Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Pencinta Novel Melayu


Saya ada seorang kawan ofis berpangkat kakak. Hobi beliau bukan setakat membaca novel-novel Melayu, tetapi juga mengumpulnya. Tak cukup dengan baca dan kumpul, yang mana ada adaptasi ke drama tv semuanya pun tengok. Yang kagum, boleh habiskan bacaan dalam masa yang amat singkat, siap ulang lagi. Yang lagi kagum, novel lama yang baru diadaptasi pun beliau masih boleh ingat jalan ceritanya.

Itulah namanya penangan bila dah minat tu, ada je cara nak buat sampai dapat :-)

Dah lebih 3 kali ikut akak nie ke kedai buku tolong pilih novel. Sebab yang tukang pinjamnya I laa jugak. Kedai yang kami selalu tuju adalah Kedai Buku 1 Malaysia di UTC (juga dikenali sebagai Puduraya) sebab sini ada diskaun 15% dan boleh bayar guna kad kredit. Kedai buku Pustaka Minerva kat Jalan TAR tu diskaun sampai 20% tapi hanya bayaran tunai sahaja diterima.

Bila dah selalu ke Kedai Buku 1 Malaysia sebab boleh bayar dengan kad kredit, agak-agak uols berapa banyak novel akak nie beli sekali pegi?

Mana taknya akak nie jadi supplier novel Melayu untuk I?

Nie kira sikit. Sekejap je habis nie. Usually beliau akan buat sedikit research dan review tentang mana novel yang best. Siap ada list ok. Ada laa jugak tersasar dari list bila I tolong suggest novel yang nampak menarik lepas baca sinopsis dan jugak suggestions novel bestseller di kaunter bayaran. Masa tu mulalah rambang mata nak pilih mana satu untuk cukupkan bajet.

Dalam 9 buah novel di dalam gambar, salah satunya I yang punye. Kalau rajin, tekalah yang mana satu.


Monday, January 6, 2014

The nRelate for blogger and Mama's birthday celebration with durians


I was reading my previous blog posts picked by nRelate (substitute plug-in to LinkWithin) at the end of every post. I chose to read the old posts back in 2008 and 2009, when I was super active in blogging, when blogging and blog-hopping were the in-thing, and you keep receiving comments from your blog followers @ friends. Ah, those days...

And I was like,

"Oh man, I can't believe I wrote those entries?"

"My English was so smooth back then"

"What an emotional entry.."


At one point, I decided to stop 'exposing' my life through blogging. I thought some things better kept untold, coz I know myself who loves to share about every single thing happening in her life like not impacting other's. But hey, that was silly me who can't control herself. I am in better control now.

But yesterday (here you go again), it is my mom's birthday! I just cannot not sharing this. (Oh my English).

Yeah, nowadays my English is getting poorer. Please bear with me while I'm improving. Hey, that's the benefits of blogging in English! Although of course I will blog in Malay some.

Back to my mom's birthday story, 5th January of every year is her day. That morning, she was on her way back to KL from Kedah when me and my sister were googling restaurants for dinner celebration. While we were finalizing places, my eldest brother whatsapp-ed me on my plan for our beloved mother. He said that he and family were at One Utama. Called my mother on her locations and she was near Simpang Pulai, planning to buy durians! Ok, that was quite near to KL already. I told mom that brother and family is coming over for lunch, so I cancelled the dinner plan, informed my brother on lunch celebration instead.  

Choosing lunch menu is super easy. Call Domino's Pizza.

Birthday cake? Nah, that was so common. We had better substitute. 

Durians, rambutans, mangosteens. Bought by the birthday girl.

So much for a mother's birthday celebration. We <3 you Mama!



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Friday, January 3, 2014

How I spend my new year in 2014


1. Trying to be creative, setting up my own blogger header

The domain www.iynasomar.com has expired. I decided to stick with my original domain www.e-nasz.blogspot.com. Somehow it sounds more friendly to me.

To challenge myself for a fresh-2014-new-blog-look, I wanna try designing my own blogger header. Thanks to PicMonkey photo editor and tutorial from this blog, this so-not-creative-person manage to create one. An amateur looking one is already a success for a first timer. The current header is the second design which the idea came when I was taking a bath. Good ideas always come in the shower huh?

This is my first design:


 I always regard myself as a non-creative person. This new year has changed my perspective. Never thought I have hidden talent in designing. I believe with right guidance, my talent can go far. I just need to prove myself more than this.


2. Finishing up a Malay novel


Borrowed this novel from a colleague like two months ago. At that time I was searching for an activity that can brighten up my life while waiting for my Candy Crush gaining its full live. Since I did addicted to reading Malay novels before and claimed that my hobby is reading, I think it is time to have my hobby back. Looks like I took longer time than usual to finish up ONE Malay novel. Don't get me wrong, the novel is a very good story though. I did cry few times at reading it. It's just that bigger things than limited lives of Candy Crush happened that requires more of my attention. However I told myself to complete reading and return it back by 2nd January 2014. Focus and reading it with passion and full of heart, it reaches the owner's hand a day later because the owner was on leave. Nevertheless, I did it! Yeay Alhamdulillah. Another achievement for me.


3. Blog spring cleaning

Orang Melayu kata "bersihkan sawang". And that's what I did. Customizing, changing layout here and there, deciding on two-column or three-column blog etc etc. I just want my blog to be as simple and legible as it can be. Three column blog might just seemed to be "full", but as at today I found it the best way to differentiate my personal on the right, and things that I suitably use and want to share with all beautiful readers out there on the left. Repeat, ONLY the things that I use BEST. Not surprisingly, it's from the same label..BUT..more product sharing from different label coming on way, insyaAllah. Sharing for the sake of people who are unknowingly having the same problems challenges as I am before and still. Unstable hormones.


So that's about it on how my new year day was filled. I am hoping a blessed and prosperous year for myself and family.

Let's kick off 2014!


New Year fireworks from The Curve at the front of my house. Source: instagram @iynasomar


Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Two thousand forteen


Hi Beautiful Readers!

Phew, it's been a while. I'm telling you it is indeed a challenge to leave the only world that I feel very comfortable to share my stories. Writing makes it so easy than looking into someone's eyes and I need to make gestures just to make my stories lively. Anyhow, I'm glad that I've been 'away' for a while. These 5 months does manage to turn my life from the lowest level, climbing up high. Well, everyone would have this one quiet time, only different period of time.

So, closing up the old book, let's write a new one!


Have a blessed year of 2014 ahead.

Happy New Year!


Monday, July 29, 2013

Tanda-Tanda Malam Lailatul Qadar Mengikut Keterangan Hadis


Hi Beautiful Readers,

Quite a while tak update. Been occupied lately. The first two weekends balik utara, business and holiday. Many sets of Premium Beautiful, boxes of BB Plus Collagen and bottles of Marine Essence Bodywash and Shampoo sold out. Alhamdulillah, rezeki mereka dan saya di bulan Ramadhan. The recent weekend pulak da start persiapan raya. Baju raya, tudung raya, kasut raya, rumah pun nak raya. Sejak melangkah masuk ke rumah 'baru' awal tahun nie, banyak lagi keperluan tak lengkap. So insyaAllah, raya tahun nie lebih bermakna, apatah lagi bila mama pun puas hati rumah dah hampir lengkap :-)

How's your Ramadhan so far? Da masuk hari ke-20 kita berpuasa. Rasa cepat je masa berlalu kan? Da masuk 10 hari terakhir Ramadhan yang penuh kemuliaan, di mana salah satu malamnya dijanjikan Malam Lailatul Qadar yakni malam yang lebih baik dari seribu bulan. Amacam, dah ready nak mencari malam yang lebih baik dari seribu bulan? Cepat-cepat cari dengan bersungguh-sungguh tau sebab kita tak tau lagi kita akan sempat jumpa tak Ramadhan tahun depan :-)

TANDA-TANDA MALAM LAILATUL QADAR MENGIKUT KETERANGAN HADIS


Sumber klik sini dan sini

Diantara kita mungkin pernah mendengar tanda-tanda malam lailatul qadar yang telah tersebar di masyarakat luas. Sebagian kaum muslimin awam memiliki beragam khurofat dan keyakinan bathil seputar tanda-tanda lailatul qadar, diantaranya: pohon sujud, bangunan-bangunan tidur, air tawar berubah asin, anjing-anjing tidak menggonggong, dan beberapa tanda yang jelas bathil dan rusak. Maka dalam masalah ini keyakinan tersebut tidak boleh diyakini kecuali berdasarkan atas dalil, sedangkan tanda-tanda di atas sudah jelas kebathilannya karena tidak adanya dalil baik dari al-Quran ataupun hadist yang mendukungnya. Lalu bagaimanakah tanda-tanda yang benar berkenaan dengan malam yang mulia ini ?
Nabi shallallahu’alaihi wa sallam pernah mengabarkan kita di beberapa sabda beliau tentang tanda-tandanya, yaitu:
1. Udara dan suasana pagi yang tenang
Ibnu Abbas radliyallahu’anhu berkata: Rasulullah shallahu’alaihi wa sallam bersabda:
“Lailatul qadar adalah malam tentram dan tenang, tidak terlalu panas dan tidak pula terlalu dingin, esok paginya sang surya terbit dengan sinar lemah berwarna merah” (Hadist hasan)
2. Cahaya mentari lemah, cerah tak bersinar kuat keesokannya
Dari Ubay bin Ka’ab radliyallahu’anhu, bahwasanya Rasulullah shallahu’alaihi wa sallam bersabda:
“Keesokan hari malam lailatul qadar matahari terbit hingga tinggi tanpa sinar bak nampan” (HR Muslim)
3. Terkadang terbawa dalam mimpi
Seperti yang terkadang dialami oleh sebagian sahabat Nabi radliyallahu’anhum
4. Bulan nampak separuh bulatan
Abu Hurairoh radliyallahu’anhu pernah bertutur: Kami pernah berdiskusi tentang lailatul qadar di sisi Rasulullah shallahu’alaihi wa sallam, beliau berkata,
“Siapakah dari kalian yang masih ingat tatkala bulan muncul, yang berukuran separuh nampan.” (HR. Muslim)
5. Malam yang terang, tidak panas, tidak dingin, tidak ada awan, tidak hujan, tidak ada angin kencang dan tidak ada yang dilempar pada malam itu dengan bintang (lemparan meteor bagi setan)
Sebagaimana sebuah hadits, dari Watsilah bin al-Asqo’ dari Rasulullah shallallahu’alaihi wa sallam:
“Lailatul qadar adalah malam yang terang, tidak panas, tidak dingin, tidak ada awan, tidak hujan, tidak ada angin kencang dan tidak ada yang dilempar pada malam itu dengan bintang (lemparan meteor bagi setan)” (HR. at-Thobroni dalam al-Mu’jam al-Kabir 22/59 dengan sanad hasan)
6. Orang yang beribadah pada malam tersebut merasakan lezatnya ibadah, ketenangan hati dan kenikmatan bermunajat kepada Rabb-nya tidak seperti malam-malam lainnya.
Wallahua’lam

Yang pasti, ambil peluang banyakkan membaca doa di bawah sepanjang 10 hari terakhir Ramadhan nie. InsyaAllah, usaha kita tidak pernah akan disia-siakan Allah S.W.T. yang Amat Baik :-)


SELAMAT BERAMAL :-D

p/s: jangan lupa bayar zakat fitrah bagi siapa dah mampu tu..hee..


Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Hukum Hidup


Nak senang, tapi tak nak susah dulu..
Nak cantik/sihat, tapi tak nak cuba/usaha dulu..

Sesetengah orang dilahirkan senang..
Sesetengah orang dilahirkan cantik/sihat..
Rezeki Allah Taala jua yang tentukan.

Tapi jangan dilupa,

Dilahirkan senang, bermakna ada kesusahan lain yang kita tak nampak..
Dilahirkan cantik/sihat, bermakna ada kekurangan lain yang kita tak nampak..
Dan kita, dilahirkan dengan segala 'kesusahan dan kekurangan lain' itu, yang bagi kita adalah satu kelebihan.

Kelebihan untuk mereka, kekurangan bagi kita..
Kekurangan untuk mereka, kelebihan untuk kita..
At the end of the day, masing-masing ingin mencukupkan kekurangan, di samping berusaha mengekalkan kelebihan.

Contoh:

Orang yang dilahirkan cantik, mungkin lahir dari keluarga yang kurang bahagia. Dia pasti akan berusaha membina keluarga bahagia di samping mengekalkan kecantikan.

Manakala kita, dilahirkan kurang cantik, tapi lahir dalam keluarga penyayang dan bahagia. Kita, pasti akan berusaha untuk kelihatan cantik di samping berusaha mengekalkan keluarga penyayang dan bahagia.

Akhirnya, manusia sebenarnya memang tidak pernah puas. Cuma antara nampak dengan tidak. Antara motif yang bersifat fizikal atau melibatkan emosi.

Apapun, itu bukan bermakna kita tidak bersyukur. Azali kelemahan manusia membuatkan diri sentiasa ingin improve dalam setiap aspek.

Sesuatu yang bagus bukan?

Well, bergantung kepada niat dan cara kita melakukannya.

Namun yang pasti, setiap kejayaan memerlukan pengorbanan.

Erti kejayaan subjektif buat setiap individu.

Nak senang, perlu susah dulu..
Nak cantik/sihat, perlu cuba/usaha dulu..

Itulah hukum hidup.


Monday, July 15, 2013

Sesak nafas di negara sendiri


Tak dinafikan, berita kenaikan harga ayam kepada RM9.00 sekilo mendorong aku mengeluarkan entri ini. Actually it has been a while since I wanna write this, finally there is a push factor for me to do so.

Aku sesak nafas di negara sendiri.

Call me 'unpatriotic' or whatsoever, for I have felt to breathe fresher air at the other side of the world. Even though for only 3 years, I would love to claim that special place is my second home.

So here goes, "Impian Masa Depanku" spontaneously. A successful and renowned business mentor in Malaysia, Dr Azizan Osman has taught us to write our dreams, for it is like a submission (doa) to The Only One. Coz what I'm gonna write here, comes straight from the heart.


  1. I'm 26 in the year 2013. Single. Looking for a funny, kind, strong-will determination, financially-stable and responsible man that can love me, guide me and my future children towards His true path living along the sunnah. Also willingly to be looking after my beloved mother as well.
  2. Once I found 'him', I want us to migrate to New Zealand, preferably the capital city Wellington. I wouldn't mind at Christchurch for a start. We find a job there, any jobs, even fruit picking, cleaning or anything for a living start. I believe in the Malay sayings "rezeki ada di mana-mana jika kita berusaha".
  3. I want my future children to have and experience international education that suits them. Children deserve to be happy and enjoy the education, not to be burden by it. My nephew Adam now 5 years old, the teacher complains to his mother saying that Adam finds it hard to turn to page 2 of a book. What do you expect? Today he quits school.
  4. Me and my family, we build our harmony and meaningful lives there for few years, build our savings and assets, while helping to settle the existing housing loan, car loan and any other loans in Malaysia. I would not worry of Muslim community over there because no offense, they practice Islam better than we do here. 
  5. My mom? Of course I'll bring her together once we settle down.

Call me childish after you read this. Children are full of imagination and are enthusiast with it. Children believe their imagination is true and work for it. We used to be that child. Where is that child now?

I would appreciate if you, Beautiful Readers can pray for my dreams come true after reading this.

Thank you Beautiful Readers.

Love,
Iynas Omar