we are back. alhamdulillah!

Assalamualaikum wbt,

We are back. Alhamdulillah. Syukur tak terhingga. The best peluang ever given by the Almighty to be His tetamu.

It was the most significant thing ever experienced by us.. it will be one of the highlights of our lives. and believe me,  words will not be good enough to describe it, you REALLY NEED to experience it yourself.

and please try your best to go while you are young and healthy, insyaAllah lebih nikmat begitu.

I've got loads of pictures in Mekah and Madinah. But mostly sceneries, view of people, misc tetamu Allah and His house... "Rumah Tua" as it is called in the Quran.

But coming home to the kids is also a big Nikmat. Alhamdulillah. Life goes on. opps, BETTER LIFE will goes on, InsyaAllah.

Lets works towards a better us, dunia and more importantly, AKHIRAT.

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Our strong kids...

Assalamualaikum wbt

Dearest friends and readers,

Alhamdulillah, akhirnya sampai giliran kami untuk menjadi tetamu Allah. Alhamdulillah sgt.. seruan datang, dan kami sahut!

Nevertheless, it is still surreal. Currently, i am struggling with my mother's natural feeling... it is me who is going through separation anxiety...

Sangka baik. Itu je berulang-ulang disebut dalam hati. Sangka baik dengan Allah. Anak-anak ditinggalkan untuk menyahut seruan yang baik, maka insyaAllah segala-galanya akan jadi terbaik.

but, like i said, nevertheless.........

my Muhammad Muaz who will be 5 years in a couple of months..

i know i will miss this cheeky face!

And to tell you the truth, eventhough he is all macho and superman outside, he really is such an adorable, loving and quite manja boy....

a manja boy with lots of expressions! :)

and then, my Nur Amni Nadrah... She's 3 years old.. Nadrah lah yang paling manja. Paling kami risaukan... and insyaAllah, kalu doakan dia akan menjadi paling tabah.

She's so manja... so anak mama, she's a pengawas and all (maybe coz we asyik sebut Nadrah will become Gabenor Bank Negara)... but her hard shell is actually very thin.

her signature "senyum senget" :)

and her new found love for hair clips..

and those boolaatt eyes... it's making me all teary now..

and lastly... oh my so little yet the most active baby.. Nur Amni Iffah who by now got the feeling that we'll be apart for a long time, so she clings to me all the time. and she'll cry whenever i wear tudung...

her signature "Einstein" pose...

and her passion for food.. haha..

but, when time in need, i know she can be a big girl and man up.

Deep down in my heart, i know they'll be fine. They are in good hands.. they are in Allah's hand.
Sangka baik. Make the time leaving them WORTH IT by performing the best HAJI we possible can. Mama and abah loves you guys SOO MUCHH! Be good. Be strong. We'll pray for you guys our hardest.

InsyaAllah. Doakan urusan kami dipermudahkanNya ye.

* we'll be leaving for Mekah on 30th Sept (this sunday). Mohon ampun dan maaf atas segala salah silap. Harap dpt tuntut sekiranya kami ada berhutang. InsyaAllah we'll be back in Malaysia on 18th Nov 2012.

Love!

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Had a studio photoshoot with the kids last Friday during MERDEKA leave. Ooooo... rasanya tak nak dah kot buat studio shoot, because the kids simply cannot be in the white paper for shooting, they are running around, playing, merajuk, ank duk atas kerusi, nak panjat, nak main ba chak...etc... etc... HADOI.

Outdoor photoshoot suits us more, coz the kids can aksi bebas and the photographer will go and take their pictures, instead of they have to come to the photographer. We miss you KC! huhu

anyway, some of the good pictures taken :)

And i personally love this picture of my "WORLD". :) 

How did you sambut your Merdeka? :)

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Volcano!

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Since last week was long leave. sempat la bereksperimen with the kids. Kami buat experiment homade Volcano. The kids happy! maka mama pun Happy :)

Mula2, I showed them how the experiment should be.. based on youtube video.. supaya depa tahu objective and projected outcome.

Then terus proceed je la, since budak2 dah excited! :)

Bahan2 yang diperlukan untuk buat volcano sgt simple:

1. Botol plastic - potong atas tu sikit.

2. lots of old news paper

3. starch - saya pakai tepung gandum + air + garam sikit

tak sempat nak amik gambar process buat volcano, since tangan dirty... but hasilnya......

tadaa!!

Now, utk eruptions. Banyak resepi eruptions kat internet. Boleh google je mana suka. Tapi kami pilih yang paling senang: cuka + baking soda + warm water

Well, patutnya amik masa utk kalerkan volcano tu, but we dont have any colours plus budak2 dah over excited nak tgk eruption... maka, tak sempat la nak make over the volcano :)

Iffah siap tolong kacau lagi...

Volcano kami meriah, siap ada bunga kertas + macam2 batu dah dicampakkan dlm volcano tu :)

and as usual, kena kemas balik! but this time they are happily doing it sbb it involves main air! Sampai muaz pun lupa kaki baru jahit!! hahaha

Alhamdulillah, tak sabar nak jadi full time mumtrepreneur, sure lots more of quality activities with the kids! :)

InsyaAllah, soon! ameen! Jom!

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Kota Bharu & Raya

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Selamat Hari Raya! Mood raya memang tak pernah off, tapi mood Paris lagi menyengat ;) hehehe

Alhamdulillah sangat2!! :)))

anyway, entry ni sebenarnya nak share gambar2 raya kami yang meriah sakan. Gambar makanan tak sempat nak amik, sibuk melayan tetamu + diri sendiri makan! hahahaha

cuma nak list kat sini makanan raya kami yang tak dpt tidak, akan menambahkan berat kami... mujur time tu i pakai PB ye, so tercontrol sikit. and malam2 wajib flush usus with Lactolite! :)

Day 1 Menu: (semua masak sendiri except for roti jala and kuah ayam kuzi)

Nasi Minyak hujan panas
Ayam masak Merah
Daging Kurma
Acar mentah
Lemang
Ketupat
Rendang ayam
Roti Jala
Ayam Kuzi
Kek Marble
Kek Buah
Trifle

Day 2 Menu:
Nasi Impit
Satey
Satey Ladung (special resepi mama)

Day 3 Menu:
Nasi Dagang
Gulai Ikan
Gulai Ayam
Acar Mentah

Day 4 onwards, dah back to normal, nasi campur je. Orang memang tak putus2...alhamdulillah, kelebihan beraya di Kelantan, memang tradisi ziarah menziarahi masih utuh! :)

Nak siapkan budak2 tu satu hal la pepagi...since depa memang tido lambat....sekali sekala berkumpul cousin2 kan.. :) But Nadrah cooperates well, dia suka pakai hair pin yang gojes i beli utk dia nie...

Tapi iffah macam org kena dera bila suruh pakai hair pin tu...

Mula2 kami bergambar with family masing2... since tak semua orang ready nak bergambar lagi.. orang paling cepat ready ialah orang yang takde anak kecik! hahaha.. my parents and my little sister

Followed by family kak da

Then my own family :)))

 and lastly yang paling ramai anak kecik... familiy dr Ammar Rashidi ye.

and this is the big family. Missing my eldest brother , abg man sekeluarga yang beraya di Perak.

The cute sisters! chewah.. hahaha

 Sekian. We had a blast this raya. Hopefully many more Raya to come...insyaAllah. Mudah2an kami dikurniakan nikmat panjang umur and nikmat kesihatan and dimurahkan lagi rezeki kami. ameen.

Stay positive!

Family Get-away! :)

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Suheimy had to attend worksyop or something at PD - Rabu till Jumaat, so alang2 suheimy ke PD, we've decided to bring the kids to Grand Lexis, PD.

I dont know why i think i can managed to bring the 3 kids along to seremban... where Suheimy will pick us up on Friday... haih.. will not repeat the same scenarios again!

Since Suheimy drive to PD, so takkan nak ada 2 kereta kat sana kan.. maka we opt for public transport.

We choose keretapi since the kids loooveee train ride (by the kids, i mean Muaz).

From our house at BK2, i called teksi. Our train is schedule at 2 pm, but teksi only comes at 1.45pm. I was in panic mode already.

We managed to arrive at 2.01pm and guess what, the train delayed till nearly 3pm. cet!

Ni gambar awal2 je... after that i dah tak larat nak jawab soalan "kenapa kapi (keretapi) tak sampai lagi?"  But alhamdulillah... akhirnya kapi sampai jugak...

Mula2 excited... but i think after abt 10 mins, Iffah & Nadrah dah tertido..

Leaving me with the restless Muaz yang asyik tanya "bila nak sampai hotel, Muaz nak swimming..."  , i already explained to him that we are going to transit @ Tok su's house, nanti abah amik kat rumah Tok su.. and then he cried.. huhuhu..

Anyway, once dah sampai rumah Tok su yang sangat ramai rakan sebaya Muaz tu.. they forgot about going for a holiday pun.. ahhahaha

kak cik @ yaya panjat pokok mata kucing

Love this picture of Nadrah! :) Gambar Muaz takde, can't get him to sit still!

Suheimy ends up sampai to pick us up at 7pm! In the car, muaz started crying again because "dah malam, kolam bukak lagi tak??"... well, to be continued! :)

The tale of the Pole Dancers

Assalamualaikum wbt,

This is the tale of  2 sisters. Both super cute, and manja and paling gorgeous in the whole wide world (to their mama's eyes :)

Their favourite activity is to complements each other... or is it to compete with each other?!

One thing that they are good at is POLE DANCING. By pole, i mean tiang Buai ye... :)

Well, tak percaya? Look at the sisters in action...

Mula2 Iffah waas trying on her own..

Then kakak Nadrah comes and give a few tips...

after that teruihhh jadi HEBAT

Individual Action

Duet Action

Then Iffah gets restless and wants to switch pole...

End up..

What happen to Iffah? Dah la conquer tiang kakak Nadrah...

                                   marah Nadrah plak tu.. haih...

Well soon after that they played together again. But trust me, these scenarios keep looping in.  :)

Abg Muaz? well, same scenarios jugak..

Either kusyuk tgk tv or kusyuk main ipad.