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This morning I woke up as usual, getting ready for work and etc. Everything seems normal. There's no pieces of glass indicating signs of breaking in or anything. But as I stand at the door of the driver seat, I noticed something seems different. Seems empty.</div>
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Then, after a few seconds thinking and comparing, I realized that both the tyre and rim are missing!</div>
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It was quite a headache for me since there's only one tyre and rim missing. Actually, I can easily replace it with my spare tyre but it is only for temporary use. But I travel a lottttt. Every weekend, so using a spare tyre for a while ain't an option. Then I call for insurance but again it is not woth it. There's only one missing! My current NBC is at the lowest rate so if I use my insurance over something like this, then the rate will start all over again. If there's all four missing, I don't mind using insurance but in my case, there's only one. It is not worth it.</div>
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So in the end, I end up buying new rims for my car. And this time, I make sure to use lock nuts with it since I can't afford to stumble upon the situation again.</div>
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Takziah to my uncle and cousin for the loss of a beloved wife and wonderful mother. You're one tough and matured fellow, dear cousin. Glad that you're able to become a calm and strong supportive pillar for your father. I'm very proud of you. InsyaAllah, your du'a will always be with her. Through thick and thin, our family will always be with you.</div>
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Look at how fast he's growing. He's able to do that as early as 2 months old. 88days to be exact. Alhamdulillah, now he's already 3 months old. Oh, I am definitely missing the fun. My mom said sometimes he purposely didn't practice to lift up his head when he lies on his stomach because he wants to suck his fingers or the mattress. It's a bit dangerous when he wants to suck the mattress since he'll bury his face to reach the mattress. So, this kind of habit need a very careful monitoring routine. </div>
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Alhamdulillah, yesterday I manage to join Pearl Daisy @ Malaysia at Food Foundry, PJ; a collaborative event by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AquilaStyle" target="_blank">Aquila Style</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pearldaisy" target="_blank">Pearl Daisy Ltd</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AzriannaPhotography" target="_blank">Azrianna Photography</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DearAzalea" target="_blank">Dear Azalea</a>. It was such a nice, fun and a very inspiring event! After a whole week of contemplating whether I should come, currently I am so glad that I've made the right decision to come even though it means that I have to go to the place straight from work. </div>
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The event is actually more towards a meet and greet event. However there are also live demonstration on hijab tutorials and Q&A sessions. Masha'Allah, it was really nice to hear those inspiring words. Somewhat I came home with a more refreshed feeling than before. Oh yeah, I even get to know new friends and able to taste mouth-watering buffets!</div>
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It was the day of Luthfi's uncle's wedding. The theme was all red and bright. So for the day, I dressed him up in a cute red spider-man outfit. The groom is actually my cousin. The day starts with us attending the bride's reception in Parit, Kuala Kangsar <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*this is where the picture was taken*</span></i> since I couldn't attend the solemnization day on the day before due to work. However among all day that we have, Luthfi actually choose that day to throw a bit of a tantrum in which forced my husband and I to leave the reception earlier than the rest of our relative. Luckily we have decided to bring our own car since the original plan is to go to my in-law's house after the wedding.</div>
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After the wedding, as we go home on Sunday night - while we still on the highway, we started to have diarrhea. At that point, I suspect that it should be food poisoning prior to the wedding since the food was prepared by a catering service. The symptoms last for the whole night so we have decided to go and visit a doctor. I end up receiving two days MC from work plus a public holiday on the next day in which makes it a total of three days leave. I consider that as a good news since the weekend has been quite busy and I end up not being able to spend a lot of time with my husband.</div>
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I am thankful that the food poisoning comes at a perfect time. Thank you food poisoning for providing me with the chance to stay with my husband for a wee bit longer. :)</div>
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Hihi, I guess I am officially a 23-years-old now. Alhamdulillah, this year has been a very wonderful journey to me. I am deeply thankful to Allah S.W.T for each and every moments in my life; the opportunity to become a wife of a very loving person, able to experience the beautiful world of pregnancy, giving me the chance to give birth to a little caliphs and also able to venture into the joy of a motherhood world.</div>
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However, I am most thankful to Allah S.W.T for opening up my heart to improve myself towards a better person. Alhamdulillah, now I can see a more mature 'me' over these past few months. A person who cherish her responsibility towards everything around her. InsyaAllah, I will strive to become a much more better person over the years to come. Amin. </div>
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<i>p/s: Thank you so much to my colleagues for celebrating my birthday on that day. I really appreciate the effort. :)</i></div>
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As I have mentioned in the earlier post, I have just graduated in Bachelor of Education (Hons.) [TESL]. Alhamdulillah, I gave all my praise to Allah s.w.t. since I am currently employed in a multinational language service provider as a permanent translator.</div>
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SpeeQual Language Service</div>
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If I had to say, the nature of my workplace requires me to be working in a lab where only authorized people are able to enter. Any type of device in which can carry data is not allowed in the room, including a smartphone. Therefore, I can't be contacted through phone during office hour. I will usually receive a project to be done, in which normally consists of 9000+ words to be translated and period will be around 3 days. In general, it's like 3000+ words per day. It was quite tiring in order to finish the tasks within the due date given. However, when there's no translation project going on... <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*Unofficially*</i></span> I am allowed to surf the net; Facebook, you tube, watch online dramas, blogging, etc. for the whole day as long as I don't have a project to be done or a due date to catch. Haha!</div>
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Funny that the office is located in One Ampang Avenue <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*also recognized as Korean Village*</span></i>, in which makes the activity of bumping into some Koreans seems like a routine already. It feels very interesting every time I overheard these people talking. It feels like I'm watching K-Dramas already. Hihi.</div>
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If only I can meet korean people as handsome as Lee Min Ho, or CN Blue's Jung Yong Hwa! Hahahahaha! <span style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">*sorry husband! No matter what, I'll still love you!* </span>:)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171034601300690763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271084712114309949.post-69105340768670976432013-12-16T10:52:00.000+08:002013-12-27T10:53:30.405+08:00A Date in Kota Damansara<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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It was a memorable day indeed. After a quite tiring night due to attending Bella's wedding, we kick off our morning a bit late actually. We go on our way through DUKE all the way to NKVE and all. The journey was fine since we're not caught in traffic jams. Our first stop is at <i>Dataran Sunway Damansara</i> for a lunch. At first we are aiming for my favourite <i>'asam pedas'</i> but there has been a renovation going on in the area so the store is closed. I was a bit disappointed and we decided on eating <i>Nasi Ayam</i> only. </div>
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The road to IKEA, The Curve, etc. was a bit confusing actually since there has been an MRT construction going on along the road. So the traffic was a bit bad, and lane are all mixed up. As we arrived at around 12pm, finding a car park in IKEA is also a bit difficult - as expected. After around 30 minutes in going in circles, we finally managed to secure our spot and went our way to The Curve. </div>
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As we enter the lobby, there's a piano performance by a Japanese pianist in front of us so we stop by for a while to listen. The performance definitely adds on the romantic mood on that day. We only go for window shopping at The Curve since we actually don't have any intention of buying anything. However, IKEA is a whole another story since we there are a few orders to fulfill. That is the first reason for going there actually and we use that chance for a date. Haha!</div>
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Have you ever heard of the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale? Oh well, I haven't been there during the past years but among all the reviews that I heard, it was a great book sale. I've been meaning to come every time the event was held since I am definitely a book lover. So for this year; since I am currently staying in KL, I really grab that opportunity to go and visit the sale.</div>
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The event was held at MIECC in which located just beside The MINES Shopping Center. I went there with three of my colleagues on Tuesday night, 11 December 2013 as soon as we got off from work. Actually my original plan was to find some specific book by a certain publisher and only to grab a few of them. However, I end up not be able to find that specific book and buying another 6 different book.<br />
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The book prices are waaaayyy crazier than a normal book sale. I even buy something for my two-month old baby. It's obvious that he can't read yet but I can still keep it in order to use it later since it was a really good bargain. It's a book that giggles! The original price was RM90+ but I bought it at RM15. I absolutely love it!</div>
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Well then, the next day is actually a public holiday for Selangor state. While I was browsing through Facebook that morning, I found out that there's another book sale located in PWTC, KL. It was Pesta Buku 1 Malaysia. While Big Bad Wolf offer you a wide range of books, it was mainly consists of English books. Since I read both languages, I decided to go to PWTC for another round of books... but this time I was aiming for Malay novels by Jemari Seni. I don't know why but it seems like I've had a crush with this publisher. Haha! I bought another 4 books there in which makes the total counts of books that I've bought for this month into 10 books!!!! If I were to include Luthfi's book into the count, it'll be 11 books. The books that I bought in PWTC are all from Jemari Seni.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171034601300690763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271084712114309949.post-87724341781064537722013-12-07T11:10:00.000+08:002013-12-27T11:11:11.142+08:00Happy 1st Year Wedding AnniversaryAssalamualaikum w.b.t.,<br />
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Alhamdulillah! What a well-spend weekend. I reached home with a wide spread smile from husband and had a great date yesterday. We were too busy with each other on the date until we even forgot to take our pictures. Thanks a lot my dear for the presents! Thank you for always be in my side, - the perfect friend that I could wish for, and a precious husband in my heart. </div>
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It's already in December, people! While the month signifies the end of the year to most of the people in the world, this month signifies as the beginning for me. There's a lot of things that had begun in the same month throughout the past years. The first is definitely the day where I started to breath, the day when I was born. Then the month witness another important day of my life; the day of my marriage. A new step into new responsibilities and now, it also marks the day when I started working.</div>
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At first, the month for this year feels a bit rough even with the thought of having had to go through the whole month. This is because I have to work here and live all by my own. Yes, without my husband and my lovely son. The plan was to come home every fortnight but since I've just started working and with the fact that I haven't received my salary for the month, it will be very difficult to come home. I even have to save my allowance <span style="font-size: x-small;">*given by my husband*</span> as much as I can so that I won't have to keep on asking for money. I am definitely not the type of people who'll ask for money from people even if he's my husband. Due to this, even the thought of not being able to come home makes me burst into tears. I miss my family so much, with even the slightest thought of them will cause rain to fall on my cheeks.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171034601300690763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271084712114309949.post-25125013390529971882013-12-04T11:47:00.000+08:002013-12-17T11:48:44.374+08:00Luthfi's Journey: Two-Months Older<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Alhamdulillah; praise to Allah s.w.t., Luthfi is entering two-months mark now. I'm so sorry for being far away and not be able to hug and kiss you a lot on your precious day. As I'm told by my mom, Luthfi is not gaining much weight during the last month. It's only around 0.5kg increase. But Alhamdulillah, after consulting with the pediatrician it seems like he's in a good health. However, it was advisable for us to change his milk into normal milk since he was in lacto-free formula earlier due to some reason.</div>
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Oh, I can't wait to come back home and meet him! Love you so much, dear! Be a good boy to <i>atuk</i> and <i>tokwan</i>, yeah! :)</div>
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This is what I called as "human rocker"! ~ Usually Luthfi will fall asleep the whole morning except when he wants some milk. However, the challenge begins at night. Sometimes he just wants to stay awake... There's a few times when he didn't want to be carried. He'll become anxious <span style="font-size: x-small;">*as in being angry; shown with very fast physical movements*</span> when I lay him down on his bed, and even cries when I put him into his cradle. The funny thing about this human rocker is that he'll be quite a quiet boy when he's being put on the lap just like the one on the picture especially when we put up a certain song call "Puteriku Sayang" by a <i>nasyid</i> group called Hijjaz. Sometimes, he even laugh when we put him on our lap like that. </div>
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The journey that I had to go through in order to obtain the bachelor degree was not that easy. It requires four long years. There has been some ups and downs over the years. There are times when it feels like giving up is easier. There are also times when laziness overwhelms your body but definitely, most of the times spent contains beautiful memories. I am glad that I have my family and friends with me all the times. They even came to my graduation day even though they have graduated earlier than me. I am very thankful for that. </div>
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Alhamdulillah! As I have mentioned on the last post, I have already give birth to a baby boy. So automatically, I am now in my confinement period. If I had to give my personal opinion on which is better, I'd say give birth to baby Luthfi is definitely easier than having had to go through a confinement period.</div>
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Other than the pain, the second reason falls on the food. Well, for the first few weeks... I have to bear eating some kind of fish every single day. At the end of the second week, I can only eat three mouthful. Haha! There's actually a third reason but I guess it is not appropriate to be shared in public. Until then.. :)</div>
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Again my pregnancy journal continues since I am now done writing my experiences for all the trimesters. I guess now is the part where I have to recall the memory of giving birth... <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*traumatized*</i></span> Haha! It has been more than a month since I give birth to baby Luthfi but I can still remember the pain. </div>
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My birth chronology starts on Thursday, 03 October 2013. On around 11am, I began to feel the contractions. At first, it was very mild. However, at around 2pm.. The contractions began to intensify. But it was still bearable to me. The intensity of the pain started to increase per hour but there's still no other labour sign. My water bag still intact and there's no blood show. Due to this, I feel a bit hesitant to go to the hospital and just keep on enduring the pain through the night. I tried my best to sleep since I knew that I'll need a lot of energy to go through the active labour process later. I was able to fall asleep but awake every time the contractions came. On that night, there's around 30mins interval for each contractions and last for around 40 - 60 secs. So I can only fall asleep for 30mins and woken up by contractions for a few second and go to sleep again. Oh, what a dreadful night.. Hihi.</div>
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Well, the pain lasts and keep on intensify until the next morning.. Friday, 04 October 2013. At around 9am, the interval between contractions became around 15mins and lasts for around 60secs. At this point, I can barely stand the pain so I call my mom <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*she's at work*</i></span> and told her. My mom end up coming home and took me to the hospital to meet my O&G specialist. VE was performed and I was told that the opening is only 1cm. However, the doctor decided to send me to labour room to be monitored since my blood pressure shoot up due to the pain. The reading was 180 over 110. At that point, meds are given to me in order to ease up the pressure and I was told that I have to be induced in order to speed up the process due to the risk that my blood pressure will shoot up again and maybe even higher if I had to bear the pain for few more days until the opening is fully dilated.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171034601300690763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271084712114309949.post-87120203063263728302013-09-29T13:45:00.000+08:002013-12-17T10:03:36.502+08:00One Step Further: Third Trimester<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Here goes the story for third trimester. As I've mentioned before, I have actually registered myself at the nearest klinik kesihatan and went for monthly checkup. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*you can read more on that <a href="http://nana-saidin.blogspot.com/2013/09/one-step-further-first-trimester.html" target="_blank">here</a>*</i></span> However, I didn't planned on delivering at government hospitals. I have my own reasons, of course. Haha! So.. As my pregnancy enters the third trimester, I started to continue my monthly checkup at Columbia Asia Taiping. I'll do a review on my O&G Specialist and the rate for the hospital later.</div>
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So for my first checkup there, my O&G did a 4D ultrasound scan in order to check the gender of my baby <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*per my request, of course*</span></i> Hihi.. It was so exciting. You can even see the baby's movement, even when he's yawning. A 4D scan is definitely worth it. Even the price is affordable.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171034601300690763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271084712114309949.post-61982564959602587552013-09-14T22:24:00.000+08:002013-12-17T10:03:36.494+08:00One Step Further: Second Trimester<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171034601300690763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271084712114309949.post-54950456400404567762013-09-04T07:01:00.000+08:002013-12-17T10:02:30.799+08:00Believe me, I'll Learn.<div style="text-align: justify;">
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As life goes on, I am learning. I learn through my surroundings. I learn through emotions. I learn through people... and as time passes by... I learn mostly through circumstances. It's true that people may think that I am pathetic. People may think that I shouldn't make such a decision. For them... Is such term as 'early marriage' exists? People may say, everything is just based on love. You'll end up getting a divorce... You are young. You have no experience. You are even not matured enough... They'll talk about every single thing and I'm currently tired to keep on hearing them.</div>
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When I say that I'm getting married, I know that it'll come with huge responsibilities. It is not about me anymore. It's about US. I am not that perfect. I am learning. No matter how childish my looks are, I still have that same dream with other girls out there. If I am a married lady, I want to be an admirable wife. A great mother. I cherish the one that I love, I value him. That is why I'm gonna make sure that he will never have the slightest thought of regret for choosing me.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171034601300690763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271084712114309949.post-77784212720808894352013-09-02T17:09:00.000+08:002013-12-17T10:03:36.498+08:00One Step Further: First TrimesterAssalamualaikum w.b.t,<br />
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As promised, this is the first part of my pregnancy experience. The first trimester is the first three month of your pregnancy period. This period can be very overwhelming, especially to first time mums. Hihi. This is because pregnant mommies will start to experience some changes to the body. It is very important for mommy-to-be to understand these changes and also learn on how to take care of their body. As important as understanding the changes, mommies also need to know that first trimester is the most fragile stage in pregnancy. </div>
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Other than increased urination... I only experience fatigue, dizziness and constipation. Luckily these things only last during the first trimester. However, there's one last thing common changes to note. I notice that I have increased body temperature. This symptom is very clear to me since I am the type of person who hate staying in air-conditioned environment and can live with level 1 fan swing. But ever since I am pregnant, level 1 seems so slow. I even have to use two different fan; the on the ceiling and a standing fan <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*since my house didn't have air conditioner*</i></span> or I'll sweat like crazy and had to take a bath like in every 2 hours. To make things worse, the increased body temperature will last through pregnancy until you give birth. So no matter what, I just have to deal with it. -_-</div>
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To all pregnant mommies out there, cherish this experience! Think positively and never ever forget to enjoy your pregnancy! Remember, our body is so amazing. If you're carrying twins, then you'll have 3 heads, 6 hands, 6 legs, 3 different heart beatings and 3 different DNAs. How amazing is that? Hihi. </div>
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We meet again! Here's the second part of the journey. As I've mentioned on my previous post <span style="font-size: x-small;">*click <a href="http://nana-saidin.blogspot.com/2013/08/one-step-further-part-i.html" target="_blank">here</a> if you haven't read the post*</span>, I've registered my name at the the nearest klinik kesihatan from my place and did my first scan a week after.</div>
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<i>This syndrome; where the twin embryo has mysteriously and silently disappeared, is not a normal miscarriage. A typical miscarriage causes bleeding and loss of tissue, but in this syndrome... the disappearing embryo was absorbed back into the mother's body. Most of the time the pregnancy continues normally, and the surviving baby bears no evidence of having once had a womb-mate. </i></blockquote>
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You can Google the syndrome if you want to know more. Hihi. I guess, that's all for the second part. I think I'll sum up my first, second and third trimester experience in three different post later and close up the whole journey with a fourth post on my labor experience and review. Until then, see ya! :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171034601300690763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271084712114309949.post-51499662861102540882013-08-15T00:19:00.000+08:002013-12-17T10:02:30.794+08:00Walking Down the Memory Lane: Syawal 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
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SELAMAT HARI RAYA to everyone! I hope its not too late for the wish. </div>
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<i>Note: Please ignore any 'ugliness' element in the photo. Haha!</i></div>
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Alhamdulillah, this year's Syawal was one of the most meanuingful experience for me even though I am not able to enjoy it that much. The tradition of visiting the relatives, 'open houses' and etc. on top of being 8 months pregnant really take its toll on me. I even experience a very hard time standing up. </div>
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Since we were just married on last December, my husband and I have decided to spend our first and second day of Raya with my in-laws. After few years of only spending Raya at my own house <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*since we don't have a 'kampung'*</span></i>, I actually able to spend Raya in an actual 'kampung' environment. The picture above was taken in front of the house. If I had to say, the way my in-laws celebrate their Raya is quite different from mine, in a good way of course. Most of the time, its all about food festival in which makes me all around happy. </div>
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There's not much to tell actually since most of the things that we've done are the usual activities during Raya. Even the feast includes the usual... rendang, lemang, kuih raya, and etc. So I guess, that's all for my Raya celebration! Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, everyone! :)</div>
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