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A pamphlet by: Islamic Dawah Centre of Australia, United Muslims of Brisbane, and Islamic Information & Services Network of Australasia.  A beautiful and simple explanation on the importance of women in Islam. Just sharing it here for my future reference. Click on the images to enlarge.

How awesome is the Facebook Marketplace? We are literally buying and selling most things through there now. I have been eyeing the IKEA’s KVISTBRO coffee table for a very, very long time. I missed out on the sale last year and being me, do not wish to pay full price. I lurked around the FB Marketplace for ages and finally, someone was selling 2 of them for just $25! What a bargain. Stair's gate is up as our lil miss is a climber now! But I only need just one, so will  have to sell one of them. Next project is definitely to replace the fake bamboo plant with a real plant. And probably the rug too. And... my other project is to set up the kids’ school station - where they can easily store their school bags, swimming bags, homework, sun hats, coats, etc. The idea was shared on Kmart Hacks. I needed at least 2 of these Kmart lockers (I already had one) and finally got the other one from FB Marketplace for just $10. Hasben had to drive 30 minutes to Highfields to pick it up and he was n...

Ahhh... Here we are, already February 2021 and Covid-19 is still here around the world. Australia is doing quite well, but not Malaysia. We can't travel home and I miss my family so much! I have never been apart from them this long and it's haunting my dreams! Anyways, I can't believe my mood for sewing or crocheting have not fully kicked in this year. I have a few ideas but just not in the mood to create. On the plus side, I managed to make a few cloth liners and before putting them on my eBay store, I decided to visit my blog. So here I am! Oh yes, my cloth liners have been out-of-stock for months now and one of my regular customers have sent me a message asking if I am still making them. And this was back in November 2020. Now that I am finally free from my uni work, I can slowly put on my maker's hat and embrace my creative side. For this batch, I pair the Dino microfleece with the yellow chevron cotton fabric. They look very striking, I must say. Ok, will upload th...

Kimi and Afi are getting so smart now! We were playing a game where I gave them a scenario, and asked them how they would react. For example: Me: If a girl say, ‘can you be my boyfriend?’ What are you going to answer? Kimi: No thanks. And suddenly Afi said it was his turn to ask a question. Afi: Ibu, if a boy say ‘I like you’ and ask you to go to the airport so you can fly somewhere, what are you going to say? Me: Hmm... where are we travelling to? Afi: Malaysia  Me: No thanks, I have been there many times. Kimi: Ibu, you should say, ‘No.. I’m married!!’ LOL These smart boys with their dinosaur art gallery. It’s bedtime, but they decided to get creative now.. pfftt...

Date: 30th June 2020 Hi, It’s Kimi again . Now I’m going to tell you about my adventure at SEALIFE Mooloolaba QLD. This is me and my brothers lining up in the longest line I’ve ever been. But we made it to the end of the line and got our tickets and started our journey. First, we went to the touching bay, I touched 3 starfishes and 1 sea cucumber but we weren’t aloud to touch the fish. Remember this is not a sea horse it’s a sea dragon, sea dragons don’t have a curly tail like a sea horses. Next, we took a picture of this, and when Hafi took the boy one I didn’t want to be the girl so Aydin was the girl and I was in the middle. Before we went in the tunnel my mother took a picture of this Great White shark🦈 and it can rip it’s prey apart.    This thing here is a giant stingray, stingrays have barbs that has serious poison ☠️.  But they won’t hurt you unless you disturb them. This is a Goliath Grouper, Goliath Grouper have giant mouths to swallow its prey and it was comin...

I am officially a student, again! My career life has been quite monotonous  lately, not that I’m complaining, but to be honest, I am ready for a bit of a change. For years now, my bedtime story is reading through OZBargain, the website for bargain hunters like me. And during the pandemic, a post mentioned that University of Tasmania is letting people enrol Diploma of Sustainable Living free of charge!   So I looked it up, contacted them, and it was confirmed that this course is 100% funded by HECS scholarship until December 2021! Everything is online, no exams, just assignments! Plus, sustainability has been the core topic for most of my teaching and grading tasks - a topic I currently enjoy. So I tried my luck and applied - and to cut the story short, I am now a uTas student. I will need to complete the whole diploma by December 2021 to secure 100% fees waiver.  Wish me luck and hopefully I can successfully manage all my roles - mom, academician, crafter, and now student...

As I am writing this post, the pandemic Covid-19 restrictions are starting to be lifted gradually here in Queensland, Australia. Going to the shops are no longer scary, I mean, people are still social distancing, but I don't feel as guilty as I used to feel.  Anyway, with so many mothers stuck at home, online shopping has become the new norm (me included). And my liners were completely out of stock. My local Spotlight seems a bit emptier than usual, so there were not many fabric patterns to choose from. But I loved the micro fleece Dinosaur print, and started working on some new liners. The polka-dots pattern was cute too and matches the colour theme of the dinosaur one. Now I have 2 design up on my eBay store - Dinos and Grey Bunnies!  Click for my eBay store AUD5.50 for a set of 3 liners With this all sorted, I can happily start marking some assignments. Changing role from a crafter, to an academician - here I go!