weekend getaway @ SAF Yacht club..our so called post national day celebration, ya rite. but it was definitely warm and serene with just the 4 of us. blessings from allah. all praises to Allah.

heavy traffic on sle. spotted a cool new alfa romeo spider


well yey! we made it at last


bird's eye view from room balcony...cantek kan?


overcoming his fear of heights


this one has yet overcome her fear


after having settled down in the club and solat 'asr, off we went to changi airport for our dinner. her royal highness was fasting on that friday so i got to choose what i wanted to eat..yey. so we settled for popeyes chicken n biscuit at T1 airport. 1st time we dined there. comments? loved their mashed potato with brown sauce and with those small bits of chicken in the sauce i guess. the fried chicken was just okay lah...

oiiitt! dah nyekik dulu...


the heir can totally relate to the word popeye cos he IS Popeye...kudut


at the club's games room


just chillin' and goofin' around


us foursome, gerek


muka kalo dah bulat, pose macam maner pun tetap t-e-m-b-a-m. sheesh


saturday morning we spent time soaking in the pool while waiting for mcdonalds breakfast to be delivered right to our doorstep. the rest of the day was spent in the room, lazing on the bed watching tv and playing games at the arcade. by 3pm we left the club for tampines mall. kids got themselves transformers toys, thanks to toys r us and their abah (maklum owang tu nyer ari gaji). he offered to buy for me a red charles n keith bag which i kinda took a liking for but something came over me that day which was so unlike me. i declined his offer. boleh sey gitu. tolak tuah namanyer. what was i thinking!?!!
now the most freaking weird was at isetan i ended up with a pair of sultry black heels which i paid for, yes myself. what on earth was i thinking??!!

after solat 'asr at darul ghufran we stopped over at bedok food court for dinner and my break fast (or is it bedok corner or simpang bedok or are they both the same actually? someone..pls help me). his royal highness was very generous with his choice of food that evening. i wonder if that's becos he saved 40 bucks upon my declination on his offer for that red bag...oh yeah, the red bag, sigh. i wonder again if he did get for me the bag, would i end up with just otah?...ehheeheh, such impromptu and inappropriate thoughts i have. syaitan, get lost, away from my brain cells can? fact is, all the years i've known him he is never a scrooge. love you lah!

oh i've sidetracked just now. where were we..ah food. he ordered sate, fried oyster cake, bbq stingray, squid, lala and kailan. quite a spread considering heir and heiress didn't eat one bit pun cos they had lunch at tampines mall earlier. alhamdulillah both of us managed to finish up all the spread. MasyaAllah, Alhamdulillah.
on sunday morning we drove home a happy contented family. heir got his transformers toys. heiress got her very own emboidery making set. her royal highness got her new heels. his royal highness smile of joy seeing his wife and offsprings basking with happiness and fulfilment. thank you allah, thank you, thank you.

there are no right words to describe my feelings. i feel very contented for allah has shown upon us his guidance and love. given a year ago, i would not include sejadah, telekung in my travel bag. i would not even blink at the watch for a second to see whether prayer time has come. we would drive pass a mosque during fardhu adhan and never contemplate whether to stop awhile to perform our prayers. i never felt bad abandoning prayers. thinking back those days, i must have been syaitan's closest alliance.
i never bother myself with puasa that is not associated with ramadhan. back then, i don't see a need to do all that as he knows what is within my heart. yet, i felt lacking in every way. jiwa kosong, empty soul. THAT was how far a distance i have created between HIM and me. Astaghfirullah. somehow or rather back then, i must have spurred a lil thought, a silent prayer. something inside me beckoned me to change. i believe allah has answered my silent prayer. he has answered emak's countless prayers for her youngest daughter. prayers from my loved ones for me have been answered.
i find it ironic now as i begin to understand that while Allah knows what is in our hearts, we have to do something to tell HIM that HE is no. 1 in our hearts. it is for HIM we live, for HIM we die. because of HIM we live, because of HIM we die. yes, i have strayed. strayed too far. i have sins, countless sins. i am still making up for it. my only quest and hope now is seeking HIS forgiveness and hoping for our beloved prophet's (peace be unto him) intercession when the time comes. but till that time comes, i pray that i will not stray again. i pray that Allah guides me on HIS rightful path.

Subhanallah
Alhamdulillah
Allah Hu Akbar

Labels: love family

Wednesday, August 15, 2007