BEAUTIZA

I admitted that this ‘melamine’ kiosk have make me a bit worried about foods/drinks to buy for the family, especially when i heard the effect it can do to our healths, receiving emails from friends about the products that are not safe really scares me.

The Health Ministry has made a statement in the Daily Express today that the melamine contamination of food products in the country are under control. They even set up their hotline on Melamine, consumers can call 03-88833655 and 03-88833652 between 8.30am and 5.00pm on working days to enquire about melamine.

I have just surfed the safe products on their website, i was glad that 123 dutch lady are one of the product listed..phew… so you guys out there want to know if the products you wanted to buy is safe, please check the website … i am sure once you’ve done that, it will easier for you to do your grocery shopping.

This happened long time ago when i still don’t have my maid. I came back one day, feeling tired with two kids to handle, as usual, once i reached home, my first destination will be in the kitchen. I always left my kitchen door closed because i don’t want my living room fill with smell from neighbour’s kitchen. Still wearing my working dress, i get some things to cook from the refrigerator and rushed to the kitchen but ..oh my.. the door was lock..oh dear!

I tried all the spare keys we kept but not even one of it fit.. oh ya..i even try card and pushed it hard.. the old trick but still… cant open the kitchen door. At that time, my daughter wanted her bottle milk… ‘mummy i want my nenen’.. she have the bottle outside but the powder milk was in the kitchen… lucky she just keep quite when i gave her water. Can’t really do anything, can’t let my children starved .. i fed them biscuits and bread.. and at 7.30 we fetch my hubby in KK.. and took our dinner.

So.. since we cant really find the spare keys.. my hubby decided to…. taaraaa!!!

Broke it….make a hole…. I can see my kitchen faucets from the hole… for your info, we have replaced our door knob.. lucky my hubby can do almost everything..without spending money on Handy Manny!

I have been trying to find a nice and healthy recipe for my family.  I found this sweet potato casserole.. which look interesting and delicious.  This Recipe will also be added in my B&B Business…  you can sure try these meal in the menu.

Buttermilk-Pear Pancakes Recipe is just simple and great for breakfast.  I should try this and teach my maid to cook it… this looks delicious with honey on top.

My children just loving having soup on their meals, this Chicken and Barley Stew .. looks yummy yummy..

I hope i can cook as what shown here… and with good taste ofcourse.  So..try these recipes… and tell me how it taste… Enjoy!!

Thank you to all of you for the farewell party and the presents i received was great and unbelievable.  Thanks Afeiza, its like dream come true receiving such gift from you.

My boss, Muhammad and her wife gave me ‘BUM’ watch.. yihaa.. and another nice ‘BALMER’ watch given by my other big bos… well i never wear one.. so time to do so.

The gift from the office, i’m sure choosed by Carol and Helen.. thanks dear friends.. i cant wait to put it on my office desk tomorrow.

I have given those special friends a  simple ‘thank you’ gift, each vary from another.. yet i need to give few more, especially Afeiza.. can’t really decide what to give.  Anyway, my gifts are priceless compares to your friendships.

Thank you once again, carol.. bah next time we can go for acne treatments or  together bah.. lol.. and dont forget to fetch me if you all going to eat the sup ikan near All Saints kio.

I will update the farewell once i get the pics from pat.. Thank again!! Love you all.. and really going to miss you!!!

This year .. i had my nose bleed three times .. never experience this before in my life.. i had while i was pregnant but i thought it was normal.. but when it happened three times..i find it scary..

I have not done any medical check up my blood pressure.. cholesterol, sugar level etc.  There are times my heart beat faster and cold sweat..without reason.

It’s high time for me to start a health plans..  i don’t want to get sick and grow old fast..  as the saying goes..‘Health is Wealth’.   I will start with medical check up, sweat by excising, dancing or just brisk walking, read books to motivate myself… i want to feel and see the brand new me.

I am sure some of you had already seen this, i received this via email long time ago but i think its a good tips to be shared with all of you.

As a mother without any maid, i did all the house cleaning on my own with my hubby’s help sometimes and when i look at this ‘Spinal Care Chart’ it seems that i always use the ‘Don’ts Technique’‘.

From now on.. i will try to use the ‘Do’s technique’ before i break any bones.

On Wednesday (25/06/08) .. i fetch Sean from school, 15 minute reaching home, Sean told me he wants to go to the toilet… i said hold on we are reaching home. I just hate my husband’s working hours 9.00am-7.00pm, so ridiculous, i have problem fetching my children. Anyway, while driving, i asked Sean how is he feeling… he keep quite. I asked him, if its ok if we fetch Chrissa first, he said ok. When i reached my friend’s home, i saw Chrissa waiting to go home, good… no need for me to get her at the 1st floor.

Reaching the parking, Sean looked pale, ‘mummy! mummy! i want to go to the toilet now!’ Oh my God, how am going to do this… Sean can’t even moved his feet. I don’t want anything to happened while he walk to the stairs.. i have no choice.. i need to act fast. Without thinking further, i carried both of them to my 2nd floor apartment, with a few bags left and right my shoulder. A few steps before reaching my apartment’s door, i feel my steps getting smaller and slower but my children cheering me.. ‘mummy! mummy! faster! faster!’, i guess they are having so much fun. Once the door opened, Sean ran to the toilet… so kesian my son, he really had the diarrhea again.

I let them watched TV, while i prepared food for everybody in the kitchen but i can feel my body aching so badly. My husband reached home at 8.30pm, everybody tired and sleepy.

For me, i can still feel my body aching…really bad. I got really sick with flu, swollen tonsil, i need to get rid of my toxic in my body system, i might need colon cleanser to get rid of that. I pray to God to give me strength to take care of my family and our family always blessed with good health.

Thank you Helen for being so kind to scan this article… this is so informative.

I was clearing my my boss’s desk that have been occupied with old newspapers then i saw the article in Borneo Post dated 4th May ‘Aloe vera - a household name as a decorative flower and herbal medicine’. The articles referred to book entittled ‘Tanaman Herba Penyembuah Ajaib - Panduan Penggunaan Berkesan Tanaman Berubat’ by Herminia de Guzman-Ladion (1999 edition) and confession by Diyana Molisun and Alisiah Mojunggal from Kudat. So this is how i summarized the articles ;

Pimples

have one fleshy Aloe Vera leaf, peel off its spiny skin and massage it on the face. Leave the extract for 30 minutes or much better still for one whole night. After that, wash the face with warm water.

Dandruff

Fresh extract of Aloe Vera is applied and massaged onto the scalp an hour prior to shampooing it using bark of the Sentok Tree. Do it once in a week for four consecutive weeks.

Sprained legs, arms or ankles

Fomentation technique, that is, a form of local compression using a clean piece of cloth or towel which has been duly immersed in hot water or stream water mixed with crushed or pulverized aloe Vera leaves (usually two or three leaves are already sufficient) and then used to wrap or bandage the affected leg or arm joints for 30 minutes. Have it done three times a day.

Burnt or Blistered Skin

Method : Have some Aloe Vera leaves, clean them with soap and water and then crushed them to get the herbal extract. Before that that the affected body area must be immersed in warm water duly mixed with salt solution. Then, the affected area is then smeared with the Aloe Vera extract. Do it once in a day.

Infection of the throat (tonsil), larynx or pharynx

Put 1cm slice of Aloe Vera inside the mouth for the whole day long. Suck its herbal extract very slowly inside the mouth until the extract depleted, then put in another fresh slice. This procedure must be done with full diligence and patience for the whole duration of the day.

Remove Black Spots and Pimples

Just rub or apply its extract on the whole face.

Boil (Bisul) and Blister due to fire or hot water

Mesh one or two leaves of Aloe Vera to get the extract. then, add some salt and apply it directly to the boil.

Prolapse (Buasir)

Take just half part of the leaf, take out the extract using a knife or spoon and add half a cup of boiled water and two spoonful of honey. The mixed potion is then taken in three times a day.

Constipation

Have half of a leaf of Aloe Vera, wash it, remove the skin and cut into pieces. Then add half a cup of hot water and one spoonful of natural honey. consume it two times a day.

Continuous state of coughing

Take 15-18cm of Aloe Vera’s leaf and have it boiled together with some sugar. Take it in three times a day. coughing will gradually taper off after one or two days. (those suffering from roundworms in the stomach or having difficulty in urinating, the Aloe Vera need not be mixed with sugar during the process of boiling)

Kidney Stone

Have some 15gm of Aloe Vera leaf, press or crush it to get the fleshy extract. Add 30gm of sugar and sufficient water formely used to wash rice. consue the preparation three times a day.

Diabitieses

Have a leaf of the aloe Vera, wash it with soap and water and cut it into pieces. Boil the pieces in three glasses of water. Drink the herbal potion three times a day (never take in sweetened drinks during the process of medication).

Beauty - Increase Eyelashes

Can be used as mascara to beautify the eyes of the beholder like thickening the eyelashes or to increase the curvature of the eyelashes especially for women. Apply its sticky extract on to the eyelashes before going to sleep. Do it for three months, you will find the difference.

My fingers are tired from typing… i hope its worth reading and do try it!

It is a natural feeling to feel beautiful as a woman and now, being a mother and a wife, I can’t hardly find time to think about my health and skipped my skincare routine. But I am becoming more alert with health after I delivered by second child, I didn’t really take care of myself during my confinement. What happened to me during the second week, really scared me to death, I woke up in the morning, my whole body aching, I can’t even moved my hands and leg, even my fingers can’t grip a thing. I don’t think I came to a rheumatism stage but it sure is scary. Luckily I had my mother, she forced me to drink herbs any some sorts of ‘roots’ to keep my body warm. I thank her for being my savior.

Even now, I am still worried about my health, I have added ‘jogging’ in my family schedule list. I found out about Fibromyalgia, It is a painful rheumatic condition of uncertain cause that is characterized by diffuse or localized pain, tenderness, and stiffness of skeletal muscles and associated connective tissue and that is usually accompanied by fatigue. I don’t know how it can be related with what I have been through but I am just sharing my experience and little knowledge about it. I will be more than happy to hear your ‘after birth’ or confinement experience.