Mountain Midwifery Center(MMC)

es..last Sunday we went for an orientation at MMC and today I had my 2nd appointment with them. So there's some pictures of the center. Owh pada yg tak tahu I planned not to have my baby in the hospital. This time I would like to take chance to deliver my baby naturally ..mean no drugs involve and have a new experience of water birth insyaAllah.

MMC ade 5 bidan berlesen and don't be surprise that pusat bersalin nih nothing like hospital at all, that's one of the reason I choose them. Other reasons will share in my future entry.

 MMC ade 2 entrance this one take you straight to the labour room :)

This is their main office, downstairs. Kalau dtg dari entrance depan jumpa main office dulu. All classes, appointment happen here. Ok that's me, see the shirt I'm wearing? That's a prove that I haven't gone for closet shopping yet. Asyik sibuk pi Target, beli makanan jer hahaha! No kidding ok. Bonus dah masuk kan? Ok nanti pi shopping baju plak hahah!

Yasmin sibuk tunjuk die pon ade baby jugak. 

That's Yasmin with Shahmi (our neighbours son) do what kids do best! Main! See those bookshelf ? You can borrow those books buat rete barang sebulan pastu pulang la balik. Mostly books that they recommended to expectant mom to read. It is all about knowledge.Tak kenal maka tak cinta.

Papa layan free green tea..this place is so cosy rase mcm pi rumah orang tapi buat mcm rumah sendiri ahahah!

All sorts of tea, leaves...mostly natural, I bought a jar of raspberry leaf (rendam mcm buat air teh) $9.99 you can see the benefit at this link. 

This their labour room area upstairs.

Hemm..nak check in skrang bole?

I try baring atas katil tu ok ..mmg best...heheh nothing like hospital at all. 

The moment of truth.. that's the tub yg. banyak berjasa pada mak-mak yg. bersalin kat sini. That's where water birth happen.

Sure syok berendam dalam tub mase contraction ala2 nk patah pinggang. Mom will push the baby while she's inside the tub. Tak caya? See here and here. I met Tracy the owner, Sarah the midwife in video 2 (2nd link) she attend my first appointment and women in labour in link 2 is also a midwife at MMC, saw her today but didn't had chance to say hi yet :). So..yes they are real people like us. Another story, during my visit today I met a lady who just give birth to her baby girl last 2 days, they come for checkup and she's looking very good! Pakai jeans, shades on the head smile and walking healthly like she was not in a labour the past 48 hours. More pictures I uploaded at my facebook - Melor Rahman.

Visit my Moleygarden Crafts Shop!

Salam and Hi everyone.

It has been a while since my Moleygarden.com is offline. As a start I'll be selling fabrics and some sewing notion that I can find at local store in Denver and some online in US that offers good deal for crafters & quilters in Malaysia. Perhaps something that you rarely find or can't find in Malaysia. In case you have something particular that you want to buy from US but didn't know how to, I'm glad to be your personal shopper with some fee. Thank you!

*I'm still editing the blog layout, pls. bear with me. Thank you.

Click HERE to visit the blogshop!

Love,
Melor
Denver

Kisah Nasi Lemak Denver

Ok... I know this is out of priority in the to-blog-list. Tapi nk tulis gk. Kesahnyer nasik lemak yg. pertama kali dimasak sejak sampai sini. Jap tadi lepas bertukang design2 blog maka berlangsung lah masuk ke dapur dgn plan nk masak nasik lemak utk dinner. (tak ingat dunia tu..nk mkn nasi lemak utk dinner..mencanak badan mak naik, smlm timbang dh 62kg)

So bersilat punya silat..sambal kaw siap, telur rebus siap, ikan bilis goreng siap.... skali "tap!" rice cooker bunyik. Kire dh masak lah tu. So selambanya mcm biasa bukak tudung periuk, gaul2 skit..nampak lain mcm nasi tu. Rasa..ade antah. So tak de lah panik. Sbb smlm first time masak nasik pakai beras tu..jd cantu gk. Tuang air panas setengah cawan pastu gaul2, masak lagi skali. Penah tgk mil buat cantu dulu. Alhamdulillah nasi semlm jadi elok. Tapi hari ni lain lak gayanya. Dh masuk 3 kali tambah air..gaul, tuang sampai kebawah pon masih berantah. Hemmm....mcmana tu.

Mmg tak dpt nk di selamatkan lagi then pejam mate jelah tuang dlm mulut cik tongsam. Dh bazir beras, santan, daun pandan...huhuhu dah le brg2 tu harga agak mahal compare to M'sia n susah nk dpt kat sini. Lalu masak lagi skali..this time berjaga tepi periuk.. mende same gk jd! :(( Uwaaaa mmg tanak kasi aku mkn nasi lemak kot. Tanpa putus asa angkut periuk rice cooker tu naik atas dapur. Try tanak atas dapo lak...

Tak lama jap tu... ke-putusan-asa melanda. Kite masak nasik putih jer lah yer bang. Lauk ..lauk nasi lemak hahahah! Selama ni jadik je masak nasik lemak, org mkn sampai ke kerak. Jd. terang2 lah bukan salah tukang masak kan? (Motif entry ni ialah to justify bukan-salah-aku-nasik-lemak-tu-tak-jadi hahahahhah!)

Post mortem:

1. Beras tu mmg tamo kawin ngn santan.
2. Santan powder tu mmg tak sesuai utk masak nasik lemak kot?
3. Rice cooker tu tinggi sgt heat nyer..air cepat kering tapi beras lom kembang.
4. Tukang masak kurang pengalaman dgn. bahan2 memasak negara asing. Heheheh!
   

*To K. Aeen kalo bace entry ni, alamat melepas lah melor nk tapau nasi lemak utk akak n family. Kita cuba lagi lain kali.

Seminggu di Denver, CO, US.

It's been a while since my last entry with valuable input :). Today genap seminggu menetap di Denver. Lots of interesting story to share since Mimin and me arrived. From food to weather and etc lah. I'll make a list then we'll see which one i'll write first heheh!

1. 1st groceries shopping at Super Target
2. 1st visit at Mountain Midwifery Center (place where i'll be deliver my baby through water birth method)
   
3. Snow rain...
4. Tornado warning! should we run to the basement? Hahaha!
5. Looking for toddler formula in Denver? Mimpi lah!
6. Bought used clothes lot for Mimin on Ebay
7. Weather...weather..weather..
8. 2 days getaway at Disneyland LA
9. Craiglist in Denver
10. Hidup utk. makan atau makan untuk hidup?
    
11. List will continue after I've completed 1-10 :P

Owh btw... i'm still in the midst of redesigning my blog. So pls. bear with me. Saje bile dh tade keje mulalah mencarik kerja.

View from our balcony. Mimin da sangap mcm mama die.

Refurbish in Progress

In the process of refurbish the look n feel of this blog yg. dah berjaman dah berupdate.

Oh maiiii! Sneak peak to Farissa's Party Preparation

We have a big project for Farah's daughter, Farissa. She'll be 3Y next 2 weeks. Tentatively the party bash will be held at Mc. D. When Farah inform me that the party theme is safari aka animals aka petting zoo kinda thing, I suggested to Farah why don't we create pretend animals ears as a replacement for party hat! Biasalah sebok nak celup kaki skali heheh! Since I'll be leaving soon, I feel that this project would be perfect to end my crafty story entry from Malaysia for 2010 and to used up whatever i have left in my craft drawer.

Today my dear frenzy colleagues came to my house. We start our morning with home cook Nasi Lemak made by me of course hehe! Isi perut dulu baru boleh start keje kan? Makan jgn tak makan...lebih sambal, tambah nasi... lebih nasi, tambah sambal..lebih telur, add both! Hahaha! Thanks to Farah for teh tarik tapau yang sedap, K.Keh for the kuih-muih and Ana utk Popia Sata yang tak sempat digoreng. (I will fry on Monday n bwk pi opis ok! Heeheh!)

Lebihan felt dari drawer...


R & D process started...all diy by us!


yabbit ears said fayissa heheh!


A little bit interfacing to do the magic..


Tadaaaaa! All of it!

All of us too busy to snap the-making-of pics because we have to consistently make sure tade pieces yang hilang disonglap oleh pirate2 yg. nakal. More pics. at my facebook! Can't wait to see the kids wear these ears soon! Enjoy!

Pencarian mesin jahit baru.

Oleh kerana Janome bakal di tinggalkan makanya bolehlah saya survey² mesin jahit baru yg. nak dibeli kat US nanti. Plg penting tak over bajet, below $200 :). Smlm baru lepas borak² kat ym ngn K. Zila. Die suh beli Bernina or Husviking. Setelah di intai2 harga model Bernina yang paling murah pon $399 telan air liur gak la. Heheh! Pelan..nanti kite kumpul duit beli serger Bernina. Focus..focus..sewing machine je dulu.

So far dalam pemerhatian Brother CS6000i salah satu pilihan yang best, murah, within bajet dan setakat ni bace reivew kat Amazon, Target and few other website 90% good feedback. Siap dtg dengan extender table untuk quilting or large size project. Ni pic. excert dari crafzine.blog. Function nyer pon cukuplah untuk kegunaanku yang tak berapa heavy (cewahh) ni hehehhe. Ok wat..bukan nk bukak kilang jahit baju kan? Hahah! Nanti kite survey Husviking plak. Tgk2 kalo ade yg menarik!

Lame tak blogging n blog walking!

Hi readers! Lamenyer bersawang blog ni. Punyalah lama saya ni tak jenguk blog kawan2 yang lain sampai diorg dh tukar layout..tukar domain pon saya tak perasan. Cth: Homepage Kak Zila Kasim tu...kalo tak kerana gatal tgn click kat cm yahoo die tade der sedar die dh buat yg baru n cun melecun gitu layout! Tahniah K. Zila. Siap ngn online shop tu!

Kesibukan kerja di saat2 nak melepaskan diri ke US ni sgtlah menyeksakan. Plus my hubby dah fly last week, left me with Yasmin je berdua plus the other one inside me yg. dah masuk 18 weeks this week. Ibarat kate sheila majid...patah sayap bertongkat dagu. I'll be going on 14/4. Tiket agent dah bookkan. Insyallah we'll staying 2 days in LA. Papa janji nak bawak Yasmin pi Disneyland. Lepas tu baru fly to Denver.

Tolonglah lekas mase berlalu. Tak sabar nak shopping kain kat US, nak beli mesin jahit lain..(takkan nak angkut Janomeku itus ke US? kang jahanam plak dlm kargo!) nak mengadap buku2 craft, nak jahit barut baby...nak korek template² baju baby dlm buku Cucito yg bertimbun tu, nak jahit something for the new baby. Nak jahit dress utk Yasmin..nak itu ..nak ini.... yada... yada...yada....yadaaaa.......

Semuanya nak buat once I landed my feet at Denver next month! Boleh lupakan semua hal2 opis dengan aman damai...owh lekas lah April. Hopefully semuanya berjalan lancar sebelum meninggalkan rakan2 opis di sini..Amin.

*Owh saya masih berhutang Hotmama Pouch utk K. Raja, K. Ida and Ija. Tunggu yer kalian. Mula aje cuti bulan 4 nanti akan saya kerjakan!