Craziest birthday ever

I was born 33 years ago on todays date at 7.45am. No wonder I'm a morning person kan. 33 sounded like pretty old age but how come I didn't feel like I am that old huh? I know...I know... age is just a number but biologically, the clock is tickling kan. Although I look way too young for my real age (ehem....) but I know in reality, my body is aging. Hence all the sakit sini sakit sana. Hahaha......

Today supposed to be a special day for me so I dressed up nicely to work. Even put some light make up. Received numerous compliment over my look today. Hehehe..... Actually nothing much different pun just that I wore kurung moden. Something I never did before. Well except that one time during one of the official dinner event. Kepada yang memuji tu, mucho gusto gracias. Thanks so much. You all really bright up my day. Ceria dan berbunga-bunga je hati bila kena puji. Biasalah pompuan kan. Hehehe.....

Then came that call from Mak at 8.55am. I thought it would be just like the normal birthday call from her wishing me with all her doa. It did but with something afterward; she told me that she's at the hospital waiting for Abah. Abah met with an accident while on the way sending Akak to school. Masya Allah. Abah suffered some luka-luka kat tangan dan kaki and he's been complaining that his rib is in pain too. Now that is something to really be worried about.

I am at my busiest time ever writing up the 5 compulsory reports and still halfway to be done. I feel so bad because even at this critical time, I still think about my work. Such a bad daughter huh. I only told Cik Yanti about it. Then I kept myself busy trying to finish the write up. In between the writing, I guess I had hundreds call in and out today.

Outgoing call : Hello En W. Nak tanya pasal....... Oh ok nanti call saya balik ye.

Outgoing call : Hello R. Eh jadual yang you submit tu kan.....bla....bla....

Outgoing call : Mak. Abah macam mana? Bla....bla....

Incoming call : Bahagian P...... Ye saya. Oh ye pasal......... Ok nanti saya canfirmkan balik.

Incoming call : Entah la. Abah belum jumpa doktor lagi. Bla.....bla.....

Outgoing call : Hello tadi saya ada call.......

Incoming call : Bahagian P....bla...bla.....

Banyak gila call ok sampai dah tersasul-sasul sebut nama agensi semua. Sambil jawab call sambil menaip. Sambil jawab telefon, sambil menaip sambil tekan-tekan calculator. Telefon office, handphone, orang masuk bilik, eh memang busy la sangat hari ni. And in between sempat la thanking all for the well wishes that keep pouring in. I ni can very superb in multitasking. Hahaha.......

But seriously, I feel so bad for putting my work first. I'm not a good worker. In fact far from it tapi I memang agak berat hati kalau nak suruh orang buat kerja I especially something like doing papers semua ni. So I try jugak lah pulun siapkan all the papers. After lunch, 2 papers are done. 2 needed 1% more info and 1 is 0% in progress. But that last one is the least important one and memang selalu the last one yang I akan buat. So after discussing with my immediate boss yang superb itu, he said he'll do it. Alhamdulillah. Rasa bersalah sangat tapi I have no choice.

Bila tengok all the papers almost done barulah I call Bang Long and said ok to go back to Kuantan. Terasa diri ini sangat keji. Mudah-mudahan diampunkan lah dosa I kerana berbelah-bagi in between going back to see my dad and finishing my work. How to say eh. Kalau kerja tak urgent I tak kisah sangat. In fact pagi lagi I dah cabut. Tapi bila benda-benda penting as in writing papers memang agak berat hati nak serah kat orang. So telan je lah rasa berdosa tu. And Alhamdulillah semuanya dipermudahkan. Papers hampir siap, boss tolong siapkan mana yang patut and boleh balik tengok Abah.

All the birthday treat whatsoever adalah tidak terlintas langsung dah dalam kepala ni. Memang focus gila on kerja and calling Mak for updates. Phewww.... Seriously this is the craziest birthday ever. After years og being away on my birthday, tonight I'm home. Walaupun the focus is on Abah health tapi entah la. Best je rasa birthday kat rumah walaupun tak de buat apa pun. Hehehe....

Anyway, I'm taking this opportunity to thank everyone for the well wishes and thoughtful prayer. Alhamdulillah. I feel blessed and loved by many. You all really bright up my day despite all what happen. Mudah-mudahan dimakbulkan lah segala doa kalian. Thanks again from the bottom of my heart.

Something sweet today

Bukan ke ada orang tu kata dia sibuk pagi tadi. Ni sampai 3 entry satu hari ni apahal. Hahaha..... Memang la sibuk pun tapi ni dah balik ok. And entry kedua tadi tu pulak time lunch. Bila sibuk-sibuk ni la idea dan semangat nak mengupdate blog mencurah-curah. Bila time tak sibuk tu selalu je blur nak update apa. I guess bila otak bekerja keras memerah idea then segala benda pun terpalit sama la kot. Maybe I'm on writing mode this week kan. Hehehe....

Ok actually nak cerita pasal parking lagi. Dah lama tak drive ke office. Ok tak la lama sangat pun. Seminggu aje. Hari ni ada Pasar Tani so ingat lepas keje nak ke sana. Since malas nak ulang-alik 2-3 kali kalau naik bas I kena la drive to office. Although adalah trauma dengan incident ini, I still park my car at the same spot. Cuma I park ke belakang lagi. Since hari adalah hujan lebat petang tadi, I cancelled the plan nak ke pasar and stay back nak siapkan my reports until around 6.30pm. By right time tu parking adalah lengang. Tapi kenapa entah ada jugak kereta dok block kereta I. And paling tak boleh blah, the same car that caused kecederaan tu my Savvy.

Kereta ni pehal ni. Dengki ke apa ni. Entah apa-apa je kereta ni tau. Suka je nak block-block orang. So I tolak la sikit kereta tu. Since my last stomach cramp here, I noticed that my tum-tum is extra sensitive. Tolak kereta sikit pun dah rasa sakit sikit. Ngeri la pulak. So tolak sikit aje and try la hopefully dapat la keluar. Yang susahnya ada kereta lain yang block parking lot depan tu so ada small space aje nak keluar. Nak reverse like last time tak boleh sebab lot belakang ada kereta.

Right when I nak keluar tu and noticed that memang tak lepas pun, ada la 2 orang hamba Allah yang menunggang motosikal lalu and terus tanya I boleh ke nak keluar. Nak tak diorang tolong tolakkan kereta sebab obviously memang tak lepas I nak keluar. I said ok so diorang tolak kereta tu until I dapat keluar. Bila tolak ke depan, of course akan menutup ramp nak turun tu pulak so diorang tolak ke belakang pulak. Masih ada insan yang baik dan tidak mementingkan diri sendiri kat Putrajaya ni. Definitely species yang rare and hampir pupus. Hahaha.....

Alhamdulillah berjaya jugak keluar. Syukur atas bantuan dua orang hamba Allah tadi tu. It might look like a small gesture but I really appreciate it. Hanya Allah sahaja yang mampu membalas kebaikan diorang tadi. Dah la comel. Hahaha.... Sempat lagi tu. Ala I bukan nak tengok sangat pun tapi dah dia tegur I, mesti la ternampak muka dia kan.

Sepanjang on the way balik tu, I tersenyum panjang. Bukan pasal kecomelan mamat tu tapi pasal kebaikan diorang. Sangat kena dengan status FB Puan D hari. "Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day". Alhamdulillah. I feel blessed for still be able to see and experience all this. Agaknya orang yang commit suicide semua tu jenis putus harap and fail to at least notice all this small things kan.

Tengok tu. Camne la nak keluar kalau cenggini caranya

Kereta Satria ni blocked kereta I and that white car pulak blocked the other car. So nampak tak space yang sangat sempit itu? Like I wrote somewhere earlier, Putrajaya is a good training ground for maneuvering car ni. Confirmed cekap gila ok

Fine. Esok I naik bas. Tak larat nak hadap benda macam ni selalu. Dah la seriau dengan perut ni. Hmmmm..... Oh by the way, pagi tadi I took this photos. My hasil tanaman yang tak la seberapa. Photos adalah a bit blurred sebab it was 6 something and gelaplagi. Tak pe next time I'll try amik photos yang sharper ye.

Yang paling depan adalah anak pokok cili yang I semai hasil dari pokok cili yang belakang sekali tu. Sebelah anak pokok cili adalah pokok halia and sebelah pokok halia adalah pokok limau purut. Cili tu cili padi ye. Pedasssss......

Cili padi yang dah masak. Sebenarnya merah tapi entah kenapa macam oren la pulak dalam gambar ni

Banyak ok. Sape la yang nak makan banyak-banyak ni????

Pokok halia. Oh this photo didn't do justice to the halia yang gemuk-gemuk itu. My mom pun terkejut tengok halia I yang yang gemuk-gemuk ni tau

Gemuk kan daun limau purut I. Kalau tengok real life lagi terliur. Baunya.... Ummmmppphhhh wangiiiiii....

Gemuk dan banyak ok. Again nak buat apa la dengan daun ni semua.....

So ni ada sedikit iklan tak berbayar. Hahaha..... Kalau ada sape-sape nak cili padi or daun limau purut, silalah jangan segan-silu untuk mintak dengan I ye. Don't worry. Everything adalah free of charge. I saje je tanam suka-suka so macam membazir pulak bila dah banyak-banyak tu. Sebenarnya dah banyak jugak I tuai cili tu tapi masih banyak lagi hasilnya so baiklah I kasi je kat sape yang nak kan. I tanam dengan penuh kasih-sayang tu so confirm masakan you all akan menjadi lebih sedap kalau guna cili padi and daun limau purut I tu. Hehehe..... Eh tak baik pulak riak ye. Ok bukan confirm tapi Insya Allah. As for halia tu, I pun tak tau how to deal with it. So sape nak halia muda bagitau I eh. Segar dari ladang ok. Hehehe.... Oh anak pokok cili tu pun free for grab. Just tell me ok.

Bengang

Hari ni I bengang sangat dengan seseorang. Because of her (wah revealing sangat), I telah terlepas peluang nak join an event yang best. Bukan takat terlepas peluang, duit pun membazir ok. Tu la bila nak buat sesuatu tu fikir seronok aje. Tak fikir betul-betul. At least bila nak plan sesuatu tu, check la dulu schedule ke apa ke. Ni main hentam buat je apa nak. Pastu mula la clash sana-sini. Tak guna ada diary or planner kalau tak reti nak guna. 

The thing is, last weekend I baru je register untuk join Standard Chartered KL Marathon. Event besar tu. Mesti best. Since dah terlepas early bird punya time frame so kenalah bayar RM45. I registered masa kat rumah so terlupa nak update Diari Harian Rasmi kat office yang digunakan untuk mencatat all my running event dan sebagainya. Well dan sebagainya jarang la update. Running event je update. Hahaha.....

Then hari ni ada orang tu entah macam mana tetibe je nak pegi Kota Bharu jumpa best friend lama. Sangat split moment decision. Terus la dengan seronoknya booking tiket ke KB. Tapi sebelum tu sempat la dia call her friend kat KB tu to check on her schedule. Hah schedule orang tau pulak nak check. Schedule I dia tak check pun. Or rather dia terlupa nak check. Ok la kena la sangka baik kan. Manusia ni kan insan. Mudah terlupa. Fine. I pun terjebak la sama ke KB ni.

Settle booking semua dia pun sambung buat keje. Then tetibe baru dia teringat nak check schedule I. Huh sah-sah la on the same date balik dari KB tu I ada event kat Dataran Merdeka for the KL Marathon tu. Not that I nak lari marathon pun. Just fun run aje. Adoi laaaaa..... Bengang betul I tau. Lenkali kalau nak booking-booking ke apa ke yang melibatkan duit or event yang best-best ni boleh tak check schedule dulu. Ok la I bukan berkira sangat pasal RM45 tu tapi keseronokan bersama kengkawan and paling penting sijil tu. Sah-sah la tak dapat sijil kan. Kalau I tak register lagi I tak la kisah sangat. 

Tapi nak buat macam mana. Benda dah jadi. Frust la jugak tak dapat join tapi tak pe lah. Better luck next time. So this serves as a reminder la supaya update and check schedule sebelum bagi komitmen untuk apa-apa jugak. Ingat tu Eny. Ni semua si Eny tu la punya pasal kalau korang nak tau. Geram I tau. Hahaha..... Korang ingat sape? I la tu yang sengal tak reti nak check jadual sendiri. Hehehe....

Tapi.... tak sabarnya nak pegi KB. Dah suruh kawan tu rancang percutian yang best. Most probably aktivitinya adalah makan-makan dan shopping-shopping la kan. Hehehe....

Sibuk sangat ke?

Kan dah kata dah. Bila nak mesyuarat je busy semacam dengan papers and reports semua tu. Terlalu focus on the screen sampai naik merah mata I semalam ok. Ish seriau pulak. Agak-agak kalau pakai sunnies sambil mengadap pc ok tak? Hahaha..... Eh tapi betullah. When I stare to much at the screen, mata I memang akan merah. Ke bukan pasal tu?

Anyway, semalam setelah sekian lama tak berpuasa, I puasa balik. Ingat nak puasa sepanjang minggu tapi esok ada birthday lunch treat so tak boleh la puasa hari ni. Ye lah kalau nak puasa hari Selasa, hari Rabu kena la puasa jugakkan. Ok tak pe nanti Khamis I puasa balik. Bila dah lama tak puasa, semalam memang quite hungry jugaklah. Sikit lagi macam nak buka puasa je tapi sabar Eny, sabar. So bertahan la jugak sampai ke petang. As for berbuka, I makan baguette baked with garlic spread and dipped into mushroom soup, potato salad and cheesecake courtesy of Cik Yanti. Wah lepas ni semua orang pun pandai lah buat cheesecake. Credits goes to Puan K la kan. Banyak tu pahala dia sebab ajar buat cheesecake. Dan kek-kek lain juga. 

I was so tired yesterday that while watching my favourite NCIS Los Angeles, I kept dozing off. Tengok, tertidur. Tengok balik pastu tertidur balik. Last-last sedar dah nak habis dah pun. So I tak tau pun pasal apa episode semalam tu. Kalau dah macam tu keadaannya, tak de maknanya nak tengok another series of NCIS after that so terus lah masuk tidur. Buat keje guna otak pun penat kan. Ke alasan aje tu? Hahaha.....

Ok hari ni kena sambung buat paper lagi. Oh please la... I ni dah tahap muak, tepu, nak terjeluak, muntah semualah mengadap paper untuk mesyuarat aset ni. Bilalah nak tukar department ni. Kalau ikut hati memang I dah tak sabar-sabar dah nak tukar keluar ni. One thing yang membuat I masih bertahan ialah bos yang baik. Cewah bodek la tu. Hahaha..... No la. Statement tulus ikhlas ni. Bos I memang baik sangat. Bila dengar cerita kawan-kawan pasal bos masing-masing ( bukan semua and bab-bab yang tak best je lah) I rasa bersyukur sangat dapat bos yang baik ni. I ni jenis tak boleh dengan orang yang garang-garang ni. Mulalah nak sedih, stress semua kan. So bila dapat bos lembut I pun rasa senang hati nak kerja. So selagi boleh boleh tahan, tahan je lah. Tapi kalau dapat tukar keluar memang lah suka. Provided dapat bos yang baik dan lembut jugalah. Ecece... Demand pulak eh. Hahaha.....

Dalam keadaan sekarang, I pegang satu konsep ni. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. In reality apa yang kita lihat macam best tu tak semestinya best. Staying here memang lah bos baik gila tapi keje la dah tahap bosan. Kalau transfer takut keadaan tak sebaik sekarang in terms of keje or bos yang garang ke. Oh itu namanya dah selesa sangat dalam comfort zone lah tu kan. Hehehe.... So sekarang ni kena doa banyak-banyak mintak petunjuk dari Allah. Mudah-mudahan akan terdorong ke arah yang terbaik. Terbaik ye. Bukan lebih baik. Insya Allah.

Ok back to work. Focus...focus....

Work, work, work

If semalam adalah hari masak-memasak and bershopping then hari ni adalah hari mengurungkan diri kat rumah. One whole day ni I tak keluar rumah langsung ok. Ok keluar depan pintu jelah siram pokok. Even nak turun bawah buang sampah pun malas ok.

So duduk rumah buat apa? Mengemas la apa lagi. Now that dah kemas all the kain baju barulah nampak clear sikit. For lunch I cuma buat nasi goreng aje. Ingat nak buat kek tapi tetibe malas pulak. Selain mengemas and layan TV yang tak banyak cerita best on Sunday ni, I buat ni.

Yezza buat keje office you all. I know its not a good habit to bring your work home tapi nak buat camne. I only got one week aje to do all the paper and biasalah bila kat office mesti ada call masuk tanya itu ini la, orang nak jumpa la etc. Mana nak key-in data lagi, nak digest pastu nak fikir input lagi. Pastu nak call agency la for clarification semua. Tu belum kira time I hilang fokus lagi. So masa seminggu tu macam suntuk. Lagipun bukan ada buat apa sangat hari ni. Dari buang masa baik la buat keje sikit-sikit kan.

Adoiiii cepatnya weekend berlalu. Tak puas berehat. Hahaha.... Ok nak sambung buat keje. Enjoy the remaining Sunday ok. Esok dah kerja. Tsk!

Masak-memasak di hari Sabtu

Semalam Eny adalah sangat rajin. Well bab memasak aje lah. Bab mengemas dia adalah pemalas. Rumah tu dah rupa apa tak tau la nak cakap. Kalau ada orang buat spot check rumah macam masa DPA dulu yang suka buat spot check bilik confirm dah kantoi. Hahaha......

Anyway, I didn't take any breakfast tapi start from lunch memang macam-macam makan. Before I made my lunch, I buat muffin dulu. Orange poppy seed muffin. I suka buat muffin ni sebab super-duper easy since I bought the ready made mixture from Yummies. Oh talking about Yummies ni kan, this shop has become my must go shop jugak. Imagine last 2 weeks I went there for 3 times in a week. And for that 3 visit, I spend almost RM400 altogether membeli all kind of baking materials. Serius ketagih ok.

Since I kind of rajin in taking step by step photos so here it is. First is Orange Poppy Seed Muffin.

Pour the mixture in a bowl. Ok don't ask me what is the ingredients sebab I seriously tak tau.

Add in corn oil, egg and water

Mixed it

Put into muffin cups and bake at 120 Celsius for 20 minutes. Lebih kurang la. Sometimes shorter sometimes longer

Done! Jemput makan....

Don't worry. I didn't ate all 9 piece of the muffin. I gave half to Fadroy and Dayah. As for lunch, I seriously tak tau nak masak apa. Lagipun since I tak de transport, I can't go to Pasar Tani to top up my fresh groceries. Actually kalau nak kata tak de benda nak masak kat rumah I tu adalah quite an under statement sebab those yang pernah tengok my kitchen knows how I kept my food stocks. Dah macam mini kedai runcit gitu.

Tapi macam biasa la each time nak makan I mesti macam blank tak tau nak makan apa. So lepas gode-gode the fridge I tengok ada la a few vege's. Oh tetibe I teringat yang I teringin nak makan steamed mixed vege's with oyster sauce. Selalu makan kat hotel je. Kalau kat kedai biasa I jarang amik lauk ni. Googled for the recipe tapi macam tak jumpa. So apa kata kita buat experiment sikit. I tau how to cook sawi yang kecik tu with oyster sauce so maybe boleh guna kaedah yang sama la kot kan.

Ok selingan sikit. To be honest, I seriously tak tau nama-nama makanan or cooking ingredients ni. Like almost semua la tak tau. Ni baru nak belajar sikit-sikit. I can't remember when but it was years ago kot. I pernah tengok satu buku kat MPH on ingredients ni. Ada almost semua nama makanan with photos and some explanation. Ada types of pasta la, meat and poultry, vege's, herbs and semualah. Sort of cooking dictionary gitu. Kira kalau tengok recipe and tak tau apa benda tu just selak the book and confirm jumpa. Even belacan pun ada ok. Sekarang ni cari-cari dah tak de la buku tu. Menyesal pulak tak beli masa first time jumpa tu. So ada sape-sape yang boleh suggest buku macam ni yang best tak. Cooking dictionary with pictures. Kalau ada sila share ye. Thanks!

Ok sambung cerita masak for lunch. I nak masak steamed vege's with oyster sauce menggunakan recipe macam masak sawi kecik tu. By the way, apa nama sawi kecik tu eh? Baby sawi ke? Again mood terlebih rajin so ada la step by step cooking. Macam poyo pun ada kan. Hahaha..... So here's my steamed vege's with oyster sauce.

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Baby corn. Ye ke baby corn eh? Semua nak letak nama baby eh. Hehehe....

Carrot

Celery

Sayur yang telah dipotong. I sucked at cutting vege's ni tau. Belasah je lah kan. I je pun yang nak makan

Steam it. I tak de steamer khas so I guna kuali and dulang steamer. Eh, steamer la jugak tu kan. Hehehe....

Garlic yang perlu dipotong kecil-kecil

Steamed vege's. Cantik pulak warna-warnikan

Fry the garlic till brown and then add oyster sauce. Kalau untuk baby sawi tu, I keluarkan the garlic, put into bekas and baru add the oyster sauce. Tapi this time I masuk sekali oyster sauce dalam kuali. Merecik-recik ok. So tak de la gambar oyster sauce dalam kuali.

Tuang atas sayur and gaulkan bagi sebati. I add a dash of black pepper.

The verdict; Although rasanya tak la sama macam yang I makan kat hotel tu tapi boleh la nak makan. Licin je I belasah. Lepas makan keluar shopping dengan Fadroy kat Alamanda. Hadiah untuk Dik Man dah beli. Untuk Ayum, Hayat and Zakiah aje lagi. Eh dengan myself sekali la. Hehehe.... Oh I saw a pretty nice wallet kat Sembonia. Almost the same like the one I am using now. Cumanya yang sekarang I guna brand lelaki punya; Smalto. Hahaha.... I'm not into ladies wallet yang besar or fancy-fancy tu. I suka yang plain, simple and small. Nak beli ke tidak eh? Wallet I still ok cuma ada koyak sikit je kat dalam tu. Hmmmm......

Anyway, balik from shopping Fadroy lepak rumah I dulu and tetibe buat decision untuk masak dinner at my place terus. She wanted to cook sotong masak hitam or something. Sambil dia masak her dishes, I buat potato salad tapi malas la nak amik pic dah. Lenkali aje lah ye. Then I masak cabbage with oyster sauce pulak. Just goreng bawang merah and putih, masukkan oyster sauce, masukkan cabbage and walla dah siap untuk dimakan. Fadroy kata sedap. Hehehe..... Alhamdulillah. As for her sotong masak hitam tu, actually I macam tak pernah makan sebelum ni so tak tau nak kata sedap ke tidak tapi ok la boleh je makan. So sedap la kot. Bagus lenkali datang lagi ye untuk main masak-masak at my place.

Tidur dalam kekenyangan I semalam. And today again I tak tau nak masak apa for lunch. For breakfast tadi I makan banana, muffin and segelas fresh milk. Menu sihat ke tidak tu eh? Most probably I masak sardin or buat nasi goreng aje lah kot. Ni dah ada recipe book ni nanti boleh la try kan. Again, thanks Cik Yanti for the book. Balik rumah last Friday terus baca tau. Nanti dah pandai masak all the juadah I bagi you rasa ye. So lepas ni nak collect cooking book la pulak. Hehehe.....

Early birthday gift

So yesterday as planned we had our weekly walkabout to Alamanda. I love the view all the way. Putrajaya ni cantikkan. Tapi sayang selalu tak berpeluang menikmati keindahan Putrajaya ni. I guess kalau orang Jepun and Korea mesti suka gila dapat kerja kat tempat yang bertaman macam kat Putrajaya ni.

Sampai aje terus tuju kat sini

Orang tak de keje.....

Our lunch; Seafood Gala Platter For 2

Jemput makan ye

Alhamdulillah kenyang sudah. Puas hati sebab Cik Yanti pun suka. Cuma dia tak berapa suka the mussels. Tu yang I kena makan 3 out of 4 tu.

Early birthday gift from Cik Yanti. Sukanyaaaaa. Thanks a lot friend.

Lepas makan pegi usha-usha gift yang nak dibeli for April babies. Dik Man telah menghilangkan phone yang I kasi kat dia hari tu so I thought nak replace with a new one. Mesti semua orang bising nanti ni. Senang-senang kasi hilang and senang-senang dapat hadiah baru. Even masa diorang tau dia bagi hilang my phone tu pun diorang dah bising sebab diorang pun tak mampu nak beli inikan pulak nak dapat free. Hehehe.....

Entah la, I ni ada soft spot sikit kalau Dik Man ni. Memang dari kecik lagi dia rapat dengan I. Kalau kena marah dia tak melawan balik. Pastu kalau suruh buat apa-apa pun senang aje. Walaupun Mak Abah selalu marah sebab dia suka merayau pegi main games kat cybercafe and duduk rumah pun main games memanjang tapi bila suruh dia buat apa pun dia buat aje. Abah sakit pening dia la yang jadi tukang picitnya. Ok orang lain pun picit jugak bukan dia sorang je. Tapi tak pelah since rezeki I pun murah this month so I boleh la nak beli hadiah yang mahal sikit kan. Kira rezeki dia lah.

Untuk Ayum I tak tau nak beli apa. Handphone dah ada. Jam pun dah ada. Haaaa..... tau dah. Maybe I patut beli reket untuk dia. Dia suka juga main badminton tapi takde orang nak layan. Tapi mana de kawasan dah nak main kat rumah tu sebab my parents dah pasang canopy kat parking tu. Tak pe boleh simpan and main kat rumah baru nanti. Cewah... ye ye je I ni eh. Hahaha.....

For Hayat and Zakiah pun I tak tau nak beli apa. Kain pasang? Handbag? Purse? Kasut? Apa eh. Lagi besar lagi payah nak beli hadiah sebab almost semua benda diorang dah ada. Maklumlah orang dah kerja kan. Ish serius tak tau nak kasi apa ni. Nak kena riki ni apa yang diorang nak.

As for me, hmmmmm I ni banyak sangat benda yang I nak. Hahaha....... I pun tak sure nak beli apa for myself. New camera,?New phone? (oh no not again!) New watch? Adoi semua pun nak. Sudahnya beli semua dengan alasan hadiah birthday eh. Over betul. Every year memang I suka je beli hadiah kat diri sendiri and selalunya memang gadjetlah sebab gadget je yang mahal kemain pun kan. Apa eh nak beli tahun ni? Ok most probably camera or watch la kot. Although I memang rasa macam nak beli sangat new phone tapi kena la tunggu dulu at least for a few month. Phone I tu pun baru lagi. Nanti ada la kena perli-perli ngan my family sebab asyik la tukar phone kan. Hehehe.....

Kereta I dah ok. Malam tadi Abul datang tolong tukarkan bateri. Thanks la Abul ye. Terima kasih daun keladi, lain kali sila la tolong lagi. Hehehe..... So tu yang tergedik-gedik nak keluar tu hari ni. Kereta dah ok panjang la langkah I kan. List of things to buy I pun dah panjang dah tu. So jom kita shopping-shopping. Hehehe....

Abdominal pain

Since the last painful attack here, I've been reading more on the diagnosis of my pain. So here is what I found about something I referred as stomach cramp all this while. And it's not addition colic but adhesion colic. 

Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain, or stomach pain, usually refers to the pain that is felt in the abdomen (anywhere between the chest and groin area). Inflammation, stretching or distension of an organ in the abdominal cavity, or loss of blood supply to an organ can cause abdominal pain. But, abdominal pain can sometimes occur without any obvious cause.

If your pain persists over time, you have chronic abdominal pain. Some of the common chronic conditions are:

• Adhesion Colic

• Chronic pancreatitis

• Irritable bowel syndrome

Adhesion Colic

Adhesion colic is a form of chronic pain arising from movement of parts of the intestines which have partially “stuck” together, due to scar tissues that form as the body heals after an operation in the abdomen. It may occur after a relatively simple operation like an appendectomy, or after more major surgery like removal of the uterus or part of the intestine. People who have adhesion colic that is severe and recurrent often also have nervous systems that are over sensitive, resulting in pain from even normal bowel movements. In most cases, the attacks of colic are short lived; however, some may be very severe and prolonged and may be associated with other problems like vomiting. If the vomiting is persistent and there is constipation and swelling of the abdomen, you may need to see your doctor to make sure that you do not have intestinal obstruction. However in most cases, the attacks of colic are not dangerous and will subside after a while.

Many people with adhesion colic learn how to manage episodes of colic using non-drug techniques. However, in some people their pain levels may be very high and attacks may occur very often. In these cases, treatment with strong pain killers may be necessary – these include morphine-like drugs like tramadol, morphine and methadone which should be taken orally on a regular basis in order to prevent attacks of colic. Going for injections of pain killers only when there is strong pain is usually not a good idea as this is a short term solution for a chronic problem; with time, you will require higher doses of the pain medication, and you may find yourself going for injections more frequently.

Chronic pancreatitis

Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, a gland in the body that is responsible for making insulin and helping with the digestion of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Chronic pancreatitis occurs when digestive enzymes attack and destroy the pancreas and nearby tissues. Chronic pancreatitis may occur after repeated attacks of acute pancreatitis, and may be due to excessive alcohol intake, injury, infection, excess iron in the blood and other unknown factors.

People with chronic pancreatitis have chronic pain which can vary in intensity from mild to severe. It often radiates through the back, tends to be constant and can last from hours to days. Painkillers used to manage pancreatic pain vary from simple analgesics like paracetamol, to opioids (morphine-like drugs) including tramadol, morphine or methadone. Antidepressant medications may also be used if there is any indication of nerve-related pain. Pancreatic enzymes taken as supplements may also help. In some cases, surgery to remove part of or the whole pancreas may relieve the pain either partially or fully, but nerve blocks and injections of pain-killers like pethidine are not useful as they offer only temporary pain relief, and the pain will invariably recur.

As for all other forms of chronic pain, self management techniques like relaxation and other psychological techniques are equally important in ensuring that the person with chronic pancreatitis is able to continue to live a normal life despite the continuing pain.

Irritable bowel syndrome

The muscle movement that passes food through the digestive tract is called motility. When you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the normal motility of the digestive tract is disrupted. Motility may speed up, slow down, or become irregular. If stool passes too quickly through the colon, this can result in loose and watery stool (diarrhoea). On the other hand, stool that passes too slowly can become hard and dry (constipation). Also, stool and gas may back up and cause painful pressure and cramping.

The common symptoms of IBS include abdominal pain, bloating or gas, diarrhoea, constipation, continued feeling of stool in the bowel after a bowel movement, and mucus in stools. IBS symptoms can be triggered when you are under stress, eating certain foods or drinks, taking certain medications, or smoking. Some women get IBS symptoms just before or during their periods.

The diagnosis of IBS is made after ruling out other conditions causing the same conditions. There is no cure for IBS. Your doctor may prescribe one or more medications to help relieve your symptoms and regulate your digestive tract movement. As some medications may worsen your IBS, take only the medications that your doctor has prescribed for you. You may also need to modify your lifestyle (eg, diet and stress management) to help control your IBS. 

Source : All About Pain. For further reading, please click here.

Exactly the same like what the doctor explained to me. I don't have the chronic pancreatitis, just the adhesion colic and suspected IBS. To think that I have endure the pain all this while without any treatment is quite how to say.... errrr ignorance. Well ignorance is bliss kan. Hehehe.... So now that I know I have to take extra precaution in watching what I eat. Not that I shunned everything la just reduce the frequency and quantity of taking it or those that I can totally stop tu memang babai la. If not main belasah aje eh. Pastu sakit tahan la sorang-sorang. Hehehe..... 

So for friends out there who suffered unidentify prolonged abdominal pain, get yourself checked will ya. It can't be cured but at least we can do something to ease tha pain and have a better quality of life.    

Friday's walkabout

This morning naik bas 3 orang je tau. Sebesar-besar bas cuma 3 penumpang aje. Ish..ish... pembaziran sumber betul. And kesian driver bas tu. Hehehe..... Bila dah almost seminggu naik bas ni kan, rasa macam syok pulak naik bas. Tak payah susah-susah nak fikir pasal parking. Cuma kena spend time lebih sikit la menunggu bas dan menunggu sampai ke destinasi. Tapi ok je. Dok dalam bas boleh berangan, menikmati keindahan Putrajaya or even menyanyi lagu ikut radio. Kihkihkih..... 

Anyway hari ni as usual nak walkabout ke Alamanda for lunch. Kalau tak de apa memang every Friday ada walkabout ni. Bersama teman walkabout yang setia iaitu Cik Yanti. Jarang ada orang yang berminat nak walkabout ni. Sekali-sekala kena la berjalan sikit kan. Ni asyik la duduk aje pastu bising-bising kata sana lebar sini lebar. Kan.... Dah few weeks jugaklah tak berwalkabout ni. Cuaca pun just nice aje today. Tapi hujan ke panas ke kalau kata nak ke ke Alamanda kami redah aje. Hehehe.... Oh that explain why on Friday I suka pakai flatshoes aje. Sonang nak berjalan. 

Talking about lunch ni kan, I nak bawak Cik Yanti makan kat Manhattan Fish Market today. I selalu bawak dia tryout kedai-kedai makan western kat Alamanda tu. Tapi kan, for 2 consecutive years I had my birthday treat at MFM so kalau I makan sana hari ni then next week on my birthday takkan nak makan kat sana lagi kot. Wah over la pulakkan sampai 2 minggu berturut nak makan kat sana. But then bukan selalu pun. But then again I kan on cholesterol watchout ni. Ni hari ni punya session pun dah berapa cholesterol counting dia. Tu belum kira everyday punya meals tu. Although I try not to eat fatty food sangat tapi susah ok. Bukan ada banyak pilihan sangat pun.

So ok la next week on my birthday I nak kena cari tempat baru untuk makan. Hmmmm.... kat mana eh. Bukan ada banyak pilihan pun kalau kat Putrajaya ni. Ada sape-sape nak belanja I kat Pullman tak? Hahaha..... Over je tau. Tapi birthday treat mestilah kat tempat yang jarang kita pergi. Jarang tu as in few times aje every year. Or worst still, the only time pegi sana ialah masa birthday. Baru la rasa special sikit kan. Since my birthday would fall on weekdays, nak berjalan jauh demi nak makan adalah malas so itu pasal pilihan adalah Alamanda saje. Apa je kat Alamanda tu yang I tak try lagi. Sushi???? Hehehe..... 

So selamat menikmati lunch hour yang panjang ye. See you all in Alamanda. 

Beauty regime

The other day En. Afnan came to my place. I can't remember when was the last time I met him. Pakcik tu sentiasa sibuk aje. Wah he looks very radiant la. Glowing skin gitu. Rambut pun nampak shiny and healthy. Apa rahsia dia ye. He did share some of his beauty regime. Gigih betul kawan I sorang ni. I pun tak segigih itu dalam bab-bab menjaga kecantikan diri ni. Tapi bagus lah. I pun nak kena ikut his style la. Menjaga kulit, rambut dan kesihatan dalaman supaya nampak radiant aje. Kihkihkih..... Oh tapi I rasa En. Afnan tu berseri-seri sebab nak kawin kot. Hahaha..... Jangan marah nooo.....

Kena rajin-rajin pakai product kecantikan, buat treatment muka, rambut dan badan, exercise and makan makanan yang sihat dan menyihatkan. Konon-konon je la tu. Tak de ke maknanya I nak rajin buat semua tu. I ni actually paling tak suka nak letak benda kat muka. I suka au naturale. Biar my skin naked and easy to breathe. Tapi sekarang nak pegi keje muka togel tak boleh la kan. In fact ada je kawan-kawan yang pernah tegur suruh at least pakai light make-up. Kalau rajin I pakai la tapi rajin tu memang jarang-jarang datang.

So normally my morning routine lepas cuci muka ialah pakai toner, serum, day cream and bedak baby. Kadang-kadang I pakai la 2way powder. Kalau dulu masa pakai Olay Total Effect lagi senang. Cuci, sapu toner, sapu cream Total Effect and bedak. I kalau boleh tak mau guna pencuci muka kerap sangat so time nak solat memang I cuci muka dengan air aje. And that explained kenapa I malas betul nak pakai make-up ni. Payah nak cuci kalau nak solat. Bukan la payah mana sangat tapi kena pakai pencuci muka. Selalu lepas solat memang muka au naturale aje lah. No touch-up touch-up ni. And later malam bila mandi baru cuci guna pencuci muka and thats about it. Tiada toner or night cream bagai. Sometimes like twice a week ke I akan scrub my face.

Kalau ikutkan, I paling suka guna product ZA. In fact dulu memang guna the whole set. Tapi biasa lah I ni suka nak beli itu ini so lama-lama I dah tak pakai ZA sangat except for the facial wash and 2way powder. For facial wash I guna ZA True White Cleansing Foam. Best product ni. Now that I nak try on Safi, I bought the whole set of Safi Balqis Perfect 10 except the facial wash. Ada toner, serum and day cream. Since I tak suka letak apa-apa kat muka bila nak tidur, I tak beli la night cream tu. As for the scrub, I guna St Ives Apricot Scrub. I dah pernah try banyak scrub tapi I rasa ni yang paling best. Selalu beli scrub pakai sekali tak best terus pass on to my sister. Membazir betul. Tapi kalau St Ives ni memang dah banyak tube dah la pakai.

Although I tak pakai make-up, tapi kalau you all tengok my make-up set memang macam stok pakai make-up all the time lah. But not the expensive ones la sebab bukan pakai selalu pun nak beli yang mahal-mahal kan. And paling penting, macam la I reti sangat nak pakai make-up pun. Nak sapu eye shadow pun tak lepas lagi ok. Although tak reti pakai sangat tapi kalau beli tak nak kalah ok. Hahaha.... I ada banyak colour of eye shadow and mostly from Silkygirl and Loreal. For blusher I guna Silkygirl, Elianto and Sasa. Lipstick ok yang ni tricky sikit. My lips ni entah kenapa kalau pakai je lipstick aje mesti kering semacam. Sampai menggelupas yang stok boleh koyakkan the skin tu tau. Wah macam sakit aje bunyinya kan. Well memang pun kadang-kadang tu.

For my lip I guna Sebamed Lip Defense. Hah amik nak. Defense ok. Hehehe... Dulu I have tonne of lip balm. Sebut je jenama apa semua ada. Tapi yang ni je yang kekal I guna sampai sekarang. Even Vaseline punya pun tak rasa best macam Sebamed ni. Cuma satu je la yang tak best. Rasa dia. Tak sedap. Hahaha...... Lipstick or lipcolour tak de satu pun yang bila pakai tak mengeringkan bibir kecuali yang I pakai sekarang ni. From CNI tak silap. Ni my sister in law yang belikan. As for lip gloss I dah tak pakai any dah. Dulu ada la jenama Loreal la, Maybelline la and entah apa je. Again, memang la nampak cantik aje shiny and glossy pastu merasa la kering menggelupas tu.

Eye liner and mascara memang tak pakai. Lagipun kalau letak mascara, habis smeared at my specs. Well nak kata bulu mata panjang la tu. Hahaha..... Memang pun. So kalau terasa macam nak pakai light make-up I akan pakai la blusher. Kalau rajin lip balm and lipstick and kalau ada function baru letak eye shadow. Memang dasar pemalas betul I ni kan. Hehehe.... Tau tak pe....

Nak tau tak. Dulu masa kerja kat Guardian I memang tahap kronik gila tau. Mana taknya. Hari-hari dok mengadap cosmetics and skincares so my make-up set memang complete ok. Tapi pakainya ada la sekali dua. Hahaha.... I ada foundations, concealer, pressed powder, loose powder, 2way cakes, eye shadows, eye liners, mascaras, blushers, lip balms, lip liner, lipsticks and lipglosses. Pastu entah apa lagi yang bagi nampak glowing la apa la tu. Perasan tak almost semua tu ada 's'? Plural tu. Memang ada a few ok. Ada yang I beli and ada yang I dapat. Tapi mostly beli la. Yang dapat tu sebab beauty advisor kasi hadiah. Kadang-kadang diorang balik HQ diorang boleh beli dengan harga yang teramat murah so kadang-kadang ada la diorang kasi hadiah. Tu belum kira hadiah sebab kedai menang apa-apa or dinner and whatnot tu. Gila betul. Tapi kawan-kawan I pun tumpang la sekaki sebab I pun bila dah melambak-lambak tu mesti la kasi hadiah kat kawan-kawan pulak kan. Hahaha.....  

Anyway, setelah melihat akan En.Afnan punya hasil kerajinan dan kegigihan dalam mengamalkan beauty regime dia tu, I ingat I pun kena rajin la jugak kan. Malu la lelaki pun lagi rajin dari I yang perempuan ni. Hehehe.... So lepas ni kena la rajin-rajin pakai toner, serum, cream and whatnot. Susah-susah sangat, buat facial sebulan sekali. Yezza itu memang patut. I ni jarang kasi perhatian kat diri sendiri kan. So like I wrote earlier, lepas ni nak bagi focus yang lebih pada diri sendiri. Buat treatment kecantikan. Treatment ajelah bukan la pegi buat makeover plastic surgery or cucuk sana sini tu. Tu I pun ngeri nak buat ok.

So nantikan kemunculan Eny yang berseri-seri ye. Hahaha.....