This is one of the nicest think Isaac did during his weekends. Actually he did ask me to play badminton but I was not in the mood to play, so sorry for that. We just had 'jalan-jalan naik kereta' in and around KL and you know the word that came out from Sara? She says "Amanyer" it means "Lamanya" coz we did not get out for walk just 'jalan-jalan naik kereta' .

It was been a long time break for me since my boss was away since last 18 July 2008. He was away to attend a course in KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT / NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATED OF AMERICA. But he will only be in for few days before he fly to LONDON .

After his trip to LONDON then only he back to work as usual and my life will be "alive" again (my working life). Not to say that I am a workaholic worker but I can be a bit insane if I do nothing in office.

May Allah Bless My Life today, tomorrow, the day after and forever. Insyallah.

In LONDON, Ministry Of Unity, Culture, Arts And Heritage will be having a programme Week In London from 30 July 2008 until 3 August 2008. The programme will take place at Potters Fields Park next to the Thames River. Those in that area are please to welcome to joint the programme. Hip... hip.. horeyy...

This morning I read again about the disease. I've knew about it before. Children have to get the vaccine as a precaution from the disease which occured from viruses.

After reading it, I decided to have the immunisation for Sara as soon as possible. I delay it quite some time. I call Dr. Musa's Clinic At Damansara Specialist Hospital. Dr. Musa is the Paediatrician whom I used to deal with since Sara was born. So, Sara's appointment was set up on this coming Saturday, 12 July 2008 before 11.00 am (first come first serve basis).

Below is the articel written in Berita Harian dated 10 July 2008.

Pemakanan & Kesihatan: Pneumokokal
Oleh Nor Afzan Mohamad Yusof
afzan@bharian.com.my

BERAT MATA MEMANDANG: Bayi yang dijangkiti pneumonia yang disebabkan bakteria digelar streptococcus pneumoniae.
Ramai ibu bapa tidak sedar bahaya serangan penyakit yang memudaratkan kesihatan

TEMPOH dua minggu dilalui Ros Aqidah bagaikan mimpi ngeri yang tidak diingini untuk singgah dalam tidurnya lagi. Manakan tidak, anak yang dilahirkan sihat, tiba-tiba mengalami demam berterusan dan ketika dibawa ke hospital terus di masukkan ke Unit Rawatan Rapi dan dipakaikan ventilator. Sangkanya demam biasa, sebaliknya doktor mengesahkan anak berkenaan dijangkiti pneumonia yang disebabkan bakteria digelar streptococcus pneumoniae.

Hati ibunya luluh memperlihatkan permata hati menjadi objek jarum suntikan dengan tiub berselirat, keluar dan masuk ke dalam tubuh kecilnya itu. Dalam tempoh itu juga anaknya perlu melalui pelbagai rawatan termasuk imbasan, sedutan, dimasukkan morfin, antibiotik serta ujian darah setiap hari yang membabitkan kos lebih RM15,000 tidak termasuk rawatan susulan. Cuti tanpa gaji, beliau dan suami termasuk kos emosi, semuanya terlalu sukar diluah dengan kata-kata.

Kisah memilukan itu dikongsi bersama dengan Pakar Pediatrik, Datuk Dr Zulkifli Ismail pada pelancaran kempen Anugerah Kasih Sayang - Jaga Kesihatan Anak-anak Kita, Vaksin Mereka Daripada Penyakit Pneumokokal (PnD) yang diadakan di ibu negara, baru-baru ini.

Kempen antara lain bertujuan mempromosi vaksin yang kurang popular di kalangan ibu bapa sungguhpun PnD adalah penyebab utama kematian di kalangan kanak-kanak berusia bawah lima tahun di seluruh dunia. Kaji selidik global menunjukkan hanya 31 peratus ibu bapa di negara sedar akan kewujudan PnD.

PnD bukan saja mengancam nyawa, sebaliknya jika tidak dirawat pada peringkat awal, ia boleh menyebabkan komplikasi jangka panjang merangkumi lewat bertutur, lumpuh, pekak dan terencat akal yang mungkin tidak boleh dipulihkan kembali atau menemui ajal.
Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) menjangkakan PnD akan menyebabkan kematian kepada lebih satu juta kanak-kanak bawah lima tahun pada setiap tahun di negara membangun.

Dr Zulkifli berkata, di negara ini PnD di kalangan kanak-kanak juga didapati tinggi dengan sekurang-kurangnya 500,000 kes jangkitan telinga tengah (otitis media) setiap tahun bagi kanak-kanak di bawah dua tahun. Sementara itu 250,000 daripada mereka cenderung kepada situasi lelehan nanah berjangkit ke dalam saluran telinga (otorrhea kronik) yang boleh menyebabkan pekak.

Ia turut membabitkan sebanyak 4,000 kes jangkitan (paru-paru) pernafasan akut, setiap tahun di kalangan kanak-kanak, 200 daripadanya membawa maut dan 750 kes jangkitan darah (pneumokokal bacteremia) setiap tahun yang dijangkakan menyebabkan 15 hingga 20 kematian.

Katanya, sungguhpun bahaya, ibu bapa masih bernasib baik kerana ada vaksin yang mampu memberi keberkesanan sehingga 80 peratus terhadap penyakit berkenaan.
“Kanak-kanak yang dilindungi dan sihat akan menikmati pertumbuhan mental yang baik di samping memperoleh kecemerlangan hidup. Perlindungan ini akan mewujudkan suasana persekitaran selamat dan menyeronokkan,” katanya.

Majlis perasmian kempen berkenaan turut dihadiri Pengarah Urusan Wyeth Pharmaceuticals yang menyelia pasaran Malaysia, Singapura dan Vietnam, Thomas J Sichort dan pakar paediatrik dan neonatal, Datuk Dr Musa Mohd Nordin. Sejajar dengan pelancaran kempen berkenaan, majlis turut menyaksikan menandatangani memorandum persefahaman (MoU) antara Wyeth dengan beberapa hospital yang terbabit seperti Pusat Rawatan Islam (Pusrawi) dan Hospital Pantai.

Menerusi kempen itu, hospital terbabit akan mengadakan forum dan pameran awam bagi menyedarkan ibu bapa dan bakal ibu bapa mengenai penyakit berkenaan.

Kajian dibentangkan di Simposium Antarabangsa Ke-6 mengenai Penyakit Pneumokoki & Pneumokokal di Reykjavik menunjukkan vaksin 7-valent pneumokokal konjugat (PCV7) boleh mencegah 57 peratus hingga 91 peratus kes penyakit pneumokokal invasif (IPD) di kalangan kanak-kanak berusia bawah dua tahun.

Di Amerika Syarikat, kadar pesakit yang dimasukkan ke hospital akibat pneumonik menurun sebanyak 39 peratus sejak PCV7 diperkenalkan dalam jadual Program Pengimunan Negara, menjadikan ia adalah kaedah paling berkesan mencegah PnD.

PnD iaitu sekumpulan penyakit disebabkan bakteria streptococcus pneumoniae; juga dipanggil pneumokokus.

Kumpulan ini membabitkan penyakit teruk seperti meningitis (jangkitan bakteria pada membran saraf tunjang atau otak), bakteremia (jangkitan darah), pneumonia bakteremia dan jangkitan tidak berbahaya seperti otitis media (radang telinga tengah) serta juga radang sinus.

Umumnya bakteria ini hidup dalam semua bayi pada satu-satu masa dalam setahun yang mengakibatkan jangkitan pada saluran pernafasan. Ia juga menjadi punca awal paling lazim menyebabkan jangkitan darah pada bayi yang berumur kurang daripada dua tahun.

Jangkitan darah ini boleh menjadi semakin buruk apabila merebak ke selaput otak sehingga mengakibatkan meningitis dan menyebabkan kematian kanak-kanak. Penyakit pneumokokal boleh dibahagikan kepada dua iaitu tidak invasif seperti pneumonia, sinusitis dan ototis media (jangkitan pada telinga tengah) dan invasif (lebih berbahaya dan teruk) seperti bakteremia, bakteremia pneumonia dan meningitis (kes paling teruk).

Mencegah lebih baik daripada mengubati

PERUNDING Paediatrik dan Neonatal, Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, berkata kesedaran masyarakat terhadap bahaya bakteria ini pada orang dewasa dan kanak-kanak masih rendah, walaupun ia menjadi punca utama penyakit dan banyak kematian di dunia.

Katanya, masyarakat perlu mendapatkan penawarnya kerana bukan saja kanak-kanak menjadi sasaran, sebaliknya masyarakat yang berada di sekeliling kanak-kanak berkenaan termasuk ibu bapa dan rakan sebaya juga boleh terkesan.

“Ibu bapa perlu sedar, sekiranya anak-anak di berikan vaksin pada peringkat awal lagi, ia boleh membantu mencegah ia hingga merebak ke peringkat lebih serius. Sekiranya semua kanak-kanak mendapatkan vaksin, bukankah kehidupan anak anda lebih baik, malah lebih sihat?

“Sekiranya kita memikirkan vaksin membabitkan kos yang tinggi, bayangkan kos yang lebih tinggi perlu anda tanggung sekiranya anak anda perlu mendapatkan rawatan di hospital, dan paling menyedihkan sekiranya ia menyebabkan kecacatan seumur hidup,” katanya yang menyatakan hingga kini vaksin boleh didapati di hospital swasta dengan dos diberikan bergantung kepada usia kanak-kanak berkenaan.

Tidak seperti jangkitan bakteria lain, masalah PnD tidak dapat diatasi dengan pengambilan antibiotik. Banyak kes menunjukkan antibiotik tidak berjaya menentang serangan pneumokokus. Sejak 30 tahun lalu, didapati ada pertambahan jenis bakteria pneumoniae yang mempunyai daya tahan terhadap penisilin dan antibiotik lain. Ini menyebabkan pesakit yang mengambil antibiotik tidak menunjukkan tanda sembuh, malah menjadi semakin teruk.

Bakteria pneumokokus tersebar melalui batuk, bersin atau menyentuh luka individu yang dijangkiti. Ramai orang dewasa dan kanak-kanak tidak sedar mereka menjadi pembawa bakteria ini kerana tidak mengalami gejala atau masalah kesihatan.

Ia ada di dalam hidung dan tekak individu (dewasa dan kanak-kanak) yang sihat. Perlu diingat, kebanyakan kanak-kanak menjadi pembawa bakteria pneumokokus pada satu-satu masa yang biasanya diperoleh daripada orang lain yang tidak sihat dan dijangkiti antara lain menerusi udara dan menyentuh barang yang tercemar yang membawanya ke hidung atau mulut.

Tanda dan gejala penyakit:
• Otitis media (jangkitan telinga) - Telinga berasa sakit, tidak selesa dan kadangkala mengalami masalah pendengaran seketika.
• Pneumonia - Pernafasan menjadi cepat dan sukar, sakit dada, menggigil, batuk, demam panas.
• Bakteremia (jangkitan darah) - Demam panas, tidak selesa, jangkitan saluran pernafasan (boleh berlaku atau tidak).
• Meningitis - Demam, sakit kepala yang teruk, mual, muntah, cirit-birit, tengkuk menjadi kejang, fotofobia (menjadi sensitif kepada cahaya).
• Sinusitis - Demam, selsema dan batuk.

I was been told by someone sometimes ago that I am looking fatter. I did control my appetite since my second child birth during my confinement and it last about 2 and half years. And lately since about 6 months ago I do not control my appetite anymore and it makes me put on weight more and more and today Suraya my friend who I can confirm she is telling the truth not only the truth about my body. I am fat again. So I need to get back to my normal dietary meal. No more consuming food which contains carbohydrate. NO more rice, noodles, potatoes, bread and cereals.

Here is the meaning of Carbohydrate

Any of a group of organic compounds that includes sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums and serves as a major energy source in the diet.

And here are some pictures after delivery and days in confinement & me who is in 'maintaining dietary' .

Will I get back to my aiming weight? I have and HAVE to get back to my ideal weight which I had gain in last year Raya Day. It was 48 kg. Insyaallah.

Oh know.

This was my second time typing out Colours Of My Life. Everything I was written just now was gone because of my silly mistake. Remember, learn from your mistake.

I was wondering if i could simplified typing all the memories I have in life by just glancing through my mind and it written in my FP. But, will it be true one day? One thing, National Geographic Channel needs to investigate on my 'wondering' to be aired on their series .

Let me recall what I've written just now.

My hubby and I are planning to have another house to stay. There are many things happened since 2004 once we moved to our home in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Rawang. We managed to stay there for about a year. In 2005, unfortunately due to some unavoided circumstances and because of circulation of life up and down we need to stay with someone in Cheras. Cheras is much much more comfirtable to stay because it is one of the nearest town to Kuala Lumpur.

Currently we are eyeing on The Lumayan Apartments in Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras. Actually the house was sold out since it first launched in year 2006. At that time we can't dare to have another house to buy. It was out of hand to manage our financial. What so ever, even now we still do not have security in financial but really really hope Insyaallah we can have The Lumayan Apartments by the end of this year. I do not know where can I get enough financial to live now a days. That is the challenge of life we need to face in this big city like Kuala Lumpur.

A few days ago, I've made a call to the Sales Person in Danau Lumayan Sdn. Bhd., one of the Developer in Bandar Sri Permaisuri. I managed to talk to one of the Sales Person and tell her I wanted to have The Lumayan Apartments. I will keep in touch with her to buy the house from buyers who wanted to sell their home. The price will be about RM150K once it ready. The actual price was about RM110K (included some renovation).

Yesterday I decided to go back to my home in Rawang. I've few things to give away to someone needed it more. The things are like cloths, shoes and few others like toys and etc. which are still good but not good to keep them all without wearing them, right. All the things gathered are from the store room, in my wardrobe and all over the house. I did that during my last staying there in Chinese New Year Holiday early this year. I call the person whom I met during my duty in last Deepavali Programme. Unfortunately, on that day he got his own planned. It was my mistake not informing him in-advance. So, need to find another right time to settle it next time. Hope it can be done soon. I wanted to give those things too, to an orphanage in Bandar Tasik Puteri, Rawang, which just started operating. So, till then hope I can do my life more colourful day after day, Insyaallah.

Looking at the Title it is quite scary ha, but acctually it was a good challenge for me. I am the kind of person (a wife and a mother) who are not strong enough to be a single mother compared to others who are currently is.

Sorry got to stop for a while, just started to write but need to go for Friday Long Lunch Break.

To be continued....

Wednesday, 20 February 2008, is our 8th Anniversary. Not a very good day for me. That is the truth. I don’t really feel the joy to come across the day. I only got an e-card from Babah which I think he gave it to me coz I reminded him so this morning. I tried not to say anything about the day but I could not keep it to me since I used to be who I am. I say so because I believed he never try to have anything to plan for. He is kinds off? I could not explain it but I do feel bad and sad. I do cried while I am typing this out.
Anyway I put here the e-card which he sent to me.

http://www160.123greetings.com/card/02/20/16/36/ZQK90220163659169.html

AND the replied e-card to him just to say thank you, just to be 'asal ingat jer'.

http://www153.123greetings.com/card/02/19/22/41/ZQC80219224127921.html

There were lots of things I need to write down but because of the lack of time, I had to delay those memories I had. So now it is time for me to jot down few things that I could still remember for the time being.

On Thursday, 7 February 2008, we the whole family went home in Bandar Tasik Puteri. It was a long time since our last trip to our owned home. It is a sweet home for me even though I can only manage to go there once in a while coz of few reasons. The four-days stayed was a great and wonderful time I had coz I’ve got a good cooperation with my hubby who had always 50 – 50% of certainty when I requested to go there. Lucky my little prince Isaac and litter princess Sara also had a great time too.

We drove home thru from Cheras - Seremban Highway – Damansara – Sungai Buloh – Kundang – Bandar Tasik Puteri. We decided to use the road coz I’ve decided to have a look for some slab stone in Sungai Buloh and to avoid the massive traffic jam during the Chinese New Years Eve then. We stopped by at a nursery next to Sekolah Menengah Teknik in Sungai Buloh. I’ve met up with a Bangladesh man named Along as I’ve been told by a staff of the main office of the nursery, a day before that. I wanted to survey the price of the slab stone and the price given by Along was very expensive and unreasonable. It was a shock, because on the way home to Bandar Tasik Puteri we had passed by another shop near Rahman Putra’s housing estate sells the kind of slab stone at RM3.90 per square feet. Where as Along, he had given me the double triple higher prices than that. It was at first coz RM43.00 for the size of 2 x 2 square feet and RM18.00 for the size of 1 x 2 square feet. So, I wonder the difference of the price. How could it be like that, if 1 x 2 square feet coz RM18.00 so it means if you double up the size of the slab stone, it will coz only RM36.00 for the size of 2 x 2 square feet. So, logically the actual price for the size should not be RM43.00 then. I tried to reduce the price from RM43.00 to RM36.00 which was the difference is RM7.00. I’ve got that price and for the other size, I’ve got it at RM15.00. But then there was not deal been made because it was only a survey. What a great syukor to Allah and bad pray to the Along coz mark up that high and been trying to cheat. But the good thing was the attendance to me, the very insatiable person as a customer.

On Monday, 24 December 2007, I should get replacement on leave since I work on the last Deepavali event for more then eight hours. I lack of leave in 2007. This was due to few unreasonable / reasonable circumstances.

BUT, I had to go to office since Puan Norma said, Mr. Bala said so. I did went to office, wore unofficial dress, Puan Norma and Cik Rachel wore the some too. I had to take Sara to office since her nursery closed on 21st and 24th December 2007. Babah needed to go to TM to meet his client. Isaac accompanied him as usual. Lucky he can get to my office early after doing his work.

At 1.00 p.m. we went down to have our brunch and then continued with my work. I plead babah to stay in my office event though he has to meet his new client in Selayang at 3.00 p.m., pity on him. But, Alhamdullillah he managed to delay the meeting to the next day.

At 4.00 p.m. The "Signor" calls for a last meeting on the Majlis Rumah Terbuka Malaysia Krismas 2007 before all the secretariats flew to Kota Kinabalu the next day as early as 7.15 a.m.

At 7.30 p.m. we left my office. Then, once we got down to Maju Junction, I bought two (2) Cik Na's white tudung, RM10.00 each and mine, green tudung RM15.00 to match up with my 2007 baju raya. Everyone was hungry at that time, so I’ve decided to have pizza at Pizza Hut Then we rushed back to pack my clothes. That night I couldn’t sleep at all because Fariq the office driver was scheduled to fetch me at 4.00 a.m.

On Tuesday, 25 December 2007 at 4.00 a.m., babah accompanied me to Fariq’s car. Then we headed to Hajah Zaiton’s home in Ampang. We reached at KLIA around 5.30 a.m. At KLIA we met up with The “Signor” and Encik Suparman. Then we headed to Mc Donald to wait to get on board at 6.30 a.m. The “Signor” paid for those meals we had.

On board I was sited next to the window in a row of a family. They were two (2) boys next to me, the mother and two (2) little sisters. I did enjoy the view of the sunrise on board. It was great.

At 10.45 a.m. we landed at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. There were Four Wheel Drives from agencies under KEKKWA waited to fetch us. Then we headed to King Park Hotel where all the secretariats stayed. We only managed to check-in at 2.30 p.m. My room number was 706 and I stayed with Junaidah from Muzium Labuan.

After that, there were stories which I think will be told later.

Last Thursday, on 13 December 2007 we went for the second appointment with Dr. Nathan at his clinic in PKNS, Jalan Raja Laut. Dr. Nathan gave some explanation on Sara's condition. Then, he call the Operation Theatre in Assunta Hospital to be set the next day at 9.00 p.m. for Sara's laser treatment.

THEN, on Friday, 14 December 2007, I went home early to fetch Sara from nursery. She has to fasting starts from 3 p.m. before the treatment. Babah and I gave her large KFC mash potato for her last meal at 2.45 p.m. At around 5.00 p.m. we headed to Assunta Hospital. We did the registration and paid the deposit so and so, and Sara was place at Room 2-2, Sang Kancil Ward at 5th Floor.

While waiting for the treatment to take place at around 9.00 p.m., a nurse given explanations on basic Hospital regulation and as usual Sara and Isaac enjoyed themselves at the playing area. There was a pity incident happened to Sara, after washing her hands, she licked her hands, so pity , she must be so thirsty.

At around 8.30 p.m., a General Anaesthetist (GA) came and gave explanations on how the anaesthetic to be given. Then after that we the whole family went to the Operation Theatre (OT) and I accompanied Sara to the OT Room before the GA put her to sleep. She feels comfort before entering the OT Room but when we were in the OT Room she cried not because of afraid but most probably the crowd of those nurses and doctors around her. It took only about five (5) seconds to let her sleep (unconscious), then I have to leave the OT Room.

The treatment took about 1 and 1/2 hour as the nurse at the OT Counter told us. So, I've decided to follow babah to meet Pak Din (babah's business contact) at his house nearby. At about 9.55 p.m. we received a call from the OT telling that the treatment was over. Then we rushed back to the hospital and it was 10.20 p.m. when we reached the main entrance. The main entrance was closed , so I need to use the emergency exit to get into the hospital. Rushing towards the OT Room then when I reached the OT Room, Sara was awake and once she saw me she grabbed out to me from the warm blanket. Her face full with blood spots and she still drowsy at that time. We stayed in the OT until 11.00 p.m. while waiting for her heartbeat get back to normal. We left the OT at around 11.00 p.m.

The next day, on Saturday, 15 December 2007 at around 7.30 a.m. Sara woke ups and had her breakfast, 2 slices of bread and a cup of milo with full of hunger. It was a pity and funny time looking at her eating since she fasting for more than 15 hours.