Tasik Kenyir Breakaway

We decided to take a short break, this time to Tasik Kenyir Resort and Spa… unfortunately, it was in the rainy season…we hardly saw Mr Sunshine….we had a dip in the swimming pool once, touring the town of Kuala Terengganu but did not managed to stop by at the places of interest, and on the last day of our stay, we got to go on a boat ride around Tasik Kenyir even though it was pouring….

It was a nice place…we hope to go there again when it is sunny…lots of outdoor activities can be done…

A few pictures here…pictures tell a thousand words…enjoy!

a successful training...

i've been longing to write about Jihan's recent achievement....it has been almost 3 weeks that she has successfully wee-wee in the toilet and 1 week of successfully poo-poo in the toilet...!!!

it happened out of sudden...we had trouble to get her to pee in the toilet as she kept holding her urine in the bladder...she would do that from morning till late afternoon until we put her back on diapers, then she would pee (a lot!!!) in her diapers....i wasn't that good at being so patient...she said that she wanted to pee, when i brought her to the toilet nothing came out...every few minutes she would drag me to the toilet but she came out dry....so 1 evening, i was peeing in the toilet bowl and she squatted on the floor in the toilet, and there it was her first pee without having me to scold and force her to pee....yeay!!! and now she would pee on her lovely toilet seata dn she just loves flushing the toilet....



and since then, she was dry by day and surprisingly by night as well, and there was never any accident before....and when we go out, she will pee at the public toilet, provided it is clean and non foul smelling...



but then i had another serious problem with Jihan....she was having constipation as she tend to hold her bowel content...i asked her to just poo-poo in her diapers but she was reluctant and kept telling us that it will leak to her legs...she ahd only 2 bowel movements per week insted of her normal habit of everyday and that was really worrying....her stool was quite hard and she only passed out a little....



then one day, she just decided to poo in the toilet and it was a success...the next day, she poo-poo 5 times in the toilet and since then she poo-poos daily in the toilet...



and now she keeps telling people that she is already a big girl as she is now fully utilize the toilet very well....and she got herself a Barbie tri scooter with a Barbie helmet for her excellent achievement....



P/S: she never use her expensive potty that we bought last year for the training....maybe i should keep that for my next baby....

BPA-free feeding bottles

i heard about BPA-free feeding bottles for quite some time but i did not take any action towards it...it's not that i was ignorant but i was quite usy to read thoroughly about it until recently....

you can just type the word BPA at any search engine and you'll be surprise at how much articles and beneficial informations you get from them and you would want to turn 360 degrees....BPA causes more harms than good...!

to my surprise my Jihan had been using a non BPA-free bottles since she was born!!!! after making some research, i decided to throw away the old bottles and change to a new brand...the older brand, AV*&T has not marketed the non BPA bottles widely in Malaysia yet, so it is quite difficult to find one...so, i resorted to MAM....i brought Jihan to to Mothercare and she chose the pink bottles....

Jihan seems to like the bottles without any fuss...it wasn't difficult for her to change from the old one to the new brand....

i'm waiting for the Year End Sale (YES) to buy a few bottles of similar brand for my newborn later...

salam Aidilfitri

i have not been updating this blog for quite some time...i wasn't feeling very well and i was preoccupied with other things as well..even, the other blogs were not up-to -date as well....i'll try my best to update them as soon as possible ( when i'm feeling ok and when the ideas are pouring..)

alhamdulillah, i'm able to fast the whole Ramadhan during this pregnancy (insya Alllah, 3 more days left..)...i was able to do so when i was pregnant with Jihan 3 years ago...but i was quite sad and i regretted myself for not be able to do the terawikh prayer...i was very, very tired after the breaking of fast and would usually put my feet up to rest...

despite that i was able to fast the whole Ramadhan, i wasn't feeling that good though, especially in the morning after sahur...i felt nauseated and sometimes vomited and my stomach got this hurricane going on inside...i felt better towards noon...

this Aidilfitri, i haven't make any cookies yet..probably won't be doing it though...might make some cupcakes, but that depends...me and hubby didn't tailor-made our baju kurung and baju melayu, so we bought the ready made ones...(i was scared that i won't be able to fit into them because i'll be 17 weeks pregnant during the Aidilfitri)....but somehow, i 'm still able to fit into my kebaya this Aidilfitri...yeah!!...i lose some weight this Ramadhan, my latest weight the last antenatal check up was 52.3kg...

anyhow, i'm taking this opprtunity to wish my readers a very prosperous and joyous Aidilfitri and maaf zahir batin....may Allah bless us this Eid...

take care and drive carefully....

award form kak neeza

thanks kak neeza for the award....so sweet of you...muah!

i'm 28 years old

i have not been updating this blog for a month!!!! yeah, i was quite busy and i'm not in good health as well...

i turned 28 last month, on July 5th...hubby gave me a bautiful watch and Jihan gave me a matching new wallet....and they treated me for lunch at Bubba Gump....

i have been living for the past 28 years and now i'm married to a wonderful hubby and blessed with a precious gem, Jihan....i have accomplished a few numbers of personal achievements that i am very proud of and those cannot happen without the support of my beloved parents, hubby and family....

i love my life now...furthermore, we are very excited and happy with an unexpected news that we received a few days after my 28th birthday....



i'm due in March next year...i pray and hope that this pregnancy is a smooth one....i created a new blog regarding this pregnancy, The Miracle of Life...

Jihan's first neb...

Jihan had quite a bad URTI recently and when i came home from work one day, i found out she was a bit tachypneic and her cough was very chesty...according to my maid she had audible wheeze as well...but she didn't give any medications to Jihan or called me to infrom on Jihan's condition...

Jihan was very uncomfortable with her condition and she cried whenever she coughed....there were bilateral rhonchi and she appeared very tachypneic...we decided to bring her to the A&E for a neb after the medication we gave did not improved her condition...

Jihan was rather scared at first to get her first neb but the she seemed to cool down and felt comfortable with it....soon after completing the neb, i auscultated her lungs and the rhonchi had disappeared and she was no more tachypneic...in fact, she was singing and dancing in the A&E...

that was her first episode of acute wheezing....hopefully, it was just a hyperactive airway...and now she is back to her square one- active, cheeky and mischivious...!

Jihan's birthday celebration

a simple celebration with close families and friends....Jihan demanded an Elmo birthday cake and i'm proud that i made the cake by myself!!! and Jihan was so happy with her cake....

more picts @ our fotopages

happy 28th birthday, dear hubby...

it's my dear hubby's birthday today....we've been celebrating his birthday together as husband and wife for the past 4 years....since it's a working day today, we had to postpone the celebration to a later day...

i bought something useful for him yesterday..went shopping for the present with Jihan...Jihan chose a birthday card with a picture of a frog in front...she excitedly tell everybody," tomorrow is papa's birthday...my birthday was yesterday..."

just now, we went to fetch dear hubby at his workplace...then Jihan said to his papa, "papa, happy birthday, i love you, papa.." i certainly didn't ask her to say that, because dear hubby thought i taught her to say so.....she said it on her own...

to my beloved husband, i love you more and more everyday...may Allah bless you always...and may we live happily ever after till the end of time...

it's celebrations time!!!

it's Jihan's 3rd birthday....

Jihan celebrated her 3rd birthday yesterday...but i was so tired and too lazy to update it in my blog...nowadays, blogging is no more a priority to me but i do miss blogging so much...and i missed reading all my friends' blogs too....but i have another important priority now, to get through my Masters....

anyway, we brought Jihan to choose her own present at the Toys R Us Midvalley...we wandered around the store until she decided that se want "THAT" thing so much!!!! guess what she really, really wanted yesterday..? a shopping cart!!!!

then i asked her again, whether she wants anything else..? she told me, "No, No, enough!!"

then we went to Tony Roma's to have dinner....i really like the environment there because it is so kids friendly....and the food is superb and the portion is so satisfactoryly will make your stomach full!!!

we had chicken voodoo, asian salad and free pasta for Jihan...the waitress chatted with Jihan and asked how old is she...we told her that it is her birthday!!! so, later, they brought a special icecream with a chocolate brownies on top complete with a lit candle and they sang a Happy Birthday song to Jihan....Jihan was so stunned but excited...unfortunately, we didn't bring our camera to capture the moment...

we reached home and Jihan was so eager to play with her shopping cart...she kept pushing the cart and pretended going shopping with the cart...

to Jihan, happy 3rd Birthday, dear....we always love you no matter what, cheeky and mischivious girl...we hope you'll grow up and be a good caliph, a good and obedient daughter...you are always our precious gem...

back to student's life..

do i miss my student's days..? i spent 7 years to complete my medical degree (2 years of matrics and 5 years of medical degree)..it was a smooth journey though, i passed every single exams...

well, probably not...but now i am one again....but this time as a mature student who needs to work and to study at the same time....i am upgrading my life from a normal doctor to become a specialist in my field, insya Allah in 4 years time...

i need to make a lot of sacrifices...Jihan's and hubby's birthdays are just around the corner and i have not think of any plan yet to celebrate their birthdays!!

i've been doing lots of reading pertaining to my work and i spend abou 2 hours at night to myself doing my own works...

i miss cooking, baking, reading novel and go out to the shopping malls during the weekends (with the increasing price of the petrol, we tend to stay at home more now, and now i have to travel quite far to Hosp K, the expenditure for petrol increases twice as we have to use 2 cars to go to work...)

i miss my old days where i can just relax and do whatever i want...now, i have to read books, do some research reading, do mcq's abd stuffs...

i pray that i'll be able to finish my study in 4 years time...then i can enjoy my old life back....and spend more time with my family...

the madness begins....

after 2 weeks of relaxing and taking my own sweet time doing the things i love, it's back to work again...the different is, it's not just purely work this time, but now i'm back as a student...a postgraduate student in medicine, specializing in family medicine and the course takes 4 years to complete....! a master programme in medicine is different from other programmes....the duration is longer and at the same time we have to work like usual plus the extra courseworks, assignments, researches and of course we have to study to pass the exams....i'm in a tough place now...

i started to feel the burdens already...there are a lots of things to do apart from the normal things that i always do...i need to do a lot of sacrifices in term of family arrangements and my interests...meaning that, i have to cut down my blogging time, the time for cooking and baking experiments in the kitchen, the time for shopping or window shopping and doing unnecessary things that can use up my precious time to revise and do my coursework....

i think Jihan feels that i'm a bit different already....before this, i never seriously read thick medical books at nights, i used to watch TV with her and play with her....weekends are exciting moments for us, we used to go out and do a lot of activities outside, but starting this week, we need to rush to get everything done at once...

and i become a bit hot-tempered...due to the stress...Jihan always disturbed me when i tried to sit down and read, she would take my pen and started asking for book or papers for her to scribble...and she wouldn't sleep early so that i can start reading my materials!....

i'm juggling my life and i hope i'll be able to settle this madness to a better pace and sail through safely throughout these 4 years....

1,2,3,4,5..once i caught a fish alive!

we spent a good weekend at the Cyberview Lodge Resort & Spa recently....this time, we brought atok, wan and bibik as well...we booked 2 rooms that are connecting to each other...

initially, i thought of bringing wan to the spa but due to time constraint and the spa was fully occupied, that plan was cancelled....so instead, we watched VCD that we bought recently in Kuantan (the picture quality was superb!) and had a splash in the pool and had an iranian dinner at a nearby restaurant (La Vida Restaurant & Cafe)...

the next morning after breakfast, we decided to hire 2 fishing rods and tried our luck at the lake near the spa...at first, we threw our bait far to the centre of the lake but no luck at all...then we saw some fishes swimming at the bank and we lowered our baits there...atok got the first catch!!...small size puyu fish....then another, and another, and another....i tried my luck next and caught a few puyu before handed the rod to dear hubby...each of us caught a few puyu and we were screaming excitedly when we caught them...

at the end of 1 hour, our pail was full with puyu fish!!!

it was a wonderful experience for each and everyone of us...Jihan was excited watching the fishes get caught....

altogether we managed to catch 52 puyu fish within 1 hour...not bad eh..!

happy 1st birthday "A Mother's Discovery"

this blog is celebrating it's 1st birthday....i learnt a lot from my viewers who also shared their opinions and thoughts with me....and i made a lot of new friends too...

i'll carry on pouring my thoughts and ideas into this blog and hope to share more with you...

enjoy reading!

feeling better...

i'm not sure at what time i actually, properly dozed off last night...probably 2 am or 3 am...the last time i remembered, i was still heavily wheezing....alhamdulillah i'm still alive today...

i woke up in the morning with no wheeze but i was extremely sleepy...i invited few of my colleagues for lunch today, so i must get up and prepare the lunch!

alhamdulillah, the cough was better, no shortness of breath and no wheezing...i continued of regular dose of corticosteroid inhaler...i prepared the ingredients and cooked the meals with no problems...

and my colleagues enjoyed my foods, alhamdulillah....and i went to take a bronchodilator form the clinic, fearing of another asthma attack during the weekend...

hopefully, i'll be in good health throughout...

acute asthmatic attack

i can't sleep tonight...i'm currently having a bad wheeze...NO, i'm not known to be asthmatic before...i do have allergic rhinitis but no eczema or asthma...

i discovered that i was having a bad cough after i came back from Pulau Kapas...and my cough mainly worsened at night...last week, i had an episode of acute nocturnal wheeze...when i went to work, it disappeared...

i consulted my colleagues as i was in denial of having asthma at the age of 27+..! she said probably i was having a hyperactive airway post URTI...so, i took a course inhaled corticosteroid as a preventer of my wheezing episode....

and my cough was getting better....no more nocturnal wheezing and nocturnal cough...and i started to taper down my steroid...

but tonight, i really cannot sleep as i felt a little bit of chest tightness and a lot of cough, followed by both inspiratory and expiratory wheeze...when i was doing my cross trainer in the evening, i also had an exercise-induced cough but not as bad as tonight...

i took my stethoscope and heard rhonchi all over my lungs...

i definitely going to take a bronchodilator from the clinic tomorrow...but as for tonight, i will see first...if it worsens, i might go to the emergnecy department for a nebulizer...

relaxing....

i'm on my 2 weeks leave now before i join Master in Medicine (Family Medicine) in June 2008...i'm planning to relax and do whatever i wish to do before the madness starts again....arghhh!!..

so, what's the plan for these 2 weeks..?

well, i completed my 2-days full cake decorating course with my sifu, Kak Ayuliana...she's the BEST!! i learnt to decorate 8 pieces of cake using different techniques and methods and the results were superb!!! i never dreamt to be be able to make such beautiful cakes...it was never my ambitions before...but now, i've acquired the skills and that is one of the wonderful gift and knowledge given by Allah...i thank HIM for giving me the chance and the opportunity to learn these beautiful techniques from a wonderful friend...

i bought 2 new books earlier, Sundays at Tiffany's (James Patterson) and He Loves Lucy (Susan Donovan)...already finished reading the first on and currently reading the latter one...

i need more workouts!!! and control my foods!!! arghh....! i reached 55kg (from 61-62 kg) in around 4-5 months but during the past week i put up a kg....! (sigh)...i'm feeling happy and good with my new weight and figure...this was my post delivery weight...my aim now is to reduce further to at least 53kg and down to 50kg....!

i just came back from Petrosains...brought Jihan along to give her some scientific exposure...she enjoyed herself there...and now she is fast asleep....

i'm planning to try out new recipes...aiyaa, how am i going to curb my appetite then...?nevermind, i can do extra workouts to burn the calories...hahaha...

i bought a new activity books with a lot of colourful stickers inside and i plan to do it with Jihan...she doesn't know about this book..if she is being good, i'll let her have fun with the stickers later...

next week, we are travelling to Kuantan...ooh, i can't wait to taste my favourite ikan bakar, sotong goreng tepung and such!!

at the end of my 2 weeks break, we are going to celebrate mother's day and father's day at Cyberview Lodge again!! i'm longing for spa treatment...must beg dear hubby to treat me!! and not forgetting a hair cut and a hair treatment too....

that's all i think...i'm planning to have all the fun before June 2008!

travel cheap, healthy and nutritious

usually when we travel outstation, we usually eat at the local restaurants/stalls...but on the recent vacation (a 3D2N package with daily breakfast and 1 BBQ dinner), i chose to prepare homemade food plus some other healthy snacks for my family...

i made egg and tuna sandwiches with lots of lettuce and tomatoes and cheese (yummy!!)...and i packed some Jacob's biscuits as well...i also brought some packet drinks (Ribena and Yakult - bots are Jihan's favourites!) and the 3-in-1 drinks.....not only that, i also brought some raw materials (namely mayonaise, tomatoes, cheese, bread and tuna in can) so that i can feed myself and my loved ones with sandwiches....

we travelled almost 5 hours to Lumut and had lunch in the car with my homemade sandwiches....a lovely, healthy and balanced lunch!....that night for dinner, there were still some leftover sandwiches so i finished them off and ordered room service (nasi goreng) for Jihan nad hubby....

we had good buffet breakfast the next day...we were all hungry after splashing and swimming in the pool....i made a cup of hot milo and nescafe for me and hubby and we had a few biscuits and bread too...we planned to go to the Lumut Jetty in the afternoon and i prepared yummy tuna sandwiches for our lunch....

that night, we had scrumptious seafood BBQ dinner (inclusive in the package)...

i was glad that we finished all the raw materials that we brought...on the way teravelling back to KL, we stuffed ourselves with strawberry wafers and Jacob's Crack (my favourite!)...we stopped at R&R Tapah to pray and treated ourselves with a single scoop of Baskin Robbins and a mocha ice blended (shared by the 3 of us)....

we save quite a lot in this vacation in terms of food....furthermore, it's homemade and you know how clean, healthy and safe the ingredients used...this can prevent events that you hate most during a vacation - to fall sick!....

Happy Mother's Day

to all great mums out there, Happy Mother's Day!!!!

we spent the weekend at Swiss Garden Damai Laut, Lumut...we didn't purposely planned that this short family vacation to occur on Mother's Day, it was a coincident...i really enjoyed this vacation with my hubby and our dear princess....

we spent our time on the beach, playing with the sand...Jihan was afraid of the waves though....then we took a dip in the swimming pool....i managed to make a few laps while Jihan made new friends with other kids while splashing and playing in the pool....hubby took lots and lots of great photos with his Nikon....

we had good food that i cannot resist!...and we drove to Lumut town and the turtle sanctuary...

this is the only time that we can spend our quality time with Jihan without thte help of others...i wish i can do this more often ...

will upload our precious moments @ our fotopages soon....

to touch a mother's heart

mother's day is just around the corner....we are going to celebrate it at Swiss Garden Damai Laut and Spa in Lumut for a 3D2N rendezvouz....

during this year, i've read a few novels by different author that really touch my mother instinct....i've written about My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult and subsequently after that i read my sister's novel, Olivia's Sister by Claire LaZebnik....it is an interesting story which touches on responsibility....

At 21, Olivia Martin has mastered the art of cynicism. Maybe that's inevitable because of her dysfunctional family - a desperately needy, alcoholic ex-model mother; a rich, ill-tempered father with an imperious new wife; and a spoiled half-sister. Olivia's modus operandi has been to ignore them all and just drift through life, tough and alone. However, just as she is in danger of falling in love - or at least in lust - for the first time, Olivia's familial responsibilities come crashing down about her. Her father and his second wife are killed in a car crash, and she is left to inherit both their considerable fortune and guardianship of her four-year old half-sister. Despite, Olivia's view that 'If I'd wanted to be saddled with a kid at this point in my life, I'd have grown up in Oklahoma,', she has no choice but to do the right thing and try and raise a child she's only met on a handful of times.

currently, i'm reading My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Komsoon....similarly, it is a totally enjoyable reading.....

Best friends Kamryn Matika and Adele Brannon thought nothing could come between them - until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiance, Nate. Worse still, she got pregnant and had his child. When Kamryn discovered the truth about their betrayal she vowed never to see any of them again. Two years later, Kamryn receives a letter from Adele asking her to visit her in hospital. Adele is dying and begs Kamryn to adopt her daughter, Tegan. With a great job and a hectic social life, the last thing Kamryn needs is a five-year-old to disrupt things. Especially not one who reminds her of Nate. But with no one else to take care of Tegan and Adele fading fast, does she have any other choice? So begins a difficult journey that leads Kamryn towards forgiveness, love, responsibility and, ultimately, a better understanding of herself.

a romantic getaway - kapas island

we spent a 3D2N romantic getaway at Kapas Island recently...just the 2 of us...we took an early morning Airasia flight to Kuala Terengganu (whoaa...so many people at LCCT at the wee hours of the morning!)... this is actually our first time using Airasia services and we opted for the express boarding....

arrived in Kuala Terengganu at around 8+ and got transferred to Marang jetty..we can see the island from the jettty ..took a boat to Kapas island, a 15 min journey....the water was so blue...it gave me a piece of mind...

arrived at the island safely...sat by the beach...and surprised hubby with an anniversary gift- a Nikkor lense for his Nikon...then we checked in to our room....a simple,cozy chalet and they surprised us with a box of Ferrero Rocher and a bouquet of roses.....

had lunch, the food was marvellous...i put on 1.5kg on this vacation!!!! arghhhh!!! in the evening, we walked along the beach, had many photos snapped, had a splash at the beach and captured a romantic sunset moment....

dinner was equally good as well and we had a good night sleep despite the heavy rain that night...

the next morning was bright...had a good breakfast and explored the other side of the island...went for our snorkeling trip...got to see beautiful fishes swimming around at our faces...then went for an island tour...our faces were sunburnt but nevermind, they will heal later...

we had a good lunch then a good rest...went for another splash at the beach in the evening...then our candlelight dinner...lovely ambience...

last day of our vacation, had a good breakfast the prepared to go back to the mainland...we arranged for a town tour and got to see a batik factory, Masjid Terapung, Taman Tamadun Islam and Masjid Kristal and bought some keropok and batik blouses and kaftans at pasar Payang....

took our flight home to KL at 4.15pm....

a memorable vacation for the two of us but we really missed our little Jihan....

we are going for another vacation this weekend, but this time with our adorable Jihan...

will upload the pictures @ our fotopages soon...

happy anniversary..

it was our 4th anniversary yesterday...and every year will be a public holiday (Labour Day)....nothing much special yesterday, porbably today we are going out to have dinner just the 2 of us...and we can't wait to go to Pulau Kapas for our honeymoon on Monday!!!

i read a novel P/S: I Love You by Cecilia Ahern.....it was so touching and my tears kept falling down my cheek every time i turned over the page...



i haven't finished reading it yet....

Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry.

Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other.Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly.

But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed "P.S. I Love You."

As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before.

Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.

A Mother's Discovery got noticed by the media

i was browsing through the website and came across this article featured in The Star on October 11 2007....it's kind of late to post it in my blog but hey, i'm proud of it...!!! and it was quoted by some other foreign medias as well.....

i haven't got Dr Sheikh Muszaphar's book yet...i was looking at it at a local bookstore recently, but did not grab it as my Jihan kept pullinig me to go to the children's play area...sigh! i'm going to buy it soon....and 1 more book that i wish to get si a book written by my senior in MRSMPC and he is now a fitness celebrity, Kevin Zahri...

P/S: by the way, my streamyx is not yet fixed...sigh!!!

Cyberspace filled with excitement over historic flight

PETALING JAYA: As Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor headed for outer space yesterday, Malaysian cyberspace was abuzz with excitement over the historic event.
Many local blogs and websites posted news of the event as well as messages of congratulations and good wishes for the first Malaysian to go into space.

“I hope it will inspire our children and youth, especially the younger generation of Kedayans to achieve similar things,” A. S. Kasah, a Kedayan from Sabah living in Subang Jaya, wrote in itsurday.blogspot.com

Bloggers among the colleagues of Dr Sheikh Muszaphar from Hospital UKM also took the opportunity to write about the space-bound orthopaedic surgeon.
“We are praying hard for (his) safety ... and I am so proud and glad that he is from the medical profession,” said Dr Ezura, who works at the hospital.

The mother of a two-year-old said in her blog, A Mother’s Discovery (ezzuramd.blogspot.com), that her daughter has just learned the word “angkasawan” and expressed her hope that she would become the first Malaysian woman astronaut.

Faridah Ariffin, who blogs at anuarfamily.blogspot.com, wrote of her nine-year-old eldest son who was “very interested in science, especially space exploration.”
“He’s always wanted to be an astronaut, but I asked him ‘what for?’, macam tak logik pula (it doesn’t make sense). But I would never have expected that Malaysia would send an explorer into space today,” she said.

The gushing pride and enthusiasm in the space mission is a relatively recent phenomenon in Malaysian cyberspace, which in the weeks and months leading to the launch was dominated by questions on the rationale of spending money on a space programme, as well as on Dr Sheikh Muszaphar’s designation as a real astronaut.
But explanations on the important scientific experiments that Dr Sheikh Muszaphar will conduct has helped to win over many sceptics and generate excitement in the programme.

Many readers of The Star also took the opportunity to congratulate Dr Sheikh Muszaphar online via a special website thestar.com.my/angkasawan set up by the newspaper.

Our Anniversary...

handicapped

it has been 5 days since my laptop and streamyx were out of function...both me and hubby were at lost....we feel so handicapped without them...we cannot look for new materials pertaining to our fields and worst most we cannot update our blogs, fotopages and flickr...!

and this week i had to do a presentation and i cannot prepare them at home...so i got to search for the materials at work and prepere the presentation using my computer in my clinic room...luckily this week there were not many patients, so i got to complete my task in time...

me and hubby went to IT World at Midvalley yesterday, hunting for a new PC...we decided to buy a new desktop while waiting for our good'ol laptop to be repaired...(my dad will bring it to Low Yat for repair..)...we bought a new Dell but it will delivered at least in 1 week time (the latest by 2 weeks!)

we can't wait for the arrival of our new PC and the arrival of our new Streamyx...(we have yet to call the Streamyx man for replacement...wait for the PC to arrive first)

and it's a few more days to our anniversary...looking forward to it! yeah!

Break...

my laptop and my streamyx were strucked by lightning yesterday...so, i'm unable to update this blogs until the problems are resolved...so sad.....

haircut @ cheeky monkey

Jihan had her recent haircut @ cheeky monkey....but before that, i had to bribe her by bringing her to paly at the Kidz Sports & Gym and she played there for almost 1 1/2 hour...

she really enjoyed playing there...when it's time to cut her hair, she behaved very well and sat quitely and let her hairdresser did his work....

the place is very child friendly with lots of toys to make the children fully occupied when the hairdresser does his work....but it was a bit pricey though....i think it was worth it...Jihan likes her new look so much!

the runaway maid...

i think i have not written about our 1st maid who ran away after my confinement when she just only worked for us for about 1 month!

this is how it goes...

i was oncall on tuesday, 6/9/05...it wasn't a bad call...i had only 3 patients in the labour room that i had to review...so, i managed to sleep around 2 hours that night...so, my dear Jihan stayed with her papa as usual....both my parents were outstation....my maid was at home too...i was actively breastfeeding at that time so, my husband had to pick my expresssed breastmilk for Jihan at night to give to her the next morning...

the next morning, my husband left to work leaving the baby in the care of our maid like usual..nothing suspicious happened except that my husband said she didnt cook breakfast that morning...well, that's fine...my husband usually have his breakfast at the hospital anyway...i was already in the hospital because of my oncall...

so, i did my work....then at around 10.30am, being post call, i was so sleepy with throbbing headache...so i told my colleague that i want to have a nap at the prayer area in the ward....i woke up half an hour later...and i reusmed my ward work while waiting for lunch...

suddenly my hubby called at around 11.20...he said, "i'm going back for a while...S (the maid) had runaway..!!"

at first i didn't realize what actually had happened...probably i was drowsy...i told my husband to go home...after a while, i realized that something had actually happened...i called my husband back and we met downstairs and rushed to the carpark...

at the same time i realized that i actually received an SMS from an unknown number saying that S doesn't want to work anymore and asked us to come home as nobody is taking care of my Jihan....i contacted that number and it was an Indon man who answered the call claimed to be S's friend...he told me that he didn't know where S went but told me that S doesn't want to work anymore...

my husband drove quite fast...luckily our house was just about 15-20 min drive form the hospital....i cried in the car worried about my 3 months old baby...my dad who was outstationed in PD called and was on his way back too...he also received the same SMS...he already called the police and informed our neighbour...

we arrived home and found that our gate was closed..the inside door was closed but not locked and the grill was opened...i opened the door and found my dear Jihan was asleep on her matress with an empty bottle at her side...i straight away cuddled her and cried and she woke up when she heard me crying...

my useless maid had run away leaving my poor baby alone at home!!!

the police came and my dad arrived soon after..we found a note from my runaway maid telling us that she is sorry...at first we didn't realize of anything missing but she took away her passport from a locked locker upstairs....she probably had planned this and maybe she knew where we kept her passport and she just waited for this opportunity to make her move...

she left Jihan unattended for God knows how many minutes or hours, well fed, with the aircond and TV on, so that Jihan would feel comfortable....my dad called my mum who was having a course in Genting, telling her the story...she cried on the phone and couldn't think straight anymore and my dad went to pick her up later...

my husband took a half day leave and changed his oncall that night...i went back to the hospital later to finish up my work....

alhamdulillah nothing happened to my baby....i couldn't imagine what will happen to me if the opposite happened...we got a replacement maid later and that was another headache...but she stayed with us for 1 1/2 years...

now i had a new maid, who worked with us for almost a year...she seems pleasant and a good worker....

sometimes, it's the luck....we only have to pray for the best in every decision we made...let Allah do the rest...

Akademi Fantasia Fever....

yeah, the fever is back!!!! i was a fan of Akademi Fantasia of many seasons before but nowadays the X-factor from the show seems to be missing....and i only watch the weekly concerts to fulfill my weekend nights....

and now my Jihan loves watching the show including the Diari AF and the weekly concert....i think i know why...

my dear Jihan was born on 24th June 2005, which was on Friday night...i was supposed to be warded routinely post delivery for at least 24 hours before being discharged home...at that time, Astro was airing the Akademi Fantasia season 3 and i was looking forward to watch the weekly concert on Saturday...luckily my room at the UKMSC had Astro Ria, so i'm not going to miss the show...

lucky for both mama and baby, we were discharged at 6pm on Saturday, meaning that, we were able to watch the show comfortably at home!!!

during confinement, i was stucked upstairs watching TV besides taking care of my newborn so both of us were closely attached to the show very much....

and since then, every year Jihan has a soft spot for this show...she likes the show so much and she is able to sing and dance to the theme song....previously, Jihan watched the show because Aznil was there....and now she watches the show because she loves music...and she misses Aznil, i supposed....and she is an admirer of any Aznil's shows because he's kind of good making my Jihan and many other children entertained....!

weekend getaway....

at last, a getaway that we have been waiting for....we didn't go far....it's only here @ Cyberview Lodge Resort and Spa....we got a very good deal for a 2 days 1 night stay and it is a real GOOD deal!

we checked in @ 3pm, went to our chalet, a very spacious and comfortable room indeed...Jihan loved it very much and she called it "rumah Jihan"...

then i left Jihan and her papa as i went to pamper and treat myself for a spa experience at the Sembunyi Spa....a truly 2 hours++ pampering experience which began with a steam bath and a jacuzzi dip, followed by a massage, body scrub, body wrap and body mask....i was fully relaxed and was enjoying every moment to myself....it was worth the ringgit spent...!

at the same time Jihan and papa explored the whole resort and got really nice shots captured on his Nikon....

later we had a la carte dinner and had a good night sleep on our cosy beds....

we got up early in the morning as Jihan cannot wait to dip herself in the pool...we had a light breakfast and got straight to the pool after that...we really enjoyed ourselves in the pool....

we spent almost 2 hours in the pool....then it's time to pack and leave....

overall, we love this place so much....we'll definitely to come here again to just relax in a serene environment and enjoy the facilities and services offered....

will upload the photos @ our fotopages

down with illness....

i was to busy for the past week, so i have to put a backdated entry here...

Jihan was down with a bad cough 2 days ago...she coughed every now and then she was feeling so low...she possibly had a bad sorethroat as well and she soothed her throat by drinking a lot of water...

we gave her appropriate medications and she slept well that night...

the next morning, i brought her to see my friend who is a paediatrician to get a second opinion and he told me that Jihan's cough was nothing sinister....

Jihan is recuperating well and is more talkative and active than ever...our home was in a total silent when she was sick....i'm glad that she is over with it....

let's dance to the music!

Jihan continues her module in the ALIM Kids playgroup session last Saturday...she was so excited to see Teacher Farra (she was a singer once with her hit song Bagaikan Puteri)....

just look at her dancing along with Teacher Farra....Jihan simply loves dancing...she will dance to every tune she hears...and she sings along with it too...

it's good for mother and child to spend their time together doing fun activities like dancing together....it's a good workout for both of you...

Jihan loves following me when i do my salsa or cha cha...she can remember the steps and dance fairly well....she can also hum the rhythm well...both of us will really sweat out by the end of the session....

this is one of the way i spend quality time with my Jihan...

My Little Boy...

oh, don't be surprise by the title of today's entry...i don't have a little boy, not yet...my dear friend delivered a stillborn baby boy last week...she was almost full term but unfortunately his little boy succumbed before he could open his eyes to see his wonderful parents...

i found this wonderful poem from a website, created by parents who delivered a stillborn baby as well... i dedicate this poem to my dear friend....i pray that you will always be strong and may Allah bless you always....

My Little Boy

For the little boy I'll never know,
Born too soon before he could grow,
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't give,
If only my little boy could somehow live,
But you were too precious for this world,
From Earth to Heaven, your place was filled,
I felt so warm, content inside,
My smile for you was hard to hide,
But now you're gone I sit and cry,
Why did my little boy have to die,
One day I know we'll meet again,
My heart will then be freed from pain,
But until that day does arrive,
In my heart you'll stay alive