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!