Sriberry

Last Recipe and....entry...here.

2008-10-07T14:51:00.009+08:00

I leave you with this last recipe of Twins' Fave Baked Chicken. No worries..simple as ABC...remember simple is my middle name? ehee..so here lovelies...

Twins' Fave Baked Chicken.
Ingredients

1 plate of chicken wings..parted.

Marinate chicken for an hour or more with...

Sparingly sprinkle salt on chicken.
White pepper powder.
2 tbsps of chilli sauce.
2 tbsp of tomato sauce
2tbsp of oyster sauce.
generous dashes of sweet soy sauce on chicken.
generous dashes of sesame oil.
sparingly dashes of nampla (fish sauce)
drizzle honey on chicken (on skin if desired)

Bake chicken for 45 minutes to an hour...my mini morries oven can cook them at 45 minutes but I like mine crispier so..an hour is good.

This is a good side dish for noodles and rice.You may squeeze lime juice on the chix if you like:) Enjoy! Noraini...have fun with this one love!

A silent reader no more :)

2008-10-04T08:47:00.008+08:00

Amacam brudder .....partner mc , tamu pun anak2 dara cantik....confuse eh nak buat apa..kekkekekke...!

May I keep them , Noraini..?

brudder lagik satu mc..apa mau buat brudder...

tengok tu...macam mana kita tak geram....ngan rambut anak patung dia...

cannot help it lah....tumpang manja anak perempuan orang ya..cik amik gambar byk2 ya...

Israa cakap.." ssalamm..ssalamm"

I can't help staring at this lovely doll.

pretty Laila and pretty mommy Noraini..hugs*

Adik and Abang..cik abang..makan sayur banyak2 laa...:))

Israa and Laila...lovely names that match the lovely faces and personalities.

Noraini and daughters flew from Christchurch for some months stay here and am hoping for another meet with them...insya'Allah..My nervousness was unfounded and they all had been wonderful and what was sweeter, discovered that they knew my aunt n family real well.. who used to live in the same neighbourhood with them in Ghim Moh.....small small world... :)Sweet!

I fell in love with Israa and Laila.....because they are daughters and you know how much I'd love to have one...sampaikan tengah syiok amik gambar kat bilik 'kids' base'....tamu mom and nenek kena tinggal kat hall for awhile...sorry eh noraini!...eheee...nanti dah balik negeri tah bila nak jumpa lagi so kak sri amik chan eh...si Hassan macam bingung..partner ple'ot sebab demam panas...baring ajer tak keluar bilik...tapi sempat tamu menjenguk...eheh...alhamdulillah..husain is well today and we just came back from an outing treat specially for them as we thought they deserve it.

Bestlah dapat jumpa macam ni...tengok album noraini, macam nak pergi NZ lagilah...i miss the mountains,valleys,lakes and the fields with sheep grazing....bestlah....bila ada rezeki lebih sikit..boleh lah berangan...bukan pergi tau..berangan dulu...eheee..sekarang nak berangan pun tak berani...duduk kat rumah diam2 sudah...paling2 jb pi mai pi mai tang tu...:)))

Thanks adikku dan mummy mu dan anak2 manja yang sudi kerumah ksri yang tak seberapa ni...kalau dapat baca entry ni, do keep in touch n hope to see you all again..insya'Allah:)

Salam Jumaat!

2008-10-03T09:43:00.002+08:00

Islam Yang Sebenar

Hadith :
Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda yang maksudnya:”Apabila salah seorang dari kamu mengerjakan amal-amal yang membuktikan keislamannya dengan sebaik-baiknya (serta dengan ikhlas) maka tiap-tiap kebaikan yang dikerjakannya akan ditulis baginya sepuluh kebajikan yang menyamainya hingga kepada tujuh ratus kali ganda dan tiap-tiap satu kejahatan yang dilakukannya akan ditulis baginya (satu kejahatan) yang menyamainya.”

Riwayat Bukhari

HuraianPengajaran Hadis:
i) Islam adalah suatu agama yang mulia dan ia memuliakan penganutnya.

ii) Buktinya Islam memberikan ganjaran yang sangat besar bagi setiap kebaikan yang dilakukan di mana kelebihan atau ganjaran ini tidak akan diperolehi dengan pengakuan mulut sahaja (mengaku Islam sahaja) tetapi hanya akan dicapai dengan mengerjakan amalan-amalan yang baik secara ikhlas dan ihsan kerana Allah S.W.T.

iii) Ihsan bererti mengerjakan sesuatu ibadat dan kebaikan dengan sebaik-baiknya, lengkap dengan segala peraturan serta ikhlas kepada Allah iaitu bersih dari perbuatan syirik dan sifat munafiq serta bersih daripada perasaan riya’, ujub dan sebagainya. Dengan lain perkataan ihsan itu adalah mengerjakan sesuatu ibadat seolah-olah seseorang itu melihat Allah serta meyakini bahawa Allah sedang memerhatikannya.

Sumber : Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia

Syawal 1429

2008-10-02T10:21:00.013+08:00

Salam Semuanya...Terimakasih atas ucapan selamat hari raya dari kak za, rosma,sweetie,nora,khaty, sis fir, ummi, suriyati and those yg sms or email.. like zee (come arr :)), *(updated)janna,yaslam,BazilaG,Faridah and to all silent readers..selamat hari raya all!.....thanks soo muchh you all....

Alhamdulillah...as expected..like every first Syawal..the celebration was full of happiness, love and forgiveness..Its not everyday that I got to meet and talk and laugh with everyone..especially my late pa's siblings who are also my uncles and aunties...though pa is not around anymore for almost 6 years...they still do keep in touch with my mama..not often but important occassions as this, they make effort and make happy for my mama's sake...we all have histories together sad and happy....even with the almost estranged forever person in our lives (with my mama n us) ...almost.. got our relationship refreshed and we started all over again with forgiveness and love since last year's syawal.....the blessed Ramadhan...the answers Allah s.w.t. gives unto us...alhamdulillah...

We could not complete the visits with the rest as my boys were already sleeping on my whaley laps, one each side..hehheheh..at an uncle's place...they had 3 more homes to go but we had to excuse ourselves due to the late nite and the tired little bodies...today they have school so....

Pardon the poor pictures taken...no proper camera so I made do with my hp...

Selamat Hari Raya,Minal Aidin walfaizin...seperti ceramah hari raya oleh seorang ustaz di radio..berhari raya dgn sebenar2 nya makna hari raya,..bukan melebih2kan tradisi beraya tapi dengan pupuk sifat memaafi dan memaafkan, tingkat keimanan yg baru, tekad yang baru, akidah yg lebih baik, kesyukuran yang lebih tinggi,akhlak yang lebih mulia,kesedaran yg lebih, tanggungjawab kita sebagai umat Islam, bergembira kerana keizinan Allah s.w.t untuk kita semua bertemu ramadhan 1429 ini hingga keakhirnya...kegembiraan akan hadiah bulan yg penuh berkah dariNya untuk kita menuai dan menikmati insya'Allah.....alhamdulillah.

To Rosma my dear friend...daku ingat kamu dalam santapan kuaci,cookies dan lain2 ku..alhamdulillah atas rezeki diberi...hugskuatkuat...my kids simply loveeeee yr choc chipss..!!

Salam Maaf dari Sriberry..

Eid Mubarak!

2008-09-29T08:26:00.008+08:00

One more day to celebrate Syawal, insya'Allah :) and Children's Day too but not much attention paid to the latter :)))

Yesterday we did a bit of cleaning in the flat especially the forgotten nooks,crannies and corners and beneaths...eheh.Last batch to bake the saaaayyyyymmee cookie..because the kids have been chomping on them everyday...so insya'Allah..will be done by today.As my mama will be hosting in the 1st syawal,our abode is expected to be the next visit after there..considering being just across *happy* :)) I plan to cook bit more this time and I am almost confident about preparing sambal goreng..see..3 days ago,was my debut trial of sambal goreng...husband teased, after almost 11 years married to me,barulah he got to eat my sambal goreng...his favourite dish,anyone's version...being a first timer about it...sampai pijar2 jejari ku sebab byk rupanya kena hiris2 eh....uhukk..tapi alhamdulillah....lepas tu,gayat nak buat lagi...sebab dah dapat positive QC...:))))

The twins have been doing fine alhamdulillah...Husain showed his side of sentimentality...he wept about something that brought me to shame...really..he asked a question twice 2 days ago..its something very positive actually and I was quite stunted by his reaction...so did husband.I told him there is always puasa sunnah.And he wanted a good assurance about it and kept me repeated what else is in store in the rest of the months....insya'Allah.I learn a lot from this boy.

In the midst of business...I'd like to wish everyone Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri..Eid Mubarak!Maaf Zahir Batin to all friendly readers from Singapore,Malaysia,Christchurch (adik..waiting that friday call maa..back home already?)USA,Netherlands (dun be shy, say hi next time k:) Egypt and accidental hoppers here...thank you for dropping by :) May Allah bestow us with mercy and grace....and may we all feel all refreshed and with more zeal to improve and be more n more steadfast in the daily obligations and kind deeds from the blessings of Ramadhan which ends really soon...insya'Allah :'

Lagi sekali...sri ucapkan pada semua..mohon seikhlas hati maaf pada semua..yg jauh dan dekat..mana kata2 yang tak berkenan dihati, entries yang menjengkelkan, comment yang mengguris, respond yang lambat, gambar2 yang jelek dan sebagainya..maaf sangat sangat pada semua dari sri sekeluarga.

To my adikku..ksri not sure dah pulang ke belum...am looking forward to the news k.Have a pleasant Aidilfitri to you and siblings...you are always in my mind and prayers...*hugs*insya'Allah, moga2 dapat bersua lagi...*hugsnlove*..Maaf zahir batin.

Selamat Hari Raya dan Sambut lah lebaran dengan kemenangan masing masing.Eid Mubarak!!

Ikhlas..sriberry/risberry

Cornflakes Crunchies

2008-09-24T08:07:00.005+08:00

It is! So crunchie:)) Its not time consuming, easy and almost a jaw breaker :)) So those who want a fast one but taste good..insya'Allah..this is one of the many simple recipes..Sriberry only bakes this for raya...the rest..cookies tunjuk2...:))) So, Lin melurdesa....as requested..try this one bila2 ok!..hugs* Cornflakes cookies are common ya , I use chef wan's recipe here from his book.He adds cherries and almond but I just throw in chocolate chips for mine..going to bake another batch today...3 days of the same recipe. *yawwnnn*

Cornflakes Crunchies (I double the measurement from the original)

* pepandai ubah

210g butter

1 cup castor sugar

1 egg yolk

1 tsp essence of vanilla*

1 1/2 cups self raising flour

200g cornflakes (crush lightly)

1 cup or more (desired amt) chocolate chips*

Baking

Heat oven at 180 for say..10 mins.

Cream butter and sugar till fluffy.Add in egg yolk n essence..mix well.

In a seperate mixing bowl, mix with wooden spoon, flour ..cornflakes..choc chips.Then pour this mix into the buttercream mixture bowl you just did.

Fold well.

Scoop a teaspoon of the mixed batter and roll into a lil ball with your fingers.

Drop it into small papercups.Bake at 180c for 10 to 15 mins ..with my morries mini oven..I baked at 200c for 15mins...till golden brown.

Done:)

Continue to have a good ramadhan ..what's left of the days..*sniff*

Maaf dari sriberry...

The Last 10 days of Ramadhan

2008-09-19T08:36:00.007+08:00

The Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) said,
"If any Muslim comes out of Ramadan without gaining forgiveness and goodness, he is a real loser." (Ibn Hibban and At-Tabarani)

The last ten days of Ramadan are very special days in the life of every Muslim. According to Muslims, they are the most blessed days in the blessed month of Ramadan, the month the Holy Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that although the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) was promised Paradise, he used to exert himself even more in worship during these last ten days, hoping to draw closer to Allah. The Prophet's wife Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet used to tighten his waist belt and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers." (Bukhari)

For Muslims, the last ten days should be a time to perfect one's fast and avoid anything that may break it. It is a time to give more charity and to settle disputes and forgive one another. It is also a time for soul searching, evaluating one's life, supplicating, and asking forgiveness. This should be done sincerely because if Allah accepts the supplications, the reward is the remission of one's sins.

The best time to do it is in the last part of the night. Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) said, "When the last one third of the night remains, our Lord, the Glorious One, descends towards the lower heaven and proclaims: 'Is there anyone supplicating to Me so that I grant his supplication? Is there anyone begging of Me for anything so that I grant him his wish? Is there anyone who seeks My forgiveness so I forgive him?'" (Bukhari and Muslim)

During the last third of Ramadan, one should recite more Quran and remember Allah more often, even constantly.

The last ten days are also known for Itekaf (spiritual retreat). The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) used to perform Itekaf in the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan, barely sleeping during that time. Itekaf requires a total devotion to Allah; it is a sort of vacation with Him. The time is spent worshiping, performing extra Salah (ritual prayers), reciting Quran, making Thikr (remembrance of Allah) and duaas (supplications). One should leave behind the cares of this world, and even eat and sleep in the mosque. Those who cannot perform Itekaf for ten days, should try to do it for a shorter time, if only for one night or a day or two.

Laylat Al-Qadr also occurs during the last ten days of Ramadan. The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) said, "Any Muslim who stands in Prayer during Laylat Al-Qadr out of faith and sincerity, his previous sins will be forgiven."

By: Magda Azzam
Source: http://www.islamonline.net/

Salam friends...
Insya'Allah we'll meet 20th Ramadhan tomorrow...Yes, very same sentiment...the days whizz so speedily,lamenting for it to stay...and we were shaking heads being reminded about it.Quite forlorn these few days.But anyways...the days will have to move on...to meet the last 10 days, to welcome new months,to meet a new hijr..and insya'Allah...to meet the next ramadhan..hope I am invited :

Over here, we are very much complacent about the 'preps'...ingredients to bake simple cookies are ready but yet to start that ball rolling...eheh..curtains were washed and dried few weeks ago and yet to hang them back...as you can imagine...my house is so 'BOTAK' from any kind of festive aura :\ no mood lah...like my mama told days ago "melopohhhhngg rumah"..kekekekke!..the 'no mood' sentiment is almost in all those I met and talked to...'no mood'..well..understandably one of the reasons, many kids are going to have their final exams in the same week of 1st syawal and onwards...n...the rest..the yearning :)

To all...have a very productive last dayss of ramadhan and I am seeking forgiveness from all...minta maaf seikhlas hati dari kita pada semua ya...kekata yang tak patut, gambar2 yang mungkin mengundang rasa tidak senang, comment2 yang mengguris dan semua yang tidak baik dari sriberry....minta maaf ya semua.

Selamat menyambung ibadah puasa...selamat beramal ibadah...selamat segalanya...amiin...have a good Friday and onwards...love all ..

:)

sweetie..its here!

2008-09-18T09:32:00.001+08:00

As requested..and much delayed granting (mahappp sweetie :\)

Budak2 lain draw pun cute2 tau... from different pcfs..

2008-09-11T09:06:00.006+08:00

Alhamdulillah...masih di beri rezeki bertemu ramadhan untuk hari ini juga.Semua sihat2 belaka? Hai...macam email pulak hari ini ya...tidak apa..sudah lama tidak berbahasa dengan betul di sini..asyik menggunakan bahasa pasar dan bahasa pandai pandai sendiri...bersabar dengan saya ya...

Yang ada anak anak kecil...sedang berpuasa juga ya? alhamdulillah...Anak anak di Pandan ini...insya'Allah...macam tahun lepas juga.Rasa rasa nya umur 6 tahun sudah boleh lah mula biasa biasakan diri untuk beribadah bersama dalam bulan mulia ini. Mana mampu setengah hari..itu pun satu kejayaan..Memang benar..tiap ramadhan berbeza beza...tidak dua ramadhan sama,rasanya.Insya'Allah ramadhan kali ini lebih baik dari sebelumnya...dan tiap2 tahun mendatang kita di jemput menemui ramadhan sekali lagi..insya'Allah..amin.

Seperti tahun2 lepas...apabila mendengar lagu Hari Raya...rasa darah gemuruh..tak taulah kenapa tapi suami sudah faham benar dengan isteri ini...semacam tidak gemar sangat hendak dengar lagu hari raya hari raya ini...tabiat ini bermula sejak 10 tahun lebih lalu...seram sejuk di buatnya...entahlah..kita ini jenis susah hendak difahami isi hati...suami pun sudah lali dengan kompleks nya manusia ini..:)))

Terasa juga lah ramadhan ini cepat betul berlalu...semalam separuh hari sayu betul kenangkan ramadhan semakin cepat hampir berakhir...padahal kita belum pun apa apa :( dalam masa sama , tidak mahu rasa rugi untuk mengaut rezeki dari Allah s.w.t. dari segi rahmatNYA....bulan ini memang patut kita jangan bazir...that would mean,less online...tapi memanglah..tiap tiap hari memang terasa sahaja hendak ber internet...kita cakap pasal diri sendiri ini...hari hari memang on laptop...semalam alhamdulillah...jumpa site redsulphur...sungguh bagus site itu...betulll...sebab banyak informasi2 tentang agama, terutama sekali tentang hidup harian kita terbentang di situ...cari bahan bacaan sebegitu memang kita suka...tak lupa juga blog kawan kawan...sekarang ada facebook pulak..yang itu tak payah cerita lah..boleh migraine dibuatnya..eheee..

Ok..tak taulah siapa akan baca entry ini...rasa rasanya sudah nak mula sibuk itu ini kan minggu ini...apa apa pun...hiburkan lah hati dengan mengingatkan nikmat nikmat dalam bulan ramadhan dan kemurahan yang tidak terhingga dari Allah s.w.t.....insya'Allah.

Selamat meneruskan ibadah puasa..yang akan masak untuk berbuka dan sahur...selamat memasak...masak dengan rasa gembira dan cinta ya...lauk biasa pun boleh jadi istimewa kalau 'cook with love'...insya'Allah.Untuk anak2 yang berpuasa...peluk cium dari cik.Raih kemenangan lepas ramadhan ya! Untuk kawan kawan ..pembaca senyap dan tidak, salam maaf dari sriberry.Memang hari hari (jenguk stat)ada hendak membaca di sini..terimakasih ya..tapi kurang sikit entries buat sementara...insya'Allah...

Untuk adik yang jauh...moga2 tercapai hajat untuk destinasi kedua seterusnya..ksri doakan sampai ke sana jua ya... rindu sangat...

Mohon maaf...ikhlas dari sriberry.

Sorry

2008-09-08T13:59:00.003+08:00

Ok...just to let the few readers who may have read a very short entry hours ago...that was not meant to be...I apologise...anyways ..sweetie...sorry ya..ehee..no babies la..yet:)

Am doing fine and well...so are the boys in the house...alhamdulillah...since ramadhan..am keeping myself from having bad-mommy days...well...guess what...minutes ago I had to tepuk bontot the boys...sigh...they are napping right now...and my heart warms and feeling sorry for them..but they asked for it just now...hassan was napping and sniffing..can both go together??.....well, what just happened was a sign that I have to stop what I just planned on doing...I'll take it as a sign of disapproval...Insya'Allah..its the right move...like a young shaikh told in his lecture...there are signs everywhere...at home, while sitting,cooking,blogging,watching tv..things that happen..good and bad..anytime,everywhere...and what the boys did was a sign for me to stop what I was planning to do or start....and I just voided everything :) I felt right..insya'Allah..it is right...

Ramadhan...ramadhan...please go slow..please wait for me...

Ramadhan Mubarak and forgive me where I had wronged...hugs to all my readers and please take care...

2008-08-31T16:24:00.005+08:00

Salam all ..short one
Here are links to read about the strategies to train kids in Ramadhan...hope these help a bit if not all :)

http://soundvision.com/info/ramadan/kidstrategies.asp

http://soundvision.com/info/ramadan/forkids.asp

again..with hope to be forgiven for my weakness..I wish you all have a blessed Ramadhan..bliss tarawih all..

2008-08-29T15:41:00.006+08:00

To all sisters and brothers in Islam...have a very productive ramadhan!May Allah s.w.t. bestow us with Mercy and Grace..amin.Let's pray for each other shall we readers...silent readers inclusive :) here and far...

With utmost sincerity insya'Allah ,friends n readers..please forgive me for any wrongdoings or writings that may have cause hurt deliberately and not, eversince this blog is being followed. Insya'Allah..will resume posting. May keep in touch thru email..insya'Allah.

Ramadhan is almost here! Let's Behave and Do our Best shall we..now and onwards too! Insya'Allah :)

PSP fever ago..

2008-08-26T16:17:00.006+08:00

Husain: Mak..boleh beli PSP tak?
Mak :Ha?..baru dapat basikal for your bday...
Husain : Tapi PSP best...next birthday boleh tak?
Mak : Cannot decide now..well..no.
Husain : Why?
Mak : Best you see the world more..eheh..
Husain : ala..makk...makk!
Mak : No :/
Husain knows me too well :)

Besok2 nya.Lepas class dismissed..Mak! ada PSP tau...!kita semua ada PSP ...tengok! ....Karina cakap dia nak kasi Husain PSP on Friday! yeyyy...! (tarakkk da..)

Bagus PSP ni...boleh menang selalu eh..

After this...no more PSP faqs...:))))

Recipe Lagik :///

2008-08-21T12:35:00.003+08:00

I was craving for ice blended chocolate yesterday..it just came into the mind..I saw serendipity new york chocolate drink the day before on the net.It was quite famous and went on to youtube if I could get the recipe with demo...but dun have...i watched shoptv that sold the chocolate mix and presented it so attractively with lots of whipped cream on the top....yummmm...
I just had to have a glass of that lah yesterday ..read some recipes and saw one...tak puas hati senang ,smsed maklyn...she is like this chocolate fairy...i tasted her choc pudding and choc muffin..and they were really good :)) and this chocolate fairy came to my rescue...she composed the recipe instantly (now i wonder dah try belum maklyn ni ek?) as she did not have any recipe for that one...she composed:))so here ...

Milk, cocoa powder or milo (really generously), lots of ice(abt 10 cubes or more) milk (desired amount u want to make this choc ice blended).....and as if not enough calories to it...i added 2 big...err...humongous scoops of chocolate ice cream to the rest....and blend.Alhamdulillah...not sure but it was quite fillinglah...sampai pagi mcm terasa kenyang..tak sarapan pun takpe..well,I made that last nite at around 9+ pun..ehee..the 3 heroes loved it ..ehee..dah tak payah pergi mcD milkshake...ehee...I have loved ice,ice flakes,ice slurpee,ice blended and so on since I gave birth to my twins...pembawakan budak?..entah eh..but I have been like this eversince...I snack on ice like people snack on nuts ....would look for ice flakes in the ice container in the freezer and chew n crunch like eating peanuts...yumm:)

Hassan just asked for this...I had to say no because he was coughing a lot after he had 1/3 glass...but tengoklah malam nanti ehee..

Macam Tompok..

2008-08-19T21:37:00.006+08:00

This kucing reminds me of my late Tompok....ada owner sebab ada bell and collar.It was staring at us, the twins and me for some seconds...so before it left,quickly whipped out my hp n snap..since it didn't budge for some minutes..I wanted the boys to sit or stand close by 'tompok' and snap a picture of them...tapi dia lari lah....kucing2 kat Pandan ni memang banyak...porting kucing2 pat carpark....ada navy ni memang balik and pergi kerja kasi makan kucing2 ni...semua kucing2 dah kenal dengan dia...dia sayang dengan kucing2 sini...ada satu kali dia mengadu pada suami, a neighbour almost abused a cat and this navy marah dia....

Aiiii....kalau hal abused cats ni...tak suka baca or tengok....ada satu fwd quite sometime ago...tunjuk pics in sequence macam mana a cat was abused by this errmmm...'pretty lady'...actually...kita tak suka sangatlah terima fwd2 macam ni.....bukan apa...depressing and terbawak2 lah...tak suka...though it meant to condemn but I rather not receive such fwds. Let them be judged by the One.Kalau kena tangkap bagus lah...jadi kucing lain kat 'sana' tak jadi mangsa ini orang....another thing kalau sriberry dah tgk gambar macam ni....geram dalam hati susah nak hilang...pat abuser tu lah..boleh meluap...so...i'd rather not receive such pics lah eh...mahapp lah.

Weekends had been good.We got a letter from the school...I mean their school for next year and they got places there...alhamdulillah...actually we got the letter some weeks ago...I did some 'investigating' with my niece in law (??) who is currently studying there......ehee....sounds ok to me...dunno ..hopefully the twins are well adapted when the time comes...insya'Allah...they sure are growing fast...even Husain felt it..ehee..sort of..last night when he was in the loo...he told me he felt tall suddenly...I told him he is growing...as good as being a 7 yr old though he is still 6...hassan n husain are among the 'smallest' in the class...most of their peers are much taller than them....some can speak more maturely and I noticed a very big brudder aura in one of their peers..ehee..cute tau budak ni...cakap ya ya tapi cute...hehhehe..

Consent forms were returned last week...for a reason, we are not participating in the graduation concert in the end year...but they are still required to attend for opening,finale and certificate presentation ceremony...cuma joget2 nyanyi2 items tak masuk....though we got some comments(not from teachers..ahak) for the decision...takpe lah...budak2 tak ngoyok apa2...cukup.They are aware that they are not participating and so far...we yet to hear any whinings about it...so I guess they understood lah..

Haii...haiii...budak2 ni dah nak pemri 1?...cepat betul eh...tengok cucu khaty tadi...betullll punya teringat hassan husain masa baby2 dulu...pat hospital sama, pd pun sama...cuma gynae lain..ehee...nurse kata husain paling kuat nangis kat nursery tu...ahak...kita nervous bukan main masa baru2 dapat babies..tak lama di sunat..nangis kkdg sama2...kkdg tak sama..tidur sama2 tidur...tu yg baik tu..ehee..satu hari tu, kita dah ngantukk sangat babies tak tidur2....masa gitulah rasanya paling testing sekali...besar sikit, nak tepuk2,...tangan kita mengepak kiri kanan kasi tepuk at the same time...gelihati jugak teringat ni...dua2 montel masa babies...makan bukan main..tapi dah lelama especially now...dua2 kurus...ada commentors ingat tak cukup makan..suruh makan byk2....eheee...i no comment hor...sebab dah lepas byk kali explain they eat a lot pong macam orang tak percaya....so...kasi rest lah...no comment hor...eheee...

Oklah...reminiscing pulak....teringat pat my sil ada pernah sebut...sometimes she wished her son was still small so boleh dokong2 n manja2...sekarang dah tak boleh lah..dah bujang..eheee..tiap kali teringat gitu...kita pun tak nak lose chance nak puas2 dokong2 n peluk2..masih bolehkan sbb baru 6..eheee..part dokong2 tu...berapa second jer lah..mak dia bukannya tinggi sangat...dokong dokong pun,kaki budak2 ni dah nak cecah lantai...mak dia pun merengkek...ehee...pinggan cramp...so bila main dokong2 ngan budak2 ni...kena koala style...bangsa kaki paut kuat2 pat pinggang 'dugong' kita ni...ahak!! kkdg mintak nak jadik baby penguin pulakkk...bangsa kaki taruk atas kaki n jalan...melecet rasa nya dah sebab budak2 ni kurus2 pun berat badan naik tau...eheee...takpelah ..mak pun nak kat 'patplo'...energy lama..mintak2 paham..ehee...haii....dah lah...nak join them pat bilik...gnite:)

Daging Rempah

2008-08-19T18:39:00.008+08:00

This is dinner last night...and those green beads are not green peas but terung pipit...hehehe..I got to buy the last packet days ago and this mind went straight to my father in law..hehehe..we share the same love for old timer's greens..Spicy but not too fiery...

You need

A plate of stir fry cut of beef.

blend

8 or more soaked dry chillies

2 onions and 4 shallots

3 cloves garlic

half thumb size ginger

1 tbsp cumin powder

1 tbsp coriander powder

1 tbsp black pepper powder

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1 onion,ringed

1bruised lemongrass

1/2 bowl of terung pipit (eggplant berries ???)

1/2 small bowl of cooking oil

1/2 cup water

2 tbsp sweet soy sauce

1 tsp light soy sauce

salt

2 tsps sugar

1 tsp vinegar or 1 lime,squeeze juice

fried shallot flakes and chopped coriander greens

Cook it
Heat oil and fry the blended ingredients and lemongrass till oil surfaced...put in the meats and water.
When meats are cooked, add in the sauces,salt,sugar and vinegar/lime juice....also the terung pipit..mix well.
Cover the pot and let it simmer till water reduced..dry/gravy at your desire.
Sprinkle shallot flakes and chopped coriander greens ,ringed onion and mix well.
Serve.You may dash some black pepper powder over the meat.Adds aroma.
Enjoy with warm rice and your favourite salad..:) Insya'Allah

Click submit..

2008-08-15T15:07:00.007+08:00

Is my decision wise?
To be a homemaker for good?
"Give yourself a rest
Someone Else is doing it for you"

How about our savings?
Is it enough to live through?
"Give yourself a rest
Someone Else is doing it for you"

What about our children?
Can we afford everything two?
"Give yourself a rest
Someone Else is doing it for you"

How about our future?
Their future too..:(
"Give yourself a rest
Someone Else is doing it for you"

We are worried
We won't have enough
"Give yourself a rest
Someone Else is doing it for you"

We'll fall sick and die
Who will look after who?
"Give yourself a rest
Someone Else is doing it for you"

Inspired after reading: The Hikam of Ibn 'Ata'llah.*Questions I ever asked myself..not referring to anyone else but myself:)*

"Give yourself a rest from managing!When Someone Else is doing it for you, don't you start doing it for yourself! " (The Hikam of Ibn 'Ata'llah)

Usaha,Doa n Tawakkal(submit to Allah).Insya'Allah...Mohon maaf dari sriberry, salam Jumaat and salam Nisfu Syaaban :)

Staying positive

2008-08-12T21:28:00.005+08:00

Hadith :
Nabi s.a.w bersabda: "Tidak ada sesuatu yang menimpa seseorang Islam sama ada kepenatan, kesakitan, kesusahan memikirkan perkara yang akan datang, kedukaan, sesuatu yang menyakiti, atau kesusahan meningatkan apa yang telah berlaku - sehinggakan tikaman duri yang mencucuknya - melainkan Allah hapuskan dengan sebabnya, sebahagian dari dosa-dosanya."

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri dan Abu Hurairah r.a

A news reached us....all we could say to her but yet to...we are very proud of her..Allah s.w.t has her in His grace and blessings and love...I plan to meet her tomorrow for Allah s.w.t sake..insya'Allah....she is the first person I know who takes her illness soo positively and with utmost gratitude,wholly...she just knows what it is all about...she just knows where this may come from...its her believe,faith and yakin towards the Almighty...that she is being loved.It is non typical...especially when already in that kind of stage....her main worry is far from what she is having...her main worry seems to be how to break the news to some more people....and I guess,looking at her perspective.. hoping those some more people would see it her way...positive, gracious, thankful for the attention Allah s.w.t. is showing her...she is so redha and sabar that it is hard to not give her a good lovehug....I want to give her just that tomorrow...to tell her how admirable she has been about it all....Naturally there will always be a certain degree of fear and sadness within...this is understandable....but that is a minor thing...people who understand insya'Allah...will know why n how to this....I am so glad she is taking things in this way....alhamdulillah...this does good not only for herself but also to her family....insya'Allah....

We are not so sure what to say but insya'Allah..maybe our positive support for her to go thru it can do a lot in her....maybe our offers not sure which one but offers anyways...can ease her mind in someways...insya'Allah...Personally, I hope I can be of real help in this new journey of hers...in one way or the other...and I know many others are more than ready to give some helping hand..mainly for the kids....I have potential to be goofy and kekok when comes to things as this...whatever that means but insya'Allah along the way...I hope I can see what she n family need when the time comes without having to be asked......:(( talking about the very blur side of sriberry ://...maybe I must ask sometimes what convenience we can offer them....at the same time...like my husband just told me an hour ago....just make sure not to the point of making them feel 'rimas' though out of goodwill....so...hopefully we can read the signs.Hmmm..maybe I can read up about the types of support thru the net....important jugak eh bende2 macam ni...

Dear readers, please offer doas and alfatihah for this sister in Islam..Allah s.w.t the All Knowing...am keeping her name confidential but we appreciate loads if beloved readers could do just that...for Allah's sake...thank you and jazakillah..hugs*

Hadith :
Dari Abdullah r.a katanya:”Aku datang mengunjungi Rasulullah s.a.w ketika beliau sakit, lalu kusentuh baginda seraya berkata:”Ya Rasulullah! Demam anda bertambah teruk.” Jawab baginda,”Memang demamku sama dengan demam dua orang kamu. Kataku pula, “Semoga anda mendapat pahala berganda pula.” Jawab baginda:”Semoga!” Kemudian sabda baginda pula:”Tidak ada seorang muslim yang ditimpa cubaan berupa sakit dan sebagainya melainkan dihapuskan Allah Taala dosa-dosanya, seperti pohon kayu menggugurkan daunnya.”

(Muslim)

Huraian:

Segala bencana, penyakit, kesusahan atau kerunsingan yang menimpa tubuh badan atau akal fikiran seseorang mukmin adalah menjadi "kaffarah" (penghapus) kekotoran dosa dan kesalahan orang yang ditimpa bencana itu. Anas berkata, Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: "Bahawa besarnya sesuatu balasan itu menurut besarnya sesuatu bencana ujian; dan bahawa Allah apabila mengasihi sesuatu kaum diuji mereka, kemudian sesiapa yang menerima ujian itu dengan reda, maka dia akan beroleh keredaan Allah, dan sesiapa yang bersikap keluh kesah serta benci menerima ujian itu, maka dia akan mendapat kemurkaan dari Allah." (at-Tirmidzi dan Ibn Majah)

dari http://www.islam.gov.my/portal/e-hadith.php

Kuey Tiaow Mystyle

2008-08-09T15:42:00.005+08:00

I was trying hard to find the right ingredients for the delicious Thai recipe Phad Thai...but it wasn't complete...hence the recipe name..no peanuts,no taugey,no chives,no sotong,no chilli flakes.. oh no no no:( Like I ever disclosed abit about myself to a few...ehee...I crave easily for not only food in tv food shows..but what appears in the mind too...it just happens...then I will think about it for a long long time until I try that particular recipe myself....tak sama takpe lahhhhh...asal nak dekat stesen...so this is no authentic thai style....because i was too lazy to go to the mart and buy the rest of the ingredients....so...nak try...try eh...senang n insya'Allah...berkenan dan sesuai dengan citarasa annndaaa....!

You need
A plateful of kuey tiaow (for 2 to 3 servings) washed and drained...( I washed them with hot water and drained...)..I used 1 packet of halal kuey tiaow...pre cooked.(???)

5 cloves chopped garlic
8 shallots..sliced thinly

to blend
5 fresh red chillies(or cilipadi)
1 medium onion

1 large egg
1 bowl of grated carrot
1 bowl of cut sawi (chye sim)
beansprouts (I did not have this but do add this if you like that extra crunch)
a few fresh prawns,squid rings,fishballs..what have yous that you like to add.

sauces to mix in a bowl
2 tbsps of nampla (fish sauce)
1 tbsp of soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
dashes of maggi seasoning sauce
1/2 cube of chicken stock or alternatively...1/2 bowl or so of chicken soup/stock
*salt..taste first before adding salt as the sauces has strong saltish flavour already*
oil for stir frying

Start cooking
Heat oil (3 tbsps or so).
Stir fry the shallots first..when soft...put in the garlic.Don't burn the garlic.
When fragrant,put in the blended ingredients...stir fry well for some minutes.
Put in the carrots..keep stirring...then the prawns,squids n fishballs.Stir till prawns n squids turn colour.
Put in the greens and taugey.
Push all at the side of wok..break egg into it...stir a bit..then scramble the egg with kuey tiaow.
Mix well gently as the kuey tiaow can break easily...I was bad in this...my kuey tiaow broke into short pieces...anyways..ngap also broken rite...eheh :///
Pour the mixed sauces over the kuey tiaow...mix well gently...taste right?..turn off the fire..
Serve while hot...with chives and green chilli (pickled/jeruk).Enjoy..
Oh yes....I had pistachios sprinkled on this...ehee...strange but ok jugak tau..

1st School Field Trip

2008-08-06T09:53:00.006+08:00

Baru balik dari sekolah Hassan Husain...hari ini pakai red white...actually pakai PE attire pun boleh...semalam last minute carik baju redwhite pat kedai teban..satu pasang 5dollar..so dapat pakai hari ni...tak sempat nak bilas ke apa...terus pakai..tapi apek keluarkan dari plastic fresh simpan dalam2 punya...insya'Allah..tak gatal2 lah..ahak!

Kalaulah Hassan boleh bangun secepat kilat macam tadi pada hari2 biasa.....dia dah tau hari ni hari pergi jalan2 dgn kawan2 sekolah kan...panggil satu kali terus bangun arrr...excited nyer dia...Husain steady brudder jer...biasanya Husain bangun dulu..tapi hari ni Hassan champion lah...tak byk ngek ngok bangun..gi toilet terus tak byk cerita...hehehheheh..bilang dia jugak tadi...start hari ni, mesti bangun macam ni hari hari tau..tau...besok mak nak tengok...mesti sama mcm hari ni ...tau...tau...

Pakai baju 5 dollar dengan gembiranya...dua2 siap sedia siang2 lagi...dah isi backpacks dgn roti, twisties and air masak....nanti lunch teachers belikan nasi goreng...mak dia ingat tak payah lah nak hantar gi sekolah...mmg hari2 biasa mak dia tak hantar pun..tapi Hassan kata nak mak ikut...nanti kesian mak...huhuhu...so mak ikut jugak tadi sampai skool....nak tunggu sampai bus yg bawak budak2 ni pergi excursion jugak lah...so tunggu setengah jam lebih...dgn seorang nenek nak tengok cucu pergi and a couple jugak...kita semua nak bye bye budak2,...ehee..hub kena pergi kerja tak boleh tunggu,nanti lambat sampai ofis.Berbual dgn nenek cute .....nenek commented budak2 kecik macam ni apa la diorang tau nak pergi jalan2 sana sini...kalau dah besar mcm kakaknyer barula paham kann...kita pong senyum n bilang nenek...budak2 ni,kalau hal jalan2...tak kisahla ke mana..diorang suka cik! tak sabar2 nak tunggu hari ni cik...bangun tidur pun tak banyak hal...kekekkeke...nenek pun senyum cute...:))

Bila teacher dah start keluar kelas nak naik bus besar....kita pun ikut dari belakang...eheee..best jugak nak bye bye budak2 ni eh...pergi pat sebelah bus, nampak budak2 tu...hai hassan husain...mcm rindu pulak tengok you all duduk sesama dalam bus gergasi ni...kita pong bye bye bye bye sampaiiii bus jalan n dah tak nampak budak2....cayang lah...terus jalan sorang2...pergi pasar teban...nanti insya'Allah pukul 2pm gitu dah balik sekolah semula...

nampak tak?dia pakai cap putih...ni mcm punya gambar pun nak post ://

Pesan punya pesan...start naik bus ke, sampai ke, start masuk capsule ke jangan lupa baca doa...jgn hepi2 terus lupa nak baca apa2...lepas tu pesan lagi...nak b****,k******* guna tisu byk2 kalau takder paip dlm toilet mana...boleh guna wet tisu yg di bawak....dalam bus jangan diri2, duduk diam2...tak der belt mcm pat kereta...diamdiam tau...bag selalu ingat bawak kemana2....jaga each other...jaga your brother...jalan sama teacher...dengar instruction betul2...kalau sesat ke hilang...bilang staff mana2 pat situ...i am from this this this kindergarten..please call them for me...gitu...

Ahak...mcm2 pesan dari rumah...sampai sekolah, masuk kelas teacher pun ada pesan macam2....eheee...yalah..bukan satu dua budak2 pergi....ramai...tapi insya'Allah lah...they(the pupils semua) are manageable lot.Teacher2 pun cute hari ni...semua pakai baju seragam khas utk outing hari ni...merah putih jugak...jadi budak2 senang cam kalau nak mintak tolong ke apa...haiii...bestnyer...teringat masa kita kindy jugak...pergi chinese garden...tahun 1976...naik itu pagoda...panas terik...kelaparan...kehausan...tapi best jalan2 dgn kawan2....tak ingat takut ke apa...best ajer...eheee...last school excursion dgn sekolah time pat ghim moh primary school....primary 6 masa tu....pergi tengok wayang arr!! ahak..cita clash of the titans....tak gemar sangat tengok sebab geli geman tengok itu medusa (yg rambut ular mata kilat2 ke apa tu)...kelakar excursion kasi tengok wayang eh....

Besok budak2 cuti sebab budak2 petang punya turn pergi excursion..friday 2 jam ajer skool...pakai merah putih lagi...monday cuti in lieu...tuesday resume...tak lama lagi Ramadhan ...insya'Allah.

Salam Syaaban pada semua dan semoga kita bertekad terus utk perbaiki diri kita ya!Salam Maaf dari kita...dan jgn lupa ya, mari kita selawat banyak2 sebagai salah satu amalan staple kita hari2 kerana Allah s.w.t ...ok! :)

2008-08-03T15:28:00.006+08:00

Silken Egg Tofu in Gravy

Easy Easy Easy...for 2

You need..

2 tubes of silken tofu (egg tofu or otherwise)...deep fried and aside, like so...

a plate of cut chye sim (sawi)

5 cloves garlic minced

1/4 bit from chicken stock cube

2 tbsps oyster sauce

1 tbsp sweet soy sauce

dashes of nampla (fish sauce)

dashes of sesame oil

dashes of pepper

1/2 cup water

some oil

thickener

1 or 2 tbsps of corn flour...mixed with 1/2 cup water...

Cook

Heat gently,about a tbsp cooking oil and stir fry the garlic. till fragrant not burnt..do not overheat oil to fry as this will cause burn to the poor garlic...it'll bitter your dish.

Pour the 1/2 cup water and stir gently.

When simmering,add in the bit of cube stock, and all the sauces...stir well n gently.

Still simmering....pour the corn flour mixture pacely or slowly and keep stirring the gravy as you do this...check the consistency....desired thickness of gravy....you do not have to use all the mixture.When bubbling...throw in the chye sims and stir gently..turn heat off.

With the fried tofu already arranged in a plate....ladle the cooked gravy over the tofus...enjoy while its hot..with warm rice.

If you have hot stone platter or hot plate thingy...do use that! lagi syiok!

You can use the gravy on noodles too..so jadik mee hongkong...eheh..add boiled prawn and squids ,cili hijau jeruk :P

Masak Senang Lagi..

2008-07-31T13:27:00.007+08:00

Fried Laksa

Easy Easy Easy....for 5

You need..
1 packet of Laksa Noodles..blanched and drained.

blended
2 onions
4 cloves garlic
5 red chillies or more (may use dried chillies)
a thumb size belacan
a spoonful of ikan bilis (dried anchovies)

a bowl of beef (stir fry cuts)
a bowl of fresh prawns
a bowl of fishballs

a tbsp chilli sauce
a tbsp tomato sauce
dashes of sweet soy sauce
dashes of nampla (fish sauce)
a tbsp of oyster sauce
5 tbsp cooking oil

garnish with..
chives (kucai)
a bowl of beansprouts
sliced tofu puffs (taupok) n tomatoes

Cook
Heat oil and fry the blended portion till well cooked.Throw in the meat..stir fry them.
Add all the sauces n seasonings.
Put the prawns,fishballs and tofu puffs.
When prawns turn colour, put in the laksa noodles and taupok.Mix well with gravy.
Put in the beansprouts and chives.Turn off fire and mix well.
Serve hot and you may like to squeeze lime juice to go with it.

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2008-07-31T08:07:00.004+08:00

We went to Batu Pahat on Sunday to visit my husband's aunt..mil's elder sister whom we had not seen for many months since last year...alhamdulillah..Mak Lot looked fresh and her memory was still very good when we talked to her though she could not move about without assistance..we went with my parents in law and my brother in law n family. Malaysian hospitality....freshly homecooked lunch before we had to leave as I had a class in the evening...got to beat the jam...and a quick visit to one of the cousin's bakery and cafe...I loved the cute cafe so much...small but cosy..I told my husband kalau taruk bookshelves and with some good books...macam best gitu...:)) dapat makan mini pizza ,cream cakes n roti siput..ehee..cute roti2 dia and her cheesecake was really yummy...senang betul orang sana nak bukak kedai...sewa pun murah...moga2 murah rezeki kak zai n family..n moga2 kita dapat bertemu dengan Mak Lot lagi di lain masa..amin...balik jam sikit but not so bad...dah lama tak balik kampung macam ni walaupun bukan kampung sendiri...kampung sebelah my mama tak kampung mana la...semua pat KL..rumah batu n kat bandar...tak der aura kampung lah...nak tengok ayam pun kena carik...ehee...kalau kampung arwah papa, masih ada..batu pahat jugak...cuma jarang ke sana dah...kampung my husband ni at least masih dapat tengok pokok sukun, pokok rambutan,pisang, manggis,pelam,durian...etc.etc..kasi budak2 tengok...dapat jugak bawak balik daun2...budak2 cakap teacher nak...

Oh yes...sebab dah lama sangat tak balik kampung...alih2 kawasan rehat Machap dah upgrade la....terkejut jugak sebab last ingat tak macam gitu langsung...sekarang tempat makan2 dia semua indoors macam foodcourt...surrounded with glass walls (betul tak term ni?)...lebih bersih sebab ingat lagi sebelum tu masih ok jugakla tapi tak kuasa tengah makan byk sangat lalat2...tengok sekarang dah makin bersih sangat n toilet dia (mahapp cakapp) pun very very beautiful...tak bedek...ada pebble garden and very spacious n in awe at first sight...clean is the word here lah...berubah for the best nampaknya...alhamdulillah:)) orang spore lah ramai hari tu...tapi mmg suka la...baskin robins mini palour pun ada?...anyways...i still would like to see the typical pasar malam style...pat gelang patah pun dah takde gitu...

Few pictures here :)

Machap Restpoint (kawasan rehat machap)

Dah makin cantik tempat dia...

Dah lama tak tengok signboard gini.

Adam..the latest bundle in Mak Lot's house.

HassanHusain nak kumpul daun sebab besok teacher nak....daun rambutan 2 cik...

Mari carik daun lain....nak kasi teacher tau...daun sukun cik...

Balik dapat rambutan....bye bye :)

Its Back

2008-07-28T08:38:00.004+08:00

What's back??

The same effect that I have been missing for some months.The pondering and reflecting zombie like self as I lie on my bed,trying to sleep as soon but cannot..because the tape is doing a play back in the head...the worrisome feeling that I always have each time after...but adamant all the same due to laziness and not loving enough...how true her words are...I nodded and murmurred a yes after a question...at the same time not feeling sure...and ended up feeling so foolish to nod or to even whisper a yes.....so foolish of me...and tears just welled..how could I be so sure? when there are still so much to do? when I know myself that I have not done much..the problem is I know..I know... but where is the work? where is the product..I can say again I know..I know...but when do I start..seriously..how many times more of the word wait till my roh is taken...I know I love Him but how much have I proved? not enough...wait some more?

Halaqah is back....the energy is still there..maybe more...a lot of things mentioned made me sit n regret about a lot of things...its the simple things..its the everyday things...its the whispers in the heart that we listen to everyday...good and bad...most times, its easier to heed to the bad ones...i was slapped...though we smiled and giggled..i was actually feeling so tiny or rather sitting in a dark pit and useless...but all the same, I cannot let myself be just like that..whining about how small I feel...like what I am doing right now..heee heee..gotto to do SOMETHING!! my boosters are all in school and at work now...spare time..spare time...this is the time:)))))

I attend and I am still no better.
Its a detox session..mine.
Though I see the rest but the words are for me.
Though the issues are familiar..and reminds me of a someone,a someone and another someone..that someone has to be me alone.
Corrections has to start by me.
Whining is useless when it just ends like that...whining.
Don't question others but question myself..how do I like to end?
Don't look and search at other's but my own..faults and sins..
Its all about 'SAYA'...not..'DIA'

Sit down.Reflect.Improve.Prove....

For Allah's sake.

Insya'Allah...I want to be better.

Kuliah Dhuha 22/7/08

2008-07-25T15:58:00.004+08:00

Masih dalam bab siksa dan nikmat kubur...dari buku dan keterangan lanjut dari Ustaz.

Hamba yang amalan nya buruk masa di dunia, dia akan di cabut rohnya dengan kasar dan busuk.Ular2 yg sangat besar akan membelinya n memakan dagingnya hingga habis.Allah juga mengutus malaikat yang tuli dan buta agar apabila melakukan kerja memukul, dia tak akan mendengar atau melihat hamba yg sedang dipukulnya lalu tiada terbit rasa kasihan terhadapnya...ini semua atas amalan buruknya semasa di dunia...dinampakkan neraka padanya pagi dan petang dan seterusnya...Ustaz menasihati..biarlah kita berpenat2 membuat amal ibadah dengan tekun dan ikhlas untuk bersenang2 diakhirat nanti..insya'Allah..Apabila kita meninggal, kita akan dibalas sesuai dengan amalan2 kita masa di dunia...

Hamba yang baik ,baiklah balasannya nanti...malaikat bersenyum2 pada roh yg diangkat dgn kain selembut sutera dan dalam keadaan yang sangat wangi...diluaskan ruang kuburnya serta ditambah dengan cahaya dan keadaan serba cantik.Senang sekali balasan nya...masya Allah.

Ustaz meneruskan bab siksa kubur.
Barzakh-adalah kehidupan di antara dunia dan akhirat.Siksa kubur dan kenikmatannya adalah nama lain dari siksa barzakh dan kenikmatannya.Ia adalah taman syurga atau parit neraka.Walaumacam mana keadaan matinya...contohnya mati terbakar sampai jadi abu,mati tenggelam,dimakan binatang buas...mereka masih mendapat siksa barzakh dan kenikmatannya sesuai dengan amalannya....

Wallahua'lam

Memang menginsafkan tiap kali ke kuliah ini...betapa sesungguhnya amalan2 kita kecil dan besar akan dihitung ..betapa pentingnya utk meningkatkan ibadah kita..amalan kita..perbuatan kita, our deeds...to ourselves and people around us.Yang tak lekang terngiang2 di telinga kita ni..this phrase of "apabila kita meninggal, kita akan dibalas SESUAI dengan amalan2 kita semasa di dunia"....sort of enough for me to ponder thru what I have been doing all my life since puberty...and what I have not been doing....have been missing out..have been complacent about...lax... :'(

Let's Purify and upgrade ourselves shall we and pray for each other to die a good death...a husnul khotimah.Insya'Allah.......All for Allah's sake.

Wallahua'lam
Salam Maaf dari saya.

Racial Harmony Day

2008-07-22T08:09:00.006+08:00

Vegas,Hassan n Husain "share share this one, can?"

Husain,Vegas and busybee Hassan.." 1,2,3..smaaaaaill!

"1,2,3....smaaaaaaailll!" Hassan Vegas Husain...not a classmate, not of same race but Vegas is a good friend anywaysss :)))

Racial Harmony Everyday, All !

Simple Things Everyday

2008-07-20T06:50:00.008+08:00

Crab in Clear Soup
Had this yesterday....last had crabs some months ago..so when I saw the crabs in the market many and fresh...took 4 medium sized ones...cleaned and decided to cook them simple..nothing leceh...in fact the 1st time I had crabs when I was young my mama cooked them in simple soup but with slight zing...not lemak cili, not sweet sour,not fried n such..so due to shortage of time for some reason..eheh..did them simple but alhamdulillah..

Recipe
2 big onions sliced
half fist or whole ginger sliced
4 cloves garlic sliced
1or 2 lemongrass bruised or sliced
4 green n red chillies,sliced
1 bowl of water
salt
2tbsp oil for sauteeing the sliced ingredients..
(optional)
bay n kaffir leaves

Heat oil in a big pot ,enough to fill 4 crabs with pincers.., sautee all the ingredients above till soft....water later.
Put in water and let it boil.When boil, add salt and pepper if you like and stir.Then the crabs.
Throw in bay and kaffir leaves.
Cover and simmer till cooked.
Enjoy them with hot soy sauce.

Chilli Soy Sauce Dip
A handful of chilli padi (birdseye)
2 cloves garlic
sweet soy sauce...generously
lime juice from 1 lime or more..

Pound the chillies and garlic..add the sweet soy sauce about 3 to 5 tbsps..lime juice andmix well.

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A new book I got on Friday...alhamdulillah..Insya'Allah,will never get tired of Imam Al-Ghazali's work and words ..ever.Thing is my habit of reading is hopping pages..according to my topics of interests...and end up, never finish a book properly :/ Anyways...I'll try to break this habit and be a disciplined reader lah...so....

Hassan n Husain are very remindful these few days...because it'll benefit them in that yippeeyeyyey way...phrase of the week has been...'Singapore Flyer'...the school is organising a field trip in August to...there.There is a hopper bus thingy ride included...The boys give me that gentle reminder ever since I got the consent form last week and abah already has given the nod..but I am being playful..naughty...ehehehehhe...I told them I would only pass the consent form to the teacher on Monday ,that is tomorrow....heheheheh..they saw their friends' parents already returning the forms to the teacher every each day and I yet to return theirs...hehehehhe..naughty mak..naughty mak..well, they are aware tomorrow is the cut off date so...they are being very patient yet remindful with me about the payment and form..."Mak Mak...mak kasi teacher eh form tu ....Monday last day tau mak..." hehehehhe...mak tau arrrr..hehehhe..takut tak dapat pergi ehhhhhhhh :))))))

Hassan asked a question last week, a day after the consent forms were handed...if I was going to miss him if he were to go for the trip ....mak dia drama sikit...pulled the sad face and told him I will...very very much...hehehhe..and the next thing he told was...."mak..up to you lah mak...nak kasi hassan pergi ke tak.." lepas tu dia kasi itu senyummm powerr....heheheh...tapi besoknya dia cakap "mak...mak mesti kasi form nak pergi Singapore Flyer tau..." hehheheh.....of course he doesnt want to miss any fun...its not often such field trips are being organised...they didn't go to any last year...so this is the twins' 1st outing with the school.Best and fun kan...Husband and I have been giving them safety reminders about the trip they are going...insya'Allah.Yalah..naik flyer ni ngan mak abah dah pernah kan...so this time,they are expected to be at their best behaviour sans us.May Allah s.w.t. protect them and their friends ..amiin.

Mama's cistern pipe(not sure what was called) broke last night...or rather...might had happened few days ago...mama was at brother's abode since last Wednesday and when got back last night...she was 'welcomed' by gushes of water (clean) from the loo.SOS-ed hubster and we got there immediately with the toolbox..ehee..alhamdulillah things emergency as this,hubster can put things to a fix..insya'Allah..Only Allah knows since when it happened..alhamdulillah,it did not flood the kitchen floor but just the service balcony area...suratkabar lama habis basah hancur...quick fix and done...floor cleaned and all fine then.I brought something that would surprise mama...not from me..but..

from someone whose repeat generosity inspires me a lot,....in fact..my family too alhamdulillah.Truly heartwarming gesture as we never met in person ..just yet...but insya'Allah would love to someday..really.The words in the card touched mama alot...a..lot..and mama reminded me THRICE! in the same hour to send her deepest thanks to the kind souls.Its the thought, the doa, the words that touched mama most..so to Kak Za and Che John...from my mama...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND GENEROSITY.MAY ALLAH S.W.T BLESS YOU WITH BEST OF HEALTH AND HIS REDHA ...AMIIN.

AND...HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAK ZA ! HUGSALOTANDLOVE FROM MAMA AND SRI :)

from me kak za...thank you for making my mama smile that extra smile..I will remember this,insya'Allah...hugsagain:)

:''' )

Kuliah Dhuha

2008-07-17T15:07:00.006+08:00

Siksa dan Nikmat di dalam kubur.

Ustaz menerangkan, kubur itu tempat pertama atau alam pertama sebelum sampai ke akhirat.Tempat kubur itu sempit,lebih stress dari tempat perut ibu kita yang membolehkan kita bergerak2 di dalam.Bila didalam kubur, ditemani tanah sebagai bantal, tilam,dinding dan sebagainya...tiada apa lagi selain tanah.Setelah 7 tapak penziarah berlalu dari kubur yang baru menguburi mayit..datanglah 2 malaikat untuk urusan menyoal si mayit.Apabila ditanya, anggota mayit itu akan menjawab...bukan seperti mana kita dapat menjawab soalan2 di dunia..tapi anggota sebagai saksi akan menjawab...amalan2 nya juga menjawab.Kadang2,malaikat akan membentak simayit sekiranya dia tidak amalkan apa yang kita jawab ...lalu mereka akan berkata 'bohong!'...lalu disempitkan lagi kubur mayit sampai patah tulang2 ...sekiranya tak dapat menjawab..diketuk mayit itu dengan besi pada setiap anggota mayit hingga hancur...jeritan sakit itu tidak dapat didengar oleh sesiapa termasuk manusia dan jin...tetapi binatang2 dapat mendengar jeritan ngeri yg tersiksa yang berada disitu....

Mayit yang yakin akan amalan2 baiknya..akan diluaskan kuburnya seluas mata memandang..ditunjukkan dimana kedudukan (syurga) nanti...dan indah berehat didalam kubur yg penuh hijau hijauan hingga hari kebangkitan..

Mayit yang baik (mukmin),akan meninggal dunia dgn keadaan rohnya dicabut bagai air keluar dari wadahnya.Kedatangan malaikat padanya juga dengan wajah yg putih lawa dan bersinar2..sebalik nya pulak pada mayit yang memang amalan sepanjang hidupnya tidak baik..didatangi malaikat dengan wajah yg gerun dan rohnya di cabut dgn sakitnya..ustaz berceritakan tentang seorang pelajar yg menanyakan mengapa kadang2 dia lihat orang kafir meninggal dalam keadaan senang dan hidupnya juga senang...ia adalah kerana, kebaikan orang kafir itu semasa hidupnya..suka menderma, membantu dan sebagainya...tetapi kesenangan setakat di dunia sahaja...kesenangan dia tidak sampai diakhirat kerana tidak dapat hidayah dari Allah s.w.t...balasan tetap ada di akhirat...Allah maha pengasih, maka orang2 ini diberi kesenangan hanya di dunia sahaja...wallahua'lam.

Ustaz mengingatkan kami, apabila ke kubur ,kubur itu bukanlah tempat main2..ia adalah tempat untuk kita mengambil pelajaran,iktibar,muhasabah diri dan sebagainya..maka insaflah apabila tiba dikubur..terutama sekali pada Hari Raya yang biasanya memang penuh dikunjungi ahli keluarga arwah2nya...ustaz mengingatkan..janglah anggap tempat kubur pada hari itu tempat untuk bersenang2,bersuka ria...seperti memakan2 bagai picnic..membuka radio dengan lagu hari raya, dengan pakaian yang tidak sesuai...kubur adalah tempat penziarah merasa insaf,berdoa dan berasa sedih tapi redha ..menjadikan tempat kubur itu sebagai peringatan utk yg hidup agar bersiap sedialah utk hari kita pulak nanti...

Wallahua'lam

Tweet Tweet

2008-07-12T20:26:00.006+08:00

Kerjaa!! Kerjaa!!!!

Door painting is the recent happening...one more to go and then its the ceiling...or rather the false(??) ceiling...white wash and that's it...I am not much involved in the boys' project except the choice of colour....white..ehee...well..ok...happening lah eh...the juniors had some minutes ONLY with the paint job because,....because lah..eheh...they would love to do more actually but we rather time them and stop when its up....eheh...they are a help lah alhamdulillah but all the same, don't want to see any paint go to waste...one drip too much already...eheh..well, they had fun with it, that mattered.

Ehee..not much an entry lah.....actually I had wanted to share some lines here and as I read on n on from this book...'Ingat Tuhan Sampai Mati'..kalau boleh every word in the book nak share pat sini.When I have finished with it, insya'Allah...I'll quote some lines here..written by an ustaz widely known here and beyond.He used simple simple words and very much like a talking to ...its easy to understand and its quite a feel good book....Its very much a book of reminders...pocket size lagik so mana2 boleh bawak...it makes me sit up and pay attention and be aware...even the little things, even that looks ok when the actual fact its not.

I quote bits here

"Dengan ibadah yang baik,hati menjadi tenteram,fikiran jernih, idea dan fikiran lebih cemerlang kerana Allah sentiasa menolongnya.

Dengan ibadah yang baik, muda mudahan doa menjadi makbul.Apabila doa kita dimakbulkan, semua masaalah pasti ada jalan keluarnya. Kita sering berhadapan dgn masaalah dalam hidup,tetapi semua itu tiada apa berbanding apabila Allah sudah memerhatikan kita.

Begitu beruntung sesiapa yang bersungguh2 menjadikan tujuan hidupnya hanya untuk Allah.Apabila dibandingkan perkara lain menjadik terlalu kecil selain Allah bagi dijadikan cita2 dan tujuan hidupnya.Hanya Allah sahaja tujuan segala2nya...

and loads more..very humbling..very humbling...no room for arrogance.

I was trying twitter...not sure what's the diffy with blogging *update(dah fahamm dah..)..anyways..its already in my sidebar now...its for short messages gitu eh...saw in many blogs already and I think its quite ...cute..I see how long mine will be here...eheee...happy Monday and onwards all :) waiting patiently to be back in the arms again :)

2008-07-10T09:27:00.004+08:00

Alhamdulillah...good news for those who couldn't attend Shaikh Khalil Moore's lectures when he was here...go to Ukhti27 in my sidebar for them.Jazakillah Ukhti...thank you for the permission to link you...

Kuliah Dhuha..I have to miss last week's but alhamdulillah made it this week...from the book Hidup Sesudah Mati and more from Ustaz JH.

Bab Bertakziah
Takziah ertinya menyuruh bersabar dgn menyebut sesuatu yg dapat meringankan penderitaan dan kesedihan.

Baca kan doa ini pada keluarga muslim keatas kematian muslim
'azomallaahu ajroka wa-ahsana 'azaa aka waghafaro limayyitika
(Semoga Allah membersarkan pahalamu dan menghiburmu dgn baik serta mengampuni mayitmu)

Ustaz mengingatkan, apabila seseorang dalam kesedihan, kita patut berduka bersama teman yg sedang dalam kesedihan..hak sebagai teman..jadi walaupun hati kita tidaklah sedih mana atau dalam 'mood' bahagia n gembira, kita tidak patut menunjukkan kegembiraan kita pada kawan yg sedang bersedih apatah lagi kalau dia telah kehilangan seseorang yg sangat di sayangi.Orang yang bersedih dan penuh emosi keadaannya sangat senang dipengaruh...apalagi kalau tidak dalam keadaan terkawal...senang dipengaruhi bisikkan syaitan lalu fikir atau cuba melakukan yang bukan2..yang melanggar hukum agama...maka kita berdoalah untuknya dan tenang kan dia dengan ucapan yg hati2 dan baik2...(dun rub salt to the wound)

Dan kalau kawan kita sedang bergembira ,kita janganlah rosakkan kegembiraan dia dengan cerita yg sedih ...bergembiralah dengannya walaupun hati tidak begitu sebenarnya..kerana itu adalah hak sebagai kawan...gembira berlandaskan agama...

Tentang tangisan keatas pemergian arwah...di benarkan menangis kerana tanda kasih sayangnya pada arwah.Tak salah untuk menangis tapi SALAH kalau tangisan yang terlalu terbawa2 dengan emosi,memekik2,merongoi2,menghentak2 kepala,memecah2kan barang kerana ini bermakna dia tidak rela atau redha keatas apa yang telah di takdirkan oleh Allah....sesungguhnya kepada ALLAH kita akan kembali..yg hidup mesti redha atas pemergian arwah walau macam mana sayang nya...

Tentang mayit mendapat manfaat dari org2 yg hidup...Kita yang hidup di galakkan bersedekah atas nama arwah...kita juga boleh mengqada'kan puasa arwah yg pernah ditinggalkan masa hidupnya, solat sunnat, mengerjakan haji, membaca Al Qur'an, berdoa, mohon ampun segala dosa2 arwahnya....tetapi kita tidak boleh mengqada'kan solat wajib arwah nya kerana ia adalah amalan wajib individu ,di hitung secara individu.

Ustaz mengingatkan juga tentang membuat tahlil dan kenduri....ia dibolehkan asal tidak sampai berhutang piutang kerana perbelanjaan kenduri yg terlampau tinggi.Amalan bertahlil juga baik dan tidak kira bila2 masa sahaja...kalau boleh setiap hari kita tahlilkan atau mendoakan utk arwahnya ,sekiranya kita tidak mampu utk membuat tahlil kenduri...memadailah anak2 yang soleh, keluarga2 yg takwa mendoakan utk arwahnya hanya kerana Allah.Sekiranya masa hidup arwah nya amalannya tidak baik...kita berdoa lah utk nya agar aman rohnya...insya'Allah...

Wallahua'lam

Never told before.

2008-07-08T08:32:00.004+08:00

A Tuesday greeting to all my beloved readers.Strange but sincere outburst of....things.

HAPPY TUESDAY.HAPPY BEING AT WORK.HAPPY ROUTINE.HAPPY PREPARING THE KIDS TOSCHOOL.HAPPY BEGIN TO A NEW DAY EVERYDAY,HAPPY REACHING OUT TO THE GOOD THINGS,HAPPY BREATHING,HAPPY STAY-AT-HOME,HAPPY EATING,HAPPY DRINKING,HAPPY SAVING, HAPPY LEARNING, HAPPY TEACHING, HAPPY CHATTING,HAPPY TASKING, HAPPY SEEKING FOR THE SWEETNESS OF TRUTHS....HAPPY EVERYTHING TO ALL MY HAPPY FRIENDS AND MAYBE NOT SO HAPPY ONES JUST YET.

Pursue our own happiness...yes?

right from the bottom of my heart...right there :) and yes...with hugs included..tons of them.

Rejab

2008-07-04T09:42:00.003+08:00

Salam Rejab pada Semua...Bulan Allah yang penuh barakah.
Mari kita sama2 perbanyakkan selawat, bertaubat,berdoa dan lain2 kebaikan hanya kerana Allah dan Rasulullah s.a.w....Bulan ini juga peristiwa israk mi'raj Rasulullah s.a.w telah berlaku..Moga2 kita semua dapat manfaat dan barakah dalam bulan ini dan juga bulan2 berikutnya dan sebelumnya....amiin..

Have good weekends all and mohon maaf dari sri pada semua pembaca sekiranya ada perkara2 yang tidak berkenan di hati sejak mula membaca di sini..ikhlas mohon maaf dari sri.

The night my heart cries...

2008-07-03T00:03:00.008+08:00

So much..so many...so beautiful..wish its a monthly thing..

Short note here...the bottom line after everything,

We have to make time for ourselves..to purify our souls.Not others' souls...Our own.Our own.

Don't wait...

May Allah guide us through this journey...amin.

To all, I may not post any revision from the w/shop.But please do go to Shaykh's site to listen and read more of him.May Allah bless him and his family...amin.

http://www.reflectonthis.com/

and Shaikh Khalil Moore's conversion to Islam,Masya Allah..

http://meccaone.org/audio/18.mp3

Let's pray for each other shall we..towards the righteous path ..insya'Allah.

Forgive me and correct me , please :)

This Islamic workshop is my first , listening to a live lecture in American English..something about the language that,somehow makes me feel...macam..warm..dunno but..its something good and new..very pleasant..masya Allah!Hope he'll make a quick come back...a regular one..ehee..

Revision:The Spiritual Aspirant

2008-07-01T08:09:00.005+08:00

Before Islam I was lost

And after Islam I was lost

Between this and that group

Was I tossed

A bookstore Shaykh

Not even worth a dollar

With do-it-yourself Islam

Who needs a scholar?

Tossed so much

Might as well been a salad

I was quoting Hadeeth

But my wudu was invalid

If I can’t purify my outer

Then what about my inner?

Piles of books

But still a big sinner

What I know, doesn’t show

And now I know better

That’s what happens without the spirit

And only the letter

So attach myself I must

To scholars with unbroken chains

For this is the means

By which pure knowledge remains

The writer of this poem is a friend of Shaikh Khalil Moore.This poem is written by a Muslim Convert...that means, he became a Muslim much later ,that means, I am a Muslim since I was borned (??)..alhamdulillah alhamdulillah alhamdulillah..,so... does that make me a wiser Muslim., a more knowledgeable Muslim(dun think so)...and why are those questions in the above hardly occurred in my mind in any part of my life?..Those questions have to be answered and acted out and I never asked....I am a very much la-la-la-la Muslim but the spirit?the soul?the knowledge?...like Shaikh mentioned something like this...do not be a 'prop' Muslim...but a seeking, spiritual,knowledgeable Muslim...feel n live a Muslim...not just a 'prop'. This one really hit me hard..in every part of me.I am so malu...At 19, at that age, I took my religion for granted..oklah,I am a Muslim..period..you know, like that.But at that same age..Shaikh Khalil found Islam and went on to seek the sweetness of faith,truth,knowledge,practice...At 37 I am now...I am not close..like he..

Last night's lecture made me so weepy on the inside..frankly, while seating and listening to him,I was non stoppingly asking myself this 'where am i ?' He rattled on with the surahs n hadiths...and I was like..'I know nothing'...ok..I read a bit but, listening to him quoting on n on..really..I know nothing.Am I a 'prop' Muslim?...better unprop myself then...better..

The workshop is titled 'The Spiritual Aspirant'(day 1)

He touched a lot about seeking knowledge.Tongue heart mind ..call Allah,invoke Allah..at all states n circumstances.What we already know,we have to live it.Our solats.Khusyuk n humility has to be in the solat.Sometimes we forget about Allah when we solat (not khusyuk)..we drift ourselves with the plans,memories,thoughts of worldliness while solat.Not good at all.(this one I must cubit myself hard hard)Shaikh stresses on seeking knowledge from the people of knowledge.We just got to.

The 4 aspects in the hadith by our beloved Rasulullah s.a.w.(with regards about seeking knowledge)

-whoever treads the path by seeking knowledge,Allah makes the path for them easy to paradise

-angels put down their wings in please with what the person seeking knowledge is doing.

-everyone/thing in heavens and earth including the fish in the sea ask forgiveness for his sins

-merits of a scholar is higher than worshippers like merits of moon over the stars

Masya Allah.So, as Muslims,we must have the Islam(pillars o faith),Iman(believing the systems and the creations by Allah) and Ihsan(worship Allah as though we see him,n know that Allah sees us).Shaikh reminded us, though we may not fully understand what the teachers of Islam said (for eg lectured in Arabic and we do not understand but we listen anyways)..believe that we do gain a transaction from that.So... :)

Definition of a Sufi-a person of religious knowledge with fiqh,acting n living in accordance with the knowledge he has.What is really unique,Allah gives this person knowledge he never has before.....a direct knowledge bestowed in him by Allah...subhanallah..he has takwa n relationship with Allah and he will be taught by Allah.

There are 2 main types of knowledge-ilm kasbi and ilm wahbi

ilmu kasbi-acquired knowledge by individual effort with good intention ,with aid from Allah s.w.t

ilm wahbi-gifted knowledge (knowledge comes directly from Allah s.w.t) -like Rasulullah s.a.w..he is unlettered but he got direct knowledge from Allah...due to the takwa

-we must believe Allah gives

-align ourselves what Allah loves

-whoever obeys the prophet,has obeyed Allah

-those who gives pledge that Rasulullah s.a.w is the messenger of Allah,is doing the pledge for Allah.

Shaikh moved on that the greatest movement for mankind is the run to the prophet s.a.w.Our roh will want to run to the prophet,to be saved by the prophet as we are the last ummah with the beloved s.a.w.May Allah helps us to go to him.amiin.

Then about deeds..deeds are done only by intention.Having good opinions about people will get good intention.If we have good opinions,we will deserve something good too insya'Allah.Whoever migration is for Allah and the prophet s.a.w..we can get what we ask for..whoever the migration is for worldly life the the migration is just that...for the worldliness.

Those I had recapped are the introductory before we begin to the 1st chapter of the workshop.Insya'Allah...will continue with more when time permits.Insya'Allah.

Forgive me and correct me...

Almost cannot go

2008-06-30T16:38:00.002+08:00

Last minute decision is bad sometimes.Well, quite valid lah why the procrastination about something...but thanks to my husband..he gave that assurance..he is ok if i go ..more than just ok lah...very approved n happycappy ok....legaa...so..ok can go lor...insya'Allah..got thru on the phone n alhamdulillah...my almost tak jadik become insya'Allah going to jadik!..thx to the suggestions given M&M!(munanmelati)

I think this entry should be on twitter..very alih2 wak salih...twitter so in now eh....leceh tak? nevermind...3malam ni nak kena clorox...tak tau apalah nak cakap kalau tak bersih2...kena cubit agaknya...:/

Happy Monday n onwards all...

Sampai mimpi mimpi :/

2008-06-29T07:36:00.005+08:00

Attending the screening last night left me so much in awe about Imam Al Ghazali's effort to seek the sweetness of faith....makes me bow in shame:( go here to watch this online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu3FvLL--2A

And add to that, masya Allah..Shaikh Khalil Moore's lecture(compliments with the movie) was simply simple to understand and straight to the heart kind of effect when he talked about sincerity in faith, fixing our heart n soul to gain the sweetness n how nobility of finding n getting a knowledge can be tainted by inward abomination traits.He listed 10 of those traits..he reminded me of ustazah Muna's halaqah lectures about purifying our souls.Both Shaikh Khalil n ustazah Muna learnt from the same teacher (so cute to know this..donno why)hence the similarity bits I noticed :) read here about Shaikh Khalil Moore, a Muslim convert at 19..raised in a Christian family..found Islam in '94 and Madinah as one of the few places he studied Islam.

http://www.reflectonthis.com/

He also said about the signs that Allah shows in our lives..the signs that many kind of overlook n not aware..to show why things happen.The signs that Allah is the One..he also reminded us that a good character does not equals to a bad heart...a good character is a good heart that comes with..and if we do not fix our hearts,it will never change till we die :'( nauzubillah..the list of abomination traits are these
1-envy
2-arrogance
3-hatred(enmity)
4-backbiting
5-self promotion
6-fault finding
7-finding joy in bad news of others and feeling of receiving bad news when its a joy of others

8-hypocrisy
9-hardiness in accepting truth,being immersed in own way,arguing the truth
10-ostentation (riya')

Finding ourselves, means finding Allah...where is Allah in our lives? Feel Allah's presence everyday everysecond everymove everybreathe..when our souls feel something amissed,hollow...we find Allah.Ask n seek guidance.Insya'Allah...we can be 'found'.

Wish Shaikh could make lectures in the west side of here..ehee..maybe the next visit?..Met a few halaqah sisters n though brief meet but dpt jugak lepaskan rindu ..ehee..and met for the 1st time,a sri,a pretty sri...someone i wrote to before..that was sometime ago..n met yesterday...was soo happy..happy..happy though brief..but happy :)) Ustazah Muna....suka tgk Muna pakai spec arr..this was agreed too by busu..ehee..mcm doctor2 pun ada...eheee..she is loved...so very much.

Ok..Mon to Wed workshop...irresistable after last night..:)))))) see if simplyislam works on sundays?

Lecture Tuesday

2008-06-27T15:27:00.004+08:00

Lecture Tuesday dari ustaz Musa dan dari buku 'Hidup Sesudah Mati'

Arwah orang hidup (yg baru meninggal) akan bertemu dgn arwah orang mati (meninggal dulu).Orang mati menanyai pendatang baru itu tentang keadaan org2 yang masih hidup.Contohnya,menanyakan kabar org atau keadaan yg masih hidup.
-arwah boleh mendengar bunyi2 orang yang menghantar jenazah
-apabila seorang yang betul2 beriman atau mukmin meninggal dunia, malaikat Munkar dan Nakir agak payah untuk mendekati ke atas arwah tersebut kerana..

1) masa hidup dia, dia adalah ahli solat (pahala solatnya memberikan dia perlindungan keatas kepalanya,tidak boleh dimasuki)

2)masa hidupnya, dia berpuasa dengan sempurna (pahala puasanya,berada di kanan dia)

3)masa hidupnya, dia berzakat (pahala zakatnya,berada di sebelah kirinya)

4)masa hidupnya,dia beramal jariah, bersedekah, suka tolong menolong,sangat baik pada masyarakat, adil,berinfaq,berilmu dan sebagainya (pahala itu semua, berada di bawah kakinya)

Maka kerana itu semua, dia terselamat.Kuburnya menjadi luas dan sangat terang..subhanallah..
Sekiranya arwah adalah orang yg tidak beriman masa hidupnya, kadang2, ahli keluarga mendapat mimpi keadaan arwah tersebut dalam keadaan sedih dan tidak baik..sekira begitu..langsung sedekahkan al fatihah untuknya.Jadi diingatkan amalan2 kita mestilah dijaga,amalan2 kita mesti di teliti dan dibaiki sebelum sampai ajal kita...sangat penting sekali..insya'Allah.

Ustaz mengingatkan juga,pada hari kiamat nanti,semua ahli kubur akan dibangkitkan..dan dalam berbagai keadaan dan bentuk yg boleh dikatakan mengerikan dan tidak elok.Ada yg jadik beruk, khinzir,berjalan kaki diatas,tangan dibawah,menggigit2 dirinya sendiri dan sebagainya..kerana amalan mereka semasa hidup.Nauzubillah minzalik :'(

Ustaz menerangkan tentang sebab2 kenapa doa2 tidak diterima.
1)Kenal Allah, tapi tak melaksanakan perintah Nya.
2)Suka membaca kitab Allah, tapi tidak mengamalkannya.
3)Tahu iblis itu musuh, tapi mengikut perintahnya.
4)Berkata cinta pada Rasul,tapi tinggalkan sunnahnya.
5)Berkata cinta masuk syurga, tapi tak amalkan wajib2 untuk kesyurga.(tidak beramal)
6)Gerun masuk neraka, faham siksa disana bagaimana, tapi masih juga buat maksiat/dosa.Maka bertaubat lah.
7)Yakin mati itu hak,tapi tak ada persiapan (tak puasa, tak solat,tak zakat)Buat persediaan dari kepala sampai kekaki dengan amalan2 yg betul dan sempurna.
8)Perhatikan salah orang lain tapi tak perhatikan salah sendiri (menyuruh orang buat baik pandai, tapi sendiri tak buat begitu)..biarlah kita berasa kerdil dan hina.
9) Suka makan rezeki Allah tapi tidak bersyukur.

Ada 4 jenis kufur
-kufur nikmat (menafikan rezeki datang dari Allah tapi dari dirinya)
-kufur akidah (menafikan asma Allah)
-kufur syariat (menafikan sunnah/5 perkara dlm, rukun Islam)
-kufur akhlak (menafikan berpakaian,kelakuan,kata2 etc cara Islam)

10) Ziarah orang mati tapi tidak ambil iktibar dari situ.

Semoga kita terus berdoa(kunci doa itu sabar),berilmu dan bersiap diri ngan amalan2 yg di pesan oleh Allah.Semoga kita semua diberi rahmat dan hidayah..dan mendapat keredhaan dari Allah s.w.t.

Wallahua'alam.

Pada semua, sriberry mohon maaf dari pembaca2.Tolong tegur mana kurang dan salah dari tulisan saya jika ada.Terimakasih.

Happy weekends with your family.

29 Jamadilawal n 26 June

2008-06-26T08:28:00.009+08:00

(: Double That :)

Roses are Red,Violets are Blue

Happy 6th to you n you !

Our continuous doa for two.

Because we love you n you!

Say your alhamdulillah,thru n thru

For you are fortunate to see light today

Insya'Allah tomorrow n onwards too.

ps: Happy Birthday to Khaty's beloved half,Che Azhar too and all June babes..alhamdulillah!!

The not so wow story :\ updated*

2008-06-24T14:54:00.010+08:00

View from our 12th floor room.wow?

The moving jam started from the flyover but not that bad.We noticed the men from Civil Defence assisted with the thorough checking of each car...that was fast...Non surprisingly..the officer at work in the booth would have to take more than a one glance at our boys..because they have the same birthdate.Often do we get this faq from them each time of this journey -kembar eh?..or twins eh?..ya...ya...betul..tidak syak lagi...eheee..

We were so hungry...before we checked in, unanimous decision to lunch first at tebrau city..almost 15 minutes or so from the hotel.And buying snacks and drinks was a must as the kids..n us..might get hungry easily...well, due to experience holidaying as this..we do snack a lot.Checked in and we loved the room...expectedly.Our 3rd time stay there...in comparison with other good hotels...being 3 star this one (according to an online travel agent website),this has been a winner in my and husband's opinion.Kid friendly as kids love space...to run,jump,imagine play,semunyik2 dalam closet,jump some more..run some more..golek2 some more...you only need creativity n these kids will create something often 'nag-friendly' activities.....mak tak nak nag byk sangat..mak nyer opp days...(maunyer....'kena' jugak you...cuma potpets dia tak sebyk mcm biasa:))
Boyar is a must for nonswimmer kids.

What did we do?...hmmm..not much..kids did water plays in the bathtub..mak n abah...laze,read and watch tv...well, tv for some white noise lah actually..not watching proper..wish there was pipe in music.The aircon was really nice but by evening we just had to turn it off as by then,we were feeling kind of freezing in the room...still cool despite but comfy.So roughly like this we spent our brief days there..Shopping was done on the 2nd day...to tebrau again sebab atuk nenek dah pesan,nek atuk kasi duit beli bday gifts pat sana ajer...so the boys got to choose what they wanted with the sum given.Tak buleh lebih arr..Bought n Happy..but only to be unboxed on Thursday...eheh..sabar arr eh nakk..Left for Spore the next day...Went to Angsana to go to Badan..itu Badan byk besar...byk best....Badan mmg idamanku..mcm tak nak balik:)))) (a bookstore)

Marybrown's

So..what happened to Husain..It happened as we were leaving the hotel for the carpark storey.We were at the ground floor outside the lobby.The lift that brought us to the carpark, was outside the backdoor of the lobby level.Look at the pic below..this says what actually happened :)

Ok..maybe not that simple to understand.Pardon the mispellings and the tired handwriting:/

The lift reached our ground level..which was..ground floor lah.A couple was exiting and one of them kindly pressed the open door button from inside..Husain went in first and the guy who was who was inside made his exit.I pressed the button outside with my one finger left free (berembet angkat bag2) and Husain sort of pressing a button inside the lift...alone.The doors of the lift came to a quick close n noticing that was sort of being too quick..I pressed the outside button as hard as possible..no go.... and the lift was shut.With Husain alone inside..Looking at the number bars at the side..the lift was fast going up...

I looked at my husband..and My husband looked at me.We gave each other a weak smile.But we knew we were scared.We were scared?..What about Husain inside there?..We almost did not realize Hassan who was with us in the between...was wailing and yelling so alarmingly.He cried and yelled for Husain.It went something like this

"MAKKKKKK!!HUSAIN KAT DALAMMM!MAK!! MACAM MANA HUSAIN!MAKKKK!! HUSAIN SOWANG2..MAK!! HUSAIN!! HUSAIN!!MACAM MANERRR..MACAM MANERRR!!!HUHUHUHUU!!!!!"

Macam tu lah si Hassan masa tu...the staff passing by was looking at our way already...he was almost traumatic ,so afraid he might lost his dear brother...at that point of time..the LIFT seemed to be the superevil monster that had taken his brother away...really.We saw the lift stopped on the 14th floor...and went down again.I told Hassan to recite the doa'rabbi yassir wala tu a'sir...many times but he was busy crying....so hub n I made the doas under our breathe and berserah.I was scared...Husband did panicked..but we had to play cool so as not to alarm the crying Hassan any further.Almost came to the ground floor again and we were really anxious...but confident that he would be inside safely when the doors opened.

12th floor down view.Pool at 4th.

Opened and there he was,with a few uncles n aunties and a makcik staff hotel.We were sooooo relieved and grateful to Allah...The makcik was having her arms around Husain...I knew that Husain had been crying inside all those while...his nose eyes were red and watery.We knew he was frightened what he just went thru..and hub n I were so sorry to see him like that...apparently the button outside did not work well..it just closed no matter how hard I had pressed.The makcik told us he was alone inside and crying.She recognised us because minutes before we checked out from the lobby,we chanced upon her,we spoke to each other briefly n alhamdulillah...she recognised us as the twins'parents....Allahuakbar..Allah made us be met briefly first before this happened.Told the makcik that the button did not seem to work to an open.She told the lift particularly this one was a quick lift...so kena hati2...hmmm..ok.

Gave Husain a good hug n words of courage...Hassan quiet down and he just stared longingly at his brother but not holding him...but I bet he was super relieved as us..to see darling Husain safe and sound...truly happy indeed:))Lesson being, we,the adults should enter first or rather one of us should enter the lift first followed by the kids...and another adult last in entering.Husain cried a bit more and I gave him a good long hug.I acknowledged him being scared.And reminded him Allah made us met again..thank ALLAH...thank Allah...Alhamdulillah.

I believe he was a bit traumatised what just happened because he kept reminding me what he just went thru...more than thrice...sampai spore pun sama...asik ulang2 cerita tu..he said it in a quiet way and I do feel soooo kesiannn at Husain till now...well, what matters he is safely home then n onwards:)insya'Allah...I suggested to Husain since what happened seemed so unforgettable...instead of repeating time n again about it..why not write it on paper..and so he did...and it stopped.Sort of glad it stopped because I took it he was ok already.Oh yes he still did tell again but this time with a big smile.Hmmmm..maybe he discovered something he only would feel..about it.

Good for short stay.Mahapp cakap..captured this from the bathroom door..the bathroom was spacy too tau:)

So..like that lah...we learnt something from there.So..insya'Allah.Breakfast was alhamdulillah..nice.So...those who are into holidays our style...(good affordable rate*) try here.Like I said..delightful with the space..esp for family with lil kids..let them run..roll..bounce in this non crampy room.

*Please pardon my mis-information abt the deluxe room rate especially those who asked or interested abt this hotel.It is $SIN68/nite inclusive breakfast,taxes n service charges(if any)- this is Superior Room.

As for our room that we stayed which is Deluxe-$SIN83/nite inclusive all the above.

Superior Room is spacy too as we stayed there once few yrs ago..good for 2adults/1kid or 2adults/2small kids.

Deluxe Room is bigger than the above.Both rooms are spacy..

Close to Holiday Plaza,Pelangi Mall,a few mins drive to Carrefour,Giant,Tebrau City n more...just for your info:)*

go to www.asiatravel.com/ for more info or here:http://hotel.asiatravel.com/reservation/frmSearchHotel.aspx for hotels in JB.

Apologies:)

Baru Balik

2008-06-21T17:26:00.003+08:00

Thanks for the comments all..kita baru balik JB after spending 2nites3days there...rest n relax kodok days...non typical vacation..malas nak keluar bilik..keluar pun bila memang ada bende perlu nak beli...like..meals..eheee...otherwise...read,tv-ing,snacking,sleep n laze...non productive?..maybe...but...we sure need them..the kids?...they play in the closet and jumping a lot..the room..spacious and i so want to recommend to those who are into space...cheaper n spacier than 4/5 stars nearby hotels.

Back to mommying and more...lipat baju...kemas pat dapur,jalan kan mesen,...dah stop pun mesen eh..n all things 'real'lah..ehee..alhamdulillah...selamat pergi n pulang...husain experienced something 'new' n 'frightening' when we were about to leave the hotel...bukan cita hantu...next entry lah ok...now everyone is so tired and going thru reality check...check apa patut di buat mana yg dah beberapa hari tertinggal...eheee...happy weekends all:)

Kalio Ayam..

2008-06-18T16:57:00.007+08:00

Ini sebenarnya masak kelio or kalio ayam...also known as ayam masak lemak pedas..bapak mertuaku telah menghadiah kan sriberry terung pipit so kita campakkan sedikit terung itu...terung pipit ni rasanya payau2 dan pahit sedikiiiiit ajer..jangan takut nak rasa terung pipit ok...ia mengandungi zat2 yang berguna..seperti protein,zat besi dan baik utk kebersihan dalaman..sila baca sini for more info about the goodness of terung pipit..

http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/~ahmad/tugasan/s3_99/juliana.html

Tak pernah umur sriberry masak lauk taruk terung pipit tapi kalau part mencuba pernah lah...first sekali bila makan dikedai thai ni...greencurry taruk terung pipit...mula2 ingatkan kacang peas...rupa2nya terung pipit..cute sekali tengok terung ni..memang tak macam terung jepun (yg panjang)..asal namanya terung..memang best friend sriberry lah...suka sekali...ada orang pernah tegur kita jugak...jangan byk2 sangat makan terung jenis purple pjg sebab zat sejuk...not good for the joints gitu...insya'Allah..sihat sahaja hendaknya.

Terung Pipit

Lauk ni semalam dimasak utk makan malam..tapi tak cukup syarat sebab takde lengkuas dan daun kunyit.And pepandai tambah bahan yg tak patut ada...tapi rasa2nya..ok jugaklah jadiknyer..Kita share recipe ya :)

Blend

10 biji cili padi

5 cili merah segar

3 batang serai

4 bawang besar

1 inci halia

kunyit hidup(ukuran separuh jari atau lebih)

3 bawang putih

1 sudu lada hitam(biji)

3 biji buah keras

sedikit jintan manis (serbuk pun boleh)

garam

Dedaun

daun kunyit

daun limau purut

(boleh taruk daun salam kalau suka)

bukan daun- 2 assam keping)

hirisan lengkuas,ketuk..

Main

Terung pipit satu mangkuk kecil.

Ayam(sepinggan potong ikut suka..digoreng lembab)

Santan satu mangkuk setengah..jangan terlalu cair.

Cili hijau dan beberapa cili padi merah untuk di taruk sebelum tutup api.

Start masak:

Masukkan santan dan bahan2 yang dah di blend dalam periuk dan jerang hingga naik minyak.Jangan lupa assam keping dan lengkuas juga:)

Masukkan ayam,terung pipit,dedaun dan garam.

Bila mendidih..kecilkan api dan tutup periuk..renihkan sekejap.Taruk cili hijau dan beberapa biji cili padi.

Tutup api.

Blurry take.Maaf ya..I realize my hp camera does not work well indoor.

Terung pipit ni memang tak semua pasar jual.Bapa mertuaku memang rajin ke pasar so bila ternampak terung pipit ni yang memang jarang orang sekarang nak makan..terus beli sepaket..suka gembira..bapa mertua pun tau sriberry memang suka makanan kampung2 style..so he gave some to me.Alhamdulillah..che Rosman pun nampaknya suka ngan terung cute ni...sedap kalau lauk ini dimakan selepas sehari.Panas2kan..makan dengan nasi hangat dan ikan kering..insya'Allah...sesuai dengan citarasa semua:)

Tetamu..Hobby...Oversea:)))

2008-06-16T11:56:00.009+08:00

Friday guests...We were looking forward to their coming ...kira playdates and ngobrol session that day...but I thought it was too short a session...must do some more ok! Thank you Nora for the kitaabun;) Hope you and the kids enjoyed yourselves here...sorry lah..menan semua under 7 nyer boy toys...ehee..kesian Hannan..Anyways..thanks Nora Nadia Imran n Hannan...next time plan A balik eh...ehee..

Weekdays were...nice:)

Norawati dan company datanglah!

Nadia n Mummy..the boys were there too but pics blurry...apa nak buat..camera dari hp://

Main menan..

Hannan,abang2 already:)

Hassan n Husain hobby session..self made Elton John glasses...anda mau? :)))

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Weekend was another round being 'oversea' :))))

After a wedding reception at Tampines...we were supposed to surprise mama about the Flyer ride we were planning...tapi alamak..Hassan spoil the market lah...He said he just mentioned the word Flyer and nothing else...ya lah tu..that said it all hokayyy :///...budak2 style nyer keep secret...tak boleh pakai arr..But anyways...mama looked happy and quite anxious tau...we..ehemm sebab ada annual pass ni...tiap hujung minggu asik macam nak naik ajer...so yesterday was our 3rd ride and mama's first...mama knew the speed would be slow but not THAT SLOW!...hehehhehhe...not sure if mama felt any thrill or not riding it but for sure she enjoyed being with us in that capsule! woohoooo...due to non peak period...we got a capsule all to ourselves:))))) tak payah bayar lebih...hehehheh..the twins apa lagik...amik chan betul lah! lari2 (pat ni kena marah jugak..mentang2 takde orang) pusing2...betul lah budak2 ni :/

Flyer again...with mama!

Che Rosman...sbb dah kali ketiga ni naik kan...sedang menunjukan keindahan panorama dari dlm :O)

Mentang2 dapat capsule sendiri..bbdak amik chan eh:////

Abang Belon buat something untuk Hassan..Hassan tolong tiup dari luar...timakasih abang Belon:)

Belon dah siap...Abah tak dapat ah!

Turtles are cute creatures:)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Selawat

2008-06-13T08:24:00.006+08:00

Sabda Nabi s.a.w yg bermaksud
"Barangsiapa yg berselawat kepadaku 1x, Allah akan memberi rahmat kepadanya sepuluh kali ganda"

"Barangsiapa yg berselawat kepadaku 100x, pada setiap JUMAAT,ia akan diampunkan Allah dari dosa2nya sekalipun dosa2 itu seperti buih di lautan.."
(Riwayat daripada Zubdi bin Rafi')

"Sesungguhnya orang yang paling mulia disampingku pada hari Qiamat ialah orang yang byk berselawat kepadaku'

"Barangsiapa yg berselawat ke atas ku 10x setiap PAGI dan PETANG, Allah akan memberikan keamanan kepadanya pada hari Qiamat dan bersamanya pada Nabi dan org2 yg benar"

~alunan zikir dan selawat dari Ustaz Mohd Napiah Sahrani(Luahan Nurani)

Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rojiuun

2008-06-12T15:43:00.009+08:00

Mama called yesterday morning ..she received a tragic news...her voice shaking throughout the breaking news she just had to let me know..it was about her cousin and his family...maybe dear readers especially those living in Malaysia are aware of this news about a family's terrace in Sepang that was caught fire possibly dueto short circuit...at around 3am and 2 of his 4 children could not be saved and the rest got injured from the tragedy.Read about them here..heartwrenching..ya Allah...ya Allah..

http://www.bharian.com.my/Gambar_Pilihan_BH/gambar_631/zoom

http://www.bharian.com.my/Current_News/BH/Thursday/Nasional/20080611235425/Article/

I met cik Wir before,I remember how he looks like..it was quite long ago...those closer ones call him Uncle Wir...I cannot remember ever having any proper conversations with him and his family but a few important occassions we always met up and spoke to my parents only...I was in my 20s then..his parents and my maternal grandparents are family.I remember I was quite close with kak Ros..as she is the youngest sister of cik Wir..instead of Cik I prefer to call her kak..or uni..(kakak dlm bahasa minangkabau)...memang dah lama tak jumpa keluarga cik Wir as in his mother and siblings...my mama is close with them and mama told how she itched to just go there and to attend the funeral..well, she could go if she was informed earlier by another aunt but was concerned my mama might feel tired and unwell since mama just finished her IMRT...apparently her condition was misunderstood as mama is actually alhamdulillah very healthy and kicking...but mama understood their reason for her concerns....kalau lah I boleh drive ,mebe I would already drove her there....mama was so sad and this morning when kids n I were at mama's...busu my uncle living in KL called mama and filled her in....apparently all were sound asleep when the fire took place...busu had been there last night to ziarah...as for myself...though I was not close with the family...I feel for nenek rani, his mother...more often than not..sudden deaths takes time to digest for the living beloveds....but I pray cik Wir and wife would redha with what tragedy had struck them...sighh..looking at the pic in the online news..that breaks me alot..cik Wir may lost his house but to lose his two teenage daughters..needless to say anything at all..sesungguhnya Allah beri pahala pada mereka yang benar2 ikhlas dan redha akan dugaan sebegini dan mempunyai hikmah disebaliknya..Allah mengambil sesuatu dari mereka,Allah akan menggantikan yg jauh lebih baik...insya'Allah..itulah janji Allah...al fatihah buat Navita dan Nurfatina..moga2 roh2 mereka dirahmati dan dilindungi Allah..amiinn..

Wkds :)

2008-06-04T17:32:00.007+08:00

We had fine weekends...hubster planned to bring us to the National Museum but there were no available lots in the carpark and no effort to find elsewhere nearby either...ehee..so, plan B, brought them to the Singapore Flyer...see see look look first..:))

tengok2 ajer....

the garden beneath..

above us..

no ride but free art contest:)

done..a frog,a sheep..from the common flyer circle...

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Yipees..we got to ride it in the evening....thank you abah:))

..awak..awak..jangan lupa pakai teropong kedai 'Giant' tau...

wheee......

yahoo..baru boleh pakai teropongg..

uncle,ekius me..wait long long oraydy..

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Monday till Friday...a week of Kid's alive programme....so far,they are enjoying it very much...alhamdulillah.

..we are alive..and kickingg:)))

..till 12pm actually..except today..1pm:)

Holidays with the kids...hmmm..I would say, my energy has been used mostly for them...not running or wrestling or anything physical but talking talking talking to them and with them.....I find myself panting sometimes when too continuously done...eheh...stamina teruk arr..ajar lain, nasihat lain,suruh ngemas lain, ngomel lain....ni lah masa holiday ni kan...all the same...I do want them to enjoy being with me....so, kkdg main game ke, bual2 ke..(they love to bual2,tanya2...topics related to...errr...behaviours of human beings,in relation to fiqeh topics n so on..ehee..) I do find such talking sessions very very enjoyable and at the same time...unawares sometimes,we are doing a sort of selfreflecting ....why sometimes we deserve things and don't deserve what others have....what is it that we have to do about it...and many2 more....

Enjoy yr week all:)

Yawnnn..

2008-05-30T14:56:00.004+08:00

This week is solid stay at home week...except for Tuesday morning...this week's kuliah, tentang mandikan mayat...listening and seeing the ustaz explaining the topic, was like attending a kursus mengurus jenazah...mengurus jenazah is fardhu kifayah...so kalau tidak ada seorang pun, yang hendak uruskan jenazah itu dalam masa itu,haram hukumnya...insya'Allah..sejauh ini, sriberry belum pernah dengar takder orang nak uruskan jenazah sesiapa ...so ustaz menekankan yang sangat mesti dijaga ialah kehormatan jenazah...tukang mandi mesti jaga aib jenazah itu setiap masa, walaupun sedang memandikan nya...kena tutup dengan kain atas seluruh tubuh jenazah dan bersihkan/mandikan jenazah itu dengan cara tertib,hormat and lembut sekali...dengan cara melalui bawah kain dan tertutup.

Dimulakan dengan wudhuk kan jenazah seperti biasa kita wudhuk...yg anggota wudhuk yg wajib sahaja..selepas membersihkan dari perut dan mana2 celah...lepas itu mandikan sebelah kanan badan dan seterusnya sebelah kiri...ustaz ada demonstrate pada pagi itu so kita tak dapat nak telitikan detail2 nya sini....bila sriberry tengok the whole demo,the process of cleansing of the jenazah tu...hati and perasaan masa tu sampai sekarang...terasa sangat....mengharapkan sangat bila masa kita punya turn,moga2 sempurnalah kita diurus orang lain...amin..ustaz mengingatkan..yang memandikan jenazah (eg lelaki) mestilah anak lelakinya,bapaknya,atoknya,abang nya, adik lelakinya atau pakciknya...makruh anak perempuan mandikan bapaknya kecuali dgn syarat ada mahram bersamanya...likewise with jenazah perempuan.Suami isteri dibolehkan memandikan jenazah salah satu yang meninggal dulu..kerana tak ada batasan aurat.Di anjurkan jangan ramai2 sangat mandikan jenazah...cukup 3orang...demi menjaga kehormatan jenazah...ustaz mengingatkan, roh masih melihat apa yang dibuat keatas jenazahnya...maka ustaz stressed on,pelihara kehormatan nya.

Termenung sorang2 kadang2...bila dah sampai rumah lepas tu,dalam bas pun boleh termenung...terngiang2 terbayang2 apa yang dah didengar and pelajari..hati asik tak stop2 pikir pasal mati...or rather..macam mana mati kita, siapa uruskan, siapa mandikan...all I can do is to pray about it...moga2 baik2 sahaja urusan keatas kita...amin...

Budak2 tak komplen apa2 sejauh ni....sebab memang tak kemana2 this whole week...duduk rumah, tengok cita Cinderella Classic or cita Cars....dua2 cd ni baru beli in the wkds....Hassan dah lama kepingin nak tengok cerita Cinderella...sejak baca buku cerita tu....dah lebih 3 kali tengok cerita ni....tak jelak2...Husain yang memang suka Cars pun, terjangkit ikut suka cinderella jugak...budak2 ni cakap cerita cinderella best...sebab suka tengok mice dia...kelakar tapi tak suka tengok step mother dia...they said mata stepmother dia macam hantu...ahak! memang ya jugak...ni disney classic nyer cinderella ,apparently hassan hid his eyes with something to avoid looking at the stepmother's eyes bila ada this scene yg dia tengah marah.....kkdg terpikir jugak...ntah2 mata kita pong macam tu bila marah budak2 ni tak?...:)))) hassan memang suka cerita gini2 la...he told he wanted to watch red riding hood next....so far takder red riding hood the moviekan....he requested for that actually....as for husain, he is happy with his cars...in any which ways n forms....hari2 asik kereeeeta ajer...padahal dulu suka train, now into cars...a new phase ke?

Alhamdulillah...baru2 ni weather has been wet and cool....syukur sebab before,memang panas sgt2....masa panas tu husain developed stye on the eyes...kesian..every few hours mesti ada pat mata...kalau lambat sikit,kering n sakit n melekat...bulu mata dia dah lah memang panjang..kalau tak lap....melekat takboleh bukak mata...tapi syukur hari ni nampak clear...taruk eye-mo ajer.....so....sigh....not so bad jugak la stay home ni....ada hari main game,buat workbooks,revising madrasah lessons, ingat nak buat cookies mcm last holiday....tapi macam malas pulak...eheh...nak ngemas nyer tu, malas pulak nak fikirkan...but on the whole, memang planning bulan ni nak kasi pelan2 prep them for school next year... jittery sikit fikirkan pasal masuk sekolah 'besar' ni...

Mendung pat luar sekarang...belum plan nak masak apa pulak utk makan malam...semalam dah masak fish n chips pakai dory fish n cuba2 buat batter sendiri...teringat masa pat NZ..byk kedai fish n chips...semalam surf2 carik good batter recipe...byk site suka pakai beer eh??...i thot mcm kelakarnya pakai beer?...lebih garing ke apa??..ada jugak guna buttermilk n soda water or ice cold water....pancake mix pun ada...eheee...interesting finds la semalam...tapi last2 kita amik basic recipe dia and tambah coriander powder,pepper,kicap manis sikit,nampla sikit,sesame oil sikit,gula sikit.......it turned out ok...alhamdulillah...seram2 jugak nak cuba sebab takut batter tak menjadik....lainkali nak cuba guna breadcrumbs...

Yang ni boss punya..:)) he told macam terbesar, next time halved la..eeheee..

The Coppettes

2008-05-23T10:28:00.009+08:00

This boyband has been around for a while. The Coppettes.Can anyone figure out why the bandname? :))

Ya Allah...the weekend had been a very thought provoking period.Husband and I just could not stop thinking about it and discussing about it.All that about our twin sons.Its not what they did, it was about what we have to do.Am praying hard for the best here n thereafter..for them and us.But for sure...whatever the outcome and decision that may be...insya'Allah..it'll be good.We believe, Allah will guide and protect them wherever they are.We have to steer them in that right path....insya'Allah...

Hoorayy...its the hols again...hooorayyyy..nowhere to go oso....hehhehehhehe...although plans are not made...i have a lot in store for the kids but not sure should I make that as a routine for good or just go with the flow like what I have been doing with them since their 1st year of schooling.Just bought 2 very thick workbooks for each of them...English and Mathematics.Both with parent's guides.Started a few pages yesterday with Mathematics...but I intend to brush up their language skill...and mine too..boohoo...bahasa pasatt tak buleh pakeh arr...And not forgetting the 'complete way of life' studies :) That will be the major for the boys to say,hear and do.Insya'Allah.I thought of enrolling them in Kid's Alive holiday programme nearby..for a week.We'll see...since no plans to kai kai any soon, better let them go to such classes kan....Insya'Allah...mebe besok nak enrol kan budak2 ni....

Mama just finished her therapy...alhamdulillah...steady jer mama...eheee..Dah tak payah nak hari2 ulang alik NUH...penat sgt....so starting this week n onwards...tak payah kejar masa nak ke therapy hari2 and balik penat2....alhamdulillah...side effects on her has been rather kind...mungkin sebab berkat mama redha and sabar akan semua yang dilalui..n berkat doa orang ramai...mudah untuk mama so far.Tulah...cuma penat ulang aliknya tu.Hope there is no more secondary recurrence...insya'Allah.

Not much happening.It was raining this morning and a bit cooling.The sick Earth needs help la...sebab tu panas sgt dah beberapa hari ni...kids start to have some rashes on the body due to the sweat and heat.They already gave their abah a father's day card....sooo early la...card made by husain made me laugh rather out loud...cepat2 tutup mulut...eheee...

Happy hols mommies daddies and kiddies...enjoy yr kids ya:)

Orang yg hampir meninggal dan baru meninggal...apa perlu kita lakukan?

2008-05-21T10:29:00.014+08:00

Revising kuliah dhuha yesterday...Ustaz Abu Zaki did the relief.Syukur sangat kerana topic hari itu memang semacam wasiat utk kita semua,khas utk org yg meninggal atau hampir.Jadi kita tak bingung dan tau apa perlu dilakukan.Dan untuk yg menguruskan kita sendiri bila sampai masanya kita sendiri pergi. Dipetik dari nota yg telah diberikan ustaz and some elaborations.

*Apa yg perlu dilakukan oleh yg hidup untuk orang yang hampir menginggal dan baru meninggal.
Sunat dilakukan hal2 tersebut apabila kelihatan tanda2 yg hampir meninggal.*

1)Talqinkan ke telinganya- laa ilaaha illallaah
- tak perlu memberatinya dgn asyhadu dan seterusnya. tauhidnya sahaja.
- yg mentalqinkan kepadanya ada orang yang sangat disenanginya dan disayanginya(yg hampir meninggal)
-jangan dari sesiapa yg tak disenanginya or dia benci sebab takut dia tidak terima talqin org yg tidak disenanginya
- jangan desaknya untuk mengucap talqin itu atas sebab memberatkan dia kerana masa itu dia sedang sibuk dgn bermacam makhluk yg lain tidak nampak seperti gangguan syaitan/jin utk usaha kufurkannya dan sebagainya

-jangan suruh baca macam2 sebab ini akan buat dia marah dan bingung sangat..maka dijauhkan dia mati dalam keadaan marah
-cukup bisikkan sekali sekala
-ulang talqin itu jika dia berkata2 hal lain(eg:mintak air)..kira refresh kan
- bisikkan talqin padanya selang2 waktu like every 10 or 15 minutes

Tujuan talqin ini seperti hadith Rasulullah s.a.w yg ertinya
"Barangsiapa yg akhir perkataannya di dunia 'laa ilaaha illallaah',nescaya memasuki syurga tanpa dihisab"

2)Bacakanlah surah Yassin
-utk menenangkan dia bukan minta cepat mati
-membantu menghalau kekacauan yg menghampirinya (syaitan/jin)
-dianjurkan baca yassin bila2 masa ,bukan utk yg hampir meninggal dan utk yg meninggal sahaja.

3)Baca surah Ar-Ra'd(juz 13)
-roh senang meninggalkan jasad kerana sakaratul maut itu meresahkan dan membingungkan dia. -baca secara tenang, perlahan...jangan kecoh dan kelam kabut
-adakan kehadiran orang2 yg membisikkan talqin,membaca yassin dan surah ar-ra'd
-siwak kan dia dgn sangat perlahan dan hormat
-mudah roh keluar

4)Hadapkan dia kearah qiblat kalau berpeluang.
-merengkan wajah ke kanan lambung nya
-kalau susah, merengkan lambung kirinya ke arah qiblat
-kalau susah juga, terlentang kan mcm biasa tapi beralaskan bantal di bawah kepala supaya wajahnya menghadap qiblat

5)Titiskan air ke dalam mulutnya
-membantu menghilangkan dahaga
-wajib titiskan sekiranya dia tercungap2
-sunat kalau tidak menunjukkan cungap
-air zam2,air campur madu sedikit atau air masak biasa

**Kini bercerai lah jasad dan roh.Lakukan perkara2 ini bila baru meninggal.**

1)Rapatkan matanya
-kkdg terbuka sebab ternampak malaikat mencabut rohnya
-guna telapak tangan kita pada kelopak matanya,insya'Allah, dlm beberapa minit, ia akan tertutup

2)Rapatkan rahangnya dgn ikatan kain dari dagunya .
-guna kain lebar
-ikat yg tidak menyakitkan jenazah
-bila rahang sudah rapat,buka ikatan itu

3)Letakkan jenazah di atas katil dan jangan di lantai atau tempat rendah
-hormat jenazah
-menghadap qiblat
-jaga aib jenazah..(don't naked the jenazah malah pakaikan dgn pakaian yg senang dibuka utk mandi nanti)

4)Bila baru meninggal, buka pakaian dan apa2 perhiasan.
-jangan telanjangkan mayat
-renggangkan sehelai kain pjg diatas jasad.
-utk buka pakaian,
sorang pegang sebelah kepala
sorang di sebelah kaki
sorang tukang menanggalkan pakaian mayat, dari bawah kain yg di bentang atas nya.

5)Bersihkan mayat dari segala najis.
-make sure mesti bersihkan sebab kalau kotor syaitan suka mengganggu mayat itu
-bersihkan tubuh mayat dgn kain yg basah
-lakukan dgn penuh tenang dan lemah lembut
-guna air suam,sabun
-kesat dari hujung rambut hingga ke hujung kaki
-haram telanjangkannya maka hati2 lah

6)Lembutkan sendi2nya dgn menggunakan minyak yg halal dan tak memedihkan (minyak masak boleh) agar lembut limbsnya bila masa nak mandikan mayat nanti...tak kaku dan kejang.

7)Alaskan bawah mayat itu dengan plastik agar jika ada kotoran maka terpelihara kesucian tempat lain.

8)Pakaikan pakian yg ringan ,tidak panas
-mudah untuk ditanggalkan bila hendak memandikannya kelak
-rapikan rambutnya dan tutup seluruh tubuhnya dgn kain
-dianjurkan bahagian kepala,selendang tipis yg tak panas...agar berangin dan keluar udara yg tak elok darinya

9)Letakkan tangan kanannya ke atas tangan kirinya seperti mahu bersolat.

10)Letakkan object besi diatas perutnya agar tidak kembung perut mayat.

11)Taburkan kapor barus yg telah di tumbuk halus agar semut2 dan bau2 yg tidak elok dpt dihindarkan.

-lebihkan bahagian kepala agar harum tiapkali ada yang ingin membuka kain di situ.

12)Sunat dibakar setanggi dan haruman dirumah yg telah meninggal dunia...hingga jenazah keluar dari rumah.

-ini agar tidak ada bauan yg tidak elok dari jenazah dan sebagainya

13)Bacakan ayat2 suci Al-Quran dan yaasiin kepada mayat.

14)Jangan tinggalkan mayat bersendirian.
-bacalah ayat2 suci
-kalau kita ahli dosa ,jangan sentuh mayat dahulu tapi istighfarlah byk2 sekali, bertaubat,ambil wudhuk.
-mayat akan merasa sakit sekiranya ahli dosa menyentuhnya sebelum 'membersihkan diri'.

Hendaklah perkara diatas dilakukan secara tertutup dan dilakukan oleh ahli keluarga terdekat dan dikasihi oleh simati sahaja dan jangan lah melakukannya kecuali yg ta'at pada Allah ta'ala lagi sentiasa memelihara diri...

Antara additional info, ustaz menasihati..dibolehkan melambat kan menanam jenazah atas sebab menuggu kesemua ahli family melihat ahli yg telah meninggal dunia for eg...menuggu anak di rantauan pulang ke tanahair utk bertemu jenazah ibu atau bapanya sebelum ditanam...ASALKAN mayat tidak ubah keadaan dan rupa...maka haram begitu.Lebih dari 24 jam menunggu pun tidak apa asalkan tidak melanggar landasan hukum.

Tentang solatkan jenazah...di anjurkan utk membawa ke masjid masa ada solat fardhu jemaah..supaya ramai jemaah lagi dpt solat utk jenazah dan membawa kebaikan pada jenazah itu agar byk dosa dapat diampuni Allah...wallahua'lam.Ia juga sebagai satu penghormatan utk jenazah itu.Juga di makruhkan kaum wanita utk ke pusara apa tah lagi yg tidak sempurna 'pakaian menutup aurat'nya...dan juga kerana akan bercampur dgn yg bukan mahram...antara lelaki dan perempuan apabila disana..ustaz juga mengingatkan, agar yang muhrim sahaja yang melihat jenazah itu di rumah atau dimana2....yg bukan muhrim, jgnlah di bawak masuk utk melihat jenazah....walaupun sudah menjadi mayat, perlu memelihara juga aib nya.Cukuplah mendoakan dan membaca ayat suci sebagai hadiah utk yg meninggal dunia.

Ustaz menasihati tentang solat.
Sekiranya kita tak dapat solat immediately bila dah masuk waktu, atas sebab tidak boleh meninggalkan tugas yg sedang dibuat,...niatkan diri utk bersolat utk sekian waktu...for eg...zohor pukul 1 pm....kita tak dpt solat dlm masa tu atas sebab tugas...maka niatlah diri untuk solat say...pukul 1.30 pm or pukul 2pm.(PASTIKAN AKAN SOLAT WAKTU ITU BILA DAH NIAT SEKIAN WAKTU)...ini kerana, sekiranya roh kita dicabut sebelum waktu solat yg kita dah niatkan itu, kita meninggal dalam baik dan malaikat baik dgn roh kita....sebaliknya, kalau kita tak niat, meninggal sebelum kita solat zuhur itu, kita meninggal dalam derhaka....tak sempat nak solat bila dah masuk waktu....

Tentang menulis wasiat(mengikut hukum faraidh)
....diwajibkan menulis wasiat sebelum kita meninggal dunia...agar tidak kecoh bila sampai masanya dan menyenangkan tugas membagi wasiat dgn adil dan seterusnya.Bukan wasiat harta sahaja, wasiatkan keluarga untuk bertaqwa pada Allah ta'ala.Sebelum kita meninggal dunia, perlu dicepatkan langsai apa2 hutang yg ada agar dibebankan ahli keluarga yg hidup.Bereskan secepat mungkin.

Ziarah pesakit tenat.
Kita semua mahu mati dalam berbaik sangka pada Allah ta'ala.Apabila kita menziarah orang yg chronic sakitnya, kadang2, pesakit itu akan mengeluh akan nasibnya dan bersedih akan keadaanya yg tiada harapan sembuh n such.Kita yg menziarah perlu mengalakkan sipesakit itu beristighfar, berbaik sangka pada Allah, bacakan hadith2 yg boleh menenangkan nya,bykkan zikir ...moga2 Allah mengampuni dan ringankan dosanya.Jangan kecilkan hatinya dgn cerita2 tentang ajal atau mati.Beri galakkan untuk merasa sabar dan redha.Ustaz juga menasihati....sekiranya si pesakit tidak mahu diubati as in tak nak pergi hospital utk rawatan, tak nak makan ubat....kira, betul2 tidak mahu sekeras2 nya....janganlah kita memaksa dia utk ikut cakap kita....atau memarahi nya utk ke hospital dan makan ubat pula...hukum nya haram bila kita memaksa mereka begini.Sebaliknya, pujuk sahaja....jangan marah2 kan dia.Mungkin dia ingin menanggung sendiri sakitnya itu tanpa rawatan.

Adab ziarah pesakit
Pesakit perlu berehat.Janganlah terlalu kerap kali sangat datang ziarah pesakit itu as in, tiap2 hari atau satu hari byk2 kali dtg ziarah...hormatla ahli keluarga nya itu.Mungkin mereka nak privacy utk berbincang sesuatu tanpa hadirnya kita.Kita digalakkan minta ahli ulama datang untuk menasihati dan mendoakan pesakit itu...agar tenang.

Very informative topic hari itu..alhamdulillah...boleh kita berkongsi dgn ahli keluarga kita yg lain ya agar mereka tau perlu apa dibuat dlm masa begini.

Wallahua'alam
Salam maaf dari sriberry
Yang benar dari Allah, yg salah dan tak baik dari kita.

Kids and Were Kids :)

2008-05-19T10:09:00.004+08:00

Yesterday was a happy marathon.Because a cousin is married and looking at the cousin bride on saturday nikah and walimatul urus yesterday....I tried to shake the thought that she is this baby cousin....she always has been, to me...till that saturday evening, no more that cutesy adorable lil cousin of mine that is for sure.. looking at her sitting so demurely thru the akad nikah and yesterday on the dais..she is a wife already...in my eyes, the 'baby' wife:))

Her father is one of my late pa's younger brothers and the closest : ok back to why marathon, because we were there since saturday evening, and morn sunday till say..4 odd pm and headed back home to wash up to leave again at about 6pm for sis in laws' abode for a bbq gathering till 9 odd pm.....so today I am feeling the lethargy and when that happens, I cannot sleep or rest properly...I am feeling antsy actually...tired and antsy....not a comfortable feeling.Public Holiday today...so it should be a relaxing day for everyone in the house after being outside soo much.Alhamdulillah ada nasik berkat dalam esbob..gantung periuk lagi hari ni...ahak! I am in no mood to cook.No mood to go out..No mood for any activities outside or inside the house...but later kena kemas rumah jugak...after we received guests for a night.

The kiddy guests were a delight especially to my kids...they were quite impatient for their arrival because they wanted to play with abg Hakim.Aisyah is the rose among the thorns but she enjoyed being with the boys anyway..eheee..lil Umar was comfortable left on his own..abang2 in the house mcm tak main sangat dengan Umar..its the age gap mebe but Yusuf the 3 mth old babe, was a star with the twins...asikkk nak cium..mommy Siti told me to have another one ....ya ya...bila ada rezeki,tak tolak ok....eheee...I was a bit challenged by my boys when the guests were here actually....bukan apa...but the boys would report to me what mess their cousinettes had done with the house...sebab kalau my boys buat mess, kita tak tunggu2 panggil budak2 ni to clear what mess they had made themselves....so they thought it was alright to report me about them too.....kenalah explain bykkkk kali, that no matter what, we have to respect and treat our guests nicely and not make any complains whatsoever about what they might had done to the house....but the boys did what they thought they should...hassan was picking up food crumbs and mashed raisins from the floor, husain was scooping red bean paste from the kueh pay which was plastered on the carpet and threw it away.....while the kiddy guests watched tv and played....when the boys were with me later..I told them not to be too obvious about cleaning the mess as this would leave an uneasy feeling on the guests...they pouted when I told them to stop being like that tapi lepas tu okla....join main2 and watched tv together and chatted tak stop2 with the guests....the parents memang kita ngam and satu kepala....they apologised jugak on and off apa budak2 dah buat and told them, relakk la...my boys pun kkdg messy jugak...biasalah budak2 .....

The guests bukannya first time datang n bermalam kat rumah...beberapa kali jugak suka porting kat sini kalau ke spore...and I always loved to receive them;...apa tak nyer...Siti is my childhood close cousin though at the time, masa kecik2 dulu, tinggal kat pahang,kampung felda koyan....kalau kita berjumpa melekatt...with another cousin jugak..sekarang semua dah jadik mak2....Siti dah jadik gynae/oby...alhamdulillah...dia ni memang otak geliga macam abang2 dia...married to an engineer...anak pun ramai...bila tengok family siti ni, mmg bliss gitu..tenang and happy ajer...sungguh merendah diri suami isteri and very wacky like me n hub oso...kakakkaak...that is why,we always love each other...walaupun berjaya, their downtoearth character what makes us so happy to receive them anytime....mungkin sebab begitulah, Allah permudahkan jalan hidup this family....alhamdulillah...

Nilah dua girlie nieces I can never get tired of.....mebe sebab they are GIRLS...huhuhuhu...gerammm sangat kalau tengok budak2 ni tau...asik pretty and pinkyy ajer..macam nak makan diorang ni pun ada....Aisyah and Atiqah....in their pretty dresses for the wedding....muackkkkkssss to themm!

Cousins United

Yang gambar ni pulak...yg mak2 and anak2 daras ni...semua cousins, belah my arwah pa...niza, siti and i...we were soooooo close when we were much younger...kesana sini kalau dah jumpa...bertiga, always giggling and sitting together...melekat mcm belangkas...tapi bila dan tahap mak mak ni...tak boleh duduk sesama lama2 sangat...aderr jer si anak nak panggil, nak tu nak ni...si bapak pun...ahak!! the younger 3 in the picture...they are our younger cousins...nantila...bila berapa tahun lagi,insya'Allah...you all pun mcm kita2 ni..handbag byk....kakakakkaka!!

Nyai layan cucu2 kecik...nilah buat nyai happy...kelilingi ngan cucu2 yg mcm2 antics...eheee...gambar ni kita tengah relax dekat void deck block sebelah dari majlis....berangin and luas...mmg panas semalam pat majlis tu..cuaca dah beberapa hari begini kan....budak2 naik rensa and uncomfortable...asik nak minum airr ajer....so kita chope void deck ni utk melepak...tak payah kendarating...sebab my uncle dah sewa kendarat utk majlis...so 'tugas' kita is to welcome and greet sedara mara yang memang lamaaaa tak jumpa..dari jauh n dekat...paling berkesan bila bertemu dengan yayi Salimi...dalam wheelchair tapi masih nak peluk cium ngan sriberry sebab we have this kind of bond yang susah nak describelah...mebe I reminded him of his eldest nephew...mungkin yang tersayang...ntah eh...that nephew was my father:) Padahal...bila ada jemputan and hari raya saja kita berjumpa...bukan selalu but yayi memang chammm betul ngan sriberry,dari jauh lagi....memang dari kita kecik,sampai dah nak patplo...we have this special adoration..(???)..ntah la but for sure..I thank Allah for this special relationship:)sangat sangat...

Tulah...semalam2 punya cerita..malam nye ada gathering sebelah hubster...makan lagik..bbq..mmm..bual2 makang2...kak Ros has always been the one to initate such gatherings...to keep in touch with each other and strengthen the ties between the adik beradiks..am grateful to her and husband for initiating this and being wonderful hosts...moga2 Allah murahkan rezeki kak Ros sekeluarga and merahmati kalian..amin....

Gathering wkds dah abis...nanti school holiday pulak..tak hooray2 sgt lah nanti...nak get my boys into this mode of serious studying or rather prep for next year....n i have a few more books to finish....have a good week all :))

Cepatnya dah Fridayyy...

2008-05-15T13:57:00.004+08:00

Baru balik jugak...The boys semua ikut bapaknyer solat Jumaat hari ni....since today ada parents teacher meet, hub takes leave from work so boleh attend sekali the meet pagi tadi..Macam biasa, the teacher waited in the classroom and presented us their report books and explained the progress of each child.

Teacher Siti discussed about Hassan's progress first.Alhamdulillah....he did well so far for the semester..the report is actuallly based on his daily progress sans exams,testswhatsoever....been actively participating in class discussions that kita sendiri tak sangka yang teacher dia cakap, si Hassan ni mmg pantang kena tanya dari teacher...asik dia nak jawab..ahak! sebab hub n i agreed hassan ni berat mulut skit...mcm husain jugak...but oklah...malu bertempat...jgn malu masa belajar..jgn malu bertanya....jgn macam mak dia...gigil2 bila nak jawab or bercakap dlm kelas dulu..sekarang pun masih gitu ekceli..ahak!!!teacher malaybilang...kkdg teacher kena ignore dia nyer angkat tangan asik nak jawab...aitt..mcm sama komen ngan teacher taon lepas...ahak! dah bilang dia pat kereta lepas tu....jgn kecoh nak jawabb ajer sebab ada budak2 lain nak jawab tapi malu nak angkat tangan tauuu!! so..pls kasi chan...n handwriting pun kena kasi kecik2 la....teacher kata handwriting hassan besar2....last2, sdiri ngomel pat teacher dah takde 'place' nak write the next word....tu diaaa...jgn tulis besau besauu laa.....and the teacher notice dia suka bende2 out of the box....suka bende challenging2, interactive2 than sit and write session..teacher cakap his work is good tapi kkdg nampak kerja dia betul tapi done hastily...kalau colouring dia sembrono...kena panggil suruh duduk balik colour betul2....ahak! mmg punn ...mak setuju....

Husain pulak teacher cakap...dek ni steady cool...bila nak jawab,teacher dia perasan...dek ni fikir dulu sebelum menjawab....kkdg terlama sikit dia fikir...kekekkekek...tak cepat gelabah cam si hassan...very focused and alhamdulillah...overall...teacher cakap.......mmg opposite ngan style kerja n belajar...husain is calmer and meticulous in his work...teacher cakap like hassan,he participates actively in class discussions and helpful,alhamdulillah...then teacher bilang mak dia...."saya rasa awak ada ajar dia macam2 kat rumah eh....sebab they know their stuff"....ahak...ya cikgu...saya pong dulu macam cikgu jadik cikgu...sekarang jadik cikgu rimau pat rumah...ahak!Tapi ajar main2...takder time table...rasa nak ajar, ajar lah...kalau dah penat,tak ngajar apa2 pun...suruh duduk baca buku ajer...tapi rasanya lepas semester ni dah tak boleh complacent....kena start a routine and ajar mana is expected utk primary 1....kena brush up their language skills especially English sebab Mathematics pun kena ada good language skill to answer a problem....mmmm..spore standard ni...mmg asik kena adbannnn ajer..apa nak buat..kena la push budak2 ni sikit...before we left the school...tak lupa ucap terimakasih and appreciate the school syllabus...cuma kita feedback kan, adakan excursions and field trips often...teacher kata dia setuju benar apa mak pandan ni cakap sebab sejak tukar management....ada lax tentang school trips...hmmmm..she promised to let the management know about my feedback tang ni.....mintak2 dia layan...ahak!

Mama is doing very well....two more weeks of IMRT and insya'Allah...she is done..but of course ada follow ups every 3mths or so.....she is a strong person...tak banyak hal sangat tang side effects cuma diaorrhea lah yang buat leceh...but that comes with a prescribed medication...tapi sejak IMRT ni...dah tak ceret beret sgt....alhamdulillah...moga2, Allah permudahkan kesembuhan mama dan cell2 baik sahaja yang akan tinggal di dalam mama...amin.Last Sunday ada jugak celebrate mom's day pat rumah mama...biasalah makang2 tapi tak byk sangat sebab kita sefamily jer....belikan fave soup kaki kambing utk mama...n a lil cake yg tak coklat...mama tak gemar coklat...eheee..so got her a strawberry cake.Happy mama tgk cucu2 yg kecoh tak abis2...

Budak2 kasi artsy stuff untuk mak rimau dia....bunga n kad...buat disekolah...kesian kad husain..terbasah kena air sebab botol dia tak tertutup ketat...koyak separuh tapi kita misik simpan la....dia tulis biasalah...i love my mother etc etc...si hassan nyer kad plak..simple...from Hassan ....to Hirwati...siapa itu Hirwati????...kakakkakakakak! dek ni mmg suka lain dari yang lain la....suka atilah....keluar kai2,lunched outside....simple2jer asal hari tu mak dia gantung periuk.....nak relax...besok2, balik semula routine....mothering everyday.....kita suka:)))

Buku ni kita baca review dari site rozas...its a non fiction, about a journalist and a pro mountain climber who do good by building schools for the girls in pakisatan n afghanistan...to promote peace and understanding of the culture of the people from that side of the world...Three Cups of Tea...click here for the review http://www.threecupsoftea.com/ After kite runner and splendid suns...books like this attract me a lot eversince...went to je popular bookstore after accompanying my mama to NUH...i was a bit flustered then because i tried looking at the best sellers section and none of this....almost frantic sebab nak amik budak2 dari sekolah lepas tu....takut terlambat...my eyes went ziggyzag on the shelves of different sections,mcm nak migraine pun ada...apsal takder ni? then...just as I was telling myself, sudahlah...tak rezeki...i made my last stop at this shelf and ran thru it......alhamdulillah!!!! tu diaaaaa! the last bottom shelf , at the corner...kat ujunggggg sekali....sorang2 buku ni duduk....happy mood!! tinggal satu lah...! sebab tengok atas bawah kawasan situ, takder pun buku cam ni....amik, bayar, keluar..puas hati digolden chan...ahak! Thank You Allah!

Weekends would be busy....a cousin is getting married.Expecting a family of 7 to sleepover here from Seremban....can't wait:)) Dah lama tak ngobrol ngan siti....she is my cousin, paternal side..dari kecik sampai besar, mmg rapat...dah jadik dr puan..anak kampung felda dulu...anak seorang tentera...very humble backgrd, n alhamdulillah...sekarang senang nampaknya..dah ada 4 anak...eheee...cute2 anak nya...so..wkds would be kepak bing bing days...tak rewang tak aper la....duduk2..buat apa yg patut...eheeee....Salam Jumaat semua...meh kita selawat bbyk hari Jumaat ni k dan seterusnyaa:))

It's coming..

2008-05-13T08:10:00.006+08:00

I see things coming...one by one...the more I try,the more I am tested...it is like in a week...but looking back..it may all be trivial...confused myself on how to tackle things as this but realise best is to leave it to Allah,He knows EVERYTHING........May Allah give me strength and patience..amin.Allah knows...Allah knows... about me ,about you...cannot run away, cannot hide,cannot deny....for Allah owns us..

Today's dhuha was again, the milkshake moment...a young ustaz came to relief and touched on the same topic of maut..or death...sakaratul maut that was..

As we all know..sakaratul maut is painful...even to our beloved Rasulullah s.a.w...ustz Jalaluddin told in the past week..baca surah Ar Ra'd apabila seseorang sedang susah nazaknya juga surah yasin...dan bimbing orang yang nazak dgn kalimah laailaha illallah..sebab lidah akan sgt kelu saat2 tersebut...ada masa yg sedang nazak akan diuji dgn kedatangan syaitan2 yg menyerupai org2 yang dirindui dan disayangi sangat2 dan syaitan2 ini akan cuba kufurkan dia dengan memujuk2 agar mempercayai agama lain seperti nasrani yahudi itu adalah agama yg sebenar2nya ...nauzubillah minzalik..maka katakan tidak tidak tidak...sesungguhnya ujian daripada Allah s.w.t sampai ke hujung nyawa...

1 hari =1000 tahun di akhirat..moga2 dosa2 kita diampuni Allah dan kita sendiri tidak tambahkan ia dgn lalai2 kita..so 1 hari di neraka..equals to???..gigil sriberry dgr..nauzubillah.....ustz menggalakkan kita yg hidup agar sentiasa berdoa utk diberi kesejahteraan dlm sakaratulmaut kita...minta doa dari para ulama yg bagai pewaris nabi2...kita tingkatkan ilmu ukhrawi kita especially ilmu Al-Quran..sentiasa mengharapkan doa dari ibu bapa kita, berbaik2 dgn mereka.Sekiranya pada satu masa kita sakit kuat dan parah dan takder harapan sembuh, bacalah doa ini

Allahumma a'inniy a'laa ghamaraatilmau-ti wasakaraatilmauut

Kita tengkingkan hati kita untuk menambahkan tahap keimanan dan ibadah kita..kita berbual2 dgn makhluk lagi satu dlm diri kita iaitu nafsu...jinakkan nafsu agar tidak senang terjerumus di dalam maksiat...kami dinasihatkan agar bimbing diri sendiri dahulu sebelum membimbing orang lain seperti keluarga kita.dan seterusnya..mesti ada nilai kebenaran dan kesabaran apabila ingin mendidik seseorang itu ..seperti pada anak2 kita...nasihat itu mesti ada bil haq dan bil sobri..kebenaran dan kesabaran....

Juga di ingatkan pada kita, masa sakaratul maut tulah baru kita dapat tau, kita ni antara yg soleh atau solehah atau..sebaliknya...malaikat maut akan menampakkan dirinya dlm keadaan seram dan gerun sekiranya yg akan meninggal itu adalah yg tidak baik...sebaliknya, dalam keadaan senyum menawan dan lawa sekiranya hamba itu baik maka mautnya juga adalah maut yg baik...

Membanyakkan bertasbih dapat sejahterakan sakaratul maut kita,..insya'Allah...khusyuk,tawadduk dlm ibadah kita juga dpt menyelamatkan kita ketika itu...begitu juga bila kita mengaji Al Quran dan mengajak kenalan2 kita untuk berbuat begitu juga...ubat jiwa itu adalah tasbih..subhanallah...

Insya'Allah..selagi kita di dunia ini, kita usaha mempertingkatkan iman kita,hanya kerana Allah...moga2 kita semua selamat dalam sakaratul maut..moga2 kita mendapat husnul khotimah..amin.

Allaahumma hawwin 'alainaa fii sakaraatil mauti wan-najaata minan-naari wal-'afwa 'indal-hisaab

(Wahai Allah,ringankanlah kami ketika sakaratulmaut,selamat dari neraka dan mendapat kemaafan ketika perhitungan amal)

Amin

Wallahua'lam.

Salam maaf dari kita..

Mother's Day Everyday!!

2008-05-10T08:12:00.007+08:00

Happy Mother's Day to All...Have a great weekend and the best mothering everyday,everywhere,anytime.

Special hugs to

Mummy Rosma,Mummy KakZa,Mummy Nora,Mummy Khaty,Mummy Faridah,Mummy Busu,Mummy Rina,Mummy Nekblacan,Mummy G,Mummy Noraini,Mummy Ween,Mummy Ck, Mummy Maklyn,*Mummy SimplyKinks,Mummy Zee,Mummy Sweetie (coz u are darlings to yr nieces and nephews kan:) Mummy Naddy* ,Mummy Ina.....and Mummy I read You,You read me....yes,you too :)

to silent readers but regulars..eheee...thanks and happy mother's day to you all too ..from arnhem glederland,malaysia,singapore and more:)

And to all Mothers out there

Especially special one for my Mama,I am so proud of her...able to go thru the many obstacles in her life and the pain and sweat till this day..n onward..insya'Allah..may ALLAH reward you for your redha and patience:)....also to Mak..for the concerns and care.

Burdah

2008-05-09T11:17:00.003+08:00

First time I heard this on radio Ikim...so wanting to find out what was that all aboutlah kan...alhamdulillah..jumpa jugak online..Have a good Friday and onwards all...Hugs***

Mawlaya salli wa sallim da’iman abada
'Ala habibika khayril khalqi kullihimi
(O my Master, send your salutations and blessings forever
Upon Your Beloved, the best of the whole of creation )

Muhammadun sayyidul kawnayni wath thaqalayn
Wal fariqayni min 'urbin wa min 'ajami
(Muhammad is the master of the two worldsand of Man and the jinn
Leader also of the Arabs, non-Arabs and their kin )

Huwal habibul ladhi turja shafa'atuhu
Likulli hawlin minal ahwali muqtahami
(Beloved by Allah is he upon whose pleading we depend
From terrors of the Day of Judgement,which on us descend )

Thummar ridha 'an Abi Bakrin wa 'an 'UmarinWa 'an 'Aliyyin wa 'an 'Uthmana dhil karami
(Then we ask You to be pleased with Abu Bakr, 'Umar,'Ali and 'Uthman the generous one )

Ya rabbi bil Mustafa balligh maqasidanaWaghfir lana ma ma\a ya wasi'al karami
(O my Lord! with the Elect One make us attain our goalsAnd forgive us for what has passed,O Most Munificent One! )

Soal Hati

2008-05-06T14:52:00.001+08:00

Ustaz sebut perkara ini yang buat sriberry teringat2, terpikir2 kat otak sampai sekarang...alhamdulillah.Dari Allah,thru ustaz...its a mighty realization for me and to deal well with people of all sorts....

Orang Baik
Orang baik adalah orang yang bukan tak pernah buat salah.Orang baik adalah orang yang buat salah dan cepat memohon ampun pada Allah.

Orang Sebaliknya
Orang ini adalah orang yg buat salah dan salah dan salah...tapi tidak mahu memohon ampun pada Allah."

So, as a fellow human slave....I cannot assume people...they may do something really wrong today but all the same they may ask for forgiveness tomorrow, a minute later, a second later,a year later,any later, wallahua'lam....hence I have no right to judge any fellow slave and a minute of bad impression made by the other...does not mean he/she will be like that till he/she dies....for example...if I were to inevitably chanced upon someone with tatoos, waiting for his turn to buy a pkt of chicken rice after me....I cannot assume he is a weak slave of Allah....I may never know...maybe he solat 5times a day on time without fail....maybe he has repented and wanted to remove his tatoo as soon as possible but no money to go to a clinic to burn them...maybe he is a good son to his parents...maybe he is buying the pkt of rice for someone who cannot afford one...

Ultimately, I cannot assume people.Subject about hati again...its easy to assume...its easy to point out other people's weak points....its easy to refuse someone just because he or she is not having the 'like-mind'......people are mysterious beings...we never know whats really inside of them....Hence , I cannot assume....Only Allah knows the beginning and end of His slaves...

Sharing this from Darulnuman website

Menghindari Sifat Buruk Sangka
Soalan: Bagaimanakah cara untuk kita menghindari diri daripada sifat buruk sangka terhadap orang lain?

Jawapan:
Sifat buruk sangka termasuk sifat yang tercela, kerana ia dapat menimbulkan fitnah yang sangat besar. Dalam Al Quran, Allah berfirman maksudnya: "Hai orang-orang yang beriman, jauhilah kebanyakan prasangka, sesungguhnya sebahagian prasangka itu adalah dosa dan janganlah kamu menggunjing atau memfitnah sebahagian yang lain. Sukakah salah seorang diantara kamu memakan daging saudaranya yang sudah mati? Maka tentulah kamu merasa jijik kepadanya. Dan bertaqwalah kepada Allah, sesungguhnya Allah Maha Penerima taubat lagi Maha Penyayang". (Al Hujarat : 12)
Jadi jelaslah berprasangka buruk itu berdosa, maka berusahalah menghindarinya dengan cara banyak mengingat kebaikan seseorang. Ketika prasangka itu datang, banyakkan berzikir kepada Allah dan tepis sifat tersebut dengan mengingat dosa yang akan kita terima jika tetap dalam berprasangka buruk.

This entry today because I realise how often and easy such sin as this may just be what I have everyday.....awares and not...astaghfirullahala'zim....the heart..the heart...the heart....

Salam maaf dari sriberry pada semua :)

Al Fatihah

2008-05-04T07:24:00.009+08:00

Last Friday evening....An sms that numbed me all over came thru when I was outside with my family.Dazed and sad.It took me several reads then it hit me.

The endless tests indeed...for those Allah loves.

Ustazah Muna’s Abah, Ustaz Syed Ahmad Bin Syed Mohamed Alhabshi has just passed away last Friday. Moga2 rohnya di cucuri rahmat dan berada di kalangan orang2 yang beriman dan ditempatkan antara roh2 terpilih untuk mendampingi Rasulullah s.a.w...amin.

Offer of al-fatihah is much appreciated .Thank you.

Last episode of the Season

2008-04-28T07:50:00.008+08:00

Last night was gembeng night....

I was at my gembengest...the halaqah ended its 1st season last night.Gathered at Darul Furqan learning centre where the ustazah teaches...I love the place....I was joking with lyn, mcm tak nak balik....kalo dlm ada bilik tidur ke lodging ke...nak jugak aku tidur sini...eheeee....

We did the last topic ..cakap pasal hati...iaitu roh...beri makanan sebyk mungkin untuk roh...sebab yg diangkat bila kita meninggal nanti is our roh....suapkan dgn perkara2 yang disukai Allah s.w.t...amalan harian kita yang tak sia2...selain dari wajib harian ,seperti membaca Qur'an,berzikir,menghadiri majlis ilmu,berbaik sangka,dan sebagai nya....presenter ina reminded us ...merdeka kan roh kita dari sifat2 tak di ingini...that is...sifat dendam, geram,marah, buruk sangka, riak, ujub, sombong, tamak dunia and much more...kalau tak,roh kita akan terkurung dlm diri kita dan buat kita rasa tak selesa,sempit hati...we have to let go...watever dendam,marah dan sebagainya...bila sriberry dengar,memang sgt menusuk betul la....yalah ,kita ni,selagi nama manusia...senang rasa marah bila ada perkara yg kita tak suka dengar ke, dianiaya ke,paling2 hati kita berdendam...kkdg membalas dendam bukan dari segi fizikal tapi dari segi berkata2 dihati....i go thru this alot....time to tame myself n talk to my nafsu....because i want my roh to be free n happy...takes time to heal but yep....mesti let go...kesian roh kita...melalak mintak makan..

Ustzh menambah...bagaimana size dan keadaan roh kita....kurus kering?..busuk?..hodoh?bersih? cantik? suci? ...akhirat nanti boleh nampak lah camana....ouchhyyy...semua akan di tayang lah...aduhhhhh..Insya'Allah...kita mohon pada Allah dilindungi dari sifat2 tersebut dan kalau sifat itu hadir...moga2 cepat lah kita sedar...sebab akhirat is where we will live eternally.....take advantage of the dunia not for our lust....use dunia as the ticket for a promising end and thereafter....insya'Allah...the daily things we do in dunia like, myself, i cook for the family, look into their well being,our parents, friends, people around us ...people we see everyday n not...the objects and venues we are with...take all of them for nothing else except for Allah' s sake....not for materialistic or arrogant satisfaction...so let's start everything we want to do with the niat for Allah's sake....insya'Allah....senang roh kita nanti....gotto work hard for it....let's spare more time for our roh...let's spend more time with Allah shall we...

Insya'Allah....halaqah will resume...happy makcik tau...semalam we were all so teary but happy that we felt the closeness for each other... of course rindu merindu...tak semesti nak kena jumpa hari2 kan....insya'Allah we'll keep praying for each other ...that is a continued connection too...ok..makcik sriberry tembam nak share pics sikit....camera kita mcm nak kena hantar museum memang la....tak terang sgt ...tapi tolerable lah...eheh...

One of the M sisters..lupa ni Maisarah ke,Masyitah ke Mastura..sorry eh..lupa cik..errk..tapi baby cute ni tak lupa...Ahmad...geremmm..

the Black Beauties...power!

makcik tembam and the lovely ustazah Muna...tsk...sigh..

Rina..camerawoman for the night but sister always and nekblacan..you are missed tau...hugstoboth*

Sister sama nama and niece...adorable:))

ni dua...hmmm...mmg tau....!!......mmg sayang sama kamu dua!lyn n G..the rosie posies(sebab suka pose)..:))))

ni nak cakap hubungan biras ke beras ke baldi eh....takper...sisters forevahh!

will miss the sweet girls..

Sisters ....you are loved by sriberry...muacksss! maintain tau....in all sense:))Semoga segala ilmu yg sudah didengar dapat kita amalkan hari2 for Allah's sake...insya'Allah..let's not disappoint rasulullah s.a.w and our roh....will miss the slaps....miss the sisters...

Salam Maaf dari Sriberry.....pada semua...in the pics and not....hugssss*

ps:just to let sisters here n readers know...tiap Selasa, ada kuliah dhuha yg bertajuk "jalan mendekati Allah"...touching bab mati and more..by ustaz Jalaluddin Hassan..and other ustazs will do the relief if he had to be absent...no fees..9.30 am or so till a bit after 11am...Masjid Al Mukminin...so sesiapa yg free sebelah pagi...sila ya...*buku utk kelas hanya $10*

2008-04-25T09:40:00.007+08:00

I am appalled.Full stop.

I am appalled.Full stop.

I am appalled.Full stop.

May Allah forgive me.Astaghfirullahal a'zim.

Allah...the all knowing, the all watching, the all hearing...

"If we do not practice what ilm we have learnt, we would be faraway from Allah..."

Hasbunallah Wani'mal wakil

the tongue...the tongue..

Dari buku bidayatul hidayah..sabda rasulullah s.a.w yg bermaksud

"Tiga perkara apabila ada pada seseorang maka ia adalah orang yang munafiq.(munafiq amal bukan munafiq akidah)walaupun ia puasa, dan sembahyang.Ialah orang yg apabila becakap ia berbohong dan apabila berjanji ia mungkir dan apabila ia diamanahkan sesuatu,ia akan khianat."

salam maaf dari sriberry...

Police

2008-04-23T10:18:00.003+08:00

I need a police...not the men in blue but a police for my soul.

It has been a good week alhamdulillah.....the kids with their school and ever delightful antics and me with my...err...radio...ahak! Hubster with his reflexological talent...and I being the number 1 customer everyday.....kekekkeke...

Something dull drags me a little...I hope I can make it this Sunday with Allah's will...I want the rounds of marshmallows....and I hope that day is not the final for me and everyone else....Like I told, I need a police....watch me and nag at me whenever I go off track...well, I guess I have to Ask....maybe, only I can be my own police...with very strict policies and a huge baton....

Fridays have been a great Booster but well, I do hope in no time..this continues as usual someday...resume...yes...resume...:))Halaqah class is like a huge court...to me lah...and always getting the blows, welcoming them all the same from all directions to wards this magnet. Then when it ends, hubster and kids would never fail to delight me with their waiting 'downstairs' and welcoming me the drive home....and normally, a gentle sensation would fill me so intensely that I feel so much love for everyone...its a taming session....truly really....and normally,when its time to turn in , words from my teacher would just flow in the head...i dun mind the wagging finger moments for this is the only way to realise my folly....sometimes i do not fall asleep right away....i want to recall everything that has been heard.....i want...i need my loudest alarm clock....a screamer alarm clock would be good:)

After this Sunday....Tuesdays would be the next Booster to look forward to....oh...sharing this tip from Tuesday teacher....those who have asthmatic kids...he told, with Allah's Will...the cure for it is to lightly fry or roast chopped garlic and spoon eat with a tbsp of honey....don't forget the selawats and doas..take it once a day I think...alamak..I think he missed telling how many times perday....but I have yet to try....coz the honey am keeping is for cooking purposes....will try to look for a better one...insya'Allah...So....as I was saying....Tuesdays lesson is about MATI....haaa kauu......gasak situ....the sakaratul maut...the signs and more....it has been an on the feet punya lecture....my heart become kecut but all the same...syukur...it has been a gulp gulp gulp moment...and a line by Teacher Tuesday reminds me what Teacher Friday has always remind we sisters.....BERSIHKAN JIWA...BERSIHKAN HATI......buat yg wajib yg sunah...insya'Allah...baik mati kita....roh yg baik akan malaikat selimutikan dengan selimut yg selembut sutera and di hiasai dgn wangian yg semerbak....kalau roh yg sebaliknya,kena selimut dgn selimut panas menyakitkan...hmmmm....lagi di tambah...kalau kita kesakitan masa akhir2 kita...takpe....insya'Allah...penghapus dosa tu semua....takpe mati dlm kesakitan...takpe peluh2...insya'Allah...baiklah mati kita...wallahua'lam...

Hari ni kepingin nak makan biskut marie...ha ah...biskut lama tu...celup teh susu...actually...these few days tgh mood nak makan bende2 lama,bende2 classic gitu....ha ah la...tak sedar2 eh...nombor kita makin byk...selera pun lain macam...ahak!

Have a good midweek......salam maaf dari sriberry...

Haikus From The Heart

2008-04-17T15:33:00.008+08:00

Weed tumble and roll

hoping to join the rosebed

Almost but not there

*****

A child pulls a hand

A mother chides and walks off

then falls and repent

*****

Falling egg and glass

Hands and fingers ready to catch

the ground welcomes them

*****

A key in the dark

Waits for one with a good light

he forgets to shine

*****

A ghost sneers in mirror

"go ahead and scare me hard"

the mirror crashes

Tired again :/

2008-04-14T08:44:00.005+08:00

The mind is soo distracted lately....thinking back..its a good distraction...and making sure it doesnt get to me too insensibly and forgo things happy n deserving.Insya'Allah..

Rice price..how nice..not:/ Anyways...our family-rice brand keeps it modest at that.So..the pinch would be not as bad as those eating premiums la...nak save makan bubur nasik?...ehee...ada orang panggil makanan orang sakit....no way...i love bubur nasik with salted eggs, minced chai poh and ikanbilis/kacang combination. n ah yes..kangkong or longbeans in belacanpaste..lovely...humble yet satisfyingly nutritious and interesting play of texture and taste..

Weekends as usual...ok ok...nothing to shout about but pleasant all the same...after madrasah, as what we normally would do after that...lunched outside and it was rite in the far east of this country...delusioning as if this country is big enough to call any place far east,upnorth and so on...kekkekekekke...anyways...everycountry has to have diff poles of area kan...takpe la...feeling japs...:))) I was looking for a foodcourt there for Thaksin Noodles...but where?where?..after the kids had their portion at bk...which we nibbled at their fries to save our hunger for local food later...we looked thru a directory there...takder pongg...read somewhere but nothing...so to T3 and ate there...and the kids wanted to see the tubelike fountain after that...Hassan fell on his right face while playing there...dah bilang...jangan taruk kaki pat situ...ngan slipah slipah..nak jugak...licin, gedebuk jatuh...muka sengih lepas tu but i knew he was in great shock n pain...masih sengih until i pulled him close to me,baru dia nangis....huhuhuhuhu...nangis style simpan2...takut org tengok kan...nangis bawah tudung mak dia tak nak orang tgk....showed a small cut on his shin and the cut looked as if it was smiling....told hassan the cut was a happy cut...because it was smiling...and suggested to call that a 'happyfall'...because he fell while he was happy....tapi happy kena potong steam la...eheee...dah dah..takmo nangis.

When he calmed down, he pointed out his cut again...done that more than thrice there...ya...ya...ada darah..ya...aduhh...kalau hal darah pat mana2 ...tiap berapa minit mesti nak bagik tau...kan dah tau tadi...alhamdulillah kaki hassan masih ada,muka tak apa2...padahal muka dia yg kita perasan gedebuk bunyi dia tadik...n he reminded me the cut was a happycut...ya ya..kan mak yang bilang tadi...2 hari pat rumah taruk plaster...tadi pergi sekolah pun nak taruk plaster padahal dah kering dah...pakai stokin tak nak kena plaster, nak lipat stokin yg stokin dia dah memang ketot...tak payah lipat mana2 pongg..macam best naa gitu dia rasa ada luka yg kena di plaster...eheee...ha ah jer kan lah pat dia...masa balik nak naik sky train, wa....gumbira serempak kawan halaqah,rina n family...sempat dia amik gambar ngan toy terkini dia ..eheee..cute naaa family rina ni...very pretty in pink :))

Tumit ni asik rasa sengal kalau dah jalan byk sikit...timakasih pada reflexologist kat rumah..ehee..mmg sengal tapi cepat hilang jugak...mebe i have to lose weight in order toavoid getting such aches..dah lama tak makan apa2 supplement..kita nasihat mama makan supplement, sdiri tak makan apa2...kekekke..mama received good news , in a way,last friday...the doc told she does not need to go for internal radiotherapy after the external one...alhamdulillah...as her condition is somewhat, improving...she needed to go thru this treatment..yet to get the name right..without inserting anything in her...that had been quite worrisome each time she thought about it.....i was happy to know at the same time...hope this one would do great on mama.....i told hubster, insya'Allah...she will be fine in no time...and i believe....Allah made it easyfor her, thru the many doas from family and friends....friends rite here....thank you so very very much!! may Allah bless you with happy returns and best of health..amin.But the treatment period has to be extended....so there goes my mama's plan to go Langkawi end May...kesian...dah suka nak pergi ngan kawan2....nilah namanya Allah yg tentukan jalan hidup kita....macam mana cantik kita dah plan..kalau tidak diperkenankan Allah...tak siapa boleh ubah...takpe...rezeki ke sana insya'Allah pada lain masa agaknya...kesihatan lebih penting kan.....so...gitulah..

Halaqah is coming to its closure soon....all the same, insya'Allah..ada jodoh and rezeki....kembali ngan sisters2 semua semula...n maybe with new ones too:) santapan rohani tiap jumaat malam ni, memang selalu di nanti2kan...sebab selalu kena batang hidung sriberry sdiri..dia punya effect macam kena cuit kat bahu"oi oi...lenkali jgn buat lagik taww..oi oi..jgn nak tunjuk muka seposen...gi overhaul..gi overhaul..jgn degil2 lagi arr.." memang ya....the gist of the lessons is to purify our souls.....memang suuuussssahhhh sekali nak purify jiwa ni...sebab nafsu most times overwhelm everything .....tapi tak mustahil nak buat,bykkan zikir,ingat pada Nya...ingat salah sdiri dari salah2 org lain...kadang2,sdiri jauh lebih teruk dari apa kita nampak pada orang lain....dari mula dah diberi ingatan...this lesson is for ourselves...to purify our hearts...not seeking fault of others..our own hearts, salvaging our hearts from the bad nafs,....ya memang kita manusia biasa...sebab tu ada such thing as beautiful and compassionate as taubah....Allah is generous indeed...generous with forgiveness..all i need to do is ask and improve myself thereafter...ticket to syurga is not that cheap.Insya'Allah ....boleh ...

Salam maaf dari sriberry utk semua :)

*Masya Allah for this http://www.quranflash.com/en/index.html

Tired

2008-04-07T13:29:00.011+08:00

Age is catching up on us ...me n hubster..how we realised that these few days we felt the same lethargy,tiredness,cramps and what nots...altogether,evaluated with reason:lack of exercise or rather..never..eheh..

Ever since mama started her radiotherapy, not sure but similar cases in this neighbourhood and friends of friends fell into my knowing...one after another...one stage 3,another stage 4 and someone in between stories, stage1...how common..how worrisome... :
Mama is in good hands..alhamdulillah..the radiotherapists have always been friendly with my mama...always making sure she has eaten before anything radiates her...making sure she is not nervous, making sure she is comfortable...mr B always have something cheeky trigger a funny.... a suspiciously crushed with mr B ever questioned my mama...aunty..you think he's handsome or not...kekekkeke...and my mama answered with that malay twangg "hen-sermmmm"...cutekan! I accompany her on Tuesdays and Fridays...insya'Allah..in every week...the twins for the 1st time came with us last Friday and they loved it because...ada tempat menan pondok pondok kaler kaler kat waiting area....ehee..they wanted to come along the next time and I told them "see first"... I guess its quite ok to bring them each time as the appointment has always been on the dot and done in 3 minutes to 5....very very brief wait...I wish I could buy that machine or rent the machine home..ya ya aku ni...so tak payah mama penat2 pergi sana tiap hari utk berapa minit...a friend of mama's commented..."buat satu kali lelama sikit tak boleh ker"....hahahhahah....habis terbakar kulit isi urat mak saya cik cam tu...ingat jer satay....:))))) tapi yalah...ni mama kita citakan...kita tak jawab cam tu..kita takde pong pat situ....eheee....

Semalam bestnyer dapat jumpa triplets...I got to carry Aaliyah...cute nyer ada sticker pat baju2 babies...for easy identification...halamakkk..feeling tau carry baby..newborns lagik...happy semacam...mommy Siti and daddy Mizan are really fortunate to have 3 in a go...nevermind how but Allah is indeed sooo generous and kind..subhanallah..3 beautiful healthy babies after the long wait...I wish I could carry her till we left but there were a few other guests also wanting to see and ogle the cuteeess...so gua kasi ekius me..I admire their determination...truly.Sukaaa naa la tgk babies tu...tsk..betul..macam tak nak balik..tapi mesti balik..ahak..mommy Siti asked,kak..how long did you let yr babies cry...ehee...betul, masa hassan husain masih baby baby...memang kita biarkan dia nangis...tak terus angkat....kalau tak kesedapan...terbiasa...biar dia nangis...unless terlalu lama lepas time limit...aaa...something had to be looked into... alhamdulillah...the boys dulu tak kena colic whatsoever...termasuk akal kita ni...Allah kasi multiples..it seemed difficult....to manage them in a go..tapi for sure Allah maha adil...the boys tak pernah kena kembung masa tu, slept thru by 4months and tak cerewet makan...alhamdulillah...so I pray siti n mizan will go thru the same ease somewhat like that or better...insya'Allah...triplets...sigh...love them...what gifts...

The twins were not schooling today...they had cold and coughing fits since Friday...so activity on Saturday had to put at that idle mode...stayhome and rest day for everyone...we actually planned an evening out...but due to the kids' unwellness, they had to pass madrasah and any outings at all...bergelegak2 batuk dia...Today,they are better but I just wanted to make sure they are well properly or at least, not coughing as much...also, its not good to mix with friends in school just yet when they still have this symptom and avoid getting infected by them..

Halaqah Friday was as usual...uplifting and always a wake up call...I was late.Risau sey...I arrived class with everyone so focused something.terkerut2...hmmmm...insya'Allah...ada rezeki n jodoh....tetap ada.A sister's lament broke my heart....I felt for her...Her intention was pure...we all love her,show support to her, telling her its going to work fine....it was overwhelming....pray that she is able to go thru what tough hurdles upon it and live with the requirement...once don, insya'Allah..by the kindness of the One, she would be guided,cared and that true happiness would be felt...saat yg sangat melegakan....macam hilang haus.......can understand her worries of what she may have to go thru first...but yeah..what matters ultimately how or what Allah thinks of us...not them.I went thru a few hurdles too after donning,at work especially..wah liao really...it hurt for a few days but then,that's baby compared to the delicious happiness and joy I felt inside eversince...insya'Allah..permanently.
A touching surprise came later...thank you, you!belum baca, dah rasa bahagia you...:))))

Macam nak taruk recipe tapi mood takder...few weeks ago dah cuba buat chwee kuey.....nak cuba lagik sebab masa tu macam tak selembut...kena tambah air gaknyer...lepas tu takder mood nak cuba apa2 lagik...che rosman tgh mode suka cuba try test masak2...nasik pulao,nasik goreng,nasik lemak...semua nasik sey...ehee...carbo carbo....baru2 ni tekak asik nak makan sayur asam2 gitu...asik nak air gas ajer...kita ni pat rumah pun cuba carik idea yg kurang goreng2...sebab tak nak aggravate their phlegmy coughs (budak2nih)....

Guilt trip...masih ada sesuatu belum tunai...maaf byk2 chombee ya...tggu kotak dari opis..nak tambah sana sini...insya'Allah..sebelum bulan 5 ok....mahappp..

Ehee..and to lalinggg...tak..tak naik camel...tak buang barang...tak bungkus mungkus...tetepp sama...at the same time, teteppp mau improve.....tak nak jauh kan...'moving closer'...that's our solid goal....sampai bila2....ok :

testing2...apologies for this unprofessional take..testing a featurelah,hence..

Adab adab Berwudhuk

2008-04-04T10:00:00.008+08:00

Last week's halaqah resumed to the book of Bidayatul Hidayah...after few episodes of sharing Hubabah Nur's pearls of wisdom by ustazah.Alhamdulillah...

We did Adab2 Berwudhuk and adab2 mandi ,most times we read thru to the topics from the book and ustazah added a few elaborations. So most of what will be typed here are refferals to the book and any additions would be what I can remember insya'Allah...memory bank ada karat sikit kkdg..eheh..

Adab2 Berwudhuk
Selepas istinjak, kuat di galakkan untuk bersiwak,kerana ini menyebabkan keredhaan Allah dan membencikan syaitan.Siwak jugak akan membawak keberkahan hidup,walau macam mana miskin pun, rezeki tetap ada mencurah2...dan hadis riwayat Ahmad dan AlBazzar daripada Aisyah r.a. "Sekali sembahyang dgn bersiwak adalah lebih afdhal daripada 70 kali sembahyang dgn tidak bersiwak"

Selepas itu baca doa menghadap kiblat dgn ertinya
"Dgn nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Mengasihani,Ya Allah! aku berlindung dgnMu daripada gangguan syaitan dan aku berlindung dgnMu daripada kehadiran mereka disisiku"

Kemudian basuhlan kedua tangan,3 kali dan baca doa dgn ertinya
"Ya Allah!aku meminta akan Engkau tuah dan berkat dan aku berlindung dgnMu daripada sial dan kebinasaan"

Kemudian niat 'Istibahatus solah' :membuat sesuatu yg mengharuskan sembahyang.
Jangan lupa niat ini sebelum membasuh muka supaya sah wudhuk.

Kumur2 3 kali kalau boleh sampai halkum kecuali bila puasa(pelan2) dan berdoa:
"Ya Allah!Permudahkan lah aku utk membaca kitabMu(Al Quran) dan utk memperbykkan zikir kepada Mu dan kukuhkanlah aku dgn perkataan yg kukuh (La Ilaha illallah) di dunia dan diakhirat (matikanlah aku dlm iman)

Ambil air dan masukkan dlm hidung 3 kali dan baca doa
"ya Allah, ciumkanlah akan hidungku ini akan bau wangi syurga sedangkan engkau redha daripadaku"

Hembuskan air dari hidung dan doa
"Ya Allah! Aku berlindung dgnmu daripada bau busuk api neraka dan daripada kejahatan tempat kediamanku"

Basuh muka dari dahi ,ke hujung bagian depan dagu.Basuh lebar muka jarak antara dua telinga.Sempurnakan betul2.Dan baca doa sambil membasuh muka itu
"Ya Allah.Putihkanlah mukaku dgn nurmu pada hari yg menjadikan putih pada AuliaMu (pada hari kiamat) dan jgn Engkau hitamkan mukaku dgn kegelapanMu pada hari menjadik hitam muka musuh musuhMu.

Basuh tangan kanan dan di ikuti tangan kiri.Sampai ke siku.Baca doa semasa mebasuh tangan kanan
"Ya Allah! Berikanlah kepadaku catitan amalanku (pada hari kiamat nanti) ditangan kananku dan hisablah (hitunglah) aku dgn hisab yg mudah.

Doa masa membasuh tangan kiri
(Ya Allah! Aku berlindung dgnMu daripada bahawa Engkau berikan kepadaku akan catitan amalanku ditangan kiriku atau Engkau berikan kepadaku daripada belakangku)

Kemudian sapukan kepala dan ratakan seluruh kepala dgn sapuan.3 kali.Ketika ini baca doa
"Ya Allah! Liputilah aku dgn rahmatMu dan turunkanlah kepada berkatMu dan naungkanlah aku dibawah nauangan arasyMy diahri yg tidak ada naungan kecuali hanya naunganMu.Ya Allah! Haramkanlah rambutku dan kulitku daripada sentuhan api neraka."

Kemudian sapu kedua2 telinga,luar dan dalam(jgn guna air baki dari tangan tadi lepas menyapu kepala),ibu jari digunakan utk menyapu bagian luar telinga.3 kali.Baca doa ketika itu
"Ya Allah,Jadikanah aku daripada hambaMu yg mendengar sesuatu perkataan lalu mereka mengikuti yg baik2 daripadanya.Ya Allah!~perdengarkanlah akan aku suara pemanggil syurga didalam syurga bersama dgn org yg baik"

Kemudian sapulah tengkok dan doa
"Ya Allah!Merdekakanlah tengkok ku daripada api neraka dan aku berlindung dgnMu daripada segala ramai dan belenggu didalam api neraka"

Kemudian basuh kaki kanan dan kiri hingga ke atas buku lali(tgh2 betis)..selit2kan jari tangan kiri kita diantara jari2 kaki kiri dan kanan..sempurnakan..3 kali
Ketika membasuh kaki kanan doalah
"Ya Allah,tetapkanlah kedua kakiku diatas titian SiratulMustaqim bersama dgn kaki kaki hambaMu yg soleh"

Doa masa membasuh kaki kiri
"Ya Allah,aku berlindung dgnMu daripada tergelincir kakiku kedalam jurang api nerakak ketika aku melalui diatasa titian SiratulMustaqim.Dimana pada hari itu akan tergelincir kaki2 org yg munafik dan musyrik."

Selesai berwudhuk, baca doa lepas wudhuk.Sesiapa membaca doa lepas wudhuk (doa mulanya Asyhadu allaa ilahaillallahu wahdahu laa syariikalah..wa asyhadu anna muhammadan 'abduhu warasuu luhu...and so on) pasti akan keluar segala dosanya daripada anggotanya dan dicop keatas wudhuknya dgn cop (diterima Allah) lalu diangkat dan diletakkan dibawah arasy.Maka sentiasalah berwudhuk tadi bertasbih kepada Allah dan ditulis baginya pahala wudhuk itu sampai ke hari Kiamat!

(Doa lepas wuduk di buku ini memang ada ..boleh juga dibaca doa yg ini http://www.angelfire.com/pro/sembahyang/wuduk.html)

Tinggalkan 7 perkara ini masa wudhuk.Makruh.
1 Mengibaskan tangan utk memercikkan air lepas wudhuk.
2 Menamparkan air ke muka dan kepala.
3 Bercakap2
4 Membasuh anggota wudhuk lebih dari tiga kali.
5 Menggunakan air tanpa hajat tapi hanya kerana was was..Syaitan yg menganggu masa kita berwudhuk namanya Walhan.
6 Wudhuk dgn air yg terkena panas matahari dan dinegeri yg panas pula (Insya'Allah..tempat kita tak begini)
7 Berwudhuk ddgn menggunakan bekas2 dari tembaga.

Hadis yg bererti" Sesungguhnya,sesiapa yg menyebut nama Allah ketika berwudhuk maka Allah menyucikan jasadnya semuanya tapi sesiapa tidak menyebut nama Allah dalam wudhuk, maka tidak suci daripada jasadnya kecuali anggota yg terkena air sajer"

Wallahua'lam

Ustazah sebut pasal hidayah..Hidayah itu kita sebagai Hamba Allah s.w.t tak akan dapat tau bila kita dapat hidayah..Hidayah itu depends on how we move to Allah..not the other way round..we cannot sebut 'kita belum dapat hidayah lah, sebab itu kita tak or belum..dot dot dot'....hence, kita tak nak ubah utk kebaikan iman.Maka jangan kita salahkan Allah s.w.t tentang hidayah dtg atau tidak pada kita..We will never know when Allah pass hidayah onto us.We have to move closer to Allah,we have to do the work for hidayah..wallahua'lam.

Ujian dari Allah.
Types of ujian terbahagi pada 3.
Uqubat (as punishment to wake us up)
Mukaffirat(cleansing past sins)
Muzakkirat(reminders..that Allah is still there to love..)

Hence apa2 ujian, we have to sabar and redha..as to increase our faith for Allah s.w.t.
If one has an easy life,with zero problems at all,this can be dangerous....we all want to be reminded by Allah..the higher the faith, the more severe is the test from Allah.The bigger the test, the humongous ones will be awaiting for us to face next...so let us doa for our strength and deep love and faith for Allah..in times like this and not.

Ustazah also reminded us, when we supplicate (doa)..we have to supplicate with utmost sincerity and feel for Allah's presence, for Allah's guidance and not casually done..lazy.We have to feel the intensity,connecting our heart and mind for Allah..Insya'Allah..

Wallahua'lam.

Yang benar dan baik dari Allah s.w.t...
Yang salah dan lalai dari saya..

Happy weekends :)

Kena sabar

2008-04-01T09:58:00.003+08:00

Sometimes people forget..deliberately...or not...
That..I do not live alone and I have feelings.Emotional blackmail..eheh...what's new.

Things are well with my mama...I can only accompany her somedays in a week...Today would be her 3rd day of radiotherapy,takes less than 15minutes and she is on her way home...like this frm Monday till Friday for 25 days..and after that a few more treatments of internal radiotherapy but not as many...tiring for mama,the journey to and fro the hospital but its all good.No side effects just yet(hopefully nothing of that..where possible lah) and her daily activities are as per normal which is calming to know.Postpone her stay with me as she sees this unnecessary but if the side effects seeped in after 2 wks,she may need to be looked out for..for now and of course onwards,daily calls and words of courage and support is what she needs...we had a good talk last Saturday...almost intense,almost a debate,about how things or dugaan as this and up and coming ones should be taken as...jangan rugi.....but all ended positively...laughing:)))

Redha,Ikhlas,Berserah and Jangan Was Was akan kebesaran Allah...these I learn.Jangan 'rugi' dalam Dugaan :) Wallahua'lam.

Thank You All for your duas and kind words :)Appreciate loads :)

soon

2008-03-26T09:11:00.005+08:00

Things are fine ....got our much awaited mr pic last night, a much needed pondering, a much needed change, a much needed search...will write more soon insya'Allah...simply cannot leave this place lah kan...meantime take a listen if you have the time to this clip,my evergreen favourite song from the classic..to me, its more than just a sesame street song....its my voice abt a lot of things.

HIATUS

2008-03-18T06:44:00.002+08:00

Hugs n Prayers to All and Thank You..from Sriberry.

Insya'Allah, will return.

Salam Maaf..

So,that is it :)

2008-03-16T10:06:00.005+08:00

Mama has to go for radiotherapy external n internal for total 0f 10 weeks,insya'Allah.Like I told her,that is a blessing...a gift ,this I told myself..

The 5mm weeny is a cancerous growth.It is still early.Alhamdulillah..Just like I had told mama..alhamdulillah,ma..siang2 dia dapat carik...kecik eh...alhamdulillah...mama sakit?.tak sakit kan.....with all the positive chats..insya'Allah..she is calm.Mama told before..apa2 mama ada so far, tak sakit,tak rasa apa2 sangat...tapi nama penyakit ni, memang power seramnyer...It is..I do acknowledge her fear and all...siapa tak kan..tapi yang paling penting, what I do try to rub on her is that...this is a blessing..a loving thought from Allah of mama..sakit ada hikmah nya..kalau redha, ikhlas terima penyakit, kecik atau besar...dengan izin Nya, tercuci dosa2 lampau...as for my part..I am trying my best to divert her fear to something so blessed out of this..

I did not get to be with her when the doc gave the diagnosis.So my bro filled me the details.Tuesday ni,mama n bro are going to tan tock seng for a final scan before the radios...so..that is about it..am praying for mama's strength ever since..

Actually kan..mama voiced her stop to having any smears for the past few months since nothing was found..every 3 mths gitu, macam letih nak pergi....so we told each other, alhamdulillah...Allah made us went and see now...this is what is shown...so tak boleh complacent i guess nak pergi follow up checks and what nots...so bro n I are following closely what's with mama's condition now and after....dulu ada sedara cakap...yg i tak gemar sgt sebab takut kebenarannya...kalau dah start ada ni...it will wander in the body though a gap of recovery is present...well...wallahua'lam to that..apa2 pun, kita terima ngan redha...

So,yesterday, we had a good Oistein Kristianssen day ..ehee..he is this popular kids' central celebrity cartoonist...we went to IMM popular for the kids to see him and his mini workshop of drawing his signature cartoon.It was fun to see him doodle away starting with the most basic shapes of circles,triangles,star and others...we took pictures but yet to upload...we bought a book of his and the kids love the easy cartoon steps...eheee...yep,the kids got his signature in the book and cd bought...he was confused at first about them,being twins..so he asked me whose name is whom, well actually dah tulis kat dlm buku...dia ingat hassan bin husain gitu...so i pointed to him, one twin and another..names of each of them...so, he wrote on husain's cd as..husein..takperlah...eheh...very frenly n they bade bye byes to each other..balik her si hassan tak sabar2 nak draw according to the guides from the book...wall kat hall ni sekrang tgh tepek2 drawings dia....gambar lembu, katak,sotong gaknyer yg satu tu,panda...semua start from the basic shapes and then move on quite easily to the details...i simply love oistein's work...memang cute untuk di buat illustrations in storybooks....mak dia pong nak terai...eheh...n mebe use his techniques to mural the kids' one bare wall in their bedroom...senang la technique dia...playing with colours pun penting...one thing for sure..gambar2 dia semua 'tak cukup sifat'..so ..gitu lah cute dia..ehee...

Have a good week all...mari kita bersalawat ke atas nabi Muhammad s.a.w untuk bulan rabiu'lawal dan juga seterus nya... sebanyak2 dan seingat2 mungkin untuk memperingati hari lahir baginda 12 rabiulawal khamis akan datang ini...semalam budak2 memang takder kelas madrasah sebab cuti penggal ,sabtu akan datang pula ada maulid n the kids are involved in the maulid kat mukminin ... moga2 budak2 ni tenang2 jer hari tu..malam nyer pulak ada syarahan n acara2 menyambut maulidurrasul...so meh kita peringati baginda dgn penuh cinta n sayang ...sebab Rasulullah s.a.w..sangat sayang and mencintai kita ummahnya and mohon syurga untuk kita insya'Allah..so let's not disappoint the prophet and do our best untuk mendapat keredhaan Allah...

Ukoy?

2008-03-12T12:55:00.008+08:00

Cold weather these few days had triggered the kids and mak's hunger pangs...yesterday especially....lots of dream foods came in mind and made me want to browse thru some recipe books I have in the house...Dug out the warna recipe book and browse thru or rather ogled at the food pics...what to do..when you cannot have them on the spot...salivate on the pics lah..(gross eh..) then saw this page with the dish name Ukoy...looks like frittered shrimps and really yummy looking...inspired but wait....senang tak nak buat...eheh...so read on how to prepare it, ooohooo..senang...senang my middlename arr...ingredients tak semua ada takper but ok try...and typically me, I changed the ingredients and also added some stuff to the original recipe.....ikut tekak...no matter how the recipe should be...kekkkeke....so, try eh...senang..pakai lebur jer masuk semua...

Prawn Fritters
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1 and 1/2 cup rice flour
1/4 cup corn flour
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp salt (desired)
a bowl of prawns,cleaned (de-shelled..optional..i didnt except the head)
(pepandai sdiri nyer ingredients)
1 tsp cumin powder
1tsp fennel powder
1 tsp coriander powder
black pepper powder (generously sprinkle)
grated cabbage (1 small bowl)..you may use grated yam or carrot or any roots/vege
chopped coriander/spinach (1 small bowl)
chilli powder ( a pinch)
1 cup water
Oil for deep frying

Cook
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In a big mixing bowl, put all the dry ingredients and mix well.
Add in water and mix well.Next beaten eggs..mix.
Put in the veges and prawns....mix well.
Heat oil.
With a tablespoon full of mixed batter, deep fry 2 or 3 scoops of it.
Fry till golden brown n crispy.
Repeat the rest.
Serve hot n crispy with thai cilli sauce or sambal cuka ....insya'Allah...sedap eh..:))

Another seafood I had in mind or rather terasa kat tekak...was baked fish or ikan bakar...remembered there were 2 remaining ikan selar and decided to make ikan bakar with sambal...also senang...hahahha..n sedap..insya'Allah...so here...

Ikan Bakar

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2 ikan selar ,medium..(scads or mackerel..any fish lah...cleaned and scoured)

Marinate lightly with tumeric powder and salt..aside

Blend to paste

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10 dried chillies..soaked and cleaned.

1 onion

5 cloves garlic

an inch ginger

an inch prawn paste or belacan

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp cumin powder

salt

sugar(1 tsp or as desired)

to accompany the pasted fish

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2 assam keping

1 bruised lemongrass (serai)

chopped coriander or kesum..(english polygo something la gitu)

cooking oil

Cook

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Place the fish on aluminium foil...pour paste over the fish,rub some in the tum.

Place the assam keping, lemongrass, coriander leaves or kesum liberally onto the pasted fish.

Drizzle a little bit of oil on the fish.

Wrap the fish completely with the foil.

Poke with fork, the top of the foil parcel.

Bake the fish for almost 30 minutes or so (depends how big the fish is) at 180 deg cent...(estimated)

Squeeze lime juice from 1/2 kaffir lime or any lime onto the cooked fish...serve hot with steaming rice...insya'Allah...sedaap.

Senang kan...looking into the pictures...I so want to try the Umbai seafood place..so many talked about the best seafood in Melaka...being there.The bbqed fish seems to be the most popular...but my fave if anywhere..it has to be crabs...dah lama tak makan ketam...i never think makan ketam as susah or tedious..i enjoy every moment of digging the flesh out from the shells and feeling so contented when able to do so...eheh...ada orang cakap ketam 'makanan susah' so jadik tak suka makan ketam...rugi oooo...tapi kalau kopek kan kulit..suka...eheee...no pain no gain arrr...hai..bila2 ni nak carik ketam lah...macam tak musim jer ketam ni...i like flower crabs...sweet and appealing...masak lemak cili padi or chilli sweet sour...

The kids are entertaining themselves...thru drawing, artsy stuff, science stuff and err..bickering stuff...mana nak pergi hol ni...duduk rumah ajerlah nampaknya sampai end of the week...ehee..lagi pulak cuaca tengah hujan2...sejuk tapi nyaman...sedap kalau dapat bobok..ahak..tapi kita jarang bobok sangat petang2....sebab lagi2 ni, tengah seronok nak habiskan buku cita n buku2 lain...alermek...seram sejuk bila tertenung buku satu ni..."kuburku,rumahku"...dari ustz ahmad dahri...baru belek2...belum baca betul2...*gigil*

Budak2 ni, tak komplen sangatlah nak keluar jalan2 ke apa...tapi ada faedah jugak duduk kat rumah...buat activity book, bual2, wrestling2 (mak not included..gasak situ lah)..ha ah la...dok rumah seminggu gini...mak dia punya nagging pun bertambah...ni tengah tgk kids central kat luar...kejap2 dengar ketawa2...kejap2 dengar ngomel2 adik beradik ni...mak blogging kat sini...eheh..kejap lagik nak suruh nap.....kan ada buku activity spiderman and another book for them to do....rupa2nya...budak2 ni pun sediakan worksheet lah untuk mak abah dia jugak....mak abah pun kena buat homework sey......kadang2, tengah sedap2 baca buku, alih2,tunjuk paper kat muka kita suruh buat homework....."mak mesti buat ni eh...kasi habiss".....kena layan jugak kan...satu homework ni kat paper.,...memang ketawa cam nak rak...yalah...spelling budak2 ni belum powerful mana sangat kan....asal boleh bunyi gitu...gitulah spell dia...ni macam kena praktis spelling start sekarang....kalau tak...takut jadik issue...example this homework untuk mak...

Perasan tak...:)))

Happy week :)

Holiday..yey :|

2008-03-10T09:01:00.004+08:00

No where to go...no plans, no car, passport dead, one week hol...what can we do?

Ok...positively thinking, hubster takes leave today to be with us and spend fun day after wkds of jemputans and what nots...Saturday as usual the kids had their madrasah class and got to find out on that day itself, they did a rehearsal for Maulid 22march...to mark the birth of the prophet Muhammad (salallahu a'laihi wassalam)12 rabiulawal...they told they cried a bit out of nervousness after the azans that they are taking part on that day insya'Allah...their ustazah has chosen the boys and few others ... like mother like sons lah...senang nervous and cold feet and all that vibes...hopefully they will be fine when the day comes....kat rumah, boleh buat betul2...but when panick attacks and the anxiety comes thru....boleh jadik lain...tapi takpe lah....tengok ajer lah nanti macam mana...

Hassan n Husain tengah syiok buat activitybook di rumah...the ones with word search,crossword puzzles and whatnots....I often buy them books like this to get their brains going as the school does not have homeworks or projects for the hols.....so mak dia kasi homework...lagi2 tengah k2,next year primary one....relatives dah tanya nak sekolah kat mana tahun depan...we yet to decide on any....kalau pun nak jawab for the sake of jawab....we would just mention qifa primary school....the closest to home...quality..dengar2, not bad...strict and lotsa remedials to cater for the pupils....yet to find out about the school myself and do some school shopping via online...they'll be under the category of later phase,that may need to go thru balloting or waiting list,somesort like that lah....easiest to get school of choice is by volunteering (parents) for some hours(??) or some months(??)...senang nak masuk itu sekolah....it may be good for me to volunteer jugaklah, like serve myself in the reading lab ke apa....wa..as i am typing, i think i do need to find out what primary school is all about and what is to be expected from the pupils and what it offers...best to get infos from parents yang dah ada anak2 sekolah kat primary school...hmmm..will do that soon:)

What to do today......hubster just told we'll be going out but donno where...being carless,macam tak boleh berangan sangat nak pergi jauh2 sikit....ehee..truth be toldlah....memang ada masa kita dun mind being carless, and ada masa jugak, we miss having a car...kekekkeke...talking about spoiling ourselves....hassan dah sebut nak pergi zoo...hub n i have ikea in mind..husain, well...being husain...tak kisah langsung mana kita nak pergi...semua ok bagi dia...dek ni tak susah nak kasi happy....kasi paper, markers,pencil,crayons....he'll be happy....well, for now,yet to decide mana nak pergilah.....

This new compaq is,well, very new to us here...i was excited to see there is a webcam attached on the top...tapi belum tau or rather tak faham macam mana nak guna webcam...hub yet to find out how ....but excited all the same...ehee...jakuns..but this new thing is actually for hub to assist his busy dad(my fil) with the jawatankuasa pandan gdns tasks and paperworks....i still stick to the old pc in preference...besar pun besar lah, tapi macam lebih puas guna pc system biasa gitu....mebe the wider screen is the reason...and the faultless keyboard too....this new baby, space bar dia mcm kena picit at a particular side, baru ok....hence the sometimes adjoined words here and there.

Oklah...just rambling away on monday morning ni....still trying to make someplans later...happy for all plans...eheh...bestnyer mereka2 yg dptpergi JB,KL and mana2 lah....i think we'll just have a good busride to nowhere....eheh...yey,how fun :

Sharing this wonderful..kecik2 dah hafal...subhanallah..

School and More..

2008-03-07T14:35:00.002+08:00

Alhamdulillah..mama is doing fine though we yet to be informed the results after the biopsy and ct scan...insya'Allah..whatever that would be, its a gift. We leave it to Allah..n more du'as..yes.Insya'Allah..next Thursday, we would know.

This week am a bit tired...bulan ngambang la katakan..rasa blahh gitu..and as usual, my right side has been aching n today the ache is stronger but subsides gradually...takder mood nak buat apa2 pun...oh yes..actually ada buat apa2...currently am reading Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns, thanks to Rosma..Right now am at a happy mode chapter...sweet Laila...(belum habis baca..so, tak rela nak tau ending dia k..kekekke..thanks :) macam lawa naa gitu when the writer described her...golden hair..green eyes or was that blue?..lermekk..lupa la kan.I was imagining a doll like little girl...can't wait to read what happen next to Mariam n Rasheed and Tariq n of course..sweet Laila...halamak..kalau org sana tau yang panggil bapaknya mcm tu...dalam alih bahasa orang melayu..mesti tersedak gaknya...apa nak buat,dah dlm bahasa dia..tah tah kita punya malay word,meaning nya, ada lagi rabak agaknya kalau translate kat bahasa farsi ke, pashto ke..eheh..mintak2 tak lah...tak sabar tak sabar nak habiskan buku tu pun, ada masa nak blog eh...eheh..

Hassan n Husain have been doing fine in school...They have a girl pal who just moved here early this yr and in the same class as the boys..They are really close esp with Hassan...and just yesterday the girl requested for our numbers..so that she can chat with Hassan sometime...eheh..I was abit hesitant lah at first...she is a sweet well behaved girl,a cheerful one..I do not mind her befriending with my boys and my boys like to play with her too...but kalau part mintak nombor...and chat on the phone...I am not all for it...tapi kasi jugak sebab tak sampai hati bila her mom dah keluarkan hp dia n ready to save my numbers...ehee..well, I got hers too but so far, no calls yet....frankly I am not ready to see my sons bergayut kat talipon and chat with friends..girls and boys-friends..when we exchanged numbers, the boys were unawares..actually way before that, her mom had been hinting her girl wanted our numbers..yep..hp n home..I did not offer to give...just yet...especially when her mommy told her daughter requested for it...I just laughed and moved on to other topics to chat about...tup tup..mintak for real...and gave anyways..

Mom and daughter are really nice people....Hassan likes the girl a lot I can see...we all take the same bus home everyday and alight the same stop every school days and spend a minute or two at the playground almost everyday...needless to say, they grow so close every each day...the threesome..Hassan loves giving letters and drawings to her and once, her mom told me,Hassan wrote a big heart with their names in a paper..I was not sure that should be seen as cute or something else...I did not get to see the paper as he gave it to her after school, done in the classroom...I am fine with gifts of drawing, messages of friendship and all that kiddy stuff..they do that since last year for their friends...but this particular one from Hassan for her...well, I did give him a little lesson of when and why about the one he gave...a little pep talk about this I thought was necessary and he nodded and understood, insya'Allah....gist is..I want him to be careful what he gives..I mean..already I was feeling uncomfortable that he had given a big hearted letter to the girl...call me primitive or old pesen...I just thought that her parents might not agree or comfy with it...alhamdulillah, her mom did not mention anything as a signal of dislike or protest or things like that, but I would rather be at a safe guard than just let the 'matter' lay as that....since her mom particularly pointed out what was in the paper Hassan gave....yes..I told him to stop giving her letters like that ...the big heart with their names only..that kind.And also,I tried making him understand that sometimes parents would not be comfortable with such letters for their girls.....and went on also, simplifying in kids' terms..what's allowed n not allowed with regards to Islamic values..being friends esp with girls...

Wah...I really feel them growing fast at that point of time...I have to let them know gradually in bits...about muhrim n non muhrim..ehee..early?..I guess filling them in, wee bit is quite alright lah kan..at the same time I cannot be too cheem lah with them...Consulted with husband and he agreed to what I told the boys...at the same time, I repeated to them its ok to feel care and love for friendship sake....the lil girl's mom ever told me Hassan had been a hero for her girl on this one school day..he scolded a fellow classmate, a boy..who laughed at her peep out shorts underneath her uniform and the girl reported to her mom Hassan pulled and proper her skirt after she was teased at...so tak nampak shorts tu.....he has a soft spot for her lah kan..at the same time..there are limits to things....wa..how to say arr..tsk..never mind la..insya'Allah..I will know when to talk to him when necessary...

I thought the above was me...that is Teacher Siti lah...ehee...definitely her..because they drew a pouch Teacher Siti always carries with her...I think Teacher Siti is the most polite teacher I have ever met.....I think I told before why I thought so....very proper and well dictioned and making sure of all the courtesies of things......:) taking time to explain things patiently, and if we waited something from her for too long, she'll apologise many times,maaf and all..nice lah kan.

Nothing much is happening...the anxiety with regards to my mama's appt yep..still lingering..just finished watching movie on youtube..ayat2 cinta...13 episodes...not in one go lah...took me 3 days to finish watching...playcheated..I skipped a lot of scenes by thumbnailing to fwd ...as usual..I prefer the book than the movie...the messages of tasawwuf in the book are more and clear...I would say..more pure lah..the movie..biasalah..will never be the same as whats in the book...impact tak sama..anyways..on the whole ok la...

Weekends..and termly school hols dah start...passport hub dah mati...mana mau pegi??..JB pun tak der chan...eheh...stuck in spore jer lah nampaknya...eheh..well, not much in the mood for vacations anyways...when something is awaiting to be heard...best hols all...great weekends:)

2008-03-04T09:12:00.004+08:00

Gifts and Doas...Tangible and Non tangible.

I believe, both come with niats and doas...in whatever form.. we feel blessed..

Alhamdulillah...the sweetness of thoughts from family and friends..I received these past few days....no,not only I, my family too.

I was ashamed, afraid that I may not offer my best to the same people who have done a lot for us.But Insya'Allah...these people have stayed n ported in my heart n prayers ever since..

Thank you..for the gifts, the supplications, the friendship, the knowledge, the sharings and many more....the sweet sweet sequence we received since Friday and onwards..how sweet Allah s.w.t has arranged them...amazingly sweet ...all from Allah,through you, that we received with graciousness and lots of love.

You know who you are....and I love you all very very much.

You all are my Splendid Suns...Thank You Allah..for making *you(s)*...

Islamic Quotes

2008-02-29T15:10:00.010+08:00

Thank you all for your prayers.Hugs*Can't confirm anything but please do continue making the doas ya..thanks.My doas back to you,insya'Allah.Happy weekends and meantime, enjoy this :)

What's with..

2008-02-28T08:37:00.005+08:00

I did not attend last week's halaqah and I felt so missed out..Thanks to sistah for sharing the knowledge few days later...And tomorrow ustazah had to attend to something so no halaqah tomorrow...I am missing everything about it soo much...the ilmu, salawat,the sistahs..

A bit distracted actually since yesterday...mama called that morning..n told about her appointment in clinic G ...it is today..after the smear on Tuesday...the gynae discovered something..and told to come again but to a different clinic..my heart was pounding hard...what could be it now....I tried not to sound panicky while speaking with mama after what she told...her voice was already sad and tired....needless to say,she is worried...her gynae told that there is nothing to worry about...mama had a hard time buying that and I was already dizzy with curiosity about it all....I told her it may be nothing and promised to go with her (today) to the clinic at NUH.....she insisted I did not have to coz I would be busy with my boys ,coming home from school,getting them settled and all that routine but I insisted lah...I want to know too....I could sense that mama was relieved that I wanted to go with her...we talked about something else and I could feel or rather sensed that, we were changing topics as a cover with regards to what we talked about seconds ago....then we hung up.

I was worried...and I must not let mama feel what I was feeling then...immediately,turned on the pc and googled about her condition....to my surprise, it was quite common for women who went thru the same thing as my mama went thru a year ago....I cannot feel all settled just yet but a slight relieve what I read, what could the condition be...then I read the last line...ya Allah..not the C word again....though unlikely but a possibility....I denied that line...but it was staring back at me....I noticed it was in that order...that was the last one according to sequence and the first few were a bit harmless...at least that was what I thought lah...clicked to another site..and another..and another....so far...it didnt sound normal but non dangerous and can be cured...goodness...I was evaluating things myself a lot as if I was the doctor....when truth is I do not know what is that all about.....

Since the call, I prayed for things to be easy on mama...she went thru a lot already...I prayed for her peace and well being..I prayed that she redha...I prayed she see good about this...just bought a book ' Rahmat disebalik Dugaan'.....and I must show some lines from the book....The prophet (peace be unto him) told, health,wealth,family...we do not own them...they belong to Allah..and I read that, we are discouraged or rather not suppose to tear or be too miserable when something like this befall us,if we all knew or understood very well where the things in Dunia come from...well, the sadness was inevitable...but controllable.It took awhile to register what I just read...and alhamdulillah...it settled in me pretty well...that's why I cannot wait to show mama the book...because things like this makes mama sad pretty easily...ahli ulama' also told(in the book) tak boleh menyesal apa jugak dugaan kita dah dapat...selalu kena ingat ucapan ni tiap kali ditimpa musibah ..'innalillahi wa innailaihi rojiun'....mengaku kita hamba yg lemah and mengaku Allah yg akan menarik semula hak Allah yg diturunkan pada kita....hakikat ni lah yg sebenar2nya kena kita, sebagai hamba faham and tau...jadi kurang sedih kalau ditimpa apa2 macam pun dugaan...and kalau redha n ikhlas dgn dugaan...dapatlah pahala.Tak boleh komplen2...kesal2..blame2...and should be glad Allah chose us (bila kita ditimpa musibah) which would mean Allah thinks about us and wants us to seek Him and pray to Him....

Well, though I am still at this distracted mode...I have to trust Allah and leave things like this to Him....its beyond mama's and my control....most times I want my mama to accept whatever should it be....I already saw how mama took things a year ago...slowly but surely...things settled in her calmly after our talks about qada' n qadar ....there are people in this neighbourhood I know , a family with all sorts of illness n not much wealth all the same....the amputated,the very ill, the autistic...all in a family and still moving on....I seldom see them smile...they must be all too contented already with things basic...one of them whom I always greet whenever I see her...she has a bad eyesight and has her autistic adult daughter to accompany her everywhere... I have to greet her first as she cannot see clearly whoever comes to her...apa lagi kalau kita senyum pada dia dari jauh....see..the most basic things...is hard for her...I pray she redha with everything....Moga2, kebahgiaan mereka kalaupun bukan kat dunia...tapi kat akhirat..insya'Allah...

My focus is much on my mama eversince...all I want or pray for..is to see mama get by her life...contented and gracefully with graciousness towards Allah...amin.

Thursday already...fast eh...have a good wkds-around-the-corner mood mood all :)