Blessings from Tanjung

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AlHamdulillaah


Have you been following our posts? If so, jazakAllaahu khair, may you benefit from whatever good  there is in here, and may Allaah forgives us for whatever shortcomings there might be. You might have noticed that we don't update our blog daily, we are very sorry for that :( please make du'a that we will be able to keep posting regularly.

alHamdulillaah, last weekend we went to Johor Bharu and spent 2D1N there. It was a wonderful trip. We started on Sunday, went to Paroi because abah gave a talk at Pusat Islam there. It was for couple of hours and syurgawan had good time playing both inside the hall(it was a 1 and a half level, we were upstairs so not to disturb others ehehehe, only Adam stayed in the main hall) and outside. They watched birds(especially doves) and played up and down the wide, beautiful staircases. The weather was nice, so was the place. We left around 3 pm and headed straight to JB. Made a few stops at the R&Rs and reached JB around 8pm.

We decided to stay at the JB Grand Bluewave hotel. alHamdulillaah, the hotel was nice. The superior studio room was spacious and beautiful. It has a small kitchen complete with microwave, stove, dining table, etc. The room was facing the tambak Johor too! Very puas hati lorrr with a very reasonable walk in rate, alHamdulillaah. The next morning, syurgawan mandi manda sepuas-puasnya at the pool located on the 7th floor. The pool was big and beautiful! Early in the morning and there was nobody else in the pool except us! Heaven mashaAllaah!

tbc insyaAllaah ;)

p/s: Blessings from Tanjung refers to Opah, Mak Ina, and the handsome baby Uwais' visit to our house this week. Mak Ina attended a training at UPM and they stayed with us. We enjoyed their visits and happy to meet opah, mak Ina, and baby Uwais.

new routine

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rutin baru tahun baru 2013 ni ialah basuh kasut! dah berbelas tahun tinggalkan aktiviti yang satu ni - kali terakhir adalah semasa darjah 6. Lepas tu, masuk sekolah asrama dan guna kasut hitam (orang tak basuh kot kasut hitam? - boleh guna yang leather/bukan kain).

Tahun ni, Hajar dah masuk darjah 1. Kenalah guna kasut sekolah warna putih, and yes, kanak-kanak memang lasak dan tak kisah kasut tu bertukar warna jadi kaler kelabu. Zaman ibu dulu, kasut penuh kotoran tanah liat - sekolah kampung kan, mana ada berturap/simen jalan-jalan sekitar sekolah. Zaman sekarang, sikit jer pijak tanah, lain semua lantai simen. Jadi, kerja memberus kasut sekolah tu takdelah susah mana walHamdulillaah. Lepas berus, basuh dan bilas, kita 'kapur' kasut! part yang seronok kan.ehehehe.

Sarah pula dah advanced berdiri dan berpaut. sekarang dah boleh gerak setapak dua sambil berpaut di kerusi, meja, basikal(roda tiga) etc. Gigih mashaAllaah. Harini, discovered gigi sulung dia kat gusi bawah. ehehehe baru pecah gusi tu, gigi tak nampak lagi.kena sentuh dengan jari. Sekarang pulak Sarah tengah cirit-birit. alHamdulillaah tak teruk, tapi najis cair jer sepanjang minggu. Dalam sehari, dalam 4-5 lampin kotor. so far, Sarah tetap berselera minum susu, makan, dan aktif.

Maryam pulak tengah dalam membina identiti nya..cecece :) banyaknya perkara dia nak test to the limit. Protes itu ini, taknak itu ini, etc. Perlu penuh psikologi dalam berkomunikasi dengan anak seorang ni.

Adam pulak, makin 'matang.' baca iqra' lancar jer sekarang ni, alHamdulillaah.

Menuntut ilmu...

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alHamdulillaah, anak-anak sudah ke taska, tadika, dan sekolah seperti biasa. Awal-awal tu memang rasa berat dan kekok terutamanya nak berpisah dengan si kecil Sarah, dan membiasakan diri dengan jadual baru kakak Hajar.

Hajar dah masuk darjah satu! Tapi, sekolah sesi petang. Jadi, ibu dan abah kena bergilir-gilir hantar dan jemput. AlHamdulillaah, setakat ni tiada masalah dan Hajar pun seronok berada di dalam suasana baru yang sangat berbeza berbanding tahun lepas. Hajar dapat duduk sekelas dengan seorang teman rapat dari Tadika Umi Alam Ceria, takdelah Hajar sunyi dan kekok sangat di dalam kelas baru. Hajar masih lagi malu-malu dan segan untuk berkenalan dengan rakan-rakan lain. InsyaAllah mungkin beberapa minggu lagi .

Adam dan Maryam seronok dapat naik 'kelas'. Adam dah jadi senior di tadika dan Maryam dah dapat kelas secara rasmi :) cumanya, mereka rasa sedikit 'kehilangan' bila kakak Hajar sudah tidak bersama-sama pergi ke tadika.

Sarah pula sekarang dah mengerti erti perpisahan. Biasanya akan menangis bila ditinggalkan di taska dan ibupun rasa sayu :( apakan daya, ini jalan yang telah dipilih walHamdulillaah. Harini, Sarah selesema (bermula dari semalam lagi). Ibu rasa sebab Sarah banyak sangat menangis masa di taska...uhuk..uhuk...

S.K stands for Sekolah Kebangsaan

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Hajar: Hajar nampak, cikgu tadi macam letih sangat. Macam tak larat nak ajar kitorang. Cikgu tu ingat, kami budak-budak ni tak letih ker?

Adam: Haah, baik cikgu tu duduk rumah jer jaga anak.

Woopps! minta maaflah pada para guru di luar sana. Tapi ni adalah daripada perbualan kanak-kanak 5 dan 6 tahun (soon to be 7 insyaAllah). Ibu tumpang dengar dari jauh saja dan tak kata apa-apa.

wajar atau tidak wajar?

tadi pun, para ibu bapa di'halau' pergi dengan nada sindiran -"kalau macam ni, sampai dua minggu akan datang pun nak temankan anak!"

wuhuhuhu...kami faham, ibu bapa mungkin menganggu para guru menjalankan tugas. Tapi, bukankah ada bahasa yang lebih profesional dan molek untuk digunakan? sesi sekolah baru beberapa minit bermula, dua orang guru yang kelihatan bermuka sangat garang dan masam - di hadapan para ibu bapa dan anak-anak Darjah 1! astaghfirullaah al-a'zim.

dilema~

marathon

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marathon demam masih berterusan walhamdulillah a'la kulli haal. maryam dah demam sejak weekend lepas lagi. sekali dengan selesema, jadi agak teruk sikit. masa siang ok sikit, tapi malam suhu akan naik. harini maryam nak jugak pegi sekolah walaupun masih belum pulih sepenuhnya. dia rasa 'lemas' dok baring kat rumah jer rasanya(abang dan kakak tetap ke tadika). sarah duduk rumah juga sepanjang minggu - seronok!

Ulu Yam

hujan mulai turun, payung emergency

di sinilah Adam terjatuh :(

ni, kami nak pi celebration partners abah kat taman melawati

bermusim

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alHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal, sarah dan abah dah tak demam, tapi kakak Hajar pulak demam. Sarah pulak timbul ruam-ruam merah di muka dan badan. hasil dari demam panas semalam rasanya. Jadi, harini Sarah duduk rumah lagi. Kakak Hajar pulak nak pergi sekolah sebab harini ada special acitivity di tadika- diorang pakai baju raya. InshaAllaah balik sebelum Zuhur lah hari ni.

Cuaca di luar mendung sepanjang pagi.sejuk je mashaAllaah.

A day at FPSK UPM - Tafsir surah al-Hujurat

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look how happy we were!

alHamdulillaah, syurgawan loved to spend the day together sambil dengar 'ceramah'(as they call it)

at the end of the day, they said, "alaaaa...kenapa harini jer esok ibu tak dengar ceramah ker? nak pegi lagi!!'

 

ohohoho...this was the second time they tagged along during a seminar. Sarah cooperated very well(with ibu in the mother's room), and her older siblings loved the kids zone alHamdulillaah.

 

the kids zone was just next door btw. by noon, the divider 'gave up' to the children pushing and turning it. you can see it in the second picture. basically, the children could go back and forth from the mother's room to the kid's zone. LOL. supposed to be chaotic, but everything was fine and fun mashaAllaah.

 

although the live streaming wasnt working for the first session and the after lunch's session(mic got muted accidentally..walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal), the overall experience was great. I am thankful for whatever piece of gem I could get from the seminar. Eventhough I was missing lots of information during the audio problems, I still got many more when the telecast was working. we'll be happy when we just being thankful, right?

 

so, here are my syurgawan, posed for the lens. all smiles mashaAllaah.

 

 

demam

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lil miss Sarah & abah demam harini.

hari Isnin taska Sarah tutup-cuti. Jadi ibu & Sarah duduk di rumah saje.abang dan kakak2 ke tadika sebab nak teruskan projek Little Scientist. Semangat!

Hari Selasa-semalam kami ke Ulu Yam. abah ada talk, anak-anak mandi kolam. sungai sangat berbahaya pada musim hujan ni. seronok sangat-mandi dalam chalet, mandi kolam, mandi dalam chalet lagi-mandi kolam-mandi dalam chalet..ha...berapa banyak kali mandi tu. air sejuk semua sebab sumber dari sungai. anak-anak makan ais krim 2 rounds.kemain lagi huhuhuhu. masa second time mandi kolam, ada insiden Adam terjatuh di kawasan luncur turun bawah sebab seorang budak terlanggar Adam. Kakak saadiah yang tengah jaga masa tu terpaksa terjun kolam dapatkan Adam yang dah kesakitan sebab kepala terhantuk agak kuat. alHamdulillaah xde yang cedera serius. cuma Adam nangis kuat la sebab mebe sangat sakit dan pening. terus semua balik chalet, mandi, tukar pakaian dan tidur. tunggu abah habis talk.
kami balik lepas Asar, on the way jem teruk di MRR2, Jalan Istana, dan Sungai Besi.uhuhuhu...maghrib di gas station. Isyak baru sampai walHamdulillaah.

weekend lepas-sabtu-kami ke UPM untuk program surah al-Hujurat. sangat best alHamdulillaah!
anak-anak joined sekali di mother's room & kid's zone. Diorang tak puas duduk sehari jer, nak 2 hari!

Pujian

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Setiap hari menatap wajah anak-anak, mendodoi Sarah, bermain dengan mereka, hati berbunga-bunga bahagia. Tiap kali juga, kata-kata penghargaan diberikan kepada anak-anak ini atas ketulusan mereka melakukan usaha yang sangat comel dan tulus. mashaAllaah.

tiap kali itu juga, ibu tidak lupa bersyukur pada Allaah atas nikmat pinjamanNya ini. Merekalah motivasi, semangat, madu, gula, garam, hempedu, tawa, ria, duka, amanah, tanggungjawab, penawar, dan sebagainya. Merekalah penyejuk mata dan legasi berharga.

Bangun pagi kekadang senyum manis, kekadang menangis, kekadang mengomel(bila dah pandai bercakap dan behujah..LOL), setiap pagi sangat indah dengan pelbagai ragam dan rencam.

Sepanjang hari juga begitu sehinggalah mata lena di malam hari.

warna-warni hidup bersama syurgawan lebih berseri dan menawan, alHamdulillaah alHamdulillaah.

Ilmu

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Early in the morning,

Ibu: Adam nak pergi sekolah ker?
Adam: Tak nak!...eh, nak! Adam nak dapatkan ilmu Adam. Adam nak jadi pandai. Bila dah besar nanti pun Adam nak pergi sekolah, Adam nak jaga ilmu Adam.

:)
MashaAllaah

Pay it forward

pic is courtesy from kakak Saadiah

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hari tu kakak-kakak belanja makan dan jenjalan. Malam tadi, giliran kakak-kakak pula dibelanja makan.
alHamdulillaah. Syurgawan berselera sungguh. Sarah pula sangat ceria. mashaAllaah tabarakallaah.

jazakumullaahu khayr beautiful people!

Planetarium

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Last Saturday, we went to the Planetarium Negara! weeee~
alHamdulillaah, kakak Saadiah and Amirah baik hati untuk bawa kami jalan-jalan ke KL. Abah ada program sepanjang hari, jadi kami hanya duduk di rumah. Awalnya kakak2 hanya datang sebab nak tolong ibu poskan barang, tapi kesian tengok anak-anak ibu terperuk di rumah. Jadi, kamipun setuju bawa para syurgawan ke Planetarium. Terus contact minta kebenaran dan Abah pun bagi green light.

alHamdulillaah, bersiap cepat2 dan off we go! Seronok betul anak-anak dapat keluar.

sampai KL dah Zuhur, jadi kami singgah di Masjid Negara untuk solat. Pertama kali ni kami singgah solat kat situ..uhuhuhu. Cuaca pun redup jer dengan hujan renyai-renyai sekejap sekejap.

Lepas solat, kami ke Planetarium. Wah, kena panjat tangga! Sempat tercungap-cungap juga untuk sampai ke atas.

Kami singgah minum dan makan snek untuk mengalas perut sebelum masuk ke dalam Planetarium.
Melangkah masuk jer, cik Yam kata, "sejuknya planet ni!". Ehehehe diorang ingat nak tengok planet jer masa tu. Memang kanak-kanak seronok explore ruang-ruang pameran kat situ, walaupun tak besar mana. Part paling diorang suka dekat 'zero' gravity tu. Tak tau berapa kali diorang pusing tempat tu.

Sarah pun seronok tengok skrin dan lampu-lampu kat situ. Kami pusing planetarium sampai ke anjung tinjau kat tingkat atas. Ada juga beberapa segmen yang ditutup.

alHamdulillaah, seronok para syurgawan hari tu.

at the end of the day, out of curiosity I asked my children, "did someone make du'a that we all could go out today?"
Hajar said," I did ibu, this morning after I took my bath."

MashaAllaah, a lil child's du'a has been answered!
alHamdulillaah alHamdulillaah

Kami Saintis Kecil

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Syurgawan tengah bereksperimen buat istana 'pasir'. Bukan pasir tapi man made material yang macam pasir. Syurgawan dapat daripada kit Little Scientist yang dijalankan di tadika sempena musim cuti sekolah ni. Biasanya kalau ada bahan-bahan yang terlebih atau tak sempat nak habiskan di tadika, mereka akan dibenarkan bawa balik ke rumah. seronoklah anak-anak ni. Di luar tengah hujan masa ni.

 

sementara itu, cik Sarah bergembira di dalam rumah

Syurgawan Palestin

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alHamdulillaah, anak-anak ibu sudah diberi pendedahan awal kepada isu Palestin di tadika. Mereka sudah mendengar tentang Gaza dan betapa jahatnya Zionis Israel sebelum tragedi serangan terbaru November ini.

Di Malaysia, kita berdansa ria di bawah 'November rain.' Di Gaza, mereka dihimpit hujan kemusnahan bom-bom Zionis yang bacul. walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal. Lebih 162 orang mujahid yang telah melangkah ke syurga idaman. Allaahu musta'an. Gencatan senjata sudah termeterai untuk solusi sementara.

Anak-anak ibu tahu Zionis itu jahat, dan mereka faham bila diberitahu tidak elok makan atau di tempat-tempat(dan beli barang-barang) yang menyumbang dana kepada Zionis. Walaupun anak-anak suka bila dapat makan di situ, tapi mereka tidak menangis memberontak bila dikatakan 'tidak' beserta penerangan di sebaliknya.

alHamdulillaah, sesi belajar iQra' makin meriah di rumah. Masing-masing bersemangat membaca dengan lancar dan belajar makhraj serta hukum tajwid yang betul. Sungguh comel bila mulut mereka tersenget dan termuncung bila cuba menyebut huruf dengan betul. Kekadang mereka ketawa geli hati sendiri. Sungguh seronok mashaAllaah.

yup, kita harus berjuang bersama palestin. Berjuang secara fizikal dengan membantu boikot dan menahan keinginan menggunakan barang-barang yang mungkin sudah sebati dengan kehidupan sendiri, secara spiritual dengan selalu berdoa, belajar, beramal dan meningkatkan kualiti hidup seorang mukmin sejati dan berinfaq, secara emosi dengan terus yakin dan positif dengan setiap ketentuan dan ujian dari Allaah, dan secara intelektual dengan terus meningkatkan ilmu dan mengajarkan orang lain, inshaAllaah.

Rabbi inni lima anzalta ilayya min khairin faqir

Sistem STAR(S)

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sekarang kami mencuba praktikan sistem pemberian STAR(bintang) kepada Hajar, Adam, dan Maryam setiap kali mereka melakukan sesuatu kebaikan. Contohnya, menolong orang lain, berkongsi, baca IQRA', bermain dengan baik, dan sebagainya.  Anak-anak ibu sangat seronok mengira jumlah bintang yang sudah dapat dikumpul dan dapat menambah dan mengingati jumlahnya dengan tepat. Kadang-kadang ibu dan abah diberikan pelbagai bentuk pertolongan daripada anak-anak sampaikan tak sempat nak bagi bintang bagi setiap kebaikan tersebut.





Cik Maryam

Semasa ibu menghadiri kelas alMaghrib, Adam dan Hajar telah menolong ibu menyidai kain. Yup, they did it mashaAllaah! Terharu sangat bila tengok kain yang ibu tak sempat sidai sebelum meninggalkan rumah di sebelah pagi, sudah elok tersidai di ampaian. Kebetulan, kain tak banyak hari tu.Adam punggah baju dari mesin basuh(front loading) ke dalam bakul dan bawa ke laman. Kemudian, Hajar dan Adam sidai di penyangkut baju dan letak di ampaian dengan teliti dan tak nampak seolah kanak-kanak 6 dan 5 tahun yang melakukannya, alHamdulillaah.

Sarah at HEROES Conference

Di dalam rumah, Adam dan Hajar mengemas barang-barang permainan dan buku-buku mereka di bilik masing-masing. Semua tersusun rapi. Malam tadi, Adam tolong kutip permainan yang terjatuh
(lalu tersembunyi) di belakang sofa. Ada banyak rupanya benda tersembunyi di sebalik sofa tu..uhuhuhu.




Hajar at HEROES Conference

 Anak-anak ini juga dilatih untuk bertanggungjawab dengan barang milik masing-masing. Contohnya, kain tuala hendaklah digantung di tempat yang sepatutnya untuk dikeringkan, baju yang kotor hendaklah diletakkan di bekas pakain kotor, pakaian dari tadika hendaklah dikeluarkan daripada beg dan diletakkan di bekas pakaian kotor, cawan yang telah digunakan hendaklah diletakkan di dalam sinki, dan sampah haruslah dibuang ke dalam tong sampah. Banyak lagi perkara yang boleh diajarkan kepada anak-anak agar mereka lebih berdisiplin dan berdikari inshaAllaah.

Mimpi sampai ke bintang

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alHamdulillaah, weekend lepas ibu dapat menghadiri kelas alMaghrib di fakulti perubatan, UPM. Tempat jatuh lagi dikenang...ehehe. Allaah sebaik-baik perancang, dari tak pergi kepada terus mendaftar dan hadir ke kelas The Divine Link :) alHamdulillaah! HE definitely helped me to crush and smack my excuses right on the eyes!

Black eyes!

of course, no regret and was very thankful to Allaah for this chance. It's all about solat. Exciting to learn about things we know and don't know, and to revisit our  solat from the history to all of the elements in solat. Learning the deen is always wonderful and beautiful. This time, the teacher was Sh. Abu Eesa Niamatullaah from the UK. He definitely, got his own unique style of teaching. The class love it mashaAllaaah.

No bakwas!
(bakwas = nonsense)

Oh ya, we(all the 6 of us) attended the free Friday night as well. Met old friends and brought all the memories back :)


Hari Sabtu, para syurgawan termasuk Sarah duduk di rumah bersama abah. AlHamdulillaah, they survived the day :)! masa break tengah hari, ibu pecut balik rumah untuk belikan makan tengahari dan susukan Sarah. Walau kelam kabut dan agak lambat balik ke kelas, semua berjalan lancar walHamdulillaah. terasa penat sangat by the end of the day, but it was worth it alHamdulillaah.


Hari Ahad, abah ke Shah Alam untuk menghadiri Konvensyen Halatuju Pendidikan. Jadi, kakak Saadiah tolong jagakan para syurgawan. alHamdulillaah takda masalah. Lunch break ibu balik hantar makanan, tapi kakak Saadiah dah siap masak. Anak-anak ibu ordered macam- macam! Dari mee goreng sampailah nasi etc. Petang tu ibu balik awal sebab nak sampai rumah sebelum Maghrib dan sebelum hari gelap. Sekarang ni nak memandu malam tak berani sebab mata silau sangat walHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal. Lagipun, taknak kakak Saadiah tunggu lama selepas letih seharian meladeni kerenah anak-anak ibu. Jazakillaahu khayr, hanya Allaah yang dapat membalas jasanya.

Ana Ikan Bakar Petai

Teething

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Gigi Hajar yang tercabut tu dah nak tumbuh baru, alHamdulillaah! nampak dah gigi tu nak mula keluar. Moga Hajar menghargai nikmat sebatang gigi itu, yang akan kekal bersama sepanjang hayat, inshaAllaah.

AlHamdulillaah, kami dah mula bagi Sarah makan solids. Sarah sangat berminat kalau tengok orang makan, siap hisap-hisap bibir sampai turun air liur dan berbunyi-bunyi. Dah sampai masa Sarah makan pulak selepas hanya susu ibu secara eksklusif selama ini. Makanan pertama bagi Sarah adalah bubur nasi campur ayam kisar. Sebenarnya abang dan kakak-kakak punya, tapi bagi Sarah sekali tapi yang versi hancur. Suka sangat dia. Semalam, perisa baru pulak carrot+sweet potato+tomatoe+chicken. AlHamdulillaah laju jer Sarah habiskan. Menyusu pun tetap banyak macam biasa.

Hari Khamis lepas, sempena cuti Maal Hijrah, syurgawan bertiga danced in the rain.eheheh.bagi mandi hujan! Pertama kali ni. seronok betul diorang apatah lagi hujan tu makin lama makin lebat. Siap bershampoo sabun semua kat laman. Ibu bagi tuala untuk keringkan badan pun dibawa bermain dalam hujan sekali ala-ala mantel. Habis basah!

Heroes Conference

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alHamdulillaah, alHamdulillaah

yesterday was one of the happiest day this year. After so long, I've got to attend an Islamic conference from the beginning till the end with all of my four beloved children!

It was the Heroes conference at IIUM.

okay, honestly I was not registered until last Thursday, wasn't even aware of any conferences or Islamic programs around the Klang valley, which were lots of them day in and day out.

A friend told me about the conference, I checked the website and alHamdulillaah, happy to find out that mother's room with love live telecast would be available, and hey, the fee was cheap too, mashaAllaah!

So, I registered as a group with two other friends alHamdulillaah.

I was very excited that I prepared everything the night before - yup, packed all the stuffs I thought would be needed to keep my children entertained and comfortable to stay in the hall from 10am to 10 pm! I ended up with several bags - it was like getting ready for a week away!

In the morning, everyone woke up a bit earlier, as abah had to leave for a talk in the morning too. So, syurgawan and ibu got ready and waited for ibu's friend to pick us up.

The ride to IIUM was smooth and happy, the sky was bright and beautiful mashaAllaah. We made a few stops to buy breakfast and refill the fuel.

Arrived at IIUM, everyone carried his/her bags and alHamdulillaah for ibu's friends for helping us carrying our stuffs - uhuhuhu..too many and heavy!. We parked a bit farther from the hall as the parking area was full. Was informed that attendees were about one thousand!

AlHamdulillaah the volunteers were friendly and helpful. We finally made it to the mother's room, alHamdulillaah! Unpacked our things and got ready for the ilm session.

However, the telecast was not up yet :( uhuhuhuhu. At first, we were told to join the others in the main auditorium, but no children allowed. My syurgawan refused to be left at the nursery(available for RM20/child). They wanted to stay with ibu walHamdulillaah.

So, I was down initially, but quickly made du'a to Allaah to grant me patience and ease for the duration of the day. I made the same du'a last night, and I knew Allah heard me. It was just I have to be a bit patient.

I enjoyed my time waiting, while entertaining my baby and curious toddlers.

An hour later, the lady technician came and set up the LCD, it worked! but, no sounds.uhuhuhu.
They said the audio cable was not long enough to be pulled and connected to the mother's room. We had to move to a new room later, because the main session was ongoing and they didn't want to interrupt the audio.

AlHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal. AlHamdulillaah, Allaah gave me the strength to avoid complaining, and stay happy and content with everything around me. Yup, I missed all the morning sessions.

Finally, after the Zuhr break, they moved us to the new mother's room. It was a musolla, so it was very comfortable. It was a clean and nice room with attached wudhu'a area and restrooms! It was a blessing indeed as I didn't have to run back and forth to the restroom everytime a child wanted to use it. Plus, only mommas with child/ren were allowed to use the facility, so no QUE and big crowd, alHamdulillaah, alHamdulillaah. I wouldn't complaint about having to take all of our belongings from the previous room to the new one, which was located at the second floor and we had to walk quite a bit. I was helped with many volunteers and friends, jazakumullaahu khayr.

AlHamdulillaah, I enjoyed the conference and almost throughout the conference just stayed in the mother's room, except for the few minutes moving from the previous room to the substitute room, and oh ya, went to the restroom with Adam and had to wait in a long line(before we got into the musolla cum mother's room). I guess I was so focused on listening to the talks and taking care of my little ones that I forgot about taking a walk outside or meeting a friend etc, mashaAllaah. syurgawan visited the booths with kakak Saadiah. oh ya, lunch were bought by kakak saadiah and Amirah too.

my children were busy making new friends, coloring, exploring, etc. they enjoyed the conference too. little complaints and no major fights and crankiness, mashaAllaah walHamdulillaah! All were up and running until they were really tired, only after 9pm LOL. Adam fell asleep first, followed by Hajar, then Maryam. Sarah was the one who remained awake. Sarah was so very cooperative through the entire stay eventhough she had a runny nose and cough, alHamdulillaah alHamdulillaah, she was easy and happy! A 5+ month old baby mashaAllaah.

The conference ended half an hour earlier than scheduled. It was scheduled to end at 11pm, but the VVIP was not there for the final closing ceremony. Abah came to pick us up at around 11pm, he was around at IIUM too for his coaching session earlier. By that time, all 3 toddlers were fast asleep. We managed to wake Adam and Hajar, but not Maryam, LOL! Our lil Sarah almost immediately fell asleep as the car left the carpark! I guess she was very tired too, but too happy to be cranky at all mashaAllaah.

We reached home just a few minutes past midnight, alHamdulillaah.

That night, I cought a flu and fever, alHamdulillaah a'la kulli haal. Gave it all out for the conference, and it was time for kaffarah of my sins :)

Huge thanks to Abah, kakak Saadiah, and Kakak Amirah, and my beloved children.JAZAKUMULLAHU KHAIRAL JAza.

Bunga graduasi Hajar :)

Thanks for making it a sweet and memorable experience for ibu.