Tuesday, July 26, 2005

RAIST time !!! July 30th & Orphanage Collection

Assalammualaikum,

A group of "excited mothers" in BJ would like to invite your kids and
you ... all parents ... to our July Readaloud & Islamic Storytelling
(RAIST) session.

Venue : Masjid Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam .
Time : 1030am-12pm
Date : July 30th 2005 / Saturday
Reader : Mama Nita of Jalan Kubah (012-2136155)
Age : 4 – 8 years old
Fee : NO FEE !!! Donations for the sessions can be directed to
Hasnah/Rusiah
Refreshment will be provided.


This month session is in conjunction with Orphange Collection fr
Asrama Penyayang Nur Iman (APNI) Kampung Bandar Dalam, Sentul, Kuala
Lumpur under the care of Ustazah Sarimah Ali 03-40222404 / 019-
2519082 .
Bring along "reasonably usable" clothes, children books, shoes to be
donated to the kids of APNI.
Be gently reminded that we are EXPECTING ALL POTENTIAL DONOR TO BE SENSIBLE.

If you wish to donate cash, please do speak with Hasnah (012-3341744) / Rusiah (019-2070805) . Alternatively you can donate directly via AM
Finance no. 2272021000327 .

Collection will be done only on SATURDAY 30TH JULY 2005 !!!
InsyaAllah, ASAP some of us will be sending the "gifts" to the
orphanage in the coming week.

Some photos for yr view ...
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/raziqaiman4/album?.dir=/272f

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/raziqaiman4/detail?.dir=/ae02&.dnm=c09d.j
pg&.src=ph



Below is a sajak by my friend, Shafinaz … a mother of 7 kids ... may this sajak be able to touch our heart ...

dalam kesusahan kepayahan kita
ada lagi yang lebih menderita
dalam perit derita mencari nafkah
anak anakku masih terbela

susah anak anak ibu Shafinaz
roti, sausage, cheese tak pernah putus
ibu nuggetnya habis, telur tinggal sedikit
dan dalam menghela nafas ke hulu hilir
masih sempat dan masih mampu belikan segala yang di pinta
kasih sayang, insyaAllah tak putus
makan pakai, insyaAllah masih cukup
masih tak bersyukurkan anak anak ibu?

anak anak di sana?
dimana kasih sayang?
menumpang kasih sayang ibunya orang
syukur nak, masih ada yang simpati
masih ada yang mahu memberi sesuap nasi
masih ada yang sanggup menghabis keringat
menjaga mendidik anak anak itu
walaupun bukan darah dagingnya
walau bukan saudara mara, jiran tetangganya

ibu Sarimah
sungguh suci hatimu ibu
aku masih perit letih dengan kerenah anak anakku
aku hilang sabar dengan jerit pekik darah dagingku
tetapi ibu Sarimah...
hati mu?
apa ada di hati mu?
apa tersirat di sanubarimu ?
apa rahsia menyimpan sejuta kasih sejuta sayang
mendidik mengasuh tanpa jemu..
demi apa?
tak mungkin wang ringgit yang dipinta
tak mungkin pangkat dan harta di mata

semoga tabah Ibu Sarimah
semoga sabar
hanya ALLAH yang mampu membalas jasa

july 2005 - Syafinaz - a mother of 7 kids



wassalam,
Ninuk Noviati Sachlin for the BJMuslimah Excited Mothers Gang.

To upgrade or not to upgrade - Finally NOT TO UPGRADE Yeeee !!! lega !!!

Sometimes it is good to let our "angan-angan" wonder around sekejap - but not for long. This time angan-angan nak pindah rumah ! This topic we have to "Jangan Berhenti Berharap"

The first house buy we made was 8 years ago. We moved in to our firstly "bought" house 6 years ago. It's a 2015 sq ft built up with a tiny little compound at the front and another tiny little compound at the back of the house.
The porch can accomodate the Oddesey and Lek's Kelisa. Ayah's blue Kelisa always parked outside the gate. His favorite spot.
We've enuf space for the permanent members of the house. Ayah, Mak, Lek, Bibi and the 4 sons. We've always can accomodate visitors who frequent our house all year round. Since Mak is not too crazy about cooking, the little kitchen is enuf.
And we do get along well with the neighbours along the road. That's important.

Why we feel we need to upgrade ?
1) To get separate bathroom for Lek's room and the boys's room. The boys are getting bigger by the day.
2) To hv 2 rooms downstairs for elderly visit, Eyang and those in the same time zone.
3) To hv enuf space for all the 3 cars inside the gate.
4) To hv enuf room/space for our year round visitors. We do welcome our visitors and our intention is to hv them as comfy as possible while visiting.
5) To hv more land for Eyang's and Bibi's green fingers.
6) To hv more space for future additional sons and daughters.
7) dan lain-lain .

BUT Ayah prefer to stay put at BJ and the house price at BJ is CRAZILY EXPENSIVE !
If given choice Mak want to get an apartment a pentsuite or something closer to Sect7 so we do not hv to travel a distance to make our frequent visit to Azfar. That will cost us only a fraction comparatively with the price of the new house in BJ (with the 3369 sq feet built up and 3960 land area).

Uhhh fenin kefala. Let's just see how the loan processing goes and if any interesting deal come out with this current house. If they give us 95% loan - TROPIKA1 Tiang Seri !!!! we are coming to you :) If they give us merely 80% ... we'll stay put at Jln Kubah.

Or may be we should go for umrah first and later we won't feel too guilty if we're to "commit suicide" by buying the TROPIKA ...

Wednesday, July 20, 2005


Clean & organized book rack & Ayah's working table. July 05. Let's count how long will this last !

Monday, July 18, 2005


Azfar reading books - age 5yo

Aceh in June 05

Entry courtesy of my dear cousin - Ade Dian of Pekan Baru, Riau, Sumatra.


Aceh July 2005

Caption for the left photo :
Bulan Juni lalu saya antar 2 orang teman warga Inggris keturunan Pakistan yang menyampaikan donasi dari warga Muslim di Walsall UK ke Aceh. Perjalanan yang sangat mengesankan melihat kuasa Tuhan yang begitu besar. Manusia benar-benar tidak ada apa-apanya dihadapanNya. Melihat kenyataannya di lapangan, sangat berbeda dengan melihat di TV. Di lapangan, kita ikut merinding membayangkan betapa dahsyatnya tsunami pada saat itu.

Setelah 6 bulan dilanda Tsunami, 90% penduduk Aceh masih tinggal di tenda atau barak. Gambar dibelakang saya adalah sebuah Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Diesel (PLTD) yang sebelumnya terapung di laut, terbawa sejauh 2 km ke tengan perkampungan penduduk. Besar PLTD ini kira-kira setengah lapangan bola.

Caption for the right photo :
Mesjid ini benar-benar kokoh. Dia adalah bangunan yang paling dekat dengan pantai dan mendapat terjangan ombak paling besar. Sekarang kondisinya masih 70-80% ok, sedangkan hampir seluruh bangunan sejauh 5 kilometer kearah daratan tinggal puing-puingnya saja. Untuk pembangunan mesjid dan mushala, saudara kita di Aceh hanya menerima sumbangan dari perseorangan muslim atau organisasi muslim saja.

Saturday, July 09, 2005


the girls ...

50+ kids under 10 waiting "lembikly" untuk berbuka puasa ... suasana di SRIP Shah Alam semasa program Qiam 2005

Anas pun dah tak larat

Menunggu waktu berbuka ...

Qiam 2005 ctd'


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Rahman waiting for the Berbuka Puasa ... muka letih tak ?

Friday, July 08, 2005

Expenses & Rezeki

Ayah’s salary go to our joint account. Mak deduct standard amount 123456789RM then xfer online to Mak's account. Balance xfer online to Ayah’s account. Then Mak start issuing cheques or do the M2u payment or stack up some cash to pay for cash payment.
Cukup tak cukup, tampung fm Mak’s salary.

Everytime Ayah got increment, the monthly standard amount increase accordingly thus reducing Mak’s salary contribution to the family expenses. Of course, sometimes also the family expenses grow exponentially. But somehow we manage.

There are times when money are tighter than normal :
a) beginning of the year ; school’s registration fee, uniform, books etc
b) the months when car road tax expire ; hv to buy car insurance, pay roadtax
c) the month when Bibi’s working permit expires ; hv to pay FOMEMA for medical checkup and also to pay Immigration
d) festival season ; hv to spend extra for the festival celebration
e) tension months ; extra a few here and there unplanned therapy shopping
f) birth of a baby ; pay hospital, mengurut expenses, aqiqah and buy some baby needs + mommy needs
g) car breakdown/accidents ; mahalnya parts for Honda ! well the maintenance for kelisa is not cheap juga !
h) school holidays ; traveling visiting friends and relatives. Nanti anak tak kenal sedara pula. This expenses are well invested though
i) Bibi balik kampung ; kasi sikit bonus for her year round service

Allah has given enuf for us all these years, for our NEED list. Knowing WISH list will never be fully fulfilled pun !
Of course with the expansion of family members, the rezeki also has increased adequately – Alhamdullilah.

Thursday, July 07, 2005

SRIP QIAM 2005


I am ready to go for SRIP Qiam 2005. Bangun sahur pukul 5 pagi dan kena puasa.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

3 Demitians ... psstt .... coming soon a new addition !


3 Demitians at The Great Ocean Road, Melbourne, Australia. 2004



3 Demitians at Kelate Beach 2004


3 Demitians 2004

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Boys in their Gamis


3 out of 4 ... Rahman, Aziz & Uqbah

Uqbah in Gamis


Uqbah 2.4 year old ...

Monday, July 04, 2005

Rezeki dari Allah utk kami

"Barangsiapa mencari rezeki yang halal dengan niat untuk menjaga diri supaya tidak minta-minta, dan berusaha untuk mencukupi keluarganya, serta supaya dapat ikut berbelas kasih (membantu tetangganya), maka kelak dia akan bertemu Allah (di akhirat) sedang wajahnya bagaikan bulan di malam purnama." (Riwayat Thabarani)

1) Ayah's good news for the family :
YYY,
I think this is a well deserved raise and AAA's work efforts are
greatly appreciated by the management . The raise to 123456789 RM and the proposed fully paid ABC and DEF is approved.

Best Rgds
XXX

2) Mak's good news for the family :
Mr. ITSG Boss drop by at my cubicle this evening to confirm that 6 months PROBATION is over and I am now a CONFIRMED employee. (weeei it's 2 weeks overdue !!! but i was told in this company anything overdue 2 weeks are good olredi).
No salary increment or benefits addition though for passing the PROBATION :(
It is just that now they CAN'T sack me 24hr notice and for me, I need to give 3 mths notice should I want to leave the company.

Oh oh ! one thing though - i can now exercise my 30+ day annual leave :)
Cuti jangan tak cuti ...

Sunday, July 03, 2005

ROTI PAU TERENGGANU

For your next action ! Any queries/pertanyaan/soalan sila ajukan kepada
Mbak Ria at ria@MACGDI.GOV.MY
Bahan-Bahannya
1. ½ sudu teh yis mauripan
2. ½ kilo gandum
3. 1 biji telur
4. 10 sudu makan gula
5. 2 sudu makan planta


CARA MEMBUAT
Persiapan awal :

A. yis mauripan + 5 sudu makan air + jadikan sebati + 2 sudu makan gandum + gaul hingga sebati dan biarkan naik ± 1 jam
B. larutkan gula dengan 2 cawan air
C. cairkan planta di atas api sederhana


Penyediaan Dough
1. A + telur → gaul hingga sebati
2. masukkan B (sedikit demi sedikit) + gandum (sedikit demi sedikit) hingga menjadi dough yang boleh dibentuk
3. masukkan C dan gaulkan hingga rata (dough akan mudah dibentuk dan tidak mudah melekat pada tangan)
4. tutup dengan kain yang dibasahkan
5. biarkan dough naik ± 2 jam
6. bentukkan bulat-bulat di loyang/pyrex yang telah disapu planta
7. biarkan naik ± 1 jam
8. sebelum dibakar sapukan (cotek kan) sedikit planta ditengah-tengah setiap bulatan yang telah dibentuk
9. bakar selama ± 15 minit
10. angkat dan sapukan planta merata ketika masih panas

Friday, July 01, 2005


Uqbah & Rizul (Fazidah's son). Enjoying a snack !