"Janganlah kamu bersikap lemah , dan janganlah pula kamu bersedih hati, padahal kamu orang yang paling tinggi darjatnya jika kamu orang-orang yang beriman"[Al-Imran:139]

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

New Baby...

Assalamualaikum wbt

This is what I have been up to lately

Introducing my new baby..



Just a sewing machine untuk seorang beginner

WhatSoEva~ May Allah Bless dan bawa maafaat sebanyak-banyaknya, insyaAllah

Till then, insyaAllah

May Allah Bless~

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Cooking VS Me

Assalamualaikum wbt

Cooking and me.... we dont get along really well..Mungkin sebab tak biasa, membuatkan saya kurang mahir dalam bidang ni (salahkan diri sendiri..huuu).Walaupon saya tidak pandai memasak, saya sentiasa mengimpikan that one day saya dapat menjadi seorang yang mahir (walaupon bukan pakar) memasak. So that sekurang-kurangnya saya mampu menyediakan juadah untuk suami, my family, my in laws dan semua kesayangan saya dan buat mereka gembira dengan foods that I cook. I really don't mind going to cooking classes to learn sebab I know how bad I am in cooking..hehe

I start to really cook bila tinggal di Delft with Mr Suami. Tinggal di tempat orang sendirian leave me no choice but untuk memasak sendiri. I even brought a cooking book yang tebal dan berat all the way from Malaysia..haha. Sememangnya saya sangat nervous bila fikirkan that saya perlu memasak tnpa bantuan sesiapa. Some people would say, kenapa perlu risau just google it and follow setiap step dalam resepi. Believe me it is not that simple for me. Walaupon saya follow resepi dan ikut setiap step tanpa miss belum jaminan that masakan saya akan terhasil sebaik hasil orang lain... sobss... sometimes thinking about this makes me sad.. sebab I really do want to be good in cooking.

WhatSoEva~
Alhamdulillah I am blessed dengan seorang suami yang sangat supportive yang sudi makan apa sahaja yang saya masak dan menjadi pengkritik peribadi saya. Thank you Mr Suami :)



Another thing about cooking..since kemahiran dan pengalaman memasak saya teramatlah cetek, I think that cooking buat saya sangat-sangat bergantung pada Allah. Before start cooking I pray to Allah may He helps me. Tiada daya dan upaya saya tanpa bantuan dan kekuasaan Allah. Usually kalau I start my cooking dengan ingat Allah and really hope that Allah helps me dan only Him yang hebat, kalaupon hasil masakan in the end mengecewakan I always feel less frustrated dan sedih. May be its a way of Allah to teach me that I am just a human yang punya bermacam-macam kelemahan dan hanya Dia yang Maha Hebat.

This is some doas that I stick on my fridge to remind me to always ingat Allah


After two years berkahwin, saya masih lagi seorang yang kurang pandai memasak walaupon ada improvement sedikit and insyaAllah i will keep trying to improve kemahiran memasak ini, do pray for me ya :)


Jom check out beberapa hasil tangan (yang agak menjadi :D) MrsWhatSoEva yang bukan masterchef















May one day saya mampu jadi seorang yang berkemahiran dalam memasak masakan yang sedap, sihat dan penuh keberkatan and makes everyone happy, insyaAllah :)

Till then, insyaAllah

May Allah Bless~

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Mahaiii

Assalamualaikum wbt

Back in Delft, kami sememangnya perlu mengamalkan penjimatan semaksima mungkin memandangkan elaun yang diperolehi tidaklah banyak mana dan banyak perbelanjaan lain yang perlu diambil kira seperti sewa rumah dan insurance. Usually bila pergi membeli barangan dapur di Delft, perbelanjaan saya tidak melebihi 20Euro. With 20Euro my trolley usually is half full. Jarang rasanya saya membeli barangan yang berharga lebih 5Euro. In fact barang yang berharga around 5Euro saya rasa tersangat lah mahal.

Setelah pulang dari Holland, saya selalu ada masalah tidak puas hati dengan harga barangan di Malaysia. In Malaysia usually kami akan membeli barangan dapur during the weekends dan apa yang mengejutkan our groceries selalunya akan cecah RM70 dan keatas.  Barang-barang yang dibeli hanyalah barang-barang asas untuk menampung kehidupan sederhana kami suami isteri dan tidak termasuk barang-barang pelik untuk memenuhi keinginan Mrs WhatSoEva yang macam-macam.

Bukan tidak bersyukur dan cuba unutk membanding-bandingkan negara kesayangan ini dengan negara lain. Tapi, tak dapat saya bayangkan kalau kami yang berpendapatan isi rumah (sy tiada pendapatan :D ) sederhana pon agak terkesan macamana pula mereka yang berpendapatan rendah dan bekeluarga besar..sobss

Ada juga yang berpendapat that kita seharusnya bekerja dengan lebih keras seiring dengan kenaikan harga barang selain hanya merungut-rungut. Yesss saya teramat lah setuju.. Tapi dari sudut lain saya nampak perkara ni sedikit membimbangkan. Just imagine kalau semua ibu bapa have to work extra hard untuk cari pendapatan tambahan untuk menampung kehidupan keluarga haruslah masa yang dapat mereka luangkan untuk tujuan keluarga akan berkurang which can lead kepada pelbagai lagi masalah.

WhatSoEva~ I think the best way buat masa ni adalah for us untuk hidup di bawah kemampuan kita dan ilmu pengurusan kewangan teramatlah penting. Jangan terlalu mengikut kehendak dan perkara yang tidak perlu. Dan of course kerja keras and  also smart supaya we can gain money tanpa perlu korbankan masa berharga untuk keluarga

WhatSoEVa lg~ I pray to Allah, moga Allah permudahkan urusan kia semua untuk tempuhi dunia yang semakin mencabar especially untuk mereka ynag kurang bernasib baik, moga Allah beri ketabahan dan murahkan rezeki, insyaAllah. Moga kita semua menjadi orang yang bersyukur sentiasa :)

Till then,

May Allah Bless~


Wednesday, September 24, 2014

a walk down the memory lane

Asalamualaikum wbt

I was in Delft only for about 1 year ++. Bukan tempoh yang lama to discover so many things di tempat orang. Tapi still banyak memories yang I would like to keep in my mind and my heart forever.  Delft was the place where me and husband started our married life after being apart merentas macam-macam benua for almost 6 month. So yeah, I will really do miss Delft.

Delft is a small city in the province of South Holland. Delft tidak la kebandaran atau kekampungan sangat. tengah-tengah la lebih kurang. But I always like to call it kampung Delft sebab boleh consider as kawasan yang tenang and tak serabut. Alhamdulillah, it was a nice place to live in.  View yang cantik, canal yang bersih (at least dari luaran la ;D) suasana yang tenang.





Basically my life was pretty simple there. We were focusing on my husband study, so mostly everything was about making his study going well. So hari-hari my routine was almost the same. Early in the morning mr Husband went off to his office at the University then me doing housework chores, going to shops buying groceries, cooks some simple meals for both of us and going to husband's office to bring him dinner and having the dinner with him if he has to work late. That was what I did most of the day..

Our house in Holland was pretty small since house rent in Holland was so expensive. Our tiny cutie house that consist of small living room combined with an open kitchen, a bedroom with a combined toilet and bathroom in it and a balcony was about 640 Euro including the gas, electricity and water. since the space wasn't that big, it is important to always make sure the house is in a good state. What could be more worse than a small messy house kan. So at least I should make it comfortable to live in. Tapi memang a bit challenging la sebab semakin lama our stuff semakin banyak and we really need to organize our stuff well..

Hugo De Grootstraat  was really a memory. That was the first house I lived in with my husband. we also had Malaysian neighbor upstairs. So we always had our makan-makan and whenever I feel kind of bored I can just head upstairs to play with two budak kecik and their cutie mom. Walaupon kecil alhamdulillah sempat merasa ajak kawan-kawan datang for a visit dan makan-makan. My kesayangan umi dan abi pon dah berpeluang staying at our small house. Thanks for the memories Hugo



As everyone knew, Holland is known for bicycle as their main transport. I think almost everyone have their own bike in Holland and they have all sorts of bicycle. Even the 'school bus' is a bike. Cycling is one of the thing that I love doing there. I just love going down to the town on my bike. Kalau terlupa beli barang walau hanya sekadar roti or susu memang tak teragak-agak untuk keluar berbasikal ke kedai..

At first I was a bit scared riding the bicycle since there are rules also for bikes. There are bicycle lanes, traffic lights for bicycle, and you have to give signals whenever you want to go right or left.. macam bawak kereta pulak kan. Apa yang lebih menakutkan everyone bawak basikal dengan sangat laju.So you really need to obey the rules. memang boleh kena saman kalau tak ikut peraturan. At night you have to make sure to have the front and back lights on your bikes or else get ready untuk disaman la.

'school bus'


Cheese is one of the main dairy product of Holland. I wasn't really a big fan of cheese..but I do love cheese. I love having lots and lots of cheese on my pizza and lasagna. I love cheese cake so much. No wonder la kan berat badan naik tanpa segan silu bila duduk sana. But I can only eat bread and cheese alone setelah hampir setahun di sana. Unlike my Mr Husband hari-hari lunch bawak roti and cheese. Memang mudahla kan kerja si isteri ni kan. Tapi it was a bit weird at first for me. 

Mr Husband's lunch

One of the famous Turkish dish: Kapsalon also dipanggil kalori bomb by en suami sebab banyak cheese

Lasagna: Cheese yang melimpah ruah

Bila balik Malaysia I really do miss cheese in Holland. Memang the quality and rasa dia lain compared to yang dijual di Malaysia. Tapi that is not why i miss Hollando's cheese so badly tp sebab cheese di Malaysia is super expensive. Kena berpada-pada bila nak use it.

Fresh flowerss..fresh fruits and vegetable..



I think that should be it for now. Even benda-benda kecil that happens in Delft was a memory for me..

WhatSoEva~ Alhamdulillah..alhamdulillah for all the nikmah that Allah has given. I feel blessed to have the opportunity living in another country walaupon hanya untuk masa yang singkat. I feel blessed that I am now back in my hometown with all my love ones. Setiap tempat pon ad its own uniqueness. Travelling will always open up our mind and our heart to all the nikmat and Allah's greatness. May one day I will have the chance to travel again to see this beautiful world, insyaAllah.

Till then, insyaAllah

May Allah Bless~

dhuha

Assalamualaikum wbt





Apa yang biasa kita dengar, kalau nak murah rezeki dan dipermudahkan semua urusan,  amalkanlah solat Dhuha. Yes true..

Tapi it makes me think bila terbaca kata-kata on the picture which is Solat Dhuha ni sebenarnya adalah untuk kita tunduk berasa syukur pada Allah atas segala pemberianNYA. It make sense la kan... rasa syukur tu la actually that leads kepada rezeki yang murah dan berkatkan. Cuba bayangkan kalau kita rasa syukur yang sangat ikhlas dengan segala apa yang Allah dah beri pada kita, mesti kita berasa cukup dengan apa yang ada...rasa macam rezeki ni sangat murah..macam-macam nikmat ada.

Berbeza dengan jika kita keep on minta dan terus minta tanpa kurang rasa syukur kepada Allah untuk apa yang sudah ada pada kita. Kita akan sentiasa lihat kekurangan yang ad pada kita dan semuanya sentiasa tidak pernah cukup.

WhatSoEva~ Tak salah untuk meminta. Kalau bukan pada Allah yang Maha Pemurah pada siapa lagi kita hendak memohon kan. Tetapi lets put syukur above segala permintaan kita tu. dan try to count segala blessings yang Allah dah beri, pasti tak terhitung. insyaAllah kita akan rasa betapa kita dah dimurahkan rezeki selama ini, alhamdulillah

WhatSoEVa lg~ Mrs WhatsoEva dan semua..moh le kita pakat cuba amalkan dan istiqomah lakukan solat dhuha dalam rutin harian kita. Moga kita menjadi hamba Allah yang sentiasa bersyukur dan kehidupan kita diberkati Allah selalu, insyaAllah

Till then

May Allah Bless~

Thursday, July 17, 2014

PrayForGaza

Assalamualaikum wbt

It is so sad to see what is now happening in Gaza.. and what is much more heart breaking is that the only thing I could do is making doas for our dear brothers and sisters in Gaza. I just could not understand how a human can do that to another human.

WhatSoEva~May Allah protect them. InsyaAllah one day Palestine will be free. Lets not give up. Keep making doas, keep boycotting the Israels products, keep giving fund to them. May Allah take into account all our little efforts.


Moga Allah beri kekuatan buat semua pejuang-pejuang Islam all around the world dan hancurkan musuh-musuh Islam. Ameen.

WhatSoEva~ tomorrow is already the 20th of ramadhan. It is so sad that ramadhan flies so fast and how little i have done to get the best out of this month..Moga Allah beri kekuatan and hidayah untuk lakukan yang terbaik dalam 10 malam terakhir. May this bulan tarbiah berjaya mendidik dan membentuk myself to a much better person, insyaAllah.

May Allah Bless~

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Nota Rindu

Assalamualaikum wbt





So glad that I am now back in my hometown, tanah tumpah darah tercinta. Tapi kampung Delft yang penuh dengan kenangan akan sentiasa dirindui.

WhatSoEVa~ mood throwback..macam akan ada  a few post on throwback after this :)

May Allah Bless~

Ramadhan Kareem

Assalamualaikum wbt..

Okay finally I manage to write something on Ramadhan.. I've been wanting to write since before ramadhan just to jot down a few things to remind myself and get me prepared for the holy month..tapi tak berjaya..then I manage to write on the 11th of Ramadhan but I didnt get to finish it since both me and  husband  was suddenly down with a fever.. Alhamdulillah today dapat sambung menulis :)

Alhamdulillah its Ramadhan. Allah dah kabulkan doa kita untuk disampaikan ke bulan yang mulia ini.. All praise to Allah. It is already the 15th day of Ramadhan. Half of the month has gone. Subhanallah how time really flies kan.. dah masuk the second phase of Ramadhan. Rasulullah has divided Ramadhan into three phases which are fasa kerahamatan (10 hari pertama), fasa keampunan (next 10 days) dan fasa kebebasan api neraka (10 hari terakhir). So, we are now in the 2nd phase and the first phase dah pon berlalu. Moga 10 hari yang lepas Allah dah limpahkan berbanyak-banyak rahmatnya to all of us, insyaAllah. Let's try our best to get the best out of this 2nd phase moga kita diberikan keampunan oleh Allah untuk segala dosa-dosa kita. Subhanallah how Allah is soooo pengasih dan penyayang..Allah Maha Baik. banyak betul peluang-peluang dan ganjaran yang Allah beri untuk kita semua kan. Tunggu kita je nak rebut ke tak kan (tearss)

WhatSoEva~ This is my second Ramadhan as a wife. Alhamdulillah.

The first year of Ramadhan I was in Holland which was a totally different experience of Ramadhan. Alhamdulillah for the experience. Ramadhan falls during summer in Holland last year, where the day was much longer than the night. It was around 17-19 hours of fasting. We had our sahur at about 3am and break our fast at about 10pm. It was quite a challenge at first but alhamdulillah everything went well. Apa la sangatkan 17-19 jam berpuasa compared to negara2 lain yang mungkin lebih panjang dan cuaca yang lebih menduga..

Okay, I think thats it untuk kali ni.alhamdulillah dapat jugak menulis. I hope its not to late to welcome the holy month Ramadhan. Ahlan Ya Ramadhan. Kehadiranmu di nanti-nanti.

A little reminder for me and everyone that reads, jom manfaatkan baki-baki Ramadhan. We never know if this gonna be our last Ramadhan. So lets make the best out of it. Moga Allah temukan kita dengan malam al-Qadar. Moga kta keluar dari bulan mulia ini dengan keampunan dari Allah dan suci dari dosa-dosa. And yeah, moga bulan ini menjadi bulan tarbiyah untuk didik kita and prepare us for the coming next 11 months. May Allah guide us always, insyaAllah.

source: littlemuslimah


till then, insyaAllah.

May Allah Bless~





Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The Return

Assalamualaikum wbt

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

It is almost two years since my last post in this blog.. :D

Anyway, why am I writing again? Walaupon the only person for sure will read my blog is me, myself and I ..or may be my husband sometimes..hehe I think I should write again because:

1. I really need to polish my writing skill. I was so bad with words before and I think I'm getting worse at it. which is not good.

2. As how it is before, I think writing is a way for me to remind something to my dear self about anything. Everything that I write in this blog is actually dedicated to myself. However, each time I write I always pray that whatever I write will also bring benefits to someone else that reads it, insyaAllah.

3. I have so many things that I would like to jot it down sebab banyak sangat kenangan dan things that i would like to keep it in mind. Dan dengan ingatan yang semakin menua ni I really think that writing it down is the best solution.

4. And yeah of course because I am for the time being is a staying at home wife a.k.a full time housewife to my Mr Suami.. Maka haruslah cari something beneficial to do kan..

So.....Welcome back Miss WhatSoEva..Ohhh its Mrs WhatSoEva now..heee

WhatSoEva~ May Allah guide me in whatever things I do. Moga setiap kata yang tertulis membawa kebaikan, insyaAllah.

Till then...

May Allah Bless~