OTW home series 1

location : Taman Seri Serdang - maghrib

I was lucky...to have captured these shots.

OTW work series 2

These pics were taken near Taman Universiti, Seri Kembangan. Time : 7.05 am. biasalah...acara berbaris depan traffic light...while waiting, appreciating God's gift.

OTW work series 1

Pics captured on the way to work...amidst the traffic congestion, defensive and not so defensive drivers....

Decided to take the Putra Jaya Hiway to KL today. Branding and Marketing course to attend at Sheraton Hotel.

so much for highways..the Putra Jaya hiway, exit Pandan. RM2.50 and....... hello!!!!! start crawling people...

yup...still inching away the hiway...

nothing much to do but the enjoy the scenery, KL skyline from a distance

Arif suka cake

"ma, on the way home later, pls buy a cake for arif", my husband pesan. "dok merengek dgn i ni. only u know what he likes", my hb kindda put it to me to settle this pressuring matter. i was between calls and deadline. "ok", i said. i left the office, late and had to brave through the traffic. about to reach home, singgah the laundrette to pick up my dry cleaning, then to the nearby shop to buy bread, also pesanan penaja di rumah. reached home....so late. Upon seeing my face, beloved husband asked, "did u get the cake?" tepuk dahi!!!!NOOOO...i forgot all about it and the nearby bakery dah tutup. to lessen the impact, took anak2 out for teh tarik and while waiting for our orders, conveyed to arif the bad news that dearest mama forgot his cake. His response was this ...

if stare could kill....i was dead!!!

he was upset. isn't that obvious? i promised him to buy him a cake the next day....with much pujuk and sugar coated words and more promises, with a heavy heart, he said ok....

the next day, mama kept her promise and brought a cake for him. no special occassion, he just wants to blow the candles, that's all. upon seeing the cake, his face was full of delight as u can see here.....

muka manis macam gula...macam cake tu la...

It was not meant to be, mak

i have been writing this ...so called my 1st novel for months....i even have the title for it already...."Katakan kasihku", ye la...love story. it kindda stuck there in that thumb drive. not moving anywhere. the plot and sub plots are there, the characters are there. the whole damn storyline is there. but whatever u call it, writer's block...whatever...the pages were not added. i dont have the feel to continue. keep on staring at the screen whenever i have that little urge left in me to continue the writing. i must complete this, i kept on telling myself, many, many times. but there i was staring at the screen...no additional words, no additional sentences that would eventually become my 1st best seller. maybe i will continue this tomorrow, i tell myself again and again...went on with my life, busy with work. fair share of good and bad stuff along the way...add colours to life, well u know the rest. the normal daily life.

today, the plot and subplots are no longer there, the characters are gone, those pages that i have written are all gone. erased accidently when prompted with virus attack on my thumb drive. bye-bye my 1st novel, bye-bye my 1st master piece.

was i upset? very much at the beginning. but i soon realised that i was not really happy with my own writing and that was the reason for delaying and writer's block. it was not meant to be. Maybe that was not my best writing. Allah SWT belum mengizinkannya lagi.

i know now that when i have that creative juice flowing, i must not allow anything to stop it from flowing...write it all down, quickly before it run dry.

need to get away for a few days, away from distractions and focus on my writing. when will that ever happen? my target, to have a book completed by year end...and later with a published title to my name, just like what arwah mak wanted me to be, a writer just like her and i will use her nick for my writings. her nick was, marinah...

InsyaAllah, mak....

Semua daripadaNya

i would be lying if i say that my umrah trip tidak merisaukan. gusar dan gemuruh for months. decided to go for umrah in october last year. There were issues and i needed to seek for answers. At the moment, going for umrah was my best option. The main problem then was, wanna go but no money. how???? However, i was adamant that i want to go...

one fine day, right after isyak, was staring at the wall thinking of means for the trip, it dawned on me of what to do and ikhtiar apa...masa tu juga, air mata bagai tak boleh dibendung-bendung lagi mengalir deras. Sebelum itu buntu sesangat, bagaikan magis, idea menjelma ke dalam benak fikiran. there is light at the end of the tunnel. dari mana datangnya idea ini jika tidak dengan kuasa dan izin Illahi.

Planned to go in April...but after some traveling arrangement hiccups, we moved to June. But, we were advised that it will be very hot then....so how? Dah tergedik2 nak pergi juga. No more seats with Tabung Haji in April. Alhamdulillah, we were fortunate that we managed to secure seats in April, just like it was originally planned. How do we deny what is destined...?

Our umrah was from April 23 to May 5, 2009.

3 in 1 birthday celebration

arif dgn fav cousinsnye

amongst the friends yang dtg

BBQ pit with the big boys

arif pun nak tiup lilin juga...

last saturday...celebrated the birthdays of my 3 children. afiq's and marsya's birthday is on 21st may and atikah's on 22 may. ramai tanya for tips on how we managed to have children with same birthdates, well almost the same dates...no tips, just rezeki daripadaNya, atas kehendakNya juga..Alhamdulillah. Although they share same birthdates, perangai are so lain between them. Abang, quite reserved, dont say much, handal with computer games., sensitive...Atikah, the popular one, lots of friends, the musical inclination., can sing. Marsya, the gedik one. dream of becoming the Permaisuri Agung one day...(hehehe), love acting and of course the drama princess of the house....

we normally would celebrate their birthdays sekali, 3 in 1 and we have not been doing it for the past 4 years. tiap2 tahun dok merengek, especially marsya. so finally tahun ini, we have one for the 3 of them. Afiq ikut je...Atikah and Marsya yang dok atur the menu...mama cooked. they wanted to have BBQ, ikut je...they invited their friends. mama and ayah invited the family. the house was a hive of activities from noon till midnite. but they were happy....mama and ayah were dead tired....

Arif's bday is in October...

Booster, anyone?

Has always been a problem of mine to menyahut panggilan alam if i am at a new place. mekah is no exception. different diet, different weather...can disrupt anyone's daily lives. gas built up is no laughing matter. especially when u are in mekah. ideally should always be in wuduk. tak kan la 10 kali sekejap nak kena amik wuduk. u know what i mean...kan? to answer this 'little gas and waste issue', we were fortunate for a tip from my sister who got it from her sis in-law. a simple recipe which any 5 yr old pun boleh buat.

beli laban or yogurt which are sold in carton and mango juice or tropical juice. an equal amount of laban and juice, mix it well.....lepas tu apa lagi telan la...elok amik after isyak...so that when u wake up for yr subuh prayers, the booster will be doing its job! InsyaAllah, bila solat, perut pun does not emit any polution to the environment and u will be in wuduk longer than usual, tanpa gangguan untuk menyahut panggilan alam or the need to take fresh wuduk.

Booster anyone? cubalah...if u face the same problem, do like we did..like i do..eh we did...eh...

Selingan 1

I like this, simple yet meaningful...hopefully u like it too

The power of choice

Choose to love, rather than hate
Choose to laugh, rather than cry
Choose to create, rather than destroy
Choose to persevere, rather than quit
Choose to praise, rather than gossip
Choose to heal, rather than wound
Choose to give, rather than steal
Choose to grow, rather than rot
Choose to pray, rather than curse
Choose to live, rather than die
Choose to say something nice, rather than hurtful words
Choose to do something nice, rather than hurtful actions

We have a choice, choose wisely



#from the book "Say Something Nice"

Massive people, traffic, dust and ....black veil

The temperature was between 43 degrees to 45 degrees when in mekah. Panas!!!! tapi tak berani nak cakap apa2. Redha je la. Diam je la...go with the flow je la.... Kalau panas, pakai payung, pakai sun block, wear dark glasses. me and kakak bought for ourselves a veil to protect us from the dust and the sun. we were the black ninjas!!!! the difference between me and the arabs when wearing that was...hidung ku tidak mancung!!! bila pakai, kain dok tersedut sekali masuk hidung when i breath. hehehe...hidung pelepah nyior macam tu la...

the black ninjas

Mekah is so the sibuk. Massive construction. hotel2 lama dirobohkan, bukit2 batu diratakan. habuk...ish tak usah cerita la. the objective is to besarkan Masjidil Haram, improved infrastructure for pilgrims. more comfort, convenience. pening juga when i first arrived there. dengan manusia yang ramai, the noise, the habuk, the traffic....so much difference dengan madinah. But soon i got accustomed to that, alhamdulillah.