Rumah Nurhikmah, Kajang.

Assalamualaikum wbt

Dah lame x pergi visit the orphanage. 

I heard occupants makin ramai.
I am happy that AN is having some progress in her mission to do something good to this orphanage.

A bit sad on my part sebab tak buat ape2 sgt. 

The recent thing she did for the kids is to get them to list out things they want eg pencil box, notepad, colour pencils. So she'll buy them using the donated money collected from friends. 

She told me the kids were so happy to see things they asked, they actually get em. 

Macam bila anak mintak barang kat mak la, bile dapat sure happy kan.

Kalau just give the money to the pengetua, probably he will buy things like beras, lauk2 and pay up the bills for the rumah, which tak kasi impact sangat to the kids. Kan? Once in a while kasi directly to the kids the things they want apa salahnya. Asalkan bukan mintak yang bukan2 lah. Afterall, kita nak mendidik, bukan nak merosakkan the kids :)

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QS; 4. AN NISAA’ 36. Sembahlah Allah dan janganlah kamu mempersekutukan-Nya dengan sesuatupun. Dan berbuat baiklah kepada dua orang ibu-bapa, karib-kerabat, anak-anak yatim, orang-orang miskin, tetangga yang dekat dan tetangga yang jauh, dan teman sejawat, ibnu sabil dan hamba sahayamu. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak menyukai orang-orang yang sombong dan membangga-banggakan diri.

Feeling Goooood

Assalamualaikum

It's November! A month ++ to go to the year end. Phew! Time flies so fast!!
You know 1 of the sign of Dunia Akhir Zaman is , you can't track time. Time goes by without you even realizing it.
A year seems like a month, a month seems like a week, a week seems like 1 day!!
MasyaAllah.
Let's be better everyone!
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On a different note, had a good time mingling with great people today.
May we all be surrounded by positive people everyday insyaAllah. Positive mentally and spiritually :)

IIR BAKERY & PASTRY

Assalamualaikum

I have a new business project ; my IIRBAKERY.
At the moment, my main product is the Pasta-Lasagna. I have many more products to make, insyaAllah will buat secepat mungkin. Still figuring out the concept, deco etc.

Many has been asking, IIR tu stands for ape?
Actually IIR is my husband's co-INSPIRE INNOVATION RESOURCES. During the early times we met, I jokingly told him, you buat co for me ke? IIRna :P

It will be our dreams to build the IIR empire. So when I decided to have my own business, he suggested why not IIR Bakery? Buat subsidiary la konon. I said yeah, y not.
The official name is IIR Bakery & Pastry.
If people ask me what IIR stands for, I will say that will be my initials :D

So do like my FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/iirbakery
and follow my IG: iirbakery

Here I leave you pictures of my Pasta-Lasagna

CLOSE UP

Bila Telefonku Rosak

Salam

My phone broke last week. The day when M went to Terengganu, my phone broke. It restart and restart and keep on restarting. So I was phone less for about 4 days. I only depend on house phone or the internet to communicate with people. That means, only when I am in the house I get to communicate with people. Like the old days la kirenye. Where, when you need to meet your friends, you set time and place to meet. If they don't show up, depending on your tolerancy to wait for your friends. If they don't show up, you go and find a public phone and call to ask his / her whereabouts. Ingat tak those times? :P

Last week, I planned to go swimming with my sister. We confirmed the time and place to meet. 

After swimming, we planned to have lunch near my house. I asked her to follow my car. But she lost me in the middle of going there. No way of communicating in the car, so I continued driving to the restaurant, hoping that sister can find the way herself. When I arrived at the restaurant, borrowed the owner's phone and call my sister. Direct her to the restaurant, put down the phone and wait for her patiently.
In the evening, I have another plan with a friend. Use sis's phone to confirmed on the time and place to meet. So I waited for this friend to fetch me. In the city, you have to consider the traffic jams. Extra waiting time need to be added. While waiting for this friend, I really wish I have a book or magazine to read. Because nowadays, people will depend on their smartphones while waiting for someone. Kan?? So who carries book in their handbags anymore? Only few!
So what I did? I talked to the person beside me. Said hello. Shared some unimportant details of myself. So did the person beside me.You see, I am socializing FOR REAL! That's how they do it dulu2. Haha.
From this recent misfortunate, I understand that phone is essential. Because it sure make things easier especially when you get lost, or anything emergency. But nowadays people are too attached with their smartphones. Have to check the phone at least every 30 minutes. Which to me, memenatkan. Being phone less for almost 4 days, and now I am using my old phone which is not smart at all, only can call or SMS, makes me realize that smartphones;the one where you can access internet and do almost everything with it,  is making life stressful a bit. I honestly feel that. I feel peace not having to check my phone all the time. Seriously. You should try to off your data for 1 day and see the difference. Hehe.

As for the new phone, of course I am buying a smartphone. Will go and buy when I have the extra money. As for now, I am happy with the old phone. As long as it functions perfectly. I won't buy the expensive Iphone, not a Mac user anyway. I prefer Android. Not going to buy a fancy smartphone either. I don't find spending lavishly on something that you can get with a cheaper price but with same features necessary. Sekarang kena berbelanja berpada-pada. Rasa tak selesa nak lavish2 bila ramai lagi orang yang tak mampu kat dunia ni :(

1 Muharram

Assalamualaikum

Kalau ikut kalendar Islam, we got married on the 28th Zulhijjah. The reception at Pantai was on the 1st Muharram. 

Alhamdulillah, and tidak disangka-sangka kami sudah setahun!!

Kalau ikut kalendar Masihi ni, our anniversary would be on the 2nd Nov. 

I must say we are not big with celebrating any events. So for our anniversary, tak plan ape2 pon. Haha. 

Yesterday, M went to see his client in Sendayan. I volunteered to drive him and let him sleep during the ride. Lately, he has been really busy with work. Tak sampai hati tengok suami kepenatan (cheh!). 

After meeting the client, we went for dinner. Passed by Mydin @ Seremban 2 and we saw lampu yang ade dekat funfair. Hoyeh! Like kids, we excitedly went to check. I hoped there will be bumper cars. M hoped there will be shooting games with great prizes. And hajat kami tercapai! 

We had fun. We ride the bumper cars. M tried to shoot for the RC helicopters tapi tak kena. We threw darts, dapat torch light kecik. M tried another game to win another RC heli, pon tak kena. Then we happily balik with our small torchlight :D
We cannot plan things. M especially is too busy. So we are counting on adhoc plans laidis.:|

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Eventho we are only 1 year old, orang tua kata baru setahun jagung. tak paham kenapa jagung yang diperkatakan di sini :| but we have shared a lot. Memang tak sebanyak orang yang dah 10 tahun kahwin, but hey we are not competing anyone here.

What I can say, what I have learn from my marriage :

Marriage is about sharing. We share everything with our partner. Masa sedih masa gembira masa ape2 je. The feeling to be able to share things with someone else tu, you won't feel lonely. And loved. Because the things you shared can be very very personal, which cannot be shared with friends or even family members. The fact that I have a person that I can share anything with, makes me feel good inside. 

And I feel safe. Because I know, I have someone I can look up to when I don't feel secure.
Bila masak, rasa best sebab I am cooking for someone I love. When I do the house chores, do the laundry, I know I am doing for someone yang in the end, I get lots and lots of pahala for doing so.
I am grateful because I am marrying my husband. So far, he has been the sweetest, greatest, most gentle person a husband could have Hehe. Of course he is not perfect, he has his bad days tapi we are not malaikat. Chill la. He always ALWAYS makes me feel comfort. He  really respects my family. He always say that he will try to be the best, and he definitely keep his words. He will make sure that his wife is all right ALL the time. I always pray that I don't take him for granted. Amin ya Rabb. 

1 thing that I find it attractive about him is how passionate he is towards engineering. He has this heavy tool box that he carries around. Whatever things broken in the house, he fixed em. Yesterday. he changed my car battery. The other day he tried to fix my phone, but got frustrated as he can't do anything about it after trying to fix it the whole day. So he promised to get better projects to get me a new phone. Sweet x? :D
Oh well, macam ni la kami. Kais pagi makan pagi :| 

I am happy with my man. I hope that we will still be forever happy together till Jannah.

Meh belanje sikit gambar2 kawin kami :D

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Door gift during Nikah Day. -Cactus
This I wrap, ikat ribbon, cucuk sticker sendiri.
FUN!

This 2 are the most important people in my life!

Nervous tunggu akad nikah. Posing sikit nak kasi hilang nervous

Bacaan doa suami kepada isteri 

Tersipu malu

Sistah!

Pomp!

Abqary & Watie

My Husband

Reception @Pantai

Great Photobooth 

@ Lake Garden

Reception @UKM

M's Family

My Family

Loopers

Pennstaters

Pomp

Asserk

Add caption

Bye!

Ramadhan Kali Ini

Salam Ramadhan

Kejaaaap je dah nak habis Ramadhan. Ive been following this documentary by Misz Nina called Always A Traveller. Nasib baik dah record awal-awal, so I didn't miss any of the episodes. It's on weekends, 630-7pm if Im not mistaken.
I LOVE IT!
Contents of the program are really good. It features Ustazah Yasmin Mogahed. I never listened / read her book but Ive heard about her so many times. Alhamdulillah, I get to watched her from this program. She's like the Mat Salleh version of Prof Muhaya. Haha. Eh! Minah Salleh la :P
Why I love this program?
1) The contents of this program hit me really good, I cried watching most of the episodes. I cried because of multiple reasons, I was sad, regret and feeling blessed all at the same time.
2) It was filmed in New Zealand, my most fav country after Malaysia. The scenery was so cantik Subhanallah, terasa semacam calm bila tengok program ni.

This Ramadhan is the toughest for me so far. A lot of things happened, I hope I can get through this Ramadhan with ease. They say, good things will come at the end, kalau x good2 lagi, belum end la kirenye. And everything happened  for a reason, a blessed. I am trying to be positive insyaAllah.

How's your Ramadhan so far? It's our first time as husband & wife. I don't feel any special feelings tho :|

My birthday was last week. Hubs bought few slices of cakes and mini cuppies. Just a small celebration during iftar. My girls treated me and Zue @ Tony Romas. Got the hand blender I asked wee. The girls decided to celebrate our 30th birthday together, the birthday girl gets to choose whatever present they want. Honestly, I don't feel old or anything entering the 3 series. Dulu, when I was still in my 20s, entering 30s is a big deal, like super old dah. Haha. Now, it feels nothing :|

Oh, this year tak buat kuih raya sendiri. I was busy selling kuih raya made by others :) Yesterday baru amik some of the stocks. Today will get few more balangs. All of these kuihs are from Muar. It's my first time selling these cookies. Marketing was a bit huru hara. Printed some flyers, semalam dah distribute. I also have a Facebook Page for this. Feel free to visit and insyaAllah more products will be included in. Business plan is still on going :P

Itu sahaja coretan di pagi hari. Going to susun all the kuihs. Some nak deliver today. Selamat berpuasa kepada semua muslimin & muslimat. It's the last stretch. Let's do more and may we all find the Lailatul Qadr insyaAllah :)

Strawberry Fingers & Blueberry Tart

The oh-so-sedap Almond Kiss. Hubs finished half bottle semalam :|

Flyers! 

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

Assalamualaikum

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!