Happy 61st Malaysia!

31 August 2018

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Happy independence day, Malaysia!

No matter where I go, you will always be my home.

I'm so proud to be a Malaysian. I love you.
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Pulang, Wheely & Christopher Robin | Movies Review

29 August 2018

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This month, I went to watch three movies, two produce by our own local.

1. Pulang


Went to watch this movie with my husband. Its so good to watch with your partner, we can actually learn from the movie.

πŸŽ₯Cinematography : It was so beautiful! Of course, any movie directed by Kabir Bhatia is never disappointing. Malaysia is so beautiful. 😍

πŸ‘₯Acting : Remy Ishak is one of the best actor in Malaysia. I love his acting. Everyone in it is good too!

🎡OST : Dayang Nurfaizah - Layarlah Kembali - I'm loving this song! 

🎒Plot : Based on true story. It was so good. I have my aww, my eee my sobs moments.

🌠Moral of the story : Never assume. Communicate. Typical Malays, egoistic and assuming.

😒Crying rate : 😭😭😭 I cried really hard at the end of the movie. Whyyy they have to suffer like that. I can never have a long distance relationship with my husband.

🌠Total Star : 🌟🌟🌟🌟

2. Wheely


My sisters and I wanted to support KRU! We watch this on Eid Adha with Sabrina, Hanis and Hamzah. 

🎒Plot : πŸŒŸπŸŒŸ Nothing new or interesting. Very typical and expected.

πŸŽ₯Animation : πŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸ Beautiful! Good job! πŸ‘πŸ‘

✍Script / Language : πŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸ Need to improve more. We watch the Malay version, because of Hanis. "Gerak lu pape roger” and “Bla la” is a big no no for kids. Not suitable for kids viewing. πŸ™…

🌠Values : πŸŒŸ Did not reach the kids. Kids movie should be full with values. Take Disney for example.  Even Frozen, Moana and Coco have a lot of values.

🌠Total Star : 🌟🌟

Great effort anyway for Malaysian animation studios. Go KRU go!

3 . Christopher Robin



Went to watch this with my husband. He doesn't like Disney like I do. To be honest, I never watch Pooh before, even though I love Disney. And I was expecting more from the movie. 

🎒Plot : πŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸ It was okay. I think this movie is for grown up, not for children.

πŸŽ₯Animation : πŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸ I did not expect that Pooh is so small! Haha 

🌠Values : πŸŒŸ Pooh is full with wisdom!

🌠Total Star : 🌟🌟🌟

To be honest, I did not like it like other Disney movie. I feel like this movie is meant for grown up more. But, it has a lot of quotes which I love.

What movie should I watch next month. πŸ€”

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Calm Birth Calm Baby | Seminar

24 August 2018

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Salam everyone! 

Since I can't hide it anymore, I might just announce it, I'm pregnant! Alhamdulillah. It's a thrilling journey for both my husband and I. We are newbie to this. So we decided to go to maternity talk. We went to this talk because my friend, Mel helps organize this event. We were the first one to arrived. Excited much. 😁 It was fun and informative, but we were actually expecting more from it. As a new parents to be, we have no ideas how to handle birth and babies. 


πŸ’™ SOME OF THE GEMS πŸ’™ 

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Happy Eid Al-Adha 2018

22 August 2018

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I miss Makkah & Madinah 😒

Pray that I can do Hajj with my family next year. Amin.
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The Basic Legal & Women's Rights | Course

17 August 2018

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Salam everyone. So last Saturday, I attended The Basic Legal & Women's Rights Course organized by MIZAN in collaboration with HIKMAH Wilayah & FAME. I love the speaker, Mrs Fadhlina Siddiq, and I'm so inspired to be a syarie lawyer and activist in the future. πŸ˜…


All slides and videos are uploaded on MIZAN'S WEBSITE for reference and benefit of all parties.

πŸ’™ SOME OF THE GEMS πŸ’™ 

🌸 Prinsip dalam rumah tangga : 
1. Keadilan 
2. Mesyuarah 

🌸 Law is a powerful tool - but only if it is understood well. Kita peguam dilahirkan untuk berkhidmat kepada masyarakat. 

🌸 Aib ada batas: Mudarat 
Redha : Kita ditakutkan dengan redha yang bukan-bukan. Ada mudarat, keluar rumah.
Masyarakat sekarang - pukul adalah bukan satu yang pelik.

🌸 Psychology - kitaran ganas 
Lazim menyakiti - Assault 
Menjadikan kehidupan cukup derita - Battery 

🌸 Physical abuse - Family boleh buat report 
Emotional abuse - Family tak boleh buat report

🌸 Nafkah - makanan, minuman, tempat tinggal, perubatan, pakaian, pendidikan 

🌸 Sebelum kahwin, jangan bincang benda tak realistik - berapa anak, suka makan apa.
Bincang benda realistik - nafkah, mahar, mas kahwin.

🌸 Krisis rumah tangga : 
1. Amarrat nusyuz - tanda nusyuz 
2. Nusyuz - bermasam muka, bercakap dengan nada tinggi, enggan mematuhi perintah suami, enggan berpindah mengikut suami, tidak memberikan nafkah kepada isteri 
3. Syiqaq - cela mencela, perbalahan yang berpanjangan, tinggal berasingan 
4. Dhirar - keganasan rumah tangga 

🌸 Mekanisme pengurusan konflik rumahtangga : 
1. Perundingan dan nasihat
2. Memisahkan pihak yang terlibat (tafriq) 
3. Ta’dib (mengajar) 
4. Hakam (melantik wakil) 

🌸 Berkahwin dengan ilmu, bercerai dengan ilmu.
🌸 Ayat 1000 dinar adalah untuk wanita yang bercerai. 
🌸 Surah Al-Talaq mengisahkan dari proses cerai sehingga healing process.

Good initiative by MIZAN! Pray for more talk like this in the future. 
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Sister of Deen Meet Up

10 August 2018

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Salam everyone!


As I mentioned on my previous post, School of Deen is organizing Sister of Deen Meet Up for every two months. So this time, I went with Zahidah. Usually it's free, but this time around there is entrance fee. (But still cheap!) I love the potluck, I usually didn't bring anything *guilty* But this time around I feel like bringing something, so I brought banana cake. I hope one day I can bring Bihun Goreng or something heavier. (I'm not confident with my cooking you know haha)

Zahidah during the games we had.

πŸ’™ SOME OF THE GEMS πŸ’™ 

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Panggung ‘Hujan Bakawali di Rumah Tuhan’

08 August 2018

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Date : 4th August 2018
Venue : Twenty20Two
1 anthology. 2 volumes. 1 staging. 8 artists.


Last Saturday, Zahidah and I attended an event by RIPTA, a special staging adapted from the anthology of prose and poetry 'Hujan Bakawali di Rumah Tuhan'. Guess what? This is not our first time. Last year, we both attended the first event by RIPTA, Kamar Rahsia 'Untuk Yang Telah Pergi'. #supportive #dakdakdeep (How funny, I haven't 'met' my husband yet during the last event, and now I'm married and still going to this kind of event.)

It has become a tradition of RIPTA, for every published anthology, its readers will surely be celebrated through an intimate event. This time around, a special staging was organized with the purpose of to "bring prose and poetry out of the book". The 8 writers were paired to raise their poems out of the book and continue on stage. The ideas and concepts of offerings are divided into four, namely poetry through visuals, poetry through drama, poetry through dance, and poetry through music. The shows were alternated with a casual talk about books with the host, Jamal Raslan.


The book 'Hujan Bakawali di Rumah Tuhan' is an anthology prose and poetry twinned (two volumes). It was written by seven Malaysian poets and an Indonesian poet. The theme is a secret, prayer, and hope regardless of religion or belief.



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Being Me 2018 | Breaking Barriers

03 August 2018

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So last Saturday, I went to Being Me Conference with Kakak. To be honest, the venue is not really that conducive. I don't feel really comfortable with the chairs, the hall, the slides.... But anyway, looking forward to the real purpose we were there. To listen to the talk.


Program Schedule  
A. #RelationshipGoals by Prof Dr Harlina Siraj 
B. Mental Health Awareness by Dr Karen Golden
C. Eating Disorder by Dr Harlina Bahar 
D. Millennial Kids by Umm Hud 
E. Fostering Wellbeing by Dr Karen Golden
F. Aida in Cancer Wonderland by Sr Aida Munirah Azmi 
G. Be at Piece, Not a Pieces by Umm Hud 
H. Importance of Seeking Knowledge by Sheikh Ali Ahmed 
I . Forum - I'm Okay 2.0

So, the first talk is from Prof Dr Harlina Siraj, whom we love. We went to her talk last year, about Seksual Kanak-Kanak and we already fall in love with her since then. Here are some of the notes and gems from the conference.

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Life's Purpose πŸ’«

01 August 2018

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When I was in high school, the question of "what is my purpose in life?" started to pop up in my head. At that young age, my knowledge of life's purpose is limited. I associate my life's purpose with my career. What is my ambition? What am I going to work for in future? Little did I know that finding my life’s purpose is not exactly about finding my career.

My limited exposure to the world told me that I'm going to be a doctor. Why? Maybe because I was raised in an Asean family. πŸ˜› My parents wanted at least one of their children to become a doctor, and I'm the last choice they have. Unfortunately, I'm not that smart. πŸ˜‚ Sorry mom and dad. I was certain that I'm gonna be a doctor, but by the time I got my SPM result, I know, medicine is not my future. So I stop having that dream. 

I always have so much thoughts and ideas in my head. . I wanted to do so many things at the same time. I wanted to become everything; lawyer, film director, author, videographer, journalist, psychiatric, news anchor, spoke person, florist, housewife, and everything, you name it. I always feel like my thoughts are all tangled like twisted ropes. I don't know how to untangled them. My childish-fairytales-self always thought that the only person who can save me (untangled those ropes) is the one and only, my prince charming (future husband). But as I grew older, I learned that the only person who can save myself, is me. No one can untangled those ropes, unless it is me. (I started to learn about journaling and writing down my thoughts into paper). 

When I was in university, I started to search for my life's purpose again. I've found out that in Islam, Allah has already told us about our purpose of life. Which can be summarize as these three.
PURPOSE OF LIFE
1. To Worship Allah - Ibadah | 51:56
2. To be a Khalifah - With knowledge - To promote goodness and peace | 2:30-32
3. To be Rahmah - Mercy and blessings - To all creation | 21:107
I don't quite grasp it at that time. I know I have to worship Allah. I know I have to be a leader. But how? Should I just become an ustazah? Should I become a scholar? Should I only become a doctor to save a life? Saving a life means I'm guaranteed Jannah? No, Allah did not create us to only be a doctor, or an ustaz or a scholar. Who's gonna run the country? Who's gonna sell our food? Who's gonna teach our children? Remember the Rahmah? We are not only created to worship Allah and be Khalifah, but to also be rahmah to every creation.

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