Aisyah's Progress At 15 Months

Smlm x hapdet sbb sedey psl gmbr yg nak ditepek di sini of Aisyah mkn pancakes 6 kpg sekaligus (dia bukak sendiri plastik n amik semua dlm plastik tu -- tp x de la mkn abis pon!) and mkn mcm mkn Big Mac (nganga luas2), itu telah hilang. Siap dpt capture video lg of dia refusing nak bg pancakes tu kat Ibu or Ayah dia bila diminta, siap sorok celah ketiak dia okeh, punya kemut x nak share. I even got the title up in my head dah utk entry tu, 'Sharing Is Caring', tp kan... ada org tu gi adjust time n date setting of my camera yg busuk itew, makanya, hilang semua gmbr. Yg lain I've already transferred, those particular ones je x sempat lg. Fuming la jg, tp tp nak wat mcm mana... benda dah jd.. so x de mood la nak cerita apa2 smlm...

Anyway, ptg smlm gi jumpa Aisyah nya Health Visitor. Last pegi masa dia genap setahun. Now dia dah setahun 3 bulan. Ni dia the little star dgn brave nya naik scale. Kat tepi tu la HV dia, Nurse Emma Wolveridge. Baik dia. Sbnarnya awal2 tu dgn nurse lain, tp tukar slot sbb bising ah nurse tu, kondem kita x bg mkn betul2 kat Aisyah dsb nya, walhal kita dah cuba bg mcm2 tp berat budak tu naik takat tu je kan. Nurse Emma ni baik, x pernah marah2, dan redha aje la dah berat Aisyah mcm tu.

PS: Sila take note tarikh di gmbr itu telah jd betul.

Berat dia?

Jeng. Jeng. Jeng.

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A whopping 9.5 kg!!

Hepi rasanya, sbb last timbang dia adalah 7.72 kg shj at 12 months. Dah la sblm tu, tiap2 kali pergi naik 200 gram sahaja, sbb sejak dtg UK berat dia mcm payah sgt nak naik:

Birth (June 2008) 3.84 kg
6 mo (Dec 2008) 6.70 kg
7 mo (Jan 2009) 6.80 kg
8 mo (Feb 2009) 7.04 kg
9 mo (Mar 2009) 7.36 kg
10 mo (Apr 2009) 7.52 kg
11 mo (May 2009) 7.70 kg
12 mo (June 2009) 7.72 kg (ni sbb dia demam)
15 mo (Sep 2009) 9.50 kg <--- Semalam

Health Visitor tu pon suka la, sbb Aisyah dah naik dari 9th centile kpd 25th centile. Tinggi dia pon sama, she measures 74 cm, which is 25th centile jgk, so proportionate la kiranya.

Alhamdulillah....

Before balik, discuss sket psl teeth care and HV sarankan agar Aisyah diberhentikan puting (dummies dia), sbb katanya, after a year old, nnt budak susah nak tinggal dah habit tu. Aiyoo... harus start slowly buang habit tu dah. Reason bg Aisyah puting is bcoz dia suka sgt gigit atau jilat anything around the house, so to stop that, bg puting, dia x jilat la everywhere, BUT nurse tu ckp, better bg dia explore je, coz kuman mmg ada di mana2 pon, even dummies pon leh jd unhygenic sbnarnya. Betul kah?

Anyway, ni gmbr Aisyah the superb little girl. Skang nak ke mana2 kena pakaikan dia topi dah, topi yg proper bkn summer hat utk lindung dari sun too, sbb skang dah mmg terasa la angin Autumn, dah x bole nak tipu diri sendiri lg psycho kata masih summer, sbb angin mmg dah sejuk... Brr...!

Hari Ahad Pergi Carboot..

On Sunday, aku sekeluarga telah pegi ke Carboot di Stonehouse Creek. Ni adalah luxury outing buat kami, sbb nak jalan kaki jauh carboot ni, so skali skala je la pegi naik teksi. Ni pon sbb pikir lps ni dah winter kang, lg susah n x byk peniaga plak kat carboot tu. Plus sapa nak tahan sejuk2 gi belek brg2 kat carboot tu kan.

Tujuan utama adalah nak carikan koleksi toys utk Aisyah. Spjg beraya rumah org, dia telah menunjukkan minat terhadap toys budak2 lain yg ada roda. So kitaorg nak cari la mcm car ke, train ke, utk dia. Plus beberapa toys lain yg harapnya lebih interaktif dan membina minda. Sbb toys kat umah tu mcm dia dah boring la. Mungkin dah seswai dgn umur dia, x pon dia dah jemu :P

Alhamdulillah, hasil rembatan adalah amat bernas dan memuaskan skali. All in all under 15 pounds kot, termasuk my stuff, and Hubs' collectors comic. Hehe... sukeeeeeeeeee......!

Ni Aisyah bergaya dgn toys dia. Ada train, ada car, ada moving caterpillar, ada phone, ada drum, ada rolling caterpillar and two books - one tu the touch & feel kind, and the other tu a pop-up story book. A great catch indeed, I would say. Plus, sempat belikan dia bathing suit ni. Comey kan? Masih belom dipakai lg, siap ada tag harga (Mothercare you!), and ada hygenic sticker lg kat bottom dia, so mmg berani gerenti la lom pakai. Konfem kena bawak dia gi swimming ni, baju renang dah ada. Must really order baju swimsuit Muslimah itu skang. Umei, jd x kita order nih?




Also, beli nih - botol air yg ada straw. Dah jelas anak I terror minum air pakai straw, so beli la satu. Yg ni baru, dkt geri jual brg plastik, so konfem la bkn 2nd hand. Aisyah ni dah bole minum from glass without spilling, but beli kan aje sbb nmpk dia cam dah berkenan. Harapnya lps ni x de la dia asyik nak perabis kan air si Aqil bila ada playdate sbb tgk kawan tu nyer botol air ada straw instead of the boring spout yg ada pd sippy cup dia.




Ni gmbr Aisyah pada hari ni (Isnin), pakai baju turtle neck and seluar leggings yg dibeli Sabtu lps (as last two entries). Yg dia tgh berlari tu sbb dia berjaya 'cilok' rempah sup dari kabinet dapur, and bila aku panggil dia, mencecet dia lari. Ewah... berjaya sgt la tu. Siap amik dua plastik, satu utk sebelah tgn.






Yg ni plak dia dok main toys. Mmg dia henjoy habis la toys ni. Berbaloi beli :)

Hub's Little Birthday Celebration

On Saturday, kami tiga beranak ke town utk top up sket brg2 dapur dan beli beberapa keperluan lainnya, namely pakaian Aisyah kerana anak dara ku itu telah membesar dgn sihat, makanya byk seluar2 yg senteng, baju yg kecik dsb nya. Plus, autumn is fast apporaching, so perlu la pakai baju yg sesuai dgn musimnya ni. Dah x bole nak pakai short sleeves dah, must get her proper long sleeves bluses or shirts dah, even utk basahan nak duduk rumah shj pon.

These are hasil pembelian smlm...




We got her four long sleeve shirts, two of which are turtle neck (cute kan? I so love the little rosey one! Knp x de utk saiz dewasa ye pattern ini ;P). We also bought her 2 seluar bahasan kat umah dan 6 pasang tights. Kat UK ni masa Summer xde jual tights, so yg Aisyah dah ada skang adalah sgt2 la kecik. Kesian dia. Btw, Aisyah ni dah bole pakai pakaian ikut saiz omputih la plak, as in pakai size 12-18 months. Dulu2 slalu beli one size smaller, but I guess she has either caught up, or dia still kurg berat, but dah agak tinggi. Kalo beli one size smaller still muat, tp in a couple of weeks kena gi beli baru lg.

Also, we also bought these. Ni adalah bib mkn Aisyah yg baru. Siap ada 4 dah skang. Slalunya kitaorg pasrah je kalo dia make a mess masa mkn, but kini tidak lg. Dgn adanya bib ni, baju dia dah x comot lg. Sblm ni x pernah jumpa yg made from fabrik, asyik jumpa yg material mcm raincoat tu, but those are for art work la kan, like when the kids are painting or using glue, so x seswai la plak. Anyway, love the writing on the bibs, tho'. Satu adalah tema princess, satu lg tema monster, huhu... Ni beli kat Sainsbury's.



Skang sejak dia dah pandai berjalan sendiri ni, asyikkkk la x nak duduk dlm stroller dah. Independent la kan. Nak jalan sama. Tp asyikkk la stop sana, stop sini... semua nak sentuh. So, mengenangkan keselamatan, singgah la Mothercare, beli Walking Harness ni.Tp dia punya nangis bila pakaikan, Ya Rabbi! Last2 berdukung je la. Dia x suka kot kena ikat. Xpe, kena introduce slow2 lg. Ada sejenis lg, yg ikat dkt lengan dia, tu lagi murah, but takut la plak kalo tertarik kuat kang terkehel lengan ke kan. Yg ni at least nmpk mcm dia carry bag, and balance la sket, coz centre kan harness dia.



Next stop, gi Restoran Al-Basha, nak celebrate Hubs' nye Belated Birthday. However, sedikit tension kerana spjg2 ke sana, Aisyah tu gelisah. Duduk dlm stroller nangis, suruh jalan, nangis, kena dukunggggg je. Dah la jauh gak nak kena menapak ni, dgn stroller lg, tarik tong grocery tu lg. Aiseh... mesti dia lapar ni. Maklumla, lunch td mkn roti dgn deep fried breaded scampi je, sbb konon nak 'mkn besar' kat sini. Oh, did you guys know what scampi is? Aku baru tahu rupanya dia sejenis udang. Selalu konfius dgn scallop, iaitu sejenis kerang. Ni rupa scampi dan scallop respectively. Saja... nak share :)





Ok, ni gmbr2 celebration. I would the food 7/10 kot, coz a little bland for my taste. Quite pricey, but portion is huge. Service time not bad if you're out with friends, but when you are with a cranky, hungry kid, terasa lambat la plak. Wished we were at Mamak's instead. Siap boss!

Mula2 tu bole la control cun, posing2 ngan Ibu, amik gmbr sana, amik gmbr sini...






Ni muka dah nak start restless...




Garuk sana...



Garuk sini...



Ok, air sampai dulu. Minum air dulu ye Aisyah. Btw, terbukti keterroran dia minum air drpd straw. X tahu kat mana belajar. Sbb nya, mana pernah Ibu Ayah dia minum pakai straw kat sini. Lain la kalo di Msia, asyik mkn kat luar. Instinct dia je kot.




Ok, trick minum air pon dah x jalan. Gelisah n lapar dah ni, budak ni... Ibu pon siap kutuk2 dlm hati, 'Berapa lama lagi daaaa.... ini kambing mau masak deyyyyy'....




Finally, appertizer sampai.... Hourra Potatoes & Chicken Wings serta complimentary naan breads...




My Auzie Lamb. Skali sampai, ambik ko, besau lengan!




Hubs nyer Kastaleta Lamb. Yg ni lg sedap than my Lamb, tp x dak nasik la plak. Dua2 lamb pon lembut dan sedap la tp. Aisyah pon bole enjoy.




At least, si anak gadis itu duduk diam. Aisyah mkn mcm pro. Even roti naan kosong pon dia bedal mcm sedap sgt. Lapar la katakan... Kesian dia. Tu la, lain kali, masa org bg mkn (lunch td), jgn main2... fokus mkn tu...




Muka Birthday Boy yg maintain hensem di mata I... he's holding my gift to him... Pemberian penuh kasih syg nih...





I got Hubs an automatic golf ball returner, utk dia prektis putting di musim winter, just in case
he doesn't get a chance to play at all in the winter, at least lps gak gian kan. Or bole polish skills putting siap2, come summer dah terror ngeh ngeh...

So that was how we spent our Saturday. Happy Belated Birthday Hubs. May All Good Things Come Your Way... Lotsa Love From Your Wife (& Also from Aisyah)...

Open House (Rumah Wak)

Ptg Jumaat lepas perjumpaan ngan SV tu, gi Open House kat umah Wak & Mal. Sampai pon dah lambat la, but it was good nonetheless. Menu: Nasi Himpit, Kuah Kacang, Ungkep Daging, Mee Hailam. Yum yum... terima kasih tuan rumah, balik opis terus dah kenyang, x yah pikir psl masak memasak, senang hati... hehehe

Post-Raya Supervision

Seperti biasa, lps jumpa SV je, tgn mesti gatal nak memblog....

Alhamdulillah, meeting went very well. Sgt hepi. Spt expected, scripting tu x dpt siapkan. In fact, x sempat start pon, sbb smlm n pg td busy duk wat summary of things I had already done, problems I encountered along the way, how I solved it (yg berjaya dan x berjaya), literatures I read to help me solve it, and lakaran idea of my newly proposed method. Tp my SV seemed genuinely excited with my input td.

Lebih syok lg dia siap bole sudahkan my ayat (meaning he understands what I am blabbing, maka idea tu x de la disgustingly busuk sgt ye x?), and dia punya concern was the same concern that I had (tp I tulis on another piece of paper titled 'Issues', tp belom bentang kat dia masa tu bcoz he had cut me -- so at least I am aware of the little shortfall of this method, and bkn lah spt kena attack dgn tiba2 oleh SV ttg kemungkinan kekhilafan idea ini).

Anyway, dia suruh proceed and x sabar nak dgr first piece of automated composition coming from this. That is a scary thought, sbb altho pelan telah lulus on paper, carrying it out dlm dunia algoritma and kod adalah sesuatu yg amat berbeza. X pe la, slow2...

Hasil perbincangan lebih kurg 35 minit td, ni dia list of things I need to do before the next meeting (meeting dia sebulan skali je, tp punya la byk input skali jumpa tu - I very, very liiiiikeeeeeee!):





TO DO (After 25/09/09 Meeting):

1. Finish the program
--> by introducing "r" (random value)
--> for pitch class selected, choose another random octave
--> concatenate + play newly formed playlist :)

2. Write Transfer Report (5000 words max)


Terserlah lah bahawasanya bykkkkk lg nak kena buat in this short space of time. Ya Allah, permudahkanlah segalanya buat hambaMu ini, Amin...

As for now, nak solat Asar, then nak sign off awal sket la hari ni. Wak n Mal ada wat open house, patutnya start pkl 4 ptg, tp ni dah 5.15 ptg dah. Mungkin dlm pkl 6 ptg baru leh gi anak beranak ke rumah diorg nih. Nak wat camne, baru abis discussion.

Ok la, have a nice weekend everyone. Ca cin cau!

Post-Raya

Hari ni Raya ke-5 (masa tgh post ni la). So still ada feeling raya2 gitu, so nak share pics beraya di sini. Gmbr nukilan Shue, except for the very first one tangkapan oleh Bard.
















Saja nak share gmbr2 raya baru ni yg x tertepek lg di blog. Lama plak x menjengah blog kesayangan jiwa nih.

Beberapa hari x update bkn sbb sibuk beraya, tp sibuk wat kerja. Esok my SV nak jumpa so tgh terkocoh2 nak crank up the speed kan. Typical! :P

Actually, dah beberapa ketikanya mcm blur2 nak proceed mcm mana. Suruh truncate, sudah. Normalized, sudah. Formed Markov Chain, sudah. Buat matrix, sudah. So lps tu mcm hang x tahu nak wat apa dgn transition matrix tu. X tahu nak konar guna binary and then apply City Block Distance utk dptkan distance measurement antara setiap segments lagu, atau nak compare values di matrix tu dgn Pair-wise Comparison dsb nya (tp yg ni mcm x tepat la plak). Lama... melangut. Dari sblm raya. Dok cari2, dok baca2, dok google2. Mencari ilham.

Alhamdulillah, dgn izin Allah, tgh2 kebluran dan almost rasa mcm nak ckp je ngan SV esok, "I'm lost", mcm nmpk la plak jalan kebenaran di ptg hari ni. Siap laju2 lagi try, sbb takut false alarm je (ni kerap gak berlaku, rasa mcm eh dah jadi, da jadi, dah bole solve, dah bole solve, skali, eh silap calculate... ngeeee... malu je excited awal2). But so far looks looks good. Tp x tau lg bole wat script ke x. On paper dah jadi, wat mock simulation (by pencil -- lama gile ok?) berkali2, just nak tgk ok ke x. Hopefully x lupa la camni wat benda ni.

One tight cinch tho', SV nak jumpa ESOK. So how leh, bole siap script ka? Dah pkl 6.40 dah ni kak oiii! *pengsan!*

Hmmm... most likely kena lakar pakai pensil dan kertas je la dpn dia esok. X yakin leh siap script nya, kena exploit matrix, weight, and assign random value ni, mcm makan masa (for me la, x tau kalo ada org yg suka kan cabaran programming and bole buat under sejam). So we'll see how it goes. At least diskas psl my newly 'enlightened' approach. Tolong doakan aku.

P/S: Aku x tido lps Subuh ini hari. Itu pasal kah ilmu masuk agaknya?