1408- 1433: 25 sudah...=)

Bismillahirahmanirahim...

Tadi masa dalam kelas graphic design, Mr Asyraf tanya " Siapa ingat tahun hijrah dia lahir?''. Alhamdulillah dalam sijil kelahiran pendaftar hospital ada tuliskan sekali. Jadi, kebiasaannya, saya akan meraikan ulangtahun kelahiran 2 kali setahun: Sekali masa umur hijah (4 Rabiul Awwal) dan lagi sekali masa umur tahun masihi (27 Oktober)... dan kebiasaanya tarikh hijrah yang akan datang dahulu.

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Oh ya...
Hampir 25 tahun bernafas di muka bumi ini...
Sebanyak manakah yang telah aku sumbangkan...
Yang telah aku lakukan...

Dan...
Siapa bisa mengetahui...
Sampai bila kaki ini akan terus melangkah...

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Muhasabah diri agar menjadi insan yang lebih baik, lebih bertaqwa dari hari ke hari...
Insya Allah.

Transformers...andai aku ini robot.

Bismillahirahmanirahim...

(Disclaimer: Inspired by Transformers)

Gambar Optimus Prime kat atas tu dah selamat saya selesaikan semalam. Assignment untuk kelas Certificate in Graphic Design. Need a lot of improvement still. Took me about 5 hours; 8pm- 12. Break sekejap untuk Solat Isya', ambil angin kat koridor.

Robot pun kena servis juga kan? Lama-lama guna, kalau dia penat, rosak. Tak berfungsi. Sama juga dengan kita. Tapi kita bukan robot. Kita ni manusia. Ada akal. Boleh fikir bila mana mahu berhenti sejenak andai penat melakukan tugas seharian. Ibadah. Tafakur. Zikir. Merehatkan minda menjana idea dan semangat baru.

Jom kita berusaha untuk menjadi insan yang lebih baik dan bertaqwa...

Inysa Allah =)

Journal 1

Bismillahirahirahmanirahim...

Yesterday, when the course instructor, Dr Syed Alwi instructed us to write a journal as part of the course (Spiritual Dimensions of Educational Psychology) requirement, I remembered that my English teacher during my primary school days, Auntie Julie, used to made us to write "Dear Diary...". Another fun way of writing essays I guess. I just hope that particular book is still lying around somewhere in the house. Of course...this journal writing would be surely different than I used to write those days. Hopefully, I could see the mature side of me, improve myself for a better future, Insya Allah.

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Mrs Weird Cat @Bangi

This morning, on my way to meet my friend at the IIUM.FM studio, met a beautiful black kitten. Playing around happily by its own. I stopped and sat on the nearby kerb. While playing with the cute creature, a "makcik cleaner" (the cleaning lady) passed by and had a small chat with her. One of the thing that she told me was that sometimes, she would saw some people kicked those innocent beings. How could they have the heart?

Growing up in a 'cat-loving-family', I was always 'trained' and taught to be kind toward cats. Since our first house back in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur until our current residency in Bangi, Selangor we own countless number of cats. Most of them just make their way in as part of our 'family member'. Only a few of them we picked up from the roadsides and some other places.

There a times when I have to sacrifice my meals just to ensure that the cats have had theirs before having my own a bit late. They just know how to make 'pity-face' (muka kesian) and beg for foods.

The positive value: Never gave up until you get what you want.

Projek memasak tengah malam: Shortbread cookie.

Bismillahirahmanirahim...

Alhamdulillah baru sahaja siap baking biskut Shortbread. Lebih kurang macam butter cookie la tapi tanpa telur. Berperang kat dapur hampir 2 jam juga la tadi (11pm-1am : plus masa mengemas). ALang-alang dah nak balik UIA minggu depan, maka buat la sekali 'stok' untuk dibawa bersama. Lebih jimat, terjamin kebersihan dan sihat. Cuba tengok paket biskut yang ada. Bahan-bahan dia berjela-jela. I bet half of it are preservatives. Baiklah sidang pembaca yang dihormati sekalian, tanpa membebel dengan lebih lama, mari kita lihat proses pembuatan biskut saya ini.

Bahan-bahan yang di perlukan:

-175 gram butter
-250 gram tepung gandum
-75 gram gula halus
-1 sudu teh garam

Cara- caranya (macam abah selalu cakap):

1- Kacau gula dengan butter hingga kembang. Ini penting.

2- Tambahkan tepung bersama garam. Kacau lagi hingga sebati.

3- Uli dan terus uli. Eh. Sampai agak licin permukaan doh tersebut.

4- Gelek dan terap guna acuan yang anda suka. Di sini saya gunakan acuan teddybear MrBean yang ada.

5- Susun mereka beramai-ramai di atas dulang pembakar. Walaupun biskut ini tidak berkembang seperti kebanyakan biskut- biskut lain, pastikan ada sedikit ruang antara bisut- biskut anda untuk pembakan dan pengudaraan yang lebih baik. Di peringkat ini juga, anda boleh menghias biskut mengikut kreativiti tersendiri (tambah hiasan cip coklat, gula yang berwarna-warni, kacang dan sebagainya).

6- Bakar di dalam microwave oven (pre-heat dahulu yea dengan suhu setinggi 180 darjah) selama lebih kurang 20 minit. Siap. Selamat menjamu selera.

Recipe: Humus

Bismillahirahmanirahim...

Yesterday, I tried to made Hummus, a famous Arab side dish. You can either eat it with pita bread or eat it on its own. If you want to try it, here's the recipe to share:

The ingredients needed are:

1- 500gm of chickpeas. Soak it for about 12 hours. The best time is actually 24 hours. You may also use canned chickpeas.

2. 2-3 cloves of garlic. Slice them.

3. About 1/4 cups of lemon juice.

4. 1/4 cups of tahina or sesame paste. You can get it at shops that sell Arab food condiments and ingredients.

5. Dash of salt.

The methods:

1-Cook the chickpeas until tender for about 1 hour.

2- Combine it with with other ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

The end product...Humus. You may add olives with olive oil. Or sprinkle it with some paprika. In this recipe, I use chili flakes instead.

Enjoy it with a bismillah =)

Exam yang ku sayang

Bismillahirahmnairahim...

Insya Allah minggu ni akan bermulanya Peperiksaan Akhir Semester. Ohh..cepatnya masa berlalu kan?

Saya terpaksa melupakan seketika anda dia atas kerana mereka di bawah ini...

Buku-buku untuk assignment final Practice of Teaching. Meja bersepah tak payah cakap la. Nak cari pembaris tak jumpa sebab bertimbun buku. Selit-selit dalam buku. Nasib bilik sorang-sorang kan?

Jadual exam nanti:

29/12/11: Principles of Teaching.
30/12/11: Introduction to Education.
5/1/12: Statistics.
9/1/12: Advanced History & Philosophy of Islamic Education.

Exam anxiety? Huhu..biasa la kan. Kalau tak ada stress (eustress-positive stress) macam mana nak push ourself untuk berusaha.

Maka, habis la semester 1 2011/2012 ni. Cepat benar masa berlalu. Dah nak masuk semester 2. Rabbi Yassir Wala Tu'assir, Rabbi Tammim Bikhair. Moga di permudahkan segala urusan tika peperiksaan nanti. Yep. Tujuan utama periksa bukan untuk mengejar gred semata-mata. Tetapi, untuk mengejar redha Allah S.W.T dan ilmuNYA di dunia yang luas ini.

Allah Knows Best.

Last Day: EDC 5393 =)

Bismillahirahmanirahim....

Allahmdulillah today is the last class for Principles of Teaching (EDC 5393) course. Had a small "makan-makan" with our lecturer and 10 other classmates. Intended to have a group photo but due to time constrain, only managed to snap few candid photo. Missing in action: El- Attry and Mytinee because they went out to fetch the food. Thank you friends for the wonderful moments. Hope to see you again soon =)

Dr Mohyani: Lecturer yang sporting.

Nuriah

Hasaniah & Nuriah

Zhou Dan & Fatima

Fatima Subhana

Glowing mummy-to- be: Zaharah =)

Sabrina Ong

Has & Zhou Dan