. . .eating...

eating good food. . .

One of Papa's lecture to me when the kids were growing up was about eating good food and drinking lots of plain water. Papa reads newspapers. . .when I was young, I remember having newspapers to read everyday. Papa will read the paper from front to the back, withour leaving any column behind. . .I think. . for he spends a long time to read them. As a result he knows lots of things and shares with me. Papa said kids need good food, kids are also like a tree, it will grow big and healthy when you water them, put fertilizer to them. So, in order for my children to grow healthy I need to feed them well. I know and thanks to Papa who constantly share infos with me. I did follow his suggestions, my kids were well fed when they were in my custody. . .I will definitely feed them with good nutritious food when they are back with me. . .InsyaAllah.

I am still watching my diet as always. I eat good and nutritious food which I cook when I have the time. Good food is the key to good health. healthy body and healthy mind.

When Khairina and Farhana were abducted from us, I couldn't eat for several weeks. The first week was terrible, I can't eat. . .I was crying and feeling very weak. I just couldn't get myself to eat. I was hungry but I can't eat. My Sayang Riza was no better . . . we shared our food. . .eating was then just to keep us alive and gave us energy to pray. We were too devastated by the abduction, they were taken away from us. We were in such a terrible state . . . we need to gain back our strength in life and continue for we have so many other things that we need to do as long as we live in this world. From the day the children were taken away. . .we recite Yaasin daily. . .My Sayang Riza never missed. . .we are still reciting . . .every single day until the children return to us. We will not stop. InsyaAllah...

Spiritually. . .we are getting stronger and stronger day by day but physically we were still weak. . .we were not eating well. By November 2010, I was already back to work and we were squarting in Kajang at Paman Komari's house, abah's cousin. We ate out and occasionally eat with paman. We just eat to survive. Then we returned to Batu Gajah for weekend and the school holidays.

Alhamdulillah, we are eating better now. I can cook my own food. Choose my own vegetable and cook them. Life is wonderful. Meals are very simple nowadays, Basmathi rice, one meat dish, one vegetable or salad and My Sayang Riza's favourite Sambal Belacan. For fruits, i go for fruit juice as they are easier to keep, fruit gets 'kecut' and it got rotten.

I have some time to do what I like best, that is to cook for people to it. Thank you for this opportunity again.,