Arwen Turns 3 years old

This was written in Jan 2009 - after your 3rd birthday.

3 years old now. You are such a joy and you bring so much happiness to Bak and I. We love you so very much. I finally understand what it means to ‘sayangkan anak’. It is something that you will only understand once you have children. I never imagined this is how it would feel. I cannot describe it but I’m sure all parents know of how it feels.

We had a party for your birthday. Not on the day itself as it was on a Tuesday. We had it on the 25th, a Saturday. It was a huge gathering for your parents’ standard as we never throw a party or had a full family gathering at our house except for your 2nd birthday last year. This year you are able to better appreciate what it means to have a birthday. You love to sing the birthday song, then clapping of hands, blowing out the candles, saying yeah!!! when the candles go out and then saying “cut the cake!”, saying 1,2,3 as you cut the cake and finally saying “jom makan!!” Yupp, you have this whole process well practiced over the past year. You know what it means to have a “party,party,party!” and of course receiving presents. This year you opened the presents as you receive them throughout the party. I had to distract you so we keep some to open at the end of the party.

Oh..you received so many presents. Alhamdulillah. It was so much fun. Mama pun enjoy sakan. (Remember, receiving presents is wonderful but don’t expect so much ok. They are just material things but not essential things. Always be grateful.)

Here were the presents you received. (I keep lists because we must always appreciate anything that we receive from others because they have taken the time and the money to get it for us. Thus, I want to remember who gave what. Does not matter whether we really like them or not but appreciation must always be given. Anyway, we love all the presents received)

Presents Received
1 White dress- Dr. Daud (Bak’s boss)
2 Axxezz hair accessories - Aunty Izlynn (Bak’s colleague)
3 Holly Scooter Doll - Aunty Maya (Bak’s colleague)
4 Electronic keyboard - Uncle Jimbut (Bak’s friend)
5 Big Pooh Bear - Aunty Azlina (Mama’s friend)
6 Baby Elmo - Mak Long & Iman
7 Baby Bop - Alang & Auntie Maniz
8 Animal organ & Bath Mitten - Mak Lin & Family
9 Crocs Shoes - Uncle Aman (Bak’s friend)
10 Xylophone - Uncle Mamat
11 Fun Dough Roller set -Chu Chom
12 Animal Flashcards - Cik Apit (Mama’s cousin)
13 Girls Bag - Aunty Rozi (Mama & Bak’s friend)
14 Toy Crown & Wand - Tasneem – Anak Uncle Razi
15 Toy Handbag & Accessories - Nuha – Anak Uncle Razi
16 Toy Hair Accessories - Aiman – Anak Uncle Razi
17 Beach Play Doh & Baby Bop School Cd - Mak Teh
18 Mega Art Set - Uncle Amir (Bak’s friend)
19 Dress + Hair band + bracelet - Auntie Nurul’s mom
20 Disney Princess Quilt cover - Auntie Nurul + Uncle Ash
21 Greeting Card Maker - Aunty Weem (Mama & Bak’s friend)
22 Smocking Dress - Dr. Syed (Bak’s colleague)
23 2 tshirts - Auntie June (next door neighbour)
24 Play Doh Ocean Play set - Uncle Haresham (Bak’s friend)
25 Barbie bag - Auntie Niza (Bak’s colleague)
26 Green pyjama - Cik Norhaya (Tok’s friend)
27 Graduation Teddy Bear - Auntie Shikin (Bak’s colleague)
28 A Total of RM129.00 from 7 people


Wow!.. this is so amazing. Mama has never received so many presents like this… We are truly grateful

Arwen's 2nd Birthday

I wrote this down - pen to paper on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11.59 pm.

Dearest Arwen,
My baby darling. You turned 2 years old today. I can't believe it! I know how fast kids grow but I still can't believe it. You are so adorable and such a joy. We didn't have a celebration today because we are having a big party on your behalf next Saturday (pictures seen above). Bak and I invited friends and family to celebrate your birthday. I love you darling, Happy Birthday!

Thurs, 22 Nov 2007 2.38pm

Your 2nd Birthday

We had your birthday party on 27 Oct 2007 (Sat). It was the 14th day of Syawal - so everybody was still in Raya mood. It was also a cum Raya open house and housewarming party for us because your Bak and I have never invited so many people to our house before. This is the very first big makan-makan ever for us! It was a first experience for us throwing such a big party. We rented a tent, tables and chairs. Guest list was around 180 over people. Of course, not everyone could attend but it was a great get together and you my dear are so very lucky. You received so many birthday presents and so much duit raya/duit birthday. As it is, you received RM187.00 from Hari Raya and on the day of the party you received RM453.00!! That's a lot of money for a 2 year old kid. We deposited your money in the bank. We don't think you need any more toys. You received 25 birthday presents excluding presents from Mama and Bak. Here's the list of presents. (You ought to know by now how I'm a bit obsessed with keeping lists) - it really helps you to appreciate what other people have done for you. They spent their time and money just for you my little baby girl. Ok, here goes

1) Dancing baby doll from Mak Lin and family
2) You & Me baby doll from Pak Long & family
3) Minnie Mouse Classic Soft Toy from Alang & Aunty Maniz
4) Fairytopia Barbie Dress Up Set from Mak Teh & family
5) Masak2 playset from Tok Bak
6) Barbie Doll and Horse set from Uncle Aman & Aunty Farah
7) Rebecca Doll from Uncle Razi & family
8) Penguin Book from Uncle Hanif
9)Play Dough Birthday set  from Uncle Harisham
10) Shirt and skirt from Aunty Maya
11) Huge Henry Story Book, tshirt & pants from Aunty June
12) Strawberry Shortcake Dress - Aunty Ida
13) Catsoft toy - Uncle Kamel
14) Baby Minnie Mouse pillow - Aunty Niza
15)Pooh bear soft toy - Uncle Jim
16) Minnie Mouse Big Doll - Uncle Daud
17) Baju tidur - Mak cik Norhaya
18) Foam carpet puzzle - kawan Tok
Some gifts were received anonymously
19) Beauty Doll
20) Disney Bouncy Ball
21) Another Foam carpet puzzle
Some gifts were received after the party as some people could not attend/ come to the party
22) Tigger knapsack - Uncle Ash & Aunty Nurul
23) Pink dress - Aunty Nurul's mom
24) Barbie Doll - Uncle Muz
25) Green smocking dress - Dr. Syed
Your favourite present was the masak2 play set from Tok Bak. There's a teapot, akettle, 4 teacups etc. You took any one of them with you when you mandi, wash for diaper change, out to the park, min air kat depan rumah. Mama sampai pening sebab Arwen nak main air aje. Dalam rumah pun nak main air.

It was a great party but oh so tiring. Nasib baik Tok and Mak Cik Liza (Tok's friend) were there to help from start to finish. You also had fun playing with your cousins, blowing the candles on your birthday cake. Oh, if you are wondering what Mama and Bak got for you...well, I bought you the pink tricycle before your birthday came and after your birthday Bak bought you thr Braun Disney Princess electric toothbrush.

Happy 2nd Birthday Darling. Mama and Bak love you so very very much!

Look at all the presents! Alhamdulillah.

A slideshow of pictures which I made.

A video of your party.

Arwen's 1st Birthday

10 Oct 2009 - I am trying to document all your birthdays here in this blog. So essentially this is a re-cap. You turned one year old. It was still during the month of Ramadhan. Since you were still hesitant around strange people and even the family still, so we thought that it would be best if we just have a quiet family birthday gathering for your very first birthday! We bought kedai bismillah's nasi biryani and a secret recipe cake. Yumm!

Sporty Baby Golf...

Well...by the time you can read this Arwen dear, you will know that Bak absolutely loves golf! That is why he introduced golf to you at such an early age. You got your first toy golf club when you were only 22 months old. Barely two years old. The following picture was taken on 25.8.2007. Then sometime in 2008, we got you another toy golf club set but I don't think I have a picture of that.


That's Bak trying to teach you play golf.

Recently, Bak bought a golf dvd which teaches kids from the age of 1-4 the basics of golf. You simply love it! You watch it every day over and over again and you follow along whatever that the kids on the DVD does. What is even more great is that last month, we just bought you a new Winnie the Pooh golf set complete with the bag! Only RM15 at Carrefour Subang. What a bargain. Just slightly before that in August 2009, Bak actually bought you a real golf bag complete with a set of real irons at Cash Converter. We haven't used it yet but you sure love the Winnie the Pooh set which now includes all your other golf clubs which we bought earlier on.


Taken on 30.8.2009. Arwen & her first real golf set.

Here's a photo of Arwen hitting the golf ball taken on 9.10.2009.




That's your Winnie the Pooh golf set.

Well, it's no secret that we probably want you to be the next Tiger Woods. Manalah tahu kan hehehe. InsyaAllah. No pressure Wen. We just want you to be happy. I just hope you will take after Bak in terms of sports. At least have one sports that you love & enjoy doing. I was never a sporty person. I definitely was no athlete back in school. When I had to play hockey, I screamed louder than I played every time the ball comes near me! Unlike Bak who plays ALL sports when he was in school. You name it rugby, hockey, football...apa lagi Bai? Oh...tennis, swimming etc and your Tok Bak, he simply loves playing badminton. He plays regularly 3 times a week from the time he was single until now at age 69, with 2 wives,8 kids and 10 grandkids under his belt! I so envy the passion because I have none for any sports. Oh, however, I did enjoy playing basketball when I was in Ausmat (my matriculation before flying off to Australia)and in the evenings when I was in university in Australia. That was fun. That was it really, I wanted to play for fun and not for competition.

Yesterday, we went to Chu Chom's house for makan-2 and went home quite late at about 10.30 pm. You were so sleepy already and I told you that you can sleep in the car first as we've got a long way to go and you said to me "But I want to play golf!" That got me laughing. Ada hati nak balik rumah main golf lagi. Padahal nak buka mata pun dah tak larat.

The name of the story is ..."Arwen locked the door..!"

My dearest Arwen, on 1/10/2009, you locked yourself in the bedroom and could not unlock the lock. I was outside the master bedroom, vacuuming and you decided to close the door because it was noisy. You always do this. However, on this particular day, you decided to lock the door! and not the lock which we have a key to, it was the dead bolt lock which does not even have a key hole from outside! Oh man, was I panicked! I panicked, you panicked and you cried and cried and cried and you kept telling me "It's not working..it's not working..it's too heavy.." referrring to the lock. I was so heartbroken hearing it. Then you picked up my handphone and said "Nak call mama..nak call mama..". However, whatever that you pressed got you to Tok Lah. and she panicked because no one spoke when she picked up and she heard the sound of you crying! She called back 4 times and every time you picked up the call- you were crying so loud! She thought that I had passed out or injured or something like that. Bak called you too on the phone but you were still too panicked to calm down. Tok Lah then called Tok Amal and then Tok Amal called Bak and Tok Bak! My goodness! You even managed to get me on the house phone but you did not say anything. I was getting panicked by the minute but I knew I had to calm myself because I knew that I had to get you out no matter what.

So I took out the very heavy ladder and I used it to climb onto the porch's roof to get to the bedroom's window. I was actually quite scared because it is quite high up even though it doesn't look it and I was afraid of falling, injuring myself and making matters worse! Anyway, Alhamdulillah I was all right and managed to climb up safely. I saw you lying face down on the bed crying..kesian sangat. You stopped crying the minute you heard me and saw my face at the window and I asked you to give me your golf club because the window panel where the grill can be opened is locked. Thank goodness for the golf club! (In my haste, I forgot to think it through of how was I going to open the window.) Well, thank goodness for the golf club. So I hooked the window latch, opened the window and the I opened the grill's padlock. Thank Allah we have a grill that can be opened! Thank Allah that we have a spare key for the padlock outside the bedroom! Thank Allah that I already opened the other windows panels on that day!

You hugged me like you haven't seen me in 10 years and started to cry again! It was gut wrenching! You tried to tell me what happened and started sobbing. You said "Mama is gone...Arwen cannot see Mama.." Alahai, sedih sangat.

Anyway, you got over the trauma because half an hour later we went swimming with Shireen and Uncle Sam (which was planned the day before - wah..we actually performed the rescue well in time to meet our appointment with Shireen...hehehe). You can retell the story now of how you got locked in the bedroom and that Mama is a super hero because I rescued you. Why, six days later (6/10/2009) you woke up from one of your rare naps and suddenly said out loud.."The name of the story is...Arwen locked the door!" You sure are a funny girl, always blurting the oddest thing at the oddest time.

So mama is Super Hero Mama and as it follows through, I now call you Super Duper Wen, just so that we can both be super heroes! Hence, the title of our blog...:)

Super Duper Wen

Well today marks the day that I finally decided to join in the blogging bandwagon. However, I have not decided whether I want to publish my blogs. Maybe I shall just leave it as drafts. I mean I really am just writing to Arwen and I have been doing that on & off since she was born but it is kind of hard to keep track because I first started off in my book, then in my laptop..so it's kind of here, there and everywhere. Not to mention my diaries, which I started since I was 12 years old. Now that's a real mess because it really is here and there and everywhere! With this blog - I am hoping that I can get it all organised from now on, not to mention I can write from anywhere that has internet access and from any computer.

Moving on as to why I am not sure whether I want to post my blogs to the world wide web - well, I am thinking the only people I really want to read my blog are Bai, Arwen and InsyaAllah, my future children. Maybe I'll just give them my password. (Note to self - check with Bai on this). Next, who in the world would want to read my blogs? and seriously do I really want to open up my heart & soul to the public? I am kind of shy/embarassed, really. Well..points to ponder on while I start my blogs.

Ok (it's night time now, the above was written in the morning), now I know that I can limit the people who can read my blog. So for now its just for you Bai (not that you have time to read, I know) and of course my Super Duper Wen! (when you are able to read small prints).