Of Open House & Sister-in-Law's Engagement

Hi lovelies,

I wish you Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia yang ke-56. Alhamdulillah untuk Malaysia yang masih aman (aman ke?) tanpa sebarang peperangan atau kekacauan.

Harini saya cuti. Yay!

So last weekend saya balik Penang (kampung Hubster) for SIL's engagement on the Saturday or Merdeka Day itself. Sampai sana dalam pukul 7am camtu sebab took off quite late from KL. The engagement was on the Saturday night and during the day my in-laws hosted a Raya open house for family and friends. 

Banyak betul makanan. Macam food fest pon ade. Not all was ordered. Some were cooked my MIL and elder SILs. MIL cooked gulai ayam for nasi dagang, kari daging for roti jala (Penangites called roti kirai) while SIL cooked ayam rendang. There's more! We had spaghetti bolognese by other SIL, mee rebus, satay with nasi impit and all its condiments and also nasi dagang. 

Banyak sangat makan sampai tak sempat nak rasa lapar. Haha. Most of the guests were my in-laws' friends. So tak kenal sangat. Aktiviti saya hanyalah bergambar dan look pretty (sila muntah please!). Just joking. Of course lah kerja saya seperti menantu kesayangan yang lain and that was replenishing the food! Saya tak perlu basuh pinggan (fuh, nasib baik!) sebab my FIL dah hired someone for that job.  Haruslah menarik nafas lega kalau tak, tak glam la yours truly. Hekhek.

Then that night after Isyak barulah start majlis pertunangan adik ipar saya. Adik perempuan Hubster yang bongsu. Alhamdulillah everything went so well and she's now officially engaged. I am so happy for her :) But I didn't have the chance to see acara sarung cincin because I'm stucked in the kitchen. Huhu.

Untuk malam, menu ada tambahan. Ada nasi daging, udang masak beriani, udang masak tiga rasa plus all the food we had for open house siang tadi. 

Tetamu VIP malam tu was Timbalan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang (I), Datuk Haji Rashid who is my FIL's friend. I don't get it why everyone's was taking turn to take picture with him as if he is a celebrity. Maybe for orang Penang ye lah kot. I dunno. I had one picture, ramai2, tu pon ai is enterprem only! Hubster had one sbb they know each other. Family friend kan.

The rest of the night apa lagi, camwhore la ceritanya, with the props and everything.

Memang penat sangat. Masuk tido quite late sebab tolong kemas2 all the stuff. Maklumlah not all fully catered. So kami lah jadi macai.

But it was fun tho. The next big event will be next year March.

Emmm...gotta start cracking the head for the family's theme colour and what baju should I wear. Is it too early to plan? hehe

Whatevs!

Yours truly, pembuka entri :)

Me, SIL 3, SIL 2 and cousin

US :)

The food

There's more!

Mom-in-Law saya

Hantaran for Her

Hantaran for Him

By yours truly. Ultimate yumminess!

Engaged! Sweet couple, Azura & Bo

Goofing around :)

Congrats lil sista!

Us again :)

Hubster and VIP guest

Nampak tak kak ton enterprem??hehe

Eid-Ul Fitr 2013 - Day 1

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir & Batin.

Hari ni raya ke-5. Saya sudahpun mula menuai. Tengok sekeliling office, lengang. Para bos masih lagi bercuti raya. Tinggallah macai ni untuk jaga kedai. Maklumlah, sebelum raya haritu dah bercuti awal daripada orang lain. Huhu

Raya tahun ni giliran saya beraya di Kota Bharu. Sampai umah Mama sehari sebelum raya (Rabu). Jumaat sebelum sehingga Selasa saya pulang ke Penang, jumpa keluarga mertua. Mertua saya keduanya orang Kelantan tapi berhijrah dan settled down di Penang. Hubster pula anak manja. Lagi2 bila beliau anak lelaki bongsu. Haruslah peluk cium mak dulu sebelum balik kampung bini. Hikhik!

Persiapan raya pretty much mama dah uruskan like tukar langsir, kemas rumah etc. Cuma lap2 cermin tu je maid kakak tolong buatkan a day before raya tu. Me and kakak tukang buat desserts lah ape lagi. Mom bahagian buat kuzi ayam & roti jala. Kakak made carrot cake. Hers is the best i tell u! I made chocolate cake, red velvet cupcakes and pavlova. Banyak la pulak desserts compared to main dish. 

Kuzi ayam with roti jala / roti memang hidangan wajib di pagi raya. Kalau takde rasa raya takde makna. Everyone loves mama's kuzi ayam. Pagi2 rumah mesti kena serbu for breakfast. Tak buat kuzi ayam nanti kena bebel dengan sedara. Diorang cakap sebab utama diorang looking forward is kuzi mama. Kembang semangkuk mama bila orang puji macam tu sekali. Hewhewhew.

Lepas makan, terus pegi lawat kubur arwah papa. Sedih sangat. Tahun ni tahun ke-2 tanpa arwah. Kalau arwah ade, pasti dia orang paling happy sebab semua anak balik berkumpul. Pasti riuh. 

Balik dari kubur, sesi bersalaman bermaafan dan bagi duit raya. Anak2 saudara happy, chesu lebur.hukhuk! Bila time salam ngan Hubster, terus kena sound, "harini minta maaf, esok buat lagi". Alah, macam tak biasa. Hehehe. 

Tengahari tu terus pegi Pasir Mas, kampung arwah Papa sebab sedara ramai kat sana. Lawatan muhibbah dari satu rumah ke satu rumah. Makanan masuk macam-macam sampai perut pon sendat. Nasib baik baju raya versi jubah dress / modern abaya. Coverlah sikit perut. Penat yang amat. Hampir maghrib baru gerak balik rumah.

Malam tu baking lagi. Kali ini red velvet aje untuk open house rumah Kak Long esoknya. Will blog about it later.

Till then, enjoy your Raya peeps. Looking forward to read about your raya story tooo!!

yours truly :)

salam lebaran from both of us xx

mama my everything :)

Anak2 sedara dah outgrown chesu. haih!

1st nephew, 2nd nice & 3rd nephew

Sorry banyak2 mom

Operation Theatre

Hello lovelies

It's been a while now since I last blogged. I miss my blog tho but you know-lah when the M word strikes, everything is not doable.

Remember I told you last time that I am having Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)? Well, you can read it HERE. My gynea suggested for me to undergo a surgery to clear the PCOS and to increase the chance of getting pregnant but I insisted on doing it the natural way i.e taking hormones medicines such as Duphaston and Clomid as well as visiting the gynea regularly. After 2 months of trying, the result was disappointing. So, I made up my mind to go with the surgery. This is where the sacrifice was made.

The date was set to be on the 19th of April 2013, on a Friday afternoon at 2.00pm. I was admitted on the same day of the surgery, about 10.00am. Around 1.30pm, after wearing the surgery gown, I was sent to the OT room. Tuhan saja yang tau betapa takutnya saya waktu itu. Mama pesan suruh baca surah Al-Masad byk2 sebab Mama cakap surah ni boleh kurangkan rasa sakit lepas surgery. Pastu selawat byk2. I did!

Keadaan OT room teramatlah sejuk. Macam duduk dalam igloo. Propa kan? padahal tak penah pegi pon semenjak hidup ni. Dahla sampai dalam, surgery gown kena bukak. Just a piece of blanket on top my body. Sejuk! Brrrrr!!!

I was greeted by a bunch of nurses and soon the anesthetician, Dr. Nazri followed by my gynea. Dr. Nazri buat keje cepat. Sambil dia nak cucuk vain, sambil bincang pasal politic. Ngeri betul lah. Mana tau tersalah cucuk vain mau pengsan x payah pakai ubat bius. Tapi dah namanya pakar, so he did what he does best. Sekejap je rasa jarum menusuk. Ouchhh! Then the nurse bagi oxygen mask with the ubat bius lah. Dalam 3 kali sedut kot dah kiok. Tau2 nurse dah kejut panggil my name. Time tu mcm lali2, ingat tak ingat and still macam weng. Habis operation dalam pukul 5.00pm and I was down until 9.30pm. Barulah boleh bukak mata and I saw  Hubster by my side with a bouquet of flowers! Auwwwww... 

That night, I threw up about 2 or 3 times. It was the aftermath of the ubat bius. Nasib baik the day before I fasted. So takdela madam keluar macam2. Alhamdulillah, the pain was manageable and there were 3 holes on my stomach. My gynea, Dr.Adilah came to explain the next day. She said the right tube was blocked and the hole was too small. Memang tersumbat betul. Serviks cantik, in good condition. The left ovary is a bit far behind tapi it's not an uncommon thing. So what they did was, they clear the tube, followed by ovarian drilling to clear the PCOS. Dr. Adilah said, lepas test cecair biru dibuat, both tubes now in good condition. Alhamdulillah. 

Dr.Adilah also found out that usus saya melekat ke dinding. They tried to buang lekatan tu masa surgery tapi halfway through there was bleeding so they stopped. She advised me to watch over my food intake and also my sleeping position, kena mengiring ke kanan.

Today I went to see her at the hospital for Post-Operation Review. I asked her the cause of the colon problem. She said that it might be because of the bacterial infection, which blocked the right tube. Dia kacau la usus tu jadi sampai terlekat sedemikian rupa. Nasib baik sedar awal. Kalau tak, taktau ape jadi. So, she gave me few medicines, most of them antibiotics to cure the bacterial infection. The medications gave me drowsiness, dizziness and I tend to throw up a few times. 

I'm now on MC for 3 weeks or 22 days to be exact, from 19 April 2013 until 10 May 2013.

Alhamdulillah is the only word I keep on uttering, to show how gratitude I am to Allah for making this journey of mine so smooth and I have the best support system I could ever wished for. Mama, my family and especially my husband were with me all this time. Alhamdulillah too because I have the best company who paid all the medical bills. Tengok balik jumlah tu, memang saya tak mampu nak bayar.

Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah.

Semoga segalanya dipermudahkan Allah di masa hadapan and semoga usaha dan doa kami dimakbulkan Allah. Insya Allah.

Nota Kaki : My gynea has her own BLOG. For those who would like to seek treatment with her, it is highly recommended. 

Saya Rindu Beliau

Assalamualaikum Papa.

How's life there? Rindu sangat pada Papa. Tidak penah sekalipun Papa hilang daripada ingatan. Setiap saat dan ketika pasti wajah Papa bertandang.

I miss u so much. Sometimes I think it's unbearable. How I wish you were still around. To see you smile, laugh and usap kepala. I want to sleep in your arm, like I used to do.

I just miss u Pa. I hope my doa will always reach you. I won't stop praying for you to be placed among the selected ones, to live in imaan forever after.

How I wish you would visit me tonite. I crave for your hugs.

Al-fatihah

Welcome Baby!

Syukur alhamdulillah. Last Sunday, 9 Dec 2012, a new addition to Hj Abdullah's family had finally seen the world. My sister had given birth to one healthy boy at Damai Service Hospital,KL.

Say hi to my lil bambam nephew. Say hi to ARMAN ADEEL B. AZMAT.

Papa Warded

Yesterday, I received a call from Kak Long telling me that Papa has been warded due to Dengue fever. It was quite a shock for me and I almost took leave to go home to Kota Bharu but Papa said I need not to worry. He is still ok. According to Kak Long, Papa's platlet has dropped rapidly from 100+ to below 40 since last night. That is why he was admitted. Me and Kakak were both worry that anything will happen to Papa. We also take turns to call him asking about his current condition. When I called him last night, I almost cry because Papa said to me like this:

"Jee jangan risau.. Papa ok lagi, still boleh bangun dan jalan. Jee doakan Papa cepat sembuh la ye. Jee pon jaga diri baik2. Papa sayang Jee.."

I love Papa so much. In fact, among 3 of us, I'm the one who is so manja with him. When I was small, I used to sleep on his arm and whenever I fell asleep in front of the tv, then he would carry me to bed. I also remember back then when I was still schooling that Papa would wait for me to finish homework late at night. I will always have that in my mind. Papa likes to pamper the three of us. He loves us so much and in fact he never pukul us or did anything that involves that act to us. If he is angry with us, he'll talk to us and ask us to repair our wrongdoings.. Papa will never increase his voice volume to us. He's such a nice and cool guy.

Now, since Papa is already 66 years old, his health condition has started to deteriorate. He loves gardening and every single evening, he will spend most of his time at our garden around the house. He likes to do all the activities that will make him sweat. However, ever since he had an eye operation about 2 to 3 years ago, his activity was limited. His intake of food also need to be monitored. One thing about my Papa that I will always store in my mind is that he loves to play with my hair and caress my forehead everytime I sat beside him. He never failed to do that to me. As the youngest in the family, I am the one who's been pampered so much. Pampering not in the concept of material but through his love and affectionate toward us all. That is the greatest treasure that I will always store in my heart and also in my mind.

I always worry that something will happen to my beloved Papa. Up until this hour, I never forget to call him to ask for his condition. Alhamdulillah syukur that he said his number of platlet is increasing. I will never stop praying for his health and well-being. Not only because he is my father but because he is MY ONLY PAPA in this world.

I LOVE U, PAPA! =)