Eid Al-Adha

My family and I are leaving tomorrow. Well, our flight to Jeddah will depart from KLIA at noon. If I'm not mistaken, the journey will take about 9 hours and I bet its going to be tiring just sitting in the plane, doing nothing. Since there's a week left before Eid Al-Adha, we are going to perform Hajj Al-Ifrad.

All our stuffs and bags are ready. It took us a few days to pack our things. We're bringing thermometer to check our body temperature, masks (though we cannot wear in ihram), shades, medicines and vitamins.

Abah will close his clinic for a month or so. But umi will have a few locum doctors, on and off, running her clinic. She'll pay the doctors rm1000 per day along with their flight tickets. The doctors will be staying at Royale Bintang Hotel and umi will pay for this too. I assume that is not that bad huh?

Well, thats all for now. Do pray for our safe journey ok?

One FM

I wonder why everything has to be ONE. One Malaysia, One Utama, One World, One Wish, One Tree Hill, OneRepublic etc. Why can't you have more than just one? Why can't it be two, three, four, five or even ten?

Anyways, the introduction certainly has nothing to do with what I'm posting today. Okay, maybe it has something to do with it, it's just not the main point that I want to stress out here. (Not that I have a main point either)

Well, let us start the story. On Saturday, I went to One World Hotel. It was my first time there so I was a bit thrilled. Actually, I always am when it comes to hotels. I just love their rooms and the breakfast buffet. It is because of the diversity of food they have. :D


The room was quite okay, with two queen beds, it was certainly quite spacious. According to Hani, the toilet (bathub especially) was not what she expected it to be. It was normal, unlike the one in Le Meredian. Well, I could not care less. I don't really mind about the tub. I only mind about the beds, they need to be comfortable enough for me to sleep on.



We had dinner in the Cinnamon Cafe in Lobby. I ate all kinds of food. I tried ALMOST everything. After dinner, we went to One Utama. My feet were killing me, I was wearing heels and was not very comfortable in it. You see, I don't like to wear fancy stuff, unlike my sisters. I'd rather wear something simple and comfortable than wearing something stylish which will hurt myself in the end. For example, I'd pick flip flops over heels.

When we got to our room, we watched the football match. It was such a shame to watch how Kelantan team played. They were 'debek' and not very mascular as if they did not eat. Then, I watched The Ring. Well, I am not a big fan and will never be a fan of ghost stories, so I had a nightmare that night.

Waking up that morning with a feeling of terror (due to the bad dream I had before), I quickly took a bath and went for breakfast. Again, I tasted every food that they offered. After checking out, we went to KLCC. I only bought a leather case and anti-glare film set for my iPhone 3Gs.


Well, thats all for now.

Eczema

I went to see the dermatologist yesterday evening and I've been diagnosed with Eczema. Firstly, eczema is a general term encompassing various inflamed skin conditions. Usually people will grow out of Eczema when they reach puberty but I think I started to get this inflammed skin and all when I reached puberty.

Although Eczema may look different from person to person, it is most often characterized by dry, red, extremely itchy patches on the skin. Eczema can be prevented by moisturize frequently, avoid sweating or overheating, harsh soaps, detergents, and solvents, avoid environmental factors that trigger allergies (e.g. pollens, molds, mites, and animal dander) and be aware of any foods that may cause an outbreak and avoid those foods.


I have AntiScabs lotion to kill the scabies which I currently have on my hands. But I dont need that anymore because I used it yesterday and it should be gone by now. However, I think my allergic reaction towards scabies will take a few days to subside. Well, I'm on Antibiotics. She gave Chlorpheniramine to help with ithiness and also Loratadine. These are pills. I have a few cream like Fucicort, Elomet, Dermovate and Fucidin. She also gave Oilatum soap for sensitive skin which smells bad. Huhu. Besides, she gave me Aqueous Cream to keep my skins moist.

A lot huh?

Well, that's all for now. Sorry for posting such a boring entry. Haha.

Mulberry

Do you know what a mulberry is? Or how it looks like? Well, mulberry is a type of berry (siblings of raspeberries, cousins of boysenberries) that grows perfectly in our climate. My grandparents have a few plants (or is it considered as a tree?) of these mulberries and I just love eating them.

This is a ripe mulberry.

Homemade scones with mulberry jam. The jam was made by grandmother. :)

We had homemade scones and mulberry jam for breakfast today before we went to KL, again. First stop was Pejabat Tabung Haji, before we went to Great Eastern Mall. We'll be leaving for Mekah on 19th Nov and will be home on 22nd Dec.

Then we went to The Saffron, East Sentul to check on the apartments that we bought whether they have anything to be repaired or not.

Very childish, I know.

Then we went to MidValley and The Gardens. Went to Machines to buy the iPhone cover (yup, i finally got my iPhone 3Gs two weeks ago but I haven't used it) and then to Robinsons. I wanted to buy a spatula (sounds so makcik-ish but I just love baking) but went out of The Gardens with measuring cups instead. Haha.

We reached home at 6pm and I started studying Chemistry.

Grilled steak, portobello mushroom, salad and a glass of apple juice for dinner.

p/s : Can't wait for the exam to finish. Haishhh..

New Hobby

Well, my new hobby is making bread. I just love making bread, especially when my family actually likes it. :)

I remember my first time making buns (which was about 2 months ago), they were stone hard. But I guess my skills are getting better, they are much fluffier now.

p/s : Final exam starts next week, 21st Oct. And our open house is on 18th Oct (29 Syawal). So I'm not going to study on that day. :D