Ramadan Kareem

Today is 16th of Ramadan, so another 14 days more to go, Adik dah start with his fasting but only until 4.00pm, so far his ok only complaining a bit thirsty. (Anyway his fast only on weekend because his goes to school on the weekdays and the weather still very hot now).

Last monday (8th September 2008) Farhan had a surgery to remove his tonsils. His felt very bad until today, still cannot eat hard food and this morning i brought him to see the ent for follow-up check-up, now his get an infection so have to start with another cycle of antibiotic, kesihan kat dia, hoping he will recover soon, insyaAllah.

The school started on 7th September, everyone goes to school except kak long, but last sunday she started doing the voluntary work helping at the kindergarden class also in cambridge, good for her since she likes children very much. Anyway kak long good result for her IGCSE last August, she's got A* for Physic, mathematic and business studied, A for biology, chemistry and infomation technology and B for English and geograpy. Congratulation!!! kak long, may your wish come true.

My quilting project still on hold, since i'm very busy with Farhan and during ramadan time seems very short, most of the time fills by baking and cooking only. Hope after Eid i can make something...wall hanging or baby quilt...

Summer time

Now in here is getting hot and hotter, today the temperature was 41 C, feel very lazy to go out, anyway, my kids start again with their exam, the third term exam and my eldest daugther still having another five more paper to go, her last day of exam will be on 11th June 2008 and for the rest kids will be on 12th June 2008. After that we will go back to Malaysia for two months, such a long holiday and everyone is so look forward. Actually two months are a very short time since i am going back to my hometown in Pahang and my husband hometown in Kedah, then we plan to go for a holiday at Port Dickson and Penang, just a few days left to some shopping (mostly foods) before come back to Abu Dhabi. Hope we can enjoy every minutes we are there.


Last month, i had finished a quilt for my parent-in-law, their 50th anniversary, hope they will like it, each block was designed by my children and my husband, and each drawing will tell how they think about their grandparents, such as Fardan drew the cake for the 50th anniversary, each candle represent 10 years, and i just followed the drawing he made. Fariha drew the sweet corn since in front of their house has a sweet corn stall and everytime we go back to Gurun, my mother-in-law will give us a bunch of sweet corn. So each block has its own meaning.














The cake designed by Fardan





Sweet corn drew by Fariha

I aslo made another quilt, it called a puff or biscuit quilt for Fardan. Just for him to lay-down while watching the tv.

Now i'm in the process of finishing another quilt, a wall hanging actually, hope can finish it before go back to Malaysia, still have another three weeks to go.

Last few weeks, i'm also in the mood of baking so did tried a few recipes from the internet, i tried fancy or decorative cookies, oatmeal cookies, black pepper steak, shawarma and jeneket ( recipe from Pn Zarina, thank you), my children loves them all very much. This the decorative cookis i made, but the decorations are not very nice. hope next time i can decorate it better.

Mid Term School Break

Almost four months i did not updated my journal,....where to start...nothing much happened actually, this few months seem very slow and quite, my time mostly spend at home and with the children. Adik had a chicken pox, but now almost fully recover, so last term exam selamatlah dia tak payah ambil periksa...seronoklah tu..., result are based on the internal marks only, whereas the rest have to study. This one week school holiday tak pergi mana stayed at home, most of the time i kat dapur prepared food for the children who always hungry, i tried a few new recipes, i made pau, triffle, sponge cake, fruit tart, muffin, popiah, sardin puff, coney dog and dougnut most of the recipe i got from the internet...especially from hanieliza and mamafami. Anyway, i sempat jugak buat quilt, tapi the top part aje yang dah siap, once i complete it will post it here. Last week a bought a new sewing machine Bernina Bernette 90e, so supposedly cepatlah sikit i buat quilting...Kak Long will seat for the IGCSE next month, hope she will get a good result, insyaAllah.

Thursday, 27 December 2007

Hi, I'm back, it's quite sometimes I didn't write, actually feel very lazy to write, anyway it just a journal and not a diary that should write on daily basis. Em............where to start, i think i should start with my parent in-law visited in the month of october 2007 (19th October 2007 to 4th November 2007), well.... everyone were happy with their grandparents. We had a picnic at the corniche park on the next day their arrived (20th October 2007) with Iza's family, hamidah's family, Faizah' family, kak Sharidah's family and kak Puspa with hubby.

The following weekend we went to Al-Ain Green park for another picnic, just wanted to show my in-law on oasis and the most greenest part in the UAE, the next day we went to Dubai.

In front of the mosque in Abu Dhabi



At Al Ain Green Park

On the way back to Abu Dhabi

In front of Bur Arab, the most expensive hotel

The last weekend before they left we had our annual family's day (which is my anniversary), everyone so excited, the best part was my father in-law aslo participated in the games. We had football, cricket, drawing. word search, lumba lari, lompat katak etc. We had fifteen games and the overall winner was spice (juara bertahan, bilalah cabai nak beat ni... jangan marah cabai, try again next year)

My father in-law : Hj Yusuf and mother in-law :Hjh Rafiah

What else to write, this month I had finished four more quilts, one for Syazwan (hand quilted which took me three months to complete it, finally I finished it on 9th Dec 2007) one for kak long, one for kakngah and one for farhan (the rest just a simple machine quilted).

Syazwan's Quilt


Kak Long's quilt


Kak Ngah's Quilt

Actually, Syazwan's quilt is telling about himself, his favourite games (football, cricket, swimming, skateboard), he was born in october means libra and the year of rat (I made it as a computer mouse), he want to be a pilot (the aeroplane) and the three flowers means he has three beautiful ladies in his life at the moment (his mother and his two sisters). His colours are black and white ( although i prefer more colourful), which he chosed by himself. I think that all, my next quilt project is for Farhan, so I should start to draw about him........

Last friday (21 December 2007) Fardan was admitted at Al Salama hospital beause of asthma attacked. Before that we were planned to go to Al-Ain for camping, it turn out we had a camping in the hospital, tapi it ok, we can go next time once adik recover, betul tak..... This month i had two birthday parties, one for farhan and one for fardan, happy birthday boys... i just made them a chocolate moist cake and fruit tartlet and the birthday presents were soccer matches andV-smile, hope they enjoy it very much.

Farhan birthday on 14 December 1999

Fardan birthday on 24 December 2002
Wassalam.

18 Oct 2007

Hi, lama betul dah tak updated this journal, don't know where to start..., i think start with eid mubarak. This year i berhari raya dengan kak long, kak Ngah, Farhan and Fardan, cik abang and Syazwan balik berhari raya di Malaysia, emm...sedih jugaklah di malam raya tu maklumlah this the first time we raya separately,.. anyway pagi raya which was on Friday 12, 2007 (kat M'sia the celebrate on Sat 13, 2007) we went to the park as usual, i masak rendang ayam, nasi impit, kuah kacang, and instant ketupat pulut. Zamani datang pick-up at 8.15am, kat sana ada zamani's family, faizah's family, hapizah's family, Hamidah's family, norizan's family, Azlina's family and Azimah's family. Macam-macam ada, laksa, mee hoon, rendang macam-macam jenis, lontong, and all the cookies yang beranika jenis, we stayed there until 1.30pm, balik rumah, relax kejap, petang after ashar we went to the embassy, adalah makan satay and nasi dagang, balik just before maghrib 5.45pm. Penatlah jugak but not so bad the celebration although cik abang tak ada. But the next, i batuk, Fardan and Kak Ngah start balik, i think minum ice banyak sangat.

Tommorrow my hubby will be backed with my mother-in-law and father-in-law and this saturday plan another picnic at the part.

Cerita pasal Quilt, last July, i made a small quilt for Fairuz Roqqayah (Fakhrul's daughter), now tengah nak siapkan quilt for Syazwan. Lupa nak cerita, last summer holiday i went backed to m'sia for one month, pergi holiday at Port Dickson, went back to Gurun, than went back to Kuala Lipis, tapi sempat pergi belajar folk art drawing at creative cottage, so i learn to draw roses, hydrangear and fruits.

June 22, 2007

Almost a week since school holiday and nothing much to do, i had an asthma since last tuesday, Fardan had a cough and flu since last week, the same goes to the others except for bapa, who maintain, tak taulah esok ke lusa ke kena pulak kan... Anyway, outsite very hot today temperature about 44 C, thinking about to go out, pun dah malas, tapi sekarang banyak sales, cuma nak keluar tu yang tak larat.

So all the time at home, activities, cooking and baking, last week i tried to make cinnamon bun, last tuesday i made roasted chicken together with coleslaw, mashed potatoes and bun. Next week try another type of bread. So summer ni, process mengemukkan badan lagilah nampaknya. Bila nak kurus tak taulah. Bears they hybrid in winter tapi we all hybrid in summer, terbalik pulak.

Quilting project, tengah buat quilt for Fairuz Rogayyah (Tuta's daughter) hopefully by next month siap, insyaAllah. After that kena quilt buat for Syazwan pulak, since due in October 2007 (his birthday on 3rd October), so i still have 3 months to complete it. We will going back to Malaysia on 7th August 2007 till 6th September 2007 with Etihad airways, just about a month. Mula ingat tak nak balik tapi duduk kat sini tak larat, tak tau nak pergi mana sebab panas so decided to go back, and the only ticket available are in August, nak buat macam mana kenalah sabar sebulan lagi.

May 16, 2007

Yesterday, the art & class craft very enjoyable, we make a cushion cover. Datin draw camel and wau bulan. So everyone make a template and draw at the fusible. Tapi sayang i tak sempat nak habis pukul 11.30am dah nak balik sebab nak pick-up Fardan balik sekolah at 12.10pm. Punyalah panas nak tunggu teksi, nasiblah dapat, risau jugak takut terlambat, nanti menangis pulaklah Fardan. Sekarang panas betul, nak keluarpun rasa tak larat.

This saturday, 19th May 2007, the perwakilan of the embassy pergi trip to Sharjah blue souq. Bertolak pukul 8.00am and balik pukul 6.00pm. Tak taulah apa ada kat sana, tapi oklah jugak i bawak the two girls. Hoping this trip would be enjoyable.