Xmas Updates

Some pictures taken during Christmas Day

At Patsy's house

Christmas Tree

Wan Arissa, Wan Nur Syarina & Wan Adrianna

Say cheese!

From left: Bala, Is, Mama, Adrianna, Arissa, Iwan (behind), Daddy, Ida, Me

Front: Kak Nia, Lourdes, Rina

Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s Xmas

I have never celebrated any Christmas Day before this. Yeah, that was before I got married.. But since 3 years go, Christmas would be a day that I’m eagerly waiting for sama macam Hari Raya..Why? Because some of my husband’s relatives are Christian. Mmm..confused? It’s a long story..but to make is short, let me give a short brief. My late mother in law is a Chinese but was raised up by an Indian family. Her real name was Mary Juliana Peeris and later changed to Hajah Marinna Abdullah after she converted to Islam.

Her adopted family ni agak pious jugak. One of my husband cousin siap pergi to Vatican lagi untuk study jadi priest. Sometimes we were also invited to makan-makan such as Thanksgiving and Good Friday. Masa mula-mula tu, a bit awkward because tak biasa but after a few occasions, dah ok.

They are humble and kind. Although our religion and race are different, but we can get along very well. Majority of them attended to my wedding. Ramai guests at our function were confused because the bride looks like Malay, the groom looks like Chinese but the attendees are predominantly Malays and Indians. Hehe..This is what we call a multiracial society..

My husband used to tell me, when he was younger, he and his siblings also a bit confused about their race. They have Chinese look but their relatives are Indian and Malays. No Chinese relatives. My father in law also came from a mix parentage. His father is Malay while his mother is a Chinese. Sebab tulah, muka my husband memang 100% macam Chinese tapi suka makan Indian food..hahaha..

Back to my Christmas story..hehe..I had bought some Christmas gift for them..Sebelum ni, every year pergi tangan kosong je tapi bila balik dapat gift..Malu betul..Maklumla tak biasa celebrate Christmas..So, this year kena la bawa something..

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Bala, Lourdes, Becky, Bernie, Xavier, Dorothy, Lionel, Rosalind, Patsy, Chandran and all..Sorry, I can’t recall all the names..There are too many..Anyway, looking forward for the roast turkey and beryani..hehehe

Twin Database

Excerpt from today’s The Star, Nation pg 22

Tuesday December 23, 2008

Drive to build twin database
By CHRISTINA KOH

IPOH: Studying the mysterious nature of twins, their physical similarities, attitudes and behaviour could play an important role in fighting diseases, said Dr Shayesteh Jahanfar.
The director of Malaysia’s newly formed National Malaysian Twin Registry (NMTR), said studying twins could also help solve many of life’s mysteries, such as how far genes influence a person’s traits and behaviour.

And she is now on a mission to get more Malaysian twins to register with the non-profit organisation.

“I once had a pair of identical female twins in my class and I couldn’t tell them apart,” said Dr Shayesteh, a Perak Royal College of Medicine-Universiti Kuala Lumpur lecturer, who became the NMTR director after the organisation was approved in June.

She is no stranger to the topic as she has worked with twins since 1991 and even submitted her PhD thesis on “Twins and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome” when she graduated in Australia.
Dr Shayesteh, an Iranian, first established the Iran National Twin Registry at the Avecina Research Centre using a World Health Organisation grant in 2002. It now has 20,000 registered twins.

Dr Shayesteh said that besides the twins, family members could greatly benefit from the registry by having access to health information, parenting advice and be part of a national community of twins and triplets.

To encourage twins to sign up, the NMTR is organising a lucky draw for the first 100 adult pairs to register, as well as fun activities like photography competitions for the little ones.
So far, only 34 pairs of adults and 53 pairs of children have signed up with the NMTR.

For details and registration, check out their official website (www.nmtr.org.my) or contact Dr Shayesteh through 05-546 9715 or SMS to 012-550 1305.

Little Miss Twins

Actually I wanted to snap a photo of them together, standing side by side. But, biasala, very difficult to get them standing still. Ini pun kira bernasib baik lah dapat capture these photos. Sekarang ni, diorang memang tak boleh duduk diam. Very active! Tak larat nak kejar. It’s a good exercise, anyway..

My brother bought this baby-t for them. I don’t know where he gets it but I like it so much. I saw in one of the newspaper, twins’ celebrity, May Wan & Choy Wan wore this t-shirt at one of the charity event recently. Masa tengok article tu, memang terdetik nak cari t-shirt ni for my twins. Tiba-tiba, my brother dah belikan. Thanks ya..

Adrianna

Arissa

For those who wanted to buy adorable items for twins,visit http://www.scrappintwins.com/index.phpThey have huge selection of items for twins, triplets and their families.

Black & White

I brought Arissa to Giant, near my parent’s house on one of the weekend recently. When we passed by this machine, (ala yang masuk duit lepas tu ada lagu-lagu)…Arissa pointed her finger to it. Dia memang dah pandai point2 bila nak apa-apa. There were 4 machines, 2 bentuk kereta and the other two bentuk motor. I put her on the motorcycle because that’s the only available. I can see she’s not really enjoying it, nampak macam takut2 mungkin sebab tak biasa duduk on thing between her legs. After the music stopped, I lifted her up and continued for my groceries shopping.

Once again I passed by to the machines when I was on my way back to the car. Since I have another 50cent coin, I decided to let her get another ride. I saw one machine occupied by one small boy with his parent standing at the side. The other three was occupied by three Indian boys but diaorang tak ada masuk coin. Saje duduk2 aja. Kali ni, I nak Arissa naik kereta tapi tak sampai hati pulak nak suruh budak tu bangun. Umur budak tu lebih kurang Arissa kot. His older brother nampak that I wanted to use that machine so dia pun angkat la that little boy. Tiba-tiba aja die nangis. Lagi la I rasa tak sampai hati. Kereta tu boleh masuk 2 orang so I suruh ajala budak tu sit with Arissa. Me and my brother tak tahan gelak because Arissa nampak confused so does the little Indian boy. Hehe..

Here are some shots

What a hectic day...

My busy day started from yesterday evening, preparing for my company Annual General meeting which was held this morning at Kota Permai Golf & Country Club.

More shareholders expected to turn up this year as compared to last year because our no of shareholders has increased tremendously since our share price has drop, make it affordable to anybody to buy it from the open market.

This year would be my third year handling this event, at the same venue. The AGM starts at 10am. Luckily I reached early because when I was there this morning, there were already early birds waiting to register. By 9am, the crowd becomes larger. The share registrar came late, hence the shareholders cannot register and they started complaining. Too bad, they fired at me since I was standing near the registration table with my company tag around my neck. Obviously, they know I’m part of the company. There’s nothing much I can do merely because I was not in charge for that. As a courtesy reaction, I just nod, listen to their grumbles and gave a fake smile. Haha

If you have attended any AGM, you’ll know what the situation is. Most of the shareholders who turns up are senior citizen. Some invest a lot of money but some only have one lot but they think they own the company and demand a lot of things. Three years back, when I first organize the event, I was shocked to see the characters of these shareholders. It was totally beyond my imagination. But now, i'm immuned.

From my observation, they are two types of shareholders. One, who is purely interested to the meeting so that they can know what the company direction is, prospect and financial status. The other type is people who enjoy collecting freebies and free food. Sadly to say, the second type are mostly the one who turns up at ours. Halfway through the meeting, this second type of people has already gone out from the meeting and starts queuing for food. I remembered last year, the ‘genuine’ shareholders who came out from the meeting after it ended was frustrated because all food were gone.

After making so many rounds of eating, this second type with muka tak malu tapau all the food. You’ll be surprised to see the uncles and the aunties starts to take out their plastic bags and Tupperware from their bags. It’s hard to imagine but it best to see it yourself. You’ll never expect it. Worst part is, some also bring their Filipino and Indonesian maid! Not to mention the cutlery also can go missing...

I don’t know what to label them, it would sound harsh but it is a fact. I think they are kiasu, greedy, jakun, kelaparan …and whatever la.. I can understand if this happen in Indonesia or African countries where food is the concern but hey, this is Malaysia.

I didn’t mean to offend them but somehow thinks that it is important to highlight about this disgusting behaviour. Luckily, the Mat Salleh journalist from Bloomberg was not around at the F&B area to witness this.

Twinnies Club

There is very little information on twins published by local magazines and book. I have to rely on internet and international books (which is costly) to get the information. Someone told me that there is twin’s club for twins who born in Selangor. I tried to goggled but found nothing. Anyone knows or heard about this, please let me know. Yeah, I’m a bit enthusiastic when it comes to this kind of social networking/bonding. Me, myself also has registered as one of the members of Persatuan Anak Merdeka..hahahaha

Or perhaps I should start my own twinnies club. So friends, if you have twins, know someone with twins or if you are twin yourself, please contact me…Yeah, this gonna be awesome..

I was tagged by Ziahlicious

What were you doing 5 years ago?
Just graduated from IIUM

What were the 5 things on your list to do today?
* To do press monitoring (I have to read 10 newspapers every day!)
* To eat my chicken rendang and ketupat (leftover from raye) for my lunch
* To recharge my handphone.
* To pay maxis bill after work
* To eat my daging masak lemak with rebung (also leftover) for my dinner..yum..yum..

What are the snacks that you enjoy?
Nothing specific..depends on my mood

What are 5 things that you do if you were bilionaire?
^ Open up a boarding school for orphans (same as ziah)
^ Tour around the world
^ Buat masjid (same as ziah)
^ Buy over Gamuda (company that I’m currently working with) and make it privatized
^ Built a mansion for my family and family in law

What 5 jobs you’ve had?
- Part time waiter at Regency Hotel, PD and Mc Donald in Taman Permata- Event Exec
- PR Exec
- Marketing & Corporate Event Exec
- Communication Exec (current)

Who are 5 person you want to tag?
No idea, no one knows about my blog except for ziah & junida..hahahaha

Recent Photos

Adrianna (left) and Arissa (right)

Me with Adrianna (left) and Arissa (right) during my sis in law nikah ceremony

Adrianna vs Arissa

Their differences

1. Adrianna or better known as Nana was born a minute earlier, that was at 4.27pm while Arissa was born at 4.28pm (C-Section)

2. Adrianna weighed at 2.4kg at born while Arissa was 1.9kg

3. Adrianna has a round face while Arissa has oval face shape

4. Adrianna so much follow my husband's face while Arissa follow mine. (They are supposed to be indentical!)

5. Adrianna was really red like udang bakar when she was born while Arissa was pale. We used to called them Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih. They were affected by Twin to Twin Transfussion Syndrome (TTTS) which mean the blood flow through the placenta begins to favor one twin over the other. One is called 'donor' twin and the other called 'recipient' twin. For more info, read this http://www.tttsfoundation.org/

6. Adrianna is more mature compared to Arissa. She understands simple instruction while Arissa is a bit playful.

7. Adrianna is more manja, cannot be left alone. She will follow you even to the loo. Arissa is more independent.

8. Adrianna is attached mostly to men. She is close to my husband, my father and father in law while Arissa is close to me and my mother.

9. Adrianna wear one size bigger than Arissa, be it dress or shoes

10. Adrianna is a little bit chubby while Arissa is skinny.

additional-edited on 10 November 2008

11. Adrianna likes to sniff,bite and 'gentel' her bunny whenever she wants to sleep or drink her milk while Arissa likes to 'gentel' her navel


Their similarities

1. Both drink Friso Gold stage 3

2. Both has very little hair

3. Both looks really like amoi

4. Both likes to wear shoes inside the house (Pakai sebelah pun takpe)

5. Both suka melaram

6. Both likes to eat grape

7. Both likes to climb

8. Both likes to be in the driver seat even when the car is moving

9. Both always fell sick at the same time

10.Both share the same placenta