Awwwww....so sweet

Today, I plan to stay the whole day in my base office. We are moving and spring cleaning activity is planned office-wide. While waiting for the activity to start, I tumpang duduk at my office mate's cubicle. He was away in Miri currently.
Sempat menyelongkar meja orang..tak senonoh kan? I squirted his Loccitane lotion (have to lah, kulit kering & gatal), put my handbag in the drawer and even flipped thru his desk calendar. Guess what I discovered.

A bit blur lah pulak

He marked my birthday..awwww..so sweet. Wellll...it was obvious he likes to remember people's birthday looking from many names jotted on the calendar. But to be included in the list, I'm truly honored. I did posted previously about getting a macaron for my birthday. Yep, it was from him :)
Now I feel guilty not knowing his birthday. Pls note I only remember my parents', family's and sibling's. Hmmm..but I need to check this one out.

2013 First Day of Ramadhan - Fasting report

How was it? Surprisingly fine! I was majorly worried about fasting at this stage of pregnancy especially being  more tired as compared to other pregnancies plus numerous almost balck-out moments.
So, how did I managed it :
Day 1. Pregnancy 27 weeks.
Sahur at 5am with kurma sebijik and warm susu kambing (Hi-Goat) spiked with milo.
Ate bubur lambuk (hubby's fav and must have) with generous sprinkling of bawang goreng (mbak's specialty, maybe I'll post about this)
Ate a quarter of roti nan & chicken tandoori, bought yesterday, takut kempunan
Ate a slice of whole grain bread (Gardenia with sunflower seed) with scrambled eggs
Slept for 45mins-1hr before preparing to go to work. I had to heap 3 pillows and reclined sideways, takut sebu tekak.

Alhamdulillah, half of the morning I felt full, ke sebab perut dah sempit ke, wallahu'alam. Around lunch time, started to feel 'perut sejuk mintak diisi' :) Other than that, nothing dramatic happened. The evening, biasalah, sleepy time..particularly around 3-4pm. We rushed back around 430pm and arrived around 530pm. Yey, solat asar awal you..kat rumah lagi tuh! Jarang2 ni.

I did my asar prayer and read few pages of surah an-Nisaa' and its translation (fening baca ni mak oiii...), skipping the complex and confusing parts (segala yg lemah itu dtg dpd hamba2 Allah). Then got 30mins before breaking of fast and I tried to catnap, tapi susah la pulak sebab Huda dok mengendeng. Hubby pulak yg berjaya tidoq.

Breaking of fast finally came. We had yesterday's blackpepper chicken, tandoori leftover, sayur buncis and kentang masak bercili. Oh yes, tembikai & mangga (rainbow type). Bestnya! It's a testimony that I can puasa penuh. I drank like half mug of ribena. Then before going for maghrib prayer, drank another half mug of warm milo. Terlelap masa tunggu isya', langsung tidor until hubby came back from his tarawikh at a surau close by. That was about 1020pm.

Before I went to bed (tak isya' pun lagi...nak make sure budak2 tido dulu), I had a small bowl of wholegrain cereal with low fat milk and another half mug of milo. Haisshhh...memang perut dah sempit lah. Tak boleh muat byk2. Gone to bed around 1045. Around 130am I got up, did my isya' and tarawikh prayers.

So far, so good. Today, I plan to take kurma during breaking of fast, drink half a mug and do my maghrib prayer first. Then only eat and tido lah ngantuk. Bangun around 10ish to have some food and do isya'/tarawikh prayers before going to bed. Let's see how lah.

Celebrity runner blogs

Keh..keh..keh
I stalk a lot of runner blogs. During the initial stage of my sudden rush of excitement into world of running, I totally devoured these blogs. That was around mid of last year. I spent like 1-2 hours daily searching, reading and fantasizing while reading them. Back then, FM was unthinkable, not doable. But thanks to these blogs, I discover myself and get to know my own capability.
2KM power walks turned into 4 then 5KM power walks. Power walks turned into run/walks. Once I reached 5KM run/walk, I started to venture into 7KM, then 10KM. If I were to go back to the past, telling my younger self that I would be running a 10K event, I would have laughed it off !
Anyway, back to the topic. Nowadays, naturally I frequent the blogs which are updated quite often. Tristupe's - full of technical details. Kak Tiffa/ Jamie Pang - both like to, hmmm...how to say this..get philosophical? The former likes to look inward (self reflection, soul searching) and the later likes to look outward (society, life). The light ones are like Lina/Nannoor's. And Fairy's - her blog can be an article/short story in magazines mah, well written.
Once in a while, I would drop a comment in their blogs and got giddy when they responded (wakakakaka!).

Sembang2 dgn celebrity runner :)

Thank you to all of you lah. You guys are really inspiring. Running angels :)

The day before Ramadhan

My search for cinnamon roll still on. So far, dah jenguk MyMesra, Cake Sense, Roti Boy, Dome, San Fran. Mengecewakan..except San Fran ada la cinnamon roll. Tapi besar bapakkk! Sebesar pinggan layan (serving plate) ! Ni makan 1 hari sure muak/ tak habis, pehtu kang tak pasal2 sworn off cinnamon roll for months. Where have all the cinnamon roll outlets gone too. We used to have St Cinnamon, Cinnabon. Dah jadi endangered species ke, or dah extinct?

My love for cinnamon rolls started when I was in menengah rendah. Remember White Castle? Cinnamon rolls were sold there. Murah je kut, I think MR0.50 per piece? We had school outing every 2 weeks and I would look forward to this outing whereby we would stop by White Castle and buy a piece.

Time2 tu, spending additional RM0.50 kira an indulgence. Yelah, nak beli toilettries lah, stationaries lah, meal during outing. Budget kena control beb.
There's another 2 stops to be made. King's confectionery and Isetan's Sun Moulin. Oh yes, kalau by habis kerja the huge cinnamon roll kat San Fran tak lenyap, I'll buy it lah.

17 July 2013
A few days ago, I posted in FB, seeking friends feedback on where I can find a good cinnamon roll. And tadaaaa!!

Another pregnant lady friend answered my call of distress. Thanks Yot!! She bought this and brought to the office, passed it to hubby. And she is already 36 weeks. *sigh* larat nak melayan kerenah makcik sorang ni. Dah la hasben dia pun tgh outstation. Alhamdulillah. Murah rezeki aku & baby. God bless Yot. Ehehehe.

Kids :)

Yesterday, Hayaa was at the PC playing games when Huda appeared, waking up from her evening nap. Yg nak tergelak (tahan dalam hati..) masa Hayaa nampak Huda, she said 'Huda!). And both hugged each other. Alolololo...hahahah..terasa gedik I tell you!
Anyway, about baby boy. we are now tgh actively thinking about baby boy's name. Antara calon2 nya :
- Imaduddin (or Imad Addin) - my idea
- Umar abd Aziz - hubby's. I kinda of like Umar since I admired Umar al Khattab - 1 thumb up. But Umar abd Aziz is wayyy tooo longgg. Hubby said he chose Umar not after the 2nd khalifah, but of another great ruler. I did my search and apparently Umar II was the great grandson of Umar al Khattab - 2 thumbs up :).
Rasa nye lah kan...saya memang dah berat ke nama Umar nihh..eheheh..

Headache 1-2 hari nihh

Tak tahu naper..let's see..apa yg lain :
- Stressed out dgn paper presentation (dah la ke repeat presentation...adoi..)
- Terlupa makan calactate 2 hari
- Too much caffeine & chocolate. Kita amik small size Extreme Mocha SanFran and cadbury mini bar daily
So pagi ni, berazam nak makan prunes lebih sikit plus beli isotonic drink Revive. Awat laaa depa tak boleh buat non-carbonated. Nasib baik tak keras sgt carbonated nye..

Nasik lemak org belanja. Prunes @background

Ni nak puasa dah, I need to be mentally and physically prepared. Need to do some homework, especially on food intake. My target, to take food that release sugar at slow rate ie with low GI (glycemic index).
Post notes : After taking in Revive & making sure my supplementary pills are on track, ok je la pulak.

Kurma nyam nyam

I love kurma. It's sweet yes, but with a glass of plain water, I can layan berbijik2 kurma in one go. Anyway, not all types of kurma I like. In general, I don't like them fresh and juicy and soft. I like them dried, not too chewy. Somehow there's this 1 type of kurma which I don't like - kulit kurma ni selalu tak melekat dgn isi. I cannot remember it's name.
The kurma that I like the most is kurma ajwa (aka kurma nabi since this one is Nabi Muhammad SAW's fav). Then followed by kurma mariami and safawy.

Dried and not so chewy.

Same like Mariami, but I think the isi is thicker.

I usually buy these at Pasar Tani. Seronok tgk mcm2 jenis kurma. Tu yg beria amik gambar. Tapi dia tak jual pulak kurma ajwa hari tu. Mungkin permintaan tak banyak, sebab kurma ajwa memang paling mahalll.
Selamat berpuasa by the way. I aim to puasa juga although dah masuk 3rd trimester. I'm doing a puasa try-out tomorrow (Khamis) and next week Monday. Puasa rase nya start Rabu. Risau jugak ni

15 July 2013
Di kala kami is running low on kurma, ni kira untuk berbuka hari ni memang takde kurma, tiba2 rezeki murah, ada vendor dtg buat presentation and bagi sekotak kurma. Alhamdulillah.

The box stated the dates as Piarum type. Tgk kaler, mcm Mariami. When I googled, Piarum is actually synonymous with Mariami. Woohooo!

26 July 2013
Rupa2nya ada kempen boikot kurma Iran because of Hizbullah support of Syrian regime and Syrian President Bashar Assad. Well, boycott of Iranian products actually but since this is month of Ramdhan, kurma product of Iran yang menjadi fokus. Kebetulan, one of my fav kurma ie kurma mariami is kurma from Iran. Aiseh..Oklah, will not buy anymore tapi those yg kat rumah kena la perabih kan. I shall miss mariami. Ajwah, safawi from now on.