Selamat Menyambut Kemenangan

Selamat Hari Raya. I hope it has surpassed all your raya expectations. Mine has been somewhat off-key. Nonetheless, as always, I have photos to share if you'd like to see.

I found pretty lantern-lights at Typo (we hung them on with masking tape actually); I love the effects the lights have.

Pretty pastel selendangs shared by Fatin for raya. On fb only. In fact I havent seen these in the shops.

 Raya di rumah atok (these is a couple of the few gambar we took this raya. We were camera shy this eid).

Kalau harapkan humor anak2 - I said, could you please write raya menu on the chalk board? And this is what I get.

 He was in Makkah for the last days of Ramadhan and on Eid.


Bergembiralah seadanya di hari kemenangan. Doa untuk Palestin dan balasan Allah untuk kaum yang zalim.




~ xoxo

From Jubail (With Love)

Our bachelor sent us this. He wanted to show that it is >30˚C at 3:00am where he is at. He is now in Saudi, on a year stint at a petro-chemical company. After graduated he threw caution to the wind and said I am going to work in Saudi ma. And I said ok, go for it.

So it is going to be his first raya away from home. Mungkin akan beraya di Makkah tahun ini he said. And I thought, MasyaaAllah (can I come too?)

(everybody asked us where Jubail is..)


And on a lighter note --

Much earlier we cyber-stalked him and found his photos on instagram. We matched his ray-ban photo with one of Cruise's in aviator shades.. haha

(I had fun concocting this up and then sharing it on whatsapp with the kids. But just between you and me, in fact I think they look like langit dan bumi!)




~ xoxo

Baby Photos Part III

I have (more) baby photos to share (it is either about babies or food).

This is a somewhat old photo. Rambut Umar dah makin lebat; especially yang di tengah kepala. So instead of Dennis the Menace we have Umar the Manis.. haha

Sara pakai baju pink saja terus manis.

Suka facial expressions Umar. But Sara cant care any less; tidur saja.




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A Pre Ramadhan Story

(I am seriously backdated in this space!)


We were at the place called Berkat Madinah recently looking for Ramadhan stuff. Kata Aida, Chef Ammar cari barang2 dapur di situ.

Alang2 kami di ayam penyet Wong Solo Ampang (seriously sedap; of course la masa tu belum Ramadhan kan) lalu terus ke kedai Arab ni. The shop was small-ish; compared to the Suria place in Jalan TAR / Chowkit.

Kami mencari kurma medjoul sebenarnya, lalu terjumpa sesuatu yang tak pernah jumpa di Malaysia...

Kepala kambing! Lalu teringat baked kepala kambing di US dulu (masa makan ternampak yang masih ada rumput di celah gigi kambing!! Eeewwww..) Hubs said, I might buy the kepala kambing of these days (and I went like, NOOOOOO..)

And found a recipe book that I just had to buy (and yeay, we have new recipes to try! I like the baked lamb leg..)

ps - yes, we checked the Jericho medjoul dates we bought is not from Israel (I looked up again the article on the dates but it is no longer there. I was going to share that..)




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Ramadhan Snippets

Kata ustaz, salah satu kesilapan yang kita buat adalah menganggap berbuka puasa itu sebagai makan malam. Sedangkan Rasulullah berbuka puasa dengan tiga biji kurma sahaja.

Ramadhan adalah bulan diturunkan alQuran. Malah kata ustaz setiap kitab termasuk suhuf Musa, Zabur dan lain2 semuanya diturunkan dalam bulan Ramadhan. Bukan setakat alQuran shaja. Begitulah mulianya Ramadhan.

Ramadhan juga merupakan bulan untuk menikmati ibadah. Sembahyang tarawih juga sepatutunya dibuat dengan santai. Kata ustaz, kalau jemaah harian kita membuat tarawih tergopoh-gapah, cari masjid lain yang lebih tenang. Kuantiti tidak melebihi kualiti.  

Semak kembali dengan hati, apa sebenarnya yang kita cari Ramadhan ini. Is it like any other normal days? Apa tujuan Ramadhan sebenar. Versus bagaimana kita menghayati Ramadhan itu.  

Antara perkara yang boleh dibuat untuk menjiwai Ramadhan adalah membaca teks yang berkaitan. Ini salah satu website yang agak lengkap.

Seperti biasa, sila semak fakta anda bila membaca di internet. Termasuklah di blog ini!

Selamat membuat persediaan untuk Ramadhan yang amat barakah.




~ xoxo

Baby Photos Part 2

This was taken when we let Sara sleep in the afternoon sun for a bit when she was somewhat yellow. 

 

 

 

 

Dan kemudian menangis.

I do have lots of baby photos. 





~ xoxo

Hello Again

I was busy. Serabut dan serabai dengan benda2 kat rumah and office. But things have settled down somewhat. Now that I am back in the office I need to adjust the schedule again between home and office pulak.

I have umh.. (cucu) photos to share if you'd like to see..

This was Sara at 7 days (she looked a bit yellow, dont you think?) Atok tak sabar nak cukur rambut Sara.

Bila tak ada rambut. Nampak lagi bulat. Dan putih.

The paediatrician said Sara was in fact a bit yellow and underwent the phototherapy for a short time. Nasib baik tak kena warded.

She had to go under the lights twice and both times came back sporting a bandage over her tiny knuckle. Kesian..




~ xoxo

And After All, I Do Love Love Stories

For the longest time it has been my favorite genre.

I beg to be the star of this story. Please.

Bukan kah Dia yang Maha Mengasihani?

Dan Maha Penyayang.

Dan kasih sayang Rasulullah saw (thank you Aida for the lovely pix).

Selamat bersedia untuk Ramadhan yang terbaik, InsyaaAllah.




~ xoxo

It Is A Girl!

She is Sara. And I am nenna²..

Ini gambar cucu baru. Alhamdulillah.

Days (and nights) have become somewhat un-organized. Our house smells like a kedai jamu. We keep going to the kedai to get things that are needed for baby and new mum recovery. For a while Sara looked a bit yellowish. And we still need to make adjustments to the little angel's schedule.

Maka nikmat Allah yang mana lagi yang hendak kita dustakan?




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Happy Friday

I am aware that it is almost the end of Friday already (it has been a long day. And week, come to think of it). But good things must be shared. And better be late than never.

Sebagai panduan.

 

Redha. Patience. Tawakkal.

This I am telling myself too.

Have a good weekend ahead. What are your plans? We have a wedding to attend. And I have great news to share, MasyaaAllah; and will tell you about that once I have some nice photos to go with the story.

Till the next post, semoga berada di bawah rahmatNya sentiasa.




~ xoxo

Just Like A Grown-up

Umar spent some time at the baby spa the other day.. (I didnt even know such places exist).

 

I thought the in-the-water photos are adorable.

Kata Umi, instead of the one hour Umar is entitled for he spent only 15 minutes in the spa before making a fuss. Dah letih.

The experience is meant for relaxation and longer sleep. Improve baby's health and growth. Brain development. For baby's confidence and parents-baby bonding. Sounds like a good plan.

What would they think of next?




~ xoxo