Hello Weekend Yang Padat!

Starting my busy day with roti jala and chicken curry, heaven in my tummy and on my weight scale. But it was superb tho, so an exception is acceptable.
I'm now at my PIL's and about to go back to my house, as I need to get ready for a very dear friend's solemnization ceremony. And yes, the even will start at 10 a.m. and that I have a total of 1-hr journey and now it's 8.30 a.m. I was so sleepy since I slept at 1.15 this morning, so-called my dedication to work.
Later the whole family and I will leave to Port Dickson; a gate-away. And I will still require bring my works along since one of them is important in such a way that it has to be submitted before Monday and we are going to a place with very limited internet access. *kill me already*
Fabulous weekend, all!

Gunting Rambut Eirsa

Sekali lagi, Mommy buat perangai gunting rambut Eirsa dengan menggunakan tangan sendiri. Haih.. Kesian sungguh Eirsa jadi mangsa ketidakadilan ini.

Rambut sebelum bertukar menjadi raksasa

Jari jemari yang tidak professional tapi nak juga menggunting rambut orang. Mengambil kesempatan ke atas ketidakmengertian Eirsa dalam hal-hal penggayaan rambut.

Ok. Siap. Dengan baju seluar semua berlumuran rambut. Mommy memang terpaksa menggunting rambut Eirsa waktu dia berdiri menonton tv begitu

Anda juga boleh. ;)

Note : Suami lari lintang pukang bila saya usulkan untuk menggunting rambut beliau.

Happy Birthday, Rainbow!

Today. She is TWO! And I'm old.


Not much on the celebration, as said before, she is too young to appreciate any birthday party bash. But her grandparents still wanted her not to miss the 'tiup lilin' and 'potong kek' tradition and they bought her one during kenduri doa selamat and tahlil held last Saturday. And as expected she stood in front of the cake, held the plastic knife, stared at the two candles and went ......... *crickets' sound*. Yes she did nothing but just staring at us! LOL! But she did enjoy the strawberry cake a lot and papa helped to blew out the candles and potong the cake.

This was the scene during the kenduri, when Eirsa was asked to blow the candle and cut the cake. Literally, no sound.

As promised to her, we brought her to Starship Galactica, One Utama, for her to have her very fun. We reached there as early as 11 a.m. (until 2 p.m. *pengsan*)


I forgot to bring my own socks and left alone jadi tukang jaga barang. But I managed to communicate with them and saw Eirsa 'live in action' via Fring and Tango (thank God for the technologies!).

And this is what I did while waiting for them (beside some quick shopping).

Opah, Atuk and Uncle Pi gave her this as birthday present (on top of other generous presents bought for Eirsa previously, thank you!).

While Mommy and Papa gave her unlimited love and care as birthday present, for her whole life. Ha ha. A part of that, of course there will be something special, if not during her birthday, perhaps some other days. Any day would be a special day when Eirsa is around. *ayat sedapkan hati*


Oh! Oh! We bought her this, boleh consider as birthday present, no?


Happy birthday my dear Eirsa. You know how much we love you.

P/S : Notice the new haircut? Tu semua Mommy punya kerja, in her effort of being creative and cheapskate. A post on the haircut will be up, soon.

Teaser : Somebody Got A New Haircut

Rotavirus Is Not Pretty

Eirsa was infected last Ramadhan, so did her Papa 3-4 days after her.


Day 1 and 2.
The first 2 days Eirsa vomitted mildly and berak more than 8 times a day. We though it was just an ordinary diarrhea that would naturally go after a while. We took her to her regular pediatrician and he said that it's a diarrhea and gave us a bottle of medicine for diarrhea.


Later back home, her diarrhea showed no sign of ceasing. She was so weak and she would do nothing but lay down on my chest. I cried seeing her in that helpless condition.


Day 3.
Eirsa had high fever, still weak, sleeping all day long and her body dried. The fever was still high and she refused to eat everything except breastmilk. Around 11 a.m., I saw her lips was even drier until they cracked. And that's it. She was dehydrated, a bad sign. We hurried up to hospital. I cried again.


We arrived emergency room and the staffs stripped all her clothes and bring wet towels in cold water. She was practically bathed on the bed with nothing except her diaper. I helped by comforting her (I was not allowed to hug her, to avoid from transferring my body heat to her). Still in nothing but her diaper, she was laid down and the staffs did the normal procedure for drip. I didn't have the heart to watch and cowardly hid behind the curtain (in which I regret my move until now, I should have been stronger for my daughter!). Luckily she did not hysterically scream throughout the procedures. Perhaps she didn't have the energy to do so.


Day 4.
The assigned paediatrician came in the morning and mentioned that they were analyzing Eirsa's poo poo. There was high possibility of Rotavirus infection, she mentioned. Her visit was quite short and we had no chance to ask further.


And the same paediatrician came again in the afternoon with the lab result. Positive Rotavirus. It was a small relieve that the caused was identified and we could now focus on the treatment. But there was no specific treatment for Rotavirus, though. Eirsa's just got to be strong to go through the days, until Rotavirus was completely flushed out off her body.


Day 5-7.
The diarrhea was on and off, no vomit, alhamdulillah. Her appetite signs of improvement and she has started to smile and talk to me. She even wanted to walk, but her legs were so weak that she fell after 3 small steps. She was disconnected from the drip, made it easier for her to move. She watched her favorite DVD a lot and she could then attend to her long abandoned Bearbear.


Throughout day 6 and 7, she was getting better and better. No more diarrhea and she was discharged on day 7 and we left the hospital in late afternoon.


Notes :
Rotavirus immunization program for babies is available, but is still not made compulsory in Malaysia. As such, the government clinics or hospitals don't offer the jab for free, as per practiced for other compulsory vaccinations namely BCG, Hepatits B, DTP & Polio and MMR. But you could get the series of jabs at private clinic with cost around RM170 - RM200 per round.


We did not take the jab for Eirsa, assuming that effect is not severe and even worse, assuming that there is low possibility for Eirsa to get infected. The fact is that, yes, even though the possibility for your baby to still get infected after being vaccinated is still high, but the impact is not severe as what Eirsa had gone through. Your baby would just probable had 1-2 days of diarrhea with minimal degree of fever. And for all infected babies, the chance to be re-infected is still there but the intensity is low.


Your choice, parents.



P/S : My dear friend Nuurill was recently being tested with series of hardship and among them was her boy affected by rotavirus. Be strong darling.

Ais Krim Lapis-Lapis Yang Lazat

We went to Ice Room at Kota Damansara, specifically because Atuk said the restaurant has private playground and Eirsa had her fun time while we could enjoy our food. I plan to tell Atuk that Eirsa wishes to go to Disneyland Hong Kong *crossing my fingers*

At Kota Damansara. They have other branches too, go Google



Order. Muka lapar tapi cover. Padahal dah hentak-hentak meja sebab lambat sikit


It was not a bad experience, except that the playground section was reserved for birthday celebration. The in-house playground is upstairs and the whole 1st floor session was closed. And until today Eirsa doesn't know the existence of the playground at Ice Room, next time yah, Sayang!


Nonetheless. The food was ok, nothing special though but we were still full to the max.


Husband and I had noodles; his was Fish ball Noodle Soup and I had Wantan Noodles. Both were ok, except that the noodle was too thick (gemuk-gemuk, kau!) and my wantan was not up to my satisfaction level. Oh. You should try wantan soup that I seldom had, at Level 3, Menara TM Foodcourt! *sedap sampai pitam tak sedar diri*


My in-laws had selection of western meals; chicken chop and fish and chips. While Eirsa, well.. As usual, she had to have the most outstanding among us; mushroom soup served in a teapot.

Mesti lah kena outstanding, kan. Diva in the making.



Eirsa's. It was so presentable! It tasted quite ok, not a typical Campbell cream mushroom.



Mine was grape ice-blended and Eirsa's was fresh watermelon juice. Others had coffee and tea.


And presenting their best offer : ICE CREAM SELECTIONS. We had mango, two bowls of mango ice cream in fact. MARVELLOUS.

The winner

Perhaps next we could just come to enjoy the ice cream while watching Eirsa had her joyful time in-house playground.

Phew..!

Alhamdulillah, after 2-3 months spending for necessary things only, hiding the credit cards far deep inside my wallet, cooking dinner at home and being really careful in spending things for Eirsa, we managed to zerorize our monthly credit card bill. It's tremendously relieving *sujud syukur*


It's not that we spent like crazy, contributing to 4-digit credit card outstanding, but when we bought something and planned to pay it the following month, it would not go as planned. The 'time to bayar saman' will come, the punctured tyre day will come, the half-yearly cukai taksiran will come, the masa-ni-lah-kau-nak-betulkan-air-cond will come, you know, those sort of "urgent" things. Ended up your outstanding bill will be carried forward and forward and forward. It's dangerous, seriously. The only way to stop this never ending credit card craziness was by spending things in cash. I even applied for debit card, so that I will still use cash when I was out of cash.


And because of that, I'm now carried away by the 2-3 months spending behavior; which is a bit annoying to my company (not company company, the people who accompanied me). It would even take more than 3 minutes for me to buy eggs! I would compare among at least 3 brands on the price, quality and size. That could still be considered quick, considering something that I would buy quite frequently.


When it comes to spending things that could be considered as luxurious, people have to really be patient to wait for me. Recently it took me 10 mins to choose a packet of pantyliners. Yes, I have the regular brand that I bought but the other not-so-bad brand offered some cute gift with the same price. I would go like "Hmm.. ok ke beli new brand? Kang tak serasi pulak, dah membazir." or "Pakai ke free gift ni? Is it worth it to change to new brand?" or "Is this displayed price correct?" (and yes, I ended up looking for the price check station only to get confirmed about the price). You know, all those pros and cons. And it could get even worse when I wanted to buy things that totally not my needs, but more to my wants, for instance accessories, new shawls, new shirts and so.


People would see me receiving parcels by shopping online now and then, indicating (on the surface) that I'm a shopaholic. Least that they know, that was the only shopping that I did at that time. I mean when I bought new shawls online, that were the only shawls I bought since I didn't have the time to go for conventional shopping. And I did all the price comparison online and even seek for friend's advise before proceed with purchase.


But all in all, I feel my new way of shopping is better than before. The amount of junks (things that you bought but you didn't really use or even worse forgot about them) were reduced and THE CREDIT CARD BALANCE IS NOW ZERO. Alhamdulillah.. Still, when one day I have the luxurious to worry-free-ly shop they way I want, when I want, trust me I will do it in fabulous way.