Selamat Pengantin Baru! :)

Manis rupawan indah pekerti, duduk bersanding berseri-seri
Saatnya menikah hadirlah kini, terjalin ikatan hati ke hati..
Syukur terasa melihat mempelai, bertemu jodoh membina mahligai
Kuharap barakah iringi bersama, kekal bahagia di dalam redhaNya..

~ Nurdiyana Md. Nasir, 30hb Mac 2008
Khas buat Sis Nur Khairiah & Bro Mohammad Hafiz


Kak widz, terima kasih sangat2 atas undangan walimahnya yang cukup indah & meriah..
I’m soo happy for u sis! Gembira dapat hadir di sana.. ^_^

Hmm.. kalau pergi majlis saudara-mara atau teman kita sendiri yang baru je dirikan rumah tangga, selalu jugak terdengar tetamu/kengkawan ucapkan selamat pada pengantin dengan "semoga bahagia dan dapat ramai anak." Oooh tapi kan, ada tau doa yang lebih lebih lebih (!) baik lagi dari Rasulullah s.a.w yang boleh kita hadiahkan buat kedua mempelai~

BaarakAllahu laka wa baaraka 'alaika wa jama’a bainakuma fi khair.. "Mudah-mudahan Allah memberkati kalian berdua dan melimpahkan keberkatan kepada kamu berdua, serta mengumpulkan kamu berdua dalam kebaikan.." (Hadith Shahih) Nak tahu kenapa istimewanya barakah? Ahaa ni ada sedikit petikan menarik yang Diy baca dari majalah Anis dan weblog Ummu Abdullah.. Akan terjawab soalan tu nanti insyaAllah :)

"Kita mahukan keberkatan kerana pada keberkatan itu ada ketenangan, kebahagiaan dan kegembiraan walaupun andainya hidup susah. Pada keberkatan ada rasa cukup dan puas dengan apa yang ada walaupun andainya sedikit, dan rasa syukur jika banyak.. Pendek kata, keberkatan memberi suatu rasa nikmat dan nikmat itu datangnya dari Allah. Ini sesuai dengan pengertian berkat yang diberi oleh para ’ulama iaitu "adanya kebaikan Tuhan pada sesuatu." - Majalah Anis



Alhamdulillah, dah berumahtangga semuanya anggota kumpulan nasyid Inteam..
Sukaa sangat lihat keluarga yang muda tapi soleh tampaknya ^_^ :: Blog Hazamin ::


Barakah & Keluarga Penyayang

"Apapun yang berlaku, kedua-dua pasangan suami isteri saling bersyukur kepada Allah dikurniakan seorang yang menemani. Tatkala isteri melakukan kesilapan, suaminya tidak akan terus menyalahkan dan memarahi, akan tetapi timbul perasaan ingin membantu pasangan memperbaiki diri. Tatkala suami kelihatan tidak memahami, isteri tidak terus merajuk membawa diri, akan tetapi berusaha menerangkan pada suami. Bagaimanapun keadaannya, kan waktu berteman lebih baik dari bersendirian.

Mendoakan barakah bermakna anda mendoakan wujudnya bahagia, banyak anak, kekal dunia akhirat, sakinah mawaddah wa rahmah, pendek kata segala pengharapan yang di hujungnya ada kebaikan, semuanya terangkum dalam doa mencapai keberkatan. Dan berkat adalah keajaiban. Keajaiban yang hanya akan didapati oleh seorang yang beriman dengan sebenar-benarnya.. "


"Sekiranya penduduk negeri itu, beriman serta bertakwa, tentulah Kami akan membuka kepada mereka (pintu pengurniaan) yang melimpah-limpah berkatnya, dari langit dan bumi, tetapi mereka mendustakan (ayat-ayat Kami) itu, maka Kami siksa mereka disebabkan perbuatannya."( Surah al-A'raf: 96)

The end of it all..

Yeps, the very final day of my 3 years in RP! And this supposed entry is a month plus delayed too (Very late, I know. :P) So how did it go? Hmmm. Truth be said, during that final week I was surprisingly feeling all fine with it. Well there was a lil bit of the blues here and there; but still it’s nowhere near weepy. "Why ah? Is your heart feeling all right diyana? You should be sad you know. O_o" Aisey.. Remembered telling myself that even on the morning itself.



The last Applied Chemistry class with our facilitator, Dr Asma Chowdury

The MCG juniors were truly thoughtful to arrange a graduation party for us year 3s that evening, coming up with a special Masquerade concept for us to abide by. And the place was transformed really nicely by them too! :) Funny it was to be one of those called onstage during a game segment and was asked to imitate a Silat martial art member (oh nooo..) while the audience had to guess who the person might be. But the embarrassing thing is, I accidentally blurted the name out when I was actually saying it to myself (!) which I thought would help me remember it better and figure out how to do the steps afterwards. Haiya.. This is what happen if you have a habit of sometimes reading aloud what you see.. =S

'Arifah the Emcee lady: *shows card with Maryam’s name on it*
Me: oooh Maryam.. Eh alamak! Tercakap pulak.. >_< *Hides face*
Aduuh paisey habes.. no choice but to still continue with the action demonstration part. But the 4-seconds hands movements & "kaki pasang kuda2" turned out more like some Tai Chi in the pictures la pulak.. =P Aside from that the programs lined up were entertaining really with touching videos, song performances, more games and other items finely in place. :)




And then.. jeng jeng jeng.. as expected, the floodgate of tears finally unlocked when they played an acoustic rendition of Peterpan’s "Semua Tentang Kita". It was right then when Raudah approached us one by one, giving a pocket-size calendar with a printed picture of her and me as a memento. Awww Rau… thank you dearest! <3 It really moved me so so deep as we asked each other for forgiveness, expressed thanks for all the wonderful companionship since the day I knew her as my very 1st friend in RP & fyp teammate, in a long embrace with tears streaming.. soon the process repeated its course and found most of the girls huddled together in sobs and eyes very much reddened..

Oh my.. I guess that moment it finally hit me that this was the finale all right. And although it’s said that this is perhaps not gonna be the last time for us to meet, it dawned upon me that we’d each be moving away with our lives, getting caught up with different issues.. Would there be lesser things to relate to and smaller chances of bumping into one another after this? Would the warmth slowly fade away replaced by silence & the bond eventually disappears with time? Truly, it’s a heavy test of friendship from now on I realize...



Best times with girlfriends I had in Year 1 Semester 2! ~ much loved Syasya, Ayu & Azzah :))
Just as I really hope so much that it will only be getting stronger up ahead, with efforts and remembrance carefully planted insyaAllah - but should it dwindle still.. I’d take comfort in the fact that Allah Most Gracious has kindly allowed me to share such good moments with You once upon a time, and that out of all the people alive You’re the one He has let me meet and remarkably experienced a feeling I hold dearly..

To You my friends, truly fortunate am I to have known You when our paths intertwined, and for the meaning You’ve brought in mine. Thank You, for this friendship that had taught me much, in more ways than one. :)) Alhamdulillah..

"Semoga kita kan bertemu & bersahabat, dan kekal begitu hendaknya, di tempat & waktu yang ditentukan Tuhan.." :)

Hadiah Istimewa

Semakin mekarnya cinta, semakin ingatan itu ada
Tambah harum kuntuman kasih, jika bakti dicurah seikhlasnya
Di situ ’kan terasa manisnya, yang dinikmati dengan imannya
Tidakkan kecewa insan yang mengharap, andai yang dikejar redha Penciptanya
Kerna di Syurga ganjarannya ada, buat jiwa yang kuat berusaha
Di dalam sujud adanya tenang, buat hati yang kembali mengingatiNya

Letih terlerai resah pun hilang, demi Yang Mengasihi ku gagahkan jua..
Tuhan, walau hidup kian bertamu cabaran, namun di sisiMu kutemui kekuatan..

~ Nurdiyana Md. Nasir, 25hb Mac 2008
@ Nour Kartika, Singapura

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Through the years..

"Ni ape kes ade Power Rangers pulak nih..??" Must be quite startling to see these multi-colored superheroes eh? Don’t know what got into me that I was so enthused with finding their classic theme song and made the simple collage below :D Guess I was struck with reminiscing my childhood favorites (The MMPR series first aired in 1993!) after coming across the "..if you were born in the 80's in Singapore" group at Facebook. Splendid!

It’s hard not to let out a smile when you could easily identify with Lots of familiar pictures & descriptions being put up there one after another. Be it the little knickknacks or tidbits like a pack of mamee monster and Ding Dang chocolate biscuits with its free toy that I would always excitedly look forward to uncover, it’s a comforting thought to remember how one may be easily contented with the simple things in life as seen from a child’s angle. Definitely evokes a sentimental longing & tender emotions inside. Aaah~ sweet memories are best kept safe and recalled once more. :))




As the younger years left us behind in flashbacks and echoes of innocence, we've grown to realize that the life we would have to face is not all merriment and laughter, but of one that is continuously tested to grow in maturity and ripen with increasing strength. And with this comes the challenge that would hold a person accountable for the time and gifts he's bestowed with, while he moves on into a larger world of possibilities. Things become tougher down the road – that even to confront one's own emotions may need courage to sail through.

As I write this I'm reminded of Cikgu Surya Kenchana’s advice to my friends and I that day, in which Courage is not about the absence of fear – but of how we actually manage it. True enough, I thought. More so when during these times we’d have to deal with fear of failures and making blunders; of moving on and learning to forgive oneself for it’s all too easy to be deeply troubled when past mistakes come haunting. Ouch. This point I would really have to learn – for it’s somehow much much easier for me to forgive others than being easy on myself. Should relax down a bit on the self-criticism part. Hehe. One step at a time, Diy. One step at a time.. insyaAllah :)

"A man may have failed many times, but he isn't a failure till he gives up."


Photo credits to Ashting, Shutterblog and Ferran

It was really terrifying when I was first shown this actual footage of people committing suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Astarghfirullah… I became quite giddy as soon as the man hit the water’s surface. Guess I was too stunned seeing death right on screen, what more with him being a man in his 50’s and probably someone’s very much depressed father needing help and solace.. :(


"Allah is the Protecting Friend of those who have faith:
from the depths of darkness He will lead them forth into light." - (Surah al-Baqarah, 2: 257)

For me to watch this, it's very sad to know what a person might wrongly do should they mistakenly lose all hopes in life and plunge into despair when the burden felt too much to endure. But how fortunate we truly are to have our Sole Sustainer and Most Merciful forever near, for us to find the most trustworthy support in Him.. For when things become unbearable, turn to Allah. Yakinlah dengan Allah. Have hope in His promise of a good life rewarded for the believers and those who remain patient. InsyaAllah there’ll be a continuous source which shall ease the pain, comfort the heart and give the strength to move on. Ameen.. :))

Good Food, Great Company

“8.90? 14.90??” I could still remember myself scanning hard through the list, seriously hoping for something that’s not too costly. For a very first trip with four others to the eatery it did make me all cheery initially, what more with getting a free treat to those delightful variety of dishes & Ice-creams I’ve never tasted before~ yay yay Ustazah belanja! :D But as soon as the numbers hit me a minute after, the only thing that mattered in my head that time clearly was to try finding the one most affordable. *Alamak.. takde yg murah siket ke? Segannye nak pilih..* >_<

That, was somewhere back in 2002. And it still remains a very rare instance to step into such a place up till now :D I guess growing up frequenting normal hotspots like Haig Rd and Bedok Interchange food courts for the family’s eating out occasions have made me well-attuned to the cheap prices and personal favorites there; so it’s pretty much a practice to opt for delish finds with a good price tag. Somehow I’ve recently developed this gastronomic quest searching for the possibly yummiest selections that I would suddenly think about too – Like Ikan Pari Bakar Sambal or Grilled Sting Ray, different kinds of Otak-otak (The one from Geylang Serai market at Otak-Otak Kampong Wak Murset stall was a real nice change with lots of freshly grated coconut =) ) and sweet pastries. Ooh my~ :P



Picnic at RP's Beautiful Green Lawn with my RP-Ma'arifian Girls | Potluck lunch dates ^_^

And.. I feel that Ibu’s advice do make an impact in me still – better to resist buying mere scoops of branded ice-cream from a food chain and going for a Tub of Grand Triple Chocolate from King’s premium range instead. “Smooth Chocolate Ice Cream loaded with Crispy Chocolate-coated Sunflower Seeds and laced with swirls of Chocolate Fudge”. Now how about that?? Hehe. Love it so especially when sharing it together with the family. ^_^

Talking about sharing a meal, I couldn’t agree more of it possibly be one lovely experience with a lesson in itself. Being taught to be mindful of others when we’re enjoying good food, it’s always a pleasant feeling in return when we invite friends or others near in sight to have a share and watch them liking it too. Or be thoughtful of taking an appropriate portion and amiably encouraging the other party to have the good parts as well.

Still remember dear Raudah and I ordering a single Tom Yam Soup and happily tucking away with the golden fried chicken wings & Kway Teow Hong Kong together. SubhanAllah, it really feels more tummy-filling & satisfying too~ *happy sigh* Us three sisters definitely love it when Ibu would feed a mouthful of rice & gravy or any food for that matter when we teasingly asked for a taste. Bestnyee rasa disuap!~ :D All these definitely make good bonding moments aye? =)

“O Believers, eat of what is good and pure that We have provided you with and be grateful to Allah, if you truly worship Him.” (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2: 172)



Dining at Seoul Garden with the ex-MCG committee~ Uber Fun! ^_^ Guess it'd be interesting to get to head down to new settings and sample halal dishes from other cultures once in a while yea? Hmmm.. Cafe Le Caire @ Al Majlis seems impressive with its lineup of Middle Eastern cuisine. Amaciam girls? Nak try? :D hehe