The Event.. Modern Mum Hot Pregnant Mama Contest 2011

At the Mom & Baby Expo 2011, Mid Valley on May 5, I was on stage for the Hot Pregnant Mama Contest. I was late, totally damn late since the salon just opened at 10.30am, and I was running late since I also waited for my younger sister. Lucky I had her by my side since there was no way to find a parking in MValley that time. Not even a spot! Hence, I asked her to park my car, and ran to Modern Mum boutique for the changing session (Modern Mum was the sponsor), and rushed to the Expo. I knew I was kind in a mess, practically not ready for everything, and I was sad when I could not get Hubby on the phone to ask his blessing. He might be on his way to the mosque for Friday prayer, so totally understandable. He already given his blessing anyway that morning, but it's good just to hear from him before I start.

We were given 5 questions which randomly picked only 2 on stage and there were also 2 general questions we must answer. Organizer gave us a package for the contest, with the question, a form and Contestant's lucky number. Well.. I was the contestant No.1 and with the mess, with no time to prepare the answers, I was like..... what??!!! But definitely I didn't show the nervousness etc.. I knw I was nervous, I pray and pray.. recited some du'a, and slowly I was a bit calm and relax, even God knows how fast my heartbeat that time. However, alhamdulillah, I would say, I wasn't that great, but at least I was not nervous, remained calm during answering the questions, and... I answered confidently even I was lost some points. They came anyhow they could ;). Well, confident is the key right, even how hard you know the subject. After a while, I was actually grateful that I was the first one, because I think I was the only contestant gave lots of idea with long good answers (perasan!). Noticed by oberserving the answers from other hot preggie mamas but not some since they were spoken in Chinese.

Anyway, whatever it's I'm proud of my baby bump regardless I won or not, and... Yeah.. i'm the Hot Mama! Ok now, enjoy the pix!!

the show is on!! Proud of my baby bump!!With the gorgeous mom-to-be - Anum darling
Group photo of the 9 contestants - 1 was absent
The winner of 1st Runner Up - ME!! Alhamdulillah..
The winners - mcm beauty pageant plaks.. ;p
Bcz Hubby was not around, i called up my dear sister, Noi to accompany me taken the prizes. After all, she was more excited than I was.. hahaha!!
with the hot preggy final contestants..;)
won exciting prizes - thanks to the organizer!
Gorgeous ladies - Anum and Noi - my supporters! thanks a zillion!! God knows hw I was grateful you guys're around!
after the show ended, we went to TGI's Friday to celebrate!! Ken was late since he was lost in the parking area... hahaha
My Sweetie Pie - Sophie's so excited with the prizes esp. the stroller. Ended up the stroller have been carried all her soft toys for a week in our house...
the Trophy!! weeee!!

Weeeee!!! I'm hot!!

Yeah!! Weeee...!!! Dats all I can say when the moment I saw an email from Today Publishing admin informing me that I'm one of the contestant for... "Modern Mum Hot Pregnant Mama Contest 2011" in conjunction of 2011 Mom & Baby Expo organized by them. I know it sounds bimbo..hahaha.. me?? But trust me.. I was just trying my luck when I posted 2 pictures for the contest. And it was only via email... click and click and click..send..voila!

The magic words from my mail :

Attention to dear contestant Nur Azah binti Zulkifli,

Congratulations! You have been selected as the finalist for the Hot Pregnant Mama Contest 2011, please take note that the contest will start at 1.00pm, ended at 2.00pm, 6 May 2011. and so on....

I actually was wondering when will they announce the finalist since I'm not Parenthood monthly subscriber. I usually buy if I think they are discussing some important issues that I interested in. So when the mail came out, I looked for the magazine during lunch and showed them to Hubby with surprise. Hubby didn't say much, but he was smilling, a decent perhaps because I knw this is kinda 'bimbo' to him. Hahahaha!! Sorry Hubby.. I jz wanna have fun since there's a lot in my mind lately, at least this could be a distraction to me... mana tau rezeki baby kan?

can you spot me? honestly, i don't like this photo compared to the other one. But maybe this is the lucky photo with my lucky baby.. yeah! can't wait to flaunt my baby bump..i'm proud of it!

FAV SONGS...

We could see now Sophie is developing in her speech, songs, grammar and vocabs... When I 'supervised' her doing the coloring, she was singing "Twinkle twinkle little star" while I was listening with surprised. For me, each words get clearer and better; than before she just bluntly sang the song without understand the meaning of it. Now, it seems that she understood each word of them.

NO DIAPERS!!

It's been 2 weeks now, since Sophie has succeed to survive her night time without nappy. Alhamdulillah.. it's started when I accidentally forgot to put the nappy on before she slept one night. When I woke up the next morning, I was jumped out from my bed (it's quite high tho) cz I just remembered Sophie slept without the diapers on. First thought in mind, 'she's definitely had been totally wet right now.. blame me then!!'... However, surprisingly, she did not... I was shock..what a relieved! But, waited no more, I've got her diapers on and straight to the bathroom.

After a while and reading 2 or 3 articles regarding the toilet training, I had the couraged to make the trial. I knew I supposed to avoid the headaches etc, but if it's worth the effort, why not? So, that time I was simply ignored the routine, and hoped she do not pee or poop while asleep. 3-4 times a week, I've been waiting if the accident happened, and just get mentally prepared for that. In fact, even my mom convinced me that she's totally dried up when I asked my mom whether she's accidently pee or not after we sent her every morning, Alhamdulillah, I believed Sophie was ready for a change.

Now, the moment I write this, Sophie has succeed with her toilet training, no nappy/diapers entire day and night... Alhamdulillah.. betul la kata org, bila kita start to have another children, Allah akan cuba meringankan beban kita sedikit demi sedikit.. dengan berkatNya, I know Sophie is ready to be a big sister soon!!

Fears of lizards and cockroaches

It is so funny to see Sophie shrieking at the sight of bugs and cockroaches. One other thing she can’t stand with is lizard. I think she can blame me on that for ‘over terrified’ of lizards because I was always jumped off when I saw lizards around. And what about bugs and cokcroaches? I have no idea, but I think that’s because she had the influenced by her Aunt Noi who always over reacted over bugs. Me also don’t like it either. I know most people do not like cockroaches. It’s mainly because they’re dirty and weird. Ok the truth is they gross me out. So does Sophie, she might think these bugs would have done something with her if they are just nearby.

Well, it is normal that our toddlers are demonstrating appropriate fear right now. Most children go thru this stage and it’s almost like a switch goes off and all of a sudden we can’t investigate spider webs anymore or visit our local park because of the bee’s! I just think that we have to be patient and not read into it too deeply until they are older. To have better solutions, we should not continue to have earth shattering fears that may show your child to have a form of anxiety, which is unlikely.

I found in my experience, not making too big deal about stuffs...if Sophie would freak out I would simply acknowledge it, and say I understand and it’s ok, the bugs won’t hurt you (even I also quite scared of it). I also find that if I show MY fears, forget it, it’s a life-sentence to a small child. I told ya, that’s what happened to Sophie when I was terrified with lizards. Now, she can even spot any lizards in or outside the house in no time, because she’s so afraid of them. At one time, when we’ve been to PD and there was a ‘big lizard’ – biawak outside the house, she just stands in our room and refused to go wherever even that ‘big lizard’ can’t be seen. Well, it’s kind of scary for me as well, that biawak was so big, and I’m typical lady who have an irrational fear of lizards or any animals yg merayap.. ergghhh!!!

Some kids may be soothed if you try talking more directly about the fear: See they develop fear from adults, they must have seen someone screaming when they saw a bug and it has registered in their mind and refuses to let go. But don't minimize your child's fears. Bluntly stating there's "no such thing" or "nothing to be afraid of" isn't logic they are going to buy into. For them it’s very real I guess...we never know… so, our job is to help them cope, reassure them and make sure they feel comfortable confiding in us. Or else, you can bring it up to his/her pediatrician. See if the pediatrician sees reasons to be concerned (and most likely he won't).


Please don'ts:* Don’t force your kids to confront their fears. I don’t think they are equipped to do that at this age.* Don't tell them that "big kids aren't afraid." That doesn't take the fear away. It just adds pressure and makes it more difficult for them to come to you.

Family gathering @ PD

We had a gathering or two every year for our family especially on my side. And as usual, even how boring we are to travel around KL-PD-Melaka, we intended to have it in just nearby to make sure everyone can afford to go. My mom's family especially, not everyone of them can afford to go quite far than KL, so to be fair to those who are not willing to spend lots of expenditure, we have done it again in PD. Then, that was the 1st time I've succesfully got the reservation done in Residence Desa Lagoon via FMSU PETRONAS. Finally!! We glad that all uncles n aunts really loved the facilities... in fact they want to come again for next gathering.. alhamdullilah.. the facilities's good, esp the pool.. of course we had a hard time to prevent Sophie to go to swim at certain time cz the pool jz in front of our house...hhhmmmm... so mmg sunburn la minah kecik tu.. we also had mini sukan, which i was the one hosted and organized dat sukan. Adoii... stress nk handle all the makcik2 yg kalo i pakai microphone with the biggest speaker pun blum tentu dpt kalahkan diorg.. hahahha!! But, honestly.. dat's fun, totally enjoyable... ;)... so after 3 days n 2 nites stayed, everybody were thanking us for everything, which we didn't do much actually..n yet feel appreciated.. ;)

swimming time - Sophie n Daddy..with her couzs

confidently swimming by herself...

she couldn't care less if her daddy is around or not..

mini sukan.. mommy quite bz to brief the captains..

Sophie n Zara were trying to fiqure out what to do with the kitty cat

one of the activities - bwk biji durian dlm sudu..hehehe c her daddy dgn pantasnya cuba mengalahkan Haikal

sophie was mad at her Tok Umar for taking her kitty...

c.. hw happy they're playing with tepung.. tgk my aunt penuh muka kena sapu tepung

our last day, jz bfore departed... can't wait to hv another gathering!!

Mini me vs Sophie

If everybody looked at Sophie and know her Daddy, default comment i heard were - "OMG!! she looks like her dad!"..or "a copycat of her dad but in female version"...or "o yeah at least she has your eyes"... whatever the commentaries are, I will take it as a compliment.. well, she's her daddy's little girl, so what?!! hehehe...!! Whether she or her other siblings would resemble me or their daddy, I won't mind at all... and even we hoped that they will turn out to resemble us because to think how hard we gone through during our 40 weeks pregnancy, I don't think it'd matter. Honestly, I don't mind at all.. cz I know, we both going to love them to bits...

tis is me when i was........ hmm of course i can't recalled...

and Sophie.. at 2 yrs 10 mths

Mini me..

Sophie current pix... so any similarity?

Module 3 : Session 5

I jz knw this is the Module 3.. which I think we've missed Module 1 and I definitely do not know what actually Sophie had missed before. Well, I'll check with her Teacher Effa soon!!

Sophie n Hannah showed her enthusiasm during reading session

Sophie's artsy project - Purple oval .. decorated the grapes...

Showing her artwork ;)

Say Syahadah..!!!

I always loved this song whenever they just started the class. Alhamdulillah... Sophie has learned a lot nowadays especially on how to sing the phonics song. This is the 4th session and we missed the 5th session since we went to PD for family gathering... Can't wait for the next session!

2011 PGCE - her sweet time, mommy's pressure risen up high

On 5-8 March, in conjunction of 2011 PGCE (Petroleum Geology Conference & Exhibition), as OC Hubby and I had to be in KL Convention Centre for the preparation. We’ve checked-in in Traders Hotel, and I rushed out to KL Convex to make sure everything interrelated with Venue, was in order. So that 1st day, Sophie was around, bother people around to just vented out her needs..hehehe.. There was Uncle Aiman, Uncle Garry, Uncle Ali, Aunt Suraya and Aunt Fatma who have been ‘kacau’ by Sophie. Her special treatment especially to Uncle Aiman for been spoiling her with McD, was running around playing with her and treated her like a princess. Same goes to her Aunt Suraya and Aunt Fatma. I was lucky Sophie was quite behaved this time which made everything easier for me. Fortunately, my OC frens were so understanding and treated Sophie nicely even she’s been so ‘manja’. I definitely won't talk about how stressful I was during the preparation till the event itself, because it surely reminded me of my stress level ;). I'm glad everything's over now.... At first, I was planning to take Sophie to swim in Traders; in fact I brought her swimsuit and the floater. I bet she would be much happier if that could happened, but since the Sky Bar was quite packed with people, I did not feel the comfort to swim. So, I filled up the bathtub with the foam and bubbles, waited for few minutes and voila!! Sophie enthusiastically went into the tub without question and took her sweet time alone. Her daddy pulak has called Room Service since we were so tired to go around eating dinner. We also planned to send Sophie to her grandma’s that nite since we had plan with our frens, Hakam n Irina. Poor Sophie, she had no chance to get her beauty sleep in Traders.

the foods ordered via room service : Spaghetti, Chicken Tandoori & Choc Ice Cream

Sophie - after her sweet 'bath' time...

in the midst of PGCE preparation, she's also 'busy' with her 'thing'. Spongebob Sticker book. monitored by her daddy ;p loved her new RL dress.. gonna buy more ;) See... she's perfectly behaved while doing her 'thing'... i'm proud of you, my dear..

However, we had a great time of course.. the next day, her grandma sent her back to us in KL Convex so that she had a chance to mingle around with my friends and their children as well. I was quite impressed to see how lovely Sophie and Sofia when they just took abt 2 mins to know each other and been so friendly. I really loved the way they have interacted; even it’s been just a moment for them. If we have Hannah around, I bet it would be so-called nursery chaotic then in 2011 PGCE…. Hahaahaha!!!

3rd Session of Playgroup

lets sing a song!!

Story time!! Aunt Nany interested lebih nampak??!! hehehe

Ants on the apple...a..a...a..!! Phonics time!

Cara Hannah senyum yg comei.. showing her lovely artsy..

Artworks of shapes - Square - nicey artsy!! tp muka dua2 x leh tahan.. kalo suh 'smile' jer ni la jadinya.. seb baik dua2 maintain cute..;p

Penat la suh senyum.. ni jer la hasilnya.. ok la tuh!!

Sophie was excited with her sticker and showed it to Aunt Nany.. 1st time sticked on her hands.. kalo x stick kt buku jer.. pastu biler hilang puas la nk cari..stress den!

Playhouse Disney Birthday Book

Yeah!! O Yeah.. Finally after 4 photos submitted to Playhouse Disney Asia in Singapore, we managed to get to be aired in Playhouse Disney Birthday Book. This was 1st time I tried to send the photo, and succeed. Alhamdulillah.. unfortunately, we did not have the chance to watch her aired in the whole month of February. As they told us, they can't be sure when is the exact timing and date that our child to be featured in the Birthday Book, since they have a lot of photos to be aired. So they will featured them batch by batch.. even we did try to stay on during those timing given, we did not lucky enough to see her on TV..so sad..

It's ok then.. Hubby's colleague, Suhana was the one mentioned to us about seeing Sophie on TV.. and so did my colleague. So lucky!! even that time we didn't received any confirmation letter saying that Sophie would be on TV for the Birthday Book. Then after few days, this letter came up in our mailbox.. with the complimentary stickers for Sophie. I was hoping to see her on TV and vid captured during aired, but unfortunately we did not succeed. Hmmm.. xder rezeki kan.. But I'm so happy that I managed to get her photo inside one of their Birthday Book ;).. i will try again for next year.. or maybe for her lil' sis ..

more videos

Her Birthday

Doa selamat for her by her grandparent's frens

the kids can't wait for the delicious cake

confused and blurr : Sophie refused to give the bday pack

Bday girl with mommy and auntie Noi

With Mommy and Daddy

"ala sayang cucu atuk"