Mem of the House

The House

2012-01-23T08:31:00.000+08:00

There's so many small titles i have in mind to write about especially on what we have encountered here in Adelaide. But may be for a start, i'll write about the house first. I hope this comes as useful for anyone who wants to come to Adelaide, of course tak laa macam student guides... Kita sedar kita baru 2 bulan jagung...

Undoubtedly, house rent is the biggest expense for any family settling in overseas.
So, i had been searching for the best houses since kat Malaysia lagi...kunun2 nak dapat the best deal.

For us, we only need a 2-bedroom house because the kids want to sleep together. But most agents will most likely reject if they see 4 kids + parents applying for a 2-bedroom. So we had to pick a 3-bedroom and that extra room is vacant. It's waiting for Mujahid or any friends who want to come over!

Location is important and factor that in, the rent is not cheap. Since the speed limit is a strict 50 or 60kmph depending on the road, staying too far from your uni/workplace will make commuting stressful. Since the parking in the city is expensive (like 5 dollars per hour), Abi takes the bus to work and although the hospital is only 7-8km away, that already takes him half an hour each trip. We also choose a place near the Islamic School, which is situated at Croydon suburb. We wanted so much to find a house at Croydon but rumahnya lama2 and over-priced. Kalau rumah tu ok, the agents/owners pulak yang choosy and lambat bagi feedback on our applications.

Kids on the way back from nearby playground...

Also, this particular suburb, Ferryden Park where we now stay, has a few malaysian families nearby. Conveniently too, our house is near an asian groceries store and Coles supermarket.

The place where i got my supplies of serai, pandan,
santan dlm tin, lengkuas dan bermacam2 lagi...

On whether you want to choose a location near malaysian communities or you want to survive as lone ranger, it is entirely up to one's choice. Engaging with other families have monetary and non-monetary benefits. Cuma ikhlaskan niat bersilaturrahim, insya Allah, stress-free..

My new workplace. Open-concept kitchen - kena laa kemas selalu...
keadaan di atas belum menepati piawai good housewife

Helping each other is part of the rukun tetangga and you certainly feel good after doing so as this is part of our fitrah...and also the kids will benefit as practising Islam is observed among themselves and seronok lah sikit kalau solat jamaah..mana yg malas tu malu alah..and join sekali,...lama2 jadi seronok... :) so, seperti hadith nabi, kambing yang sendirian lebih terdedah kepada bahaya serigala berbanding dengan kambing yang duduk dalam gerombolan...

Back to house search, i was lucky to have "experienced seniors" to assist during inspections as they can be the 'expert eyes' especially when my logics are being dominated by emotional attachment to any particular property. We had k. Nana, k. Rin, bro Risman and bro Sayuti helping us scrutinize all factors including carpeting/flooring, built-in robes, kitchen top, gardens, wall types etc etc, during our first few visits. So, consequent visits dah pandai sikit tengok2 sendiri dengan Abi...

For all the above, alhamdulillah, after more than 8 house inspections and applications form submitted, we managed to find a decent house for 330 dollars per week. that's like RM4k per month? (jgn convert, jgn convert...)

Also, it is good to search for the house at least 3-4 weeks before the Christmas week as searching process may take about 2 weeks or more. Agents (and most working people too) will be off-work close to Christmas and relatively not as many adverts and other activities as you would expect. You may want to avoid February/March as this will be the time new students arrive on top of old students' previous contracts up for renewal/termination - hence, you will find yourselves with too much competition.

our dining area - masa first week.
nothing at the lounge - masih duduk di lantai...

Unlike UK, most houses are unfurnished so tenants have to find their own furniture & electrical appliances. I find this so leceh and bertambah kos nak membeli dan mengangkut. But it can be fun if you are lucky at garage sales or you receive furniture items being passed down by other families going back for good. Alhamdulillah, we got most of our stuff from this pak arab who sold us almost everything before he went back to his home country. We bought his stuff for $700 for washing machine, fridge, dining table, microwave, tv, kettle, toaster, 2 queensize beds/1 single bed + mattresses, heater, fans, ironing board, dinnerware...long list. TQ to bro Azmi who introduced us to the kind pak arab..

Oh,...teringat landlord-ku di zaman undergrad... madam S, pakistani yang ramah mesra tetapi agak garang.... Rumah yang disewakan agak lengkap termasuklah mesin basuh yang pernah rosak tetapi kami pula dituduh membasuh dengan lebih muatan..huhu.

Ketika itu, aku hanya perlu membeli sekeping bidai tingkap kecil berwarna putih dari Argos untuk melindungi bilik dari cahaya terik. K
adang-kadang, apabila mood down, sejambak bunga tulip hidup dibeli untuk menghiasi tepi katil sudah cukup menceriakan.. :)

Although i am really new, but i hope this will help anyone who needs info. Coz i didn't have this info on house searching prior to us coming here..dah sampai baru tau.

Dari Balai Berlepas...opening a new chapter

2011-12-08T11:07:00.000+08:00

ALhamdulillah..we have finally arrived in Ostolia on 26th November, 8am local time.
It's 2.5 hours ahead of Malaysian time.

Just to remind kenangan manis di airport...Che Na & keluarga meneman kami menunggu di airport Kuantan.
Terima kasih kepada K. Aishah & husband also k. Jah & husband for dropping by to bade farewell.
Although only for a year, but will definitely miss the ukhuwwah!

Of course, thank you PC Hashim & family for being there and taking care of our cars while we are gone.

We arrived in warm and windy Adelaide greeted by Jalee & our long time family friend, Risman.
It's approaching summer now. Subuh ends at 6am and isya' is at 10pm.
The kids are anxious about snow but that has to wait till June, and we have to go to Melbourne for that. :)

We are staying at Risman's house for the time being. K. Rin and her 5 children are so kind to spare us a room. We are so touched by the close knit among the post grad families here. It seems everyone is so very kind to help new families settling in. We met Dr Kamarul & wife, K. Nana , Azam and wife, K. Yanti, Azmi & Aishah, bro Sayoti & k. Wan, and Yon. They are eager to share spending tips and in getting good bargains. Starting family life here on scholarship is not easy!

And the wives make good food too...so peer pressure there. ha ha

Alhamdulillah, we have found a car - many thanks to bro Sayoti who helped us inspecting it and negotiating for the price. It's a 7-seater 1995 Mitsubishi Nimbus. Nothing fancy but we were told it should be quite reliable.

We have also found a house after 12 days!...:) Gone thru series of house inspections and about 5-6 visits to the agents office to submit our forms.

Mayah & Hamza enjoying themselves at this one park in front of one of the many interesting houses we inspected. This one is at Mansfield Park. Tapi tak jadi apply due to a few reasons...huhu

Next post, our actual house and car pic. :)

The House has new occupants

2011-11-15T23:54:00.001+08:00

Alhamdulillah, we have rented out the House.

It all happened so fast. We were called by this couple at about 3.30pm, saying that they were coming to see the house in 2 hours. It was "kemas in 'turbo' mode"!

The little episodes of "Sell This House" on channel 732 suddenly became very useful. One great tip was to try make the prospective tenants / buyers easily 'relate' with the property. They need to be able to imagine living there while making the inspection 'tour'. To achieve this, we removed all clutter and all our "personal" belongings like photo frames, children school books, food on the table, clothes, towels and whatever we think that the tenants are not interested to have/see.
Whatever on display racks, book shelves, bathroom cabinets - all cleared by 5.30pm the same day!
The trick - we dumped everything in the back room and under the beds...ha ha ha..

That same night we received both good news and "bad" news.
Good news is they agreed to rent. Alhamdulillah!
BUT the not-so-good news is they wanted to move in 3 DAYS.
That means, we had less than 72 hours to evacuate and find a new place to stay.

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We agreed to move out to make way for the tenants...our house was in berantakan' sight 3 hari 3 malam...
Our lives had never been so stressful!
From sorting out where to stay, to adding air-conds and water heater as requested by the tenants.
We had to decide instantly what things to keep, throw, give, loan, bring, add, repair, replace...
We even made a few trips to send our plants to my auntie's at Galing camp.

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We are now staying at a friend's homestay.
95% of our stuff are in boxes and suitcases.

yes, i am officially a SAHM.
The kids think that every day is a Sunday coz Umi and Abi dah tak keja.
Both of us are finishing up our annual leaves. But we are far from "duduk saje" as there are tonnes to do!
And yes, kak Min is gone for good.
My progress on domestic skills department is at snail pace...:P
Never mind that, eh? one day at a time..

Worst nightmare!

2011-10-29T16:04:00.000+08:00

I was discussing my handover with my colleague last Friday when suddenly my laptop blacked out after a small spark at the power extension. We tried to switch it back on, with and without the battery but it just didn't work.

Called up the IT support and no thanks to the long holidays for the state - the sultan's birthday on monday, the deepavali on wednesday, it wasn't until thursday that the IT guy came to check and took it away for "resuscitation"!

yesterday, ie. friday morning, at 0914 hours, 7 days after the incident, i received the WORST news one can ever imagine...i lost the hard disk. All, and i do mean ALLLLL my files are gone.

And this happens 3 days before my full hand over...i feel like screamiinngggggggg.....
did a small back up in June but only for certain files...
the rest of the stuff is GONE...family photos, 4 months of work, and my 90% complete handover notes.....
do i have the will to re-do the notes & the data...??
do i have to ask people to re-send me things?

God help me..

apa laa dosaku iniiii...
banyak sangat meng-gossip kut...huhuhu

so, moral of the story : Back-up, back-up, and always back-up your work...
and kurangkan buat dosa kering kat pejabat...

Origami, anyone?

2011-10-19T22:48:00.002+08:00

Masuk kedai buku MBS minggu lepas - Zubayr pilih buku tentang origami...
Zubayr memang suka art work.

Origami untuk anak-anak kecil - sesuai melatih kesabaran dan skills jari jemari anak-anak...
Tetapi mak ayah kena bersedia untuk melayan & me-rescue bila stuck at step 5 to step 15!

Mahkota

"Fruit basket"

Kerusi comel :)

Zubayr's favourite - Kuda!

Tambah benda baru belajar hari ni...boring juga asyik buat sampan aje....

Loads of things you can make - out of just square papers!

Make-Over

2011-10-12T01:04:00.004+08:00

Read somewhere about ways to give a house a new, revamped look, without costly renovations :-

- giving it a new paint --> never attempted on any exterior wall before

- change the curtain --> did this in raya 2009

- rearrange the furniture --> do it all the time

The House underwent a little repainting project last week.

A little background. This house was bought in 2008 from a friend who got her transfer to KL. Our friend had repainted the whole interior with cream (lower floor) and cool pastel green (upper floor) which we really like... but somehow they left out the outside paint in its original colour. So we thought, this needs a little touch up..

This is how it was BEFORE :-

And this is AFTER.

We had been searching for the right colours before deciding on white and brown.

The popular walls around the neighbourhood were grey, cream/yellowish and green.

Halfway through the painting job, when the house looked all white, i thought white is really a great colour!
It looks clean and it stood out.
If not for the brown paint yang dah terbeli, we could have settled for all white. bayangkan kalau pagar ni putih...mesti nampak luas, kan...huhu

Tak kisahlah, warna aje ni, yang penting all the lumut dah dikikis and gone!

Inilah teratak tempat istirehat..., semoga Allah merahmati rumah ini dengan mawaddah, rahmah & sakinah... kasih sayang & ketenteraman...

Want to perform Qurban but don't know how?

2011-10-10T14:14:00.003+08:00

Zulhijjah is approaching.

If you have the intention to make a Qurban but not too sure where and how to do it, you may contact :- 03-4105 3159 or email :- rayuan@ramadhan-qurban.org.

The meat will be distributed in 17 countries.
The form is below :-

or specific to Qurban in Palestine..

Little Updates; Bye2 doggy

2011-10-08T03:10:00.005+08:00

Mujahid just left for his school's post-UPSR 3D2N trip to KL/Melaka.

He's sleeping over at the school with all his friends. The teachers wanted everyone to be ready on time, no latecomers because the bus will take them very early morning to KL.

Umar & Sumayyah have final exam next week.

Balik dari sekolah tadi, somehow Sumayyah terjatuh dalam parit/longkang di sekolah...tergelincir kata dia. But she's fine, cuma habis baju sekolah sebab tenggelam dalam lumpur. Mayyah ni accident prone betul...dalam seminggu, berapa kali terantuk, terjatuh etc.

Mayyah & Zubayr menang johan acara 3-legged race
(siblings category) during Zubayr's Sports Day.

Kalau Umi balik dari kerja, memang Mayyahlah yang selalu ada menyambut kereta Umi di depan rumah samada tengah naik basikal, layan Hamza jalan-jalan atau main badminton dengan k. Min.

She's such an adorable sanguine...!

Zubayr ada graduation this coming 22nd.

Esok lusa kena pergi cari baju kemeja putih & seluar panjang hitam untuk his class performance.

Ha, ni pulak...cuba teka siapa saya...? :)

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Bye-bye Doggy

i have changed my blog template again.

It started with this email i received from a friend complete with photos of a quite famous local actress (Melayu ler) living with a puppy as her pet. It really was disturbing. She was like sleeping with her puppy, cuddling it and carried the dog like a baby. It's not haram to touch a dog but considering that one has to samak every time, it sure is tough to clean oneself for prayers. And the dog's everywhere in the house, beds and whatnots.

That made me thinking that the dog cartoon in my previous blog template macam tak patut...although it was just a cartoon and anjing pun makhluk Allah juga...cuma macam tak sesuai lah nak maintain guna gambar anjing tu lagi...

cari template gambar kucing pulak...

Sometimes, if we condone and familiarize ourselves with certain things yang tak sepatutnya, bermula dengan "alah, sporting lah", "tak apa kut", lepas tu..."sikit aje", & lama-kelamaan perkara yang kita tidak suka boleh menjadi darah daging...itulah tipudaya syaitan..

It won't take us straight from "white" to "black", but tempt us with grey areas until we give in and cross the limits without even realising...

may Allah guide me to see my faults and make muhasabah (self-check).

life is a struggle (big or small), but if we struggle for the truth, insya Allah, it will be worth it.

Approved!

2011-10-07T16:14:00.001+08:00

Just got a letter today from HR that my unpaid leave is APPROVED!
Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah.

In less than 2 months' time, mem-of-the-house will not really be the mem anymore lah...ha ha ha
For a start, the kids must realise that i am not the new maid!
They too will feel the 'pinch' of not having k. Min around.

Oh, let me imagine for a while, that for a year, there'll be...
No more office attire to worry about, meetings to attend or work emails to answer.
No more databases and slides.
No more punch cards and KPIs.
No more having to justify to anyone on that budget deficits!

but on the downside, there'll be no food on the table ready without me first having to bersilat in the kitchen!
and, we got to release our wonderful kak Min with a VERY heavy heart.

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Where to, again?

Another big variable still pending is the visa...
so, we are not really 'there', yet...

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What next?

I guess the 1 person who is worried what would happen to us single-income family would be my DAD.
I worried too, of course!
What if we don't have enough money?
What if the leave is approved but i have to let go of my post?
- it would be almost unlikely for me to get another vacant post in Kuantan. will we be another PJJ family next year?
What if i don't like to be at home 24x7x365?

Dengan doa, tawakal & niat yang ikhlas...insya ALlah, semuanya akan berlalu dengan baik..ameen...

Mega-zines!

2011-10-05T17:38:00.000+08:00

When i was small (many many years ago...), my mother used to bring back many interesting magazines for us to read, almost every month. Some that i can remember were Bujal, Dewan Pelajar, Kuntum and magazines by now-banned al-Arqam eg Al-Ain, Al-Mukminah...We also had Variasari full with cerita-cerita misteri nusantara...and of course, Bacaria tabloids :)

Anyone remember Bujal?

I remember al-Arqam's magazines because of their beautiful drawings of Islamic characters including pretty ladies/girls with big eyes wearing hijab. I wasn't wearing proper hijab until secondary school but i guess that was how Mak subtly guiding us to wear hijab. :)

Good magazines are like books - you don't want to throw them away even if they are many months/years old.
And to me, good mags should not have outdated content or content you could easily pick up from Internet for free.

Bad quality papers made magazines only good to read the first few times. Then, it becomes relai and really waste our good money. Those with too many adverts and contests are even worse.

Fashion & trend magazines also get outdated easily. And forgive my bluntness - but don't these kind of mags make you wanting more of expensive or unnecessary things? They feed us consumers the bad signals of "inadequacy" and makes us feel what we already have are not good enough..

Mom-approved Magazines

Solusi is definitely the House's No. 1 magazine right now, even kak Min pun suka baca.
For the kids, i will get hold of Ana Muslim - Sumayyah shares with her brothers. It's not really a girls magazine, despite a girlish cover.

Mayyah's favourite

And of course, for Zubayr - it's Upin & Ipin!!
I am so glad, these cute little twins propagate solat, doa and good manners in their stories.
We need these to counter too many rude & violent cartoon characters flooding the channels.

Zubayr punyeee

The other day, i went to Hamid Bros and saw this new mag called Gen Q.

Gen Q- 1st issue

It's a cool, teen-friendly Islamic magazine. Just what i need for Mujahid and Umar.
GenQ's great quality resembles its uncle, Solusi... marvelous content & layout.
I like how it feels in the hands, it is slightly bigger than Readers' Digest but not too big for them to hold while they lie down to read it.

2nd issue

Sure enough, I grabbed both issues on Hamid Bros' rack.
We are already looking forward to its third issue!

Jalan-jalan Singapore - 2

2011-10-04T18:17:00.003+08:00

Us in front of the Club

The Residence

We booked ourselves at Singapore Recreation Club's accomodation called The Residence, after hours spent searching for affordable SIngapore hotels on the Internet. The Residence ni aje yang harga satu malam around 200 dollars but ranked quite good @ tripadvisor...We add in 1 extra bed so plus another 60 dollars. All in all, it was 284 dollars inc. taxes. Rentas!

I must say, we had a great time at the Residence.

#1 : I could never forget this kind waitress at its Poolside Cafe who attended to us during our breakfast. She was so nice helping me to senduk the nasi lemak and bawakkan fresh milk for us, seeing this poor mom + 5 kids struggling. :). I think she was one cool waitress!

The pool. The jacuzzi is at far end.

Plus point # 2 : Did i mention the hotel pool? It was indoor but the ceiling is cleverly made to look like the skies!

Except for 1 Indonesian family who were there for like half an hour, and a few club members who used the adult pool, we were the only family for the whole 2 hours (well, it was Monday morning...:) )...

Oh, yes, point # 3 : we had the jacuzzi all for ourselves, too.

# 4 : The Residence's location was another plus point. It's walking distance to Suntec.

# 5 : It is also near Arab Street. Great halal food!! :) We had maveles Moroccan dishes at this outlet called Deli Moroccan near the mosque. the tawkey is melayu lady with her moroccan husband who got all the authentic spices from maghribi..

And so we ordered 2 Kebabs, 1 Lamb Briyani and tasty Mablouka rice. Mahal betul but we later discovered that 1 dish boleh makan 2 orang due to its generous portions. Kenyang sungguh, and we tapau quite a lot...:)
Their drinks a bit cair, not to my likings though. So, air aje yang rasa rugi bayar...huhu

Muj is officially taller than me!

Yishun

Before we say goodbye to Kota Singa, we stopped by at Yishun to visit Abi's uncle who's been ill.
Feels good to meet familiar faces di tempat orang. we learnt that some of the family apartments there costed about 500K dollars! insaf juga with saudara/kawan2 kita yang kerja kuat di singapore, having to cari duit since semua mahal-mahal...nursery/tadika mahal, food mahal...nak beli rumah pun kena apply...

That concludes our Spore trip notes. We really look forward to our next visits to the Lion City.

"Abi, next time balik johor kita bawak ajelah passports, eh? manalah tau..." (sparkling eyes)
"Huh?"
"Orchard Road tak tengok pun lagi..."...
although i doubt i could buy anything there..ha ha...

Jalan-jalan Singapura

2011-10-04T17:11:00.003+08:00

This is quite a planned trip since Abi's time in Japan lagi.
Abi had to be at this conference early Monday morning.
So alang-alang kena tidur, bawaklah the whole clan.

Day 1 (Sunday) : Arrival in Singapore - Singapore Zoo

We headed straight to the Zoo after passing the Immigration.

Sunday morning traffic into Singapore was a breeze. Not much queueing, plus the weather couldn't be nicer, alhamdulillah.

Singapore Zoo memang bestlah. Beautiful landscape, great set up as if we were walking in the animals' natural habitat. We can hardly see any pagar besi.

For real wild animals macam cheetah, they fixed a transparent wall so we get to see a cheetah sleeping 3-4 feet away from where we stood. Below, a white tiger. One of the three white tigers is named Omar. :)

Hamza staring at the swimming tortoise..
There are so many animals-in actions pics...this entry definitely does not do them justice.
You must go and see for yourself! ;)

We took the Zoo-per Savers ticket which includes unlimited tram rides and boat cruise. Below is one of the black & white trams.

Peak of the Zoo trip (for the kids lah) is the KidsWorld. Ada Water Park, ponies, carousel (additional charges) etc. Fuhh, diorang kalau jumpa air, selesai semua masalah. :)

Another of the kids' favourite, the Kids' Challenge. Rakit time!

Flying fox...yeeehaaa....

Abi chasing the kids...on the Dino trail

Final part of the visit,...from Boat Deck No. 2 going back to Deck No. 1.

We had to skip the Science Centre & Omnimax coz the kids (and us!) were too tired. Save it for our next trip lah. we couldn't believe why we never visit singapore with the kids before after many balik Johor trips...all the thoughts of the traffic jam & kos yang mahal etc put us off, kut..it's like selalu balik Perlis, tapi tak pergi Langkawi/Padang Besar.. :)

Blame it on the cable

2011-09-30T15:07:00.001+08:00

It's been a looong while since my last update...
The real (& unexcusable) reason was that i lost my N8 USB cable. so couldn't upload all my new photos. My old N95 uses the standard USB cable interchangeable with our Canon & Nikon.
the N8 needs micro USB cable...so we had to buy a new cable costing RM 59 just to upload my pic into the PC...huhuhu...money burnt...

Our modem kena kilat recently. Kaput. Modem baru beli 2 bulan.
Now, in the middle of configuring the new modem (hangus lagi duit)...
Ok, excuses done. Insya Allah, after this, hopefully more updates, coming! :)

This weekend, insya Allah, we will be heading south to Singapore! It's our first trip to see the Lion City. No, we are not going to the Universal Studio. Reserve that bila Hamza dah besar sikit...kecik sangat, nanti dia tak ingat, kan? (excuse Umi aje nih).

Wait for our next updates, ya...

Till then, enjoy Hamza's raya pic.

Ni Umi kata, "Senyum!"...

Hamza 'kerut'...

Umi kata lagi, "Senyum, Hamza!"

Then, dia sengetkan kepala lagi...
And kening lagi kerut...:)

U.P.S.R

2011-09-13T12:11:00.000+08:00

Selamat menjalani peperiksaan UPSR, Mujahid.
Abi & Ummi doakan kejayaan dan keputusan yang sebaik-baiknya.
Kalau tak dapat best student, 5A pun jadilah. :)

Do your best!

Salam Aidilfitri

2011-08-26T13:19:00.000+08:00

May not access this blog during this coming long holiday...
Just want to wish you Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin.

No "raya" picture of the family, yet.
But ada special picture just taken with my office team.
(It's such a quiet day today, i guess most people have gone taking early raya leave)

To Man, K. Na (most right) and k. Pah, selamat hari raya aidilfitri.
Maaf.zahir.dan.batin.

Tahun depan, tak pasti dapat bergambar raya lagi...:P

Ouch!

2011-08-26T12:58:00.001+08:00

Abi was stopping at red light @ a big junction near our house when this happened.
Some sleepy head rammed the back of our Livina with his 4WD.
This driver was still in his kain pelikat and probably was dozing off, coming up at high speed towards the junction. There was NO sound of him braking.
And he did not even apologise to Abi!
Our car was hit hard and terlanggar the car in front too.

Crushed!

We are thankful that during the incident, Hamza was not in the car. Usually Hamza akan ikut kalau hantar Zubayr ke tadika. But Abi injured himself slightly, with bruises on his knee and hand after hitting the dashboard.

And this is 3 days before balik kampung trip. huhuhu.

ALhamdulillah, our friend akh Husni & Dr Melor are kind enough to lend us their new Exora (ada bau kedai lagi with low mileage of 1900++) for us to use for the next 2 weeks.
We are so grateful, alhamdulillah as we have no other spare cars to go to work, send the children to school or transportation to balik kampung!

Peringatan sebelum memandu terutama musim raya ni,....mesti baca doa naik kenderaan without fail sebab apapun boleh jadi kat kita even though the car's static.

Happy times!

2011-08-22T15:55:00.000+08:00

Finally the day we all have been waiting for...21st August - Abi's return to Malaysia...!
Despite the late hours, knowing they have ujian penggal on Monday and not forgetting the sahur, Umar, Mayyah & Zubayr excited nak pergi airport nak jemput Abi balik. Alhamdulillah, at slightly before 11pm, we saw Abi from outside Bilik Ketibaan. Tahan mata punggah beg Abi for souvenirs.

Abi layan je diorang, qadha' 3 bulan lebih tak jumpa.

Cutting the story short, finally the 'House' is complete again.
Alhamdulillah...

nothing interesting....just clutter

2011-08-19T23:35:00.001+08:00

been pestering abi to update his blog. now, it's abi's turn to ask me what happen to mine... :P

i have 3 entries in draft modes but they are too boring for you, i am sure. despite between my last BERSIH post and this one...lots of things had happened
- our netball team made it to the quarter final for the first time ever. this is like 1 month old history.
- i went to osaka to see my dear hubby. he summed up the trip very nicely in his blog. okie, i can delete the 2nd draft, now
- i submitted my one-year unpaid leave request to the boss to prepare for the family's next adventure to...(shhh...somewhere far & nice)

I caught some virus may be - been down with terrible fever, spinning headache and coughing. it started wednesday morning right after sending mujahid for his tuition. slept the whole afternoon next to hamza. that was heaven...uninterrupted day-time sleep with his baby smell...:) Abah came actually on Wednesday but i couldn't bangun to greet him. i was really, reaally happy to see him at the door but all i could muster was just a 'hi'...cucu-cucu pulak tak de skill tunjuk happy & excited ke, they are as cool & control macho as they normally are...so i guess, abah was bored kut, he went back to kl just now, at 3pm, friday, exactly 48 hours later..huhu
what am i supposed to feel?? guilty, for sure. but may be he misses my mom.. :) my mind is so clutterrrrreddddd..
cluttered with point 3 above which i am so not sure what's the company's decision on me. (i am quite prepared as i have been turned down before. but the prospect of being unemployed can be quite scary)

2nd reason for the very messy clutter in my head is our tenant in PHP who owes us RM3K for almost 3 months' rent. we have told her to pay up by 31/8 or else we are going to advertise that apartment. i am not sure how exactly we are going to do that, but i am so tak sabar to do it... clock is ticking...tick tock tick tock pay pay pay!! we have always been lucky with tenants except for this particular one. she delays her payment, and when she did pay she did only partially. hubby still thinks she will eventually pay up. am i going to lose the RM3K by kicking her out? let's find out in 10 days. i better start drafting my advert lah..

Bersih - What do you think?

2011-07-12T00:33:00.002+08:00

Been following interesting comments in blogs/web on Bersih.
Terkejut juga ada yang muda-muda tetapi anti-Bersih!
Huhuhu...kalau jenis tak pandai bukak internet ke, bolehlah diterima... Tapi, yang muda belia, internet savvy pun, masih jugak percaya berita berat sebelah Utusan, Berita Harian, Buletin Utama...

Sebelum nak menghalau orang-orang yang pergi ber-demo tu keluar dari negara ni, menuduh mereka ganas, gila dsb..., dicadangkan supaya...

1. dengar pendapat Ust Zaharuddin Abd Rahman tentang Halalnya Demonstrasi. Demonstrasi adalah pakej demokrasi.
2. check dalam perlembagaan bahawa adalah menjadi hak rakyat malaysia untuk bebas bersuara, berhimpun dengan aman
2. check balik fakta yang Agong sendiri nak jumpa group tersebut, siapa kita nak halau mana2 rakyat Malaysia keluar dari negara ini?
3. join lah 1-2 demo yang 'aman' macam palestin ke, baru tau best dan ok je ber-demo ni. it's good to strengthen our conviction on something that we really believe in. stand out and be counted.
4. check balik siapa di belakang 60++ NGOs yang terlibat...ramai tokoh2 yang hebat takkan diorang 'gila' & 'ganas' kut??
5. bandingkan keadaan serupa di negara-negara maju, macam mana polis sepatutnya melayan group demonstrators. rata-rata, polis tidak sepatutnya memukul, mem-provoke, mengherdik, menangkap negotiator, menembak tear gas ke hospital, dan lain-lain perbuatan ganas kepada orang yang tidak bersenjata. demo palestin ok je sebab polis jaga trafik bagi laluan...
6. let go sekejap kesenangan diri sendiri, nak shopping, nak jalan2 KL during the demo hours. para pejuang dahulu korbankan diri, masa dan harta demi dakwah & agama sepanjang hidup mereka, tetapi masyarakat kita berhempas pulas fikir bab makan, main games, movies, suka rileks2 dari pagi hingga malam buta...dan tak mahu commit dengan apa-apa pun yang tak beri keuntungan diri yang segera...

sedihnya...

sekelompok manusia yang sayangkan negara melebihi sayang pada diri sendiri, tetapi mereka dihina begitu rupa & difitnah sebagai ganas pula...

"Allah swt pada Hari Kiamat akan bertanya kepada orang yang tidak berani menyampaikan kebenaran: ‘Apakah yang membuatmu tidak mahu mengucapkan (kebenaran) terhadap keadaan ini dan itu?’ Orang tersebut menjawab: ‘Kerana takut (kemarahan) masyarakat!’ Maka (Dia) berfirman: ‘Akulah yang lebih baik kamu takuti!’ "

Exciting Countdown

2011-07-08T10:22:00.002+08:00

Exciting things are happening next week, if Allah wills.
on 14th, we are going to KL for the Company's annual sports meet.
I'm menyebuking again this year - at first as a reserved player for netball. But one girl after another injured themselves, so now i'm finding myself as the team's 1st seven. Daily basis kena torture by the coach due to my lack of skills. Selama ni main rupanya tak ikut ajaran sebenar...:)

I am not really a player lah, happy to be a reserve, when i don't really have to sweat but still can claim a school player in my CV. he he he...back when i was Rumah Merah Form 3 at SMLK. eh, cannot be, i played also for my uni in 1996 Msian Sport Meet in Notts. Also, 2-3 years back in JIM Pahang's team, and we won against JIM Kelantan and JIM terengganu...ok what.... :)

Back to the match, it will be on Friday, 15th...And we have been practising daily, 1.5 hours morning, and another 2 hrs in the evening. Tomorrow, the boss ordered all players to climb Bukit Pelindung for stamina test. Ouch! That hill is notorious for its steep cerun...I hate the fact that next week is approaching so fast.., due to the coming tournament and the fact that we are so lack of practice, PLUS we have last year's defending champion in our group.

But, i DO look forward to the day AFTER the match, ....for..... Osaka trip! Alhamdulillah, i managed to get a reasonable MAS ticket price for just RM1,431 inc. insurance.

Sad part is the kids kena tinggal with my dad and k. Min...They really wanted to go, but the tickets for 5 are waaayyy too costly. i wanted to bring Hamza, sebab belum sekolah, but it won't be fair to the others.
It's my first trip to Japan, and learning from Abi, food is not only expensive but halal ones are difficult to get at his place (suburb). It's unlike Bangkok (cheaper) or HK (big city)..

Now i am so occupied with 1. netball drills 2. to prepare for the trip, and 3. to stock things at home..
exciting, exciting countdown!
:)

Zubayr's School Project Day

2011-06-25T23:52:00.000+08:00

Zubayr has been telling and reminding me not to miss his school's project day.

at first, i didn't have a clue what a school's project day is... so i just went this morning with my dad & Sumayyah. turned out Project Day is where the school put the kids' art work and science project for display...! Interesting!

This is his grow biji kacang project!

zubayr sampai sekolah terus tukar jadi malu2 nak cerita about his works...

Cak asking Zubayr on his work :)

Kakak also quite interested!

Below Zubayr and his class' work.

Umi and Abi are very proud of you, Zubayr!

Satu Hari Yang Menyeksakan

2011-06-24T23:57:00.002+08:00

Patik pekerja-pekerja makan gaji pada suatu hari telah dijemput ke program khas "'gugusan 1Y" di sebuah negeri di pantai timur yang bukanlah negeri patik...maka terpaksalah patik bergerak beratus-ratus kilometer pada malam sebelumnya supaya dapatlah mematuhi arahan tiba awal pagi...

sebaik ucapan penceramah pertama saja patik dah diserang sembelit menahan sabar melihat dakyah fahaman nasionalis lagi racist yang menyempitkan dada...
rasanya jam-jam yang berlalu itu adalah pergerakan jam yang paling perlahan dan menyeksakan kerana terpaksa menahan telinga mendengar propaganda-propaganda yang menjangkakan audience di depan ini mangkuk lagi kayu...
apa kala masuk ke gelanggang kedua, patik menahan rasa nak muntah kerana mendengar bicara nasionalis-nasionalis ini...mereka
a. begitu sayang dengan utusan msia hanya kerana ianya surat khabar melayu? ahli yg kunun äkademician" ini tidak faham kenapa akhbar penghasut, racist lagi penipu ini dibenci...
b. rakyat melayu kena ikut macam rakyat jepun tetapi pemimpin melayu tak pula ikut style pemimpin jepun yang mengundur diri jika tak deliver...
c. mengagungkan bangsa tetapi sedikit pun tidak mengagungkan agama
d. mengatakan nasib baik israel ambil palestin, jika dia ambil malaysia tak tahu nak jadi apa....tidakkah dia tahu bumi palestin itu telah dimuliakan Tuhan dan para Nabi?
.... dan banyak lagilah brainswashing statements yang cuba disumbat ke dalam telinga mangsa-mangsa jemputan kursus yang dipaksa datang ini....

tidakkah kamu semua tahu, inilah yang menyebabkan rakyat membenci kamu kerana ketagih pujian dan undian? kerana kamu ketagih orang mengenang budi? padahal apa yang kamu buat hanyalah amanah yang terbeban kerana kamu beria-ia menjadi ketua?
tidakkah kamu tahu, pemimpin yang beriman berkorban harta dan nyawa untuk tanahair dan bukan menggendutkan perut dan melawakan rambut?
tidakkah kamu tahu bahawa islamlah yang menguatkan melayu, tanpa islam melayu sesat menyembah batu?

dalam program-program ceramah, aku suka tengok muka penceramah yang bersih, berseri...rasa sejuk je kan? apa dia cakap, macam 'masuk'aje... tapi kalau penceramah2 tu riak muka macam "mendung", cengeh lagi tak de seri, sapa nak dengo...

tu je aku nak 'vent' dalam entry ni...antara hari paling teruk dalam sejarah kerjaya aku dipaksa pergi ke program macam ni...it's so unprofessional to campaign during office hours using official platform!

Special treats...

2011-06-16T01:35:00.000+08:00

Abi has been away exactly a month today. 2.5 months to go!!
We are doing okay. Especially now that my father is here, all the way from Perlis to help me. including ambik & hantar the children to school. Sometimes Mujahid finishes school at 4.30pm but i could not pick him up due to work, so he had to wait until 6pm...Or sending Zubayr when he got up late and that makes me late for work. these little things stressed me up.

Zubayr now pergi n balik sekolah dengan Cak. Malam ni pun tidur dengan Cak. I am so glad i have my father with me!
I'm still anak sulung yang manja.. :)

Anyways, i am writing about what happened last Monday. We (Finance State Officers - all 14 states were represented) were called for a Teh-Tarik Session with none other than our no. 1 Finance chief of the Group. We were quite excited about it and it turned out to be such a great meeting with the Boss. Thát must be one of the most memorable experience in my going-to-be-13 years with this co... cheh, mcm nak gi mana2 aje...ha ha..

Above pic, the TTS with the Boss chairing the table.

Previously, on Sunday night, we bid farewell to SFO KL as he would be joining a subsidiary. Dinner was held at armada, where we stayed for the night. i never knew the hotel so near to lrt asia jaya...next time gi meeting HQ dok sini pun ok. food was maveles...
Next day, after the TTS, we had lunch at menara kl's revolving restaurant. Again, food was superb - salmon, lamb, bread pudding, etc etc...:)!

And we were allowed to go to TH05, the level not open to public. Too bad it was hazy..so the view tak berapa clear..
It wasn't my first time there, but it was still a bit gayat..

On Tuesday, i went to pick up Zubayr's MyKid yang dah berabuk kat JPN Maju Junction... Dah siap 5 tahun lebih dah..., baru nak pergi ambik! :) Itupun sebab kompeni guna MyKid for medical card. If not, may be we would just stick to the surat beranak aje. Then, i went to Japanese Embassy for visa application. Yes, i'm planning to see hubby, next month! Insya Allah...just for a week, that is if visa is approved lah...tomorrow i should know if i got the visa...ameen...

Hari ni Hamza my cheeky boy, solat isyak... the solat consists of 4 kali sujud aje (no takbir or rukuk) of which the last sujud, completely meniarap... :) so cute...he did it out of sudden...sebelum ni ikut abang2 and Abi...he knows we'll áll be very pleased to see him solat. so lepas solat 4 'rakaat'tu, umi peluk habis kat Hamza...

Mujahid pulak dah start revising. His exam is next month (SPPM) and UPSR (September). Please pray for his success!

I braved myself bringing the younger kids to usrah...i see so little of them for the past 3 days!!
Mayyah wore he new black jubah. Dah besar anak dara umi. Lupa umi nak snap picture..
Mayyah and Umar took care of Hamza whilst Umi ber-usrah... i am so proud of my children.
Coincidentally in usrah today, we recited surah Ibrahim, verse 40...

"Ya Allah, make me and my children steadfast in Solat..."

Ya Allah, i do not have the strength to mendidik diri sendiri apatah lagi anak-anak..
I seek Your help to guide us...

One Day at a time

2011-06-10T16:15:00.000+08:00

It's been a long time since i last updated.
Busy is one thing, malas, and hilang minat to blog...

OK, for those who knew, Abi is already in Osaka for his 15-weeks Fellowship training.
He's been there since 16th May. If you ask us how we survive...
Well, on daily basis, mornings are always busy. Afternoon is too hot and tiring for the brain to think or the heart to feel lonely. May be that helps us from not being too sad. After work/school, have a quick dinner, and wait for 8pm skype session. Chatting hours pass by quickly...Usually by 9pm we say our good byes as ABi had to leave his Uni by 10pm. (one hour difference). Then, i'll be off for usrah, extra play time with hamza or catch up on my CSI series...

The most painful is the weekends. For the past 2 years that ABi is on his fellowship training, we always see him on weekends. Be it KB, KT or PJ, he always balik on friday night or latest Saturday afternoon. And now weekends without Abi, pass soooo sloooowww..Without school or work, it is no fun at all thinking why Abi is where he is. Imagine, i actually look forward to Monday??

And this 2-week school holiday, we didn't go anywhere. I am too lazy to go out. The boys enjoy the internet games more than the beach. Sumayyah just happy with her TV. And Hamza just wants Umi to be home. So there you go.

didn't mean to make this post such a sad one.
This is for me to read 10 years down the road.
And for Abi to "appreciate" your family's sacrifice he he he...
:)

When I fall in love...

2011-04-13T00:35:00.001+08:00

When i fall in love
It will be forever
Or i'll never fall in love...

In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When i give my heart
It will be completely
Or i'll never give my heart..

And the moment, i can feel that
You feel that way too...
Is when i fall in love with You...

(Nat King Cole/V. Heyman/E. Young)

Happy birthday, Mak!

2011-03-17T10:37:00.000+08:00

Selamat hari lahir buat ibuku, Pn Alimah...Moga kasih sayang mu terus menguatkan kami.

Opening a New Chapter

2011-02-15T14:50:00.000+08:00

Akhirnya, benda yang diidamkan sampai juga...
Sebelum ini, cuba cari yang 2nd hand untuk harga yang lebih murah tetapi tidak berjumpa.
Memandangkan target adalah bulan Februari, maka terpaksa juga beli yang baru...

lebih kurang 11 pagi tiba alhamdulillah.

my first investment in retail industry.
doakan semoga ianya berjaya.

AL Fatihah untuk Pakcik Shukri

2011-02-11T00:37:00.001+08:00

This post is dedicated to Tn Hj Ahmad Zokri Daud or PAk Cik Shukri, a good friend of my father.

He passed away just recently, much to our surprise.

He's been a wonderful, long time neighbour to our family since 1981.
He (together with his wife) was our mengaji teacher since i was 6..
we used to go to his house for mengaji lessons every afternoon.
usually Mak Cik Zizah, his wife would ajar us mengaji.
but sometimes, if he got home from work early, some lucky' kids will get to mengaji with him.
why i said ''lucky" was because his nafas was panjang. usually if we read wrongly, we would have to repeat after him. so we had to follow his longer 'harakats!'. :) that made us gasping for breaths and looking for a suitable place to stop in the middle of the ayat...silap stop, repeat lagi! it's quite a good training for pernafasan. ha, mak cik Zizah is relatively more lenient.
the best part was if anyone managed to complete the whole quran, his family would organise majlis berkhatam & makan-makan for the kids...baik, kan...?

His family has been pillars of strength to especially to Melawati's Fasa 5 community for 30 ++ years. He used to work in some government agency related to Pendidikan. He taught Maths tuition at his house. I still remember his unique tick and X marks on my exercise books. he wasn't an ustaz but he loves ilmu. He was active in surau, helping with kelas fardhu ain, bilal, nikah kahwin, kenduri, ceramah, u name it.

A very caring neighbour and kind pak cik to all the kids who grew up there...i am sure the 2nd generation of the neighbourhood will feel the lost.

nowadays, susah kita nak jumpa " pakcik2" yg caring to children, yang really concerned on agama/kebajikan anak2 orang lain...we are all busy pursuing our individual goals..

I will miss Pak Cik shukri so much! May Allah bless his soul and place him in Jannah.

Apa ada pada..

2011-01-27T21:56:00.004+08:00

1. Cinta...Manusia suka dicintai tetapi tidak sanggup berkorban
2. Duit...jika yang dapat dileburkan, yang tiada dikejar hingga malam buta
3. Nama...bila hidup menjadi beban, bila mati dilupakan
4. Pangkat..kerana keturunan bukan satu bekalan

yang tinggal adalah susunan tulang bersalut daging....
akal sejengkal dan umur yang pendek
lemah diuji lapar dan letih
takkan hidup selamanya...

To shake or not to shake?

2011-01-24T10:27:00.003+08:00

Kempen di pilihanraya kecil DUN Tenang agak menarik. Isu yang sedang hangat ialah tentang calon PAS, Cikgu Normala Sudirman yang dikritik oleh Chua Soi Lek kerana tidak bersalam (tanpa alas/sarung tangan) dengan lelaki bukan muhrim.

Lega isu ini menjadi sesuatu yang diperkatakan. Ada faedahnya perkara ini di'letakkan di atas meja' terutama bagi orang Islam lelaki yang nak bersalam juga dengan wanita Islam dalam pertemuan-pertemuan mesyuarat, kenduri kendara dan sebagainya. Atas justifikasi perhubungan korporat atau mesra alam kononnya, kita memandang sinis dan malu alah mempertahankan agama dan buat donno sahaja amaran Nabi bahawa tangan (gatal) yang menyentuh kulit wanita bukan mahram akan dibakar api!

Inilah nasib agama & bangsa jika pemimpin atasan timur di kulit, tetapi barat di isi..

Boleh baca komen-komen menarik di malaysiakini :-http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/154247

komen dari seorang pembaca : tamadun cina pun tidak pernah ada unsur berjabat tangan
begitu juga tamadun hindu.

jadi, dari mana kita ceduk ni...tak lain tak bukan dari penjajah samada portugis, belanda ataupun inggeris. rasanya penjajah jepun tak ada salam-salam...

to all men, see no touch, ok?

UPSR2011

2011-01-11T22:49:00.006+08:00

I used to think i was having it all. Living in kuantan for the past 5 years has been blissful. Despite at certain transitions with no maid around,..or no Abi around. Until these past few weeks where i am feeling over-whelmingly tired and stressful..

May be due to it is Mujahid's UPSR year.
I have been taking for granted that my kids will be able to manage their time on their own. I never really open their books, check their bags, checking their homework,...well, my parents never did that to us when we were kids.

i really hope i don't have to 'interfere' that much! but, after a few 'sessions' of bukak buku, tasmi'hafazan recently, i think, oklah..

i remember, when i was a child, the thing that motivates me was the sight of my father working hard. and he took pride in doing his best. he didn't attend pibg meetings. the only memories i have on his involvement in school activities was ...hmm, he usually sat quietly at a corner, or sometimes just standing outside the hall, looking thru the window, during the annual prize giving ceremonies..

~~~~

i went to Mujahid's school's briefing for parents last saturday.
only parents with children taking upsr this year were called to discuss any plans to improve the keceriaan and kecemerlangan of the class. it's called 'Kelab Kelas'.
it was a good meeting although only 30% turn up.
volunteered as kelab treasurer as that's the only thing i know best.
no teaching skills to offer free tuition or talks. heh..

found out from the teacher the actual 13 subjects mujahid will be taking for his SPPM (dinniyah subjects) exam this coming june, prior to UPSR in September. altogether, 18 subjects.

when i got home, i was like trying to hint some strategies to my dear son, how to complete 18 subjects covering standard 4-6 syllabus...well, mathematically, for dinniyah, satu bulan kena habis 2 subject. 2 minggu satu subject...plus kena sama2 hafal juz amma and 6 surah wajib! wa!! but he put his çool looks and no signs of excitement :)

i don't want to pressure him, but drawing a line between daily hafazan and letting him lepaking in front of the tv or playing football/internet is difficult!

all this while, i've tried not to ask my friends if their children were taking major exams, how many As their children get, as i don't want to contribute to the "societal pressure" to those mothers!

let the children get as many As they can, lah...

but u know laa 5As mothers would be more than willing to share...:)

so, x ask me what Mujahid gets, on HIS results day.

Just do your best, son!

Kelip-kelip, Rumah Api dan Meriam Kuala Selangor

2010-12-30T01:03:00.022+08:00

Tahun 2010 dah sampai ke penghujungnya...tak tahu kenapa, semacam tak sabar tunggu 2011.

25 disember, Umi & Abi mewakili IKRAM Pahang ke Mesyuarat JK Media IKRAM di Putrajaya. Selesai mesyuarat, tidur satu malam lagi di Kinrara. Esoknya, bertolak ke Sabak Bernam untuk walimah Taqi & Salwa. Seronok juga jalan-jalan di kawasan ini. Walaupun mengaku anak Selangor, tapi tak pernah sampai to this part of Selangor.

Below is my willing model, bergambar dengan pokok betik depan rumah jiran Taqi. This place reminds me so much of kampung Mak di Benut, Pontian... the smell, the tanah, the parit, the sawit. cuma rumah-rumahnya dah banglo-banglo batu...

Apapun, '..barakallahu lakuma wa barak 'alaikuma...wa jama'a bainakuma fil khair..'! untuk kedua-dua pengantin. :)

Oleh kerana jarak Sabak Bernam tak tersangka jauh begini, maka last minute decide untuk bermalam dahulu sebelum bertolak balik ke Johor. Lagi pun tarikan kelip-kelip Kg Kuantan agak kuat. lagi sekali program cuti2 malaysia yang tak dirancang :)

Lepas check in dan bersiap di De Palma Inn Kuala Selangor, terus ke Kg Kuantan. Kalau ikutkan, kelip-kelip ini ada waktu malam aje sehingga pukul 11. Penyambut tetamu De Palma tu macam dah hint aje bertolak awal ke Kg Kuantan.

rupanya memang betul kena datang awal, sebab popular juga tempat ni. Menurut kata tukang sampan, sampan ada lebih kurang 30 buah tetapi satu sampan, muat 4 dewasa sahaja. Tak sangkalah sampai kena beratur nak tengok kelip-kelip. mungkin hari kami datang waktu peak / musim orang bercuti.

Memang seronok – pengalaman naik sampan dan bermain air sungai. Dalam gelap tu, nampak air sungai yang sekeliling sampan aje. Jauh sikit, tak nampak apa-apa…gelap gelumat.
Agak-agak ada buaya ke tak…he he. Jarak dari jeti ke tempat kelip-kelip tu dekat aje.

kawasan yang banyak kelip-kelip ini adalah kawasan di mana pokok berembang tumbuh meliar dalam sungai. Dan kelip-kelip ini hanya suka hinggap di pokok berembang. Menurut Pengayuh sampan tu, di kg kuantan ini aje ada pokok berembang, jadi kat sini ajelah yang ada kelip-kelip...! alhamdulillah, jadi sumber rezeki pula kehadiran kelip-kelip di kuala selangor.

Cantik betul kelip-kelip yang keluarkan cahaya tak berhenti-henti… macam pokok krismas tapi pokok berembang ni lagi tinggi dan kembang/menjalar. Memang berbaloi lah trip ini kerana puas tengok cahaya dari ribuan kelip-kelip ni. harganya hanya RM 10/seorang atau RM 40/sampan, jadi well-recommended!

Cuba ambil gambar, tetapi tak dapat sebab gelap sangat.

The beautiful lights of fireflies on berembang trees will be forever in our memories…!

Esok paginya, selepas sarapan pagi, kami terus ke Bukit Malawati.

Umi dah tinggal di Taman Melawati hampir 20 tahun, inilah pertama kali pergi ke Bukit Malawati. :) Untuk yang tak familiar, walaupun nama hampir sama, kedua-dua tempat ini jauh jaraknya! (Hmm, Stadium Malawati kita belum sampai lagi...kat mana agaknya tu)

Apa yang menarik di Bukit Malawati?

Pertama - pemandangan laut dari puncak bukit Malawati.

Kedua - ada rumah api.

Dan ada juga tempat untuk tengok anak bulan.

Ni kut first time gi tengok rumah api dari dekat. Tapi berkunci dan tak ada tanda-tanda boleh naik ke atas... kalau boleh naik, memang ultimate holiday lah rasanya!

Ada juga meriam2 yang diletakkan mengadap laut (tapi rasanya meriam hiasan aje), dan pengalaman yang tak boleh dilupakan ialah di situ ada banyak monyet! Ada lebih 30 ekor rasanya. Bergayut di pokok, naik atas kereta, berkeliaran...

Ada 2 orang penjual kacang panjang yang boleh dibeli untuk kita beri pula kepada monyet-monyet ni. Wah, takut ler nak beri, nanti kena serbu!

Tapi tak ada pulak monyet-monyet yang serbu tong kacang panjang tu...walhal diorang berapa puluh ekor ada situ...jadi mereka ni bukanlah monyet yang liar, i suppose...?

Galeri pameran di Bukit Malawati ni rupanya ditutup hari Isnin.

Jadi masa dihabiskan dengan model-model kita berposing di sekitar kawasan tersebut.

Sumayyah dengan pemadam api beroda...

Finished touring Kuala Selangor, off we went to johore for some quality time with my MIL and SIL. the past 5 days & 5 nights of kinrara-putrajaya-kuala selangor-kempas trip has been awfully tiring. but rewarding. alhamdulillah...

Malaysia vs Indonesia

2010-12-30T00:28:00.005+08:00

Memuncak semangat kebangsaan rakyat Malaysia dengan kemenangan bola sepak Piala AFF Suzuki baru-baru ni. Penuh dalam Facebook status update - gembiranya dengan kemenangan 4-2 malam ni. Kira oklah, sports aje ni. Nothing more.

Sebut tentang negara Indonesia - teringat satu peristiwa, baru sahaja berlaku di satu program baru-baru ini. Di luar dewan mesyuarat, ada pelbagai gerai jualan.

Salah satu gerai menjual buku-buku tarbiyyah import dari Indonesia.
kalau tengok tajuk-tajuk buku dari seberang, memang menarik & macam-macam ada.
Siap duit aje lah.

Datang seorang pengunjung bertanya pada adik yang menjual.
Aku sekadar berdiri di sebelah sambil melihat buku di sudut meja.

"Buku-buku apa ni, dik? Buku dari Indon ya?" kata perempuan berumur dalam 40-an tu, sambil membelek-belek buku di atas meja jualan.

Aku menyedari perkataan "Indon" yang digunakan memang agak kurang sedap.
Tapi biasalah kalau kita dengar, biasanya buat donno aje..

tapi adik yang menjual tu menjawab, "Ya, puan, ini buku ikhwah (saudara lelaki) akhawat (saudara perempuan) kita dari Indonesia".

Sekali imbas macam jawapan biasa. Tapi jawapan itu tersirat teguran membetulkan kesilapan. Walaupun adik ni muda lagi, aku rasa masih student lagi ni tetapi jawapannya penuh hikmah! Respek.

Orang Malaysia termasuk yang melayu islam kita ni mudah menggunakan perkataan indon, bangla, paki dan sebagainya...adakah kerana kita merasa diri kita ini superior?
bukankah kita semua dicipta oleh Tuhan yang sama?

Muzakarah - a weekend in Darul Puteri

2010-12-18T23:34:00.010+08:00

Hari ini selesai muzakarah / mesyuarat perwakilan nasional jim 2010 di Darul Puteri, Cheras.

untuk kenangan, Umi nak rakamkan beberapa gambar istimewa pertemuan dengan k. Not, naqibah Umi semasa zaman students, dan Sham, room mate tahun 1996-98! Seronoknya, k. Not ikut balik dan bermalam di Melawati, sesuatu yang jarang dibuat di malaysia. Kalau masa students dulu aje yang biasa keluarga2 tidur rumah sahabat! (1997, sewaktu umi practical di cambridge untuk 2 bulan, rumah sewa di london tak ada lagi. jadi, rumah k. Not lah tempat kami "bersidang" setiap hujung minggu.) Seronoklah dapat bersembang puas dengan k. Not.

Juga gambar sebaris perwakilan dari pahang. mungkin tahun ini kali terakhir Umi menjadi 'ketua' wanita jim pahang. leganya hanya satu sessi. :) terasa berat beban amanah sepanjang dua tahun yang lepas. bagaimana pulak mereka yang dah bertahun-tahun.

bagi yang melihat mungkin mudah untuk mengkritik. lepas ni kena belajar kurang mengomen, kerja lebih banyak dari masa yang ada!

insya Allah, doaku, dakwah & tarbiyyah di pahang akan lebih mantap & exciting, di bawah ikram!

seperti biasa, umi bawa balik souvenirs program. Ada mug ikram yang special, rm 10 je satu, boleh buat cenderahati program ikram di pahang. jugak beli 1 key chain & collar pin ikram untuk abi. collar pin aqsa syarif pun ada. Istimewa jugak, ada marshmallow halal yang sangat sedap, tangkap 3 bungkus untuk budak2 kat rumah...

Oh ya, umi beli 3 buku tulisan penulis hebat ahli JIM iaitu :-

1. Kasih Terpilih by ukht Arash a.k.a Ummu Itqan (tengah baca - best jugak ni. tetapi dah lama tak baca novel. banyak beno novel di pasaran sekarang. Habiburrahman Shirrazy dah set a certain standard - tapi rasanya buku kasih terpilih ni memang setanding, if not better! :)

2. Buku 'masih panas dari dapur' (hot from the oven) : Dakwah & Harta oleh Ustazah Maznah Daud (ketua wanita IKRAM) - menjawab persoalan apa bezanya infaq & sedekah. Amat elok untuk dibaca.

3. Jadi Anda Mahu Menulis? - k. Ummi Kalsom Ngah. Yang ni belum sempat bukak lagi. harapnya penulisan dalam blog ni improved sikit lepas penulisnya baca buku ni.. tak ler bahasa bercampur rojak sangat... :)

Dapat peluang bergambar dengan kak Ummi yang sangat anggun & peramah. harap-harap satu hari nanti kita boleh menulis macam kak Ummi. :)

Antara sebab seronoknya berada dalam jamaah yang ku kasihi ini, ramainya kakak-kakak yang baik2 dan ukhuwwah yang menyegarkan perasaan. always have good memories and great feelings each time balik program. nikmat yang tak ternilai.

Ya Allah, satukanlah hati-hati kami di jalanMu...Ameen.

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"Dan Dialah yang menyatukan di antara hati mereka (yang beriman). Kalaulah engkau belanjakan segala (harta benda) yang ada di bumi, nescaya engkau tidak dapat juga menyatu padukan di antara hati-hati mereka, akan tetapi Allah telah menyatupadukan di antara (hati) mereka. Sesungguhnya Ia Maha Kuasa lagi Maha Bijaksana" (Al Anfaal ayat 63)

Beku..

2010-12-14T16:39:00.007+08:00

This blog needs some revival acts like an electric shock or something similar. i have nothing interesting to write about, i have no flair to write anyway. ughhh...Why in the world i have this blog in the first place, again?

This week is the final week of Abi's attachment in KB. That makes 19 months of weekends commuting by bus (plus they have very poor bus services from Kuantan to KT/KB).

we so look forward to him finishing this bit of his attachment. But it's not really the end yet. sabo, sabo...with each pain, there'll be gain. insya Allah.

me on leave today. Can't really rest as the plumber is here to water-proof our 2 toilets. So there's lot of hacking going on. Hamza was scared of the hacking noise, Min and i had to take turns carry him all around the house. But when he's sleepy, he really sleeps, hacking sounds or not. :)

The toilet, without the (blue, pucat looking) tiles!

I am going for new, dark brown tiles!! yeay.

The lori pasir offloading the pasir...hope the works will start soon, before the rains wash the pasir away..:)

do i have anything to write other than house toilets?

:) chiao. got to clean up the mess! this week's usrah is at our place. Tonite!

Tahun Baru Wajah Baru

2010-12-07T17:52:00.011+08:00

Akhirnya tukar juga template blog ni sebab dah lama sangat tak tukar.

Mahu dua tahun berkenan dengan scrapbook looks, tapi rasa macam dah basi.

Apa nak update kali ni?

Adikku, Buna dah selamat menjadi isteri. Akad nikah Ahad sudah, dan Ahad baru ni, kenduri di Perlis. Ramailah yang datang. Kenduri di Perlis, memang menyelerakan. Nasi putih, kerabu perut, gulai daging. Siap chef buat extra sup gearbox pulak satu periuk untuk kaum keluarga & "syarikat" yang terlibat. Slurrppp....

Selamat datang, Shahidi (a.k.a Shah) ke dalam keluarga kami. Hang jaga adik kami baik2 na...

Gambar pengantin tak ada, cameraman belum upload. yang ada cuma kat handphone Umi, gambar pengapit dua orang ni. :) thot the pic is quite cute.

Ada jugak lah gambar abang2 ipar basuh gelas2 di bawah khemah...ni gambar nak bukti kat pak mertua. :)

After the balik kampung trip, we went to Swiss Garden! Abi ada gift voucher, so apa lagi tidur cherating lah malam tahun baru hijrah. Yang bestnya Swiss garden, breakfast makan donat (donat biasa jer) AND Blueberry Crumble! hmm, very 'healthy'. Dah kenyang perut, terjun kolam...Hamza's first time pakai baju renang. Ni hand-down dari Umar to Zubayr to Hamza. Memang tahan lama baju ni.

Last sekali, lepas check out...sebelum balik rumah, singgah kedai gunting rambut Bunga Raya, dekat dengan Tunas Manja Centre Point. Ni recommendation Cik Liza, sebab murah, cepat dan cekap. 5 kepala, RM 25 only ma. 1 baby, 3 budak, 1 dewasa...banyak muraaa....

Hamza pun dah botak...!

Suka sangat sapu kepala dia...liciinnn...:)

Muzium Nanas!

2010-11-21T01:59:00.014+08:00

This year Raya Haji we went back to Kempas. Arrived malam raya, with Abi dengan semangatnya nak bertolak even though he just arrived from kb.

Mode raya agak relax. Sumayyah got special pass to sleep over at K.Di's for 2 nights!

The kids also had fun at Tiram Water Park, courtesy of Alol & Ayeen.
Abi and Umi surrender nak gi Water parks...Lepak jer kat rumah dengan Hamza.

Also, we went to Benut to see my grandparents. On the way to Benut, we saw this sign board "Muzium Bugis"and "Muzium Nanas". Macam menarik... :) Balik dari rumah Embah, kami detoured ke Bandar Pontian and cari Muzium2 ni...ha, dah masuk cuti sekolah mode. Tu yang extra adventurous...

We didn't intend to find both museums. Mana2 ajelah yang jumpa. Jalan punya jalan, terjumpa Muzium Nanas, at a time we almost gave up. Punya lah direction tak cukup.
The muzium opens on normal office hours. Sementara tunggu bukak, Zubayr posing dulu kat luar muzium...

Ni bukan pokok nanas, tak tau kaitannya dengan muzium ni... :)

En Ahmad, the caretaker of the museum is one very friendly person.

First we were shown the gallery..quite a lot of info on just pineapples! If u think u know a lot about pineapples, well think again! :)

found out my SIL's name, Pina means Pineapple in some language (Tagalogue kut).. :)
there are edible pineapples like n36 and kristal..and pineapple trees just for deco - with the buah so kiut besar tapak tangan je.

we also found out pineapples used to be produced mainly by small pekebun, but has been taken over by large estates.

belek punya belek, suddenly we saw this very familiar face on the gallery wall.

That's a pic of Atuk (my FIL! - in brown batik) who was in the government service way back in 1992. :) Nice surprise for cucu2 atuk.

Below, Umar looking at samples of Nanas2 yang tak menjadi.

Stages of pineapple trees...

Among the many more interesting facts about pineapples is that you don't only get the fruits, but you can also make baju out of pineapple leaves! Yes, by painstakingly removing the skins on the leaves to get the threads...Umar trying out the process of removing the skins....

Tadaaa! The benang/threads from the pineapple leaf...! Subhanallah...

Forgot to take pic of the actual baju made out of such benangs...
Said that in the good ole days, org2 kaya je pakai kain2 dari benang nenas ni...

Finally, before we leave, Umi got herself some 'souvenirs'...for RM2 each, i got 2 anak pokok nanas jenis Hana. Ni nanas hiasan je tak leh makan...En Ahmad seen below removing the daun2 anak pokok yang panjang sebelum dijual.

Also, in my hand is nanas jenis N36, yang ni jenis boleh makan...
tak tau le tumbuh ke tak di Kuantan nanti. But En Ahmad assured me that nanas ni memang tahan lasak. Bagus tu, harap2 berbuah ya!

OK tu je lah...next time gi Benut, nak cari Muzium Bugis pulak..!

Kenduri - done and coming

2010-11-06T23:12:00.011+08:00

It's been quite a week this week. Before i start, just want to say, thanks for your kind prayers. my family in Perlis is well, alhamdulillah. The situation i think is getting better. Shops already open, and my dad managed to get some basic groceries. Not sure about rice though. Hope they got the stock enough for everybody for the coming weeks!

Kind of missed my dad. Just sharing a pic of him taken a few months ago.. Snapped the photo while we were having very early breakfast at R&R Temerloh, if not Genting Sempah.. My dad temankan anak sulung dia ni driving to KL sebab risau kita drive sorang-sorang. Pas tu, lepas meeting, dia temankan balik petang tu ke kuantan pulak. I asked Abah, Abah tak penat ke...dia kata tak, Abah suka travel...
huhuhu...sayang Abah!!

We are actually going to have my sister's wedding on 5th Dec in Perlis, less than a month from today! According to Abah, preparation still continue, mostly indoor stuff like writing down the names on the invitation cards, bunga telur etc. Hopefully, the situation gets better quickly!

Talking about kenduri, we just came back from kl to witness my cousin's akad nikah in Gombak. It's been ages (more than 10 years) since we last met. Her 2 brothers has 7 kids yg tak pernah ku jumpa....kesian diorang deprived from knowing a nice auntie like me! :) haha..

Kind of nice to see the bride's mom, ie. my mom's sister, Bik Lik (as she's fondly called) after all these years. She and my cousins used to stay at my grandparents' house in Benut, Pontian. So we kind of see them more often compared to other cousins every time balik kampung. Memang dia besarkan anak2 dengan tulang empat kerat, menoreh getah and all sorts of hard job...memang tabik spring laa... (above pic : Bik Lik with my sister, and me). Since my parents & youngest sis are stuck in perlis, so we kind of wakil lah...

Gambar kawin tak de, coz we arrived late at the aqad nikah... This wedding, kami pergi sebab nak jumpa sedara. agak suci dari aktiviti2 bergambar, tengok deco, tengok bilik, hantaran etc etc. :) memang ada semua tu, tapi tak terfokus dah bab tu. tua dah kut..

Bah di Perlis!

2010-11-04T11:49:00.006+08:00

Been quite occupied lately with work.

(Forgot to mention earlier that we've got a new GM in August. The new boss, coming from Johor has ideas flowing like Sg Pahang and new workable strategies!! I like. :) But, this also means, so many things to do, and so much info to dig. And not to mention more meetings and trackings).

Am writing today to seek your prayers for my family in Perlis.
There's been heavy floods there but what i see on newspapers is mostly the Galas by-election propaganda. Coverage on the floods was minimal. The country's so sick!

I was searching for pictures of the floods, since relying on mainstream news won't tell you the real happenings. Nak share some pictures but I'm having problems uploading them.
one of the nice sites belongs to orang perlis jugak : http://www.omaq.org/v3/

Some updates on my family there..

My parents had been stuck in town, the day earlier. They could not return home after picking up my aunt from the hospital as the access roads were flooded. his Nissan Vannette could not go thru the water. My dad decided to park the van and walk home instead. They (my dad, my mom and my aunt) had to walk 2-3 hours with water at knee level!

At this point of time, my dad's house not affected by the flood. Harapnya taklah.
The house is in Kg Santan, and his part of the kampung is still dry, alhamdulillah.
But their main issue is food supply. Shops nearby have run out of stock. No rice, flour, nothing. Yillek.

My dad's rice stock at home is limited. There are 4 adults in the house. He was joking that he could chop off a few banana trees behind the house, and make do with whatever they have nearby!! I remember those banana trees, kecik je, ada lah 2-3 batang..:( he said at this trying time, ikan kembung seekor pun satu nikmat!

He also told me his encounters (twice) with snakes and he almost fell into the drain while walking in the water...!

When i called again today, he was about to go out. He had received a call from a relative asking his help as the relative's relative, an off-campus student at UiTM arau and his/her friends have run out of food! I hope Allah will make it easy for Abah and give him strength to help others. i know he'll be very happy and satisfied.

Please pray that the flood will recede soon.
Please pray that my dad, my mom, my sister and my aunt will be okay, and strong thru out!

Hamza is 1

2010-10-29T13:55:00.004+08:00

Pejam celik, our little Hamza is now 1!

Sorry, umi tak buat anything special...
hari jadi Hamza jatuh hari Isnin, jadi Abi pun tak ada di rumah.
Abang & kakak semua dalam minggu peperiksaan akhir tahun.
Cuma belikan satu hadiah soft toy, Sang Semut kaler biru, besar tapi comel dari The Store. Suka tengok Hamza suka gigit antenna Sang Semut sampai lunyai..

So, here is Hamza's special pose. Ni masa bawak Hamza jalan-jalan on his birthday di ECM. kebetulan hari cuti ganti Keputeraan Sultan Pahang.

T-shirt yang Hamza pakai dalam gambar, Jiddah belikan as present.

Sabah - A trip to Remember

2010-09-20T23:16:00.018+08:00

This trip actually took place sometime ago. Hope it's not too late to share with you some of the photos.

We knew we wanted to bring the kids somewhere by plane.

But to fly 7 people on a plane to anywhere isn't cheap.

thanks to airasia's 1 million free seats offer last year, we got the pergi balik tickets for the whole family for just about rm800.

sad part is mujahid had a camping trip at school which he couldn't miss.

But we've got the kids'cousins, uncles and aunties plus tok & jiddah, and abi's cousins joining us!

The kids really enjoyed their 1st flight.

Zubayr reading the flight safety card.

We booked 3-room apartment at marina court.

The view from our room..

Memulakan pengembaraan :)

Pasar Filipino! - went there twice. :)

Jambatan Gantung...

Hot Spring...Best!!

On the way up to see Mt Kinabalu, we stopped by at this rumah panjang-like shop.

Love the wooden structure & feel.

Hamza likes it too!

Bunga Rafflesia - expensive entrance fee to the farm, near the hot spring.

...the flower looks a bit unreal to me, like it had been taken from somewhere and put there.

Photo shots at Tg Aru...bukan main lagi happy..

A pose with MIL.

There are more pictures but the upload is taking ages...

Where next?

Hmm, India sounds nice.

Birthday Celeb in Advance

2010-08-10T17:49:00.007+08:00

Ok, 3rd posting for the day??...Sorry, have been procrastinating..

Just want to thank my officemates for organising a makan-makan today, almost a month in advance of my birthday. due to puasa month.

sorry i could not get everyone in the pic, just to say thank you for your time in organising it, especially K. Na, k. Pah, K. Han and K. Eawiah.

The makan2 is for staff born in September: En Shukor and yours truly..

And to En Shukor, who will be retiring too..wishing you "Selamat Bersara".

Kita dapat hadiah juga - buku novel "Rabiatul Adawiyah" by PTS.

Semoga dapat menemui cinta agung, seperti Rabiah, di bulan Ramadhan ini!
Terima kasih, kawan2..

Tunas Islah - Pre Ramadhan Hunt

2010-08-10T17:23:00.014+08:00

Mujahid, Umar, Zubayr & Sumayyah got busy last saturday with their friends in JIM's Tunas Islah Pre-Ramadhan Treasure Hunt! This took place at Tmn Bandar, Indera Mahkota.

One nice lady brought her rabbit to roam freely at the park ... it's the kids' lucky day..!

serious-looking mujahid and his gang-bas-sekolah buddy, Muaz.

sumayyah and her best friends, sisters - Aisyah & Asma'. Sumayyah loves to stay over at their place for some girls-only stuff.

Taaruf session

Tazkirah by makcik/Ustazah Khadijah..."Ramadhan & What it means..."

Umar (red shirt) listening intently to the tazkirah. next to him - Akram and Mukri.

Zubayr and his new found friend, Farhan.

tak ketinggalan, Hamza with his Kak Min.

Hamza Climbing the Stairs!

2010-08-10T16:44:00.011+08:00

Tak sangka baby Umi dah pandai panjat tangga. masa tu tengah sembang2, sekali tengok dia kat anak tangga ke-4! terkejut semua orang. cepat2 angkat & bawak turun bawah.

tapi later nak tengok macam mana dia boleh panjat tangga tu..
so we put him back on the floor.

See Hamza in action below, ... (cepatnya besar engkau, nak...)

Penat aku panjat tadi, kena panjat semula, isk...

apa nengok-nengok, eh...

isk, sepahnya bawah tangga ni...

cepat naik sebelum umi tangkap..

bagus...tak de sapa kacau hamza naik...

macam boley makan aje ni..

i'm so unstoppable...

lepas tu terus kena tangkap lagi & banned from the tangga...

Cool Boys..! Super Sons?

2010-08-04T08:26:00.004+08:00

As mother of 4 boys and 1 girl, the title of this book caught my attention.

i have no brothers, so no real clues how boys are supposed to be raised.

suffice to say, i find the tips given in this book very very useful.

it talks about importance of boys having ambitions, to be challenged, and many other "secrets" for moms of boys. have a go at it.

p/s - now i understand why the boys love computer games so much. huhuhu

To blog or not to...

2010-07-28T14:56:00.010+08:00

The other day, a friend was writing about whether he should continue blogging when FB can do much better.

i was wondering about the same too. I don't go into FB much as i can't access it during office hours. only have limited internet time at home with children fighting for their turn on the PC. if i got lucky, i will quickly log in, wish friends on their birthdays, and do my turn on scrabble. that's all what FB is to me...so, i guess, blogging is still relevant. :)

this blog is so berhabuk, i don't know where to continue.

some updates.

mujahid just recovered from a big cut on his knee due to football games at school. i am slowly accepting the fact that i have a teenage boy in the house. he now likes reading story books alone in his room. rarely comes out except when he needs his munchies or it's his turn on the internet. i have to keep remembering not to treat him like a little boy anymore...tak boleh nak membebel lagi...

umar - is being his usual self. helpful, sensitive, charming. he can "ngam" with anyone; abang, adik or baby. ummi rarely got angry at him as he's so polite and pandai jaga hati orang...

sumayyah - is always cheerful and is her friendly self. recently picked up interest in make up...and melawa bila keluar rumah. aduhai...

zubayr - since my parents arrived last week, he's becoming so manjaa - i hilang sabar many times, i remember, tangan ni memang dah naik dah... sabar, sabar...so happen, it was his 5th birthday recently. apa lagi, manja habis. happy 5th birthday, zubayr. ummi loves you, regardless.

hamza is 9 months(!), i know. he's already crawling, and getting ready to standing up on his own. loves to pick up and "food test" everything. below, latest pic at jiddah's place. kesian doraemon kena gigit. :)

and me,..i just sprained my right ankle (don't ask how). couldn't drive for 3 days. depended on abah to drive us to shops & the kids' classes. only yesterday, i braved driving to work. luckily, Min, our pembantu is quite good in giving a gentle 'urut'...but the pain is still there.

should i go to a real makcik urut and risk the merciless urut from a stranger??

Open Day TUDM

2010-06-21T18:37:00.009+08:00

Selesai tugas men-set up gerai Aqsa Syarif di PPIM Conference di Swiss Garden, Umi pun balik ambil Umar, Sumayyah & Zubayr ke Kem TUDM di Jalan Gambang. Dah berjanji awal lagi untuk pergi Open Day TUDM. Hari dah panas masa kami tiba. Banyak orang dah datang sejak awal pagi.

Dapat guna camera phone saja, kerana bila masuk parking - ada signboard tak boleh ambil gambar. Terpaksa tinggalkan kamera dalam kereta...

Rancangan nak masuk dalam kapal tu tercapai juga. Inilah suasana dalam kapal (yang dalam gambar pertama). Bersedia untuk berlepas?

Mana tau bila dewasa, masuk misi macam Mavi Marmarra. Ameen.

Umar - testing the controller...belakang Umar tu ada askar amerika tengah jaga.
Ada juga askar amerika kat base kita ya...diorang sebenarnya based di okinawa, jepun.

Ha, nampak tak tiga titik dalam gambar di bawah ?

tu orang tu...

we saw the parachuters landing perfectly, one by one...

Excited tengok mereka terjun depan mata...

Excited lagi bila Umar dapat bergambar dengan salah seorang dari penerjun2 ni...

Salute to our fighters & soldiers.

Semoga kita semua diberi kekuatan dan keberanian mempertahankan tanahair dan agama kita bersama-sama dari sebarang ancaman.

that's all for now.

Pandan Waterfall

2010-06-13T00:27:00.014+08:00

Last Friday, we decided, rather last minute, to go to Sg Panching / Pandan Waterfall.

For those unfamiliar with the place, it is off Jalan Gambang.

Before you reach the waterfall area, you will notice lorries going in and out as the waterfall is near to a quarry...so it really gives you quite a contrast of suasana nyaman right after udara yang berabuk...

Entry costs : RM2 for adult, RM 1 for child.

Armed with a tikar, bola, towel, a set of baju spare, and not forgetting our dslr which was getting bersawang...we set off after friday prayer and reached there in less than 1/2 hour

just discovered what low shutter speed could do.. show off. :)

Then, we decided to take up the challenge of heading further up.

A bit more rocky, closer to the waterfall...

View below the jambatan gantung...

No, we didn't climb that far.

The children playing lat ta li lat in the water?

Beautiful trees behind..pic below, them posing near the big rocks.

This place brings them closer to alam, i suppose.

where next, taman negara??

We packed up at around 5pm.

View from above, on the way back...

Zubayr gave one piece of his Honey Star to the monkey...

Regret to have left the place so early. Promised friends for netball practice @ 5.30.

To cut the story short, our team was practising next to this particular group. we mistakenly heard them as from "IPT". Just for fun, our captain proposed a friendly match...while on the game, we discovered, they were actually from IPD - the police... so go figure our stamina vs theirs.

we did get 5 goals selepas berhempas pulas.

they had more - we (purposely) lost count.

oh, we've quite a looonggg way to go.

Time & $$ - do we have enough?

2010-06-09T00:35:00.000+08:00

I think i have problem of liking to BUY things. The climax is at the point of swiping the card. :)
Ni karut punya situasi - bila duit ada, mula fikir benda yang tak perlu.
Selagi tak beli, asyik terfikir-fikir.
Ansuran 0% interest pun jadi musuh dalam selimut jugak.

rasanya kena elak tengok katalog...
mungkin kena x12 bulan, dan tengok harga sebenar.
kena tahu dengan duit yang sama, apa 'benda' lain yang lebih bagus.

Juga, kalau ada 2-3 barang aje nak beli, betterlah pergi kedai runcit Panglima IM5 yang walaupun mahal sikit by 50 sen. tapi selamat dari beli satu troli benda yang tak de dalam list.

Fokus tentang 'what to do' bukan 'what to have'
Ini jugak bagus untuk anak-anak. Rasanya beratus habis beli buku, tapi rasanya umi yang kena sit down dan baca buku tu sama-sama.

cakap pasal 'what to do', petang tadi buat aktiviti yang 'free' tapi best.
Umi pergi tengok team netball kompeni practice. sokongan moral, dengarnya tak berapa ramai yang turun.
bawaklah anak2 sekali, sebab dari pagi ke petang gi kerja. takkan balik pastu keluar lagi tinggalkan diorang.
suka jugak umar, sumayyah & zubayr dapat main bola tengah padang yang luas.
petang esok nak gi lagi? boley!!
tapi kena improve : bawak bekal air minum & sebelum keluar, gi bilik air siap2.

don't you think we have enough?
perhaps we don't DO enough.

Cuti Sekolah...nak pergi mana??

2010-06-07T01:14:00.011+08:00

Apa program cuti sekolah kali ni?

(zubayr & cousin, Muaz)

Minggu sebelum ni, dah bawa budak2 ke Marang. ikut umi sebab umi ada kerja.

Minggu lepas, umi heret yang kecik 2 orang. sebab ada kerja jugak...hmm, tak boleh kira.

jadi cuti sekolah 2 minggu ni nak pergi mana?

Duduk rumah aje lah! Semua setuju sebab nak main internet.

Kalau berjalan, tak tentu ada internet...

hmmm...ok, selamat duit. kata umi.

hari ni Abi bawak jalan ke balok. main bola tepi pantai.

kalau tengok gambo bawah ni, happy jugak masing2 pun.

ke happy & lega bila dah habis umi berleter bukak buku sepanjang musim periksa baru ni...

yang ada hanya gambar2 dalam kereta. the actual gambar tepi pantai tak ada.

kamera tertinggal pulak dalam kereta...

kali ni, upload gambar semua orang. selalu gambar hamza aje umi upload.

my anak teruna

my anak teruna kedua,

my anak dara...

my cheeky boy

Hamza?

i just love that smile...

World United Against Zionists

2010-06-07T00:44:00.007+08:00

dah berabuk rasanya blog ni...

tapi nak update juga dengan perkara2 yang best.

this entry is about the demo at US embassy. bagi demonstran tegar (not claiming i am one), demo palestin termasuk dalam demo2 yang selamat.

boleh tenung wajah2 FRU dari jarak dekat...

to me, this album taken by Brotherhood Arts has the best shots.

the Embassy.

below is Ummu Anis.

pernah terdengar sorang cakap kat member dia, buat apa nak demo. bukan israel dengar pun.

hmm, kalau nak bagi dengar, kena lah pergi atas mavi marmara... ribu2an demo, di ribu2an tempat dan ratusan negara, akan ada tekanan juga.

ada juga orang kata, perjuangan palestin ni bebaskan negara sendiri. bukan fi sabilillah.

ye ke? mungkin juga dah terbatas pendapat dan kepentingan dengan sempitnya sempadan geografi buatan manusia.

bukankah kita khalifah di muka bumi...bukan di negara sendiri aje....

Hamza Dah Mula Makan!

2010-04-25T22:00:00.009+08:00

Alhamdulillah, look who turns 6 months today!

Now, what am i entitled to?

Yes, makan!

Enjoy some of the photos taken during his 1st bubur feed.

Umar and Sumayyah tolong suapkan...

Makan elok2, adik.

Sempat lagi posing, kakak ni!

Hamza nak suap sendiri?

Minum air masak pulak, ya?

Habis semangkuk. ALhamdu....? Lillaaahhh..!

Dengue or not dengue?

2010-04-11T06:58:00.008+08:00

Hamza caught with fever on Tuesday. We put on wet towels on him but the temp wouldn't go down. Wednesday pagi went to Al Amin clinic. Dapat ubat demam & antibiotics. Ikut nasihat doktor, bukak baju dan tidur bawah kipas...memang dia weak, ada diarrhoea, urine pass pun kurang. tu lebih kurang symptom denggi tapi masa tu manalah Umi tau...

Thursday masih panas.

Friday demam lagi. Tapi dah kurang.

Abi got back from the surau. The kariah surau told him there have already been 6 dengue cases in our taman! Couldn't take any chances. We all guna surat masa nurse visit dulu tu (luckily undated) and bawak pergi HTAA malam tu juga.

Thanks to Dr Yaakub who, despite baru habis housemanship, tapi cekap ambik darah dari tangan Hamza yg halus mulus tu...

0030hrs...dapat call dari htaa, +ve IGM test (indicating recent/current dengue infection).

rasa macam nak pengsan. saturday morning, request referral letter to kmc. punya ramai org di kmc.

sampai pukul 10.

pukul 12 dapat jumpa doktor.

pukul 5 baru dapat masuk wad!

cutting the story short. ambil darah lagi dan keputusan at about 2100hrs, -ve IGM test pulak.but since the platlet count dropped, we suggest another test. The 3rd test shows IGM is +ve...concurs with original result of htaa. betullah dengue...:(

Apapun, Alhamdulillah, Hamza dah semakin sihat. :)We'd like to thank Hamza's Embah, Cak, mak ngah, mak lang, dan makcik2 JIM yang sedang bermukhayyam di terengganu for your prayers..we didn't tell many as the tests macam tak sure denggi ke tak until the final day...

Ni gambar hari dia discharged.

Nota Hati untuk Abi..

2010-03-21T20:11:00.006+08:00

Abi's birthday is coming. Tapi hadiah dah beli & dah bagi. :)

Buku "Nota Hati Seorang Lelaki" tulisan Pahrol Mohd Juoi. PMJ is my favourite writer, kalau baca majalah-i, i always look forward to read his writing; now he's the ketua editor (kalau tak silap) of majalah Solusi. Satu lagi majalah hebat di Malaysia.

Back to the book, it's full with enlightening stories - cerita2 biasa yang luar biasa!

Antara kisah menarik, 'Kuliah 7 Minit', 'Four-in-One', 'Cinta Pertama vs Cinta Utama', 'Ikhlas itu Bebas'...macam-macam lagi. Kisah 'Belajar dari Siti Hajar' pulak macam kena je dengan keadaan Umi sekarang ni...

Wishing Abi happy birthday in advance - since u are going to sambut birthday far far away. Jangan lupa bawak balik fridge magnet - kurang2, boleh tampal separuh saiz peti ais! the fact that i could not make it to the trip saves us hundreds if not thousand (air ticket, shopping, food etc etc). so what is 10-20 little tokens for your lovely wifey...

sick days

2010-03-19T13:57:00.004+08:00

It started with Tati last 2 weeks...dok sok sek sok sek...umi dah syak juga tapi nak buat macam mana...takkan nak kuarantine bibik...Then, kena ke Hamza. we put Hamza on antibiotics and ubat demam and had to frequent ksh for his nebs. every morning and night for 3 days. just in case lelah. And then menjangkit ke Sumayyah, then Zubayr, then Umar...and finally Mujahid who complained of pening2 on wednesday.

Bilik tidur dah ada rupa wad di hospital, bersusun dengan tuam kain kat dahi masing2.

finally, today Umi pulak caught the virus. dapat mc tapi tak de maknanya MC kalau kat rumah.

And today, while we were getting excited to discover there is a short cut to doing gantt chart (abi kena present kat meeting ppim petang ni; and skima nya lah seronok buat chart2 ni), we receive visit from kementerian kesihatan. Rupanya area rumah ni dah ada beberapa kes denggi...

so they asked us , anyone got fever in the house? Aha, 6 of us!!

kena check lah temperature sorang-sorang...tapi the abang2 baru makan ubat. cuma hamza tinggi 37.7C.

nurses tu kata, kena ambik darah di htaa pulak.

alamak...

here's a pic of our guests. those in blue are student nurses of nearby shahputra college.

terima kasihlah sudi datang umah.
dapatlah beberapa bijik jambu air fresh depan rumah... :)

now, the buah2 jambu is another story :)

rights vs obligations...

2010-03-18T01:21:00.006+08:00

serious posting ni, tapi had to let it go, as it kind of lingering in my mind since sunday. i went to this human rights seminar (u can view under my WJIM link). first of all, i believe, human, IF viewed as godless subject will see themselves as having TOTAL rights of whatever they want to do. they can have all the pleasures in the world, no obligation, no responsibilities, as they don't buy stories of hereafter. But as servant of Allah, that definition of human rights needs to be referred to none other than the human's Creator, Himself.

I had to "tolerate" so-called muslim woman speaking "on behalf" of other muslim women as if the muslim women are so uneducated, suppressed or being treated inequally. in their cause, these 'spokepersons' do not focus to 'unjust muslim men' (and there are also unjust people of other religions), but more of criticising the hukum itself. i am not sure what are their real motives. banyak lagi isu yang lebih kronik, mengapa ajaran islam ni jugak yang nak dipersoalkan. it gives misleading message to the non-muslims! banyaklah saham akhirat puak2 liberal yang menjauhkan islam dari mereka yang belum faham islam...sudahlah manusia makin tinggal agama.

anyway, back to human rights...how far do we know our rights? As in "know" to the point that we will fight it if we don't get it?

As a 'rakyat', what rights do you have?
As a woman, what rights do you think you have?
And as a muslim woman?

I've heard that for every right, there are obligations.

Let's see, some 'RIGHTS vs OBLIGATIONS' i can think of...

1. i can work if i want to and i can quit if i want to; but my obligations are to spend the money i earn wisely
2. i want peaceful and positive home & family support ; but i need to work hard making that happen
3. i have the rights to say my opinion in decision making; but, once decision has been made together, i will have to abide as long as it is not against my principles.
4. i have the rights to be told the truth, but my obligations are to be truthful myself.

Jika tidak tahu hak, sukarlah kita nak mempertahankannya. tapi sendiri mahu tahu hak masing2.
bukanlah kepentingan suami untuk ajar apa hak isteri.
bukanlah kepentingan majikan, untuk beritahu pekerja, apa haknya
dan bukanlah sesuatu yang kerajaan mahu beritahu rakyatnya, ditakuti rakyatnya berjuang untuk mencapai hak mereka.

...

if those in charge believe the stories of hereafter, no one needs to fight for their rights, right?

Maulid yang berbeza

2010-03-05T09:37:00.014+08:00

Selawat dan salam ke atas ar-Rasul.

Nak cerita pengalaman sempena Maulidur Rasul tahun ni, ada kelainan.

Pertamanya Tadika Zubayr mintak dia pakai full suit baju melayu.

Balik dari sekolah, dia tunjuk goodies. Teacher bagi.

Ada apple, pudding, mamee (yg paling dia suka ler ni), air kotak...

Ada lagi pulut kuning, and rendang.

wah, bestnya.

Seronoklah birthday Nabi ek? Rasanya memang Zubayr appreciate hari lahir nabi ni special.
Tahniah kat cikgu2 tadika zubayr.

walaupun tak nampak Nabi, kita sayang Nabi.

Kalau boleh, mesti nak ikut macam Nabi.

BAKIT HQ pula organise convention di Sudara Beach Resort, Tok Bali weekend lepas.

Wakil BAKIT pahang ada 7 orang. Sempena Maulidur Rasul, kami pilih nasyid Salamun 'Alaika untuk malam persembahan. Merasalah Umi main kompang. tapi main pukul aje la. Entahlah betul ke tidak..

Ni gambar kami lepas persembahan. Dari kiri k. Azizah, k. Noridah, Hjh Faredah, Hjh Latifah, K. Shima dan Pn Eawiah. Teringat zaman student dulu2 - main kompang jugak, lagu Khabaran Rasul; 1997, MSM Winter Camp. Memories...

Konvensyen BAKIT ni bertajuk, 'ke arah pembentukan insan rabbani'. antara penceramah ialah pengetua maahad muhammadi, ust zainuddin. terkeluar (sikit je) air mata umi dengar cerita best student dia, madihah yang menyalin kamus yang dipinjam dari kawan, kerana tiada duit nak beli kamus. kekurangan dirinya berjaya ditukar menjadi kekuatan! subhanallah...

Satu lagi ilmu yang menarik ialah detail tentang alam-alam selepas mati by another ustaz.

Dia buat macam workflow / process chart apa jadi lepas mati. ada barzakh, mahsyar, tunggu bicara, terima buku, timbang, titian sirat...kemudian 2 cabang destinasi samada syurga atau neraka.

Perjalanan balik especially kat Tok Bali - memang mengujakan! Pemandangan yang betul-betul menyejukkan mata. Negeri-negeri Selangor ke Pahang kena surrender bab pemeliharaan alam sekitar; sungai mereka warna teh tarik. Menyusuri Jalan Pantai, laut di kiri jalan...ada sungai2 yang membiru & ada yang sparkling, bersih...daun2 pokok menghijau mencecah air, bot-bot ikan berwarna-warni....reflection memang cantik...tak ter-explain. dalam Quran ada sebut, syurga ada sungai-sungai. Ada sungai susu, sungai madu, sungai arak...boleh ke bayangkan cantiknya lebih lagi???

Sambung cerita : Perjalanan balik ni memang banyak kali stop - : minum air tebu kat tok bali (plus nak confirm direction dengan taukeh air), then jajan di petronas, dadih & air kelapa, lunch di KT, solat di masjid geliga (projek Abah), dinner in cherating, fuhh..berholiday di jalanraya...belum campur stop untuk hamza's every 2-hour feeds. And tu tak berhenti nak beli tembikai2 yang besar2, banyak dijual di tok bali dan daerah-daerah yang kami lalu. Dengar kata RM1 sekilo je.

Ni gambar Abang-abang menikmati siakap masam manis.

alhamdulillah, akhirnya tiba di rumah jam 9.30 malam.

Insya Allah, akan ku usahakan trip ke kelantan lagi, next time!

ku doakan kelantan terus makmur...baik makanan untuk perut, juga makanan untuk jiwa....

Wa & Hadzif's Wedding

2010-02-21T22:07:00.008+08:00

The wedding took place on 14th Feb. Sekarang ni makin seronok kalau balik johor.. Sedara dah bertambah ramai. almaklum, Hamza is grandchild no. 18. And counting...:)

For the wedding, our family task was to get the signage showing the direction to the house. Since Abi is in KB, and we would be arriving at JB at the 11th hour, Abi did the right thing by just outsourcing the job. tempah & bayar lah sikit tapi puas hati. the signage's quite nice. we could only collected back 3 out of 7 yang telah dipacakkan...yang lain, telah di'ambil' orang.

rugi, rugi,...tak dapat nak recycle untuk future weddings, but we took it as a compliment. kalau tak cantik, tak ada la yang nak 'tolong tanggalkan', kan? the 2 boys pulak, were assigned as pemegang bunga manggar..

sumayyah, the flower girl? in charge of the bunga telur...
umi pun tak sempat cari tudung yang glam. tu tudung tadika je. kejap je lekat tudung tu...

To Wa & Hadzif, we wish you Selamat Pengantin Baru...
Semoga berkekalan hingga ke syurga...
Semoga dikurniakan anak-anak yang comel momel...:)

Hamza's new hair cut

2010-02-21T21:45:00.008+08:00

The last time Hamza did his hair cut was when he was 2 weeks - the sunnah cukur / shaving.

Then, no hair cut for 3 months!!

so, here are some piccies of long-haired hamza....

Hamza on Umi's lap - in the car, on the way to JB for Cik Wa's wedding.

At the wedding...

Somebody pointed out to me that Hamza badly needs a hair cut.
I knew that. We were waiting for Abi to come home for him to do it. Abi pandai potong...
But when he's actually home, either he's too tired or he could not find the time...

So, to avoid further delay... Tati and me began operation 'hair-cut' at 1pm today malaysian time.

Now, his latest look :)

from the side...

from the front...

"Abi, cepatlah balik, repair rambut Hamza ni!..." gamaknya itu laa yang difikirkan...:)

Lasagne Attempt

2010-02-21T20:50:00.006+08:00

Teringin betul kami anak-beranak nak makan lasagne hari ni.

biasa, kalau teringin sangat beli satu kat pizza hut or secret recipe, share ler sebab rega-nya mahal...

tapi hari ni, macam possible aje nak buat sendiri.
boleh makan puas2 satu casserole!

main recipe taken from : Gordon Ramsay's classic lasagne recipe here

with slight mod.

shopping for the ingredients was another story.

Umi bawa Hamza sekali for his first trip to Giant :)

boy, was he excited to see the all the stuff! - the fruits, vegies, toys,

Menjerit-jerit, menendang-nendang dalam baby carrier - bestlah kitorang melayan dia.

hamza, tengok ikan keli (hidup punya),...hamzah, buah limau! hamza, carrot...hamza, cili... :)

ok, back to lasagne.

meet the team @ the kitchen.

Untuk makluman, mujahid telah menghiris semua carrot & garlic.
Sumayyah grated the cheddar. Zubayr did the parmesan.

Umar missed this sebab dia pergi art class.
Zubayr looks so proud with his grated cheese!
Mujahid menekuni white sauce. He loves anything with cheese in it.

we just followed the steps in the recipe...and after 20 minutes of baking,...wallaaa!

kalau ikutkan, memang nak perabih. tapi masa tengah buat ni, ada usrah pembantu rumah kat umah. takkan kasi bau je, kan?

rezeki depa no....biasa usrah, jamu biskut je. :)

"Celcom RM 5K" Scam

2010-02-19T15:17:00.004+08:00

Actually nak buat posting tentang wedding Wa, tapi tertangguh sebab gambar masih belum masuk dalam komputer.

Nak cerita kejadian yang berlaku hari ni.

Umi terima call dari "private no", kununnya dari Celcom.
Dan katanya Umi menang hadiah RM 5000.00. Tempat ketiga pulak tu.
Yg peliknya dia tanya pulak, ada tak kita sekarang dekat dengan mesin ATM.

dah agak dah ni mesti salah satu scam orang desperate sanggup menipu.
Berapa kali Umi tanya dia, betul ke U dari Celcom.
Celcom mana?
- Menara Celcom, Jalan Raja Muda.

Betul U staff Celcom?
- Ya

Apa nama u?
- Hj Abd Wahab Yahya (pergh..boleh caya ke tu)

Apa nama supervisor?
- Hj Abu Bakar Sulaiman (banyak betul pak haji dalam celcom ni... he he)

Apa nombor telefon ?
- 013-863 **** (memang bekerjasama betul dia bagi info ni bila kita tanya...tapi tak tau nombor valid ke tak)

Apa alamat e-mail U?
- ...??... (yg ni dia tak jawab, sebab mungkin tak ada lah kut...impossible lah org celcom tak de e-mail...)..apa puan punya IC?

Aik? Tanya IC? Umi memang dah ada asas2 tak suka (baca : benci) kat "orang pandai temberang" yang suka menipu orang lain yang "kurang pandai" (ie. naif / cepat percaya) untuk dapat duit cepat. Tak kiralah skim cepat kaya, skim cari and menindas downline bla bla, taja2, bonus, points, scratch cards dan yang sewaktu dengannya. semua atas nama "pelaburan", "perniagaan", "tuah", "duit bekerja untuk anda" dan banyak lagi term-term indah yang digula-gulakan.

jadi, terkeluar terus dari mulut ku ini kat "tn hj Abd Wahab" ni...

Sudahlah, u tak malu ke tipu-tipu duit orang ni.
janganlah jadi penipu. bla bla bla...
- tak, ini bukan tipu. (menjawab lagi tu)

Ya, awak ni semua menipu.
Kalau nak bagi hadiah, pos ajelah cek kat rumah. Celcom kan ada alamat.
apa nak guna akaun ATM orang. Tanya IC orang.
Pergi laa cari rezeki yang halal.
Terus Umi letak...just in case, dia marah balik. he he he

***************
jarang dapat peluang "menasihat" golongan penipu ni. mereka selalunya terlepas!!
patut kena kerat tangan. tak boleh "mendail" untuk mencuri lagi...

Lepas tu, Umi surf internet, dan terjumpa blog ini :
http://rambomadonna.blogspot.com/2009/08/beware-celcom-scam.html

sama aje skrip.

so beware!

What a weekend

2010-02-07T23:26:00.004+08:00

Berakhirnya usrah Jumaat lepas jam 11 malam..., terdetik rasa lega kerana esoknya Sabtu...hari minggu, tak ada nak dirisaukan...tapi silap. Sabtu dan Ahad baru ni padat dari biasa... Tapi seronok & puas. Rasanya sekarang ni baru merasa dapat 'letak kaki di atas'...

pagi sabtu, mujahid ada bengkel tulisan jawi. 8.30 - 11.30 di irsyad.
selepas bergegas hantar dia, umi & sumayyah yang belum sarapan lagi tu, singgah 'kantin telekom' di luar ibusawat teruntum. sumayyah pekena nasi lemak & milo. umi pekena mi rebus yang terkenal tu, dan susu kambing hi goat yang sedap. RM3 secawan! (nak murah, jadi ahli, and bancuh sendiri..@ RM2).

lepas tu bermulalah 'pencarian' gaun sumayyah khas untuk wedding cik wa. satu kuantan lah cari, dari kuantan parade...kemudian ke parkson...keluar masuk parking. last-last, tadi baru jumpa di kamdar. sikit punya suka kakak kita. pening kepala, macam mana nak pakai gaun tapi maintain tudung. banyak gaun tak ada lengan. kita modify sikit dengan pakai inner baju... :) hendak seribu daya. lepaih ni, kena pergi cari tudung matching pula....cukup lah ya, anak perempuan satu. tak leh bayang, if it's her own big day....adehh...terbakar purse umi.

petang sabtu, program jim. sabtu malam, meeting jim. pagi ahad, hari keluarga kompeni. dahlah sampai lewat, balik awal pulak...sebab ada program belia jim organised oleh usrah umi yang juga mula pada masa yang sama. mesti pergi. tak sia-sia kerana forumnya sangat menarik! nanti kita tunggu laporan dalam blog wanita jim pahang (link kat atas, nun).

bangga juga kerana buletin wanita jim pahang isu sulung diedarkan. terima kasih pada mariam yang begitu komited. moga pahala mengalir selagi ada yang membacanya. petang pulak, art lesson umar. sambil menunggu umar, umi bawa sumayyah dan zubayr pekena choc drink di secret recipe. don't we all need a treat...? seronok dapat minum air cokelat yang berkrim pekat lazat...lepas isya', pak & mak sedara datang ziarah...mesti maintain kerana tetamu wajib dirai!

what a weekend.

syukur pada Allah.
terima kasih pada anak-anak yang sanggup dan nak ikut umi ke mana umi pergi.
sekarang nak urut kaki sendiri.

post ni juga untuk abi. wish that u were near.

Rindunya...

2010-02-03T12:25:00.003+08:00

Thank you to Yan for taking this pic.

Anak-anak dah rindu sangat-sangat.

This is the longest time ever for Abi to be away...

Hamza Meets Ayisha

2010-01-19T15:11:00.006+08:00

Ayisha datang ke Kuantan baru-baru ni! Seronoklah keluarga kami menyambut kedatangan Yan, Mike & baby Ayisha. Bila datang ke Pahang, mestilah Ayisha dikerumuni oleh sepupu2nya...:)

Hamza pulak dah masuk 2 bulan setengah. Ni post terbaru Hamza dengan cousin Ayisha. Best betul dukung diorang nih, tembam2 belaka.. :)

Seronok lah kita bawak Ayisha jalan pergi Pantai Cherating. Baru 6 bulan setengah, dah travel banyak negara, lebih banyak dari auntie dia...so setakat jalan dekat-dekat ni, no hal.

To Yan and Mike, hope you guys had a great time in kuantan. We really enjoyed having you all with us - please3x come again! And BIG thank you for the Awang Ikan Bakar treat...SEDAAPPP....!

Ni post terbaru Ayisha :-

aaawwwww.... ;)

"Children Exchange Programme"

2009-12-29T17:16:00.009+08:00

3rd post for the day...

We had Izzat, the children's cousin over at our place for a few nights and Sumayyah stayed over at k. Fina's in kinrara. Izzat is the only boy (almost; minus his 1++ yr old borther Isaac) kat rumah surrounded by female cousins,...dan Sumayyah pulak seronok tak nak balik sebab boleh main2 dgn sepupu2nya Izzah & Iffah, Syarah & Syaza. Jadi, the proposal to "exchange" sounds like a win-win for Izzat & Mayah.

cuma bila masuk malam ke-2, pakat nak balik pulak. Izzat nak balik KL, Sumayyah nak balik Kuantan. Kami panik kejap sampai ingat nak hantar KL terus pagi esok, takut rindu sangat nanti, payah. Tapi alhamdulillah, bila esok paginya, okay dah...

gambo diorang yang tengah berseronok di tepi pantai cherating...Izzat in yellow T...

kat kuantan parade...

cuti sekolah tahun depan, datang lagi ya izzat!

Ziarah sahabat lama...

2009-12-29T16:46:00.008+08:00

Patut melapor awal lagi, tapi dah terlambat.

Kalau lambat, biasanya malas nak melapor, tapi tulis juga sebab....special, dan nak abadikan sebagai kenangan...

alhamdulillah, minggu lepas, tanggal 19 disember, dapat jumpa kawan lama kami...akh harifuddin dan k. eleena, yang bercuti balik malaysia dari newcastle. here's a pic of the bOYZ...

and a pic of the giRLs...plus the baby Boyz. Tak nampak pulak gambar anak2 perempuan k. Eleena (yg berpusing mengadap Ummi dia tu, Husna - speaking English memang hebat. sampai kita pun segan nak tanya in english, takut tak paham jawapan dia nanti, heh heh)...and Huda not in pic..malu agaknya...

kebetulan 19 disember adalah birthday k. Eleena.

we managed to get a special book, written by Ustazah maznah and team for her birthday pressie... :) sedikit petikan tentang buku tu, kat sini.

memang dah bahagia pun rumahtangga yang penuh dengan senyuman ini...

nak balik tu, kita pulak dapat banyak hadiah dari k. El...soft toy, books, kain..isk3x...

moga murah rezeki antum...

Sumayyah's 1st day at SRAI

2009-12-29T16:17:00.005+08:00

Sekolah Rendah Islam al-Irsyad
Lahirmu membina ummah
Budi dan ajaranmu guru
Ganjaran di sisi Allah

...

Rangkap pertama lagu sekolah Sumayyah yang Ummi terdengar Sumayyah dan kawan2nya belajar nyanyi dengan Mu'allimah. Yup, hari ini hari pertama dari tiga hari orientasi khas untuk Tahun 1 sesi 2010 SRI Al-Irsyad Kuantan.

Sumayyah masuk kelas 1 Abu Bakar. Seronoknya dia jumpa 2 orang kawan (gang Tunas Islah) Solehah & Amirah Nashihin. Solehah sama kelas, Amirah kelas sebelah, 1 Khadijah.

Sumayyah - dekat pintu pagar sekolah. Sempatlah Umi snap gambar sekeping sebelum masuk kelas.

Kasih sayang ibu...

2009-12-12T23:55:00.003+08:00

This post is dedicated to Mak...who's here for 21 solid days right after Hamza was born.

I felt that we have been sort of 'distanced' by various reasons - but that 21 days have completely made up for all the lost years.

Terima kasih Mak...kasih sayang itu tidak terbalas.

Untuk Mama, yang datang menemani kami, thank you!!

Hamza's arrival has been made so special by both of you coming to be with us.

it's been too short. if not for the Aidil Adha, we would have bribed you to stay longer.

Kelahiran Yang Dinanti...

2009-11-02T21:45:00.006+08:00

Alhamdulillah, pagi 25 Oktober 2009 takkan Umi lupakan...

Ketika Abi bersiap2 nak ke KT, Umi rasa contractions lagi.

Seperti biasa, Umi catat waktu contraction dalam handphone (draft message) supaya tak hilang.

Simpanan draf mesej yang terakhir : 0544, 0550, 0600, 0606, 0611, 0614...

Umi segera call Abi kerana ada 'show'...Abi yang ketika tu di Cherating terus berpatah balik ke Kuantan. Umi cepat-cepat mandi, dan tunggu Abi. Lepas berpesan dengan pembantu rumah, terus bergegas ke KSH.

Sampai di hospital, kena register etc. Terasa attendant tu menolak kerusi roda extra laju bila Umi jawab soalan dia yang ini anak ke-5. :) mula-mula tu, dia relax je melayan kami.

Sampai di wad biasa, ukuran contraction memang confirm tinggi. Target masuk OT jam 8.30 pagi. Umi sempat snap gambar abi, tak tahu lah dengan siapa dia dok ber-sms. Bos di KT, agaknya.. :)

Di bilik OT, Dr Siva (on-call Anaest) recommend guna GA. Umi terus setuju mengenangkan pengalaman epidural/spinal yang tak best masa lepas. Sekejap aje, duniaku terus kelam...

Ntah pukul berapa Umi sedar balik tapi masih kebas/lali...dapat tahu, baby keluar pukul 8.55am. Berat 3.7kg. Naib Johan, di belakang Umar (3.8kg) dan berat sikit dari Mujahid (3.6kg)...:) asalkan sihat, ye tak?

pukul 1 lebih agaknya baru dapat jumpa baby...tambahan injection morfin untuk menahan sakit, buat Umi rasa high dan kadang2 tiba-tiba tak sedar.
Alhamdulillah, kali ni proses kelahiran tak ada masalah. Dr Lee (pakar kanak-kanak) pun tengok, tak ada masalah jaundice ke etc...

Mungkin berkat do'a Abi, Cak & Embah serta makcik2 JIM yang Umi jumpa sehari sebelum tu untuk mesyuarat bersama negeri & daerah.

Abi yang sentiasa 'cool' menempiaskan ketenangan juga kepada Umi...
Abang2 dan kakak seronok menanti pertemuan dengan adik baru.
Cak dan embah pun dah tiba di Kuantan pada hari yang sama. Umi happy sangat! Alhamdulillah!
Hamza Akef - semoga menjadi anak yang soleh, ikhlas dan berani memperjuangkan kebenaran. Semoga Allah memberi petunjuk kepada Abi dan Umi dalam mendidik dan menjaga amanah yang telah bertambah ini...

Nestling?

2009-10-23T07:25:00.004+08:00

Took leaves on Wednesday & Thursday. Glad that i did. had so many false contractions.
did not experience as many in my earlier pregnancies. it's more often if i lie on my back. i timed it, on average very 20 minutes for 2 hours on wednesday afternoon...but it came only for a few seconds and went off.

so i had to sit up and do something. i played online scrabble to pass the time... :) that is if i can get hold of the computer...had to take turns with zubayr.

on thursday, went out with k. Aishah to ziarah 2 sisters.

the first sister, a JIM member, moved to kuantan sometime ago. A visit is so long overdue. at first she called me kak. later we discovered she's 3 years older than me - oh she looks so young. duduk rumah, happy jer..., may be i frowned the whole day every day staring at my PC in the office, hence the faster ageing...

she told us she quit her job back in 2004 right after she discovered that her children spoke indonesian when she called them from her office. shows the maid is having more influence than their own mother....or may be too much of indonesian TV series they watched together...
so she tendered 24-hour resignation notice. bold move. but to her, that was her sign.
oh, i am so waiting for my own 'signs'....

alhamdulillah, she offered to help JIM especially for youth and our tunas islah kids this coming school holiday. that was great news to us.

later, at 5pm, we went to the hospital to visit the other sister. she has diabetic and had to have 2 of her toes removed that morning. i remember k. Aishah whispered at here while hugging her....'everyone is being tested.'...how true. air mata dia bergenang aje...

i remember my own pain...but mine is temporary.

what's in store for today? more scrabble?

Mem @ full blown

2009-10-20T14:49:00.004+08:00

well, not exactly full blown. 7 days to go (or less).

This pic is courtesy of Mr Zakio. Taken last night at Ana Ikan Bakar, Tg Lumpur where all the staff involved in one of the company's state events were invited for dinner and got some tokens.

A pic with mera boss.

some friends guessed whether i've got twins in there.

well, it could be a king-size placenta...!

sure makes little one feels quite cosy in there....

baby, i can't wait to see you!

Geram....

2009-10-17T01:21:00.004+08:00

"There should be good links between Umno and the GLCs and there should be undivided loyalty of GLC board of directors for Umno...," quoted from http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/16/nation/20091016162450&sec=nation

nak muntah...

sejak bila pula GLC BOD kena loyal kat parti politik?
Bukan ke BOD jaga kepentingan pemegang saham ?

pemegang2 saham yang besar-besar tu milik kerajaan, bukannya hak parti.

tak leh bezakan ke lagi.

padanlah duit kerajaan boleh habis ke dia.

BOD loyal kat syarikat,

pengurusan loyal kat syarikat

yang bawah loyal kat syarikat.
baru lah syarikat maju...

kalau yang atas ada 4-5 kepentingan lain,
yang tengah hilang hormat
yang bawah nak ikut siapa?

kepimpinan melalui tauladan.

Countdown...

2009-10-16T12:42:00.006+08:00

Yesterday, i had my last check up with Dr Suraya.
had a scan on the tummy - baby's head circumference, major organs measuring estimated the baby's already 40 weeks!! doc says baby's relatively big, i should be around 36 weeks. estimated baby's current weight : 3.4kg. ...not too worried. mom was a 4kg baby herself! as of 15/10/2009, mom's 78kg. there you are, thanks to one month full of hari raya makan2.

Insya Allah, planned Caesar date is 27th Oct.
11 more days, eh? but i have just 4 more workdays left before heading towards the OT.(thanks to two weekends and two public holidays in between). heaven. And insya Allah, back to work only after the Christmas holiday.

In this particular hospital, husband is not allowed to be in the OT. we were told that the OT space is not suitable - too small or something like the operating tables are close to each other... Abi wasn't in the OT either when i had Sumayyah - but it was an emergency C-sec. i was given the GA, so i did not realise what was happening. i hate to be without Abi especially time2 yang menakutkan..he will tell me if things are going ok or not. and i trust him.

i just pray the epidural would go well, not like last time when i had Zubayr, the anaest had to poke my back a few times to find the spot. it hurts. on top of that, suddenly, minutes after the baby was out, my head went dizzy, my hands/fingers went numb, i could not open my eyes, i could not speak, and i could not breathe! but i could clearly hear the docs and Abi having a good chat while the doc stitched me up.

i remember i had tears in my eyes, coz i thot i was dying without anyone noticing...i could not call or give any signal to hubby and the doc on what was happening to me. i heard the baby's cry...and i was begging Allah, please let me live as i wanted to see him so badly! i really, really thot i was dying on that table! i found out only 4 years later (only through Internet) that what i experienced was similar to a high spinal.

now, u understand why i am scared to go through the C-Sec again.

I am having braxton hicks contractions quite often nowadays. usually late evening. i hope i can still know when is it going to be for real!

Baby's name...we wanted (well, i wanted) the baby's name to begin with a 'H' this time.
if u notice, our children's name has no "patterns" - we just chose a name that 1) felt right and 2) preferably sahabah's names...they were so heroic, yet humble, brave but shy, and they stand up for the truth...they love Allah and Rasul more than anything / anyone in this world. they were the best generation of Muslims. i pray that our family could emulate the sahabahs.

obviously, u can guess, not many sahabah's names begin with a "H"...

Huzaifah & Hanzalah - that's my dear friend's twins
Hamzah - son of another good friend of mine
Hassan & Hussin - that's my dad and my uncle; not sure whether in-laws would think it's "fair" if we named our son, Hassan...:) but if i had twins, i'll definitely go for these names, regardless!! ha ha ha...
Harith is another good name but too many Hariths around us already :)

any suggestion??
I quite like Hamzah. :)

Appointment Doc

2009-10-05T17:01:00.005+08:00

Appointment pertama dengan O&G di KSH.

(Ni cerita lama - tapi nak blog juga sebab kenangan manis ke klinik ditemani anak-anak. Salah satu faedahnya, menambah excitement nak dapat adik baru)

Zubayr - selalu kata yang dia tu "Upin"..adik dalam perut umi ni "Ipin"....:)

Cermin Mata Baru

2009-10-05T16:52:00.004+08:00

Minggu lepas - Sumayyah ada appointment di Klinik Pakar Mata UIA. Tengok kakak, happy nak jumpa doktor.

Selepas 3 kali jumpa, dan 3 kali proses check mata nak confirm betul2 masalah mata...ni dia, wajah baru Sumayyah!

Berjalan, beraya, rajin pakai spec baru.

Hari ni, malu pula nak pergi sekolah dengan spec.

Simpan dalam beg dulu.

Eid Mubarak!

2009-09-25T23:17:00.012+08:00

Agak terlewat untuk ucapan salam aidilfitri. internet connection not directly available,... seminggu tak ada internet, seminggu handphone tak berapa rajin nak on...kind of hibernating.

selamat hari raya aidilfitri...mohon ampun maaf atas kesilapan yang sengaja atau tidak...moga kita dapat bertemu lagi dengan ramadhan akan datang...

picture from http://www.nikon.com.my/index.php

kami baru beli dslr nikon d3000 just in time for raya - old camera tak dapat dikesan...Dah lama teringin nak beli cuma tunggu 'sebab' dan justification. :) Setakat seminggu ni, Abi lebih pandai ambil gambar dan selalu "jadi". Umi dok belajar teori lagi...

hajat awal nak cari canon, tapi telah diyakinkan bahawa nikon yg baru keluar ni sesuai utk beginner. satu tip yang berguna from the internet : mesti physically pegang 2-3 camera yang kita nak beli : yang mana feel yang paling ngam di tangan. banyak tips lain tapi kita bukan orangnya yang layak menulis.

kita nak recommend kedai CameraZone di JJ Tebrau...(utk org di johor aje lah kut). staff situ ada nama adik Hafiiz yang sangat willing untuk kongsi ilmu dengan absolute beginner.

di atas adalah gambar favourite umi - taken by Abi. just love it.
pengalaman baru 1-2 hari pegang kamera ni. not bad, lah kan?
gambar bawah ni pulak, taken by Umi. cantik tak??
diakui, baby tu dah sedia comel plus timing...bukan pasal teknik photography ke apa...:P

balik raya ni dapatlah jumpa sepupu2 dan anak2 sedara termasuklah anak sedara yang paling kecik, ayisha claire laidler yg comel ni. kalau tengok, memang terpikat punya. 1st raya for ayisha dan parents nya buat aqiqahnya sekali. semoga menjadi anak yang solehah, permata hati ayah & ibu...ameen. kalau tenung2 selalu, ada harapan tak baby kita terkenan muka dia..?? :)

Usia yang bertambah...

2009-09-25T12:11:00.004+08:00

September - bulan kelahiran Ummi dan Umar. dan juga blog ini.

Ucapan terima kasih kepada keluarga & rakan-rakan yang mengingati.

Semoga usia yang telah lalu, diampuni,
Usia yang bakal ditempuh, dipandu Ilahi...ameen.

Akhirnya!

2009-09-15T23:21:00.004+08:00

Baru tadi ada satu berita gembira - suami Cikgu Laila telah dibebaskan dari ISA selepas 7 tahun!! Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah.

Tak terbayang penantian yang begitu lama...akhirnya berakhir.
Semoga baki tahanan yang tak pernah pun dibuktikan bersalah, akan dibebaskan juga.

Kita doakan ISA segera dimansuhkan.
Nobody deserves detention without trial.

12 minggu lagi...

2009-08-05T16:46:00.003+08:00

Sekarang wabak H1N1 semakin membimbangkan.

Kalau dahulu, dengar-dengar kes di KL sahaja...sekarang dah dekat di Kuantan...

Beberapa sekolah dan kolej mula ditutup sementara waktu.

Paling sedih bila dengar budak2 kecik dan ibu di Sarawak yang lepas bersalin meninggal.

Rasa nak cepat-cepatkan aje putaran masa - tinggal lagi 12 minggu due date...

Rasa vulnerable pulak time-time macam ni.

Rasa nak pakat-pakat dengan 3 orang lagi member yang pregnant satu bangunan ni, jom ler kita pakai mask! Kalau sorang2 tu, pelik juga.

Tapi kalau tak buat apa2, rasa macam 'gamble' pulak...tawakal tanpa usaha?

Kebarangkalian penyakit tu terkena kepada kita meningkat saban hari...mungkin lah 0.00001%...but i bet the decimal points are getting smaller...

Abi dah kata tak perlu risau...

Umi berdoa semoga keluarga kita terpelihara dari wabak ini.

Moga Allah pelihara kita semua...

Lemah je manusia ni sebenarnya,...

Tetamu Istimewa

2009-07-30T10:36:00.004+08:00

Kami menerima tetamu istimewa - keluarga K. Lina & Sufyan dan anak2 - Azzam, Syahidah, 'Athirah & Suhayb. Dah besar2 dah diorang ni..Syahidah (yang dulunya dalam perut masa Umminya dan aku housemates 11 tahun yang lalu), sekarang ni hampir nak sama tinggi dah!

Jazakumullahu khairan katheera, K. Lina & family...atas kesudian bermalam di rumah kami.
Here's a pic as kenang2an... :)

(yeah, yeah - the house badly needs a fresh coat of paint! Budget 2010)

Mansuhkan ISA

2009-07-28T16:35:00.002+08:00

Abolish ISA.

Mansuhkan ISA.

Berikan hak untuk dibicarakan.

Birthday Boys

2009-07-27T11:17:00.006+08:00

27 jun yang lepas adalah birthday Mujahid yang ke 10.

26 july baru ni, birthday Zubayr yang ke 4.

Umi doakan anak-anak Umi berjaya, jadi anak yang soleh wa musleh...

Seperti biasa, sambutan hari lahir sederhana aje kat rumah.

Yang bezanya, kek kali ni order special dari Auntie Nor.

dan insya Allah, kek2 yang akan datang... :)

Auntie Nor lukis gambar ultraman atas kek. zubayr memang suka sangat ultraman.... :)
TQ Auntie Nor.

Sumayyah Hilang?

2009-07-20T12:46:00.009+08:00

Weekend baru ni, actually sejak pagi jumaat lagi, abi ada seminar di bandar utama.

macam biasa, kalau boleh kami cuba buat program rasmi disekalikan dengan family vacation. since Jumaat hari sekolah, kami bertolak ke KL petang tu.

Hari Jumaat tu, aku ambil cuti. Nak settle beberapa perkara. misi pertama : membayar saman parking MPK sebab lupa nak letak kupon masa program JIM Sabtu lepas. Kena bayar dlm tempoh seminggu - kalau tak denda akan naik. Baiklah bayar sementara denda baru RM 5.

bangunan MPK ni boleh tahan cantiklah landscaping dia. letaknya di tepi sungai pulak. Not bad, ada drive thru rupanya nak bayar. next time lah...kalau "terkena" lagi. aku rasa tension juga kena saman ni, walhal buku kupon tu memang dah standby dalam kereta. cuma LUPA nak gores je kupon lepas parking..isk!

misi kedua : hantar kain2 yang dah lama beli di alamoda masa sales hari tu. tempah langsir kat jiran mak cik di galing. kali pertama dalam sejarah hidupku menempah langsir. biasanya paling malas aku ialah nak tempah benda2. baik baju, baik langsir. langsir ni aku biasa beli yg ready made aje kat mydin atau arwah globe dulu. aku rasa proses menempah tu panjang.., nak ukur, nak pilih kain, hantar kain, ambik kain...not to mention kena fikir design/fesyen. tapi disebabkan bulan lepas, mak cik aku dah bawa jiran dia datang rumah untuk ambil ukuran pintu etc, jadi aku dah tak ada alasan lagi....

misi ketiga : drive ke kl! rasanya dah lama tak buat kerja ni...bawa kereta jarak jauh with just the kids & me. belum sejam, diorang sudah tidur. so, had a me-time with the car & nature... :) kereta tak banyak, bukit bukau yang masih hijau...di antara yang sudah botak.

sampai je di hotel, impressed juga. hotel tu senang nak pergi, cantik & sangatlah dekat dengan 1 Utama. shopping?? not when u have small children, tak der boleh masuk kedai2 yang memerlukan pemerhatian teliti dan proses pemilihan yang panjang. tempat yang kami singgah cuma kedai makan & MPH. selamat juga credit card dari ancaman diri sendiri. sabar jer lah tengok tanda2 'sale' bersepah...

satu pengalaman yang tak dapat dilupakan - di MPH children section. masing2 - semua nak cari apa nak beli. with this belly and satu je badan, mampu pilih sorang aje kalau nak monitor pun ie. yang paling kecik --> zubayr, dok pujuk dia beli buku yang reasonably ok instead of mainan atau buku pelik2 yang mampu mengkopakkan...untuk yang 3 orang lagi anakanda tu, pesan Umi cuma, - pilih2lah buku yang okay....

tiba-tiba, keluar announcement...'diminta ibu kepada kanak-kanak bernama Sumayyah, sila datang ke pejabat customer service di tingkat 1'...

akukah itu? terkejut sebab tak sangka sumayyah dah masuk kategori kanak2 hilang? ingat jadi kat anak orang lain aje.
malu pun ya. cepat-cepat kumpul yang abang dua orang tu plus si kecik yang masih belum decide apa nak beli...mujahid already tersenyum simpul, "he he..diorang panggil kita ke Umi?"

Kalau aku boleh berlari, aku dah berlari dah...sampai di customer service..nampak sumayyah duduk, ada 3 staff MPH keliling dia, tapi diorang senyum aje. aku sekadar ucap terima kasih lah kat diorang. aku tengok, sumayyah tak nangis...tapi bila dia peluk pinggang aku lepas tu, berderailah air mata. Marah kat aku, kenapa tinggalkan dia. Kita pujuk2 - offer buku sticker ke, princess ke semua tak jalan...

Sorry Mayah..salah Umi.
Mungkin pengalaman ni buat Mayah jadi lebih berani.

(my defense : dinding yg separatekan book categories kat children section tu berkeluk2, memang tak nampak semua area at a time. aku confident, kitorang semua berlegar dekat2 situ juga tapi tak nampak each other)

Ni gambar on the way balik ke hotel. ada pulak ride ni...ceria lah sikit kakak kita.

Durian Treat

2009-07-08T10:42:00.006+08:00

Umi ada briefing di regional office di terengganu semalam.

Makan tengah hari, depa jamu dessert pengat pulut durian...sedap betul...

Dah kenyang, bersiap-siap balik ke kuantan.

Sebelum balik, pak cik syed bawa ke pekan losong dulu, beli kepok rebus losong.

dari losong, sempat tengok pemandangan & ambil gambar masjid kristal, Pulau Wan Man...

Balik kuantan ikut jalan jabor.

Baru buka cerita durian, nampak orang berjual durian di tepi jalan.

terus singgah dan pekena durian kampung beberapa ulas...!

Terima kasih kat kawan yang belanja.. :)

Nyum, nyum.

dah pesan Abi, jangan lupa beli durian on the way balik esok. :)

Kem Anak Cemerlang

2009-07-06T11:27:00.010+08:00

Sabtu lepas, Mujahid, Umar & Sumayyah telah berkhemah di Balok dengan kawan-kawan.

Program anjuran JIM Pahang ni dapat sambutan yang agak menggalakkan juga.

Umi postkan beberapa gambar kenangan di tapak perkhemahan....

Briefing oleh Mak Cik Saadiah. Sumayyah kat depan sekali - antara peserta termuda. U make abi & umi proud!

Mak Cik Na and Mak Cik Pah - kawan office Umi, masing-masing hantar 2 orang anak untuk join sekali... Tahniah kepada Mak Cik Pah sebab anak dia dapat anugerah peserta terbaik! Terima kasih ke anak-anak Mak Cik Na, tolong jaga Sumayyah :)

Umar - tak sangka Umar kena balik awal malam tu, allergy - kena gigit serangga...

Sekali pandang, macam suasana umrah/haji :)

sumayyah (in pink telekung) and her group.

semoga generasi muda ini menjadi generasi yang soleh dan cemerlang. ameen..

semoga kita bertemu lagi.

Teka Teki di Suatu Hari

2009-06-22T12:21:00.003+08:00

Sumayyah : Umi, Mayah ada satu teka teki.

Umi : Apa dia?

(Zubayr duduk sekali tumpang dengar)

Sumayyah : (ambik kertas lukis gambar 2 orang lidi, dan gambar banyak pokok plus bulat2 kat tengah antara dua orang lidi tu) Ni Amin. kat tengah ni hutan. Ni hantu (referring to yg bulat2 tu), yg ni Ali. Macam mana Amin ni nak hantar makanan kat Ali sebab dia takut hutan dengan hantu?

Umi : Lalu kat tepi hutan?

Sumayyah : Salah

Umi : Tunggulah hari siang?

Sumayyah : Salah

Umi : Umi tak tau lah

Sumayyah : Menyerah (kalah)?

Umi : OK, menyerah...

Sumayyah : Dia bacalah 'a'uzubillahi minasysyaitan nir rajim...nanti hantu tu lari...

Umi : Oh, ha-ah...

Zubayr : Alah, Zubayr boleh temankan Amin tu pergi. Nanti dia dah hantar makanan tu, Zubayr hantar dia balik rumah dia. ...(aku tahan senyum. satu jawapan tulus ikhlas!)

Umi : Zubayr tak takut hantu tu ?

Zubayr : tak

Umi : Bagus anak Umi suka tolong orang!

(Zubayr dengan cousin-nya Iman)

Kita Dapat Apa yang kita Cari...

2009-06-15T15:34:00.005+08:00

Hari Sabtu lepas, Abi dan Umi tak lepaskan peluang ke Konvensyen Keluarga Du'at di KL. Dah pernah hadir pengisian Pak Cahyadi di Sekolah Irsyad sebelum ni. Jadi, bila tau JIM Pusat nak panggil Pak Cahyadi datang, tak perlu fikir 2 kali - program ni kami MESTI hadir!

Alhamdulillah - perjalanan yang tidak sia-sia. Ni nota2 konvensyen yang Umi sempat catat...

1. Perkahwinan - Matlamatnya ke Syurga

Kita letakkan visi dalam rumahtangga. Kita nak bawa keluarga kita ke mana? Nak capai apa? Masalah2 yang dihadapi pasangan berkahwin lebih rendah nilainya berbanding ketinggian & kemuliaan matlamat suami & isteri; iaitu redha Allah dan syurgaNya...

2. Kita Dapat Apa yang Kita Cari

Untuk setiap perbuatan yang kita kerjakan, kita akan mendapat apa yang kita niatkan...Ada cerita orang yang 'terjumpa' pelacur di Tanah haram, tetapi ada orang yang pergi ke US, tapi tak terjumpa pelacur...kita akan berjumpa dengan apa yang kita cari...hmm, betul tu...dalam kata lain, kalau kita tidak mencari, insya Allah, kita susah nak berjumpa.

3. Cara Menyelesaikan masalah

Satu skill kehidupan yang penting ialah menyelesaikan masalah. Semua rumahtangga takkan lari dan sunyi dari masalah. Belajar menyelesaikan masalah adalah melalui pengalaman hidup. Menurut Pak Chah, langkah terakhir untuk menyelesaikan masalah adalah...Kita LUPAKAN saja! Cute. And True. Banyak sangat perkara dalam hard disk, yang lama pun diungkit2, yang tak ada kaitan pun dikait2...sehingga menjadi tak selesai2...

...tu je yang dapat dikongsi dulu.

Satu lagi plan asal ialah nak cari buku beliau yang fofular - Bahagiakan Diri Dengan Satu Isteri... :) Ni untuk Abi lah especially bila dah jadi weekend hasben nih...
Alhamdulillah, sebagai ganti, dapat beli satu buku tulisan Pak Chah - "Di Jalan Dakwah Ku Gapai Sakinah"....Sayangnya, tak sempat ambil autograf.

Gambar masa konvensyen pun tak ambil.

Tapi ada gambar2 konvensyen kat blog brother Zairi dari Melaka.

Trip to Malacca...!

2009-06-10T11:22:00.007+08:00

Rasanya ni kali ketiga kita gi melaka tahun ni.

Tapi setiap trip ada sebabnya tersendiri, jadi taklah boring.

kali ni nak jumpa sepupu-sepupu, mak2 sedara, atok & jiddah.

walaupun dah pernah masuk waterworld sebelum ni, tapi kali ni pecah rekod...

dari pukul 11 pagi sampai pukul 5 lebih.
Umi pun dah tak tahan, cuaca panas.

tengok orang lain berendam, main air...

panas, panas, panas.

air tin satu RM3! ais krim RM3.50. Terpaksa juga beli kerana tiada pilihan.

Harap semuanya puas main air. belakang badan zubayr dah hitam, kena sun burn.
mungkin next time round, kita boleh test bukit gambang resort city pulak, best ke tak, na...

Bowling @ Premium Lanes

2009-06-05T16:07:00.008+08:00

Semalam kami join program cuti sekolah Tunas Islah JIM Kuantan - BOWLING! @ Premium Lanes, Kuantan Plaza. Boleh baca laporan ringkasnya di sini. yang bestnya Mujahid strike at first attempt. But Umar turned out to be the top scorer among the boys. cayalah Umar. Umi tak ceritalah bab ada 'pagar' tu..oops.

Mujahid and gang won with 411 points. His teammates :

Yang kecik 2 orang tu pun seronok juga. Premium Lanes installed 2 lanes untuk mini-bowling. Dengan token RM2, boleh baling 10 kali..catch sumayyah and zubayr in action!

finally, after a good bath, sebotol susu yang kaw2, we've got one very tired bowler...

Happy Birthday, Abah

2009-05-26T12:02:00.003+08:00

Hari ni hari jadi Abah yang ke 61.

Rupanya Abah tengah sibuk, berpanas. Dia dengan pak cik & tok sedara ada kat tanah perkuburan. Ada kerja-kerja mengalih beberapa kubur untuk projek besarkan jalanraya.

Termasuk dalam kubur-kubur yang kena dialihkan ialah kubur moyang Umi.

Dalam telefon, Abah seperti biasa. Banyak cerita nak kongsi. Termasuk cerita Abah terlelap semasa bawa kereta dari johor ke KL lepas balik kenduri kahwin sepupu di Pontian, sabtu lepas. Alhamdulillah, tak jadi apa-apa....hari Ahadnya pula, drive balik semula ke kampung dari KL ke Perlis.

Walaupun jauh di utara, Abah tetap balik johor, just for the weekend, walaupun ini kenduri belah iparnya. Mak kata, kali ini ramai sungguh keluarga belah Johor berkumpul untuk kenduri kahwin - mengalahkan hari raya...ralatnya kita tak dapat balik... :(

Happy birthday Abah.

Really, really miss you.

Work Promotion

2009-05-25T16:34:00.005+08:00

Jumaat lepas, company buat jamuan makan malam meraikan team futsal state yang menang company punya competition (national level). Kita taklah main tapi tumpang meraikan. Lepas acara selesai, bos tegur, " Tahniah, ya... You punya surat naik pangkat dah sampai."

Alhamdulillah, terkejut & gembira tapi selagi tak tengok surat tu sendiri, macam tak boleh percaya. Pagi sebelum tu, hairan juga, kenapa gaji pokok dlm penyata gaji bulan ni macam pelik aje..kutlah salah masuk..

Hari ni, baru tengok sendiri surat tu....
di luar sampul...my boss scribbled :
"Pn ...., di harap ianya menjadi satu dorongan yang baik untuk puan bekerja dengan lebih kuat lagi."
signed.
22/5/2009

selepas hampir 11 tahun...officially a 'manager'.
some people mungkin rasa dah tunggu lama. ramai pun kawan sebaya aku dah jadi manager, some younger than me. ada kawan2 aku yg memang berkaliber, dah jadi AGM pun.. but others mungkin rasa cepatnya aku dapat.

pada aku, alhamdulillah.
rezeki baby, kata kawan baik aku.

ameen. semoga berkat.

First Check-Up

2009-05-14T12:55:00.005+08:00

Hari ni first time check up. walaupun klinik sebelah ofis aje tetapi baru hari ni pergi.

Check berat (baru 14 weeks dah 67kg..). berpotensi mencecah 80kg ni.

Dapat buku / kad kesihatan ibu kaler hijau from Klinik al-Amin. jakun sikit tapi excited..., selama ni check dekat klinik di KL, tak de kad2 ni. rekod simpan kat doktor aje.

So, bila due date??
Kalau ikut scan date, EDD is 27.10.09. Kalu ikut LMP, EDD is 11.11.09
Oleh kerana kali ini it's going to be an elective C, EDD kena ditentukan secara pasti...the gap is 2 weeks - macam jauh pulak. doctor advised against waiting for contraction to happen so we really have to be comfortable on the right date. mungkin ambik date tengah2...3.11.09?

Oleh kerana ramai orang di klinik, doktor suruh datang lain kali utk ambil darah & scan...Umi suka aje nak scan, nak tengok baby lagi..tapi part ambik darah yg ku lemah sikit....

'My' book...!

2009-04-29T11:49:00.010+08:00

Alhamdulillah, usaha bertatih dalam penulisan menjadi kenyataan...
Umi sendiri belum tengok / pegang lagi buku ni..

Terima kasih kepada Kak Roha dan team kerana beri peluang dan terima penulisan yang tak sepertinya ini. Tulisan ini didedikasikan khas untuk Emak tercinta - namun jauh dari dapat membalas jasa dan kasih sayangmu untuk kami.

Buku ini adalah kompilasi sumbangan 24 penulis & merakamkan nota pengalaman sebenar diasuh ibu, madrasah pertama hidup seorang insan. Rujukan lebih lanjut dari : http://rohahassan.blogspot.com/

Ha, jangan lupa baca artikel no. 9...:)

Bahagian I :

1) Fight For Your Right : Anfaal Saari
2) Biar Miskin Dunia, Tapi Kaya di Akhirat Sana! : Anita Ali
3) Ibu! Oh Ibu! Engkaulah Ratu Hatiku : Azlina Isa
4) Sikap Optimis Mu Pendorong Kejayaan Ku : Azlina Roszy Mohamad Ghaffar
5)Emak ku Adalah ‘Women Of Substances’ : Ir. Endok Sempo Mohd Tahir
6)Ibu Madrasah Tarbiah Ku Yang Pertama : Fakhrul Anuar Zulkawi
7) Biar Miskin Harta, Jangan Miskin Ilmu -Faridah Maludin
8) Umi Penghibur, Pelindung Ku - Dr Hafidzah Mustakim
9) Ibu Madrasah Pertama - Hafizah @ Pen Aija
10) Apa Yang Ku Pelajari Dari Madrasah Hjh Siti Ramlah Anuar -Prof Madya Dr Harlina Halizah Hj Siraj
11)Kalau Kau Hendak Senang, Belajar Rajin-rajin - Haron Mohd Yusof (Hamdy)
12)Ibu Adalah Madrasah Pertama - Ibni Khalid Jurait
13)Kepercayaan Mu Penguat Semangat Ku - Kerisisiah Mohd Daud
14)Ibu Ku, Sahabat Ku…Pendamai Jiwa Ku - Norhayati S
15)Engkaulah Ibu, Engkaulah Ayah - Noor Faizah Sidek
16)Ibu Terlalu Istimewa Di Hatiku - Mahani Yusof
17)Ibu Madrasah Pertama Kami Sekeluarga - Ramlah Hussin
18)Sentuhan Ajaib Ibu - Roha Hassan
19)Pemergian Mu Tiada Pengganti - Rosnah Ahmad
20)Terima Kasih Mak - Salina Hassan
21)Ibu Madrasah Pertama Ku - Siti Aishah Mahamad
22) Ibu Permata Hati Ku - Prof Madya Dr Umi Kalthom Ngah
23) Ibu Permata Hatiku, Madrasah Pertama Ku - Ummu Mukhlis
24) Kasih Ibu Tidak Bertepi - Wan Fauziah Wan Kadir

Nama Buku : Ibu Madrasah Pertama Ku

Penyusun : Roha Hassan

Penerbit : Tinta Ori Enterprise

Usaha sama : Wanita JIM Pusat dan Tinta Ori Enterprise

Editor : Nazirah Idris dan Roha Hassan

Tebal Buku : 306 muka surat

Harga : RM25 sahaja / RM28 untuk Sabah dan Sarawak

Hubungi : Nazirah / Murni (03-41073379) atau Roha (012-4317948)

Fresh, homemade buns, anyone?

2009-04-27T15:04:00.008+08:00

Kawan Umi, auntie Nor ajak join kelas buat bun @ Kolej Komuniti Kuantan last weekend.

Sebenarnya, ma*** nak pergi tetapi kuatkan hati jugak sebab bila lagi peluang nak belajar. Yuran pun berpatutan RM 20 aje. Yuran termasuk sarapan/brunch yang sedap. tak perlu bawa apa-apa barang, dan boleh bawa balik apa yang kita masak.
Atas tu group belajar kami...cikgu is the one in pink.

Ada 6 jenis bun lah yang kitorang belajar...tau sar bun, stolen red bean bun, butterfly red bean bun, ..pas tu sosej ada 2 jenis, sunflower and apa tah satu lagi..plus the normal round bun...

gambar di atas, sebelum bun2 tu dibakar dlm oven. kalau dah bakar, lagi cantik. dalam gambar tu, buns yang cikgu tu buat. yang kita buat, tak yahlah...tak de rupa..tak sempat amik gambar, bila dah siap, terus bawa balik dan makan...:P

pada awalnya, pergi course ni sebab nak cari cara pulang modal lepas beli convection oven tahun lepas. Rupanya, perlu buat budget beli mixer pulak... :)

so kesimpulan yang dibuat : rupanya kolej komuniti banyak kursus yang menarik, harga pun murah..jadi bolehlah sama-sama dimanfaatkan...

Tagged by Yan

2009-04-24T12:03:00.007+08:00

Tagged by my dear S.I.L - got to give real nice answers...nanti tau dek mak mertua... he he he

1. When was your engagement?
28th Feb 1998

2. When is your marriage anniversary?
15th Aug 1998

3. How long have you known your spouse?
Met in Summer 1997.

4. How long did you date before you got engaged?
we didn't. bercinta selepas kahwin...ahaks.

5. Where did you meet your spouse?
Dublin. Accompanied by my then-naqibah and her husband.

6. What is your spouse’s full name?
Mohamed Hadzri

7. Do you have any children?
Yes, alhamdulillah.

8. How many?
4.3

9. Do you have any pets?
Nope.

10. Do you own or rent?
Rent

11. Do you live in the country, city/town?
Town

12. What is your favorite activity you do together?
Travelling, gi program, watching Prison Break

13. Do you have a favorite vacation spot?
Our local spot : Pantai Batu Hitam.

14. How many siblings do you have including in-laws?
5 + 7

15. What mosque do you attend?
nearest @ IM2..lama dah tak gi..

16. Is this the mosque you got marrried in?
No.

17. What town is your current address?
Indera Mahkota

18. Do you work or stay home?
Work but would LOVE to stay home! (sebijik jawapan Yan)

19. Where did you go for your honeymoon?
Tioman Island & Winchester..masih terbayang2...:)

20. Leave a piece of marriage advice and tag ur friends.
Stick to life's goals - to be reminded of what's really important

I'm tagging:

Mama Afiqah
Along
Halwafy

Embah dapat cucu baru

2009-04-21T14:15:00.008+08:00

Tanggal 16 April, Alhamdulillah, Mak Lang selamat melahirkan baby girl di Pusrawi thru caesarian..baby sihat dan comel @ 3.5kg.

tengoklah abang Muadz yang protective, jaga adiknya!

Zubayr tanya Umi, bila pulak baby kita nak keluar.
Umi kata, belum siap lagi...;)

1 entry only?

2009-04-21T13:41:00.009+08:00

Dah lama tak update - baru sedar hanya satu entry untuk bulan April...!

actually, banyak peristiwa menarik boleh share. kebanyakannya berkisar bab makan :)

ni lah dia summary 2-3 minggu punya cerita...

first of all, had a special lunch date at black canyon at ECM. lupa dah nama aiskrim ni...tapi sedap...pisangnya manis, ada choc bits, and not to mention 3 layers of ice cream of different flavour..yummy!

then, mid-April ada birthday celeb. for finance members - kebetulan birthdays dekat2. Sedap kek pandan ni - my favourite.

Buat julung-julung kalinya, mak su kita datang all the way from perlis...sempatlah kami bawa makan ikan bakar petai di tg lumpur. makan bersimpuh lagi tu...sorry tak ambil gambar food-nya. tak sempat. lapar sangat time tu, tunggu lama sebab ramai betul orang....Abi, giving his tough hangman quiz to pass the time.

baru2 ni, michael datang mesia....banyaknya coklat and hadiah for the kids!! Thanks Yan and Wa!!

tengoklah budak2 mengerumuni Santa Claus musim panas... :)
family gathering at kinrara is also to celebrate Izzat's 8th birthday!

Happy birthday, Izzat...!

A weekend in Redang

2009-04-06T11:28:00.011+08:00

lately berat nak update blog, masuk FB, checking the news etc...
selain dari terpaksa kerana kerja, rasa tak lalu nak tengok screen komputer lagi...tapi oleh kerana memang best lah trip pergi redang last weekend...di-uploadkan sedikit gambar untuk mengabadikan kenangan yang best...!

perjalanan nak sampai ke sini, sangatlah mencabar bagi mereka especially yg dah memang loya walaupun di tanah rata..so 4 round umi uwek2 atas bot...tips x uwek : jgn le breakfast/makan banyak right b4 naik bot, naiklah bot yg besar & laju, and try to sleep as soon as u can...

pelik juga kenderaan2 kat sini ada yang tak ada no. plat. selamba aje. (statement ni tak de kena mengena dgn van putih di atas).
ni lah peta pulau redang...

below, the view from our room...cantik kan? mlm2 tidur pun dengar bunyi ombak menghempas pantai.

swimming pool yg besar...seronok budak2 ni mandi..org pun tak ramai. kami pi snorkelling and the best for children definitely the marine park. banyaknya ikan, walaupun air kat paras pinggang. friendly je ikan2 tu, seronok la bagi ikan makan roti. sayang tak bawak camera, takut rosak kena air...ombak agak kuat, jadi tak pergilah tempat sharks and turtles. kata yg bawa bot, best time nak pergi ialah may/june, gitu...

kembali ke KT, kami tidur satu malam. esoknya jalan2 ke pasar payang and melawat hospital nur zahirah. starting 3rd May, abi nak keja at this hospital for 2 YEARS! fikir pasal ni je, umi stressed.

naik beca dari pasar payang ke bus stand. RM 4.

lunch at A&W. A&W paling lawa di mesia - right here at pantai batu burok.

alhamdulillah, syukur dapat gi pulau redang ni. tq kat pak cik husni for inviting us to the trip. mujahid dah tanya, bila kita boleh pergi lagi...:)

al-Fatihah

2009-03-30T10:14:00.003+08:00

Terkejut hari ni - baru terbaca pasal 2 doktor yang meninggal - accident terjatuh di Ulu Kelang...nama doktor tu familiar, pakar kanak2 pulak tu.

Bila googled her name, memang betul, she is Dr Haliza of Ampang Puteri. Pernah jumpa dia sekali masa tu, sumayyah 6 bulan...tapi memang tak lupa - baik dan lembut orangnya.

Semoga ruhnya dicucuri rahmat...al Fatihah.

Mom of the Year Award

2009-03-19T14:16:00.009+08:00

Thank you, my 'twin' Mom of Nurul Afiqah for this.
i feel truely honoured. not for the award so much, but the fact that it comes from her.

The rules are:

1. Admit one thing you feel awful about (involving being a mom). Once you have written it down, you are no longer allowed to feel bad. Remember you are a good mom!

i don't cook as much as i should.

2. List 7 things you love about your kids, you love doing with your kids, or that your kids love about you.

i love...

- cuddling them
- watching them play especially football with Abi or having good time with their friends riding bicycles etc.
- taking their pics doing funny things or at beautiful places
- to hear them tell stories of school & friends, when they are open and share their thots & feelings.
- when we have good 'arguments'
- when they take their books to read without being asked to. well this happens rarely ever since PS2 and streamyx got into the house. i love to spend on their books.
- if Abi's not around and we begin to feel bored, we'd go somewhere fun & near - just me and them and have a treat.

3. Send this to 5 other moms of the year that deserve a reminder that they too are the best moms that they can be. Remember to send them a note letting them know you have selected them, and also add a link to your post that directs people back to the person who nominated you.

Can i have more names?
This award goes to 7 great blogging moms :-

merah hitam : for her patience & strength waiting & fighting for her husband to be out from cruel ISA.
K. Jie : for being there for family & friends, always
ummuanis : for her commitment to see this world be a better place tagging little anis along wherever she goes!
kak D : for being who you are
Nor : for the love plus the good stuff coming out from yr oven
Halwafy : for being a super Mom in faraway land.
Along : who strives at work, her biz and at home

to all moms who are reading this. this award goes to you too.