Al Fatihah to our Superb Bapak / Amazing Atok

Tuan Haji Hambali bin Haji Abdul Salam, was a great man.

A superb dad who loved his sons and daughter dearly, a great grandfather who is fun to be with and loved his grandchildren amazingly. He could sing and dance with his grandchildren. He is loved by the grandchildren for his amazing talent. " okay, atok sing and you dance ok..."..He will sing and play his gambus and his flute while his grandchildren will dance around him..till at one time "atok, we are tired of dancing, now..why don't atok dance and we sing..."..without hesitation he got up from his chair and started to dance while his grandchildren sing..they will laugh into tears. Baby called him Atok Pingu..as he was so good at imitating Pingu's voice. "Atok..buat suara Pingu la atok..."..and he started to act again and again until all of them get tired..and he will said..."Atok penat la..atok tidur dulu..nanti kita main lagi, lepas tu kita makan.."

Having a great father like him is heaven. At time, even after I got married and have my own children, I will still put my head on his lap, ask him to cuddle me. If he wants to eat anything, he will call me and ask me to cook for him, he said..I am best at cooking though he also considered me as a very tough girl who act like a boy... Even two days before he left us, he still asked me to cook a dish that I have never prepared before. In his weak voice (he was not well back then) he gave me the recipe and asked me to cook it for him. Luckily I managed to prepare the dish for the last time for him to taste my cooking.

Being a pious and religious man, he never forced us to do this and that. Though at time we were also being scolded and got our punishment of wasp from his belt, we know that it're all because he loved us so much. We know by ourselves what should be done and what should be left to lead a life as good muslims. Seeing a living example of a good Muslim like him, who was so into Alquran and AsSunnah, show us the best direction of Islam as the way of life. His wisdom is the best guidance and education he left for us to practice it.

20/4/2011 at 4.20 p.m, he left us to meet his creator, Allah s.w.t. May Allah s.w.t blessed him with His blessings and granted him Jannatul Firdaus.

Bapak / Atok we love you so much.

AlFatihah.

New Uniform and Big Year of 2011

The new school session has started. 'Aliah is going to her secondary years, Baby has become a senior in her afternoon session primary year. New uniform for them, 'Aliah with her navy blue long skirt and white baju kurung, she was so used with her prefect uniform in her primary years before this, so seeing her in a white and navy blue uniform is a little awkward to her mommy. Baby being appointed as a prefect is having a new look with a yellow and brown uniform. She was so excited on her first day to school, and looked cute in her new uniform, though the vest is quite big for her..

'Aliah n Baby in their new uniform

Baby the prefect

'Aliah on her orientation day

'Aqilah being appointed as a prefect too..is also having a new light blue and dark blue uniform..'Ariff the handsome boy looks good in his white and green uniform

All the best my kids...Strive for success. 'Aqilah and 'Ariff, you're having your big exam this year.. Mommy knows both of you can excel, but no matter how smart you are..you need to put your effort into everything you do and tawakkal to Allah.

Abah's 41st Birthday

Abah's 41st Birthday was celebrated yesterday at Atok's house. Abah has a same birthdate with Atok. Atok was not well, so Abah cut the birthday cake for Atok's behalf too. Ummi Dij, sponsored the birthday cake and it was so tasty..yummy...and creamy..

Happy Birthday Abah!

Bunny n Betty

We have new members in our family, Bunny n Betty, two cute Anggora rabbits.

Ramadhan Al Kareem

Ramadhan Al Kareem everyone, we wish everyone for a good and barakah Ramadhan.
Let us pray our dua' together to have a good and strong health to perform the fasting in this coming Ramadhan. Amiin Ya Rabbal 'Alamin

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: When there comes the month of Ramadan, the gates of mercy are
opened, and the gates of Hell are locked and the devils are chained.

The Journey Continues....

Years passed...need to start a new entry today. Mommy's so tied up with study and house chores, Abah travels a lot.. sometimes we hardly meet him..kakak ('Aqilah) is now in boarding school in Kuala Kangsar, abang ('Ariff) is in form two and so occupied with his books, adik ('Aliah) is preparing herself for UPSR, baby ('Afeefah) is in standard two and so tied up with her golf lessons and tournaments.

School Holiday!

Wow....!!!! the school holiday..is here again....But....it seems...we are not going anywhere...mummy is so busy with her work...abah too....

So...just spend our holiday at home with our hobbies....looking after the cats...doing the house chores...reading books...(at least mummy still had time to bring us to MPH and Popular..to get our favourite books...but mummy..we need more..we had already finished reading the books..you bought for us last week)...please..can we go to the bookshops again???...he heh he..

BTW, we also had fun watching Madagascar 2...thanks mummy...and went to Ayah and Mama's house last friday..for a kenduri...Nasim and Naim..is having their "berkhatan"...no more bottle milk for them...he he he..coz..now...they're big boy already..wow!!!! great huh!!!

but.....can we still go for a holiday????....hope so!!!!!

`Ariff got 5As in his UPSR

Bravo!...`Ariff scored 5As in his UPSR...everyone in the family was there when the result is being announced by the teacher...`Ariff cried...feeling so happy and excited for the result...everybody was so happy on that day...

Few days later, as promised...`Ariff received his present from mummy....a laptop for him...good for him...but mummy reminded him not to misuse it....

Hope..his dream to become a scientist...will come true...

SK TTDI JAYA, SHAH ALAM - 5As scorers 2008 - 'Ariff is seating at the far left

Congrats!!! `Ariff....!!!!

PD Trip

It was a long weekend during the Deepavali celebration. We took the opportunity to have our outing to PD...as usual...we had fun riding on the banana boat...celebrated Ariff's birthday...and had our BBQ feast on the beach...On our way home...we stopped by at the Dataran PD...and have fun...riding the horse..

Eid Celebration

We celebrated our Eid at Kedah this year, though we supposed to celebrate it here (Klang)...We also celebrated Baby's and Dina's birthday during the Eid...and there's a newcomer in our family...Mak Anjang got a new baby...Danish...after few days in Kedah..we came back to Shah Alam and celebrated the Eid with atuk and nenek in Klang..

Eid Greetings

Eid Mubarak...one day to go...Wishing everyone a wonderful Eid Mubarak celebration.

Salam Aidil Fitri untuk semua, maaf zahir dan batin atas segala salah dan silap kami...Mudah-mudahan semuanya berbahagia dan sejahtera di Hari Raya ini...

Family Iftar

Fasting month of Ramadhan really brings the family together. Every weekend we have our family iftar gathering, the first day and the first week of fasting we had our iftar at the grand's place, the second week we had it at our place and on the third week we had it at ayah and mama's place in Puncak Alam.

Mummy cooked a lot of dishes for the iftar, we had "nasi ambeng" - the family's favourite, laksa utara, roti jala, a lot of kuih muih, watermelon and two to three types of drink. Everybody was savoured by the tasty and delicious food mummy prepared.....mmm yummy!!

A Visit to the UM Convocation Fiesta

woooww...it was really great..!!!everybody had a great time following Mummy to UM and visiting the convocation fiesta...

we walked from one stall to another stall...and we even watched a concert organized by the students...

Mummy gave us some money to buy some souvenirs and things we like...the experience was tiring but we really enjoy it...can't wait for the next convocation to come...

Baby's trip to Perak....

Mummy got some works to do in Perak last month, which was from 11th to 14th of August... so...Baby accompanied Mummy for the trip...



While waiting for Mummy to finish up her work...Baby and Abah spent time visiting the tourist attraction places such as the Taiping Zoo and Lumut. It was great FUN!!!!!!!!

Fashion Show....Model to be?

We feel excited everytime when mummy asked us to model the muslimah swimsuit for Active Attire....

We can be in TV...in magazines...in newspapers and also on the catwalk...we can see those beautiful models on stage...and have fun watching them with beautiful outfit...and the most wonderful thing...is to see ourselves in TV... and in any other printed media...

But.. to take up modelling as our career....we don't think so.....WHY???..if you have been at the backstage of a fashion show....you know the answer....

The most recent show we have ... was at the IIF KL 2007... It's fun...after the show...mummy took us for a stroll at the KLCC...and for a ride back home in the LRT... (for us it is a train that has no driver!!!!!!!!!!!!......)

Well we just do it for fun!!!!!!!..

Atuk & Nenek

We spend most of our weekend at Mummy's parent house (their house is nearby to our house)...Atuk & Nenek..Atuk loves to crack jokes, he dances, sings and plays around with us.....Baby loves the way he imitates "Pingu"...its so real...Nenek talks and laughs a lot...that's why she looks young...he he he..She always gives money...for our "belanja".....She is a good cook....mmm.love her cooking and very good at making "hot milo" drink...mmmm..yummy..milo + dunk with "marrie" biscuits...