i had my share of barbie dolls, dollhouses, polly pockets, strawberry shortcakes and my little ponies. so when i found these little gems, i cant resist but bought it. something i could share with my children.

a book. a legacy of my alma mater, i will hold on to it for ever if i can help it as it reminds me of the person i was shaped to be and am.

Thank God it’s Friday! U have no idea how much I wanted this day!
My precious rest day before the busiest and strenuous day of the week for me.
And I pray this week will be a better week after the shapeless of some transport vendor who took it upon themselves to stop taking our kids… My Lord, the challenges I have to face this week!
Despite all that I managed to have discussions with some potential partners for our edu unit and it’s very accomplishing. But although tmrw is my off day, I still have some important emails to send. I could do it now since abang dearest is also logged on to work, well, I guess let’s start afresh tmrw n I have plenty of research to do, for my lessons and class observations.
So soon you say? Better now n see what’s happening around the madrasah n how the teachers are coping before anything wrong crops up.

So help me Lord.

back in the 90s, there was a surge of interest in nasyid groups across the causeway. Raihan was the pioneer who managed to bring out nasyid and selawat into the radios and touched the hearts of many Muslims, of all ages. the children loved them, the adults loved them.

Raihan is one of the ‘originals’ and a fave of mine. Raihan has since performed many concerts and internationally. Barakallahu fikum.

i remember among the first selawat which was sung to me when i was a child by my mother and later in kindergarten was this nasyid Tala’al Badru Alayna. the older version which is imprinted in this mind and have loved it since.
Sheikh Mishary’s version sounds more mysterious yet emotional and love the video…definitely attract the younger viewers now.

i miss this feeling of longing and love to you Ya Rasulullah. please bring me back to your love.

i stumbled upon maher zain while searching for some worthy videos i could show to my students last year and i feel in love with his song Always be There. it has been on repeat mode for quite some time in my classes last year to fill up the silence when students are doing groupworks or the sign of calm when class gets too rowdy.

my students love maher zain.

ala kulli hal…in remembrance of the Prophet, this is one of my favourite selawat/songs.

i miss the maulids we had, back in school, my beloved Madrasah Al-Maarif. it has been a tradition throughout the years, for us girls to have the maulid every year to celebrate the Prophet’s birthday and it has been one of the best memories of my school years. i never wanted to miss any of the maulid.

i miss the voices of my ustazahs who had such great voice reciting the maulids. i miss the togetherness that binded us students. it’s the beauty of it.

oh well, i hope to attend one this month. insya Allah. if only the mosque i’m working invites the asatizah who can lead selawat and zikir. i have no idea why they dont and what’s wrong with having it? why cant it be a culture of the mosque?

despite the numerous videos out there in youtube, i have always loved the Qasidah Burdah.

its the birth month of the Prophet. and i have a project to remember him.