Moist Cake & Dry Cheeks

Haze is coming back, everyone! So, lets take a good care of ourselves. Usually, the airport tower can clearly be seen from this junction. But not this morning. Rasa suffocated kan?

It's hazy everywhere, hot and humid too. Menyiram pokok pagi-pagi pun peluh meleleh-leleh dari dahi jatuh ke pipi.

 

Pity him, my little cheeky boy is a bit cranky lately, may be it is due to his irritated skin. First time masa kena, we all thought it was ruam susu - oh i rasa guilty sangat, rasa macam tak pandai menyusu anak sendiri. Bila jumpa saudara-mara and orang-orang yang sangat caring, they all suruh lap dengan kain basah after nursing him, suruh letak air liur i, suruh sapu lipstick, suruh sapu kulit pisang, suruh sapu minyak kelapa dara. Thanks all, but it didn't work either.   

Before bawa jumpa paed, i asked my bff Siti Aisyah, sebab his son pun pernah kena macam ni. And Alhamdulillah, she was so generous to give this MooGoo skin balm for me to try. 

Cara guna, gently rub this MooGoo Irritable Skin Balm into the infected skin - i sapu pipi, perut, dada, belakang. MooGoo Skin Balm (called Eczema and Psoriasis Balm in Australia) is organic based. Maknanya, this non-chemical based ointment, andaikata baby termasuk ke mulut pun is not harmful. Tapi, knowing it is organic based, so, the healing process may take more time. Tak apa, sabar, pelan-pelan sembuh juga akhirnya. For more info on this product, click here.

Bila i took my boy to Annur, the paed agreed that this inflamed skin is from eczema. And he also recommended me to continue using that MooGoo balm. Lepas guna for about two three weeks macam tu, pipi dia licin balik. Tapi, seminggu ni dengan hot weather nya, makes his eczema worse. Tambahan, the nursery is not air-conditioned. Bila pick him petang-petang, lagi merah pipi dia, kesian... 

Ok, today i wanna share morning tazkirah, that i listened from our siaraya, regarding bersedekah.

Antara kebaikan di dunia ialah:

-Mensucikan harta dunia

-Menolak bala dan penyakit

-Menyenangkan hati orang miskin

-Melapangkan pintu rezeki

Manakala kebaikan di akhirat pula ialah:

-Sedekah menjadi naungan baginya

-Meringankan hisab amalan

-Memberatkan timbangan amalan baik

-Memudahkan meniti titian siratulmustaqim

-Menambahkan darjat baginya di syurga

Sayang-sayang sekalian, bersedekah itu tak semestinya dengan wang ringgit dan juga harta kekayaan. Malah, memberikan minuman kepada yang haus pun dikira bersedekah, menolong orang yang memerlukan pertolongan kudrat pun dikira bersedekah, tasbih dan istighfar ke atas seseorang pun dikira bersedekah. Senyum pun sedekah. Apa lagi dalih yang kita mahu bagi? Dan memberikan sesuatu yang kita sayang, tidak akan mengurangkan harta kita walau sedikitpun. I note di sini pun sebagai pesanan - firstly untuk diri sendiri, selebihnya untuk manfaat readers semua.

Oh ya, last night entah kenapa i had a craving for something sweet after berbuka. So, my penyakit baking addiction datang kembali, there was no denying it. The joy of baking is when you see the cake rise evenly and you smell its intoxicating scent.

Again, this time i used the silicone baking mould. Berkira-kira nak beli yang besar sikit lepas ni. Tips i get from @mamatiamia, silicone mould  gives the cake more brown effect and the cake masak sekata. So, after fifteen or twenty minutes lepas masuk oven - lepas dah nampak brown sikit, you should cover the top with towel or aluminium foil to prevent extra browning. 

Last week sangat disappointed, i baked strawberry butter cake and i burnt it! It was a slap in the face, rasa bodoh sangat sebab i over-preheated my Europa. Entah kenapa boleh lupa, siap boleh buat kerja lain before place the cake in. Jiwa tidak tenang ketika itu. Baking untuk mencari ketenangan kononnya, tapi banyak tuntutan house chores.

For me, cake is happiness - if you know the way of the cake, you know the way of happiness, if you have a cake in front of you, you should not look any further for joy.

My golden butter cake. Soft and moist.

 A piece of cake - i saw the world i had walked since my birth and i understood how fragile it was.

I mengaku, portion tu i makan sendiri. One piece was not enough la. Sebelum tidur pula tu. Penderaan jiwa sungguh kalau i nak kena tunggu sampai ke pagi baru ngap.