Thursday, August 30, 2012

Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullaah

Bismillaah

today, our syurgawan were very happy and excited to go to kindy. They told me that their teachers said(ehehe..2nd degree of narration),"esok tak yah belajar. Kita sambut hari raya dan merdeka!"

and yup, they were in their baju raya this morning-all black theme. Adam did not forget his kuih raya. To be brought and shared with teachers and friends.

our youngest syurgawan stayed home with ibu :) Sarah is the process of acquiring the skills and strength to 'meniarap.' alHamdulillaah, she is half way there. Yesterday she has managed to 'mengiring.'

Monday, August 27, 2012

3 months old

Bismillaah



Today was monthly check up day for Sarah. alHamdulillaah, she's 3 months old already, and she is one easy baby mashaAllaah.

Another dose of immunisation injection~ouch! and Sarah has gained another 1 kilogram of weight. I thought she wud gain less due to Ramadhan, but missy said 'Ibu dia makan baeek punya kot." uh-huk. I didnt think I ate that much during Ramadhan, or did I?

Sarah was up early this morning-macam tahu2 jer nak pergi klinik-was not cranky at all. Arrived at klinik kesihatan, cooing a bit then fell asleep. She was up when ibu buka baju dia etc untuk timbang. Sarah stayed awake for the rest of the duration at the clinic : gave friendly smile to the nurse during physical check up, and didn't cry when nurse cucuk jarum. alHamdulillaah, sakit ker tak tu? wallahu a'lam.

She was calm and happy when ibu put her in the stroller and took a short walk to abah's office nearby. Arrived at abah's office, she cried a bit and ibu nursed her. Sarah went back to sleep while waiting for abah to drive us home.

oh ya, today is ibu abah's 7th anniversary. Alhamdulillaah, alHamdulillaah, we've been blessed with a wonderful journey together these past years, and may Allaah increase us in iman, taqwa, mawaddah and rahmah. Allaahumma ameen!

Eid


Bismillaah

Setahun sekali(atau 2-3 kali alHamdulillaah) dapat berkumpul ramai-ramai macam ni :)

Penang's side
(Sarah was sleeping, hence missing here :) )

Perak's side

Ramadhan Day 27-29

Bismillaah

yep yep Ramadhan left us already, it has been a week :(
so fast, walHamdulillaah, that this entry has to be backdated.

By the end of Ramadhan, people were busier and more distracted with the coming Raya, and us were included-unfortunately. Went out to buy last minute Eid preparations(since before Ramadhan Ibu was still in confinement..uhuhu...last year got all things ready before Ramadhan, but this year was a bit caca-merba walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal). Luckily, the outings were just 2-3 hours long, and didnt take the whole day! AlHamdulillaah, still managed to finish reading the whole Qur'an with the translations before Ramadhan ended, and didn't miss any terawih.

and yeay! mashaAllaah Hajar completed the 29 days of fasting this year. First timer and she did it well.
barakAllaahu fiki ya Hajar :)

abah was in Singapore for the last week of Ramadhan, and only reached Penang around 200am 1 Syawal :). He stopped by at Bidor first to celebrate the 1st Syawal night with Opah and families. The initial plan was abah was to celebrate 1st Syawal at Bidor since all of his siblings excluding Pak Su would be spending the eid with their in laws, but Pak Long's family decided to acompany Opah for the 1st Syawal. Hence, abah left early to join us in Penang.

On the 1st Syawal morning, abah, Adam and Hajar and Tokpak went to the masjid for solat eid ul fitri.
Wanted to go too, but we(ibu, Maryam, and Sarah) ended up missing it.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Eid Mubarak



taQabbAllaahu minna wa minkum

kullu a'am wa antum bikhair

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Ramadhan Day 26

Bismillaah

syurgawan x sabar-sabar nak tunggu hari Khamis sebab bermula esok sepupu-sepupu dah mula cuti sekolah. Diorang semua nak berkampung dan bermain bersama. Apa yang menariknya, semua anak-anak ni berpuasa penuh Ramadhan kali ini(with the exception of Maryam and Adam and the younger ones lah kan). Masa berbuka rasa macam berbuka di asrama. Meriah sungguh bila diorang ramai-ramai baca doa dan makan berhidang. InshaAllaah harapnya tahun depan boleh upgrade dengan iftar diikuti solat berjemaah pula, ameen.

Hari ini Hajar puasa lagi, alHamdulillaah. Jerebu pun dah semakin berkurang sebab pagi tadi ada hujan renyai-renyai. Cuaca jadi sejuk dan nyaman. Hajar pun memang bersemangat berpuasa bersama-sama sepupu-sepupu.

Sangat mendebarkan bila Ramadhan hanya tinggal sikit sahaja lagi berbaki. Adakah kita hanya membazir waktu sama seperti Ramadhan yang lalu, atau kita sudah cukup re-charge iman dan taqwa untuk terus kuat dan berstamina tinggi sementara menanti Ramadhan 1434(kalau dipanjangkan umur inshaAllaah).

Syurgawan juga gembira sebab hari ni dapat kasut raya. Ya, kasut pasar malam sajer, bersederhana sambil menginsafi rakan-rakan lain yang kurang bernasib baik.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Ramadhan Day 24

Bismillaah

It was our first day fasting without abah, and the first day of Ramadhan at Penang.
Hajar and ibu had sahur with tokmak as the others wake up and ate earlier. Like usual, we like to postpone the sahur.

Today was just berehat-rehat di rumah, and syurgawan were playing happily all day with their cousins. Lots of them making playtime more fun and sangat bingit, mashaAllaah. As long as the children were happy inshaAllaah.

oh ya, alHamdulillah dah sihat sejak semalam. She is one happy baby again :)

Ramadhan Day 23

Bismillaah


alHamdulillaah, syurgawan were up very early this morning. All were still excited with the 'new' place. Lagipun, today cik mimi, pakcik Shafix,Tokmak,Tokpak and Hakimi were coming from Penang to fetch us. we were going to Penang with them since abah would be heading back to Bangi from Ipoh.

They were waiting anxiously both for abah coming back from the talk and rombongan from Penang. Adam was the most consistent on checking on the time and asking when abah'll be back and when will cik Mimi arrive.

Cik Mimi arrived slightly before 1 pm, and abah came back about half an hour later. When Adam realized that abah wont be going with us to Penang, he started to cry and begged abah that Adam wanted to go back to Bangi with abah. MashaAllaah, memang anak abah. Abah managed to pujuk Adam, so he stopped crying and no longer looking sad. Everytime para syurgawan merajuk, abah is the best person to talk to them and calm them down.

After Zuhr, we said goodbye to abah and off we went up north.

We stopped at Parit Buntar on the way to Penang because Cik Mimi wanted to make a short visit at rumah mertua, and took new tudung stock for their small business.

We arrived at Penang slightly before iftar, and all were very tired. It was a very hot day, plus there was a very thick haze making the tekak sangat kering dan hidung gatal. when we were on the Penang bridge, we couldnt see the island as it was completely covered with haze. The sky was also dark looking like it was going to rain really heavy, but it was not the cloud. It was the haze!



Ramadhan Day 22

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, today was a busy day for ibu.Had to mengemas and packing because we were going to balik kampung in the afternoon. Abah had his final talk at UIAM Gombak until Zuhr. Next week abah is going to Singapore from Monday until Thursday to attend a training, so we decided that ibu and syurgawan can balik kampung earlier.

Lots of pecah rumah cases lately especially in the last few weeks before eid, and it's pretty scary to stay at home without abah at night especially when he'll be far far away. Although abah would not be at home too during the last ten days of Ramadhan as he usually went to do iktikaf at the masjid, he would still be just a few minutes away.

Syurgawan were up and running since morning, all were excited while asking ibu "bila nak gerak ni?" berkali-kali sampai letih nak jawab walHamdulillaah.

After Asr, we finally said good bye and off we went to Balik kampung!

First stop was Bidor. We stopped at Bidor to have iftar with Opah,Moyang, and Pak su. We arrived just half an hour before maghrib. Syurgawan were excited to see the new purple curtain, and Adam puji, "cantik dan kemas lah langsir opah." AlHamdulillaah, all were happy and berselera makan berbuka bersama. Tambahan lagi opah dah masakkan mee sup dan pak su sediakan ikan masak asam pedas dan kek batik. Not to mention beberapa jenis air..uhuhuhu..walHamdulillaah, melimpah rezeki kita, jangan dilupa yang kurang punya apa-apa.

After that, we prayed Maghrib and berehat-rehat sekajap before heading to our next destination of the day, which was STAR, Ipoh. Yup, we slept overnight at the guest house as abah would be giving a short talk to the pimpinan pelajar STAR tomorrow.

Syurgawan were very excited exploring the guest house, which was a nice 2 storey unit-old style. They visited all the rooms-door to door. MashaAllaah, very energetic macam tak penat pun berjalan jauh.

For sahur tomorrow, we already brought some bekal from rumah opah and cereal and milk for Hajar.
AlHamdulillaah, Hajar completed day 22nd of fasting today :)

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Ramadhan Day 21

Bismillaah

The final lap in Ramadhan is here! yes, it is here, ready or not.

Hajar continued to fast today, alHamdulillaah.

Sarah was up until around 3am ish...uhuhuh...her temperature was a bit high, slight fever. She was sleepy, but she was upset with her itchy and stuffy nose. Allaahumma a'fina fi badaninaa, wa a'fina fi sami'naa, wa a'finaa fi baSarinaa. Ameen. Terus marathon berQiyamullail bersama-sama walHamdulillaah.

Syurgawan went to tadika with kakak2 lagi this morning, and came back home around 3pm dijemput oleh kakak-kakak juge.jazakumullaahu khair kakak-kakak!

Abah went to UIA and was trapped in a very heavy traffic on the way back walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal. It was Ramadhan rush hour-majoriti nak cepat-cepat balik rumah untuk berbuka dan terawih.

Syurgawan were happy because abah bought a jigsaw puzzle for each of them(excluding Sarah ya..ehehe). Adam and Hajar love solving puzzle very much. Last night, Adam got a free puzzle from the cereals box, but the pieces were sooo tiny and complicated that it was pretty tough for Adam to figure out. Abah kesiankan Adam, so belikan yang besar sikit. 3 for RM10.

Sarah still demam sikit. Kena pakai coolfever dan tanggal baju untuk turunkan temperature dia. alHamdulillaah, so far demam dah surut banyak.cuma hidung kadang-kadang sumbat.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Ramadhan Day 20

Bismillaah

AlHamdulillaah, yes Hajar has successfully completed the 20-day challenge at 6 years old.
MashaAllaah tabarakAllaah.

Syurgawan came back home early today, abah prefers to fetch them early this Ramadhan. It's a special month after all.

After terawih, abah went to the masjid for iktikaf. Sarah was not feeling well due to stuffy nose, poor lil girl.syafakillaah habibati.

It has been a wonderful child-parents journey this Ramadhan.
Still remember vividly when I fasted as a child, and now I am fasting as a child, wife, and mom. It feels different, special in each of them.

Thursday, August 09, 2012

Ramadhan Day 19

Bismillaah

we were on the eve of the last 10 nights of Ramadhan mashaAllaah.

Have we upgraded our du'a this year? I've got the same old du'as as I've been asking since last year with the addition of some dua's(3 new ones learned from the Qur'an). Wonder if I've used this wonderful opportunities during Ramadhan to the fullest. How's yours?

Sarah was a bit cranky when she was sleepy lately, now that requires lots of patience to keep up with ya...uhuhu..ya Allaah grant ibu lots of energy and happiness for taking care for our lil syurgawan. Should be happy, otherwise it'd be stressful ya ;)

Love..love..love! Hajar was anxious to finish the 20 days challenge(by her tadika).She even asked if after she has completed full 20 days of fasting, "lepas tu dah takyah puasa yer,ibu?"  So, got to encourage her to fast as many days as possible inshaAllaah. She looks very thin kan..sometimes we were quite worried about her weight, has she got enough nutrients daily? ya Allaah beri kami semua kesihatan yang baik, Ameen.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Ramadhan Day 18

Bismillaah

ya, harini hari pergi tadika :)

Awal pagi Hajar dah berdrama-merajuk sakan takmo pergi tadika..ehehe..jarang bangat Hajar takmo pergi tadika. Selalunya dialah yang paling bersemangat setiap pagi. Mungkin harini she woke up on the wrong side of the bed, walHamdulillaah. Sekali-sekala jer kan.

Syurgawan semua liat nak berpisah dengan buku-buku yang baru dibeli semalam. Kenalah pujuk dan berpsikologi-in which abah was the best person to do this kind of job :)
Adam siap pesan supaya ibu tolong gamkan paper toys dia yang asyik tanggal. Yup yup, Adam main ganas macam paper toys tu patung plastik.

Harini syurgawan balik awal sebab abah kena gerak ke satu lokasi(uhuhu..macam top secret je kan. saja jer) untuk memenuhi jemputan jadi imam dan bagi tazkirah terawih. Jadi, kami berbuka berempat saja, memandangkan Sarah memang tak dapat join di meja makan lagi kan. Syurgawan pula asyik tanya bila lah abah nak balik.

AlHamdulillaah, sudah 18 hari Hajar berpuasa penuh. Way to go Habibati!

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Ramadhan Day 17

Bismillaah


"Banyak hari kita dah puasa, kan ibu?" Hajar bersuara lembut sambil duduk di sebelah ibu. Di tangannya ada alat permainannya yang dipegang dari tadi.

Yup, dah masuk 17 hari kan kita berpuasa. 17 hari juga maknanya sudah berlalu pergi. 17 hari juga perjuangan kita berjalan. Berjuang atau tumbang?

Harini kami dapat pergi ke Payless Bookstore. Setiap seorang dapat buku. Hajar dapat buku Dora dan satu 'bracelet notebook.' so girly ehehe. Maryam pulak amik clothbook yang sangat comel. Ada detachable toys dan ada beg lagi. Sayang sangat dah Maryam dengan buku baru dia. Ibu jenuh kena masukkan balik semua toys ke dalam poket masing-masing bila Maryam upset tak dapat masukkan balik dan merengek minta ibu tolong walHamdulillaah. Adam ambil set buku Toy Story 3. Dia memang seronok sebab dalam set tu ada buku with stickers, ada buku yang khas untuk buat paper toys, ada buku 3D with the spectacles sekali, dan ada board book. Ralat lah nak pasangkan paper toys tu sebab dia nak siap malam ni jugak.uhuhuhu...seronok betul. Btw, semua buku-buku tu murah sajer sebab diskaun dah kan.

Usaha memupuk cinta buku, baca, dan ilmu. Umat Islam harus jadi umat cendekiawan macam dalam sejarah dulu. Ya, sejarah gemilang berulang, inshaAllaah.

Ramadhan Day 16

Bismillaah

it's Sunday!! but not a sunny day walHamdulillaah.
we just stayed at home, syurgawan played all day!
today Adam managed to fast until 1245pm.alHamdulillaah, a fifteen minutes improvement :)

Uhuhu...all were excited watching the olympic's badminton men-single final match. Hajar sided with 'kuning,' while Adam was with 'merah.' ohohoho Adam just wanted to be different from others. He didn't want to give up to the peer pressure! He got his own style ya. They both kept on asking ibu "siapa menang? siapa menang?" as they didn't really understand how the game works and how to read the score board LOL. Sometimes, they read the expressions on the players' faces to predict who's happy, hence he did well and who's not. Smart! So, they were still entertained eventhough the volume was muted. Maryam as usual didn't bother what's on the screen. She rather played with her toys and books.

Isya' and terawih didnt get delayed by the game, alHamdulillaah. It was an important and interesting game, but meeting my Lord was much more exciting and crucial y'all. The game might be recorded and we can always watch the replay, but isya' and terawih on the start of 17th Ramadhan 1433H would never return.

Sunday, August 05, 2012

Ramadhan Day 15

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, today Adam managed to fast up until 1230pm, an achievement worth to mention since he usually drinks lots of milk. Today, ibu managed to encourage him to fast as long as he could everytime he asked for milk or food. By 1230pm, he couldnt hold much longer and he got his first cup of milk of the day :)

Syurgawan were happy to have a long weekend break this week due to the Nuzul Quran holiday on Monday, inshaAllaah. They kept reminding ibu that Umi Sarah, their kindy headmaster has told them that they've got a 3 days break. okay, okay, we will stay at home and enjoy our weekend together ;)

Hajar pulak kept on repeating her tentative for August. No.1 Ramadhan, No.2 Raya, No.3 Balik Penang and Bidor, No.4 Merdeka, No.5 Cik Adda kawen, No.6 yada yada yada. Ibu not sure whether she's looking forward more for the events or the cuti, or maybe both!(yah, each event means off school day(s) la kan..ehehehe). Lagipun, she is looking forward for her reward for fasting this (whole)Ramadhan inshaAllaah.Dia tak tau ibu tengah nervous pasal PhD yang dah in hiatus berbulan ni LOL.

Btw, Hajar also noticed that time feels like flying in Ramadhan."Kita dah puasa banyak hari kan, ibu.Tak rasa pun," Hajar said today. Pejam celik, Hajar is just a few days away from passing the 20 days challenge set by the tadika. InshaAllaah, you can do it sayang!

So, how about us so far? I've heard people are changing for the better this Ramadhan: started to put on tudung, covering their aurah more properly, started going to the masjid, started to pray 5 times regularly, committed to praying on time, reading more Qur'an etc. What we have done better this time ya? manner? charity? solah? du'a?

Ramadhan Day 14

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, today Hajar and Adam went to Tadika with kakak since abah had to leave early to avoid bad traffic on MRR2 on the way to UIA.

ibu had a short conversation with kakak this morning when Adam said,"hai, lamanya.Bila nak gerak ni?" LOL.okay,okay, off to school lah.

Maryam refused to go to tadika again today. She wake up a bit late and didnt want to take bath and go to tadika. It's okay girl.

In the afternoon, all 3 syurgawan followed abah to the bazar ramadhan since yesterday we had a bazar-free day.ehehehe..best jugak makan tanpa makanan bazar ni :)

and oh yes, all of us hold Ramadhan very dear and close to our hearts and it's making us realize and feel that Ramadhan flies so fast. Almost half was gone, what have we achieved this round?

Friday, August 03, 2012

Ramadhan Day 13

Bismillaah

Abah left early today, and the 3 syurgawan were supposed to go to school with kakak. Unfortunately, the sms didn't reached kakak in time, and the 3 syurgawan ended up ponteng lagi-happily of course LOL!
but Adam was a bit worried about kakak though.While complaining that they had been late, he was thinking out loud, "kakak demam kot ni?"..walHamdulillaah. Adam memang ambil berat pasal orang lain.

Today was cloudy as well, the entire day. So gloomy and a bit cold that the mood was turned to sleepy and lazy, but lo and behold! all 3 syurgawan were all energetic and lively up till midnight! mashaAllaah, children were just amazing with their energy levels.

Today we had iftar without abah who was invited to an iftar somewhere in Gombak.

Ramadhan Day 12

Bismillaah


alHamdulillaah, it was a beautiful day with bright shining sun, mashaAllaah.

All three syurgawan went to tadika today, and Maryam wanted to go to tadika because she got to wear the purple baju sukan. She loved it! and of course she loved the 'main taman' day as well-that's every Wednesday.

Hajar has entered the 2nd phase of Ramadhan-fasting. alHamdulillah she's doing very well so far. May Allaah make it easy for her to complete the challenge inshaAllaah :) No more complaining about being hungry in the afternoon. She could play and ran around like she always did with Adam and Maryam.

Adam and Maryam now understood that they have to respect kakak by not eating or drinking in front of kakak or offering kakak foods and drinks during the day. "kakak Hajar puasa lah", they would say to each other :)

walHamdulillaah, it's been a very beautiful Ramadhan.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Ramadhan Day 11

Bismillaah

Entering the second phase of ramadhan, and started to suffer from the energy dip :( got tired easily,sleepy all the time,etc.uhuhu..have to fight nafsi harder these coming days.

Alhamdulillaah,today was a great day although the haze came back. It was gloomy the whole day. At first i thoght it was mendung nak hujan, but jerebu datang lagi! Rerupanya walHamdulillaah ala kulli haal.

Hajar dan Adam enthusiastically went to tadika as usual,but Maryam refused to go and wanted to stay at home. So, Maryam was really nice today and she was indeed penghibur dan peneman ibu. Of course Sarah was enough to keep ibu busy, but having Maryam at home was entertaining too. Maryam dah pandai bercakap pasal banyak benda dan kekadang tu rasa dia sangat matured berbanding usianya yang baru 3 tahun.mashaAllaah.

The race is getting intense.buckle up and better be ready!