Muddy Playtime

It's rainy season. Yes, it is. The sky is cloudy, the road is wet and the playground near our housing area is all muddy and dirty. But that doesn't stop us from bringing our son to play! He loves the slide. He has been talking and requesting to us to bring him to play the slide for a few weeks now. Luckily today is a holiday and the weather this morning looks pretty nice to go out for a play at the playground, (also husband has been saying he needed a jog) so we brought him out to play! Look at this happy face!

Happy? or not?

Dirty shoes. But it's okay. At least you're having fun!

Cheaper Food at Gourmessa by Pok Brothers, Glenmarie

Husband and I took leave today to settle off some errands that we have been postponing. It has been a very great and productive day today. Let's see what we did today

1. We managed to get the GL (guarantee letter) from Proton (husband's employee) for ante-natal checkup and delivery at PPUM.
2. We managed to book for delivery at PPUM. They only accept bookings for delivery after 7 months of pregnancy (unless for special cases with doctor's referral note).
3. We managed to set an appointment for the 3D scan at Klinik Ajwa, Section 7. Going for my scan on December 6th 2013. Hoping to see my baby's gender more clearly with the scan (as well as to monitor baby's development clearly) Since we did one for Shareese last time, I think it's fair we do it for all our children. :)
4.  We (finally) managed to open up a savings account for Shareese. Took us long enough. He's already two and a half years old and we have been keeping all his money we got from relatives and friends in a box on the top shelf. (.-.) Talk about security. haha...ha... So anyways, that's done!
5. We did our usual grocery shopping
6. And after a long time of planning and wanting to pay a visit here, we finally made it to GOURMESSA.

Entrance Gate to Gourmessa

So what is Gourmessa? In Malaysia, it's a brand name of the frozen food sold at the grocery store. They mostly sell processed meat like salami, pastrami, ham, breakfast strips, etc. One of the distributor of Gourmessa is POK Brothers. It's warehouse is located in Glenmarie, Shah Alam and my husband's supervisor said that they sell the items so much cheaper here at the warehouse compared to the retails. They not only sell the processed meat here but also other products like dairy, frozen meat, frozen seafood, imported veges, imported canned food and much more at very low price! We bought Beef Pastrami, Turkey Breakfast strips and Chicken ham for roughly RM6 or less each. It gets cheaper if you buy in bulk though. 1kg of beef pepperoni only costs RM30+ (the last time I checked). 1kg is A LOT. We also bought Salmon chunks for RM22 (they sell it for RM45 per kg) and a large dory fillet for RM2.80! (which they normally sell such a size for RM6.50)

Do check out the place if you have time. I'm sure you'll find the place saves a lot of money for you. :p

Oh by the way, their products sold here are all HALAL and certified by JAKIM.

p/s: Did I mention they sell whipping cream, Millac Gold Brand, 1L box for RM10++... :O SUPERCHEAP!

The retail mart

Meat!!!

Seafood!

Photos of the shop. Taken from Pok Brothers Facebook Site.

Gourmessa Retail Mart at Pok Brothers
2, Jalan U1/24,
Hicom-Glenmarie Industrial Park,
40150 Shah Alam,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia 
Opening hours 8.00am - 5.00pm (Monday - Saturday). Closed on Sunday.

+603 7805 1001
pokbros@pokbrothers.com

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Of Disappointment and Expectations

I've been going for my antenatal checkup at Klinik Soraya section 3 out of recommendation from husband's supervisor/team leader. She said that the dcotors who are doing the check-ups are all female and very kind and helpful towards their patients. My first few visits there was pleasant, up till a point when two of their doctors decided to take a long leave for vacation, only to have just ONE available doctor. ONE. FRIGGIN ONE. My trips there used to only take about 30 ~ 45 minutes tops but lately I have to wait for TWO HOURS (sometimes THREEEEEEE) to just see a doctor for my urine test, blood pressure checkup and the usual ultrasound. Feck... It's worst than going to goverment clinic.

Today is my 28th week checkup. It's a different doctor from my last month checkup, and also different from my usual doctor who have done my first few ultrasounds and confirmed that I am going to have a baby girl. This doctor said my baby is a BOY. lolwhut? BOY? I asked if she was sure because previously the other doctor said my baby is a girl and that she didn't find any signs of neither a penis or a scrotum. She checked again, this time harder and longer. She said she found something "long" (ahahahaha...) and said it might be his penis. Looks like a boy. Hurr...?? I was.. feeling very disappointed because I really wished I am going to have a girl! A pair! She said she will check again next month just to confirm the gender. Yeah...... no.

I'm going for a 3D ultrasound in 2 weeks at Klinik Ajwa, section 7 as how I did for Shareese when I was pregnant with him during my 30th week. Hope to see a better and clearer and more comfirmed images of my baby's gender.

Boy? Or Girl?

; _ ;

Most of my friends says I shouldn't hope too much, as long as he/she is healthy, I should be thankful. Yes, of course but I can't help it. If I wasn't expecting a girl when the first doctor confirmed to me that it's going to be a girl, I wouldn't feel so devastated. *sigh*

Lucky I never bought any girly clothes yet.

Big Bad Wolf 2012

So.. Big Bad Wolf... The Biggest and Baddest Booksale of all time. Atleast 75% discounts on ALL books and up to 95% discounts for selected books. Whoppeeee!!! I have been hearing about BBW (Big Bad Wolf) since last year but I wasn't really sure what it was all about and this year the hype about the sale was crazy. Even my friends whom I never thought would pick up books went there and spent hundreds of ringgit to buy books. The first BBW sale was held back in 2009 at Amcorp Mall and it was organized by the very sweet husband and wife who owns BookXcess. I love everything about BookXcess. They may not have a lot of titles up for sell there (since they only buy overprinted books, and that's the reason why they are able to sell their books so cheap!), but they got most of the non-fiction writers I love. Jodi Picoult especially. Oh Oh! And their kiddy books are really REALLY worth buying. RM19.90 for a kiddy book that can play sounds and music? That's a bargain!

Anyways, back to BBW, The Big Bad Wolf Sale 2012 started on 6th December till 23rd of December (i heard/hope they will prolong their sale if possible) and they opened up their sale with a crazy 63 hour straight of non-stop shopping hour. I didn't manage to go on the first weekend due to the fact that my husband's grandma was sick with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and we spent most of our weekend at his parent's house helping his family in any way possible. I heard the crowd during the first weekend was crazy and packed, and driving there will result you getting stuck in massive traffic jam even in the wee hours of the morning. Ohhkayy....

Lucky for me, they have another 60 hour shopping marathon for the second weekend and I went there at 12am and there was NO JAM! NO CROWD! And i spent more than 4 walking around the exhibition hall scouting for books, books, BOOKS, AND MORE BOOKS!!!! Imagine a big belly 27 weeks pregnant lady walking around with a roller bag full of books in her totoro poncho. (it was quite cold and i wanted to wear it. so,yeah!) I bought books for Shareese. Not baby books, not storybooks, but mostly hardcover non-fiction books like the introduction to the solar system, facts about the earth, rocks, cars, planes, trains. LOL. I know one day he will be very much into these factual books as much as me and my husband was keen and interested in it eventhough we've already turned 26 years old. XD


The reason why I didn't buy much storybooks or fiction books for little one is because he had quite a lot of hand me downs storybook from my mom and aunts. I still haven't cover most of it with him yet and he's pretty much more interested in the interactive e-book on his iPad. Simply because it's more, interactive. : /   Who doesn't love reading books that reads out loud to you with wonderful animations and beautiful songs and encouraging sound effects?

I hope he will love books as much as his parents does.
I will make sure he does. : )

These are our stash of the day for 4.5 hours at BBW 2012.

Left : Shareese's   Middle : MINE!    Right : His

Steal of the day. Thick hardcover animation
artbook of BOLT and BEE MOVIE for
just RM10!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome or what???!!!!

My favourite. The illustrated art is wonderful!

❤❤❤

I will definitely save up and go again for next year's stash!

The Birth of Azzahra

My sister in law has safely gave birth to her third child, and her first daughter (and also the first grand-daughter for my husband's parents) today at 8:01am. Weighing 3.5kg! Alhamdulillah.

Fresh from the womb

Chubby Cheeks!!!

They still haven't decided on her full name yet. Brother in law have three names in mind, Damia Azzahra, Alia Azzahra and Husna Azzahra. My vote goes to Husna Azzahra. : )  Less commonly heard and I think it's more uniquely special compared to Damia or Alia. We'll see what's his pick.

Can't wait for my little girl to arrive. >v<

My Neighbour Totoro Cloak!

I have been wanting the cute Totoro costume for toddlers.(pictures are from http://youandmie.wordpress.com/) But most of the site I found either doesn't sell it (means they are only just for show), or is really damn ridiculously expensive. (Talk about RM400 for a costume for toddlers. Not within my budget. 9_9) So there I was talking to my friend June about wanting to get this costume, and for some reason she managed to find an AFFORDABLE totoro hoodie on ebay! Not for toddlers though, and it's not really a hoodie but more like a cloak/poncho/snuggie.

FINALLY GOT MY HANDS ON THIS!!!!!!!!!! 

 (more pictures here)

OAIJDSLKAFLKAJGKSLAJDALKJFGOAIGJHOUADSLJSFS!!!!

(yeap that's ugly ol'me)

*sniff* The material is really soft! Made out of fleece!! FLEECE!! WARM AND FUZZY FLEEEEEECE!!!!! *snuggles snuggles* And best of all it's just RM70 (when June helped me buy it on ebay. Sorry couldn't find the link on ebay anymore. hmm...) I am gonna use this as my nursing cover. :3 Yesh~~ I will! So happy!!! Thankyou for helping me buy, June!!! <3