Friday, 24 July 2015

aidilfitri 2015

Assalamualaikum

tahun ni tahun pertama beraya dengan suami. alhamdulillah, ya Allah. terima kasih atas anugerah diberi suami. walaupun raya di perantauan dan jauh dari family tapi suami sebagai pengganti semua. raya tahun ni pun meriah macam tahun sebelum ni. cuma beza dia tak raya dekat Malaysia. tapi raya dekat London. 


sebaknya masa di pagi raya salam tangan suami. biasa la safra mesti ada drama air mata di pagi raya. hihi. masa nak salam tu suami dah malu malu and gelak. saya pulak tengah pikir ayat apa la yang sesuai nak minta ampun khilaf ni. walaupun baru je lagi kahwin, tapi siapa tahu dosa dekat suami umpama debu yang menimbun. tapi walaupun encik suami cuba tenangkan suasana, tentu la kami berdua sebak bila bermaafan sesama sendiri. masa salam tu jugak, air mata tumpah teringat muka muka orang yang disayangi. mama papa, umi abah, adik beradik, ahli keluarga yang lain. Allah saja yang tau apa perasaan kami perantau semua yang berada di perantauan. 

pagi raya pertama kami semua sempat solat raya dekat masjid di Croydon. padatnya bahagian perempuan sampai nak rukuk dan sujud pun tak ada ruang. suasana macam di Mekah. ada yang solat open-air dekat padang. seronok kutip pengalaman beraya di perantauan. meriah macam di malaysia jugak. lepas solat raya, saya terus ajak suami dan pakcik pergi kfc. hahahahaha. saya memilih nak kfc halal dekat croydon je. dekat tempat lain taktau la kenapa tak suka pergi, walaupun ada yang halal dan lebih dekat dengan Liverpool. 

balik rumah ada sesi makan pula. menu hari raya sama macam dekat kampung, kami bergilir guna dapur dan masak. ada kuah kacang, rendang ayam, sambal bilis, lemang moden (balut daun pisang, masak dengan rice cooker, bakar dalam oven. rasanya sama sangat sangat macam lemang buluh dekat malaysia. sedap sangat. hehe) ada nasi impit, kuah lodeh, kuih raya ada sikit yang safra sempat buat. ada tart nenas, samperit, chocolate cookies, horlick cookies. tak lupa juga, saya makan jugak kfc yang teringin sekian lama.

lepastu dah tentu la ada photoshoot session. hehe. hari raya pertama pergi dekat park yang dekat dengan rumah je. ada buat video untuk hantar dekat family kononnya. cuaca dekat london panas. walaupun tak pakai layer tapi terasa bahang. then kami semua makan ice cream sambil tunggu budak budak main dekat playground, masih dengan berbaju melayu, bersampin dan bersongkok, berbaju kurung. 


raya kedua pula ada rumah terbuka kedutaan malaysia dekat Rumah Malaysia London. saya pergi denagn suami, sedara dan kawan. tumpang kereta kak lynn dengan abg aboy. suka sangat, dapat la tengok anak asuhan auntie safra kan. delisha dan hana. bila sampai je dekat rumah kedutaan ramainya orang, masyaAllah. semuanya berbaju kurung, kebaya dan melayu, bersongkok. makanan pula ada banyak jenis walaupun kena beratur panjang untuk tunggu turn. saya dan suami bergilir beratur. dan setiap kali kami que up untuk ambil makanan, kami ambil untuk satu sama lain. strategy yang berjaya. hihi. puas dapat makan banyak tanpa perlu beratur banyak kali. kami bersembang sekejap dengan pegawai ambassador kita. oh ye sempat jugak kami beri ucapan untuk masuk tv3. 

habis session mengisi perut, kami beramai ramai tour around london. pergi ke tempat landmark yang dikenali dunia macam Big Ben, Tower Bridge, London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden dan lain lain. kaki lenguh sebab seharian berjalan walaupun naik overground (train) dan underground (tube). tapi puas hati dan seronok dapat beraya di kota London dengan pakai baju tradisional melayu. banyak juga orang yang ucap Hari Raya walaupun mereka British. 




gambar bawah ni pula dekat Big Ben. tapi tiba tiba ada bas berhenti exactly dekat tempat kitaorang berdiri ambik spot gambar hahahaaa



raya ketiga pula kami bergerak ke Lincoln. sebelum tu sempat juga jumpa kak monika dan suami, Faiz. sebenarnya faiz dengan suami safra ni berkawan dari zaman prep school lagi. lepastu sama sama sambung belajar dekat USA masa degree. sekarang dua dua sambung belajar masters dekat UK, ditemani isteri masing masing cewah. kak monika dan faiz bawak kami berdua makan dekat Tinseltown. sedap sangat bun sausage dengan milkshake oreo crush & ferrero rocher. 


lepas sesi catching up with those two, kami gerak ke Lincoln naik train and spent 2 malam dekat rumah kak oney dan syameem. wee happy sangat. sebab diaorang ada baby. baru 4 months. comel sangat baby kak oney dan syameem. nama dia Syara Alisya. auntie safra's favourite little girl. hehe. walaupun syara suka uncle hazim lebih dari auntie safra, tak baik tau syara pilih kasih hehee



ni umi dan abi syara alisya yang comel sangat tu. hehe. terima kasih daun keladi ye kakak dan abang yang baik hati tumpangkan rumah. nanti jemput pulak datang ke rumah kitaorang. boleh luangkan masa dengan syara hihi


lepastu kami gerak pula ke Liverpool untuk beraya dengan kak rosni dan abg shaiful, sebelum mereka berdua dan anak anak balik ke malaysia for good. masa beraya ke rumah diaorang, takde pulak gambar yang sempat ambik. macam mana boleh lupa pun taktau la. hehe sebab banyak sangat makan nasi impit dengan rendang kot

so this is what i can recall about my hari raya here in the UK. insyaAllah, next year we'll be going home. its time to celebrate eid with the loved ones. i really looking forward to that like right now, i can think of what design and colour-code of our baju raya for the next year. haha. padahal syawal 2015 pun belum habis lagi and i havent yet started to puasa sunat 6. semoga kami suami isteri mampu menunaikan ibadah sunat yang hanya ada pada bulan raya ni. insyaAllah, amin

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

the 3rd-versarry

so this month is our 3rd-versarry. feel soooo blessed and grateful for having each other by our sides. alhamdulillah, ya Allah. anyway, what does the 3rd-versarry means?
its actually because, we'll be celebrating our 3rd month of marriage life together. also to reminisce our 3rd-year of knowing each other too. 
looking back at how fast time actually flies, how brave and strong we were to survive the long-distanced relationship, the time-zone difference between USA and Malaysia & between UK and USA, the effort(s) that we both gave for each other, strong feelings that we have towards one another, the instinct of compatibility between us two, the faith that we both carried on day by day from the first (unplanned) meet-up till the day of solemnisation and the list goes on...

i swear i've never-ever had the "thought of getting married at the age of 19", which now makes me realised how grown up i have become, having numbers of responsibilities at the age of superrr young. 
but obviously,
i wouldn't able to go this far without the help of my support system; my husband. he is an amazing man, he cares for me with his whole heart and he understands me more than anybody else. 

i have prepared umm a speech? love letter? umm confession?
oh for real this time im needing a break from everything because- i start to forget things already. 

to my dearest suami,
i wish you nothing but the very best out of all the best. I pray that Allah swt will protect you from harms & difficulties, to make everything at ease for you, shaded you with His mercy and blessings, help you out with His guidance along your path- so that you wont be going off and lose yourself. 
i need you my knight, my shield,
to shelter me from being self-forgotten and to keep me awaken so that i won't forget the hereAfter
because you are my One and Only. 
and i know we can do this together, because i can count on you
I love you, so much. 
Happy 3rd-versarry, you wonderful person. to many many many more days and years to come. insyaAllah

so we celebrated this special month with peace and calm, also with homemade apam-cupcakes having our name initials on tops with blue and pink royal icing for buka puasa just now. 
at first he didn't notice anything and once he saw my lil masterpiece(s), he immediately came out like "apa tu" pointing his finger to the baking tray.
"eh ada nama kita. hehe. happy anni sayang. thank you." 
me: happy anni abang, thanks to you too. next year dah 4 tahun kenal. yay 

i wanted to put the photos of the lil cupcakes but they were ugly because of the lighting and my camera was sick at that time so its ok byebye cupcakes

so, as im almost reaching the bottom paragraph of my entry this time, i promise to myself that the next entry coming up is the post that i need to write about how i met my husband. i realise that the piece entitled "How We First Met" has took me ages to draft about. i really need to sort it quick before it takes me forever to tell how exactly everything began. i just hope that i wont take too long to write up about. perhaps, before our first child is born ok. you readers should be thankful because at least you get to know the story before you become an auntie or an uncle to our future little tots. hehe.

p/s: yay, the hari raya is approaching real soon, in few days time. i really can't wait to celebrate hari raya and being all matchy clothes together with the husband. insyaAllah.