Sungkai Outing No 1: iLotus

Salam peeps! another eventful morning!! I saw a serious roadrage happening this morning as I was going to work.. Then at 9, Josephine (bukan nama sebenar) went out to Hokko to get our customized ariani-like tudong and then a quick trip to Mothercare..

We went out for our first sungkai outing at ilotus with the holics! this was impromtu.. Can't wait for the actual planned one this Saturday with TC and her Hubs too!!

Headed to iLotus

Muka lapar!

our appetizers

Dia and yours truly

us with the holics! *look at her tummyyy!!* LOL

Close call

Salam all.. How has your day been? Mine has been quite eventful..

Just this morning as I was on my daily commute there was an accident just before Empire's entrance and as I was braking to a stop in Jerudong I saw that the three car behind me was still at a high speed.. So I had to honk in order to alert them. The car right behind me had to swerve to the left (thank god there was no car on my left) and the other 2 cars had to brake harshly. It left me shaken and am thankful that nothing bad happened. so peeps, drive extra careful oks..

so anyways here are some photos taken over the weekend.

Mummy: Dia!!!! Don't play with that!

Dia: Heeehehehehehee

Dia happily eating her honey stars

One minute she was looking at her book

The next she was past asleep!

Who dis boi?

Trying to reach for the keropok with her balloon

with shorter working hours during Ramadhan I now have more time to cook! actually do like to cook tapi.. M.A.L.A.S!! *tee hee8 Husband is quite appreciative in my recent efforts in the kitchen! hahaha

My signature Penne Bolognaise with melted cheese!

My first attempt in making Pasta Carbonara. sauce was yummy but the melted cheese was OVERDOSE!! hahaha

Abang Ijan's Face during sahur! HAHA
Sorry abang ijan.. I had to post it up cause you look soo FUNNY!!! Love u and Peace! Nanti babu buatkan Pizza ok? hehehe

Alhamdulillah, another Ramadhan

Salam everyone! How's your Ramadhan so far? Mine alhamdulilah has been ok, somewhat challenging to an extent.. Here are some pictures taken yesterday.. hehe

Dia enjoying her kurma before heading to the market

there she saw some animals that is for sale. She didn't dare touch the rabbits..

and there were also some birds there!

In the afternoon, yours truly had to go to work.. booo
Was not happy with the fact that I had to go to work but ain't nothing I can do about it.. huhu Luckily we were able to make it on time for Sungkai with my family..

yours truly wanted some cake and this is what the husband bought.. I wanted a slice not a whole cake! LOL

Momoi, Ejan, Yours truly, Dia and Caca

Storage Love!

When I first started on my breastfeeding journey and started storing my EBMS, I stored it using Glad’s freezer bags. A friend of mine recommended using that as it was pretty cheap and has double zip lock.. It can be found at supermarkets or convenient stores and I usually stock up on those bags.. But as time pass by I found that those bags are sometimes sold out and it takes a while for the supermarkets or convenient stores to stock them up. So I began to explore on other bags to be used.

The second bag I used was First Years EBM bags which I bought from triple star, costing approx $18.90 for 25 pieces which works out to about $0.72 per bag.. Besides the fact that it was a bit pricy for me, I didn’t really like the material. Found it a bit flimsy…



The third bag used was introduced to me by a friend and its called Autumnz.. It’s a Malaysian product and I can’t remember exactly how much it cost me at that time but I think it was approx $0.50 per bag. Material was thick however it only has a single zip lock, at that time. Considering it was cheap I was happy to continue on using it, just making sure I store my EBMs standing up and not lying flat. When we placed our 3rd batch of orders my friend noticed that the bags has a strong chemical smell.. SO we had no choice but to put forward a complain and look for other bags..

The fourth bag used was given to me by a friend. Its Lansinoh and this my friends is one of the best I have used so far and one of my favorites. I use them when I travel and I love that it says ‘my mommy’s milk’ on the bag! Hahaha Price wise it cost around $36 for a box of 50 in Mothercare which works out to approx $0.73 per bag.. a tad too pricy.. So have been looking for options to bring it to Brunei but shipping cost turns me off!



At this point I was spending quite a few bucks on EBM bags then my friend who introduced the Autumnz bag called me and told me that Autumnz is sending her a new batch of EBM bags.. I have been using them for a couple of days now and gotta tell u, I like it! The material remains thick compared to Lansinoh and First Years and it now has double zip lock!!! And a box of 25 pcs cost me $8.00 (including shipping) which works to about $0.30 per bag.. I know 30cents per bag sounds sikit but if you use 3 bags per day, 5 days per week for 30 days, that works out to $13.50!! (Yes I am stingy like that!! :P)


So am now a happy bunny and pray that Autumnz will keep up their quality and supply.. Am talking to some friends on possibility of bringing these bags into Brunei.. Would any of you be interested? Let me know.. you can leave a msg on the tag board or email me at nynani@gmail.com :)

On another note, Reading other mother’s blogs on how they store their EBM, I read that there is a product (at time of writing is still googling and trying to find out what its called) that allows you to store your EBM into 1oz cubes.. Kira mcm buat ice lah.. Once its frozen you can just place it in sip lock bags or containers and when its time to feed, you can take how many cubes you need and thaw them.. This has some nice merits for me but I suppose it will require better organization skills in terms of keeping track which cube came from which batch. And should there be power outage and EBM melts, you will have to re-freeze it all again.. This is an option that I would like to explore come the next child *tee hee*

Happy berpuasa y'all!

Random Photos

Morning peeps! I am currently suffering serious case of Mondayyy bluess... huhu

We headed to Miri on Saturday...

Dia eating her raisins bun

Funny shot of Dia asleep!

Then it was a relaxing Sunday

I placed Dia in her cot while I was cleaning around the room.. she doesn't look too happy does she? hehe

Halfway through my cleaning i let her out of the cot and this is her 'HELPING' me.. NOT!

Was happy I was able to put her down for her nap so i can continue on cleaning..

And in the afternoon, we headed to the ILs

Last night while we watching TV and Dia went all quite.. Rupanyaaa this is what she was doing!!!

She tore the flap off!!! huhu

Baru bangun tidur and lihat Barneyyy! Taiming nyeee~~~

Dia at big brother's wedding.. (with her 'mismis', as always!).. maybe we should call her raisin girl!!! HAHA

Dia nangissss.. huhu

Are you excited that Ramadhan is around the corner? I am.. hehe shorter working hours, great food and sungkai get together with family and friends! hehe And with Ramadhan, there is always a concern that BM production with decrease.. so to combat that here's my game plan...

1. Express when I wake up and at 1.00pm when I am at work
2. Drink up on Oats and Fenugreek Chocolate Mix

Ok have a good Monday y'all...

Fenugreek Chocolate Mix

Olaaa peeps! How's your Friday been? Mine has been good so far.. Seeing as today is the last Friday before the holy month of Ramadhan, my colleagues and I decided to have Tahlil, Doa Selamat and Pot-luck food fiesta!

Tahlil and doa selamat in progress.. look at all the food on the table! hehehe

Fruits and drinks

And this is what I brought! hehehe

I saw this on RA a couple of days ago and the word FENUGREEK just caught me! Tau lah, any opportunity to increase BM production tingles me fancy! LOL so I finally went out to buy it yesterday and tested it out last night..

How does it taste? Mcm Hot Choc and can barely taste the Fenugreek.. Is it effective? Not sure, we'll have to see how production goes for the next couple of days.. One thing tho, 1 box cost 7.80 and there is 8 sachets so its kinda pricy for me lah.. huhu I am planning to take it during the whole fasting month.. hehehe

Did stock check last night and Alhamdulilah I finally made up my losses during my last trip to Korea.. Stock is now 120oz! Syukur Alhamdulilah.. I hope i can keep this up and kick those lazy days to the curb! hehehe

Have a good Friday and weekend y'all! And pray that Dia, Anjai and I will stay healthy throughout the weekend as we have a couple of places to go.. hehehe

last jaga-jaga

Here are some pictures taken during the last jaga-jaga night..

Customary Lucky Draws + presents for karaoke contest which was a surprising hit! haha

Yours truly putting on the ribbon for the groom's car.. Thanks to Shopaholic for lending us the ribbons

The girls in red

Dia was amazed by the lights

Finally get to sing Krisdayanti! hehehe

With the cousins

We put Dia down for the night at 10pm and then around 11 she woke up and insist on going outside.. Rupanya kan menarii.. hahaha

Dancing

and all these while we forgot about the groom.. hehe here is the groom 'berlulut' and 'berpacar'

My grandma!

This photo was taken early next morning when the groom 'mandi langir'.. Don't think its wise to put photos of him kena mandikan here.. hahaha