Just thinking ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduliLLAH syukur ... hari yang ditunggu semakin hampir ... semoga Allah SWT permudahkan dan selamatkan segala urusan yang baik-baik ...

~

23 November anak gadis jiran memulakan kehidupan baru ... selamat pengantin baru kepadanya semoga perjalanan hidup bersama dipermudahkan di dunia dan di akhirat ... 

tarikh yang sama juga kami mula berkongsi kehidupan ... sabar dan syukur di setiap detik perjalanan ... memohon Allah SWT bantu kuat teguhkan kebaikan ... hasanah di dunia hasanah di akhirat ... serta dijauhkan dari musibah dunia lebih-lebih lagi musibah akhirat ...

ameen Ya Rabbal Alameen ...

~

dunia berkeluarga hanya secubit dari dunia di luar sana ... yang kadang-kadang kita lupa ...

since insyaAllah our trip is almost there ... mari saya kongsikan dulu cebisan sejarah dunia yang penuh darah ini ...

image source and further reading ... here

image source ... here

gugle gugle mencari maklumat ... jumpa pula ini ... walau pun kami bersama agensi yang lain ... blog-blog ini mencatatkan sesuatu yang sangat bermanafaat ... sekadar perkongsian maklumat tentang Baitul Maqdis ...

di sini ...

http://umrahagensi.blogspot.com/2010/06/ziarah-ke-baitul-maqdis.html

 

 dan di sini ...

http://www.wardinasafiyyah.com/penulisan/isu-semasa/45-perjalanan-ke-bumi-anbiya-al-quds-part-1-

 

dan di sini ...

http://www.ustazamin.com/2013/08/universiti-kehidupan-252-bagiama-mereka.html

image source and further details ... Here

:)

research ... kari sardine hentam keromo Kina ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... gembira sangat ... 

semalam menyusur naik komuter ke sekolah jumpa cikgu 1, cikgu 2 dan a new cikgu who is going to be one of my internal examiners ...

syukur sangat punya cikgu cikgu yang sangat membantu semangat ... yang kadang kadang serabut di tiup ribut ...

we had a lengthy discussion and conversation in a very supportive environment ... 

clarifying issues, glaser and strauss and corbin and charmaz, data issues ... and next steps ...

10 ++ pm sampai rumah semula AlhamduLillah ...

Allahumma kurniakan kami, semua yang kami kasihi dan cikgu cikgu kami kebaikan dunia dan akhirat ... 

ameen Ya Rabb ...

~

ni cerita sardin pula ... 

apa saja yang memudahkan proses masak saya suka ... 

jalan jalan cari "apa ada dalam sup bunjut" nak buat sup ayam nasi ayam istimewa sedap sangat ... jumpa pula Kina's Place ...

baca baca baca entry nya ... ada pula a simple cara masak sardin kari ... yang saya belum pernah cuba ... maka di cuba lah masak kari senang amat sangat ni ... saya guna sardin mackerel yang sederhana je takut pula tidak memenuhi cita rasa karang membazir pula ...

masyaAllah ... hasilnya lazat amat ... terus cakap nak buat one more round with the other can ...

makan dengan nasi sedap ... dengan roti dan capati pun sedappp ...

saya ikut lebih kurang cara Kina lah ...

panas minyak ... add 1 bawang besar dadu halus ... add 3 bawang putih hiris ... goreng layu kekuningan ... add 2 sudu besar kari ikan ... tumis garing berlinang minyak ... add santan pekat sedia beli about 1/2 cup ... add water to thin ... add 2-3 potatoes cubed ... masak kejap nak empuk kan potatoes tu ... add 1 can sardine ... saya suka sardine cap ayam lah apa lagi :) ... add air asam jawa to taste ... and add garam also to taste ... first time i added a bit of sugar ... masak kuah empuk potato ... angkat

second time around ... 

nak lagi cepat sibuk benarlah konon ... rebus half empuk cubed potatoes with a bit of salt in a pot ... then add potatoes dengan air air nya sekali ke dalam kari lepas add santan ...

i used asam keping the second time around ... and this was easier to remove when rasa masam nya dah ikut selera ... and no sugar ... taste greattt as well ... very soothing curry untuk yang tak suka dan tak boleh pedas ... 

yang sedap sangat potato nya tu :)

simple ... no bahan penumis no daun daun ...

terima kasih semua yang share ilmu 

~

Kina's Place ... Here

 Apa ada dalam sup bunjut ... Here

Nasi ayam istimewa yang sedap sangat ... Here

 ~

 image source ... here

 so cuba jangan tak cuba ...

:)

one thing leads to another ... mulling spice

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduliLLah syukur ... for a very fresh morning ...

it was drizzling throughout the night ...

rather chilly ...

i was at Sham's place ... and guess what ... i learned about "mulling spice"... here

CharmBraceletDiva

thus emerged a new code ...

aroma of life ... :)

(please see my open coding)

not to worry ... no secret coding this is ... it's just a reminder of the real work that i'm supposed to be involved in ... while taking off into this virtual world ...

now ... the mulling spice sounded great for warming up the senses ... i straight away simmered ...

orange pieces (which were drying in the refrigerator ... tak ada apple) ...

cinnamon sticks (kulit kayu manis)

cloves (cengkih)

star anise seed (bunga lawang)

water (biar banyak sikit ... i put half pot ... because saya selalu lupa bila periuk terjerang tu )

(ingredients - adjust accordingly ... banyak sikit ikut suka deria bau kita ye ...)

that was really great ... i turned it off when the aroma got slightly overpowering ... when the water was getting less ... this was good reminder of what's on the stove ...

nanti boleh cuba lain-lain combination juga ... including ... pandan ... kasturi ... lime ... serai wangi ... halia ...

bawang putih jangan ... hehe

~

 Sham's Place ... Here

~

... curious ... i checked out more about mulling spice ... and landed ...

Here

and saw ... a most hilarious comment ...

~

spices of life ... image source ... Here

:)

Overtime ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... malam tadi tolong selesaikan slides suami for presentation today ... he dah berdengkur dahhh ... kesian because dah overload sangat ...

and today alhamduLillah his presentation was well received ... kita pun tumpang gembiralah kan :)

so now i'm very very sleepy ...

and dreaming of this ...

sebenarnya nak tunjuk this dreamy calming set up ... banyak lah pula prologue nya hehe ...

image source and for more amazing views please visit ... 

here

http://myfrenchcountryhome.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-french-country-look-window-frames.html

:)

Tak ade kabel ye ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ... 

AlhamduLillah syukur ... Jumaat yang penuh barakah ...

~

let me safe keep and share something i read today ...

here ...

http://www.benashaari.com/2013/11/bila-anak-tak-dapat-5a.html

~

tak ade kabel tak hal nya insyaAllah ... takutnya kabel membelit diri ...

nice cables huh ... image source please google cables and wires ...

:)

~

i am updating this for Sister Silver Fern ...

here's an amazing view of the real cables that connect us all ...

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg?guni=Article:in%20body%20link

they are the lifelines for the internet connecting us to each other ... but they can also fail ... such as in this case in 2008 ...

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/feb/01/internationalpersonalfinancebusiness.internet

but ...
lest we forget ...
 most amazing cable of all ... which we will never find the image in google is the "cable" of Allah SWT ...

so dear Sister ... May Allah SWT ease :)

Selawat dan Salam ke atas Baginda SAW ...

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Ya RasuluLlah ...

watch the Cikgu guiding the kicik hand at 3 ++ ... and how the kicik one tentatively started ...

begitulah cikgu ...

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

watch the tarbus one mula bersuara after three quarters of the session ... and listen to him ... imploring ... Ya Allah Ya Allah ...

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

:)

Exam ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... tahniah abang amir for the excellent results in UPSR ... mama nya happy sangat sms ... and makmbong nya tumpang gembira banyak ... alhamduLillah 

... may you achieve excellent - both in the examination of the academic and examination of this life ... ameen

~

makmbongnya ...

late night kerja tak sudah ...berat kepala ... so meh fikir yang ringan ringan je ... 

meh jalan jalan sini  ...

telek telek  batu ni ... actually belek kan ... ni lah kalau dah berbahasa baku ns ni ... telek juga yang sedap di hujung lidah

:)

image source and more here ...
 https://www.facebook.com/designergardenlandscaping?ref=profile


 

Ekologi hidup ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... that simple routine sometimes leads to surprising understanding ...

 a lot of times in fact ... that is ... when we care to take a moment ... 

to stop ... and to ponder ...

~

i was a science student ... i enjoyed physics and biology ... but not chemistry because i couldn't grasp the mole molar issue in chemistry ... my brain just could not digest it ... but belajar tetaplah kena belajar ...

some memorable moments in school subjects had nothing to do with exam at all ...

contoh this one ...

one day cikgu biology kami took us for a field trip ... dekat je belakang sekolah ada bukit ... a good site for the matter at hand ...

we marked square meter areas and each group had to observe and count the no of plants in their square ... we enjoyed it ... berlawan lawan tengok whose group had more plants in their square ... then you would telek sungguh square tu jangan ada yang tertinggal dalam our count ...

that left a lasting wonder in my mind ... that so many plants could be accommodated in that small square ...

the was of that ... is the is of me ...

simple trip ... simple lesson ... but a life long learning ... of keen observation

AlhamduLillah

and ... thank you Mr Ooi ... although ecology was not part of the exam ...

~

despite that ... boleh juga terpedaya oleh ni ha ...

serupa tapi tak sama ... siapakah yang berbeza ...

cerita nya ...

periwinkle di laman kecik ni is self sowing ... bila banyak anaknya sana sini because the classic kampung style periwinkle tu memang senang berbenih ... unlike the modern varieties yang kena hujan lebat sikit pun terus terjelepok ...

so anak anak tu saya replant lah kat mana mana tempat kosong to cover the ground ... yang dalam gambar ni sederet ... saya belai belai gembur kan tanah nak letak baja ...

last last perasan ek yang satu ni bukan kamu ... pandai ye dia space kan dirinya beratur kat situ ... daunnya pun hampir serupa ... 

last on the right tu ... weed actually ... sian pula saya nak cabut ... 

so ambil gambar dulu hehe ...

ke (ni or in BM :) ... saya yang tersalah ambil weed among the seedlings tu and replanted it along with the others haha ...

begitulah kehidupan ... dalam ekologi hidup ...

kalau kita tak kenal dan tidak tahu membeza yang real dengan yang tak real ...

maka ter nuture dan ter select pula lah weed leaders ... :)

~

and yang ini tempat tidur baru bujang senang malam tadi ...

 penyek penyek tu kan ... ni yang belum berbunga sedang subur naiknya and was hoping for it to flower soon to cheer up that part of the area ...

i spot planted ... planting at many spots ... as opposed to massing ... my words je ni ye ... may not be technically horticulturally corrrect hehe ... so that where ever we turn the yellow starry flowers are waving about in our laman kecik ...

so i thought kalau spot tu kecik bujang senang tak hingin lah nak tidur situ ...

tidak juga ...

okay lah  jang ... one night mesti intai juga who is this ... stranger in the night ...

strangers  in the night ... exchanging glances ...

woittt ... tetiba lak hehe ...

okay tukar channel ...

:)

Bujang senang ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... untuk semua nikmat yang Allah SWT kurnia ... 

buat yang bersedih ...

apa juga cabaran yang ada walaupun tak tahu kita apa maknanya ... 

kita lalui detik demi detik tanpa ragu bahawa dihujung setiap perjalanan ada penghujungnya ... 

and even if it's a dead end ... ada turning point nya ... insyaAllah

~

di laman kecik pula ...

malam tadi bujang siapa lah yang merempit sampai jauh malam ... tak balik rumah tumpang tidur atas aster kuning ...

sejuk empuk je agaknya tidur situ ye ... 

siap tinggal baunya lagi sebelum pulang ke rumah :)

tempat tidurnya di sebelah atas tu ... 

okay lah juge dia sorang (sekor) je  ... kalau ada kawan rempitnya ... lagi teruk kan ... 

some yang baik hati bagi makan tetamu berbulu tak bertuan ... kita siapkan tempat tidur nya je okay lah ye ...

nak kena kemas sikit tempat tidur si bujang senang tu ...

ni another one of those from the aster family i think ... rupanya serupa but manja sangat yang ini ... a softie ... nak kena naturalise kat atas tanah ni ... but sebelum tu bagi dia kuat semangat dulu dalam pasu kecik tu ... what we normally refer to as "transition management" in change process ...

as usual my favourite colour  ...

yang ni sweet diam diam je duduk kat ceruk tepi dinding ... 

tak banyak permintaan ... 

rather most giving and forgiving walau kita tak peduli ...

say hi to coleus ... 

bunga ati ati? nak kena check ... bunga hati saya lah senang ...

warna daun plant ni berubah ubah according to how much sun it is getting ... 

this one has a beautiful mix ... very moist location and very less sun ... brightens up a dull looking area ... since other flowering plants could not flourish in such condition ...

propagation nya pun sangaaat senang ... 

di hujung jari je ... snip snip buat lubang sikit kat tanah tu cucuk kan je dia ... kalau nak tegak lurus tanam satu satu upright ... kalau nak banyak beranak nya ... buat lubang di tanah tu memanjang ... tidurkan je cutting tu atas tanah ... nanti dia tumbuh beratur ... letaklah compost sikit kalau ada ... masyaAllah ... mudah je kan ...

yang ini ... 

wild ferns and caladium growing naturally in a very very moist area and very very less sun ... 

saya biarkan composition tu harmonise naturally ... just maintain and snip off daun daun mati je ... senang kan ...

  saya suka sangat ni ... but ini lah yang emak kata pada adik adik ... kakmbong bela hutan ... okay lah tu ... hehe ...

this small square has 2 varieties of ferns and 1 variety of caladium ... bawahnya moss atas batu batu kecik ... and i put in aster kuning bawah keladi tu sebelah kanan daunnya baru nak mengintai ... periwinkle kat depan tu kecik kecik lagi ... i hope they can fight the elements and show us that they are "women of substance" ... hehe kut lah ada yang masih ingat that novel "woman of substance" ...

small packet ... much pleasure ...

lagi sekali saya doakan yang sedih semoga Allah SWT kuatkan semangat ameen ...

AlhamduLillah 

:)

sampai tak nampak Bahau ... ?

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... full weekend ... ziarah emak, abah, adik ... terus pula ter bertemu adik-adik yang lain serta suami, isteri dan anak anak mereka (kalau dalam BI kenalah letak - respectively - kat ujung tu kan :)

kami ni balik bidan terjun je ... tak tanya tanya dah siapa balik siapa ada kat rumah ... i always love the surprise of finding who are at home ...

seperti biasa singgah lah di Giant Pilah untuk membeli keperluan emak abah ...

but yesterday we bought these claws as well ...

Ketam Biru dari Google ...

sampai rumah ... anak anak saudara kecik kecik - anak anak acik - masih bergelimpangan kat ruang tengah rumah tak bangun tidur lagi ... bantal cadar bergumul gumul ... ini lah kegemaran cucu cucu emak bila balik kampung ...

mama mana ... tanya saya

mama gi pasar ngan uwan ... jawab si kecik

atuk pula baring baring  ... sejuk pagi ni ... 

adik bungsu lelaki yang kami panggil uda dengan isterinya orang Sabak Bernam sambil dikacau anak kecik mereka sedang santap nasi lemak yang emak buat pagi pagi sebelum keluar ...

ape lagi kami pun join lah ...

~

tetiba ada pula tetamu sampai ... tak berapa ingat siapa but tetamu ingatkan saya ...

alahhhhhh teruknya saya ... 

anak arwah PakLang abang emak ... anak arwah PakLang yang bungsu ... 

dia merantau saya pun merantau ... maka jarang bertemu ... sekali sekala bertemu di hari raya ... tak sempat berkenal mesra lama ... this time insyaAllah tak lupa dah ...

rupanya selama ni cousin ni ambil kelapa dari emak ... semalam 40 biji ... last week dah ambil 60 biji katanya ...  dia borong je dari emak ... rupanya emak saya ni tokey kelapa hehe ... ingatkan kelapa buat masak masak je and sikit sikit bila orang nak beli tu adalah ... 

so satu round lagi ... 

alahhhhh teruknya saya ...

buat apa saya tanya cousin tu ...

ziah buka kedai makan kat UiTM Beting katanya ... oh okay ... good girl (and husband :)

tau lah pokok kelapa mak banyak ... tapi yang buat tak perasaan tu sebab emak upah orang turunkan kelapa bila dah ada pembelinya saja ...

oh my emak ... 

she memang anak orang jawa kental semangat ... hehe ... arwah atuk je jawa dari betawi kata emak ... arwah uwan yang kembali ke rahmatuLLAH masa emak umur 4 tahun tu melayu tanah melayu - malaysia belum wujud ... :)

~

dari pasar rupanya acik bawa juga sebundle ketam ... tu lah kan ... syahdu je rasanya bila sehati sejiwa dengan adik adik ni  ... so ape lagi ... acik masak ...

Gulai Ketam Masak Lomak Cili Api Serai Banyaklah ...  serai, kelapa, cili padi semuanya dari tanaman emak ...

saya pula yang suka membelek - belek tanaman emak jumpa terung telunjuknya berjuraian ... 

 terung telunjuk di pokok gugle ... nanti senang senang ambil gambar tanaman emak ni insyaAllah ...

so saya tanya acik kalau nak goreng terung telunjuk ambong petik kan ... she said boleh ... saya petik along with some cili padi nak bawa bekal balik lah ... saya part memetik ni sangaaaat suka ... cute sangat sangat cili dan terung telunjuk tu ...

acik goreng terung dengan ikan bilis banyakkkk ... 

ni goreng terung telunjuk dengan ikan bilis ke ... atau goreng ikan bilis dengan terung telunjuk saya gelakkan dia ...

adik saya tu pandai masak ... kakmbongnya kurang sikit ... :)

AlhamduLillah ...

~

minta izin balik ... terus ke hospital KPJ Seremban ... ziarah another cousin yang telah berlarutan for the last 3 months keluar masuk hospital dari di Bukit Mertajam, Sungai Buluh and di Seremban ni due to various ailments ... since Friday he was warded for dengue ...

and guess what ... sampai ke katilnya ... his daughter pegang piring isinya ...

ketam lagi ... 

a very claw-ful day today indeed ... hehe

~

okay tu je ... 

woitt lupa pula tajuk tu ape hal ...

saya minta bungkuskan kopi o kurang manis pada lady ni ... kaw sangat i said ... and she did it ... 

kaw tak tu saya tanya lagi minta kepastian ...

kaw ... sampai tak nak nampak Bahau jawabnya ... ha ape tu saya tanya lagi ...

sampai tak nampak Bahau ulangnya ... 

saya ni memang ulu bendul ...tak faham ... then she explained ... ada orang tu bila datang minta buat kopi o kaw dia cakap kaw kaw sampai tak nampak pekan Bahau ...

she explained sambil angkat kopi o saya menunjukkan kehitaman yang amat that you couldn't see pekan Bahau through it ...

ado ko ... :)

ni kopi o kaw sampai tak nampak Bahau ... saya punya ...

Bahau is down south towards Johor ... this kopi o bungkus was made in Seremban

AlhamduLiLLah syukur for a beautiful weekend ...

:)

of being Steadfast ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... masih diberi peluang untuk menyambung kehidupan ... dan mengingati diri that this life is of service ... to Allah SWT as guided by the Noble Quran Karim and His Prophet SAW ...

~

~

yesterday i shed tears for the death of a person in Marang ... reported in Sinar Harian and the Star ...

i don't know him ... but the sad journey of his life tells us that many out there are struggling to overcome many things ... and that he lived in a sad looking store outside of the main house saddened me very much ...

May Allah SWT forgive him, kasihan and redha him in his new other life ... ameen Ya Rabbal Alameen ...

~

let me sambung Hadith 40 compiled by Imam Al-Nawawi rahimahuLLAH ...

Hadith No 21

Say "I believe in Allah" and be Steadfast

On the authority of Abu ’Amr — and he is also called Abu ’Amrah — Sufyan bin Abdullah ath- Thaqafee (ra) who said:

I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about Islam which I can ask of no one but you.'

He (sas) said,

Say I believe in Allah — and then be Steadfast.

Related by Muslim

For a beautiful audio commentary (9:43) please visit ...

Source:

http://www.40hadithnawawi.com/index.php/the-hadiths/hadith-21

~

iman ... steadfast ... istiqamah ... seek forgiveness ... 

image source

 be steadfast to Him and seek His forgiveness ...

Service ... hati ... and begonia

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... seharian mengejar masa trying to complete what needed to be completed ... to the last moment ...

antara pengalaman hari ni di pejabat kerajaan yang satu ni ... ada a few counters ... i was late but an officer right away looked into my requirement ...

meanwhile di belakang kedengaran jelas dan nyata seseorang bercerita rancak tentang dunia di luar tugas ... cerita cerita cerita ... cerita cerita cerita ... tukang dengar tak pula kedengaran respon nya ...

meanwhile ... customers lain were coming ... no one was serving them ... yang sepatut bertugas masih juga rancak bercerita ... cerita cerita cerita ...

rancaknya cerita ...i said to the counter officer ... 

ya lah she said ... can't do much about it ... and some more she is going for hajj ( i think what she meant was for umrah ... she was Chinese and must not have realised the difference) ... but hati tak tukar she sambung ...

ahhh malu nya saya dengar ...

~

my new begonia ...

hoping that it will establish itself and cover the ground ... she's located beneath some plants ... shaded with some sun peeping in the morning ...

but ... for a really wonderfully gorgeous begonia collection and composition in planters ... please check this site out ...

here's a preview ...

thank you to the owner of details and image source

enjoy ...

:)

Muharram yang manis ...and weed space

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... cuaca so charming a morning ... Muharram 1 ...

so ape lagi ... cuti cuti ke laman kecik lah ...

but sebelum tu ... pergi lawat sini dulu ... hehe

hati banyak senang ...
gendong balik 5 plants ... for three different spots having three different microclimates ...

one full sun ... 

one very less sun ... bawah plant lain

one half and half ...

now dah pandai dah :) ... dulu kalau beli ikut hati je ... now i am more aware of what plants will flourish where ... 

so sebelum ke nursery tu dah tau dah for what purpose i am buying ...

so what did i buy ... ni masalah nya ... tau 2 nama je ...

begonia ...

moss rose ... merah dan putih

 3 lagi kena godek godek laman lain nak cari nama :)

no gambar ... lupa ...

 asyik menghitamkan tangan tadi nak ensure good intake of Vit D ... hehe

but here are good images from google ...

image source

ni tanam bawah pokok ... on the ground ... macam ground cover lah ... so that less weed space ...

this is my aim ... to reduce weed space in that laman kecik ... with ground cover plants ...

another one ... moss rose of monday ... here

here's another contoh

image source

moss rose celebrates sun ... so i have placed them as ground cover starter at one very sunny spot ... let's see how they will turn out ...

other plants i have to find out their names ...

~

masyaAllah mudah je to manage weed space ...
what's more challenging is to manage weeds of life creeping in and crowding our thoughts, diffusing our focus ...

~

with that ... a beautiful memory of Muharram 1st 1435 ... AlhamduLillah

:)

Anggur perancis ... anggur malaysia ... rose jepun?

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... bila mana ada yang bersuara bagi pihak mereka  whose decibels are not clearly heard ...

katanya ...

"Anggur yang sesuai ditanam di Perancis belum tentu sesuai ditanam di Cameron Highlands."

for more ... silakan lah ke sini

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french grapes ... image source ...

~
 
keluhan yang sama ... di sini

~

and monday for ...

moss rose ... portulaca grandiflora

image source

beauty in one ... beauty in many ...

and growing details ... here

di sini kita panggil rose jepun rasanya ... japanese rose?

 nak cari ros jepun malaysia ... jumpa pula masak ikan pedas simple kat sini ... tuan punya resepinya sini  ... boleh cuba :)


~

haiku me ...

ros jepun mak said
by eleven they say goodbye
vision in my mind

"Selamat Menyambut Awal Muharram dan Tahun Baru Hijriah 1435 "

:)

Haiku ... buat sahabat

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduliLlah syukur ... pelbagai cabaran masih teguh perjalanan ...

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hari ini berbicara lagi ...

cuba bayangkan ...

seorang anak perempuan di darjah enam dengan dua adiknya berjalan pulang dari sekolah berjalan kaki sejauh 15km kerana miskinnya kehidupan ... menahan sebak anak itu bercerita ...

bicara di hati saya yang mendengar ... kaya kentalnya kekuatan

itu beberapa tahun yang lalu (she is now 22) ... mudahan tiada lagi?

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haiku me ...

... buat sahabat yang suka kuning :)

four happy potholes ...

still water and yellow earth ...

colour of my shoes ...

me ... suke due due (e tanda atas ye ... e taling, e pepet yang mana satu lupa dahhh please gugle ...

:)

Petai, mud and shoes ...

Assalamulaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ...Allah SWT permudahkan selesai satu urusan hari ini ...

malam ni insyaAllah dinner dengan fresh petai ... right from the hands yang panjat the pokok ... 

:) nampak betapa segarnya petai tu ... 

syukur nikmat bagi yang suka lah ye ... orang ns je agaknya yang suka ni ... walau tinggi mana belajar ... mulut bau petai tak hal ye :)

mereka ni Melayu Orang Asli ... 

saya selisih on the way back from my meeting ... kereta saya park tengah laluan sambil sibuk menggambar jalan yang saya tempuh sepanjang kedestinasi meeting tadi ... 

saya dalam kereta ... bila mereka lalu saya turunkan cermin kereta, minta maaf menghalang jalan dan tanya boleh saya beli ... mereka berdua bincang berapa ... saya jelaskan saya cuma nak beberapa papan je untuk makan sendiri ... sebab bila mereka berbincang bunyinya mereka fikir saya nak borong beli :) ... 

berapa tanya mereka ... bagi lah empat lima papan ... diambilnya seikat ada empat papan ... okay tu, berapa saya tanya lagi ... rm2.00 cukup katanya ... masyaAllah saya beri rm5.00 ... hmm petai segar baru turun pokok ... cium sikit ... cium petai bukan anak anak tu hehe ...

sambil tu bertanya rakannya yang seorang lagi ... macam primary school je nampaknya ... tak katanya dah lama berhenti ... sekolah sampai darjah berapa saya soal lagi ... darjah 6 jawabnya sambil senyum ... they are cheerful people :)

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perjalanan ke kg orang asli tadi lebihkurang 50 min sebab
tiga kali berhenti di jalan besar trying to figure the junction to the kampung ... then merentas jalan estate kecik berlumpur sebab semalam hujan lebatttt sangat ... saya tempuh perlahan lahan ... sunyi tiada orang ... tawakkal pada Allah SWT ... but tak lah takut AlhamduLillah sebab last year dah pergi 2 kali ... cuma sunyi tu saja ... about 3 km inside passed the junction ...

ni antara yang saya tempuh ...

four happy potholes ...welcoming me :)

don't worry ... there's always light at the end of the tunnel ... by the way these two tunnels were directly underneath the PLUS highway ... 

you might say noise and busy-ness were just a stone's throw away ...

to the right is the entrance to the two culvert tunnels ...

another view prior to the culvert tunnels ... atas tu PLUS Highway 

another group of artefact ... 2 palm fronds welcoming me :)

pictures are of my phone je so gitulah ... berhenti tengah tengah jalan from inside the car ...

back to the main road ... beginilah rupa tayar kereta ... lovely ... someone has to scrub this hehe ...

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sampai ke bandar seremban lapar sesangat ... all the way back fikir kat mana lah nak grab lunch ni ... fikir fikir fikir  ... tak kan lah penghulu chantek lagi ... lately dah rasa tak cantek sangat ... tetiba teringat seremban parade punya foodcourt ada a couple of elders serving very nice masakan kampung ... so detour pula ke situ ...

the place was still under major renovation rupanya ... only parkson yang dah buka semula ...

so instead of isi perut ... cuci mata dulu sekejap ...

ni lah rupa benda yang menarik pandangan dan hati saya ... kalau ada saiz ...  nantilah ... not today ... minyak, gula mahal ni ... no impulse buying :)

pink ke kuning ... pink ke kuning ...

i had a wonderful and productive time today ... AlhamduLillah selamat syukur back home ...

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Friday of bless ...and the angel wings

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... another meet ... another step forward ... and while i'm gone the blog is updating itself :) ... AlhamduLillah ... i love this new found freedom ...

yesterday a dear neighbour across the road gave me a beautiful caladium plant ...

and as i searched for a friday plant ... i came across this ...

the angle wings ... 

fancy leaved caladium ... caladium bicolor ...

not truly an f of friday plant ...

it's amazing because i like them so much and i was wondering how to incorporate the c of caladium plant into my entry ... then i found this ... how apt for a friday too ... when it's also known as the angle wings ...

there's a spot in our laman kecik yang most of the time lembab ...  that part of the laman does not get much sun because of  a wall ...
and i noticed the following establishing themselves naturally ...
ferns ... two varieties of them ... moss and bunga keladi hutan yang banyak dalam kebun getah dulu dulu ...

i let them be and they are giving good natural option that is looking better and better ...

and

underestimate not  the power of moss

image source from gugle ...

and i don't even have to do anything to cultivate moss ...

although

emak bila datang akan cakap ... tengoklah ni ... tanam pokok hutan :) ... ye lah dah kami tu dulu duduk dalam hutan di kg ulu tu ... tak jeling pun benda benda ni hehe ...

and this truly angelic pure white :)

for more great looking caladiums go ... here and here ... hoe & shovel permanently planted in my "laman kecik" see right bottom link :)

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haiku me ... 

That caladium ...

I thought buried and long gone ...

  sprouted after rain.

:)