It's nearly over..

Puasa...
In a few days.. Ramadhan Al Mubarak will be over. Sedih, rasa still tak cukup nak beramal ibadat lagi and also tak tau whether next year dapat sambut lagi ke tak. :(. Niway, Ramadhan kali ni Alhamdulillah, better sikit dari last2 year.

Since the past two weeks, Balqis have no difficulties masa berpuasa, tak lagi rasa penat and meragam sangat. In fact people yang tau kata dia puasa is amazed when looking at her, still very energetic, still active, even when it's already 6 o'clock. Tak ada lagi soalan, "Lambat lagi ke nak buka Ma?". Maybe juga because dia dah tau tgk jam and tau pukul 7 time bukak puasa. And maybe because last year dia dah puasa and dah tau what to expect. My target for her is to at least puasa more than last year. Last year dia puasa 20 hari. Macamana pun, she's very strong and tough. The whole of last week dia ada exam, and she insisted that dia puasa. And the result is back, she gets all A's with all 90's and above. Sayang anak mama ni..

My plan with Bazleen this year is at least to let her understand what is fasting... and maybe give a day or two to try puasa. She's only 4 yrs old and I feel it's ok for her to try and puasa, if she wants to. But Bazleen has her own plan, the first day she fast (which is on the 2nd Ramadhan) she managed to fast until 4.45pm. Bravo.. bravo... The 2nd day (saturday) she managed to puasa the whole day... again.. bravo.. bravo.. And on sunday also full day. Wahhh... Come monday, dia kata tak nak puasa, nak puasa masa cuti saja and I said ok.. That was my plan also la... belajar2 aja puasa during weekends. Tuesday also tak puasa, but Wednesday she said, I want to fast! I said ok, puasa la. Was hoping she fast sampai pukul 3 or 4.. but she managed to puasa penuh. Wahhhh again...
Thursday, nak puasa jugak, I said ok.. dia puasa but around 5 dia kata dahaga. Nak minum. So pecah la puasa. Friday she insist nak puasa lagi.. so dia puasa.. penuh. And until now, tak tinggal dah puasa. Impress..? We all are too...

To some maybe ingat it is because 'the hadiah' we promise to give her and Balqis, but we did not promise any rewards of any sorts.. except if you puasa u can ask whatever u want to eat, provided ada jual dkt pasar Ramadhan aja (plus kfc, pizza and mcd la). That's it. And Bazleen fav food is anything yang ada nasi.

Ada jugak yang fikir, I'm too strict, forcing her to fast, but believe me, Bazleen puasa at her own will. Ada one night before tido, I persuaded her not to puasa.. get this.. NOT to puasa, which hesitantly she agreed. But then in the middle of the nite, around 3am.. she kejut me from tidur and said "Ma, adik nak puasa ma.. please..!". If you la, in my shoes, what would you do? I know she will definitely puasa even if we didn't wake her for sahur. She's very determined u know.. that little girl. So the rest is history, she's been fasting and dropping her pants (even panties) sbb dah kurus. Berat dah turun 2kgs. Hahahaha.. but still she insist nak puasa. Sayang anak mama yang ni jugak..

Am proud of my two kids, as for today, hari ke 28 Ramadhan, my sweet Balqis hanya tinggal 1 hari, and my adorable Bazleen dah berpuasa selama 23 hari. She's been fasting non stop since 21st of September. And because of that, we decided to give them a surprise present for their effort. Seronok tgk dorang tekejut dpt present. hehehe.
*Mama and Papa are very proud of both of you.. muahh*

Raya...
A few days lagi umat Islam akan menyambut Hari Raya AidilFitri. Mcm2 persediaan dah dibuat oleh individu masing2, but as for us, just beli baju raya. One each for the parents, (sbb ngikut tema) and utk the kids.. mengikut budget. :) Awal2 lagi dah beli baju utk the kids, and this year.. the 2nd week of ramadhan (22nd and 23rd Sept) dah selamat beli. The kids pilih sendiri (with tapisan from parents of course) baju and kasut. Bazleen senang nak pilih, she knows what she wants but Balqis is a little bit 'buta mata' when it comes to shopping. She wants everything! Everything - all the mahal things. Hahahaha.. But we managed to beli 2 powerpuff girls baju each (1 set tshirt and skirt and 1 dress) yg ada discount. :) Kasut and stokin pun dah beli. Baju kurung tak payah beli, my late mom dah beli 2 years ago.. :)

As for rumah pulak, tak de special apa2 pun, tak de sofa baru.. tak de cat rumah.. tak de langsir baru.. kuih raya pun tak de.. tak buat la.. :) kuih raya I 'pau' dari rumah my dad aje + some given by my sis in law.. TQ Ecah and K.Hawa. Oh mybe ada something special kot.. this year if anybody dtg beraya jgn terkejut kalau tak de dining table. Our dining table dah pecah. Yes, kaca.. pecah 3/4. How? We also dont know, but I think because the dining table tu mcm terangkat sikit and my hubby try tolak ke bawah balik and *prang*.. abis pecah. You are suppose to angkat kaki dia naik atas.. not tolak the kaca bawah. hehehe But apa2 pun, we all lega because when the incident happened, time nak sahur, the kids still tgh tido. Still terbayang time sinki hempap kaki Bazleen. Lega.. The good news is.. we are getting a new dining table from ikea, yihaa.. but the bad news is, it will only be available in November. So no dining table for now. Back to basic, duduk bawah aje :).

This year, initially ingat nak beraya dkt KL aje. But then kesian pulak dkt budak2. What is raya kalau just pergi Solat raya then balik tgk tv dkt rumahkan..? Still tak decide nak beraya mana2 until last week. I received an sms from my uncle (my late mom punya bro) "Raya mana taun ni? Mai balik sini, ada ikan2, udang2, kita buat bbq. Emm sedap!". That did the trick.. we decided to balik Perlis this year. hehehe. But of course after considering factors like 1) the kids would be enjoying themselves, sbb my cousins ada lagi yg still kecik2.. about their age. 2)BBQ.. (hahahaha) 3) mmg turn balik perlis pun, we decided to teruskan turn tu.. even without my mom. 4) BBQ... 5)BBQ.. and oh.. BBQ.. hehehe. (Eh sapa tak nak BBQ, ikan and udang fresh2.. my uncle tu work at a fishery company.. so mmg fresh la. hehehe. ). Slamat Ber JAM di jlan raya.. hehehe

So to all..

Selamat Hari Raya
&
Maaf Zahir dan Batin

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Zul, Sofia, Balqis and Bazleen

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D..
I hope to those who kenal or tak kenal my friend D.. let us pray for her husband's recovery who was diagnosed with cancer and to D and her family to stay strong and tough during this ordeal.