I am lucky to have you as my friend

Assalamualaikum dear friends and readers.

Oh, how lucky I am to have a friend who treasures the friendship that grows between us. Even though we've only met a few times in real life, I feel like she already knows a lot about me. Actually she's the one who approached me first, online. I think through this blog and then continue to facebook. Then I get to know that she's attending the same university as me, under the same school but a different course.

I think while I still don't know about her existence there, she's been taking advantage of observing me from afar. Is that right my friend? Then, last semester, Allah has allowed us to meet. I was so happy and can easily recognized her from all the photos in her facebook albums. Thanks to her for uploading some photos for me to know her in person. Alhamdulillah.

Delicious Cheese Cupcakes.

To make the friendship blooms, we need to have constant contacts and make efforts to get closer. Islam teaches us to spread salam right and making friends are one of the best way. I am lucky indeed. A while ago I was condemned because my written English is so bad but many of my close friends have shown their moral support and she's one of them.

Yesterday morning, I was really surprised to receive a phone call from a baker saying that she's supposed to send me cakes on behalf of her friend named Izura. I was seriously thinking, "hey, have I done something special to receive the gifts?" Then the cakes arrived. Mashaallah... there were 6 cute cheese cup cakes and a half kilo creamy fruit flan, yum!

Creamy Fruit Flan. Mmmm... yummy!

Syukran, syukran, syukran kathira Iera. I have no other words to say. ( And in her private message to me, she said that, she's sending me two gifts to represent our ukhuwwah and also to show her support in my effort to keep writing in English. I think that's the gist of the message.)

I've just enjoyed eating 2 cuppies that's very delicious and I'll recommend others to try it too. Then I sliced the fruit flan into 4 parts, took 1 part out and enjoy eating it with dear hubby. Well, when I came home this afternoon, the 6 cuppies were already reduced to 4. Amni had one and hubby also give it a try. They said the cupcakes are yummilicious.

Thank you Iera. I'll try my best to be a good friend to you not because you gave me the cakes but because you are my sister in Islam. Jazakillahi khairan kathira.

He's so happy

Assalamualaikum and good morning everyone.

Alhamdulillah, what a wonderful feeling I have right now. It's all thanks to a friend of my husband. This friend or maybe I can say one of the best friends of my husband has called and invited Hubby for a breakfast somewhere. At this moment my dear husband is waiting at the front of our house for the friend to come. He's spotting a big smile on his face and I know he's happy.

My dear husband does not has many friends but there are a few that I know personally whom always there for him especially during his bad times. Hubby introduced them to me and I get to know who are his friends, sometimes their wives too. Even though I'm not on very friendly term with them because they are men but I know they have good relationship toward each other.

This friend who's on his way to take Hubby to breakfast is newly married. He's younger than Hubby but Hubby considers him as his close friends because they have lots of things in common. Secretly I've seen them helping each other and I know how much Hubby treasure their friendship. May Allah bless them and make the friendship last until Jannah.

To my dear husband, have a great time with your friend before he flies abroad again. Enjoy your friendship as mush as I enjoyed mine. Alhamdulillah I have many friends either online or in real life whom I consider close friends. They are part of my wonderful life.

Wassalam.

Trying to Take Over the World!: Help a sister out!

Trying to Take Over the World!: Help a sister out!:

Sakeenah from Hijab Style Guide started a chip in for Aalia. I think most of you already know the difficulties she is going through right now and we would like to help her out. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Keep her in your du'as.  You never know when it is someone that you care about that may be facing a similar trial.  May Allah swt put her affairs in order, give her peace in her heart, heal her from all the trauma she has endured (still enduring), reunite her with her child and give her the highest jannah. ameen.

as salam alaikum,
as some of you may know Aalia from chasing jannah is in a VERY difficult situation right now, please take some time to read her blog so you are up to date what whats happening and why i am doing this. I feel compelled to help her its all i have thought of since i read what was happening, if it was me separated from my child i would hope that people would come to help me.
With Ramadan just around the corner this is a perfect opportunity to not only increase your reward but also help a sister in need.
I have placed a chip-in widget on the right side of the screen you can donate as little or as much as you like, ALL funds will be given to Aalia to spend towards a plane ticket and whatever else she may need (legal fees, food, accommodation....etc)

NOTICE: This is a repost from Sister Tuttie's blog, Trying to Take Over the World! Click on her link above to find the donation box.

Long overdue

Assalamualaikum warahamatullah wabarakatuh. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon us all.

Alhamdulillah because tonight it is very peaceful and quiet. No rain and no kids messing around my room. Actually 3 of them have already gone home with their Ummi and the other 4 have someone else to pester especially their tired parent. Hehe... I feel so blessed and I can surf the Net. Yey!

Since two days ago my camera is having a bit of a problem. I couldn't download all the pictures to the lappy. Maybe there's something wrong with the memory card. I have no mood to look into it yet so just leave it aside for now.

Looking through my recent picture albums I remember my promise to share with you how I made my own hijab complete with a matching niqab. Last week I finished making all the 3 hijab promised for a friend in Kuching, Sarawak. Alhamdulillah. However I feel so sorry because I only managed to send them yesterday by courier because of health problem.

Above is one of the hijab which is still in the making. I've cut out the shape for the hijab and also the niqab. The hijab was sewn using sewing machine but I sewn the niqab by hand. My mom's sewing machine is old so the thread is not very good. Hopefully the friend would be ok with it.

I don't even have enough time to check it all out thoroughly before sending them. That's making me quite uneasy for doing something like that. I always remind myself to do things thoroughly if it is for someone else but this time around I have disregard that rule.

May she find all of the hijabs and niqabs are to her satisfaction. I'll post other in-the-making pictures soon when the problem with camera is solved.

RAMADHAN MUBARAK

TO ALL MY FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HAPPY RAMADHAN EVERYONE.

Thank youuuuuu....

Assalamualaikum and good afternoon everyone.

This post should have been published earlier but due to my exam and my works, I've postpone it untill today. I just want to share with you the present that I've received from a friend, far away from Scotland.

Here's the parcel....


and here is what's inside the box.


I've taken out all of them and folded them up like this. Can you see how many they are?


This stone is BEAUTIFUL! And I love it. Forgot its name... CAT'S EYE?


I also got a box of hijab pins. So thoughtful of you my friend. I've yet to use them because I'm still feeling a bit protective. LOL protective of hijab pins...


She gave me 5 NIQABS! And theye are so colourful.... awww... such lovely colours. 3 flip niqabs and 2 string ones. Blue, light green, pink, blue again and turqoise.... so many. I don't think I deserve all that. Maybe I'll give some to someone else as a gift. I think she won't think I'm not thankful.


Here are all the things she gave me spread out on my bed. There are 1 semi-circle hijab, a matching small triangle scarf maybe as an underscarf, a maroon 60" square hijab, a pink floral 45" square hijab and the other things that I've shown above.


ALL THIS WONDERFUL STUFFS ARE FROM COFFEE CATHOLIC of the FARM HIJABI. I received the parcel on the first day I sat for my mid-term exam (16 July) and can you imagine how much happiness I felt when I came home exhausted and saw that parcel on my table.

I kept smiling and taking pictures even got down on my knees to open the box on the floor. I couldn't wait for my husband to come home that day, just to share them with him.

I think I don't deserve them and CC has been so kind to give them to me although she's so far away and we just got to know each other in a short time.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH CC FOR THE GIFTS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND.
IF YOU ARE BESIDE ME, I BELIEVE I WILL HUG YOU SO TIGHT.

Take care my friend. May Allah give you hidayah and bless you with iman.