A Little Celebration @ TROM (The Republic of Meat)

We had a little celebration on the New Year eve, 31 December 2010. Not so much to celebrate the New Year 2011 but to celebrate Dini's achievement in her Sijil Menengah Ugama (SMU) exam which was announced the day before. We had a late dinner at The Republic of Meat (TROM@Melawati), a new restaurant located along Jalan Kedah, Taman Melawati serving western cuisine with high quality meat. We were introduced to TROM by Ibu's ex-colleague who is the co-owner of TROM@Melawati.

TROM@Melawati offers various types of steak menu such as waghyu tenderloin, rib eye and sirlion. They also serves grilled salmon, burger, pastas as well as appetizers, soups and desserts. We were told that the menu will be expanded soon to include breakfast and lunch and at a later stage, they intend to sell meat to its customers. They infact have a butcher room fully equipped! Eating in a nice ambience, good food with lovely presentation come with a price but it's worth the money spent. So, plan your next eating out at the TROM@Melawati.

A bit on the SMU exam. It's not an exam from the Ministry of Education rather from Yayasan Islam Kelantan (YIK). Some states like Selangor, it is under JAIS and is known as Sijil Menengah Agama (SMA). For SMU, the subjects include Nahu & Soraf, Hadis & Tafsir, Feqah & Tauhid, Mutholaah (Kefahaman) & Insya' (Karangan), Akhlak & Tarikh Islami (Sejarah), Balaghah, Adab dan Nusus (Sastera), BM and English.. BM and English are in accordance with SPM format. The subjects are taken from Al-Azhar syllabus and are taught in Arabic except for BM and English of course!! So, you need to be fluent in Arabic in order to sit for the exam. Not just that, for MTS and other tahfiz students, they are also tested on their hafazan Al Quran up to 15 juzuk. You can't afford to fail Al Quran, since failure in Al Quran means you fail the whole exam, that's the condition. It is tough and challenging.... The grading accorded to the students is Mumtaz (A), Jayyid Jiddan (B), Jayyid (C) and Maqbul (D).

On 30th December 2010, Dini received her results i.e 9 Mumtaz and 1 Jayyid Jiddan with overall grade of Mumtaz. Alhamdulillah. We are more than happy with her achievement especially her ability to write, speak and comprehend the Language of Quran. Hope she will continue to master Arabic and put it to good use later on. It is not so much the results but the knowledge acquired which not many have the opportunity to learn.

As a token, we presented her with a little gift. Thanks Kakak for your effort, hard work and determination to excel. You made us proud...hope you will continue to work very hard for your SPM this year which results will determine your next destination and route to achieve your ambition. Always be thankful to Allah swt for His blessings. Good Luck Kakak and our prayers are with you always.