Rawak

It's been a while... been busy with final year, pregnancy, long distance marriage and whatnot...and at the end or shall I say now, when I finally decide to bring this blog back to life, I'm not sure where to start so I guess I'll just go random first :D

#1 A year could do so much. 360 days ago from this date, I was just married, going into final year of my studies, staying in hostel and now I've alhamdulillah graduated with a baby girl and moved in with husband. Being put that way, things really sounded like a smooth sail don't they, but God knows what the 360 days were like.

#2 Not sure what's becoming of Malaysia's economy but am starting to feel the aftermath. Price hiked like crazy, currency falls, addition of taxes, increasing toll charges, corruption here and there etc. The feel of the effect is less intense when you're just staying with parents and they pay for almost everything. Once money has to come out from your own purse....

#3 How sure are we that when we die, our path is straight to heaven?

I was in the middle of one of my monthly pregnancy check-up when the head nurse in the clinic which was in the same room got pissed off over something her son told her on whatsapp -  slippers with one of Hindu gods printed on it being sold somewhere (she's a Hindu). 

And that reminded her of an incident perhaps couple of weeks ago - a Muslim pregnant mom came for check-up with her little boy around kindergarten age. The boy noticed the dot the head nurse got on her forehead (is it bindi...I'm not sure what it is called but I know for sure it's not sindoor) and he said to his mom something like "Look Mom, she got that dot on forehead, if she dies, she'll go to hell." . I was surprised but that for sure couldn't beat how surprised the head nurse was when someone said that to her face. I don't remember exactly but the mother got very very embarrassed and sort of pinched the little boy or something and tell him to be quiet. Anyhow, the head nurse just had to say something so she went "I know I'm Hindu, I'm going to hell but is the heaven yours to decide like this?". Of course, no answers. The end.

The head nurse then went on about how she taught her kids to respect all other religions. It's like respecting mom, she said. You respect me because I'm your mom but doesn't mean you can be disrespectful to other mothers out there, they are moms too and they deserve the same respect. Same goes to God.

No, the heaven is never ours and who are we to decide oh that man, he's not going to go to heaven, hell's doors would be wide open for him. Nauzubillah but we're not even a confirmed resident of Jannah, We only get to enter by His mercy (may Allah grant us that). And who knows how the other's gonna end up. That man who killed a 100 others died in repentance and was granted Jannah.

God knows where that kid got that idea but that incident truly highlighted that raising kids is really really really a BIG deal. Can I say, I'm scared T_T

#4  Being a fulltime housewife at the moment gave me the privilege to watch tv more. Not to my surprise, almost all Malay dramas are about - kahwin paksa and the guy is trying to win the girl's heart, kahwin paksa and the guy is bad but at the end he realize his wife is great and he actually loves her very much and it seemed like it's already too late but naa it's not, suka sama suka tapi family tak suka, annoying boss and poor girl, triangle love...too much repetition, different storyline but same idea, sadly. It's really isn't easy to come up with good storyline and script and people always wanna sell what sells regardless of quality but...

#5 Where can I find roti naan in Bintulu? Mana satu rumah sewa yang decent below 1k? Beberapa batang daun kari  (batang panjang macam pembaris pendek) costs seringgit lebih, seriously? Apple dua ringgit lebih sebiji, seriously?  Cheap halal street food? Tomyam thai-like?

#6 Kedai-kedai makan here in Bintulu have a good practice regarding spoons and forks hygiene. Spoon and fork would be either wrapped in tissue or served in a cup of hot water. Belum jumpa lagi la yang serve sudu garfu dalam bunch banyak-banyak sekali dalam satu bekas yang pindah-pindah ke meja ni meja tu, orang ni pilih, orang tu pilih, dia ni pegang dia tu pegang.

#7 Hujan batu di negeri orang, hujan emas di negeri sendiri. Haha. I miss Penang so much.

#8 Since she could see and smile, my baby girl, Fatima has been waking up every morning smiling when I say Good Morning excepttttttt on my birthday on which she woke up crying and was fussy much that day. It just have to be on Mama's birthday ehhh~

#9 Was trying to order Pizza Hut's triple pack just now. The price I saw in the ad was RM39.90. In the delivery website, it says 49.90. When I try to order, it's 52.90. Apekahhh?? Was pretty much in a rush so I didn't bother to research the price difference. Aaaand no, didn't go for that. Went for some cheaper alternative in the menu =.="

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