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

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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.

Eid Mubarak!

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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!

Cucuk!

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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

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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.

add ons

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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

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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 :)

1st day

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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.

Report Card Day

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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

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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)

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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~

Sakit Mata

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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 :("

Bermula Era Undur - Pusing - Maju

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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.

From Parit Buntar to Penang

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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

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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.

where have we been?

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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.

Chef cilik

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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

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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!

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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.

cont'd

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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.

Nursery

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Nursery untuk Sarah ....

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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....

H2O

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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.

4 mo

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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)

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.

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.

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.

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.