littleness

for all that wrestling and smacking and snatching moments between these two, there are also the heartwarming ones.

awwww…

you gotta wonder, are they really hugging out of brudderly love, or are they about to attempt another body-slam? lol!

i was just looking at the raya pics last year – dadam was a year old, chubbier, and had the same fascination as aniq does now with my uncle’s motorbike.

now he’s turning two, skinnier, taller, and not too impressed by the bike anymore.

what will aniq be like next raya, i wonder… will he be talking like a mak nenek the way dadam is now? will he be a whole head taller too?

oh gosh.

i GOTTA savour his littleness as much as possible NOW!

ennui

i wish i had a skill.

you know, the kind that allows you to quit your boring ol’ day-job. the kind that pays the bills, and a bit more. the kind that makes people go “WOW! i wish *i* could do that!”. the kind that squeezes the creative juices out of you.

the kind that you actually LOVE doing. so much that you won’t call it “work”.

i don’t have any, clearly.

nope, no sellable, marketable, bankable skill or talent to speak of.

just a little piece of paper with my name, a chop and a signature. how long before that too yellows, dog-ears and disintegrates, i wonder, this paper that validates my so-called ability to earn a meagre bit more from pencil-pushing drudgery.

any suggestions what i can do for more moolah with oomph? surely there’s something – anything – i can be good at!

and please ah, don’t tell me to stand at a geylang lorong. ah pek look at me also don’t want to bargain ok.

sigh.

ok. going back now. from… work.

ps: as you can tell, i’m suffering from post-holiday blues.

pirates of the kitchen

can i say, OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

i had to move all the knives, cutters, and all other shiny sharp objects to the topmost drawer, but i think it won’t be long before he’s discovered that either.

to say he’s delighted by the treasure trove is an understatement.

grr arrgh.

time to seriously consider that safety gate for the kitchen, perhaps? i don’t know why but babies seem to be magically drawn to kitchens, even in other people’s houses.

is it the exotic smells of food wafting from the stoves? is it the exciting sounds of pots clanging in the sink? is it the hustle and bustle of strange movements and activities?

is it the DRAWERS FULL OF HIDDEN TREASURES??

uh-huh, yep. that last one must be it.

you! tube!

i love youtube.

i love little boys.

i love little boys on youtube.

i never knew watching a baby walking around like a drunken zombie-slash-frankenstein-slash-robot would be so amusing.

it IS, ok!

and you know what else is amusing?

hearing the two boys’ grandma go nuts trying to get them NOT to kill each other, lol!

three in 06

our first raya as a complete family. well, as complete as a family goes, for now – father, mother, child.

oh my, the lil one had the time of his life (which is not a stretch, seeing he’s only chalked up ten months of life) during the festivities! he thrives in the company of people, and there were many who were happy to take him off our hands everywhere we went. to that, i say a resounding “PHEW”. hehe.

it’s a little easier now that he’s able to toddle by himself. when i feel like he’s sliding down, i can just set him on his feet and let him roam for a while while i regain MY balance. and it IS a balancing act, with the raya essentials of heels, hair, handbag, figure-hugging baju (har har), and now, plus a diaper bag and wriggly baby.

since he loves being out and seeing new places and meeting people, raya is needless to say, Very Fun for him.

not too sure if the harried (and ultimately BROKE – is it our imagination or has there been a sharp rise in the number of babies this year??) parents feel the same, though.

but! i know i look forward to seeing my luvlies soon…. on ah, girls?

and ouh, by the way, our new site will be up soon, sans the archives, likely. haiyah, chin chai lah, cannot tahan blogger liao. must evacuate. and no, it won’t be on .com. kena bought up liao! kana sai. we’ll be on .org.

really… soon… zzzz.

songkok

eve of raya. must prepare him for the songkok-wearing occassion.

wish him (or us?) luck….

oh, and selamat hari raya to whoever’s still reading this haha!

don’t forget to come by and try aniq’s special ketupat ok?

drebar

bila saya dah besar, saya nak jadi mat drebar.

or the next schumacher?

camel-lot

so did you read BH yesterday? with hmm, six more days to raya, they finally came up with a throwaway article about b/feeding during puasa. about keeping at it, not giving up, etc.

and the best advice they could dish out?

“drink lots of water”.

like, WOAAAHHH. what earthshattering, groundbreaking, gasp-inducing advice indeed. gee why didn’t i think of thaaat. (can you see my eyes rolling?)

ok. enough cynicism.

on a more positive note, the bf thing throughout the fasting month has gone better than we expected. i probably used up all of, er, four? five? bags of my frozen stash so far. i’ll have to get around to dumping out all the leftover july ones. i’ll stroke them lovingly first, of course.

right. moving on.

77clan + 4

another baby A has arrived!

an addition to our burgeoning 77clan.

so now we have aniq… adam… adil… and arshad.

who’s up next?? ;D

*blows babydust*

baby steps

let me amuse myself by clicking on Play repeatedly.

better than watching lee ann rimes sing taufik’s song, no? teehee.