Milkathon!

This post is long overdue!

Well, somehow blogging has lost its lustre for me, but I just felt the need to blog!
One of the reasons is while waiting for the Marthin boys to end their Taekwondo lessons! Or maybe because I'm just showing off my new Mac Book and blogging seems the only gd reason for me to be doing now while I flaunt my new toy! :P Kidding though!

I just feel like sharing the things the Hairul's do! Let's start off with Milkathon!

Milkathon was an event which Mamil organised. It was a walk and milk toast event. The kids were required to walk a 800m distance. It was held on 19th June at 7.30am at Big Splash.

Being parents who love getting our kids involved in such activities, we decided to sign the Marthin Boys up for this event! We woke up as early as six in the morning while Hubby whom was working the night before, rushed home to get himself ready and joined us for this walkathon. We had an early breakfast at Mac Donald's, East Coast Park which by the way is just across our place before the event. Yes, I am staying in Punggol which is my Parent's house but our matrimonial house is in Marine Crescent(sungguh takder makna! but just explaining bf I get pple asking me hv I pindah rumah.. hehe..). By 7.30 am, we were all registered and ready to walk the distance! But, before the event, Mamil had a Milk Toast where each kid was asked to take a cup of Milk and drink it together. ;)

At around 9.30, the walk commenced and off Samuel & Hizqeel went running the 800m walk! They had no patience for a walk, they prefer to rough it out by running it! They think walking slowly is just plain boring. :s I thought otherwise! Running is a killer for me! Luckily I am just there to give them my support and to take lots of pictures of them during the event. :P

After the walk, boys got to have fun at the bouncy castles, doing some arts & crafts. They were also entertained by the shows that were held at the event. While Mummy had her own entertainment! Somehow, the host for the event was Anna Belle Francis. An old friend of mine from while I was working for Music & Movement, a decade ago. The event was organised by Music & Movement and I saw few familiar faces there. I got the chance to catch up with few friends and it brought back those fine memories of me being an artist liaison back then. :) Then, while I was just standing at a corner, a TV crew approached me asking if they could do an interview with me & the boys. Boys were too shy to do as told but Me, I think I did fine other then my badly smudged up mascara around the eyes! Boo hoo.. Hubby only told me I have a smudge after the interview. Oh wow, thanks hub for the heads-up that came a little too late! I am going to kill myself if that ever happened to appear on TV..:S

So we had fun at the walkathon and I made a fool out of myself! :S What's important these kind of events always managed to bond us parents & kids. So any run activities held in Sg, you'll be seeing us getting involved, Insya ALLAH. We just want to cultivate the healthy living lifestyle in our kids. I know I am not one of those mom who jogs, etc but I give them my fullest support. ;) So after a long, hot morning, plus the weather was a killer, we got hungry. We head on to Waroeng Penyet for lunch before heading home for a nice cold shower and a nap in a fully blast air con room. ;)

Here are the pictures for the event.





























































































































































































































And that's how the day went! ;)

Glee-Full of Love..

Samuel drew this for me. :)







Somehow, he notices it that The Ibu is a Glee freak..:s

With the whole series of DVDs, always back on repeat, the cd tracks that I bought & always listening to them when I'm at home & all the rides in the car, who would not notice it? I don't blame him, I am a self-confessed, true-blue, A Glee Freak!!

Seriously, it tickles me when he showed me his drawing. I was giggling with embarrassment! He added upon presenting this drawing to me that he knows HOW Much I love glee & so he drew it for me. Sweetness isn't it??!! Look at the number of hearts in his drawing! That is to prove how much I love the show. Hah.:)

Apart of feeling embarrassed, I feel really loved & honoured. The feeling of being noticed by your kid is extremely awesome. It lifts the spirit. I feel so appreciated. My son knows what I like & love.:) This drawing means a lot to me and so I am going to laminate it and keep it with me forever, as when he grows older, busy with his own life and his own family to love, this will serve me as a reminder. A reminder that he was once all mine. I had him all to myself. I felt him in me, I gave him a life, I held him in my arms, taught him, showered him with all the love that I hv and more. I had the most important and the best part of his life and he loves me dearly. To remind me that he is my Son, I'm his Mom and we love each other very much. Nothing can ever change that. Nothing.

It's hard letting go & sharing him with others but I want him & his brothers to experience the joy, the smiles, the tears, the fears, the laughter, the love, the sacrifices, the excitement that both his father and I felt of being a parent. I want them to feel the most wonderful feeling that life can offer. I want them to experience true love. For I found my true love on the day I became a Mom. I have never felt so loved until I became a Mom. Little things like this matters and it's little things like this that makes a lifetime of memories and difference.

So when he is older, busy with his life and family and when I misses him, I have this to remind me that he is my son & he loves me dearly. Always. :) Nothing, no one, not even time can take that away from me. I had him then & I will always have him till death do us part. :)

To my son, Samuel Marthin, thank you my son for loving me this much. Thank you for this little gift & your sincere thoughts.:) Ibu loves you so much.:)

To my Marthin boys, thank you for bringing in so much joy & happiness into my life. You boys mean the world to me. You are my life, my heartbeat & my soul. You boys are my one true love. I love all of you so much that no words can ever express the love I hv for all of you.:) I will always be by your side, walking with you through this life. Always. :)

Thank you dear ALLAH for this gift of life. Thank you for your blessings & for my Marthin boys. Syukur ALHAMDULLILLAH..ALLAHU AKHBAR..:)


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Bugs. The Good & The Bad Bugs.

I'm supposed to be resting as I'm not feeling too great. The flu bug has caught me. The throat feels scratchy & the nose is irritatingly blocked!! Urgh!

I hate being sick as I abhor medicines & the drowsy stupor that I'll be into. Hate it when all I will do is sleep & I hate it especially when I hv to be seperated with my kids so as not to pass the bug to them. It's one word for it, Hate! But...Who am I to complain? It's part of being mortal & human. :) I should actually be thankful that it's only the flu bug & nothing more. Tsk tsk!! Oh well! I'm afterall only human. We tend to take things for granted & forget to be thankful at times, don't we? Pardon me.:)

Looking at the brighter side, I like the fever that everyone is going through right now & I'm going through it as well. This kinda fever, oh! I love it so! What else can I be talking about, none other than the World Cup Fever!! Love. Love. Love. :)

After BPL season is over, I kind of miss watching soccer. The madness that I'll get myself into whilst watching it. Friends can even turn to foe, NO thanks to soccer.:s BPL madness is over but World Cup madness is here. Whoopiiee!!

The teams that I am rooting for have to be Portugal & Spain. Reasons being; I support Portugal as I am Portuguese. Yes! I have the Portuguese blood flowing in me but am more of Portuguese from Malacca. ;) It's only right to support the team where my descendants were from, don't you think? :p I have always been supporting Portuguese anyway.:)

How about Spain? Why am I supporting Spain? The absolute obvious is because of Fernando Torres, & of course, David Villa, Cesc Fabregas, Arbeloa & Xabi Alonso.;) Beautiful & skillful men running around in a field just entices me. :p Now, you know the teams I'm rooting for & the reasons for it. Lame sgt but that's just it. :)

So, I was waiting patiently for World Cup to commence but when it did, the excitement somehow vanished! Matches played by the stronger teams were a total disappointment. To think I made an effort to record every games that I had to give a miss as we had to go out, & to come back watching a total-waste-of-my-time matches, upsets me. The stronger teams were playing badly. Drawing & losing to the underdogs or the less stronger teams. Bad defense, bad attacking, bad play. Totally unexpected. The quirks. It bores me. It irritates me. Really. I almost lost the desire of watching World Cup until today!

The Portuguese & Spanish matches earlier on, brought back the excitement in me. ;) Well played my men, I'm back in love. :) Can't wait to watch more of my Portuguese & Spanish men at play. :p Come on World Cup bring back the love.:)

Ok! Suddenly, the mind went blank. The cough medicine is taking its effect on me like, Now! I'm feeling damn drowsy and hungry too. How can one function with sleepy eyes, drowsy stupor & rumbling tummy? I guess the rambling session is over. Time to grab a bite & sleep.

Should I order McD's breakfast & then sleep while waiting for my order to arrive? Hmm. Maybe I should. That's my ramblings for today. Till my next entry of merepekness.

Good morning world, good night to me..:)



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The Love For Toy Story..

This is us. We are all set & ready to watch Toy Story 3! It's our favourite animated film of all. :)






We even decided to put on our bday costumes from our big bday bash which our parents threw for us in 2008!

My brother & I have always loved this film ever since we were introduced to it by none other than our Ibu when we just 1 year old.;)

The truth is, Toy Story is our Ibu's favourite animated film. She watched it during her early teenage years and really loved the film that she bought an LCD which truly amuses us, as it's so huge. It looks like a big metal plate, almost akin to the satelite dish antenna that we have here in our house!, except its function is similiar to our DVDs. Hmm.. LCDs to us are like Afros! We can never understand why pple like big hairdos in those days..:s

Anyway, our Ibu made a little promise to herself, when she ever have kids, she was going to let her kids watch this film & make them fall in love with it like she did. She lived up to her promises & we did love it. In fact, we instantly fell in love with it after the very first time we watched it.

We are such a huge fan of Toy Story just like our ibu. We even have the whole collections of Toy Story's toys which our ibu willingly bought for us, as she prefers any toys from Toy Story to Spiderman or any action heroes toys.. She says action heroes advocate violence while Toy Story is more of a cheerful, full of gd messages to teach us kids to be a better person..:) That's what she thinks.:)

Our ibu loves Toy Story so much that when she decided to throw us a big bday bash, the theme had to be Toy Story. Me, Samuel, was Woody while my kid brother, Hizqeel, was Buzz Lightyear. We were the ones who chose which characters we wanted to be. I hv always loved Woody & my brother has always loved Buzz. :) At that time, Toy Story was not that popular within kids of our age & we never thought that there will ever be another film of Toy Story but it did & we were definitely not giving it a miss! We were so excited about watching it that our Ayah booked the movie tickets a day earlier of it's premiere date..:) & so when it was time for us to watch it, it is only right for us to be clad in the costumes. ;)

We love Toy Story 3! It's the best among all the three. Psst..let me let you on a secret. Our ibu actually cried while watching it! She was bursting into tears & held on to both me & my brother's hand. We don't know why she cried but all she said to us was, "Don't Grow Up Too Fast, Boys".. Hmm..Must be the hormones!

We had fun watching our favourite animated film & we thanked our ibu for introducing us to it..;)

Thank you Ayah & Ibu for taking us to watch the movie! Me & Adik love you both.;)

Reach for the sky,
Samuel Woody.

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Movie Week..;)

It has been a week of movies.

After Shrek, Hubby & I went on a movie date to watch Sex & The City 2! Then, we took the boys to watch Karate Kid and last week, we watched the family most favourite animated film, Toy Story 3!

Here are some of the pics of our movie outing..:)





Me & my boys @ Cathay Cineleisure for Karate Kid..;)






Best buddies..;)





When Hizqeel is cold, he hides his head under Ayah's shirt & get the warmth for Ayah's tum tum..:p






My cool dude..:)






My other cool dude..;)






Ayah can you stop embarrasing me! I'm supposed to be uber cool dude.. Pple are watching, you know!






I have such a vain lady for a Mom..:s I can't even eat in peace..






It's Ice-cream Supper time @ Swensen's..;) A bowl full of Choc ice-cream..





































Marthin boys all set for Toy Story 3! They were so excited to watch it.

But not before having dinner at BBQ Chicken.










































Marthin boys after watching Toy Story 3! They had a wonderful time watching it.

Mummies & Daddies you have to bring your little ones to watch it. Not only the kids will truly enjoy the show, you would too. Err.. Do not forget to hv tissues with you, ok mummies! You will definitely shed a tear watching it. It will moves the little heart of every Mummies. Really.

Next movie to watch will be Nanny McPhee..;)

Our Friday Night Out.

Since it's the School Holidays, we decided to bring the boys out to Town for some Friday Night fun.

We went to watch Shrek at Cathay Cineleisure. The show is fantastic. I know we are a tad too late but better late than never, right? Boys loved the movie and we had a blast time laughing to the movie.. ;)

Then we went to watch World Cup at Taka. There's an event there. Sony's Fifa Futsal Expo.. We got the go ahead to enter and join in with the rest of the crowd there to watch what's left of the second half of the first match..:) Marvellous atmosphere..

Then we went all about town.. Went to Ion Orchard where boys had fun playing with the water fountain & being carefree.. Running around, having fun, just enjoying their childhood lives..:)

We were hit by the hungry pangs & so we decided to head back to Cineleisure for supper. We were torn between KFC, Burger King, Swensen's & Pastamania.. The vote for Pastamania was unanimous & that's where we had our supper..:)

We ate to our hearts' content. We ate, we talked & we laughed.. It was a great bonding time for us all.. To think my boys could keep themselves awake for the fun-filled Friday Night Out..

We just had to make a few more stops before heading home. First was to Citibank to deposit some cash to our savings account and then I just had to, really had to get myself a cup of my fav drink. My Strawberry Milkshake. By the time we reached home, boys were fast asleep in the car. Pity them boys. They must hv been very tired from the late night out but I'm definite that they had a wonderful night out. :)

Ibu & Hizqeel @ Cathay Cineleisure..

While waiting for Shrek..:)

After Shrek & watching World Cup@ Taka.. To Ion we went

My Lil Monkeys.. Midnight musing..:)

Hving Supper @ 1am at Pastamania..

Cheers to Midnight Bingeing..;)

Our food.. Eating all these at Midnight!! Adoii.. Adding more kgs to the scale..;(

My Spicy Crayfish Pasta.. Adoii.. Forget abt dieting..;(

Hub's Italian Panini.. Tsk tsk..

My men making faces..:)

The boys' fav!! Nvr tot after our bday bash theme in 2008, Toy Story came back alive..:)

We had fun watching Shrek..:)

That's how we spent our Friday Night Out..:)