Mannheim, Heidelberg.... Mannheim again... **sigh**

Two weeks before Christmas, we were in Mannheim for jalan2 and also Christmas SALE, we've been here  many times already, I just love Mannheim, especially when there's SALE, love the variety of foods, shops, etc etc...

The Environment itself is just... NICE...

It's bigger, busier, noisier... 

mmmmm... I'm a City girl, I just love the hectic life. 

Mannheim at night...

Christmas atmosphere... The kids loved it sooo much !

The kids found their 'port' to lepak, while mama and papa syok shopping heheh...

Don't blame me, blame the SALE.. !

Ok, this was the before Christmas story....

Last wekend, we went to Heidelberg... and... back to Mannheim again... ngeh ngeh...

The same direction, only Heidelberg is a bit farther than Mannheim from Kaiserslautern..

So, we went to Heidelberg first, then Mannheim, then back home again.. :)

What a BLAST..   :)

Heidelberg... Isn't it beautiful??

Going uphill with that cable car... cool.. 

Errrk !! A bit scary too, for me heheh..

The historical place, the 'Old Castle'... Nice...

Then, we've wandered around Heidelberg old town... 

Soooo nice...

Felt like in a Movie or something hehe..

My first time entering a Church..

Heheh, what is this ??

Little money for a lot of world... direct translation, camtu la maksudnye hahaha

Basically, its an offer to fly to these countries, and Kuala Lumpur is one of them..

Kuala Lumpur babe !!

Our Lunch  :)

More views... Heidelberg's river..

Heading for the bridge..

On the bridge, so so so so so so beautiful....

That's the Castle's view from the bridge... 

Castle's view again, this time with a Model ngeh ngeh...

Sememeh je muka model ni hehe

Oh.... so so so so mesmerizingly beautiful...

And this tree too, so unique and.... I just love the sight of it...

Oh, i'm a nature's lover  :)

Oh, Heidelberg, you are a beautiful place... 

Peaceful, calm, and full of history... 

Wish to visit you again someday... :)

Ok, that's the Heidelberg's story...

After that, we headed to Mannheim again, solat ( senang dah tau masjid kat mana :), shopping lagi for End of year SALE pulak, Oh my, this time SALE is far better than before Christmas.. 

Lily was right, Sale after Christmas is better than before Christmas :)

Syok betul membeli...

We shopped mostly for the kids...

And we shopped only when there's SALE hehehe...

And of course, I bought something for myself too... hehe

What is it ??

Biarlah rahsia.... ; P

And this is what happened when the parents took soooo long ngeh ngeh...

Sorry kids.. Lain kali buat lagi :D

LeTs TeAcH OuR KiDs To SaVe..

Always2 had this problem with Afeef before:

Asal keluar berjalan je mesti nak beli something, walaupun harga 1 euro jadilah, asal ade, kalau x belikan, mula la muka moyok, sedih, x sampai hati mama nak tengok.... kalau nak berjalan jauh pulak,  mesti nak bersyarat, mesti beli kan dia toys disebabkan penat berjalan sana sini tu..

I kinda racked my brain jugak trying to figure out the best way to solve this problem..

Bukan soal duit sangat, sebab harga toys budak2 memang murah kat sini, tapi bukan dekat....

la ye...

Kalau yang itu hanya birthday gifts and special occasion punye hadiah je or kalau ade new achievements, then baru beli hadiah dari sini..

The thing is, takut dia terbiasa, asal keluar je mesti nak beli something, dah tak tau hargai satu2 barang yang dia beli.

So selepas berbincang2 dengan Encik Hubby, we came out with this SOLUTION....

"How bout we give him his own money, lets teach him the value of money..."

So, we give him 1 euro every wekend, kalau dia ade buat ape2 achievement lain, macam kemas barang mainan  tanpa di suruh, tolong kawan dia ke, buat latihan Mathematic or Science or ape2 ke dengan rajin sungguh hehe, then mama tambah lagi duit dia, jadi lebih dari 1euro. 

Memang berkesan, dia bersemangat sangat jaga duit and saaaayaaang sangat2 duit dia...

Mama cakap kat dia, everytime lepas ni bila gi jalan2 mana2, dia boleh bawak duit dia or tak bawak pun tak pe, ikut suka dia, kalau dia nak beli ape2, kena guna duit dia sendiri ikut berapa yang dia ada.

Hehe.. mula2 tu memang la dia excited, orang tak pernah dapat duit, 1st time keluar ngan duit dia sendiri, mak aiii, terus nak beli toys, masa tu baru ada 3 euro, 3 minggu kumpul, nak beli pistol mainan harga 2euro..

Ada toys yang harga 3 euro dia suka, tapi tak mo beli takut duit dia abis hehe

Nampak tu dah mula sayang duit  :)

So, memang mama biar aje dia, bagi nasihat ape yg patut, tapi kalau dia nak beli jugak mama biar aje, biar dia slow2 hargai duit dia...

And terbukti duit yang di kumpul sendiri ni memang lebih berharga, mula2 aje nak membeli itu ini, now, banyak kali keluar berjalan2, dia tak nak beli ape2 pun, sebab sayang,  takut duit habis :)

Seronok sangat tengok dia dah pandai saving, now dah ada tabung yang bole dikunci.

Semalam pun, huge achievement jugak untuk Afeef, pergi jalan2, dah bawak 20 euro, memang dia dah plan nak beli 2 Beyblade, (cartoon and toys cam gasing yang memang famous kat sini), tapi lastly tak beli ape2 pun, dia choose untuk simpan dulu duit dia..

Waaaaaaahh, mama sungguh kagum dengan Afeef !!

So semalam, belikan Geldbeutel (wallet) untuk dia..

So bole la letak duit dalam wallet bila nak jalan2.. sebelum ni letak dalam poket aje...

Seronok sangat, and I believe all kids pun bole di ajar untuk hargai duit, jangan senang2 aje kita belikan untuk dia, biar dia tau value duit tu sendiri, and susah nye nak kumpul, berminggu2 baru banyak, and tak kan nak biar abis begitu saja kan..

Hopefully, bole jadi panduan untuk sape2 yg ade masalah sama   :)

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Are We A Good Muslim?

Salam semua, mmmmm.. Semalam dapat satu berita yg sangat2 mengejutkan and sangat2 mengembirakan, one of the most beautiful thing, tak terungkap ngan kata2... ceh wah.. 

Ape kah ia? 

Biarlah rahsia dulu...

Tapi nak share sikit something very important yang saya baru sedar...

Mungkin orang lain dah lama sedar benda ni, saya aje yg ketinggalan zaman, tapi x pe la, daripada tak sedar langsung :)

And dah sedar tu, kenalah usaha perbaiki diri insyaAllah..

Tentang kehidupan kita sebagai seorang Muslim, ramai antara kita yang sudah melaksanakan segala tanggungjawab kita kepada Allah SWT, seperti solat, puasa, membayar zakat, etc etc, tapi ramai yg lupa untuk menjaga hubungan kita sesama manusia...

Berapa ramai yg mampu mengawal diri dari mengumpat, dari sangka buruk, dari bercakap yg sia2, dari hasad dengki, berapa ramai antara kita yg masih mampu tersenyum dan terus berbuat baik pada orang2 yangg telah menyakiti kita..

Berapa ramai antara kita yang ikhlas membantu kawan2 yg dalam kesusahan, tak kisah la camne pun kawan tu, berapa ramai yang sungguh2 memelihara hubungan silaturrahim? dan macam2 lagi...

In short, mencontohi sifat2 Rasulullah...

Saya akui, saya sendiri kadangkala gagal untuk mencontohi sifat2 Rasulullah ni, tapi I will NEVER EVER stop trying.. and I hope all of us will too...

Why did this thought occur to me in the first place?

 Sebab tengok kawan2 Deutscher kat sini yang tersangat baik dan sungguh2 membantu kami dan suami dalam segala hal.. sungguh2 membantu yang kadang2 sampai  menyusahkan diri mereka sendiri pulak.. 

And some of them ni not even a Muslim... 

So kita sepatutnya, sebagai seorang Muslim mesti la sama baik macam diorang ni atau lebih lagi...

Jadi selain dari tanggugjawab dan kewajipan  kita pada Allah yg sungguh2 kita pelihara, jangan lupa juga tanggungjawab dan kewajipan kita sesama manusia.. insyaAllah...

Untuk renungan bersama...

An-Nisaa' (An-Nisa') [4] : ayat 36 [4:36] Sembahlah Allah dan janganlah kamu mempersekutukan-Nya dengan sesuatu pun. Dan berbuat baiklah kepada dua orang ibu-bapa, karib-kerabat, anak-anak yatim, orang-orang miskin, tetangga yang dekat dan tetangga yang jauh, dan teman sejawat, ibnu sabil dan hamba sahayamu. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak menyukai orang-orang yang sombong dan membangga-banggakan diri.

Allah SWT berfirman dalam surah Al Hujurat ayat 13 ;

"Wahai manusia,sesungguhnya kami menciptakan dari seorang lelaki dan perempuan,dan menjadikan kamu berbangsa-bangsa,dan bersuku-suku supaya kamu saling mengenal.Sesungguhnya orang yang paling mulia antara kamu disisi Allah adalah yang paling bertakwa diantara kamu".

Ape pula definasi orang bertakwa?

"Bersegeralah beramal untuk mendapatkan keampunan dari Tuhan mu, dan meraih syurga seluas langit dan bumi yang disediakan bagi mereka yg BERTAKWA, IAITU mereka yg selalu menafkahkan harta, pada saat senang atau susah, dan yg SELALU MENAHAN KEMARAHAN DAN MEMAAFKAN KESALAHAN ORANG LAIN..."   Surah Ali-Imran, ayat 133-134.

Jom sama2 tambah ketakwaan...


:)

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My MaGic WoRd....

" Treeeeeeeeeeeettttt !! "

Ok, that's the sound of my doorbell..

"Halloo.."

 I said to the intercom. (Hallo with german style ok :D

"Halloo..."

 Came a melodical and sweet voice, and she said further...

" bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla..."

This was I think, about a month after we'd settled down in Deutschland... so, it's predictable why I couldn't understand a thing...  hehehe..

So I quickly asked her if she speaks English?

A moment of hesitation, then she said,

 "A little bit.."

Then she started talking with her own hentam kromo English, I couldn't recall her exact sentences, but it was something like this..

" I want explain Bible... explain bout Bible.. more people read Bible..." 

Wow! She really tried ! I was amazed..

Walaupun ngan susah payah dia nak buat ayat..

So, realizing what she's getting at, I quickly said, 

" Oh that's ok, I'm not into Bible.."

But she didn't give up, she asked me to listen first to what she had to say and let her come upstairs..

What?

Wow she's really serious... 

What should I say, what should I say..?

Ok simple,

 "No, it's ok, I'm a Muslim.."

Oh, that really did it, she was quiet for a moment and then she repeat after me,

"A Muslim...?"

"Yes.. " I said with a smile..

And, I could really detect the note of disappointment in her voice as she said..

"Ok, thank you very much.." 

And off she went..

A few months after that, another person came with the same intention, this time a man, and this time I understood what he said but I couldn't quite make sentences yet in Deutsch, so I asked if he speaks English..?

mmmm...

He tried though it wasn't perfect, and the moment I told him, 

" I'm a Muslim ", 

he quickly surrendered and said,

" Oh, ok..."

And a few weeks ago, the same thing happened again, this time a lady, who voluntarily speak in English though I didn't even ask her to..  

And as determined as the previous two, she started explaining her intention; 

" To explain and encourage more people to read the Bible..."

My magic word is, 

" Sorry, I'm a Muslim.."

Every time, this magic word really WORKS..!

I could really detect the note of surrendering in their voices once they knew I'm a Muslim.. 

It makes me wonder of two things;

~~ Is there any Muslim going around as strong as these three, explaining about the Qur'an and encouraging people to read the Qur'an? These were three that I've encountered, what bout those that I haven't encountered? How many of them actually? How come nobody Buzz my door to explain bout the Qur'an? Ok, maybe because this is Deutschland, majority are Christians.. 

But, how bout Malaysia? Salesman datang ade la kot hehe..

~~ Secondly, hey, Islam is a strong Religion.. they didn't dare persuading me any further once they knew I'm a Muslim... 

As a Muslim, I'm really proud  :)

WhEn ThErE Is A WiLL, ThErE Is A Way... :)

It's been two months since I started to seriously learn Deutsch, no more hanya untuk 'Suka2 aje', and already I've made some significant improvement...

After reading two Novels from this series;

And learning Deutsch online too...

 And even though workbook has turned into this;

I refused to be derailed, I worked and worked and worked, and for the first time in this past two classes, I was no longer the quite me hehe.. 

I participated in conversation.... heheh (mode bangga)

Before this, I used to be soooo quiet and only speak whenever being asked (that's because I didn't know how to speak !! Or perhaps I was too scared of any mistakes I might make)

And to make things worst, most of my classmates can speak very2 well, you might as well wonder 'Why la they even bother to go to class when they can already speak so well !!'

Well, they needed the certificate for their job, coz they work here, in Deutschland. 

So, the class is no longer bout listening to the teacher and doing exercises, it's more like a discussion on current issues apart from the lessons. 

And most of the times, I would just keep quiet...

Except these past two classes...

And particularly yesterday's class...

They were talking bout Weihnachten (Christmas) celebration, and suddenly, I couldn't help but voiced out the kind of Festive celebration we have as a Muslim.. 

Even though my sentences were probably pathetic, at least I finally found the courage and confidence to speak in front of everyone.. Yeah !!

That's because, I know Deutsch better now because of my effort and thanx to Myriam my classmate, who gave me this words of encouragement;

"In class is the best place and time to make mistakes because the teacher is there to correct us.. so don't be afraid.. "

Oh so true, why la I've never thought of this before?

Nevertheless, I still can't forget the way those faces were staring at me with open mouth when I started to talk, and they're probably thinking;

"Hey, since when did she join the class ? "

; D

HaPPy MoMma :)

Yesterday, I was the happiest person on earth...

Why so?

Cikgu Karate puji Afeef la hehe, he said Afeef was good, and this is probably nothing if he said this in front of the class or just as word of encouragement, but he said this personally to Papa, so he must have seen something in Afeef.. 

Oh I hope I hope !!

I'm so happy because Afeef has always been someone with no interest in anything, but I knew he must have some talent in him for SOMETHING....

And I think we've found it and I'm really glad...

Thanx to Victor and Lily for introducing us to this Karate course.. :)

And yesterday, she dropped by at our place for a coffee and muffins after giving hubby and Afeef a lift home. (Nasib baik la semalam mood rajin nak bake Muffins hehe)

Macam biasa, Lily and Aleena memang mesra bersama :)

And budak berdua ni macam biasa jugak la, mesti main x ingat, tiap2 kali lepas kelas karate camni la diorang, tapi salunye kat rumah Florian la hehe..

Florian pulak mesti la dengan muka serius, if you get to see him smiling, then it's your LUCKY day la haha.. and the smile is stunning too hehe..

He's a very shy boy, but very very sweet and behaves well too..

And get to see his progress on piano lesson too. Good gemacht Florian !!

Still is contemplating whether I should or shouldn't send Fatini for a piano lesson.. **sigh**

Some people said, Music is Duniawi, takut lalai dan leka dengan Muzik, it is me and hubby's responsibility to ensure that she'll be able to balance everything later in her life, you know, perkara dunia dan akhirat...

Well, what do you think?

TRUE FriEnDs...

Found this amazing words, just wanna share them with everybody...

"Surround yourself with people who know your worth...

You don't need too many people to be HAPPY, just a few real ones who appreciate you for exactly who you are.."

This is so true, it's better to have few friends but TRUE rather then millions but non is TRUE...

Thanx to all my FEW but TRUE friends :)