Eidulfitri 2014 with little Rai

Beloved husband and son

Thank you for your unconditional love. Your big smiles are my endorphins. For both of you, I love you so much. O Allah, please shower them with happiness. Here and hereafter. 

Happy 2nd anniversary!

I received this email on 14 February:

Dear muffin,

Your smile is more radiant than the sun. Without your love, I would shrivel up and blow away. Your touch makes my pulse accelerate. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you.

With love as powerful as the sun,

Lutfi Lukman.

Today, 17 February marked our second anniversary as husband and wife. Thank you dear for everything. Happy second anniversary!

I love you more than I love teh peng,

She

Candlelight dinner for my 27th birthday celebration

Red roses always own its majestic place in my heart. And he, never fail to flirt me with them.

It has been a while since I last put my eye shadow, shadow liner, and all other best friends of mine. Only then I realized, I do not own an actual lipstick. Well, lip balm is a lipstick too, right? Nervous, of course. I am going to have a date with my crush. Correction. I am going to have a candlelight dinner with my crush! I want to look extra beautiful. With growing belly, terrible allergy, dull face, my confidence is definitely nowhere to be found. Still, I need to put some efforts. 

"Mirror mirror on the wall, please make me look pretty!"

I turned 27 last 22nd of June. Lutfi, who's struggling with his laboratory works still doing his best to celebrate me. He came home with lots of groceries, hiding some in the freezer, and some in prayer room, and said Don't peep! 

Around 6/ 7 pm, then he started to work. Cooking, arranging, and decorating! Our house turned to a beautiful private restaurant. He made steak! Since I need a lot of Iron, steak definitely the best choice! As he spent his time in the kitchen, I am getting ready myself. Take a bath, filled myself with positive and romantic moods, and chose a comfortable yet pretty blouse to wear.

He peep me in the room and said that he's going to get ready too. Guess what, he wore a very elegant attire! That vest was my wedding gift to him, last year. He looks ridiculously handsome. I wish I can chew him. Can I?

Meet my man, Lutfi. My hero.

We live a simple life, no luxury stuffs in our house, but we are luxury in love. Not a day pass by without saying "I love you"

Can you see my growing belly? I am > 7 months pregnant

With steak, mash potatoes, nachos, salad, carrot, tomatoes, non alcoholic sparkling drink, cherries, candle, roses, and dua', we had our first ever candlelight dinner. Thank you Allah for your blessings. Thank you hubby for your efforts. I am yours, forever, till Jannah, InsyaAllah. Love you!

p/s: "I don't expect much this year. I think I grew more mature day by day. It's just a birthday. Being grateful with all the blessings are just enough for me.  Everything I do, I do it sincerely. I never ask for a reward. But what you did was memorable. Thank you for having me in your life"

This is delicious! I can't cook this, he's better than me in western cooking

Drowning with the scents of rose and teddy. My my, I'm totally on drugs. 

Huh

Blessed

Sweet cherry, love them

Blush blush

Well, aint really a birthday celebration without cake and candles right? Trust me, I put a lot of efforts to not peep the cake while it's in freezer. Got a big warning from him. See my excited face?

Happy birthday She! There's strawberry on top of this Tiramisu cake.  Love it! So delicious! Still got left over in the freezer, and I am eating them now. I miss u, Lutfi!

7 candles to represent my 27th birthday

Time to eat!

Pretty!

Below are Instagram pictures before and after our dinner. Poor Lutfi, seems very tired

I tried to read Robert Frost's poems, tried to find some inspirations with his love poems. But, Mr. Frost there really froze my brain with his words. I failed. It's always hard to write with full emotions when it comes to you. Every words that I used seem not right. The least I could do is just write.

"Meet my cool man behind every smile on my face , every happy moments in my life, every lesson and mistake, every happy posts here at Littlemushroomtales. He is my hero, my savior, my protector. My children would be very proud to have him as their hero. His strong arms hold me when I cry. His soft hands lull and rub me to sleep every night. His voice tells me nothing but beautiful and kind words. His eyes always find me pretty on my best and worst days. His chest is always ready for me to lean on to. His lips always seek mine. His face, dear God, never fail to melt me to the core. He's my love. He's my everything. He's the reason for my strength and courage"

"Ya Allah, tetapkan hati kami suami isteri. Tambahkan rasa cinta antara kami, agar kami sentiasa kasih dan sayang satu sama lain sepanjang hayat kami"

Loving him...

It feels like yesterday since we tied the knot

In bed. I leaned my head on his chest, listened to his heart beat. I hugged him tight. I realized he is not mine to be owned. I borrow him from the Creator. His warm body, delicate hair, and everything about him, I stored them in my memory. Afraid that one day I may forget how does it feel when I embrace him. When you love someone so much, you wish them all the best wishes this world could offer. Make dua' for them everytime they come flashing in your mind. I really hope I can be a great wife to him, and so far, I am still learning. O Allah, please lead me all the way~

He's in my mind, but not in my sight for the moment. Ya Rabb, tolong jagakan dia.

Happily pregnant

Alhamdulillah, I am happily pregnant (^_^), dan sedang cuba positif in this first trimester. Tak semua makanan boleh masuk, or end up muntah balik. Loya sampai ke malam. Lucky sebab sangat suka makan buah sekarang. Nasi memang tak boleh masuk, huuuuu. Rasa bersalah sebab dah beberapa hari dapur tak berasap. Tak suka suami makan masakan air tangan orang lain, huuu harapnya nanti akan biasa dengan perubahan badan. Jerawat naik, and muka macam dull, rasa macam tak cantik, but bila online, itu prekara normal. Happy2, positive, insyaAllah nanti merasa 'pregnancy glow'. Positive advices sangat-sangat membantu. Owh, cincin dah ketat, sebelum ni longgar je kat jari, kena mentally prepare sebab badan akan naik. Nasib baik info di hujung jari je sekarang, so tak perlu risau sorang-sorang. Kena amalkan diet yang sihat, nanti senang berat badan nak turun. Al-Quran kena jadi kawan baik sekarang. She, baca quran hari-hari!*ye!*

Research stop since last week. Esok masuk makmal balik, kena prepare sampel for TEM. Next week berguru on TEM preparation. Alhamdulillah, dapat guru/ mentor yang sangat arif dalam bidang palinologi. She, manfaatkan sebaiknya!*baik!*. My supervisor is one of the known anatomist (anatomy is part of botany) in Malaysia. Dia pakar anatomi dan ada buat a little research on palinologi, tapi bukan dalam expertise dia. She introduced me to Dr. Richard Chung, a well-known palynologyst. The only one in Malaysia. Lucky, right? He treated me like a protege, raising me to be a real palynologist. I am definitely in a good guidance. Both suruh convert to phd, but my recent decision, decline. Sebab? Saya rasa ilmu saya sangat-sangat kurang kalau grad with Phd tahun ni, and sebab kedua, saya malas nak deal dengan prosedur-prosedur yang complicated itu. Satu-satu lah, senang sikit. Ke guane? And sebab ketiga, nanti sambung phd, kena tambah subjek and tahun, kalau boleh tak nak berjauhan dengan suami lama-lama. For phd nanti, akan difikirkan kemudian, InsyaAllah, Allah bantu permudahkan urusan nanti. Simpan dulu impian yang meninggi itu, kena kejar satu-satu. InsyaAllah impian kanak-kanak untuk bekerjaya akan tercapai. Impian muda remaja untuk berkahwin and jadi suri rumah tercapai dulu, hihi. Allah Maha Mengetahui. Serah je semua padaNya. 

Apa-apa pon, doakan saya sihat-sihat selalu ya. Tak sihat nanti kak su kena buat TEM tanpa murid, tak seronok lah. Semoga dipermudahkan segalanya~

English Tea Party untuk kawan-kawan UKM

1. Napkin. Letak atas pinggan and make a bow. 2. Macaroons. Some say tak berapa sedap, but I love the colors and its dorayaki look alike appearance. 3. Frozen yogurt. Besides tea, I would love to try this. Yogurt kat luar cekik darah kan, kan, kan? 4. Gift. If I have a lot of money, I would not mind splashing some of it on them. 5. Purple ombre cake. Irresistible! 6. Spray it yourself. Admit it, mesti ada beberapa cup yang tidak cantik dirumah, bukan? So, spray it. Letak alas, then walla! 7. Sweet mat. Ada beberapa design yang berkenan, but I put it in K.I.V list dulu. 8. Tea-cup. It's not a tea-party without tea-cups! Dah usaha di etsy.com. Ada beberapa yang berkenan ;). 9. Three- tiered snack tray. Senang nak letak cookies, macaroons, sandwich, cakes, and etc. Got to have this!

Saya merancang untuk meraikan kawan-kawan semakmal by throwing a tea-party! I had long told my husband that it would be wonderful if I can celebrate them. They are all super kind and very helpful. To name a few; Ummu, Robe', Shida, Bel, and Aini. Walaupun jarang lepak bersama after office hour, they are the kind of people who you can lean on. Saya ada beberapa koleksi special for this event such as cup-cake holder, and etc. but of course it is still not enough. Saya masih ada setahun untuk menyiapkan master, unless saya convert ke phD, it would be three years minimum! Aim saya tahun hadapan, InsyaAllah. Setahun dah cukup untuk kumpul semua bahan-bahan, asah skill masakan, gubahan, dan lain-lain. We are talking about the real tea party, with beautiful invitation card, gifts, and of course, happy memories!

Dear Allah, please make this come true. They are nice people, and I would love to repay their kindness by celebrating and throwing gifts to them.

Hutan Lipur Kanching

Hutan lipur Kanching terletak 13 km dari Bandar Rawang melalui Jalan Selayang - Rawang dan 23 km dari Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur. Hutan Lipur Kanching terletak di dalam Hutan Simpan Kanching dan Hutan Simpan Lagong yang merupakan sebahagian dari Hutan Taman Negeri, juga dikenali sebagai Taman Warisan Negeri Selangor. Hutan ini merupakan jenis hutan dipterokarpa bukit. Info daripada Jabatan Perhutanan :) Antara aktiviti yang boleh dilakukan ialah riadah bersama keluarga atau kawan-kawan (BBQ, mandi-manda dan lain-lain), sukaneka (ada padang dan stage penyampaian hadiah), dan aktiviti memburu monyet. Eh, just beware okai, banyak sangat monyet. Parking kereta adalah berbayar, RM 2,  dan ada entry fees sebanyak RM1. Walaupun ada pekerja akan kutip sampah sarap, please Malaysian, jangan buang sampah merata-rata okai. Sayangi alam sekitar. Owh, ehem, that's me and my husband. Kami dating after kenduri kahwin kawan ;)

At Floria 2012, Love is every where