MOMMAHOLIC ABROAD: COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (Cycle 1)

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When a friend asked me if i would like to tag him along to visit one of the nearest Buddhist Temple in Colombo, i replied "why not".

There is no wrong for a Muslim to visit such other religion's place e.g church or temple, so does if a non-Muslim would like to see the mosque.

It is actually depends or our intention and purpose of the visit; as attending a funeral or a wedding, or maybe just to add the knowledge of other religion's activity. Unless we Muslim enter those places for the purpose of worship or receiving blessings or confessing our sins or beseeching favors from other than Allah, then we are wrong. You may want to read here and here.

I was told that to visit the temple, proper outfits are required. This requirement is almost the same if ones to visit the mosque. Shorts, skirts or swimming suits for sure not allowed. Oh yes, we must take out our shoes too when we entered the premises.

The name of the temple is Gangaramaya. This temple is not far from the famous Beira Lake, and was built more than 120 years ago. Other than this place is where the Buddhist perform their prayer, it is also functioning to serve the hall for monks, a museum, a library, a residential hall, educational halls and an alms hall.

So yesterday after the meeting ended, Chau Tong, Rania and I made our way to The Gangaramaya. Let's check some photos ok.

The view along the way
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It's The Beira Lake

This is Rania from Egypt

This is me from Malaysia. Haha.

This is Chau Tong from Singapore

The Gangaramaya Temple
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He is Podihamuduruwo. He's the one who lead and run the temple affairs. The moment he saw me, he said, "young lady, in Sri Lanka, we have many religions, we have Muslim, we have Buddhist, We have Hindu, We also have Christian. But all of us stay in one country, we are one. If you don't mind, here is my respect to you". Humble and friendly man he is.

It makes me remind of my beloved county. Malaysia do have many religions too and as a Muslim, to show my respect to other religions is one of the duties a Muslim must perform.

I agree with Imamreza.net, It is not good to put down other religions, but instead we should convince others to understand Islam. Remember, we should never insult other religions, since they then might turn around and insult us.

I have been to visit few Church in Mexico and this temple in Sri Lanka. All i can say that these people even from other religions, they really welcomed me very well. I feel safe and little bit help me to understand other culture and believe. To all my non-Muslim friends and even my Muslim friends, i plan to proudly share one day an entry on the mosque, the place for Muslim activities, perhaps i can start with the mosque in my own country, Malaysia. Been there many times but i didn't take any photos. I will, Insya Allah.

Till the next cycle on Colombo, Sri Lanka. Take care!! :)

xoxo,
.mommaholicSuri.

OMBAK RINDU momma.

.In about 4 hours, I'll be departing to Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Hey I was cool..

until just now, when Oman fell asleep and i sat beside him looking at this calm, pure face of my son;


My tears drop heavily... T_T

May everything goes well here and there.

Lindungilah dan panjangkanlah umur kami, Ya Tuhan.

Insya Allah. Amin.

You guys take care too k!

(time ni la TV nak tunjuk vid lagu Ombak Rindu...)

xoxo,

.mommaholicSuri.

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ZUMBA.FITNESS : I LOIKE!!

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Salam and Hello Peeps! :)

Just a quick one here. I'm on leave today and in the middle of doing an exercise with Encik Oman. (Take 15 sebab Encik Oman nak makan Olo :P)

Initially i planned to go to the gym but right after 'bye-bye'd my hubby off to work, my Oman pun woke up from his sleep. Confirm gagal! :P

Therefore, tektik terpaksa ditukarkan. I invited Oman to join me to do some Aerobics just at home. When Oman saw me wearing the T-shirt-yang-ramai-abang-tengteneng-tu, he wanted to wear exactly the same, cause he knows we have two pieces in the closet. "Ala momma, nanti kita tunjukla gambar kat Dadda".

Kemain lagi pujuk tau!

Tapi, baju tu besar kot!! Terpaksala momma customized kan guna baby pin. Hihi.

Cakap je nak hantar gambar kat Dadda.
Lepas 34 kali snaps baru dapat gamba dia. Hish! :p

Ok now, i would like to share something with all of you. I found a video of interesting moves from Youtube called Zumba.

Check this out;

Memang peluh-peluh sungguh. Memang sakit tangan! haha. Paling best bila tengok Oman pun beria-ria right and left, counting 1 to 10, pastu kan dumbbells dia are the kotak CD of 'The Fellowship of The Ring'. Ahaks!

Oman and I xdela boleh buat sehebat those peeps in the video. Kejap kang silap steps, kejap kang Oman salah count.. one, two, seven.. hahahah.. Kejap kang i berlaga dengan Oman. Bibik boleh menjadi saksi betapa lawak nyer we all ikut video ni. =D

Ok peeps, we would like to proceed the second round now. Goyang-goyang for another 15 minutes!! !! =D

Note 1:
I take leave coz Sunday dah nak fly. Should spend full day with Encik Oman today. Yey!

Note 2:
'T-shirt-yang-ramai-abang-tengteneng-tu' is the Man U customize T-shirt. 'Tengteneng' tu sebab Oman ajuk lagu Man U. Haha

Note 3:
Dapat perut macam girls dalam video ni.. jadilah.. =P

Till then, take care tau!!

xoxo,
.mommaholicSuri.

TWENTY 12

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On 1.1.2012

The first day of Twenty 12 was well spent in Sitiawan, my hometown. This time, we went bowling at ARL Powerbowl Lumut. The contestants were abah and mama, Armi, Oman and I, Kak Lang, BangChik and Adik.

Masing-masing dengan gaya sepuloh tersendiri. :P

abah

mama

En. suami

Ahem!

K.Lang

B.Chik

Adik..

and the attention surely goes too..

Encik Oman :)

Tak padan dengan jari jemari dia yang kecil, and bola yang berat tu, Sibuk jugak dia nak main sama. I let Oman to throw the first bowl and me second. Sesuailah Oman dengan momma sepasukan sebab dua-dua asyik masuk longkang. =P

Both of them fought for the highest score.

Both of them won the forth place out of 6.
Hey not bad!! :p

Both of them.. sorang terror, sorang ke laut. :P

Nothing else much was done on the New Year but to be with our loved ones, that matter most! :)

During Maghrib prayer, I got the chance to snap some photos (I was ahem ahem, excuse me) of Oman performing Salat together with our other family members.

It's hilarious to see this Little Man, dalam dia elok ikut bersolat kejap ke depan, kejap pusinglah, kejap tried to follow his TukBah recited Al-Fatihah, kejap dia nyanyi lagu Harimau Malaya siap goyang-goyang ponggong :P,

but then at the same time i realize..

..the path that Oman will follow, will take as example, is the path that he sees and observes everyday in front of his eyes. It's his parents. Until the time when Oman can already make his own decision, knows what's best for life, even after that, the responsibility to teach, to educate, to support, to motivate, to persuade, to convince, to show love, are for the most part falls on his Dadda and Momma, My husband and I.

and that's the parents we should be and keep it be, Insya Allah. Amin. :)

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Eh! Eh! perasan tak yang blog ni dah berubah wajah? Actually i memang saaayang sangat-sangat my old template, but then I think somehow at somewhere i should try a new one. So i choose this dengan harapan this blog will look smarter, more organize and pleasant like i what i want myself to be. You guys are most welcome to comment about this new look!! :)

Apart from that, i would like to start a healthy life. Food and exercise. Almaklumla badan dah makin tua, kena jaga kan? I'm glad that my husband is being so supportive. Actually since last 2 weeks ago, we have started the exercise routine at 6am in the morning. I do aerobic lead by ms Youtube and he 's doing some cardio & abs (sambil menjeling-jeling tengok i Aerobic. haip! :p)

Cikgu Aerobic saya. Hari-hari tukar cikgu. :)

Apa lagi ek? Oh yess!!! the thing that i really need to work on, financial. To be honest, i didn't do a lot of saving past years. With the current income - expenses - commitment, i need to find ways to grow my savings. Side income sounds good rite? Any suggestion? :)

Last but not least, my career. Loving my job and i really need to put my best of it WITHOUT leaving my responsibility as a wife and mother, behind. Semoga diri ini diberikan kekuatan especially bila i have to be far from my family. Amin. Tak lama dah tau. I'm going to start my first overseas assignment for 2012 very the soon.

and this time for Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Okaylah, that's all for this time. I'll try to write here more frequent kay.

Till then, Happy New year 2012.
May all your azam becomes true termasuk mine.

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