Salam Maal Hijrah

Sekejap aje masa dah berlalu dan satu lagi Tahun Baru Islam dah tiba. Sepatutnya smlm Tahun Baru disambut dgn bacaan doa akhir tahun dan awal tahun tp dek kerana smlm aku bersukaria di Idstein, maka aku terlupa. Astagfirullahalazim....

Anyway bulan Muharram ada byk perkara2 sunat yg boleh dilakukan sebagaimana aku petik dr sini:

Antara amalan yg sunat dilakukan pd bulan Muharam:

1. Berpuasa. Maksud Hadis: Barang siapa berpuasa satu hari dalam bulan Muharam pahalanya seumpama berpuasa 30 tahun.Maksud Hadis: Barang siapa yang berpuasa tiga hari dalam bulan Muharam, iaitu hari Khamis, Jumaat dan Sabtu, Allah tulis padanya pahala seperti mana beribadat selama 2 tahun.

2. Banyakkan amal ibadat seperti solat sunat, zikir dan sebagainya.

3. Berdoa akhir tahun pada hari terakhir bulan Zulhijah selepas Asar sebanyak 3X

4. Berdoa awal tahun pada 1 Muharram selepas Maghrib 3X

14 perkara sunat dilakukan pada hari Asyura (10 Muharram):

1. Melapangkan masa/belanja anak isteri. Fadilatnya - Allah akan melapangkan hidupnya pada tahun ini.

2. Memuliakan fakir miskin. Fadilatnya - Allah akan melapangkannya dalam kubur nanti.

3. Menahan marah. Fadilatnya - Di akhirat nanti Allah akan memasukkannya ke dalam golongan yang redha.

4. Menunjukkan orang sesat. Fadilatnya - Allah akan memenuhkan cahaya iman dalam hatinya.
Menyapu/mengusap kepala anak yatim. Fadilatnya - Allah akan mengurniakan sepohon pokok di syurga bagi tiap-tiap rambut yang disapunya.

5. Bersedekah. Fadilatnya - Allah akan menjauhkannya daripada neraka sekadar jauh seekor gagak terbang tak berhenti-henti dari kecil sehingga ia mati. Diberi pahala seperti bersedekah kepada semua fakir miskin di dunia ini.

6. Memelihara kehormatan diri. Fadilatnya - Allah akan mengurniakan hidupnya sentiasa diterangi cahaya keimanan.

7. Mandi Sunat. Fadilatnya - Tidak sakit (sakit berat) pada tahun itu. Lafaz niat: "Sahaja aku mandi sunat hari Asyura kerana Allah Taala."

8. Bercelak. Fadilatnya - Tidak akan sakit mata pada tahun itu.

9. Membaca Qulhuwallah hingga akhir 1,000X. Fadilatnya - Allah akan memandanginya dengan pandangan rahmah di akhirat nanti.

10. Sembahyang sunat empat rakaat. Fadilatnya - Allah akan mengampunkan dosanya walau telah berlarutan selama 50 tahun melakukannya. Lafaz niat: "Sahaja aku sembahyang sunat hari Asyura empat rakaat kerana Allah Taala." Pada rakaat pertama dan kedua selepas Fatihah dibaca Qulhuwallah 11X.

11. Menjamu orang berbuka puasa. Fadhilat - Diberi pahala seperti memberi sekalian orang Islam berbuka puasa.

12. Puasa. Niat - "Sahaja aku berpuasa esok hari sunat hari Asyura kerana Allah Taala." Fadilat - Diberi pahala seribu kali Haji, seribu kali umrah dan seribu kali syahid dan diharamkannya daripada neraka.

Malas..

Dah dekat seminggu cuti, dan selama tu la jugak xde apa2 yg produktif berlaku. Aktiviti hanya berkisar di rumah.....makan, tido, layan internet, kemas rumah (ini mmg on going process, cik kak berdua tu asik buat sepah aje). Kalau keluar rumah pon sbb nak beli barang. Nak pulak cuti krismas ni kedai2 semua tutup sampai weekend, lagi la malas keluar.

Ni la cik kak 2 org yg suka buat sepah

Sebenarnya kitorg plan nak gi Idstein then nak gi Siegen, seterusnya Aachen. Idstein, rumah satu famili Malaysia yg dah 2 kali berkunjung ke rumah kami. Tak jauh pon, still dalam state Hessen ni....tp still kena tukar 2 trains, and naik bas lagi in order to get there. So we are still contemplating when to go. Sejuk2 cam ni malas sungguh nak keluar.

Siegen and Aachen pulak we are planning nak pegi next week with Liza and Razif. And probably nak sewa kereta memandangkan kalau naik train, kosnya for 6 of us sama mcm travelling by car. Tp kalau sewa on weekend la. Memandangkan rakan2 di Aachen skrg sedang bercuti di Turki, dan hanya akan pulang selepas this weekend, bermakna kami kena pergi on weekdays. So we have yet to decide whether to go by car or by train.

By the way, cik HB dah abis download Heroes season 2 & 3 and aku ngan dia tgh cari masa sesuai nak tgk. Lagi la malas nak pi mana2 kan....Teringat kat Dal, asik citer kat blog pasal tgk tgk citer tu or citer ni...hahahaha, nampaknya aku dah berjangkit jugak.

Anyway, thanks Dal sbb bg aku link Torrent tu semua. Mmg syok la....cik HB dok asik download ntah apa2 lagi....

The Cold Saturday

It's very cold today. It's cold everyday actually but today it feels colder and gloomy. And makes me feel so lazy. I was so supposed to go to flea market in Frankfurt with a group of ladies friends (outing without the twins!) but my friend called and said that outing is cancelled because some of them couldn't make it. Besides, I'm relunctant myself, with weather like this, it feels much better to be at home.

Made nasi goreng for breakfast this morning and I'm thinking what to cook fo lunch. I have this urge to just get the frozen pizza baked rather that cook a complete malay dishes for lunch. But I still have to cook something for dinner later. So it's better I get myself up and start cooking lunch with extra for dinner.

Been thinking about making karipap too....rajin ke?

Tajuk apa ye?

Masa xde internet itu ari, perasaan nak blogging berkobar2. Macam2 benda rasa nak cerita kat blog. Siap taip kat Word, konon2 bila dah online nanti boleh cut n paste kat blog. Tp skrg perasaan tu xde la pulak. Bila baca balik mcm x kena aje nak paste kat blog ni. So rasanya baik citer balik semua2 tu berdasarkan perasaan skrg.

Family n kwn2 asik tanya camne life aku kat tempat org. Well, ada yg best, ada yg x best. Dulu pon masa aku belum dok oversea ni, aku rasa cam best aje dok oversea. Kalau dgr org nak pi oversea, mmg aku rasa jeolous. Tp bila dah dok ni, rasanya x la best mana. Betul la pepatah Melayu "Hujan emas dinegeri org, hujan batu di negeri sendiri, lebih baik di negeri sendiri". Apa pon aku tetap bersyukur, sbb aku diberi peluang merasa hidup kat negara org.

Masalah paling besar kat sini, of course la masalah bahasa. Sebab tu la gak kot Internet amik masa berbulan2 nak dpt. Kalau aku pandai ckp jerman, rasanya aku dah sound dah company telekom ni. Tp sbb x reti ckp kan, terima la seadanya. Byk jugak la masalah2 lain. Ari tu visa kitorg renewed just nice a day before expired. Kalau tak aku dah bungkus kain baju balik Mesia...hehehe.

Dan kat sini merasa la jalan kaki sebyk2nya (tp aku tetap x kurus2!!!) Ari tu aku call mak aku, aku ckp 'susah mak, xde kereta kat sini'. Mak aku gelak aje, sbb mak ayah aku pon x penah ada kereta selama ni, biasa aje pada diorg. Padan muka aku, kat Mesia, nak gi sejengkal pon naik kereta. Tp nasib la public transport kat Jerman sgt la reliable dan punctual. Mmg diorg kena punctual, kalau x sejuk beku le nak tunggu bas or train time winter ni.

Masa salji turun for the first time (dr tingkap dapur rumah aku)

Kembar dan Frau Katarina (babysitter diorg)

Classmate Deutsch course aku. Yg pegang bunga tu cikgu aku, Lukas. Masa ni birthday dia.

Ni waktu pagi tunggu train nak gi kelas bahasa. Masa ni belum sejuk sgt

Gambar neighbourhood aku. Diambil dr balkon rumah. Masa ni penghujung autumn.

Sorry la gambar2 aku x susun ikut perjalanan cerita. Sbbnya dah bape kali aku try drag gambar2 tu, x berjaya jugak. So aku malas nak layan. Ke ada cara senang nak susun2 gambar dlm blogger ni, cuma aku je x tau? Kalau ada sapa yg tau, tolong ajar aku ye!

Si kembar dah bgn! Aku kena stop dulu. Macam2 nak kena layan dua princesses tu. Hari ni cuti krismas dah bermula. Boleh lah aku bermalas2an. Walaupun ada byk keje rumah yg menanti....hehehe.

Finally!!!

Ladies and gentleman.....

I now have Internet at home. Today. Finally!!!!

We've been waiting more than 2 months to get the Internet installed in our house. I guess we had more than 5 appoinments with the telecom company and none of the appointments actually succesful. It was either they cancelled it beforehand or the technician failed to show up. Something that I didn't expect in a so-called developed country, do you?

I'm so excited to update this blog, but in between house chores, childcare and my language course, I doubt there would be much time left to spend on the Internet. Tomorrow there will be A1 test, and I should be studying now. I've done this test before, it was a trial one, and I barely passed. Hopefully I would do better this time.

There are so much things to share in this blog, but at the moment I need to give priority to other things. Besides the language exam, I need to reply all the messages from friends and family members asking how I'm doing in the e-mails and Facebook. So blogging has to wait for a while. Starting next week I'm going have long breaks for Chrismast holidays and that probably the best time to blog. Unless we are planning on travelling....but we don't have any plan at the moment.

Ok, gotta go......

Hello!

Hi folks!
It's been quite sometime since my last post. I'm now blogging in my friend's house. Internet has yet to land in our home. It was supposed to be last week. But when the telecom man came to do the setting, he figured out that there was no telephone connection from the MDF box to our apartment. We need to make new appointment with them again after we sort out the connection problem. The landlord has promised to look into the matter. But it is really a hassle to us.

So, what's up with me? Long story but to sum up; we now live in our own apartment in Raunheim. It's not very far from Frankfurt, about 20 minutes ride by train to Frankfurt Main Haupbahnof. Things are good so far.

I've also joined Deutsch class since 2 weeks ago and the good thing is, the centre provides child care services so I have no problem going to the class. The class starts from 8 am to 12.30 pm every weekday. Learning Deutsch is really a challenge to me. Deutsch is one complicated language for me. But the class is fun.

I have so much things to share on my every day's life routine but I can't do it now. Let's see whether I can write more when I have internet at home.

Till we meet again............

Raya in Germany

So it's Syawal now and today is the fourth day raya in Germany since we celebrated first Syawal on 30th Oct.Though celebrating abroad, actually raya is not that bad. I guess we are quite lucky because we meet a lot of new friends eversince coming to Germany so we are not that lonely.

The first Syawal we didn't have much things great since we have decided that special makan-makan to be held on 1 October (because in Malaysia the first Syawal fell on 1st Oct.) The first day of raya was the day we cooked raya dishes and I say, we really cooked! From soto, ketupat, rendang, roti jala, kuzi (this is the most complicated dish I've ever known), it was very tiring but fun. There were about 20 people coming to Razif & Liza's (the host) open house.

On the same day, in the evening we went to open house in Konsulat Malaysia and we saw more people and foods.....I was so addicted to teh tarik cause all this while the tea that I drink here is tea from Turkey and it tastes weird.

Nabilah with the newly wed couple, Fatah & Ain

Among friends in Konsulat

By the way, I'm moving into our own rented house today. There a lot of things to do and I'm not going to be online for quite sometime. We need to change our visa to resident permit before we can install Internet and telephone. That, I guess will take sometime.

Till next time....