Ramadan Mubarak

The long awaited month of the year has started today. In the spirit of celebrating the first day of fasting, I had taught my students an English nasheed called "Ramadan Moon",  by Yusuf Islam. The song was quite long and I was afraid that my students cannot sing it properly. But to my amazed, they nailed it!!

Actually I was planning on having a Ramadan Party but due to the time constraint and workloads I just keep that idea for next year. I really want to celebrate this Ramadan season because I want my students to feel the festivities of the month as same as how they felt when celebrating Hari Raya.

After singing the song, I distributed my homemade Ramadhan greeting cards to them and had our photo session. I hope that they can feel the joyfulness of Ramadan by learning from the nasheed itself.

I would also like to wish here,

RAMADHAN AL-MUBARAK

to my family, to all my friends and to all Muslims around the world. May Allah's blessings be with us. Aamiin..

Here is the song, Ramadan Moon

Halal Issue in Herbalife

I was sceptical about the Halal status of Herbalife before. I wonder doesn’t people really care about what they are eating. As a Muslim, Halal issue should be addressed seriously especially when it comes to the processed food as we had no idea about the sources of additives that gone into the food. 

I even had my second thought upon buying the diet programme set because on the night before my purchase, I tried to find some sources in the internet about their Halal status but, none was promising. 

So I browsed through the INFANCA website to check it myself. IFANCA which stands for Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America is the established body that certifies the Halal status for any food, beverage, pharmaceutical and personal care products that are manufactured in USA which is quite similar to JAKIM in Malaysia. IFANCA is also one of the international bodies that is recognised by JAKIM. 

It was a relieved to see the herbalife’s products were listed and Halal certified. So no more beeing judgemental and sceptical on Herbalife.

Starting My Herbalife Journey

Its been a week since I started my diet plan with the Herbalife. I really have no idea how I can ‘stuck’ with Herbalife which I was so sceptical about and had no interest in before. I know that I am overweight by looking at my waistline and my belly but, I really am not care about it. It seems like I am unable to take charge of my body and health and keep on eating more and more. I stopped doing sports and stop going to the gym for about three years now. 

But now, I have no idea what had really happened to me and why I did subscribed to Herbalife programme. Maybe this is what we called Rezeki for this guy, Mas’ud who was selling this Herbalife product or maybe this is a call from God that I should stop and start to think about my health seriously. 

Frankly speaking, I am not so excited nor motivated in starting my new plan. I do not feel anything. I just said to myself, “Okay, maybe I should give it a try.” So, my goal is to lose at least 10kg before this coming Hari Raya. Let’s look at how it will be.