Sunday Favorite

Mini waffle maker. 

Bought it out of curiosity and for the love of waffles. Its mini, very small that it took like 3 bites to finish, haha. But since I dont have much space, its very convenient to keep. Such space saver. 

Pyjama.

I am never a PJ's kinda person. I mean, its either baju jalan or baju rumah and nothing in between. And since I discovered many kinds of pyjamas that is so comfy in Shopee, I am just so attracted to collect more. 

Silicone phone casing. 

Collecting phone casing has been my favorite ever since it can be bought for less than RM5 each! I've been collecting a lot of it and I change it weekly, sometimes daily. It is just so addicting. It will never be enough. 

Fresh flowers from Cameron.

I finally get to buy flowers through Shopee. I am looking forward to buy more to place around the house. 

Our jemaah prayer.

Ever since Awal Muharam, me and husband has been praying together for Maghrib & Isya'. We still have few things to fix of ourself and we are slowly getting there. 

Homemade Chocolate Chip Muffin

I have some projects I am currently planning and making some homemade bakeries includes in the planning. So I've been trying few recipes and one of it turns out good. But still some adjustments need to be made. And I am addicted to it. 

Wasalam. Love, Nina M. 

Saturday Spring Cleaning

Husband told me he was stressed and asked me is there anything he could do for me to get his minds off work. So..... why waste! Hehe. 

I've been wanting to reorganize some furniture especially the baking area where I put my baking stuffs and oven. Since we live in an apartment, we have small kitchen and no pantry, so I bought a Idk-what-to-call it shelf or drawer or something to accommodate my baking utensils and ingredients. And I have another place where I put my oven which is next to my dining table because it cant fit in my kitchen where my old oven is placed. And somehow its consuming much space. So I asked my husband to make some space for all those leftover jars from previous Raya order so I can put my oven along with the ingredients. 

We also flatten out all old boxes and throw away all the white gabus so we could have some space to keep things that we rarely use. We still have quite a lot of things though and we still need to clear out the dry yard where I keep my old university notes and clothing from high school years (told 'ya im a hoarder). I feel so sayang to throw them out, among many other things as well. Lol. It took quite some time for me to throw things so throwing some boxes is quite an achievement for me as well *wink.

It's very messy. We have loads of things in the house. Because the house came partially furnished and we couldnt help ourselves but to get things of our own too. Like bigger fridge, a new sofa etc. We also have slides, tent and everything just to cater a toddler's need which was supposed to be an outdoor run. 

But the after is very much satisfied. We have much clearer view now. This has been our routine every week ever since I resigned, become a full time housewife and part time baker. I mean, the house gotta be something I am excited about, no? I cant be doing any major renovations but make do with whatever we have seems okay too, yea. 

I have few ideas in my mind too. I wish I have the most accurate tools to play with but it seems that making do with whatever I have seems to be my forte nowadays. 

I have few months before semester starts and I should be continue writing my thesis but I am wasting months already which sucks. Procrastination is something I am unable to shake off ever since and I am struggling. 

Just gonna enjoy the so-called-new layout of my house tonight. And maybe write a page or two. 

Wasalam. Love, Nina M. 

Thursday Tings

Waking up late because I couldnt sleep, its the same problem every night, including now. Accompany Harris for his class, we did finger painting with numbers today. I am glad that he finally completed his homework for today. 

We had brunch and skipped lunch. Bathe Hannah and spend time just doing chores and playing toys. Cooked lunch a bit late and husband came home after picking up groceries on the way back from work. 

Everyone bathed and we prayed Maghrib together. Hannah took a nap and the rest of us do a bit of painting. 

Mine. Totally direct. 

Husband's and with a bit of imagination. 

Prayed Isya' together and now, husband's doing his work, kids in bed, I am here blogging while watching tv. I cant sleep, at least not until near 2am. So yeah, killing time. I actually have few things to do but I just couldnt pull myself to focus and complete it and here I am blogging. Duh. 

But hey, (no judging tho) I cant even find way to rotate those pictures up there. zZz

I wanted to buy fresh flowers from Cameron thru shopee but I ran out of free shipping vouchers. And husband's shopee account is so slow I cant top up shopee pay and I need it in order to use his free shipping voucher. 

Now I am thinking of getting canvas and paint, well, just because. But really though, those things are the one that helps me declutter my head, helping me pave my ways through life. So yeah. 

I mean, we all are struggling. 

Wasalam. Love, Nina M. 

Wednesday Wishlist

01. Laptop riser c/w drawer 

02. Aesthetic, cute looking (mechanical) keyboard c/w mouse (wireless or bluetooth connection, preferably) 

03. LED light for behind TV. To add more mood while watching movie. 

04. Study table. I dont have one yet since we only use the one that comes with the house. And also, we need two because we both are using it. As for now, I am using a small foldable table. 

05. Nordic cotton table cloth. Just because. 

06. Card holder. I am trying to minimize things and avoid bringing cash. Still need cash, but the fewer cards and cash, the better. 

07. Ice silk pyjamas. I bought one, its a bit tight on me as it only comes in free size but fret not because I still feel veryyy comfortable in those. So I am getting more. 

08. Corn kernel & popcorn maker, because it seems fun making popcorn ourselves lol. 

09. Indoor plants.

10. Washi tapes and a whole bunch of cute stationeries (highlighters, notepads etc) 

11. Wireless vacuum. 

12. Electric toilet scrubber. 

P/s: It was supposed to be posted yesterday (read: wednesday) but I felt a bit lazy. 

Wasalam. Love, Nina M. 

Sanity in check

Mental health is somewhat one of the things that seems to be very vulnerable these days and I am definitely one of it. There are days when I cant sleep and cant even get up in the morning, or feeling so lethargic and demotivated. At times, I would feel totally burned out and I cant be feeling that because I have household to take care of. Husband would let me chill once in a while but the feelings just wont get off. I just feel like something is missing. I havent got the chance to have some sort of closure of my confinement so I am feeling still lost, I dont have the mood to cook and do chores because, it seems like confinement just doesnt end, no? 

But something need to be done. 

Here's a few lists of things I did just to keep my sanity in check.

I went grocery shopping. Actually I prefer going with my husband so I can actually have our time alone. But I just cant convince myself to drop my kids with anyone, nor my parents or KakNa so I went alone. It is quite tiring but definitely I feel recharged. 

Reorganize furniture. I have a bit of hoarder in me so I am trying bit by bit to throw things slowly and make space for nothing so I have clearer view. Fewer things definitely helps me getting a hang of things, especially while sprint cleaning the house. 

I wanted to change the vibes of this house but since its rented and I cant do anything major, I decided to get some white paint and paint some of my own furniture. It gives cleaner look and getting everything to blend in. 

I also make sure that by the end of the day, the house is vacuumed, trash is clear, sink too. Usually my husband would do these for me, but I find myself easily recharged if I do it myself. I try to make sure that before everybody go to bed, the house is clean and no toys on the floor. 

I am back with baking. Ideas keep coming for more recipe and business so I hope I can stay this motivated. 

Wasalam. Love, Nina M. 

I have. I have.

Completed two doses of vaccination! Alhamdulillah. And now im planning to hibernate for 2 weeks for vaccines to fully work ^^

Both my parents and most of my siblings have completed and im the last person to got vaccines appointments since I registered only after I gave birth early May 2021. 

I got sinovac and I was very nervous since I've seen how bad the side effects can be. Husband took AZ and his side effects were bad for both doses. Well as for me, I didnt have any bad side effects other than sore arm which is sooooo mild. Other than that, alhamdulillah I am okay. I just had my 2nd dose today and many people experiences extreme hungriness & sleepiness but nope, I am still wide awake. I havent been able to sleep for the past days and still not sleepy. I just experience mild headache during the day and still cant sleep at night. 

I pray that we will be able to achieve herd immunity soon and able to live with covid. Its just a matter of time & pray to Allah everything will become normal again, in sha Allah.

Wasalam. Love, Nina M.