penang retreat

a revisit, last monday to wednesday. it seems tis year we frequent Penang more than three times so far...
Alhamdulillaah for His rezeki.
tho it were not really holiday but we are grateful nevertheless. tukar angin once a while.

tis time we stayed at mainland, Perai.
not so fun, (almost) no Halal restaurants available near the hotel. so we crossed to Island for dinner and Bukit Mertajam for lunch.
Mr attended his appointments at factory, me & Jr. mind our leisure business together

a must-shoot everytime we cross this bridge. tis time Jr dh pandai sebut "Shii" hehe

sepetang di Padang Kota Lama. a hyper happy kid & a bubble gun. 

hitam putih kehidupan

suka suka suka.

i heart my new layout. last nite about midnite, saje godek2 blog ni. 

i like changes, sometimes. good to refresh my mood.

here it is, my most minimal layout.

of hitam and putih. dan kelabu jgk.

our life is colorful, indeed.

black & white, also part of the colors.

have a good weekend uols...

salam

Iftitah

the other day during kuliah dhuha, Fiqh subject. it was about Solat and Ustaz mentioned about Dua'a Iftitah.

maybe some of us have overlooked to check our daily ibadah, he said he tested some kids to recite Iftitah and out of ten, more than half were wrong. tht common mistake is between "min al mushrikuun" and "min al muslimiin", it looked short and simple but actually it's so wrong, it caused a different meaning. of cos we dun want to pray to be among the Mushrik, rite?

and that triggered my alarm. yes we pray five times fard prayers everyday and hopefully some extras of sunnah, but have we checked our recitation during salat. i think the last time i checked mine was many years ago. and another reason it's very difficult for us to khusyuk in our salat because we dun understand the meaning. i'm referring to myself. so it's time for me to make good and perfecting (inshaAllaah) my salat. 

i'll start from tis entry. tis is mainly for my reference, yes ofcos i'm also happy to share.

Allaah is The Greatest. Praise and glory be to you O' Allaah, throughout the day and night. I turn my face to The One who creates the skies and earth, I surrender to Allaah and I am not from among the infidels. I fully devote my Salat, worship, my life and death only for Allaah, God of the universe. Truly, I am not from among the infidels. And such is my duty, and I am from among the Muslims.

meroyan

heh. just ignore the title. it's just not so apt.

these few days i kept myself occupied with house decorating. thehe. not really much. just trying out some "magical touch" (as if any) at some nook & corners. 

tis is my habit when Mr is not around, i mean when he's outstation.

i remember in our first year of marriage, he used to travel alot. in fact, on the day we came back from our short honeymoon, that very nite he flew off for almost 2 weeks. so naturally i grew a habit to kill my time.

i worked back then, but after office hours i found i had plenty of time to deal with. plus, i was alone. nobody to talk to, nobody to share foods. then i resort to gardening. kononnya. almost every day i made a point to drop by at plant nursery and looked for some new greens. pots berlambak-lambak. 

then my "passion" slowly withered when i pregnant some months later.

and Mr also slowly back into new working schedule. 

last few days, he went off again after many years. but tis time i'm here with a son, who claims most of my time. yet i had tis old habit sneaking. thehe.

my first project, i turned a small corner into a mini library. i bought tis cheap bookcase from ikea, for rm75 i didnt think twice. and it turns out perfect. perfect for its price and its space.

the next day i scout for bean bag, and found it at harvey's. it's not that cheap tho, so daku pejamkan mata sebelah. BUT, another "magic moment" happened when i entered furniture shop next door with NO PLAN NOR INTENTION to buy, but tht sinful nafs hit me again. I bought something again which i named it Pyramid Shelves with Hook. A total unplanned purchase that burnt my wallet.

So when i get back into my sanely mind again, i justifying myself of that purchase...okay, i take it as Anniversary Gift. buless? 

dah tu, tak cukup lagi. nafsu masih membuak-buak.

the following day, i paid a visit to ikea again. tis time with a solid intention, to buy ONLY ONE standing light. later i came back with a piece of printed cotton, and that standing light.

happy. i sewed the both ends of tht cotton and it become a "blind" for my mini library. as to blind off some ugly electrical boards. 

today i bought another two lights but the cheapest. at rm26 each, i bag two. plus, i got a small size bean bag for Jr. 

now i can take back mine.

happy. so when Mr is back just now in the evening, dengan bangga i showed him my "artworks"

half-amused, he smiled. 

i guess he's more concern of that "damage." haha

our Anniversary Gift, i whispered.

adjustment

mind you, i have more stories of my last Umrah, of Mecca in particular.
but i'll do it later. they are nice stories tho, but this little post will come out first.

okay.
we've done with our super low budget anniversary celebration
but it's not budget or prezzie that counts
we (me) have came across another learning curve afterall
love is not just about special date
love is much of unspoken "celebration"
but hey, of cos some little pleasant surprises do no harm *wink*

now back to our reality
our current strategy (waaah)

while me, The Desperate Mother is still in the big dark cloud about Jr. situation
i decided to snap an immediate countermeasure
NO TV for Jr.
at least, not on weekdays
plus, oh did i mentione i have terminate disney's package?
yes tht might helps
and by doing so, it also affected Mommy & Daddy
which is good, in fact it's very good.

one, while we substitute TV hours, we have more time for us
or individually us
Jr. is hardly adjusting with Mommy's new role, ie HomeTeacher plus "Mak Tiri"
i must say i am a bad teacher actually
i have very little patience when teaching him writing, now he's still struggling to hold pencil firmly
but i have lotsa lotsa love to share, tht's my biggest weakness

two, we (me) adopting my old love again, books
i missed reading books
i blame it on my unorganized routines, plus other distractions, tht is FB to name one
but tis week alone, i got for myself 3 new books. 1 fiction and 2 islamic knowledge.
plus today another 2 books for kuliah dhuha
so that makes 5. yayye!
and some activity books for Jr. (he really really needs to improve, O' Allaah please make it easy for him and me), plus 2 short stories book.

i hope tis new adjustment will make better for us.
oh btw, i'm still looking for school.
adooi.

sardine cinta

it's our anniversary again

yayye.
it's 7th year now...alhamdulillah

but we dun really celebrate
it's just another normal sunday
Mr had his golfing in the morning
me & Jr had our breakfast together at KD
after me settled an important task at Mesjid KD

then
right after the breakfast
Jr puked in the car
overloaded i guess
that's it
i drove back home, cleaned up the mess

afternoon Mr came back
i was out of mood to celebrate
little talk, little smile

Mr asked to dine out, but i refused
really not in the mood to celebrate
then i cooked sardine for dinner, can u believe?
and soup, and fried egg
hahaha..such a sweet dinner

as long as we know we care for each other
no lovey dovey love notes
no bling bling
no posh handbag

sardine cinta will do

i take some good time to count blessing
Alhamdulillah, syukur...

# p.s : i got a surprised present from my caring dear neighbor-fren
her moist choc cake saved our evening, afterall..
thank you buddy. jazakaAllaahu khairan