Saturday, February 20, 2010

rindunya rumah..

assalamualaikum wbt..

alhamdulillah, tepat jam 10 pagi td, kami selamat sampai ke rumah..setelah seminggu di Alexandria dan juga Kaherah (seminar perubatan kali ke3).. sepatutnya balik semalam lagi, tapi mengenangkan balqis yang berkemungkinan besar letih, maka papa extend sehari lagi bermalam di rumah tamu Arma. kebetulan pula, papa dah jumpa his 'new passion' kat Cairo, jadi satu advantage lah apabila dapat bermalam lagi sehari.. =)

indeed, segala puji bagi Allah S.W.T yang telah mengatur dan memperkenankan rancangan cuti ini berjalan sebegini rupa..sangat-sangat bersyukur diberi peluang untuk menimba ilmu dan perkongsian pengalaman serta membina jalinan persahabatan yang baru di seminar di Cairo setelah 3hari dapat berkumpul sepupu sepapat,mengeratkan ukhuwwah di Alex..sebelum tu, dapat memperbaharui semangat dan jiwa suami isteri selama percutian di UK..perjalanan yang memberi ruang kepada diri bermuhasabah tentang erti kesabaran, kematangan dan kesetiaan dalam berumahtangga..semoga kasih sayang dan cinta yang ada dirahmatiNya sehingga kita kembali pada Dia yang Maha Pencipta. sesungguhnya,ada kebenaran pada pepatah, " jauh perjalanan, luas pengalaman"..

masih dalam urusan mengemas dan unpack barang-barang, serta persediaan untuk kekuliah yang baru bermula, ada masa lapaaaang nanti,insyaAllah akan saya update cerita diari kembara kecil-kecilan kami..

setakat ini, saya masih dalam mood rindukan rumah,hehe..rindu dapur sendiri,letih dah perut asyik makan makanan yang dibeli..

ok,till here, saya uploadkan video kegemaran balqis dan maknya..=)


Sunday, February 14, 2010

salam

assalamualaikum wbt..

semoga semua diluar sana sihat2 belaka dan ceria selalu..

baiklah,ini adalah post pendek saja..demi untuk menjawab soalan dari beberapa kenalan tersayang..

" Alhamdulillah,kami sekeluarga sudah pulang dari UK..selamat tiba di Mansurah 2hari lepas..Maaf kerana tidak sempat berkunjung berziarah kerumah antunna, masa yang diperuntukkan di sana tidak lama(only 6days due to flight ticket and hotel,hehe)..InsyaAllah, kalau ada rezeki lebih, kita jumpa lagi =)

p/s : kalau korang pulak nak dtg mesir, do inform me,k? boleh stay di rumah akk je.. =) "

ok, skg sdg berkemas untuk ke Alex pula.. demi meraikan jemputan sepupu yang baru berkahwin di sana. lusa, 16hb insyaAllah bakal ke Kaherah untuk seminar perubatan kali ke3. Alhamdulillah nama saya dan hubby tersenarai.. jadi,mesti beri komitmen.. doakan semua perancangan berjalan lancar.. paling penting, doakan si kecil kami sihat2 dan cergas to the max despite the thick and thin that she's going through regarding our several journeys..

bye, lots of loves~

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Turki trip : last part


assalamualaikum wbt..

i'm sorry for not be able to reply the comments and shouts at the shout box until now..but i do read all of them and feel so happy to receive all your responses..it's just i'm having quite a tight time now,but insyaAllah i'll reply as soon as i'm back here..

Hari ke-4

We took a ride in a boat/small cruise for our Bosphorus Tour program. Alhamdulillah, everything went well except for the part it's so cold outside..hujan pula turun renyai-renyai,menambahkan kesejukan yang sedia ada..



on the deck..hujan renyai-renyai masa ni..



Balqis yang dah mulai mamai(alhamdulillah dia tak mabuk laut)


castle 1


castle II

omg,i forgot the name of those castles..since castle is almost everywhere there,so i tend to fail to remember the name..but nothing important here except for those buildings were changed into hotels for some tourism purposes i think..5 stars hotels with incredibly expensive rate.

of all the buildings that we saw,there's something that caught my glimpse..i was quite fascinated to see the Marmara Sea that is geographically connects Black Sea to Aegean Sea,thus separating Turkey's Asean and Europian parts. Also,it separates Istanbul to its Europian and Asean parts..

I've also learned that throughout history, this geographical peculiarity made Turki as a natural bridge between the East and West, that is between Asia and Europe, over which many ancient peoples have passed, left their traces and chose this region as their motherland where they shaped many later civilizations. That's why people walking in a Turkish street can see Turks which has variable physical appearance , from the blond haired and-blue-eyed to Asiatic-looking individuals because they have already intermixed with other ethnicities and races.

This issue raises an important questions : To which people shall we refer as Turks ? And, I ended up to discover a satisfyingly answer to my question in Saifulislam. Com. You can read the journals from his outnumbered journeys in Turki from his own perspective..it's so full of spirit to learn how the Islamic leaders of Turki (Erbakan and Recep Tayyip Erdogan) had planned an effective strategy to motivate the Muslims during that time in order to survive the pressure from the other secular leaders. Alhamdulillah,slowly they managed to save Turki when they won the seats. mind you,until i write this word,i am still hoping and praying that our brothers and sisters in Turki will always stand firm and have a strong untouchable 'Aqidah despite all the pressure strained on them. May Allah with His Merciful showers them with His Love, Rahmah and Guidance till the end of the day..AMEEN


pada sebelah malam..



went to Kanyon (2nd largest supermarket after Cevahir)..


Papa was happy to find an Apple store here =) mama dan balqis pun tumpang 'menjamu' mata tengok high tech gadgets kat sana,hehe..



muka baru bangun tidur




science education for toddler =)

kami pulang setelah dapat aiskrim sorang sebatang,hehe..only 1TL (Turkish Lira) and got 2big scoops each..Alhamdulillah =)


hari ke-5

Disebabkan dah nak balik hari ini, jadi kami jalan-jalan kat kawasan dekat-dekat je sementara menunggu airport transfer. Sempatlah membeli beberapa helai pashmina lagi untuk mak, ma dan tok..untuk saya,tak beli pun sebab wished nak datang lagi next time InsyaAllah..nak kembara ke bahagian timur Turki pula..InsyaAllah,sebelum habis pengajian di sini..

balqis bangun pagi-pagi masih mengantuk lagi =)

yummy hot waffle with more than 15 choices of sauces


alhamdulillah sempat juga singgah di pameran seni lukisan yang hasil tangan mereka masyaAllah sangat memukau..



enchanting!!



looks real..



teruja



spent good times here,alhamdulillah




cheerful balqis




sempat lagi berposing dengan tocang pokok kelapa (^_~)



dengan tudung pashmina pula =)



nak balik dah..kat lobi hotel




this always happen when she got her own seat


ho


home sweet home


























Saturday, February 6, 2010

Turki trip : part II


Assalamualaikum wbt..

Good to see you back =) before that, may all of us have a blissful morning this morning..oh, 2days ago, we received a special guest from Malaysia..she is my cousin who came here to celebrate her husband's graduation day which will be held 2days more in Kaherah..and,they are a newly wed lovely couple who're also here to cherish their honeymoon around Egypt =) the best part was after today's Jumaat prayer,hehe.. how lucky for us to taste their cooking of Nasi Bukhari with Meat, Chicken Gravy Curry, Coleslaw, Sambal Tomato and were more delighted with fruits and juices(Wild Berry and Cocktail).. Alhamdulillah..we're so full (including D---H you-know-who-you-are,haha) and everyone went to sleep earlier than usual including me and Balqis who was so energetic to see her house is full with people..at least other than her parents..well, the more the merrier =)

ok,here we are..come back to Turkiye(i saw Turkish people wrote like this) story..

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

This was our third day..went to Istanbul for sightseeing tours..alhamdulillah we got a muslim tourist guide who was quite good in Islamic history knowledge..made us easier to understand what was going on according to the historical places..but,at night(almost every night there) my hubby and i did some quick read at several reliable sources (thanks to wi-fi) about those facts..just to make sure we got a clean fact and of course from Islamic perspective since there's really a big crash between secularisme and our beloved pure religion in Turki..



papa n balqis in front of Blue Mosque

p/s : note the minarets of blue mosque are six..it was a symbolic of minarets of Masjidil Haram . MasyaAllah..other mosques will just do with four minarets.



in front of Aya Sophia (St Sophia)

for me, i would say it's quite sad to see Aya Sophia/ Hagia Sophia..though it's sooo big (we're quite amazed at it's size especially from the inside view), older than Blue Mosque and have its well-known popularity, but deep inside it, we(my hubby n i ) could see the identity crisis referring to who's the most right to claim the place..from a church, a very big churh, Sultan Muhammad Fatih had fought for it's right when Constantinople was conquered and immediately made some enormous alterations in order to convert it to be a mosque.. a mosque where Muslims in that time can gather to pray together and rebuild their strength in balancing the great influence of ..it's just clear that we could see how the architects in-charged managed to fix some christian's thing such as a cross sign into something that is surely Islamic..we took so many pictures especially the alteration parts but they were gone with our sick camera..only fews were successfully taken by phones thus can be uploaded here. but now,it has become a museum when it was converted in 1935 by Republic of Turkey..and this is believed due to the great influence of secularisme by Mustafa Kemal Attartuk..read more here.



one of the changes inside the building - the name of Hassan and Hussin r.a



the heart soothing - Allah's name



an ablution(wudhu') place specially made for the sultans during that time


one of a corner inside the building

this time i'm just taking part to swap my thumb into the hole..they say it is made for some doa whispering..means that, u wish anything in ur heart while ur thumb make a round in the hole..telling you,there were lots of tourists lined up to do this..but gladly i got the chance without having to be in line(thats why i looked like smiling) but someone trustable told me this is kind of superstitious..huhu,no big thing.



my both pearls in front of hippodrome



in front of Blue Mosque (it's just opposite to Hagia Sophia)



a very excited baby with her onion-style hair, who was puling her mommy away from the crowd because she had something more interested to pay attention to =)


a carpet show by it's owner (Turki has lots of beautiful carpet ranging from a very fine silk handmade carpet to a wool carpet who were both so expensive). here alhamdulillah we were served by Apple Ice Tea(their traditional drink) to quench our thirst. some of us (from Nepal) chose Tequilla (ish ish ish)..


silk carpet (berangan je la kita bang ye)



in Grand Bazaar (yeah,it's very grand with more than 4000 shops..) tiring but happening =)


me with my pale face(letih woo) beside my Yemen friend. look at Balqis,she's trying to befriend with that boy (i forgot his name) =)

to be continued... sayonara =)

Monday, February 1, 2010

today's story

assalamualaikum wbt..

apa khabar semua diluar sana..? sekarang kami masih lagi di minggu imtihan..mid term yang memperuntukkan markah yang agak besar utk keseluruhan 'carry marks'.. tinggal lagi satu paper berbaki - PARASITOLOGY.. A study about cacing,telur serta anak beranaknya semua yang sering membuatkan saya terpisat-pisat biji mata mengamati reka bentuk tubuh badannya dalam slide di kelas..antara hikmah terbesar dapat belajar subjek ini personally rasanya dapat membuatkan hati selalu kagum dengan Pencipta cacing2 tersebut..kerana susuk tubuh(mcm orang la plak =P) nya amat2 kompleks dan very detail.. kesimpulannya, doakan saya dan suami serta rakan2 yg lain disini dapat buat yang terbaik dalam exam dan lulus dengan cemerlang untuk tahun ni..AMEEN

sebenarnya,tak plan pun nak menulis blog sekarang..i mean in d midst of exam ni..lebih baik saya lipat segunung kain baju yang dah mulai runtuh dek terlalu banyak(huhu) sementara otak rasa nak rest kejap dari study ni. ataupun, tidur sama2 dengan balqis dan papanya..tapi,mengenangkan ada kuah spagetti yang sedang dimasak atas dapur, then here i am--blogging,hehe..pandai betul cari alasan =) anyway,talking about sleep,there's really a big thing considering our sleep cycle..memang 180 degree terbalik..lepas waktu dhuha(around 9-10am) barulah boleh lelapkan mata,sampailah waktu zohor masuk..then,kalau rasa cam lembik lagi, cari lagi energy dengan sambung balik(kind of excuses,heh) sampai masuk asar..lps asar barulah boleh start semua kerja (memasak utk dinner,basuh baju/kemas rumah/buang sampah bla bla bla..) . sampai bila? sampai la masuk waktu dhuha keesokannya..nak tidur lepas subuh,memang sangatlah tidak cantiknya dari sudut rezeki..but,mathematically, we will have sooo much time to be allocated for things-to-do prioritizing the study..tapi, naturally,i repeat NATURALLY this is kind of mind blowing,huhuhu...tapi sebab dah more than 2weeks i guess,so body clock pun dah jadi biasa.. semua ini tak lain tak bukan balqis punye keje,hehe Qis jangan marah ye whenever u read this later =)



saya mengaku yang saya tak begitu mendisiplinkan waktu tidur si kecil ni..bukan tak mencuba,almost everyday i came out with a strategic planning yang dirancang rapi dengan papabalqis tapi, nak buat mcm mana..terlajak 10minit dari masa tidur asalnya,terus berubah the whole pattern.. mencabar kan? tapi best!! (a saying of a desperate mommy hehe)..teringat masa papa balik Msia dulu, ketika saya menumpang tidur di rumah kawan2, sudah pukul 4-5pagi balqis masih lagi rancak bermain..seolah2 matahari tidak pernah terbenam untuknya waktu tue..sbg ibu,of course la saya layaaaan je tapi kesian kat kawan2 yang kena 'korek' biji mata dgn balqis,haha..asal mama terlepas pandang sikit, dia dah buka selimut acik2 ni,dan berusaha untuk buka mata dorang dengan jari kecilnya tue..alhamdulillah lah balqis ada acik2 yang sangat sabar ,tak marah pun dan sambung tidur balik macam biasa =)

ANYWAY, there are parents out there who succeed in this matter..but for me and hubby, we do want our baby to spend every single second in her days with us..as long as she gets enough hours for her normal sleep,then it will be just OK with me..and this usually involves 11-12hours generally.. WHY? it's simply because she is still a baby who knows less about this world and of course has a great inquiry to explore for more..so,siapa lagi nak layan kalau bukan ibu bapanya,kan? kesian dia dahla takde kawan..beli toys banyak2 pun takde kawan nak ajak main sama2..lama2,dia boring sendirian..that's why she needs us to tag along with her while there are times when we should leave her to be on her own..i've always talked to my hubby about how sunyi for balqis for not having someone around her age here..i mean, a malaysian kid who live nearby..kanak2 arab ramai la,tapi mama plak yg seriau nak lepas anak berkawan..huhu poor balqis..kalau ada pun , agak jauh dari rumah dan jarang2 dapat jumpa..well,eventhough it seems that i'm justifying the condition, in fact,i would rather say that we could bear our life like this simply because we love her so much that nothing could affect anything...kiranya, memang kena pandai2 la nak compensate energy lepas tue macam mana agar tak menjejaskan urusan yang utama - solat awal waktu,study, muamalah dsb..i guess every young parents with their first child would more or less face the same problem..--MANAGING THE FAMILY SLEEP PATTERN.. am wondering somehow macam manala Mak dulu study masa saya kecik2 kan..Abah dgn ma juga masa papa kecik2 dulu..maybe this is our turn and gladly Allah is more than near us to offer Guidance for those who seek..Rabbuna Yusahhil..

so,tadi masa exam Microb saya org melayu yg kuar first rasanya selepas saja 30min menjawab, diikuti papabalqis yang kedudukannya betul2 di depan saya dalam dewan peperiksaan..sua tangan aje pun dah boleh capai..tapi,nak tiru tak nampak sebab terlindung dengan badannya,hehe.. selalunya saya akan tunggu sampai habis masa yang diperuntukkan even dah habis jawab pun..tapi,hari ni fikiran benar2 tertumpu pada anak kecil tue yang sorang..bermula apabila semalam dia asyik nak bermanja, kejap2 datang peluk mamanya,sampai ke pagi tadi,menjerit2 tanak tukar diapers,tanak salin baju semua sampaikan dah habis dah semua trick mama..so mama let papa to deal with her..papa biasalah segala teknologi diberinya balqis,dengan Iphone,laptop,BB,mp3 semualah balqis buat bola je dilempar ke tepi,huhu..nasib baik atas katil.. so,pagi tadi kami menghantar balqis yang bermuram durja kerana bakal ditinggalkan dengan acik baik hati yang sudi menjaga balqis dan, kami melangkah dengan laju menuju gamaah..sampai sana, saya tiada 'hati' pun nak belek nota seperti kebiasaannya,sebaliknya cuba untuk fokus pada rahmat dan pertolonganNya agar kami bisa tenang dan dapat jawab dengan CEPAT dan TEPAT...salah sikit2 tue biasalah,nama pun masih study..hehe..makanya, usai menjawab dan menyemak beberapa kali(yang tak tau tue hentam diiringi tawakkal ajelah), kami pulang dan cepat2 pergi amik balqis..sampai2 sana,dia tersengih2 macam tak de apa2 dan siap ketawa2 lagi bercerita itu ini pada saya dalam bahasanya yang unik tue..alahai balqis..tadi tue kemain lagi nangis2 tanak turun dari dukungan mama..apapun, mama dan papa teeeetap sayang balqis FOREVER.. =)