Wednesday 1 November 2017

Topik Mak-mak

Assalamualaikum,

I think this is my first time writing about mommy stuff. Selama ni cerita2 remaja dan nonsense saja. Xpernah nak cerita tentang anak2 dalam blog ni. Padahal dah ada 2 orang anak.

Kali ni terasa nak meluahkan ttg masalah anak pertama saya, Adam. I think it's a problem sebab perkara ni melibatkan kesihatan dia.

Secara specifik, saya ingin menyentuh bab MAKAN. Adam ni merupakan seorang baby yang sangat sihat dan gemok gebu-lembut-sedap-peluk-dan-picit type of baby. Sejak dia mula makan dari umur 6 bulan dia memang bukan seorang yang memilih. Segala jenis makanan yang dimasukkan ke mulut, dia akan makan.

Ada satu ketika tu waktu dalam airplane dalam perjalanan ke Abu Dhabi, stewardess yang jaga kitorg tu tanya if we need baby food. So kitorg ok je la kan, benda free org dh offer xkan nak tolak. Dia pon kasi kitorg puree zucchini. Dalam otak saya waktu tu dah pikir macam2 dah sebab zucchini ni untuk orang dewasa macam saya pon rasa macam xmenyelerakan. Walaupun hakikatnya saya xpernah rasa apatah lagi tengok zucchini ni depan mata. So I expected for Adam to reject this puree. But he liked it. Almost finish the whole jar.

Sampai macam tu skali keseleraan dia makan. Tapi baru2 ni dia semakin lama semakin memilih bila makan. Bagi nasi xnak. Bagi telur xnak. Bagi ayam xnak. Semua xnak.

Yang dia nak makan contohnya rempeyek (atuknya jual so stok banyak dkt rumah), keropok2, kacang rangup kriuk2 (atuknya jual jugak tp kacang ni mmg sangat sedap la, xdinafikan) dan segala macam junk food. Dia punya tahap suka tu sampaikan bekas2 keropok yg belum dibuka yg bertujuan utk dijual pon di bawak masuk ke bilik utk dijadikan dia punya sorg. Adehh pening kepala.

Bagusnya Adam ni, dalam xmakan nasi dia still rajin makan buah. Sebab rumah atuk dia mmg kaya dengan buah. Setiap masa ada stok epal, orange, jambu, tembikai, pisang, anggur, dan macam2 lagi la. Xpernah xde buah. Walaupun saya bukan hardcore makan buah tp Adam mmg hardcore macam abah dia. Dia boleh ganti makan utama dia dgn buah semata2.

Saya sangat buntu macam mana cara nak kasi Adam berselera balik macam masa dia baby. Nak kasi dia tembam macam dulu. Sebab sekarang dia dah kurus sangat sampai nampak tulang rusuk. Kang orang tengok cakap mamanya xkasi makan la, xjaga makan dia la. Padahal kita punya la masak itu ini tp last2 masuk perut mama dia. Haaa...sebab tu la mamanya xboleh nak kurus. Asyek makan makanan anaknya je. Sebab terpaksa ok, utk mengelak pembaziran. Kadang2 tu membazir jugak sebab mamanya dah xlarat nak makan. Haih...

Kalau siapa2 ada tips nak kasi anak makan dengan berselera, share la ye sesama kita. Hehe

I think maybe nak kena try Mealshake dari Shaklee la satu hari nanti. Tapi takut itu pon dia reject. Hmmmm...

Wednesday 23 August 2017

Kenapa AKIQIN?

Assalamualaikum,

Korang pernah x tertanya2 kenapa nama blog saya ni AKIQIN? Ada yang curiga, curious, suspicious tak? Ke xde sape kisah? Hmmm...xpe2, kalau xkisah pon saye nak cerite jugak kenapa saye pilih nama AKIQIN sebagai nama blog.

Kisahnya bermula pada zaman saya masih muda remaja, budak hingusan yang tergila-gilakan cerita Korea, Jepun dan sebagainya. Bagi sape yang xtahu lagi, saye ni dulu fanatic Korea dan Jepun. Saye kumpulkan beratus CD/DVD movie dan drama Korea sampai sekarang simpan lagi. Kalau cerite Jepun tu saya xperlu beli la sebab kakak saye jauh lebih fanatic. Saye tinggal curi je dan tgk kat bilik. Cumanya dah xtgk la sebab mane orang pakai CD/DVD lagi dah sekarang.

Ok, berbalik ke cerita asal. Kenape saya pilih AKIQIN? Sebenarnya dalam banyak2 cerita Korea dan Jepun, ade satu drama Jepun yang paling saye suke tengok. Boleh kate lebih 5 kali ulang tgk drama tu. Sebab utamanya adalah lagu opening drama ni, bertajuk " I was born to love you" oleh Queen. Memang rasa nak sing along every time lagu tu kuar. Drama tu dibintangi oleh Takuya Kimura dan Yuko Takeuchi. Saye sangat suka keseluruhan jalan cerita drama ni. Memang zaman saya remaja dulu Takuya Kimura ni kire sangat popular la. Zaman sekarang mungkin dah x sebab dia dh tua. Saya suka jugak chemistry dorg berdua dalam drama tu. Kisah cinta dorang sangat menyedihkan. Saye ni suka kisah cinta tragic. Lagi feeling nak tengok.

Siapa yang berminat dengan jenis drama macam ni, boleh la cuba try tgk. Saya kasi 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Dalam drama ni, Takuya Kimura berlakon sebagai seorang pemain hoki ais yang bernama Halu Satonaka. Manakala heroinnya bernama Aki Murase. Menurut drama ni, Halu bermaksud Musim Bunga atau Spring 🌸. Aki pulak bermaksud Musim Luruh atau Autumn 🍂. Sebenar-benarnya saya lebih suka nama Halu. Lagipun maksudnya lebih happy sebab it's Spring. Flowers blooming. Colourful nature. Lebih mencerminkan diri saya yang sentiasa happy. Bweekkk hahaha. Tapi I don't know how to combine my name with Halu. HALUQIN? ASYIHALU? Sangatlah buruk. So I decided to use the name of the heroin. Walaupun saya macam reluctant la jugak untuk guna nama dia sebab nama dia maksudnya musim luruh. Sungguh gloomy. Tapi lebih sedap kalau digabungkan dengan nama saye. AKIQIN. Hmmm ok la jugak.

So, there you go. Begitulah terciptanya blog bernama Akiqin. Kisah yang boring, I know. Tapi kisah itulah yang menyebabkan adanya blog ni. Huhu

Sekian, terima kasih. Muahh 💋


Tuesday 29 November 2016

Our London Backpacking Trip (part 1)

Assalamualaikum and good morning to all...

Today is the day my 'little' sis going to Manchester and that reminds me of my trip to England/Scotland with my husband. Maybe some of you know that my family and I went to Europe a few months ago, and may I say it was the best trip ever, at least up until now. I know people say going to Makkah/Madinah is the best thing that could happen to a human being but I've never been there before so let me just enjoy my Europe trip for now, okay? TQ. 

My husband, my baby and I actually stayed in Ireland for about 1 month. The first few weeks, my husband and I went backpacking to London and Scotland. And that was the best part of our whole trip. Just the two of us, enjoying the nature, the journey, the excitement of travelling in a foreign country, experiencing the world. I truly love it and I'm gonna remember that for the rest of my life. 

On the first day of our backpacking trip (26 October 2015), we went on a train ride (Irish Rail aka Iarnrod Eireann) from Castlebar to Dublin Heuston, Ireland. As soon as we got out of the train (it was around 11am), we had to rush to Dublin Port as our ferry to Holyhead, Wales would depart at 2.30pm. It wasn't that far but we had to take public transports to reach the ferryport and only one bus going there at 1.30pm (Bus 53 at Busaras Bus Station). So, from the train station we had to take the tram and get off at Busaras stop (opposite the Busaras Bus Station). Alhamdulillah we reached there in time. But the problem is, we didn't know what to do when we were there. Do we have buy tickets from the counter, or what? One useful tip when travelling, TIP #1 ALWAYS ASK FOR HELP. So, I forced my husband to ask about bus 53 at the ticketing counter (haha I'm too shy). Apparently we had to wait outside as the bus would stop and pick up passengers there. It was way past 1.30pm and no bus 53 in sight. We were getting anxious cause our ferry would leave us if we're late. While waiting outside the bus station, I met a woman. She asked me if I was waiting for bus 53 because she, too, was waiting for it. And somehow we conversed about the apes. It was a weird conversation. -.-
[Castlebar --Irish Rail--> Dublin Heuston --Tram--> Busaras Bus Station]

So, we boarded bus 53 and got off at the Dublin Ferryport. Then we boarded the ferry and we immediately picked seats nearest to the toilets. Actually I packed lunch before the morning train ride and we're supposed to eat lunch while on the ferry as the food was expensive and xhalal. But the ferry was going so fast (Swift Ferry) it rocked to the left and right continuously. I got so seasick I had to sleep through the whole ride. Sangat xtahan goyang-goyang, rasa nak muntah. My husband had to spend the whole 2 hours 'alone'. So sorry~
[Busaras Bus Station --Bus 53--> Dublin Ferryport --Irish Ferries--> Holyhead Ferryport --transfer bus--> Holyhead Train Station]

We reached Holyhead, Wales at 4.30pm and it was almost dark like the night. There was really nothing there. From the ferry, there was a bus that transferred us to a train station. So we bought return tickets to London. But actually I made a huge mistake here because we were planning on going to Aberdeen from London. Meaning to say we didn't need the return tickets. Tried to change the tickets but couldn't. *sigh* Spent more than 200 pounds for them. Rasa macam budus gile time tu, nak ketuk2 diri sendiri. Sape suh lupa, padan muka. Maka kami pon tunggu la train untuk ke LONDON!
[Holyhead --Arriva Trains Wales--> Chester --Virgin Trains--> London Euston]

We were actually rushing to get to London as fast as we could because Malaysia Hall allows check-ins until 8pm only. Once we reached London Euston, we had to buy the Oyster Cards so that it's easier for us to go anywhere by tube. From the Euston London Train Station, we had to walk quite a distance to reach the tube station. It was all indoor so no problem there. Just follow the signs. I couldn't remember which route we took to get to Bayswater station (where Malaysia Hall is). TIP #2 DOWNLOAD TUBE MAP LONDON UNDERGROUND for smoother tube experience. I actually printed all the maps (susah nak dpt free internet). When in doubt, refer to map. We reached Malaysia Hall, Bayswater at about 10pm and immediate rang the bell. The receptionist was cranky. Maybe he was sleepy. Nevermind, as long as we got our rooms. They give separate rooms even if you are married. Since they usually rent rooms for students, so separate floors for girls and boys. I actually already booked the rooms months prior to that day but somehow no record found. Cis. So mase tu kne bayar 24 pounds per night for each room. Total 48 pounds la. Plus deposit, xingat berape. Susah sikit nak berbincang dgn husband since Wi-Fi die pon heh! And unfortunately for us, Malaysia Hall was under construction so we had to find a new place to stay for the next day. Masuk la activity mencari hotel/hostel/etc dalam itinerary di London.
[London Euston --walk--> Euston --Tube--> Bayswater --walk--> Malaysia Hall]

Ok, we'll continue next time for Part 2. I want to write in BM because writing in English is exhausting. Ahaha xcukup vocab nak bercerita panjang.

P/S: I lost all my London Adventure photos when my external hard drive decided to just die. Erghhh...and my phone also decided to just go haywire so I had to format it. Erghhhh....I'll try again, maybe ade rezeki HDD tu nak hidup balik ke. So no photos for now haa...