Friday, September 28, 2012

cont'd

Bismillaah

harini redup saje mashaAllaah.rasa sejuk sepanjang hari.macam mendung, tapi mungkin jugak jerebu.

alHamdulillaah hari Jumaat datang lagi. syurgawan mandi kolam di tadika hari ni, hari Jumaat hujung bulan. Tapi, Hajar kata dia xnak mandi kolam dan main air, nak main benda lain.pulak dah...uhuhuhu...dah besar anak ibu, mashaAllaah.

semalam, syurgawan ambil gambar kelas dan Hajar ambil gambar graduasi..pantasnya masa berlalu. Hajar dah nak masuk darjah 1! inshaAllaah.

Sarah dan ibu masih duduk rumah lagi, alHamdulillaah. Minggu depan baru plan nak mula hantar Sarah sekejap :( I am sure I will miss her....

Ibu harap Sarah akan disayangi dan dijaga dengan baik dengan pengasuhnya, Allaahumma ameen.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Nursery

Bismillaah

Nursery untuk Sarah ....

:(

:(

kalau dah sampai masa kena hantar Sarah ke nursery/pengasuh, memang satu topik yang tak best kan.
Pagi tadi, pergi tengok satu rumah pengasuh yang ada iklan kat tepi jalan. Sampai kat rumah tu, agak terkejut jugak sebab ingatkan rumah biasa, tapi sebenarnya ala-ala taska.

Kalau boleh, kami nak hantar Sarah kepada pengasuh bukan taska. Memandangkan Sarah masih kecil lagi, taska rasa tak selamat dan kurang bersih :(

tbc inshaAllaah....

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

H2O

Bismillaah


Alhamdulillaah the water supply was back to normal. We were out of water as the supply was cut off last Sunday thru mid day yesterday. The SYABAS people told us that the water level was running low at the dam(despite the heavy rains,mashaAllaah, we are enjoying now). It might also due to the increase of water getting into the empangan and the loji rawatan air couldn't handle the large amount of water to be treated in time before the water was distributed to the public.So, they hold the water for a while until all are cleaned and treated. Incidence takda air ni dah berlaku beberapa kali di taman perumahan ni.
Air paip is not as simple as air sungai or perigi at our kampung some years back walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal.

AlHamdulillaah, sebelum air terputus tu sempat tadah sikit untuk kegunaan dapur dan bilik air sebab memang perasan aliran/tekanan air amat perlahan beberapa hari ni sampaikan tak dapat naik ke tangki air di atas. Bila air tangki dah habis, kenalah guna apa yang sempat ditadah sahaja dan kena berjimat cermat lah guna. Baru nak tau betapa nikmat air tu sangat besar. AlHamdulillaah ya rabb, masih ada lagi air yang diberikan pada kami.

This morning, we were blessed with pouring rain again. AlHamdulillaah muthirnaa bi fadhlillaahi wa raHmatih.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

4 mo

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, yesterday Sarah and ibu went to the klinik kesihatan(again!) for Sarah's monthly check up.
(For all married friends-ladies: you all inshaAllaah will have an additional must-go place once you get pregnant and soon be a mother,inshaAllaah. That is KLINIK, be it your panel,private clinics or klinik kesihatan kerajaan. Once a month-minimum. You might have to visit the clinic more often if needed.

I chose klinik kesihatan kerajaan and did not go to the panel clinic simply because I feel more confident wtih the procedures they do at klinik kerajaan - thorough check up everytime-the lab,pharmacy, etc(including Dental clinic) all are there. I have tried going to private clinics for monthly check ups, but I still prefer going to the klinik kesihatan. Waiting time for both places are almost similar btw. No such getting faster service at the private clinics anymore-although at some less popular clinics you can be seen by the doctor in no time.but again, why don't people go there at the first place? Then, although I dont have to pay for the check up at the private clinic, I can still check how much they are charging(my employer) for my check up. Ohohoh...mahal lor for that simple cakap-cakap and check blood pressure and check sikit situ-sini. Apa-apa pun, it is up to your preference. I am a very kampung style momma.)

Singgah di ofis TSTC lepas check up

ok, back to Sarah. alHamdulillaah she has gained another 400g of weight. ehehe I thought another 1 kilo lagi. It might be due to her runny nose, batuk-batuk, and the teething process. She is 4 months already, and her gums is getting ready and busy preparing for the arrival for her first tooth! She has started to drool, and easily waken up from her sleep.gusi gatal rupanya walHamdulillaah. Lagipun, she is very busy meniarap and guling-guling around nowadays.

While waiting for our turn to be seen by the nurse, we got to listen to ceramah pergigian. It's good to be reminded of the importance of keeping our babies mouth and gums (and teeth) clean all the time. The nurse also recommended us to give our babies a drop or two of fresh water a few times a day to help cleaning babies' mouth and throats. Not a lot of water, just a drop or two ya!
(lots of water is not suitable for babies under 6 months old-it can leads to serious danger to the babies, so please breast fed them exclusively inshaAllaah)

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Pergi tak kembali

Bismillaah

Awal pagi semalam, abah dengan wajah yang masih terkejut bergegas mendapatkan ibu. Para syurgawan masih lena diulit mimpi.

"Adik C meninggal dunia, kemalangan." ringkas abah menyampaikan berita mengejutkan tersebut.
Terkedu bila mendengar berita tersebut. Arwah masih sangat muda. Tahu-tahu sudah pergi mendahului.
Inna lillaahi wa inna ilahi raji'un.

Jadi, semalam abah dan beberapa orang rakan pergi menziarahi jenazah. Abah seharian di sana. Ibu dan anak-anak pula menghabiskan cuti hujung minggu di rumah.

Moga Allaah mengurniakan rahmat dan ampunanNya kepada arwah.
Moga Allaah kurniakan ketenangan dan kesabaran kepada  ibu bapa dan keluarga arwah.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

KLIA

Bismillaah


Yesterday, we went to the KLIA to send Br.Shakir & family off to UK. The airport was quite crowded especially at the check-in and departure level. Lots of people are traveling around the world eh! Uhuhuhu...it has been quite some time since the last time we traveled on an airplane.

Syurgawan were busy playing around the  area, sampaikan tempat cek saiz hand luggage tu pun jadi tempat main sekali.
Afterwards, kami singgah sekejap di playground KFC kat belakang tu. Dah berubah rupa sekarang.Dulu ada replica kapal terbang kat situ, tapi sekarang dah macam playground biasa.
Uhuhu..dah tak boleh feeling2 naik kapal terbang anak-anak ni. apa pun diorang seronok main kat situ walHamdulillaah.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

a farewell

bismillaah

nope, we are not going anywhere nor moving soon, inshaAllaah. It was just abah's friend and his family are leaving this Friday for UK. The wife is going to pursue her Phd and husband and baby are accompanying her, inshaAllaah.

so, abah and friends held a small farewell party last night, and we all went to the party. Just a small crowd of close friends and colleagues with good, simple foods mashaAllaah. Key persons for the party planning and preparation were kakak Saadiah and Amira, superb, jazakumullaahu khairal jaza.

Children were happy playing around the office instead of makan-makan, and they got their hands on the gula-gula..ohohoho...



yup, ada suasana 'sedih' sedikit. bertemu dan berpisah atas ukhuwwah fillaah.

earlier during the day, ibu and Sarah, accompanied by kakak Saadiah went to the HKL for ibu's follow up. alHamdulillaah, all were ok and the granuloma was confirmed harmless. Sarah was very cooperative in the middle of tons of people in the waiting/lobby area. While waiting for my turn to see the doctor, we sat at the waiting area. Almost all seats were occupied, with lots more standing and some were seating on their wheelchairs. alHamdulillaah, a concern pakcik in his early 40's I guess, gave up his seat and offered it to Sarah and ibu.

I think that visiting the hospitals can be a good reminder for us to reflect on ourselves. Having been there with hundreds of other patients has given me the opportunity to see how some people are suffering from various kinds of skin diseases and conditions. Some looked pretty scary and sad, may Allaah grant them speedy recovery, ameen. This reminds me to be thankful to Allaah for the good health He has given me and my family. Although we may have irritated skins sometimes, they were not serious and we never have to go to the specialists for treatment.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Over the weekend

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, syurgawan went to school today after the long 16 Sept's weekend. we spent most of the time at home since abah was working all 3 days. Only yesterday we've got the chance to do grocery shopping at Tesco walHamdulillaah. In the morning, we attended Taman Vista Emas' post-eid gathering for all jiran-tetangga to say hi and chit-chatting sambil makan-makan. Pot luck style, very simple and enjoyable mashaAllaah.

anak-anak were happy to went out and spent some time under the morning sun. Apatah lagi ada orang bawak home-baked apam polka-dot. Itu yang diorang serbu makan selain lemang untuk Hajar. Sempat lagi tumpahkan air teh susu yang kebetulannya panas.Menjerit Maryam dan Adam yang kena percikan sikit kat kaki. AlHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal, tiada kecederaan. Lepas makan apam, diorang terjah playground yang memang sangat strategik sebelah khemah tu. Terik pun tak kisah. Dah dahaga, berlari-lari anak balik ke khemah mendapatkan air. All of this while they were in their baju raya. Redah jer, xde protokol. jumpa plak kawan tadika, lagi happening mashaAllaah.

Bila para bapa pegi alihkan pondok pengawal yang sebelum ni diletakkan di kawasan yang dikatakan 'luar' dari taman, anak-anak seronok tengok their fathers in action. macam-macam. xper, asalkan dapat belajar semangat kejiranan dan saling membantu inshaAllaah.sunnah Rasulullaah SAW.

How about Sarah? alHamdulillaah, she was enjoying the scenery and the majlis sambil duduk dalam stroller. She only started 'complaining' when it got warmer and she was hungry. Bila Sarah dah mula berpeluh dan bagi signs nak minum susu, kami pun beransur daripada majlis. straight back home :) alHamdulillaah.


Sunday, September 16, 2012

These past few days...

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, on Sept 13 Sarah dah berjaya meniarap! kebetulan ibu dan abah ada di rumah. Abah yang nampak dulu dan dengan penuh excitednya bagitau ibu,"tengok,Sarah dah boleh meniarap!"

romper hadiah dari kak zu reads:I'm The LITTLE SISTER :)
alHamdulillaah, sampai juga hajat ibu nak tengok Sarah made her first move depan mata. Sarah tak hantar pengasuh lagi sebab belum ada pengasuh yang sedia nak ambil masa ni(ker ibu yang reluctant nak sambung studi a.k.a keje?).lagipun, ibu jatuh sakit dua hari:demam sejuk panas,serba tak kena dan tak larat nak buat apa-apa.alHamdulillaah, abah dan anak-anak sangat memahami dan bekerjasama beri peluang untuk ibu berehat sebentar, termasuklah Sarah yang sangat baik mashaAllaah.

sekarang,Sarah asyik nak meniarap jer walaupun selalunya akan berakhir dengan dia menangis sebab tak boleh pusing balik dan penat.comel sungguh mashaAllaah.






see my missing tooth spot?
Oh ya, Hajar dah hilang gigi susu dia yang pertama pada 9 sept lepas. Dah beberapa hari gigi tu goyang,tapi abah kata takyah gi klinik, biar jer tercabut sendiri-macam kita dulu-dulu.uhuhuhu.alHamdulillaah,memang tertanggal sendiri jer lepas Hajar mandi. Tak sakit dan tak berdarah.memang dah masanya gigi susu tu tertanggal.lagipun,gigi tu elok lagi dan gusi pun ok takda masalah.cuma,dah sampai hayat gigi susu tu terpaksalah dia tanggal secara sukarela walHamdulilllaah.jadi, sekarang Hajar dah rongak satu gigi kat gusi bawah-bahagian depan pulak tu.agaknya itu gigi sulung Hajar dulu kot, ibu pun tak dapat recall...uhuhu..takpelah, yang penting Hajar dah rajin jaga kebersihan gigi dan tak sakit gigi masa proses gigi tu nak tercabut.

Adam pulak rajin tolong ibu kemas rumah dan sidai kain. Siap lap habuk atas almari, sapu sampah, alih sofa, ala-ala interior designer,mashaAllaah.ibu biar jer dia guna kreativiti sendiri, asalkan tak membahayakan diri dan orang lain. Bila dipuji dan rasa dihargai, nampak sangat kepuasan di wajah Adam.

maryam pulak macam biasa lebih suka buat kerja sendiri, kadang-kadang jer bila boleh join kakak abang, barulah dia main sama.lagipun, dia masih nak manja-manja dengan ibu abah.sekarang ni,kalau abah balik rumah jer, terus serbu.kalau abah lambat balik, banyak pulak komplen nya.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Sept 11

Bismillaah


AlHamdulillaah, Adam turned 5 today. He reminded us about his birthday weeks earlier, and almost everyday since last week, so that we did not forget to prepare for his birthday celebration at tadika.
He was very excited and looked forward to this day since January I guess. He kept on asking, "when will September come?"

mashaAllaah, and finally today came. We already prepared goodie bags for kindy children last night. Thanks a lot to syurgawan who patiently filled all the cekedis into the goodie bags, and Hajar who refused to sleep before all the bags were sealed with our home printed stickers cum seals. They were excited and enjoyed all the processes. Abah took Adam to the bakery and bought him a cake.

Since Maryam's birthday was 11 July and we didnt celebrate it at kindy, we decided to just make this celebration for them both. So, Maryam and Adam's names were both on the cake and goodie bags. Just to make them happy inshaAllaah.





7/11
Back from school, syurgawan reported that all went well alHamdulillaah. All 3 were invited to the front of class and they cut the cake together. Friends liked the cake and said it was delicious. Everyone got his/her goodie bag and happy, yeay!

cont..

bismillaah


alHamdulillaah, we were very happy to spend last Sunday morning at Kak Zu & family's place. Syurgawan were very busy enjoying their playtime with all the toys there, accompanied by their 'older twins.' Abah chatted with Adam Ramadhan and akh Saiful, while ibu took the opportunity to learn more parenting tips and wise advice from kak Zu. There were lots of super cute cats too!, but they were caged, so Maryam didn't freaked out.ehehehe.

Around 1pm, we left since kak Zu & family were going to send Adam Ramadhan off to UIAM Gombak. 1st sem for 2012/13 started Monday, Sept 10.

After that we went to walimah Cidos & Anum. Just around the corner. arrived earlier than the pengantin, so we headed straight to the dewan makan & enjoyed nasi pengantin. It was very hot outside, so the airconditioner inside the hall paired with ice cold orange drinks were super! Sarah was very comfortable too. mashaAllaah, it was a beautiful wedding reception after all.

After perfoming Zuhr prayer at the surau there, we went home. Full and tired walHamdulillaah.

okay, sorry for the lack of picture updates in my posts. We rarely took pictures, and we often forgot to take pictures! We were enjoying every seconds of all events I guess ehehehe.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Bismillaah

Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullaah

Saturday - AlHamdulillaah, we went to Taman Siantan, Seremban N9 to attend Ustaz Ariff (INFITAH)'s Eid open house. Alhamdulillaah the food and crowd were good. Saw familiar faces from the Akademi Sinergi team. Syurgawan were busy treating themselves with all the kuih, keropok, and cekidis. Adam was running all around with his newly met friends - all boys. It was cloudy on our way to N9 and it was raining heavily on our back: it was dark and cold + full stomach = sleepy walHamdulillaah. Luckily abah was all good to drive back to Bangi. We planned to attend another invitation at Masjid Negara later that afternoon, but with the pouring rain and heavy eyes, we canceled the plan. Yes, worried about the highway get flooded again and getting stuck on the road in a heavy traffic for several hours was a NO-NO(especially with all my syurgawan, including our lil Sarah, on board). So, we decided to not take the risk at all and just spend the evening at home.

Sunday - AlHamdulillaah, finally managed to visit Kak Zu and family after so long that I couldnt remember when was the last time we visited them. Syurgawan were all happy to meet their 'older twins.'

ok, tbc inshaAllaah.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Long Overdue Pictures Report

Sebelum bertolak ke Sambutan Merdeka+Eid di Taska


Tudung bawal:Hajar pakai sendiri dan tgh nak pakaikan Maryam(ibu xde intervene)


Bukan senang nak dapat pose 'cheeky' dari Adam..heh..

Macam rumah sendiri @ Menara Optometry Section 7 BBB

Jumpa optometrist.Nope, bukan lasik ya.


MashaAllaah. AlHamdulillaah for all my syurgawan cilik!


Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Bismillaah

Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullaah

Hari Jumaat, 31 Ogos 2012

Hajar: Hari ni hari kemerdekaan kan, bu?
Ibu: Haah
Hajar: Habis tu kenapa macam xde apa2 pun?

(huhuhu...minta maaf sangat Hajar sebab kurang sambutan patriotik di rumah. Kita tak pergi perarakan dan tak tengok tv)

Abah xde. Abah pegi Janda Baik untuk jadi moderator sempena program Santai para Ustaz anjuran an-Nida'.Abah stayed overnight kat sana. Esok petang baru balik, inshaAllaah.

Kaki kiri Adam terkehel sikit hasil dari melompat-lompat dari sofa ke lantai walHamdulillaah.


Hari Sabtu

Alhamdulillaah kami tunggu abah balik sebab kami nak gerak ke Melaka untuk tidur di sana semalaman sebelum ke Muar,Johor esok. Ada jamuan walimatul urus cik(Puan) Adda-dah kawen!

Hari Ahad

Di Melaka, kami bermalam di Emperor Hotel, hotel yang agak lama(berdasarkan perabot2 dan ruangan dalaman nya) dan sedang dalam penambahbaikan(renovation). AlHamdulillaah, tetap bersih dan selesa ditambah lagi kami semua dapat bersarapan percuma-semua anak-anak dapat percuma sebab kolam mandi ditutup untuk baik pulih-(diorang agak tak puas hati yer, sebab x dapat mandi kolam.walhal dah siap angkut pelampung dan baju mandi ehehehehe). Sudahnya, bath tub bilik hotel tu jadi tempat syurgawan berendam main air lama-lama.ala-ala bubble bath. Habis baby body shampoo yang dibawa dicurah sebanyak-banyaknya untuk menghasilkan bubbles sampai puas hati. Lagipun, bilik air nya sangat luas sebab design bangunan lama kot. Memang luas, hampir sama luas macam ruang bilik tidur nya.
Dah puas berendam tu, baru turun breakfast. Makan berselera betul anak-anak kali ni.

Lepas check out, kami terus menghala ke Muar. Tak sampai sejam dari bandar Melaka ni. Alhamdulillaah, sampai tu sikit lagi nak Zuhur. Matahari tegak atas kepala, terik cuaca hari ni. Sampai-sampai jer terus pegi jenguk pengantin kat ruang tamu rumah. Sempatlah jumpa cik Adda sekejap sebelum kami keluar dan makan. Tak duduk lama kat majlis tu sebab cuaca terik dan cik Sarah dah berpeluh-peluh. AlHamdulillaah dia terlelap jugak. Ditambah lagi dengan para syurgawan yang asyik terjatuh kan lollipop yang tuan rumah bagi. Lepas dah jatuh, mengalir deras air mata - pergi mintak sekali lagi pada tuan rumah.uhuk uhuk.
Sempat pulak tu salam-salam dan mintak goodie bags lagik. Mungkin syurgawan dah letih selepas sesi renang+bubble bath pagi tadi. tu yang agak berbagai ragam jugak perangai masing-masing. Adam jer yang berselera makan nasi pengantin, yang lelain boo layan jer.

Lepas dari Muar, kami terus balik ke Bangi. Traffic agak heavy jugak harini. Mungkin ramai yang berjalan raya dan menghadiri kenduri di sana sini. Sampai exit Senawang, kami keluar ikut jalan dalam sebab notis PLUS kata traffic perlahan dari Seremban ke PD(ke vice versa? LOL). Tapi, dari Senawang dah perlahan nya amat, ditambah lagi dengan dracula jalanan yang lapar dan dahaga meratah lorong kecemasan dengan rakusnya..uhuk uhuk.

Masuk ke Senawang nak lalu LEKAS. Sebelum sampai LEKAS tu, Senawang pun penuh dengan kereta harini dan dracula jalanan masih banyak yang berkeliaran. Biarpun jalan kecil cukup-cukup muat jer. Astaghfirullaah a'-a'zim. masih jauh lagi perjalanan kita mengangkat akhlak masyarakat dan menebalkan kesabaran diri sendiri.

Alhamdulillaah, bila akhirnya sampai ke LEKAS, perjalan lancar hingga ke rumah. Yang jadi penumpang pun letih, apatah lagi pemandunya kan. JazakAllaahu khayr abah.

Malam tu, Pak Ngah, Mak Ngah dan Atuk terkandas di Nilai sebab kereta mereka mengalami kerosakan. Diorang on the way back from Bidor to Kluang. Abah bergegas jemput dari Nilai ke rumah sebab dah lama jugak diorang stranded kat Nilai tunggu kereta dibaiki. Alih-alih mekanik kata tak dapat nak siap hari.
Sampai di rumah, all looked very tired and worn out. We had simple, quick dinner before Abah dan Pakcik Arif tolong hantar PakNgah & rombongan ke Kluang. Pak Ngah was very tired and not fit to drive the car himself, but he needed to reach Kluang before Monday sebab kena kerja, so abah decided to hantar ke Kluang. Better safe than sorry kan.

MashaAllah, tabik kat abah lah sebab biarpun penat tapi tetap nak tolong pak sedara dan atuk. may Allah bless him tremendously.


selamat pagi

Bismillaah

Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullaah

wajah pagi hari :) di kala kakak Saadiah dan Amira berkunjung.