Tetamu-tetamu

Alhamdulillah, sejak kebelakangan ini, kami sering menerima tetamu, samada teman2, keluarga ataupun jemaah2 yg keluar di halaqah kami. MasyAllah, kadang2 mmg tak menang tangan. Penat tu sudah pasti tapi mmg puas hati kalau dpt terima tetamu dan dapat pula nusrah/layan sebaik mungkin. Dah Allah hantar tetamu2 ini, masa inilah, resipi2 yg dikumpul dr laman2 web menjadi tempat rujukan. Kalau kawan2 atau keluarga, selalunya, saya masak nasi dan lauk2 Malaysia saje. Tapi, kalau dapat pula nusrah tetamu2 luar spt pakistan, sri lankan, palestinian, australian, lebanese dsb, teruja jgk sbb nak cuba masakan2 depa. Bila lg nak belajar masakan2 baru, iye tak? Kalau bukan kerana tetamu2 yang dtg ini, mungkin sy mmg takde incentive utk masak lain dr yg lain.

Siapa sangka, bila buat usaha dakwah ini, tempat yg tercorok macam Sri Iskandar-Tronoh ini boleh jadi international hub. Jemaah dari seluruh dunia dtg silih berganti. Mungkin asbab penduduk2 di sini jgk dtg dr segenap pelusuk dunia. Ramai student2 university berasal dari Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Mesir, Sudan, Madagascar, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan,South Africa dsb. Pendek kata, di mana saja ada pembabitan Petronas di seluruh dunia, maka akan adalah penduduk2 negara itu yg ditaja Petronas utk melanjutkan pelajaran di sini.

Alhamdulillah juga, asbab fikir risau atas agama, maka pelajar2 juga ada yang mengambil bahagian dalam usaha dakwah ini. Tertib(Peraturan) usaha dakwah buat pelajar2 ada sedikit perbezaan dari usaha jemaah local. Perbezaan ini adalah supaya pelajar2 dapat memberi fokus pada pelajaran dan pada masa yg sama dapat juga beri masa & korban utk agama. Sebenarnya, usaha dakwah adalah usaha kita semua. Samada kita bersedia atau tidak, terpulanglah kepada diri kita sendiri. Jika kita tidak bergerak untuk agama, maka mustahillah agama itu akan dtg dlm diri kita. Apa lagi dlm diri keluarga kita. Iman harus kita usahakan. Sebagaimana kita sibuk utk mengusahakan dunia, maka kita juga harus mengusahakan akhirat. Barulah kita adil. Bukankan kita mahu kejayaan dunia+akhirat.

Weekend ini, Allah telah beri banyak tugasan2. Adik & keluarganya akan datang ziarah dari Kedah malam ini. At the same time, halaqah kami jgk akan menerima 2 jemaah tetamu2 Allah. Mengikut keputusan mesyuarat, kami ditugaskan utk khidmat masak jemaah Maghribi/Morrocco. Hmmm...buat setakat ini, belum set lagi menu apa yg akan di masak. InsyaAllah, semoga Allah mudahkan.

Hello there

Salam & Peace be with you.

It has been a while since I've logged in. Much has happened but I have remained silent. Maybe because I am not able to put into words, feelings I have in my heart and thots racing thru my head. Life has been full of complexities.

Today, after having read some articles, I feel motivated to write. After all, the main reason I started blogging was to practise writing. Thus far, I have only been silently reading thru others...not even leaving comments in my wake. I have a dream...I want to write a book. Sometimes, it is more wishful thinking but at other times, I do feel convicted to start.

I borrowed a book from a friend recently. It is entitled "like the flowing river". It is relatively light reading. Hmmm...I guess, everyone is entitled to their own thots & reflection. Still, the book cost RM35. Alhamdulillah for the wonders of the internet. We can have a good read for free. In the midst of our boring & mundane routine, we can have a short "mind break". Wandering through the virtual landscape, we have a host of selection. Picking out some sweet smelling & refreshing read is an adventure. I do believe that some of our fellow bloggers do have quite profound thots.

ANyway, some of my favourite haunts have shut down. Most probably due to some change in their owners' principles. Alas, I feel as if I have lost some good "friends". I hope they will change their mind and start blogging again. I do miss them.

Hand Phone

Masya Allah...As I was preparing for Asar, accidentally, my phone dropped into the bowl. Yucky :( my phone dropped into the toilet bowl !!!! Agghhhhhhhh! What am I going to do ? Phone tu mati. Tak boleh nak on. Gelap aje ! Macam mana nie ? Kalau hantar repair mesti kena beratus-ratus ringgit. Panick & gelabah. Takde experience langsung dgn benda2 gadget nie. Worse, the phone belongs to my hubby...Macam mana nak explain kat dia ??? Dahlah dia baru je beli phone tu just before he went off for his 4 months. Ini amanah besar. Mesti dia sedih, isteri dia tak dapat jaga harta benda dia elok2 semasa dia takde.

I never ususally bring anything with me to the toilet. However, yesterday, dah ditentukan Illahi, my phone drowned. After picking up the phone quickly. I cleaned it to the best that I can with toilet paper. Alhamdulillah, air dlm toilet bowl tu bersih. Iyalah, toilet kat ofis ni bersih. Hari2 dicuci oleh makcik cleaner. Takde org lain yg pakai toilet tu kecuali staf2 perempuan. Itupun, cuma kami bertiga. I put the phone aside, took my ablutions and quickly went back to my office to perform my solat. Punyalah sedih, dlm solat pun boleh nangis sbb teringatkan keadaan diri yg lalai. Mungkin ini kafarah dosa atau peringatan dr ALlah atas amalan yg kurang. Slack betul sekarang nie... Usai solat, doalah minta bantuan ALlah. Apa urusan sekalipun, ALlah saje yg dpt membantu. Bila dah habis solat...ALlah beri ilham. Apa agaknya org lain buat kalau phone hjatuh dlm air. Ehmm...terus google "what to do+drop cell phone in water"

Alhamdulillah, ALlah mudahkan. Jumpa website http://cellphones.about.com/

If it hasn't happened to you yet, it may, eventually. You lean over the water at a marina with your cell phone in your shirt's pocket and oooops, it goes in the water. Drop your cell phone in the bathtub? Bad? Drop it in the toilet? Even worse.
By any means, do not despair. I saved many cell phones from water damage and you can too. The key element is to react quickly so read this and you will know what to do if you ever drop your cell phone in the water.

Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 5 minutes

Here's How:
The first thing to do is to remove your cell phone from the water as quickly as possible. Don't even think a second. Take it out!
As quickly as possible, remove the battery. If there is no electrical current while water resides inside your cell phone, it has a much better chance of surviving.
Shake the water out of your cell phone. Hold it tight, then shake it out with large downwards arm movements, as if you were loosing your temper and throwing it away. If drops of water land on the floor, it is a good indication that the technique was successful.
Remove the excess water. Sacrifice many sheets of absorbing paper and press them against your cell phone. Do it again and again with dry paper.
If there is water inside the display, do not hesitate to press gently on it. It may succeed in forcing more water out of it. Then absorb it again with absorbing paper.
Repeat step 3 then steps 4 and 5 many times. Shaking your cell phone will bring more water to the surface, which you can then absorb with paper.
Let both the cell phone and battery dry. Place them near a sunny window, near a home dehumidifier or on top of the vent of your TV set. But NEVER put it near a source of heat such as the oven or heaters. The battery may explode and your cell phone may not resist the extra heat.
Let it dry for at least 24 hours (some even suggest 3 days). If water still comes out of it when shaking it, or if the display is foggy, wait another 24 hours.
Tips:
If your cell phone fell in salt water, rinse it completely with fresh water before proceeding to the steps mentioned here. The salt can further damage your cell phone and increase the risk of corrosion. Never place the battery near a source of heat. It may explode!

Terus buat spt yg dicadangkan dan ALhamdulillah, hari nie phone tu dah boleh pakai :)

Losing Weight ?

As we are already in the midst of Ramadhan, I have made a resolution to lose some weight. I am quite certain that with each child that I bore, I gained 2-3 kg. Thus, with the 4th child that I had, I am definitely 8-10 kg overweight. I have always put off the effort of losing the added kgs. I thought that it will be useless to work so hard to lose the weights because sooner or later, I will get pregnant again & I will defintiely pile on new weights...Alas, it has been almost 4 years since my last baby. I guess that the time to lose weight is finally here. After all, Ramadhan is here...what better way to do it than in this holy month whereby we detoxify and cleanse our internal system.
Yesterday, I visited my local GP. I explained to her, in a rather embarrased way, my predicament. She was not at all surprised. I guess she must have a lot of patients who are trying to lose weights. I specifically requested from her some medication that can help burn fat or increase my metabolic rate. Unfortunately for me, it is not that easy. My doctor is against the "short-cut" way of losing weight. She advised me to exercise. She said that all these medications has side effects and will cause weight increase once we stop taking them. She kept on motivating me with success stories of her patients. That's it then...exercise is the answer.
From today onwards, I shall burn the layers of fat on my body the old-fashioned way. I will start to exercise. I heard that solat is the best form of exercise. Hmm, I wonder how many calories will I burn with 2 rakaats of tarawih ? Lesson of the day, Allah is most merciful...he told us to fast in the day and perform tarawih during the night. He has showed us the true path. I bet by following this prescription I can lose more weight than by filling my body with chemicals.

Routine Harian

Insya Allah, hari ini, Abang akan berlepas ke Bangladesh setelah lebih dari 2 minggu di Sri Petaling. Tak taulah berapa jam pernerbangan ke Bangladesh itu. Semoga, ALlah selamatkan mereka dalam perjalanan. Kami di sini sentiasa mendoakan.

Semenjak abang tak ada di rumah nie, rutin harian kami menjadi begitu mudah. Sebelum maghrib kami sudah harus sampai ke rumah. Kunci pintu dan bersiap sedia untuk solat. Lepas solat maghrib, lebih kurang pukul 8 malam kami semua duduk untuk taklim. Lebih kurang 30-40 minit bergantung pada hadith2 yang dibaca dan topik muzakarah yang dipilih. Lepas taklim, Insya ALlah, kami semua siap sedia untuk solat Isyak.

Usai solat, kami masing2 habiskan bacaan Al-Quran atau bereskan kerja2 sekolah. Selalunya, kami makan sebelum masuk waktu maghrib supaya ada lebih masa di malam hari untuk buat kerja2 lain. Lagipun, makan sebelum maghrib itu sunnah. Insya ALlah, kalau istikhamah melakukannya, dapatlah pahala sunnah. Ganjaran seratus pahala mati syahid untuk setiap sunnah yang dapat kita amalkan secara istikhamah. Di mana, di zaman sahabat2 dahulu, untuk mendapatkan satu ganjaran pahala mati syahid, mereka harus meyatimkan anak2, membalukan isteri2 mereka dan mereka sendiri mati dengan begitu dahsyatnya sehingga ada sahabat2 yang dijumpai dengan mayat yg hilang kaki, tangan hatta kepala mereka sendiri. Itulah yang harus kami ingat2kan pada diri kami sendiri dan anak2 sewaktu iman kami lemaaahhh dan malaaassss untuk mengamalkan sunnah nabi muhd saw.

Semenjak suami dah tidak ada di rumah nie, kami selalunya masuk tidur pukul 10 malam. Bagus jugak. Dapatlah kami bangun awal keesokan harinya...cergas dan bertenaga untuk hari yang baru. Inilah antara hikmah ketiadaan suami di rumah. Kalau tidak, memang letih. Tidak menang tangan unatuk melayan suami, anak2 dan khidmat rumah. Suami pulak, selalunya balik dari masjid/mesyuarat/program ilmu/kenduri/khususi.. lewat malam. Kadang2 sampai mencecah 12 malam. Memang penat juga kalau nak kena layan makan2 & borak2. Esok pulak, pagi2 dah kena bangun utk tugasan2 baru. Hmmmm, sekarang nie, Allah bagi cuti panjaaannng :)

Nota Kaki :
Isteri mana yang tidak rindu....Namun, suami tersayang pergi mencari redha Allah. Semoga, Allah terima pengorbanan kami yang tidak seberapa ini. Semoga Allah campakkan ikhlas dan istikhamah dalam setiap amalan kami. Amin