Hari Lahir....

It's my birthday today... i normally loves to plan for birthday celebration for my frens.. tp bila kat my own birthday... i malas nak plan n selalu nya buat senyap2 or nothing at all... so for this year birthday i went for a night trip to Pulau Pangkor with Razi... not even 24 hours pun trip ni... boat departed at from Lumut... mmg dah banyak perubahan kat pekan dan jeti lumut ni :-)

we took the last boat at 7pm... although baru je kes bot karam.. but still no one pakai life jacket, maybe semua tahu berenang kot... but not me.. hahahaha

stayed at Pangkor Island Beach Resort... they have the nicest beach on the island (i think)... hotel cantik, view excellent... but i dont really like the room...

had a poolside bbq dinner... dinner was served by the poolside, but meja makan facing the sea...

breakfast by the beach as well... but the weather was not that good... tak jadi pun nak buat kayaking (my favourite water sport activity apart from snorkelling)

and around noon balik ke Lumut n straight ke Ipoh...

Anyway.... SELAMAT HARI JADI to myself...

Thanks Razi for the getaway to Pangkor... and thanks Shah, MJ and MT for the advance birthday gift... :-)

Me and RD...

kan ke hari tu aku g buat test lasik... dan doctor detect ada small holes on my retina yang rupanya ada shallow RD.

pagi tadi, aku g ke klinik mata hospital besar ipoh (my mom being orang govt, mesti nak ke hospital besar, she never trusts private hospital). the process was pretty quick sbb one of the doctor is my family close fren... so tak de lah aku nak complain on rules n regulations.

sajer je aku nak share the procedure... sbb to know about what is RD, aku dah tulis kat entry sebelum ni... mula2 mata aku depa taruh eye drops untuk 'kembang'kan pupils bg menyenangkan doktor nak teropong mata... the eye drops makes my vision jarak dekat blurry... (nak tgk sms pun kena dari jauh) then doktor tu guna direct ophthalmoscopes utk tgk the central part of retina (see pic). alat ni ok lagi... tak de lah pedih2 mata...

pastu utk check the whole retina, doktor tu guna alat called indirect ophthalmoscopes yg rupanya mcm lampu utk org2 masuk dalam gua... yg ni mmg silau... its like letak lampu direct kat depan mata. then dia ambil pic of my retina. sbb kan silau tu, nak driving balik pun agak sukar, tp kalau pakai sunglasses ok je lah...

RD ni menurut kata doktor need an emergency treatment sbb at anytime blh kena total blindness. and they have diagnosed that aku ada RD kat bawah mata sebelah kanan which requires me to go for surgery. nasib baik it is still at early stage n kat bawah, so masih blh direpair. they discussed abt the matter with my mom and she agreed nak buat kat Hospital Alor Star since kat ipoh tak de facility. masa discuss tu aku sedang diperiksa oleh 6-7 doktor2 trainee yg ambil giliran nak belek2 mata aku. rasa macam bahan ujikaji plak...

kalau buat kat alor star, aku akan undergo surgery next monday, tp aku minta tukar ke Hospital Selayang. nasib baik dapat buat appointment next tuesday, harap2 nothing happen until next tuesday. sbb impact RD ni blh jadi buta, hospital blh buat surgery soonest possible. but if u refer to the causes and symptoms, aku rasa aku tak pernah nampak any of the symptoms tu pun, and aku tak der reason nak kena pun. Alhamdullillah, benda ni dpt detect masa aku buat test lasik tu.

as discussed ngan doktor, i cannot fly until my eye is fully recovered. there's a possibility i'll be in Malaysia for another one month. aku yang sebenarnya plan nak ke BKK-CNX tomorrow, terpaksa burnt je my tiket... rugi!!! tp ye lah... dr buta baik tak pergi kan...

so insyaAllah next Tuesday i'll be at hospital selayang for further check up and subsequently the surgery (if doktor sana confirmkan kena buat surgery). an based on internet, selalunya surgery tu akan selamat, no hal insyaAllah...

What is RD?

ni sekadar info je... sesapa rajin tu baca lah... this is cut n paste from http://www.health.yahoo.com/

What is retinal detachment?

Retinal detachment occurs when the two layers of the retina become separated from each other and from the wall of the eye. The retina detects light entering the eye and sends nerve signals to the brain about what the eye sees. If the retina detaches, it no longer works properly. This causes vision loss in the affected area of the retina. Vision loss from retinal detachment can range from very mild to severe and even to total blindness.

The most common type of detachment occurs when a tear or hole forms in the retina, allowing fluid from the middle of the eye to flow under the retina. This causes the layers of the retina to separate.

What causes retinal detachment?

Most retinal detachment begins when the vitreous gel, the thick fluid that fills the center of the eye, shrinks and separates from the retina. This is called posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), a common condition that is often harmless. Sometimes, though, PVD can tear the retina. At points where the vitreous gel is strongly attached to the retina, it can pull so hard on the retina—a process called traction—that it tears the retina. The tear allows fluid to collect under the retina and may cause the retina to detach.

An eye or head injury, nearsightedness (myopia), eye disease, and conditions such as diabetes can also lead to retinal detachment.

What Happens

Retinal detachment can progress quickly. Because retinal detachment affects side (peripheral) vision first, you may not notice the vision loss right away. If not treated, detachment can spread to the center of the retina (macula) and damage central vision.
Retinal detachment requires urgent care. Without treatment, vision loss from retinal detachment can progress from minor to severe or total within a few hours or days.

Symptoms

Most cases of retinal detachment begin when the vitreous gel that fills the center of the eye shrinks and separates from the retina (called posterior vitreous detachment, or PVD). Symptoms of PVD include:
Floaters in your field of vision. Floaters are thick strands or clumps of solid vitreous gel that develop as the gel ages and breaks down. Floaters often appear as dark specks, globs, strings, or dots.
Flashes of light or sparks when you move your eyes or head. These are easier to see against a dark background. The brief flashes occur when the vitreous gel tugs on the retina (vitreous traction).

Treatment Overview

Only surgery can repair retinal detachment. It is usually successful and, in many cases, restores good vision.

The most common methods of repairing a retinal detachment are:

• Scleral buckling surgery. Your eye doctor (ophthalmologist) places a piece of silicone sponge, rubber, or semi-hard plastic on the outer layer of your eye and sews it in place. This relieves traction on the retina, preventing tears from getting worse, and holds the layers of the retina together.
• Pneumatic retinopexy. Your eye doctor injects a gas bubble into your eye. The bubble floats to the detached area and presses lightly against the tear, closing the tear and flattening the retina so that no fluid can build up under it. Your doctor then uses a freezing probe (cryopexy) or laser beam (photocoagulation) to seal the tear in the retina.
• Vitrectomy, or the removal of the vitreous gel from the eye. Vitrectomy gives the eye doctor better access to the retina to repair holes and close very large tears.

The most common methods of repairing a retinal tear are:

• Laser photocoagulation. Your eye doctor uses an intense beam of light that travels through the eye to make tiny burns around the tear in the retina. The burns form scar tissue, which seals the tear.
• Cryopexy (freezing). Your eye doctor uses a probe to freeze and seal the retina around the tear.

Medications

There is no medication to treat retinal detachment.

Kara OK... ok ker???

We had a joint birthday celebration kat Red Box Karaoke sempena birthday Sha n Zu on 20th Oct... since Zu mmg raja karaoke kat doha.. plus sha mmg vocal wanita paling mantap kat doha (sbb dia je pompuan yg join karaoke kat doha hahaha) so birthday ni buat lah kat pusat karaoke... hehehe... date kena tunda lewat dr birthday depa sbb MT dan Zu br sampai KL from KB on that day...

selain daripada zu n sha dan aku as organiser... family zu, nizam, razi, MT, BH dan famil pun join.. (MT n famil chicken out, tak nyanyi pun). it was a 3-hour karaoke session yg tanpa sengaja extended for another 1/2 hour... with buffet spread yg ok ler... it was quite fun sbb dapat menyanyi dgn sound system yg best dan unlimited songs... kalau kat doha ad cd sama jer kan... hehehe...

best!!! :-)

Lasik dan Lastik...

*hahaha... aku dah lama tak citer kat blog... :-) well bz skit berhibur ngan kengkawan kat M'sia... tak blh la org Doha tu kata aku punya life ni blogging je..


**ok... nak citer skit pasal benda2 lain skit selain daripada citer raya... sebenarnya 6 hari aku kat KL aku terlupa nak bawak kamera, so tak der gambar g open houses yg aku g dan aktiviti2 aku kat kl... once aku dapat gambar, aku sambung citer raya...

semalam aku g ke Klinik mata kat mid valley yg ada provide LASIK eye surgery... aku dah lama terfikir nak buat surgery ni sbb dah bosan nak pakai cermin mata, plus mata aku plak tak sesuai nak pakai contact lense...


For those yg tak tahu apa itu LASIK (extract dari Wikipedia)...
LASIK is the acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, a type of refractive laser eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.[1] The procedure is generally preferred to photorefractive keratectomy, PRK, (also called ASA, Advanced Surface Ablation) because it requires less time for the patient's recovery, and the patient feels less pain, overall; however, there are instances where PRK/ASA is medically indicated as a better alternative to LASIK. Many patients choose LASIK as an alternative to wearing corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses.


Harga nak buat tu hampir RM2k sebelah mata... kiranya aku akan habis RM4k... kira ok lah, tak perlu buat cermin mata dah.. hehehe... so aku set appointment nak cek mata, nak tgk kesesuaian mata aku for LASIK... sekejap je test tu... in 1/2 hour je...


setelah buat normal eye check, dia ambil gambar cornea, dia belek2 my mata... the doctor come with a conclusion... mata aku tak sesuai nak buat LASIK sbb cornea aku nipis... :-( I do not know how should i accept the news, ada rasa geram sbb tak blh... tp ada plak rasa jimat... anyway, at least aku dah cek n tak boleh... hmm... kena lah aku g ke kedai cermin mata and buy a new frame, minat plak ngan tag heuer new frame tu... :-)


plus, the doctor found out ada few small holes kat my retina... and he asked me to make further check up on that... hmm... hopefully it's not a bad news...


ooh ni nak citer satu lagi citer...


minggu lepas aku g ke meibank kat KLCC nak transfer duit kat abang aku yg study kat Manchester... amount dia banyak lah jugak dan kebetulan meibank bg rate bagus plak ari tu... aku pun beratur n tanya lah counter tu camner nak buat TT, and disebabkan aku tak de buku (aku tak ingat samada kat ipoh atau aku tertinggal kat Doha), depa suruh aku report lost buku account dan br blh buat transfer, kalau tak aku kena balik ipoh (my bank branch) br boleh transfer.


then menunggu lah aku kat situ selama 2 jam sbb the officer kena contact branch aku kat ipoh plak, nak verify few things... aku pun sabar lah menunggu... setelah aku selesai dapatkan buku baru, aku kena plak beratur lain utk settlekan TT, tp org kat kaunter tu plak cakap yg aku kena provide a letter to prove my bro tu student kat UK tu.. dan aku tak de letter tu... ayoo... kenapa lah dah 2 jam aku tunggu br nak cakap dan aku still tak boleh nak TT...

apa lagi.. bengang lah aku... habis lah minah kat first counter tu aku maki... sbb dia wrongly advised me... dan minah tu blh jawab cakap, at least saya boleh dapat kan buku baru utk aku... sedangkan aku tak perlu pun buku tu dan yang aku nak is to TT duit tu... nak lastik jer perempuan tu!!! rugi 2 jam aku kat KLCC...

Besday...

Hepi Besday to....

ABE ZU... 16 October....

SHA... 18 October....

semoga panjang umur... murah rezeki... cepat kawin (ooopss... utk sha je lah, abe??? perlu ker wish macam ni???)

bila korang nak buat open house ni????

Raya : 2nd Day...

2nd day started with a little bit of touch up kat living area, kemas2 umah. Setelah pusing2 half of Perak on the first day, now it's the day kitaorang tunggu kat umah... selalunya almost semua family yg kitaorg visit on the first day, akan buat lawatan balas on the second day... so kena lah kemas umah skit2 :-) actually dah kemas dah umah ni saja2 je tambah fresh flower as table deco...

dan jangkaan yang ramai org nak datang memang betul... we had our first guests kawan2 my brother, abg pozi dan wancho and her family (yeop family je yg dtg), arrived around 12 noon... nice for lunch...

what's in the menu.... selain the signature dish i.e rendang dinding.... my mom cooked rendang pedas ayam (guna ayam kampung) dan lemang... we also have mee rebus... (no laksa this year...)
i do not know why, but this year i was a bit malas... so penat lah my mom to handle all the food n menghidang by herself. but ada lah aku tolong gak... from noon, guest came in mcm non stop... continue ngan anak2 We and almost the whole clan datang. ada my cousins yg direct from their mertua terus ke situ, sbb the parents were there at my house. so, depa baru jumpa situ... abg pozi came early (and balik awal), then came kak anis, kak suri dan abg din family...

this gathering mmg selalunya setahun sekali... sbb bukan selalu jumpa macam tak kenal pun sedara mara ni. a little girl before, now dah jadi anak dara.. hahaha... mcm terkejut je tgk anak2 membesar cepat sangat... terasa tua jer... :-) from noon tu... sedara mara continue datang until the last family left around 1am... mak ngah n family, mak tam, mak su, and ayah chik pun ada.... and makanan for sure lah cukup although bila dah late petang my mom start masak nasi putih dan 2-3 lauk, biasa lah, dah malam orang mula lah cari nasi putih... actually, at around 11, aiskrem yg keje kat sharjah datang, and aku keluar melepak until around 3 am :-)

see.... from day till night... tukar guests je... tp tempat makan sama :-)

it was tiring... but still fun... since dah semua datang on the second day, the third day most probably boleh rehat... ada open house malam dan aku nak ajak kengkawan aku plak datang... ooh, most probably razi will come all the way from N9.

dengar citer orang2 doha have continous open house makan2... sound so cool... enjoy raya!!!

Raya : 1st day...

entry ni more or less nak citer kat my bro/sis n anak buah kat UK tu...

Selamat hari raya!!! :-) ni nak citer lagi fasal first day raya... starts quite early, aku bangun pun jam 6.30am (kira awal lah tu) dan terus mandi sunat hari raya... then makan lemang yang bapak aku bakar semlm.. lemang buat sendiri tau! and of course ngan mak punya yg signature raya rendang... rendang dinding... rendang dinding ni maybe tak sama ngan rendang dinding yg korang pernah makan, but for sure, my mom buat ni the best among all!!!

(if you read through this entry, u'll know more about my whole family)

then solat kat masjid dekat ngan hospital... lepas solat terus ke bidor... kebetulan tahun ni, my mom's side dah janji nak jumpa sesama adik beradik (yg perempuan) dia pagi raya. my mom ada 6 adik beradik, 4 perempuan n 2 lelaki... jumpa kat umah maksu (6-paling bongsu), adik dia yg bongsu. dulu masa my arwah opah ada, kat sini lah tiap2 tahun beraya kat sini. memang best masa tu sbb semua org berkumpul sekali, tp sekarang tidak lagi, mostly dah ada family - anak2 dan cucu masing2.

1. Umah maksu.... so what's in the house... ada maksu punya signature dessert... dan ada lemang, nasi impit, rendang kambing, daging dan ayam masak merah. maksu pun ada prepare nasi tomato n dalca. dan import soto ayam...

masa kat umah maksu tu cuma ada maksu n maktam (3) je, wancho (1) belum sampai, so, kitaorg g umah ayah chik (2). 2. Umah ayah chik, as usual, ada ketupat, nasi impit dan ketupat. but now ada rendang tok. kat umah ayah chik ada sedara dia sebelah wife dia, memang dengar citer depa kumpul situ tahun ni.

sekejap je kat situ... sbb dapat tahu wancho dah sampai kat umah. Wancho bawak almost the whole clan. tp sekejap je jumpa, mostly membincangkan petua camner yeop dah boleh kurangkan 14kg!!! yes dia nampak slightly susut. and wancho nampak sihat tapi makin kurus, tp ayah cho nampak sangat alzheimer. ambil gambar kejap... then decided utk ke umah mak chu dut...
3. umah mak chu dut. dia ni anak angkat moyang aku, so kiranya mcm adik beradik my opah lah. this is totally a visit of anak2 sedara tgk mak sedara... bukan makan sangat. ni the golden girls ambil gambar ngan mak chu dut :-) sekejap jugak, dia sendiri ada ramai anak2 dan cucu2 kat umah...
kiranya habis lah event sebelah my mom, and its already about 2pm. mmg jarang aku jumpa adik my mom, ayah man (5). mana ntah dia raya tahun ni. so dah settle sebelah my mom, g tanjung tualang visit my father's eldest bro. 4. umah We, dia sorang je adik beradik my father je masih duduk di kampung. nampak sihat lagi. anak2 dia tak ramai first day raya, semua plan raya umah mertua kot... tp yg ada pun dah cukup buat umah tu riuh... ayam masak kicap yg dihidangkan best :-) sempat solat zohor dan asar sebelum meneruskan perjalanan ke taiping.

5. Umah mak ngah. setelah sejam 1/2 drive, sampai kat taiping... umah penuh, semua anak2 dia ada... meriah... tp lagi meriah bila ada anak dia buat direct selling hehehe... jual rantai magnet tu... menantu mak ngah buat mee rebus. ok jer... hehehe... plan nya nak g umah abg my father, tp dia plak call kata nak dtg umah mak ngah. around 8pm dia sampai with the whole anak2 dan cucu2... yang ni sihat lah... so complete lah jumpa semua adik beradik my father... tak lama jugak sembang2 sebab my mom ada janji nak g open house umah kawan dia...

6. umah adik mak cik yah. yang ni baru lah ada serve mcm open house. ada satay, mee goreng dan 4 jenis rendang pedas - ayam, daging, lampung dan kerang... aku rembat yg kerang tu byk gile hehehe... mana nak ada kerang kat doha kan, so banyak lah aku makan.... plus rasa pun sedap... apa lagi.. :-) sembang2 dan makan2 by 9.45pm kitaorg berangkat balik ipoh...

tu dia... from 8am until 11pm aku keluar beraya on the first day. penat but it was really fun, especially bila itu lah masa nya dapat jumpa orang2 tua ni... dan memang dah jadi rutin my parents g visit semua adik beradik dia... and this mmg buat depa happy... aku driver jer...

To Along... Kak Long... Arief & Aqielah...

Selamat Hari Raya yer....


duit raya arief n aqielah dah ada tertunggak dua tahun dah... (uiks lama nya dah tak jumpa...) so next year dapat arrears lah... hehehe... makan apa kat sana???

Selamat Hari Raya...

..SELAMAT HARI
RAYA AIDILFITRI

MAAF ZAHIR
BATIN...

aku dengar orang Doha beraya lebih awal daripada kitaorang kat Malaysia ni... Adam.ah msg aku thru skype kata Doha raya dulu... best lah korang... kitaorang tak nampak anak bulan kat sini.... :-) so, beraya sakan lah yer... dah siap masak semua???

anyway, tadi aku sempat lah g bazaar ramadhan.. the last time for this year... dan first time ambil gambar... tak byk ambil gambar sbb org nampak aku macam kelakar ambil gambar... kata org perak mcm jakun... hahaha... so aku ambil skit2 je... hahaha...

enjoy raya ye org doha!!! :-) tapi kan macam mana kat saudi n qatar blh nampak anak bulan, but not in Malaysia... saja jer... eh... along kat UK beraya esok gak ke??? tp ada course kan... hehehe.. mcm tak raya lah...

aku ada jugak dgr citer (dr adam.ah), saudi mmg cuba elak kan raya on saturday, sbb nak elak celebration hari sabtu mcm org jew, black sabbath... tp mungkin kebetulan je kot, aku tak tahu lah betul ke tak cite ni... harap2 betul lah depa dapat nampak anak bulan yer...

Allahu akbar Allahu akbar Allahu akbar!!!