UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

Malaysia • Age 58

Joined myLot 15 years ago

UmiNoor is a writer, crocheter, knitter, mother, grandmother and wife. Follow me on Instagram @hookedbyumi where I post my crochet or knitted items.

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UmiNoor's Discussions

Where to find crochet patterns?

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 2 Aug

I love to crochet in my spare time. But I don't design my own patterns. I have to look for patterns. Sometimes I find them in books or I would just google them. If you crochet or knit, where do you usually find the patterns for...

crochet

patterns

google

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3 people

Are you close with your parents?

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 1 Aug

My parents are both still alive but I don't think I'm very close with them because for one thing, I'm married. And another I live in another country from my parents. My sister used to call them every morning, I was told by my...

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3 people

Children who don't listen to their parents

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 1 Aug

My niece recently gave birth and my sister is a grandmother yet another time. My sister has 5 children and this is her last child who just gave birth. It's a happy occasion for both mother and grandmother. What saddens my sister...

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8 people

A kind-hearted McDonald's manager

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 27 Mar

I remember once when I was eating at a McDonald's restaurant, I saw this child, maybe about nine or ten years old or maybe younger went to the counter to order ice cream. He paid in coins and when the cashier counted the coins,...

act of kindness

mcdonalds

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11 people

Cryptocurrency advise

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 26 Mar

My sister asked me about investing in BitCoin. I'm not very informed about cryptocurrency but as far as I know, it's just imaginary money on the Internet. I may be wrong so I would just like to know if there are anybody on MyLot...

bitcoin

cryptocurrency

investment

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6 people

I never asked to be born

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 21 Nov

My sister is having some problem with her youngest daughter and every time they get into an argument, the child will say to her,"I didn't ask to be born." and this statement can really be hurtful to a mother. What do you think?...

family

daughter

argument

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8 people

Google is my referee

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 23 Dec 22

At times, I will find myself in a situation where I disagree with someone. And when that happens, I will always resort to Google for the answer and more often than not Google will become the means to break up a fight over some...

google

settle an argument

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2 people

My daughter asked me a difficult question

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 23 Dec 22

I have four daughters and one of them always can come up with some very weird and difficult questions. And as a mother, I feel that I have to give her a satisfactory answer. But sometimes I feel that she just wants to air out what...

children

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4 people

What will make you leave a review on a product that you have bought online?

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 23 Dec 22

I buy a lot of stuff online because it's much cheaper and it's delivered right to my doorstep. Sellers always appreciate a review but if I have no reason to leave a review, I will not. There's this shopping platform that I use to...

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4 people

Assume everyone is a scammer

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 30 Sep 21

This is the advice I give to anyone who wants to join Facebook, Instagram or any dating site. It's from my own personal experience. Someone close to me got scammed on Facebook. The problem is he doesn't think he's being scammed...

facebook scam

scam online

instagram scam

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12 people

Down with vertigo again

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 5 Mar 20

I haven’t been feeling so well since yesterday after I came back from my daughter’s school. I felt so dizzy and light-headed. I think my vertigo coming back again. I don’t think it’s the coronavirus, if that’s what you’re...

vertigo

dizziness

coronavirus

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4 people

Fried Rice for Breakfast

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 2 Mar 20

I made fried rice for breakfast. It’s an easy dish made with rice and soy sauce and eggs. Quite vegetarian. No meat at all. If I had prawns or squids at home, I might have made a different kind of fried rice - maybe Chinese style...

fried rice

vegetarian

breakfast

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6 people

When you don’t remember the person who just said hello to you

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 28 Feb 20

What do you do when someone you’re supposed to know came up to you and said hello? It happened to me a few times. There was this woman who just came up to me and said hello. Not to be rude, I said hello back but for the life of...

hello

stranger

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12 people

Running out of masks

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 27 Feb 20

Because of the Coronavirus fear, we’ve been advised to wear masks when we go out. But I’ve discovered that all pharmacies where I live have run out of stock. Fortunately, I still have some old stocks at home. What about where you...

face masks

coronavirus

pharmacy

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8 people

What is Virily?

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 27 Feb 20

I’ve heard this website mentioned many times here in myLot. I understand that it’s a writing website. I went to the website thinking that I might want to join as a member but I just can’t find a way to register as a member. Has...

virily

writing website

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5 people

Have you watched the Netflix docuseries about the death Gabriel Fernandez?

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 27 Feb 20

This is one of the saddest documentaries that I had ever watched. Gabriel Fernandez, a 7 year old child, died after months of torture and abuse at the hands of his own mother and her boyfriend. Nobody came to help the child....

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1 person

Do you eat squids?

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 27 Feb 20

I had squids cooked in soy sauce for lunch. Some people might not want to eat squids. Or perhaps not know how to cook squids. Do you eat squids? How do cook squids?

cooking

squids

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10 people

Olympics 2020 might be cancelled

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 26 Feb 20

Because of the spread of Coronavirus, the Olympic Games 2020 might be cancelled. I think it’s best to cancel this global games because we need to contain the virus. Imagine the number of people that will be going and...

olympics 2020

tokyo olympics

coronavirus

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7 people

Crocheting while watching television

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 25 Feb 20

My daughter scolds me for crocheting while watching television and then blames me for not focusing on what I'm watching when I ask what's happening. I agree with her but I just can't sit down quietly and watch the television. I...

crocheting

watching television

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8 people

Crocheting cardigan work in progress

UmiNoor @UmiNoor (4523) • Malaysia 25 Feb 20

I've been crocheting this cardigan since last week. Now, I have only two sleeves to crochet and the neck. I thought I want to give this cardigan a hoodie. What do you think?

crochet

cardigan

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6 people