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Quick update on CNY holiday

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Alhamdulillah I arrived safely in Perak. It took us 12 hours bus journey. From 10 am to 10pm. Traffic jam starts from USJ till toll exit in Sungkai. If we were to take a flight to London, we would landed in London within that time. Fuhh. What a backache we had. Luckily we don’t drive back. Moreover, with the expensive toll ticket, I don’t think we’re going to stress ourselves along the journey.

Being a wife, this is the second time we went back to Perak together. It was my mum who keeps on asking me about buying the ticket because we had horrifying experience when it comes to bus’ tickets during major ethnic holiday. Hence, we both burnt RM272 for the transportation. To and fro. Continue reading →

Fesyen berkabung

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Hari Isnin, datang ke sekolah dengan tudung hitam. Kononnya nak berkabung. Tapi rupanya salah warna. Kalau negeri Johor berkabung kena pakai tudung putih. My husband patah balik rumah ambik songkok berlilit renda putih. Katanya ada orang yang tak mengenakan pakaian berkabung kena saman RM300. Uih. Tak berfesyen kabung pun kena denda mahal camtu eh? So orang yang tak biasa pakai songkok dan tudung ini pun pakailah apa yang patut.

(credit: mytalento.com)

Kesimpulannya, kita sebenarnya boleh berfesyen mengikut syarak. Kalau arahan pemerintah di dunia kita boleh ikut sebab takut kena saman, perintah Allah pun kita boleh ikut sebenarnya kerana takutkan azab di neraka. Marilah mulakan reformasi diri sempena tahun baru ini.

Mudahan Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas Sultan Johor, Alallah Sultan Iskandar Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail.

Memetik kata-kata hikmah Ustaz Zamri (ustaz sekolah aku laa) “Dari suruh orang pakai songkok renda putih, baik la suruh orang sedekahkan Al-Fatihah”

Al-Fatihah.

1:1 بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيم

Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
Beginning is with Allah’s personal name Ar’Reh’maan Who is The Fountain of Infinite Mercy.

1:2 الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين

Al ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-‘ālamīn
The Infinite Glory and Praise eternally is entirely and exclusively for Allah, the Sustainer Lord of the Known/Existing Worlds.

1:3 الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِيم

Ar raḥmāni r-raḥīm
The Sustainer Lord of the Worlds is Ar’Reh’maan Who is The Fountain of Infinite Mercy.

1:4 مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّين

Māliki yawmi d-dīn
Ar’Reh’maan is the Master/the Sovereign/Holder of the Day of Resurrection/Judgment.

1:5 إِيَّاك نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِين

Iyyāka na’budu wa iyyāka nasta’īn
[Our Sustainer Lord Ar’Reh’maan] You are the Only Whom we solely and exclusively owe allegiance and servitude and You are exclusively the One we look for help to elevate ourselves.

1:6 اهدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ

Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm
[Our Sustainer Lord Ar’Reh’maan] You guide us on the Straight/Even Path leading to destination;

1:7 صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنعَمتَ عَلَيهِمْ غَيرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّين

Ṣirāṭ al-laḏīna an’amta ‘alayhim ġayril maġḍūbi ‘alayhim walāḍ ḍāllīn
the path journeyed by those upon whom You showered blessings which is other than of those who made themselves liable to criminal cognizance/arrest and nor is that adopted by the neglectful wanderers.

The 2010

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I had resolutions early this year. Shed off weights for the wedding. Be a better person. The usual resolutions. You know. But what I wish is not that big. I don’t even become a better person.

So, for the next year, I hope the economy will get better. My husband’s business will grow well. He’ll have more time at home and I wish I can change some-one’s life to better. No more resolution on shedding weight. It’ll be forgotten in the middle of the year.

This year is not as harsh as 2007. This year is pretty good. Albeit that I had harsh progress of a n00b teacher. Uih. It was stressful being a teacher. But then, I had my wedding. I had lovely people around me, helping and making sure the wedding went well. I have a good husband. It’s just that I have to be more patience with my new life as a wife and a daughter in law. I need to learn fast and bond quick.

Hopefully, 2010’s will teach me how to be a better wife, teacher, daughter and friend. I wish I can fix my performance and ibadah. I don’t wish to be rich. I just want to live peacefully.

Online boutique 101

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I am glad there are many online boutique nowadays.  I miss the time (in Plymouth) when I was able to buy apparels from high street fashion boutique like Dorothy Perkins, eBay and Topshop.

When I Google for Malaysia’s high street online fashion boutique, the result was nil. However, there are many personal online boutique in Malaysia. Hundreds of them. (Thousand I bet if it includes the blogs that sell accessories like handbags and jeweleries). There are too many! I don’t know how to choose!  Then I found Emmagem Shopping Directory, the place that shares links of online boutiques. It is the site for Malaysian fashionistas.

I have a very essential question. What are the factors that made us feel safer (and happier) doing online shopping? Hopefully, this blog post will help the buyers decide better, and the sellers sell more. Quid pro quo! Continue reading →

A newbie teacher

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Almost a year, I have been working as a teacher in the heart of Johor. I’ve been sent to the most busy school (IMHO). My Guru Besar is GB cemerlang and always push us to do work beyond ordinary expectation.

In the first half game (first sem), I was literally and figuratively wilted. I thought of quitting. Seeing others are making moolah from private unis and schools. I was tempted. Since  I did nothing impressive in my first half game. Just mistakes and a lot of yellow cards. I wanted to quit so much. But my fiance told me to “Hold on. Be strong. There are many jobless people out there who are willing to fight tooth and nail to be in your place. Plus, you always wanted to be a teacher, right?”

True indeed. My friend Tasneem said “The first year is always the hardest but you’ll get used to it sooner or later”

Thank god I managed to destress with help from the angels around me.

So here are the tricks that I learnt to handle admin and teaching work:

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Online invitation

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Salam and hello all. I have sent a few cards to the people who had sent me their addresses. Some addresses that I got late, will be posted around next week. I have sent some invitation on facebook as well, tapi in the end, my jari was so penat. Moreover my short trip to perak is because I want to meet Pakya (the Muslim’s marriage wedding registrar in my place). Hence, I decided to post it online.

Dearest lovely people that have walked into my life, I would like to share the most awaited moment in my life. I would like to invite you to my wedding, via this website:

omaraini.com

To end this entry, I would like to insert a beautiful quotation from the noble Quran.

“ Dan diantara tanda-tanda(kebesaran)Nya ilah Dia menciptakan pasangan-pasangan untukmu dari jenismu sendiri,agar kamu cenderung dan berasa temteram kepadanya.Dan menjadikan diantaramu rasa kasih dan sayang”. (QS anRuum:21)

More to be read at: iLuvIslam.com

Mudahan Allah memudahkan urusan pernikahan kami. Amin.

My story with 5 Puteri 5

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It is almost a year, I’ve been teaching. Wah. Rasa macam tak percaya. I managed to survive.

I really feel satisfied today. The kids in 5 Puteri 5 who used to be: extremely naughty, suka menjawab, kurang asam, kuat bergaduh sampai berdarah patah²;  heard my lecture today. What a miracle!

I did conventional classroom management. I yelled and scolded them. I solved their fight. I told them to go to GB at first, but then I changed my mind (because GB is extremely mad with them today, takut rotan patah je). I punished them and told them not to behave like ‘serkap jarang’. They listened. Thank god. After that, I gave them tips on answering Paper 1 English. Imagine, those kids yang tak pernah berminat nak belajar, always played at the back of the class, pulled their chairs towards me and listened to me. Iwaslike, “Is this real?”

There’s this boy who didn’t even write a letter in English Paper 2 said “Teacher, saya nak belajar tution English dengan teacher kat rumah boleh?”

I answered “Hmm, tak cukup ke kat sekolah Harith? Awak kan tak suka kelas saya”

“Tak la teacher, lain sikit”

Homg. He’s interested to learn my subject. Bukan senang. Even nak buat ayat in BM pun takes a million years for them.

*happy*

Then, I took them to music room, where they can sing their heart out. They sang Ten Little Indian, Twinkle Little Star and many more. It’s after exam. Moreover, they like to sing (especially lagu Lucky Laki). I wouldn’t want to bore them with conventional teaching and learning.

I found it satisfying, teaching the last class. I found is so satisfying, when I managed to make them listen to me. I found it satisfying, when they learned a few English words and songs. I just need to tackle their heart. 😉

Different story with the advanced class. I found it awkward, entering a class that is so quiet, like a grave. They’re smart enough. I scratched my head, thinking what to teach them since they are already equipped with sufficient knowledge.Even when I taught them new thing, I don’t find it a big triumph teaching them, compared to my 5 Puteri 5.

It wasn’t easy to have this content feeling. Before this,  I cried, stressed out, and I almost gave up, not knowing how to teach these kind of pupils. I finally got it. It’s really worth it. For all my teacher-friends out there, keep on trying and stick to teaching profession. You don’t know whose life you’ve changed.