Oh My Tajwid!

Salam,

I found this on FB and it is an interesting fact that most of us don't realize. Many of us make mistake when we recite Quran when it comes to those arabic letters. So, let's get it right by learning how to say each on eof them perfectly.

She's one brave pregnant lady: Msian's shooter Nursuryani Mohamed Taibi

Salam,

I've read about her decision to still compete in the Olympics in London this year. Now, she's in London and she still adamant to try her luck in her favourite sports. This tough lady doesn't want to let go the once in a lifetime opportunity despite of her condition. I'm proud of her and wish her good luck. She's a already a winner since her determination is so strong.

Here is the news:

Malaysia's pregnant shooter, Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi, has made the trip to London and will compete in next week's 10m rifle event, just one month before she's due to give birth to a baby girl. She's not the first pregnant Olympian in history, but at 34 weeks is believed to be the furthest along.
The 29-year-old qualified for the Games at the Asian Shooting Championships in January, days after finding out she was pregnant. At the time, she had hoped her health would allow her to compete in London. So far so good.

Doctors say Nur Suryani is fine to compete. One of the few concessions she'll make is leaving London soon after her event on the advice of doctors who don't want her flying after 35 weeks.
In a sport that requires precision, calm and concentration, how will Nur Suryani compete with a child moving around her womb? "I will talk to the baby before I compete," she said in April. "[I'll say] no kicking, stay calm for one hour and 15 minutes only please."
She understands that some may criticize her Olympic quest but isn't fazed by it.

"Most people said I was crazy and selfish because they think I am jeopardizing my baby's health," she told reporters. "My husband said grab it as this is a rare chance which may not come again. Also, I am the mother. I know what I can do. I am a stubborn person."
Nur Suryani is the 47th-ranked shooter in the world and a long shot for a medal. She also qualified for the 50m rifle competition but can't compete in it for obvious reasons. That event has a section that requires athletes to lie on their stomachs, a position not exactly conducive to late-term pregnancy.

Kakak masih gagah berpuasa. (BM entry)

Salam,

Alhamdulillah, setakat ni Kak Yong (Fathini) masih gagah berpuasa. Mama bangga dengan anak mama. Tahun lepas Kak Yong puasa separuh hari selama 3 hari selepas tu jatuh sakit seminggu. Tahun ini, mama dan papa masih tak nak paksa tapi kakak sendiri yang nak cuba berpuasa penuh satu hari. Walaupun kakak ni kurus je orangnya tapi semangat kakak kuat. Walaupun Hafizah (Kak Ngah) selalu jugak makan dan minum depan kakak, kakak tak tergugat pun. Masa mama berumur 7 tahun pun mama masih tak puasa penuh satu hari. Semoga kakak akan bertahan beberapa hari lagi.

Kakak a.k.a. Kak Yong (Fathini)

Nursing wear DIM.

Salam,

I've been looking for some nursing wear that I can wear but most of the ready made nursing wear are quite expensive. My hubby has been telling me from time to time that the closet that we are  sharing might not be able to hold our clothes any longer if I keep buying new clothes. huhu. Thus, I've made a bold attempt to alter one of my blouses yesterday to change it into a wearable nursing wear.

I have to admit that I'm suck in sewing. Yup. My workmanship was far from perfect even though I used to learn how to make and sew baju kurung once. I still have the baju kurung that I made on my own but I never wear it because I'm ashamed of the finished product. An expert can tell in a glance that the baju kurung isn't a wearable one.

When I've made up my mind to just try my luck converting my normal blouse to a nursing blouse yesterday, there was no turning back. I took out the scissors and start to cut from the neck to insert a zipper in the middle. Next, I stitched the zipper and wallah it was done in 20 minutes.

The finish product of my nursing wear Did It Myself :

 Such a sloppy workmanship right?

Well...at least I can use it.

I can hide the sloppy stitching with my hijab because I prefer to wear a long hijab now. That's why this blouse is considered wearable and functional for me. hehe

Have any of you altered your own existing blouse or other clothing to become your own nursing wear?

This breast pump can help you too.....

Salam,

I have to admit that I only know how to expressed breast milk after my third daughter is born. When my eldest daughter was born (in 2005), I wanted to fully breastfeed her but the people in the nursery didn't want me to leave any EBM, so I had to buy formula milk for her to be given at the nursery. Only when she was with me, I tried my best to only give breast milk. For my second daughter, I managed to fully breastfeed her since I was not working when we were in New Zealand. Plus she also had lactose intolerant. I can see the difference between her and her elder sister . Fathini (my eldest daughter) immune system is not as tough as Hafizah's immune system.

Before I gave birth to Husna, I surveyed the price for breast pump. Most of them are quite expensive. Then, my younger sister sent a breast pump from Japan that she used before. Unfortunately I can't really use it anymore. Since I am quite determine to slowly make some stocks of EBM, my hubby bought a very simple breast pump from Giant Hypermarket.

Here is the breast pump:

The price is 1/3 from the other popular brands. It's only RM150. I don't have to wait for so long to fill up the bottle and I've managed to stock up some in the freezer. Normally I'll wait until both breasts are engorged before I express some. Alhamdulillah, Husna can drink from the bottle with the special NUK teat (I bought another bottle separately).

 The EBM stock:

If you are also thinking about buying breast pump, maybe you should consider your budget and if your budget is not more than RM200 than I would like to suggest the same pump that I'm using now.

No to Ramadhan Bazaar this year.

Salam,

My hubby has told us the day before 1st Ramadhan that we shouldn't buy any food from Ramadhan Bazaar this year. Based on our experience last year, it's really worth to buy the food since the price here (in Kelana Jaya) is becoming more expensive. Apart from that, some food get spoilt quickly and some are not as tasty as they look.

Thus, yesterday we cooked some simple food and made some simple sweet delicacies. The good thing was we didn't waste any food at all! Come to think of it, we are so used to not buying food during Ramadhan because when we were in New Zealand, there was no Bazaar selling any ready made food during Ramadhan. The only time for us to feast our eyes and mouth was during Iftar with our Muslim friends either organized by some families, our Waikato University Malaysian Association or The Muslim Association in Waikato University.

I reckon it's not hard to not buying ready made food if we remind ourselves the true meaning of fasting. Fasting doesn't mean that we don't eat and drink for the whole day and then during the Iftar we greedily eat and drink as much as we can.

How's the Ramadhan Bazaar in your place? Have you noticed the difference in terms of the price?

My pledge this Ramadhan.

Salam,

Ramadhan Mubarak to all muslims. I'm sure we are so excited when Ramadhan comes for a lot of reasons. It's a holy month where we can gain a lot and we are asked to do a lot too.

Thus, I'm sharing my pledge for this Ramadhan:

• keep breastfeeding even though I also want to fast for the whole month (insyallah)
• encouraging and motivating Fathini to fast as many days as she can.
• avoiding from talking about other people (written or spoken)
• avoiding from wasting any food
• performing more prayers especially the at night (this depends if Husna is sleeping well)
• finding more time to recite Quran 

Insyallah I'll try my best to do what I've pledged to do. Now, does anyone want to share what's their pledge for this Ramadhan?