WHAT MEANING MEANS.

I was told by Mr Hubby why he picked Baby Nadira's name as Nur Nadira. It was a long story, cutting it short, I wanted to add my name in hers too so that she could have both her parent's name in hers. But my name, Hudda does not have a meaning. So we change it to Huda instead.

Somehow, there was this one person who secretly have issues with me putting my name in hers. Allah s.w.t is the Almighty and I found about it while she was blogging about it. And apparently I don't actually feel anything about it. Nadira is my child and you are just a tiny little person who have no control over me or my family.

Going back to the subject previously, putting the name all together and we came up with Nur Nadira Huda.

It's perfect. Perfect for her.

So I google that name and I found this.

So this is how I translated her name. Tell me if I got this right.

Nur Nadira Huda = Cahaya yang khusus atau unik bagi petunjuk kepada kebenaran (The especial or unique light showing the sign of the truth)

The meaning of her name is heavy for her to carry.

But I'm sure I'm raising a strong child and hope that she is what her name means.

Nur Nadira Huda, Mama & Abah pray for you everytime.

We both love you so much.

Even words couldn't describe it. 

Be good girl.

InsyaAllah.

SOMEHOW THEY ARE YOU.

This is around a week before I gave birth to Baby Nadira. We were in Cameron Highland at this time.

And I was around 86kg at this time. I had double chin! I've never been this heavy in my life.

The reason of this post is because I miss my siblings and my parents.

I have a very small family. I only have 3 siblings including me. Its only 5 of us.

So whenever one of us is not there, it feels so empty.

But whenever the 3 of us are together, it feels like we have 10 siblings!

I guess that's why I want to have a big family, InsyaAllah. :)

I miss everyone. Mama, papa, yong and adik. I hope when I go back home, I can visit them more often.

I love all of you. Always.

Papa, Mama, Yong, Adik, and that include you both Mr Hubby and Baby Nadira.

CIKGU RAHMAN BRUNCH BIRTHDAY BASH.

It was Cikgu Rahman's birthday. We celebrated it over brunch at Fresh on Charles.

More like late lunch actually.

No blowing candles but there's a definite that cakes was involved.

Just all of us, sitting and enjoying the sun. Talked and laughed.

It was the last day of Spring break though. Always, always save the best for last. 

Happy birthday Cikgu. :)

MALACCA.

One of my favourite places to visit is Malacca. The other one is Penang. Why? I don't know. Just love the place. One, probably because of the sight seeing, secondly, they have one of the best cendol in Malaysia (the one next to the river) that I didn't get the chance to taste it again, huge shopping malls and basically I just love that state.

Mr Hubby knows how much I love Malacca, so he decided that we go there to visit his uncle and at the same time, we go holiday. But we only go there for a day cos I only got like 4 days left before I go back to Tassie. So we went in the morning. The journey took us around 1.5 hours to arrive at his uncle's place in Sempang Ampat. We had lunch there. Wished she had cooked us her delicious (Mr Hubby told me) masak asam pedas . But her chicken curry is nice too. Probably cos I'm hungry. Teehee. :) After lunch around 3pm, we went to Malacca central and go sight seeing. Excited! :) It was a bit hot, but it was okay cos the wind cooled us off.

Here are some of the pictures that we took while we are in Malacca. Next holiday, we will definitely stay for the night cos there are more places to go in Malacca. We headed home after Maghrib. By the time we reached home, I cooked Mr Hubby late dinner and put Baby Nadira to sleep. We all end up sleeping early cos it was a tiring day. Next day, we all headed to Ipoh to my parent's again for a last visit before I go back. It was a short visit and it was fun.

MY WARM WINTER EID.

This going to be a long one.

Moved my ass asap to be at the airport. Why? Going back to Malaysia for Eid. YEAY!

Meaning, I'll be with families and close friends! 

Especially Mr Hubby and Baby Nadira.

I touchdown in Malaysia at exactly 7:16am with the greetings from the Captain, "Kepada warganegara Malaysia, selamat pulang ke tanah air dan Selamat Hari Raya". It was the moment I've been waiting every time I'm going back to a place I call home, Malaysia.

So I arrived and was looking for the two faces that I miss for so long. There they were. Hugs and kisses. She was sleeping though and she looked so big! It was only for a month. Babies, they tend to grow so fast. It was like only yesterday you were in my arms for the first time. :)

We went back to our home first in Klang before we go back to my parents in Ipoh. Do you know how it feels like to be united with your family? Yes, that feelings. Warm and safe. That day, we went out to get our last preparation for Eid ready. The night, we head our journey back to Ipoh to see my parent and siblings. 

The morning of Eid.

Theme: Light grey.

Planned with Mr Hubby is to go to the mosque together but I was up a  bit late. Mr hubby was up earlier and ready to go. I managed to dressed him his sampin before he go. Then, I get myself and Baby Nadira ready. She had her first baju kurung. She looked so pretty. :) She then fall asleep while waiting for all the men in my life (Mr Hubby, Papa and baby brother) to get back from the mosque.

We all then head to the kitchen. Ritually, is compulsory to eat heavy breakfast: lemang, nasi himpit, rendang ayam, mama's delicious daging masak hitam and COOKIES!-My all time favourite. Thanks mama! :)

After breakfast, it's time for the younger generations to seek forgiveness from the elderly and vice versa. It's traditionally ritual thing to do. Sometimes I wonder why do this only during Syawal month? Why not do it all the time? Leave it alone thinking that this is the specialty of Syawal. Bringing everyone together.

 After its all been done, we went to arwah Tok Fatimah's (Mama's mother) cemetery to pay a visit. Straight after, we all went back to Gopeng, where my late grandparents (Papa's late parents) house is. Papa still keep the house clean every time so that his siblings can come back home to visits. Everyone was there. Most of my Aunties and Uncle's was there. This is basically Baby Nadira's 2nd time visits to her late great grandparents house. We were so tired cos the weather was so hot. Then it rained in the evening. I guessed that's why it was so hot earlier.

You know what I love about Nadira? It's when she smile and laugh. The best is when she try to talk to me in her baby way like as if I really understand what she's trying to say. This video is on the first day of Eid. Now I miss her already.

So the next day, 2nd day of Syawal, the three of us went back to Rawang to my parent in law to celebrate Eid there. We all went back to Mr Hubby late grandparents place in Sabak Bernam and see all his relatives there. It was great. That was Nadira's first visits to her Abah's 'kampung'.

And not forgetting, all the girls in my life. My only 'karipap apam balik'. :)

10 days of non stop travelling is tiring, but it is worth every single time that I was there.

Mr Hubby and Baby Nadira, I will be seeing you both soon.

ILYMS. ILYBN.

Sekian.