A WoNDeRFuLL StORy...

As I was browsing, I came across this wonderful story bout friendship, just wanna share it with everyone who reads my blog...

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.

After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"

The other friend replied "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

The message it was trying to convey was quite obvious, bout how we should forgive and forget one's mistake and also try to appreciate more on the good deeds rather than brooding over one's mistake. Frankly, I'm not sure if this kind of situation really happens in real life, in between friends in particular, but I'm sure it does happen between a mother and her child and definitely between Allah SWT and us, human. A mother will always forgives her child wholeheartedly no matter what. Allah SWT is definitely forgiving.. even when we av been a bit prejudice toward HIM and let ourselves got carried away with all the business in life, He'd still grant us with all the wonderful things in life, still forgives us for all our mistakes. Nevertheless, it is truly wonderful if we can forgive everyone the way Allah forgives us and the way a mother forgives her child...

"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.

Dah jelas kan? Layakkah kite untuk meraih syurga Allah??

DeUTsCH CLaSS AgAiN...

2nd week in 2nd module of Deutsch class, this time, different teacher, waaaayyy boring from the 1st one. I kinda miss Nino, my previous teacher, who's got a melodic voice and laughter also a great way of delivering a lecture. However, the class is quite lively for the great people in it, including me hehehehe..

hehe.. ambik2 gambar ni cam x fokus je ek?

That's Nadia, we were in the same class before, Nadia speaks neither English nor Deutsch... so just imagine how struggle I was to speak to her in Deutsch.. ngeh ngeh

That's Alan and his wife Cynthia. Alan used to live in Malaysia for 4 years hahaha!! I dun know why I always meet someone who's somehow related to Malaysia. I mean, here in Deutschland alone, I've so far met 3 people who had once lived in M'sia! I wrote about this before;

"Ther's no such thing as a coincidence??"

I was in a hurry and couldn't dig up more stories bout them, maybe next time I'll learn more bout them. Maybe more surprises for me!! He mentioned something bout working with Malaysian Airlines, maybe he knows my brother who used to work with MAS also.

That guy with the red striped shirt, he's the Plastic Surgeon. mmm.. The rest were mostly teachers. This time around, the class consists of mostly American. At one time, I felt like as if I was in America hehe..

RoAsTEd CHicKeN WiTh PoTaTo SaLaD..

Yesterday's Lunch, Roasted chicken with gravy and potato salad. The highlight for this menu is the potato salad, recipe was obtained from The German Cook book. I'm sure everybody knows how to make roasted chicken with gravy, so I don't have to elaborate more on that.

What we need, is a variation for the complementary meal.

I think, for those who love potatoes will definitely love this recipe too.

Super einfach! (very simple). All you need:

Onion, potatoes, a lil bit minced meat, salt, white pepper, lemon juice and sugar. Amount needed, ikut suke hati :)

Method:

- Wash the potatoes without peeling the skins, put in a sauce pan and add water just enough to cover all potatoes.

- Bring to boil, then lower down the heat and cover the pan and allow to cook for 25 minutes.

- In the mean time, prepare the sos. Dice the onion and fry the minced meat.

- Once the meat has cooked, remove from the pan, and fry onion in the same oil used to fry the meat.

- When the diced onions has turned brown, add in water and bring to boil. Stir in the minced meat, and allow to cook for a wyle. Add in salt, sugar, lemon juice, and a lil bit of white pepper.

- Drain the potato and rinse with cold water.

- Peel the skin while the potatoes are still hot.

- Then cut the potatoes to pieces and arrange in a heat resistant dish.

- Pour in the sos on top of the potatoes, bake for 15 minutes at bout 180 degree.

Done!

A vEry SpEciAL BoY..

I think I'm truly blessed... if Fatini often gives me a hard time, then Afeef on the other hand always touches my heart and always make me feel genuinely loved..

The other day, I culdn't remember how I got my hands all yellow, and even after I washed them several times, still the color remained. Afeef got all anxious bout it and thought that I got some sort of a disease.

It was past his bedtime at the time, so I asked him to go to bed, stop worrying bout me, and I assured him that the yellow color was just a color and it wuld eventually disappear.

But, when I checked on him a few minutes later, he was still awake with this worried look on his face. So I asked him,

"Nape x tido lagi?"

"Kalau mama sakit, Afeef harapkan Afeef sakit macam mama jugak.."

Ayat sebijik camni ok, I culdn't help but feeling amused, dah la ayat power, pastu worry bout unnecessary stuffs haha! But still, I knew what he's getting at, I was kinda feeling touched already..

So I asked again, "Ye ke... nape cakap camtu?"

Then he said wholeheartedly,

"Sebab Afeef saaayang sangat mama, biar la Afeef pun sakit jugak.."

Owwwwhhh... so sweet of him..

When he was 4 years old, he had once refused to finish his meal, he said he was full, and then without realizing it, I had somehow made a sad face..

He quickly asked,

"Nape muka mama camtu?"

"mmm, mama sedih la, makanan x abis, membazir je.."

Then suddenly, he said.. "Mama, tiba2 Afeef rasa lapar, afeef nak makan lagi.."

I looked at him in surprise, and culdn't help smiling, and my face must av lighten up!

But, as he was chewing, suddenly he looks like as if he was going to gag.

"Afeef nak muntah ke? Nape?" I asked.

He nod his head with this sad look on his face... I quickly guessed,

"Afeef x lapar pun kan?? Nape makan jugak? mama x marah pun klu x abis.."

"Tapi mama buat muka camtu.."

"Muka cammana?" I asked.

"Muka sedih.. Afeef x nak mama sedih..."

Adoi, he was only 4 years old, and already he was so concern bout me being sad.. I culdn't even remember myself worrying bout my mother at such age!

Even if it's common for all children to behave like this, I still think my boy is very very special in his very own way... :)

Books, books, books...

Last Saturday we made a trip to a nearby bookstore called Thalia, actually I just wanted to look for a Deutsch course book, since the 2nd module for Deutsch course had started last week.

This is us getting ready to go..

Ambik gambar dulu kikiki..

The bookstore remind me so much of Kinokuniya in KLCC, it has this sitting area where people could spend their time reading, I loved it instantly.. very comfortable and cozy.

mmmmm.. looks like the she's delivering a speech or something...

The best thing was, there was quite a selections of English books available, not much but at least these much by Sophie Kinsella were available.. Most of them I've read, but there were other books too by other Author. I wouldn't have shipped any story books here if only I had discovered this before.

This is what I'm reading now..

Ok, guess what? that was not the whole story yet, there were only few choices of english books available because German's people, they don't really read english books, maybe some of them do, but the majority still look for books in Deutsch language, so, all the English books were translated to Deutsch!! Can you believe it?? I hardly believed it myself...

Look, this is the famous novel kan?? I'm not a big fan of this, but I know it was famous. This is the translated version.

And also almost all books by Sophie Kinsella in Deutsch version were available..

Check this out, 'Mini Shopaholic'... I guess books by her were always a hit anywhere, thats why they were displayed here at the most wanted section.

This one, I'm not sure which one, the title is something like "I'll tell no more, Darling", is there any book by Sophie Kinsella with that kind of title? I've never seen anything like it.. the closest possible could be "Can you keep a secret?"

This, I'm sure everybody knows, Khaled Hosseini only wrote two books so far, if I'm not mistaken. This is the Deutsch version of "A Thousands Splendid Suns".

And also, my favorite "The Kite Runner" also by Khaled Hosseini.. this book has touched my heart deeply.. not only for the wonderful story itself but the realization of the hardships those Afghanis had gone through...

Haaaaaa.. there were several books available by Nicholas Sparks, Deutsch version of course. He wrote the famous "Message in the bottle", for those who love "jiwang karat" version, books by him are highly recommended.

I guess, it's an opportunity for me to learn Deutsch better, if I could only finish one of these novels, since I've read the english version, I might not totally be at a loss.. hehe

we'll see...

Ehehe.. This is "The Kite Runner" on the inside, hehehe bole faham ke? I could only picked up some, here and there.. hehe... Ntah ler...