OMG I've finally done it!

Yups yups yups Alhamdulillah I've completed my course in making 'Natural Products' and I'm certified to make own shampoos, conditioners, lotions, eczema creams, psoriasis creams, moisturisers, eye gels, cellulite gels, lip balms, deodorants, face mask, clay cleansers, hand and foot creams.

I'm truly excited and energised by the knowledge that I've been yearning the past year. I'm finally there and the journey's not over yet! Insyallah I still have my making my own mineral make up course next year!

Thanks to Izyan for making the first customised order. "Rose shampoo and conditioner" Oh you still need to let me know, what type of hair you've got and what you'd like it for? i.e. nourishing, itchy scalp, dandruff, hair growth etc etc

I know the exact ingredients that suit each of those categories and am soooo excited to make my own concoction!!

Mine will be with non other than with Argan Oil, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, and Caramel scent and few ingredients for volume and hair growth *wink*

Can't wait!!!!! ;)

Adam's 1 year ol' milestones

Blogger better not crash anytime ever! cuz this is like my space diary with Adam's development. LOL even if I had a physical diary mesti hilang lah. Confirm. So hopefully when Adam grows and he knows how to read, he'll be able to read stories of himself and laugh about it. I hope so... lol hope he won't find it embarrassing, oh well! :)

Ok when I left Adam for Malaysia 6 weeks ago, he could walk, had 2 small teeth, was still on the bottle, formula milk and on msian style porridge.

Now, he:

1. can walk, run and practically turn the house upside down

2. switch the tv off or the skybox

3. joins in people's conversation and laugh along as though he understands and is part of the conversation, hilarious!

4. still can't say any words except for mamamama, babababa, and few other syllable that comes out once in a while but he absolutely knows what he wants! for e.g. if he's had enough he'll shake his head or push away with his hand and if he wants more he'll point to the object and look at you straight in the face

5. copies what you do with body and face actions

6. is COMPLETELY OFF THE BOTTLE AND FORMULA MILK! now this is the most impressive part even for me lah. Like he drinks his fresh milk diluted with hot water from a cup. Even in the middle of the night I feel its so weird that I need to put him up right to let him drink from a cup. LOL

7. still has 2 teeth only at the bottom and doesn't look like anymore are coming out anytime soon

8. doing so well at nursery, siap ade geng lagi. When I dropped him off there was a boy his age who looked like Mowgli from Jungle book waiting to receive him lol so cute

9. sleeps on his own, doesn't need the bottle, pacifier or bantal busuk

10. knows that I'm still his mummy albeit me being away from him for 6 weeks yeay!!

It's been 4 days since I've been back in Kettering

and as usual there will always be a hallow in my heart whenever I part with my mum. I guess that's the child-mother-bond that will always be there no matter what.

Not one day goes by without me missing my mum or wishing that we could be closer to each other. But for now my place is here with my husband, to support him mentally and emotionally. So insyallah Allah will protect my mom and my family from any harm in any way, especially that we're so far away from each other.

Mummy, we miss u and love u very much. Please do take care of yourself, till we meet again! :)

P.S. not that long pun, January right? hehehe

My MAC crashed!

After a year and a half! that's like crazy right! I thought MAC's were supposed to be POWER laptops, I mean at least longer laaa than 18months!

So, what happened? my hard drive just sizzled, according to the technician. Could be due to over heating. Couldn't save nethin' Aaaargh stress and I've not backed up my MAC for a couple of months.

So yesterday got it fixed:
Bought a new hard drive wid 500gb space from my previous 12ogb
Upgraded to a 2ram thing from 1ram. What does it mean? don't know, he said it's better and faster
Upgraded to MAC OS Leopard 10.5.4 from 10.5
Bought a Belkin Cooler - real lightweight and travel size. LOVE IT
Bought an extended USB port with 4 hubs
GRAND TOTAL... CHA-CHING= RM650 Was it worth it? Will never know will I!

Downside now, don't have iLife, iWork, Microsoft Office. But I barely used iLife, so I can put that on hold but would definitely love to get the latest iWork and latest Office 2008 for MAC. Should I buy or someone can help me install?

Topic of conversation at a family gathering

One of the topics that drew extra interest in me. Kuwait men abusing, raping and finally not paying their maid's salary. To what extent is this the truth and to how many Kuwaiti men does this apply to? Apparently to the point that the Indonesian government have stopped allowing Indonesian maids going to Kuwait. That must be quite a substantial number?!

But this led to someone raising the issue of having 4 witnesses in Islam before one can report rape against someone (obviously, this would apply to the women, it'll be a weird one if a man got raped, right?)

So I know there's a reasoning behind that, that applied to those times, but I forget what it is. What do you think and can someone help clarify this issue. I mean if it was just that with no reasons, it does sound unjustified and unreasonable and outrightly cruel.

So I do believe there is an explanation to that.

You know when you're feeling...

down and sad... it affects everything and everyone around you. What do I do?

Tickled my funny bones 10*over

"CUCI THE MUSICAL"

Yups you guessed it right! Such a great and hilarious production.

My reviews:

Fresh story line, given that I have not watched CUCI the Movie. Backdrop and props suited the production well and the main actors and actresses were amazing! They were sooo entertaining that I couldn't stop laughing throughout the entire 3 HOURS show and even if I wasn't laughing my heart and liver out, I was definitely smiling from cheek to cheek till my facial muscles all hurt towards the end of the night.

The dancers were average or less than average, could've done a better selection. I'm not discriminating but maybe there's not much choice out there for better looking and taller dancers. Also they needed a little bit more practice to perfect their moves as it would've looked better if the they were more in sync.

Awie's voice was husky and sexy. Damn him for being so desirable on stage. Same verdict goes to Hans Isaac! but Afdlin was the most natural and comfortable on stage. It's the first time I've seen him life and oh boy he just oozes talent. AC was quite good but I thought he spoke to fast and so it I kept missing things he said especially with the audience laughing their heads out.

I would give it a 5 star and well done Malaysia for being able to produce an excellent and enjoyable show. I would absolutely go watch it again if I had the time! oh Awie and Hans...

Also had great company with me that couldn't have made the whole time more enjoyable! :)