Wedding Flowers..

Regards,

Regards,

Da Lama Tak Menulis..

Assalamualaikum ;)

Came across a blog, by a blogger yang bertapis ketika bercakap.. Kagum saya dengan tulisannya.. And I came across this, "Orang yang suka bersangka baik dengan orang lain dicintai Allah."

- Doakanlah yang baik-baik sesama saudara kita, insya Allah, malaikat di langit mendoakan kebaikan kepada kita sebagaimana doa yang baik kita pohonkan untuk saudara kita. Ummu Abbas. -

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Ikhlas,

Pray

(Courtesy of Fatma Muslima & not forgetting, Alhabib, from which I found this poem :) Syukran Jasil).

I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Muslim duty was now done
My soul could rest at ease.
All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer.
No time to speak of Allah to friends,
They’d laugh at me I’d fear.
No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need
But at last the time, the time to die.
I went before the Lord,
I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God held a book;
It was the book of life.
God looked into his book and said
Your name I cannot find.
I once was going to write it down…
But never found the time.

Love,

Ideas for Your Wedding Hairdo

Regards,

Nothing Compares To You. Sinead O’Connor
Close To You. Maxi Priest
Power of Love. Jennifer Rush
I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You. Elvis Presley
Just the Way You Are. Billy Joel
When You Say Nothing At All. Ronan Keating
From This Moment On. Shania Twain
You Made Me Love You. Al Jolson
How Deep Is Your Love. Bee Gees
Thank You. Dido
All the Way. Frank Sinatra
Unbroken. Tim McGraw
Summer Wind. Frank Sinatra
Fallen. Lauren Wood (Pretty Woman Sndtrk)
Pictures. Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow
Be our Guest. Beauty and the Beast soundtrack
Shower me with your love. Surface
The Wedding Song. Bob Dylan
Underneath it All. No Doubt
Angel In Disguise. Brandy
Eternal flame. Bangles
Sweet Happy Life. Peggy lee
I would walk 500 miles. Proclaimers
Heaven. Bryan Adams
At Last. Etta James
From This Moment. Shania Twain
Trumpet Voluntary. Clarke
Heaven. DJ Sammy
Only Time. Enya
All My Life. KC and JOJO
Wedding March/Marriage of Figaro. Mozart
Come Away With Me. Norah Jones
The Prayer. Charlotte Church and Josh Groban
Angels Brought Me Here. Guy Sebastian
Because you Loved me. Celine Dion
Me and You. Kenny Chesney
Forever. Jaheim
Storybook Love (Theme from Princess Bride). Mark Knopfler
Butterfly Kisses. Bob Carlisle
Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Air Supply - Now and Forever
Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
Andrea Bocelli - The Prayer (Featuring: Celine Dion)
Aretha Franklin - So Damn Happy
Babyface - You are so Beautiful
Beatles - All You Need Is Love
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Bing Crosby - True Love
Celine Dion - Ave Maria
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic)
Celine Dion - The Power of Love
Celine Dion - When I Fall in Love (Featuring: Clive Griffen)
Clay Aiken - The Way
Clay Aiken - This Is the Night


Regards,

Love

A month and 13 days. Seems like it was just yesterday. It's so surreal. Every conversation, facial expression, and her voice.. is crystal clear.

God I miss her badly.

Her favourite food, her cooking, her clothes, the socks from the hospital that she last wore and I never ever would want to wash it cos it still smelt of her..the videos in my phone, thumb drive where I disturbed her in the living room and watch her 'melatar'.. the ringing of the phone that is now pronounced dead.. she used to call me almost everyday..

I've lost a great listener.. companion.. I've lost half of my 'jiwa'.. It feels so empty at times.. No one can ever replace her in my Life.

Someone who took me when no one else would. Someone who provided me shelter almost throughout my life.. Someone who washed my clothes when I was still in school.. Cooked for me with her delicious meal.. shared my sorrow and happiness.. shared the same bed as me.. God.. this is so painful!

I have not done enough for her..

She didn't live to see my wedding.. something she has been asking and wanting to witness as far as I know..

I love her.. love her so much.. It hurts.. it feels like someone is carving a hole in my heart.. My head is throbbing..

I know she went.. knowing I will be well taken care of by the man who will be sharing my life in a matter of 33 days..

Saya sayang nenek.. teramatlah sangat.. Moga nenek bahagia disana.. Bebas dari segala seksa akhirat/kubur.. Kasihanilah nenekanda hamba Ya Allah! Tempatkan beliau dikalangan umatmu yg beriman.....


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Kedamaian yang kucari..masih belum terbukti..
Jauh lagi perjalanan ini..

Kadang - kadang, saya rasa berdiam diri adalah lebih baik, daripada bersuara dan ianya lagi merumitkan keadaan, kerana apa yang disuarakan telah disalah ertikan.

Saya sedar apa yang menimpa diri ini adalah dugaan yang diberi olehNya. I have to be strong to face this.

I always believe, what's not meant to be, will never be meant to be.

Kini ku pasrah, mencari jalan penyelesaian. Let time takes it's course.

Regards,

Tonight..

Night prayers.. A blanket and a pillow from a birthday gift.. A bolster which was Hand sown by nenek.. And my never ending tears are the company I had to bed tonight.. Nenek saya rindu nenek.. Smoga Allah Taala mengkabulkan doa saya ye nenek. I want my old nenek again.. I love u nenek.. Hamba yang amat sedih,

Jangan Diucap Selamat Tinggal.. Kepadaku...

Here I am.. Writing my thoughts away.. The last few days when I saw her, it somehow brought a light to my face. She looks like she is getting better. But what I saw just a moment ago upon stepping foot to Ward 42, dimmed the light which I had the other time. What had happened? Her tummy is swollen like a 9mths pregnant lady.. Her legs are both swollen and cold when touched. Yet she murmured that she doesn't need the blanket for now as she is feeling hot.. Masya Allah.. Sungguh hatiku Bagai dihiris pabila melihat keadaannya begini. Ya Allah! Sesungguhnya Kau Maha mendengar, Maha Pengasih Lagi Maha Penyayang.. Pulihkan dia seperti sediakala.. Sungguh Engkau Mengetahui apa yang tidak Kami ketahui.. Kepadamu ku memohon.. Kerna Engkau adalah Tuhan Kami.. Pencipta Segala alam semesta..

The Hospital

It's been a week since I stepped in to work.. Some may question my absence. But to me, my granny's condition is far more important than my work. "Kerja boleh dicari, but my nenek, she's the one and only..tiada peganti."

Whilst in hospital, macam2 pengalaman dapat saya raih. Suatu pengalaman luar biasa. Nak kata family gathering pun ada..I get to see my aunt and uncle almost everyday as we take turn macam shift gitu to tend to my granny's needs.

I get to see new patients coming in as the recovered ones make their way home when they are discharged. Boleh dikatakan semua ahli keluarga pesakit is so darn friendly, macam kita semua dah kenal lama. Especially the daughter of the lady in bed 7. I suka tengok everytime the Philippino caretaker comes to take over a family member of the patient in bed 7. Dia punya kasih sayang terhadap madame dia tu ya ampun, sungguh mencuit hati. In fact I rasa semua ahli keluarga nenek di bed 7 tu begitu menyayangi nenek tu. Can still remember the words " Nayang! Apa kabar nenek hari ini"! playing in my ears.. Hahaha! I think the nenek is about 90+ years old. Start dari this experience, I asyik usik my nenek with the same layanan that the family potrayed while we were at the ward. Senyuman yang ku nanti nantikan dari my nenek terukir jua.. Happy rasa hati kecilku ini.. Apa kan tidak, the last few days have been an emotional ride for me, seeing the condition that my nenek was in. And yes, the Philippino caretaker can speak Malay so fluently that we almost thought she was a Malay or at least, an Indonesian.

I'm glad my family members semua united gitu jaga nenek semasa nenek sakit. Semua turun gelenggang.



Cuma satu kesedihan yang masih terselit di hati ini. There's this patient next to my nenek's bed. Whilst I was there for almost throughout the day, no one came to visit her. Once a lady came on National day and that was it. This nenek pun dalam linkungan 90 lebih. She would be lying down dalam separuh duduk and termenung. Termenung looking towards bed 7. I feel like I can understand what she is feeling. A sense of loneliness. My nenek's bed is always surrounded by us. Where else hers, it's either the nurse or the maid next to her bed who is caring for her madame. This maid is also a nice lady. She is always assisting this nenek every now and then.

Dimana ahli keluarganya? Anak anaknya?

Sekali nenek ni asked me whilst I was making small talks with her "Bila nak habis ni?". I speechless sekejap. She was referring to when she will be discharged. Not even once did I dare to ask her how many children she had or where they are. Seems like a sensitive question especially in this kind of circumstances. Up till now, terbayang2 raut wajah nenek yang cute ni. Still rememembered when the nurse kept on feeding her though she already made it clear she was full already. At last she screamed "Ahhhh!" baru the nurse stop. And we all terkekek2 ketawa. I can say telatah nenek ni somehow accompanied my nenek when we left for the day.

And bila kita nak balik, she ask "Bila jumpa lagi?

Haiz.. kesian nenek ni.. :..(

P.s: Kepada anak2 sekalian, tolonglah, walau jahat baik mana pun ibu bapa kita, biar sahaja Allah Taala yang membalasnya. Tanpa mereka, tiadalah kita di dunia ni. Jagalah orang tua kita bagai menatang minyak yang penuh, seperti mana susahnya mereka membesarkan kita sewaktu kita kecil hingga lah dewasa.

Ikhlas dari sanubari ini,

Hari Raya Kueh Recipes

Cornflake Macaroons


Ingredients
1 egg
100g castor sugar
1/8 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 tsp salt
180g honey-coated cornflakes, crushed
Sugar decorates
Small paper cups
Method
Preheat oven to 150°C. Line baking trays with non-stick parchment paper.

Beat egg, sugar, vanilla essence and salt until light and creamy. Gradually beat in crushed cornflakes to make a moist and crumbly mixture.

Drop a teaspoon of mixture (push through a small mould and pinch up with your fingers into a small pyramid) onto the lined baking trays. Top up the macaroons with sugar decorates.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until just beginning to brown. Gently loosen macaroons with a spatula and transfer onto a wire rack to cool.

Cornflake Cookies


Ingredients
110g butter
110g castor sugar
1/2 tsp grated rind of lemon or orange
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg yolk
100g cornflakes, crushed lightly

Sift lightly:
125g self-raising flour
1 tbsp corn flour

Method
Cream butter, sugar and essence until the mixture turns light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and lemon rind. Fold in sifted flour and mix. Put mixture into the refrigerator to chill for half an hour until it turns slightly firm.

Drop teaspoonfuls of mixture onto the crushed cornflakes. Shape into balls and place on lightly-greased baking trays and bake in preheated oven at 170°C for 20—25 minutes or until lightly golden in colour. Cool on wire racks before storing in airtight containers.

Suji Cookies


Ingredients
250g ghee
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
500g plain flour
2 teaspoons bicarbonate soda (using this will give the cracking effect)
170g icing sugar
3/4 teaspoon fine salt

Method
1. Melt ghee over low heat or use the microwave oven for about 10-15secs and leave it to cool
2. Add vanilla essence to cooled ghee
3. Sift flour, bicarbonate soda, icing sugar and salt into mixing bowl
4. Pour ghee mixture in flour mixture and knead well to form a firm dough.
5. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
6. Roll dough into melt-in-your-mouth ball sizes and place on greased tray and bake for 25 - 30 minutes till cooked but not brown. The cookies should be white and crumbly in texture.

Suji Cookies Plain Version

Ingredients
200g ghee (minyak sapi laa..)
200g castor sugar
a pinch of salt

1 tspn of soda bicarbonate
350g flour
(sifted)

Method
With a wooden spatula, mix together ghee and sugar until creamy, add in the salt and mix again.

Add in the flour bit by bit until you get a soft and not sticking -to your hands consistency (agak leh terap laa...)

Roll the mixture approximately 1cm thick and cut the with a cookies cutter. If you don't have cookies cutter you can just cut the the dough into small even cubes.

Place the cookies on a greased tin and bake in the oven at 170'C for about 15 minutes.

- once the cookies are cooked, place it on a rack to let it cool before removing it into an air tight container.

Selamat Mencuba!

Muslimah Wedding

Been scouting around for muslimah wedding gowns.. Am so happy to have come across Princess Arabia!

The owner of these collection is a lady who is beautiful inside out.. Syukran jasil to her for her attentiveness, not forgetting her sister as well as Mom..

I have posted a few of her beautiful clothes, do visit her webpage on FB to have a look at more! And she has also just launched Eid jubah/jabiyas as well..

P.s: They have white gowns as well and mind u, their white gowns are unlike other malay wedding boutiques..it's design is comparible to those you find in western bridal boutiques..















Regards,