Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Kau Pergi...

Bismillaah


Harini ibu dan abah mengiringi jenazah ibu mertua Kak Ton ke tanah perkuburan di PJ. Arwah pergi selamanya jam 1230 pagi semalam selepas sistem organ dalaman kalah kepada diabetes dan kesan berangkainya.

Insaf bila melihat ke dalam lubang kubur yang sempit, tanah pusara yang kering, kontang. Tempat kita semua bakal bersemadi-tidak banyak bezanya.

Anak-anak kecil masih tidak mengerti. Tenang dan teruja melihat opah mereka dihantar 'tidur.' Mungkin tidak terfikir bagi mereka bahawa itulah kali terakhir jasad opah ditatap.

Tinggallah kita mengambil peringatan. Nyawa dikandung badan bakal ditarik keluar. Kita, bakal jenazah yang akan datang.

Monday, October 29, 2012

R&R


Ready to go:



Napped, and woke up with spiky hair LOL

Still sleepy zzzz~

Taking orders

at R&R Sg. Perak



Ada kucing dan Maryam takut!



At Kenduri, Rawang
Tumpang buaian baby berendoi






Dah sampai Bangi, singgah ofis abah kejap

Penat dah

Eid Trips

Bismillaah

Pictures report first, writing later eh, inshaAllaah :)

Alhamdulillaah, our eid ul-adha was wonderful. We went back to Penang on Thursday - left around 10am in the morning and reached Penang around 4pm. We stopped for almost 1.5 hours at R&R Sungai Perak because abah met a friend and had a short discussion at the surau there. While waiting, ibu entertained syurgawan: lunch, toilet, solat, etc. alHamdulillaah, the crowd was moderate while we were there. After Solat Zuhr and when we were about to leave, makin banyak orang. Btw, it was ashura day and both ibu and abah were fasting. Syurgawan had nasi and lemang(advance raya LOL). Adam really wanted jagung rebus, but all the stalls were not ready yet:jagung masih lagi direbus. Kesian Adam.

Syurgawan were busy coloring and playing during the trip in the car. It was only after lunch that they went to sleep walHamdulillaah :) All were happy and played together without any major siblings fight. Sarah was also up for most of the duration. Was only asleep for a few hours while still holding to her toys mashaAllaah.

The traffic was heavy, but still moving smoothly alHamdulillaah.

When we reached Penang, Pakcik Darto and family arrived just a few minutes later. Syurgawan seronoklah dapat main dengan cousins Hakimi, Haziq and Fiqah.

Hana and Dina already went back to Yan though.

To Penang
After Sg Perak
We sat on the back! Kakak was on the front seat

Eid Day 1 - to Parit Buntar
First day eid, we went to Parit Buntar. Had a great time there with laksa and ketupat palas. The foods were superb and the company were superb. We went with 4 cars, that's a big crowd mashaAllaah! alHAmdulillaah no traffic jam along the way back and forth.

after Parit Buntar, we made a quick stop at Tesco before headed back home. Hana and Dina were back already. Syurgawan got to play together before they went to sleep.




Thursday, October 25, 2012

Eid Mubarak!

Bismillaah

Initially, we planned to balik kampung last night, but ibu was very tired that we postponed it to the next morning walHamdulillaah. Uhuhu balik kampung is a bit complicated for ibu who has to pack and take care of six person's belongings,(and of course to kemas rumah before leaving). Allaahu musta'an.

This time, we'll make a stop at Tanjung Malim to fetch Opah, then to Bidor to send Opah, then to Ipoh for abah's appointment with a friend, then to Penang inshaAllaah. We'll be at Penang until Saturday afternoon, and we'll head back South bound.On the way, will stop and stay overnight at Bidor before going back to Bangi on Sunday inshaALlaah.

so, we would like to wish everyone good luck on fasting and making lots of takbeer, istighfar, du'a, and ibadah on the day of Arafah. May Allaah bless us with abundance of mercy and forgiveness on these blessed, coming days inshaAllaah, ameen.

Allaahu akbar wa lillaah il-hamd!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Cucuk!

Bismillaah


Today was clinic day for Sarah again. It's the 5 month visit.
alHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal, Sarah tengah selesema tapi tak demam. So, she got another dose of immunization today. She was calm during the visit and just merengek sedikit bila disuntik. Takde menangis menjerit alHamdulillaah. She is 7.7kg now.



Afterwards, we went to abah's office and waited for abah to go home. Spent few hours there waiting for abah to finish all of his meetings uhuhuhuh. Sarah sempat poo pooed there LOL.

Perak

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, we spent last weekend at Slim River Guest House, Perak.(Maryam called the place 'Perak' like it is not the case anywhere else LOL)

We left home on early Friday morning, headed to abah's office, then to Gombak because abah wanted to get a CD of the training materials he was intellectually digesting, mashaAllaah. After the stops, we went up north slowly. Made a few stops at the Sg. Buloh to reload TnG and bought some foods, and at UPSI to fetch kakak-kakak facilitators.

We arrived at around 3pm. The place was nice alHamdulillaah. The facilities were spacious, clean and comfortable even with only basic amenities. As long as the bed and bathroom were nice, we were all happy. Our chalet was just across the green field and playground. Syurgawan were so happy and enjoyed playing there. They liked the swings. Always asked ibu to buai laju-laju and tinggi lagi tinggi lagi! They also enjoyed watching the students doing their activities there. Initially, Syurgawan were just peeking out from the window with curiosity and burning desire to be out there too! The moment ibu said yes and opened the door, whoosshhh they ran as fast they could to the playground!

Oh ya, abah left for Singapore that night, and only back on Sunday morning. We were by ourselves at the chalet. AlHamdulillaah there was a cafe inside the guest house compound where we bought our meals.

Happy alHamdulillaah

Maryam was so proud given the chance to hold Sarah

After playground day 1

Playground before leaving

 




Syurrgawan spent the rest of their times drawing, coloring, and making origami(ibu folded the papers for them LOL). Adam was influenced with Origami Warriors(betul ke tajuk ni?) cartoon laa. His origami could be transformed into robots etc(imaginary play ya). Sarah was bergolek-golek and enjoying her time there. She's got a new technique, kuak lentang! and went all around kicking and pushing on her back.

We left the chalet around 3pm on Sunday. On the way, we stopped at rumah mak Ina to visit opah, mak ina and the family.

Syurgawan were very hungry that they ate mee sup opah dengan berselera sekali dan tambah beberapa kali!

After Tg Malim, we went back to Bangi. It was raining heavily on the way back. Tired and full, syurgawan except Sarah were fast asleep throughout the journey. Sarah was not sleeping as she was enjoying watching the raindrops against the windshield mashaAllaah.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

add ons

bismillaah

yesterday abah left half an hour early for UIA, and he managed to avoid the traffic rush. Yup, just 1/2 hour difference could doubled (or tripled?) the travelling time!

Today was Sarah's 3rd day at taska. alHamdulillaah dia nak minum daripada botol. She's now more active on terguling-guling dan mengundur ke sana ke mari, mashaAllaah. Dan sudah 'aware' bila ibu tinggalkan dia sendirian sambil menangis kuat-kuat tanda protes uhuhu.


Baking

bismillaah

Harini masak muffin pisang, thanks to Adam's constant nagging walHamdulillaah. Syurgawan pantang tengok ada tepung kek atau peralatan buat kek atau cookies, mesti diorang nak buat secepat mungkin.

Hajar, Adam, dan Maryam bersemangat sediakan bahan-bahan dan tolong gaul-kacau. Hajar melecek pisang, Adam pukul adunan cecair(telur, butter, etc), dan Maryam tuang bahan-bahan kering ke dalam mangkuk. Huru-hara jugak sebab asyik berebut nak buat itu dan ini termasuklah masa tuang adunan ke dalam mangkuk muffin tu dan masukkan dalam oven. Ibu biarkan jer diorang berseronok buat muffin. alHamdulillaah, cepat jugak siap sebab ada 4 orang tenaga kerja. comot-comot semua mashaAllaah.

ingatkan dah masuk oven, dah boleh senyap. rerupanya komplen sebab lambat sangat nak tunggu! LOL. pening kepala ibu nak memujuk.

at last, bila dah masak, semua berebut nak merasa air tangan sendiri. seronok betul diorang.alHamdulillaah                  for the quality time we've had this evening :)

Monday, October 15, 2012

1st day

Bismillaah


today was Sarah's first day at taska. All necessary items were packed the night before, ibu was nervous and 'sayu'. I must admit that the taska is not the best one around, but we dont have many options here. There are only 2 nannies taking care of 3 babies and several toddlers(many of them, I will ask the nanny tomorrow the numbers inshaAllaah)

Sarah refused the bottle.uhuhuh.she was just playing around and chewing the silicone nipple, and nanny has to pressed the milk out for her to drink, slowly. I last breastfed her at around 830am, and she just took about 75ml in the next few hours. Actually, I have introduced her with the bottle at home, but did not give her bottle regularly. At times, she would eventually sucked the milk from the bottle after few minutes playing with it, and there were also times when she just rejected the bottle. AlHamdulillaah she didnt cry a lot.

I picked Sarah up after ambil kakak-kakak and abang at kindy around 230pm. Sarah was napping when we arrived. Sarah was already in fresh cloth and diaper alHamdulillaah. The taska was clean and organized even with the many little syurgawan mashaAllaah.good thing? bad sign? uhuhu...need to monitor the condition in the next few days. During Maryam's time, it was clean too. It was just the selesema, batuk, and demam yang bothered us. Hopefully, all will be fine this time inshaAllaah.


Ibu picked syurgawan from kindy and taska earlier today than usual. Since it was Sarah's first day(and week), ibu has decided to do grad works just half day. If everything is okay this week, inshaAllaah next week will begin the work in full swing mode, Allaahu musta'an.

Today, abah went to UIA and inshaAllah tomorrow as well. He called and told ibu that he was trapped in a bad bad traffic after Sg. Besi toll. Uhuhu...left home at 7am, and still stranded at Sg. Besi at 830am. He was supposed to reach UIA before 900am! walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Report Card Day

Bismillaah

Antara yang terawal sampai
Maryam & Adam : all were happy to 'ambil buku'

alHamdulillaah, today we were up early and headed to tadika. Today was the report card day. All of us went to the tadika including Sarah.

cikgu Adam





It was still early when we arrived, and not many people yet. We went upstairs and met with Adam's guru darjah. Ehehe...Adam pulak yang banyak mengomen. So far, alHamdulillaah. Adam was very good this year and he's gained about 1.5kgs since last time. Yup yup, nowadays Hajar and Adam ate more.










Hajar's

Then, we went to see teacher Su, Hajar's teacher. Uhuhu, Hajar was reported to refuse to attend her class because of a bully inside the class. Hajar merajuk taknak masuk kelas and missed quite a number of classroom activities. Academic wise, she has no problem walHamdulillaah. Hopefully, she'll be okay soon.

Maryam pulak does not has an 'official' classroom since she is just 3 y.o. Maryam hanya jadi murid 'tumpang' di kelas 4 y.o.ehehe..she is a shy girl at kindy.



Complete

Teacher Su (and Sarah :) )

Nice, big slide, and they are asking for something like this to be at home!

Aktiviti luar bilik darjah :)


Lepas habis semua reports, we went menjamah makanan yang ada :) pulut kuning was the all time favorite.

IIUM

Bismillaah

cuaca beberapa hari kebelakangan ni sangat best, mashaAllaah. Pagi ke petang dalam pukul 3 atau 4, cerah. Lepas tu mendung yang disusuli dengan hujan lebat. Sidai kain pagi dah boleh kering menjelang petang, inshaAllaah, dan petang pula boleh menikmati indahnya curahan air hujan. Hadiah dari Allaah Ta'ala, alHamdulillaah.

Mungkin bagi yang memandu, agak kurang senang sebab jalan mungkin sedikit licin dan jalan agak sesak dengan kenderaan yang bergerak perlahan. Bolehlah menikmati suasana petang dalam hujan yang menenangkan sambil memandu berhati-hati walHamdulillaah.

Sarah selesema pulak, mungkin sebab cuaca dan mungkin juga sebab tersedut debu masa ibu bersihkan rumah tempoh hari. Lain kali, ibu kena lebih berhati-hati dengan debu bila Sarah ada berdekatan inshaAllaah. Malam ni, Sarah batuk. Uuhuhu..harapnya Sarah cepat sihat, Ameen. Petang tadi dah telefon cik puan taska di Taman U Jalan Pintar sebab nak hantar Sarah mula minggu depan :( :(  not fun.

Petang tadi jugak kami ikut abah ke UIA sebab abah nak jumpa kawan dan ada discussion sikit. Kami ikut sekali bagi ibu dan anak-anak jalan :) dalam perjalanan, semua syurgawan excited dan sibuk bergurau-senda dalam kereta. Dah sampai UIA, para syurgawan dapat berlari-lari di cafe mahallah Ali Abi Thalib yang luas tu. Maryam sempat terjatuh ketika bermain sebab kakak Hajar tertarik tudung Maryam. Meraung sekejap sebelum abah berjaya pujuk. Lepas tu, semua takut nak lari-lari lagi. diorang duduk diam sekejap jer sebelum resume balik aktiviti berkejar-kejaran. Sarah duduk dalam stroller dan kemudian ibu dukung bila Sarah dah bosan duduk dalam stroller jer. AlHamdulillaah semua ceria dan gembira.

Dialog Cerdik(DC)

bismillaah


Ibu: Adam, kalau nak minum susu, pergi ambil cawan.(nak ajar berdikari)
Adam: Ibu, tolong-menolong baik kan? Boleh tak ibu yang tolong ambilkan cawan untuk Adam?
Ibu: erk~

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Sakit Mata

Bismilaah

AlHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal, hari ni ibu pulak yang terjangkit. Bangun pagi mata sebelah kanan dah merah dan pandangan lebih kabur daripada biasa. Kelopak mata pun terasa agak 'melekat' sedikit.
Sakit mata yang kali ni singgah sekejap jer kat setiap orang. Selalu jugak kena tahun ni. Mata tak berapa merah, tapi banyak rembesan(tahi mata). Biasanya dalam sehari jer, paling lama dua hari. Kalau pergi klinik, doktor hanya akan bagi ubat titis untuk guna 3 kali sehari, dan satu tiub antibiotik untuk digunakan pada waktu malam, sebelum tidur. Dinasihatkan tidak berkongsi makanan dan alatan untuk mengelak jangkitan.

uhuhuh...tapi kita dah satu rumah kan. Duduk kerusi sama, terpegang meja yang sama, dan kekadang tidur bantal pun tertukar-tukar. Biasanya menular lah kepada beberapa orang dalam rumah yang sama.

Sekarang, Sarah tidur nak meniarap jer. Dia lagi lena walaupun sekarang dia tidur sekejap-sekejap. Sarah lagi suka bermain-main sambil tengok quilt dan playmat dia yang comel lagi colorful tu, mashaAllaah. Semoga semuanya membesar dengan sihat walafiat sentiasa.

Hari ni abang dan kakak-kakak semangat bertolak awal ke tadika. Diorang taknak ketinggalan untuk main di taman(sebab selalunya lewat saje sampai). Maryam kata, "(kalau datang lewat) kawan-kawan dah berbaris(nak balik) dah :("

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Bermula Era Undur - Pusing - Maju

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, harini 9 Oktober 2012, Sarah dengan rasminya dah pandai meniarap dan mengundur ke belakang. Biasalah tu kan, undur dulu sebelum dapat maju ke depan.

Sepanjang pagi ni, Sarah tak nak tido lagi sebab asyik nak tergolek dan meng -explore dengan kebolehan terbaru yang dapat dikuasai, mashaAllaah.

Semalam, kami keluar sekejap ke Klinik Penawar dekat dengan SRI al-Amin Bangi sebab kakak dah terjangkit sakit mata - yang agak merah sedikit dan banyak tahi mata. Haritu, Adam yang kena masa nak balik dari Penang. Bila dah bubuh ubat kat mata Adam, cepat jer sembuh walHamdulillaah. Kali ni, terjangkit kat Hajat pula. Moga semuanya cepat sembuh, Allaahumma ameen.

Monday, October 08, 2012

From Parit Buntar to Penang

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, kami sampai hampir tengah malam di Parit Buntar. Syurgawan semua dah terlelap dalam perjalanan. Sampai di Parit Buntar, pusing keliling cari Parit Buntar Inn. Agak tersorok dari bulatan jam bandar tu.

Sampai jer inn tu, abah kena dukung syurgawan satu-persatu masuk ke bilik. Semua dah tak larat nak buka mata. Terus lena sampai ke pagi.

Abah pulak awal-awal lagi dah bertolak ke USM. Hari tu, kami breakfast dan lunch dengan bekalan makanan yang dibawa dari malam sebelumnya. Pelajar menghabiskan masa main belon, melukis, mewarna, dan tengok kartun...Sarah bergolek-golek atas katil sambil perhati orang lain lompat, lari, dan bergelak-ketawa(plus nangis pon ada walHamdulillaah).

MashaAllaah, ceria jer semua

Bila abah balik di petang hari, hooraay! semua excited lagi sebab akan bertolak ke Penang pulak. Malam tu kami semua stay di Penang sampailah hari Sabtu. Untuk hari program yang kedua, abah bertolak dari Penang jer seawal 5 pagi sebab nak buat preparation dan singgah check out di Parit Buntar Inn.

Sebelum sampai rumah tokpak, kami singgah di Giant Bayan Baru dan abah beli ais krim untuk semua. Dah lama betul tak makan ais krim dek kerana semua sensitif asyik batuk dan selesema. Jerebu, cuaca panas sejuk. alHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal. Lepas tu, singgah pasar malam cari mamam. Malam tu, syurgawan buat resepi baru, makan char koay cicah dengan ais krim. sedap jugak :)

Perak

Bismillaah

Hari Selasa minggu lepas, semua teruja nak naik utara. Singgah beberapa lokasi.

Sebelum bertolak, singgah di Mines sebab abah nak beli 'switch' untuk digunakan semasa program. Sambil-sambil tunggu abah, syurgawan sempat singgah tempat permainan yang ada rides etc tu. Seronok diorang sekali-sekala layan rides kat situ. Satu ride guna 2 points = RM1.

Tunggu punya tunggu, rupanya switch yang abah nak tu dah sold out. Sebelum ni abah memang dah beli alat tu, tapi ada kawan abah yang berminat jugak.Jadi, abah bagi dan ingatkan boleh cari ganti yang sama. Rerupanya, dah habis dijual dan tak tahu bila stok akan sampai. Sudahnya, abah minta tolong kawan tu hantar balik switch yang lama..ehehehe. Kenalah tunggu di Mines sambil makan tengahari :) walHamdulillaah.

Lepas kawan abah dah bagi alat tu, barulah kami bertolak ke Utara.

Persinggahan pertama: Tanjung Malim. Nak ziarah mak Ina dan baby baru nya Uwais alQarni. Opah pun ada sekali sebab jaga Mak Ina berpantang. MashaAllaah, comel betul baby Uwais. Sejuk mata memandang :)

Alkisahnya, dalam masa sejam dua singgah rumah Mak Ina, syurgawan pergi explore rumah tu bilik ke bilik. Curiosity yang tinggi yer. Dalam pada tu, satu botol perfume dan satu cawan kaca pecah..wooppss!
Alhamdulillaah a'la kulli haal :( Sorry sangat yer Mak Ina dan opah.

Selepas maghrib, kamipun bertolak untuk meneruskan perjalanan ke Parit Buntar sebab keesokan harinya abah akan berprogram di USM Nibong Tebal, Kampus Kejuruteraan.

Sunday, October 07, 2012

where have we been?

Bismillaah

alHamdulillaah, sepanjang minggu lepas kami merantau(ya, di dalam negara sahaja). Weekend lepas, kami ikut abah ke Hulu Langat ahad-Isnin.Bermalam semalaman kat sana. Syurgawan paling suka jalan-jalan ni. Awal pagi lagi berebut buka pintu nak cari katak.uhuhu..alkisahnya katak menyorok. Kenalah ibu bagi penjelasan logik(yang boleh anak-anak terima) mana katak ni pergi? bila dia nak keluar? kaak tidur lagi ker? katak sembunyi bawah air ker?

Nur Laman Bestari, Hulu Langat
sebelum bertolak balik

Diorang tak puas hati sebab tak nampak katak memandangkan bunyi katak bersahutt-sahutan dengan meriahnya malam sebelum tu.


Hari Isnin, semua tak pegi tadika. Duduk berehat di rumah sambil berkemas-kemas untuk trip ke Utara pulak.

Monday, October 01, 2012

Chef cilik

Bismillaah

MashaAllaah, Hajar enjoyed experimenting with the cookies and spread in the kitchen. Maryam loves these so much that she repeatedly asked kakak to make her some more. Hajar was very proud and she didnt mind doing it all over again for Maryam (and Adam).

the top layer was kuih bakar kegemaran Hajar


Adam's DIY pencil case

Bismillaah

Last Sunday, Adam woke up early in the morning. He was busy playing with a plastic scissor(suitable for children, can cut papers, but not their fingers :) ) when ibu saw him. Ibu just let him doing his business. Adam is usually very quite and very focus when he is doing something he is very interested in.

A few minutes later, ibu found this on his desk. Tadaa! a DIY pencil case. He made this out of a air freshener packaging, mashaAllaah.

beneath the case were his coloring sheets

his coloring apparatus 

A night outing and we've lost our home's key!

Bismillaah


where to get meja like this? please tell me!!
AlHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal :) Abah was so busy last week, so we decided to go out for dinner last Sunday.

MashaAllaah, we were so happy spending the night at restoran Sharifah section 7 BBB. They have a new section(new ker? it's been ages since we last ate here) so cool for families that syurgawan loved very much! Big table, lowered so that we could makan sambil duduk atas lantai. I think quite a number of restaurants have this seating choice.





fast asleep






Sarah was on the floor(atas quilt we brought from home) guling-guling happily. However, the waiting time was a bit long that Sarah fell asleep before we started eating!






Nasi ayam was of course fast because it was ready made, but other dishes were lambat that we finished our drinks before the foods were ready walHamdulillaah. Abah decided just to tapau the foods.

Tunggu makanan?
okay, so how about the key? uhuhuhu...so, we went straight home after Sharifah and abah made a quick stop at the kedai runcit to buy roti. When we arrived home, usually abah would open the gate and front door. However, abah said he didnt have the key! We searched high and low, the entire car-inside out. Uhuhu...looked around the porch and even on the road, but the key was nowhere to be found. We even went back to the restaurant and grocery store, searched for the key at our table and asked the waiter, looked for the key at the carpark and still to no avail.oh no!

Ibu was thinking to spend the night at abah's office, but it would not solve our problem. How about tomorrow? how do we get into the house? We went back home, searched for the key again. The key was still missing! and the bad news was we didnt keep kunci pendua(yup, we once had it, but itupun hilang).

So, the two engineering graduates used their creativity to open the door mashaAllaah. I totally felt like a perompak pecah masuk rumah LOL. Senang betul pecah masuk rumah sendiri. How we did it? biarlah rahsia. Dont worry, the door and grill are still intact and in good condition walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal.

Moral of the story, take a good care of our keys:home, car, office, etc.Buat kunci pendua, simpan kat tempat selamat. Oh ya, another important thing is no matter how secure we think our home was, with the pintu and grill etc, it still can be easily broken into. So, kenalah menjaga keselamatan dan berdoa Allaah lindungi selalu inshaAllaah. Better tie the camel first, and then put our tawaqal to Allaah ta'ala.