Syaza's Surprise Bridal Shower

Assalamualaikum wbt,

A colleague of mine used to say " yana.. banyaknya kawan yana !!" Well.. All I can say is Alhamdulillah. I love making friends and keep in touch with them. Of course everyone loves having friends. It depends. Some people love to have a lot of friends and some people would prefer to stay in a small circle of friends. For me, I have never put a limit on how many friends should I have in life (I mean close friends), as long as these people keep inspiring me and the chemistry is good, I will try my best to keep the friendship lasts forever.. InsyaAllah.

Well, I have a few circle of friends; it is easier to group them accordingly to the Whatsapp Group Chat, right? haha. In my current GroupChat list, I have BBFKitKat (ex-TESLians UiTM), Friends Till Jannah (ex-English Lecturers msu), Gossip Girls (Ex-CFS), Ukhwah Fillah (current colleagues), Besties (me, bayne n sha) and Reunion Seksyen 16 (Ex-housemates). Some of the groups have the same member especially Bayne because she used to be my TESL mate as well as MSU mate.

Thus, last weekend on Saturday, Friends Till Jannah (FTJ)'s group threw a surprise bridal shower for our dear Syaza. BTW, the group members are Fya, Syaza, Bayne, Mun, Nadia, Nas, Tika and myself.  Syaza is getting married in April. We have known Syaza for more than five years.She is a very funny person and lovely of course.

Two months before, I texted Fya and asked her to create a special groupchat to plan for this surprise because I knew Fya loves organizing event ;p.  Thus, we have two group chats, one is with Syaza in it and one is without her. The funny part was, there were few times that some of us 'kantoi' salah group hahaha. Fya did most of the tasks; videos and pictures compilation, decoration together with Nadia, surveying the venue and the bridal shower cake. Thanks a lot babe! Nadia was handling the 'acting' part. Nas was in charge of printing because she owns a printing company haha. So she has sponsored the fridge magnets as the door gifts as well as the cake topper. Thank you Nas! Myself, I prepared the game..just a simple game because we decided to do it at a very last minute and thank you Nas for printing out the sheets :). Bayne; she threw us another surprise on the day itself, she gave us a free lipstick and shawls! Thanx noks. Mun.. her camera saved our day because the pictures from her camera are superb! Unfortunately, Tika could not join us because her son was feverish on that day. It's ok beb. And I have to thank my hubby because letting his wife to escape for few hours! haha Oh ya .. the dress code was dress/ top with skirt and fuschia color lipstick (Syaza's favorite color).

Ok, so this was how the surprise bridal shower was planned: Nadia set a date with Syaza, just the two of them. Nadia acted like she had a big problem and wanted to meet Syaza to talk about it on the 27th of Feb 2016 at The Curve (because Syaza stays in Kota Damansara). Syaza would not smell anything fishy as both have not seen each other for quite some times so it was a good time to meet. Syaza was very busy so we had changed the date for few times. The actual venue was The Apartment Restaurant.

The plan was all of us must be at the restaurant before 2 pm while Nadia "is expressing" about her problems to Syaza at McDonald and having ice creams.

Ok, let us get to know with the master minds:

 Sapa lagi.. tuan blog la kan

 Bayne

 Fya..

 Mun

 Nadia

 Nas

 and Syaza... the future bride!

 So masa ni Nadia bawa Syaza pergi McDonald dulu makan ice cream and then dia buat cerita dia teringin nak makan kat The Apartment haha.. so masa ni kita orang dah standby kat The Apartment.

 SURPRISE!!!!!!!!! Look at her blushing face!

 She was so surprised siap ada cake comel lagi!

 and the bridal tiara of course!

 The fondant chocolate cake.. yummy.. and the cake topper made by Nas .. go and check her biz IG @printrix

 Taking group photos before proceed with lunch and other things.. love these two pictures of us!

 Victim tak habis2 selfie... suka lah tuuuu

 Girls be like.....

 Us with the food

Dah macam Miss Universe u olls! The last one to get married among us

 This kisses fridge magnet are also from @printrix

 Thank you to the staff layan kami yang bergambar je kerjanya

 The lovely cake

 Muka tuan blog kena la banyak sikit ;p Dulu x sempat merasa bridal shower...alaaa tak kesah pun hahaha

 The game that I have prepared for the event. Just a simple game; I personal texted them 4 simple questions related to marriage and Syaza. So basically they just need to guess whose answers were on the paper... but we had fun. Fya scored the highest! I knew it!

 Then, we made Syaza watched and listened to our video compilation .. the wedding wishes.. She cried!

 Then, we watched the pictures compilation of all of us since the first year of friendship.

 Group selfies

 Love you Syaza!

 Love all my gurls so much!

 with Mun

 Bayne, me and Mun

 they are BFF, Fya and Mun

 Then, we 'tortured' Syaza to walk around with the bridal tiara and balloons hihi jahat tak... But you love us kan Syaza... ;p

Last pictures before sayonara....

All the best for your big day... See you soon insyaAllah !

Kidz Paradize Klang Parade

Assalamualaikum wbt...

Last 2 weeks, we went to Klang Parade purposely to bring the boys to the Kidz Paradize. Actually, a week before that, we were in Klang Parade just to look around the new renovated shopping mall and brought the kids jalan-jalan until we passed by the Kidz Paradize area. We were like.. wow.. the place looks very tempting not only for the boys of course but also for us, the parents! haha.. So we had some Q&A sessions with the girls who were monitoring the place.. the package offered captivated our eyes! We decided to think about it first and would come back on the next weekend.

So, we did! haha. The package offered was RM150 for 6 entries, which means RM25 per entry. The normal charge per entry is RM35! Jimat 10 hengget u ollz! Harusla grab. Since we have two boys, it will be 3 sessions for them. So we went there around 12 noon and got our wrist bands. You can go in and out as you wish as long as the wrist band is with you. It is really worth it. You also need to bring your own socks. No extra charge for the parents and only two adults are allowed to monitor the kids. Excellent ! Of course la mama is so happy cause mama n papa can exchange taking turn monitoring our boys and go shopping at the same time! The most important plus point is... the play area is good for the kids' sensory and motoring skills because they have the sand pool (cassia seed sands) and there is also a trampoline for them to jump. Ok..let's just enjoy the pictures!

 Wefie dalam kereta dulu.. We usually will not tell them where we are heading to ... to avoid frustration if let say the plan is changed last minute ;p

 That's how Naeem looks like sbb tak duduk diam dalam kereta!

 OOTD dulu la papa...hahah

 The kids were already excited when they saw the Kidz Paradize tp mama suruh take picture dulu hihi

Ok...mmg paradise la for them.. Dah lama they all mengidam ni!

 woohooo.. mama pun rasa nak masuk sekali dalam ni

 Playing blocks... adik ikut je ke mana abang pergi.. plus point lagi! senang kerja mama n papa nk monitor both!

 jaga anak je pun... x yah la macho sangat bang! kihkih

 Plus point lagi.. boleh wefie berdua banyak2 (kalau x malu la)

 comel kan sotong kurita ni... they seemed to enjoy every single inflatable creature here!

 the trampoline !

 Naeem memang ikut je abg Fahri dia buat apa n pergi mana... comel pun ye n senangkan kerja mama n papa to watch after u boys!

 mama pulak enterframe

 the big cassia seed pool!

 yang ni bapak budak paling seronok nampak...

The kids took the longest hours here.. so hubby and I sempat la gilir2 pergi shopping and solat. We also had a break for lunch.

 Ehh besarnya budak tuuu hihi

 They never got bored with the sand pool area! Happy for u both

Love seeing you two spending time together like this.. Alhamdulillah...

We went home at 9 pm haha... see I told ya.. it worths your money!

Puteri Sarah lagi

 Assalamualaikum...

Kejadian hari ini:

Menuju ke butik tudung favorite di bawah office... nampak macam nak ada shooting drama kot. Ada cameraman, make up artist.. group of production house punya team..bangunan tempat aku kerja ni memang selalu buat shooting drama ke filem ke ..selalu la jugak nampak artis kat bawah tengah shooting..ok tak pe.. kita masuk je ... belum shooting lagi kot..memang dah aim nak beli bubble shawl tambah koleksi. Tengah pilih2 shawl... ada sorang lagi customer, makcik ni pun masuk cari shawl jugak..tengah kami pilih-pilih try-try... lalu perempuan cantik dengan PA dia kot pegi kat cermin besar dalam kedai tu sambil touch up2. Oh Ummi nazeera rupanya... cantik flawless tinggi jugak. Pastu lalu pulak Aeril Zafrel (mestila kenal klon husband I ok haha).. handsome la jugak tapi kecik je dia... pastu kat luar nampak Izzue Islam and wife.. ok aku kena pilih tudung cepat sebelum muka aku jadi nasi tambah hahah

Aku pun try la 3 shawls yang aku amik tu kat cermin yg kecik sikit, share ngan makcik yang try shawl jugak.. Tiba2 makcik tu bersuara "Eh awak pun artis jugak eh" Alamak aku dah berdebar2 "Ishh makcik ni mana ada" Makcik sambung "betulla.. alaa sapa nama artis ni ye (sambil ingatkan nama artis tu)" Alamak baik aku berambus.. kang makcik ni cakap muka aku macam Rosnah Mat Aris ke...tak ke naya..dah la adik salesgirl tu tengah tengok kitorang try shawl.. hampir nak berambus, makcik pun cakap "haaa awak ni menantu yusof haslam kan" hahahaha "betul kan?" haishhh nasib baik artis tu yang dia maksudkan, aku pun cakap "haha bukanla makcik tapi adalah orang cakap macam tu" sambil berlalu pergi dan bayar shawl sebelum director panggil 'purti sarah' masuk konti kahkahkah poyo giler ayat aku...

Memang banyak kali da orang cakap sama tapi aku rasa tak sama.. aku rasa aku sama macam Jolie je kahkah

Puteri Sarah and non-puteri sarah ;p

 

My kids' updates!

 Abg Ashman (now he likes to be called Ashman because teachers and friends at school call him Ashman) is in his second year in Little Caliphs. We have decided since last year that for 2016, Fahri will go for a morning session, no more afternoon session like last year. This is due to prepare him for 2017- his primary school where he needs to go for both morning and afternoon school sessions. Surprisingly, he is so cooperative and excited going to school every day. Of course la ada drama bila mama nak kejutkan abang Fahri every morning at 730 am... but he will be ok after shower...Alhamdulillah.. Sayang Abang Fahri sangat2!!!! Study rajin2 ye sayang... Now he is in Book 3: Siri Buku Cepat Membaca and still in Book 1 for Little Qari.

 Yang Adik Naeem ni pulak... mama wanna say Congratulations baby!!!! for successfully completing your potty training only within 2 days.. I knew you were ready since early this year but mama n papa je tak sempat ;p So...InsyaAllah no problem for schoolong next year ye sayang even though if we ask him now whether he wants to go to school or not next year... of course his answer is NOOOO hahah... we just wait next year... Actually for Naeem... it is easier for him because he is a kid who can understand and tolerate with your words. I just promised him to buy him a new Ultraman if he completed his potty training on the first day and he did it! The second day... I promised him to bring him to the playground. He is the kind of who remembers promises so make sure we keep the promises. Of course there were times where he accidentally peed on the carpet and behind the door but only for 2 days. Alhamdulillah... so proud of you sayang! Love Naeem banyak2 jugak!

I am in the phase where I am running out of ideas on what to cook for them because their appetite seems on off especially Naeem. Wish me luck!

Updates!

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Hye.. It has been 2 months I have not updated here! Am still here... just that I was having problem accessing onto the blogspot. Anyway, just wanna have a quick update!

 This is my new friend. Aida. Now I have a lecturer-friend here so we can talk more about students and classes and she is going to deliver her baby anytime soon. Good Luck Aida!

 with my BFF Sha. We were at Naelofar Boutique. I brought her here because I am crazy about some of the Naelofar collections. We bought Isabelle and NaelofarRaya. Now I am craving for MissLofa. My BFF is also expecting a baby really really soon. All the best sayang cinta!

My latest obsession of styling shawl. I do not know what is the name of this style, just style it just the way I feel comfortable with.

 with make-up

 no make-up.. just a lip cream haha tak de kerja

On Chinese New Year holidays, both my family and my brother's family were in KL / Klang because my parents' schedule; they had / will be here for several occasions. So, we decided to gather at my house in Klang and baked pizza! My SIL is very good in baking pizza.. Fahri loves it! So, I took the opportunity to learn baking pizza with her. Hopefully, I will be rajin enough to bake more pizzas after this because my kids love pizza especially Abang Fahri tu.

 Pizza in the making

 Awww Hana smiles!

 Taraaaaaaa!!! Delicious no need to order PizzaHut or Dominos ;p

 Also Abg Fahri had his teeth fillings, a quarter of the whole process. There are 3 more filling sessions need to be done haha but we are so proud of Abg Fahri.. you were so brave... such a big boy now!

 2016 OOTD hahah.. dah ngantuk tu

 2016 family portrait.. Abg Fahri is still not interested

My parents were here last two weeks, attended a solemnization ceremony. The best thing is my parents and my parents in law can get along very well. We can always see how strong their chemistry is when they are together. Alhamdulillah dapat makan malam sama2...

When Fahri got fever

Assalamualaikum and hye..

I took 3 days of Emergency Leave last week, beginning Wednesday till Friday. Well, that's what working mothers need to go through if any of the children falls sick. My first son, Fahri got fever since Monday night, at 11 pm. He was about to go to bed. Poor him that he had to absent from school for the whole week. Since Monday, the temperature has reached 38-40 C! That was unusual because his temperature has never reached 40 C when he got fever, previously. A mother's instinct insisted me to bring Fahri to the hospital for a further check-up on Tuesday night. We went to Columbia Asia Hospital Bukit Rimau which was our first time there. Never knew it is so close to my house and they have a tip-top emergency unit team. Luckily Naeem was sleeping, so it was all about my Fahri then. Looking at Fahri's fever symptoms; began with flu, a very high fever (can reach to 40C), vomiting, the doctor as well as us, the parents were afraid that he was having a dengue. Nauzubillah. However, mr doctor also suspected Fahri was infected either by Influenza A or Influenza B because these two types of fever are epidemic during this dry season. According to him, Influenza A is more serious than Influenza B. So, a blood test had been done. I was waiting with Fahri in a room for the blood test result which took one hour, while hubby was accompanying Naeem inside the car. Around 40 minutes of waiting, the humble doctor came and explained the blood test result to me. Alhamdulillah, it was not a dengue. I was so worried and trauma with this 'dengue' word. But, my son has been infected by Influenza A virus, not a severe one due to Fahri's blood count were all normal. Alhamdulillah. I was so thankful to Allah swt when the doctor said that Fahri did not need to be admitted because I assumed that my son's condition was not that serious. Doc said he might have been infected at school from other kid who already had been infected. Yup, maybe. One thing that I am very grateful about is the fact that Fahri loves to drink plain water so much. That really helps.

We went home and I decided to take emergency leave for 3 days, fortunately my university semester has just ended and I had no classes to replace. I promised myself to be a dedicated nurse to my son. The only difference was that, this nurse would kiss and cuddle him most of the times hehe. Fahri was required to be quarantined till Friday. It was very hard for the first two days since Fahri and Naeem need to be separated #clingy-mom. Fahri stayed with me at home while Naeem had stay at Opah's house, 40 minutes away from our home. I cried most of the times on the first day of separation hahahaha. Got scolded by hubby of being too manja kahkah. I couldn't help lah! I missed Naeem so much. I was almost giving up on the second day because Fahri's temperature has not decreased. It just got lower when he was given the medicine and increased back after 3 hours. I was afraid that I was not a good nurse. I wanted him to be admitted but hubby believed that we could do this. Alhamdulillah, he completely recovered on the third day. Alhamdulillah. To all mommies, I am sure you can relate with what I am going to say here. These are the blessings in disguise when our child got fever:

1- Bonding time. Like seriously. As for example, Fahri needs to be separated and quarantines, thus it was only me and Fahri in the house. It was lonely but I really gave my 100 percent attention and love towards him. Since Naeem was born, I would say this was the first time I had spent my hours totally with  only him. And he looked so happy. He got all the attention from me. I cooked his favorite meal such as Spaghetti Bolognese and he ate for so many times regardless his feverish condition. We did school books together, we did writing and practicing his name, coloring and so many more. Even though I missed Naeem so much but I am glad that I had this opportunity, the time to be spent with Fahri. Thank you Allah swt. We even went for a date on the last day before papa picked up his brother that night. He was very happy. We went to Pizza Hut, his favorite food and also I brought him to MPH book store, just for him to explore his interest towards books.

2- More love and appreciation- I even miss and love Naeem so much more. I missed his big voice, laugh and cheeky gestures. Thank you  my MIL for taking care of him. Hubby also went to MIL's house to accompany Naeem after work. Looking at the helpless condition of Fahri when his temperature was really high, I felt so thankful for whatever he has become or he is becoming. I don't want to complain no more. Well, of course I did not complain much either before. As a parent, we tend to compare our kids with others'. Their development, behavior. But, all these thing are not important anymore when your kids fall sick. All that we want is for them to recover as quick as possible. Reminder to all parents; accept and love your kids for whoever they are. Appreciate this pinjaman and anugerah from Allah swt. There are reasons why these kids are different. Just be thankful that at least, we are lent this beautiful gift from Allah swt. InsyaAllah, I will be a more rationale mom after this, try my best not to scold my kids with the highest pitch... oh mama what are you thinking? they are just kids.. you are supposed to teach and guide them with love, not scream and scream!

3- Sibling love- Even though when I asked Fahri whether he missed Adik Naeem and he answered no (he must have been love the time and the attention he got while adik was not around), but the moment Adik Naeem returned home with papa on the last day, they just couldn't hide that they missed each other so much. They played together and of course got back into a fight after a while LOLs.

 4- Improve my ibadah- segala Dhuha, Tahajud, segala doa mama buat just to make sure Allah swt would ease my burden and recover my son from his illness. Agaknya kalau Allah swt tak bagi ujian ni, kita buat tak all these amalan? In my case, honestly, it was very occasionally. So, you see .. Allah swt gives us a test because He loves us, insyaAllah, he wants to give us more rewards, InsyaAllah.

Oh.. these few days were really about us and kids. Last night, I accidentally watched a movie; "The Disappearance of Elanor Rigby: Them" after putting my kids to bed. It was about a couple- Eleanor and Conor who went through a tragedy, loosing their only son. They lost their son. Eleanor went disappear for 6 months from family and her love, Conor after her son's death. She couldn't and was not ready to live with the memory and left Conor clueless and alone. I cried (nangis lagi haha) watching the scene where Eleanor went to Conor's apartment (Conor was cleaning some stuff because he is moving out, he also took out some of their baby's memorial stuffs- carseat, baby clothes, etc) and that was the first time after 6 months that El could look back at those stuffs. El said to Conor "I am sorry because I was not ready to go through this ( accepting the fact that their child's death and living with it)." I really could feel her. I just can't imagine how the strong mommies out there who had lost their child live their life. I just can't. You guys are so strong. Hats off!!

Conor and Eleanor from "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them". This movie has made me realize that we should love and appreciate the existence of our kids in life. Some people are just too struggling to have one child! Be grateful people!

So, Fahri and Naeem, mama will always try to be my best in providing the best for you two, my little champions! Thank you Allah swt for this test!

Ya Allah, Kau kurniakanlah kesihatan yang baik terhadap kami, lindungilah kami dari bahaya dunia dan akhirat. Kami bersyukur untuk setiap ujian yang Kau berikan... Aminn

Cinta dan jodoh

Assalamualaikum and hye..

Kalau ada satu pesan yang paling aku nak sampaikan pada adik-adik, gadis-gadis kat luar tu adalah isu cinta.

Adik2 kakak, dengarlah. Cinta yang abadi itu hanyalah cinta kepada Allah swt. Apabila cinta kepada Allah swt adalah yang paling utama dalam hidup kita, maka cinta yang lain akan datang. Apabila kita masih bujang, belum berkahwin, maka cinta kita adalah untuk kedua ibu bapa kita. I say this because I also did mistake in my life. How I wish I could turn back time and cintakan Allah swt sepenuh hati dari dulu. Mungkin juga kesedaran belum cukup kuat ketika itu. 

Adik2 kakak, dengarlah. Jangan lah dicari cinta sesama manusia itu jika Allah swt belum mahu memberikannya. Apakah tandanya cinta itu direstu Allah swt? Tandanya jika kita masih menjadi diri sendiri, masih menjadi anak yang baik, tidak lupakan agama, sentiasa mengutamakan kedua ibu bapa, maka cinta itu InsyaAllah adalah jodoh dari Allah swt. Kalau bukan jodoh pun, mungkin ada hikmah yang tersembunyi.

Ingatlah, apabila kita sudah tidak jadi diri sendiri dan mengenepikan keluarga sama ada secara sedar atau tidak, thus it is not a real love. Jangan cari penyakit. Kalau kita ketepikan agama, ketepikan keluarga, maka Allah swt bagi cash je, sentiasa ada masalah dalam perhubungan, hati tidak tenang, dipenuhi syaitan. Nauzubillah. Jangan lah menyesal di kemudian hari. Kalau Allah swt masih belum menemukan jodohmu... bersabarlah dan teruskan berdoa kerana Allah swt janjikan kemanisan di hujung pernantian.

Tepatlah. Perempuan yang baik hanya untuk lelaki yang baik. Tapi aku percaya, kita semua mampu dapat yang terbaik jika kita kuatkan iman dari mula. Memanglah, ustazah ini hanya layak dengan ustaz yang itu. Tapi ingat, Allah swt sentiasa mengampunkan dosa hamba-hambaNya dan pintu taubat sentiasa terbuka. Kejarlah syurga kita. Sentiasalah meminta ampun. Kalau kita pernah melakukan kesilapan, bertaubatlah dan minta ampun. Istiqamah.. InsyaAllah kita juga mungkin ada peluang di syurga. Aminn

Tak mau ke kita semua ke syurga? Susah kan sebab kita tak nampak. Sebab tu kita kena kuatkan iman. Macam mana nak kuatkan iman dan cintakan akhirat? Bacalah Al-Quran setiap hari, solat sunat setiap hari, jangan tinggal solat wajib, berpuasa, sentiasa lakukan apa yang disukai Allah swt. Please Him because we want His reward. Reward; Syurga Allah swt.

Tak mau ke kita ke syurga? Syurga itu sangat indah. Everything is possible in heaven. Tak mau ke kamu bersama kembali dgn org2 yang soleh yang kamu sayang di syurga? Tak takut ke neraka? Mau ke kamu lihat orang yang kamu sayang di syurga sedangkan kamu dijilat api di neraka?

Ada orang tanya, macam mana kita nak percaya wujudnya syurga dan neraka? Astaghfirullahhalazim. Itu tandanya kita sangat jauh dari Allah swt. Caranya mudah. Dekatkan lah diri dengan Allah swt. Jangan tinggal yang wajib tu. Kalau rasa masih jauh dengan Allah swt, tambahkan yang sunat2 tu, Dhuha, Quran, Tahajud, Witir. Kalau kita sentiasa bertemu dengan Allah swt, maka Allah swt lebih2 lagi mahu berjumpa kita.

A simple example that I can give you. Sometimes, aku rasa macam gelisah macam dah kurang keimanan aku minggu itu, aku akan terus dengar IKIM FM. Please save this frequency on your car radio fav frequency list, 91.6 for Lembah Klang. This is very good for soul. Aku paling suka dengar segmen Ibrah dari Ustaz Syaari Abdul Rahman setiap hari Isnin, 5-6 petang. Sangat menginsafkan. Maksudnya, kalau rasa sudah jauh, cepat2 dekatkan balik iman kita ni sebab sesungguhnya dugaan dunia memang sangat kuat tarikannya. Tapi percalah sahabat-sahabatku, sesungguhnya syurga itu terpaling indah.