Post Touched Down

Wah.. lama rasa x update blog. Entry dah ada dalam kepala, byk... sampai x tahu nak cerita mana satu. Cerita mana2 yg sempat je la ye, Aisyah tgh tido ni. Kang dia bgn, kat situ la aku full stop eh.

Ramai pasti dok anggap aku tgh enjoy sakan la tuh, sampai x de masa nak update. X jgk. Enjoy mmg enjoy jumpa family apa semua, tp overshadow sket la psl Aisyah x sihat ni. Plak tu kitaorg tgh adapting to life and weather in Msia. Kpd mereka yg duduk di UK/oversea lama x balik tuh, FYI, sini mmggggg panas. Dia x panas garing mcm kita kat sana di musim summer tu, tp panas yg humid sampai melemaskan. Kitaorg ni 24/7 duduk dalam bilik master aku yg ada aircond tuh. Kluar bilik je mula la rasa mcm masuk sauna. Huhu.. pastu std la, nak kemas la apa la, jet lagged lg. Patut nya aku bantu sket2 urusan kenduri kawen adik aku ni, tp since Aisyah demam fokus kat dia dulu. Dah la waktu tido dia pon x betul lg. Kalo duduk kat tempat xde aircond je, mula la wilt mcm bunga x dpt air ko... Serius kesian. Tp bila masuk bilik air cond balik baru dia ok menyanyi2 apa semua.

Tang life pon ye jgk nak adapt semula, sbb nya baru la perasan byk jg la beza life di msia dgn UK, even the smallest things pon. Amik contoh, kat sana aku masak pakai dapur letrik, skali kat sini terkebil2 mcm org bodoh plak x tahu mcm mana nak psg balik penutup tong gas. Chett! Pastu x bole lepa, kalo mknan terdedah sket, cik Lat dtg hinggap. Kalo lupa masuk lauk yg dah masak dlm fridge, tau2 dah basi. Kalo mknan biar atas meja lama sket, x lama penuh kena hurung semut. Oh tensen! These are the things yg aku amik for granted whilst in the UK, sbb cuaca sejuk apa semua kan, x yah deal dgn insects and critters nih. Even smlm ada adegan kelakar sket. Ada nyamuk nak gigit pipi Aisyah, so aku pon suruh Hubs yg baring sebelah dia (masa ni kitaorg 3 beranak lom tido lg) tu bunuh la nyamuk tu. On reflex, Hubs pegi tampar nyamuk tu tp missed pon, sbb dah lama tinggal skills tampar menampar nyamuk nih - kat UK kan x de hehehe . Apa lg, menangis la Aisyah tu, ingat Ayah dia marah dia. Terus lari peluk aku. Budak x pernah kena gigit/kenal nyamuk la katakan... Sian dia heheh...

Network speed yg tahap dewa ni pon buat aku 'rajin' nak update gak. Tp cukup la ngomelan aku takat sini, kang nmpk mcm org lupa daratan plak. Bkn nak kutuk tanahair sendiri pon, tp just rasa tergezut plak dgn perubahan ni semua (buweekk ptuih! geli je yek ayat mek salleh celup nih). Tp kalo aku yg tua di Msia pon rasa kena amik masa nak sesuaikan diri, mmg Aisyah lg la teruk penangan culture shock nya. Tu dia pendiam and inactive tu. Dgn makcik2 pakcik2 dia semua, semua dia x nak. Even kalo diorg ada dalam bilik yg sama pon Aisyah x akan nak makan, sampai la org2 lain selain aku n Hubs kluar dari bilik tu baru dia nak mkn. Tp slowly dah ok sket aku tgk hari ni. Dah start x takut sgt dah kat org, tp lom bole dibuat /diambil utk pelik cium gomol lg. Give her some time lah, we'll see...

Ok ni dia chronicles perjalanan aku.

[1] Kitaorg stayed overnight kat 45LondonStay, sbb train dari Plymouth sampai London pkl 9.21 mlm, flight kitairg plak keesokannya at 10 malam. Satu mlm GBP30 sebilik. Bilik n amenities ok, hosts very very friendly. Masa ni aku tgh baca pelan tube underground. Aisyah kebosanan sbb x sabar nak kluar jalan dah. Pagi tu dia dah x mkn sgt. Bg nasi goreng x mahu, so beli pancakes and grapes kat Waitrose kasi dia mkn dalam stroller.





[2] Pelan asal nak jalan2 di London dulu, sbb ada byk masa lg before we have to check in at 6 p.m. So from London central tu, gi Heathrow dulu naik tube (giler lama okeh, please peruntukkan sejam perjalanan from London Paddington). Kitaorg gi wrapping baggages and tinggalkan beg2 kat situ. Utk wrap satu bag, GBP6. Utk storage plak, satu bag GBP8. Pengsan! Mmg bengkek sbb x leh check in bag awal. Kalo xdah leh jimat.




[3] Dalam pkl 2.30 jalan2 keliling London.




























[4] Pkl 3.30 ptg baru jumpa kedai makan, tu pon restoran Italian. Hubs mkn Penne Al Arabiatta, aku mkn Margherita Pizza, dan Aisyah aku order jacket potatoes, tp last2 dia x mkn pon. Share pizza ngan aku.






[5] Sampai balik Heathrow pkl 5.30 ptg. Retrieved our bags and checked in tanpa sebarang masalah. Konfem Aisyah akan dpt kiddie meal, and makanan akan disajikan an hour after flight bertolak. So we decided x yah mkn lah, lg pon kenyang lagi. Solat dan bersiap2. Masa ni dah salinkan Aisyah pakai baju spt di gambar di bawah ni tau. Baju ni beli masa Xmas sale kat NEXT hari tu lg, sbb mmg niat nak pakai masa atas flight balik Msia dah pon. X sampai 15 minit pakai baju ni, Aisyah muntah buat kali pertamanya.










[6] X pe la. Salinkan dia pakai baju spare. Ingatkan dia muntah td sbb excited ke hapa, mmg dia berlari non-stop di Heathrow tu (dia rasa ruangan lapang kot, x pon balas dendam sbb spjg kat London kena tambat dlm stroller aje, sbb jalan raya busy ngan kereta). Since we had two more hours to kill, kitaorg pon camwhoring la around Heathrow airport. Betul2 dpn kedai kasut Jimmy Choo, Aisyah muntah for the 2nd time.




[7] Masa ni agak cuak la. Aisyah pon dah gelisah and x selesa. So pergi cari supervisor airport, tanya psl ada x medic team kat Heathrow. Jawapannya: TAK ADA. Kalo kita nak, dia bole panggilkan ambulans drpd hospital, and paramedics akan tgk kan Aisyah, but x bole treat, hanya bole assess aje condition dia. Kalo teruk akan dibawa naik ambulans ke hospital. Risiko utk tinggal flight adalah tinggi. So dia ckp, cuba pergi Boots dulu (farmasi di airport tu), kot2 chemists dia ada suggestion or over the counter medicine.


[8] Tgh2 consult dgn chemist di Boots tu, Aisyah muntah utk kali ketiga. Masa ni siap terkena kaki org yg queue kat blkg kitaorg! As expected, chemists cannot advice on whether or not to get on the flight, and they do not sell anything over the counter for infants under the age of two. Habis kuat bole beli Calpol(liquid paracetamol) and Dioralyte (air garam).

[9] Pergi MAS ticketing office plak. By this time it was already 9.15 pm. Org tiket tu ckp, kalo postpone flight to tomorrow, kena tambah GBP100 seorg, AND standby aje (waiting list) sbb flight esok to Msia penuh. Kena decide cpt, sbb klo cancel flight mlm ni diorg nk turunkan suitcases kitaorg drpd flight. Aisyah muntah lg sekali kat sini.

[9] Mmg dah peluh seram sejuk dah aku n Hubs, sbb klo x naik flight ni, komfem kena tambah at least GBP200 utk flight tickets, then duit nk bermlm lg mlm tu nak kena amik kira jg. Nearest hotel is Hilton, ada berani? $$$... X kan nak cari B&B yg murah lg, sbb nya nak kena naik tube pon kalo pergi. Aisyah dah lembik n shirtless dah masa ni. So last2, naik je la flight bcoz nmpk mcm Aisyah dah ok. Tgh queu nk masuk flight, Aisyah muntah lg skali. We were the last to get on (sbb x decided tu lah).

[10] Atas flight, crew MAS bg Hubs baju pyjamas utk salin coz he stank of vomit (kena muntah Aisyah dah baju2 dia semua, even the spare ones). Aisyah fell asleep not long after, tp masa letakkan dia kat dlm bassinet, dia muntah lg. Total muntah atas flight: 3 kali. Hubs sampai kena tukar 2nd set of pyjamas (yg crew MAS bg) sbb the 1st pon pon kena muntah jgk. Aisyah at this point was reduced to just wearing nappy dia aje sbb mmg dah xde baju spare lg dah, semua pon kotor dah. Last2 pakaikan dia jaket brown dia shj, that was the only clean thing left. Note that flight dari UK-Msia is 12-hours long, and outside temperature can get up to -17C. Imagine mcm mana susah nya hati kitaorg masa tu. Doa x putus2 agar Aisyah cpt baik, n dlm hati x sudah2 chanting, cpt la sampai, cpt la sampai....

[11] The second half of the flight was better, dah x muntah tp mmg kena dukung je la. And x makan sket pon food dia huhu... By the time sampai Msia, baju dia ada satu dah kena muntah pada awal nya, tp dah dibasuh oleh Hubs dan dijemur oleh pramugari kat blkg flight, makanya sempat kering so bole pakai balik. Kesian dia, baju dia la paling kokak atas flight tu.




[12] Lps reunite with my family yg sambut kat KLIA, gi mkn kat KFC. Masa ni Aisyah dah start selera balik. Mungkin dia lapar sgt kot. But last2 dia muntah dua kali lps makan, even before leaving KLIA lg.










[13] On the way nak hntr kitaorg balik umah, Aisyah muntah dlm kereta sekali lg. Terus detour bawak gi Hospital An-Nur, just in case perlu warded. Tp Dr dia ckp x perlu, just keep her hydrated (not easy!)

[14] So from Sabtu, Ahad, and today, mmg duk fokus on getting her better. Nmpk mcm dah ok. Since Sunday dah x muntah, tp very quiet and byk tido. Maybe jet lag x abis lg. Maybe the heat gets to her. Maybe dia rasa disoriented. Maybe culture shock pon ye jgk. Tp paling sedih tgk dia mkn sket2 aje (even chips in Msia taste different, aku dah taste, so x blame dia langsung kalo dia reject). She has always had a small-ish body frame, but she now feels a little bonier than normal, I don't know whether it's bcoz she wears less bulkier clothes dah ke, or bcoz of the sickness. Apa pon, since touched down she'd already lost about 1-2 kg. That's at least 10% of her total body weight!




This evening my SIL dah bawak dia gi main swing kat park. Alhamdulillah dia dah ralit and enjoy tgh budak2 main basikal and layang2. Harap2 nya lps ni selera dia dtg balik and she starts to learn to enjoy her time here. Doa2 kan la yeh...

In the meantime, tgh mencari erti kesabaran sebenar with a semi-healthy baby yg tido masih ikut time UK. Entry ni siap diedit pada jam 6.25 pagi Msia time. Si Aisyah had been up from 3.30 a.m., lapar, siap masakkan utk dia pasta, chips, keropok ikan dsb nya, so that she has a variety of food to select from. Mulutnya rasa x best lg kot, tu yg jadi sgt2 fussy.

Please, please pray Aisyah cpt sembuh and returns to her old ceria self. I soooo miss her!!!