Our Chronicles

Sometimes..

2012-01-16T13:36:00.004+08:00

things that you received 6 years ago might be very useful now.For example, your wedding gifts ke, gifts that you got when you first got your first child and etc.
So basically, the concept in our house is like that.Just use whatever we have.Kalau da tade sgt baru le beli baru.Kalau dpt cari yg second hand lagi bagus :D.Yeh i know...cheapskate...but hey what to do.Got to save wherever we can save kan?hehe.
For example, like the children's room, see the frame on the walls?Those are the doorgifts I got masa reunion last 2 years.Only now we use it hehe.Ok yg lain mmg beli la sbb mmg brg tu tade kan?The langsir my mom bagi.Well most of the things kat umah tu pun mmg dari belas kasihan org ramai ahahha.I mean org bagi.Kami ni mcm charity je tapi kami dgn berbesar hati menerima semua barang2 tersebut.Terima kasih too all who has been nice to us :)

oh remember i was thinking to buy carpet for the children's room?Alhamdullillah my mother bought it for them.So jimat la kami 1 carpet hehehe

see the pic above?see the langsir?after nearly 2 months masuk rumah, baru le kami pasang langsir kat dapur.Baru le nampak ada rupa dapur skit.Tu pun my aunty bagi.Ok sorry for the mess in the kitchen.
Mmg if you guys come to our house....the color scheme mmg out..the concept mmg lari...kami guna mana2 yg ada je mueheheh.
Tgk la...kalau ada rezeki lebih skit..kami selaraskan warna tema rumah tersebut and come out with our own concept la.Maybe utk raya tahun ni la...mudah2an....amin :)
but with all the trips we plan, i doubt we gonna have extra for the house...aiyoyo..will see :D

Semalam

2012-01-16T13:29:00.002+08:00

last saturday i went to alimbookshop at USJ 9 to collect my pre ordered books and CD.Above is a game board for aisy and alesya.Actually for the whole family.

mmg tak pernah main le kan.The game is about Islam.More or less concept dia macam snake and ladder.But you have to answer a certain questions when you reached at certain boxes.Mmg interesting tapi soalan2 nya agak susah juge la.Even aku n aspa pun takleh jawab.Well mmg knowledge kami pun mmg skit sgt..so i guess it's a good learning tool for both me and aspa as well.And of course to the children.

See yg gambar mcm pirate/racun tu kalau kena box tu kena turun ke box lagi bawah le.Ala mcm snake and ladder.It is an infomartive board game.Tapi aisy and alesya tak menjawab soalan pn.Just throw the dice and move the pawn(ke whatever the tiny thing is called heh).
Anyway i hope the children can learn about islam in a more fun way so that they will enjoy to learn about it.
Thanks to whoever invented this game.May Allah reward you your good deeds.Amin :)

Twins of Faith.

2012-01-10T13:20:00.008+08:00

Last month, I went to Twins of Faith.It was kinda Islamic family festival and it was held at PICC.
Unfortunately, i couldn't attend any of the workshops/talks sbb i brought the children along.I thought I could go some of the workshops on Sunday(the event was held in 2 days, Saturday and Sunday) as I was planning to leave them at home tapi mcm kesian pula sbb they went on Saturday and really enjoyed the festival(they went to the kidszone and had loads of fun activity) plus Aspa was not around on Sunday sbb he went for his jungle trip again heh.So ahad tu pun dorang ikut and we spent all day at kidszone only heh.
Rasa agak rugi sbb tak dgr any of the talks...as we had to pay a registration fees but at the end, when I saw my children happy faces...it was priceless :).
After registered, I got gift pack as above.

inilah suasana di kidszone!Siap ada big screen agi.Loads and loads of happy children.

They invited Mejar Dr Faiz as a guest speaker in one of the slots on Saturday.But his appearance only a few minutes je.Pastu abis heh.

as usual the sand art activity.Sure ada benda ni kat mana2 festival kan?:D

siap ada inflated slides and activity area.Apa lagi seronok la aisy and alesya jumping around in the inflatable thingy.
yg bestnye kat sini dorang sediakan mcm2 aktiviti sbb they have so many volunteers.See in pics below?Ada akak2 yg melayan the children to do arts and things like that.Very2 interesting.They even make a small library(a shelf with rows of books) at 1 corner so that these children can enjoy reading them.

Face painting pun.Aisy fav activity :D.Bebudak yg dtg sume ckp english slang habis.Maybe ramai anak2 expat yg gi kot.For example like pic above.Ramai nampak cam anak2 arab.Anak2 org melayu pun ramai but everyone conversed in English and aisy was quite excited when she met with these children.Tapi dorang ckp siap ada slanga la heh.Kalau aisy tak faham apa dorang ckp, dia akan ckp "ha?apa awak ckp?"ahahah lawak je

aisy and alesya were listening to someone on stage.

some of art activity with the volunteers.

da siap 1 artwork!:D

Oh yeh ni la muka aisy yg sudah di paint :D.I think it's a butterfly!

lepas pi PICC tu we went for our late lunch and we had lunch at D arab cafe at Uniten food court.Very the delicious one!Above is the teh arab.Yummy!Boleh buat sendiri je ..kacang goreng :D

My dish, lamb aukdah.Terbaik!

Aisy ni susah nak minta makanan.But the above dish is her fav dish.I think kabshah with roasted chicken.Mmg best!

this it the butterfly painted girl with her flower hat :D

ok so on sunday we went back to PICC and we went to the kidszone again.And that day siap ada spiderman inflatable thingy.Makin byk pule that inflatable thingy on the second day :D

some of the art activities on Sunday.As you can see people with jubah and purple shawl?Yes they are the volunteers.Very the helpful one :).Ada 1 time tu aku pi toilet and aisy menangis sbb die cari aku tade, one of the volunteers actually called me and asked me where I was and told me that aisy was looking for me.For your info, before the children gets in the kidszone, the parent need to write the parents number and the child name on a maskin tape and tampal on the child's baju so that anything happens the volunteers can simply call the parents.A nice and practical idea :)

oh did i tell u that Aisy got on stage to answer some questions?Ala pasal Upin Ipin je eheheh.Beria2 angkat tangan so Upin pun pilih dia utk menjawab soalan yg diutarakan muehehhe.Lawak je.Siap dpt bookmark sbb dpt menjawab dgn betul :D

Henna art.Aisy ni sume benda dia nak buat.Tapi alesya tak suka benda2 mcm ni sgt hehe

movie time!They even have solat jamaah bila masuk waktu.Tapi i didn't get the pics.Aisy tanak solat sekali sbb dia tak bawa telekung.Walhal kids yg lain selamba je solat without telekong.Just for the sake of following je la...sbb they are still kids kan?:)

i like this one.Garden in the building!

aisy flat dlm kete.Ni on the way balik.Siap tido ngan buku lagi.I bought it at the festival.Da last day, so they were selling at discounted price :)

some of the books we bought at the festival

oh yeh, i couldn't remember his name, but he did a story telling in one of the slots.It was fun :)

All in all, it was nice way spent on our weekend without Aspa :)

Nazar

2012-01-10T13:16:00.001+08:00

Alhamdullillah.

Got something I prayed for.

He answered my prayers.

I made Nazar.

So now it’s time to pay Nazar.

Again Alhamdullillah

Sejuk

2011-12-27T15:07:00.003+08:00

lately, it has been raining all day.And living near the hutan,our house is quite sejuk.See the pic below?This is the so called hiway towards our house.Less than 1 KM to reach our house.You can see mountains with kabus from distance.

Terasa macam kat genting pule ehehehhe.

See our house?We don’t have much carpets or rugs or parquet floor.So our next item to buy is to buy rug/carpet for our living hall, the children’s room, my room and also perhaps for the dining area.And also water heater.That is the most important one sbb aisy nak start sekolah next week.(and we haven't decided which school she's going..argh!)

Anyway, back to the house, we want to opt for laminated or parquet floor but it is an expensive option.So perhaps for the time being, rug/carpet would be the cost effective option and budget fulfilling one :D

Let see how it goes.Ada ke sale carpet kat mana2 skrang ni?

there's hope

2011-12-21T13:48:00.004+08:00

finally, some greens at our home.Baru nak tumbuh rumput2 yg sewaktu dgnnya.Kami tak tanam rumput kot.Just hoping that the rumput will grow by itself muehehehe.

Pray hard.

how do you differentiate?

2011-12-21T11:54:00.004+08:00

how do you differentiate things that have exactly the same shape, color, rupa and etc?Example as below.

aisy's solution is like below.To plaster one of the carrots hand with handiplast.

So yg ada handiplast tu alesya punya le.Yang tade handiplast tu aisy punye :P

Some picas!

2011-12-16T13:59:00.014+08:00

it has always been my dream to have dowlights in our house and alhamdullillah dapat juge down light utk tingkat atas sbb developer da siap2 buat plaster ceiling.Kami tak buat cornice pun...sbb currently no budget.Maybe tak buat kot sbb we like simple ceilings heh.

Tapi kat tingkat bawah tak bule letak downlight sbb ceiling mmg made of concrete.Well at least for tingkat atas, our wish came true :D

even in the toilet ada downlight!Yey!

tapi malangnya masterbedroom toilet ceiling dia concrete...so tak boleh letak downlight..tension!!my own toilet tade downlight.So kami beli le lampu yg ala2 downlight gitu.Just like in the pic above hehe.

inilah bilik aisy dan alesya.The desk we bought at ikea.Very sturdy.Only cost us RM45 each.I really love the finishing and the sturdiness.Very firm.Tapi nak pasang..fuh!berjinggut!da le asyik salah terpasang dan kena redo.Pukul 1 pagi baru siap pasang desk budak2 ni...huhu

ok this is our dining chair.Made of plastic heh.The thing that we love about Ikea is they provide the tool for us to pasang the item.Sebagai contoh seperti di atas.Bagi skru and also alien key(camtu keje eja?:D).With the correct kepala.So senang je la kami nak pasang follow the manual given.

sama la mcm table ni.We bought melltorp(the cheapest dining table for 4 can be found at Ikea) and it comes with the spanar or whatever the tools are called.So memudahkan kerja kami di tgh2 mlm.Bayangkan we reached home around 9pm and start to work on the dining table, dining chair, coffee table, the children's desk and chair...until 1 am!!Pergh semangat DIY betul!:D

so here is our dining table.Sungguh kecil je kan?Apa nak buat for the time being with our current budget, yg ni je yg lepas muehehe.Jika ada rezeki lebih bebila, kami tukar le pada yg elok skit heh.See the black chair?that is actually for our breakfast counter.but to our dismay, the chair is too short for our counter and therefore kami jadikan la dia dining chair instead of our breakfast counter chair huhu.So it has become aisy and alesya's fav spot.Konon jadi mcm children highchair le..muehehhe.

And the small rug?We go for the cheapest rug!Cost us RM6.90 each.I know cheapskate muahahhaha.

Sofa ni baru je dihantar dan selepas siap pasang, aisy terus baring and relax atas tu.But the furniture is a bit hard.Well at least we know it gonna really support the back le heh.

and this is our kitchen overlook from our dining hall.And you can see that is our breakfast counter yg tinggi huhu.So we need to buy another stools.Perhaps later.Not in our current priority list.

and this is our masterbedroom wardrobe.So finally we have a big cermin for everyone.So every morning aisy and alesya suka le bergaya di depan cermin tersebut :D.Enough for all of us.

we repaint our bed so that it will look like new mueheheh.So ni aisy dan alesya sedang sibuk mengecat katil tersebut.Nasib baik warna gelap..so tade le nampak bertampuk2 sgt.Cuma bila tgk dekat, you will see the unevenness heh.Tape le..as long as they are happy.We also repaint our side table and put it in their room.We were thinking of buying new side tables but again they are not in our current priority list.Perhapas later2 le when we have extra kan?

So that's it.Some of the pics of things in our house.

Kalau aku rajin capture more pics, i will post here le ye :)

until then!

Some updates

2011-12-12T08:45:00.004+08:00

ok byk benda i want to update especially on our house tapi tak sempat and gambar pun tak sempat nak upload huhu.

Maybe later.

Alhamdullillah, sudah 2 minggu kami duk umah kami and so far it's ok.

Astro da masuk(the most important thing for the children sbb kalau dak dorang asyik gado with each other and bikin moyang dan bibik mereka menjadi saiko :D)

But we put the TV upstairs and it makes harder for the nyang to monitor the children.

We didn't foresee this in the first place.

Tapi nak buat camne, wiring astro da buat..so we just leave it like that until we have other budget/idea on how to make astro available downstairs huhu.

So up to date...the total of masuk rumah is RM31k!!!!

And we didn't do/buy much.Sesunguhnya mmg masuk rumah menggunakan duit yg byk di mana duit tersebut tidak tahu ke mana.

I am sure to those who has moved to their own house understand the feeling.And i am sure they all spent more than that!Mesti ada yg kata...ala setakat RM30k tu..apa la sgt.

but to us......with everything spent with cash and without credit...agak menyakitkan gak le...kena rolling sana sini...mmg tahap hidup le :(

And aisy going to start her kindy next year...and of course...minimum rm1k mmg confirm spent only for her kindy registration.Not including her other things...everything is money aight?nak sekolah kat mana pun tak sure lagi ni..padahal tinggal beberapa hari je nak start sekolah huhu.

dgn kesibukan berpindah ni, i have neglected aisy and alesya's education.Especially on their ngaji.Lebih fokus bagaimana nak hias bilik dorang.I mean spent on the things(unnecessarily) for their bilik.Tapi tade cun mana pun...cuma we bought things that they dun have before this..especially their beds..hehe.Ah yes now they have proper desk.

And they are really excited with their new room walaupun tak secantik mana..alhamdulillah and now they sleep in their own room.Finally mak and abah have our own privacy muehehehhehe.

So after this I'm going to refocus on their education.

ye la kalau spent on books we can get exempted from tax kan?Beli perabot and benda2 merapik ni bukan dpt rebat pun plus it gives back nothing to the children.

All my plan for the children da lari and i need to realign the plan.Let see how it goes.

Oh well if i rajin, I will upload some of our house's pic.

Ala nothing much pun.Tade benda sgt pun dlm rumah just the basic ones.Beli meja makan pun tak sampai RM300 dan cuma plastic ...eheheh..tape le asalkan cukup syarat kalau ada org dtg at least boleh mkn kat mejaa dan bukan atas lantai..ye dak?

ok till next entry.

c u!

Update on our house

2011-11-23T08:34:00.004+08:00

New year at new house.
That's our wish.

So things that has been done for the house :
1) grill - done
2) awning belakang rumah - done
3) wiring and fittings - done
4) wardrobe cabinet - done
5) kitchen cabinet - half done.Will finish on saturday
6) railing - today
7) cement and tile and tembok batu tepi rumah - this saturday
8) the arrival of pre purchase item - various days.

ok...byk lagi list..basically those are the major ones and we are planning to move everything this saturday.
Byk lagi item nak kena buat on saturday..such as psg solid top for the kitchen cabinet, cement and tile and tembok batu tepi rumah.Hopefully sume dpt siap before kami sampai le sabtu tu huhuhuhuhuhu.

Just in time to start new year in the new house, insyallah!

Hope everything will turn out ok
Amin!

New Spec

2011-11-10T16:21:00.003+08:00

Genap 1 tahun cermin mata aisy kena tukar sbb da bengkang bengkok :D

Tapi lens masih guna yg sama sbb masih lagi sama.Tiada increment or decrement heh

Kali ni aisy pilih warna pinky greenish.

You can see in the picture.Bukan brand Mr Bean pun..cuma org kedai tu bagi casing utk letak cermin mata dia dlm casing tu :D.

I hope the glass can last for another year...pray hard for that hee

Mengaji

2011-11-09T14:05:00.003+08:00

Aisy sedang mengajar adiknya mengaji.Walhal dia masih belum begitu terer agi.Sekarang baru iqra' buku 3.
Ok la...this is one of the ways I need to do to make sure Aisy nak mengaji.Kalau idak mesti dia ckp, esok la mak..nanti la mak...after this movie le mak...and so on.
So now I told her if she wanted to ajar her adik, she has to mengaji first then she can ajar alesya.This method seems to work sbb Aisy ni sentiasa suka lebih superior dari adik dia.So dgn mengajar adik dia, dia rasa dia lagi hebat hehe.
Tape le..in a good way, dia nak mengaji dan dia boleh mengajar mengaji.
Kalau kita mengajar, kita sebenarnya lagi faham dan lebih lama ingat...ye tak?:D
But I will monitor le aisy semasa die mengajar adik dia...kang salah ajar pule...lain jadi nye...muehehehehe.

Tapi kadang2 tu alesya pun tanak Aisy yg ajar dia sbb Aisy ajar garang juge le...sama mcm mak die...:D
well tak ke mana kuahnya tumpah kalau idak ke nasi kan?:D

Kursus

2011-11-01T13:34:00.004+08:00

Alhamdullillah.
Last Saturday, I went to Kursus Kaedah Mengajar Al Quran Pada Bayi dan Kanak-Kanak which was conducted by www.islamicparenting.com at Shah Alam.

The founder of this organization is Puan Lina Karim who has successfully taught her children(5 and 3 years old) to hafal Al Quran at a very early age.

If you want to read more about her children, you can go this website

I learned a lot of new things.Though the course was quite short, but it gave quite an impact.The course was not boring as it showed loads of slide and they were very entertaining and eye opening.

I can outline what the ilmu I got in here but they will not be the same.But again I think I will list it down here later(sbb the book she gave ada kat umah.Tak ingat sume benda hehe) so that you will get some overview on what she will be teaching in the course.

If you go to the course, the feeling and impact are different and I would recommend all of you to go for the course for the benefit of our children.It is only RM150 per person and if you go with your spouse you can get RM20 discount.I would recommend you to go with your spouse(sbb aritu Aspa tak gi, so rasa cam tak best sgt) so that they will understand the feeling you got after the course.

Anyway, kak Lina will be having the next class this month and also next month.You can contact her from the website I gave and also from FB.Look for Islamicparenting in FB.

I hope everyone would want to invest a bit of your money in this valuable course.

What I remember from the course is, she was asked by someone whether is it the best thing to teach your children Al Qquran rather than learning ABC or numbers or other subject?

And she said that the great muslim ilmuwan in old days were taught to memorize AL Quran first before they could be taught with other subject.By memorising Al Quran, it is actually activating both of your brain and hence, after memorizing Al Quran, insyallah, whatever subject you teach to your children will be easily learned and understood.

This is proven.

If you heard about Sichida, Heguru, Twiddlewink that stress on Right brain education, it is the same here.Well by memorizing Al Quran, it is also one of the ways to activate the right brain.In fact, both brain are used for this purpose.That makes a genius a genius.Using both brains.

May Allah will always give His blessings to Kak Lina for sharing the ilmu and also to all of us :).

More updates on our house

2011-10-27T19:05:00.004+08:00

Remember this post?

Remember i was membebeling about the forest and the sungai yg tak gerak2 next to our house tu?
worry about the nyamuk and the kids getting near the sungai?

Alhamdullillah,you know what?The developer has built chainlink like below.

So ok, maybe it won't halang the nyamuk from terbang to our house but at least the children are safe.
They can't go near the sungai to play around there...

I hope it can last long and no vandalism gonna happen to it.
Insyallah!

Time Management

2011-10-24T18:49:00.003+08:00

So much to do...so little time.
I think I need to do everything...at one time.

But again everyone has 24 hours a day.
It's just how we need to manage our time correctly.

My time management sux big time!

Tada!

2011-10-21T12:55:00.002+08:00

This is our hood.
A simple traditional slim hood.
We bought it at a warehouse clearance sale hehe.
Alhamdullillah, we got 70% off.So we paid RM400 for the hood.*grin*
We don't know about the condition le...nampak cam ok secara luaran.
Tapi kena pasang baru tahu samada it is really functioning or not.But we have 6 months warranty.
Er...I'm not sure what the warranty will cover though heh.

Anyway, my friends said hood ni tade fungsi sgt unless we bought yg suction power dia tinggi.
SO kami punye suction power is 600++m3/h which we are not really sure whether it can be categorized as good suction or not.
We don't even know minimum suction power needed to be categorized as "Good suction" heh.
They said better to have ekzos fan utk mengeluarkan asap2 dan minyak2 secara lebih efektif.
Hood kebanyakan org just for the cosmetic purpose.
But I really hope that our hood going to function more than just being a display :D
Anyway, the hood will be pasang by our kitchen cabinet contractor.
There's no ducting comes with this hood.Maybe sbb beli murah kot.Kami pun tak tanya masa kat sale tu.
So we have to buy the ducting le.I hope it will not cost us much :)

Tak sabarnya nak masuk rumah.Hopefully everything is going to be smooth.Insyallah!

Ada org tanya..

2011-10-19T18:41:00.003+08:00

Mcm mana keadaan aku lepas kawin?
Ok how do I answer to that kinda question?heh
The question was asked by my bestfriend yg lama aku tak jumpa.
Bestfriend yg mana umah aku dulu masa kat keramat selang bape buah rumah je
Bestfriend yg naik bas sama sehingga la kami tingkatan 3 dan we went separate ways(she went to mrsm taiping(mmg Bijak orgnya) and I went to muar).
Then we met again when we were at MMU and again we went to work in the same company until she took VSS 2 or 3 years ago.
My bestfriend yg jadi pengapit masa aku kawin dulu and until now she is not married yet.

So, yesterday she called me and asked that very question?
So kinda terkejut.Perhaps no one even asked me that question le kan?heh
So my answer was…cam gitu je le.Hehe.

So die ckp le ramai kawan dia yg da bercerai berai..or dlm queue nak gi mahkamah utk urusan cerai and all.
So she asked, tell me the truth Asyie..what is it like to be married?
So I told her that marriage life is…well you need to sacrifice things.There will be not much ME ME.It’s all about other.Your husband, your children, your in laws, your family of your inlaws, their friends, jiran and so on.
So selfishness is the 1st thing we have to put out from our dictionary.
Then tolerate is the thing that we need to include in our new disctionary.
Give and take.

And most importantly, how you manage your family financial.

Well, then she said that, the hardest thing for her to give up is her selfishness.She must always put herself or her own family(her mother) first.

Well I said, that can be changed if you want to.
But it’s going to take some time.

I told her that as for me, my 1st 2 years of marriage was full of pertelingkahan and disagreement.
Well I think that’s normal thing happens to couples who just got married because why?
Before you get married, you only date your (at that point of time) boyfriend and you don’t really live with him.So dating is just like a few hours of a day and he might not show his true self.You don’t really know how he lives his life until you move in and live with him la.
So, my case with aspa, aspa is very melancholy.He is very detail.Even to kunci guna padlock tu pun dia ada cara nak kunci and if I didn’t follow his way, he went berserk!
So I always argue with him and told him that the objective of using the padlock is to lock the door, regardless how you masukkan the padlock from left or right.It’s going to lock the door anyway.
But aspa couldn’t accept the fact.
Man I told you, it took some time before we both can achieve an agreement that both of us satisfied with.
Something so small like that also can be an issue.
When think about it again, it was quite hilarious.heh

Anyway, yesy for us, the 1st 2 years of our marriage was about adjusting ourselves to each other and try to accept each other weaknesses.
So now alhamdullilah, we are in good terms and understand each other better.
And then the kids came along which complete us.
So we have something to focus rather than looking for others mistake.
That’s a blessing of having kids around you.You get to look for their mistakes and make big deal out of it pule muehehehe.

Anyway, so back to my friend.
I asked her, “why le all the question beb?Are you getting married or what??”
So she said maybe.
So I said alhamdullillah, it’s about time.
But she said, the guy said he is not ready yet.
And I told her, you will never get ready when it comes to marriage.
Just decide and go for it.
Nak tunggu duit cukup, nak tunggu stabil, nak tunggu kucing beranak…come on…that won’t ever happen!
Just get over with it and trust me you will find ways to make it work.

It was a fun conversation, and I told aspa about it.
And aspa had a good laugh.
But when I think about it again, hey I think that was the first time someone ever asked me about marriage life.
Which made me realize that, I am thankful that I am married to Aspa and have wonderful children.
Though ye la we heard a lot of bad things happen in marriage, but to me at the end of it, it’s depends on us whether we want to make it or break it.
And of course with the blessing from Allah swt.
Always pray for His blessings and pray that everything going to be good for the whole family until the rest of our life.
Insyallah.

Updates after so long :D

2011-10-19T13:19:00.002+08:00

Ha finally I am able to update my blog.
A lot of things happened and I didn’t get to track everything huhu.
Ok here are some updates.

Vacation/trip
Guess what?we had to cancel our bandung trip!!
To our dismay we cannot get any refund.Well actually we can get airport tax refund but when I called AA, they said if we want to get the refund kena byr RM100 sorang…so total we have to pay RM400..and the airport is only RM100 for the 4 of us.So aspa said…”Forget it”
AA also said if we can give any medical proof, we can get a certain amount of what we have purchased.Tapi nak bagitau sape yg sakit?Mmg aisy sakit(her asma) but currently not that bad.So Aspa ckp tape le…kalau ckp sakit..kang jadi betul2 sakit…baik tak payah.The children’s health is more important than a few hundreds ringgit kan?
And we cannot change name because our flight ticket is a promo (RM0 fare ok).So we cannot change it.We can change the date though, but we have to pay RM100 for 1 way 1 person.So return flight for a person will be RM200..so 4 org da RM800…and if there’s price different on the new date, we have to pay some more!So end up we calculated, we had to pay RM1k++!!
Saiko!
So at the end of it Aspa just said, “Forget it”.Biar le burn as long as we don’t have to put more money for it.

Ok so there goes our Bandung trip huhu.

Why we cancelled it?Well due to various reasons.Nanti la I story mory ok :D

Anyway, I went to Kuching early this month to conduct a training.I went with my friends sbb Aspa kata dia da tade cuti.
So best gak la.Finally I get to travel with my friend.So the kids tido with their abah la for 3 nights.
Rindu ngan dorang.Ye le da bape tahun asyik tido berkepit ngan anak kiri kanan.Tetiba dorang tade…so rasa tak best pule hehe.
Tak dpt rasa kaki dorang kat muka kita, tangan dorang kat muka kita, tido separuh atas katil separuh atas badan kita…well the sweetness of having kids around us :D
But I did enjoy the trip.Shopping le skit2 tapi tak dpt round mana sgt pun sbb schedule a bit tight.
Well at least I get to somewhere(so called vacation).But the kids and abah tade vacation le dlm masa terdekat ni.Anyway we’ll see.We can plan something.

Early November I have to go Kuala Terengganu for another training.2 days trip.Guess I am going to go alone le this time.The kids tinggal and abah also tinggal.

And middle of November we all balik kedah sbb cousin Aspa khawin.Well maybe we can make that as a trip for the children le.Singgah kat mana2(kalau sempat la).Tapi balik for the weekend je pun.So I guess we couldn’t go anywhere much pun.Tapi kuala perlis wajib pergi!:D

Rumah
Ok pasal rumah pule.We already engaged with contractors for our grill, bumbung, tile kat belakang umah, kitchen cabinet and also wardrobe.
Well yg tu je kot kami buat…yg lain tade budget heh.
Tu pun da RM20k ok.
Belum masuk lagi lighting, wiring…katil bebudak ni…and other things..which I think amounted to nearly RM25k!
Gile..walhal rasanya mcm tak buat apa..just a basic things je huhu.Sesungguhnya masuk rumah mmg mengeluarkan duit yg byk.
Perabot sume tak beli…pakai apa yg ada.Oven and fridge thankfully my aunty bermurah hati berikan hers.Beli hood je le.
Alhamdullilah le..dpt side by side fridge ok mueheheh.
Yg lain mmg tade beli baru..sbb tu je le yg mampu kami kumpul setakat ni.
Tanak kacau duit ASB, tanak kacau duit Tabung haji.
So kena rollling2 apa yg patut le.Sesak mmg tahap hidung!
Kena save apa yg patut dan tidak boleh spend unnecessarily.
Hah!

So hopefully everything goes smoothly, hopefully all the contractors buat kerja dgn baik dan sume workmanship ok.
Insyallah.
We are going to move to our new house before awal muharam sbb nenek kata tak elok pindah masa bulan awal muharram.tak elok sbb apa?I also dunno.So just follow le org tua2 ckp apa utk kesejahteraan bersama :D

We met with our neighbours.Sebelah org melayu, belakang org melayu, depan pun org melayu.Alhamdullillah.Tapi harap org melayu yg ok le kan?Kalau org melayu tapi perangai cam hampeh…baik bangsa lain lagi kan?hehe.
Tapi so far alhamdullilah, they seemed nice.But they all will not pindah immediately.So my plan pindah lambat so that the neighbours pindah masuk dulu and do all the renovation segala…tidak menjadi.
I mean ye le..kalau dorang nak renovate ke apa ke..so by the time kami masuk..dorang da abis renovate..so tade le berabuk sgt ke ape ke.
Tapi to our dismay..mmg sume tak pindah masuk lagi.So apetah lagi nak renovate kan?
So kami je le yg pindah masuk dulu dan yg lain2 tatau bila masuk.Not even next year kot L
So sunyi le keliling.

Hmm ok apa lagi?I think that’s all for now le.
Nanti I’ll update lagi le.
C ya!

Very tiring weekend

2011-09-19T18:22:00.002+08:00

Last weekend was the longest and the most tiring holiday-weekend.
No, we didn't go to any open houses.
No, no one came to our house.
We had to hantar aisy to her course and on the second day of the course we had to join it as well!
Aisy yg paling penat and she is now demam and not feeling so good.
I think because of the course hee.
Anyway I will elaborate more on that in our next entry.

We also were very tired sbb pusing2 cari benda2 yg berkaitan umah.
You know le..exterior and interior thingy that need to be surveyed.
Seriously penat!
Just survey je belum beli lagi...and aspa complained.
Well if you want to get good bargain and do not want to spend a fortune, then we need to put more effort and berpenatan skit le hehe.

With limited budget, we kinda desperate to get the best bargain.
And we need to settle everything by end of the year so that Aisy can start at her new kindergarten(which we have not decided where will be sending her next year) in Jan 2012.
I am sure Aisy going to miss her friends at Klang but what to do?We have to move on :)

Loads and loads of things to do.
I have to go to Kuching(alone this time huhu) early Oct.
Then we're off to Bandung(tu le gatal2 beli tiket kapal terbang a year ago, now we had to plan to go to Bandung with very2 limited budget argh!Less shopping I guess) middle of Oct also.
Then we were planning to moved in to our house middle of November just right after Aisy finishes her academic year(cewah mcm university je :D) at Tadika Az Zahrah.
Then in Dec Aspa's parents going to Brisbane for Aspa's youngest sister and that's a "kachingg" too if you get what I mean.
SO loads to do and loads of money going out towards the end of the year.

And we are hoping for dividen from ASB(if any) early next year to cover a few things and also some other plan to get some cash.
Seriously, everything needs money!
And yeh Aisy's going to register to a new school, that's a "kachingg" to that too.

Mid Feb going to Sabah.
Early March going to Phuket.

Hm tell me where can I get fast cash before all those trips?
You tell me :)

Praying hard for the "hujan duit"

Buka pose

2011-08-19T21:40:00.002+08:00

Semalam masak murtabak maggi for my dear Aspa

and also mee tomyam....also for him :)

Cuba teka apa ini?

2011-08-19T20:45:00.006+08:00

sungguh comelkan?

bila di tanya, aisy ckp "that's Perry the platipus, mak".

who is Perry?Well it's one of the characters in Phineas and Ferbs.It's aisy's fav cartoon.Though i know the cartoon has some bad influence in it....walaupun da cuba lock, tapi she still insists on the cartoon.Well...:)

The picture above is courtesy of wikipedia.

Addiction

2011-08-18T10:17:00.001+08:00

To online shopping.

Online shopping is sooo easy.Browse thru, compare between sites, order and pay online.

And the next day voila! the item arrives :D

And it has become my addiction like forever *sigh*

This happens when you have free time at office and you have time to browse and jump from 1 website to another *grin*.

And to make things worse, I subscribed to many websites and they will always..i mean alwaysss send notification emails whenever they are doing promotion.

So typical.

And being addicted to promotions and online shopping, the temptation to buy things(that is not necessary) is at its peak *grin*.

Anyway, just to share(the devil’s at work haha) that there’s a promotion on books at Adikbijak.If you are looking for motivational books, Islamic books, books for your children maybe this promotion might do you good as they are having Ramadhan promotion up to 75%!
Yes you read me right.

And yes I just bought 3 books and 2 sets of series book *grin*

Anyway if you are interested you can go this website.

Enjoy your shopping :D

Free but do not know what to blog

2011-08-12T13:39:00.004+08:00

Byk benda utk diblog tapi gambar2 aku sume dlm netbook.
Jadi sekarang masa2 aku tgh tade benda nak buat ni...ingat boleh le update apa2 yg patut...hmmm..terpaksa ditangguhkan.
I wanna update the programme Aisy joined last friday.
And to update books I bought for Aisy and alesya.
I wanna update what we did in last 11 days of Ramadhan..basically to update on what I cooked sebenarnya for the past 11 days muehehehe.

Almost everyday I cook though sampai umah mmg ngam2 nak berbuka..usually the dish can only be eaten after iftar le...eheheh.
Time org nak berbuka tu le aku baru nak berkungfu dgn bahan2 masakan.
Tapi tape le...the best thing is Aspa puji masakan aku...ehhehehe...amat2 jarang berlaku.
Siap cakap "ok juga bini aku ni masak eh?" sambil tersenyum sinis memandang aku...
Aku buat2 tak dengar je le...heh

I cooked almost everyday except for last Wednesday sbb sampai umah kul 8.10pm!!!

Masak tu maksudnya...goreng keropok leko pun masak le..ehehehhehe.
Buat air cincau bandung pun aku consider masak gak ehehehehhehe
Well nanti le jika ada kesempatan, I will update the pics dish yg sempat di tangkap...
saje je...just as a memoir for me so that later I can show to my children that I cook masa zaman2 dorang kici2..zaman2 kena keja kat ofis pi balik naik komuter...zaman2 baru beranak dua tapi hidup rasa mcm da beranak 10 :D

Oh well...tade point pun entry ni..hanya mengisi masa terluang.
By the way, hari ini aku tak pose..well since wednesday actually.
Well you know why le kan?

Tapi lagi tak pose...lagi penat...smlm I was soo exhausted.
Tapi balik masak juge...eheheh..utk suami tersayang ....
Sekarang ni da terasa mcm auto nak kena masak...cam kelakar pule rasa..maybe hikmah di bulan ramadhan...kita jadi rajin skit walaupun penat seharian bekerja dan berasak2 naik KTM.
Seriously, KTM mmg teruk big time le during this ramadhan.
Delay big time...so sekarang ni selagi boleh sumbat masuk komuter tu..mmg sorry to say le, i just rempuh masuk je to ensure I can reach home before Iftar.
Ok sorry mengutuk pula...ehehe
By the way semalam masak udang masak belacan goreng.Nasib baik Aspa kata sedap...maybe dia tau time2 bini dia tgh PMS...dia hanya patut memuji dan bukan sebaliknya..walhal bila aku rasa smlm tade le sedap mana pun ehehehhe

Anyway, today my father's coming to my nenek's house.
So I was thinking to cook spaghetti je le...sbb dia nak beli Kenny.
Takkan nak makan Kenny ngan lauk2 nasi kan?
Heee...

We'll see the outcome this evening...:)

Istidraj

2011-08-08T13:43:00.002+08:00

Have you wonder?

I always wonder why some people can be very successful in life, have loads of money, have very successful businesses and yet they tidak beriman kepada Allah swt.

And sometimes we even associate those who have all the money in the world with someone who oppress other people, do bad things(like kill people and sell drugs to children) and we think that sometimes it is unfair though they do bad things but they still get the best thing in the world.Ye le all the money in the world,big houses, you name it…all the luxury in the world.

Where else people who is nice and honest, do not have much and just live ordinarily.

We also sometimes wonder why the leader in a country or in a company remain at that position though they do not solat, do bad things, discriminate others, drink alcohol and yet they still at the top and lead others and enjoy the best thing in the world.

So when this happens, the youngsters would be inspired to become like that.

They can simply say, “ala tgk CEO company ABC, bukannya sembahyang pun, minum arak tapi still kaya gak.Boleh beli rumah paling besar kat KL ni”

And so on.

And I felt the same way too.

I mean I didn’t understand the unfairness happens here.

Why Allah swt helps or gives the best thing in the world to the most hideous,ungrateful human in the world who do not even do things that He asks us as His servant to do but keep repeating the same sin over and over again?

Then I came across this article in ILuvIslam.

Then I understand.

Have you heard the term “Istidraj”?

Do know what “Istidraj” is?

Well the definition given in that article was “Perkara yg luarbiasa yg dikurniakan Allah SWT kepada seseorg tetapi dgn tujuan Allah SWT ingin membinasakannya.Ianya adalah keluarbiasaan yg menambah keburukan, kehinaan dan kebinasaan it hingga sampai masa Allah membinasakan mereka dan ia berlaku dlm keadaan mereka lupa dan terlalu asyik dgn kurniaan luarbiasa tersebut”.

Istidraj happens to :

1) Seseorang yang menuntut ilmu hitam – sebagai contoh mereka memuja jin dan syaitan dan membolehkan meraka berjalan atas api, boleh ghaib, boleh mengeluarkan bola api dan sebagainya di mana sebenarnya semua itu hanyalah khayalan dan dia telah dikuasai oleh jin dan syaitan utk mengelirukan manusia.

Firman Allah SWT “ dan org-org yg mendustakan ayat-ayat Kami, Kami akan menarik mereka sedikit demi sedikit(ke jurang kebinasaan) menurut cara yg mereka tidak mengetahuinya” (Surah Al A’raaf : ayat 182)

2) Pemimpin – sebagai contoh pemimpin yg berkuasa dan menzalimi rakyat.Tidak mahu menjalankan hukum2 Allah SWT dan menghidupkan undang2 ciptaan manus, merampas hak2 rakyat.Ia dipanggil istidraj kerana walaupun berlaku tidak adil dan zalim, mereka masih lagi mendapat sokongan, kuasa, pengaruh dan tidak mudah utk menggugat kedudukan kekuasaanya.

Firman Allah swt maksudnya “Katakanlah ‘Wahai Tuhan yg mempunyai kerajaan, Engkau memberikan kerajaan kepada org yg Engkau hendaki dan Engkau cabut kerajaan dari org yg Engkau kehendaki.Engkau muliakan org yg kau hendaki dan Engkau hinakan org yg Engkau kehendaki.Di tangan Engkaulah segala kebajikan.Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Kuasa atas segala sesuatu”(Surah Ali-Imran: ayat 26)

3) Harta dan kekayaan – sebagai contoh apabila seseorg ahli melakukan maksiat, suka minum arak, berzina, menipu, mengambil riba dan meninggalkan perkara wajib(seperti solat dan puasa) tetapi diberikan oleh Allah SWT kemewahan, kekayaan, perniagaan maju dan tiada kerugian.Anak-anak Berjaya dlm kerjaya masing2, memiliki rumah bangle, kereta mewah, media masa menyanjunginya.Apabila sampai masanya nanti, semasa dia leka dlm kemewahannya, musibah dan balad dtg dlm sekelip mata harta yg dimiliki, perniagaan yg dianggap tidak akan rugi dan rakan2 sekeliling yg memujinya semuanya akan hilang tanpa diduga.

Daripada Rasullulah SAW bersabda, “Jika kamu melihat Allah memberi kepada seorang hamba habuan dunia atas maksiat yg dilakukannya dari apa yg disukainya, maka sesungguhnya itulah istidraj”

Dari surah Al An’aam ayat 44, maksudnya “ Kemudian apabila mereka melupakan apa yg telah diperingatkan mereka dgnnya, Kami bukakan kepada mereka pintu-pintu segala kemewahan dan kesenangan sehingga apabila mereka bergembira dan bersuka ria dgn segala nikmat yg diberikan kepada mereka, Kami timpakan mereka secara mengejut (dgn bala bencana yg membinasakan), maka mereka pun berputus asa(daripada mendapat sebarang pertolongan)”.hadis riwayat Ahmad

4) Kemajuan sains dan teknologi ciptaan manusia-sebagai contoh mempelajari ilmu sains dan teknologi tetapi menyalahgunakan ilmu tersebut.Sebagai contoh mencipta penyakit dan disebarkan kepada manusia lain dan mencari keuntungan dgn menjual ubatan dan penawar ke atas penyakit tersebut.

By the way, the above article is taken from ILuvIslam.I have shorten the article and take the main points only.

After I read the article,then only I understand.

So let’s us see in ourselves whether Istidraj is happening to us.According to the article above, some hint that there’s some istidraj in us is when we have the wealth, we do not zakat, do not give sadakah and spend towards something bad.

When we have time, we lepak and do not manage our time properly.

May all our activities in life will be towards His Blessings and may we get all the barakah.

Insyallah.

Wallahualam

Mukabuku

2011-07-29T14:24:00.002+08:00

Baru2 ini aku dapat email(ke aku baca kat akhbar) di mana case2 rumah tangga berpecah belah disebabkan oleh orang ketiga yg mereka jumpa di facebook.

And I also heard some other bad things that people relate to facebook where stalkers can easily stalk you as we easily let people to know about what we do, where are we and some even confidential info that shouldn't be exposed to others.

But to me facebook has a lot of pros as well.For example, people can create page and the fans can subscribe to it and every news will be updated via feed(by status change or some other feature in facebook).

So to me, if anyone would want to berdakwah in facebook, well it is a very great platform to begin with.

I myself got news and even new knowledge that is related to Islam via facebook.

I love to read some update status from like minded inspiring friends or acquaintances.

People are willing to share hadis or sunnah or news and loads of things.

Alhamdullillah.To me facebook is one of the ways for me to gain more knowledge in Islamic knowledge and also be friends with like minded people from all over the world.Not only that, we are able to exchange opinion and share thoughts with each other.

Everything in this world has its pros and cons.It depends on us how we going to make of it.

Negatively or positively.

Since this is your life, you should decide how you want it to be :)