Sunday, September 30, 2018


What you need:
- Yarn (you'll need to pleat it)
- Charms (you can get pretty ones at Daiso!) 

Saturday, September 29, 2018


Where: Kampung Yassin, Blk 210 Marsiling Cres, #01-03, Singapore 730210

How to get there: Ask the waitress or the counter. The prayer room is located at the back. Equipped with Sejadah and Telekong. Ablution could be taken from the nearest toilet. Possible to have Wudhu first for females as the wash area is rather open.


Friday, September 28, 2018


Sultan Raziya was India's first Muslim ruler and a brave warrior. She had already shown her capability of managing the sultanate. When her father left for business or campaigning affairs, she took charges as a competent regent with the assistance of the Sultan’s trusted minister. She had become a well-educated woman, both in formal education as in the Qu’ran. Moreover, she was skilled in martial arts and, thus, an excellent trained warrior, rode both horses and elephants with an exquisite accomplishment and exercised authority with great dignity.

As a woman, Raziya was not given full support from the noblemen. She only managed to secure her control over the throne by dividing the opposition. After her official accession, many nobles opposed her. Ultimately, she won the majority over and the kingdom slumbered into peace again. She could extend the power of the state widely through the obedience and submission of maliks (i.e. kings) and amirs (i.e. state leaders).
By building a system of roads, she could easily inform herself of the affairs in the distant parts of the empire. She linked towns up with villages and built small forts as guard posts around these routes. In addition, she established schools, academics, research centers and public libraries where both Islamic tradition manuscripts and Hindu works shared places. Only one of the many examples that showed that Raziya considered the Muslim community and the Hindu community on an equal footing.
Raziya was clearly a devoted leader for her empire and subjects. She listened to her people’s complaints and demands, trying to reserve herself as a guiding hand among them instead of an indifferent ruler. By stating her title to be officially Raziya Sultan, rather than Raziya Sultana, she underlined her rightful credibility as a powerful sovereign leader of the Sultanate of Delhi. As her desire was to keep close relations with her people, Raziya Sultan substituted her female attire with that of a man’s head-dress and tunic, abandoned the veil and rode out on elephant without purdah (i.e. covering of the face). 
Not much is known about the cause of her death. Some believe she fought as a valiant warrior on the battlefield until an arrow struck her. Others say she was defeated and fled where her survival was depending on a man who gave her bread and a place to sleep. During her sleep, the man saw a tunic of gold and pearls under her male army garment and realized that the man he had helped was a woman. He killed her, buried her body and took her valuables to sell on the market.

Thursday, September 27, 2018

The tragedy of life is not death,
but what we let die inside of us while we live.
Norman Cousins

Wednesday, September 26, 2018


The vision must be followed by the venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps.
We must step up the stairs.
Vance Havner

Tuesday, September 25, 2018


Sometimes, it's sunny or down came the downpour, 
always believe that a shelter could shield us 
even if it's only for a while.

Monday, September 24, 2018


I have never seen a contractor whose pretty neat!
Whose to say, construction site is always messy and dirty.

Well, kuddos to the team! =)