Living with Sarah

Sepatutnya MCO berakhir hari ni sebelum disambung sampai 14 April. Kalau nak sampai ke 14 hari pun dah terseksa jiwa raga, ada lagi 14 hari nak hadap ni. Allah... masa ni baru tau perasaan terkepung ni. Tapi alhamdulillah I bersyukur sangat-sangat sebab walau kena stay home, sekurang-kurangnya selesa. Walaupun air-cond bilik ni tak berapa sejuk, tapi bila pasang ada lah rasa anginnya. Bila bosan boleh keluar jenguk kebun kejap. Kalau Unifi tak da cerita best, boleh bukak Netflix. Sambil-sambil boleh bukak phone sembang-sembang dengan kawan. Ada rasa nak timba ilmu boleh bukak macam-macam resources online untuk belajar. Sempat akak korang study macam mana nak buat berjenis-jenis face masks. Alhamdulillah... productive walaupun terjelepuk atas sofa. Stay home ni dah tak ada cerita sebenarnya selain daripada masak dan makan. Masa ni lah dok teringin nak makan honey butter biscuit Texas Chicken la... pau BBQ ayam Mohd Chan la... Sushi King la... Bersabarlah wahai hati dan perut. Now...

The MCO has been extended till 14 April. Almost a month. For me, I've practised restricted movements for more than 2 months already. Punyalah plan anak comel balik cuti nak merayap ke IKEA... nak gi holiday la... Tak kesampaian. Compliance to the MCO is the only way to flatten the curve. Allah... doa banyak-banyak semoga kita semua dilindungi dari Covid-19. Alhamdulillah my cough has started to subside. Ada ni sikit-skit terasa kalau macam banyak nau particles masuk hidung. Allergy lah tu. Now, what have we been up to these days? Some days puasa. Ganti puasa, puasa sunat. Letih dah makan! Tapi sebenarnya masih lagi aktif makan! A few days ago dah bosan makan nasi, kita buat lempeng pulak... Makan dengan sambal ikan bilis. Kali ke 2 buat sambal ikan bilis minggu ni. Malam tadi anak comel buat Dalgona coffee. Too thick kot jadi macam toffee. Ke memang macam tu? Tapi pening terus sebab Hubbs beli Nescafe Dark Roast. Guna cawan kecik ni susu tak banyak, topping yang ban...

Never thought this would happen but Malaysia is under movement control order (MCO) starting 18th March until end of the month. Restricted movements not total lockdown. The Covid-19 has gotten out of control. This is for the best. Insyaallah. Alhamdulillah anak comel is back at home before the MCO started. So, there was no panicking to fetch her whatsoever. Can't imagine my worry if our little family is apart during this challenging time. So, all three of us are home. Stuck with each other for the next 11 days 😅. Our activity? Not much. Of course we can't go out. I've stocked up on the necessities on Monday. Insyaallah should last us till next week. Bukan makan banyak sangat pun!  We went to Aeon Nilai to shop. Allah... we felt like our lives were at stake. Risau sangat. Rasa tak nak berselisih dengan siapa-siapa. We were there at 12noon. The place was empty. But less than 30 minutes later, suddenly the place was buzzing. Must be the viral WA messages about lock...

Cuaca tetap panas walaupun kadang-kadang hujan di tengahari. Atau petang. Atau malam. Tetap panas. Lemau dibuatnya. Kalau dulu boleh saja lari ke mana-mana shopping mall. Sorang-sorang pun jadi. Nowadays, tak berapa berani. The Covid-19 virus is spreading. Quite fast. Latest news kata dah ada sporadic case pulak. Better to isolate myself at home.  Let's see... I've finished sewing all the curtains. Alhamdulillah... Next week insyallah nak contact the person I'll be sending the curtains to. Semoga dipermudahkan. Ada rezeki nak buat 3rd batch pulak. Nak kena ukur, pack and label supaya senang yang terima nanti uruskan. Ada 3 sizes altogether. Weekend ni nak survey curtain wire dengan cangkuk. I also have drawn my friend Yatt's palazzo pattern. Tengah cari mood nak potong kain. Siang tadi panas sangat pulak.  Lama tak lukis pattern palazzo! Sementara cari mood, settlekan dulu tampal jeans Hubbs yang koyak kat lutut. Hari tu pergi kedai jahit dah tak nak ...

Staying home alone doesn't suit me. Hari pertama saja macam rasa nak buat independence declaration macam Tunku Abdul Rahman tu - Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! Masuk hari ke 2 dah mati kutu tak tau nak buat apa. Siap buat laundry terus terjelepuk depan TV. Lunch dapat delivery dari my brother Angah. Apparently Hubbs messaged Izzul asking him to look out for me since I was home alone and not so well. Alhamdulillah Angah came to check on me dan hantar nasi ayam. Settle 👍. Then, the next 2 days was like... I didn't sleep much. And I didn't eat well. Friday night terus tak makan. Seriously tak lalu. Hubbs pujuk suruh makan. Mengada kan I ni? Last-last dekat jam 10 malam punyalah lapar. Lalu buat this frittata. Sliced potatoes, eggs and cheese. Boleh lah makan sikit. Actually makan tak sampai separuh, ada je lagi leftover dalam fridge!  Anyway, digress sikit. I seriously need to get off this cough syrup. If I don't take it, I couldn't sleep. Friday nite tak ambik se...

One of those rare times that our little family is far apart. Hubbs is now in Langkawi for a workshop till Saturday. Pagi-pagi morning tadi jam 5 hantar dia ke airport. Risau juga sebab Covid19 dah mula 2nd wave. Kalau dulu terserempak dengan tourists dari China rasa nak bukak langkah seribu, sekarang ni new cases are all locals. And mostly secondary. This is really scary. You never know who is carrying the virus. So, I am staying put especially that I'm still having my chesty cough. Antibodi tengah very low. Duduk rumah saja. Mask is still sold out everywhere. Dekat 10 farmasi kot cari tak ada stock. Jadinya, Hubbs pakai mask motor ni 😅. Semoga selamat 💪. Hensem pulak laki aku pakai mask macam ni! Memandangkan I have nobody to take care of other than myself for the next 3 days, hari ni jadi hari malas sedunia. Balik dari airport pagi tadi, lepas Subuh makan ubat batuk power tu dan terus tidur sampai jam 10.30. Laki dah sampai Langkawi pun bini dia tak sedar 😆.  Lepas t...

The weather has been scorching hot these couple of weeks. Dalam rumah rasa macam sauna. Nak merayap ke tempat sejuk yang ada air-cond, tak ada kawan. Anak comel dah balik hostel. Last Friday her final exam started. Sampai lah next week. Rindulah pulak. During her study leave week, she actually took care of her Mommy yang tak berapa sihat ni. Bawak pergi clinic. Make sure atas meja ada water bottle. Tanya dah makan ubat ke belum. Kalau keluar, kunci kereta memang dia dah sambar dulu. Mommy dia duduk sebelah saja. Her driving skill has improved. Ada lah sekali dua kena tegur 😅 but at least now I can check my phone while she drives. Elok-elok berat I dah turun, budak ni balik berat I naik balik! Sebab cuaca panas sangat, gardening dah lama tak buat. Pokok cili api yang banyak buah tu dah mula kering dan kurang buah. Try semai benih cili tak berapa nak jadi. Kena tunggu this dry spell ends baru nak mula tanam apa-apa. But then our garden is at its best. Baru lepas kena mesin. Kali...