Bottle Tooth Decay

Pernah dengar istilah kat atas? Lebih kurang - kerosakan gigi disebabkan oleh penggunaan botol susu ketika tidor.. saya tengah berjuang sorang-sorang nak stopkan penggunaan botol susu aisyah waktu tidor.. memang penat, bila mr z asik buat de ja vu and the process has to be restarted all over again.

To Mr Z, biarla dia nangis sikit meraung banyak pun, buat tak tau aja, your sweetheart darling sugarpie pretty daughter's permanent teeth will soon grow, if we dont stop her using bedtime bottle, your beautiful lovely most beloved graceful pumpkin sugar plum daughter will grow up to be called jongang takder gigi (<--bahasa lembut sket) .. nanti orang buat drama bersiri pula...ganti halimah jongang..huhu~ tak bermenantu awak nanti :P

Bila google toddler tooth decay treatment etc, result asik keluar kena surgery la, crown la, implant la..tension. No wonder saya nampak beberapa orang budak umur 8,9 tahun dah pakai gigi besi. Pastu try pulak google "rawatan gigi susu rosak" ...haa, kan ada yang lojik sket. Mat saleh nih semua benda nak surgery, even lump yang jadi waktu breastfeeding pun dia suggest surgery..sungguh ngeri

But finally jumpa jugak artikel pasal gigi susu nih:
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Try to wean your child from a bottle as early as is practical. Nursing bottle decay is common, and your children need their baby molar teeth for about 10 years. Breast-fed babies also can get nursing bottle decay if, as toddlers, they consistently fall asleep at the breast with milk in their mouths.

And from another site (forgot the link) : Tooth decay are contagious.

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Sites dalam bahasa melayu lebih banyak yang memberikan jawapan tanpa perlu surgery, contohnya sini yang menyatakan bahawa gigi susu akan eventually tanggal, tapi tak perlu dicabut melainkan goyang kerana gigi susu tuh umpama reserve spots untuk gigi kekal. Jika dicabut awal sangat,akan memberi kesan kepada struktur gigi kekal.

Tapi gigi susu perlu dijaga terutamanya gigi geraham. Gigi geraham susu (baby molar teeth) penting at least sehingga umur 10 tahun, dan cavities gigi mempunyai tendency untuk berjangkit ke gigi lain.

Ganbatte, mama! aisyah, korekara no neru toki no miruku wa mou issai yurusenaindakara ne :P papa no gokyiouroku mo onegai itashimasu..tte iuka, gokyouroku shite yo!

Ocicat

What types of cat are you?

Err, I made this quiz and found the result to be this ->


The Ocicat is both playful and devoted. She may spring into action on a whim at any moment, or languidly pass an hour away in the lap of a loved one. The Ocicat is happiest with friends and struggles at being solitary for any period of time. Her exotic, no-fuss coat is a breeze to maintain, and looking her best comes easily. Inquisitive by nature, she gets into trouble from time to time. But any trouble is soon forgotten because she is off on a new adventure in a flash!

I m very, very happy to be among friends but I dont really struggle to keep some time to myself. Other than that, regardless of its percentage of accuracy, I find myself resemble that remark :P


Ocicat? Apa tuh?

Kenora

Hari tu kami ke Kenora, Lake of the Woods.

Pertama kali kami sewa kereta.
Pertama kali kami keluar daripada province Winnipeg.
Pertama kali pegi picnic ramai-ramai.

Cuba meniru gaya ambil gambar artistik macam cik sarah tapi gagal

Konvoi 13 van dan kereta.
Ada 65 orang saudara Islam semuanya.
2 jam setengah drive, baru sampai sana.

Sampai-sampai, suami sibuk bekerja berBBQ di "dapur".

 Yang ni tengah bakar ayam

 Yang ni tengah bakar dapur

Yang ni tengah..err..mm..buka plastik timun?? Oklaa...

Kalau ada events makan-makan atau piknik, memang kaum lelaki yang masak2 dan sediakan semua benda. Kaum ibu cuma jaga anak sahaja. Dan kaum perempuan dan anak-anak makan alas perut dulu once ayam dah bakar. Ini macam kalu, tiap-tiap minggu pegi piknik pun takpa :P

Anak-anak pula biasala..

lari-lari

lari-lari lagi

mandi-mandi

 mandi-mandi lagi

Tapi Aisyah sikit pun tak minat nak terjun air tuh. huhu~ dari mula sampai dia dah request nak main benda nih ->

building Sand Castle

Kebetulan ada yang sama hobi dengan dia :) Si Hamzah nih pun asik berkelek ikut maknya..Maka lagi lerr senang kerja kami :P Tak payah tukar baju mandi diorang

Kalau ada yang perasan, gambar wanita takder dalam entry nih, atau entry mana2 akan datang, kecuali gambar malaysian :p Ini atas menghormati pendapat, budaya dan mazhab rakan2. Ada dari India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Arab (tak ingat mana), Korea, Jepun dan err, of course Malaysia... Kelakar bila ada mat saleh ni tegur dari mana, dan bila kita jawab, dia kelihatan sangat2x kagum sebab kami dari macam-macam negara.. Inilah salah satu keistimewaan persaudaraan dalam Islam :)

Pertama kali bergambar berempat :P

Kenora sungguh cantik. On the way ke sana, berbelas-belas, mungkin juga lebih 20, tasik yang kami lalui. Ada tasik nama "Engineer Lake" dan ada juga "Deception Bay". Kali nih tak sempat naik cruise or hovercraft, tengok ler tahun depan kalau ada rezeki :) Insya-Allah

 Ayyan yang cool

Tinggal di Oversea

Dulu-dulu waktu dapat offer ke Jepun lepas trial spm, saya malu sebenarnya...sebab dalam satu kampung, saya sorang jer ke Jepun. Yang lain banyak ke Jordan, Mekah, Madinah, Syria..n at least kalau ke UK or US, senang sikit nak cerita. Isk isk, ini ke Jepun. Memang banyak lerr persoalan2 kena jawab dari pelbagai orang. Dan banyak juga nasihat-nasihat yang saya terima..jangan lupa solat, jangan minum arak, jangan itu jangan ini, saya terima jer :) Tapi yang tak boleh tahan ialah satu nasihat dari sorang makcik,

"Z, pi sana jangan kaler rambut naa..."

 Baik makcik..ngehehehe...

Sebenarnya waktu ke jepun tuh ramai menjangkakan saya akan ikut sedikit sebanyak cara jepun, malah waktu kenduri kahwin tuh, seseorang yang agak berpengaruh di kawasan tuh dan jarang2 datang kenduri orang (sebab beliau agak uzur), tiba-tiba datang dan request nak jumpa dan berborak dengan bride (saya ler tuh). Bila saya keluar, diorang terkejut,

"Eh, pakai tudung rupanya. Bagus bagus.."

Hmmm..apa lagi ya gossip dibelakang saya sebenarnya...Biarla, Allah lebih mengetahui hati saya. Tak ke mana kalau orang cakap benda tak betul nih, lama-kelamaan terbukti juga. Saya tak pernah berubah.

Waktu tuh tawaran ke oversea agak kompetitif, jadi bila dapat offer, saya memang gembira sebab saya memang dah aim nak main salji. Saya rasa bersyukur sangat, sebab nak harapkan duit sendiri pergi melancong, belum tentu mampu.

Tapi bila Mr Z was offered jadi pensyarah, baru saya tahu rupa-rupanya tawaran ke luar negara nih sentiasa terbuka dan sangat banyak, tak seperti waktu lepas spm dulu. Samada melalui belajar atau seminar (conference). Alhamdulillah, kebaikan sambung belajar di luar negara bukan bermaksud "kamu pandai dan akan lebih pandai jika belajar oversea". Tidakkk. Tapi belajar di luar negara memberikan pandangan dan pengalaman yang berbeza, dan melahirkan satu macam semangat yang berkobar-kobar untuk berusaha lebih keras di universiti luar. Dan tambah Mr Z, belajar cara dan teknik dan perkara2 yang baik bagi diaplikasikan untuk mengajar anak-anak Malaysia lepas tamat belajar nanti :) Belajar di luar negara juga adalah alternatif terbaik kalau fasiliti dan kepakaran bidang yang kita nak tuh tak mencukupi di Malaysia..

Adakah belajar di Malaysia tak bagus? Ehh, nanti saya cerita bab best kalau belajar kat Malaysia pulak yer..satu-satu..  :) I just feel the need to express my dissatisfaction towards some people's ungrateful behaviour and their being overreact towards "tinggal oversea"

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Sebenarnya saya baru tahu segelintir pihak yang menklasifikasikan kawan-kawan mengikut hi-class or tak standard. Salah satu ciri-ciri hi-class ialah pernah tinggal di oversea..Oh my, orang macam nih pun ada. Kalau saya bagitau kawan2 saya kat jepun dulu ada orang macamni, mesti diorang ketawa2 sakit perut golek2 sampai muntah.. Ntah hapa2... Stupid, I must say.

Saya serious nih. Ada orang macam nih, tak percaya kan?

Apa yang best datang Kanada, Jepun, Jerman or Australia etc? Apa yang menjadikan mereka lebih baik dari orang yang tak pernah ke oversea? Orang lain rilex jer ke oversea, "golongan hi-class" nih kalut nak semua orang tau dia penah tinggal di Jerman atau Jepun atau Kanada. Ehh, tuh contoh saya amik negara yang saya pergi jer la, amik contoh negara lain nanti orang marah pulak...

Mereka yang sombong nih
- cakap tak pernah nak kalah, indah2 belaka pasal diri diorang
- biasiswa/ gaji mereka la yang paling banyak
- husband mereka la yang paling pandai, orang lain tak dapat punyala kalau apply supervisor/universiti yang sama

husband dia sepupu einstein

- mereka rasa paling tahu semua, sebab mereka banyak pengalaman tinggal di obersea, so hal business orang pun dia lagi tahu, apatah lagi hal tak business orang

- mereka rasa layak bercakap pasal akademik, dan pengetahuan mereka luas boleh bercakap pelbagai bidang dalam akademik, boleh ulas research orang, boleh judge master/ phd orang

- kalau balik purposely tanak guna kereta malaysia, "i dulu kat jerman so i kena pakai kereta jerman" or "kereta jepun la the best, tak kelas la pakai wira, kembara nih" so on (purposely ya, jangan salah faham, sila jangan jual mercedes anda :P)

- mat saleh la yang paling bagus di dunia, mat jepun la yang paling rajin di dunia, orang melayu tak bagus, dengki, tak bersatu-padu, kawan2 melayu i jeles tengok i dapat pegi oversea :P

 

- kalau beli benda mahal, "eh, ni scarf i beli kt US tau, mahal, takder kat malaysia nih" kena emphasize beli kat mana, nak lagi best kena cakap berapa RM (dalam rm, sebab nampak mahal)

- kalau berkumpul purposely cari idea nak cerita pasal kat oversea dulu, walaupun tajuk perbualan tak berkaitan. Lain ler kalau orang tanya.. (again, purposely yer, janganla tanak kongsi cerita dengan saya pulak lepas nih :P)


- orang punya tempat study tak bagus, tak hi-class, "I study kat US.You all takkan dapat buat macam I. Kalau takat study jepun and uk tuh apa sangatla, takder class.." "Korang nih baru study kat malaysia, tak rasa lagi i dulu study kat us..susah tau"

- cipta trademark sendiri, "I study jepun, kitorang yang study jepun nih semua rajin2 dan tepati masa. Orang macam u nih kena ikut cara I"

dan banyak lagi. Owh, get me a bucket please. Nak muntah. Senang cerita, mereka nih sedaya upaya meng"hi-class"kan diri sendiri. Bak kata karam sigh walia pepatah melayu,

"Ular menyusur akar takkan hilang bisanya"

Kalau dah hebat tuh, kita tak perlu "hi-class"kan diri sendiri, orang tau. Kalau kita bagus dalam pelajaran, cemerlang buat paper, tak perlu kecoh2 tampal kat notice board, orang tetap akan nampak dan buat paper kita jadi rujukan..Kalau kita berilmu sehebat yang kita cakap, student kita akan faham betul apa yang kita ajar.

As simple as that.

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Dahla, tanak ulas banyak2. Allergic dengan perangai manusia2 yang sombong ni.. Kenapala perlu saya berselisih nasib dengan mereka..huhu~ So far harap kawan-kawan tak termasuk golongan ini. Please please please... (Eleh, kata orang, diri sendiri sombong tak? gedegangg~)

Kehidupan di oversea ada pahit manisnya. Cherish every moment of it, kumpul pengalaman dan cerita di luar negara. Jangan kumpul riak. Jangan pula kedekut ilmu sampai berahsia-rahsia. Sederhana. Semua benda kena sederhana.

Ingat ya Z, jangan pandai cakap saja.

p/s: Berapa banyak perkataan "oversea" dalam nih? hehe

No TV Week

Needless to say, watching TV has the pros and cons. But excessive TV time wont do any good... regardless how ever you try to justify it. Aisyah watched way too much cartoons that the rest of the things, our words and her play time, ceases to exist. I felt ashamed and frustrated with myself, I had been a mother to two just recently, but already a horrible failure.

I remember when we were little. Unlike "todays'" kids whom parents allowed them to go for late night outing, my parents made us follow the first rule of playing outdoor - which was to be at home before the dawn. Menggeletar kaki tangan kalau tengah balik rumah, on the way tuh, tiba-tiba azan maghrib. The mildest punishment would be no TV time and late dinner, and late dinner implied the best part of the fish were taken and fried chickens would all be long gone. Owh, just that u know, I have 3 little, selfish, carefree brothers..ngehehe. Of course they were :P

During those days, to be able to get hold of the TV remote controller were such a big reward for us. I mean, father would always have the last word of what to watch, how loud (or how very, extremely slow) the volume would be. We were made to watch the prime news together. And whatever that come after that.. Huhu~ not that we had much choice back then..Owh, there were also another news at 10pm back then... :((

Until one fine night,the moon might have shone directly to my father's heart. After the prime news ended, he gave us the remote controller. "Watch whatever you guys wanted to, I just want to sleep early tonight."

My heart jumped to the sky. I was excited and thrilled with the idea of having that black things with 10 buttons in my hands, well, I guess I wasnt the only one who were excited with that idea. Soon, we found out we (me and my elder sister and my brother) were pushing and shoving one another. Whoever got the remote controller would change it to their favorite tv shows. So 5 seconds it was on my fav tv shows, the next it was some kungfu fighting- the choice of my younger brother, while few seconds later, my sis swiped it from his hand and change the channel to drama minggu ini. Drop it? No way... At that time, for the three of us, it was a between-life-and-death battle. And the fight escalated to calling one another names, and went further to pillow fighting and hair pulling :P No, I musnt give up. If I must, Id fight to my death, said a 9years old me.

What happened next was like a dream....
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My father grabbed the silly box and threw it over the window, with a stunning loud thud sound.

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And he went to sleep, so did us. No one EVER say anything anymore.
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After sometimes, we got over the tragic death of the tv. Without we even realized it, life without that silly box has been a bless in disguise - if i can say that. I managed to go to school without praying that the teachers wont collect our homework or that classes would be canceled, because the three of us would spend the night together doing our homework. While there's always something to talk about every night. I found myself came back from school eager than ever to discuss the new things that I learned at school, and was excited to hear about my sis' or my brother's stories as well. The bond between the siblings grew stronger, and most importantly, all of us did better, if not well, in our exams :P

So after I found out that Aisyah has been turning deaf ears to my words, refused to taking bath or sleep at night or even weekend outings, just because she wanted to watch TV, I guess it is time to limit her fav tv time, and spend more time with her, whether or not we have anything to do at all.

Started from today...let's see how well it will go :)

Birthday Present

So last Sunday, July the 4th, was M.Nasir's birthday...errk, as well as mine :P So yesterday we went for some shopping for the previously promised gift..Saya tak boleh, kalau orang dah janji saya tuntut...tuntut jangan tak tuntut.. especially bab hadiah2 nih..hehe. And we went to buy something..

We were looking for "something in particular" :P It wasnt easy to find "one" that I love, and at the same time meet his approval. That was one of the reasons on why I still use my winter shoes through this hot, sunny summer - other than the difficulty to find my size here :P. Hola! We couldnt find a pair of humble shoes that we both find pretty and comfortable. Those pairs that I think girlish turned out to be "messy" in his eyes, and the ones that he sure were simple and pretty resembled a lot like the my father in law's sandals..

After sometimes, we both found something that I immediately fell in love with, and fulfill the boss' requirements. Oh my, it was simple and beautiful, adequately gorgeous - at least in my eyes. We bought that and off we came home... but, the tak best part was yet to be discovered

I found out on the net...it came much cheaper, much much much much cheaper, than the one that we bought, for the same model. Isk isk, spoilkan mood birthday orang jer. That made me think, lately it seems to me that buying things online could save you a lot of money.. I insisted on it to be returned! Ahaha, hubby kata tak payah, tapi saya sangat terkilan. Alas, this is Canada.. My friend returned something because it was much cheaper the next week due to yearly sale, cause she felt cheated.  I felt cheated too... Harap-harap boleh tukar :((

Sigh~

Ayyan at 2 Months

Huh, tiap2 bulan nak update pasal ayyan fateh, obsessssss... kata orang jepun, "oyabaka".

At 2 months,
- Ayyan tak banyak nangis, tak kena colic cam kakaknya, Alhamdulillah
- Suka senyum. Dalam tidor suka gelak mengekek2 kalau dipangku
- Selalu kalau merengek tuh bersebab. Check diapers or nak susu, etc. Aisyah dulu, dah habis mamanya, mak tok n tok wan gilir2 dok cari sebab nangis tanpa punca... dah memang hobi dia nangis rupanya. 
- Ayyan suka benor borak2
- Kalau orang buat tak tau mesti dia panggil sampai orang pandang
- Kadang2 dia nangis kalau mamanya bizi, dia panggil "mama" , saya tau most kids do that "sounds-like-mama" thingy but I cant help it...saya obsessed :P
- Minggu lepas dah 7,8 kali dia cuba meniarap. Biar betul budak nih. Sabar yer, lagi 2,3 bulan sila meniarap sungguh2.
- Actually dah 2 kali dia dah meniarap (kitorang tak nampak)..huhu~ masuk semalam dah 3 kali.. tak boleh jadi nih.. bahaya betul
- Kaki, tangan dan tengkuk beliau agak well-built. Mama tak risau sangat nak pegang. Badannya agak besar. Arini nak pegi monthly check-up nak tengok berapa kg

Kata sorang kawan kat sini, "Your kids are big, not like you and your husband"..
Hehe, itu namanya pujian dalam kutukan...ahaha, takder tak marah. Saya memang Hobbit sikit. Untuk menyedapkan hati, saya anggap hobbit equals to awet muda...dan..shh, jangan komen ayat nih.

Our family doc cakap, "Your baby is healthy. Hes big, in fact, hes bigger than you, mom "
tiap-tiap kali jumpa. Masuk nih dah 4 kali jumpa, dan dah 4 kali dia sebut. Aminnn. Memang anak-anak mama harapnya besar dari mama, tapi, haish, moga2 dalam appointment arini dia tak sebut lagi... Ngehehe.

Apa yang saya nak buat from now on:
- Dah lama tak study, nak sambung semula study, otak kiri dah stalling
- Diri sendiri dah terabai, asyik pentingkan orang lain, mulai harinih, I want back my life. And regain those 4 years that I lost. Owh, ia tiada kaitan dengan orang lain, ini cuma ayat terhadap diri sendiri..
- Spend dengan anak-anak, buat activities at home semula. Badan dah sihat... sakit belakang jer yang tak hilang-hilang :((
- Bisnes semula
- ...as if my happiness depend solely on these two little persons

 Aisyah cuba tiru gaya adik startle n terkodek-kodek kaki

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This is Ayyan Fateh homevid on How to Babble

Tengah cakap elok2, tiba-tiba papa bangun, terus si Ayyan macam sedih dan start merengek nak nangis. Masya-Allah, tengok balik video nih, baru tersedar. Bayi umur 2 bulan pun dah faham perasaan sedih.

This is Ayyan Fateh homevid on How Not to Turn Over..

Cubaan meniarap yang tak jadi.

And then, this is Aisyahs video on How Not to Skipping Ordinarily

Cubaan melompat yang pelik sekali

Haih, macam-macam...