beginning of an ending or ending of a beginning?

How do I describe 1001 life mysteries that begin to haunt me?

08.08.08

There is a quiet at the heart of love,
And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.
~ Sara Teasdale ~ (born 8 August 1884)

Je me suis rendue compte que cela fait presqu'un mois je n'ai pas mis a jour cette blogue. Il faut dire qu'il ne s'est passe pas grand chose dans ma vie a raconter..

Mais par contre, le monde bouge, par ici et par ailleurs...

to know more on what has happenned today in history, go to: wikipedia

Aqeela @ 8 months

Travel to 7 Continents - tag

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Rules :1. Start Copy from "Begin Copy" until "End Copy".
2. Put your blog's name and url write in which continent you live, add the country you live in. Example : My Imaginary Travels (Netherlands)
3. Leave your url post in here and I'll add you to the Master List.
4. Please help spread this tag by tagging your friends as much as you can.
5. Don't play unfair! If you have more than 1 blog, you can participate all your blogs for this tag. BUT you will have to post this tag to all your blogs as well. So, please. Don't cheat!
6. Please come back again to copy the update of the master list, often. This process will help new participants to get the same gains as the first participants.
7. Don't forget to use the banner at your post, you can save as or you can just copy the code in here.
Master List :
A. Asia : 1. Moms... Check Nyo (Philippines) 2. Aeirin's Collections (Philippines) 3. Jenny and Belle(Philippines) 4. Hailey's Beats and Bits (Philippines) 5. Appleofmyeyes(Saudi Arabia) 6. Deranged Insanity (Philippines) 7. PROJECT HEAVY TRAFFIC (Singapore) 8. Rooms of My Heart (Indonesia) 9. Blessings and Beyond (Philippines) 10. lancerlord (Singapore) 11. allinkorea (Korea) 12. kimchiland (Korea) 13. korean food (Korea) 14. idealpinkrose (Korea) 15. Pinay Mommy Online (Philippines) 16. Momhood Moments (Philippines) 17. Business Mars (Philippines) 18. Maiylah’s Snippets (Philippines) 19. Picture Clusters (Philippines) 20. My Wanderings (Philippines) 21. Hit-or-Miss (Philippines) 22. Life Quest (Philippines) 23. FunFierceFabulous (Phils) 24. and Life Goes On for... (Philippines) 25. Moments of Colours (Philippines) 26. Making sense… (somehow) (Philippines) 27. Day To Day (Philippines) 28. My Happy Place 29. Me and Mine (Japan) 30. Little Peanut (Japan) 31. Creative In Me (Japan) 32. Pea in a Pod (Japan) 33. A Slice of Life (Phils) 34. Jenny Said So (Phils) 35. Live it Up... (Philippines) 36. A Sweet Taste Of Life (Philippines) 37. Through The Rain (Philippines) 38. Sugarmagnolias (Japan) 39. ParentZine育兒好好玩 (Singapore) 40. We are Family (PH) 41. Reference Notes (Hong Kong) 42. The Sweet Life 43. A Great Pleasure (Malaysia) 44. Lalaine's World ( Thailand) 45. Proud Mommy (Philippines) 46. Petty Ramblings of a Petty Queen(Malaysia) 47. The Real Deal (Malaysia) 48. My Sweet Escape (Malaysia) 49. Mommy Earns Money Online (Philippines) 50. Pexlinks Triple Love (Philippines) 51. OnlineBiz and Resources (Philippines) 52. LadyJava's Lounge (Malaysia) 53. LadyJava Life's Pages (Malaysia) 54. Being Woman (Malaysia), 55. Cat Tales (Malaysia) 56. Make Money Online (Malaysia) 57. LadyJava's Food Paradise (Malaysia) 58. Lourdes' Mia (Philippines) 59. Miss Write (Philippines) 60. Me, Myself+2 (Phils) 61. Moments of My Life 62. My Deepest & Honest Thoughts (Malaysia) 63. Crissy's Haven 64. Strangely Out of Place (Philippines) 65. Frozen Moments (India) 66. NER: Never Ending Resolve (Philippines) 67. Mindjuice in Full Throttle 68. Straight from the Heart 69. Creative Thoughts (Philippines) 70. Emila’s Illustrated Blog 71. WilStop (Philippines), 72. Alanzain-home decor world (Malaysia) 73. Let's talk-everything in one space (Malaysia) 74. Tiklaton (Pilipinas) 75. Digiscraptology (Philippines) 76. A Life in Bloom (Philippines) 77. Because Life is a Blessing (Philippines) 78. Day to Day Miracles 79. Budget Traveler 80. The Success (Indonesia) 81. Lets Travel Philippines (Philippines) 82. enlaceré. tordu. (Singapore) 83.Blessings in Life (Philippines) 84. Tere’s World (Philippines) 85. Journey in Life (Philippines) 86. Thoughts and Beyond (Philippines) 87. Geng's Journal (Philippines) 88. e-Shopping (India) 89. Tippy-Tips 90. Life and Me (Singapore) 91. Xploring Asia ( Singapore) 92. Baboyita (Philippines) 93. A Place Of Being (Philippines) 94. Bits and Pieces (Philippines) 95. Asian Mutt International (Malaysia) 96. An Anonymous Journal (Malaysia) 97. WebGeek Journal (Philippines) 98. BlogScope (Philippines) 99. The Mind The Heart The Lines (Malaysia) 100.BoBo the Bimbo (Singapore) 101.Sjtl (Philippines) 102. Crissy's Zone (PHIL) 103. [S]hiphire [D]ominion (Malaysia) 104. All about your children (Singapore) 105. Hardy Chen Power Blog (Indonesia) 106. Rien Mais Tout, Nothing But All (Malaysia) 107. A Nice Thought (Philippines) 108. Choc Mint Girl (Malaysia) 109. KaDusMama (Malaysia) 110. Chorva (Philippines) 111. Geek Chic Guru (Philippines) 112. Erlinda's Wandering Thoughts (Philippines) 113. LZmommy(Singapore) 114. Free VB Tools (Indonesia) 115. Bloggerbin ( Malaysia) 116. Love Is Colorful (Malaysia) 117. Liangmui 38 Zone (Malaysia) 118. Pinay Heart Wanderings and Musings (Philippines) 119. Me, the islands and the world (Philippines) 120. i Share (India) 121. RamblingMoo (Malaysia) 122. Watchamacallit! (Philippines) 123. Nellypie's Chatterbox (Philippines) 124. Emjei Says (Philippines) 125. Solo-Flight (Philippines) 126. iAM-MAi (Philippines) 127. BlackNickel (Philippines) 128. Neuropatch (Philippines) 129. Express For Free (Philippines) 130. My Favorite Hang Out (Philippines) 131. Nishas World and baby Alisha (India) 132. In My Home (UAE) 133. It's My Party (UAE) 134. your turnB. Australia : 1. Reflexes (Australia) 2. Emcee 3. Outback-Pinay 4. Collect and Connect (Australia) 5. Stand My Ground (Australia) 6. Alive (Australia) 7. your turnC. Afrika : 1. Doudy Sketche Watercolor Paintings 2. Optimizing for Search Engines 3. Painting Artworks 4. Pictures in Egypt 5. your turn
D. North Amerika : 1. Simple Life, Simply Me (USA) 2. Pinaymama's Diary (USA) 3. 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires (United States) 4.Traipsey Turvey (USA) 5. Dabawenyako (USA) 6. Icelog (USA) 6. The Misadventures of an Ordinary Housewife (USA) 7. It Is Nap Time (US) 8.A Mother's Journal (USA) 9. Journey And Journal [USA] 10. Life is good and beautiful (USA) 11. Tasteful Voyage (USA) 12. Jenny's Wandering Thoughts (USA) 13. Mom Knows Everything (Canada) 14. Filipino love stories (USA) 15. A Mom's Note (USA) 16. Life with the Two Crazy Dogs 17. BLOGSILOG (USA) 18. Juliana’s World ( New York, USA) 19. My Daily Discourse (USA) 20. My Point Of View 21. My Blog Entry (USA) 22. This Side of Eternity (MI, USA) 23. The Paper Vision (USA) 24.Beyond Being A Mom(USA) 25.My So called life(USA) 26. Blogging By Sandee (USA) 27. Comedy Plus (USA) 28. My Life... My Journey!(USA) 29. Your Fun Family (USA) 30. Big Money List (Canada) 31. Life Expressions (USA) 32. DOTBLOGGER 33. Nita's Random Thoughts (USA) 34. Thomas Travel Tales (USA) 35. Nita Corner (USA) 36. Thomas Web Links (USA) 37. Great Finds and Deals (USA) 38. Filipino Online Community (USA) 39. Batuananons (USA) 40. Bohol Paradise (USA) 41. Living or Surviving (USA) 42. Welcome To Our Homeschool Adventures(USA) 43. your turn
E. South Amerika : 1. Oscar Luiz (Brazil) 2. dibujandoarte (Argentina) 3. Lavanderia Virtual (Brasil) 4. your turn
F. Europe : 1. My Imaginary Travels (Netherlands) 2. Juliana's Site (Netherlands) 3. Picturing of Life (Netherlands) 4. SuperMae (Portugal) 5. The Callalily Space (The Netherlands) 6. Portia (UK) 7. Daily Grind (Germany) 8. Amel's Realm (Finland) 9. Mummy Diaries (England) 10. Mirage as Usual (Austria) 11. Say Cheese (DE) 12. Ramblings of an ad hoc doctor (United Kingdom) 13. Love Defies All (England) 14. Breather 15. MAX (Portugal) 16. your turn
G. Antarctica : 1. your turn
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I am tagging : Everyone

Areen's very first performance

Meet our new musician, Miss Zulaila Azreen!!
And her background singer, Miss Zuhayra Aqeela!!

Jom merapu

Early this year, we send our daughter, Zulaila, to a chinese primary school.. She had 1 month of twice-weekly tuition of 2 hours each before starting school.. Now, after 6 months, she's speaking chinese already!!! Ahh, kids.. they pick up fast and easily... and that motivates me to learn too..I guess it's never too late, right? Let's see what are on my to learn list: Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, Italian and Spanish.. emmm.. cela fait beaucoup, non? Anyway, I've decided! Spanish first.. so, why don't you join me here?

Photos (from lefigaro)

Aqeela @ 7months

Que le temps passe vite! Aqeela is now 7 months old.. she can now sit up steadily.. start to eat solid food n toujours souriante..

Tagged? Beauty secrets en plus?! Oh la la...

Emila tagged me with the beauty secrets meme. Err.. a vrai dire.. je ne suis pas du tout du genre a se faire belle.. meme pas pour moi-meme.. hehe.. et je ne suis pas du tout a 'meme' girl, anyway, since it is emila who tagged me, let's try it out...

My Foundation:
Don't have one. Used it before, but it was not mine...

My Mascara:
Mascara? I tried it once but can hardly open my eyes.. tak selesa.. hehe

My Day Cream:
I like biscuits with banana cream.. to be eaten during the day, with a teh o...

My Essential Beauty Product:
Tap water.

My Favorite Makeup Product:
A compact powder atmost.. most of the time, my daughter's baby powder...

My Perfume:
I like the smell of whitemusk... even then.. rarely put any perfume on...

My Nails:
Never colored my nails, si.. une fois.. avec de l'henne..

My Feet:
I never wear socks.. so, they smell ok I guess.. no beauty products needed..

My Hands:
Handwash liquid will do just fine..

Three Beauty Products to bring on a deserted island:
Deserted island.. beauty products are the last thing I need.. some water & lotsa food please!!

Women I admire for their beauty:
Hardly can think of anyone...

Women with the Best Sense of Style:
Style is very subjective!!

My Ultimate Dream:
Anything to do with beauty secrets? Anyway, I dream of having a good slice of garlic bread and a bowl of homemade mushroom soup...yummy...

How Do I Define Womanhood:
Take away Robin and and replace it with Woman..

My favourite Fashion Publication:
How could I have a favourite if I know none?

Well.. yay!! I managed to answer to all questions!! I'm tagging no one in particular.. but you're are tagged!! yes, you!

Fresh Soyabean Milk & Taufufa

We went to our brothers' newly opened soyabean milk production center at Plaza Suria. Fresh homemade soyabean milk & taufufa..interested,anyone? The place is still in a mess, so no photos available (coming soon).. then we went for a drink at the mamak nextdoor..

Mr. VZV

After my daughter Zulaila, now it's my turn!! Welcome Mr. Varicella Zoster.. I wonder how you knew that I've never been infected by you before... After surviving for more than 30 years...Ish, ish, ish.....





From Wikipedia:
Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). It generally begins with conjunctival and catarrhal symptoms and then characteristic spots appearing in two or three waves, mainly on the body and head rather than the hands and becoming itchy raw pockmarks, small open sores which heal mostly without scarring.

Chickenpox has a 10-21 day incubation period and is spread easily through aerosolized droplets from the nasopharynx of ill individuals or through direct contact with secretions from the rash. Following primary infection there is usually lifelong protective immunity from further episodes of chickenpox.

Chickenpox is rarely fatal, although it is generally more severe in adults than in children. Pregnant women and those with a suppressed immune system are at highest risk of serious complications. The most common late complication of chicken pox is shingles, caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus decades after the initial episode of chickenpox.

Sungai Dara 2

It's areen's birthday

More photos of Areen's birthday. Photos credited to emila. Thanks a million emila!!















Original post:

Areen was born on 15th May 2001... We had a small birthday cake on Thursday 15th. Areen was very happy.. and last sunday, to celebrate with friends, we had areen's birthday party. Thank you all for coming and for the lovely presents... later, areen has her latest birthday present...CHICKEN POX!!!

Meeting Lolita & Paul

Les parents de Stephanie, une bonne copine de fac d'Angers, sont en Malaisie pour 2 jours. Ils font un tour de l'Asie de Sud-Est.. Je suis vraiment, vraiment ravie de les rencontrer.. Mes soeurs et moi (et la petite Aqeela, biensur) sont allees les retrouver a Sg. Wang pour ensuite les emmener a la tour de KL..

"Je t'imagine plus mince...", a dit la maman.. Et oui, c'etait il y a 10 ans.. Et j'ai pris des tonnes de poids depuis..uhuk,uhuk..

A M. et Mme. Chalons, bienvenue en Malaisie.. J'espere que vous avez aime votre sejour.. et a tres bientot!

Aqeela again!

More drawings from Areen...

Here are some drawings by Areen, made some time ago..

of her school friends:



of some 'friendly' animals

Mouse Mousie

We are sending Areen to music lessons.. she has to pop in the middle as the classe already started few months ago.. so, after two(2) evaluation/trial classes, she is accepted. It's a rather excellent music centre as the children are taught the sense of music before really choose an instrument. There are lots of fun and games as not to scare or bore the little ones.. babies as early as new born could start lessons!! So, Aqeela, when is your turn? Attend un peu la, huh?! While waiting, you'll dance over some salsa music with umi, ok chérie? Haha..

areen's creation

"Umi, I have something special for you", Areen said when she came back from school on monday. She hasn't put down her school bag yet.. erm.. what would that be?
And she pulled out a tiny lovely card from her school uniform pocket... tra la la.. "I made it at school, during art class..".. thank you sweetie.. here it is.. it's a collage card..

Sungai Dara

We really enjoyed our escapade to Sungai Dara (Rivière Vierge) last sunday. On va y retourner surement, soon!!

Aqeela

Voici Aqeela. Elle a maintenant 5 mois et 3 semaines.. Elle essaie de s'asseoir.. elle a du mal, mais elle est courageuse!!!

Here's Aqeela. She is now 5 months and 3 weeks old. She's learning very hard to sit up properly..

Areen's Drawing

She said this is her, aqeela n umi, in clown's version...

Mon ange!!