2012 Recap – A Year of Rollercoaster Ride

I wanted to write a re-cap of all that have happened in 2012 but the only thing that I can remember is the year’s highlight – Rafa’s birth.

But I do remember that we hardly go on any nice vacation last year. Mainly because I was pregnant most of the time and my work at the office was just killing me. I can remember we spent a few weekends in the hotels around Klang Valley and that’s it. Yeah, it is clear to me now, the lack of holidays is mainly because of my work. In June 2011 I joined the company I am working now and since then I have been travelling around Malaysian more than I did in the last 3 years. My job took me to places I have never been and never thought that I would visit. Like the interior zone of Sabah, Mukah part of Sarawak, Pahang etc.

I travelled so much ( to places yang aku tak minat nak pergi pun sebenarnya) and leaving my (then) two boys at home so much, the only time I have in Kinrara, I just wanna spend it at home sweet home.

My son and I

In Jan 2012 I was three months pregnant and Miki celebrated his 4^th birthday. Miki is such a delightful and brilliant child. And he was very eager to get an adik. We threw him a party with our family members in Penang at KFC in Bayan Baru. It was a lot of fun! Jan 2012 also marked the 6^th year of our marriage. 6 year and blessed with a toddler and a baby in my tummy. Alhamdulillah. I feel like we both of understand each other better these days, compared to when we were younger.  We also communicate better with more patience towards each other. Or more like Azman is more patience with the moody me.

In April I celebrated my 30^th birthday while working very hard. There are times when I feel like I was gonna call it quit but I needed to hang on until the baby was born. On my birthday (9  April) I worked until 1am in the morning, heavily pregnant and all. And once I got home Miki was still waiting for me- with that huge Secret Recipe cake with candles and singing to me a Happy Birthday. I will never forget that. Muah! Love you two Azman and Miki!

Sometime in May or April, our family went to Manjung and over there Azman and I was infected with the contagious rotavirus that caused severe diarrhoea. I couldn’t remember being that sick since was 24 or 25. Azman was also hit very badly and we were so worried that Miki would get infected from us. Luckily he didn’t and I cursed the person who sold us the cut fruits tainted with human waste. Celaksss!

In May I was still working and working and working at the office with stress level that was really high, often I go for my maternity check up expecting the doctor to admit for high blood pressure. Luckily she didn’t need to and I was healthy Alhamdulillah.

The baby however, was in breech position. Everyday and night I pray that he would turn head down but he didn’t. Although I rawkkkk yeah!!! But I am terribly afraid of the knife. Please God, I wanted to deliver the baby normally and not via c-sect.  I tried everything including watching TV while menonggeng but still the baby didn’t turn.

On 3^rd June Azman celebrated his 36^th birthday. Isn’t my beau the hottest for a 36 year old? Hehe! We had a great lunch to celebrate but I remember his nose was blocked and he didn’t taste a thing. Haha.

Then I went through the ecv procedure with my gynae. In 15 minutes, the baby was turned manually by her hands into head down position ready for birth.  Alhamdulillah.

The next day I went back to work and face the overwhelming workload again. I was so busy I hardly update this blog. I was so busy I didn’t go shopping. Sometimes I go to work  it got so bad I wanna take a shotgun and kill everybody in Cyberjaya. Then one day, the Human Resource gave me a letter indicating a fat increment in my pay that I totally didn’t expect. So I kept the shotgun back in my dresser.

2 weeks later on 29^th June 2012 at midnight I ate durian with Azman at the patio. Then at 3am we went to the hospital because my contraction was 4 minutes apart. The pain was grotesque. I was almost seeing stars. Then I reached the hospital, requested for epidural, it was given to me and  I went weeeeeeee…… Happy! Happy! Come on everybody let’s have a baby…….

At 8 in the morning, Rafa was born and I fell in love with again since I felt his first kick in my tummy  many months before. We brought Rafa home from the hospital and with him he brought so much joy and happiness to Mummy, Daddy and Abang Miki… Especially the proud Abang Miki.

I spent my confinement period at my mother’s house in Penang for about a month only. Then we came back to Kinrara because I simply can handle it. Rafa is such a good baby and easy to take care of. Then for Hari Raya, we went back to Penang/Kedah again. It was Rafa’s first Raya and we also had a “kenduri” for him. Just like what we did for Miki, we had his akikah and berendoi ceremony together which was beautiful. Owh.. BTW, by this time I already got my pre-baby body back! Yeahhh!

My maternity leave was for 2 months then I came back to work in September. The stress and workload has lessened because the management finally recruited a few new junior staff.  Rafa and Miki stays at Mama Rose while we work. She is the best babysitter in the whole world!

Mandi Time

In October a bad incident happened and we suffered about RM11K of lost. I was quite devastated but Allah is Great, after that rezeki was still pouring in. Qadak and Qadar I guess, things have been written for us by Him. Our whole year was full of affluence takkan satu kesedihan tak boleh nak terima? Alhamdulillah. Allah is Great. We are still happy as can be.

In November I worked my butt off for an international conference at KL Convention Center. I enjoy my role as a Mum of two and try my best to be the best mom. Miki gets smarter everyday (and naughtier too). Rafa grows so quickly too and he is oh such a cutey and delightful little baby.

Miki and Rafa

Mummy and Rafa

In December I got a surprise – one month bonus by company. Happy,  because we were not supposed to get any in the first place.  We registered Miki at Lil Caliph in Bandar Kinrara and he will start school on 7^th January. On 29 Dec, Rafa turned 6 months.

To sum it all up, I can say that 2012 is one hell of a year. It was rollercoaster ride all throughout the 12 months. All year we were drinking cocktail of happiness, thrill, excitement, stress and surprises. But most of all – it was HAPPINESS!  The year started well and ended really good. We were very blessed. Alhamdulillah.

I look forward to an adventurous 2013. Stay tuned peeps! Here comes Diyanazman clan with a new addition -Tiger Rafa! Roarrr!