People say new broom sweeps clean. What about new oven? New oven bakes a lot of dishes! Ever since I bought the electric oven, there has been many delicious outcomes coming out from the oven. Here's what has been baked so far:
1. Beef Lasagne
2. Shepherd's Pie
3. Beef Bacon Toast Sandwich
4. Baked Macaroni
5. Baked Potato
6. Bread & Butter Pudding with 2 variants: Chocolate & Marmalade
There you go. Half dozen menu within one week. And more to come! Well, I could only say, it's a RM139 well-spent!
And the new bed finally arrived yesterday afternoon although without the pull-out. The pull-out will only be delivered tomorrow. I'm very much satisfied with the bed & the final arrangement of the room. And Iris is also loving it! She keeps on jumping on the bed (luckily we did the right choice by not buying the spring mattress!). But I really have no idea when she will actually sleep in her own room. I guess only time will tell.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Shop Til' U Drop
I spent most of this week shopping & ended up satisfied though it burnt a hole in my pocket (there goes RM1.5k from my savings!) It started off with buying Pooh pillows & comforter for Iris from the usual Menara Lobby sales. Then on Monday nite Sister & I went to buy the electric oven to bake lasagne, followed by buying cheap airline tickets from Air Asia promo for Hubby & Iris. I plan to go back to KB for Akikah sometimes after my confinement. The thought of having to buy for 4 ppl made me allocated higher budget but thanks to Air Asia, the return ticket just cost me RM70 per person! Unfortunately I still can't buy ticket for myself since I have to purchase it together with the new baby.
On Friday, my close friends decided to attack the Isetan Sales @ Gardens. And I ended up buying the most stuffs hehe. Here's what I bought that day:
1. Lollipop cot bedding set @ 60% discount (wowee, it cost only RM90+ instead of RM240)
2. 3 pairs of Osh Kosh shoes (1 pair for Iris & 2 pairs for baby @ 50% discount)
3. 2 pairs of Poney clothes for baby @ 30 - 50% discount
4. Pumpkin Patch jeans & dress for Iris @ 50% discount
5. 4 pairs of Pumpkin Patch jumpers for baby also @ 50% discount
What a nice feeling! It's indeed very true when people say shopping is a retail therapy for ladies.
Yesterday I continued to shop by finally purchasing Iris' bed & mattress from a neighborhood furniture shop. Between the 2 furniture shops, I picked the best bargain: RM650 for bed, pullout, mattress & 2 pillows. Can't wait for the delivery which is supposed to be this afternoon.
And then off we went to Alamanda to get some baby stuffs. Hubby plans to go back to Kuantan next week so I was thinking it's better if I get prepared in case baby decides to make an early appearance. Here's the things that I bought from Alamanda:
1. Minnie Mouse school bag for Iris @ 50% discount (her current diaper bag will be handed down to baby)
2. A pair of Old Navy jeans for baby @ only RM19.90!
3. MAM small feeding bottle for baby's little hands
4. Newborn Drypers & Baby Wipes
There you go. I almost completed the whole baby checklist except for some items which I need to purchase from Rita's shop. And I plan to do it after we come back from Kuantan. Afterall it's not so urgent & it can wait.
On top of it all, Father called me up on Friday nite and told me that they have finally talked to the confinement lady & she has agreed to come & look after me & baby for 2-3 weeks. And now what i have to do is to ask on the price. Seems like most of my plans are nicely laid out. Am really looking forward to the new baby. Welcome to the world sayang!
On Friday, my close friends decided to attack the Isetan Sales @ Gardens. And I ended up buying the most stuffs hehe. Here's what I bought that day:
1. Lollipop cot bedding set @ 60% discount (wowee, it cost only RM90+ instead of RM240)
2. 3 pairs of Osh Kosh shoes (1 pair for Iris & 2 pairs for baby @ 50% discount)
3. 2 pairs of Poney clothes for baby @ 30 - 50% discount
4. Pumpkin Patch jeans & dress for Iris @ 50% discount
5. 4 pairs of Pumpkin Patch jumpers for baby also @ 50% discount
What a nice feeling! It's indeed very true when people say shopping is a retail therapy for ladies.
Yesterday I continued to shop by finally purchasing Iris' bed & mattress from a neighborhood furniture shop. Between the 2 furniture shops, I picked the best bargain: RM650 for bed, pullout, mattress & 2 pillows. Can't wait for the delivery which is supposed to be this afternoon.
And then off we went to Alamanda to get some baby stuffs. Hubby plans to go back to Kuantan next week so I was thinking it's better if I get prepared in case baby decides to make an early appearance. Here's the things that I bought from Alamanda:
1. Minnie Mouse school bag for Iris @ 50% discount (her current diaper bag will be handed down to baby)
2. A pair of Old Navy jeans for baby @ only RM19.90!
3. MAM small feeding bottle for baby's little hands
4. Newborn Drypers & Baby Wipes
There you go. I almost completed the whole baby checklist except for some items which I need to purchase from Rita's shop. And I plan to do it after we come back from Kuantan. Afterall it's not so urgent & it can wait.
On top of it all, Father called me up on Friday nite and told me that they have finally talked to the confinement lady & she has agreed to come & look after me & baby for 2-3 weeks. And now what i have to do is to ask on the price. Seems like most of my plans are nicely laid out. Am really looking forward to the new baby. Welcome to the world sayang!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Cheesy Home-Baked Lasagne
I've been craving for lasagne since last few weeks. So much so, that I went to bought all the ingredients last two weeks after Sister found out that her multi-cooker can actually work wonders. But unfortunately, the following weekend, Sister had to attend some Commonwealth Liaison Officer course in Genting Highlands.
Last weekend was Brother's birthday, so I was hoping Sister would bake lasagne as part of the celebration. However, Sister went out with her friends since early morning, so I decided to go out & buy some pizzas instead.
Upon returning home, I actually found out that Sister did prepare the lasagne but couldn't bake them as her multi-cooker went "kapoot". That nite we ended up eating Domino's pizza & I found out NY crust was the best among all.
Last nite, I was more determined than ever to ensure that the lasagne goes into an oven & becomes edible. After coming back from work, Sister, Iris & I went looking for an affordable oven to buy. We started off at Cosway coz initially we wanted to buy the UFO oven using some coupons but unfortunately Cosway is coming up with a new redemption catalogue so the existing catalogue is no longer valid.
We then went looking in electrical shops, but there were not many options + the prices are way higher than my budget. Finally we went to Jusco, and there it was: Cornell Electric Oven with its price, size & functionality very much suited to my expectation.
Without much deliberation, I bought the oven & went straight home. That nite, I was finally able to satisfy my cravings for cheesy home baked lasagne. It never tasted so good before. In fact we still have some leftovers from last nite and I can't wait to get home today to finish it all :)
Last weekend was Brother's birthday, so I was hoping Sister would bake lasagne as part of the celebration. However, Sister went out with her friends since early morning, so I decided to go out & buy some pizzas instead.
Upon returning home, I actually found out that Sister did prepare the lasagne but couldn't bake them as her multi-cooker went "kapoot". That nite we ended up eating Domino's pizza & I found out NY crust was the best among all.
Last nite, I was more determined than ever to ensure that the lasagne goes into an oven & becomes edible. After coming back from work, Sister, Iris & I went looking for an affordable oven to buy. We started off at Cosway coz initially we wanted to buy the UFO oven using some coupons but unfortunately Cosway is coming up with a new redemption catalogue so the existing catalogue is no longer valid.
We then went looking in electrical shops, but there were not many options + the prices are way higher than my budget. Finally we went to Jusco, and there it was: Cornell Electric Oven with its price, size & functionality very much suited to my expectation.
Without much deliberation, I bought the oven & went straight home. That nite, I was finally able to satisfy my cravings for cheesy home baked lasagne. It never tasted so good before. In fact we still have some leftovers from last nite and I can't wait to get home today to finish it all :)
Monday, February 16, 2009
Why Specialists Are Rich
Last weekend, we went for Iris follow-up with Dr Azam. I also intended to collect the medical report from Dr Vann's clinic on Iris' previous admission in July 2008 (wow, that was long time ago!). The reason why the medical report was not collected was because my insurance agent been asking me to negotiate on the fee charged by Dr Vann which was exorbitant. It's freaking RM250 as compared to the fee charged by Dr Azam which was usually RM50 only. And being the usual me, after the first couple of calls made to Izyani (Dr Vann's nurse) had been futile, I was lost in the hecticness of day to day job & completely forgot about it.
Since Iris was admitted again last week, and now it's time for another medical report (luckily this time it was Dr Azam's), I had to settle the previous claim. My agent thought if I collected the report myself, I would be able to get it at a much cheaper rate. Unfortunately, the staff there told me that RM250 is a standard rate for Dr Vann's medical report. Well, there goes my RM250 for just some scribbles on a couple of pages.
Anyway, the check-up was brief. Dr Azam could see that Iris has fully recovered but he insisted that I still puff Iris with Seretide twice daily since her lungs are quite weak & susceptible to infection until his next review in another 3 months time. And now I'm more determined than ever to ensure Iris takes her daily dosages of multivitamin (Dr Azam was recommending Kiddie Pharmaton) to boost up her immunity.
After the check-up, we went to Midvalley for lunch. I wanted Hubby to try Nasi Bojari (although I've never tried it before) which seemed delicious during my last visit to Madam Kwan's. I'm glad that Hubby loved it (usually he's pretty particular about the taste).
During our lunch, Iris decided to poo-poo so I had to bring her to the toilet. Midvalley's toilet is so un-friendly to parents with kids. I had to carry Iris up the next level because the toilet on Level 1 does not even have water pipe. And the cubicle was extremely tiny, I was afraid Iris might slipped down the toilet bowl. Phew! That was really a challenge.
After lunch, we went for some grocery shopping at Carrefour. Poor Iris, she fell asleep on the trolley & all the way back home. That nite I felt extremely tired & aching all over my body, or to be exact, I felt like an old granny after a long walk. *Sigh*
Since Iris was admitted again last week, and now it's time for another medical report (luckily this time it was Dr Azam's), I had to settle the previous claim. My agent thought if I collected the report myself, I would be able to get it at a much cheaper rate. Unfortunately, the staff there told me that RM250 is a standard rate for Dr Vann's medical report. Well, there goes my RM250 for just some scribbles on a couple of pages.
Anyway, the check-up was brief. Dr Azam could see that Iris has fully recovered but he insisted that I still puff Iris with Seretide twice daily since her lungs are quite weak & susceptible to infection until his next review in another 3 months time. And now I'm more determined than ever to ensure Iris takes her daily dosages of multivitamin (Dr Azam was recommending Kiddie Pharmaton) to boost up her immunity.
After the check-up, we went to Midvalley for lunch. I wanted Hubby to try Nasi Bojari (although I've never tried it before) which seemed delicious during my last visit to Madam Kwan's. I'm glad that Hubby loved it (usually he's pretty particular about the taste).
During our lunch, Iris decided to poo-poo so I had to bring her to the toilet. Midvalley's toilet is so un-friendly to parents with kids. I had to carry Iris up the next level because the toilet on Level 1 does not even have water pipe. And the cubicle was extremely tiny, I was afraid Iris might slipped down the toilet bowl. Phew! That was really a challenge.
After lunch, we went for some grocery shopping at Carrefour. Poor Iris, she fell asleep on the trolley & all the way back home. That nite I felt extremely tired & aching all over my body, or to be exact, I felt like an old granny after a long walk. *Sigh*
Friday, February 13, 2009
The Aftermath
Been quite awhile since I last blogged. To be accurate, I haven't been blogging since we left hospital last Saturday. There were so many things to do around the house & at office as well. Alhamdulillah, Iris was finally discharged after being warded for almost 6 days. The paed seemed reluctant to let her go but I could see that she was already restless & couldn't wait to get back home. Many things been happening, which I'd like to update though not in so chronological order.
1. Happy with Iris improvement. She seemed more active than before. It has always been like that every time she recovered from any illness, especially one as bad as this. Apart from that, being admitted broke her from some of her usual patterns, for instance sleeping after midnite (she now slept between 10.30pm to 11.30pm with exception for tonite), watching too much Disney (she now allows us to watch other channels, sometimes!), would only eat in front of TV (she now joins us at dining table though she wants to sit on my lap), etc. In other words, she has turned out to be an obedient little girl heheh..
2. Found out that there is actually a cure for my slightly twisted spine. Few days back Hubby has been telling me that he thinks it's the spine that's causing so much pain in the back, hip & pelvic area during my current pregnancy. But I thought that since I was born with it, there's nothing much I can do. Then it so happened that Dilah was telling me her sister had the same symptoms during pregnancy because she also had a slightly twisted spine. And she went to see an orthopaedic who recommended her to do physiotherapy to make things better because if you don't fix it when you're young, there's bound to be more problems later when you grow old. That is so scary man! I need to look for an orthopaedic ASAP.
3. No renovation took place in the office though it should have been completed by now. Buat penat jer pegi packed up my things during Iris' 1st day in the ward. To make things worse, I've sealed up all the boxes & there is no way I would open them until the renovation is over. Be it next week, next month or even longer than that. If anyone wants anything from my boxes, they will have to wait.
4. Traffic jam has become more & more unbearable from the last time I can remember. There was this morning few days back, I left at 7am but only reached office at 8.40am. To top it all, parking was already closed! I was so frustrated, I came to office very late for the next two days. Save me some heartache caused by traffic jam, in fact i also managed to get free parking!
5. I met a long lost friend on Facebook last nite. She used to be one of my closest friends way back in primary school, afterwhich we lost contact until last nite. Well, that has been about 18 years! At first glance, she looks really happy & sweeter than ever, got married to a mat salleh & settled down in Australia. Farrah, how I've missed u.
6. I had lunch with an ex-mrsm-mate this afternoon. He & wifey came to pick me up from office & we had lunch at Mid-V. We talked about lots of things, I discovered many wonderful but some shocking stories about my other schoolmates. Thanks Syahid & wifey for the fabulous lunch!
6. Brother finally decided to come home after he went missing for almost 3 weeks. I have mixed feelings about that. He said he'd like to pursue the Oracle class which I have helped him enroll earlier. I hope he doesn't screw up again this time.
I think enough updates for now. Iris is asking me to read her a story book on A Greedy Fox. Till then.
1. Happy with Iris improvement. She seemed more active than before. It has always been like that every time she recovered from any illness, especially one as bad as this. Apart from that, being admitted broke her from some of her usual patterns, for instance sleeping after midnite (she now slept between 10.30pm to 11.30pm with exception for tonite), watching too much Disney (she now allows us to watch other channels, sometimes!), would only eat in front of TV (she now joins us at dining table though she wants to sit on my lap), etc. In other words, she has turned out to be an obedient little girl heheh..
2. Found out that there is actually a cure for my slightly twisted spine. Few days back Hubby has been telling me that he thinks it's the spine that's causing so much pain in the back, hip & pelvic area during my current pregnancy. But I thought that since I was born with it, there's nothing much I can do. Then it so happened that Dilah was telling me her sister had the same symptoms during pregnancy because she also had a slightly twisted spine. And she went to see an orthopaedic who recommended her to do physiotherapy to make things better because if you don't fix it when you're young, there's bound to be more problems later when you grow old. That is so scary man! I need to look for an orthopaedic ASAP.
3. No renovation took place in the office though it should have been completed by now. Buat penat jer pegi packed up my things during Iris' 1st day in the ward. To make things worse, I've sealed up all the boxes & there is no way I would open them until the renovation is over. Be it next week, next month or even longer than that. If anyone wants anything from my boxes, they will have to wait.
4. Traffic jam has become more & more unbearable from the last time I can remember. There was this morning few days back, I left at 7am but only reached office at 8.40am. To top it all, parking was already closed! I was so frustrated, I came to office very late for the next two days. Save me some heartache caused by traffic jam, in fact i also managed to get free parking!
5. I met a long lost friend on Facebook last nite. She used to be one of my closest friends way back in primary school, afterwhich we lost contact until last nite. Well, that has been about 18 years! At first glance, she looks really happy & sweeter than ever, got married to a mat salleh & settled down in Australia. Farrah, how I've missed u.
6. I had lunch with an ex-mrsm-mate this afternoon. He & wifey came to pick me up from office & we had lunch at Mid-V. We talked about lots of things, I discovered many wonderful but some shocking stories about my other schoolmates. Thanks Syahid & wifey for the fabulous lunch!
6. Brother finally decided to come home after he went missing for almost 3 weeks. I have mixed feelings about that. He said he'd like to pursue the Oracle class which I have helped him enroll earlier. I hope he doesn't screw up again this time.
I think enough updates for now. Iris is asking me to read her a story book on A Greedy Fox. Till then.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
4th Day: Iris Got Better
Today we had slightly different things to do as compared to the previous 3 days routine. Mainly because Iris has gotten so much better & playful though not 100%.
First we went for xray checkup. As we wheeled by the playroom, Iris requested to be brought here coz she wanted to play. After coming back from the xray, I bathed her then off we went to the playroom. Iris was happily running around & pushing chairs though there were not many toys around. She had this imaginative play with me whereby she pretended that we were at home and she would cook for me, wash my hands, etc. I just played along with her.
After she got tired of playing, she asked to return back to the room whereby she agreed to eat some porridge though not a lot but at least something went into her now flat tummy. She also had some milk & afterwards she fell asleep until about 3 hours later.
Nurse came in to put her on neb again but this time she didn't cry like always. But when the physiotherapist came to perform the physio, she cried like crazy until the procedure completed. Luckily the physiotherapists were such nice young ladies who have much tolerance.
After that, we ate lunch, she agreed to have some bread with mushroom soup, and some rice with chicken. She was really in her playful mood, she created some game for herself whereby she took her socks off, fold them in a piece of paper, then later wore the socks on her hands. Iris can sometimes get really funny.
Then she wanted to draw, so I handed her my notebook. She drew a lot of imaginative drawing & later asked me to draw clowns, traffic lites, herself & her Papa. Later she asked to read her book. While we were reading, Dr Azam came in & told me that the xray result showed that the pneumonia was worsening, but I need not worry because clinically her condition is improving. I can't really comprehend the situation, but he got the message across.
Before he left, he advised me to seek treatment for my cough & cold coz if I don't it could become a ping pong game between me & Sumayyah.
I am definitely going to see a doctor by tomorrow coz all of us can't wait to be back home.
4th Day: Another Incompetency Story
Let me share with you another incompetency story of the medical staffs here. Iris was asked to go for another chest xray this morning since her cough still seemed pretty bad. The cough would definitely take some times to heal but Dr Azam wanted to make sure that the infection is cured.
So off we went to the Imaging Department, ushered by one of the nicest matrons I've ever met, Iris consciously riding on a wheelchair (this was her 1st time on wheelchair). Hubby couldn't stay around for the xray since he has got an appointment with a customer so I was expecting there would be someone, a medical staff who would assist with the xray procedure coz I won't be able to hold Iris down due to my pregnancy.
The matron left as soon as she handed over the documents to the counter, telling me that she would come to pick us up later. Several mins later, Iris was called in by a male staff. He asked me if anyone could help to hold Iris down so I said no. He asked if there was any staff with me so I told him that she has just gone up. So the guy told me that Iris had to lie down on her own since it would take some times should he call someone to come down from Ward C5.
I found the idea pretty ridiculous but I've got no other options, though I'm sure the guy did, didn't he? But he simply proceed with the xray after putting Iris down on the table though Iris was wailing like a huge siren. I had to hide in the changing room during the xray, praying hard that Iris would lie still since the table was pretty high.
You see, anything could have happened within the few seconds but luckily my baby behaved though she cried like mad.
Afterwards, the guy still had guts to cynically ask me to send his regards to the nurses upstairs as if indicating they should have allocated a staff to help him. Well, that is between them, and as a customer, he shouldn't involve me.
Then we waited for the matron to come pick us up but she was nowhere to be seen so I decided that we went back on our own. On my way back I couldn't help wondering how could such a prestigious & highly paid hospital staffs could behave such.
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