Sunday, December 31, 2023

December post - 1

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ


Sunday, 31 December 2023.

Sekelian kalinya i've asked myself bila tah aku kan blogging ani. Tangguh punya tangguh and suddenly, Skaddooshhhhh! It's the last day of 2023 hahahahaha. And rather than being too caught up with work and doing work on an off day. Might as well, I dragged my lazy ass, and sorted the photos on my phones. And upload a few posts.



Dengan bertemankan Kung Fu Panda 3 on my TV and here I am trying to mince a few words for your reading pleasure, you busybody people hahahahaha.


And now it feels like a live update as it is raining and I really wanted to nap. Ah anyway, let us see how this blogging feeling has turned out to be. If you see a new post after this then consider it your lucky day hahahha.

Until then, Skadoooosh!

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December Post - 2

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ


Sunday, 31 December 2023.

Okay, let's start with the context dulu lah aa. Before my 43rd birthday, I was diagnosed with Hypertension and it started with this. Well, bukan plang is the actual reason but here's the context of the story. Eh berapa banyak context laaa.


So this was taken on the 2nd day of Ramadhan this year. Kami membali tapau in Tutong. At this time my head mulai udah sakit sakit and kinda berabis lah sakitnya but ku tahan. Biasalah kan namanya jua time awal awal puasa just like in yester years. The first week my body will be trying to acclimatize with fasting hence I will be suffering from headaches.

And as usual lapas sungkai when I have food and makan panadol all will be well.


Later in the night, I went to have an early sahur at Anjung Saujana with Amir and Jirul. Jirul was visiting his family for a few days hence biasalah membawa sahur taus minta hantar ke hotelnya. I had a good nap before meeting them and the headache hilang. However, once ku di sini it started to creep on and then sakitnya makin kuat sampai ke esok pagi. To the point aku nda dpt puasa.

The next morning, we went to KB to have sungkai with my family but as I mentioned earlier, the headache had gotten so bad that my body ached. To the point where when I was walking up to my car. The wind from a passing vehicle ached me. Both my wife and mom told me my blood pressure was for sure in the danger zone and I should get myself checked. Biasalah ego hantap nda kan mau mendgr although if I'm being honest takut ku plang. So I promised my wife that I will get myself checked.


Hehehe I promised my wife that I'll get myself checked but I didn't tell her where. So when to Yong Clinic, Sengkurong, and the Dr. checked my blood pressure and it was in the region of 180/110 which was very high. She told me, she would give me medication to ease my headache but I need to go to the Government for a proper check.




Got myself checked and at that time my BP was still in the high region, so the Dr. gave me a few weeks to control my meal and take a small medication. 5mg yo aimulanya and as of today, I'm on 14mg of hypertension meds and 500mg of diabetes meds.

So what can I say now? To you my dear readers, if you are pushing the late 30s. Jarang exercise didn't even care about what you eat. You need to pace yourself. I ain't kidding man, after talking to doctors, and potentially knowing where I would end up with, I promise myself that I will at least take care of myself. And to promise my wife that I wanted at least another 40 years of living with her. 

Hence now I put a lil bit of effort into taking care of what I eat. I do enjoy the usual comfort food here and there but mesti sentiasa berjaga as you do not want to rely on medication only.

In Shaa Allah.

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December Post - 3

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ


Sunday, 31 December 2023.

Ramadhan Part 1

This going to be quite a long post since I will be sharing my Ramadhan memories for this year and gonna do it in two parts. Nganya the challenge here is to structure the post so that the storyline makes sense or is well-connected. Ahhh peduli bukannya aku membuat screenplay.








One of the many things that we always do during Ramadhan is to have a family feast either it is with my side or my wife's side of the family. I love to gather my family and have an eating session whether it is planned or unplanned or what I always say is our family tradition. Also included was our annual sungkai session with KFM friends. Tiap tahun ikut nasib. Bilanya ramai yang join ramai tah tu. If not then the usual faces lah saja which is aku, c Mayul and c Wak.





And of course family function. Tahlil and menyungkaikan dangan at my in laws and tadarus al-quran at my side. Andang udah aturan and kira family event tah udah ni.



And of course, ziarah kubur for both side family is a must. Apalagi diri ani jadi tukang lead bacaan surah yassin and tahli.


And of course barang wajib yang nda boleh ditinggalkan. Aku bermohon one day instead of membayar for satu tanggungan. Aku merasa membayar utk dua tanggungan. In Shaa Allah pada Allah kami laki bini berserah.








Bulan Ramadhan would not be complete if my Wife and I hadn't made an unplanned trip to Miri. Well TBH planned plang nganya the boring part about this time around is that you are rushing to go from one place to another because of the border closing time. Honestly, I consider Kami lucky this time around because we managed to get a table for sungkai when almost everywhere was fully booked.

Secondly, didn't get to stop by McD as we were rushing to meet the border closing time hence no sahur Mekdi and yang paling ku menyasal apanah? Nda banyak membali badil pasal my Wife takut ceh! Org yg beruri ani, udah di border tidur. Baik plang ku bali banyak huh!


In Shaa Allah, if dipanjangkan umur dan Allah izinkan utk berjumpa dengan bulan Ramadhan lagi. I will try my best untuk improve my masjid attendance for tarawikh. 



That usual "aku malas kan masak" and "bali kasut taus sungkai luar eh" moment. 


Moment yang paling dirindui. Cuti di sepuluh malam terakhir Ramadhan pasal kan mau ambil kesempatan beribadah. And this year, everytime bangun, I will switch on the TV, browse Youtube and pasang fire place video. No lights was switched on and ya Allah nikmatnya yang kau berikan untuk aku rasakan at this time was amazing!


And of course, bagunting lah but this time around no more last minute. Dua hari sebelum liat anak bulan is the best time!

Part 2.....

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December Post - 4

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ


Sunday, 31 December 2023.

Ramadhan Part 2 

So now we're gonna talk about the few days before raya. Malam pukul-ish. This is also two parts pasal anak bulan nda nampak haha.

29 Ramadhan.



Dijadikan cerita the prepaid meter at our home was faulty. Since last night we haven't been able to load any new credits. Hence, we have to make a 123 complaint, and in the morning org dari Nexus dtg untuk tukar the prepaid to the new USMS Smart Meter. And why aku berkain pelikat? Well di mlm qiamulail then sahur then subuh then taus tidur. Baik jua ku sadar my mil membangunkan.




The usual rush membali and mengambil persiapan untuk hari raya. Same old same old. Alhamdulillah baju kanak2 sampat siap this year walaupun lambat sikit menghantar. 




If nampak anak bulan, the both of us will go back home ke KB sekajap untuk berjarah with my parents. Biasalah since this year is the first year kami beraya without my FIL. Nda jua kamu sampai hati kan mengsunyikan umah time cani ani. Berkorban tah saja masa and tenaga untuk menyampati melawat both side of the family.

So as usual mcm tahun lapas, sungkai di Bali Paradise Tutong sambil nunggu pengumuman. Once kana gtau nda nampak apalagi santai taus bah nda tah kan mau kelam kabut hahahaha.

30 Ramadhan dan Malam 1 Syawal.


Since aku ambil cuti 10 malam terakhir and anak bulan nda nampak, terpaksa tah ku keraja on Friday hahaha. Honestly, mcm bukan berkeraja jua lah and everyone been asking alang2 jua. Nyangku okaylah hajat untuk beribadat and berqiam. 


I stayed a lil bit longer after the Friday prayer. Since it is the last day of Ramadhan, I'm just soaking in everything.



Going back to KB for sungkai with my family. That sunset made me cry.



Then it's time to head back to Bandar. My Wife was in a video conversation with the kids. Biasalah, we told them that I bought them some fireworks and bunga api. Nah kana video call eh.


But first, a malam raya pit stop over here. Nda boleh miss tahun tahun ni tampat ani.





And tadaaaaa muka muka happy dapat main bunga api. Nganya org yang kan meliat badil ani takut hahahahha.


Sekali kan ada org cek tudungnya. Kali nda tia kelawaan and colour yg dipilihnya nda ngam dengan baju. So nyangku dari kau sasak, lakas tah bebalik ke sana and tukar. Sangal ku kang mendgr the non stop rant. Hence we're here again. 

And that was our Ramadhan for 2023.

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