SOME TIPS OF PUTTING THE KIDS TO SLEEP IN THEIR OWN ROOM

This bed is so perfect for Tasnim, my second girl. I knew that I was always dreaming of this kind of bed for my girls when we were in Malaysia but it was not just yet to do so. I was so not really hard trying to separate them as they were still small I think. We are all sleep together, 5 of us in our master bedroom which I think it is normal for some other families too.

As soon as I knew that we were coming here, I told Fahmi and Tasnim to sleep in their own bedroom when we are in Korea as that is the rule for kids in Korea, haha cruel mom huh? Anyway, it is not a bad thing though so I just proceed. When we moved to our house here, on the very first day I set up their bed as they love  and they started to sleep in their own room.. And please please try to accompany them until the fall asleep for at least for a few nights. I did that for Fahmi, 6++ yrs old and did some bedtime story telling (cerita Nabi) with the lights on some more but Tasnim could surprisingly slept on her own with the lights off eventhough it was just her first day and she was just 4++ years old. But Iswitch on the lights at the family hall and keep their doors opened as they may awake in the middle of the night. Until today I will wake up 2 times for their bathroom time and some times a few more times just to look and see how are they doing, you know put their comforter back on ke, now still cold eventhough we have a minimum heater on but still it is cold at night.

Another tips, when waking up in the morning hugs and kiss them as you really miss them so much when the are sleeping, yup I really do miss them all even while the are sleeping..and try to talk to the about their experience, how do they feel, what were their dreams etc. And we still do that routine until now. It has a huge impact as we can feel that they are looking forward for another night and another and another and so on. Alhamdulillah.

p/s: Hanaa my little daughter in this picture was just pretending to sleep here..haha, she has her own bed in our master bedroom.

HOMEMADE SAUSAGE PIZZA

This is not a cooking blog but I would love to share what I have cooked for the kids and what they like the most here. I know that I found a halal pizza small restaurant here but it is all the way up to itaewon area, where we used to live for two months when first arrived here. So I have no option but to make the pizza. Pizza has been a weekly regular food for the kids when I was working before in Malaysia. You know, coming home nearly magrib or after, I always had to make up something with the kids by ordering their favourite food. And here, after I googled and tried a few recipe, I found one that I would definitely hold it until forever..yup, finally.Alhamdulillah. And you know what, eventhough it was not perfect but it was so perfect for me to have this satisfaction feeling when looking at them eating and thanking me for what I have cooked. Kids, I will try to make up every single moment that I have missed when I was working before.

SNOWBALL!

I know that this is not a definitely the most right entry to be posted for a comeback but I really do want the kids to read this memories when they grow up and hopefully this blogspot will still exist by that time. This was their first snow ball moment in their life. this picture was taken maybe end of feb or in early march 2014.I had these pics uploaded long time ago and only have time to blog about it.

VISIT TO KOREA WAR MUSEUM

I think I never posted about this visit before. Yup, we visited Korea War Museum nearby and the kids were excited not because of the army thingy but about the snow! Well, they have had experiencing the snow quite a few times already since we arrived here but I never let them to play with it. But here, seems they were quite boring other than the giant aeroplanes, I let them played with the snow. Enjoy the pictures!

TINI@SEOUL KITCHEN: BEEF BURGER

Two weeks ago, Fahmi requested for a burger as he saw one when they were following me to the bank in Itaewon. But being a pure muslim boy in shaa Allah, he always adding a few more words after his request as follow:-

"mama, i want to eat burger..ini tak halal kan? 

Alhamdulillah he is now starting to learn about halal food.

And my answer will always be like this:

 "No sayang /No abang..nanti mama cook for you at home"

Well, that is kind of a lock promise and he will keep asking me at home until i made it.

So, we did it together including Tasnim. They seemed to enjoy this moment, making the patties and finally eat the burger. But due to limited resources that we have (at that time our container had not arrived yet) so I just used readymade bread for the burger. We got no mayonaise only some blackpepper and ketchup. Alhamdulillah they were so happy.

Because of this, I ordered online for a food processor as they also requested for nuggets and sausage. Wish me luck with all this and hopefully we all can do the same for our kids to make sure the get the best food and made with love. Amiin..

TINI@SEOUL KITCHEN : GYERANBANG

My first attempt making one of the korean popular snacks, Gyeranbang (egg cake). Alhamdulillah it turned out not that bad. Actually we went to Myeongdong before and we saw a lot of korean snacks sold along the road. My kids keep asking whether we can eat that, eat this until we finally saw gyeranbang. Somebody told us before that we can eat that if it is only flour and egg base. So we bought one and it cost about RM6.50 per pc.Three kids, we bought three..pheww..mahal jugaklah. They have a special pan so that they can 'terbalikkan dan kepit' the one whole egg in the middle. Eating something warm in the winter time is so tempting.

So, came back home i did some search from google and found the recipe. It was so damn simple and I finally did it. Since I dont have that special pan, I just use normal muffin pan (i will definitely get one) and instead of using one whole egg for one cake, i use for three cakes (kedekut kan?bukanlah, berjimat sambil kurangkan kolestrol, ;p).

The whole kitchen smells good and the kids were so excited and in fact Fahmi requested it two days in a row. So, settled one thing and I definitely make this before going out next time to make sure the kids do not go hungry of korean snacks anymore.

Behind this, I see a big 'hikmah'. We can save and the most important thing is the kids only eat everything homemade and in shaa Allah halaalan toyyiban. This also make me realize one thing, I remembered my Ustaz told me long time ago, if we were to buy an outside food, please make sure the seller and the cook are covering their aurat so that the food is halaalan  toyyiban. This make sense but I dont really take this into account before. Yup, sometimes we did not open ourselves for a choice to choose..pakai tudung tp baju lengan pendek, takpun tudung pulak ikat belakang nampak leher..well thats not covering aurat. but we see that kind of sellers everywhere in Malaysia.

Syukur alhamdulillah I can see it now and hopefully I will be istiqomah in this matter and make sure only halaalan toyyiban foods go into my kids' body, in shaa Allah..

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Need advice utk mesin jahit tepi

Assalamualaykum..really need help from my crafters friends..i really need to buy mesin jahit tepi ni sbb da x sanggup nak ulang alik gi tunggu kedai jahit nak jahit tepi.seriously membazir masa dan tenaga.hehe..boleh tak korang suggest mesin ape yg ok, yg korang pnh guna ke..sy masih lg fulltime housewife and part time crafter.tp kali ini sy kena ada extra effort sbb menjahit ni juga menjadi income utk sy sejak benti keje.

Starting from today, sy akn buat tabung mesin jahit tepi utk encourage sy menjahit.en suami blh je nakbelikan atau sy pun ada simpanan tp maybe semua tu nkguna utk kecemasan kan.tp main point sy kat sini sy nakbeli mesin jahit tepi, tp at the same time nak kena ada push factor utk sy ada extra effort nk menjahit. So mohon kawan2 advice mesin yg ok dan harganya..hehe..sy pun survey2 jugak ni..tq semua..

HARTA ILMU..

Saya telah menghadiri sebuah kursus keibubapaan bersama suami pada sabtu lepas.kursus ini adalah utk para ibubapa bakal pelajar kemasukan thn satu sek alamin bangi. Saya dan ibubapa lain juga mengakui bahawa agak sukar utk memasukkan anak ke sekolah berkenaan. Anak-anak perlu mengambil ujian lisan dan bertulis, ibubapa perlu hadir sesi temuduga dan juga kursus ini.Ya, ibu dan bapa.jika hanya salah seorang yg tidak hadir tanpa alasan yang kukuh, markah akn dipotong.Saya tabik sekolah sebegini, bukan sahaja anak anak perlu ditapis tetapi juga ibubapa. Secara xlangsung bukan shj mendidik anak tetapi mendidik ibubapa bg menghasilkan produk insan rabbani yg berkualiti.

Berbalik kepada kursus tersebut, saya rasa ianya amat bagus.penceramah yg hebat hebat semuanya.di antara isu yg ditekankan adalah :-

- pendidikan anak2 dirumah adalah sgt penting.apa yg berlaku pada hari itu adalah pelajaran pada hari tersebut.

-kawal emosi muda kita, darah muda..anak anak akan 'copy' & 'paste' dari kita bila mereka dewasa kelak.ibu adalah 'benchmark' yg akn dilihat oleh seorg anak perempuan dan begitu juga dengan anak lelaki, bapalah yg akan dilihatnya.

-apabila kita tinggalkan harta, lama lama harta akan habis, manusia ramai bergaduh sebab harta.tinggalkan lah anak kita dengan ilmu dan agama yg mencukupi sbb amat berguna pd masa depan anak anak.

Banyak lg yg dikongsikan bersama termasukkan bersama dgn pakar psikologi.bagaimana cara untuk menangani masalah anak anak yg suka menipu, mencuri, malas solat dan sebagainya.

Really looking forward to join this kind of seminar in near future.

Harta harta saya...Alhamdulillah..

BACK ON TRACK!

Alhamdulillah back to blogging after quite some times having break for raya feast.alhamdulillah, ramadhan is gone but lets keep the 'amalan-amalan' going on and on in shaa Allah. Somebody said if we miss ramadhan, keep our night up with tahajjud and etc.

Lets see..hmm it seems like everyone is back on track, same routine..for those working moms, happy working mommies.for wham like me, happy working too!

As for me, after two weeks break for raya, i was in my hometown.a bit longer as it was school holiday and that was my longest raya break since this year i started to become a wahm. Plus, my younger sister got married on the 4th raya and we stayed there until the 'kenduri bertandang' in Penang.

Ok, thats all for a warm up session, school has started since last week so a lot of things need to be done. I leave you with some more our raya pictures. Take care.

Raya kedua @ terengganu

Raya pertama @ terengganu

Raya keempat @kenduri adik@kota bharu

Both are doctors, alhamdulillah. Their naqibah arranged for this 'meeting'.jodoh bertemu.

Walimah @ kOta bharu

Both are vey simple person. So did the walimah, simple but meriah!

Raya kesepuluh @penang @ats feri

But too bad both of us did not have our phone with me during this walimah so no pictures of the pengantin. This photo was taken in the ferry on our way back.

Alhamdulillah.

Selamat hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin

Alhamdulillah..dpt gak beraya pakai baju mama jahit..abg dgn papa punya tempah dgn tailor turun temurun kt kg..susah btul nk snap gambar satu family sbb fahmi xsuka bergambar.

thn ni beraya di Trg.raya ketiga bru balik kb..kenduri adik pd raya keempat..

IA HAMPIR KE PENGHUJUNGNYA..

Alhamdulillah hari ke20 kita berpuasa.jauh disudut hati rasa sayu sbb sekejap jer masa berlalu..tp excited juga nakbalik kg kan jumpa sanak saudara.anak anak pun xsabar nak ajar pakcikmakcik depa main bunga api..hihi..

Semua persiapan da siap.tinggal nakbalik kg je.so sementara dok sini lg cuba habiskan brg2 basah yg ada.kebetulan pula mmg xpnh lg gi pasar ramadhan..masak je so bhn mentah mmg sentiasa ada..

Walaupun fahmi anak sulung saya puasa sampai balik dr skolah je dlm kol 3 (puasa penuh 3 hari je..huhu), tp menu berbuka mmg bnyk ikut selera dia.cth favourite dia adalah ayam masak sambal, percik,ikan cencaru sumbat pedas sket, udang & sotong masak sambal.puasa ni bnyk ulang menu sama.tp ada jugak masak special utk husband spt masak lemak cili padi, gulai ikan tongkol..ikan masak sambal, tempe ikan bilis pedas dan sebagainya. Kalo bln puasa sblm ni suka masak ketupat sotong tp.sbb thn ni sy da xkeje menu tu almost every month buat.so bln puasa xbuat lah.

Oklah sampai ketemu lagi..tulis thru hp ni lenguh ibu jari..hihi..

First time buat peplum

Alhamdulillah apa yg sy sketch sblm ni keluar..blh la sket sket.first time buat peplum.yg menjadi halangan besar sy ada kain licin..tp combination ni naiklah.ecece puji diri sendiri..jenuh gak haritu nak cari kain pink bunga biru..

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First trial Jubah Moden

Alhamdulillah I've finally done my first Jubah Moden for this raya. I managed to find my time to sew this. What made me decided to sew on my own because I tried to search a jubah moden which quite simple but cute and of course the material used is totally not see through or needs inner. This material is same with baju melayu material..yup for me it's tricky to handle coz licin and soft but matching with this pink border lace and pleats this jubah looks a bit fancy. I love the outcome..ok lah first time kan...

Salam Ramadhan

Post ni ditulis semalam.lupa nk publish.

Salam Ramadhan tuk semua.alhamdulillah harini da masuk hari kelima brpuasa..fhmi tadi bangun sahur seperti biasa, katanya nak puasa penuh harini. Hari pertama dia berjaya puasa penuh. Alhamdulillah masa tu papa amik cuti semangat nak suh fahmi puasa. bila da kol 4 tu dia da goyah nak air..tp bagi main ipad kejap..kol 530 tu hampir nakgi minum air tp bila papa ajak gi beli air kat giant (saje je nakgi jauh sket bagi dia leka)..siap dia tanya lagi nape lama sangat nak sampai...kebetulan plak jam kan..balik umah da nak kol 7 dia leka main dgn adik dia. kol730 berbuka tu banyak sagat minum air ended up muntah before dia solat magrib..tanya dia, Fahmi nak puasa lagi tak? dia kata nak! tp dalam hati saya masa tu kata kalo esoknya dia nak buka bila balik skolah dlaam jam 3 tu mmg saya bg dia bukak sbb kesian sangat..nak buka buku wat latihan pun xlarat..baring je..lgpun dia cakap kat skolah ada ramai kawan2 dia xpose..sian sangat..bulan 10 ni baru cukup 6 thn dia ni..xpe xpe latihan tu penting..

So, the next day sampaila semalam pose separuh hari je..hehe..tp xpe malamnya selalu berazam sy nak pose penuh mcm mama..alhamdulillah.. semangat tu penting..hehe..

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Keep praying.He's listening to you..

Sejak saya berhenti kerja untuk fokus kepada anak anak dan sambil2 tu buat bisness kecil kecilan, ramai yang cakap  "untungla saya, eeii jelesnya dengan tini..eh teringin jugaklah tp tak mampu kalau sorang keje"..

Dulu-dulu (masa tu baru ada anak sorang) saya pun mcm tu, jeles dgn kawan2 yg surirumah boleh jaga anak sendiri, watching them growing old everyday..masa tu saya juga fikir akan tanggungan, kesian suami kerja sorang..tp dalam diam saya berniat suatu hari nanti saya juga akan menjadi seorang surirumah sepenuh masa. Blh dikatakan setiap hari saya berdoa. Setiap kali hantar anak, hati saya tersentuh. apatah lagi bila amik anak lambat air mata saya mengalir sedih, kadang kadang anak dah tidur. xde masa nak main dgn anak.esok angkat dia masih tidur. begitula rutin saya sehingga lah saya melahirkan anak ketiga.

Pada masa tu berpantang selama 3 bulan dirumah memberikan saya perasaan yg cukup indah, menguruskan anak anak, menyambut pulang dari sekolah, menyambut suami pulang kerja..semua ini memberikan satu perasaan yg cukup bermakna buat saya. walaupun saya naik pangkat, tp saya cakap dengan suami, ini semua tidak akan membantutkan impian saya, doa saya masih sama, dan semoga Allah memberikan yang terbaik untuk saya.

Alhamdulillah skrg dan 6 bulan lebih, saya tidak menyesal dan tidak pernah menyesal memilih jalan ini. pagi2 saya boleh hantar anak kesekolah, blh siapkan bekalan anak2, mengambil anak dari sekolah..paling seronok bila balik dari sekolah anak sulung saya akan tolak beg ketepi terus ke dapur utk melihat mama masak apa harini..satu perasaan yg tidak dapat diungkapkan. sama macam ape yang saya buat dulu bila balik rumah mesti  meluru ke dapur utk tengok mama saya masak apa. apa sahaja lauk hatta telur goreng pun cukup membuka selera orang balik sekolah. menemani anak anak makan apatah lagi meyuapkan mereka makan tengahari sekali lagi membuatkan saya melafaz syukur..perasaan indah ini terus terpahat di hati saya dan membuatkan saya tersenyum sehingga waktu nak tidur.

So bg ibu ibu yg nak ikut jejak langkah sy..ikhlaskan niat dan jgn putus asa untuk berdoa, in shaa Allah, Allah akan makbulkan doa kita at the right time..amiin..