Tagged!

Assalamu'alaikum wrm wbt,

How's ur iman today people? Hope it is better than yesterday, if not...don't feel degraded. Ups and downs in ur iman level is normal as long as it doesn't go beyond the boundaries. We are all human after all, we are not angels without al-hawa' and an-nafs...so it is only normal that our iman won't stay static at the same level all the time.

When I first created this blog, I've told you before that I've got 3 tags waiting right? And those tags are still there waiting to be answered :P I'm a bit lazy with this tag thingie. Anyway, here's a tag from mr terry bogart, thank god it's short and sweet and so I'm a little bit more willing to do it.

The Rule
1. Copy the picture below, and paste it in your post. 2. Tag 10 friends and ask them to do the same.

Here I would like to tag my beloved sisters in the big family.
Cik Asma' >> sorry if this is not in accordance with your blog's theme :P
Cik Hazwani >> nanny berjaya..hehe
Cik Fatimah >> a loving sister who's great in the kitchen
Cik Filzah >> never-ending love for her Najah, Tuffah, Rayna....lagi?
Cik Hafsah >> someone I've known longest among the sisters
Cik Farhin >> pencinta Salahuddin al-Ayubi yang setia
Cik Izzati >> may ur new-found strength to get back up lead u straight on this path.
Cik Maymunah >> yeah...i know dear. i wont put ur blog address here anymore :D
Cik Nola >> my cute sister whom i admire for her eagerness to learn more and more
Gengbiskutmeri >> I would like to see Kak Hannan or Kak Mira to answer this tag and post it in the blog

Amal islami is not an easy thing to do..what more talking about 100% amal islami. But that is what all of us (me and you who's doing the tag..and whoever out there who's reading this) should always aim to do though. I know it's not easy, as all of us have often heard..."jalan ke syurga tidak dihampar dengan permaidani merah nan lembut. Malah jalan ke syurga penuh onak dan duri di sepanjang perjalanan". However for us Muslims who have understood where we're heading and what is our final destination...we will always stay steadfast on this path because we know the rewards waiting for us in Jannah are incomparable to what is here, right? So sisters, moga kita tetap hati tak berbelah bagi ye.

May Allah bless~
Wassalamu'alaikum wrm wbt.

along: rindu sisters al-manchesteri jugak..huhu~

Raya datang lagi... (II)

Assalamu'alaikum wrm wbt,

Alhamdulillah...masih diberi peluang utk bernafas di dunia ini. Kadangkala ujian yang kunjung tiba buat kita rasa cukuplah hidup di dunia ini..terlalu banyak kesengsaraan, kesakitan, keresahan, ketidakadilan....namun, mengenangkan pahala yang tak seberapa dibandingkan dengan dosa yang menggunung tinggi, mengenangkan fainnama'al 'usri yusraa...hati dikuatkan dan langkah kaki di denai kehidupan diteruskan.

Raya kali ini kurang meriahnya berbanding tahun-tahun dulu. Adakah diri yang sudah makin dewasa membuatkan semangat menyambut Aildilfitri itu semakin berkurangan? Tiada lagi saat2 seronok tolong buat biskut raya, main bunga api, sibuk pilih baju raya. Aidilfitri kali ini penuh sesalan di dada...sesal kerana sepatutnya 1 Syawal merupakan saat diri kembali kepada fitrah yang asal usai sebulan ditarbiyah madrasah Ramadhan. Namun, ana rasa Ramadhan yang lalu tidak dimanfaatkan sebaik Ramadhan sebelumnya...kurang penghayatan...kurang rohnya. Tidak tahu mengapa...mungkin diri yang asyik disibukkan perihal duniawi agaknya.

Jikalau Ramadhan diibaratkan sebagai University of Tarbiyyah maka ana merupakan salah seorang pelajarnya yang tidak tergolong dalam kalangan mereka yang menerima first class honour...salah seorang yang tidak dapat mengecapi erti kejayaan sebenar di hari graduasinya. Terasa kosong di pagi 1 Syawal...sayu menghenyak diri pabila terkenang andai kata tiada lagi Ramadhan yang bakal ditempuhi tahun hadapan. Semoga ana tidak terus alpa andai diberi peluang bertemu Ramadhan lagi kelak...dan semoga diri terus kuat menghadapi 11 bulan yang akan datang ini.

Syawal 1430H disambut di kampung sebelah ayah di Ketereh, Kelantan. Alhamdulillah..dapat ketemu semua pakcik makcik dan sepupu dari sebelah ayah. Adik beradik ayah 9 org semuanya (tolak Ayah Su yang telah meninggal dunia beberapa tahun yang lalu) dengan bilangan cucu keluarga Allahyarham Tok Ayah seramai 22 org. I'll let the pictures do the talking from this point onwards ok.

juadah pagi raya:
nasi dagang with gulai ikan, gulai ayam, gulai daging, telur rebus, sambal udang
ketupat palas + lemang with serunding
tapai

berbaju maroon di sebelah kereta maroon (kebetulan warna tema sama dgn warna kereta)
my 3 guys: abang, ayah, luqman

kakak dan adik2 perempuan ayah:
che su (adik bongsu ayah), che pah (kakak atas che su), umi (adik bawah ayah), mama no (kakak ayah..anak ke-2), che chik (kakak atas che nie), che nie (kakak atas che pah)

family umi zaharah + pa zulkarnain:
zikru rahmat (with spec), zulilham (cucu sulung... in purple), amirul hakim (in red with kopiah), iman daniel (in red with songkok)
syahmi in yellow (anak che pah) + aliff in blue (anak che nie) interframe

family che nie + pakcik norman in blue:
aisyah natirah, aliff najmi, afifah nisrina
(a= anie, n = norman..sweet kan?)

family che pah + ayoh li in royal yellow ;) :
syahmi rahimi, shasha rabihah
(s = sharipah, r = razali..cute jgk)

family che su + pakcik bob in purple:
nur adlina...panggil 'dina' (sangat petah bercakap!)
adik dina dalam perut ummi

family ayoh ngoh + che ngoh in maroon merah:
belakang > luqman, qilah, mama, ayah, abang, najihah
depan > along, idah

tiada gambar keluarga:
family ayah chik + che ti with firdaus, kak ngah (tak igt nama..huhu), alisa, ayuni
family ayah (abg sulung ayah) + ibu with nazreen and nasaruddin
mama no (short for 'nora') and che chik tidak berkeluarga

That's about it I think for this post. Had fun knowing my family from the Kelantan side? This is considered small compared to the Johor side. I wont be able to do the same post for the Johor side with 2 major reasons: I cant recall all of their names AND most of my cousins are already married with their own families...I dont even know my cousins' spouses + their children properly yet (it keeps increasing each year..hehe). This is because my dad is the 3rd son out of 10 siblings...so I am one of the oldest among all my cousins. I pretty much can still keep track of all the little ones.

As for my mom, she's the youngest out of 6 siblings. All her brothers and sisters got more than 6 children each (it's already hard trying to remember all their names) and since they are all a lot older, we rarely spend time together doing kid's stuff (main parit, tangkap ikan etc) when I was little. And now most of them are married (huhu...sepupu2 ni semua jenis kawen awal....20, 21, 22 semua dh selamat dah) with their own children which I dont even get to meet most of them yet. The only way to identify whose children is this and that is by looking at their baju raya. "Ahaa...she's wearing purple, this must be Kak Comel's daughter. That one is wearing red same as Kak Aishah..." and so on. Only my mom (i'm oldest) and her older sister (the oldest is Iwan, only 2 years older than me) are left without any menantu + cucu yet...huhu.

Selesai kisah raya dan sanak saudara. Ana rasa itu je yang paling best saat hari raya ni...dapat ketemu makcik pakcik sepupu yang mmg jarang berjumpa kalau bukan waktu raya. Jangan sampai tak kenal sedara sendiri pulak nnt kan. Rasanya dengan big family Karisma (SISMA especially :D) lagi rapat kot dari big family sendiri. Itulah indahnya ukhuwah di jalan ini.

Semoga ketemu lagi.
Wassalamu'alaikum wrm wbt.

along: best kan buat baju warna tema ikut family. baru tahun ketiga family ana buat mcm ni (sblm ni tak pernah teringin pulak)..tahun 2007 purple, tahun 2008 hijau, tahun 2009 maroon (+ merah2 yg sesat)...tahun depan biru?

Raya datang lagi... (I)

Assalamu'alaikum wrm wbt,

Salam aidilfitri...salam kemenangan mujahadah sebulan Ramadhan...salam kembali ke fitrah diri yang asal hasil tarbiyah sebulan Ramadhan. Semoga cukup buat bekal 11 bulan seterusnya.

It's been a while (more than 2 months to be exact!)..does this prove that I only update blog during my holidays? Then I supposed I better start giving out my academic calendar (so that you know when I'll be home for semester break and so should have so-called time to update this 'coretharian'). Sorry for those readers out there who come and go with disappointment written across your faces (geezz..perasannya Along..as if there's any :P).

Here's a teaser for you guys.
There will be more coming...soon! (hopefully~ hehe)

in the picture: ayah, idah, luqman

That's all for a short update. Will be back for more.

Wassalamu'alaikum wrm wbt.

along: abaikan background blog ni yg serabut sikit buat masa ni. will fix it later (after finals perhaps? haha).