Our own world ~

1st day Kindy =)

2012-02-09T14:46:00.000+08:00

Last Monday was her first day at school. Alhamdulillah, it went really well without those dramatic crying etc. Honestly, am not expecting her to cry when I go back after sending her as she really looking forward to go to school. But, it seemed that the mummy is having problem to go back home after sending the little kindy girl. huhu..Berbelah-bagi nak balik ke tidak, okay ke tidak kalau balik rumah etc..tapi Maryam-sikit pun tak heran mak nya balik!huhu..

Get ready to go to school!

As soon as she arrived in her classroom, introduced herself to the teacher, then off she went around the class to find toys to play! Excited to see there are many toys, puzzles, paints etc -obviously more than what she has at home. hehe..

Playing puzzle with the pre-primary student

Tadaa!! It's Bananas in Pyjamas!

Main masak-masak pula

Sungguh beriya main sebelum kelas mula

Dah ada geng main =)

Gantung beg di sini ya

What I worried the most is how is she going to survive at the toilet. huhu..I know it sounds weird, but I really think she's still small to wash by herself and survive with any err..accidents etc. When she's back, I asked her whether she use the school toilet or not, and she said yes. I asked again, kecil ke besar..dua-dua ummi! Maryam pandai buat sendiri semua... haha..

Her class is from 9.00 to 3.20pm; twice a week. But to ensure them to get a good start and get used to the long day, the class has been staggering their attendance for the first 3 weeks, which include a mixture of half days and full days. For the next couple of weeks, hati ni risau pula macamana lah Maryam lunch nanti, okay ke makan sendiri etc..heheh

Maryam and her phone..

2012-01-31T08:50:00.001+08:00

Scene 1:

She was playing with her toy phone one morning, so I asked her

"Maryam tengah nak call siapa?"
"Maryam tak call sesiapa. Maryam tengah nak check email.."

Scene 2:

She was busy talking with someone over the phone, inviting her imaginary friend, Daisy to come along with her..as per video below =)

Oh yes, she got the phone when I was shopping for a gift for a newborn of a friend of mine. As usual she will also get her present whenever we shop for other people gifts.

Jalan-jalan Perth: Crabbing time!

2012-01-29T14:09:00.000+08:00

*Stuck in my draft for quite sometime, now can only be published due to time constraint and busy with some other things*

We went to Mandurah, as early as 5.30o'clock in the morning. Oh yes, during that early morning on Boxing Day! hehe..Hoping that we will able to finish before the malls open at 10am. hehe..kononnya nak pergi berboxing day la kan. (Oh yes, most of the shopping malls here opens at 10am during the boxing day. Kalau di UK dulu, mahunya nak keluar pukul 9pagi, takde apa dah yang tinggal. Semua orang sanggup beratur seawal 3-4 pagi just to ensure they are the first to enter!

Memang tak sempat la kan nak balik bersiap for boxing day pukul 10, sebabnya ketam baru nak mengena umpan masa tu! Memanglah kami tak mahu lepaskan peluang la kan. hehe..so, akhirnya kami bergerak pulang jam 11.30 lebih kurang.hehhe...

Penuh bersemangat masing2 menuju ke destinasi penangkapan ketam

Bergaya di dalam khemah, yang dapat dibina tegak sekejap lepas tu tumbang

Crabbing bawah jambatan sahaja kali ini

Excited

Hasil tangkapan..salah satu baldi yang ada..
tu pun banyak ketam yang terpaksa dilepaskan dengan rela hati..

Awal-awal penangkapan..yang akhirnya jumlah keseluruhan 15 ekor sahaja..

Beranilah nak pegang bila ketam tu dah pengsan..

Oh ya, kebanyakan ketam yang diperolehi untuk harus diukur. Ini kerana anak-anak ketam, yang panjangnya tidak melepasi kriteria wajib dilepaskan semula. Ini peraturan wajib ya..kalau tidak, mahu kena saman oleh ranger kalau kena tangkap. Denda? AUD400-AUD700 kalau tak silap! Baik tak payah nak ambil risiko semata-mata kerana ketam ya..ehhe...Dan ada banyak lagi peraturannya, ketam yang mengandung, selain anak-anak ketam memang wajib dilepaskan semula ke dalam air. Dan seorang terhad untuk 10 ekor hasil tangkapan sahaja ya!

Tapi memandangkan kami datang 4 kereta, so dalam 20 orang - sah-sah lah average sorang dapat seekor la kan.huhu..

Kalau terasa nak makan ketam lagi, memang kenalah merajinkan diri untuk pergi crabbing selagi musimnya masih ada. Kalau nak harap pergi beli kat kedai seafood, alamatnya lupakan hasrat di hati nak ketam!

Kepada peminat Corelle

2012-01-26T19:31:00.000+08:00

Corelle Square Cherry Blossom Set 16pcs
RM430

Corelle Square Kobe Set - 16pcs
RM430

Corelle Square Pretty Pink Set - 16pcs
RM430

Corelle Square Shadow Iris Set - 16pcs
RM430

Banyak lagi boleh dipilih di sini =)

Baby Rules

2012-01-25T08:28:00.000+08:00

Books for our lovely children =)

2012-01-14T21:51:00.000+08:00

I sometimes feel that it is a difficult to get those Islamic books in Malaysia. Oh not the normal general Islamic books but those educational Islamic books for children. But Alhamdulillah, managed to get some of those and proudly want to share it with all of you- whom maybe on the same boat like myself on don't know where to get one.

If you are interested to get all or some of those, please feel free to browse through the "Kids corner" here =) The latest is the Allah Gave Me series books and more to come insyaAllah. Look out the space for more soooonnn! =D

Didik anak cara Wardina

2012-01-12T10:30:00.000+08:00

Just want to share a wonderful and inspiring video from youtube, recorded from tv Al Hijrah.

Got it from a friend thru fb, thanks very much.

Tips yang boleh kita amalkan insyaAllah dalam mendidik anak-anak mengikut landasan Islam insyaAllah.

Wordless Wednesday: One morning at Kings Park Botanical Garden

2012-01-11T12:14:00.000+08:00

Maryam on one lovely Sunday...

2012-01-09T08:53:00.000+08:00

In the morning, I went out for some groceries alone with her while hubby stayed at home. We shopped as quickly as possible, since there were plenty of works that need to be done before 2pm. Got mostly what I want, and off we went to the cashier.

"It's $18.25 maam.."
"Err..."

My debit card was not in the purse!!!!!!

Korek punya korek pun still tak jumpa! Oh no! Dah lah memang jarang bawa enough cash. Sling bag yang kecil tu dikorek sehabis mungkin, peluh dah mula menitik. Cashier dah pandang semacam..Customer pun makin ramai beratur kat belakang...Aduhai, serius tak cukup..

"Err...can I cancel some of the item? I don't think I've enough cash"

******malu yang teramat*******

"Yeah, no problem. It's $16.50.

Alhamdulillah, cukup cash! Lepas bayar, hati mula rasa tak tenteram. Siapalah pulak yang nak curi debit card aku ni..Sambil mulut ni membebel2 cakap kat Maryam, kad bank ummi hilang...huhu..

Suddenly Maryam asked me..

"Kad bank ummi yang kaler pink tu ke?
"Aah, tak tahu lah siapa ambil..."

I was thinking to go and ask the cashier at the Oriental Market next door since the last time I used the card was there. But when I saw there were many people at the shop, I just waited outside the shop because I do not want to create chaos there..malu pun iya..huhu..

Maryam then innocently continue the conversation..

"Oh, kad pink ummi tu Maryam pinjam semalam buat beli barang kat kedai Maryam"

I was like.."ha? Maryam ambil kad bank Ummi? Sekarang kad tu ada kat mana?"

"Ada kat rumah, dalam handbeg Maryam.."

Memang tak terkata apa. Nak marah pun tak jadi, nak gelak pun iya! I remember she was playing with her immaginary friend, Daisy shopping for books and DVDs in the living room.

I quickly dialled my husband's number, and memang confirm the card was safely in her handbag!!!

Off we went back home. Nak continue shopping for other things kat Oriental Market pun terbantut since no money in hand.

Dalam kereta, while driving..memang kena lecture sikitlah Maryam. Huhu..I talked to her nicely that the bank card was not supposed to be taken off my purse. It's not a toy, bla bla bla..

She listened to me and setuju je dengan what I said. She then said,

"Maryam ada ambil duit ummi jugak tau"

"Ha? Duit yang mana, banyak ke?"

"Dua je, dua coins"

Sambung lagi lecture, nasihat bla bla bla..serius tak sangka dia boleh ambil the bank card and buat main. Sebab memang tak pernah dibuatnya sebelum ini.

Sampai je rumah, Maryam terus buka handbeg dia dan keluarkan my cards. Yup, one is my debit card and the one is my Airasia BIG royalty card. Hmm..the second card ada tulis BIG sebesar-besarnya, so she thought the card is for BigW shopping card. heheh..tu yang dia bawa main tu..huhu...

Reaksi Ayahnya? Ketawa je memanjang tengok karenah anaknya..huhu..

It's 5th day now!

2012-01-05T08:36:00.000+08:00

It's almost a month without any entries.

And today, may be better than yesterday and the day before - our fifth day in the new Masihi year 2012.

About a month to go before Maryam started her new era, kindergarten year insyaAllah. She will turn 4 this year insyaAllah. And really looking forward for it and really excited to meet her new teacher and friends.

But for me, I've mixed feelings. Of course, am happy for her; as she will starts socialising, learning around with friends. But deep down in my heart, I don't want her to grow so fast! Huhu..I just missed her being a baby, cuddling in my arms, breastfeeding etc. Oh, I really missed those moments. It's not that I can't do that ie cuddling and manja2 with her (obviously not bf at this age!), but it's just she's grown up now. She a big girl now insyaAllah, and hoping to cope well with her school, challenges ahead of her. May Allah guide her and us to the right path ALWAYS and wherever we go. Ameen.

Will story again on her new school later insyaAllah.

Baking session: Blueberry Muffin

2011-12-08T14:08:00.000+08:00

before..

The above photo is just another attempt in making muffins. Maryam loves muffin very much and whenever she asks for it, I'll rather bake it myself rather than buying from Woolies or Coles..hehe..

Of yes, have you ever think of what is the difference between a muffin and a cupcake?

If I were to choose, I prefer a muffin (any flavour) rather than those icy-colourful cupcakes. But, it doesn't mean I don't eat them at all. Kalau ada depan mata, of course I'll eat it =)

I've found this from this great site,

The quick-and-dirty answer on this is that cupcakes have frosting, whereas muffins do not. However, in researching, I found an excellent formulaic definition of the difference courtesy of Diana's Desserts: 'A basic formula for muffins is 2 cups flour, 2-4 tablespoons sugar, 2½ teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 egg, ¼ cup oil, shortening or butter and 1 cup milk. When the fat, sugar and egg ratio in a recipe reaches double or more than this, you have reached the cake level.

As for me, I would say muffin's texture is very much airy and softer rather than cupcakes. And it normally uses vegetable oil instead of butter in cupcakes.

Breakfast...breakfast...

2011-11-30T08:16:00.000+08:00

Last weekend, I was in a very good mood, to make something different for breakfast. Normally we just had a very simple and yet healthy breakfast during weekdays but not that healthy during weekends! hehe..

We definitely missed "jom keluar breakfast!" in Malaysia, although not that often. In fact, boleh kira dengan jari kot bila kitorang keluar makan breakfast kat kedai. Tapi, yup..bila datang malasnya nak masak tu, mula lah teringat kat roti canai mamak lah, nasi lemak kerang lah..mengada-ngada! hehe..

Oh yes, what we had for our breakfast last Sunday..

Banana fritters (famously known as cekodok pisang)

Lasagna

A piece of lasagna on plate =)

.....

.....

alaaaa...is that all? Biasa je lah tapi kan for some of you....hehe...but something extra-ordinary for us. =)

Alhamdulillah, made it for the first time here for both. Heheh....banana fritters looks very easy but....the banana is very very expensive here. Or shall I say, WAS expensive? It's getting cheaper nowadays..previously it was between $13-$15/kg (RM42-RM45/kg!!!!) and now it's about $5/kg or even less. Alhamdulillah. From the news about 2 months ago, the price of the local banana will drop even lesser to about $1/kg and that means more banana desserts in the making insyaAllah. Next year la tapi nya kan..

Are you joking?

2011-11-29T08:31:00.000+08:00

Heard of this sometime ago. And again this morning while I was reading a parenting book, such a good reminder for myself (or maybe to some of you). Thought of sharing it here for the benefits of us insyaALlah.
Abu Daud dan Al Baihaqi meriwayatkan daripada Abdullah bin Amir r.a. katanya:-

"Ibuku memanggilku suatu hari, sedang Rasulullah SAW berada di rumah kami. Ujar ibuku "Hey, mari ke mari, aku hendak memberi kau sesuatu!" Maka Rasulullah SAW bertanya kepada ibuku,"Apakah yang ingin engkau berikan kepadanya?" Ibuku menjawab;" Saya ingin memberikannya kurma". Maka RAsulullah SAW bersabda," Andaikata engkau tidak memberinya sesuatu, nescaya akan dicatitkan ke atasmu suatu dusta"

Ahmad dan Ibnu Abid-Dunya telah meriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah r.a. daripada Rasulullah SAW yang bersabda:-

"Barangsiapa berkata kepada seorang anak, mari.....ini! Kemudian dia tidak memberinya sesuatu, maka itu adalah suatu dusta"

Such a great reminder about lying while joking although to small kids. Sometimes we didn't even notice about it especially when we're playing with kids or babies. Offering them something that might interests them to come to us but there's nothing to offer actually!

"Sayang..sayang..mari kat Aunty. Meh tengok, Aunty ada Minnie Mouse...Best!..." Tapi once the baby datang, ah..dapat dia...terus dukung..oh di manakah Minnie Mouse tadi?" Contoh semata, tiada kaitan dengan yang hidup mahupun yang telah meninggal dunia..

Other hadith on these issues; credit to this site

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Shame on him who tells lies in order to make people laugh! Shame on him! Shame on him!” [Abu Dawud]
We can say without doubt that lying is one of the most evil characteristics, against which all religions and systems of ethics warn, and which man's innate common sense (Fitrah) also recognizes as wrong. However, many people do not take seriously telling lies when they are joking. Lying is not permissible whether the one doing it is joking or serious. Practical jokes are another form of lying.

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “I joke, but I speak nothing but the truth.” [Tabarani]

Number 5

2011-11-23T11:10:00.000+08:00

I keep on wondering on what is so special with number 5. Is this number is a very special number to most of the people out there?

Yes?

No?

Not sure?

Am not sure either..

Why am I asking this question?

I noticed that everyday, the traffic shows people dropped by after googling for them. It's either "number 5", "5 number", "the number 5" and many others with that "5". Hehe..For last month only, there were 300 hits by that keywords, which is on average of 10/day. I know, that is such a small number if to compare with others.

I know, I know..that's good that people always come and increase the traffic but that keeps me wondering again and again. At first, I thought that must be the title of a new movie. But, not that I found. Or maybe am the one whom are not aware of that?

Care to shed some lights of why and what is so special with this number 5?

p/s: Oh yes, one of the reasons is that- that's Maryam's favourite number!

Makan-makan: It's Nandos time!!

2011-11-21T14:25:00.001+08:00

Got the chance to had dinner here at Nando's Beechboro, WA. It's the longest journey ever for us just to eat our dinner..hehe..It's nearly 40mins from our home, using 3 different highways! For your info, this is the only Nando's branch that is certified halal as it doesn't offer any pork or bacon meal. The rest of the branches, on the other hand still sells Halal chicken- where they will cook separately from the bacon in the front stove.

Everything is FREE is the BEST! Hehe..

Their promise..

Waiting for the meal..

Tadaaa! It's a whole chicken with fries and a 1.25l Coke at AUD21.95!

Full address:

17-18 Centro Altone Park

Cnr Altone Road & Hull Way

Beechboro WA6063

(08) 9378 3231

Let's read books to them!

2011-11-20T14:40:00.000+08:00

Reading books boosts child language

A new study by researchers from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research provides more evidence that reading books to young children and helping them visually to follow the story improves a child’s language.

The results have been published online in the international journal First Language.

Lead author Dr Brad Farrant said they investigated the factors that facilitate children’s language (vocabulary) development between 9 and 34 months of age using data from Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC).

“We looked at a range of factors for 2188 children in LSAC including joint attention, book-reading, child vocabulary, child temperament, maternal age, maternal education, parenting, number of siblings in the home, household income and community socio-economic status,” Dr Farrant said.

“Our findings indicate that higher levels of parent-child book reading are associated with significantly better child language (vocabulary) development.

“Children with more educated mothers have larger vocabularies because they engage in more parent-child book reading.”

The study also confirmed previous research demonstrating a gender gap favouring girls, who had a significantly greater vocabulary than boys at around 3 years of age.

Dr Farrant said the results add to the body of evidence that parents play a major role in children’s early language development.

“Combining the findings of our study with previous research suggests that interventions targeting children’s early language development would be well served by focussing on book reading as early as possible in children’s lives,” Dr Farrant said.

“Parents from all backgrounds can help ensure their children have sound language skills at school entry and beyond by reading to them throughout the preschool years.”

Parent-child picture book reading provides an excellent opportunity for vocabulary expansion by learning word-object mapping in a more structured setting and involves pointing gestures, joint attention and verbal labelling.

Original source from here

Arts & Craft Session: Binocular

2011-11-18T11:31:00.000+08:00

Maryam with her new binocular!

It's so easy to make a binocular. We do not have to buy anything, as most of them are recycled items. What you need are:-

2 empty toilet paper roll
recycle catalog or gift wrapping paper:- cut into 2 rectangle sizes (as per the empty roll)
a string
glue & scissor

Step 1:
You need to wrap the empty toilet paper roll with a wrapping paper or recycled catalog. We just use the recycle catalog (known as junk mail here =) ). Just cut according to the size and glue it nicely

Step 2:
Make a small hole at the end corner of each roll, for the string. You can either use a pen or a needle (with adult supervision of course).

Step 3:
Cut a small rectangle using the same wrapper/catalog. The tricky part is that you need to glue it in the middle of both rolls, ie to join both rolls. Don't forget that you need to adjust the length so that it will nicely fit both eyes.

Step 4:
Put the strings and tie it at both ends. The length should be just nice to fit across the neck. Be sure not the short or too long for your child.

Step 5:
You're done! A homemade binocular is now ready to be used! Enjoy!

Wordless Wednesday: Bila ummi terpaksa menjadi pelukis...

2011-11-16T13:06:00.000+08:00

Tigger & Pooh
(Sorry. Rotated few times, but it's still the same)

Looks like the older version of them...
Am very bad in drawing...huhu..btw, it's Mickey & Minnie Mouse

It's Snow White...I know...I know...doesn't looked like one!

It's Chip and Dale with nuts!

Baking Session: Black Forest Cake

2011-11-15T08:33:00.001+08:00

Since I've been craving for this cake quite sometime, terpaksalah gagahkan diri juga nak buat sendiri. Was totally forgot about it when we're in Malaysia, if not definitely I'll just buy it at Secret Recipe. It was great experience to do it myself, Alhamdulillah. =)

Oh yes, I baked 2 different size and shapes of the cake. What? 2 cakes? Hehe..Yup, you read it right. Oh no..bukan pelahap ya sampai nak makan sampai 2 biji kek sekali! We've two different occassions for our friends of us - farewell party since they're going back to Malaysia for good. So, alang-alang nak buat, dapatlah merasa all of us. Alhamdulillah =)

My first try - Black Forest Square cake! =)

A round version of black forest!

Last Saturday was also my sister's 17th birthday. So, here goes her birthday cake. BUT sorryyy dear, we'll eat it for you since you weren't here. Sob Sob..

Happy birthday Aunty Mar!

Library session Again..

2011-11-04T09:22:00.000+08:00

Last Tuesday was our first day of library session after a whole week off when we're in Malaysia. It's good to see that Maryam really enjoy her time there. Alhamdulillah. I can see that after so many sessions, she's now actively involved with the session, singing along and really focus during the story telling session. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah =)

As usual, after the story telling session, kids will then do some artwork; colouring, cutting and pasting. Normally the art will be related to the story that day. It was about pigs. Two short stories about the pink animal. So, this was what she did...

A piglet mask!

Once she seated on the chair and started to colour, the lady (story teller) came to us. Can you guess what she asked? She was asking whether Maryam is okay with the picture or she can change another picture for her to colour. She's really concern about it! I was impressed! She even went and asked other Muslim mothers (3 of us that day including myself) the same question.

But, no..we didn't request for a change. There's nothing wrong with colouring a picture of a piglet. Islam doesn't teach us that. Pig is still an animal, created by Him, and of course, it is Haraam to even touch and eat them. And that applies to the real animal, not a picture of them. Lebih-lebih lagi kat negara orang, pigs are something that they adore very much!

Maryam VS Rayyan

2011-11-03T08:09:00.000+08:00

I once told my hubby that, when we're back in Malaysia, don't get too excited as our parents/family were actually looking forward to see the little Maryam, and not us. Oh, please..don't get me wrong. Ya lah kan, atuk dan nenek la yang paling excited jumpa cucunda. Anak dah jatuh nombor dua..hehe..

And for us, besides parents, we're looking forward to see our little niece, Rayyan. The only one at the moment. She was 10months old, still crawling etc when we left for Aussie. Now she's 15months and she can walks and runs...hehe. Definitely we can't wait to see how do they (Maryam & Rayyan) play and interact together. hehe..Although we can roughly guess how aggressive Rayyan is when we used to facetime most of the time, but it wouldn't be the same in real moment..

Maryam wants to have the same outfit as Rayyan, so I bought the same for her both =)

Favourite: Yogurt Drink!

Bukan senang nak dapat both of them to smile to the camera!

Sometimes, they were playing together; take turns and share the toys. Tapi...bila datang anginnya, masing-masing mula lah menunjukkan belang, tak mahu share dan berebut sahaja.
It will end up, either of them crying or both crying at the same time.

Rayyan mula minta toys, nak main..Maryam tak mahu share..Rayyan masih bersabar..

"Oh, tak mahu bagi ya...ha, rasakan.." Agaknya itulah bisikan hati Rayyan..sambil menarik rambut si kakak...
heheh..

Tapi...bila datang mood yang tersangat baik buat kedua-duanya, kita yang tengok pun cairrrrrrr.....

Rayyan menyuap kakak Maryam makan roti =)

Maryam Balik Kampung

2011-11-02T09:19:00.000+08:00

We had the chance to balik kampung!! Yeay!! Alhamdulillah =)

Although it was just a short trip back to our country, less than a week, but that was great opportunity to recharge and lepaskan rindu untuk closest family. Alhamdulillah. May Allah gives us such opportunity again in the future. Ameen.

Since last Friday is a public holiday here in Perth and it was a long weekend, we took this opportunity to fly back to Malaysia. What? Just for 3 days? Are we crazy? It's hubby that went back over the weekend, since he still new and couldn't apply for annual leave. But, me & Maryam went back earlier on Tuesday. So more time for us two in Malaysia. Maklumlah, I travel with a VVIP for both families, so 3 days over the weekend memanglah tak cukup for the families to manja2 with the VVIP (Read: Maryam)

Maryam @ the airport

Checking for the airplane, has it arrived yet? The time was 4.30am.

Yup, here it is. Time: 5.30am! Cerah bagai pukul 8 or 9 am!

Otw to the plane

On her seat, the plane was still empty since we had the opportunity to board first; again..sebab bawa VVIP =P

Us before take-off

Our flight was scheduled at 6.50am, but it was delayed about an hour due to traffic congestion. So memang boring betul duduk dalam plane yang tak bergerak. Maryam tak habis-habis tanya, bilalah nak fly ni...So, when we actually take-off, she was asleep! hehe...Mengantuklah sebab terpaksa bangun about 3am that day.

Jalan-jalan Perth: It's Strawberry Picking time!

2011-10-26T22:08:00.000+08:00

Spent the previous Sunday in Wanneroo, Alhamdulillah. What's soo special with that? We went for strawberry picking! Yeay! It's the first time for both my beloved Maryam and hubby, while that was my second time, as I've experienced it before in Southampton, UK.

We followed our friends of mine, K Mas - the organiser, with few others - K Ina, K Faizah, K Salmah, K Zai, Fathim; all with families. Alhamdulillah, what a great Sunday to start with isn't it? Since it was a very last minute decision, (we only decided to join them aboout half an hour before they go), we've decided to get the address and meet them there. Not joining them to convoy.

Went out about 9am, stop at IGA Riverton while on our way to get some drinks and managed to arrive there about an hour, just in time as they arrived. We went to Wanneroo area; where I believed there are lots of farms here. We went to 171 Elliot Road, Wanneroo. It's owned by a Vietnamese, which has spent more than 30years at the farm. He only started as early as 25!

Look at the huge farm!

Maryam's picking a strawberry!

Alhamdulillah, she really enjoy picking!

Maryam & the strawberry farm!

Can u guess how many kilos that we've picked?

After about 2 hours picking, we then headed to the nearest park for lunch. At first, we planned to go to Blue Lake Park, which is about 8km away from the farm. However, it seems that there are no parking spaces available, just along the road. So, we then headed to another park. But, the GPS only shows us the trail route. So, there goes another ad-hoc plan. Alhamdulillah, we're quite near the park that we went nearly 4 months ago. Remember my wordless entry?

Once we found the best spot, maka terbentanglah segala macam jenis makanan sebagai santapan piknik tengahari kami. From nasi lemak (from 2 different chefs), mee goreng, bihun goreng (also from 2 different chefs) to homemade jelly. Alhamdulillah, kenyang sangat dan berlebih-lebihan makanan yang ada.

Variety of foods..yummy!

Sambil makan-makan, anak-anak lah yang paling seronok. Main playground!

See-saw time!

Counting days....4 days left!

2011-10-22T12:32:00.000+08:00

I just can't wait for the moment. InsyaAllah in 4 days..

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Have so many things in mind..on what to do, what to eat, what shall I bring here to maximise the luggage allowance etc.

Some of those delicious & yummilisious food in Malaysia that I want to eat..

Yeah, I know..I know...of all those foods/fruits; why banana? It's not that it cannot be found here, but it's just that it's tooooooo expensive. More than AUD12/kg! I would not spend that much just to eat bananas!

And of course, pisang goreng panas yang sedap!

PIZZA HUT!

But, most of all..I wanna meet my beloved family! Tak sabarnya! Makan masakan mak- sungguhpun nasi goreng hari-hari pun tak mengapa =) That' what mak has been saying each time I call her tanya masak apa for breakfast =)

**Photos ihsan google

It's inspection again!

2011-10-19T08:32:00.001+08:00

It's been 3 months ago, when we had our first inspection. Remember my previous entry with regards to the massive cleaning that we've had. It's really a nightmare at that time. But, to be honest, this time, we're like...hmm..ok, inspection and guess what, we've only prepare anything that we can.

We've done the mowing in front and behind garden. It's now left with the inside bit- vacuuming, mopping etc etc. Ya Allah, please give me strength to do all this seikhlas hati. Kalau tidak, penat sahaja yang ku peroleh.

Oh ya, malam ni pasti cuti masak sehinggalah esok hari sejurus selesainya inspection. Jika dah sampai ke petang, baru nak mai check, alamatnya makan luar lah kami. heheh..tu part yang paling best ler.. =D

Moga Allah permudahkan segalanya buat kami. Ameen.