My Abaya Business is Up and Running

Assalamualaikum dear friends. I'd like to share my good news with you and I hope it will also makes you happy just like me and partner.

My abaya business is now officially launched starting from today. Hopefully you can pay a visit to my abaya blogshop but please excuse for the using of Malay language there. As for the time being, my blogshop caters only for customers from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.

Please click HERE to visit the blogshop.

Please bear with me while this new business try to penetrate the local market and get recognition from Muslimah around here. Meanwhile I will also accept orders from online customers base on first come first serve and serious buyers only. Since this business is using so much capital I would do my best to make sure that it is profitable, all because I believe that by wearing abaya or any kind of dress that looks the same ( e.g. jubah, jilbab and jelabiya), Muslim women might feel more modest in their way of dressing. At the same time they can still be elegant and fashionable in accordance to the Islamic dress code.

This kind of dress hopefully will reminds us Muslim women to always remember the haya' (almost like shyness but this Arabic word has a better and broader meaning) in our daily life.

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The Raining Season is In Full Blast

Rain, Sweet Rain

Rain falling in tears skies can't hold

They are heavy, and fast and cold,

Yet so precious that its fall's mold

Can become the nest of a new life's fold

So inconstant you may think it is alive,

For it can destroy or let thrive,

For it can be loved or despised,

For it can be benevolent or be mised

And it is so human, the rain,

(Although it is most inhuman thing around)

That when the human bears big pain

Eyes got inspiration found

In no more no less than rain,

For tears imitate the very rain-like stain

And will be a day of sorrow,

When stars have rain as borrow,

And then we won't say again:

'Here comes rain, sweet rain'

Pedro Cescon

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Beautiful and Elegant Abayat

Pic above is from this blog.

All these pictures were snapped from our local muslimah's magazine, ANIS of the current issue. Inside this month issue, it features abayat from our Malaysian abaya supplier known as Jalinan Timur Enterprise located in Gombak, Selangor.

I've search for their blogsite and found that they have quite some interesting abayat, mostly imported from the Gulf countries such as Jordan, Syria, KSA and also UAE.

 

And they are looking for resellers. I might contact them for more info. This is interesting.

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Recurring headache

It's the headache again.Making me weak and feverish.

I should visit a doctor and get an MC or EL as an excuse from going to work.J

ust a few days ago... and now it started again. With 2 tablets of Panadol I'll try to lie down and get some rest. It's really an effort to try napping in daylight because I'm not a person who can easily falls asleep when the Sun is up.

Husband got to help me send the 2 cheques to the Library because the lift technician will come to get them today. Hopefully my colleagues will be okay without me. 

This week almost each of us has fallen ill. Flu, PMS and me with my headache.

I think I have to lie down now.

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Fashion Victim ??

May Allah guide them to the correct dress code of Islam.
May Allah give us strength and confidence to spread the true message of Islam and da'wah this sisters. Who know one day they might be better than us.
Let's do our amanah sincerely for Allah.

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Shoes with love heels

I remember not long ago, a friend asked me about this kind of shoes. Shoes that have a unique heels like the one above. I told her that I've never seen one before until just now. Wonder whether it's the correct one. Hopefully yes.

Shoes are something very dear to me just like my abayat. But this kind of shoes with unique heels are something I've never tried before. I love simple kind of shoes with normal heels.

I really hope that friend would read this post although it's long overdue.

Dear friend, if you happen to read this and still looking for this kind of shoes, please visit this blogshop, Orange Little for more details on the shoes.

And thank you to bubbly for the link.

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The Kelantan Encyclopedia: Kelantan A - Z

Assalamualaikum to all my dear friends and readers.

Do you still remember the fashion show that I attended last Thursday? Yes, the one where I got to wear my pretty green caftan batik. I got a fancy goodie bag with several interesting items inside. One of them is an official corporate magazine of the Kelantan Chief Minister Incorporated (PMBK) called QIADAH. I was browsing through that magazine a few days ago and suddenly got an interesting idea from one of the segment. And why not? As a Kelantanese myself, I think I shall do my part to introduce my beloved State to all of you by introducing the Kelantan Encyclopedia. Can you bear with me? I've already told you a few things about Kelantan before and now I'm sharing our dialect with you. Hehehe... Welcome to Kelantan!



Let's begin...

A is for AMBO
Ambo is the pronoun for the first person, I or me. Ambo is the most refined way for a Kelantanese to refer to the "self". Incidentally the term is also widely used by the Minangkabaus in Indonesia.

B is for BALASOH
Balasoh could be described as a mini mosque. It is another term and the usual name used by Kelantanese for a madrasah, a place of worship of the Muslims. Apart from its lower stature in terms of size and authority as compared to the mosque, it is normally not ordained to hold the Friday congregational prayers.

A "balasoh" or a mini mosque. Pic is from here.

C is for COME
A very common adjective used by Kelantanese for "beautiful" or "pretty" or "cute". A beautiful woman is described as "come". However it is also used to describe men. The word "come" may also refer to an action that is seen as very appropriate or decent. It must be noted that "comel" in Malay also means "beautiful".
Kota Bharu, the capital of the State of Kelantan is labelled as "Kota Bharu Come Sokmo" or "Kota Bharu Forever Beautiful".

Pic is from here.

D is for DEMO
Do not be confused for the word "demonstration". It is the Kelantanese pronoun for "you". However, "demo" is not refined or cultured as "ambo" and is commonly used among peers or friends. Hence using "demo" for elders is seen as uncultured and is therefore not allowed.

E is for EJAH
Just like its original English word, "adjust", "ejah" means "to adjust".

F is for FARDHU
The root word is the Arabic "fardhu" which means a must-do or an obligation as a good Muslim.

Solat is one of the obligations as a Muslim. Pic is from here.

G is for GOBEK (go-back)
It is a traditional instrument used for mincing the "sirih pinang" or betel vine. The chewing of betel leaves with betel nut is a practice sometimes seen among old ladies. The "gobek" consists of the bamboo tubing/container and the iron blade mincer which helps mince the "sirih pinang" into fine pieces.

Pics are from Google. L - gobek and R - betel leave

H is for HARI HUDUD
"Hari Hudud" or the "Hudud Day" was introduced by the Kelantan Government to help explain and educate the public on one of the facets of Islamic Criminal Jurisprudence. The celebration of this very special day is seen appropriate in order to mitigate and ward off misconceptions and the negative publicity given by the mainstream media to the public on the subject of hudud.

Pic source is here.

I is for IHYA-RAMADHAN
Ihya is the Arabic word for "to enliven". Hence Ihya-Ramadhan is "Enliving the fasting month of Ramadhan", the effort introduced by the Kelantan Government in order to enrich and enliven the true meaning of the fasting month.


J is for JKR10
A government building built as the Official Residence of the Chief Minister of Kelantan. However, the present Chief Minister, Tuan Guru Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat resides at his own home in Pulau Melaka, and JKR10 is now made as the official guest house of the State Government.

Pic from here.

Hmm... I think that will be enough for today. InsyaAllah I'll be back with the rest. So... what do you think of our encyclopedia? Can you pronounce the words? Hehehe... you would have to hear it to know the correct pronunciation. To experience that, please come for a visit and I'll be happy to tell you.

Bye for now. Wassalam.

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