A mother's recipe for supporting her family
THE sudden loss of her job spurred a determined mother in Raub to start a food business to support her family and pay for her daughter's heart treatment, reported Kosmo!.
Amizaliana Baharom, 41, runs a small home-based food business after her contract as a cleaner in a palm oil mill was not renewed.
She makes kuih sepit, sambal pucuk ubi and sambal kantan with her mother, Narizan Wahab, 61, to sell around the village.
'This is just the beginning. We are producing in small batches and hope more shops will take our products,' she said.
From the earnings, Amizaliana helps cover family expenses and finance her 18-year-old daughter Nur Alya Najihah's treatment for a perforated heart.
Nur Alya underwent surgery in 2020 at a cost of RM42,000.
'Thankfully, we received some financial assistance, but we still had to pay a portion. She no longer requires medication, but continues to be monitored by doctors,' said Amizaliana.
Her husband works as a school security guard, earning about RM2,000 a month and lives apart to care for his elderly father.
With limited income, Amizaliana worries about their son who excelled in the STPM and dreams of becoming a teacher.
> Actress Siti Saleha has confirmed that she's expecting her first child, ending over a week of viral pregnancy speculation, reported Sinar Harian.
The 35-year-old shared the wonderful news with her fans on Instagram, with a photo of her husband Joshua Fitton in Bali.
Eagle-eyed fans immediately noticed Siti was also holding up an ultrasound scan.
'We've been keeping it a secret for long. Josh ate a little too much, and his tummy looks really bloated. So I figured I'd match his belly with mine,' she wrote in her post.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
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