Imaan got some story to tell ya!

This was in mid of 2008, where we went for our vacation to Gold Cost. Tagging along is Mama's best buddy Dr. Ayien. We get to use the cool Mantra Circle on Cavill Apartment thanks to Abah's Palace Vacation Club membership. Actually, this trip was right before Mama had to leave you a full whole week++ for the first time ever-- Mama had to present a paper at Technical University of Vienna, Austria. So, this vacation trip was to relief our guilty conscience for having to leave you afterwards :)

The funny thing was, since our trip to Australia was just before Mama's trip to Austria, people often got confused where I was headed to last June/July. "You're presenting your paper at Australia?" "No, AusTRIA". And when I got back from our vacation in Australia, they exclaimed, "Oh! Thanks for the cute koala keychain! So how was presenting your paper at AusTRALIA?".. which of course Mama again had to explain, "No. I haven't been to Austria yet to present my paper. I'm going off in a few more days though. Wish me luck." Sigh.


Anyways, the Gold Coast trip marks the beginning of your devotion to Batman-- as well as the day when your first start to believe Batman exists for real! Before this you were really into Spidey, and 'Makiyooooo'<-- your own word for Ultraman. Don't ask me of its origin, I plan to ask you later when you're big enough to explain in clear sentence!

The picture with the background of batman logo on the big screen was at Movie World (dah laa silau!). The second frame is the cropped photo of us (Mama pun tak paham apesal abah buat gambar camtu-- dia kata 'style'.pehh.) with your new founded Hero Batman (kewujudan Robin and Batwoman dikaburi oleh kehebatan Batman pada kaca mata Imaan).. You were so taken by Batman after watching him in live action; defeating the bad guys and riding his Batcar during the parade afterward.

Semenjak itu, Imaan mula synonymous dengan Batman. Or should Mama say, Bat-I-maan? :)

Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadan

Short post je, ingin diucapkan Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadan Al-Mubarak kepada semua blogger(z) yang berpuasa..hehe..

Imaan's bogus birthday!!

Sorry Imaan, not your birthday yet, it's Abg 's Ben10's (a.k.a prevoiusly as Abg Batman) birthday. Abah had to say "Imaan, pegang meja je!" (Waaahhh.. anak Mama menurut arahan!). But, Mama & Abah are happy to see how more 'grown-up' you are each day! You didn't really participate much during your own first birthday last February.. (masih tak faham.. or is it Mama and Abah buat tak cukup 'menarik'? :P) so now it's more obvious to see that you are now more excited about birthdays (like typical budak petots your age).. Abah just cant wait to celebrate your next coming birthday for you!

Even your sensei at shichida commented the other day "Haa..Imaan looks more 'matured' (tua kah? :P)" bila 'magic pointer' Imaan meng'demand' sesuatu. Hmm.. before Mama pun dah lupa, this is so far how Imaan punya development:
..Imaan dah pandai buat muka 'busuk'
..dah pandai jalan macam nenek tua (tangan ke belakang sambil bongkok2 sikit)
.. kalau bosan sorang2, imaan akan tiba2 buat bunyi "Gemm, Gemm Cak!" (read: follow rythm "We will Rock you".. 'gemm gemm' tu a unique sound yg keluar dari hidung Imaan macan orang mendengus!)
... pandai cakap "Nanok.." ('tak nak' yang dah hujungnye bercampur dengan muka 'busuk')
.. pandai cakap "mane.. mane.. mane.. mane.. maneeeeee!" (yes, it comes in the particular set of repeated words with the volume and pitch rising with each word! Imaan bukan cari apa-apa pun, just buat bunyi tu as a past-time! Abah kata dia rasa nak gigit Imaan tiap kali Imaan buat camtu.. hehe)
..at one point of time, Imaan kemaruk 'kiss' orang; habis sampai boy sebaya dia kat OU the other day pun dia nak cium (haiya Imaan, stick to the opposite gender lah, ok! -- tapi tunggu dah kawen hah! jangan jadi ashraf sinclair :P)
.. Yang Imaan dah pandai buat for quite sometime is "Bye bye" orang (start dengan "Daa daaa" sebab diajar oleh Cik Yul ex-bibik ke-2, now dah yang ke-5.. or is it 6? Mama has lost count) siap dengan flying-kiss -- upon request la tapi

.. Imaan's favourite is to sarungkan his crocs shoes -- kalau cakap "Imaan! Wear your shoes!" terkedek-kedek dia cari kasut/selipar merah (kusam dengan 'Jibbitz' Mickey Mouse yang dah hilang sebelah telinga) dia tu..Ye. Imaan sangat suka berjalan-jalan.

..Imaan also dah pandai faham arahan -- if Mama said "Imaan, close the door" -- hmm, tipulah, Mama cakap bahasa mesia je "Imaan tutup pintu" :P, Imaan akan terkedek-kedek gi tutup pintu. Hmmm.. hmmm.. upon knowing this, Abah dah berangan pelbagai benda dia nak suruh Imaan buat! But belum habis pun Abah's fantasy, Imaan yang dah bagi arahan dulu! -- Imaan akan paksa Mama ngan Abah duduk sebelah Imaan sambil tepuk-tepuk lantai sebelah Imaan macam pakcik tua nak ajak borak kat kedai kopi..
.."Imaan, jangan laa luah-luah makanan macam tu! If Imaan don't want to eat, put in the dustbin!" Mama. "Huh?" Imaan. "Imaan! Don't hit your head" Abah. "Huh?" Imaan. "Imaan, jangan laa tutup TV!" Nenek."huh?" Imaan."huh?" will keluar if the sentence given to him is long.. or Imaan nak buat-buat tak faham!

...
"Imaan-- buat muka busuk"

Imaan.. Imaan.. ^_^

Takziah buat Zarid & Famy

Semoga Zarid & Famy tabah dan redha dgn ketentuan Illahi, insya Allah arwah akan menunggu kalian berdua di sana.

Day after Merdeka!

Imaan, Mama ngan Abah pergi melawat mak Andak masuk pertandingan melukis di Dataran Merdeka yang dianjurkan oleh Balai Seni Lukis. Congrat to mak Andak sebab menang n dapat hadiah yg best... Imaan pergi sana dapat ape?

been there, done that, get the picture!

Selamat Hari Merdeka!

Pick Your Favourite.. :)

Semua kat atas adalah gambar Imaan yg telah di 'print' tetapi tak semua yg dihantar untuk masuk competition. Abah letak je semua untuk tatapan mama-mama yg online (jual saham Imaan..harap ade yg berkenan..heh). Gambar yg abah paling suke ada kat atas sekali sebab abah ambik gambar 'candid' semasa spend-time ngan Imaan kat hotel di Melaka.

Menang..

Tahniah Imaan..

Walaupun dapat tempat kedua, Imaan tetap the best. Terima kasih pada mama dan Mak Long kerana bersungguh-sungguh menghantar borang pertandingan. Abah tak sure gambar mane yg menang, tapi kalau sempat nanti abah uploadkan gambar tu.

Salam pada 'Cicak-cicak di dinding' pada Imaan.

Abah

Waddle..Waddle..Waddle..

Imaan & Abah went to Tasik Titiwangsa while Mama went to her art class.

Update..?

Dear clever little Imaan..

Ouch! Don't bite Imaan..! Now that you're teething (in addition to the current 6 1/2 -- 2 at the bottom, 4 at the upper front gums and 1/2 on the right upper gums --hmm, really should start looking for their proper dental names) you have been biting here and there, everywhere!

Mak Long said the other day you bit Abang Anwar after Abang Afif pushed you for pulling his hair (talk about chain reaction..).

By the way, there are actually three of them now, with little Ashraf being delivered last 23rd of May. Funny thing was that Mama's friend, Dr.Bahiyah, was coincidently there in the labor room to assist Mak Long's obstetrician. Aunty Bahiyah told Aunty Ayein (who was temporarily posted at Hospital Selayang as well) who then told Mama (another chain reaction?..) about the good news of the birth. He was a cute bundle of.. 4kg! Well, guess that should be expected from a baby one-week overdue..

By the way, Mama started the first class with Madam Ilse Noor at Kunang-kunang yesterday. Good grief Mama's hand was stiff! Really taught me a lesson on what a long break from drawing could do to you.. (and imagine thinking that it would be just like riding a bicycle :P). But it's a good start.

Hmm.. Mama have to get you ready for Shichida class this afternoon. Mama will try to post some of Ashraf pictures later.

Till then,

Sayang Imaan always!

Congrat Auntie

Imaan's lev-dei ot, sound like?

Imaan's Magic Pointer

Happy Birthday Imaan!!....

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Mama and Abah wish you ...

Updates

Dear Imaan
Mama's resolution for Awal Muharam the other day was to be persistent and beristiqamah, namely in reading the Ma'thurat and Quran-- while the 'wordly' resolution in regards to beristiqamah would be writing letters to you! (and obviously awal2 dah fail! sigh..)
Well, not to get disheartened, here I am writing again to you even if it would be just a short one.
What triggered Mama to write was actually when looking at your Lily Pie chart-- you're exactly onemonth away from your first birthday! My, my, my..!
Mama am hoping to throw a nice little birthday party for you.. would have to start planning soon. Still can't believe you're turning one.. so far you've now known about 'possessions' and know how to point at things you want . Actually, you've been able to point for quite sometime already since Abah have been training you to "Touch only" when you're trying to grab something which interests you-- like Mama's flowers!. You're still not walking though.. it's like each time I try to make you to, you'd be deciding it's much faster to crawl to your destination! Well, in due time..
Aduih.. mengantuknya Mama.
You know what that means :)
Ta sayang.

It's my party and...

Dear Imaan,

Today Mama turn 27. Hmm hmm. lagi 3 years 30. Oh. Hmm hmm. Why does life seem to move faster as you age? Rasanya masa Mama sekolah dulu, form 1, form 2.. sampai form 5, each year macam so distinctive and memorable.. whereas bila dah start 20++ ni, Mama sometimes take some time to place the year of which some important events occur. Maybe it's just me?
Sigh. See-- the time flies by again! It's now noon and Mama ada lunch date dengan Abah. Nanti Mama sambung cerita lagi dengan Imaan.
Ta sayang

Mwaaaaaah!

Tata Mama

Imaan sayang,

Yesterday, Mama and Abah had a bad case of food poisoning. It’s not like your normal diarrhea, it felt much worse. Both of us even had slight fever and felt our joints aching as if we’ve come upon a flu or something. But poor Abah still had to go to the training conducted by his college in Jeram, Selangor. So now Abah is away for a week and it's just you and me.. and of course, Nenek, and Atuk, and Mak Andak, and Mak Long, and Pak Long and Abang Anwar.. err.. well, the whole lot who's staying at Nenek's at the moment since that is where we'll be while Abah is not around :)

This morning before Mama left for work, Nenek called out "Eh, dia dah pandai bye-bye lah!" .. and there you were, waving.. well not really waving, more like clenching your hand and unclenching a few times before changing your moves to a 'flapping' gesture.. still kira oraitlah.. 'waving' bye-bye le tu :) Sigh.. the image made me glow just by remembering it and will definitely stay in my mind this whole boring day of working (yesterday Mama was on MC by the way)

Well.. better start my class.

Miss imaan bobot :^* (and Abah bobot too..hehe)

Mama

Recap

Dear Imaan,

Busy would be too simple a word to describe how the past weeks had been. Following the last entry, we had :
(not chronogically but whatever's on top of my head)
-visited Ilse Noor's house: Kunang-kunang
Which was so lovely! Ended up spending the whole afternoon there!

Madam Ilse Noor demonstrating her technique

Ilsa Imaan & Abah at Madam Ilse Noor's studio

The pool can be accessed directly from the master bedroom's bathroom-- cool!

-went to TM Family Day at Taman Desa waterpark
Had to park all the way near the apartments. Ended up only like 2 hours loafing around and que-ing for the cheap free foods before deciding to go to Secret Recipe at menara TM with Aunty Zarid (whom declared "Baru je Jumaat semalam makan kat sini dengan Ummimon".. why is that not a surprise? ;P) Uncle Fahmy and Abang Izzul

-followed Mama to my induction in Puteri Resort, Malacca
Being the only mother participating in the course who had brought the whole support system (you and Abah) with me. Thank you darling, for the patience to look after Imaan for two whole days. I know how difficult Imaan could be at this stage, considering how, what Abah would call, 'manja kededey' you are with me right now. Plus, you are currently cutting some more teeth (making it nearly 6 altogether!) -- having high temperatures every now and then.

Ni lah expression Imaan 'bobot' bila Mama tinggalkan dengan Abah kat dalam hotel room!

What else? hmm.. it's been a whirlwind weeks of work for me as far as Mama is concerned. Can't wait till all of these part-time classes to end so that Mama am able to think much clearly!

Anyways, as promised, this is the link to the photos taken during our open house. May take sometime to load though -- I had uploaded around 67 images :D Better do something else while all the images load and come back to the page later.

Again, thank you for those who came! Sorry for those who missed out in inviting-- everything was planned quite at the last minute (as usual).

Love,
mama

Ilse Noor

Dear Imaan,

Wednesday.. 2 more days to weekend :P Mama terasa amatlah lemau tho there are dozens of things need to be done! Takpelah.. chiayo! chiayo! Motivation: hopefully with this effort Abah and Mama will be able to make more $$ to ensure a better education for you (and of course more shopping.. traa la la..!). Amin.

Anyways, yesterday was quite a wonderful day for Mama~ Mama met Ilse Noor face to face for the first time!

Mama and Madam Ilse Noor

It all started one morning when Mama was having my Graphic Design class at MMC. Mama's mobile phone rang and Mama was about to tell the caller to call me back later as Mama was having a lecture. That was before Mama knew who the caller was, of course. The minute she introduced herself as "Ilse Noor" (http://www.ilsenoor.com) Mama quickly went out of the class to take the call (leaving the students gawking behind)! :P She called when she saw my message on her website and was charmed to know your name is quite similar with hers. We had a lovely chat and she invited us to visit her house -- which her husband named 'kunang-kunang' (so the very comel, kan?).. we planned it to be somewhere during raya, but with the openhouses and all, we still hadn't the time to.

Then, a few days ago Mama received a mailer inviting me to Ilse Noor's IramaSamudra solo exhibition opening at NN Gallery -- what luck! So that was where Mama have been to last evening.. sorry to have kept you waiting, Imaan. Mama would have brought you with me (and even Ilse Noor was asking about you-- maybe you'll meet her when we visit Kunang-kunang, ok) but Abah and Mama went straight to NN Gallery after work since the opening starts at 5pm. But we did bring you to Pizza Hut afterwards-- Abah's students wanted to treat their lecturers, so kita dapat laa join sekaki, Imaan! hehe.

Buurrp!

Although Imaan can only take soft solid foods, that didn't really stop you from tasting some pizza (of course Mama had to chew it first for you-- all the while you were eyeing me attentively, waiting until Mama rasa dah soft enough for you to swallow.. hai.. rasa macam Mak Helang dalam National Geograhic Channel pulak..)

Abah and Imaan at Pizza Hut Wangsa Maju

It was a nice ending to a nice day.

By the way.. Mama has still to upload some of the images taken during the Open House last sunday. Maybe Mama will do it tomorrow. Ho hum.

Ta sayang.

Tazkirah

Imaan sayang,

A bit of a reminder that I got via email.. Mama doa semoga imaan dijauhi daripada pemikiran dan perbuatan remaja 'Yang Ikhlas' ni.

Soalan

Seorang remaja yang menamakan dirinya Yang Ikhlas
telah menghantar satu surat kepada Dr Danial Zainal
Abidin baru-baru ini. Antara isi surat itu ialah: Dr.
Danial yang dihormati. Saya telah bercinta dengan
seorang wanita. Demi cinta kami telah berzina. Tetapi
saya tidak rasa bersalah sebab saya ikhlas dengannya.
Saya hendak mengambilnya sebagai isteri saya. Saya
tidak bertujuan untuk mempermainkannya. Rakan-rakan
saya mengatakan tindakan saya adalah gentleman. Tetapi
saya telah dimarahi oleh orang-orang tua saya. Saya
rasa mereka berotak kolot. Apakah pandangan dan
nasihat tuan.

Jawapan Dr. Danial Zainal Abidin:

Yang Ikhlas yang dihormati. Saya bersyukur tentang
keikhlasan saudara dan saya berharap itulah asas
perbincangan kita. Dengan keikhlasan itu jugalah saya
menulis jawapan ini kepada saudara.

Dunia pada hari ini sedang dilanda krisis. Satu di
antaranya ialah krisis nilai. Krisis nilai inilah yang
menjadi sebab keruntuhan Empayar Rom. Edward Gibbon
dalam bukunya The History of Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire telah menulis bahawa: Segala dasar-dasar
akhlak dan moral di Rom telah runtuh sehingga ramai
orang memilih jalan untuk hidup bebas.....Di akhir
abad keenam, Kerajaan Romawi Timur sedang berada di
ambang keruntuhan yang paling dahsyat sekali!

Nabi datang untuk selamatkan kita dari kehancuran yang
seperti itu. Nabi bersabda, Sesungguhnya aku diutuskan
untuk menyempurnakan akhlak yang mulia. (Hadis riwayat
Ahmad & Baihaqi)

Nilai akhlak inilah yang merupakan landasan dan kayu
pengukur yang penting bagi kita. Akhlak tidak
menghalang kehendak-kehendak fitrah. Ia
mencantikkannya. Sebagai contoh, Islam tidak pernah
menyuruh kita menutup nafsu seks, sebaliknya
menyalurkannya kepada suatu yang murni, selamat dan
mendamaikan. Perkahwinan adalah salurannya.

Alangkah indahnya firman Allah yang bermaksud:
Isterimu adalah ladang bagimu maka datangilah isterimu
dengan cara mana yang kamu mahu! (Surah Al-Baqarah
ayat 223) Dalam bahasa mudah, selepas berkahwin,
puaskanlah nafsumu dengan isterimu sesuka hatimu,
melainkan dengan cara yang jelas telah diharamkan
kerana kemudaratannya.

Saya harus mengatakan bahawa nilai pada hari ini
banyak diasaskan kepada konsep Machiavellianisme yang
dipopularkan oleh seorang pemikir dari Florence, Italy
yang bernama Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli, dalam
bukunya The Prince telah menekankan konsep the end
justifies the means ataupun niat membersihkan cara.
Asalkan niat kita baik, berzinalah, menipulah,
khianatilah, menyamunlah dan begitulah seterusnya.
Semua adalah halal bagi Machiavelli.

Laporan akhbar 6 Ogos 1999 juga ada perkaitan dengan
krisis nilai ini apabila seorang tokoh koporat
berpangkat Datuk, telah menceritakan di mahkamah
tentang hubungan seksnya dengan seorang pembaca berita
RTM. Beliau mengatakan bahawa niatnya adalah suci
kerana bertujuan untuk mengahwininya. Itulah nilai
yang sedang melanda dunia sekarang: Seks adalah suci
walaupun tanpa perkahwinan!

Memang ada yang mengatakan bahawa pergaulan dan seks
bebas ini adalah lambang kemajuan dan kemodenan. Nilai
agama dan akhlak adalah kolot. Jika demikian, mari
kita perhatikan hasil dan sumbangan seks bebas kepada
dunia.

Seks bebas telah berjaya merebakkan penyakit AIDS,
contohnya di Thailand, sehinggakan akhbar Der Spiegel
pernah menjadikan tajuk AIDS in Asia - Killer Epidemic
in Sex Paradise (AIDS di Asia - Wabak Pembunuh di
Syurga Seks), sebagai tajuk muka depannya.

Di California, hampir 61,000 bayi luar nikah
dilahirkan pada tahun 1997. Kajian oleh Jabatan
Perkhidmatan Kesihatan dan Kemanusiaan Amerika
mendapati bahawa anak-anak luar nikah ini mempunyai
lebih daripada dua kali ganda kemungkinan diserangi
masalah emosi di dalam hidup mereka, berbanding dengan
anak-anak lain (Rujukan: California Teenage Pregnancy
Statistics).

Kita di Malaysia juga telah dimalukan dengan
penonjolan kes pembuangan bayi luar nikah di kalangan
remaja-remaja kita. Semua ini bukanlah sumbangan yang
membanggakan bagi dunia moden.

Islam menekankan bahawa niat dan cara perlu betul.
Niat kena ikhlas, cara kena mengikut syariat. Syariat
mengharamkan zina. Nabi kita bersabda, Selepas dosa
syirik kepada Allah, tidak ada dosa yang lebih besar
daripada seseorang meletakkan air maninya ke faraj
yang tidak halal baginya! (Hadis riwayat Ahmad &
Thabrani)

Saya berharap saudara Yang Ikhlas akan kembali ke
jalan yang murni berdasarkan agama. Seks bebas dan
keruntuhan moral bukannya lambang kemajuan sebaliknya
lambang kemunduran dan kehancuran.

Kaum Lut hancur kerananya.
Kota Pompei hancur kerananya.
Empayar Rom juga hancur keranannya.
Justeru, kembalilah ke pangkal jalan.

Nukilan Dr. Danial bin Zainal Abidin
(M.B.Ch.B. Universiti Alexandria)
Doktor Perubatan,
Pengarah Urusan Danial Zainal Consultancy,
Motivator Mutiara FM (Radio Pulau Pinang),
Penulis 8 buah buku,
Kolumnis Majalah I terbitan Karangkraf,
Penasihat Pertubuhan Penyebaran Islam Antarabangsa,
Imam Waris Beradat Pertubuhan Seni Silat Gayung
Pendakwah Bebas dan Khatib Jemputan dan
Bapa 8 Orang Anak (3 Belia 4 Remaja dan 1 Tadika)