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Three years

Three years in Adni... Now I start to cry when friends are leaving... Good friends who have held me up when I stand and when I fall...

Madinatun Nabi wal Makkatul Mukarramah

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Subhanallah walhamdulillah wallahuakbar! Alhamdulillah He has granted me the chance to visit Masjidil Haram and Masjid AnNabawi. Subhanallah, this is indeed one of the greatest experience I've ever encountered, with so much feelings mixed up and at the same time challenging my physical body. But Allah knows best, and He is the best planner. The tears of joy, excitement, reflection upon myself and the sadness of leaving behind these blessed places --- is truly overwhelming. Headaches come and go, I had to take panadols and migraine meds, and its really disappointing at saddening. It really seems like my body is not fit to continuously move around... Nevertheless, du'aa is the key, and I ask from Allah - the Only One who can grant me strength. Kids are at home. They had fever for a few days since before I left, and I can only make du'aa for them. I believe Allah is teaching me to let go and focus on my 'ibadah to Him, and not this dunya. Al-maalu wal-banuuna ziinat...

little updates of recent events

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Recipe: Nutella-Cheese Muffins

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Before we start, let me tell you that the original recipe came from  David Lebovitz's Black-Bottom Cupcakes Oh ya, I really don't know how to differentiate between cupcakes and muffins, so let's call them cupcakes AND muffins, okay? Okay. Now... my Nutella 'supplier' from Singapore (a.k.a. Tc Sharifah Haslina in Adni) - because it's waaay cheaper over there - told me that Nutella cupcakes are reaaally nice! So finally I get to try bake some. And since I really love black-bottom cupcakes, I decided to combine both recipes. The recipe below prepares a dozen (12) cupcakes Cheese Mix: 227g of Cream Cheese 1/3 cup sugar 1 egg Nutella Mix: 1 cup Nutella 60 g plain flour 1 ½ tsp baking powder 2 eggs 2 tbsp Milk A pinch of salt Optional: Coarsely-chopped hazelnuts Semi-sweet chocolate chip Steps: 1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees. 2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt set aside. 3. In a large bowl, m...

family time!

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Eid August 2013

Family Trip to Cameron Highlands

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August 2013 kids' loo at RNR Tapah

Twin-Cousins : Ikhwan & 'Irfan

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Sunday, 12 May 2013 Ikhwan (left), 11:15 a.m. 2.3 kg, Columbia Hospital &  'Irfan (right), 11:28 a.m. 3.7 kg, Ampang Hospital the twin-cousins at 3 months old Cameron Highlands