Allah is Taking Care of You.

Masjidil Haram, Makkah.

Sayang mama, Aliya.

Cantik, kan sayang? Subhanallah... Its magnificent. I think so. If you think so too, say 'Subhanallah', ya.

InsyaAllah. This is where we (mama, abah and tok ma only, ya) are going soon, while you stay with Opah, Adnin, and everyone kat umah Opah. InsyaAllah, this 6th of October, 2011, mama, abah and tok ma will fly from KLIA to Makkah/Madinah (yet to be confirmed).

So.. Mama just want to say... Aliya ~ stay good, ya. As good as I've ever known you. I know you will be okay, happy, and will be having lots of fun with everybody kat umah Opah. You will have all the time you need to do things you've always want to do kat umah Opah. I'm sure I don't have to remind you what they are. I am sure you'll spend all your energy from sunrise till VERY early morning till you sleep again having so much things to do. If you feel hungry, tell Opah all your favourite food. Remind Ateh or Andak to buy Butterscotch so that senang whenever you feel hungry you boleh makan dgn air Milo. Easy peasy. Minum lots of milk (unless bila you batuk, kena banyak minum air masak instead, ya). And eat as you usually do. Alah. I'm sure you will be fine. Listen to Opah, Andak, Achik, and Ashoo. Do not bully them! Haha. And Not too much of anything, ya. Oh! During weekends, ibu pun balik juga dengan Adam. So boleh main dgn ibu dengan Adam. Oh... You'll do great, I know.

I am sure Allah is taking care of you. Even more now, as He honoured me and abah the invitation to His place. I am actually not worried of you not being okay. Okay okay.. I can't help but ONLY just a bit! haha (i never lie to you). Of course, you're to me, and abah - THE BEST BABY EVER!. And we love you more than anything in the world. Remember when i show you 'this much" and raised my hands sampai nampak ketiak? Even everybody in this world angkat tangan sampai nampak ketiak pun wouldn't match how much we love you. So of course, we can't help worrying a bit. But we believe, deep in our hearts, we KNOW, that Allah will take care of you. He always does. Even now, as I type this in, and as you lie here next to me watching the Beverly Hills Chihuahua on TV3. 

We are leaving for Makkah, to be closer to Allah. To get the chance to be a better person. Me, a better person, a better mother and friend, to you. A better wife, for Abah. A better child, for Opah, Wan and Tok Ma. A better sister for Ibu, Ayah De and Mak De, Andak, Anjang and Papanjang, Ateh, Achik and Ashu. And also Pak Ngah, Mak Ngah, Uncle Chik, Uncle Pik, Uncle Ming, Uncle Dan, and Cik Su. A better aunt for Adam, Am, Iesya and Adnin. All in all, a better human being, as a servant of Allah. InsyaAllah. May Allah bless all of us, accept our sacrifices in all forms, and grant us the Haji Mabrur. Barulah worth all the hardship for all yang mama and abah and tok ma tinggalkan here at home. InsyaAllah. Mama promise you, that I will do my best. I will strive for His blessings and redha. It is my hope that Allah would redha us jannah, the paradise that i told you about, the wonderful place, in the hereafter. I'm sure you will be there. You kan good girl? So I have to do my best to meet you there. InsyaAllah, sayang. Amiiin...

There is so much that I want to say. But I will write again soon. Now I have to go dulu. See you soon.

O I love you so, Aliya. MMuuuahhsss. :))

Eid Mubarak 2011

I fell sick more frequently lately. This was the eid that your abah and I stayed home while everyone else went out and made visits to family and friends.

It made me think what would happen to you if my time comes. So I told your abah, if I didn't get the chance to tell you this, he will have to do it for me. But I'll write them in here, hoping that one day you will get to read this.

I always tell you, that you are the best baby ever, the most beautiful person, inside and out. That you are a princess, and a friend that deserve love and respect. So please do not let anyone else treat you like you don't deserve it. Do not expect any less than that, ever. You can choose your friend. You can choose whom to hang out with. You can choose the best for you. Life is about making choices.

Being with someone who deserves your love and attention is very very important for your happiness,   for this life, and the hereafter. But sometimes, it is very hard to see how people really are; their true colours until when its all too late, when decisions have been made.

Therefore, whenever you decide to do something, do it with careful consideration of Allah's satisfaction. It should be our main purpose in life, to seek Allah's pleasure. Because the life that we are having right now is not eternal. But the hereafter is. And the good people will be blessed with heaven and happiness there. So be good. As you always promise you will be.

By remembering that 'whatever' has been given to us by Allah as a means for us to be close to him WILL help us through everything. Putting Allah before anything else will remind us that all the happiness and great things granted for us in this world, will not last forever. So lets share it with other people. And all the difficulties we are having, we will not have them for long. InshaAllah. Allah will show us the way. Allah will give us enough strength to go through the life hurdles. Allah does not burden us, does not test us with what we are not strong enough to bear. We might be blessed with anything. A job, a friend, the wealth or a husband. But no matter what, we must always put being close to Allah as our priority in anything we do. We do a certain job because its a noble job and brings us closer to Allah. We are being a good friend so that we could learn from and lead our friends to His path. We have all the wealth so that we could serve people, and get closer to Allah. If we don't have as much wealth as we expected, be happy and know that we will be shown other ways to get close to Allah. We are married to a husband, so that we could reap as much good deeds from our marriage, the 'kilang pahala' as been said by some, so that we will be blessed in the hereafter.

So, like from the Maher Zain song, in whatever you do, ask yourself, because the judgement day is certain, and as Allah is always watching you "is Allah satisfied?".


Eid Mubarak, my darling. May Allah bless us with happiness in many years to come, and may Allah redha for us Jannah. Amiin.

Your Passion in June 2011

This is what's keeping you pestering me to go to Jusco. EVERYDAY.

The Kitchen

It has drawers that functions like real drawers, microwave oven that you could put your food in it, kitchen sink, pans and pots and laddle and chopping board and knife and.. windows, and a table for two.

The Supermarket

Where the chefs could get their supplies of raw food to cook. The cash register works like real ones too

The Groceries

The selection of vegetables, fruits, onions and fish that the chef could cut each one in half

Tea, anyone?

What's cooking?

Through the window

Busy chef at work. You could hear her cutting all the food bought from the supermarket next door on her chopping board, before throwing them in the pan

My Gorgeous Little Chef

But seriously, I would pester my mama too... if I were you ;-)

Happy 8th Anniversary

~Happy~

Pic's from Aunty Zubye's eyesofgrace.net.

8 years... Can't believe it. (yes, i know it sounds cliche. But REALLY. I mean it). And this year, I felt more love for your father than I have ever felt. And I am glad that he told me he feels exactly the same way for me. Alhamdulillah. Thank you Allah. I am blessed. I am so blessed. I must have been very good when I was little, to deserve all this. And I must say, that it took a lot from everyone of us, including you, whether you realize it or not, to be here as happy as we are now, today. So I thank you and your abah for this too.

I am not sure if this is the right time to make a note for you about marriage. But I am doing it now, anyway. Hope its okay with you. Because I am not sure if I would remember about this in the future. Maybe I'd get too busy, or anything... well.. better now before I forget.

My sister, aired her concern to me about getting married the other day. Questions like how would we know we are making the right choice, is it the best time, will we be happy..... Well, sayang. To be honest, no one could possibly know the answer, except Allah. Whom and when will you get married has already been written. So its not really up to you to worry over. But to be happy or not, is entirely up to you. You can work it out.

But if there is one thing that you could decide if you are to choose a husband, then choose someone who can lead you to closer to Allah. Choose someone who has strong foundation in Islam. InshaAllah, sayang. If his heart is sincere, if he is marrying you with fear to Allah, then he would treat you right, treat your children right. And you will be happy.

Well I know I could have done this through a better way, with a much more exciting presentation, but I guess I was rushing it. I need you to know how important this is. I don't know how to stress it more. I love you, baby. So much.

Private Birthday Celebration

Happy Birthday, Princess :)

Outdoor photoshoot, with Auntie Zubye. We did it to remember your 6th birthday, the final year of your kindy era. Soon, you will start going to primary school. And then lots of things will also start to happen really2 fast. We just hope that this will help us remember a lot of things that have happened at this age of yours. We also hope that you will always remember how blessed and happy we have been so far, Alhamdulillah. And lets keep on praying that we will continue to be blessed in many many days to come.

Pillow fight ~ the best one, ever!


And whenever you feel down, like the world is too much to bear, I hope you will remember that everything will turn out all right. Remember that we will always be there for you. For the smallest reason, or even none, always always always come back to us. Promise? Pinky promise? ;-)

So remember, darling. That no matter what..... we will always love you so.

I Will Try to Remember. This I Promise You

I found this article today, and i hope with what's coming our way it could help us maintain the wonderful connection between us. I will look into this from time to time. I will do my best to remember. But if i ever forget, please, darling. Remind me. Because you matter to me a world more than anything.

If someone asks you today- “Why do you work so hard?” Chances are that you will reply “To give my family and children and better life”.

It’s the same all over the world- parents work for many hours a day, sometimes even bringing work home, in order to earn more to afford a bigger house, bigger car and provide the family a better standard of living.

With the money they have, they spend a fortune on expensive toys, holidays, clothes and school accessories. Yet, many parents find that all these don’t seem to be enough. Their children not only don’t seem to appreciate their parents’ hard work, they are always sulking, throwing tantrums and demanding for more.

Have we gone wrong somewhere? Perhaps so, because the Malaysian Mental Health Association reports that an alarmingly high percentage of children (13%) face mental problems as a result of modern-day stressors. So why are our children unhappy?

Experts say it’s the modern day stressors. “Children these days are exposed to such a vibrant environment. There’s school, tuition, illnesses, family conflicts, peer pressure, societal expectations plus aggressive advertising. Children are confused with the conflicting message they hear from you and the mass media,” says Consultant Psychiatrist Dr. Nur Hamidah Mohd. Salleh, who is based at the Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

The most common reason for children to be unhappy is not getting parental attention and devotion. Most working parents often assume the easiest way to please their children is to buy them things. But material pleasures are usually short-lived.

“What is more important is the parental touch- being there for them, talking, listening and basically sharing their lives,” say Dr Nur Hamidah.

Before you begin, it helps to know what they need at particular points of their lives:

Birth to two: Basic needs

LIKES: Being touched, smiled at, cuddled and stroked.

ACTION: Maintain eye contact or hold their hand when talking to them

Three to six: Formative years

LIKES: Knowing that they are special, for example, that a particular dish that you are cooking is specially for them

ACTION: Spend time with them to know their likes and dislikes

Seven to twelve: Development of self-consciousness

LIKES: Doing things together with parents, such as washing the car, cooking or spring-cleaning. Wants to be liked and accepted by friends, so may do anything to get peer approval.

ACTION: Teach them about self-worth so that they can deal with peer pressure. Continue to remind them that you will always love them no matter how the world sees them.

Teenage years: Hormonal and emotional changes

LIKES: to have their life tasks clearly defined so that they will not be soul-searching endlessly. Also enjoys activities with friends more than family

ACTION: Don’t feel hurt when your teens prefer their friends to you- it’s just a passing phase. Be flexible but firm on house rules; they still need to know and respect the boss around the house!

Just remember, a happy child is not necessarily one who is always laughing or smiling. A happy child is one who will grow into a mature adult emotionally, intellectually, socially and psychologically. They will be more willing to share and care for others, unlike unhappy people who are perpetually trapped in their misery.

(Copyright 2010 Parenting2u.com)

Kite!!

Bellqis, you and Arija

At a kite flying park in Kepong. One fine day. With your cousin Arija and your buddy Balqis (you say it better, though~"Bellqis"). I remember, penatnye kita lari-lari. Naik kejap je. Dapatla you pegang 10 minit pastu boleh terbelit pulak tali kite kita dgn tali kite orang. Pastu kita kena lari-lari lagi nak naikkan kite, but dah tak naik-naik lagi dah. Hari pun dah makin lewat. Dah tak ada angin rasanya. Mama pun dah lama sangat tak main kite. Dah lupa teknik-teknik. But we had a great time. That's what matters most anyway, right?

You and princesses kite. Cantik sangat pada you masa ni. But who knows, maybe you would think its the prettiest kite sampai bila2, kot? :)

You and the love of our lives. A very busy man at the time of this entry. But please know that he worked hard for us, and he has been trying his best to be with us as much as he possibly could. And i think he is doing okay. I think you agree with me. Unlike a couple of years ago, you misses him all the time now.