Recent Cakes

1. Cupcakes untuk anak Sinari

2. Kek hantaran untuk Fiza/adik kak Aini

 Carrot Cake with Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet with Buttercream Icing

3. Kek untuk Naiesha

4. MU cake untuk Wan

Too bad takde image!

Sarah's birthday and Mama's mini gathering of ex-schoolmate

For this birthday, I engage Party People ( http://www.partypeoplevent.com/ ) to decorate the house for Sarah's party as well as organizing games for the kids. Sarah's friends live a bit further away from our house so I wasn't expecting all her friends would come. Instead, I invited my friends knowing that they'll definitely come. Furthermore a few months back, I was supposed to host our ex-schoolmate potluck but due to some unforeseen circumstances, the potluck was cancelled. So, I guess this was the so called belated gathering minus the potluck...hehe.... Here are some pictures...

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!