Once upon a time - DPA 2001
Sekadar berkongsi gambar-gambar lama...Sekatan jalan raya di sekitar Jalan Tun Razak masa Modul PolisAda seorang pemabuk yang cepat-cepat sarung ketayap ke kepala masa nampak ada polis.Bila dia...
View ArticleMaking do'a
...for the protection & safety of the human rights activists on their way to Gaza. Whatever nonsense Israel came up as their 'reason' would not justify the illegal capture of civilian ships...
View ArticleLong time no here
Ramadhan kareem to all Muslim readers - not too late to wish 'selamat berpesta ibadah', I hope, especially since we are encouraged to increase it during the last 10 nights... It's been so long that it...
View ArticleBack again
Honestly, to re-blog after so long is not an easy thing to do. There are so many things I've thought of sharing, but somehow I didn't know how. I'm back at work now, so maybe being away from the...
View ArticleI miss...
(in no particular order) - Cold Stone Creamery - Kodomo no Kuni (a recent trip to Critterland brought back lots of memories from the Children Land) - unpretentious Uniqlo stores (located anywhere from...
View ArticleTok sah nak mengarut nak kahwin dengan orang Jepun
Back in 2004, I sometimes used to tease my late grandmother, Tok. "I'm going to Japan, Tok. I'm going to marry a Japanese and then we'll go to Japan." "Haish, tok sah nak mengarut nak kahwin dengan...
View ArticleDon't speak unless you are spoken to
* Please pardon me for indulging in some 'down the memory lane' stories this week. Our wedding anniversary is coming up this Friday but hubby had gone for a 6-day trip in Thailand. It's almost a custom...
View ArticleDon't speak unless you are spoken to - Part 2
Thursday came and I took the day off. Since our guest is someone from Negeri Sembilan, I thought it would be okay to cook something spicy. No, not masak lemak cili api - I had a feeling that my version...
View ArticleDon't speak unless you are spoken to - Part 3
So there he was, with Ustaz Asyraf, dressed quite smartly in a green Raihan-style shirt. And I'd chosen to wear a plain pair of brown baju kurung. I knew Mak wanted me to wear something nicer, but...
View ArticleMore than 6 years ago...
On the day of our engagement (never been published in this blog before) Him
View ArticleRaise your hand. Stop child abuse
Did you know that an average of 7 children in Malaysia suffered abuse every day in 2008, and these were only the reported cases? Many more experience abuse in silence and behind closed doors. Like all...
View ArticleRoku nen me no kinenbi
~ A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~ Paul Sweeney Alhamdulillah... we've been together for 6 years. 6...
View ArticlePlease make do'a...
... for my Ummi. She's been in ICU at PPUM since Wednesday. Had internal bleeding earlier on but the bleeding had stopped. She's still on respiratory support and on dialysis 24 hours daily. Whatever...
View ArticleThe visit
"Do we need to visit daily?" "If you were a father in the ICU, wouldn't you like your kids to visit you daily when they are all living within reasonable distance to do so?" After a week, Ummi is still...
View ArticleAsim is 2!
Alhamdulillah, Haniyya turned 2 today. 2 years since that long, long day I waited in the ante-natal ward in PPUM when it took hours for him to be ready to come out of Ibu's tummy. I remembered being...
View ArticleThey will rise again
Picture from The New York Times "Do we know anybody in Sendai?", asked hubby. "Luqman used to live in Sendai, but he's been back for past one year or so" "Do we know anybody in Iwate?" "Hafiz, but he's...
View ArticleNihonjin Sugoi!
Before anyone get the wrong idea that I care more about what had happened in Japan compared to what is taking place in Middle East due to my blog entry after a long hiatus, well, the only explanation...
View ArticleI agree, this is not funny
When it started getting attention in Malaysian blogs, FB and Twitter, I prayed that it would not reach too much further. Then, the CNN picked up on it. It made many of us went "uh oh". I was still...
View ArticleConteng conteng
"Ujai tolong cuci kat sini," he said, pointing to a purple blot of circular scribble. "Ibu cuci kat atas ni," he pointed to another a lot larger black circular-and-longitudinal scribble. I passed a...
View ArticleMak buyung
Remember when I was pregnant with Humaidi and people had trouble telling that I was actually carrying a baby in my tummy? Back then, at 6 months pregnant, I looked like this: I didn't even have to wear...
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