I Wanna Be an IbuMithali

Anakku masuk darjah 1

2012-01-03T19:39:00.000+08:00

Semalam, 2/1/12 ialah hari orientasi ibu bapa dan pelajar sek ren Al-Amin. Jadi Asma' "belajar" di dlm kelas di sekolahnya dr 830-1130 smlm. Esok 4/1/12 akan bermulalah fasa baru dlm kehidupan Asma', mungkin fasa terpenting dlm hidupnya. Semoga Allah mengurniakannya kebaikan pd sepanjang fasa pembelajaran formal ini.

Hari ni Asma' xde kwn sebelah

Hari ni pelajar lelaki dlm kelas tu 3 kali ganda pelajar ppuan. Darjah 1 Ruqaiyah, 21 lelaki 11 ppuan, tapi hari tu yg hadir 7 ppuan shj

1 Ruqaiyah Muhaiza Safiah (Nama cikgu2 a.k.a. Mu'allimah yg mengendalikan diorg masa tu)

Bagu peraturan kelas ni dimaklumkan sejak Darjah 1. Elok lagi kalau ditulis dgn cara lebih menarik. Yelah, darjah 1 kan.

Beratur nak balik. Tgk panjangnya barisan banin/aulad (boys)

Asma' happy n confident

Sementara tu makpak dgr taklimat dlm surau

Slide ni kata spnjf darjah 1 kena hafal surah An-Nas-Alfiil dan tilawah melalui sistem Al-Barqy dan Iqra'

Ok, lepas ni selama 11 tahun, Asma' x heran dgn suasana mcm ni. Tp ini 1st time so let's record it

Preloved nursing muslimah dresses in another blog

2011-12-31T09:27:00.000+08:00

I just set up another blog just to let go some of my jubah/long dress (most of them are suitable for nursing moms) and tudungs for a low price. Check them out http://jilbabswapper.blogspot.com/.

In the future maybe this blog can be used to swap/barter trade muslimah dresses! (Hence the name jilbabswapper)

web 3D models

2011-12-16T04:46:00.000+08:00

The first that I know was Google Earth. Then there is Google Body Browser, unfortunately it's no longer running. But there are other cool sites too, have a look at

http://www.biodigitalhuman.com/ - take time to load the first time, but it's worth it!

http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps

Best news is, both human anatomy 3D visualizers do not require installation, thy run completely in our browser!

cool web tools and where to buy childrens' toys

2011-12-01T11:10:00.001+08:00

This is to enrich our computer (and the kids'): http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Tools
This is to distract your children away from the computer: http://smart-intelligent-toys.blogspot.com/ and http://akiddy.com/Scripts/prodList.asp?idcategory=50&curPage=2&sortField=sku

Good news. Both toy sellers are located in Kajang.

Quran Arabic learning

2011-10-19T16:45:00.000+08:00

http://quranindepth.blogspot.com/
http://towardshuda.wordpress.com
http://quranicarabic.wordpress.com/
http://corpus.quran.com/
http://understandquran.com/

quran on web

2011-10-13T18:15:00.005+08:00

these are websites that i use to read alquran, tafseer (commentary), translation of tafseer word-by-word, memorize, and track my reading and hifz.

sources of many quran projects:

http://quran.com/ hosts a few brilliant web Quran projects as well as a collection of ahadeeth
http://www.versebyversequran.com is a collection of MP3 recitations we can download by verse or by page
http://tanzil.net hosts quranic texts readable across platforms, in a variety of fonts and style (test here if you can read one without tasykeel). Here we can search for a particular root word (e.g. kataba) without having to type arabic.
quran verses app in fb also provides similar function to tanzil.net.

to read:

http://www.quranflash.com and http://www.flashquran.com/ar/ if you want to read exactly like it appears in the printed musshaf, a number of different musshafs are provided here. These two are different websites.
http://www.allahsquran.com provides word-to-word translation of tafseer (below each word) (but no Malay/Indonesia translation) :-(

hifz tool

http://www.houseofquran.com/quransys/qsys.html helps me to memorize

tracking tool

http://www.hifzhelper.com/
http://www.qurantracker.com/ to track hifz and revise, ayah by ayah, surah by surah
letsquran fb app to track daily reading by juz
http://www.soquran.com displays by ruku' (540 ruku' for the whole quran)
http://www.ketaballah.net/havaz.html divides to 280 section as made by Syeikh Al-Ghamidi

writing tool - for those without Arabic support in Windows, some requires installation of Quran fonts

http://tanzil.net just copy-paste text from the website into Word
http://quran.mursil.com/Web-Print-Publishing-Quran-Text-Graphics-Fonts-and-Downloads/image-archives or http://www.binamuslim.com/download-gratis copy-paste gif into Word
http://myquran.org/msword/ install as Word plugin
http://www.binamuslim.com/download-gratis a Word file containing the entire quran text (2.7 MB only!)

Offline tool (no need for Internet after installation)

http://www.imaanstar.com/juz30.php Memorizer and reciter, requires separate download of surahs
http://www.qurancomplex.com/MaterialCMS/viewSection.asp?matId=134&id=135&l=arb&matLang=arb&SecOrder=15&SubSecOrder=2 From the Madinah mushaf publisher, this requires Arabic support in Windows
http://myquran.org/msword/ install as Word plugin
http://www.binamuslim.com/download-gratis links to many quran sites and downloadables

some links on homeschooling and early education - (yet to read)

2011-10-11T17:41:00.003+08:00

http://books.google.com.bo/books/about/Homeschooling_in_full_view.html?hl=en&id=yxzndNf7TnUC
http://syokkahwin.com/blog/2010/03/21/how-to-raise-an-intelligent-child/
http://diaryofmuhammad.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/saya-mahu-tunjuk-ajar-pn-halimahton-dari-learnerade-com/

Some Pics of Aisyah

2011-08-03T16:47:00.000+08:00

Congratulations Asma' for making it on the first Ramadhan!

2011-08-02T10:17:00.003+08:00

Alhamdulillah Asma' impressed us yesterday (1 Ramadhan 1432H) by fasting successfully! This was the first time she fast and her age currently is 5 month 9 months, but she really made it!

Thanks to her Kindergarten teachers (TKB) for giving lots of information regarding soum and Ramadhan and motivate the children towards it.

Asma' told us about a sketch drama made by the teachers on the topic of sahur and breaking fast. Only she forgot to tell us about the ´Ramadhan bank´ project where children are encouraged to donate a small amount of their pocket money into a tabung. (These were part of the childrens' annual activity - Hari Sambutan Ramadhan, on the last Friday before Ramadhan)

Today I want to print a few things for the children related to Ramadhan. Hopefully I can successfully implement them. Here are the links
http://alimkidsbookshop.com/pages/FREE-Download%3A-RAMADHAN-CHARTS.html
http://www.mini-mumin.com/RK.html
http://amuslimchildisborn.blogspot.com/
http://www.ummannuman.com/freebies.html

Jalan2 Bandung

2011-07-24T09:06:00.001+08:00

Saya sudah menulis pengalaman Hari 0 - Hari 5 di sana dalam satu lagi pos. Dalam pos ini saya nak menulis tentang beberapa perkara yg saya pelajari melalui pengalaman berwisata di Bandung :-)

On language and vocabulary

Org Bandung adalah orang Sunda. Mendengar percakapan supir kami di telefon dan semasa menanya orang di jalan, bahasanya tidak sama dengan Bahasa Indonesia. Bahkan tulisan2 di gerai2 makanan pun banyak yang tidak kami ketahui. Jadi mungkin supir2 dan staf2 hotel itu tahu Bahasa Indonesia. Antara vocab baru kami di sana ialah (Tak tahu mana yg bahasa Indonesia, mana yg bahasa Sunda)

Nelp= menelefon

Rukuh, mukena = telekung solat

Bordir = sulaman

Pulsa = kredit utk prepaid handphone

Baju koko = baju kemeja lelaki kolar cekak musang

Rok = skirt panjang
Stelan = baju sepasang, baju+ seluar / baju+rok
Kaos = t-shirt
Gamis = jubah
Ketan = pulut
Jahe = halia
Grosir dan eceran = (rasanya) grosir=borong, eceran=beli

Satu hari saya dapati tiada tuala mandi di bilik hotel lalu saya call room service dan mereka kata 'tuala sudah habis'. Kemudian saya jelaskan yg saya maksudkan ialah kain lap badan selepas mandi iaitu bath towel, pastu baru dapat tuala itu.
Nama-nama tempat di sini banyak bermula dgn huruf C.

On shopping

Hahaha, kami baru tahu factory outlet tu rupanya sama mcm F.O.S. dan Reject Shop di mall2 di M'sia. Pakaian berjenama antarabangsa yg reject, kualitinya tinggi, dan harganya juga mahal, sekalipun di Bandung. (Siapa yg pakai jeans ori mungkin mendapati yg di Bandung sangat murah). Jadi bila dah sampai di sana kami hanya beli sikit pakaian utk budak. Bagi anda yg tak pakai jeans, blaus, kemeja kasual, dress - tak payahlah pergi F.O. Tudung, jubah, baju kurung - memang tak ada kat FO, sebagaimana ia tak ada di FOS dan RS di Msia. Untuk anak2, t-shirt muslimah murah kami tak jumpa.

Yg kami beli beberapa helai utk setiap orang ialah di PasarBaru. Dalam Pasar Baru tu ada beberapa kedai butik dan yg majoritinya ialah kedai2 kecil. Jadi pakaian berkualiti dan tak berkualiti semua ada di sini. Kalau di PasarBaru, mintalah diskon sekitar 1/2 dari harga yg ditawar. Tapi mereka mungkin tak mahu bagi semurah itu kecuali kalau kita beli banyak di kedainya.
Kalau nak beli baju kasual dan seluar x berjenama dan t-shirt Bandung dgn mudah, mungkin Cihampelas ialah tempatnya.
Shopping buku best juga sebab di Bandung ada Palasari dan BBC. Kalau nanti pergi Jakarta, kena singgah di Gramedia.

On food

Apa yg membuat kami cirit-birit? Hipotesis saya ialah nasi pecel di Cipo itu mungkin dimasak pagi tapi kami makan masa dah nak dekat Maghrib.

Oh ya, ada juga kopi yg mungkin dari tahi musang. Halal? Entahlah. Kata Ocen, ada restoran besar di sini (kalau tak silap Bali Seafood) menghidang babi.

On the less fortunate people

Ada kawan kata, kat sini kalau bagi sedekah kat sorang, menderu2 peminta sedekah lain akan dtg kepada anda. Itu tak terjadi kpd kami. Peminta sedekah yg saya nampak, di KL lagi teruk keadaannya (sebab kat KL ada sindiket). Mereka ini bukan sampah, mereka cuma rakyat yang diabaikan.

Mungkin saya nampak orang kurang siuman sebanyak 3 kali. Dua tipikal iaitu lelaki kusut-masai yang berjalan di kota. Satu lagi memang pelik iaitu seorang perempuan berkulit gelap yang tidak berpakaian, duduk di tepi kedai di desa di Lembang. Sekali lagi, mereka ini bukanlah pembuat sakit mata anda, tapi ahli keluarga dan rakyat yang diabaikan oleh orang yg tak bertanggungjawab. Kapitalisme tak akan dapat menyelamatkan golongan ini. Maka marilah tegakkan sistem Islam agar nasib semua makhluk (meskipun seekor haiwan) terjaga.

OKU pula saya cuma nampak sekali iaitu satu pasangan buta yg melintas jalanraya bersama-sama. Ya suasana bandar di Bandung sama seperti di M'sia, non-OKU friendly.

On taxi drivers and tour drivers

Pemandu teksi di sini ramah dan rajin memberi maklumat tentang tempat2 utk dikunjungi. Kalau handphone mereka berdering semasa ada penumpang, mereka tak akan memperdulikannya (kecuali supir yang anda tempah untuk sehari suntuk). Setakat teksi yg kami naiki, tak nampak ada yg mempunyai walkie-talkie. Oh ya, sesetengah taxi driver / supir mungkin akan mengoffer anda perkhidmatan tour, bahkan mencarikan bibik. Tapi seorang rakan lain menceritakan yg dia mendapat seorang supir yg asyik nak rushing saja - masa diorg shopping, supir tu panggil balik cepat2 sampai diorang tak puas bershopping.

Berjimat cermat at Bandung?

Kalau anda ke Bandung untuk berjimat membeli-belah, pastikan (1) dapat tiket kapalterbang yg murah (2) anda beli barang yg memang murah di Bandung berbanding di Msia (banyak juga brg yg harganya lebih kurang saja) (3) minta diskaun di Pasarbaru.

Di Bandung ni, antara yg mahal ialah (1) tiket masuk ke tempat2 wisata (wisatalah bersama rakan/saudara anda penduduk tempatan kalau mahu murah) (2) minuman yg ditolak di dlm kotak beroda di Pasarbaru (air kotak di kedai rp2k, dia jual rp10k) (3) barang2 di Tangkuban Prahu, terutamanya peniaga yg berjalan (tapi ada yg mendesak anda membeli, jadi mintalah diskaun kalau tak mampu menolak) (4) servis yg ditawarkan, kalau anda org luar yg tak tahu harga standard. Contohnya seorang pemandu teksi menawarkan tour sehari dengan harga 600k utk 14 jam, sedangkan kebanyakan org membayar hanya 400k utk sehari suntuk, dan ada juga yg membayar 450k utk 4 hari. Contoh lagi (Ocen yg cerita) ada org membayar 1juta kpd org yg menawarkan utk menjadi tourist guide di kawah dorman tangkuban prahu.

On sickness

Pulang ke Msia, kami sekeluarga ada sakit masing2 - saya dan suami cirit-birit, anak2 selesema, Asma' dapat luka di tepi bibir.

On the children

Anak2 kami tak suka jalan shopping di tpt sesak. Mereka sangat gembira berjalan di tpt nature yg tak ramai pengunjung spt Maribaya, tambah pula restorannya berkonsep makan bersila dan luas utk Alfatih berjalan-jalan. Dan satu lagi cabaran bersama anak2 ialah memastikan mereka mendapat tidur yg cukup supaya tak meragam, dan bawa bekal air masak supaya mereka tak merayu kita membeli air troli yg berharga 5 kali ganda.

To remember for future trips

Beli tiket flight yg murah - need planning
Senaraikan brg yg anda mahu beli - esp buku, sbb kedai buku di Palasari efisien, penjual/pekerjanya seolah hafal tajuk2 buku yg mereka jual dan lokasinya.
Take some time to search for current price of services and things that you need before arriving - tiap kali org tawarkan sesuatu, buat calculation dan kalau agak2 mahal, tolak saja dan cari org lain. Sesetengah servis mungkin anda tak perlukan pun. Tak rugi kalau bersikap fikir 2 kali utk perkara spt ini
Buy map book as soon as you reach if the map provided in your hotel brochure is not good- kedai2 baju di Cihampelas ada jual buku peta lengkap GPS koord. Di airport, yg peliknya, buku ini dijual di tempat berlepas bukan ketibaan
Gadget yg anda bawa - pelajari tekniknya. Saya rugi sbb x dpt connect kpd 3g melalui handphone saya (rupanya kena buat manual setting utk APN) dan tak dapat ambil gambar panoramic mengguna camera sbb tersalah teknik.
Kalau nak shopping semata2 tak payah bawak budak. Bawa saja sampel baju kalau takut salah saiz.
Tapi kalau nak bawa budak berwisata, planlah dulu nak ke mana. Bukan Tangkuban Prahu saja tpt menarik di Bandung ni. Kalau ikut kata Ocen, pergi Kawah Putih pun dapat tgk kawah gunung berapi juga, dan bayaran masuknya lebih murah dan di sana tak banyak penghisap duit. (TP di utara bandung, KP di selatan. Jarak antara keduanya berjam2).
Update 16/12/11: Read this book. Isinya x sama dgn tajuk. Ia menceritakan byk tpt menarik di Bandung, dilihat menarik dr pelbagai sudut, sekali dgn sejarah ringkas tpt itu, dgn gaya yg agak berterus-terang. Bahasa Indonesia, sy fikir buku ini ditulis utk khalayak rakyat Indonesia. http://books.google.com.my/books?id=Zxow5ng9r5QC&pg=PA115&dq=Wisata+Paris+Van+Java+By+Her+Suganda&hl=en&sa=X&ei=L2vqTt_KIcq4rAfjtu2ECQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Itu saja catatan peribadi saya. Mungkin akan ditambah kalau teringat.

Bandung trip

2011-07-21T15:49:00.822+08:00

We just came back from Bandung yesterday, so hopefully I can write everything about it before I forget. I'll divide them into these subtopics:

Day 0 and about this trip
Day 1: Children's fun day with Wiji n family
Day 2: Pasarbaru and Dago
Day 3: Are we different from other Malaysian tourist?
Day 4: Hubby's day
Day 5: Sickness day and Going home
On mathematics of currency conversion
On language and vocabulary
On shopping
On food
On the people
On the businesses
On the less fortunate people
On taxi drivers and tour drivers
Berjimat cermat at Bandung?
On sickness
On the children
Things to remember - for future trips

Day 0 and about this trip

This trip is made because my husband had to present a paper in the ICEEI2011 conference in Institut Teknologi Bandung. As soon as he got notification of acceptance of his paper, we straightaway made passport and booked tickets. The conference took place on 17 Jul (Sun) till 19 Jul (Tue) so we made our trip to start on 15th (Fri) till 20th (Wed) so that we have ample time to enjoy Bandung. My hubby's friend Wiji from Jakarta helped us to book a hotel room for us, and it was Cihampelas2 hotel. This hotel provides free airport transfer.

We didn't prepare much for this trip. I read a bit about Bandung trips made by Malaysians, googled a bit of info, hubby bought a decent camera (because we currently use only handphones), and 'bought' rupiah from a money exchanger outside Metro Plaza Kajang. We got Rp8,350,000 for RM2,990. So our conversion is Rp2793 for RM1, or every 10k = RM3.58. In this article, 10k means Rp10000. Packing lightly starting on Friday morning, we made a last minute decision (which was a good one) to take along my netbook.

A KLIA limo invited us from home at 1530 (sharp!), we prayed Asar at LCCT surau, our flight was delayed for nearly 1 hour to around 2000, and a few hours later, we arrived at Bandung International airport. The arrival part of this airport was very basic. A driver from our hotel had already been waiting for us. He was a nice guy, and introduced himself as Ocen. On our request, he helped us to buy XL simcards from a small shop on the street. 15 minutes later, we were already in our room, but as Asma' refused to wake up from her sleep (she's been fast asleep since in the flight), so hubby took Aisyah only for dinner at the hotel's restaurant and ordered a dish for me to be sent to our room. The price of the hotel's restaurant food and room service food is similar to the price of Malaysian tomyam food stalls. Hubby chose not to find food from outside the hotel following his friends' advice not to explore the stalls food yet on the first days for fear of getting stomach problem. Solat jama' Maghrib and Isya', changing simcards, taking a view out of the window, and sleep for tomorrow. In my opinion, Bandung is a lively city. Our hotel was surrounded by houses, and far away were the mountains, and at that hour, there were lights everywhere even at the mountains!

Bandara Hussein Sastranegara International Airport

Day 1

Bandung time is different from Malaysia by 1 hour (GMT +7). So Subuh was around 4.50. Alhamdulillah I found both hubby and I did not have difficulty at all to adjust to this timing. About 3 azans could be heard from our hotel room. The nearest was from a Masjid Jami' which minaret was just several metres away from the back of our hotel. Another surau/masjid could also be seen around 100 metres from our hotel. After the azans, there were noises made by birds/animals as if they wanted to help waking people up for Subuh. The sound was like "guk-guk-guk" I don't know what animal. After reciting quran from my handphone app, I tried to use Internet. I didn't turn on my laptop because the power outlet here is round, our power adapter could not fit it. Wifi signal of this hotel could reach our room, and My Samsung Galaxy 5 running Android 2.2 Froyo 'refused' to get Internet connection from the XL simcard. However 3G could run okay at hubby's handphone so I connected to fb for several minutes. Then the phone ran out of credit, luckily there was a top-up stall just outside our hotel.

The guk-guk sound may come from the green area above, which is the Bandung Zoo

Far to the bushes is a masjid/surau, this one is the 2nd/3rd nearest to the hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel's restaurant (we had to pay extra 50k for having the kids joining), we were happy to start our first activity. Outside the hotel building, we were greeted by a few people selling things (key chains, fridge magnet, leather sandals, t-shirts, slippers) who tried to persuade us to buy. We only bought a canvas sling bag which became very useful during the entire trip. Then we walked along Cihampelas road taking some pictures, until Asma' complained of tiredness. So we went back, and on the way, Asma' stopped us to buy Minnie Mouse t-shirts she spotted at a shop. The shop lady refused to give much discount so we had an impression that Cihampelas was not a good spot to get a good bargain.

Many shops at Cihampelas has characters outside

SMA Pasundan 8 shares the same building and compound with SMA Pasundan 2. Can you draw a border between them?

As Wiji had promised us to take us for sightseeing together with his family on this day, so we waited for him to arrive. Wiji told us that they were trapped in traffic jam that delayed them for a few hours. After zuhur, we happily boarded Wiji's MPV and headed towards Tangkuban Prahu. We had lunch at a Bento restaurant on the way as a treat for the children. It was not purely Japanese food, in my opinion, but local food modified into Bento style.

Hoka Hoka Bento provides children play area and serves 'children friendly' food like rice with scrambled eggs

The visit at Tangkuban Prahu was a brief one. We were greeted by a few people selling things again (fur hats, bamboo puppets, keychains). The guy that sold the bamboo puppet kept following us (even onto the gazebo) until finally my hubby 'surrendered' and bought two puppets. The price for both was around 30k, which I think was too expensive. My hubby later told me that the guy only followed us not Wiji eventhough Wiji also had his children along. So I think it means we looked different from Indonesian tourists. After some snaps near the signboard and on the gondola, we got back into the car and proceeded to D'Ranch.

Going up the hill

The crater of the dormant volcano.

Ocen told us that the ticket to go down this crater is too pricey. Better go to Kawah Putih (in the South of Bandung), it costs lower. But we didn't manage to go to Kawah Putih anyway.

Rooftops of the souvenir shops. Ocen also told us that these shops are expensive

Congratulations, your car has reached 1830M above the sea level.

Going down to Lembang

After riding horsecart, rowing boat, playing 'gold miner', I noticed that the game my children enjoyed the most was fishing the toy fishes! The fact that we already have the toy fish set at home made me think that that must be the most 'unneeded' game but I was wrong.. As they took too long to fish, I escaped to buy some clothes, 2 pairs of t-shirt+trousers and one hooded shirt, all for Alfatih, for 140k. Actually I mistakenly read the price label as 4k, 4k and 6k so I thought these were seriously cheap. You see, if you're in a hurry, you may read 40000 as 4thousands. But I don't regret buying those anyway as later I realized that Factory Outlets are actually way more expensive.

Cinderellaz

Our horse overtook this 'slow' horse

But Wiji's horsecart could not overtake ours coz our horse started to run faster!

Asma' and Aisyah 'betrayed' me when they stopped hand-cycling so I had to do all the hand-cycling myself! No wonder my arms became so muscular now!

Something special about that day was, it was 16 July which means Istiwa' A'zham, one of the two days in every year where the sun location is precisely on the Ka'abah at 1227 Makkah time. So anywhere in the world where the sun's shadow can be seen at the time, the shadow can be used to check the direction of qiblah. In Bandung it is at 1647 but it was cloudy that there were no shadows.

Oh yes, Wiji's wife also taught us how to make the most out of our XL simcards. Just dial *123#, and choose from the menu that appears. But we still need her help though in the first time, because there were Indonesian words that we didn't know.

Day 2

We managed to catch 'the sunrise'. Then we tried the 2nd method of breakfast as we didn't want to pay that extra 50k anymore. The hotel staff told us that there were no restaurants open before 9am. I think they meant the big restaurants. We walked along the street, and entered a small restaurant. Besides our order, we were served with unsweetened tea for everyone. I learned that this were the style meals are served here.

I think this is not the real 'fajr', because the sun has gone pass the horizon, we could only see it after it passes the mountain!

Houses at the back of Cihampelas road. Ocen said "yang cantik-cantik letak di depan, yang tak cantik di belakang..". These houses are not ugly anyway, only Ocen was comparing them with those big bungalows we saw while on the way from the airport

We took a taxi for Pasarbaru and arrived at 8+. Usually business here is 9am-9pm. But many shops in Pasarbaru were already open. The beginning of our shopping was not so pleasant though, as Asma' was crying all the way, maybe for about an hour. We managed to buy some Minnie mouse shirts and jeans for the girls, batik shirts, raya dresses for us, and a telekung (mukena/rukuh bordir) a friend asked us to buy. As we didn't look like locals (I think) and got children with us, we were often approached by people selling drinks on wheeled minicarts, and the price for each drink was 10k! And I easily gave in to my children's request to buy drinks, and there were 3 requests, so we spent 70k for drinks alone! Exiting Pasarbaru 3 hours later, the crowd was so immense! From here, waiting for taxi was longer, not like in Cihampelas.

At the hotel lobby my hubby requested for power adapter and he got one. Then it was resting time for everyone but me. I was unhappy because I still could not recharge my gadgets or connect them to Internet (My hubby was recharging the camera so I have to wait). There were no printed materials for me to read except the hotel's brochure which map was not helpful. All the TV's 65 channels were uninteresting for me. Only after my hubby left for ITB for the opening of his conference I could use the power source for my netbook, and successfully connected to Internet by putting the simcard in my 3G modem after registering for 7 days Internet using handphone.

At about 5pm hubby came back from ITB and we took a taxi to Dago Tea House, as recommended by an Indonesian student. We requested for a place where we could see the city landscape. It was near the stage - apparently Dago Tea House hosts art and cultural activities (but there was no activity at the stage at that time) But it was getting dark and the stage blocked us from getting the whole view. We enjoyed the food anyway, and it costed us 160k. Mine was Nasi Timbel Komplit, and hubby ate rice with some dishes - Kangkong (forgot what kind of cooking it was), Cumi bakar (oh we didn't know that cumi=sotong!), mutton satay, for the drink we had Bandrek (Bandung's popular drink - coconut drink with ginger) and another specialty (forgot the name) but it was santan with gula kabung, and the children had marqueissa juice.

Dago Tea House. On that day, other people had their meal in the pondok in the garden downstairs, so only us were here upstairs

It was getting dusk so the city scenery was not clearly recorded in this picture. The stage also blocked our view

Let them play at the spectators' area before Maghrib

There must be some other place to view the city? We found it the next day

We asked the taxi driver to drop us at Cihampelas Walk (Ciwalk) and we'd walk to the hotel. We tried to find Gunung Agung bookstore at Ciwalk (as recommended by an Indonesian friend) only to be informed that it was closed, so we walked back to hotel.

Day 3

That day we tried the 3rd method of breakfast. First hubby and I took turn to have breakfast at the hotel restaurant while the children were still sleeping. Then hubby bought a pack of bread and drinks for the children from a convenience store just beside the hotel.

We booked Ocen for the day for 400k. Our plan was a nature park first, then bookstores, then factory outlets.

We asked Ocen to take us to Maribaya as recommended by a friend. Ocen told us that it was not so much a tourist spot. He took us there anyway. We went through Lembang again, the town that we have to got through to reach Tangkuban Prahu. In the town I noticed a person walking wearing ape-like mask. My question about what the person was doing was answered later in the day. The trip was worthwhile, because the scene was beautiful and the children enjoyed the nature very much, unlike the previous day when Asma' kept crying and Aisyah kept fighting with her sister. We hiked along the hilly route to reach the waterfall of Hutan Raya. It was an awesome scenery, except that there were rubbishes in the water. After enjoying the view, we treated our tastebuds with 5 pieces of jagung bakar and ketan bakar, together with some drinks, they costed us 81k. On that Monday morning, there were only 2 other families, a couple and a lady enjoying the waterfall. I explained to Ocen that we came to Bandung not only for shopping but to enjoy beautiful landmarks and getting things that we could not get in Malaysia as I noticed that Ocen was like feeling we were a bit different from other tourists who used tourdrivers' service. Later in the day, Ocen would see how weird we are :-)

Up-up the hill

At times like this, I wished I had the skills and tools of a pro photographer. Our camera could not record the beauty as good as our eyes did

The sky view of Bandung from Ciumbeleut

The yellow flowers at the right..

Aisyah is a very brave girl

This is not the main attraction of Maribaya waterfall

Let's follow this route to get to the main attraction of Maribaya

They were too happy

Here's the main attraction, pic taken from another bridge

Taken from the bridge above the waterfall - the side where the water has fallen onto

The other side of the bridge, where the water falls

The other bridge, taken from the bridge above the waterfall

Only one food stall was open. It was Monday morning. The lady selling the food waited for us at the picnic area with a mat as soon as we reached that area.

Ketan bakar = pulut

Jagung bakar was really juicy

Leaving Maribaya, we had lunch at one of a unique kind of restaurants by the roadside of Ciumbeleut. These restaurants offered better view of Bandung compared to Dago Tea House! We ordered a lunch which costed us 80k. I tried to snap panoramic picture of the city from there but found out later that I did it wrongly so none of my panoramic snaps were saved. At the time we were about to finish our lunch, a group of Indonesian tourists came. Then I heard a sound of percussion to see two children wearing ape masks, one was doing the percussion, another was 'dancing'. Ocen explained us that they were school dropouts, and by making this kind of performance, they could easily earn 5k from anybody. Yeah but 5k is not that much right?

View from the restaurant

The rice in the basket was red-purplish

One plays percussion so that people will look back

.. and got a surprise when looking at her masked friend just behind them

After praying at a masjid jami' across the road, we continued to Palasari. The first bookshop, the one nearest to the parking lot, happened to be the one that offered the best price. Then we scouted other bookshops and finally reached Palasari's BBC (Bandung Book Centre). As hubby had some more books to find, so we asked Ocen to take us to the next bookstore. Hubby decided to find it at Tobucil (Toko Buku Kecil). We didn't know anything about Tobucil, except that one of my fb friends mentioned it as a nice bookstore. Hubby managed to get its address and phone number using 3G from his handphone. After half an hour of roaming the city, we managed to reach Tobucil.. and we laughed to see how different it was from hubby's expectation. Not buying anything from Tobucil but using its toilet, then we proceeded to the last bookstore - the biggest in Indonesia - Gramedia. But Gramedia Bandung might be small if compared to its Jakarta main store. Here again hubby found nothing to buy. I spotted Gunung Agong signboard on a shopping mall opposite Gramedia, but hubby said that probably the books will not be there as they were not even sold in the bigger Gramedia. So that was the end of our book shopping in Bandung.

BBC the biggest bookstore @ Palasari. Palasari hosts many small bookstores selling discounted books. BBC has many stores throughout Bandung.

Tobucil is in one of the bungalow lots at Jl Aceh

It's selling art n craft materials for hobbyist - ornaments hung at the entrance are origami roses

Toko Buku Kecil

As book shopping has ended, so we entered the era of factory outlet shopping. As recommended by hubby's student again, we went to Toko Tiga. We didn't buy anything as it sold only jeans and casual outfit for 100k-200k. So we asked Ocen to take us to other FO where children's cloth were sold so he took us to Rumah Mode. Again at Rumah Mode, we found out that it also sold only branded clothes (which tags been cut to half or had a hole punched in, like in reject shops), and also almost everything was above 100k. We anyway bought a pair of Minnie Mouse jeans each for the girls as Aisyah looked like wanting it so much. Entering our MPV, I told Ocen that we were not the kind of people who look so much to buy branded clothes, hence the 'no real shopping' at FOs.

Tired, we asked Ocen to take us for dinner, and he took us to Restoran Sangkurieng where Sunda food is served. Here Ocen told us that he didn't want to join our dinner because he already got commission from the restaurant for taking tourists in. We asked the waiter to suggest the dish. The food we had tasted similar to Malaysian food anyway. It so happened that my lab mates were eating just beside our 'pondok'. As in Rumah Mode, the main visitors there were Malaysian people, easily recognized by the way the ladies dressed.

Lin, my labmate.

To conclude about the day, I could say that we were happy to get some of the books we wanted, and amused with our own ignorance about what Tobucil and factory outlets actually were that we learned about it from our experience.

Day 4

I got a runny nose and Asma' got some kind of blister around her lips. I ate a paracetamol thinking to avoid from getting fever.

Morning to afternoon was hubby's presentation session at ITB. I suggested to him that I'd take the children to the zoo which was just opposite ITB during his presentation time so that after his session ended, we could ask a taxi driver to take all of us for some sight-seeing. Thinking of the cost that will be spent at the zoo, I changed my mind to taking the children to stroll Cihampelas street in the morning. Having gone to two FO, I changed my mind that Cihampelas street was actually not bad at all to shop at.

Allowing the children to have as much rest as needed, the children 'took turn' to sleep in the morning and afternoon that I had to cancel my morning plan. I took the children's flu syrup, twice their dose, hoping that it would help me to get better. When hubby returned at around 3, he bought us KFC. As the sisters were sleeping at the time, we shared the chicken with Alfatih only.

We went to Cihampelas Point (Cipo) food court for dinner. This was the only place that did not serve free tea for everyone. We had Nasi Pecel, Somay, Batagor, Soto Sulung, and for drink, Wedang jahe susu, black coffee and chocolate drink for the sisters.

That night, the runny nose stopped but I caught fever to replace it.

Day 5

I woke up in the midnight rushing to the toilet. I got diarrhea. Still feverish, I slept back after Subuh and lying down a lot of time in the morning. Hubby also got diarrhea, but alhamdulillah not the children. We decided that we would't go anywhere in the morning until we checked out of the hotel.

T-shirt (Kaos Bandung) bought at street stall at Cihampelas

Aku lebih suka nenen ibu

12 noon, while leaning against the sofa with half-closed eyes at the hotel lobby waiting for the hotel driver to transfer us to the airport, I decided to take paracetamol again, hopefully I'd got some energy to move home. Alhamdulillah at the airport, my fever subsided and I did not need the toilet rushing anymore, at least until home. But hubby's diarrhea got worse. He rushed to the toilet when people had already lined up to board the flight, and toilet was the first place he went into as soon as we finished the immigration procedure.

After taking back our luggage and changed back our remaining Rupiah to RM in RHB currency exchange, we bought KLIA economy taxi coupon for home and headed straight to the taxi waiting line. It was already dark outside but forgetting to watch for the clocks in KLIA, we thought it was around 1915.

In the taxi, I changed back my handphone clock to GMT+8, only to realize that it was already 1955! Fearing the possibility that we may loose our maghrib time upon reaching home, I told my hubby who also sort of just realized about it. So he asked the taxi driver to drop us for maghrib prayer at any masjid, just to hear the driver answered back that his job is only to send his passenger home. Okay then, as you wish, robot. Both of us were sick, so we just kept quiet hoping that the taxi is fast enough. I wonder if we're a pack of Arab tourists coming to enjoy the 'moderate Islam' in Malaysia, will he entertain our request or turn us down to show off his 'professionalism'. Alhamdulillah we reached home at 1923, allowing us about 15mins before Isya'.

So that's the end of my day-to-day account of our Bandung trip. After this story is uploaded, I'll furnish it with some pictures, and later I'll write about the other subtopics I have listed in the beginning of this story in Malay in another post.

Macam2 link

2011-07-04T15:05:00.001+08:00

talibiddeen jr - lots of resources http://talibiddeenjr.blogspot.com/, http://www.esnips.com/profile.php?uid=146724, http://www.scribd.com/api_11797_talibiddee
Online Islamic bookstore @ Australia http://www.mybookstore.org.au/
Another bookstore @ PJ http://www.dakwahbookstore.com.my/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=29
Ramadhan daily learning with children http://tj-ramadan.tripod.com/ramadanlearning.htm
Flash books for children http://www.mini-mumin.com/ReadingRoom.html
Introductory Arabic flash books and games with English and Malay translation http://omarmariam.irsyad.sg/web/volume1.asp
Arabic flash multimedia http://kids.islamweb.net/
charts for your children http://www.freeprintablebehaviorcharts.com/chore_chart_plain.htm#Daily_Things_To_Do_With_Listed_Activities_ print
many learning sources for children http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/index.htm
Msian syllabus of Islamic study for additional Islamic primary school presented in interesting Flash web http://islamgrid.my/KAFA/start.html

Menghafal Al-Qur'an Mudah Semudah mengingat Allah

2011-07-01T12:11:00.000+08:00

Taken from a note in FB page of RENUNGAN & DAKWAH ISLAM

BISMILLAHIRRAHMANIRRAHIM..

13 Teknik Mudah Menghafal Al Qur'an:

Niat Ikhlas
Memilih waktu dan Tempat
Satu Mushaf
Tahsin sebelum menghafal
merasakan keagungan Al-Qur'an
menghafal secara teratur
Menghafal secara tartil
Memperhatikan tulisan ayat saat menghafal
Teliti ayat mutasyabih
Mencari Ustadz
Motivasi & disiplin
mengamalkan al-Qur'an
Berdo'a

Beberapa metode yang lazim dipakai oleh para penghafal al-Qur'an :
1.Metode Fahmul Mahfuzh , sebelum ayat-ayat itu dihafal penghafal dianjurkan untuk memahami makna setiap ayat.
2.Metode Tikrotul Mahfuzh, penghafal mengulang-ulang ayat yang dihafal sebanyak-banyaknya.
Cara ini biasanya sangat cocok bg yang mempunyai daya ingat lemah krn tdk memerlukan pemikiran yg berat.Penghafal biasanya lebih terkuras suaranya.

3.Metode Kitabul Mahfuzh, penghafal menulis ayat-ayat yang dihafal diatas sebuah kertas.Bagi yang cocok dengan metode ini biasanya, ayat-ayat itu akan tergambar dalam ingatannya.
4.Metode Istimi'atul mahfuzh, Penghafal diperdengarkan ayat-ayat yang akan dihafal scr berulang-ulang sampai dapat mengucapkannya sendiri tanpa melihat mushaf. fungsi mushaf hanya sbg pengingat jik terjadi kelupaan.

Beberapa Hal yang membantu mempermudah menghafal:

Memilih waktu yg tepat, selesai subuh pada waktu ini fikiran masih bersih
Memulai dari juz 29 atau 30 dgn harapan seseoang penghafal motivasinya dapat ditumbuhkan untuk menghafal terus. Pada juz ini ayat2nya pendek dan mudah diucapkan.
Menggunakan Mushaf pojok (mushaf yg setiap hlmannya ditutup dengan akhir ayat).

MENJAGA HAFALAN
Merupakan ciri khas bahwa Al-Qur'an dihafal dan mudah menguap dari ingatan.
"Dan sungguh telah Kami mudahkan al-Qur'an itu menghafalnya, maka adakah orang yang mengambil pelajaran?" (QS>54:17)
Bersabda Rasulullah SAW: "Jagalah Al-Qur'an itu (dengan banyak membaca) demi llah Al-Qur'an itu lebih cepat hilangnya daripada onta dalam ikatannya." (Muttafaqun alaihi)

Suatu hafalan tidak mungkin menjadi milik bibir kita (Tharusokh), artinya mudah diucapkan kapan saja, kecuali dgn memperbanyak membacanya dalam waktu yg relatif lama.

"Apabila penghafal Al-Qur'an itu membacanya pada siang dan malam ia akan dapat mengingatnya, dan apabila tidak membacanya ia akan melupakannya." (HR.AN-Nasai)

Kisah sahabat Ali ra. dapat dijadikan pelajaran para pendekar Al-Qur'an setiap zaman. Suatu ketika Ali merasakan keterlambatan dalam menghafal, kemudian Rasulullah SAW mengajarkan do'a:
"Ya Allah kasihanilah aku untuk meninggalkan maksiat kepada-MU selama hayat dikandung badan. Kasihanilah aku dari mengerjakan sesuatu yang tidak berguna. karuniailah aku pandangan yang bagus terhadap sesuatu yang Engkau ridhoi. Ya Allah Dzat Pencipta langit dan bumi, Dzat Yang Maha tinggi Maha Mulia dan Maha Perkasa, aku memohon kepada-MU, wahai Dzat yang Maha Kasih sayang, dengan KebesaranMU dan Cahaya-MU kiranya memantapkan hatiku untuk menghafal kitabMu sebagaimana Engkau telah mengajariku. Berilah anugrah kepadaku untuk membacanya sesuai dengan yang Engkau ridhoi. aku memohon kepada-MU kiranya Engkau menyinari pandanganku dengan kitab-MU, melancarkan lidahku dalam membacanya, membukakan hatiku dalam memahaminya dan dengannya lapangkanlah hatiku dalam memahaminya dengannya lapangkanlah dadaku. Segerakan badanku dalam mengamalkannya, teguhkan kemauanku dalam memahaminya, serta bantulah aku dalam mengamalkannya karena tidak ada yang bisa membantuku dalam mengerjakan kebaikan selain-Mu dan tidak ada yang memberi taufik untuk hal itu melainkan hanya Engkau." (HR.Ibnu Sunni)

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Easy! Metode Mudah untuk Menghafal Al-Quran (3M)

2011-07-01T12:08:00.000+08:00

Wonder what's the content of this book. Wawa talks about it and sells it for RM15. Fajar Ilmu Baru (formerly Pustaka Indonesia, Jalan Masjid India) also sells it, for RM17.50.

Why do we read Quran, even if we can't understand a single Arabic word????

2011-06-27T10:14:00.000+08:00

قصة جميلة عن القران

Why do we read Quran, even if we can't understand a single Arabic word????
This is a beautiful story.

لماذا نقرأ القران, حتى لو لم نكن نفهم مفرداته العربية جيدا

An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Quran. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.

عجوز امركي مسلم يعيش في مزرعة في جبال شرق كنتاكي مع حفيده الصغير

في كل صباح الجد يستيقظ باكرا ويجلس على طاولة المطبخ ويقرأ القران.

حفيده الصغير كان يريد ان يصبح مثل جده لهذا كان يحاول تقليدة بكل طريقة ممكنة

One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Quran just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Qur'an do?"

في أحد الايام سأل الحفيد جده قائلا (جدي! انا احاول ان اقرأ القران مثلك لكنني لم افهم كلماته,والذي افهمه انساه وسرعان ما اغلق الكتاب.ما هي الفائده المرجاة من قراءة القران.

The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.

الجد بهدوء وضع الفحم في المدفئة واجاب (خذ سلة الفحم الى النهر وأملئها بالماء)

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.

قام الولد بعمل ما طلبه منه جده,لكن كل الماء تسرب من السلة قبل ان يصل عائدا الى المنزل.ضحك الجد وقال(يجب عليك ان تكون اسرع في المرة القادمة)ثم بعثه مرة اخرى الى النهر مع السلة ليحاول مرة اخرى.في هذه المرة ركض الولد بشكل اسرع,ولكن مرة اخرى السلة فرغت قبل وصوله المنزل.كان يتنفس لاهثا.واخبر جده انه من المستحيل ان احمل الماء بهذه السلة,وذهب ليحضر دلواً بدلا من السلة.

The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You're just aganot trying hard enough," and he went out the door to watch the boy try in.

الرجل العجوز قال (انا لا اريد دلوا من الماء,بل اريد سلة من الماء.انت فقط لم تحاول بجهد كاف) ثم خرج ليشاهد الولد يحاول مرة اخرى

At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, "See Grandpa, it's useless!"

"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket."

في هذه الاثناء.ادرك الولد انها مهمة مستحيلة,لكنه اراد ان يثبت لجده انه حتى لو ركض بأسرع ما يستطيع ,الماء سوف يتسرب قبل ان يصل عائدا الى المنزل .فقام الولد رمى بالسلة في النهر وركض بسرعة وبجهد.ولكنه عندما وصل الى البيت وجد ان السلة فارغة مرة ثالثة.

فقال وهو يلهث, انظر جدي ........انها غير مجدية

اذن انت تظن انها غير مجدية.؟ أجاب الجد

انظر الى السلة

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean, inside and out.

نظر الولد الى السلة وللمرة الاولى ادرك ان السلة مختلفة.كانت سلة متسخة تنقل الفحم القديم والان اصبحت نظيفة من الداخل والخارج.

Son, that's what happens when you read the Qur'an . You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out when you read time by time . That is the work of Allah in our lives...."

بني أجابه الجد : هذا ما يحصل عندما تقرأ القران.من الممكن أن لا تفهم شيئا او تتذكر اي شيء ولكن عندما تقرأه مره بعد مره بعد مره ...سوف تتغير داخليا وخارجيا.هذا عمل الله في حياتنا .

If you feel this email is worth reading, please forward to your contacts/friends. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh & his family) says: *"The one who guides to good will be rewarded equally"

اذا كنت ترى ان هذه الرسالة تستحق القراءة,ارسلها مرة اخرى لجميع اصدقائك.

قال الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم "من دعى الى هدى فله اجره واجر من عمل به الى يوم القيامة لا تنقص من اجورهم شيئا"

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{وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ }آل عمران104

{رَبَّنَا لاَ تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ }آل عمران8

remember me in your prayers !!

More on books!

2011-06-21T17:30:00.001+08:00

All books are sold at BYC. Click on the title to link nearer to the source

Activities To Feed Your Child's Growing Mind Set RM32+
SURAH-SURAH LAZIM TERJEMAHAN LAFZIYYAH (KATA-PERKATA) RM15 terbitan Yayasan Restu

Indonesian books

Al-Qur'an Pertamaku ( 5 Jilid ) Rp 240 000
AL-QURAN PERTAMAKU BUKU 1 Rp 55 250
AL-QURAN PERTAMAKU BUKU 2 Rp 51 000
AL-Qur'an Pertamaku #3 : Doa Para Nabi dalam al-qur'an Rp 55 250
AL-Qur'an Pertamaku #4 : Cerita Binatang dalam al-qur'an Rp 55 250
POP-UP Ibadah: Shalat dan Doa Rp 50 150

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and

http://mybbcanread.blogspot.com/p/how-to-start.html

Book Shopping @ Bandung

2011-06-13T11:42:00.000+08:00

Harga buku-buku di Indonesia sangat murah!

Contoh:
MY FIRST AL-QURAN *KHAS UNTUK KANAK-KANAK
di Malaysia RM150 (introduction price, akan naik ke RM250)
di Indonesia harganya Rp.204,000 = RM72.27

Al-Qur'an Syaamil Miracle The Reference 22 in 1
di Malaysia RM180 (introduction price, akan naik ke RM300)
di Indonesia harganya Rp.239,200 = RM84.74

Bezanya kedai online di Malaysia menyertakan beberapa free gift utk Syamil Quran iaitu CD digital reference, CD animasi solat dan buku amalan harian.

Beli di Malaysia:
http://produkpendidikan.com/

Beli di Indonesia:
http://rumahbukumufti.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=3 (Bandung) atau
http://www.khodijahenterprise.com/pengiriman-alquran-ke-singapore/ (Jawa Tengah, ada kiriman ke Malaysia)

Syamil Quran 22 in 1 for RM180

2011-06-10T17:49:00.001+08:00

http://produkpendidikan.com/
http://ireadislam.blogspot.com/2011/06/syamil-quran-22-in-1-for-rm180.html

teach babies to read - spend little, much or none.

2011-06-10T12:32:00.000+08:00

ebook by Mamahana sold for RM50 (introductory price): http://www.babypandaibaca.com/
Little Reader: spend none downloading at the free section, spend not so much buying components, or spend quite an amount (around RM500) buying the complete set: http://www.brillkids.com/free-download/

Layan Isteri Macam Pelacur Kelas 1?

2011-06-09T14:31:00.000+08:00

Berikut ialah luahan hati sahabat saya Dr Am
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Dengan nama-Nya...

Beberapa jam yang lalu, baru sempat online BH dan terbaca artikel ini:
http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Layanmacampelacur_/Article/
* arghh! stressnya aku baca..oh my GOD..what is this??*

Spontan, aku teringatkan satu slot Wanita Hari Ini beberapa tahun
lepas. Rncgn - Tilam dan Bantal dengan tajuk - Bila Pasangan Hilang
Ghairah. Bila iklan, promote produk ini itu. Konon menambah tenaga,
membawa bahagia. Loya sungguh, aku tutup TV.

Benar, tiada terma lucah digunakan bagi membawa maksud the sex,
sebaliknya terma 'intimasi' lah, ini lah, itu lah. Benar, rancangan
yang konon kewanitaan sangat-lah tuh klasifikasinya U, bukan 18SX.
Benar, (walaupun tak menutup aurat) bagi definisi masyarakat berwabak
wahan - tak seksi mana pun.

Tapi, aku dah naik jijik dengan semua ni. Apa isu-isu dangkal sebegitu
je yang menjadi pusat kegusaran wanita Muslim Malaysia? Apa hal ehwal
tilam dan bantal sahaja ke yang menjamin kebahagian dunia akhirat kaum
isteri-ibu? Apa mereka fikir konon habis solehah,habis feminis, habis
moden, habis urban lah kalau berdiskusi isu tilam dan bantal?

Kalau anak-anak bertanya 'mak makan ubat apa ni?', 'mak tengok
rancangan apa ni?','mak, seks tu apa?", 'intimasi tu apa mak?',
'kenapa nama dia Tilam dan Bantal mak?' "kenapa dia suruh jadi pelacur
mak?" hah! nak jawab apa?

Muslimah Nusantara yang berminda dangkal kini memang ibarat matahari
dengan galaksi Andromeda, kalau nak dibandingkan dengan Muslimah
Nusantara dulu-dulu yang berpegang teguh pada ajaran Islam. Memang
berjuta-juta tahun cahaya jaraknya!

*****

Ada dicatatkan bahawa ketika segerembolan tentera Belanda melanggar
sebuah kampung di Acheh untuk menghambat mujahid-mujahid penghalau
penjajah, mereka ternampak seorang Muslimah Acheh sedang menumbuk padi
dengan penuh karisma, selamba dan cool.

Tentera penjajah yang bangsat itu pun bertanya sama ada di kampung itu
ada laki-laki atau tidak. Muslimah itu masih menumbuk padi sambil
menjawab dengan penuh gaya macho - "Tiada. Semua laki-laki keluar
bermuslimun di hutan." (bermuslimun membawa maksud berjihad)

Tentera yg tak reti bahasa itu pun menggeledah kampung. Mereka
terjumpa seorang lelaki penakut yang terketar-ketar sedang menyorok.
Tentera penjajah itu segera naik berang kerana ditipu Muslimah tadi
lalu segera menghambur wanita itu - "Habis tu, ini apa?". Sambil
mengunjuk pemuda yang pengecut itu.

Muslimah yang cukup cool itu menjawab sambil menumbuk padi. "Bukan aku
sudah bilang tadi. Semua laki-laki keluar bermuslimun di hutan. Yang
ini bukan laki-laki."

(Untuk bacaan lanjut, sila dapatkan siri buku Jejak Risalah Islam di
Nusantara karangan Dr. Hafidzi b. Mohd Noor. Siapa-siapa ada jumpa,
sila maklumkan penulis. Nak kirim beli)

********
Berderau darah kerana terlalu excited mendengar Sejarah Islam di
Nusantara dlm satu buku yg sempat aku baca

Laksamana Malahayati, seorang Admiral (ketua angkatan laut!) kerajaan
Islam Acheh bagi menentang kependudukan penjajah Belanda laknatullah
pada abad ke-16 (tahun 1500-an!). Juga, beliau menubuhkan pasukan
turus khas Inung Balee, yang dianggotai para balu syuhada'.

Tjoet Nyak Dien, seorang lagi mujahidah Acheh menghalau penjajah
Belanda laknatullah pada kurun ke-19 (tahun 1900-an). Ketika Masjid
Raya Baiturrahman dimusnah penjajah bangsat, berikut antara ucapan
beliau:

Lihatlah wahai orang-orang Aceh!! Tempat ibadat kita dirusak!! Mereka
telah mencorengkan nama Allah! Sampai kapan kita begini? Sampai kapan
kita akan menjadi budak Belanda?

Terasa bodoh pula bila difikir betapa kita ditipu hidup-hidup oleh
sukatan buku teks Sejarah. Apakah tidak memalukan seseorang yang
beriya-iya melawan penjajah/kerajaan hanya kerana tak mau bayar cukai
tanah, saman speed trap atau tol highway?

Itu pasal masa belajar Sejarah dalam buku teks dulu selalu ngantuk.
Semua pakat cerita sejarah yang dah putar belit, yang nampak macam
kita ni umat Islam yang diperbudak2an.

Ini strategi kuffar. Mereka menjauhkan kehidupan kita dari al-Quran.
Mereka menjauhkan kita dari sejarah.

Strategi kuffar nampaknya berjaya. Para isteri-ibu dah kurang fikir
untuk menyumbang kepada perjuangan macam Malahayati, Aisyah ra ataupun
sahabat baginda - Safiyyah. Tapi dok fikir Wanita Hari Ini, Tilam &
Bantal, produk penambah tenaga dan terbaru, jadilah 'pelacur kelas
pertama' untuk suami anda...* sungguh, aku mual, vomit*

Wallahualam...

More on teaching the kids Arabic

2011-05-27T17:56:00.001+08:00

Early education for Malaysian muslim children

2011-05-16T11:24:00.001+08:00

Advices on what to buy to startup your children with literacy and continue into tahfiz.

in reference to:

"Misi website ini adalah menyediakan satu platform untuk ibubapa mendapatkan ilmu dan alatnya. Ilmu dasar dapat diperolehi dari blog kami http://www.darwishndarwisya.blogspot.com. Ilmu yang terperinci pula boleh didapati dari kursus yang kami adakan."
- Islamic Parenting Network (view on Google Sidewiki)

Some 2010 family pictures

2011-05-10T14:07:00.001+08:00

Asma's TKB monthly Report

2011-05-10T13:43:00.001+08:00

Asma' is excellent in reading.
What I can help:
- reading: help her to read in better intonation, and help her with English reading.
- writing and calculating: help her to be able to withstand more exercises.
- tahfiz: help her to recite correctly based on what she can read.
- Arabic: here she needs help the most!

2011-05-04T12:40:00.001+08:00

INSPIRASI MUHAMMAD AL FATIH

Petikan:

Tiga puluh satu tahun setelah dilaluinya dalam pegabdian, kerja, karya, yang luar biasa. Bila kemudian di hari itu ia hendak bicara, itu sudah semestinya. Ia hendak bicara atas apa yang telah dilakukannya, sebagai sebuah wasiat untuk anaknya yang akan meneruskan kepemimpinannya. Maka kepada anaknya ia sampaikan wasiat:

.............
“Ambilah dariku pelajaran ini. Aku hadir ke negeri ini bagaikan seekor semut kecil. Lalu allah memberi nikmat yang besar ini. Maka tetaplah di jalan yang telah aku lalui. Bekerjalah untuk memuliakan agama islam ini, menghormati umatnya.. .........

Arabic bookstore in Gombak

2011-04-28T17:27:00.000+08:00

April is important because the 1-week event KLIBF is in that month.

KLIBF 2011 was not bad at all. Now there are more new publishers of quality book around. One of them is Fajar Ulung, a book store, distributor, and publisher, located in Gombak. We bought quite a number of Arabic children's games and books with 25% off, and the price is good too.

The bookstore's website, http://fajarbooks.com.my also embed some youtube arabic educational videos for children. Some of the videos are taken from iwaha.com, where many youtube videos and flash stories and games can be found.

Tadika Khalifah Bestari's Sports Day 2011 & BBB Taekwondo grading

2011-04-28T17:12:00.002+08:00

Stadium GMI, Sun 24/4/11

Rumah biru Asma' dapat naib juara. Asma' bermain dalam acara Girls' Tahap 2 - String my shoe dan Sack Race. Senamrobik Asma' di depan sekali tepi sekali, pakai tudung merah.

Dewan Seksyen 2 BBB, Sat 23/4/11

Asma' dapat juga naik ke yellow belt

important benefit of early stimulation to children

2011-04-27T01:08:00.002+08:00

Khadijah WM Ghazali (@khadijahwmg) has shared a Tweet with you: msnbc_health: Toddler play may reduce adult violence

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Download Free Juz 'Amma

2011-04-21T16:28:00.001+08:00

Free CD version of Juzu' Amma with multiple reciters and translations - payment required for Learning Edition

in reference to:

"Full CD Download !"
- downloads (view on Google Sidewiki)

Download recitation of juz 'amma here

2011-04-21T16:26:00.001+08:00

This is a recitation of Al Tinaji reading Alfatihah and juz 'amma verse by verse, every verse recitation followed by a child reciting exactly like the teacher.

in reference to:

"Here is a great al-Muallim style recitation set for beginners and children. It includes only Juz Amma (last 37 chapters of the Qur'an). The details are; reciter: Khalifa al-Tinaiji (or al-Tunaiji), Qiraat Hafs an Asim, quality 320 kbps mp3 CBR."
- Teaching style recitation of Quran for children and beginners (view on Google Sidewiki)

cutisekolahwow.blogspot.com

2011-04-19T16:34:00.002+08:00

Check this everytime school holiday omes okay
in reference to:

"COOL School Holiday Program!!"
- COOL School Holiday Program!! (view on Google Sidewiki)

Resources on homeschooling

2011-04-19T15:59:00.002+08:00

Mahani@mamahomeschool shares her resources and how she organizes homeschooling for her children (the eldest goes to ordinary school and continues to be hs-ed at home)
in reference to:

"Stay-at-home mom, and it’s the best decision I’ve ever made. Now, I enjoy finding ways to teach my class – the 3 most precious students I’ve ever had. This blog is my place to journal, keep track of resources I’ve found, and communicate with friends & other moms."
- Mama Homeschool (view on Google Sidewiki)

Addition:
Other muslim hs resource sites:

http://amuslimchildisborn.blogspot.com/ where arabic and Islam books for children can be downloaded, and they are tagged based on age.
http://www.mini-mumin.com/RK.html

Kelebihan menghafaz alquran

2011-04-19T15:53:00.003+08:00

This mother shares the joy of teaching her children to memorize Al-Quran. Here she also shares a lot of dalil on the virtue of memorizing al-Quran.

in reference to:

"Dar Hikmah adalah sebuah Maahad tahfiz Integrasi yang mempunyai sistem hafalan yang baik.. Malahan ada diantara sahabat angah (10 tahun) yang telah mencapai 13 juzuk.. Subhanallah.. Kerana itu walaupun agak lewat bertemu dengan sekolah ini saya amat bersyukur sekali kerana setakat ini hanya ada dua buah sekolah sahaja yang saya temui mempunyai sistem hafalan yang baik tetapi tidak perlu meninggalkan anak2 di asrama."
- Permata Hati IBU (view on Google Sidewiki)

Free arabic storybooks for the very young

2011-04-19T15:46:00.001+08:00

From Ustazah Aishah and Ustaz Amri

in reference to:

"Antara kitab2 arab yg sesuai utk anak2 kecil seawal usia 2 tahun ialah"
- cinta-rasul: Respon membina dari 2 wanita hebat (view on Google Sidewiki)

Learn Arabic and Quran

2011-04-18T17:39:00.001+08:00

Links to FREE resources for both adult and children learners

in reference to:

"Categories Arabic Films and Culture Arabic Language Learn Quran"
- Learn Arabic Language and Quran – Free Resources (view on Google Sidewiki)

Halimahton Yusof's ebook

2011-04-18T17:35:00.001+08:00

Available for download for RM39.90. She also conducts classes for babies and toddlers in KL/PJ.

in reference to:

"But you might have more modest goals for your child — not everyone wants to raise a genius! This is why I've designed the book so that it is useful for everyone, even if you are a busy working parent and cannot afford to spend much time with your children."
- Genius in 28 Steps - Book Details & Pricing - Learnerade.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Belajar Al-Quran di Masjid UKM

2011-04-14T14:04:00.001+08:00

Class schedule for 2011 for all warga UKM. Contact 03-89215404

in reference to:

"Bimbingan Pengajian Al-Quran oleh Ustaz Jazam Hari Selasa Jam 10.00 pagi - 11.00 pagi Hari Rabu Jam 9.00 pagi - 10.00 pagi Asas Pengajian Al-Quran oleh Ustaz Ismail Hari Selasa Jam 9.00 pagi - 10.00 pagi & 5.00 petang - 6.00 petang Hari Rabu Jam 10.00 pagi - 11.00 pagi & 5.00 petang - 6.00 petang Bertempat di Bilik Seminar 2, Masjid UKM Pendaftaran secara percuma boleh dibuat di Pejabat Am, Pusat Islam UKM. Terbuka kepada warga UKM Sebarang pertanyaan, sila hubungi: 03-8921-5404"
- Kelas Pengajian Al-Quran, Tajwid & Bahasa Arab Percuma di Kuala Lumpur & Selangor, Malaysia: UKM (view on Google Sidewiki)

playgroup for 13-18month at gbob

2011-04-13T13:54:00.000+08:00

time: http://geniusbabyonboard.blogspot.com/2011/03/playgroup-gbob-jadual-kelas-bermula.html

Setiap Ahad

*harap maklum sekiranya pada hari Ahad, Watie mempunyai Seminar atau Bengkel @ GBOB yang perlu diadakan, maka kelas akan di tunda ke minggu yang seterusnya.*

11.30 am - 12.15 noon: Level 3 ( 13 bulan - 18 bulan ) (ONLY 5 Seat Available For Enrollment)

Zairil

Firdaus

Awatiff Aleesya

Adam Idris

Eimir

12.30 noon - 1.15 pm: Level 3 ( 13 bulan - 18 bulan )

(masih belum dibuka pendaftarannya, apabila kelas di atas penuh, secara automatik saya akan membuka kelas pada pukul 12. 30 noon pula)

$$$ http://geniusbabyonboard.blogspot.com/2010/11/faqall-about-gbob-playgroup.html

Terdapat 2 kos yang perlu di bayar iaitu:

Yuran pendaftaran: RM 150 setahun (perlu di bayar sekali sahaja untuk tempoh setahun)

Yuran kelas: RM 35 /kelas (perlu di bayar untuk 4 kelas sekaligus setiap bulan) menjadikan jumlahnya RM 140 sebulan.

Jumlah Penuh (ketika pertama kali mendaftarkan diri): RM 290 sahaja.

Contact
Emelkan pertanyaan anda ke geniusbabyonboard@gmail.com atau hubungi Watie di talian 016-20 333 40.

Help the child to get focused

2011-04-13T13:31:00.001+08:00

FOKUS anak boleh dipupuk & ia bukanlah semulajadi

in reference to:

"FOKUS anak boleh dipupuk & ia bukanlah semulajadi"
- All Babies Are Genius !!: What I Do To Make My Baby FOCUS! (view on Google Sidewiki)

Sharing from a mom of huffaz-to-be children

2011-04-13T10:57:00.001+08:00

Here's an ofer from the mom of Darwish and Darwisyah who successfully taught them to memorize the Muqaddam from their babyhood. Apart of selling some of the materials she used, she's also going to hold a free seminar about this on 19 May 2011.

in reference to:

""Yang Paling Pokok adalah menghafal Al-Qur'an, kerana ia adalah ilmu yang terpenting, bahkan para salaf tidak mengajarkan al-Hadis dan Fikih kecuali bagi siapa yang telah HAFAL AL-QUR'AN…." (IMAM NAWAWI)"
- Pendidikan Awal Kanak-Kanak (view on Google Sidewiki)

A mom teaches her babies to memorize Al-quran

2011-04-12T17:03:00.002+08:00

Menggunakan teknologi sebagai catalyst membolehkan anak kecil kita mampu menghafaz alquran walaupun belum petah bercakap.
in reference to:

"Membantu anak Menghafal 30 Surah Pendek"
- DarwishnDarwisya: Mengajar Bayi Menghafal (view on Google Sidewiki)

Ajar anak kecil mengaji

2011-04-12T17:00:00.001+08:00

Tidak rugi melabur pelbagai material untuk mengajar anak mengaji, asalkan mengamalkannya.

in reference to:

"Kaedah Mengajar Bayi"
- DarwishnDarwisya: Kaedah Mengajar Bayi (view on Google Sidewiki)

infitah Quranic Home Based Learning

2011-03-10T16:14:00.001+08:00

belajar quran di rumah?

in reference to:

"Home Tuition"
- Home Tuition « Infitah Training & Consultancy (view on Google Sidewiki)

Doa2 dari Al-Quran untuk anak soleh

2011-03-10T12:47:00.000+08:00

Doa supaya mendapat rahmat
رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغۡ قُلُوبَنَا بَعۡدَ إِذۡ هَدَيۡتَنَا وَهَبۡ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحۡمَةً‌ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡوَهَّابُ (٨) رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ ٱلنَّاسِ لِيَوۡمٍ۬ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ‌ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخۡلِفُ ٱلۡمِيعَادَ (٩)
(Mereka berdoa dengan berkata): Wahai Tuhan kami! Janganlah Engkau memesongkan hati kami sesudah Engkau beri petunjuk kepada kami dan kurniakanlah kepada kami limpah rahmat dari sisiMu; sesungguhnya Engkau jualah Tuhan Yang melimpah-limpah pemberianNya. (8) Wahai Tuhan kami! Sesungguhnya Engkaulah yang akan menghimpunkan sekalian manusia, untuk (menerima balasan pada) suatu hari (hari kiamat) yang tidak ada syak padanya. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak memungkiri janjiNya. (9) Al-E-Imran

Doa supaya anak patuh kepada Allah
رَبَّنَا وَٱجۡعَلۡنَا مُسۡلِمَيۡنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةً۬ مُّسۡلِمَةً۬ لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبۡ عَلَيۡنَآ‌ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ (١٢٨)
Wahai Tuhan kami! Jadikanlah kami berdua: Orang-orang Islam (yang berserah diri) kepadaMu dan jadikanlah daripada keturunan kami: Umat Islam (yang berserah diri) kepadamu dan tunjukkanlah kepada kami syariat dan cara-cara ibadat kami dan terimalah taubat kami, sesungguhnya Engkaulah Maha Penerima taubat, lagi Maha Mengasihani. (128) Al-Baqara

Doa diberi anak yang baik
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَڪَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ ۥ‌ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبۡ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً۬ طَيِّبَةً‌ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ (٣٨)
Ketika itu Nabi Zakaria berdoa kepada Tuhannya, katanya: Wahai Tuhanku! Kurniakanlah kepadaku dari sisiMu zuriat keturunan yang baik; sesungguhnya Engkau sentiasa Mendengar (menerima) doa permohonan. (38) Al-E-Imran

Doa mendapat zuriat yang menenangkan hati
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبۡ لَنَا مِنۡ أَزۡوَٲجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعۡيُنٍ۬ وَٱجۡعَلۡنَا لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا (٧٤)
Dan juga mereka (yang diredai Allah itu ialah orang-orang) yang berdoa dengan berkata: Wahai Tuhan kami, berilah kami beroleh dari isteri-isteri dan zuriat keturunan kami: Perkara-perkara yang menyukakan hati melihatnya dan jadikanlah kami imam ikutan bagi orang-orang yang (mahu) bertakwa. (74) Al-Furqan

Doa suapaya anak tetap mendirikan solat
رَبِّ ٱجۡعَلۡنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى‌ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلۡ دُعَآءِ (٤٠)
Wahai Tuhanku! Jadikanlah daku orang yang mendirikan sembahyang dan demikianlah juga zuriat keturunanku. Wahai Tuhan kami, perkenankanlah doa permohonanku. (40) Ibrahim

jagalah marahmu

2011-03-08T13:12:00.001+08:00

Jagalah marahmu, kerana..

in reference to:

"KEBURUKAN MARAH"
- DI-PINGGIRAN DANAU: KEBURUKAN MARAH (view on Google Sidewiki)

A newfound blog - a new friend too. AzurahAnuar.my

2011-02-08T12:04:00.002+08:00

I found this blog, and I guess the owner of the blog and I have a few things in common. Here's one entry of the blog.
in reference to:

"I guess, it all comes naturally. Bit by bit, i can feel the changes. And the changes are all to the better."
- Why Do You Dress Like That? (view on Google Sidewiki)

Islamic Crafts and Lesson Plans for kids

2011-01-26T12:25:00.001+08:00

For toddlers to grades 3

in reference to:

"Great for Summer Camps and Sunday Schools"
- Islamic Crafts and Lesson Plans for kids | Great for Summer Camps and Sunday Schools (view on Google Sidewiki)

Breastpumping while travelling

2011-01-26T11:35:00.001+08:00

Useful tips and links on long travels for breastpumping moms without the bf child around

in reference to:

"Breastfeeding and traveling"
- Suzette » Brfg: Travel (view on Google Sidewiki)

Memukul sebagai pendidikan

2011-01-13T09:43:00.001+08:00

Syarah fiqih - penjelasan ilmu Islam

in reference to:

"Rasul membolehkan untuk memukul anak berumur 10 tahun yang tidak mahu solat. Namun, bagi anak yang berusia di bawah 10 tahun, tidak diperkenankan untuk memukulnya. Ini untuk soal solat, apatah lagi dalam masalah-masalah lain selain daripada solat. Kebolehan untuk memukul di sini bukan bererti wajib."
- Kebolehan Memukul Sebagai Ta’dib (view on Google Sidewiki)

Asma's parent-meet-teacher day

2010-11-15T17:44:00.002+08:00

Perasaan saya mungkin tidak sama dengan ibubapa lain. Ada perasaan tidak sedap sebenarnya di dalam hati ini.

Perasaan terkilan sebenarnya muncul dalam 2 bulan lepas, apabila Asma' diberi homework yg mesti dipulangkan esoknya. 2 mukasurat latihan tambah nombor puluh dlm bentuk lazim. Selepas mengajar Asma' serba sedikit, Asma' melaksanakan latihan itu dengan penuh yakin sendirian (terpaksa biarkan Asma' buat sorang utk settlekan sedikit kerja rumah), tak sampai hati nak beritahu Asma' yg hampir kesemua jawapannya itu salah. Esoknya saya beritahu cikgu yg Asma' di tadika lama belum belajar sampai silibus itu. Cikgu pula menjelaskan yg silibus itu mmg menurut silibus tadika yg disediakan oleh kementerian pelajaran.

2 minggu lepas, rasa tak best lagi bila cikgu memberitahu yg minggu berikutnya ialah exam week. Jadual peperiksaan diberi, 10 subjek utk periksa selama 5 hari. Cikgu memberitahu yg buku teks Sains dibawa balik supaya boleh ulangkaji di rumah. "Baca buku ni, semua soalan exam ada dalam buku ni.", kata cikgu. Cikgu memberitahu bahawa murid2 sudah dipesan supaya ulangkaji di rumah supaya bila periksa boleh dapat nombor 1 pastu dapat hadiah. Asma' pun dgn bersemangat bercerita bahawa dia nak belajar di rumah supaya boleh periksa dan dapat nombor satu. Uh, nampaknya cikgu2 tadika sudah menanam exam-oriented mind kepada budak2 ini.

Sebenarnya saya tidak melaksanakan pesanan cikgu. Di rumah, sy biarkan Asma' baca buku apa yg dia mahu. Sy review juga buku teks sains, tapi bukan utk mengingatkannya ttg exam, sekadar nak menceritakan content buku itu saja sebagai pengetahuannya.

Saya sebenarnya rasa agak kecewa, bukan kerana result Asma' yg tertulis dlm report card. Sesungguhnya gred-gred yg diberi tidak sama sekali menggambarkan potensi pelajar tadika itu. Selain dr gred yg terekod, secara lisan cikgu2 beritahu yg Asma' mmg bagus dlm bacaan BM dan qiraati.

Asma' berpotensi tinggi, itu yg kami semua percaya. Asma' mampu memberikan kami kejutan melalui soalan-soalannya. Asma' mampu membuat kami surprise dgn lukisannya yg original. Asma' mampu menulis sendiri perkataan2 yg mahu dia tulis. Asma' yg belum menyambut hari lahirnya yg ke-5 itu juga sudah mampu membaca buku kanak2 BM, dan tulisan2 yg besar pd label/bungkusan barang dan papan tanda. Itu semua terlepas dari ujian peringkat tadika.

Tidak sama sekali bermaksud utk mengutuk tadika tempat Asma' belajar. Cuma melepaskan sedikit kekecewaan dgn sistem pendidikan global dan kebangsaan zaman kapitalisme kini yg menumpukan kpd menyediakan anak2 dgn menyumbat mereka dgn ilmu dan literasi sebanyak mungkin. Bagaimana pula menyediakan potensi anak utk mengembangkan mindanya supaya mampu berfikir kreatif dan mempunyai kesedaran yg jernih? Mungkin ini perkara yg terlepas dari silibus kementerian pelajaran?

Pun begitu, hari bertemu guru itu tetap penting utk kami. Sebab kami perlu feedback tentang bagaimana Asma' semasa dia di luar kawalan kami. Adakah Asma' tersangat2 manja spt di rumah? Oh rupanya di tadika Asma' mmg sangat berdikari dan tidak manja. Jadi kenapa Asma' manja sgt di rumah ya sayang? Apa silap mak dekat Asma' ye?Kat tadika rupanya Asma' budak yg tak memilh masa makan, dan makan dgn sopan. Hmm kenapa di rumah lain ya?

Selain itu, seperti pada masa2 lain, Asma' selalu buat saya termenung..
tentang kurangnya saya menyediakan anak2 pd jiwa mereka, ruh mereka..

terkedu sebentar tadi menonton video anak muda yg mempunyai masalah mental tapi mampu menghafaz 23 juzu' alQuran dengan amat2 baik! Ya Allah apalah usahaku sebagai ibu..

Moga Allah terus berikan kami peluang utk mendidik anak cemerlang. Amin.

after this loong break

2010-11-15T17:25:00.000+08:00

A very long silence from blogging.

Now I decide to blog again. FB is not enough, although it has some other strength compared to blogging.

From now on I want to use this blog to record my experiences, feelings, observation, and sharing about things related to my beloved family.

May my children and I will enjoy reading this blog 20 years from now.

2010-01-04T22:27:00.000+08:00

Selamat datang cahaya mata ke-3

Alfatih bin Mohd Sanusi

1.00 pagi 02-01-2010

3.1kg, 48cm, lilitan kepala 32.5cm

Semoga menjadi anak soleh

Kisah CD puteri-puteriku

2009-12-01T13:45:00.001+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

Sekarang saya nak kongsikan kisah CD kami.. rentetan peristiwa yang akhirnya membawa anak-anak saya Asma’ dan Aisyah boleh “terjebak” menggunakan CD.. Untuk pengetahuan, CD di sini bermaksud cloth diaper iaitu lampin kain :-)

Sebenarnya, sebelum saya melahirkan anak lagi saya sudah terfikir, tak ada ke cara lain nak lampinkan anak selain membalut bottomnya tu dengan kapas berlapis kertas dan plastik tu.. Terfikir saya, kita sendiri yang kena pakai kertas dan plastik seminggu dalam sebulan yang tak besar mana tu pun dah rasa rimas.. kesiannya baby2 yang seluruh bottomnya dibalut dengan benda tu sepanjang masa.. kalau nak bagi lampin kain pun, kena pakai seluar getah plastik juga.. Lagilah seluar getah tu kena diikat ketat2 untuk mengelakkan bocor.. oh kesiannya bayi2 ya.. kesian juga penajganya yang kejap2 kena tukar lampin tu lepas tu nak basuh lagi.. oh kesiannya ibu2 ya..

Suatu hari, saya nampak anak kakak saya memakai disposable diaper (DD) yang luarnya bukan plastik, tapi nampak macam kertas. Hampir tak percaya saya, dan saya tanyakan kakak saya, boleh ke bahan yang bukan plastik ni tak membocorkan air kencing? Kakak saya beritahu, inilah namanya “breathable”. Pembalut luar DD tu dibuatkan seperti kain yang boleh mengalirkan udara, pada masa yang sama juga boleh menahan cecair dari keluar. Oh gitu, kenapa kena cloth-like tak cloth terus kan? Boleh diguna balik, jimat duit kan? Ha kalau nak yg macam tu mana nak cari.. Begitulah kisahnya dalam 5 tahun lepas, sebelum saya menimang cahaya mata sendiri..

Apabila saya pula menimang cahaya mata pada November 2005, saya menimba ilmu tentang pengasuhan anak melalui buku-buku dan internet. Dari situ saya melanggani newsletter laman web tempatan yang menjual barang-barang penyusuan ibu dan barang-barang bayi. Pada suatu hari, newsletter yang saya langgani memberitakan bahawa laman web mereka dah mula menjual cloth diaper! Dan cloth diaper ini sebijik macam yang pernah saya bayangkan dulu, berbentuk seperti DD, tak payah lipat, dah ada butang, tak payah cucuk pin, tak payah balut dan ikat dengan seluar plastik, dan tak payah buang! Wah ini memang hebat, mimpi jadi nyata! Tapi tengoklah harganya, RM60 dan ke atas, alamak! Nampaknya tak boleh beli banyak ni..

Saya pun mencari-cari di Google kalau-kalau CD ini ada dijual di mana-mana lagi di Malaysia. Saya dapati CD hanya boleh didapati melalui beberapa e-shop barangan bayi di Malaysia ini. Jenama yang dijual ialah jenama Malaysia dan Singapura tetapi harganya boleh tahan juga. Selain itu terdapat sebuah e-shop khusus menjual CD yang diusahakan oleh seorang guru di Negeri Sembilan. E-shop ini pula menjual beberapa jenama dari Amerika. Nampaknya CD memang sangat-sangat baru di Malaysia.

Walau bagaimana pun saya mencuba dengan membeli dua helai CD dengan harga penghabisan stok dari e-shop CD tersebut. CD- CD ini saya pakaikan kepada anak sulung saya Asma’ yang pada masa itu sedang belajar berjalan.
Pemakaian CD kali pertama kepada Asma’ tidaklah menghasilkan kejayaan yang memberansangkan.

Pertama, kerana bilangan CD yang terlalu sedikit. Kedua, kerana kurang pengetahuan, saya memasukkan dua helai insert microfiber yang tebal dan besar ke dalam poket CD itu, akibatnya CD yang harga penghabisan stoknya RM50 lebih itu itu melondeh dan terbocor-bocor. Akhirnya apabila Asma’ mula menjadi heavy wetter selepas bercerai susu badan, CD milik Asma’ pun disimpan dan tidak diusik lagi selama beberapa tahun.

Aisyah lahir pada September 2007 di celah-celah kesibukan kami bekerja, membina rumah baru, dan berpindah. Aisyah dipakaikan DD 24 jam sehari sehingga umurnya 2 tahun. Pun begitu, beberapa peristiwa akhirnya membawa kepada pemakaian CD kepada Aisyah yang akhirnya saya sifatkan sebagai berjaya :-) Alhamdulillah.

Peristiwa pertama, pada suatu hari semasa berkursus, saya terperasan seorang rakan lelaki yang sedang melayari website membuka sebuah blog Bahasa Melayu yang di dalamnya memaparkan gambar berbagai CD berwarna-warni! Saya bertanya rakan tersebut: Lampin kain ke tu? Jawabnya malu-malu, alah, ni kawan forward ni.. Dari situ saya menyedari yang mungkin CD kini sudah semakin popular, dan mungkin kali ini harganya jauh lebih murah. Dan apabila saya google, memang benar, sudah ada blog-blog Malaysia yang menjual CD buatan China dengan harga RM30-an. Ini memang bagus, tapi macamana nak CDkan anak bila dia ke taska?

Peristiwa kedua, seorang rakan menerangkan kepada saya tentang bahayanya memakai tuala wanita seperti yang kita biasa pakai sekarang dan memberi alternatif iaitu tuala wanita berherba yang dijualnya. Penerangannya itu hanya membuatkan saya teringat yang saya patut kembali menCDkan anak saya. Tetapi lintasan fikiran yang saya ini terlalu sibuk di rumah, takkan mampu membasuh CD, dan di taska nanti mustahil untuk menCDkan anak menjadi penghalang.

Peristiwa ketiga, dan inilah yang benar-benar membuat saya benar-benar beralih kepada CD, ialah perubahan di tempat tinggal saya. Semasa mula-mula berpindah ke rumah baru iaitu di sebuah kampung (betul-betul kampung ni), ada tong sampah besar untuk penduduk berkongsi membuang sampah. Jadi rutin kami setiap pagi ialah menumpangkan sampah di dalam kereta dan membuangnya di tong besar itu dalam perajalanan pergi bekerja.

Pada suatu hari, perkhidmatan tong sampah itu diberhentikan! Jadi sampah terpaksa ditumpangkan sampai ke tempat kerja, kemudian dibuang di mana-mana tong sampah di tempat kerja. Kerja ini bukannya mudah kerana tong sampah besar di tempat kerja bukanlah sentiasa available, kerana ia ada jadual pengisian dan pengosongannya yang tidak kami ketahui yang sudah tentu bukan untuk kami tetapi untuk syarikat pembersihan. Sampah pula menjadi semakin berat kerana beratnya DD kotor Aisyah yang kini juga sudah jadi heavy wetter selepas berhenti menyusu badan.

Selepas berfikir-fikir, saya nekad bahawa saya tidak mahu lagi menjadi hamba tukang buang pampers berat. Sampah lain boleh dibakar di belakang rumah (ini kan stail orang kampung), tapi DD tidak mungkin! Macamana nak tanam sayur nanti kalau tanah tu dah dirosakkan dengan bahan kimia tidak reput bercampur najis! Saya mesti betul-betul beralih kepada CD dan memastikan ia berjaya kali ini. Maka pembacaan serius saya pun bermula, membawa kepada saya membeli CD, sedikit demi sedikit, dari beberapa blog dan e-shop.

Dari beberapa forum tempatan, saya mendapat banyak tips penggunaan CD yang berharga. Saya memakaikan CD kepada Aisyah di rumah untuk beberapa lama sehinggalah saya yakin bahawa pemakaian CD akan berkesan dan berjaya dilaksanakan sepenuhnya.

Untuk mengelakkan CD bocor, saya letakkan satu doubler hemp di bawah satu insert microfiber. Juga mesti dipastikan bahawa rekabentuk CD itu tidak menyebabkan droop wing (ini taktau nak explain macamana). Sejurus sebelum Aisyah tidur siang dan malam, mesti pakaikan dia CD yang fresh untuk bersedia menadah aliran lebat.

Untuk penjimatan elektrik, CD mesti ada banyak supaya kita tidak terdesak untuk memasang lampu dan kipas semata-mata untuk mengeringkan CD di dalam rumah pada musim hujan. Sebenarnya di rumah, jika saya sendiri yang akan memakaikan lampin, saya hanya pakaikan prefold dengan CD cover atau pada musim hujan, saya gunakan 2 helai kain lampin 4 segi yang dilipat seperti cara melipat prefold. Kaedah ini lebih menjimatkan dan lebih mudah kering.

Tetapi untuk mendapat kerjasama dari orang lain yang akan memakaikan CD kepada Aisyah (suami dan penjaga), mesti sentiasa ada CD moden yang sudah sedia untuk dipakaikan. Oleh itu, saya menggunakan waktu duduk di dalam kereta (iaitu kalau suami yang memandu) sebagai waktu menyumbat CD-CD poket dengan insert. Bukannya apa, menyumbat insert ke dalam poket tak boleh buat cincai-cincai sebab kalau insertnya tak rata boleh menyebabkan bocor. Lepas sumbat saya lapik lagi dengan flushable liner supaya kalau Aisyah buang air besar, boleh dibuangkan terus liner itu beserta ketulan najis ke dalam lubang tandas. Kalau liner hanya basah dan belum koyak, ia boleh dibilas bersih-bersih dan diguna semula selepas kering.

Selepas yakin bahawa CD yang saya ada sudah agak mencukupi dan pemakaiannya berkesan, barulah saya tanyakan cikgu taska tentang kesanggupannya untuk memakaikan CD kepada Aisyah. Alhamdulillah cikgu taska sanggup dan bekerjasama, walaupun secara agak beransur-ansur. Kini Aisyah dipakaikan sepenuhnya dengan CD, di taska dan di rumah ada sedikit sahaja DD sebagai spare untuk dipakaikan dalam situasi mendesak sahaja iaitu apabila Aisyah cirit-birit atau pada waktu tiada air.

Kini sudah 5 bulan Aisyah dipakaikan CD. Pemakaian CD jelas berkesan kerana ia lebih mampu menampung air kencing Aisyah yang banyak sewaktu tidur malam. CD juga membantu Aisyah yang kini sedang berlatih buang air di tandas. Suami juga memberi kerjasama untuk memakaikan CD kepada Aisyah jika disediakan CD Velcro yang sudah siap bersumbat. Yang pasti suami akhirnya bersetuju bahawa CD lebih baik kerana pemakaiannya sama mudah dengan DD, Aisyah tidak ruam lagi, dan dia dapat berjimat RM60 sebulan untuk Aisyah dan bakal adik-adiknya!

Demikianlah kisah CD saya dan puteri-puteri saya. InsyaAllah bakal bayi ke-3 yang akan saya lahirkan tidak lama lagi akan menyambung pemakaian CD kakaknya. Target saya ialah Aisyah tidak berlampin lagi menjelang ketibaan adiknya jadi adiknya boleh mewarisi semua CD kakaknya itu.

1st post in this blog

2009-10-25T02:55:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum n hi all!

As I am writing this, I am not expecting that I will be able to write much in this blog, as well as my other blog(s).

However, as I just want to communicate a few things related to my motherhood journey, so here it is - a blog dedicated to my small family of hubby, me, the two princesses, the baby who's in the womb right now,.. and future children (insyaAllah).

Hope you find anything useful from this blog!

I Wanna Be an IbuMithali

Anakku masuk darjah 1

Preloved nursing muslimah dresses in another blog

web 3D models

cool web tools and where to buy childrens' toys

Quran Arabic learning

quran on web

some links on homeschooling and early education - (yet to read)

Some Pics of Aisyah

Congratulations Asma' for making it on the first Ramadhan!

Jalan2 Bandung

Bandung trip

Macam2 link

Menghafal Al-Qur'an Mudah Semudah mengingat Allah

Easy! Metode Mudah untuk Menghafal Al-Quran (3M)

Why do we read Quran, even if we can't understand a single Arabic word????

More on books!

Book Shopping @ Bandung

Syamil Quran 22 in 1 for RM180

teach babies to read - spend little, much or none.

Layan Isteri Macam Pelacur Kelas 1?

More on teaching the kids Arabic

Early education for Malaysian muslim children

Some 2010 family pictures

Asma's TKB monthly Report

Arabic bookstore in Gombak

Tadika Khalifah Bestari's Sports Day 2011 & BBB Taekwondo grading

important benefit of early stimulation to children

Download Free Juz 'Amma

Download recitation of juz 'amma here

cutisekolahwow.blogspot.com

Resources on homeschooling

Kelebihan menghafaz alquran

Free arabic storybooks for the very young

Learn Arabic and Quran

Halimahton Yusof's ebook

Belajar Al-Quran di Masjid UKM

More links on memorizing Al-Quran

playgroup for 13-18month at gbob

Help the child to get focused

Sharing from a mom of huffaz-to-be children

A mom teaches her babies to memorize Al-quran

Ajar anak kecil mengaji

infitah Quranic Home Based Learning

Doa2 dari Al-Quran untuk anak soleh

jagalah marahmu

A newfound blog - a new friend too. AzurahAnuar.my

Islamic Crafts and Lesson Plans for kids

Breastpumping while travelling

Memukul sebagai pendidikan

Asma's parent-meet-teacher day

after this loong break

Kisah CD puteri-puteriku

1st post in this blog