bye bye 2011

another 2 days before the year 2011 bading us good bye and welcoming the new year 2012 .. really pray that this new year will be a better year for all of us ..

december 2010 - hubby and hani were very busy preparing for our only daughter, aamal's wedding whereas our youngest son, aqeel is struggling for his spm exam and aliff, our eldest son secured a stable job and had introdeuced us to his girlfriend .. alhamdulillah those episodes had turned out to be the beginning of a good and prosperous year to all of us ..

after their honeymoon in hongkong, aamal had decided to quit her hectic job and stayed home for a while. aqeel went to driving classes before the spm results are announced and aliff & nadia had tied their engagement in march and the wedding is scheduled to be in october 2011, currently nadia is a medical officer in seremban and both of yhem commute from nadia's residence in puchong ..

all this while, aqeel wants to be a pilot and he'd accumulated articles about pilot academies and their very expensive fees ... once the spm result is announced and after much persuasion, aqeel had opted to do foundation in business management at msu in shah alam and stayed in the hostel. tho being the youngest in the family, aqeel had shown a very high leadership quality and chosen to be the student leader for foundation students. alhamdulillah, aqeel had scored in his first term exam ..

najmi was back to the shore and aamal had done some part time job as photographer here and there. most of the time, aamal is managing anas easkey, the popular photographer in malaysia. in july 2011, najmi had decided to take a break from his job and enroliing for a full time one year master programme in akademi laut malaysia (ALAM), melaka, he is only back during weekends. now, aamal had secured a full time job in one of the production house in setapak and most of the working days, she'll be in sri gombak, her mom-in-law's house ..

aliff and nadia had really worked hard for their wedding which is just seven months after the engagement. her mom being away in saudi arabia and elder sister in the southern region, nadia had excelled in her sole preparation whilst completing her housemanship in hkl. exact dates and venues are then confirmed and all of us are looking forward for the event. we had decided to hold just a small reception for the groom side and had scouted for halls, alas we had confirmed to hold the majlis menyambut menantu in mokhdar resort which was previously known as duta plams resort .. alhamdulillah, majlis pernikahan selamat dilangsungkan di masjid terapung puchong perdana pada pagi sabtu 15hb oktober dengan mas kawen rm300 dan wang hantaran sebanyak rm20111. majlis resepsi sebelah pengantin perempuan telah diadakan dengan meriahnya pada sebelah malam di taman tasik putrajaya. pada malam sabtu minggu berikutnya, 22hb oktober sekali lagi keluarga nadia telah membuat majlis kenduri di kampungnya, masjid tanah melaka di mana kedua2 pengantin telah diarak menggunakan tandu diiringi dengan percikan bunga api. pihak kami telah mengundang kurang dari 500 orang jemputan ke majlis menyambut menantu pada hari sabtu berikutnya, 29hb oktober ke mokhdar resort country homes rawang. seminggu kemudian, kami telah menjamu laksa dan nasi daging korban di rumah ayah di pasir mas kelantan sempena majlis memperkenalkan menantu menantu kami kat kampung ... all the photos ada kat hani's facebook albums ..













since being a pensioner, hani had not been visiting klinik dr jamil in tasik puteri and guess it's a good sign .. medical checkup is normally done and alhamdulillah, both hubby and hani had not been suffering from any major hypertension, diabetise and heart problem. hani's migraine had subsided but am on the lower level of blood pressure. hubby is a smoker since 13 and he had avoided many appointments ..

dearest ayoh

haji abdullah daud @ cekgu lloh, 80 is hani's mentor and he is my beloved father who had devoted all his time, money and energy to his seven children. jumaat 25 nov lalu setelah mengambil air sembanhyang untuk ke masjid bagi menunaikan sembahyang jumaat, ayoh telah jatuh terduduk yang menyebabkan tulang belakangnya patah dan retak ... rumah ayoh dikampung telah diupgrade where the bathrooms are fully tiled and so are the floorings .. semasa kejadian, ayoh had closed the room door and noone realised that ayoh was in there till ayu, youngest sister noticed that his car was still under the porch at 1.30pm ..

ayu had shouted to cek who was bathing her father (hani's grand father is 107 years and staying with mum) upon opening the door and ayoh was there flat on his hips and groaning in pain. ayoh could not move his body but trying to mumble something ... ayu had texted all of us in kl asking what to do next ..

cek had called din, ana's hubby, another sister who's staying not far from cek's house to help ayoh since lan, aya's hubby was at work. lepas solat jumaat, din came and so was the tukang urut ... upon receiving the message from ayu, dearest darling had asked hani to go home with the earliest flight on saturday and hani was at ayoh's bed for 2 weeks ..

being the eldest, hani had persuaded ayoh to go for full medical checkup and the x-ray had showed that the 4th spinal bone patah and ada serpihan. cekgu lloh refused to be warded and we had brought him home .. he's into the normal and traditional medicine until his another appointment on the 3rd jan 2012

alhamdulillah, cekgu lloh had been better tho his movements are still limited and with the aid of a squared cane @ tongkat kaki empat, he's now able to go to the toilet and tv hall ... alhamdulillah ALLAH

bestie ..

dearest hubby had presented hani with an ipad2 middle of the year ie before ramadhan this year .. initially hani was not that happy cos am expecting for a jewelley set, konon nak buat basahan kat rumah ... a gift is still a gift, so terpaksa accept

the whole of ramadhan, the ipad banyak digunakan untuk bacaan alquran but most of the games being downloaded are more for papa and aqeel .. normally hani will only be using the ipad for facebooking .. by the way, aliff & nadia as well as aamal & najmi has their own ipad2 ...

as time passed, guess the ipad has been hani's bestie cos it's very handy and user friendly. putera puteriku had downloaded hani's kind of games such as scrable and tetris. had been spending hours and hours of hani's freetime with it and ... tq so much dearest darling for the gift

beautiful quotes ..

more beautiful quotes to be shared after months of silence and this wall are fithy rich with webs ..

1. i asked life "why are you so difficult?" ... Life smiled and said "because you never appreciate anything that's easy"
2. i am an artist, i paint on a smile .. i am an actor, i i hold back the tears .. i am a doctor, i try to fix the broken heart
3. trust is like the glue of life, it holds everything together ... if you don't have it, your relationship wont be able to stick together
4. happiness is like a butterfly, the more you pursue it, the more it will fly away ... relax and take your time and it will come in itself and rest in your shoulders
5. dream about your ideal life, focus on it until you know exactly whay it looks like ... then wake upand do at least one thing everyday to make it a reality
6. sorry works when mistake is made, but sorry does not work when trust is broken ... so in life, do make mistakes but never break the trust
7. if he's an apple and you are an orange, celebrate your differences, make a great fruit salad ... love isn't about being the same, it's about being sweet with each other
8. if there's hope in the future .. there is power in the present
9. we have all been hurt by words before ... so before you speak think about how your words might affect someone else
10. death is not the greatest loss in life ... the greatest loss is when relationship dies inside us while we are still alive
11. true beauty is when someone shows you generosity, kindness or trust ... real beauty is seen in someone's action, not their reflections
12. love me, and i will move mountains to make you happy ... hurt me, and i will drop those mluntains on your head
13. for you they could be words .. for others they are swords, so be careful when you speak
14. if what you see by the eye doesn't please you, then close your eyes and see by the heart ... because the heart can see beauty and love more than the eyes can ever
15. never chase love, affection or attention .. if it isn't given freely by another person, it isn't worth having
16. the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch with, never say a word .. and walk away freely like it was the best conversation you ever had
17. others can stop you temporarily, you are the only one who can do it permanently
18. sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people .. if they care, they will notice, if they don't, you know where you stand
19. the importance of a person is never measured by the place that fills in your life .. but by the emptiness that leaves behind when the person is gone
20. never leave the one you love for the one you like .. because the one you like will leave you for the one they love
21. life is a math equation ... in order to gain the most, you have to know how to convert the negatives into positives
22. confidence is admitting who you are, what you've done and loving yourself for what you've become .. no matter what others think of you
23. don't make a permanent decision for your temporary emotion
24. nothing destroys iron than it's own rust .. similarly, nothing destroys a person but his own ego
25. being in a relationship isn't about the dates or showing off .. it's about being with someone who makes you happy in a way no one else can
26. there is no limit to what can be accomplished, when noone cares who gets the credit
27. i have friends who don't drive limo or porshe .. but would walk in the rain with me

alhamdulillah

alhamdulillah dan syukur kepada mu YA ALLAH .. tepat pukul 10 pagi sabtu 15hb oktober 2011 di masjid puchong perdana, putera sulungku aliff firdaus, 26 telah selamat dinikahkan dengan buah hatinya khairunnadiah kamaruzzaman, 26 dengan sekali lafaz dan mas kahwin sebanyak rm300 ..

pihak kami telah membawa 7 dulang hantaran yang terdiri dari sirih junjung, cincin dan wang hantaran, IPad & persalinan kain, kek berbentuk sangkar burung, beg & kasut serta perfume & toileteries. pihak perempuan telah membalas dengan 9 dulang termasuk tepak sirih, quran, kek yang berbentuk topi, baju kemeja, PS3, jam & cincin, toileteries, shades. we'd chosen shades of gold and off white as our theme and the bride had chosen purple/lilac as theirs ..

majlis telah berjalan dengan lancar dan sempurna, pihak perempuan telah menghidangkan nasi lemak dan mee hoon goreng di samping kuih muih di perkarangan masjid. we'd left the mosque around 12 noon heading to the transit house, a semi-d in precint 11, putrajaya for the nite's wedding reception ..

around 3pm saturday, heavy rain and wind started blowing and hani really pray that the night's function is not jeopardized ...

mode : panic

really pray that the akad nikah, reception for both sides will be smooth sailing and as planned. today is exactly 10 days before hani's eldest son, aliff will be tying his knot to nadia and now, hani is in panic mode .. hani's feeling is totally different from aamal, our only daughter's wedding a year ago

guess hani's feeling will be normalised after the akad nikah this saturday. being a mom to a guy, hani really pray aliff will perform his best to his wife, show full responsibility, gives her maximum care, tender her with the deepest love and financially secure her. most women do not always ask for expensive gifts and presents, we only wish for happiness and happily ever after ..

aliff and nadia will be solemnized in masjid puchong before the reception at putrajaya lakeside. the following saturday we'll be in melaka for another reception to nadia's kampung folks. then, we'll be having majlis menyambut menantu in country homes rawang before another small reception in pasir mas .. logistic had to be arranged and it's rather taxing

to all married couples, new and old just remember "sabar sabar and sabar" ..

p/s : pn haslina, in case u r reading this post, ani had been waiting for your house address cos ani had lost the contact number "pls call me" ..

more quotes

hani's collections of beautiful quotes increases day by day ..

• LOVE is not a matter of counting the years, it is making the years count .. LOVE is the master key that opens the gate of happiness
• face your problems .. don't facebook your problems
• today i saw a girl with crazy colored hair walking down the street with a shirt that said 'don't judge', my friend tapped my shoulder, pointed at her and started laughing .. then she turned around, the back of her shirt said "i'm just having fun with my hair before chemo" .. pls don't judge anyone
• if the road is beautiful, then worry about the destination .. but if the destination is beautiful, then don't worry about the road .. marriage is a blessing
• patience with family is love, with others is respect and with self is confidence
• a pain which arises the reality within is better than a joy which keeps ignorance
• let your smile change people, but don't let people wipe away your smile
• if you really want to give someone a gift, try giving them your time and attention .. a loving heart doesn't expect anything more than that
• never conclude a person by his present status, because time has the great power to change a useless coal into a valuable diamond
• you may be out of sight but not out of my heart, you may be out of reach but not out of mind
• praying for those who love you, that's sincerity .. praying for those who hurt you, that's maturity
• be like a flower that gives fragrance, even to hands that crushes it
• every successful person has a painful story, every painful story has a successful ending . accept the pain and get ready to success
• when we feel being poisoned by stress, pressure, pain and failures, the best antidote is PRAY .. nothing more nothing less
• the world suffers a lot, not because of the violence of bad people, but because of silence of good people
• you can always forgive someone who hurt you, but you can never forget what they did, and unfortunately it still hurts somehow every time you are reminded about it
• do you know what's harder after making other people happy? it's when they don't realize that you also need someone to do the same
• do not make your aim like the garden because everyone walk on it .. but make your aim like the sky so everyone wish to touch it
• don't depend on anyone in this world including your shadow, because even it will leave you when you are in darkness
• do not leave yourself in the process of treasuring someone too much and forgetting that you are special and valuable too
• never leave something good to find something better, because once you realize you had the best, the best has found better
• the difference between a corrupt and honest person is the corrupt person has price and the honest person has value
• sometimes we can fall in love with someone for the wrong reasons, and still love them after all the heartache .. because most of the time we can't pick who we love, and even though we know we shouldn't love them, we do and always will, because there are just some people in our lives who will get to us for reasons we can't explain
• happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought and a state of mind
• never hate people who are jealous of you . BUT respect their jealousy because they are the ones who think you are better than them
• women are like tea bags, they don't know their strengths unless put in hot water
• respect the emotions in someone's heart, rather than the expression on someone's face because expression is just a formality but emotions are reality ..
• life is like a coin, pleasure and pain are two sides, only one side is visible at time, but remember the other side is also waiting for it's turn
• the alphabets in cheating and teaching are same ..thus the one who cheats you always teaches you something in life
• 90% of our problems in relationships are due to the TONE of our voice .. it's not about what we say, it's about how we say it

syawal's last weekend

it was a very busy weekend for our family since on friday, we'd received few phone calls from old friends saying that they'll be dropping over on saturday. with everybody around, we'd decided to cook nasi kebuli, ayam goreng berempah, dalca daging tetel and sambal tomato as well as nasi impit and kuah kacang. aqeel had helped hani in baking 2 butter cakes and aamal had cooked jelly. with najmi as his assistant, papa had cooked 5 kilos of nasi kebuli and hani had prepared the dalca ..

aliff and aqeel had swept and cleaned the exterior pathway since we'll be serving the food outside whereas the rest of us are busy cooking inside. we'd served hot fried chicken, and aamal & najmi had volunteered to fry the chicken as and when needed, it's really a tedious job indeed .. by 12 noon all food is ready to be served

mak icah and elise were the first to arrive followed by kak melini and the family. the late yusliza's family, dropped by on the way to another friend's house and by noon, the pondok was full of laughter and giggling ..

by 8.30 sunday morning, with aqeel we'd left to jasin melaka since hubby's cousins held a wedding reception and many family members were there. kak long had brought mak to meet her relatives and mak looked so happy and cheerful. after 12 noon, we'd left to kesang where papa had visited few of his cousins ..

we'd left jasin and heading to batu 9 cheras where hani's colleague aziz and wifey, zakiah called for the doa selamat since they'll be leaving to perfom hajj this thursday. had met few sms clans there and we'd promised pn zaiton to be at her residence then ..

wedding checklist ..

tho it's just a small event and with not more than 3 weeks to aliff and nadia's wedding, still many more things to scout .. and hani is praying hard that everything will be smooth sailing

• venue - confirmed and deposit paid; kerusi pelamin confirmed
• food - caterer and varieties confirmed
• cards - completed and some had been posted
• guests - finalised and still on the move
• door gifts - ordered and yet to deliver
• attire - theme decided and still with the tailor
• hantaran - yet to send to mak icah's; flowers still not decided????

?????? still a lot to do, help ...

balik kampung 160911

alhamdulillah lately we managed to balik kampung on a monthly basis since ayoh @ cekgu lloh's condition is not that good .. family from kelantan is not coming to aliff's wedding since it is not school holidays, it's proper if aliff is back home to see ayoh & cek and seek their blessings ..

with aliff on the wheel, we left home sweet home at 12 midnite via kuala lipis - gua musang route and had reached cek's house around 6 am and the traffic is not as heavy as the festive season. that thursday night, only aqeel is at home since he'd planned with his friends and aamal & najmi is putting a night in gombak

had called kak tengku, hani's immediate neighbour who's also back in kota bharu upon reaching rumah cek since we'd planned to go to pekan mundok, thailand's border after more than 25 years. we'd crossed the border via sampan and it only cost a dollar each. initially, hani was rather afraid upon looking at our askar on our malayaland and the soldadu thai on their land but with an entourage of 15 members, the feeling was gone seconds later ..

we'd placed orders for aliff's door gifts the last time we're home and just in time to collect them; were rather disappointed cos the gifts are not ready and we'd to wait for another 3 weeks, hence we'd decided to buy anything on the shelve ..

cek's house which is still in renovation mode is almost complete except for the small touchups here and there and at last, cek is able to have a peace of mind and some time on her own; poor cek has to bear with all the mess and the workers for more than half a year ..

my mom, cek is taking care of her father, tok yasin who is almost 100 years old is looking too frail with only bones and skin, his memory had deteriorate and so is his hearing. most of the time, atok is seen sleeping except for makan time .. didoakan yang terbaik buat atokku and to cek who'd been so patient with her father's kerenah, hani salute and tabik spring ..

had managed to visit cousin haiqal in pasir pekan, poksu ki's eldest boy who managed to secure MARA scholarship to do mechanical engineering in ireland and haiqal had left malayaland yesterday. all the best to haiqal and welcome to the engineers club ..

immediately after solat subuh sunday morning, we'd left rumah cek and had stopped at restaurant tepi sungai in tanah merah for breakfast and had taken gua musang - cameron highland for out route home. we'd stopped for more than an hour to have our brunch and feel the cold wind blowing in cameron highland and the place is so serene and tranquil, alhamdulillah cos masih dapat menikmati keindahan alam .. around 2.30pm, we'd reached our pondok and aamal had packed us lunch

nukilan ..

yesterday, hani had been browsing my old writings in nukilanhani .. and was very happy to read it back cos it rekindled back the old memories, especially when there's the day and date

most of hani's writings is about us, hani's family and those who are just around hani .. and indeed, hani is not suprised since those days, our avtivities are merely makan makan and jalan jalan .. besides my collection of best and beautiful quotes

before using the new blog format, hani is so eager to upload photos but currently, guess it's not that user friendly and demanding more of hani's time, hani just stop by to pen few sentences before it's filled with spider webs .. and to hani's silent readers ( know of few ..) tq so much and can add hani at the fb since many photos are uploaded ..

guess a good writer has all the advantages ... hani is writing just for fun and a memoir to my anak cucu

beautiful quotes ..

# when you were 15 years old, i said i love you .. you blushed, you look down and smile ..

when you were 20 years old, i said i love you .. you put your head on my shoulder and hold my hand, afraid that i might disappear ..

when you were 25 years old, i said i love you .. you prepare breakfast and serve it in front of me, and kiss my forehead and said "you better be quick, it's gonna be late .."

when you were 30 years old, i said i love you .. u said "if you really love me, please come back early after work .."

# when you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you

# you get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself

# people pay more attention to what you do that what you say

# doing what we like is freedom, liking what what we do is happiness

# freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better

# everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it

# a beautiful life does not just happen .. it is build daily in humility, sacrifice and love

# the result of anger is more painful than the reason of anger

# life is simple, it's just not easy ..

# map out your future, but do it in pencil

# he that dares not venture must not complain of ill luck

# use your stumbling blocks as stepping stones

# you may not be perfect in many things, but many things cannot be perfect without you

# don't trust too much, don't love too much, don't hope too much ..cos that too much can hurt you too much

# you'll not meet the right person, until you let go the wrong one .. you'll never reach happiness, until you set free all the tears .. you'll never taste freedom, until you open your mind for others .. you'll never feel people's pain, until you witness their struggle ..

wedding preparation

alhamdulillah, within a period of 10 months, we are getting 2 new members to the family and a most welcome to najmi yahya, who's with us since december 2010 and insyaallah in october 2011, khairunnadiah kamaruzzaman will be part of zakaria saat's (zs) clan ..

as a mum and overseeing the whole process, hani noticed that there's a vast difference in the wedding preparation between the bride and groom side. for aamal's wedding, we'd decided to hold the event back in our pondok and many small touches were done much earlier. as the host, many events had to be planned such as the berinai, marhaban, nikah and the reception as well as the bertandang to the man's side. for all events, different caterers and door gifts were chosen ..

as for aliff, only a small reception for majlis menyambut menantu (bertandang) are planned and we'd decided to hold it at 'piasa' in country homes resort. the theme, caterer and door gifts had been identified and taken care. before the majlis akad nikah which is to be held at masjid putrajaya, hani had decided to play host for kelas fardhu ain and doa selamat by datin nik noraini. well, the door gifts for this event had not been chosen yet ..

really pray that aliff and nadia's wedding will be a smooth sailing event .. and all the children will live happily ever after in sakeenah and rahmah

salam eid fitri

another apology for keeping this blog full with spiderwebs .. guess it's not too late to wish all friends (silent / openly) selamat hariraya aidilfitri maaf zahir dan batin ..

for another 2nd consecutive year, we're not celebrating our hariraya in kelantan since papa wanted to be with mak who's not that fine. insyaallah, we'll be home during the eid adha ie: after aliff and nadia's wedding reception. hubby and hani had flew back for a week during the nuzul quran holidays .. it's so good to be with cek and ayoh for iftar and solat terawih

plenty of hariraya photos were uploaded in hani's facebook; as usual the first day is occupied with visiting family members and they came visiting us on the second day ..

ramadhan - alhamdulillah

time flies so fast ... today is already the 10th ramadhan

alhamdulillah, despite of aqeel and najmi only coming back over the weekends, everyday the whole family is breaking fast at home sweet home. normally hani had not been doing lots of cooking but for the fasting month, a little effort is put in. the menu for the day is decided after hubby comes back from work which is around 4 or 5; papa will always buy what he wants and hani's job is just to complement for the additional dishes ..

alhamdulillah, this year hani is blessed since for the first time in 3 years of staying home, hani managed to lead the tadarus quran among closest friends. my only daughter, aamal who'd resigned from work recently is able to be one of them; it's really a bless since hani had been longing for aamal to recite quran and perform solat tarawih kat masjid as she'd been so busy and hectic since college days and uncertain working hours .. all this while, hani had been reciting the quran alone back home and before ramadhan, we decided to form a small group among closest friends to check on our readings. actually a bigger group of muslimah bertadarus kat masjid but hani was begged to do at home ..

as for solat tarawih dibulan ramadhan, as always hani is so eager to be at the mosque; disamping dapat menunaikan kewajipan, hani dapat bertemu kembali dengan makcik2 dan teman2 dari taman yang berdekatan country homes yang akan datang bertarawih dimasjid. ramai kenalan2 baru akan hani jumpai. memandangkan tahun nii, masjid country homes hanya mengadakan solat tarawih sebanyak 8 rakaat sahaja di mana selepas 4 rakaat akan dimanafaatkan dengan tazkirah yang disampaikan oleh penceramah2 jemputan, banyak ilmu2 dan pengetahuan dapat ditimba dan dihayati .. alhamdulillah

sekali lagi, kami tidak dapat menyambut raya di kelantan memandangkan keadaan mak yang tidak mengizinkan, hubby and hani will be flying to pasir mas on the 17th august ie: nuzul quran for 5 days dan dapatlah kami berjumpa dengan cek dan ayah di kampung. really pray that the renovation work is completed since hani's sister, aya had decided to add another 3 rooms and a hall to the existing cek's house. insyaallah, kami akan meluangkan masa untuk menziarah atok, aunties and uncles disamping adinda2. yeah, craving for delicious and yummy kelantanese food, we'll be going round buying and eating ccolek after tarawih in pasir mas nanti .. alhamdulillah

guess after raya puasa nati, we'll be busy with aliff and nadia's wedding preparation and as of now, wedding cards are already with us .. alhamdulillah

terlalu banyak nikmat yang kami kecapi tetapi terlalu sedikit aku membalas jasa2MU .. Ya ALLAH, masukkanlah aku kedalam golongan yang bersyukur dan mendapat rahmatMU ..

salam dearest

it'd been more than a month since hani penned something down. so sorry for the incompetence and bad time management ..

actually for the month of june, we were tied up with nik hafiz and shazana's wedding; hafiz is the son of our immediate neighbour abang khalid and kak tengku rahama and shaza hails from seremban. we were in seremban for majlis akad nikah and bersanding and managed to visit hani's perintis colleague, noran who is recuperating from her illness. a week later, majlis menyambut menantu was held in rawang and hani and family were quite busy with the reception.

my mum-in-law was with us during the weekends and we were so happy to see mak laughing and giggling over p.ramlee's movies on tv. mak is almost her normal self despite some small hiccups here and there ..

aqeel had registered in MSU and he's enrolling the Foundation in Business Management. for this first year, aqeel stayed in the hostel and will be back after class on friday. really pray that aqeel will excel in his studies despite being the student leader for the foundation course ..

early july recently, hani's son-in-law, najmi had pursued his master degree in ALAM melaka for a year and he'll be back every weekend and aamal, who had resigned from her work is still commuting between gombak and rawang; still no sign of hani being a grandma yet, heheehe ..

preparation for aliff's wedding is progressing slowly and we'd confirmed the venue for the reception. the majlis nikah and bersanding for nadia's will be held on saturday 15th october in putrajaya lakeside and a small majlis menyambut menantu will be held on the 29th october at mokhdar resort (formally known as duta palms) in country homes rawang. really pray that all the receptions will be smooth sailing ..

beloved ..

with papa and aqeel, hani had been at home sweet home in pasir mas during the labor day visiting beloved cek & ayoh who'd not been that fine .. was so happy cos both of them had recovered slowly

cek's house is still under renovation cos aya, younger sister had decided to add another 2 more rooms besides another one hall to the house. we'd discussed on the new interior of the house and on hani's small contribution to cek's house.

another sister, ana had bought us dinner at azma's restaurant in pasir pekan, the food was so delicious and yummy especially the nasi kerabu, nasi dagang, laksam and kuih muih tradisional. all of us then left to visit our youngest uncle, poksu ki & family who's staying somewhere near. poksu & family had just been back from a-3-year working stint in labuan sabah and they'd brought along 2 new cars, the new honda accord and toyota wish ..

tho we're there for only 2 days, hani was so happy cos had managed to present small gifts to both cek & ayoh for mother's day ..

27th anniversary ..

this year, it was on tuesday and the kids had decided to celebrate our 27th anniversary at fullhouse giza sunway. najmi had finally arrived home after a 3-month stint in labuan and the next day, is nadia's 26th birthday ..

we were there at 8.30pm and the food ordered was awesome, tq so much najmi. we'd received a set of 4 mugs and bowls from nadia & aliff whereas najmi & aamal had presented mama with chocolates and a carton of cigarettes to mr mama ..

thanks ALLAH for giving me the best despite of small hiccups here and there .. the birth of aliff, aamal & aqeel and seeing them grow to become who they are now is really the joyous moment ..

and to darling dearest, pls stay the way you are cos the inner you had really tied hani down .. insyaallah there will be more glorious and golden anniversaries to celebrate

friends ..

am praying that all hani's friends are in the finest of health and strong wealth. this list will be expanded from time to time and insyaallah, this page will always be edited as and when is necessary ..

guess all of us feel the same when dealing with friends .. the longer we know someone, the closer we feel tho we hardly meet and see them ..

• zakiah ismail - we were classmates in the primaries (year 1 to year 6) before hani left to be in boarding school. being from the same kampung, we tend to cross path once a while till recently, hani was informed she's battling with bone cancer. during hani's short trip back home recently, tried to visit her but she was admitted in husm and no visitors allowed .. praying that 'mek' yah (our clan's nickname) banyak2 bersabar dan tabah menghadapi segalanya

• rohaya abdullah - we are distant cousins but were together in boarding school and used to share beautiful and sweet memories. aya is now happily married and staying far away from us, the clans. we hardly see each other except for family functions and raya celebrations and do really pray that she's as healthy as ever ..

• aznoran mohd noor - another distant cousin and we grew up together in the boarding school. noran is a successful engineer before she suffered from a disease. now, noran is still recuperating in her home sweet home in seremban. berdoa agar noran pulih dan sembuh macam sediakala ..

• naimah othman - known as naim and hailed from kuching sarawak, we were dormates in asrama kenanga itm shah alam during our 1st year diploma. we were from different faculty where naim did insurance and hani was in the engineering. we were closed buddies besides azizah ahmad (food technology) and musirah muhamad (accountancy). all of us went our own ways upon graduating and had never crossed path .. till recently, we managed to meet and rekindled our friendship and sad to know that naim is still alone despite of being so 'hot' in her younger days

• yati - hani didn't really know her full name since we just get acquainted recently. actually yati is the wife to hani's clan, asri muda. soon, they will be leaving to sudan since asri had sworn in to be the malaysian ambassador. tho we'd just met, hani feels that she's just one of us since we clicked immediately. bon voyage to yati & asri and insyaallah, we'll pay you all a visit one day ..

salam salam salam

it'd been a while since nukilan hani was revisited .. nothing and no one is to be blamed except own self since hani is very occupied with 'mim aliff lam sin' MALAS ..

guess hani had been increasing few inches on the waist size and the mind is preoccupied with what's cooking had slower down the activities ..

• had not been going out for jogging since december 2010
• had not been on the treadmill since it's now in state of 'major fault'
• had been baking at least 2 cakes a week - aqeel's home and he loves to eat
• likes to cook lunch and dinner cos now so lazy to go out for simpler meals
• been couch potato for hours in front of tv
• spending more hours on fb

before things get more worst, hani had to change my lifestyle and looking forward to wear a beautiful kebaya on aliff's wedding, inshaallah this coming october .. wish me luck dear friends

aliff is already engaged ..

saturday, 5th march 2011 at 9pm, hani's eldest aliff firdaus was officially engaged to dr khairun nadia kamaruzzaman in desa impiana puchong prima and inshaallah the wedding will be held before hari raya haji this year ..

the entourage from country homes rawang had stopped over at mak ngah's residence in mutiara indah puchong perdana where we'd performed aour maghrib prayers. only the uncles, aunties and cousins mengiringi aliff dengan membawa 5 dulang iringan dan sebentuk cincin merisik; ours was in orange whereas nadia had given us 7 trays with fresh roses and daisies .. tq so much to dearest sister-in-law, kak liza who'd produced beautiful and creative hantaran ..

nadia was so radiant and beautiful in rose pink kebaya labuh and aliff was handosme in the matching baju melayu .. pihak perempuan telah diwakili oleh pak long nadia, datuk abdul aziz whereas en mustaffa had represented aliff .. setelah doa dibacakan oleh imam hanif, kami dijemput untuk menikmati nasi beriani dan kuih muih di tepi kolam renang ..

semoga ikatan kekeluargaan yang terjalin akan berkekalan buat selamanya .. amin amin amin

al fatihah ..

at 1 pm on friday 25th february 2011, pn sabariah ahmad, 44 years old and wife to hani's cousin, ismajuri ismail had passed away in johor bharu hospital after almost 2-years battling with cancer. she'd left behind 3 small boys, izzat 8, irfan 6 and iman 3 years old ..

we had visited her few times in putrajaya hospital before she decided to be with her family in johor .. al fatihah dan semoga roh beliau bersama orang2 yang beriman

old friends meet ..

again, another overdue posting for february ..

credit to facebook since it'd helped us to get acquainted with old friends again .. after more than 3o years, hani was able to meet pn musirah who majored in accounting, pn azizah who'd done food technology and cik naimah, focusing in insurance and hani, with my electrical engineering way year 1979 .. we were dorm mates in our first year at asrama kenanga itm shah alam .. since then, we went our ways and had not crossed path, till we meet again on the 16th february in subang parade ..

naimah or well known as naim had came all the way from kuching sarawak and staying put at mus's residence in kota damansara and btw, mus who's now also a full time housewife had just been back from a 3-year stint in vietnam. zah is still working in the food industry and residing in subang jaya .. our good, naughty and mischievous young days were reflected back, lots of giggling and laughing had prolonged our lunch and everybody was so eager for updates .. we then retreat to zah's house before waiting for hubby to fetch us and called it a day ..

mus and naim had then decided to come over to hani's pondok the next day and it's a pity since zah couldn't make it cos she's working .. despite of the long silence, we'd not changed much except for the physical sizes and till we meet again dear all .. take care

renungan di pagi ahad

JANGAN MENCARI TERLALU SEMPURNA (COPY & PASTE FROM DR FADZILAH KAMSAH)

BUAT PEDOMAN BERSAMA

Jika kamu memancing ikan.... Setelah ikan itu terlekat di mata kail, hendaklah kamu mengambil ikan itu.... Janganlah sesekali kamu LEPASKAN ia semula ke dalam air begitu saja.... Karena ia akan SAKIT oleh kerana bisanya ketajaman mata kailmu dan mungkin ia akan MENDERITA selagi ia masih hidup.

Begitulah juga ......... Setelah kamu memberi banyak PENGHARAPAN kepada seseorang... Setelah ia mulai MENYAYANGIMU hendaklah kamu MENJAGA hatinya.... Janganlah sesekali kamu meninggalkannya begitu saja.... Kerana dia akan TERLUKA oleh kenangan bersamamu dan mungkin TIDAK dapat MELUPAKAN segalanya selagi dia mengingatmu....

Jika kamu menadah air biarlah berpada, jangan terlalu mengharap pada takungannya dan janganlah menganggap ia begitu teguh.... cukuplah sekadar keperluanmu.... Apabila sekali ia retak.... tentu sukar untuk kamu menambalnya semula.... Akhirnya ia dibuang.... Sedangkan jika kamu cuba memperbaikinya mungkin ia masih dapat dipergunakan lagi....

Begitu juga jika kamu memiliki seseorang, TERIMALAH seadanya.... Janganlah kamu terlalu mengaguminya dan janganlah kamu menganggapnya begitu istimewa.... Anggaplah dia manusia biasa. Apabila sekali dia melakukan KESILAPAN bukan mudah bagi kamu untuk menerimanya.... akhirnya kamu KECEWA dan meninggalkannya. Sedangkan jika kamu MEMAAFKANNYA boleh jadi hubungan kamu akan TERUS hingga ke akhirnya....

Jika kamu telah memiliki sepinggan nasi... yang kamu pasti baik untuk dirimu. Mengenyangkan. Berkhasiat. Mengapa kamu berlengah, cuba mencari makanan yang lain.. Terlalu ingin mengejar kelezatan. Kelak, nasi itu akan basi dan kamu tidak boleh memakannya. Kamu akan menyesal.

Begitu juga jika kamu telah bertemu dengan seorang insan..... yang pasti membawa KEBAIKAN kepada dirimu. MENYAYANGIMU... MENGASIHIMU... Mengapa kamu berlengah, cuba MEMBANDINGKANNYA dengan yang lain. Terlalu mengejar kesempurnaan. Kelak, kamu akan KEHILANGANNYA apabila dia menjadi milik orang ain Kamu juga yang akan MENYESAL....

brief updates

so sorry since hani had not been that active in updating nukilan hani; mostly it's due to me spending most of my time on facebook and getting ready for aliff's engagement which is due soon ..

• now, sabariah ahmad, wife to cousin, ismajuri ismail is in coma in putrajaya hospital since the cancer cells had spread to her brain
• najmi had left to work and yesterday, aamal's parked swift was knocked by a lorry, had smashed the rear portion of the car
• after marriage, aamal had been accompanying her mom-in-law, who's all alone in sri gombak and nearer to her last project (panggilan in ulu langat) before she calls it quit
• after months of not reading friends' blogs, was so sad to hear that datin dalilah tamrin of onebreastbouncing.blogspot.com had left us end of july last year - al-fatihah

mommy

love this and had copied and paste from datin rosilah's fb:

ALL ABOUT MOMMY:-

3yrs old: "Mommy, I love you".

10 yrs old: "Mom whatever!"

16 yrs old:"My Mom is so annoying"!

...18 yrs old: "I wanna leave this house".

25 yrs old: "Mom, you were right".

30 yrs old: "I wanna go back to my Mom's house".

50 yrs old: "I don't wanna lose my Mom".

70 yrs old: "I would give up EVERYTHING for my Mom to be here with me."

You...... only have 1 Mom.

to my mom, cek .. ani sayang sangat and thank you so much for everything

2011 ..

it's almost a month in the new year 2011 and hani foresee many more beautiful and memorable events gonna happen this year .. had welcomed mohd najmi yahya as the son-in-law at the end of 2010 and inshaallah, we'll be welcoming dr khairun nadia kamaruzzaman as the daughter in law, latest by the end of this year

• preparing for eldest son, aliff's engagement to nadia which is due on saturday, 3rd march in puchong prima; we'd agreed on 5 to 7 trays
• aqeels' spm result will normally be released in march and aqeel is really interested to be a pilot, thus we'll be working towards achieving his dream
• my youngest sister, ayu inshaallah will be tying her knot this year and guess hani will be commuting often from kl to kb
• inshaallah, kalau ada rezeki, hani will be a granny this year ...

last but not least, sama ngan doa selepas tiap2 kali solat

• ampunilah dosaku, dosa kedua ibubapaku, dosa suamiku dan dosa anak2 ku, dosa muslimin & muslimat serta mukminin & mukminat
• berkatilah hidup kami dan murahkanlah rezeki kami sekeluarga
• masukkanlah kami sekeluarga kedalam golongan orang yang beriman dan mendapat petunjukmu
• kurniakanlah aku anak2 yang cemerlang di dunia dan akhirat
• kurniakanlah aku menantu2 yang soleh dan solehah serta dari keturunan yang baik2
• kekal serta tambahkanlah nikmatmu
• jauhilah kami sekeluarga dari sebarang malapetaka dan penyakit2 merbahaya
• panjangkanlah usiaku dan suamiku serta afiatkanlah mental dan fizikal kami
• akhirilah hidupku dengan kalimah ashhadu allailaa haillallah ..

jalan2 cari makan ..

we decided to take a short break after aamal & najmi's wedding and immediately after the newly weds are back from their honeymoon in hong kong, all in the family are off for jalan2 cari makan in penang. we were there on the 8th - 9th january and had stayed in a 2-rooms suite in the gurney hotel.

before accomplishing our mission for nasi kandar, pasembor, rojak, laksa asam, chow kuetiau, sotong and ikan bakar, we were having fun with the beach volleyball, futsal, checkers, snooker and the sauna besides their swimming pool .. we'd also toured the night market at the feringghi beach and bought our normal collection of cds and other stuffs ..

after checking out from the gurney, we'd managed to visit my sister-in-law, zu and family who had just migrated to kulim. our mission continued to sungai dua for the delicious mee udang and mee goreng udang .. alhamdulillah

majlis bertandang

majlis bertandang atau lebih dikenali sebagai majlis menyambut menantu telah diadakan pada keesokan harinya iaitu ahad 19hb disember. keluarga najmi telah mengadakan kenduri di dewan beringin seri gombak. aamal dan najmi telah mengenakan sepersalinan songket off white dan rombongan kami telah disambut dengan paluan kompang dan makanan2 yang enak .. terima kasih kepada famili dan kawan terdekat yang telah bersama2 memeriahkan majlis bertandang ini

majlis persandingan

majlis persandingan telah diadakan keesokan harinya iaitu sabtu, 18hb disember juga bertempat di pondok kami. the whole family had agreed to wear shades of red to blend with the white worn by the bride and groom .. with GOD blessed, the weather was so fine and clear, alhamdulillah

we'd catered nasi beriani with ayam goreng berempah, daging masak hitam, sambal sotong, dalca, rojak buah and tea corner with soto, kuih bakar, bengkang and bubur kacang besides tea tarik and kopi o .. tq so much to families and friends, old and new yang datang dari jauh semata2 untuk meraikan majlis perkahwinan aamal and najmi

akad nikah

majlis akad nikah antara muhamad najmi yahya dan aamal farhain zakaria telah diadakan pada hari jumaat 17hb disember pukul 3 petang di pondok kami. dengan hanya sekali lafaz, aamal telah sah menjadi isteri najmi dan sepanjang majlis pernikahan, hujan rahmat telah turun dengan lebatnya ..

pihak lelaki telah membawa 7 dulang hantaran dan pihak kami telah membalas dengan 9 dulang hantaran. hantaran dari pihak lelaki in lilac and silver termasuk mas kahwin sebanyak rm3 ribu, wang hantaran dalam bentuk cek, seutas rantai dan loket, seutas gelang dan cincin di samping jam tangan, beg, kasut, shades, perfumes, quran, chocolates dan sirih junjung. pihak kami telah menggunakan red dipped roses sebagai bunga didulang hantaran dan ianya terdiri dari sirih, cincin, jam, pen, jerseys, wallet dan belt, perfumes, cake dan terjemahan alquran ..

setelah majlis akad nikah, tetamu telah diraikan dengan western food seperti kambing bakar, chicken wings and drumsticks, mushroom soup, garlic bread, spaghetti, corn dan macam2 lagi ..

marhaban ..

majlis bacaan yassin dan marhaban oleh kumpulan wanita, kawan2 fardhu ainku telah selamat dijalankan pada pagi jumaat bermula dari jam 10 pagi dan telah diketuai oleh puan hajjah haliza. yang diraikan, aamal telah dijemput turun oleh puan hajjah hasanah, datin seri nuritun dan puan siti norhayati .. beberapa buah lagu dari kelas datin nik telah dialunkan oleh kumpulan kami dengan merdunya dan suara hajjah liza begitu syahdu sekali .. kumpulan marhaban telah sepakat untuk mengenakan jubah abaya hitam dan majlis ini berjaya disempurnakan sebelum pukul 11.30 pagi ..

mereka dijamukan dengan laksam yang telah ditempah khas dari ampang dan kuih2 yang telah dibawa oleh kak faizah; jemputan telah dihadiahkan dengan beg kertas yang berisi beg duit kecil, tasbih dan bunga telur .. tq all for the support

solat hajat & berinai kecil

cek dan ayah telah selamat sampai di pondok kami seminggu lebih awal .. aya & famili tiba pada hari rabu dengan pesawat manakala ana & keluarga sampai pada petang khamis setelah seharian berada di jalan raya .. anak bongsu ku aqeel tiba dari asrama setelah selesai menjawab electrical papernya ..

hari khamis, selepas isyak dengan dihadiri oleh kawan2 terdekat telah diadakan solat hajat yang telah diimamkan oleh imam muda masjid bdr country homes, ustaz hanif ahmad. doa dipinta agar majlis pernikahan dan persandingan antara aamal dan najmi dapat dijalankan dengan sempurna dan dalam cuaca yang baik .. jamuan ringkas seperti sate, nasi impit dan kuah kacang serta kueh mueh telah dihidangkan ..

majlis berinai kecil telah dimulakan oleh cek, ibuku sebelum disusuli oleh kak melini, kak asiah, kak faizah dan cikgu sharifah. aamal telah memilih untuk berinai secara tradisional dan inai telah disediakan oleh kak asiah di rumahnya .. terima kasih semua