Mommy & Faaz Get Together

Last Sunday afternoon, we went to One Utama for one main reason: FRISO GUT Day. For those who are not aware, check out my previous post here :)


The most excited person would be no other than my Faaz. He cheered up happily the minute we saw this as the escalator moved from Basement 1 (B1) to Lower Ground (LG) floor….

Here it is! :)
The event was held at Concourse, Lower Ground Floor (Oval) of New Wing One Utama

First thing first, we queued up at the registration counter. For your info, every child requires an adult to join them for the activities lined up on GUT day simply because FRISO provided an opportunity for mommies and daddies to bond with your child while having fun. Isn’t it cool?! ;) Thank you to darling hubby who was supportive enough to take care of my twin babies while Faaz and I get to have our mother & son time. We love you lots! :) While waiting for our turn (and while Mommy was listening to the briefing), Faaz was busy “socializing”...

Ehem! :P

At the registration counter, all you need to do is to fill in the survey form so that FRISO team can get to know you better. Once finished, you’ll be given a FREE sachet of FRISO Gold 3 milk for your kid together with a pamphlet which consists of the layout of the event and a place where you collect the stamp each time you completed each of the activities lined up. Everything is for free! Awesome! ;)

Filling in the form.. :)


Souvenir from FRISO

Besides that, FRISO also have a sales booth where you can get the product at a discounted price, plus additional free gift for your little one.

FRISO booth


Cute free gift that you wouldn’t want to miss!!

These are the activities lined up for you 30 minutes from the starting point; a huge tunnel with interactive games such as Lilypad Hop, Mad Mad Monkeys and Fly Butterfly Fly! Enough said, now let the photos do (most of) the talking and share the fun with you dear readers. Enjoy!

Are you ready to have fun? ;)

My Faaz, at the starting point.

Patiently waiting for his turn.
Good boy! ;)

At the interactive Lilypad Hop. All we did here was hop! hop! and hop! to cross the virtual river. Man it was fun, a good exercise for Mommy too. Hihihi!

Faaz at the Fly Butterfly Fly! Interactive huge touch screen.

Here, we worked together as a team. I just touched the chrysalises hanging on the tree on the right side and beautiful butterflies will came out. Faaz will then chase the butterflies and tap on them one by one where the butterflies will change its colors! Fun way to learn colors! :)


But the most interesting part for me and Faaz was this one:

Mum + Me Virtual Painting :)

Here, 4 interactive photo booths awaits where not only you and your kid can snap a family picture, but you get to choose the virtual background and paint whatever you want via the touch screen menu. Being someone who loves painting so much, Faaz really spent his time there; ensuring that he produced the best printed picture for us as a keepsake from GUT day.

First, we stand and pose to the camera

Say “cheeesee!” :D

Next is to use the color palate to write/draw!

Lastly, choosing the background and adding some decorative items!

The end result?

Tadaaaaa!

Best kan?
Mommy is so proud of you, boy! :)

The fun did not end there. There are interesting craft activities at FRISO GUT Day lined for parents to team up with their child to design and customize their very own T-shirts, badges, toys and hanging mobiles! All of these cost you NOTHING, ladies. All for FREE! Double awesome aite?!

Craft activities that you can choose to do with your lil ones!

Create a glove toy session

I must thank FRISO for organizing such a wonderful event. Me and my Faaz totally had fun that day :). We went home bringing not only the freebies but the memories that made our mother & son relationship even closer. This shows how FRISO has successful in promoting Growing Up Together (GUT) concept. Well done FRISO!

Look how happy my son was! :)

Falisya would love to join the event too..
” Please do it again next year, FRISO! I’ll be 1 year old by then!” said Falisya :D
*Faiqa was asleep*

For those who missed the excitement last week (especially those who live in Klang Valley area), great news for you! The next GUT Day will be held from 9th to 11th March at Sunway Pyramid. This is your last chance dear readers so mark your calendar now! Not only that, for parents who lives in the South, visit Aeon Bukit Indah, Johor Bahru from 13th – 18th March while Northern people, head to Queensbay Mall, Penang from 5th to 8th April!

Last but not least…..Have fun!! :)

Wordless Wednesday

Sisterly Love :)

Dutch Lady Friso Growing Up Together (GUT)

During our first born, many asked whether I was prepared to be a mother and I am sure most of you experience it too. Well, you can never be prepared to become a mother, it’s a natural thing. You embrace motherhood and go with the flow, learning each and every day through experience while making the best out of this journey. In other words, you grow up together with your child :)

“There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.” ~Laurence J. Peter~

Learning from experience is very crucial and it is the best teacher. It is the reason we ensure that our child grows up with the most exposure, enjoying life while learning from it at the same time. With my Faaz, the growing up together process started from the womb. Communicating with him includes daily conversation, reciting verses from the Quran and sharing nursery rhymes. He will then respond back via kicking or moving. It was a magical and wonderful moment :) When he was born, I ensure it is continuous…we do lots of growing up together activities and that includes;

Spending time at the playground to be physically fit and to build up his motor skills...

Attending birthday parties to build up social developments...

Introducing simple games to inject critical thinking...

Involved him in arts & crafts activities to stimulate the brain to be creative...

At times, we just cam-whoring to build up his self-confidence! :) Hihi..

Our role as parents is to ensure that our kid(s) are physically strong and that their mind gets the right stimulation. Having the best nutrients for your child is essential. While eager to explore new things around them, kids will be exposed to all sorts of bacteria while us parents might overlooked the hygiene part.

With Friso Gold from Dutch Lady, worries no more mommies, as this milk is formulated with P2 Dual System which contains Friso Synbiotic Agent, a combination of 2 Prebiotics and 2 Probiotics. While all of this sounds like a biology class, these two combinations are proven to lessen the frequency of diarrhea and allergy. It also contains the necessary tools (DHA, AA3and SA) which aids a growing child’s overall development.

When it comes to growing up together (GUT) concept, Friso is a brand that comes in mind because it is well known for actively supporting GUT activities. Speaking of which, Friso is organizing the annual Growing Up Together Day (GUT day) in four different locations nationwide:

• • Week 1 : 22 – 26 February : 1 Utama, Klang Valley
• • Week 2 : 9 – 11 March : Sunway Pyramid, Klang Valley
• • Week 3 : 13 – 18 March : Aeon Bukit Indah, Johor Bahru
• • Week 4 : 5 – 8 April : Queensbay Mall, Penang

There are loads of activities planned for us mommies to spend some quality times with our beloved child such as interactive tunnel and craft stations (does that sounds fun or what?! :) On top of that, FREE gifts for your little ones when you bring along the barcode or tin foil from Friso Gold 3 or Friso Gold 4 package. For more info, do check out their link here:

Friso GUT Days Event has been launched with a BIG BANG on an innovative platform, which is the "Talking Newspaper", done in collaboration with New Straits Times. Check out this cool video, mommies. Wouldn't you want to get a copy yourself too, NOW?? :)

So my dear readers especially mommies, wait no more. Let's take this opportunity to bond with our child and let them have fun! ;)

Me and Faaz will be joining the event at One Utama (OU)...who'll be joining us?! ;)

Love,

Patutla...

We went out for groceries shopping the other day with the twins. Faaz on the other hand decided to stay at home as he wanted to spend time with his trio cousins who came by that afternoon.

This is Falisya when she was waiting for me to get ready...
biting her ballet flat shoes as usual :P

Usually, when both babies are awake and full, they will sit still in the stroller and enjoyed watching new things around them while smiling to strangers who kind enough to greet them. But, when they are bored, Faiqa will start babbling with her own sound (or shall i call language?) while Falisya, loves to scream or made some loud noise! hehe...talking about two different personality ;)


As usual, it took us quite sometime to do our groceries shopping and as expected, towards the end the twins started to make some noise... O'ooo...!

While Faiqa has already started to make "pufff! pufff" sound (implying she was playing with her saliva), surprisingly Falisya was quiet. Hmmm...

"Is she sleeping?"
I asked Fadzil who was walking beside me while strolling the twins.

"Nope, her feet are wiggling. I can see it from here".

"That's weird...she seems so quiet".

Unsatisfied, I stopped the stroller to see what she was doing. I was surprised, and LOL'ed the minute I saw her....


Want to know why?????


Well.....



Here's what I found....

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Her hat has covered her eyes and all she did was sitting quietly while sucking her chubby fingers!

LOL!

Patutla...Falisya, Falisya...!

:)

Lawak Ke Der? at Istana Budaya

Performing arts has always been my passion. It all started during my kindergarten years where I involved in few performances during year end concert that includes acting (I still remember, it was Jack & Beanstalk ), and series of dancing (Hawaiian, Chinese dance and Ago-go :). The passion continues as I entered the primary and secondary school. I never missed to dance on yearly "Majlis Penyampaian Hadiah" and was elected as the president of "Kelab Kebudayaan". I was also active in representing my school for story telling, chorus speaking, nasyid, debate and drama competitions. I still remembered what my headmaster told me, "Awak ni nampak je pendiam tapi bila atas pentas boleh tahan jugak bakatnya.." haha :D

As I grew up, the passion continues but it is more as an audience rather than the performer. I've been to KL PAC to watch some good theater, and watched some stand-up comedies at The Actor Studio, Bangsar. The only place left that I haven't got the chance to go to watch a show was Istana Budaya. "Puteri Gunung Ledang The Musical" and "Tun Mahathir The Musical" were among the good shows that I missed to see T_T. I almost went to LAT The Musical (Kampung Boy) with hubby dearie but we missed it the very last minute due to other commitment. With a toddler and two babies around, it is almost impossible see any show these days.


When I came to know that there will be a stand-up comedy show in Istana Budaya named "Lawak Ke Der?" (LKD) (thanks to my friend Anne for tweeted it), I got all excited. Firstly, me and Fadzil LOVES stand-up comedy. Russel Peters and of course our local Harith Iskander are among our favorites. Secondly, not only Harith, my favourite Raja Lawak group Jozan will also be performing as well...I know it's gonna be a good show! ;) Thirdly, it will be held in IB, the place that I've always wanted to go and lastly, it's been a while since the last time me and Fadzil get to go out for a date.



But the main question at that time was, "Who can babysit our children?". Since we targeted to see the show on weekend (as Jozan will only be performing on Saturday & Sunday) and co-incidentally my mom's birthday was on 11th February which means we'll be spending the weekend in Gombak, we asked my mom if she can babysit the grandchildren for few hours on Sunday night. Alhamdulillah, mak has no problem with it (thanks Mak!), so we proceed to book the ticket one month earlier via ticket2u.biz (semangat tul! :P)

the tickets, redeemed at IB itself before the show...

Being a first timer, I was a bit blur when choosing the seat to watch the show. We opt for the cheapest tix, RM50 so the seating area is at the 3rd level - Upper Circle (white box).


So I just randomly picked the center seat. I foresee a stand-up comedy doesn't requires the performer to move that much, by right we shouldn't have problem with it. True enough it was. Alhamdulillah, the view from our seat was not bad at all. :) Although it look smaller from the photo that I snapped it was way bigger from our naked eyes. I even noticed how handsome Hans Isaac is when he made an appearance towards the end of the show (LKD was directed by him)..hihi. Ooh, oh, by the way, Neelofa pun ada tau, duduk sebelah Hans lagi during the show..memang tak berenggang. Ehem! :)

the view from my seat before the show

the view during the closing of the show
*disclaimer*: taking photos during the show is prohibited..dah closing takpe :P

the left side...

the right side..

and finally, the eager us..hihi :)

The show started at 9pm, half and hour late from the schedule and it ended at approximately 11.30pm. The verdict? LKD memang LAWAK!! Seriously me and Fadzil couldn't stop laughing throughout the show! Memang worth every RM we spent. We really enjoyed all the performances from BoBoi (Afdlin Shauki & Harun Salim Bachik) to JoZan (Johan & Zizan) and of course by Mr. Harith Iskander himself! Nabil too, did a good job in hosting the show. We wouldn't mind to go and watch again the show if we're not watching it on the last day...thumbs up to all!!

Opening act by Nabil - singing the "I'm Sexy and I know It" song, his version of course :P

The famous "Datin Maimon" character from BoBoi :D

Glad that I finally been to Istana Budaya to watch a show and glad it was a good one. I am sure it will be more fun to watch a musical theater there but maybe I need to pay for higher tix price to get a good seat/view? Anyone been to any of the show? Do share with me which is the best affordable seat to watch a theater in IB ok, would love to watch one in the future... :)

yours truly yg happy dapat jejak kaki kat IB..hihi! :P


Anyway, for those who missed LKD, enjoy the opening and ending videos that I found on youtube ;)






love,