álainn hijabi: SZulaikha

Assalamualaikum, readers.  We are currently going through a pandemic crisis of Covid-19. The whole world is currently affected by this and I pray this will be over soon. Today, I would like to share a Tafseer class that I attended with Liyana Musfirah Network last month online. Due to current situation, all classes gotta be online. Zoom to be exact. I love ZOOM. Lets get to it!  Before reading the Quran, we can recite this dua.  Oh Allah increase my desire for the Quran, and make it a light for my sight and a cure for my heart. Oh Allah beautify my words that i speak with the Quran, and decorate my appearance with it’s beauty (Quran) and perfect my voice with it, and increase my body in strength with it. and bless us with rizq, and bless us to submit to you throughout day and night. and resurrect us back on the day of judgement with your beloved Prophet Muhammad Peace and blessing be Upon him and prayers to him and his beloved family. Al-Fatiha 1...

assalamualaikum, readers :) 2019 is coming to an end and this is my second post of the year. A lot of happen this year but this post is for me. Happy 2nd Anniversary, DCIS! I have never feel an immense love towards a job before despite people telling me that I am underpaid or the management sucks. I repeat this one last time, I went through worst and this job meant so much to me because I asked this job when I was in Mecca.   I poured my heart crying asking for it because I needed this job badly so how can I not be grateful towards HIM?  Happy 2nd to me and my job!  Greater challenges this year. Half term but it felt like a year. I am not complaining just saying that this year is tougher and it will get tougher. I am enjoying it but there are days, it left me dry and exhausted. I am trying not to have favourites for the kids but this one kid tested my patience every single day. I totally need to expel the urge of finding fault or getting triggered by...

assalamualaikum, readers.  I am sure you've heard the recent natural disasters that happened and also, prior to that, I have friends who lost their loved ones and I have been sending my love and condolences to them. Losing the people we love and when it repeatedly happen, we have to keep coming to terms that they are no longer here on this earth. No longer that figure that we see often at home or during gatherings/hari raya. I lost mine in the midst of having Terminal 2 rehearsals and she was someone that I looked forward to meet when I went to Batam. Every single time I saw her and had conversation with her, my heart just swells with lots of love and happiness. Whenever we parted ways, she always say, "datang selalu, kenal saudara nanti kita dah takde, dah terlambat. Doa untuk nenek ye, jadi kita boleh jumpa lagi. " and that, left just words. I looked up to her because she always on her zikir count. Wherever she was, she always zikir. She never forgets Allah at ...

assalamualaikum, readers. in 2018, I've achieved so much and a lot of firsts too but no abs, still. HAHAHA. let's go through 2018, the good times. January 2018: 1. First time going to Bangkok with family.  2. Introduction to Backpacking with The Tudung Traveller Academy February 2018: 3. Supporting my Intro friends for their music event; Evolusi Muzika 4. First time going on a school trip with the kids. (Kota Tinggi Rainforest, Malaysia) 5. Post-Production for Cinta Mawar  6. Met my all time favourite girl crush: Ustazah Liyana 7. Watched CPR(now, BMP) last show before they changed their name 8. Finally, met Kak Huda at her son's first birthday party with Nanee  9. Bid farewell to Fitriah and had lunch with her and my colleagues. March 2018: 10. Adik's POP 11. Nabilah got married to Hambali.  12. KL trip with Nadia  13. Muhammad Abisali Arshaq was born.  April 2018: 14. First proper solo trip to Hong Kong, ...

assalamualaikum, readers. :) Aida Azlin asked in the Sisterhood FB, my biggest lesson this year so far. And I said that, "I learnt that the dua you made at a certain point in life which you really wanted at that point of time, does not need to be answered immediately because Allah has better plans for you in the future. And to get to the things you wanted or even better, you will have to go through his tests and he will reward you greatly. And this year is the year that almost of my dua has been answered. Alhamdulilah for all the blessings he gave me. "  This year was so good that I did not mange to write them down. Allah gave me a job that I fell in love with. I got 2 upcoming school trips. I got to be involved in Introspeksi 2018 again but as a crew which often people overlooked. But it is important as it is. I tried Netball again, a sport I left for 11 years because of aurat. I assist the kids in Netball ECA. Do you know how happy I was? To rekindle love again for...

assalamualaikum, readers. :) This 6 september will be one year of me being a teacher assistant. I enjoyed this job greatly. Alhamdulilah, I can finally say that I found the job that I love and will like to continue to embark on.  And, this is a Letter To Myself. Dear Zu, Happy 1 year of milestones whether it was mine or the kids. Happy 1 year of experiences that include school trip with the kids to Rainforest Kota Tinggi. Happy 1 Year of putting kids to sleep when they are insecure during the trip.  Happy 1 Year of exploring new things. Happy 1 Year of making new friends and building more friendships. Happy 1 Year to your newfound love, YOGA. Happy 1 Year of still committing to it even though, you have your lazy days. Happy 1 Year of learning new routines and behaviours with my kids. Happy 1 Year of staying still despite the bad days and salary difference. Happy 1 Year of juggling in between your theatre trainings and mentally/physically exhausted day at work, yet y...

assalamualaikum, readers :) twenty six. this year is my year. Maybe it is too soon to say that because it is only June. But.....Alhamdulilah, alhamdulilah, so many good things happen this year. The dua that I've made when I was at my lowest times, got answered this year. I am thankful for that. Super thankful.  Firstly, I fell in love with my job, being a Teacher Assistant on this special needs path even though, it made me exhausted some days but it made me happy. Secondly, I finally had my solo trip to Hong Kong came true. It wasn't that scary maybe because HK was similar like SG but I was glad that I did that. Thirdly, I went on a volunteer trip in the month of Ramdhan and made new friends. This shall be my beginning for volunteer trips. To more of that! Fourthly, to be part of Big Mouth Production. :P  soooooo just now, I had a phone call conversation with my bonda. She made a prayer and said, "Ya, allah, please let me see my grand children or please let me...

assalamualaikum, readers!  Day 2 post for Hong Kong is finally here. The month has been hectic as Ramadhan is here and also, in between, I run out of energy fast as it was spent at work with the kids. Back to this, basically, Day 2 was just Disneyland. The rides are mostly family friendly meaning more kiddy rides than thrilling rides. I have never been to Disneyland so I decided to start my first Disneyland Journey in Hong Kong. And, ohh, when you saw the train to Disneyland, you know you were going to a magical place. The insides of the train were cute too. From the handles, to the statues and even their windows, how can I not fall in love?  10 April 2018   Hong Kong Disneyland Lantau Island, Hong Kong $88 via Klook App. The park was big and thus, lots of walking. Upon reaching, I knew that I really want to eat the Mickey Mouse waffle as I had been seeing on other people instagram and no, it was not that extraordinary waffle that had fireworks i...

assalamualaikum, readers!  Alhamdulilah! I finally went Hong Kong for my first solo trip (besides JB) after 2 years of planning. I should have gone longer but its okay, I can always come back and explore the rest of Hong Kong. I went from 9-12 April 2018. It felt so surreal that I broke down when I was at the HK airport. I was happy that it came true. If you followed me on Instagram, you might have saw my ig stories/posts about my whereabouts. I was too excited and I showed off way too much. I am sorry if you were feeling bummed out in sg and there I was showing off. I had no intention of doing it. Back to this, I researched a lot. But, I knew that I wanted to hike. Something that I don't do in Singapore but other countries. I just wanted that experience. Therefore, let me put it here for my memories sake. 9 April 2018 Flight to Hong Kong via Scoot: 6.05am I booked my first Grab Hitch. Thank god, my cousin & brother told me to do advance booking because it was...

Photo Credits: WeHeartIt assalamualaikum, readers. Last Wednesday(21/3), I attended a talk. Motivational talk by Ustaz Mizi Wahid (Safinah Institute). The title was You Are Loved: 7 Things To Remember. We tend to feel less of ourselves. We feel unloved often. We feel lonely. We weren't confident of ourselves, physically and mentally. We questioned our own existence in this world. We pretended to be happy but the truth was we were sad.  Self-love is something we struggled often. It was our battles. It may be something we actually talk to people or it may be unspoken. Therefore, I will share with you the notes I wrote and may this be a benefit to you who feel unloved.  Firstly, you need to know the difference between THINK & KNOW . THINK is people who do not have confidence in themselves basically they are unsure. Thus, when they are unsure, they become insecure of themselves. Making them feel they are not worth of anything. But for KNOW, you are confi...

assalamualaikum, readers! after much procrastination, I have decided to finally upload the full video here. No I am not a video editor pro. I rely on apps to edit them. And it is for memories sake. Nothing more. It will make me look back at the jokes we laughed, the heart-to-heart talks, the meals we shared and so on. I had been looking forward for the trip last year.  The main highlight of the whole trip is to actually quene for kuih keria for TWO hours. Actually no la, it was the heart-to-heart talk at the balcony. It was that one question that trigger. And I exposed my inner shits to them. And thanks to that, I safely can say that I no longer have them thoughts. Not no longer, I do have them but rarely.  after all of that sharing, it makes me want to embrace them in my arms and tell them that I love them even more. It will not make me love them any lesser. :)  that's all! enjoy the video! :)

assalamualaikum, readers.  there are so much happy vibes going on. two of my good friends are getting married this year. Like I am so happy. Nabilah is getting married in March while Farhana, in October. I think I am over that phase where I also want to get married because my friends are getting married. Get me?  I mean when I told my family about it, let's say, "ibu, my friends are getting married! I am so happy for them." And they will be like, "why are you so happy? It is not as if you are getting married what!" Oh my Allah! Why can't I be happy for them? Why can't you just say nice things? I really truly feel happy for them. The fact they asked me whether they make the right choice or not. Even so, they don't need to but they did because they want to. I know they have make the right choice because I have hang out with Nabilah's Fiance before and even though, I've met Farhana's fiance once, I know that they will take good care...

Assalamualaikum, readers! I apologizeeeeee for not blogging anymore. I am back now in 2018! I will try to keep blogging more.  Apologies for that matter. This time I am back with something that I want to share.  I attended a 1-day workshop just now.  It is called "Introduction to Backpacking " by The Tudung Traveller Academy or she is known as Atikah Amalina.  All of the things I shared below were notes I jot down. Once I receive a pdf file from her or according to her an e-book, I will share with you the additional notes, alright?  Here it goes: 5 Things when choosing a Backpack 1. Size - litres Maximum 50litres, you don't need too much unless you are going up the mountain. 2. Access - Top-loading/U-Zip Top Loading is the one you bukak from the top. U-Zip is like opening a suitcase which is much more easier to arrange your items.  Recommended to buy: U-Zip 3. Straps - Hip Belt Make sure it is padded not netted. Use of it: the weight of your b...