hisap jari...

Question:

Even with all I've read about thumb-sucking and pacifiers, I just don't know what I should do. My 8-month-old daughter prefers her thumb, but people say a pacifier is better for her. When should she stop sucking her thumb or the pacifier? Is either one a bad habit?

Answer:

Babies use sucking to calm and settle themselves. Thumb-sucking starts before birth (there are pictures taken of fetuses sucking their thumbs in utero) and can be a very helpful way for babies to cope with tension. There are many advantages to allowing children to suck their thumbs rather than a pacifer: Thumbs are always there, don't fall on the floor, aren't tied to children's clothing by potentially dangerous strings that can get caught on things, and are under the baby's own control.

Children usually give up thumb-sucking when they develop other ways to calm down and comfort themselves, usually by age 4 to 5, although many children suck their thumbs at night or occasionally, when stresses become too much, for many years beyond that.It's unlikely that your child will continue sucking her pacifier well into the childhood years when it might threaten proper dental development. During the years your child is likely to be using a pacifier, she only has her baby teeth; permanent dentition generally doesn't appear until around age 6.I wouldn't attempt to "break her" of the habit until she's ready to give it up on her own. You're unlikely to be successful, and it will only lead to unnecessary struggles and frustration for both of you. If you decide to restrict her access to a pacifier, help her find her thumb, or offer her a blanket or a soft toy to comfort herself instead.

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mama sekarang pun tengah ada masalah yang sama nih.. imran is addicted to his thumb!!.. kalau kita cabut mesti marah punya.. especially bila nak tidur... mama risau sebab ada la sorang anak buah mama ni sampai besar sampai la ni dah masuk form 4 tokleh tinggal jari dia.. hehhe.. memang la tak boleh tinggal jari kan... tak ngaku plak tu.. tapi memalam tidur orang nampak dia masuk jari dia masuk mulut... eiiii... see... to that extent... agaknya cam spontan je masa tidur tu terhisap jari.. yang empunya diri pun tak perasan... pastu gigi pun akan prone to jongang.. pastu jari pun jadik kecut.. tak mau la imran jadi camtu... semua orang kata sebelum melarat baik hentikan dari sekarang...

ayah kata.. bagi chance la sampai setahun.. so last week imran already turned 1. so sekarang mama memang tengah nak tolong imran kurangkan ketagihannya.. semalam berjaya juga mama tidurkan imran tanpa hisap jari.. rahsianya... pakaikan baju lengan panjang yang panjang so that tangan dia tenggelam dalam baju... bising jugak.. golek sana.. golek sini.. merengek.. cam risau la tak jumpa dia punya jari tu.. tapi tepuk2 dia.. peluk2 dia.. pujuk2 dia akhirnya terlelap juga... kesian gak.. abih tu nak buat cemana... nantilah.. artikel kat atas tu kata boleh try carikan ganti untuk comfortkan dia.. bantal golek ke... teddy bear ke.. anak patung ke... errkk... takkan imran nak main anak patung kot.. cam pompuan plak...

takpelah imran.. kita try sikit-sikit la kan.. hopefully usaha berjaya... insya allah...

Happy 1st Birthday to Imran Haziq!!

Today Imran is one year old!!!

Semoga menjadi anak soleh......

A is for Allah

http://www.a2youth.com/multimedia/audio/anasheed/eng/yi/yi_aisforallah_new.ram

A' is for Allah, nothing but Allah
Ba is the beginning of Bismillah
Ta is for Taqwa, bewaring of Allah
and Tha is for Thawab, a reward

Ja is for Janna, the Garden of Paradise
Ha is for Hajj, the blessed pilgrimage
Kha is for Khaatem, the seal of the prophethood given to the Prophet, Muhammed (SAW)

Da is for Deen, Al-Islam, religion with Allah since time began
Dza is for dzikr, remembering Allah
and Ra is for the month of Ramadhan, ohh Ramadhan

Za is for Zakat to pure our greed, when we give our money to those in need
Sa is for Salamu alaikum, peace be with you wa'alaikum assalam
Sha is for shams, the shining sun, which Allah placed for everyone
and Sua is for salat, for when we pray facing him, everyday, facing him, till we meet our Lord

Allah.. there's only one God and Muhammed is his Messenger
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah

Dha is for dhuha, the morning light, the sun has turned from red to white
Tha is for thareeq, the path to walk upon
and Zha is for zhil, a shadow
and 'Aa is for 'ilm, the thing to know, to make our knowledge grow, in Islam

Gha is for ghaib, a world unseen and that we know is not a dream
Fa is for, the Opening, Al-Fatiha
and Qa for the Qur'an, the book of God
and Ka is for kalima, a word we're taught to teach us what is good and what is not

and La is for the beginning of La ilaha illa'allah
Ma is for the Messenger Muhammed-ur-Rasoolillah
La ilaha illa'allah, Muhammed-ur-Rasulilllah

Allah.. there's only one God and Muhammed is his Messenger
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah

Na is for nawm, the sleep God gave to give us rest after the day
Ha is for the Hijra, the journey that the Prophet made
and Wa for wudu' before we pray to help us wash our sins away
and Ya is for Yawm-mid-Deen

Allah.. there's only one God and Muhammed is his Messenger
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah
Allah.. there's only one God and Jesus was his Messenger
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah
Allah.. there's only one God and Moses was his Messenger
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah
Allah.. there's only one God and Abraham was his Messenger
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah
Allah.. there's only one God and Noah was his Messenger
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah
Allah.. there's only one God and he created Adam
and we are the children of Adam.
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah;
Allah.. there's only one God and Muhammed is his Messenger.
Allah.. La ilaha illa'allah..

This nasheed is sung by Zain Bikha. Beautiful song Masya Allah... with beautiful lyrics Masya Allah.. very creative, very meaningful and especially a good one to start teaching your kids about Islam..

anyway, sometimes i just wonder, how do people get inspiration to write a song?.. Arwah bak wrote some, Abg Azim also do... not nasheed though... well, even though i am somehow 'berdarah seni' :) but i just cannot imagine how people do this stuff... but i do appreciate their effort...

i think everybody loves to hear music.. it is our fitrah.. well maybe i should not call it music.. maybe i should call it melodieous rythmic or something... but it is up to oneself to decide what kind of 'music' that they want to hear.. the basic is still the same... a melody, add some musical arrangement, put some nice lyrics... voila... if the melody is accompanied by gedegung gedegang macam nak pecah rumah.. with lyrics that is ntahapahapantah... then just forget it... but if nice melody, with nice percussion arrangement, with nice lyrics that amar maaruf nahi munkar.. oklah kan..

ok i don't have that much time to spare here... it 5th of the month... it's reports time... :)

have a blessed ramadhan ahead!

p/s - Semalam ayah tanya mama apa impian ramadhan mama? Apa impian ramadhan mama? hmmm...

cahaya ramadhan...

letih?
biasalah.. puasa memang la letih sikit..

dah masuk puasa ke empat dah hari ni.. mama masih takde mood buat keje.. malasnya terasa.. ingatkan hari tu masa first few days saja takde mood... bagi can la baru nak start pose kan.. tapi nampaknya dah hari ke4 pun sama je... apa la mama ni... tengahari pulak mesti nak kena lelap jugak sekejap... err.. bukan sekejap je kot.. lama jugak... hehheh..

pikir punya pikir.. takkan tahun ni tak boleh buat yang lebih baik kan?.. sebab kat rumah bukan buat keje banyak mana pun... semua bibik dah bereskan... tinggal nak layan budak2 je.. balik rumah bibik dah siap masak buka pose... takyah beli kat kedai dah... so mama petang tu cuma tolong hidang2 je.. malam je la melayan budak2.. itu pun sebenarnya dah pandai main sendiri... so takde masalah la mama nak tinggal jap nak terawikh..cuma imran je nak kena perati sikit.. pastu bangun sahur pun bibik dah siap panaskan lauk... mama bangun tinggal hidang2 then kemas-kemas. bibik tah kul berapa tah dia bangun sahur selalu kitorang bangun dia dah tidur balik dah... basuh sidai lipat baju semua bibik dah settle... so apahal yang letih sangat nih? isk isk isk... tak patut betul...

teringat lagi masa humaira n maisara baru lahir... masa puasa tu diorang baru 2 bulan... luqman pula masa tu baru setahun lebih... ya allah.. masa tu rasa sibuknya time nak buka pose... tak terkejar... masak memang out of question la... beli je.. kadang nak bukak plastik nak letak makanan dalam pinggan pun tak sempat... ayah sibuk layan luqman.. pastu yang lagi 2 ni pulak tak boleh nak letak.. kalau letak nangis... so seboleh2nya masa dekat nak buka pose tu memang tidurkan diorang dulu (bukan senang pun.. )... baru la boleh puka pose dengan aman...

last year berpose dlm pantang.. excuse la.. alhamdulillah dapat juga ganti pose semua..

bersyukurnya tahun ni ada bibik yang boleh tolong kite kat rumah....

terawikh? teringin jugak mama nak ikut ayah pi terawikh kat surau TS yang baru tu ( alhamdulillah berkat sumbangan dari berbagai pihak siap juga surau TS walaupun ada yang tak berapa sempurna lagi).. dengarnya ramai gak geng pompuan yang join sekali... pastu selalu ada tazkirah lagi tengah2 tu.. pastu ada moreh.. kalau kat rumah tau-tau je la solat sorang2 nih.. nak laju je... hehehhe.. tapi tu la... mama ni setakat nih belum sampai hati lagi nak tinggalkan budak2 kat rumah sendiri dengan bibik... selalu sama ada ayah atau mama mesti ada ngan diorang... kalau nak bawak diorang pegi sekali tak caya gak.. lagipun balik cam lambat gak kadang tu ayah balik dekat kul 11..

tazkirah? kat opis sebenarnya tiap2 hari ada tazkirah kat surau menara.. setakat ni memang tak pernah join lagi.. apa taknya.. asyik nak tidur je.. isk isk... nak recharge battery... insya allah mama cuba untuk pegi jugak nanti.. hopefully very soon.... sekarang ni harap tazkirah kat program al-kulliyah kat tv3 je la masa sahur...

tadarus? alhamdulillah ada progress walaupun slow sikit compared to ayah... kite ni orang pompuan selalu ingat nak baca quran ni kena pakai telekung... so macam dah fix dah lepas solat baru nak baca quran.. kalau lepas solat tu ada hal nak cepat ... dah tertinggal satu sessi... sebenarnya tak semestinya macam tu... kena tukar mindset sikit la especially mama la... sebenarnya boleh je amik tudung tu pakai then baca lah kat mana-mana pun... sambil tengok budak2 main... sambil budak2 tengok tv pun takpe la kite kat tepi tu pun boleh baca juga... sebab bila kita dah berfamili, anak2 dah ramai ni, berapa lama je la kite boleh nak duduk bersendirian kat dalam bilik... boleh kalau nak, tunggu budak2 tidur la... tu satu hal lagi tu nak qiamullail...

qiamullail? at least solat tahajud sebelum makan sahur.. tu yang basic la yang mama has yet to do in this year's ramadhan.. these few days memang nak buat nak buat tapi tak terbuat-buat.. insya allah bila dah tulis ni kena la buat kan... nanti kata cakap tak serupa bikin...

tadi pergi jalan-jalan kat bazaar ramadhan kat bawah... saja je tengok2.. sebenarnya mama nak gi pecah duit.. first time ni pegi pasar ramadhan tahun ni.. memang menggoda juga.. tapi ayah dah warning dah.. tahun ni pose cuba kita takyah beli pape kat luar sebab kat rumah memang bibik dah masak dah.. tak nak membazir... so berjaya juga la menghalang nafsu yang nak membeli-beli tadi.. nampak lemang sebenarnya tadi cam best je sebab baru dapat serunding k haraza nih.. hehhe... at last mama pi kedai bakit beli kicap ngan milo dah abis kat rumah untuk pecah duit.. selamat....tahun ni expenses memang makin bertambah compared to last year.. so kenalah berjimat cermat especially nak raya nih....

ramdhan sudah beberapa hari berlalu.. just make the best of what's left....

Ramadhan menjenguk lagi...

Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan to everybody..

Semoga kita semua mengambil kesempatan sebaik-baiknya atas keberkatan Ramadhan ini untuk membuat kebajikan sebanyak-banyaknya... insya allah...

peristiwa semalam..

Luqman: Mama, cuba cium pipi luqman.. wangi...
Mama: (dalam hati.. abis la dia buat main bedak la ni kat bilik nih...)
Mmmm.. wanginya... luqman pakai apa nih...
Luqman: Abang luqman pakai yang ayah punye tu...
Mama: Errrkkk.. ayah punye? ayah mana ada bedak?
Luqman: Bukan bedak la.. ayah punye yang gini (sambil menunjukkan 'kelek'nye..)
Mama: arrgggghhhh tidaaakk...!!!

Chocolate Cake Nyum Nyum...

Today: Happy Birthday to Humaira n Maisara

Tapi nak cerita pasal buat kek luqman hari tu..

Formula 5 kering 5 basah

5 bahan kering

1 cup tepung gandum
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
a pinch of salt

----> campur semua dan ayak

ayak ni penting untuk pengudaraan. mama silap paham selama ni ingatkan kita ayak tepung tu supaya tepung dia kite amik yang halus2 je.. rupanya untuk pengudaraan.. baru la kek boleh naik cantik.. so hari tu mama guna tapis santan untuk ayak tepung.. sebab tak jumpa pengayak tepung... hehhe.. ok je..

5 bahan basah

1 cup minyak masak
1/2 cup condensed milk
1 tbs chocolate emulco
1 tsp essence vanilla
2 biji telur gred B (kalau gred C kena letak 3 bijik)

---------> masuk semua dalam mixer ---> mix

guna mixer tokleh lama-lama.. cikgu kata kalau terlebih mix boleh jadik bantat... nasib baik mama punya tak bantat.. hhehe...

-----> sambil mix, sambil masukkan bahan kering yang telah diayak tadi sampai habis..
-----> last sekali masukkan 1/3 cup air panas
-----> mix lagi sekali sampai sebati, pastu tuang dlm loyang yang telah dialas dengan kertas minyak..

bila masuk dlm loyang, make sure tak lebih setengah dari loyang tu.. the best is 1/3 penuh.. takut bila naik nanti melimpah keluar...

-----> masuk dlm oven 180 degrees selama 40 minit..

Eh lupa lak mama nak cakap, kena panaskan dulu oven tu at least 10 minit.. kalau tak cukup panas nanti kek masak tak rata.. tu yang jadik senget benget tu... tapi mama dah panaskan 10 minit pun kek mama senget benget jugak.. kenapa ye... loyang tu senget kot... hehheh..

dah 40 minit? wahh.. naik tingginya kek ni.. first time mama buat dia naik tinggi melangit sampai pecah.. suspen je.. kena la modify sikit potong mana yang patut.. tapi buat second time ok sikit.. sebabnya.. tak tau la kenapa...

nak buat chocolate topping (ganache)pulak..

600g chocolate masakan - potong kecik2 sikit mana yang patut.. takkan nak cairkan seketul gitu kot...
192g pure butter (tatura atau anchor) - bukan butter sapuan ye...
120g susu cair

---> panaskan susu cair..
---> takyah sampai mendidih, agak2 dah hangat masukkan chocolate and butter. kacau sampai dah nak cair semua.. tutup api.. terus kacau sampai cair semua...

api tokleh kuat sangat ye takut hangit... tak perlu guna double boiler.. terkejut gak mama masa memula tengok cikgu nina buat.. sempoi... hasilnya masih memberangsangkan...

actually sukatan yang ni boleh guna untuk 3 biji kek kot.. so kalau nak kurangkan maybe boleh buat setengah sukatan la.. kalau tak pun simpan je la lebihnya tu.. simpan dlm peti ais.. nanti kalau nak buat kek lagi.. keluarkan dari peti ais bagi dia lembik sikit.. pastu kacau je dengan sudu.. tak perlu panaskan balik... boleh guna buat topping kek lagi.. kalau tak pun boleh buat makan dengan roti, ataupun cicah strawberry... sedap tu.. boleh buat orang terpikat.. hehhehe...

ok pastu curah je la atas kek tu...

kalau topping dah sejuk, tokleh curah.. kena spread guna spatula, ataupun guna pisau kek yang plastik tu.. ataupun guna pisau pun boleh juga.. yang penting bila kite nak ratakan tu jangan kenakan pisau tu pada kek..nanti dia jadik bijik-bijik sebab kek tu tercampur kat topping tu..

kalau topping masih panas, topping akan jadik hitam berkilat dan rata.. kalau topping dah sejuk, dia tak hitam berkilat sangat.. tapi boleh buat pattern.. buat ombak-ombak ke, pattern anyam tikar ke.. guna garfu.. so terpulang... mama punya kat bawah ni guna yang panas...

pastu kite decorate la.. birthday luqman hari tu mama letak smarties je sebab buat whipped cream tak naik2.. apahal tak... last2 whipped cream tu buat ice cream je.. sedap plak tu.. hehhe.. tulisan tu mama buat taram je pakai butter campur gula sikit pastu campur kaler.. kaler hijau je ada kat rumah.. pastu nak carik manik2 gula yang kaler2 tu.. carik kat kedai mulia sari kat rumah tu mana la ada.. so ayah beli smarties je.. cantik jugak kan...

yea.. kawan-kawan dah ramai tunggu kat rumah nenek nih...

Happy 4th Birthday to Luqman....

imran 'dorong' kerusi sampai demam....

merdeka vs birthday luqman vs wedding of the year

Tanggal 31 bulan 8 57
Merdeka merdeka
Merdeka merdeka
Sambut dengan jiwa yang merdeka...

Eh betul ke lirik mama nih.. hehhehe... tinggal seminggu je nak sambut merdeka nih.. tapi tak terasa pun.. tenggelam dengan cerita wedding of the year.. kesian gak kat siti situ sana sini... dengan email yang melayang-layang macam-macam.. tah orang tu baca ke tidak gaknye ye... dia steady je.. alhamdulillah dah selamat dah pun.. tak kisah la orang cakap apa.. bak kata orang, dah jodoh.. lagipun yang kawin, yang akan tanggung bahagia derita semua dia... so selamat pengantin baru to siti n dato k... semoga berkekalan hingga ke akhir hayat.. end of story.... tapi tak berapa end la sebab next week tengok majlis sanding pulak.. sure gempak la... malam kan? so boleh la tengok... hehhehe...

next week merdeka.. luqman punya birthday pun hari merdeka jugak.. merdeka boy.. hari tu kami cakap kat luqman..

mama: luqman nanti kejap lagi luqman punya birthday.. hari merdeka
luqman: ada kek?
mama: ada la...
luqman: yea yea.. nanti bawak sekolah?
mama: boleh jugak..

lepas tu luqman tiap2 hari balik sekolah tanya..

luqman: mama mana kek luqman?
mama: laa.. belum lagi la...
luqman: ala .. hari tu mama kata ada birthday..
mama: ye la nanti hari merdeka...

esoknya tanya lagi.. tanya lagi.. rupanya kat sekolah pun dia dah pukul canang dah.. cikgu cerita luqman tiap2 hari kata esok dia nak bawak kek... alamak kesian pulak dengar.. tu la ayah kata kat mama.. lain kali tokleh cakap lagi kalau lama lagi.. ye la... last last mama beli jugak la hari tu kek 2 slices.. pastu baru ok... nantilah kalau mama dah terrer buat kek anytima nak makan kek mama boleh buat.. hehhehhe... tapi tunggu mama pandai dulu la...

tak tau lagi nak bagi hadiah apa kat luqman.. ayah kata nak bagi gameboy cam adam punya.. err... wise ke nak bagi bende camtu..nantikan teraddicted dengan game tu pulak.. dah la hari tu game dlm henpon mama tu luqman main... pastu dia pegi clear high score... waaaa... mama nak nangis je sebab siang tu mama baru je dapat high score sampai 90000... aduhss... sabor je,,, sebab average selalu sampai 40-50 thousand je.... aduh.. nak nangis.. nak nangis...

ish.. mama ni macam la takde keje dok blogging je.. sebenarnya tengah banyak keje yang kena follow up dengan orang.. diorang ni semua tengah cuti sekolah la.. ramai yang takde.. soo banyak la yang tertangguh... ye le.. TM ni pun macam sekolah jugak.. time cuti sekolah kami pun cuti juga...

anyway, imran dah jalan dah... dpt la 8,9,10 tapak pastu dia 'ngabrok' orang kat depan dia... ngabrok tu macam terkam la... kena praktis lagi ni...

apa nak jadi...

i sound stupid when i speak in english, so i will make my entry in malay...

rasanya ramai yang baca kisah kes saman pelakon norfazura (pelakon gol & gincu) semalam kan

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ini mama extract sikit daripada berita tu..

Geraldine yang juga bekas isteri Ezra Effendi (anak Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Effendi Norwawi) berkata, ketika berbual dengan rakannya, tiba-tiba sekali lagi Fazura datang dari belakang dan memukulnya di mata, dahi dan dagu menggunakan kasut tumit tinggi.

Sementara itu, ketika menjawab soalan Fakhrul Azman, Geraldine mengaku bahawa Ahmad Razman yang juga anak bekas Menteri Besar Selangor, Allahyarham Tan Sri Ahmad Razali Mohamed Ali, pernah menjadi teman lelakinya.

FAKHRUL: Pada hari kejadian, ada kamu mengambil minuman keras? Adakah kamu mabuk?
GERALDINE: Ada iaitu wain merah tetapi saya tidak mabuk.

mama bukan nak bergosip ke apa... cuma mama nak point out kan sedikit kemusykilan la... geraldine ni agama apa ek? dia bekas menantu Dato' Effendi Nawawi... masa kahwin tu mesti dia islam kan.. pastu dia bekas girlfriend anak bekas menteri besar selangor... ( iisy.. pandai pulak la dok carik anak2 menteri.. ).. tapi namanya Geraldine Mariana Wong.. tak rupa nama islam.. tapi mungkin nama je kot.. (cuba nak berbaik sangka..) ..tapi minum wain.. pastu tak rupa macam muslim pun..

ker.. mama sorang je musykil.. orang lain musykil tak?

orang sekarang memang tak kisah kan orang islam pegi pusat hiburan mabuk-mabuk... takde orang nak halang.. orang sekarang pun tak berapa kisah kalau orang masuk islam cuma sebab nak kawin je.. lepas cerai balik semula ke sebelum tu.. nak salahkan sapa? salahkan mualaf tu ke? kalau mama, mama nak tonyoh la kepala orang yang ajak kawin tu tapi tak bimbing betul2.. cemana nak bimbing kalau diri sendiri pun tak terbimbing.. nak salahkan sapa? salahkan mak bapak? mak bapak jugak yang kena... mak bapak camni ke nak jadi pemimpin masyarakat? keluarga sendiri pun tak terpimpin...

sekarang ni makin ramai pulak orang melayu islam murtad...
nauzubillahi min zalik...

entahlah...
apa nak jadi...

i've found a new hobby...

hobby ok.. not hubby... :)
hobby as in favourite past times...

eversince my hubby bought me an electric oven a few months ago (thanks abang :)), i have this syndrom of trying out recipes.. all sorts of recipes .. i have tried out pizzas, chicken mushroom pie, shepherds pie, brownies, rosemary chicken... that oven is merely a catalyst but i tried out other recipes which does not involve oven too.. mee jawa, pasta marinara with white sauce, american potato salad, frozen cheesecake, kek biskut marie.. some ok some not.. Pizza.. only after the 3rd time that i get it right... chicken pie.. have tried once, not fully successful because the crust did not come out as expected... don't have quite the right mood yet to try again... brownies is instant.. very easy.. hehheh.. just buy Pillsburry instant brownies mix from the supermarket... add in a few ingredient... kacau 50 times.. then bake... voila... brownies is ready... hehhe.. ngelat je nih but the kids LOVE it very much... sheperd pie.. hmm.. that one i master it already... no problem.. it is my favourite and my family's favourite also (K wa, Elly, Eima, Uki, K Idah, my anak buah)... everytime we do makan2 they will ask.. got that pie or not... not the kids though... diorang buat tak kisah je.. but pizza yes they like it especially Luqman.. sometime out of nowhere suddenly.. "mama, esok mama buat pizza kan.." err... did mama mention anything about making pizza tomorrow? i didn't recall... anyway, one day when we were jalan-jalan at South City Plaza, Luqman want to eat pizza.. there we ordered the Dominos Pizza.. the regular size is RM20++.. waa.. with that amount of money i can make 4 large pizzas, you know.. ceh mentang2 la dah tau buat pizza sendiri... hehheheh...

isk.. talking about all this stuff makes my mouth waters already.. what more, i'm fasting today! cobaan...

next is to try the chocolate cake.. last week i attend the making chocolate cake class at Nina's house.. her chocolate cakes were SOOOOOOOO delicious... nyum nyum.... it looks very easy.. and the ingredients are not very complicated.. she used local cocoa powder, Giant condensed milk, local cooking chocolate, tepung cap sauh, very jimat one... even the way the ganache (chocolate topping) was made was really simple.. you don't even have to use the double boiler..just use your kuali.. that's it.. i have yet to try this one because not enough equipment.. for one i don't have the suitable loyang to start with.. and a few items like metric cup, pengayak tepung. That day i went for windows shopping at Giant Kelana Jaya.. trying to look for some of the stuff.. i cannot find the local cocoa powder.. i can only find the Van Houten/Vochelle cocoa powder which is quite expensive.. around RM10 per tin. I remember nina said she bought at 3.50 per KG from a bakers shop.. they said the nearest is at bandar kajang next to Maidin.. where is that?? hhhe... nama je dok kat kajang tapi bandar kajang pun jarang pergi.. tak kuasa la.. crowded semacam.. that day Eima said there is one at Bdr Tun Hussein Onn.. hmm.. ok.. i am just waiting for gaji masuk before i set for shopping for cakes ingredients.. can't wait....

next one on the list is the chocolate chip cookies ala Famous Amos.. got the recipes from K Syieda when we had a gathering at her house... it really tastes like the one that you buy from famous amos... if ok, then it will be one of my biskut raya this year... sure gempak.. and it will be my first ever homemade kuih raya.. (err.. tak pernah buat kuih raya lagi setakat ni, selalu tunjuk je.. hehhehe...)

huh, enough of this foodstuff rambling... mama better do what mama said mama wants to do... jangan cakap aje...

insya allah...

DAMBA CINTA MU

Tuhanku Ampunkanlah Segala Dosaku

Tuhanku Maafkanlah Kejahilan HambaMu
Ku Sering Melanggar
LaranganMu

Dalam Sedar Ataupun Tidak

Ku Sering Meninggalkan SuruhanMu

Walau Sedar Aku MilikMu

Tuhanku Ampunkanlah Segala Dosaku
Tuhanku Maafkanlah
Kejahilan HambaMu

Bilakah Diri Ini Kan Kembali

Kepada Fitrah Sebenar

Pagi Ku Ingat Petang Ku Alpa

Begitulah Silih Berganti

Oh Tuhanku Kau Pimpinlah Diri Ini

Yang Mendamba CintaMu

Aku Lemah Aku Jahil

Tanpa Pimpinan DariMu

Ku Sering Berjanji DepanMu

Sering Jua Memungkiri

Ku Pernah Menangis KeranaMu

Kemudian Ketawa Semula

Bilakah Diri Ini Kan Kembali
Kepada Fitrah Sebenar
Pagi Ku
Ingat Petang Ku Alpa
Begitulah Silih Berganti

Oh Tuhanku Kau Pimpinlah Diri Ini
Yang Mendamba
CintaMu
Aku Lemah Aku Jahil
Tanpa Pimpinan DariMu

Kau Pengasih Kau Penyayang Kau Pengampun

Kepada Hamba-HambaMu

Selangkah Ku KepadaMu

Seribu Langkah Kau Pada Ku

Tuhan Diri Ini Tidak Layak Ke Syurga Mu

Tapi Tidak Pula Aku Sanggup Ke Neraka Mu

Ku Takut KepadaMu

Ku Harap Jua PadaMu

Moga Ku Kan Selamat Dunia Akhirat

Seperti Rasul Dan Sahabat

~Raihan~

listen

1 2 3 lari....

opocot terjatuh...

pembinaan surau taman sutera

mula-mula mama tak paham paham sangat bila abuamiir suruh bagi no. akaun... bila baca balik mama punya post tu baru la paham.. no akaun untuk derma surau ker... betul jugak yek.. tak terfikir pulak mama...

jadi kepada sesiapa yang bermurah hati, boleh salurkan derma anda ke dalam akaun bank seperti berikut:

Projek pembinaan surau sumbangan derma masih diperlukan. Derma boleh dihulurkan kepada EncikKarami (019-3863632) atau bank in ke akaun surau (BIMB :14014010129136 atas nama SURAU taman sutera)

Terima kasih banyak-banyak ye...

mati itu pasti..

Semalam mama pegi kursus pengurusan jenazah. Kelab Wanita Tmn Sutera yang organize. Pengajarnya ialah Ustazah Arbakyah Hj Asmoni. Beliau sekeluarga yang handle pengurusan jenazah di Hospital Kajang.. dengar la bermacam-macam kisah pengalaman ustazah menguruskan perkara ini. Beliau sekeluarga memang full time. Satu hari tu average 3-4 mayat jugak la.. bermula dari mandikan, kafankan sampailah ke pengebumian, kadang-kadang tu kena hantar sampai ke Kelantan, Terengganu... yang meninggal accident, kena bunuh, kalau yang tak ada waris pun beliau kena handle sampai selesailah semuanya... pekerjaan macam ni memang mama rasa kena betul-betul kuat semangat.. Anak-anak ustazah pun turut membantu contohnya semalam tengah berkursus pun ada orang telefon.. ada kes.. sibuklah ustazah call2 anak dia minta tolong ganti.. anaknya yang perempuan 24 tahun pun dah biasa dah tolong handle even yang meninggal accident pun.. seram jugak mama dengar... memang kena kuat semangat..

kursus tu siap ada praktikal lagi.. tapi pakai anak patung.. last 2 weeks yang untuk lelaki punya diorang kata praktikal pakai orang betul. tapi semalam tu sebab dah lewat baru nak start praktikal, so ustazah pun nak cepat je. sebenarnya dah ada dah orang nak volunter... eerrkk... kul 2.30 baru selesai.. itulah ustazah kata sebenarnya tak cukup masa setengah hari.. sepatutnya 2 hari.. satu hari teori, satu hari praktikal.. itu pun ayah dah dok sms je.. tak abih lagi ke.. budak2 dah bising.. alahai baru setengah hari mama takde.. :)

sedikit yang mama rasa boleh share kat sini... semua tahu bekalan kita ke alam satu lagi ialah amalan kita. itu yang paling utama. oleh itu perbanyakkanlah amalan kita kerana Allah boleh menjemput kita bila-bila masa sahaja. Sekarang pun kita ada dengar banyak cerita yang masih muda-muda pun Allah panggil kembali.. ada yang di kalangan kawan-kawan atau sanak saudara kita pun... kadang-kadang tu tak ada petanda pun, tak ada sakit tiba-tiba kite dengar meninggal... Allah juga yang Maha Mengetahui... Sekarang ni bulan Rejab, mama ada teringat orang cakap kat mama dalam bulan Rejab nih Allah cabut banyak nyawa.. wallahu a'lam..

satu lagi yang mungkin kita tak berapa terfikir sebelum ini ialah persediaan dari segi fizikal/duniawi atau apa ye mama pun tak sure nama kategori dia apa...

1. Biarlah kita ada at least RM2000 dlm simpanan untuk kegunaan pengurusan jenazah bila kita mati.. supaya tidak menyusahkan orang yang kita tinggalkan.. mahal ye pengurusan jenazah... iyelah kalau mengharap ehsan orang untuk derma itu derma ini.. yelah kadang kita tak tahu macamana kan... tapi seperti kata ustazah, kita boleh spend ribu-ribu untuk beli itu beli ini tapi bila sampai bab urusan jenazah ramai yang berkira...

2. Kalau boleh rumah kita biarlah ada bilik yang boleh dibuat tempat mandi jenazah. ustazah cerita kalau rumah orang sekarang ni ramai yang terpaksa mandi kat luar rumah.. memang la selalunya ada penghadang tapi orang suka nak tinjau juga.. kena jaga aib si mati.. kalau ada bilik bawah yang sebelah bilik air tu pun dah ok la.. at least boleh pasang paip getah. takpelah sambil basuh bilik tu sekali...

3. rumah kalau boleh biarlah ada pintu yang besar.. senang orang nak angkat jenazah.. biasanya kalau rumah sekarang memang la ada sliding door boleh bukak besar.. kire ok lah tu..

4. Simpan at least satu kain batik lepas (yang belum dijahit) kat rumah...

itulah serba sedikit.. tak bawak notes hari ni.. kalau tak boleh tulis panjang lagi... sebenarnya ada banyak lagi yang mama belajar, adab menziarah orang yang sakit, menghadapi orang yang nazak, apa yang perlu dilakukan sejurus orang menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir, cara mandikan jenazah, cara potong kain kafan, cara mengkafankan jenazah... ha ah lah.. mama baru perasan semalam tak sempat sampai bab solatkan jenazah dan pengkebumian.. tapi belek2 nota tu ada sebenarnya.. kena check balik...

mama rasa bagus juga duduk kat tmn sutera ni.. persatuan penduduknya insya allah nampak aktif.. macam-macam aktiviti dibuatnya.. mama join je la.. kalau jadi ajk tu taklah.. penduduknya pun nampak bekerjasama dan bermuafakat... hari tu ada buat jualan amal nak buat surau.. sekarang ni ada surau sementara tumpang rumah orang yang tak duduk situ.. abih tu rumah tu owner tu nak jual dah so terpaksa la nak carik alternatif lain... ramadhan pun dah dekat dah... so memang full scale la diorang buat jualan amal, minta derma.. alhamdulillah ramai jugak la kot orang berada kat situ yang derma sorang sikit dpt kumpul sekarang ni dah dlm 20 ribu lebih dah.. kerja2 buat surau tu pun dah start dah.. insya allah sebelum ramadhan boleh siap la tu.. tanah memang developer dah sedia tinggal surau nya je yang takde.. next week insya allah ada majlis ceramah sempena israk mikraj pulak.. diorang nak gotong royong memasak, tiap bulan untuk wanita ada majlis bacaan yassin.. rumah ganti-ganti la... selalu kalau pegi angkut sekali la budak2 3 orang tu... tiap minggu ada kelas agama.. yang ni mama tak pernah pegi lagi... sebab malam and everyweek.. pastu kalau bawak bebudak tu cam tak concentrate je nak belajar.. errr.. alasan.... heheh.. nanti ada nak buat kelas masakan.. this week buat kek coklat.. ishh.. macam-macam la aktiviti dalam list.. suka la mama... tinggal nak join tak join je la....

anyway, apa-apa pun yang kita buat biarlah dengan niat yang baik... bila kita selalu niat yang baik insya allah ada ganjarannya... biar sedikit yang penting istiqamah.. insya allah boleh la di jadikan bekalan bila kita mati nanti...

selingan...
ustazah handle urusan jenazah kes al-maunah last week.. ustazah kata muka mereka semua cantik-cantik belaka... kesian kat anak-anak kecil mereka kata ustazah... wallahu a'lam...

Doakan...

menyampaikan....

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Alhamdulillah, kita jauh dari peperangan yang melanda di Asia Barat.
Tetapi, hati meronta-ronta mengenangkan saudara-saudara kita di sana.
Mungkin ada yang berkata
"Kalau lah aku ada sebuah jet pejuang, akan ku bedil kafirun Yahudi".
Mungkin ada yang berkata "Kalaulah aku ada magik, akan ku hapuskan rejim
zionis satu persatu"
Dan bermacam-macam lagi, ramai yang mengharapkan kemenangan Islam.

PELIK TAPI BENAR!!!!!!
Tuan-tuan:- Dengan izin Allah dan dengan penuh keyakinan dan keimanan,
saya mohon tuan tuan berdoa kepada Allah memohon bantuan.

RAHSIA MUKJIZAT AL QURAN
Mari kita bertafakur, Dengan penuh keyakinan, fahami terjemahan dan
maksud surah Al-Fil.............
Bacakan surah tersebut dibibir dengan hati mengingati peristiwa
kehancuran tentera Bergajah.

KEMUDIAN BERDOALAH BEGINI:-
"Ya Allah!! Sebagaimana Engkau Pernah menghantar burung-burung ababil
menghancurkan tentera bergajah Musyrikin, maka kami memohon kepada mu Ya
Allah........ turunkan lah bantuan mu kali ini kepada orang orang Islam
di
Lubnan, hancurkanlah rejim zionis......... amin...." (kemudian
dibaca
surah Al Fil sambil membayangkan kehancuran tentera Yahudi - dihancurkan
dengan Izin Allah)

Lipatgandakan doa ini.
Selepas anda membuat apa yang saya anjurkan, Sila lipatgandakan doa
ini, Hantar kepada 7 orang rakan anda yang lain.
Maka 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 X 7 = 823453 orang akan berbuat perkara yang
sama, kemudian 823453 X 7 = 5.8 juta orang......... InsyaAllah .........
sesungguhnya Allah maha pemurah lagi mengasihani, mendengar doa kita.
Adalah dialu-alukan kepada sesiapa yang berinisiatif menterjemahkan
dalam bahasa Inggeris untuk dihantar ke saudara Islam di UK dan US serta
pelusuk dunia.

My Name Is Imran Haziq

My name is Imran Haziq. I was born on the 6th of October 2005, 3 weeks before the due date. It was the 2nd day of Ramadhan. My mama has to qadha' puasa for 28 days!... pity my mama. And until now I don't think she has completed all.. Watch out mama, the fasting month is just around the corner.. :)

I have a big brother, abang Luqman and twin sisters Kakak Humaira and Kakak Maisara.. They always pick on me.. Just wait until I am big like you all... But sometimes they are very nice too.. They sing for me, they play chak baa with me... I love them all..

Satu satu saya sayang mama
Dua dua saya sayang ayah
Tiga tiga sayang kakak kakak
Satu dua tiga sayang abang luqman

My favourite past times is to climb the stairs. Bibik will follow me until I get to the top. And then carry me down again..and I go to the top again.. Actually I am helping bibik to lose some weight.. hehhehe.. I stay with bibik during daytime.. It was quite boring. Mama and Ayah is at work. My brother and sisters are in the Nursery.. I heard that they learn a lot of things there.. singing, exercising, ABC, playing with friends... I want to go there too! But mama said I have to wait another year or two..

I am now into my 9th month.. My first tooth is just coming out.. it is very small. Mama always ask me to show the white pearl but I don't think she has ever see it because I always show my tounge instead.. hehheh.. naughty me. Don't worry mama, i won't bite you.. I am also currently learning how to walk.. Mama always train me by holding my one hand and walk along with me. I will try to build my confidence as soon as possible so that I can walk all by myself.. As for standing, yeahh I have already master it for a few seconds.. I can't wait to show to Ayah when Ayah come back from outstation..

Oh it's nearly 10am, it's my nap time.. I am getting sleepy now.. Bibik please help me get into the buai... I will story again later, okay..

Bye...

si penyangak israel..

Mama geram betul la kat si penyangak israel laknatullah ni.. aduuhhh... tak cukup dengan palestin sekarang lubnan pulak.. si bush dushum tu plak memang la sekutunya.. mana la nak mintak tolong kat PBB... yang jadi mangsa sekarang ialah orang awam.. termasuk kanak-kanak, wanita, orang tua... luluh hati mama melihatkan gambar-gambar kanak-kanak tidak berdosa menjadi korban kekejaman manusia yang tak berhati perut ni...





















Di kala ini, DI MANAKAH PEMBELA UMAT ISLAM?? Jika dilihat pada peta, negara Palestin yang telah diceroboh oleh Israel letaknya di tengah-tengah antara Lubnan, Syria, Jordan, Egypt.. tidak jauh dari itu ialah Arab Saudi, Iran, Iraq, Turkey.. Semuanya negara yang dipimpin oleh orang Islam! Apa yang mereka buat selama hampir setengah abad ini? hanya melihat jiran mereka dianiaya, ditindas, dibunuh, diculik oleh si penyangak itu... Semuanya cuma mahu menjaga diri sendiri sahaja... takutkan tindakbalas daripada barat.. sekatan.. semuanya hendak menjaga hubungan dengan Barat.. dan ada pun yang telah dibonekakan oleh Barat...Apa dah jadi dengan tanggungjawab sesama Islam?

Malaysia sebagai pengerusi OIC.. hanya mampu berkata.. "oh.. I see..." So buat apa ada OIC.. hanya tau bersidang sana sini.. tanpa ada resolusi yang menjaga bukan sahaja kepentingan tapi juga MARUAH umat Islam... "OIC mengutuk serangan Israel" Cuma boleh buat pernyataan saja la.. Itu buat apa.. takde maknanya...

Ada satu cerita...

Sebuah keluarga sedang berehat-rehat di sebuah kawasan. Tiba-tiba seorang lelaki datang menarik tangan adik bongsu keluarga tersebut lalu memukul, menendang dan sebagainya tanpa diketahui puncanya...

Abang tua pun mencadangkan, "Kita tak boleh biarkan perkara ini, kita mesti hentikan perbuatan lelaki itu terhadap adik kita.. " Mereka pun buat sepanduk kemudian beramai-ramai mengibarkan sepanduk, sambil melaung-laungkan "Jangan pukul adik kami!!"

Sementara itu, adik bongsu masih terus dibelasah..

Akibat kekecohan tersebut, datang seorang wartawan. Abang tengah akan uruskan media. "Di sini kami ingin membuat kenyataan bahawa kami mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya perbuatan yang dilakukan oleh lelaki tersebut ke atas adik kami.."

Sementara itu, adik bongsu masih terus dibelasah dan kelihatan sudah lembik tidak bermaya...

Namun abang tua, abang tengah, abang cik, abang uda, abang teh, abang tam tetap memberikan sokongan moral tidak jauh dari situ...

Aduuh... sampai bila kah agaknya adik bongsu akan menunggu untuk diselamatkan oleh abang-abangnya yang bukan sahaja berbadan sasa, malah ada kuasa yang boleh digunakan untuk menyelamatkan adiknya yang semakin lemah dan tidak bermaya itu...

Aduhai... itu lah ibaratnya...

Mama tahu, mama pun tak mampu nak buat apa-apa... mama pun tak tau nak buat apa nak hentikan semua ni.. tak tau macamana nak tolong mereka... tapi mama rasa bersemangat juga bila Hizbullah sangat berani untuk bangkit berjuang menentang Israel.. Allahu Akbar!!! Mama berdoa supaya ini dapat menyuntik semangat kepada gerakan-gerakan Islam yang lain... Allahu Akbar!

Ya Allah, selamatkanlah saudara-saudara kami yang berada di Palestin, Lubnan, Chechnya, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Iraq, Acheh dan sebagainya.
Ya Allah, berikanlah kemenangan kepada para pejuang Islam yang bertungkus lumus mempertahankan islam tidak kira di mana mereka berada..
Ya Allah, sekiranya engkau mentaqdirkan mati, matikanlah mereka sebagai para syuhada'..
Ya Allah, kami ini insan yang lemah, kami hanya dapat menghalang kebatilan yang berlaku ke atas saudara-saudara kami dengan hati kami... Malunya kami Ya Allah... Ampunkan lah dosa-dosa kami Ya Allah...
Astaghfirullahal Azim..Ya Rabbal 'Alamin...

THe VeRDiCT

Islam is not about turban and beard
By RAPHAEL WONG

PUTRAJAYA: Islam is not about turban and beard, said the Federal Court in dismissing an appeal by three pupils who were expelled from school nine years ago for refusing to take off their serban.
The panel of three judges led by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Abdul Malek Ahmad was unanimous in their decision that not everything that Prophet Muhammad did – or the way he did it – is legally or religiously binding on Muslims, or even preferable and should be followed.
In the panel were also Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Steve Shim and Federal Court judge Justice Abdul Hamid Mohammad.
In his written judgment, Justice Abdul Hamid said he accepted that Prophet Muhammad wore a turban but added that the Prophet also rode a camel, built his house and mosque with clay walls and roof of date palm leaves and brushed his teeth with the twig of a plant.
“Does that make riding a camel a more pious deed than travelling in an aeroplane?” he asked in the judgment read out by Federal Court deputy registrar Kamaruddin Kamsun
“Is it preferable to build houses and mosques using the same materials used by the Prophet and the same architecture adopted by him during his time?”
In 1997, SK Serting Felda headmistress Fatimah Sihi expelled Meor Atiqulrahman Ishak, then 13, and two other students – brothers Syed Abdullah Khaliq Aslamy Syed Ahmad Johari, then 11, and Syed Ahmad Syakur Dihya Syed Ahmad Johari, then 10 – for wearing the turban to school.
On Aug 6, 1999, the High Court revoked the expulsion order, ruling that the headmistress had no power to expel the students for wearing the headgear.
On Nov 22, 2004, the Court of Appeal set aside the High Court ruling.
Justice Abdul Hamid said: “The question is whether the wearing of turbans by boys of the age of the appellants is a practice of the religion of Islam.
“The pagan Arabs wore turbans and kept beards. It was quite natural for the Prophet, born into the community and growing up in it, to do the same.”
He added that other people living in desert or semi-desert areas, such as the Afghans and Persians, also wear turbans.
“It is interesting to note that very few of our muftis and hardly any Syariah court judge wear the turban,” he said.
Justice Abdul Hamid said the court could not ignore the education system that had helped boys and girls to grow up as Malaysians, and educationists should be given respect and credit when they formulate regulations for the general good of students and society.
Describing the father of the two brothers as angkuh (arrogant), Justice Abdul Hamid said Syed Ahmad Johari Syed Mohamed wanted the three appellants to wear the turban to school because the serban was the “family’s emblem.”
He said he could not accept the submission of the students’ counsel Mohamed Hanipa Maidin that the school regulation violated the provisions of the Constitution.
Mohamed Hanipa had submitted that the appeal was related to the right to practise one’s religion and that includes every religious practice that has some basis or has become part of that religion, whether mandatory or otherwise.
“To accept the learned counsel’s argument would mean that anybody has a right to do anything, at any time and anywhere he considers to be a practice of his religion, no matter how trivial,” said Justice Abdul Hamid.
Outside the courtroom, Syed Ahmad Johari said he was upset because the school regulations emerged only after his sons started wearing the serban.
“However, I respect the decision of this court,” he said.
Syed Ahmad Johari, a public school teacher, who wears a serban and also dons a jubah (robe), said he would discuss with his lawyers the probability of taking the matter to the Syariah Court.
“Although it is a defeat for me, it is a victory for Islam because this issue has been brought to the highest court of the land. At least, the public would be aware of it,” said the 48-year-old father of six sons aged nine to 18, who all came to court together with turbans.

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wah.. beraninya judge tu cakap camtu... kenyataannya tu seolah-olah memperlekehkan sunnah rasulullah.. takut mama mendengarnya.. astaghfirullahal'azim...
kalau macam ni.. abis tu yang orang sikh pakai turban tu boleh pulak???
susah betul la macam ni bila orang islam sendiri yang menghalang orang islam lain nak menghidupkan islam..
kata je islam hadhari.. islam ada hari.. ada hari lain tak islam...
















dah besar-besar dah diorang sekarang.. dah jadik hafiz pun.. alhamdulillah..

TM as a GLC.. me as the employee

Guide on corporate social responsibility next for GLCs
By B.K. SIDHU

PETALING JAYA: If the Red and Green books showed government-linked companies (GLCs) how to procure and how their boards should function effectively, the soon-to-be-launched Silver book will outline the framework for corporate social responsibility (CSR).

The Silver book is a guide that defines donations, contributions and other monies that are given out in the companies' “efforts to give back to society”.
The book also defined how GLCs should rank donations, in terms of objectivity, and provided a structured framework for GLCs to follow, sources said.

Currently, GLCs are doing a lot of things, some unrelated to their core businesses. Experts say they should find ways of deriving business value from good work and stay focused as they generate goodwill to influence purchase decisions.

Whatever they do – from sponsoring sporting events, helping the blind through to giving out scholarships – there remains a lot of buzz over CSR globally. This is from its mere definition perspective to the need for wider transparency and measurable returns from such an exercise.
While companies globally are still finding ways to manage CSR, some experts believe it is a public relations guff while others feel it is a branding thing.

Experts say it will be interesting to see how the Silver book defines CSR for the GLCs.
The launch of the Silver book is part of the GLC transformation programme, which is a “core part of the 15-year national mission to 2020 as the Government pushes the envelope further to move the economy up the value chain”. This is the fourth book to be launched since the transformation programme started.

The first of the book series was Blue, which outlined the best performance management practices that GLCs could adopt, while the Red and Green were launched a year ago.
Silver is not the final book as there are four more pending launch. Purple is about optimisation of capital management practices, Yellow and Brown on operational improvement, and Orange on how to manage and develop leaders and other aspects of human capital.

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) pioneered the pilot study on CSR for the GLC transformation with the guidelines implemented across the board. Sources said with the pilot “TNB appears to be on the right track to achieving its CSR policy.”
An update on the GLCs can also be expected when the Silver book is launched. And to monitor the GLC turnaround plan, the Putrajaya Committee acts as a catalyst.

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Summarizing...

Blue - outlined the best performance management practices that GLCs could adopt - launched
Red - how to procure - launched
Green - how their boards should function effectively - launched
Silver - framework for corporate social responsibility (CSR) - soon
Purple - optimisation of capital management practices - pending
Yellow and Brown - operational improvement - pending
Orange - how to manage and develop leaders and other aspects of human capital - pending

Actually I am not aware of all these books until last night when I was accompanying my dear hubby finishing his office works.. at home of course.. the TV programmes didn't look very interesting so I settled with The STAR.. and guess what, i think for the first time i actually read it from cover to cover.. hence the Biz bits... hehehe..

Well, back to the colourful books.. it looks good..it sounds good.. as a staff of a GLC i think we should at least aware of this kind of thing.. what for? well, at least we know where our company is heading.. and what are the things that are coming in your way in the future... to prepare, to get ready, to adapt, to change... waahh.. sounds scary, huh.. hehhehe.. But being a working level staff, it won't affect so much... we just get on with our work... let the big-big boss think about it... we just follow.. don't have to crack our head on how to achieve all those targets set by the company... i mean company's target, not our individual KPI target.. :).. when i am at the management level (God knows when..), then i will worry... but for now, just enjoy your work... hhehehe.. (kalau boss tau ni mesti kena critic... be proactive.. be proactive..)

so the new Silver book is on the social responsibility. Most of us perceived it as sponsorship. For TM, even before the book is out, we already have a lot to brag about... Le Tour d Langkawi (the french complaints that we pronounce it wrongly.. and why in the first place we use a french word??), Liga Malaysia, err.. what else haa? (tadi macam banyak tapi bila nak nulis tak keluar pulak...). So after the silver book is launched we should expect that TM will be sponsoring a lot more event. I know, the social responsibility does not only mean you have to sponsor this and that... it can also means you install phone lines in the rural area where the people is very few that you cannot gain that much revenue let alone to get profit out of it.. this is the kind of social responsibilities that we should look at.. it carries human value.. and out of nowhere somehow somewhere, berkat kerja kita when we make people happy.. not just sponsoring for event which is more towards branding.. and until now i don't really understand how does sponsoring the LTDL (we spent millions..) can promote our brand?

anyway, i am really looking forward to the orange book.. and i think TM has already embarked on this orange thingy on the human capital development. We call it Smart Orange Programme. This is really what everybody will be involved in and believe it or not, this should be the foundation of the GLC transformation.. it's all about people...who make it happen..

looking back...
Why GLC Transformation
TM's KPI 2006