life, the journey: 2014

Monday, March 3, 2014

SRK, the concert

my sil passed the tickets to the concert since she wasnt going... so, we went instead. SHAH RUKH KHAN is so damn funny, just like in his romantic comedies...I love him all over again!

there were times I didn't understand the obsession some people have over plants....it wasn't until I had my first miscarriage two years ago did I understand how much healing power plants have especially towards my heart... I bought a maroon frangipani in memory of my honeystar...

two years later, yet again I turn to my plants to give me the healing power over another disappointment. this time, my frangipani is waiting to bloom for the second time and there can't be any other better timing than this. my frangipani shall represent my honeystars....they are so dear to me...

I so look forward to reorganising my garden and hope it will be a reality very soon. I'm day dreaming about it all the time.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

my princess turns 7

happy 7th birthday to my dearest darling nadia nasira....may Allah bless you with iman health wealth love and happiness for a successful life in this world and the hereafter. amin.

I rremember the day I held you in my arms 7 years ago. there is no words to describe the feelings I had at that time... you gave meaning to my life, you gave me motherhood. I love you above everything else.

there are days I couldn't be the best mummy in the world especially when I coach you to be the best in the world. I am sorry if I had pushed you hard but sometimes I'm glad I did because I saw the best in you outshines you.

there are times when I had been hard on you, I share the feelings with aunty khine and aunty nuff who would encourage mummy to improve and be a better mummy to you. sometimes there is just too much on my plate and that's when all three of you decide to be on the worst behaviour... I couldn't help it those times... I am sorry baby...

mummy always hope that as you grow older life will be so much better for all of us insya Allah. mummy pray that Allah will bless mummy with so much patience for mummy to endure the cchallenges in raising all of you.

may we grow up to be the best friends insya Allah. amin.

Monday, February 24, 2014

vietnam

some months ago, my sister in law enticed me to go to vietnam for a shopping spree.... she had gone twice before this and i was so tempted to go since everything was so cheap. it was so close to eid and all the more reason i wanted to go. it worked out so well since my hubs were home for the weekend. my shopping spree was just the weekend...

this is my thought to capture my momentary emotions.

The literature in me follows me everywhere I go...I'm immersed in it...to me, literature is the appreciation n reflection of life through the eyes of the author. ... vietnam that I knew was through nam - tour of duty, Danielle Steel's message from nam, tony leung's bullet in the head n etc...as I sat by the street alone late night eating my noodles, my eyes slowly took in the sights of the life around me...a lil girl trying to persuade a passerby to buy her goods, a man going to the tourist one by one trying to grab their shoes off their feet offering shoe polish services, shopkeepers sitting in front of their shops chatting while stall owners along the street trying to make last sales for the day and some keeping away their goods for the day...life goes on till late night for these Vietnamese to make their living....this is the vietnam that I had always known....

there are many cab companies...

the hotel we stayed in... very different from those other hotels i have ever stayed but this is quite comfortable.

out on a shopping spree...

if you pay more for any of these in malaysia, it is a sin.

lotus seed is the best...

i didn't believe my eyes....

again....you know what i mean....

i was so impressed with the hand writing...reminds me of my days when i was a little girl when cursive writing in a convent school is much celebrated.