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Apart from the fact that I just threw up my breakfast consisting of nasi lemak and teh tarik....everything seems normal today in the office. My boss is not around, my favorite mentor is also not around. The whole construction team is not around except for me and another engineer. Sigh....Let's see....what happened to me last few days.....

Last weekend was spent at my in-law's place. It was not as bad as I always imagine in fact it was quite ok. MIL cooked laksa johor....nyum...nyum....urs truly did her part in preparing all the ingredients and toppings. Aduhhh...sakit pinggang duk lame2 on the floor. Guess when ur part of the family, you just have to do ur bits ha.

Before heading to Selayang that Saturday, hubby and I went to Jln TAR. Hubby needed a haircut and I wanted to get a copy of Al-Quran with the translation. After that decided to browse thru the pasar malam, I've been having this 'keinginan' to eat the soft and crispy apam balik. We went back and forth to look for it but couldn't find any stall selling them. Sheeessshhhh.....Headed straight to Selayang.....made a detour to Pasar Selayang.....yeayyyy....found apam balik. Didn't wait another second.....ate them in the car and made a mess when all the blended peanuts in the apam balik came out and fell all over on the seat and everywhere at the front seat of the car. Hubby gave that look, where if you could interpret it, it would say "Baru jer vacuum keta aritu.....dh bersepah balik". Hehehe...sorry dear. Kan dh lame saya mengidam apam balik yg rangup lagi sedap ini. :)

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This is something that came in the inbox. Just wanted to share them....

An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the
mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson.
Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the
kitchen table reading his Quran.
His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to
imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa, I try to read
the Quran just like you but I don't understand it,
and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close
the book.What good does reading the Quran do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in
the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to
the river and bring me back a basket of water."
The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked
out before he got back to the house. The grandfather
laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster
next time," and sent him back to the river with the
basket to try again.
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was
empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told
his grandfather that it was impossible to carry
water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket
instead.
The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I
want a basket of water. You're just not trying hard
enough," and he went out the door to watch the boy try
again.
At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he
wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as
fast as he could, the water would leak out before he
got back to the house.
The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran
hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket
was again empty.
Out of breath, he said, "See Grandpa, it's useless!"
"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look
at the basket."
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time
realized that the basket was different. It had been
transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now
clean, inside and out.
"Son, that's what happens when you read the Quran.
You might not understand or remember everything, but
when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out.
That is the work of Allah in our lives."

note to myself: Remember all the Surah2 that you were advised to read.....pls...pls.....read them.

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note to myself: org kate at 3 months it's still an early stage of pregnancy and eventhough when you reach ur 2nd trimester, still anything can happen. Semuanyer ketentuan Allah S.W.T. I pray everything will go smoothly and safely. Ameen.