Fragrance in My Garden

Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul – Luther Burbank

  • September 2018 Update

    Assalamualaikum. I just want to give the latest update. My family is no longer living in Tokyo. Last year, on the first day of school when my kids had just started their new school year, we received the news from my husband’s company that we were supposed to return home by the end of the […]

    Ai Harun

    September 26, 2018
    Family, General
    Malaysia sayonara Japan journal Traveler’s Notebook autumn leaves maple
  • Ramadan Journal and 50th Year Chronicle

    My Ramadan 1438 Journal My 50th Year Chronicle When did I start writing in a journal again? Well, just less than a week ago, actually. I started making a journal to prepare for Ramadan 2 weeks ago, (Ramadan will start this coming Saturday) however I then realized the content would be somewhat limited to Ramadan […]

    Ai Harun

    May 22, 2017
    General, Pictures, Writing
    journal Ramadan 50th year chronicle forgiveness unique washi tapes
  • Craving and Cooking

    Cravings are usually associated with pregnancy. However, throughout my three pregnancies, I never really had any strong cravings. The cravings that I have is more due to living far away from my homeland. Malaysia is a blessed country where food is abundance. Whenever I feel like eating certain kind of food, I didn’t have to […]

    Ai Harun

    April 4, 2017
    AtoZChallenge, food, General
    blogging, cooking, food
  • Birthdays

    Birthdays are reminders that we’re getting older each year and also to be grateful of the good things that have happened in our life. This year marks the fourth time of my birthday celebration in Japan. Having a spring birthday is an added bonus because as I’d mentioned before, I love flowers. The first time […]

    Ai Harun

    April 3, 2017
    General, Pictures
    birthdays sakura spring
  • April Showers Bring May Flowers

    April is here. Time flew by and we’re already in the second quarter of the year. March had been a rather cold month this year. Throughout the whole month, we had only a few sunny days when temperature reached 17°C. Most of the other days had maximum temperature below 10°. There was even snow in […]

    Ai Harun

    April 1, 2017
    General
  • Anthophilous

    A few days ago, I saw this word of the day on my dictionary app. I feel the word really describes me. I really love flowers. I enjoy strolling in a park full of blooms, walking around the neighbourhood looking at the flowers other people have in their gardens or simply just appreciating wild flowers […]

    Ai Harun

    March 25, 2017
    General, Pictures
    flowers garden anthophilous
  • Spring is finally here.

    It’s officially spring now. I have this white starflower (ipheon)  in my garden. I also had sakura tea to celebrate the beginning of spring. It was quite warm and sunny with the temperature reaching 17°C, but Tuesday will be colder and rainy.  The kids are having their spring break now. My husband is away enjoying […]

    Ai Harun

    March 21, 2017
    General
    spring starflower ipheon
  • Keputusan SPM Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia

    This post is in Malay. 31 tahun lepas (I’m revealing my age here 😜) semasa keputusan SPM keluar, tengah buat kursus bahasa Inggeris di Bukit Sekilau, Kuantan. Tinggal di asrama rumah kedai beramai-ramai. MARA dah hantar kami berkursus sebelum keputusan SPM diumumkan. Sekolah jauh nun di Seremban. Emak ayah pula di Perak dan tiada telefon […]

    Ai Harun

    March 16, 2017
    General, School
    SPM 1985 results
  • Still Too Cold 

    The daffodils in my garden have bloomed. It seemed sunny outside so I thought of enjoying my lunch in the garden. However, it turned out to be still too cold. I had to bring the food inside and just ate in the living room because the dining table is too far from the window.  I […]

    Ai Harun

    March 13, 2017
    food, General, Pictures
    winter-end spring March 2017 garden daffodils lunch
  • Sunday Morning Delivery

    Spring equinox is approaching and each day sunrise is getting earlier and earlier. Japan doesn’t have Day Light Saving clock adjustment, so this will go on continuously until we reach summer solstice. For those Muslims living in the tropical countries, prayer times do not vary much throughout the year. The most is probably 30 minutes […]

    Ai Harun

    March 12, 2017
    Family, food, General
    Kuroneko delivery halal chicken beef rice paratha ablution ghusl Fajr Subuh prayers sunrise
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