I haven't updated my blog for aeons! Oh my....how time flies when you're having mayhem! Especially when mayhem comes a-visiting when you were about to be officially proclaimed as OLD!
The good news is:
***I now can get loads of discounts at (certain) restaurants
***youngsters give up their seats on trains
***folks let me cut queues
***most everyone is kind and courteous to me - even the mat rempits
***I get better service at pharmacies. I guess they figure that I'd get more stuff for all kinds of aches and pains!
***I can smile all I want at the cute young men. Talk to them even!
***I can don the same outfit to all functions and noone would be bothered. I bet they wouldn't even notice!
I wonder why many shudder at the notion of getting old. It's such fun! I can say stuff and folks just laugh them off when I used to get chastised for saying the very same thing. I can talk about my aches and pains endlessly if I want to; it's a most boring conversation piece though I must admit. I can (pretend to) forget and everyone forgives an old woman for this. I can defy the doctors, family, friends....and get away with it.
I have also come to a phase in my life where my priorities are different. I'd now rather spend time with people I really care for - the ones who make an impact on my life. They either make me reflect, laugh, feel loved, more aware etc. These folks enable me to be nicer to the rest who don't matter much. I don't read newspapers (online or hard copy) and much prefer to get news second/third hand. I stay away from folks who depress me. I keep them in my prayers though. I cook more. I eat healthy(ier). I sleep earlier most days. I walk more. I smoke less. I drink more.
Yea....being old is good. Beats being dead any time ;)
Saturday, 31 January 2015
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Kita hari raya! Ye ke??
Se-hun aja nak raya dah ni. Tapi tak rasa macam nak raya. Senyap sangat. Rumah aku, rumah jiran2 semua sunyi sepi. Radio pun tak dengar. Kuali pun takde dengar kena ketuk dengan senduk. Suara budak2 pun takde. Suara jiran aku yang non-stop membebel tu pun tak dengar juga.
Haish.....am I in Twilight Zone????!!!!! Seramlah pulak!!!
Plan dah dirombak. Masak-memasak di downscale-kan memandangkan chef2 ada yang sakit jantung, letih buat kuih untuk iftar ramadhan, letih jaga anak2 menakan, letih jaga laki, letih jaga anak masuk hospital dll. Ramadhan yang sangat eventful bagi kami di No 30!
Tapi....kami akan tetap buat biskut raya. YA!! Plan tu masih mantap. Butter, tepung, bekas kuih semua dah beli. Takkan nak biar tak berusik kan.....kan.
InsyaaAllah akan diusahakan beramai2 lepas berbuka nanti. Pasti seronok buat menyibuk :D
Petang nanti rasanya cukup quorum kat rumah ni. Si cilik2 semua dah balik dari rumah tok depa. Sekarang depa semua keluar pi ambil Hakim kat hospital. Nasib Hakim tak kena dengue. Alhamdulillah.
Tadi, Ali, electrician Pakistan kami tu, dah datang tukar mentol2 lampu yang dah mati. Cerdik betul Ali ni....kat chandelier yang semua mentol kuning tu, tiba2 ada satu mentol putih. Tunggulah bila boss nampak nanti......hehehe.....mesti duit raya kena potong.
Ani kata ada hamba Allah hadiahkan a gothic looking chandelier-like lampu kat sini. Jenuh dia fikir mana nak gantung. Last2 gantung kat garage. Harap2 orang tu tak perasanlah bila dia datang rumah nanti!
My nephew nak makan potato salad hari raya nanti. Macam pelik kan.....tapi layan ajelah. Bukan susah nak buat pun. My sis pula teringinkan cream of mushroom soup. Beres! Kena ada garlic breadlah juga kalau macam tu kan. Imagine makan ni semua pagi raya nanti. Nampak sangat Cik Peah dah takde bersama kami - lari benor menu pagi rayanya!
Student UPSR aku ni pulak terlebih rajin nak datang tuition sampai malam raya. Tersampuk gamaknya budak ni. Aku cakap kat dia, "Forget it! Lepas raya baru datang". Kalau dia datang juga, aku akan suruh dia belajar buat kuih.
Abang aku sibuk menyapu keliling kawasan hari ni. Dia memang the resident gardener cum man Friday. Hari ni dia tak menyanyi pulak sambil berkemas. Tunggu mood raya masuk kot......
Aku juga yang tak boleh pi mana2 sebab tidak dibenarkan berjalan2 sesuka hati. Takut tak sedar diri ini baru aja keluar hospital. Sakit jantung lagi. Nasib aku ni tak rajin merewang pun.
So sekarang aku tengah duduk goyang kaki........
SELAMAT AIDIL FITRI KEPADA SEMUA. Maaf dipinta, maaf dihulur. Semoga semua selamat, sejahtera dan bahagia berhari raya dengan tak kisahlah siapa.
Haish.....am I in Twilight Zone????!!!!! Seramlah pulak!!!
Plan dah dirombak. Masak-memasak di downscale-kan memandangkan chef2 ada yang sakit jantung, letih buat kuih untuk iftar ramadhan, letih jaga anak2 menakan, letih jaga laki, letih jaga anak masuk hospital dll. Ramadhan yang sangat eventful bagi kami di No 30!
Tapi....kami akan tetap buat biskut raya. YA!! Plan tu masih mantap. Butter, tepung, bekas kuih semua dah beli. Takkan nak biar tak berusik kan.....kan.
InsyaaAllah akan diusahakan beramai2 lepas berbuka nanti. Pasti seronok buat menyibuk :D
Petang nanti rasanya cukup quorum kat rumah ni. Si cilik2 semua dah balik dari rumah tok depa. Sekarang depa semua keluar pi ambil Hakim kat hospital. Nasib Hakim tak kena dengue. Alhamdulillah.
Tadi, Ali, electrician Pakistan kami tu, dah datang tukar mentol2 lampu yang dah mati. Cerdik betul Ali ni....kat chandelier yang semua mentol kuning tu, tiba2 ada satu mentol putih. Tunggulah bila boss nampak nanti......hehehe.....mesti duit raya kena potong.
Ani kata ada hamba Allah hadiahkan a gothic looking chandelier-like lampu kat sini. Jenuh dia fikir mana nak gantung. Last2 gantung kat garage. Harap2 orang tu tak perasanlah bila dia datang rumah nanti!
My nephew nak makan potato salad hari raya nanti. Macam pelik kan.....tapi layan ajelah. Bukan susah nak buat pun. My sis pula teringinkan cream of mushroom soup. Beres! Kena ada garlic breadlah juga kalau macam tu kan. Imagine makan ni semua pagi raya nanti. Nampak sangat Cik Peah dah takde bersama kami - lari benor menu pagi rayanya!
Student UPSR aku ni pulak terlebih rajin nak datang tuition sampai malam raya. Tersampuk gamaknya budak ni. Aku cakap kat dia, "Forget it! Lepas raya baru datang". Kalau dia datang juga, aku akan suruh dia belajar buat kuih.
Abang aku sibuk menyapu keliling kawasan hari ni. Dia memang the resident gardener cum man Friday. Hari ni dia tak menyanyi pulak sambil berkemas. Tunggu mood raya masuk kot......
Aku juga yang tak boleh pi mana2 sebab tidak dibenarkan berjalan2 sesuka hati. Takut tak sedar diri ini baru aja keluar hospital. Sakit jantung lagi. Nasib aku ni tak rajin merewang pun.
So sekarang aku tengah duduk goyang kaki........
SELAMAT AIDIL FITRI KEPADA SEMUA. Maaf dipinta, maaf dihulur. Semoga semua selamat, sejahtera dan bahagia berhari raya dengan tak kisahlah siapa.
Lessons from a heart attack - Part 2
I got admitted into CCU, HKL, on Tuesday evening. Was given a bed by the window.
Do you know that there are NO toilets for the patients in CCU? We had to do "everything" on our beds. Well, to be fair, most patients there are debilitated. I just happened to be one of the rare ones who got there still active and lucid.
Which made it super difficult to just twiddle my thumbs while trying not to move too much - can't get the heart beating too fast you know! So I got a nurse to tutor me on what those figures on the monitor meant. From then on I monitored my own heartbeat, BP, oxygen level and breathing.
The 2nd lesson:
Your BP [blood pressure] doesn't need to hit the roof for a heart attack. Mine was a steady 120/80 and below throughout my life. With it going lower when I didn't rest/eat well. Which is pretty normal for me :)
Before I had angioplasty done, my heartbeat would rise even for mundane activities like brushing my teeth. I didn't realise that I was doing it so energetically! Had to slow down to a snail's pace.....or was it even slower?? Felt like it anyway.........
Having good breathing techniques help a lot. Thank goodness I was taught to breathe properly as a child. I guess being on the brink of death at 7 made me the recipient of many "wisdom" from the older folks around me. I was the only CCU residents sans oxygen paraphernalia - although they insisted on me breathing bottled oxygen initially. The air-conditioning coupled with oxygen-tube-in-nose caused my nose to bleed. So I got off it. Yea......although hidung sakit untuk beberapa hari.
Because I breathed "well", I passed the breaths-per-minute test with flying colours :)
Oh and when you're in this "fragile" situation, even sitting up isn't allowed. It taxes the heart it seems. So I could only sit up for meals, during sponging, and doctor's examination. Bleaaarggghhhh.........
So I practised being demure - with hands folded over stomach, sweet smile on face.......
Gives one lots of opportunity to berzikir for sure........
Do you know that there are NO toilets for the patients in CCU? We had to do "everything" on our beds. Well, to be fair, most patients there are debilitated. I just happened to be one of the rare ones who got there still active and lucid.
Which made it super difficult to just twiddle my thumbs while trying not to move too much - can't get the heart beating too fast you know! So I got a nurse to tutor me on what those figures on the monitor meant. From then on I monitored my own heartbeat, BP, oxygen level and breathing.
The 2nd lesson:
Your BP [blood pressure] doesn't need to hit the roof for a heart attack. Mine was a steady 120/80 and below throughout my life. With it going lower when I didn't rest/eat well. Which is pretty normal for me :)
Before I had angioplasty done, my heartbeat would rise even for mundane activities like brushing my teeth. I didn't realise that I was doing it so energetically! Had to slow down to a snail's pace.....or was it even slower?? Felt like it anyway.........
Having good breathing techniques help a lot. Thank goodness I was taught to breathe properly as a child. I guess being on the brink of death at 7 made me the recipient of many "wisdom" from the older folks around me. I was the only CCU residents sans oxygen paraphernalia - although they insisted on me breathing bottled oxygen initially. The air-conditioning coupled with oxygen-tube-in-nose caused my nose to bleed. So I got off it. Yea......although hidung sakit untuk beberapa hari.
Because I breathed "well", I passed the breaths-per-minute test with flying colours :)
Oh and when you're in this "fragile" situation, even sitting up isn't allowed. It taxes the heart it seems. So I could only sit up for meals, during sponging, and doctor's examination. Bleaaarggghhhh.........
So I practised being demure - with hands folded over stomach, sweet smile on face.......
Gives one lots of opportunity to berzikir for sure........
Friday, 25 July 2014
Lessons from a heart attack - Part 1
I had a heart attack recently. A pretty bad one. Quite an experience. Because the signs fooled me completely.
Since I'm in the high risk category, I've always looked out for chest pains, shortness of breath, sweating, intense headache, etc. I didn't have any of these. Instead I had shoulder pains [left], neck ache and heartburn. The same symptoms of scapulocostal syndrome [sakit belikat] - of which I suffer from regularly. So I didn't think much of it.
Until I had spasms along my left arm and left side of my face during prayer. Funny enough, all the pain I had suffered for more than a week, disappeared. I felt totally fine after that bout of spasm.
But I was so sure I had a heart attack! Somehow.......
I slept well that night.....after a trip to Giant after isya'.
The next morning I gaily trotted off to the nearest government clinic for a consultation. The doctor was initially sceptical when I told her.....until she saw my ECG. She sent me off to HKL in an ambulance pronto!
I must have been the most unlikely "critical" patient in ER. I forgot what code I came under, but there were at least 6 doctors there with me. Plus several nurses. They hooked me up to several machines. They poked, prodded, drew blood, asked the same questions over and over again.
I got rejected by IJN because I was more alive than dead. So I got sent off to CCU after an X-ray was taken. I spent the longest and most boring time of my life there. I wasn't allowed to step off the bed. I could only sit up for meals. The sound of beeps from various machines kept me company. The place was almost devoid of human sound as most patients had oxygen masks over their faces.
Now I get a different set of specialists "visiting" me. A different set of medical "tazkirah" too...........
The 1st lesson:
Women are most likely not to experience chest pains. So be wary when you get a combo of neck ache, shoulder pain and heartburn!!! Nina, a doctor friend, said that her aunt thought she had toothache.....when it was, in reality, a stroke.
Get to a doctor on the double if you experience what I did. Get to a doctor within 3 hours of the attack. According to the MO, that would really help them treat the condition.
Since I'm in the high risk category, I've always looked out for chest pains, shortness of breath, sweating, intense headache, etc. I didn't have any of these. Instead I had shoulder pains [left], neck ache and heartburn. The same symptoms of scapulocostal syndrome [sakit belikat] - of which I suffer from regularly. So I didn't think much of it.
Until I had spasms along my left arm and left side of my face during prayer. Funny enough, all the pain I had suffered for more than a week, disappeared. I felt totally fine after that bout of spasm.
But I was so sure I had a heart attack! Somehow.......
I slept well that night.....after a trip to Giant after isya'.
The next morning I gaily trotted off to the nearest government clinic for a consultation. The doctor was initially sceptical when I told her.....until she saw my ECG. She sent me off to HKL in an ambulance pronto!
I must have been the most unlikely "critical" patient in ER. I forgot what code I came under, but there were at least 6 doctors there with me. Plus several nurses. They hooked me up to several machines. They poked, prodded, drew blood, asked the same questions over and over again.
I got rejected by IJN because I was more alive than dead. So I got sent off to CCU after an X-ray was taken. I spent the longest and most boring time of my life there. I wasn't allowed to step off the bed. I could only sit up for meals. The sound of beeps from various machines kept me company. The place was almost devoid of human sound as most patients had oxygen masks over their faces.
Now I get a different set of specialists "visiting" me. A different set of medical "tazkirah" too...........
The 1st lesson:
Women are most likely not to experience chest pains. So be wary when you get a combo of neck ache, shoulder pain and heartburn!!! Nina, a doctor friend, said that her aunt thought she had toothache.....when it was, in reality, a stroke.
Get to a doctor on the double if you experience what I did. Get to a doctor within 3 hours of the attack. According to the MO, that would really help them treat the condition.
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Novel yang lain daripada yang lain.
Assalamualaikum
Kak Norizan, tumpang ya.
Bercakap tentang tajuk. Memang benar. Sebab saya ni sukakan konsep bold, outstanding, rare, non commoner (kononnya)
Marilah dapatkan novel Sayang Scarlet ini untuk mengetahui kelainannya.
Antara komen-komen yang telah diterima setakat ini,
komen dari pembaca lelaki - Sayang Scarlet ialah novel yang bukan indie, bukan main stream. Ia ada di streamnya yang tersendiri.
komen dari pembaca lelaki - Sayang Scarlet sesuai dibaca oleh golongan lelaki dan perempuan
komen dari pembaca lelaki - Bagus untuk student U yang ingin membuat thesis tentang mental health issue.
komen dari pembaca perempuan - Semua ada, cinta, lucu, ghairah, suspense, takut, seram, ngeri.
komen dari pembaca perempuan - Novel Sayang Scarlet ni berat, mengetengahkan isu keluarga, cinta dan seram. Saya suka novel yang ringan-ringan.
komen dari pembaca perempuan - Penulis novel Sayang Scarlet ni banyak letak monolog. Saya tak suka novel banyak monolog. Saya suka novel banyak sembang (komen diberikan sebaik sahaja tamat baca bab 1).
komen dari kanak-kanak perempuan, 14 tahun - Mak cik, tulislah lagi! saya suka baca buku cerita mak cik!
komen dari kanak-kanak lelaki, 13 tahun - menulis lagi ya!
komen dari kanak-kanak perempuan, 16 tahun - tak boleh berhenti baca, sebab tak sabar nak tahu ending cerita ni. Suspense!
Novel ini mengisahkan tentang Scarlet, seorang blogger yang jatuh cinta kepada seorang blogger lain. Mereka saling menyintai. Namun cinta mereka terhalang. Teman blognya tiba-tiba menyepi tanpa berita. Dalam masa yang sama, Scarlet diganggu oleh makhluk halus dan hidupnya menjadi tambah porak peranda disebabkan oleh seorang pesakit skizofrenia. Adakah cinta blognya dapat direalisasikan? Apakah yang dilakukan oleh pesakit skizofrenia itu yang telah menghancurkan ketenangan jiwa Scarlet?
Harga RM30 (SM), RM 36 (SS) - termasuk postage. Boleh emel penerbit di ceritakosong@gmail.com untuk pembelian online.
Kak Norizan, tumpang ya.
Bercakap tentang tajuk. Memang benar. Sebab saya ni sukakan konsep bold, outstanding, rare, non commoner (kononnya)
Marilah dapatkan novel Sayang Scarlet ini untuk mengetahui kelainannya.
Antara komen-komen yang telah diterima setakat ini,
komen dari pembaca lelaki - Sayang Scarlet ialah novel yang bukan indie, bukan main stream. Ia ada di streamnya yang tersendiri.
komen dari pembaca lelaki - Sayang Scarlet sesuai dibaca oleh golongan lelaki dan perempuan
komen dari pembaca lelaki - Bagus untuk student U yang ingin membuat thesis tentang mental health issue.
komen dari pembaca perempuan - Semua ada, cinta, lucu, ghairah, suspense, takut, seram, ngeri.
komen dari pembaca perempuan - Novel Sayang Scarlet ni berat, mengetengahkan isu keluarga, cinta dan seram. Saya suka novel yang ringan-ringan.
komen dari pembaca perempuan - Penulis novel Sayang Scarlet ni banyak letak monolog. Saya tak suka novel banyak monolog. Saya suka novel banyak sembang (komen diberikan sebaik sahaja tamat baca bab 1).
komen dari kanak-kanak perempuan, 14 tahun - Mak cik, tulislah lagi! saya suka baca buku cerita mak cik!
komen dari kanak-kanak lelaki, 13 tahun - menulis lagi ya!
komen dari kanak-kanak perempuan, 16 tahun - tak boleh berhenti baca, sebab tak sabar nak tahu ending cerita ni. Suspense!
Novel ini mengisahkan tentang Scarlet, seorang blogger yang jatuh cinta kepada seorang blogger lain. Mereka saling menyintai. Namun cinta mereka terhalang. Teman blognya tiba-tiba menyepi tanpa berita. Dalam masa yang sama, Scarlet diganggu oleh makhluk halus dan hidupnya menjadi tambah porak peranda disebabkan oleh seorang pesakit skizofrenia. Adakah cinta blognya dapat direalisasikan? Apakah yang dilakukan oleh pesakit skizofrenia itu yang telah menghancurkan ketenangan jiwa Scarlet?
Harga RM30 (SM), RM 36 (SS) - termasuk postage. Boleh emel penerbit di ceritakosong@gmail.com untuk pembelian online.
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Novel tulisan Saodah Lasim, seorang penulis novel kanak-kanak
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamualaikum
Dengan lahirnya novel Sayang Scarlet ini, naiklah satu tahap lagi kareer penulisan saya dari penulis novel kanak-kanak ke novel umum. Dikeluarkan di bawah label CK Publication. Kisah seorang gadis blogger yang menggunakan nama samaran, Scarlet yang telah jatuh cinta kepada seorang blogger. Cinta yang baru mula berputik diuji dengan kehilangan demi kehilangan yang dihadapi oleh Scarlet. Keadaan itu membuatkan dia sedih dan menjadi murung. Kelemahan jiwanya itu mendedahkan dia kepada gangguan makhluk halus. Harapannya untuk berkahwin dengan blogger yang dicintainya bertemu jalan buntu.
Hidup Scarlet diselubungi kesedihan demi kesedihan. Adakah dia dapat berkahwin dengan pilihan hatinya? Adakah jiwanya akan kembali ceria?
Saya dah buka pre-order, dan harga promosi ialah RM22 untuk Semenanjung Malaysia, RM25 untuk Sabah, Sarawak. Harga pos ialah RM6 untuk sebuah buku.
(Harga di back cover ialah RM24 dan RM27, so, hari ni saya mulakan dengan harga promosi. Mau pecah telur, hehe)
Kalau berminat, boleh bank-in di mbb, 114178-805003 dan emelkan resit ke ceritakosong@gmail.com.
Terima kasih.
Dengan lahirnya novel Sayang Scarlet ini, naiklah satu tahap lagi kareer penulisan saya dari penulis novel kanak-kanak ke novel umum. Dikeluarkan di bawah label CK Publication. Kisah seorang gadis blogger yang menggunakan nama samaran, Scarlet yang telah jatuh cinta kepada seorang blogger. Cinta yang baru mula berputik diuji dengan kehilangan demi kehilangan yang dihadapi oleh Scarlet. Keadaan itu membuatkan dia sedih dan menjadi murung. Kelemahan jiwanya itu mendedahkan dia kepada gangguan makhluk halus. Harapannya untuk berkahwin dengan blogger yang dicintainya bertemu jalan buntu.
Hidup Scarlet diselubungi kesedihan demi kesedihan. Adakah dia dapat berkahwin dengan pilihan hatinya? Adakah jiwanya akan kembali ceria?
Saya dah buka pre-order, dan harga promosi ialah RM22 untuk Semenanjung Malaysia, RM25 untuk Sabah, Sarawak. Harga pos ialah RM6 untuk sebuah buku.
(Harga di back cover ialah RM24 dan RM27, so, hari ni saya mulakan dengan harga promosi. Mau pecah telur, hehe)
Kalau berminat, boleh bank-in di mbb, 114178-805003 dan emelkan resit ke ceritakosong@gmail.com.
Terima kasih.
Friday, 14 March 2014
Saya Sayang Awak
Tadi saya ke perpustakaan, nak ambil lesen/sijil penerbitan untuk syarikat penerbitan CK Publication. Sekaligus ambil nombor isbn dan petang ni, dah dapat pdp. langkah seterusnya, bawa file berkenaan, ke syarikat percetakan.
Alangkah gembiranya hati, buah hati sulung semakin menonjolkan mukanya. semoga menjadi pemangkin untuk saya terus mengarang, cerita kehidupan, untuk pembaca yang dah terlalu lama disogokkan dengan kisah cinta fairy tale.
hmm... itulah susahnya saya ni, saya tak dapat mendalami cerita kisah cinta fairy tale tu, sebab hidup saya sendiri tak manis. saya jadi benci dengan kisah cinta yang terlalu indah bak hidup di inderaloka... oh, maafkan saya.
semua orang berhak menulis sebagaimana yang mereka suka.. huhu
apa pun, hari ni saya terfikir, marilah jadi wira untuk diri sendiri!
:D
Alangkah gembiranya hati, buah hati sulung semakin menonjolkan mukanya. semoga menjadi pemangkin untuk saya terus mengarang, cerita kehidupan, untuk pembaca yang dah terlalu lama disogokkan dengan kisah cinta fairy tale.
hmm... itulah susahnya saya ni, saya tak dapat mendalami cerita kisah cinta fairy tale tu, sebab hidup saya sendiri tak manis. saya jadi benci dengan kisah cinta yang terlalu indah bak hidup di inderaloka... oh, maafkan saya.
semua orang berhak menulis sebagaimana yang mereka suka.. huhu
apa pun, hari ni saya terfikir, marilah jadi wira untuk diri sendiri!
:D
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