Assalamualaikum.
Peace Be Upon You.
Salam 3 Ramadhan.
Alhamdulillah dipertemukan sekali lagi dengan bulan Ramadhan.
Tahun ke-3 berpuasa tanpa ayahanda.
Tahun ke-6 tanpa ayahanda mertua.
Tahun ke-2 tanpa bonda mertua.
Of course, perasaan itu tidak kan sama :-(
Apapun, ingati yang telah pergi.
Raikan yang masih ada.
Moga Ramadhan kita sempurna.
Monday 29 May 2017
Friday 19 May 2017
[Ramadan] [Menu] Ramadan 2017 Countdown
Assalamualaikum.
Peace Be Upon You.
7 more days to Ramadhan.
Some of kaum ibu sure have lots of things months before Ramadhan itself especially baju raya. I know some tailors dah tak ambik tempahan months before Aidilfitri. Then when Ramadhan comes, to ensure meals for sahur and berbuka in order, then dekat-dekat nak raya fikir pasal kuih raya pulak :-), and then deal with packing things up balik kampong and unpack semula lepas habis beraya di kampong.
And of course not to forget terawikh, tadarus and the likes.
As for my small family, weekend ni baru nak hantar tempah baju for the boys and abahnya. Good luck to us. Moga berjaya. One of my boys memang tak boleh pakai baju readymade. Especially now with the current trend seluarnya kaki kecik dan kurus. As for myself and Kakak, we'll just head for shopping complex and get us some blouses and skirts. It's important for me that those can be worn to the office without getting weird stares. So, nothing too fancy.
Kids will be starting two weeks mid-year leave on 1st Ramadhan itself, I think that is a blessing. Hoping for lesser traffic congestion during those two weeks. Kids got to stay home, lesser time in the sun going to and coming back from school, perhaps with no homework.
Peace Be Upon You.
7 more days to Ramadhan.
Some of kaum ibu sure have lots of things months before Ramadhan itself especially baju raya. I know some tailors dah tak ambik tempahan months before Aidilfitri. Then when Ramadhan comes, to ensure meals for sahur and berbuka in order, then dekat-dekat nak raya fikir pasal kuih raya pulak :-), and then deal with packing things up balik kampong and unpack semula lepas habis beraya di kampong.
And of course not to forget terawikh, tadarus and the likes.
As for my small family, weekend ni baru nak hantar tempah baju for the boys and abahnya. Good luck to us. Moga berjaya. One of my boys memang tak boleh pakai baju readymade. Especially now with the current trend seluarnya kaki kecik dan kurus. As for myself and Kakak, we'll just head for shopping complex and get us some blouses and skirts. It's important for me that those can be worn to the office without getting weird stares. So, nothing too fancy.
Kids will be starting two weeks mid-year leave on 1st Ramadhan itself, I think that is a blessing. Hoping for lesser traffic congestion during those two weeks. Kids got to stay home, lesser time in the sun going to and coming back from school, perhaps with no homework.
And as usual, I'll have my weekly menu ready. Senang nak plan beli barang-barang, can prepare ahead, balik rumah boleh terus letak kuali or periuk atas dapur.
My line-ups for 1st week..
My line-ups for 1st week..
Main dishes. Yes, we do not eat rice for lunch and dinner every day, hence we will have kuetiaw and bihun and buttermilk chicken sandwich on some days. I also have make-ahead concoction like sambal tumis and sambal lontih. Even now I have them ready in the fridge and proven to be a huge time-saver.
Some people argue we mothers spend too much time preparing meals for the family. The time should and better be spent reciting Quran, performing solat sunat and whatnots. My humble opinion says, preparing meals for the family is also an ibadah. Of course, we need not to over-do it.
Ramadhan is a month that I got the chance to spend more time with my family, mealtimes included. Otherwise on other months we rely on take-aways, eat-outs maybe half of out mealtimes.
Apapun, Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan. Moga amal ibadah kita dapat dipertingkatkan.
Some people argue we mothers spend too much time preparing meals for the family. The time should and better be spent reciting Quran, performing solat sunat and whatnots. My humble opinion says, preparing meals for the family is also an ibadah. Of course, we need not to over-do it.
Ramadhan is a month that I got the chance to spend more time with my family, mealtimes included. Otherwise on other months we rely on take-aways, eat-outs maybe half of out mealtimes.
Apapun, Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan. Moga amal ibadah kita dapat dipertingkatkan.
Thursday 18 May 2017
[Books] All The Light We Cannot See
Assalamualaikum.
Peace Be Upon You
2/2017
Tittle - All The Light We Cannot See
Author - Anthony Doerr
Pages - 531 (inclusive of acknowledgments)
I like how the author brings the characters back and forth, brings the time back and forth. I was so anxious as to when the main characters shall 'meet'. They eventually did on page 411 (the whole book is 520+ pages).
Hauntingly rich details, more like seeing a painting rather than words by words.
I couldn't put this down and took so long to finish not because of anything else other than trying to absorb myself in beautiful sentences.
Having finished this book, I am afraid to start a new one. Afraid that it will be too pale in comparison with this one.
Quotes from the book..
So how, children, does the brain,
which lives without a spark of light,
built for us a world full of light?
You know the greatest lesson of history?
It’s that the history is whatever the victors say it is.
That’s the lesson.
Whoever wins, that’s who decides the history
See obstacles as opportunity.
See obstacles as inspiration.
Don’t you want to be alive before you die?
Science, is made up by mistakes,
but they are mistakes which is useful to make,
because they lead little by little to the truth.
Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever
When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave.
When my father left, people said I was brave.
But it is not bravery, I have no choice.
I wake up and live my life.
Don’t you do the same?
Some grief can never be put right
Beautiful.
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