My Girls will be Home soon !

Today is 15th July, I have one more month before the girls Yana and Lia will come home for the holidays. I am waiting for that date of their arrival home to malaysia. Lia is in Jordan doing medicine while the younger sister Yana is ding pre-U Al-Azhar in cairo. I have five girls but Yana has been the most manja child to me, she was the hte baby with longest period of sitting on my lap. Between the them, the girls had 1 to 2 years age difference to the next baby. So they could not claim my lap for long because the next baby soon came by. However in Yana's case she had 2 brothers below her. Thingking that she was the last baby girl, I gave her more attention than others, as I did not want to manja the boys!. Thats why she was more manja to me than her other siblings. Lia has also been close to me. I still remember when I was due to go into hospital to deliver Yana, Lia tugged at my dress and refused to let me go. At that time we were in between maids (no maid), so she ended in the hospital with the father waiting for the delivery. So you see, thats why I have been waiting for my 2 girls to come home to mummy!

Three Little Girls

This photo of my three girls taken when Yana was 1, Lia 3 and Ude 4





This is photo of Yana when she was 3

My Little Babies

These are my cute babies Lia and Ude when Lia was few monthes old and Ude was 2 plus.

Horse Riding Session

The photo shows Z, Ude and Aly at their weekly horse riding session

Enjoying Durian at the Dusun

The students and my children enjoying the durians they had just collected at the dusun last saturday.

A Saturday Morning

Hello guys! This morning I went to my publisher's office. The people there invited me for two reasons; first they wanted me to give some motivational talks (to be more specific on how to sell books ). you see it seems that during the last K.L. International book fair I have helped them to sell many, many units of my books. So they wanted some tips on how to do that kind of sale.Tuan Haji M thinks that I am a natural talent for salesmanship (Thank you tn Haji M). Secondly, they came to know that I can cook very delicious Koay teow. So the girls had requested that I should bring some of my delicious cooking. Of course I felt flatterred and had promised them that I would.So it ended this morning I gave the(much enlightened?) talk and the dish they had been waiting (salivating) for. As you may have already guessed, after the talk we had the makan and after the makan. Then after the makan (you won't believe this) the girls pesterred me for the recipe. In the end they 'kecek' ( bahasa kedah for soft talked) out from me not only the koay teow recipe but the mee hailam, mee bandung and bihoon special. When I asked for the 'pengkeras' they gave me two new books by Nambai! So I had accepted it that at least they gave me something for the 'pengkeras' All is well that ends well! The girls inturn promised to invite me back to the office after they have tried my recipe and maybe we will work together to publish a book on Mak Teh's Recipe in the future! He, he, Look out for it!

The Friday Dawn (Subuh) Prayers

Assalamualaikum! Hello there fellow bloggers! Today is Friday again. Usually on friday morning many of my friends attend the subuh prayers at the big blue mosque. As some of you may have already known that friday subuh prayers is rather special, they have the 'sujud sajaddah'. The 'sujud sajjadah' is special because it is done when the Imam read the 'Surah Assajaddah' in the first rakaat of the subuh prayers. Then come to the ayat 15 that says " Only those who believe in Our Signs, who, when They are recited to them, Fall down in adoration, (sujud) And celebrated the praises of their Lord, nor they (ever) puffed up with pride". So from your standing position you straight away do the sujud and say this doa in Arabic, "Sajadawajhiya lilladzi kholakhohu wasauwwarohu wa syaqqosam'ahu wabasorohu bihaulihi wakhuuwatihi, fatabarokallohhu ahsanulkholoqiin" which means in malay, "Aku sujudkan wajahku pada Allah, Tuhan yang menciptakan aku, yang menjadikan rupa parasku yang memberikan pendengaran padaku, Allah yang Maha Berkuasa, Maha Suci Allah yang Maha Pencipta, maka Dialah sebaik-baik pencipta". After that you will stand up and continue your prayers as usual.
The Imam will read 'Surah Assajaddah'for the first rakaat and 'Surah Al-Insan' for the second rakaat. For you to understand why you do the 'sujud sajaddah' it is better for you to read the two surahs and understand the meaning. If you understand the meaning it will make you cry during the prayers and why you suddenly do the sujud. In the ayat 12 surah assajaddah, it says that, "If only thou could see when the guilty ones would bow their heads before their Lord(saying it) "our Lord we have seen and we have heard; now then send us back (to the world) : we will work righteousness: for we do indeed (now) believe". Of course that will happen in the hereafter and Allah would not send them back to this earth! So be happy (insaf) that we are still alive and could do whatever good that we want to do while still alve on this earth.