Umrah - Part 1

Our flight, MH050 departed from KLIA to Jeddah on
Saturday, 09May09 at 3.30pm. Sebelum berangkat
myself and my lovely angels berdrama air mata. They
have never been separated from us all this while. Kalau kena
tinggal pun, at least one of us is at home. So for that one week,
I left them under my MIL's care. Sebelum pergi ke airport,
my MIL dah pesan suruh selawat 3 kali and semburkan air
kat belakang leher both of them, which I did. The reason is
tak nak bagi the kids ingat/rindu/demam. Alhamdulillah,
it worked..


There were around 60 of us in this trip .We used TH
Travel for our first trip. After 9 hours flight, akhirnya sampai
di Jeddah at 7pm, local time 12am. Semua orang dah pesan
once dah jejak kaki di sana, kena banyak2 bersabar. The first
dugaan was a long wait kat passport control. We stand on the
queue for almost 2hrs. Queue tak panjang mana but the
immigration workers are taking their own sweet time.
So sabar ajela...


There were 2 buses waiting for us in Jeddah and one
mutawwif, Ustaz Samhaji. We departed from Jeddah
almost 10pm. Semua dah keletihan, so masuk bas everyone
sambung tidur. Before tidur, dapat packed Nasi Briyani Ayam
lagi..even dalam flight dah makan 2 kali... but the rice memang
sedap!!! Habis jugakla half of the rice...


The journey to Madinah Al Munawarah took us about 6hrs.
Sampai di Madinah almost 4pm. Terus check in @ Anwar
Movenpick Hotel. Waktu sampai di hotel dah nampak Masjid
Nabawi yang tersergam indah. Subhanallah.... terlalu cantik.
The most grandest mosque I've ever seen in my life...
Lepas masuk ke bilik, terus bersiap2 for Subuh prayer.
Subuh disana is at 4.15am. The hotel is only 20mtrs away
dari pintu masjid. When I first step into the mosque area,
rasa macam tak percaya dah sampai disana... Had a mixed
feeling for a while...sedih, terharu, gembira... alhamdulillah
dapat jugak menjejakkan kaki di masjid nabi..


Waktu subuh tak sempat cari geng2 lain so I was alone. Bila
tengok ramai sembahyang di compound masjid, I assumed
dalam masjid dah penuh so terus join saf di luar. Selesai
sembahyang, I decided to go inside the mosque. Waktu masuk
ke dalam masjid, I didnt know that ada lady guard akan check
your bag to ensure that you'll not bring the hp or camera
dalam masjid. So kat pintu tu I terus jalan and suddenly i
heard she called "ibu..ibu.." then she grabbed my hand..
memang panic sungguh dibuatnya. Lepas tu terus beg
kena check.. She spoke to me in Arab tapi sepatah haram pun
tak faham so i replied back in english...and i told them that
i didnt take anything pasal ingatkan diaorang fikir i curi barang
ke... nak menangis dah time tu... rupa2nya dia ada mention
handphone...oohh... they wanted to know if i bring my hp..
nasib baik tinggalkan dlm hotel pasal lupa nak activate roaming...


The first itinerary on the very first day in Madinah is a visit to
Raudhah dimana terletaknya makam Rasullullah s.a.w dan
sahabatnya, Saiyidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq dan
Saiyidina Umar al Khattab. Memang dari awal dah rasa teruja
nak ke Raudhah. As early as 7am, kami berkumpul di lobby
hotel. Waktu melawat di Raudhah for the ladies is very limited
tapi for man, anytime. Ladies boleh masuk between 7am-11am,
then malam from 11pm - 1am. Raudhah terletak dalam Masjid
Nabawi dan diibaratkan sebagai salah satu taman syurga.
Sesiapa yang dapat solat dan berdoa disana, insyallah doanya
senang diterima...but to go inside the raudhah is very
challenging...terlalu ramai orang yang nak masuk since we
have a very limited time. They separated us by countries.
Asian duduk one area and the arabs another area. So
bila the guard called the Asian, berlari2 semua nak masuk..
Alhamdulillah I managed to squeeze in between the crowds
yg berhampiran makam nabi Rasul untuk solat sunat, berdoa,
beri salam dan sampaikan salam pada baginda rasul dan
para sahabat2nya...alhamdulillah...syukur dapat buat semua tu..
Selesai ibadah di Raudhah, balik ke hotel sementara
tunggu waktu Zohor. On the way nak balik ke hotel sempat
jugak cuci mata di kedai2 yang berhampiran..Ada jugak
yang berniaga bentang kain di tepi jalan di luar pintu masjid.


Hari ke 2, lawatan ke tempat2 bersejarah dan masjid : Masjid
Quba, Masjid Qiblatain, Jabal Uhud, Kawasan Perang Khandaq
dan Ladang Kurma. The ziarah program was only a half day
program. The rest of the day is free and easy. In between
Asar and Maghrib biasanya I akan jalan sekejap to the
nearby shops then balik hotel to rest for a while.

Anwar Movenpick Hotel - the hotel where we stayed. Very convenience, keluar pintu belakang hotel terus masuk masjid punya entrance dan dekat dengan pintu masuk ke tempat sembahyang perempuan

suasana di Masjidil Nabawi selepas solat Subuh

after Subuh - baiknya of of the Pak Arab volunteer to take our picture

Masjid Nabawi from Hilton Madinah entrance

signboard at one of the mosque's entrance

Wet day in Madinah. Hujan dari pagi sampai ke petang. Semua solat di dalam masjid otherwise ramai jugak yang duduk/tidur/solat di luar compound.

Hubby managed to smuggle his camera so dapat ambil gambar in the man's praying area di Masjid Nabawi.

Taken by hubby again. Gambar di dalam Raudhah berhampiran Mimbar Nabi.

Di dalam Raudhah tempat terletaknya Makam Nabi

Muhammad s.a.w (right), Makam Saiyidina Abu Bakar (ctr)

and Makam Saiyida Umar (left)

Perkuburan Baqi - tempat dimana sahabat2 Nabi, isteri2nya dan kaum keluarga yang lain di semadikan. Rakyat Malaysia yang mati kemalangan dalam perjalanan dari Jeddah ke Madinah last April pun dikebumikan di sini.

Masjid Quba - Masjid yang dibina oleh Rasulullah. Sesiapa yang tunaikan solat sunat di masjid Quba, pahalanya ibarat satu umrah

Kawasan solat lelaki di Masjid Quba. Sempat aje hubby snap this pic...

Masjid Qiblatain - Masjid Tujuh Kiblat

Jabal Uhud - kawasan tanah lapang in a square shape tu

ialah kubur Saiyidina Hamzah. Pak2 & Mak2 Arab

menangis2 kat tepi pagar tu..

Half way going up to Jabal Uhud. Posing kejap...

Pasar Tamar - macam2 jenis ada. The best is of course Kurma Ajwa/Nabi. Kurma Ajwa range from RM70-90/kg.

Kalau yang jenis biasa range from RM10-30/kg.
Beside kurma they also have pistachio, cashewnut, aprikot,

raisin & olive oil.

This is the 1st and 2nd day activities in Madinah. The next

day berangkat ke Mekah to perform our Umrah.
I shall continue in Part 2.

Thank you for reading and visiting.... See you again...

Insyaallah...

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I'm back..

I've arrived safely from my Umrah trip last Sunday (17/05).
Thanks to everyone for the wishes. Sesiapa yang minta sampaikan
salam untuk Rasulullah s.a.w, salam anda dah disampaikan.
Alhamdulillah everything went well.. I still dont have the
opportunity to update about the trip and upload all the pics
taken while we were there.
As usual now Farhana is on exam week so macam biasa, this kiasu
mother tengah sibuk jadi tutor. I promise once her exam dah
settle, I'll upload some pics to share with everyone.

But what I can say is...

Umrah is the BEST ever trip in my life...

I feel so humble....



....

taking a break

I bought this machine two weeks ago... not for myself but
for my dear hubby... he has been on hypertension medication
since 3 weeks ago.. so in order to monitor his blood pressure,
nurse aida pun belila benda ni untuk memudahkan kerja...
Every night it's my duty to check his pressure...nak harapkan
dia buat sendiri, berhabukla machine ni jawabnyaa...







sambil check his pressure...sempat check sendiri punya sekali
this is a normal pressure... systolic level should be below 120 and
diastolic should be below 80. Systolic is a pressure created when
your heart beats and diastolic is the pressure inside blood vessel
when your heart is resting...(wahh...terror jugak AKAK...)





Hubby's pressure on medication... still not very good...
sys and dia are still high...kena turun lagi sikit.. doc is
targetting 120/80. He might needs to change his medication
on the next visit... Diovan doesnt really work on him i guess...
Doc said they have to do some try and error until he
get the normal pressure....



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I'd like to announce that I'll be taking a short break temperorily...
I'll be away to perform Umrah next Saturday for 9 days...so
this week nak start study sikit.... nanti leka berblogging,
tak sempat nak buat revision.... Please pray for me... Hope
everything will be okay... I'm actually a bit nervous....
Jumpa lagi once I'm back...Insyaallah....

Jom Kecoh

Last Saturday, we had a "Jom Kecoh" get together session

in PJ for our batch - Sek Sains Sultan Hj Ahmad Shah.

I've been the unofficial appointed organizer for the past few

years... Asalkan nak buat gathering aje...AKAK ni la yang

diaorang tanya... This time I managed to get around 25 of us...

Ini pun dah cukup untuk menghavockan satu malaya!!!

Pheww....not an easy job to get everyone to come...

Some of us have not seen each others for 18 years...

Memang excited bila jumpa geng-geng lama. Eventhough dah

lama tinggalkan sekolah tapi bila jumpa balik.. perangai lama tu

ada jugak lagi... especially the guys yang gila2 and suka

mengarut... suka menyakat.... whatever it is, I'm so glad to see

everyone is doing well on their own way... most of us are

married except adala satu dua yang still terbabas lagi....

hhhmmm...cepat cepatla cari partner u oll !!!

cerita dgn penuh emosi...(like real aje.!!! )

hhhmmm....apala they alll gossip ni...

asking for advise dari puan doctor...

frm right : anis, lela, aween

sempat jugak candid kat i... tak baik tauuu!!!

SHAH Pekan 90/91

i like thissss......

trauma

Last Friday, I joined my friends for teh tarik session in Subang
Parade. Our meeting ended at 10pm.. so lepas tu terus drive
balik. On the way back home, lepas keluar Batu 3 tol in
Shah Alam (about 300mtrs away), there was this white BMW
on the slow lane and I was in the middle lane. This car was like
trying to maintain dia punya speed dgn my car... Bila kita
ke depan sikit...dia pun ikut...bila kita slow dia pun slow, then
try to drive rapat2 dgn my car... I felt something is not right,
so I sped off to the fast lane... and masuk balik to middle lane kat
depan sikit...

Bila dah masuk to Shah Alam exit, I noticed this car ada dekat
belakang again... The I told myself, maybe this car pun memang
nak masuk Shah Alam... but I felt a bit curious.... Dah masuk
2nd roundabout, that car still ada kat belakang even I slowed
down... dah le bawak BMW, takkan tak nak overtake...
I started to panic, terus ambil phone and call hubby. I wanted to
go straight to police station tapi dia suruh balik rumah...
I can feel my hand was shaking esp when I noticed that car was
still behind me when I turned to my housing area... When I
reached home, hubby dah standby at the gate dgn kayu golf
and that car stop about 100mtrs away from our house at one
corner and they off the lights. Dalam 10 seconds, I could see
they on the lights and drove away... Alhamdulillah nothing
happened to me... Rasa nak menangis dah... I was so traumatised
over the the incident... Serik nak drive malam2 again... malam tu
pun tak boleh nak tidur... kejap2 jenguk kat tingkap... dengar
bunyi kereta kat luar, jenguk lagi..... risau sangat...

I really dont understand their motif...kalau nak rompak,
they can hit my car from behind or overtake then suruh i stop...
tapi dia ikut sampai dekat rumah but stop jauh and lepas
tu lari... because of this incident I missed the meeting with
Kak Elle... sorry kak... I was a bit blur that day and dont feel
like going anywhere... hope to see you another time....

To all ladies driver... becareful and always alert with
your surroundings wherever you are...