holidays, new job

Assalamualaikum wbt

Been very long time i didn't write. Life been upside down and busy as usual but Alhamdulillah. School mid-year holidays started last Thursday and hubby to is taking his end of year holidays about the same days as the school holidays. The house is pack with 3 men in mylife who constantly asking for food, time and attention all at the same time. This is my first time ever having them 24/7 for about 2 weeks...pheww  May Allah make it easy for me and that hopefully everybody will be happy during this holidays although no holiday plan has been made yet. Perhaps just strolling around the city area.

For the boys it will be park and beach and ???? no idea but hopefully they will be happy enough and hopefully the weather will permits too as its been very cold lately here in Muscat..temp drops to 15deg at night up till early morning but gets very nice warm and windy in the afternoon. But then maghrib is at 5.30pm so the door for outing is really short. We shall see, inshaAllah khair.

Perhaps something worth mentioning here for my own pleasure and which is good for my ego is that i manage to bake a cake which is very light and fluffy!. Although its a ready mix moist chocolate cake recipe, but i made my own changes here and there and Alhamdulillah it turn out perfect cake in term of taste but not the shape and deco. 1/4 has already been eaten by the boys and hubby, and the rest of the 3/4 is there in the fridge waiting to be decorated. InshaAllah i will do the ganache tomorrow if it still worth to be presented with ganache :) or if the ingredients for the ganache are there in the baking cabinet. Today  I was just too tired to do the ganache after the sand time at the beach with the boys.

New job?....he he he.. I will have few extra job after this holiday season. I' ll be the driver for my children to school every  morning and afternoon.A job that i have been looking forward since i was there in Malaysia. Many of my friends are also drivers to their children and sometimes I pity them when they have to rush to send and pick their children at school. Now inshaAllah its my turn, may Allah make it easy and keep all of us safe always during the journey.What i do hope to happen during this time is that i will then be able to make the boys listen to the quran recitation esp the juzu amma thus strengthening their memorization. If before, their journey back and forth in the bus is spend sleeping or playing, i d hope now it will be a more meaningful time for quran memorization and listening for all of us. I'm gonna look into this matter indeed.Pray me success.

eye closing, inshaAllah till next time

The miracle of ginger

Salam to all,

As per tittle, i would like to tell abit on the usage of ginger that i recently discovered from real experience. I have known the advantages of ginger as part of prophetic medcine and of course science too acknowledge the many advantages of ginger for health. 

Few days ago, both adik and abang out of sudden complaint about stomachache and headache followed by vomitting. The adik started to show the symptom first by suddenly vomitting all over his bed while asleep. ironically the next morning he woke up jumpy and didnt show any sign of illness.But then later at night again he vomit again and i realised that before the event  his tummy looks so bloated. I quickly reckon there is something brewing in adik's body/ stomach and part of the problem seems have to do with his milk. ( he drank his routine milk before sleep ) after that vomitting episode, i gave him another bottle of milk as he was hungry after the stomach content is emptied. But this time i add abit of fresh ginger into the milk. Earlier in the day i watch in the iqraa tv about this medcine from the quran if im not mistaken and the Dr mention something about lactose intolerant and how one who has such problem should drink ginger before and after he drank his milk . I of course cant force a 2 yr old boy to drink ginger tea and also there is no way i can stop him to have his routine milk because i suspected lactose intolerence is happening in his stomach. ( he dislikes lactose free milk including soy milk) So i made tawakkul to Allah to add a piece of ginger in his milk and Alhamdulillah he slept well all the night and throughout the day too as i keep giving him honey drink wit a bit of ginger too in the morning.

Unfortunately the next nite it was abang's turn to start vomiting and he also complaints of stomachache and headache.I gave him the honey mix with ginger drink and zam zam water. The vomitting did not stop but continue until morning after. He then have to stay at home. As he loves his cereal in the morning and was asking for it, i again add a piece of ginger into their milk and cereal and continue  the ginger tea throughout the day and Alhamdulillah no more vomitting episode occur. But abang still complaint about the stomachache and also the headache. I realised he have the stomacache because he cannot pass his gas.( ive heard before that not passing the gas can be the indicator of stomach problem) I rub aginst his stomach the 'minyak kayu putih' oil and Alhamdulillah it helps abit with the bloating of the stomach and the ache.Alhamdulillah the vomitting episode last only 1 nite and he is all good to return to school the next day.

I thought the little adik has also recovered fully but today, i gave him his milk without the ginger and he start to vomit again. After that i gave him a new bottle of milk with ginger and i do hope he will sleep throughout the night peacefully.The stomach doesn't seems to be bloating. I do hope todays episode of vomit is a stress issue as he has been cranky all day when his sleep in the bus was disturb. May Allah heals you my son and protect you always from any harm.

As  conclusion i will recommend ginger in situation of lactose intolerance (vomiting and maybe diarrhea)  if your child is really a full fat milk drinker and cant live without it :) Its a quick solution then having to buy lactose free milk which might end up not being drank by him. If the child is older abit, then ginger drink is good in this situation as it also help if he cant pass his gas and still as a precaution put the ginger in his milk always too. You'll never know and its much easier then having to deal with cleanup of the vomit. I would also recommend 'minyak kayu putih' oil handy to those who are from south east asia as its very  popular as remedy for baby tummy/gas problems.

p/s in my case m myself and i assumed my children develop the lactose intolerence phaps due to somekind of virus attacking them. I might be wrong but im positively sure they cant take any normal milk without vomitting them again. Based on my past experience with almost same incident with abang and still remembering from what the Dr explain and recommend, i concluded that they are experiencing lactose intolerant with their milk for time being. For those who actually been diagnosed with the real lactose intolerance problem, i can only say give the ginger a try and i do hope i did not contradict any physician recommendation.  

much salam

disturb

Salam to all

Its just disturbing when people say something about your children which you never thought he is. Two days ago i went to Teacher's parents conference to discuss the performance of adik and abang. I was astonish and almost cant believe my ear when most of the teacher praises Abang and telling me things that i never thought he is capable of doing. Does it mean i dont know my child?.....it's a very disturbing thought but my perspective have been changed a bit ever since....i found myself trying to know  them and looking at them in a slightly different manner.There is a proverb that i remember reading when i was in high school...what you see depends on what you looking for. I guess there is also a hadeeth about this matter something like if you care to see good you will find good and vice versa. So nowadays im trying to see my little abang only from his positive sides. When he was young he took a lot of my energy and patient away and that idea is still imprint in my mind. But i do agree he is a change boy...no longer a baby..he is 5 next year. He is more calm and indeed very thoughtful boy,  Loves to colour and does his homework diligently and did many things that is pleasing to me and husband.  It does bring some new light from the perspective im looking now and its more pleasant  i can say.   So Masha Allah and Alhamdulillah for this positive change both in me and my boy. May Allah make it last and make us among the righteous bondsmen always.

labbaikalla humma labbaik (pt 2)

lesson learnt

First and foremost i would like to extend my thanks and gratefulness to my dear husband for being patient and thoughtful to me from the very beginning of the journey till the end. I complaint a lot about the walk on how its very tiring and how i prefer to be in the bus in which at least i think i can rest and  do my zikir and reading quran there rather then having to walk and tire and hurt myself all the way. What i fail to see is that my husband who is in ihram  have to walk all the way arafat - mecca carrying the biggest beg pack which is very heavy and wearing only slippers. He hurt all his toes and some blood pouring from his nail and he never complaints. Im sorry mydear for not making things any less easier for you. My heart feel for you when i saw your toes bleeding, and i felt really sorry and i repent to Allah for my mistakes. May He forgive me and may you able to forgive me too. May Allah reward you for the extra expenses you have to pay for our wheelchair renting which is not cheap at all.  Ya Allah grant my husband the 4 X 4 car he jokingly said that he would want in exchange for the price he paid for our wheelchair :) You knows best what is in our heart Ya Rabb and You know best what is good for us. Grant us our wish and let us be among who is thankful always.

while we are in the tent in Arafat, two women seems to quarrel and one of them cried. I tried to find out what was happening but someone tell me not to bother as she said when we are here in the blessed area of Arafat, shaytan are here too to divert us from our ibadah.  Thank you to this dear sister for her nice naseehah and also im grateful that i did not speak nor understand arabic ( this is a arabic speaking travel group and im the only asian speaking only english) because of this i found that im able to do more ibadah rather then chatting as most of the ladies didn't speak english. But Ya Allah grant me the way to be able to learn to  speak Arabic, the Language of the Prophet and the Quran. I love to master the language and May Allah guide me to the way and make me master the language easily. Ameen. At the same time when the sister give me naseehah that we are here to do ibadah, i consciously agreed that im there following the Labbaik Kalla Humma Labbaik. Its not easy Ya Allah,  as test be it big or small is always there...the talbiah really reminds me of why im there...Im there supposedly only for the sincere niyah coming to you Ya Allah, the rest of the world with its trial and tribulation should come second after You Ya Allah. I should do what is only pleasing to You Ya Allah. This is the niyah that need to stay in my heart till the day i die and I ask Allah to make it easy for me.Allah humma Yassir Wala Tuassir and to not put me on trial which i can bear not.: Al Baqarah:286  I love this doa very much.

On our way to Arafat while in a bus, i was chatting with the sister seating next to me on how magnificent was the whole thing in this pilgrimage. We saw people on top of buses, it is something  i never see in my surrounding nor i ever thought of seeing as this is 21st century. But Masha Allah to all. And proclaim to mankind the Hajj (pilgrimage). They will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every deep and distant (wide) mountain highway (to perform Hajj). (Quran: 22/27)

 And i made  a statement that im waiting eagerly for the dawn/ maghrib of that day to arrive in which InshaAllah all our sin will be wiped away. I do hope to see the dawn of the day but due to the walking and the crowd surrounding me i did not manage to see the sun setting of that day. Its sad but i do hope that Allah grant me all the doa and needs that i have supplicate and that i am like a new born baby free of all sins after the day of Arafah. How great the feeling was and i do hope i will remember this till the end of my time and to always try my best to put my level of sin to the minimum.I should always remember how Allah have always been merciful and i really experienced His mercy towards all his creations there in Arafah and also who are everywhere in this world, be it human or plant and animal. The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) said, “There is no day on which Allah frees more of His slaves from Fire than the Day of Arafat, and He verily draws near, then boasts of them before the angles, saying: ‘What do they seek?’” (Sahih Muslim) 

This is from the halaqah i heard from one of the security there in Masjid Nabawi while we are waiting for our turn to go ziarah the Prophet SAW

 

La illaha ilAllahu, waHdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul Mulku, wa lahul Hamd, wa Huwa ala kulli shaiy'in Qadeer

(There is No God But Allah Alone, who has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the raise, and He is Able to do all things)

Whoever says the above one Hundred times has the reward of freeing ten slaves, a hundred good deeds are recorded for him and a hundred bad deeds are wiped away and he has gained refuge from the devil that day until evening and none shall come with anything better except someone who has done more.

[Al-Bukhari, Muslim]

 i love this zikir as its indeed manage to bring some kind of peace in me as i believe without the devil our life is so much calmer. InshaAllah i will always practice it till the end of my life.

labbaikalla humma labbaik (pt 1)

Masha Allah i managed to perform my Hajj on the yaer of 1432Hijra which is 2011. Its a blessing indeed and MashaAllah and Alhamdulillah as Allah did grant me the opportunity to do the Hajj this year.Looking back when i  first register myself for the Hajj queue in Malaysia with the Hajj Fund (Tabung Haji) 2011 seems so far away. i basically have to wait about 7 years and i remember laughing at the officer saying that this is ridiculous. But how time flies and when i tot that i will miss this 2011 Hajj as i'm away from the country, Allah with his Grace and Mercy and Knowledge open up another way for me through the sponsored of my dear husband. Alhamdulillah and thank you very much to my dear husband for this gift. Fabi ayyi ala i rabbikuma tukazziban. If before when i register on the Hajj queue, i was single and the matter of mahram was a concern, but Alhamdulilllah with Allah grace and mercy i  have all these matter sort out, going to Hajj before the age of 40 and with my husband as my mahram. Really i cant count the blessing Allah has bestow me and my family.

i wanted to write about my hajj 2011 experience a memory that i should not forget, but at the same time i wanted the experience to be in both the spiritual and the physical matter.And of course only to write the good memories, inshaAllah,

Me and husband have plan to basically walk for our Hajj starting after the Arafat day..meaning walking from Arafat---> Muzdalifah--->Mina----> Mecca. I did not bother to write the distance as per the sign board because i'm just too tired. But this is what i found in the internet..

1. Distance between Haram & Mina is roughly 8 KM (5 Miles)
2. Distance between Mina & Arafat is roughly 14 KM (9 Miles)
3. Distance between Arafat & Muzdalifa is roughly 9 KM (4 1/2 Miles)

My husband based on his own personal reason and experience choose to walk rather then taking the bus.I personally do not agree with this arrangement as i believe this Hajj ritual is and ibadah in which  need to be observe carefully. Unlike him, this is my first ever hajj experience and i prefer to do the manasik carefully and perfectly and at my own speed and time as i believe we have ample time to do so and not forgetting to reflect on each step of the ibadah.....not on a basis of finishing and ending the manasik as soon as possible:) anway the captain say otherwise so i'm oblige to follow.And i do remember having my own personal reason in wanting the manasik to be done as soon as possible too but Allah knows best what is good for me. So Alhamdulillah for all cases.

our first walking journey is from Arafat to Muzdalifah which is roughly 9KM. we embark on the journey at roughly 4pm after Asar hoping to reach the border of Arafat before Maghrib, and Alhamdulillah we manage. maybe 20min before maghrib we have basically standing perhaps 200-300m from the signboard of Arafat starts here. we are infront of the journalist tower and waited about 2 hr before basically manage to make our move to the signboard/ border of Arafat due to the crowd. The walk gets better after that as less crowdy. Due to the negative thoughts from the very beginning of the plan, i found myself gets soo tired and the shoes basically hurt me so much. i cant walk anymore when we reach the border of muzdalifah at around 9.30pm.Husband being very toughtful and agreed to set the tent there although his first plan was to set tent at the border of muzdalifa- mina. We did the prayer and i instantly get myself comfortable in the tent and fell asleep. Husband pick up the pebbles for us as we are just too tired for that. 

at around 1.30am we woke up after about 3 hr sleep to continue the walk. I have cramp on my right leg and it hurt so much when i move. Anway i tried my best to continue the walk and manage to walk about few hundred meters before i finally give up and husband again being thoughtful rent a wheelchair for me. It was a great relief and help a lot in 'curing' the cramp and i have few extra minutes sleep on the wheelchair :). i was wheeledchair basically from the middle of muzdalifah to place of Jamrat aqaba in Mina. I did my jamrat on a wheelchair and it wasnt crowded at all. Alhamdulillah for all.we arrive at the jamrat at about 4am. We did our tahalul as husband brought his own electric shaver and razor and im the barber of the day. So alhamdulillah for all. He is all bald by then. 

we then continue our walk from mina to mecca about another 8Km.By this time my leg feels so much better and i can walk with less pain. We arrived Haram at around 5am which is subuh prayer time.I had to do my ghusul at the toilet in haram as i have dark spot on my pants.This is one of the reason i wanted to finish up my tawaf ifadah as soon as possible as my menstrual cycle falls on these days. We enter haram for tawaf Ifadah at 6am basically and finish at around 7.40. We first had our tawaf on the ground floor and manage 3 circumbulate but due to the crowd for eid prayer it is just impossible and my stepdaughter start to feel nausea. we decided to put her on a wheelchair to finish her tawaf and saie and due to taht we are oblige to go to the 3rd floor. it was less crowdy there and we manage to circumbulate the rest of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th on the 3rd floor. I feel Allah's mercy and help on me all the way of  my tawaf as i feel my leg is numb, i cant feel anything  but manage to continue to walk circumbulating the kaaba. When we finish and did our 2 nafl prayer i cant barely bent  my knee for rukuq and to do my sujud. i basically throw myself on the floor to manage to sujud as both getting up and sujud is impossible.But Allah is all Mercyful i manage to finish up my 2 rakat prayer and proceed for saie. We did our saie on the 3rd floor as well, and here i hang on to my dear husband all the way from safa and marwa and back and Alhamdulillah it is with Allah mercy that i manage. I recited Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum Birahmatika Astageeth all the way of my tawaf and saie as my feet is numb and my brain too is exhausted for other zikir and doa.

We finish our manasik at around 9am...went out from haram and had our breakfast at the turkish restaurant near the Haram and get ourself a taxi to go back to our hotel. i fell asleep in the taxi as  it was traficc jam all the way.We arrive the hotel at about 12pm but i cant seems to get myself to sleep, instead i did my laundry :) At this time i heard that the bus that bring the rest of the group is still stuck at muzdalifah. la Hawla wala Quwwata Illa billa. 

Faraid

From blog of  http://arnorsaadah.blogspot.com  

It is known that Faraid is Islamic way of distributing ones wealth. I have always wanted to know more about this matter as it is really recommended. There is even a hadeeth about this matter. Anway from my casual reading on this topic didn’t grant me any understanding of the concept or formula used. This blog shows and explain the method of Faraid in a simple manner that I think I’ve got the grab of it. Alhamdulillah. So im writing it so that I will not forget and just incase I need it, ill know where to dig more.

The dalil on the matter is to be found in surah An’nisa 11-12 and 176

“Allah menetapkan waris-waris yang berhak mendapat pusaka dan bagaimana seseorang boleh mewarisi. Ayat tersebut juga menjelaskan bahagian atau pecahan yang diwarisi oleh setiap waris yang berhak. Secara ringkasnya, waris utama yang berhak ialah ibu, bapa, suami, isteri, anak lelaki dan anak perempuan. Kaum kerabat yang lain seperti datuk, nenek, bapa saudara, ibu saudara, saudara kandung lelaki dan perempuan boleh mewarisi dengan syarat-syarat tertentu. Terdapat dua kategori waris iaitu Waris Fardhu dan Waris 'Asabah.

Waris Fardhu ialah waris yang disebutkan berhak mewarisi secara terus dan bahagiannya telah ditetapkan seperti isteri mendapat 1/8 bahagian sekiranya mempunyai anak. Waris 'Asabah pula ialah waris yang berhak mewarisi dan bahagiannya merupakan baki daripada harta pusaka setelah menetapkan bahagian Waris Fardhu. Sebagai contoh: Anak lelaki mendapat baki harta setelah menetapkan bahagian suami si mati (1/4) dan ibu (1/6), maka anak lelaki mendapat baki harta pusaka (7/12).”

In my own word, from my understanding, the one who is most eligble are the parents, spouse and children of the deceased. The rest of the relatives i.e grandparents, uncle, aunty and sibling of the deceased are also eligible to receive the wealth in certain cases. ( i wonder what cases)

2 types of waris..Fardh and Asabah

Fard is the one who receive his/her part from the whole sum of the wealth i.e wife  with children is allocated 1/8 from the sum of the wealth.( this is based from the allocation mention in quran)

Asabah are the one who will receive his/her part based on the deducted amount of wealth already allocated for the Fardh waris.i.e if the deceased is a female mother leaving a husband,a child and a mother. So the husband will get ¼ and her mother will get 1/6 from her whole sum of wealth and her son will get 7/12 from the balance. The formula is

1 – (1/4 + 1/6) = 7/12

Of course this website did not explain in detail of the overall faraid system..but I guess if this is the introduction. then I’m beginning to understand where and how to go from here. More reading needed  inshaAllah.

Rabbi Zidni Ilma warzukni Fahman.

On the matter of waris this website helps :http://maths.usm.my/faraid/msl/default.html

Terdapat 15 ahli waris dari pihak lelaki dan 10 ahli waris dari dari pihak perempuan yang utama dan layak menerima harta pusaka.Waris dari pihak lelaki seperti berikut:  1.  Anak lelaki  2.  Cucu lelaki dari anak lelaki  3.  Bapa  4.  Datuk  5.  Saudara lelaki seibu sebapa  6.  Saudara lelaki sebapa  7.  Saudara lelaki seibu  8.  Anak saudara lelaki dari seibu sebapa  9.  Anak saudara lelaki dari seibu atau sebapa 10. Bapa saudara seibu sebapa 11. Bapa saudara sebapa 12. Sepupu dari bapa saudara seibu sebapa 13. Sepupu dari bapa saudara sebapa 14. Suami 15. Hamba sahaya Jika kesemua waris lelaki di atas wujud, maka hanya tiga orang sahaja yang layak iaitu: 1.  Bapa 2.  Anak lelaki 3.  Suami Ahli-ahli waris perempuan yang layak menerima harta pusaka iaitu:  1.  Anak perempuan  2.  Cucu perempuan dari anak lelaki  3.  Ibu  4.  Nenek sebelah ibu  5.  Nenek sebelah bapa  6.  Saudara perempuan seibu sebapa  7.  Saudara perempuan seibu  8.  Saudara perempuan sebapa  9.  Isteri 10. Petuan perempuan bagi hamba sahaya Jika kesemua ahli waris diatas wujud, hanya 5 orang yang layak: 1.  Anak perempuan 2.  Cucu perempuan dari anak lelaki 3.  Ibu 4.  Saudara perempuan seibu sebapa 5.  Isteri Jika kesemua 25 waris lelaki dan perempuan masih hidup, maka keutamaan akan diberikan kepada hanya lima ahli waris berikut:  (Generally these are the main waris in ordinary family) 1. Bapa - father 2. Ibu - mother 3. Anak Lelaki - son 4. Anak Perempuan - daughter 5. Suami/Isteri - spouse

Yesterday Once More

Assalamualaikum.....

These past few days i have been feeling sort of in DejaVu days. Always thinking many good memories i had had for the past 5-10 yrs ago. Sometimes you just wish you can go back to all those wonderful memories.

I guess all this reminiscent is base on the fact that i feel i'm no longer as energetic as before. How you wish you will always be the young, energetic and always on the go person. Anway..its true as that of the Prophet PBUH saying 'Grab the first 5 before came the other 5. One of them is to make the most of your youth before old age. I do not regret my youth days as i believe i have achieved so much indeed.

I remeber being one of the energetic leturer in the department, my schedule of travel/work within that 1-2 months of semester break is,  the Academic brain storming session of the university in Pangkor Island Beach,Resort (island retreat)  then practical  work  2 weeks onboard the Royal Malaysian Navy Ship cruising along the  Malacca Strait and then research work in Mulu National Park. Before that i was in Kota Kinabalu Sabah also sent by the Faculty for what a student reach out programme.I shall say this was the best year in my carrier life in the university. Not forgetting the adventerous jungle trekking with students in Berinchang Mountain in Cameron Highland. My first ever student counselor session. Then of course the student activity with my fellow lecturer, husband and wife and their small kid somehwere in Kelantan/ Thailand border. Anway i suddenly feel that i need to put those memories in this blog for my own pleasure. I do not have all the pictures associated with this memories as its back there in Malaysia, so im using google image to search for them and posting the pictures which resembles from the memories i have.

I'll start with Mulu National Park as i just can't seems to forget this beautiful scenery at the place called camp5. River sight by the mountain..wow...one of the picture below really resembles what i had back then. I love the hotel where we stayed most of the time. Mulu National Resort and i really  really wish that if we were given the rizk and opportunity by Allah, i would like to bring my husband and children there. Maybe not now as the children are still small and we are talking about 'venturing into the jungle' but Allah knows best. I do hope my family can experience what i had experienced there.

This is the most awesome and majestic sight of nature  i ever had in my life.

How lovely..if one day i'm to have a retreat house of my own, it should be like this setting LOL

Have little memory of this but yes, we slept on this..but its much better then the logging camp. I remember this is where the mosquito repellents are very much needed.

This grass  used to be full with our wet clothes 

The end of the long journey.this Bridge is the pistop!

i remember walking on that plank

hotel areas, house/rooms are connected with this plank.

one of the most attractive room ive ever been

I remember the crystal clear green water and the fish swimming around you
This is the jetty to the Hotel.. river is the only connection to the nearest city

Our room is one of this type

Again these are not my pictures, i googled them and i do not know who those people in the pictures, but they were standing at places where i had taken the shot myself 5-7 years ago.The room in the Royal Mulu Hotel was superb and i shared it with a new friend of mine whom i forgot her name :( Whatever her name was,  memories trekking and the journey in Mulu National park with her will always be in my mind. May Allah makes us meet again.The team includes so many experts from many different areas makes it really a wonderful journey.

As i googled i also found pictures of the twin otter plane..which by itself was a great experience.Also the airplane view of the borneo jungle i saw

The last but not least are the pictures of the jungle trek i once ventured. Its the reason of this entry, about how i believe these track was the most enduring path in the journey and yet i completed it with much success and victory. i cant remember how long was the treakking part... maybe 2-6 hours...but i can assure you, the beg we shouldered all the way was 10-15kg or more...not forgetting the leaches that keep sticking to you all the way.... Alhamdulillah the victory was rewarding and the memories were priceless.

Not forgetting the item that makes the park attarctive to many visitors... the cave and the bats..and the guano..and also nenphantis and pinnacles.I just hope the park is being conserve carefully by the state government because one of our objective being there is to see the matter of conservation of the park.

millions of bats coming back to the cave

Fa bi Aiyi Ala i Rabbikuma Tukazziban. So inshaAllah i can do it!

UPIS KG1H, Al HAIL MUSCAT OMAN

                      Top: L-R :  Tareq,Khalid, Yahya, Muhammad,???, Omar,

       Seated: L- R : Abla Zuwaina, Leynal, Sara,Abil,Noojud,????, Maria, Jenal, Ms Saida

Its been awhile ibu wanted to upload this picture so that it can become one of your memorabilia of your pre-school days in Muscat Oman, in case the scanned copy we have went corrupted over the years.

I remember having all your classmates fullname but somewhere somehow the list is nowhere to be found. Ill try to update again InshaAllah. It seems like all your classmates were present but the class teacher suppose to be Ms Zakiya. Miss Zakiya taught you arabic and islamic studies, while Ms Saida actually taught you math and english. You also have abla Muna who taught you corner class and Ms Fernanda who taught you science.

Here it comes again

Salam to all

The cold n flu n cough season are back..so the adik has been 2 days at home recuperating...so officially yesterday was his 1st day being absent from school. Pity him .. a severe cough shaking your little body.

The abang on the other hand come home today chirping like a bird and telling me that he has something for me and adik.... a letter from school for ibu and tadaaa a very small truck toy for adik and a small car for himself. He said the teacher gave it to him as he has been very good at school and teacher gave him hadiah. mmmmm...im  abit skeptical about this but i dont want to have 'buruk sangka' on him..all ibu can do is to pray that you did not and will never ever steal from school or from your friends at school. Truth/ lie is still a mystery concept on him i guess. So ill be giving a watchful eye on this.

As fr me its my 4th day of shawal fast..inshaAllah ill finish it on the 29th of shawal..just in time...been very tired lately and when adik is sick, the lack of sleep makes this tiredness even worst.

And a quick note on the driving test yesterday...i failed again...huwaaaa.....but atleast i didnt feel cheated or zalim/unjustly treated...the police say im not good enough....and need practice and inshaAllah i will succeed next time...shwaiya shwaiya he said...im not sad though takpelah...there will be next time inshaAllah.

Update entry on Adik N Abang pt2

Today will try update again on adik progress at school. Its been 2 weeks adik in school...the 1st wed, sat, sun, monday ibu was there getting into the bus and waiting at the office there at school waiting incase unwanted scene to happen but Alhamdulillah all good...although the adik cry his heart put on that sat,sun ..but AlhamdulillAllah monday you were ok until now there is no more episode of crying that ibu heard of. But still in these past 2 weeks its been like 4-5 times you pee pee at school and come back wit the different set of cloth i prepared. Ibu is still sighing about this toilet training wit adik...1 week you progres very good and the next week we are back to square one....ibu just hope the teacher have the patience with you my dear son as you can be very stubborn when it comes to your wish of NO NO and NO nonetheless you are the youngest in the class..half of them are 3 yrs old and another half approaching 3 in 2-5 month time.


Abang grew so much..ibu realizes this when you sleep last night as how much you have grown....no more my little baby..you are a very tall kid now.But abang still manage to make me lost my temper very quickly..last few days we found a piece of playdoh in your ear...we know you put it there yourself as ive caught you many times doing that...but manage to stop you always... dont know when this happen but AlhamdulillAllah  we noticed it and went to hospital...and no serious injury or infection happen .


Abang have indeed out of pampers for good since my last entry....you are all dry and Alhamdulillah not once bed wetting scenario happen. As for school you have done very good... Abang is all ready for school on the 1st day....all gear up and when i left you in your class you smile and bye bye me as there is playdoh on the table for you to play with your new friends. You are now in KG2/ RC and few days ago you come home showing how to write 'a' .. you say teacher say this is the right 'a'..an 'a' which indeed like the English/American wrote....but ibu never likes their type of writing..cursive and big...ewww...but inshaAllah you will have a good and neat writing. Still no homework and ibu miss to help you with your homework so that i know what you are learning there.


Anway another day goes by and still many things ibu did not manage to accomplish with you both..May Allah make it easy..Allahumma Yassir Wala TuAssir.

School reopening

Assalamualaikum wbt to all

I found myself wanting to write about the big event that gonna happen tomorrow. New school session is beginning and Adik wil go to school at the age of 2 yr 5months....Masha Allah...ibu is abit worried and nervous and excited and all the feeling. Its almost midnight here but i found myself preparing for the big event tomorrow for you adik...get your clothes iron again...prepared the emergency change cloth..pre-prepared the lunch box ..you beg and toys in the beg ( so that you have something familiar close to you) the shoes and etc..ibu really hope ibu will not miss anything out as the bus gonna arrive pretty early 6.30am!. InshaAllah tomorrow ibu will join you to be in the school bus..stay at your school until inshaAllah you finish at 11.50am. Just hope  the school provide place for ibu to stay...else ..we will see how things are.

let just recap adik's milestone ... ibu is very worried on your toilet training...i just hope you are not the only one in the class  that have not yet master the toilet training....we basically get serious again about this toilet training after we come back from summer holiday in jun.so its been only 3months actually.... anyway Allah humma Yassir Wala Tuassir.

Then on your brestfeeding...Alhamdulillah you no longer suckle...the weaning process went smoothly n successfully ibu shall say. Although now and then you still miss susu and wants to see and touch susu. Ibu knows you two have been good friend all these while..so ibu let you have a skin to skin contact with susu..you cheek to my susu and you will say you want to sleep in that position.Ibu will say yes you may but only for a while and you understood. Masha Allah. How the weaning process started?...we started at the beginning of this ramadhan..the first day if im not mistaken..ibu put a plaster on both susu and told you that there is bobo/sakit/hurt....im sorry that ibu have to lie to you and ibu knows its not good to lie especially in Ramadhan..May Allah forgive me. For 4 days ibu let the plaster on and after that ibu decided to take it off but still telling you it hurts whenever you touch them and you believe me:( both you and your brother sympathize for me andfew days after that almost every time before you have nap in the afternoon and sleep at night you will insist that you need to look at susu. Just to know susu's condition seems to calm you down. and of course few week after that until last week you start having the yearning to be close contact with susu and until now you ask to be skin2skin contact with susu. AlhamdulillAllah all oes well with the weaning and you now heavily on 'susu bottle ' and 'chocolate drink' as substitute of my milk.

So inshaAllah again till next entry..need to sleep now so can be fresh for the busy and long day at school im sure.

Wassalam

Driving lesson

Again tadi dapat idea untuk write my experience untuk belajar memandu kat Omanni. Its an experience yg tak best untuk diingati but why not..just as one of not good memories while we are here.

Kami sampai di bumi Oman ni in Nov 2009. And not long after that encik suami ada bagi ura2 untuk beli kereta so taht senang kami nak ke hulu n hilir as he presume he will be very busy always. So  of course  dia mula survey driving school and nak di pendekkan cerita i think in jan 2010 kami ada satu kereta second hand yg dia kata kena beli sebab we might not hv such car with such price. So kami dah ade kete for me to use tapi saya masih tak ade lesen. Sebab Encik suami and his PR officer is also very very busy and suddenly its summer break so he said the process for the licence will start aft that....so the PR who is an omani guy and me n the children went to the driving license dept and get our 'green book' buku utk belajar memandu and of course i opt for manual driving sebab kat msia saya pakai manual car..so konfident i can do it easily. but then one more thing yang terlepas pandang is since i already had a licence before i boleh exclude drum( parking) n slope test but kena dapat verification of my msia lesen from M'sian embassy. So i manage to get verification kat embassy and then of course then verification form ministry of foreign affair oman in which this PR will hv to do it as my husband say the govt dept here do not deal with foreigner unless you are accompanied by your local sponsor (a.k.a local ppl)

Nak di panjangkan cerita this PR guy keep my green book and things relatedf or the verification for soooolong that by the time come he told my husband he cant find my original msian driving lesen. Kalut jugak cos we are not sure sapa yg simpan the lesen..is it me or him...anway i email JPJ kat Msia n depa say boleh suruh keluarga saya tolong  buatkan on my behalf. So there it goes again..about 2-3 weeks for my new  lesen to arrive here. Saya cuak sebab of course i hv to start everything all over again sebab lesen dah pkai yg baru. so again pass the book to the PR guy and this time at least he manage to make it fast i hv all the necassary paper for me to start driving. At last!...but by this 6 month almost past...and one more surprise is that the green book expires in 2weeks time. So encik suami suruh saya cepat2 belaja sebelum buku itu expire....n ofcourse ada lagi satu masalah...sapa mau jaga itu anak kecil berumur 1 tahun 8 bulan?....akhirnya kami dapat  pertolongan from neighbour yg sudi jaga adik for 1 hour. So di satu hari yg cerah..saya start belajar memandu di negara oman ini using a left hand strering car. Cant really recall the experience tapi mmg confius byk as of mana my proper lane esp kat 2 way road n also junction.it went ok..and then bila cikgu belaja tanyer bila next session i say ill call sebab depends if neighbour sudi jaga anak saya. But the day never arrive as neighbour sokmo busy dengan hal sekolah anak2nya sendiri. Sabar je lah...n then green book expires n its already winter holidays n again kami bercuti and Encik suami kata lepas cuti he will look into the matter n this is already Jan 2011. Btw kereta yg encik suami beli  early in the year selalu bagi problem and sudah di jual balik pada nov-dec 2010. huhuhu..tak merasa langsung memandu keretatu.

Dipendekkan cerita lagi..only on the 31 jul 2011 i manage to get a proper driving lesson 1hr per day n 5 days in a week. So sofar ive took about 10  driving lesson and tadaa... on the 14th August yg lalu ive been allocated a slot for test and again tadaaa...i failed. I shall say its a failure yang tak masuk logik akal langsung and menyebabkan saya cannot really express my feeling at the time.......i was tricked by the officer in charge n not even 5 minutes after we left....he ask me to go back to the car park n say i need to learn more...i failed. Dalam hati saya say he is zalim...if he is not..then the system is zalim...anway whoever made the rule that 1st timer cannot pass at the 1st time...due to whatsoever reason ..they are being zalim. Anway..im all over it by now...I can only register again to have next  test in 2 weeks time. So untill then.....maybe ill not cont with the lesson as the Royal Omani Police (a.k.a JPJ) are not interested at all to know  if we know or competent in driving...they are just interested to know what we dont know. Pity Mr Husband as he hav to pay for this ..melayang duit dia dalam rm200 each test...not to the police but to the teacher...i just wonder what type of system is this.

medication..

Salam semua..

Dah lama ibu nak tulis pasal medication becos of the so many ubat yang ada kat almaritu..n of course becos adik n abang is always sick too...n from my observation ..penyakitnya lebih kurang sama i.e cold n flu n cough..but ubat yg di prescribe mmm..boleh bukak pharmacy...so now i will try to list down jenama ubat n also its foundation usage i.e symptom2 sakit tu..

on antihistamine...ada active ingredients cetrizine, chlorophenaramine, loratadine....so

from wiki : Loratadine is a second-generation antihistamine drug used to treat allergies. In a version named Claritin-D, the substance is combined with pseudoephedrine, a decongestant; this makes it useful for colds as well as allergies, but adds potential side-effects of insomnia, nervousness, and anxiety.Loratadine is indicated for the symptomatic relief of allergy such as hay fever (allergic rhinitis), urticaria (hives), and other skin allergies.^[4] For allergic rhinitis (hay fever), loratadine is effective for both nasal and eye symptoms: sneezing, runny nose, itchy or burning eyes.

Salbutamol (INN) or albuterol (USAN) is a short-acting β₂-adrenergic receptor agonistused for the relief of bronchospasm in conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Salbutamol sulfate is usually given by the inhaled route for direct effect on bronchial smooth muscle. This is usually achieved through a metered dose inhaler (MDI), nebulizer or other proprietary delivery devices (e.g. Rotahaler or Autohaler). In these forms of delivery, the maximal effect of salbutamol can take place within five to twenty minutes of dosing, though some relief is immediately seen. It can also be given orally as an inhalant orintravenously.(batuk kahak)

Chlorphenamine (INN) or chlorpheniramine (USAN, former BAN), commonly marketed in the form of chlorphenamine maleate (Histop, Chlor-Trimeton, Piriton, Chlor-Tripolon, HISTA-12), is a first-generation alkylamine antihistamine used in the prevention of thesymptoms of allergic conditions such as rhinitis and urticaria. Its sedative effects are relatively weak compared to other first-generation antihistamines. Chlorphenamine is one of the most commonly used antihistamines in small-animal veterinary practice as well. Although not generally approved as an antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication, chlorphenamine appears to have these properties as well^[1] (see below).The antihistamine is helpful in cases where allergy or common cold is the reason for the cough; it is also a potentiator of opioids, allowing enhanced suppression of cough, analgesia, and other effects from a given quantity of the drug by itself. In various places in the world, cough & cold preparations containing codeine and chlorphenamine are available.

An expectorant is any agent which dissolves thick mucus and is usually used to help relieve respiratory difficulties. It does so by hydrolyzing glycosaminoglycans, tending to break down/lower the viscosity of mucin-containing body secretions/components. The viscosity of mucous secretions in the lungs is dependent upon the concentrations of mucoprotein. Although it has similarities with a mucolytic agent, the two are totally different types of medicine.

An expectorant (from the Latin expectorare, to expel from the chest) helps bring up mucus and other material from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea. An example of an expectorant is guaifenesin which promotes drainage of mucus from the lungs by thinning the mucus and lubricating the irritated respiratory tract. Sometimes the term "expectorant" is incorrectly extended to any cough medicine.^[1]

An expectorant increases bronchial secretions and mucolytics help loosen thick bronchial secretions. Expectorants reduce the thickness or viscosity of bronchial secretions thus increasing mucus flow that can be removed more easily through coughing, Mucolytics break down the chemical structure of mucus molecules. The mucus becomes thinner and can be removed more easily through coughing

—Adams, Holland, & Bostwick, 2008, p. 591

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A decongestant or nasal decongestant is a type of drug that is used to relieve nasal congestion.Besides hypertension, common side-effects include sleeplessness, anxiety, dizziness, excitability, and nervousness.

Decongestants are normally paired with antihistamines to lessen this effect, but the combination of both classes of drugs does not necessarily cancel the side-effects of each other.^{[citation needed]}

Topical decongestants are decongestants applied directly to the nasal cavity. By applying them directly to the site of action, topical decongestants relieve nasal congestion while reducing the side effects associated with systemically-acting decongestants, such ashigh blood pressure. Topical decongestants should only be used by patients for a maximum of 3 days in a row, because rebound congestion may occur in the form of rhinitis medicamentosa. Topical decongestants are a common form of nasal relief, due to their quick effects which can clear the sinus in as little as ten seconds.

• Ephedrine
• Levomethamphetamine
• Naphazoline
• Oxymetazoline
• Phenylephrine
• Pseudoephedrine
• Tramazoline
• Xylometazoline

amydramine - Diphenhydramine hydrochloride (pronounced /ˌdaɪfɛnˈhaɪdrəmiːn/, abbreviated DPH orDHM) is a first-generation antihistamine mainly used to treat allergies. Like most other first-generation antihistamines, the drug also has a powerful hypnotic effect, and for this reason is often used as a nonprescription sleep aid and a mild anxiolytic.iphenhydramine is a first-generation antihistamine drug. Despite being one of the oldest antihistamines on the market, it is more effective than even some of the latest prescription drugs.^[7] Consequently, it is frequently used when an allergic reaction requires fast, effective reversal of the often dangerous effects of a massive histamine release.

Guaifenesin (pronounced /ɡwaɪˈfɛnɨsɪn/) (INN) or guaiphenesin (former BAN), alsoglyceryl guaiacolate,^[1] is an expectorant drug sold over the counter and usually taken by mouth to assist the bringing up (expectoration) of phlegm from the airwaysin acute respiratory tract infections.

Treatment of coughing

A Cochrane Collaboration meta-analysis of over the counter medicines for acute cough in children and adults found no evidence for the effectiveness of any examined drug other than guaifenesin; evidence for guaifenesin was ambiguous.^[5] Guaifenesin is sometimes combined with dextromethorphan, an antitussive. In normal use this combination is believed^{[by whom?]} to produce fewer, but more productive coughs.

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Treatment of asthma

Guaifenesin is effective in the treatment of the thickened bronchial mucosa characteristic of asthma.^{[citation needed]} It works by drawing water into the bronchi. The water both thins mucus and lubricates the airway, facilitating the removal of mucus by coughing.

so in conclusion

normal running nose= anti histamin chlorophenaramine or claritine loratadine

normal mucosy nose = anti histamin  amydramine  or loratadine decongestion + ventolin 

batuk n thick musocy nose = soolan