Tentang Toffee

Greetings everyone! How are you doing today? I hope that you'll find better days ahead. Been ages since my last post right? Don't know if anyone is even reading my blog anyway. Regardless of that, I'll keep on writing as long as I can.

Today is about Toffee. Yes, Toffee the cat. Nothing else.

It started when I really wanted a cat of my own. Period. The last time I had a cat was before I left home to further my studies in Gombak. I seldom go home, in Shah Alam, so my parents sent my cat away. Haip! I promised that this would be only about Toffee. So other cats don't matter anymore. Cruel me.

I was browsing through the Internet & found petfinder. Gosh, so many cute kittens & cats can be found in here. Some are of exotic breeds and cost more money. Some are free for adoption. Cool! I would like to adopt for free of course! Gila kemut! Haha. Anyway, I didn't stop there. I checked out mudah, and found there were a few kittens & cats awaiting for new owners. How cute! I searched for those in which the current owners' (at that time) location near to my house. Found this guy from Kampung Melayu Subang who wanted to give away his kittens away. Oh so cute kittens! There were 2 whites, 1 orange & 1 grey. Without further due, I sms-ed the guy and asked about the kittens. He said that I can drop by anytime. So I did! I went with Mr N to have look at the kittens. At first, I wanted the white one. But the orange looks healthier. The guy & Mr N agreed that the orange is the best. So I decided to take the orange. Sorry white kitty :( The guy asked if we have a cage for the kitten and offered us to buy his cage for RM20. What a bargain! A kitten with cage at RM20 only! Grab it baby!

So yeah, we brought the kitten home. He was pretty scared. Poor kitty. I asked Mr N to buy a bottle of baby shampoo & I bathed the cat. To my surprise, he was a good cat! He likes the water. How adorable! Geramnya weh! The moment I wrapped him with a clean towel to dry him up, he was sangat manja.. Awww.. He gave me this look thank-you-for-taking-me-for-a-bath-I-needed-it-for-months.

Lepas dah kering, semakin aktif pulak. Suka main.

"Mula-mula saya malu-malu kucing. Ohoho."

"Apa awak nak bagi nama kat saya ni?"

"Saya main apa saja. Toilet roll ni pun jadi la."

"Eh, apa ni? Awak ambil gambar saya je ni?"

"Jangan la ambil. Saya malu la."

He was 7 weeks old. Suka main. Meow kuat-kuat and lama-lama. Like this:

"miaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!"

Mulut buka besar-baesar nak bagi lalat sejuta ekor masuk. I would only stare at his face and laughed out loud. Not just too cute this cat, too funny also.

For a few days he's with us, we haven't named him yet. So i browsed through the Internet again & found out numerous names for cats. One name caught my eyes immediately. Toffee. Yes, Toffee! Toffee grew up in our house. He's a house cat. He never goes out.

Sometimes he sleeps on our bed.

"Ya. Ini adalah lazim. Saya memang tidur macam ni. Saya selesa begini"

"Look at me! Look at me!"

"I like to pose. Please take a picture of me. Like this. Ya, lama-lama saya dah tak malu."

"Like any other cats. I like plastics. Pantang la kalau ada bunyi plastik, pasti saya datang serang. Hidup plastik!"

Toffee ni memang macam-macam ragam. Mesti ada je benda baru yang dia buat setiap hari.

...

I rest my case.

Science & Shopping

Excited for my urine & blood test results! Apa la, benda ni pun nak excited. Anyway, I went to my doctor's clinic and registered myself. Waited for 20 minutes, my name was called. So the result was, my sugar reading is high, 8.1. The normal reading is 7.7. Alhamdulillah it's not beyond 10 which would need extra attention. Dr Z explained to me what's going on inside my body and how it affects baby. Patut la last time scan, baby nampak tembam! Mommy dia terlebih glukosa. Better cut down my rice intake.

So now I have to do some work. She lended me this little machine:

Wah.. I'll be my own nurse for a day. Ni benda bukan untuk main-main eh. Sekali kena cucuk jarum tu, awwwww! sakit cinonet je. Semut gigit lagi sakit :)

The machine told me drop some blood on it. Ok, ok, coming.

All I have to do is to take a sample of my blood, 5 times accordingly. Pre breakfast, 2 hours post breakfast, lunch, dinner, and pre bed. I just have to do it in a day. I must record every reading & also diet of the day. Macam buat eksperimen time subjek science sekolah dulu-dulu.

A little update about Toffee. Last night he made a special stunt:

"Saya panjat tingkap tinggi-tinggi sampai takut nak turun. Bagus kan saya. Clap clap la sikit. Thank you."

On top of that, Toffee even peed on Mr N's pants. That really pisses Mr N off! Say sorry, Toffee!

Anyway, it's shopping time! Hehe. Before that, duty calls. My lovely sister who I called "Mama" asked me to bring her daughter to Sect 9 by 10a.m. Mama even bought me a CD I've been looking for:

CD Surah-surah Amalan Ibu Mengandung. (L-R: by Adik Muhammad Al-Hafiz Vol.1, by Adik Muhammad Al-Hafiz Vol.2, by Syeikh As Audaiss & Syeikh Al Ghamidi)

I only got to buy the Vol.2 at Up town Sect 24 because Vol.1 was out of stock. Thank you Mama for buying me the Vol.1! The other CD was a gift from Mr N's sister, Thank you too!

Anyway, my niece is working temporarily since it's a long school holiday. Dah alang-alang ada kat Sect 9, we went to Anakku. It's on sale! Bought some stuffs & registered myself as a member. RM10 only for 2 years membership. The next 2 years renewal would be Rm10 too. Members can make redemptions according to their points collected & the catalogue can be viewed on their website anakku.com. Unfortunately, there is one thing I wanted to buy but they were out of stock. I wanted a bed sheet for baby. I don't need a whole bedding set. Just a bed sheet. Guess we have to search for it somewhere else.

I heard that Metrojaya Carnival Sale is being held at Stadium Malawati, so we went there to have a look. It was ok, not so many people. But no baby bed sheet. Left empty handed? NOT! There were other booths being opened at the entrance so we bought 3 bottles of assorted fruit juices for only RM10. What a bargain! I even saw a Vico van and headed there to try their sample drinks. The new product with cereal was awesome! I bought a packet for RM9 only (got folic acid also tau! Haaa.. good for baby).

Without giving up, I persuaded Mr N to bring me to Aussino's Warehouse Sale at Sect 25. Not many people here too. I like. Lucky me, I got the bed sheet. Not only one, but two! Both for only RM18! My gosh, berbaloi-baloi! I grabbed a towel set too. Hehe.

So far, my baby arrival's preparation is going well:

Baby's coming! Woohoo! All the cute clothes, so soft. The baby car seat was bought during Annakku Warehouse Sale in Klang for only RM150 :)

Alamak, from this picture, you can guess something I've never told. Siapa yang perasan, dapat la tahu. Siapa yang tak perasan, pandai-pandai la ya.

Bebelan Pertama

Greetings my first time readers! I woke up this morning and thought "I want to start writing a blog". Selalu baca blog orang lain saja. Especially by expecting mommies & official mommies. Kita pun nak try juga la. Here goes.

Received an sms that reads:

Blackberry model lama, lending it from my sis (for free). See, betapa tak kisah pasal handphone, sampai pinjam kat orang :p

It's from my doctor, Dr Z. She has been monitoring my pregnancy development. The nicest doctor I've ever consulted with. Currently I'm on my 26 weeks and my belly is huge! So this sms came in because my last visit was hectic. I came to her clinic last saturday, early in the morning for my usual monthly check up. Before I can sit down, she said

"Jom kita timbang mommy dulu!"

To our surprise, I gained too much weight! She said that it's time to take up my urine & blood tests. The urine test was taken immediately & so was my blood (both taken before breakfast). She then gave me a cute bottle of glucose drink, the only thing I can consume within the next 2 hours (what? no food? I'm gonna die!).

My dad called me up to join him for breakfast at Azira, Sect 10. Mr N (my husband) and his uncle came along with me and joined dad, mom, my nieces and auntie. But I was not allowed to eat, i only drank up my glucose drink & gulped my own saliva coz everyone was eating like crazy (at least I thought they were, or I was it because I was crazily starving?). Dugaan apa la pagi-pagi ni. Pejam celik pejam celik, 2 hours' up, we rushed back to my doctor's clinic and she took another small tube of my blood. That was it. We just have to wait for the lab result. Now where's my kuih muih & bubur rainbow I tapau from Azira tadi? Yummeh.

What's up with all these tests, you ask? Well, maybe, just maybe.. I have diabetes, or high blood pressure, or etc. I don't know really. But I noticed that starting from my 6th month of pregnancy, if I stand up too long, my feet looks weird. How weird? Macam kaki gajah! I remembered my friend, Eppy, once told me that I must place a pillow underneath my feet when I sleep. So kira level kaki tu lebih tinggi daripada the rest of the body. Untuk elak kaki bengkak. Water retention. So I took her advice. Walla! Every morning, my feet would look normal again like this:

Huh? Still nampak macam kaki gajah? Memang pun. Kaki saya memang besar. Hahaha. But if nak tidur, kaki saya jadi bapak gajah! Tak nak tunjuk la, malu. Tapi if satu hari nanti when I feel like taking a picture, I'll upload it here. IF la kan.

So masa I took the above pic, my cat, Toffee pun datang menyelit. Dia ni memang attention seeker. Pantang nampak kamera. Mesti nak kita snap gambar dia.

"Hi. Nama saya Toffee. Nama penuh, ToffeekesayanganEmmi"

Habis melayan this darn intelligent cat, I siap-siap pergi office. Yep, I'm undergoing my chambering at a law firm in Sect. 13, Shah Alam (NSI). Chambering tu apa? Well, what I always tell people is "Peguam pelatih selama 9 bulan". Kalau tak paham juga tak tahu la. Google sudah. Jangan marah eh, nanti Toffee gigit! So this is what I'm wearing today:

Gambar ni gelap or memang I yang gelap? Dua-dua ada kebenarannya.

Dah siap, Mr N send me to NSI. I don't drive coz I'm a mommy-mengandung-yang-mengada. Hehe. At NSI, I don't have my own cubicle, apa lagi la bilik sendiri. I got even better than that! I got the whole library with it's own individual air-conditioner! Beat that! Hehe.

My work station. I bring my own laptop. Essential supplies, 100 Plus (biar buka lama so gas hilang baru boleh minum), some mints (in case if terasa loya tekak, uwek!) & Hi-fibre crackers (mommy is always hungry, munch munch)

Oh yeah, this month would be my final month of chambering. So nanti I busy sikit la nak file in my long call papers. Long call tu apa? Ala, nanti-nanti la kita cerita. Kalau tak sabar nak tau, Google lagi. Hihi.