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Aydin first Miri trip

Travelling with Aydin is much harder than what we thought. Now that he is mobile, it was really challenging to keep him entertained in the car. He was crawling all over and at some time got really fed up and just mengusuting all the way. The funny thing is the minute that we parked our car he is so happy and jumped to the front to me for jalan.

We bought him lots of pyjamas and baju rumah which were so damn cheap in Miri. Stuff that would cost us B$20 in Brunei we can easily get it for Rm15 in Miri..so understandly mommy got a bit crazy buying his baju. The Yusbird told us that they must have spent RM400 on Dalila alone hehe.

One highlight must be in the new Miri Starbucks in which Aydin just got really hyper. Not sure if its the smell of caffeine or the fact he is out in the open in an airconditioned room, he was just in this super playful mood laughing and screaming the place down. Both Aydin and Dalila had their first taste of danish and blueberry muffin. Daddy also figured out a creative technique of changing his diapers in the car while he is standing without removing his pants,..see not just a pretty face hehe: ).

Daddy and Mommy also finally managed to get hold of buying a new fresh pair of shoes. We both needed one especially for me as the last time i bought my working shoes was when were in Australia duirng our honeymoon. My manky boots has been the subject of ridicule in the office in which it is labelled by my bosses as my worn out dancing shoes.

At the end of the day...we came back with lots of crumbs in the car...tons of Aydin pyjama.s.one farty daddy ffrom eating lots of KFC and a mighty painful back and shoulder rfom carrying him around..but its all worth it.!

Mommy Incoming

Aydin's incredibly active now and if possible would like to walk everywhere. In my arms, he makes sudden dives for the floor reaching his arms up as if to say, 'Time to walk, Mommy!' And he can be really fast, almost as if he is running. Its just a matter of time as he can now manage to walk holding on with just one hand to me sometimes. My determined little guy.

With more teeth coming through on his upper jaw, his diarrhea is still not abating. Babycentre.co.uk says its because he is swallowing the excess saliva from the teething and its making his tummy acidic. The extra saliva is basically coming out in his stool. Must be a lot of saliva, thats all I can say! Its been over a week. Luckily he seems fine, running around and playing with no signs of dehydration.

He's enjoying eating nasi and bits from Mommy and Daddy's plates now in addition to the usual bubur. Bits of ayam, fish, potato and sayur. He loves it but he hasnt quite learned that food has to be chewed before its swallowed so some of it gets vomited out. He also doesnt quite know how to stop when he's full sometimes. I just give him tiny bits and take my time giving him the next bite.

Sleeping problems are also part of the teething adventure making my nightly pumps very unpredictable. Some nights I didnt get a chance at all to pump with Aydin waking frequently throughout the night. Other nights I have to do it before 3am as after that he is a light sleeper, waking fully at any sound and thinking its play time. Yesterday he was up from 4.45 after sleeping at 10.30 with me. I did not manage a pump yesterday night. :S I hate it when that happens because it usualy means that I will be at least 5 ounces less than what he takes in during the day. It also makes my overall yeild per pump decrease somewhat. Less stimulation for my brain to maintain high production. So tonight I will be setting the alarm (on vibrate) to 2am. Lucky me hey?

Almost there

Aydin is now 9 months 3 weeks and really trying hard to walk. He is still not confident about taking his first step though we cant say that he didnt try. I am sure he will start walking next month and probably its time to invest on that steel cage to protect my decepticons and autobots collections...

Yesterday Mommy and Daddy went to a farewell function for Daddy`s big boss. Daddy managed to convince mommy to read a poem in a very shakespherical way.,not something mommy would normally do and she did deliver it really well! Congrats and well done mommy!

Bubble goatie

Selamat Naik Haji Nenek Beribi and Aunty Stinky

Good luck and semoga dapat Haji yg mabrur : ).

Aydin: Random 9 months

Got Milk?

Sleepy head

Its 3pm at the office and Daddy is yawning like crazy. Mommy got no excuse to be sleepy as she had more than an hour sleep with Aydin this morning after taking him to panaga clinic for a check up. Poor baby, he is having a diarherra problem and explained the moody and lots of stinky poos during the weekend. Sunday alone he must have pooed more than 8 times. No medication given other then to keep him hydrated and drink fresh breast milk...

Hope he will be ok soon..

Daddy is famous! hehe

UBD Alumni Urged To Spearhead Change

Bandar Seri Begawan - To change the view that Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) cannot produce quality graduates was one of the issues discussed in a dialogue with the UBD alumni yesterday.

This view was coupled with the perception that organisations in the country prefer to employ graduates from foreign universities than from UBD. While the perceptions may be true, Hj Mohd Zulazrin Hj Mohidin said that "as UBD students, we should prove others wrong". A graduate of BA (Hons) Economics in 2002, Hj Mohd Zulazrin said that a graduate's competence is evaluated not according to his degree classification or place of study but rather his soft skills. "Soft skills include networking, public speaking, team player and proactive," he said as one of the

panelists during the dialogue. The certificate of degree is "just a passport" to employment - not a guarantee that one will manage throughout his career life, said Hj Mohd Zulazrin, an employee at Brunei Shell Petroleum. In reference to this view, Hjh Nurliati Hj Mohd Idris from the Ministry of Finance, another panelist, said that "there are things (which) are beyond our control".

"However, if others can achieve (with all the limited resources), why can't we do it too?"

Albert Tan, an entrepreneur at Vincci, said that students should make use of the facilities provided.

He advised students not to look at Brunei as the only source of employment.

Referring her challenges as a Japanese speaking student studying at UBD, Chieko Tokuyama, a UBD graduate with a Masters Degree in Economics by Research in 2006 urged students not to run away from their mistakes but learn from the mistakes.

"The MoE is striving towards providing a complete landscape for higher education," he said, adding that the three universities, where two were newly established, should not duplicate in terms of the courses offered but complement one another.

The evolution in Brunei's education system is changing for the better and that two per cent of the country's GDP will be allocated for research and development. -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

Diary Flashback - 31 weeks 6 days

Tomorrow I will be 32 weeks along. I had a pretty big shock when I went along to Babycentre.co.uk and saw that I would be considered full-term in a mere 4 weeks. Where does all that time go? It seems to be just yesterday I was staring incredulously at a white stick with a megahuge grin on my face. I had to wait for Daddy-to-be to get back from golf before telling him in the car. Hehehe.

Its been a fairly smooth ride so far, alhamdulillah. I did the whole puke down the toilet thing in my first trimester, although not a lot of people seem to have noticed. I had to avoid strong garlicky, gingery, oniony, spicy smells and foods. Poor Daddy-to-be had a wonderful time indulging me with simple soups and letting me crash in the afternoons for a long nap on weekends.

With the second trimester, I got my appetite and energy back. I started swimming and continuing with Yoga... despite the weird looks I get at the pool... These looks have only gotten longer and more astonished the bigger I get now. I can see what they're thinking, 'that woman must be crazy! she's a whale!'. I dont think most preggy malay ladies are swimmers which is a shame since its supposed to be one of the best things you can do. Being non-weight-bearing and good at moving your whole body safely. Important to me is that you dont sweat... and it doesnt turn my fingers into sausages. The heat outside makes me swell like a balloon.

I am loving being pregnant. But there are some things I do miss... like coffee everything... tiramisu, starbucks, coffeebean... green tea, lipton tea, peach tea, lemon tea, heck any old tea... I've been pretty good at staying away from caffeine. *proud* I've foregone raw sushi and massage treatments. I've succumbed to breakouts and been denied pimple creams.

But all in all these are small things, feeling my Baby M move around in my belly and give his mommy a strong kick I feel how much of a miracle he is.

Where's Mommy?

Its very quiet now, Aydin's just gone down for his first nap of the day. He really does love to play, even though he's rubbing his eyes and yawning he pushes himself to stay awake. Especially when he has another little friend to play with. He gets very excited when Dalila is around. They kinda wrestle in a bid to play with the same toy. They both have a tendency to want whatever it is the other is playing with. Even if they werent interested in it to begin with. Hehehe. Luckily its all very cute with no tears. Its good that they learn to share from a young age.

Aydin's been getting fussier with his food, I have to trawl my Annabel Karmel book and the internet for recipes. The latest hit was red pepper, zucchini and chicken sauteed in unsalted butter and then simmered in baby apple juice. After blending with rice this was a pink bubur which was very tasty. Hehe.

Going to try fish with sweet potato, peas and carrots as well this weekend. Sounds nice kan?

Its also very funny when Aydin sees the cats.. he likes to get close and step on them, doing his little shrieks of excitement. Fortunately, our cats are a good-natured, somewhat lazy bunch and they just submit to it or run away. Hehe.

Last night, Aydin did a few more steps without support. He's well on his way to walking. My strong boy :)

First Pool experience

After the long wait, finally we went and took Aydin to the BSRC swimming pool. I just wish i got my camera with me as he seemed to be really enjoying himself in the pool. I realized babies got a natural tendencies to swim as his hands and legs just go on an auto flapping mode once he touched the water. It was such a fun scene to watch and we will try our best to make this a weekly affair.

Dins Dins with Uncle Arol.

Wrestling with Dalila

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