We have our second baby!

Alhamdulillah....Allah grant us another zuriat...beautiful baby boy..delivered on 21 October 2015, 9.39am. Memang nak blog about this...tapi dalam pantang katanya tk boleh membaca or menulis or menaip maka pospon. Now dah lepas pantang..occupied jadi suri rumahtangga dah malas jadinya. Tapi nak kena tuliskan juga for the memory and utk reference di masa depan.

Aku gi hospital pantai ipoh pada 21 hb pagi2..and masuk labor room pukul 8am. Then..terus disiapkan untuk ceaser op...masa tu family mertua aku ada sama...my family takde sbb mak sakit so tak boleh nak follow..adik beradik pon tak balik. So in laws lepak kat bilik yg aku request bilik 1 room. Irfan ok jer main ngan sepupu2 dia..aku yg sedih masa tu sbb sure lepas keluar OT room, life akan berubah utk aku and irfan. Sebelum ni irfan mmg clingy and manja sgt ngan aku esp time pregnant... selalu cakap sayang mommy and tido pon peluk mommy..apa2 pon cari mommy. And im sure lepas ada baby, things cant always be like it used to be. Sedih jugak masa tu.
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So keluar OT dalam pkl 10.30 gitu..and masuk bilik..irfan biasa2 je lagi...aku rehat dan rehat memanjang. Kalini rasa the aftermath of operation tu rasa sakit lebih sikit dari first delivery. Entah samada dah umur 40 thn or sbb 2nd one so dalam perut tu dah penah kena belah dulu. First day tu adoii sakit..walopon ada ubat tahan sakit..nak gerak sikit..like nak up utk betulkn bantal ke letak kepala kat bantal ke mmg sakit. Pehtu tokleh makan lagi..yg aku ni dahaga yg amat sangat tp kena hold sampai around 8 mlm baru boleh.Minum milo sip sesikit je pon and air masak. Makan belum lagi. Baby dah disorong masuk bilik..alhamdulillah sempurna sifat sihat walafiat...irfan biasa2 je..happy jugak dapat baby. Tapi lebih main ngan sepupu2 dia je. And nmpk memerap ngan papa dia. So first few nights kat hosp tu mak mentua tido situ temankan.
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Hari kedua nak turun katil sbb rasa sakit perut nak membuang..punye la saspen..mmg sakit pun and terkemput2 nak turun katil. But have to...nurse yg byk tolong..a bit diarrhea tktau naper. Maybe sbb sblm bersalin tu ada minum ubat yg taknak bagi gastrik or muntah tu...tp elok la aku dah start kentut2 first day and 2nd day tu. Nurse pon kata elok..so aku pon tkde muntah2 loya alhamdulillah.
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Ok nnt sambung lagi.

36 weeks of pregnancy

Alhamdulillah dah masuk ke week 36...baru check up last monday..and nampak gayanya macam semua ok, as the Doc said. Baby dah engage ke bawah...berat 2.8kg.
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Since 8 bulan memang badan tak larat and always penat...maybe faktor umur agaknya... masa consultation dengan Doc, dia suggest ikat peranakan sbb kata nya pregnant after 40 is risky..I know and have read about it...cuma utk ikat peranakan terus tu entahlah..So i told Doc to wait dulu...i need to do further reading and thinking and discussion. And as of today, aku rasa idak la aku nak ikat peranakan kot..aku ni considered susah nak nak pregnant...but we never know. And aku rasa baik aku control ikut cara lain yg bermacam2 tu...So next week ada appointment lagi..now that I'm already 1t 36 weeks, dah kena jumpa every week, and I'll tell her that.
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Other than that, tadi gi buat BSP again and again...and alang2 terus mintak cek hemoglobin. Surprisingly, despite minum air fanta grape malam tadi...alhamdulillah gula was ok at 5.7 puasa and the best is my Hb naik pulakk 11.3. Sepanjang preggie ni nak cecah 10 ponnn payah. Dunno credit nak bagi pada apa coz makan still the same...less and less vege hehehehe. So either air soya yg akhir2 ni kerap minum sbb husb rajin lak beli berkotak2 yg less sugar tu, or air barli yg since last week dok  religously minum tukar daripada teh o ais or Shaklee Ostematrix. Either one. This time around since 8 bulan mak oii sembelit teruk pulakk compared to last pregnancy..or entah ke aku yg tak ingat sbb tak tulis kat sini. So, baru terpkir nak tukar teh o ais ke barli ais...and consume Oste. And gets better alhamdulillah. Actually punca nya is Iberet Folic tu kacau betui....bila baca2 mmg boleh buat sembelit hayyoo...
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Apa lagi updates....segala persiapan insyaallah dah ready..cuma confinement set belum beli. This weekend baru beli....I will stick to Nona Roguy sbb last pregnancy mmg serasi and masa keguguran last yr pon amik tu jugak. Cuma OSte akan diteruskan.
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34 weeks pregnant

Minggu ni dah masuk 34 minggu (8.5 months) pregnancy..alhamdulillah..so far so good....tapi kali ni nyer pregnancy lain sikit banding first....sejak 7 bulan kot...rasa tak larat...and now dah about 1 or 2 weeks..start sakit2 belakang dah. As I read more about pregnancy, one of the factor is the posture masa berdiri, jalan and duduk tu tak berapa betul. Tend to stretch behind sbb nak carry the load depan...tu yg sakit2 sket belakang...Tido pon tak berapa selesa these days...the frequent wake ups at night to go to the toilet tu dah biasa..more than 4 or 5 times...cuma nak beralih2 tido tu tak selesa...ada jugak at times bangun and duduk je tido kat sofa...
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As for the preparation, dah siap sume insyaallah....katil baby smlm dah bawak turun....confinement kat bilik bawah tu...semalam and subuh tadi macam start rasa2 senggugut yg sangat2 mild....risau jugak..i need another 2 more weeks for full term pregnancy..biarlah sempat apa2 pun. Masa Irfan dulu tak sempat rasa sakit2..or false contraction or ngilu2 cam nak period ni dulu...
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At the moment tengah full speed n full swing with teaching..adoiiii lelah nya..I'm not working 7 days a week and will last till early next month...sighh.....sbb aku ngajo masters class yg hujung minggu..terpaksa endure di saat2 hujung pregnancy ni...banyak duduk je pun. Another 2 weeks to go..then I'll get back my weekends.
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Irfan so far dah aware and seems like mentally prepared to have a baby brother. He's becoming more clingy and manja by the day. Harap2nya dia boleh terima dengan baik bila baby lahir nanti.
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Last months checkup (7+ months pregnant), the baby weight is about 900+gm....dunno naik banyak mana this month...rasa macam heavy load..harap2 kenaikan yg sesuai dengan growth dia....esok ada checkup dgn Dr Mimin.
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Okehh tu jer for now. I feel like I need to update. Because bila nak ingat2 balik time confinement irfan dulu..tak tulis rupanya kat sini..so tak berapa ingat how i did my confinement..like hari keberapa start mengurut...mengurut mmg banyak hari..mau dalam 9 hari gitu kot ikut minggu..but other stuffs like makan..menu...routine during pantang n stuff...takdak.
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Pregnant at 29 weeks

Sekarang tengah pregnant untuk anak kedua at 29 weeks. Alhamdulillah dah masuk 3rd trimester. Basically preparation macam dah ok...ada sesikit lagi yg belum selesai. Baju2 and barang2 byk yg recycle je hat Irfan dulu.....semalam pon dan reno toilet bawah ni..tukar ke toilet bowl and install water heater. Cari kontraktor melayu RM1.8K including simen kan bhg rumput sikit kat porch tu. Water heater beli sendiri.
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Actually tengah update/prepare notes untuk upcoming semester yg akan mula pada September ni..tapi boring nyer yang amat. So tulis2 la apa yg patut. Schedule minggu ni penuh. Sejak2 tamat tempoh post yg dipegang sebelum ni...banyak free time alhamdulillah and rasa relax sikit, less ( a lot less tension and stress)..anyhow minggu ni penuh dgn clinic/hosp appointments and workshop.
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Ok....

Hong Kong Trip Part 1

I'm back from Hong Kong Trip almost 2 weeks already, had wanted to jot some memories here but just couldnt find the time.
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Departure - 18 Apr 2015
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We drove to KL on Saturday 18 Apr around 3pm after Amran finished his work. We went straight to Cikpah's house who volunteered to send us to the airport. Reached there around 6pm, we had a small gathering with Yanie over small feast of ayam golek made special by Cikpah. Around 9pm, Gjoule sent us to Tune Hotel. They offered to send us in the morning but because the flight is at 7.10am and we have to be at KLIA2 at wee hours, we thought might as well we stay at Tune Hotel which is connected to the airport. Reached the hotel around 10is and we are tired already, so just checked in and dozed off to slumber almost right away.
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Day 1 - Sunday 19 Apr 2015
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Woke up early around 3.30am..got ready, irfan was still sleeping of course. We hoped for him to keep on sleeping so as for him to get his rest and easy for us to handle things. But few minutes later when we were getting ready he woke up asking for milk and didnt sleep after that.  But he was in a good mood thank God. Hence he managed to witness and experience all the check in process, which was good for his also for an early exposure. Check in was a breeze alhamdulillah. We were early as we had planned, 3 hours earlier so there were almost no queue at all. After settled, we went for breakfast at McD, and made our way to the departure hall. We also had some time to window shop at those free duty shops in the airport. Up to this point irfan was still wide awake, he was so excited seeing the planes (first time for him) and on board the train to the departure hall. And good mood all along as well. On the plane, irfan was like jakun seeing and touching everything heheheh as it was his first time on the plane. After an hour, he fell asleep didnt even had his meal.
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We landed at around 11ish. Everything was smooth..Once we passed through the custom and immigration and claim our luggage, we get our sim card from 1010 shop and bought our MTR Octopus card for our traveling around HK purposes.  We bought HKD150 each for me and husband and HKD100 for irfan. Next, we took the Cityflyer bus to go to Royal Park Hotel at Shatin to register for my conference which starts tomorrow. We reached around lunch time, thought we had to wait till 2pm to register but luckily the secretariat were still there doing their work. So registration took only minutes and we are done for that day. We took a cab to our hotel at Tsim Sha Tsui because we had luggage and well though we know cab is expensive in HK, we thought might as well just for this one just to save the hassle of  walking to bus stops and the hop on hop off. Reached Butterfly on Prat Hotel about 20 minutes later and paid HKD120. Thats about RM60, the fares cover HKD5 for each luggage put in the boot.Anyways..
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At the hotel, we rested and refreshed ourselves. Bought kebab at the restaurant just beside the hotel, it was convenient although pricey. All food ar pricey in HK>

Wedding anniversary weekend getaway

Yesterday 1 Feb 2015 was my 12th year wedding anniversary. Alhamdulillah we made it this far and counting on.
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We didnt have any specific plan to celebrate as my MIL was supposed to undergo an operation to remove the cataract. At the very last minute the Op was cancelled due to high BP. She's probably too worried or too tired as she just came back from KL babysitting her cucu in KL. So my husb gave green light to proceed with short vacation. We chose Penang Batu Feringgi this time. Apart from being our all-time favourite vacation place, its also close by with just 2hrs plus. I then quickly made an online reservation via agoda on Friday and we were lucky to secure a room at that very last minute.
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Saturday I picked up my husb from work and off we go to and reached Penang around 5ish. There was a bit of traffic at the jetty. We stopped by for laksa at Tanjung Bungah like always whenever we go to Penang. but this time I think ermm the laksa is just so-so. Checked in at the Parkroyal hotel..was upgraded to a one-bedroom suite perhaps as the other rooms are full. Irfan couldnt wait to go and play with the sand. So after a quick freshen up and change, we were already at the beach and let irfan loosen up to play with the sand, while I savour up the sea breeze hrmm wonderful!
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We got back to our room when the azan sounds heheheh had to pry irfan from the sand while promising him to come and play again tomorrow. A mere 1 hour was just not enough for him definitely. The aircond in the room suddenly got warm and after a while i lodge a complain and the technician came to look at it. Apparently something tripped and couldnt be repaired. The reception boss call me up and request us to change room. And that was at around 9 pm already. Spoiled my plan to go out for some pasembur at Gurney Drive, strolling at the Feringghi night market and lepaking at the hotel lounge watching live band hrmm. Anyway, the room offered only have 2 super single bed and i started making straight voice and mention about our anniversary day here hinting that it would just spoil our plan (hehehehe). We had to move anyway coz it would be too warm then as the aircond's not functioning. So i requested for them to join the beds and to late check out at 6pm free of charge. Otherwise it would cost RM30 per hour. They agreed, and the room turned out to be a bigger and better 1-bedroom suite heheheh with dining area and bigger balcony that fit for a small party hehehe. After everything settled, we went out for the pasermbuq but this time not too satisfying. Told my husb that next time we come here I wont be asking for laksa and pasembur anymore, to which he didnt trust me hahaha
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Sunday morning after breakfast, we spent our time at the beach again...then at the swimming pool for irfan and his papa to dip in the water. I just sit around and be the photographer. Too lazy to change and everything. After that, we brought irfan to play at the kids club. He sure had fun during our wedding anni hehheheh and behaved good as well alhamdulillah.
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Checkout around 5pm then drop by Gurney Plaza for dinner and then headed home,
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Thats about it....short vacay but wonderful quality time with family alhamdulillah.

In an attempt to stay more focus

The usual early morning planning at home after Subuh prayer.....before off to daily routine..

Time waits for no one

Its just about 2 weeks into the new year and im already panting tackling one by one of my bowling pins.

Happy New Year 2015

Ya Allah berhabuk bersawangnya sampai tak nampak ceiling!! jenuh lar kena asma org yg masuk sini hahahaha
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Ok will be back writing!
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