Its November

 I am feeling kinda tired all the time. 

Absolutely transfixed

Miraculously I havent manage to get one more cat into the house, but having 3 boys all the time at home, I feel like the house are filled to the brim already. 

The kids are going back to school now, but with sistem penggiliran in place. So it had been somewhat peaceful. Before this I feel like so tired sorting out their online classes, who needs to go where, which homework needs to be submitted, making sure they are engaged in classroom and not off somewhere playing Legos. 

This year, I think I might forego the annual sale BBW because I am broke, also my books are way too much, also it is held in somewhere I don't have the energy to drive to. 

Mostly here still watching kdramas, gaining weight and stroking cat furs at every opportune time. Been job searching too, but its been hard. HARD. Also countless interviews that goes nowhere can really break a human spirit. You feel like you are worthless to anyone and this kinda sabotage you more on the next interview. Hard to get out of this funk yo. 

I feel probably I need to start writing more. Just because. I may talk more on my progress on piano/violin playing here. Still playing. Little lagging on the piano part because I am on a hard page, need to push myself a bit more, I will , I will. I will try to get through that piece next week! 

Later, also did you guys went on a spree this 11.11?

Hey 2121

 I had been late and you had not been great. 

What happened earlier this year? 

Nothing much. Lockdowns, PDPR and more lockdowns and PDPR. Things are getting worse which is ridiculous because the lockdown had been long. 

The second kid is now in Standard 1 and my heart ached for him that for his last year in kindergarden and his first year in primary was mostly stuck at home, learning from the tablet. 

As for the other... I can't think of more. I just want to write here quickly before June disappears, and I didn't make an entry before the latter part of the year. 

My husband and I though had been vaccinated. First dose. Now its the waiting game and hoping we dont get covid first before we can manage the second dose. In the mean time, I am still thankful for whatever protection the first dose may offer for now. 

I will talk more. But later. More scanning to do. 

I do not want it to be a bare post, so here's a pic of my eldest with his Seni homework. After all instead of vacation pics, nowadays our phones are filled with our kids homework pics and vids.

Oh 2020.

 What a year. 

Random pic of Bobby at the vet 

Who would have thought I will ever see a global pandemic in my lifetime. Someone always mentioned this on twitter. " What a time to be alive"

Its weirdly privileged of me to start the post out like this because as you know many have lost their jobs, lost income, loved ones during this time. So ... actually I have no conclusion. We cannot know also whats in store in the future for us, therefore I am thankful that we are surviving somewhat unscathed this year and only hopes it get better for all of us soon.

Rounding up 2020 in a musing sorta way is not gonna be my style for this post. 

I will start in a random order the things of note of my 2020. These are the few things I picked up or had happened this year. 

Covid

I do not want to state the obvious. But this have to be said. 

Mask is now a fashion accessories ( while also keeping us safe. Also good god stop selling the lacey bra looking one) so does Washing hands, socially distancing, schools closing, online lessons, many hours of cooking, empty cities early this year are all what we had seen/faced these past months.

Music

                                                     

Taking up the violin again. Still playing badly. No matter. Though I think my playing is better than before.

Start to learn by myself the piano too. So far so good. 

Its been good for me so far in taking up music again. It soothes down the demons inside so to speaks.

Travel 

In a year with no travel expected, we manage to go to Tioman twice. I love it both time. Also finally got to kayak again after quite a long time. 

Oh we also managed to go to Cameron Highlands which the kids super enjoyed the tea plantation, butterfly farm and strawberry pickings visit. Sharif didnt enjoy the ride up the winding mountain though as he puked thrice on the way. 

Hospital Stay

The youngest suddenly gotten feverish was admitted in August. At leas it was during the time when there was not much covid cases compared to now. Going to hospitals nowadays with more than 1k cases daily would be worrisomes. 

Raya in KL. 

Bobby terpaksa kena amik gamba raya

Because we were still in those strict MCO at the time , and no one was expected to travel out of state, we raya at our home. Well for us not at home la, we went to my sister house in turns. But its the first time we had done raya aidilfitri in KL and the cats dont have to endure boarding but spending their first raya at home with us!. 

I also manage to cook chicken curry for raya for my husband for his leamng eating. I cooked for raya (from scratch!) the first time evah!

Learning a new language via Duolingo. 

I talked about this before and I am still continuing my lessons in that app. My progress in Arabic is dismal though I think at least from zero knowledge I know some arabic. It is so hard to remember words in Arabic!

 But French lessons is going better than I expected, partly due to a lot of french words are part of the english language anyway. 

I can even understand some people tweets in French nowadays, if not fully but half of it. Its exciting! 

Skincare

This year. Maybe due to boredom, I try to put on makeup. I don't do makeup before, but I got bored. This turns me towards using more skincare because your makeup does not look nice if your skin is not nice (unless you have awesome skills). I also realized how nicer my face will look if I put in eyeliner. But my eyeliner skill is really shaky. lelz. 

Anyway, because of that, I followed a few skincare influencer and manage to gain a few knowledge on basic skincare routine and whats needed to improve my skin. I was so excited to try out a few things I had amassed quite some products.

I also put some of the skincare products on my bedside table because if I don't put it there I won't be wearing it as often. I quite like this organizer that I am using to store my stuffs.  

As for the result of my interest in skincare now?  I think there's a marked improvement on my skin where it doesn't look quite as dry and listless as before. Had a few breakouts which annoys me, but I am trying to battle it through so to speaks. 

Lost weight!

Relatable even if not related

I almost forgot it but I did try to lose some weight this year and only after lockdown I manage to succeed. During that time I manage to shed around 8kgs! 

. I still have a long way to go because I am not that consistent and my weight somewhat plateau now to my annoyance.  But I am happier I can fit into some of my old clothes back. Let's hope I will continue to move more and tampers down my cravings so I can get to my ideal weight. 

........

Anyway I think thats that? Maybe there's more but I can't think more. But thats the gist of this year and a bit more I don't divulge. 

My next post will be on 2021! 

A birthday gift

When my birthday was near my husband asked, so what do you want. 

I answered either

1. A night stay at the hotel all by meself. 

2. A YSL bag 

3. A piano. 

So he bought the third one. Lol. I was surprised it was not a stay at a hotel. 

I had always wanted to try to play a piano but since piano is a bit expensive so macam malas la. So now my husband decided to gift it it to me, I can play finally really learn to play it. 

I also think since I have a little knowledge in playing the electric organ I can manage to teach myself the piano, so far its been ok.  I will tell a bit more later I think. 

Been trying to teach the kids but they are not that interested. Aziz a little bit but then he is more into games and got busy a bit.

Aside from the gift, I asked for a day shopping at KLCC because I wanted to buy the L'Occitane Youth Serum which I love wearing. And eat some sashimi. 

Semoga muka makin jelita . Haha.

Oh I forgot about the cake. I was not impressed when I first took a bite, but then I put in the fridge and eat it when its cold, it was the best! I seriously love it and I especially love cold desserts, so to eat a cake that is best eaten cold is nice! 

Ending this post with a picture of sashimi because why not. 

Recents

 Its October now. 

Our Covid cases are rising no thanks to the politicians. And right now I felt like they are really dropping the ball in handling the crisis. I wont say more because then the language will get more colourful. 

Anyway... whats up? 

Its been tiring. My little boy was in the hospital end of August due to high fever. My youngest ni while even sick , his energy is still really high. Then afterwards of course another great water crisis hit Selangor yet again. Its almost as dramatic as last year one. But the difference was last year I was handling it alone while this year I manage to get my husband to book us an apartment in Genting to get away for a while from the non water issue. Genting was boring btw. We ended up in Bentong for ice cream and nasi lemak. 

Then we went to Tioman. My 2 siblings and their family and my mom. It was good.

Last time we spent time at Bharat which was very peaceful and laidback, but payar beach resort is interesting too. 

Then my kid got mild chicken pox ( the same youngest one). And now we got covid cases rising and a lot of us are afraid to go out much. Lots of parents are also not sending their kids to school. I am not included in it, but lets not get into that. 

What I had been doing instead? Same old. Read. Kdramas. Play the violin. Binge on some shows. 

Anyway. I want to talk more but not feeling up to it more. Also its 2 am. 

Just briefly writing in

I am busy scanning in my son's homework. Kenapalah bila dah scan baru kau jumpa kesalahan? 

My raya was beshe2 je? 

Did you get back to your hometown? Well considering at the time, travelling to Sarawak is gonna be a big hassle and kinda uncertain (in terms of health safety) we are just at home at this time. 

Like I said I did cook laksa Sarawak. I really like one of these days to cook and make it really presentable for a photo. But most of the time I will be running around the kitchen like stirring, the slicing this, stirring again, mixed up things, washing up dishes. Jeez how does people like ribboncircus (I love her IG , she makes it so pretty and homey) makes everything looks good. 

I also bought just kurtas for the boys to wear on their first raya. I bought from Zalora and it is the cheapest I could get at RM40 per piece. Can't see the the other two eldest, but the colors are mint green and since for that color they did not have Sharif size, I bought a pink one. The eldest balked at the idea of wearing pink now, so Sharif is the only one have to wear pink. And i wore pink to match his. 

Yes our bookshelves are a mess. Tu pon I baru susun sikit. Pening sebenarnye nak susun bookshelf ni. 

Anyway, I am off to play my 2 points hospital . Later. 

Ramadhan in MCO

So it is the end of Ramadhan.

Had I fully utilized it. I have to say no. I also been in my period for half of Ramadhan. So thats that. Not that my 'perangai' is any better. 

Aside from that, this Ramadhan in MCO had its challenges. Finding new dishes to cook, finishing the many many food that my mom cooked, waking up almost every sahur to prepare meals when I am not a sahur person at all. I am also missing and not missing the raya bazaar. I miss going through the stalls of food, but the food we sometimes ordered from the taman whatsapp had been pretty great too and had never got a disappointment (tak sedap,basi,etc) like if you buy food from a ramadhan bazaar. 

What about Raya? I don't intend to cook much this Raya though because my husband will be buying lemang and my mom will cook sayur lodeh for all. There is a ketupat palas I will probably boil tomorrow. On the second day of Raya I will cook laksa Sarawak. I had already made the sambal belacan in advance yesterday.

I am so lazy to cook this last few days. Because I was baking and cooking for some stuffs. I will show what I made. I made just 2 cookies and don't feel like breaking out the raya cookie jar. 

Now it is time for me to kemas the house. First nak kerah bujang2 di rumah ni. 

Will update soon with pics! 

Selamat Hari Raya to you people and maaf zahir batin! 

New Stuffs to Do When in PKP/MC0

Note: It is now Day 33 of MC0 and I feel we are all getting a lil crazy. 

You know how people keeps on saying that during all this time we are forced to stay at home we should learn a new skill or gain knowledge. Well that would be nice. But also be free to not feel like we have to do all this stuff. This is a life altering event that is damaging to our health, economy and mental well being. The main aim is to flatten the curve and get through it with us and our loved ones alive. So... sometimes we need to keep this in mind.

Now back to the usual rambles of...  

What I have been doing in this PKP or MC0? 

- Making sure all the kids got their online classes without issues. It is such a hassle. But you know. We have to do it. But it such a hassle! 

- Making sure all the homeworks get to the kids, then to the teacher. I swear arr, I feel like I have my own homework and deadlines to keep up with all the printing, screenshotting, overseeing and the scanning I have to do. 

- The cooking and washing dishes. Oh my God. So many meals, so many dishes. When this is all over I just wanna NOT COOK for 3 days. I think 3 days should be a nice limit right. We can't eat outside forever. 

- Exercising. I lost weight I tell you! 8kg! Woohoo! I did portion control, lessen my sugar intake and went up and down the stairs 30 times at least and more. Of course this past 2 days I had been relapsing, sigh. I am only human. There were cakes! And I am so tired! But I don't want all this effort to go to waste so I will restart again okeh. Which is why I haven't yet made the famed Dalgona Coffee. Apart from menggunakan alasan diet to not do it, I feel it is easy enough tapi the real reason is that I really malas to break out the mixer la. I did make the bread pudding caramel because everyone was hogging gardenia at one point. Mad. (I also haven't made my own bread). 

My bread pudding. The kids love it and it does feel like it is good for kids because it is kinda filling. I prefer the usual creme caramel. 

- Trying to color. Not like I have all the time. I started on this particular Klimt page few months back dan baru habis sekarang. That took some effort I tell you.

- Bought a game in Steam. I bought 2 Points Hospital game which is based very strongly on the old beloved game I love which was the Theme Hospital.

The game is almost identical and it wasn't hard for me to start off since I am already familiar with the old one, so I can play the game happily immediately. The pics are from my phone because I can't be arsed to see how I can screenshot it using my MAC.

- I had also banned TV time during the weekdays. I feel this is kinda hard on them but also I feel this is good. I just wanted to encourage play if they are not doing their school work. Not just stuck watching TV all the time.

- Now while I know we should save, I am looking at Cotton On Body and itching to buy their bras. I love their lingerie because it is comfy and it is on sale. And let me look at it again!

So long for now!

Love in the time of Corona - COVID19

Well... I just have to put that title in nonetheless.

Anyway here we are in the midst of a pandemic. The worst seen in this century, hundred thousands infected, tens thousands of death.

This is surreal. People are in isolation all around the world. If you try to talk people everywhere... they will be in their house. In solitude. Social distancing. Bored out of our mind. Itching to go out.

For Malaysia its been what? Day 12 of Restricted Movement Order? I will call it here as lockdown because that is a mouthful.

Weekends and weekdays had merged into one. I am now playing classical in full blast while writing this post because my playlists had gone on many many loops.

Now now... of course I should and need to be thankful, to be bored in this lockdown. It is a privilege. Some are forced to be stuck in a small 2 bedroom house filled with multigenerational families. Some are out of work and working side gigs to the best in this limited movement to get food on the table. Some are facing mental health problem. Some will face domestic violence.

To be bored in this lockdown, is a privilege.

But I can complain. Oh yes.

The TVs are conquered by the kids.
I feel suffocated.
I hate cooking so so so much.
It is sticky all the time.
I am coughing... am I next on the statistics?

I will continue my Kdrama posts later on. If I have all this time why not post eh?

Why not indeed.

Anyway. Be safe. Wash hands.

End of a decade?

So people are like eh its not the end of a decade, end of a decade is dec 2020.

Whatever. We ignore this people.

Nearing towards the end of 2019.

I wanted to summarize what I had done in a decade but old age is catching up and my memory is foggy. Lets just tried it.

From 2010 to 2019

- I had worked 3 jobs.  Quit and now a SAHM.

- Went from 2 cats to 8 til recently and now down to 5. I can manage 5. 8 was chaos.

- Somehow from having no kids I now have 3 boys. 2,5,7 .

- I want to say I travel unsatisfactorily but I visited about 6 countries in 10 years. Ok lah. 

- Husband went from long distance and now back at home just recently.

- Went from a US tv shows addicts to Kdrama addicts.

- Read a lot the first half of decade, not so after quitting. Duduk rumah don't feel like reading. Which is bad sebab kenkadang feels like brain rotting off.

- Blogging is no longer a thing by 2019, but we hardened early 2000s bloggers are coming back to spout off nonsense sporadically and quietly.

- Twitter reactiveness is not as strong but lurking game is strong.

- Gotten fat along the way and trying to find the motivation to slim down. Tapi besok aku nak makan satay. Satay last for 2019! Shit probably tomorrow not so good time to be out.

- Need to do better next decade because I will in my 40s and this is sad.

Okay. I don't know what to talk more.

Ending the new year with a recent pic of the kids at Gardens by the Bay.

p/s: I will blog about kdrama after new year lah. Seen a few but tadek rasa nak review lak. 

2019!

I didn't make a recap of my 2018. 

Not much to recap. I did mean to blog about my trip to Kyoto and Tokyo. It would be a shame to leave that out. Maybe later when the house is less a mess? 

But the HOUSE IS ALWAYS MESSY!

Also not helping Netflix adding a whole lot of Korean dramas in their selection. Korean dramas I tell you. Don't start or you will plunge into an abyss of fantastical tale of justice and stupid romance. I can't get enough of it. 

Also Aziz started is Year 1 at the sek keb. Yeay! So far he is loving it but he is kinda adapting to having a full schedule. He have Islamic school in the morning then home for an hour and get ready for the sek kebangsaan. I am also adapting to the new schedule. 

See what I tell you the house is a mess!

Sarip also wants to be in the pic.

This is Aziz on his second day being nosey and wanting to see his friends desk. 

I was planning to not give him pocket money yet, but the he informed me all of his friends have pocket money and he tried to get his new friends to 'belanja' him to no avail. He also said he tried to pinjam his friends wallet to no avail too! The horrors!

So rather than having him asking his friends for money he got pocket money now and a new wallet with strict instructions to not ask stuff from his new friends! 

Sigh, I guess this is what parenting really is. Later. There is nasi lemak awaiting. 

To Osaka or Not

We were scheduled to go to Osaka and Kyoto end of this month, but then Typhoon Jebi happened. It seems really tasteless to moan about the typhoon when people actually died, but the typhoon also caused major damage to the airport we are planning to arrive and embark at. Current news report

So now with a lot of international flights yet to resume and status of our flight is still unclear ( saw today flight to Kansai was cancelled ) , it put a damper on my plan a bit. We can still refund the flight and have time a bit to cancel the hotel booking, but I am not sure if I should or want to.

I was really hyping to go to Osaka and Kyoto. Maybe this is a sign not to go until things are a bit calmer. But the Japanese are renowned for their quick fix of problems. Even so, how quick? 

Sigh. 

And I don't even have the heart to go anywhere else partly because booking another flight and hotel in such a short time is gonna be so costly. 

We will see if we get to go. 

Maybe the next update?

2017

Gonna be 2018 soon.

Haven't been updating here too much. So I am gonna list down what 2017 had been for me


From January til June basically had been pregnant and most of that time had been battling morning sickness and basically lazing around the bed.

Around March or April, found a kitten at the middle of the road and brought her back and nursed her.

Was not planning on keeping her, but then Brownie had run off to live with another family, and I am lazy in finding responsible adopters, I decided to keep her.



Gave birth to a baby boy.

Hired a daily maid to take care of house. The maid quit after 3 months.


Went to Ipoh and Penang for holiday. Finally stay at Hard Rock Hotel. It was below my expectations honestly.

Doing absolutely nothing but still busy as a housewife. The kids mostly ok. Trying to teach Aziz to read with some good improvements. I am not sure how to tackle teaching him maths yet.

Saif decided his name is Baba.

The baby or Sarip Dol as we called him, is a very fussy sleeper. My back is hurting .

We just got back from Bintulu staying there for a week due to my husband brother getting married. That is the last of the sibling married off now. Uneventful except for the initial touchdown , where instead of the plane landing in Bintulu, we were flying into a storm and the plane could not land, so we ended up staying overnight in Miri instead.

Husband had taken up a position in Turkmenistan again.

Huh. I can't think of anymore. Pretty sure a lot of stuffs happened, and of course the big one is the birth of my third son. So yups. It was a big year indeed.

Let's see what 2018 brings. Hope for a less messier house.

October comes in ...

and no update in Sept? 

I wonder what I had been doing. ( Eh I know la. Absolutely nothing). 

Anyway, last week we did a sorta belated birthday party for Aziz. 

He was lamenting he wants a party and since he had been a huge help to me and also he is a very nice kid, he deserved a party even if his birthday is 2 months past. 

We invited his classmates and a few of my friends only lah. Decided to do it at my sister clubhouse. A pool party! Because I couldn't be bothered to make up activity for kid. The only activity is main dalam pool je okeh. 

My siblings as usual is a great help with everyone contributing everything from chicken wings to cakes and desserts and main courses. Heh. 

The major thing should be is the kids had fun... and judging from 1 kid shouting " I am having so much fun!!" I guess it wasn't so shabby. 

Though I am not keen in repeating this again. I even pulled my muscle the day before and that hampers my enjoyment and preparation a bit. 

A video and I took only 2 photos kut! LOL!

Aziz very much enjoyed it and he was overjoyed on the presents he received. He was even nice enough to give one or two present to his brother. 

Selamat Hari Raya

I am still berpantang guys. Tapi mcm tak pantang. 

We celebrated Raya at JB this year cause I baru bersalin kan. Tak boleh makan sambal sotong di pagi raya is stressing me out gais. Dan kena tolak lemang Rembau. Stresss! Takpe. My pantang habes in 2 weeks pastu I nak beli lemang satu.

First gambar raya of all family members.

My husband decided on pink, and shockingly I don't have any baju kurung pink. I bought a jubah, tapi ketat. kahkah. I must learn my lesson and not to buy jubah online. Susah gile nak measure. 

Anyway raya I celebrated ok la, cuma ade few mende je tak makan. Pergi gak rumah sedara, sedara yg I close. Siap ke Kluang lagi. The baby during the stay at JB was ok. Ada time2 fussy. Mostly ok je. He loves sleeping tetengah ruang tamu. He can sleep there amidst all the chaos and noise. 

Anyway. I kept on getting interrupted while doing this short post so I am gonna end now. Will write more about baby later. 

3rd boy born

Alhamdulillah selamat lahirkan my 3rd boy. 

So on the 5th of June checked myself into PCMC around 10pm. My surgery is scheduled for 7 am the next day. We put Saif at my sister and Aziz and his father stay with me. 

Since it is confirmed that I am undergoing c-section, not much hassle and bother. CTG machine was only put on me once at 11pm and another at 5 am the next day, to make sure I do not have any contractions. Malam tu boleh pulak la aku sakit kepala and berak2, but not too bad. 

So by 7 am dah kena tolak to dewan bedah. Not sure if I mentioned it before, but my gynae for this pregnancy is Datuk Dr Aziz. And I am glad for this pregnancy amik die because he is excellent. But I am getting ahead of myself. Anyway, husband cannot come into dewan bedah because Aziz is with him. So it is just me. 

The last 2 full pregnancy, I had been put into epidural. This time, they gave me a spinal tap, so it was given dekat OT. And boy was my head spinning, manage to puke myself. Ahhh... I always puke during surgery. Confirmed dah ni. 

Anyway it didn't take long at all. I think we started around 7.19 am and then by 7.53 baby dah keluar. Kali ni I don't feel drowsy. More curious at what's going on. Can hear when they slice my stomach and smells something like burning flesh jugak. Horrifying. I am glad I can't see. 

When they finally pulled out the baby, I can hear immediately his gurgling cries. He won't stop crying and when they cleared out the liquid , lagi lah bergema OT dengan nangis die. Even the anesthetist remarked "Semangatnye yang ni " . 

After that it was pretty standard, stitched me up, baby taken to nursery, then post recovery. Last time I was in post recovery, I just got a blanket, and I was shivering so bad, right until several hours after c-section. This time I think ade new procedure, so they put some kind of hot air blower in between the blanket, and my shivering subside and no shivers after they wheeled in me in my room! Yeay! 

The baby is wheeled after 2 3 hours. Sedap tido gamaknye dalam nursery. He had problem latching on the first day but afterwards drink like a little trooper. 

Oh the baby? 

Fresh from oven gitu. Gambar amik sendiri sebab still stuck onto bed. He looked so much like Aziz that when the paeds first shown me the baby, I immediately said "sebijik aziz". 

Anyway, I stay at the hospital until Friday. This time post op recovery is kinda great. By the 2nd day can get out of bed and out of the urine tube. This time, the c section wound does not hurt so much. The cramping / post contractions is a bitch though. I swear I cried once. 

Datuk Aziz said since this is my c-section, I needed stitches rather than glue like the last 2. Also he mentioned, if I decided on the next child, the next c-section have to be my last. My ovary is kinda messed up from the last surgeries, seems like it is sticking with the stomach lining and other things. Datuk Aziz said to not eat any herbal supplements or anything that promote speedy recovery. The recovery should happen naturally. Huh. If only I knew this on my first kan. Heh. 

2 weeks after my c section, the stitches is healing great. Better than the previous one. I can move freely pain free ( if I do not push myself) and I don't feel as bloated as before either. Anyway, we will see how post recovery gonna be. 

As for the baby himself, he is doing great. We did his circumcision on the 2nd day, and the ring had just come off yesterday. Pusat masih lagi ade. It is a bit weird sebab the clamp fell off but some bits of tali pusat tu ade lagi. Have to continue to see. And if it bugs me too much, I can always ask my sis. 

I think dah cukup panjang kut. Will continue to write about the baby later. He is breastfeeding well and sleeping well. I am still trying to juggle the kids, the baby and the house. 

Later. Also selamat berpuasa and menjalani ibadah di malam2 terakhir ni. 

Bersiaran dari Gleneagles

This time it is Aziz again who have to be warded due to lymphadenitis.

Gambar on the first day at the ward before Saif kena shipped off to my sis.

He mentioned it to me last Friday he said his tengkuk sakit and the right side of his face I then noticed looks a bit swollen. Bawak to klinik biasa but the doctor have no idea and probably suggested might be mumps.

By Monday it had become more swollen looking and decided a visit to the paeds is necessary. Just to make sure if its really. So it is not mumps though it look like it and the paeds want to be cautious and decided to ward him so a steady course of antibiotics can be given using iv. A bit relief not mumps too because I never had mumps and not looking forward having the risk of it infecting others and pregnant me.

A bit harried gak because husband not around. Have to send Saif to my sister. Poor boy. And hVe to ask someone to come the first and third day to look after Aziz while I have to dash home to take care of stuffa. Today is day 4 at the hosp. But we can be discharged tomorrow so yeay! My poor cats jugak kesian. Asked my sis maid to bagi makan and already send a big basket of laundry to dobi. Maybe I will ask someone to come in next week to clean the house.

Anyway.. it is not so bad this hospital stay. Bored je la. Finish 2 books and reading the third one. Aziz is non stop asking for stuffs to buy at the kedai bawah hospital ni. Though I miss Saif but so far he is doing fine. Aziz also dah besar and he is not stuck to an iv drip so his mood is mostly jovial. Mcm holiday at hotel. Except for the cramped hospital bed and waking up every 3 4 hrs when temp needed to be taken. Lol.


Oklah. Need to wipe my kid down. 

Saif and Aziz update of sort

First of all I wanna start with the Raya of 2016 updates. What the eff la Dils, raya is like ages ago. Buttt... well, nothing special pon, though I manage to wake up late masa raya which pissed off my husband, huhu, stress tul. But no worries afterwards lepas tu ok je. 

I aint feeling like uploading one Raya pic because there is no decent ones except of the kids and those are in FB so biar lah. But masa raya ke 3 tu, we went to Kluang to visit some relatives and came back with these cute bicycle. 

Aziz is not thrilled that he have to kayuh beca for his baby brother. Anyway, the bicycle is safe enough but I was upstairs when it happened , it seems like around 10 pm after we finish beraya and the kids are still hyped up , they were playing downstairs and heard suddenly Saif cried like I never heard before. You know the difference la kan, if your kid nangis jatuh sebab sakit, or nangis sebab something is like seriously wrong.

So it seems like somehow when trying to get down from the bicycle he fell and hit his head on the sharp edge of the wall. And at first there seems to be a lot of blood which scared me because he is still a baby. 

Off we went to the clinic and then to the hospital. Left Aziz at my mom which Aziz was sad about, but cheered up when we opened his favorite show. So berkampung la us 3 at the emergency up til 3 am. The wound was cleaned up and options was given. Alhamdulillah nothing is wrong and the cut walaupon a bit deep but small so he don't need any stitches. Just let it heal naturally and not shower his head for 5 days. Masam betul la kan. 

He was crying piteously for mommy here. Kesian baby boy.

Also I just now realized I didnt do a "Hey Aziz is 4" post. This is why I am not a top mommy blogger, 

Anyway he is now 4. And I realized he is plenty of smart, kind and basically a very lovely boy. A bit loopy sometimes and have a tendency to tune people out if he is concentrating on something. Like his fav tv show. 

I decided to just send birthday cake to his school and make party packs to his class and nursery. 

I ordered his birthday cake from my sister friend. I like her cakes and I know she can do drawings so she did this. Maybe it is not so grammatically correct but eh.. ok je. I tanye Aziz sedap ke tak die jawab off topic. So who knows. Haha. But he was excited to see this cake sebab die cakap nak kek Iron Man so Iron Man la die dapat. I dont opt for the edible image because Aziz hated those edible image. I think Jaja ( the baker) did a pretty good job too. 

And the party packs, amongst the chocolates and raisins and candies, I also put in those cheap Marvel superhero coloring books with cheap color pencils, and printed an iron man mask for the kids for them to play around. 

Printed and pasted it onto the box , kekonon ikut theme.

Also buat some queen cakes or some might know as fairy cake. Kinda like a cupcake, but more lighter version .

I had just learned that making icing is hella easy. 

Party packs ke nursery. Class lain . 

This is the class sebab class punye ade buku kaler. Huhu. 

Anyway, majlis die pon time masa jamuan hari raya so that I don't have to do things twice and more kids get to enjoy cake. He was pretty happy about it and I don't ask for pics because eh.. I dont mind. He is tickled that he came also also with a bag and said somebody gave him coloring books and colour pencils. Which he lost immediately. Sigh. I hope the other kids enjoy the coloring books though. 

Rotavirus nightmare

It had been silent for a while because I had been tired.

My husband was out of town for about a month and a few days before he is due back, bile I nk pick up my kids from my sister's house she mentioned that Aziz keeps on puking everything.

Later that night, it was just not him, it was him and his brother. So on Thursday , took an EL and brought them to the hosp. Saif is cheerful even though with the puking and pooping but Aziz is wiped out. Their usual doctors is on leave so brought them to another doctor because I am concerned looking at Aziz who was actually puking at the hospital reception.

Perbezaan tenaga adik dan abang boleh nampak dari segi gaya. 

Doctor believed this might be a rotavirus going around because it seems like there is an epidemic going around at the moment, and have to watch Aziz closely. By the next day he was not any worse but not any better also. So I SMS his doctor and he asked me to bring him to the hospital. Leave Saif at my sister house with an overnight bag because I think Aziz is gonna be warded.

Another day of EL with various people asking when I am going to come back and solved their issue. No sympathy no nothing when I told I am right now admitting my son to the hospital. They just want to know when I am gonna come back and solve their issue. Last straw for me then.

I didn't bring any other stuffs for entertainment except for his dad Iphone which he is bored of in an hour time. Bought this cheap Lego at the hospital mart. He was happy for a couple of hours. Then nangis suh bukak balik iv drip die.

Anyway. He was warded due to rotavirus for a couple of days. Around Saturday evening he was looking very ok and alert so the doctor seems ok to let him go. It was a bit leceh when my husband was not around for a couple of days as they are some missing things, but got my sister to bring it and on Saturday afternoon my husband manage to reach the hospital and give me some respite.

So gi to my sister house kejab to ambik Saif who refused to look at me for about the first 10 minutes because I left him at my sister. Hehe. Comel je merajuk. So played with him for a while and feed him and took him to the hospital for my shift with Aziz pulak. So his father can go back and rest and bawak Saif sekali balik.

So Sunday afternoon la baru dapat discharged. Aziz was well behaved during his stay mostly. A little bit picky, but he always try to listed and ikut what I asked him to do. Masa nak bagi ubat yang tak sedap, I promised him a box of Lego. So he telan 2 syrine of yucky Smecta. By the 3rd syringe, he does not care of any Legos big and small. 

I was dead tired that weekend and not too keen to get back to work knowing all the work piled up. But masuk jugak lah kejer as I am 1 man team basically. Then start on Wednesday tu I was not feeling too well, and Thursday memang all out la cherry berry ( nama comelnye) , got to the doctor on Friday and she agreed that the symptons is consistent with rotavirus so, basically the house is a mess, because of the rotavirus and I am still not 100%. Husband also seems to be down with it but not too bad.

Still trying to puasa though today but I bring a bottle of water just in case if I feel a little faint later on. After all, I timbang myself yesterday, I lost around 4 kg in a couple of days. Gile lah. Imagine the amount of water lost, so yes, I believe this is one of those exception cases where if I really tak larat, it is not advisable to stay puasa.

The house is still a mess, and hopefully, next weekend rolling in , I might make it more live worthy.

Last weekend stuffs

A bit tired because yesterday Monday was cruel. It was closing payroll time so everything has to be urgent and things that cant be solved immediately will be escalated even to the CEO. Cruel I'll tell you. But at the end of the day everyone was happy, well somewhat. 

Last weekend was Aziz and Saif performance and review day. Aziz was supposed along with his class mates to sing and dance and clap and jump. But he do none of that. Instead he stand in a corner and lift up his shirt looking like he doesnt want to be there. Ade la masa2 he will go and play with the tabir kat belakang. Actually most of the kids refused to sing. LOL. The teacher kinda like embarassingly apologized saying that they had practice but I don't mind lah. You can't really force a bunch of 3 and 2 year olds to do stuffs when they don't want to. I think they are a bit overwhelmed by the crowds. At least no one is kicking and screaming. Actually there was 2 incident , but he refused to be on stage and the other one, was a girl who very enthusiastically try to jump and fail and cried. Poor baby. But I like it that they try nonetheless. 

Looked at all the tots. Just seeing them on stage is enough. Hehe.

Afterwards it was review session of the kids. Macam the last one, Aziz received loads of praises because he is a cheerful playful little guy. A little naughty but to be expected lah. Saif however we were informed is a bit tantrumy, clingy and refused to do much except wants to be carried. Which is a bit of a surprise because at home he can be everywhere. Maybe he is a bit overwhelmed by the kids. But the tantrum , yes, Saif nowadays is a bit of tantrum thrower. He will scream and lie down and kicked if he doesn't get his ways or throw things to the floor if he doesn't like the things or pissed at you. I am trying to get him to give things nicely now.

The teacher also said Saif eats a lot, so now I had tuka their punye bekas makanan lagi besar sebab die makan nasi separuh pinggan. The baby thermos just wouldnt fit all of the rice I tried to put in.

Makan pau kacang merah dalam kereta. Comot sebelom sampai. Kena tuka baju. 

On Sunday pulak we had to attend a wedding at Senawang on my husband side. I am always pleased if I got an invitation to a wedding because I love wedding food. Hehe. And this wedding it does not disappoint. Ade sambal sotong kering and keropok lekor! Keropok lekor die plentiful and sodap. Weekend tu plak I tetiba terasa cravings nak keropok lekor. So nice when what you want is suddenly presented to you. Alhamdullilah. 

Then we went singgah at Mitsui Outlet to see what the fuss is all about. I have to say it is nicer than JPO because the choice between brands which we can afford is greater and they have air conditioned so we are not exactly sweating in between shops. My husband likes it because there are a lot of those street brand name shoes that he likes in there. The restaurants also looks nicer. Maybe I will go there again but it is so out of the way that it can only happened rarely lah. We don't buy anything pon. I am looking for another pair of work pants, but couldn't find the one I want. Last2 beli toy untuk Aziz je.