Pomegranate a day, keeps the doctor away!

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

Alexandrians gathered on 26th march at Yusraa for one of Kebajikan's program; "Let's talk about food." Now if u think it was a typical video sharing and get-about talk, well it's more than that because everybody leaves today acknowledging and appreciating more of our body and our health.

You ever get so sick of people saying and reminding us to take good care of our health? To exercise often? To eat vegetables and live a healthy diet life blablabla?. Well, after watching the documentary hosted by world famous chef Jamie Oliver it sure knocked senses into us! The video features the food we eat; fast food, junk food, even the health result of a vegetarian and a non-obese person. Just because u're not fat so you think u're healthy?. Think again! In an experiment in this video, the obese guy ran longer than the normal-weight guy. And result shows that the normal weight guy has more fats than the obese. So again..life aren't that simple. Being healthy is something we need to strive for and maintain it. How?. First maybe is by being moderate in everything we eat! Lil bit of fruits, veges, meats, milk, rice and fats..how hard can that be?. :)

The real eye opener was a corpse of an obese man. And what was underneath his skin?. All the fat layers covering the heart and pushing up the lungs causing him to his death. It shows half of his intestine areas was huge lumps of fats! How gross was that?? So again we ask, do we want to be like that person? Do we want to eat ourself to death?? Oh please no, because health is a crown that was awarded for us ONCE. We treasure it..take real good care of it cause once we lose it..we've lost it all. So all, let's start living the way we should be living by exercising, eating the good stuff and stay away from the danger zone..shall we?. ;))

To sum all this up, a very big 'THANK YOU' for:

1. Our chefs of the day; Ukt Sakinah with her healthy yet yummy Okonomiyaki. And ukt Sarah for the all time favourite; Shepard's pie. 
2. Our invited speaker; Ukt Liyana for sharing her experience in cooking and eating while overseas.
3. Our Kebajikan Unit; leader-ed by Ukt Fadhlina and her 2 best women; Ukt Zurainah and Ukt Ulfah for making this evening a successful one! 
4. Last but not least, to the supportive Alexandrian girls who came and made this day even possible!. 

May Allah showered his endless blessings and gifts on us. Hope we've benefited from this program and to the programs yet to come! 

Next event; Seeking the ray of light. So till then, take care all! <3<3

Thank you,

Liyana Abd Rahaim.

Year 2, Syariah Islamiyah.

p/s: below are some of th pics taken on that day. :). enjoy.

Exco Visit,

Salam everyone

On the 5th of march 2010, we were honored to welcome our respected Perkemas excos for their visit here in Alex. The event was held at Yusra a.k.a the house of our beloved mandubah. On the actual day, we served them variety of dishes for their lunch as they had a long and tiring journey from Cairo to Alex.

After settling down, the ta'aruf session started, followed by the speech from the president of Perkemas; Fakhrur Radzi. Some important issues were brought up such as our safety precautions, the activities happening in Cairo, subsidies for our Alex babes and such. The excos also officialised the Lajnahs' @ Alex.

We also did share bits n pieces of our life stories here in Alex, along with our new updates of the lajnah through slideshows which consist from 1-lajnah kebajikan 2-lajnah kerohanian and  3- lajnah academic. Alhamdulillah, we were well supported by the excos and we hope that everything would sail smoothly for us insyaAllah.

Finally du'a was recited as the closure for the exco visit of 2009/2010.

Every goodbye makes the next hello closer
Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime
We'll take the best, forget the rest
and someday we'll find these are the best of times
It is the end of something simple
but the beginning of everything else


p/s: thanks for the hamper :)

Noor jannah Binte Ramli

Year one, Syariah Islamiah

Motivational talk

Salam semua!!!

 Hopefully semua dlm keadaan sehat wal'afiat ok?  

Oklah,lets straight to the point, on the 16dec 2009, Lajnah kerohanian telah bergabung dengan lajnah akademik untuk menjayakan satu "big event" bagi mempersiapkan pelajar2 iskandariah untuk hadapi exam yang akan tiba tak lama lagi... Bagi lajnah kerohanian,mereka telah namakan program mereka sbg "The Calling" while Lajnah Akademik, programnya bergelar "CPR" stands for, confidence, perserverence, reflection.
  Aturcara bermula dengan solat maghrib berjemaah then diikuti pula dengan solat sunat Hajat... waaa.. masyaALLah.. antara yang dihajatkan.. dipermudahkan segala urusan dan berjaya utk exam lah kan... yang lain SECRET kot? heee.. 

hmm.. then kita semua baca yaasin beramai2 diikuti dengan zikir dan selawat... since kita semua banat.. so... bila berselawat tuh.. waaa.. sedap,merdu betulll suara mereka2.. hee...
 

Sebelum Lajnah Kebajikan sediakan jamuan yang sedap sekali.... seperti isi ikan yang dibalut tepong, bread-pudding, nasi goreng special dan lain2, kite awalkan yang awla dulu n that is solat isya' dulu..yayyy!!
After that then kite eat dinner like a Queen.. ;P

Jam tepat pukul 730pm, bermulalah acara Akademik yang dinanti2kan.. hehe.... presenting our emcee FAdhilah usuluddin tahun satu... berbakat k dia ! :P 

well,we start with bacaan quran dr Qari'ah kita ukhti Ulfa n diterjemahkan oleh ukhti Liyana rahaim...they read surah 'alaq... 

then next was the 2P's presentation by ukhti sakinah tahun3 syari'ah...best k ni!!! dengan suara nya yang lantang,points yang bernas n panasss....really built the confidence dlm diri kita.tak gitu ladies?? Sakinah telah berkongsi tentang PENGalaman n Persediaan dia selama mengahadapi dua tahun peperiksaan di alex ni. thanks awak!!!
 

Next acara was,"M's workshop", presented by nur insyirah tahun dua syari'ah...workshop ni pon best! coz it tells u more on speed reading..They really get the theory n practical ;) right ladies ?:P 

for the third program,it was the QnA session..where everybody can ask n answer whatever they want to.. its more on sharing is caring session. heee... it was fun! really! we enjoyed it so much that we miss it already :(

So, before we ended the program... our mandubah deliver her lovely n sweet speech to us.....She always motivates us, gives us moral support. thanks mandubah.
 

hmm...by the way,..this will be our last event for fasl awal since exam is coming soon!! doa for us ok!!! 

hey ladies,bittaufiq wannajah k.muaaaahhhh

Sincerely,

Nur Insyirah Ferra Binte Ismail 

Year 2, Syariah. 

p/s: will be edited with pictures soon insyaAllah. :). 

Birthday Celebrations cum Farewell party

Salams to all!
May you be in the best state of health and iman. Aamin.

Alhamdulillah, we the the Alex babes had once again gathered on 3rd Dec- for the third time,
officially at Beit Farawlah in celebrating the winter babies' birthday (those born in oct, nov and dec),
and also a surprise farewell party for our beloved senior sister Hidayah.
the main purpose of having this kind of gathering, is to strengthen the ukhuwwah between us,
to acknowledge their birth (part of Allah's creation) and at the same time having fun together (:

Started with an opening speech by Sister Hazimah Ulfah, and folowwed by an old-school game- PYRAMID
organised by the duo sister Fadhlina and Sister H.Ulfah from The Welfare Unit.
it was an exiciting game, that made us all shout and laugh all the way trough it
the two groups- "kami" and "jannah" - was so eager to answer and solve the question.
we also played the game W.L.I.A ( who's line is it any way ), a game that really test our creativity.

in the middle of this two games, we actually had a break. we performed our isyak prayers together,
and then enjoy our supper- firakh masywi (grilled chicken), fatirah (murtabak), sliced guavas
and lemonade as the thirst quencher. YUMMY!

next- right after the second game- we proceed to the cake-cutting session.
a yummy-est choc-fruity cake shared by us all. nice!

and yeah! the last event of the day, a suprised farewell party for sister hidayah!
a video presentation, award giving session, and a farewell gift from us; Alex babes.
it was a touching moment. especially when sister hidayah gave her last speech to us.

"bila Allah berikan kite sesuatu ujian, kite harus fikir bahawa setiap ujian pasti akan ada kemanisannya,
sentiasalah bersangka baik kepada Allah"

"kak dayah sayang korang semua"

and yes sister hidayah! we all love you too. you're the bestest senior we ever had.

and that bestly suits the award of being 'The Best Senior' of Alex.

Here are some of the pictures..

I guess that's all for now.
I hope readers out there, would care to pray for us all,
as our fisrt sem examination is just around the corner.

Till we meet again.. insyaAllah (:
Wassalamu 'alaikum wr. wb.


el-faqeerah ila Allah,

Nurushshahidah bte Sabran
Year 1 Lughah

idul adha 2009

Bismillahirrahman Nirrahimm..

Pertama sekali ana nak panjatkan doa kesyukuran atas segala nikmat yang telah Allah berikan pada ana.

Alhamdulillah, ana masih diberi peluang untuk hidup..

 Tanggal 10 Zulhijjah 1430H, tibanya hari kambing-kambing, lembu-lembu dan sewaktu dengannya di korbankan. Hari di mana para tetamu-tetamu Allah sedang berwuquf di Arafah. Inilah dia, Hari Raya ‘Idul Adha.

 

Pertama kali, ana, Norliyana Bte Ibrahim tidak menyambut nya dengan keluarga yang tercinta di tanah air ku, tapi! Ana dapat menyambut dengan keluarga BARU, my lovely sisters of Islam in Alexandria.

 Pada malam hari raya, puteri-puteri Alex yang berada di Alex berkumpul di Beit Yusra untuk berewang. Bawang-bawang dipotong, ayam disembelih *macam faham jek*dan sewaktu dengan nya. Haruman bau masakkan memang sudah pun menusuk ke kalbu, tapi kami harus menahannya hingga ke keesokan harinya.  

 

Laungan takbir kedengaran di hening pegi. Syukur Alhamdulillah atas nikmat Allah.

Awal pagi lagi, ana ke beit Yusra untuk menolong apa-apa kerja yang patut. Masya Allah, banyak santapan telah disediakan. Resipi dari Sister Mardhiah, ayam masak ketumbar, dari Ahli Beit rumah Yusra, sambal sotong, satay dan ikan sweet&sour.. Sedap ye. Masya Allah.

 

Selesai semua para Muslimah menunaikan solat Idul Adha, mereka terus pulang ke beit Yusra untuk berkumpul dan merayakan Idul Adha bersama.

Jom kita santap! Inilah dia juadahnya…

yumm ummmm yummy food!! Rugi tau siapa tak makan nie. Hehe..

Kami memberi makanan kepada perut kami dengan senyap. Harus khusyuk bila makan, unutk mengelak kan dari tersedak. *uhuk uhuk*.Alhamdulillah, makanan nya semua sedap dan mengenyangkan. Masya Allah, mabrook kepada chef-chef yang telah bekerjasama memasak nya.

 

Next, a game was held by my lovely sister, Sister Sarah Umairah & Sister Mardhiah. The game was called, TABOO. *bunyi macam peek-a boo* hehe. I guess you must know how the game goes. we were divided into 2 groups, team 1 & team 2.

The members of team 1 were, the writer, Sister Nadiah, Sister Sakinah, Sister Fadhilah & Sister Jannah.

The members of team 2 were, Sister Hazimah Ulfa, Sister Liyana, Sister Liyana Rahim, Sister Masyitah & Sister Umairah.

During the first round of the game. Team 2 was defeated. ;)) and in the second round, Team 1 won AGAIN although by one mark. In the nutshell, our bonds were growing fast and tight. i saw the closeness of us being together. Thank you Allah.

 

Enough of playing, we then watched a malay movie, Tetamu Allah. Lights off, window closed and the show started. A great movie. There is something to ponder on. Lesson learned from the movie, Allah is the Most Merciful and the Forgiver. Subhanallah. Islam is pretty indeed.

Saat kami semua khusyuk menonton nya.

*kriiikkkk krruuuukkk* oppsss! Stomach growling again. I want food! Here we go again! Eat and eat. 

 And we all headed to our homes. Even we are separated, our bonds still remain tight. We are forever sisters of Islam, now and here after. Kita bertemu kerana Allah dan berpisah kerana Allah. 

 Semoga Allah pertemukan kami semua di waktu yang terdekat ini:).

 

Not to forget! The picture of Alex Family. Loving each other each and every day.Okay?

Wallahu Warrasulu A’alam..

Her words of love,

Norliyana Bte Ibrahim..