Happy birthday Ali Imran

 Ali Imran is 8 today. It's been a long week, month..... Whatever...... I think we had a pretty good month even though its super hot back at home, the temperature here is very different. It rains in the late afternoons.

I miss sailing ☹️ I especially miss sailing the 470 with Shu ⛵

I've gotten sick twice at least, once was a really bad case of acute gastritis. I managed to work out a couple of times which was pretty good considering how hot the temperature was, I was afraid of dehydration but I was OK 😁

We decided to skip Hari Raya celebrations altogether and hungout doing whatever we couldn't do all month long.

We went to watch the Super Mario Bros movie which was pretty good. I like how they kept the storyline accurate. Can't say I'm a big fan of the voice actors but I thought seeing Mario and Luigi was nice.

We were hanging around Sunway Pyramid and doing some shopping. Lunching. Coffee.

Today, we took the kids to the Splash Mania waterpark over at Gamuda Cove. It's nice coz it's new and big. The kids had fun 😊

I love the pirate ship ❤️

Hello world 👋🏼

 It's February. Nothing much happened. We've been spending so much time in KL/Selangor in the past couple of weeks. Shu had some stuff to do. I realised that whenever I'm in this area, all I ever do is shop. Why is that?

Honestly, I needed a new rash vest. I've been using the one I've had since probably 2014. I'm just preparing for it to fall apart at this point. Also, I decided to get myself a cap. I'm not much of a cap person but eversince I started sailing, I'm beginning to see a need for it. Not sure if it's my style though........

We did some VR too. I'm not a fan of it but the kids couldn't get enough of it so we either have to keep going back to the arcade to play or we'd have to get a few for home use.

We spent a lot of time at parks too. Which is fun since we didn't have any access to beaches. Also, there were lakes so...... It's water. Still and calm water. Fresh water plants.

It's hard to back track exactly what happened when because we travelled home for a bit and then headed back to KL/Selangor. We had to repack because we realised that we needed some things more than others. I managed to workout which was great. I tend to lose track of time when I'm not at home. Our routine gets jumbled up and we tend to eat out which isn't great for my tummy.

Having said that, I discovered that I lost some weight too 🤔

Safiyya had been asking for her toys which we left behind when we moved last year so Shu went ahead to get them. We managed to go to IKEA over in MyTown. The kids missed that place. Our boys have come to love IKEA and showrooms because they are interested in designing their own bedrooms now. We'll probably be back for more furnitures soon.

At home, while we've been slowly trying to get the 2 grown kittens out of the house, it turns out that Chai (the female kitten) had been missing. I'd like to believe that she's found a better place to live or give birth or mate or whatever. She's been missing before but never this long. I hope she's OK. 

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 Try pronouncing that as you sing a Deutsch song...... As a non-native speaker........ 😂

It's been a long week. We made a quick trip to KL to shop. Well, I needed to replenish my coffee and the kids wanted to go to Toys 'R' Us. The main objective was to get Shu's clothes coz he wanted a specific brand and we knew the one place that could cover all grounds.

Yup, we headed south....... Not south south but souther than east of KL.......

This seems to be our home whenever we come here. The kids love it. I don't mind the spa here and we don't have to worry about parking when heading out to the mall. So much win.

We couldn't go to our favourite park in Cyberjaya coz the weather here was raining all day and night. I was living in a hoodie. Not complaining. It's a change because where we currently live, the weather bounces back and forth from 25 degrees celcius in the evening to 32 degrees celcius in the day.

Made a quick stop to see my parents in Taman Tun. Met my brother Azim whom I had not seen since the beginning of the pandemic. He hugged me and immediately caught on to the scent of Dirty....... Hahaha...... I forgot how much he used to be obsessed with that scent back when he used to visit my sister in Sydney.

My dad was trying to get rid of some of his stuff so he gave us some paragliding rope and carabiners........

Made it back in time for Independence Day celebration...... We got up later than planned coz we had been driving all day the day before but we did manage to park and walked so far to where the celebration was held. It was worth it.......

We had a blast........

Oh yeah, one of the other goals to our trip to KL was to visit Shu's sister over at her new house. She had really done up the place and it looked awesome! We hope to get her contractors to come work on our house soon....... We have quite a lot to work on......... 

I finally told my husband......

That I wanted to shop at this particular store and he took me there. Our conversation after shopping was:-

Me: Heh......I thought I was gonna do a lot more damage......

Husband: I know. I was expecting more.....

shoppin'

It's been a while since Shu and I splurged out (like REALLY SPLURGED) on stuff.Got up early this morning.Had brunch at Yellow Cab in KL.Shu took me to Sephora (Star Hill Gallery).I was there to get a few things.One was to get a birthday gift for my sister.The other stuffs were random things I've been wanting to try.

I managed to pick out something for my sister and for the longest time I spent in the store,I was looking for the Benefit 10.They had a benefit aisle but that particular item was not in stock.I then walked around looking for other things.I ended up trying out a dry shampoo and got ourselves a tub of body scrub.

After that,we headed over to Pavillion across the street.We walked in and out of shops and after a while,we somehow ended up going into Parkson.There was a Carolina Herrera booth out front and Shu headed straight for it.The promoter sprayed on the EDTs on us (masculine and feminine).I honestly did not like the new EDT for girls one bit.Shu however,kinda liked the one for guys but it wasn't the one he's been looking for.We spent some time trying to figure out whether or not to get the promotional set and stuff.Finally,we decided to get the 212 MEN.The smell is AWESOME.

As we walked in on our way to the cashier,we stopped by at the Benefit counter.I insisted on looking for the Benefit 10.The promoter sprayed on some of the new scent by Benefit onto my right wrist.I told her I wasn't looking for a perfume.I had something specific in mind.I asked her about the product I wanted.Then,before getting the product behind the counter for me,she took out the Bene-Tint and put some onto my right cheek.She said "This is a liquid blusher.It matches any skin tone" I was annoyed.

Firstly,she put something onto my cheeks without first informing me.Secondly,she only put it onto one of my cheeks.She blended the product out and it did give me some blush instead of looking all pale the way I usually would.But again,I wasn't looking for a liquid blush!Then,she put it onto my lips and put a gloss on it.I was a bit irritated coz I did tell her wasn't gonna buy that stuff.And the worst part was that she didn't even take out a fresh wand to put those testers onto my skin.She applied them directly with the same applicator from the bottle!WTF?!

I then told her,those items are awesome but I really just wanted the Benefit 10.She took one out for me and I headed for the cashier.Oh yeah,about the product I got.......after applying the liquid blushers onto my cheeks and lips,the promoter then applied some of the bronzer onto my face.Wait,more like ALL OVER my face!WTF?!!!I ended up looking a whole lot tanner than my usual skin tone!WTF?!

Anywho,we managed to get stuff we wanted.Later on,we headed to TTDI.Our initial plan was to hang around my folks' place for a bit and catch a movie later in the evening.We then got tired so we hungout at a mamak with my siblings-Qarim,Wuh-Ney and Azim-and headed straight home.

The movie can wait.We have a long day tomorrow ^_^

OMFG!

I was calculating how much I have spent on cosmetics in the last couple of months.I cannot begin to explain myself but Shu said (to make me feel better) that all those things I spent on are worth every cent.

Well,I'd say they are but if he says so then it must be something positive ;)

Managed to stay away from malls today.

*I kinda think something was up coz the amount of people at the malls and on the roads aren't as many as there usually would be :/ It's not a bad thing at all,really.Maybe things should be kept this way ;) I really thought that people were stocking up for war or something coz on Wednesday night,everyone did not leave the mall when it was getting late and people still kept on coming in and shopping!

Anywho,my sister proposed a make up shopping trip on Friday afternoon.So far,(as much as I know I shouldn't buy anyMORE cosmetics) I should be free then ^_^

*Gonna have to check with Sarah if she'd like to join us.If not,we can always go shopping earlier in the week ;)