I am a Worrier.

Maybe we panicked, maybe we over-reacted, what ever was that being a first time parents we just did what we thought is the best.
Daaniya started to vomit whatever she drank since 4am. we brought he to GP at 8am, but till 10am still no changes, she still keep on vomiting. And we suspect it might something to do with the fact that she fall down from bed that night, ours is Japanese style bed, it is not even one feet from floor.
So she was admited for observation, and the paed said the vomit nothing to do with falling down, she din not have concussion, it might be some kinda virus infection. Thats was true enough, right after that me, my wife then the rest of the family got the same symptomps.
The thing is when she was vomitting, so many things went on in my mind, I started to worry. I am a worrier, I admit, I always think of the the worse.
She was dis-charge the next day. For her it is just another day spend in the ward, for me , it was something more than that.
I need to calm down and relax. I simply can't take anything for granted.

Saman

DAY 1
I thought I was quick to put on my seat belt when I saw the road block, but the police saw what I did, damn!

He pulled me over, said "Saya saman encik atas kesalahan tidak memakai tali pinggang keledar." I said 'ok'. What else can I say? beg? offer coffee money?

Once reach home I read the saman, "What?!! need to go to court and all?" I panicked already. I started to imagine me attneding court, standing infornt of the judges, lawyers and all. The usual court drama.
Then below that I read, "or you can pay the compound at bla bla" Phewww... what a relief!!!!

DAY 2
Then I asked around and people starting to scare me that this is major offence and I need to pay RM300!!!, OMG! That is I am pokai this month, with car repair, security guard payment , all coming at the same time.

DAY 3
Whats is done is done, I might as well face the music. Looked for Police station in Shah Alam, I lived here like 3 years and I dont even know where the police station is! (it is same row as TM, Tenaga and KWSP building)

I approached the counter with RM300 in my wallet, this is like just throwing money down the toilet, all my fault! As the cute police lady at the counter, handing her my saman, "Saman ni boleh buat rayuan ke Cik"
She said "Saman ni meman otomatik ada diskaun sebab encik bayar dalam 7 hari, harga biasa RM80, harga diskaun RM40" I was overjoyed, but didnt show it in my face. I paid the money looking really annoyed and left the police station with joy.

And nowadays when I get in to the car, first think I do is put on my seat belt even I was just parking the car.

Another lesson learned.

Daughter

Daughter (Loudon Wainwright III- From 'Knocked Up' soundtrack)

Everything she sees
she says she wants.
Everything she wants
I see she gets.

That's my daughter in the water
everything she owns I bought her
Everything she owns.
That's my daughter in the water,
everything she knows I taught her.
Everything she knows.

Everything I say
she takes to heart.
Everything she takes
she takes apart.

That's my daughter in the water
every time she fell I caught her.
Every time she fell.
That's my daughter in the water,
I lost every time I fought her.
I lost every time.

Every time she blinks
she strikes somebody blind.
Everything she thinks
blows her tiny mind.
That's my daughter in the water,
who'd have ever thought her?
Who'd have ever thought?
That's my daughter in the water,
I lost everytime I fought her
Yea, I lost every time.

Roasted Chicken

This is how my famous (allegedly) roasted chickenlooks like. I made this for buka puasa for relatives other day.  I have made this couple of time and it lood different every time. There is no recipe for this, I just stuff what ever available in the fridge in the chicken and throw it into oven for 1.5 hours ( followed Jamie Oliver's method as a baseline la). Kids love it!

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snippets

Ceh macam blog Che Det lak ada snippets-snipets ni.

Puasa.

Puasa tahun ni macam tahun-tahun lepas jugak, bagun sahur, gi kerja berbuka dahn gi terawih. Tapi tahun ni masa bersahur dan berbuka ada budak bucu sibuk-sibuk nakjoin kitorang makan. he he.

Bazaar Ramadan kat kelana Jaya memang best. Banyak variety kat situ. Ayam golek dia sedap, RM14 sekor, tak ingat tahun lepas berapa harga dia, tak tau dah naik ke atau masih sama.

GYM.

Bulan puasa ni jgn harap la dapat gi gym, walaupun aku ada cita-cita nak lari atas treadmill lepas terawih, cita-cita tu masih belum tercapai, banyak sangat halangan. Tengok la minggu depan macam mana. Kalau boleh nak gym juagk , nak buat weight training seminggu sekali , just to maintain muscle, taku hilang strength nanti.

Politik Malaysia.

Aku dah stop ambil tahu pasal politik ni, penatkan minda jer. Aku dah malas nak baca mana mana political blog dah, feel lerated pulak, macam less on chore to do every morning. What ever happen it will happen, regardless aku amik tau pasal bender tu, so baik aku kurangkan risiko sakit jantung and stress akibat mengambik tahu pasal plitik-politik ni.

RAYA.

Shoppping raya dah buat sikit-sikit. Aku sajer beli baju yang saiz kecik sikit dengan harapan masa puasa ni berat akan turn. 

After 3 tahun pindah , baru tahun ni tukar langsir, tempah kat Nagoya jer, kain murah-murah, kira ok la, for the whole house tak tinggi pun dia charge.

Daaniya.

Dah ada gigi dah , dua kat bawah, dua kat atas. Dah mula merangkak, tapi dia macam tak nak merangkak, tapi nak cuba berdiri terus. Pastu semakin manja, mesti suruh dukukng tengah malam and suruh main kereta model ferari shel tu, seronok betul dia tengok kereta ferrari tu, sungguh tinggi citarasa dia, macam daddy dia gak, hehehe

Gold

Aku memang lama dah nak tulis pasal Madu ni, tapi si Fafezh dah blog dulu pasal tu, tapi aku still nak tulis jugak, tapi yang ni bukan pasal madu, tapi pasal GOLD.

Konsep dia memang sama je. Apa-apa produk ada dua jenis, satu yang biasa satu lagi GOLD. Espacially kalau formula bayi, memang nampak sangat.

Aku dah cuba 2-3 baby formula sebab Daaniya tu ada masalah toilet, ini konklusi yg aku buat:

• semua baby formula ada yg biasa dan ada yang GOLD
• Sebelum 6 bulan, aku pakai S26 Gold, beza antara S26 Golad dan S26 biasa adalah dalam RM10.  Before that aku bagi Frisolec GOLD.  Aku rasa manufacturer sajer nak bagi psaiko parents dalam hal ni,As a parent biasanya semua orang akan cuba beli yang terbaik untuk anak mereka. So kalau beli yang murah, rasa macam we compromising dalam quality susu anak kita kan?
• Aku tanya paed, dia cakap "did somebody told you that the more expensive the baby formula, the better it is?" Aku diam jer, dia cakap kita boleh bagi apa-apa jer brand as long as susu tu sesuai ngan bayi.
  
• Sekarang ni, aku dah tak nak beli GOLD dah, aku beli Promil yang biasa. Promil Gold dengan Promol biasa jaug beza dari segi harga. Anak aku ok jer minum, so far ok jer.

Aku pun tak paham kenapa manufacturer produce 2 variety of same product, kalau betul betul dia orang customer oriented, keluar satu product jer with highest quality and reduce the price a bit. 

Gym Update

I have been busting my ass in gym for past few weeks and been eating good clean food as much as I could, but when I measured my weight I got a shock of my life, I actually gained more weight, a month a go I was 79.5kg and now I am 81.5kg! WTF!
But the good news is, my fat percentage reduced from 33% to 31.5%, and my muscle mass increased as well. So this is good progress (according to the trainer there), meaning that I put on lean muscle, not fat! But some how I still think I should weight around 75kg, that would be ideal and with body fat less than 25% (sigh............)

And there is another shock, there was a new trainer joined in, he is ex bodybuilder, but he going to compete next year and he approached me to be his training partner! He asked me "have you ever compete in competition?" What? are you serious? Me? Competition? Me contesting in any BB competition would be a disgrace to that competition. Anyway I politely told him, nope, I never completed in any BB competition and the thought never crossed my mind before. Later he invited me to train with him for a year and he told me that we can enter competition next year! Wow, I am not sure about competing, but I am all ready to train with him, to be trained by a pro for free? who would decline that?

Had a first session with him last night, he train me on my back (Lat muscles). Oh man... I was all wrong in my technique all thie years, I did two back exercise with him 4-3 reps each and I WAS DONE! He really worked me! I had no energy after that, He didn't use much weight, but the techique is totally new. Now I understand the different in training alone and being trained by a pro. My body is totally aching this morning, and I am looking forward to work on my pecs tonight! What a fun!

Lil Miss Sunshine

Now and then

How things can change in two years

My Fitness Regime

If anyone noticed, I haven't blog about my fitness for a long time. The reason is simply because I don't have any fitness regime anymore, sometimes I would be consistence for couple of week , then I would slack off, then the cycle start all over again.

I thought I was in good shape till few week back when I visited the scale in gym, I couldn't believe my body fat percentage, it is worse ever! Fatherhood definitely had agreed with me, especially in my spare tyre department.

Now I am starting back, slowly, but still couldn't gather my courage to pay a visit to the almighty weighing scale yet, I cant take the disappointment, I really don't care much about the weight, I only want the fat percentage to go down!

I have upgraded my membership to passport, which mean I can go to any FF branch in Malaysia, so far I like Menara Axis one, fantastic parking facility (free! after 6). Lots of machine there especially the Hammer Strength Machine, love it. But what I really need to do now ALOT of cardio which I hate hate hate! But I must do that to reduce fat.

Assignment Time!

Thats right! Boys and girls, it is assignment time. You had you enjoyed your honeymoon in my my class(political science) for too long without any quiz or assignment. I want this to be completed and ON my desk (or inbox) by 5 PM tomorrow, failing to do so, will result in your failure in the mid-term and probably the final, which mean you will have repeat the entire damn SEMESTER, so take this seriously! As usual, it must be double spaced, Arial size 12, about 13 pages long.

QUESTION:
Describe the political scenario in Malaysia since the political tsunami of March 8th 2008 and the effect of two -party system on socio-economy of the middle class and how this effected the media transparency,: WITHOUT using the following word(s).

• Mongolian Model
  
• C4 bomb
• son in law
• sodomy
• fuel (or petrol) subsidy
• incompetent-prime-minster
• Bloggers
• Clowns
• F-word
• Anal Intercourse
  
• Maya Karin
• Chief Judge
• @ss-holes
• #@$%!
• 

Money

• Claimed my RM625 yesterday from Cyberjaya Post Office, when to terminal for tea break, and the counter was absolutely empty, filled up the form and the lady handed over to me the cash just like that, it would be nice if they could do this every month! And this going to sound cliche especially at the economic crisis time like now, but the first thing I bought with this money is formula Milk for Daaniya!
  
• Finally got my increment, after being postponed for 6 month due to some "strategic financial planning" by my company, it wasn't as much as I expected, but there is at least increment, I at a crisis time like this and at this point of my life, I don't want to complain about in-flow of cash into my bank account. every cents are appreciated.

Happy Fathers Day to Me!

My first fathers' Day and look what I got from Daaniya and her mummy!

Thanks you very much! muahhh muahhh muahhhh to Daaniyama Kutty and her mummy !

Fun Fact about my car

Fuel Pump:
Tahukah anda, kalau kereta anda enggan menyestartkan dirinye pagi-pagi apabila anda hendak ke pejabat, bukan bateri kereta sahaja masalahnya. Kerosakan pada fuel punp juga mempunyai kesan yang sama, tetapa sound effectnye agak berlainan jika kereta anda tidak start akibat bateri yang flat. Malah sound effect yang akan anda keluarkan apabila mendengar harga untuk seunit fuel pump jugak berlainan berbanding dengan sound effect untuk seunit harga bateri. Menurut mekanik yang menukar fuel pump tersebut, elakkanlah amalan menuggu hingga lampu merah (atau oren, bergantung pada model kenderaan) menyala , baru hendak mengisi minyak, ini akan mengurangkan jangka hayat fuel pumpa anda kerana ia cuba mengepam minyak yang tinggal setitik dua dari tangki minyak ke enjin anda.. Untuk maklumat kalian:
Original Proton Part: RM600++
Not so Original: RM500++
Local: RM200++ (jangan sesekali pakai yg ni nanti nyesal)
Maka jadilah pengguna yang bijak.

Tayar Flat:
Tahukah anda jika anda menggunakan tayar tanpa tiub, jika tayar belakang kenderaan anda pancit, anda mungkin tidak menyedarinya semasa memandu? Dan tahukah anda jika telah membawa kenderaan anda dari Shah Alam ke Cyberjaya dengan tayar anda, kebarangkalian anda menjahanamkan tayar and rim tayar anda adalah amat tinggi. Anda juga besar kemungkinan terpaksa menukar tayar kenderaan anda and juga menukar/membaiki rim tersebut jika senario tersebut terjadi pada anda.

Minyak:
Tahukah anda, mengisi tangki minyak WAJA sehingga penuh kini berjumla RM 147? Tetapi ini tidak akan berlaku pada anda jika anda mengisi minyak apabila tangki anda separuh penuh untuk megelakkan kejadian fuel pump rosak berulang. Ini juga adalah cara terbaik untuk menjimatkan minyak, kerana anda hanya membayar seprauh harga minyak, logik tak?

Last Sekali:
Apakah perasaan anda apabila semua senario di atas berlaku dalam jangkamasa sebulan kepada anda? Cuba anda fikir fikirkan?

Wassalam

No, I am not gonna write about it

I am not going to write anything on the recent fuel price increase, it is just not worth writing about it.

IT IS JUST NOT WORTH TO WRITE ABOUT IT, YOU GET ME?

Wasting my electricity, wasting my energy, wasting my time and it just will increase the wear and tear of my keyboard.

Just follow our beloved government, seems like they really know what they are doing!

Trip to Penang

Date: 24th-28th May 2008
Venue: Penang, Alor Setar, Taiping

Bucu baby in bathrobe!
( I dunno why I keep on calling her bucu, she smells good all the time)

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Attending wedding


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At Taiping Zoo






Shopping at the Pagoda
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At the swimming pool of the hotel

And another Hand Phone entry ......

Sony Ericsson K530i

Bought a Sony Ericsson for the first time, all this while I was Nokiaguy. Should have bought this instead of the Nokia Music Express I 'donated' to stranger last week.
This phone has the same functionality, more compact and much more cheaper.

May this phone serve me many many more years to come, Amin.

And now it is gone

Back to back post in handphone, impressive isn't it.

I lost it, during lunch, must have left it on the table while having lunch outside. I was rushing for Friday prayers. Someone must have taken it throw the SIM and claim they won it in some competition. Pandai-pandaile tanggung dosa.

Maybe it is not meant to be to use expensive handphone.

Chiau!

Yeah yeah , I got new phone!

Due to a freak 'accident' ( I don't want to go there), I lost my beloved (not really) Nokia 6600. In cell phone live cycle, you can place 6600 at the Late Cretaceous Period in Mesozoic Era (watching "Are you smarter than 5th grader really paying off). To exaggerate things even more, Nokia 6600 has effected my social life all this while, most of my colleagues avoided to be seen with my in public places while am using the 6600.

The phone wasn't working well anywhere since (yet another) freak accident earlier when I dropped it in some kinda water (don't wanna go there either). Been thinking of getting a new phone for a while, so here is my big chance.

I had nothing in my mind, decided walk into the store and let the the all knowing tech savvy Chinese sales guy to talk me into buying suitable phone (within my budget). Cutting a rather short story even shorter, this is my new hand phone , the Nokia 5610 and I am loving it! The sound quality is amazing.

The Quiet Man

This picture got nothing to do with this post, it is apparently a movie, which turn up when I googled for suitable image for this post.

• many problem in my life would not have happened if I have kept my big f*&8ng mouth shut. Seriously! Now when I look back, things would have much more simpler if I just had keep my mouth shut, no matter how strong the urge to voice up my bottled up emotions.
• People say it take much courage to break free from silence and finally voice out you emotion, but I would say that it requires much more strength just to keep everything bottled up and just keep quiet.
• Next time I gonna do exactly that, keep quiet, give a fake insincere smile and node my head and let it all go with the flow. I just don't give a damn anymore.
  

I won I won I won

Shell's "Over 1000 Cash Prizes Weekly Contest"

Finally I won something, all the hard work me filling up the shell contest form every time I pump up petrol had paid off!
I was skeptical when they called me last month saying that I won, but I got the cheque yesterday! Wow unbelievable, my name is even listed here!
If I say the amount I won, no one will believe me, search for my name (surname:Buhari) in the link above!

I am rich I am rich.. muahh muahh hahhaha

Majlis Cukur Jambul Nur Daaniya

Here are some picts from Function in PJ and Bentong.

PJ Function
Sunday,9th March 2008






Here are some picts from Function in PJ and Bentong.

Bentong

The Message is very clear, but some people still don't GET IT!

Look like democracy still works here, surprisingly.

It too bad, few good Ministers lost, like Sharizat, but the rest were long overdue to leave. To Sharizat, is not that people hated you, they only hated the badge you were wearing.

I did not vote this year, but I really wanted to.

To Oppostion: Stay true to your word, and make some good changes.
To BN: Stop being overconfidence and listen to people for once!


I still can't believe all this really happened in Malaysia, I am really happy that we have strong opposition so that the is healthy balance in parliament.

It would be really interesting 4 years to come.

Pink Invasion

Everything in my life in now turning PINK, everywhere I turn in the house, all I see is PINK, PINK and more PINK.
Danniya is wrapped and swimming in all her PINKNESS.

If this goes on I will have a hard time keeping my macho image la, ha ha.

More Arrivals..............

Owhhh... Look like someone proceeded to blog about her arrival before I could write. Well aren't she a cute one? Feel like kissing the monitor screen whenever I looked at her picture. (yes my wallpaper is various picture of Daaniya I change weekly.

Oh did I mention this? That, less than 24 hours after my wife gave birth, my sister delivered a twins? and 4 days after that, my wife's sister delivered her second baby? Yeah....... it is like breeding season of sort, 2008 seem to be a fertile year (or was it 2007?, since they were all conceived in 2007), but sadly all baby were born in the non-halal animal year in Chinese calender (ha ha padan muka my sis and my sis in law who bragged that they will have RAT year babies, since both of them had a premature babies, tu la lain kali jgn eksyen sgt, keh keh keh)

My mum is looking after my sister's twins back in Bentong, while my mother in law looking after her the 2 newly arrived grandchild. Seems fair, both have their hands full. My mum who came PJ for my delivery extended her stay for about 3 more weeks, since my sister's twins were 6 week premature and placed in ICU for first few day and after in incubators after till they were strong enough.

Muhamed Amirulhaqq, Wania Wazeera, Nur Daaniya and Wania Nadheera

Sleeping Daaniya
Smiling Daaniya
Daaniya and daddy!
Hmm just Daaniya

It's me again......

As I promised, I managed to download my pictures form my daddy's camera.
Daddy says I am the cutest baby girl he has ever seen!!! But you all should know my dad better, he like to brag.... big time, but I have to agree with him on this, I think I AM cute (baby chuckle... he he)

Salam and hello to all daddy's friends....

Pssttttt.......... It's me, Nur Daaniya bt Mohamed Ghazali. My daddy doesn't know I am blogging from his bloggers account, so we gonna keep this a secret for now, but I am pretty sure he wouldn't be mad even if he finds out coz he loves me SO much.

I have decided to arrive 5 days earlier than expected date, I really can't take those cord around my neck that effecting my breathing. And I also been too comfortable in mummy's belly that I grew too big that I can't really descend down. Some more I think I passed motion inside mummy's womb (sorry mummy for the mess). So Aunty Fatima decided to cut open mummy's belly and take me out earlier.

My first memory arriving in this world is seeing Aunty Fatimah delivering me and saying "Assalamualikum" and something like "besar baby ni dan dah terberak pun". I did answered her in my own language. Then I saw daddy standing there, with a look that I can't describe, not that I can describe anything that I was just a few minutes old. I can't find mummy anywhere, but I heard daddy telling mummy, "dear, it is a girl!!!". Then they took me to another room, Uncle Syed was putting some kinda tube inside my mouth, and it hurt so much. And daddy was standing beside him asking so much questions. Dad, will you let the man do the job and chat later?!! I am the one suffocating here! Then there was a sharp pain on my thigh, maybe some kinda jab. Did I mention that I was screaming top of my lung non stop from the moment of my arrival?

Then they brought me to operation theater again and they showed me to my mummy for the first time, mummy said "Assalamualaikum sayang", she looked so tired but very happy and satisfied after seeing me. After that I remember me being carried somewhere and surrounded by my grandparents, all four of them, they were all so happy and excited. I must be very special for them.

I heard daddy reciting azan on my right ear and iqamat on my left years. I didn't cry then, I just listened. Then he put me down and gazed at me for a long time before leaving the room (not before taking some photos though).

Oh gosh, I have been blogging too long for a 3 days old baby, I must return and act my usual cranky-self and act cute to everyone around me. I think daddy is waking up now, I got to go, I really didn't let them sleep and really got them exhausted last night.

I will upload my picture once I figure out how to connect daddy's digital camera to the PC. (Hey I am IT savvy too OK)

Till then Salam to all.

It's a girl !!!

Date of Arrival: 24th Jan 2008 (5 days earlier than expected)
Time of arrival: 11:59 am
Name: To be decided by the council, ha ha
Weight: 3.75 KG ( I know !!!)
Height : 53 cm
Delivered by: Dr Fatimah Najla.

Mummy and baby are fine (and daddy is fine too if anyone cares..)

ALHAMDULILLAH.

Anytime now........

First 8 months just flew by in a blink of an eye, now that the due date is nearer, I am just restless. time to pass by so slowly. I am so nervous. Even wife says she really can't carry around her belly anymore. The sooner, the better.
I pray all goes well, amin!

Knocked up

Nice movie this one, as the title suggest it is about unplanned pregnancy.
This movie has lots of interesting quotes, the one I like the most is this one....


"Marriage is like that show ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’, but it’s not funny. All the problems are the same, but you know instead of all the funny, pithy dialogue, everybody is really pissed off and tense."

so...

"Marriage is like an unfunny, tense version of Everybody Loves Raymond, but it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever."

I find this so damn funny and true at the same time!

Salam Maal Hijrah to all!