Bit-by-Bit with Nihra & Family

In 3 weeks, I lost Ucu and Nyayi... Nyayi is my grandma and Ucu is her youngest daughter from my father side. They both live in Senai, close to my parents house in Jb, and of course us in Skudai. Memang boleh kata every week kami berjumpa. Ucu died cause of cancer and Nyayi die cause of hearthace of losing her daughter..we think..who knows.. Ucu diagnoses her breast cancer 31/2 years ago..when aqil was born in August 2007. She then had a mastectomy. A year ago the cancer was detected in her brain. Since having brain cancer, she was not really herself. Up to early this year she was ok. She can walk (slowly), talk, cook, smyg, and can still reconize some people. But then she worsen, cannot see or hear, then all the sudden cannot walk, talk, eat,...and on 13 July, at 1.45am, she passed away. We knew her time was coming, but when it came, it still hurt, shock, sad,... After that nyayi stay with abah (she stayed with Ucu before-Ucu jaga dia, but in the end, dia jaga Ucu). They said she

Two weeks ago we went to Welly (Wellington) ibu negara NZ to daftar and buat passport Wafi at the High Commision. Pegi naik Jetstar ( ayah tak beli tiket Wafi, mentang-mentanglah free!! nasib baik boleh register kat counter, ialah-takkan tak bagi wafi naik kan...heheh) but balik we decided to pusing bahagian east north island. So we drove from Welly to Napier, singgah Palmy nak tengok kampus Massey Uni dan wind farm. At Napier melawat Arataki Honey center. From Napier to Gisborne, perjalanan naik bukit turun bukit (about 3.5 hours). Kat Gisborne pusing-pusing bandar je. Then ke Tauranga, lalu bukit juga, tapi ada sungai (around 4.5 hours). Di Tauranga pegi Kiwi 360 dan juga bandar Mount Maunganui dan Tauranga. Balik ke Auckland, 3 hours trip! Fuuh...the perjalanan was interesting..pemandangannya..subhanALLAH. Nak pegi semula?? NO thank you!!..hahah.. The most interesting place is Windfarm di Palmy. Banyak sangat turbines. Mula-mula nampak dari jauh, then makin dekat..then atas kepala

Jalan-jalan ke kiwi orchard at Te Puke. Took the kiwi tour which give you the tour of the orchard and also the kiwi factory. Sangat menarik tempat tersebut. From April- June adalah musim picking, but the fruits is separuh masak lagi. The reason for picking is for export. We are not allowed to pick the fruits..posing je boleh. During the picking season, they have over 20000 pekerja that comes from all over the world. Habis picking, they will upah an expert untuk mencantas dahan-dahanya. During spring, musim pendebungaan. They actually used bees for that!! Just imagine, they will lepaskan beribu2 bees for pendebungaan. Thats why industri bees juga banyak di NZ. There's only green and gold kiwi fruits now. But in 2-3 years, there will be a red kiwi fruits!!

PETIKAN DARI INTERNET ...apabila diuji kita mudah jahat sangka dengan Allah dan berdendam dengan orang yang mendatangkan ujian kepada kita. Walhal bukan orang itu yang hendak menyusahkan kita, tetapi hakikatnya Allah. Allah yang hendak uji kita, menggunakan orang itu sebagai perantaraan. Jadi, tanyalah Allah kenapa kita diuji…. ...andaikata kita diuji, kita masih wajib bersyukur kerana masih ada 1001 jenis nikmat lain yang Allah kurniakan kepada kita! Jadi mengapa mesti merungut ketika diuji? ...Bukankah,Allah telah berkata dengan jelas di dalam Al-Quran yang Allah tidak akan sekali-kali menguji hambaNya diluar kemampuan hambaNya. Allah tahu kita kuat dalam menghadapi ujianNya jadi Allah berikan ujian itu ke atas diri kita. Di sini kita dapat lihat betapa sayang dan kasihnya Allah kepada kita sebagai hambaNya. ...Allah menguji seseorang bukan kerana Allah benci kepada kita tetapi percayalah yang Allah sangat kasih kepada kita. Cuma kita sebagai hambaNya tidak pernah hendak bers

Today is our 5th anniversary. Sekejapnya masa berlalu. Rasanya macam baru bercinta..chewah..I guess when you're happy, time fly so fast!! Kata orang, the first 5 years in a marriage is the hardest one, 'cause its the getting to know period. 2 people with different background, lifestyle, living together, of course, banyak cabaran!! I guess thats why dalam Islam ada konsep sekufu. Lelaki yang baik, untuk perempuan yang baik. Make it a bit easier. Alhamdullilah, both of us-so far-ngamlah orang kata!!..hehehe..dan alhamdullilah, dah ada dua cahayamata. What more do you want in life? Having a family complete us.. yang lain2 tu- rumah besar, kete besar, more money, that's just rezeki tambahan yang Allah bagi.. Semoga ikatan perkahwinan kami kekal ke akhir hayat..

Wafi sekarang susah nak tido siang. Kena berdukung sahaja. Letak tak sampai 5 minit, terus nangis dan bangun. Kadang-kadang dari pagi bangun ~ 7 lebih sampai malam, tak sampai 2-3 jam tidor. Itupun bukan tido lena terus. Disebabkan kesian kat dia ( dan juga ayah dan mama dah sakit pinggang mendodoi) kami pun mencari buai. Pergi kat Babycity, jumpalah buainya..tapi harganya..mak aii..boleh beli tiket airasia one way ke KL!! Spring dan kainnya $220. Tempat standnya $130. Idak mampulah nak beli baru..maka itu carilah di trademe. Trademe (  http://www.trademe.co.nz  ) adalah online web utk jualan benda2 terpakai..dari kereta, bot , mainan, baju, pinggan mangkuk dan macam2 lagi. Orang sini suka jual barang2, then kualitinya masih elok lagi. Alhamdullilah, jumpa juga one whole set buaI dgn harga $130 ( mahal juga, tapi compare beli baru!! ). So sekarang, lena jugalah Wafi dalam buainya ( tapi still susah nak tido juga, tapi kurang compare before).

When Wafi was 2 weeks old, Abg Aqil kena chicken pox!! Haru biru jadinya sbb risaukan Wafi kena jangkit. Tapi alhamdullilah..berkat minum susu mama yg dah pernah kena chicken pox- so ada antibodi, Wafi selamat dari dijangkiti..(walaupun citer lama, tapi nak letak juga sikit gambar aqil sebagai ingatan). Habis muka aqil banyak naik chicken  pox. 2 minggu cuti sambil berpantang dengan mamanya.

Alhamdullilah, putera kedua selamat dilahirkan pada 25 Januari 2011 (Tuesday), jam 4.12pm di North Shore hospital, NZ. Baby yang tidak dirancang, dan melalui pelbagai emosi hormon yg tidak stabil was one week late ( due date was 17 Jan ). Tapi rancangan ALLAH adalah yg terbaik.. my parents arrived on Monday, 24 Jan, the next day I delivered. On Saturday night, ada 'bloody show'. Then on Sunday, ada lagi, but no contraction. Wasn't sure if it was a 'bloody show' 'cause dishcarge bercampur dgn darah.  I look up on the internet, that 'bloody show' was either pure blood or discharge with a slight blood. On Monday baru ada contraction, but during the day was like once in a while. That night was about every 15 minit, but I managed to have a good sleep until subuh, then it was every 5 minit. At 8 am, went to the hospital, but had to wait until 10 am baru masuk bilik delivery. A midwife temankan, then rupa2nya dia yg akan menyambut baby tu!! Terperanjat juga

Its already 2011... 27th Dec 2010 lalu genaplah kami 2 tahun di bumi NZ. Insyallah lagi setahun (++6 months kot ) perjanjian KPT berakhir..emm, kenapa menyepi selama ini?? too busy?? not really... lets just say hormon tak stabil!!! hehe.. Aqil is getting taller, with the same berat 15 kg. Alhamdullilah tak pakai nappies lagi, "nappies is for baby". But malu nak cakap, bukan kami yg ajar tak pakai nappies, tapi teacher2 dia kat day care yg trainkan!! I was told 3 years old do not wear nappies, and aqil turn 3 in August, which was winter here. I told them could we wait until summer, sbb tak kuasalah kalau terkucil kat rumah yg bercarpet time winter !! But the teachers teruskan shj, so for almost 2 weeks aqil balik umah dgn seluar yg lain dipakai waktu pagi. Kadang2 dlm beg sampai 3-5 pasang seluar basah!! and in the end, berjaya juga aqil balik umah dgn seluar yg sama dipakai. Tapi dekat rumah, it took him another 2 weeks, nak biasakan dgn toilet rumah ( toilet daycare rendah