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Something I got from watching Al-Kuliyyah last week, Ustaz Elyas Ismail. Got it? Keep yourself busy by doing good things until you are too tired/ exhausted to do bad things. It's not about keep doing good things until you are so used  to it, but more to keeping yourself busy and using up all your energy. Like, using up all your voice to recite the Quran until no more voice to gossip. Can ah?  Anyway, that, worked really well on me once. Except the fact that I made myself busy with something else to avoid from doing another thing. I like to text message (zaman sms, no whatsapp) my then boyfriend; who is now my husband, about almost everything. Bercerita. Telling him about how I misplaced my purse, what I think of the economy (cewah), and all sorts of things. Well, lelaki. He didn't quite like that. One of his point that I remembered until now is, "Kalau cerita semua sekarang, nanti lepas kahwin takde benda nak cerita dah" Sentap. So I thought okay fine I ...

Another new recipe I tried in 2017! Ingredients : 10 g serbuk agar-agar (I use the Nona jelly powder, only 8 grams. Turned out okay je.) 1  tin buah-buahan cocktail 150 g gula kaster 650 ml air 250 ml susu cair (I use Ideal) How to: 1. Heat up the jelly powder, sugar, and water in a pot until the sugar melts; not necessary for the water to boil, as long as the sugar melts. 2. Pour in the susu cair. Let it boil. Yes, until mendidih then tutup api. 3. Add in the fruits. Make sure to drain them first. We only want the fruits. 4. Pour it into your jelly mould, kalau tak ada tuang je in any baking pan, like I did. I also pour some into tiny plastic tupperwares.  5. Let it cool for a while before putting it into a refrigerator. 6. Potong ikut suka and ready to serve! Additional information: I used a Red coloured jelly powder, added with the white susu cair, my jelly turned out a nice pink colour. I read up in one blog, she cut out the fruits ...

On bathing Sofia. My first baby, Sofia, is 10 months old now. She would turn 11 end of this month. And I'm still adapting. Though I can see myself improving in managing and caring for her, especially my patience level has gotten a bit higher now, I still lose temper sometimes. Like what just happened during bath time. Bathing Sofia went through a lot of changes as she grew older. From in a small basin, to a bigger basin, to a baby bathtub, to a portable baby pool, and now, I resolved to just bathe her in the kitchen sink. I was happy with the latest one. Simply fill in the sink with water, sat her down in it, and let her play with the faucet; water dripping sikit-sikit. BUT LATELY.... SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SIT! She would hang to me, those tiny fingers grabbing my shirt. So tell me how am I going to wash her upper body. Okay, for a few times I could still keep my calm. Tak apa, I'll just cup some water and wash over her body.  Tapi susah pulak for her hair. So...

On ranting on social media. There was this one time during the first week of Ramadan when I had a really tough time coping with Sofia. She woke up as early as 8.30am and didn't sleep the whole day... Around 6pm baru nak tidur, and that, was with the help of a hammock- buai. Before that, I got so stressed and tired (because I was fasting, too) that I uploaded a picture of her with the caption, ' Dari 8.30am bangun tak tidur-tidur and I cryyyyyy.... Penat gila!' Waited few minutes, why no one like my picture? Come on, where's the support.... I waited some more; look at my phone, look at the ever active Sofia, look back at my phone. Oh baru 1 like! Nah! Then it hit me. What am I hoping for? Why am I waiting for people to LIKE my picture? As if lagi banyak LIKES, lagi cepat Sofia will sleep. Here I am, checking my phone now and then to see how many likes (bertambah one or two more), but still Sofia wasn't sleeping. And... At that moment, I haven't even perf...

One word- terjebak .  Thank you so much, Mommy Cici for sharing about it! Following her on Instagram, I get to know all the latest updates easily and faster... Which includes how to shop at Lazada and pay for it at 7 Eleven! It was my first time shopping at Lazada (okay, okay I know I'm so outdated...). What got me attracted was of course, how easy it is to pay. Ever since being locked out of my own Maybank2u account (lupa password), I kind of slowed down a bit on shopping for things online. Whether an online shopping website or those personal businesses requiring to pay online. It was really easy! Just go to the 7E counter and tell them you want to pay Lazada through MOLPay . Just show them a screenshot of the transaction id, there will be two barcodes in one page, they will scan both barcodes . And them simply pay the amount stated in cash. So easy! See? I mentioned easy TWICE in one paragraph so really, it is really easy! Easy peasy simple pimple. Make sure you r...