Happy 7th Month, Adam

Isk.. Ummi lupa.

Semalam Adam genap 7 bulan.

Dengar kata orang kampung, Adam pandai ajak orang bergurau. Kalau meniarap, bila nampak orang lalu lalang, cepat aje dia angkat dada tu tinggi-tinggi. Dan seperti biasa, melemparkan senyuman manis dia tu. Abah kata malam ni kita dapat tengok gusi Adam. Cik Mat ni kalau senyum, memang lebar, sampai nampak gusi tak bergigi dia tu.

Orang kata good thing comes in small packages. This package was not expected for. Tapi dia sangat menghiburkan hati Ummi dan Abah. How can we not love him, kan.

Happy 7th Month Birthday Adam.

ps - Adam kat kampung. Tak boleh nak letak gambar terbaru. Atas tu, Adam on his 4th day.

Honeymoon!

Sebetulnya saya dan suami sedang honeymoon sekarang ni.

Not by choice.
Neither by chance.
Terpaksa.

Anak-anak terpaksa ditinggalkan di kampung. Atfal Sayang ditutup seminggu.

Kakak rela. Memang dia dah lama merengek nak balik kampung. Memang dia begitu, kalau ada cuti panjang aje, nak tinggal dengan Atok dan Wan. Nanti Atok bawak dia round naik moto keliling kampung. Nanti Wan bawak dia pegi kebun kutip cili. Dia suka.

Iman diberitahu banyak kali tapi he acted indifferently. Ye lah, dah dia begitu kan. Tapi tetap saya inform beberapa kali. Cuma waktu saya nak bertolak ke KL, saya cha-alif-but. Kereta dah parking kat luar pagar. Kalau dia tengok saya bertolak nanti, harus dia meraung-raung dan akan menyebabkan saya meraung sama (inside, I did). Dengarnya, lepas 1/2 jam saya berangkat, dia cari saya. Dalam bilik air. Kat balkoni. Kat bawah. Semua dia siasat. 20 minit dia melalak lepas gagal mengesan lokasi saya.

Adam pulak, sebelum saya tinggalkan, dah siap mandi, makan dan minum susu. Rindunya dengan senyuman dia. Kalau dia ada, pagi-pagi sebaik bangun tidur, mesti dia senyum. Dengarnya, baby saya yang sorang ni menangis-nangis tengah malam mencari Umminya. Disuap susu botol, dia nyonyot aje. Bila dah habis, sambung nangis. Manakan tidak, hampir 7 bulan tidur bawah ketiak Ummi, tiba-tiba Ummi takde. Nasib baik cuma satu malam saja. Malam-malam berikutnya, dia tidur lena.

Rindunya. Kalau diorang ada, mesti dengar aje kecoh-kecoh berebut channel TV Kakak dengan Iman. Mesti dengar suara Iman mengomel sebab Adam cubit kaki dia. Mesti sibuk kami kejar Adam dari menyelinap kat ceruk-ceruk sofa.

Tapi.. tapi...

Kesempatan yang ada jangan disia-siakan. Inilah masa nak berdua-duaan. Nak berdating bagai. Nak pegi makan kat luar sama-sama without having to take turn to eat. Call us opportunist in this case, memang pun.

Mula-mula sekali, sesampainya kami di KL, pegi menyerang Seafood Terminal di Hulu Klang. Dulunya di Kampung Pandan. Last kami pegi hampir 6 tahun lepas. Masa tu Kakak tak pandai berjalan lagi. Dah lama kami berangan nak pegi tapi keadaan tak sesuai. Lokasinya dekat Club House, ada swimming pool. Konsepnya pulak 3-in-1 - Grill, Steam and Boil. Bahaya dengan anak-anak seperti anak-anak saya. Alkisahnya masa kami pegi tu, cuma kami berdua saja customernya. Mungkin lokasi berhampiran dengan Bukit Antarabangsa yang buat orang ter put-off nak ke situ.

Hari Selasa lepas kerja, kami ke MidValley. Misinya mencari barang-barang sekolah Kakak. Tak banyak sebab nak top-up apa-apa yang patut aje. Diam tak diam berjalan, pukul 9.00mlm baru kami dinner. Lepas scouting around, kami makan di La Manila. Tebby can be very-very choosy about eating. Selalunya dia suruh saya pilih, last-last dia decide sebab asik tak berkenan dengan pilihan saya.

Semalam pulak, nasib tak baik. Plan saya nak shopping barang-barang keperluan peribadi. Akibat berlengah-lengah kat ofis, pukul 5.50ptg gitu, GM mintak hadir sama meeting pada pukul 6.00ptg. Makanya meeting habis pukul 8.00mlm. Solat Isyak dulu. Lepas tu kami berdating ke Kampung Baru. Hajat dihati nak makan Nasi Bubur. Lepas berpusing-pusing cari parking kosong, tup-tup kedai tu tutup lah pulak. Last-last singgah kedai lain. Pukul 10.00mlm baru dapat makanan yang kami order. Sampai rumah pukul 11.00mlm.

Anyway.

Masa balik kampung ari tu, kami bawak Iman pegi Pekan Sehari di Temerloh. Orang Temerloh panggil 'Pekan Sari'. Sedari kecik lagi saya mengunjungi Pekan Sari ni. Lokasinya betul-betul di tepi Sungai Pahang. Iman pulak excited nak tengok sungai. Diheretnya saya ke tambatan (tempat bot mendarat. kan dulu perahu kena tambat. walaupun sekarang dah tak tambat, nama tu melekat. cam kita lah, dulu orang panggil comel sebab kita comel masa kecik-kecik. sampai tua orang tetap panggil comel walaupun dah tak comel he he). Alang-alang dah sampai kat tepi tu, baiklah saya snap gambor sikit. Sayang cuaca mendung sikit.

Esok balik kampung. Ambil anak-anak. Walaupun ini bermakna honeymoon kami tamat, it is something we look forward to.

What Do You Think?

takde keroje.
bukan takde tapi ku ngantuk.
makan nasi sama minum horlicks.
bukan kombinasi menarik kan.

tell me what u think of the new template.
tak sudah lagi nih.
nak buat keje ofis plak.

Adam - Bronchiolitis Episode

22nd - 25th November 2008.

Adam was 6 months and 11 days old on 22nd November 2008.

Brought him to APSH for pnuemoccoccal jab. Instead of the jab, kena tahan masuk ward sebab 'bronchiolitis'. He was coughing phlegm that time. He had on-off light fever now and then. Tapi dia tetap menten tersenyum memanjang.

Single rooms were fully occupied that time. Ada double bedded but knowing my other kids and how nuisance they can be, I did not opt for that. Furthermore Adam needed not for IV. Just medications and nebuliser so we went back home after booking a deluxe single. At that point, the person occupying the room has been discharged but he/she was still there. Clearance of GL and insurance always take sometime kan so it explained lah why we finally were called by APSH to 'check-in', only at 4pm. That was like 6 hours after admission.

So, there we were, me, Tebby and Adam and another 2 kids in tow, spending a 4d3n in APSH. Lazing around watching TV and eating free meals.

Adam had a blood test done on him and obviously he had some kind of infection. He was prescribed with Cedax (antibiotik), Singulair and another medication which I can't recall what the name was. Apart from that, he underwent physion sessions as well as suction. Having gone through that many many times with Kakak and Iman, we were, well... a bit relaxed this time around. I mean I can still hold Adam for suction without shedding a single tear. Adam, of course, cried his lung out! After the whole traumatic session, he'd, without fail, only stopped crying when I held him close.

Adam was discharged on Tuesday 25th November 2008. Among my 3 kids, Adam paling awal kena warded. The first time when he was barely 6 hours-old. In fact he went into ICU and later was put in incubator and warmer. The bronchiolitis episode was his 2nd, when he was 6 months and 11 days old.

He's now doing well. He finally managed to figure out how to use his little feet and hands to move forward. He has started raising his bum and be on all fours but still doesn't has the gut to crawl.

Well, that was one of the things that had happened during my blog silence.

Mat Sengih.. manjang senyum dia nih

Physio session. Melalak2 kena debik.

Pelakon tambahan yang lagi kecoh dari Adam :P

Baby Food

I am a strong believer of 'air tangan' concept

Tagged by Limaunipis - My Cubicle

Hi people. This is where I work, among the places.

I moved here (to this building, along with the rest of the department) in September 2007. I was at my early stage of pregnancy. I couldn't stand the smell of new furniture and new carpet. I hated the red wall.

I used to use a desktop but since I am entittled for a laptop, apa lagi lah kan. Terus aje ku tukarkan desktop dengan laptop.

See that bakul kat belakang tu? There's my food provision. Bakul tu pulak hamper ehsan GM sedekah kat anak buah.

Ku takde cermin cam Limaunipis. Kalau nak menempel2 bedak, tengok cermin kat kotak bedak aje.

Tagged By CikWawi

Tagged by CikWawi. I 'met' her virtually in a forum discussing about breastfeeding. So I am sharing some facts here...

* One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime. * Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.
* Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer.
* Seventy-seven percent of women with breast cancer are over 50.
* Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 15 and 54, and the second cause of cancer death in women 55 to 74.
* Risks for breast cancer include a family history, atypical hyperplasia, early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after age 55), current use or use in the last ten years of oral contraceptives, and daily consumption of alcohol.
* Early detection of breast cancer, through monthly breast self-exam and particularly yearly mammography after age 40, offers the best chance for survival.

Above facts taken from Women’s Health Organisation Forum.