The flight to Labuan was great. Lyssa was such a doll. We took the evening flight out and she slept for half the journey. The other half was spent playing on the tray tables and being passed back and forth from atok to ummi to mommy.
My sister surprised us all. When we arrived my BIL picked us up with Daniel (my sister’s youngest). My BIL said he had to make a quick stop to pick up some stuff first before going back to their place. When we arrived at his “friend’s” place Daniel kept saying, “ni rumah abang adik..ni rumah abang adik…” We didn’t understand what he meant. We just thought it was Daniel’s “abang” from his taska. Then my sister opened the door and yelled “SURPRISE!!”. Haaa… they moved! From their tiny 2 bedroom apartment to a 3 bedroom double storey link. She kept it a secret from my mom. Keeping secrets from my mom is really hard i tell ya!!
It was really HOT the first few days there! We slept with the windows opened and I had to change the ubat nyamuk thing several times in the middle of the night to make sure no mosquitoes gigit Lyssa. We didn’t really go anywhere there. Just lepak2 kat rumah with the boys. They can be quite a handful. We did go to Anjung Ketam for dinner. SOOOO YUMMY!!!
At the last minute hubby booked us a trip to Bandung. With my PIL and BIL. So we flew back from Labuan (Lyssa slept the whole way back and only woke up when the plane landed) and flew to Bandung the very next day. Penat ok!
But Bandung was so much fun! And exhausting! Lyssa was the champion shopper. We bought a lot of her clothes there. It was really2 cheap! Lyssa alone had one suitcase full of clothes. Our tour guide was great. He understood what we said and he knew where to bring us. We stayed here. It’s a bit far from the outlets cos most of the hotels were fully booked but it’s close to Pasar Baru (the place that sells kain2 ela). At about RM30 per meter for french lace, I myself bought 3 pairs. Tak tahan. And matchy2 shantung silk for hubby’s baju melayu at around RM5 per meter!
Just a few tips if you’re visiting Bandung with your baby:
~Pre-book a car and guide from here. It saves you the headache from trying to find cabs.
~Wear your baby. I used a sling I borrowed from my SIL. Much2 easier to handle compared to a stroller. We were out from 9am to 9pm daily and she slept soundly several times in the sling.
~A sling + a nursing shirt = much2 easier! At one point, I was browsing around with Lyssa still suckling. Hubby didn’t even notice that the baby was drinking.
~Having other family members around helps! Lyssa was passed from one person to another when mommy wanted to shop.
~If you’re flying AirAsia, buy the express boarding! Tak kuasa nak berebut!
~Book massages every night for your aching feet and body. At only RM40 per hour for the hotel’s spa service, you can’t afford to miss this treat!!!
I feel the need to write about my little princess to get rid of the evil spirits brought in from the last post. Hahahahaha. My little princess can get me smiling anytime. Even when I’m in the middle of “merajuk-ing” with hubs. Terus sejuk jer hati.
On lyssa’s developments
This little princess is getting smarter and smarter everyday. She now has her own ways to tell us what she wants. And me and hubs can now pick up whatever it is that she is trying to tell us.
She’s a blabbermouth when she’s sleepy. People will say to her, “kenapa tak ngantuk lagi ni?” because she’s talking nonstop. However, mommy and daddy knows that its actually a sign that she is very sleepy. Because she will go right to sleep immediately after a few pats and a session on the milky bar.
She likes sitting outside. She loves watching the birds and seeing the cars and trucks and motorcycles pass by. She even loves the swings. Everytime she hears the front door opening/closing, she will immediately turn her attention to see who is going out/coming in. If that person waves to her to say hi/bye2, she will spread her arms out and ask to be picked up cos she wants to go outside.
She now understands that if she cries out long enough, her needs will eventually be met. Especially if she wants to dukung.
She has started crawling a few paces, she sat all by herself that one time, she can lift herself up with support. I’m still teaching her how to salam, and kiss kiss and bye bye.
She cried real tears of pain that time her finger tersepit while she was playing with the windshield wiper handle at the car steering wheel. Don’t know how that happened. Mommy’s bad!
She says mamama to me… and mam mam mam to everyone else (hahahahahaha… at least i WANT to think so lah!)
She screams in anger and frustration everytime her daddy bullies her by hugging her so tight that she can’t move an inch. But she’s still daddy’s girl.
The shows on telly doesn’t really interest her right now but she will stop to watch the stations jingles and short commercials. Like “CERIA”, that paint commercial, the jingle for berita terkini… that sort of stuff.
Lyssa’s going on her first plane ride next week. We’re going to Labuan to visit her cousins. Hmmm… have to reread those tips on ‘when flying with babies’.
She weighs 7.6kg @ 7months.
On breastfeeding and her EBMs
She prefers to breastfeed lying down. I think its becoming more uncomfortable for her to be in the cradle position since she’s getting bigger plus she would be drenched in sweat on the side that is pressed against my arm. Her daytime feeding sessions are getting less frequent but she still hangs on for dear life at night ;-)
If she’s with her ninda during the days, she drinks 4 x 3oz max. Once in the morning, once in the afternoon and once (or twice) in the evening. She eats a bowl of blended rice porridge twice a day.
On mommy’s pumping routine
Declining. Getting a bit lazy. Ok, I admit. I’m in my lazy mode right now because I see a lot of freezer stash. Previously I used to pump up to 6 times when I’m at work to get maximum output. Now, when I see that I have 12oz (sometimes 9oz), I stop. But I still have to pump at her mealtimes during the weekend cos I’d get so engorged.
Hubs is on a month long break. He deserves it. So the saying “you don’t truly appreaciate something until its gone” turns out to be true. He’s going back with a 44% increment. But for the time being he’s relaxing as a stay at home daddy. Can we trade places sayang? But I want my position to be permanant. Where should I apply? :-)
Now, if only that bl**%&& lawyer will do his job properly so we can go on our vacation.
Which brings me to yesterday’s story. Simplified.
My dad wants to officially give me our home. He wants to change the name from his to mine, before anything happens. Since my dad is a stay at home dad (since I was little) I wanted to give him some money for him to enjoy/save/do whatever with. So I decied to “buy” the house from my dad so that I can take a housing loan. Then I could give my dad some cash and make some money grow at the same time. My dad agreed. I was in my 9th month of pregnancy when I signed all the documents with a lawyer who was doing business with my uncle at the time.
Now my baby is 7 months old and it is still not finalized.
Along the way, I faced some hiccups with the lawyer. Stuff that need not be explained in detail here. But stuff that had me fuming mad at the unprofesionalism (is there such a word?) of the said lawyer.
In the 8 months of the lawyer’s services, not once has he called me for reasons other than payment. I have been calling him all this while for updates. And when he says “I’ll get back to you tomorrow” he NEVER does. He made an error on a form once that resulted in the form to be rejected and had to be reapplied. I’ve been told by two of his staff that they were “TOO BUSY”. Once was when I requested a letter of acknowledgement for giving the firm an important document and another was when I wanted to come in on a certain date to sign some forms. And a few days ago the lawyer himself told me that he was “TOO BUSY” to check on the status of the fund with the bank.
The icing on the cake that had me fuming mad and storming to his office and confronted him like a mad dragon happened yesterday.
It all started like this.
Last week on Monday 9th June, when I called him for an update he arrogantly told me that everything has been settled, they have presented the said documents for the transfer process at the land office bla bla bla and he had instructed the bank to release the cheque (from the housing loan). He said it would take 4-5 days for the bank to process and release the cheque. When I asked him if he was sure it would take 5 days, he said 7 days max.
Since I assumed it was 7 working days, I waited until last Tuesday to call him back. What he said irritated me. He said he will ask his lawyer to follow up with the bank and will get back to me in the evening. I called him back again in the evening and he said that the cheque will only be released the following week. I was fuming mad by this time and asked him why is it that it is going to take 2 whole weeks when he said it would only take 7 days max? Sudah berleter lah I kat dalam phone tuu suruh dia explain to me why. If there is a delay on the bank’s side, there must be a reason why. So I told him to check and get back to me the next day (which was yesterday). He even had the cheek to say to me “can you just let me do my job? i think you’re asking too much”.
Yesterday afternoon, I called his hp numerous times and he did not pick up. Knowing that he was avoiding my calls, I called the office number and ‘of course’ the clerk said that he was not in.
Then the clerk said “Akak nak tau update pasal cheque tuu kan, akak, kitorang baru jer bagi arahan kat bank SEMALAM suruh keluarkan cheque….bla…bla…bla….”
I wasn’t even listening anymore. SEMALAM. Not Monday 9th June. But YESTERDAY, 18th JUNE!!!
I yelled at the clerk to get me the lawyer on the phone right now to explain why he had LIED to me. The clerk repeatedly told me that he wasn’t in the office. So when I told her that I was coming in, she immediately said that he wasn’t at the office right now, but she wouldn’t know if he’d be there when I arrived. I told her to get the lawyer, or any other lawyer for that matter, to be at the office cos I was d&*^ f*&)^G mad at the lawyer and I really did not want to yell at her because it was not her fault that he had lied.
I called my dad to get him to meet me there and called the lawyer again. He picked up. I asked (well actually I yelled) why had he LIED to me and told him he better be there at the office cos I was coming in and I hung up the phone. He immediately sms’ed me some excuses about why there was a delay, so I called him up told him to stop with the sms’s and just be at the office and I hung up. I was fuming mad my body was shaking all over. This is the ‘service’ that I had already PAID IN FULL for.
When me and my dad got to his office, he was there alright. I told him since he was THE BOSS (that’s what he said to me once) and yet he didn’t know anything he better call the kuli lawyer that was actually doing the dirty work so that I can get some straight answers.
THE LAWYER BOSS clearly LIED when he said everything has been settled last week when the kuli lawyer said “Saya tak tau apa yang En. A**** cakap kat puan, tapi apa yang saya buat adalah ……bla….bla…bla dan saya baru keluarkan arahan kepada bank suruh keluarkan cheque tuu SEMALAM (18th June)”.
So I looked at THE LAWYER BOSS straight into the eyes and asked him why he LIED. At first he had his excuses. But since I was already on an angry ride, I went on and on (and on and on and on and on) while THE LAWYER BOSS man kept quiet.
He clearly was in a rush to brush me off every single time I called for updates so he just ASSUMED everything has been done WITHOUT checking out the facts first. He clearly LIED to me kononnya untuk menyedapkan hati i yang dia dah buat kerja2 tuu sumer and I yang makcik kepochi lebih when in fact what he said, hasn’t even been done AT ALL! Hasn’t he ever heard of UNDER PROMISE OVER DELIVER??????
God I get irritated just thinking about it.
You know what THE LAWYER BOSS man said in the end? Yes I lied and I apologize (but more elaborate and more berbunga2).
Sheesh!
