Baju untuk Naznin

Sejak tahun lepas kami panggil Ustazah untuk ajar budak2 ni mengaji kat rumah. Tambahan pulak ada kelas Tasmik kat sekolah. Tapi rasa tak cukup dengan panggil ustazah untuk ajar mengaji dan berharap asas fardhu ainnya dapat dipelajari dalam kelas Tasmik. Oleh kerana Ustazah pun sibuk dengan urusan Pengajian Sarjananya, alhamdulillah, anak saudara pulak yang mengambil alih tugas ustazah untuk mengajar adik2nya mengaji. Awal tahun pula tak dapat tidak mesti nak hantar Naznin ke sekolah agama. Naznin sedikit fobia dengan sekolah yang lama. Banyak alasan yang diberikan. Sampaikan dia menangis bila mama cakap dia kena sambung sekolah agama.

Apa2pun....Allah gerakkan hati untuk menghantar Naznin ke Masjid Al-Falah dan urusan turut dipermudahkanNya. Naznin yang dulunya menangis tak nak ke sekolah agama, minggu kedua ni sangat gembira ke sekolah agama dan siap tanya bolehkah dia sekolah agama sahaja. Dia seronok bersekolah di situ. Alhamdulillah! Masalahnya....mama tak beli baju sekolah agama untuk Naznin. Jadi, terpaksalah Naznin pakai baju yang lama sementara nak beli baju baru. Di situ timbullah idea mama untuk jahit sendiri baju sekolah Naznin. Mama berjaya siapkan 2 helai tudung dan setakat hari ini, sehelai baju dapat disiapkan. Kain, insyaAllah ye Naznin...mama study dulu...lepas tu mama try!

Aik, jadi mainan dia pulak!

 

September is many months away......

Recently I read a blogger's article on graduate moms who quit working so that they would be able to run the house and care for the kids. All mommies, graduate or not, have the options of whether they want to work or not. We have various working opportunities in Malaysia. Whether the pay is good or not, it's an entirely  different story, and of course it depends on whether you have qualifications or not. These mommies, especially the graduates, may choose to quit working because they want to care for their kids especially after giving birth. I have not quit my job. I'm on unpaid leave until September. It's January and thinking that I have to leave my kids and let other people take over my routine since April 2011 bring tears to my eyes. 

Is it wrong to love what I currently do? It's crazy having to run around sending/fetching kids from school and tuition centre but I do love the hectic schedule! I was asked many times by relatives and friends about the reasons why I want to quit/opt for an early retirement. As many of you know, I'm one project paper away from graduating (M.Ed). I was asked many times on why I did it in the first place! Truth is, I wanted to have a PHD. I wanted to be a lecturer/academician. However, things have changed. Many things have happened since March 2011. I have reevaluated my priorities. One thing for sure, kids (and hubby la, of course) are my priority!

Since then, I underwent a lot of changes. I started baking and cake decorating, started my small online biz...and recently I started sewing! Unbelievable!!! Syima can sew? hahaha....Something must be wrong with me somewhere... I truly love my life now! Hey, I'm no angel! I get angry when the kids don't want to listen to me, I get frustrated when the house is in a mess and oh boy....I can nag the kids....  even papa noticed that mama is getting better at nagging! I'm becoming more and more like a housewife (no offense to other housewives, ya! This is not an insult as I understand that we nag because we vent out our frustration through nagging!)

Is it so wrong to enjoy watching the kids got happy when mama was able to sew something for them? Is it wrong that I love my kitchen sink to be sparkling clean? Is it wrong for me to love my kids more than I love my job? I'm a changed person and I know that it's for the better. I know my purpose in life and I know what I want out of my life! My journey of acquiring the Degree and Master (soon to be, InsyaAllah) has made me stronger. Had it not been for my Degree, I wouldn't be able to meet my hubby and the wonderful people in UUM. Had I not met my hubby, I wouldn't be able to have 3 daughters! Had I married somebody else who knows I would have gotten 3 boys! (hehe....jgn marah ye Mr Boss! Ini perumpamaan ye... perumpaman tau... sila faham....kalau tak faham, nanti Pemahaman dapat B!) ;-p

In conclusion, people have various reasons for doing what they do! They may do it for themselves or they may do it for their loved ones! They make choices! Some made choices that benefit them and some made choices that benefit others! Like what I always tell my students, We have to make choices everyday. We choose to go school or choose to sleep. We choose to wake up early or late. We choose to wear red tudung over green one etc. Whatever our choices may be, please make sure the choices made benefit us and the people around us! Most important, make sure the choices made will eventually lead us to the path of Jannah, insyaAllah!

Flaming Steamboat

Weekends mama tak nak kacau dapur! Semalam dan hari ni mama dah kilatkan dapur, dah mop dapur bersih2.... hari ni nak makan kat luar.... boleh gitu? Sesak dada papa baca ni ek! Anyway, malam ni kami dinner kat Flamingo Steamboat, Shah Alam. Balik dari kelas piano Sarah di 1 Utama, terus kami menuju ke Jalan Bukit Kemuning. Yang kelakar, ikut GPS, sampai depan rumah orang....nak tergelak pun ada.... rupa2nya...Flaming Steamboat ni dekat seberang jalan, opposite rumah2 teres ni. So, keluar balik dan sampailah di Flaming Steamboat. Harga untuk dewasa ialah RM26.90, kanak-kanak RM9.90. Btw, surau ada disediakan tapi untuk ladies, sila bawa telekung ye!

Kek untuk Wiwi

Work in Progress

Dah siap!!!

Nasib baik Sinari postpone ambil kek utk Wiwi hari ni. Kalau tak tersengih la den semalam. Bahan2 kek cukup so I have no worries.....takut masa aje yang tak cukup. Lepas ambil kids balik sekolah, mama sambung buat icing kat rumah! Tak sempat nak deco kek, terus bergegas hantar Sarah dan Naznin sekolah. Balik Sinari call ckp lagi 1/2 jam nak sampai. Nasib baik Barbie dah pakai baju....skirt je tak ada lagi...apa lagi....perasan ala2 pro, zasssssss......by the time Sinari sampai, sempat la siap keknya! Phew....lega.....

Apakah ittew? Kenapa sampai hitam? Itu la akibatnya bila memasak sambil berjalan2... Mama tengah goreng nugget, kenapa la panggil2 mama....Mama siap mandikan Nurin kat toilet....turun2 dah jadi Dayang Senandung dah nuggets tu....Nurin pun ngada2 takmo makan! Pahit dia cakap....eh, ke I hate ek? Last2 mama la makan nuggets tu...eleh...ngada2 budak2 ni...boleh aje mama makan! Kesimpulannya....jangan kacau bila mama kat dapur!!! 

One day of Drivin' Around

My journey started around 10.15am today. Kids got ready and we departed from home. Nak ke Tg Malim kena la guna GCE (Guthrie). Sampai kat Tol Bukit Jelutong baru perasan yang baki TnG tinggal 2/3 hengget je.... Singgah kat RNR Elmina kot2 la ada kedai yang boleh reload TnG. Jengah2 dari kereta macam takde....nak turun kureng berani sket sebab very few people kat situ.... Kedai pun banyak yang tutup. Anyway, this morning, takde semangat nak merempit dengan laju. Sepanjang2 GCE top speed was 90/100. Sangat berhemah. Hello....ada lagi 3 nyawa dalam tu, ok....menjaga amanah hubby supaya drive carefully....

Drive punya drive... Mata dah makin layu..... Aiyooo kenot la... Bawak too slow pun bisa bikin ngantuk! Pastu bilanya nak sampai kalau bawak cam siput. Gotta be there before lunch and the clock was ticking! Alhamdulillah we reached there safely. Selesai urusan kat IPS, kena dapatkan signature Librarian, Bendahari, Penyelia, Dekan dan Timbalan Dekan.... Hehe... Sorry ye....I jumpa orang2 yang bertitle aje....yang takde title I takmo jumpa.. (excy la plak...tak sedor nasib baik tak kena denda sebab tak register sem). The signatures were necessary. Kira sem ni I tangguh la but next sem definitely have to complete my project paper.

It was the first time I entered Bangunan Canselori. Not bad jugak ek. Nice building and interior. It was also the first time I explored some of the buildings on foot. Mmm...tak jauh rupanya dari satu building ke satu building..... Biasanya drive kan....tapi nampak sangatlah 2 tahun ni I gi UPSI untuk ke kelas semata2, abis kelas balik rumah... No sightseeing, no hanky panky bizzz ok! As usual, my Che Mok (nurin) got tired. Repeated that she's tired many times. Pity her but in a way I'm preparing her for our KK tour next month. Nasib baik tak mintak dukung! Pengsan mama......

Tepi longkang pun sanggup sebab suka sangat kucing!

 Kucing tu mengikut Nurin 

Cubaan untuk membawa kucing balik! 

Depan pintu masuk Bangunan Canselori

Depan pejabat Jabatan Bendahari

Bangunan yang menempatkan bilik2 lecturer, bilik2 kuliah saiz M dan S (hehe) dan Fakulti Pendidikan dan Pembangunan Manusia

While waiting for Bendahari to sign my form, bawak kids solat kat surau. Nasib baik la sebelah surau tu ada kedai makan. Lepas solat, apa lagi... Sesi makan2 la! Personally I think sedap Nasi Kukus Ayam tu, sampaikan ada yg beli dari balik pagar UPSI but I could be starving then.... Tapi kali ni sempat ambik gambar la!!! Hehe.... Bukti makan nasi kukus ayam sedap!! Itupun gambar food Sarah coz mama dah makan halfway baru teringat nak ambik gambar! Huhu... What can I say! I love good food!!

  

Sangat bersyukur urusan di UPSI dipermudahkan Allah. Jumpa Penyelia pun sembang baekkkk je! Siap sembang pasal maid lari! Tp sempat jugak dia sound "Bagi perabih la project paper tu sem depan! Tak gi kerja kan?" Hehehe....insyaAllah Dato'! Selesai urusan di UPSI, pergi pulak ke Rawang nak beli Nurlizz! Dah pernah dengar tentang Nurlizz ke belum? Nanti I cerita dlm posting yang lain ye! Tp nak promo, I'm one of Nurlizz's dealers. ;-)

Singgah solat after tol GCE kat Rawang. The first time I jumpa surau yang telekung tak hapak dan berbau! Alhamdulillah, rezeki jugak tu! Traffic kat Seksyen 13 ok, nak cross Fed Hiway pun ok..... Since dah lewat, sure tak sempat masak jadi gi la masak di dapur Anjung Merah. Kids makan nasi goreng. I had tahu bakar( sedap coz tahunya garing) dan rojak buah. Ok la konon2 tak makan nasi tapi kuah rojak manis tak fikir pulak!!! Hehehe....Whatever!! Akak tak kisah!!

Makan-makan sini sana

Wah, 2 tiga hari ni asyik makan2 di luar je. Start dengan makan kat Tarbush @ Sunway Pyramid. Nice view from Tarbush....boleh nampak view Sunway Lagoon!

View from Tarbush

Hadramaut

Hadramawt

Ok, food kat Tarbush sedap tp a bit pricey as compared to Al-Rawsha dan Saba'. Apa yang kami makan malam tu- lamb mandey dan 2 lamb kebab. Lepas tu the next day pulak makan kat Hadramawt di Chulan Square. I bought Groupon voucher kat Hadramawt, a 4-course meal for 2 at the price of RM 35. We brought the kids....menyesal pulak tak beli extra voucher! Anyway, start dengan salad, followed by lamb mandey(again)... For the kids we ordered lamb kebab (again).... Food sedap jugak... Lepas main course, dapat teh arab dan dessert. Unfortunately, xde gambar2 food.... Fail la bila nampak food depan mata..... Takde teringat nak amik2 gambar ke hapa ke.... Ngap terus!!! Hehehe.....

Semalam punya session lagi best! We started off dengan breakfast kat Khulafa Bistro @ Seksyen 7 Shah Alam dengan a few ex SDARians. Ni with family. Makan Cheese Naan, roti telur, roti bakar-the usual stuff. Lunch pulak makan di Ani Sup Utara. Kurengggg sket. Personally I think, kuah supnya masin sangat. Nasi Ayam-ok la cuma nasinya rasa halia sket. Not a good experience at Ani Sup Utara. Actually takde intention pun nak makan kat situ. Kami nak makan kat Buburia. Nak beli various bubur kat situ. Nak beli pengat pisang jugak. Kan Buburia ni masuk kat JJCM semalam, so try la cari. Lokasinya somewhere kat Tmn Dato Harun. Kecik aje gerainya. Dalam TV nampak besar.... Tp tutup la pulak semalam! Isy, baru nak rasa!

Dinner pulak kami pergi ke Bagan Lalang, makan di Restoran Senandung Malam. Pergi 2 family. Nasib baik Ateng dan Wati sampai awal sikit daripada kami. Dapatlah meja. Lepas tu penuh meja2 yang lain. Punyalah panjang queue nak beratur pilih ikan etc. Yang geramnya apa, kami sampai around 6, pukul 8.40 baru dapat makan!! Workers steady je bekerja.... Taking their own sweet time....xde rasa macam nak cepat2 je.... Ni based on my observation je ya! Tapi totally different dpd kat Aroma. Aroma workers nampak pro sikit! They really work hard nak ensure customers dapat food dengan cepat! (Aroma) Nasib baik food kat Senandung Malam sedap! Kalau tak sedap memang hangin la! We ate 2 ekor ikan, sotong goreng tepung dan buttered prawns. Ateng dan Wati pulak makan sup sayur, sotong goreng tepung, buttered prawns dan ikan bakar sekor. Total 2 family makan ialah 170++. Not bad!!!

Hello 2012, Adios 2011

Hajat hati nak tengok pertunjukan bunga api. Seawal jam 9.40 malam kami dah keluar, konon-kononnya nak pusing2 dulu sementara menunggu jam 12 malam. Sebenarnya kepala dah mula rasa berat dan takde mood nak keluar, tetapi digagahi juga. Tambah memberatkan kepala, budak2 tiga orang ni asyik nak argue sesama sendiri dalam kereta. Aduss.....pusing kepala mama dibuatnya! Papa pulak on cloud 9 sebab nak pergi Pop the Berry! Wah, rasa menyesal pulak jual my Blackberry! :'(   Kalau bagi sedikit new look, sure nampak macam baru!!! Takpelah, barang yang lepas jangan dikenang, bak pepatah Melayu!

Ternampak pulak Pop My Apple! Just next to Station 1 Cafe, somewhere in Subang Jaya and it's the opposite of Pop My Berry. Naznin dah suka hati sebab IPhone generasi 1 yang kini menjadi kepunyaaannya dan telah burokss aka hudusss, boleh diberi new look! Tak pasti la pulak ada ke apa2 spare part whatsoever untuk IPhone burokks ittew! Takpelah nak, simpanlah angan2 mu itu kot2 papa bermurah hati nak bagi new look to that IPhone. I salute la IPhone itu! Dari papa, turun ke mama, dapat pula kat Sarah dan sekarang Naznin, IPhone itu masih dalam keadaan yang baik! Walaupun pernah dikunci berapa million minutes tah oleh Nurin kerana cubaan password yang salah, setelah direset oleh papa, all is well!

 Blackberry papa yang dimakeover..... amboiiii!!! Matching gitu!!!

A collection of all whites....

Sempena tahun baru ini juga, I gave my blog a new look! Inspired from Sophie's blog! Nampak cantik blog Sophie, tu yang teringin jugak nak bagi makeover sikit kat blog ni! 

Ok, apa azam tahun baru? Sebenarnya, I made my new year's resolution masa Maal Hijrah haritu! So, that new year's resolution is still valid and will be continued until the next Maal Hijrah. I honestly hope that it'll be a better year for us this year, especially spiritually. Hopefully, Allah will grant us (hubby, me, kids, the rest of the family, all Muslims and non-Muslims) taufik and hidayah to remain on the correct and true path! The one path that'll lead us to Jannah, InsyaAllah! Tapi ingat!!!! Hidayah bukan datang sendiri tapi perlu dicari dan dipohon daripada Allah swt! (ingatan khususnya untuk diri sendiri). 

Daripada Abu Hurairah r.a. berkata: Bersabda Rasulullah Salawatu Alai Wasalam, "Islam mula tersebar dalam keadaan dagang (asing). Dan ia akan kembali asing pula. Maka beruntunglah orang orang yang asing". 

H.R. Muslim 

Sewing Activities

Ada 2 helai baju Naznin yang perlu dijahit butang sebab bukaan leher yang terlalu lebar. Tuannya kecik aje, kalau tak letak butang nampak la perut dia..... :-) Sebenarnya dah lama papa suruh jahit butang, tapi mama yang tak suka menjahit ni esp jahit tangan, dapat je mengescapekan diri daripada kena jahit button baju Naznin. I think dah a couple years kot beli baju tu! :-p apa nak buat, benda tak minat ni bukan boleh paksa2 kan? Biarlah minat tu datang sendiri....macam sekarang ni.. mama tengah rajin nak explore apa yang mesin jahit ni boleh buat. Rasa macam mama boleh jahit langsir je...(tak agak2....nak buat langsir terus, tak padan dengan novice!)

Sebelum jahit baju Naznin, I dah jahit tudung. Tak percaya? Cuba tengok gambar!

 

 Tapi bukan semuanya I jahit..... Yang tepi tu aje....kekeke.....

Itu pun macam jalan kat Kuala Lipis, bengkang-bengkok! :-) ada hati nak jahit langsir ye! Xpe2x..... It's not wrong to dream big! Tudung sekolah Sarah pun mama cuba nak jahit tapi macam fail aje. Kalau Sarah  tak malu, pakai la, mama will be very happy!

Tak berapa kemas sangat. 

Yang ni baju pink Naznin

 Yang bestnya, NV 50 ni boleh buat sulam ringkas :-)

Kalau ada friends yang macam I, buta menjahit aka novice, NV 50 is worth buying. Boleh berkobar2 semangat menjahit! Lama2 bila dah banyak kali kita prektis, ok la tu. After sales service daripada pihak LSN memang sangat bagus. Actually daripada sebelum membeli lagi, I emailed them and asked lotsa questions, they replied promptly. Dah lepas jual pun siap email tanya ok atau pun tidak, and whether I needed any assistance or not. Macam semalam, I emailed gambar butang baju Naznin, tanya ok atau pun tidak. Diaorang siap email step by step cara untuk jahit butang baju. Lepas tu siap nak bagi gambar dengan penerangan lagi! Two thumbs up for LSN!

Final Class for Baking Series 1 at Kota Damansara

Today not really a good day for me sebab macam penat sikit. Kain berbakul tak lipat lagi lepas balik dari Pulau Pinang, so start la melipat baju. Lepas tu, create FB account pulak. Alhamdulillah, ramai my fb friends lama dah accept my new friend request. Million thanks! It took awhile for me to add my friends. Kalau ada yang tertinggal tu, I'm truly sorry. Will update asap!

I totally forgot hari ni ada potluck kat kelas. Tak bawak apa2. Dahlah tu siap plan lunch date dgn hubby. So, siapkan cepat2 kek then turun lunch. After lunch, siapkan lemon curd n whipped cream. Dah siap deco the cakes, Kevin pun bagi la sijil. Sedihlah pulak kelas dah habis. My classmates semuanya ok, very friendly n helpful. As usual, me n Nawar are the last ones to go back. Kalau dapat award, bagi la kat kami ni ha!

 Potluck - Nawar's brownies

Lemon Curd

Kevin-the instructor

Bukti I attended the class! :-p

Me n my partner in crime - Nawar