Hijab Trade Fashion

Friday, September 30, 2011

Hijab House Style Spree

Well, the Australian Hijab House had a Style Spree event at its Merrylands branch with a whopping 25% off all items today.

I heard about the event on Facebook just a couple days ago, and I live only one street up from the shopping centre (I know! Very very convenient!!!), so I had to go.

They had announced that there would be styling sessions held with one of their stylists. Since I live SO close, I HAD to be late. :) You know how it works, the closer you are, the later you always end up going. :)

By the time I got there (1pm), there were only a couple customers, a stylist going through some styling elements with one customer, a male who I believe is (one of?) the owner(s) of Hijab House, and a couple of the girls who work there. I was actually quite suprised, because on the way up to the centre I was thinking, "will I be able to get in", because it is a small sized store, and we all know Muslim women! Especially if they have children with them. Oh my!

Well yeah, it didn't turn out to be as I imagined, because the crowd had died by the time I got there. :) The majority were early birds. So it was better that I got there later in the day aye?! :)

Anyhow, I overheard two customers talking to the person who I assumed to be the owner. They were saying how Hijab House should bring in more brown hues. I thought to myself: NO WAY! I already like the way they are going with colour, if anything, they need to add more colours! More colours that we can easily match with outfits we purchase from other non-hijab stores. They need to keep up with the trend colours. This is my personal opinion. Hijab House already has certain brown hues available at all seasons, there is no need to add more to that while the variety could be enriched. What say you?

For example, I want some greens and oranges in my wardrobe this summer. Where on earth am I going to find similar hues for hijab??? I probably should get back into business fast, because I am starting to run out of hijabs myself. :)

Anyways, I purchased 2 shawl hijabs I had been eyeing for a while. They were reduced to $5 each. I was also given a gift bag with a pair of sleeves and another hijab, compliments of the Hijab House Style Spree. Thank you Hijab House. :)

Oh, and hubby took all the cash from me this morning. Apparently he needed cash! So he gave me his credit card. But guess what?! I try to make a payment and it wont go through. I went to the ATM, and it says card cannot be accepted. He stuffed the chip and magnetic strip, so the machines wont read it. Friggen! I was soooooooooooooo pissed off. So I paid with the only cash I had on me. Lucky for me I refused to give him that $10. Ripped off by the hubster. LOL

Oh, you wanna see my haul? Here it is:

The cute little HH bags. :) Adorable, are they not? :)

Lately I've been craving some mustard colour in my wardrobe. Now I have mustard sleeves thanks to HH gift bag. :) I'm on the hunt for a mustard coloured hijab. Once I find that, I'll be happy. :) The pink hijab to the left is also from the gift bag. The other two are my spankin' new bargain shawls.

All ready for summer. Yuppi! :)

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Rolling in the Deep

Had nothing to do , then i decided to take some photoshoots. and these are the (creepy) photoshoots...

H&M dress and leopard scarf

Sooo happy , i'm gonna hang out with my girls tumoro. see ya girls !

I have no idea what should i write in my blog nowadays, sorry. Honestly, i prefer to share many photos than texts.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Dear Saturday......

This is why i love "Saturday"

Dengerin lirik terakhirnya...

"i think i miss you most...

on wednesdays and saturdays...."

Jadi setahun yang lalu ada yang suruh saya dengerin lagu ini.

Sebenernya sih gak nyambung sama arti dan maksud dari lagu keseluruhannya

tapi entah kenapa saya suka sama lirik terakhirnya itu..

Dan akhirnya kata Saturday itu jadi ada sampai skrg dipakai..

( ini kayaknya postingan penting gak penting deh.. hehe gak apa2 yah cerita-cerita dikit :p )

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Bomb

I hate with the fact that muslims are always become a suspect of bomb suicide that happen lately in some county especially with the country where I live, Indonesia. I don't know whether they really lack of knowledge or really really fulled with knowledge so they did it with the name of Allah and jihad. I don't know also if this is purely of terrorist act or some evil political conspiration (terrorist behind the law and authority). what I know is Islam teach kindness and not hatred.

Cursed to whoever did and planned a bomb suicide in Solo a few days ago. government should work hard and make sure that this incident won't happen again in the future.

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And now, how about a tenderness of purple?

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The people behind HijabLooks!

Tasya.Ageng.Dina.Dini

H I J A B L O O K S ! EVENT

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Ottoman Style Eggplant Dish - Oh and they say I can't/don't cook! :)

Had I mentioned it recently? Lately I have just been wanting to cook cook and cook. I don't know if it's because I can't eat much myself that I am just obsessed with feeding my husband. Or, I am simply that bored!

I say this, because in my first 3 years of marriage, I only cooked normal wholesome meals for hubby during Ramadhan, and that was probably for 3 weeks of the entire 4 weeks. I hate(d) cooking, and honestly, I was working on translations non-stop. There were literally times when I would work without any breaks for 24-72 hours! So, forget cooking, I didn't even think about it. I think after that it just became a habit. Hubby has never been fussy with food. He couldn't care less if I served him Turkish breakfast (olives, white cheese, sujuck, tomatoes, cucumbers, and tea) for every meal of the day. Well, that was in the past... after we moved back to Oz in 2008, he started to complain because I was no longer doing the same amount of work LOL But it ain't easy getting used to something you hate very very passionately.

So anyways, I've just been cooking a lot. If mum saw me, she would be proud haha if my sis saw me, her jaw would drop. That is how bad I was with cooking. :) Give me the ironing, laundry, vacuuming, I can do it all day but cooking and dishes suck! To be honest, I really dislike doing housework. I like the professional working life, although that sort of lifestyle is very difficult for a married woman (especially if she has children!!!) (and especially if her husband is originally from a male-dominated part of the world and expect all this service crap from their wives)...

Oh to cut it short, I made "Karniyarik" (pronounced: car-neh-yah-rek, meaning: the stomach/mid-section cut open). The name just refers to slashing the centre of the eggplant to put in the filling. :)

It is a dish that was made during the Ottoman times, and served to the Sultans. It was my first time trying it out tonight and it really turned out delicious mashaallah and alhamdulillah. I was so nervous it was going to turn out a disaster. :) My only criticism was the mince I used. I canot stand beef mince, and I don't like the smell of meat from certain places. Back in Melbourne there were only 2 butchers I purchased my meat from and even as a child I wouldn't allow my mother to buy from another butcher. So I am struggling here. I ended up using beef mince this time as that was the only thing available at the time.

A little info about the dish... I baked the eggplants in the oven until they became mushy mushy. I slashed the centre from top to bottom and pushed down its insides with a spoon. Previously I had fried some mince meat with onions, fresh tomatoes and a pinch of salt, black pepper, red pepper and some tomato paste. The herbs you add give it all the essential flavours! Then once that was fried, I filled the eggplants with this mince filling. On top of it all I put a spoon of freshly grated tomatoes, a couple slices of garlic (it gives an amazing aroma and taste!!!), and a slice of chilli (hot chilli would taste better but I use sweet chilli as I have gastro). Then I mixed a bowl of water and a couple spoons of tomato paste. Once the tomato paste melted, I poured the contents of the bowl into the oven tray. Then I cooked the dish for another 20 minutes in the oven. And voila, it was ready for service.

So don't say I can't cook anymore. I can cook, I just don't want to do it all the time. :))))))))))))))

I served it with scallop potatoes, rice, and salad. Carb overload!!! :)

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Style Inspiration : Roses

soft pink is one of my fav color :)

Shawl : Kami Idea

Inner : Soft Pink Inner by Saturday Market

Cardigan : Cotton On

Short Flower Shirt : Cotton On

Jeans Skirt : Unbranded

Wedges : Urban n co

Digital Image by Siti Juwariyah

Not allowed to copy & paste photo without permission.
Copyright of saturday. blog

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Monday, September 26, 2011

1001 Looks with One Skirt

Okay I exaggerate. I don't know if I can achieve 1001 different looks with one single item. Who knows, it may be possible if I had 500 other different items to mix and match with. :)

However, when the lovely Zaenab @ Stylish Muslimah featured me on her blog a few days ago (many thanks), she brought to my attention that I posted a few different looks with one skirt a few months ago. I wasn't aware I had blogged the same skirt three times. Not that this is a bad thing... In fact, it is a good thing. :) You can click away to Zaenab's blog to view my three out outfit looks with the same skirt. Oh, and while you are there, I strongly recommend following her blog too. One of the many blogs that I enjoy following. :)

So, now that this was brought to my attention, I wanted to wear the same skirt again. It's a good thing that I had my dearest mother take the skirt in before moving to Sydney -it was starting to fall off my waist as I walked. LOL

This time we have a fourth look that is also different from the previous three. I remember saying I needed a beige blazer/cardi. Although I still need the beige blazer/cardi, I have a beige turtle neck and a black blazer instead. Previously I had tried this skirt with a black hijab and a green one, and since burgundy looks just awesome with beige, I opted to wear my burgundy pashmina shawl the Turkish way. This hijab look is almost the only style of hijab you see on the streets for the past year. While in Melbourne, I have only seen a couple girls and myself wear this style. My mother hates it with a passion! The only reason being that she is not used to seeing anybody wear this particular style. She really dislikes anything different and new... until it becomes her own (she doesn't wear hijab, so in general). :)

The thing that makes this style so popular is that it is very quick and easy to style, and most importantly, it elongates the face while slimming it down. A huge bonus for those who have round faces like myself.

I had personally ordered these from the Turkish hijab house that manufactures these hijabs, but put my order on hold for a few reasons. I am not really sure if they will be popular here. It might be a little too early for that, and they are not really budget hijabs. The ones used in summer are made of silk, so they are quite pricey - think Armine, Aker, Pierre Cardin silk hijabs (in terms of price). So yes, for now, my order currently awaits in Turkey...

Now here are the photos. You be the judge... :)

I look like I need to pee here, when in fact, I need to do just that as I write this.

Coincidence? I don't think so.

Too much detail? Right on baby! :)

Sooooo.... If you've seen the previous three looks with the same skirt, which is your fave out of the four looks?

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day today

I think all the girls are same when they got the first day of period. bad mood. So I messed up the day because my tummy was in extremely pain. I was plan to buy this and that, doing this and that, but everything ended up with failure! Oh well, maybe today was not my day.

Btw, If one day you go to Tasik, don't forget to visit Simpati and try meatballs there. believe me, this place has the most delicious meatballs I ever ate!