The Purple Sky

i' ll be having xm in 2 hours time.

i think my heart had just popped out of my chest.

most of the mothers i met at the hospital defaulted from breastfeeding their babies.

80% of them would say, 'susu keringla'.. some would just say 'anak tak mau hisap'..'susahla. akak kerja'.. (these are not official statistics btw, they're from my observations) its frustrating, when the mothers actually are fully aware of the benefits of breastfeeding. most importantly, its free! who doesn't like free stuff..? if an advertisement comes out in the paper that sound something like, free highly nutritious food for newborns for 6 months! i bet hundreds of parents would sign up for it.

behold zainab afifah. a successful product of exclusive breastfeeding. her mom expresses breastmilk for her during working hours.

look at the chubby leg! OMG...!! *faints*

p/s: yea..yea..to have me, yapping abt all this when i'm far cry from having a baby myself.. but i'm all for the good things in life! so.., say hurrah to breastfeeding! i say it can be done! =))

yep. new post in my cobweb-coated blog.
this is a super backdated post.
i meant to post it on the day itself, but later told myself, 'nantilah.esok.'
which had somehow unknowingly turned into 'nantilah, bila ada masa' which..;
subsequently turned into 'nantilah, bila habis exam'
which by the time exam ended had turned into 'nantilah, bila dah cuti nanti..'
the cuti comes and it too...has ended.
and the post has still not been posted.
so here it is now. the post i've been meaning to put up. i post it now as a tribute to my 'nantilah sickness'.

it took place almost a month ago.
i attended 'daurah' at pasir panjang, pd.
it was a 2 days one night event.
i learned a lot, and had great time too!
(the pics were taken during the outdoor activity)

we hiked

we jungle trekked

we had group presentations

we prayed (in the forest! yikes!)

we took lotsof pictures

we imagined ourselves as crikets

or maybe as pirates of the seven seas

(i haven't watch POTC yet, mind u)

we were caught by the communist and held as prisoners with no food

(okay2..i got too carried away here..)

during the prayer time, we were told to take wudhu at a nearby water stream *aka anak sungai*

so i happily followed the instruction given to the stipulated so-called *water stream*..only to find a lopak-air looking water source.

gulp.

this can't be it?

air ni ngalir ke tak nih? betul ke boleh amik wudhu' nih? seriously?

what about leptospirosis? giardiasis? etc..etc..?

it was later that we saw punca aliran air of the so-called lopak air. even tho it was minutely moving, tp still considered ngalir kan..

so i held my breath and tawakkal je lah..
what an experience.

anyway, i survived. no tropical infection whatsoever to date.. =)

now, group pics!