It's my day!

I have not been regularly updating my personal blog due to work commitments and health issues but today, I just had to take some time off from whatever I was doing to jot down what is on my mind on this special occasion. It's that time of the year again.....and alhamdulillah this year, I get to celebrate my birthday again....there was a few surprises that I received from loved ones....that has made my birthday celebration very special indeed....a very memorable one I must say! I got a lot to be thankful for....for all that I received to date.

I can't forget what happened today. My "little sis" gave me a surprise party at her house. It was a very lovely surprise indeed. Knowing and considering her who just recently had a new baby, I felt really blessed indeed when she took the trouble to organize the party for me. I truly appreciate it very much for all that she did for me. It's the thought that really mattered the most. Big or small the celebration, it doesn't matter much....for me it's always the thought that touches the heart. I'll forever remember this moment for as long as I live. 

Sometimes when we're feeling a bit under the weather or when we are not in our usual self.....and suddenly we get these little surprises.....it sure does lifts up our spirit and keeps us going. Alhamdulillah for all the little surprises that I received from all my loved ones for my birthday this year.....you all really made my life more beautiful.... <3

Do or do not

I don't know what has gotten into me lately. I guess I have other more important priorities to focus on rather than blogging here. The worse thing is, I don't feel the least bit guilty at all for not writing here. That's not good. Not good at all. Because the blog needs to be updated every now and then. I guess I have released myself from feeling any guilt for not writing. I'm free! LOL! No more stressing about it.

I'm still in the fasting mode. Still got a few more days left to fast before I can celebrate. I think perhaps I should make it a point to fast at least once a week from now onwards. It would be good to do so, for health sake. Hopefully I can make it a habit. :) Just do it!!

Will be starting class soon.....gosh, I'm so not prepared for it. I thought I was. But I guess, whether I like it or not, I have to prepare. No choice. Do or do not, there is no room for thinking about it. Life is too short. 3 more months of the course and hopefully I'll be able to move on to the other level of the course and finish the whole thing by early next year....insyaAllah.

Been reading a lot too lately. I guess, when the urge to seek knowledge has arrived, it seems easy to do it. I sure got a lot of reading to do....lots of questions unanswered.....but will be answered by the books insyaAllah. Never too late to start something good. :)

Grateful

Eidul Fitri is finally over for me....now is time to start working again. I guess the 2 weeks of holiday that I gave myself just went by faster than the speeding bullet. I can't believe it's all over. So darn fast.

All in all I think my Eidul Fitri this year went really well. Lots of fond memories about it. Something I will definitely cherish and be grateful for. Ramadhan was really a month full of enlightenment indeed. I'm seeing a lot of things in a different perspective now. I'm at that place where I'm feeling really blessed and am really really clear of what I really want in life and where I'm heading. It used to be a little blur.....but not anymore now, alhamdulillah.

Looks like it's really official now. I can't be blogging here as much as I hope to. In fact, I've missed so many posts, I've lost count already. Looks like the 366 days project is a disaster. And no, I'm not going to try doing it all over again next year. Because I don't think it's something I'm interested in anymore. I can probably write a diary everyday....a real diary book that is, but not write here everyday. It's not possible anymore. 

Next week will definitely be a busy busy week for me. There's just so much to do. Need to list down my plans.....need to make a new time table as well. Need to make sure this time around I will have more rest and more time for exercise and studies. Got lots to study this year....hopefully all will be running smoothly till I finish the course. New class will start probably early September......still haven't gotten my new class schedule from my teacher. Still waiting.....can't wait for the new lessons. :)

Detox mode

I'm thinking and thinking. Perhaps it would be a good idea to stop the 366 days project. I just don't see any way for me to keep writing here everyday. It's just too much stress for me. Hahahahahah! Yeah right! Stress konon! :P

I've done good so far with the project up until May and then when June came, it all fell apart. I still have not managed to catch up with all the days that I've missed posting... even now that August is here, I'm still slacking with the posts. 

I'm not feeling too good either. Been sick for a few weeks now. Allergies that has gotten the best of me. I think that this is probably the worst I've ever experienced. Thanks to yours truly for not taking good care of what she's been eating and now suffering....all thanks to herself. :D Pat on my back! Great job Lin, you've done a great job in poisoning yourself slowly with all the yummy delicious food that you are supposed to stay away from! :P

Now I'm on detox mode. I'm hoping that I'll be ok again before the fasting month ends. Still.....even though I'm sick, the work must go on....life goes on....it doesn't stop......nothing can stop me from doing what is important. If I don't do it, no one can do it for me anyways. Life goes on the way it does.......I just keep on moving....even if it means I'll be moving at snail speed....at least I'm moving :).

The morning chat

I gotta shock this morning as I was busy working in my room, suddenly I heard such loud sounds of the Black Naped Oriole outside the house. I quickly ran towards the window and saw about 4-5 of them on the banana trees having their morning chat....ahahaha.....I was just guessing about what they were doing. Only God knows what on earth were they saying to each other. First time for me to see so many of them at one time. Usually it's only 1 or two.

I managed to grab my camera and took a video of them. Pretty difficult to do it because I had to do it while I'm inside the house. I can't go out and take videos of them because that would scare them and chase them away. So I had to be quick! Luckily I managed to get a shot of them before they flew off to another location. :)

Marhaban Ya Ramadhan

It is that time of the year again. Ramadhan is here. Marhaban Ya Ramadhan. Once again I am blessed to be given the opportunity to meet Ramadhan, alhamdulillah. I do believe that this will be one of the most memorable and sweetest Ramadhan I'll ever experience in a long long time. Why? Because this time I get to do something that I have been longing to do in Ramadhan. Something I've been dreaming about doing for years. It's like a dream come true now. But I can't tell you what it is....it's a secret hehehe.....:) But if you can guess what it is....then do let me know! LOL! :D (but I don't think you'll be able to guess it! haha!:D).

Ramadhan this year is special because it started on a Friday. So everyone started going to the mosque to do their Terawih prayers.....some who are not well enough to go, will just do the prayers at home. Ramadhan has always been special to me. Especially since I was born in this blessed month. Ramadhan is not just about fasting. It's more than that. Much much more. It's the time to give and give, the time to do good deeds to those who are less fortunate, the time for us to change for the better, the time to read the Quran as much as we can...and many more. The more good deeds we do, the more Allah will bless us... insyaAllah.

I hope I won't have any problems fasting this time around. Hope everything will be smooth, insyaAllah. Praying for good health throughout the month.

I would like to wish all Muslims around the world a very happy Ramadhan....may the blessings of Allah shower upon you....amin. <3

Teeny weeny corn

Hehe! I never thought that the small corn tree would actually bear any corn! But as you can see, it did! LOL! It's so so so small! This corn tree is the smallest one we have out of the 5 corn tree my Mom planted in her garden. All of them are bearing corn now but not sure yet if the corns are any good to eat....will have to wait and see the results soon. It will take some more time to grow, not really sure how long that will take. Wait patiently I shall... :D

Orange flavoured ais krim Malaysia

Haven't had this ais krim Malaysia in years!!! I don't know what came over me the other day I just had to make them. Especially during this hot weather, this kinda ice sticks is the best! Loved eating these type of ice sticks when I was younger....it is cheap, easy to make and yummy!

You can make them in any flavour you like and I decided to make orange flavoured ones since I had those oranges available at home. Cut them up and just insert them inside the plastic casings and pour in the orange juice inside it. 

Place them in the freezer and after a several hours, the orange flavoured juice inside the casing will hardened and is ready to be eaten! Yummy!

Bird watching again

I think by now a lot of people who have been following my blog would know how much I love to watch the variety of birds outside my window. There is one particular bird that has been playing with the rain water that we kept in buckets outside the house. It's been doing this for the past 2-3 days now. I just couldn't help myself and took a video of it in action :).

It is not the end.....

Finally it's all over. YES!!! 3 months was all it took to learn the basics of reading the Quran using the Al-Baghdadi technique. But I still feel that I need to practice more for the next one month before I continue the next level with another 3 months course with the Al-Baghdadi team. 

Felt kinda awkward to say goodbye to the team last night after we finished our class. I miss them already!! :( I guess I didn't want to say goodbye and I simply just didn't know how to do it either.....wish I knew the right thing to say in such situation :(. I am never good at saying goodbyes......I can be such a weirdo sometimes haha.... . After all, we will be seeing each other again in a month's time, insyaAllah.....God willing if all is well, then we will continue our class again after Eidul Fitri. 

I wish we could have taken photos of the whole group to commemorate our 3 months course together. But I knew they wouldn't be comfortable doing so. Too bad coz they are all so shy.... :(. 

I really have to make sure that I practice reading using that technique a lot during the fasting month. One things is for sure.....this is not the end of the lesson....it's only the beginning of a beautiful bond with the Quran ;).