Mon is offically 23 ehh 32 ehh 320!! Today!!!

Happy birthday ddy!!!!!

Hi peeps. Yup I know.. I have beenn awaaay. Banyak kerja, banyak report nak buat. Bila datang mood nak blogging, rasa macam dah nak muntah pandang komputer 

I was officially diagnosed with swine flu few weeks ago. I think part of it was my own mistake. My toncil was swollen, a few days before I got swine flu, I was on mc for a day because of the toncil, without feeling completely better, I went to work and to UN as usual, and that was on a Wednesday. My padan muka moment came on Friday, I was having a very bad fever, and decided that I need to see the UN doctor ,whom later scolded me for coming to work and asked me to go and see my personal doctor, which I did.

My fever was 110 F and I failed my breathing test gracefully. My personal doctor immidietely told me that it might be Swine Flu and put me on this famous swine flu medication called Tamiflu, antibiotics and presrcibed me with some kind of steriod inhaler to overcome the congestion in my respiratory system. Well, something that you got to know about the medical services here in the US is that, clinics can only prescribed medicine for you, you have to buy the medicine at a drug store (pharmacy) it’s totally different from Malaysia, that you will get the medicine prescribed to you after your consultation with the doctor. Here not only you have to pay a huge amount of money for the consultation fee, you will have to spend another HUGE amount of money for the medicine. Well for my swine flu medicines, I paid about USD 600. (kalau lah dapat duit itu digunakan untuk membeli belah alangkah bagusnya!!!)

Well, did I not mentioned that Mon had undergone a surgery on his left foot on the same day that I was diagnosed with swine flu? So, after my check up, I went to see Mon at the surgery center where he had the surgery. Due to some complications, the operation that was supposed to take only 2 hours end up to be 4 hours. Mon was already 2 hours in the operation theater when I arrived at the center, and I have to wait for another 2 hours. When he is finally done, it was already dark and cold outside. We took a cab home, and since it was too cold and given my terrible health condition, I just don’t have the energy to drag my self to the nearest pharmacy to get my medicines. So that night, I settled with tons of panadol actifast (that i brought from Malaysia) and Tylenol cough syrup that I bought few days before I got sick.

My fever got worst. It’s like my head was literally on fire. I soak one of my snow cap in ice water and wear it on my head and keep on repeating that routine every time the snow cap dries. One of the swine flu symptom is joint pain, my body was aching badly  as all my joints seem to be killing me slowly and all that I can do was sleep , take panadol and sleep again. Since Mon just had his operation and can’t stress his leg, I have to go and buy the medicine myself. So I dragged myself to the pharmacy in a cold rainy Saturday, only to find out that the antibiotics prescribed to me was out of stock. Since I don’t have the energy to go to other pharmacies , I just went back home and try to make do with what ever I have at that moment.

My knight in shining armour came later that night. Kak Lini and her husband Abang Rahman, came bearing foods ( yeayy!!!). Kak Lini also volunteered to get me those antibiotics that I needed. The next day she came with cranberry juice and lots of other things. While some people didn’t even bother to SMS, Kak Lini and her husband came almost every day to make sure Mon and I are ok. She also informed my personal doctor about my condition, and as a result to that I was awarded with 5 days medical leave.

A new symptom developed after few days. I started coughing blood. My mom was crazily worried when I told her. The blood coughing thing stopped after 3-4 days, and when it stopped, i felt much much muccch better.

So peeps, sebagai org yang telah berpengalaman mengalami selseba B**I ini, if you have these symptoms, please immediately see your doctor:

1) High fever,

2) flu/ running nouse

3) cough

4) breathing problems

5) joint pain

And you have it, you are not contagious after 7 days.

Will update later… as for now.. LAPAR

p/s: as i mentioned earlier, ini adalah cerita berminggu yang lepas. I am now feeling better and boleh lari lari and lompat2 ke sana sini. But, my doctor needs to monitor my health conditions for the next 6 months.

” kenapa sidang “UN General Assmbly” hanya seperti pembacaan ucapan dan tidak seperti debat sidang parlimen?”

harus ke aku yang setahun jagung ni jawab soalan dari orang yang kononnya dihormati ini?

I am officially 25 (or was it 18?) on 28th of September. And.. this time .. I am in BIG APPLE!.

Well, it was a busy day /week at the office. The minister of Foreign Affairs is delivering his speech at UNGA representing Malaysia on the same day. Thus, I am pretty occupied, so does my friends, leaving us no rooms for celebration.

It started as a normal day, Mon walked me to work  to help me carry my heavy macbook. My hand was in pain, because I was literally running around with my laptop. I was quite sad, because it is not normal for Mon not buying me a birthday cake. Well.. little that i know, at about 11 am, Mon came again to my office carrying a very large familiar brown bag!!!!!!!

It’s my birthday gift people! The rest of the excitement is for me to treasure. As for now, this is the best birthday gift I’ve had so far.

Love yahh dadddyy!!!

Berlalu lah sudah Ramdhan

Sebulan berpuasa

Tiba syawal kita rayakan

Dengan rasa gembira

anak muda di rantauan

semuanya pulang ke desa

ibu dan ayah keriangan

bersyukur tak terhingga

Well, selamat hari raya peeps. Eid Mubarak! For the first time in my whole life, i did not celebrate Eid with my beloved family. On Eid eve, Mon and I decided to host Iftar and Takbir at our place. We invited few close friends, Mon cooked all the food, I tried to help and I think I am a hell of a good assistant. And I cooked rendang for the very very very first time !!!

Syahdu? absolutely!! But one got to do what one got to do. Even if that means being millions miles away from home. From the love of your family. From all the good foods your mom prepared for you. For all the fun fighting for bathrooms on Eid morning. I received a text message from Omak on Eid eve telling me that as the sound of takbir from the nearby mosque fills up the atmosphere, the thought of only 2 of her daughters kissing her hands on eid morning, makes her a little bit sad.

Well, I  told her, that it’s the thought that counts. There is no point of feeling sad and cry, because she knows I need to do what I need to do. I’ll be back in no time!!

With omak no longer  sad, I started my day on Eid morning excitedly. Kissed Mon early in the morning, got my duit raya (lalalalla) and we went straight to the Mission, for sembahyang raya. Then came the feast. It was supposed to be a pot luck thing, but we managed to put together some good foods and the crowd was overwhelming.

This raya, Eid falls when UNGA was about to start. So almost everybody decided to host their ‘open house’ on the first day. hey.. I am not complaining, but even with my stomach and Mon’s put together, too much food means tooooooo much! We went to Farina’s place from Mission ( because her place is right NEXT to the office!!!). After another round of good food at Farina’s place, Mon and I  together with few friends decided to go JALAn RAYA to…………….. TIMES SQUARE!!!! muahahahhahaha

I don’t know how to justify that. But we had hell of a great fun! In our Baju Melayu and Baju Kurung, in the midle of hustle and bustle of Times Square, we pull quite an attention. I think two men asked where we were from and there’s a guy who asked “Are you Budhist?” ha ha ha ha. It was quite an experience :).

Mon and I spent the rest of the day sleeping - still tired from all the preparations the previous day, woke up at 7 and went straight to kak Lini’s crib fro another round of good foods.

I thank god, for all HIS blessings, and although I am millions miles away from home, I am always surrounded by love, great friends and good food!

Selamat Hari Raya people,

Maaf Zahir dan Batin!

Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia yang ke 52 tahun.

Dengan usia makan datangnya kematangan. Semoga dengan kemerdekaan yang ke 52 ini memberi ruang kepada rakyat Malaysia untuk berfikir dengan lebih matang dan waras dalam membuat keputusan. Kita tidak dimerdekakan dengan perperangan ataupun perhimpunan haram. Walaupun dalam proses kemerdekaan itu, ada jasad yang terkorban dalam mempertahankan kedaulatan, tapi kita dimerdekakan dengan perbincangan, dengan jalan penyelesaian yang terbaik dan tidak melibatkan sebarang pertumpahan darah. Justeru, dalam mengisi kemerdekan ini kita harus lebih waras dan lebih matang dari mereka yang terdahulu dari kita.

Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan yang ke 52,Malaysia!!!!

I know. It has been a week. But hey, still it is not too late to wish all of you selamat berpuasa. Yup, this is my first Ramadhan abroad. Away from all the delicious foods at pasar ramadhan. Away from aktiviti berbuka puasa bersama kengkawan. Away from penang village –demn!

Anyhow, it is not my first ramadhan away from home. When i was in boarding school, my mom was in Kuching. So for 2 years I didn’t get the luxury of berbuka puasa at home. So, not being with kak siwah and nonot for berbuka is no big deal. The real challenge is not being able to be with them for Eid!! But hey, one got to do what one got to do. Not being with your family at a holy celebration like Eid, is not the end of the world.

Ramadhan in NYC is just like any ordinary day. Since Mon and I are relatively new here, there’s so many things that we have yet need to discover. Mission host ” berbuka puasa” every friday, complete with terawikh and moreh. The first one last friday was superb. We had bubur lambuk for berbuka,  nasi tomato, ayam masak merah, kurma kambing, ayam golek and pulut kuning  as main course for dinner after maghrib, and mee kuah for moreh. (cemana ahkak nak kurus??tell me?)

There are lot’s of pakistan/arab/turkey restaurant in Manhattan that served halal food. The nearest to my apartment is this Turkish restaurant called Ali Baba. We were told by the waiters that Ali Baba got their supply of red meats from a Muslim supplier which guarantees the Halal -ness but the chicken came from different supplier, so they are not so sure of the status. Fair enough. As long as I can get a good slice of steak on my plate , I am fine. Ali Baba also provides kurma for muslim to break fast with, while waiting for dinner to be served.

For terawikh, we have the options to choose either to go to the Islamic Center at 96th street or a nearby mosque at 55th street.

Well peeps, i guess that’s a brief description of how Ramadhan in NYC for now. Will try to put up more post later.

Till then,

Selamat Menunaikan Ibadah Puasa!!

The internet is now up and running. What makes it even cooler is, the modem comes together with a wi-fi function - built IN!!!!!

he he  …. sukaaaaaa OK! now can video conferencing yer kawan kawan!

bley laaaaaaaaaa gelak-gelak ngan husna!

ha ha ha macam sadis je kan tajuk tu??

dakwanie tgh duduk opis sorang - sorang sebab tak larat nak keluar makan sebab ala - ala demam kerana kawan baik nya cik tonsil sudah datang menjenguk dan membengkak. Maka dakwanie is in the state of mabuk ubat selsema dan ubat demam dan sedang menggunakan peluang ini untuk merapek seada nya!!

he he he

have a nice weekend folks,

i am going to the comic museum tomorrow (kalau tak demam laaaa)

1 ) near to the office - checked

2 ) near to UN - checked

3 ) within the allocated budget - haruslah CHECKED

4 ) washer and dryer installed - checked

5 ) balcony - checked

6 ) huge windows - checked

7 ) walk -in closet - checked

8 ) decent lobby/waiting area - checked

9 ) pleasant view - checked

10 ) large hall/dining - checked

With all my requirements attended to, I’ve finally moved to my new apartment. Feels like kissing my housing agent for his hard works and dedications!!! Thank you so much.

-wanie and mon are no longer homeless!! -

p/s: dekat dengan karaoke/tempat sewa kereta dan pejabat pos juga!!!