Set off to kl at night.

Amt of calories, fat, carb are all stated on the wrapper ...how convenient..


We reached KL at about 5a.m and the bus stopped just infront of our hotel (angcasa). We carried all our luggages to the 24hr McD which was just nearby to stop for late supper/ early breakfast. We saw there were some other travellers with luggages and big bagpacks were there too to have their meals or to rest their heads on the tables....maybe waiting for dawn before proceed to their hotel, i guess. We bought 2 happy meals, 1 big breakfast for DH and sausage mcmuffin for me...the kids got 1 mini barbie doll and 1 battle force 5 car from the happy meals set and i knew with that... they won't be bored for few more hours....phewww...what a lifesaver!!

After our meals, we went to hotel and registered at the lobby and the front desk promised us to give us at least 1 room first for all of us to rest by 7-8am. Performed our solat subuh at 2nd level air-conditioned surau at 6am and continued waiting at the hotel lobby and the kids were still not sleepy...At 7.50am we got 1 room out of 3 and at 11am we got the second room and at 1pm we got our last room(mine) at last.

It's been 4 years since i had cooked ownself meal (steamboat way) at Seoul Garden so i kindda excited. And i know that the kids will have free meal for 2 adult paying on Sunday. When we arrived at 4pm, the front desk person also the manager asked whether we make any reservation...my heart sank upon hearing that even though it was merely a question....we said no with a heavy heart and the manager asked around whether they still have available table and we heard the letter y.e.s......YES!! I guess we learnt our lesson....

I was embarrased to see that other people loaded their almost full container that's boiling with soup with lots of green vegetable while we barely had any...hehehehe
At about 5pm, we called it a day after stuffing ourself and went out from there.

We walked around a bit and before we know it, the HI-5 show scheduled at 7pm is about to start. We didn't queued for it because the queue was insanely long. So we went to the level 2 and we had quite a clear view of the stage from the glass pane...the kids really enjoyed themselves. It brought me back to memory lane when my hubby and i once brought the kids who were 2 years old to watch hi5 exclusive show at Expo. I remembered how they dance with their small steps among the big kids while the HI5 performing.

It was a good sunday...alhamdullilah....and now on friday afternoon i'm already done packing for all of us to KL and we're taking the bus tonight.

Passport-checked
Money-checked
Credit card for the hotel-checked
Skincare essentials-checked
Makeup essentials-checked
Clothing-checkedOintments esp yuyi oil-checked
travel prayer mats and telekung-checked

*excited mode*-checked

lol.............

Selamat menyambut maal hijrah 1432H. (6 disember 2010)

Doa akhir tahun (dibaca 3 kali)
Doa ini dibaca selepas fardhu Asar hari terakhir bulan Zulhijjah.

Doa awal tahun (dibaca 3 kali)
Dibaca selepas fardhu Maghrib awal tahun hijrah.

Semoga di tahun baru Islam ini, Allah memberkati kami iman yang kukuh, rezeki yang berkat, memelihara kami dan melindung kami dari gangguan syaithan dan kuncu kuncunya serta anak buahnya. Amin Amin Amin ya rab alamin.

Peristiwa yang berkaitan dengan
MUHARRAM (29 hari)

* 1 Muharram- Awal Hijrah

* 10 Muharram -Hari Asyura

* Hari kematian Saidina Hussen Bin Ali cucu Rasullulah s.a.w

Jawab mcm tak bersalah.....

Last night, the four of us went for to shops at the admiralty mrt after dinner at home. We bought some grocery stuffs and 2 water bottle carriers for the kids.

So on the way home, we played a little game/quiz to kill our boredom.

I asked them, "Who is the tallest?"....and the kids said "AYAH!!" .

I asked again, " Who wear pink pants?" and the kids said, "ALIAH!!"

and i asked again, "Who loves to cry all the time?",.....and we all looked at Aniq and Aniq innocently said " No one body!!" (NO ONE+NOBODY) hahahaha.....

Marina Barrage

Went to Marina Barrage for the first time ...it's not that difficult to go there actually. I alighted at Marina Bay Mrt Station and took a shuttle bus to Marina Barrage ....well actually i was waiting for BUS 400 but god has plan a better way for me when the shuttle bus arrived without my expectation!! hehe...

At first the weather was kind of nice then it was rather hot later in the afternoon...i can feel my cheeks were burning...Lucky for me i brought my umbrella with me..(what do you expect...i'm vain!! haha)

It was nice that Kamisah brought homemade foods that she cooked early in the morning. I brought Roti kari from the mamak stall, twisties and 2 packs of packet drinks..thinking that we might eat dinner at food court later in the evening.....I got back quite late from a birthday party the night before so i didn't plan to make anything from home.

The kids were having a massive fun flying their kite...they did everything in their power to bring the kite up in the sky....Aniq even ran so fast (thinking that's the only way to get the kite up up into the sky) that he almost fell off...but luckily a guy who happened to be there with his family able to catch him and land into his arms....

Didn't know that kite flying could be ssooo fun...for the kids and us ...

Healthy breakfast for the loved ones

Breakfast of the day.

Wholemeal pita+scrambled egg+diced tomato+a squirt of mayo(optional)+iceberg lettuce and VOILA!!

Something to ponder upon

Watch your thoughts
for they become words

Watch your words
for they become actions

Watch your actions
for they become habits

Watch your habits
for they become character

Watch your character
for it becomes your destiny

Raya 2010 ada lebih nikmatnya dan teristimewa...

It's almost coming to 3 weeks of celebrating Hari raya ...and up to now, i feel thankful to have family, in laws and friends...around us celebrating it.

I also glad that this time ..my in laws have made time to come to our humble crib to taste my homemade kuihs and lauk-pauk and took pictures with us and the kids...Glad to know that my MIL was impressed by my homemade kuihs..(kembang sekejap member..heheh)Seriously i really feel thankful to allah for perkenankan my doa. And this year..there no major sadness that usually would happened during Hari Raya due to misunderstandings and some other things(alhamdullilah)...except to bid farewell to my old friend's mum whom i knew almost my life. Al-fateha to Cik Bibi.

So tonight, i'll be visiting my sibling's place and seems like this week will probably be our last week of celebrating Hari Raya because my kuihs at home is running low..YIKES!!

Retake

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At my cousin's house Idayu.

The last weekend, we decided to retake all family photos with just my hp's camera since we all dress up to go to Along's house, cik milah's house and Idayu's house. The way we dress up is exactly the same as on the first day Hari Raya so that's the best time to retake all pictures.

Tomorrow, we gonna jln jln hari raya with his colleague starting at 11am. That means i can't sleep back after subuh tomorrow and the kids have to skip madrasah class again because the first house will be at Simei(11am). *slapping forehead*

I need my caffeine tomorrow for sure!

Vitamin untuk batin.

A quote from Mother Theresa:

"If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

Trajedi di hari pertama Syawal.

First of all, i was excited to be able to wear makeup all day on Hari Raya without having to wash it off and put it on again for pictures because my period came that day. But then again i was nervous because the night before i thought of performing solat subuh and read yaasiin after that. Yelah dgn harapan bahawa semoga urusan kita hari itu akan dipermudahkan.

But it didn't went that way when i received my period but i still pray for the best.

but we lost our camera which was carried by DH!! I was quite sad to know that the pictures we took at the comfort of our home were gone but i quickly attempted to calm myself down thinking that bad things do happen.Kalau Allah kata jadi, maka jadilah ia sebagaimana yang diinginkan. Dh was quite remorseful even though he didn't speak much so i didn't want to add anything to that.

Another thing that happened that day was when my friend, ana called me crying in the middle of the night saying that her mother had passed away. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioon.

I knew Cik bibi as long i knew my friend which is 22 years long....She loved talking to me everytime i came to their house ...i always admired the motherly love she gave to my friend all these while. I'll pray that she will rest in peace and May Allah bless her soul.

I went to visit Ana yesterday but i can't come at the time when cik bibi dikebumikan because Aniq had fever while Aliah had diarhhea so i need to wait for Dh to come home and take of them. With that being said, i went there alone with the purpose to give emotional support and console her. We hug and cried together and we promised each other that no matter what may come or how busy we going to be, we will keep in touch...suffice with just sms if not on the phone.

She also told me how she rasa insaf when the jenezah dimadikan and when Ustazah Aminah menceritakan tentang alam kubur. I was glad that she willing to share all that with me even though she did it with tears kept rolling down her cheeks.

Salah satu hadis Rasulullah SAW yang sangat akrab ditelinga kita berbunyi :“Apabila meninggal anak cucu Adam (manusia), maka terputuslah amalnya kecuali tiga hal saja, yaitu sedekah jariah, ilmu yang diambil manfaatnya oleh manusia, dan anak yang saleh yang berdoa untuknya “ ( HR.Ahmad ).

Sick again..

I just done painting the door without dh around....told him jokingly but serious (mcmana tu??haha) that if next year he did not finished painting by fasting month...i won't make raya cookies...just buy them from stores....because there's only so much i can do...he said ok ok, he promised that he'll do better next time....(aik nak kena blackmail baru tahu takut...lol...)


Aliah is having fever again ...these past weeks, they have been sick like nobody business....At first it was aliah ..then when aliah got better, aniq fall sick soon after that....now aniq just got better 2 days ago...aliah is having fever now...so i'm really really super tired .....i'm start to wonder whether the aircon in their classroom is the culprit?

Made biskut suji yesterday in from 9pm till 12am...excluding the washing of utensils...Thought of visiting my friend's mother in nursing hospital today when the kids were in school but it was raining quite heavily in the afternoon..not to mention the body ache that i has now so i cancelled my intention. Ya allah, aku seperti mengejar masa selalu...dlm kesibukan, janganlah engkau biarkan aku melupakan dirimu maka aku memohon supaya engkau kuatkan lah iman ku...amin amin amin ya rabbal alamin.

This weekend, i was hoping to paint the walls and make nestum cookies...this will be the first time i make them ...hopefully they turned out fine...insyaallah...

Aniq and Aliah fasting on weekend too!

We went to geylang yesterday for berbuka and just to browse around. I dunno why but i dont feel the 'heat' for hari raya yet or maybe it's still too early...but still there were a lot of people in Geylang yesterday already starting shopping. We went to Joo Chiat coffee shop and it was crawling with hungry people that were no tables vaccant and we were there before 6.30pm and Maghrib was 7.16pm! So next time we need to book table at least 6-6.15pm....

We approached one couple who were sitting on a big table and we thought of sharing ....luckily they weren't reserved other empty seats for someone else so we bunk in with them. For me ..i dont mind eating at the road side just eating burger or banana fritters but i sympathised aniq and aliah who were fasting as well and they look real tired even though their mouths still chattering non-stop.

Had a fulfilling meal at break fast...just simple meals like chicken rice, char kuay teow and banana fritters....for me, in ramadhan ...i love love love kuih muihs at berbuka..

But lately i feel like having Badak berendam....and feel like making my own because at least i know it would be nice...hehe

Aniq and Aliah fast for the first time...

It was the first time Aniq and Aliah bersahur with us...i was glad that they were quite easy to be awaken even at 4.00am.

As usual my mother always called us over to break fast and usually she will cook a feast. She has always been generous on food.

At first i thought of making chocolate cupcakes and tahu sumbat but i knew that there will be lot of food so i skip on tahu sumbat...and i was right..

This is the chocolate cupcake that i always make...the one that the twins always loved...especially the icing....

I'm sure that he won't read this ......

Dear Diary,

I'm gonna be broke!! Yikes......
For my hubby's birthday, i promised him to treat him and the children dinner and i let him choose any place he wish to dine....so he chose Sakura Int'l buffet....yeah it's nothing special but he says he really like to try the one that's located behind Mosque Al-falah.

I suppose to receive my payment 2 weeks ago for my tailoring but so far no news yet ...wargghh..

Luckily i put aside some money before hand for the dinner treats but still i'm gonna be broke after that...lol..

I also got him a perfume by Beckham signature (50ml) and it's hiding in my closet..i really like the smell and it's been such a looooong time since he had a perfume...KEsian kan!! Even the last one that he had which is by Calvin Klein Truth was bought by me!! He always don't like to spend money on himself except for necessities. That is what i like about him...SIMPLE man with simple needs..

I really need to get a wrapping paper tomorrow morning while he's asleep . That's the only time i can get away. And one more thing....i get the kids to draw him birthday cards..i did help here and there but most of the works were done by them...BRAVO KIDDOS!! (i just realise there're so many exclamation marks in this post...i must be hyper even at 1.50am!!)