First Mission Accomplished !!

Yesterday I started my mission to seriously make sure that Afeef perform his 5 times prayer a day, and also started teaching him how to recite surah Al-Fatihah. But before that, I took a few minutes explaining to him why we must perform the 5 times solat a day, why is it necessary, that Allah is watching us 24/7, etc etc etc.. So he listened enthusiastically, kids they have such enthusiasm in learning new things, kita as a parents je yg malas kadang2 kan.. mmmm... tampar diri sendiri, and say loudly, "Don't be lazy !!!!"

Ok, memang berkesan ape2 aje yg kita cakap kat anak2 nih...

As we were never so strict for him to join the Subuh prayer, so this morning I forgot to ask him to join solat Subuh... but guess what? Afeef suddenly joined me voluntarily without even being asked !! Terharu sangat2 !!! Masa solat tu rasa cam nak nangis !!

So, immediately after we finished, I hugged and kissed him

So you see, Melentur buluh memang kena dari rebungnye...

Pastikan anak2 kita solat, bukan sebab takut kita marah or x sayang mereka, tapi sebab mereka tau Allah maha melihat and mereka takut Allah marah...

And terapkan amal kebaikan dalam jiwa mereka yang tengah bersih putih ni...

InsyaAllah..

Sometimes, I feel sooo sad, when I look at 'Mat rempit', 'Perogol', 'Robbers', yang bunuh membunuh, etc etc... It makes me wonder, what culd they've possibly gone through all their lives that make them ended up just the way they are?? When in fact, semua nya berasal sama, dari rahim seorang ibu, and lahir suci bersih... Innocent...

Innocent camni, comel camni, but.... eventually jadi someone yang kejam, tak de hati dan perasaan etc etc...

Moga2 jadi panduan untuk kita semua, didik lah anak2 kita sebaik mungkin, moga anak2 kita menjadi muslim muslimah sejati di masa depan, InsyaAllah...

Make The Best Out Of Everything...

I have made a few decisions yesterday, one of it was to ultimately let go of something which I believed was going to get better with time, but unfortunately, it's not, it got worst... so just leave it, and look at other more precious things I have in life..

2nd, I'll reduce the time I spend everyday in front of the PC, and I'll focus more on teaching Afeef.. he's going to be 7 years old on November this year!!!! Which means, he's going to have to perform the 5 times prayer a day without fail. I'm gonna have to ensure that he'll be able to recite all the surah perfectly, and also teach him other things too, like Mathematics, English, Science etc etc... Surprised and excited to see how much he has improved for the past few months, credits to my hubby too for all his effort, ajar mengaji, reading etc etc..

I was also surprised to see Fatini and her interest to learn 'Iqra'. Evryday after Maghrib prayer papa wuld say, "Afeef, meh mengaji, ambik buku Iqra"

Then Fatini wuld excitedly say, "Fatini dulu !!!!"

And she wuld start first before Afeef, hahah !!! This is the crucial time where we as a parents should take advantage of, when the kids are so excited to learn, anything, everything !!!!

Mistakes were when many of us just let the kids play by themselves, or just let them watch TV all day.. So, lets try to make the best out of everything !!!

3rd, I'll put more effort on learning Deutsch. For the first time yesterday, I really understood the differences between Nominative, Akkusative, Genitive and Dative and its usage.. Credits to my hubby again for the valuable lesson.. I know, wats the point of going to class when my hubby can teach me, plus the lessons were conducted in 100% Deutsch, sometimes I culdn't quite comprehend what the teacher was saying, but it's ok.. the most valuable thing when I go to class, is the opportunity to mingle with others, and apply what I've learnt.

Deutsch is a bit more complicated than English but lots of similarities.. like if I wanna say,

"This is my daughter" in Deutsch it wuld sound like this, "Das ist meine tochter"... see the similarities? And of course ade maskulin and feminin which complicates the language, a bit like Bahasa Arab, but easier kot.. More difficult than English but easier than Arabisch.

Ok, 4th, I'm going to make full use of all the times that I have, and make the best out of everything, I'll read whenever I have time, get as much knowledge as possible ! This is important, KNOWLEDGE !!! And one of the way to obtain knowledge is thru reading,

"Read! In the name of your God who created" Surah Al-Alaq, Ayat 1.

Knowledge can make us a better person, make us understand the facts of life better, make us realize the rights and wrongs, etc etc...

Lastly, I'll try my best to prepare nutritious food for my kids everyday, 'We are what we eat', never take this lightly, it is soooo true.. So happy to see Afeef and Fatini munching on microwave-cooked Broccoli yesterday :)

Everything that happened memang ade hikmah nye !! I have experienced this many many times... just be thankful and bersyukur always always...

The most obvious example is with Fatini and her constipation problems.. She had it so bad last time and she'd cry badly every time she needs to pass her stool. I had inadvertently complaint in my heart, how culd this happened to her???... I felt so devastated especially when one time her anus had torn a bit due to the hard stools... so because of this traumatic experience, I made sure she had fruits in her diet everyday, and making sure she drinks plenty of water. And guess what, recently we were down with coughs and flu and she's not even the least affected !! All because of her healthy diet and of course, Allah's will !! God help those who helped themselves rite? And now she goes to toilet everyday and consistently, no more pain... Alhamdulillah..

Anyway, there are far better things in life which we often overlooked. We just have to sit and think for a while, betapa banyak nye nikmat yang Allah berikan... We must always always thank Allah for everything, even for the smallest thing... and when we were tested by Allah SWT, never ever stop being thankful, coz no matter how He tested us, He'd still give us many many other great and wonderful things in life.... Syukur Alhamdulillah...

The Hospital Window...

One of my favorite story, first read it when I was 14 years old in a story book, "My Sister My Sorrow" culdn't recall the Author's name.. but even than, I already felt the beauty of it, the sadness and how dangerous 'penyakit hati' culd be...

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room with a hospital window. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window.

The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. And every afternoon when the man in the bed next to the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the wonderful things he could see outside the hospital window, a park with a lovely lake, ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. The man in the other bed would live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the outside world.

Unexpectedly, an alien thought entered the other man's head: Why should he have all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never get to see anything? It didn't seem fair. As the thought fermented, the man felt ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sights, his envy eroded into resentment and soon turned him sour. He began to brood and found himself unable to sleep. He should be by that hospital window - and that thought now controlled his life.

Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling, the man by the hospital window began to cough. He was choking on the fluid in his lungs. The other man watched in the dimly lit room as the struggling man by the hospital window groped for the button to call for help. Listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with the sound of breathing.

Now, there was only silence - deathly silence.

The following morning the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths. When she found the lifeless body of the man by the hospital window, she was saddened and called the hospital attendant to take it away-no works, no fuss. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the man asked if he could be moved next to the hospital window. The nurse was happy to make the switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the hospital window beside the bed...........

It faced a blank wall.

'The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way'

Main Dog la pulak...

Maybe they've seen lots of dogs around that they've come up with this dog game...

First, she's the dog...

Then, he's turn pulak to be the dog...

So, they took turn, crawling whilst barking... hehe..

ade2 aje...

Ni Gulliver's Travels ke ape nih?

Couldn't believe that so far she has had 9 dolls!!

And still ade hati nak beli lagi... now she keeps on asking for Barbie Fairytopia yg ade sayap butterfly tu.. it's a bit expensive, but I can get waaaayy cheaper on Ebay (2nd hand la, of course).

Or lets just wait for her next birthday...

CaKe HenTam Kromo...

Kenapa jadi cake hentam kromo nih, sebabnye ade frosting lebih from previous cup cake. Sempat wat cup cake seblom gi Italy hari tu, tapi frosting nye berlebih, x abis2, so ape lagi saya pun hentam kromo la dgn menambah gula, telur, susu, minyak and campur gaul ngan coklat yg dah lama juga bertapa kat dlm cabinet tuh, sesuke hati weeeeeeeee...!!

This how it looks like before it goes into the oven..

At first, risau jugak, jadi ke kek hentam kromo nih, x jadi kang sape pulak nak mengabiskan.. huhu

But, Alhamdulillah, jadi cantik, gebu pulak tuh.. lembut and spongy.. now rase cam rugi pulak x jot down kan sukatan2 nye.. If I were to bake the same cake again, wuld the result be the same??

Conclusion is, we can simply bake a nice and simple cake without any specific recipe, provided we've had lots of experience baking.. cehwah macam la dah bnyk experience ye??

Tak banyak pun, but now at least I can recognize the right texture of a batter before it goes into the oven. The most important thing is, experience... mmm priceless..