Adapting

I guess unless I am back at the office, updates are gonna be a tad bit sporadic. Saje je kan nak makan gaji buta. 

Anyway, I am still adapting to motherhood. It seems like I am definitely not in the category who find motherhood as easy breezy. It does not help that I am lacking in patience. Husband remarked g resentfully ( cuba die yang kena bangun every 2 hours) I am more patient dealing with the bulus. Well, while the bulus does wake me up at 3 or 4 am in the morning, if they annoyed me I can just chuck them out of the room. I can't chuck this tiny kenit out even though I am severely tempted too kan... 

Kalau nak dikirakan, it is not that bad. He is not that fussy. His sleep pattern is still not established, so I can't say exactly at what time he will wake up, but he usually will wake up after 2 hour of sleep then cried his lung out for milk. During those first 2 weeks I was really, really pissed. Yes. I should say not that mother are entitled to be pissed, but we are allowed to because we are human but only not to succumb to our anger ( though sometimes I did, but I try to check myself ). I am not usually for tears, but being usually tear free it seems makes me into a very angry person. So maybe by being a crying mess, a lot of mother adapt well while I just simmers. I just don't have that mother instinct. 

Tapi... By this third week, I am kinda fine with it. Not totally fine, but just resigned when he cried in the middle of the night after 2 or 1 hour sleep. It gets annoying when after 3 hours of being awake in the middle of the night, he still wouldn't sleep, but I think I know how to put him to sleep now without tearing my or his hair out. I can now function well with a few hour sleep , and I rarely sleep during the day anyway. There is so many things to do! And the little one also keep waking up during the day too. After an hour or two. Paling lama die akan tidur lepas mandi pagi. Which is masa tu la nak makan, mandi, basuh baju baby, kemas whatever it is, pumping. 

Teruk kan. But I am trying to be honest here. I don't find motherhood magical. I find it hard work. It does have its sweet moment, but a lot of the time, it is kinda overwhelming, the things we needed to do for the little one, the responsibility and the upcoming responsibility. Maybe I am not prepared? 

I never was prepared, I try to take things one day at a time for a lot of things so maybe this don't really mesh well with my, one day at time philosophy for everything. 

This is not a crying out post asking you to say I am not a bad mother. I have yet to be a good mother, but I am trying. A working progress. In the mean time, we ( the little one and I ) have to bear with each other. I am figuring things out here. I think once I am in KL, which would be late next week kut, I have to create some sort of a schedule for both of us so we can adapt once I am working. Lagi2, husband pon nanti tadek, my mom pon cannot help so lagi la chaotic. 

We are looking for a maid, and the agency did find us one, but the maid they want to give us is a nubile  25 year old girl who looks stunning and have worked in Hong Kong with a family before. While I am not insecure USUALLY, tapi aku taknak la ade maid who will stay in the house 24/7 who looks like she could be an actress then bile husband aku balik bercuti he will be mostly alone with the maid. Aku tidak percaya ok. Walaupon husband never menunjukkan tanda2 lelaki gatal, tapi tak payah la nak tempt fate dengan meletakkan temptation depan mata dan hidup bersama. When I state the reason why I reject this candidate to husband, boleh pulakk la die senyap sengih2.. tanpa sebarang denial "ehhh... I tak rase die lawa." or "I wouldn't do that to you..," Die senyap je gelak2. Lelaki! Kaannnnn.... tak percaya aku. So sementara ni... masih menunggu. Kalau tak dapat, kena la cari orang / tempat nak dijaga si kenit ni. Kesian die. 

While husband is around, sekarang ni I let my husband bathed and change kenit diapers. Sebab nanti die takde berbulan-bulan aku kena handle sensorang, so sementara die ade die buat semua. Hehehe. Which account for my hopelessness bile aku kena tuka diapers die, sebab bile aku mengantuk, mesti aku tuka diaper Kenit tu tah hape2, which resulted Kenit diaper almost falling off. Seeee... no mother instinct. Husband got better mother instinct. 

Update baby. Well he is doing what most 3 weeks are doing. I have started to bottle feed EBM for him, so far no confusion. So he's doing ok. He's a bit of a fussy baby sometimes, can wail his lung out, very impatient, and likes to be rock to sleep which takes 30 mins in the middle of the night -_- However apart from that, he is generally very lovable. 

Well.. this luahan perasaan is long enough. Nak cerita pasal kucing besok2 la. Kalau ade masa.

All those that lead up to the little one - II

LONG ENTRY! ( Habiskan terus la at one go )

Ok. Mari sambung... si kecik ni ekk ekk skit sambil tido, maknanye adalah half an hour lagi. LOL. 

Back to 2nd of Augsut. 

Bile dah konfirm kena admitted, baru la call boss cakap I maw deliver so maternity leave start today. Tension. Kalau tahu tak kerja dari pagi. Aku dah yakin dan konfiden, yang doctor will just wave us home, sekali kena admitted. 

So we got into our room and I asked my husband to leave and do whatever he needed to do at home and come back again at night. So gua rilek-rilek, at 6 pm my gynae came to check on me, and I asked if I really needed to be induced. She mentioned that my labour is actually starting and it is best to deliver this baby early.  Gua berserah je la pastuh. And instead of 11 pm, she decided to start giving me the tablet to induce at 6pm because she thinks I might have a long way to go. Greaattt. 

I already read up on what to expect when inducing (actually I missed out on people saying induce labour is way more painful than natural one. Which I think was better that I missed reading / blanking that out sebab mesti aku lagi trauma ) so was cringing when she inserted the tablet inside me, via vagina. I can only imagine any guys who is reading this is cringing too. Perempuan aku tahu rilek sudah. It took 2 tries ok. Aku rase nak berair mata aku. 

Then the waiting game begins~! Waiting for the labor to begin. 

Up to 11 pm - Nothing much happened. I ate. Read Cleo's ( I think I may have outgrown Cleo's. There used to be like at least a quarter of articles, now, if ade pon, is like a fluff piece. Pieces that is not well thought out nor researched after. At least I got a free shampoo out of my Cleo) . Husband came back with my clothes and toilettries dan baru la boleh aku mandi. 

3rd August 

12 am - Husband dah start kroih, kroih. I was too high strung to sleep. So I played Bejeweled on my phone. I noticed every 20 mins, there is a slight cramping. Mentioned it to the nurse the nurse says lama lagi. Sigh. 

2 am- Still 20 mins, but the cramping is getting painful. I slightly winced. I now can't sleep because it is uncomfortable. I try to doze but keep waking up everytime the contractions start. 

3 am - 15 mins tapi dah sakit amat. I consider throwing things to my snoring husband, tapi opt to call the nurse since they mentioned earlier they can give something for the pain.. I mentioned to the nurse, she gave me a CTG, and after determining that the contraction is strong, gave me an injection. I kinda doze on and off, still in pain. Tapi at least mengantuk. The nurse checked, aku baru 1.5 cm dillated ok !!! Rase dah nak nangis je bile dengar.

6 am - Aku rase aku dah 5 mins apart in pain. Tadek rase nak tidur dahh. Kept on heading to the toilet untuk berak and muntah. 

7 am - They asked me if I nak mandi , but I can barely stands up, because the contraction is coming every 5 mins in huge powerful waves. They want to wheel me in to labour room, but they checked first and I was 3cm dillated which is good enough to be wheeled in. Before that they inject ubat berak tu inside my rectum kut, which I think I went into the toilet too fast. Husband seriau at all these things that needs to be inserted in me. LOL. 

8 am - I asked for epidural and was informed of the risk and all, gua sign je. Gua dah tak tahan. I was holding my husband hand whimpering "sakittt" , husband was alarmed saying not 5 mins apart, but 3 mins apart ni setiap kali I doubled up in pain. 

So epidural was administered, and while the effect of epidural, I can feel even now, tapiii I don't regret it. I think I might have passed out if not. Gile tak kental aku ni. But as the doctor and nurses try to guide me, I became macam erratic, I remembered the nurse saying " She is in too much to pain to understand the instruction." So she gives me short word instructon. IV drip pon was administered now, so I will not dehydrate... and for the life of me now, I can't remember if tiub kencing tu was inserted at this time or after labour. I think it was at this time. 

9 am - Terus walla rase bagusssss. I can breathe easily and the nurse checked I am now 5.5 cm dillated, which gives me a light at the end of a tunnel. I mentioned, ahh so then by afternoon I will deliver, she just say perhaps. Hoh. 

9 am to 12pm - Can't remember much, strap to the CTG machine and baby heartbeat. I think during this time, husband balik rumah to freshen up and do stuffs seeing I am much more comfortable. I even slept for an hour or two. A much needed rest, from the no sleep I got last night. Also I think during this time kut my air ketuban dipecahkan. But because of the epidural, I feel nothing. Bile nurse tu seluk2 kat dalam keluarkan air yang tak keluar semua ponnn aku feel nothing. And yest the stick they used to pecahkan air ketuban tu is longgg, tapi gua dah tak heran dah time tu. 

12pm - 6 cm dillated. My gynae is worried as there is no progress, but as everything seems ok, baby is ok, she says we will wait more. 

1 pm - 3 pm - I think I got another shot of epidural ke ape tah. The epidural had wears off, I was in a lot of pain. Husband may have come back around this time. 

4.00 pm - Still 6 bloody cm dillated! It seems because my opening is not large enough, the cervix only open up to that size. They can feel the baby head, but still it refused to budge. (Aku rase aku agak famous 2 hari kat Ward tu as the woman who was stuck at 6 cm for hourssss ) . 

4.30pm - They decided that cesarean was the best option, as while baby rilek je dalam perut, heartbeat normal, boleh lagi die main2 tendang mummy die, my contractions was getting highly irregular. Kejab 5 mins, kejab 10 mins, kejab 2 3 mins. So the doctor is worried and emergency c-section is being placed at 5pm. Husband asked if that was ok with me, I said I don't care as long as the baby get out. Epidural dah administered tah berapa kali pon dah tak jalan kat aku dah ni. 

5pm - I asked if husband could be there, but they said since it is an emergency cesar, so no. I got into the operating theatre. I think they administered epi again, am not really sure, but the anaes, pinched me at my leg and waist and asked if I feel any pain, I said no. So the doctors proceed to cut me open, then I suddenly feel pain. I remembered the anaes mentioning if I feel any pain just tell them. It took several seconds of more pain as they sliced me open, for me to open my mouth, I was wondering if its normal to feel the slicing pain as they cut me open, and OF COURSE LA TAK NORMAL WEHHH. So I said 'SAKIT!' . The doctor stop confusingly, and the anaes increased the dosage. They resume slicing, I still feel the pain and mentioned it. They got more confused and it seems that my right side of the body, is feeling the pain (they are slicing at the right side now, while my left side don't feel it... HOI BOLEH MACAM TU KEEE. ). Not sure if I have a low tolerance of pain or badan dah immune dengan epi, but I can't go on the cesar awake, so I have to be administered the local anaes that put me out almost immediately

6 pm ++ - Woke up of people clearing up stuffs and moving me out. I remembered hazily that I give birth and I heard no cries and wondered groggily if my baby is alive. Husband immediately came by and show pic of baby. He said nurse cakap I tidor. Ehhhhh... bukan tidur ok. I felt a bit sad that I was not among the first to see him, but was much too groggy to care except to ask my husband to call my mother to say that everything went well. 

Sooo... around Maghrib tu, they wheeled in my baby... Alhamdulillah. 

And ever since then, aku tak boleh berenggang dari si kenit tu, as pengeluar susu utama. 

Beberapa minit sebelom melahau nak susu

All those that lead up to the little one - I

I want to write the title as My First Labour Experience, and was transported back to zaman sekolah rendah where the karangan will be My Holiday Experience or My First Day at School. Very the skema. 

Anyway... like many Malaysian mom bloggers ( I can't find any other nationalities who narrate the birth of their children with amazing details and sometimes even with pictures of them attached to the CTG. Thank God there is no vagina shot ... oh I if you head to stfuparents.tumblr.com you can find those ), I think I might as well, narrate how my little baby came to this world. 

I had my last appointment gynae on the 31st of July, and I was 38 weeks at the time. She did my first VE (I think it meant vaginal exam?). After the VE, she mentioned I  might have some problem in delivering naturally , seems like I have some narrow bones. Husband was laughing because I always mentioned that I have big butts so I never think that would be an issue. So orang dulu-dulu yang looks for wide hips and big buttocks = fertile and easy to deliver. You were wrongggg. 

She mentioned that I may need cesarean but we will try the natural way. Before this I was kinda cool and laidback about labour. I don't think much about it, I know I will take the drugs, but I figured I will bear the pain and do what every other woman would do. 

After hearing that, I was petrified. I was kinda like, heyyy.. I wouldn't mind staying pregnant forever. Because from what she described, trying out the natural way and if that fails, cut me open, I know I will be in a lot of pain. I also mentioned to husband on our way back that, MOST DEFINITELY I will take the drugs.  

That was on Tuesday. 

On Wednesday 1st of August. 

Noticed bloody show just before berbuka. Was perplexed, and told husband that I think after berbuka we need to go to the hospital. He asked me to get ready while he berbuka next door at my sister's house. I walked around a bit, eat a piece of kuih as the azan berkumandang, and though, ahh.. feck it. I will eat first and think about getting ready later. 

Later on the night, we decided to just go tomorrow since I don't feel any contractions or pain. 

On Thursday 2nd of August. 

The bloody show kinda continue. I was a bit confused because I thought it was just a one time thing, but decided to go to the hospital anyway during lunch hour. Sempat lagi aku WFH during the morning ok. No pain kan. 

So at the hospital, the midwives checked me and seems like I was 1cm dillated and I have very minor contractions. The midwife explained that it is common that after a first VE, some people will experience some bleeding. (If I knew that, I don't think so I had come to the hospital that early! ). So she was positive I will go home in an hour time. Hey, I thought I can go home. I was ready to resume work ok bile balik rumah. So aku tak inform pon boss I am actually at the hospital while duduk send email kerja. Gile dedicated. Tetiba pulak dedicated pasal kerja. Aku rase time tu aku in denial kut. 

Then after a while, the midwife came back and her face looks kinda shocked and confused and said that my gynae thinks it is better if I am admitted and be induced today since I am starting labour and my gynae was afraid that if my baby got bigger it will be a more difficult labor later on. Gah! I was like.. a bit dismayed.. this is sooooo off setting my holiday plan. Yeee... aku a bit upset pasal beranak early sebab aku dah plan cuti leklok. LOL. What can I say, I like to plan things ahead and will get ruffled / upset bila things don't go my way. 

So process mengadmittedkan aku dalam ward pon bermula and I was set to be induced at 11pm that night. 

Eh... sambung esok lak laa.. macam panjang. Dahlah asyik terberhenti je sebab si kecik nak nyusu. 

New arrival

I have delivered a healthy baby boy!

Currently am dealing with all the new stuffs associated with new mother, breastfeeding woes, sleepless night, murderous tendencies at 3am towards little one. So a bit late in updating.

In short, I gave birth to this little bundle of cuteness at 5.37pm on the 3rd of August 2012 on my 38th weeks. Unexpected ( somewhat ) delivery ni, as I have to be induced and later gave birth to him via c-section. EDD 14th Aug, and sepatutnye also I was suppose to be induce today instead last week, tapi mende nak jadi. As long as semua selamat.

Anyhow will update more later.

In cat news, Bobby kena stay at the vet due to lung infection. :( Sedihhh. Hope he gets better soon. Tak tahu how it happened, but it does and hope kucing lain tak kena.

Baju Raya Yang Hilang

Alkisahnye, I brought my kain and my sister's kain (she brought 3 while me only 1), to this tailor. Last year I sent to this same tailor. While I am not really satisfied with her work with my other plain baju kurung, but she did a wonderful job on my baju kurung Pahang so I opt to send to her again to just make a baju kurung Pahang. (Maklumlahh.. aku rase tu je aku muat kut). My sister tahun ni, excited pulak , while last year she brought only 1, she decided to bring 3 because she likes the tailor work. Another reason why I decided to use this tailor, sebab she is the wife of my husband's colleague. Kira nak tolong member la ni. 

So I sent it around May, and her worker said around June dah boleh dapat. But I said no rush la, as long as before Raya. So around mid July aku pergi la kedai tu. Dannnnnn

Boleh tak kedai tu dah bertukar tangan. The signboard is still there and all, but instead of the tailor, kedai tu instead a kedai that sells baju kurung siap. Angin nye lah aku. So basically, I had went to the kedai and the new owner gave me the tailor number and the new owner said, the tailor moved out early July. Menyesal kan tak pergi amik baju bulan June... kekonon nak bagi can, sekali terkena batang hidung sendiri. Bagus! 

Basically, I called every number I have of her, all of it either not in service or went straight to voicemail. I had send an email, which I doubt she checked. My husband called her husband which also went straight to voicemail and all attempt to find him is not successful. The husband is around at his workplace, but so far he manage to avoid my husband ignoring his messages, notes and emails. 

The thing is... bukannye the tailor or the husband owed us money. I didn't put down deposit pon as the pekerja cakap tak payah. All I want is my kain and more importantly, my sister punye kain back. Itu pon ko tak termampu nak buat ke. WTH is happening / or had happened to this couple? 

Husband went back to the shop, to see if the new owner have any other ways to contact the tailor, only the useless number tu je la. Horrible betul la this people. The new owner also mentioned that a lot of people came looking for them. I can only imagine la. 

Some people mentioned maybe sakit ke or mati ke. You know what... I don't really care. As a business owner, especially a Muslim one, you should know your responsibility. Tu semua hutang tu. If indeed die sakit teruk or mati ke.... then the next of kin have the responsibility to at least inform people, so we can make peace or demand payment/return of our good we had with the deceased. Kannn... mende tu simple je. Aku tahu mende tu pon dari aku 10 years old. Takkan engineer yang working at a renowned company, tak tahu basic hukum agama kuttt. No phone ade dalam buku jahit. At the very least, put up a notice at your previous kedai. Ni hilang tanpa dikesan, macam kena kejar along, which is my next suspicion. 

This is the second time this had happened to me. The first time happened to my baju nikah. OMG kan. Nasib baik I got the tailor to contact me. I had blogged about it, tapi malas cari. Basically the tailor sakit, and decided to tutup kedai without informing customers, membuatkan aku cuak bile aku nak pickup baju nikah aku dan kedai tutup with nothing inside and I phoned the kedai, it went unaswered. Also aku teringat, I asked the people around the kedai (kedai yang I antar baju nikah ituu), where and how I can contact the owner, the replies I get is .."Owner kedai tu memang sombong tak campor dengan kami2". Heloooo... tadek kaitan dengan soalan aku. Haih laa... ni aku cakap.... adat Melayu berniaga. 

However I manage to leave a note demanding them to contact me, and the husband of the tailor at last did contact me and pulangkan the baju. The baju, Alhamdulillah siap, tinggal fitting je I sent to another tailor. Not taking any more chances. 

So it is really annoying it happened again, and I seriously wonders my luck with tailors. Dengan itu, after this tadek kesian-kesian dah bab-bab business ni. I will only send it to the 2 chinese tailor I had known to be highly reliable. Walaupon they're expensive, at least they are good and RELIABLE. 

This type of people, macam tailor yang hilang ni, is the kind of people that makes Malay people looks bad. This type of people jugak yang selalu demand, "Melayu should tolong Melayu", but then when we give them chances they basically throw it away. 

I don't mind if they have difficulties ke, can't siapkan the baju ke. But have the courtesy to inform your customer. It is not just courtesy, it is your responsibility! Do you think sebab you are your own boss suke hati ko je ko nak buat perangai? 

Annoying sungguh. Pantang je berpuasa, or this post would probably be filled with the appropriate curses. I don't really care about my kain, but I feel guilty sebab my sister hantar 3. Banyak tuuu. We are not the type to buy expensive kain, but the kain we bought is usually bought elsewhere yang jauh. So kira bukan senang nak cari ganti laa! 

If you want to start a business, you should really ask yourself, are you ready to face the challenges and responsibility. You have a responsibility towards your customer, responsibility to be amanah and mengotakan janji-janji yang diberi. This is basic stuffs and things that any decent human should know, apatah lagi seorang yang mengaku Muslim kan. 

I highly doubt that I'll get the kain back, but it wouldn't hurt to hope kut. My previous experience at least I manage to get it back, amidst my panic. This time I macam laidback sikit, and kinda berserah. Lagi pon ibu mengandung tak larat nak emoism. Sume mellow je sekarang. 

Hellooo

Nampak benar mati idea nak letak tajuk ape. I should really post my book reviews, tapi nanti la. Weekend ke. 

Sekarang ni I can puasa lagi, I tuang on Selasa because by Monday malam tu I dah rase tak terlarat sangat, mengantuk, badan rase lemah. So I opted to opt out of puasa. Tapi setakat ni Selasa tu je la bertuang. Hari ni maseh gagah! (Insya Allah). 

While I can WFH, I went to office on Wednesday and Thursday untuk mintak official confirmation dari big boss to WFH until I deliver la. I found that it is not too tiring banding di rumah. Mungkin sebab if kat rumah gatal je nak buat macam-macam mende, so tu yang jadi penat terlampau. Kat office tak bergerak dari kerusi unless pegi solat. Aircond office pon membantu keadaan optimum untuk tenaga ibu mengandung.

Yang tak terlarat tu menghadapi jem tu. Jem nak masuk taman perumahan laa. Haih la. Too many people nowadays live in Ukay Perdana, nak buat guano kan. Ukay Perdana exit in MRR2 is now the new hellish Pandan exit. It does not help also with Duke just a short distance away, so kereta2 sume bertambah lagi. As for me, bile jem I think because I am kinda tension, so the baby in belly acting up a bit, galak-galak move around. 

So here I am again WFH. Husband suke sebab die risau je if tetiba my water broke at work ke :p , I pon suke because I don't have to face the hellish jem and ade extra time untuk tidur and kucing-kucing suke sebab die orang boleh jalan-jalan atas laptop. I just need to make sure to just stay put and not move around so much so I can work effectively at home, tanpa rase nak pengsan. 

The cats are now sleeping peacefully. Both Kurap and Bobby opting to sleep on the bed. I don't usually let Bobby sleep on the bed sebab malas nak encourage more cats filling up the space on the bed yang memang dah kecik tu. Tapi since die cedera lepas bergaduh dengan kucing I tak sampai hati nak halau.  

Memang best friend dedua ni.

You can see the luka there. Luka tu dah dried out and he had been given antibiotics to prevent infection macam yang terjadi at Kurap. So I think he's ok. Tinggal nak tunggu the luka heal and bulu tumbuh balik je. 

I let him out on Sunday kejab. Sekejab je, kasik die keluar a while. So he always like being outside sebab he likes to kunyah2 the rumput and just roam around the laman rumah. He never venture far and this time, I noticed he just stay at the grass area at my home. Then dengar bunyi kucing gaduh at front, I took a look and found an orange cat terrorizing Bobby. There were fur everywhere. Simbah air sikit, kucing jantan tu lari and sempat leave his mark kat tong sampah luar. Saje je kan tunjuk dominance. Bobby sibuk nak kejar, but I picked him up and lock him back in the house. Tengok-tengok later ade luka sebenarnye. 

But he does not showed that it is painful even when we washes the luka, so I guess the cat just took a chunk of his skin away. Stilllll... kesian Bobby and menyusahkan aku. Haha. Lepas ni macam kena supervised kucing-kucing ni pulak kat luar. 

Ok. Nak baring-baring kejab. 

36th Week

Gua sudah gabra

1. Macam sudah dekat, but I pray the baby will want to stay longer just a little bit more. Come on baby, it is good for your developmental health or something like that. I read it in Dailymail.co.uk. I am addicted to the Dailymail, it is so trashy and it makes you feel perhaps Malaysia is not as bad. 

2. Jalan sudah siksaa. Tapi kenkadang if I got it into my head untuk do something (shopping la mostly), I will walk my damnedest. Macam 2 minggu lepas. Memula nak makan kat Nasi Kandar Kudu. Tutup :( . Pastu nak makan kat Krathong, tutup jugak. Then pergi la Insaf sebab I want the mango lassi and ayam madu die. Then boleh pulakkk aku jalan-jalan kat Jln TAR cari tudung, sambil minum air asam boi, then jalan lagi kat Sogo. Malam tu terus demam, besok temperature cecah 40, and husband threatened to bring me to emergency. Over tau husband aku... ( I kid, I kid, he was concerned for the baby ). Terus MC seminggu and I missed out on our project dinner kat Mandarin Oriental which was suggested by moi! Dan semua cakap sedapppp. Tapi time tu bubur separuh bowl pon rase macam separuh nyawa nak habiskan, so aku memang tadek la berangan nak makan buffet. Tapi still sedih sebab nak harapkan duit sendiri makan buffet kat Mandarin Oriental memang pikir 4 5 6 kali. 

3. Like many complain, it is getting hard to get comfortable, sleeping, sitting, standing, eating. My feet jugak akhirnya sudah bengkak. Not too bad, boleh pakai lagi my Crocs, tapi kaki berbekas la. Haha. The one that I find tak best is the difficulties walking. Sebab macam limited what you can do. Nak berkemas pon malas ok sebab sakit. Nowww I know why heavily pregnant woman jalan sambil cup perut die kat bawah, the action kinda still your perut, so less pain. 

4. Husband dah balik so it majorly helps! At least no moar bongkok2 bersihkan litter sand kucing-kucing ni. 

5. Spoke of the cats, tetiga ekor sekarang tengah bergelimpangan around me membuta. Seronok WFH then hujan kat luar. Make you feel thankful, that you are not stuck in the jam.

6. Nowadays, aku malas nak keep track kick count tu. Pemalas kan.. tapi I try to be aware jugak la and kira scara rough estimate. The baby pon bukannye kick, more like moving around his leg and body. So terasa ketat and keras je perut ni kekadang. 

7. Sedar tak sedar, next Tuesday will be my 37th week of pregnancy. And it is indeed any time je. Gabra tunggu next checkup ni. 

8. Tahun ni juga I will berpuasa as a mom to be and a heavily pregnant woman at that and the second half of puasa, I will be a MOM! Nak tanak kena sahur, walaupon all those who knew me know that I don't sahur. If I do, I need to tidur balik lewat. I can't eat then immediately sleep, alamat muntah la siang. But I will not be pushing myself too hard, we'll see day by day how the fasting goes. 

With that, selamat menempuhi Ramadhan, and please forgive me for anything that you think I may do wrong, which can be aplenty. 

Telinga yang kembali berkurap

Orang selalu tanye kenapa bagi nama Kurap kat kucing I yang cantik jelita bak diva ni.

Pwetty as a pictahh!

Nampak macam queenly sungguh kat situ kan. 

Well, I took the below pic from my tumblr, kalau dig through dalam2 belog ni adalah gamba die masa memula datang terketar2 depan rumah mengemis. Kesian sangat. But this pic below I think I took around a week after she came into our life. 

Tengok la telinga die tu. Tu baru lepas kena sental dek husband dulu. Dulu pagi before gi keje, husband will sental her telinga yang penuh hitam berkerak tu, balik keje kembali hitam dah. She got really bad ear mites then. Jalan-jalan sikit sekitar rumah, berguguran kerak telinga tu jatuh sana sini okeh. Haha. 

At the time, I kena berpantang lepas miscarriage so, walaupon kena persuade dek mak suh buang her, I was a bit sentimental so I was adamant to let her stay at the house. Nasib baik ade husband yang suke kucing dan tak geli macam aiii. Aku ni suke kucing, tapi geli sikit nak handle2 mende camtuh. Haha. Anyway she got better after some very effective medication from the vet, dan membesar dengan jayanye seperti gambar di atas. 

Anyway... melalut ke sejarah Kurap pulak. Anyway, on Saturday kut, after she came back gallivanting around the neighbourhood, aku perasan la her telinga macam luka sikit ade kesan kena gigit or scratches. She sometimes came back like this, so I let her be. 

Semalam bile I pet her, I noticed the luka gotten worse, bengkak and I can smell the blood and nanah. 

So tungkus lumus la husband and I membersihkan the luka and nanah. At first duduk diam je, but then husband picit2 nanah tu kasik keluar semua, menjeritt la die. The 2 kittens pon sibuk duk usha dekat2 sampai jatuhkan the air basuhan. Busybody kan. Nak tengok diva kena torture sakit. A bit kesian la, sebab kite sendiri pon sakit bile basuh luka yang infected, apatah lagi kucing. I think it gotten worse because she scratched it alot. So pakaikan laaa ecollar Bobby tu. Nasib baik tak buang lagi. 

Husband suruh I tengok luka die, say macam dah berlubang telinga die. I duk "tamawwwww" . Aku dah kata aku geli mende2 tu. I just wipe the blood and pus off and hold her masa husband duk thoroughly clean her, tak tengok betul2. Aku memang geli laaa. 

Depress kena pakai kon. Have to laa luv, or ada nanti tadek telinga terus kang. 

So pagi ni bawak la ke vet. Husband la bawak, wife die berbaringan tengok 2 ekor anak kucing berlari2 macam saiko dari hujung ke hujung. Husband duk tease I tanye kalau vet nak potong telinga Kurap tu, I kasik ke tak. I jeling je, ade keeee vet nak potong . Hahaha. 

Anyway, itu la die. Telinga dah kembali kurap dahhhh. Sesuwai kembali dengan nama asal. Actually takla berkurap, but bernanah. Better lagi bagi nama Kurap dari Nanah kutttt. Gile tak selera nak panggil. 

Total damage at the vet adalah RM100++ lebih ok. Vet pon cam geleng kepala cakap die ni banyak hal. Bontot rabak laa. Masa bontot rabak die tu dulu RM400++ ok. Ai pengsan laaa vet bills ni. Ubat ade 4 jenis okehh. 2 tablet, 2 krim. Aku demam minggu lepas pon dapat 3 jenis ubat je. Siap la bersilat nak bagi makan ubat kat diva ni. She is the one yang paling susah sumbat pills among all the cats yang I ade. 

Partly my fault for letting her out, walaupon seminggu sekali, tapi Kurap ni tak reti limit diri. Bobby and GollyWolly main depan rumah je. Bile panggil menceceh masuk. Kurap ni mmg tak makan saman and suke mengejar kucing2 stray belakang rumah. Selaluuu la panggil die balik die buat dek je. Tapi sometimes I tak sampai hati kurung selalu sebab she always looks so joyful bile dapat keluar and selalu la duk miau2 depan pintu mintak keluar. Tapi kang lepas ni, siap la kauu.. ada dapat keluar dengan leash je. 

Nak cerita pasal pregnancy. Tapi esok2 la. Dah penat pulak menaip. 

Tuan punye blog asyik tak sihat je

Tak sihat sikit je. Alhamdulillah tak serius. Baru baik demam, pastu malam tadi instead of bukak aircond, I turned the heat function on.

Gile kepanasan, asyik terbangun setiap 2 jam rase nak bunuh orang. Lepas solat subuh baru perasan, so turn back the cold air on, dan baru boleh tidur dengan nyenyak.

Nanti laaaa.... (tapi bukan ade ape untuk diupdate)

Ape-ape aje lah

Husband is most probably gonna be home by this weekend. Happy! Ade orang nak mop rumah! Dan gantikan lampu yang dah blow kat porch.

My neighbour cat birthed 4 kittehs. 2 died, and only 2 left now. She kept on asking me, before the first one died, that they looked sick and what should she do. I did mentioned she need to bring them to the vet, ni dah 2 mati still she asks me the same and I kinda lose my patience a bit. I said that "saya sendiri tak tahu la, kena la bawak pegi vet. Anak kucing senang kena penyakit". But I doubt she did. Sigh. Kesian tengok anak kucing tu, she said makan ok, and all. But I am not sure if she really keeps track if the kitten eats or not sebab nampak really kurus.

My other neighbour pulak asked my opinion on how to train a cat in the litterbox sebab her children wants to adopt a cat from SPCA. I am happy to learn of a family who opt to adopt from SPCA! Yeay for them!. Also nampak gaya macam aku ni the go to for person in the neighbourhood untuk advise for cats kaa?

Mainnnnnnnn

For my own cats, I got so many scratches from GollyWolly. She seems really fixated on my face and if I tengah bersantai-santai di sofa, she will try to lick and sniff around my face and mouth. Tak tahu laa kenapa. At least dulu Bobby will only be fixated on my fingers. Mcm yesterday, frustrated that she can't get to my face as I was sitting straight on watching the TV, she jumped up to reach my face, tapi dapat at my throat. Gahhh. Ini semua terjadi sebab Bobby malas layan si Wolly and opt to go to sleep. So if Bobby tidur, GollyWolly will gravitate to me. Die tak berani nak dekat dengan diva Kurap. Kurap depended on her mood will tolerate the kittehs, but she still spank Wolly if Wolly datang dekat2. So she goes to me. If I am at dapur washing dishes ke ape ke, she will be between my legs, bawah kain. I remembered Puteh used to do that, tapi Puteh sebab takut kena wallop dengan Kurap. Wolly do that sebab she wants to play with my kain batik punye hem.

I also thinks I now keep on getting that the Braxton Hicks Contractions. And it is a major pain kalau stuck dalam jam. Maybe because by sitting in one position for so long and blood going upstairs bile ade drivers bodoh on the roads. Rase macam nak on hazard light and tekan hon lama-lama, suruh orang bagi me through so I can reach home and baring. Sigh.

Someone mentioned about how husband and babies make better accessories than branded stuffs. I am like pissed reading it. Because I don't like to think pet as accessories apatah lagi your family. You are comparing family to a material things? Is that even comparable? I much rather see people have their Chanel, than having a kid they don't really want in the first place. Kan? Kadang-kadang in twitter ni, ramai I notice berlumba-lumba trying to come out with the most awe-inspiring, wisdomly quotes, tapi most of the time  punye lah berpeluh memikirkan sentences to look sage, some people ended up looking like a twit. I hate quotes. Do people really got their inspiration in life by reading random sentences! I guess you can regurgitate one out in moment of 'pencerahan Agung' bab kata Asrol dulu, tapi if selalu sangat... ehhh... you got so many problems in life ke? Are you trying to reach for something? Are you just attention whoring?

I guess it is better that FB where the quotes came with big ass pictures of nature. I am now in the processed of unsubscribing people who kept on doing this. Quotes punye la banyak macam nak jadi the next Tony Robbins, tapi next status update duk kutuk-kutuk work colleagues, saying the colleagues dengki kat die. This people laaa!

I think this is most probably I got back to blogging somewhat regularly. Facebook dah lama I lose interest but I mostly open to guris-guriskan hati sendiri setiap kali bukak page KTAJ. So many unwanted kittehs~!! Twitter is fun half the time, half exasperating. Blog I can go and read what I want as I please and ignore those I don't like.

Some people mentioned I update a lot about kittehs. They way they said it like I had let them down or something. Hmmmm.... At first I kinda pissed la , now ... lantak la. I don't owe my readers anything. I don't have ads, and don't depend my livelihood on them. It is after all tempat melepaskan perasaan kan.

Also I spent my MPH vouchers on this! 

Best tahu tak perasaan beli buku baru tu. 

Randomize Thoughts

Mommy to be worries of cats. 

I am crossing my fingers and jari kaki semua that my husband boleh balik next week. Ade orang boleh tolong cuci litterbox. It is such a back breaking chore for me. People keep on saying cats is not good for pregnant ladies that sometimes you macam takut. I berdoa je la everything is OK and after everything I read on toxaplasmosis (malas check if ejaan betul ke tak) , just take some precaution. Macam I wear disposable gloves and mask everytime cleaning out their litter and all. And make sure I thoroughly wash my hands before eating and after handling them. Aku rase my hands will aged prematurely given the amount of anti bacterial handwash I had been using setiap kali handle die orang. 

As for babies and all that about allergies, studies shown that having pets at home reduced allergies in children, so aku berharap tiny tot will have to build considerable immunity against them. I have a vague plan on how to introduce the 2 creatures to each other gradually, but I guess we will see. 

Tapi I tetap sayang the kittehs. Macam I kesian kat Kurap who expected to be petted and stroked macam anak puteri raja selepas bangun tidur siang and sebelom tidur malam. The yowling she gave me if I didn't give in, perghhh. Howlah she will feels in a few weeks! time when she won't get the same treatment I'll give her now? The other 2 kittens is fine as long as they're with each other, although Bobby suke main a bit ganas. But I check so far, everything ok. GollyWolly don't seem afraid of Bobby and always ask for more play.

I read at this blog where a mummy (mat salleh punye mummy la) expressed of how she felt that her love for the cats have diminished ever since she have children. She said she loves her cats still, but sometimes they frustrate her and wishes they are not at home sometimes. Am a bit worried about that, macam will I feel like that? Sekarang boleh la cakap tak, but we don't know how we feel tomorrow, apatah lagi after a big change come over.

However how disturbing that honest mom confession was, I was more horrified at the comments she received at her blog. I guess the other mummies who thought they have rakan yang sekutu (ke sekufu?) dengannye, commented in the blogs, on how some of them basically dump their pets at the nearby shelter after giving birth to their child. They find out that, the cats are too much hassle, so dumping them is the only way, in their very narrow view. Some don't even look back, guiltily! 

The owner of the blog pon expressed her concern over this. Like while she sometimes feel like the cats are a nuisance, she can never give them away. It is a horrible thing to do. The cats had been loved and pampered, and tetiba kena dump like that. Don't they know cats can die of a broken heart or depression. Kesian taw, I hope whatever I may feel, I can never be like that. At the very leastla kan, find a good home for them. Bukan dump at shelter.

Fuhhh... aku nak cerita pasal kucing sikit je. Tengok dah berjela. Depressing pulak tu.

Untuk kurangkan sikit je depressing tu, ini gamba Fasha masa die kitten lagi. Aww.  I miss Fasha. RIP lovely cat. 

Cream Crackers Hankering 

Sejak pregnant ni, aku suke sungguh dengan krim krackers. Naseb baik at ofis ade free. Kalau zaman kecik-kecik dulu, malam2 nak tengok movie la kan, so my sisters and I, will buat air milo masing-masing and krim krackers tin ade dah tersedia tengah bilik tv tu. I pulak, will have 2 mug. One mug adalah untuk dunk the biskut in, the other one is for minum. 

But the best memories is always SBP time. The supper for our SBP is usually just Milo and whatever biscuits they can muster up. Ada la once in a blue moon, some roti or kueh. Usually the girls will tapau the Milo in their mug. Bukan bekas tumbler ok ( adalah a few yang rajin bawak tumbler but kami malas ni guna mug aje ), sesekor bawak mug and perlahan-lahan jalan to our dorm. So the Milo was drank with cream crackers depan almari storage makanan dorm masing-masing, while gossiping. 

I guess biskut sedap mana pon, usually, I will always hankers after the plain krim krackers. It is such a nostalgic biscuit. Especially untuk para ex budak asrama yang duit tiap kali outing, memang dah disediakan untuk topup krim krackers ni. Tak tahu la kalau bebudak asrama sekarang semua got loads of money and sume makan Oreo with their Milo dinosaur. Plain Milo don't satisfy people tastebud nowadays, kalau order kat Mamak mesti Milo dinosaur. I pulak will eyed the serbuk kat atas drink tu suspiciously if people around me order. Tak rase nak batuk ke minum tu?

For me, the best Milo is always the one I buat sendiri. Boleh adjust kemanisan and kepekatan Milo to my liking. But I rarely dunk my cream crackers in there now, tak best ade serbuk biskut in the mug. Usually, I'll spread my many, many variation of jam on top of em.

Gile boring aku ni (campo kebulor). Orang lain tunjuk gamba die orang dengan pakai baju Poplook dan camwhoring bagai dalam blog entry, I am composing love letters about Cream Crackers. Cream crackers Hup Seng patut jadikan saya spokesperson!

Nescafe Milk Coffee 

Macam sedap. I tempted. Tapiii... 

Iklan dah merata, ko jual kat mana? Cets. Cakap banyak, bayang tiada, tiada guna la customer tak boleh beli. 

Saya orang miskin so saya mencuri. 

The recent issues is of course of women being targeted by criminals in parking malls or the vicinity. Aku penah victim of snatch theft. I hate to say partly my fault because why should it be the victim fault if we are being robbed? Lain la if got sign "I got money! Come , come take!" . I mean, to say a victim, any type of victim, is at fault partly sebab putting themselves in that vulnerable position is something I  find macam... tak patut. The fault lies solely on the people committing the crime. 

Well... sambung cerita balik, well, I was then walking, head in clouds as always and it took me a few seconds to realize my bag had been snatched from my hand easily by this motorcyclist. Kureng kan. Not so many money dalam tu, RM50 je kut, tapi leceh la for the usual stuffs seperti kad2 tu kan. Tapi I guess cukup la tu for the guy to buy some drugs.  

But after that incident, I was no longer so ditzy when walking alone. Making sure, handbag not facing the road, always be aware the sound of motorcycle, if any approach, I'll quickly put a distance between the side of road and me. And usually, handbag is clutched firmly at front. That means jackshit la kan if the guy decided to brandish a weapon in front of you, but hey... at least we try to cover the bases. 

Sekarang ni with the criminals targeting car park, lagi la tak best. Tak best to balik lewat, and I guess my fav pastime tengok wayang if the jam is unbearable, bile nak balik tu I will feel tension. Sigh. I can't comprehend hurting another people for gains. I can guess how they react after they got it, but what they justify it with?

Macam dulu at BBU ni, a couple have a routine of going for prayers at the nearby mosque during the night, so I guess ade orang perhati la kan and take advantage to pecah masuk while the occupants is not there. ( That is wayy more preferable than pecah masuk while people in there ). Anyway malam tu pulak, the owner of the house tertinggal something and patah balik to get it from their house. So they find pintu terbukak, and pencuri tu terkedek2 lari turun bawah rumah, trying to get away. When caught " Maafkan saya encik... saya orang miskin". That is the same dialogue we got, when someone was caught mencuri seguni buah mangga at our house dolu2 ( when we still have pokok mangga). One or 3 mangga, tak kisah la kan, tapi seguni tu.. nak botakkan our lone pokok mangga la tu. Cets.

Speedy book reviews

Ingatkan sejak pregnant ni kurang baca, but not bad at all eh. Though, I don't know why the interest is not so overwhelming cam dulu. Adakah baby ni will not be an avid reader?? Noooo...

The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Like it well enough. It was different. Most definitely not chic lit, and not about love. It is more about relationships. Your relationships with family, friends, potential love in different stages of life. Interesting, but not compelling.



Glimpses by Adibah Amin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Adibah Amin is one of Malaysian great writers. Not in the likes of other literary author that is infamous, but almost there.

I have the privilege of knowing her personally as she tutored me in English and BM at one time.

Thus when I was reading this compilation of articles, in my head, it was in her voice. Her gentle soothing voice, that seems to always have a tinge of humour in it.

It is must be very appalling for her to to see my state of English grammar nowadays. Anyway, I am digressing.

I don't love this book, but I never love compilation or short stories anyway. Writing a review on them is even much worse. So, I'll just say, some I love, some I chuckled, some bristled me and some I just passed through. But always her gentle voice vibrates very loudly throughout this book.

So my review maybe biased. :)

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Would I be called as ignorant if I sai... I hated it.

I thought I don't like Alice in Wonderland, but I enjoyed Alice in Wonderland, somewhat, somewhere along the pages, in part.

This book, I didn't. I can't wait to finish it.. and not in a I want to know the ending way. Maybe it is just not my cup of tea.

How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Like the story. The heroine was cute. The story is a bit too simplistic for me. Same argument as I made with Jinx (other book for YA).

I think I should remember that perhaps the book is aimed at tweens instead of teens. However, it does not distract my enjoyment of it, a lovely cute simple story of a girl trying to fit in. I think maybe I'll be only sticking books by Meg Cabot that is aimed at an older demographic as I really enjoyed Queen of Babble.

A little worn out over nothing

Last week was incredibly tiring to me. Kemungkinan sebab Bobby sakit, so taking care of a sick cat is very back breaking business for a heavily pregnant woman. 

Aku rase lain macam bile type woman tu. Sebab walaupon umur mahu mencecah 30 tidak lama lagi (wuaahhhh), I still feel like a girl. Even though husband is not around for most of the time, and a lot of the chores at home is taken care of moi, bile time makan I still goes around to my sister house for dinner so I don't feel fully grown up. Macam ade orang lain still taking care of me. Dapur aku tu jarang gile la berasap unless tetiba aku rajin nak goreng hotdog ke or buat tah hape. Menunjukkan betapa jarangnya I cooked, ever since we siapkan the dapur which is more than a year ago, almost 2 years kut... GAS TAK HABIS LAGI OKEHHH. 

So this week rase penat tu macam tak habis lagi. Atau pon mungkin akan rase penat sampaiii la this tiny tot keluar? Fuhh. There are times, I wish I mahu beranak awal bile rase penat sangat tapi most of the time, mahu tepat pada masanye just so I can juggle time easily and husband will be here. Macam sedih je nak kena siap2kan barang ke hospital sensorang wooo. Need a backup plan too if say my sister and bro in law not available time puasa, (balik kg) and I am alone in KL and tetiba time tu pulak baby wanna come out ... who's I gonna call??? Ghostbuster! (Saje sambung). But if anything happened pandai2 la kan hidup. Bukan ke ade perempuan in Mexico, yang alone at her farm, tetiba beranak have to perform caesarean on herself, pastu jalan ke town berdekatan to get medical treatment for her and the baby. Kalau die bolehhh... setakat perempuan manja kat KL ni. Cets. 

Anyway the pregnancy is going on OK. Everything seems to be going smoothly, Alhamdulillah. I myself pon apart from the rase nak muntah bile tiba malam tu ( die datang kembali, tapi still can control), can still move around, albeit like a duck, tapi gigih lagi nak buat simple housechores. Weekend ni cita-cita nak mandikan Bobby and GollyWolly lagi. Fuhhhh.. tinggi cita2 aku. 

My legs slightly bigger tapi not swollen , weight gain not too worrying, naikkk.. memang naikk. Especially area peha. Fuhhh.. even in pregnancy, all the food seems to settle to my thigh first. Tapi berat naik dengan kadar yang bersesuaian la. Lagi2 nowadays, I don't have much appetite pon. By the end of the day, aku dah rase macam nak muntah sume mende, so I drink Anmum to settle the stomach. Anmum tu pulakk, dalam label suh letak 4 sudu.. aku letak maksimum 2 sudu jeee, kadang2 1 sudu bergantung kebesaran gelas. LOL. Sebab aku memang suke susu cair and rase susu tu sbelom tidur kurang kan sikit keinginan nak muntah tu . Takpela baby, dapat gak sedikit zat. 

I am freaking out a bit that I am now in my 8th months of pregnancy. Baju/towel baby sume dah basuh and simpan, beg hospital belom packed, but will be, and will be sterilizing some of the bottles a bit just in case. Bile cakap 8 bulan tu macam dah anytime je kan. Gua gabraa. 

Ok. Bebel2 ini panjang ... 

Shopping untuk anak bulus

AWAS: Post yang sarat penuh mengenai kucing dan gambar-gambar kucing.

Pet Fair yang ku tunggu-tunggu was on last Friday. And I manage to buy some stuffs, such as scratching posts! Bought one mini size for the kittes and one yang tinggi for the adult diva.

Kurap claimed the smaller one at first. GollyWolly played a bit at the taller one. The smaller one is RM 21 I think, aku dah tak ingat. The taller one is RM35.

gamba ni comel sikit, sebab I guna my nicer camera instead of phone. So you may get  different quality of pics for this post. (Macam orang herannnn)

Then she claimed this one as hers jugak. GollyWolly dah out of frame. Sebabb.. die dah syok main mende lain, sepertiii

Litterbox is RM19. Murah bagi aku! 

Main di dalam litterbox. Which I bought for GollyWolly sebab perangai Bobby and GollyWolly ni is suke mengkambus pasir ke luar sakan-sakan. Mahal tahu tak litter sand korang tuu. Kurap got her own special hooded litterbox sebab she is mostly dalam rumah, while the 2 kittens tidur kat belakang rumah (kandang kucing i ).

Aku also beli a mini pet condo. Not so small, but not too big. Kinda like a small-standard size la. The price is RM120 for the below. It is not that cheapp. But cheaper than the one I seen so far.

Memula got 1 kitty

And then there were 2

And then kucing gemok makes it 3. Kurap also become interested tengok GollyWolly main.

Pet Condo tu nowadays si Wolly je excited main. Sometimes Bobby join in the fun. Kurap likes to play with the scratching post yang taller tu and her other toy. Scratching post yang kecik tu, macam kurang sambutan. Kureng tul kucing-kucing ni. Kena place some of the toys to a more appropriate location I think, including the pet condo so the cats find it more attractive to play there instead of say, using my thigh as springboard bile main kejar-kejar. Sekarang ni rumah macam tongkang pecah, sebab I malas so I just put mana yang senang. Hehe. 

Apart from that, I bought other stuffs . 

Cat collar yang GollyWolly tak muat pakai lagi, the biru one for Bobby. Mainan for all the kittehs, cat dish sebab comel dan pink, and bookmarks and car sticker from SPCA. Fancy Feast punye makanan tin tu I got free.

Tapi afterwards, lepas I dah mandi and turun bawah balik, found them excitedly main plastik.

Which just proves the theory of cat owners that sometimes all it took to make a cat happy is a box or a plastic bag.

The Pet Fair itself, I think on Friday tadek ape sangat. Weekend mungkin meriah because there is a whole lot more of animals being brought over to cater for more people. So booth yang ade adoption drive pon tak berapa banyak cats though I know there is a lot of cats that needs to be adopted. I was attracted to one tortoiseshell at the KTAJ booth kut, comel gile, I think around 1 to 2 year old. Sungguh mandom je dalam cage. Mentioned to my husband he replied me with " You can't adopt every cat in the world even if you want to". I guess the person can't really have what the heart wants. Also aku rase kalau aku bawak kucing tu balik, setiap malam aku drop of exhaustion kut and kemungkinan the cat kena abuse dek kucing diva. 

There is a lot of booths that catered to doggie stuffs, a lot of premium cat food booths, but I think I will be sticking with just Royal Canin sebab tak kuasa nak cari brand yang jarang jumpa ni though it might be good or better. Royal Canin so far senang je aku nak cari kat area Ampang ni, hehe, so no prob for me. And no RC booth to be found that day. 

Other animals kali ni, is just for rabbits and hamsters. Last time ade tarantula, tapi mungkin tak banyak sambutan so they malas to come back. I still think RM5 for the entrance fee is a bit steep and might put off potential adopters. I hope that the money is used for charity / shelters. 

Most of the stuffs above I bought at one booth, which I think sell the stuffs reasonably. Not dirt cheap, but cheaper than the one I seen around petshop yang I frequented. He mentioned his kedai is at Uptown and I can take a look to see a lot of other stuffs he is selling which I laughed sebab tak dapat la eden nak pergi sampai ke Uptown nu. 

As for Bobby, kenapakah die kena pakai kon kepala tu. Kesian okeh. On Monday I ingatkan sakit mata, but bawak gi vet, she said it is actually a flu virus which causes this. 

By this time, when I took the pic above, die dah ok dah. But I put the kon on because I do not want him touching his eyes after I put the eye gel in his eyes. So he have to bear the kon for a short while. Compare the the first few days where there is no relief from the cone. He hated it, and I always caught him tengok atas while slowly geleng-geleng kepala die, macam trying to adjust his eyesight. Comel je. 

First day kena pakai kon. Pathetic okeh. Mata dedua bengkak. I kept on swabbing his eyes to clear out the taik mata and brownish liquid. He hated the sight of me holding a cotton swab nowadays. Mest lari bile nampak.

A couple of days later, only one eye slightly bengkak.

Sudah kembali sihat!

It was not easy I tell you applying that eye gel. Penat aku google and tengok youtube bagai. Both of my knees have several scratches. Sometimes kena main kejar-kejar sekitar rumah lagi bile die nampak I am armed with cotton swab. Kenapa bile vet buat, macam easy peasy. Fuhhhh.. gigih gile la kan those who wishes to be a vet ni. Respect aku. Ni kucing, cuba kalau kena forced bagi kat anjing yang macam San Bernard tu, sure ketaq. 

Surprisingly, forcing a pill down his throat is easy. Fuh. At least that is one difficulty I am spared of. Quarantine pon memenatkan because penat all those placing and displacing of things I have to do. 

Ok ... penat update. 

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1. I had changed the commenting to Disqus if you guys had noticed. Akhirnyeee.. (aku dengar Syikin, aku dengar). Aku nak off comment verification, tapi annoying gile spam spam ni datang hari2 mintak tolong aku rejekkan komen die org ni. Then word verification die got slightly better, tapi still annoying la. But then baru-baru ni I noticed Blogger punye word verification included picture of numbers. It is ok if the number is clear. I got once yang blur gile. Also several times, the number is in weird order so you don't know what to type in first.  Orang nak komen je kut, bukannye nak enter password untuk access system NASA. 

2. Bobby sakit mata from flu. Jangkit dari GollyWolly la tu. Ingatkan dah separatekan dah. But probably traces of the flu ade and still jangkit gak. Kurap is still ok, Alhamdulillah. Penat gile kalau all kucing sakit serentak. Ni pon Bobby is fighting me tooth and nail whenever I want to put eye drop in his eyes. Eye drop jee. Belom lagi eye gel yang kena apply secara gentle and hati2 kat eyelid. Itu macam next to impossible. Bobby punye badan ni quite muscly. Kucing jantan kut, so he can really twist and turn. Calar balar aku 2 3 hari ni. Hope he gets well ASAP. I penat taw. Kesian Bobby jugak. Sungguh mandom. Not his usual cheery self. 

3. Pet Fair Jumaat ni! Fuh. Nasib baik dah dapat adopt GollyWolly. Kalau tak ade aku angkut 1 kucing bawak balik nanti. Usually there is a few adoption drive going on there, SPCA, PAWS. Tak tahu la tahun ni bertambah lagi ke. I usually went in for the cheap toys. Though if you guys nak pergi, entrance fee RM5 taw. So kalau ko nak tengok-tengok tu, baik la takyah. I guess for die hard animal lover yang sanggup nak bayar RM5 ni boleh la. I am planning to buy few scratching posts, so am hoping I can get good price there. Teringin nak beli pet condo, tapi aku tak terbayang mak buyung ni nak angkut semua tu sorang-sorang. 

4. Sekarang ni duk marathon Parenthoood Season 2. I forgot how good the series is. I am also always struck on how Monica Potter really looks like the Khaleesi in GoT. True Blood dah start but I am getting sick on how annoying Sookie is, so last season pon tak habis tengok. 

5. Kenapa Frapuccino punye promotion ni tak start pukul 3pm haaa? Pukul 5 pm dah malas nak kuar dah. . 

Ni post menunjuk barang y'all

Saje je tajuk kasik bakar kan. 

Anyway, the best thing about working in Midvalley is sebab bile time die buat warehouse sale ka, or ade expo pelbagai ka I don't have to make an effort to go there because I am already there. So my weekend rarely involved me joining the mass in filling up Midvalley unless aku kena keje. Midvalley ni bukannye best sangat pon *flip hair gaya orang yang selalu sangat tengok Midvalley sampai rase nak muntah*. 

I had already stated in my Twitter that there is a Global Indian Festival going on. Officemates and I are thrilled sebab kain-kain adalah murah ( that's what she said, she bought loads tahun lepas, I malas sebab kain I berlambak lagi yang nak kena hantar ke tailor ) and baju2 Punjabi and kurta adelah sangat murah. Tahun lepas I bought one for rm20 and another lovely pink blouse for RM45. Tu mahal sikit, tapi ko tengok gak la berapa lawa die kaitkan. Tak boleh nak expect sume mende murah dan lawa. 

Tahun ni, I macam loathe to spend so much, so malas nak spend up to RM20 per blouse. I still not interested to buy kain sebab I still have a few kain in my almari yang maseh on hold to hantar to tailor. 

This time I bought 6 blouse. Dan each and everyone of them is RM15. 

At first I bought the green for mine, and the black for my sis. Tapi my sister don't like the black, "Meriah sangat" katanye. So I am giving the green instead with heavy heart. Huhu. Lawa kan hijau tu, but I got loads of baju hijau already and aku suke aje baju meriah-meriah ni. 

Purple and the brownish looking one is actually more maroon looking. Under this lighting nampak brown plak. I bought another similar to the brownish-maroon one, in black. Not pictured sebab already sudah bagi to my sister. She kirim one. Baju brown-maroon tu je yang aku muat pakai sekarang ni. Yang lenlain sume kena tunggu lepas I dah bersalin. LOL. Aku tak reti nak bajet size sekarang ni. All the above I bought at the same stall.

Only this baju I bought at another stall, also for RM15.  I nak warna mustard, tapi ade seorang awek telah berjaya cilok baju warna mustard tu dulu. Rugi2. Nampak besar kan, tapi still ketat kat perut. Aku ingatkan lepas. Sigh. (jerit pada diri sendiri : HOI KO TU DAH 7 BULAN PREGNANT, JANGAN LA BERANGAN NAK MUAT PAKAI BAJU2 BIASA). Ah well, tapi I simpan selepas sudah bersalin nanti. 

So I bought 6, 2 of them for my sister. Each one only RM15. Bile balik rase puas hati. Rase puas hati dapat beli baju murah ni banyak-banyak, lagi berkali ganda la dari beli baju branded. LOL. Husband patut bersyukur wife die tak tarik die gi Zara, but instead went crazy at the RM15 rack bile ade expo. 

Aku tempted ni nak pegi lagiiii.. camne ni haaa.... tempted ni. 

So kepada yang sempat baca blog post ni. Haaa... sempat la kamu-kamu nak pegi lagi as the expo end this Sunday. If you think the above is not that pretty, maybe it is so, it is only for RM15 but I am satisfied. Ade jugak certain stalls jual pretty blouses at much higher prices, so adjust your price and expectation for more quality stuff la kan. Aku ade tempted jugak nak beli yang harga RM50 nye blouses. Tengok laaa... hari masih muda, expo masih jalan. Ade jugak aku tambah satu lagi. 

Edit: Oh lupa, I also bought a bracelet for RM10. I like as, nampak ala2 vintage.

Pretty! I like it !

Introducing GollyWolly

Muka macam tak ikhlas kena introduce

I had been wanting to adopt another cat untuk peneman Bobby. Bobby ni suke terrorize Kurap si kucing gemok ni. Kucing gemok ade masa-masanye will layan Bobby punye hyperactivity, but being an adult cat yang menuju ke arah obese... ( ye ye I kurangkan makan die and bagi makanan diet sudah ) she have a lot of downtime. So Kurap got frustrated a lot when all she wants to do is sit quietly by the sliding door watching the view dan tetiba ade seekor kucing berupa bull terrier ni ( I don't know why, but everytime I looked at Bobby I am reminded of bull terrier) datang hurtling down like a hurricane ajak main. 

Bobby!

Bull terrier!

Ape??? Tak sama??? Dari certain angle kut. 

Anyway back to the new kitteh. 

Husband balik hari tu rajin la nak melayan perangai wife die yang mahukan kitten. I prefer adult cats actually, because having kitten ni memenatkan. However I know Kurap won't tolerate an adult cat and she will just barely tolerate a kitten seeing it will be smaller than her so not much of a threat and I needed a young kitten to match Bobby hyperactivity. 

Dengan itu aku duduk la scoured PetFinder and KTAJ punye adoption page in Facebook cari mana yang sesuai. So I came upon a post of a tuxedo (black and white fur, where the white is mainly at the underside, hence tuxedo! ) kitten, sms the owner and she said the tuxedo kitten had been given away, but she have another few kittens to give away. ( I do hope the owner will now have spay the mother). It is younger than I wanted, but I guess what the heck. 

At first I was interested in another female ( I only want female), however kucing tu macam ade sakit mata and the owner wanted to keep her until she is better first. So she said GollyWolly, (her previous owner called her Demok , tapi sebab die tak gemok, I gave her a new name) should be ok as well. Knowing more of her traits, she is more fierce than the one that I want, that I agreed. I needed a spunky kitten that can hold her ground when Kurap feels like giving a walloping. Kurap memang diva. 

When meeting the owner the past 2 Sundays ago,  I noticed GollyWolly eyes are starting to get red, probably infected by her sister kut, but the owner tak notice. Bile dah letak dalam carrier on the way home, GollyWolly bersin non stop. Ah pulak. Leceh jugak adopt new kitten ni. Tetiba pulak sakit. I think she is just starting to get the infection. Sunday pulak most vet tutup. 

So Monday, husband being on holiday brought her to our favorite vet which sekarang jadi kedai petshop sahaja sebab vet die resign. Huh! So he kena lah brought her to another favorite vet yang harga memang pengsan, tapi bagus. (The other one bagus jugak tapi cheaper, this one likes to be thorough so memang lagi banyak kena bayar ). The vet looked her over and thankfully said, most probably just a normal flu and eye infection, but to keep her in quarantine just in case. 

Now, her eyes is OK, which is bagus. 3 - 4 hari her eyes got back to normal but the bersin-bersin persist but not as often as before. However she didn't present any other flu symptons, hidung tak berair, mata tak berair, selera makan dan minum tip top. Will brought her to the vet this Saturday, but she is now partially quarantine. So boleh la main gomol-gomol dengan Bobby. 

Nak tunjuk side view die. Very inquisitive kitten and not afraid of people at all.

How does she gets along with the other? 

At first the 2 cats tak suke langsung. Bobby memula la yang paling emo. I dah susah hati. I dah cari-cari teman sepermainan untuk die, kalau Bobby tak suke, it kinda beat the purpose. Everytime Bobby came near her, he will hiss and spit and run away. Weekend first tu, Bobby merajuk tanak tunjuk muka kat bawah. He slept at the tingkat atas rumah tanak turun, sampailah we put GollyWolly ni away in her cage. He wouldn't touch his food and drink for 2 days, so lagi la I susah hati. Haha. 

Kurap macam biasalah. Nampak je terus hissing, tapi the reaction is not as bad as Bobby. I am used to Kurap being like this, so I let her be. After all, GollyWolly needed to be friend with Bobby not Kurap. Asalkan Kurap tak attack and chewed her like a toy sudah. So far she didn't do that.  I did found her giving GollyWolly a wallop or 2 with her paw but I corrected her and the kitten does not suffer any injury so far. Lagi suke nak nyakat Kurap adalah. 

Kurap being wary of the newcomer. Mesti Kurap macam "hellooo, tak cukup jaga aku sorang ke"

In the past few days I noticed Bobby and GollyWolly is getting along splendidly. At night I still put GollyWolly in her cage to separate them so she would not share the same food dish and sleep near Bobby, but Bobby can now sleep, drink and eat with GollyWolly in front her. Bobby tidak lagi mogok lapar. Sekarang ni seronok2 die org main kejar-kejar dalam rumah.            

Kurap kenkadang join in the fun, but bile GollyWolly tu dekat , terus Kurap hisses and spat and stop duduk muka emo. 

Why the name GollyWolly? 

Sakit nyawa nak amik gamba die ni. 

She kinda looks like an Ewoks, especially part kaki tu. And she reminded me of this Gollywog doll, so I called her GollyWolly. Husband nak panggil Mollie, tapi I vetoo. Die dah namakan Bobby (very unimaginatively). However memang tergeliat laa nak panggil GollyWolly. Kenkadang, OggyWoggy, GollyGolly, UggyWoggy dan ade sekali tu husband tanye I "Where is Aglio Olio" 

So while her name is GollyWolly, I shorten it mostly to Wolly okeh. Penat sepanjang post ni duk type GollyWolly. Kalau panggil die dari jauh, akan panggil nama penuh. Kalau marah, memang "Wolly!" sahaja. 

Hope she continues to be well and be BFF dengan Bobby.