Happy New Year 2016

Alhamdulillah for a great 2015. May we have better year in 2016 inshaaAllah. Despite the prediction of economic doom and gloom, percayalah Allah yang mengurniakan rezeki kepada hambaNya.

Semoga diberi kesihatan yang baik, kebahagiaan di dunia dan akhirat to me, hubby, our family and friends. Semoga diberi petunjuk untuk menjadi hamba Allah yang lebih baik dari sebelum ini.

Bring it on 2016!

Macam-macam Cerita Disember

In a few days, 2015 will leave us behind. Wowww what a year. Flood in KB, Nepal, Krabi, GST and other price increases, hiking and cycling, dates with mom, 2 cucu sedara, more anak sedara and other family events... alhamdulillah we survived.

I survived the rush from Selangor Century Ride, cycling to Banting, Jugra and back to Morib, to the airport for my training. Supposedly 40++ participants ended up with less than 20. Duh! Penat jer bawak material byk2.

Glorious sunset on the last day masa nak balik after 7d7n away.

Then a day break tapi petangnya dah ke Melaka for my 7d6n training. Hari ke-2 atau ke-3 letihnya sampai skipped lunch and balik tido sekejap. Malam beria massage my feet before tido. Then berehat sehari di rumah sebelum balik Melaka semula. Hubby ada 1st jamboree event. Sis nak pergi umrah so tengok2kan my darling boys. Bawak balik rumah pulak and melayan kerenah anak2. Tak sunyi dengan keletah masing2.

Bulan 12 ni ada masalah kesihatan sket. Selsema umpama berpanjangan. At worst, sneezes and a lot of blowing... at best stuffed nose and/or slight dripping :( heran betul. I'm taking necessary supplements to improve. Setakat ni belum berapa berjaya lagi.

New achievement this month, dapat cycling 81km with hubby and our cycling gang. Putrajaya - Dengkil - Sepang - Dengkil - Putrajaya. Half century tu... Dengan keadaan hidung yang slight dripping (consider OK lah tu), ada few stretches hubby tolong tolak nak bagi laju sket. Actually, more than a few stretches. My sweet darling hubby kata takkan nak tengok jer wife struggling. Sweet tak hehehe... satu sebab lagi dia tak tahan jadi sweeper. Kaki tu nak kayuh laju jer kihkihkih... Ada sekali tu cik abang terlaju. Lupa dia kena tengok2kan bini kat belakang. Geng2 lain gelakkan jer. Kaki gigil nak kayuh laju tu kata diorang.

Ada tempat2 tu mampu kayuh dalam 13kmph jer tapi masa hubby tolak boleh sampai 35kmph. I'm amazed. Hubby kata dia ada tenaga berlebihan. Kadang2 tak guna energy pun just putting his hand on my shoulder. Kalau tolak masa naik bukit tu of course lah dia kena guna tenaga.

Perkara tak boleh dilupa masa both of us jatuh. Hari hujan. I want to selamatkan my phone yang duduk kat poket belakang jersey. My mistake guna tangan kanan. *teringat kes jatuh foldie dulu. This time 1st time jatuh dengan my red hot siput. Hubby kat sebelah so sama2 jatuh kat stretch KLIA towards exit to Nilai. Just after Petronas. Teksi yang lihat dari belakang terkejut tengok kitorang agaknya. Dia hon geng2 kat depan tunjuk arah kitorang kat belakang. I scratched my knee and track bottom koyak kat lutut. Hubby ada grazed sket below knee tapi tak koyak apa2. Sangat mencabar kayuh dalam hujan, lepas jatuh rasa macam nak kena krem jer kat bahagian bawah ketiak ke pinggang tu. Whatever muscle yang ada kat situ seemed affected. But nasib baik tak krem. Lepas jer flyover ke Nilai hujan berhenti plak. Drizzling sket and then lebat sket. Ada stretch yang kering jer. Sampai Dengkil memang tak hujan.

Misi kayuh2 cari makan baru ler our cycling geng ni semangat nak kayuh. Roti kendi for breakfast, then asam pedas and cendol for lunch. Tapi kecewa kedai asam pedas tutup for renovation for few days. So ke kedai cendol and makan briyani dia. Ok lah tempatnya macam2 ada. Dulu kecik jer tepi jalan nak ke klia tu. Sekarang dah bertambah maju. That was last Thursday. Few days gak body ni nak recover semula from sengal2. Dah siap plan for our next touring trip pulak. Semoga jadi kenyataan.

Feeling Out of Sort

Terasa semacam jer arini. Sebenarnya dari semalam dah rasa. Rasa tak best. Sebab tetiba training date tukar. Dari selasa kepada isnin. My associate company  yang silap tengok date. Maknanya lepas Selangor Century Ride kena berkejar ke airport :( Kalau ikutkan  hati mau jer tolak job tu. Tapi terasa responsible jugak. Client dah ready nak terima kita datang buat training. My associate company yang silap. Sigh!

Lepas balik dari KT ada sehari before bermula training 7d6n. Kena bergerak hari yang free tu jugak. Bermalam di lokasi training. So 7d7n jadinya outstation. Kuatkan hati juga sebab lepas tu no scheduled training dah. After 2nd Dec free insyaAllah kalau takder last minute request for training.

Semoga I and hubby berjaya harungi saat2 berjauhan ni. I don't like sudden change this way. Sebab kita dah mentally prepared for a schedule then bertukar.  Masa SCR nak rilek2 kayuh around Morib while waiting for riders to return. Tapi ni kena pikir nak bawak barang2 dalam kereta. My laptop? Lepas event kalau lambat kena terus ke airport. Hubby kata tak payah ikut pun tak per. Hmmm... lagi tak best kalau tak ikut. We've planned kan.

Semoga Allah permudahkan urusan. Normally bila rasa schedule macam tight sangat, ada perkara2 yang berlaku yang buat kita rasa amazed bagaimana Allah permudahkan. Nak mencari rezeki ni Ibadah. Nak berkongsi pengetahuan dengan orang, semoga berpanjangan manfaatnya. Permudahkan lah ya Allah, semoga cabaran itu dalam kemampuan kami untuk menghadapi nya.

Birthday Hubby

Early this month birthday hubby. Hampir tak dapat celebrate bersama sebab training 7d6n. Then training postponed. Mula training  lambat sikit so Alhamdulillah diberi peluang meraikan bersama.

Treat hubby dinner at one of our favorite place Nandos. Memang tak tahan dengan kesedapan sos dia yang pedas dan masam tu. Then choc mud cake yang sedap beserta aiskrim. Hmmm... memang makan besar haritu.

Kononnya nak belikan hubby hadiah jugak but something that he really wants and will use. He hasn't decided on which heart rate monitor to use. Tapi terbeli hadiah untuk diri sendiri pulak hahaha... memang epic betul birthday celebration hubby kali ni.

Bought Olympus TG860 yang memang dah lama diidam2kan cuma tak berapa rajin jer nak ke lowyat. Ada gak tengok2 haritu at the same mall tempat kami makan ni tapi tak nampak warna yang berkenan. I want the orange black color. Then bought myself a leather handbag for work use. Semoga dapat pakai lama dan berbaloi2 pakai.

Handbag yang sedia ada tinggal 1 jer yang nampak macam OK. Yang lain dah aged... pecah2 dah handlenya walaupun beg tu masih ok. Yang OK tu pulak kadang2 macam tak sesuai sangat especially when I have to cover grooming part during training. Beg trainer nyer sempoi habis.

Last2 belikan hubby belt jer sebab belt yg ada dah putus 2 hahahaha... So tu lah birthday present 'kami' masa birthday hubby haritu.

Happy Birthday dearest abang. Luv u till Jannah insyaAllah.

My Latest Medals

Last weekend masuk event back to back. Baru balik dari outstation... more than a week tak dapat cycle. Training 6n5d, makan 6x a day, berat pun naik semula 😭 Balik jer dari outstation sempat buat 1 recovery ride for 30++ km on Wednesday. Then tak dapat ride lagi because it always rains in the evening.

On Saturday, gigih habiskan 30++ km event. Nasib baik ada 3 regroup point at water station. Tak lah ketinggalan jauh sangat dengan geng2 lain. Ada 4 official event photo termasuk 1 of it as Milo model hehehe... kebetulan photographer snap masa tengah menikmati cold Milo. Glemer sekejap among my cycling friends.

On Sunday, bangun2 pagi terasa sakit badan semalam masih terasa. Breakfast pun tak boleh paksa nak makan roti tu. 2-3 bite jer yang mampu mssuk. Ended up makan pisang and minum susu jer. Sesi kayuhan bermula perlahan. On flat road pun tak mampu nak kejar kawan2. So layan jer kayuhan sendiri. Terasa macam nak berpaut jer pada motor2 marshall tu. Flyovers, jalan membukit memang takder kesian punya. Mungkin kalau badan tak penat dengan kayuhan semalam I wouldn't mind. Akhirnya berjaya juga habiskan dengan penat lelah. Sampai2 jer sempat bergambar 1-2 snap my geng dah ajak kayuh balik pergi minum. Kebarangkalian menang lucky draw amat tipis. Lagipun kena tunggu sampai ke 3 petang. Tak sanggup ler. Apa2 pun puas hati dengan pencapaian last weekend. I did it on my own. About 40 minutes gap dengan my geng2 kayuh. Begitu ler letihnya sangat rasa. Tapi diorang pun kayuh gak for event the day before. I yang tak cukup stamina nak join event berturut2. Satu official gambar pun takder for this second event. Hmmmpphh... hampeh jer.

MCR 2015

Last weekend jadi supporter hubby in his first event... MCR. Our C2C event was cancelled due to haze so both our medal didn't count lah. This is 160km ride ok! And he completed it in 6 hours 15 mins. 7 hours 15 mins if including the break.  Not an easy feat OK!

Hubby's first cycling event:-
Melaka Century Ride - 160km - 3159 participants

My first cycling event:-
Halal Fun Ride - Almost 30 km - 3300++ participants

:D Begitu berbeza upaya kayuhan the two of us. I'm very proud of his achievement. I'm proud of my own too. Gigih join sorang2 and habiskan kayuhan sorang2.

I'm glad he got to feel the grand atmosphere of 3000+ participants. I'm glad he experienced that special feeling when he got hold of his medal. Of course our distance cycled were different but according to my abilities and never thought I could complete such event, I felt the grand achievement of completing my short distance ride nonetheless. Even more so for him. So dah dapat rasa perasaan happy nya masa tu. The only difference was... due to circumstances, he wasn't there when I completed my ride. I'm glad I was there last week from start to end. I know how it felt when there's no one there to share those moments with you.

I enjoyed the atmosphere very much despite telling my friend earlier malas nak join the crowd. But after the riders go off, I cycled around the area on my own. I brought my foldie... 10km for more than 2 hours :D The santai-est ride ever. Sempat souvenir shopping lagi.

Haze Still Around But There's Good News and Bad News

Let's start with a good news. The previous entry where I showed my weight is hovering around 61.5kg... that's real \o/ yeaayyy. It has been around that figure for several days.

The bad news... the very bad haze for the past few days where it is preferred for everyone to stay indoors has been bad for my diet. Asyik makan jer :( Asyik lapar jer. Habislah berat naik balik.

My diet is just about making the right choice of food and portion control. I still eat most things. I just prefer not to eat fried delicacies like pisang goreng, karipap and the likes... as well as sweet desserts. But I do indulge once in a while. So in short I don't suffer while dieting. Tapi susah nak buat portion control when you feel cooped up in the house. Sigh! Hubby and I dah habiskan coklat yang beli kat Langkawi haritu. Hmmm... begitu lah penangan lapar semasa jerebu.

However, nasib baik ada another good news. Jerebu dah kurang semalam. Baru mencecah 100 last night, our group dah pergi kayuh. I can still smell smoke though others not aware of it. Weird coz I'm the one with stuffed nose yesterday. Namanya kayuhan lepas gian. Selsema and slight cough pun kayuh jugak. Hopefully haze clears 'forever' and we can cycle anytime we want.

Berat Masa Tak Sihat

Terkejut tengok berat ni. Berat masa tak sihat few days ago. No appetite so I ate little during lunch and no dinner, bangun2 pagi this was how much I weighed. Tak excited sangat pun coz I know it'll increase when I'm better. Tapi suka juga sebab ada harapan nak turun when my weight has never reached 61 for many many years. Sigh! So with calorie count and more active lifestyle insyaAllah one fine day boleh turun lagi :) Right now I'm just worried sniffling and sneezing macam tak kurang dah berhari2. Last night pergi juga cycling sebab dah 2 weeks not cycling. Kalau ikutkan poor health memang lah tak berkayuh. Alhamdulillah managed to cycle 5 rounds around Sepang Circuit with darling hubby gagah perkasa pushing me at every uphills.

Masa cycling hidung clear mostly. Selsema sikit2 but tak tersumbat. Balik jer masuk kereta and kena angin mula lah tersumbat balik :(  Today ada program kat hotel nasib baik aircon tak kuat sangat. Tu pun dah berkawan dengan tisu jer. Anything to do with haze? I'm not coughing anymore. Just melayan hidung jer ni nak solat pun susah. Stuffed nose and dripping. Very difficult combination. Hopefully I'll get better soon.

Jerebu, Health, Cycling and Holiday

Keadaan kesihatan tak menentu sejak jerebu nih. Batuk2 with phlegm... merisaukan gak takut melarat semput. Lepas habis 2 botol herbal cough syrup kurang lah sket. Then hubby ada kerja di Kangar lagi. Selepas hampir 2 minggu cuti berkayuh, kita make a comeback in haze-free Kangar. Day 1 ride managed to do 40km ride from Kangar - K.Perlis - Arau - Kangar. Towards the end of the ride dah kayuh 10 kmph jer. Really hot with clear blue sky. I thought it's because I haven't cycle for almost 2 weeks. I tried to cycle faster. Really challenging to go beyond 10 kmph. Day 2 ride I tried new routes Kangar - Padang Melangit - Guar Jentik - Timah Tasoh Lake and back through different route that met Padang Melangit road. I continued towards K.Perlis for the mileage. And finally back to Kangar. Another milestone for my solo ride... 60km.

Kalau ikutkan masa balik dari Timah Tasoh, panas berdenting. Dah siap berhenti kat bus stop dah mengenang nasib cari pasal kayuh tengah panas2 buta ni hahaha... Ingat nak balik jer which means mileage will be around 30km. But then as I cycled again, cuaca mula mendung and berangin. Rasa sedap jer kayuh. So sambung lagi lah and aim for a new milestone. Alhamdulillah. That day I managed to cycle around 18-23 kmph even dah towards the end of the ride. So I now think it's the heat that can affect my cycling abilities heh :)

Return to hazy KL, started coughing again :( now flu and sneezing and no cycling. C2C event pun got cancelled. I was thinking of cycling up to Sg Udang and then naik lori sebab uphill nyer banyak dan menyemputkan dada just by looking at it from inside the car masa reccee route. So now we'll never know what I'm capable or incapable of huh!

Then holiday di Langkawi pulak. Booking done from last year rasanya. Nak merasa duduk di Berjaya Langkawi. Dapat 1 malam pun jadilah. Dah survey macam2 mode of transportation, AirAsia jadi pilihan. Only slightly more expensive but tak sepenat dan membuang masa kalau driving or naik bas. Minggu ni lah pulak Langkawi dapat extra cuti due to haze when other schools in Peninsula mula sekolah semula lepas cuti jerebu 2 hari. Anyway, masa our trip the haze indeks was the same with Putrajaya which is less than 100. Berangan nak cycling in Langkawi. Tapi lepas tengok route ke Burau Bay, cancel niat. Kalau area Kuah dan Cenang ok lah.

Reached home last night. Tidur lena immediately after my head touched the pillow somewhere around midnight. Sedar2 pukul 7 pagi. Kelam-kabut subuh. Lepas breakfast and family melaka balik, terlena lagi around 10 kut sampai pukul 2. Badan sakit2. Dah tidur lama tu kepala pun sakit. Hmmm... badan rasa semacam jer. Selsema and stuffed nose memang tak reda pun dari sebelum, semasa dan selepas Langkawi. Semoga Allah beri kesembuhan dari penyakit, ditemukan dengan ubat yang rasi dengan badan. Dah lah ubat2an dari klinik ker hospital banyak yang alergik. Nak harap pada supplement, makanan2 sunnah ni jer. Sedih juga bila keadaan kesihatan asyik tak OK dan diri jadi tak produktif.

Haritu lepas cycling 100km in Kangar, bila timbang range berat dah menurun. Lepas balik Langkawi, asyik makan jer range berat naik balik. Double sedih :(( Nak naik senang jer. Nak turun susah amat. Bila lah haze nak clear nih dan bila lah keadaan kesihatan nak OK? 2-2 mesti ok baru boleh kayuh.

Coughing and Haze

11 days of no activity :( All due to coughing and the haze. I'm recovering from a really bad chesty cough with phlegm. There was even a swollen gland just below my right jaw bone quite near to the ear. Thank God I don't think it was mumps. It's gone now. The doctor gave me Montelukast for that. No antibiotic since I'm allergic to most. She also thought it was mumps. I have never had one so I have no idea. Whatever it was, I'm glad it's gone. Alhamdulillah I'm feeling much better now. Coughing is very intermittent. I'm itching to cycle again but the haze is at one of its worst level this week. Few days ago, never even thought about cycling. I felt lucky if I can breathe properly. All energy and effort was only to exist and survive. Darling boys Adib and Azim was around so attention was diverted to them. Otherwise I would just lie down and felt sorry for myself. Hubby has a meeting in Kangar. Yeayyy... haze free area. I hope my lungs will be strong enough to cycle by then insyaAllah.

Time Didn't Stop for Sadness and Pain

Hati masih sedih tapi life goes on. Pagi hadiri pengebumian kawan, petang hadiri pernikahan anak buah. Harini majlis langsungnya, esok majlis bertandangnya pula. Begitulah juga adatnya bila sampai masa kita pula. Kesedihan tak menghentikan masa. Ia tetap berlalu untuk mereka yang perlu meneruskan hidup sehingga tiba masa mereka dijemput. Semoga anak buah yang dikasihi dikurniakan kebahagiaan sehingga ke Jannah. Semoga my dear friend aman di tempat persemadian nya. Semoga diri ini terus kuat untuk menghadapi cabaran hidup dan diberikan pengakhiran yang terbaik juga.

Jannah for a Friend

Today is a very difficult day. Last night, I lost a dear friend. I talked about her being diagnosed with cervical cancer stage 4 in one of previous post. Yesterday, friends and families were allowed to visit her at the hospital outside visiting hours. That's not good news. I can't describe my feelings when I saw her lying in bed with all the wires. Thank God hubby accompanied me. Met many friends but it wasn't a joyous occasion. I got the news that she's gone just as we reached home. But the news didn't really sink in. I thought they must have been mistaken. This morning with all the condolences and burial arrangement being shared, it was difficult to hold myself together. Went to her house, solemn atmosphere. I can't say anything to her family without crying so I just hug her sisters tight.

For 2 months her family took care of her. Despite me not able to keep in touch as often as I want but I know she'll be there for me. She visited me several times when I was in the hospital last time. Semoga tempat persemadian mu menjadi taman Syurga untuk mu. Semoga keluarga arwah tabah dengan pemergian insan tersayang. You'll be remembered in my prayers insyaAllah my dear friend. O Allah, pls accept her in Your Jannah. Let our end be as good... on Friday barakah, surrounded by family and friends.

Al-Fatihah

You're no longer with us here. We'll meet in Jannah insyaAllah. Semoga diberikan kebaikan yang tidak putus2 di Barzakh and Jannah.

Kangar 40km Solo Ride

When I first bought my folding bicycle, I thought I only wanted to cycle around my housing area as a form of exercise. Soon however, I wanted to do more than that because cycling has a lot more potential. It began with my first ride around Putrajaya area. Then followed by a book on touring around the Peninsula. I really want to try longer distance cycling but being a siput cyclist, I'll probably slow others down. I saw many times my Chinese cycling friends would do the long distance ride. They would stop to eat at Chinese eateries and have beers at the end of the day. So probably susah sikit nak join though not impossible. As long as we're in Malaysia there are many alternatives. I just have to cycle a lot more faster to catch up with them, much older ladies with a lot more stamina.

Last Monday hubby has a meeting in Kangar. I thought that would be the best place ever to cycle with a lot less car and almost the flattest terrain one could ever find in Malaysia. So I packed my foldie in the car.  Alhamdulillah after a breakfast of capati and a half hour tummy rest, I began cycling at 8am. It rained the night before and the road was still wet in the morning so it was cool and the haze cleared a bit. The day we arrived in Kangar, hubby and I drove around potential cycling route towards Kuala Perlis. The road with shady trees and beautiful paddy fields along the road side is the perfect choice.

I was torn between distance cycling or relaxing cycling with photo stops. Another consideration is the hot weather at later part of morning. This is my opportunity to cover more distance without stressing my lungs. However, I don't want to pass the opportunity of being able to explore areas not possible by car. So it shall be a bit of both. I thought later when I reached town I won't stop for photos as often. So while I have photo op around kampung areas, I would not passed it up. True enough there are actually many small roads leading into the kampungs that I could explore. I just put them in mind for next cycling opportunity here. I wanted to cover more ground and see what's available. I do stop by the road side to take photos of the sceneries. When I reached Kuala Perlis, I didn't go to the jetty area. I continued my journey and saw a park that I never noticed before. Hutan Lipur Bukit Kubu. I didn't explore because I have to leave my bicycle outside the compund of the park and if I explored the area, it might be too hot later that I might not be able to cover more ground. So I continued my journey back towards Kangar. I saw another lone lady cyclist on road bike. We waved to each other. Some cars and van honked me. There were wide enough road shoulder so it's probably not because of warning to me. Maybe they are not used to see women cyclist like me exploring their beautiful town and kampung.

I have a general idea that I could continue to Arau, Sintok or Padang Besar but it all depends. My phone 3g has a problem that morning. I smsed hubby to tell him any communication will be through sms. My strava was on but my phone kept giving message restarting required that it frustrated me. Almost every photo stop, i have to restart my phone before I can use it. My crazy Note 3. Thank God strava kept my cycling data and able to continue documenting my historic cycling moments. But I can't use my Google maps to research routes so I have to follow my gut feeling and my feet willingness and ability to kayuh.

I saw signboard that says 7km to Kangar and 14km to Arau. So Arau got to be in my radar. I didn't cycle up the flyover but use the flatter road and waiting at the traffic light wasn't an issue as compared to going uphill. But at the second flyover, I can't go straight if I didn't use the flyover. Alamak... of course I can carry my bicycle and cross the road but it wasn't that important anyway. I can just try different route. So I cycled through part of Kangar town that I'm not familiar with until I reached its town center. Then I decided to head to Padang Besar and make a u-turn when I think I have enough distance covered. So there I cycled and saw another road heading towards kampung that I would love to explore some other time. But I stick to the main road. I made a u-turn when the road side marker showed 28km to Padang Besar. By that time I have cycled 30km. There were hilly areas and jungle on the way to Padang Besar. I didn't plan to go that far alone anyway.

As I cycled back I make a 3 km detour and u-turn before heading back to hotel as I didn't think the straight route would reach another 10km. I'm glad I did because as my bicycle reached our car, the cyclometer showed slightly over 40km at about 11.30am. A personal milestone for me \o/.

It's a cloudy day. That helped a lot as compared to cycling in the scorching sun. I have some dates and mini snickers with me, and a 500ml water bottle. I also carry a chrysanthemum tea drink I got from KUD fun ride the weekend before. So that helped with my sugar and energy need for the ride. I wished I used hubby's cycling sunglasses in the car. Didn't think much about it until dirt got into my eyes and face when vehicles passed me by. I thought I brought my cloth face cover but I couldn't find it in my bag. Turned out it was on the coffee table at home. By the way, hubby texted that he'll be finishing his meeting by noon as his client has other event after lunch. Thank God he also texted me to take my time. Otherwise I  probably won't be able to cover 40km.

Recovery Ride

Alhamdulillah I felt so thankful to be blessed with a comfortable home here, not very far from Putrajaya. There are so many sports event around the area. It is our choice which to go to, or whether we want to join the activities in the first place. I've been nursing sore throat and cough for the past few days. I did everything I could so it would not turn into bad asthma situation. TQ Allah for granting me health. I felt much better yesterday. I wanted to cycle in the evening but it was really windy, dark and there were rumbling thunder in the sky. The atmosphere make me wheezed so I did not manage to ride. I wasn't sure if I wanted to join KUD ride in Putrajaya today but after talking it out with hubby, decided to go for it. Hubby went for a long distance ride.

At the starting line...

There's a TnT session of course with my aversion to hills. Anyway there were times when I can breathe clearly and I can feel the air fill my lungs. There were days where I don't feel like I get enough air unless I breathe through open mouth and throat. There were days where I can't feel enough air gets into my lungs no matter what I do. Today, it is the second situation. Hence, on uphill pressure I would rather walk and tolak my bike rather than kill myself. More than 25km ride today... Alhamdulillah for the health to be able to do this. I use the registration of a group member who has registered but can't attend the event. So I am not a ghost rider today :) I have my goodie bags and meals and opportunity for a lucky draw. No luck yet despite 100 prizes being given away and 5 of them bicycles. All in all it was great that I decided to join the event. Need to build up my stamina like all the cycling sifus and otais :)

Cyclometer stats include to and fro event location from parking place.

Strava stats for event ride only.

Looking majestic...

Choose Health and Fun

Happy Merdeka Day! I slept early last night due to sore throat and a heavy head. Before that minum soluble Vit C and take some honey. Alhamdulillah felt better in the morning. It was a really smoggy looking morning. Not good for my lungs tapi dah janji nak join our cycling group potluck. So we see how thing goes. Alhamdulillah cycling went well with a few TnT. I took prednisolone before cycling though.

Cycling has taken a different turn in my life. Dari santai ride for fun and health, felt like I wanted to do more than that. Though there were times when even I questioned my objective of cycling. That happens masa kena tinggal kat belakang lah hahaha... or naik bukit yang seperti tiada penghujungnya. Hubby has taken up cycling as well. My foldie is no match for his road bike. Then decided to buy a hybrid bicycle pulak dengan harapan tak kena tinggal dengan hubby. Hmmm... it's not the tire size of the bicycle. It's the siput cyclist. Hubby naik my foldie pun can outrun me. But... my average kmph has increased since I used hybrid bike. So that's a consolation. I have the most supportive cycling friends as well. They shared success stories of losing pounds, how much faster some were cycling now even dulu siput jugak sampai nak muntah2 masa cycle pun ada. So those stories were my inspiration. Not to mention their motto no one got left behind.

I wanted to join long distance cycling. Tapi nak fun ride lah... don't want gruelling pace. Hopefully hajat tercapai one of these days. The benefit of cycling... doing rides and joining events is fun and we got to look at things differently. For example kalau dengar orang cycling to Morib or PD feels great tapi kalau naik kereta pergi Morib or PD, tak hairan pun. Sesuai sangat dengan keadaan foreign exchange yang teruk sangat sekarang ni. Don't feel like traveling overseas in current situation. So we shall cycle to have fun and be healthy.

RIP Dear Microwave

(Aug 2008 - Aug 2015)

Last week my microwave suddenly went quiet while I was halfway defrosting chicken. Tekan2 nothing happened. Alihkan tempat so I can easily access the plug and cables... tekan2 still nothing happened 😭 Few times cuba2 juga kut2 it miraculously works again but fat chance.

Semalam tengok2 di Jusco kut2 ada microwave yang menarik. Takder yang menarik hati pun. Itu lah microwave hadiah kawin from my ex-colleagues dan dah sangat2 banyak berjasa. Now I felt lost masa nak heat up food. X dapat nak buat crunchy garlic or anchovies lagi.  Hubby kata try betulkan kut2 boleh ok.

The thing is... nak kena angkut dalam kereta, cari kedai letrik yang ada electrician nak buat. Takut kang penat2 bawak dia suh beli baru jer. But then bila tengok2 semalam takder yang menambat hati, rasa macam nak try betulkan jugak. Together with my oven yang kick out power bila guna.

Nothing fancy. Very simple and basic but gets the job done. Hopefully ada kedai yang boleh betulkan.

First Cycling Event

Alhamdulillah... a milestone for me today. My first ever cycling event completed without any problem except for painful butt :p The event was about 28km and I also cycled to and fro the event from where I park my car which was quite a distance. So I guess all in all I did 30km today. A record distance for me too. Ada berangan nak buat 80km but nak habiskan yang 30km ni pun terasa macam ultraman masa bateri dah nak habis. I'm happy though for the 1st 16km I cycled non-stop even on hilly areas. After that baru ada sesi turun dan tolak 2-3 kali.

Lapar sebenarnya. Maybe sebab tu takder tenaga. Breakfast susu kambing, kurma sebiji dan almond 2 biji. Tu jer yg ada kat rumah. Ada beli roti 2 and snickers 1. I couldn't finish the bread. 1 pun makan sikit jer. Masa cycling ada berhenti 2-3 kali and take 1 bite. Same thing makan snickers 1 bite before continuing my journey. Takut kena gastrik ker muntah ker kalau tak makan langsung.

Bila sampai garisan penamat, tak dapat bayangkan perasaan tu camaner. Berbunga2 pegang Finisher's medal tu :) Ada disediakan makanan. I saw mee goreng, mihun goreng and nasi goreng but I don't feel like eating. Takder energy nak bergerak. So I sat quietly under the tree sambil dengar nombor2 cabutan bertuah. Finished my bread and drinks. Roti yg tinggal setengah tadi jer. Takder rezeki with the cabutan bertuah. On the way back baru terfikir nak makan nasi arab. I was kinda fighting with my conscience to eat healthier meal but the other part of me said I deserve the calories hehehe...

Almost 3000 participants. I can't see any familiar faces eventhough I know my cycling club members ada juga yang join. I made new friends at the starting point but masa tunggu cabutan bertuah I sat alone. Duk wa with my new friends and know their location tapi tak larat nak bangun dah. Felt alone jugak among the 3000 people. Hubby went for his own long distance cycling. But I was feeling determined. Sometimes to achieve something in life memang tak boleh nak tunggu orang. Nak tunggu ada geng, ada kawan baru nak buat memang tak jadi lah. InsyaAllah I can push myself further lepas ni :)

Runkeeper bagi semangat.

Jatuh Lagi

Last sunday jatuh basikal lagi sekali. I had a scratched knee and a torn track bottom :( I lost my balance masa nak kesat peluh. Masa hari kejadian masih teruskan mengayuh. After the ride baru another member find out about it and she took out her first aid kit in her car so I can put something on the wound. Masih boleh sujud. Masuk hari kedua, luka mula mengering dan dah tak boleh sujud. I tried, grit my teeth and use the chair. Dah lurus kaki susah nak bengkok, dah bengkok kaki susah nak lurus. Lebam2 di tempat lain pun baru mula nampak. I'm still using the chair to pray today. Hopefully kering cepat so I can use my left knee again. Hubby sakit2 badan panjat pokok rambutan pun tak dapat urutkan properly. Baru perasan banyak kelebihan ada lutut yang sihat dan sempurna.

Tempat kejadian - pic credit to my cycling friends.

I was late due to the wrong location that day. Tu lah masa nak catch up yang terjatuh. Not because I was hurrying though. I wanted to wipe the sweat on my forehead. Should have used my left hand instead of right. I can probably hold my balance better with right hand on the handle of the bicycle. Sigh! Cuti cycling this week. Last week dapat cycling 4 kali. Can't wait to continue cycling again.

Anyway, sikit jer sakit tu. A friend of mine had a shocker of her life. 2 days before Raya she had bleeding problem. She's single and has never had problem with her period. After various hospital visits finally the verdict is uterus cancer stage 4. Even then it is not fully confirmed. Her ovary is bigger than normal size and they have to operate to find out. While waiting for the operation date, she can't see clearly on her left eyes. Went to the emergency and the docs said she has blood clots in her body and it's in the blood stream. They worry some will deposit into critical area. One clot must have been at the optic nerve.That's the reason she can't see clearly on her left eyes. Another has been on somewhere blocking the flow to one of her legs that her leg felt quite numb. They have to give her blood thinning agent in hope to stop more damage by the blood clots. Yesterday she went into op to remove her uterus, ovary, appendix and lymph node. She's in ICU after the operation and is expected to be moved to normal ward by today. I'm praying for her speedy recovery. In less than a month her life has turned upside down. Visiting her at the ward I saw many elderly people. They must have problems related to reproduction system too. It could be me there one day Nauzubillah. May Allah grant me health right towards old age.

Yesterday hubby was on the plane to AOR. He WA and said he didn't feel like going. While we were texting back and forth, hubby said they already closed the door. I prayed for his safety. About 2 hours later he texted that they landed in Penang airport due to bad weather in AOR. The plane has tried to land twice before turning to Penang to refuel. Some passengers were already throwing up. Everybody was jittery. When they reached AOR hubby's meeting has already been postponed. They can't afford to wait for him because there's another meeting. So hubby has the option of waiting at the airport for his return flight at night or take another transport. I researched the KTM and express bus. The bus seems to be the most viable option. He spent the whole day on the road yesterday and reached home at about 9 pm.

If he took the flight back he normally reaches home around 11:30 pm. But then, only of the flight is on time. There's a warning of thunderstorm from the meteorology department yesterday and I believe he made the right choice of returning by bus. Of course it would be better if he said there's an emergency to the stewardess and has to leave the plane immediately. But we're mere mortals. How can we be sure our instinct is real or just us not feeling like doing something for a change. There's no way he can know that. At the same time I'm really amazed at human instinct because I have similar moments too. Not as dramatic as not wanting to board the flight though. But there were instances that we didn't know from where we actually receive the signal. Must have been God sent. Whatever it is, Alhamdulillah hubby reached home in one piece.

There will be moments in life where we fell down. Get back up as long as we breathe for we have one destiny in life and that is Jannah. Remember this always and we will be fine no matter how many times we fell down. May Allah give us strength to go through life as a good Muslim insyaaAllah.

Impromptu Open House

Last weekend terjadi lah impromptu open house. Dalam hati memang macam dah berkira2 nak buat. Tapi memang lah tiada kaki tangan nak bantu. Nak catering macam tak berapa minat jer pulak. Simpan jer hasrat tu dulu. Takut tak terdaya nak buat sorang2. Then my family nak datang and jiran2 pun ada yang sebut nak datang beraya. Dah alang2 tu, jemput jer lah siapa yang around the area. My SIL memang buat open house the same day so family hubby's side memang dah JJCM on that day. I memang tak dapat nak pergi rumah SIL sebab menunggu tetamu yang tak pasti datang bila. So jemput juga diorang siapa yang sempat singgah.

Memang kali ni sorang2 buat semua urusan di dapur. Hubby tolong kemas ruang tamu dan keliling rumah. Malam dah rebus ketupat Nona tu. Pagi2 pergi pasar sebab fridge tak muat dah simpan lamb dlm 2kg and ayam about 1kg. Beli sotong, udang, ayam dan santan 3kg. Sampai rumah setelkan masak lodeh 2kg santan dan sambal udang 1kg cili untuk dijadikan lontong. Lepas tu masak spaghetti aglio olio pakai sebungkus spaghetti. Siap jer, my family pun sampai 2 kereta. Alhamdulillah tak lah kalut sangat. My family gerak then my friend 1 family sampai. Sempat melayan lagi. Tak datang serentak ada lah masa nak berbual tanya khabar.

Then zohor time, agak senyap time tu. Cepat2 goreng spaghetti aglio olio lagi sebungkus. Siapkan juga bahan2 nak buat nasi arab dan yong tau foo soup. Then another friend sampai 1 keluarga. Hubby and melaka family yang keluar beraya ke 2 buah rumah pun dah sampai semula. Ipar duai dan anak buah hubby's side will be coming soon. Sambil2 melayan dan start nak buat nasi arab. Darling Azim dah asyik bertanya bila nak siap. Siap tengok kat pressure cooker lagi berapa minit. Sebelum tu HP kan lamb 2kg 40 minutes. Tunggu lamb setel baru masak nasi kabsah. Rempah semua buat sendiri. Dah siapkan semalam. Bukan beli yang dah siap. Memang from scratch nasi kabsah ni. Nasib baik pakai pressure cooker masak nasi dengan beras 2kg pun 7 minit jer. Dalam hati terdetik gak kalau tak jadi ni kesian ler anak2 dah harap nak makan nasi arab. Memang 1st time masak byk2 guna pressure cooker. Pernah masak sikit2 pakai pemanggang ajaib dan pakai rice cooker.

Alhamdulillah cantik jer masaknya. Beria anak2 makan nasi arab. Azim, Adib dan cousin diorang Raihanah. Baya2 antara 6-10 tahun tapi minat nasi arab. Anak2 buah dan ipar duai yang datang pun makan juga walaupun perut dah sendat. Senang cerita suruh masing2 tapau nanti boleh makan lagi. Memang banyak pun masak tu. Bila dah hujung2 petang baru jiran2 sampai. Jiran2 pun dapat tapau. Malam pun ada juga yang datang. Alhamdulillah. Ada lah rezeki masing2. Lamb dah habis. Panggang kan ayam. Nasib baik ada pemanggang ajaib.

Kuah masak lodeh tak dapat diselamatkan bila dah petang. Should have panaskan some time around noon. Itu jer yang setengah flask tinggal. Yang lain berjaya disumbatkan ke dalam fridge. Nasi arab memang tinggal semangkuk jer. Yong tau foo dari 1 flask pun ada lagi sikit jer. Spaghetti licin. Telur rebus untuk lontong ada dalam 10 biji. Dalam banyak2 makanan tu tuan rumah tak makan satu pun. Penat memasak dan melayan tetamu, minum air jer. Esoknya baru ler panaskan nasi arab nak rasa masa lunch. Terkilan sket tak dapat rasa lontong sendiri buat. Takper lah lain kali buat lagi. Yang penting MIL kata sedap pekat :) Anak2 makan nasi arab sampai licin. Jiran2 pun bagi feedback positive. Ada yang minat spaghetti, ada yang minat yong tau foo, ada yang minat nasi arab. Tu lah keseronokan tukang masak. Tu lah yang tak dapat kalau catering :) Badan penat tapi happy. Semoga tetamu membawa rezeki.

Dulu masa buat open house cum house warming ada pembantu. Kali ni memang sorang2. Tapi pengalaman impromptu open house ni banyak membantu. InsyaAllah next time berani nak buat walaupun sorang jer yang handle urusan dapur. Apa yang penting, kena organize.

Good news hari ni pulak, 1st time timbang berat dah masuk angka 62. Walaupun 62.9 kg jer, tapi yang penting dah masuk angka 62 dah. Before this fluctuate around 63-65. Lepas raya lagi pulak tu. Dua minggu lepas raya tau :D Maknanya pembakaran lemak masih berlaku. Alhamdulillah. Semangat nak teruskan jaga portion makan dan walking, hiking, cycling bila berkesempatan. So naik berat took a long time, kena consistent nak turun kan berat ni. InsyaAllah untuk jaga kesihatan in long term juga.

Birthday dan Kasino

A few times birthday masa Ramadhan, tak dapat lah nak sambut sakan. Kali ni birthday lps raya. Dengan semangat jitu nak sambut birthday beria sikit. Book hotel di Genting. Dah dapat banyak duit raya bley lah gi kasino. Konon jer tuuu... sebab orang tanya why genting di musim2 raya ni kan. Manader dapat duit raya. Memberi ada lah.

Masa beraya di rumah Mas we had first indication yang genting under renovation. I was like renovation? Ok jer book hotel through Agoda. Xper lah kitorang bukan nak main game2 tu pun just jalan2 jer. And bergambar di lokasi2 nostalgia.

Sampai2 dah petang. After Asar prayer, berjalan2 and we discovered it's a massive renovation. 6 billion punya renovation bukan sikit2. Indoor area pun dah takder benda sangat. Yang nampak menarik pun Vietnam shop jer. Outdoor tak pasti nak access area yang bergambar dulu2 tu macamana sebab the whole area memang construction. Hmmm... nampaknya banyak tempat nostalgia kami dah tak seperti dulu. Takper lah... asalkan kasih sayang semakin erat. Tempat2 tu semua sementara jer.

Ini jer yang tinggal. Eiffel Tower dah takder.

Next morning lepas breakfast terus berkemas dan bergerak turun. We decided to have foot massage at Manjakaki Tesco Ampang before jalan beraya at my training associate's house. Then hubby tanya nak dinner apa? I opt for Nandos. Dah lama sangat teringin nak makan tapi pasal Ramadhan, malas nak keluar jauh2. So off we went to IOI City Mall. That ends the birthday celebration yang sederhana untuk tahun ni. Alhamdulillah.

Really savor every bite sebab dah lama teringin :)

TQ darling hubby melayan your dear wife sepanjang hari :) Lots of luv....

Salam Aidilfitri 2015

Hanya di hujung2 Ramadhan dan dalam lingkungan waktu Asar. Kalau lepas sahur atau berbuka pun tak dapat berat camni :D Harapan long term nak kurangkan 8kg lagi dan maintain.

Alhamdulillah Ramadhan kali ni banyak memasak sendiri. Mula2 menu berpantang kononnya. Tapi lepas tu belasah jer. Selera masa Ramadhan sangat penting kan. Antara masakan yang dibuat...

Menu istimewa yang dicuba ialah kabsah chicken. Sedap... Ada juga berbuka di luar. Masa ikut hubby outstation and for the past 2 days. Memang dah habis idea nak masak apa. Antara menu2 kali ni:-

Kari sotong + bendi
Ikan goreng
Salad
Green tea honey lemon

Kabsah chicken
Salad
Sambal tomato
Bubur jagung
Teh o halia

Roasted lamb
Salad + roasted vege (capsicum + onion + potato)
Rice
Ayam goreng cili padi
Sirap laici

Ikan pari masak lada + bendi
Stim broccoli
Goreng udang + cili merah + bawang
Bubur som som

Ikan parang masak lemak cili padi + belimbing buluh
Ikan bilis goreng + bawang + cili
Sawi goreng

Asam pedas ikan pari
Telur dadar
Sayur campur

Sotong masak lemak cili api + belimbing buluh
Sambal udang + petai
Kailan goreng

Sup ikan merah + sayur2an
Sambal cili kicap

Daging masak halia + black pepper
Ikan goreng berlada
Sawi goreng

Menu di atas sebagai panduan untuk diri sendiri di Ramadhan2 akan datang insyaAllah... sekiranya dipertemukan dengan Ramadhan sekali lagi.

Alhamdulillah dengan izin nya dapat khatam kali ni. First time... Ada orang kata FB/WA kejap2 tengok. Al-Quran malas dibuka. So kali ni guna cara macam kita layan FB/WA. Kalau terasa nak baring, kita baring sambil membaca. Kalau perlu berlunjur, kita berlunjur. Ada masa tengok terjemahan. Rasa takder masa, baca jer. Fokus untuk habiskan bacaan. Kali ni rutin boleh diikut sebab tiada training. Baca Al-Quran sambil menunggu Asar. Walaupun bercuti 9 hari, hari pertama mula berpuasa dapat habiskan surah Al-Baqarah. Tengok jer jumlah ayat dan bahagikan kepada 50-60 ayat satu waktu. InsyaAllah dapat habiskan dalam sehari. Surah2 seterusnya pun guna teknik serupa.

Harini dah berada di kampung. Alhamdulillah diberi kesempatan merasa kemeriahan menyambut Syawal. Tapi Ramadhan bulan rahmat dah nak berlalu pergi. Semoga mendapat keampunan Allah. Dan semoga kemeriahan Aidilfitri untuk tahun ni berterusan, di beri kesihatan dan akan diteruskan dengan sambutan birthday pada raya ke-6.

Salam Aidilfitri 2015.

6th...

Dan lagi sekali...

1st Purchase from L A Z A D A

For my record. 1st ever purchase with L A Z A D A. Sajer eja camtu. Tak nak Google jumpa :p Motif pembelian sebab memory card 128GB susah nak cari dan yang mana jumpa tu mahal sampai almost $500. Then nak cari raincoat yang lightweight and senang nak bawa. Malas nak keluar masuk kedai cari. Dah pergi sportsdirect kat ioi city mall tapi cam takder. I am so not buying the mega expensive branded item yang akan dipakai sekali sekala jer. Cycling bag tu nampak comel and the greenish strip matches my bike. Not to mention the price so much cheaper than in bicycle shop. Tu jer motif dia :D Of course I needed one but I can settle with my foldable knapsack or reuse my red camera bag.  Tapi dah jumpa yang reasonable price ni why not. I may not want to use my knapsack. My red camera bag tu the zippers all have problem. Selalu bawa beach... sand or salt causes the problem? Anyway, just recording my 1st ever purchase there. So convenient and no problem whatsoever. 

Heart Calming Thoughts... Don't Despair

Heart calming thoughts...
Don't despair. I heard this mentioned in one of Yasmin Mogahed speeches on YouTube.

The difference between Adam and Eve, and Satan.... All sinned. Satan refused to bow to Adam and, Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit. Both Adam and Eve feel remorse and repent to Allah. Satan didn't but instead requested from Allah that he be allowed to deviate Adam's offsprings from the guided path.

If you feel you have sinned. If you feel there's no hope, don't despair. If you can't make your parents happy and resigned to fate that you'll never enter heaven... stop! If you feel you have not been a good servant... don't despair. Continue your prayers for one only enters Jannah not by one's deed but solely from the mercy of Allah. Don't be like Satan who refuse to repent.

I refuse to believe there's no point in living if you have no control on how others react or treat you. Otherwise, where would you go if death assures you of hell fire and living has no meaning if your only destination in the hereafter is hell. Don't despair for that is what Satan wants human to feel. No hope for you so might as well do whatever you want coz later you'll end up in hell anyway. Don't allow that. We have a gift called Taubah. Use it all the time. Find your inner peace.

Sound

Sebenarnya terasa seperti nak sound orang. Seperti tiada budi bahasa. Tapi berkira2 tentang hubungan baik jangka panjang. Dan bila difikirkan semula, kalau saya sound dia maka samalah macam dia sound saya dulu. Dah jadi adat kalau menuding jari pada orang, 3 jari lagi menuding ke diri sendiri. Ada yang kata 4 jari tapi rasanya kalau tak cacat, 3 jer. Cer buat gaya tuding jari. Takkan ibu jari terpusing ke belakang pulak hahaha... Jadi sebelum saya sound orang, baiklah saya jadikan teguran ini peringatan untuk diri sendiri. Bukan mudah untuk kita melalui perkara yang tidak disukai. Kepada Allah lah tempat mengadu. Semoga kebesaran Allah dengan janji ganjaran syurga ke atas manusia yang sabar dapat meredakan amarah dihati dan digantikan dengan harapan agar perkara yang baik menanti kita di akhirat nanti.

Bila kita nak menegur perbuatan orang, fikirlah dulu adakah diri kita ini sempurna. Fikirlah dulu apakah perlu teguran itu untuk kita dapatkan kebahagiaan dunia dan akhirat. Fikirlah dulu apakah perkara itu berlaku sekali-sekala yang jika kita sabar lebih dapat menjaga perhubungan jangka panjang atau kerap sangat hingga takut kita tak mampu nak jaga hubungan baik jangka panjang.

Mungkin orang yang nak ditegur, dah lama berjuang hati memohon sabar dari Ilahi dek perbuatan kita yang tak sempurna tu. Mungkin orang yang nak ditegur, dah lama menahan lidah dari berkata2 demi menjaga  perhubungan sesama manusia. Mungkin orang yang nak ditegur, dah lama berdoa agar ketidakpuasan hati, ketidaksempurnaan keadaan di atas dunia ini, diberi berlipat ganda kebaikan dan kesempurnaan di Jannah Nya nanti.

Fikirlah dulu apakah kita pun tidak mahu diberi balasan kebaikan dan kesempurnaan di Jannah Nya dek atas kesabaran kita dengan ketidakpuasan hati dan ketidaksempurnaan keadaan yang berlaku sekarang pada diri kita?

Tidak mahu kah kita berdoa, "Ya Allah, susahnya hati ku dengan keadaan ini. Ya Allah, sukarnya aku nak melalui situasi ini. Ya Allah, kau kurniakan lah kesabaran buat ku. Kau sediakanlah kebaikan di syurgaMu nanti sebagai ganjaran untuk kesabaran ku ini demi Mu Ya Allah. Ampunilah dosa kami semua. Dekatkan lah hati2 kami agar dapat menjaga hubungan sesama manusia dan menjadi umat Mu yang baik dan beriman. Amiinnn Ya Rabbal Aalamiinn..."

Fikirlah dulu sebelum membuat teguran.

Adat Naik Basikal

Harini cycling di Putrajaya lagi. My friend ajak. Katanya she has better routes yang tak banyak uphill. Semangat betul arini nak achieve 20km.

We did it! Dekat kawasan taman kenapa tak mampu nak kayuh lama? Mungkin banyak uphill and no interesting view. Kali ni takder berhenti2 untuk photography. Memang cycling all the way. Terasa puas bila my Runkeeper sebut dah 20km. After cycling lepak2 jap breakfast before we parted. She parked on the other side of Umai Cafe. I parked somewhere near the Monumen Alaf Baru.

After breakfast, kayuh sket jer untuk sampai ke parking. At the end of the cycling track that meets the tarred parking area ada mud. It was quite low so water pooled there when it rains. Soil and debris stays in the puddle so jadilah selut. Told myself to be careful masa melintas kawasan selut tu. In an instant I lied on my left side with my feet straddling my bike huwaaarrgghhh... two female cleaners helped me up and showed the way to public toilet. But I washed hand with bottled water in the car instead... alas seat dgn plastic and drove home.

Dah cuci basikal. Dah mandi and rehat2. Malam ni makin terasa denyut at my left shoulder. Seems like the joint bore the impact of my fall earlier. Hmmm... memang lah jatuh bangun adat naik basikal but the bones of this makcik bukan lah kuat sangat. Dah sapu minyak panas, dah tampal koyok, hopefully cepat lah baik. 😯

Over the Long Weekend

Broga Lagi...

Mas called ajak pergi Broga on Sunday. She had wanted to go for quite some time already tapi selalunya masa tak sesuai for her and family. This time Alhamdulillah plan menjadi. She went up to 1st hill. I went up to 2nd and 3rd hill by myself. Fog had started to cover the hills. Have to be quick, tak nak untoward incidents if the fog gets too thick. Panjang ceritanya why I went up the 2nd and 3rd peak alone. Anyway, yang penting mereka dapat merasa pengalaman hiking. Dan nasib baik walaupun cuaca gelap tapi tak hujan. Turun Broga, seperti biasa pekena air kelapa :) Meggi cup tak makan kali ni. Budak2 jer yang makan. I'm still full from breakfast. Seronok her boys naik turun bukit.

Cycling Adventure...

On Monday, ada cycling event kat Putrajaya, 20-25km. Terasa macam nak join but apprehensive juga takut tak terikut. Pengalaman 5km for half an hour around taman jer setakat ni kan. But since my old time friend  whom I've not met for over 10 years decided to come because of me, semangat lah nak pergi. She had just returned from her Turkey trip that night. Tak unpack pun lagi. It was a really nice ride for a newbie despite having to push the bike uphill 3-4 times. I wasn't alone doing that either :) so tak kisah lah tolak basikal pun. About 3 hours riding plus the photo stops tapi tak sampai 20km sebab ada basikal yang tayar pancit. Kena tunggu. It was hot and ada yang dah lapar so pendekkan sket journey. I had a great time.

Broga 2nd and 3rd Hike

2nd hike naik Broga dengan hubby, Azim and Adib. Masa ni dah 2-3 hari kehabisan seretide accuhaler. Cuaca pun mungkin tak OK sebab ada2 masa terlupa pakai seretide tu, tak sempit dada ni. But the past few days memang terasa ketat semacam jer especially pagi2.

Alhamdulillah dalam semput2 tu sampai gak ke second peak. Adib dah laju ke depan. Azim duk temankan ummi. Ayah kena kejarkan Adib so dah jauh ke depan gak. Nak tak nak kena lah Azim tunggu ummi sebab dia dah tak nampak ayah nyer. Lepas berehat di 2nd peak, turun pulak. Ummi tetap di belakang.

Tanya Azim nak naik gunung atau Broga lagi tak. Dia geleng kepala hahaha... kalau mak naik jer dia nak naik. Tapi dia really appreciate the amazing view. Dalam hati ada taman anakanda sorang ni. Sampai ke bawah masing2 pekena meggi cup dengan air kelapa. Then terus pi lunch nasi arab, favorite anak2.

3rd hike naik with my alumni friend. Masa ni dah ada seretide dan dah pakai few days. Keadaan dada feels much better than the weekend before. We go slow. She stayed behind me most of the time. Akhirnya sampai juga ke 3rd peak :) Alhamdulillah. Masa ni banyak ambil gambar. Masa naik dengan budak2 tak ambil sangat sebab terasa lebih nak mati dari masa 3rd time hehehe...

Masih perlu banyak latihan sampai dada ni mampu bertahan. Rinjani dalam impian.

I love this picture of me taken by my friend. It's where I love to be. Green hills and blue sky :)