a slow start
I don’t think it has sunk in yet that these two are products of me, each I carried for 9 months and came out through me. It’s just… mind-blowing what our Creator can do. To be honest with you, at the...
View Articleworst mother ever
Mariam is the complete opposite of how she was in my tummy. Inside me, she practically did somersaults all day and was so active I was so sure I was not going to get any sleep when she comes out. But I...
View Articlepills, always pills.
In the AVA group chat we always give each other daily updates of our lives. Toots has been soooo busy with projects at work that her updates are always hours delayed and filled with crying emoticons....
View Articlemariam’s tahnik
On Mariam’s 7th day into the world, we performed the Tahnik on her where we lightly graze some sweet dates and honey on her lips. A sweet symbolic gesture Muslims do on the 7th day to welcome the baby...
View Articlehappy swiping
Sponsored Post A lady should never reveal what’s in her purse, but I feel like we’re close enough. So here! *topples bag upside down, shake shake shake* I prefer having cards, I like using them more...
View Articleme or dean?
So I posted up a picture of Mariam on Instagram and casually asked “Me or Fadza (Dean)?” 250 comments came in so fast, and I have concluded that most of them don’t know what they’re talking about. So...
View Articleget dUCk-ed
Our best-selling Premium Basics line is back with these 6 colours! Get dUCk-ed today! Check these out and also FV’s new arrivals today here.
View Articlesofina preorder starts
Alhamdulillah, I still can’t believe that the Sofina 3 handbag we released all sold out within an hour. Then, we restocked earlier this month, and again all 6 colours sold out! Thank you so so so much...
View Articlemars and venus
Dean always shares articles with me especially if it’s e-commerce related… or just plain amusing (like that news that Bruce Jenner is doing a sex change). I usually take my time reading them (I...
View Articlepish?
We’re trying to teach Daniel manners. The kind that is becoming lost art these days. You know, the please‘s, the thank you‘s and the excuse me‘s. Daniel is mimicking us pretty well although the actual...
View Articlewatching football with dean
Pantang makes you really bored. Like today, I must’ve been at the peak of the boredness mountain because I watched football with Dean. I was so happy to see Dean come home after a function he attended,...
View Articleour recent funding
This was the big news I was dying to tell you guys before it released in the media. Thank you to all media who featured us! Dean and I have been trying to raise funds for FashionValet for over a year...
View Articlegraduated second pantang
It’s past 30 days of pantang, can you believe it?! As much as I complain, time really does fly. I was telling Dean, “It’s already been 30 days! Wow pantang isn’t so bad this time round,” and he turned...
View Article#schaxfv
I’m too excited to share this with you guys. Our second celebrity collaboration (remember our Nora Danish one for Raya last year??) is with the ever cool and stylish Scha Alyahya! Presenting Scha...
View Articlejim the clown
Toots turned 28 this week. As usual, we love to make it special for one another. Special = totally embarrassing. Seriously, we’re really just little children inside…. It was a working day and Toots...
View Articlefocusing on mariam
I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have pressed “Add New Post” on my blog. Just when I’m about to type, Daniel will come running tugging on my blouse for something. Then, after I have...
View Articlemariam’s labour story: a hormonal start
Ok so it’s time to blog about Mariam’s delivery before I have a third child. Haha. (You can read about Daniel’s delivery here – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) My labour this second time around was so similar...
View Articleback and ready
Back at work and I’m lovinggggg it!!! I missed the workplace, I miss my colleagues and I miss the stress. Wearing scarf from dUCk and jacket and pants from aere (absolutely love the texture and they...
View Articledainty vs not dainty
Mariam is one of the noisiest babies I know. I imagine her to be all dainty and elegant, but nooooo. She grunts in her sleep, she gulps milk down with actual chomp chomp chomp sound, and when she...
View Articlebag your heritage
I’ve been obsessed with sling bags recently, and this one from FV caught my eye. Sakura Malaysia just released a whole collection of embossed bags with heritage elements, of course I would be among the...
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