love of my life

my love! and owh! i have few more. but they are not in the picture now. hehee






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Roti and us

we really love bread! especially my kiddos.

we went to OU last weekend. had my hazelnut choco with pearl from chatime, then we went to Lavender and grabbed some yummy breads.





found this in their cafe:




*now i miss paris :)

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family

another post in the same nite wudn't be that bad, ey? ;))

Last Friday, my mom's cousin came down to KL from Singapore. Mom's side ramai kat singapore. Her cousins and a granny who is still sihat Alhamdulillah live there. Whenever we're in Singapore, we will bunk-in in my mak ina's house. never in a hotel coz her abode is comfortable enough for 6 of us :) but, her other siblings will take turn serving us food. if sorang invite us for lunch, the other will prepare dinner for us. Thanx Allah for the bonding. 

They spent a night at our humble abode before went back to s'pore the following day. We took them to Island BBQ steamboat which owned by a dear friend for dinner that night. then went to mamak for good big breakfast on Saturday morning before we bid goodbye. So long uncle jack, cik ita, khadijah and ain. till we meet again some other time, Insyaallah.

*moi, si tuan rumah yg selebet on saturday morning :))

*it's hard to get my kids ready for cameras..dapat yang macam ni pon dah kira bagos :)

Life isn't always good

Me and my hubs were in the car (without the kids) the other day and we talked about marriage.  About marriages around us and about our own marriage. Friends' or even family members'.   Yes, marriage is a big thing. It's our rezqi. Whether we will have a happy marriage with great solih and solihah kids around us or the otherwise. I believe we need to keep on having du'a(s) for that. Sometimes, our marriage is fine (we think it is), smooth sailing, we did every single thing which we think right to keep it solid, bloom and at its best. But negative vibes still make their ways to us. shattered. rocking. It is still a rezqi. From Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. 

Many, many things happened around us which we can learn from. We listened to people's stories, we saw on newspapers, we saw on telly, sometimes it happened in the family. Life isn't always great. Orang kata, jika kita tidak diuji, kita xkan matang. Which is true. But muga kita tidak diuji dengan ujian yang terlalu berat yg x mampu kita hadapi. Allah has something for us in his store. From the first day we were born. We don't know what will happen next, today, tomorrow and many more days to come. How sure we are that we gonna be happy for the whole week? we just don't. So, let's cherish the moments while we can. kiss your kids and your spouse when you bid goodbyes (my cousin highlighted this as well in her blog). Always, always do that. Life is short. Always count your blessing. Bersyukur atas apa yg dikurniakanNya. Be it a spouse, kids, house, cars, money.  etcetra. etcetra. It is sad to see something that we hold on to, shaky or even broken to pieces. If kita bersyukur, we won't ask for more.  well, we might ask for a lil' extra (human being, we are) but not way too much :) 

I remember once i told my relative (she's now performing her umrah), it is a rezqi for you to be called upon and to be able to perform umrah/hajj. You will look at your hubs with love when u see him waiting for you at the mosque's door. You will feel so touched when you see him waiting for you at the shoe rack in the mosque.  I had those feelings and i was super duper blessed with what i felt when i was there last year. Alhamdulillah. The point here is, bersyukur dengan pasangan kita, dengan ibubapa kita, dengan anak2 kita, dengan apa sahaja yang kita ada. We couldn't ask for more. Bersyukur for whatever rezqi kurniaan Ilahi.  Semua ini pinjaman. 

Take care.

and when i thought i'm strong

actually i am not..

being away from my big kids are my biggest challenge in the beginning of new year. I thought I am strong enough letting them go but actually I am not strong as I expected and wished for. But lucky that I have my hubs yang sangat tak layan my tears and my worries...lagi sedey!! uwaaaa!! how great kan??? grrrr...but actually his comfort and positive words has been keeping me going..I thank him for that.

keep on texting my son more that i texted my daughter last year. I guess I sangat percaya yg my daughter will survive better than my son. takut he doesn't know how to wash his clothes (we've paid the whole year laundry fees so i don't have to be worried, kan??), takut he lambat make friends and he'll be bored (isk isk..u ni worry too much! said my hubs)..and takut..and takut..and takut much more!! *teros sakit kepala*

well, i hope my worries end some time soon sebab i can't bear having all sorts of *what if(s)* in my small brain...du'a will always accompany my sleep..

missing my big fam! *sobs*




Happy working babes, and have a blessed Wednesday!

jeruk and such :)

went to Chawrasta market for jeruks! yums!

*sungguh serious looking! hehee.. 

*at the new mall in georgetown.. where hubs bought me my new phone (thanx sayang!) :))) Loving my new Siri :)))

came home on sunday, then on monday brought mom to bro's house. He's still in coma and only Allah knows what's going on with him! it has been 8 long, draggy months already since he collapsed and slipped into coma. My sil will cry whenever family members visit them. Lucky enough their 6 big kids are always by their side to strengthen her soul. May he regain conscious soon, Insyaallah and may the wifey and kids brave enough to live without their dad's presence..Amin..

sissy cooked us lunch, right after that we brought mom and the troop to KLCC. oh, my!! the mall was crowded with lautan manusia..aish! nak shop pon susah. I prefer weekdays shopping. Less traffic and less hassle..

*the daddy will do the paying, mommy will do the waiting! :))

* best buddies :)

* goofing!!

*end of KLCC (crowded) trip!

nothing extravaganza

when mom is here, I will bring her jalan2...kalau dok terperuk kat rumah pon sangat la bosan kan..she'll be going home nxt week. so this morning, we went to Sogo. she bought things she wanted, then we went home. x larat la bwk the troop (my 3 girls) lama2..luckily adam x ikut..if not, lagi challenging! (he's gonna be 13 nxt year, tp dia tetap top of the list when it comes to menyakat adik2...adoi la!!)

* I look a lil' bit fat in this pic. i love to blame the cardigan and the skirt for making me looking plump but i guess sbb now malas nak briskwalking! padan muka I :p 

but i love every little thing about my new skirt :) xpelah nampak gemuks pown :)

visiting Isabella Cahaya...again! this time around we brought granny along before my bro and his clan left for Sydney. Dorang balik kampung mommy's side..

Isabella is 4 month old now and sangat suka senyum and gelak bila kena tickle...

sampai susu pon keluar..hehehe....and mulut kami sama cute :))

sayanggggg nenek!

Someone's engaged..and she's my niece :)

Me mom got here on Saturday's via the first morning flight. Straight pegi my aunty's house in Kota Warisan. She prepared yummy nasi kerabu for us and not forgetting her signature kuih, Lompat Tikam. Oh! so yummy lah!

@ 3.30 pm Sent Sofie to her art class in DaVincci, The Strand, Kota Damansara. Bawak mom and the clan balik rumah, solat asar then picked sofie up from her class @ 5.30pm. Then straight we head to Kerinchi to my sis's house for her eldest's engagement kenduri. Doa selamat done, solat maghrib done, and waited for her fiance to arrive. at 9, the rombongan came with approximately 50 entourage! They both clad in soft light maroon/pinkish and looked stunning. How time flies. She was a curly wurly baby girl yg I selalu dokong and buat susu when her mom needed help and now she's all grown up! and soon gonna be someone's wifey. May your love blooms, and your marriage will be blessed by Dear Allah and be blessed by many. Congrats, Farah!! Cik Na selalu doa yg terbaik utk farah :)

 *sedang membaca Surah Yassin....*notice my girl wth a pout?..someone had a long day and she's tired and all cranky!*

solat hajat done, Yassin done, solat maghrib done, and now waiting..and waiting..and hungry! bersabarlah perot :)

and goofing around...hehee..but i let the kids have their dinner earlier as they were all cranky and keep on asking...bila nak makan niiii???..aish...my kids and food x boleh dipisahkan..

well, berebut nak dpt angle yg bagos so that x nampak gemuk...hahahaa..

they have just arrived!!! tengah susun2 all the pretty hantarans..

the crowd....

bagai pinang dibelah dua...that's the right saying for these two! :) pretty couple i can say..

Finally, one for the camera! again...congrats, farah!!!

So we excused ourselves coz the kids are all tired and worn out...reached home quarter to 11, cleaned myself, solat and dived into my yummy bed! phew!!! wat a Saturday!

see ya again nxt time, nite2!!

One boring weekend ://

I did nothing much today except for my normal tutorial sessions in the morning...

while scouring pictures of the kids in my lappy, then I found these priceless funny pics of my youngest jelly bean :) She's been sleeping in her kakak's room since last week. My room already became sunyi sepi with no little voice at night asking for milk anymore! how nice! and now we're thinking how on earth are we gonna get rid of her pretty Ikea bed! hmmmm...

It's already half past midnite and am still watching tele. Gonna hit my yummy sack soon...

Good nite and happy sunday, cinta!!!

Carl's Jr

Both of us, me and hubs are on leave today. We had to settle some work and did some light shopping for our eldest who's going back to her maktab tomorrow. It's gonna be a long journey tomorrow yet again. But Insyaallah we'll back for my favourite drama sabun on tivi 3 @ 7pm :)

Kids ate like hungry wolves @ 9 a.m for breakfast, yet wanted us to feed them again @ 12 noon. Growing up kids will never say NO to food, kan? hehehe...

So, we headed to Carl's Jr for a hefty lunch! Kids had fancy big burgers for themselves while me and hubs had only this for lunch as we were still full from breakfast treat. Aiyyaiyyaiii ;)

* this is beef chilli fries guys!!! melt in your mouth, down your throat, and stuck in your tummy!! haha, oh! well, if you count the calories, you will feel guilty as charged!! so, better don't! :)))

While waiting for the rest of the clan habis makan, big kakak snapped a pic of me ;)

*someone has just bought tiny yo-yo from Toys'r'us....she wanted of coz something fancier and costlier but both me and hubs denied that straightaway and I managed to coax her to take those tiny pink Barbie yo-yo to play with and to give few to her friends in school. She immediately said yes to my suggestion, which gave me a big relief!! haha!!!

We went to Hartamas to settle my kindy work a lil' while, then we hit home straightaway.  Tuesday almost drawing down its curtain. Tomorrow, Wednesday will make its appearance. Thank you Allah for everything!

Okay cantiks, gotta hit my sack now. Tomorrow gonna be a long day for us. Till we meet again, enjoy your Diwali celebration :)

Toodles!!!

dalam hati saya ada taman

saya gembira...sebab?

finally my whole lot are here with me. big kakak are at home now and cuti till wednesday nxt week. the kids sangat happy boleh makan sama2, gelak guling2 and bergaduh pon guling2 bersama :)

while writing this entry, half of the clan are already sleeping, tinggal the 2 big kids playing playstation in adam's room. we missed the daddy on board as he is now in Avillion PD with his management team. tadi he texted me, bgtau dia sedang berkaraoke with the team...and bila tanya lagu apa tgh dia layan, dia ckp lagu aris ariwatan!! hahaha..whaaaattt??? nyanyi lagu negaraku je x boley ke? hehehe..patot la hujan kat sebelah sini :)

*anak2 bertuah kami :)

* Happy pink weekend Cinta!! lotsa love, yours truly!

till we meet again, toodles!!

school mini carnival

I still remember how fun it was when my school had its canteen day some 20 years ago! we bought things using coupons but of course we had to buy those tiny lil' coupons with real money! hehehe..oh, how i miss those good old days. 

*this was my secondary school. Girls school. Go, go ZS!! :))

what has brought back my memories? well, my kids' school had its mini carnival day last weekend and my 7yo daughter had been very excited from the first day her teachers had asked her to buy the coupons! we gave her RM10 for a set of coupons but the very next day she forked out her own RM 10 from her pretty pink coin purse which she normally hide it only-God-knows-where! obviously, it was contagious! her friends thought that 10 bucks were not enough and so did she! :)) 

so there we were on last sunday armed with a camera and two tiny coupons..hehe...bought things the kids wanted and did some sand arts (yet againnn!!)..here's some pics of us on a scorching hot sunday!

*angry bird stalls!!!

*missy with her sand art :)

* they had big inflatable bouncers!! interesting but i didn't allow them to go on it and that led to pouty moments :) 

sofie was the one who extremely happy. showed us all around her school (like we never been there before! hehee) and telling us great things bout her school (like there's no other good school around! hehe)....they went home with a big smile :) having fun is their middle name :)))

till we meet again in the next post, toodles!!!

food that i cooked...

Salam Ramadhan to all of you out there! Ramadhan is now will stay with us for a month..We have to make sure we earn all the rahmat, and treat this Ramadhan like our last...Insyaallah kita panjang umur..Umur yg diberkati and penuh barakah..Ameen Ya Rab..

I juz wanna put up some of my dishes' pics which i cooked yesterday..2nd day of Ramadhan..am not a good cook but as a wife and a mom, I will provide the best to my family and one of them is through cooking decent food. So far kids quite like my cooking and my hubs has no rejection to whatever dishes i put on the dining table. Well, at least am doing my job as a part time home maker, ey?! :))

these dishes are so simple and we started our break fast with Bismillah and some du'a...and ended the gastronomic session with Alhamdulillah....for whatever REZQI Allah has given us..Syukur Nikmat..

till we meet again,

~XOXO ~