Sunyi

Salam everyone !

Sunyi because Kakjie and her two little cheeky ones, Muaz and Wazif are now in Kedah. And my ma and abah also, cause for temporary je, teman kakjie sefamily kat sana.

Pergh, sekarang plak hujan. Memang masyukk betul laa dgn sunyi condition nih. Waiting for Fatien to get back home cause she's having a short trip to Terengganu. Lepas ni nk g amik dia plak.

Anyway, for sure rumah akan jadi sunyi laaa sket since no more jeritan and teriakan kanak-kanak bernama muaz and wazif. Luckily, we have kaklah's family kat Taman Guru, dgn anak 5 orang. Paling kecik si Aqeef yg semakin hari semakin manis senyumannya. Dah pandai jalan sket2 dah. Hehe kawaii ne :)

It feels different to be alone at home, compared to the time where i had to be left alone at home, in Adelaide. Most of the time sebab housemates ade komitmen lain. To be alone here in rumah ma abah, rase mcm weird plak, probably because this house has always been filled with people. Family I should say. My family :) Micasa mia mor ! :) Takpe, ma abah balik rabu ni ho yeah ho yeah ! Agak-agak dah jadi wife nanti, kalu kena tinggal ngn suami pegi outstation camne ye. Hurmm kalu Ibtisam, rasenye dia akan ckp 'sebab tu kena beranak cepat cepat, ade baby x sunyi sgt'. Hahaha righteous ! :D

Abang Muaz, 2 years old

Wazif, 9 months

Mak Ude rindu dahhhh laaaaaaaa :(

Bubye

Ahlami

Prettiness

You don't have to be pretty. You don't have to berjangok-jangok and bermekup tebal and bring on the expensive dress to impress everyone. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend, not to your co-workers, especially not to your random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to the society and civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'.

Bring on your good sincere heart, and good manners to impress me. And don't forget your best make-up, smile :) then you are pretty !

bubye

Ahlami

Anata

Last week, I went to KL and, I had a really great time with my kakngoh ! Especially shopping time with her in KL, despite all the BERSIH and hura-hara that was going on that time, we managed to do the shopping time peacefully, and Thank you Allah for us to be able to grab a few things (the hantaran stuffs) and book the wedding cards as well. Alhamdulillah !

I also got a chance to sit with some law lecturers in UIA, and listen to my kakngoh's talk. So she basically talked about how are we going to assimilate the Islamic values in academics or education. As simple as giving Salaam to memorizing students's names (which is REALLY impressive cause my kakngoh memorized and remember all her students' names ! Bravo kakngoh !)

Anyway, today, I've learned that people and their intentions towards us, life and its surprises as gifted to us are two essential and pretty basic things. To be able to handle the first one, and to be able to appreciate the second one, is just blessings from Allah. Those blessings are not in just a form of materials, but also experiences that we gain in the past few years or still time being. To know there is a lot more to come in the future sometimes scares me, sometimes it excites me, But InshaAllah, I will keep an open mind and heart for it ! And most importantly, if you have that someone special to always being there for you no matter what :) Anata, arigatou ! and Minna arigatou too ! :)

bubye

Ahlami

Nur Adlina

Yesterday, 4th July 2011, someone special of mine has just turned 25 ! Oppss, probably i should have not mentioned the age number there. Hihi. But never mind, i think most of us, pretty much can guess, kan ? Anyway, she is the type of girl (woman dah kot ? hihihi) that,

- is so sempoi

- her most seen and well known talent, goreng keropok and wat jepput !

- very very organized when it comes to susun-susun notes (based on my view)

- at least, a far way better rajin doing laundry stuffs than i am !

- someone that loves to put on kain sarung batik at home. you know, mcm mak2 or org dalam pantang. she is the type of perempuan melayu terakhir okay ! :P

- can be so ayu and lemah lembut, especially when she walks (hehe ibtisam you know this laa kan, sbb aku selalu tiru dia jalan)

- sometimes can be soooooo manja too ! dgn kami-kami ajer lah. Hehe. kesayangan sgt2 nih !

- can practice spontaneous cruelty, such as in lectures like saying to the lecturer, 'Again?' when she actually meant to say 'Miss Priya, can you repeat the question, please?'. But I know her, that was just spontaneous, deh ? deh ?

- And I also know that she loves me, and cares about me very very very the much !

Tgh koya ko nih kaklin ? Hehe

Happy birthday kaklin ! Cepat balik Klate deh, can't wait to meet up and catch-up :) Sayang kaklingg mmmuaahhhs !

bubye

Ahlami

PS. I miss you

my pretty blossoms :)

Last last week, Kakak sefamily balik kampung. And I got to see and spend some precious time with my trio singaporean nieces. The funniest one ('Izzah), The clumsiest one ('Iffah) and the most adorable one (Annisa').

Pretty girls semua nya, Mak Ude doakan semua nya berjaya dgn cemerlang dalam pelajaran. And sentiasa jadi anak solehah semuanya. Ameeen :)

'Izzah (turning 19 years old this year)

'Iffah (just turned 17)

Annisa' (turning 14 this year)

Twenty-four bebeh

Age is just a number. True true. Hehe. Alhamdulillah. I'm 24 :)

I should have posted this entry in June (at least), but due to limited time and so-called 'energy', hehe, this thing comes up today though. Takpe la kan :)

apple yang telah dimakan. ish ish

motivation

inspiration

Thank you Is :)

PS. bunga tu difaktakan will remain fresh still for about 10 years. Teknologi Jepun. Hmmm we shall see hehe :P

kangaroos and wallabies

Hehe. Ni entri yang dalam draft laaaaaame dah ni sebenarnya. Baru nk update and tengok balik and baru nk publish. Ni pon buat auto-publish. Hehe. Anyway, previous entry gambar bersama koala. Now gambar bersama kangaroo plak. Yer lah kan, x sah laaa x jumpa kangaroo atau wallabies kalau pegi Australia. Hehe.

So, antara aktiviti yg anda boleh buat apabila berjumpa kangaroo & wallabies ialah bersalam-salaman dengannya, mengambil gambar, memberi makan (biskut atau kacang, tapi kangaroo lg suka kacang yer harap maklum), melakukan aktiviti kick-boxing bersama kangaroo, aktiviti melompat pon bleh juga dan yang paling senang ialah, meniru aksi kangaroo itu sendiri (my favourite of all activities).

Sekian, mari tatap gambar bersama kangaroo & wallabies meh !

1st year (March 2007) - feeding the kangaroo

1st year (April 2007) - feeding the kangaroo

2nd year (December 2008) - cubaan bersalaman dgn kangaroo

3rd year (August 2009) - merendah rendahkan kangaroo. muahaha

Final year (April 2010) - bergambar dgn wallaby comell

Final year (August 2010) - Meniru aksi kangaroo, paling favourite nih !

Final year (November 2010)

menerima ciuman selamat tinggal dari mrs.kangaroo sebab dah nak back for good dah a few days after the pic was taken. hehe

bubye

Ahlami

Koala oh Koala

Sape-sape yg pegi Australia mesti x sah kalau x tengok or cuddle koala atau kangaroo. But this time, saje nak share gambar-gambar saye bersama koala sepanjang 4 years saye kat Adelaide. Hihi. Koala tu tetap muka sama je. Muka saye je kot yg berubah ? Hihi

1st year (March 2007)

2nd year (December 2008)

3rd year (August 2009)

Final year (April 2010)

Final year (August 2010)

Final year (November 2010)

Oh well. I think it rhymes. Hehe. Koala maintain je muka mcm tuh.

bubye

Ahlam

To love him

Assalamualaikum :)

Jeng jeng jeng ! Hehe

One is loved because one is loved. No reason.

To love him, for HIM. InshaAllah :)

Oh Allah, make it easy for us. Ameen

-Ahlami & Faiz Adi-

P/S. Purposely posted this up on my birthday. Just in case people asking. At least I'm 24 :) Happy Birthday to me !

(auto-published)

of being shared

I just realized that most of the previous entries are all picture showing unfortunate people. It's just that I really wanted to share all those to everyone and everyone else. Hehe takpe laa kan ? :D

I think I have to mention a few random updates of people and happenings recently. Hehe. Dah lama dah tak update pasal my monsters and blossoms lah terutamanya. Probably because life has been so easy and less stressful lately.

Kalau dolu2, time belajar kat Adelaide, just because of the relative distance between me and my family, i was so excited when being told and shared updates from home, such as;

"Muaz dah tumbuh gigi dah"

"Umah ada pasang kipas baru. Commeiii"

"Kakchik (my cousin) branok doh. Baby girl ! yeayyyy"

"Bilik air umoh ado water heater doh. So mandi pagi-pagi x sejuk doh. Woohoo"

Those littlest things, when being told and shared with me, could really make my day. Especially, when I was in the middle of study week nak dekat-dekat exam tuh. Hehe. That was just normal to me.

I have learned that whatever stories, when it is shared between your loved ones, it will be such a meaningful highlight of your day, simply saying. Or highlight of your life, importantly saying :)

Okay, mari upload gambar my monsters sket.

Ahnaf and Aniq menang tempat kedua main bola sepak, peringkat kampung. hehe

Yang ni kanak-kanak berumur 3 tahun ke bawah. Yang pakai tudung kat blakang tuh 'bibik' aje. sibuk masuk gamba jugak. hahaha

bubye

Ahlami

not just water

Thank you ALLAH for the blessing of, simply opening a tap and having running water whenever you want it. I came across with this picture, knowing that there are still many people out there asking at least a small portion of what we have now. So, be thankful, be grateful ! But thankfulness and gratitude do not just stop here, by looking at this photo. It should be inspiring. This is inspiration for us to do better in life. Inspiration does exist, but it needs to find us working :)

- just my cheap two cents of words-

bubye,

Ahlami

empty bottles

Yes. Those babies are lying on concrete.

Yes. That bottle is empty.

Yes. Those are mosquitos swarming their little bodies.

Yes. This is the condition of Pakistan, at the moment

Another picture that breaks my heart :(

Yosh !

Favourite quote by far.

Brilliant ! Thank you kid. We all need this. Hehe

:)

Respectful

talk about being respectful.

A-little-reminder-to-myself,

marilah kita sama-sama hormati orang kerana ilmu nya, kerana akhlak nya, kerana budi pekerti dan adab nya, bukan lah semata-mata kerana pangkat nya, darjat nya, rupa nya atau BMW nya sahaja. itu mungkin sampingan atau meaningless sahaja di sisi Allah SWT. wallahualam. Allah knows BEST!

:)

:)

:)

better

"Sometimes what you want isn't always what you get, but in the end, what you get is so much BETTER than what you wanted"

:)

:)

:)

Oh, I think I need books. More books.

Recently, ahli-ahli rumah x brapa sihat sbenarnya, terutamanya Fatien and Kakjie laa. Fatien tu brapa kali dah demam. Saye plak ado laa sket2 sakit kerongkong and batuk2 sket and selsema sket. Eh semua pon sket2. Hehe. But now, everyone is getting better, back to normal health conditon :)

Again, I think I need books. To help me make it through the night. Eh, best jgk kalu dapat pegi tgk Nur Kasih/Pirates of The Carribean nih ! Aiyoyo x boleh jadikk nihh.

Eh (Eh lagi. aiyoo) rindu nya my besties. Especially my childhood bff - Aida, Nanee, Ila. And also my Adelaidean girls, my soulmate - Ibtisam and Kak Lynn. Rindu rindu rindu :(

I pray that all of us will always find reason to smile. and to be in BETTER life. inshaAllah. Saye tahu, peringkat umur ktorang ni memang in the middle of transition state of life or status. Hehe. Doakan yg baik-baik aje :) Better you, Better me, Better you and me, Better us !

Okay. Dah rase ni mcm entri monolog dalaman dah nih. Haha. BETTER stop now :)

Tapi rasenye BETTER jgk tepek gamba-gamba ngan my besties sket2 :P

ni dengan Nanee, masa jumpa kat KL Dec 2010, reunion sek2 SMIP

These two girls, from best mates, to soul mates.

Aida(tudung hitam) dok Auckland, NZ and Ila(tudung coklat) kat Shimane, Japan.

Cepatlaaaa pulang sayang2 sekalian !

Ni December 2009.

and ni Puan Ibtisam Ismail kita. bestmate jgk nih. dari laughmate sampai laaa coffeemate pon yer jgk nih. gelak x hingat ape dah !

Yang ni plak Adlina Salleh a.k.a Kaklynn. (tetiba rase mcm entri memperkenalkan saing2 plop haha). Kakling si tinggi lampai panda wat jepput coklat. hihi highlight sket :P

Cepat balik kakling ! Rindu ! and I need your help here ! :)

bubye

Ahlami

PS. Come faster lah September ! :P

pemanasan global

Hehe

Lupe nak bgtau tadi, lately ni kan, Kelantan ni sangat sangat laa panas. kalau dari pagi sampai laaa petang tuh panas. pastu bleh plak tiba-tiba kan hujan guruh kilat berdentum berdentam (ade ke perkataan ni hehe). and malam plak bleh jadi panas jugak. so cuaca mmg xboleh nak predict.

Okay, terase mcm makcik-makcik plak dok ckp mcm nih. hihi x baik laaa mengeluh !

So, betul laaa global warming kan. Proven by this,

Anyway

Eh lama nya saya tak update blog. Hisashiburi desu ne. hehe

It's been a while. again. hehe, i swear that i always wanted to write something, was so semangat utk update blog, but then i forgot. hahaha. probably, too many things have been occupying my mind lately. So, as abah always say, do the important thing first. Hehe. Hmm xtahu nak update ape sbenarnya. Hehe x ingat dah nak cerita ape. Tu laaa. tangguh-tangguh sangat kan, sepatutnya, if something happens, cepat-cepat laaa update blog kan. Hihi.

Anyway, sekarang tak guna dah maxis brokbeng tuh. Dear readers, please bear in mind that maxis broadband tu akan bertahan laju for just 3 months jer kot. Pastu centre of attraction broadband tu dah hilang, unless you use at different places regularly.

Anyway, Muaz has turned 2. Alya plak dah 12 years old. Tomorrow is teacher's day and this year, is my first year celebrating teacher's day as 'teacher/lecturer'. Hehe. What a bliss :) Alhamdulillah. Tomorrow also is my kakak's 44th birthday.

Anyway, this entry is getting tedious ! haha saye yg menaip ni pon mngantuk baca. Anyway, Muaz dah datang ngukah belakang mak ude nih. Adoi.

Hoho I don't fancy orange colour actually. but ANYWAY, this dress, captures my eyes ! Comeii nyooo. nok sorrr :P

bubye

Ahlami

Masks

Boy loses eyes, a result of the Isreali assault on Gaza.

The documentary of this child, showed that he sat there, and told the camera man, how 'he wishes to die straight away. he wants to die now'.

These shouldn't be the thoughts of any children in the world :(

Things like this just make me realize we are actually living in the world where syaitan/bad people that wearing masks, trying to make our life miserable. So friends, please be careful. Please have faith, have faith.

Bubye

Ahlami

kecil tapi bermakna

Hi there. knock knock !

Dah semayang dah ? Hehe.

Tiba-tiba tanya macam tu kan. Yang belum solat lagi tuh, sila lah solat dulu yer. Hahaha macam cikgu-cikgu plak rase. Eh memang saye cikgu pon !

Kat UMK campus, saye sebagai tutor. Kat umah, hari friday and saturday sebagai cikgu tuisyen plak. Hehe. Nak cari makan sesuap nasik punye pasal. Boleh laaa kan. Wat bayar bil maxis beruk-bengg and beli air teh-o-beng jgak. Hihi.

Oh yes, nak crita pasal anak murid tuisyen saye nih. ade 3 orang semua nya,

Auni, 11 years old

Amira, 9 years old

Afnan, 13 years old.

See the age difference there ? Okay ! Age difference x kesah pon. But the syllabus difference is giving me quite a mess. Eh takde la mess, tapi fenin fenin lalat. Mula-mula tak biasa lagi. But then, when time passes by, rase mcm dah boleh handle them comfortably :) Yang penting, input yg disampaikan masukk meresap ke dalam brain and hati diorang okay ! hehe

Oh yer, nak cerita, So, last month i did make a promise to these kiddos that i wanted to bring them to KBmall. Pastu sampai laaa berlalu sebulan, tak sempat2 nak tunaikan the promise tuh. So, last week, paksakan diri brought them to kbmall. So I sort of belanja them at KFC aje. And bawak masuk bookstore. and suddenly they asked to go to Pacific to buy something. and they asked me not to go with them, together, just wait kt luar-luar tu jer. Pelik dah. Tunggu laaa kan kejap. Rupa rupanya, they bought me chocolates ! Hahaha. Aduhaiii melt-down jap rase. Terharuuuuu ! Hehe. 'Ni hadiah utk Kak Ami sebab ngajar kami'. Takpe Auni, Mira and Afnan, Kak Ami doakan semoga sentiasa berjaya dalam pelajaran, and jaga akhlak sokmo ! :)) Manners too okay !

Okay itu laa cerita terharu nya. Kecil jer cokelat tuh, tapi bermakna bagi saye ! :)

kecil tapi bermakna.

Now this is such a blessing ! Really made my day :)

bubye

Ahlami

No reason

If we fall in love because someone makes us laugh, what happens when we no longer find them funny? If we fall in love because someone is beautiful, what happens when that beauty fades? Hence love defies all reasons. When you truly love someone, you just can't find a reason.

You just do, don't you? Because I do.

bubye,

Ahlami