Monday, December 26, 2016

Kangaroos, Koalas dan Kami.

Finally! A vacation.
View of the iconic Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge from
Mrs Macquaries Chair.


Alhamdulillah.

Selesai sudah percutian keluarga kami selama hampir 2 minggu ke Australia. 12 hari yang penuh aksi, emosi dan transaksi huhuhu....

We spent 5 days in Sydney, then took 2 days to drive from Sydney to Gold Coast (GC) spending 1 night each at Nelson Bay and Coffs Harbour along the way. And then at GC, another 5 days. Bayangkan lah betapa adventurousnya holiday kami. Well, as adventurous as a family of 6+1 can endure lah... nothing too extreme. For us parents yang tak berjiwa kental ni, naik cruise ship je pun dah cukup adventurous kut hahaha!

For me, personally, the best part of the holiday was the road trip along the Pacific Highway. Banyak pemandangan yang cantik2 dan menarik dan kadang2, getting lost was a blessing sebab termasuk ke kawasan2 kampung (countryside kata omputih) yang indah2 pemandangannya. Unfortunately, me being the one driving, tak banyak lah pemandangan yang dapat dirakamkan dalam camera sebab navigator tak minat nak snap gambar. Nak stop banyak kali pun navigator marah, nanti lambat sampai destinasi sebab kami kena pulangkan kereta sewa. Makanya, akak simpan je lah pemandangan2 indah semua tu dalam kepala.

For the rest of the family, the best part of the holiday was, of course, the theme parks. Bosan lah, bosan! (Says yours truly yg berkali2 jugak naik rides ekekeke!)

Apa2 pun, fyi, it was not a perfectly smooth sailing holiday. Travelling with 4 kids ranging in age from 3 to 11 was not easy. I knew this from the start. And prepared myself for it.

True enough, after a couple of days, Boy2 kena cirit-birit dan muntah2. Then berjangkit pulak kat si abang, Boy1 siap demam lagi. Berhari2 jugak lah nak sihat semula. 2 insiden yang hampir cemas whereby insiden pertama di Coffs Harbour bila Boy2 masih tak henti2 diarrhea sampai 4 hari. Sakit perut, meragam, taknak makan etc. Kami makin risau. Mujurlah kami ada travel insurance dan ada after hours doctor yang boleh dipanggil datang ke hotel, alhamdulillah.

Insiden kedua di GC, Boy1 pulak sakit dada pukul 2:30 pagi. Menangis sakit. Ya Allah... hampir2 dah nak call emergency line tapi bila soal-siasat, I yang bukan doktor ni tau yang it was gastric pain and gas. Bukan jantung. Bagi antacid, bagi painkiller, jadi mokcik urut pulak lepas tu hehehe. After a glass of warm milo, some bread, a good back massage and some episodes of burping later... Boy1 finally felt some relief and fell asleep. Besok paginya he was as good as new.

Mummy, however, having been the nurse on duty that night, mabuk2 tak cukup tidur. Sebab lepas Boy1 tidur, mummy hung on to make sure Boy1 was really, really alright. Camtu lah jadi mak kan? Sleep eludes you when you worry about your family. It's natural.

Alhamdulillah jugak both my girls survived the trip without any health issues. Not even the standard flu or coughing that normally comes during or after a long trip. I'm really thankful for that. Kalau tidak, tak dapat dibayangkan how full my hands would've been. Mummy pun penat jugak oii.

Am now going through hundreds of pics taken during the trip from my camera and all our devices combined. Banyak ya amat bak hang! Might just share a few in my next posting.

Until then, happy holidays and stay safe.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Saya memang suka jahit seluar tidur.



Anak boy I yang sorang ni peminat tegar kereta. Koleksi kereta kecik-kecik dia dah beratus biji agaknya. Kalau keluar ke mana-mana mesti nak bawak kereta dalam sebijik dua. Kalau keluar bermalam lagi lah, satu bagpack tu penuh kereta je. Berat kemain nak angkut tapi dia sanggup.

Waktu I tunjuk kat dia fabrik kereta yang I belikan untuk buat seluar dia (ada 4 corak), bersorak dia suka sangat. Mula-mula I tak bercadang nak jahit lagi, sebab aura rajin macam tak berapa menyerlah gitu. Tapi bila tengok dia bersorak tu, rasa kesian pulak. Tentu dia tak sabar nak dapat seluar baru.

Kesudahannya, I siapkan juga lah 2 helai dulu. Suruh dia sarung nak tengok "kemuatan" seluar, terus dia taknak bukak dah. Sibbaik la I memang basuh dulu kain sebelum jahit untuk pre-shrink.

Pagi ni... 

Dia taknak mandi. Sebabnya? Ye betul... taknak bukak "seluar car saya". Bila dipujuk-pujuk, dia bagi syarat. Boleh mandi tapi lepas mandi nak pakai balik seluar yang sama. Esehmen... mana boleh gitu, sayang oii...

Mama geleng kepala.


Boleh cuba =) 

Monday, December 5, 2016

Gaun tingkat-tingkat a.k.a. tiered dress.


So... I was going through my FB newsfeed as I do every day... and I kept coming across a friend's DIY home sewing projects. She seemed to be on a sewing spree.

Mak aii... saperah (that's alas meja for some of you), kitchen towel, sarung kusyen etc. you name it. Siap amik order lagi, on the go. Well, no surprise lah... she's celebrating xmas soon and she's busy doing up the house for the coming festive season. And if korang nak tahu, for us sharing the same hobby, this "showing off" (no offence intended here) of diy projects on social media is very contagious.

I, myself, had been putting off sewing due to segala macam kesibukan... yang benar dan yang dibuat-buat, eheheh.... and I had been wanting to get my creative juice flowing again. And now that the school holidays have started, what better time to jump head on and "merempit" like heck, kan?

So after browsing online for some ideas, terciptalah dress untuk anak bongsu aii...

I don't have a tutorial for this dress sebab truth be told, hakak nak siapkan cecepat dek non oii... kalau buat tutorial kang kejap2 dah nak kena pause tangkap gambar lak dulu at every step. Haish! Kan ke lambat tuh?

Apa2 pun, insyaAllah lah, kalau hakak terasa rajin yang luarbiasa, I might just make another one dan buat tutorial sekali ehh? Ehh? Ok?

Hakak belanja gambar je posting kali ni, orait? Apa nak namakan baju ni erk? Dress lobang jantung? Jantung berlobang? Hahaha... apa2 pun, I sangat puas hati dengan baju ni. Tak nyesal hakak buat pelan, hati2 and took my own sweet time. Tadi kata nak cepat siap, ni dah own sweet time plak?

Disclaimer: Warna tema krismas itu adalah kebetulan semata-mata. Next year boleh pakai untuk CNY pulak ekekeke!