Rainy days and Mondays..

Misi membeli ayam kat Bristol today can be considered as FAILED. We were overslept 
(I was shot, remember?) and was not in the mood to drive in the rain. Plus, there were still plenty of leftovers from Hefni's in the fridge, and all I can think of bangun pagi-pagi was the cereal. Easy -- bukak box dan kenyang! Hmm.. modern-time motherhood eh? 

Not much activity done the whole day. Hmm..since program stock up ayam dah changed to tomorrow, I just ran around doing some cleaning in the house. Yang banyak bertaburan -- of course lah the blue packets. Think we are addicted to it. So much so of Chikkadeesss!

                                                             The culprit!

Know what? I was alone --vacuum carpet tangga and bathroom, and ducked down to collect the hairs (since vacuum bertuah tu tak cukup power nak sedut hairs). Being a thirty-something-of course-my-hair-fell-down-woman, I always know the longest hair lying on the floor was mine, tapiiii.. who wants to answer for the LONG WHITE HAIR I just found?????? Better go watch Spongebob lah.. (telan air liur sambil buat2 berani).. *sweating-hard!*

And the clean carpet cuma bertahan 2 jam sahaja!

Later in the evening, we just found out that we lost our large food-bin; wonder sapa la yang balas. Every households in Bath got the bin for free since October from the Council, untuk food waste aje. Hmm.. good effort, but the plastic bag will cost us GBP4 per roll. And now, mana nak buang sampah nih? Nak kena report ke apa nih..? Ingat Jumaat ni nak tumpang tong sampah jiran sebelah lah dulu. Bummer!

Layan StarWars marathon zaman 70an with Mr. Papa..  I just quit halfway, too much weird creatures and they talked funny! George Lucas did possessed some extreme imagination, kan? -- I simply cannot understand why men fancy citer tu.. never care, and never will. Lagi best tengok Handy Manny. Hehe..

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

Isk..tak best lansung!

I dreamt of an old friend, then I don't remember, then my arm was shot, again, I don't remember why -- and was brought to Kuantan to see a bomoh. The house (or clinic) was filled with people, which I was sure yang sakitnya sorang aje, but the carers punyalah ramai. But the makciks inside the clinic had this scary look -- gilalah.. one boy at the other side - was munching garam and daun pisang, and a faint-faced lady holding her bag full of ikan busuk. Once in a while, they threw their killer-scawwy jeling towards me sebab my phone never stops ringing! 

I remember the treatment room was separated dengan a huge bright yellow cloth hanging from the ceiling (normal view in every demonic place I suppose). Everyone looked impatient for their turns- perhaps dah lama tunggu before I even arrived. Long story short, all of the sudden, the tok bomoh came out and and said;

 "Hah.. mana satu yang kena tembak tu..?" 

One question changed it all. Time tu jugak every eyes in the hall pointed towards me (ya la, sapa lagi yang kena tembak)-- and in split seconds, they turned into 1000 scary faces and rushed hysterically to attack me!

 

Memang seram even I kind of realized that was a stupid dream (sebab kena tembak, which sangat tipu, heh). Panicked as semua orang would be kalau kena attack; I can still recalled my escape quote to the tok bomoh - as an excuse from his treatment;

"Takpa lah pakcik, saya balik dulu, saya nak kena hantar buku library.."

Cis. Buduhnyeee... tak thrill lansung!

Intann : Nak mimpi jadi bridget jones takleh ke..? Hehe..

xx DreamSnugger  xx

I Can't Cook..!

Back from Hefni's place. We were the last yang sampai - pukul 2 jugak. Ni sebab kami satu rumah tido sebelum subuh malam tadi. Konon-kononnye nak align Ezzah-nye sleeping time. We got (paksa) her to sleep at about 9pm -- only to have her to be awake again pukul 12 tengah malam. Tiba-tiba je -- "Mama..I want nasik...Ezzah hungryyy.." Aduuu..pinsan. After nasik, mintak cereal pulak. Memang betul-betul lapaq dia nih! 

She went back to sleep (lepas acara garu belakang yang sangat lama!) at around 2am. Tapi, kami la pulak yang cerah bijik mata. One movie completed - Johhny Depp's new piece 'The Tourist'. Tak ngantuk - but we got hungry. Makan again at around 4 in the morning. To proceed dengan tidor after 1 large milk-coffee and whole loads of biskut memang sangat memberdosakan, so we decided to layan another movie. 'Grown Ups' with Adam Sandler and friends. Layan lahh. Memang lepas Subuh baru paksa diri tido..

I made Agar-agar Oreo (got the recipe from internet - quoted 'sangat simple!') dengan Spagetti with udang and mushroom. Memang tawakal lah bawak pegi. Orang lain masak memang tak ter'lawan' la. Kak Ana came with her cheesy tiramisu cake (buat sendiri tuu!), Hefni and Zetty cooked bihun goreng, Umi with nasik goreng cina and teriyaki chicken, Harry made salad dan banyak lagi lah! I was wayyy too sleepy to eat (seram sejuk sebenarnya tengok kehebatan orang memasak). Just chat-chat for about 2 hours and everybody started to leave. Tapi tiramisu cake tu memang menyentap kalbu - confirm tapau bawak balik.

We decided to have some makan-makan too at our place one day -- since people tadi dok tanya of our house whereabouts. Hmm.. perhaps during Ezzah's birthday. I'm not worried about the space -- since our house can accomodate like 20 pax at one time, cumanyaaa... WHAT TO COOK...??? Takkan nak belek resipi from BBC's I Can Cook kot.. (laughing at myself). *sigh*

Intann : Do something Intan..

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

Family Portrait #1

Moments.Well. Shared.

This is my favourite photo so far. Hope we can get more of this -- nanti. In fact this is our first all-together photo since we've been here. It's not easy to get someone ambilkan gambar. This one was taken with help from a 'facility structure' available around the uni's lake. : ) 

Darn sejukkz that time.The lake was frozen! We were trembling, tapi since the campus was all empty (New Year break) making the lake all ours. 

Intann : Freezing all merry moments.

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

Little things that I miss..

Only God knows how I hate writing about things that will make me sad or down. I need those perky-ness feelings and attitude back in to my life, giving me strength to start a brand new day.

I miss my sincere smile and giggles. I miss the yay moments I had when watching football. I miss the great feelings that enveloped me when I grabbed the keys going nowhere but having fun - with anyone I like. I miss miming along with the songs on the radio, some songs in fact made me jump sebab rasa macam teenage balik bila dengar that particular piece. I miss the solitude-moments I once had, having fun with my own emotions, talking to my thoughts, and every single things that filled my day with sunshines. Those sensation feelings -- where I don't have to go and look for them, they're simply part of me. Like the cowboys. No worries. No problems. Just me, living the great moments.

Where have they gone?

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

What-ta-head-ache!

Since yesterday evening, I feel heavy-headed and there's some stingy echoing sounds coming from inside my left ear. It got worst when we were at the Victoria Park playground (with huge sand place - so that Ezzah can get her jumping-frenzy-therapy session after months of hibernating). The strong wind turned my ear into chime - and I felt like it was coming out! One moment I was grasping for air, another minute I have to stop myself and relaxed my lungs. That didn't feel good at all.

We had to stop by at Iceland - to buy some veges and milk. Nak masak untuk jamuan kat rumah Hefni nanti. Once we got home, I almost fainted. I lost my balance and skidded on the shoe place making all the stuff I bought scattered on the floor. I sat down for a couple of minutes before getting up again. The moment I removed all of my jackets and sweaters, I felt like a stream of current running through my body. Terus rasa nak muntahhh! Which I did - and then after - I was as weak as the sayur lama dalam peti ais..smashed and flat.

I will save your time from guessing. NO I am not pregnant. But I do not know what had caused me this. Too much caffein from the cokes and coffees? Or too much chips? Or, I didn't balance up my life routine with walking etc? Anything I'm allergic with? Not that I know.. What could it probably be..?? Especially the dengungs in my ear. I remember Juwita once said about the dengung stuff years ago - and hers was due to fatiqueness. Tak tau where to start the guess sebab I did not take any drugs at the moment. Can somebody fill me up with clues?? There is a lot of "what if's" dalam mind ni.. *frowned*

What has agitated me even more is that how this country is running the health-casualty system. I wonder what would happen to me (and us) if we need to see a physician - tapi stalled sebab they have such a long procedures  that we have to abide. I was told that - even we got an emergency - we still need to call the health place for an appointment (be it like 1 hour in advanced). Showing up terus will mean "sesi menunggu sehingga sawan" la kita kat situ. Gila. Then tak payah lah letak sign "Emergency" tu if there's no relevant point. Hmm. Maybe, its just me - sebab orang kat sini don't even bother the system they're having. Diorang ni jangan charge (with ridiculous cost) aje, marah lah.

I browsed through some pages in the internet. From the symptoms - I was diagnosed with Vertigo (mesti sebab I wrote down "lost balance" tu). But they said  (the so-called online doctors) - I should need to consult a physician if;

1. I got a blurry vision (one side or both)

2. Vomitting continuously. Well, this two dah cukup for me to rush to the nearby physician!

3. Dan banyak lagi ....Scawwwy! 

Intann : I refrain myself from coffees and cokes at the moment. Perhaps I should stick to pisang, kan??

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

Ezzah's Favourite

Check out the list of stuffs on the Britz TV - CBeebies Channel : which make Ezzah frenzy most of the times. On second thought, just see what they have done to make her mama glue-stucked as well. Ngee..

                                                                 Hmm.. Lau Lau and friends

Normally, everyday at 6pm sharp Ezzah will ask us to 'change the channel, mama..it's twelve o'clock niiii..' Main belasah je sebut jam. She knows when it's gelap outside, time for Waybuloo dia la tu. The things about these pelik creatures - they have such irritating-soft-shrieking-voice. Pening jugak nak layan tengok this program sampai habis, tapi - as long as it's decent for child viewing, then that's fine with me. Shrieking pun shrieking lahh.. 

Right after that - In the Night Garden plak.

                                                                    The weird gang

They have this short poem, which Ezzah loves. She would jump towards any one of us; holding out her palm so we can run our fingers spirally.

Round and round

A little boat - no bigger than your hand

Out in the ocean, 

far away from land..

Take the little sail down

Light the little light

That is the way

To the garden in the night..

Okey. Freaky. Mama pulak yang ingat. Yang ni actually lagi letih. I think it's meant for toddlers - for the characters are all mumbling their names all the while. With again; loud-shrieking sounds from the weird carriages called the 'Ninky-Nonk' and 'Pinky-Ponk'. Whatever.

Next - Bedtime stories. This should be the sign for kids pegi tido. Tapi bukan Ezzah la.. dia layan cerita aje. Time tido dia memang 4-5 jam lagi. Cuma mama dia ajer yang dok tunggu nak tengok yang ni sebab the saja je they put some hunks actors as storytellers. Ada ka letak Richard Armitage, Gary Barlow, Toby Stephens etc. etc..?  Ish..ish.. terpaksa la. *grinn*

Gary Barlow - cerita pasal gajah masa krismas baru ni 

                                                                  Toby jadi pirate.. : )

Lain-lain yang Ezzah suke, which I guess the whole kids kat Britain ni suke yalah Mr. Tumble. Dressed up a  clown, Tumble ni comes in 4 ke 5 characters ntah. Dia jugak Mr Tumble, dia jugak Grandad Tumble, dia jugak Lord Tumble. Memang meant for kids - but one thing pleasant about his program is that - they give opportunities to disabled kids. It's heartening to see the kids in wheelchairs, some mute; all were rejoicing their moments with Justin Tumble. He teaches sign-language too. Have his way with kids I suppose.

 

                                                                        The Tumbles

Lassttt skali, kena paksa nyanyi pulak ngan dia. : )

The time has come - to say goodnight

To say sleep tight till the morning light

The time has come - to say goodnight

It's the end of a lovely day.....

We have so much fun today

Tomorrow's just a dream away

Now it's time - to say good night

At the end of a lovely dayyyyy.........

Owh. Lupa. Scream scenes.

"Mama! Six-zero-zero!!" If I was not looking.

"Papa! Six-zero-zero!!" If Papa was not looking. 

To the "See you tomorrow morning at 6.00 am" screen. *sigh*

                                                 Ada rupa macam nak sleep tak..??

xx  DreamSnugger  xx