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It’s been more than two months since my last update. What’s with the newborn, the new home, children’s schoolwork, and having to ‘entertain’ the helper’s antics, no doubt my maternity leave has never been busier. No chance to ‘action tai-tai‘ walk around Orchard Road shopping with baby on weekdays like I used to during my last maternity leave.
‘Action tai-tai’ two years ago when Anaqi was just a little baby.
So what happened during my absence from blogville?
Friends came to visit.
05th and 6th Mar 2011 – I was still putting up at my parents’ when a couple of my old friends and BFFs came to visit, and showered baby Aqeil with gifts. Thank you lovely aunties and uncles for your generosity.
(More photos are up on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157626584375615/)
New ‘toys’ to play with.
10th Mar 2011 - It was the first day of IT Show 2011, P and I headed down to Suntec Convention Centre where we had plans to recce camera lenses, but were saddened when told that Canon lenses were not available for sale during the show. We then made a quick pitstop to Nubox to check on a few Apple products and in less than an hour, we were proud owners of this – an iMac! (Buh-bye Windows XP!). It comes with a 27″ LED-backlit display, 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB memory and 1TB of disk space! (yes, very tech stuff, I know)
Our purchase from the IT Show 2011.
12th Mar 2011 – After my disappointment of not getting the-badly-most-wanted-camera-lens at the IT Show, P and I decided to make a trip down to Cathay Photo at Peninsula Plaza to check out a few. I heard this place sells a huge range of camera lenses at reasonable prices and they’ve got excellent sales staff. Anyway, I tried out a couple of lenses on my own Canon EOS 40D and finally decided to get…
Sigma 18-250mm DC OS HSM
… and on top of that, I added an external flash to my checkout basket.
Canon Speedlite 430EX II Flash
Guess what (or who) are the first subjects to model their first tryout?
Chak!
Such are the things that excite me! (Dresses, bags and shoes, you say? Not quite as much.)
Sister’s Engagement & Birthday!
26th Mar 2011 – Yes, my little sister Dhiah is all so grown up now. On this day, she turned 25 years of age and got engaged! (Hey, wasn’t it only yesterday she woke up for kindergarten?). Anyway, she’s engaged to a Mohd Sadiq, who seems like a nice guy. I’ve seen him twice or thrice, but I haven’t spoken to him before. But I’m so happy for them both. Insyallah, semoga pertunangan mereka kekal hingga ke jinjang pelamin. Amin.
More photos on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157626585172549/
Stay tune for April happenings and Housewarming entries in my upcoming posts soon.
Today we celebrated my cousin Ridhwan’s engagement. If all goes well, he’ll tie the knot in two years’ time. Such a grown-up he is now. It seems like only years ago we played ‘fights’. Really, we used to fight for no apparent reason, just for the fun of it. I think we’re still in kindergarten/pre-school at that time. I hope he doesn’t bear grudges against me, because I started most of them if not all (oops). Fast forward 20-odd years later, he’s already engaged! And his fiancee Nadia is looking very ravishing in that gold outfit!
It was afternoon when I reached his place today. I had brought Misha, Mika and Ipul along. The husband and Baby Anaqi stayed behind at home. I try not to let the little one be exposed to crowds as yet in his current condition.
The gifts were all ready. We just needed to add a few last minute touch-ups to beautify them further. Taking photos was a challenge for me especially with the kids in tow. Thankfully, I’ve got help from Syiq, a second-cousin of mine. The pictures turned out beautiful! (Thanks, Syiq!).
When Rid’s entourage left for his fiancee’s (which is just a stone’s throw away), the kids and I stayed behind to enjoy the deliciously-prepared food, courtesy of my uncle, Caca.
Congratulations Ridhwan and Nadia on your engagement!
This isn’t confirmed yet, but it’s most probable that P’s family is gonna come over to my house sometime in February to discuss the wedding plans. Things are getting serious here, and I’m getting excited and partially nervous all the same.
