Our Mini Garden

hello to 2015's first post..

Asssalamualaikum..

dah berkurun lamanya blog ni terbiar..i still couldn't find the time and space to do updates..kadang bila ada masa, ruang pula tiada..

i am always occupied these days, be it with the kids or household chores or even any other chores..and i prefer it that way though..it takes my mind off of things..

anyways, me and my husband have finally found a thing, a hobby i would say, that makes us happy and occupied..we finally enjoy gardening..

inilah taman di laman kami yang kami siapkan sendiri :)

we used to have a "properly maintained and attended" lawn last year but it "went" away..sedih pulak bila tgk laman macam tak berjaga dan pokok semua layu dimamah matahari..dah la upah orang untuk bina dan tanam segala rumput dan pokok..takkan nak upah orang lagi kan, so we decided to do our own gardening..macam la hebat sgt kan nak tanam pokok sendiri, tapi bagi kami baik buat sendiri dari upah orang lagi sekali..kalau tak menjadi pun tak mengapa sebab salah sendiri..teehee :)

setelah melawat ke beberapa nursery di kawasan berhampiran, we bought few plants from Nilai Landscape and few mores from Barokah Nursery and Landscape..sebenarnya nursery2 ni takdelah murah and pilihan tak byk..we decided to buy from Nilai Landscape because they were having membership discounts for CNY sale..Barokah pulak memang tempat kami mencari baja organik, dah alang2 tu kami beli la beberapa pokok..

pokok bunga guzmania, kami panggil pokok dragon..pokok ni tak digalakkan berada di bawah panas terik matahari..

pokok lavender..pokok ni sebenarnya tak tahan panas tapi kami diberitahu oleh pekerja nursery yang pokok ni boleh diletakkan under sunlight..dah balik baru tau, tu pun sebab google..ada tang cakap pokok ni tak tahan lama dalam cuaca Malaysia ni, tapi Alhamdulillah pokok ni masih kembang mekar walaupun dah 3 bulan berada di bawah panas terik matahari..

pokok kemboja, ada yg kata pokok jeliti..

cantik sgt bila dah membiak..pokok paling senang nak jaga..

yang tengah tu kami panggil pokok T-Systems sebab warna batangnya ialah warna rasmi T-Systems..nampak sgt suami sy sayang kat company dia kan sampai pokok pun dia namakan pokok company dia..pokok ni memang cepat membiak, memang kembang mekar..pokok ni senang jugak la nak jaga tapi kena siram sekurang-kurangnya sekali sehari..

  tgh tu pokok bunga tahi ayam..pokok paling senang dijaga, less maintenance..

our mini garden ni taklah semeriah atau secantik dan sekemas mana..but it is the result of our hardworks and own efforts..kami suami isteri gigih meluangkan waktu menyiram pokok tak kira masa, pagi siram dgn air biasa, tghari siram menggunakan air basuhan beras, petang guna air biasa..kalau ada beli ikan, kami simpan air basuhan ikan untuk dijadikan air siraman pokok..sampai mcm tu sekali kami jaga pokok..sayang punya pasal..

Alhamdulillah, kami diberikan rezeki untuk memiliki sebuah rumah yang punya tanah..daripada terbiar macam itu je, baik kami hiaskan laman walaupun cacarmarba ikut suka hati kami je kan..

naik jugak la seri rumah walau tak kemas..

rumah atau kindy? koleksi outdoor toys/rides

assalamualaikum semua..

how are you? i'm doing good here..still feeling happy being a SAHM, has no plan to start looking for jobs yet..hahaha..syok rupanya jadi SAHM..

and the kids have grown bigger and naughtier..they sure have lots of things to do around the house..petang-petang suka berjalan ambik angin depan rumah, walaupun takde angin mana sebab rumah mengadap matahari turun..panas lagi ada la..

semenjak si adik dh pandai berjalan, mamanya ni dah tak kisah nak bawa mereka jalan petang..bukannya apa, si abang tu pun kadang malas berjalan jadi ada masa dia nak berdukung..tak ke jenuh nak dukung 2 beradik tu..

budak 2 beradik ni kalau tak keluar dr rumah tak sah..kalau tak dpt keluar mesti macam serba tak kena..itu antara sebab petang-petang mamanya terpaksa rajinkan diri..bawa mereka jalan-jalan kejiranan atau just main dlm kawasan rumah..nasib baik rumah byk tanah, boleh la buat mini playground..

semua ni kami beli di warehouse sale atau balik beli kat bundle..yg slide+swing set tu beli di warehouse sale mydear, dpt la dlm 40% less..yang mainan mcm kuda tu, scooter tu kami beli di bundle kat kg..semua 4 mainan (kuda little tikes + scooter + tricycle + scooter ayahsu mereka) dlm rm130..tak ke murah tu? berbaloi..

kebanyakan barang kat bundle ni dari singapore..condition pun okay, in fact byk barang yang masih elok..jadi tak salah pun kami rasa beli brg bundle..kami dh belek sehabisnya sebelum beli sebab nak pastikan barang tu mmg elok..

ini contoh mainan kat bundle tu..sy ambikkan gambar untuk aunty sy sebab dia tak sempat nak singgah, kedai tutup cuti raya..

kebanyakan mainan ini dr jenama Little Tikes..mmg a well-known brand kan..basikal Little Tikes yg pink tu dia letak harga rm100 tapi boleh dpt rm60 kalau rajin kecek, dh try tu yg tau dpt tu..hehehe..tak ke murah tu..moh kita beli brg bundle, jimat dan elok..

ada yang tanya kenapa berbelanja sampai mcm tu sekali? saya dan suami punya pandangan yang biarlah berbelanja utnuk anak daripada kita berbelanja bagai nak rak untuk diri sendiri..itu pendirian kami suami isteri..lagipun tak rugi pun berbelanja untuk anak-anak kalau kita tau masa untuk membeli yang sesuai..beli time sale, takpun beli kat bundle macam saya 😜

lagipun sy takut la kan sekarang ni byk sgt kes culik budak..tak sanggup sy nak menghadapi semua itu jadi biarlah kami keluarkan duit sikit asalkan anak-anak ada depan mata kami..buat playground sendiri, boleh kami tengok anak-anak dengan senang hati..

Almost There: Home Sweet Home

Assalamualaikum everyone..

Apakhabar? Harap semuanya sihat sejahtera.

It’s almost the end of 2012 dhkan. Kejap je masa berlalu..Ahmad Firash dh besar dh, dh 1y7m dh..

Our 2013 resolution is to be a good and supportive parents, be nicer to our parents too..semoga dipermudahkan oleh Allah S.W.T hendaknya..

We also plan to start our 2013 kat rumah kami sendiri. Dh setahun dh rupanya kami beli rumah ni..hai la..kdg2 rasa mcm rugi je beli, yelah byr tiap2 bulan kat bank tapi duduknya tak pun lagi..bukannya taknak duduk tapi brgnya takde, mcm mana nk duduk..tapi rasanya kami akan pindah dlm masa terdekat ni kot, brg dh 80% complete..

Alhamdulillah, kami berjaya beli brg rumah..walaupun kami beli sikit2, ikut budget tiap2 bln ..yelah, bila ada duit lebih baru beli, kalo takde duk diam je la, jgn nak ngada beli berlagak ala org kaya..lagi satu, kami beli mcm ni sbb taknak nyusahkan parents kami, yelah, dh kawenkan, takkan la nk mengharapkan duit diorg lagi(walaupun akhirnya terpaksa pinjam duit mama sikit, sikit je okay, pinjam pulak tu, bukan mintak free okay)..

yay, Alhamdulillah, dpt jugak kami menghias rumah mengikut citarasa kami dgn budget yg agak tight..dan setelah berbulan lama survey brg itu ini, survey sofa la, hood hob oven la, tv la..

So nilah hasil tungkus lumus kami menghabiskan weekend kat rumah kami..almost done, about 20% more kot..

tema kami - merah, putih, kelabu

love the sofa - merah membara

love its details..

We got the sofa for 2.5k..we had it custom made sbb tu la harganya 2.5k..well, I consider it cheaper la, kalo nk dibandingkan dgn macy’s ke fella design ke..tapi kalo nk dibandingkan dgn cavenzi atau courts, the sofa pun still murah lagi..we had the custom-made sofa because we can’t afford to buy expensive and long-lasting quality sofa..we don’t want to buy average price sofa too, for fear of its quality..so my husband did some thorough and painstaking survey and he found out about this furniture factory located in Sg. Buloh..the owner tu dulu buat sofa, so he knows about sofa-making very well..alhamdulillah, mmg puas hati dgn sofa ni..even Mazidul tv3 tu pun tempah sofa kat situ..

our kitchen is now complete

our kitchen

Update on the House: Kitchen Cabinet 2

Assalamualaikum..

apa khabar semua? sy doakan semoga sihat sentiasa..

Alhamdulillah, setakat ni, semua progress utk rumah kami berjalan dgn lancar..
kitchen cabinet dh pun dipasang..dh nmpk rupa..cuma ada few thing syg belum sttle mcm sink and water pipes and hose tak properly installed yet, hood + hob + oven belum psg lagi.. refrigerator tak g amik lagi kat seng heng..insyaAllah, dh boleh mula beli furniture pulak lepas ni..

jadi, inilah hasilnya..

 mister hubs. tgh check shelves..dia tgh berkira mcm mana la gamaknya org2 tu nk psg hood, hob and oven..

it might not be a grand, or as lavish as others, but we are happy with it..lagipun, bagi kami, to be able to have our own house, a semi-d to be exact, pun dh cukup membanggakan..

Update on the House: the Completed Look of the Lights and Plaster Ceiling

Assalamualaikum semua..

apa khabar? semoga semuanya sihat dan gembira..Alhamdulillah jika anda semua gembira, jika tak marilah kita sama-sama gembirakan diri kita..and owh, talking about happiness, i am happy to share with you how the lightings look like at night..

we went there last Friday, after work, to check the progress of the kitchen cabinet..k.c dh 90% done, tinggal few things je yg belum siap lagi..so takpelah kan..
yg buat kami teruja is the lights..selalu g siang je so tak tau mcm mana rupanya rumah di kala mlm hari..seronok sgt tgk rumah yg cantik tu..i mean, the lights and all  la..sebabnya the plaster ceiling tu mmg membuatkan semuanya nmpk cantik dan kemas..

living hall

ceiling living hall yg sgt tinggi..jenuh la nk membersihkannya nanti

living hall

living hall

lampu dpd kipas..boleh dijadikan lampu utk 'midnight movie' ni..

dining hall

dining hall yg sederet dgn kitchen

mister.hubs memang tak berenti sengih je tgk rumah dia..dia memang sgt berpuas hati dgn hasik kerja Ah-Fatt ni..murah pun murah..rm2100 je utk the two halls (kami tak buat bilik sbb kami rasa bilik takde sape nk masuk tgk pun..hahaha)..dh la murah, tempat lain plg murah dpt rm2700 tau..kualiti kerja Ah-Fatt ni okay, jiran2 kami pun dh mintak no fon Ah-Fatt ni..kakak yg rumah belakang siap kagum tgk Ah-Fatt buat kerja sorg2 dgn cekap dan cepat..

Update on the House: Kitchen Cabinet

Assalamualaikum semua..salam sejahtera..

apa kabar? sihatkah? semoga sentiasa dilindungi dan dirahmati olehNya sentiasa..
kali ni, i feel like updating on  our next progress..(dh mcm progress report je)..update on the kitchen cabinet..
i'm certain that all wives would want to have a complete kitchen with all the utilities with a complete  kitchen cabinet kan..baru la rasa excited dan happy berada di dapur kan..

tapi yelah, nak psg kitchen cabinet ni bukannya keja mudah..byk survey perlu dilakukan..nak kena tgk design k.c samaada u-shaped ke, l-shaped ke, apa ke kan..lepas tu nak kena tgk material lagi, glass ke kayu ke, apa ke kan..byk jugak la..

and so for our house, my husband took almost  2-3 months just to survey and collect quotations from as many kitchen cabinet providers..yelah, bajet kami agak tight jugak la kan..we only allocate rm4k utk kitchen cabinet...takleh nak spend byk kat k.c ni sbb byk lagi hal lain yg nak kena settlekan jugak..
cari punya cari, survey punya survey, mister hubs. jumpa la this one guy yg bagi design and quotation yg sgt okay..murah pun murah jugak la..Dominick namanya, kilang dia kat Balakong ni je so senang la..dia dtg ukur keluasan dapur, ptg tu dia terus email design and quotation..cepat dan mudah..walaupun k.c ni dh melebihi bajet kami tapi so far ni la yg plg murah..rm5k jugak la..mister hubs. took almost a week to think and finally he decided to go ahead with Dominick..lagi lama tunggu lagi lambat la kami dpt pindah rumah sendiri ni..so it's better to go ahead with what we have than to wait and get zero from that..

kitchen cabinet kami ni guna material biasa je..ikut kemampuan kami la kan..cara kami, husband and wife, fikir senang je, org ada kami ada..mahal murah tu lain cerita la kan..lagipun, kami rasa, dlm usia 28tahun dan mampu beli rumah sendiri pun dh cukup membanggakan..kami tak guna loan kerajaan atau skim rumah pertamaku tu..hahaha...(ayat nak sedapkan hati sendiri je ni)..hehehe..


owh, btw, mister hubs. found a shop yg jual hood, hob and oven dgn harga yg murah..he bought a Rubine set of hood, hob and oven for only rm2100..wahaha..beza rm200 kot dr kedai2 lain..yelah, nk beli Fotile mmg tak mampu la..eh, mampu tapi lmbat la dapt pindah masuk rumah sendiri ni..

Update on our House: Lights, Fans,and Works on the Plaster Ceiling

Hi all,

Assalamualaikum semua..

fuhh, dh lama tak update blog, sejak dh keja full time ni memang malas betul nak update..

blk keja je melayan anak, pkl 10 je dh tido dh..

i am still trying to adapt myself to the working hours and still adjusting to everything. Alhamdulillah, 2 3 hari ni dh tau mcm mana nak sesuaikan masa dan keadaan utk masak bila blk rumah..bosan la mkn luar selalu. 

owh ya, this particular post is for the update of our very own house.,setakat ni, few major things dh settle such as the plaster ceiling and putting all the lights and fans at their places.

my husband ni agak rajin mencari info ttg plaster ceiling yg murah and all. kami amik masa 2 bulan utk survey harga dan craftsmanship dulu. mula-mula i suggest utk pasang cornice je sbb murah tapi ntah mcm mana dia berjaya jumpa satu tauke yg boleh bagi harga murah untuk buat mcm L-box tu. so apa lagi, kami pun terus setuju je la..ceiling rumah kami dh memang  direka plaster ceiling so tinggal nak hias cornice atau buat L-box je la..kami tak buat for the whole house, just the living hall and the dining hall..sebab situ la tempat tetamu kan..hehehe..

for these two halls, the chinese man gave us rm2100 sahaja..that covered the L-shaped boards, the switches, the wires, the installation of the 16 down-light lamps and also the 5 hooks for the  5 fans. dh la ceiling kat linving hall rumah kami agak tinggi tau. jadi pada kami harga tauke ni agak murah la as compared to other places. sgt berbaloi okay. kualiti kerja pun sgt memuaskan..Ah-Fatt a.k.a the tauke ni from seremban tapi he's doing works all over Malaysia. sebelum rumah kami, dia buat satu bungalow kat melaka. dia pernah buat kerja utk rumah kat penang tau..dia takde charges utk kira celing dulu ke apa ke, dia akan dtg kira pastu if u tanak amik dia pun dia tak marah..

lampu semua kami beli sendiri la, and plus, kami mintak dia tlg tarikkan wayar lampu and tlg pasangkan hook utk kipas. kalo ikutkan hati nak minta dia pasangkan kipas terus tapi dia takde masa la sebabnya dia la tauke dia la pekerja. dia mmg specialize in plaster ceiling sahaja..dia siapkan the whole house dlm 3 4 hari sahaja. 

this is the dining hall and the kitchen area..kami buat L-shaped box yg simple je..

the masterbedroom, terpaksa pakai lampu mcm tu sebab down-light yg kami beli tak muat sbb lampu tu pjg sgt so Ah-Fatt a.k.a the tauke suggest pakai lampu mcm ni je..rumah kami dh memang  direka plaster ceiling so tinggal nak hias cornice atau buat L-box je la

bilik anak teruna yg sorang tu

the front porch

the garden 

owh ya, we know one shop yg jual lampu yg memang murah dan okay..ada lampu yg dari rm9 sahaja tau..kedai ni memang la ramai pengunjung, memang sesak especially on weekends. siap ada no giliran lagi tau bila nak bayar. so far, semua lampu dan kipas kami beli kat sini je. kedai ni kat puchong. owh  nama kedai ni ialah Houses Lighting Enterprise..hari tu ada snap gmbr kedai ni tapi tak tau la dlm phone husband ke phone sendiri.

lampu yg kami beli ni semuanya murah2. for the whole house we only spent around rm1000-1500, tak smpai rm1500 i think..we bought:

• 4 normal regulator fans, brand Alpha, black in colour 
• 1 remote control fan, brand Alpha, black in colour (this is for the living hall)
• 16 down-lights (black and white stripes) (32 watts each) 
• 2 dark wood-coloured square-shaped ceiling lights (for the bedrooms) 
• 1 dark-wood rectangular-shaped wall light (for the guest room yg ceiling dia mmg tinggi nak mampus) 
• 2 white-coloured square-shaped ceiling lights (for the bathrooms) 
• 2 hanging porch lamps
• 2 porch lamps yg kena letak atas tiang pagar tu

so sekarang ni tgh tunggu wak indon tu tarik lampu yg kat luar rumah, utk porch lamps yg atas pagar tu. 

bila wak dh siapkan kerja dia, kami akan proceed dgn istallation of the kitchen cabinet pulak..

i'll update on the kitchen cabinet later okay? 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY 3

can't wait to move into our new house, the one we bought with our very own money..

senheng's 22nd anniversary sale

senheng is having its 22nd anniversary sale people..go and visit its nationwide stores..tak rugi pun kalo pergi cuci2 mata..

we went there last saturday, on our way back home from port dickson..(a family weekend getaway)..

on our way back home, masa tu kat highway plus lagi la, i asked mr.hubster if dia nak singgah masuk nilai tak kot2 la dia nk tgk rumah dia kat bandar baru salak tinggi tu..so he said jom la..(dia mmg akan jenguk rumah dia tu setiap kali dtg nilai, selagi MFCB tak bg kunci selagi tu la dia kan jenguk rumah dia tu..hihihi)..so masa kat nilai tu we saw senheng's outlet and decided to stop by..kot2 la ada members' offer, boleh la beli utk rumah kami nanti..baik beli2 sikit kan dpd tunggu dh dpt kunci yg confirm akan kelam kabut nk beli semua..aduhh, lagi la kopak masa tu kan..

i told my husband to have a look first and try to compare prices with other stores or shops..sbbnya byk lagi kami nk kena buat utk rumah baru nanti..yelah, it's our very own house, plus, it's our first house kan..

so we have to think about the kitchen cabinet (dh survey2 dh and dh jumpa the contractor, so far this company is the best since they give us a very interesting package and they give free gifts too..), the grills (dh survey tapi nk kena survey lagi), the electrical appliances such as the fan, lightings, air-conditioner (nk psg air-conditioner kat hall sahaja sbb kami ni tak suka air-cond pun), then we have to think about the furniture (byk kot sbb we bought ourselves a semi-d house, huhuhu)...if ada duit lebih atau duit terpijak, mr.hubster nak psg pergola kat laman rumah dan dia nk tanam rumput carpet..byk kan..aduh la, inilah yg kami kena fikir sbb gatal sgt nk beli rumah sendiri...

back to senheng's sale so we looked around and decided to buy a Panasonic fridge and a Panasonic washing machine..we got these 2 items in less than 2k..okay la kan..mula2 tu nk beli tv sekali sbb ada offer for 43inch Samsung Plasma TV..rm1399..okay la kan..mr.hubster dh pening dh sbb dia berkenan kat LED tv and i told him utk beli apa yg murah dan okay je, asalkan ada..hehehe.. so last2 he decided not to buy the tv and to wait until the end of this year..kot2 la LED tv ada offer ke kan, yg Samsung tu LCD tv..lupa pulak nk tgk microwave oven..huhuhu

overall, our trip to senheng was a success since we managed to buy 2 items for our new house..brg2 tu disimpan di kedai senheng dulu sbb yelah, mana nak ltk kan sekarang ni..hehehe..

kepada seseiapa yg ada plan nk tukar home appliances, boleh la ke senheng's 22nd anniversary sale