Sophia's thirteenth

#1
Sophia's latest update?

- she started walking in her 13th month! lol walk walk walk walk here walk walk walk walk there.

- she used to burst into tears at strangers for just staring at her, but now that she got legs, she's a 'see no touch' kind of person haha. walk walk walk among everyone like nobody's business, but this time if you stare at her, she won't cry - she'll simply turn around and walk away. lolz. just don't pick her up lah, that's all. you touch, she cries.

- she doesn't mind going out on outings now! in fact, menangis kene tinggal ade la -_-

- she's not afraid of cats! i only found out when she saw a cat one day and went closer to pull its tail and grab a handful of ears. geram kut tengok kucing. poor cat. i had to rescue it from Pia's reaching hands. hahahahaha.

cat not amused

- she likes observing. she'd sit and observe when her Daddy performs prayers. she'd observe diligently each time Dayana's uses the ipad (and that's how she learns that she needs to swipe the screen for something to happen :O), and yesterday she went to sit beside Dinara and listened to her mengaji. lol. banyak curious, this one.

alif. ba. ta.

- when we play 'Cak' with her, she'd go 'mmmmmm.... tak!' LOL.

- she got her hair cut by bibiks! nOOOoOOoOOoOOoOOOoOoOoO

sighs.

and for the other members of the family updates:

#2
someone got a new toy last weekend. toys like this will cause him to ignore food and sleep.

an apple

and like the book 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie', our version would be 'if you give Significant Other a Toy, he'll be on the hunt for suitable accessories next' =P.

he keeps calling it 'ohsem'. i for one have yet to see this awesomeness especially since i'm a mac noob and he only just joined the macbook bandwagon. my sister is a macbook user. in my time i had to lug around a fat heavy CPU to and fro campus, and i used to stay above G floor.

retina display

#3
i got the kids to watch My Little Pony recently (i got bored of them watching Dora, Sesame Street and Sophia the First -__-). i think sometimes the Daddy watches MLP too, he seems to know the names of the ponies better than i do, bahahah.

Mommy yang terlebih gedik to buy them toy ponies =P. but the kids enjoys them all the same. it's just a nightmare to take care of their hair though. tried brushing the tail out, big mistake.

there's Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle. i'm they're missing Rainbow Dash and Applejack. if you see any of those two being sold anywhere, could u let me know? they should cost about rm22.90 each.

my little ponies! experiencing bad hair day

see? cousins bonding over the ponies. hahaha. we had a small family gathering at my Uncle's house before the fasting month. Dinara even abandoned her Sofia toy for Fluttershy to join the gang. hehe.

second cousins

afifa's wedding

congratulations fifa and roy!

location: royal chulan damansara
date: 29th March '14

the following photos were taken by various cameras, so please excuse the clarity.

the bride was dressed remarkably simple that night.
in fact... i think the bridesmaid's almost outshone her... eep.

the bride's the exact splitting image of her mother.

by the time the event started we were starving.

ini orang ada gaya oh ambik gambar bahahahahahah.
#thisisnotgopro

a random photo of us with Alang.

apparently most of the men decided to suit up that night. it's a Stinson thing.

photos make you look wider than you actually are in real life.
and the sticks don't look so sticky as much. don't you agree?

phuket day 1

20th March, 2014

the first thing we did after we landed was to secure our transport for our stay here.

keep on smilin'

look at the overexcited minah who thinks she can read maps.

dora the explorer

we got ourselves an Avanza, which did absolutely nothing to quell the fights of who-gets-to-sit-where. haha.

avanza being the choice

this little gadget took most of the filming throughout the trip.

go pro hero 3+

we took almost an hour to locate the place despite it being only 15 minutes from the airport.

"Only 15 minutes from Phuket International Airport, Maikhao Dream Villa Resort & Spa is cozily snuggled on the northwest shore of Phuket island amid serene surroundings of the pristine beach of Maikhao".

we even used GPS to locate the hotel and yet we still couldn't find it. bahahahaha.

after going round in circles, upon reaching a t-junction we came across this shoddy looking building depicted below, with a light up sign on the roof spelling out 'Mai Khao Dream'.
in our heads, we were like, whaaaaatttt? are you serious??? is this it???

i came back later at night to take a photo of the building, lousy quality

of course this wasn't our stop.
this one was: (you could literally hear all of us heaving sighs of relief hahahahah)

welcome to Mai Khao Dream Villa Resort & Spa

main lobby

we registered ourselves at the counter and each received a little welcoming drink and a wet towel. since we arrived way early in the morning our rooms were not yet ready so we decided to hang out at the beach and wait until we could check in.

the pool didn't look so inviting because everyone was busy being enthralled by the beach.

would you just look at the beach???

beachside bar

the beach is so gorgeous, even though it's not the clear type for you to snorkle in (er what is there to see anyway? lol). the ocean floor depth is quite steep though. please disregard the old lady in the photo, because i am really not sure who that is. have i mentioned that the beach is so freakingly ohsem???

chilling out on the deck chairs provided. i can't believe i left my novel behind.

they had free wi-fi!

pilot life, much?

when our room was ready, my jaw literally dropped upon entering the villa. i totally want to remodel the house to look like this, bahahahhahaha.

the living room and dining hall

the kitchen

the master bedroom

the master bathroom

the second bedroom

since bil didn't want to share, he declared the upstairs living room as his very own private quarters, hahah. there was a third bedroom upstairs but the staff locked it because we only paid for a two-room villa, not three. seriously with the hot weather you'd definitely feel like staying in all day.

upstairs living room

i love the gazebo. and the jacuzzi. it's like having your bedroom on the outside of the house. but the deck floor can get rather hot during the day.

gazebo and jacuzzi

outdoor cascading pool

we had a late lunch at Tesco Lotus food court and bought some supplies for dinner; Chef Amal was gonna cook for the night. since they had a proper stove and all, why not just utilize the facility? lol.

everything was written in Thai language though. it's times like these that i miss the Tesco stores in Malaysia, lol.

pesto

bon apetit =D

early wake up call

it's a rare occasion to wake everyone up in the wee hours in the morning, usher everyone (and everything) into the car, just to catch a plane and end up somewhere else entirely in just a few hours.

muka budak baru bangun

leaving on a jetplane

second air trip for these two

securing a ride

any guesses as to where we've headed off to?
=D

somebody was so excited to leave for holiday, that she even packed her own bags. HAHAHA. Dayana saw her Uncle packing and i think he told her to get a move on because when i came back that night she told me she had already packed her stuff.

at first i thot Kakak had helped her to pack but then again i never told her what to pack for the trip. so i took a quick peek into her Trunki and found out that Dayana's definition of packing was: to take out a bunch of her clothes from her chest of drawers (not even stopping to look whether it was hers or Dinara's) and made sure she packed it full to the brim. the only thing that she managed to pack right was to include hers and Dinara's swimsuits, haha.

when i repacked her things (with the proper amount of clothings for both kids), she took one look at the contents of the Trunki and asked me, 'mana cukup, Mommy?' O_o.

see???

happy birthday Uncle Amal

it was Uncle Amal's birthday last Thursday. so the bunch of us went to Empire to celebrate. oh sushi how i've missed you so=D

i guess that this is the new version of birthday cake - you get to sample different flavors, plus you get to satisfy other avid candle-blowers whose birthday do not fall on this particular day, LOL.

check out the one in turquoise going all out on one of the slices - which happened to be Uncle Amal's favorite flavor, oops (Irina, pavlova serai sedap lagi lah! =P~~~~~).

after dinner the kids wanted to have a go at the carousel, but they didn't want it to go round. we should call it 'merry-stand-still' instead of 'merry-go-round' T___T.
check out the birthday boy, btw.
i don't really know, but i think his definition of 'birthday' means current age minus 25.

and last but not least, here's Uncle Amal doing Dinara's 'trademark' peace sign while she forces her face into a smile for the camera. HAHA.

updated 28/3: and here's what Uncle Amal got for his birthday gift:

ok so the box was a lie. he got his very own go-pro.
(i remember last time we did the same thing for Norehan's birthday present last year, she kicked the box like it was nothing, when there was actually a Tiffany inside T__T)