37th week !

Picture courtesy of Abu Mukhtaar's Flickr...

Alhamdullilah, It was Friday and yesterday was the official opening of MY Beloved Masjid, Masjid Al-Abdul Razak@ Jalan Ismail.

The Jemaah perfomed Solat Jumaat and our Mufti Syed Esa Semait was the Imam. Many Muis Officials were there and at the end of the majlis, the jemaah were served with what else : Briyani Dam!

Hubby took time off from work and attended the event. He was so happy to be there, what with all the briyani and his friends there.
He told me the Masjid is now air-connedified! Wahhhh.... rather advance for a small Masjid Kampung hor...Almarhum Ustaz Ahmad Semait ( May Allah bless his soul ) would have been happy to see this masjid I would think.

ok lets change the topic quickly to the baby stuff ! ;p

The time is drawing near I supposed.

Last night, I had contractions in the car, ( about 15mins interval, mild pain only), while on the way back from the FJC meet up.

I told Hubby, " Maybe....its time...". As usual, he was still Relaxed about it.

Still, I didnt want to take any chance.

We U-turned back to my parents place, drop Little Habib there, went home, had a good shower, prepared the camera, charged our handphones...and waited.

Then, the contractions stopped at 11 plus and I went to bed... Gahhhh....!

Anyway, ok so I had my 37th week check up at the gynea too yesterday noon. Had the CDG scan..heartbeat normal, and showed there were already contractions! ...

Dr Heng was happy to see me... Baby's weight shot up to 2.5kg ! Alhamdullilah.....

Though I kindda lost weight...from 60kg to 59.8kg..so how's that possible when baby gained weight? Hmmm....

So now, the planned plan is again back on track.

If nothing happens before 12 Dec, Dr Heng will meet me at ESH bright and early and I shall be induced. She'll break my waterbag, and I will be put on drip.

Next check up will be next Wed, 10 Dec, to make sure things are OK and she will do the VE to check my cervix.

Hubby told her he was not in favour of inducing, but she told him that since I am already having contractions, it can be anytime....If not, that we'll get the baby out by next Friday..no Harm in that....

I already have the admission letter with me. All my bags are packed. Everything that I need is with me except the baby carrier. ( hint hint..anyone want to sponsor a baby carrier? haha...) nah kidding lah!....

Im still thinking if I should go buy a baby carrier. It would be convenient to carry my baby in a pouch while running after my active son. But someone did mention the baby's leg will be *distorted* if carried in a baby carrier....Hmmm.....

Well, Allah (swt ) knows best, induced or natural.. I leave it in HIS hands and I Am getting excited to get my baby out..... Insya'allah, may the baby be healthy and may everything be well. Amiin.

36th week check up

Went for my check up last Friday.

Turns out, I might not get induced on the 12th after all as the baby is rather small and light and DR wants me to eat more and most probably, we'll go all the way till my waterbag breaks or when Allah (swt) says the baby is ready to come out.
Apparently, now, gynea is not really in favour of inducing the baby next Friday. Im quite cheesed by the fact that why didnt my gynea told me ealier that "hey the baby abit underweight, eat MORE okie..."
Oh well, I guess things were rather on track until now.....

Dr Heng's advise : Eat more... 2 eggs daily, 2 cups of milk, and REST MORE .... ( REST REST REST )

So meantime, Im trying my best to eat more eventhough I dont have much appetite. I am quite taken aback that baby is this light. It must be due to my frequent vomitting after meals.

Feeling slightly disappointed with the baby's weight, though I know it rather late now to start gorging myself to eat all the protein enriched food.

Oh yes, at this stage, Not much movements from adik too. What happened to all the acrobatic stunts and kicks ? :O

Before this, I had prayed to God to give me a sign, if really I should ask to be induced. If Im not mistaken, I performed 2 Rakaats of Sunat Hajat to seek the best path.
This may be a sign that Inducing is not the right choice. Its a classic case of " I Plan and Allah (swt) Determines.'

Baby's weight at 36th week : 2.1 kg ( yeah... really light )
Ummi's weight at 36th week : 60 kg
Dr Predicted Baby's weight at full term : 2.5-2.7 Kg

Little Habib's weight at 38th week and time of birth : 2.75kg.

Hubby and me are rather small people to begin with. So...I really dont expect an above 3 kg baby... whats most important and what I am praying for now is that my baby will come out healthy, healthy lungs etc.....


This Friday, next check up...37th week, going to hear the baby's heartbeat. May Allah (swt) make everthing all-right. Amiin.

Insya'allah..

AIF ! ...36th weeks

Alhamdullilah, its friday.....

Everytime its Friday, I feel that time flies so fast....don't ya ?

Am at home now with hubby only, parked Little Habib at my parents place after solat Isyak at the masjid just now. Sometimes when he is at my parents house, I feel a slight relief that I can get some rest. Seriously, Im exhausted. Been going for Isyak prayers every night at the mosque after our dinner. Sometimes, I complain to my hubby that I cant go, cos I am tired and I wonder why he still insist on going...
He keeps saying that tiredness is just temporary and I can tawassul on this amalan one day.

Anyway, I feel relaxed now cos tonight, my parents are taking care of my son for me. Some silence in my home... no endless questions from the little one..heh....

Im sure once Adik comes, chances of being at home without my child will be very seldom, cos I cannot leave 2 kids at once at my parents place as they too need their rest.

We went to the zoo a few days back since I was on leave. It was our maiden trip with our son.
Alhamdullilah, while queuing up to buy tickets, 2 men came to us and offered us free tickets since they have extra tickets from their company and didnt want it to go to waste... It caught me by surprise, but it has shown me that Allah (swt) gives Rizk in many forms. We went in the zoo for Free !



Little Habib enjoyed watching the white tigers ! He also liked the Orang Utans.

Midway, he got very cranky cos he wanted to sleep. So hubby and me went to watch the animals together with our sleeping son.

Luckily, he regained his energy when he worked up, and ate rather well at KFC after the trip.

Tomorrow, would be my last day with my company before I start my maternity leave. I've wrote my farewell email and given my team a treat of moccas, lattes, hot choco and Fruit Tea. I also treated some of them to muffins, sugar rolls and egg tarts.

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Received many well wishes and gift and lunch treats. My team bought me the watch which I have been eyeing for a few months. Alhamdullilah, another form of Rezeki. I love this pink Swatch and would be reminded of them when I wear it.

My hospital bag is Finally all packed !

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Had contractions , not so regular but rather painful for 2 days straight. Today no contractions but I can feel baby moving very little. In fact, it got me worried that the baby hasn't been active since the start of this week, but I did feel some movements, so I'll just wait for tomorrow to check with Dr Heng when I go for my 36th week check up. Hope everything is OK.

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The countdown has begun.

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I feel as if its nearing, as if my cervix is already opened..... I dont know If I can make it till 12.12 but I pray for the best from Allah (swt)...

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Thanks for all the doa's and well wishes.... May Allah bless those who have kind thoughts on me. May you be bless with many more goodness than what you wish for me. Amiin.

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Allahumma salli 'ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa 'ala ali Sayyidina Muhammad

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Innallàha wa malâikatahû yusallûna 'alan-nabiyy, yâ ayyuhalladhîna âmanû sallû alayhi wa sallimû taslîmâ. (Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.) 33:56

Last Saturday duty...

In the office now....Its my last Saturday shift... before My Last week of work here, before I begin Maternity Leave.. Im not sure If I will return back to this office in April.

Been spending quite abit of time with my colleagues.... went to eat at Seoul Garden with them. That was hilarious cos when we went home, each of us smelt like Barbequed Meat.
We also had the famous Nasi Padang at Circular Road. Boy was it yummy !

My GM gave me a lunch treat at Fig&Olive.... and schedule to have a chat with my director next Monday. They are all sad to see me go, but they told me to remain positive and think of the baby first.

Things are not so bad lah now.
I guess I'll only feel the heat if nothing comes by April next year...if I cant find another suitable job. *Oh gosh.. hope that does not happen.* I still wanna work. I realise, I am not so housewife material. I wanna work, and earn $$ and go on holidays....

Oh well, we plan, Allah determines huh....

My feet are oready swollen. Orang tua kata, after 3 times of swolleness, than its time kan.... Hmmm.....

Little Habib asked me this morning, "when adik coming out?"... Told him to ask Allah that..haha... me dont know when eh.... but insya'allah will be in a few more weeks....

I've washed baby's clothes and ironed it.

I've started to drink young coconut juice .... people tells me its for easy birth.

Just need to visit Habib Abbas one of these days to take air selusuh and last doa before I give birth..I tawassul dengan doa para orang orang Alim hor.... Maybe if I get a chance, visit Maqam Habib Nuh again.

Yeah..I feel ready.... : )




will miss my collegues lehz... : (

Time is passing by....

Another week to go before I officially start my leave and there is a high probability I may not be coming back to this office anymore.

This morning, I walked pass Change Alley and Clifford Centre and I looked around at the place where I have been spending my weekdays.

I saw Starbucks and Spinellis and Body Shop and Charles and Keith, shops which I am farmiliar with.

It’s been 1 year of wonderful memories working with this company. What can I say, I had it all…. Good colleagues, was able to wear my headscarf, lunch time was flexible, I could walk to the nearby mosque to do my prayers, Bosses were understanding, my close friend was my immediate supervisor, no one breathing down my neck etc etc…. the best part was I could leave work at 6pm on the dot!

Well, sometimes the saying all good things must come to an end is true after all... As much as I would like to hang on to it and think that this is a nightmare, I have to face reality that there are things that are beyong my control.

Just like this job, my pregnancy will also come to an end soon. It might be my last pregnancy from the way I look at things. Hubby was never in favor of a second child anyway.

I am not so sure if I will miss being pregnant as this hasn’t been exactly a smooth ride for me.
I can’t stand looking at my maternity clothes. I miss my normal clothes and my normal pants and skirts.
I won’t miss the migraines and the hip aches and the leg cramps and the heartburn for sure.

One thing I liked about being pregnant is how I noticed men give you more respect when you are pregnant. Most days, when I walk in the mosque for my zohr prayers, the working men I meet would give me a nod and a smile as if they solute me for walking with a big tummy. Never told my hubby about this before, but I wonder if telling him this would make him appreciate me more for the fact that I am carrying his baby. Not an easy tasks this baby.

I am excited to meet little Adik. Yes I am.
I love Adik so much…see the maternal instinct has kicked in.
Will Adik look like me? Will Adik have thick hair like mine?
Will Adik have dimples like Dadima?
Will Adik have a sweet smile like mine? (Haha...tak malu) …..

These are the things I like to think about. Well, Insha’Allah soon I will know.

Everyday I make supplications that Adik turns out to be a good daughter,with strong Iman, preety on the inside and outside and will bring much happiness and blessings to my family.

Little Habib too is anticipating. See, we’ve trained him well.
He now takes the rattles that I bought for his Adik and he puts the rattles on my tummy. Then he said “Adik, we share toys ok?”… Masya’Allah! This boy is really Masya’Allah!

Actually, when I look at me losing my job and the timing, it may not have been so bad. I have already bought all my baby items.
The pram, Medela pump, sterilizers, milk warmer, clothes, bottles, towel, blankets, minyak telons, baby socks and shoes and my button-in-front pajamas.

Can you imagine if I found out a few months earlier that I would lose my job? I would surely not be able to spend my $$ in peace right. I would have to hold back on my spending thus taking the joy away for shopping for the baby.
The only thing we have not bought is a bassinet, to rock the baby in, but I guess, we can do without that.

Have notified Kak Maryam the 'tukang urut' that *d day* may actually be 12 Dec so standby for urut on the 15Dec..maybe I will just have urut sessions for 7 days instead of 10. I did save up $500 for 10sessions but now, maybe just 7 urut sessions will do.

Till then, baby is moving well, rather active I must say. Hope the baby is not another night owl!

Just have to pray the breast milk starts producing again. Yes, with all the stress and sadness that I am facing now, the milk just seems to all go away suddenly. Subahan’allah…..

AIF ! ... 34th week

Alhamdullilah, Its Friday...

Its 4.20 am, been up since just now doing some reading on my insurance and growth funds stuff...thinking if I should stop all my policies....

Didnt really expect the recession to be this harsh to me. At times like this, its better to be thrifty and save as much as we can. Now, with kids, things are different.....

My parents have been rather supportive... Alhamdullilah..
My in laws advised me to Sabar and they will pray for me.
Hubby will actively be on the lookout for a suitable job for me once I have given birth. I guess, the conditions are still not stable to declare me a full time housewife yet...not unless the kids are bigger and hubby's pay increase many many times..

Last check up I had, baby was fine. Already 2 kg and now in my 34th week. Dr Heng will see me on the 10th Dec.
She will do that painful finger measurement thing......If Cervix is open by then, she will induce me on the 12th which is a Friday and I am really OK with giving birth on that day... With Allah's Permission...
If Cervix is not open, Dr Heng wont induce me and we shall wait for waterbag to burst. I am tired, so I will go with her advise... I will pray that Allah (swt) arranged the best for me.

Its already 4.30 am.. Time to Qiamulail to ease this heart of its worries and seek some form of guidance and blessings this Friday night.

Allahumma salli 'ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa 'ala ali Sayyidina Muhammad

Innallàha wa malâikatahû yusallûna 'alan-nabiyy, yâ ayyuhalladhîna âmanû sallû alayhi wa sallimû taslîmâ. (Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.) 33:56

AIF ! ... Preparations...

Alhamdullilah, It’s a Friday ! Shiokness.. Fridays always light up my mood.

I know, it is still early…what another 4 weeks before I should really prepare for delivery ? But I think about the delivery everyday. All the time. With a smile.
I don’t know why, I feel prepare to face the pain. Maybe cos Ive been through it before, so it rather exciting to feel it again. Well, I still pray its not as painful. Some people say the 2nd delivery will be much easier. Guess I am learning to chill !

My hubby pulak don’t show much excitement over the labour. Im guessing he thinks that If I can do it the first time, then it should be no problem the 2nd time ah. Chey…maybe he will sleep while I go through those awful contractions pains. The first time, he was busy reading selawats and blowing them on my forhead. Ahah….But he does talk to our baby in our tummy alot and he has felt adik moving my tummy..cos this baby of mine seems to move alot....

When I got pregnant this 2nd time around, I thought it would be an easy ride. But in reality is, no 2 individuals are the same and no 2 pregnancies are the same. Looking back, Its been 8 painful months so far, but I am thankful, baby and me are still fine. I am still having heartburn by the way.

I know.... it’s a little too late… Yar at 32 weeks, I realize that staying positive is essential. It is a mind game.
I have to constantly have patience because once the baby is out, it might be another round of sleepless nights, crying, breastfeeding, rushing to warm the milk, changing diapers and not to mention, also caring for my son, Little Habib.
Insya’allah my mum will be by my side, but this time, I hope to be more independent. I hope my mum's helper too can handle my baby well, though I doubt so, since is a 23year old single who took quite long to warm up to my son in the first place.

Though I feel heavy, and my walking shows it already, I will try to walk more often to improve my cardiovascular fitness. I have also started doing Kegel exercises as there is evidence suggesting that strong pelvic floor muscles may shorten the pushing stage of labour. For Little Habib’s labour, I pushed about 5 times before he came out.

I day-dreamed a few days ago what it will be like to hold adik in my arms. Within seconds, my eye started to tear. Can you imagine holding your own daughter ? Masya’allah….. They say a daughter will be close to the mother. Just like me and my mum.

Insya’ Allah

Allahumma salli 'ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa 'ala ali Sayyidina Muhammad

Innallàha wa malâikatahû yusallûna 'alan-nabiyy, yâ ayyuhalladhîna âmanû sallû alayhi wa sallimû taslîmâ. (Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.) 33:56

32 Weeks check Up.

Alhamdullilah, my 32 weeks check up yesterday went well. Baby moving well and looks chubby in the ultra scan.

We brought Little Habib for the 1st time to DR Heng's clinic. The nurse said he was a Xerox copy of his Abah. Hai Takde ker muka aku sedikit pun ???

Ok, so Dr Heng did some test on me and after that we discussed a little about inducing the baby.
If you ask me, I am all for inducing. I don't really know whats the down side of inducing though...Anyone knows off hand why it is not recommended ?
Some say Induce labour is more painful than normal labour, some say its more of convenience reasons.

You see, I was induced for my first pregnancy because there were some complications on the 38th week. There were signs of the baby's faeces in the water bag when we did an ultra sound for my 38th week check up. We were worried that the baby would choke on the faeces. Hence, Dr Heng told me to meet her at the delivery suit sharped at 8.30 am the next morning. At that point, I was actually already 2cm dilated. Immediately, I called my boss to inform them of the start of my maternity leave.

Hubby rushed to rumah Habib Abbas to get air selusuh and called all his friends and Ustaz to make doa. No matter what, we did not want to go for Cesarean. Hmm....1st baby kan...panick ah....Mum and sis slept over my house that night.

I could not sleep. I woke up several times to solat and read the ratib while waiting for Subuh to come. We walked in ESH the next morning around 08am. Little Habib was in my parents safe hands.

After the payment process, I was push to the delivery suite. After going through the enema process ( the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement ), and going to the toilet to clear my Bowels, DR Heng greeted me with worried look.

If the water is dirty, It would be straight to the operating teater. She told me she discussed with DR Bal ( my aunt ) the night before if she should have admitted me in straight away.
She then used a rubber glove with a small hook on her index finger. She inserted her finger in my womb area and that hook burst the waterbag. Alhamdullilah, water in water bag was clean, so we proceeded with natural birth. No pain there.

I was put on the drip, given laughing gas and I asked for the Pentadine Jab at my thighs when the pain started and after 4 hours of the most intense pain in my whole life, I was 10 cm dilated and pushing out the baby on my own. Dr Heng came just in time for me to push my dear son out. Phew..... Alhamdulillah. So that was my labour story. Nothing too dramatic. Just 4 hours of REAL REAL contraction pain.

Well, this time around, DR Heng says she will check and see if my body will be ready to be induced. She suggested if I am OK with it, we can go for 12.12.08 which yeah seems like a nice date huh. Waddaya know...its a Friday !! So I am excited.

Ok, I am now 50 % for the idea of getting induced on 12.12.08. But well, hubby wants me to wait for the waterbag to burst naturally if there are no complications. He says, lets just wait for Allah (swt) to tell us when. Considering that we are not really planing for a no 3 baby, it would be nice to experience 'waterbag break naturally kindda thing' this time round.

Its still not decided yet. I told DR Heng, we KIV first 12.12.08. I need to pray for some guidance. As you know, we plan but the master of all planners is Allah (swt). Who knows kan, the baby might decide to come out earlier. Maybe 08.12.08 ker ? I was just thinking, lets make 12.12.08 the last date. If no waterbag burst by then, we'll go for induce. Hmm......

And don't get me wrong. I am not syiriq. I dont feel that 12.12.08 is a lucky good luck number or something. I just feel that it would be fun to have a birth date as 12 Dec 08 just like my birth date 01.01 XX, adik's will be 12.12 ?

So...how about that ?? ; )

Today...

Today, Alhamdullilah.... the baby in me turns officially 32 weeks which means I am 8 months preggy.

Today Insya'allah, I will be visiting my chirpy and sweet Gynea.

Today, I suddenly wanna move to Wordpress cos I want to have some protected "privacy" post. If I were to start another blog, It would be Private and would be named
" Conversations with GOD ".... heh.

Today, I realised that no matter how I say I want to be a sweet loving wife, I sometimes doubt if I can ever achieve that 100 %. I doubt if that is ever achievable. I doubt if anyone's Patience can reach that level which I hope to attain.

Today, I want to tell the world that Pre Natal Depression is for REAL and...... maybe only soaking myself in prayers and remembrance of GOD can remove this sucky feeling.

Today, I TRY to have split personalities in order to have happy thoughts for the sake of my children and the people around me. Especially for my children...

AIF ! ...Emo Mummy again.

"Ummi... Nak Mukhtaar truck ..."

Alhamdullilah, Its Friday!

Maybe..... I might close this blog once I have given birth ( Insya'Allah ) this December. Will reckon I wont have time to blog anyway since I will be busy trying to get use to life with 2 kids and balancing my time between a baby and a toddler.

Actually, been thinking about this 'quit blogging' thing for awhile.
Though I love blogging, sharing my feelings and emotional turmoils, encouraging mummies out there about the need to take spiritual and religious upbringing of their kids seriously, spreading knowledge of Alim Ulama's visits and stories, it dawned on me of how many readers actually think I am genuine.
U see, at first, I blogged for my own self.. like a therapy. Then when I found out I had readers through emails etc, I wrote still for my own self, but also a part of me wrote to encourage others.

I read in another blog just now that says 'some people only want to show off who they studied and learnt with', and although it was never my intention, I may have put such impressions across. May Allah (swt) forgive me if I was ever that sort, I am only human. I like to encourage and be encouraged.

2 years of blogging is not bad for a once novice blogger like me huh. Should I move on? Maybe I should just revert to my journal where only Allah (swt) knows its contents.

Hmm... that aside, I am worried for my future. Career wise that is.
There is an economic turmoil happening and though I have been enjoying myself in this company, I do not how long I can enjoy the work here. We are migrating to a new system, and the future seems uncertain. Headcount have been stopped and a few people have talked about resigning. I am worried.

Hubby advise me this morning to Tawakkal and Yaqin that Allah (swt) will help. Syaitan is always playing with our minds. Syaitan makes us doubt the capabilities and kindness of Allah (swt). So when we are in doubt, what happens ? The doubts will happen.

.......I looked at her picture just now. She motivates me to be a better wife. Hubby is impressed by her at one point. So cheerful and cute. Maybe I should put her face on my desktop to motivate me? I can become such a grouch sometimes. Men don't like that huh. Especially men like my hubby who expects the wife to be "perfect and submissive" all the time.

--------Adik has been rather active in my tummy. At times, I feel she is practising martial arts in there.
Little Habib is already expecting an adik. He points to my tummy and say "Adik inside here" and kiss my tummy. Awwww...... so sweet kannnn...
I just love it when siblings can get along. I promised Little Habib that Adik will give him a helicopter toy when she comes in this world. He is so excited. He just loves mechanical gadgets like trucks and helicopters.
Oh yar, we lost babut ( his smelly pillow )... emotionally scarring I tell ya, both for him and me! I miss his Babut.... gosh..... poor baby.

..........Another PH this Monday. Alhamdullilah.... I wanna go buy my son a big truck and a helicopter at Toys R Us and I wanna go buy Adik a Pram at Baby Hypermart, and I wanna start being a sweet wife all over again.
Insya'Allah. ; )

Allahumma salli 'ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa 'ala ali Sayyidina Muhammad

Innallàha wa malâikatahû yusallûna 'alan-nabiyy, yâ ayyuhalladhîna âmanû sallû alayhi wa sallimû taslîmâ. (Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.) 33:56

AIF ~ 3rd Trimester and Hauls

Alhamdullilah, Its Friday...

Alhamdullilah also, I am in my 3rd Trimester stage of the pregnancy.
Can you believe it, I am in my 30th week. Soon, it will be 34 weeks, than 35 then 36 and than its the Final Countdown ( final countdown music playing in my ears right now ..heh ).... Insya'Allah. Maternity leave, God Willing, will start 01 Dec 08. I have some annual leave to clear first.

Still praying hard during my prayers to deliver a healthy baby au natural way without epidural or cesarian and will only depend on the "laughing gas"..... breaths deeply and then go totally high, yet I can still remember the pain the 1st time round. Oh how exciting !
Anyway, we can only plan these things. What actually happens on d day itself is beyong our control and totally up to the Al-Mighty Allah (swt). We can only ask. HE determines.

Started off today with a hearty Prata breakfast with hubby and Little Habib. My son loves Cheese Telor Prata with Teh Tarik.... following much of his Abah's influence.

Feeling chirpy....My sis health is getting better. We really tawassul on air doa Habib Abbas and my mum woke up to do Qiamulail for a few nights....doa ibu penting kan.

Insya'Allah will be getting some baby stuff later. I might just get a new Medela Pump cos there is a promotion on it, Medela has bottles which are BPA free. I also need to get long sleeves Pyjamas which have buttons in front to wear at the hospital in case there are visitors, this time, I am prepared to cover my hair at the hospital cos Ive bought those mini dakwahs which I can just slip it on my head. The other time, I was not prepared, short sleeve pyjamas and all and hubby's friends came visiting one by one. Hmm.

Time for Hauls.....

Insya'allah, hope I can make it for our all time favourite Ustaz, Almarhum Syed Abdillah Ahmad Aljufri. He has influenced hubby greatly, and lies a special place in our hearts. If you speak to my hubby about Islam and its faith, the words that flows out are much of what he learnt from his late Ustaz. Hubby is very much a Tasawwuf man, while I am a Syariah woman. Opposites !Thats why we often clash in our views and he is trying very hard to change me. Hah.

Wont be travelling up to KL to attend Haul of Imam Abdullah Al Haddad. I wish I could, but 7 mths preggy with an active toddler, I dont think I can. I pray, Insya'allah one day, Hubby, me , Little Habib and his adik can travel up together and stay at Sucasa and attend this haul as a family. Insya'Allah. I told hubby to go with his friends, but I know hubby is a little uncomfortable to travel without me around. Who'd take care of his clothes? :o

1. MAULIDURRASUL SAW & HAUL AKBAR @ Masjid Darussalam, 3002 Commonwealth Ave West, Sunday, 19 October 08, 8am. If Im not mistaken, its the haul of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Al-Jailani.

2. HAUL Almarhum USTAZ SYED ABDILLAH ALJUFRI at Masjid Sultan, Saturday, 25 October, after Asar.

3. MAULIDURRASUL SAW & HAUL SAYYIDATUNA KHODIJAH rha At Masjid Hj Muhd Salleh, Palmer Road,Sunday, 2 November 08, 8am.

4. Event : Haul of Imam 'Abdallah Al-Haddad
What: Group Trip
Host: SimplyIslam.sg
Start Time: Saturday, November 1 at 7:00am
End Time: Sunday, November 2 at 10:00pm
Where: Masjid Baitul Aman, Sucasa Apartments, Kuala Lumpur

Allahumma salli 'ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa 'ala ali Sayyidina Muhammad

Innallàha wa malâikatahû yusallûna 'alan-nabiyy, yâ ayyuhalladhîna âmanû sallû alayhi wa sallimû taslîmâ. (Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.) 33:56

Our 2 day 1 night holiday

Alhamdullilah, we just got back from a little getaway....

We went somewhere near, since I dont think I can leave the country being this preggy rite?... Its been years since Hubby and me visited the island of Sentosa!...So much have changed!

Well, Main reason for this trip was more of us wanting to spend some quality time with Little Habib before his adik comes in December, Insya'Allah.

Had loads of fun entertaining this excited little toddler of ours, but due to my heavy tummy, we couldnt do alot of walking. Thank God, the beach trams covered most of places we wanted to go.

Hubby decided that we drive into Sentosa and park the car at the hotel, so convenient! Now can drive in, No need to take ferry..wooh!

We checked in at Siloso Beach Resort around 2pm and was pleasantly surprised that our booking was given a complimentary upgrade to a Deluxe Seafacing room on level 7. Actually, I booked for a Superior Room but requested for either Pool or Sea view.

The hotel is right in front of Cafe Del Mar.


The room was really nice, had a good view of the ships which really entertained our boy. The bathroom had a separate bathtub and shower area, and a open view of the room, so Little Habib was really bemused when he could see his Abah taking a shower from the outside.


Bed, pillows and amenities of room was good... I recommend this hotel out of all the others in Sentosa because the location is really good, right in from of Siloso Beach, not too far in and not really in a secluded area. Good for families with kids.

The front of our room faced the swimming pool and waterfall. Been telling our little toddler about this trip 2 weeks in advance to hype things up abit.

After checking in, washing up and praying Zohor, we brought the excited boy to the Underwater World! Gosh that place was soo crowded with tourist... on a weekday. Saw many big Fishes and we explained to Little Habib that all these are creations of Allah (swt).... Subahan'Allah..even I was amazed at how big fishes and crabs can get.

After that, we took the Red Line Bus to the Dolphine Lagoon, made it for the last show at 5.30pm. I was tired by then and Little Habib was really more interested in eating the fries that we bought for him. Hubby was the excited one as he loves dolphines ! errrmmm...deprived childhood ? :p

At night after dinner, ( only place Halal near the hotel was Delifrance and Coffee Bean ), we went for the 8.40 show Songs of the Sea. Little Habib loved this one... He couldnt wait for the show to start! It was a combination of Musical Fountain, laser and fire displays and at the finale, there were mini fireworks !! Little Habib loves fireworks !!, that was the first word he uttered to me when he woke up the next day...."fireworks?!"...HAHA.. I must admit, we really enjoyed this show.

Next morning after having breakfast at the hotel, we took a leisurely stroll at Siloso Beach which was just infront of the restaurant. Best, dah lama tak jalan jalan kat beach. Sometimes when life gets a little bit tough, it does not hurt to take a break.

We soaked our feet in the clear water and stared carelessly at the horizons..... felt so good not having to think about any worries at that moment. The brain needs a break!

Then we changed into swimming gear and hit the pool ! Georgeous...we loved the waterfall. Too bad Little Habib 'wayang' only.. when we reached the pool, and he knew we were about to put him in the water, he chicken-ed out! But we still force him in the water anyway... hee hee...

The slide which I didnt get to take cos I was afraid I might bump my hips and hurt the baby...Hubby loved it!

Before going back, Hubby and Little Habib 'jalan jalan' and explored the rooftop garden on the top level of the hotel. Nice view of the ships there.

Checked out exactly at 12 noon, cos wat da ya know, I was hit by a terrible Heart burn again ! must be due from the full breakfast.

Well the swimming exhausted our son, he looked sleepy and went in and out of sleep the whole day.

To end of our 'holiday time' with our boy, we went to Masjid Mydin to pray Isyak.

This trip also calmed down my emotional harmones which I have been getting lately. Thank You, Allah.... for giving us some relaxing time. To see my son happy is a blessing.

Now, next thing I shall concentrate on is cleaning up the baby's wardrobe, getting ready the crib, buying the pram and other stuff which I have not buy yet and more quran reading and spiritual upgrade cos even as lazy and tired as I am, I also want to pass on good influence to the baby. Need...to ...put ...in ...a ...little... effort ...Insya'Allah.

Silaturahim...

Turns out, we decided not to end our EID celebration and we did go visiting after all. I guess Silaturahim is important. I can see from our relatives face that they are happy to see us and Little Habib. People are so bz these days that they only meet up once a year during Shawal. Over the last few days, we have managed to visit some Alims, and most of our elderly relatives.

Because I am easily tired at this stage of pregnancy, and alot of walking and little rest makes me breathless, we decided to cover 1 house per weekday night after dinner if I dont have laundry to do.
Over the weekends, we try to cover at least 3-4 houses, the important ones first.

Tomorrow, Insya'allah, we will visit Ustaz Hasan, my kakak sedara and family, and then to my aunts open house. I wish to rest early cos its work on Monday....

Actually, visiting relatives and close friends should not be confined only to the month of Shawal. Hubby and me thinks that whenever we are free, whichever month it is, we can always drop by our relatives or close friend's house for silaturahim and also to catch up. Why should it only be during EID that we do visiting right?


Habib Abbas putting his palms on hubby's head while reading doa during our Visit to his home at Marshall Rd.

Ustaz Iqbal chatting with " Pak Bechok aka Little Habib " at his home at Bedok Reservoir.

Little Habib intracting with his cousins while being fascinated with PSP.