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welcoming the 1000th visitor to my blog

.. after 5 months. Glad to know somebody gets connected to my thoughts, my ideas, my views, frustrations, my personal experiences, my cooking, my love for things, my work, my personal views, principles and stance when it comes to families, my antiques and my whim & fancies. Would love to share more if time permits..Still have not decided to make this public. or get advertisement for monetary rewards...we ll see about that... all my visitors.. Enjoy reading and please please please send me your feedback to hanrais@gmail.com

welcoming new born - preparing first time parents & Melenggang Perut the Malay Baby Shower (no gifts) for my Sis & the Shopping list to Welcome the Newborn

Today is finally the day to have the "melenggang perut' day for my sis who is expecting her first baby this coming November. Ideally, it is normally done on the 7th month. Unfortunately, big sisters are all occupied with personal & professional comitment.(sorry ayah emak..bukan sengaja melewatkan...). The simple ceremony will be performed by our auntie, What we need for the occasion: Kain Batek sarong 7 helai Bunga 7 jenis Setangi Minyak wangi Limau 3 biji Kelapa  So the best part is, we are going to have the pulut kuning & kari telur - everybody's favourite dish and to be shared with people at the mosque tonight after maghrib..InsyaAllah. Next is the shopping list for mom & dad to-be The Basic Baby Clothings (White color preferred - baby looks gorgeous in white) Dont worry, years to come will be colorful!! Bath Towel                  ...

Life is a Test..Tested on a Good Friend

Dedicated to Zura For all the things that happened to her lately For the courage and strenghts in facing the difficulties Proud of you Zura ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ no signs, no clue.. dine in ..out of the blue seems unreal, seems unfair, unprepared enough to make us feel bad cant choose to 'hanging loose' Sometimes not one or two but many all at once Life is testing us.. only with the things we can handle only with the resources we have within us Life seems perfect uninterupted suddenly experiencing volcano erupted pouring all over the place leaving us with minimal space to thank Allah for His Grace knowing what's best in us that he had stored for us in place Alhamdullillah.. for letting us in the opportunity to venture our within To reflect the best when life's in pain so that we will not stay in vain Oct 2, 20011