b3 b0rn.. c0nf0rm, b3 si|3nt .. di3

heh. hepi niu yer.

never been big on resolutions – since i tend not to keep em or achieve em.

if anything, it will be more on ensuring ashley, anaqi and aryan gets the best that we could afford to provide for them in terms of material, spiritual and also of course, family time!

so whatever can contribute towards achieving the above – goes!

here’s to another decade in the (not-so) new millenium!

update:

just discovered i did come up with a few for 2009 – let’s see whether that went well?

• overcome my fear of drowning and just get to learning how to swim - achieved by aug 2009
• see through whether this new specialisation offered to me works out - still in progress
• make a point to reduce tv time for the kids by doing more activities - not so much, if anything – while in confinement, the kids ended up watching more since i need them to be occupied.
• resume working out.. slowly though.. don’t wanna end up pulling any muscles - achieved (if swimming counts) can’t go into crazy gym neophyte mode as i was expecting & it’s never a good idea to suddenly work out like crazy while preggers when you never been exercising regularly before
  
• and start cutting down on those calories intake that was all important when anaqi was exclusively breastfeeding - achieved prior to 2nd trimester of pregnancy.

see how getting pregnant after you made your new year resolutions excuses you from not achieving some of them? heh!.. so here’s a tip.. if you fear not being able to achieve your goals, you could try getting preggers!

one bummer thing abt being preggers is not being able to drug the hell out of your cold and flu.. due to possible ill effect to the lil one ur carrying.. so i’ve been nursing this cold on and off.. for nearly 2 weeks already..

but of course, it doesn’t help that there’s this quart of baskin robbins (peanut butter choc, maui choc brownie and almond praline) in the freezer screaming for me to sneak a quick spoon or two when the craving comes.. heyy.. i’d be swearing off these for at least 40 days once the baby comes.. so am thinking of all the things i would think i’d crave for during the confinement and will hv to cross them off the list over the next 2-3 weeks…

1. molten choc cake @ chilli’s

2. one last cuppa of jco’s iced choc

3. nachos wit generous topping of melted cheese and chili con carne… (am actually thinking of the one at parkroyal penang – but then that’s a bit stretching it eh..) ..

… to be updated laterz!… am causing my tummy to growl now, it’s past midnite and i have a doc’s appointment tomorrow. am sleeping off the craving!

continued:

4. teh c peng - i blogged abt the first time i tasted it in btu… then surprise surprise, the lunch venue i frequent (pakcik restaurant & cafe, kompleks antarabangsa) offers it as part of their menu… should make a trip there next week …

5. putu piring

6. putu mayam

in another of my nostalgic moods… heh..

btw, there’s nothing wrong with your respective notebooks/computers. it’s my blog – somehow the image embedding plug-in is a bit wonked. just couldn’t be bothered to figure what’s wrong with it anytime soon.. so entries will be pretty much image-less until i get back into the groove..

shai – come with me

I got a call. A telephone call today.
Somebody’s offering a job a thousand miles away,
And I want to take it, it’s the opportunity of a life time,
But I need a second opinion, an opinion other than mine.

So I, I’m turning to you,
Because you always seem to know what to do.
When times like these arrive, I call,
On my only true friend in the world, my girl.

So I, I want to know,
Should I really, really go,
And if so, Are you coming with me?
I, I got to know,
If you really want me to go,
And if so, Come with me.

I never wanted anything as much as I want you with me.
You were the one who said to follow my dreams,
Of having a house, a car, a view of the stars, and a beautiful wife,
So I need someone I can go with,
I need some love in my life.

So I, I’m turning to you,
Because you always seem to know what to do.
When times like these arrive, I call,
On the only real love of my life, you are my life.

I want to know,
Should I really, really go,
And if so, Are you coming with me?
So I, I got to know,
If you really want me to go,
And if so, Come with me.

I need you to
come with me [repeat to fade]

as i left work late on wednesday, and kakak would be in the midst of her mengaji class – made a pit stop to carrefour to replenish supplies. from a shopping list of 5 items, i ended up with a full shopping cart. shows how much will power i have. and totally supports the rule that you should never shop on an empty stomach!

anywho, reached home just nicely after the lessons were done and amir did the tranferring of shopping bags (i always forget my reusable bags) to the kitchen. i decided to take a breather at the living room before starting to store away the groceries & household items

suddenly this young boy, by the name of anaqi, scuttled hurriedly into the kitchen. i heard some rustling of bags and then TA-DAAAAA!! he re-appears with a packet of twisties! somehow he knew that it would be one of those items in the bags and manage to locate them in the midst of all those shopping bags.

good thing was, he’s already had his dinner & it’s been awhile since he’s had junk – so since baba allowed it, both kakak and anaqi was occupied with munching away for another good 10 minutes – leaving me to store the items in peace

note to self:

next time leave the incriminating bag inside the car boot until the coast is clear!