Day Whatever

As I scrolled down my previous entries, I cant help but felt frustrated with my current diet. The last entry on my 'healthy eating' was only until Day 8 (but rest assured it lasted more than that).. This 'healthy eating' thing requires a lot of strong willpower, energy and even money.. 

We tried our best to merge our routine meals with the 'suggested healthier options', but it's like a yo-yo. It depends on our groceries timing, and healthy food in Malaysia is no kidding way more expensive. But, to feel less guilty, we totally avoid junk food and soft drinks. We never deep-fry our food anymore, use Actifry instead. 

This was our Kueyteow Bandung for  dinner last night. It is not a perfect meal, at least it's not too oily. This is my first attempt on kuah bandung, combined together few different recipes from Google. The only thing i didn't add was ubi keledek blend, but i put more dried shrimps. 

The only judge was Paih, and as usual my meal is marvellous to his tastebuds ^_^

My Manja dah kahwin

Jodoh itu rahsia Allah..siapa sangka Aisyah yang pemalu dan pendiam itu cepat jodohnya..

Kakak mengucapkan Selamat Pengantin Baru Aisyah & Farhan.. Anniversary kite nak dekat2 nombornye Sya, awak 2.4 and mine 4.2. (Nak jugak masuk cite kan)

Saaangat banyak gambar-gambar best mase majlis haritu, tak tahu nak pilih yg mane but this one is the most meaningful, sebab lengkap semua ahli keluarga termasuk kakak sulung. 

How laa how laa.. Tengok instagram Neelofa, lots and lots of London 😫😫 we are missing London soo much, one year is enough to make it stay in our heart for ever! Even the sight of the typical British building reminds me of everything..

Btw, we managed to compile some pics into a photobook to summarise our year in london. Planning for few more albums for each theme/trip. 

...full story will follow....when things have settled down.. 

I'm Back

erkkk when was my last entry on this blog?

I am now back in Malaysia..

alive and kicking!!

the same life again,

work and work..

in the labour room..

the same thing day in day out..

my result of my masters were out last 2 weeks!

Alhamdulillah, got the Distinction award..

the year was full of emotions

and I have another 2 months (November and December) to conclude my 2015..

the year that has marked three decades of my life.

and i'm hoping the year will end with good news, about my life and my career...

Day 8

Day 8 - Thursday 27th August 2015

Breakfast - Muesli with hot milk and honey + milk tea 

Lunch - squash soup with 2 bread rolls with mixed salad from the canteen 

Dinner - 2 plates of basmati rice + daging kicap + ayam goreng + sayur lemak putih  + akok + milk tea 

Fruits - mandarins + apple + strawberries

The dinner was a heavy one *_* cant help it, rezeki got invited by Mummy's friends 

Day 7

Day 7 - Wednesday 26th August

Breakfast - scrambled egg with stir-fried vegies

Lunch - rice with serunding and stir-fried vegies (red cabbage + carrot + onion) + fresh tomato

(yes, onion di kire sayer okeh!)

Dinner - Tortilla wraps with roasted chicken + salads

Fruits - plums, apple, dried fig and apricot

The First Week.. Let's see..

as expected, rancangan saya untuk update my daily meals kat sini tergantung sahaja

susah jugak sebab saya bercita-cita tinggi, plan nak upload siap bergambar semua kan..

so sebelum terlambat, saya cuba recall balik semua meal sejak Day 1 sebaik mungkin

Day 1 - Thursday 20th August 2015

Breakfast - telur rebus ngan milk tea with honey

Lunch - nasi with ayam bakar with salads

Dinner - salads with tuna

fruits - nectarine + dried prunes

Day 2- Friday 21st August 2015

Breakfast - Tesco swiss-style Muesli - tatahu pon ape beza swiss style dengan yg lain 

Lunch - Salads and tuna 

Dinner - tak ingat

fruits - nectarine + dried prunes + figs + apricots + blueberries

Day 3 - Saturday 22nd August 2015

i missed my 'before breakfast' Mistry's drink mix sebab berkejar nak catch early train to Southampton pukul 5 pagi - sangat kecewa sebab saya dan pre-mixed them sebelum tidur

Breakfast - Tortilla warp with roasted chicken with salads

Lunch - Nasi Lemak with rendang ayam - sangat sangat sedap Papa masak

(excuse the lemak sebab sekali sekala berjalan kan)

Dinner - Garlic nann with chicken curry

Fruits - dried prunes and figs + oranges 

snacks : kuih raya ..hehe..

and tidak dapat melawan nafsu saya minum the sugar-laden mango 'juice'

and saya tak dapat menolak Chocolate bar kerana benda depan mata ..huhuhu kecewa..

tapi saya makan 6kotak kecik tu je :p

and missed 'before bed' Royal Jelly in Honey with Hot Milk

Day 4 - Sunday 23rd August 2015

Breakfast - Toast bread with tuna and curry

Lunch - 'Turkish' rice with chicken + salads

Dinner - tak igt - swetcorn on the cobs bakar (from frozen)

Fruits - tak ingat 

Day 5 - Monday 24th August 2015

Breakfast - Muesli with hotmilk

Lunch - tak ingat - 

Dinner - nasi and serunding kot

Fruits : blueberries + nectarine + plum

Day 6 - Tuesday 25th August 2015

Breakfast - Muesli with hot milk

Lunch - chickpeas with tuna and salads

Dinner - Chicken Briyani --> can't resist sebab rasa lapar sebab lunch sepatutnya dengan nasi and kesian Paih tak makan nasi lagi sepanjang hari 

Fruits - blueberries, nectarine, dried prunes

even though the menus are not perfect, but at least it was waayyy better than our meals before this

we are finding a hard time to resist sugary drinks and heavy dinner

sometimes it was just irresistable because of the timing .. 

the menus looks simple but it demands a lot of our rush hours to prepare them so that I wont end up buying outside foods.

just think about preparing a salad for my lunchbox..i need to heat up my milk for breakfast while washing all the vegies and cut them into small pieces and some of them need steaming etc 

then packing..

and for dinner, we are so tempted to just ignore the salad preparation  and just eat whatever

that's it so far..

how long this will last i'm not too sure, but just let us keep an optimistic mind this time..

New Journey

So on monday I went to this small pharmacy on my way to the train station from the hospital...

I was so attracted with the wide range of herbal and natural products on its shelves

and great selections of organic health foods as well..

and there's one man asked me for any help,

he looked old and 'knowledgeable'

so i told him what i was looking for

he told me that he opens 'clinic session' every Wednesday afternoon 

so there I went!

i told him my problem and he started scribbling a lots of things on a piece of A4 paper..

he listed down the 'suggested' daily meal plan for me..

and most of the things are in consistent with my scientific readings..

 he added few supplements if i'm interested..

and I decided to give the plan a try

i've integrated his meal plan with my other sources. 

so here I am on Day 2 of the Healthy Eating 

i planned to track my journey by updating this blog with what i had ..

Rewind..

yes i know it's almost towards i can't not to share this..

i've never thought the font can be seasonal, but these definitely make me feel like spring again!

have i shared our spring photos? 

i will !

and this is where i got this fonts

oh i need a happy vibe please!!

weekend is here..and it's for our bucket list activities!

a colleague of mine kind of remind me not to be too stressful with the research..

enjoyy the journey, he said.. (he's a psychologist okayy!)

either you had a good time or bad time throughout the process, you'll end up at the same finishing line.. so why not choose the better option..

but a little bit of pressure is sometimes necessary to pump some adrenaline in..

Tengok ni tengok ni..cantik kan combination warna-warna bedsheet and quiltcover baru kami ^_^ beli murah-murah je kat supermarket..rambang mata! 

Dah Summer, so saya cuba la pakai seluar ni...mase kat Malaysia haritu beli muat-muat lepas tu tak muat langsung dah.. Masuk peha pon tak brape bole.. Sekarang?? Pandanglah Lihatlah.. 

Namun.. Ini semua tidak bererti kerana hakikatnya bahagian perut telah semakin berlapis kembali kerana dua tiga bulan kebelakangan ini saya tidak menahan diri dari pemakanan tidak sihat langsung...saya merasakan saya berhak untuk makan cekelat banyak-banyak kerana ingin menghadapi pembelajaran dengan lebih gembira... 

Jom kita lihat sampai bilakah saya muat seluar ini..

Tat Telur

I bought this for my lunch (sori tak puasa) but then i thought of my Paih..so i put it back in my bag and i'll just wait for iftar.. Sweetnyee i :p 

These 2 egg tarts (fancily packaged) only cost 85pence! I was wondering about the  price in Malaysia, 3 kuehs for RM2 (pls insert the cyanosed-suprised emoticon here).. Can we survive and have a good life after this? I'm not expecting a 'perfect' one, but at least enough for our basic WANTS after spending on our basic NEEDS.. 

The Road Less Travelled..

Yeay, I've got NHS Trust ID today, after months of waiting for the Honorary Contract approval.. It's weird though, being on the other side of the fence..seeing Doctors do things that I normally did before.. In a way, I felt relieved because I don't have to deal with the 'hmmm, the CTG isn't looking that good..but...' , 

but i miss the part where i could say to patients 'everything looks good from the scan..' Or 'enjoy your pregnancy journey'.. Or the best part is 'look, that's the heart beat!!'

... The road diverged in a yellow wood... Whatever path lies ahead of me, I hope I will wake up in the morning feeling 'yeay, another day !!!' (I'm really not a morning person, i snoozed my alarm 4-5 times every working day!!!)

Seriously, the only thing that matters to me is being able to wake up every morning looking forward what life can offer me... And that is the only reason I'm going through this now.. For a better 'mornings'...

Bola

Seriously saya bukanla peminat bola, boleh bilang dengan jari berapa kali saya pernah menonton perlawanan bola.. Namun, alang-alang di negara orang kan, kita singgah sahaja lah apa-apa yang patut.. Ini adalah 2 minggu lepas.. Ketika itu saya memakai baju kurung kerana baru pulang dari kelas.. Saya memakai baju kurung pada hari terakhir kelas rasmi dalam program sarjana ini kerana sahaja ingin menunjukkan kepada rakan-rakan antarabangsa bahawasanya inilah pakaian harian saya di Malaysia.. Saya menerangkan pada rakan-rakan saya bahawa ini adalah 'pakaian selamat'..iaitu pakaian serba boleh, you will never go wrong in this Baju Kurung (at least for me la).. Boleh untuk rasmi, tidak rasmi, ke wad bersalin, berlari-lari keliling hospital,  masuk pejabat.. 

Prektis makes Perfect!

This is my first meal of the day, yes at 5.45pm!! 

Practising for Ramadhan, I guess. 

This is my second day of 'project-term'. (No that is not my experiment in the photo). So I will spend 9-5 in Royal Free Hospital for the project. Ramadhan is coming, and I can only du'a that I'll have the energy to face the day without my usual morning coffee (maybe that is good for me).

despite my believe that PCOS women should avoid caffeine, I can't help but rely on multiple daily dose of caffeine to keep me going, sometimes i feel like i need an infusion-pump with me for continuous intravenous supply.

Oh about coffee, why does it matter in PCOS? Hmmm.. They dont have definite conclusion,yet, but the theory is that it will make your body to produce more insulin, especially the insulin in PCOS women are 'less-sensitive'. Peaks of insulin are not good for you, not good for androgen (male hormone) in particular.. 

Having said that, i rather choose my sanity than the molecular stuffs in my body (as usual) 😆😆😆 

Massive Clearance

I have restrained myself from unnecessary shopping for almost a year, and it is do-able!! Was not that bad as i expected it to be..

But I went Clarks outlet last weekend and i found £10-£15 flats! Omg! So that's it, i broke the dry-spell! Did not regret it at all as i keep on thinking i have to pay RM200-RM300 for each pair when I go back home.. 

And now I am not going to buy any new flats for 5-6 years..yes, my shoes last that long especially in Aisya's care.. 

Small little things..

Ohmy.. What happened to this blog now? Seriously I had a LOT of things planned for my blog entries..but then it got 'basi' already.. 

So this is me now, still in denial, finding 'things' to do before focussing on this..

It's June the 10th already and I it seems like everything is sooo fast (apart from the weather, people are still wearing jackets and coats on!!!).. 

My imagination of strolling down the London parks randomly aimlessly was proved to be 'indah khabar dari rupa'.. Yes we have bright sunny days in between the cold cloudy weeks, but I have never been that lucky to be free on those days.. 

Exam in 4 days.. 

Selasa..

Rabu...

Khamis...

Jumaat exam!!! 

Eh rasa2 macam tinggal banyak hari lagi nak study..rupe-rupenye 3 hari je...

I feel like sharing this paragraph on this page with all.. Comparing the scale for family unit from different background...'you almost need an electron microscope to study the modern western family these days'... 

I was thinking on how small our unit became now, and how small it will be in the future..the size might not be in numbers, but in our closeness and 'discloseness'.. 

I am concern with the fact that we sometimes feel 'complete' with our own nuclear unit, while in the past the extended members are so much more 'needed'.. With this in mind, personally, i think that we have to deliberately make an effort to make everyone around us feel needed and appreciated.. 

Hip hip hooray!!

(I found this in the draft box, unpublished entry since 2 weeks ago)

So it's official now!! It's the end of Term 2! Time for our springbreak! 

Felt so overwhelmed with the idea of going back home! So many things to do! So many foods to cross off the craving list! 

See, we can always complain eventho it's something great.. 

I will definitely have an awesome break!! See you guys soon!

Family and The Sun

There is no greater joy than being around families..i thought i would have updated my every move here, but it turns out that there's still no single entry on my springbreak yet! 

So this is a must! My phone camera-roll is going to burst soon! His every smirk and smile are worth keeping.. 

Night Stroll

nah amik kau sebijik penuh muka i!

sebagai seorang kakak, i laa yang duk kawal abis semua adik-adik

make sure semua bangun semua sihat

saya laa yang call adik-adik sana sini

nak harap adik call saya?

tunggu kucing bertanduk

adik, memang laki i muka tak senyum ah amik gambar

nape ntah..

saje nk buat muka kesian kan..

Here Comes The Sun

Cuaca sangat nyaman dan indah..

tak sangka akan sangat menghargai matahari seperti ini

matahari Melbourne menyinar sepanjang tahun, walaupun pada Winter..

oleh yg demikian tak sangka begitu rupanya rasa tanpa Matahari..

walaupun ada hari-hari yang masih sangat sejuk, tapi sekurang-kurangnya adalah jugak yang bersuhu above 10 degrees.. 

hari semakin panjang..

memberi harapan until dating dengan teman lelaki ku..

tapi teringat pulak tak tulis entry pasal Winter Holiday haritu pon lagi

sangat sangat banyak gambar jadi fikir nak pilih yang terbaik la konon..

kat Facebook pon takde langsung pasal Winter trip tersebut..

trip of a lifetime la konon!

tapi ketika itu, negara dilanda kemurungan kerana bah besar..

bah terbesar dalam sejarah..

kami turut bermurung di sini...

okeh di sini saya kongsikan bersama lirik The Beatles..

Here Comes The Sun..

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun,

and I say, It's all right

Little darling

It's been a long, cold lonely winter

Little darling

It feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun,

and I say, It's all right

Little darling

The smiles returning to the faces

Little darling

It seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun,

and I say, It's all right

Agak-agak la kan.. Kalau bace journal sambil tengok Cerekarama, mane yang lagi menang? 

Walaupun MUNGKIN akan lagi banyak fokus pada Cerekarama, tapi kalau tak start bace journal langsung tak gerak gak assignment kan kan? 

Sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit !! (Self-justification) hihi.

Spring is in the air!!

The fact that the spring has arrived makes me craveee for ice cream!! 

Luck

Main sudoku ni kira ikut nasib la. Ada kalanya dapat yang snagat-sangat senang walaupun kite dah pilih tahap kesukaran yang sama. Bile nasib dapat yang senang tu 5-6 minit dapat selesaikan level 'intermediate'.. Tapi kalau nasib tak baik tu saya pernah sampai 25minit kat satu sudoku..

Ni contoh bila nasib tak berapa baik. 19minit baru sampai tahap tu dah terpaksa guna app yang tulis-tulis nombor kecik untuk possibilities setiap petak.. Tekun kan saya! Hihi..

Btw, saya memang telah re-addicted terhadap sudoku ni.. 

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