Tuesday, November 30, 2010

December is almost here

December is almostttt here..
Wehhuuu..
December ialah faveret month saya..
 
Sebab..
December ade Toffee Nut Latte..
December slalu ujan so sejukk jek..
December slalu banyak cuti umum..(tapik tahun nih tak byk sgt..huhu)
December adelah bulan yg confirm nak pegi bercuti..
 
Tapik since we started our TTC journey this round..
EVERYTHING is put on hold..
 
.. Can't go to gym (ececehhhh..kalo ko dah malas tuh cakap jek la dot!)
.. Can't drink Toffee Nut Latte as much as I want (oh..btw..I've complete my Starbucks card..tapik bila nak exchange tuh stock abes plak..2 starbucks aku pegi dah abes..pffttt..so kena tunggu lagik..annoying.. tapik aku suka diary dia cantik tahun nih..can;t wait to get mine..and put my name on it.. hehe)
..and also can't book any holidays for next year!! huhuhuh..
 
It's 10 dpiui (days post IUI) now.. Can't help buying all those expensive sticks..hehehhe..
Yesterday can't resist to take one to pee on..
Hasilnye adelah negative.. sob..sob..
So we're trying to stay optimistic while being realistic..
 
I told leman mungkin takde rezeki nak dapat twin..(eceh..berangann..satu pon tak tentu lagik nih kan..hehehe)...sebab kalau twin, HCG level patut dah tinggi and dah leh detect se-awal ini..
But we still have hope..selagi si 'merah' itu belom menunjukkan diri nya..
 
Kan hari tuh doctor inject Pregnyl (which is HCG kan)..ohmigod.. baru i realized HCG is the hormon orang pregnant.. get it?? Meaning you will get all the side effect of a pregnant person but not actually being pregnant..
 
For me.. I'm having cravinggggg..
 
Enjoy December~
Macam saiko ok.. and yg lagik sadis ialah craving ku adelah CHOCOLATE!
Niceeee.. way to go dot.. huhuhu..
 
Sumpah craving ok.. Macam kalau craving nak period tu tau tak? (ke korang mmg tak penah craving chocolate time period?)
Tapi slalu period aku craving chocolate pon.. lepas makan satu bar picnic..or snickers..setel la kan..
 
Tapi nih tak ok! Asek nak melantak chocolate jek..huhuhuhuh..
Sedih nye.. dah la hajat di hati nak menguruskan badan..nih makin gemok ade lah nih..huhuuh..
 
Semalam craving picnic..
Esok nye craving snickers..
Pehtu craving banana choc muffin starbucks..
 
huhuhuhuh..
 
Last weekend balik Tapah..
Petang tu ajak leman gi pekan sebab craving nak makan Snickers..
Pegi la pasar raya kawan (nama dia kawan..huhuh)..kira paling canggih dah la nih kat pekan tapah tuh.. sekali takde ok snickers!! kecewa nak matii..
 
Rase macam meleleh leleh air liur..
Pehtu pegi plak Guardian (fuiyoo..dah ade Guardian kat tapah..hahhaha)..
Pon abes jugak.,
 
Whatdehel man.. time aku craving nak makan Snickers nih..semua snickers dah abes plak kat Tapah nih..huhuhuh..sedih gile.. 
Ade la coklat2 lain..tapi bila tekak ko dah demand nak Snickers..dia nak jugak la Snickers kan.. hahahha..
 
Pehtu dah buat muke sedih2 dah ngan leman..
 
Leman: Alaa.. nanti balik KL kita carik laaa..
 
Me: Allaaaaaaaaaaaa.. me cravinggggggggggg..nak Snickersss..sob..sob.. (sambil buat muke kesian)
 
Leman: Ishkk..ngengada.. macam tak penah makan Snickers..
 
Me: hehehhe.. alaa.. cuba la pegi tengok kat Shell tuh.. confirm ade..
 
Leman: alaa..susah la nak pusing2.. 
 
Me: plisss..me nak snickers..  dah craving me nak buat camne.. (baru mintak snickers dah menggelupur laki aku nih..hahahha..belom lagik aku pregnant esok mintak macam2..hahahah)
 
Leman: finee..kalau takde jual kat situ karang..ite hantar dia tinggal ngan orang asli.. (huhuhuh..kejam nye laki sendirik..)
 
So akhirnya telah ke Shell jugak.. dan aku kuar dengan menggenggam sebijik Snickers.. yeesszaaaa...
 
Horror kan.. cuba la craving yg healthy2 sket.. craving salad ke.. craving wholemeal bread sandwich ke.. huhhuhu..kan best..
 
But don't hold your horses people..
And dun speku yg bukan2..
Sebab aku nih kalau tak inject hormon pon.. memang suka cravingggggggggggggggg jek memanjang nye.. hahahahhahaha..
 
Cume tak penah la craving coklat sampai macam nih skali..
I think I've pass my craving for Snickers (lepas 3 bar ok!).. and in between dah melantak Picnic 1..Banana Choc Muffin 4 kot dalam mase seminggu..huhuhuh.. and kinder bueno 2..
 
Okla..hope my chocolate craving stops soon.. nak naik timbang pon takut..
Kitaorg satu dept dah la tgh main game biggest loser.. semua orang lose sumthing..aku sorang jek yg gain plak nih..hahahhaha.. nanti nak timbang pon maluu..

Friday, November 26, 2010

IUI #1: Remaining (part 2)

Dan pagi itu, kami pon meneruskan perjuangan yg belom selesai..cewahh..

First thing first, aku kena teman dia nih pegi bagik sample.. hahahhaa..

 Ini dia sperm donor saya.. hahahhaah.. of course la kena pakai sperm laki sendirik.. kang anak aku kuar rupe macam brad pitt kang kontroversi plak.. hahahhaa..

*Farina babeh, seperti yg di janji kan tiada gambar-gambar 18SX..hahahha..kang nightmare plak bapak aku 3 hari 3 malam kang :P

Pagi tuh leman yg buat muke lagik cuak daripada aku.. HELLLLOO.. macam la dia yg nak kena rodok and ronjang kejap lagik.. over tau.. padahal macam tak biase buat ape dia nak kena buat pagi tuh..hahahha..


Bila aku cakap kat dia.. jawapan dia.. "mmg la tak biase.. nih kat clinic!" hhahahaha.. naseb la kan.. at least takde nak kena cucuk ke ape.. bawak bersyukur sket plis.. hehhehe..

Lepas tuh kitaorg pon gi tapau nasik lemak lauk paru and ayam..and balik umah makan laju2.. It will take around 30 - 60 minutes of sperm wash.. or whatever it is call.. the process to seperate the best quality sperm from element2 yg tak penting..hahahha.. Neway, darling husband's result is A++ ok.. bravo darling.. tengah stress pon leh perform A++ kan.. hahahhaha..

Tu yg best sepital dekat ngan umah tuh.. nak kencing pon boleh balik umah..hahahha..So lepas makan tuh pegi la klinik balik..

[Note: I'm fully aware that cost of IUI or any other fertility treatment is lower especially in LPPKN as compared in TMC.. sebab aku rase government subsidi kot.. cuma personally aku selesa kat TMC nih..sebab 5 minit jek kot dari umah..this will contribute so much to my much needed stress free environment...aku tak kata private lagik bagus.. terpulang la pada hak individu masing2.. dan seperti yg cakap banyak kali..it all depends on rezeki daripada yg Esa.. Personnaly, fertility treatment nih tak kisah la ko buat kat mana pon..ade lah tak best, so we will try our best within our means to be as comfortable as possible..But I'm more than acknowledging how successful LPPKN is..so for those yg nak pegi LPPKN, sila check out this website.. http://www.littlemamadiary.com/ ]

Tunggu dalam setengah jam sebab sperm belom ready.. lepas tuh kitaorg pon masuk la day care ward.. The same room mase dok tunggu mase nak operation arituh.. hehehe.. actually they have a special room kot untuk IUI and IVF (mase transfer tuh).. Tapi penuh hari nih.. so they make do they normal bed.. Tapik naikkan bahagian bawah katil..Kira macam baring kaki terangkat sikit la..

Tadaa.. poyo ok nak jugak pakai cap tuh padahal tak payah pon takpe..hahahha.. mana la tau kot2 kang rambut aku cicir termasuk plak kat tempat2 yg tak sepatut nya..hahahha..nayee..

Since this is my first time.. harus la aku agak cuaks jugak kan.. seb baik leman ade teman dalam bilik.. Bila doktor masuk.. he's very gentle and considerate.. (tak macam mase aku buat HSG dulu.. terus kena ronjang jek.. pehtu bila keras kan badan siap kena marah lagik..sob..sob..).. nih kejap2 jek doktor akan tanye.."Zarina..are you okay?"..sambil buat muke concern gile.. And he always update is whatever he's doing down there..hahaha..
For me.. sakit jugak la mase dia masukkan ape mende tah nama nye tuh untuk bukak faraj.. similar to mase buat pap smear kot.. hoii.. kalau macam tuh sakit jugak la buat pap smear tuh ek.. huhuhuh.. bayangkan besi yg di ronjang.. hahahhaa..err..aku rase macam besi.. leman kata rupe macam plastic jek..it does'nt matter.. yg pasti sakit dan tak best rase dia.. hahhahaha.. lepas tuh doktor amik catheter.. panjang okey macam bekas jarum yg muncung dia ade plastic panjang macam oksigen untuk aquarium ikan tuh.. hahahha..relevant tak aku punye perbandingan? Kira nye panjang enuf untuk reach sampai atas uterus.. Doctor akan letak sperm yg telah di process tadik kat atas..kira nye lepas tuh kalau ko bangun pon sperm tuh tak tumpah la.. hahhaha.. (kalo nak exact process with medical terms sila lah pegi google sendirik ok)..

Tapik kejap gile.. tak sampai 5 minit kot dah siap semua.. yeayyy.. so all in all.. bearable la process dia.. yg paling sakit pon mase masuk alat pengengkang tuh jek.. mase dia masuk catheter and sperm tuh semua tak sakit pon..

Lepas tuh kena baring 45 minit - sejam.. Tapik kitaorg poyo baring sampai sejam 15 minit just to be sure..hahahha.. kan tadik dah cakap..kalau bangun pon tak kuar kan.. Tapik doctor letak 2 stage.. satu atas skali..and sperm yg grade rendah sikit.. dia letak kat bawah sikit..and it took at least 45 minutes for the best sperm to travel to reach the eggs.. (sperm yg kat bahagian bawah tuh)..
 
 Waiting time..Budak nih dah boring la nih tunggu bini dia terbaring jek sejam..nak join dah la tak boleh kan..hehe..

And yg paling best..lepas tuh doctor bagi aku mc 5 hari untuk aku berehat..yyaaahooooooooooooooooo.. ilang semua rase sakit tadik.. hahhahaa.. walaupon boleh jek lepas ko IUI ko masuk keja balik.. but you'll subject yourself to stressful environment la kan.. dengan stress driving dalam jam lagik.. so dah doktor kasik can berehat tuh..takkan la aku nak banyak songeh plak kan.. terima saje lah dengan senyuman yg dah besar macam mulut julia robert tu..hahahha..


Last but not least..What is the success rate of IUI?


I have this conversation with one of my good office fren (a guy)..and he asked..
"So by doing this confirm 100% you will be pregnant is it?"
hahahahahahahahahhahaha..kelakar.. i laughed hard.. and replied..
YOU THINK YOU'RE GOD IS IT? Where can get 100%.. even IVF pon maximum 50% only... IUI is between 15-20% each cycle..(lebih kurang la stats dia..kawan aku nih jantan belom kawen plak tuh so kalau stats aku salah sikit pon takpe..hahaha..yg pasti CONFIRM bukan 100% success rate)..

So now I'm in my 2WW (2 weeks wait)..Surprisingly, it does not bother me that much.. sebab aku bace forum2 omputih..semua macam obses nak test la ape la.. alhamdullillah nih masuk hari ke 6 lepas IUI, aku masih leh rilex..sambil lepak layan channel E! dan kucing2.. and OCCASIONALLY working from home.. hahahha.. sumpah susah ok nak toggle between work and facebook :P

Wish us luck ye youols~

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

IUI #1: Too much information :) (Part 1)

*Ade kawan aku tak paham sgt cerita aku nih..haha..konferm sebab dah juling membaca panjang sangat..so I'm gonna edit this post and split it into 2..

Soalan Pertama: What is IUI?

(Taken from http://www.pitterpatter.com)

IUI nih kira nye among the less invasive technique in infertility treatment (as compared to IVF, ICSI etc)
Merujuk kepada gambar di atas, IUI nih process memasukkan sperm yg telah di collect dan di process, (using a small plastic catheter). It aims to increase the number of sperm that reaches the fallopian time to fertilize the egg. Kira nya half of the work is done. The sperm were place on top, takyah susah payah nak berenang sampai atas..However, the sperm still need to seek and fertilized the egg(s) on their own..

[As compared to IVF, secara ringkas nya process di mana both sperm and ovum di extract, dan di senyawakan dalam petri dish. So bila dah confirm bercantum, baru lah benih baby tu di masukkan balik dalam rahim ibu. It's a whole lot more COMPLICATED process than IUI. And cost WAY MORE than IUI. capish? hehe]

Soklan ke-2: How does IUI work?

Langkah pertama, pegi jumpa doktor pakar :) ..eh silap..langkah pertama, sila menabung duit untuk perbelanjaan membuat IUI..bukan menabung duit untuk pegi beli beg LV (: p) (Haney babeh, this cost as much as that speedy! hahahha.. The things I do to get that lil one. Kalo besok dia besar menderhaka ngan i, I luku kepala dia lapanblas kali!! hahahha)

Err..terside track..sambung balik..Langkah seterus nya..doktor akan decide;

1) Nak buat IUI naturally (takde ubat takde ape) Logically, aku rase nih hanya applicable maybe kalau doctor sgt yakin system perempuan takde masalah..but maybe sperm ade masalah sikit.. (nih aku blasah jek ikut logik aku..hahhaha)

2) Nak buat IUI + Clomid (hormon pills) --> Mase Dr. Hamid prescribe clomid dulu.. untuk 3 cycle.. aku makan satu cycle.. itu pon macam ade hari yg miss miss.. hahahha..bongok.. pehtu next cycle dah lupa.. pehtu 3rd cycle baru continue.. boleh camtuh ek? huhuhu.. Neway, aku bace kat internet, clomid nye side effect horror!! Mood swings.. Weight gain..
Hello.. WEIGHT GAIN ok!! no wonder la aku gemok bagai di pam pam..hahahahhahahahhaha.. (tanak jugak salah kan my excessive food intake seperti coklat picnic, toffee nut latte, roti telor takde bawang, roti tisu kayu, McDonald big breakfast, dan lain lain makanan kalau aku nak list tak cukup space..hahahhaha).. Tapik aku tak ingat plak aku rase lain mase makan clomid dulu.. macam tak rase apepe pon..ahahaha..

Anyhow, for those yg taking clomid.. take it with discipline ok..i read somewhere you need to take at about the same time each day..
3) Atau nak buat IUI + Injectibles (this is where Gonal-f comes into the picture)

Since aku pakai injectibles, aku nak explain on injectibles jek ok.

Kan setiap bulan, generally every woman will produce 1 egg kan.. and if this egg tak di senyawakan..lepas tuh nanti dia turun la as period.. With Gonal-f, dia akan take over system badan ko.. Kiranya, Gonal-f yg akan control hormon2 semua la.. So instead of 1 telur, Gonal-f akan trigger LEBIH DARIPADA SATU telur.. jumlah nye terpulang la brape sesuai Gonal-f nih ngan badan masing2..

Tujuan nya ialah, to increase your chances of getting pregnant..sebab ade lebih daripada satu telur kan.. Tapi among the risk of IUI is multiple pregnancy (sambil aku chanting..twin..twin..twin..twin..hahahha) ..  Sebab doktor takleh nak control brape telur yg di senyawakan..and brape plak yg berjaya melekat kat rahim.. Tapi chances dia small la..especially kalau lebih daripada 5..

So ko jangan plak pikir..aku nak beranak sekali jek lepas tu nak tutup kedai..so aku nak buat IUI sebab nak beranak 5 terus.. lepas tuh boleh beli Alphard terus.. ek eh.. ter side track lagik.. hehehe..

In my case, Dr. Dev terus suggest injectibles..(macam dia tau tau jek muka aku nih confirm asek terlupa nak makan ubat.,hahahha..).. Tapik sebenarnya sebab mengikut kata Doctor Dev,
 
"Clomid works better with women in their EARLY TWENTIES!!"

hahahhahahah.. yeee.. thank you very much doctor sebab point out I'm no longer in my EARLY twenties.. hhehehehe.. Seb baik la aku tahap obses punye suke ngan Dr. Dev nih.. kalo tak kita putus hubungan silaturrahim ni sekarang jugak doctor.. hehehhee..

So aku start la Gonal-f injection tuh.. Lepas 6 kali cucuk..Doktor suruh datang balik sebab dia nak monitor brape banyak follicles aku ader (Follicles ni la yg akan develop into egg. aku ingat leman jek ade telor..aku pon ade telor jugak kan..hehehe..Korang jgn tanye lelebih, pengetahuan aku pon cetek part nih..hahahhaha..tapik kat google tu semua ade..rajin ngan tak rajin jek nak pegi bace..hehe..)
First scan after Gonal-f 6 kali.. aku ade 8 follies.. 4 belah ovari kiri..dan 4 belah ovari kanan..

Tapi follicles nih kena sampai saiz2 tertentu sebelom boleh menetas kan telur.. and tak semesti nya semua follicles nih akan membesar dengan jaya nye.. So doctor suruh continue balance Gonal-f tuh.. dapat la lagik 2 kali injection..Lepas tu doktor suruh datang balik fews days later to monitor the follies growth..

Jumaat last week gi jumpa doktor lagik.. and doktor tengok belah kanan ade 3 follies yg berpotensi.. berdasarkan hasil kehebatan aku meng-google and membuat kajian di forums and blogs, aku tau la telur2 aku belah kanan tuh tak memberangsangkan sangat size dia.. within 14-16 mm jek.. Normally bila follies dah > 18 mm, baru doktor akan proceed ngan IUI.. and doktor jugak akan tengok ketebalan dinding rahim (generally we're looking at > 8 mm before doktor akan proceed IUI).. Tapi doktor kata takpe, esok nya dia bole besar lagik..

Bila doktor scan belah ovari kiri plak.. ade satu follie dah size 28mm.. humangai.. nih ketua darjah kot.. hahahhaa.. and ade satu lagik brape dah size dia.. so overall aku ade 5 lah follies yg telah membesar dengan elok.. Kan originally ade 8 follies kan, tapi 5 nih jek la yg okay..yg lain tuh tak membesar la..

So lagik satu risk yg aku baca kat internet, ade cases yg kata follies2 yg tak membesar nih, bertukar plak jadik cysct! scaryy.. nauzubillah.. mintak di jauh kan..

Sebab doktor taknak take risk losing the biggest egg.. We're schedule for IUI on the next day..

To help rupture the eggs (release it from the follicles), you need to be injected with the hcG dose. The hormone, human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), is administered to stimulate the release of eggs from the follicles within 34-40 hours.

So sebelom balik tuh.. nurse inject kan dengan Pregnyl (which contain the hCG hormone tu tadik).. ecehhh.. yg best tuh.. aku plak yg memandai2 tanye doktor.. "Doctor..do i need to take Ovidrel (google jangan tak google..hahahha..).. Pehtu doktor kata high probably (eceh doctor nih nak berkias plak..cakap jek la ye kan).. tapi dia kata dia akan bagik Pregnyl.. sebab Pregnyl lagik murah..and have the same effect as Ovidrel..

Dia kata Ovidrel nih biase bagi untuk org buat IVF.. Pregnyl or Ovidrel or apetah lagik jenis dia..ade HCG.. yg penting tugas dia adelah untuk menetas kan semua telor tuh serentak! hahahhaa.. kalau tak amik HCG, folicle tadik akan menetas ikut time masing2 la kan.. tapi sebab nak buat IUI, lagik senang la dia menetas sekali..
 
Naseb baik nurse yg inject kan malam tuh.. (walaupon nurse yg bertugas malam tuh muke macam bontot ade bisul.. huhuhuh.. aku mmg menyampah jek kalau dapat nurse nih.. gaya layanan macam gaya sepital kerajaan (no effence. this is just a figure of speech).. Banyak lagik nurse sepital kerajaan yg aku jumpa lagik baik and lemah lembut daripada nurse yg satu nih.. aku pangggg karang.. dah ler nih bayar sendiri bukan claim insuran kan..hahhaha.. Neway.. jarun yg dia guna untuk cucuk tuh kecik jek..tapik ubat penuh sampai ke pangkal jarum..
 
Baru suku ubat tuh masuk aku dah rase sakit dah.. huhuhuhuh... Rase cam burning and pedih.. bila aku tengok bawah (cucuk kat perut jugak).. baru separuh ok ubat masok.. so tahan jek la.. Lama gak la aku rase sakit dia.. hahahha.. nak dekat setengah jam kot berbekas kesan dia.. Imagine I have to it myself..nightmare.. at least nurse nih yg buat kan..lepas tuh aku ngan leman leh ngumpat2 dia.. hahahha.. (kidding..i dun wan my future kids to look like her. so tak hot.. hahaha..there i go again)..

Besok pagi kena datang balik untuk proceed with IUI..yeayy.. (bersambung di part 2)

Monday, November 22, 2010

Road trip: Melaka 2010

I love road trips..Last one we had mase attending Endran-Louisa's wedding at Melaka..
Walaupon earlier in the day ade blips sket..but we overcome that..

Pukul 1215 malam jumaat tuh kitaorg bertolak from Kota D..

We're already booked hotel HangOut@Jonker in the week before.. Nampak from internet macam cantek la..so blasah jek booking..

Since dah malam bute..akak pon cuaks lah jugak..kang sampai Melaka kol 2 pagi..dah tak bley check in kang naya jek tido dalam keta..So call hotel siap2 tanye, and they say it's ok..bole check in anytime..
So i drove that nite..since leman dah keletihan buat day trip balik Perak siang tuh..

Berbekal kan GPS Ayong..kitaorg pon start journey..Yang best nye..GPS tak jumpa nama hotel..huhuhuhu..and ingatkan aku ade print address hotel.. tapik takde ok..and sebab bawak GPS, dengan riak nye tak print map jugak..padan muke..

Seb baik call BIL tolong google kan address kat internet untuk setting dalam GPS..
Bila masuk jek area red building tuh..ngeriii ok..senyap sunyi.. seb baik lampu banyak..
Pehtu GPS kata.."Arriving at your destination on left!"

Manaaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????
Left mana??
huhuhuhu..

Aku dah cuak gak la mase nih..dah la aku yg drive..bawak plak keta comel aku..Dah 2 kali pusing still tak nampak bayang hotel.. and kali ke-3 pusing tersalah masuk lorong club..yg banyak orang mabuk tengah kuar jalan terhuyung hayang kat lorong kecik.. uuuwwwaaaa..sccaaarrryyyy.. seb baik tak terserempak ngan rempit..Masuk kali ke-4 pusing baru lah aku nampak signboard hotel nih..


Parking plak kat seberang jalan tepi sikit..kira kena jalan la skit nak sampai hotel.. At 230 in the morning..soooooo not a good time ok..

 This is how the hotel look likes from outside..

 This is the inside of our room..kecik gile..standard Tune Hotel la..but very clean.. so we're ok with it.. and location adelah TERBAIK.. hehehe..bile dah siang baru leh vouch part location nih.. although parking sangat la lecehnye kat area Jonker nih kan..

But do lower your expectation ok..This is no Hilton..But it's not so cheap either..for such a simple room..We paid RM140 per nite internet rate..

 Nih aktiviti kitaorg petang tu lepas attend wedding..Best gila cendol dia..and best gile ice coffee dia..nyum..nyum..Kat sini jek aku leh abes shopping beratus ratus..hahaha..saiko..
 Ni aktiviti aku ngan leman petang tuh.. Tapi ujan renyai2..so agak tak best nak kena navigate payung2 in between payung2 kedai..huhuh..tapi itu bukan la halangan untuk aku bershopping kat pasar malam.. hahahha..

 Our next activity is the River Cruise.. soooo worth it..murah gile satu kepala spuloh hengget jek..kalau kat oversea jgn harap nak dapat murah camnih..even Kuching river cruise pon way mahal ok..

The journey took 45 minutes along the riverbank.. sangat cantik pemandangan malam..

 Cinta hati saya!

 View

 RiverCruise

 Acara seterus nye adalah dinner.. hajat hati nak pegi Portuguese Settlement yg entah kat mana.. tapik nih kan malam minggu, and kitaorg dah dapat parking best..kalau gerak kerata..konferm balik kang takde parking sampai lewat malam sket.. huhuhuh.. so not wanna take that chance..we settled for Taragon restaurant..

Mengikut review daripada Ayong, tempat ini ade lah to die for.. Tipuuuuuuu :P ..Semua yg kitaorg order semua tak best mana pon.. but the view is nice..and food sampai pon cepat.. 

Next day..lepas pekena asam pedas..Kitaorg pon balik Kota D..

 saya rindu rambut panjang ini..sob..sob..


 Cantek tak sunglass baru saye? hehe

Dear Husband..when will be our next road trip? Sayang dah mimpi nasik kandar nih.. wink wink..

Life is short..make it worthwhile..

Life is all about comparison.
No matter how we hate to be compared, it's just a part of life.

Every year mase work appraisal, we get compared with out collegues..
Every now and then we tend to compare what we've got with what others got. (as long as it's competitive comparison and not hasat dengki busuk ati, it's okay)
If you're unlucky, you parents will compare you among your siblings (lucky mine did not. tho ayong always be some kind of a benchmark. hahahha.)

Same goes kalo ko dah kawen lebih setahun and tak beranak beranak..

The cruel type would go all: "Anak jiran sebelah umah belah kiri baru kawen 3 bulan dah expecting.."

The trying to be sympathetic type would go all: "Ala.. anak jiran sebelah umah belah kanan dah kawen 7 tahun baru dapat anak.."

The cruel type tuh aku dah biase kupas kan..

Yang second type tu aku rase belom pernah kupas agik..

At times, yg second type nih pon boleh jadik annoying jugak.. Kalau dia kumpul statistic2 couple2 yg lagik lama lawen lambat dapat anak.. Secretly I will feel, AKU PEDULIK APA! It feels like a racing game sometimes..

From my point of view.. don't wait until 7 years to seek fertility help..Zaman sekarang dah moden.. banyak technology canggih2.. we can only berusaha but in the end it's still up the the Al-Mighty..The thing is, the younger you are, the better your chances are at getting pregnant with ART (i.e. IUI, IVF etc). So dun wait too long to see the doctor. Having said that, jangan la plak ko baru kawen 6 bulan sebuk nak gi specialist..aku lempang ko kang.. baik amik duit tuh bawak pegi honeymoon...hehe..

Another thing yg aku nak kupas is.. try not to wallow self pity.. But maybe it's too early for me to say kan..Kitaorg baru nak masuk 2 tahun on and off TTC..I bet it's gonna be harder and harder with each passing years.. Tapi we try la ok..

Don't thing you are any more less of a human being..or a happy couple..without that lil' bundle of joy..There's a lot of other great things in life you could focus on..your husband..your work..your family..your friends..

This goes the same with all of you yg belom kawen.. I believe you girls are also in a different kind of pressure.. dengan soklan2 bila nak kawen.. (been there..done that too..pffttt). don't feel that you're less happy or lucky in life by being single..

Life is short..make it worthwhile~ 

Saturday, November 20, 2010

And the journey begin...

This entry is personal..sebab tu memula aku macam takmo share..
Tapi kan.. other people with the same experience had blog about it, and I find so much comfort in their writing..so I hope my experience will inspire others who's TTC..(kau hengat ko artis byk orang bace blog ko? hahahha)

Here goes..

Remember I mentioned gonna see Dr. Dev next year for the next best option in our fertility treatment?
Well..I went earlier..hehehe..
Sebab arituh kan pegi talk at TMC tuh kan.. lepas tuh terus macam buat appointment just because we're in the mood for it.. hehehe.,and dah save sedikit duit (confirm tak cukup nak buat IVF :P)

So bila dah consult ngan Doctor.. he suggested I took Gonal-f with natural baby making..
Tapi aku request nak IUI.. (will do another post just for IUI)..
Sebab gonal-f tuh adelah menatang2 yg kena cucuk kat perut tu kan..
And dah alang2 aku nak kena cucuk2 perut..might as well buat IUI terus..at least everything will be monitored by the doctor kan..

We visited the doctor few times before the actual IUI day..
Every visit he will do the vagina scan for me.. Kachingggg.. can hear my money terbang kuar tingkap 3..hahahha.. Sekali scan is RM120 ..not that I'm complaining ok.. since kitaorg mmg dah peruntukkan fund for our 1st IUI treatment..not as if aku pecah tabung pegi holiday (err..which at the moment dah kosong ittew..hahahha)..

Neway..cost for IUI at TMC is around RM2500 - RM3000.. standby jek la to treat this cost as sunk cost ok..for those yg tak familiar istilah sunk cost.. it means no guarantee on the return.. kira tawakkal and yg lain tuh "kun fa ya kun" jek la.. BELIEVE and HAVE FAITH on the Al-mighty..If it's time.. It will be time.. Kalau dah mmg belom time..buat la ape pon still takde.. apepe pon at least from our side..kitaorg dah usaha ikut kemampuan..

Sebab tuh aku obses tgk Guiliana and Bill.. hehehe.. tapik diorang kaya..and dah move to IVF dah pon.. walaupon diorang kaya..still si Giuliana tuh pikir banyak kali nak buat IVF again kan.. Imagine kita rakyat jelata yg duit nyawa2 ikan tuh (aku la tuh..hahahah).. mana nak buat beli handbag lagik..mana nak bawak pegi shopping kasut lagik..opss..itu la semua nye kan..hehe..

Anyway..Took Gonal-f for 6 straight days..
satu stick 450iu tuh cost dekat seribu.. (part of the cost for total IUI)..

Mase nurse tuh tunjuk ajar..leman yg dah takut2.
Siap cakap.."uisshh..besar nye jarum!" ..hahahha.. thanks Husband :P

But neway..tunggu 2nd day period baru start cucuk..
At first I want leman to do it for me..

But since i dun wanna make a bigger fuss than it already is..aku pon decide la nak cucuk jek sendirik..
"Desperate time requires desperate measures..begitu la kekdah nye youols.. huhuhu..

Gonal-f nih plak kena sentiasa simpan dalam peti ais.. Bawak balik from sepital pon dia bagi ice pack..
Kebetulan kitaorg balik umah PIL mase first day cucuk tuh.. so naik beku lah kitaorg dalam kereta sebab make sure aircond maintain sejuk sentiasa untuk Gonal-f tuh kan..and this is on top of the ice pack..hehehe..

Tapik takde la aku cool sangat macam mat-cool-mat-cool-kawanku..

Days before I even start my injections (ubat dah amik awal seminggu camtuh)..
Hari2 aku pester Leman.. Pagi petang siang malam.. aku akan saiko diri sendirik..
"huhuhuhu..camne nih husband.. me takut la nak cucuk perut.. Husband buat kan la boleh?" huhuhu..

The thing about Gonal-f is.. ko kena cucuk at about the same time.. so for me the best time is morning sebelom gi keja lah kan..

Pagi sabtu tu siap set alarm make sure tak terlepas time..
Berteman kan leman dan mak mertua sebagai pemerhati bebas..
Bismillahirahmanirahim.. Terus aku cucuk jek perut tak pikir apepe..
Pehtu tekan and cabut.. easy peasy..hahahahha..

Pehtu pass balik jarum kat leman..
Pehtu kena marah ngan leman..sob..sob..
Sebab tarik jarum cepat sangat and ubat tak abes tekan.. huhuhhu..
Sebab depan mak mertua harus terpaksa senyum.. ambik balik jarum and cucuk lagik sekali perut.. hahahhaa..
Bodoh kan.. free free jek cucuk perut sampai 2 kali pagi tuh.. huhuhu..

Lepas 1st time tuh.. harus mak dah jadik pro nyeh..
Sometime sakit lebih sikit.. maybe tersalah cucuk ke ape..but dun worry..nothing that I couldn't handle pon..
Jarum tuh pendek jek pon.. and I started with 75iu which is small.. so maybe sebab tu tak sakit sangat kot..
And it help loads that we used the pre-filled pen type..not the type yg kena isi ubat dalam jarum sendirik kan..

Okla. that's all that i wanna share for now..
Laters~

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Chopped!

1 word to sum up myself today..
GATAL!

huhuhuhhu..
Kan kata nak masak mee rebus and jemput udang kan for raya..

Tapik sebab nak kasik laki happy.. I attempted to make his favorite lodeh/lontong(what is the different between lontong and lodeh anyway?).. For some or maybe most of you.. so what? big deal! hehehhe..
For me yg first timer nih..of cos big deal..extra pressure sebab esok nak raya.. huhuhhu..

So okla.. start cooking at 9 pm.. belom start memasak dah letih satu badan..huhuhu..sebab kan keja sepanjang siang.. and then gi lari sini sana carik bahan2 nak masak kan..

Lepas siang semua mende2.. siang udang 2 kilo setengah..siang ayam (nih ezejerate sebab ayam daging fillet..heheh)..siang sotong (aku nak gak letak sotong dalam lontong aku :P) .. siang la semua sayur2 dan topu dan tempe.. Pehtu prepare plak bahan2 nak blender..

kengkonon nak kasik extra kasih sayang..
Kuar plak lesung batu.. mungkin kasik tumbuk lagik sedap kot.. hahahhaha.. (padahal zaika dah ajar dah..tak payah blend pon bole dia kata.. hiris jek halus2..)..
Tapi harus tak dengar kan.. nak jugak tunjuk terer.. ehehehhe..
Baru masuk bawang merah ngan bawang putih..lesung batu aku yg cenonet tuh dah nak melimpah dah.. whahahahah.. bijak bijak..

So frick it.. terus aku amik blender campak semua bende dalam blender.. hahahha...
Salah satu bahan.. kunyit idup satu jari.. wei.. jari banyak saiz weih..jari aku ke.. jari leman? hehehehe..
So setelah aku campak2 itu ini.. dah masak la lontong aku..

Aku memang tak minat lontong.. so esok tengok la lalu ke tak lalu laki aku nak makan.. hehehehe..
So for myself.. aku nak masak la mee rebus..

Dalam letih2 kaki semua dah tak rase tuh.. aku pon siang daging plak.. huhuhhu..
Pehtu perencah instant la ape lagik.. hehehe..
Campak 1 + setengah paket perencah.. tunggu mendidih sikit..campak daging.. aku pon pegi la mandi..
Lepas mandi.. nak rase lah masakan sendirik.. (last week aku dah masak dah mee rebus.. and sedap higga menjilat jari,., hehehhe.. ehem..sape lagik nak puji sendirik masak kan..hehehe)..

Mase nak rase tuh..aku dah terbau dah bau mee bandung..mase aku masak mee rebus last week bau dia bukan macam nih.. So aku pon amik la sudu rase kan..

Uuuuwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

Sah aku tercampak setengah paket tuh perencah mee bandung! huhuhuhhhuuh..
Rosak rasa signature dish aku besok..hahahhaha..

Ini pon mee and nasik impit ayong baik hati tolong setelkan..Kalau tak mau tertonggeng aku kat dapur..hahahhaha...Aku tabik spring la korang2 yg lepas balik keja masak2 itu ini..pehtu jaga anak plak.. vitamin ape korang makan? aku nak sikit.. hehehe..

Neway.. at least leman happy..
Bini dia attempt nak masak faveret food dia.. hehe..
In the end.. worth it semua penat lelah tengok leman senyum :)

To my husband..
Sorry la bini nih tak pandai masak.. (tapik mende2 lain pandai kan..kan..hahahhaha)
Thank you sebab tolong kemas umah hari nih.. sangat spick and span..
I love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.. (makin sayang kalau dapat duit raya lebih esok :))

Esok aku taknak pegi mana2..
Aku punye penat nih sampai jumaat tak abes nih..hehehee..

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha

Esok raya.
Tahun nih kitaorg tak balik kampung.
Sebab it's in the middle of the week.
and cuti pon dah kurang.

Actually to think about it, dah beberapa kali dah sambut raya haji at KD.
No biggie.
Cuma langsung tak rasa suasana raya. hehehe..

Tapik tahun nih I'll try to make some suasana raya for my husband.
I'll start with cooking (err..BERCADANG untuk cook anyway..heheheh).

On the menu is Mee Rebus..(harus bijak carik mende senang2 untuk di masak..hahaha)..
And also jemput udang.. (hahahahha..nampak sangat la "kerajinan" bini..masak mee rebus ngan jemput udang dah dapat suasana raya..piiirrraaaaahhhh!!) hahahaha..
nak suruh akak masak rondang..tak dapek la den..
Esok tak keja maa..itu lah mase boleh rilek tengok tivi tak payah buat apepe. best.

Kan best kalau khamis jumaat pon tak kerja.
Syndrome malas-ujung-tahun ku sudah tiba..

To Abah..we're gonna miss you this raya..
Jangan  nanges plak dengar takbir raya teringat anak2 yg jauh di perantauan..wahahahhaa..
(ellee..orang tuh dah ade bini baru mane heran dah anak2 tak balik beraya :P)
We'll call you petang kang and esok ok..

To husband.. kang balik bini bagik bekas angpau untuk isi kan duit raya untuk bini..thank you..

To all my muslim readers and frens..SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI RAYA AIDILADHA

Be safe wherever you are~

PS: owwhh..baru pukul 245 petang..demm.. malas dengan dasyat sekali.. huhuhu..keja dah la banyak nih.. tapi tak kira..kang nak balik kol 500 tepat dah tunggu tepi pintu nak swipe out..nak balik carik buluh lagik..nak kacau dodol lagik..

Monday, November 15, 2010

Terlajak perahu boleh reverse..terlajak potong buruk rupenye..

Sob..sob..
 
This is one area where I never ever learn! huhuhuu..
 
Dah nak penutup 2010 nih..gatal jugak nak potong rambut..
Hasil nye langsung tak memberangsangkan..huhuhuhu..
 
Leman gelak2 jek cakap..
 
"Don't worry honey.. Nothing beats your disasterous hairdo mase pesyen flat macam lempeng dulu..hahahah"
 
Siyot kan laki sendirik.. nak jek aku siku.. dush..dush..
 
To think that I actually asked for a "Rachel" hairdo..
Bodo piang! hahahhahah
 
Ayong plak cakap..
 
"Hah..hang tau tak Rachel ade banyak pesyen..pesyen mana satu yg hang mintak?"
 
Dot jawap: "hah..banyak eh..bukan ade satu jek ke pesyen dia? huhuhuh"
 
Pehtu ayong gi carik kat internet..tunjuk kat aku..
 
"ooo..dia potong kan hang rachel season 1 kot..hahahhaha"
 
huhuhuhuh..
Nanges air mata darah sekali pon tak berguna..
 
Okla..
Nak pegi makan untuk mengubat hati yg luka..
Roger and Out~

Friday, November 12, 2010

Note to Ayahanda

Haih..
Abah nih degil tau (yes abah. you read it right the first time :P)
 
Mase dia single dulu..kalau bab nak pegi doktor tuh..aku bebel sampai dah nak bernanah telinga dia baru lah pegi.. itu pon harus aku jugak yg bawak and teman kan.. (err..tapik part membayor tu aku tak ingat plak..hehehe..)
 
Alhamdullillah so far he's as healthty as a horse (ade kan peribahasa omputih macam nih?)..kalau takde..anakanda mintak mahap kerna telah menyamakan ayahanda dengan seekor kuda..hehehe..
 
More than 1 month ago.. pakcik nih telah terjatuh tangga..
Tu pon dia senyappp jek tanak bagitau aku..
Mmg geram jek aku bila tau..
Bukan geram sebab dia jatuh.. sebab geram dia takmo share kalau dia sakit!
 
Bagos jugak dia bace blog aku.. biar rase kan senang aku declare or nak mengumpat terus kat sini..hahhahaha..
 
Jatuh kenapa?
Jatuh sebab panjat tangga.. Dengan niat suci murni nak tulung kucing.. (malas nak eloborate)..
Yg pasti jatuh gedebuk ke tanah.. pehtu dah terpeleot tangan..
 
Bila X-Ray alhamdullillah tak patah ke ape ke..
Mengikut cerita dia bila kejadian tu dah basi.. siap demam and tak larat driving 3 hari..
 
Fast forward to now.. tangan/lengan dia masih sakit..
Especially kalau dia tido mengiring..
 
Again..harus lah aku dah membebel..
Tapik sekarang orang tu kan dah ade bini.. patut nye tak payah la anak dia nak membebel dah kan.. bini dia la yg patut nye membebel suh dia pegi follow up check up.. :P
 
Aku nak suruh dia pegi buat MRI..
As ex-goverment officer, he's still under government's care..pegi jek la memana sepital kerajaan..or lagik best leh pegi jek sepital navy dalam base tuh.. definitely free and first class all the way..
 
Tapi biase la..tak degil tak sah..
Dengan alasan RAMAI ORANG-LECEH-ABAH MALAS NAK PEGI SANA!
 
Ayahanda..
Anda bukan ade boss nak marah kalau anda masuk keja lambat..
Bukan ade punch card nak maintain..
You have the luxury of all the time in the world..
Nak ngan tanak jek..
 
So tu la dia..
Aku jadik susah hati..
Sebab dia still tak buat MRI..
Takut ade ligamen or muscle torn or what not..
 
To Abah..
PLEASE GET THAT MRI..
It will bring peace to our minds.
Thank you~ 
 

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Melancholy

Yesterday evening, we sent off my in laws at KJ to perform their Hajj..
Ramai gile manusia.. can't even imagine the numbers over there in Tanah suci..

About 10 years back, we were at this same place when we sent off Abah and arwah mak and Opah and Opah muk to perform their Hajj. I was still in Uni at the time..

Of course I feel sadness..Cos I won't be seeing my parents and Opah for 1 whole month.. Tapi kate dok hostel kan..it's not as if i get to see them everyday pon.. but still.. sedih la jugak..cause won't be able to call them bebila suka kan.. Tapi mase salam2 pon.. takde la melalak melampau pon kan.. and kitaorg babai mak and abah awal.. before maghrib diorang dah nak masuk and kitaorg pon balik la..

But yesterday was a bit different.. I guess, age does play a big role in your life..

On top of sedih to see my in laws gone for 41 days.. I also feel melancholy and sad thinking..
"Bila lah rezeki aku nak sampai pulak (for Umrah or Hajj)"
And I cried even more..
Especially semalam teman mak and daddy masuk sampai pintu.. siap diorang pasang ayat2 "Labaikaullah..humalabbai.." .. so lagikk la aku sedih.. huhuhhu..

10 years ago.. tak terdetik langsung sedih kat hati bila la aku plak nak dapat pergi tanah suci..
10 years after.. NOW.. I can't wait for my turn to finally come..Insyallah :)

2 of my officemate pon going to perform their hajj this season..
Nowadays, you would see younger and younger people performing Hajj..
Bagus la.. sebab macam memberi kesedaran pade kita2 yg mude nih..

To my in laws and frens.. Selamat menunaikan ibadah haji..smoge memperoleh haji yg mabrur..

Sunday, November 07, 2010

Taiwan: Wulai (Day 5) and then time to go home

Day 5..
Ermm.. belom balik lagik ek? hahahha..
Maybe selalu kitaorg kalau gi holiday 6 days tuh dah enuf dah..termasuk travelling days..Tapi kalo tempat omputih 6 days definetely tak cukup la kan..Tapi Taiwan..6 days rase cam dah berlebih lebih dah.. hahahha..bole homesick gitu.. huhuhu..especially becos kitaorg takleh nak tepon Hiro..over sungguh..hehe..

Neway, semalam nye kan tak kuar Taipei City..so day 5 nih we're travelling to Wulai.. about 1 hour from Taipei..
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Taiwan review #6: Wulai

Wulai is a tourist town most renowned for its hot springs, sightseeing, and aboriginal culture.

Other activities include hiking, camping, swimming, fishing, and birdwatching. During the spring, visitors come see the sakura trees bloom.

Among the attractions are:
1) Wulai hot springs --> There's numerous hot spring hotels, public baths, as well as the Wulai river.

2) Wulai Atayal Museum --> Entrance is free. But personally I feel that's it's a bit boring (I may be bias. Most musuems bore me!)

3) Waterfalls --> Several waterfalls exist in the Wulai gorge, but the largest is Wulai Falls. Nothing to shout about. We have far nicer waterfalls in Malaysia.

4) Wulai Gondola --> the gondola takes visitors to the top of Wulai Falls, where it accesses a hotel, conference center, and the Yunxian playground (a nature park with gardens, paddle boats, natural trails, and natural obstacle courses). We gave this a miss so can't comment much on this.

5) Atayal aboriginal culture --> many shops in Wulai specialize in aboriginal foods, arts, crafts, and clothing. During our visits, the shops does not impress us much.

6) Wulai Scenic Train - this is a converted mine train built during the Japanese era that takes visitors from downtown Wulai to the attractions at the base of Wulai Falls. This train covers 1.6 km from start to end, and it's a pretty short ride. Fare is NTD50 per way.

Verdict: If you have limited time in Taiwan, you may want to give Wulai a miss. The town is small with not so impressive attractions. But if you're in sceneries and brisk walking, you may like Wulai with its hundreds of steps.

Direction: To get to Wulai from Taipei Main Station, exit at Xindian. There's a visitor info kiosk there to assist you. You can either go by bus or taxi. taxi ride is around 40 minutes to Wulai Town, and it cost around NTD500 per way.
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 Bini sedang menjalankan tugas nye sebagai personal tour guide.

 Sudah sampai Wulai. Sekali pandang macam Malim Nawar jek.. huhuhu.. macam pekan cowboy.. Okla..berjalan2 tgk tempat orang. since kitaorg pon macam dah tatau nak pegi mana lagik hari ke-5 nih.. Nih pon kejap jek kat sini..Tengahari dah sampai Taipei balik.

 View of Wulai.. Sungai tuh hot spring la tuh..Banyak spa and hotel, which kalau cuaca sejuk mmg teringin la aku nak masuk hot spring kan.. tapik nye panas terik tak koser mak nyeh.. huhuh..Dah le si Leman tuh semua pon takmo.. ajak masuk spa pon takmo.. dengan alasan --> "Ni kat Malaysia pon banyak!" .. hehehe..Well, kat Malaysia lagik kan payah nye kalau nak ajak dia nih pegi spa.. kat Bali ngan Phuket jek senang nak pujuk mamat nih layan spa..

 Tinggi okay tangga nak sampai tempat train nih..huhuh..semput mak..

 View from the mini train station.. Cantik kan view dia.. bersih jek terjaga rapi train track dia..

 Ini kitaorg dalam mini train..best jugak naik menatang nih.. akak memang suke naik rides rides kanak kanak macam nih.. hehe.. tapik skejap sangat dah sampai nye..

 Sejam perjalanan hanya nak tengok air terjun yg halus macam air kencing..huhuhuuh.. Tak impressive langsung youolllss.. Setakat rhupe ni.. air terjun lata kinjang tuh jauh lebig cantik (err..walaupon aku tak penah sampai Lata Kinjang tuh lagik..hehehhe).. Halus gile air terjun dia..nak turun pon macam malu malu jek aku tengok.. hehehe..

Kitaorg sampai pagi..so orang pon tak ramai.. Boleh la buat aksi2 memalukan diri macam di atas..hehe..

 And we're back at Taipei city for lunch..

Since esok kan dah nak balik..duit untuk makan kitaorg pon banyak lagik..sebab asek makan street food jek kan..so konon2 hari nih nak makan mahal sikit la.. masuk la satu Thai restoran nih..ala2 exclusive la jugak.. tengok pon dah rase nak kenyang..hehehe.. sebab mahal..

Dah nama nye tempat orang kan.. bukan banyak pon mende leh makan..so seperti biase we opt for anything seafood.. We ordered 1 sizzling seafood and 1 seafood fried rice..

Pehtu sampai la seafood fried rice dia..

Husband: Sayang, kenapa seafood fried rice dia ade letak sausage?
Wife: Ha-ah la.. entah.. Jangan la makan.. ketepi kan la.. (sambil alih kutip sausage letak ke tepi)
Husband: Pehtu nih ape mende? (refferring to serunding selonggok tepi nasik tuh)
Wife: Eeeeii..entah.. jangan la makan.. kejap..sayang tanye.. *sambil panggil waiter*

Dot: Excuse me..What is this made of?
Waiter: Ohh.. this is made of pork..
Dot and husband: Hahhhh?? Porkkk??

Hampir aku jatuh kerusi ok! seb baik laki bini tak termakan babi...hahahhaa..

Pehtu aku pon explain la kat dia.. aku nak seafood jek.. sebab kitaorang muslim..tak boleh makan babi..First time wei aku order SEAFOOD fried rice dapat babi on top of seafood.. huhuhuh.. naya.. naya..

Seb baik restoran exclusive so diorang pon amik balik masuk dapur.. pehtu datang balik mintak maap..cakap sorry lambat sikit..sebab diorang masak balik..make sure letak seafood saja.. hhuhuhu..

 Ini sizzling seafood.. nih kompem takdek babi.. huhuhu..Aku selera nak makan nih jek..lepas seafood fried rice yg dia baru goreng sampai, pon aku tak berapa nak lalu makan.. tapi aku tengok Leman sedap jek makan sampai licin pinggan..hahahhaha..

The rest of the day pass by in a blur.. jalan2 sikit kitaorg tapau sushi lepak makan kat bilik.. yg pasti every meal and every evening, confirm aku beli ice taro balls and pearl milk tea..heheheh..oh..rindu plak 2 mende tuh..kat malaysia tak sedap cam kat taiwan.. seb baik pearl tea "Little Taiwan" sedap..

 And this is us..dah sampai kat Taoyuan International Airport for our flight back home..

Dot dah order taxi kat front desk hotel kan.. So bila dah check in tuh.. terus jek masuk taxi dah tunggu kan..
Bila taxi tuh jalan jek sikit.. driver tuh tanye..

Driver taxi yg tatau cakap omputih: Chong cheng chong cehng..
Dot & Leman yg muka dah pucat lesi: Amende dia cakap nih abang? mampos kita.. hahahha

Dot: Sorry..Cannot understand.. No chinese..English?
Driver taxi plak muke dah biru: Ohh.. English..little.. (sambil sengih2)..
Dot: We wan't to go to Taoyuan International Airport.. (cakap sebutir2 biar jelas dan nyata)

Sebab kat Taiwan ade 2 airport..satu international (Taoyuan or also known as Chang Khai Shek Airport) satu domestic (Sonshang Airport)..separuh mampos la kitaorg nak bagi dia paham ok..tak pucat lesi muka kitaorg.. kang terlepas flight sesia idop weih.. huhuhu..

Driver taxi: Ok..ok.. You wanna go Terminal 1 or terminal 2?

Mampossssssssssssssss... mana aku tau dowh.. kat tiket aku tulih "Taoyuan International Airport" jek.. takde plak cakap terminal 1 ke 2 ke 3 ke..huhuhuhuh..

Pehtu Leman siap jadik translator..member senang la.. mentang2 bini handle semua logistic arrangement..huhuhuh.. siap translate untuk aku kot2 aku tak paham cine tuh cakap omputih..

Husband: Sayang..dia tanye terminal 1 ke 2?

Helllowwwwwwwwwwwww..mana la aku nak tau kan.. huhuhuhuh..
Aku pon tak sure la kan.. Ulang2 jek cakap.. Air Asia.. go back to Malaysia (mampos dia tatau Malaysia nih kat mana agak nye..huhuhuh).. International Airport..

Driver nih siap berenti kat tepi jalan ok nak setel direction kitaorg nih dulu.. aku rase member pon muka dah macam nak nangis.. muka macam.. korang-amik-la-duit-korang-nih-balik-aku-takmo-dah-sekarang-sila-turun!! hahahahha.. Pehtu dia gelak2.. kitaorg pon gelak gelak.. Pehtu dia cakap.. OK.. pehtu sambung jalan..

Wahahahahah..matik laa..ape yg ok pon aku tatau.. redho jek la.. 
Seb baik la betul dia bawak sampai depan gate yg siap ade lambang Air Asia..hehehehe..

 And with that..our Taiwan Adventure 2010 ends here.. Although Taiwan nih takde lah best sangat sampai nak ulang datang lagik..but seriously I had so much fun travelling with my munchkin.. we take it easy..and gelak2 jek walaupon kitaorg selalu sesat and dun speak their language.. Lepas nih dah makin confident nak travel DIY style berdua.. Insyallah next year punye honeymoon kat Perth pulak..

Taiwan: Been There! Done That!

Taiwan Day 4: Taipei City Centre

Here's the rest of my Taiwan tales..

Day 4 was spent lazing around in Taipei city.. kaki semua dah sakit macam nak tercabut.. huhuh..on top of that, I has blisters the size of Giant Kota Damansara.. hehe.. Crocs aku masih idup rupenye..

There's nothing much to shout about on Taipei City.. Skejap2 dot and Leman akan kasik remark.. "KL lagik cantik kan.." and 2 minit kemudian.. "KL lagik cantik kan.." hehehhe.. abes dah KL lagik cantik dok KL la..buat ape datang kan.. huhuhu.. well..nih on holiday.. kalau kena transfer sini nanges gak la kot.. (unless dapat gaji banyak tu tak kisah la..sambil nangis leh lap air mata guna New Taiwan Dollar..hahhaha)

 This is the beginning of our morning stroll.. nampak tak bintat bintat kecik kaler oren kat peta tuh.. haa.. tu la semua yg patut nye nak kaver.. From bubble "You are here" nak sampai ke bangunan Taipei 101 jauhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gile... huhuhuh.. ok la.. maybe tak la jauh sangat.. macam KLC to Convec jek la kot.. tapik KLCC to Convec jln bawah atap dalam aircond..nih jalan bawah atap zink takdek aircond.. huhuh..

 See..we blend in well kan.. Pegi memana jek semua orang cakap cine ngan kitaorg.. pehtu bile kitaorg cakap.. "Sorry, no chinese.. English?" .. semua buat muka aku sure dalam hati cakap --> " Ek eleeeeeeeee.. perasan amaricano lah plak budak 2 ekor nih.. muke macam cine bukit lagik tapik tak reti cakap cine.. piiirraaahhh!!".. hahahhahaha..

 Soo Lai Man yg eksaited akhirnya sampai jugak kitaorg kat menatang alah Taipei 101 nih sbelom malam.. huhhuuh..  Taipei 101 nih kira macam KLCC la..one of the fames landmark kat Taiwan nih.. Masuk hari ke-4 nih, kitaorg laki bini mmg dah tak segan silu lah nak tahan teksi.. takde makna nye nak adventure adventure naik train bagai.. hahahaha.. sket sket jek tahan teksi.. mahal pon mahal la..asalkan kaki aku tak sakit.. heheheh.. and telinga leman tak sakit dengar bini dia merengek2 sakit kaki.. hehehe..

Mase sampai Taipei 101 tuh, penuh rombongan cik kiah dari mana tah..yg pasti semua cino belako.. hhuuhuhuh.. diorang nak naik sampai tingkat 88 kot..aku tak ingat..sebab kitaorg tak naik.. aku kan keja kat tingkat 71 so ekshen la setakat nak tengok dari tempat tinggi2 nih tak heran dah la..tiap2 hari aku tgk luar nampak nice view kot..hehehhe.. (ehem..husband..tapik kalau nak bawak saya naik Eiffel Tower sekali lagik saye rela.. hehehhe..).. dan harus la tak free kan nak naik tuh..mahal gak la.. So hanya pusing2 and carik tempat nak makan.. semua kedai pon mahal jenama bagus2.. yg aku nak masuk pon segan ngan pakaian baru lepas hantar sayur kat pasar nih.. hahahha.. Seb baik ade foodcourt jugak.. so telah melantak makanan2 berasaskan seafood dgn best nye.. 

 Lepas lunch.. dalam panas terik nak mampos tuh.. aku insist jugak nak carik menatang L.O.V.E nih.. hehehhe.. kalau tgk gambo org pegi Taiwan, selalu nampak landmark nih.. (ade member kata kat Bangkok pon ade.. tapi aku tak pernah sampai bangkok lagik.. maybe next year..insyaallah).. Puas hati gile bile dah jumpa menatang ni at the other side of Taipei 101.. Dah la tengah panas terikkk nak mampos kan.. kitaorg 2 org jek kat situ berposing2..hahahaha..sure cine2 nih ingat kitaorg jakun dgn menatang nih pon nak posing tengah panas2 bute nih.. hehehe.. lantak kan.. takde makne aku nak datang Taiwan balik setakat nak tangkap gambar ngan mende nih.. baik tangkap jek skrg.. hehehhe... Lagik best sebab tak yah la rebut2 sebab mmg takde org pon teringin nak tangkap gambar ngan mende nih..hehehhe..

Lepas dah penat pusing town..Actually ade banyak shopping centre kat city centre nih.. tapi sebab panas and macam takde mood nak shopping mahal2.. kitaorg pon decide nak balik Ximending balik.. lagipon tak abes pusing lagik Ximending nih.. Area nih banyak la kedai yg agak bersesuaian ngan bajet aku kan..hehehe..

 Again..bini telah berjaya mem-persuade laki nye nak carik jugak restoran jamban nih kan..hahahhaa..Susahhhhhhhhhh gile ok nak jumpa.. sumpah tak tipu kitaorg jalan kaki sejam pusing2 asek salah masuk simpang dan lorong.. tengok peta pon dah berbelit belit.. huhuhhu..

Dot dah malas la nak letak review..anyway..kalau korang orang islam dan orang malaysia sesat sampai Taiwan..dot nasihatkan.. RENTI KAN LA!! Pegi la carik tempat lain nak jalan2..heheheh..Takde ape yg special pon restoren nih.. mahal nak mampos.. and kita bukan nye boleh makan ape sgt pon kan.. we ordered drinks and fries and cheese fritters jek pon dah dekat 50 hengget.. dah la susah nak carik tempat nih kan.. huhuhu.. and yg paling tak best ialah food/drinks dia tak sedap pon..

 Feewwiiittt fewitt.. Laki sape la rupe macam K-Pop nih? hehehhe..

 Nampak tak magkuk2 kuning ngan ijau tuh kan.. Biru tuh urinal tempat kencing lelaki.. aku tak penah kencing tak situ, so takde la geli ke ape kan.. blasah jek minum takde perasaan.. lepas dah makan nih..aku pegi la toilet betul restoren nih kan, sebab nak kencing.. Sekali hamik ko..memang version cam mangkuk tuh cuma dia versi besar.. huhuhuh.. gross.. hehehhe..kitaorg memamg suke menyaiko kan diri..

 Bini yg happy walaupon makan dalam bilik air..hehehe.. holiday babeh.. holiday.. harus senyum jek hari2 kan..sebab tuh la setahun kena holiday banyak2 kali.. hehehe.. (Note to husband: Singapore 2010 *wink wink*)

 This is Ximending area during the day.. memang sesak and padat.. malam sat gi double or triple kesesakan dia..

 Dah ini lah hasil tangkapan hari nih.. Faveret aku balik bilik susun2 barang and tangkap gambar.. ironnically ilang terus sakit kaki tengok barang2 belian..hehehe..

Next day nye kitaorg ke luar bandar balik.. Mase nih dah home sick and nak balik jumpe Hiro.. huhuhuuh..

Friday, November 05, 2010

Hiro and the geng

Deepavali pon ade orang main mercun jugak ek. Kagum plak aku. hehe. Bangi dah macam Taman Dinding time raya cine. Sempena menyambut deepavali nih.. chooiiii..sejak bile plak ko sambut deepavali setan.. hehe.. aku sambut ape saje public holiday.. hehe.. yg penting cuti free.. makan free.. kalau dapat duit free lagik la aku sambut sampai loncat2..hehehe..

Neway..cikgu bahasa melayu aku zaman sekolah menengah dulu  mesti nanges kalau terjumpa blog aku nih.. sebab nye dah tak reti nak menulis ade pembukaan - isi - penutup.. penat belajar format nih sampai 5 tahun..hehehe.. Kadang2 aku terasa nak pembukaan cerita pasal bende lain..padahal isi benda lain..hehehe.. Takpe lah youols..mak bukan nak masuk anugerah nobel pon kan..

Bile dah boring takde idea nak letak cerita kat blog, harus lah mak kasik publisiti murahan untuk model2 berbulu di bawah..

 Model berbulu yg di maksudkan di sini ialah tidak lain dan tidak bukan si TumTum.. (bukan model kaki banyak bulu tempat lapik kepala si tum tum tuh..hehehe..model berbulu kaki tuh hanya lah props semata2..) .. Budak itam nih memang ngengade gile kalau ngan Leman..pantang la leman dok kat sofa tuh..tak sampai 5 minit datang la dia mengendeng..huhu..

 See his innocence face? Mane lah leman tak sayang si itam gemok nih.. hehehe.. (aku budak putih gomok..so makne nye leman lagik sayang lah kan..hehehe)..

 Ini gambar terbaru anak gomok kesayangan saya..dah kurus kan Hiro lepas sakit arituh..sekarang mummy dia terpaksa bertukar ke Royal Canine balik.. botak kepala membayor nye..huhuhuhu.. Since makanan mesti sentiasa ade during our working hours..dah sah sah yg dua ekor lagik tuh kena kasik royal canine sama.. huhuhu.. and budak2 tu dah pandai memilih balance IAMS yg lama dah takmo makan dah.. ngengade betul memilih..takpe la..sayang punye pasal.. duit boleh carik!

 See..budak bulu bersama model bulu kaki seperti di atas..and selalu nye kalau leman lebih2 kan TumTum.. anak bulu faveret dia yg sorang lagik akan buat muke tak puas ati..hahahah..(Si Charlie la tu).. kalau dia tgh baring, sanggup dia duduk tengok gaya nak pukul TumTum..hahahah.. Leman adelah manusia rebutan budak 2 ekor tu..

 So mengada ngada! Pfftt..Kaki aku yg gemok gebu nih dia takmo la plak..hahaha..

 Ini gambar terbaru budak Charlie...Dia nih category kucing underweight..huhuhu..susah gile nak layan dia nih.. terkejut sikit takmo makan.. takde mood takmo makan..bekas makanan org lain tumpang takmo makan..sudu jatuh takmo makan.. mummy dia batok pon tak mo makan..huhuhuh.. Mungkin aku patut mencontohi budak kurus nih untuk mengurus kan badan kan..

 Family time.. Nih time nak tido.. Ko tengok la tuh..diorang concure katil abes aku nak tido mana?

 Awww..Hiro, bile kamu nak gemok balik? Mummy takde geng gemok sorang2..huhuhu.. nampak tak tobek kat atas tangan dia tuh? Tu tempat doktor letak drip..so kena cukur..sian Hiro..seb baik leh tumbuh balik..hehe..

Sekian saja update saya untuk kali ini..

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HAPPY DEEPAVALI
Maruku tak abes masuk plastik ikat tali

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Louisa and Endran ties the knot

I have lots of good frens whom I'm lucky to meet throughout my life..  And since I spent more time at work than at home (duluuuuuu laa..sekarang tidak lagik..ahhaha).. My frens are an important part of my life.. and I treasure them highly.. Cuma bila dah tukar2 keja..biase la..it's not easy to maintain close friendship.. And quality is what matters.. I'm still close to my babes cuma tak jumpa sekerap dulu.. (and I do miss them)..

A friend of mine got hicth on 23 October 2010.. Actually...both of them are my friend.. I am friend with Endran (Berg as he's fondly knew) first even before I knew Louisa.. But Louisa is a great friend..so kejap jek dah close ngan dia..

Both of them were there when I need them most.. Along with few other great friends.. The time when I lost my mom...Rase macam baru jek.. tapi nak masuk 4 tahun dah.. Louisa and Berg tak dapat datang on the hari perkebumian.. but on malam sebelom raya.. They made their way from KL.. meredah jam yg maha dasyat sebab orang balik raya kan.. ke Perak.. and then lepas berbuka puasa diorang balik KL balik.. Berg after that proceed back to Melaka.. And I really really appreciate and will always remember their friendship..

And on my happy moments.. most definitely they were there to share them with me.. Among others are my nikah (Berg can't make it in the morning, so Louisa asked her mom and brother to accompany her from KL - Lumut at 5 am..just to make it in time for my akad nikah ceremony at 1030 am).. I would not mind if she missed my akad nikah, cos Shaz, Raf and Nizam was there by my side.. but she still wants to be there for me.. And all of them was there lending a big helping hand sampai la pukul 1030 malam.. And they were also there during Leman's side kat Ipoh..

I hope despite crazy hectic work and life schedule, I'll still be frens with all the frens that I cherish (almost all of them don;t read my blog tho...hahhaaha)

Presenting the glowing bride.. A beautiful bride she is..

 Menunggu dalam debaran..


 Tak sampai 5 minit..dah selamat bergelar suami isteri..hehehe..seriyes..cam kejap gile process dia.. one of the shortest one I've attended..

 Us wif the newlywed..

 Malam tu majlis kat De Palma.. such a sweet ceremony.. nothing over the top, but everything is so beautiful and elegant.. I almost shed tears when Louisa entered for grand entrance.. SANGAT SANGAT CANTIK ok..and sangat poise.. Berg plak memang time kawen ke tak kawen ke..mmg maintain cool jek.. hehehe..

 And again, the lovely couple mase side Endran plak..I'm glad I'm able to be part of both sides of their wedding..

To Louisa and Endran.. Selamat Pengantin Baru..
May happiness be forever yours..