Thursday, September 30, 2010

home ceragem theraphy - plodding on

alhamdulillah, my ceragem and walking teraphy proceeding as planned. major activity currently in the muscles at the upper thigh, it's been straining since lunchtime. could it lead to a more improved walking tomorrow, inshaallah, i certainly hopes so as i have never before felt this kind of strain of these muscles before.

Monday, September 27, 2010

home ceragem theraphy - plodding on

alhamdulillah, walking around is ok, but still not there yet,oh , when will it be??, ya allah

Sunday, September 26, 2010

home ceragem theraphy - plodding on

plodded on with my walking teraphy this morning and just maybe my walking has progressed onto another plane, it feels easier and faster this morning and now all afternoon, since lunch, i am saddled with a very sore thigh, so this morning walk must have been of monumental effect, inshaallah

Thursday, September 23, 2010

mind and body

in the early days of my walking teraphy , taking each step was a tremendous exertion, my body was telling my mind that taking that step could mean falling or stumbling. so what i do now is that i empower the mind to command the body, where taking the next step is difficult i command my mind to in turn command my body to make that step. mercifully, alhamdulillah, to date, there hasn't been any falls with serious repercussions, although there has been one or two falls wherein i have managed to immediately get up and resume my walking teraphy. i do believe that this training regime is strengthening my mind and not allowing my body to be in charge , like the time when i was in the royal military college. there, cross-country running was a torture for me, where others breeze through it, i was continually being left behind, this because i let my body dictate to my mind that i cannot continue with that run any further, alhamdulillah, this is another hikmah of my stroke. i am not there yet with the walking, but inshaallah, daily walking teraphy for the next 12 months plus ceragem and all the other regime should render my walking more to what it was before,after all, a baby takes a while to walk, what with this old abused body of mine.
so, onward we shall plod

Monday, September 20, 2010

home ceragem theraphy - plodding on

plodding on, this morning walk was tough, however i can feel the spring at the joint between the foot and the lower tibia, inshaallah it is now a matter of conditioning the muscles and ligaments and tendons.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

great raya - photos set 1






it was a great raya, starting from raya at my house, train trip to kluang, raya with my siblings, meeting my mother, visiting my father's grave, paying homage to my maternal grandmother and train trip back to pulau meranti

Thursday, September 9, 2010

RAYA IS HERE AGAIN

AFTER FULFILLING MY DUTY OF THE 30 DAYS OF FASTING, I NOW LOOK forward to hari raya, the eid, on this raya morning, my heart is calm and my mind is looking forward to what the day will bring especially the raya prayer. should be a glorious day today as raya fal s on a friday, so 2 prayers today, raya and friday's. have yet to call my mother as i lost the phone number of her house in kluang. inshaallah, i will call her as soon as i can get hold of the number.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

home ceragem theraphy - plodding on

alhamdulillah, yesterday, i did the walk again, it may not be 500m but 500 feet, thats still quite a distance considering that a few years ago just talking 3 steps in succession was a monumental effort on my part . inshaallah, i will attempt it again today, the 30th day of fasting with the objective to reduce and iron out any grasping of tree branches and hesitation in taking the next step.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

fasting

today is the 29th day of fasting and alhamdulillah, everything is going on swimmingly here, looking forward to hari raya and then the adventurous train trip the next day to kluang to see my mother and visit the grave of my father. ya allah, so many things to look forward to.

pak nur / bibit


for the last 5 years, pak nur and bibit, an indonesian husband and wife who have been my family's stand-out keeper of house and grounds have dedicated their life to taking care of our needs. they take care of the grounds, house, other things for the family.a rest from time to time is surely deserved, as herewith

Monday, September 6, 2010

hadeejah- my favourite niece



i love all my nephews and niecies, one however, stood out, khadeejah, the youngest daughter of my adorable youngest sister, jamaliah, herewith her photos with khadeejah and her second daughter, hurul. look at hadeejah's eyes!!!aren't they exquisite!!!

progress

alhamdulillah, i am happy to report here of a major milestone in my walking terphy. today, i managed to walk the longest distance, independently ( no tripods, cane or crutches), ever since my stroke in july 2005, walking over grass, gravel and cement. over a distance of approximately 500 meters, great. the ceragem teraphy is ongoing per planned, 3 nos of 2-forty,minute sessions, one in the morning, one in midday and the last one in the late afternoon.,

batik classes






it was a very busy morning yesterday, as we again welcomed students from subang jaya FUN STATION kindergarten who wrre here to attend our batik beginners class for children, all 80 of them, perky and chubby little picasso's and van gogh/'s. a great day was had by all. and we look forward to continue our association with FUN STATION for many more years in the future.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

home ceragem theraphy - plodding on

alhamdulillah, my fasting is going well, have fasted all 25 days to-date and coming now to the home stretch of the last 4 days. inshaallah, i should be able to complete this years fasting. am looking forward to the ritual trip home to my others house, this year by train, as last year we were caughtup in the crazy traffic jam that stretch on for miles, a 3 hour journey took us 7 hours. another victim of mamak mahathir social engineering of mass producing cheap cars easily procured by every malaysian resulting in each household on average having 2 cars in the garage.

- son no 3 ikhwan, , a brooding stubborn genius


my no 3 son ikhwan, i consider a brooding genius, stubborn as a mule, just like?????.

Friday, September 3, 2010

my personal assisstant - son no.2, ihsan


ihsan reminds me very much of myself in younger days,naive, ever-willing and honest at heart to boot.i feels that he is one of the most purest soul i have ever encountered, inshaallah, allah will take good care of him.