Jerudong Park Playground

A must visit place when you have kids here in Brunei is the Jerudong Park Playground.

Further details about the park you can check here.

Sabina brought her bike and we let her wander around the park..

We went there with our lovely friends.

Our family portrait

Definetely will go there again..

Well then, see you on my next post. Happy weekend y'all..

bye for now :-)

Pasar Gadong Night Market

Saving money on dining out may sound impossible, but actually it's not. We just have to find the place where they serve good local treats, food and beverages without digging deep into our pocket.

Today we went to the Pasar Gadong Night Market, and boy this place really meet our expectations. Everything here looks yummy and fresh.

Wanna have a bite?

Cempedak anyone?

Which one to choose??

Cheap..cheap..yummy..

Such a happy adventure.

Love from brunei...

Busy Mom Daily Makeup Routine

Moms are busy, especially in the morning. We should managed to make the breakfast, bath and dress the kids, pack snack box, while getting ready for taking kids to school or off to work on time. We definetely dont have spare time to put on make up flawlessly, but we still want to look nice when we leave the house.

So here goes my make up routine and the products that i wear everyday on school days :

After shower, I put on The Face Shop Blemish Zero Clarifying Toner and pat gently on my face and neck.

I took my Sabina to shower and dressed her up, then I dotted a few bb cream (should formulated with moisturizer and spf) on my face, then buff them all over. I am using the Bio-essence Aqua BB Cream with SPF 25/PA++ with Everyday Mineral flat top brush. Forget the primer, foundation, concealer...absolutely no time for them.

Asked Sabina to put on her own socks and shoes, while I powder my face with The Face Shop Face it Lesson 01 Flawless Mineral Cover Powderand, and blush my face with SilkyGirl Blush Hour in 04 Honeywood. I use The Face Shop Face It brush kit to apply them.

Finally, apply my fave lipstick, SilkyGirl Moisture Rich Lipstick in color 28 Sensual.

Well..that's it, my simple everyday make up.

Dont forget to put a smile on your face. Coz, smile brights the day...smooch..

Lapis Surabaya Cupcake

Simple ingridients and easy to make, what more could I ask for..enjoooy..
Got the recipe from here...

Drawing Time

Got nothing to do while waiting for Sabina at school, so i made this lil fairy and friends..got the idea from googling...really like doing this..

Carrot Muffin Recipe

I made this for today's snack box, it is a moist and yummy muffin but so easy to make.

Carrot Muffin Recipe

4 table spoons flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
a pinch of salt
4 table spoon brown sugar
2 table spoon vegetable oil
1 carrot, peeled, grated
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs

Dry ingredients : In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt.

Wet ingredients : Beat eggs in another bowl, add sugar one at a time, beat well until light. Add and beat the vegetable oil.

Stir well the dry to the wet ingredients. Add grated carrot.
Pour into the greased muffin tin, and put it in the oven for approx 20 mins.
Hence, the oven in my new kitchen has no temp measurement, just numbers from 1 to 10, so i put the temp at 7.

You may add nuts or raisins for additional flavor and texture.

This recipe only for three muffins...because there's only 3 of us, hehehe..

The verdict : Sabina ate 2 out of 3...so that's means yum yum yum

Sabina's first day at school

We had an interview at ISB last week, and yesterday we were told that Sabina got an offer of acceptance. So we went to school to finish the paperwork then bought her uniforms. The uniform is so cute, it's a green and white plaid dress over the knee length. She also got a similar color sunhat and a tiny garment bag.

her school letter of offer

isn't she adorable..

Today was her first day at school, she got up early and extremely thrilled. I packed in her lunch box with potato fritters, cheese blocks, peeled-off orange and a bottled water inside her new tinkerbell bag, the one that she got from her Kinderfield friend, Azka.

sat nicely on our way to school

On our way to school, i did the prep talk so she can manage her self at school and hopefully can ease her separation enxiety, i explained to her that today i'm only going to drop her at school, stay there for a couple of minutes than i will drive her dad to his office. And when she want to pee or poo, she should tell her teachers or teacher's asisstants. She nodded and smiled, telling me that how she's a big girl now and she will not cry when i'm not waiting for her outside the class. As we arrived at school, she was welcomed by the class head teacher, Ms. M, then Ms. E took us on class tour on where and what to do at the class.

Seconds after we say good bye, she jumped right in to the class, find her self a toy to play and never look back at me. Apperently, she was not anxious at all. Alhamdulillah, i'm so proud of her, although i must admit that i am a bit sad :(

with Ms. E and Ms. M

My dearest Sabina, my lil lady, go ahead enjoy and wander your magical year. This is the time when you can play while you learn the basic skills in your social life to solve problems, adapt to new situations, cope and deal with emotions as well setting up your self esteem to be more confidence. XOXO, i love you with all my heart.

this is what your mother did while waiting for you..hehehe

Arrived in Brunei

Hi fellows,

This is my first post on my blog since arrived in Brunei and very excited about it. I flew Royal Brunei in December 29th, 2012, with my 3 y.o. daughter from Jakarta to Bandar Seri Begawan. I was pretty nervous about it because it was an early morning flight, but ended up being okay, since my active girl sleep right to it. I bear a visa to visit my husband, and paid a fee for single entry visa of BND 20 per person at the airport. My husband waited for us outside the arrival gate, and then drove us to our new home at Kampong Tungku.

We are renting our friend's apartment who is now on the job training in Singapore for couple of months. It is a two bedroom apartment with mezzanine, located inside a housing complex. What i love about this place is that nestled in drapped hills lush greenery, so peaceful and quiet.

view from my kitchen

Here's a picture of my excited daughter..

one happy camper

Yeap, that's it for today, i hope you enjoy it, cheers and have a blast day for you.