life, the journey: June 2012

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

reading time

when i had my children a year apart, i had my own reasons as to why. this is one of the reasons... i envisaged that they will grow up to be best of friends and that they will support each other as well as learn from each other...they are and they do... they go to the school, kumon classes, art classes, does homework, play, cycle and etc etc together. although they have some differences, some siblings rivalry but they are manageble though i would have prefered none of that sort...

i also wish that they would sit like this for hours in peace and harmony...

and together, they will care for this lil fellow...

i realise that the sister is mini mum while the older brother is a good sparing partner for to my lil boy... looking at these two pics makes all the pain i endured worth it though i am rather tired physically and mentally. i sure need a boost...

Monday, June 25, 2012

naz weds naz

one of the major events earlier this year was my sis in law's wedding... she married her friend when she was in her teens... one of the beauty of this union is their names...hence the title of this posting...

Nazlina weds Nazrul....

when we moved into our house, one of the things i said was to have her wedding in my house... my mum had always reminded me to be the sister she never had....true enough, we had her engagement and her mehendi night at our house... was a pleasure yet tiring.... my mum in law put her heart into organising it together with my sis in law... my sis in law is remarkable as it was almost one man show in staging her wedding...so much so that i think she will be successful if only she decides to be a wedding planner...

mehendi night....

tahlil and doa selamat...

my lil imam...

i love the ears... typical of my eldest imam...

may he will always bow to the AlMighty Lord throughout his life...

the rituals...

the bride...

mother's blessings...

brother's blessings...

the sister in law aka the queen's blessings...

and the lil ones...

this is a must have pose...

the family...

close up...

my lil princess...

don't the pretty ladies look alike?

this is called sepemeluk...

mine would want to be a bride too...

the aftermath...

awesome....

the nikah...

anxiously waiting....

happy mother...

with the polka dot girls...

the brother performing the responsibility of marrying off the sister...

married...

wishing the two of them happy married life. may your marriage be filled with so much RESPECT for each other, lots of love and happiness... may your marriage sail smooth for many many years... may God bless and protect your marriage.

a man who respects his wife will go to great heights while the wife remains an anchor behind him... that is why the saying is behind every successful man is a woman.... like my dad says from his life experience... a wife's blessings and prayers for her husband is fundamental for his success for if it is otherwise, it determines his failure....