Living with Sarah

 It's been 2 months since my last update. I was really lazy to switch on my laptop. Of course a lot of stuff happened but nothing too significant lah. Anyway, I didn't get to wish you a happy new year on the 1st of January. So, Happy New Year 2023 peeps! Let's see... Managed to meet up with the usual achik-achik a few times these past months. Mid-December we met at Ies's new place in Kajang. Actually just next door to her old apartment. We had shellout yang sangatlah satisfyingnya. A few days before Ies and Jay attended Mas's sister's wedding kat Tg Karang. Jadinya, diaorang pergi pasar dan beli seafood. Merasalah makan segala sotong, udang, mentarang, lala... Oyster pun ada tapi I tak reti lah nak makan yang raw tu! Ada 2 talam shellout. Delicious! Another old friend, Ieya, pun join sekali. Cantik betul rumah baru Ies. Masa tu dia orang kata I belum buat house warming lagi for my place. Betul jugak...  Sometime in January, Mas and I met up at Jay's place. D...

 Anak comel is back home for her three-week mid-semester break. Rasanya first time mid-semester break lama macam ni. Selalunya seminggu je. Having her around means that I have kawan lunch. Boleh lah keluar makan or if delivery pun have something nice. Kalau tak tu asyik buat nasi goreng je! Her break ends this weekend though... sunyi lah Mommy dia lepas ni... Our country welcomed its 10th prime minister last week. PRU15 was held on 19th November. I have faith in our new PM and hope the new cabinet ministers to be announced very soon will consists of good and smart people. Insyaallah. Doakan jangan condemn je. Bila negara nak maju kalau semua benda tak kena? SPR guna inai Neelofa ke apa ni? Semangat agak tinggi bulan lepas pergi jogging. Dapatlah dalam 3-4 kali seminggu. Alhamdulillah no problem with breathing or heartbeat. Breathless sebab penat tu biasa lah sebab tak fit. I try to go beyond 5kms. Dapatlah juga 6kms ++. Target this month nak try 7kms pulak.  Walaupun tak berja...

 I was diagnosed with SVT in July 2020. One fine afternoon, my heartbeat just went skyrocket at 190-185 without any reason. I tried resting but it didn't work. Anak comel was having her online class at that time, so I went to the clinic myself. All the while Hubbs was in close communication from his office. At the clinic, our usual doctor, Dr Faizah immediately wrote a referral letter to Hospital Serdang, at the same time scolding me for driving to the clinic by myself. Hubbs came home, took me to the hospital, and I was wheeled to the red zone. I was given an injection (so &%$#@ painful) that supposedly restarted my heart and after that my heartrate became normal. That's how I got to know that I actually have SVT. The cardio specialist told me I might be born with the condition but when I was younger, I might not be aware of it and my heartrate became normal on its own. Bila dah tua-tua ni dia jadi degil sikit kot. I remembered I had one bout of SVT when anak comel was sma...

 Seriously, dah 2 tahun kita mereput kat rumah kan? And time sure flies when you are bored. Let's see... alhamdulillah things have really gotten better. In certain aspects like the number of Covid-19 cases and the number of vaccinated people. Well done! Hari ni tinggal lagi 1.6% before the number of vaccinated adults reached 90%. And that means very soon, kita dah boleh rentas negeri. Unless rakyat kena game lah! Insyaallah... What I would do the moment we get to rentas negeri? I nak pergi rentas ke Aeon Nilai! Hahaha... tinggi betul cita-cita. Actually we need to go to MMU Melaka to retrieve anak comel's certificates. Dia dah complete diploma dah. Transcript, other certs semua dah dapat via Pos Laju tapi ada a few yang they missed out. Her virtual declaration of diploma conferment was 2 weeks ago. There will be a real one but don't know when. Mommy dia dah terpacak depan screen nak tengok ceremony tepat pukul 10 pagi. Rupanya her Pak Ben pun sama 😊. At noon, anak comel da...

 Alhamdulillah dipanjangkan usia sampai cecah 50 tahun. Niat dalam hati cuma nak tengok anak comel habis belajar dan dapat sara hidup sendiri. Bonus sungguh rasanya Allah panjangkan umur. Birthday tahun ni alhamdulillah murah rezeki dapat food delivery. Jenis tau-tau je ada bunyi tingtong ada abam tunggu kat pagar! Sampai semalam masih menghabiskan food birthday. Rentetan makanan yang sampai 😋 Mula-mula sampai ialah this surprise cake daripada Hubbs & anak comel. My favourite cake - pandan gula melaka. Masyallah punyalah sedap. Setanding dengan Gula Cakery punya. Untuk my birthday lunch, Hubbs ordered K Fry. I memang sucker for K Fry fried chickens. Wajib order ialah chicken bumbuk dan soonsal yang cecah mustard sauce tu. Tengah tunggu abam GrabFood datang tiba-tiba ada abam FoodPanda dok pinpinpin kat pagar. Alhamdulillah Ijul hantar 4Fingers fried chicken satu kotak untuk Ateh dia.  Dalam pukul 7 macam tu ada abam deliver caramel cake ni pulak. Masalahnya tak da info da...

 Alhamdulillah. Things have started to get better. In Selangor that is. KKM said it's due to the high number of vaccination in the state. Dengan izin Allah vaccine works. Walaupun selalu sakit hati baca pasal anti-vaxxers ni, I must say I do respect their choice as human beings. However, the feeling should be mutual. They should respect us, pro-choice too. Or for a much better term - pro-evidence. As being vaccinated is a choice, both parties should accept the consequences. For anti-vaxxers, they must accept the fact that there are things they can't do, places they can't go, etc. I don't understand why they say they are being discriminated. To me, itu untuk keselamatan dia orang sendiri. You are not protected, so you shouldn't go around freely because you might get infected. You should stay home. And for us pro-evidence, kita akan jadi zombie tak lama lagi. Tadaaaa... 😜 I actually just finished a night jog. My very first jog ever since PKP started in 2019! Masuk Se...

It was announced yesterday that the lockdown will be extended until 28 June. Tambah 2 minggu lagi. Number of cases has not gone down yet. Kejap turun, kejap naik. Macam blood pressure akak korang ni jugak. Harap-harap semua orang stay home. Walaupun tadi masa I bawak anak comel pergi dentist appointment kereta banyak macam biasa je. Alhamdulillah minggu ni dapat sale daripada Carousell. My batik patchwork tote bag ada orang berkenan. Siap tambah order satu lagi. Tapi memandangkan time lockdown ni kedai barang jahit tutup, I kena order cotton webbing strap daripada Shopee. Kena tunggu 3 hari. Semalam dapat, tengahari tadi I siap jahit. Ni yang I suka berurusan dalam Carousell. Mostly tak urgent. Boleh bawak bincang. Dan alhamdulillah dalam dok bincang-bincang tu boleh upsell. Kalau dapat sale dari Shopee kena post cepat-cepat.  Yang kiri tu memang dah ada. Yang belah kanan tu buyer pilih kain yang dia nak. Semua ni pakai perca kain leftover buat palazzo. I sebenarnya tak exercise ag...

Insyaallah kita akan mula berpuasa Selasa depan. Selamat berpuasa kepada semua. Kali kedua kita akan berpuasa dalam suasana pendemik Covid-19. Kalau tahun lepas tak boleh terawih di masjid dan surau, tahun ni dibenarkan tapi ada kuotanya. Rasanya macam tahun lepas kami ni terawih di rumah saja. Ada tok imam kat rumah. Anak comel will start her final semester on Monday. It'll be a short semester. She has 2 options actually - either to do internship or to take 2 extra subjects. Memandangkan keadaan sekarang ni tak berapa memberangsangkan, she opted for the extra subjects. Boleh buat credit transfer bila dia masuk degree nanti. Alhamdulillah, dah dapat result last semester. She did great! Come to think of it, both Hubbs and I were so worried initially when she said she wanted to do Accounting. Seems that she's really good in it. Let's see... I have been busy with my sewing machine these few days. Busy meng-alter. One night masa terkebil-kebil tak boleh tidur - yup, my usual in...