Lab Pae Ati

Jez would like to share an email i received from my friend today...a very beautiful urdu poem penned by a poet named 'Allama Iqbal', known as the 'poet of the east' i was informed... :)

thank you mia for emailing it to me!

Switched on ikim.fm this morning, they were life-interviewing Irfan Makki. He sang a couple of lines from Lab Pae Ati, it was very melancholic (tangkap sayu tiba-tiba), even though I do not understand Urdu... He said it was originally a poem by a Pakistani poet. Every Pakistani knows it by heart, it is like an anthem to them. Yeah, a good one just like his other songs (or nasheed). He admitted that he was once mistaken for Michael Jackson, that was before, when they thought MJ sang nasheed.

Lab pe aati hai dua ban kay tamana meri

May longing comes to my lips as supplication of mine O Allah!

Zindagi sham’a key surat ho Khudaya meri

May like the candle be the life of mine O Allah!

Ho maray dam say younhi meray watan key zeenat

May my homeland through me attain elegance

Jis tarah phool say hoti hai chaman ki zenat

As the garden through flowers attains elegance

Zindgi hoo maray parwanay key surat Ya Rab!

May my life like that of the moth be, O Allah!

Ilm ki sham’a say ho mujko muhabat Ya Rub!

May I love the lamp of knowledge, O Allah!

Ho mara kaam ghareeboon key himayat kerna

May supportive of the poor my life’s way be

Dard mandoon say za’ieefoon say muhabbat karna

May loving the old, the suffering my way be

Maray Allah! burai say bachana mujhko

O Allah! Protect me from the evil ways

Naik jo rah hoo us raah pay chalana mujh ko

Show me the path leading to the good ways

T_T

scrabble!

This has always been my fav board game during weekend...my opponent has always been the one and only huddy, the baby in the family....this was taken last weekend...kalau tengok markah sikit2...sebab kitorg main kejap2 je...ade lunch break then main baru...keluar gi jalan2 kt alamanda...pastu game baru...it's the sequence of short games...saje nak kasi hot budak kecik tu sbb die asyik kalah...haha!!!

weehuuuuuu....berjaya membuat hud sangat bengang.... :D

the day i turned twenny six. :)

i'm officially twenny six years old....a year older and a year wiser insyaAllah... :)

the surprise carrot cake on my table this morning....my staff, kak noorlie made it....fresh from the oven y'all... :D it's one of my fav...cos it has like crunchy walnut inside which makes it interesting... :D

the almost finished ice-cream cake my bos bought for me... :) vanilla and strawberry my fav! yeayy!

thank you to my brother akib for treating us pizza last weekend...;) thank you to my family for the nice parker pen...love it! thank u encik boyfren for the most thoughful birthday message which has made my day....thank you everyone for cheering me up on my day!

from the bottom of my heart, thank you! my prayers will always be with you....

Warna-warni Aidilfitri bersama TMN9!

yesterday was our TM Negeri Sembilan open day!

our theme was Warna-warni kampung TM where all every units are assigned to their food stall or "kampung".... :D all the kampungs are named after the kampung names in Negeri Sembilan like Kg Sepri, Kg Sri pilah, Kg Tanjung, Kg Geliu, Kg Batu Peti

and ours is Kg Sg Jernih! (the support group) - theme: Kampung Nelayan. rationale: sebab our kampung is serving drinks and desert.. :p~~ will share the picture once i got em...

this year, for the first time, i'm incharged of the invitation and protocol committee...invitation before the event, protocol during the event...i'm also incharge of all the usherettes on that day...habis event i pengsan...zzz...hehehehehe...nevertheless, it was a great experience...next time insyaAllah dah dpt gambaran dan idea nak buat ape... :)

the usherettes...

iman in action! heee~~~ mcm sibuk je kan???hahahaha...kaki sakit tapi muka dh locked expression senyum je... :p~~~ hihi...salah sarung heels, should have wear the one with thicker base....

the winning team did it again!

Looking at the picture below, no doubt that we deserved to win!

"1st place for NGO & swasta category"

the winning team did it again... :)

tho we have "Petronas" team behind us was trying to confuse us with the left and right (hehehehe) nakal petronas nih.... :p~~ but alhamdulillah we stayed focus the entire 1.5 km march...

our team!!!

thanks to our trainer En Nazri & En Md Noor for the endless support and many useful tips...hehehe....thank you juga kerana bagi pinjam boot PLKN....

tips dari saya untuk mengelakkan kaki dr melecet....untuk perempuan sila letak pad dlm kasut and wear 2 layers of knee length socks...heheeheh...sangat selesa! :D i've tried with panty liner during the rehersal...not thick enough to protect my feet...hahah! bercakap dari pengalaman ye... :p~~~

and below is the picture of our SGM and ketua kontinjen receiving the mock cheque from MB.... :)

Congratulation to the TM Negeri Sembilan team! I really admire your hardwork, comitment, support, positive attitude and the winning spirit! i'm so proud to be part of the team....insyaAllah will join the team again next year!

unexpected love note...

This story :) of a girl and a boy is new.

but it can't be told in just few words.

Separated from each other when we are made for each other.

As I love you I got the whole world but never thought ur shadow will be miles away,

Oh! God y did u show me such a dream.

Every moment of our talk is unknown to everything else.

You're in every feeling and ur story in every memory of mine.

The whole day passes. The whole night I'm awake. Just your thoughts troubling me every moment.

The pain is saying dat the distance shud be erased that exist between you and me. :)

I JUST CAN'T EXPRESS MY FEELING IN FEW WORDS.

have good rest dear one.

Sweet dreams!

Lots of hug and kisses 4u ;)

Read the text from him this morning...it was sent last night at 12:04:03am...i was already asleep..yesterday was pretty tiring day for me...but i kinda find it sweet to get up in the morning to read it... ;)

happy tuesday ppl!

raya kami berwarna oren..

yeayyy! atlast dapat jugak beraya rumah kawan2....kali ni plan dgn tira beraya ke rumah anis dgn azie..... :D banyak giler makan kt rumah diorg sebab dtg membawa perut yang kosong...hihihi...tak senonoh betul perangai! :c

Kebetulan! semua pakai baju oren pulak hrni....maklumlah tiga2 staff TM yang komited :) lepas beraya rumah azie & anis...ramai2 lah kami naik myvi azie yang juga berwarna oren....sedondon gitu...eheee... :) kali ni pergi rumah aimran plak...

seronok jalan2 harini...lepas ni plan kami *ice croom* plak...hehehehe..somebody in the car mentioned bout ice room....and somebody tersasul tersebut ice croom....ice cream + ice room = ice croom....plan nak sambut birthday iman dgn anis kt sana....heheh...tapi kena ingat kan iman lah ye pls kawan2... ;) kawan awk sorg ni memang pelupa sikit... :p~~~

till then.

marry me...

such a beautiful song...perfect for my wedding...chewah! mcm la dh nak kawen sgt kan... :p~~~

The ants go marching!~

it has been a very very veryyyy loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time since i last join marching....yes we have it for tiaranita day every year but that was not as serious as this one... :p we have been chosen to represent our company for independent day celebration in Negeri Sembilan this 16 September 2011. :D and i'm super proud of it!

we were sent to Kem Rasah to train with the army...lol! berdebar-debar uols! (takut kena jerit) yelah...i kan bermasalah nk translate kanan kiri dalam otak i....lol! tapi so far masih ok...baru sekali je salah pusing sebab terberangan sekejap.. :p~~~

first day gave me headache! of course it was because of the heat...and 2nd and 3rd day let's just assume that i'm getting used to it...hihi...here's some picture taken by Pn Samidah (she just train for first 1 and a half hour cos she's super talented doesn't need lotsa training....NOT! hehe...she's actually doing the voluntary 6 days fasting in syawal...so that's why... :)

This one is under the command of stand at ease....but it looks here more like stand easy to me...tak reti duduk diam kan?

ini pula setelah mendapat arahan pusing kanan...ready to march!!

and here's how it looks like..the TMN9 winning team :)

everytime before they dismiss us, our commander will asked us to hentak kaki 10/2 which means hentak kaki 12 kali lah or they can give us 14, 26 or any numbers that they like to torture us lah :p... :p but it's kind of funny to hear what our trainer said to us while we do the hentak kaki...he said something like this:

squad! hentak kaki!

bengkok lutut!

hentak padat!

peha paras!

jangan malas!

hehe...he would repeat this until we finish... :p~~

we're hoping to repeat TM's victory for the last hari kemerdekaan untuk kategori swasta....which was 2 years back...i was not there 2 years ago but i can definitely feel their burning passion to win...it's very strong..especially orang-orang lame ni...hopefully i can get the same passion utk marching sejauh 1.5 km from stadium Paroi to ampangan *gasp!*....dengan menunggu ketibaan MB then 4 undang, tuanku besar tampin, yam tuan besar...speech lagi....harap2nye tak tumbang lah... ;)

till then,

dari kiri! cepat jalan!

kiri... kiri... kiri kanan kiri...

Raya datang lagi!

hola everyone!

immey would like to wish everyone Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! Maaf Zahir dan Batin~~

Just like the previous year, we spent the 1st day of raya at our house in Banting...

no ketupat daun this year (sedih...), hanyalah ketupat mini nona menemani pagi raya...heheh!~~ spent the whole raya eve in the kitchen cooking with my mom...starting from kuih siput in the morning...boiling the ketupat mini in the afternoon, rendang daging, kuah kacang, lodeh, nasi minyak, daging masak kurmak, ayam masak merah...not to forget kari kepala ikan and sup gearbox for berbuka puasa on the raya eve! *pengsan at the end of the day* heheh...

kemas rumah!

our must have kuih siput in the making...

voila! there goes our kuih siput! heheh :p~~

here's some of our family shots on the first day of raya:

Normally we would go back to uwan's house in ramuan cina besar in the afternoon, but this year my uwan decided that she has had enough of raya in kampung, so she went to mak teh's house in puncak jalil...haha! kidding.... but yeah! takde upacara bakar lemang this year.....lemang bakar tepi jalan je yang ade...hehe~~ nevertheless, it was still fun celebrating raya at mak teh's house...orang jauh from kuantan, mak cham and her kids were there too! :)

In the evening we continue our journey to nyai's house in Kota Tinggi...5 hours drive from banting...sampai2 je i thot i was dreaming sampai rumah lain....it was nyai's newly renovated house :D cat merah lagi u....heheh...nampak dinding merah bwh tu??? :p~~

anyway, this year our brother akib is back for good and he has started working for another GLC company (just like his brother and sister...heheh) congrats dear! ...so this year we're celebrating our raya without our brother abby...huuuuu...i miss him so much....here's a video of him and his friends wishing selamat hari raya... :D

*ada orang tu jealous abby sebut "especially my youngest brother whom i'm close to.. :p~~

my raya preparation was not really that hebat this year...apparently, no baju raya for me as i didn't managed to find one that i really like...takpelah, anyway, sunatnya adalah pakai baju yang terbaik yang kita ada kan...bukan yang terbaru yang kita ada...hehe...hanya untuk menunjukkan kegembiraan kita pada hari raya.....hehehe....i just bought 2 pairs of heels frm vinci (untuk dipakai bekerja ye :) finally jumpa jugak yang berkenan dihati...weeeee!!~~~ and 1 flower accessories (belle) for my hair....

maka lengkap lah raya saya....anda bagaimana? :p~~

btw, my shahrukh khan mms me one picture of him wearing baju melayu...the same colour with d baju kurung i wear on my first day of raya...hehehe...will take picture the next time i see him inshaAllah... :) he promised to cook for me...yeayyy!~

walking on sunshine!

alhamdullillah...finally, for the first time i got to meet both of em at the same time before raya!~~ *twirl and twirling*

meet my 2 close friends Dr. Sarah Wong and Pn Intan Nooreen Zairaniee... ;)

(Photos taken at the Garden Lifestyle restaurant @ Alamanda..) - Dr. SarahWong belanja...yeayy! hehehe... :p *hug*

love em both!! xoxo...

Let's do the right things!

Often I received these remarks and reactions from friends when i scolded 'em for littering....

"ala budak ni memang skema sikit wey...(gelak-gelak/sengih).."

"dia memang mcm tu...dia marah kalau orang buang sampah merata-rata.."

"die ni kesedaran sivik tinggi sikit weyh...jangan buang sampah merata2 depan die"

"......(just sengih)...."

and many more....

let me tell u this, littering is sooooo NOT cool my friends!

Why on earth do you have to litter when you have other ways to throw it away...bins are placed everywhere nowadays....why not use it? Even if there's no bin at that place at that moment, you can always keep it with you until you find the dustbins elsewhere...I do that all the time....i keep my trash in a plastic in my car and throw it away when i found dustbin....it's not too hard to do aren't it?

Even in Islam...we were taught ever since kindergarten, that "cleanliness is part of faith". So why litter? aren't "NOT LITTERING" is part of cleanliness?

"Islam places great emphasis on cleanliness, in both its physical and spiritual aspects. On the physical side, Islam requires the Muslims to clean their bodys, clothes, houses, and the whole community, and they will be rewarded by God for doing so. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, for example:
“Removing any harm from the road is charity (that will be rewarded by Allah).” [Bukhari]"

"Littering, according to Sheikh Musa Furber, a researcher and scholar of Islamic sciences with the Abu Dhabi-based Tabah Foundation, goes against one of the most important tenets of Islam: doing good for others. The subject is mentioned in one of the hadiths, of which about 60,000 are known to exist. Reported by Abu Hurairah, a companion of the Prophet, the hadith dictates that removing harmful things from pathways is an act of charity."

See? not only that you have to keep yourself and your house and clothes clean....but the whole community. it's our responsible to keep clean. :)

how would you feel when u suddenly stepped on trash while walking on the road?

how would you feel when people throw rubbish in your territory/area?

Doesn't it annoys you?

You might think that you're the only one doing it and it's no big deal at all or it's just a small piece of sweet wrapper but have you ever thought that the little things that you do can give BIG impact to others whether you realize it or not.

Let's not litter shall we? Let's us together do the right things from now on...yosh!!

neither morning nor night person =_=

yawnnnnnn......=_= why does the office hours has to start so early during ramadhan?

*sleepy head thinking*

heheheh...that's the first thing that popped into my mind every morning...even when it's not ramadhan....huhu...(too honest i guess?) ha'ah memang pun...hahaha! i'm just not a morning person thats all....7.00am is the earliest!! which explain..why i picked 9am-6pm as my daily working hours... :)

even during my vacation in phuket recently, the boys were the ones preparing milo and food for breakfast while waiting for me to wake up and get ready for the day..lol.....same goes at home, my brothers were the one preparing sahur for us...huhuhu...such a shame! but what can i do?

i'm only productive during the day...once i'm awake, i'm ready to exhaust myself until the sun finally set at the end of the day...hehe...masak tengah hari dgn malam takde masalah...pagi makan cereal je lah ye? :p~~

as for night pulak, i'm not so much fan of night life...hehe...yes i enjoy chilling with my friends after work or weekend night...but that is what i called "kes-kes terpencil" sahaja...heheh~...u can bring me out, but i'll be sleeping soundly in the car while u guys have fun all night....hehehe....latest is 12pm...seconds more than that, yes! i can stay awake but my brain will have trouble staying focus...huhuhu...

well..that is just me being me....but of course, given responsibilities, i can still push myself to wake up early and stay up night..well, who doesn't? right? having to take care of my brothers and sisters when my parents when for my brother's graduation in US...i can still wake up early...hehehe....that! too is categorised as "kes-kes terpencil sahaja"....hehe..

secret recipe = my mom's!

ehemmmm! master chef ey?? *giggles*

the truth is, I've never been good at cooking...yes! i cook at home but my style is more like mixing whatever i have into one pan and voila!! there goes my meal for the day!! (hehe..perasan jamie oliver sekejap.. :p~~)hehe... i dun really cook proper meal on daily basis...BUT!!! I love cooking for my guest...and I only cook proper meal ONLY when there's guest in my house....LOL! so much of an excellent host.... :p hehehe....

BUT...(another but!) hehe...

trust me, I could never have done it without the help from my MOM!

yes! my mom! she's the secret behind all my mouth watering cuisines...even if she's not around, i will always have my phone with me so i can call her to make sure that i'm putting all the right ingredients...lol! sangat lah anak emak! knowing me, i'm a very forgetful person...even if i have cooked the same meal for 100 times, i still need my mom....and her cook book! hehehe...owh yes, speaking of cook book, my mom has this one thick ancient book where she wrote all the recipes from lauk pauk to kek and kuih raya...nyum nyum nyum!~~

if anyone were to ask me to pick just one thing in the world, it would have been my mom's cook book! :)

p/s: looking forward for this year's syawal...hopefully this time around i won't be too busy to host my annual open house :) any suggestion or request nak masak apa? :)

What are words.

"What are words

If you really don't mean them

When you say them

What are words

If they're only for good times

Then they don't

When it's love

Yeah, you say them out loud

Those words, They never go away

They live on, even when we're gone"

oh yes! it has been 3 months...looking forward for many loving months and years to come....

insyaAllah... :)

sweet serendipity.

ok, here's the thing...eversince last year i've been having some issues on managing my finance...and month on month i will always find myself thinking and planning on how to survive with the money that i'm left with after paying all the loans, rental, bills and car service/tax/repair yada yada yada...not proud of it...but! despite the long list of yada yada yada....i still managed to survive...phew! Thank God i always managed to find myself out without having to loan from others...it's just like the song:

"Something's watching over me like sweet serendipity..."

There's always generous people to belanja me for makan at the end of the month when everyone is already eager counting for the next payday (thank you!)....so makan is not an issue..and i can always cook at home too...thank God i'm not too picky so i can eat whatever...

but this month it's different....as usual, there's always either things to pay or things to repair/buy...this time around, it's my car tyre....hehe...i changed 2 of em cos one of em is already wear...so basically i'm left just some money which is not even enough to make me survive till end of the month...but as usual, i just believe that Allah will help me like always...besides, it's fasting month and i'm not going to spend much since we're not going to be eating much anyway....

until last week i received an sms frm a girlfriend, that her bf is searching for a room to rent for a month to put his things....being me, i just replied if it's just for 1 month, he can put his stuff in my house for free since i have one empty room...but they insist on paying and i said ok....

what a serendipity!

and yesterday, i received and email saying that my claims has been approved! ahhhh! another serendipity!

at the end of the day i found myself getting some lil extra for baju raya and fuel for travelling during raya....

And so i shall complete the sentence,

Today I observed my abundance when I realized that Allah will always be watching over me.....like sweet serendipity! alhamdulillah...

TING! today I observed my abundance when...

I decided to fill this blog with my gratitude journal hoping that at the end of the day i could look back into this blog and see thousands of reasons for me to appreciate my life and my surrounding...

I learn to do this from the Law of Attraction course i attended last year...i used to write it in my diary...each day my sentence will starts with: Today I observed my abundance when...(fill in the blank)

Now that i decided to blog again...(after a year???lol) so why not share it with others...

Let the blogging begins...happy reading peeps!~~ :)