The Aftermath Of CNY

Well, CNY long weekend came & gone. I had big plans like going for a picnic, visit some older relatives and do other nice miss-goody-two-shoes things like that.

But it rained for almost 3 days and so we just moped around the house. I suppose I moped, the kids had enough to do like sleep, eat, hanging out with friends, play PS etc etc.

& now, after everyone are back in college again, somehow it actually didnt feel so quiet around the house & I didnt feel like I miss them so much. The aftermath of the long break is not so bad this time..

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It's Just Another Phase

It must be a phase of life ~ somehow or rather I've picked up a few other books to read. Havent even finished the one on that weight management yet.

Spent the long CNY break wondering in and out of bookshops and of course I had to buy some books for myself. Coincidently I finished my Sahih Bukhari Vol 3 & have plodded through about mid-way in Vol 4.

There was an interesting book on something like "living a life with passion" & of course I had to read that. Also finished Judith McNaught's latest during the weekend - thanks Delinn.. Got a small recipe book too - for me to read - you see, I read recipe books, I dont actually try the recipes..

There would be time when I dont read anything - not even the spicy entertainment pull-outs on Sun - & all of a sudden I'm looking at all these books. So yeah, I concluded that getting and reading books is nothing but a phase in life.

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A New Resolution (Yet Again)

This is sooo cliché - but yes, my new resolution (this is another new week resolution..) is to - you guessed it right - is to lose weight! So these days I'm 'befriending' another book on weight management (yet again.. )

& the book says, ".. you can free yourself forever from the bondage of your weight struggles.." & lo-and-behold ~ I am hooked..

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Life ~ aka The Road Not Taken Part II

The Road Not Taken by David Frost has always been - and may always be – my favorite. It is but an example of a riddle in life – a riddle which its answer will never be known to us. We had made our choices and therefore the consequences we would have faced if we had chosen to tread on a different path we will never know.

Confused? But isn’t life confusing anyway? You made choices and can only hope, doa that the choices you had made would be the best for you.

With the right guidance (parents/friends/sunnah/handbooks), doa and redha maybe the path we chose to tread on wouldn’t be as bewildering and the riddling chapters would just unravel away.. I am keeping my fingers crossed and my faith intact for the best in life yet!

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Cinta Nan Abadi

Dari Anas ra : Ada seorang lelaki menanyakan kepada Rasulullah saw mengenai kiamat. Kata nya : “Bilakah hari kiamat?” Beliau bersabda : “Apakah yang telah engkau siapkan untuk hari itu?” Kata nya : “Tiada satu pun selain mencintai Allah dan RasulNya”. Beliau bersabda : “Engkau akan bersama orang yang engkau cintai”.

Kata Anas : “Belum pernah kami gembira seperti kegembiraan kami kerana mendengar sabda Nabi saw : Engkau akan bersama yang engkau cintai!” Kata Anas : “Saya mencintai Nabi, Abu Bakar dan Umar dan saya mengharapkan kiranya saya bersama mereka kerana mencintai mereka, sekalipun saya belum beramal serupa amal mereka”.

~ Hadith Bukhari

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A Writer's Block Part II

I knew I wanted to write something.. but suddenly I cant think of what I wanted to write about.

.. at times when you woke up from sleep and lay in bed - doesnt your mind wander at these times? Mine does. So then I will tell myself I must write about this or that or whatever interesting things that came to my mind.

And then when I get to the PC everything went whoosh! (like the creative left brain was flushed out) - and I just dont have anything to write. Things dont seem significant enough or it was too lame or too beastly (decided not to use bitchy - anymore..) or even too soul-baring to be written about.

The mind went blank. Did someone mention writer's block?

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Bruised

Many, many, many years ago (just to emphasis it has been that long ago) the kinds of bruises that are be-known to me would be my bruised knee or elbow. Or a bruised forehead and bruises on the knuckles. Or maybe the occassional bruising of the arms and legs after falling off the bike.

But as you mature and become more sophisticated (or so you would like to think as sometimes people just get older without the maturity or sophistication coming into the picture) you are introduced to other kinds of bruises – like a bruised ego or a bruised heart. Maybe a bruised feeling of security. A bruised sense of motivation? Or maybe a bruise to your self belief.

So yeah, I am sort of feeling bruised..

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I Am A Perfectionist!

That's what somebody told us the other day. I dont know.. but personally I beg to differ.

Anyway, at one instance the statement sounded like an excuse for extreme behaviour like shouting and throwing temper tantrums. Looking at another angle, it was almost like an apology - an off-handed one for sure..

Or... maybe it was a conceited statement for self pride?

Nevertheless, announcing myself a perfectionist is definitely a great excuse that I could apply in tight situations in future..

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A Bluer Shade Of Pink

I changed the blog colors yet again. I love Delinn's hues of soft pink & apple green. (Delinn, are you gloating..?) Yesterday I put in the closest pink that I can find.. like so..

But today I thought the pink is too sweet for my personality. I dont know.. I think I prefer the shades of purple or lilac or lavender - tones like that - more moodier color. ha-ha.

I am also using bigger fonts now - my eyes are not as young as I wish them to be..

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The New Week Resolution

Yeap, it's Monday and I have a 'new week' resolution, so to speak.

First, I tell myself that I will not back-bite or say bad things or 'bitching' about anybody (and I mean absolutely nobody, ok?) from the office anymore. Been there, done that and I am moving on. From now on I am a miss goody-two-shoes. & I will paste a smile on my face even if that will kill me (I mean that literally).

Secondly, humph - I promise to be early to everywhere. I was late this morning - Eirfan was late & generally everyone was late.

And thirdly, I promise not to go tumble-bugging anymore. Man, that thing is so addictive - maybe I should uninstall that. I really wasted my time on that.

So those are my new week err.. year (?) resolution - might as well be for the year as I have not had set any yet.

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New Pix

I love my phone more and more. Its camera is just a wonder. Last long weekend I spent some (more) time taking pictures in/around the house and of the children.

The ones on the kids turned out so-so. But those that I snapped on the flowers are just great. I am amazed myself. Err.. is there a great photographer emerging..? he-he (as if I could be that with my camera phone, huh?) But do look at these photos - arent they great? & really, these are taken in my garden.