The Leak, Part 2 of 2

Here is an update since my last post about the leaking from our air-conditioner units at the hall, dining room and master bedroom. 

As the temperatures and humidity soared when the air-conditioner units were out of commission, my patience wore thinner.

Thankfully, the rain over a few evenings kept the temperature at night slightly lower than usual. We made do with a few ceiling fans and portable fans. It was bearable, at best. Bean slept in his shorts and tees without his cellular blanket on.

During the day, sweaty and stuffy best described us. We could not leave the windows open as it was humid, dusty and noisy. Often, I asked myself if this "unsustainable" lifestyle of having the air-conditioner on for 24/7 is reasonable. The answer was (is) obvious but where we live is not my call. So I put up with it and tried my best to shut my mental chatter up.

Mental chatter aside, we are now crossing our fingers and toes, hoping and praying that the leak is fixed for good. The contractor finally managed to slot us an appointment and did some serious blueprint search at the management office. 

What he found was shocking.

First shock: All 5 units share one master outlet pipe, and some "dummy" outlet pipes were found, unused of course.

Second shock: This master outlet pipe runs along the height of our wing for the entire block. That is at least 33 floors worth of air-conditioning outlet water to channel out? I pray so hard this will not get blocked perpetually. Who am I kidding, right?

Should we reroute our outlet and resort to activate our own private "currently dummy" pipes? That way, we will be saved the hassle of a blocked master outlet pipe, if and when that happens.

Too shocked, still. Please find me a chair, I need to sit down for a moment and think this through. Moment of needing pedoman from His Almighty...

Snippets: Tricky Words

The Little Girl had so much fun doing this piece of work. I admire her tenacity and stamina for looking up those 26 new and "tricky" words. 

Photos, verbal explanations, Wikipedia entries, pages from her existing books all add up as new, possible resources to hunt for answers and challenge the way she thinks.

May Allah swt bless you, mon coeur, endlessly with this thirst for knowledge and uncovering some of His Unlimited Creations. Amin.

Liquid 3 Vegetables

I got slightly impatient and went ahead with combining 3 vegetables into a single juice. Going to restock my kale when I go to Hock Choon (JY Fruits and Vegetables corner shop) or Village Grocers, Bangsar Village.

So far so good! The kids find this the hardest to gulp down, expectedly. In fact,  the elder and vocal one championed the rights of minor persons at home by asking for "purple juice".

Aha. 

Hampshire Mummy is trying to be a good mummy and this resolution is, of course, passed.

Beet, purple carrot and dragon fruit coming up.

P/S: Each kid took 5ml of pure juice, and my 190 ml x 2 portions worked well for my detox. Consume sparingly and please seek your doctor's opinion before embarking on any detox or juicing regiment.

Teething Bean

16 pearlies with 4 more under those sore, red, hot gums. We may have to give him some homemade, cold, fruit purée lollies in the afternoon to ease discomfort. Bonjela is on stand by...

He is nursing more than usual, sleeping in my arms, and occasionally heats up then breaking out a sweat. 

Thankfully, his appetite and demeanour are not affected. He can count up to 3 now *proud and happy mummy* and sing random alphabets from the ABC Song. The best part is, he can name most colours accurately.

3 words sentences are expanding too - "this is Mummy" and sometimes 4 words sentences "this is blue car". I love his baby voice!

His favourite toys are vehicles with wheels. F1 miniature cars to steam rollers, he loves them all. The little blue BMW car is his ultimate fun ride at home. He calls it Mummy's Car. When he is out with us at carparks he can pick out and name all the ones with the same badge *smacks own forehead* although we keep repeating that Mummy does not own all these cars! If only!!

Oh, Bean. 23 months and growing faster than the speed of light. May Allah swt keep you in His Watch always. Amin.

Snippets: Ambivalence

Upon arrival at The Big School, The Little Girl proclaimed, "I hate going to school, Mummy."

I said nothing, because I know her.

Upon dismissal at The Big School, the same young person proclaimed excitedly, "I LOVE school, Mummy!"

She went on to describe her wonderful day at school with teachers, classmates, lessons and the weather in detail. Enough to last the 45 minutes' drive home. 

She did not give me a chance to say anything! All she wanted was a listening mum, so I indulged her.

Now you see why I said nothing in the morning? *smug face*

Juicing

Photo of my carrot-grapefruit juice and "ancient" copy of recipe. 

There is another bottle of green juice for breakfast tomorrow, I can barely wait to down the parsley-celery instead of my usual coffee. Please do not ask me why I have been so bad to my body by feeding it coffee first thing in the morning! Sleepiness?! Of late, I cannot even swallow coffee first thing in the morning without nausea. Water, water, water please.

Next week, I move on to 3 fruits/vegetables. It is tastier with 3 so I am gleefully anticipating it. The Other Half  just hopes our juicer can survive this year,  as we are "heavy-duty" home users. 

In order to encourage Bean and The Little Girl, I plan to make them a "loyalty card" so every time they drink one of my home concoction, they will earn a stamp. The end reward after 10 juices is a slice of home-baked banana cake. It is going to be so easy for them to score because they love juices (alas, more than water!).

**Start of digression**

Time of the year for me to juice again, yes. Of course you may juice at any time of the year as you wish. It is just that I feel extra dehydrated just before fasting starts and listen to my body I must. 

I respond to that physical thirst with juicing as much as I can. Then feed my thirst for soulful renewal and rejuvenation by returning to the sacred pages of the Al-Quran.

May Allah swt grant us another Ramadhan. Amin.

**End of digression**

Are you juicing too, my lovelies? What is your favourite fruit/vegetable combination? Please do share!

Gratitude: Soil & Soul

Today, I am grateful for being in touch with soil at The House and renewed soul after spending some quality time with my family.

The soil:

Kemuning blossoms filled the air with sweet fragrance.

Organic four angle beans for fresh ulam with sambal.

Eyeing these sweet and crunchy beans.

May these grow into edible goodness.

Chilli.

Lemongrass.

Ginger.

Kunyit and birds chilli (with iron supplement, ha!)

Pruned and dwarf version of previously thorny tree.

The soul:

The joyful noise they bring!

Sweet and gentle reminder that they have one another to count on.

The tender moment when Bean reached out for some grandfatherly unconditional support and love.

Syukur alhamdulillah. Little reminders that what we have been blessed with, is indeed sufficient. 

Thank You.