Marathon of the year

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My 3rd day of puasa ganti marathon, heh (aku mmg suka gambar org lari) . Last I did my puasa ganti was in 2004. After that I have not skipped any fasting day during Ramadhan (i'm pregnant remember?), until last year. Penat loh, baik puasa ramadhan kan? Like semua org puasa and tak tergoda dgn makanan-makanan org disebelah sebelah.

Anyway, my point is, aku ada kemusykilan sikit. On ganti puasa :

1. Kalau niat menggantikan puasa, tapi pukul 1 tghari makan bersama akak kerani sebab sedap la lauk dia bawak, boleh ke? I heard mcm kena ganti balik the puasa that u bukak? Ye ke?
   
2. 2004 aku pregnant, my 1st one, sgt lembik. And I did not completely ganti all my puasa yg tinggal on year 2003. Tapi I've forgotten berapa hari yg aku tinggal. So camne? Aku nak ganti berapa hari sebenarnya? And kalau kena bayar, which I strongly think mmg kena bayar fidyah, kena ganti puasa jugak ke?
   
3. Kalau la kan, kita dah niat nak puasa ganti the next day, tetiba, bgn subuh kan dalam keadaan tak boleh puasa (ok jgn tanya kenapa), boleh juga ke puasa hari tu?
   

I know, I know, we have been thought of this during our secondary school, very comprehensive. Yet, aku yg pelupa mmg lupa and when I google, I find many answers. Mana satu nak percaya eh? Ke aku kena baca balik buku Pendidikan Agama Tingkatan 1-5?

semua orang ada soft spot

Masih ada yg ingat lagu ini, Gurindam Jiwa ?

Tuai padi antara masak,
Esok jangan layu-layuan,
Intai kami antara nampak,
Esok jangan rindu-rinduan

Anak cina memasang lukah,
Lukah dipasang di Tanjung Jati,
Di dalam hati tidak ku lupa,
Sebagai rambut bersimpul mati

Batang selasih permainan budak,
Daun selasih dimakan kuda,
Bercerai kasih talak tiada,
Seribu tahun kembali juga

Burung merpati terbang seribu,
Hinggap seekor di tengah laman,
Hendak mati di hujung kuku,
Hendak berkubur di tapak tangan

Kalau tuan mudik ke hulu,
Carikan saya bunga kemboja,
Kalau tuan mati dahulu,
Nantikan saya di pintu syurga.

Kalau tak silap, dinyanyikan oleh penyanyi bersuara lunak, Allahyarhamah Rafeah Buang (note : bukan Refeah Ahmad ye..). Sedap lagu ni. Cuba nyanyi & hayati lirik dia. Okeh sekarang...

Macam mana? Ada rasa berair kat mata? Tak pun rasa pedih kat perut/hati, ala-ala menikam kalbu? Ada kan? Kenapa?

Kenapa?

burrp, and u smell the king of fruits, heh!

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I do understand when some says "yuck!" to this king of fruit. Different people, different tongue, agreed.
I have a love-hate relationship with Durian. I loveeee the taste of Balik Pulau's durian, and my in law's durian collected from their very own orchard back in Kelantan. That's it. Other than that, I hate durians. I hate them, but I ate them, I consume almost everything in the world kan?

One who has taste Balik Pulau's durian, will agree with me that once you ate Balik Pulau's durian, other place's durian will not taste as good as Balik Pulau's. It's creamy, with nice texture and bitter sweet taste.
Balik Pulau has variety of durians choice, of course with different taste, these are what I remembered :

1. Hor Lor

2. Ang Hei (udang merah)
3. Kung Po

And, in Penang we have many durian stalls, which one could find easily in Bayan Lepas, Bayan Baru, Sungai Ara, Bukit Jambul, and in Balik Pulau itself. One of the famous stall is called stall Durian Cap Tapak Kaki (geli kan?), which famously known for their very delicious durians. This stall is located on the way up to Balik Pulau, if you're taking route from Bukit Jambul. Other location to find good durians :

1. Cap Tupai - also located at Bkt Jambul, way up to Balik Pulau
2. Jabatan Pertanian Relau - but you have to queue, lots of buyers.
3. Pertubuhan Peladang Stall - Balik Pulau's RNR (Hentian Balik Pulau), using the Bkt Jambul route.
4. Queensbay Mall durian stall - don;t remember the name, but somewhere near Queensbay Mall.

5. Sg Nibong Kecil - If u're from Relau/Sg Ara, heading to Bayan Baru's roundabout, you'll see a stall just opposite Sg Nibong's mosque, before the Bkt Jambul's traffic light.

So, durian lovers : try Penang's Durian Balik Pulau. You'll never forget the taste!

**i've just had durians, lots of it. My boss's treat, every year, best kan?

I've just realized

meniru memang sifat manusia,
semua yg kita buat hari ini adalah peniruan sepanjang hayat.

itu aku mula sedar 2-3 tahun lalu,
kalau aku tahu sebelum tu, mungkin CGPA aku first class.
kenapa? salah ke tiru masa exam, nak makan pun dulu, tiru mak kan?
bukan untuk survival ke?

aku baru tau, nak buat apa-apa kena tiru orang lain, baru tak pelik.
setuju?

Shut up and lay

It's either the period (which i'm on) or I'm pregnant.
Can't be both eh?
Blame the hormone, yelling is my thing today.

Perhaps, sleeping wud be the right antidote.
Has always been, with the right amount.
So lets.

Definately spanked

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In the face, yup!

When dear Ilhan Yasmin told me "ibu tak sayang kakak, ibu tinggal kakak kat rumah tokma".

I had to my dear, and it's only for 2 days.
Which remind me of myself, sakit hati mak masa tu kan?

On other spanked moment :
I lost my fighting spirit (as if i have it) and keep loosing it nowadays. I'm backing off in some healthy arguments, which if it was 2 years ago, I'll make everyone agrees with me. Of course, it was 2 years ago.

Well said, I'm losing myself.

Maybe because I've been on leave for 4 days, the holiday mood is still on.
Or, this is just pure me, ikan laga yang takde sparring partner.

Marche' the market

Had a super nice day with friends yesterday. I like! Thanks Li, Wanie & Hasna.

Lunch at ayam golek Pantai Dalam, habis seekor ayam. Sedap..

Went to Marche', The Curve for dinner, lama dah tak indulge myself into something special. Macam market, best! I like.

Makan je kan? isk

He's indeed Haywire

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Readers, I believe most of us have lived at least 25 years in this world.

So, who has always want an easy life, raise your hand (or at least leave ur comment). We work, we arrange things, we organize everything in our life, in fact human invent anything, isn't that all to ease our living? For us to live an easy life?

Or is it because we want to avoid a difficult life? A difficult moment?

I climbed the mountain, so I could learn to the feeling of difficulty? So I could know how difficult is difficult, and I could avoid it in my life? Is it?

So human purposely did difficult things to learn the pain, and use the experience to avoid difficulties, so we could live easily. Hmm?

When could we live easily? If any of you did watch Prison Break, these would make so much sense.

So back to you - do you make yourself do difficult things ? When did you find an easy life?

There's always silver lining

Yes, today I'm back to work, after a week being a hospital residence. The chronology :

1. My eldest daughter, Ilhan

Admitted Sunday (24th May), after long vomitting series. Discharged Wednesday. But still on medication until today. Still having fever, although she said she's ok. She's in Atuk's house anyway, having fun touring Malaysia (demam pun buat2 tak demam)

2. The cheeky daughter, Masyitah

Not admitted, but having also having fever, on and off. She's a tough kid. On medication until now. Also with Atuk at his home.

3. The boy, Ammar

Admitted since Tuesday (26th May). He's been having fever before that, but Tuesday night, his body temperature reached 40 deg. Intolerable. And, he'll reached 40 deg each night, until Friday. He's doing ok yesterday and today, so he might be discharged today.

4. The father, Shahrun

Oh yes, just when I monitored that Ammar is no longer having fever, his father sneeze and complaining that the weather is too cold. Shahrun's temp fluctuates from 37deg to 38deg. Doctor forbids him from going to the office, saying "now, would u like all ur colleague to be infected by u ?"

5. The all time beauty, heheh

Still healthy, lucky me and lucky us. At least I'm there to take care of my family.

Perhaps, this is the God's way of rinsing away our sins ?