Love and skills

When you have the skills and talents, you're able to create wonderful things for others. Some skills which may be latent needs just a spark to make things going. My aunt is one I call creative and innovative at the same time. With her sewing skills, she has recycled cloths she made into clutch bags, purses and many other bags. The only thing is that she's not into online biz. So family members become witnesses of her creative juices and purchase them for personal use or as gifts to others. Oh, what if I help her sell her products... hmm good idea? *grins*

I also envy friends who take time to indulge in artsy stuffs and produce hand-made cards or personalised book covers for others. It's just that I myself love these kind of activities but actualising them needs effort at my present moment. Because I miss designing things during my past time. Past time now is equivalent to reading books or watching DVD with hubby or window shopping with my family...

Likewise, mouth-watering desserts or food for those who enjoy the art of cooking leaves me in full admiration for their skills and not forgetting, the passion to do it and sharing recipes online. They left me with a strong urge, to be eagerly desirous of those tantalising food galore. I aspire to do that, at least, during the weekend breaks when lectures are off.

Hehe but at the moment, nothing from the above beat the skills of my cutie pie who has been working pretty hard and putting a lot of practice and keeps improving...Alhamdulillah. There are moments where he showed his struggles when he first started. Since then, whenever I return home from work, I keep myself updated of his milestones. While playing with him, I remind myself that this is part of building his self-esteem and this should be done through unconditional love. I am sure as mums, we want the best for our child to the point that we demand too much from him and seeks perfection. Every child develops differently. What we can do and remind ourselves is to express praises to Allah in his presence whenever our child develops a new skill. This may be one of the ways of tarbiyyah for him/her to be surrounded by the beauty of Allah and Islam. I simply enjoy spending time with him at this 'cheeky' age. I'm sure dear mummies love it too!

When we build a warm and friendly relationship with our children, we establish the best opportunity for imparting strong moral and spiritual values to them--the key to high self-esteem. --muslimsmothers@blogspot.com

Of pain and medicine

It's been awhile isn't it?

Happy belated birthday to abang!


Disclaimer: A random pic taken (not 18chefs)

Had a simple dinner date with him @ eighteenchefs. We walked instead of the usual drive. Thankful that hubb wanted to walk. . All the time when hubb drives, he has to be focus on the road so we seldom chat. This way, we were able to chat while enjoying the night. The food was delicious! We also learnt a new way of ordering food from the restaurant... it was fun and a bit awkward at first. We had to read the menu to follow the instructions.. (macam baca manual)

May Allah bless you with more rezeqi in this life... Lots of love!

Apart from the joyous 'eid as a mummy (pictures to be found in FB and many other albums from the circle of family and friends), I'm destined to be at home for 2 days (today and tomorrow). One thing I don't quite favour is having to prescribe to drowsy medicines (although I'm aware of the objective of taking them). Right this moment, I'm still in the midst of waiting for the drug to take its effect.

I'm on mc because of Scoliosis. I was diagnosed with that few years back when the doc said that I had 2 humps on both sides of my back. Since the arrival of Iman, I have the tendency to look down to check on him and this might contribute to the pain I'm having. Woke up today not being able to turn my head and get up from my bed. Doc suggested that I lie flat on the floor for 15 mins everyday. That was what hubb suggested too and he always do that during his back pain days.

I also mentioned to the doctor regarding my trigger finger. Recently the pain subsided. I think the condition is not as bad as last month when it was painful at the same time to the point that I could not bend my fingers.

Ramadhan oh Ramadhan

Ramadhan, kau datang lagi membawa makna yang mendalam dalam hidupku...

Alhamdulillah! Ramadhan's here again and I'm so grateful to be able to meet this month. Of late, with regards to deaths of Muslim celebrities and also my arwah Nek Long... marked the end of them meeting Ramadhan this year. It also marks a new Ramadhan for me as a new mother to my infant.

I had been thinking, would I be able to handle Ramadhan this year? Being a full b-feeding mum, I wasn't sure how I would take it. Most of my 'free time' at work has been booked for this personal mission of mine such that I lack in completing my admin work (markings, etc). It was such a breeze earlier this year when I wanted to clear those tasks before the relief teacher comes in. I could settle marking those books/worksheets/etc. after class and after my working time. Nowadays, it is such a challenge and my stuffs keep piling and I had to chase time instead.

I even had to find space for lunch and usually I'd multi-task doing work and lunch at the same time. One thing for sure, since Ramadhan has come, there's no need to buy lunch. But just a matter of whether I can handle myself and not suffer dehydration due to the pumpings and energy sucked up from me by pupils.(hah)

This leads to one important point. I'd treasure Ramadhan and hope that I'll be able to complete one whole month since my period has not come.

So on the 1st day of Ramadhan....

-Woke up at 4.30 to cook pasta @ own home.
- Iman was fast asleep without any distraction.
- Around 5.15 woke hubb sahur.
- 6 plus wanted to perform my Subh prayers and Qur'an recitation. (I was hoping at this juncture to complete the whole mashaf since I thought with the complete fast given to me)

And Allah knows best because it has come... This is a perfect way to say 'Kita yang merancang, Allah yang tentukan...'

The new term

The first day of work landed me in an 'alhamdulillah' situation. I was expecting more than that. But I admit, there were a few changes, from some admin changes due to the pandemic to the new faces at work. There were also some addition to the department I'm in.

I failed in my attempt of creating a scheduled daily timetable for the whole week as a career woman. It was supposed to be a timetable of my daily routine as a BF-ding mum especially the time at work. I'm glad that with the current session I'm in, I am able to use the time to pump my milk. I even find a good place to pump it as long as no other people need the place. Given the fridge for my milk storage in the pantry, I felt a sense of syukur. Unlike some other mummy friends who need to buy a mini-fridge to store theirs. But like my aunt told me, and agreeing with her that my workplace should have a BFing room for mums who are high on their pumping routine. I mean, the hotbed I'm at is a female domination.

There were some glitches and challenges at the moment while trying to cover my four deferred papers. What I can say is that the challenge has started ever since I enquired about the status of my exams until present time. Alhamdulillah with His Grace, I covered one last Sunday and the other last night. I admit that having to take these papers when my leave has ended brings me back to square one. Whatever it is, I think Allah has His reasons of letting me be in this situation although efforts had been done to take it during my leave. I do not know when my next 2 papers are. Ahead this weekend will the submission of my group assignment which is still in the process of adding information. Not to be missed is the mid-term test of my short sem on Studies of Religion.

I am looking forward to the nuptial knot of my dear Huda this weekend, on which I am sure of is something that she has been waiting for all this time...

Majlis Kesyukuran ~ 060609

A nice date for a more than only a nice moment. It signified a more responsible future, to be more independent in the years to come and to feel the meaning of adulthood, like how our parents used to experience during their transition period.

And so we had our do'a selamat / majlis kesyukuran for Iman, which was the initial plan (He had his tahneek @ the mosque. So no cukur rambut @ home). But since we bought the new house and it was spacious for the occasion, we decided to make it a housewarming event too for family members and close ones.

Iman was well-behaved that day. Me and hubb thought that he was paying his overdue sleeping time as he had only been sleeping half an hour or even 10 minutes for the past week. That really took up my personal time as mak and me had to 'layan' him as he loves to stand and be carried around the house. He slept for 4 hours and woke up, after which he was passed around and only cried during feeding time.

I hardly ate that day, only to realise I missed out on some of the yummy food and delicacies at night. Was just too busy entertaining guests and quenching my thirst most of the time.

Cake brought by Cik Midah

I miss Wawan! And not to forget, the newly-wed Didi just back from honeymoon

A few of us


When the March brothers collide.. huhuh..

Alhamdulillah it went well. Hopefully this house will be a place for us to fill it with Mahabbah and Rahmah and insyaAllah rumahtangga Da'wah...

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Tawazun Dalam Rumahtangga.

Berumahtangga juga bagi seorng daie adalah bertujuan untuk melaksanakan ubudiyah dan bukan untuk menghalangnya. Adalah disedari bahawa terdapat banyak ujian dan fitnah yang terdapat dalam rumahtanggga. Salah satu daripada ciri penting rumahtangga dakwah adalah keseimbangan atau tawazun.

Keseimbangan ini adalah :

a)Di antara kecintaan kepada isteri dan anak-anak dengan kecintaan kepada Allah dakwah dan jihad.

b)Diantara kecintaan kepada keselesaan hidup bersama keluarga dengan kesungguhan berdakwah di tengah tengah masyarakat yang sangat mencabar.

c)Diantara kecenderungan untuk memberikan kesenangan hidup keluarga dengan harta benda dengan tuntutan berbelanja ke jalan Allah SWT.

Para du’at perlu melalui dengan bersungguh-sungguh untuk menatijahkan keseimbangan ini kerana ramai para duat yang gugur di perjalanan dakwah kerana kegagalan mereka melahirkan keseimbangan ini dan kegagalan mereka mendidik isteri dan anak-anak untuk menerima serta melaksanakan keseimbangan ini.

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