Jumbled Thots

• haaa... amek ko dah kena soft reminder dgn org miri. kamek mintak ampun, bukannya sik mauk update.. nya sik ada masa, polah kerja. hikhik amacam? still can lepas or not kamek klaka?
• I started the post from Hubby's new toy (new la kan less than 6 months old - haha!).. but got sidetracked by a lot of things, thus terbengkalai again.
• I don't have time to daydream now, my mind is forever on the go and thinking. If not because of work (which by the way I have a new project to handle.. *sigh* penat lah!), then it's hyperventilating about Aliah who is going to start school next week OR hyperventilating about Aliah's party.
• Yup, her 5th birthday is coming up and I am having a logistics nightmare! Tahun ni tukar venue, buat dekat poolside at TokWan's place. Serabut! Serabut!
• I need to go and see the surgeon about the growth (yes, it is back) but I am procrastinating. How la?
• Why is it that year end = everyone takde mood nak kerja?

Teribble Twos

So it seems.

Alhamdulillah, Jannah does not seem to be afflicted by it. Syukur sangat. I guess because she knows Mommy will not be able to tolerate it clear headedly. Heheh..

At 2 yrs and 5 months now already, she can be so mature one moment and all baby-ish the next. And is forever melting my heart. All she has to do is smile. *sigh* I finally figured out why I love it so much, because her smile is so much like her Papa's smile. AND she even has the whole taring teeth to match.

Anyways, though sometimes we still can't understand her.. she seldom gets annoyed by it, but will determinedly try to make us understand what she wants. Most of the time now, she can tell us what she wants. Either by words or if that fails, by pulling us to whatever it is she wants.

She dotes on her Kakak. And Alhamdulillah Kakak is the kind that does not mind being doted upon. Whatever Kakak does, she'll imitate and they can play together most of the time now. Hide-n-seek, play catch, read books. I came back one day seeing them both combing and dressing their Dora dolls.

And she's finally figured out, when Mommy uses her stern voice and calls her by her full name then she's in trouble. Haha!

Amazing Aliah

For the past week me and Hubby could not carpool due to the fact that he has to leave early to pick Yon up and send him to the hospital and me leaving later after I've cooked the crab soup and made the papaya drink etc etc.

Anyway, yesterday the girls were both getting ready to go to bed but were still fooling around and playing with their Papa. Since Mommy is the disciplinarian of the house, I sort of remarked that it was getting late and they better get some sleep.

I left the room then and was later told by Hubby that Aliah made some intuitive remark.

Apparently, she said to her Papa that Mommy was upset because "Papa tak bawak Mommy pegi keje.. I know, tomorrow you can drive her to work ok Papa? "

Where did that come from?

I've never said anything like that in front of her nor did I indicate to her that I was not happy with the arrangement. Hubby knows however I am not happy with that arrangement. We're so used to carpool-ing and I really cherish it as that is the only time we get to talk about the day, our life and everything else in general without being interrupted every 2 seconds. In fact, I was talking about it to him earlier that day.

But how the hey would Aliah have come up with that theory?? Amazing I tell you kids now days. And how old is she again?

Denggi

Weird title eh?

Well, ignorance is bliss.. but when there is a sudden need, you'd want to know what helps.

Mak gave us a fright last week when we got an early morning call from Aunty Nor. Apparently, they had to put her on the wheelchair and push her out when she came back from her Tawau trip. She was that weak. Temperature was high ~38-39 ish. And she was vomiting like there was no tomorrow.

We brought her first to the clinic (you know la, everyone pun tak nak pegi hospital - gi klinik pon cukup la is the normal answer). Itu pun we left quite late as Mak wasn't strong enough to move. [thinking back - we should have called for an ambulance, but I doubt Mak would have agreed to it either] But the doctor there referred us directly to Co.lum.bi.a A.sia Hospital. So there we went and straight to the ER as Mak was having some difficulty in breathing.

The doctor came, and obviously Mak had to be admitted much to her objection. Mind you, by this time it was almost 4pm. The blood test result showed that she was positive for dengue. Which explains the nausea, vomiting, high fever and even the chest pain which actually was what we would call sakit ulu hati.

Thus came the question - how can we help her get better faster. Goggling and asking around, I found a few petua which was even vouched by the doctor at the hospital.

The easiest would be to drink 100plus. Lots of it. But remember to open the cap for an hour or two to get all the gas out. Or better yet shake the gas out.

The not so easy one is to drink air daun betik. You need 2 helai. Daun ye bukan pucuk. Don't use the stem, just the leaves. You need to pound the leaves sampai hancur lumat. And then squeeze the juice out. If you have kain muslin, use it. But I didn't and just made do with a sieve. All that effort will get you at most 2 tablespoons worth of juice. Penat OK nak perah! My hand has been smelling of daun betik for the past week and has yet to fully return to its original colour (it is now still greenish). Mix it with about half a cup of drinking water and a bit of air gula. Drink once a day. I didn't taste it but Mak said it was sedap. Haha!

This one by far is the toughest for me. For one, I have NEVER cooked crab before. NEVER. Nak pilih ketam pon terkial. Haha. But yeah, you have to do what you have to do la kan. So anyway, you need some garlic, shallots, ginger and peppercorn. Tumis. And then you add in the crab - 2 ekor ye and masak and balik kan sampai the shell jadi merah. Once that is done, you add about 3-4 cups of water and 1 stalk of lemongrass. All this is to be done on low heat ye kenkawan. Tutup and leave it until it boils for about 10-15 minutes. Finally add in the lime juice and some salt to taste. The original recipe I found it from said to put in coriander leaves and Chinese leak, but I didn't find it so I forgo that part. This one I tasted, and memang sedap! Haha.

Apart from that, fruits are good too. Dragon fruit, watermelon.

Alhamdulillah, even though Mak is still in the hospital.. she is improving and doing much better now.

Time's Up

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When push comes to shove, is it time to leave?