Opah dan Cucu2nya

Opah Temoh and her nine grandchildren - Safia, Soraya, Sabrina, Adam, Alia, Asma, Arissa, Azam and Azizah

My family came down for buka puasa today. Mak came with Mi from Temoh today. Then my brothers and their families came as well. Dah lama sungguh we did not berkumpul ramai2 sebegini rupa. Keadaan memaksa. Kesilapan memungkinkannya.

Anyway, alhamdullilah semua hadir. Makanan pulak berlambak-lambak. Macam nak buat kenduri untuk 100 orang. Mak pulak bawak lauk-pauk dia dari kampung.

Apapun sebab dah lama tak buat gathering macam ni, terduduk jugak kami suami isteri keletihan. Penyudahnya, makan pun ala kadar ajer. Penat punya pasal. Lagipun dah tua. Nasib baik ada anak dara tiga orang yang boleh membantu. Ringan sikit beban.

Dush! Terkena Sebijik

Yesterday, after berbuka, I happened to watch an Astro Ria programme called Kembara Iman. It is a programme about saudara baru yang embraced Islam in Malaysia and how they are coping with being a Muslim.

The particular show that I was watching zeroed in on Haji Muhammad Farid Rawi which I think is a lecturer somewhere plus a pendakwah with Perkim ler kot. Just listening to this Tuan Haji, which I'm pretty certain is waaaay younger than me, menyebabkan diri ini terasa kerdil. Here is a former Hindu man who went through a lot to learn about Islam - he took it upon himself to learn Islam and even went over to Jordan to earn his degree in Usuluddin. All these on his own, okay. Tak dak sapa tolong bagi duit.

He even managed to convert his mother as well after so many years. The mother passed on three months later. Likewise with his brother who embraced Islam a month before he died.

My favourite quote was when he said: "kali pertama saya masuk ke dalam masjid badan saya seperti dihujani salji. Sejuk tak terkata. Bahagia tak terucap. Bukan macam sesetengah orang sekarang yang pergi masjid pun susah." Terkena sebijik.

"And Mior Azhar? What have you achieved thus far?"

For that I am humbled. Thank You Tuan Haji, for bringing me back to earth.

Allah is GREAT!!!

Ramadan Ini (1427H)

As we are in the month of Ramadhan, we should ask ourselves:

Will we live to witness the next Ramadhan?
Will we live to witness the end of this Ramadhan?
Will we live to do what we keep postponing to do for our akhirat?

May Allah give us the determination to demonstrate to Him, with all the blessings given to us by Him, that we are worthy of His mercy before our turn comes to meet Him.

May Allah accept what you are investing for your hereafter.
May Allah encourage you to invest even more and in a smarter way for your hereafter.
May Allah multiply manifold the rewards of the investments for your hereafter.
May Allah unite us with His forgiveness, mercy and best of paradise in the hereafter

On a lighter note

Ramadan Ini.....Apasal lah

1. Both wife and I tak leh makan banyak2. Tak macam tahun2 lepas - memang balun habih. Masa berbuka, maximum mesti satu pinggan nasi sahaja. Kalau terlajak pi, mesti terpengsan-pengsan sakit angin satu badan.

2. Kalau pergi Bazaar Ramadan tak teruja pun tengok lauk-pauk and kuih-muih yang ada. Asyik turun naik sepanjang-panjang alam Bazaar tu sambil tengok2 ajer melenguhkan kaki jer.

3. Berat badan tak turun-turun hatta 1 gram sekali pun. Kadar Metabolism dah beku kot.

4. Bila balik kerja jer, penuh kereta atas jalan raya. Balik awal jam, balik lewat pun jam.

5. I became such an anti-social bloke. Asal ada invitation to buka puasa kat hotel mana2, mesti aku buat muka seposen. Mesti aku tak pergi. Macam semalam, habih satu office hilang gi PWTC to berbuka, aku pulak tetiba tunjuk rajin buat kerja.

6. Tak der pun sedara mara ker adik-beradik ker atau kengkawan yang ajak berbuka kat rumah dia orang. Very tak popular already.

7. Bila bangun sahur, hanya mampu makan sebiji buah kurma dan segelas air sahaja. Macam orang2 alim ler pulak.

8. Haze datang lagi. Hujan ler lebat maner pun, esok jerebu ni tetap setia bersama kita.

9. tatau nak tulis apa dah ....

10. I am still not rich

Babies are Heaven Sent!!

As parents, both of us are most proud of our three angels. Tak kisah lah apa orang lain nak kata, we simply think that the three girls are adorable and cute - absolutely. Mak bapak ler katakan. Normal le tukan. Tambah2 lagi masa dia orang masih babies dulu.

Alia

Asma

Arissa

(Sebenarnya posting ni posting dengki kerana nak tiru ada blog orang tu yang ada posting anak dia yang cute. Blog sapa? Biarlah Rahsia...)

Bergaya Raya

In our household, selalunya after beli baju raya anak-anak, bila sampai balik rumah mesti ada sesi try-try baju Raya yang baru dibeli. Dah jadi macam tradition ler pulak kat sini. Siap ambik gambar lagi. Gambar di atas adalah contohnya. Macam Next Top Model punyer pose ajer. Macam artis pun ada. Issh, risau ler pulak aku.....