Happy Birthday Greetings For My Daughter

Happy Birthday Anak Ku Zalikha 'Aliah!!



Dear anak ku:

Today is the 29th of December
The date that Mom & I will always remember
The date that you were born, our only daughter
And with every birthday, we offer our do'a for your happiness, on earth & thereafter.

It took Mom, 9 months & 10 days, to carry you around
Finally when it was time, the anxiety was over when you came down
I was there to see you came in this world too
Thanking Allah the Al-Mighty & offering prayers for Mom & you.

You were a baby then... like it was yesterday
Learning many things along the way
And suddenly, we see a lovely gal today
Celebrating her 16th birthday!

There are still many things to learn
There are still many things to do
We will continue to give you the guidance
We will be here for you.

Of course we will not be here forever
But Allah is always your provider & protector

Remember to perform your solat & prayers
Remember to love & respect your brothers
Remember to greet our neighbours
Remember to give sympathy & smile to the poor
Treat with kindness those who are old & weak
Say lots of thank you...plezz...and may I help you...

Always be humble ...

Things that u dont know, SEEK & ASK
Things that you know, SHARE & TELL

Remember, there is no such thing as copyright
Allah The AlMighty,
has never copyright His Book The Al-Qur'an for us to learn & acquire knowledge..

Rasulullah had taught us everything that he knew..

So, always share,
always give...
& you will gain more,
the more you share & give, insyaAllah.

There are so much more that I would like to say
But I think I will reserve some for your 17th birthday!!

Happy Birthday anak ku Zalikha
May Allah give you the best in health,
grant you rahmat, berkat & hidayat in all things that you do, Ameen!!

From your loving Ayah....

Pak Su Man & Love For The Family

Date : 1o January 2009,
Blog time: 2345


Good evening everyone!! My name is Abdul Rahman Bin Ibrahim, age 51 oing 52 this year... My wife address me affectionately as 'ABANG', & the children refer to me lovingly as 'AYAH' . To the nieces & nephews, I am 'PAK SU MAN'.





Tonite I have created history for MYSELF becos I have just signed up as a BLOGGER
.....Horeeee....!! I have my 3rd son NABIL AIZAT to thank, for his encouragement.
Thank Q anak ku ...!! ("my son = anak ku" in Malaysian Language).



Anyway, here r the rest of my family....

This is Tengku Zarina,
my loving wife.










My joyfull & energetic sons ....
(fr Left) Nabil Aizat, Danial Aizat & Amin Aizat












And my cute & lovely
daughter, Zalikha Aliah










A long time ago ...
the year was 1974....
and the month was 01 September 1957.....

I received a birthday card from a close friend, with beautiful poetic inscription.
The words moved my heart so much that I took great effort to carve them in stone ... deep in my heart.


Allow me to share this beautiful poem with u:

SPEAK,
with a little SOFTNESS, in the words that you TALK.... &

SPREAD,
a little KINDNESS, along the PATH that you WALK......

The path,
that you walk... &
the words that you talk....
may not mean much to you -

But to someone else...
The path that you walk...&
the words that you talk...
may bring cheers....
or sooth many pains......


Today, I would like to remind myself again, that I can always touch the life of others ....
with simple & meaningful acts of kindness, or even with a simple act of listening...
.............................................and it has to start with my FAMILY...Maybe this short story will remind me of the path.....

Dearest Mom...I love u....

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.

He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,

"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love,you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor.You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked them himself; pink, yellow & blue.

He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.

By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
"I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."

I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
"I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."

He said, "Oh , Mom, that's ok...I love you anyway"

I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."

Are you aware that if we die tomorrow, everybody will forget us in a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

we pour ourselves more

into our work

into others....

More than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?

So, what is the moral of the story...?

Do you know what the word FAMILY means?

(F)ther (A)and(M)other (I) (L)ove (Y)ou

GOOD NITE

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Date: 11 january 2009