Moving into a new place means having lots of things to fix and hang, which is why, a toolbox, a drill & an electric screwdriver (??!) seem to look like necessities. I'm sure AH had a ball shopping for those items, more so when he actually used the tools. I saw him beaming with excitement when his electric screwdriver did its job in sealing the final bits of the screw into the wall.


Big boys & toys.. tsk!

So far, the machines have come in handy in fixing our dishrack, blinds & erm..what else eh? Oh, some remaining frames due on the wall soon.

What have I been doing while AH is doing all the hard work?

Well...I've been scenting the bathrooms with aromatherapy? I helped to clear the study table & also did my fair share of shopping for kitchen items like the microwave, toaster & apa2 groceries lah! Very auntie right? But I like!

Next to arrive will be our sofa set, I can't wait for that next week.

And of course, the bed. We've yet to get one coz we need the space for the family gathering this Hari Raya Haji. After that, if Allah permits, we'll get the bed, then, pick a nice time to move in there, for a good 2 - 3 yrs.

Keta sapa ni?


For a moment, our faithful car turned into a karanguni-look-alike vehicle this evening, as their car owner engaged in some hoarding activities.


Look what AH managed to miraculously stuff into the boot - a trolley, a stroller, some karanguni bags, a drink tumbler & many boxes hidden from view. Plus, a beige doctor's bag too - that's not a karanguni item okay; that belongs to me! Some glass lamps found their way to the space where I put my feet in the front seat, so my bag goes to the boot.


And so the items travelled with us to the north, rested there for a few hours as we lepaked at SIL's place before they finally get transported to where they belong in the far east. Where insya-Allah we'll move to in a few weeks' time.


And yesterday, we went here, to catch an Islamic heritage exhibition.






It was alright, though we'd expected to see more ornaments. Lots of interesting information, which I couldn't really absorb during our short trip there.


Now, I'm just looking forward to the next long weekend!

I'm so relieved that it's finally friday. My energy was at its peak on Wednesday then somehow it just went downhill on Thursday. I've not scheduled any appointments today so I'm quite glad I can clear my work in peace.

Both of us slept really early yesterday - right after Isyak. I even missed Prison Break! Hmph~!
I felt really tired yesterday & fell asleep sooner than I thought after plonking the self into bed.

I'm glad I'm not working on Monday too. Maybe it'll be a good time to trot over to the new place, just to hang out there, when we've recovered from the weekend fatigue.

Till then!

I've only gone crabbing once - at Mandurah, Western Australia, during our 1st yr @currie hall. There were about 20 of us on that hostel floor & I think only 2 or 3 crabs were actually caught!! Heh, at the end of the day, we eventually had crabs to feast on - crabs which had been pre-empted as being necessary in case no one caught any, and so were purchased & cooked. So we all took photos with red, cooked crabs.

I've been thinking about cooking crabs for the past few days so when I woke up this morning, I thought it was a good time. Off I trotted to the market across the lane & got about 2 kg of crabs.

I'm finally done with the cleaning. It's amazing (alhamdulillah!) that I wasn't turned off my the smell at all! But of course, it being the first time I cleaned the crabs on my own, some of them are now shell-less. And now when I look at the crabs, I wonder if they are enough for the family to eat for both lunch & dinner. Think by lunch dah bis (cheh, macam sedap..hehe).

But I remembered a story where Rasullullah S.A.W received an invitation from someone to come to his house, as he had a piece of meat to cook. Rasulullah S.A.W accepted his invitation, but also asked for the whole Madinah to come to his house to eat the food too. That person panicked as there wouldn't be enough for the whole Madinah to eat! But his wife said that since that was what Rasulullah suggested, they'd do just that.

So his wife cooked, and when Rasulullah came, he read some prayers & stirred the pot. The whole Madinah came, and surprise surprise! There was enough food for everyone!

The moral of the story is, the importance lies in the barakah that Allah has bestowed upon us. If there is barakah, there will be enough for everyone.

Hopefully what I'll be cooking later will be blessed with barakah too, so insya-Allah there'll be enough crabs to go around.

Tapi jangan lah cuma beli 2 pieces of crabs aje, lepas tu kacau periuk & baca2 nak mintak berkat. Tu kedekut namanya...hee~

OK, enough of story telling. It's time to cook~ bismillah!

Do let me know if you're interested to be a part of my journey into a new beginning, insya-Allah.

Clue: It involves a new, alternative blog address :)
(but this blog address remains!)

Email me at naqia@hotmail.com

See ya there!

Today's one of the best days in my life! We had fun, together, for the whole of today.

We started out early, at 7 am for breakfast at BK@airport, not because we were crazy to travel half the island for that. Since we were sending some folks off to Myanmar, we thought, a BK breakfast would make a good reward. I'm just wondering though, why are the portions sold at BK breakfast getting bigger, and of course, more expensive?! Are they trying to upsize every single thing we eat??

Half the day was spent waiting for our turn at a clinic. Lucky there were plenty of magazines for me to feast my eyes on. That sorta killed time, though poor AH was falling asleep on my shoulders. Good, patient AH.

After lunch we finally got around to Ikea. The place was crowded, though I bet it couldn't have been as crowded as the opening weekend. We needed to get lots of stuff from there to kick start our new home so we hoarded back quite a few bags, not inclusive of those to be delivered next Monday. Guess who's going to be a friend of Ikea soon? :D

Then I was craving for hot dogs, but of course, we couldn't chomp down those sold at Ikea, so I requested AH to drive us to Tampmall where we could get some fat, juicy hotdogs in buns. *slurps* And I got them! Yeay!

From east to the west - off to NUH to visit Tok's brother who's down with really bad cough which led to pneumonia. The old man was still as jovial as ever. Hope he gets well soon.

Following this, angan2 nak pegi Barang2, tapi my legs dah tak leh carry (literally) & we both agreed it was time to call it a night.

So here we are, about to sleep soon!

It has been a lovely day. I love every minute of it :)