From Aku, with love

 Tomorrow is our new year , the beginning of 2024. I end my 2023 with this phrase 👇 " Alhamdulillah  'ala kulli hal " which means All praises and thanks are for Allah in all circumstances. I learned it from Ustaz Jafri's YouTube. You can google its benefits.  We know that we are being tested by Allah but the way we accept the test - is it with an open heart? Or we feel angry . Only we know ourselves.  And my blog ends 2023 with  11, 391 total of views ( until 10.10 p.m. ).  Thank you. 

 Continue gardening today . I went to another nursery and luckily ,  it has many fragrant Melur plants. I just bought one Melur plant , a plastic pot and coconut fiber. I use the coco fiber to cover the holes in the pot.  I had extra money , so I bought Siti Zubaidah @ 3 Bulan plant. The colour is light pink and the flowers are small but a lot. It looks like a bridal bouquet.  And of course , another plastic pot for that plant.  There are also fragrant pines in that nursery. The pine smells like serai wangi. Yup, I did smell it. Then ,  I remember a Korean drama, " Encounter " where the hero ( Park Bo- Gum) gave this kind of pine as a gift to his girlfriend, the CEO. But I didn't buy the fragrant pine because I have my Himalayan Blue pine in my garden. Actually, it's over my budget.  One pine enough la.  Two pieces of advice , especially to the young ones 🥰👇 # If you want to buy something , must stick to  your budget. Do not over spend. It ...

 Yesterday, after watering the plants, I transferred all my Lidah Jin and Lidah Mertua near the wall. Scary right the names. Along A gave me Lidah Mertua during the RR reunion last year. That's the first plant in my backyard garden. Thank youuu. The garden tools rack , including the gloves and fertilizer, I put all of them in the store.  Then I went to the nursery this morning. I bought plants , plastic pots ( cheap and light ) ,  the five layer flower pot stand rack and packets of soil.  And that nursery boy introduced flowers tonic to me. Tonic? He gave a good explanation on  how to use it . How to mix it with water , how to spray the flower plants, how many times  and when to spray it . Wahhhh, I like , I like , I like. I bought one bottle.  That boy can be an influencer. An excellent one !  Tall plants like  Janda Kaya ( excuse me, why that name?) , cute ones like Kekwa and Butang - I bought different colours . Sighhhh...still not enough....

 My 2 kerat pantun👇 Go to Port Dickson without my mommy, Let's help our Malaysia's economy. We reached our holiday destination on 20 December 2023.  Yes, it's Port Dickson and "why Port Dickson" is to let my husband feel less tired  . He had an extra class on that day ( Wednesday ) and on Friday morning (22 December 2023) ,  drove to his hometown - Machang @ Mache . So, PD was the perfect destination for us. We chose Avillion Admiral Cove Hotel . It's only for one night. Our room was spacious and clean but not seaview facing. It's parking view facing. Aiseyman,  if not, we could see the yachts from our room . Never mind  because our room was near a lift . It's a "special " lift. Entered the lift first. Then we pressed button "L". After the lift opened, we walked a few steps , taraaa we reached our car. So there's the pro and con.  For our dinner ,  we went to Restoran Seri Mesra Ikan Bakar.  It's the famous restaurant here....

My family went to BS night market before going home. I bumped into Adik F. Wahhh so happy to meet him. Both of us wore  a mask. So  I was not sure if it was him but it was him. It was a big surprise to meet him here because he's staying quite far. He told me that he got work to do at school and I told him that we just reached here from Kelantan. Adik F always helped me at school. Not only me actually, but to all teachers. He's very helpful.  But the one that I really, really appreciate his help is when he helped me to get rid of the big rat. I am really scared of that animal. I cannot even see it. It was my unlucky day. There's a female teacher, let's call her Adik NF.  She showed me a  big rat which was trapped in the mouse trap. And she showed me right in front of my face. Can you believe it?  I was stunned at first, so shocked to see the rat. Then apa lagi I screamed la. Really a scream. Adik NF just realized that I was scared of that animal so quickly, ...

 I miss my spring garden. It's still raining here in Mache but I'm not sure whether it's raining at my place. I'm not worried about my plants.  I'm very sure they won't die because their roots are strong. Only the leaves will dry and drop. When I'll be at home, I am going to water all the plants and Insya-Allah, they will be ok . Now, I am thinking of rearranging certain plants in my garden . And I want  to add new plants. May be tall plants or may be flower plants. I'm not sure. Need to rearrange first. Then I'll know. I also need soil and pebbles . Lots of things to do at home. Ok about strong roots. Yup, plants need strong root. Like humans too. But we don't have root , we have belief. Strongly believe in Allah . Anywhere we go, always remember that we are Muslims. Whatever we do, always remember that we are  Muslims.  Then we are on the right track. Insya-Allah.  

 It's rainy season in Machang . It started this morning and until now, it's still raining . The restaurants, the car park is full. People here love dining out. But if you cannot go to a restaurant, it's ok. You still have other choices.  Lots and lots of street food stall, especially in the evening. Don't worry about the taste and the price. The taste is like the one you cook at home or may be better than yours. That's the main reason why I prefer buying rather than cooking.  And I am not worried about the food hygiene. So far, I never get diarrhea buying the street foods .  And if we look at other reasons, I also help their business and increase our country 's economy...... Be a good citizen ☺️ . Bye! 

 Since yesterday I didn't cook. Lots of things to do. This morning, my dearest husband cooked fried bihun for us. Wahhhh I really love his bihun. But my mother in law's (Ma) fried bihun is still the best one. No prawns , no squids . It's a simple fried bihun but the taste is umph . I still remember there's a day , we're going to have guests that morning. Ma's relatives were coming . Ma wanted to serve them fried bihun but instead of she's cooking it, she asked me. Well, I thought it's easy so I just said ok.  My fried bihun was ready. Our guests were waiting to taste it. So taraaa. But the guests just put a little bihun on their plate. Ate it but didn't want to add.  My Kelantanese niece who was seven years old at that time ( she's an ustazah now ) looked at me and shook her head slowly. I was curious about the taste . Then I looked at my husband . He put a full plate of fried bihun and ate it. He ate, ate and ate. He just focused on his food and...

 On 2 December 2023 , my husband took me and my son to have a Lunch Buffet at Bayview Hotel. I called it as " My Wife's Appreciation Day ". My mother couldn't join us because she had something to do on that day. So only three of us. My husband gave me time to eat and drink whatever I like .  More varieties of food than the one that we had  with my mother, brothers, sister and in laws. That one was for my retirement celebration. We had it last July. And last week,  I was so busy taking care of my cinta hati " my emak". She was not well.  She had high fever and bad cough. I gave her two tablespoons of GESB pati gamat ( blue bottle ) three times a day plus the doctor's medicines.  After a few days , her fever was gone and it's a big relief. She is still having cough but it's only a mild one, "batuk manja gitu".  Yesterday,  my mother had gone back to her house although I was still worried about her.   So this afternoon, we visited her . Sh...

 I had a conversation with a male teacher who's going to retire. He's Chinese and single. Only two of us at the canteen having breakfast.  Suddenly , he asked about my married life. I told him that  for the first ten years , it's a big trial for me because my husband and I still wanted to know about each other. That period , my respect was more than my love to my husband. I did my duty as a wife and the love was there but it's just love.  But after 10 years of marriage, my husband and I have blended everything. It's like we are ONE. It is more love than respect and that's very good. He has become my life partner. And I don't want to hurt him. I just want my husband to be happy.  That teacher only said, " Lucky your husband". And I told him, " I'm lucky to have him". Then he laughed and said, " Both of you are lucky to have each other". I just smiled.  Thank you Allah ❤️💛💚💙💜🤎🧡

 Sometimes, we wonder why Allah chooses us to face that problem , why Allah   tests us. May be because Allah believes that we can face it and Insya- Allah , we can pass the test. Just don't be scared and don't be sad , Allah will always be with us.  I still remember when I performed my hajj. Every thing was so easy and we were treated like a vip there. Then I said to myself, " Allah, how to make You proud of me".   I wanted Allah to tell the malaikat ( angels) how proud He was because His slave worked  so hard for this Hajj to get Allah's blessing.   What happened was  that day before we left our hotel to go to Arafah, I had high fever. Alhamdulillah , my bus always reached early . I could book a suitable place for me to sleep in the tent.  And there was an ice box outside the tent, near my place. So to reduce my fever,  I rubbed  the ice from my head to my feet . Alhamdulillah no more fever. But, when I was in Mina, ...

 My blog has reached 10,143 views today. Thank you. I created this blog in 2019. It's my new blog. My old blog has gone with the wind. It was an empty  blog at first until July 2022 ,  I started being an active blogger. But I did stop blogging for 6 months, 6 March 2023 until 6 September 2023. Lots of things to do before and after my retirement. Sorry. Anyway,  thanks for viewing my blog. My RR friend , Z did ask me to upload pictures on my blog but I prefer it to be like this. No pictures, only words to describe everything. 

 "Cikgu", I turned around and a lady wore a face mask was in front of me. I recognized her voice. She worked at our school canteen around 2008 - 2010, sorry I forget the year. I was choosing vegetables in the market yesterday when she came near me. She told me that she's not working anymore. Then she told me that her son, H was there, accompanying her. She pointed her son. I looked at that guy. Allahu Akbar . No wonder, this guy kept staring at me . He was wearing a mask that's why I didn't recognize him. I could see that he was smiling at me behind the mask. I taught H when he was in 3 A (  no KRK  in my school yet ). At first, he failed his English papers but then he worked hard . During his PMR Trial , he managed to get D. I always told him that hopefully, Allah would help him to get C because he's a good son and a good student. Well, he got C for his English in PMR . I remember it clearly.  Then his mother told me that H is working now and has already boug...

 Met my RR members yesterday at Dr Angah's house except Along A🥰 , Andak J🥰  and Chief Anjang🥰. Hahaha some of us have our nick name but all of us have the panggilan adik- beradik. Mine , I think is Uda. I don't remember because they always call me using my nick name.  I met Dr Angah's mother and her youngest sister after so many years. I introduced myself using my real name and her mother looked confused. Just wanted to tease her.  She's 73 years old but she still remembers her daughter's gang, Red Ribbon and our nick name.  Amazing. My real name is not in the list.  Then I told her my nick name, straight away she smiled and said something. I laughed and hugged her mother,  praying for her good health. Back to our meeting, lots and lots of food was served . Y kept reminding us about her yoghurt and egg had to eat together with her Bombày briyani rice. Adik S with her Sedap Nak Mati Choc Cake , Achik Z's gedik jelly , Itam's  chicken pepes ( e ...

 I don't understand why people need to be jealous and arrogant. Why do they have to feel like that? How to get rid of it?  We must always think of our weakness or weaknesses . Don't ever think that we are perfect. When we think that we are good at something, think of other things that we are not good at. Then we won't be arrogant.  All the things that we have , do not belong to us. All belong to Allah. He's our Creator. Allah can give, reject or take it back.  About jealousy. It depends. The wife should be jealous if the husband is looking at another woman. So does the husband. If they feel nothing, it means they don't love their spouse. Isy, isy, isy. And being jealous is also good if that can make you perform better especially at work.   But jealousy is not good if  it makes you hate that person and want to hurt him or her. You will feel satisfied if that person has a miserable life. Is that what you really want?  Sighhhh just remember that we w...

 Assalamualaikum. This morning, I went to the market to buy prawns, less hot dried chillies and onions. They're for RR Reunion. I really forgot to buy them last Sunday . Last year, I was the host but I didn't cook. I just ordered from my lovely kak nor and Amelia. I was so tired because I had English Carnival first, then English Camp. Lost all my energy. So far, they had come to my house 3 times. The first one, I cooked.  I cooked quite a lot at that time. Then,  they came for my Hajj kenduri. Lastly, last year's one. Actually, my husband doesn't mind if I become the host every year as long as his wife doesn't have to go to KL. But it's not fair. I also want to go to my friend's house. My dearest RR member , Ic will give me a lift to KL, so my husband had to say , " ok you can go to KL and have fun". Isy ... don't worry, it's only for one day .  Ic is expert in cooking rendang and asam pedas. There was one year, I was so busy  marking paper...

 R was my 5PSV1 student in 2019. His English was very weak and he came from a poor family. He always slept in my class. I woke him up, he opened his eyes then he closed them back. I didn't know what to do with him. Sighhhh this boy would fail my paper and  spoilt my 5psv1 's English result. I always thought of that.   One day, after I finished my class , on the way to the staffroom , I heard ustazah 's voice. Everybody had gone home. Only ustazah and R in that class. They were having a serious conversation. So I entered that class. I asked them why they were still in the class after school. Both of them looked at each other. Then ustazah told me that R had punched my son because he didn't like my son closed with a girl in that school. I cried after hearing that. I looked at him and asked him why he did that to my son. "Am  I a bad teacher?" Then he answered, " teacher baik". I asked him back ,  " when you hit my boy , did you  think of me? ...