Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

Inas: Why my name is short?

**Edited** Disclaimer : This entry is just my personal reflection on the issue which I have never expected would be such a big matter to Kakak Inas… I have never thought that she would be upset and worried about her name.

My opinion concerning this issue is only applicable to me.

I believe everyone has all the right to decide on any names they like. It is a matter of preference and thus, there is no right or wrong It is not my intention to offend anyone … It is only my personal recollections with the kids & family …

————————————————-

Early this morning.. dah kena questioned by kakak. Hmmmm….

Mommy, my friends said that my name is short. Why my name is short mommy?

All my friends have long names.. why my name is not long like my friends? I want my name to be long just like all my friends.

Kakak, it’s good to have a short name. It’s easier for you to write, it’s easier for teachers to remember and call you. If you have a long name then, you will take a long time to write your name… and you will also be tired of writing your own name.. hehe.. and sometimes there’s not enough space to write your full name if your name is too long..

———————————————–

** My experience of having around 30 students – all with AT LEAST 2 word names (not including bin/binti and their fathers’ names)- ended up one student with at least 4-5 word names.. higher tendency to get their names spelled wrongly, space and time-consuming.

It is so common that friends, relatives or anyone else we met said that my kids names are VERY short.

Common conversations – almost like a template questions and answers heheheh..

Siapa nama kakak ni?/what’s her name?

Inas..

Nama penuh?

Inas binti Mohd..A..

Oh.. pendeknya nama. Ingatkan Shafinaz ke.. Kenapa pendek sangat?

errr…

Adik dia?

Umar..

oh Umar aje?

Ha’aa.. Umar bin Mohd A…

———————————————-

Yes, the kids names are INTENTIONALLY made to be short but they carry good meanings and they are called exactly like what was given to them- no short form name- no nickname..

But, Kakak Inas is not happy that her name is short coz friends in her class, boys and girls do have LONG names and they have been telling kakak that her name is way too short. Inas said, she doesn’t want to be different from her friends. But mommy told her that she’s special.. that’s why she’s different hehehhe!!

Kakak, although your name is short you can still play with friends with long names. hahahha…

Hmmmm entahla…

Lawak!!

Umar: Peeeess, Share and Thank you

Umar is unlike Inas.. in many ways. He’s more gentle and calmer and does things carefully.

Kakak Inas is known for her kalut-ness. She rarely walks properly, always wants to run, hops, skips and moving most of the time even in the house. Both of my kids can’t sit still but of course kakak’s random movements are so much more frequent than Umar. That’s why she always falls down, hits the wall.. tumpah air many many more times than Umar although she’s much older than Umar. She has many many bruises and red spots (lebam) on her legs as a result of her frequent bumps to hard surfaces and edges due to her kalut-ness.

She always want to do everything in a swift.. she always wants to be fast.. she wants everything quickly. It is not easy tending her. She also talks a lot and fast. She likes to do things fast.. She’s not afraid of anything.. She always tells me she wants to go bungee-jumping, climbing mountains, goes on the roller coaster and many more. She’s a risk-taker and an adventurous young lady. She believes she can do everything. She is so after her father. He who is very brave to take the most risks in life.

———————————————————

I cannot imagine how Umar will be like when he starts talking properly. I mean what kind of things he’s interested in and what kind of questions he will ask.

For now, Umar is a gentle version.. the kind who likes to observe things alone quietly at any corner of the house, who doesn’t shout or gets angry easily if mommy is not going fast getting anything he wants, who managed his steps properly especially before crossing the very small shallow drain at the backyard and whose development is also slightly later than Inas. He walks at the age later than kakak did and his speech development is at a worrying stage if it’s being referred to kakak.. only worrying to mommy and Dr. Lim in APSH.. should talk 2-3 word strings now.. if not go for theraphy.. speech theraphy.. ok.. ok..

But, that was when we did Umar routine check-up back in Smnnjung. Here, as long as your baby is not sick, then you are safe. No speech therapist available or the word has never been heard of before (pardon my exaggeration..

At his age now, I realise that he is not as adventurous as kakak is. He’s easily frightened of loud noises. He cries hearing the machine cutting grass in our garden, he cries hearing the sound of the food processor in the kitchen, he holds tight on me when the big trash lorry come collecting rubbish in our heigbourhood and he cries everytime we bring him to see the doctor which we have never experienced this with Inas.

..but why the entries in this blog have little stories about Umar? I sometimes thought there’s not much to write about him which is of course not true.

Anyway, Umar has expanded his limited vocab. I am not so worried anymore like I used to. Living far away from speech therapist or any other educational/linguistic specialists, I always have to equip myself with everything. You see.. I have a dyslexic daughter whom I have to teach in a different approach and a not yet speaking toddler whom I also have to speech train but I seldom.. Hmm.. I believe there’s must be a hikmah of this.

Anyway, Umar can say “please”.. in this manner mommy..peeeeesssssss a very long one indeed. To me, it sounds obviously like “please” but he didn’t include the consonant /l/. The same goes with his favourite word- wowy (lorry), no /l/ and no /rr/.

When he wanted to take whatever kakak’s holding or playing with, I told him, abang.. let kakak play with it first. share Umar.. please share! His common response would be a growl.. a long loud low roaring kind of sound which always amuses me.. and that sound supposed to show that he’s angry and didn’t want to agree with mommy. I would liken this sound to a lion roaring..

I always have to make sure that kakak’s school books or stuff in her school bag are not taken by Umar. Sometimes, when I was busy in the kitchen and also busy blogging, surfing, facebooking and was not looking at what’s happening and kakak did not keep her school bag at the right place, Umar could already be in control with all the stuff silently. When I approached to take away kakak’s school stuff, Umar would say, mommy..share share..peeeeeeesssssssss!!!! peeessssss!!!! No matter how adorable he looks at that time, mommy would still take away kakak’s school stuff from him before he tears the books apart, which then of course leads to him roaring.. ROAR!!!!

Oh by the way, I am also happy that he has mastered another magic word – thank you… but he says it like this – ten chuuu. Although he can’t say many words but he says please and thank you often and appropriately.

Umar loves pretending. When we asked him where TamTam is (TamTam is Uncle Logy’s beloved petcat that Inas likes to pat and play with but Umar always scares the poor cat with his growling roar).. everytime when we asked him where TamTam is, Umar would pretend to look for TamTam, he crawled on the floor, looked under the sofa, under the chairs and table, behind the curtains and said, TamTam… are youuuuu? are youuuuuuu? —in complete sentence – TamTam where are you? where are you?

When Umar did not see me.. he would call me and say…Mommy!! Mommy!!! Are youuuuuuuu? Are youuuuuuuuu?????

Still, Umar is not talking as much as some kids of his age do but.. but I am already very glad he’s done with the magic words – please and thank you. Kakak has seldom use her please now. She’s using tolong all the time. She always practises what she acquired from school at home

Please and Thank You, they are the magic words.

Thank you

Shhh… A Secret!

This is NOT a secret entry …

When you agreed with the other parties that the resolutions made out of your discussions/meetings are to be kept confidential that means you are all holding a secret. When you keep a secret, you MUST NOT let it be known by other people.

I believe when you have promised someone that you will keep something as a secret, it is an amanah that you have to uphold.

Breaking the secret means you do not keep to your promise. Even if it is a small, trivial or insignificant kind of secret, once you have spilled it out, you have violated the honour/amanah. You hurt and disappoint your secret-ally. You break the trust and honour given on the minute you inform others about the secret. It is a form of betrayal!

Then, the secret is not really an issue. After all, it is not a secret anymore because you have shared it with many people. What matters now is the trust/the honour/the amanah that you have once promised and agreed to uphold.

You have abandoned the importance of the discussions/agreements that you have made in the first place. You have not respected the resolution that the outcome of your conversations is supposed to be a secret.

Psst…Please don’t ask me what this entry is all about because IT IS A SECRET!!!!!   

My Heart is Pink..

This is a P.I.N.K entry about my sweetheart

 

————————————————-

In the car on the way to her school this morning.

Mommy, why my friends in school do not know that I have a pink heart and I also love pink?

Err.. I don’t know kakak..

Why mommy? Kakak loves pink and my heart is also pink. Why Munirah doesn’t know that?

I still couldn’t think of any answer.. but luckily the father who’s driving came out with a good answer.. I think.

Kakak, because your friends cannot see what’s in your heart. Only you know what’s in your heart.. and may be mommy and bapak because you told us. Sometimes, there are things that we only share with people who are close to us. We don’t have to share everything with everyone sayang…

Kakak is satisfied with the answer. She was quiet and did not ask us anything else. I could see that she’s thinking about the matter.

Now I remember that she used to ask me with this question- what’s the colour of your heart mommy? and my answer was, everyone’s heart is reddish pink… a mixture of pink and red.

No matter what the colour of your heart is, we still love you sweetheart.

The girl who has a pink heart in pink!

Would you take care of my baby?

One morning while I was helping Inas putting on her school uniform.

Mommy, did you go to work when I was small?

Yes, but only for a very short time. Then mommy stopped working.

When you went to work, who looked after me?

When mommy left the house early in the morning, I left you with nenek but later nenek would send you to the babysitter’s house. You stayed there until mommy came back from work.

When I become a grown-up like you, do you think I will go to work too?

Yes kakak, when you’re a grownup you gonna have to go to work too.

Do you think I will also have my own baby?

After you got married, you will have your own baby then.

Mommy, if I have my own baby and I have to go to work who’s going to look after my baby?
Would you take care of my baby?

Err… I think a babysitter can do that.

Mommy!!! But I want you to take care of my baby when I go to work!!!!! Mommy!!!

But kakak.. mommy can only help you a little bit.. I don’t think I want to look after your baby for a long time..

Mommmyy!!! 

Would you take care of my baby?????? 

Hahahahha Lawak betul.. masa ni dah tak tertahan-tahan nak gelak!!

UncleMamu in Utusan : )

Hihihi .. UncleMamu’s in Utusan today

——————————————–

Jangan lengah tunai zakat fitrah

Dalam kerancakan umat Islam menjalani ibadat puasa Ramadan, ada satu lagi kewajipan yang mesti ditunaikan dalam bulan yang penuh berkat ini, iaitu zakat fitrah.

Mengenai berzakat ini, Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Sedekah yang diambil ia (zakat) daripada orang kaya di kalangan mereka dan dikembalikannya kepada orang fakir di kalangan mereka. (riwayat Bukhari)

Zakat fitrah ini pula adalah pelengkap kepada ibadat puasa Ramadan dan di negara kita, menunaikan ibadat ini bukanlah sukar kerana boleh dikatakan kita boleh menemui para amil bukan sahaja di masjid hatta di tempat tumpuan orang ramai seperti pusat beli-belah.

Bagi mengupas isu ini, wartawan MOHD. RADZI MOHD. ZIN dan jurufoto ASWAD YAHAYA menemu bual Eksekutif Dakwah Pusat Pungutan Zakat (PPZ) Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan, UncleMamu

MEGA: Siapakah yang wajib membayar zakat fitrah ini?

Ustaz: Bagi menjawab persoalan ini, elok kita merujuk kepada hadis Rasulullah s.a.w. Daripada Ibnu Umar bahawa nabi s.a.w memfardukan zakat fitrah dalam bulan Ramadan ke atas setiap manusia Muslim (tidak kira hamba atau merdeka, lelaki atau perempuan, kecil atau besar) yang dikeluarkan sebanyak segantang tamar atau makanan ruji. (riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)

Berdasarkan hadis ini, dapat kita fahami bahawa zakat fitrah ini wajib dikeluarkan oleh setiap umat Islam. Cuma para fuqaha menetapkan yang afdal menunaikan fitrah ialah orang yang wajib atasnya memberi nafkah.

Contohnya, bagi anak-anak, yang wajib membayar fitrah ialah bapa, bagi isteri pula ialah suami. Bagaimanapun, anak-anak harus membayar fitrah untuk ayah atau bapa mereka.

Mungkin persoalan seterusnya ialah siapakah yang wajib membayar fitrah bagi amah atau pembantu rumah kita?

Dalam hal ini, Imam Al-Khatib Al-Syarbini dalam kitabnya Mughni al-Muhtaj menjelaskan ketua atau pemilik kepada amah atau pembantu rumah itu lebih afdal membayar zakat fitrah walaupun amah tersebut wajib membayarnya.

Adakah orang yang hidup pada Ramadan tetapi meninggal sebelum masuk bulan Syawal turut wajib membayar fitrah?

Ustaz: Dalam hal ini, ulama berpendapat, jika seseorang itu hidup pada Ramadan tetapi mati sebelum sampai waktu wajib menunaikan fitrah iaitu dari terbenam matahari hinggalah solat sunat aidilfitri, mereka ini tidak wajib membayar fitrah.

Bagi mereka yang hidup pada Ramadan dan sempat sampai ke waktu wajib walaupun berada di dalamnya sekejap contohnya beberapa minit pada waktu Maghrib malam 1 Syawal, golongan ini wajib menunaikan fitrah.

Bagi setiap anak yang dilahirkan pada akhir Ramadan iaitu sebelum waktu Maghrib terakhir Ramadan, golongan ini juga wajib dikeluarkan zakat fitrahnya. Tetapi jika anak tersebut lahir selepas Maghrib hari terakhir Ramadan maka tidak wajib fitrah baginya.

Apakah waktu yang afdal membayar fitrah kerana masih ada di kalangan umat Islam menunggu waktu pagi hari raya untuk menunaikannya?

Ustaz: Memanglah waktu yang paling afdal ialah pagi Hari Raya. Bagaimanapun, membayar fitrah pada waktu sebelum pagi Hari Raya adalah harus dan turut diberi pahala oleh Allah s.w.t.

Daripada Ibnu Abbas, baginda s.a.w bersabda, “Difardukan zakat fitrah untuk membersihkan jiwa orang yang berpuasa daripada perkara yang sia-sia dan bersifat dusta, ia juga sebagai makanan dan kelazatan kepada fakir miskin. Bagi sesiapa yang menunaikannya sebelum solat Aidilfitri maka zakatnya diterima dan barang siapa yang menunaikannya selepas daripada itu, ia hanyalah sedekah”. (riwayat Abu Daud dan Ibnu Majah)

Namun, untuk mengelak daripada terlepas menunaikan rukun Islam yang keempat ini, adalah lebih baik umat Islam tidak menunggu ke waktu wajib untuk membayar fitrah. Lebih baik, ia ditunaikan awal sama ada seminggu atau sehari sebelum Aidilfitri untuk mengelak daripadanya timbul sebarang kesulitan.

Ada umat Islam yang suka membayar zakat fitrah terus kepada individu tertentu tanpa melalui amil yang dilantik. Apakah kesan tindakan sebegini?

Ustaz: Sebenarnya tidak ada larangan oleh mana-mana empat imam mazhab bagi mereka yang ingin membayar fitrah terus kepada penerima tanpa melalui amil. Apa yang penting ialah ibadat itu ditunaikan.

Bagaimanapun, Allah menyebut perkataan amil dalam firman-Nya: Sesungguhnya, sedekah (zakat) itu hanyalah untuk orang fakir, orang miskin, amil-amil yang mengurusnya, orang mualaf yang dijinakkan hati mereka, hamba-hamba yang hendak memerdekakan dirinya, orang yang berhutang, untuk dibelanjakan di jalan Allah dan orang yang musafir (yang terputus bekalan) dalam perjalanannya. (at-Taubah: 60).

Apabila amil disebut oleh Allah, maka kita harus menghargai peranan mereka sebagai salah satu asnaf yang layak menerima zakat dan sebagai petugas menerima fitrah. Lagipun, syariat Islam menetapkan zakat itu diambil daripada harta mereka bermakna ada orang lain yang mengambilnya.

Antara implikasi tindakan begini ialah orang miskin ini mempunyai perasaan malu yang tebal untuk meminta daripada individu. Bagaimanapun, perasaan malu itu kurang jika meminta daripada pemerintah (Baitulmal).

Kedua, kita memerlukan ilmu yang secukupnya untuk mengetahui siapakah golongan asnaf yang layak menerima zakat fitrah. Kebiasaannya, masyarakat umum tidak mempunyai ilmu ini. Apa yang membimbangkan kita ialah duit fitrah itu tidak sampai kepada golongan sasaran yang tepat.

Ketiga, apabila diserah kepada amil, maka wang tersebut akan diagih secara adil kepada kesemua lapan asnaf yang ditetapkan. Jika salah satu asnaf itu tidak ada, pengagihannya akan didahulukan kepada asnaf lain yang lebih berhak.

Terdapat individu yang makan beras siam atau beras wangi tetapi membayar zakat mengikut kadar beras biasa. Adakah kadar ini bertepatan dengan syariat Islam?

Ustaz: Para fuqaha memutuskan bahawa zakat fitrah itu berdasarkan makanan ruji tempatan. Kalau di Malaysia, kadarnya adalah mengikut harga beras yang ditetapkan oleh kerajaan.

Dari Abu Said al-Khudri, Rasulullah bersabda: Kami pada zaman Nabi mengeluarkan zakat daripada makanan ruji, waktu itu ialah gandum, kurma, kismis dan roti. (riwayat Bukhari)

Tidak semestinya kita membayar fitrah mengikut harga beras yang kita makan. Memadai kita bayar mengikut kadar harga beras yang dimakan oleh masyarakat secara umum.

Namun, bagi mereka yang makan beras wangi dan sebagainya, jika mereka membayar fitrah berdasarkan kadar harga beras tersebut adalah lebih afdal.

Antara dilema golongan yang bekerja di ibu negara ialah memilih tempat membayar zakat sama ada di Kuala Lumpur atau di kampung. Apa penyelesaian dalam hal ini?

Ustaz: Perkara ini tidak harus dijadikan isu. Soal hendak bayar di mana tidak patut timbul. Bagi zakat fitrah, ia boleh dijelaskan di mana-mana baik di kampung atau di bandar tempat kita bekerja.

Bagaimanapun, jika zakat harta, adalah lebih afdal menunaikannya di tempat kita mencari rezeki.

Apakah ancaman Allah kepada mereka yang tidak menunaikan zakat fitrah?

Ustaz: Allah memberi amaran keras kepada golongan ini dengan firman-Nya: Dan jangan sekali-kali orang yang bakhil dengan harta benda yang Allah kurniakan kepada mereka menyangka bahawa keadaan bakhil itu baik bagi mereka. Bahkan ia adalah buruk bagi mereka. Mereka akan dikalongkan (seksa) dengan apa yang mereka bakhilkan itu pada hari kiamat kelak. (ali-Imraan: 180)

Dalam ayat yang lain, Allah menjelaskan: Dan ingatlah orang yang menyimpan emas dan perak serta tidak membelanjakannya pada jalan Allah, maka khabarkan kepada mereka dengan (balasan) azab seksa yang tidak terperi sakitnya, (iaitu) pada hari dibakar emas dan perak (harta benda) itu dalam neraka jahanam lalu diselar dengannya dahi mereka dan rusuk mereka serta belakang mereka (sambil dikatakan kepada mereka): “Inilah apa yang telah kamu simpan untuk diri kamu sendiri, maka rasalah (azab) dari apa yang kamu simpan itu. (at-Taubah: 34 & 35)

Dalam satu hadis daif disebutkan bahawa puasa orang yang tidak membayar zakat fitrah itu tergantung-gantung antara langit dan bumi.

How Have I Changed in 10 Years?

You’ve Changed 64% in 10 Years

Compared to who you were ten years ago, you’ve changed a great deal.
In fact, you’re probably in a completely different phase of your life – and very happy about it!

How Much Have You Changed in 10 Years?

Broken Aircond..

Today is the 10 Ramadhan 1428H

For the past days in the week, kakak has been fasting until 1.00 p.m. I asked some help from the teacher to separate her from her friends who are not fasting when they are having snacks during breaktime. Alhamdulillah… it works!

Yesterday, when Kakak got into the car after school she complained that her head is oochie itcy.. Mommy, cikgu said the aircond in our classroom is broken. So, that’s why I sweat a lot .. and now all my head is ootchie itchy (while taking off her tudung and scratching her head). All the kids also ootchie itchy mommy…

**It’s ok kakak… nanti cikgu will fix the aircond.

Mommy, cikgu cannot do it because she doesn’t have tools!!!! She has to call the repair man.

**Ok, the repair man will fix it then.

But mommy, I think I want to write a letter to everyone.. a long letter..

** Write a letter?? Why do you want to do that?

I want to write a letter to everyone.. I will write to them ..the aircond in my classroom is broken and all the kids are hot and sweating and ootchie itchy..

** Ok… then?

So, everyone can read my letter.. and I will ask everyone to give some coins and money.. then, I will give the money to cikgu. So, cikgu can buy us all a new aircond!! HA!!! Do you think that’s a great idea mommy?

** Yes kakak.. pandainya!! That’s a great idea you have.

——————–

Now, I just realised that I have never introduced her to the word DONATE. All the while, it’s only the general word give. I think I must start using the word sadaqah /sedekah and may be wakaf too.

Let the tummy rests…

Today is the 5th Ramadhan.. the fifth day of fasting.

Inas gonna be 5 this november. So, I think it’s an appropriate time to start introducing her with fasting. She did not ask me what puasa or fasting is because I think she can somehow gauge the idea of fasting from her observations. The recent one month stay with atok and nenek made her realised that when one is fasting, one doesn’t eat and drink. Atok and nenek have been fasting on many days during Rejab and Syaaban and Inas and Umar also joined the breaking fast as their dinner time. When we’re fasting on those days of Rejab and Syaaban, kakak knows that no one will be cooking. So, there’d be no proper meal served during lunch. So far, the kids would make do with juices, yogurt, fruits, bread, biscuits, nuggets or anything edible in the kitchen.

Ramadhan came. I was still so busy settling down after leaving the house for so long that I didn’t really talk to Inas about Ramadhan. I just told her that Ramadhan’s coming and we are going to fast.

On the first day of Ramadhan, Inas did not fast. I didn’t even wake her up during sahur/saum. She had her breakfast then went to school. I just told her that we’re fasting and it was the first day of Ramadhan.

In the car when I picked her up after school, she told me she and her friends ate nuggets and fries during break time. Mommy, our teacher fried nuggets and french fries.. and we ate them in school.

I was like.. betul ke kakak? How may kids ate with you in school?

Many mommy.. All my friends ate with me. Cikgu said it’s ok to eat kalau tak puasa.. Only a few friends aje yang tak makan..

Then I told her she was not supposed to eat because it’s Ramadhan and people are fasting. She asked me WHY do we have to puasa mommy? My first answer did not satisfy her logic and curiosity. I told her so that we could feel how those who are in need feel when they are hungry and have no money to buy food. She couldn’t heed my explanation. She said, but mommy we can give them some money and ask them to buy food.

My next try.. kakak, we have to fast to let our tummy rests. If we’re not fasting and eating all the time, our tummy will be very tired and it can get sick. Just like you, when you are tired, you rest.. So, we have to fast so that our tummy can rest. After our tummy has enough rest, we can eat again. If we let the tummy to work all the time processing our food, our tummy will become sick, then you too will get sick and then you cannot eat any food forever and ever because the tummy cannot process the food again..

Haha!! I created a long exaggerated story. By that time we almost reached home and kakak was just keeping quiet listening to my fairy-tale like tummy reasoning. When she didn’t probe anymore questions means I had made her believe and adopt the idea. The End- a big relief!!

The second day of Ramdhan – she had her breakfast before going to school as usual BUT she told me she refused to eat in school coz she said she’s going to fast that day. Hehehe but of course, when we reached home.. she drank her MILO and ate some biscuits and that was around 12 noon. She fasted for about 4.5 hours. A good start.

The third day of Ramadhan- Saturday, no school. I didn’t wake her up for sahur. She had her usual breakfast around 8. Then, at 1.30 I let her break her fast.. I was a happy mommy!

Sunday-4th Ramadhan- I was a happier mommy. I woke her up for sahur. She ate and drank her warm MILO. She did not sleep back after that. At 8, his father sent her here for mengaji and arabic lesson with an ustaz (Unclemamu’s friend when they studied in Madinah). When kakak came back home, she was whining that she’s thirsty and wanted to drink. Alhamdulillah, I managed to coaxed her until 1.30 p.m. So, yesterday was the longest puasa for kakak. Well done kakak!!!

Today, the fifth day- despite eating during sahur.. she also ate in school during break time at 10 . Hmmmmfffffffffff!!!!!! So, I made her continue fasting until 3.00 p.m

I did not want to be harsh on her about fasting. But I just want to let her get the idea that it is important to fast.. that she must try her best to continue fasting.

Ramadhan 1428H- My goal for this Ramadhan is to let her fast for the first half of the day… at least until 1.00. But with the snacks she has in school, it is difficult. I guess I have to ask some help from her teacher that is not to give her food during the break because I know some other kids are also fasting.

Ramadhan 1429H – InsyaAllah kakak can already bear the idea of fasting for the whole day. I believe she’ll be more prepared for it in the next Ramadhan. You can do it kakak!!

By the way, in the Hijriah calendar kakak Inas was born on the 25 Ramadhan 1423H ( 30 November 2002- Saturday). I delivered her 4 or 5 days before raya. When I was discharged from the hospital, many staff have already gone balik kampung for raya. So, this 25th Ramadhan 1428H, Inas will be 5 years old.

***This is for my note- Umar was born on the 13 Rejab 1426H- 18 August 2005 ( Thursday). So, in the Gregorian calendar when he turned 2, I turned 32 hehe