Second Year Anniversary.

We celebrate our anniversary on June and it falls during Ramadhan and usually we always go to out favorite restaurant and enjoy each others company and just spend sometime together and have an adult conversation with each other. At home, we dont spend much time together because we're busy with work and our working hours is different. Dani works on shifts and I work on normal hours.

So before I head back to Kedah for raya, I called up my closed friend who works with a travel agencies to book me up a hotel somewhere in Pulau Pinang. She told me that a brand new hotel just open and they are having a promotion.Lexis Suite Penang is similar to their other branches in Port Dickson.After looking at their website and read a bunch of review from tripadvisor, Im hooked and I asked my friend to booked them for me.

I didnt tell Dani about the hotel reservation because I want to surprised him for our anniversary. On the third raya, I told Dani that we're going to Pulau Pinang because I wanted to go to Bukit Bendera. He kept on asking me why we need to pack our bags, I just told him wait and see!

We drove for almost 1 hour and he gets more and more suspicious once we reached the island. I told Dani lets go to Nasi Kandar Line Clear first and then we go to Queensbay Mall because I need to buy some stuff for me.Once we reach Queensbay, I straight away walked towards Bath & Body Works to buy some bath bombs. Dani once told me that he loves soaking himself in the bath tub with hot water and he didn't managed to do that since there's no bathtub at our house.

But sadly enough they dont have it and the sales girl suggested me other things. Smells so good and its cheap too. So after paying the stuff I told Dani we can now go to Teluk Kumbar. He continues asking question and once we reached to the hotel, his smiling and started laughing.

At the parking area I told him that its a surprised anniversary present from me. Plus the three of us need some time together alone with anyone else.After checking in and sort our stuff out , Dani and Daniel are ready for a swim. Well not really a swim but a dip mostly.Lols!

The room comes with 2 large double beds, very spacious, afew cans of soft drinks as a complementary drinks, spacious bathroom and ofcause the best part its own private pool overlooking the hill and also the sea.

As the boys decided to take a dip, I just chill on the bed before my hot bath.

The next day Daniel work up so early around 6.30am and when he woke up, the both of us has to woke up as well.So the three of us laying on the bed and watching Tv. Later we head down for breakfast. To our surprised,  there not many people there. We were the only people there. Maybe its because its too early and its on a Sunday.

Too early to them but to us, freedom. They offer alot of food. Nasi Lemak, Bihun Goreng, Fruits, Breads, Dimsum and other stuff.It was perfect for us because I dont like crowded people and we take our own sweet time and enjoy our food.

Later once we ready to head back to our hotel, people start coming in. We chill in the hotel the rest of the day and enjoying the pool. We headed back to KL early the next day just to avoid traffic.

Happy Second Year Anniversary.

A few days ago was me and Dani second year anniversary. We knew each other for 5 years now and this is by far the hardest relationship I ever had with anyone. I have to be honest, it is tough but its all worth it. People around us always say that the first 5 years of the marriage is always the hardest part. Financially not stable, still staying with my parents while me and Dani save up money to buy a brand new house. We owe alot to my parents or helping us. Im not ashamed to admit it.

Marrying him was the best decision Ive ever made in my life. The morning of our anniversary he told me that he cant take the day off so we cant spend our anniversary together. It was fine with me to be honest as I too was busy with work.

:: well I'm  not the romantic type ::

We do fight sometimes. I think all married couples do. I told Dani before we got married that if we ever got into an argument, we need to remain each other that we married each other for a reason and we wont fight or argue in front of our parents nor our children.

But above all,I have to thank my husband.Without him, I would be so lost. Whenever I had a bad day, he was the one who pull me through. There are days where I felt like giving up because I was so tired and stress with work, and when I got home, I had to take care of Daniel and whenever he become super clingy.

:: almost 80% of our wedding photo is either me or Dani making a face. Luckily our wedding photographer are the coocoo type.Hahhahah! ::

Dani and me are complete different person when it comes to raising Daniel. Im more a tough mom and Dani are more caving, soft spoken type of dad. So Daniel is much more closer to Dani. Dani has more patience than I am. In fact, he has alot of patience for the both of us.Hahaha..I found that Daniel tend to be more " manje " with his dad. Because Dani love to cuddle and carrying him all the time. 

:: This is the only good pictures we managed to take coz "someone" cant make a straight face. pfft! ::

Married with 1 child is tough but then again if you have an amazing , caring and understanding person as your husband, its all run smoothly. Throughout these years, we've learn alot as a couple and grew much more closer than before.

Allah swt blessed others in so many ways. Im so thankful to Allah swt for blessing me with an amazing Husband who are so caring, loving, understanding, have enough patience to deal with my shenanigans and also being a rock to me and being a great father to Daniel and insyallah to our children. 

Happy 2 years wedding anniversary and Happy 5 years anniversary. 

Murahnya Rezeki Suami.

Last weekend me and Dani were alone in Puchong while our child has been kidnap again by my parents and they went back to Seremban. So on Saturday i was chilling at home, cleaning the house, and watching the TV, I cam across with this one statement by Ustaz Kazim Elias saying  " untuk para suami, kalau nak murah rezeki maka bahagiakan la isterimu. Dia penat mengandungkan anak, melahirkan zuriat kamu, tak salah membahagiankan isteri. Bukan hanya pada intan berlian, tapi cukup sekadar kasing sayang". At that very moment Dani looked at me and smile. I was like ' apehal pulak mamat nih sengih sengih'.

" Baby nk makan ape tengah arini? I nak masak dah nih? "

" Tak kesah. I ikotkan aje ".

Pfffttt !. Why i even bother asking him to begin with. His always been like that. Only when he feels like eating specific food then only he will asked me to cooked for him. So as I was about to walked to the Kitchen, he said no need to cook. He will buy food from outside since i was abit tired from cleaning the house.I told i dont mind cooking for him since its the weekend and its been awhile since the last time i cooked . But he was pretty insisted.

He went out and bought my favorite Nasi Goreng Kampung with sup ekor and Iced Lemon Tea.After dinner, we chilled in our room while watching Tv and browsing at our mobile devices. I was browsing Neelofa Hijab Instagram and Dani automatically said " you nak ke? Jom esok kite pegi TTDI k? ". I was speechless

The next day he woke me up and said " baby siap. Kita breakfast Plan B. I da janji nak bawak you makan situ. Pegi siap ". I was happy. Put my make up on, wear nice tops and off we go.As soon as we reach there, we place our order and we talked, and talked and talked. Like we never talked in ages.

 Buttered Scone with Clotted Cream and Strawberry Jam.

My favorite Eggs Benedict.

Once the food came, senyap!. Hahahaha..We both enjoy our breakfast. Then we chilled for a few second and all the sudden " jom kite pegi carik tudung Kak Lopaf u. Kat TTDI kan? ". In all honestly, I felt like im floating in the air.Over joyed. We proceed to the counter to pay but Dani insisted of paying the bill himself. Dani earn alot less compared to me and usually we split the bill.But today, he decided to lavish his wife. I was like
' yaaaassssss! '.

Then we reach Naelofa Hijab store, he hand me afew cash and asked me to spend it wisely. I was like ' laki aku ni buang tebiat ke? Laki aku ni nak mati ke? ". Tapi shopping tetap shopping. After buying afew hijab we left the place.

As we reached home, Dani was lying on the Sofa. Tired im sure. I kissed him on the forehead and asked 

" Banyak you spend untuk I harini. You dapat bonus ke? "

He looked at me.

" Kan Ustaz cakap, nak murah rezeki kene bahagiakan isteri. Lagipun banyak mane je pun belanje you."

Then out of nowhere he said,

" Tapi kalau mintak kereta and bungalow mmg tak la kot! ". Pastu gelak macam setan!

                                                           -__________________________-

Life After The Wedding...

Greetings to all...

Today, (1st July) marked our first month anniversary. We seldom celebrate monthly anniversary.Tomorrow ( 2nd July) marked our 3rd anniversary. Sounds confusing? hahaha... We became a couple on 2nd July 2011 and we got married on 1st June 2014.So we knew each other for 3 years.

This would be the longest relationship for the both of us.Yesterday after terawih, me and Dani had a heart- to heart conversation. First ever actually since we become husband and wife. We talked about our expectation and does our personal perception about marriage changes as we got married.

* 3 years ago *

The first month of marriage does teaches us alot about each other. Before this, i sees him as a boy, mainly.Now i see him more as a man. A few weeks before we got married, i had a chat with his close cousin.He asked me not to expect so much from man when we got married. At first i was like " are you freaking kidding me?". But alhamdulillah, Dani is a very hands on man. He doesnt expect much since he knew im working and classes at night. But since we;re staying with my parents for a time being before my parents move to Seremban,my mom has help us alot. Mom cooks for him * Dani nows prefer my moms cooking over mine.*, and send him off to work on the afternoon.

I assumed that its going to take a while for me to train him. Since his mom is not around and his staying far away from his siblings and father , and he so used to the idea of being alone all the time. It was a shock to him as of now, anywhere he goes i will always be next to him. It take some adjustment for the both of us.

*5.25am in the morning. Cooking for him before im off to work.*

I think all married couple would understand it kot. But one thing ive noticed is that, " We always together"..
If i leave the house just to out to the bank withdrawing cash, he would come along.Before this im used to waking up at 9.30 am the latest. But now, i have to wake up early just to prepared breakfast for him. His not too fussy when in comes to food. Selagi benda tu dia makan, dia bedal aje.

* 5.04m, driving from Puchong to Ampang because he starts working at 5.50am*

Mak having a slight difficult time adjusting to Danis eating habit. Dani doesnt fancy on food that me and my family loves.Such as Salmon, crab, lamb and few other stuff.So since then, my mom would asked Dani what does he want to eat for lunch or dinner.

* Before kawin, im aware that my husband loves to cook.. So i bought 2 cookbooks just in case he wants something different which i never tried before*

But among all of us, the one person who experience a serious culture shock is ABAH!.
All this time for the past 29 years his married to my mom and 28 years having a crazy daughter such as myself,his been surrounded with girls.Abah is literally surrounded by a bunch of Estrogen. Lols. Now since Dani become the son in law, abah was a happy person. He finally had someone to talked to about politic, sports and other things. I literally have to take turns to spend time with my OWN husband because abah wont let me have a moment alone with Dani.

All and all everything goes smoothly. Sometimes i do get irritated by him. Whenever he sees me tired or not in the mood, he will tried to make me laugh as always but once we got married, i do get irritated easily.
But above all, his a very hands on husband. Asking to do something, he will do it. Sama ada cepat or lambat.His normal routine nowadays woke me up and wait for me to get ready to go to work, then water my moms flowers, swipe the front porch, do laundry and off to his nap.

As for now, we 're just enjoying each others company. We do plan to have babies but not putting to much high hopes. If God decided that its the right time for us, alhamdulillah. If not, we still have plenty of time to practice.. *WINK*  

Honeymoon......

Greetings to all.... :)

Kira dari hari ini, dah dekat sebulan bergelar 'wife' ... Banyak benda kami laki bini belajar. Pasal each other la yang paling banyak.Selepas majlis kami belah perempuan, satu family termasuk adik ipar aku dua orang, Luqman dan Sobirin spend the days di rumah mak di Seremban sebelum kami pergi honeymoon.

* Mrs - Still getting used to it *

Penat lepas majlis belum hilang. Aku dengan Dani memang dah tak larat langsung. Esok nya kami semua mula melawat sedara sebelah aku di Melaka. Malam tu Dani decided nak belanja kami satu keluarga.Ingat nak pergi makan di tepi laut di Melaka, but memikirkan dah lambat, mak dah kebulur berskala 6 *bak kata Dani ngikot iklan Sunsilk*, so kami semua makan di kedai tepi jalan. Kedai makan favorite atuk dan nenek.

* sangat ketara aku saje yang excited nak amek gamba.. the rest, excited nak makan rasanya*

Selalunya kalau keluar makan, sama ade aku atau Alya akan ambil gambar makanan dulu. But time ni, dah tak ingat apa.Waiter letak saja food, terus kami sambar. But the highlight of the night is Dani, Luqman dan Haziq. Budak bertiga ni berebut sotong goreng tepung.

Lepas puas makan, berborak berarak la kami balik ke Seremban semula. Baru plan dengan Dani nak overnight tengok movie, plan terpaksa cancel sebab esok nya mak suruh kami drive pergi Bentong, Pahang melawat Pak Long pulak. Berat rasa hati tapi terpaksa layankan kerenah mak.

Esoknya bangun pagi, aku mula rasa tak sedap badan. Badan lenguh - lenguh dan aku mula muntah - muntah. Tak pasti sama ada aku salah makan atau terlalu penat.Tapi terpaksa kuatkan semangat meredah jalan yang dah macam ular for 2 hours!! Have to thank Dani sebab dia yang banyak sabar melayan kerenah bini dia. Dalam dok tengah pening kepala, sempat melaram dengan camera.

* Yes, jari dia panjang......*

Sampai saja rumah Pak Long aku terus masuk dapur.. Why? sebab Mak Long masak Ikan Patin masak tempoyak. Lauk favorite aku. Mak Long memang paling pandai masak Ikan Patin tempoyak. Aku pernah try masak tapi tak sesedap Mak Long. Tak tahu kenapa.

Without wasting anytime, terus aku senduk nasi.. Dani tak makan ikan sungai kecuali ikan terubuk. Itu pun aku baru tahu. So aku paksa dia try makan ikan patin.  Dani cakap ikan patin terlalu pelik. * i just wish Nena would be here to comment on Dani punye statement*

Lepas puas makan, Pak Long suruh aku kutip buah Mangga bawak balik Seremban. Time ni la aku menunjukkan bakat memanjat pokok dekat Dani. Tapi malangnya tak kesampaian.Then Dani berborak dengan Pak Long, Mak Long and Mak Yang..Dalam pukul 3pm kami gerak balik.

Belum habis penat kenduri lagi,esok nya kami pergi Bukit Jelutong ziarah rumah Mak Yang Dani. As usuall Mak yang masak Nasi Tomato.Mak Yang ajak kami semua pergi rumah Opah sekali harung, senang... :)

* 3 beradik makan sampai tak ingat ape dah *

Sampai aje rumah opah, opah tak berhenti berborak. Seronok habis la berborak dengan Opah and Mak Yang. Segala jenis cerita keluar. Pasal umi, pasal Dani time kecik - kecik. Lepas makan, Opah tunjuk semua gambar - gambar lama. Rasa macam tak nak balik.After one story to another. Actually time tu memang aku dengan Dani dah kepenatan tahap dewa. Esok dah la nak pergi Langkawi.Sampai saje rumah, terus naik atas nak pack barang - barang.

The Langkawi Honeymoon.

We've decided to go to Langkawi since the first day we were engaged. Our honeymoon is fully sponsored by my dear father * flights and hotels*.. Langkawi has been our #1 choice sebab i love the beach and we wanted to go some place which im slightly familiar. Ive been to Langkawi countless time but somehow, i just cant get enough of that small little island. Another point why we choose Langkawi is because Dani has never been on a flight ever. So this Langkawi trip would be a preview for him to get used to travelling long distance via flight before the two of us and my family going for a trip to my hometown , London and also going to visit my mommy - in - law in Cape Town next year.

Kami departed from KLIA2. So dah bagitau Dani awal - awal yang aku nak pergi awal sebab kononnya nak shopping kat airport,.... HARAPAN! Sampai TBS, berpisahlah kami dengan Luqman dan Sobirin. Naik ERL from TBS sampai KLI2 harga RM 53.00.... *Whaaaattttttt??!!!*

Lepas check-in bagai, pergi la alas perut. Thats the plan but Dani kelaparan, end up MCD jawapannya.Dalam flight tak diberi makan, low cost kot. Nyesal pulak tak suruh abah belikan MAS. Lepas dah makan, pusing - pusing airport, kami pun dengan excited nya boarding flight. Teka sapa yang paling excited....

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* ni lah dia budak exicted first time naik flight*

* first time naik Malindo*

* melayan Sherlock Holmes*

* budak yang tak suka bergambar, tetiba dia suruh amek gamba.. OKAY!!*

Sampai saja airport, terus call orang sewa kereta , Abang Nuar. Memula sewa kereta MyVii but tetiba dapat rezeki merasa bawak Toyota Vios. Apa lagi, senyum from ear to ear. Then lepas settle hal kereta, terus check - in hotel. Abah booked kan hotel De Beron Resort. Located bebetul tepi laut. and abah make a special request nak bilik menghadap pantai. So dapat. 

Kami tak plan macam - macam untuk honeymoon di Langkawi. Plan kami just nak rehatkan badan and rehatkan kepala. Kalau pergi jalan pun, kami pergi Underwater World, Cable Car, HIG, Jetty point. Plan nak la tengok movie dekat Langkawi. Saje nak merasa tengok wayang dekat tempat orang,  - sia sia saje.

* whats not to love about this little island? *

* aaahhhh sunset*

* while waiting for Dani test baju dekat F.O.S... Orang perli langkawi shopping chocolate, dia shopping baju*

* konon nak tiru orang lain amek gambar jelir lidah.. *

*selfie before entering Under Water World*

* Imagine our babies as cute as a penguin?..... YES!! *

We only spend 4 days in Langkawi. Trust it was a short period of time. It all goes well during our honeymoon. I told Dani that if i have all the money on the world, i would love to buy one of the small island around Langkawi and built my very own " isla del paraíso".. 

Then i would built a glass house over looking the sunset and built them on the highest point of the island so that i can have a surround view of the place. Sounds impossible right? Insyallah it will happen someday...

So back to reality, we headed back to KL .. Rasa sedih nak balik KL. Some weird reason i do miss KL energy. Im used to hearing honking and traffic jam on a daily basis. Langkawi is very calm, quiet and low key. No one is in the rush in Langkawi. Thats what i love about Langkawi.

* Waking up everyday with this view? .... Hell Yes *

* Sejak kawin, beliau sangat rajin participate nak bergambar...*

* One thing kami noticed is that - any restaurant di Langkawi, menu mesti depa frame kan.. *

Gambar kat atas ni menu tuk this one restaurant di pekan Kuah. Bamboo Restaurant Penarak.. This is restaurant sangat sedap. The seafood is obviously fresh and its cheap. Well for me its cheap. Dani cakap datang Langkawi, kene makan seafood. But masalahnya hari - hari makan seafood, kami naik jemu.heheh :)

But dalam banyak - banyak menu, ayam masak phat pet are the best. Dani siap suruh google recipe.

*BAIKLAH !! *

 * That my dear friends is Penang Birdge*

Rasa macam nak recap balik time during honeymoon.. No.. To be exact, rasa macam tak nak duduk KL...

My June Garden Wedding

Greetings To All...

Im marrrieeeddd !!! :)

The wait is finally over.Segala penat lelah, mencarut sana sini sebab terlalu stress, jaga makan yang tak berapa nak jaga, me and Ze Husband are married. We are blissfully married on 1st June at Felda Villa.Everything alhamdulillah went very well despite few things happen.

5.15am.. I was up.. YES! I was the first person yang dah berjaga. Tak tahu kenapa awal gile bangun. Nak kate nervous tu tak rase langsung. Mungkin sebab aku ni control freak. Before semua bangun, aku dah kemas dapur, kemas rumah and kemas bilik. Mandi dan siap - siap sementara nak tunggu MUA, Kak Amy.

Tengah-tengah khayal layan lagu dan layan perasaan,

Kak Amy : Zara, akk dah depan rumah..

* gile semangat kau kak?? *

Tengok jam rupanya dah kol 6.20am.. Laju gile masa berjalan.. Then bermula la misi grooming. Aku siap warning kat kak Amy..

Me : Agak-agak akk cam terdengar bunyik motorboat, sila abaikan.

Kak Amy : Hahaha...

Kak Amy ni la yang make up kan aku sejak tunang and mak yang suruh aku hired Kak Amy balik tuk nikah and reception sebab mak suka. Dari aku tunang dulu, Kak Amy kene usik dengan aku time make up. Kak Amy kate aku jenis tak reti duduk diam. :)

Then pukul 7.00 lebih kurang, tengah-tengah make up.. Ade mamat handsome masuk. Aku memikir sape la mamat handsome datang masuk bilik aku..Rupenya Amirul , the photographer for the event. Mirul ni very friendly.Memang ngam la even first time jumpe. Advice to all brides, you kene suai dengan your photographer.Seba dia la yang akan mengikut you kemane you pergi untuk ambil gamba.

Then around 8am, my pengapit sampai. Joanne or aku panggil die Boobies or Giorgio Armani. Mula plan dari college Jo, My other bestfrend Nena akan jadi pengapit. But then kisahnya Nena dah sarat mengandung.

Around 8.30am aku dan Joe dan konvoi - konvoi lain meredah ke Felda Villa.Dalam kereta, aku dengan Joe recap balik our old conversation. How we plan on becoming each others Bridemaid, plan getting pregnant together. Joe dah menitik air mate, aku still control macho as always.

Pukul 9am, semua sepupu, sepapat dah standby dengan posing masing - masing nak ambil gambar. As always Mak ude la yang paling havoc bile amek gamba.

Tak lama lepas tu, rombongan lelaki dah sampai.Parents aku suruh rombongan lelaki pegi breakfast dulu sebab janji dengan Tok Kadi pukul 10am.. Tunggu punya tungga sampai kol 10.30am.. Mak da panik but my dad tetap relax.

Pengantin lelaki and family. Manusia yang berambut panjang tu my best friend, Mochtar. Ramai tanya aku sejak bila ko berkawan dengan model. hahaha :)

Then tak lama lepas tu Tok Kadi sampai.. Dengan sekali lafas, we are blissfully married and become husband and wife. All ends well... Then sama sumua da settle, Abah was still sitting sebelah Tok Kadi. Then out of nowhere Tok Kadi cakap kat abah. " Ade sape lagi nak nikah? Abang haji tak nak tambah lagi cawangan?".. We all laugh..

Then bersiap untuk reception pulak. Time ni memang havoc sebab aku tengah sebuk bersiap and Ze Husband macam lost. So aku suruh Haziq sepupu rapat aku untuk tolong.Time ni baru mula rase nervous. BOLEH???!!!

Then tetibe muncul la Ze Huband yang da siap. Time ni hati aku dah cair. * apehal handsome sangat die nih? *.. Okay sile abaikan..Then bermula la majlis reception.Dah settle makan, so mingle around. Jumpa sanak saudara yang dulu aku tak pernah tahu wujud.

All and all, its was amazing and tiring.Sangat - sangat penat. Husband pun penat. Lepas semua sanak saudara balik, aku and husband stayed back di Felda sebab nk outdoor photoshoot. Aku kesian dekat Husband and Mirul sebab aku selalu mintak 2 minute break. Nasib baik Mirul jenis cool.

Aku rasa takat itu saje yang aku boleh kongsi. Benda - Benda lain i think better i keep it to myself.

Next in line.. Sepupu aku.

  my dad and my uncle

Rombongan pihak lelaki

Blast From The Past...

I always wonder how Che Mat looks like when he was younger, slimmer and less 'buncit'...

I saw his picture once in one of his friends' personal blog but i kind off lost the link . That was last year..

Now finally my wish came true. When i was busy whassuping Che Mat when i was in Vietnam since we cant call very often, Che Mat send me a picture from last election day. 5 years ago. He was 23 that time.

The pic was taken by his cousin..

Hhahahah.... Zaman kurus dan rambut lebat beliau.

Sekarang?...

But honestly, the old Che Mat is not my cup of tea. Something about guys with 'buncit' tummy always drives me crazy.But i do adore his old hair.