Living with Sarah

 I'm 1 month late in wishing you a Happy New Year. Happy New Year 2024 people! May the year brings much joy and happiness to you and your family. As usual, my new year resolution is to lose some weight. Hahaha... same old, same old. I gained some weight last year. I attributed it to my fixation for that delicious Aren Caramel Latte. I think I consumed it at least twice a week! And my laziness to move around to exercise. At first it was - too early to workout after my ablation procedure, then it was too hot, or it rained... And suddenly I gained 3kgs. So, this year I vowed to reduce my sugar intake. Nowadays it's just air kosong ais when we dine out. Sometimes terbabas juga but rarely. Rice pun dah kurangkan separuh dari biasa. I also started my brisk walks 2-3 times a week and for the first time in 2 years, I think, I got my self the January badge for Samsung steps challenge. Yeayyy! I got this yesterday! Yesterday was also our 24th wedding anniversary. Alhamdulillah for 24 lon...

 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...

 Anak comel's absence means that I don't have kawan makan for lunch. Usually lah. Unless it's Friday and Hubbs tak ada meeting kat client's office, he would come back home for solat Jumaat and lunch. The first few days I ordered FoodPanda. Lepas 2-3 hari tekak pun tak lalu. Selalu sedap je tapi makan sorang-sorang ni kurang selera sikit. Last-last masak saja apa ada dalam fridge. Selalunya nasi goreng. Itu paling senang dan cepat. I memang ada selalu ada sambal gesek home-made so itu dileburkan saja tambah telur, sayur apa ada dan goreng nasi. Settle! Since I don't have to worry about anybody's lunch, I usually sleep in. My insomnia is really bad these days. The other night I took sleeping pill that I have not taken in months. Memang rasa mengantuk. Tapi golek-golek saja. In the end, tetap tidur ikut my normal hours i.e around 3am-4am. So, I ganti that sleeping hours after Hubbs goes to work. Dapat 2-3 jam pun dah cukup baik.  What do I do when I'm home alon...

 PKPB for Selangor is extended until 31 March. Whatever. Everything is still the same. Call it what you want. However, a few days ago our PM said that in the near future, movement restriction will be focused on locality and cluster. Now we are talking! Did someone just heard me grumble? Tapi kan, kalau restricted macam tu pun I think my area will still be affected. Sigh... Anak comel dah habis exam. Ingatkan nak pergi bercuti somewhere sebelum dia start semula class mid of next month, tapi banyak tempat penuh. Maklumlah, orang Selangor tak boleh keluar negeri. Lagipun tak lama lagi nak start puasa so orang ambik kesempatan bercuti dulu. Tengoklah kalau sempat. If not, macam biasalah anak comel ooiii... merayap sajalah dengan Mommy pergi cari makan. Minggu lepas dah start merayap sebenarnya. We tried Hanbing. Dah lama teringin nak makan sandwich ni lepas tengok cerita Hospital Playlist. Sedap! Antara tempat favourite untuk makan Korean food ialah Sopoong. Reasonably priced. And very...

It's already one week into the year 2021. So far... it's been chaotic. Number of Covid-19 cases is climbing by the day. Devastating floods in the East Coast is worsening. Meanwhile, politicians are busy planning for PRU15 when the rakyat couldn't care less about them. The only consolation for me at the moment is the nice cool weather we are having everyday.  After almost a year of not going out much, I finally joined the usual achik-achik for a very short getaway. We went to Fraser's Hill on Friday and came back on Saturday. On Sunday, landslides blocked the roads going up and down the hill. Alhamdulillah by then all of us are safely back home. The weather was damp and cool as usual but it just drizzled a bit while we were up there. We were very lucky! On Sunday it rained real bad (everywhere) that led to the landslides. The usuals - Jay, Ies, Mas and I. The weather was cool and foggy suitable for good long walks. And we did just that!  I think I appreciate Fraser's...

It's the last day of 2020! Tapi rasa macam hari-hari biasa saja kan? I heard there won't be any fireworks tonight. To celebrate the coming of the new year, today's Covid-19 cases is record high - at 2525! Pening kepala I... But you know what, life goes on. I guess by now we have already accepted the fact that the virus will be around for many, many moons to come if not years. Hiduplah dengan the new norms. Cuma I agak sangsi kenapa by now ramai lagi yang tak reti-reti nak buat penjarakan fizikal kat tempat sesak. Takkan tak biasa kot? Dari bulan March kot? Sighhh...  These few weeks have been abuzz with news on vaccine. Alhamdulillah. Kita kat Tanah Melayu ni dapat February nanti. Sabar saja lah menunggu. Sebab sabar sangatlah sampai I tak da mood langsung nak update blog tau. Anyway... PKPB di Selangor dan KL dilanjutkan sampai 14 January. Setakat ni Selangor selalu champion dengan cases paling tinggi. Tapi taklah terasa sangat sebenarnya sebab dah boleh ke sana ke mari. I...

Selangor ni ada PKPB ke tak ni? Pasal kat IG dan FB ramai je orang share gambar pergi makan ramai-ramai la... pergi riadah la... pergi merayap shopping complex la... Habis tu bila number of cases nak turun ni? Sekarang ni makin naik adalah. Yang tentu-tentu ikut SOP macam my small family ni terkurung kat rumah orang lain senang hati jalan sana-sini. Weiii... birthday anak comel pun tak celebrate lagi tau. Nak bawak dia pergi makan kat favourite place dia pun tak boleh lagi. I really don't understand these people. Selagi belum kena memang rasa diri kebal agaknya. Tolonglah baca pengalaman orang yang kena Covid-19 ni. Kalau diri tu sihat walafiat memang lah tak teruk sangat. Macam kena flu biasa saja. Masalahnya kalau kena orang yang memang ada health problem. Dan orang yang dah berumur. Kalau kena intubate... Allah... tak dapat nak bayangkan. That's the only thing that I have in mind. Doa banyak-banyak semoga dijauhi daripada penyakit ni.  Cerita orang yang duduk mereput kat rum...