Keberkatan di Tanah Suci

Semasa menulis ini, aku masih berada di Kota Madinah al Munawarah. Bagi yang pernah ke sini pasti dpat membayang bertapa seronoknya ketika berada di sini. Sebenarnya,di sini tidak sama seperti tempat kita. Namun arus kemodenannya aku boleh katakan kita at par. Yang membezakan cara mereka dengan kita di tanah air ialah cara hidup kita. Hidup mereka berpandukan al Quran dan Hadis sepenuhnya. Yang haram adalah haram. Hukumnya tiada berbelah bagi. No compromise dalam melaksanakan hukum Allah. Aurat wajib ditutup dan disorokkan dari mata yang haram melihatnya. Itu satu aku puji. Kami yang dari Malaysia boleh kehulu dan kehilir dengan mengenakan telekung tanpa rasa pelk langsung. Cuba bayangkan ada yg berpakaian beitu di tengah bandar di negara kita. Pasti jadi bahan gossip walhalnya menutup aurat tu tuntutan agama kita. Tapi tak perlulah bertelekung tengah bandar, pakailah tudung. pasti lebih manis. Pulak sekarang ini ada pelbagai jenis tudung yang pelbagai fesyen. Yang pastina untuk tutup aurat.
Kami diberitahu bagaimana orang kafir nak menyesatkan kita. Mereka cuba sedaya upaya menyesatkan org Mekah dan Madinah. Segala bahan media sperti handphone khasnya dijual dengan harga yang sangat murah dengan harapan agar apabila penduduk dibumi Tanah Haram sudah sesat, maka senanglah menyesatkan yang lain2 negara Islam. Dulu aku marah dan fed up bila kami kaum wanita diperiksa dgn begitu teliti sekali sebelum memasuki masjid. But now I understand why..semua kerana aurat wanita yang perlu dipelihara sewajarnya. katakanlah kita sibuk mengambil gambar dgn handphone canggih kita, tiba2 ada muslimah yang sedang membuka tudungnya maka auratnya akan tersebar luas. Ini yang hendak dielakkan oleh pemerintah. sekarang aku faham....
Tadi aku ditegur oleh seorang jemaah kerana tidak memakai penutup lenganku walaupun aku berselubung dengan telekung. Aku terima tegurnnya dengan seribu kesyukuran kerana dia mencintaiku sebagai kaum wanita yang wajib menutup auratnya. Aku ucapkan terima kasih padanya dan berjanji pd diriku dihadapannya kerana Allah untuk memakai penutup lengan selepas ini. Sebaik-baik manusia ialah menerima teguran dengan hati yang tulus ikhlas ....insyaallah. Begitulah keberkatan hidup di Tanah Haram. Semoga Allah memandang kita dengan penuh kasih sayang.

Umrah

7/3/09, I wrote something about the Holy Land. Allah makbulkn doaku. Maha Besar Allah. Syukur kepadaNya yang telah menjemput aku dan suami ke rumahNyadi Tanah Suci.
we flew with Saudi Air. It was a comfortable flight with well verse English speaking stewardess. It made us feel good inside knowing that any questions asked can be answered!!Hahahaha. The flight was delayed for an hour or so but it's ok because we were at KLIA...home ground!
We arrived at Saudi Air Airport around 7.30pm. The airport looks new and very modern. I like!
after Maghrib n Isyaq prayers, we set off to Madinah by bus. We rode for 6 hours an slept the whole journey! Penat giler. Age plays and important role when travelling is concerned. Mind you.
3.30am we arrived at Bahauddin Hotel which was situated around 150m away from the mosque. what a relief! a very clean and good hotel. What's most important is that they have free wi fi! Easy n cheap way to getconnected with friends n families.
Amazingly, there were many people in the mosque. after breakfast we visited The Raudah. Visiting timefor ladies are from 7am to 11am, after Zohor until 2pm and after Isyaq until 10pm. It used to be only fro 2 hours only but things are getting better and more systematic. Alhamdulillah.
Spent most of my time reciting Al Quran in the mosque. Now I can hardly open my eyes and my mind are getting numb. So good nite averyone.
Salam from Madinah al Munawarah.....

Jemputan khas...

Today is one of the most exciting day for me. Today, my husband and I will be leaving for the Holy Land to perform our Umrah. Sesungguhnya Allah itu Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Penyayang kerana memakbulkan doaku. Jika aku ini insan yang tidak tahu bersyukur, memanglah tak patut. Aku bersyukur, benar-benar bersyukur. Doakanlah agar kami berdua dikurniakan tenaga dan kesihatan yang baik supaya dapat kami mengerjakan amal ibadah sebanyak yang boleh dan sesempurna yang boleh hendaknya. The Quality counts, not the Quantity! To all, I hope your invitation will come soonest. Insyaallah. With this, I would like to apologize to you for all the wrong doings that I've done (sengaja atau pun tidak)may it with the words I utter or with my body language which sore your ears and your eyes, friends please accept my apologies. May Allah bless all of us with love, rezeki yang murah dan persahabatan yang berkekalan.

Labaikallahu Malab Baik
Labaikalla Syari Kala kalabaik........
Innal Hamda Wal Nikmatta
Lakawal Mulk
La Syarikallah

CINTA

This is one of my favourite song sung by many singers but I love Titiek Puspa's version.
Such wonderful melody, touching lyrics(full of meanings) plus her beautiful voice...
Go to U Tube and listen to the song.
You'll love it.



CINTA

Ke gurun engkau ikut
Ke kutub engkau turut
Bersama sehidup semati
Demikian kau ucapkan janji
Menangis kita berdua
Ketawa bersama

Tapi kini
Apa terjadi
Semuanya kau tak peduli lagi
Dan yang lebih menyakitkan hati
Kau bercumbu di depanku

Oh Tuhan tunjukkanlah
Dosa dan salahku
Mudahnya dia mambuat janji
Semudah dia engkar janji
Alangkah kejamnya cinta
Alangkah pedihnya

Kau kejam...
Oh Kejam
Pedih...oh pedih
Cinta
Oh cinta

Titiek Puspa is my forever favourite singer. Her kind of voice suits her songs very well.
For example the song BING which she wrote and sang after the death of Bing Selamet.
Other songs which I enjoy listening are like JATUH CINTA,
KUPU-KUPU MALAM, GADIS DUSUN
and many more.

Body Mechanic!

Semasa aku menulis post ini, aku berada di Lobi Hotel Promenade di Kota Kinabalu. Dah masuk malam kedua di sini. Petang esok akan kembali semula ke Shah Alam. It's a nice place to visit actually. Sempat juga aku ke Pulau Manukan di Taman Tunku Abdul Rahman yang terdiri dari 3 buah pulau-pulau indah dengan kecantikannys sendiri iaitu Pulau Manukan, Pulau Sapi dan Pulau Mamutik. Laut yang tenang, air yang jernih serta kebersihan pulau ini yang membuatkan terasa kelainannya dari puau-pulau yang pernah aku pergi di Semenanjung.
Tujuan asal ke KK ialah untuk menemankan atau mengawankan lelaki manjaku berurut. Bukanlah di Semenanjung dah tak ada tukang urut tapi yang this particular person is special. Cara mengurutnya sangat ringkas. Tak guna minyak atau jampi serapah. Dia akan terus tengok mata kita. Melalui mata langsung dia tahu akan penyakit kita. Dia belajar dari Sinseh Cina. Tepat apa yang dikatakannya tentang penyakit atau masalah dalam tubuh kita.Dengan menggunakan baby lotion campur air, bersarung tangan getah, dia terus dituju ke point yang hendak dibaiki . Mulalah aku melihat wajah lelaki manjaku yang tadi tenang bertukar jadi senget-benget dan seskali sekala mengetap bibirnya menahan kesakitan. Kesian tapi setakat itu sajalah yang mampu aku buat...tengok! Hahahaha. Lepas diperbaiki point, langsung terasa kekurangan rasa kesakitan di bahu dan tulang belikat suamiku. Namun begitu , masih terasa sikit lagi kesakitannya, maklumlah dah 9 bulan sakit tu ditanggungnya. Semalam petang urutan pertama dan petang tadi sekali lagi. Aku rasa panggilan tukang urut tidak sesuai untuknya tapi tukang baiki frame body manusia adalah lebih cocok..."Body Mechanic!" Sekiranya aku dapati suamiku serasi dengan cara mekanik ni punya kerja, akan kusebarkan pada semua sahabat-sahabat di Shah Alam untuk mencubanya pula. Tapi, from what I saw, memang ada improvement dah!! Harapan cerah nampaknya. Mekanik ini tidak mengenakan apa-apa bayaran yang speifi. Cuma sendiri mau ingatlah sebab dia belajar untuk mendapatkan ilmu tu kena belanja beribu ringgit jugak habisnya. Pandai-pandailah kita memberinya. Yang penting kena ikhlas!! Semoga lelaki manjaku sihat sepenuhnya..Insyaallah.

Satu Lapan Tiga

Suamiku IMY bergambar bersama arwah ayahnya di Ulu Bernam.
Ketika ini beliau baru berusia 28 tahun.

Satu Lapan Tiga
Esok 18 Mac 2009
Esok genaplah usiamu 56 tahun
Kini kau warga emas
Usah gentar
Usah risau
Emas itu mahal harganya
Tinggi nilainya
Emas tidak menangis kerana suatu peristiwa
Bila ditanya ....Mengapa?
Emas berkata .....Mengapa harus aku?
Sedangkan mereka melanggar PerintahMu!
Langsung emas dinaikkan darjatnya.
Lihatlah sayangku...
Usia hanyalah angka
Kian tahun kian menambah
Begitulah jua nilai emas di dunia
Semoga kau dilanjutkan usia
Berbahagia di samping keluarga
Semoga kau dikurniakan kesihatan yang baik
Dimurahkan rezeki
Selamat Harijadi wahai suami tercinta....

Angin.Sotong and Kia Su

With my daughter when she was almost 2 years old.

Angin, Sotong and Kia Su are three nicknames for my students when I was teaching in Johor Bahru. That was almost twenty years ago, if not more. I can't really remember fully but I can still recall those names. Those boys grew right in front of my eyes because I followed them from day one of their life in primary school until the end of their year six.
Good thing about being primary school teachers is that you are always right. It's very common we heard complaints from parents about their children who will only listen to their teacher and not them even though what they taught is correct!! Funny isn't it. I had lots of experiences with the boys.
Now that they are grown ups. I am lucky because some of them made an effort to contact me until today. I met AR(initial) at KLCC some years ago. It's a beautiful feeling inside out when an ex-primary school student still recognise me!! From that day onwards we called each other. I even attended his wedding and now he has two children. AR is Angin's, Sotong's and Kia Su's classmates. In fact they are friends and rivals. Always trying to beat one another in getting higher marks in tests and examinations. I met Sotong at least twice. He's also married with two children(maybe three now). I lost contact with Kia Su and still wondering where he is now. His father is an Indian and mum a Chinese.
I was just thinking about Angin when suddenly AR sent me a message about him. I was just about to absorb the news when suddenly he called. What a surprise!! We talked and he was so happy that I still remember him. Angin is getting married end of this year. Well congratulation to him! He told me that he's trying to get as many of his friends of the same year to attend like AT, LJK, HI, FS, JT, Apek, MHK and the rest. Recently I met AT and his mum at HI's wedding. There's no words to describe imy feelings. I'm looking forward for 13th December 2009 ...to meet up with my boys. Those wonderful years with them will always stay in my mind. Forever.

My mother in law Puan Hajjah Indun , who is now 86. This photo was taken recently.
This poem is meant for her from me. I admire her inner strength because in her poverty she manage
to produce well educated children even though she was only a rubber tapper.


Where have all the flowers gone to?

Time past
I watched the days gone by
Seconds, minutes, hours....
Bundles of sadness and happiness
Yesterday was different
I was young
So beautiful and strong
These hands did everything
These legs carried me everywhere
Now... I am older and wiser
But...I'm weak and helpless
My children were five
But now there's only four
My son is gone forever
So was the father
Just like the wild flowers
Where have all the flowers gone to?
Who cares....
I do

Still Waiting........patiently,

It was the year 1990 and the month was July. That was when my husband and I performed our first Haj. Our daughter was only 6 years old and Azman was 3. It wasn't easy to leave our little kiddos behind for 53 days but we did and it's not easy. Thanks to my sister in law Shamsiah for taking care of our children. Without her, it will be difficult for us. She is such a lovely and caring person.
July is the draught season for Mekah and Madinah. I remember getting off a fully air conditioned bus which stopped for a break at an R &R. It was like someone just opened an oven door in you face!! MasyaAllah the heat, no words to describe it. But we survived. Mostly because we were young. In fact we were one out of three young couples in the Muasasah group! The rest were pensioners ages from 50 onwards and of different backgrounds. Some were rubber tappers, fishermen, farmers and so on. That time it only cost us RM5000 each and upon arrival at Jeddah, they gave us RM350. But look at the price now,,,double!!.Wow.....just imagine how many years the people with the mentioned background need to save to perform haj. Unbelievable!!
Despite of the heat, we still managed to fulfill all the obligations without any problems. We were happy and proud that we managed to help others whenever needed. In 1998, when the economy was down, my husband and I performed our 2nd Haj. This time only 2 weeks. Alhamdulillah we did it. We were thinking of going again for the 3rd time in 2007 to experience the cold weather in holy land but we had to wed our daughter. So we have to put it off and still waiting patiently for a chance to revisit. We miss Mekah and Madinah very much. May Allah invite us again. InsyaAllah.

Buat teman yg masih mengingati.....MPKT 1981/83

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