Thru the Eyes of Alisha

Just an update

2006-03-28T10:48:00.001+08:00

1) Papito is back
Well, my Papito is back from Switzerland. He was there for almost 10 days. I missed him a lot. Now that he is back I will be able to wrestle again. He is my wrestling partner. We wrestle on the bed while Mamito has her shower. No fun to wrestle when she is around. She will always stop Papito from being rough with me.

2) Mamito is moving to a new place
Mamito has accepted an offer at a new place. She has been with the old company for almost 3 yrs. Now, she says its time to move on and do something which she really likes. I wish Mamito all the luck.

3) My gender
Mamito is teaching me my gender. She goes like this,"Alisha are you a girl or boy." My answer is " Boyyyyy". Hahahaha.

4) Food
Everyone says that I am a fussy eater. I dont eat a lot of rice. But, I like to snack from time to time. My portions are small but regular. And my favourite food is ,,,,,Sambal.......Nyummmm. [ I am banned from eating anything pedas. Mamito says its bad for me. But, am just wondering why things which are bad for you has to taste soooo good]

5) Words
I can repeat whatever words that I hear.

6) Kenduri
Last weekend I attended another kenduri. It was at Daduma Net's house at Bandar Country Homes. This time I behaved myself. I did not cry and I was friendlier. The best part is I played a lot with Abang Rafiq. He is a really nice boy. Unlike some boys who tend to snatch things from me, abang Rafiq is the opposite. He is patient and always give in to my demands.

Misfortune episodes 1, 2 and 3 [in less than 24 hours]

2006-03-02T15:06:00.000+08:00

I have been sick for the pass week and it has been horible. My head was spinning and I felt like my body was on fire. The first day was terrible. When Mamito took me to the clinic, the pediatrician told Mamito that was fever was really high. It was 39 degrees. That's quite high for a baby. High tempretaure in babies can lead to fits. In order to bring down the fever immediately the doctor inserted a pill into my buttock. I screamed. Yes, like every visit to the clinic I screamed again.

That nite was horrible. I was very sleepy. But, the high temperature disrupted my sleep. I slept on Mamito the whole nite. However, around 3.oo a.m. Mamito had to insert the pill again into my buttock as my body was really hot. I manage to sleep after that.

The next few days was quite "recovering period". Though the fever was lesser, I still couldn't eat or drink much. I lost a little weight. And, I was just starting to put on some kilo's. Hayya.

By the time weekend came, the fever was all gone. So, I was back to my normalself. Everyone said that its so good to see me all perky and noisy then seeing me quite, grumpy and tired looking.

After gainning all my energy back, I started to run around, jump here and there, screaming, and etc. I was hyper and happy. But then I did not see what was waiting for me ahead. It all started on saturday nite. First, I was upstairs with Nani and Mamito when God know how my little fingers got stuck in between the door. I tried pulling out but nothing worked. Mamito and Nani panicked like hell. They did not know whether they should push the door inwards or outwards. They were afraid that my little fingers might get smashed further. I started to cry. Papa and Uncle Imy came. And, then suddenly, I was free. Though my fingers were a little red, no major damage occured. Phew!!!!! Everyone was glad.

A few minutes later, I was playing with Nani, Mamito and Kakak Yuli in Nani's bedroom when suddenly I triped and fell faced down. And, there was blood. Yep! Blood. My lips were bleeding. Bear i n mine at that time Mamito and Nani were still discussing the door episode. That's when Mamito decided to call it a day for me. They cleaned me up, shoved milk into my mouth and I was put to bed.

It was a gloomy Sunday when I woke up the next day. As usual I had my bath, breakfast and I was on Nanajee's chair watching tv, when I decided to stand up and jump down. Yes, I never learned my lesson last nite. Pop! I felt on the floor like a nangka busuk. But, thank God again I did not suffer any major injuries. Actually, I didn't suffer any. But, having a paranoid mother like mine, she said that I dah "kena mata". So she's gonna get an Ustaz to have a look at me and probably give me some air jampi.

But, Papito said its nothing. Mana ada kena mata or anything like that. It just me. Am to hyper active and I can't sit still. Papito thinks its the milk. He thinks i'm to advance for my age.What do you think?

Most photogenic baby contest

2006-02-17T08:52:00.000+08:00

Yes, my parents wanted me to participate in a baby contest held at I Utama. In order to participate we have to purchase RM30 and above baby goods, which will entitle you to get your picture taken. But, guess what? We did buy RM80 worth of diapers but no I did not join the contest. The reasons are: firstly it was a bit leceh cause I had to change my clothes and wear weird looking costume prepared by them and secondly, I had to sit on a small platform with hundreds of toys surrounding me and a hundred eyes staring at me for at least 10 to 15 minutes depending on my level of co-operation. My parents taught that they could never get me to wear a costume and there's no chance that I would sit on that platform for more than 3 seconds. So, my parents desire of making me join my first baby contest ended in the drains last nite. Well, better luck next time then.

Something that I came across

2006-02-16T12:10:00.000+08:00

Pada hari seorang bayi siap untuk dilahirkan ke dunia. Dia bertanyakepada Tuhan : "Paramalaikat disini mengatakan bahwa besok Engkau akanmengirimku ke dunia, tetapi bagaimana cara saya hidup disana, saya begitu kecil dan lemah"?Dan Tuhan menjawab, "Saya telah memilih satu malaikat untukmu. Ia akanmenjaga dan mengasihimu.""Tapi disini, di dalam syurga, apa yang pernah saya lakukan hanyalahbernyanyi dan tertawa. Ini sudah cukup bagi saya untuk berbahagia.""Malaikatmu akan bernyanyi dan tersenyum untukmu setiap hari. Dan kamuakan merasakan kehangatan cintanya dan menjadi lebih berbahagia.""Dan bagaimana saya bisa mengerti saat orang-orang berbicara kepadakujika saya tidak mengerti bahasa mereka ?""Malaikatmu akan berbicara kepadamu dengan bahasa yang paling indah yangpernah kamu dengar; dan dengan penuh kesabaran dan perhatian, dia akanmengajarkan bagaimana cara kamu berbicara.""Dan apa yang akan saya lakukan saat saya ingin berbicara kepadaMu ?""Malaikatmu akan mengajarkan bagaimana cara kamu berdoa.""Saya mendengar bahwa di Bumi banyak orang jahat. Siapa yang akanmelindungi saya ?""Malaikatmu akan melindungimu, walaupun hal tersebut mungkin dapatmengancam jiwanya.""Tapi, saya pasti akan merasa sedih karena tidak melihatMu lagi.""Malaikatmu akan menceritakan padamu tentang Aku, dan akan mengajarkanbagaimana agar kamu bisa kembali kepadaKu, walaupun sesungguhnya Aku akan selalu berada di sisimu."Saat itu Syurga begitu tenangnya sehingga suara dari Bumi dapatterdengar, dan sang anak bertanya perlahan, "Tuhan, jika saya harus pergi sekarang,bisakah Kamu memberitahuku nama malaikat tersebut ?"Kamu akan memanggil malaikatmu, Ibu."Ingatlah selalu kasih sayang ibu, berdoalah untuknya dan cintailah diasepanjang masa.

Alisha learns to talk and eat nasik

2006-02-15T10:24:00.000+08:00

A am almost 1 1/2 years old now. And, am learning how to talk . Among the words that I can clearly say are:

come;
bye;
Papa
Nana
Dadoo;
Imy (my uncle Imran)
Roma;
Mama;
Kakak;
Nak;
Mummum;
bird;
fish;
nasik;
bedak;and
dodo (milk).

Basically, I repeat what ever the adults say. However, there are some words that i still find it quite difficult to pronounce which are:-

cream... i pronounce it as kim;
keropok... i pronounce it as kopok;
ice-cream...i-kim;
yuli....yuyi.

At first I started saying one word at a time. But now i am trying to construct a sentence which normally sounds like aba daba pada..... ikim

I have started eating solid food too . I don't eat pureed porridge anymore. I eat fried fish, ayam mask kicap and I love meehoon like Mamito too. The adults say that babies shouldn't eat anything to hot (pedas). But,in my case I like everything that is spicy. I hate blend food. I love to eat what adults eat. However, Mamito does not allow me to take spicy and oily food much these days. The last time when I fell sick the doctor told her that my throat was all sore and reddish. Since then she has been really careful.

My hope to the adults are please teach me new words on a daily basis. pleaseeeeee...... It will save everyone the agony of figuring out what is wrong with me especially in times when i howl and cry my lungs out and you adults can't figure out whats wrong with me. Remember, the time when everyone was rushing me to the hospital one nite thinking I had stomach ache but the actual culprit was only....collic (angin)........
(p/s ; this is only 1 such episode. trust me there have been various time that such false alarms rang in the house)

17/11/2005

2006-02-10T15:28:00.000+08:00

I have been guilty of depraving my blog for a very long time. Something happened in my family's life last November. My Nanajee fell sick. He suffered an acute stroke. However, with Allah S.W.T help and mercy he is in the road to recovery. He did not suffer any physical damage but unfortunately he lost his speech. Nevertherless, the whole family is thankful and grateful to Allah S.W.T for the kindness that he bestowed on the family. It could be worst.

The morning of 17/11/2005, is a day which will be remebered by the entire family. That was the day that my Nanajee's neurosugeon informed us that there's only 30% chances for him to get better, anor 30% his condition might get worst and the rest is there might not be any changes.

When Mamito, Nani, Papito and Uncle Imi saw Nana lying on his sick bed for the first time, the sight was devastating. When they called out his name all he did was looked at them blankly. There was no reaction from him. He could not recognise any of them. That nite we prayed hard. None of us could sleep. We taught our whole life was crumbling down. Mamito even told Papito that she could never imagine her life without Nanajee.

I went to visit Nanajee on the second day. That was when a miracle happened. The minute Nanajee saw me he smiled and raised his arms towards me. Oh My God. That was the first positive reaction from Nanajee in the last 24 hours. We all saw hope. It was from that moment that we all knew that Allah mercy is on us. Nanajee is gonna recover. Everyone said that i am a miracle baby. Nana refused to show any reaction to anyone except me. He even waived to me when he saw me coming the next day. A few minutes before when his doctor asked him to do the same act he refused.

Mamito believes that Nanajee intentionally shut himself down from the adults. She believes that something happened during his visit in Penang, that resulted in the stroke. She refused to believe that his blood pressure raised suddenly. No there's more to to it. Until today, I know she is not satisfied with the explanation that was given to her. However, due to some reasons she being tied up from finding out the truth. Knowing her, I know she's still a bit edgy to find out what actually transpired that morning.

Three months have passed from that day. And, life has to go on. Again with God's help and family love Nanajee is responding well to his treatments. He attends speech therapy twice a week. Even his speech therapies commended him the other day. She said he has way passed the stage that he was expected to be. Alhamdulilah. However, we can't thank Allah S.W.T. enough for answering to our prayers. A heartfelt thank you to all our family members and frens for their support, and prayers. And to doctor Samuel Eeasaw and the beautiful staff of the Penang Adventist hospital, may God bless you people for your superb services. Thank you. Thank you.

Hopefully, this episode will be an eye opener for us to appreciate our parents. Sometimes we do take them for granted especially since we are all adults. Burdened with our own families and work commitments. But, we should realised that our parents took care for us. They nutured us well. Worked damn hard to give us the best education on could have. Suporting us in every thing we do. Even when the rest of the world turns away we can confidently move on cause we know they will always be there for us. We should be thankful to them for where weare today. Without them we would be nobody. I dont think any parents expects their children to repay them with money. Small things like calling them up every day, being the first to call them on their birthday or getting them their favourite bread from their favourite bakery may sound small to us but it might mean the whole world to them......

Selamat Hari Raya

2005-10-31T10:46:00.000+08:00

Papito, Mamito and Babyto would like to wish the family and Muslim friends a Eid- Mubarak and Maaf Zahir & Batin and to all of our Hindus friends aHappy Deepavali. For those who are going back to their home towns please drive carefully. Till we meet again Have a wonderful holiday.

My Raya preparations

2005-10-26T11:04:00.000+08:00

I am not directly involved in getting my baju raya's caused Mamito doesn't take me shooping, but she does show me everything that she gets me. This Raya she bought me:

1) 1 pair of jeans;

2) 3 pair of pants;

3) 2 dresses (one was from Nani);

4) 2 pair of shoes;

5) endless number of t-shirts and blouses; and

6) 4 pairs of pyjamas;

I have two pasang of baju kurung. One was a gift from Daduma Nab and another from Daduma's fren, Aunty Mah.

My parents are excited about raya this year. I heard Mamito telling Papito the other day,"Raya is basically more for Alisha. Budak2. Can't wait to dress her up. This year lagi seronok because she can walk". Well Mamito I know that you are all excited and geared up to dress me up, but don't you remember the tough time that u face everytime you want to dress me up. But, its Hari Raya so maybe I might make an exception and just co-operate.

One nite during Ramadhan

2005-10-24T15:03:00.000+08:00

It was the 17th day of Ramadhan. As usual, Mamito and Nani went to perform terawih after bukak puasa at the nearby surau. I was at home with Kakak Yuli and Nanajee who did not go for terawih as he was not feeling to well. After terawih, Mamito and Nani took me to the nearby store to buy eggs and bread. I saw so may balls and went.. balllll... balllllll. Mamito did not get me one as she said I just bought one a few days before.

We went home. Surprisingly that night I was extremely sleepy. Mamito took me to the sink and wanted to clean me up. I did not allow Mamito to remove my clothes. I screamed as loud as I could. The adults took my screaming quite lightly as normally I do throw tantrums when I have to change my clothes. I continued sccreaming. She wanted to put my pajamas on but I refused. I scream and scream. They gave me my toy, didn't work, handphone, nope did not want it to. Everyone become worried as I continued screaming. Then, Nana told Mamito to carry me to the refridgerator. She open the freezer and I saw ice-cream. I got hold of it. I started bitting the ice-cream wrapper. I calmed down a bit. But, still I refused to come down from Mamito arms. Nani tried to remove the ice-cream wrapper as I was bitting it. And, I screamed again. It was quite strange as I have never scream so much before.

While all this commotion was happening Papito came home. He tried cheering me up,but it did not work as well. My screaming continued for half and hour without stop. At last Mamito took me up to the bedroom. She tried feeding me milk but, I just rejected it. I did not want milk. I did not want anything. She put me on the bed and started patting me and reciting verses from the holy quran. Slowly, I calmed down. I started to fall asleep. I just slept off without drinking milk.

The adults were really worried that nite. Some taught it was wind. Papito said maybe I saw something scary. Mamito taught I merajuk but then again I normally don't do this when I merajuk. Strange. Until, now the adults could not figure out the reason why Babito cried herself to sleep that nite.

Sorry

2005-10-19T12:06:00.000+08:00

Dear All;

Am really sorry for not updating my blog. Have got lots of things to do these days. Since, I have started walking I have been exploring every corner of the house. As soon as I wake up I am on my two little tembam feet. I walk all over the house. The adults are amazed with the level of energy I have. I hardly rest. I hate sitting down. I can only sit down for a few minutes. Walking is fun. I get to go anywhere I one to. Sometimes the adults pity me and carry me around so that I can rest my two feet, but how long can they carry an 11kg baby? Not long.

I have learn to say a few words which are: cat, birddd, cockcok (ayam), kakkkk. Mamito is teaching me to call her Ma or Mama. The problem here is I tend to call her Amma. hehehe. So, before going to bed every nite Mamito will repeat Mama, Mama, Mama and what comes out of me is Ammmm or Mom and sometimes Mummum (baby language for food). However, on some ocaassion I do pronounce Mama. And everytime, I say Mama, she will hug and kiss me and be all excited. So, I better start learning to call her Mama, it really makes her happy. The other day, I heard Mamito telling Papito that if I call her Amma, she will make sure I call Papito, Appa. hehehe.

I have learn to throw tantrums to. U see my tactic is that everytime someone doesn't give me something that I one, I will mengamuk, lie down on the floor and press my face on it. Normally, this tactic works 90 % of time. So all the babies who r reading, plez take note.

Apart from the above I can also :

- Salam and cium tangan . How convenient, Mamito taught me this just before Raya. [ Mesti salam bila dapat duit rayalah kan];
- I can wave when someone say.... bye bye;
- I can send flying kisses

On my birthday pictures:

Blame this on Papito. He has not downloaded nor developed any of my birthday pictures. Waaaaaaa!!!!!! But, dont worry am gonna make sure Mamito bugs him until he does so. Hope the next entry will be accompanied with some pictures.

For, now adious amigos.

Busy Busy Busy

2005-09-20T15:15:00.000+08:00

Well I have been guilty of not updating my blog regularly. Can't help it as I was extremely busy the pass two weeks. I am a toddler now you see. So, automatically more responsibilities and commitments. My first birthday party was not something I expected. A small birthday party takes so much of time, energy, effort and money. Mamito, Papito and the rest of the family were veryyy busy doing endless chores. The day before the party, Aunty Shareen, Aunty Yasmin, and a few other relatives came to Nani's place to help around. Among their task were to blow ballons and pack the party packs for the kids. Blowing ballons sounds like an easy and a fun task but not when you have to pump air into hundreds of ballons using a useless pump which requires a lottt of energy. Uncle Imran thank you for being macho and helping the girls out. Some of my family members tried blowing the ballons with their mouth but aborted doing so when some ballons busted on their faces. Ouch! Sakit giler. They took almost the whole afternoon to blow these ballons.

At nite, Mamito and Papito went to Petaling Street to get fresh flowers for the occassion. It was not neccessary but Mamito insisted on it. They got me 8 dozens of pink and white roses which were really pretty. Mamito used some of the flowers to decorate the table where my birthday cake was.

The guest started arriving after Asar. The ceremony started with bacaan doa. After the bacaan doa the guest were invited to have their makan. The food was basically catered. The family doesn't like catered food but this time they did not have any choice as Nani is extremly busy with work. The menu consisted of Nasi beriyani, ayam goreng cili, daging rendang tok, Acar buah, Acar Rampai,Sambal udang (the only dish prepared by the family), satay, roti jala; three types of kuih, Kheer, grapes, dokong, and cream caremel.

While the guest were having their makan, we started with the games for children. Aunty Yasmin and Aunty Shareen organised the games. It started with musical chair 'ala' tikam . [Combination of both this game]. This game was basically for the kids. Next it was the musical chair for adults. This game was won by Aunty Shahira. Next it was the kek cutting ceremony. By this time I was already tired and wanted to go to bed to take a short nap. But, instead of doing that Mamito made me change to another baju.[Dear Readers; I had3 baju's for my birthday party alone, so just imagine what my wedding will be like.. pheww....] It was a long white frock with small pink flowers. It was pretty but by that time I was already very very very iritated and grumpy. After changing my baju MAmito made me stand on a small wooden stool facing my cake. My cake was a choclate cake with baby looney tunes characters on it. Then, everyone started singing... Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to you.... Happy Birthday dear Alisha... Happy Birthday to you and then I had to cut the cake. Instead of doing that, I went.... Waaaaaa!!!! Can't take it anymore. I want my sleep and milk. So, instead of cutting my cake Mamito took me upstairs, removed my dress until I was left in pampers and a t-shirt .. what a bliss.... and shoved the milk into my mouth. I must have dozzed off for a while as when I woke up there were fewer guest around. Most of them have gonne home.

When the last guest left, I got to opem my presents with Mamito, Nani, Daduma, Nana and Dadoo. Below are the list of gifts that I received:

- A bicycle from Daduma Zaharah;

- a huge teddy bear from aunty Leena and aunty Hazy;

- a dancing doll from Daduma Fatimah and fly;

- a Barney handphone, a bip and toy from Daduma Nab and fly;

- a polko dot dress from Shahirah and fly;

- barney CD from Hamiz and fly;

- a story book from Nabil and Nadeem;

- another teddy bear from aunty Faezah and fly;

- a red shoe and t-shirt from aunty Nik and aunty Ruby;

- a PDA from aunty Ira and uncle Rizal;

- a storybook from aunty Kala and Anusha;

- a float from aunty Ayang

- a feeding set from Sofia;

- a blanket and head rest from Aunty Parveen and Uncle Shashi;

- and cash from the rest of the guest. [hope i did not miss anyone]

I really loved the gifts that I received and thank you everyone for their attendance and lovely gifts. May God bless you all. Although, it was one tiring event but it was something that I will remember and cherish for a life time. I will update you guys with pictures soon. Very soon. Papito are you listening....

Happy Birthday Babyto

2005-09-06T13:08:00.000+08:00

Happy 1st birthday to our precious little girl, Alisha Asraf.

May Allah S.W.T. mercy and grace be with you always. Muahhhhhhh.

With lots of love from: Mamito and Papito

The first 12 months

2005-09-05T10:26:00.000+08:00

I will be turning ONE year old in a few hours. So how has it been for the pass one year. Here it goes:

1-3 months old: Getting adjusted to the big big world where everything looked like a giant to me. Spend my first two months at Nana and Nani's place. I basically spend my days drinking milk, sleeping, looking around, crying when things are not right, waking up in the middle of the nite and, a lot of sleeping, had my marhaban at Daduma and Dadoo's place;

4-6 months: I could see more clearly. I could distingusih my Mamito from the rest of the people through her smell.I could support my own neck now.

6-8 months: I could turn to any side which I wanted to. Could not fit the rattan basket that my parents made for me. Started taking pureed food like banana and nestum;

8-10 months: Learned to crawl and speak. Words that come out from me were... dadadada.... papapa. mmmmmmm....... Learn to scream. Started on bubur nasik (finely pureed) By now I had four teeth, divided equally between the top and below;

11-12 months: More words came out of me. Pointed to whatever I wanted. Started screaming lauder when my demands are not met. Could not sit still in cars especially in Papito's SUV. Successfully walked before my first birthday. Another teeth grew on top, so now I have 5 teeth. Love bitting on human flesh. hehehe.

So far, I have been enjoying my life. Had the best of everything. A lot of love from everyone at home and outside. My grandparents pamper me a lot. My uncle's and aunties adore me like mad. My parents ..... hmmmmm. Although they are quite strict with me but they can't live without me..... All and all my first year has been great. And with Allah S.W.T grace and mercy on me and my family the rest of the years will turn out fantastic too. Insha Allah.........

Dancing-my passion, my hobby

2005-08-29T10:23:00.000+08:00

I love to dance. I move to all kinds of music be it rock,jazz, r&b and musics from ads on tv. So far, my favourite is the theme music from the suzuki swift ad. Whenever, I sit in the car and Papito switches on the radio I just go wild. I dance in any situation. Even when I am sick or groggy. I think I have inherited the luv for music and dancing from Papito. The world doesn't know but Papito loves to dance esp in front of Mamito and Babyto. Ops! terlepas pulak Papito. Eveyone at home enjoys it when I dance. According to Daduma, I am an entertainer. However to the dismay of my other relatives, I only perform before my immediate family. Maybe when I am older, less shy and wiser I might be ready to show off talent to the rest of the world.

Babyto the baby shark

2005-08-25T09:29:00.000+08:00

Mamito was lying down on the floor while watcing the controversial "Mencari cinta" programme while I was playing with my toys when suddenly I felt really bored of the toys and wanted to annihilate them, but I couldn't. So I shifted my attention to Mamito. Mamito was so engrosed in that programme that she did not realise me approaching.

The next minute, Ngap! followed by, Adoi Alisha! Mamito was screaming. I did not stop there. First, I bit her legs and then her hands. She started screaming and everyone around was laughing at us. We were wrestling on the floor. Although Mamito was screaming I felt that she enjoyed it as well cause in between her screams she was laughing too. At last she got a hold of me. I could not reach for her body but the urge to bite was still very strong. Therefore, when she hold me close to her face.. guess what, I bit her cheecks. She screamed again. After, bitting Mamito at almost five different spots, I was a very satisfied baby shark. I gave in and shifted my attention to something else. Yes, Papito newspaper. And that is a different story...

A letter to Papito

2005-08-23T14:25:00.000+08:00

Dear Papito;

You know how much I like playing football and wrestling with you and Mamito's disagreement about u exposing me to games suitable or meant for baby boys and men. So, last nite when u were teaching me bodybuilding, Mamito who was praying at that time lost her concentration. She couldn't believe it that u were actually teaching me how to develop muscles. Nevertherless, I enjoyed it very much and I think Mamito should join us too.

I am learning new stuff every day. Last nite, when u were in the bathroom I took my firstfew steps. I stood and Mamito called out for me. That was it. I started moving towards her. Although you missed it I promise u that I will be doing it again.

Lastly, I have a request. If u have the time can u plez put more pictures of me in my blog. Some people r getting quite bored of my same old pictures and to those who don't see me everyday they want to see my development physically.

Yours truly,

Babyto.

My first kenduri arwah

2005-08-22T17:03:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday, Mamito, Papito, Nani and myself (ops! and Kakak Yuli) attended kenduri arwah for arwah uncle Khalil at Daduma Nab's house ( a very funky Daduma). The kenduri was after asar. As I entered the house i could see many new faces. Most of them I have met before. Mamito passed me on to Daduma Nab. But then knowing me, I started crying my lungs out. Waaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! Nak buat macam mana I am afraid of stangers and unfamiliar places. It takes me some time before I gather the courage to crawl out of my comfort zone (which is about 20 cm from my immediate family members).

But, slowly when I got a little familiar with the surrounding I started to venture on my own but at the same time keeping an eye and making sure that my family members are still close by so that I can run back to them if someone tries to carry me. I had a fren there. Rafiq. Or better known as Mamu Rafiq or Uncle Rafiq to me. He is a very unique and intelligent boy. He doesn't like people calling him a boy. He said everyone should call him a "Guy" instead. I love playing with him. He lent me his car and tried carrying me when I stood up. But, looking at his size I think I should have carried him instead.

The whole family was there. I enjoyed myself to the fullest. I crawled, laughed, cried a bit when an unfamiliar face tries to carry me. I had a chance to taste the kuih. I had my first bite of kuih bingka ubi, jelly and kuih lapis. They were yummy.

We went home around 10.00 p.m. It was nice to meet the whole family but I think I will still need some time to actually blend in with the rest of the family like Mamu Rafiq.

"Amnesia"... I don't think so

2005-08-18T10:15:00.000+08:00

Lately, I have problems sleeping during the day. The adults thing its a problem but not to me. They say a baby has to have their daily hours of sleep during the day as it will help us grow. However, I dont think by me not sleeping will in anyway stunt my development both physically and mentally. Its just that I dont want to waste my time sleeping when I can do interesting stuff like climbing the stairs, playing football, disturbing Dadoma, practise standing, playing with the next door Kakak and other cool stuff. Gone were the days when I use to drink and sleep, drink and sleep. Hello family! Am a big girl now, no more a baby........ [I know Mamito u always say that I will always be a baby to you but.... I will grow up]

However, I do admit that if I don't sleep during the day I do feel a bit tired and cranky in the evenings. So this days I normally sleep around 7.30 to 8.00 p.m. That's the time when nothing interesting happens u c. During this time the adults are normally taking their bath and performing the solat. So there's no one to entertain me. Therefore, I sleep and re-charge my energy for the next few hours before my actual bedtime which is around 11.00 p.m.

Babyto's 1st year birthday preparation

2005-08-15T16:46:00.000+08:00

My 1st birthday is coming soon. At first my parents wanted to celebrate it at the club house where we live. But, it was cancelled as they were not satisfied with some terms and conditions of the club house. My birthday will be held at Nana and Nani's place on the 10/9/2005 at 6.00 p.m onwards.

Mamito's planning to buy me a huge cake. We went to secret receipe the other day where Mamito, Papito and Uncle Imran tasted a few cakes (I got to taste too and it they were yummmyyyy!!!!!), and at last they opted for choclate delight. They opted for choclate flaovour because there r a few guest who don't eat cheese. Among a few are Dadoma, Daduji, and Aunty Ruby. My parents went shopping last weekend to get stuff for my birthday. As usual they did not take me along. I stayed at home with the rest of the family. They got balloons, gift boxes, birthday shoe and socks, a new bracelet and a few other things for me.

There was a birthday rehersal to. Where the adults sang the birthday song and following the famous birthday tradition I was made to blow a meke belief candle. I dont really know how to blow a condle but Daduma has taught me that everytime someone says hot i should blow. When Mamito mentioned the word "Hot" I did just that. I went fuuuuuf.... fuuufffff. Everyone laughed. But, will I be able to do it on that day as well. We will wait and see.... we will wait and see....

Stockingsnophobia

2005-08-11T16:34:00.000+08:00

I hate socks. Mamito doesn't get it. She insisit that I wear socks. I hateeee it. At first she gave in but yesterday she insisted on ME wearing those dreadful things. She made Uncle Shaheed scare me so that I won't open my socks. That was the end. I tried my best to remove them but, everytime I did that Uncle Shaheed will hit my hands (gently but firmly) .I was misreable.

I had an oppurtunity to remove my socks when Uncle Shaheed went to the shop. Unfortunately for me, Mr. Papito did the same thing. These adults are so cruel. I showed my iritation. Mamito knew I was uncomfortable with the socks and decided to distract me by carrying me around. But, the socks still iritated me. So, the best way of getting out of this situation was to do what we babies do best....cry.......Mamito panicked. She taught something bit me again or I sakit perut. It was none of those. Its the SOCKS, mum. She tried comforting me in so many ways but it did not work. Suddenly, she realised it might be the socks. At last, she removed them. And guess what, I was a happy baby again. So dear Mamito plez no socks for me. And for the dozens of multi coloured socks that you have bought me, I have an idea. U can donate it to other babies, maybe to Baby Hamdan. He will appreciate it more than me. I'm a baby whose going to turn into a toddler soon, so i really don't need to wear socks anymore.

I CAN STAND... I CAN STAND

2005-08-09T14:29:00.000+08:00

I am 11 months and 3 days old now and I can stand on my own two feet. I enjoy standing but my parents loves it more. They scream (am refering to Mamito only, Papito you are excluded) in delight. Mamito gave me a big fat hug last nite when she saw me standing. I made them so proud. But, I really can't stand for long. Its still quite difficult to balance my weight. Gotta practise more.

My flu is getting better and am sleeping well again. The pain in my mouth caused by teething has stopped for the time being.

Last nite, I wrestled with Papito. I sat on him and pressed my baby hands on his chest. He shouted because it was painful and ticklish. Mamito's not really excited about it. She says that I am like a baby boy. I like toys like balls, hammers, handphones which are usually meant for baby boys. Occassionally, I do play with the soft toys that I have but, basically I loose interest in them in less than 20 seconds. AND I like football veryyyyyy much.[For Papito's attention: I still haven't decided on which team to support this season, but for yr info Uncle Shaheed and Uncle Imran is trying their very best to make me a Manchester United supporter. So u better do something about it.]

Naughty chicki come here

2005-08-08T12:24:00.000+08:00

The above is what Papito calls me on these occassions:

- I try pulling something;

- I play with plugs;

- I ran away from him when he tries to hug and kiss me;

- I climb the stairs;

- I cry for Mamito and ran after her;

- and all other occassions when I want to be left alone.

Leaving all that aside, my weekend was quite borrriiiing. I'm still not feeling too good. The flu is very iritatting and I hate taking the very very very bitter medicines. My parents and Dadoma has tried several ways to feed me the medicine but to no avail. Their last resort is forcing it into my mouth.That's terrible. Nani has not been around for the pass two weeks. She's in Lumut. I miss her very much and so does the rest of the family. I hope she comes home soon. I heard Mamito speaking to Nani last nite. Through their conversation I could gather that Nani misses me to.

We didn't go to Fraser's Hill. One reason could probably be because I was not feeling to well. Another was probably because of the insect bites. What happen was, last Friday when Mamito and Papito came home they got a scare. My face was covered with red dotes. There were about five to six bites on my face. Dadoma said that I had the dotes when I woke in the morning. They took me to the clinic. My regular doctor was not around. I was examined by another doctor. I don't think Mamito likes her much as she thinks this doctor talks to much. The doctor confirmed that it is insect bite. But what insect....

So, the next day, Mamito, Dadoma and Kakak Roma started their cleaning spree. They started washing the bed sheets, the comforters, my pillow cases, bolster cases, my mattress, carpets, rugs and almost everything in the house. That's why my weekend was boring and we didn't go to Fraser's Hill. The adults were busy cleaning and they forgot to entertain me.

These pass few days......

2005-08-05T15:33:00.000+08:00

Hmmm... I can't sleepy very well these pass few days. Don't know why. I cry at night. According to Mamito I sound like I am afraid of something. Normally, I don't cry when I wake up in the middle of the nite. Probably it's caused by the pain in my mouth. I am teething you see. Its one of those difficult stages of life that I have to go through.

I hope my teeth comes out fast, so that I will have more strength to bite Papito, Mamito and the rest of the gang and my food would not have to be blended anymore.

I haven't gone to the playground for the past 4 days. Waaaaaaaa!!!!!! It's because of the haze. Instead, Mamito and Papito took me grocery shopping. We normally go to the stores near the house called Union and Guardian. I don't know why but Mamito likes to go to Guardian. Most of the time she ends up buying things that she doesn't need. Mamito has a collection of unwanted creams, gels,make-ups, face masks in a small cabinet next to the tv. When she doesn't want to use these things she stashes them in here. Most of these things are unused. The reason I know all this is because I get to play with all these things when I play in our bedroom. I roll these things around the room. I am only allowed to play with these things on one condition that is "Alisha don't put it in your mouth or i will take it away'. You know who will say something like this don't you.

I heard Papito saying that we will be going out of town this weekend. He hasn't confirmed the place yet but the last thing that I heard Papito saying was FRASER'S HILL.........we will see what happens..

Feeling under the weather

2005-08-03T10:28:00.000+08:00

Am not feeling so well for the past two days. A little feverish and running nose. Mamito diagnosis of me is that... I am teething. I think so too. The last time when I was not well it was because of the teething problem too. My gums are reaaalllyyyy itchy. I have been bitting on everything. Bottles, my toys, my feeding spoon, my dodoo bottle and sometimes human flesh toooo especially Mamito's. hehehehe. Everytime i bit Mamito, Papito says that she is over reacting. "Takkanlah sakit sangat. Baby's teeth how painful can it be", he says. So one day I decided to get Papito instead. He carried me on his shoulder and Ngap! I bit him.He screamed so loud that Mamito taught he saw a ghost. When Mamito found out that I bit him she only smiled and said, "Overnya, tak sakit pun. She's only a baby. How hard can she bite?" hehehe.

I hope I get well soon. Mamito says that i can't go to the playground until I am well. The haze is quite bad too so there's no outdoor activities for me until it clears. I think the adults should be more compassionate about mother earth. Illegal logging, cutting down of forest for development, if continues, will result in my generation growing up in a concrete jungle.

Alrite gotta go now. Am not so well and wanna continue my dancing lessons. I can hear Daduma swithing on the tv. Yeah. I hope the Suzuki Swift ad comes up. I luvvv dancing to that tune. Bye.

My weekend

2005-07-26T10:35:00.000+08:00

Weekends are spend at Nana and Nani's place (known as Gombak). We will go back every Friday nite. But this week it was different. I went to Gombak earlier. Uncle Imran and Kakak Yuli came and fetch me in the afternoon. I packed my bags and off I went. Adious Daduma. C you on Sunday nite.

As usual, Nana and Nani was waiting for me at the doorsteps. As soon as I arrived they both rushed to carry me. I gave them my very very sweet smile and that made their day. However, I greeted them in yellow shades. Uncle Imran's punya. He has a very weird taste. But, Nana and Nani thought I looked very cute. Uncle Imran took a picture of me. Though I wasn't in one of my pretty baju's I obliged. Papito says that I only post for the camera when I am dressed up.

I had a lot of fun. Nanajee took me to the playground n Nani fed me alot. According to Nani I am growing up. Therefore, I need more food. I agree, but Nani can I have more chocolates plezzzzzz. I had my first taste of Peanut butter bread. It was yummyyy.

Nani and Nana took me to Carrefour. While Nani was shopping Nana and Kakak Yuli took me to the indoor playing area. I had lots of fun there. Nana put me in a tunnel and at the end of the tunnel he instructed Kakak Yuli to be there to grab me. Then it was the slides. Kakak Yuli will slide me down and Nana will be at the end to catch me.

Mamito and Papito did not come along as they had to go to One Utama to shop for my birthday baju and a few other things. Mothercare ada Sale and thats where Mamito is heading. Practically draging Papito with her. They will take a long time there and that's why they did not take me along. Knowing Mamito she will tawaf the whole of One Utama before deciding on my baju. "It's only her birthday, juz get her a baju," Papito will say. But knowing Mamito she will try to get the best for me. At last they managed to buy me my dress. Uncle Imran was shocked when he heard how much they paid for the dress. He said, "How much of cloth do these people need to make a baby' dress,". Nana was horrified to. But, Mamito excuse was its her first birthday and its should be very special. So takpe. Papito juz smiled by her side.

I love weekends very much. Whenever I go back to Gombak, i am spoiled by Nana, Nani and Uncle Imran. I am allowed to do what ever I want. It's the same at Daduma's place as well. But, here Nana spoils me a lot. He gives me whatever I want. He carries me and swings me. I luv that. Never had enough of it. When I want more, Nana will say, "Cannotlah baby, my back will go". According to Nani and Mamito, Nana suka jaga badan. Cannot strain himself much.

That's about it on how I spend my weekend. I heard from Mamito that we will be going to Melaka next week. To uncle Khalid's place with the rest of the gang. Yeyeye more fun. Can't wait for another fun and exciting weekend.

More Babyto pictures

2005-07-22T16:37:00.000+08:00

I know everyone cant get enough of me...so here are more of my cute pictures :)

This is me waiting to go to the playground with Mamito

This is me, nicely dressed up waiting to go....emmm...can't rememeber where

And this is me on my Mercedez Pram, sleeping. Papito took me for a ride and i fell asleep listening to his stories. Sorry Papito :)

Watching my parents

2005-07-22T10:01:00.000+08:00

I decided to wake up early today. 6.30 a.m exactly. I made my normal sound and next I heard Mamito saying... "Lisha sleeplah sayang. Still very early". She started patting me trying her best to put me to back to sleep but, to no avail. Eventually, MAmito gave in and decided to wake up. As usual she went to the toilet first, then prepared my dodoo, lift me up and fed me. Normally, I will go back to sleep but today its not one of the normal days. I decided to sit in my cot and watch my parents.

While MAmito was feeding me, PApito toook his bath. Papito takes a very lonnnggg time in the bathroom. (ony in the morning's) Nomally, dia mandi kambing je. He asked MAmito to leave me in the cot and start getting ready. Mamito as usual rushes to the bathroom. After her shower, she performed her Subuh prayers. By then Papito has already performed his Subuh and starts getting ready. As I was looking at them from my cot, I realised that PApito takes a long time to dress up. Mamito has decided what to wear the night before. She rushes to dress up and sometimes look irritated when Papito gets in her way. I heard her saying, " Alah lambat lagi. DAhlah jam teruk nowdays." The traffic has been quite bad lately because of the Perhimpunan UMNO.When they were ready, PApito carried my Dodoo tray down and MAmito carried me.

The conclusion that i can derived after looking at my parents is: Mamito is very kelam kabut and takes less than 20 minutes to get ready. On the other hand PApito is in his normal cool self, takes his own sweet time to dress and takes double the time to get ready from Mamito . Hmmmm.... And they say perempuan ni lecehlah.

Downstairs, I saw Dadoma. As usual, she has this funny whitish yellowish powder all over her face every morning. Some kind of beauty regime Dadoma adhers to. Mamito passes me to Dadoma. I refused. But MAmito told me that she had to go to work and promised to come home early and will take me jalan2. We would be going back to Nani and Nana's house today. It's Friday. Yeyeye. At last I had to go to Dadoma. MAmito's late as usual. She started the car and waved me goodbye. I stared at her refusing to say bye bye.

Me & Playground

2005-07-19T17:15:00.000+08:00

Its 4.50 p.m now. I'll give Mamito another two hours to come home to me. She's normally back around 6.20 p.m. Mamito takes the Penchala link highway these days. Although earlier before my existence she normally takes the Kepong road on her back home she has long abandoned that route as she wishes to reach me the soonest possible.

As soon as Mamito sees me in the pram she screams in delight. I wish I could scream and say something, but its not the right time yet. Apart from Mammmm, Papa, Dada or Dededede nothing much comes out of me. (Not yetlah) When Mamito comes home, I normally don't let her go in and put her bags. She juz leaves them behind and Dadoma takes her bag in as I will be to excited for my trip to the playground.

Playground... Hmmm. I like that place a lot. There are many kids around. Running around and screaming no end. Mamito will normally put me on the baby slide where I will slide down gracefully. Of course with Mamito two protective hands around me. Then I get to stand on a bridge which is my favourite. Normally I am the youngest around there. Some of the kids pinch my cheecks and they say things like geramlah. Some find me annoying as they think I am too small to be around them I have a very preety fren by the name of Aishah. She has long , curly, brown hair. She's nice and gentle too. Not like some of the boys around there. There was an incident where a boy come to me and started pulling my legs. Mamito almost screamed in fright. But to me it was actually quite fun.

Papito has also accompanied me to the playground. Normally when Mamito is late and gives Papito strict instructions to take me to the playground. Normally Papito is not that lucky as on every occassion that he wants to take me jalan-jalan I will be sleeping. However, there was one fine day that Papito took me to the playground with Mamito. We were walking around when suddenly a football nearly hit Papito.

Poor Papito. First time to the playground and bad luck struck. I guess Papito's and playgounds doesn't blend to well.

What we mean when we...

2005-07-19T14:24:00.000+08:00

If you happen to be around babies for the first time, you would need to know few basic baby surviving guides. This guides are important in order for you to understand us better. Please pay close attention. When we...

Cry a little - This is what we call 'mengada-ngada'. Basically nothing wrong with us but we just like to get your attention

Cry loudly, non-stop, out of a sudden - Either we are really hungry and u better feed us fast or theres something seriously wrong with us. Please do a thorough check-up on us. Stomach-ache, 'angin', insect bites are few of the things u shud look out for. And no, soothing words dont work!

Cry loudly, after a 'thud' sound - That normally means we fell down trying to be a hero standing and walking from one place to the other. Please carry us and pretend to beat the floor or something. It makes us feel good

Rub eyes non-stop, gets cranky - We need our beauty sleep. Please put us to bed!!

Smile from ear-to-ear - Either u are doing something really funny or we think you are a perfect candidate for a clown

Chuckle and Laugh - This is when we are at our best moods. Just got up from sleep, got our milk and now ready to play and have fun

Look confused - Most probably we are trying to figure out who that person is or trying to understand what that person is saying or doing.

so there u have it. Few basic baby surviving guides that all of you need to know. More to come once i understand how to completely manipulate mamito and papito and the rest of the world.

Tata..

2005-07-19T13:44:00.000+08:00

My Pictures

This are pictures taken in my house. The top one shows papito taking my picture with his camera phone (dont i look cute? ;) ) and the second one..well...papito likes to irritate me and disturb me...and the only way for me to get help from mamito is by...yes, u've guessed it..CRYING!

2005-07-19T12:22:00.000+08:00

SHOPPING AT 1U

Yesterday papito, mamito and babyto went to 1U to look for my milk bottle. Yes, my current bottle is too small as it can only store 5 oz of milk where else i need at least 7 oz now. I like to drink doodoo u see, so mamito decided to get me a bigger bottle.

We went to 1U and head straight for mamitos favourite store - Mothercare. While papito and i were busy looking at the toys, mamito looked for my bottle. "No stock" thats what the lady said. Mamito looks soo dissapointed. But the lady told mamito that the new stock will come next week, during SALE! Papito look worried when the mamito mentioned the word SALE :)

So then off we went to Guardian. This time mamito bought my favourite biscuit - Rusks. Rusks with nestum...yummmm yummmmm

Then we bought some famous amos choc. I gave mamito the sad, pity face and she fell for it..Woohooo! I got my daily dose of chocolate. Papito knew my trick but he kept quiet. Thank u papito :)

Then off we went back in mamito's small, cute car. Looks like i have to wait few more days for my new bottle to come..boo hoo hoo :(

Oh well, as long as i get my doodoo im happy :)

Tata..

2005-07-19T10:00:00.000+08:00

Welcome!!

Hello...My name is Alisha Asraf. Mama likes to call me babyto. Papa likes to call me alishisha. I have lots of other names too. Chicha, chich, shisha, lishi, funk, puter, laisha, laila isabella... nobody actually calls me Alisha!! Blame that on mama

I am 10 months old, going to be 11 months in 18 days. And soon i will be 1 year old..hooray!

Let me introduce my family members:
Mamito - she is the one that feeds me and makes me sleep and takes care of all my baby stuff. I love u mama :)

Papito - The coolest dad. He can be quite strict with me when Im stubborn. Most of the time he likes to play with me and make me laugh

Dadi - Dadi takes care of me when mamito and papito goes to work. And she likes watching all the latin soap opera that im also addicted to it already

Nani - Nani takes care of me during the weekends. She can be quite strict and is very protective of me

Dadu ji - Dadu likes to call my name. even when he is not feeling well he will still call my name

Nana ji - Nana ji likes to bring me to playgrounds and buy lots of toys for me

Uncle Shaheed - He likes to eat durian and would try to make me eat also. But mamito refuse to let me eat!!

Aunty Sharina - I like to play shouting with aunty sharina to see who can shout the loudest :)

Uncle Imran - He is big and likes to play with me and carry me. Im gona play basketball with uncle imran next time

So, that is my family. They are with me 24hrs a day, to make sure that im taken care of and look after all the time.

Tata now..
With love,
Alisha