Wonderful

I was madly searching for the meaning of an arabic word frequently spoken in the kid's channel Baraem. It sounds like "raa'eh or ra'ehah". I went through few arabic dictionaries, online forums and other sources but never get the result. My husband had also asked his Bahraini officemates but no one seemed to understand and said there's no such word! Last week, I asked my cousin & her husband who're last time studying in Egypt. The dunno too! Perhaps we pronounced it wrongly..huhu! But I guessed the meaning should be great, awesome, or other synonyms.

Last night I took an effort by concentrating on a movie titled "Julia" over DubaiOne. I read the arabic sub-title and listened carefully to the conversations. Finally I got the answer! The meaning is "WONDERFUL". I supposed can be used as "AWESOME" as well. This is the spelling of the adjective word "رائع". The usage can be like : كانت ليلة رائعة - Meaning> "it's been a wonderful night". Thus, it is important to know "jawi" alphabet before you learn Arabic because by just pronouncing it (though you think that's the word), people may not understand.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AHMAD FAWWAZ

Hari ni, pada pukul 2.30pm genaplah Fawwaz berumur 3 tahun. Kejap je rasa...

Teringat masa tu aku masuk labour room ditemani makcik Ika, wife pakcik ku. Husband belum mula cuti, lagi sempat meeting kat S'pore. Cuti dah booking 17/6 onwards, tapi Fawwaz tercepat 3 hari. Keluar2 Fawwaz tak menangis.. dah few minutes, kena tepuk2 kat luar baru terdengar suara nyaringnya. Lepas dr bawa jumpa aku kejap (lepas dibersihkan), terus dia masuk incubator sebab disyaki kena jangkitan kuman. First night aku blur, rimas dan sedikit sedih dgn layanan hospital dan ketiadaan suami.. sampai Dr Khamsiah datang menenangkan dan menegur staff hospital. Terpaksalah customer service minta maaf kat aku. Kelakar pun ada bila kenang.. bikin kecoh je aku! Dahlah lepas tu kena stay lama sebab Fawwaz kena jaundice. Dekat seminggu aku kat hospital.. urggh memang stress!!! Kejap2 kena panggil ke nursery utk bagi susu. Rasa nak terkoyak jahitan sebab turun naik katil. Sudahnya aku give up, bagi je susu Enfamama. Bila tak gemuk2 lepas sebulan, tukar je Lactogen. Maka chubby lah anakku... :D Kejadian2 selepas tu memang berbagai.. tapi memang pengalaman hidup yang amat berharga buat seorang aku..

Hari ni belum celebrate harijadinya lagi. Nak tunggu esok sebab balik kampung.. Apa2pun, harapan ku sama seperti ibu2 lain. Sudah pasti doaku agar anakku menjadi insan soleh dan penenang jiwa kami. Semoga permata hati mama juga menjadi insan cemerlang dan bertanggungjawab.