"You can't right a wrong."

When kak Fiza said it, it was an affirming statement for me. It was like, before, my compass needle was swinging left right, left right.. and then, it suddenly froze, at its right position. Alhamdulillah..

Anyway, it was full house at last night's bulatan gembira. A second, since the one we had last year at kak Fiza's place. =)

Rasa bersalah tinggalkan kawan kerja sendirian. Klw kau kerja smpi 12 lebih, tentu kau suka klw ada yang menemani, kan? 'Do unto others what you want others to do unto you', remember?
Yg buat kite pergi ialah.. kite tak bercukupan utk bayar duit teksi nanti. Not this time. Kebetulan kite 'tight' sekarang ni. Bunyi selfish, eh? But i really do not mean to be. Kite minta maaf, kawan :(
Untuk sedapkan hati, kite kata pada diri, ini sesuatu yg dia harus alami.. 'a milestone' in her working life. Kite do'akan dia selamat, masih bertenaga dan masih boleh fokus utk selesaikan kerja. Tapi kan, dah dalam mrt menuju ke Kranji ni, hati kite masih kata kite sepatutnya tunggu. Sepatutnya lebih bersedia utk korbankan $30. Apalah $30 klw dibandingkan dgn perbuatan menggembirakan seseorang? Hmm...

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Bertandang ke rumah A'feyah

Buku susunan Imam Nawawi sebagai berkat untuk majlis walimatul urus Bahirah

(ada bedak Safi juga.. untuk tetamu undangan tertentu, e.g. non-muslim/non-malays)

Batch terakhir utk dibungkus. Alhamdulillah, beres pada malam itu! Personally, kite gembira sebab dapat tolong.. sebagai 'pengganti' tak dapat hadir pada majlis persandingan. Terima kasih kepada Hakimah juga.. she helped speed up the packaging at the last bit =)

Messy~ :p

Dapat rasa kurma ajwa'! Definitely the highlight of the night for me! Sukerr~

(Rupa-rupanya Bahirah baru balik dari umrah. Dan rupa-rupanya, dia bawa pulang kurma ajwa'. Tersenyum lebar kite bila dipelawa makan. hehe.. dah tak kempunan)

Cenderahati daripada Bahirah buat mereka2 yang datang menolong :) ada kurma ajwa', tahina, tasbih, batang kayu siwak, minyak wangi (aromanya sedappp dan lembut, tak kuat) dan air zam-zam. Rezki!

Buat Bahirah,

Tahniah, dik! Kak ucapkan

Baarakallahu lakuma wa baaraka 'alaikuma wa jama'a bainakuma fi khair~~

^__^

my first pair of expensive shoes

I don't like to spend a lot of money on 2 things: daily shoes and handphone.

But Pansy shoes, oh man! I've been eyeing them for quite some time! 2 years maybe? And because of my usually tight budget and my habit of sticking to my principles, i managed to squelch this desire.. telling myself to 'be patient.. be patient.. next time, k!'.

Now is the time, when i felt ready to invest a bit more on a pair of shoes. By 'ready', i mean that i didn't have the usual hesitant feeling.. i just thought 'ok. Go for it'. My only hope (with a tinge of worry+doubt, I must admit!)  is that this new Pansy shoes will last for at least 2 years. I'm going to wear them almost everyday. If it can withstand that, then it would definitely be value for money.

My previous pair of daily shoes was Crocs Women's Melbourne, which i loved loved loved very much. In Singapore, it cost a bomb! About $90! I got it at amazon.com for USD23.97, shipping fee included (to US address). That's about S$30.80. Crazy deal, right??! I was very lucky indeed, especially since those shoes lasted just shy of 1 year. (Imagine spending almost  hundred bucks on a pair of shoes that is good for only a year! Disappointing) The brown canvas body faded due to constant exposure to rain and sun, a tear on each (but at different sites) most prolly due to consistent 'force' from 2 particular toes. Lovely as they were, i realised at one point that i need shoes made from leather or anything hardier than canvas, because water seeping into my socks and feet is pretty uncomfortable. But i did not want to go back to wearing those black Bata shoes. Boringly plain!

Turns out that the current trend is canvas shoes.. many interesting fabric designs! I am particularly attracted to TOMS largely because of their company policy (for-every-pair-you-buy-one-pair-will-be-donated-to-a-person-in-need). But, no, I tell myself, another footwear easily drenched by water will not do. Although, i still enjoy browsing thru the various brands (like, Sanuk, which I just came across a few minuted ago).

Anyway, so, i began my search for versatile, waterproof, comfortable, subtly stylish covered shoes by surfing amazon.com for a few hours at a time. The problem was (and still is!) I do not know what material it is made of, if it covers my forefoot (no toe shoes, please!), if its size 8 would fit snugly (different shoe designs may require a slight change of size). Oh well, now that i've got my Pansy, i can stop looking around. For the time being.

The next thing on my wish list is a pair of sports shoes. :)

By the way, have you guys heard or seen Vibram's Fivefingers? They look owhsome!! Tempted to try one, but not in the near future, i guess, coz my other Crocs is still in good shape (it's only 1-year 5-month old!) and i will have a pair of running shoes (inshaAllah!).

Remember, Liyana, buy only what you need ^_^

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Countdown to Ramadhan 2012

In light of the upcoming Ramadhan, I am posting the short videos I took of mosques I 'hopped to' for Tarawih prayer during last year's fasting month.

Allahumma ballighna ramadhan...

al-Khair Mosque @ Choa Chu Kang, 2nd night

an-Nahdhah Mosque @ Bishan, 3rd night