Top 10 family friendly to-do in KL

I am always ecstatic and deeply anticipate a new year more than my birthday really. The excitement builds months wayyy before December. I would start going through my goals, plans, deadlines, lesson learnt and memories. One of the thing I am very thankful for would be the time spent with my kids. As most working…

Being tourists in KL for the day

Its 9AM on a cool Sunday morning in KL about a week ago. The two of us laid in bed and wondering how best to spend the final day of the weekend before the blues of Monday took over. Our favorite parks? Nah, its too late as it will only get warmer and more humid…

Tiger-ness teaching at home, a strong core value

I was going through my Instagram when a video of Shakira the Latin singer came out. Its not one of her performance video but it was an interview of her life with Foundr. In that brief video she storied how once she came home at the age of 13 and found that all the furniture…

Father & daughters, the unconditional love of my dear Prof Abah

He is a pure kampong boy from northern of Perak. Grew up with 7 other siblings in an old wooden house with dirt floor that they called home. My late grandmother once told my mum that she felt a wash of coldness while giving birth to my father. Did I mentioned it took place in…

Boy or Girl? Which do you prefer?

Its baby season! Well at least for me. Recently my husband and I held a small get together with both sides of our family, in white picnic theme at one of our favorite park – Taman Tasik Perdana. The main agenda of the gathering was to reveal the gender of the baby. If you have…

Stop morning sickness before it starts

I have been off the grid for quiet sometimes and one main reason was because I was dealing with morning sickness. Alhamdulillah we are blessed with the wonderful news not too long ago that we are expecting our second child. But then reality haunt me all over again. Let me start by saying my family…

Work life balance of a career mum?

How do you want your kids to look at you? Loving mother? Career driven? All of the above? I often wonder as I nursed my little girl to sleep. What’s playing on her mind when she thinks of me? I am a full time working mum and after work I assist on a small family…

KL Parks Edition

Today’s post is something closer to home and on a lighter subject. Literally. Working and living in KL, I find it like my second home. My first darling is still Ipoh tho where I grew up in. I am a big park fan. The greens, the flower, the activities like riding rental bikes, strolling and…

Raising 4 girls

In Malay community there is this saying that goes ‘Raising a herd of cows is easier than raising a daughter’.  Don’t over read the meaning. Raising boys are equally hard. No, girls are not cows. It is basically, raising girls has its set of challenges. And my parents has 4 of them! I have to…

Make life matter by celebrating the just because

Growing up I have always been a bubbly one. I have so many ups in life and similarly also went through many downs from experiencing feeling helpless, isolated, being rejected, waves of feeling LOST and miserable and painfully grieving deaths. I know, its rather vague but those feelings were real nevertheless. I have always been…