The Great Adventure of Luqman Hakim

Muzium Alam Semulajadi@ Putrajaya

2012-01-04T08:54:00.010+04:00

Salam semua.

Entry kali ini, mengisahkan lawatan Luqman and the geng ke Muzium Alam Semulajadi yang terletak di Precint 15, Putrajaya. Lokasi Muzium ini betul-betul di tepi jalan, kalau masuk Precint 15 memang confirm akan nampak. Kali ini ada Pameran Buaya di muzium ini. Pameran ini akan berakhir pada 31 Januari 2012. Kepada ibu bapa yang ingin anak-anak mengenali dengan lebih dekat sang buaya ini jangan lepaskan peluang melawat muzium ini ye. Bayaran yang dikenakan hanya rm 2 untuk dewasa dan free untuk kanak-kanak.

Replika buaya ini betul-betul di depan muzium.

Di dalam muzium ini terdapat pelbagai haiwan yang telah diawet dan dipamerkan. Muzium ini 2 tingkat dimana tingkat bawah dipamerkan haiwan-haiwan hutan dan tingkat atas pameran buaya.
Inilah buaya adik-beradik bujang senang, buaya buaya ini telah diawet dan dibawa khas dari taman buaya sarawak untuk pameran.

Terdapat banyak jenis buaya dari buaya yang kecik sampai la yang besar.

Rangka ikan paus yang sangat besar.

Pelawat kecil dan kelawar
Luqman dan Sofea tengah meng-interview sang tenggiling

Lawatan di sini hanya 1/2 jam sahaja sebab muzium ini tidaklah sebesar mana tapi ini adalah satu tempat yang terbaik untuk memperkenalkan anak-anak dengan segala jenis haiwan.

Sofea @ 1 year old

2011-12-09T10:27:00.004+04:00

Alhamdulillah Sofea dah genap 1 tahun pada 22/9/11. Sofea dah boleh berlari-lari dan sangat suka kacau abang Luqman tapi time abangnya tido je, time abang bangun dia yang kena kacau. Semoga Sofea terus membesar menjadi anak yang solehah. amin

An evening in Putrajaya

2011-12-09T07:39:00.005+04:00

salam.

hujung minggu lepas macam boring pula duduk rumah jadi kami pun ambil keputusan untuk ke putrajaya. berbekalkan sebiji bola kami berangkat ke putrajaya selepas asar. wahh happening juga dekat dataran masjid putrajaya ni. ada anak-anak yang berbasikal main kereta control dll.Luqman dan sofea pun seronok main bola kat sini sebab kawasan nya sangat luas. lain kali boleh datang lagilah.boleh bawa basikal pula..sapa nak join jomla :)

seronoknya luqman dan sofea
Kami solat magrib di masjid sebelum pulang kerana hujan yang sangat lebat di putrajaya. gambar kawasan masjid selepas waktu magrib.

Terengganu Trip October 2011~ Muzium Terengganu

2011-12-08T12:07:00.004+04:00

Salam to all

After a loooong break, now I am back to update my blog. Our family went to Terengganu end of October because ummi had to visit one of the Uniten's students undergone her industrial training in Dungun. Terengganu is very special to us, we love the islands, beaches and foods!! nasi dagang and keropok lekor are yummy. We had the opportunity to visit the largest muzium in Malaysia, the Terengganu State Museum. It is located at Kampung Losong just 15 minutes from Kuala Terengganu town. It was so big and the most special monument in this museum is Batu Bersurat of Terengganu. This museum was built because the government of Terengganu wanted to bring back the Batu Bersurat from Singapore Museum. Ticket for adult only RM5/person. Now lets enjoy the pictures:

View from the entrance.

so many steps, sakit kaki jugak nak memanjat tangga ni

Luqman is so happy, sekarang dah pandai buat peace

Naik train untuk melawat rumah tradisional dan maritim park

Sayang betul rumah ini dibiarkan kosong je, nampak pun dah buruk

It was a good trip to the museum but this museum is so big but it will be very beautiful and attractive if properly maintained.

Luqman and Tonsilitis

2011-09-19T08:56:00.000+04:00

gambar ini sama seperti throat luqman

gambar dari google.

salam semua

selamat hari raya kepada semua

hari ini nak update blog mengenai kesihatan luqman. sejak 2 hari lepas ada kelainan sikit dengan si luqman ni.

- nafas berbau agak busuk walaupun dah gosok gigi

-demam on and off

-tidur berdengkur dengan meleleh air liur

-hilang selera makan

-tak aktif seperti selalu

mula-mula ingatkan demam biasa jadi setakat bagi ubat demam saja. semalam sebab dia menangis dan tak mau makan, abi telah bawa ke klinik berhampiran rumah ni dan doktor bagi ubat kembung perut dan antibiotik, kononnya terdapat jangkitan bakteria dalam perut jadi nafasnya turut berbau.

Tapi biasala ummi, tidak begitu yakin dengan diagnosis doktor tersebut. pagi ni ummi terus pergi jumpa our peberet paed Dr Arbaiyah di hospital pakar annur. dengar je simptom2 tersebut terus doktor check tonsil dan memang tersangat terkejut ummi bila melihat tonsil luqman bengkak dan ada putih kat tepi2 macam ulser. patutlah luqman sangat tak selesa dan hilang selera makan kerana memang ternyata kalau nak telan makanan memang sakit. Simptom ini di namakan tonsillitis.

Lalu doktor pun prescribe antibiotik augmentin dan oral aid untuk dititis ke dalam kerongkong.

kata doktor insyaAllah kalau semua ok by jumaat luqman akan kembali normal...amin

semoga pengalaman ummi ini dapat membantu ibubapa yang menghadapi masalah yang sama. sekian terima kasih

Ramadan Kareem..

2011-08-08T11:36:00.002+04:00

Salam semua

Hari ini sudah hari ke 8 kita berpuasa, cepat sungguh masa berlalu. Disini ummi ingin mengambil kesempatan untuk mengucapkan selamat menyambut Ramahan kepada semua kawan-kawan. Semoga Ramadan kali ini lebih bermakna dan sama-sama kita memperbanyakkan ibadat ye.

Sudah lama tak update blog kerana tak sempat.. InsyaAllah nnti nak kena buat backdated entry..

Ramadan Kareem to all :)

Sofea dah 7 bln

2011-05-05T11:08:00.003+04:00

pejam celik pejam celik, sofea dah 7 bulan. sekejap saja masa berlalu. semoga sofea terus membesar dengan sihat dan kuat. sekarang sofea dah pandai meniarap dan menyulur. tapi habit yang paling tak dapet nak tolong ialah memasukkan semua benda dalam mulut. pantang jumpa apa apa pun atas lantai, mesti nak kutip masuk mulut..aiseh..kena sentiasa berjaga jaga. tak boleh biar mainan atau apa apa je yang kecik2 atas lantai.

sekian :)

A the top of Petronas Twin Towers

2011-04-29T07:42:00.001+04:00

We had been to Burj Khalifa when we were in the UAE, refer here. A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to visit the tallest burj in Malaysia, the Petronas Twin Towers. To make life simple, (since we don't know the procedure to get the tickets) we asked for Uncle Mus (he's working in KLCC) help to get the ticket for the visit. Ticket price is RM 20/person for adults with mykad and for kids under 3 is free..Those without mykad the ticket is rm40/person.. This is a package for skybridge and the observation deck...FYI, if you want the tickets to the top and don't want to wait in a long queue you may book the ticket 3 days in advance at the skybridge ticket counter located at the Concource floor (underground) of the Petronas Twin Towers. But must be there very early.. The counter open at 8am. The Skybridge of the PETRONAS Twin Towers opens from Tuesday to Sunday.

Happy face

On the way

It was a once in a life time experience to be here. Our trip to the top is at 11am, before that we mingled around in the exhibition room located opposite to the the counter. During the visit, the visitor will be divided in group of about 20 person/group and went through a video footage which provided the information on the history and construction of the distinguished Petronas Twin Towers and then taken up to the 41st floor by passenger lifts that can carry up to 26 people at a time. The view at the skybridge are beautiful and fascinating. We had only 15 minutes at the skybridge to take pictures and enjoy the scenery. Next, we went up to the 86th floor..the scenery of KL from this level is so breathtaking.. in my opinion, being on the top of Petronas Twin Tower is much more exciting compared to Burj Khalifa-all you can see is the desert plus the tickets are so expensive.

So why wait, come and visit Malaysia today.. (chewaahh ala ala promotion pulak).. here are some details on the Petronas Twin Tower

Number of storeys 88
Overall height 452 metres above street level
Design/Architecture Cesar Pelli & Associates (USA) in association with KLCC architects
Location of the sky bridge Levels 41 and 42
Length of the sky bridge 58.4 metres
Heigth of the sky bridge 170 metres
Vertical transportation 29 double-deck high speed passenger lifts in each tower
Number of escalators 10 in each tower
Stainless steel cladding 65,000 sq metres
Vision glass 77,000 sq metres
Concrete 160,00 cubic metres in the superstructures
Steel 36,910 tonnes of beams, trusses and reinforcement
Total built-up area 341,760 sq metres
Date of completion 1997

Apa apa aje

2011-04-07T07:40:00.002+04:00

Logo ini terpilih yeay!! *wink*

Luqman suka!

2011-03-24T01:57:00.005+04:00

Sofea dah 6 bulan

2011-03-23T09:01:00.002+04:00

Pejam celik pejam celik Sofea dah 6 bulan tanggal 22/3 haritu.. patutnya dah boleh makan solid. Tapi tadi pi jab untuk 6 months, Dr Ar suruh tunggu sampai selsema Sofea baik dulu. Katanya start makan bila dia sihat.. baiklah Dr Ar.. tadi cucuk Sofea tak menangis pun.. good girl la Sofea..Semoga Sofea membesar dengan kuat dan sihat dan menjadi anak yang solehah ..aminnn

Dinos Alive! @ Pusat Sains Negara

2011-03-23T05:04:00.000+04:00

We went to Pusat Sains Negara last Saturday for Dinos Alive exhibition. PSN located at Mont Kiara and it was about 30 minutes drive from Puchong. We arrived at 930am and park next to PSN building (late visitors have to park at the other side of the road). The entrance ticket for adult is RM10/person, but we only paid RM10 and got 1 FOC ticket by showing our Enrich MAS card. For kids under 4 years old the entrance is free.

As we enter the hall, there are two life-sized dinosaurs replicas; T-Rex and an Apatosaurus displayed at the centre of the hall and they roared at the same time swing their head and tail from side to side. Luqman was so scared and he did not want to enter the hall. Abi has to pujuk Luqman and then straight away we entered the kidzworld. Here, Luqman having fun jumping and playing with giant piano, drum and many more.

At the main Dinos Alive Hall, Luqman again refused to enter because the dinos roared so loud and it was dark.. abi has to dukung and calm him down.. after an express walked through this hall we visited the Thinking Machine Hall where kids can explore and experiment some of the small machines.

Check out some pictures Jumping @kidzworld

Thinking Machine hall
He likes machines and technology not dinosaurs View from the 2nd floor Dinos Hall
He didn't want to go nearer Muka Luqman yang masam tak nak amik gambar dengan dinosaur Children play area..bila naik kereta dia tak perasan pulak ada dinasaur kat belakang Inside the play room
Cak aaaa sofeaHurry up..make a visit to PSN to see dinosaurs.... don't wait until they're EXTINCT again!! hehe

Selamat Pengantin Baru Cik Dah & Uncle Sharil

2011-03-16T01:52:00.005+04:00

Assalamualaikum semua

Ini adalah backdated entry tapi sangat bermakna kerana CikDah telah selamat diijabkabulkan pada 22 Rabiul Awal bersamaan 25 Februari 2011. Alhamdulillah semua telah berjalan lancar, dan cikDah selamat bergelar isteri kepada Shahril..Uncle Sharil ni orang Johor.

Kenduri kat Aloq Setar bertemakan warna purple yang sangat cantik.. Semua adik beradik berkumpul dan jadi kenduri sangatlah meriah, paling gembira budak2 laa..asik angkut gula gula yang dapat free masa kenduri ni, termasukla Luqman..

sekarang mari layan gambar2 yang diambil

Menanti saat saat indah, mak bertudung putih.. kelihatan jugak Mak Man di tepi CikDah and Aci Bee yang baju merah tu..

Di dalam masjid, ada dua pengantin yang akad nikah lepas asar harini, jadi masjid ni agak padat dengan orang ramai

Alhamdulillah selepas selamat diijabkabul di depan masjid

Ini gambar di hari kenduri pada Sabtu 26/2/11..
Pengantin berarak ke rumah.. Haziq dan CikLah jadi pengepit

Famili pihak perempuan

and lastly

Ummi peminat pi mai pi mai tang tu tau!

Perarakan Maulidur Rasul

2011-02-24T01:37:00.004+04:00

Sejak ummi mula bekerja Januari lalu, Luqman dihantar ke Taska Ilsas yang terletak dalam kawasan UNI10. Sekarang dah genap 2 bulan Luqman berada di sini dan dia nampaknya semakin ceria dan pandai berkawan. Tapi tiap2 pagi ummi masih perlu berdepan dengan situasi drama ayer mata setiap kali sampai ke pintu taska.

Taska ini banyak aktiviti dan salah satu aktiviti ialah perarakan Maulidur Rasul oleh kanak-kanak yang ceria pada isnin yang lepas. Perarakan dimulakan pada jam 9 pagi dan hanya ambil masa 5 minit saja.. dekat je lebih kurang 10 meter je dari pintu taska tu tapi semua anak-anak memang excited dpt keluar taska..:)

Anak-anak yang berusia 3 dan 4 tahun telah di latih untuk berselawat ke atas Nabi dan berarak. Memang sangat terharu kerana seawal usia ini telah dilatih untuk berselawat.. yang 4 tahun sangat lancar melaungkan selawat.. Luqman dia pandai sebut Muhammad saja.. tak berapa lancar lagi.

Sekarang mari layan gambar-gambar yang diambil..

Depan taska..semua cari kasut masing2

Bila buka pintu taska..zass semua berlari menuju ke tempat permulaan perarakan

sessi mendengar taklimat dari cikgu..Luqman bersungguh2 mendengar

Perarakan bermula

Inilah kawan-kawan dan cikgu di taska Ilsas

Sekian

Sofea dah 5 bulan

2011-02-20T20:28:00.003+04:00

Pejam celik pejam celik dah 5 bulan anak dara ummi ni. Sofea dah pandai meniarap..alhamdulillah...semoga Sofea membesar dengan sihat ..Amin

Naik Tren.. Putrajaya~KLIA

2011-02-20T19:58:00.007+04:00

Assalamualaikum semua,

Hari cuti umum yang lepas Abi dan Ummi bawa Luqman dan adik Sofea naik train ERL dari Putarajaya ke KLIA. Ini kali pertama Luqman naik train, sebelum ni Luqman hanya tengok train kat TV cerita Thomas the Train dan Chuggington. Kami bertolak ke Putrajaya Sentral pada pukul 10am. Disini Abi parking kereta (parking hanya RM 2/entry) dan kami pun naik ERL ke KLIA. Tambang ERL untuk dewasa RM 12 pergi balik dan hanya RM6 untuk kanak-kanak.

Jadi kalau tak tahu nak kemana waktu cuti..apa kata bawalah anak2 naik ERL misti mereka enjoy :)

Putrajaya sentral car park....baru jer dibuka pada pertengahan Februari ..memang banyak parking

Bestnya naik train!!

Luqman dan adik Sofea
Seronokkan naik train ni?

Senyuman colgate :)

Main di taman permainan KLIA

Wow besarnya kapal terbang

Cakk aaaa

Posing dengan ummi

insyaAllah.. cuti akan datang kita naik bas pulak ye Luqman :)

Back to Work

2011-01-07T05:32:00.004+04:00

Salam semua..

Cuti panjang ummi telah habis dan sekarang ummi telah mula bekerja di sini kembali..

Masuk kerja pada 3/1/2011, terus dapat load untuk lab power electronics ini.. Lab ni masih seperti dulu walaupun telah ditinggalkan 2 tahun.. tiada perubahan.. equipment masih yang lama dan aircond masih tak berfungsi ..berpeluh ketiak makcik especially kalau lab pukul 2pm..
Rutin harian pun dah berubah.. sekarang tiap tiap hari bangun 530am. Pastu solat, mengepam susu untuk Sofea, goreng nasi (kalau rajin) dan breakfast. Pastu angkut Luqman dan Sofea naik kereta off we go..

Luqman sekarang masuk nursery ILSAS dan Sofea pula ummi hantar kat pengasuh di uniten. Keluar kerja pula 515pm, berpusing ummi satu Uniten ambik Luqman, Sofea dan tapau makan. Sampai rumah dah 630pm..pastu bermula pula sessi basuh baju , basuh botol dan lain2 lagi kerja yang memang tak dapat disenaraikan.. Rindu pula zaman2 waktu jadi full time housewife dulu hehe.. tapi sekarang pun best juga dapat jumpa balik kawan-kawan dan brush up balik kepala yang dah berkarat ni.. semoga dikuatkan semangatku untuk menjadi seorang pekerja berdedikasi dan isteri dan ummi yang sempurna.. amiinn

Malang tak berbau..

2010-12-25T08:32:00.000+04:00

Cerita ni dah jadi sebulan yang lalu:

Malang tak berbau..itulah yang berlaku..

Pada 27/11/10, kami sekeluarga bertolak pulang dari kedah ke kl selepas bercuti untuk raya haji. Oleh sebab ummi dah nak mula bekerja pada Januari 2011 kami mengambil keputusan untuk bawa balik wira milik ummi yang dah 2 tahun ditinggalkan di perlis.. oleh itu pada hari nak balik tu, ummi pun drive perdana milik abi bersama tok siti yang jaga sofea kat belakang. Manakala, abi dan luqman naik wira. Kami bertolak pukul 11 am dari alor setar.

Dipendekkan cerita, kami tiba di KL pada jam 430 ptg dan hujan turun dengan renyai renyai .. macam biasa bila hujan mula la jem . Bila sampai di highway sg.besi menuju ke bangi, lepas je bangunan nirvana memorial tu tiba2 kereta myvi depan kereta ummi brek dengan mengejut ..apa lagi ummi jugak terus brek dan cuba mengelak kereta depan. Tapi dah terlambat, ummi telah melanggar bahagian belakang kereta depan dan terlajak pula ke tepi jalan dan melanggar sebuah kereta wira di tepi jalan yang dah terlibat dalam kemalangan sebelum tu.

Alhamdulillah Sofea dan tok selamt tapi Sofea menangis mungkin sebab terkezut..

Banyak betul prosedur yang nak di buat bila dah accident, nak pi balai polis di jalan petaling satu hal dengan jem nya hujan nya.. lepas buat report dekat kaunter kena pula naik jumpa sarjan untuk beliau sahkan repot dan kena berurusan pula dengan orang yang nak hantar kereta ke bengkel. Last2 kami selamat sampai ke rumah pada pulul 1o malam..memang hari yang memenat kan..

Alhamdulillah kereta perdana tu siap dalam masa 2 minggu saja sebab tak melibat kan enjin..

Selepas accident tu Luqman asik dok ulang ayat "car abi oshak" kat semua orang..walaupun sekarang kereta dah elok luqman tetap berkata "car abi oshak" "car abi oshak" hehe..lawak betul la Luqman Hakim ni

our KC design

2010-11-09T00:13:00.001+04:00

salam..

sekarang kami tengah busy merenovate rumah baru kami di puchong. minggu ni baru nak confirm kitchen cabinet.. ini design 3d yang baru kami dapat. tak sabar nak tengok yang real punya. insyaAllah kalau ada rezeki bulan 12 ni baru siap.. lepas ni ummi kena rajin rajin la masuk dapur :)

Nur Sofea bt Abdul Halim

2010-10-09T14:50:00.004+04:00

Salam semua..

Alhamdulillah dengan ini diperkenalkan ahli keluarga kami yang terbaru, Nur Sofea binti Abdul Halim. Dilahirkan pada 22 September 2010 bersamaan dengan 12 Syawal 1431H di Hospital Pakar An Nur dan disambut oleh doktor peberet ummi Dr Fatimah Mustafah. Sofea dilahirkan seberat 3.25kg. Semoga Sofea menjadi seorang anak yang solehah.aminn.

15 minit selepas dilahirkan
Sofea dan Luqman

Luqman mengasuh Sofea, seronok betul Luqman dapat adik.

Salam Ramadhan

2010-09-01T18:52:00.003+04:00

salam semua..

oh tak sangka dah masuk 3 bulan tak update blog yang tercinta ini. Untuk pengetahuan kami semua sudah berada di Malaysia sejak 24/6/10 lagi. Tapi disebabkan terlampau sibuk dengan nak kemas rumah, melawat adik beradik, mensurvey nursery dan broadband yang terlampau amat slow, malas betul nak online dan update blog ini.

Tapi rasanya belum terlambat untuk mengucapkan selamat menyambut ramadhan kepada rakan-rakan ummi terutamanya yang berada diperantauan dan juga yang berada di malaya.. semoga Ramadhan kali ini lebih baik dari yang sebelum ini..

Untuk pengetahuan semua, Luqman sekarang dah 1 tahun 10 bulan..insyaAllah tak lama lagi dah nak masuk 2 tahun dan bakal mendapat hadiah istimewa.. semoga semua urusan dipermudahkan. amin

Holiday in Muscat 21/5~23/5

2010-06-01T08:07:00.000+04:00

Salam to all,

We have planned to visit Muscat for the past year but had to defer our plan till last weekend. This time we decided to drive from Abu Dhabi to Muscat together with our neighbour Lina & Paul and their little bundle of joy, Amber. We roughly covered a total of 1,400km during the 3 days 2 nights visit and its worth every stretch of the tarmac we drove on.

So where is Oman in all scheme of things? The Sultanate of Oman is located in the Arabian Peninsular, north of Yemen and south of United Arab Emirates. The Musandam peninsula is located to the north with Khasab as it's town centre, famous for its scenic fjords and dolphin sightings. Muscat, Oman's capital, is located further towards the middle eastern region and share the same profile of seafront township with beautiful mountains as the backdrop. Muscat means 'anchorage', and it just explains why the sea continues to play an important part of the city's economic's and tourism activities.

Allow us to share a selection of our travel itinerary:

Day 1-

It was a very long journey indeed, we left home at 5.30am on Friday and took almost 6 hours to reach Muscat via Al Ain border at Hili Immigration. This is a very important fact as other checkpoint are sometimes limited to GCC residents only, so save the trouble of having to make a U-turn after waiting in line for so long. It costs 3 Omani riyal per person to obtain a short visit pass to enter Oman and will be charged to your credit card, cash is not an option. We then make our way passed Buraymi town on Oman border and had pizza for our brunch at Sohar, the land of Sinbad the Sailor. The Omani currency is Riyal and it is 10x the value of UAE Dirham, so everything seems cheap on the menu. The pizza for 4 of us only cost 5 riyal :)

pizza palace sohar

We arrived in Muscat around 1.30pm and headed straight to Mutrah Hotel. The hotels in Muscat are very very expensive but we managed to book this budget hotel for 24 riyal/ night inclusive breakfast. I think this is the cheapest hotel with a nice and clean room, although the amenities are quite limited.

In the evening, our first destination is Qurum beach near Crowne Plaza hotel. It is a nice location to stroll around with a number of cafes and picnic area for visitors.

Qurum beach
One of the roundabouts features in Oman.....some are very elaborate and fascinating
We continued our journey to the famous traditonal Omani's souq, the Muttrah Souq located on the corniche. A lot of things are sold here, incense burner, abaya, gold and silver. We bought only Omani's kofia with nice design for Abi, Luqman and ami najib. The price is 2.5 riyal/kofia, machine made. and for handmade kofia, the price can be up to 30 riyal= rm300...mahal tu..

On the way to muttrah souq

inside the muttrah souq

nice omani ketayap

After shopping, we took a walk at corniche while watching the sunset before heading to Masjid Sultan Qaboos for night photography.

muttrah fort located nearby the muttrah souq
sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
corniche at night

At the Top of the World

2010-05-25T15:15:00.009+04:00

Burj Khalifa

Salam semua..

Tik tok tik tok lagi sebulan saja lagi untuk balik ke Malaysia. Sekarang rumah penuh dengan kotak-kotak untuk packing barang. Sekarang juga, kami tengah pulun untuk pusing tempat-tempat menarik sebelum meninggalkan negara UAE ini.

Minggu lepas, bersamaan 17/5/2010, kami ke Dubai Mall dan vroom..kami naik ke tingkat 124 daripada 200 of Burj Khalifa, bangunan tertinggi di dunia. Our trip to the top was at 10 in the morning and we managed to book the ticket earlier therefore we have to pay Dhs 100/adult. If to buy the ticket on the spot, we have to pay Dhs 400/person termasuk la kanak-kanak..terlampau la mahal.

Tiba di tingkat 124, kami terus menuju ke anjung tinjau, pemandangan dari atas memang sangat menakjubkan.. maklum lah ini pertama kali naik bangunan setinggi Burj Khalifa. KLCC pun belum naik lagi. Dari atas boleh nampak Dubai Mall, Syeikh Zayed Road dan kawasan sekitar Dubai. Memang cantik..

Selepas 1 jam berada di atas kami pun turun untuk cari makan di Dubai Mall pula..
Sekarang mari kita layan gambar-gambar ye..

For more information on Burj Khalifa click here

Luqman bergaya di depan Burj Khalifa at 930am.
Nice view from Dubai Mall
Posing lagi Pemandangan dari atas Syeikh Zayed Road..itu stesen monorail cantik kan

Dubai Mall

Luqman tengah menikmati pemandangan

Family photo Luqman dan Ummi

Bye bye Burj Khalifa..
Jalan jalan di Dubai Mall, nampak coklat yang sangat comel ini. Tempat makan di Dubai Mall tapi kami tak makan di sini pun.

Dubai Mall

Selamat Jalan Tun & Kuchai

2010-05-16T15:31:00.003+04:00

Salam..

Nampak gayanya nya orang Malaysia kat Abu Dhabi ni dah semakin surut gara-gara kemerosotan ekonomi. Minggu ini kenalan kami Tun dan Kuchai akan terbang balik ke Malaysia pada 19/5/10. Semoga perjalanan mereka dipermudahkan dan keep in touch ok.

Minggu lepas Tun dan Kuchai datang lunch di rumah ala-ala farewell lunch gitu. Walaupun kami baru saja kenal, tapi dah macam adik beradik pula. Apa apa pun nanti kita jumpa kat Malaysia, boleh buat piknik kat mana-mana:)

Abi & Kuchai
Ummi & Tun & hero yang dah kepenatan

Going back for good.

2010-05-14T19:17:00.002+04:00

Salam..

Dah lama tak update blog tercinta ini. Antara sebab-sebabnya kami tengah sibuk mengemas dan packing barang-barang untuk pulang ke tanah air tercinta. kali ini bukan pulang untuk bercuti tetapi pulang untuk selamanya..terasa gembira bercampur sedih. gembira dapat jumpa sanak saudara tapi sedih nak meninggalkan negara padang pasir ini setelah lebih kurang 1 1/2 tahun bermastautin di sini. lepas ini ummi bukan lagi seorang SAHM, ummi dah kena mula berkerja tahun depan, wah sedihnya nak meninggalkan anak-anak di nursery.

InsyaAllah kami akan balik pada pertengahan bulan depan, lagi sebulan je tinggal. Selamat tinggal Abu Dhabi.. panjang umur kita jumpa lagi

A weekend in Sharjah ~breakfast picnic

2010-05-05T09:37:00.001+04:00

scenic view along al khan lagoon

To conclude a long and eventful day we ended up spending the night at kak zu's house. The next morning we had breakfast ala2 picnic at Al Khan lagoon just across the road. Kak zu had prepared nasi lemak with special sambal sotong. We went out at 7.30am but the weather was quite hot, only then we realize that we are the only group enjoying the picnic that morning :) no wonder orang arab like to picnic at night

nasi lemak with sambal sotongready, get set....gooooooo! Luqman~playing nintendo with his buddies makan makan ramei-ramei After having a big breakfast, now it's time to exercise..lets go swimming
ingin ku petik bunga di taman Ummi and Luqman sharing the moment together-gether

Dah letih la tu.......

Wall vs scrap-book

2010-05-04T12:52:00.000+04:00

Luqman's new hobby is drawing on the wall. If he had a pencil or crayon, instead of drawing in his book, he'll start to scribble something on the wall. Yes, drawing is one way for him to learn but not on the wall. Now, Ummi has to find an interesting way to encourage Luqman to express his creativity on his scrap-book. But how? Any idea?

Luqman artistic expression etched on the wall..Yezza Luqman..teruskan usaha anda.. nanti Abi cat dinding ni :)

A weekend in Sharjah ~ Qanat Al Qasba

2010-05-03T09:41:00.001+04:00

Salam

Last Friday we received an invitation from Kak Zu & family for lunch at their home in Sharjah. It is one of the 7 emirates in UAE, just 30 minutes drive from Dubai but almost 2 hours from Abu Dhabi.

It was a get together event for x-PJH families in UAE (only 3 families). We arrived in Sharjah at 2.30pm with Nizam and Eti in tow..... to our delight the foods were already served on the table. Kak Zu had prepared rendang tok. lasagna, kurma ayam, air asam and delicious salad, plus Uncle Zaf with his fresh ikan bakar. nyum nyum..so yummylicious. After lunch, as usual the we had our sembang-sembang session while waiting for our next activity~a visit to Sharjah's famous canal, Qanat Al-Qasba.

Qanat al-Qasba is the most popular tourist attraction in Sharjah and is located near the corniche , about 10 minutes walk from kak zu's house. Restaurants and cafes are plenty with nice waterfront views and lively mini funfair.

The main attraction is the Eye of the Emirates, which offers great panoramic views of the Corniche and its surrounding areas. One can say its quite similar to the Eye on Malaysia (which we tried like 2 years ago). We took the ride on this and the view is really amazing. The tickets are Dhs30/adult and Dhs 15/children over 3 years old.

Arrived at Al Qasba eye of the emirates~views from inside the cabin After all the thrills and spills of the ferris wheel ride, we really enjoyed watching the musical fountain that dance to the music. All the children were very excited because they were allowed to play with the water while waiting for the next music.

children playing with water..luqman is thinking of joining the crowd.... opps..dapat pegang air pun jadi lah..
We end our trip with a ride on a traditional wooden boat known as abras. From the boat one can really enjoy the panoramic views of the walkways and the modern skycrapers of Sharjah. We took a private boat just for our group which cost only Dhs80/per boat.

waiting for the abra sharjah islamic bank building.. can you see a tamar tree at the centre, it is a real tree. nice kan.
x-PJH guys yang membawa diri ke uae, from left En.Nizam(dubai), En.Halim(abu dhabi) and En.Zaf(sharjah)scenic view from the abra

Fuddruckers@Al Wahda Mall, Abu Dhabi

2010-05-03T00:26:00.004+04:00

If you're a big fan of burgers and salads, you'll love this restaurant. Fuddruckers is one of our favourite restaurants in Abu Dhabi, offering wide range of burgers and salads. Usually we will eat at Marina Mall branch after penat berwindow shopping. But last two weeks, we went there and this branch was temporarily closed for renovation.. frust sangat , dah la tengah lapar. So, we decided to try the one at Al Wahdah Mall. I forgot to snap the pictures of the food, because I was too hungry. This time we've ordered a kid's meal and a burger complete with salad (salad boleh tambah2 itu yang best). Kononnya berdiet that's why Ummi and Abi were sharing the meal. Memang sedap!

So kawan-kawan kat abu dhabi, kalau ada masa try lah makan di sini :)

al wahda mall Coloring while waiting for the food
Ok boys its time to go home...

I love your blog

2010-05-02T23:18:00.006+04:00

I received this award from Syigim, my neighbour in Dubai, mother of 3 kays. Thanks a lot Syigim, I love your blog too. Now, I would like to pass this award to my friends because I love their blogs!

To neny, soon to be like martha stewart-versi Malaysia, mis- wish i can sew like her, my old friend sejak A level nana, my x-schoolmate nur, atun-my friend in abu dhabi, fairus in dubai, oyis a Dr to be in the UK and izma in jordan.

I really love these blogs because they are sharing a lot of info pasal masak-memasak, jahit menjahit, travelling experience and cerita ceriti family.

Sudilah terima award ini :)

Delicious Nasi Padang in Abu Dhabi

2010-04-26T12:47:00.009+04:00

Salam,

Have you tried an Indonesian food known as Nasi Padang before?

We had our first encounter with this dish in one of the restaurant in Bali 2 years ago and were pleasantly surprised when the waiter immediately proceeded to serve all the lauk-pauk in small serving with a plate of steam rice. And there we were sitting comfortably waiting for someone to take our orders...heh. At the end of the meal the waiter came and note down whatever we have eaten.

So last weekend was an opportunity to wet our tastebuds again when we had our special guest from Sharjah, Kak Zu and family, who came all the way to Abu Dhabi to try nasi padang at Sari Rasa Restoran. This restaurant is located behind Al Reyami Building, right in front of Abu Dhabi Mall. Parking was horrendous but we are so lucky to get a couple of nice spots quite close to the restaurant, which location might not be immediately visible from the main road. It is small and cosy restaurant but one have to go down to the basement to access all the the mouth watering dishes and the main dining hall. We arrived at 230pm and the restaurant is almost empty. Good timing!

There are plenty of sumptious dishes displayed besides the counter and it is ala-ala foodcourt di Uniten. Ambil nasi and lauk and show to the person at the counter. I had the rice with ikan bakar, terung masak sambal and a begedil for Luqman. Really yummy! I love this restaurant.. Kak Zu and family also enjoyed the food very much. Abi opted for nangka masak lomak, ayam goreng, sambal ikan bilis (his favourite) and sayur kerabu.

And for desserts we've ordered es campur. Its like ais kacang but without the ais sagat..it has cincau, nata de coco and avocado in it with 2 ketul of ice.. nice and sweet :). Average price for one person is around Dhs 30, which is ok for me. (Lagipun Uncle Zaf yang belanja...hehe)

Gendang gendut tali kecapi kenyang perut suka hati.. next time kami datang lagi.

Kak Zu with her new camera at our house The only picture, Es Campur. Yang lain tak sempat ambil sebab lapar sangat..
Rombongan ke Restoran Sari Rasa, happy lepas kenyang makan
That night we went to Khalifa Park to see the much publicised funfair and circus galore. Much to our disappointment there were limited rides and fun activities for the children. But all is not lost....I've won a teddy bear for the first time in my life! Yeayyy....

Grabbing the thrown teddy once yours truly is declared the winner...
A ride for ummi and Luqman
We had the best of time and Luqman really enjoy all the rides.

Ahlan Wa Sahlan ya Sharifah...

2010-04-22T14:03:00.004+04:00

Salam.

Alhamdulillah semalam, 5 Jamadilawal 1413H bersamaan 21 April 2010, Luqman mendapat seorang lagi sepupu baru.. kali ini sepupu girl pula. Namanya Sharifah.. tapi belum tau Sharifah apa.. Ini anak sulung Ami Najib dan Nda Mala. Dilahirkan di Seremban, berat semasa lahir 4 kg. Tembam kan..InsyaAllah bulan Jun ni kita jumpa ya!

Weekend Picnic

2010-04-19T12:20:00.010+04:00

Salam.

Jumaat lepas Irma ajak untuk breakfast picnic di tepian pantai, jadi dengan tak fikir panjang kami pun setuju untuk join sebab inilah first time nak jumpa Cik Irma yang selama ni cuma kenal dalam blog saja. Kami sampai pukul 8am tapi cuaca dah start panas.. walaupun panas ramai pulak mat and mek saleh berjemur di tepian pantai dan ramai juga yang ambil peluang terjun laut sebab airnya dah tak sejuk macam waktu winter dulu.

Dalam pukul 830am setelah semua berkumpul kami pun memulakan acara makan. Luqman dengan Humairah pula seronok sangat main together gether sampai tak ingat nak makan. Selepas makan kami pun memulakan acara terjun laut yeay!!

Baru pukul 1030am tapi cuaca teramat panas dah macam pukul 1pm, apa lagi kami pun mula beransur balik sebab dah tak tahan panas! Sudah masuk summer di sini, musim yang paling panas teramat..waktu macam ni terasa rindunya nak balik Malaya..sabar sabar tak lama lagi dah nak balik for good.. bestnya :)

Luqman and his new friend, Aisyah Humairah. Main sama sama tanpa suara Aikk sama pula position duduknya Saya nak main bola pula Inilah kumpulan berkelah kali ini dari kiri Irma, Tun, ummi dan HaniMenu berkelah nasi lemak, kuih kacang, mihun goreng dan spaghetti goreng Luqman dan air bagaikan isi dan kuku..dah masuk dalam air susah nak keluar Panasnya Berenang solo Group photo sebelum beransur balik.
Selamat pulang bercuti ke Malaysia, Irma..kalau panjang umur kita jumpa lagi

Weekend Outing - Atlantis, Dubai

2010-04-14T11:00:00.000+04:00

Entry to The Lost Chamber

Right after watching the dolphins, we continue our journey to the Atlantis, Dubai. Atlantis is located at the centre of the crescent of Palm Jumeirah and it is the most impressive hotel in Dubai with a big aquarium inside it. We took this opportunity to visit the lost chamber loacated inside the hotel. The entrance fee is Dhs 100/person and it was really worth it. But we missed the whale shark because the hotel already released it to the sea last month.

View of Atlantis Palm Jumeirah Luqman amazed with the view...and so are we! There are variety of fish: sharks, manta ray, bumphead parrotfish etc.
Collection of small fish: nemo, dory and the gang

Jellyfish Morays- look agressive but actually they actually very shy animals

Lionfish

Catfish (ikan keli)- Saiznya sangat besar Piranha- nampak cute tapi bahaya. Berasal dari Amazon River, South America. Goliath Groupers- can change their sex to meet their partner requirement! Arapaima-South American fresh water fish

Atlantis at night

Thank you for this jalan-jalan session :0 . The view from the Palm Jumeirah crescent.

See you next time !

Weekend Outing at Dubai Dolphinarium

2010-04-12T01:00:00.000+04:00

Salam,

Last Friday we all went to Dubai Dolphinarium to see the much talk about dolphin show. It is conveniently located at Dubai Creek next to the Children Park and took us about 2 hours to reach there from Abu Dhabi (plus Abi's 'sesat' escapade with the Garmin right before Maktoum bridge...heh).

Our geng pengembaraan managed to get budget tickets to watch the morning show at Dhs 50/ person for adult and it's free for Luqman and Eiliyah, with Dhiya at half price. Mind you the normal price for the ticket is Dhs100 (120 for 'VIP' tickets..sheesh!) and this is indeed a bargain.

We were entertained by the ever so adorable dolphins and seals for 1 hour ++ and it was a very exciting show. Luqman enjoyed himself very much and he kept pointing at the dolphins and said 'dog..dog..' :) The dolphins are very clever and they can interact very well with their Russian instructor.. ermmm I wonder whether these dolphins can understand other language..

The performance started with the seals..
The seals are stealing the limelight with their singing........

Here they come..the dolphins!!

Wowww!! No other words can describe this.... Very entertaining performance, these dolphin can hula, jump through hoops...and sing!

All of them have names but I couldn't remember any...
Swishhh to the left, and Swooosh to the right....
Happy boys.. Luqman (and Abi) tersangatlah excited bila tengok dolphins melompat lompat

Dolphins waving goodbye after finishing their performance

Family photo...we had a wonderful time. Highly recommended for a great family outing.

If you want to know more about Dubai Dolphinarium, you can click here

Luqman suka...

2010-04-05T14:29:00.001+04:00

Modes of Transportation from Readeez on Vimeo.

Luqman dah 18 bulan

2010-04-04T14:12:00.003+04:00

Salam

Lama betul tak update milestone heroku Luqman Hakim. InsyaAllah bulan ni Luqman dah genap 1 1/2 tahun, pejam celik sekejap saja masa berlalu, dah besar dah hero ummi sorang ni. Alhamdulillah..

Luqman dah pandai membebel sorang2, antara perkataan yang dia dah boleh cakap and kami faham ialah

1. nak nak nak.. sambil tunjuk kat benda yang dia nak

2. car..atau bunyi tarr.. untuk semua jenis kenderaan beroda 4

3. dog. untuk semua jenis binatang... kucing dan burung pun dia panggil dog

Luqman pun dah pandai dengar arahan, kalau nak keluar suruh pakai shoes nanti berlari lari ambil kasut nak pakai..kalau dengar azan nanti dia pun angkat tangan takbir dan dah pandai angkat tangan untuk baca doa makan.. hehe cute sangat.

Semoga Luqman terus membesar dan jadi seorang anak yang soleh.. aminnn

Hobi Luqman

2010-03-30T12:13:00.003+04:00

Luqman's hobby is reading and his favourite book is Baby's World, a gift from Dhiya and Liya on Luqman's first birthday.

Beautiful Blogger Award

2010-03-25T17:43:00.003+04:00

Salam semua,

Dah lama tak dapat award, hari ni dapat award beautiful blogger la pula, thanks to Nur dan Irma for this award. Tapi nak ambil award ni ada syarat la pula:

1. Thank and link the person that give the award.
Terma kasih ya Nur dan Irma, semoga persahabatan berkekalan abadi :)

2.Pass this award to 15 other bloggers that you've recently discovered and think are fantastic:
Dian, Nana, Neny, Ira, Mis, Paji, Syigim, Kak Yong, Nur Misnan, Ummifaqeh, Oyis, Fida

3. Contact them all to tell that they've won the award.

4. State 7 things about yourself:

1. seorg yang simple
2. suka jalan jalan
3. mudah berkawan
4. makanan kegemaran laksa
5. suka tgk hindustan
6. cita cita: nak habiskan amik lesen scuba diving balik malaysia nanti :)

sekian...

Jordan - Part 5

2010-03-23T12:00:00.012+04:00

Salam to all,

Today I want to share my experience in Jerash, situated about 48km from Amman, it was once a Roman city. Jerash is a very beautiful place and it is one of the largest and most preserved sites of Roman architecture in the world outside Italy. For more information on the history of Jerash , you can go here. Sekarang mari kita tengok gambar.

Jerash, Hadrian's Arch. Ini pintu masuk ke kota Jerash, selepas masuk terus nampak Hippodrome di sebelah kiri.
Performance ala-ala gladiator at Hipprodrome.

Jerash is a very big place, it is a must visit place after Petra. Pemandangan yang sangat cantik. Roman theater. Kat sini kalau bercakap tak payah pakai mikrofon. Playing before watching the orchestra performance

One of the Roman temples

Cardo Maximus- The Cardo or Collonaded Street

Columns at Collonaded Street

The Oval Plaza, the spacious plaza measures 90 x 80 m and is surrounded by a broad sidewalk and a colonnade of 1st century Ionic columns.

At the end of the Collonade Street

Beautiful scenery
Sekian

Tanah Palestin..milik siapa?

2010-03-21T16:41:00.005+04:00

Salam semua,

Hari ini baru saja lepas menonton siaran berita AlJazeera, sungguh geram dengan Yahudi jahanam yang menyerang dan membunuh rakyat awam tanpa belas kasihan. Yahudi memang tak berhati perut, merampas tanah orang dan membina negara sendiri di tanah kepunyaan orang lain.

Sebelum ini saya sendiri tertanya-tanya mengapakah Yahudi sanggup berhempas pulas merampas dan membina negara di Bumi Palestin ini? Saya juga keliru adakah kaum Yahudi ini ialah Bani Israel yang disebut-sebut di dalam Al Quran? Adakah Bani Israel ini keturunan Bani Arab juga? Keliru sungguh walaupun sebenarnya sejarah Islam telah diajar di sekolah dulu tapi memori ini ingat-ingat lupa pasal kisah kisah Nabi dan sejarah Islam.. isk isk. Perjalanan kami kebumi Mesir dan Jordan membuatkan saya minat untuk membaca kembali kisah-kisah sejarah Islam ini. Sekarang kekeliruan dah terjawab bila terbaca kisah di dalam blog Ustaz Al Amin dan saya ingin berkongsi ilmu dengan semua pembaca..

Ini ialah kisah dari pembacaan dalam buku dan blog Ustaz Al Amin.

Kita mulakan dengan kisah hijrahnya Nabi Ibrahim a.s ke Hebron yang terletak di Palestin dari Iraq. Baginda datang ke Hebron dengan sepupu baginda Nabi Lut a.s. Mereka berdua adalah ahli perniagaan yang berjaya.

Sesampainya ke Hebron, baginda telah berkahwin dengan Siti Sarah manakala Nabi Lut a.s telah melanjutkan perjalanannya ke Kota Sodum (tapak laut mati sekarang).

Nabi Ibrahim kemudiannya ke Mesir. Selepas beberapa ketika di Mesir, maka Nabi Ibrahim kembali ke Hebron. Sekembalinya ke Hebron baginda berkahwin pula dengan Siti Hajar.

Dari Siti Hajar lahirlah Nabi Ismail dan dari Siti Sarah lahirlah Nabi Ishak.

Nabi Ismail kemudiannya dibawa ke Mekah bersama ibunya. Siti Hajar ditinggalkan di kawasan padang pasir dengan anaknya Ismail. Masih ingat cerita Siti Hajar berlari lari anak sebanyak 7 kali di antara Bukit Safa dan Marwah untuk mencari air? Bila beliau pulang ke tempat Nabi Ismail, beliau terkejut melihat air keluar dari tempat tapak kaki Ismail menendang dan inilah air Zamzam dan kawasan ini kemudian menjadi kawasan penempatan yang subur, Dari keturunan Nabi Ismail inilah lahir bangsa Arab.

Nabi Ishak masih tetap di Hebron. Baginda kemudiannya berkahwin dengan Rifqah (Rebecca) dan mendapat anak bernama Ya'kub.

Nabi Yaakub berkahwin dengan Liqiyyah (Liyah) mendapat anak seramai 12 orang yang akhirnya dinisbahkan 12 suku Bani Israel. Anak-anak Nabi Yaakub termasuklah Nabi Yusuf dan Binyamin. Nabi Yaakub dianggap bapa kepada Bani Israel. oleh sebab itu Makam Nabi Yaakub sekarang dikawal ketat oleh tentera Yahudi dan orang Islam hanya dibenarkan masuk 10 kali setahun di hari hari kebesaran Islam.

Ketika kecil Nabi Yusuf telah dibuang ke perigi, baginda telah diambil oleh pedagang dan dibawa ke Mesir. Secara ringkasnya, setelah dewasa, akhirnya Baginda Yusuf menjadi menteri hal ehwal makanan setelah dapat mentafsir mimpi raja bahawa akan berlakunya kemarau yang panjang. Semua penduduk dari serata tempat datang untuk mengambil makanan dari Mesir bila berlaku kemarau tidak terkecuali keluarga Nabi Yaakub dari Hebron. Selepas bertemu keluarganya Nabi Yusuf telah membawa seluruh keluarganya ke Mesir. Bermulalah sejarah Bani Israel di Mesir.

Selama beberapa keturunan mereka di sana, menjadikan mereka menguasai Mesir dan bersikap sombong. Bangsa Qibti yang memang berasal dari Mesir ini akhirnya menjadikan mereka hamba. Semakin hari semakin tertekan hinggalah sampai zaman firaun dan Nabi Musa. Nabi Musalah yang membawa 12 suku Bani Israel keluar dari Mesir dan menuju ke Palestin dengan melalui Jordan. (Sila baca kisahnya semasa mengenai Mount Nebo). Allah menyatakan di dalam Al Quran yang Bani Israel akan mentap di tanah suci ini dengan aman.

Nabi Musa wafat sebelum sempat membawa Bani Israel masuk ke Palestin. Setelah beratus tahun, misinya diteruskan oleh anak muridnya Nabi Yusyak (makamnya ada di Jordan). Ketika itu Palestin telah ada penduduk asal iaitu bangsa Kan'an. Bangsa inilah penduduk asal Palestin.

Mereka semua duduk aman damai hinggalah mereka ditindas oleh seorang penguasa jahat bernama Jalut. Bani Israel melalui Nabi mereka bermunajat pada Allah supaya diutuskan seorang pemimpin, maka Allah mengutuskan seorang pemimpin bernama Talut. Berperanglah keduanya. Orang yang dapat membunuh jalut ialah seorang keturunan Israel bernama Nabi Daud.

Bagi mengenang jasa, Nabi Daud telah berkahwin dengan anak Talut. Ketika Talut meninggal, maka Nabi Daud menaiki tahta dan Nabi Daud merupakan raja pertama bagi Bani Israel. Kerajaan ini diganti oleh anaknya Nabi Sulaiman. Pada tahun 967 s.m (sebelum masihi), Nabi Sulaiman mendirikan istananya yang besar untuk semua beribadah kepada Allah.

Selepas kewafatan Nabi Sulaiman, maka tahta ini diganti oleh keturunan Bani Israel hinggalah tahun 586 s.m apabila kota Jerusalem dihanguskan oleh seorang raja bernama Nabuchatnizar dari Iraq. Raja ini juga telah menghancurkan istana Nabi Sulaiman. Dari tahun ini, Bani Israel tidak mempunyai kuasa hinggalah Rom menawan mereka.

Pada tahun 37 s.m, Rom telah melantik wakilnya dari Bani Israel iatu Raja Herod untuk membantu memerintah Palestin. Ketika inilah Raja Herod membangunkan kembali Istana Sulaiman. Ketika kelahiran Nabi Isa, Raja Herod cuba membunuh Nabi Isa kerana berpendapat bahawa Isa akan merampas tahtanya ketika besar nanti. Nabi Isa dilarikan ke Mesir selama dua tahun dan kembali ke Palestin setelah Raja Herod mati. Herod digantikan oleh anaknya iaitu Raja Herod Agripa dan terjadilah peristiwa pembunuhan Nabi Zakariya, Yahya dan pemburuan Nabi Isa. Nabi Isa kemudiannya diangkat Nabi Isa ke langit.

Sebagai kehinaan dari Allah, pada tahun 70 m (masihi) Rom telah menyerang dan menghancurkan Jerusalem. Sejak tahun 70 m inilah, Bani Israel keluar dan duduk di merata-rata tempat. Mereka tidak berani untuk datang ke Palestin kerana takutkan Rom.

Mereka menunggu kedatangan Nabi akhir zaman yang diisyaratkan lahirnya dibumi Tihamah iaitu tanah rendah yang banyak pokok tamar. Mereka mencari di mana Tihamah ini. Akhirnya, mereka berpendapat Tihamah ialah Madinah Munawwarah. Pada ketika itu nama tempat ini ialah Yathrib. Bani Israel beramai-ramai pindah ke Madinah, beranak pinak di sana kerana mengharapkan Nabi akhir zaman lahir dari Bani Israel. Rupanya Allah menghendaki bahawa nabi akhir zaman lahir dari bangsa Arab dan lahirlah Nabi Muhammad s.a.w junjungan kita di bumi Mekah. Nabi Muhammad adalah dari keturunan Nabi Ismail.

Sebahagian besar Bani Israel menolak kenabian Muhammad saw dan bagi mereka yang tidak beriman inilah, digelar oleh Allah sebagai Yahudi. Kemuncak penentangan mereka ialah apabila mereka cuba mengkhinatai Nabi saw dan akhirnya mereka semua diperangi dan keluar dari Madinah.

Yahudi duduk bersepah-sepah. Mereka hanya kembali ke Palestin pada tahun 1187 m apabila Salahuddin al-Ayubi mengalahkan tentera Salib. Istana Sulaiman yang dihancurkan pada tahun 70 m ini habis dan hanya tinggal sekeping tembok (walling wall) sekarang menjadi tempat ibadah mereka.

Propoganda untuk menubuhkan negara Israel telah bermula dihujung kurun ke 19 dan akhirnya dengan bantuan British, pada tahun 1948, negara Israel telah ditubuhkan.

Dari rentetan sejarah ini, jelaslah bahawa, Israel hanyalah pendatang. Palestin bukan tanah asal mereka. Bangsa Kan'an (orang Palestin sekarang) adalah penduduk asal tanah ini.

Mereka sedang berusaha menipu sejarah dengan menyatakan bahawa merekalah penduduk asal tanah ini.

Walau apa pun, kesombongan mereka menyebabkan mereka menganggap bangsa lain adalah setaraf binatang. Mereka menganggap mereka bangsa pilihan, mereka menganggap mereka dijadikan khas oleh tuhan dan merekalah satu-satunya bangsa yang boleh menegur tuhan.

Sekarang terjawab sudah milik siapakah tanah Palestin ini, rupanya bangsa Yahudi menganggap mereka sangat mulia kerana semua Nabi kecuali Nabi Muhammad adalah dari bani Israel, dan semua tempat bersejarah di Palestin sepatutnya dikongsi bersama Muslim dan Yahudi dianggap hanya untuk Yahudi..sungguh tidak adil. Sekarang di Palestin tempat yang tidak di ambil dari Muslim hanya Temple Mount tempat dipercayai dimana Nabi Muhammad dibawa ke langit semasa Isra' Mikraj.

Sesungguhnya, al-Quran menyatakan bahawa, orang yang paling mulia ialah orang yang paling bertaqwa. Mulia tidak terletak kepada keturunan. Ia terletak kepada iman di dada. Walau apa bangsa dan keturunan pun, jika beriman, maka mereka mulia di sisi Allah.

Kisah yang agak panjang tapi menarik untuk dikongsi dengan semua..

Ini buku kanak kanak mengenai kisah kisah Nabi dari Goodwordbooks tapi saya suka baca buku ini sebab bahasa yang mudah dan ada gambar tempat tempat yang bersejarah.

Jordan - Part 4

2010-03-16T13:49:00.001+04:00

Salam to all,

Nowadays, I'm not in the mood to update about my journey in Jordan, but still, I have a lot to things to share with my friends. So lets continue.. After a very tiring journey, we arrived Dead Sea at night and decided to stay at Dead Sea Marriot Hotel. It was a very beautiful hotel and the staffs were so friendly.

Islamic history of Dead Sea:

Dead Sea once was known as Sodom city the land in which Prophet Lut lived. The people in the town considered wicked for their acts of homosexuality. Allah punishment's arrived when two angels in the form of handsome men were sent down by Allah as guests for Lut to host. When Lut's people heard of the men, they rushed to Lut's house with their explicit intentions and asked Lut to turn over these men to them.

This was the final test for the people of Lut in which they failed so the angel Jibrail raised the land where the prophet's people lived, tipped it upside down and threw it back on earth, causing the ground near the impact to cave in. Thus, the lowest land on Earth was formed because of this punishment. The non-believers (in the monotheism doctrine) were destroyed and the followers were saved and continued their life in Jerussalem just 60 km from the Dead Sea.

The sura of ar-Rum of the Quran refers to the Dead Sea as the lowest place on Earth..

Source: Wikipedia

Big breakfast at Dead Sea Valley Marriot Hotel and we were so lucky to meet Mr Chef. He is a Palestinian, just across the sea but he never been to Palestine... It was named Dead Sea because no life possible in the sea due to high salt and mineral contents in its water. Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth and nobody can't sink in it.

Beautiful scenery at the hotel The West Bank is just across the sea
I want to swim it was too cold Happy boys in action Family picture Semoga kita boleh mengambil iktibar daripada kisah-kisah dahulu..

"Berjalanlah kamu (di muka) bumi, lalu perhatikanlah bagaimana akibat orang-orang yang berdosa. "

New Hair Cut

2010-03-14T13:34:00.005+04:00

Salam semua..

Pertama kali Luqman potong rambut ialah pada bulan 10 tahun lepas sebelum balik raya di Kid's Salon terletak dalam bangunan Carrefour di Abu Dhabi. Mamat Arab yang buat tu agak kasar, di pegangnya kepala Luqman pastu terus menjalankan tugasnya tanpa mempedulikan Luqman yang menangis meraung raung.. waduhh ummi nak try pujuk tapi kena marah pula dengan mamat tu. GERAM. Lepas peristiwa tu Abi terus tekad lepas no more tears..Abi akan jadi official barber untuk Luqman sampai Luqman besar.. Jadi weekend lepas sekali lagi Abi menjalankan tugasnya..

Sebelum proses..rambut agak berserabai dan kerinting. Walaupun disikat tetap tak kemas
Dalam proses...Tips: Tiap2 kali nak gunting rambut pasang la DVD Geng Pengembaraan Upin dan Ipin. ps: Abaikan pemandangan background yang berselerak tu
Selepas.. Yeay dah hensem dah..lagi kemas dan bergaya
Sekian saja kali ini..
Soalan: start umur berapa kalian bawa anak kalian ke kedai gunting? ke kalian juga gunting rambut sendiri..

Jordan - Ashabul Kahfi

2010-03-09T14:56:00.004+04:00

Salam semua..

Di Jordan kami juga berkesempatan menziarahi Gua Ashbul Kahfi yang terletak di atas bukit. Kawasan tersebut dikenali sebagai Abu Alanda dan agak terpencil..sesat juga nak mencari tempatnya. Terdapat pandangan yang mengatakan bahawa kisah ini berlaku di Turki, Jordan, Syria, Arab Saudi dan Sepanyol. Tetapi lokasi yang paling kuat yang mempunyai ciri-ciri gua seperti diceritakan di dalam Al Quran ialah di Abu Alanda, Jordan.Masih ingat kisah Ashabul Kahfi?

Ashabul Kahfi adalah satu kisah di dalam Al Quran dalam Surah Kahfi mulai ayat 9 hingga 26. Ayat di dalam Surah tersebut menceritakan bagaimana 7 orang pemuda yang beriman kepada Allah melarikan diri ke sebuah gua dan Allah menidurkan mereka selama 309 tahun Qamariah (300 tahun Shamsiah) sehingga mereka tidak dapat dibangunkan oleh suara apa sekalipun.

Menurut ahli sejarah, kisah ini berlaku pada zaman sebelum kedatangan Islam. Asalnya penduduk negeri itu beriman kepada Allah dan beribadat mengesakanNya. Namun keadaan berubah selepas kedatangan seorang raja bernama Diqyanus. Raja ini menganut fahaman kufur/berhala dan ia memaksa rakyat di bawah pemerintahannya supaya murtad dari agama Allah yang dibawa Nabi Isa a.s. dan bertukar kepada agama kufur/berhala yang dianutinya. Rakyat yang takut dengan ancaman dan siksaan raja itu terpaksa akur dengan arahan yang zalim itu.

Namun tujuh pemuda beriman tadi tidak mahu tunduk dengan tekanan raja kafir itu. Mereka tetap teguh mempertahankan aqidah mereka walaupun menyedari nyawa dan diri mereka mungkin terancam dengan berbuat demikian. Akhirnya mereka dipanggil mengadap raja itu. Di hadapan raja yang zalim itu, mereka dengan penuh berani dan bersemangat berhujjah mempertahankan iman dan prinsip aqidah ilahi yang mereka yakini.

Walaupun tidak mampu menjawab hujjah-hujjah yang mantap dari pemuda-pemuda beriman ini, raja yang kufur dan zalim itu tetap berkeras mahu mereka murtad dari agama mereka. Ia memberikan tempoh beberapa hari kepada mereka. Jika selepas tempoh itu pemuda-pemuda ini tetap berkeras, maka mereka akan dimurtadkan secara paksa atau akan dibunuh.

Kerana sayangkan aqidah dan agama mereka, pemuda-pemuda ini bermesyuarat sesama mereka untuk mencari keputusan yang muafakat; apakah tindakan yang sepatutnya diambil untuk mempertahankan diri dan juga agama mereka? Akhirnya mereka memutuskan untuk lari bersembunyi dan berlindung di dalam gua di kawasan pedalaman.

Inilah pintu masuk gua, kami sampai terlewat pintu dah ditutup.. tapi alhamdulillah masih berpeluang menziarahi gua ini Mereka sampai di satu gua dan tertidur didalamnya selama 300 tahun. Walaupun mereka tidur amat lama dan tanpa makan dan minum, tetapi dengan kuasa Allah, badan dan jasad mereka tidak hancur dan musnah.Ketika mereka bangun mereka sendiri tidak menyedari bahawa mereka tidur dalam jangka masa yang amat lama. Mereka menyangka mereka hanya tidur dalam masa sehari atau separuh hari sahaja.

Apabila mereka bangun, “Berkatalah salah seorang di antara mereka: "Sudah berapa lamakah kamu berada (di sini?)". Mereka menjawab: "Kita berada (di sini) sehari atau setengah hari….”. (al-Kahfi: 19)

Allah mendedahkan perihal pemuda-pemuda ashabul kahfi itu semasa wakil mereka itu datang ke kota hendak membeli makanan. Ia merasa hairan melihat keadaan kota dan penduduknya berubah sama sekali. Penduduk kota pula merasa hairan melihat keadaan wakil itu dan mereka semakin syak apabila mereka melihat wang perak yang dibawanya ialah wang zaman dahulu yang sudah tidak laku lagi. Ia dituduh menjumpai harta karun lalu dibawa mengadap raja yang beriman dan mengambil berat hal agama.

Setelah mendengar kisahnya, raja dan orang-orangnya berangkat ke gua ashabul kahfi bersama wakil itu, lalu berjumpa dengan pemuda-pemuda itu sekeliannya dan mendengar kisah mereka. Sejurus kemudian pemuda-pemuda itu pun dimatikan Allah sesudah memberi ucapan selamat tinggal kepada raja yang beriman itu dan orang-orangnya.

Matahari terbenam. Pemandangan dari atas gua . Terdapat satu lubang dari atas gua ini dan menurut pandangan, pemuda-pemuda itu terbangun disebabkan cahaya matahari yang masuk kedalam gua melalui lubang tersebut. Masjid yang terdapat di sebelah gua Ashabul Kahfi

Pemuda pemuda ini adalah manusia yang sangat hebat dan teguh iman, semoga kita dikurniakan zuriat yang hebat seperti mereka..aminn

Bazar Malaysia & Jalan2 di Dubai

2010-03-08T13:08:00.003+04:00

Salam semua..

Guess where did we go last weekend? Yezza.. we went to Dubai for a weekend getaway and jalan jalan cari makan at Bazaar Malaysia held at CG's house every friday in March from 4pm -7pm. This time, it was held together with the Chinese New Year celebration. There were a lot of yummy foods!! Cendol, satay laksa, seri muka, mee bandung and a lot more... The best part of the day was the dragon dance, Luqman really enjoyed it. After that, all the kids also got ang pow from Puan Sarah.

From top left, angpow giveway, Luqman layan diri ambil limau, lion dance and variety of foods..

It was a Malaysians get together time, kat sini boleh jumpa semua orang dan beramah mesra. For the first time, ummi met her blogger friend, Syigim. Selama ni kenal dalam internet je..

From top left, laksa yang yummy..beli terus makan, Luqman met Dhiya and Eiliyah, Ummi and Syigim, Luqman kena marah dengan auntie baju hitam sebab main benda benda art dia

Oh ya, in the morning, we went to one of the shopping malls in Dubai, Wafi. It is a beautiful place with and one thing special about Wafi is it has authentic souq inside the mall, known as Khan Murjan Souq. There are many traditional shops where we can get crafts and Arab arts with nice decoration from across the Arab worlds. But as usual we did not buy anything hehe.

Top left, variety of traditional lamps, magical coloured ceiling.

Khan Murjan also had its own traditional restaurant served Arabian foods and entertained by 'live' traditional musics. I think it was a very nice place to had lunch.. next time may be I'll come here again..

Top left, we went to Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world and enjoyed the night view, then we went to Dubai Mall to see the dancing fountain, the restaurant at Khan Murjan, Wafi and a beautiful masjid near Burj Al Arab.

Itu saja activity weekend kami.. next time we will go to Dubai again for more exciting journey.. adios!!

Jordan - Part 3

2010-03-04T15:19:00.007+04:00

Salam..

On the 3rd day, we had the opportunity to visit Petra, the most amazing place that I have ever seen. Before that let me tell some history and story about Petra.

Petra adalah kawasan tinggalan ummat Nabi Salleh a.s iaitu kaum Tsamud. Seperti mana yang kita tahu bahawa kaum Tsamud memang dianugerahkan oleh Allah kepakaran dan kemahiran memahat gunung untuk dijadikan istana dan penempatan mereka seperti yang disebut dalam surah al Araaf ayat 74.

"dan kenanglah ketika Allah menjadikan kamu khalifah-khalifah sesudah kaum Aad dan ditempatkan kamu di bumi, (dengan diberi kemudahan) untuk kamu mendirikan istana-istana di tanah yang rata, dan kamu memahat gunung ganangnya untuk dijadikan rumah maka kenanglah nikmat-nikmat Allah itu dan janganlah kamu bermaharajalela melakukan kerosakan di muka bumi"

Tsamud are people that deny the teaching of Prophet Saleh, and even slaughtered a female camel which is miracle of Prophet Saleh and challanged azab for them. Allah answered the challenge with the earthquake disaster and powerful lightning so no one left. And Thamud became extinct. Amazingly, their works is still left to show the existence of great builder who has Allah destroyed because of their unbelief. Nauzubillah..

Saat menyusuri bangunan yang dipahat dari batu batu ini..terasa betapa hebatnya mereka ini dan pasti sampai sekarang tiada seorang pun yang boleh menandingi kepakaran mereka.. Tapi siapakah yang mencipta mereka? Sesungguhnya Allah yang berlipat kali ganda hebat..

Sekarang mari kita tengok gambar..

The magical Siq, the entrance to Petra, about 1 km journey before arriving to the majestic city of Petra.

The Khazneh, called the Treasury, the best known monuments in Jordan! It was constructed and carved out of the hill of rocks. Subhanallah! Cannot imagined how they did this.
Petra is also known as the Lost City, after 14th century Petra was completely lost to the western world. It was rediscovered by a Swiss traveller in 1812.
Another monument
The Royal Tombs Petra is really a huge city, located in the middle of the deserts and surrounded by mountains. One day is not enough to discover all the monuments in this rose red city.

Near Qasr al Bint, where tourist can hire a donkey with a guide to the Monastery also known as Al Deir, another 1 hour journey to the top of the hill.. no thanks

Must buy souvenirs, colourful sand in the bottles and they can write our name in it.

Our transport, thanks Mr Horse..see you next time

Selepas berjalan jalan di dalam Petra, kami meneruskan perjalanan ke Dead Sea melalui Wadi Araba, pemandangannya sangat cantik. Walaupun penat, memang rasa berbaloi ikut jalan bengkang bengkok ni.

Winding road from Petra to Dead Sea, 5 hours adventurous journey Along the road to Dead Sea Abi practising his photography skill...modelnya pokok yang statik ini Beautiful scenery Yes! that's Dead Sea

Jumpsac SSC best!

2010-03-04T13:39:00.005+04:00

Salam,

Harini Ummi nak bercerita sedikit mengenai jumpsacbaby ssc yang dibeli semata-mata nak travel ke Jordan sebab based on others experienced Jordan is not a stroller-friendly country. Jadi setelah mencari cari yang sesuai di hati dan selalu usha-usha Ira punye ssc jadi terus ummi beli jumpsac ssc ni.. Alhamdulillah memang berbaloi rasanya ada ssc especially untuk travelling. Kali pertama pakai ssc ni, masa visit Jordan la, alhamdulillah Luqman selesa sampai tertidur dengan amannya.

Sampai di depan Khaznah (treasury) Luqman dah tertidur, tapi lupa pulak nak attach sleeping hood tu, kekok sikit sebab first time guna
Still sleeping, the hood is attached, sekarang ummi dah hands-free

Jumpsac SSC makes life easier, senang nak berjalan-jalan jauh di tempat berbatu batu ini dan Luqman pun selesa. Highly recommended!! My hubby pun suka.

ps: Dian apa tunggu lagi dapatkan di pasaran :)

Journey to Jordan - Part 2

2010-03-02T12:32:00.001+04:00

On the second day in Jordan, the weather was really bad in Petra. Therefore, we decided to change to Plan B. Visit Wadi Rum instead of Petra. Wadi Rum is about 1 1/2 hour drive from Petra. Wadi Rum is a protected area and the tourists can get around in Wadi Rum by arranging a local guide in advanced.

Ribut salji dalam perjalanan dari Petra ke Wadi Rum

Selepas 1 1/2jam perjalanan we arrived at Wadi Rum Tourist's Centre and the weather is nice..
Sebelum memulakan perjalanan we had a quick lunch and tea at Bedouin Camp, encik Attayak ini jamu kami roti dengan kuah macam dal tu simple tapi sedap.. sebab lapar sangat kami makan banyak!! Macam biasa Luqman excited tengok api tu..

Nabatean incription kat batu batu.Pemandangan yang sangat cantik..Subhanallah
House of Lawrence the Arabia, the british officer who was based here during the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans in World War 1. En Attayak kata pengambaran filem Lawrence of Arabia juga dibuat di sini.

Wadi Rum, the desert of mountains One of the natural rock bridges in Wadi Rum Luqman is having fun..

Nak tengok incription kena masuk melalui batu batu ini

After our tour in Wadi Rum, we decided to continue our journey to the southern part of Jordan which is Aqaba. Aqaba is one of the famous places for diving, but we don't have the opportunity to visit interesting places in Aqaba because of the time constraint.

Sunset in Red Sea, Aqaba
Sekian..

Journey to Jordan - Part 1

2010-02-17T17:59:00.007+04:00

Salam to all,

We just came back from our trip to Jordan last week. It was a 5 days and 4 nights trip. We arrived Jordan at 11am, 3/2/2010 after a 3 hours flight from Abu Dhabi. At the airport, a guy from Monte Carlo car rental company already waited for us and passed the car key to Abi. In Jordan, it's easier to drive compared to Egypt since the roads are in good condition and many signboards available in English.

Our first destination is Mount Nebo, the place where the Christians believed Prophet Musa was buried after Allah showed him the promised land. It was believed Mount Nebo is Prophet Musa's last stop, after he killed a coptic in Egypt and ran to Jordan.

Beautiful scenery from Mount Nebo
Mt Nebo Museum
All the way to the top of the hill Holy place for Christians and also a historical site for Muslims With our tour guide, Ali..at the back is a monument stands at Mount Nebo From here, we can see the Jordan Valley River, Dead Sea, Palestine, Jericho and Jerusalem. The place where Nabi Musa viewed the Promised Land before he passed away at aged of 120.
Mount Nebo is a very beautiful and impressive place to visit.. our next destination is Petra.

Balik Kampung January 2010

2010-02-11T11:57:00.012+04:00

Salam,

Lama betul mendiamkan diri, bukan apa kami sefamili baru saja balik bercuti tapi sebelum bercerita pasal percutian, nak cerita dulu pasal balik kampung tempoh hari.
Januari lepas Luqman balik kampung dengan Ummi saja sebab Abi tengah sibuk nak closed up projek. Jadi terpaksa lah Ummi travel dengan Luqman buat pertama kali, nasib baik Luqman begitu baik sekali di dalam flight, Alhamdulillah..

Chelah dan tok jemput Luqman di KLIA dan kami stay di Bangi selama 3 hari, tapi ummi tak sempat nak berjumpa kawan kawan sebab banyak sangat hal nak kena settle...buat passport, jumpa dentist dan lain lain lagi.

Lepas Bangi, kami singgah pula di Penang melawat sepupu-sepupu Luqman. Luqman seronok jumpa Che Ina, abg Aiman, abg Afiq dan Abg Ismul tapi tak sempat jumpa abg Haziq yang duduk di asrama. Kemudian kami meneruskan perjalanan ke Kedah. Di Kedah, kami sempat bershopping di Alor Star Mall dan jumpa sepupu Luqman sorang lagi, Amirul.

On the way balik ke Penang, Luqman terjumpa pula dengan gadis gadis Syria di Hentian Sg Perak. Seronoknya main..

Sampai Penang terus main dengan abang Ismul Hari dah pagi, tok nak hantar abang abang ke sekolah.
Ini Amirul sepupu Luqman di Kedah Kemudian, Luqman balik Perlis jumpa tok dan jumpa adik Aufa buat pertama kali! Luqman sungguh seronok melayan dan main dengan Aufa. Nanti kalau Aufa dah besar boleh la Luqman main kejar2 dengan Aufa ya.

Muah adik Aufa.. Sekarang Luqman pula nak mandi.. yeeah yeah
Adik Aufa jom la kita tido.. Luqman nak tolong tok tapi macamana nak guna benda ni ya? Tok..Luqman nak tolong tok siram pokok bunga
Sepuluh hari di kampung terasa cepat sekali, Luqman dan Ummi dah kena balik ke Abu Dhabi. Ami Najib dan Mama Mala hantar kami di KLIA, Luqman sempat juga jumpa Abdullah dan kakak Salma sepupu sebelah ummi. Tapi Luqman tak berapa ngam dengan Abdullah pula, kenapa ya? Luqman asyik nak tolak tolak Abdullah dan Abdullah pula cepat je nak menangis..lain kali kawan baik baik naa..
Bestnya balik kampung, dapat jumpa ramai saudara mara, insyaAllah panjang umur nanti kita jumpa lagi.. Luqman rindu kat tok tok..

I'm back!

2010-02-01T10:16:00.004+04:00

Melawat saudara mara bersama tok
Luqman suka tolong tok siram pokok bunga dan pokok sayur di taman mini tok

Balik kampung

Salam semua,

Luqman dan Ummi baru sampai dari Malaysia Jumaat baru ni setelah bercuti selama lebih kurang 10 hari. Banyak stori mori yang Luqman nak cerita tapi belum sempat lagi sebab Ummi sibuk mengemas lagi. Tapi Luqman memang best dapat balik kampung jumpa tok dan semua saudara mara. InsyaAllah panjang umur kita jumpa lagi ye.

The Best Honey

2010-01-13T17:12:00.008+04:00

Honey..anyone?

Wadi Doan Honey..Sidr Honey (left) , Akasia Honey (right)

Last night we went to Khalidiyah Mall to survey the price for Yemeni honey. We were informed by Ami Najib and of course by our quick research, that Yemeni Sidr honey is one of the best and most expensive honeys in the world because of its unique healing properties (according to UN Food & Agriculture Organization).

The ancient Sidr tree, (also known as Lote or Jujube), was the first thing Prophet Adam ate after his descend to earth. Sidr tree is also mentioned as Sidratul Muntaha in the Quran (Najm:7-18) and also known as pohon pohon bidara in Surah Saba‘ (15:16). The plant grows extensively in the eastern part of Yemen especially in the remote area of Wadi Do‘an.

At last we end up buying 4 bottles sidr honey@ 500grams each with Dhs 130 per bottle. These will be one of the souvenirs for both tok and also for Ami Najib (for looking after our house).

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In the Quran and Hadith also mention honey as a disease healer:
Dan Tuhanmu memberi ilham kepada lebah:“ Hendaklah engkau menbuat sarangmu di gunung-ganang dan pokok pokok kayu dan juga bangunan yang didirikan oleh manusia. Kemudian makanlah dari segala jenis bunga bungaan dan buah buahan (yang engkau sukai), serta turutlah jalan jalan peraturan Tuhanmu yang diilhamkan dan dimudahkan kepadamu“.Akan keluarlah dari dalam badannya madu, yang mengandungi penawar bagi manusia. Sesungguhnya, itu tanda kebesaran Allah bagi manusia yang mahu berfikir (Surah An Nahl 68:69)
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Honey Consumption
2 times a day- morning & before sleep

Benefits of Honey:
A few of the very many cures from honey have been outlined:

For burns
Apply freely over burns. It cools, removes pain and aids fast healing without scarring. Apart from being a salve and antibiotic, bacteria cannot live in honey.

Bed Wetting
A teaspoon of honey before bed aids water retention and calms fears in children.

Sleeplessness
A dessert spoon of honey in a mug of hot milk aids sleep and works wonders!

Hyperactivity
Honey is a mild sedative with minerals, vitamins, amino acids etc. Replace all white sugar with honey. White sugar is highly stimulating with no food qualities.

Nasal Congestion
Place a dessert spoon of honey in a basin of hot water and inhale fumes after covering your head with a towel over the basin.

Wounds or Grazes
Cover wound with honey and a bandage. Excellent healer.

For Fatigue
Dissolve a desert spoon of honey in warm water or quarter honey balance of water in a jug and keep in the fridge. Honey is primarily fructose and glucose and so it is quickly absorbed by the digestive system. (Honey is a unique natural stabilizer - ancient Greek athletes took honey for stamina before competing and as a reviver after competition.)

Facial Deep Cleanser
Mix honey with oatmeal approx. 50/50 till thick and apply as a face-pack. Leave on for half an hour then wash off. Great as a deep cleanser for acne .

Poor Digestion
Mix honey with apple cider vinegar approx. 50/50 and dilute to taste with water. This aids digestion. (Also reputed to be wonderful for the joints.)

Hair Conditioner
Mix honey with equal quantity of Olive Oil and cover head with a warm towel for half an hour then shampoo off. Feeds hair and scalp. Hair will never look or feel better!

Sore Throats
Let a teaspoon of honey melt in the back of the mouth and trickle down the throat. Eases inflamed raw tissues.

For Stress
Honey in water is a stabilizer - calms highs and raises lows. Use approx. 25 percent honey to water.

Anaemia
Honey is the best blood en-richer by raising corpuscle content. The darker the honey the more minerals it contains.

Food Preservative
Cakes with honey replacing sugar stay fresher longer due to natural antibiotics. Reduce liquids by approx. one-fifth to allow for moisture in honey.

Heart Patients
These people are well advised to replace white sugar (sucrose) with honey, natural fructose and glucose.

Hay-fever
Chewing the tops of comb honey stimulates the immune system due to minuteamounts of pollen. During the season chew for 20 minutes a teaspoon of bee capping (tops) five to six times per day. Highly effective and useful for asthma sufferers as well.

Baby's Bottle
Four teaspoons of honey to a baby's bottle of water is an excellent pacifier and multivitamin additive. If baby's motions are too liquid then reduce by half a teaspoon; if too solid increase by half a teaspoon.

Teething
Honey rubbed on a baby's gums is a mild sedative and anaesthetic.

Osteoporosis
English research has shown that a teaspoon of honey per day aids calcium utilization and prevents osteoporosis. Essential from age 50 onwards.

Long Life
One common fact worldwide is that the most long-lived people are regular users of honey. An interesting fact yet to be explained is that beekeepers suffer less from cancer and arthritis than any other occupational group worldwide.

Migraine
Use a dessertspoon of honey dissolved in half a glass of warm water. Sip at start of attack. If necessary repeat in 20 minutes. Always effective (so tip goes) as migraine is stress related.

Conjunctivitis (pus in the eye)
Honey dissolved in equal quantity of warm water. Apply, when cooled, as lotion or eye bath.

Cough mixture
6 oz. liquid honey
2 oz. glycerin
Juice of 2 lemons
Mix well. Bottle and cork firmly. Use as required

Important:
Keep honey in first aid cupboard for emergency use, and another in the kitchen cupboard.

Reference:

IslamicWorld.net - Health Benefits Of Honey
Benefits of Honey by Dr. Monzur Ahmed

Ambassador Cup Round 2- Dubai

2010-01-10T00:18:00.000+04:00

Salam.

Jumaat lepas kami sekeluarga bersama angkatan pemain pemain volleyball Abu Dhabi telah berkampung di Al Ahli Club Dubai untuk pusingan ke 2 Ambassador Cup 2010. Kami bertolak pukul 645 pagi dari Abu Dhabi dan sampai lebih kurang pukul 815 pagi. Seperti biasa Abu Dhabi berjersi kuning, Dubai merah dan Ras al Khaimah berbaju biru.

Meriah betul Al Ahli Club dengan ada gerai-gerai menjual nasi lemak, nasi rendang dan murtabak juga.

Kali ni Abi main volleyball mewakili Abu Dhabi dan ummi pula brsukaneka lari kaki tiga. Semua orang tak kira menang atau kalah dapat hadiah.. tu yang best . Luqman pun dapat hadiah cap dari sponsor.. syok. Sekarang mari kita layan gambar

Pingat yang menjadi rebutan semua

Come on Abu Dhabi .. Abu Dhabi -Ras Al Khaimah penyokong setia Abu Dhabi

Kanak kanak beratur ambil hadiah topi

Abu Dhabi 1 menentang Dubai 1. Abu Dhabi menang
Pasukan lari kaki 3, bergambar bersama CG masa penyampaian hadiah.. dapat no 3 tu don't play play
Angkatan dari Abu Dhabi bergambar selepas jadi Johan kumpulan 1

Sekian laporan bergambar untuk kali ni.. bye bye

Cutest Baby of the Planet 2009

2010-01-09T15:14:00.005+04:00

Salam,

Mombloggers Planet is looking for another 6 babies for the Cutest Baby of the Planet 2009 contest. And Ummi takes this opportunity to nominate Luqman as one of the contestants. There are a lot of prizes to be win. So come and nominate your baby too..

For more info about this contest and prizes please click here.
Hurry this nomination open till 10th January 2010.

Name: Luqman Hakim bin Abdul Halim

DOB: 11/10/08

Age: 1 year 3 months

Check out these link for the details,

Mombloggers Planet at

http://mombloggersplanet.com/

Nomination page at

http://mombloggersplanet.com/2532/cutest-baby-of-the-planet-2009-nominate-your-baby/

Wish me luck!

Luqman's Favourite

2010-01-09T00:08:00.003+04:00

Luqman love to watch Danny & Daddy Duet. He loves to dance to the music . Walaupun tak paham apa kartun tu cakap, Luqman tetap layan.. hehe

Burj Dubai is Officially Open!

2010-01-04T15:49:00.002+04:00

Hari ini adalah hari bersejarah bagi UAE, kerana Burj Dubai telah dirasmikan oleh Syeikh Mohammed. During the opening ceremony, Burj Dubai is renamed to Burj Khalifa in honour of Syeikh Khalifa bin Zayed, President of UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. Now, Burj Khalifa is officially the tallest building in the world which stand more than 828m high. So far, kami hanya tengok Burj Dubai from a distance maybe one day we'll take a closer look and visit its park.

Facts & Figures

The Burj, which stands at more than 828m high (2,716ft) and has more than 162 inhabitable floors, can be seen from 60 miles away
The top of the building features a public observation deck and shop. The world's highest mosque and swimming pool are located on the 158th and 76th floors
The tapering spire is made out of reinforced concrete, steel, stainless steel and glass. The exterior cladding of reflective glazing is designed to withstand Dubai's extreme summer temperatures
The building contains more than 1,000 apartments and 49 floors of office space, served by 57 lifts. There are a total of four swimming pools and a private library
A 160-room hotel carrying the Giorgio Armani logo will occupy the lower part of the tower
The foundations were dug to depths of 50m (164 ft).
Source: Emaar/Reuters

Apa apa pun, Petronas Twin Tower is the best sebab ianya di Malaysia, tanah air tercinta :)

Balik Malaysia

2010-01-03T15:49:00.005+04:00

Salam all,

On 17th January, Luqman will be flying back to Malaysia with Ummi, but Abi can't join us because he is in the middle of finishing his closing report for the current project. We are going back because Ummi's passport will be expired soon and to renew the passport in Abu Dhabi takes 3 months ( based on the info from Malaysian Embassy) and within these 3 months the person cannot travel outside UAE.

So the fastest way is to renew it in Malaysia, just in one day! We are going back for 2 weeks. May be we will spend 3 days in Bangi and the rest of the week in Kedah and Perlis..

We managed to book cheaper tickets from Etihad Airways e-deal (edeal available on Monday and Tuesday only).

Can't wait to meet my family :)

Malaysia here I come..

Abi jaga diri ye..Nanti Luqman bawa balik hadiah untk Abi
Nanti Luqman beli minyak wangi kat Alamanda dan kacang tumbuk di Padang Besar.. Abi punya peberet.

Selsema oh Selsema

2009-12-30T15:37:00.006+04:00

Harini dah genap seminggu Luqman selsema, hidung asyik tersumbat dan susah Luqman nak hisap susu dan nak tidur. Tapi Luqman tetap aktif macam biasa dan tak merengek kecuali bila time nak tidur, mata mengantuk tapi tak boleh tidur..bila Ummi dan Abi nak buang hingus, tak bagi pula. Pantang betul kalau orang nak pegang hidung Luqman yang mancung tu.. jadi ummi cuma sapukan vicks di dada dan belakang saja.. mungkin kah sebab cuaca yang semakin sejuk atau berjangkit dari Amber yang cute itu.

Last week, Amber and Auntie Lina datang rumah melawat Luqman, both of them baru balik ke UAE selepas Auntie Lina habis pantang di Singapore. Sekarang kawan Luqman dah bertambah sorang lagi.. tapi Amber baby jadi tak boleh nak lari lari dengan Luqman lagi. Suara Amber sangat kuat bila menangis sampai Luqman pun jadi takut hehe..

Anyway, it's nice to meet Auntie Lina and Amber, we are looking forward to have dinner with them at Noodle Bowl may be next week? till then bye bye

Auntie Lina and lil' Amber

Luqman is reading a story to Amber

Weekend Activity

2009-12-23T08:14:00.000+04:00

Alhamdulillah..

At last now it is winter in Abu Dhabi after 5 months of hot summer, sekarang cuaca memang best untuk outdoor activities, boleh berBBQ, pergi park dan bersukan. Last weekend kami sekeluarga berpeluang untuk bermandi laut for the first time in Abu Dhabi. The beach is just 20 minutes drive from our home, and the facilities are very good. And the best thing is not many people willing to terjun laut accept for mat saleh 2-3 orang because the water is a bit cold. But for Luqman, swimming is his hobby tak kira sejuk ke tidak. Kalau kat Malaysia mana dapat peluang ke pantai yang cantik tiap tiap hujung minggu kan?

Sangat suka main pasir.
Like father like son, suka berenang dan mandi laut.
Luqman tengah happy main air, Abi tengah korek pasir mencari kepah..dolu dolu Abi adalah salah seorg pencari kepah di Batu Feringgi Penang hehehe.. bila balik kampung ke rumah arwah tok.

Weekend nanti kita pergi swimmming lagi ya..

Circle And Square-Luqman's Favourite

2009-12-21T17:13:00.001+04:00

Circle and Square from Michael Rachap on Vimeo.

Salam Maal Hijrah 1431

2009-12-17T17:07:00.005+04:00

Salam..

Selamat Menyambut Tahun Baru Hijrah.. marilah kita sama sama menyambut hari yang penuh makna ini dengan membaca doa akhir tahun dan awal tahun. Semoga kita akan sentiasa diberkati. Amin

Sumber: JAKIM

Doa akhir tahun, dibaca 3 kali selepas asar pada akhir bulan Zulhijjah

Doa Awal tahun, di baca 3 kali selepas maghrib pada malam 1 Muharram

Luqman Berenang @Sharjah

2009-12-14T17:27:00.007+04:00

Salam semua,

Kali ni Luqman nak bercerita pengalaman pertama berenang di kolam renang di rumah Auntie Zu di Sharjah. Kolam renang ni sangat best dan besar. Sekarang mari layan gambar-gambar yang sempat di snap oleh Ummi dan Abi.

Mula-mula Luqman duduk dalam pelampung baru ni, tapi bila dalam pelampung ni rasa pergerakan terbatas, jadi macamana nak berenang gaya bebas. Sekarang pelampung tolak ke tepi, Abi nak ajar Luqman berenang kuak lentang

Mula mula kocak kocakkan kaki, best macam ni dapat terapung dalam air yang sejukk...

Sekarang Ummi pula pegang Luqman dan ajar renang gaya bebas.
Seronok sangat..

Luqman siap selam muka ke dalam air, banyak jugak telan air kolam ni.

Inilah bakal scuba diver junior, nak join Abi untuk next scuba diving trip.. dimana ya? Sipadan?

Ini video yang sempat dirakamkan

Sekian saja laporan aktiviti renang untuk kali ni, nanti Luqman nak pergi berenang lagi nak practice untuk ambil lesen scuba. Nanti besar boleh Luqman ikut Abi dan Ummi scuba diving.

MomBloggersPlanet Cutest Baby Smiling Contest

2009-12-09T15:44:00.005+04:00

Salam semua,

MomBloggersPlanet sekali lagi menganjurkan contest untuk bulan Disember 2009 dengan tema 'Cutest Baby Smiling'. Syarat-syarat penyertaan sangat mudah dan yang bestnya hadiah2nya sangat lumayan..

How to enter:

Get a photo of your baby SMILING

Write a blog post about this contest with title MomBloggersPlanet Cutest Baby Smiling Contest

Include your baby’s photo in the post and mention his/her name and date of birth. Write why you love to see your baby smiling.

Include a link to this contest page, PhotoBook Malaysia and AliceWonders in your entry

Leave a comment here with link to your blog post

For more info about this contest please click here

This contest is organised and sponsored by:

MomBloggersPlanet contest page :
http://www.mombloggersplanet.com/2162/cutest-baby-photo-contest-december-09/

PhotoBookMalaysia : http://www.photobook.com.my/

AliceWonders : http://www.alicewonders.com/

Nama: Luqman Hakim bin Abdul Halim

Tarikh Lahir: 11/10/2008

Alhamdulillah, for the past one year plus I have been granted the opportunity to spend quality time with my lil' Luqman Hakim as a Stay At Home Mom (SAHM) and enjoying every single moment. Every morning he would wake up with the sweetest smile on that cute little face and this will continue on throughout the day, from having his cereal breakfast with Ummi and Abi, taking his bath or doing his favourite activities such as riding his brightly lit bike or watching the telly while enjoying his favourite kids show.

Like any other one year old, Luqman is growing up so fast and now he has 2 rows of teeth to even further brightened that adorable smile. I love to watch my Luqman smile because it feel good to know that my lil' one is enjoying his time with me, which in turn makes me feel more relax and stress free. A good theraphy is what it is :) and it really make my day.

Luqman is a happy soul, he loves to smile whenever we call up his name or talk to him as if he understand the words. His daily bath session would end up with a rub down session which tickles him everytime, and of course whenever Abi make his 'famous' funny faces. Luqman smile is genuine and priceless, these can melt anyone heart. He will walk up to strangers on the street with his smiley face and strike a conversation as if they are his long lost friend. Nowadays his favourite past time is watching 'Geng Pengembaraan the Movie featuring Upin & Ipin'.... those are his favourite characters and watching them never fails to invite a smile on his lil' baby face.

Barney in Dubai.

2009-12-08T01:08:00.005+04:00

Luqman met his favourite character, Barney in Dubai last Saturday.

Hehe..sebenarnya ummi Luqman yang nak pergi tengok show Barney ni, sebelum ni asyik tengok kat tv je. Semua mak ayah yang overexcited bila tengok Barney keluar.. budak budak steady je.. :)

Asean Cup 2009 @ Al Ahli Club Dubai

2009-12-07T22:11:00.009+04:00

Salam to all,

The UAE National Day is celebrated on 2nd of December of every year, and this year it happened to be on the very same day as the Asean 5 a side football and captain's ball tournament which were held at Al Ahli Club, Dubai. This time ummi had the opportunity to play for the Malaysian team in the captain's ball game. And the best part is, Malaysian Team A had won 3rd place. :)

Posing sebelum main

Captain Ball Team A (yellow) and Team B. Team A managed to defeat Philiphine team and Thailand but lost to Singaporean teams. And Luqman spending his time playing football with his new friend.

A star in the making, noticed how he 'gelecek' the 2 older players and run with the ball.

Eid Adha 1430H @ UAE

2009-12-05T22:56:00.001+04:00

Ahlan Wa sahlan and Eid Mubarak to all my friends,

This year Eid Adha is celebrated on 27th November in UAE and this time around we had the opportunity to see live telecast through Saudi Channel on the wukuf in Arafah performed by all the Hajj pilgrims from all over the world. Before this we only heard from Abi and both Tok on their experience in Makkah during this auspicious day. InsyaAllah, I hope Makkah will be our next destination in months to come.

In the morning we performed our Eid prayer at the masjid near to our house. In Abu Dhabi, the prayer start at 7 o'clock in the morning which is much earlier if compared with Malaysia. Around 9 am we all met up at Khalidiya park and had a potluck get together with several Malaysian families. It is one of the nicer park in Abu Dhabi with facilities and playground equipments to suit all ages. The best thing I like about the playground is the slide because it suit my age and I had a great time having a go at all of them.

Best!!

Macam macam ada..

Luqman enjoyed himself riding on what seems to be a 'bird'For the pot luck session Ummi baked Lasagna and cooked bubur pulut hitam which is my favourite (and Abi's too). There were other dishes served as well; pulut kuning, rendang ayam, mihun goreng, nasi himpit, sup tulang and a lot more. Sorry no pictures were taken of these lovely home cook dishes because both Abi and Ummi were too busy enjoying these food themselves..hehe. Everyone are friendly and it is good to feel welcomed as we are the only 'new' family in the group.

Satay was introduced later in the day but by then we had to excuse ourselves as Ummi and Abi want to visit Auntie Yan who had just given birth to a cute baby gurl, Nur Haya the day before at Corniche Hospital. Congrats to Uncle Syedshah and Auntie Yan for the new addition to the family. I am sure Sis Wahdah cant wait to meet up with her younger sister.

Later that evening we drove to Sharjah and stayed at Auntie Zu's house. Auntie Zu served us her fav home made rendang and nasi himpit..nyum nyum delicious :) I spent most of my time playing with abg Zahir and helping out in the kitchen whenever there is a need to lend a helping hand. Uncle Zaf's house is really big with 3 big bedrooms and it is nice to be on the 24th floor with spectacular views of Sharjah right across the balcony.

Early in the morning
Night view

I had a great time in Sharjah.. thank you Uncle Zaf and Auntie Zu. Next time Luqman datang lagi ya :)

Ok semua.. see you in my next entry bye..

Fujairah Trip

2009-12-05T15:24:00.000+04:00

Eid Mubarak to all,

We have been planning the trip to Fujairah for quite some time now and it finally materialised during the recent Eid holiday. As this is our first time there, Uncle Zaf has volunteered to be our tour guide. What started as a trip for 2 families ended up as a convoy of 6 cars with addition of friends and families from Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The more the merrier, I had the opportunity to make new friends and enjoyed good food too.

Sharjah monument.. tunggu geng2 pengembaraan dari Dubai who got wayward midway through reaching the rendevous point. Family photo
Bisnes talk..bole pinjam kereta mainan tu tak?
Jom kita main
Luqman berjumpa pula dengan kawan kawan baru di Sharjah monument

The trip to Fujairah took about 2 hours from Sharjah and we ended up taking the long road through Dibba which is the border of UAE and Oman. We enjoyed the stunning scenery of Dibba because its sandwiched between the rocky mountains. But unfortunately this time of year the beaches are a bit too crowded because people from all over UAE came to Fujairah's beach to spend their long holiday of Eid and the National Day.

After searching frantically for a good spot to lepak we managed to get parking at one of the beaches in Fujairah and had our picnic. We had nasi himpit, soto, lontong, nasi goreng, cupcakes, sandwich and ayam goreng too. I had a really a great moment playing with sand using my new gadget on the beach. And I had the chance to try out the swing too... it's breathtaking (literally..hehe)

We spent about 1 hour at the beach and travelled back to Sharjah and stayed there for another night.Thanks to Uncle Zaf and Auntie Zu for letting us 'sleepover' and enjoy the pool during the stay in Sharjah.

All in all, it was a really memorable trip. InsyaAllah we will visit Fujairah again...soon I hope.

Geng pengembaraan

berhenti tengok karpet yang cantik2 on the way ke Fujairah.. tapi mahal sangat tak jadi nak beli

Antara yang hadir
senyum semua..

Seronok main pasir sampai habis muka dgn pasir. Siap makan pasir lagi..

Luqman & Buaian

2009-12-04T07:20:00.009+04:00

Ini adalah kali pertama Luqman naik buaian. Buaian ni best sesuai untuk toddler macam Luqman. Pantai di Fujairah ni cantik tapi kali ni ramai sangat orang sebab cuti raya haji. Harap boleh pergi sekali lagi dan main buaian lagi.

Mula mula Luqman macam takut takut.

Lepas 2-3 kali try swing terus jadi best!

Naik buaian juga merupakan satu skill untuk kanak-kanak riang seperti Luqman. Menurut kajian, toddler akan naturally tarik nafas bila buaian ke belakang dan lepas nafas apabila buaian bergerak ke depan. Dan this breathing control will be important as a child learns to talk.I love to play, play is my job:)
Wheee up high
Sangat seronok. Kalau buaian macam ni ada Abu Dhabi bole main tiap2 hariSekian saja laporan tentang pengalaman Luqman naik buaian..Jumpa lagi

Child & Curiosity

2009-11-19T00:21:00.004+04:00

By Dr Bruce Perry

Children are such curious creatures. They explore, question, and wonder, and by doing so, learn. From the moment of birth, likely even before, humans are drawn to new things. When we are curious about something new, we want to explore it. And while exploring we discover. If a child stays curious, he will continue to explore and discover.

A child potential — emotional, social, and cognitive — is expressed through the quantity and quality of their experiences. If the curiosity of a child fades, they will make fewer new friends, join fewer social group and read fewer books. The less-curious child is harder to teach because he is harder to inspire, enthuse, and motivate.

There are three common ways adults constrain or even crush the enthusiastic exploration of the curious child:

1) fear

2) disapproval

3) absence

Fear: Fear kills curiosity. When the child's world is chaotic or when he is afraid, he will not like novelty. He will seek the familiar, staying in his comfort zone, unwilling to leave and explore new things. Children impacted by war, natural disasters, family distress, or violence all have their curiosity crushed.

Disapproval: "Don’t touch. Don’t climb. Don’t yell. Don’t take that apart. Don’t get dirty. Don’t. Don’t. Don’t." Children sense and respond to our fears, biases, and attitudes. If we convey a sense of disgust at the mud on their shoes, their discovery will be diminished.

Absence: The presence of a caring, invested adult provides two things essential for optimal exploration: 1) a sense of safety from which to set out to discover new things and 2) the capacity to share the discovery and, thereby, get the pleasure and reinforcement from that discovery.

Luqman Hakim@13 months old

2009-11-18T16:02:00.007+04:00

Luqman tengah buat kerja rumah

Luqman has grown so fast..now Luqman is already 13 months old and continues to explore and learn new things. Sekarang ummi nak update apa yang Luqman dah pandai buat.

1-Luqman can walk very well and sometimes he runs when he had the opportunity to do that especially when we are at the shopping malls

2-Wave bye-bye everytime we said 'bye bye' and clap his hands. Luqman sangat suka dengar music Thomas n Friends dan goyang2 badan dia sambil bertepuk.

3- He also can put circle shape into his shape sorter. Now he is learning to put the square pula.

4- and the best moment is to see him imitating our activities, menyapu, mengvakum, memasak dan pam air ke dalam botol. Semoga bila besar nanti Luqman rajin tolong Ummi buat kerja rumah ya.

Ahlan Wa Sahlan Syed Aufa

2009-11-17T12:18:00.004+04:00

Salam semua..

Luqman just nak share good news, sebab Luqman dah dapat kawan baru, anak ibu mazni dan ami ijan. Ini la sepupu Luqman yang pertama sebelah ummi. Cucu ke 2 tok Siti. Sekarang umur Aufa sudah 2 minggu..tak sabar nak balik Malaysia jumpa Aufa

Syed Aufa sudah berumur 2 minggu
Tok cukur rambut Aufa

Syed Aufa b Syed Hijan.. masa baru lahir 2/11/09

Sekian

Aksi Si Comel ~ Online Contest

2009-11-16T21:29:00.008+04:00

Salam semua..

Luqman join satu lagi contest kali ini yang dianjurkan oleh tinta comel lote. Jadi kepada semua yang berminat nak join contest yang senang dan mudah ini jangan ketinggalan berkunjung ke blog ini untuk mengetahui syarat2 selanjutnya.

Hadiah yang sangat menarik di taja oleh:

Comel Lote Collections

http://comellotecollection.blogspot.com/

Muslimah Online Shop

http://muslimahonlineshop.blogspot.com/

Nama saya Luqman Hakim b Abdul Halim.

Berusia 1 tahun 1 bulan dan dilahirkan pada 11/10/2008.

Ini aksi mengejar itik.

Gambar ini diambil semasa kami berkunjung ke UAE Heritage Village. Selama ini Luqman hanya tengok gambar 'duck' dalam buku sahaja. Bila first time nampak itik di sini dia terus nak terkam dan mengejar itik2 tersebut. Memang Luqman ini sah seorang pecinta haiwan.

Idea untuk Comel Lote Collection dan Muslimah Online Shop memberi keistimewaan kepada pelanggan mereka pula?

Sebagai follower/pelanggan mesti akan rasa sangat dihargai kalau diberi rebate atau point atas setiap ringgit yang dibelanjakan. Lepas tu point yang dikumpul boleh pula ditukar dengan produk atau voucher untuk terus membeli belah di website ini.. Satu lagi boleh lah email newsletter untuk follower yang berdaftar jika ada promotion ye.

Sekian.. terima kasih

Cutest Baby in Blue Contest

2009-11-16T12:30:00.002+04:00

Salam.

Kali ini Luqman nak join satu lagi online contest oleh ElizaDianna sempena menyambut anniversary yang ke 5 pada 17 November 2009. Jadi kepada semua yang teringin nak join dan ingin tahu lebih lanjut mengenai contest ini sila lah melawat ke blog auntie Eliza di sini.

Di sini Ummi & Luqman mengambil kesempatan untuk mengucapkan Happy Anniversary ke 5 Auntie Eliza semoga berbahagia selama lamanya..Amin.

Syarat2nya ialah:

1. Dengan Sukahati dan rela hati menjadi FOLLOWER saya di Blog ini. -done
2. Linkkan -elizakru.blogspot.com di blog anda-done
3. Sila Add kan Banner Contest di side bar blog memasing...banner tersebut mestilah di link kepada entry contest ini- done
4. Sila buat special entry utk contest ini dan upload 1 keping gambar anak in blue..tak kisah la pakai baju biru ke, kasut biru ke, as long ada biru-done
5. Sila link kan url blog anda di comment saya ini bagi memudahkan saya melihat pernyertaan anda- done

Gambar Luqman semasa melawat Heritage Village di Abu Dhabi. Best dapat berjalan dan berlari2.

Nama: Luqman Hakim bin Abdul Halim
Umur: 1 tahun 1 bulan

Sekian.

Luqman @ Al Ain Wildlife Park

2009-11-15T10:56:00.002+04:00

Salam to all,

Today I want to update my entry about my first time experience at the zoo. On 23/10/09, Abi decided to take us to Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort. Al Ain is one of the emirates in UAE and it is the 2nd largest city in Abu Dhabi emirate. It just 1 and 1/2 hour drive from Abu Dhabi. Al Ain is also known as the the city of garden because of its greenery and oases. But this time we only had the opportunity to explore the zoo only. InsyaAllah next time we should go again to see other attractions such as the Al Jahili Oasis and also the famous Jebel Hafeet.

The Al Ain zoo is so big and we spent 10 hours to explore it plus we had to wait until 630pm to watch the unforgetable the Birds of Prey Show for free.

Orait now let's the pictures tell the stories :)
Ready to go.. In front of our house. Al Ain Wildlife Entrance. Entrance fee only Dhs 15 for adult and free for child under 6..Nubian Ibex are resting. They had a spectular spiraling horns and had the ability to climb tree.
Australian Exhibit. This animals are known as two addax or screwhorn antelope. This species of the antelope family is closely related to the oryx. Oryx are so beautiful and come from antelope family with long, straight, and slender horns.This is known as Bengal Tiger. It came very close to me and I saw his face very clear. He was smiling at me :)
These chimpanzees are really clever. He posed when we were taking their pictures. Giraffe datang dekatt.. Family photo satu! Mixed African Exhibit where we saw giraffe, rhino and gazelle lived together. Fox. Rupa lebih kurang anjing je.. Bergambar kenangan dengan Mr Rhino.
Mr Lion.
This creature is very lonely. He lived alone in his big cage. This pictures shows that he just woke up from his sleep.

Sungguh seronok Luqman berjalan jalan di zoo.Wahh...banyaknya flamingo Ini namanya Gazelle. Macam sang kancil je lebih kurangPingu in the house. They just had their dinner and swimming happily I had a great weekend and wish I can go there again next time..

My Tricycle

2009-11-08T14:47:00.005+04:00

Last 2 weeks, Abi and Ummi bought Luqman a new tricycle. Actually it is a 2nd hand but still look new. Ummi bought this at Souq.com for only Dhs 75 which is cheaper compared to brand new tricycle in Carrefour and Toysrus.

The best thing about my tricycle, it has base so that I can rest my feet and sometimes I will stand on it and do the remp_it style.

Every evening, Ummi will take me for a walk around our neighbourhood.

Jom Luqman kita pergi jalan jalan
I am ready Ummi..

I love my tricycle very much..

the end

Splish Splash @ Jumeirah Beach

2009-10-28T15:04:00.000+04:00

This entry is the continuation from the previous one. After having a big breakfast everybody were ready to get wet.. this is a very nice beach. But unfortunately Ummi and Abi did not bring extra shirt so only Luqman and his friends had a splish splash at Jumeirah Beach.

Jumeirah beach
Tak sabarnya nak terjun laut. Luqman pun tak bawa baju mandiFor the first time, Luqman was walking on the beach. It was hard to walk in the sand..

Keep on swimming Luqman.
Jelingan manja from Luqman

Wah..bestnya main pasir splish splash..the water is crystal clear

Next time we should go to Jumeirah again and don't forget to bring swimming suit ok.

ONLINE CONTEST~Senyuman Ceria Si Comel

2009-10-22T21:28:00.005+04:00

Salam to all

FYI, this is my first time joining online contest. Selepas berjalan jalan di blog mommy2 yang lain ummi ternampak pulak contest yang sangat menarik ini dianjurkan oleh SMILEYKIDZ. So without wasting time, ummi start to godek pictures of Luqman. Looking back at these pictures made me realised how lucky I am to have my hubby and Luqman by my side. Alhamdulillah..

Eh feeling pulak..so apa tunggu lagi kawan kawan mari kita join contest ini ramai2 tapi sebelum itu sila baca syarat2nya dulu yaa..

-ummiluqman-
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Buat julung2 kalinya, SMILEYKIDZ ingin menganjurkan
ONLINE CONTEST~SENYUMAN CERIA SI COMEL.
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Outdoor fotografi selama 1 jam
~unlimited shots~
~1 sticky album dengan 20kpg gambar terbaik~
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So apa tunggu lagi???
Sertai online contest ini sekarang. :)
Online contest ini di buka dari tarikh:
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These are the pictures.

Nama: Luqman Hakim bin Abdul Halim

Umur: 1 tahun 1 minggu

Ini masa umur 3 bulan. Baru start tersenyum bila diacah. 9 bulan. In July, masa di taman Blue Mosque 8 bulan. Ini pertama kali bergaya dengan ketayap dan jubah barunya. 8 bulan. Masa ni Luqman bawa tok2 jalan jalan 9 bulan. Ceria tak? 9 bulan. Hip hip Hoorayyy. Let's go flying..woooshh 11 bulan. dah ada 4 batang gigi 11 bulan. Tengah dengar suara tok di telefon
Sekian saja terima kasihh

Birthday Picnic@ Jumeirah Park

2009-10-20T15:47:00.000+04:00

Luqman's birthday cakeLast weekend we had the opportunity to celebrate Luqman's first birthday with our friends at Jumeirah Park in Dubai. It was a small get together with Uncle Nizam's and Uncle Zaf's family. Jumeirah Park is a very lovely place for family picnic and many visitors came early in the morning to get the best spot to spend their day. The park is well maintained and it cost only Dhs 20/car for entrance. It is just 1 hour drive from Abu Dhabi.

Get ready to start the journey.. Luqman woke up at 430am and helped ummi preparing nasi lemak for the picnic.. rajin sungguh anak ummi ni.
Run, run, abang Zahier is chasing me. Inilah kawan baik Luqman merangkap tukang menyakat Luqman. Di mana ada Luqman disitulah ada abang Zahiernya :) hello..where is my cakeBirthday boy and his friendAbi..thank you for everything,I luv u muaahss

Let us sing together..happy birthday to u.. Menu hari ini, nasik lemak, mihun goreng, keropok, rojak dan macam2 lagi

Uncle, kasik saya cornetto coklat ya. Kalau kat Malaysia, budak budak berkejar nak pi beli aiskrim kat sini tunggu je basikal aiskrim ni datang kat kita.. hehe senang nye

Kampung Boy

2009-10-13T16:11:00.010+04:00

An evening in Perlis

I really had a great time in Malaysia, I had a lot of fun with Ami Jan and Ibu Mazni and tok in Perlis. Che Lah, Che Dah and tok in Kedah also loved to play with me. Time fly so fast, after 10 days spending time with them I had to travel back to Abu Dhabi. I can't wait to balik kampung again and explore new things and meet new cousins :)

Macam macam ada..ada penyapu, buah kelapa dan banyak lagi..seronoknya I love my kampung very much.. belakang tu ada pokok mangga dan pokok bunga kertas yang tok tanam Hijaunya.. rasa macam nak jadi rama rama dan terbang bebas di udara Dengan tok tok di airport Bye bye Malaysia.. insyaAllah tahun depan Luqman balik lagi ya..

Hari Raya 1430H

2009-10-13T00:19:00.011+04:00

Ini gambar famili Luqman Tahun ni tahun pertama Luqman celebrate hari raya dengan umi dan abi serta kaum keluarga di Malaysia. Terasa sungguh meriah sekali sebab Luqman ada ramai sepupu sepapat yang boleh diajak bermain. Kalau di Abu Dhabi asyik main bola dengan umi saja di dalam rumah..:)

Hari raya pertama umi bagi can kat abi untuk sambut hari raya di Alor Setar. Luqman ikut abi,umi dan tok pi solat hari raya. Luqman tak buat hal kat masjid tau kali ni. Tahun ni warna tema kami ialah purple. Tapi tak sempat nak ambik gambar famili sebab abi asik snap gambar orang aje.

Bergambar di hadapan rumah orang Beraya di Kulim Rumah tok di Perlis

Bersiap untuk berayaMeet my cousin Syed Abdullah
Ini Daniel. Ini kakak Farah (kakak Daniel) yang suka cium saya

My Balik Kampung Journey

2009-10-12T15:58:00.001+04:00

Balik kampung OoooOOoo balik kampung..

This posting is about my first balik kampung journey for hari raya. We went back to Malaya on 15/9/09 and it was a smooth journey. We travelled on Etihad Airways and the best thing about Etihad in Abu Dhabi is that it has its own terminal. Our flight was at 200am and we arrived Malaysia at 12pm and then we took a connecting flight to Alor Setar and arrived at 8pm. I enjoyed my journey and I got a free purple bag from Etihad stewardess.. as purple as Barney :)

A friendly Etihad staff

Tetiba dah sampai London pulak
Our flight
Sekian entry kali ni.. bersambung nanti..bye bye

Luqman is 1 year old

2009-10-11T13:46:00.010+04:00

Time flies so fast, pejam celik pejam celik, Luqman is already 1 year today. Happy birthday to me!! A whole a year is gone so fast since ummi gave birth to me. Now I am walking independently and talking baby language..

Luqman during the first day of hari raya

On the same day last year, Luqman was born in Hospital Pakar An Nur, Bandar Baru Bangi.
He was a small baby only 2.8kg.

There are so much things to write, my balik kampung journey, hari raya in Malaya and many many more. I will ask ummi to write all my adventures when she has free time..

Asma Allah - Sami Yusuf

2009-09-14T21:11:00.004+04:00

Lagu tema Jejak Rasul 15.Lepas tengok Jejak Rasul 15 terus cari klip video ni.. MasyaAllah lagu ini sungguh menyentuh perasaan.. I like Sami Yusuf very much.

Kad Raya dari Kak Yong

2009-09-14T20:56:00.003+04:00

Thank you Kak Yong for a lovely kad raya, ummi is one of kak yong's blog fans since jadi SAHM. Hopefully one day we will meet in real life. Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin..jemput lah datang ke Perlis Kak Yong.

Shopping for Balik Kampung

2009-09-14T15:27:00.005+04:00

Last weekend Abi and Ummi brought me to Madinat Zayed Shopping Centre to buy some souvenirs for our family in Malaysia and also a baju raya for me. We went at 10pm after terawih prayer and shop till about 12am.

For your info, in Abu Dhabi, the opening hours for malls change during Ramadan. Most of the mall shops are open at 10am and close at 1pm and reopen around 8pm and stay open until around 2am daily and most people including us prefer to shop at night to avoid the heat during the day.

Abi bought a lot of ketayap and Ummi bought scarfs and we got cheaper price because we already know that Haji since last June, when both toks borong sakan from his shop.

Abi tengah borong jubah dan ketayap..Luqman tunggu di luar sebab kedai ni sempit.

Yeay mission accomplished! I got my baju raya already ..a white jubah and also a pair of shoes :)

Mr Lion, what do you want for hari raya?

We will be flying back to Malaysia tonight on Etihad Airways. Hopefully we will have a safe and smooth journey and will return to Abu Dhabi on 3rd of October. InsyaAllah

11 months old already..

2009-09-11T15:25:00.008+04:00

Luqman sudah 11 bulan.

Sekarang Luqman sudah ada 4 batang gigi, 2 atas dan 2 bawah.

Luqman sudah boleh berjalan jalan dengan majunya dan boleh tolong Abi tolak air mineral ke dapur.
Luqman juga suka tolong Ummi vacuum rumah.

Luqman suka duduk atas kerusi ini.Benda peberet Luqman ialah senduk kepunyaan Ummi tu, Luqman sangat suka pegang senduk ni sambil tengok TV dan sambil main main bola.
Nanti besar Luqman tolong ummi memasak ok..

Peristiwa di Masjid

2009-09-11T14:37:00.004+04:00

Last night as usual we went to the nearby masjid to perform terawih. And as usual Ummi put me by her side while she's performing terawih. Usually I will play with toys or read book or play with ummi's handphone. Sometimes, I will practise my skill, walked a few steps then walked back to ummi. But last night was different from previous nights.

Usually Luqman will sit by ummi's side
At home before going to the masjid
Luqman khusyuk bermain, ummi sempat snap gambar ni

When ummi was praying, there were 2 Arab boys came to me and asked me to play with them..oh I could not resist their offer. I have ignored what ummi had taught me and played with these guys. We ran and made noise a bit. Ummi had to chase me and bring me back to her side.

This video shows Luqman and his new friends

On our way out, 3 young women (masjid's staffs) told ummi that children are not allowed in this masjid. But why? Arab women brings their children too..they said it is ok if the child keep quiet but Luqman was running with a bunch of these guys and making noise too..

Oh no.. Luqman dah kena banned from this masjid already..tonight we have to go to another masjid. Luckily there are a lot of masjid here..

Esok dah tak boleh datang masjid ni..meh ambil gambar last untuk Ramdan kali ni

Pesanan Ummi untuk Luqman: Luqman nanti besar cari kawan-kawan yang baik ye..Pandai pandai la bawa diri dimana jua Luqman berada.

Epidemik N*ur_Kasih @ TV3

2009-09-05T02:22:00.005+04:00

Nur Kasih is a great drama! Every Friday night ummi will stay up to download and watch this drama. This drama is different from any other Malay dramas, it is not about rempit, bohsia, blonde datin, rich hensem man etc etc. It shows the typical kampung lifesyle and used old village names -Nur Amina (heroin) Adam and Aidil, no modern names such as Bella or Ezora except for Katrina because she's a mek saleh. Don't forget to watch this every Friday @tv3.

Istanbul- Memoir of the Last Islamic Empire- Part 5

2009-09-02T00:35:00.003+04:00

The Main entrance- Nurosmaniye gate means the light of the Ottomans The Grand Bazaar (Kapalicarsi) is one of the largest covered markets in the world. It has 22 entrance gate and 4400 shops selling thousand of things. It is very big and was tiring but fun to stroll around the bazaar and greeted by friendly Turks. Yes, Turks are very friendly and they likes me very much..hehe. Abi and Umi went to the Grand Bazaar two times to look for beautiful souvenirs for friends and families.

Beautiful Glass Lamps

Erm..what should I buy?
Ummi was hoping to bought one of these ceramics but...
After spending a few hours, we bought a lot of t-shirts for all the family members, some keychains and Abi got his new leather belt and also a red tarbus for hari raya hehehe

Just 15 minutes walk from the Grand Bazaar we arrived at the biggest and the most stunning mosque in Istanbul, Sulamaniye Mosque. This mosque is also the masterpiece of the well-known architect Mimar Sinan. Sulamaniye Mosque located on the Istanbul's highest hill at the Golden Horn.

Unfortunately, the mosque is currently undergoing restoration until 2010 and only limited area is open for visitors. But based on the information that I have read, it has the largest dome after Hagia Sophia... I should visit Istanbul again to see this stunning mosque :)

Sulamaniye Mosque- the biggest mosque in Istanbul

Inside
The small dome
The wall on the left was plastered due to the renovation
Interior view Abi and Luqman The well maintained mosque park Ottoman selling serbet.. the serbet is too sweet and it cost us TL2 for a small cup, but because Ummi wanted to take picture with this man, Abi had to pay for this expensive drink. Sulamaniye Mosque from a distance. Oh, almost forgot to tell everybody, the mausoleums of the Sulamaniye the Great (the greatest and richest of all Ottomans sultan) and his Russian wife, Roxalena is located behind this mosque. And just outside of the mosque walls is the tomb of Mimar Sinan.

Ramadan Kareem

2009-08-23T15:47:00.001+04:00

Ramadan Kareem..

This year is my first year celebrating the month of Ramadan with Ummi and Abi in Abu Dhabi and this entry should be earlier but I was having a fever and not in a good mood to write. We went to the hospital on Saturday morning and Dr Hala said the fever may be due to my teething and also the hot weather. Alhamdulillah after Ummi gave me medicine, I feel much better today. The weather is getting hotter and hotter here and almost reaching 45 degree celcius nowadays. I wish I am in Malaysia right now..but insyaAllah our family will be celebrating Hari Raya in Malaysia this year. I am looking forward to meet all my cousins and tok. Orait happy fasting everyone..

Istanbul- Memoir of the Last Islamic Empire Part 4

2009-08-22T23:57:00.001+04:00

There are a lot of attractions around the Old City of Istanbul or Sultanahmet and one of the first thing to see is the famous Ayasofya. Ayasofya was constructed as a church between AD 532 to 537 on the order of Byzantine Emperor Justinian. It is one of the greatest example of early Byzantine architecture and also traditional Roman architecture.When Ottoman conquered Constantinople in 1453, Sultan Mehmet II ordered Hagia Sophia to be converted to Ayasofya Mosque and at that time 2 minarets designed by Mimar Sinan were added to the building. 2 more minarets were added later during the era.

When I strolled to Ayasofya from the park, I felt like I was approaching a ordinary, historical, huge Byzantine building. We have to line up (a long line) under the hot sun to buy tickets and I thought inside of this building must be packed like sardine. But, when I approach the entrance of Ayasofya, everything changes. Through the first door, we enter the second door and the third door and the great space beyond. The interior of Ayasofya is awesome and it is so big.

I can feel the cool air inside Ayasofya and I thought it was the aircond but I could not find any air conditioner, then I noticed that the pave, the pillars and all the surfaces other than the walls are from marbles, may be this give the cool atmosphere inside the building.When I looked up above, there are eight round green panels hanging in the central room written with the Names of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad, the four Caliphs and Hasan and Husin ( Prophet Muhammad's grandson). Window details. The jar was made by a single marble and the lamps are the typical Ottoman oil lamps.Panels written Allah and Muhammad. At the centre is the mosaic of Virgin Mary with Jesus The minbar and mihrab were added to Ayasofya after it was converted to a mosque. This minbar also is made of marble.
The Mihrab and two candle holders. One of the mosaics displayed at the upper gallery of Ayasofya. During the Ottoman era all the mosaics were plastered over.
We had to walk up the ramp for almost 5 minutes to the upper gallery which displayed all the mosaics. It was like climbing a small hill, very tiring but worth it. The massive dome of Ayasofya. The original dome from Byzantine era had collapse several times and during the reign of Sultam Selim II, Mimar Sinan designed this dome with 40 window panels around it and the dome is decorated by handwritten calligraphy of Surah An Nur. Luqman enjoying himself. For over 500 years Ayasofya remained the principal mosque of Istanbul until 1935, when it was converted to a museum by Republik of Turkey under the order of Kamal Attarturk.

Just across the street there is another impressive monument from Byzantine Era which the Basilica Cistern or known as Yerabatan Sarnici by local people. During the Byzantine era it was used as a reservoir for water storage for the palace and other buildings.
The interior of the cistern is breathtaking. The walls of the cistern were built by thick bricks and there are 336 marble columns to support the cistern.The ceiling gravity is distributed to the columns through the arches.There are two Medusa heads used as the bases of two columns of the Cistern which are from the Roman Period. One of the Medusa's head is put upside down.Based on the history, after the Ottoman conquest Istanbul, the gardens of Topkapi Palace were watered through this cistern. But the Ottoman preferred tap water to deadwater and they installed their own water system and abandoned the cistern. The cistern went a major restoration between 1985-1987 and was open to public after that.

Morning & Evening Doa

2009-08-19T16:57:00.002+04:00

I would like to share this doa with all my friends and family. I got this from Darussyifa' Online and it is also one of the doas in Mathurat. This doa can be recite 3 times in the morning and evening to protect us against all harm, InsyaAllah.