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!!)

Corned beef in hot dog bun

Made this for yesterday's breakfast and Dh ate 3-4 of these.... ooppss!!

What i did was saute some diced onions, 1 garlic chopped and 2 tomato diced, and then throw in 340gm of corned beef in a can, some black pepper...and voila!! All i need to do last is pipe out some mayo and chili sauce on top in zig zag motion and they are good to eat!!

Trying new hijab style.

I scratched my itch and decided to try this new hijab style. I've been trying to get the inner scarf but it was sold out like hot cakes on fb, especially the black and grey. So i pm my school friend whom i called Adik(izan) and asked for more links and told her about my itchiness to change my style. She gave me the support and encouragement since she already worn this style.

So now....how do i feel about this style??.hhmmm.....i will wear it again and i think it's easier to take it off when i'm taking my wudhu at mosque since the inner scarf is round and flat not like the pointy one which i still wear till now but i'm still comfy with old style tudung. This style might suit me better when i lose the 2kg that i gained since the last month which will result less chubby cheeks because i find it emphasis on my round face. I asked hubby and he said that he's okay with this and my old style...Haaiyaa...GUYS...it's hard to ask for their opinions....

Another bad news to bear.

My hubby just lost his childhood friend two days ago. I remembered that he and his wife got married on the same day as me and Dh. The deceased left a widower with a daughter who is still very young (6yrs old). The deceased is younger that Dh actually and it was truly a shocking news that reached us on Saturday morning. He was short of breath after having dinner and heard that he passed soon after that.

My hubby told me that ever since he reached in his thirties, he kept receiving bad news of people getting sick or even ones who had passed on. Well, it does make sense actually....when you're getting older ..the people around you will get old too......

Usually it makes me wonder about when it's my "time" and how it would be like...i also realised that when my father got leukemia and left 6 months to live, it was actually a blessing that he knew how much time he left with his family and prepare....rather than a shocking and sudden death...well this is just how i see it...Dh don't like it when i talked like that...but i believe it's good to get prepare rather than being an ostrich...ignoring everything and just wished death doesn't exist. I feel that behaviour is somewhat childish, don't you think?

BBQ chicken.

The funny thing is that we only took this picture because we were hungry that we forgot to snap the other meals that we ordered.lol

We went to BBQ chicken for the first time and we ordered Jerk (Jamaican Jerk Spice) BBQ..(the picture above), Olive Luxury Chicken (2 pcs) and Teri-Soya Wings (6 pcs). I would recommend Jerk BBQ because it was really delicious and it came with delicious mashed potato that was mould like a bowl with gravy.

This month we also went to Fish Manhattan and we really love it! Don't have the pictures with me now as it was taken by Dh's iphone. Too lazy to extract from it anyway. But I can see myself going there again....hehehe I simply adore the seafood platter (don't know what it's called)...even Dh said that he would order that for himself the next time.

Craved for Nasi Ayam Penyet...

These are Ice lemon tea and Milo Dinosaur which is weird to me that the size is totally not 'dinosaurest' to me.

Another splendid chocolate cake

Love love love this dessert at Pizza Hut...There is chocolate fudge-ish oozing out from the warm chocolate cake. This will be my staple dessert from pizza hut. Looking at this picture just makes me yearn for it again.....oh no....Help!!

I need to lose weight because i've been naughty on food in June..maybe due to the stress of having the kids hanging around the house 24/7 during the holiday....lol...but now they are back to school so it's the perfect time for me to start getting healthy back. Yeah....yoyo on weight is just my thing...haiz what can i say when my passion to eat screaming their way out and make me forget the hardwork i put in to lose the weight that i've lost ....lol....

Meal of the Day.

Meal of the day is Ikan Bawal Masak Merah. I made this with Taugeh Goreng as the 'buddy' meal .