DIY Baju Kurung

The night before I got back to Bangi, I finally managed to sew a decent baju kurung for Dinky Aeisyah. Well, I did sew ones for her for Hari Raya Puasa but the outcome was disasterous! But this time it was different. I know how to systematically cut the fabric for the baju kurung and and this time I could sew the neck opening properly. Thanks to my sewing lesson at Epal. Phewww!

'Lihatlah........Pandanglah.......'

The fabric is a SB Line cotton. I got it cheap at Kemaman, RM 8.00/metre. You can find it at Jakel but the price is usually RM25.00/metre. I used wrap button for this baju kurung because it is very hard to find a cute button here. The dress part is a 'kurung pahang' cutting while the 'kain' is 'susun tepi'. However, I need to lenghten the dress and improve the neck opening for Dinky Aeisyah's next 'baju kurung'.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha

Our family would like to wish "Selamat Hari Raya Haji" to all. Remember to drive safely. By the time of writing, I have finished packing all the stuffs but Mr Vediaz is still sleeping. He got back from his 12 hours of night shift this morning so he is GROGGY and GRUMPY. As a dutiful wife (Angkat bakul), I let him sleep first. This year we going back to Mr Vediaz hometown, Bangi. Since our journey is 'melawan arus', most people going back to East Coast but we going back to West Coast, hopefully the traffic will be a bearable ones. Kemaman is jam with cars starting from yesterday, thanks to it's single lane bridge :P. My brothers, Along and Atih, got back to Kuala Terengganu yesterday. They used the Jabor road because they wanted to avoid Kemaman and Dungun. However, the Bukit Besi road was blocked due to flood which forced them to exited at Paka and drove to Dungun. The traffic from Paka to Dungun was moving at 10km/h! My Along and his wife slept at Dungun yesterday because their little baby, Mc Dalila, was gone 'amuk'. To my family back at the ever laid back Gong Datok, Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha to semua. Mak, kalau ada rendang daging hitam, Angah nak sikit :P!

Maplestory

After Mr Vediaz, Dinky Aeisyah and I got back to Kemaman, our house was packed with my family and Mr Vediaz's nephew, Wan Abdullah. Abdullah is staying with us from last week till four of us get back to Mr Vediaz hometown for the upcomin Hari Raya Aidiladha. The main reason Abdullah agreed to go to Kemaman because he wants to play this online game, Maplestory. He plays Maple up to the wee hours. Memang pulun! Mr Vediaz took around two days just to download the newer version of this game. Then, Abdullah had to register his account again since his previous one was deleted due to an upgrade version. Since he is using our laptop to play Maple, I lost my privilege to the Internet...sigh...

Doing Their Things

These pictures were taken when Mr Vediaz, Dinky Aeisyah and I visited Mr Vediaz's elder sister at Shah Alam. The last time we went there when I wasn't yet preggy with Dinky Aeisyah. Fuhhh! That long! My sister in law has 2 muchkins, the talkative Salikin and the mischievious Adina. Salikin is already 4 years old and Adina is almost 10 months.

Ibu, can you get me this Mamut table?

From left: Dinky Aeisyah, Salikin and Adina. Salikin is showing off his wooden gun.

After the three stooges tired themselves from playing, it was time to fill up the tank.

Hensem la plak abang Salikin ni yer!

We're On A Holiday

Right now the three of us is at Subang because Mr Vediaz is having a forum over here. By the time of writing, Mr Vediaz has finished that dragging forum but we only have to check out on tomorrow's noon. When Mr Vediaz was attending his full course of forum, I drove around Subang area because yesterdaqy I want to go to two textile shops at SS2, Mikawah and Zhouhuo. Thanks to Mr Vediaz's GPS in his car, I managed to get to those shops.

The GPS that save my day!
"Dalam 300 meter, belok ke kanan"

My, the parking there was so challenging. For SS2 resident that is normal but to me it's way beyond normal. How "kampung" can I become :P. I badly need to go to those shops is because I want to find certain fabric that hard to find because I have several sewing projects in mind. I get back to you when I start my sewing project on those fabrics. I'm totally blank when you ask me about any places at Subang. I'm a 'kampung' girl from Terengganu. How am I supposed to know that? On my first day, I just wanted to get my breakfast and I ended up at the SACC Mall. Talk about clueless. Mr Vediaz was like "What on earth you're doing at Shah Alam? Can't you just go to the Subang Parade?" Helllllooooo! I've been to Subang Parade like twice in my entire life, the first one was when I was 14 years old and the last time was 2 years ago and I was sleeping on my way there. Mr Vediaz kept talking about " Go to the Federal Highway!" and my respond was, "Federal what? Are you speaking in codes?". Today, with a better sense, I turn on the GPS navigation software and search the nearest restaurant. After Dinky Aeisyah and I had our Breakunch (Breakfast+Lunch), we headed off to SS2 again. This time I want to go to the Craft World at Jalan SS2/55. I couldn't find that road yesterday so today is the day. Goshhh! Everything that screams the word craft, sewing, knitting, and quilting is there. The price is quite cheap compared to where I usually buy my sewing stuffs. I was calculating on a cutting mat, a rotary cutter and a ruler, but may be next time. I need to save up first because those tools are not cheap. There is a staff at the Craft World who is willing to give me discounts (Why, Oh Why?) but I managed to resist the offer. I need those tools to do my patchwork project at Epal but me being "Hangat-hangat Tahi Ayam", I need to know whether "I need or I want" those tools. (Ahh, malunya aku nak mengaku fakta ini!). Well, recession is coming and I better make wise decision when I shop right! Till now, the images of that large size Clover cutting mat, 45mm Clover rotary cutter and big size patchwork ruler (forgot the brand though) are lingering in my head. God! Help me!

The JAM! Tensen makcik!

The mundane looking Dinky Aeisyah. "Are we there yet?"

Swing And Sing

Yupp! Whenever, Dinky Aeisyah plays with her cradle swing, she will sings in her own language. When I asked to her teacher at Dinky Aeisyah's nursery, Teacher Ida said that, she needs to sing whenever she wants to put Dinky Aeisyah to sleep. No wonder Dinky Aeisyah loves playing with her cradle swing at home.

"Babaabaaa....Aaa...Daadaadaa..."

UPSR....

UPSR result was out yesterday. I was nerve wrecked the whole morning, waiting my headmistress to arrive from the district education office, along with the school's result. Alhamdulillah, out from 107 candidates, we have 8 5A's scorer. It is a small number compared to an urban school but last year we only had 3 5A's scorer. Apart from that, the number of students who scored A in English is increase by 6%. Those night classes were paid off! Well, because of this flying colours result, I will be teaching English Year 6 for UPSR 2009. To all my pupils who done very well in UPSR 2007, I wish you all the best in your upcoming future...sob...sob...I'll be missing you guys!