a surprise for him

so today is May 28th and hazim had his final paper earlier this morning.
i am very sure that the moment my husband left the house to go for his exam at 9 o clock, i did not wide awake. kesiannya dekat suami. sorry tak larat nak hantar pergi pintu. you know the feeling of tucking yourself under the warm blanket seems like the best thing ever in life. especially during mornings.

so right now i am planning out a surprise for him. i think it will be wonderful if i make something for him to celebrate his very very final paper. means, he does not have anymore exam papers after this five-ever. he is done with written exams, guys. he has only his dissertation (thesis) that needs to be done and that marks a 30% accumulated credit of his masters year. alhamdulillah, everything goes smoothly with his journey. done with written exams, only a few steps more till he grabs the Masters of Adv Science in Mech Eng. so proud of you, you genius person. you are doing your engineering masters like ABC and done with exams already. now you left only with your thesis and after that you will have your masters. life sounds so much easier when you handle it. 

and i wonder how did you do it?

oh and one more question, are you going to proceed your studies with PhD as well? 

alright so the surprise that i can think of at this time is to make my very own homemade British scones for him yayy. although he doesnt really keen into dessert stuffs but this time might be a different thing. I have actually asked him to get me scones a-couple of times before but the fact that we didnt manage to have our tea-date together outside (he's preoccupied with studying sessions) and now i am really looking forward to spend our evening together having tea and scones, made with buckets of love heeeehe

so here's the picture of scones in the oven. cant believe my eyes, i managed to shape them into the scone-like-shaped quite nicely without any tools. well gotta need to have proper utensils 

so these are my homemade scones. say Hello to them :) 

i really hope my husbands gonna like them like i do. insyaAllah. so how do we have our scones here in the UK?

we have them with jams, all kinds of jamsss: strawberry, pineapple, blueberry, blackberries etc also with butter and soft cream. the complementary hot beverage for scones- is tea. British people live their lives for tea and scones. so today i pick the traditional British Earl Tea to go along with the apricot scones.  

anddd its almost 4pm right now. he's coming home anytime soon, i shall get ready to prepare everything before he gets home. wish me luck, everyone.

gigi dinosaur

baru baru ni saya teman suami belajar sempena exam kami berdua yang bakal tiba tak lama lagi. maksud saya teman is kami belajar sama waktu. bezanya, safra dengan reading materials sendiri dan suami dengan bahan bacaannya sendiri. sampai la ke satu tahap di mana saya nampak suami tengah sketching sesuatu. rupa macam bentuk titisan air ataupun kuasa Yin dan Yang yang sebelah je. bukan bulatan sepenuhnya hitam putih tu tau. hanya sebelah je. sukahati awak la, pembaca sekalian nak pilih Yin atau nak pilih Yang hahahaha. yang penting bentuk lukisan tu macam bentuk ovul dan ada bucu di hujung. sila bayangkan apa yang saya ceritakan ni hehee

jadi untuk clarification saya pun laju je mulut ni bertanya.

safra: lukisan apa tu?
hazim: oh. ini..... gigi dinosaur.
safra: gigi dinosaur? kenapa ada gigi dinosaur
(agak pelik eh disitu bila lukis gigi dinosaur. saya dok pikir sorang sorang apakah correlation between kerja engineering dengan gigi dinosaur)
hazim: hahahahaha. ni turbine blade
safra: turbine blade...
hazim: ni mesti tak paham ni turbine blade tu apa. sebabtu tadi cakap gigi dinosaur

amboi sukanya hati kan mengusik isteri tak kira waktu. hehe. sabar je la mampu. saya cakap, orang yang tak belajar engineering mesti tak tau turbine blade apa. mungkin orang yang bukan dalam bidang kejuruteraan membayangkan seperti collocation words yang digabungkan macam peanut butter atau barbeque chicken nyamms. tak boleh sebut butter peanut atau chicken barbeque haha. lepastu saya pun google definiton of turbine blade dengan gambar sekali. ohhh. baru paham. macam tu rupanya bentuk turbine blade.

kalau tak paham turbine blade tu apa ini definition dia:

A turbine blade is the individual component which makes up the turbine section of a gas turbine. The blades are responsible for extracting energy from the high temperature, high pressure gas produced by the combustor. The turbine blades are often the limiting component of gas turbines. (source, Wikipedia)

kalau masih belum paham pasal turbine blade, tak apa sebab saya pun masih belum paham sepenuhnya hehee. i would rather choose gigi dinosaur instead.

saya dengan rendah diri memohon doa dari rakan rakan dan semua pembaca, untuk mendoakan kejayaan kami suami dan isteri. semoga jihad kami berdua dalam menuntut ilmu Allah akan sentiasa diberkati olehNya dan dimudahkan segala urusan kami berdua. selamat menjawab exam untuk suami dan selamat menjawab exam untuk diri sendiri. also, all the best dan selamat menjawab exam juga untuk semua kawan kawan yang mengambil peperiksaan :)

Rabbi yassir wala tuassir, rabbi tammim bil khair.

pre-honeymoon (Dublin, Ireland)

hello everyone.

kisahnya last week, UK observed bank holiday sempena labour day on May 1st. both husband and wife dapat cuti seminggu. alhamdulillah. dapat la masa untuk spend sama sama lagi. yayy. memandangkan suami dah pernah jalan Ireland, jadi last week kitaorang ke Ireland. saya pernah pergi ke Northern Ireland. tapi belum lagi pergi republic of Ireland yang sebelah bawah (Southern Ireland)

untuk pergi ke dublin, we rode on the bus from Belfast city to Dublin airport. harga hanyalah 20 pound return. tak jauh pun rupanya dari belfast ke dublin. sejam setengah je. plan awalnya nak take-off bus dari airport dublin lepastu naik bas ke homestay yang kami berdua reserved dekat Glasnevin. tapi kebetulan pulak ada bus strike on 1st and 2nd of may. terpaksa la naik cab. ingatkan bernasib baik sebab garda (police Irish) tak inspect passport. rupa rupanya bas yang saya dan suami naik ada jugak across boarder-inspection. hehe.  tapi seronok. dia cuma nak tengok passport and visa je. pengalaman la jugak kan. tapi suami cakap selalu kalau dia pergi, tak pernah ada inspection. alhamdulillah everything went so smooth sebab suami sangat organised and well prepared. dia dah pesan awal awal kena bawak passport. takut nanti kena tahan imegresen. in fact he kept all the documents untuk travelling dengan dia. termasuk la passport si isteri heehe
saya tanya "oh ni first time ke garda tu check passport. sebelum2 ni abang tak pernah kena eh"
him: haah. selalu kalau abang pergi tak kena apa2 pun tapi sebab sayang ikut la kot dia tahan.
me: heyyy
(dia gelak je. amboi suka hati betul)

okay, so the first day was great. till the last day too. everything was so perfect as just as it was meant to be. we had a super wonderful pre-honeymoon trip together. alhamdulillah. kenapa prehoneymoon? sebab memang kalau ikut perancangan our little family ni, kami berdua akan ada cuti panjang bila musim summer nanti (which is next month till late september). patutnya safra dengan suami akan bercuti bulan madu masa cuti semester break. rasanya macam nak pergi Italy. hehe. insyaAllah summer nanti kalau tak ada commitment dengan benda lain. kiranya weekend getaway ke republic of Ireland ni memang tak rancang pun

weather dekat dublin masa first day okay saja tapi wasn't really pleasant sebab hujan and sejuk. tak paham disitu kenapa masih sejuk dan kena pakai coat walaupun dah early summer. hehe. tahun ni mungkin UK dan europe sejuk sikit kot. jadi disebabkan hujan kami berdua decide nak jalan jalan city, setakat cuci mata dan makan banyak banyak. kononnya other days in the row boleh pergi hiking tengok nature and jalan sekitar cliffs. tapi nasib pulak tak menyebelahi sebab transportation untuk ke Howth tak ada sebab train untuk ke kaki bukit howth tengah ada engineering work. jadi banyak orang naik bas sebagai alternative. maka sekali lagi kitaorang ke town dan jalan jalan dan makan dengan lebih banyak lagi

lately ni safra kuat betul makan ice cream. kalau boleh hari hari nak makan. dan hari hari jugak la suami carikan ice cream. sepanjang percutian dekat negara Irish ni boleh kata hari hari kami berdua makan ice cream yang Irish-homemade. sedap sangat. kalau boleh rasa nak tidur je dalam kedai ais krim tu. dah la tempting ice cream diaorang. tapi yang sedihnya tak semua boleh makan sebab ada campur rum, whiskey and other alcohols. sempat jugak try minum Butlers hot chocolate yang famous tu. nyammmmm sedapnya. lepastu try sekali esoknya cakap dekat suami nak lagi minum choc tapi nak ice shake dia pulak, husband cepat cepat cakap kena buat pilihan. nak ice cream or nak choc shake. kena pilih satu je sebab risau banyak sangat makan benda ais hehee

haa satu perenggan penuh pasal ice cream. gigih tak heeehe. pasal makanan pulak surprisingly pergi ireland tapi boleh kata hari hari makan malaysian cuisine. order mee bandung dan asam laksa, nasi lemak dan gulai daging, nasi paprik dan nasi goreng etc. kalau dah nama tekak melayu tu pergi mana pun tekak melayu la kan. hihi. tak baik tipu tekak sendiri haha
kami berdua ada jugak try jam buah buahan yang fresh dekat sana tu. sedap. dengan tak malunya boleh sapu roti berkali kali dengan jam. walaupun dah penuh dah jam atas roti. ada jugak sehari tu kami berdua tak tau nak makan apa. google punya google terjumpa list kedai halal and ada GBK halal (gourmet burger kitchen) weeeee. suka sangat sebab first time jumpa gbk yang halal semua kecuali chicken wings. maksudnya semua jenis ayam dan daging yang ada dalam kedai tu boleh makan. typically kedai gbk around uk ni normally yang halal ayam je. tu pun burger je. yang ayam selain burger tak halal. sebab excited sangat dua dua order burger daging yang macam stack tinggi tu and daging dua lapis. alhamdulillah kenyang sangat sampaikan lepas makan burger tu terus rasa malas nak jalan. gemuk sangat. kalau nak tau gbk tu apa, sebenarnya gbk ni sejenis makanan american tapi owns by british. cuba google tengok gambar burger gbk hehe. sedappp. so far kedai favourite for both husband and wife selain kedai burger & lobster. sila google burger & lobster jugak nyamsssss (imagine kalau google je pun dah tempting tengok gambar burger2 sekalian dan lobster tu. ni pulak kalau makan)

lepastu ada one of those days was mission untuk mencari macaron. hehe kalau dah teringin macaron tu memang termenung kejap suami. dari masa zaman kenal dulu sampai zaman tunang hingga ke zaman kahwin ni dok request macaron. insyaAllah sampai zaman anak nanti masih mintak macaron boleh? hahahaha. bagi suami agak susah nak cari macaron. sebab dekat UK or US susah nak jumpa kedai orang buat macaron. unless kalau pergi France tu memang berlambak kedai buat macaron.

nak cerita pasal bilik yang kami sewa pulak. best sangat and cantik sangat. duduk dekat bilik attic. kalau tak paham attic tu apa bak kata encik suami dalam bahasa melayu loteng. safra pun macam eh yeke loteng. baru tau selalu cakap attic je.
husband: seeee, my malay is better than yours
me: heyyy

jadi bila dapat bilik dekat attic tu rasa seronok sebab besar and luas and ada mini library. ada bathroom sendiri and privacy sendiri. sangat selesa and besar sampaikan boleh berjemaah dengan suami. sebab kalau bilik hotel kadang kadang kecik nak jemaah tak boleh. mampu solat bergilir je tapi rumah ni attic dia besar. umur rumah tu dah 27 tahun since 1988 and very Irish-styled. yang seronoknya sebab tingkap dekat attic tu macam melandai ke bawah and katil untuk tidur ada bawah tingkap tu. bila malam nampak bintang, bulan and bila siang nampak awan, burung and kapal terbang lalu. cantik sangattt masyaAllah. boleh feeling cerita fault in our stars. hahahahaha. host pun sangat friendly and very motherly. bila borak rasa tak puas je walaupun berhari hari dekat rumah dia

kebetulan pulak trip prehoneymoon ni genap sebulan safra kahwin. saya bagi kad and hadiah baju baru. suami macam terkejut sebab he expected none from me. dapat je baju terus pakai and bukak kad baca lepastu senyu2 je. terharu sangat tengok reaction husband. if he is happy, i am happy too. if he's unhappy. i'll be the same. unhappy too. rasa sooo overwhelmed bila dapat spent quality time together. husband sangat helpful and baik sangat layan setiap permintaan isteri. i am beyond grateful and i thank him for every effort & love he gives to me. alhamdulillah. hidup rasa sangat complete dengan kehadiran dia dalam hidup. he is indeed a wonderful, extraordinary and a kind of husband that everybody would ever have asked for. may Allah shaded him with His mercy always and forever, shower him with lots of blessings and love, grant him His Jannah.
Allah redhakan awak, wahai suami :')

and now back to our business. saya dah nak final exam. husband pulak ada labwork and report and presentation and submission and group project and thesis and dissertation and all those are coming on his path.
kadang kadang rasa kasihan sangat.
rasa sedih sangat.
rasa terharu sangat.
rasa tersentuh sangat.
rasa sebak sangat.
pada suami. semakin bertambah tanggungjawab dia satu demi satu tapi masih rajin menuntut ilmu. lebih dari safra pun ada. saya ni jenis malas nak belajar kadang kadang tu procrastinate membuang masa. suami pulak jenis student yang well prepared. dia reti bahagikan masa bila yang sesuai untuk buat sesuatu benda. tambah pulak dia buat masters. selalu saya ingatkan diri sendiri. kalau contoh terbaik pun dah depan mata, kenapa la safra ni couldnt be as great as him? suami la pembakar semangat bila sometimes saya terlepas cakap "nak berhenti belajar la" atau "taknak la belajar" hehe. tak baik putus asa

hopefully i'm going to be as wonderful and amazing like you, dearest mister husband. thank you for every single things that are seen or unseen. you're a perfect spouse of mine and you'll definitely be the best father to our little tots. insyaAllah.