Friday, March 02, 2007

of here and there

I’ve been off from blogging for quite some time. I read others’ blogs, but just remain silent. It’s not because the pregnancy is doing bad. But it’s just me, the lazy bum.

The hate notes..
My body is gaining kilos, my skin easily gets blemish and I have pimples. I need new clothes, so I need lots of money but the bonus is not out yet. TM share price is dropping and I can’t sell my ESOS yet. I told you I need a new hand phone ok? It’s not because my hand phone went kaput, it’s just for the mood setting. (“,)

The happy notes..
Oh btw – the big baby inside me kicks more often and Aisya is behaving very well. =)

The sister-to-be..
Aisya is such an angle nowadays. She loves to imitate what we do or say. She also wants to go to ‘work’ and not to ‘school’. She likes to carry along stuffs like my blusher brush, perfume bottle and lipstick and recently this morning, she brought along 3 teddy bears into the car. She’s such a busy girl these days. Don’t let her found the broom or she’ll sweep every inch of the house and sweats her shirt. She eats and talks a lot. It’s kind of entertainment to us.

I’m tired but..
She still wakes up twice at night for milk. It’s tiring but as a mother, it’s my duty. However, I don’t want to take turn with hubby because I have limited time spent with Aisya everyday. I don’t mind sleeping with Aisya on the floor, in front of the TV if she insisted not to go to bed with us. I don’t mind letting her sleep with her daddy on the bed and leaving me sleeping alone on the floor, though I will get backache the next day. I want her to be a good sister later on, so I must treat her nicely now. I miss her so much and I can’t wait to fetch her from nursery everyday. She’ll be jumping happily when she sees us and she can’t wait to tell us who’s crying at the nursery and what she eats that day. Then she will start singing all the way home. That’s cute.

The plan..
Back in my head, I’m planning to have a maid after we move to our new house maybe end of this year. But hubby seems disagree with me. He has his own reason and I have to respect. After doing some calculation, I think if we really need a maid it will be later on, and not this year. Moving to a new house will cost us a lot, 20k is already a must. Having a maid means we need to add up another 4k. Plus, I think I should try raising 2 kids on my own first and see whether I can handle everything on my own. If I have to surrender, then I’ll shout out. And hubby agrees with me on that. =)

Ok. Need to pen off now. It’s Friday and it’s 5pm already. Chow.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

alahaii icha ni makin lame makin comel la
uwu rinduuuuu =(
xsaba nyeh nak balek
even now ni pon mmg tgh survey tiket dah
mebbe dlm 23rd june kot uwu balek
aisya afiqaaaaah!!!
wait for ur yuyuuu ok =)=)=)

aida said...

the cost of maid is not rm4k lagi ok.. it is rm 7k already, and personally i think, you should not burden yourself with maid yet.. since you will notice you will lose your privacy with your own family (imagine having an unrealted person living in the house with you).

dan kalau boleh, cuba cari kat kawasan perumahan baru, someone who can come to your house, say at 7 a.m... do the jaga anak-anak part, some household chores and cooking.. and goes back around 8 p.m. thus, this will not invade your privacy.

as for me, anak-anak aku (and my incoming) will be going to nursery. i feel they learned a lot, rather than got stuck at home

Anonymous said...

uwu, miss you a lot too.. bawa balik choc & baju banyak2 utk Aisya kay?

aida, 7K? what the?? hopefully i can get someone yg mcm ko cakap tu.. daily guardian.. tula, aku pon suka hantar nursery sbb Aisya learnt a lot in terms of PR.. dari segi senang dapat penyakit tu, normal la.. dok rumah pon tak promise tak senang dapat penyakit kan? thanks for the advice!

y@tipruzz said...

kite pon nak try jaga anak2 sendiri selagi terlarat..tapi so far baru sorang anak la hehehe

ade maid tade privacy, nak build trust pon is another issue....

Anonymous said...

heh.. heh setuju ngan pendapat aida.
1) on privacy matter.
2) on hantar kekanak ke nursery. Kalau nak diharapkan kite & MDH mengajar diorang. banyaklah kekurangannya.. nak fulltime mengajar diorang membaca, hafal doa, bersosial, berdisiplin dan etc. Ada bagusnya diorang duduk di nursery. Dengan kita2 nihm mengada2 lebey smp tak kemana pun seisi pembelajaran. heheheh..

tapi.. kadang-kadang bile terasa teramatlah letih being mother, being maid to myself (kemas tp. tak kemas2 pun) aduhhaaiiii.. "mengapalah tak amik maid aje.."

p/s: tapi jika dikurniakan yg. ke-3, rasanya kena consider ada maid jugak. Cost monthly plak incure nak hantar semua ke nursery.. ulalalalla.. Buat masa ini can handle lagi .. yah yah! chaiyo!

Anonymous said...

yati, semah.. setuju.. tapi bak kata semah, kalau dah masuk no.3, mungkin consider jugak ambik maid..

mcm semah cakap, nak mengharapkan diri sendiri nak mengajar itu ini, banyak kekurangannya.. mcm Aisya skang, doa makan dah hafal siap dgn maksud skali.. ABC pon dah bleh nyanyi sampai abes tp pelat la.. menyanyi lagu mcm2 pon semua dia blaja kat nursery.. cuma nak kena disiplin bab bercakap sket la sbb dok nursery dia mudah ikut kawan atau ikut apa senior2 sebut.. kita nak ngajar Muqaddam tak start2 pon lagi.. tu baru Muqaddam, tak masuk lagi bab ngajar menulis/membaca... adus..

aida said...

eh aku nak masuk 3 org ni, tapi entahla.. bila dgr related experience kawan-kawan hajjah aku, seriau nak amik maid..

too many pahit experience than the better ones

sebenarnya banyak hidden cost nak amik maid ni (experiencing having one), gaji dengarnya nak revise from rm450 to rm 500/600 per month. then bil air letrik, expect a 100-200% increment. bab makan, you can expect to increase by 30-50% (since you will be feeding the maid also) and your kids.

if you want to take maid, you should have lots of patience maa.. kalau maid sakit, kena EL, kalau maid tak bangun lagi, kena EL. tapi esp part bila dia datang malaysia, nak kena cuti seminggu 2 nak ngajar basic.. the problem is, you cannot expect the maid to be perfect in doing household chores, ada agent tangkap muat je..

kalau dgr cerita kak ipar aku lagi tragis, sampai aku dah jadi fed up ngan kak ipar aku yg menyusahkan mak mertua (ops, off record ok)

Anonymous said...

alarmak.. MDH semalam kata nak amik maid bile pindah rumah baru.

huehuehue.. berserahlah. kite nih ikut cakap MDH saja.. semoga mendapat maid yg. ok la nanti..

Anonymous said...

erp.. tercepat tekan ENTER..

sign off semula

y@tipruzz said...

byknyer hidden costs tu weh haru nak membayarnyer tu hehe

semah- harap2 mirul n tiqah x ckp indon pasnih udahler ;p

kite insya allah nak try handle sendiri dulu kerja umah dan anak2...esok pas abis blajar bykla masa free balik :)Kite jenis cerewet kot, kang tak puas ati cara maid wat keje, kite membebel and komplen, haru biru je jadik nanti

Anonymous said...

ingatkan sape siku tadi.. hehe

ko dah nak masuk 3 ek aida? waduh.. pantas..! congrats!

sebnanya tgk nasib gak ambik maid nih.. hantar nursery/pengasuh pon nasib2 gak.. doa banyak2 la semah.. moga2 dapat yg elok.. macam mak sedara kite dia ambik agent indon terus.. so, agent sanela carikan.. murah sket katanya.. bab privacy & cerewet tuh mmg kena kompromila kalau nak ambik maid.. give & take la kan.. senang bab ni, susah bab lain..

Anonymous said...

mak sedara awak amik agent indon tuh .. murahnye berapa ?

aida said...

huehue, semah dah nak survey maid nampaknya.. eh tapi one warning ok, jgn ambil dari madura.. ilmu hitam kuat... ni experience roommate husband aku kat madinah and story dari kawan aku kat mekah (sampai bercerai berai laki bini).. seram oooo

julie, my EDD is 11/4.. tapi aku rasa aku beranak hujung bulan ni jerr... surprise!!! nyehnyehnyeh

Anonymous said...

ala, cuaks plak. Aku pun nak amik maid, sbb tak terbuat apa kat rumah melayan bebudak 2 org tuh. Dahla nak tambah lagi sorang nih..
nak hantar kat baby sitter pun costnya masyaAllah..nak hantar ke kampung, jauh-jauh.. nanti aku pening kerinduan..

mmg sekarang berdoa sgt2 so that dapat maid yg at least boleh jaga babies nih dgn selamat..dan tak menyusahkan kitorang..aminnn

Ummu Auni said...

actually bab2 maid ni, hish...aku dgr cerita mcm gerun je. bab2 maid recycle lagi la..hari tu aku pi training, trainer ckp dia amik maid pun sendiri sendiri..if i'm not mistaken dia kata ada agensi maid kat sentul yg bagus bab2 maid ni. tapi cost mmg a bit expensive compared to others. maid dia quite good tp dia ada mention gak yg maid dia sendiri bagitahu, jgn percaya sgt dengan agent..

lagi satu, kalau anak 2, maybe not worth it amik maid. gaji & renew pasport..kira2 baliki, dlm 600K per month. itu belum campur mkn, letrik, etc...expect mega increase

ummi said...

akak ni dah masuk kes terpaksa ada maid. anak dah nak start sekolah. budak2 selalu sakit kat nursery. belum proceed lagi. dah start berdoa banyak2 spy dpt yang baik.

IreneYaya said...

Hi Julie, lama x drop here. Dah scan belum baby gurl or boy?

Julie, ambil maid ni ada risk dia. Kalau dapat yg elok, alhamdulillah...amin..

But kalau x, sakit jiwa!!! Yaya kalau ada anak 2 orang pun fikir takmo ambil maid gak (tapi takleh ckp byk, sebab tak keje..hehe) But buat kerja2 rumah ni mmg meletihkan, tambah2 nak jaga anak lagi..bertambah kalau kerja lagi..but 1 thing I remember my mom said, housework ni mmg loyal to us...they always wait for us, so jgn risau2...yang penting jaga anak dulu..bila anak dah ok, baru buat kerja rumah. Anyway, I did that and it works! I really enjoy having fun with my son without worrying kerja2 rumah ni.

But in your case, U R a working mom, u need to use ur time wisely..Ada kakak tu kat ofis dulu ada 3 anak and takde maid, dia bangun pukul 4 pagi sebab nak lipat and gosok baju. Fuh, respect! hehe..takdela nak suruh Julie camtu kan, just buat yang mana terlarat jela, jgn risau2, org lain sure fahamnya lah!