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How's Your Weekend?

Dah hari Selasa baru nak tanya weekend org ye?

Semalam sibuk, x sempat nak blogging, Selasa pon Selasa la...

Kami berhujung minggu kat Pantai. Tapi bukan ala2 bercanda di pasiran pantai la...

Melainkan berkampung kat Hospital Pantai....

Kisahnya Insyirah kena warded sbb demam panas yg berpanjangan. Dia start demam hari Selasa pagi, sy hantar dia ke babysitter dgn berbekalkan stok ubat demam sedia ada. Selalunya with 1-2 dose of paracetamol, she would be ok. Tapi ptg tu dia still demam lagi. Checked suhu dia was around 39C. So malam tu kami bawak dia ke klinik panel. 

Mcm x caya je bila kat klinik panel, doc scan temperature dia was 37C. Padahal badan panas ni, doc sendiri pon kata panas. I doubt ngan cara doc tu measure suhu Insyirah sbb dia scan sekali imbas aje kat dahi Insyirah. Bukannya guna temperature detector yg masuk kat telinga tu. Anyway she's the doctor kan, so kita pon accept je la. Checking up was done very fast, x sampai kot 5 minit! 

Klinik panel ni kami biasa pegi tapi waktu malam, doctor yg owner takde, so ada doctor lain yg ganti. Dan doctor yg ganti malam tu kami x penah jumpa lagi.  Macam biasa, akan dapat paracetamol, antibiotic and ubat selsema (sbb nampak hidung cam berair sikit). Lagi sekali cam doubt sbb paracetamol tu dose tu 1ml, selalunya paracetamol Insyirah kena makan 2.5 ml. I told cik HB 'oh, mungkin concentration x sama kot?"

Balik rumah, check stok paracetamol yg sedia ada, it's the same brand same concentration! So kami buat keputusan bagi 2.5ml cam biasa. Malam tu she was ok, pagi esoknya dedar2 gitu aje. Jadi kami anta Insyirah mcm biasa ke babysitter. Ptg tu makcik kata Insyirah still panas walaupun dah makan ubat. Dia dah berkali2 mandikan Insyirah tapi lepas tu panas balik.

Jadi kami buat keputusan nak bawa Insyirah ke paed kat hospital Pantai esoknya.

Esoknya bawa ke paed, paed checked mmg suhu dia tinggi - 39C & 40C. So dia bagi ubat sumbat punggung (Ubat demam tinggi) dan buat test influenza sbb paed ckp ada few cases of influenza of late. 15 minit dah dapat result and it was negative. So paed bagi ubat demam and antibiotics. Dia kata kalau demam lagi Sabtu bawa semula jumpa dia. Hari tu cik HB cuti jaga Insyirah kat rumah.

Ubat sumbat punggung tu bertahan 7 jam, lepas 7 jam Insyirah panas balik. Then bagi ubat sumbat punggung lagi sekali. Sejuk balik tapi malam tu Insyirah mmg sgt crancky. Langsung x leh letak. Not typical her. Sy pon x boleh tido sgt, asik letak tuala basah atas kepala. 3.30 am, sy mandikan dia sbb check suhu dah 40C! Kami bagi ubat sumbat punggung lagi.

Esoknya sy hantar jugak Insyirah ke babysitter sbb pagi tu x rasa dia panas. But she was not active la. Sy ckp kat baby sitter by kul 10am kalau Insyirah panas balik, call sy, sy nak bawak ke hospital. Pukul 10 sy call, makcik ckp Insyirah tido, badan x panas. Lega hati dengar.

Tup2 dekat pukul 12, makcik call kata Insyirah dah panas balik. Sy pon apalagi, terus call bos kata amik half day, jemput kembar dr sekolah (mujur hari Jumaat diorg balik kul 12), amik Insyirah then dropped kembar kat daycare. Tapi hari Jumaat, cik HB nak solat jumaat dulu, klinik paed pon tutup, kul 2 baru bukak balik. Sy balik rumah dulu, letakkan tuala basah kat kepala dia. Pukul 1.50 pm keluar rumah, gi opis cik HB amik dia, then terus gi hospital.

Paed checked dan suhu dia at the time 38.5C. For baby, above 38C dah kira demam tinggi. And then badan dan muka pon naik ruam. As expected, mmg kena warded sbb nak kena amik darah and do further test and monitor her fever. Tapi wad kanak2 penuh, takde katil kosong, kami menunggu sampai dekat pukul 5 ptg baru diorg ckp ada katil kosong tapi single room. Takpe la, kami mmg nak single room sbb senang both cik HB and I nak jaga Insyirah dan kembar pon boleh berkampung sama. 

Pukul 6 paed dtg, bgtau result blood test dah keluar, platlet insyirah rendah sikit dr normal range. So dia suspect either influenza (walaupun the day before test negatif) atau denggi sbb naik ruam2 tu. Jadi dia kata dia akan put Insyirah on anti-viral dan tgk samada Insyirah still demam lagi ke tak. Nasib baik x payah put on drip sbb urine dia ok. Tak dehydrated.

 1st day: lepas dah makan ubat. 

Lepas dah makan ubat petang tu, suhu dia dropped to normal. Malam tu ok, esoknya pon ok. Paed dtg pagi sabtu, tgk dia dah x demam, jadi dia stop kan ubat demam, cuma continue dgn anti-viral dan ubat tahan gatal sbb badan dia naik ruam. Another round-up sebelah ptg, paed confirmed it is not denggi sbb kalau denggi dia akan continue demam and anti viral tak bagi apa2 effect to the fever. So demam Insyirah ni is viral fever. Alhamdulilah. So kena monitor lagi satu malam, pagi Ahad test darah lagi sekali, kalau takde apa2 serius, boleh la balik Ahad tengahari.

2nd day: selera makan dah ok, siap makan mee suah, 

fish n chip (semua makanan hospital)

Tengah seronok gigit epal!

Pagi Ahad, buat blood test lagi sekali. Platlet still slightly lower than normal tapi paed ckp since dia dah x demam, boleh la discharge and come again for follow-up check lagi 3 hari.

Lega dapat balik rumah and lega the hospital staying x berlanjutan sampai hari bekerja. Kalau x, pening la kepala kami berdua nak buat arrangement sapa kena stay kat hospital sbb masing2 ada important things at work on Monday. But I told cik HB, whatever it is, I'm willing to stay at the hospital sbb keluarga lagi penting. 

Hopefully Insyirah stays healthy. Masa kat hospital tu mmg byk la kes demam yg pelik2. Ada yg dah sebulan demam on-off. Ada yg dah seminggu kat hospital tapi demam berbalik2. Bagi la vaksin macam2 pon, kalau nak sakit jugak, cemana kan? Tabah je la....

A Reunion

Couple of months ago, one of my ex-housemates during Uniten years, Azma is diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant with her 3rd child.

So we, the rest of the ex-housemates (semuanya 7 org tapi sorang nun jauh diutara dan agak tidak berhubungan sgt dgn kami yg lain) merancang utk pegi sama2 melawat Cik Ma and the best time selepas dia bersalin dan sebelum dia resume with chemotherapy. Lagipon kami semua mmg dah lama tak jumpa dan berkumpul bersama. Last reunion was 2008 kot before I went to Germany and prior to that buat gathering sekali masa kat rumah Mis. 

Agak tersentak pada awalnya dgn berita ini, memikirkan Cik Ma mengamalkan breastfeeding utk kedua2 anak dia tapi zaman skrg ni siapa pon berisiko mendapat cancer - polluted environment, foods, gaya hidup tak sihat, even vaccination pon boleh jadi penyebab pelbagai masalah kesihatan. So kalau nak tanya soalan "cemana boleh kena?", no one really can answer that.

Tapi bila jumpa cik Ma face-to-face, glad to know that she is doing well and so positive. Masa kami pegi tu dia baru 2 minggu bersalin tapi nampak sangat sihat dan kuat. She found out about the cancer kira awal jugak la, so the diagnose Stage 2B. She did lumpsectomy then remove one affected lymph node dan buat chemoteraphy. She also shared that it's important to find a right doctor when seeking treatment. In her case masa tu she was pregnant 4 months, the first oncologist she met, suruh dia terminate pregnancy. Sebulan dia x jumpa doctor tu sbb x nak terminate pregnancy. Until she met another doctor yg kata she can proceed with chemo during pregnancy. So baru dia continue with treatments.

Dan Alhamdulilah, rezeki Allah nak bagi, sebelum deliver anak dia, cik Ma jumpa satu group kat FB 'Human Milk for Human Babies" yang ada mak2 yg ada banyak stok susu, they are willing to share their EBM utk ibu2 yg memerlukan. Mcm jadi  ibu susuan la, bukan suka2 bagi susu camtu aje. Of course kena kenal ibu ayahnya, anak2 yang lain antara keluarga kandung dan keluarga ibu susuan sbb nanti dah jadi mahram. So ada satu ibu ni offer to Cik Ma stok susu dia utk baby cik Ma yg bakal lahir since cik Ma x dapat nak susukan sendiri anak dia. Lebih mengagumkan lagi, ibu itu adalah seorg accountant dan anak cik Ma adalah baby ke-3 yg minum EBM dia. Cik Ma kata dia x minta apa2 bayaran pon dr cik Ma tapi cik Ma compensates her with something else like belikan supplements and so on.

Stok susu...dr FB cik Ma

Bagus kan? Mulia sungguh hati dia....

Then awal February, cik Ma delivered a healthy baby girl. Delivery pon senang. Semua dipermudahkanNya. Alhamdulillah.

Dari FB cik Ma

I'm glad kami semua pegi jumpa cik Ma. It was a nice moment. Dulu I was kind of x tau nak buat apa, cakap apa when seeing someone with critical illness. But with cik Ma, everything is different than what I imagine. Really admire her positive vibrant, her strength and her acceptance. And we, as friends, should always be positive too with them. You may ask about the illness but be optimist. Getting cancer doesn't mean end of the world.

Cik Ma will continue with few around of chemo and fighting all out with this cancer. Jadi meh kita sama2 doakan semoga cik Ma cepat sembuh and lives a healthy life 

Kami semua, cik Ma is the one tudung purple pakai spec.

What I can conclude lepas sembang2 ngan Cik Ma:

1. Always do BSE (breast self exam) every month, because you can tell any difference to your breast and immediately report to doctor.

2. If you are diagnosed and  if you are not comfortable with the first doctor's opinion, get 2nd, 3rd opinions. It's also important to get an optimist doctor. 

3. Be positive once diagnosed, get group supports and cancer survivors and be with positive people. This can help you get the better picture of what you dealing with instead of dengar salah info.

Dan, mari la berusaha kearah gaya hidup sihat - jaga makan, exercise, kawal stress...etc. Org kata kalau nak kena penyakit, kena jugak tapi at least kita tau kita dah berusaha utk jadi sihat, so kalau kena jugak itu adalah Qada' dan Qadar.

*Cik Ma, if you read this, I hope u dont mind me sharing your story ye!

I Don't Know How She Does It

Ptg semalam lepas keje, sambil2 nak lipat kain sbb nak masak tok leh sbb cik Insyirah kita takde org nak jaga. Cik HB keluar amik sikembar dr sekolah agama. I turned on to Fox Movie dan ternampak movie ini - I Don't Know How She Does It.

Sebab ada Sarah Jessica Parker, I stayed tuned walau kononnya pas cik HB dah balik, I nak masak. Tapi sedap la pulak layan movie ni. Boleh tgk full movienya disini.

Sebab apa? Sebab it reflects how my life is in certain points! How a working mother juggles her career and family at the same. Of course la wataknya adalah  an American lady, lived in Boston but surprisingly what she's dealing everyday at work, with husband and kids mcm sama aje.

So my review goes this way:

Kate Reddy is a working mother of two ( daughter 6yo, son 2yo) who works in a banking world. So setiap hari in her buzy schedule, she would try to manage everything done - works at office and works at home.

Kate's night routine: 

She would fall asleep while waiting for husband for intimate time then wakes up at 4 am and then thinking about "The List" - kid' birthday party, Emily (her daughter) playdate, fill up washer fluid, wax something...anything. On works: finish fiscal report, call Richard's mother (mak mertua!)

My version: Terjaga tgh malam dan dan teringat baju dalam mesin belum sidai, makanan Insyirah utk esok belum buat! Baju belum gosok...bla...bla...Esok meeting, aku dah siapkan semuanya ke belum????

Kate's morning routine: Then she wakes up next morning, get breakfast ready, get Emily ready for school sambil dealing with her tantrum, wait for babysitter to come (babysitter teruk, selalu dtg lambat tapi dia kena buat baik dgn babysitter sbb kalau babysitter berenti, xde org jaga anak!) send Emily to school (selalu kena jeling ngan cikgu sbb selalu lambat...hahaha). Then off to work.

My version: 

Bangun at 5am, pam susu, gosok baju, solat, buat breakfast, siapkan anak2 ke sekolah (sambil menjawab 1001 satu pertanyaan sikembar), siapkan semua beg - nak hantar kat babysitter/daycare, beg pam (7 beg semuanya!) dan hantar Insyirah ke rumah babysitter. Kembar - cik HB hantar...mujur!

Kate at work - Part 1: 

She tried to arrive at office before her boss arrived tp kalau terserempak tu she created reasons for being late...hahaha. She has a junior co-worker, Momo - a young single woman - a Harvard graduate whose hobbies - career...and career. She always sees Kate as a messy working mom - Kate doesn't comb hair properly, there is a stain on her jacket. Momo couldn't understand why Kate constantly checking on her kids - constantly calling her husband to inform she's gonna have late meetings, or be home late. Momo said she doesn't want to have kids and ends up messy like Kate and said "I dont know how she does it"

Another co-worker, or rival-to-be-exact- a guy named Bunce. Suka bodek bos dan takes credit on other people's works, always get the limelight sbb selalu entertain clients - at nightclubs and golf course. A male chauvinist dan selalu kenakan Kate.

Me at work: 

Selalu lambat juga...hehehe. But it's site, ada flexibility. Ada sorang co-worker cam ala2 Momo jugak (penah citer kat SINI). Tapi skrg sy dah abaikan dia sbb dah tak larat dgr komen2 dia pasal my looks, my dirty car, asik  sibuk ngan urusan anak2...bla..bla.

Tengahari akan pegi jemput kembar dari sekolah dan hantar pegi daycare. Then lunch kat umah sambil2 angkat baju dijemuran dan sidai baju yg basuh mlm smlm. Tak pon lipat baju.

Selalu sms cik HB utk bagitau "tengahari ni I x leh amik kembar sbb ada meeting", " I'll be late ptg ni, so tolong amik Insyirah".

Kerja sekarang, takde co-worker kaki bodek yg diketahui tp selalu kena jaga2 dgn taktik contractor yg kadang2 suka tikam belakang. Juga tahan sabar layan kerenah clients yg mcm2.

Kerja dulu - mmg byk species kaki bodek ni. Keje nak senang aje, part2 susah kita buat cam nak rak, tup2 bila dah abis design, suka dia je nak take cover. Projek cikai tak mau, nak projek mega aje...huhuhu.

Kate at work - Part 2:

Her boss broke the news in the meeting that their client, Mr. Jack Abelhammer is interested in Kate's business proposal. So she is to go to New York to have a meeting with this guy. She was happy at first but felt reluctant sbb working outstation will frustrate her family.

Then she received email from her best friend, jokingly asking her to go out for fun night. They chat almost everyday ckp pasal life ans so on. Lepas tu email from Jack Abelhammer, saying that he's looking forward to meet her tomorrow.

She replied both emails, little did she know that the emails sent to wrong recipients!

Me at work:

Keje skrg: penah sekali nama naik utk pegi oversea FAT. Ikutkan mmg nak pegi tambah2 dah lama x naik flight. Tapi bila fikirkan keluarga, tak payah la. Cepat2 kata tak nak. Bukan ada sapa2 nak heran pon sbb mmg ramai berebut nak pegi FAT.

Keje dulu: After 2-3 tahun dok buat projek2 bermasalah, tinggalan sapa2 tah, akhirnya I was rewarded with a new project which I kena buat research and study then come out with design, memang la sgt happy - because you can see your initial printed on the drawings. But the price was - kena selalu outstation! Masa tu kembar kecik, cik HB pon selalu outstation, jadi diorg selalu kena hantar balik kampung. 

Chatting: Yes, I have chatting friends on Skype. Kawan2 zaman uniten. Tapi so far belum tersalah hantar email personal and kerja.

Kate back home on the day:

She broke the news to the family about outstation. Emily got angry. Kate found out her babysitter cut her son's hair without her knowledge. She was darn frustrated coz she never cuts his hair and she wanted to do it on her own. But she couldn't scold her babysitter because she needs to keep her happy!

So she went off to New York crying over the hair cut issue and being separated from the kids.....

In New York:

Together with Momo, they were getting ready for meeting with Jack Abelhammer. Kate was scratching her hair on the way and while Momo looking at her, feeling disgusted. They were in the office lobby when Kate  (on the phone with someone planning for Emily's playdate) had to take out something from her handbag and asked Momo to hold some stuffs from her handbag while she searching for it - you name it - toys, snacks, kids book, toy again, vitamin, girl swimsuit. And Momo looked at her in horror!

(Sama cam my handbag - penuh with kids' stuffs...hahaha)

Then at the lift, she noticed that Momo had a weird look on her, and Momo just said " I dont know how you do it". And Kate told Momo she would know how to do it once she becomes a mother. And Momo said she doesn't want to be a mother. Kate told Momo (while still scratching her hair crazily) " I promise you  that being a mother is the most rewarding and enriching experience one can have" and explained that her hair is itchy maybe because she got her eczema again due to stress.

And Momo looked at her in horrific even more!

Outside Abelhammer's office, she received call from her best friend, asking why she sent email about 'looking forward to see you at the meeting' and she realized that she sent absurd email to Jack Abelhammer. And the guy now standing behind her and she apologized profusely about the email thing.

To make things worse, she received sms "Emily sent home with LICE. Whole family must be treated"

(Part ni mmg hilarious, imagine she had an important meeting, she just found out she had lice on her hair and she kept trying to ignore the itchiness, while presenting her business proposal! Kembar pon kena kutu sebulan dua and sy pon terasa seperti dijangkiti...huhuhu)

But she still managed to make Jack accepted her proposal and he asked her whether she could put her full commitment to this project, working late, travel a lot - knowing that she already has busy life at work and at home.

And she said "Of course I can"

At the same her husband also just got a big project to handle. Kate promised she would manage everything successfully.

So there goes her new routine...

Stay back at the office, sambil keje, sempat dodoikan anak tido through phone (his client was impressed with this),balik rumah sambung buat keje opis lagi campur keje rumah. Ada satu hari tu sepatutnya Kate balik awal sbb husbandnya ada important tp Kate terlupa dan handphone pon off. Bila teringat, it was already late and balik rumah lintang-pukang, thinking the husband are waiting anxiously for her. Turned out, the kids were left with a neighbour whom Kate pon tak berapa kenal and she was sleeping on the couch masa Kate sampai.

Kate was angry but Richard said what she expected him to do? He has his own work too...then they started arguing about how much things one has to do, and another complained how much things one has to tolerate.

*Typical argument of busy working parents...huh?*

Kate continued with busy schedule and went outstations....which meant spending more time alone with Jack Abelhammer (Pierce Brosnan) - a handsome, rich, middle-aged guy...and he's a WIDOWER.

Oh, Momo broke the news that she got pregnant and intended to abort it. Kate persuaded her not to.

Then Thanksgiving came. Kate vowed she would take leave and spend the holiday with the family and would not get the work involved. On the other hand, Bunce was trying to steal her project and told her he can take over if anything needed to be done during the holiday. She said " no, thank you".

But on Thanksgiving night, Momo called her and told her that Jack wanted her to call him back on important notes. Apparently she has to go for a business pitch on the next day because their client is only available on that day and will go off somewhere abroad for a long period. So they have to catch him on time to make sure they secure the business. Jack said if she can't, it's ok because Bunce can replace her.

Of course she said NO, she would go.

So off she went with heavy heart and seeing disappointment in her family's eyes.

Another promise broken.....

The business pitch presentation went well but later Kate was told her little boy was injured and in the hospital. She rushed to the hospital quickly.

Selingan: Statement by Allison (Kate's best friend)  :

A man announces that he has leave office early to be with a child, and he is hailed as selfless, doting paternal role model

A woman announces that she has to leave office early to be with her child on sickbed, and she is downed as disorganized, irresponsible and showing little commitment!

Hmmm...cam betul je kan? 

Kate and Richard argued again that night. Richard was angry because it was very difficult to reach Kate to inform her about the accident. The argument spread to how busy Kate is, she's always not there and even if she's there, she's not really there. Their life revolves around logistics, endless lists and making everyone unhappy and miserable.

Kate made a mental note to herself:

1. Get my life together
2. Stop making lists.

Next morning, while getting Emily ready for school they had a talk. She apologized for leaving them on Thanksgiving night and promised not to do it again. Since she has promised her that they would do snowman together during Thanksgiving, but she broke it, she promised again they do it when there's a snowfall again. But Emily shot her back and told her she made a lot of promised and all have been broken.

Sedih kan bila anak cakap macam tu?

That morning at work, his boss told her that she might have to go to Atlanta for a task and she was speechless.

Jack Abelhammer also came to see her and they took a walk. Jack told her they won the business pitch.

And also he revealed he has some feelings for Kate! And asked Kate whether she has the same feelings or not.

PLATONIC LOVE that is!

But calmly, not even surprised, Kate told Jack she has already Richard in her life and wished Jack will meet someone who will cherished his life. And while they were talking, snow started falling down.

Kate rushed back to the office and went straight to her boss. Bunce was there with some bunch of male staff - having meeting. Kate told her boss she would go to Atlanta on Monday. But her boss said "no, you are going on the weekend, the client is expecting you"

But Kate said "I can't, I am unavailable".

Boss: "Because?"

Kate: "I have to make a Snowman"

She was so determined she did not mind losing her job because:

1. Because she has 2 life and she can't enjoy either one of it.
2. Because trying to be a man, is a waste of a woman
3. Because my kids will be growing up in flash, and I will miss it.
4. Because somehow, somewhere, someday, things have to change

In the meantime, Richard picked up Emily from school and telling her mummy is not coming, not because she doesn't love her but she has to work.

And Emily said " She said she will make snowman with me when there's a snowfall. She promised - twice!"

And then they saw Kate on the school yard, looking for them.

Kate told Richard :

"I know things have to be different, and I know if I don't have this job, things would be better in so many ways, but me without that job, isn't me. And me without you, and Ben and Emily - is nothing"

She told Richard what she told her boss:

"Look, I've given everything I have to this job and I love it, I do...but I can't dump my family  on short notice anymore. If you think what I have given is not enough for you, then fire me but I won't quit, I will not and cannot give up".

Her boss said " Then get out" (She thought she was fired though)

Then her boss continued " Go out. You can go to Atlanta on Monday. Leave now before I reconsider".

And Kate was so happy.

She told Richard from that time on, she would rather making her bosses disappointed than letting the family disappointed.

Richard, on the other is turning himself to be like Kate - he makes lists now! hahaha.

Momo gave birth to a baby boy and instantly loves him...now she knows how does it feel to be a mother.

Movie ni walaupun x mendapat sambutan di US, for me it's a good movie. Biasa la movie2 parenting yg xde unsur2 seks, ganas mmg selalu x dpt sambutan.

Nurse

Pagi tadi pegi Poliklinik Durian Tunggal utk check-up Insyirah 11 bulan. Last check-up 2 bulan sudah. She's doing well - berat bertambah, tinggi bertambah.

This time, check-up dibuat satu staff nurse baru ni. Saya masuk aje, dia terus salam sy dengan senyuman. Pastu nak pegang Insyirah, siap baca Bismilllah, selawat. Masyaallah, suka sangat dgn nurse ni...Nurse2 sebelum ni ok jugak tapi yang sorang ni amat la menyejukkan hati. Serius, kalau semua penjawat awam begini, mesti semua suka pegi klinik/hospital kerajaan.

Kami sembang pasal Insyirah pon santai aje. Dia baru ditukarkan ke situ, that was why sy tak penah nampak dia. Attitude dia sangat bagus, ala2 iklan "Budi Bahasa Budaya Kita". Bukan pura2 tapi boleh dirasa sgt ikhlas gitu tau!

Thumbs up cik staff nurse, lupa nak tgk nama awak tadi....mudah2an next check-up Insyirah, it will be with you again :)

Kejamnya!

Tak tahu la samada korang dah tengok ke belum video ni tapi kalau korang tengok mmg boleh nak pitam dibuatnya. Ada ke baby baru berapa bulan tu di lambung dicampak mcm anak patung? Gila betul bibik ni...dah org amik bekerja, kerja la ngan amanah. Ni suka2 lambung campak anak org.....tgk kat video kita pon risau kot patah tgn, kaki budak tu, leher pon boleh patah! Mental ke hapa?

Apa la perasaan mak bapak baby setelah tengok video ni? Kalau sy, mau kutempeleng sibibik ni berkali2...takde hati perut betul! Mujur jugak parents ni pasang CCTV camera, boleh jugak tau apa yg terjadi. Kalau jenis yg percaya aje kat bibik, dapat bibik mcm ni, masyaAllah... tak tau nak kata....

Tapi sy tau, tak semua bibik camni, tak semua babysitter camni. Sy dan babysitter Insyirah pon hanya based on trust tapi Alhamdullilah so far dia bagus jaga Insyirah. 

Komen Ustaz Zaharuddin di FB on this video:

Pastinya Allah akan memberikan balasan setimpal kepada bibik ini di akhirat, namun kami memohon agar balasan diawalkan di dunia..Allahumma..ia amat zalim dan kejam. Wahai ibubapa, pergilah sibuk mencari duit ye..biarlah anak dengan pembantu rumah atau pendera di rumah?.

Terkedu gak bila baca komen Ustaz Zaharuddin yg ayat last tu....mudah2an anak2ku semua selamat dibawah jagaan babysitter/daycare semasa kami bekerja....

"Suatu Perjalanan"

Pagi smlm, sy dikejutkan dgn berita kematian seorg ex-schoolmate. Dia meninggal dunia sbb sakit dada dan sesak nafas sewaktu menyertai ekspedisi pendakian Gunung Tahan.

Saya tak berapa mengenali arwah, hanya take note he's an ex-schoolmate dan since ini zaman FB jadi kita pon boleh la kenal siapa dan siapa bila kita dalam friend network yg sama. 

Bila riki2 FBnya,  ramai yg kata he was such a good man, byk membantu org2 sekelilingnya. Dan bila tengok gambarnya dalam train before bertolak ke Gunung Tahan, dia sempat pos this comment: 

Permulaan utk 'suatu perjalanan' XPDC Gunung Tahan 2013,,, dimulakan dengan Bismillahirrahman...

Hakikatnya, ia mmg suatu perjalanan menuju alam barzakh dan seterusnya alam akhirat. Begitu lah juga dengan ajal....akan datang menjemput tak kira masa - sihat atau sakit, muda atau tua, kaya atau miskin.....Semoga kita menginsafi diri - melihat kembali diri kita, sudah bersedia ke utk 'perjalanan' itu?

Mari lah kita sedekahkan Al-Fatihah buat Allahyarham Amir Kamarulzaman. Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat keatasnya dan dia tergolong dalam mereka2 yang beriman.

(Disaat sy menulis ini, jenazah masih belum dapat dikeluarkan dari Gunung Tahan akibat cuaca buruk, jadi kita doakan sekali semoga urusan pengurusan jenazah dipermudahkan. Amin.)

Recycling

Lepas a long weekend yg penuh dgn acara makan2, dalam fridge ada byk la jugak leftovers. So sehari dua ni mmg guna apa saja leftovers yg ada. Lunch semalam berjaya abiskan laksa. Previous night buat steamboat abiskan saki baki accessories yg ada. Still, dalam fridge ada sambal tumis leftover lontong, satu bekas kacang goreng leftover soto. Sedang berfikir2 nak recycle buat sambal berlada. Cuma kena tambah ikan bilis aje.

Dinner last night, org2 rumah ni request something light and easy for dinner. Jadi mokcik pon cuma sediakan finger foods sbb ada fries, then sausage roll, kepok lekor dan tuna wrap. Semua tu saki-baki makanan dlm freezer kecuali tuna wrap. Wrap tu aje stok baru, tuna still leftover yg tinggal dalam tin lepas buat tuna sandwich minggu lepas.  Then potong buah2 bagi nampak menu sihat sikit...^_^. Yang nampak seketul dalam piring tu pancake leftover breakfast pagi sebelumnya. Hidangkan sekali dgn harapan ada la org nak makan. Hampehhh...tak terusik pon!

Anyway, I'm happy sbb berjaya recycled the leftovers. Tak baik membazir makanan ye!

What's with CNY?

Jangan kata only the Chinese saja yg sibuk dgn family gathering CNY ni...

We, the Malays pon sama. For the first time, sy and cik HB tak kemana2 this long break of CNY sbb kami menerima kedatangan the KB clans.  Tak la semua tapi about half la jugak the KB clans came, which were about 25 people. Kalau semua more than 50 ok! Agenda utama diorg dtg sbb anak sedara suami kakak ipar kahwin dgn org Melaka, jadi selain pegi kenduri kahwin, diorg berkunjung sekali kat rumah kami. Tak semua boleh datang sbb ada yg baru bersalin, ada yg sepatutnya nak pegi umrah, ada yg kena kerja, jadi nak kumpul semua 10 adik-beradik ni mmg payah sikit la.

Jumaat malam, famili Kak Je & Abe Le aje yg sampai dulu. Saya jamu diorg dgn daging masak hitam, ayam goreng berempah dan sayur campur.

Sabtu: Pegi kenduri kahwin sebelah pengantin perempuan kat Restoran Tomyam Klasik Sg.Putat. Another 3 famili of KB clans dtg hari ni - Abg Wa, Abe Ari and Mek Ja. Mek Ayoh pon ada sekali , dtg dr KB since Khamis by flight dan stay kat rumah Abg Wa. Agaknya majlis ni x jemput ramai tetamu, jadi suasana sgt la santai. Majlis simple and relax. Anyway  sy x bawak kamera, tepon x canggih nak amik gambar, cuma tumpang upload gambar2 dr tepon cik HB, maka gambar tah hapa2 je la yg ada. Gambar pengantin pon tadak!

Ada la jugak gambar I terselit kat meja makan!

Budak2 suka tempat ni sbb ada kolam ikan, indoor playground dan 

yg penting x panas!

Jadi semua pon lepak2 ala2 bersantai! Susah kan nk dpt 

suasana camni kat majlis kawen?

Malam tu kami pon makan besar jugak! Tuan rumah buat dinner konsep steamboat and grill. Biras bawak laksa. Ada pisang rebus jugak. Then some desserts.

Meja steamboat. Meja grill dok kat luar, x sempat amik gambar.

Close-up steamboat accessories

Dan lepak2, sembang2

Ahad: Kami jemput family abg biras (i.e keluarga pengantin lelaki) dtg utk sarapan pagi sebelum diorg bertolak balik KB. It was a big breakfast, ala2 open house pulak sbb sy order soto, kakak ipar n biras2 buat nasi lemak dan makaroni bakar, laksa leftover from previous dinner dan kuih2. Kak Ti, Abe Le the first famili yg checked out today sbb nk balik KB. Abe Le x cuti panjang. 

Lepas breakfast: aktiviti napping berjemaah..comellll kan????

Then tengahari tu sy, cik HB and kakak dia and husband gi Tangkak sekejap sbb kakak cik HB berkenan kat langsir rumah sy jadi dia pon nk pegi survey. Budak2 tak bawak sbb nanti tok leh window shopping ngan aman damai. Kat rumah ada lagi 2 family termasuk Mek dan Ayoh yg kata tak nak kemana2, nk lepak saja2 dirumah jadi boleh lah budak2 ditinggalkan. Satu family lagi pegi kenduri kat Muar tapi akan balik semula ke rumah kami.

Kat Tangkak, walaupun owner kedai adalah chinese, takdenya dia tutup kedai. Dia pon tau time cuti2 ni la org melayu sibuk nk shopping. Kami selesa dah dgn kedai ni sbb dah 2 kali tempah langsir kat sini and puas hati dgn harga dan hasilnya, tu yg kami x masuk kedai lain dah. Dan kami juga selesa dgn juru-runding dia. Namanya Karim dan rasanya dia ni Bangla tapi fasih ckp melayu dan PR sgt bagus. Kak Je pon sudahnya tempah terus langsirnya sbb dah jumpa kain yg berkenan at good price after bargained dgn si Karim. 

Petang: Everybody home, Ninie, seorg lg biras beli KFC dan Pizza Hut utk jamu semua org. Then 3 famili checked out hari ni - Abg Wa, Abe Ari and Mek Ja. Malam tu tinggal famili Kak Je aje so terasa la sunyi sbb for the past 3 days rumah riuh-rendah.

Isnin: Kak Je nak balik KB ari ni dan Abg Wa ajak singgah Seremban. Kami pon menonong ikut sama sbb nak jumpa Mek Ayoh yg still ada kat sana dan akan balik by flight hari Selasa. 

Selasa: Not going anywhere. Mengemas rumah. Kembar yg 3 ari x peduli mana ummi dan abah dah mula meleweh balik kat kami (i.e berkepit!). Kami naik atas, diorg pon naik atas, kami dok bawah diorg pon sama. Nabilah mula la buat perangai biasa, merengek x tentu pasal. Kakak pulak gi mana2 nak berteman. Nak masuk toilet nak berteman, nak gi dapur pon nak berteman!

Anyway, nice holiday walaupun tak kemana2. Kadang2 where you go for vacation tak penting sebenarnya especially when you have a big family yg sgt rapat with each other!

Lampu Signal

Kenapa org suka tukar lampu signal dr warna kuning ke merah????

Apa ke bagusnya guna lampu signal warna merah bila lampu break dan lampu biasa kat belakang pon warna merah?

Tau tak dah menyusahkan org yg drive belakang ko? Especially bila hari hujan or malam?

Tak perasan okkkkkkk. Kang kalu org langgar bontot keta ko, mesti la yg langgar dr belakang dipersalahkan!

So tolong, x yah la susah2 tukar lampu signal kuning tu ke merah....

Tak vogue ponnnnnnnnnn

Dakwah Diri Sendiri

Adakala tahap rasa iman itu tinggi - boleh solat diawal waktu, usahakan wirid dan zikir setiap kali lepas solat, keje pon sambil on Youtube zikir2. Walau keje opis dan rumah bertimbun2, rasa cam penat sgt tapi boleh la pujuk hati kata 'xpe, buat kerana Allah'. TIme anak2 buat perangai, boleh sabar and pujuk baik2.

Tapi most of the time iman tu umpama kulit bawang juga jadinya!

Mula la solat pon lengah2, membawa kepada x sempat zikir and wirid, ada masa2 rasa nak dgr lagu Adele, feeling2 dok oversea...hahahaha. Kat rumah, bila byk sgt keje x sempat nak buat, mula la nak jadi Incredible Hulk marah semua org. Time normal, bila anak ckp jerit2 pandai kita nasihat ' tak baik jerit2'. Tapi bila x normal, kita pon sama terjerit2...huhuhu.

Tu smlm dgr Ustaz ckp kat radio IKIM, penting kita dakwah diri sendiri. Walaupun kita pon culas buat sesuatu yg baik tu tapi bila kita berckp pasal benda yg baik berulang kali(cth: pada anak2, pada kawan2 hatta menulis kat blog ni), kita pon akan terkesan sama.

Tu yg bila menjerit2 kat anak2 tu, diorg ckp "nape ummi ckp jerit2, kan tak baik?" - kena la batang hidung sendiri dan insaf la dengan segera ^_^

Of Weekend

Oh, Isnin dtg lagi!

Rasa 2 hari cuti over the weekend mcm tak terasa. Byk projek tak settle. Kotak2 masih penuh belum dikorek isinya. Masih juga gagal nak iron baju utk stok seminggu....huhuhu

But still, masih bersyukur sbb tak perlu bekerja dihujung minggu jadi dpt la jugak spending time with the family kan...

Rasa seronok tengok 3 budak ni dok diam2 tengok TV. 

Walaupun sekejap cuma sbb Insyirah sibuk nak meronda satu rumah!