Muhammad Eat Rice!

Salam to all. My son, Muhammad doesn't eat rice. I don't know why but he just doesn't consume rice.

I started to give him porridge since he's 7 months old but he stop eating it when he turned 1 year old. So I gave him bread or noodle though sometimes he can manage not to eat. As extra supplement, I gave him Shaklee mealshake, energizing soy protein, multivitamin and vitamin C which he took on alternate days since last year. Maybe he just prefer to drink his own milk.

I persuaded him and told him the benefits of eating because he's 4 years old already. Then suddenly, he surprised me when he agreed to eat rice last week! Alhamdulillah... I'm the happiest mommy on earth when Muhammad had his first spoon of rice last week.

I prepared chicken soup for him as he loves soup very much. I just wonder, I hate soup when I was pregnant with him before. What a surprise! So I tried to prepare different kind of soup for him. Hopefully my initiatives may help to improve his diet. I want him to have a healthy diet and have a better eating.

My daughter Iman is better in eating. That little princess can consume anything that we eat including whatever food that her grandmother eat. Hihihi...

Ya Allah! Permudahkanlah dan berkatilah segala usahaku. Semoga anak-anakku menjadi anak-anak yang soleh dan solehah, anak-anak yang cemerlang di dunia dan akhirat, anak-anak yang taat dan patuh kepada kedua ibu bapa mereka. Amin!

Honesty in Life

Salam to all. My day starts great today. Alhamdulillah.

My son, Muhammad wake up as usual and as I bathed him this morning, he looked deep into my eyes and said, "Mummy cantik." I smiled and said, "Thank you, sayang." A sweet, simple statement from my son really blossomed my heart. A child's heart is pure. Very pure. It's our responsibility to teach them and guide them in their life.

I've a colleague from other department whom I seldom met. But everytime we met, he'll keep on telling me that he likes the happiness on my face and my smile. He asked me, "Are you always happy like this every day?". I said, "Yes, and I'll give my best to stay happy every day."

I'm just an ordinary person. Like others, I also felt depressed, demotivated, unhappy, etc. But I'm always happy because of my two lil' ones and my family. They cheer up my life. I guess, the other reason is also our intention in life. Intention or "niat" in life is very important and it must be supported with honesty. Honesty is "jujur".

Jujur dalam Islam ialah "shiddiq" iaitu jujur dan benar. Islam menggalakkan umatnya bersikap jujur. Imam al-Ghazali menggariskan sifat "shiddiq" ke dalam 6 jenis:

1. Jujur dalam lisan atau bertutur kata

2. Jujur dalam berniat atau berkehendak

3. Jujur dalam bercita-cita atau berazam

4. Jujur dalam menepati cita-cita

5. Jujur dalam beramal atau bekerja

6. Jujur dalam beragama

Being honest in work is very important. I met people who are very serious in work, but rarely smile and difficult to mingle around. My work involved a lot of communication with people. So I learn how to cope up with different types of attitude. Well, sometimes it really irritates me seeing people who are sweet talker but restless at work. "Sindir menyindir" is common to me. I'm used to it already. Insya Allah! I'll try to avoid all these craps.

So, I'll start my day with my prayer to Allah S.W.T. and a smile. A smile to my loving hubby, my two lil' ones and my parents. I want to have an honest life with my family. So I'll make sure I'm happy at work too.

Mmm... apart from that, balance in emotion and health is important too. I've a friend who is very moody and I can feel her mood swing almost every day. Sometimes, I just wonder how she can cope up being moody every day.

Be cautious with food intake, consume supplement, have enough sleep and enjoy life! Life is very short. I pray to Allah S.W.T. every day to make me stay healthy and live longer so that I manage to watch my two lil' ones grow and to spend my lifetime with my loving hubby. Insya Allah!

Bersangka Baik Sesama Insan

Salam to all. I attended a course conducted by my college last Monday. A one solid day course and full of knowledge sharing by the speakers. There's one session which attracted me so much. It's regarding "Bersangka baik sesama insan". It really captured my attention as my loving hubby always remind me about this. Well, I'm just a human being. Sometimes I tend to have certain perception on certain people.

For example, it really irritates me if suddenly someone approach me to sell something. Or a car suddenly overtake my car. I started to think wisely. The seller is just selling something. It's his or her way to "mencari rezeki". I can reject nicely if I don't want to buy. The driver of the car maybe have an emergency. Why should I bother if that driver overtake my car? The most important thing now is I want to get rid of perception in my mind. Insya Allah! My loving hubby always tell me that if we keep on having perception on people, we cannot live in harmony on this world. Yes, he's absolutely right.

BERSANGKA BAIK SESAMA INSAN (SYEIKH ABDUL QADIR JAILANI)

• Jika kamu bertemu dengan seseorang, maka yakinilah dia lebih baik darimu. Ucapkanlah dalam hatimu, "Mungkin kedudukannya di sisi Allah S.W.T. lebih baik dan lebih tinggi dariku".
• Jika bertemu dengan anak kecil, maka ucapkanlah dalam hatimu, "Anak ini belum bermaksiat kepada Allah S.W.T., sedangkan diriku telah banyak membuat maksiat kepadaNya. Tentu anak ini jauh lebih baik dariku."
• Jika bertemu dengan orang tua, maka ucapkanlah dalam hatimu, "Dia telah beribadah kepada Allah S.W.T. lebih lama dariku. Tentu dia lebih baik dariku."
• Jika bertemu dengan seorang yang berilmu, maka ucapkanlah dalam hatimu, "Orang ini memperoleh kurnia yang tidak akan kuperoleh, mencapai kedudukan yang tidak akan pernah aku capai, mengetahui apa yang tidak aku ketahui dan dia mengamalkan ilmunya. Pasti dia lebih baik dariku."
• Jika bertemu dengan seorang yang bodoh, maka ucapkanlah dalam hatimu, "Orang ini bermaksiat kepada Allah S.W.T. kerana dia bodoh (tidak tahu) sedangkan aku bermaksiat kepadaNya, padahal aku mengetahui akibatnya. Dan aku tidak tahu bagaimana akhir umurku dan umurnya kelak. Dia tentu lebih baik dariku."
• Jika bertemu dengan orang kafir, maka ucapkanlah dalam hatimu, "Aku tidak tahu bagaimana keadaannya kelak, mungkin di akhir usianya dia memeluk Islam dan beramal soleh. Dan mungkin boleh jadi di akhir usia diriku kufur dan melakukan kemungkaran. Na'uzubillah...