Baik Membawa Resmi Padi Daripada Membawa Resmi Lalang

"Baik membawa resmi padi daripada membawa resmi lalang"

Itu adalah salah satu pepatah melayu yang bermaksud, suka merendah diri dan tidak bersikap sombong walaupon semakin berilmu atau berkedudukan tinggi.

Tapi masyarakat zaman skrg ni, makin pandai makin sombong, makin banyak duit makin sombong. Entah ape yang dibangga sangat dengan pangkat and duit tu.

Ade satu makhluk yang aku kenal since I was in high school. Die pandai, die berjaya dan setahu aku die baik (at least most of our fren acknowledge yang die baik and decent). But recently I was in shock bile aku tgk status FB die yang sound so arrogant. Exulted of what die has. Kenape manusia mesti berubah kerana pangkat dan wang.

Hello 2015

This is the first entry in 2015...
See kan I dah cakap, I cant stick to blog....

Okay, just a brief one on my 2015 resolution
1. Debt free(later will write about this)
2. To achieve 50kg of body weight (r u kiddig me? no i'm serious)...
Thats it about resolution

Next is, this blog is no longer solely for homedec jek, Basically it will be a channel for me to write anything that come across me and things that i cudnt talk to anyone who knows me...blerghhh sounds poyo jek kan....

Okay..see ya lagi

Plaster Ceiling Cost and Calculation

Orang ade plaster ceiling....
Kite pon sebok nak berplaster ceiling....
Padahal ongkos nye tak ade pon....
Kenape nak berplaster ceiling?
Konon nye kalau pakai downlight, environment rumah lagi nampak cantik...KONON....
hahaha.....

Cost untuk plaster ceiling ni biasenya akan dikira per sqft...
Untuk yang PLAIN plaster ceiling (meaning bukan yang ade box-box bagai tu, L-box etc etc)...
Paling mahal contractor quote I is rm7 and paling murah is rm3.50...
Please bear in mind harga untuk DESIGNED plaster ceiling lain ye..as I mentioned earlier....

So macam mana nak kira cost untuk plaster ceiling?
Sonang yo.....
Kira la luas kawasan ceiling (in sqft) yang hangpa nak buat plaster ceiling tu...
And then times la dengan harga yang contractor tu quote...

In my case...
Luas kawasan ceiling yang I nak buat plaster ceiling tu is 720sqft...
Contractor tu quote rm3.50 per sqft....
720 sqft x rm3.50 = RM2520....
So total cost of my plaser ceiling is RM2520...murah tak...hehehehehe

Oh ya, wiring and painting kire cost lain ye....
Because of we DIY wiring and painting....
Jadi, I cant advise on the wiring and painting cost here...

 Buat kerangka besi dulu....

Nampak macam senang....

Tapi the tricky part is the measurement tang mana yang hang nak paku kerangka tu yang pakar sahaja tau buat....

Drill la kepingan-kepingan papan ceiling pada kerangka tadi....

Ini belum di plaster lagi...

Satu Kereta

Memiliki lebih dari satu kereta...
Keperluan atau kehendak?

I...or should I say we (me n hubby) only have one car....
We do afford another car but with tight budget la....
Kene cut off nak makan mewah or nak g jalan2 or nk beli baju baru...
So better dont commit something that can make us suffer kan...

Tak susah ke ada satu kereta je?
Pergi keje macam mana?
If one of us ade hal, macam mana?

Since our working place satu hala...so nope...tak susah...
In fact, we are very comfortable sebab at least we do have time to spend together before reaching office and after work...
Time tu la nk update each others punye story...
I will send my husband to work and after that heading to my office....
From home, it took us about 40 minutes plus sending Aisyah to babysitter's house...
Luckily, our route tu tak jammed...

In case of emergency and one of us need to use the car, or one of us is having unusual schedule for that day, we will borrow my father's car...
Another lucky instant...
So, I (we) think we've made a right decision not to have another car yet...

That is my scenario...
But for some of us...
It is necessary to have at least 2 cars...

There are so many reason and basis why they have to have 2 cars...
For example, they are taking different route to the office....
Their working hours are different...might be because of they are working on shift...
One of them need to travel around frequently....etc etc etc

But seriously...do we need more than one car?
If we can commute using public transport...
If we can tolerate our schedule...
If we have same route to work...

Committing ourselves into another debt is really not a wise resolution...
Because the car values will drop as soon as it is purchased...
Yet, another monthly installment with devastated interest to pay...
Unless you have a fortune of money to splurge on...

Thus, lets rethink of having more than one car when we should not...

Caesar VS Normal

Tak kesah la bersalin normal or Caesar kan....

Asalkan mommy and baby selamat...

TAPI...

Ade jugak manusia-manusia zaman sekarang ni yang tertutup minda nya...

Tak lama jek lagi I dah nk di operate for the second time...

Bila perut dah besar ni...

Among the most popular question that people will ask...

Bila due? Normal ke Caesar?

Bila dijawab jek I will go for Caesar...

As usual, there will be next question, WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY go for Caesar...

To my surprise, when I explained, most of makcik2 and nenek2 kat kampung can understand without ade annoying response or another annoying question....
In fact, their reply was very supportive...

Unfortunately, manusia2 yang at my age pulak yang memberi response and comment yang sangat irritating and bothersome...
"Kenapa tak nak try normal?"
As I said, I memang nak merasa bersalin secara normal...in fact, bukan I tak pernah rasa sakit nak beranak...
During my first child, I was suffered to death nak beranak....
That eventually I have no choice other than Caesar....
So, dont tell me that I should try for normal delivery and experience myself the pain of contraction!!!
Because I've gone thru the strain!!!

Good for you that both of your deliveries are normal...
You should be more thankful for that...
But that doesnt mean you have the right to denounce or critic orang yang Caesarian ni...
And please bear in mind that we, who go for Caesar also SAKIT okke!!!
Bukan tak sakit...
So, tak yah nk buat expression muka mintak penumbuk when I said I will still opt for Caesar for 2nd child...

Register and Check Up Your Pregnancy at KK and UMRA

For those yang first time pregnant tu..mesti tertanya2..
Bila nak start check up...
Nak check up kat mana...

Through I punye experience....
Masa first pregnancy tu...macam mana I tau I pregnant??
My menstrual cycle boleh dikatakan normal...
Normal means...every month mesti period and beza dalam 1 to 2 days je...
Just after married, the next month tu tak period....
Ape lagi...cuak makk.....
Pi beli pregnancy test kat Guardian ngan my BFF and check tang tang tu jugak.....
Which UPT (UPT stands for Urine Pregnancy Test) I bought?
Any brand would do...
So, buat la UPT...and guess what.....POSITIVE
Ok, when the result shows it is +ve, I mula la panic tak tau nak buat apa....(poyo jek kan)

What to do when you know that you've got a bun in the oven aka pregnant?
Drop by to any nearest KK (Klinik Kesihatan) to confirm it and boleh register terus your pregnancy di Klinik Kesihatan...
Bile nak pergi confirm kan?
It is up to you bile2 you nak pergi...but the check up will start at the third month for the first timer...

Macam I, first pregnancy I pergi register je kat Klinik Kesihatan and buat BUKU MERAH tu...
But I did the check up at UMRA, tak pernah pon pergi Klinik Kesihatan..
And, every time I went to UMRA for check up, the doctor will update the BUKU MERAH tu...provided we have to give it to the doc buku tu, if not the doc wont update it...
Second pregnancy ni, tak pergi pon register kat KK since dah ade record kat UMRA kan...

So, for the first pregnancy, I register both at KK and UMRA during my third month of pregnancy...
Kindly note that, for the first timer, if you want to give birth at UMRA, you have to register and start your check up before your 5th month of pregnancy ye, after bulan ke 5, UMRA will not accept if I am not mistaken....

Bile dah register kat KK and UMRA,
They both will advise date of the next check up...
Tiba date untuk chekc up, org KK tu akan call as a reminder, if you decide nk buat kat private je, then cakap je yang you nak buat check up kat private, they will understand and wont call anymore...
Ade jugak mommies yang buat check up kat both KK and private...
Sebab, kat KK boleh dapat ubat free, while kat private you have to pay for the medicine....
Cuma, if you go to KK, you have to wait LIKE FOREVER la..hehehehe....

So, what is the medical care given during our monthly check up?

Briefly, at UMRA
3mo - scan and confirm pregnancy (single or twin)
4mo - scan (tak datang pon takpe)
5mo - scan and start taking medicine (obimin etc)
6mo - scan and cocok kancing gigi
7mo - scan and check diabetics, start taking urine, and buat detail scan on the baby
8mo - scan and start to check up biweekly (doc dah start monitor closely)
9mo - scan and check jantung baby, doc dah brief bile mau bersalin and the procedure bagai....

This is for normal pregnancy, meaning for those yang takde kencing manis or darah tinggi....
For yang special case tu, I'm not sure what did they go thru during their monthly check up....

So, congratulation for those who are expecting and enjoy your pregnancy...

Feeding Bottle a.k.a Botol Susu Baby

p/s: This entry is not for weaning mommies

When it comes to buying something...

Tak kisah la beli ape pon...

Baju, seluar, handbag, tefon, buku, tudung, and even sebatang pensil...

Kita mesti akan memilih...

Memilih mana satu pilihan hati...memilih mana satu yang sesuai...

Begitu jugak botol susu...

Things that I will consider when choosing a feeding milk are...

1. Botol tu mestilah wide neck...MESTI!! Sebab saya takde susu dispenser, saya letak susu in a large container terus. When I have to prepare susu for Aisyah and kene pulak time tu dalam kete yang keadaannya tak berapa nak stabil tu...can u imagine kalau botol tu narrow neck?? Abis la tumpah segala milk powder itu (because I am a clumsy mommy). Thus, I need wide neck bottle supaya senang buat susu tanpa tumpah2. Dah nama pon WIDE kan..kalau tumpah jugak...no comment lah..heee

Wide Neck Feeding Bottle

Narrow Neck Feeding Bottle

2. Puting or nipple nya mesti la senang untuk didapati di pasaraya2 and murah...I used to use botol susu TT (Tommee Tippee), sepasang puting TT costs us about rm23. What the .. mahal gile kot for just a pair of nipple. Sbb I have a habit kerap tukar puting feeding bottle. Apparently because of the hygienic reason la kan. So for me, nk spend rm23 biweekly is just not worth a penny...heee

3. Scale kat bottle tu mestilah clear. For instance, botol susu MAM tu, nampak jelas scale ounce or ml while TT tu kan tak nampak. Itu la what I mean by a clear scale. Kalau scale nye clear, tak payah la kita nk susah2 teropong, dah isi air banyak mana kan....pastu nnt nk kene check at eye level lagi so that takde ralat paralaks (cisss, poyo betul..ingat ini nak isi chemical untuk eksperimen sains ke???hahahaha)

 MAM Feeding Bottle 

Tommee Tippee Feeding Bottle

Other than that, feeding bottle tu mesti lah BPA Free and anti colic.