Thank you

1430 hijrah is tomorrow, so I wishing to all my muslim friends Happy new year. 2009 is also just round the corner, Many things I wished I could change this year, but it is all Allah's will and who am I to question anything that had happened moreover to change it. All I can do, is to try my best to make 2009 and 1430 better than this year and hopefully I can be strong for my children Insyaallah.

Next year my Aisyah is going to sit for her UPSR exam and also Omar is entering formal school for the first time. My friends I would like to thank you a thousand thanks for all your support, just by knowing you were there to read my words give me strengh. Eventhough I didn't write as often as I want to, you never fail to respond to me, so once again thank you.

Stairways to heaven

My Late husband's guitar, actually it was his nephew's. He use to play Stairways to heaven the song you are listening to right now. This is one of his favourite. Listening to this song makes me smile.

What we did last Adha

We went balik kampung on saturday and stay there until wednesday.
The boys at my uncle's house, playing together

On Adha morning my uncle took my children to the Qurban perdana at Kg Parit Bulat Muar. The kids came home with so many questions. Aisyah asked me why do we killed the cows. I have to give a very long explaination started from the Phrophet Ibrahim's story.
One of the cows , seven cows for qurban this year

Cow whisperer

This might be disturbing for some. This picture is taken by Aisyah

I also explained that the animal for qurban is the animal that we loved the most. After that Omar said If we qurban animal that we loved than he should qurban the cats because he loved cats ( my grandmother's house had 4 cats and the kids loved it). The question make me laugh and at the same time a bit scared. The question is so innocent, I explained to him that only cows, goat or sheep and camel can be qurban ( before I went back to Klang I had to check the cats, just in case if any of it is missing, Omar and Amir had some history of trying to qurban a few animals, he he).

Milo the children favourite cat


In the evening I took the kids and my cousins to the hot spring (my kampung had a hot spring not very far from my grandmother's house). The kids really enjoyed themselves, as for me I just dip my feet in the pool. The entrance to the hot spring, Kolam Air Panas Sungai Resik Muar



hot spring pool

Omar showing off his swimming skill in the children pool and the water is cold.

By the way my mother is coming back from mecca after performing her hajj this coming sunday. Alhamdulillah, when I called her, she in a good health.
My mother, her sister and her brother in law before they fly off to madina

school holiday

This school holiday I was quite busy sending the kids to my sister's house because I enrolled them for a holiday school program near my sister's house. The kids do enjoy the the program because they get to do some experiments and also they get to do arts. For two weeks now we slept at my sister's from Monday to Thursday. My sister love to have us there I presumed because her husband is always not at home, out station.

Another thing, It's either chicken pox or measles Omar caught one, he got spots all over his body. Luckily he only suffers for 4 days, the spot is subsiding now but the virus had infected Aisyah. Aisyah's case is a bit worst the spot is more and bigger and it hurts even when she bathed. The doctor told me when older person caught the disease it is worst compared to younger children. I ask the doctor for an antiviral so she can get better faster and she should suffer less. The spots on Aisyah's body is subsiding some are no longer visible but the sopts on her face is still the same .

Tomorrow we are going back to our kampung in Muar Johor to celebrate Aidil Adha. My Uncle told me there are going to be a Kurban Perdana there and he is willing to take the boys there. The boys is going to have a lifetime experience.

So to my muslim friends I wish you Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha