Monday, August 11, 2014

Aidilfitri 2014......... (",)







Despite all the merriment, despite the fact that we have our family members with us and that we can meet them regularly, and we have them around during Eid celebration, and despite everything, I found myself reminiscing about our life in Kaiserslautern Germany again...
**sigh**

I kinda miss those times when we have just 'US'
Just 'US'  (",)
Hubby, me, and the kids, everywhere we go, every celebration, every happy and sad moments...
And we have only just 'US'
And yet, we were happy....
We were very happy indeed.....

I miss it very much.... :')



                        

                                      ~~Aidilfitri 2012~~





Friday, August 8, 2014


Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............

It was 3pm, and I was about to doze off.... When suddenly.....

"Mama mama mama, tengok ni, Fatini nak cerita kat mama." (She has a story to tell me)

 Oh my, my eye lids were heavy, but I forced them open anyway....





Still sleepy, I looked at her drawing this time with a lil faked enthusiasms :P 

She makes comic book nowadays, with her own imaginations, her own ideas, and then I'm forced to listen to all her stories, errrrrrr wait, it wasn't just me, all of us had to listen to her stories! But, I was always the first one (",)

Ok, what story is it this time?

So, she talked and talked, it's about a rocket and planets and the galaxy and the sun and............

Oh, my eyes went wide all of a sudden, all the sleepiness drained away.. I noticed how she drew the planets in such order..... and EARTH was the third one?





The huge red ball is the sun, followed by two other planets she forgot the names and the third one is the Earth!! I asked her how did she know this arrangement? 
Shrugging, she said, "Fatini tau sendiri...." (I just knew)

Wow, I'm impressed, even if it's merely coincidence that she drew the planets in that order (",)

She must've seen it somewhere, maybe in a book, or TV, and Fatini is someone with strong memories. Mmmmmm... And I think she's talented too.. This runs in the family anyway hehe, we've got a Cartoonist in our family tree. (",) 
Ok, feeling proud now..... Enough enough enough.... Hehe...

Alhamdulillah for all gifts from Allah SWT,  may her talents contribute to the Ummah someday, insyaAllah.

Ok, when she finished, I became wide awake!

And later, about after Asar, I've planned to read a little and managed to read very little before suddenly...

"Mama, hari ni Afeef belajar sejarah pasal zaman Paleolitik......Mesolitik....Neolitik... Zaman logam... Mama tau tak zaman Paleolitik tu orang hidup dalam gua..... Bla bla bla.... Berburu.... Bla bla bla... Tak de baju.... Bla bla bla bla bla......"  (He talked about what he'd learned in history class earlier)

And there he gave me a lecture..... A real lecture.... And I was forced to listen to all these!! Again! Haha!!!


So, I put down what I was reading, concentrate on his 'Lecture', and surprisingly, I found it quite interesting hehe.. I found myself asking him questions! 
And he memorized everything he'd learned in school, he's really into History, he just love the subject. Alhamdulillah, good for him, coz I couldn't remember myself having had such interest in any of the subjects I'd learned back in school! 
Mmmmmmm.... Silly me...

So, he talked and talked and talked, and when he finished, I felt like I've just attended a History class :D
Then he said, "Ok mama, Afeef nak cerita kat Fatini pulak... " (He said it's Fatini's turn now) hahahaha!

And all the response he got from her:
"Bosan lah Afeef... Isshhhh Fatini x faham ape cerita Afeef ni!!"
(She said it's boring and she didn't understand a thing!!!) :D

And I laughed quietly... Hehe...

So, that was it, being a stay at home mom, I hardly have time for myself, no afternoon nap, no reading, no day dreaming.... Etc etc.... and guess what???
I don't mind a bit..... (",)


Till later, Assalamualaikum wbt....








Sunday, August 3, 2014

HaPPy BiRThDaY To ME!!!!!


Oh my..... Yesterday, 2nd of August 2014 was my 34th Birthday!!
I've concluded that I can never have a better Birthday than the one I had yesterday!
Wait wait wait! Actually, I've said the same thing last year too :P
Okay, okay, okay......

If last year I've received a surprise birthday gift from hubby and it was during Ramadhan, this year I've received another surprise birthday gift again!!!!!!!
 But this time, it's far better, it's not just from Hubby, it's also from.....

Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........

I'm speechlessssss!!!!!
AGAIN!!!
They are just so sweet!!! I was so close to tears, but I had to control myself because... 
Ehem.. 
There were lots of people around at that time and I can't lose control like I had last year hehe :P






Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......! Haaaaaaaaaa!
Again, it was totally unexpected.... Hubby told me earlier that this year's Birthday gift for me was supposed to be our Umrah together that we've planned to perform during the last 10 days of Ramadhan. But, it had to be postponed, so I did not expect anything for my birthday this year because his plan to bring me there was already a huge gift :)

But, to my surprise, hubby had planned another surprise for me! And the best part was, the kids joined in too! They've even shared their 'Duit Raya' to get me that cute teddy bear I'm holding in the pic above! Owwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhh..... They've shared their 'duit raya' for my birthday gift?????.

How sweet is that???? I can't stop smiling the whole day today whenever I thought of yesterday at their effort and how I didn't notice that they're up to something when they've clustered together at the mall, whispering, and how after they've got the present they tried hard to cover it haha!!!! But, it did not occur to me at all that it was my present haha!!!!

Oh.... I was soooooooooooooo touched!! 
I hugged them all 'ketat-ketat'!!!! 
Love them all with all my heart.... :') 
I feel blessed! 





That was the surprise I had in the evening. In the morning, my sister bought a cake..... Sob sob sob....
And the kids got all excited and Fatini cut the cake on my behalf hehe.. Actually, they took turns to cut the cake :D 
It's basically everyone's birthday hehe..



One of the best Aidilfitri I've ever had, at my mom's home at my mother in law's home, all was just perfect... I feel LOVED :)

I couldn't be happier this Aidilfitri :)





Haaaaaaaaaaa..... Macam popular tak?? :D


Till Later, Assalamualaikum wbt... :D







Saturday, July 26, 2014

Aidilfitri in Malaysia laaaaaaa... Hoooooray!

Ok, I'm now at my Kampung :D
We are at my mom's house! Hoooooraaay!

So we sang, "Balik kampung oooo ooo ooo balik kampung!"

Oh, what a nikmat to be able to celebrate this year's Eid with my beloved family. After 4 years of Eid with no family members around, I must say, this year's Eid I feel overly excited! 

But the best part was, if before this I've always received a Christmas card from my kids, but this year, for the first time, I received a lovely Hari Raya Card! 






Haaaaaaaa nice kan? 
Fatini gave me this card! :)

She said the lady in this card is me. So I asked, "How come only mama in this card?"

She said: "Sebab sayang mama sangat laaaa!....." (because she loves me so much!)

Awwwwwwwwwww so sweet!!!!

Ok, I was touched, just simple words but I knew she meant it and I knew it was a genuine statement from a six years old. No bodek okay! Hehe..


Afeef made no card for me, (it's ok, I understand, art is not his thing :P) but, he already gave me lots and lots of gifts, his genorousity to donate some of his savings to the orphans, his good exam results that surprised me and his teachers, the compliments  I've received about him from his teacher at parent-teacher meeting 5 days ago, were enough to make me the happiest mother on earth!!

Alhamdulillah.. 

"Which favors of your Lord would you deny?"  (Ar-Rahman: 13,16,18......)

Lastly, Ramadhan is over sob sob sob :'(
I'm sad, but hopefully I've done my best for this year's Ramadhan and I'm ready to let it go... 
Hoping and hoping and hoping to meet Ramadhan again next year insyaAllah :')

To all, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin (",)

May Allah bless!!!!









Friday, July 4, 2014

Ramadhan 2014 (",)



Ramadhan Kareem....




Yeah yeah, almost a week now, and only now that I have the time to update my blog here!



If last year's Ramadhan was the most meaningful one, I hope this year's will be more than that... insyaAllah... (",)

Of course, somethings are just undeniably beautiful than those Ramadhan we had in Deutschland. Not the Bazaar Ramadhan ok! 
Frankly speaking, I haven't even gone to Bazaar Ramadhan yet! My heart is just not into it.

The beautiful thing that I've been missing out is: 
Tarawikh.... Tarawikh at the Mosque...
The first night of Ramadhan, I went to the mosque with my whole family, I had this feeling inside, didn't know how to describe it at first, than I knew what it was:
SYAHDU.... huhu
Sangat Syahdu... The Imam's voice, the crowd, the serenity... then I realized another thing, it's been 4 years, 4 times Ramadhan without Tarawikh at the mosque!
This is our first Ramadhan in Malaysia, our first tarawikh at the mosque after 4 years!!!

No wonder it feels soooo different.... but the best best part is of course the Kids. 
They enjoy going to the Mosque so much. Aleena's words everyday now:

"Bila nak malam ni? Aleena tak sabar dah nak pegi Masjid.." :D
Alhamdulillah.. Walaupun tak solat, hehe but she enjoy the place... ok la kan :)

Another best thing: Afeef fast on his own will... This year's Ramadhan I vowed that I would never offer anymore rewards, coz I've realized by offering Rewards, the kids would fast, FOR THE REWARD, NOT FOR ALLAH... it's totally wrong right.. If they can't fast, it's ok, they're just kids after all... the time will come when they're  ready.... and I've proved this right... 
Afeef has been fasting now from the first Ramadhan till now, and I did remind him to just break his fast if he feels too weak, but surprisingly he refused.. and now I know, he didn't chose to remain fasting because of any rewards, but for Allah.. or maybe because all his friends are fasting!! Haha..
It's ok, no matter what, I'm still sooooo proud of you  Afeef (",)

Another beautiful thing that I've been missing out during all 4 Ramadhan in Deutschland, were the sounds of people reciting the Quran from nearby mosques, bersahut-sahutan.... Beautiful... 
In Deutschland, the only sounds we heard when we woke up for Sahur was: "Ding Ding Dong, Ding Ding Dong!" haha

Ok, Lastly... It's Ramadhan, and we won't have Ramadhan all the time, and Ramadhan will leave again, but one thing for sure, we are here now, given the chance to experience Ramadhan again.. either we really bring something out of it or we just let it pass us by.. and who knows, we might not be here again next Ramadhan.. This could be our last...
So, grab the chance! 



"Yang Mengampunkan dosa, dan Yang Menerima taubat; Yang Berat azabNya; Yang Melimpah-limpah kurniaNya; tiada Tuhan melainkan Dia; kepadaNyalah tempat kembali"
(Al-Ghafir: 3)


Taubat itu Indah.... :')







Till Later, Salam..







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