another less than two weeks to go~

during peak winter

waiting for bus

big boy!

@allianz

Friday prayers

Spring is coming!!

boys and their new friend, AMANI

another pic with little amani

@marienplatz

playing time @home

playing time again

cutie athif

posing in front of antique BMW

in the train

while waiting for the bus

where's the train?

our boys:)

happy moment

counting days..4 days to go

another 4 days and papa will be together with us. afnan kira:

-mama cuti 2 hari (referring to this weekend)

-mama work 2 hari (referring to mon and tues)

-pastu papa datang! (referring to wed)

p/s: testing create post using hphone, not so user-friendly..i need help..anyway, success?

Finally, the boys had their first outing here:)

After 3weeks of minimum going-out due to cold weather, the boys got the chance to experience their first outing in Munich! They were very excited, thrilled and eager. The preparation part was really a big tedious job. We have to wear layers and layers of clothes..log-john (thermal inner), t-shirt, trousers, jacket, head cover, gloves, socks etc..Once everyone was ready, we started our walking to S-Bahn station which is 5 minutes away from our apartment. From Markt Schwaben to Rosenheimer Platz. The train stopped for 9 times before reaching our destination. At each stop, afnan and ayman would ask, “Dah sampai ke, mama?”…huhu..very excited! mama + athif

tokpa at the back waiting for train

the sleeping prince


after shopping:)

me and athif (again)



afnan



abang-abang

Indeed it was a very tiring, also dramatic and tiring Saturday. Most importantly, the kids had fun, the adults too:) We plan to go out again next Saturday insyaAllah, provided the boys are well-behaved throughout this week..hehe

note: On Sunday, most of the shooping malls are closed here. Sunday is meant for family day



eeja

Gugurnya air mata..am missing them so much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HGCalLLJkE&feature=related

Miss U..Love U...

from Munich City with love....

Today is our 16th day in Munich. I can still remember clearly the day (14th January 2012) we departed from KLIA, everyone was very excited to send us (me + afnan + ayman + athif + nani + tokpa). Hubby, kakwon + abg Imran, mursyid + mursyida, abg dhaus + kak ana, cicah..not to forget, the boys and girls; even our bosses (ringo and yazeer) were there too to say goodbye and to give their final mandate (plus advice) to us.

Nonetheless, despite the excitement, I can sense and see that hubby was actually hiding his anxiety, worriedness, concern on what’s going to happen to us. He kept on following us (through the glass wall), to say bye-bye, even tough we were already inside the international departure area..so sad:(

We travelled via Qatar Airways; total is about 14 hour; transit at Doha airport for about 2 hours. We reached Munich Airport at 6.30 am Sunday morning. It was so cold in the morning (note: currently is winter season in Germany can reach down to -5 deg C!) and safely arrived at Munich Hilton City Hotel.

First week in Munich was very adventurous, dramatic and unforgettable. With the kids coughing and having running nose, even the adults also had the same..in progress of adapting to the weather. Sometimes we even had blood in our nose. Staying in the hotel for one week was among the most unforgettable moments for the kids and my parents-in-law. At least I and marlinne went out during the day for work. They somehow had to stay inside the room (with minimum going-out) due to the cold weather outside. The kids were still with Malaysian time; at 3 am in the morning (@ Malaysia 10 am), all three of them will wake up with eyes wide opened. Afnan even requested for nasi at 3 am as he was hungry; hehe...cute!

Alhamdulillah, finally the following Sunday we moved to our new apartment in Markt Schwaben. We are getting better in terms of health and also adapting to the new time zone. I’ll upload photos later in the subsequent entries (ni actually dah malam, since the kids are asleep, I ‘gagahkan’ diri to upload this blog which has been overdue for 2 weeks; huhu)
To be continued…

Some observations on Germany:
-It’s difficult to find toddlers in Germany. Most families are with no kid, one kid or max 2 kids. Unlike in Malaysia, typically we’ll see family with 2,3,4,5,6 up to even 10 kids.
-They are really proud of their German language. You can hardly find TV channel or even magazine or newspapers in English language.
-Even though they speak Germany; most of the people here can speak English (and easy to understand)
-Medical expenses is very expensive here and cost of living is also quite high (as much as possible, don’t convert whatever you’ve spent money from Euro to RM; else you’ll stressed up yourself, hihi)
-Public transportation is very good here. We travelled via S-Bahn train. This question always triggered in my mind, which one come first..The SBahn or the Munich City? Hehe..you can a see a totally different world underground the city with the train network which is very well connected and efficient.

with love;

the sleepy mummy:)

To my Love..Happy Birthday Sayang!

€ayang,

take a good care of urself, the kids and mama €papa.

My sister’s wedding

After several years of not having “big kenduri” at our home in Pasir Tumboh (note: the last one was ours which was in Dec 2005); we had a big kenduri for my beloved sister Maryam Jameelah. Everyone was excited for this; especially abah and mama. All siblings were at home: abg dhaus n family, maryam (of course), mu'adz, shuhaib, sarah, me and family. We were the last ones to arrive home @5 pm Friday, while the akad nikah started after isya' on the same day! I told Yam, this could be the best arrangement; else all the decoration and barang hantaran could have been ‘re-engineered’ by my kids; hehe. Family from hubby's side came all over from Penang and KL. Thank you for coming!

Buat Maryam and Amin; SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU! nampak sgt secocok dan sepadan.

-To Amin, welcome to the family! Jaga Yam molek2 tau..Moga berbahagia selalu.

-To Yam, congrats! sgt cantik:) You're a big-big girl already. Even though you're married, we"ll still maintain whatsapp-whatsapp, hehe..(seems everyday)

the family is getting bigger and bigger:) so meriah...


from left: muzakkir, irfan, ayman (without the 'peace'), riyyan and afnan

The kids (who are mostly boys) had so much fun playing together during the kenduri. Need more girls to tone down the havocness, hehe

mursyid, mursyida with their baby girl, bahira..and our little athif

pengantin lama pon nak duk pelamin jugak ;p