tiny tapir again

me and Sarah went to Tiny Tapir again during lunch. we wanted to buy a couple more pads, and Sarah wanted to survey CDs. but in the end it's me who ended up spending (there goes my Clarks quota). lol.

Baiti was busy with another customer so we browsed through the collection of clothpads to our heart's content. ended up buying AIO Cyclez one each, a Saffa for me (i wanted a green pad to complete my color combo), and two CDs - Rumparooz and BG 3.0 AIO, the two CDs that were already on my wishlist. yay! i can officially close my CD shopping except for Thirsties Duo Wraps. wanted to get one but Size 1 seemed too small, Size 2 seemed too big. but if i didn't have a suitable cover size i wouldn't be able to use my fitteds. Dayana has already outgrown the only two diaper covers that i have. but i'm really reluctant to sell my fitteds, even though i'm slowly losing interest in them.

note the 'bluey greeny theme'

Sarah was undecided so decided to forgo CD shopping for today. she made one last appointment with me to go to Tiny Tapir again next year before i threw letter.

so now i am still waiting for Randum and Pleats to arrive. bila la ye? oh and two other things... =D. i need to put an order with Liz for a Snugg Clutch... December has always been a slow business month... post is slow... people respond slow... people go AWOL...

walking, kicking and screaming

i'm having a hard time watching over Dayana each time we go for an outing. for one thing, she thinks she's a big girl so she demands to be put down so that she can walk wherever she desires without allowing anyone to hold her hand.

i think Dayana should start hanging out with kids around her own age. she made friends with a boy older than her at the dentist yesterday while waiting for her Daddy to finish with his appointment. he was such a sweetheart for entertaining a girl much younger than him. lol. just as the boy entered the clinic with his dad, Dayana kinda fell onto the floor, so he came up to her just as she got back onto her feet and asked her if she was alright. oh he's so sweet! he tried to teach her how to play hide n seek, which failed miserably of course since Dayana didn't know what was going on, but she scurried after the boy wherever he went. she seemed to have so much fun running around the clinic, haha. even when we were about to leave Dayana didn't seem to want to follow us. the boy helped to escort her to the door and even after the glass doors closed, she went back to the doors to look for her new friend. hee~.

before going to Ikea, we dropped by One Utama to look for Skechers. ever since we got back from Singapore, Significant Other decided he was in need of a new pair of sneakers, the Shape Ups specifically in mind. but unfortunately for him the mens range will only be in stores next year, perhaps? hoho. and as usual Dayana wanted down from her stroller and walk walk walk. simply walk without even looking at where she's going. she'll stop in her tracks when she comes across a kid, or if something catches her eye, or she'll start 'browsing' through all the reachable items (she had so much fun browsing through the lingerie section in Parkson -.-). we had to practically drag her out of the store kicking n screaming. omg my dot pandai protest ok. she'll slither to the floor whenever we try to pick her up against her will. haiz. in the end i bought her a book that could make Ducky sounds just to keep her occupied. she tried immitating the ducky sounds but only ended up with 'dowh dowh dowh dowh dowh'. kekekeke.

so you see why, Farrah, i wanted to borrow your monkey. to see if it might work for me. Dayana seems to not yet understand the concept of staying close to your parent. too young perhaps? haha.

next we went to Ikea to get my mom's 'Burkens'. haha. Significant Other let her play at the kid's activity table, they had a lot of toys out for kids to tinker with. the funny thing was that she didn't really know how to share the toys. or maybe she doesn't know how to play with others yet. there was this plastic hammer that she practically tried to grab from another kid who was also at the activity table (luckily the kid didn't mind, tsk teruk betul anak i nih haha). then she'll be interested in what the other kids were playing with. it was a good 10 minutes to get her away from the activity table, again with the usual shrieking and screaming. i couldn't let her run loose in the fragile section @@.

at the checkout, i realized that the parking ticket was not on me so i checked my bag thrice but couldn't find the bloody ticket. so Significant Other occupied Dayana with allowing her to push the mini trolley around while i went running around Ikea (later today Significant Other called me saying it's at the dashboard, boengoks betul la, apsal i cariek banyak kali tak jumpa??). i was close to tears at this point. luckily the security guard was kind enough to give me a spare ticket. i wasted like half a hour searching hi and lo for the ticket okay. and i couldn't believe it was under my nose the whole time. no thanks to Significant Other for not helping me check in the first place. i was already hot and sweaty for going back and forth from the parking lot to the checkout. grrrrrr. and Dayana was already screaming her head off. didn't help that she kept throwing her pacifier and milk bottle onto the floor, and i had to clean them up for her numerous times @@.

she's at her grandparent's now, it's been a month since she last saw them. Ashu is there too acting as temporary babysitter, haha. haiz. she's enough to drive me crazy. and that's only #1. belum lagi #2, #3, #4. kekekekekeke.

this is for emiza

didn't have any intention to blog about this, but on emi's insistence i decided to put up a couple of photos for her to see. so whoever reads my blog will only be the ones to know that this beauty just recently arrived on my doorstep.

stunning, a beauty, shades that i adore =) (and no, it had nothing to do with purple).

i've always wanted to own one of this. probably this will be the only one of its kind that will go through the doors of my house. lol. call me crazy. i'm an rs lover, but i have more of these than rs. so if you feel like you want to barf reading about my current obsession, please click the X at the upper right hand corner of your screen.

i'll let the photos do the talking.

p/s. emi you now owe me a Fire & Ice snapshot =P

MomBloggersPlanet cutest baby smiling contest

i've always seem to have the tendency to miss deadlines when it comes to online contests. so this time i was determined not to miss this one. before i know it, my kid will be too old (young? old sounds... well... OLD) to be entering this sort of contests, lol. so this will be my first time entering, yay!

this December's contest is: Cutest Baby Smiling! =D by:


without further ado, here's my walking, talking, smiling baby =D

My Cheeky Little Rascal

Name: Dayana Nur Sabrina M. A.
Date of Birth: August 31, 2008

it was quite difficult to choose only one photo. this one made the cut, taken recently this month.

so. why do i love to see her smiling?

my Dayana will always have plenty of smiles to go by. i can remember the first time she ever smiled at me. she was always frowning during the first few months of her life, and my mom would always massage her little forehead so she wouldn't get wrinkles sooner than expected, lol. so imagine my delight when her lips first blossomed into a smile at me *swoon*. a child's smile will make any parent's heart melt, don't you think so? (ok so ever since i got my baby i seem to have a developed a more sensitive side, haha). and you just can't help smiling back - smiles are contagious. smiling is actually good for you. it's good for your health! so i guess you could say my little one is one happy healthy smiling baby!

it's great therapy to see her smile after a exhausting day at work. you work the whole day, slaving over assignments and deadlines, staring at the computer screen most of the time, so what better way to de-stress than to see your own child smiling? she's like my motivation to get through the day, one of the reasons why i haven't given up living on planet earth, lol. life is hard as it is. a smile to brighten up your life couldn't hurt, could it? =).

but most of all, seeing her smile makes everything worthwhile for her Mommy and Daddy.

now... if only we can make her a sister or brother to bully. haha.

to wrap things up, i'd like acknowledge the sponsors of this contest: PhotoBook Malaysia and AliceWonders! arigato gozaimasu!

santarina

Dee who's 37 weeks along... any moment now =D

so... this is where i was yesterday night... =D guess where this is?
p/s. attendees are disqualified from guessing lol
promise to update more later!

ok so for the first time this year the company decided to plan something fun for us. we hadn't had any fun ever since the world fell victim to the economy crisis, and price cuts were made here and there (so there goes our mobile privileges and the cakes and occasional makan-makan lol). so when it was announced that there was gonna be an annual dinner, i guess it was something to look forward to.

they decided on having the dinner at Tamarind Springs, which is my first time there. we were allowed to leave the office earlier, so me and a bunch of my friends decided to get ready at Hani's house. there wasn't a theme, but there was an award for Best Dressed, so we decided to glam up a little, haha.

i had this silver number in my closet that i've never worn (i bought it for the annual dinner the year i got married but i ended up not wearing it), but it was too dressy for a place like Tamarind. so instead of forking out alot of $$ just to dress up, i decided this year to keep it minimal and recycle everything i had in my closet. lol. so... only the tights was on loan. the ones i brought made me look like a skank. hahahahaha.

i dunno about everyone else, but the food wasn't my taste. so we had the gift exchange, the makan-makan, the lucky draw (5 years unlucky! i need to cabut to improve my luck rating kekeke), and cam-whoring =P.

after dinner me, Hema and Hani headed off to 7-E to continue our crapping. we would've stayed out longer but it was already getting late. i think we looked like a couple of street ladies waiting by the roadside looking for men to pick up. hahahhahahahhaa.

a bunch of photos to follow!

our table

the food. was literally. so so.

the gift exchange

with our gifts - a toy, a frame, and a saltshaker

with the girls

Best Dressed nominees

guess who won Best Dressed?

frank's angels lol

grawrrr!

with Soo Mey & Hani

me with Jit-jit a.k.a. dudu

vampy Faz ooh la la!

our Sally and Frank Hesse, the frenchie =D

the winner of the 42" LCD

i like this photo! everyone looks so cun

final pose of the night

Significant Other also had a department dinner the same night as mine, at Shangri-la. and Hani was, "wth, tu baru department dinner, belum lagi company dinner!!". hahahahha.

second year anni

after posting the previous entry, i only noticed the date. hahaha. beongoks betul.

today is my 2nd year anniversary. two years married to Signicifant Other. two years that actually feels like 20 years, lol!

as usual, he doesn't remember the date. haha.

i only realized the date was coming up a week before when Significant Other was busy studying for his ACCA paper that took place on the 7th of December (yesterday). so as of yet, nothing planned.

here's to another year of joy, laughter, tears and fights *hugs*

p/s. i want more hugs and kisses please!

new moon

i've just spent rm245 for my Neo battery replacement!!! sigh. not to forget the car is already due for servicing. it's like i sold off my wrap to fund my car battery. harhar *sarcastic laugh*

so i've seen New Moon. saw it together with Significant Other during our movie marathon back-to-back with Couples Retreat on Friday. i'd like to make it clear that i absolutely do not like that Bella character. there's something about her that i just don't like. things that come to mind include whiny and annoying, haha. heck i'm not even a fan of the Twilight saga. i find it surreal that such a person can easily encounter such a beautiful entity and then proceed to live happily ever after after achieving immortality. bahh. i have a friend that sold off the books right after she finished reading them, even advised me not to even buy the book. haha.

but i do know there are many Twighlight fans out there, probably wishing they were in Bella's shoes? i don't mind if i can get the hunky guy =P~~~ a colleague of mine is gaga over Jacob. he's tdf, but he seems to have this young look aura around him. so i still prefer Edward, even though he looks like his face got too over-powdered in the film. lol. he makes the perfect romantic man. doesn't help that he's utterly gorgeous *swoon*.

i'd still watch the other two installments, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn though. should i get the books? Significant Other wants to know what happens in the next installments. i told him i haven't read the books yet. now he's asking me how much does the whole set cost. lol. i wouldn't buy the book, but if someone voluntarily bought them for me... =P~~~

here are some photos i grabbed from the net using Google...

the actors: nice to see

would you choose the werewolf...

... or the vampire?

i like love Alice Cullen's hairstyle!!!

Carlisle is not bad-looking either =P

oh yeah, Couples Retreat is good for laughs. a totally recommended watch for couples out there. who knows? you might share some similarities between the four couples portrayed in the movie =D. although the ending seems a bit too far fetched from reality.

now that most of the tv series are preparing for Christmas break, we've been downloading Dollhouse to fill up the void. too bad it got canceled after 2 seasons.