The Case Of Food Poisoning

I had a crazy case of food poisoning last week. I think it was the lala we had at Oyster King at Paradigm Mall. Inilah balasan Tuhan kerana makan di tempat yang tidak diketahui status halalnya huhu. Tak check pun, pakai redah je. Ingat kawan-kawan. Had them on Wednesday night. Zufri, Aisha and I had some, Emma had none, thank God. Tapi kasihan kat Aisha. Early Thursday morning she threw up a little. Then at around 6-ish she threw up a little bit more. I swear it was just a little bit of puke. So I sent the kids to Opah and went to work.

So at work, I was feeling a little queasy. I thought nothing of it since you know, thought it might be morning sickness and all (heh heh). The first time I threw up, out came my breakfast, roti kosong dan teh ais. But it didn’t leave a horrible after taste in my mouth. So I just sort of lepakked on the jamban. Came out, drank some water, and then back again on the jamban, vomiting again. Minum air sikit, muntah balik. Pastu cirit pulak lagi. Ya ampun. Minum lagi. Muntah lagi. Siap muntah tepi jalan (on the way nak ke klinik) dan dalam kereta Pipi lagi (mujurlah ada beg plastik hahaha)

Then Opah called. Said Aisha had thrown up twice. So I thought ah, might as well go home. So off to the clinic we went. Now this is an interesting story. Remember how Emma was admitted to Assunta when she was about 1 year +? Well we went to Klinik Kanak-Kanak Oh at SS2. I remember the nurse being very garang because she yelled at me (then) anak you demam tak bagi ubat demam? She could have a seizure in the car you know???

But I had no choice, so off we went. She asked me apa masalah anak. I said dia muntah-muntah. Dah berapa kali? 4 times since this morning. Dah 4 kali muntah baru nak jumpa doctor????? She could get dehydrated you know??? Hahahaha OMG serius over the top sungguh lah nurse ni. She reported down the necessary information, asked me how old Aisha was. So I said 1 year 4 months. Dia melihat Aisha dengan wajah yang sangat skeptik. But she’s so small!! Her birth weight is so big, why is she so small now?

For the record, Aisha weighed 7.6 kilos at 16 months old (according to her, Aisha had the weight of a 7 month old baby). Emma at the same age was almost 11 kilos. If I looked at just Aisha, I won’t notice how small she really was, only when I compare her to other kids her age, then I can see a difference in size.

The doctor was really concerned with her weight, but was fairly satisfied that she seemed like a healthy child. One of her questions was whether my breast milk was enough for her during the first year? I said well she didn’t seem to fuss and seemed satisfied and full so I gathered that I had produced enough breast milk. I have been supplementing Aisha with formula some 4 months ago, but at home and during weekends its always been direct feeding.

So the doctor told me to stop breastfeeding for a while, because whatever food poisoning virus I had in my system can be transferred to her through my milk, and that lactose causes stomach unsettling. She told me to feed her a lactose free / soy based formula and gave some oral rehydration salt.

Balik rumah, beli susu, aku pun tidur. Mintak tolong Pipi jagakan Aisha, bagi dia susu. I think she was already so tired by then that she just took the milk and fell asleep without much fuss. The moments when she was awake though, was terrible. She kept wanting to nurse and I kept refusing her. Kesian betul. But she wasn’t all that cranky. Malam nak tidur tu, Aisha tidur bilik sebelah dengan Zufri because otherwise, I’m sure she’d wanna breastfeed all night. Rasa lain macam tak tidur dengan Aisha, tapi sekejap je hahaha because I really needed the sleep. I had practically nothing since morning, I was so tired.

Alhamdulillah by Friday everybody felt a little better. I no longer threw up, tapi perasaan mual dan loya itu berterusan sehingga ke hari ini. The thing is that after a meal I’d feel nauseous so I needed to lie down, and after a short nap barulah diri terasa segar.

The only things that got me going were ice cold carbonated drinks (sprite & ginger ale). These two things really kept me going. I tried to eat asam, tapi I cannot go lah. Asam aku beli tu tak best kot. Asam betik yang halus-halus tu. Maklumlah, tak biasa beli asam. Tak masam mana pun, masin je lebih.

Kesimpulannya, jagalah pemakanan anda. Food poisoning really really sucks. Dan aku sangat bersyukur kepada Yang Maha Esa kerana tak diberi ujian morning sickness seperti kawan-kawan ibu yang lain.

Diriku terpanggil untuk mengemaskini blog. Apakah yang terkini? 3weeks ago Zufri turned 31 and we went away for the weekend to Bukit Tinggi. Wish we had stayed AT Bukit Tinggi itself, but no we stayed at Selesa Hillhomes. Pergi sana pun pasal Zufri ada 'tournament' golf haha. Air quotes adalah kerana it was organised among friends for friends haha. Then we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary 1 week later.

Didn't go anywhere fancy, just went to paradigm lepak kejap pasal Zufri lewat. Bawak Kiddos naik teksi. Emma was so excited and happy, she bragged to anyone who would listen. Dinner was at Las Vacas. Delicious food. Yummy company. The restaurant was practically empty so the kids could just run around and let us grown ups enjoy our food.

So this anniversary, Zufri bought me (or the house, rather) a sofa! Hahaha lame I know but I've been complaining for the longest time and I guess he just couldn't take it anymore. Anyway, sofas are so expensive! Rasa macam nak menangis cari sofa je. But we finally settled on this gorgeous and super comfy sofa from Ikea. Asked Emma, whaT did she think of it?

Sekejap eh mummy.

Dia pergi dekat arm rest tu, panjat dan slid down to the seat. Smiled and then said best.

A-ha! Macam tu rupanya cara pilih sofa!




One anniversary he gave us a water heater haha. Oh dear my husband is so practical.

Malam ni asyik hujan kan? Selesanya tidur berselubung comforter. See you guys soon.

Can I just post photos of things that make me happy?



Tengok tu masa berlalu dengan sangat pantas that Aisha's just a blurry vision! Photo taken during Raya Haji di Restoran Hamideeyah, Campbell Street, Penang. We parked at theparking area opposite Line Clear. Ya Allah. Dah keluar baru perasan sejam RM4! Habis RM16!

Lepas tu balik SP naik feri. Semuaorang enjoy, Emma and I especially. Heee.



This is a photo of Emma playing with her cousin Hani Nur Khadeeja. Umur Hani Nur setahun lagi tua dari Emma, but Emme is a bit taller. Si kecik bontot tonggek pasal pakai cloth diaper.

Eh I have to say, I truly support cloth diapering. Its lighter on your wallet especially if you're planning on having more than 1 child. And although the cheaper brands are okay, both my Lunatots have tears in their waterproof lining. And the same with Bouncy Baby. A good, cheap brand of CD is Sentuhan Bayu. Check out senuhanbayu.biz. RM19.99 je satu set. Aisha has 3. Two more are on their way hehe.



Nah gambar Aisha baru bangun tidur. I've introduced her to formula about 3 weeks ago. Aku pun dah start tak rajin nak mengepam 3 kali sehari. Kadang kadang aku pam 2 kali but most days its only during lunch. She's now coughing, with phlegm. Hoping that Insha Allah, everything will be fine.



Another of Aisha. Dahi dia jendul okay!

Okay mengantuk. Good night!

Butterfly Wings

This is a crazily backdated post, which I think happened in May 2012. Sila.

Emma’s been bugging me to buy her a pair of butterfly wings from Cotton On at Paradigm Mall. Ewah nak selitkan yang akak dah pergi ke sana, ada a lot of comments on the place. Nanti aku komen. So last night on a whim ewah on a whim (jakun oi) kami pun pergilah ke sana. Zufri tiada kerana dia kan Belia 1Malaysia.

Nak dijadikan kisahnya, kami beli 2 benda. Butterfly wings dan sehelai tshirt untuk Emma. Cashier tu kata semuanya RM63.00. Eh? RM63.00? Kenapa pulak sedangkan harga butterfly wings tu hanya RM29.00 dan tshirt hanya RM19.00? Kenapa kenapa kenapaaaaa???? Kau ingat aku tak reti kira?! Katanya harga butterfly wings tu RM44.00. Kataku no, written on the price tag is RM29.00. Katanya sekejap ye kak.

Manager dia pun datang, called HQ, ding dong ding dong bla bla bla about 3-4 minutes, probably even 5, dan katanya ye kak, harganya RM44.00.

I was conflicted, because Emma really wanted those wings, but I hated that they did a mistake like that and cheated the customers. I mean what if I bought a shit load of things and didn’t check every single item, like in Giant? (Well Giant has made their fair share of over charging customers themselves) Then how? 1 customer dah RM16.00, sehari 10 customer beli dah RM160.00. sebulan dah RM4,800.00! Tak ke rip off tu namanya??

Memang semua wings tu RM44.00 atau ada yang RM28.00, tanyaku. I mean there were other designs; they could have priced them wrongly. No, said the manager. They are all RM44.00.

Hmm.. Think think think.

Sekali budak tu tanya “so akak nak ke tak?”

What the effffff la weyyyyyyy?????

I mean wow. Seriously? Of course I said no. And on hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have taken the t-shirt either. And probably should have voiced out my dissatisfaction with the way he handled the manner. And the manager too. And created a scene. With placards and all, pusing-pusing depan Cotton On chanting “Cotton On Penipu! Cotton On Penipu!”

I guess I was expecting some sort of apology for inconveniencing me. What if I went there with only RM28.00, came to Paradigm Mall solely for the purpose of buying those wings, with a baby in the carrier and a 4 year old melalak nak jugak wings tu? Or just honour the price shown on the price tag. RM16.00 is not a lot for a place like Cotton On.

Nasib baik aku bukan celebrity blogger tau.

Bangang punya customer service.

Jalan-jalan kat Toys R Us, tengok tengok ada satu butterfly wings tu, lengkap dengan magic wand, at only RM33.00. Lagi berbaloi.

Haven’t stepped foot in another Cotton On store ever since.

Bahhh!!!

Finally an update

Amagad I really need to update this blog more often. Every time I read other people’s blog I feel so inspired to update mine. Inspirations that are short lived pasal aku tak update-update juga. Its been a busy few months. Busy idling. Hehe. Busy being lazy. Ooohh that sounds better. Oh! Oh! Or busy living life. Yeah I could go on for hours (thinking of things to write and end up not writing anything at all)

OK. Sooo….

August is a month of many occasions; both my girls are August babes. On Emma’s birthday, I made her a birthday tiara made of foam. The best would of course be using felt paper, but Zufri just couldn’t be bothered to go to OU (Daiso sells them in lots of colours!). Foam is also acceptable, but it’s a bit warm. Mak Su made Emma some red velvet cupcakes because those are her favourite, and we drew some Hello Kitty on the icing. Yummy and pretty.

Aisha’s birthday pulak was on the 2^nd day of raya. That was fun because everyone was around for cakes and bunga api. In true Hamzah family tradition, we didn’t have any round, huge cakes, but instead we bought cake slices from Secret Recipe. The kids then promptly started playing under the table. Seems that kids will always choose friends and company over sweet delicious cakes.

Raya this year was pretty calm and organized, we amazed ourselves! Usually malam raya tu masih lagi mengemas-ngemas rumah, jemur ketupat, keringkan rendang dan sebagainya. But this year, malam raya tu aku keluar pergi cuci rambut, OK. Cuci rambut! Amagad. Memang superb raya tahun ni. Brought only Aisha because Emma was too busy playing with her cousins. Emma tak nak ikut tau mummy, Emma nak duduk dengan Mak Yen. Okay, Princess. (She makes me call her Princess nowadays. Ikat kain kat pinggang sebagai skirt yang sangat panjang dan kembang, letak selendang atas kepala sebagai rambut yang panjang. Seperti Princess Rapunzel.)

Wish I had photos to share with you guys. Maybe later when I update on Emma and Aisha. Gotta get back to work.