Wednesday, 30 January 2013

quirky stuff is kwerkee

for those of you who celebrate valentine's and are racking your brains on what to get for your significant other, how about you check out a cute place to buy cool and unique gifts!!



even if you don't celebrate, macam i heheee, but i'm tempted by so many quirky stuff! bet kawan kawan pasti suka if they receive these as presents =)
kwerkee.com 's got accessories, things for artsy people, gadgets, cookery stuff and macam macam lagi lah!

like this!! a place to put specs and phones and all those little trinkets yang senang hilang. letak ni atas katil ke sebelah ke, or near the study table.. super cute!

these cute lil' cutlery for le kids!! blondie boy not included =p

 retro!! they have some vintage stuff too!

AAAAAHH CUTENYAAA!!!

these kind of things i feel best nak buat gifts coz they're unique, quirky (kwerkee?), rare and just plain awesome! what more with the sale in conjunction with valentine's, boleh la beli something  for someone special at a better price! wooootsss!!!
not just something normal lak tu, something DIFFERENT! double triple woooottts!!
it doesn't matter if you're attached or single, i'm sure everyone likes a lil' piece of artsy stuff at home, just because =) 
reminds us all that a person's creativity can sometimes be... amazing =) subhanallah!

thank you Valentine's Day! dapat la save a bit of moolah tengah tengah bulan ni =p

for more info about sales ke, new items ke, anything!!! best refer to Kwerkee's Facebook page or just visit their website and sign up =)

they have special promotion for readers/fans and if sign up today, dapat RM20 Kweerkee credits and get free shipping!


Just enter the free shipping code at check out: kkshipmy0102

i'm planning to get something for some of my friends' houses! so many got married last year, mesti they'd love to have something kwerkee in their new house =)
ihiiikkk!! 

Saturday, 26 January 2013

Kak mars dan abam aspidos

Assalamualaikum!

 

So the other day my hubby and i went to the mines to buy some stuff. It was so tiring walking around ngan barang banyak and menyakitkan shoulders that we both just couldn't bear window shopping anymore. Tapi harus sbb perjuangan perlu diselesaikan.. uwuwuwuwu..

We've aged.

 

Dulu kemain boleh jalan for hours with 20tonnes of stuff! Ok exaggerrate je. But when we were younger, pakai flats and jalan dari siang sampai malam is like hmmppphhh! Kacang putih. Now kena pakai kasut proper, troli is our best friend and penat nak jalan jalan sgt. We'd rather lepak minum lama. Haha!

Baru 26 years young. 26?!??? Walauweih.

I remember back in uni days, i told myself i wont consider myself an adult until i'm past 25. And this year dah 26.

Ohhhhhh!!! Tangisan dalam kerinduan. (Rindu apa i oso dono)

Over

Kak mars pakai maxi black skirt, sweater dinosaur, tudung bawal ikat mengaji style, and elena bag from sometime.com.my :) oh! Kasut crocs juge. Ihiiikk..

Masa kat kedai gadgets. He was so into it sampai i cabut uban dia sbb malas sangat nak walk around the shop. Haha! :P

Ok back to le story.

Bila on the way balik rumah, we saw a lorry and a viva next to each other.

Rupanya they were jumping each other. I mean one of them is jumping the other. (I skema)

 

Aspidos: oooo viva tu jump kan lori tu

Mars: boleh ke viva tu jump kan lori tu?

Aspidos: hmm.. Mungkin la sebab lori tu kat tepi jalan (the viva was kat tengah jalan). Pastu viva tu kan on lampu.

Mars: .........hmmmm.... Relative kot.

Aspidos: relative apa? Relatively?

Mars: tak. Mungkin the lori drive tu takde orang lain dah nak call, so dia call relative dia. Tu yang viva datang.

Aspidos: hah? That's not answering the question pun! The question is sape jump sape!

Mars: oh i tot dah conclude dah.

Aspidos: you ni! Ahak ahak ahak!

*conversation more or less like this la. Tak ingat sangat. Heee..*

And he laughed and laughed sampai kita reached home and continued laughing when he remembers it.

 

 

Mula mula terasa la gak. Tapi now.. Apa aku kisah. Knowing that he finds me funny, it's well worth being a noob. Sometimes :p

 

Tu je. Selamat cuti!!

 

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Shop Brands

assalamualaikum!

i don't believe in Valentine's day, nor do i celebrate it, but one thing about valentine's day that i think benefits everyone is the SALE!
(like how i don't celebrate CNY, but yet, i look forward to the cuti. miahahahaha! =p)

i thought i might as well use the sale opportunity to buy something for my dear mama coz she did so much for my wedding. i don't think i had that "bridezilla" moment.. oh wait, i did. but not as bad as others, coz i was only stressed about invitations. only.
benda lain memang mama handle. from my shoes to the decorations.

mama is awesome!

so as i was saying, nak treat her la with something.
i thought of getting her a new purse coz hers is super duper bulky macam bawak brick!! or maybe a bag.. or something..

then i found this website called Reebonz.com
ternganga aku wehhhhh!!!
branded gilerss uolls!!!! Balenciaga, Coach, Michael Kors, Pearl Harbour (not the movie though. ngeheehee) and all those other brands!!
oh oh. wait. let me give you an intro to Reebonz ni. =)


as you can see, it's a website where you can get all the designer bags, shoes, accessories and apparels, and it's 100% original! they charge 0% installment payment plan and the shipping is free. and they don't just sell women stuff, men pun adaaa!

peewwwiiitttt!!


terasa macam tengah berdiri outside kedai Gucci or whatever kat Pavilion. that feeling of intimidation, know wat i'm sayiiinnn?

tapi takpe, tabahkan dan lihat jerss. oh mai goddess. memang mahal............. nangis.
and here's when valentine's day sale comes to the rescue!!

wahahaha!!
the sale is from 21st Jan onwards, so bagus la. more time to think and buy a perfect present for mama!
good thing it's free shipping too. takyah fikir nak bayar ikut berat or whatever. fiuh!

and and anddddd, if you sign up VIA THIS LINK, you can get RM78 Reebonz shopping credit (ok minus RM78 from your purchase price) and you might be one of the fortunate 10 winners to get RM100 off!! (ok minus another RM100, total RM 178 off!!)

your purchase will come in cute black box with ribbon! kawaaiiiiiii!


if you're not comfortable buying online, you can check out the Reebonz Space at Bangsar =)

Lot 3A-02A,Level 3A, Menara BRDB, No.285, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandaraya, 59000 Kuala Lumpur (Directly behind Bangsar Shopping Centre)

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 10am until 6pm

Contact Number: 03-2202 1393

Fashion updates: Check our their Facebook yaw!

this is how the Reebonz Space look like in Bangsar. waaahhhh!

so here's to giving the best to our loved ones!
imma check out some purses for mom now =) hope i find something good and nice!

=p

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

kasih padamu Ya Rasulullah



Rasulullah dalam sirahMu
 Ku temu tulusnya cinta
Demi umatMu berkorban jiwa
Sehingga hujung nyawa

Kau di utus atas nama Kebenaran
Dengan fasih lidah beri penjelasan
Sabar dalam apa jua keadaan
Tak goyah dengan ranjau tekanan

Walau diri bisa menakluki takhta
Tetap rendah hati penuh sederhana
Segalanya demi LillahiTaala
Azimat yang berharga

Rasulullah dengan hikmahMu
Terpancar syiar agama
Mengubah gelap Menjadi terang
Menghapus jahiliyah

Rasulullah Engkau tinggalkan
Semangat juang tertinggi
Membina satu aqidah
Membangun Iman dan dilapangan Mujahadah

Dari hadith dan AlQuran
Menjadi sumber cahaya pedoman
Hanya itu yang Kau wariskan
Akan selamat di dunia akhirat

Rasulullah Terlalu Rindu
Padamu Junjungan Jiwa
Didalam senda yang utama
Menyambungkan kasih denganMu

Rasulullah dalam sirahMu
Ku temu tulusnya cinta
Demi umatMu berkorban jiwa
Sehingga hujung nyawa

Rasulullah dengan hikmahMu
Terpancar syiar agama
Mengubah gelap Menjadi terang
Menghapus jahiliyah

Ya Rasulullah Ya HabibAllah
Pabila terkenangMu mengalir air mataku…..
  
credit lyrics to: http://anna-insan.blogspot.com/2012/09/kasih-padamu.html

memandangkan tomorrow is Maulidur Rasul, i thought i'd be nice to share this with everyone =)
it is a lovely song, one among many songs reminding us of Nabi Muhammad SAW =')

dengan ini, i would also like to share the significance of Syafaat Nabi (SAW).
syafaat means advantages granted by Allah SWT to Nabi Muhammad SAW and other prophets on kiamat/Judgement Day.

*i'm not an expert on this yet, so i just share whatever i've learnt so far. syafaat ni is a huge topic..*

one of the simplest and suitable selawat for any time is 

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ


"Ya Tuhan kami, selawatkanlah ke atas Nabi Muhammad dan ke atas keluarganya."
tahiyyat is also selawat for Nabi Muhammad SAW.
there are other types of selawat too, tapi i tak include la sebab i belum finish study the meanings and bila the best to use them =B if you know, please do share!! =D
so depending on each individual's understanding, best to practice it coz syafaat Nabi Muhammad SAW is worth it. the best times to berselawat are:
1. bila dengar orang sebut nama Nabi Muhammad SAW
2. lepas berwudhu' 
3. bila masuk/keluar masjid
4. bila bila mengingatinya

the significance of selawat for Nabi and syafaat, is as mentioned on its meaning:
"advantages granted by Allah SWT to Nabi Muhammad SAW and other prophets on kiamat/Judgement Day"
and the biggest advantage is that it can be our "fast ticket" to Syurga masa di Padang Mahsyar nanti. 
imagine bila cari kerja. because kita kenal orang dalam, we got "recommended" and get to skip the whole interviewing session, best kan? i mean, yeah sekarang kita fikir it's unfair for those who worked hard for it. but in the Hereafter, kita dapat "recommendation" by Nabi Muhammad SAW himself due to our efforts of remembering him, and skip the whole line to Syurga, it's great kan! this is just an example. i can never imagine what it's going to really be like, tapi lebih baik kita prepare ourselves dari tak prepare langsung.
dunia ni pun untuk preparation je kan. =)
wallahu'alam.

achievements di dunia won't matter much if it's not synced with achievements in the Hereafter.. that's why i believe that it's great for us all to want to be successful while we're alive, but it's even better to want to be successfully enter Syurga Firdaus bila dah meninggal dunia as well =')
so that's all yang i boleh share! 
i know my ilmu in this matter is not so big (yet) and maybe terlalu awal i nak share, tapi mana tau. ada juga manfaatnya 

=)
with this, i encourage myself (boleh kan? =p) and everyone who reads this to tambahkan ibadah dengan berselawat kepada Nabi SAW sebanyak mungkin, on top of all other ibadah we have been doing! 
in sha Allah with all of our efforts, kita dapat keredhaan-Nya, which is the main objective!

and lastly, i end with this pic i found on tumblr =)



sorry for my kekurangan! in sha Allah i will add on from time to time =)
salam!

Monday, 21 January 2013

square

assalamualaikum =)

pada tengah malam yang indah ini, inginku ucapkan salam kepada bulan dan bintang ciptaan Allah swt kerana membuatku rasa sungguh tenang =)

one two makan laksa,
oh you, apa khabar?

honey honey mama abah,
ko ingat ko kelakar?

amboi. dah start random.

last weekend i went to konvensyen fiqh wanita & islam and it was really really good! i hope and pray that ilmu yang di share kan from all the speakers; ustaz, ustazah, doctors and professors, dapat i and the others ingat and practice in our lives.
alhamdulillah =D

i walked around a few times at some parts of the sessions, sebab nak stretch kaki and to get my mind a bit more active. banyak gak benda benda awesome yang dijualkan at the booths there. i wanted to buy a few books, but i forgot.
next time in sha Allah!!

anyway a few sisters greeted me, alhamdulillah. =)
kinda refreshing sometimes meeting new people coz i feel maybe it was meant to be. like there's probably a reason why we met.
serendipity, perhaps?
Allahualam =)

i was asked too if i was there by myself. "sorang je ke?"
i replied that i was with my friends. bila dah a few yang tanya the same thing, macam aneh lak. is there something i'm missing? i wondered if it was because i looked like i was on my own. i ni memang suka wander of by myself sometimes..

tapi sekarang baru it hit me.

i think what the question meant was if i was with my husband. kot. kot. kot?
hehehe!
oh well =)

he's the breadwinner of our family, so i'll be the teacher. ececehhh!

i'm not sure what people expect asfirdaus and i to be like after getting married, but we're the way we are. =)
he's a cool dude =)

that's why i sayang dia.
amboi!

ok. i just miss him. he's at home while im at my parents'.

see you soon bebeh!

(one of those days, i think)

Thursday, 17 January 2013

forever young =)

alhamdulillah tokmak turned 80 earlier this month!


awesome sungguh! bunting made by aunty rahi!

because tokmak turned 80 this year, my mom and her siblings planned a party for her at our house. it was themed Pink and Bling because tokmak being tokmak, loves pink and she's always wear her blings out. her biggest blings have always been her brooches. cute sangat!

part of the decor =)

this cake looked so good and cool that we all just cant wait to slice it open and nomnom like crazy!

and memang.. the cake was delicious!!!!!

special bubble effects by the lil' cousins
comel la korang ni tau takkk!??!

pulut pun made by aunty rahi too! coolness!!

it was a real fun celebration that day =)

my aunt from UK made a special appearance and surprised everyone! she arrived 2 days before the party, and tak bagitau sape2 pun! amboi aunty.. boleh jadi spy betul. haha!!

mama had this uncle to come and play music the whole time too.
bila uncle tu main lagu "pakai baju kancing la suasa" terus tokmak, my aunties and my uncles start dancing!!
hehehe!!
comel sangat diorang!

even my tokwan!! abah and ayahcho kena la dance with her! hehehe! =p

tokwan dah la sakit kaki, but she forced herself up and started moving around dancing with the rest! 
she told all of us before, about how she used to dance with arwah tok. and seeing her dance, even if it was just jiggling from side to side, we were just so happy and touched by her efforts. comel je tokwan ni =')

and then the men took over the floor. hahahha!

oh and while the grown ups dancing and lepaking downstairs, the young ones kat atas main main.
main main dengan our treadmill. hahahaha!

so anyway, macam macam ada masa the celebration.

tokmak was touched and during her speech, we all got teary, and then the siblings lak bagi speech to tokmak, and again we got teary. not forgetting aunty nilo's suprice appearance that made everyone happy and amazed (coz she pulled it off successfully!!). and and... AH BANYAK LA!!
it was just special!!

hari tu i posted a pic of tokmak on instagram. ramai la pulak tanya camane she looked so young!
i asked her for her secret, and she said:

tokmak: eh, apa secret secret? aku buat macam bese jeee. semayang jangan tinggal, baca Quran, baca selawat banyak banyak kali, ha tu je la!!

mars: makan minum? pantang ke apa ke?

tokmak: makan je apa ko naak. bia sihat.

mars: takkan tu je?

tokmak: ish. ko be happy je. don' worry, be happy. haaa. kalo orang buat sakit ke apa, bio je. be happy je. jangan senang amek ati tau. tak suka, tengok benda lain. kalo tak tenang, selawat je. banyak ingat Allah.


ha tu dia. her secrets!
solat, read Quran, selawat banyak banyak, and don't worry, be happy! seems simple enough innit?
i think with all the ibadah she has been practicing, they've done good to her mental health. as for her physical health, we know it's because she busy herself with activities with her friends. she goes around with her hadrah group in muo, so she's not bored nor unfit.
and i think it's genetics too. ihik!
=)
my parents pun 54 years old this year. alhamdulillah they're in good health, physically and mentally! 

so as a conclusion, jaga lah diri, mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually so that in sha Allah we'll be able to live long enough to bring benefit to others too. in sha Allah =)

peace.

Sunday, 13 January 2013

hey there other badminton players!

assalamualaikum!

i love Dato' Lee Chong Wei.
he has that aura of humility and we all saw how hard he strive for success in every game he plays.
and that one tweet during Olympics 2012 that said "I'm sorry" sparked malaysian hearts united and even i was sooooo touched by this, that i cried!
it wasn't because of his tweet of course, but because i watched that battle between him and Lin Dan. he did his best!!

so bila he tweeted "I'm sorry", mana la tak hati cair..
=')


credit to http://plifemy.wordpress.com 


congrats la dato'! for your marriage, and your success! 

but.. i feel bad a bit sebab i only know lee chong wei as our badminton player. i don't care abot the existence of other badminton players..
from Maybank Malaysian Open App baru i tau ada players lain like Iskandar Zulkarnain, Soong Joo Ven, and so much more! the app ada for iphone and android users =) more info, check http://www.maybankbadmintonopen.com

there're 8 levels to this game. each level akan lawan ngan these top guns in badminton. sambil sambil tu berkenalan la ngan diorang. hehe!!

main ni kalau menang boleh dapat prize lak tu! so it's not a typical game app!
prizes ada iPad mini, iPod shuffle and Nexus 7. contest period started on the first jan aritu, and will end on 21st jan. ohh!! tak lama lagi mau abis wooo!!
i'm not so good at games, but i hope dapat menang something.. like the iPad mini wouldn't be so bad.. heheheee! =p

for androiders, this link is for ya!

have funners!

Saturday, 5 January 2013

pegang pegang

assalamualaikum!

well well.

i guess since i blabbed in my previous post about "tak pegang tangan husband sebelum ni" caused me so much headache because people are now questioning my sincerity.

here's the truth.

yes, i penah pegang tangan as before kita berkahwin.
we were together for 4 years, and 4 years ago i was living a life way different than now.

4 years ago saya tak berhijab.
in 2010 when i started wearing tudung, i was still not hijabbed.

hijab - to cover. and it's not just covering the aurat, tapi to cover our aurat properly. ikut syariat islam.

so imagine, for about 22 years, i was living like how i thought it's ok to live.
like those people i watched in 90210, Gossip Girl, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, in movies, and all sorts of other Hollywood stuff.
and it's not just from Hollywood. movies, series, magazines malaysia pun sama naik.
ada je nampak adegan adegan laki pompuan bergesel gesel. gambar kat magazine melayu pun ada je laki pompuan peluk peluk padahal tak kawen pun.

so me being kekurangan ilmu awal awal penghijrahan dulu, thought it's still ok to be bertudung and continue on living the same lifestyle. cuma wardrobe je tukar.
dulu i still pakai skinny jeans kot masa bertudung!

yes, memang salah.
even thinking about it buat rasa cam tembak diri sendiri. now writing about it makes me feel like puking.

but why do it?
sebab i tak mahu orang make this an issue. might as well write this out, coz it hurts me too.
sape suka bila niat kita dipersoalkan?

i'm sorry for not explaining it in detail earlier. and now, here la.

so to sambung where i left off, when i tak bertudung dulu, i did pegang pegang orang. even my guy friends pun i salam salaman tanpa perasaan geli or segan.
bila awal awal bertudung pun like that gak.
it wasn't easy kot!

i knew i did something wrong, but dulu i belajar agama sendiri sendiri. i would have a question, and then to get answers, i google about it.
so macam mana dulu, i nak point out every kekurangan i have with myself when i don't even know what is it that i lack?

contohnya.
i nak study add maths. punya i pulun nak dapat A for add maths tapi bapak la susah. rupanya sebab my basic maths pun kelam kelibut, camane kan?

it's like that with me. i cari yang atas; nak be a better person, but bila dah dig and dig, rupanya masalahnya is me yang fundamentals kelam kelibut.

so i took a huge step back and start all over. and i managed to do that because of my friends and usrah.
it was around end of 2011 i think.. tak ingat.. tapi around 2011 la when i joined usrah.

bila dah berguru, masyallah.. baru la sedar betapa lemahnya fundamental islam ku!!
baru lah tau ada ilmu ilmu lain yang i need to learn and understand! dulu tak pernah tau pun ilmu fikah tu mende. at least now tau. tak complete la of course, but i'm aware of it.

imagine changing something about yourself, a habit let's say.
let's say you have a habit of biting your nails. and you've been biting 'em since you kecik lagi.
try to stop the habit all of a sudden.
it's hard kan? some people maybe boleh stop terus at 1 point. me? i take stages. i take my pace in changing too.
sebab i tak kuat sangat pun. i wish i am, but my strength is only to a certain level je. itu pun level yang i don't know where. Allah je tau.

so in this issue of me ber pegang2 dengan asfirdaus who is now my husband, yes i pernah suatu ketika dulu. bukan dgn dia saje. tapi bukan mahram yang lain gak.
even bila dah bertudung pun pernah. bila dah dapat pemahaman and kekuatan tu, alhamdulillah satu ketika tu, i don't remember when, asfirdaus and i decided not to touch each other again.
and it seemed so long ago sampai i tak teringat zaman zaman jahiliah dulu. as if it didn't happen.

i bet people can relate. when you've got rid of something you've regretted, you'll forget it. but when the memory of it comes back, rasa cam sedih and disappointed dengan diri sendiri.
or maybe it's just me.

skang ni i'm still learning. tak pernah i make a statement that "i've done it!" or "i've successfully changed, woohoo".
skang ni masih ada masalah dengan pegang pegang ni. sebab i ada confusion ngan salam and aurat dengan the men dalam family.
i know brother in law is still bukan mahram, cousins laki pun.. tapi macam uncles, orang berumur... macam confuse confuse lagi.
sometimes for respect sake, i salam je.
dah brape kali tengok chart aurat tu, still i confuse. sebab uncle belah mak and uncle belah ayah macam lain lak syarat dia. ohhhh confuse!!!

itu yang i cakap dalam previous post:
"i honestly don't want muslim youngsters to think it's ok to hold hands bila couple couple.
if a guy can control himself from touching a girl, and a girl can control herself from menggedik with a guy, they're on the right track, in sha Allah =)
but if dah pegang dah pun, it's not too late to stop. Allah Maha Pengampun dan Maha Mengetahui, in sha Allah apa yang diniatkan di dalam hati, Dia redhai. =)

coz it's much easier when you dah start dari awal tak pegang pegang. 
like me and asfirdaus, it was a major struggle and alhamdulillah we got through it.
i just want to save people from making the same mistakes as i did. coz once it's done, it's really hard to take it back. but there's only one way to face our mistakes, that is to move forward.

ok ok anyway, sesiapa yang ada terasa ke, or don't trust me anymore, i'm truly sorry.
my past is a place i don't like to visit, what more tell people.
but to keep my heart (and yours) clean, i thought this might be best.
if it isn't... it's the only way i know how and any shortcomings is only due to my lack of knowledge and wisdom.

thank you anyway =)

La ilaha illa anta. Subhanaka, inni kuntu minazzhalimin… Tidak ada tuhan selain-Mu. Maha Suci Engkau. Sungguh, aku ini sudah berlaku zalim…

sebab betul. aku ini sudah berlaku zalim.
sama ada aku sedar atau tidak sedar, aku sudah berlaku zalim.
pada diriku, pada orang sekelilingku.

salam.