Been tagged

Been tagged by the cute Idris Naquiyuddin's mom.

To tok2 n families, tagging is like a game in blogging. Saje suke2.

The rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
ok, done.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
Only 7? byk nak citer nih, hihihi. acah mak enon. Don’t know what to tell actually... hmm... since this blog is about my dear girl, i will share 7 facts abt me that has relation with my dearly Afiqah. Random or weird??? First: Mama loves Nurul Afiqah, n mama knows that Afiqah loves mama too sooo the very much. It is obvious that she is always happy when pa&ma are both by her side (of course leeeeeee, daa!), within her view, kalu sorang dok dapur sorang dok hall with her, she will look at the direction of the kitchen and whimper, calling for us. (papa pun selalu dok dapur, masak or mengemas).

second: Mama really thinks Afiqah is a genius and a miracle. As described briefly above, Afiqah is a Cerebral Palsy. Her brain was badly injured due to severely lack of oxygen when she was still inside the womb, and she was delivered a week earlier b4 the due date. Her brain was not only badly injured, but some part of the brain, the tissues were actually decomposed due to insufficient of O2 supply for a quite looong time. Meaning, there are holes in the brain, wounded. In spite of not having healthy brain condition, she still happily smiles, laughs, cries, making protest sounds, happy sounds, sing a long with me, making sound as she is chatting with me, to show a lot of her various feelings.

third:(continued from second)Not only that, ma realizes that Afiqah likes kids/ babies. She will always try to talk to any kids sitting near us at the hospital, restaurants, or elsewhere. One experience occured very recently, yesterday actually, it was raining in the morning. So we let adik Izumi n his ma on our car, to send him to his nursery that is also on the way pa sends me to the Uni. Mama could obviously see Afiqahs happy face. She smiled showing her teeth, org kata sampai ke telinga, all the way to the bus stop where her nursery bus fetches her everymorning. Tok tok nak tau? Almost everymorning Afiqah protest when we send her to the bus stop. Usually, after papa make two turns, she will start making her ‘mulut protest’, ‘mulut bulat’ and whimper. But of course being a happy girl, she will smile when I talk to her or sing to her.

four: Mama wants to thank Afiqah for supporting Ma & Pa's study. Thank you dear for being such patient, staying at the nursery from morning till after ur dinner. Thank you so much sayang. My heart actually aches to let you stay at the nursery for such a long time. Thank you for being so understanding. Mama knows Afiqah prefers to stay @ home with us. We do too, sayang.

five: Papa! Can mama benti keje? Pa alwiz say, 'of course you can, tapi rugile awak dah belajar tinggi2. but pa don't mind....'.

six: I am married to a 'superman'. One who his best friend used to tell me not even knows how to cut an onion, but now can cook and do most of the house chores, takes care of Afiqah plus doing his studies, hobbies, help me with my studies even though we r in different field, etc.... except laundry. ‘Thank you bang. I really appreciate it’.

seven: Alhamdulillah.... I can’t ask for more.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

The lucky seven iiisss..... drum roll......

My beloved kak ipaq dan kak ipaq, sayangku shema, sahabat blogger whom many knows as superwoman.... i agree, ibu yang ayu, an adik di Kyoto ini yg active juga blogging nor, aaaand any volunteers:D to fill up the quota?

4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
Orraits, will do after posting this.

Wassalam....

Hari Ibu 2008

Salam,
Ni mama Afiqah nak post gambar hadiah hari ibu dari Afiqah. Hasil kerja tgn Afiqah di nursery dgn bantuan sensei. Cermin 4 segi, Afiqah lukis2 pada bahagian framenya. Hmm... apa maksud Afiqah bagi cermin nih, nk suruh mama cermin muka sendiri ke?:D. Hihi... mama tau sensei yg decide hadiah2 tu n semua ibu dpt yg sama, saja je melawak.

Hadiah masih dlm pembungkus. Seronok juga dapat hadiah ni, pandai sensei pilih. Maklumlah, boleh mama suluh jerawat n jeragat kat muka, hihihi.
Ni belakang cermin, ada nota tertampal. Bunyi nota, 'Mama, terima kasih, sayang mama. From Afiqah'. Terima kasih sayang mama Nurul Afiqah. Berusaha sayang buat hadiah ni utk mama ye.

Nampak gaya Afiqah suka buat kraf/ buat sesuatu. Di rumah, lepas pindah ni, ruang besar dan lebih selesa sikit. Beberapa hari lepas... ke seminggu dua yg lepas, mama dan Afiqah buat origami. Kemudian gunting2 kertas berwarna bentuk ikan dan tampal2 pada buku lukisan. Of course mama la yg buat semua. Tapi mama pastikan Afiqah tengok apa yang mama buat dan hasilnya. Seblm tu mama pegangkan pen berwarna (magic color) di tgn Afiqah dan biar dia lukis2 atas buku lukisan, kemudian mama guide tgn Afiqah lukis ikan. Masa buat tu tak nampak la Afiqah enjoy, tapi mama tau Afiqah suka. Weekend yg seterusnya, Afiqah mcm merengek2 minta main lagi mcm tu. Tapi mama pula tak berapa sihat dan letih. Afiqah main2 dan membaca dgn papa saja.

Mama dah mula kenalkan flash card tulisan jawi pada Afiqah. Satu flash card ada semua huruf, dan beberapa kad yg lain ada tulis satu huruf jawi besar2. Mama tunjuk kad yg tulis semua huruf jawi dan satu kad alif. Buat sementara ni, mama nak tunjukkan huruf alif sambil buat bunyi, 'a, i, u' pada Afiqah. Byknya kenalkan bunyi alif a atau alif afiqah pada afiqah. Harap2 Afiqah boleh mengenal bunyi a, dan buat bunyi tu.

Wassalam.

Afiqah demam (& pindah rumah)

Salam,
Kami baru pindah ke Marikoji International House awal bulan ni. Murah sikit sewanya dan besar ruangnya. Nnt bila ada masa mama Afiqah postkan gambar rumah baru. Masuk rumah baru, Afiqah pulak demam. Panas sungguh badan dia sampai 39 darjah. Seminggu panas badan Afiqah turun naik, turun pun masih jugak panas, dlm 37.5 darjah. Nasib baik bila Afiqah demam, Jepun pun start public holiday 4 hari berturut2, jadi mama papa tak rasa serba salah sgtlah utk cuti lama sikit. Skrg dah masuk thn 2, bertambah la sibuknya kerja di U. Lepas satu, satu due date utk prepare bhn ke conference. Prof tak bagi can rehat. Kami ingat nak pi holiday mana2 dlm Jepun ni, tapi tgk cost punyalah mahal. Kalau nak berjln tidur 2 mlm kosnya sama mcm kami boleh blk Msia satu dua minggu atau holiday ke Europe. Tapi ma & pa takdela boleh pulak cuti sampai seminggu, utk emergency Afiqah tak sihat je boleh cuti.
Lepas habis cuti public 4 hari tu, demam Afiqah masih tak kebah, so kami bawa ke klinik semula. Discuss sikit dgn doc, dia bagi ubat sama juga. Doc kata kalau lepas ni masih tak kebah demam selsema Afiqah tu, kena bawak check hospital. Mama risau juga, takut jadi mcm thn lepas, Afiqah kena infection, masuk hospital seminggu. Nak kena cocok sana sini amik darah. Lepas tu siap kena ambik air tulang belakang lagi. Tak mau dah la jadi camtu. Mama risau juga kalau kena cuti lebih lama, walaupun sensei bagi sorang pembantu pada mama, student undergrad thn 4, tapi still mama nak kena guide juga. Hari yg sama bawak Afiqah pi jumpa doc kali kedua tu, demam Afiqah turun sikit, so kami hantar pi nursery tghari n ambik awal dlm pukul 3pm. Pesan kat sensei kalu apa2, call je kami. Ma & Pa nk pi tgk2 apa dah jadi dgn kerja kami kat lab sat. Alhamdulillah takde emergency pada Afiqah dan sensei tak call hingga pukul 3pm. Hari tu juga masa di lab, mama baca email dari mak Long Alhan pasai mandi berendam ni baguih. So mlm tu mama mandi berendam dgn Afiqah, air suam2 panas. Lepas tu nampakla muka Afiqah berseri sikit dari keletihan dan mula berpeluh. Baru mama perasan dah lama Afiqah tak berpeluh. Badan dia letih agaknya dgn pindah dan keadaan yang baru. Esoknya, Alhamdulillah syukur sgt2 Afiqah sihat. Kami pun hantar dia ke nursery dan pesan pada sensei kalau apa2 call kami cepat2. Tapi kami janji dgn sensei nk ambik Afiqah balik awal dari waktu biasa. Alhamdulillah, sensei report dlm buku nota kecik, Afiqah ok saja hari tu.
Lepas Afiqah baik, ma & pa pulak tak sihat. Takut berjangkit blk pada Afiqah, tapi Afiqah being a survivor, mmg kuat dia. Alhamdulillah tak berjangkit. Mama ingat demam selsema n sakit tekak biasa, dok mkn ubat beli kat farmasi je. Mmgla rasa lega sakit badan tapi sakit tekak tak hilang2 juga. Sampai satu pagi mama ludah keluar darah. Ikut kata tokyah selalu, kalau darah tu merah, maknanya dekat2 bahagian luar je darahnya. So mama suspect dari tekak lah. Tak boleh jadi nih, seblm makin teruk mama pun pi la hospital yg selalu pi dkt rumah lama. Bila pi, dok tgk dia kata severe. Aduuh... severe camne pulak dah sakit tekak mama nih. Yang pentingnya jgn berjangkit dah la. Doc confirm tak berjangkit. Ikut pada explaination doc dlm Japanese, bila mama search dlmweb nih, sakit tekak mama tu Tonsilitis kot. Alhamdulillah lepas habih ubat yg doc bagi, tekak mama pulih. Papa pulak jenis tahan sakit, malas nak pi hospital, so tak tau apa masalah sebenar. Kalau papa demam selsema, papa makan ubat syrup beli di farmasi. Sakit papa pun dtg dan pergi begitu saja tanpa jumpa doc.
Lepas kami semua baik, mama pun teringin nak pi holiday, rehat2 jln2. Tapi disbbkan kos yg amat mahal akhirnya mama ajak papa pi bahagian laut Kyoto. Jauh juga perjlnan, amik masa 2 jam. Kami bertolak pun dah lewat, sampai dah nak gelap. Tak nampak apa dah la. Mama teringin nak pi pasar basah dekat port turun hasil nelayan tu. Pasar tu pun dah tutupla. Kami pun drive sikit sekitar kawasan tu n balik. Macam biasala, bila dah gelap, mama n papa dua2 tak pasti jln nk balik, masuk highway salah pilih jln, balik ikut jln jauh. Umpama kalau di Msia tu, pi jln ke PD dari KL, balik turun ikut Melaka Johor, Pahang n baru sampai KL. Punyalah jauh. Tangki minyak keta tinggal separuh, dari penuh isi, habih minyak bahagian yg kami boleh pakai seminggu, hihihi. Nak cerita punyalah jauh perjlnan kan... Sepanjang2 perjlnan pulak mama dok riba Afiqah je. Balik rumah, next day terus mama sakit urat. Sakit sampai tangkap urat kepala. Seminggu mama dok sakit kepala, makan pain killer pun tak jadi apa. Rehat pun tak baik2 jugak. At last mama pi massage kt tpt aromatherapy, terpaksala berbelanja. Lepas urut tu oklah lega, tapi tak sepenuhnya. 2, 3 hari lepas tulah sikit2 sakit urat mama pulih. Malu je mama nak cerita sakit urat ni, macam dah tua sgt, hihihi. Tapi inilah antara sbbnya mama tak de mood sgt nk update blog, disamping masa terhad mengejar beberapa due date.
Wassalam.