New House!

Yes, you read it right... we have officially moved to our new house! its has been about a month now.. things are slowly getting into place.. unpacking is a nightmare. Plus we still have not bought enough furniture yet, so there is not enough storage space. But all in all we are so grateful for this house and community. The kids love the outdoor space, and they love being outdoors all the time! We are so blessed and thankful to Allah for this amazing house!

Anywho, it has been many, many centuries since I last wrote. So many things has happened in between. The most recent being the Eid celebration. This year is more meaningful for me because of the new house i guess. And again.. so blessed! But apart from that, there are also many depressing and frustrating news on TV and online. From political corruption in the country, to fatal car accidents on the road, to abused and murdered children. All of these horrible news seem to be making headlines. And its not just in the country, its all over the world. I just read online about 6 children being shot to death by some psycho in Texas. What is this world coming to? 

I always worry about my kids. The country is proving that it wont be as stable as it portrays itself to be. The current leaders are too greedy and are now trying to get as much dough and power as they can for themselves, no matter what the cost to the people. They dont really care much about the country. They scam money out of the people, and use them for their own. They can afford to run off overseas, if anything ever happens to Malaysia. When my kids grow up, what state would the country be in? There is no one leader that seem influential enough to state the obvious and steer Malaysia back to the right path. Which is sad. 

I pray to Allah to bless my kids, and protect them. I am so blessed to be able to stay in this lovely home, with my lovely family. I dont know what the future holds, but I pray it brings my family and I to the straight path. 

Eh, how come this post become sad pulak? hehe... hope it wont be 7 months before I write again. 

cheerio

Happy New Year!

So the once a month post on the blog didnt work out.. haha! Let's make that our new year's resolution ok? So here goes the rantings for January...

My last post was about my breakouts... well guess what? pimples no more!!! what did i do? well.. I think it was my hormones... and remember i wrote that i start taking Omega-3 supplement? Well, when that did not make much difference, I started taking Shaklee's GLA Complex. It contains GLA, Vitamin E and Sunflower Seed oil. Some of it's benefits are as listed below:

Benefits of GLA:

– Helps to balance hormones

– Helps to reduce chances of abnormal cell growth.

– Helps to maintain overall health of nails and hair.

– Helps to reduce chances of PMS

– Helps to reduce menstural cramps

– Helps to regulate menstrual cycle.

– Improves skin complextion

– helps to improve and prepare with:

1) Pre-menstural

2) Menstrual

3) Pre-pregnancy

4) After pregnancy

5) Pre-menopause

6) Menopause

(Source from Google)

And yes! I am a Shaklee distributor and you can order from me! hehe... Anyway, I guess this worked for me, because I haven't had a pimple on my chin for about 2 months! Not even during my menses! Hooray!

My other gripe though... is UV rays. I have started a routine of running. I am aiming to run a Half Marathon (HM) by end of this year. So I have this running plan that is entering my 4th week. So when the kids are off to school, I go out and run. The thing is, by that time, the sun is already up and is really hot. But being as determined as I am (chewah), I plow through, only to have my skin burnt like the back of a 'kuali'. I always apply sunblock. But i still get tanned very easily. And I am worried that the sun will make my skin age faster! NNooooo! But I still need to run :( . Maybe I should run under the shades, but that would make it harder to find a suitable running path. Sigh, need to find more solutions. Like probably migrating to another country with a cooler climate. Or a spot on the earth farthest away from the sun, maybe?

I ran my first run for January last Saturday. It was a spur of the moment kinda thing, since I suddenly saw a post on FB selling 2 women bibs at once, just hours before the race. If it was just one, I wouldnt have gone. Talk about fate! Medal was really cute :). 

I was really tired though because I didnt get enough sleep on Friday, and Saturday morning was really busy with cooking (will talk about it in later post), so to run on Saturday night was really a challenge. However, my pace was better than my training. The distance was supposed to be 9km, though I clocked only 8.83km on my Runtastic.

Hah, so... will I ever run a HM by year end? Please support me! If only I had a personal coach who can push me on my lazy days haha!

Till my next rant, au revoir!

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