Sahabat Rasulallah SAW....

Aku diberi kesempatan belajar tinggi. Alhamdulillah. Tapi, disepanjang kehidupanku dari kecil higga kini, banyak yang kupelajari dari penglihatan, pendengara dan pembacaan. Akhirnya, ilmu yang kita pelajari dari zaman sekolah digabungkan dengan baik sekali dengan pengalaman hidup menghasilkan AKU! hahhahahha.

Akhir-akhir ini aku banyak mendengar tentang kisah kisah sahabat-sahabat Rasulallah SAW. Nak baca dari buku mata dah rabun dan tidak  berapa awas dan penyakit mengantuk kuat mengganggu konsentrasi. Tetapi teknologi kini amat canggih. Buka saja Internet dan cari dalam  Wiki, You tube dan yang sewaktu dengannya amat membantu. Bak kata, ilmu kini di hujung jari. Cari dan tekan  saja maka  berlubur ilmu  dikeluarkan. 

Aku banyak ikuti penceramah Dr Khalid Basalmah tentang sirah Nabi dan sahabat-sahabatnya. Subhanallah, sememangnya kepakarannya tentang sirah Nabi. Penyampaiannya jelas, terang dan beliau membuat rujukan dari pelbagai kitab dan setiap satu kejadian dinyatakan juga versi-versi yang berbeza  mengikut pada -kibitab rujukannya.

Hari ini, aku mendengar kisah bagaimana Umar bin Khattab memeluk agama Islam. Umar bin Khattab adalah seorang yang bertubuh besar, tegap, berpendirian tetap, garang dan ditakuti musuh. Sebelum  Islam, Umar amat suka minum arak, menyeksa orang Islam dari terbit matahari hinggalah ke petang. Katanya, jika bukanlah kerana hari sudah malam, pasti dia tidak akan berhenti menyeksa orang Islam. Bencinya dia pada agama Islam, pada Rasulallah SAW dan pada  Muslimin tidak boleh dibendung lagi. Beliau bukan sahaja menyeksa hambanya yang beragama Islam malah turut sama menyeksa hamba-hamba sahabat-sahabatnya.

Ummar bin Khattab sangat ditakuti oleh musuh. Biar berdepan dengan 10  orang musuh dari berhadapan dengannya. Ini adalah kerana besarnya tubuh, kudratnya, kekuatannya , garangnya  dan pandai bersenjata. Beliau adalah seorang duta. Beliau juga akan dihantar oleh kaum Musyhrikin apabila ingin berhadapan dengan musuh kerana beliau amat ditakuti dan disegani.

Satu hari, Ummar bin Khattab ditugaskan untuk mencari dan membunuh Rasulallah SAW.  Beliau tidak tahu dimana tempat persembunyian baginda dan beliau terus berjalan. Sedang beliau mencari-cari Rasulallah SAW, beliau bertembung dengan seorang saudaranya bernama Abdullah an Nahham al Adawi. Melihat keadaan wajah Umar bin Khattab yang bengis dan dengan pedang yang terhunus di tangannya, Abdullah langsung bertanya kemana tujuannya. Langsung Umar memberitahu tujuannya ialah untuk mencari dan membunuh Rasulallah SAW yang telah menyebabkan perpecahan dikalangan penduduk Mekah. Ini amat merisaukan Abdullah kerana Umar terkenal dengan janjinya. Jika Umar diberi tugas untuk membunuh, misinya mesti diselesaikan sama berjaya atau tidak, salah seorang mesti mati.

Abdullah an Nahham al Adawi merasa amat risau. Sebenarnya dia juga seorang Islam dan tidak diketahui oleh Umar bin Khattab! Lalu Abdullah mengalihkan tumpuan  Umar kepada hal yang lebih menyakitkan hatinya iaitu menyatkan bahawa adiknya Fatimah binti Khattab dan suaminya sudah Islam. Umar terus ke rumah adiknya. Oleh kerana tubuh badannya yang besar,  langkah kakinya  sudah kedengaran dari jauh. Ketika itu Fatimah dan suaminya sedang belajar mengaji dengan seorang bekas hamba yang juga sahabat Rasulallah SAW iaitu Khabbab bin Art. Mereka langsung menyorokkan guru mereka dan tulisan AlQuran yang tertulis di atas kulit dipegang oleh Fatimah.

Beberapa kali pintu rumah di ketuk tetapi tidak dibuka oleh Fatimah dan suaminya kerana takut. AKhirnya, Umar merobohkan pintu rumah  lalu masuk dan bertanya apakah yang sedang mereka bacakan  dan di nafikan oleh Fatimah. Umar menampar adiknya Fatimah dah iparnya berusaha membantu menghalang tetapi turut di pukul .  Berdarah mulut Fatimah dan Umar merasa malu akan perbuatannya mencederakan adik kandungnya sendiri. Apabila Umar ingin memegang ayat Al Quran, Fatimah melarangnya dan menyuruhnya mandi dan membersihkan badannya terlebih dahulu. Setelah selesai, Umur duduk dengan membaca ayat yang tertulis di atas kulit kambing tersebut. Bacaan yang mula-mulanya dengan suara yang keras akhirnya  menjadi lunak dan beliau terpegun terus membaca dan terpegun dengan susunan ayat-ayat tersebut. Mendengar suara Umar membaca seolah-olah menghayatinya, Khabbab keluar dari persembunyiannya dan Umar meminta agar di dipertemukan dengan Rasulallah SAW.

Khabbab terus memimpin Umar ke Darul Nadwah . Dari kejauhan, orang Islam menyangkakan yang Umar telah menangkap Khabbab dan membawanya ke Darul Nadwah. Saidina Hamzah bersedia untuk bersemuka dengan Umar sekiranya diserang. Untuk mengelakkan pergaduhan, Saidina Hamzah di sorokkan dan semua sahabat di minta bersembunyi kerana Rasulallah tahu akan kekuatan Umar.

Setibanya di dalam, Rasulallah langsung memegang Umar dan bertanya sebanyak tiga kali diulang soalan yang sama iaitu,'Adakah kau mahu menunggu hingga azab Allah turun kepadamu baru kau mahu meninggalkan agama asalmu?" 
Umar terus bersyahaddah! Seluruh Darul Nadwah bertakbir dan lauangan takbir itu kedengaran hingga ke Kaabah!

Dr Khalid Basalmah menyatakan tiga sebab Umar masuk Islam:

1...Doa dari Rasulallah SAW. Setelah baginda melihat bagaimana kaum Muslimin di siksa dengan sangan hebat sekali  oleh kaum Quraisyh, baginda memohon doa kepada Allah.

2...Terdengarnya  bacaan Surah THOHA oleh adiknya Fatimah binti Khattab.

3...doa seorang saudaranya  Abdullah yang keluarganya dalam perjalanan untuk berhijrah dan bertembung dengan Ummar . Ummar membiarkan keluarga itu berlalu dengan selamat sedangkan tugasnya ialah untuk membunuh saja orang Islam yang keluar dari Mekah.

Agama Islam telah menyebabkan seorang insan yang sangat jahil menjadi berilmu, seorang yang bodoh menjadi pandai dan bijaksana, seorang yang sombong jadi menjadi baik dan  seorang yang keras hati  menjadi pelembut. Dinyatakan juga bahawa antara sebab arak diharamkan adalah kerana doa Umar bin Khattab. 

Banyak yang kita pelajari dari kisah sahabat yang hebat ini. Sampaikanlah pengkisahan sahabat-sahabat Rasulallah SAW kepada anak cucu dan sahabat handai kita agar kita dapat bertemu mereka di Syurga nanti.. 

       

Surah Taha was revealed in Makkah before Umar (radiyallahu anhu) converted to Islam. In fact it is its first few verses that Allah used to guide Umar (radiyallahu anhu) to Islam. It goes into detail on the story of Musa (Moses) peace be upon him. Towards the end, it covers the story of Adam, peace be upon him. It also include the popular du'a (supplication) "My Lord! Increase me in knowledge." رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

A beautiful song by Polina Gagarina

I just want to share this song with you. Hope you like it. It is a Russian Song. The lyrics has been translated into English so we can understand what the song is all about.

I first heard this song from Russian X-Factor in You Tube.  When Aida Nikolaychuk  sang this Lullaby beautifully and effortlessly, the judges began to doubt her and thought she was miming. 

She was then asked to sing without music. All jaws dropped and she became the champion for that year's competition.  Amazing voice. She has the whole package, good voice and good look! 

Jangan kau sakitiku

Cuba kau fikirkan ini....

Pernahkah aku bertanya ...

Apa punca rezekimu?

Berapa pendapatanmu?

Dari mana datangnya kemewahanmu?

Bagaimana kau belanjakan wangmu?

TIDAK!

Itu bukan aku.

Tidak ingin kutahu semua itu.

Tidak akan kutanya semua itu.
Tidak ada kena mengena dengan diriku.

KERANA..

Itu urusanmu.

Itu hakmu.

Itu rezekimu.

Aku tumpang gembira.

TETAPI..

Mengapa kau bertanya tentang kepunyaanku?

Rezekiku?

Perbelanjaanku?

CUKUPLAH....

Cukup sampai disini sahaja.

Janganlah kau sakiti aku.

Aku dengan kehidupanku

Dan

Kau dengan kehidupanmu.

NAMUN
Aku memaafkanmu

Selamat bermusafir anakku...

Anakkku yang seorang ini memang suka pada cabaran. Semakin susah semaki dia berusaha.

Hari ini anakku ini mencuba nasibnya di perantauan. Aku amat memahami jiwanya. Angah sangat percaya pada impiannya. Baginya, jika dia jatuh dipertengahan jalan, dia akan bangkit dan berusaha lagi.

Kadang-kadang, agak sukar untuk memahaminya tapi dia amat yakin dengan tindakannya. Namun, ada kala dia tersilap juga tapi anak ini tidak mudah putus asa.. Sebagai ibu, aku sentiasa menyokongnya dan membantunya semana mungkin selagi mampuku.  Mengapa tidak? Aku yang melahirkannya.

Pernah dia difitnah. Jika calang-calang keluarga memang mati dikerjakannya! Tetapi. Alhamdulillah, kami saling membantu menyelesaikannya. Terima kasih kepada keseluruh keluargaku. Semoga Allah melindungi anakku ini.

Anakku, hari ini kau ke sana mencari punca menambah rezeki. Aku berdoa semoga kau selamat di sepanjang perjalanan, diberi kesihatan yang baik dan dipermudahkan segala urusanmu. Jangan mudah mempercayai tetapi selideki dahulu. Itu bukan tempat kita tapi ia tetap milik Allah.

Ingatlah wahai anakku, jarak anatara kita sangat jauh. Pesananku kepadamu, pelihara solatmu dan seluruh keluargamu. Jangan lupa sedekahmu buat aku dan ayahmu.... hanya sekeping doa Surah AlFatihah....cukup buat kami. Alhamdulillah.

Semoga kau pulang membawa kejayaan sebagaimana yang kau impikan. Berzikirlah dan baca selawat ke atas Nabi sepanjang masa .....ia membuka pintu rezekimu seluas-luasnya.

Allahumma solli'ala Muhammad wa'ala aliMuhammad.
Kama sollaita'ala Ibrahom wa'ala aliIbrahim.
Wabarik 'ala Muhammad wa'ala aliMuhammad.
Kama barakta a'ala Ibrahim wa'ala aliIbrahim. 
Fil 'alamina innaka hamidummajid.

Semoga usahamu berjaya. InsyaAllah.

A delayed post!.

My apology.....

This post is supposed to be posted last year but I had problem assessing my blog at that time. Just another story from what I experienced on one of my cruise vacation........ The Canary Islands and Morocco and I want to share with you......

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Technology sometimes fail us. In times of in need at that particular time,  it 

failed to contribute... very frustrating. But Alhamdulillah, the memory that 

Allah provided still working very well. In the many years of my age, some 

people of my age already lost parts of their memories but gladly I still had mine! But sometimes, yes sometimes it is normal for us to forget where we 

put our car keys, glasses and those little things....absolutely normal! 

Well, last night I was at my son's open-air restaurant called the GROUND 

CABIN CAFE watching the high lights of the EURO 2016 on his big screen. It was Portugal playing and this handsome player Christiano Ronaldo missed many chances of making goals. At last, he managed one but.......off side! Too bad.

I am not going to write about the EURO 2016 because I am not a fan 

eventhough I watched. I just want to share my feelings of being able to 

visit Christiano Ronaldo birthplace in Funchal, Madeira Island back in 

2014.  Such beautiful island!

My group of 10 went on a 10 days cruise from Barcelona to Morocco and 

the Canary Islands. It was full of fun and laughter. So many things that we 

saw and so many things that we did together.  I used to handle almost 50 

people  so 10 is just a handful. After all we are all friends of the same 

interest, needs and wants. So we understood one another. Going vacations 

in a group, we have to be ready for the unexpected such as the climate, 

the health, the food and most ofall the company  you are travelling with. 

In Islam, we were taught that after three days of being together will be able to know who is who. Just give a try. You will find out that the true colors of your innerself will come out. That is the time you know who your friends 

are. 

In order to reach Madeira we have to pass through the  famous Straits of 

Gibraltar. Unfortunately, we were not able to capture photographs because it was midnight when we pass through it. All my past cruises sailed in 

confined Mediterranean and Baltic Sea.  Very safe and we sailed along the 

coastal area. Unlike this cruise. Eventhough we sailed with The Norwegian Spirit  to the 
Mediietrranean Cruise before but the feeling is different. 

Straights of Gibraltar connected the Meditteranean Sea to the open sea...

The Atlantic Ocean. For the first time we are sailing in the open sea! Wow!

We started cruising on NCL Norwegian Spirit from Port of Barcelona. The weather was fine but windy and the sea was choppy. You can see small waves all over but it was okay. One of our group member, Captain Nasaruddin 

(maritime) told us that all is well because ships have stabilizer and it will 

sail as usual. Well it did not happen that way! As we walk, we had to hold 

the reels and if we don't we might end up on the other side. Just imagine us carrying our
food and drinks and at the same time trying to balance our movements.... hahahhaha. we 
walked like the cartoon characters...... We really had a laugh at ourselves. Luckily these 10 old folks were fine throughout the journey. No sea sick....... healthy and happy all the time.

Geographically, Madeira and Canary Islands are situated closed by one 

another. We visited two out of seven slands of the Canary,   Tenerife and 

Lazarotte. Madeira is owned by Portugal and The Canary Islands is under Spain.

Upon reaching Funchal, Madeira Island, somewhere that we cannot 

imagine of we were so excited. A new place a new adventure. Canary 

Islands were made by the eruptions of the volcanoes. It took many thousand of years to develope. The people of Madeira and the other islands of Canarylooked more Moroccans. Just look at the map and then we know why.... it is because  this island is situated very near to 

Morocco as compared to thousands of miles away from Portugal! Funny but this is a fact. 

The Portugese youngsters will leave their homes to Portugal mainland to seek educations, 

new life and new excitements leaving the old behind.  

When these old people are gone, the young ones will come and visit their homeland maybe once a year . The people who were left behind on the island will look after their homes and belongings until they come back again the next year. Well, there is no job for them in the 

island. 

Once, the economy was good and people from the mainland came in thousands when 

Madeira was building the roads all over the island. The island came alive and everybody ws happy. But, when the roads were ready, there were no other infrastructure to build. So bit bybit they left. Once again Madeira was quiet. That was why the young ones left but they came back richer. So in other words, Madeira became  holiday homes for the wealthy Portugese. 

So now the source of income of Madeira is tourism. Good that they built 

good roads so the tourists can reach to many parts of the island. Thousands of tourists from all over the world visited Madeira. Weather is good, people are nice and the views are picturesque! From the top of the hills you can see the ocean......ooooooo I can only dream to have such a view everyday as I woke up! There were quite a number of places of interest but what we admired most was the building of the houses ..... amazing. 

They built their homes from the top of the hill until the valley! We just cannot imagine how in the world did they carry the building equipments and materials like cement, plaster, wood, machineries...just name it!  We were told that they had to carry them one after another manually because there are no roads wide enough for vehicles to pass through. They only have 

paths and very narrow roads  for people to walk. A very simple life indeed.  

Most of the people here walk uphills and downhills everyday throughout their life! Even mails had to be collected from their mailboxes with their names and addresses written on it  at the side of the main road! 

Pretty amazing! No wonder the old folks here lives a long life because they exercise. I am 

now thinking about myself...when was the last time I brisk walk? 

Oh dear, need to start all over again. 

These memories came back when I saw that handsome professional footballer with a class of his own. He was born as the youngest child and his childhood was not as pretty. His birth year was 1985 which made him a year older than my son and a year younger than my daughter. He was named Ronaldo because his father was a die hard fan of  the film star Ronald Reagan...but Ronaldo is not like the actor.....not even near! He is a star by 

himself, classy, good looking and the best of all, he never mess his hair 

throughout the game! hahahhahahahhhaha. the hair stands straight in its 

path even after he headed the ball but missed the goal! Such a pity. It was not meant to be!

After Portugal team missed many chances of creating goals,  things got worst when Cristiano Ronaldo missed the penalty kick against.......... sorry I forgot the other team! hahahhahahhaha. Sign of old age but not senile! Nauzubillahminzalik!!!!

The day I lost my buddy...January 2014

I wished the news was not true. I hoped I heard wrong! It cannot be! I refused to believe it! 

It was Wednesday, The date was 22nd of January 2014, after packing all that I needed for the trip, my husband and I hopped on our Starex and we drove straight to Kuala Terengganu. Tomorrow night will be an old boys from Alam Shah Ex students and we both were looking forward to this event. I had made my own plans to see my friends too. 

The traffic was quite heavy so we drove slowly. We arrived safely at the Felda Residence Hotel in Kuala Terengganu late night and some friends were already waiting for us to snatch my husband for supper! Oooo,,, this is men business! I decided not to join for I was very tired, worn out and sleepy! That night I slept like a log and I totally forgot to recharged my phone. I only realised it after my Subuh solah! Like someone was telling me, I switched on my notebook and there it was....... the bad news! Tears flowing down my cheek. I can hardly able to absorb the news. MAny times I asked my husband to read again and again.... 

The message clearly mentioned his name, time and place of his death! Yes..... my brother, a dear friend, my buddy Mohd Ali Manaf died on early morning of Thursday 24th of Januàry 2014! I was so helpless! My phone was dead and all my contacts were in it! Lucky me my husband managed to call a familiar number and it was confirmed that the news was true! I felt sad with the news and even upset because my phone failed me at the time I needed it most! I cried my heart out because he always havebthat special place in my heart.

Everybody knew Arwah Ali!  He was a man who would not budge in his words. We were together with many more Turtles in MPKT in 1981  to 1983. He was a very likeable personality with a quality of his own. He headed the Red Crescent and a very good hockey player! He represented the college hockey team!  I remembered trying out the game when suddenly out of nowhere a hockey stick landed on my face! I fainted, lost a tooth and a swollen forhead and blood rushed out from my mouth..... lots of blood! I heard voices and I recognised his in the state of panic. His voice was above others and when I opened my eyes, he was there crying and the same time smiling down at me. I was in pain. I screamed and cried  but I will never forget that moment. He was a true brother, always there for me  in my ups and downs..... Ya Allah, how I miss him....  

Arwah Ali was  a very serious  when at work but when he was off duty, he was a very funny person! A very easy going person he was and as I recalled nobody would feel angry with his way of handling meetings and events or his practical jokes! We all felt at ease with him around ....just like a big brother! 

Before he joined Maktab Perguruan Kuala Terenggànu on 4th Mày 1981, he was working in Genting Highlands. His arwah father wanted him to be a teacher and registered his name for the purpose without his knowledge! Being a good son, he joined anyway! Of all the many, Arwah Ali, Azmi Mahabob, myself and few others had working experience behind us while most were fresh from school. We found out that we had the chemistry and since then we became buddies!

Arwah Ali was the Tesl B head of unit. I was in Tesl C. There were three classes  of Tesl teachers and we all think alike! We did everything together and kept little secrets within us! Even outings downtown or campings, all of us acted as one. Most of the times, we were always together. But being a newly opened college, all of the students regardless from other classes, were our friends too. Such a big compound with less than 200 students and started with only 5 lecturers.... what do you expect? Everybody knew everybody!  That was how and why we became close. 

I still remember our first Pestarama held in Penang. It was all about music. Taksiah, Saadiah, Kak Teh, Noradna and I were in the dancing group. Kasmawati and Titina were in the choir. Arwah Ali was not in any of the competition but with his sweet talk and wittiness, he was included in the team as a crew member! We had lots of fun in Penang. Wow! Those were the days!

But as I said, those were the days. We felt sad when someone who is dear to us pass on. What is left are the memories. Arwah Ali will always be in our mind and in our heart for as long as we live. Whenever any of the Turtles met, his name will be mentioned. 

Ya Allah please grant Ali a good place in Jannah for he was a very nice person. Please pardon all his faults. Al Fatihah!  

Till today, whenever Turtkes MPKT get together, we will always be in tears when his name popped up...... I still  miss my buddy......I really do. We still contacted his family until now. His wife Cikgu Norihan and his daughters are doing fine. We even attended his daughter's wedding in Kuantan at his new home which he bought for his family. A good choice of location. Well done bro!

Especially to .......Pensioners Club Members

This little bird made her nest from the roots of my plants.
 She did it twice and had 4 litlle ones. MasyaAllah.

Many times I heard people saying how time flies! Indeed it is so true. When I was young and still in my primary, I used to ask myself why is the time moving so slowly? I had done so many things and yet I still have lots of extra time? But as I get older, especially now, I realized that time moves faster...sometimes I felt like I am out of time...not enough time....so many things to do and yet too little time! Masyaallah!

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Sometimes, when I bumped into old friends, they never fail to ask me this question,"What did you do to kill your time? It must be very boring to stay at home doing nothing! You shouldn"t have quit teaching!" I just laugh out loud. Too bad my friends....that is very wrong! Well, being an unemployed , I have lots of time to do the things that I have been wanting to do for my family and for myself! 

I looked after my two children and now my  grandchildren, ....well only part time! But when I am in the mood, I just grab my sketch book  and do some sketching.... just sketch anything that crossed my mind. Painting is another love of my life. But it is impossible to sketch or paint when the little ones are around.....I just need to have a space and calmness to do so. 

I used to read. Dan Brown, Prahmoedyah , Sydney Sheldon are my favourites. I can claim that I have read all of their books. Oooops....suddenly I realised that I have done not much reading lately. Will have to start again. Actually when you read, you are feeding your brain with knowledge.... no wonder I am not as sharp!  Got to read again!

But the best of all is I have all the time in the world to learn to recite the Al Quran. This is ultimate. I have classes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the day time and once at night. I have wonderful teachers to teach my friends and I. Alhamdulillah, after 5 years of struggling, Khatam (recited the whole Al Quran).  I have been  looking forward to this very day. The effort, the sacrifies and the learning and the passion..... Alhamdulillah.

Just recently I got engrossed with gardening. There is one group in the watsapp called the Kebun Bandar Tanam Sendiri.  Looking at the photos of their well grown plants may it be edible or flowering plants, with their colorful garden. Ya Allah, I told myself that I must do it too.... maybe in small scale. One thing good about this group is they share their experiences of how to start a nursery, how to take care of the plants, choices of fertilisers and so on. I really enjoyed reading comments and reviews and along the way, I pick up some knowledge. Alhamdulillah. Well.... like I said, I am just starting to enjoy gardening and my two grandsons love doing it too but most of the time making more mess than help! hahahahahaah.

A bouquet of vege from my garden.

Mulberries.

Other than the things that I do above, I love spending my time with my friends for tea and sometimes test our pitching! Hahahahha.  it is the best time! Girls day out. Time to misbehave and let ourselves out! We will laugh at each other  with new dancing steps and not forgetting the wrong tones! Hahhahhahhahahah.....

I can say that my life is full of colors. That what makes it interesting and no time for feeling boring! Well, actually, when you are your own boss, there is no limit of what you want to do....JUST DO IT!

Go travelling. Cruising is one of the best. It's relaxation and affordable!

To the land of rising sun

It was one of the best decision of my life for having chosen Japan as our holiday destination and spend time alone with my love. But it was not really a chosen place. Actually we were scrolling the internet and we saw this great offer! MAS offered a very cheap price ticket to Japan for less than RM1,000.00! It will be a sin for not taking it! So that was how it began!

I have never been to this part of the world but he had been there once in 1982.....that was a very long time ago. He was just a junior officer in UDA and he was one of the many who were involved in the building of DAYABUMI!  A month in Japan and all paid for. Alhamdulillah.

So, I am going to share some tips regarding visiting Japan. I wan to share how we did everything on our own .... no such thing as ground handling or tourist guide. Totally on our own. This is how pensioners should do.... hahahhahahaha.


1....Be alert....as you are browsing the internet, do not miss looking into best price offer for flight tickets. Just try your luck. but you need a Credit Card to buy online.....

2....Search for a place to stay. The cheaper the better. we searched from Airbnb and found a Studio Apartment with a small kitchen and a double bed, a heater and all the neccessities for only RM213.00 per day. Very cheap compared to staying in a hotel for at least RM1,000.00 per day! Why waste money? JUst think that you are not going to stay in the room all day long.

3....Transportations in Japan. Buy JR Pass in Malaysia. The price is very cheap and is meant for visitors only. With JR Pass you can hop on any normal trains or the bullet train called the Shinkansen and travel throughout Japan. We need to use it for 7 days only.

4....Communications! Use your Malaysian number but switch off your Mobile Data. Browse the internet and look for 'SAMURAI Mobile wifi.' You have to book it online and pick it up at  KLIA near the arrival hall. It cost us RM15.00 per day with usage of Unlimited Data and one unit can be shared upto 5 divices! You can communicate using Internet, Watsapp, Facetime, Facebook and anything that you like. We found it so very useful. We can use Google Map when we want to get to certain places and never failed!

5....Language! Your Google Translator App is the best! It really helps. Well some of the can understand English but they answered in their language!!! How in the world am I to understand. But they really want to help. So very nice of them!

6....Your health. We have to walk alot in Japan. And worst of all, we have to walk very fast. We did a lot of climbing up and down stairs because lifts are for the elders and disables. I can gurantee that we walked more than 10 thousand steps daily.  but you have to hang on with your Google Maps to survive!

7....Shopping! the best word of the day! after experiencing the walking, rushing and climbing, me with my back ache, I totally forego the word 'shopping.' This time around, I did not shop at all! A shock but I feel good!  Shopping malls like SOGO, AEON and DAISO are the common names in our country. The prices are much cheaper since they have Winter Sales and the choices are a bit different than ours. Sizes.... no such thing as size 42 and above!!!! Sickening! 

8.... Food. We brought some cans of Sardine Cap Ayam, Different flavours of paste and multiple choice of rice by BRAHIM , Maggi Chilli Sauce , Enaks Soy Sauce and Maggi Mee. We survived! But when we were out during the day, we Google Map and looked for HALAL Food. Alhamdulillah we did find some!

9.... Visiting places. Before we left Malaysia, we both agreed to visit certain places from what we read from the internet. We managed to visit Osaka which is 3.5 hours from Tokyo and Hiroshima which is 5 hours away from Tokyo. But the visit was worth it!

10... How much did we spend? Well,  from the beginning to the end both of us spent  roughly RM11,000.00 .....for the two of us and for the whole journey!

So my friends, that was my summary for my holiday in the Land Of The Rising Sun. This is my experience and it could be different from  yours if you have been to the same destination!

Overall, I am thankful to Allah for giving my husband and I the opportunity to see His creations. Thanks to my love for taking me for this surprised vacation. To the people in JTB   stationed in AEON Mall Shah Alam especially to Farah, who has never visited Japan before but gave us the best choice and understandings of how to go around Japan on our own. She did very well in her explainations and always smiling. May Allah bless you my dear.

So , if ever you want to to have a taste of Japan..... just do it your !