Joey's Grad Photoshoot at Suafoto, Wangsa Maju

i love photoshoots, and the last minute thingy end up with us having fun at Suafoto, Wangsa Maju. i wanted to have KalamsClan photoshoot just like what we had for Lisa. But again to get everyone, not as easy, and Joey was telling me, the photos that we took on the day of graduation were good enough. i was a bit frustrated but it's okay. my kids are all grown up. not everything that a mom would want aligns with what they want. so yeah.. i make peace 😂 i am grinning as i type this.. macam mengada je sedihnya kan.

anyway, suddenly last night joey texted me and asked, 

"mama nak photoshoot? i woke up late and i still have not returned my robe yet" 

dengan sepantas kilat i answered his text,

"nak!!!"

so, i found this place, when i was searching for photoshoot near me. not bad jugak and it wasn't expensive. we took the lowest package, ingatkan tak cukup masa, but end up cukup je with 65 photos. seronok jugak and might wanna go there again someday. 

we were given a room with all the photography facilities, and we were given the remote to control the camera. next time can do better la sebab cara nak click remote tu pun ada cara supaya gambar sharper, tak de la waste time and photos. kiranya it focus better lah, macam tu.

so inilah some of the photos we took 💗

Congrats Joey!! 14th Convo Ceremony - Uni of Cyberjaya

hari yang di nanti2, alhamdulillah so happy when joey [Degree in Psychology] finally informed us his graduation date. we had to organise with his dad in seating arrangement, macam biasa lah, kat malaysia ni seats akan dapat 2 sahaja. so TH dgn KK sat in the guest room to watch live online. 

seperti biasa juga, my parents do not want to miss this special moment to celebrate with their grandson. joey terharu tengok nenek datang juga sampai menangis. and that night we had our family dinner to celebrate joey's graduation at Rebung 2, Putrajaya. was a good decision, tempat spacious, choice of food banyak, and selesa untuk warga emas juga. alhamdulillah. we booked 2 tables memang cukup for all of us. 

kalau nak share semua gambar2 sini memang jadi albumlah blog i, so kita choose the best ye. congrats joey, mama is so proud of your determination despite lots of things happening in your life. love you! 

semoga lebih success in the future selama-lamanya. insyaallah, ameen

Happy Birthday Ayah :)

ayah turned 85 on 12 November. and this time kunun nak celebrate ramai2 tapi the main adalah for ayah. N4 chosed the place sebab dia yang mahir bab2 cari restoran yang sesuai. i am so glad Joey joined us for the dinner. Alhamdulillah he is more free now selepas grad. i always love family dinner/gathering and walaupun sekarang ni memang semakin payah to get everyone sebab masing2 dah besar, banyak clash dengan their activities. so mana yang dapat, kena redha je. 

makan kat restoran ni memang sedap, its like you kena bayar per head, tapi the appetizers free flow. and most of us memang enjoyed the appetizers! hahah 😃

next time ada masa i akan buat review the place ye. dah lama tak buat review restoran kan. macam tak terkejar dah, banyak sangat business nya yang buat. hehe alhamdulillah. 

Tahniah Tuan - Majlis Pemakaian Sayap & Kenaikan Pangkat

Bersyukur sangat Allah punya plan. Memang He is the best planner. Banyak benda berlaku hari2 sebelum majlis ni. Bila dapat tarikh, tetiba clash dengan tarikh Team Building yang i was supposed to be one of the facilitator. Puas jugak fikir, sebab macam rushing and kena drive malam2 ke Cherating. Nak ajak anak bujang, banyak pulak hal nya, malas stress2. Allah tahu... tup tup, Team Building tukar tarikh. alhamdulillah. 

So we went to ipoh a day earlier sebab ada rehearsal. Sampai the original hotel that TH booked, i macam tak lalu nak tido situ. so carik hotel lain, end up we put up a nite at Hotel Seri Malaysia. Hotel lama but ok lah, better than that Chaston Hotel, ke apa tah nama hotel tu. Dalam booking.com cantek, dah sampai.. adehh.. tak lalu. tapi receptionist dia baik lah. Macam dah biasa je customer datang tengok bilik lepas tu cancel.

On Monday, 4 November 2024, Tuan pun naik stage, 1st untuk pemakaian sayap, 2nd untuk kenaikan pangkat. Time ni, siapa yang ada isteri boleh la bawa isteri untuk sama2 tukarkan pangkat kat bahu tu. hehehe 😀it was a great experience for me. Memang time tu rasa happy and bangga dengan achievement TH... ye la laki kita kut 😋 mesti la isteri paling happy... hahaha 😂 sorry ye TH belum ada present untuk you. Majlis delayed about 2 hours jugak, the actual majlis was quite fast. Short and sweet.

Lepas habis majlis, TH bawak round ke hanger. so dapat la i tengok kat mana TH buat latihan and where they fly from. And his instructors semua baik2 belaka. Alhamdulillah, settle 1 phase of his life and semoga selepas ini semua berjalan lancar di tempat kerja baru. 

Oh My Back! (Part 2)

i went for 2nd opinion at UKM Specialist Centre on 25 Sept 2024 after my follow up at PCMC on 19 Sept 2024. well, kena la confirm betul2 kan what is wrong with me. so after the 25th Sept appointment, my doctor requested for me to be admitted for further treatment. memang macam panjang kisah my back pain ni and it is not a usual back pain. so here are the chronology of my experience.

7 Sept - back jammed, went to ER PCMC via ambulance, got admitted, insurance declined. so, self paid for 1 night.

8 Sept - discharged from PCMC although my doctor suggested for another day. but since it is self pay, all the other treatments, i declined at that point of time.

18 Sept - since i have my knee MRI appt at HUKM, we went to HUKM with PCMC ref letter to set appt for physio or 2nd opinion. the date that we got at first was Dec 2024 ( 😂 punya la lama nak tunggu kan?) so the nurse at HUKM suggested we go to the private wing for specialist appt. so i got 25th Sept to see the specialist. 

19 Sept - follow up at pcmc -  my doctor strongly suggest mri

25 Sept - appt with specialist at UKMSC, terus isi borang admission for 1 oct 2024.

and bermula lah my journey for 4 days at UKMSC and alhamdulillah kali ni my insurance tak decline. this is the first time i get got admitted to this hospital. it is an old building, they tried to refurbish it. ok lah.. i get got my own room, just that i had to share with another patient. it was a male patient and i didn't like hearing all the sounds that the man makes in the bathroom. tapi, tak mo komplen lebih2... bersyukur je lah dapat treatment cepat. 

the nurses are ok, not perfect but some are okay and some masih ada attitude nurse gomen sikit, which i believe they should improve. the meal memang kena improve banyak la, lagi segi presentation and taste. kalau taste tu, boleh di katakan "rasa tak sampai" or it is because i was unwell, semua rasa tak sedap?

on the last day i was there, mama pulak masuk ER sebab BP mama tinggi but i cannot turun bawah masa tu. sian N1 kena jaga mama sampai subuh. alhamdulillah mama stabil and boleh terus balik. pagi tu dapat la i pergi visit mama sekejap kat ER.

will i get medical treatment at UKMSC anymore lepas ni? tengok lah macamana. harga tak murah pun but i heard PCMC is blacklisted by many insurance companies for overcharge, hmmm entahlah. 

so this was my room - spacious

toilet is old school but clean

part ni, hospital needs to do something
about it.

1st night here - cheapo la kan

day 2 dah better

my physio treatment

bila byk bergerak, gini la jadinya

sambil buat kerja - makan lunch

visit mama kejap kat ER

Oh My Back! (Part 1)

i had this incident last weekend, i was warded at pcmc for my lower back/spine, or whatever. TH and i were getting ready to go to my friend's FIL's funeral, and my back just jammed, when i was bending down to look for TH's pants. i quickly straightened my body and that's it - i couldn't move anymore. am sure TH thought i was kidding but i kid you not. it was too painful that i can hardly move. i can't stand and i can't move. so TH walked me slowly (in pain) while i was hanging on to his shoulder. 

i got seated on the bed and i had to wait until i can move a bit to lie down. and after that i could not move anymore - and i was crying coz it was damn painful i cannot explain. it happened at around before 11am and i took 2 tablets for pain killer, waited for an hour, nothing happened. called the clinic for the doctor to come but i was thinking what if the pain doesn't go away?

so i decided to call the ambulance, after making sure that my medical card is still active. so it was my 1st experience in the ambulance, as a patient. i was crying so hard when they tried to lift me up from the bed to the stretcher. but the 2 MA's were very patient with me. 

arrived at the hospital in about 20 minutes. and as they transfer me to the hospital stretcher, i was still in pain but lesser because i was given an injection before the ambulance left. and to cut the story short, my medical insurance was declined as they say i can be treated as out patient. err hello, i had to call the ambulance because i was really in pain!! i am really unhappy with my medical insurance, takaful ikhlas and simply because i was a bit high from the pain killer i had no energy to argue.

so i was diagnosed with lumbar annulus tear TRO PID L5 S1 and because my medical insurance were declined, i decided not to proceed with MRI. memang time tu kecewa sangat dengan my medical insurance. i started paying monthly since 2015 kut and when i really needed support, they give really unrealistic excuses. and maybe some of you might asked, why pcmc and why not government hospital? because, i have a choice and with the pain score of 10/10 i do not think a government hospital would treat me as fast as a private hospital. 

anyhow, i am home after 1 night in pcmc, and that cost us >RM3K. medical bills are expensive ok! so, do take care of your health. so my lower back pain journey started. and i started to feel numbness on my left leg and once a while i get spasm on my left leg too. i had to be on painkiller for 4 days after discharged then i stopped slowly. i try to set an appointment with hukm and the earliest date i got is in december 2024! caya tak?? 😂

wahh sekarang pcmc dah tukar design cawan

bermula lah journey di pcmc

masa ni tunggu nurse kat ER

depa letak aku kat corridor je ko..
sebab ada emergency case kat dalam ruang ER

macam ni la kat rumah, dari 11am - 2.30pm

Grateful

there are a lot of things to be grateful for. alhamdulillah, Allah answers to my prayers. memang betul lah, Allah akan berikan pada hambanya apa yang hambaNya perlukan bila tiba masanya. banyak perkara yang aku patut bersyukur, about my son, my husband, our home, my daughter. thank you Allah for the granted prayers.

• my son, Joey has finally submitted his FYP and his graduation ceremony will be in October or November 2024 - alhamdulillah syukur  - Degree in Psychology.
• Tuan has completed his pilot training and alhamdulillah he is officially a pilot for APMM effective oct 2024. may Allah keeps him safe all the time in his duty.
• We finally finished our home renovation in SP and completed ground floor and comfortable enough to stay/live in.
• my daughter, Lisa and i have something in common is sports --> netball, yey!

Allahuakbar - syukur sangat2. am so happy. and now, to actually decide if/when we will be living in SP fully 😋