Month of Rejab is here .



Im proud of myself, i managed to complete the Surah Mariam after my Maghrib prayer last nite...and continue with 2 pages of surah Taha.

If i mentally set my gear right, i shld be able to fast once the school holidays are over , next week. Insya allah.














On another note, my hubby has this "crazy" ideas...at least to me it sounded "crazy" .

He wanted to climb mountain...Mount Kinabalu that is . He even spoke to his cousin, Ranesh , who apparently just climbed the same mountain abt 2 months back . Ranesh gave him so much infos , as the adventure was still fresh in his head.
Now, the hubby is in the "very-keen-to climb" mode . *roll eyes*



Anyhow, he cant do it this year due to some logistic matters and stuff . He asked me if im game for this so-called adventure trip ........... hmmmmm , am I ??

"A'sallamuallaikum Nor, hope u are fine. With Allah guidance, Alhamdullillah i managed to khatam Al-Quran tis evening. I just want to share my kesyukuran wif u. Wishing you a blessed month of Rejab and Allah showers HIS blessing and rahmah to u in this blessed month. Ameen "

Those are text message i received from a good friend last nite. Alhamdulillah ! what a wonderful news , i replied her .

I wished she and her hubby would be able to perfrom Hajj this year , with much ease. I know they are waiting anxiously for the reply from Muis.

Ive not been reading my Quran consistently (especially during this school hols period).

I need to get back on track. Im just at the beginning of Surah Mariam., and ive got longggg way to reach the end. But , it's better late then never ...im hoping to khatam by end of Ramadan,insyallah. That's my goal .

The other day, i was talking to sis N , she mentioned , try to minimise listening to songs and stuff ...listen more to the recitation of the Quran.

When you at home, while cooking or doing housework...simply just ON the cd . There's an inner calmness that she couldnt describe..........i believe so , cos, i felt it whenever i read the Quran.

IT just healed the inner side of you ......truly hard to explain .

Black Eye Pea latest song is in my mind now...boom..boom..boom.

IM soooooo slacken. !

Some random pictures of my vacation........... ;)




Ulek Beach Resort (nice and clean..just a year old)






The kids......


Sharmila & Vahesh ....... all the 4 kiddos ............Akesh & Vikesh




juz arrived at Redang Islang ,being invited by crystal clear water ............



Selvi, my sis-inlaw & family .. akesh & sharmila snorkeling (below picture)




Will post some more pictures if i have the time...

Im back from my vacation on late Wednesday nite.



There's 10 of us in this trip.....my family which consist of (hubby,me and my two kids), my elder sis-in law, her hubby (i call him BiL ) and her two kids + my mom-in law and my younger sis in law.



I prefer it tis way...just us families (no extended families pleasse) driving up to the east coast of Malaysia in 2 cars...(thanks to our MPV , where all the 4 kids bunked in ,talking, laffing and watched vcds along the journey) .



It was a indeed looooooooong ride..we stopped at Mersing to have our breakfast of roti canai and then continued our journey to Trengganu...we had toilet break in btwn before we finally reached our very first stay for the day , Ulek Beach Resort.



After checking in and settled down , my BiL and I made phone calls to check on Redang Island, for our next destination on the next day. Bookings made .... we had to leave in the wee hour of the next morning in order to catch the ferry ride at 9.30am.



The ferry terminal is somewhere in Merang abt 2hrs ride fm Ulek resort and we are yet to find out where exactly it is. We left around 6am the next morning and reached the terminal at 8.30am , where we had breakfast at the jetty "cafe" while waiting for Mr Bahar whom we are supposed to meet at 9am , to pass the pymt for our Redang stay.



The ferry ride to Redang was another one hour before we finally reached the clear water resorts. A little dissappoinment when we checked in, as the place , Redang Lagoon Resort , that we were staying was much of a run down state.



After lunch , we had our short rest before we headed for snorkelling ... (will update pictures). In the evening we decided to skip dinner at our resort but hopped over for a good western food of steak at Coral Redang Resort instead. Im satisfied *burrrps*



After dinner, we walked and sat at the beach, laughing and talking to each other (family bonding like dat :P ) and just watching the stars that filled the entire dark sky . My niece Vahesh, said she saw a shooting star .

The next morning..after breakfast, we checked out and took a speedy boat back to the mainland, where we continue our journey to Kelantan..............The route that we took toward Kelantan was winding but awesomely scenic.


After Kelantan.....we head back to Perak and stayed for a nite, then drove down to KL the next day , just for chendol n rojak (and goreng pisang) before we ended our journey back to Singapore.

To summarise, the trip was fun and enjoyable one...even the kids said so. We did things that we never did as a family .


Will post pictures later ..................




PS: now i have heaps of laundry to fold !! No fun... !