Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Thank You God!


Thank You God

© Shirley J. Stankiewicz


Sent straight from heaven up above
Came an angel for me to love
To hold and rock and kiss good night
To wrap my arms around real tight

To cuddle & nurture and watch him play
To kiss his boo-boo's all away
To keep him safe and warm & count all his toes
To hold the tissue for him when he blows his little nose


To laugh at his jokes, to clap as he sings
To tell him all the joy in my life that he brings
To clean up his play dough, to pull his legos apart
To pin up his drawings and tell him it's art

To watch his first day of school on the bus all alone
To fight back the tears as I make my way back home
To applaud real loud when he's in his first play
To help him with his homework at the end of his day

To adore & cherish and watch him grow
To guide and teach him all that I know
To see him through good times & help him through bad
To share in his happiness and cry when he's sad

To hold him close and be by his side
To watch him through life as my heart fills with pride
To help him with decisions, the best that I can
To know that someday he'll be a fine young man





p/s : Dear darling Baby M, we love you long before you even exist. The long awaiting journey is totally worth it. You complete our life!




Monday, September 10, 2012

I'm Homeee!!!!

Heyloooo peeps!

Its been months since my last entry. Giler kentang lama tak hapdet bukan.
and where should i start?

1) well, i'm officially a mommeh now. *ehem* *ehem*.
towards the end of pregnancy, i is sangat pemalas nak hapdet belog.
oh tuhan, adakah ke'pemalasan' itu menyebabkan anak dilahirkan dengan penuh drama?
well, our darling munchkin had safely arrived on june 16, 2012 (5 days past due date).
will story morry about the delivery later on. i bet some of u mesti rasa cam tak nak beranak setelah mendengar cerita penuh drama itu. but well, rezeki orang lain2 bukan. and maybe since i'm a part time drama queen, nak beranak pun penuh drama. kahkahkahkah...


Our darling Baby M few hours after delivery!
(rambut masih basah lepas mandi! huh..tak encem)

Given Name : Mir Aydin bin Mohd Hafiz
Mir means Leader and Aydin means Intelligent. Insyallah you will become one Intelligent Leader someday.
Birth Weight : 3.45kg
Birth Date : 16 June 2012
Birth Time : 10:53am
Birth Place : Columbia Asia Hospital, Seremban
Delivery : LSCS (lower segment caesarean section)
Length : 49cm
Head : 34cm
APGAR Score : 9/10




on his 1st month@ nenek houz. berangan ko nak bawak anak amik gambo ala-ala whiteroom photoshoot kat studio. padahal pantang pun tak abes lagi. nevermind, rumah nenek pun jadi la.

taken on his 1st month as well. mama dia kan jenis paksa maksa. hahahaha...
Officially 2months old!






Our 1st raya!
(thanks aunty dayah sebab berjaya mendapatkan baju melayu for Mir at the very last minute. Although kaler lari sikit, but still mengikut tema)




His 1st wedding event. Aunty Anne is getting married! which made us (Papa, baby M & Mama) to flew all the way to the Hornbill Land @2months old.


2) We've moved to another houz. oh yeah! no more bumbung ku lantai mu. and i'm one happy lady sebab takde dah nak meroyan duduk rumah dengar orang rumah atas mengetuk lesung di pagi yang hening itu.
Thanks to darling hubster sebab berjaya mengemas dan memindahkan barang while i'm at my parents crib berpantang.

3) Berpantang was super awesome. tidak lah seterok yg digambarkan. sebab mama i tidaklah strict orangnye. on the 2nd week after delivered, i telah drive sendiri ke rumah makcik urut. ko mampu? kahkahkahkah.. well, makanan berpantang juga best. sehinggakan my 4 yrs old nephew pun sibuk nak makan lauk org berpantang. and another reason i masih belum mendapatkan berat seperti sebelum bersalin T_____T.

4) Our munchkin is such a darling. He doesnt have jaundice at all (Alhamdulillah), he never had colic till this date (and berdoa takkan kena sampai bila2), he never down with any sickness so far and praying hard he wont get it at all. He is really one easy baby. all he wants is mommeh melk and sleep and mommeh melk and sleep and thats it!

5) Im back at the office after the raya leave. actually i was supposed to come back to office on fasting month. but since sending off Baby M to baby sitter house on fasting month doesnt feel right. errr..ekceli, mommeh is not ready part from darling Baby M, so..ehem.. Doctor gave mommeh additional 14 days MC. plus, i delivered via ceaserean which sangat la patut dapat MC (alasangggg).

6) Baby M was taken care by babysitter when i'm away to kantor. Alhamdulillah his babysitter tak nak biasakan baby M with buaian which i,myself pun kalau boleh nak avoid sebab malas nak hurung buai sana sini kalau pergi berjalan. And i hanya bekalkan rocker since baby M sometime will sleep on rocker di siang hari.

7) Baby M is not bottle frenly. He want mommeh melk fresh from the pipe. so mommeh had to tried different bottle to make him one happy baby. at the moment he still accepting mommeh melk from bottle MAM but he doesnt drink as much as he was with me. which also means, goodbye Dr Brown bottle. and elok sangat lah tu. Mama beli samapi 6 bijik bottle Dr.Brown. Nasib bottle MAM tu half of the Dr Brown punya price. Plan nak try Breastflow or NUK bottle. in case this will help baby M punya nefsu minum. but everytime mama balik amik dia, sure menyusu like there is no tomorrow.

till then.. nanti kita sambung lagi... kerja menimbun ni ha.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

How i purchase stuff from US websites.

Well, since rmi le plak nanye kat fesbuk cmno I membeli belah dgn jayanya secara maya frm US, jd meh le I buat ala2 tutorial yg tak berapa tutorial ni.


Saya adalah pembeli tegar barangan secara maya. I think semua benda dalam dunia boleh dibeli secara online regardless where you are. Dan I ni plak jenis spesis, kalau dah nak tu, regardless kat mana pun bnde alah tu, I nak jugak beli. I bought stuff frm Hong kong, US and UK before. And use different2 way to purchase. Last time I used to rely on ebay seller yang boleh do worldwide shipment. Memang ada, tapi salunya barang lagi mahal even inclusive the shipment cost. Pastu dia ship using normal post so sometime takde tracking number and may take weeks nak sampai. some did offered ship to malaysia. macam gymboree. but unfortunately, the shipping cost agak mahal i rasa. sebab dia based on your purchase amount and not by qty/weight. and from amazon.com, they only deliver certain item to malaysia. yang lain, nehiii...

Ini membuatkan si pembeli tegar tidak gembira. Ko Nampak perangai kurang molek ini? Kalau beli barang nak segera sampai. Sebab level kesabaran saya adalah senipis kulit bawang. pastu nak shipping cost semurah mungkin.

That’s when I found my true love. Which is comgateway. Ekceli ada byk je lagi sekufu dgn comgateway ni. But I dah baca byk review and rasanya comagetway ni menepati piawaian.

How to start?

Sonang je. Ko register je kat comgateway. And they will provide you your own US Address. 1 user 1 US address. Based on this US Address yg korng dpt, sila lah membeli belah secara maya secara gembira kat mana2 US websites. And upon checkout, korang masukkanlah US Address korng yg comgateway dah bagi. You can buy as many as you wish from different2 merchants. But only the first 3 shipments je free for consolidation. The additional shipment sampai ke comgateway and kne charge USD1.

I bought from several merchants before. F21, oldnavy & gap (both satu roof. So you can combine either gap or oldnavy in one purchase), zappos, Gymboree, amazon, ebay, etsy, jc penny, and etc (dah lupo!).

Some merchants does accept our local credit card, but some does not. Mcm spanx and kate spade, tak trime ye kad kredit kite. So if you still need to buy stuff from website yg rejek kredit kad mesia wlupun kredit kad ko limit level puluh ribu, you can opt for comgateway punya service which is BuyForMe. Ni dieorg tolong rakyat marhani sekalian yg nak gigih beli jugak but with 10% charge of rege barang.

So, once all your item reach your comgateway punya address, dieorg akan enter dlm system. So korng leh view your account and tau la which item dah sampai kan. Say you buy from 3 different merchants, Amazon, GAP and Sephora. You all can consolidate this 3 shipments which akan jadi lagi murah kalau do the consolidation instead of send ke mesia satu2. Comgateway takkan charge for the first 15days brng you all ada kat warehouse dieorg. After that baru kene charge per day. So better beli serentak all items so leh bajet sampai ke comgateway almost at the same time and leh terus ship to Malaysia.

And from US to Malaysia, dieorg pakai DHL. Sangat reliable. Within 3-4working days je dah sampai. Tu yang I soookak giler.

Tax?

Ok, there is tax yg kite kne byr to local custom bile bwk brng dr luar mesia. Syarat dia adalah jumlah purchase+shipment not exceeding rm500. I ada baca kat belog somewhere yg she do the open order for Gymboree and share shipments among them. And sadly kena tax. Byk ok. Dlm 10% jugak dr total price.

In my case, I bought stuff exceed rm 1k per shipment, but so far tak pernah lagi kena tax. I tak tau la because I pakai jampi apa ke kan but I guess the trick is like this.

Even I beli item amounting usd400 from gap and oldnavy, I split it into 3 different purchase. 1 purchase not exceeding usd150 la konsepnya. Note: selalunya dieorg offer free shipments within US. Jadi tak kesah la ko split bpe package pun kan?. Then sampai kat comgateway, it will be three different package. And I opt for consolidation. Consolidation ni konsepnya adalah, 3 package ni dikira berat dia sekali. Bukan satu2. So jimat sket kat situ. Sebab insurance and dia terus count weight dia by every subsequent kg. sebab the first 1kg tu yg mahal tu. So when the item reach Malaysia custom,even ko ada 3 package, dieorg akan tengok by package punya declaration form. Since ko dh split tadi, per package just cost like usd150 opkos custom takkan kacau. Kalau satu package ko sampai usd400 mmg la dia akan charge tax, and ko kne gi kastam byr tax. Nampak tak bezenye kat situ? So thts y even I bought stuff exceeding rm1k pn tak kone tax. And another thing, kalau korang beli brng byk2. Misal la kata 30 helai baju dlm satu box, the package size akan jadi besar. And comgateway plak akan caj based on package size or package weight whichever higher. So kang kompom even berat 2kg, but packaging size beso, your shipment price lagi mahal. Thts why its best to split the purchase.

Macam I buat ni :



This is the most recent purchase from oldnavy & gap. Even dr same merchants, I split it into 3. Well, I guess enough for maternity and nursing tops at the moment. Nanti dah bersalin kita sambung balik. And, oh god! Baju baby sgt chomell. Cant wait for the Gymboree!

And look aunty anne! Mama bought me few shirts and jeans for your wedding too. Harap2 muat nak pakai.


Ni ha sape nk sgt tengok my baby bump. Hahahaha.. keji je kan? Tak Nampak sgt pun. Tapi at least korng tak la Nampak bahagian lomak2 kembang2 tu.



Plus! Who ever invented recipe for this durian pancake from Scrumptious Desserts ni memang truly genius. Ahhhh!









 

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