I Love Cameron

Assalamualaikum

Dalam banyak2 tempat Ive visited, Cameron Highland was not in the list.
Tapi tidak lagi!
14Jun 2014 marked the day we ( my sisters -Ida & Idayu, my husband-Muhammad & I) first set foot on the land of Cameron :|

AND I LOVE IT!!!!
Love the picturesque scenery. Love the fresh air. Love the weather.

Lavender Garden

Old Jeep. <3 p="">

Get to see Sue after almost 4 years :)

The Tea Plantation

But there were setbacks too. Parking was troublesome. Your brakes must be in really good condition going to Cameron. And going there during school holidays lagi stuck with traffic.
But nevertheless, I still want to go there again. On weekdays perhaps. Baru peaceful :P

Be simple. N polite.

Assalamualaikum

Hello!!!!
Less than a month to Ramadhan. I am excited definitely. Worried that I can't go through it smoothly. But hoping and praying that I can insyaAllah.

Recently, my cousin got married. Congratulations. Wasn't much of a help during the wedding prep tho :(
I know wedding prep is a tough thing to do, talking through my own experience. A LOT of hands definitely did great things. Yerp yerp. But my hands were not the ones contributing to this wedding. Sigh~!
Anyways, congrats to the newlyweds!
Tremendous news on the addition of the family members received during the wedding event. 3 of my cousins are expecting new babies this coming September. Really really glad for them.
But you know, with these news, come together with a question to us (mostly from the elders).
Im ok with them asking- Any good news from both of you? Bila lagi? Dah ada isi ke?
I guess it's a standard question to those married ones.
But sometimes the question can be a bit irritating. It can go on and on until the part where you get accused of having some illnesses, or practise too much sports during younger years causing the delays of the pregnancy. Suggesting that we should go for medical check ups, go for the traditional massage etc.
I am not saying what they say is 100% not true, BUT I guess some people do not know how to say or ask in a polite manner.
As a muslim, I believe everything is of Allah's will. Kun fa ya kun. We have been married only for 7 months. We are still figuring things out. Still trying to feel comfortable with each other. Perhaps it is still not the time to have babies. Allah knows best. That's for sure.
I am not fond of kids. I do not know how to take great care of a kid or a baby. But I am developing the interest, learning, mostly from friends. We do want kids of course. Many if possible! Don't make judgement towards how I react with other kids and conclude bluntly that I don't want kids. That's not fair !
And why is it that I am slim be a matter of anything??? FYI, I weigh more now than before I was married. Haiyoh!
And I feel a bit insulted when people say my husband is too skinny. Tak kasi makan ke?
:(
So, if you want to ask questions, plan your words properly. I think it is enough with 1 question.  If the answer is negative, pray for the couple to have babies soon. Simple n polite. Kan?

Enough of luahan rasa. Till next time.

A Friday well spent

Assalamualaikum

Yesterday was 9th May. T'was Izwan's birthday. He's my younger brother btw. I pray that you will be a wiser person n someone who obeys Allah all the time. A lovable person especially to your parents & siblings :)

It was also the day AN n I visited the kids at Rumah Nur Hikmah. The first time we went there was with M (at that time, he was only a friend to me hiks). Masa tu we sent them leftover food from a friend's wedding. Every now n then, I try to make visit to this house as I live nearer to them now.
So yesterday, I made them chicken lasagna. I felt so sedih when they cakap 'lasagna? ape tu?'. Lepas ni I promise myself to bring more food / dessert insyaAllah.
We arrived a little before 6pm. Almost dinner time for the kids. Alhamdulillah I get to bring them lasagna. They makan dengan lazatnya haha. We lepak for a while with the kids, talked with the bibiks then went home. While saying goodbye, a little girl came running n hug me. A while ago I was pushing the buaian for her and some friends. I suddenly felt kesiann sangat2 for the kids. And touched. :(

Here are some pictures of the lasagna n the kids.

the 1st batch 

2nd batch. before going into the oven

cut and packed for the kids

the boys enjoying the lasagna

the girls nak main games on AN's phone

AN tak kasi main games. So umpan amik gambar them instead.

peace yaw!

REJAB

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It's the month of Rejab. ALREADY! Phew. Since dah tinggal brape hari je lagi nak Ramadhan, I've decided to start fasting and it is today. Kasi practise la, nanti Ramadhan takde lah semput. Managed to bangun sahur thanks to suami tercinta dok stay up buat kerja. So he kejut me 430am. Panaskan lauk dinner smlm (ha semangat kau mkn nasik sahur!)
This morning I was on this ayat :

“Undoubtedly, the number of months with Allah is twelve in the Book of Allah since the day He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred. This is the right religion. Therefore, do not wrong yourselves in these months.” [Surah 9, Verse 36]

4 months itu ialah: Zulkaedah, Zulhijjah, Muharram n Rejab. Jadi pada bulan2 ini, try buat more kebaikan. InsyaAllah ganjarannya banyak :)

Last weekend, while we were chilling having coffee at a stall, a man suddenly came to our table, and mintak singgit. So weird because our table was in the middle. That man skipped many2 tables at the entrance, and straight went to ours. Lepas M kasi singgit, he terus keluar from that place.
We were the lucky ones to get selected by him heh :P  Oh well, rezeki dia la nak dpat singgit from kitorg.

ANyhu... Be good. It's Rejab yaw! Ta!

LOVE

H to the E to the double L to the O !!

Assalamualaikum.

Bought the voucher from Groupon.
I have published 1.
Today the finished version arrived!!
This are the pictures from our honeymoon. I edited all by myself. Because M is fussy. So I won't let him see me editing :|
Anywaysss TADA!!!.

After looking at the cover several times, suddenly i am humming LOVE by GSC.
Used to love this song so much back in uni years. Amazingly I can still remembers some of the lyrics!
Haish. ayat quran tamau hafal :(


This was when they perform at Sunburst. Ohsem pohsum!

GREYS ANATOMY FTW!

Salam

Im writing this so dat x lupe.
Best gile kalau ade orang nak kasi the full season of greys anatomy to me.
Yerp from season 1 sampai skrg!
I love greys anatomy to the max,thats no secret. but ive been missing many2 seasons already.
now dah x igt dah what happen. sometimes layan kat tv, but x best la!
dulu rajen amik from orang yg download, now x rajen :|
tapi nak tgk blk since awal. to refresh back. haha.
ouwh...tapi i need subtitles. the english one please. because i don't understand medical terms. so i need subs.

ok..back to reality...
as of today, we are being hopeful. and pray for the best. tu je update.
saw this from S's FB. Thanks for sharing.

Teruskan berdoa dan ikat permintaan itu dengan perkataan 'yang lebih baik untuk diriku', kelak apa yang dipinta akan termaqbul walau mungkin bukan bentuk yang dipinta TETAPI hadirnya dalam bentuk yang lebih baik di sisi Allah swt dan untuk kita. Kita sering tidak tahu apa yang terbaik untuk kita.

tata!

ISLAM is the Way of Life

Assalamualaikum

I just posted this video on my Facebook. I love how he sees things. Interesting.




M came home yesterday, mentioning about the same matter.
He insisted that our kids (if we have any) would go to an islamic school, no matter what. While he was on the way back, saw a group of kids in our neighbourhood, acting very inappropriately. They were only kids!

We believe that Islam is the way of life, that includes EVERYTHING! Because now, people separates that with the dunya. We don't prioritize Islam in whatever we do. Yes including me. Unlike how the era when our Prophet lived.

M shared 1 interesting talk on his FB. I copy paste here :)

[Islam Hanya Di Surau/Tikar Sembahyang]

Nauzubillahminzalik.

Inilah ringkasan apa yang diterangkan dalam satu ceramah dalam program halaqah tv al-hijrah bulan lepas.

Penyakit umat islam zaman sekarang yang menyebabkan Islam menjadi lemah adalah kerana mereka

"mengasingkan agama Islam dari kehidupan harian dunia mereka"..

Secara ringkasnya, boleh dikatakan, kebanyakan umat Islam zaman sekarang tidak "menyulam agama" dalam aktiviti kehidupan seharian sepertimana yang dilakukan oleh umat-umat terdahulu ketika zaman kegemilangan islam.

Ketika kerja, ketika berniaga, ketika keluar rumah, ketika bermain, ketika bersukan, ketika bersama rakan-rakan....habis semua rukun islam dan rukun iman dilanggar/dilupakan:

1) Beriman kepada Allah
tak ingat pun Allah sentiasa melihat dan mendengar
tak ingat pun Allah menentukan segalanya
 tak ingat pun Allah maha mengetahui segalanya
 tak ingat pun semua yang terjadi adalah dengan izin Allah

2) Beriman kepada Rasul
 tak ingat pun pesan-pesan nabi
tak ingat pun pandua-panduan yang nabi bagi
tak ikut pun sunah-sunah nabi

3) Beriman kepada Malaikat
tak ingat pun ada malaikat kat kiri kanan catit amalan kita

4) Beriman kepada Kitab
 tak ingat pun ISO 9001 & ISO 16949 untuk hidup kita dalam Al-quran
 tak ingat pun ada panduan hidup dalam Al-quran
tak ingat pun ada batas-batas dalam kehidupan dalam Al-quran
tak ingat pun ada peraturan-peraturan hidup dalam Al-Quran
tak ingat pun ada penerangan atas tiap-tiap sesuatu dalam Al-Quran

5) Beriman kepada Hari Kiamat
 tak ingat pun ada hari pembalasan pada setiap tingkah laku kita
 tak kisah pun buat dosa-dosa kecil

6) Beriman kepada Qada dan Qadar
 tak ingat pun setiap sesuatu yang berlaku dah tertulis
 tak ingat pun perancangan Allah adalah yang terbaik
tak ingat pun Allah takkan bebankan hambanya melebihi kemampuan

Kalau nak tulis detail semua, memang tak tertulis.

Tambahan jugak...dah la lupakan rukun iman,
letakkan agama no. #2 dalam setiap urusan.. astaghfirullah halazim..

Walaumacam mana pun ini adalah peringatan untuk diri saya sendiri yang sering lupa juga serta rakan-rakan.

Nauzubillahiminzalik.

Sama-sama kita saling ingat-mengingati antara satu sama lain.

Wallahualam 

Kisah Roti

Assalamualaikum

I spent my last weekend MAKING ROTI!!! I enrolled myself in a 2-days-course -Theory n Practical of Bread Making. There were only 2 of us-a guy and me attended.
Sangat banyak knowledge yg dapat alhamdulillah. We made Focacia, baguette and white bread with 3 different types of fermentation-Pate Fermentee, Poolish and Biga.
Someone pointed out to me it's a waste to keep all the knowledge by myself, so here I am writing a blog about making bread!
Haha. Im no pro. Only sharing what I learn haritu.

The basic ingredients of making bread are these 4:
1) Tepung
2) Yeast
3) Water
4) Salt

Fermentation is the core thing of making bread. Yeast is responsible in menjayakan this process.
Notice there are no sugar used as the ingredients? Sebab:
1) it's not healthy
2) we want the yeast to keluarkan the sucrose in the tepung. Interesting ey? I never knew dalam tepung ada gula.

So if you only use these 4 ingredients bile buat roti, but your end result taste good (ada rasa manis,ada rasa masin sikit, bkn masam, bukan rase tepung), you can pat your shoulder and berbangga u succeeded in making roti. (which I did alhamdulillah :D )
If your bread turns out white-ish, maknenye too much kneading/mixing. Oxidation sudah berlaku. It should turn out brown and tasty :)
Here are some pictures I took during my course.

Our Poolish-after dividing

Mixer in action

My Focacia-First Fermentation

Focacia-Final Proof

Chef complimented mine. Proofing cantik. Hiks.

Tada! Mine was the 1 at the back. Perfect score Ngee.

Baguette-Pre Shaping

Baguette lupe nak egg wash . Scoring pon buruk gile.

The overwork dough :(

Soft Bun -Failure

Antara hasil roti kami

White bread yang soft and fluffy

Ok. tu je lah. As for how to make roti, I don't have video to show you. If you're interested, go and enroll yourself in any bread courses. Saya pergi Masterbaker Academy @ Bandar Baru Bangi. The chef is experienced. Fee pon affordable. Recommended!

Surprise!

OMG!OMG!OMG!

Guess what M brought home today???

Such sweet husband. He reads my mind!
Yes, I asked him. He didn't read my previous entry. He just pitied his wife.
I am a happy wife. Wee.

Unfortunate Events

Assalamualaikum

Hari ini ialah hari-bende-tumpah-kat-baju day.

Bought a bottle of black olive. I've bakar-ed the lid already but still susah nak open. So asked M to open for me. Forgetting that the bottle is filled with liquid (tak tau ape probably vinegar), M dengan sepenuh jiwa dan raga membukak botol itu lalu Splash splash! Habis baju bau masam. Luckily he hasn't change to his work shirt yet, if not penat je I iron this morning (cheh smpt lagi puji diri).

Then I want to open a can of susu cair. I am really bad using the old fashioned can opener. But that is the only kind I have ever used in my life. Either I will asked somebody else to open the can or I spend almost an hour to open 1 small can. Ok lah tipu.
30min. Serius ni tak tipu!



Ok ok..latest can opener will be on top of my to-buy list. 

Sambung cerita unfortunate event...So after I struggled...terlepas the can. wooshh milk kena my baju :(

aa well...Shit happens.

On the positive side, I managed to make pizza cup! M loves it alhamdulillah. Ala tapi honestly, I just put whatever I can find in the refrigerator. Bak kata orang tua..main campak-campak je. LOL. I buat bekal for him since ade banyak pizza extra tapi he lupa bawak the tupperware. Hmph!

   

Event: Sis's Bday Celebration

Assalamualaikum

Dah 15 hari kita menerjah ke tahun yang baru. Ecewahh.
Mcm mane dengan progress azam baru ?
As for me...I don't have a proper written azam baru.
Bukan tak bersemangat, but I take my-day-to-day activities / encounters to trying to improve myself.
Mane yang tercapai tu ALHAMDULILLAH..

I received many presents for my wedding. Some of them were baking stuff. I started to develop the love of baking not long ago. I am planning to pursue more, learning the basics n go deep into baking. Cheh mcm big deal pulak.
SO, since I got a table mixer, measuring cups, muffin trays and an oven,  I bake CUPCAKES!
Lately me n some close friends obses dengan our senior's cupcakes..i thot of giving some to my sister for her birthday. But they close pulak dat time. Makanya terbuatlah kek tahape2 ku LOL. I bought the piping for frosting. Tu yg plg excited nk try sebenarnye hhaha.

Ok.Am no creative. But this is super fun!

Check out my new mixer yaw! ( I didnt use the whole set. Sebab sayang LOL.Bowl n stand simpan dlm box dulu )

Those are my version of PB n J Cuppies. 

Tada! PB n J with PB frosting n Mango with Cream Cheese frosting

Ok. Deco mmg fail. Will improve the looks so dat nampak more appetizing :P

Gave this box to my sister. Went to a korean cafe. I like the food there. Tapi my sister bad timing sakit perut pulak time tu. She x smpt nk menikmati kesedapan food kat sane. Oh well. There's always a nextime. 

This is their awesome Beef bulgogi bibimbab with Kimchi Soup. Sedap gile!

Actually her birthday was on the 24th Dec. Our reception at Bangi was on the 25th Dec. M was sweet enough to suggest celebrating it with her. DJ siap play the birthday song uols!

Till later. Ta!

Things To Do. DaBiDaBiDu.

Assalamualaikum

Ok. Still in the mood. Writing another post. (Farah happy x? Haha)

Kindly look at the right side of my blog.
Notice the Things I wish to be / do column?
Check out point #3. Well ladies and gentleman. I am proud to announce that I have conquered my fear of water. Yeehaaaaaaa!!!

As of point #4, I am still learning. I am really bad synchronizing my feet and hands. Will get there insyaAllah. Hehe. Yes I am a slow learner. But I hope I don't give up easy.

narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (R.A) in which our beloved Prophet said  ”Teach your children swimming, archery and horse riding”.

Escape Room @ eCurve

Assalamualaikum

I am writing another post since Farah selalu suruh I update blog :| Memandangkan ade mood, jadi marilah bace post seterusnye :D

Have you main game dekat phone tajuk room escape ke, jail break ke, atau yg sewaktu dgnnye?
I have. And I hated it. Because most of the times they x masok akal. And often annoying.
Tapi haritu Farah ajak to go the real escape game called Escape Room. They have 6 rooms altogether. There are only 2 outlets in Malaysia, eCurve and Klang.

Farah is pregnant, so they gave us 2 rooms to choose from out of 6. I guess the other 4 has physical challenge kot so not safe for the preger mommies. The available rooms are mummy and prison. Since mummy room's difficulty level is lower compared to prison room, we chose the mummy room. Firstimer maa. Cuak jugak nak challenge gempak2. Nak test market, amik la yang senang-senang dulu :D

Max ppl to go in a room is 10ppl. Time given to escape is within 45 minutes.
Farah, Cyan, Hudam and me went in. It was on a weekday so not many friends can join since they x cuti. (If you go on weekdays, price is cheaper you know). The perasaan at that time, I was more excited than nervous. Excited sebab 1stime. Nervous tu sikit je lah sebab if you can't escape, they are not gonna lock u up forever. Just that you have to pose with a loser banner. I don't feel that duit bazir because I enjoyed the excitement dalam room tu. At least dapat jugakla nak gune brain yang da berabuk ni.
Sorry no spoilers. Go and challenge yourself la. Baru best. Heh.

What I can say, the clues some senang some susah. We were down to the final clue, tapi dah habis masa. Takpe. Will go and try other rooms plak lepas ni. Rase geram x dapat nk escape tapi best sebab game die best. Haha.
So, since x dapat nk escape, we have to pose with the loser banner.

No we don't suck. We just sulk. LOL. (OK I know. Lame :| ) 

BYE!! oh ini link if you want to give it a try.

20.12.2013.

Assalamualaikum

My husband gave me this note a year ago.
Well, I am glad I said yes.
It has been a month++ since we got married.
I am truly happy. And blessed.

I am not perfect. But I will try to be the best partner for you.
Thank you sayang.
Chupp!




Ok. mushy-mushy sikit di hari Friday. To those yang have time, do not forget to read Suratul Kahf. May Allah blessed your Friday insyaAllah.

A wife. That's me :D

Assalamualaikum

Alhamdulillah. I am a wife now.
We are still settling down. With the new life. New responsibilities.
I really want to thank my family members who have helped A LOT!
I feel so blessed to have such supportive family.
Sayang korang banyak2 :*

Here are couple of pictures.

Dad hardly smile when taking pictures. I love this pic of his :D

Solemnization Day 

^.^

Assalamualaikum

Good afternoon ppl!!

Oh I miss writing here.
Too equipped. With MANY MANY things.
I have my wedding to settle. It's less than a month yaw!
Excited? Looking forward?? Nervous???
YES to all.
It will be a new life to me.
Living with another person.
Blending into someone else's life.
Please please do pray for me (and us).
They say getting married is fun and tough.
I pray to Allah that M & I can go through things together, good times and bad.
This month will mostly be about the wed prep (final touch!)
Another thing that kept me busy is self re-branding.
Yerp, I am trying to re-brand myself.
Branding to be a better muslimah and a better business leader insyaAllah.
Please please pray for my success.
And I pray that Allah repay your thought & kindness insyaAllah :)

Just got back from the Pejabat Agama.
Sudah ada kebenaran untuk bernikah. Hiks.
Later will submit to my imam.
Ok.later y'all.
Don't forget to eat your lunch!
Cheers~

.One.Three.Eight.Two.Zero.One.Three.

Assalamualaikum...
Sume masih beraye ke? Well, I am. Not literally, tp masih di kampung halaman, bersama keluarga terchenta :) Bukan beraye sakan, tapi cuba untuk enjoy raya terakhir as a single lady chewahh.
Ok. This is not a raya entry. But a special one for my sweet sweet M. Sape terase nak muntah, do stop reading at this point :P

Special birthday shout out to my one and only fiance. May Allah bless you and the whole family and our future family (hiks). May you be blessed with wonderful times ahead Insha Allah. I pray may you get all that you truly desire. Praying that He bless you today and gives you strength to have positive thoughts and give you success in life.I am so blessed to have you. I love you. Chupp :*

p/s: Sorry can't be there to celebrate together. I'll make it up later ok :*

W Part III (EHh??)

Salam
Hello

4 months to go! And I'm about 30% prepared??

Dates has been confirmed insyaAllah.
Solemnization will be at home. Confirmed with a wedding planner. Will go for measurement some time this week. Favors has been finalized.
For the reception, met with another wed planner. Did measurement for my baju yesterday. Favors is almost finalized. But still counting on the guest lists :| Bought kain for the families (there are still some left to be distributed).

Itu je done :|

Yg x done lagi:
1) HIV Test
2) Borangs, tok kadi etc
3) Photographer
4) Hantarans (includes dulang)
5) Purchasing of the favors
6) Venue for reception :|
7) Cards
8) Guest Listsssss
9) Ring design
10) Montage

Ok. Cukoplah tu.
...

This is only from my side.

On a different note.  Almost 1 week fasting. How are we doing??

Ho Ho Yeahhhh

Salam Ramadhan to all muslims!!!

O yeah.
I love this month.
Oh yeah it's Ramadhan.

I just turned 29.
O yeah.
Old but trying to keep cool.
Old??? Pfft!!!

Whatever it is, will try to look younger and healthier insyaAllah.
Please eat properly this Ramadhan.
Make the most out of it.
Physically and spiritually.
O yeah.

Mossy Forest-Gunung Irau

Salam

Saw a friend posted photos of Gunung Irau.
Sy rindu hiking.
Dan sy jealous they went.
Gng Irau is cantik I tell u.
Let me wow u with the scenic mossy pictures of Gunung Irau.

ok. itu je. if u want more, google em. senang je nk jumpe. hiks!

p/s: who wants to go. after raye jom!!