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bean sprouts

Sprouts are the only thing which can grow in any climate without any sunshine or soil. Sprouts are economical to grow and do not require any chemical sprays. They are rich in minerals and vitamins. Sprouts require minimal space, even a jug will do, and it grows fully within 3 days.

Sprouts could be had just like that or used as an ingredient in foods and salads. Bean sprouts are the most common type of sprout. Some of the benefits of sprouts are:

- Sprouts are full of bio-genic nutrition which helps a human to function properly by regenerating the cells. According to Professor Edmond Bordeaux Szekely, sprouts should make at least 25% of our food intake.

- Sprouts are a rich source of enzymes, minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. They prevent the body form ‘radical damages’ formed in our body through additives, cooking oils, preservatives, artificial colours etc. Intake of these creates a ‘chain reaction’ in the form of unstable oxygen molecules which stick to healthy cells causing problems.

- Daily consumption of sprouts prevents cancer by supplying adequate amount of oxygen. It is only when the oxygen levels are low that cancer cells grow but in a oxygen rich internal body environment kills the bacteria, virus and the cancer cells.

- Sprouts have high alkaline concentration which strengthens the immune system. Also sprouts are a good option for maintaining body weight.

- Sprouts can also combat anemia as it is a chlorophyll rich food. It maintains the normal body functions and gives relief to women from menstrual flushes.

- Due to its high protein content, sprouts can be utilized as an alternative to meat protein. Sprouts are much better than mean in terms of price, cholesterol levels and other health benefits. They are also rich in fiber content.

Sprouts are a healthy life force. They are easily grown and are much better than other types of food. Sprouts can be had at any time with anything.

## penah x korng bce sal sprout juice??what i know sprout juice has a lot of benefits...but exact benefit cm x sure sgt...im planning 2 drink sprout juice evyday...tp mummy ckp kalo high protein sgt nt tkut kne gout...huhuhuh any comment???sape2 ade come across bout sprout juice ni bgtau laa yerrr...

Day After Chrismas: Trip to Pittsburgh

We were waiting for the snow to get here in Indiana, but no snow at all till today! In fact it is sunny & the remaining snow from last week is melting. Aiyooooo..... (sabar aje la)

Anyway, we went to Pittsburgh yesterday. The main plan was to visit the Carnegie Science Center, then later that night we were going to have dinner at a Taj Mahal Restaurant.

We stopped at Pittsburgh Islamic Center for solat.

One of the many bridges in Pittsburgh.

Things to do at the Science Center:
1. Get to tour on a real USS submarine 'The Requim' (pronounced as Ray-quim) used in 1940s-1960s I think.

2. Science area where they show & explain how things happen in our lives (from micro-organisms, echoes, volcano eruptions, hurricane, tornado, color spectrum, etc)

3. This is our favorite area- The Roboworld. It shows why we are so dependent to robots to do factory jobs (that would be very hard task for human). The best part is that we could compete with the robot in games, like shooting basketball, playing carom billiards, and soccer table. I think we spent almost 2 hours here, since the robot always beat us, and we couldn't stop from playing again.

This robot sense the heat in our body.

Amin while playing the carom. Can't beat the robot huh?

4. Seaworld - boooring.. I think it was kinda a half-hearted exhibit. The aquariums were small, and the fish were small too. I wish they got shark/dolphin in there.. or at least a big turtle.

5. Interactive area - this area is for kiddy/school students. Nothing interest me that much, but Muhsin love this place.

6. The New Sports Center where they have wall climbing, Yo-yo (you have to push down the cable really hard to the ground, and the cable push you back up in the air), roller coaster simulation, riding a bike on a steel on high altitude, etc. Again, mostly were for kiddy/ school students.
Me and Amin tried the roller coaster simulation since it was the only teens/adults thing. We were waiting in line for 1 1/2 hours, and guess what? The simulation wasn't that real.. and they used computers for the graphic simulation from 1999 technology! That was like.. PS2 technology duhh...

So, for the price of $14 for adult, $10 for kid, I think the exhibits were not that great. It totally WOW the kids (like Muhsin & Hana), but I was not that impressed.

When the Science Center closed at 7pm, we headed to Taj Mahal Restaurant. I called earlier and tried to book the seats, but they said the place was full & we had to wait. Since we were on our way already, we just went there to see the place. And yupp, when we got there, it was full & there were like 3 groups waiting to be seated. Aiyo... we canceled to eat there, and just ordered pizzas at Pizza Hut.

We got home around 11.30pm, and I went straight to the bed to sleep. What a trip!

Quick update

Salam semua..
I'm really having a hard time trying to keep up with this blog. The never ending house chores jgn cerita la kan.. punya la banyak mende kena buat kemas rumah, laundry, masak yada..yada.. kalau nak tau how my schedule looks like

5:30 AM Bangun get ready gi keje
6:15 AM Kejut Irfan, siapkan baby bucuk etc
6:30 AM Drive to daycare, drop off Irfan then off to work
6:45 AM Arrive at work
5:15 PM Berlari balik keje and pick up Irfan
6:00 PM Buat susu Irfan
7:00 PM Panaskan lauk (kalau takde lauk kena la start masak) and bagi Irfan makan
8:00 PM Irfan mandi
8:30 PM Irfan minum susu... mama & dada makan
9:00 PM Tidokan Irfan..sometimes mama& dada pun tertido2 skali

So mana ade masa nak update blog. Anyway I wrote the stuff below in italic kat office

"I don't know where to begin. I feel discouraged today. Work is not fun anymore. Office politics, BS-ing, Kiss A$$-er you name it euurghhh. I hate manufacturing. Anyhow.. I don't want to get stressed out dgn benda2 mcm ni. I just learnt the importance of healthy mind.. so let's cheer up and think about my baby bucuk Irfan. Waaaahhh....sooo bussuuuukkkk laaa nak gomol hehhe. Irfan is at a stage where he's getting really2 manja, playful and what ever that he does is really interesting and cute and cheeky hehe. You can tell that I'm obsessed! One of the things that Irfan and I like to do is to look at family pictures. We'd look at the framed pictures and I'd recite the name of the family members starting with 'MAMA' 'DADA' all the aunties, atuks, onie/grandma, uncles and so on. So everytime when we look at the pictures I'd say 'MAMA.....' and pause and now Irfan is under the impression that framed picture= mama. So instead of calling me MAMA, he's been calling the framed pic MAMA. Isn't that hellarious. Ahhhh... "

Jom layan gamba Thanksgiving at auntie Cah's

Irfan in the lil car

mama irfan yg over

comelnye anak kecilku

si kecik duduk bersimpuh

lari from dada

akikah kak emi

at oklahoma aquarium. Background is real shark

20.12

my 1st aloo parotaa~



heheh twilight!!



sgtt cedddapppp~

yang ni curd campur ngn kentang..

heheh tomorrow is my last paper 4 1st block exam..microb pract yg supposely on mon..postpone jd wed...phuuuhhh...1st block exam x abis g..but 2nd block da strt da..gggrrrr...but so far 2nd block ni ok laaa...i've made new resolution..i'll study hard ths time...nver sleep in class anymore!!n keep studyng evyday...coz 1st block ari2..i thnk im not doing well..study 4 last minutes is like killng urself!!!hooohhhoo hurmmm x per...success will always come after failure....huhuh actually we get 4 days holiday 4 christmas..i wanna go somewhere but no idea...nothng in my mind...haihzzz kt india ni mne laa yg best erk??most of my frens planng 2 go 2 kerala...i heard the place is nice..ade pantai2..hurmm i wanna go..but rser x best pg ngn people yg x berape kamcing...so i decided not to go...n the others plan 2 go 2 otii n mysore...the same thng..i dont like 2 hang out ngn orng2 yg nk pg 2...hohoho soo x per la..mayB ths time i'll jz relax at home...n planning 2 strt my "mentor sudent project=msp"...i'll be doing an experiment basically on yoga laaa... =) hihihi im doing it alone individual...nt in gp..but syahmi will be helping me...=) huhu wanna finish the project as fast as possible...then concentrate on studies.heheheh last sunday..time bday mummy..i went 2 mangalore for the 1st time!!!!!hihih orng len da pg 5-6 kali...aku br laa nk pg skali ni...coz i heard frm other people yg da pg..mangalore x der laa best sgt..huhu tht's y x semngat pon nk pg..tp sbb kn br pas exam n nk release tension...n ader free..2 yg pg mangalore gak..journey frm manipal 2 mangalore took abut 2 hours...phhhuuuhhh ngn jalan yg berlubang n sgt memeningkn!!!!!haihhzzz indiaa biler laa mau develope??kat mangalore i watchd movie..twilight new moon!!even i haven seen the 1st movie..but im stll able 2 understnd the story..hoohoho not badd..enjoyyy so much...then lunch time i tried out few indian dishes ngn chapatti...yummmy..sgt best..i even 4got the name..coz name pon mest laa name india..hehehe 1 more thng..right now i can make my own chapatti n aloo parota..yeahh i bought chapatti maker...n i thnk it's worth it..coz other than chapatti..boley msk byk2 lgi..hihih ok guys sape mau order chapatti jz let me know k!!!hihih enjoy the pics!!! =D

end block examss...

hurmmm my 1st paper is on 12/12...pathology...huuhuhu sume soalan from past yearr!!i felt quite regret coz din do past year questions...haihhzz nk bce pon x abis..cmne nk wut past year..my 2nd paper will b on 15/12...tht is TOMORROW!!!pharmacology paper..huhu all bout drugsss..thousands of drugs name 2 b remember!!!wht r d mechanism of actions..blaa..blaa..bla...huhuh actually i din open ths page 4 quite long time gak....n tibe2 rser nk on9 pg ni n check our blog...hehehh mishh my family badllyyyy.....yesterday whn i woke up,my neck wass soo pain..huhu cannot turn to left n cnot look down!!!bile call mummy, dier ckp "salah bantal"....n d pain will goes off after sometimes...but i dont thnk so it is "salah bantal"...sbb dulu kne salah bantal x se sakit mcm ni...1st i try to use "koyok"...mule2 jer reduce skit sakit 2..then after tht i try 2 apply sprain cream tok joint n muscle pain...cream 2 panas n best...but the pain is still there!!!phuuuhhh then at night...around 10.30 i took a nap ats meja blaja..huhu after bgn jer...i found there were rashes around my right cheek n right fingers..not ony rashes tp rase panas gak.mule2 x perasan pon rashes 2..ingtkn 2 cream tertumpah kt tgn o terkena muka...tp bile ngk cermin..haaa mmg rashes yg slalu dpt time allergy 2...huhuhu aiiyooo x kan kne allergy lg....hurmmm then i just ignore n contin studyng..sampai laaa trbgn 3 am ths morning..(heheh din know wut time i went to bed last night) huhuhu bgn2 pain kt leher is still there.. =( (sooo dissapointd..hope sgt after bgn da x de pain) n bile ngk cermin...ader rashes kt left side of the neck plakk..n left ear...(left neck ni laa yg sakit)....haihzzz...allergy...allergy x abis2...especially time examss..huhuhu malang sungguh rser nye...rashes kt muka n tgn da x de da..x severe sgt ponn.. i really dont know wut to do with neck pain ni...ptt g urut ker??tp orng india mne tau cr urat..nnt x pasal2 mkn sakit plakk..haihzzz yesterday the whole dayy i've been like a robot...should i be like a robot again 4 todayyy???????? =(:::::::::: next2 exam paper is on 17 n 19....i'll do my bestt..do pray for me.... =) muahhxx misshh all of u..


janet...irfan sgt2 cute....at least he makes me smile early in ths morning..luv 2 watch his video..time dier wut sound 2..ehhehe chumeyyy...

ni laa rashes kt leher 2...heheeh saje jer poyo2 mek gamba....hurmm tp da kurng n hilang lame2..sakit kt leher 2 yg still ade... =(::::

More videos 14-15 months old

Irfan watching Yo Gabba Gabba in the car

Anak kecilku at 15 months old

Heuheu kecik no more...
I love Irfan so much!
Sorry baby m0mma selalu busy masak la, laundry la, kemas rumah la, keje la... rasa memang tak puas spend time dengan Irfan. Sometimes rasa sedih sgt terpikir yg this moment won't last forever, in a blink Irfan akan dah nak start sekolah etc. Sekarang ni memang best main dgn si kecik ni, tgk muka cute dia and gaya2 dia yg macam2.

At 15 months

• 80% of food Irfan is food org besar. Kalau bagi babyfood or anything to do dgn toddler food dia memang tak nak la
• Irfan tak suka makan veggie...uuurrrghhh ni yg tension. So bagi dia veggie babyfood dlm jar (ni pun kena paksa). kalau yg masak sendiri dia memang tak nak telan. Susahnyee
• Dia suka panjat2
• His interest in toys mmg obvious. He started to appreciate toys and start main2. He looks very2 tekun kalau main huhu
• Kalau irfan tgk frame gamba yg ade mama & dada.. dia start senyum and ckp... 'mmaaammaaa...aaaaabbbbbaaa' very cute
• Irfan sgt la manja dgn m0mma especially time dia sakit or lapar huhu
• His fav food is pancake, ommelette, GRAPES, yogurt,cheese tak ke american anak aku?! Oh and nasi... melayu tetap di hati
  
• He knows where his belly button is
• O000 Irfan dah berlari2 mcm anak kucing. Kalau kite panggil dia suruh dtg kat kite...makin la dia lari. Tsk tsk tsk...pandai sungguh
  
• He likes to sort his toys and put them in the bins then keluarkan balik...sgt pandai!
• He likes to play with his dadda.. especially main kick bola & balloons
  

Irfan...I want you to know that I love you so much dear. Thinking of you makes me smile...everytime.

1st Snow Storm in KC

We were doing our laundry at coin laundry last night when the snow hit KC..

I asked Amin, "Why did we bother to go out & do laundry at this hour?"
(Amin skidded a few times while driving, & fortunately there was no other cars on the road).

This morning, when we woke up..

..the temperature hits -13 degree Celcius! Woaaa.. we are bundled up at home today.

Sepanjang Cuti Thanksgiving & Hari Raya Haji

On Tuesday.. made Almond London cookies & fried some muruku..


On Wednesday, hunting for a turkey roaster oven. Found one at Target for only $22.

Now.. everything's ready.. hoorayy..

On Thursday, we didn't do anything much in the morning. All stores closed since it was Thanksgiving. So we just lepak2 at home and later went to the Asian stores to buy some groceries. (Apparently they didn't celebrate Thanksgiving).

Later at 3pm, Amin took out the turkey from the fridge. Guess whatt.... the turkey was still frozen macam batu :S We had to thaw the turkey in a bucket of water for 3 long hours.. It was quite frustrating because we stored the turkey in the fridge for 3 days already, and in a perfect world, the turkey should be ready to marinate when we took it out.

At 6pm, Amin was getting ready to cook the turkey. First, he rubbed it with butter & black pepper. Then into the roaster oven for 2+ hours.. In a meantime, I cooked the bread stuffing and mashed potatoes & gravy.

Irfan.. while waiting for the turkey to cook :D

Turkey done and we were ready to eat!

The turkey was a bit dry but very delicious. It was Janet & Ifran's first time eating turkey. It tasted exactly like chicken but with its own flavor. We are looking forward to cook it again next year :)

Bad day

We had a great Thanksgiving break but I'll blog about it some other day. Need to upload some pics first anyway.
Earlier today we had an unfortunate incident. We were at a Akikah event in KC, Irfan was happy running around chasing some balloons and suddenly he fell down and bleeding so bad. I was so panicked nasib ade Zuhri and Gem. Darah memang banyak..Irfan jatuh tersembam and pecah bibir atas and his gums too. I felt so miserable.. I was watching him play and dia jatuh depan mata ku but I couldn't do anything. Seeing Irfan bleeding and crying in pain really broke my heart.. I was speechless and tiba2 panick sgt. Takutnyee I will never ever let him get hurt again.

Pening

I'm so pening right now.

• Rumah bersepah tahap agung. Since pindah dah kemas sikit then kena pack balik stuff since pest control datang spray umah because of spider issue. Now dah bersepah balik..
  
• Laundry! Loads of laundy. Everyday ade je baju nak basuh. Baju ygtak terlipat pun banyak. Raja kecik pakai baju 5-6 helai sehari. Every time 'cherry' kena salin baju lain sbb bersepah huhu
• Toilet kotor nak kena cuci...aiyak
• Dishes nak kena basuh
• Pants and jeans Irfan nak kena jahit...panjang2 sgt
  
• Mail and paperwork nak kena go thru. Mail dah berlambak2 tak sort and baca lagi
  
• Tudung nak kena special basuh... handwash warggghhh mana ade masa
• Kitchen nak kena kemas. One problem is we dont have a place for most of the items. So semua barang2 bersepah atas kitchen table la.. boxes stacking la....

Dah la after writing this entry rasa I better off kemas rumah la. Ni dah memang duduk dalam storage area je rasa. Warrrggghhhh the never ending chores! Welcome to parenthood.

Baby Irf4n- 14 months old

I missed Irfan's 13 month milestone! Sorry yumi.
Last month was brutal. All of us were sick terribly for the whole month! First was the Flu, both Irfan and I had it for almost 2 weeks. I missed work for a week. The doc even told me that I might had the swine flu. Crazy. Then Irfan got ear infection. It took him two weeks to get better. The antibiotic wasn' working at first so we had to switch.
The following week the whole family had stomach flu. Started with Irfan, he picked it up from the daycare and shared the virus with us. Kesian dia muntah2 and diarhea. We were sick for another week.

Alhamdulillah now semua org dah better. Last week we had our house sprayed to get rid of the bown recluse spiders. Kansas is actually one of the states yg ade banyak brown reluse, one of the most dangerous spiders in the US. Memang la sgt depressing when you found 7-10 spiders in the house within 2 months. Few of them were the recluse. I was scared to death. There were few times when Irfan was playing and the spider was just 1-2 ft away from him!! Ya Allah tolong la lindungi kami..

Anyway back to the milestone

• Irfan started walking towards the end of 12 months old.
• Irfan dah pandai minum pakai straw, turn on and off switch at 14 months old
  
• He likes to imitate me for example bunyi2 that I made using my mouth
• He likes to throw stuff on the floor... whatever that he comes accross
• He loves to play with his toys...kalau dulu dia tak nak main sgt. But now every morning soon after he opens his eyes he will look forward to play with the toys. The mickey plane used to be his favorite.. now tak sure la eh
  
• His weight is not quite 20 lbs yet.. sedihnye kecik anak m0mma
• Irfan is very picky when it comes to his meal. Memilih sangat..semua tak nak makan. Meat mmg jarang la makan.. veggie pun no-no. Susah la. The only food he cares are banana and grapes adoi dah la budak ni kecik mcm tak cukup makan. He doesnt like most ofthe stuff that I cook too...sedey2
• Gigi Irfan dah penuh..morlar sume dah ade. I think he has 12 teeth all together

Here are some random pictures of Irfan within this few months.

Our last baby gathering


Bestnye tido dgn Irfan

Zuhri decorated the hotel room for my birthday



My birthday celebration tgh sakit2

Irfan 14 months old with the bday present

Irfan likes the box better

Our prince charming

Halal Turkey

I went to 3 local groceries stores today to buy some food that are on sale. Guess what I found?

HALAL turkey at Food Festival! I bought a tom, 13+lbs @ $1.79/lb.

And.. guess what else I found?

They now have a section at the frozen area full of al-Safa halal burgers/nuggets/pizza. This is the first American store I found in KC that sold halal items. We usually have to go to Somali/Arab/Pakistani grocery stores at downtown to buy these. I wonder, if they start selling Crescent whole chicken/legs/wings, then that will hurt the local Muslim businesses.. hohoho.

First Snow in KC!

When I woke up yesterday morning...

.. our first snowy day.. yeehaa..
But the snow melted later during the day.

Last weekend, we babysit Irfan while Janet & Zuhri cleaned up their house.

Irfan was so happy playing with his toys in the hotel room. Comey sgt... see ya all again in a week! We are still looking for a turkey to cook on thanksgiving day :)