cerita sedih je ...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... masih yakin bahawa setiap semua tetap ada cara bagi penambahbaikan ... i don't and won't give up trying ... although many times suami dah pesan "you're not the mayor of the city" ... but i believe yang baik wajar dihebahkan dan yang perlu penambahbaikan perlu dimaklumkan ... Allahu a'lam ... AlhamduLillah ...

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cerita sensitif sikit hari ni ...

mungkin perasan mungkin tidak ... yang budaya kita masih belum dapat menerima konsep "maklumbalas" buat penambahbaikan ... i'm so into this due to my training ... 

in quality management ... giving feedback both praise for service or job well done and feedback for gaps and lapses that can be improved is a natural part of me ...

most of the time i do bite my lips ... and let things be ... take it or leave it as most would say ...

ceritanya ...

google image ... barbeque chicken wings

bulan Ramadhan yang mulia bawa rezeki ramai pengusaha makanan dan minuman ... we are not into kuih muih ... but loved grilled chickens and quails ...

i frequented a particular kedai for these barbequed birds ... but lately i noticed swarm of flies at the place ... they did make an effort to swipe away those bugging insects (fly kaki enamkan - satu ciri insect right :) ... but to no avail ... i would wait by the grill and would immediately request for the piping hot birds to be packed once done ...

but those other grilled parts were put in trays for other customers ...

and the bugs were immediately all over ... 

rupa sekor daripadanya ...

dah bungkus itu ini ... at the counter i mentioned in passing to the lady owner ... 

"banyak lalat ye" ...

and she jawab rather on higher than the polite decibel i might say ...

"memang mana-mana pun banyak lalat ... kat pasar-pasar Ramadhan ... kat rumah you pun ada lalat"

"lalat tak ape ... jangan langau" ... 

and i'm bit what ...? ... what's the difference between them ...

ni dia langau ... comel tak saya :)

then i said ...

"Puan i'm not complaining ... just informing ... maybe boleh tutup tray dengan plastik ke ..."

she jawab "macam mana nak tutup ... orang nak beli"

not wanting to extend the matter i said "it's okay Puan ..." paid and left.

it was not my first visit and i was a familiar face ... but yet again ... i forgot to bite my lips ... harddd ... and shut up ... :)

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life is like that right ... 

a good intention gone unpleasant ... but ... kan omak dah kobar ... masak seniri ... toksah boli-boli :)

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actually ...

tak sedih langsung cerita atas tu ...

real sedih di sini ...

wanita-wanita pelarian yang terpaksa menjadi ketua keluarga ...
http://jordantimes.com/60000-syrian-refugee-families-in-jordan-are-headed-by-women

bila siang dan malam bersama ledakan bom ...
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/israel-steps-up-deadly-gaza-offensive-201478135059977350.html

bila anak jadi sasaran ...
http://www.sinarharian.com.my/edisi/melaka-ns/suami-memang-panas-baran-1.297431

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life is tough for many ... be safe ... and ... BarakALLAH to all ...

 

segumpal hati ... yang mohon perhatian

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... for life, good health and successful completion of pending work ... AlhamduLillah syukur ...

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 my favourite colour :)

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cerita hati hari ni ... :)

maybe it's time to notice with care this taken for granted the second largest organ in our body ...

to those who expected cerita emosi hati ... i'm sorry to disappoint ... my beating emotional heart, is fine alhamduLillah syukur, though erratic sometimes ... :)

seminggu dua lepas saya demam berulang-ulang until one day i felt so bad that we went to the hospital. Temperature was high and berehatlah saya di hospital buat beberapa hari ... after rounds and rounds of saline drips and blasts of antibiotic injections ... yesterday out Alhamdulillah ... although not 100% recovered ... still syukur alhamduLillah ...

Only thing is i am not sure what has hit me ... the doctor said not too worry ... minor liver infection but i am still not clear about its causes ...

so today i've booked an appointment with another specialist from another hospital and i hope to understand better what it is all about. insyaAllah hopefully as the earlier doctor said ... it's not something i should worry about ameen ...

This incident has made me keenly aware of how much taken for granted this hati of mine is ... very sorry hati :(

and this i share so that tetamu yang membaca may also realize how silently our organs are working for us ... for our good health AlhamduLillah ...

Take care all. Ramadhan Kareem Mubarak. BarakAllah :)

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basic science review ... :) ... google images ... liver

Kiwi ... Ketam ... Kepayas ... and Kamisah

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah syukur ... اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ... Alhamdulillah syukur for health regained ...

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Friday Maghrib, night of 17th i was warded after three days of feeling dis ... ease. And Thursday Maghrib night of 23rd out alhamduLillah ... Dengue is so common now that most of us have taken it for granted that one will get worse for a week then only better. That was also the assurance of the Dr while explaining the nature of the fever along with graph illustration of the expected downturn of the blood platelet count ... the KPI (Key Performance Indicator) of dengue fever ... hehe.
So you look forward to your daily blood test result giving the platelet count nervously ... praying very hard that if it has to go down so be it but please just little little down please :) ...  not too much ...
that was a period that i suddenly realized with much shame that i love life ... 

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On the second day, Saturday night, I heard a commotion outside the room, and the sound of a lady crying. i peeped out and saw a number of people - family members of an 11 year-old girl who had collapsed due to dengue. the whole night i did not sleep a wink not only because of the emergency outside the room ... but most probably due to my sleeping during the day after taking whatever the Dr had given me ...
early sunday morning i heard another round of cries and i found out later that the poor girl has passed on due to internal haemorrhage ... innaLillahi wainna ilaihi raji'un ...

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Now dengue has become an affliction with many traditional support remedies ... i used to hear people saying to consume plenty of juice and the popular isotonic drink 100Plus ... and crab soup ... until one nurse who came regularly for my blood pressure reading told me about another nurse's experience of dengue and the supplement she took ...

and these were her recommendations ... besides the usual 100Plus ...

Kiwi Fruit
Ketam (Crab) Soup
Kepayas Young Leaves (Brunei/Sabah for Papaya:) - its juice

Kepayas shoot ... young papaya shoots ...

i don't know exactly what each of the above does ... but i took plenty of fluid (zamzam water, plain water, orange juice, guava juice both pink and green) ... and kiwis ...

Ketam soup was another story altogether ... after having two rounds of the soup ...  i'm not sure why but my blood pressure was shooting the star ... and  i said to my brother and sister-in-law who prepared the soup ... no more soup ketam i think ... so that was that ...:)

as for kepayas bitter juice ... the thought of its taste gives me stress ... so no kepayas please ...

but ... plenty of fluid from the Dr ... non-stop 4 bottles per day ...

... the memorable last bottle ... :) AlhamduLillah

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and a new-found K in this Dengue Saga :) ... Kamisah, a young mother who had minor stroke ... alhamdulillah she was a very good company ... :)


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now back home with a gift from the hospital ... antibiotic for infection at the intravenous site ... :) alhamduLillah should be subsiding soon insyaAllah ...

a milennium (K) experience indeed ... syukur ...  for one can never be too sure as to when is one's last sajadah ...

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... further reading on the Origin of Dengue Fever ... here

http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2010/spring/features/the_devils_disease_dengue_fever/page_1
http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2010/spring/features/the_devils_disease_dengue_fever/page_2/
http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2010/spring/features/the_devils_disease_dengue_fever/page_3/

and there i was while lying in the hospital thinking that the word dengue was French :) ... the nurses that i did chat up while checking my blood pressure could not tell me the origin of dengue fever ...

Dengue is serious business ... so please take it seriously ... you don't ever want a second ...

May Allah SWT forbid ...

Yes ... welcome BI

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... BI is coming finally to senawang ... yes Bank Islam :)

sume - okay almost sume yang penting penting untuk orang ramai - bank lain dah sampai dan ada yang dah tutup pun ie. eon bank ...

i ve always been with bank islam ... for a long time ... then due to certain requirements my going back and forth to seremban to the only bank islam in town was becoming a hassle ... so i switched to maybank ... close by in dataran senawang ... cdm dan atm nya pun easily accessible ... here and there ...

but prior to switching i have submitted numerous feedback - written a couple of times - and spoken to the officers about having a branch in senawang ... or at least an atm and cdm ...

and the officers kindly assured me year ... after year ... after year that they are having one next year ... the next year ... and the next year ...

now finally ... that next year is coming ... insyaAllah 

at least the bunting is up ...

exactly where i am not sure although the address is clearly indicated ... i am not very familiar with the area ...

tak pe janji sampai ...

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bersungguh berhenti tepi jalan in front of giant hypermarket senawang tu just to record this ... actually i had very tough time with BI being less than accessible ... ni yang terasa sangat ni 

now ... cuba zoom in and tengok pula apa orang yang mengaku orang malaysia suka buat ...

... bunting atas tu tak ada MPS licence ... cf bunting BI kat bawah tu ...
... iklan cari duit tutup traffic sign ...
... saya pula parking dekat no parking sign ... ehh tak nampak ... 

hehe tak parking ...
berhenti sekejap nak ambil gambar ni je ...

so very tame ... compared to this yes ...

http://www.snowboardermag.com/featured/little-things-marie-france-roy-teaser-two/#.UmFaSCTgKL1

truly a daddy's girl ...

:)

Such commitment ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... laman kecik dah semakin naik seri ... walaupun tuan laman pula yang makin gelap semacam ... hehe ... okaylah tu ... Vit D penting kan ...

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nak story sikit about keperluan bercahaya matahari ni ... bukan pasal ianya sumber Vit D semula jadi ... tu sume tau tak hal lah ...

ni ha ... back into the country, initially i was still in niqab ... then tak pasal pasal my belakang around the pinggang sakit selalu ... lama juga tahan ... last last pi jumpe my favourite dr in private practice ... checked this and that ... x-ray gitu gini ... finally she said ... eh tulang you dah nipis ... tengok ni banyak lompong ... wahhhh tulang reput ... what's this man!

so cakap cakap cakap ... cakap cakap cakap lagi ... sampai this part she said you tak kena matahari ... ohhh ... okay okay i angguk layan je ... i tak dr kan ... all the while Dr suami yang bukan dr orang sakit dengar je patiently ... okay lah tu faham lah kut ... hehe

dr recommended itu ini ... ikut je lah ... sakit kan ...

ingat okay je ... but masuk kereta Dr suami tiba tiba cakap ... she's hinting that your wearing of niqab caused your lack of sun exposure and thus lack of Vit D required for calcium absorption ... laaa jauh nya conclusion nye tu ... sikit pun saya tak fikir ... 

sangka baik walau pun dr tu Chinese ... saya pun jawab ... no lah i didn't think she meant that ... walau pun tidak dari Kg Ulu Bendul ... lurus bendul lah juga saya ni ... hehe

okay je ...  

susu memanglah tak putus cuma sekarang tambah ambil Vit D ... 

niqab or no niqab anak orang miskin ni dulu dulu mana lah banyak calcium intake kan so tulang tak bina kuat lah agaknye tu ...

alhamduLillah syukur checked in time ...

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story dua pula masa di Brunei Abode of Peace ... 

department kami tu banyak stations ... agricultural stations and centres ... tanah pertanian, sawah padi, training, research and development ... 

one day Pengarah datang lawat our centre and i saw that he was very tan ... not his usual self ... 

and budak lurus bendul ni commented to another local colleague ... 

rajin Pengarah making his rounds of the various stations and centres ... sampai sunburnt tu ...

kawan tu gelakkan saya ...

itu sunburnt main golf ... huhuhu ...

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have a good weekend all ...

:)

Banyakkan gula dalam senyuman ...

ada beberapa minit lagi menjelang esok ...

kut masih nak merasa gula bersubsidi silakan ke kedai yang masih buka tu ... hehe

more details here ...

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/10/25/Budget-Sugar-Subsidy.aspx

okay je bagi yang tak guna gula dalam tea or coffee ... plus warm fresh milk ... or susu kambing yang dalam packet packet tu cukup ... kuih muih semuanya pun dah manis kan ...

okaylah tu ...

kurangkan gula ... banyakkan senyum

goodnight all ... 

assalamualaikum wbt ... :)

 

 

Tomat ... and ... Indonesia ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

entah di mana saya mula jumpa perkataan ni pun dah lupa ... tomat ... which led me to sambal tomato dari jawa ...

sebelum cerita tentang sambal tomat saya cerita ni sikit ye ...

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first time ke Jakarta ... dari brunei nak balik kampung ... detour ke jakarta ... sebabnya ... rakan seperantauan di brunei telah berhijrah ke sana ... so saja nak ambil angin and also to visit her and family ... a surprise of course ...

zaman bujang AlhamduliLLah ... ada pasport, ada credit card will travel ... lenggang lenggang kangkung ... no hotel booking, no visa requirement - indonesia kan saudara kita :) so easy kan jalan (eh terbang) je lah ...

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dalam kapalterbang tu night flight ... dah merancang rancang dah nak tidur kat airport hotel je that night then baru contact sahabat tu ... takndak nyusah lah tu ... sure ada hotel kan ... atau to book a taxi (ingat macam kat KLIA tu kan ... senang je booking) to take me to the hotel ... first thing i noticed some bruneians were on the plane ... so saya pun tanya (kalau berani berjalan sendiri jangan malu bertanya) to confirm about the airport hotel ... i always assume airport hotel is the safest ... (dah terbiasa naik keretapi ... setiap stesen ada station hotel kan :)

... the bruneians were surprised and concerned that i was alone ... maksudnya macam unsafe je ... saya ni memang tawakkal saja ... niat nak lawat sahabat yang i missed tu je ... so rasa takut apa semua memang tak ada ... indonesia kan ... negara Islam kan ... macam sedara lagi kan ... in fact arwah datuk (May Allah SWT ampunkan dan rahmati ruhnya) sebelah emak born in what was then called Betawi ... jadi tak ada risau pun ...

pendekkan cerita ... the bruneians kata ikut kami, nanti kami hantar hotel yang selamat ... AlhamduLillah kebetulan mereka tu dari diplomatic service so keluar untuk immigresen check pun ikut lorong diplomatic saja AlhamduLillah di permudahkan Allah SWT ...

dan dengan baik hatinya mereka yang memang sudah ditunggui driver ... hantar lah kehotel di tengah bandar raya ... mereka berlalu and there i was having happy thoughts about this visit ... esok paginya baru called sahabat that i was in jakarta and in the hotel ... terus kena marah sayang lah kan ...

 thank you Norlin for a memorable visit ... among others makan di satu restoran ni yang setiap satu dish ada sambal tersendirinya yang sangat nyaman yum yum yum ... this is my memory of indonesia ... the land of sambal :)

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so bila terjumpa sambal tomat ni baru baru ni ... teringat semula that old bachelor way of life ... 

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mula tadi dari rumah Sham sini ... nampak tomato tuan rumahnya di Fiji Island ... sini ... ni belum nak puree ... but rather sambal tomat (tomato in bahasa indonesia sure semua orang tau kan ... saya je baru tau :) ...

i found this recipe ... Sambal Tomat ...sini ...  brought to me by google through this lady ... sini

saya adjust je resepi tu ... for the same amount of cili padi ... lebihh bawang (i prefer bawang besar) ... lebihhhh tomato ... no belacan ... no msg ... gula garaam adjust according to taste ... simpan dalam fridge guna sikit bila nak buat itu ini ... 

itu ini define sendiri ye hehe ...

AlhamduLillah such a simple tasty and useful sambal ...

yang ini heirloom tomatoes ... 

saje je ... tak de kat hypermarket sini ... image source ... here 

yang macam ini (takde tampuk dah) tengah banyak sekarang ... boleh cuba buat sambal tomat :) sambil potong potong nak tumbuk buat sambal ... sambil masuk mulut hehe ... 

image source ... here

 

Mari kita ke ladang dan soalan bocor UPSR ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

sweet simple real life maths for UPSR tomorrow ...

kalau harga petrol di stesen petrol bertambah 20sen seliter ... kira berapa peningkatan harga sayur di pasar ...

hehehe ... simple simple ... 20sen sekilo lah ...

okay pass ... more here

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/09/09/Vegetable-prices-going-up-Greens-more-expensive-now-due-to-fuel-hike-and-rainy-season.aspx

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tak pe tak pe ... mari kita ke ladang ... big or small doesn't matter ... belakang rumah depan rumah boleh je ... dalam pasu atas tanah bereh belako ...

ahhh a sweet vegetable garden ... more images ... here

kampong style ... here

start digging ... good for the heart too ... image source here

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when things are thrown at us ... we learn the art to catch them ...

another one to catch here ...

 http://realifeinmalaysia.blogspot.com/2013/09/pelbagai-bahasa-jiwa-bangsa.html

Montel ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

hari sabtu ikat janji dengan suami ... 

esok kita ke port dickson ye ziarah cousin ...

suami jawab okay but we must get out early in the morning ... he sangatlah fobia jam kat jalan ... especially since kakinya sakit ... kita offer to drive tak mau pula ...

so early in the morning kami bertolak ... ikut highway seremban - port dickson tu laju je but jalan dah banyak berubah due to new roads and exits ... only after a few calls sebab sesat situ sesat sini ... baru sampai alhamduLillah ...

sampai je i was greeted by anak-anak cousin perempuan yang montel montel amat ... berpeluk salam saya pun terus menuju ke katil cousin (lelaki) ... sebenarnya hari raya ni dia dapat cuti dari hospital untuk bersama keluarga di rumah ... he has been in and out of the hospital for the past few months due to diabetic complication ...

... saya berdiri di sisi katil berlinang air mata dengan keadaannya ... berbicara dengannya yang sangat lemah but AlhamduliLLah sabar ... masih bujang in his forties syukur Alhamdulillah dia ada kakak yang devoted to his care ... semoga Allah SWT mengembalikan kesihatannya dan mengurniakan kesabaran padanya ...

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diabetic and heart issues run in my cousin's family ...

mother ... father ... first brother ... third brother semuanya telah kembali ke rahmatuLLAh (may Allah SWT forgive them all) ... mother and both the brothers in their fifties ...

presently ... second sister also in her fifties on daily insulin jabs ...

and this cousin ... in his forties ...

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and kemontelan also runs in the family ... main cause i believe was due to the kedai makan yang arwah mak cik dan pak cik usahakan ... maka the whole family macam makan kat restraurant hari-hari ... noodles, sugared drinks and all sort of gorengan being the main diet ...

and in those days montel is cute ... lagi montel lagi cute ...

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bila nak balik ... saya pesan dengan cousin cousin kurangkan karbohidrat untuk anak anak ye ...

kerana kesusahan dan kesibukan ibu ayah ... pelajaran terganggu ... cukup sampai setakat spm ... dan cukup jika mewah makan dan minum ... 

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tak pandai macam mana nak cakap anak anak tu kurang kan berat badan mereka supaya permasalahan yang sama tidak berulang ulang ...

cuma again and again saya cakap kurangkan carbohydrate ... kurangkan roti canai (sebab anak montel 5 tahun tu suka sangat roti canai ... 2 keping tak cukup kata emaknya) ... kurangkan mi ... kurangkan nasi ...kurangkan goreng goreng ... more veges ... more ikan okay i said ...

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it will take a while ... maybe a long while for our orang kita to understand yang ... montel is comel  ... but montel is not comel for health ...

kawan kawan yang montel tak usahlah terasa ... because kesedihan ini sangat berkaitan dengan keluarga yang sangat saya kasihi ...

 

oh my lemon ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

Image source

kalau ke pasar besar musim ni ... memang meriah ... dengan lemon

one hypermarket has lemons from south africa ... berkodi kodi ... asyik tengok ...

i love lemon ... first of all for its colour ... it is so CERIA (capitals for emphasis ye ... bukan jeritan batinku hehe) ... real mood booster ...masyaAllah

musim musim begini ... panas and bugs flying around ... Allah SWT perbanyakkan pula penawarnya ...

Image source

ni ... lemon juice and honey for buka puasa ... kurang ice ye ...

ni ... lemon chicken ... lauk buat buka ... resepi ... sini

ni ... lemon kena pukau ...

Image source and details on how to light up for hari raya with lemons hehe ... here

and ...

jangan ever lupa ...

Image source

AlhamduLillah, AlhamduLillah, AlhamduLillah :)

errr demammm ...

Assalamualaikum wbt

illustration je hehe ... Image source

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ni lah dosa ketawakan suami who got the bugs early in ramadhan ...

he's getting better and in the process has passed on the bugs to me ...

sharing in pain and in gain lah tu ...

masih ingat masa sekolah dulu tercampak kat asrama ... bila demam selsema tu pergi bawa main ...

pukul pukul bola tennis sikit dengan kawan yang sorang ni ... shidah ...

bila main lupa pasal demam ...

then balik asrama meragam balik ...

orang muda ... tahan je kan ...

ni dah tua ni ... alah ... manjanya badan ni ... ngada betul  ...

tapi kan kalau lah dapat buat macam kat bawah ni ... tengok video ye ...

sure berpeluh dan sehat balik badan ...

kalau saya berani je buat ni ... pergi jauh sikit lah dari mata orang ...

suami? hehehe ... traditionalist yang amat ...

so buat je lah dalam rumah ...

family prancing

Epsom salt and avocado lagi ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

baru je masuk rumah ... wo penatnyaaaa ... dua dua rendam kaki dalam warm foot bath ... with epsom salt ... first time buat ni ... yang ada gout patutnya campur baking soda juga ... but since tak de and terlupa nak beli ... so epsom salt okay je ... 

ohh sangat legaaaa ... kakiku ...

 now baru tengok apa cerita malaysia ... surat khabar online ...

and now here ...:)

itu tadi tentang epsom salt ... 

jangan makan okay ... 

at least not with avocado yang i want to story ni ...

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now tentang avocado ... i saw sister langitbiru thinking about avocado being a temperate plant/tree ...

a bit of a surprise when i saw it myself up there on the hill in brunei ... but the fruit tak lah cantik comel macam dalam supermarket tu ... 

i think they are of different varieties suited for the tropics ...

later i found out that indonesia produces a good amount of avocado for export because pernah jumpa avocado from indonesia kat market ...

here's an FAO link of avocado plantatation in indonesia ...

http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6902e/x6902e07.htm

and here's one gentleman formerly of FRIM who can tell those of us who would like to know more about avocado planting in malaysia  

whether kat garden ... as part of our garden or for bigger intention in mind ...

http://tropicalhorticulture.blogspot.com/2011/04/avocados-for-kuala-lumpur.html

now kut kut ada kat mana mana nursery avocado seedling ni ingin juga nak dapatkan untuk emak tanam kat kampung ni ... insyaALLAH :)

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and do check an interesting experiment by Dr Ng  ...  for indeed he is a scientist through and true ... :)

here ... 

 

 ni illustration je ye ... not my feet ... tadi ada tiga kaki ... 2 mine ... 1 Oghang Besar ... kakinya yang sakit je ... kaki nya besar so tak muat untuk 4 dalam  bekas tu tadi ... :)

Memo for avocado peram ...

i love avocado ...

 in brunei, where i once was attached,  we had some avocado trees at the centre's farm ... and buahnya sepah sepah orang tak nak ... sometimes bila bawa students buat topo survey ... saja bawa mereka ke avocado tree area tu ... sambil sambil survey avocado nye lah tu hehe ...

the centre was initially established by expatriates - British, Australian among them ... so that's why the presence of avocado trees in an area right on top of a small hill ... which also was a good site for our students' practicals ...

 

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masalahnya avocado kalau yang dari hypermarket selalunya belum masak lagi ... so kena peram dulu ... mine is simple ... bungkus satu satu dalam suratkhabar balut banyak round then masuk plastic beg then "sembunyi" dalam kitchen locker ...

 however ... ini kena hati hati ... ada kalanya LUPA hahaha ... macam tadi ni baca baca baca tentang apa boleh apa tak boleh untuk gout ... nampak avocado ... baru tersedar ada avocado peram dan tiga hari dah ... wahhhhh terus tinggal computer berlari kedapur ... tengok apa khabar avocado kita ...

alhamduliLLah avocado baik baik saja ready to serve my tummy ... :)

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so lesson learned is ...

 whenever i peram avocado i must set tel reminder about it ...hehehe

avocado and more here ...

and the tree ... here

Frankincense, basil, geranium and peppermint ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

for a while kami kena sungguh sungguh belajar tentang gout ni ... buah hati (oghang sakit kan kita kena refer as buah hati lah :)  tu tak berapa into ubat doktor (or allopathic medicine katanya) ... so nutrition, homeopathy, aromatherapy, acupuncture are the alternative therapy that he prefers ... sakit pun sakitlah tahan juga ... painkiller will be the last thing he will ingest ...

treatment from sifu dukun tulang tu is still ongoing ... he has to go every other day for the poultice ... let's see how it goes ... at least for two weeks ... rm40 per session ... not covered by medical takaful hehehe ...

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so i have to belajar as well ... besides pemakanan what else we should pay attention to ... to speed up the healing process ...

we are into aromatics ... 

so we have pure essential oils for our use ...

using aromatics for relief ...

combine 2 drops each frankincense, basil, geranium and peppermint and apply every 4 hours ...

yang ni not too complicated but frankincense dah habis ... but boleh lah 3 out of 4 items ...

reference here ...

http://naturallivingmamma.com/2012/02/25/how-to-topically-relieve-gout-pain-with-essential-oils/

plus epson salt + baking powder soak ...

and ...

according to university of maryland alternative therapy for gout ... avoid all purine rich stuff ... okay asparagus out ... mahal pun so okay tu :)

the university recommends ...

Nutrition and Supplements

These nutritional tips may help reduce symptoms:

• Eliminate potential food allergens, including dairy, wheat (gluten), corn, preservatives, and food additives. Your health care provider may test for food sensitivities.
• Eat antioxidant foods, including fruits (such as blueberries, cherries, and tomatoes), and vegetables (such as squash and bell peppers). Some nutritionally oriented physicians promote a low fructose diet to treat gout. Another theory states that one half pound of cherries per day (fresh or frozen) for 2 weeks lowers uric acid and prevents attacks. Cherry juice (8 - 16 oz. per day) is also helpful.
• Eat more high fiber foods, including oats, root vegetables (such as potatoes and yams), and psyllium seed.
• Avoid refined foods, such as white breads, pastas, and sugar.
• Eat fewer red meats and more lean meats, cold water fish, tofu (soy, if no allergy) or beans for protein.
• Cut down on foods containing oxalate, such as spinach, rhubarb, beets, nuts, chocolate, black tea, wheat bran, strawberries, and beans.
• Include foods rich in magnesium and low in calcium, such as barley, bran, corn, rye, oats, soy, brown rice, avocado, banana, and potato.
• Restrict purines in your diet. Foods with a high purine content include beef, goose, organ meats, sweetbreads, mussels, anchovies, herring, mackerel, and yeast. Foods with a moderate amount of purines include meats, poultry, fish, and shellfish not listed above. Spinach, asparagus, beans, lentils, mushrooms, and dried peas also contain moderate amounts of purines.
• Use healthy cooking oils, such as olive oil or vegetable oil.
• Reduce or eliminate trans fatty acids, found in commercially baked goods, such as cookies, crackers, cakes, French fries, onion rings, donuts, processed foods, and margarine.
• Avoid alcohol, and tobacco.
• Drink 6 - 8 glasses of filtered water daily to help flush uric acid from the body. Dehydration often triggers a gout attack.
• Exercise at least 30 minutes daily, 5 days a week.
• Avoid sugar sweetened soft drinks. Diet soft drinks have not been associated with the risk of gout.

You may address nutritional deficiencies with the following supplements:

• A multivitamin daily, containing the antioxidant vitamins A, C, E, the B-complex vitamins, and trace minerals such as magnesium, calcium, zinc and selenium.
• Omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish oil, 1- 2 capsules or 1 tablespoons of oil daily, to help decrease inflammation and promote general health. Cold water fish, such as salmon or halibut, are good sources. Talk to your health care provider before taking omega-3 supplements if you are taking blood thinning medications, such as aspirin or warfarin (Coumadin).
• IP-6 (inositol hexophosphonate), check with your alternative health care provider for proper dosing.
• N-acetyl cysteine, 200 mg daily, for antioxidant effects.
• Vitamin C, 500 - 1,000 mg daily, as an antioxidant. In one study, higher vitamin C intake was independently associated with a lower risk of gout.
• Acidophilus (Lactobacillus acidophilus), 5 - 10 billion CFUs (colony forming units), when needed for maintenance of gastrointestinal and immune health. Some acidophilus products may need refrigeration. Check the labels carefully.
• Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), 3,000 mg twice a day, to help decrease inflammation.
• Avoid taking extra niacin and vitamin A. Both may play a role in some attacks of gout.

Source: Gout http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/gout-000070.htm#ixzz2UkmStD12
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for more details please visit ...

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/gout-000070.htm

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aroma of life

the jewel of the desert 

in pain and pleasure ...

sipemakan abnormal cells ...

Frankincense ...

pokok yang menghasilkannya ... Frankincense (Boswellia carteri)

Macam kambing dah ni ...

... once in the united states i was in a university yang jauh dari halal meat source ... initially bersama malaysian students yang lain ... yang semuanya ikutlah usul imam di islamic centre tempat malaysian students berjamaah ... imam tu dari Jordan ... katanya boleh makan ayam dan daging yang beli kat supermarket tu because they are ayam daging slaughtered by ahli kitab ... so the arabs and the malaysian muslims kat universiti tu more or less makan ayam daging supermarket tulah ... halal kata imam so okay je tak payah sibuk nak ke another city about 90plus miles away to buy halal meat ...

the problem is i am orang kampung ulu ... konsep "geli" nya sangat mendalam ... ko cakaplah apa ... kalau tak sembelih macam mana orang kampung kito sembelih ... tak totolan (tertelan) kito do ...

so makan sayur jelah sepanjang almost one year ... tak susah juga sebab a lot of vegetarian options in the states ... i especially loved the vegetarian spaghetti ...

kadang kadang kakak seniors buat gathering masak lah sedap sedap ayam daging ... they knew i tak makan but one kakak friend said ... ambil lah kuahnya toksah ambil daging ... la cam mana tu ... daging tu berendam dalam kuah tu juga ... mana logiknye ni ... haiya ...

they said to me ... m.. ko ni dah macam kambing dah ni makan sayur je ... hahaha ... i said tak pe tak pe ... kalau makan termuntah karang lagilah susah ...

but by end of the year dah rasa semacam teringin sangat sangat sangat nak makan daging then i susahkan emak minta tolong hantar serunding daging ... alhamduliLLah hilang kempunan ... then tak lama lepas tu ada lah local muslim brother tu supply halal meat yang dia  bawa from that other city yang memang ramai muslims and muslim shops selling halal meat and supplies ...

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kenapa pula terkenang kenang cerita lama ni ... alah sejak buah hati ni diserang gout ... apa lagi penuh lah dalam refrigerator tu sayur segala macam sayur dan ulam ... dah macam mini kedai sayur lah pula ...

sawi bunga, 

kailan

brocolli

bundles of lettuce

petola
bendi

red and green pepper

local parsley ... i am not sure why the label says local parsley ... nama sebenar not sure nak kena selidik ni ... i cakap to sidia tu, Prof Hasanah said coriander leaves good for detoxification ... so he bawalah this parsley ... but i am not sure if this is the same one ... tapi sedap je ... so hari hari lah makan ulam ni  ...

potato - bukan sayur - but dah macam part of sayur dah we all ...

lots of fresh young ginger

lots of fresh young turmeric thinly sliced je tak payah nak tumbuk tumbuk bila nak masak ... macam ulam lah kan ...
and oh yes ... asparagus ... he said mahalnya ... rm11.99 per small pack ... dalam 50 small stems tak tulis pun berapa gram kat pack tu ... sedap dan bagus khasiat okay lah ...  

begitulah ... dah macam kambing lah ni ... hahaha 

kalau suka kambing banyak lagi gambar di sini ... saya sangat suka kambing especially yang sudah mandi :)

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update ...
i've found out that asparagus is rather high in purine that contributes to gout ... so tak beli dah ... although i love to eat it ... untuk saya sikit sikit je okay but not untuk Oghang Besar yang sakit ni ... ha bila cakap padanya about asparagus ni ... terus lah he said that's why i think the pain is not reducing ... la sikit je makan pun :)

Someone said something and someone else also said something ...

i was looking for natural remedies for ...

gout ...

 and ended up discovering something else ...

http://www.naturalnews.com/040365_Angelina_Jolie_gene_patents_Supreme_Court_decision.html

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an interesting piece ... for thinking out aloud ...

about someone saying something and someone else saying more interesting backdrop ... hmmmm

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oh yes back to gout ... kena minta maaf pada those yang minta BCL ... hari ni kami pergi tok dukun Chinese ... actually looking for acupuncture person ke Mantin but cuti ... then i said meh tengok along old seremban - mantin road ... jumpa somthing like NSCMH Medical Centre 24 hours ... so i said to Oghang Besar oh meh check this one maybe kat sini ada acupuncture centre ... tak tau apa maksud NSCMH tu pun ... I guess C tu means Complementary (like maybe Complementary Medicine and Homeopathy?), I explained to Oghang Besar ... hehehe pandai tak saya ... sampai ke atas bukit where the medical centre was ... parking area ada 2 buah kereta ... more or less kosong parking area tu ... kan cuti kan hari ni ... then masuk pintu besar building terus kena tegur 3 securities yang tanya us nak pergi mana ... and i said nak pergi hospital lah ... they laughed ... then i tanya ada acupuncture clinic ke di sini ... one of them said ya but today tutup ... it was in building A outside down the road she explained (in BM lah dia cakap apa pasal saya translate ke BI ni i myself pun don't understand) ... oh okay I said ... then out of curiosity tanya pula apa maksud NSCMH tu ... and a security person jawab ... Negeri Sembilan Chinese Maternity Hospital ... hahaha ... patutlah mereka tanya nak pergi mana sebab memang pun kadiaku tak nampak macam orang nak beranak pun ... C for complementary? hahaha ... tak pe tak pe ...

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since hari ni cuti  kan so banyak masa kami boleh pusing pusing ... breakfast dulu (oh ya keluar rumah jam 7++ tadi minum ringan ingat nak kejar queue kat acupuncture mantin tu) ... then someone redirected us to a tok dukun ... well known in seremban but not to us ... nama clinic tu Dukun Sakit Tulang ... ... ... (insert name on dotted lines).

kami ingat nak check je dulu ... but what a surprise so ramai orang ... orang yang tak patah hantar orang patah, yang bertongkat, yang dah bersimin baru dan lama, yang jatuh motor, yang kena tendang bola bukan bola tendang dia ... masyaAllah pelbagai bangsa ... Melayu, China, India ... kira macam 1Malaysia lah macam tu ...

ada yang first time macam kami ... ada yang dah 2  anak bujang jatuh motor dia bawa kemari and we spoke with the father ... rather well informed and had good experience with the tok dukun and we gathered some advice and reasons for him for using the clinic ... again what a surprise ... we (i particularly) asked everyone that passed us by ... lambat kan mereka tu berjalan sebab patah kecik, patah besar ... sempatlah kami interview mereka sambil gelak gelak ... i am a very peramah person actually hehehe ... so we had a lot of information about the clinic and the master dukun and his family of dukun sons for sakit tulang ... real interesting ... dalam bilik treatment pun sempat lagi tanya the clinic family set up ... hai ya ... memang manyak soal ma ... but it was a very good learning experience ...

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alhamdulillah first round of treatment for Oghang Besar ... plus Tok Dukun kata jangan makan itu itu ... jangan makan ini ini ... ha i said habis he can eat apa ... he said yang bukan itu itu bukan ini ini tu bolehlah ... okay i said ... masalahnya yang itu itu dan ini ini tu lah makanan asasinye ... haiya ...

tak pe tak pe ... kita boleh gugle kan hehehe ...

gugle gugle gugle gugle gugle natural remedies for gout ... apa boleh makan apa tak boleh makan ...

langsung lah jadi cerita ni ... mudahan ada manfa'at ...

Assalamualaikum :)

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 rooibos tea for gout ... among other things of course ...