Keputusan PMR 2008

Alhamdulillah, keputusan PMR anak amat meggembirakan semua. Tahniah diucapkan kepada rakan2 sebaya seperti Yasmin dan Miera (sorry, makcik ingat nama2 tu aje :-) ). Apa pun, Ting 4 nanti, jangan jadikan tahun 'honeymoon'. Mesti berusaha tanpa jemu kerana usaha itu disaran olehNya.
The results were collected from the school hall at around 1pm and she informed me about it 20mins later. Thanks a bunch to her Muallim and Muallimah of SM Islam Al Amin, Bangi for helping her through this part of her academic life. Hanya Allah dapat membalas jasa baik semua.
Atok dan Opah pun happy sampai pegang handset pun terbalik....patut tak dengar.
Not forgetting her siblings (my other daughters) who had directly or indirectly contributed to their adik's success. Learning through their experiences too, had helped in a way.
Her cousin smsed too, to congrats her and inform of her results too. Congrats Ayuni.
You still have a long way to go gal, but whatever decision is made, do make sure HE is in your mind always, Shazwani.

Laman Impiana Lagi....

Sejak kebelakangan ini, ramai pengunjung lamanoflife meng'google' majalah Laman Impiana. Memang banyak maklumat dari majalah tersebut. Edisi Jan-Feb 2009 telah dibeli semalam di Seri Putra. Belum habis membelek lagi tapi terdapat beberapa mukasurat mengenai tumbuhan herba yang boleh digunakan seperti aloe vera a.k.a lidah buaya (#9) dan roselle atau nama saintifiknya, Hibiscus sabdariffa (#10). Alhamdulillah, herba tersebut memang ada di laman kami. Memang banyak khasiat yang Allah 'sembunyi'kan dalam alam botani kita. Cuma kita saja yang kadang2 tidak mengambil tahu atau hanya bersandar kepada perubatan berasaskan bahan kimia semata.

Pagi tadi sempat menyambung semula menanam kuku jin. Pagi semalam sambung rafia untuk sokongan pada petola dgn harapan dapat hasilnya nanti!! Just wait and see. InsyaAllah.

Vertical Farming

I snapped a pic on vertical planting and posted it at flickr a few weeks back. Today, an article in Time, issue Dec 22, 2008, titled Vertical Farming tells us that 'this idea can work in a big way'... with some drawbacks of course. It's an idea that can be looked upon deeper!!

In the morning....

Taking advantage of the not-so-sunny weather, I spent about 2 hours in the laman this morning. First, the keladi needs to find a home. I cleared the grass, dig a hole and put in some black compost soil and went in the tuber. Hopefully, it'll grow.

Next, the area around the blue vase (heliconia). I want to have some plant covering the base area. The same procedure repeated. But for the plant, I had to dig them from the planter box at the gate. So off I went to the front and digged out the purple 'kuku jin' (#8). Now, they have found a new home. By the way, only one vase is 'decorated' for I don't have enough of the 'kuku jin'!!

As for the mulch, after pausing and thinking for some time, I decided to use the (??? brown thatched-like material) from the coconut and palm trees!! Yes, I'm a frugal gardener....

And in today's edition of the New Straits Times (Life and Times - Living), there's an article on thrifty gardeners, plus a column by Desmond Ho of Terra Garden on Orchids. Anyone for the contest in Desmond's column?

New Seedlings

Some new seedlings have found their way to our home. Though not yet planted, we look forward to have these additions that we brought home from Pasir Mas. The seedlings include mango, sukun, a type of keladi, purple-coloured-flower misai kucing and pokok duit (the Chinese love this plant).

A few days before, I took some white rose cuttings, green ati-ati seedlings and hydragea cuttings from an ex-neighbour's house. These too, haven't been planted. Ohh...so many plants to be planted.

Btw, one of my misai kucing has gone to Pasir Mas....

Wedding Receptions

Wedding receptions are synonymous with school holidays. No weekend passes by without a single kenduri being held. Last weekend, we attended one in Taman Tenaga (previous neighbour and the colour theme was green). Today, there's one in Bandar Baru Bangi (ex-colleague's daughter got married). Next Sunday, a neighbour's son will end his bachelorhood. Come Dec, there are already three receptions in line. Putrajaya, Kuala Kangsar and Kajang. God willing, we'll be there.

Today, we got boiled eggs as the parting/thank you gift from the bride's family. Haven't gotten one for quite sometime since family nowadays are proned to have other type of gifts to be given away eg cakes or other mementos. It's interesting too, to find out that some of our friends are also the friends of the host. It's a small world after all.

With all these weddings taking place and me being invited, it just shows one thing.. Yours truly is getting older...Hmm...

Barack Obama, 44th USA President!

I just need to post tonite before the next day arrives, just to make sure that a historic moment like this is not missed by lamanoflife. Nay, I'm not an American but nevertheless, like many others worldwide, watched McCain conceeding defeat to Obama, and followed by the latter's speech in Chicago over CNN.
The results truly is a history.

Hari Raya Open House

We went to three open houses and a detour to a fast food outlet (courtesy of Na and Ridzuan) yesterday. Started from home at around 11am and headed straight to Taman Setiawangsa,KL. The traffic on MRR2 was tolerable. Food wise, the massala mutton was nice but decided not to eat a lot for fear of 'headache'. We had our Zohor prayers at Masjid Muaz bin Jabal. One new thing that I observed was the ATM-like machine for e-derma in the mosque.

From there, we went to Kota Damansara. Satay was the main food that we ate. At around 6, we congregate at A&W, Petronas, Kota Damansara. Been quite sometime that I had the last waffle so decided to order one. Hubby ordered the same. (picture: Mak, Ayah, Mar, Ani (partly hidden) and Aby enjoying the food)

After Maghrib, our last destination was Kajang. Nasi dagang awaited us there.... Reached home at 10pm and had a good sleep last nite.

After all the stuff that went in yesterday, today hopefully all the fats will be broken down. 3 of us are fasting today.

Majalah Laman Impiana

Isu Nov-Dis 2008 sudah dibeli semasa mengambil anak di sekolah tadi.

Majalah Laman memang menjadi sebahagian daripada rujukan untuk inspirasi laman kami. Gambar2nya cantik dan mengasyikkan!! Banyak perkara yang dipelajari dari majalah ini. Nama pokok, cara menanam, pembiakan pokok (propagation), lanskap.

Tomato....#6

Here's our lovely tomatoes. Had plucked 4 so far. Not as big as the ones we bought at the market though but that's fine I guess.

We bought the seedling at MAHA and used baja organik!! The wooden 'pancang' + the yellow rafia was done by hubby taking cue from observing MARDI's techniques! Simple and proven effective.

Another seedling hasn't borne fruits yet but I'm keeping my fingers cross.

It's a nice feeling to harvest your own vegie......