raya 2018
Just one of those quiet nights. Fadza is out watching football with his friends at mamak shop (it’s World Cup season now, wife needs to be understanding #rolleyes) and the kids are fast asleep so I’m...
View Articlebedtime routine
Sighhhhhhh. Just put the kids to sleep and tonight was extra special. Daniel hugged me to sleep and Mariam held my hand tight until she fell asleep. Just a few minutes before that they were cheeky...
View Articleneither praises nor insults
I haven’t been blogging about work much lately because (a) so many things are happening so fast and at the same time so by the time I’m on it, it’s already old news and I’m on the next thing and (b)...
View Articlethe mysterious case of missing pencils
What is it with our kids and the universal mystery of missing pencils?! I keep having to buy new pencils for Daniel (actually come to think of it… eraser, ruler, colour pencils, sharpeners…) until I...
View Articlewrite so you never forget
I’m staring at the blank box to pour my words in and that beautiful feeling is coming back – the blogger in me is alive again! I haven’t blogged for almost 2 months guys… TWO MONTHS! It’s been a crazy...
View Articlegetting nervous
I woke up in the middle of the night last night and suddenly it hit me. Omg Baby S is coming next month. Next month, I’m going to be a mom of 3. Suddenly I got nervous. Am I going to be a competent...
View Articlethird trimester woes
I’m usually a cheerful and positive person (still am!) but I’ve gotta be completely honest – these last few weeks of pregnancy are proving to be super letih-licious, just like how it was for Daniel and...
View Articlemeet sarah
For Daniel, I remember blogging asap to announce his birth. For Mariam, I was busy adjusting to having two kids, that I took about a week to announce on my blog. Third baby? #prayforthirdbaby I’m 24...
View Articlesarah’s tahnik
Our little family did a tahnik for Sarah to celebrate her one week into this world. We did it for Daniel and Mariam before, and so the tradition continues. It was supposed to be a small do with just...
View Articlecheating confinement
“I’m actually excited for confinement this time, guys. I’m so going to do it properly. I’m going to just chill and watch all the Netflix I want,” I remember saying to Toots and Mimak during pregnancy....
View Articlemariam the playa
Ignore my previous blog post guys. I totally cheated and went to work for a couple of hours and then picked up kids from school, then went home and spent the whole day with Baby Sarah in my kain batik...
View Articlehello, anybody still here?
Wow has it really been 5 months? I’ve missed seeing this white blank box on my screen so much, but between Instagram and Youtube, I really don’t know how to fit blogging into it as well. That is, with...
View Article#dudukrumahdiamdiam
Knock knock. Who’s there? Me. Me who? Mee goreng no sayur. BAHAHHAHAHAHAH. As you can see, I’m still hilarious even in 2020. I miss writing so much and I’ve been in lockdown for a while. Don’t worry,...
View Articlehappy birthday to anybody
Every time March comes, I dread it. So many birthdays to plan for! I would’ve just finished throwing Mariam’s birthday party end Fed. Mommy birthday is on the 11th, Boot’s birthday is on the 13th,...
View ArticleYa Allah, I would like a….
It’s Day 20 of the covid19 quarantine now and I haven’t blogged for just a few days. It’s been, umm, the usual; reading, working, being a public scrutiny, getting death threats, reading a couple books,...
View Articlethat will never work
I had an MCO vision. In that vision, I’m lying down everyday reading a book. In that vision, I finish one book everyday, and in fact that one Sunday the kids were being so quiet and well-behaved that I...
View Articlefadza’s mco birthday
Not gonna lie, guys. Being with someone CONSTANTLY on their birthday is HARD. I felt so pressured to make Fadza the best birthday ever, overcompensating because I felt so bad that he couldn’t see his...
View Articleprestige april 2020 cover
I’ve been living in kaftans again and my makeup brushes are probably wondering if I’m still alive… so this is a nice change: I’m on the cover of Prestige magazine this month! The magazine is out but...
View Articlethe ramadhan we didn’t see coming
Just finished our first terawih prayers together for this Ramadhan! Happy Ramadhan guys!!!! We’ve entered into the holy month and we’re lucky enough to be given the chance to restart, refresh,...
View Articlemoms are always the photographers
So Mother’s Day was 2 days ago. The kids (basically Fadza) was so sweet they gave me a dried leaves thingy in a box… I asked Fadza what it was, he said decoration. Ok. Then they gave me a card that...
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