A good friend...

Nice Friendship Quote :

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." -- Bernard Meltzer.


**** really love this quote! For me, a good friend is a person who can respect you the way you are, not condemning you for your shortcomings...akak memang ada jumpa org yg tergamak kondem orang lain just because the way she is... That is really sad, huh. Friends, tak semua orang dilahirkan sama. Tak semua orang suka makan lemak cili api, tak semua orang suka kaler biru, tak semua orang suka apa yang kita suka, tak semua orang jenis celebrative type........so, friends please show some respect....do respect others....if you want to be considered as true friend or be in ones circle of friends, just accept her the way she is...full stop..you will never hurt others by doing so....never, never once make fun of another human being or throw sarcastic remarks just because of her way or style of life. It does no good at all! Remember, we humans are not perfect. Friend, do mirror yourself. Definitely, you will encounter some cracks in you also. So, stop ridiculing others!!!.....****





***Below is a beautiful comment from a fren....a very good one and I like it very much.. (dek akak copy paste part of the comment kat sini, bior yg berkenaan dapat manafaat ..dapat juga ko kutip pahala)..

"Instead of listening, they're being judgmental to whatever told to them. I believe true friends is to listen and to advice if and only if being requested. If a friend told you a story, no matter how "bad" it's, it meant for you to listen. Once you're being judgmental, you'll tend to be pick side based on your own values, which in this case, do not give any value to what your friend feel at the moment."

Raya...

Raya is just round the corner. Akak tak la sayu sangat...coz actually, I am not a raya type person. Pasang pi la lagu raya, betoi2 tepi corong tinger akak, tak heran, beb! Amboi, angkuhnye! Dari kecit sampai la jadi anak dara, akak memang tak de feel raya sangat. Tak taw, kenapa?Normally, pagi raya tu, lepaih salam bonda ayahanda, kita org adik beradik sibuk sikit tolong mak di dapur. Then tolong mak layan budak2 tecit datang kutip duwet raya. Lepas tu selalunye akak will memerap dok dalam bilik or dok umah tengok TV. Akak memang tak jalan2 kuor rumah gi umah orang. Just not so me. Dok umah, ulang tayang ngadap lemang and rendang lagi nikmat masa tu. Then normally, 2nd day selalunye allocated for my frens. Masa ni ada lah gak yang nak try "ngurat-ngurat" mai menjelma. Dah raya kan..amek peluang ler anak2 teruna itu...hi..hi..lawak bila tingat balik..Actually depa suka mai umah akak, coz mak akak rajin masak macam2. So, selalunya raya akak habih cenggitu jer..tak de lah special sangat. Ni citer 25 years back, masa akak masih anak dara trang tang..tang...pipi pun dok tengah cekang..

And time raya for this last fifteen years ni lain lak scenarionye. Selalunya we ols, especially my sisters, penat tahap gaban, dek non oi. Akak kurang sikit la coz akak selalu tak de dalam jadual masa raya. Kekadang kat Perlis, umah abang akak, ada sekali tu raya di Singapore, Penang and berbagai. My sisters selalu boring je ngan akak..Hi..Hi...nak buat camne Yong...udah ditakdir ghuper itu.... My mum is anak pompuan sulung. My abah is also anak sulung. Orang Perak panggil Yong and Yob. So, bila raya, kepenatan gak coz rumah mak abah akak jadi tumpuan. Adik beradik from both sides will come. Al-maklum la, pangkat yang paling tuo..Dari pagi sampai malam memang tetamu + adik beradik datang non-stop. Mak akak kekadang sampai sakit kaki and tumit, penat memasak di dapur and melayan tetamu. Malam time, memasing tersadai...kepenatan. Kesian kat mak...These few years, abah siap pasang khemah kat luor umah 2-3 hari dek non oii, nak accomodate the people. Mak abah akak org kuat UMNO Ipoh. Masa raya ni ler, geng UminO nye ramai weh! ...muahahaha...tak per, janji mak abah akak hepi kan..

Masa experience raya di US, long time ago, masa study dedulu, kekawan siap ada yg bengkak2 mata nangih. Akak tak dapat feel depa at that time coz akak memang bukan 'orang raya'. Last year, beraya di Dubai. Pun sama. Since kat Gulf ni, for me, raya is very private.. it is kind of satisfaction already if we can celebrate raya 4 beranak dalam suasana serba sederhana. Very sederhana gitu. This year in Bahrain, akak still tak dapat feel sayu lagi macam orang lain. Gamaknye sampai bila2 pun gini kut. Ker, akak yang tak normal, tak de perasaan..But, this is just my theory, I think being a third child in a family of 7, does contribute to this feeling. Akak rasa, akak ada pun macam tu, tak de pun, gitu gak during raya back home. Tidak memberi kesan langsung. Lagipun, mak akak paham bebenor dengan perangai anaknye. Dia tau, akak tak tau nak cekuh keje bila ramai2 sangat. Nanti akak fenin-fenin. Dalam donia ni yg paham akak hanya few human beings je....mak, abah, my siblings and my beloved hubby.

But, padan muka akak!. Bila dah kawen dgn abang, baru tau dia kaki celebrate raya. Waaaaaaaaaaaaa....... amek ko! Dia kata dia budak kampung. Memang dari kecit dok counting the days nak tunggu raya coz for him, raya memang hebat. Boleh ronda merata kutip duit raya and makan macam2 umah org. Tambah abang akak anak yatim, so, dia suka org layan dia best2. Memang akak ngan dia totally opposite attract. Macam langit dgn bumi. Dia langit lah, ala-ala raja, akak ni for sure level bawah, ala-ala dayang2 gitew. Nak tau, one of the rayas, diusungnye akak merata Perlis beraya umah adik beradik. Tak pernah seumur hidup akak, beraya rumah orang sebanyak itu. Balik Penang, sampai rumah akak, sampai terdemam-demam.

So, conclusionnye, akak and my closest ones understand akak memang bukan jenis yg nak beraya sakan. This year pun buat ala kadar like previous years. I plan nak masak few menus yang bole bagi abang and anak2 terasa ada suasana raya sikit la kan. Rendang ayam, , nasi impit, kuah kacang, pulut santan, laksa...bole?Jap lagi ada lak yang sentimental tingat kayuh gerek kutip duwet raya masa2 kecit2 dulu...hu..hu..hu..For me, akak buat sikit preparation just nak show happiness to celebrate bahawasanya kami berjaya melawan nafsu di bulan Ramdahan......... esp for Mat Naim yang berhempas pulas menahan godaan kawan2nye.....AMIN...

***Opps..lupa lak..pada yg kenai akak, SELAMAT HARI RAYA , SELALU TERKASAR BAHASA, TERSENTUH PERASAAN DEK PERBUATAN OR KATA2 AKAK, HARAP DIMAAFKAN LA YEK....JANGAN DISIMPAN DALAM HATI...YG BURUK TU MOSTLY COMES FROM ME...YANG BAIK DATANG DARI ALLAH..MAAF ZAHIR BATIN DARI KAMI SEKELUARGA.

24th Ramadan...

For the 24th Ramadan's sahur we ols anak beranak pekena Bihun Singapore.......tekak dah macam reject2 manja the nasi oredi.....Naim mmg tak mo nasik dah...abg Mizan tolak batu and kayu jer,semua dia bedal, but yg lawaknye, dia tengah kemaruk makan salad, konon2 takut jerawat..so, dia kampui request salad as side dish most of the time....dulu-dulu before zaman remajanye, nak pegang sayuq pun takut, macam ada jarum dlm sayuq tuh!!..La ni, dah jadi anak teruna, control macho and overly-conscious gitew..jaga kulit wa cakap lu..omaknye pun tak berjago tahap cenggitu!....Babah lak tak bersora.....maleh nak komplen ,nanti da only pompuan in da house mogok...hua..hua..hua..alaaa....esok sure carik nasik balik ...akak taw.....mulut melayu , biaser ler...

But akak sebenornye kesian kat Naim ...counting the days.."Ma, berapa hari lagi nak kena bangun sahur and posa?"...akak kecit2 dulu pun gitu, sentiasa di mulut soklan yg sama tanya bonda....but I am really proud of him. Tak pernah tinggal sehari pun lagi, tho ramai classmates dia tak posa, teasing him for fasting...terbalik kan donia la ni....patutnya yg tak posa la kena tease...akak gi tau kat dia, kalau dia org tease him lagi..kater, "You know what, you are not fasting, so you will go to HELL..and I am the only one in the class will be chosen to go to HEAVEN".....melampau anak2 Arab ni dek non..dimanjakan sangat dek mak bapak dia org. Siap makan piza depan dia...semalam balik sekolah, ngadu kat akak. So, buka posa semalam Babah bought him piza. Sampai terjegil2 Mat Naim membaham piza. But salute to him, at the age of 8, he manages to control his nafsu serakah oredi...Babah janji nak reward him if he can complete the whole Ramadan....and he said..."adik nampak ada Toy R Us kat sini"...aha!

Tempat isi perut..........

This is pekan kecit, Hoora, Manama. Akak tinggal kat sini. ..Kalau musim sejuk, jalan2 nak hirup kopi paneh mmg best coz suma kedai isi perut nih dlm walking distance je from teratak akak.....Tak lama rasanye membelon ler body ni coz fast food restaurants and berbagai jenis makanan, nasi mandi ker, tak mandi ker, suma tertumpu kat sini.... Mmg pusat makan2..adehhhhh.....cekang pipi, sengkak perut akak nampak gayanye.....tak pe..tak per....sexy apa kalo perut boncit.....hu..hu...kalau tak kata itu nak kater aper lagi yek!! saja nak nyedapkan hati.

Kat bawah sempat snap Fast Food Restaurant area....Restoran Khan2 will snap later...also concentrated here...tunggu musim sejuk nanti...


bapak John and teriyaki....

row of fast food restaurant....

ala-ala cowboy town..

Yang besh nye..tengok...jalan lengang...

Ni ler ghuper most apartments here...kaler sedondon gitew....


As usual, like other places in Bahrain, jln ni mmg tak busy. But been informed by others, lepas Ramadan, Saudis will occupied this area during weekend. Masa tu katernye, jam and sesak jugak la. Never experience it yet. But I got the feeling, jam ciput je kot. Nanti akak nak try sibukkan diri time Saudis to mai, nak tengok depa ni kerek ke dak?....will update later 'bout it...

Suka akak...

Thank you very much... I really love the table cloth. Tiap kali akak tengok the cover, mesti tingat kat hangpa dua. Tima kaseh ye atas cenderahati yg diberi. Kalo the boys , kaco kat area tuh, nak minum2 nak letak cawan berbagai, sure akak high-picthed kan mereka 2 itu, termasuk bapak nye sekali coz akak sayang kat alas meja tuh! Tu tengok, nak boh candle holder tu pun akak siap lapik lagi, takut calor.......muahahaha....Thank you one more time, really appreciate it...

Hikmah Ramadan...

"Tahun ini berteraweeh ada sedikit kelainan. Masjidnya dekat dengan rumah dan ianya agak penting di Bahrain. Walaupun agak sederhana saiznya namun Islamic activity di sini memberansangkan.

Sepanjang 3 minggu berteraweeh, aku sempat menyaksikan 3 orang Filipina kembali ke agama Islam. Alhamdulillah. Majlis penyaksian kalimah Shahadah mereka dijalankan pada waktu rehat di pertengahan teraweeh. Dalam minggu pertama, 2 orang perempuan dan seorang lelaki di minggu kedua. Takbir 'Allahuakbar' bergema disetiap kali selesai majlis tersebut. Rasa semangat melihat seseluruhan suasananya. Imam yang nampak warak dan lembut tuturkatanya lebih memberi kesan mendalam kepada semua jemaah.

Pada pandangan peribadi , walaupun hidayah itu dari Allah, salah satu unsur sampingan dari dakwah Islam masyarakat Bahrain ni adalah faktor peramahnya masyarakat Arab Bahrain. Hampir sebulan aku di sini dapat dilihat dengan jelas layanan local Arab kepada orang2 luar terutama kepada orang2 Filipina atau Pinoy. Berbeza dari pengalam di Dubai. Arab Dubai member layanan second class kepada Pinoy. Ini secara tidak lansung memburukkan dakwah Islamiah dari sudut social interaction. Apa yang disarankan oleh Rasulullah untuk kita menjaga akhlak baik walaupun kepada yang bukan beragama Islam tidak tercapai di Dubai…tapi masih ada nilai2 tersebut di Bahrain…Alhamdulillah."


......written by Mr. ZBA,... interested to know the continuation of the story can go HERE.

* no doubt ,the locals here are very nice and friendly. They can simply smile at you and give salam to you tho kita ni numpang je kat sini. An Egyptian Arab who work with ZBA also admits this. So, conclusion nye is , when we the muslims are not arrogant, secara tak langsung can attract the non-muslim to our beliefs ...

Isfahani....

Last nite, for the first time , we had our Iftar outside, at Isfahani (Persian Food Restaurant). Akak tingin nak makan lamb chop sebenornye. Memang kalau ikut kan hati , selesa sesangat Iftar at home but since the restaurant is very near to our apt., so we decided to go ahead ('bout 5 min drive je).

waiting...................

while waiting.....curi2 snap...takut gak kena halau dek non...kat sini tak leh tangkap gambor sembarangan dlm restaurant....but abang buat muka sardin je, snap2 macam restaurant tu grandfader die punye.....adehhhhhh....

still waiting....................sabor menanti dengan angkuhnyer.......

akhirnye.........lapor weh!....berebut2 meratah roti itu tho diletak ataih kain buruk yg akak tak taw berapa kurun dah tak dibasuh, gasak ler yek....roti itew sungguh sedap, lemak2 masin2 lagi....muahahaha.....my boys really loved the breads...makan panaih2 sedap ler..kalo dah sejuk, akak rasa, dia org nampak , jeling buat tak tau je.....

mix grilled...meat and lamb chop..

lamb in minced spinach

typical Persian dishes....sengkak perut abe akak and abg Mizan nak mengsetelkan nasi2 itu...

persian ice cream...kesian Naim...he really hoped something like typical ice cream taste...yg ni lain sikit....

Alhamdulillah ke hadrat Allah atas rezeki yg diberi......kenyang and babah said..."Na, tak mo dah Persian food for few months"...hi..hi...typical remark by him ...bila dah kenyang gitu ler cik abang oiii..masa lapor semua nak raser.......


Nak dijadikan episod jejakkasih, Babah also bumped into an Iraqian who used to work together with him in Penang 10 years back. He has stayed in Malaysia for 12 years. ...Dah nak balik nak keluor pintu, baru rasa nak berbicara. He dok main2 mata lama but dlm otak tertanya2.."kat mana aku tengok dia ni!" The Iraqian tu, actually saja mai survey keje kat sini and the conclusion for him, Malaysia is heaven!..Heran dia tengok abang akak ada kat Bahrain coz for him Malaysia is a great place already....eh..eh..kan nabi kata 'tuntut lah ilmu walau sampai ke negara China, so same application here.....org tetua kan kater, "jauh berjalan, luas pandangan"...kan..kan...so disambungkan citer, alkisahnye, after the survey, dia decide nak sambung keje kat Malaysia je, infact his wife is also working there. Nak balik Iraq sure takut kena bomb!!

To think about it, after all, it's a small world........berpisah lama , finally bertemu di Isfahani....kalo dah jodoh tak kemana....alahai....

The power of thought....

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.

- David O. McKay

“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”

“Try to reframe the negative into a positive. Your self-value will grow with each event that you reframe.”

“If you don’t know what to expect, always expect the best.”

“Remember ‘minds work’, get into beta/teta state and imagine a happy and wonderful life ahead….no matter what state u r in right now”

After all, we will become what we r thinking the most right now…..so always Beware of our Thought….don’t dwell on negativity for it will consume you deeper and deeper into its own realm.

Believe in Abundance Life and Power of Gratitude …..practice it daily.

(The blue quotes are taken from a comment given by a person named himself as 'dukduk' to the owner of a blog....a very good one, such a waste if not shared with others...reminder for me as well..As a pessimistic person, I really need this to boost my self up...)

Proud of you....

DUBAI: Malaysian Muhammad Ahmad Zahid's mesmerising recital of the Quran has helped him win the best recitation category at the 12th edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (Dihqa).

And the 13-year-old hafiz (a person who knows the Quran by heart) was given the honour of reciting verses of the Quran at the prize-giving ceremony graced by the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the end of the competition yesterday.

Looking smart in a baju Melayu and songkok, Muhammad, from Sekolah Darul Hikmah in Ampang, Selangor, was all smiles as he was congratulated by government officials, fellow contestants and others who were at the Cultural and Scientific Association Centre, the venue of Diqha, in Al Mamzar.

Muhammad took three years to memories the Quaran. - Bernama




***Mostly we , Malaysians over here, in Gulf countries are really proud of him.....Congratulations! At least, somebody from Malaysia, at last berjaya mengharumkan nama Malaysia yg asyik tenggelam lately......

Gersang...

No wonder so many Arabs suka pi tempat kita......gini rupanya pantai deme. This is Al Jazayir Beach, Bahrain. Ahhhhhhhh..permai sungguh negeriku..cantiknye Batu Feringghi...indah nyer Pantai Teluk Batik, Lumut kan..kan....pohon nyior melambai2....

bole imagine lepak suhu 39 degree kat sini....can you feel it? Pokok pun tak banyak cam pantai kat Malaysia..... eeee tak beshnye...

pasir tak seputih bersih macam pasir di tempat kita..but anyway, this is Allah creation....segala yg dicipta ada own reason behind it....

panas.....esp.. during summer time..




orang pun tak de....may be summer kot...kita tunggu winter nanti, may be ramai yg turun BBQ..

pantai yang ala -ala masih 'dara'......macam tak de yang sudi mengusik jeh....

Bahrain ...

Parts of Bahrain .....meh nak share.....gini le ghupernye.....

Pearl roundabout.....kalo nak gi mana2, tersesat ke , nak bagi direction ker, people like to use this roundabout as a landmark..

bole bilang dgn jari nak nampak this type of tall buliding here....tak byk sgt...

udah name nye pun island...so basically Bahrain is surrounded by ayaq laut...

Marina bay....

Gitu ler al-kisahnye....mai la dtg Bahrain....

Malehnye nak kuor........

Hari ni ada invitation bukak posa kat Embassy. Dah 2 kali dijemput. Alamak, nak gi ke idak ni? Akak maleh benor nak kuor umah esp nak berbuka kat tempat lain selain dari rumah sendiri..Bukan apa, kat umah sendiri selesa sikit kot nak golek2 lepaih makan nanti... Lagipun malam ni dengor citer dia org nak posing2 gambor, nak antor masuk paper Melesia ler gamaknye..eeeeeeee...akak kan ke pemalu...ahak2.....lagi ler akak maleh...adehhhhhh..akak suh abg jer yg gi.....akak wakil kan dia, bole? Lagipun abg Mizan sure tak mo pergi...takkan nak bior dia bukak posa sorang2 kat umah..lagi ler tak gamak...cian lak...so, conclusionnye, akak bukak kat umah je ler yek ari ni....


ni semalamnye....

agar2 marble......



dan lain-lain..maleh nak xplain..tgk gambor je le yek.....dah mai dah penyakit 'M' besor....jemu pun sama ......adusssssss....

The mall at nite....

Wah ...kosong!!!! Mall bukak but kami 4 beranak and few workers je nyedut udara kat dlm mall itew...hi..hi...rasa kekok lak...actually we ols lari jap ke mall one of the Ramadan's nights last week coz kena beli uniform sekolah the boys which they needed to wear on the following day...biaser la babah...kan last minute type...relax je dia..akak yg semak perut taw...by hook or by crook mmg kena carik malam tu gak....so, gini ler suasana dlm mall ...and this emptiness is also due to Ramadan's month, I guess...



kosong..

kosong jua..

tak kosong..ada pak guard sorang...kat pintu tuh!


kosong....kalo nak golek2 ataih lantai tu pun tak de sape kesah nyah!!!....

car parking lot.....many empty spaces....

Begitulah al-kisahnye..........hi..hi....amannnnnnn.....AMIN.

Bukak Posa lagi....

Meh..saja ngader-ngader nak share and to record as my journal. Tataw nak masak apa dah sebenornye..akak tingin bebenor nak makan pekasam ikan puyu, goreng ngan cili padi and bawang..perghhh!..Lia! cepat la mai bawak pekasam and ikan sepat kering... Meleleh ayaq lioq maksu dah ni taw....

Rendang kunyit chicken wing.

Mixed-vege masak tumis air..

Fried cat-fish with soy sauce..

salad abg Mizan..anak teruna akak tengah conscious jaga kulit, takut jerawat..suh akak wat xtra vege...kemain anak teruna nih..ader le tu awek Arab mana2 kat sekolah dia nak impress gamaknye..hi..hi..balik sekolah je treus nengok cermin, belek muka....adehhhhh..abahnye gitu kot maser muda2 dulu.....

sambal tumis ikan bilis....my appetizer! ganti ikan kering...nak pekasam...waaaaaaaaaa..


pengat sago keledek ...

Ku lihat hijau....

Below....some parts of Bahrain..hijau kan...kekadang rasa macam back home. Feel healthier, dapat sedut oksigen bersih....but areas yg tak develop lagi, no doubt still padang pasir padang terkukur..

Yang menarik perhatian akak kan, tepi jalan dlm pekan kecit kat Bahrain ni, ader pokok semak samun macam 'jalan dalam' kat Malaysia... Tak sempat nak amek gambor pokok2 hutan kat tengah pekan tepi jalan tu...bila tengok pokok2 tu tak terasa macam kat negara Arab. But I like that way..saper yg tak suka nengok2 pokok ni sure cemuih.....rasa cam ala2 pendalaman sikit Bahrain ni...And I notice lots of outdoor plants nurseries here..macam kat Malaysia...akak paling suka pegi tempat tu taw...tak sempat nyinggah lagi..one day I will and snap2 gambor..

typical flowers back home.....


this is the Dolphin Park...about 10 minutes driving from my apartment..Mat Naim tingin sesangat nak tengok Dolphin ni.. plan to bring him during winter...


kan..kan...suasana macam kat Taiping jer yek..sejukkkkk mater memandang....

well-maintained garden...

hijo kan rumput nyer..raser nak golek2 ataih rumput tu..sejuk mata memandang..