12 weeks already

Tak sangka pun ye jugak :)
My last visit was 4 weeks ago (8weeks) and I could only see on the imaging, blips representing the heartbeats (kata doktor lah). Untrained eyes, I can only see the grayish thingy of tv habis siaran. So last saturday, had a follow-up visit with Dr Delaila at SDMC Subang Jaya.
The baby has formed kekekekeke. Me & hubby can see lah the head (no indication of DS), the spine (also no indication os DS) and the hands (also no indication of DS). Tangannya amboii..melenting2 gitu. Alhamdulillah all is well. Of course, the default doa applies ie pregnancy yg selamat, delivery yg lancar, anak yg sihat wal afiat bla..bla. Tapi di sudut hati tu doa2 jugak la dpt anak lelaki. Dah 2 org anak pompuan, nak la pulak boy sorang. Saya tak berapa kisah, ni haaa Hubby bersungguh na nak anak lelaki.
Hubby siap snap a photo using his phone and immediately di Whatsapp kan lah gambo tuh.
3 months, 6 more to go...I am getting old lah. Penat lah preggy2 zaman usia2 macam ni. Cepat la masa berlalu.

Macarons Laduree from Paghi

I've been to Lyon, but never bother to seek out macarons while I was there. People said it's very sweet and do not like sweet things that much. Except maybe baklava (nibble, nibble, boleh la).
Today, a colleague who's attached to Paris project, is in the office for this whole week. She brought with her macarons. Hmm..try lah why not. Emmm..memang maneh nak mampuih..tak habih la

I am not going to finish this..sorry la ma'am

Totally not into this...

F1 Sepang Circuit 2013. Hmmm..hubby got 2 tix. Both of us were not really eager for this. We've been to Japan GP many years ago, of course lah not the same with F1. But during the Japan GP, we were really turned off by the loud noise. Hence our lack of eagerness with F1. Mesti lagi bising kutt!

Cool ke? Really..cool, ke?

So yesterday, armed with ear plugs (we did not bring them during the Japan GP), we braved the traffic jam into Sepang, circumnavigated the circuit to find a parking spot (got one aroung P6, parking fee RM30 per entry...err..not really an entry coz it was just by roadside). Then walked all the way to the Grandstand Topaz (that took us about 1.5km one way - courtesy of Runkeeper).

No more photo after this - hands latched to ears, too noisy!

It was already noisy before we passed the gatekeepers (Gate 1-5). It was unbearably noisy around the grandstand area. It was hurtfully noisy when we got to our seats. It was ear piercing painfully noisy every time the car passed in front of our stand. Gawwd!! And this was with ear plugs and I had to press hard the ear plugs.
When we took our seat, the race was into 16th laps. By 18th laps, we left. Ain't that horror? really...cannot tahan one. We truly could not appreciate it..sad huh? Maybe next time we had to wear ear plugs + ear muff, just like what we would wear during heli transfer to platforms. Oh yeah, we made a short stop to the loo before leaving the grandstand area. Heaven in the toilet! The noise was significanlt dampened (ear plugs still on).
Conclusion, watching F1 live is really not our stuff. Just watch it on TV. Perhaps in future, we might go and see it again with following conditions : ear plugs + ear muff + watch from suite (hehehe). I think, wacthing from the hillstand or even from the hill is already helpfull to reduce the noise. That's it..we really cannot stand the noise lah. Sorry ah.

Coming down with selsema & batuk

Selsema dah 3-4 hari kut. Batuk2 just started 1-2 days ago. Huh, sengsara. Dah la dengan low energy pregnant 11 weeks lagi (please la, I want my original energy level back!). During time like this, my best friend is :

Uuuuu..sedap! fevret ubat batuk. Spoon lickin' good lah!

Takkan nak bantai ubat batuk je around the clock kan. I take this candy even when I have sore throat. Soothing!

Best friend when sleeping. My throat becomes dry at night & induces coughing. Seksa! Wearing this, my throat will not be so dry.

Pashmina...takde le design camni, tapi berselimut lebih kurang mcm ni (kat opis la)...seram sejuk nye pasal

Heiii..cepat la lega. Tak syok la selsema/ batuk ni.

'Apa yang penting, kerjasama!' :)

Dah lama betolll tak dengar lagu ni, tiba2 berkumandang wekend baru2 ni. Ahahaha! My eldest daughter used to love wastching this show. Back then, dia tak bagi kitaorg nyanyi lagu ni. She would be upset and tolak2 kitaorg. Hmm..sampai sekarang masih menjadi misteri kenapa dia tak bagi kitaorg nyanyi lagu ni. Sekarang dah besar kut, tak main la Wonder Pets nih.

Kring! Kring!

Telefon, telefon berbunyi
Telefon, kami datang

Telefon..telefon berbunyi

Ada haiwan dalam bahaya

Ada haiwan dalam bahaya

Ada haiwan dalam bahaya di sana

Apa yang penting kerja sama

Apa yang penting kerja sama
Wonderpets, wonderpets, kami datang

Membantu anak haiwan dalam kesusahan

Kami tak besar dan kami tak kuat

Bila bekerjasama semua jadi mudah

Heyy.. wonderpets.. Yeyyyy!

Natural disasters end of year

Yesterday, I read the terjemahan of Surah Maryam and I came across ayat 88-92.
What is so special about these verses ? When I flew back to KL from Lyon last year (it was around mid of Dec), I sat beside a medical doctor who loves to do voluntary works. Based on his many voluntary work experiences, he observed that natural disasters usually occurred around end of year. He said there is a Surah relevant to this.
That was the Surah and ayat2 which I read yesterday. The gist of the verses - about the langit nyaris pecah, bumi nyaris terbelah, gunung2 nyaris runtuh disebabkan kenyataan2 yg mengatakan Allah itu mempunyai anak. Christmast (celebrating son of god) at the end of year, fahimtum?
Maybe I should make a list of natural disasters, but too lazy, warrgghh.

Kay Poh road in Singapore

Saw this road sign  :D when we were holidaying in Singapore during CNY2013

Eating and Drinking them Hot

Had a breakfast with a colleague this morning in the office building food court. I had a kopitiam style roti (benggali) bakar and tea. My tea sloshed into the saucer when I picked up the tray. Feeling tak nak merugikan air teh yang sedap itu, I simply poured the tea back into the cup.

Simple but Sedap oooOOO  \(^_^)/

Teringat waktu kecik2 dulu, when my mom used to pour hot drinks into the saucer and we kids would sip straight from the saucer. Then my colleague remarked, 'selalulah tengok orang2 alim yang buat macam tu.' Come to think of it, I was thought in my sekolah agama, that blowing hot food or hot drink is not good. Konon2 nya menyemarakkan api neraka gitu..(wuih..). Being ignorant back then, but now I decided to do some digging. Breakfast done & once I settled into my cubicle, I searched for the hadith or whatever that says as such. Tak jumpa punnnnn...hmmphh. But what I found was list of hadiths relevant to this topic.

1. Tidak Bernafas Ke Dalam Bekas Makanan atau Minuman

- Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam bersabda: “Apabila salah seorang di antara kamu minum, maka janganlah dia menghembuskan nafasnya ke dalam bekas. Dan apabila salah seorang di antara kamu kencing, maka janganlah dia membasuh (menyentuh) kemaluannya dengan tangan kanannya. Dan apabila dia beristinja’, maka janganlah dia beristinja’ dengan tangan kanannya.” (Shahih al-Bukhari, no. 5630)
- Abu Sa’id al-Khudri radhiyallahu ‘anhu berkata: “Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam melarang perbuatan minum dari bahagian bekas yang retak, dan beliau juga melarang meniup ke dalam minuman.” (Sunan Abu Daud, no. 3722. Dinilai sahih oleh al-Albani)

2. Tidak Makan Makanan Yang Terlalu Panas

- 'Urwah B. Az-Zubair radhiyallahu ‘anhuma berkata: “Bahawasanya pernah beliau (Asma’ B. Abi Bakr) membuat tsarid, beliau menutupnya sehinggalah asap panasnya hilang. Kemudian beliau berkata: “Sesungguhnya aku mendengar Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam berkata: “Sesungguhnya itu menambahkan barakah.” (Musnad Ahmad, no. 26958. Dinilai sahih oleh al-Albani dan hasan oleh Syu’aib al-Arnauth)
Tsarid adalah makanan berupa campuran potongan-potongan roti dengan kuah daging.

Seee? Nothing about 'menyemarakkan api neraka' at all. I also could not find ayat alQuran or hadith yang menyatakan makruh ke atau haram ke perkara ni. And surprisingly, there is a hadith dhaif/ lemah with regards to this topic : 'Rasulullah s.a.w melarang dari memakan makanan yang masih panas hingga sejuk.' Lihat: Silsilah Ahadith Ad-Dhaifah, Al-Albani, 5230, hadis terlalu lemah.

Bottom line, it is sunnah not to blow into drinks and adalah berkat untuk makan bila asap panasnya hilang. Another thing, jangan lupa to check the validity of hadiths. Don't go around citing the hadiths yang palsu/ lemah/ dhaif. Wallahu'alam.
(source : Adab-adab Makan & Minum Yang Sering Dilupakan, Abu Numair Nawawi B. Subandi. 4 Oct 2012. http://www.ilmusunnah.com/ )

Abih dahh...happy, happy :)