Handmade Fabric Book Cover

i'm not a book lover... i only read books either someone i know said a particular book is great or it is a bestseller or recommended by the store. and to be honest i'm a slow reader... it takes a month or more to read an inch english book(provided the book is interesting)..except for twilight which only took 2weeks..hehehe..so, i always carry the same book around for months..it's quite embarrasing to be frank..apa tak abih2 baca buku nipis camtu kan? and the fact that i don't like others to see what i'm reading(novel cintan ke kan) i always cover it with papers...usually A4 papers or newspapers...but these things are not interesting right..make me even boring to just open the book..hehhe(alasan!)

in japan i've always seen they read books/carry books with fabric covers..they all look cute and smart.but during my uni years lagi la xbaca buku2 novel..buku teks pon xabis khatam...xde la minat nk amek tau pasal book cover tu..since balik malaysia and starting from last year, i think..THINK(or perasan kot) i love reading books particularly motivational books...you know those self-improvement books have those big titles like "How to be a good listener", "How to influence people" and so on(no, i don't have those books by the way)...hehehe..agak segan untuk mengangkut buku bertajuk begitu utk jangka masa yg lama...teringat balik kat book cover yg comel2 nmpk kat jepun dulu..i wanna make 1 for maiself...

i've been eyeing on book cover tutorials for some time..dah lama study baru mlm ni ada keberanian untuk memotong kain...i followed several tutorials, some from japan..wanted this for sooo long.. ada jual kat MPH harga RM29..tp nak try buat dulu laa..kalau tak jadik baru pi cari balik kat kedai...Alhamdulillah, my 1st attempt was not bad at all... i'm not gonna give it a 10/10..there's some adjustments needs to be done in sewing the next book cover but i'm loving it!! now i can carry the same book anywhere anytime.. this time people will be eyeing on my fabric book cover, not my book title ;)

the best part is that, it is reversible, washable and adjustable complete with bookmark!!  

:)

the other side with different pattern

and one more thing i bought recently is this cute tiny little LED mini lamp at mph..price was rm20.now i can read in the same room where my boys are sailing in their dreamland..

owh and btw, MPH is having a 30% off on selected items(which is quite a number) now..can't remember until when..so go and grab your books to read!

wanna make more of this in smaller size and cute-r fabric pattern

:)))

nite2!!

gonna test my book cover n mini lamp now!

Law Of Attraction Melalui Kaca Mata Islam

My Precious Rayyan is 1year 8months 1week old

Butterfly Park 29th March 2009

myrayyan, emirr & mama(my MIL)

reaching for the butterfly

okay.. i have a whole different story from the pictures above ;) i love anything related to motivation and lectures that gives me more ideas of how to create my goals and so on.since my childhood, because of my background..i depends on dream n hopes to move on.i can't keep on moaning about my life...can't keep on blaming others that leave me behind..i'm grateful for the life i had.rather than being left in an orphanage or thrown in a trash or anything like that.i'm being abandoned in a proper way,i shall say..and for that,i'm forever grateful especially to those who touches my life back then.i've always wanted a better life in future and dream big to serve the best for my mom n sisters .. i've put a very high hope on myself and set my goals to the maximum i could imagine. in case i can never reach the highest top, at least being able to reach part of it,makes a big differents in me. masa kecik2 dulu,i had a weird theory. i used to think negative to achieve a positive outcome.turns out it works most of the time.contohnyer, kata la ada pemilihan apa2 kan, dlm hati kata.."mesti aku tak terpilih.." sambil dok fikir bukan2..tp at the same time mengharap ada a piece scratch of hope that i might get what i want... nnti last2, dapat! weird but true. now..ever since i live under the same roof with my MIL,we share so many things together including our interest in motivational things. from books,cds and lectures everything... i started to build interest in reading motivational book since i read "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne recommended also by MIL. this book really is my dime.i also have the cd.. i love it! along the way reading it, i keep comparing this theory to the one i used to believed in during my childhood time . it's definitely the other way around.but come to think of it, maybe.. as i think about the negative things .. i put a high hope to retrieve what i want..macam belaja masa zaman sekolah agama tu, ustazah ajar gabungan perasaan "takut + berharap" .. bila kita rasa takut akan kehilangan sesuatu..xdpt sesuatu..dlm masa yang sama,kita akan berharap Allah akan memberi kita yang terbaik. gabungan perasaan inilah yang akan membuatkan kita lebih yakin kepada Allah dan janji2nya. this book also makes me think of this law and its connection with Islam. mmg sambil baca tu, i'm surprised to relate it with Allah and his promises.. cumanyer dlm buku ini, dia kata The Universe will answers to all we create in our mind..but i think "the Universe" as Allah.. Allah mendengar setiap apa yg ada dlm fikiran hambanya, dan kata2 kita adalah doa, sbb tu kita patut cakap yg baik2,fikir yg baik2.. sbb Allah xpernah mungkiri janji..cuma dia bagi,cepat atau lambat bergantung kepada masa yg Dia tahu sesuai untuk dia tunaikan permintaan hambanya... cuma kita sebagai hamba yg lemah, xbole putus berharap bila apa yg kita minta tak Allah tunaikan cepat... semakin mendalami buku oleh penulis yg dulunya pernah putus harapan dan hilang arah dalam hidup, semakin aku yakin. cumanyer dalam hati berkata,alangkah bagusnya kalau aku dapat kaitkan teori ini dengan garapan yg lebih cantik dan teratur melalui perspektif Islam... tp ilmu di dada ni sekecil zarah sajer... belum ada kekuatan utk berbuat demikian. nak dijadikan cerita.. minggu lepas hari khamis.. 1st day tayangan cerita yg dinanti2kan oleh en.suami, "Fast & Furious 4".. kami cuba booking online,tp xberjaya.. kemudian,dalam hati nih teringin nk memenuhi hajat en.suami agar dpt tgk cerita tu pada hari pertama tayangan.jadi sang isteri ini pon,balik dr ofis terus memecut laju ke A*amanda dgn harapan ada seat yg best.xnk la duduk depan2,kena dongak xbesh,rugi!.. tp nasib tidak menyebelahi sang isteri,terpaksa la tepon en.suami dgn nada keciwa.. heheh.. tp esoknyer kami dpt tgk di GSC Signature midV dgn harga tiket rm20 seorang.. ini kali ke-2 kami ke situ..walaupun harga tiketnya double,kami puas hati!! cite besh,seat besh,spacious and comfortable!! opss,termelencong cite lain pulak... berbalik kpd sang isteri yg keciwa di A*amanda td, berjalan2 la sang isteri ke MPH mengubat hati yg lara. bila lalu depan cermin yg tayang buku2 baru, mata nih terpacak kat satu lambang yg selalu tgk..lambang buku "the secret".. tp ada perkataan Quran.. terus cpt2 masuk,amek belek buku tu.. tajuk dia,"Quranic Law of Attraction" penulisnya Rusdin S. Rauf... rasa nk lompat2 jer kat situ..seronok mcm kanak2 dapat mainan baru.. alhamdulillah, impian kecil saya telah direalisasikan oleh seorang penulis Islam yg lain, Rusdin S. Rauf..tahniah buat beliau.. mmg sgt teruja nk baca buku tu..terus baca sikit2 isinya..n terus bayar.belum sempat lagi baca sampai habis.. ditulis dalam bahasa melayu dan pendekatan melalui kaca mata Islam. The Secret tulisan Rhonda pula, on the other hand,telah menimbulkan pro dan kontra dikalangan umat Islam, ada yang setuju ada yang mengecam kerana isinya boleh membuat orang tergelincir pada perbuatan musyrik. sebab tu, rasanyer sape2 yg nk mengikuti siri nih,better baca yg Quranic Law of attraction nih dulu, sblm baca the secret... just my opinion laa.. Law of attraction atau bahasa melayunya.."hukum tarikan". mengambil kata-kata dari seorang pengulas mengenai hukum ini,dalam The Secret dijelaskan bahawa hukum tarik menarik adalah hukum alam. Kesamaan menarik kesamaan. Setiap orang akan menarik apa yang dirasakan dan difikirkan kepada dirinya sendiri. Perasaan dan fikiran yang buruk (negatif) akan menarik kejadian buruk kepada seseorang, demikian pula perasaan dan fikiran yang baik (positif) juga akan menarik kejadian yang baik pada orang tersebut.Hukum tarik menarik berlaku terhadap siapa saja tidak peduli orang baik atau jahat, miskin atau kaya, mulia atau hina, sihat atau sakit. Apa yang kita fikir dan rasakan demikianlah kita. Hukum ini bekerja seperti hukum graviti, sesiapa saja yang terjun dari tingkat 20 sebuah bangunan, orang baik atau jahat, penjahat atau ustadz, orang dewasa atau anak-anak , pasti akan ditarik oleh gaya graviti dan jatuh ke bumi. Ini adalah hukum alam atau sunnatullah yang berlaku terus menerus sepanjang masa. Kalau kita melihat pada Al –Quran, sebenarnya hukum ini berlaku sepanjang masa baik di dunia mahupun diakhirat. Apa yang menguasai hati dan fikiran seseorang itulah yang akan dialaminya di dunia dan akhirat. Orang yang hati dan fikirannya dipenuhi dengan kebusukan dan keburukan pasti akan mendapatkan kebusukan dan keburukan pula di dunia dan akhirat. Orang yang hati dan fikirannya dipenuhi kebaikan pasti akan mendapat kebaikan pula didunia dan akhirat...

Dan barang siapa yang mengerjakan kejahatan seberat zarah pun, niscaya dia akan melihat (balasan) nya pula. ( Al Zalzalah 7-8)

Ia mendapat pahala (dari kebaikan) yang diusahakannya dan ia mendapat siksa (dari kejahatan) yang dikerjakannya. ………(ALBAQARAH 286).

Gunakan teknik visualisasi untuk mengubah perasaan kita menjadi positif.

Barang siapa yang bertakwa kepada Allah niscaya Dia akan mengadakan baginya jalan ke luar

Dan memberinya rezeki dari arah yang tiada disangka-sangkanya. Dan barang siapa yang bertawakal kepada Allah niscaya Allah akan mencukupkan (keperluan) nya. Sesungguhnya Allah melaksanakan urusan (yang dikehendaki) Nya. Sesungguhnya Allah telah mengadakan ketentuan bagi tiap-tiap sesuatu.

satu lagi elemen yang ditekankan dalam teori ini ialah rasa syukur.syukur dengan apa yg telah dikurniakan kepada kita walaupun hanya sekecil2 benda atau perkara. seremeh2 perkara yg boleh membuatkan kita bahagia. a stranger who smiles at you,maybe... didn't that person unintentionally makes ur heart feel bless?? rasa syukur adalah satu sifat yg sgt hebat. bila kita bersyukur,kita akan rasa kita cukup dan buat kita rasa bahagia. bila kita bersyukur, Allah akan tambah lagi dan lagi nikmatNya..betul tak?? itu janji Allah kan? Allah tak mungkiri janji.bentuk rezeki tu dtg dlm pelbagai bentuk dan cara,kadang2 kita pon tak sedar.. sbb tu kita kena bersyukur tiap2 masa..dan satu lagi, yakin. yakin dan tawakkal bahawa Allah sentiasa mendengar doa kita dan akan menjawabnya satu hari nnti...

cantik sungguh kalau dpt kaitkan hukum ini dgn apa yg tertulis dalam Al-Quran.kalau ada siapa2 yg berminat utk tahu lebih lanjut,boleh google.. ramai yg mengulas mengenai hukum ini.tp hati2 jgn sampai jd syirik pulak. sentiasa igt Allah dalam hati. fikir perkara2 yg positif..mmg susah kadang2 tu,manusia nih xlari dari bisikan dan godaan syaitan.tp bila kita dah terfikir yg negatif2 tu,cpt2 cari alternatif utk ubah yg negatif kpd positif...

kalau nk ikutkan teori 'Law of attraction' ... tersangat la terbalik dgn teori aku masa kecik2 dulu.. tp teori tu dah xsesuai guna skg nih,although kadang2 terguna jgk,tp tak menjadi..hihih..so, marilah kita berfikiran positif... alhamdulillah, aku telah berjaya syorkan buku ini kepada beberapa org rakan... dan bercerita apa yg aku belajar melaluinya kepada anak2 murid dan org2 disekeliling secara tidak langsung... harap mereka dapat sedikit ilmu dan manfaat daripadanya..yer, saya mmg suka bg motivasi kat org.sbb pada waktu yg sama..saya memotivasi diri sendiri.. :D saper2 di luar sana yg ada apa2 review mengenai buku ini atau teorinya atau ada apa2 ilmu menarik berkenaan motivasi diri, boleh la kongsikan dengan saya ;) references : ulasan dari pondok tadabbur

p/s: kawan2, oleh kerana telefon lama saya dah arwah, sy tak dapat nk recover no tepon kawan2. sila la msg sy atau sms sy no tepon kawan2 yer... sekian terima kasih :D

Thanks for the memories

i'm currently reading this book,another story from cecilia ahern.i love her novel,'P.s i love you'and now i'm dying to watch the movie tambahan bila cik ida kata dia nangis beriya tgk cite tu dlm flight..ihihih... i don't know where i was when the movie came out that i missed it.. i knew the movie was coming, i just have no idea when.. can someone lend me the dvd? cik ida,pinjamkan la dvd ur friend...please? anyway,i haven't finish this other novel of her..everytime i lay my eyes on the book, read a few pages, i end up dreaming throughout the night.. don't blame the book neither the story.. it was my body that's too tired n my stomach that's full with dinner... there you go, tired body+full stomach+story book=good sleep! a good combination..hehehe..
this morning went to the clinic for rayyan check up.. he manage to put on some weight (9kg)..at last! selama nih berat 8kg tak naik2,sampai naik risau..masa tu dia tgh asyik belajar nk berjalan n bila dah pandai jalan kemaruk nk jalan sana sini..skg nih baru stabil sikit..doktor bagi ubat cacing.. i don't know if there's any cacing inside his tummy.. tp bg je..coz,i think i ate it too when i was young..but the major prob about having him for check up is the place.. i mean the clinic..since it is located at an area were traffic jam never ceased, not enough parking space,too many people+kids+babies+pregnant people... i reached there 830am n we finished at 11am.. i pay the fees with my time,i guess... macam ni la keadaan kat klinik kesihatan kerajaan..yer laa, mostly free kan.. makes me think about going to some other place.. but,since we didn't need the regular check up that often anymore.. i don't know.. nanti la fikir. masa pregnant dulu check up kat private,tp bersalin hospital kerajaan..kesian tgk wanita2 yg pregnant kena tunggu giliran lama2 just untuk simple check ups.. ramai juga yg kena berdiri pagi td.. seram juga kadang2 tgk perut yang dah besar,mcm tunggu masa je nk keluar baby..mesti penat(cakap macam tak pernah pregnant..tp dulu i'm strong..maklumlah muda..tenaga byk..bole lari2 lagi)..no wonder i once heard a story from one friend of mine(guy) yg takut tgk pregnant lady..dia takut akak tu meletup.. heheheh..

okay,enough about that.let me tell you something about the picture here.this is a picture of my ''famili kecik"+2of my frens(ida & naz..dua2 single n sedang mencari..kalau sape2 ada calon,bole la rekemen..heheh)+family nishimura san. ida n i met nishimura san at the airport.we're going home for good with loads of luggage at that time.we even missed our actual flight..hahaha..our last flight out..we flew the next day and that's the day we met this couple.they're very friendly and they're staying in malaysia for their 2nd home programme.since that day,we became friends.so,last sunday they invited us to their kondo somewhere in shah alam..they love golf so much and rent a kondo with golf course at their backyard..the rent is more than what i make in a month.. they are not working so basically they spent their days doing things they wish to do.. anything.. besh kan? bila dah tua2, spent quality time with the one u love doing stuff you love together..huhuhu.. insyaAllah!
btw,hari tu kami dijamu dgn 'nabe'.mentang2 la skg ni tgh autumn kat nihon ..sejuk2 mmg sedap mkn nabe.. tp kalu selalu kat nihon dulu buat nabe selalu tak aci..buat ala2 malaysia..letak perasa tom yam laa..masuk kiub ayam maggie laa.. kali nih mmg kow2 nihon style.. sedaapp!! siap buat syabu2 lagi..selama 4thn duduk nihon,tak pernah mkn syabu2..lps tu,ada juga kara age..maki zushi..kuew tiow pon ada tp dia beli kat pasar mlm..ehehhe.takut ada yg nak makan pedas2,katanya..for desert,ada kek pisang,ice cream and yogurt buatan sendiri..fyi, i drink milk but my throat can't take yogurt but this yogurt is different..amazingly,i love it!! mixed it with honey and add in any fruits you like n you'll love it! no smell n tak masam..cik ida siap dapat 'tane'(benih) utk buat yogurt sendiri..huhuhuh..lps nih,bole la dia buka bisnes yogurt...hehehe..lupa pulak nk amek gmbr yogurt tu..kita tunggu yg versi cik ida kita la nanti..
ok laa.. that's all for today..
esok jumaat..i love friday!!coz the next day is holiday!!!

Books & Foods

Goodbye Casio EX-Word XD-V8**.. thank you for your 5years service.. i'm gonna have to give you away.. to Rayyan.. i'm sorry i dropped you once..but,you're still doing your job well eventhough parts of your hard cover was broken.. and then, came my beautiful Rayyan.. i thought he was trying to find some answers from you but instead he cut your wires into 2.. i'm so sorry~Welcome EX-Word XD-SW2500! woww..you look fabulous and stunning... you're sooo update that it takes time for me exploring into you to find even a simple answers.. but i absolutely love you.. you even come with voice! and owh.. lupa laks.. thank you En.Izmir Iswandi for this.. i love you!since we arrived here.. i have some time to read.. so, i bought some books to kill the boredom. currently mommy's reading this.. i love this book.. i love the words..

i saw the book review in the tv before and somehow find it interesting.. so, i bought it although i know i might need the electronic dictionary by my side always to understand it.. "Nayamu Chikara"="The Power of Being Distressed"..saje nk test power baca buku yang penuh dgn tulisan kanji.. huhuhu.. baru mula baca 1chapter.. honestly, tak berapa paham sgt.. kihkihkih...bahasa dia agak susah.. kalu dpt paham each words i think this book is good tho

yang nih belum mula baca lg.. tp best ranking.. dah selak2 some pages n i think this 1 is easier than the above one...hehehe

enough about books.. now,let's talk about food...yeayy.. i love foods.. i love to eat.. so,don't ask me how i manage my diet.. cause i'm not on diet... i've never tried to have one.. (well,maybe not yet) .. how i maintain this body? well, thanks to Rayyan.. he helps burn my fat.. that's one of the benefit of breatfeeding.. eat a lot.. burn a lot.. no painful diet or exercise needed..

this is my favourite choc drink.. rich of chocholate and not to sweet.. just nice..

this is one of my cravings while i'm pregnant with Rayyan.. muscat tea.. i can't find it in Malaysia.. even in Japan it is limited only during autumn.. boleh la minum puas2 sblm balik msia.. more reasons to love autumn!!

daddy bought this for buka puasa.. crepe cake,tiramisu cake, baked cheese cake,and sho-to keki(strawberry shortcake)

hehehe.. sorry for the-entah-apa2 update..

Selamat Berbuka Puasa (kepada yg puasa!)