my Atok

has finally return to where he originally comes from.

He departs yesterday morning - obeying Allah's command.

Al-Fatihah.

Sibling's Day Out!

Finally. . .

Alhamdulillah

;)

I believe ~

haha!! I'm joking people.. I'm too lazy.. That is! Weekends are no longer a holiday for me for the past few months. Family duty need to be fulfilled and stuff. I've also got kursus this coming weekend - 2 full days! :/

I miss lazying around :p

I miss being potato couch.. :/

Oh God.. Help me.. please..

Syukran Abang..

for this dedication ;)

Wishing,

I can have this view before me for real.

Subhanallah!

My favorite men :)

Abah & My Imam.

Abah is not well - he's admitted at SJMC. Somehow, I'm sort of 'glad' he's sick. First, I get to visit him and 2nd he can use this time to have a very good rest. Reaching 60 but he's still working as if he just started his 1st job - committed as ever. May Allah bless you, Abah :)

Again, alhamdulillah - I also got a chance to meet my baby : Aida! It's been ages since we last met. I miss her so much. Hope to have more dates with her soon, amin.

May Allah reward both of you handsomely duniawi wa ukhrawi for all your love, care, attention and sacrifices.

Ya Allah.. :)

Hope to istiqamah...

amin.

It's been awhile,

since I last took picture of My Imam. This is the latest one.

:)

Dear (my) Halle Berry,

a.k.a Kak Mun. Thank you for the night out ;) I really enjoyed myself.

Glad to have a break after the hectic schedule and to have a person I love - accompanying me.

Alhamdulillah.

*(please) notice my red handbag? it's Liz Clairborne again~! I love this brand. LOVE.LOVE.LOVE it!

Kak Mun mentioned, my skin look pale and tired. I can't believe this! So I HAD to buy this mask. I never used Skin Food before, I'm gonna give it a try. See how it goes. I recently heard on tv - ladies reaching 25 have to start using anti-aging products already. already? already. (aiya.. feel so old) :/

p/s: notice the handsome hunk in the 2nd pic? yes, it's Hans! we met him at Starbucks. Then Kak Mun pun ckp, mesti u post pasal Hans kan? Of course, jejaka handsome layak masuk blog I. hahaha.

Abang, you are still the most handsome-mest man in my life.

I love you. See you tonight!!

I'm struggling ;/

to do my lesson plan. I'm suffocating just the mere thought of having it done. If only I have this space (in the pic), sure I'm able to have it complete ;/ [ ceh! alasan! caiyok2 ina!]

:)

I finally found a jemaah that suits me, alhamdulillah.

May ' Taufiq wa Hidayah'

be (always mine &) hers, amin.

Gorgeous cartoons!

I'm trying to balance,

or should I say - to juggle?

I'm trying not to separate my daily activities from the spiritual content insyaAllah. Simple daily Sunnah ; entering toilet with left leg & doa, eating with right hand, cutting fingernails on (either) Monday, Thursday or Friday are simple basic Sunnah, I'm trying to get myself accustomed to.

Begin every little thing with Bismillah is my other mini little effort in my behavior, I'm trying to turn to habit. Busy having my mind travelling from Italy, India and Indonesia (while reading Eat, Pray, Love) , busy having myself equipped with counseling psychology knowledge and skills, busy searching methods in effective teaching : (alhamdulillah) make me realize I put (almost) no effort on working on my spiritual part.

The 'alhamdulillah' part is is for the awareness spark, Allah instill within me to refresh, recall, re-energize & recharge my Iman.

So to my mini library - I went.

Based on my hunch, I chose this book.

It was one the gift from my Imam when we were engaged ;)

I guess the reason why I'm attracted to the book - the cover girl is wearing niqab!

to take baby step to achieve mardhotillah,amin.

p/s : let's begin with Lailaha Ilallah, zikr in our qalb - always.

Taking another step?

Am I ready?

My Imam is in full support of this idea. I have my niqab wearing practice regularly by now. surprise.. surprise.. I am physically (fully) covered but yet feel so free (and at peace).

;)

Not all children

are easy to like.

Right?

Abang, when is our next holiday?

I want to go Thailand.

With Prof. Dr. Alini ;)

Khalifah Model School Director.

I believe,

healthy relationship is a relationship which I can grow emotionally, intellectually and psychologically.

I feel secure when we are together or even when we are apart. I can expect loyalty as I would return the same. I'd receive adequate amount of attention, just so I can feel that yes, that person loves me. However, if I am in a relationship that makes me suffocates - insyaAllah I won't stop the sillaturahim (as Allah forbids it). I'd adjust to it accordingly. I'd just go with the flow.

So now, I'd just go with the flow.

Comel!

Reminiscing :)

I miss my Nyonya(s)...

Fave corner

at my home sweet home.

Visiting Kak Hani ;)

Dear Kak Hani (& family), congratulations on the newborn.

;)

MasyaAllah!

Liz Clairborne ~

Some of the accessories that make me complete.

Currently reading :

these two ;)

I asked one of my students recently.

Me : "Faris, do you understand my teaching?"

Faris : (without hesitate / even the look of feeling guilty) "Sometimes."

Me : erk? "Oooookkkkaaayyy, thank you for being honest."

Faris : "No problem."

Well, the conversation made me convinced I'm a not-so-effective- teaching-kinda-teacher. At least, not yet! Driven by the answer, I found myself 'hunting' for a book at Kinokuniya, trying to find something that would help me to teach.

Educational Psychology!

(The book does help, I had it browsed recently. It helps.)

My little khalifah(s) possess all the talents and abilities you could imagine. InsyaAllah I don't want any of it to go waste due to my lack of expertise in teaching. Let's say by purchasing this book - is my baby step to become an effective teacher, amin.

The 2nd book : Clinical Practice of Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescent is meant to help my therapy session with my students.

My counselling session normally went stuck in the middle, sometimes even got tangled and scattered just everywhere. I feel bad for not being able to help these children. Alhamdulillah this book is helping me step by step.

p/s : InsyaAllah I'd share the content of these two books soon. I found out my readers are interested in my post titled, Marva Collin's Way. If you want to be an effective loving teacher, I highly recommend you read her books. It's truly inspiring insyaAllah.