CUTEST BABY IN BLUE CONTEST

Hi all, this time around join me on another ride to try my luck in the CUTEST BABY IN BLUE CONTEST organized by Eliza from Elizakru.blogspot.com.

Here's the T&C to join this CUTEST BABY IN BLUE CONTEST which will be running from 24th October 2009 till 17th November 2009.

TERMA & SYARAT-SYARAT PENYERTAAN :
1. Terbuka kepada kesemua blogger yang menjadi follower saya secara langsung & tak langsung
2. Dengan Sukahati dan rela hati menjadi FOLLOWER Eliza di Blog nya.
3. Linkkan -elizakru.blogspot.com di blog anda
4. Sila Add kan Banner Contest di side bar blog memasing...banner tersebut mestilah di link kepada entry contest ini
5. Sila buat special entry utk contest ini dan upload 1 keping gambar anak uols in blue
6. Sila link kan url blog anda di comment contest ini bagi memudahkan Eliza melihat pernyertaan anda.
7. Pemenang akan dipilih oleh juri profesional berdasarkan kecomelan baby dan kualiti gambar serta gambar yg menarik perhatian juri
8. Had umur baby :- newborn ~ 5 tahun


Here's the picture of my baby named Shafiq Nazhan (5 months) in his blue my-teddy-family attire. Hope this picture is eye catching enough for the professionals jury to select my baby as the winner of this CUTEST BABY IN BLUE CONTEST

(tersenyum girang sebab dapat keluar jalan2)

Psssssttt : Erm...I wonder, Eliza ni die hard fan KRU gak ke erk? sebab ada perkataan kru kat hujung nama dia dalam url blog tu.

Commemoration of National Day 2009

Last Friday (13/11/09) was a National Day Celebration of Japan organized by Fukuoka-Malaysia Friendship Association. This celebration was held at the 4th floor ballroom of New Otani Hotel, Hakata, Fukoka, Japan starting from 6 p.m to 8 p.m.

(outside view of Hotel New Otani, Hakata)

(at the hotel lobby)

Since I went to the hotel from the campus, I asked hubby to pick me up at the Hakata Station before proceeding to the hotel. As we were already late, I decided to get dressed and changed my t-shirt outfit to those batik outfit in the car while hubby was driving. Luckily the weather was cold so I can just wear the t-shirt and my legging pant inside those kebaya batik.

(tak perasan pun kan I pakai baju 2 lapis nih ngeeee)

It was just a simple yet formal celebration where Malaysian Ambassador in Japan and his wife were among the VIP guest on that evening. There were two performances performed on that day by the makcik2 Japanese and also by the anak2 bujang Malaysia. Those makcik2 was singing an old piece of Japanese songs while the anak2 bujang performed 2 songs ..tapi I tak tahu tajuk lagu2 tu since agak oldies gak lagu nya.

(persembahan dari makcik2 Jepun)

(persembahan dari anak2 bujang Malaysia)
(to watch the video of the performance, click here)

The audience enjoy the show so much that even the Datin asked me about those anak2 bujang, bukan nak buat menantu tapi nak jemput untuk buat performance lagi di masa hadapan. Wah, ada can nak jadi famous diorang nih, terus I promote sorang2..merasalah I berangan kejap jadi manager cum PRO tak bertauliah bagi band anak2 bujang nih ngeeeeeee.

(top left: ijat, fahmi, syamim || bottom left : sidqi, hassan, paan)
*siapa2 berminat nak wat calon, contact I dgn kadar segera ngeeee)

(with Datin *I lupa tanya nama*; wifey to Dato Ambassador)

The food was superb but I didn't really have time to try all the variety of foods served as I have to take turns with hubby to carry baby SN as he was sleeping. Luckily we bring the carrier to the ballroom, thus I can still enjoy the dinner while baby SN can still sleep soundlessly.

As usual, we Malaysians enjoy taking picture so much sampai I noticed one of the Banquet BQT waiters was a bit pissed off tunggu kitorang balik muahahahaha. We left the place when one of the waiter told us that they need to tidy up the ballroom..ngeeee.

(tetamu2 yang memeriahkan majlis)


(last posing dengan Amir sebab dia dah habis study dan pulang ke tanahair hari ini)

Psssstttt: sesekali dapat makan free kat hotel, mestilah nak posing lama2 sikit. kalau bukan sbb sambutan ni, tak merasalah nk masuk hotel kat Jepun ni kot...tsk3x.

MomBloggersPlanet Cutest Baby in NATURE

Many parents know that baby stimulation activities can boost baby potential now and in future. You can help your baby do vastly better in most areas of life just by encouraging specific actions and movements. And for that it should not be restricted only in your house but it can also involve around the nature itself.

One of the key area in baby simulation activities is Feel and smell which is often called sensory development. Encourage learning common smells and textures. Any smell such as fruit, food, soap, perfume and textures such as flower, sand, water, leaves and materials are wonderful encouragements.

(exploring the world through 'feel' and 'smell' process)

Other key area in baby stimulation involve with Insight and visual that is most often called visual perception development. One vital area you must encourage is the abilities to see, focus and follow specific objects, distinguish faces, look for objects in the surroundings which have been dropped and focus on objects further away like the fruits, flowers, trees and so on.

(learning to distinguish the different colors of grass and pumpkins through "insight" and "visual" process)

You can also involve the Fine movement area that is also called fine motor development. Your stimulation activities should focus on development of hand and finger skills. You can try to encourage your baby to reach out and taking big objects e.g big pumpkins, using index finger to point to flowers in the nature, roll and throw objects, preferring one hand as a dominant one, and, many more to explore with everything in the nature.

(developing his "fine movement" process)

One more area in baby stimulation is involve with Total movement which is also called gross motor development. Stimulation activities must boost developing total body movement… like rolling, sitting, crawling, kneeling, standing, walking, climbing, jumping and running. Excitingly, all of these activity can be carried out easily around the park + field + your house yard = nature!.

(trying on his skills of "total movement" by jumping while being held by mommy)

These first years are a very important and pivotal time for a developing young brain. This intense period of brain growth and network building happens only once in a lifetime. We as parents have a brief but golden opportunity to help our babies stimulate the formation of brain circuitry. Here are some fascinating facts that researchers have discovered:

• Babies have a biological need and desire to learn
• The foundational networking of the brain's synapses is nearly complete after the rapid brain development of the first 3 years.
  
• The more stimulating experiences you can give your baby means the more circuitry that is built for enhanced learning in the future.
  
• Babies have a definite preference for high contrast images.
• The amount of connections in the brain can increase or decrease by 25 percent depending on the environment and stimulation.
  
• Visual stimulation can produce developmental advantages including enhanced curiosity, attentiveness and concentration.
• Your baby's best toy is you! Interact with your baby as much as possible!

(enjoy being in the nature even when he was only 2months old)

Those activity that you have enjoy and discovered together with your baby will gives several benefits such as:-
♥ special relationship and bonding between you and your baby
♥ it is practical and portable to carry out such activity in the nature
♥ creating happy memories in your family life
♥ rapid progress in the baby brain development

(happy face as he enjoy being in the nature)
Name: Shafiq Nazhan
Age : 5 months old

*info of brain stimulation gathered from message-one-blanket and yes-super-baby*

This entry is part of my attempt to join the MomBloggersPlanet Cutest Baby Contest for November 09 which theme is “Cutest Baby in NATURE“.

This contest is proudly organized by MomBloggersPlanet :

http://www.mombloggersplanet.com/

This great Baby Photo Contest is generously sponsored by:

AliceWonders : http://www.alicewonders.com

PhotoBookMalaysia : http://www.photobook.com.my

Pssssttt: meh join cepat before 15th November 2009. Good luck to other contestants.