24 m-o!

1)        She ate most of the food (of course not the pedas ones). She’s likes everything that comes with soup

2)        Has shown her interest in beautifying herself. Loves to wear my lipstick and my moisturizer and stayed in front of the mirror and says “antik tak?” :)

3)        Pronounce chocolate as “kong ket”. Omg, where did she learned this?

4)        Good in psyco-ing her mama and ayah. We, sometimes terjebak jugak.

5)        She’s now 11.5kg.

6)        Thanked to Allah that sometimes we can rely on her. She’s willingly helps me with the house chores - tolong mama kemas rumah, angkat itu-ini, letak baju dalam bakul, kutip sampah and buang dalam tong sampah etc.

7)        She’s sometimes called me ayah. (erkkss!)

8)        She'll take off her diaper herself whenever I says “Jom mandi”

9)        Refuse to be fed. Nak suap sendiri.  So three of us would have our dinner together at the table.

10)     Won’t let ayah get closer to me during waktu tido coz she got jealous. Hahaha..

11)     Oh ya, She’s sooo (see the extra o?) manja nowdays, guess she knows that her adik is coming soon

12)     Last but not least, she’s is getting out of control :) If she can't have something, she will go into a screaming fit until she gets it. The best part is, we just found out that for the past one week, she started to merajuk (she have must learned this from someone else). Aiyoo…

… and the list never ends!

Despite all of her attitudes, for us - accepting the challenges of these moments is the first step toward maintaining our sanity – patience.

So our next target would be:

1)        She would be able to say sorry whenever she makes mistakes or whenever she makes us angry (and to understand the meaning of the word, of course!)

2)        To introduce her to the potty training.

Chow!

A new year is coming fast.

Ok, at last I’m in the mood of writing (ermm… after nearly 2 years?? - unpredictable). Luckily I still can remember the log in ID and the password. Hahaha…
Yes it is almost 2013. When we’re talking about New Year (or past year!), should we be talking about resolutions as well? For some people, they are not making any resolutions because they are not sure of what they are going to be doing, or they were thinking at their age, I don't need to make new resolutions as I've already made enough so all I have to do is go back and review the ones I didn't keep, or probably for certain people they ought to think that they don’t have to make any resolutions because, at their age, they can't remember what were the prescribes resolutions. Oooh this is me. I can’t remember most of mine (that’s why I need to jot down here, so that by 2014, I can still recall mine. fuhh) …or New Year Resolution – who cares??


So, what have I achieved so far? What failed me? and what am I hoping for next year? Let’s make this simple.

Achieved:

1) To always be grateful and thankful for what I have. Less complained. Yess, this is one of my resolutions for 2012. Weird? It is wise to be reminded that I don’t get what I want. There have been times in my life when I have been reminded of how fortunate I am. Calls that have served as a reminder to be thankful for all that I have and all that I am able to provide for my family (and for my organisation). It reminds me that struggle can be found right in your own back yard. Ok, let’s be honest. I used to complain on everything for the first 3 years here in SME Corp. (yess, everything! Stuffs like why certain things have to happen to us? or maybe why things have to happen to other people?) But later in 2010, I have no idea how I became somebody that take everything as rezeki or dugaan dari Allah SWT (after you put enough effort for it, of course!). And what’s surprise me is that, once you redha, eventually, everything falls into place. Everything happens for a reason. Good or bad. Big or small. I have faith in God, that God is there for us every step of the way and is leading us on a path that will help us grow. Alhamdulillah for what I am today in this organization. Syukur for the rezeki that I received. I’m happy for what I am, what I did for this organisation (even though I know there’s a lot more I could do). And…I learned to always be grateful for the love that i receive from my family, my friends, and my colleagues. Thank them in some way.


2) Was money a big source of stress in your life last year? Haha… (dengan penuh rasa bangga akan diri sendiri), i managed to terminate one of my credit card account. To pay off debts. Fuhh. Actually my resolution was to terminate all my credit cards. But, it’s Ok. One by one I guess. Slow and steady. Let’s target to do it by mid-year 2013. Easier said than done, but I will try!


3) New baby is on the way. Both Khasif and I have planned to welcome the next baby in 2013. Alhamdulillah, after all the hard work (erkk?), Insha’Allah, baby boy will be delivered in March 2013. Yeah!


4) In 2012, the biggest step that I made was bought a property. Yet to own it as the project is ongoing. Insha’Allah, by first quarter 2015, we will be able to moves out to a better place. Can’t wait. 2015 please comes fast. I’m soo over excited.



Failed (in returns it should be included in 2013's resolutions):

1) Fit in fitness. Exercise more. To get back in shape. Ok, this is hard. I’ve been attached to this pre natal - post natal issue since 2009.

Oct 2009 – Feb 2010: Faris
May 2010 – Feb 2011: Arissa
June 2012 – March 2013: 3rd baby.
Let’s just hoping that I can overcome this issue in 2013 :) You better do it, fyza!

2) Save Money. I failed to set aside a certain percent of my paycheck each month consistently.

3) Holiday. To spend more time with family. Most of my annual leaves were reserved to taking care of my sick baby or the baby sitter fall sick / need time off… and the best part is I don’t take MCs.

4) Read More Books, Watch more TV. Ok this is worst. I don’t read, sometimes I don’t even watch the TV. I was so-o-o extremely tired every time I reached home (with all the work loads, traffic jam…don’t judge me, I’m not complaining ok).


So, what will be your resolutions for the year of 2013? Whatever it is, keep me in your prayers please. Life is tougher and rougher each day. Hoping 2013 will be better than 2012. Amin!


cheers!

Wishes...

If a genie grants you three wishes, what would you wish for?

- Enough money to live comfortably for the rest of my life
- Good health with no life-threatening illnesses and happiness for myself, my family and friends.

And, ermm…

- I would wish for more wishes! :))

World Peace!