A Gift for Him :)

Salam,

Bought for him a pair of new sandals as the previous slipper I bought for him got stolen during his Friday prayers.. Hope he likes it!

Tatots!

Regards,

Back Again!

Salam! Ohayo!

It's been such a long time since I last blog. Been so busy.. Yes I know that is just an excuse. >p

Lot's of things has happened lately. Am going to start school this middle August for a course in Communication Design.. Can't wait! The only thing I'm dreading is the hundreds of steps I would have to take twice a week, and in this current state that I am, I don't know if I can tahan.

And this pics only is part of it. Those who are around the Dhoby Ghaut area should check it out. It's just behind Plaza Singapura where the carpark is heading towards Cathay Cineplex.




Work has been a pain in the head.. Piling.. Lots of changes. But am trying to stay positive and take the challenge one at a time.

I gotta start work soon. Will write again!

Regards,

I love U Mom.. and Will Always Will :(

Knowing she has stopped reading my blog.. Because she has left us.. forever.. But.. She will always be in our hearts..

This is one of her favourite song.. Still remembered her singing it in the kitchen.

Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air

If I should die before I wake
It's 'cause you took my breath away
Losing you is like living in a world with no air
Oh

I'm here alone, didn't wanna leave
My heart won't move, it's incomplete
Wish there was a way that I can make you understand

So how do you expect me
to live alone with just me
'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe

[Chorus:]
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air

No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air

I walked, I ran, I jumped, I flew
Right off the ground to float to you
There's no gravity to hold me down for real

But somehow I'm still alive inside
You took my breath, but I survived
I don't know how, but I don't even care

So how do you expect me
to live alone with just me
'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe

[Chorus]

No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
No more
It's no air, no air

[Chorus x2]

No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air

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. -

Jika senang, do visit blognya di: http://keranacinta.wordpress.com

Ikhlas,

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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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,

Bertuahnya Aku dilahirkan seorang Wanita!

Assalamualaikum..
The above caption may sound funny to some of you..

Entah tiba-tiba datang ilham nak menulis mengenai peranan dan ganjaran menjadi seorang wanita.. Yang saya maksudkan bukanlah mengenai wanita "common" tetapi seorang wanita yang bergelar "muslimah".

Once, I complained about the injustice of being a girl; we have to go through the monthly cycle whereby our body at times react in a weird manner. Bukit bukau di muka sana sini, mood yang asyik nak marah tak tentu pasal, dan yang sewaktu dengannya. Hanya seorang wanita balil sahaja yang akan mengerti bagaimana perasaan dan keadaan ketika sedang mengalami "nya". R-I-M-A-S!

To think about giving birth.. Masya Allah! Sungguh mengerikan!

Ada pulak spekulasi orang-orang kafir ni yang sibuk mengutuk Islam sebagai agama yang tidak memberi hak kepada kaum wanitanya. Macam saya nak kata dengan mereka-mereka ni: "Korang jangan macam paham eh".

Tak selidik betul-betul, pandai-pandai buat andaian. Kaji dulu dalam-dalam mengenai Islam, baru hangpa boleh beri comment yang munasabah.. Peace!

Kepada kaum muslimah yang pernah complain "Kenapa aku dilahirkan dalam dunia ni as a female?", toksah merungut lagi.

Wanita adalah insan yang paling beruntung sekali. Kenapa? Hehehhe..

Even though kita paling senang nak masuk syurga compared to kaum Adam, tetapi bilangan kaum Hawa lah yang paling banyak menghuni neraka. Itu sudah well known. Tak boleh dinafikan lagi.

Allah memberi ganjaran pahala yang besar dengan amalan yang sedikit dan tanggung jawab yang ringan.

Kelebihan di sudut Ibadah
Kita tidak dibebankan dengan ibadah - ibadah yang banyak dan berat - berat.
Dengan hanya melaksanakan 4 rukun Islam that is, Bersembahyang 5 waktu, Puasa, Menjaga maruah dan mentaati suami --> Allah menjamin mereka layak masuk syurga and not only that, mereka bebas untuk pilih masuk melalui mana - mana pintu syurga yang mereka suka.

Kenapa saya tulis seperti diatas sahaja requirement nya? And why didn't I include sembahyang sunat, puasa sunat, as well as zakat and haji? Because perkara tersebut tidak ditekankan.

Some little things we do I'm pretty sure kita tidak tahu perkara yang kita lakukan itu sebenarnya mendatangkan pahala.

Di antaranya Rasulullah SAW bersabda, maksudnya;

"Mana - mana wanita yang tinggal di rumah bersama - sama (mendidik dan mengurus) anak - anaknya, di akhirat nanti ia akan tinggal bersama - sama aku di dalam syurga."

"Setiap wanita yang berair matanya lantaran pedih kerana memotong bawang untuk dijadikan bahan masakan kepada ahli rumahnya, maka Allah akan membalas pahala sebanyak pahala orang yang menangis kerana takutkan Allah."

"Mana - mana wanita yang redha mengandung bayi hasil perhubungan dengan suaminya dan suaminya pula redha dengannya, maka Allah akan memberi ganjaran pahala sebagaimana puasa (sunat) fi sabilillah kaum lelaki."

"Jika mereka berasa sakit ketika ia melahirkan anak, maka Allah tambahkan lagi pahala yang tidak terkira (kerana terlalu banyaknya)."

"Allah mencatatkan lagi pahala kepadanya seimbang dengan pahala lelaki yang berjihad fi sabilillah.

"Apabila ia melahirkan anak, Allah gugurkan pula segala dosanya dan jadilah ia bersih daripada dosa sepertimana ia sewaktu bayi dahulu (ketika ia baru dilahirkan ibunya)."

"Apabila ia melahirkan anak dan meyusukan anaknya dengan susunya semdiri, maka setiap teguk susu (yang diminum anaknya) Allah balas dengan satu kebajikan."

"Bila ia semalaman tidak tidur kerana menjaga anaknya (yang sekejap - sekejap terjaga, menangis lantaran kelaparan, sakit, etc) maka Allah beri dan tambah lagi pahala sama seperti membebas 70 orang hamba dengan ikhlas."

Banyak sungguh ganjaran yang diberi Allah terhadap hambanya yang lemah. Demikianlah ehsan dan kasih sayang serta keadilan Allah dan Rasullulah SAW terhadap kaum wanita.
Tempat dan kedudukan wanita di dunia, of course ada keadaan tertentu berbeza dengan kaum Adam. But this is never because of discrimination, tetapi demi meraikan watak, sifat dan kemampuan mereka terhadap sesuatu. Allah lakukan semua itu adalah kerana kasih sayang Allah kepada kaum wanita dan untuk menyelamatkan mereka di dunia dan khususnya di akhirat.

Kalau nak ikutkan hati saya rasa macam nak go on.. But ada tugas yang harus saya laksanakan.

Seandainya ada perkara perkara berguna yang saya raih, insya Allah akan saya menulis lagi untuk tatapan dan pengetahuan yang anda sudah atau pun belum tahu.

P.S: Kekadang bila lihat keadaan sekeliling saya, timbul rasa sedih di hati kecil ini, tapi saya selalu teringatkan pesan teman akrab saya si ehem ehem: Jangan pandang rendah terhadap orang lain kerana yang penting adalah bagaimana keadaan seseorang itu di akhirnya, and not what you are seeing now.. Keadaan dia di saat menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya bahkan boleh jadi, lebih mulia dari kita - kita ni. Betul jugak. Kita ni kekadang rasa kita ni lebih baik, timbul pula rasa riak. Walhal orang yang bergelar alim itu adalah orang yang tidak kenal erti sombong. Orang yang baru dia bertemu tetapi layannya terhadap orang baru itu seakan - akan sudah lama dia kenal. Alangkah indahnya dunia ini jika kita seperti golongan ini?

Yang
Ikhlas,

Cooking for my Family

Cooked for my family last weekend. A dish of soup ayam, sambal belachan and sambal tumis sardine. Decided to eat kampung style. That is eating on the floor with newspapers laid out. Gerek. Teringat masa pat kampung Kedah.. They say sambal belachan power mampu menghidupkan mana mana hidangan terutama sekali soup atau lauk air.

Jadi saya try la bikin sambal belachan ikut firasat saya seperti berikut:-

Chilli basah hijau dan merah dalam 15-20 batang (mixture tapi banyakkan chilli merah)
Bawang Merah sebiji (kecil-medium size depending on preference)
Belachan (kalau nak lagi sedap pi lah goreng dulu)
Limau sambal dalam 5 biji (saiz kecil to medium)
Gula dan sedikit garam secukup rasa

Saya ni ada malas sikit nak tumbuk jadi saya boh semua dalam blender. Tapi tak lah blender sampai hancur lebur. Saya masukkan chilli yg dipotong bulat bulat semua ke dalam blender, masukkan sekali belachan.

Selepas tu, keluarkan semua yang telah diblend ke dalam mangkuk kecil. Taburkan gula dan garam sedikit. Next, perah limau sambal tu semua ke dalam mangkuk kecil tadi. Jangan lupa plak sebelum perah jusnya biji mesti dikeluarkan dulu. Karang tergigit pahit plak.

Bawang kecil tadi saya hiris tipis tipis masukkan sekali dalam mangkuk kecil tadi. Kulit limau sambal tu pun saya hiris tipis tipis masukkan sekali dalam "ramuan" dalam mangkuk tu. Dahtu kacau ler semua. Lepas dah kacau anda angkat mangkuk tu dan bau. Power you!!! Tak percaya cubalah try! Gerenti disukai ramai :)