geylang... yeah, like, AGAIN???

but what to do? this is like our family escapade. end of month, GEYLANG. hehehe...!! actually, we just stop by Geylang coz after that we go Tampines visit the Nenek what. kalao tak kerana nak gi naik Tampines, memang lah aku tak kosa naik Geylang.

such a bingit thing happened when i was entering the joo chiat mscp. the blardy barrier thingy couldn't read my IU and I was stuck there not knowing what to do. Lucky thing, the mind was fast enuff and i tried scanning my cashcard at the ticket console and then the barrier was up. irritates to the max you know when you get stuck on an UPHILL SLOPE. and i was issued this ticket.

we needed to change our main bathroom taps lah. it's leaking and also the taps are pretty useless. just a slight touch, you'll be wet with the shower. u know sometimes when i'm in there intending to take wudhu', in the end, i'll be wet, head, body, ALL. coz why? coz aku terlanggar paip tuh and the shower tap volunteerily rain water on me. so we went into this shop in Tanjong Katong Complex to just look look see see... i love the toilet seats and the sinks. so pretty wannnnn!!

in the end we never buy the tap at tanjong katong but at joo chiat. abba wanted the cheapest one hehehehe...!!

then, done with our shopping and all, we wanted to have lunch. ingat nak makan kat pasar geylang, the top floor one. CROWDED TO THE MAX. but what really pissed me was, ada yang duduk, but not eating. they are just waiting there, with their plastic bags, TALKING. can't you talk standing up or walking or whateva? why are you taking up space in the already spaceless pasar Geylang? hmpf! dowan to friend you!

tried our luck at the newly opened Broadway at Level 1 Pasar Geylang. Same case, crowded. there goes my angan-angan to eat halal vietnam food. hmpf one more time!

so in the end, we made our way to our usual hangout - Marhaba Restaurant. Nama betol punyer gah, but it's actually a kedai kopi mama lah. My dad's favorite murtabak can be found here. But yesterday he and the sis opted for briyani. Me and mum had nasi ayam penyet. This one the sambal quite mild, i can take it. Maybe there wasnt even chilli padi in the sambal, yeayness!

After lunch, made way to the carpark at Joo Chiat and I forgot where I parked the car. Blardy hell. Carik kereter je brapa minit gone. Mwahahaha...!! But we did find the baby eventually. and remember, i was issued a ticket and i was supposed to scan it when i exit the mscp? cheat my feelings one. when i was exiting the mscp, the barrier just went up and i was able to exit. just now cannot read my IU. now can read meh? siow ting tong lah the barriers. must revamp oredy lah the parking.

then went to tampines to meet nenek. watched a bit of Ketika Cinta Bertasbih and then around 5, makan petang pulak. bole meletop perot aku. so i skipped the bread and curry and just ate 1 wanton.

I am so waiting for my friend Naqi to pinjam me the dvds of Ketika Cinta Bertasbih 1 and 2, coz I kind of like what bits I saw yesterday and also a few more bits on youtube. Number 2 is more fun coz why? coz why? GOT DUDE HARLINO leyyyyy........!!! I like this guy even before the Cahaya serial started on Sensasi. and i dont even watch Cahaya mwahahahaha...!!!

*droolzzzzzz* *swoonzzzzzz*

reached home abt 7. plonked myself in front of the tv coz there's some hindi concert going on. skipped dinner coz i was super full like stomach want to burst like that.

and suddenly it's Monday.

chet.

naib setiausaha jaringan qaryah

this is my new title. appointed and sealed at the meeting i attended just now. last sitting i was just a replacement to help with the minutes-taking and today i have a title already. alhamdulillah. new title, new job, new amanah, new responsibility. i'm basically doing a secretary's job. a job i wanted to run away far far away from when i finished secretarial school uwahahahaha...!! that is why i did not opt to be a secretary as a career-choice. but then, can't run away from destiny i guess. hahaha..!!


this is also a voluntary job, in a masjid. no salary, nothing. i dont mind. this is my chance to do something for the masjid. i really wanted to do some work in the masjid but i do not know what. so now this is a way for me to do something, alhamdulillah.

now im so involved with a lot of things. i have to be the communicator between masjid and all qaryah members whenever something's up in the masjid.

there's gonna be a big event on 1 May 2010. i will update more later. but there has been suggestions of opening up booths to allow sales of items. i will let you all know about it and will of course let the committee know that i have lots of contacts in the internet world who will want an opportunity to trade their wares, inshallah. wait up for my updates!

the chairman just asked me whether im working coz he wants me to sit in another commitee but the meeting is held every wednesday morning. ah, that i can't join lah, coz i have work.

unless, one day, i decide to quit and work in a masjid. actually i would love to you know! when i was waiting for my o level results, i actually worked part time in a masjid and i had a fantabulous time. the best thing - i get to do my solats in the masjid. what blessings.

i think i will end up working in a masjid. i dont know. that's where my real interest is in. what's more, when now it's confirmed that there will be a masjid in jurong west, i will quickly send my resume and hope and pray i'll get a work in that masjid inshallah hehehe...!!

more and more work to do, and i hope i can do them well. pray for me peeps! i am really enjoying this phase now, alhamdulillah, and i hope i stay this enthusiastic hehehe..!!

till next time, bubblegums!

sit in the cafe...

hehehe... that's the name of this song... i dont quite like this guy Kathem El Saher, but I find this song quite catchy and the fact that I find the title of the song quite catchy hahaha...!!! don't ask me the meaning of the rest of the lyrics. my arabic not that strong yet hahahaha...!!!

this is when he sang this song with two contestants in the now-running Lebanon Star Academy 7. i must say these two boys have strong voices. enjoy!

the scary sky

 

i got this pic from my dear friend naqi. mashallah, is this scary or what? it's like the hole in sky is gonna suck everything up. Nauzdubillah. yeah, i may be exaggerating. but at the rate, the world is tumbling over, with earthquakes and storms and tsunamis and all that, the mind will start to work overtime.

[Al Baqarah:117]
Allah Pencipta langit dan bumi, dan bila Dia berkehendak sesuatu, maka Dia hanya mengatakan kepadanya: "Jadilah!" Lalu jadilah ia."

[An Nahl:40]
Sesungguhnya perkataan Kami terhadap sesuatu apabila Kami menghendakinya, Kami hanya mengatakan kepadanya: "kun (jadilah)", maka jadilah ia".

[Yaasiin:82]
Sesungguhnya keadaan-Nya apabila Dia menghendaki sesuatu hanyalah berkata kepadanya: "Jadilah!" maka terjadilah ia".

[Al An'aam:73]
Dan Dialah yang menciptakan langit dan bumi dengan benar. Dan benarlah perkataan-Nya di waktu Dia mengatakan: "Jadilah, lalu terjadilah", dan di tangan-Nyalah segala kekuasaan di waktu sangkakala ditiup. Dia mengetahui yang ghaib dan yang nampak. Dan Dialah Yang Maha Bijaksana lagi Maha Mengetahui

[Al Mu'min:68]
Dia-lah yang menghidupkan dan mematikan, maka apabila Dia menetapkan sesuatu urusan, Dia hanya bekata kepadanya: "Jadilah", maka jadilah ia".

let's take this pic as a reminder that the world is old and Allah has said in the Al-Quran, Kun Fa Ya Kun - Be and it is - Jadilah, maka jadiklah ia.

random-ness again...

hello sweeties!! here i am again. talking what-nots. hahaha...!!

i've been pretty busy these few days, work has been demanding but Alhamdulillah, 1st phase is settled, and now I'm into my 2nd phase. Inshallah, 2nd phase will be smooth. I just hate the fact that this time I'm dealing with NUMBERS. I fail maths, remember? so i'm actually quite allergic to numbers huak huak huak! but what to do? have to do it anyway. *shuddering looking the 1, 2, 3sss*

what next? oh. i went to school on wed. we had to do a compo abt ourselves. like a student card like that, in arabic. so when it came to age, i said, "umri wahid wa thalateen sanah". and the teacher was staring wide-eyed at me and he said, "that's 31 you know." i'm like, "yeah, that's what i said - 31." and he said, "oh ok." but he still had that confused expression on his face. i think he cant believe im 31. im just too MAD tahap maxima to be 31. and oh. actually, i was wrong. i am 32 this year mwahahaha...!!! *nak act muda je*

i had issues with my caterer for maulud this year. coz the caterer we usually booked has been reserved on the date we need her boo hoo hoo... she charges only $3.50 per pax for briyani set and fried noodles and some other food. she said it's for maulud so she cuts down on the price. Alhamdulillah, may Allah bless her, Inshallah. but this time we couldnt get her in time. so sad. so i frantically tried to get other caterers and Alhamdulillah we got one. I wanna say THANKS TO DYANN, for helping me with the caterer. I owe you one babe!

my cold sores appeared again while i was in school on wednesday. but this time they are quite small, like small pimples. 1 directly on the lip and 2 below the lip. lucky thing i have the cream so i put as much as possible so that it dries up fast. yeah very kiasu mwahahaha...!! as they say, once you have the cold sore virus, it will appear everytime the immune system is low. i have been eating 2 habbatus sauda' pills and 1 multi-vit pill a day non-stop, but still it appears. i think whenever my 'girlfriend' is coming, i will have this problem. im adding yakult (winks at Fir) and Fruity Lite (mum recommended this) to my concoction of health-food. i hope they will not appear again Inshallah. *and oh by the way, i didnt go to the doc again. go doc sure get mc again. wait the boss mata merah again.*

and the HIGHLIGHT of the week. the bawangs meet-up. met up with my lovely sorority sisters for a great makan and laugh session at Seoul Garden Ngee Ann City. We had postponed this meet up for a long while now. After the makan session, we went lepak-ing at Starbucks and the bday ladies opened up their presents which they bought themselves hehehehe...!! THANKS LADIES!! I had a great time!! I'm so glad to have friends like you. *hugs and kisses*

till next time sweeties...!! mwakksss!!!

saturday 20-03-2010

ok im posting nothing nasty and angry this time round. today i play nice, can? hehehe...!!

oh! i think i'm allergic to cili padi lah. that day remember i blogged abt how i ate nasi ayam penyet and it had mindblogging pedas nak mampos sambal? and then i had heartburn, and then i was breathless, and then i felt so urgh? it happened again last night.

but before that, i want to talk some more 1st, can? yesterday went to westmall early noon coz the sis wanted to change her phone. her sony ericsson is giving her probs already and it's time for a recontract anyway, so she decided to get a new phone. reached M1 and it's amazing that the shop isn't crowded; usually it is. so browsed around and she got her phone. a samsung pixon m8800, IN PINK!!! im so freaking jealous. how come when i buy phone, dont have pink wannnnnnn............!!!??? ah well, she got it. it's a touchphone. she has lots of getting used to do, coz like me, when i 1st started with my touchphone, i nearly went bonkers hahahaha...!!! wanna see the phone? here it is...

sweet like what kannnnnnn.........!!!??????????

after maghrib we went for dinner at Ayza's @ Jurong West. parking was so full that we had to park at the hdb blocks opposite the makanplace. so irritates one when i have to park so far. akak bencik! akak bencik!

ordered our food and what else? eat lah. enjoy the pics and droolzzzz.........

and oh, we got to know Ayza's at Jurong West is closing down to make way for a bank on 28 March or 28 April, i not sure which month. but i heard from the CUTE abang antar nasik, it's closing. another good makan place gone. boo hoo hoo.

then at night ah, while watching tv, i felt the heartburn coming. the nasi ayam goreng i ate ah, was nice. but the cili padi bits made me go bonkers. i drank ENO before going to sleep. but when the sis was already snoring away, i was still wide awake. donno ley, i was breatheless, heartburn was intense and i was tossing around. tak leh tido ah. 1.30 am, i got out of bed, took 1 spoonful of woods obat batok, and 1 piriton pill, then i managed to sleep. half thinking i won't wake up today morning. yeah, that bad.

so i think, im allergic to cili padi. well, in any case, im not really on good terms with chilli. so cili padi lagik lah big big no-no now. so officially, im off chilli, thank you very nice. oh well...

in any case, the dinner was wonderful, coz you know why? aton, the sis, treated us leyyyy.... tetiba aku rasa dah besar adik aku. tukar talipon, belanja family makan and all the works. she must be feeling so proud. i feel proud of her! hope Allah bless her with this wonderful phase all the time, inshallah.

ok lah i wanna take a noon nap. or, maybe go fiddle her pink phone till i go to sleep heh.


and oh yes, on another note, somebody commented, "minah tudung slalu tak main vigorous sports per..." I AM SO GOING TO REFUTE VIOLENTLY TO THAT STATEMENT. wait for my next blog hahahaha...!!!

forgive me when i whine...

this is a beautiful nasheed i found on the youtube... previously i chanced upon his song which is like a dedication from a husband to his wife.... click here to hear the song...


then i chanced upon this song. to say im humbled is a small word. the lyrics are simple yet heartwrenching. sometimes these little things makes us think, oh Allah, forgive me when i whine.





beautiful nasheed indeed...

i was at home to rest but i ended up doing lotsa things.. LOL...

i was on leave today. dear stomach was playing rock n roll... i must have ate too much bananas. but what to do, i can finish a whole bunch of bananas when i see them.  *cue dialogue* "ni bukan gagah tuan, ni GELOJOH." padan muka aku mwahahahaha...!!

so i tot i'll just use the day to chill at home. but i did do work from home tau... don't see me no eye ah hahaha...!! i also ended up applying for the majlis maulud that we are organising inshallah in May. will invite you all when everything's ready inshallah.

the day was breezy (and rainy) till 3.30pm when the dad did his daily phonecall home from work. the phone only rang once, and it stopped. lucky thing mum was fast enuff when answering the phone. after the phone convo, i sensed something was wrong with the phones. oh yeah, i've got 3 phones at home. so can you imagine when there's a phonecall and how meriah the house will be when someone calls home? heh.

tried to do trial and error with every phone to check out what is wrong. used the handphone to call home, and as expected, one ring, and it stopped. ler, apahal lah pulak. then the troubleshooting started. plugging in and unplugging the phones and testing to find out which is the faulty one. i was scared if it were the lines that were faulty but then, the internet was working fine. so i guess one of the phones is faulty and it's affecting the other 2 phones. at last we managed to find the faulty phone and now the lines are working fine.

then just as i heaved a sigh of relief, i went into the room to do asr prayers, i switched on the ceiling fan, fan started turning, and suddenly the chain that we pull to turn the light on, just fell to the floor. and my heart fell to the floor too. i just forked 60 bucks to repair the fan last few months because the fan-chain dropped off. AND NOW IT'S THE FREAKING LIGHT-CHAIN. how to turn on the lights man like that? if only the lights were turned on, i dont freaking care abt the chain. but the lights were turned off.

i did my solat. after that, started fiddling with the fan. yes, i actually tore the ceiling-fan apart, thinking i could salvage the situation. but alas, the chain point is invisible. i knew this would cost me another 50 bucks coz the repairman will have to change the whole light kit. mangkok betol lah. if i knew this would happen, i would have just stuck on the kedai-kopi ceiling fan in my room. nak cantik punyer pasal, tapi tak bole lasak. apajer...

idea came into the mind. there's a flourescent light that is never used in the kitchen. unscrewed it from the kitchen wall, screwed it into my room's wall. fixed the bulb, plug it in, and voila, I SEE LIGHT. so that light is my savior at the moment.

already called the repairmen (con-men, i would say), as expected nearly $50 bucks to change the whole light kit just because of a detached light-chain. cekik duit orang betol. still is thinking of which one to take. one quoted me $43, the other quoted me $45. so what's the freaking difference? dont be surprised if one day i really pull this ceiling fan and stick the kedai-kopi fan in my room.

doing all that made me forgot abt my tummyache, farnie. it's only when i sat relaxing after the screwdriver-hammer-pliers session, the tummyache decides to appear again. but it's not that bad alhamdulillah. so i guess the reason for me staying home today is to be a part time repairman or woman for that matter hahahaha...!!!

haiz... benda nak jadik, sekelip mata je. ni lah lumrah dunia ehk....

getting older but for how long....?

i went to meet my granny today. didn't have the time to visit her for a long while now. kinda missing her already. we bought a few foodstuff items for her and drove over.

she was so happy when she saw us. when we came in, she was sitting on the couch watching tv. when mum said her salams, granny replied the salams and said, "hello sayang...!" that was kinda heartwrenching. coz granny is not really someone who shows her affections like that. and i went over to salam, hug and kiss her, i asked her, "granny, kenal tak ni sapa?" Granny is getting quite forgetful already so i tried playing this trick on her. And she looked at me, "kenal lah, cucu lah..." Hahahaha... Ok sorry granny, i was just having a mischievious day. Spent like an hour talking with granny.

Granny is very frail now. She is 74. But Alhamdulillah, she does not have any chronic illness. Only the usual sakit here sakit there, you know, old people sakit. After a while, we went home, promising granny we will take her home one of the weekends to spend the time with us, Inshallah. It has been a long time since we did that. Yeah, guilty as charged.

Went home feeling really humbled. Granny is 74. Nenek is 86, maybe. They are blessed with a long life Alhamdulillah. I am 32. Will I see myself reaching that age bracket? What will I be if I do reach that age? What kind of a person will I be at that age?

See. I always do soul-searching. Yes, I get drifted away a lot times. And a lot, means, A LOT. Whenever I wanna start throwing away things in my life that makes me drift away, these things do come back haunting me and making me err again. But then again, as they say, it's human to err. But to err over and over again? Doesnt that make me a really weak person?

Then, there's always this saying at the back of my mind. Hey, you are only 32. Yes, I know Im 32. But does that guarantee a long life ahead? Things change in a blink of an eye. Today Im healthy Alhamdulillah, but what if tomorrow Allah decides that my time is up? What is there to show Allah of my life in this dunya? Will I be able to handle the responsibility of all my actions while I was still living and answer for them? Will I be able to?

Have I done enough to make my parents happy?
Have I done enough amalans as a Muslim?
Have I religiously done all my salats?
Have I fasted earnestly?
Have I stayed away from the wrongdoings?
Have I given alms enough to benefit the poor and sick?
Have I spent my money on a lot of Haram things?
Have I always been amanah in doing all the things that I was asked of?
Is Allah satisfied of all my deeds in this life?
and there are a lot more questions...

Don't ask me why am I feeling like this today... I seriously dont know. I must have dreamt abt something yesterday but now I dont remember what. But that sets me thinking when I woke up this morning. The question that was playing in my mind was and is, "What if I die tomorrow?"

It's a scary thought. Im just saying that life so far is not complete. No. Life is only completed when death arrives. But then, when death arrives, am I prepared?

Im just doing a random post. Im blogging this as a reminder to myself. Today, something ticked in my heart so I decided to blog abt it, so that if I do stray again, I will be reminded when I see this blog. Im a forgetful person. I forget easily. And I hope Allah is always there for me to pull me back again if I decide to be lazy and stray. There is always this saying, "If Allah doesn't test you, He is not looking at you anymore." Naudzubillah, we don't want that, do we? Allahu Akbar. May Allah keeps us in the best of our Iman, Inshallah.

a masjid. at last. Alhamdulillah.

http://cyberita.asia1.com.sg/msingapura/story/0,6879,160642,00.html

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_500931.html

after a long wait since 2000, 10 years to be exact. and today Allah bestow upon us the great news. Alhamdulillah. that a masjid is going to be built in the Jurong West area.

i wanna do a little flashback, may I? hehehehe.... when my family moved into Jurong West 15 years ago, we were very pleased to know that in that area, there was a little kampung masjid - Masjid Jalan Majapahit - where the roofs were still made of zinc. can you imagine how humbling it was, living in a concrete pigeon-hole and suddenly entering a masjid so kampung-like that it made me feel that i was transported to the fifties or sixties era? i loved it when it rained. back then the pitter-patter of the rain on the zinc roofs were music to the ears.

the dad was a masjid volunteer back then. slowly, he became the head of dawah affairs. so the masjid was like our 2nd home. i remember every Tuesday was our fiqh for muslimah class, then Wednesday was our tasawwuf class, then Sunday morning was our Kuliah Subuh, then Sunday afternoon was our tauhid class. I think Dad had another class in one of the other days. His Arabic class.

and mum used to bake cakes, little kuehs and what nots for every class that we went. fikir balik, wah rajin mak aku mwahahahaha...!!! and, mum even sold packed rice every friday. it was brought up in a meeting that the men who came to pray jummah usually dont have time to eat outside before returning back to work. so they usually returned back to office hungry after jummah. so mum offered to cook food and pack them and a full-timer at the masjid will collect them from our home which was, by the way, a walking distance from the masjid. and the men will finish their jummah prayers, buy food from the little makeshift stall, and sat around in the masjid eating packed food. that was a sight to behold, coz you have men in office clothes, men in uniforms, men in jubahs, men in all sorts of attires, sitting on the floor of the masjid, eating together. amazing,subhanallah. *i wish digital cameras were around back then, or maybe they were, but i had no money to buy hahahaha!!!*

and i think that was the cheapest packed rice those men ever ate for lunch hehehehe...!! it's for the masjid anyway, so mum didn't even think abt profits and all but no, no, mum never compromised on food quality. the main thing is, the men had their food, good food, Alhamdulillah.

and CATS! the masjid had a lot of cats. big cats, fat cats, small little kittens, you name them, you have them. AND I LOVE THEM. i used to take a permanent spot while in class, coz we used to sit on the floor, no tables and chairs ok. and when i sat there, automatically all these cats will come to me, coz that's the time they know i'll be there. and the mums who brought their little kids along to class, will safely let me handle their kids and the cats. can you imagine a 17-18 year old, playing around with kids and cats mwahahahaha...!! and back then, the kids called me "kakak kucheng". *ok this is freaky, the word 'kucheng' reminds me of someone*

but aniway, the masjid was demolished in year 2000, sob sob, to make way for new buildings. I remember when the masjid was demolished, I was in hospital. I really wanted to see the last of the masjid, but alas, I couldnt. Maybe I would have been a freak if I saw the masjid being demolished, so maybe Allah put me away. Don't see, you'll freak out. Hehehehe...!!

But you know what's the amazing thing? The site of the original masjid, is still untouched. It's still vacant. The Banglas and Indians play cricket on the ground whenever it's a holiday. So isnt that nothing short of a miracle? They demolished the masjid but the ground is still there. You can actually imagine the whole masjid still standing there. Subhanallah.

SO, I have an inkling, it is still that ground that they are going to build this new masjid on. I hope, Inshallah. I dont mind waiting for a lot more years for the masjid to be build coz hearing the news of it is already something to be thankful about. Alhamdulillah. Tak sesia perjuangan orang-orang yang keep on requesting for a masjid. Allah has answered our prayers. Thank You Allah.

Al-Quran Navigator

i was doing my normal surfing over the internet and look at what i've found!! an Al-Quran Navigator. MashaAllah. I might be very late because I think online Al-Quran has been coming out from all parts of the internet, Alhamdulillah.

But what I think is great about this is the fact that it's very simple to use. On the left are easy drop-down menus for you to pick the Suras or the Ayas or the Juz that you wanna check out. It even has the different translations for you to pick (keynote here: i think English: Shakir is the best, InshaAllah).

At the moment, Im putting the reciter mode as As-Sudais. I think everyone knows this amazing reciter. You want to feel like you are being read the ayas of the Al-Quran in the city of Mekkah, try listening to his recitations. But he's rather fast. So I will try and check out the other reciters and find the slower ones so that it's easier to go through the ayas with the shakls. And will let you know of the slower reciters InshaAllah.

And for the translation, you just move your mouse over to the ayas that is being read. Voila! You'll get the meaning. Subhanallah, MashaAllah... But let me remind myself and you friends out there, online Al-Quran is just an alternative place for you to check out the readings; maybe you aren't sure how a certain aya should sound like, that's when i think this helps when you are at home. But nothing beats the REAL Al-Quran itself, yeah.


Pick up the Al-Quran, turn this on, and read along. Hope this is beneficial to myself and you my friends!

http://tanzil.info/

syiokness unlimited...

reached home to these sweet words ringing in my ear... "nari ammi masak betik muda masak bening tao...." walauwey, ammi, you make me drool buckets leyyyy.....

this dish is a very old school dish. i don't think many mums make it anymore. it has young papaya in it, lots of daun kesum and just a nice amount of black pepper. i remember i was introduced to this dish by my nani... the other dish that is really kick-ass delicious is pisang masak lemak. yes, it sounds revolting but it is DELIIIIIIIIICIOUS.....

and i had my early dinner of piping hot rice, betik muda masak bening, sambal belacan and fried ikan selar. i tell you, that was bliss unlimited.

 betik muda masak bening

  on piping hot rice

a little wee bit of sambal belacan. eh yun! i tot you dont like spicy food. oh. mum's spicy food i can take, SUMTIMES. but anyways, mum's sambal belacan is very mild. coz only she can take spicy food. the rest in the family are cheese-eaters mwahahahahaha...!!

and with fried ikan selar

 and there you go...

happy viewing! coz only I get to eat it! hahahahahaha!! *wicked grin*

and i might just sip a bowl of the soup later while watching tv. mwahahahaha...!!!

tepuk dada...

and become king kong...








ok im joking... today i wanna talk about the statement, tepuk dada tanya selera.

i recently heard someone saying this... it's an age-old statement for us the malay community... and some of you will shout, but you are NOT malay what! badigol, i am not malay but i know my malay customs, thank you. ok back to that statement, tepuk dada tanya selera.

lemme try and translate that to english. tap your chest and ask what you desire, is that it? the word desire, lemme look up the meaning of it... ok FOUND! Desire is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome. In Malay, the word - selera - i can safely put it as a synonym for nafsu. wrong? er, well when the word selera comes out i can only think of eating. when we are hungry, and we see A LOT of food, we tend to take all of it and hoping (*keyword*) that it will satisfy our hunger to the max. isn't thatnafsu? so i can say selera=nafsu.

so when you tap your chest and ask what you desire, im sure in the end, we will want things that we want, not things that we need. for an example, we see a very beautiful dress and our desire is to buy it and make it ours.. but then do we need it? and flip the price tag, it's mindbogglingly expensive, but still the heart desires it... but then do we need it? dont we have enough dresses in our wardrobe? think again, do we need it?

then let's try this... let's change that statement to a better one. try tap your chest and ask what your iman desire..." in malay, tepuk dada tanya IMAN. we see that dress and yes we desire to buy it and make it ours, but then tap your chest and ask your iman, do we think it's worth the money buying that dress? won't it be wastage (pembaziran) when we have a lot more dresses in our wardrobe? that money, it can be used for so many other beneficial ways. will Allah approve of what we are spending our money for?

i personally believe that we should change that statement from tepuk dada tanya selerato tepuk dada tanya iman. tepuk dada tanya selera, will lead us to do things that ournafsu desire, which is not always a good thing. tepuk dada tanya iman, will lead us to stop doing things that our nafsu desire, which is a good thing, Alhamdulillah.

when we ask our iman, we tend to stop and ponder and think about the pros and cons of doing something. it makes us act wisely. it makes us remember that what we do today, we have to answer to Allah tomorrow.

please note that this is a reminder to myself. i heard the statement a thousand times over and i still feel it's not right. im not trying to teach anyone here. im not a teacher. i dont enjoy teaching. but i love learning and finding out new things. and then i love sharing. what's the use of learning and not sharing, right?

so, friends! chuck away that tepuk dada tanya selera mentality and let's embrace thetepuk dada tanya IMAN mentality. aite? May Allah bless us all and keep us away from the whispers of syaitan. InsyaAllah...

the good things are from Allah, the bad things are from my weakness as a human.