To all my Muslim readers, family & friends,

Enjoy the last few days of fasting..

May you be surrounded by your loved ones on 1st Syawal..

and May there be PEACE all around the world on that 1st day of Syawal,

in celebration of Eid Mubarak..

amiin...

Pls forgive me if i've offended you in any way with my writing..

Will be back in a week's time with stories of Us in Black! ;)

ps: To my non-Muslim readers and friends, enjoy the midweek holiday!..

I SURVIVED..
a whole day without eating or drinking!... in my 20 odd years of fasting, never once had i missed sahur.. Sunday morning was THE day... i woke up, hearing Eshan's cry for milk.. when i look up, light was already streaming thru the curtain!... that's when i realised, "SHITE! i forgot to wake up for sahur!"....


i tot i wouldn't survive the day!... was soooo tempted to have a sip of water and have a bite!.. but i persevered and i survived... al-hamdulillah... it was basically mind over water.. but i was damn cranky lah yest.. heehhee...


niways, i only managed to bake 2 kinds of cookies yest!... i've got several more to go... i'm feeling kinda stressed coz i dunno if i can make it!!.... i hope i can do both my baking and mak's!... if got time, then do something for Mummy as well... hmmmm.... i hope Eshan won't be too clingy!.. he's always clingy whenever we're busy with something!... urrrgh!....


ooooh!... we also manage to settle our baju kurungs over the weekend!.. yeay!... really saved a bit of money on the clothes this year... only thing pending is whether or not to get Eshan a songkok!... but like $$ wasted coz for sure, he won't wear it even for a sec!!.. he simply hates anything on his head!... haaaiyaaa...

WORST NITE EVER!
had the worst nite ever with my baby last nite!.. :( he cried his lungs out from the time we tried to make him sleep ie 10.30pm to 1am!...


of coz in between there's pauses when Barney came on TV and when we play with him for awhile.. but as the nite wore on and we got tired entertaining him, that's when things started to get out of control!...


in the end, we popped him a Panadol to hopefully ease wateva pain he's in coz we know for sure he's having running nose. He might also be running a slight temp.. tat's y he's feeling uncomfortable!... i hope it doesn't happen again tonite! i'll be phobic if it happens again!!


i'm now feeling awfully sleepy... :( need my bed now....... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

FACES! FACES!
oooooh!... i can't wait for Friday!!.... i hope it works out and i can get my hands on 'em faces! ;) my hands are ITCHING oredi!!... ehhehehe....


pls make the wk go faster.. preeeety, pweeety, plllsssssssss???......

THE KEY TO OUR LOVE NEST

Dearest invited his sec sch frenz to our love nest on Sat.. and so, i fretted over what to cook since it's not a potluck session.. :( i chose the easy way out lah... my signature dish, NASI AYAM!... i knew i won't go very wrong with it!.. ahhahaa....


but of coz, i can't possibly juz serve that!... i scoured the net for Shepherd's Pie recipe and voila!..

luckily, it turned out A-OK!.. only thing, i prefer the potatoes to be softer and silkier.. hmmm... there's room for improvements! ;) i can't seem to find the original recipe now.. but if u wanna give it a try, u can get the recipe from my Multiply..


anyways, they were soooo totful as to give us a huge key as a prezzie... it was nicely done and i soooo like it!!!! but we dunno where to hang it!.. hahahaha....

thanks Mrs Bear for the work put in!... ;) She also later invited me to be in her Multiply network with a message attached..

"Hi emilia! :) dila la aka mrs bear here kakakak :)FINALI ive got multiply hahah tu pun cz ter-so-dorong nk kena upload pics!!!haha aniwae sori eh if u terperanjat i jus curi u and aduka's pic kakakakakakakabtw,have you eva masukkan eshan in baby contest?????PLS DO!!!!!!!!!!cz hes so kiut,i reali5x lurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrve him!hey....tk slaku tau i ckp baby cute.....hahahaha.ntah.seriously,eshan,i cnt stnad him kakakakka.his so cute round eyes,his so fulamak pretty snuffpheluffegous(ntah speeling btul tak)eyelashes,cute dimple,so charming cute smile,ANT THE GERAM CHEEKS OMG LA!and end it up with a very friendly and tak takut orang attitude = ESHANS THE BEST!so masukkan dia baby comps la!!!lol! k beb! cheerios and stay cute and so cute and gorgeous family! :)" - mrs bear

yes!.. both mr and mrs was soooooo in lurve with our Dearest Eshan!... we can see!.. ;) hmmm.. niways, the tot of entering Eshan in baby contest have occured to my mind but never got round doing it!... sesape nak enter kan, silalah ye... hehehee...


to Mr & Mrs Bear, the newly weds, we hope u'll get your own SUPER cute, SUPER adorable, SUPER friendly Bear Jr of ur own next year! ;) we can't wait!!...


this is my baby at 17mths - giving me a half-smile.. :)

haiz.... he'll be 18mths come Hari Raya.. oh my!!.. time flies soooo damn fast!!.... 14days of fasting have just gone by without realising.. i've listed what goodies i wanna bake oredi.. whether or not they get baked.. hmmm... we'll see come 1st Oct! ehhehehe.... but i gotta start baking this weekend if i wanna finish on time!... and wat with the blardy small oven, i need to start freakin early if i intend to go Geylang to scour for our baju kurung! grrrr.....

MISSING..

I miss my old boss.... :(

for reasons that i cannot state in here.. i miss her... haaaaizzzzzzz....

i've done up a new blogskin... but somehow, i dun quite like it!.. but perhaps, i've to make do with it first until i find the time to find a new skin and do up a proper blogskin.. which i doubt will be anytime soon!... haiiizzzz...

in a lousy, lousy mood today..... :(

1st RAMADAN
Today marks the first day of the fasting month.. it also marked our first sahur together, husband and wife, in our new home.. :)

had to wake up at 4.30am to bathe and prepare for sahur.. after which, unlike all the other years where we had the luxury to sleep in for at least another hour, we both prepared ourselves to go to work! :(

howell!... the sacrifice we have to make-do for now..

to all my Muslim brothers and sisters all over the world, happy Ramadan.. may our fast and good deeds be recognised by Allah swt. insya-allah.. amin..