Living with Sarah

CMCO for Selangor which was supposed to end yesterday has been extended until 6 December. In fact, the whole country is being placed under CMCO except Perlis, Kelantan and Pahang (updated: tersalah pulak😅). There goes anak comel's semester break. Kesian dia... Since cases are really high in Hulu Langat especially Kajang, we just stay put at home. Nak ke Bandar Baru Bangi pun fikir banyak kali.  Let's see... Since Hubbs has started running again this WFH period, I too have started exercising. Nak keluar ke retention pond tu agak risky, so I just exercise ikut YouTube. Setakat ni dah 5 hari with 1 day break in between. Alhamdulillah my heartrate looks good. Bila rasa sihat ni mula lah fikir macam tak payah pergi appointment hospital kot... For now I buat walking exercise then break dengan Body Project then back to walking exercise. Walking tu pun pilih yang high intensity sikit. Itu pasal malam-malam badan sakit-sakit! But it feels good to exercise again. Penat dah layan risau k...

Things look really scary nowadays. Number of Covid-19 cases are very high. MySejahtera app has been showing reported cases within 1km radius from our home constantly for the past 2 weeks. Tak sure rumah mana or siapa. There are rumours circulating that red zone areas might be placed under lockdown. Allah... minta dijauhkan. Ever since the PKPB started memang tak ke mana-mana sangat pun. Masalahnya suasana keliling macam tak berapa nak PKPB. Budak-budak dok merayap naik basikal ramai-ramai dengan selamba. Geram juga ni... Tak apa. Kita jaga diri sendiri. Insyaallah. Yang pasti, Hubbs sekarang work from home. Alhamdulillah, kurang satu perkara nak fikir setiap hari. Semalam birthday anak comel. Yang ke 19! Dah besau sangat dah anak I ni. Tapi rasa macam budak-budak lagi. Pagi semalam dia ada exam pagi. Last paper for the semester. Hubbs and I sempat ke Seksyen 4 belikan dia birthday cake sementara dia ambil exam.  Habis exam, turun dah ready pizza for lunch. Hubbs punyalah nak cover ...

The long Chinese New Year holidays is here. OK la, tak lah long sangat tapi long enough to have anak comel back with us till next Tuesday. She's supposed to come back today after her 4pm class, tapi semalam tiba-tiba buat video call tengah jalan balik bilik bagitau class dia hari ni semua cancel. So, petang tu Mommy dan Abah dia pun pergilah jemput dia balik. Alhamdulillah the PLUS highway was at its best. Pergi-balik langsung tak jam. My sewing project is going on quite well. Cuma tinggal lagi 2 keping saja nak disiapkan untuk first batch.  In total akan ada 9 keping long curtains for windows, which can also be made into curtains for doors as well, or even room separators. Ada extra 4 keping which I made into half curtains, which can also serve as table cloths or whatever suitable. I made them very flexible.  Sebahagian daripada yang dah siap 💪 Semalam ke Nilai 3, kedai yang sama, untuk beli 10 meters kain baru. Ini bekalan untuk cuti panjang ni 😇. Kain ni pun san...

Naik tahun baru ni mula rajin balik nak godek-godek mesin jahit. Walaupun kain yang dah dipotong untuk buat telekung tu masih lagi tersadai kat tepi katil, tengah rajin buat benda lain. Distraction namanya tu!  Dah siap 5 bookmarks dengan elastic band. Lepas ni nak gunting lagi kain perca cotton. Yang kanan tu test buat bookmark guna perca kain batik ikut creativity sendiri. Alhamdulillah jadi. Jahit biasa , lepas tu punch hole, gunting keliling guna gunting zigzag, finally letak tali jut. Macam exotic gitu. Baru je ni lepas keluarkan perca kain batik pulak. Nak clearkan kotak yang dah ada 4 ni! Pagi tadi terserempak dengan Anor, my sambal Che Nor stokist, kat Pos Laju. Tengah nak pos tote bag yang ada orang beli tu. Dia tengok tote bag terus cakap nak mintak buatkan untuk anak dia bawak pergi sekolah. Alhamdulillah... Another rezeki minggu ni ialah wang tak dituntut. I memang dah lama nak pergi check. Tahu memang ada sebab pernah dapat cheque tapi tak boleh nak cashkan...

Anak comel is back for the weekend. So rindu lah! Lamanya rasa tak jumpa 😅. As planned, we went to watch Frozen II. Just the two of us because Hubbs not so interested. Lagipun ada kerja katanya. As usual, I would buy the earliest tickets. Kali ni 9.45am.  Dah lambat pun sempat ke PapaRich breakfast! I sebenarnya tak lah minat sangat nak tengok Frozen II mulanya. Nak temankan anak comel saja. Walaupun the first movie was very good, yang second ni rasanya macam tak perlu lah kot. Boy, was I so wrong! It was equally good, even better! The characters have matured - they are 6 years older than before. And the animation - fantastic. The details of the sisters' dresses are excellent. Siap bisik kat anak comel - "Cantiknya rantai Anna!". Tengah contemplate nak ajak Hubbs tengok next week 😆.  Lunch at Kyochon. Anak comel tengah tekak Korea la pulak... Dinner pulak, we went to a newly-opened Western restaurant in Bandar Puteri. Our friend Muzz's sister bukak G...

Seriously nothing much these few days. Good thing we have the kittens. There were nights when we both just sit in front of the cage and watch the kittens. Those tiny creatures surely can occupy your time! The kittens have really grown. This was yesterday, the 17th day.  Hubbs and I went to watch The Lion King yesterday. Kawan tengok wayang dah masuk college, nasib baik ada kawan lagi satu 😅. Our verdict - awesome! Maybe kurang sikit emotion compared to the cartoon version but the CGI is really life-like. Pelik juga cartoon version lagi beremosi compared to this one. But still - seriously good. And Simba is so so cute. Rasa nak gigit telinga dia 😆! Semalam juga dapat order palazzo daripada kawan-kawan CBF. Mula-mula Coach Aqish tanya batik yang available. Lepas tu Rahani pulak interested nak order. Alhamdulillah, weekend ni ada kerja 😊.  Aqish ordered batik yang Mas belikan kat Langkawi. Kain cantik ni Rahani order. Sebenarnya teringin juga nak buat pants...

Selamat menjalani ibadah puasa. Hari ni dah masuk 2 Ramadan. Alhamdulillah, Ramadan kali ni sangat menenangkan. Let's see...  I sent the whole lot of CVL pouches on Friday 26 April. Cari pahala sedekah hari Jumaat untuk semua contributors yang baik hati. The last count was 192. I sent this package of almost 2kgs to the collection center. Alhamdulillah, I got word that the pouches will be distributed to various hospitals this Ramadan. Terima kasih kepada semua yang memberi sumbangan. Semoga anda mendapat setinggi-tinggi ganjaran atas kebaikan dan keikhlasan anda. Last Saturday tengok Endgame buat kali ke 2. As predicted - huaaaa jugak 😢.  Surprisingly, tengok second time lagi best. I think what makes Endgame so good is the little things you pick up. Little things that make you go awww... or heyyyyy... that you associate with previous movies. Hubbs kata dia tak nangis. Eleehhh... Kalau ikut kepala I dan anak comel, memang nak tengok third time 😅.  I compl...

It's already almost a week since Avengers: Endgame was released. So, anything I write dah tak kira as spoilers lah kan. Anak comel and I watched it on the second day. Thursday. Just like the rest of the world, we were so excited. Bukan apa, ending Infinity War last year tu memang sangat "menggeramkan". And that end credit of Captain Marvel sparked even more excitement. Finally, it's here. Pagi-pagi dah ready! Our show was at 10am.  Breakfast dulu. Nanti 3 jam kena duduk diam-diam. Sekarang ni favourite anak comel ialah roti bakar special kat Al Haji Bistro.  Sampai IOI City Mall around 9.40am. Tengok tu - kedai pun tak bukak lagi!  Bila nak start ni? It was truly a 3-hour roller-coaster. Ada part kelakar, ada part sedih. Adehh... Before the show started, I memang dah pass tissues pada anak comel. Just in case. Hati dan jiwa rasa macam kental. Tapi bila sampai part hujung tu... tak leh tahan lah! Ada this group of boys duduk sederet dengan we all. Bil...

Just got off my sewing machine. I finally completed all 186 CVL pouches contributed by friends and family. Alhamdulillah... Insyaallah Friday ni nak post. Semoga Allah berkati usaha kecil ini. The pouches I've completed. Alhamdulillah siap semua ngam-ngam 2 hari sebelum my own target date. Ingat nak tambah sikit lagi. Will see... Lepas ni boleh start project baru. Anak comel selalu complain I tak start lagi buat blouse dia 😅. Speaking of anak comel, yesterday she took her driving test. Kali ke berapa? Kali ke 3 😅! First time she took, she failed both jalan raya dan litar. Second time, dia pass jalan raya tapi litar failed. Padahal semalamnya dia kata cikgu puji dia boleh buat semua perfectly. Semalam - she passed litar. So, officially she can now drive. Alhamdulillah... Dia sebenarnya memang dah boleh drive cuma tersangat nervous kot masa second test. Semalam I "warned" her - if you don't pass this time, I'll force Abah to take leave on Thursday and ...

I'm making much progress with the CVL pouches. Walaupun ada hari tak sentuh langsung sewing machine, ada hari terus buat banyak! Latest count today - 101. Alhamdulillah. Tengah usaha nak siapkan contribution from 2 generous people. Target is still 150. Dah reach 120 nanti nak open semula.  I love making these... Kain terbaru. Lunch dengan anak comel di KFC Nilai 1 tadi, lepas tu ke kedai kain Jelita yang penuh dengan kain cotton. Heaven tempat tu 😍!  I have this stash of kain batik lepas that I offer to be made into palazzo pants. Sambil-sambil tu, I letak saja di eBay - sell as it is. Two days ago someone bought one! Yeayyy... Walaupun tak banyak dapat sebab I letak shipping fee ngam-ngam saja, it's nice to sell something on eBay. My last sale was last year - lunch bag. Best sebab dapat payment in USD 😊. Inilah kainnya... Pergi Florida kau! My Samsung steps challenge for April is going well. Hari ni dapat first star. Pelik sikit bulan ni. Rasanya macam d...

Ever since anak comel introduced me to Thor: Ragnarok, I've been hooked to Marvel superheroes movies. After Avengers: Infinity War, the one movie we've both been waiting for before the movie-of-all-Marvel-movies is Captain Marvel. Obviously it's no surprise that we watched it on its very first day of releases, as early as we could 😅. I couldn't get a ticket earlier that 11.15am. Still early lah kan since the first show was 10.50am! So, there we were, yesterday morning, at GSC IOI City Mall, armed with caramel popcorn and Coke combo, our eyes glued to the screen. Now, to give it 5 star would be a wee bit too much. Not really. But still good. I argued to anak comel that Captain Marvel is just too ridiculously strong. I mean, smashing a huge spaceship at one go? But anak comel said, "That's why she's the one to fight Thanos!". OKlah 👍. Anyway, the story was supposed to be around 1995 and what a surprise when I saw Denvers search the Web using, ehe...