What BIG ship she is!

MV Norwegian Spirit

Getting around this big ship is easy. All you need to do is to get used to your surroundings. The most important is to know where your assembly station is should the alarm trigger! Well, that was the first and foremost activity we had to take part...all of us, guests and crew! If you missed the first fire drill, you will be called again and should you miss again, they will call you personally. In other words, they really are serious when safety is concern. I felt safe immediately! I knew that we are in the good hands of the crew!

The Jogging Track

If you are a person who is health watcher, there is a jogging and walking outdoor track on the top most deck. Opened air to the sea breeze. They have basketball for everybody and golfers are not forgotten......you have your very own corner to swing your club.

Golfers Corner

A deck below is a swimming pool with four jacuzzies which can fit 6 European size adults  each. No problem to catch the sunlight to tan your body because you can do it on those two decks. They even have a No Noise Zone for the sun seekers .... quiet enough to sleep under the sun. The children pool is on deck 12. Nice to see the children having fun because they have slide, paddling pool and hot tub just for kids. They named it Buccaneer's Wet & Wild.

Adults pool

Children's pool

Other than that, a Fitness Center is also provided. Sauna and  Mandara SPA for massaging is in the same area. And if you love doing aerobics, all you need to do is to be at the Galaxy of Stars which is situated on top of the Captain's bridge. Two different instructors will lead you every day alternately. It was full of fun when Latin and Salsa moves were part of the movements taught.

Aerobic at the Galaxy of Stars

There are so many places that you can go on board .... from Aft to Forward! The Stardust Theater held many kinds of entertainment every night with two shows daily. I remembered entertained by a group of Rock Stars, Broadway and Vegas Show, Magic Show, A Solo Violinist, Circus, singing and dancing and many more. Should you missed the first show at 7.30 p.m, just jump in the next at 9.30 p.m. No hurry! Just take your own sweet time.

The Entrace

The Show

The Performance

Child Care Center for the little ones, Video Arcade, Writing Room, Internet Cafe, Library, Boardroom, Meeting Room and what else did I miss? They have it all.....they sure do!

The Internet Cafe

There is one place called the Parents Free Zone which is meant for teenagers. They have lots of activities for the teenagers. Every now and then we will see the teenagers running around in pairs or in small groups getting their tasks done. Day or night, the teenagers have their own activities. No worries for the parents!

The Teenagers activities

 On Deck 7, where the lobby is, on the port side, you can find the 24 hours restaurant The Blue Lagoon which served fast food like burgers, fries, salad, sandwiches, Fish and Chips and many more. On the starboard side is a pub for drink lovers. Besides these two outlets for F&B, just jump in Shogun, The Garden, Raffles Court and Terrace, Le Bistro, The Windows and an Italian Restaurant .... Maybe I miss one or two .... you have no time to feel hungry because food and drink is served round the clock throughout the cruise. Just pick your choice and sit and enjoy your food for your tummy and enjoy your sight of the blue sea through the windows. If you are lucky enough, you might catch a glimpse of dolphins in schools.

The Grand Centrum

The Blue Lagoon

The mural

On Deck 8, at a lounge, we enjoyed a pianist playing songs from Frank Sinatra era, The Beatles, Barry Manilow and even a night tribute to Sir Elton John. You can see some couples so much in love in each others arm dancing to the beautiful music. 

Mr Fabriazi , the pianist and singer.

Tribute to Sir Elton John

Then came a group of three men called The Latin Express. The sound of the Latin music made your body moves. Guests, young and old just stood up and dance to the sound of the music! It was so enjoyable. Everybody, well almost everybody was so sporting and acted spontaneously... no age problem and no shame ... just a bunch of people having fun on a vacation at sea!

Some other nights there will be a guitarist with country songs and a duo with lots and lots of love songs! All of them took turns to perform either in the lounge, by the pool, in the bar and so on. All you need to do is to know the time and the spots.

The Guitarist performance

Once they held a competition for the guests .... a Karaoke Competition. One of our group member, Dato Othman Salleh took part. He sang Love Story and he was so good that many praises him. Jolly good job old buddy! We are so proud of you! Malaysia Boleh!!!

....Love Story....

Some people love hard and noisy music. Just walk in through Maharaja, The Casino and you will find Maharini The Disco. Seems like they have rooms for everybody. No time is wasted .... full swing on board!

The Maharajah

If you love shopping, there is a Duty Fee Shop and some other shops on board. Just name it and you'll have it. No cash needed on board. Just need to swipe your Cruise ID upon purchased. All prices are code in US dollars.

The Duty Free Shop

A Jewelery Shop

 Some nights they have auction of paintings by some famous artists at The Art Gallery or even sale of branded watches, jewelleries, Swarovski beautiful and tempting products and so on. You need to wait for the right moment to get the best price!

The Art Auction

All these spots are in different decks of the ship. It is such a BIG ship that once you are in your stateroom, you don't even know what is happening and you can sleep soundly like a king! Some nights they even conducted parties until late night! As for my friends and I, since we stayed in different decks, we only see each other during dinner and sure enough to bump into one another at breakfast. But after that, we made our own choice to entertain ourselves.

This is a big ship BUT it is not the biggest of its kind ....in fact she is only one third of the biggest! (the biggest cruise ship is Oasis of The Sea and Allure of the Sea with 225,282 GT).  But with 2,000 guests in hand and almost 1,000 crew, because of her size, you seldom see the same people everyday .... meaning we made new friends on board from all over the world everyday.......and we are the only 10 Malaysians on board.

Yes, she is a BIG ship of 75,338 GRT, 910 feet long,  183 feet wide and 13 storey high. She has 9 elevators for guests and 8 elevators for crew.

Yes, she is a BIG ship that carry almost 3,000 people and carry tonnes and tonnes of food to feed us all!

Yes, she is a BIG ship that she has her own garbage incinerator and main laundry facilities which includes machines for dry cleaning, washing and dryer machines, sea water desalination plant for fresh water!

I remembered my Ustaz (religious teacher) told us about Bahtera Nabi Nuh (Noah's Ark)! At least now I can sort of imagine the size of the ship he built to fit in humans and animals all over the world in pairs with  food and drink ....... It must be much much  bigger ....... MasyaAllah!

Me and my dream

My stateroom

Me, the happy guest with the BIG ship!

Dinner is served......

The Windows

Whatever is new will always be full of unexpected and making life full of excitement. You don't know what to expect and what is in store for you! All you can do is to hope for the best and to prepare for the worst!  But most of all....just be prepared!

Well, that was how I was on this maiden voyage. Our first dinner at The Windows was an unforgettable one. A member of our group prefered early dinner....preferably before 7p.m. She said it is good for the digestive system and you can sleep well at night. So be it. We trusted her and of cause, it is a fact.....medically! Thank you my dear friend. We owe you one. That was a lesson to be learnt. If it s good for our health, we should follow!

So we went to the restaurant and the supervisor was a Hondurus gentleman named Mr Abercio Matute. A very nice, funny and very understanding and helpful indeed. He understood us the minute he saw us ladies with scarfs. He knew of our concerned with food. So that evening he took charge and ordered lobsters for us. Then unexpectedly told us that we need not worry anymore about our food because he will arrange special meal for us every evening throughout the cruise! To make things easier for him, we wrote down the recipes and suggested menus for the evenings. We received a memo from the management of food and beverages department regarding our concern and that shows how sensitive they are towards the needs of their guests. It made us feel nice!

Mr Abercio Matute

The Lobster....yummy!

As we were waiting for our meal, suddenly we realized that our ship moved. The restaurant has windows on the port and starboard sides and high big framed windows on the aft. In Maritime Terminology,  Port means the left side of  forward motion and the Starboard means the right side of the forward motion. Aft means the rear of the ship.Through the aft window  , we saw a tugboat pulling the ship (75,388 GT) out of the dock! Amazing! I have read about tugboats and just cannot imagine how such a small boat as that able to pull a very much bigger ship! Ya Allah! Truly amazing!

Tugboat in action.

Announcement was made by the Captain, a Croation and we set sail. We have to say goodbye to Barcelona, the city where the 1992 Summer Olympic was held. Even though we managed a short visit around the city,  it is a beautiful place to visit. Purchased some T Shirts at Hard Rock Cafe and some fridge magnets as evidence! For at least, I have visited the famous Barcelona and hope to revisit someday.

Our dinner started with a bowl of Brocolli Soup in Cheese and a plate of Garden Salad with the dressing of our choice. Then came our main dish...The Lobster! Lobster is very expensive back home, so we truly enjoyed the meal very much!

The Garden Salad

We ended our dine for the night with a desert....ice cream of different flavours. Thank you very much to all the chefs and a very special thanks to Mr Abercio Matute. Now we all are looking forward for the menus for the next eleven evenings!

Desert



These are some of the food prepared for us. Thank you!

                 

Omelette

Fried Mix Vege

Steam fish fillet

Seafood Fried Rice

Fish curry

We don't practice fine dining. What is served is what we eat. So in other words, no time wasted. While the food are still hot, we finished it quickly. After dinner, we watched the sun set. It was the most beautiful moment to see the horizon swallowed the big red ball. That was around 9p.m. The last light from the sun before it disappeared completely is the most watched. I just love the sunset. That reminded us of our responsibilities towards Allah.  Every now and then we have to change our directions of the qiblah (direction of Mekah) to perform our solah Jamaq Taqdim Qasar or Jamaq Takhir Qasar for Maghrib and Isyaa.  A compass is a necessity to be sure of the direction because we are Mussaffir (travellers). 

Finally........all is well. Alhamdulillah.

It all started with a DREAM.......

It is never wrong to dream......

            Everybody dreams....some dream came to reality while others left  forgotten! 

            Me? Yes I have lots of dreams. Of all the dreams that I had and came through just recently....I  dreamt of cruising! Many years ago, I told my husband of this dream of mine....he was stunned! All the What? Why? How? When? Where? and How? questions came rolling in!!!! What can I say....I can only dream! Hahahahha.....But I never give up! Keep on dreaming....until recently....yes...recently!

            Every once or twice a year, my husband will take me for vacation. This time around he surprised me with cruising! AGrand Mediterranean Cruise! I was so excited and was so looking forward. Eight friends came along with us...well the more the merrier!

            Our voyage started in Barcelona, Espania! But before  that we had to take an 11 hours flight to Amsterdam and transit flight to Barcelona for 3 hours! 14 hours without bathing...Oh My God!....but the energy is there....the feeling is umbearable....just so looking forward to see the first glimpse of the cruise... MV Norwegian Spirit!        

                            

            Upon arriving at Barcelona, we took 2 taxis to the port of Barcelona Cruise Terminal. There she was.....so huge, so beautiful and we were in awe.........all eyes on her and all mouths opened  especially me.....I just cannot believe it! She is right in front of me!

The registration

                 

The Norwegian Spirit

                                                                                                 

All aboard!!!

            After a very quick registration, and given a multi purposed card for our room key and our spendings on board and as an identification that we were with the cruise for the next 12 nights, a  welcome drink and cookies were served, we were then ushered to the ship. A very warm welcome indeed starting with sanitizing of our hands. Then all along the way to the entrance, were smiling faces and a very warm welcome in beautiful red flaminco dresses! Quickly we made our way to our state room. Ours was room 8020 on deck 8.  The others went to their state rooms on different decks. Once opened, a queen bed waiting with a picture framed window.....big enough to fit both of us. All what is needed is there.....3 plugs for three contenants, television, hangers, drawers, refrigerator, toiletries, hair dryer and not to forget fresh towels! Mama Mia....we are ready to go!

Welcome drink and cookies.

                                   

The interior....

 

Our oicture framed window......

            It was afternoon when we arrived and after unpacking all of our belongings, and a short visit to Barcelona City...looking hi and low for cafes that have free wifi in order to send news to family and friends back home! We ended in Hard Rock Cafe......hehehhehhe! Our first spending of our Euro!

            Our first voyage started  at 6.30 p.m on 4th June 2013 from Barcelona to Toulon, France. It is never wrong to dream.........

             

             I imagined the Pirates of Carribbean.........Captain Jack Sparrow!!!  Hahahahhahhaha Silly me!

Rumahku Syurgaku.....

   

     Selalu sangat kita dengar slogan ini....Rumahku Syurgaku!  Ertinya rumah milik kita itu ibarat syurga buat kita sekeluarga. Tak kisahlah apa rupabentuknya, jenis apa buatannya, perabutnya dan sebagainya. Itu semua citarasa kita sendiri. Kenapa mesti kita ikut pendapat dan kehendak orang lain sebab yang tinggal dalam rumah itu ialah diri kita sendiri. Sendiri mahu fikirlah!

     Hari ini aku memenuhi jemputan majlis doa selamat dan kesyukuran di Serendah. Alhamdulillah anak saudaraku kini memiliki sebuah rumah sendiri. Selepas mendirikan rumahtangga pasangan ini tinggal bersama keluarganya. Sebagai seorang anak lelaki, sudah pasti sesuatu yang menyeronokkan tinggal bersama keluarganya sendiri.  Tetapi kita kena fahami hati si isteri pula. Dia juga ingin mengemas dan mencantikkan rumah miliknya sendiri yang  susun atur perabut dirumah mengikut citarasanya sendiri. Lain perasaannya! Kita semua pernah melaluinya....maka ia bukanlah satu kemusykilan.

     Nasihatku buat semua, bila anak kita sudah berumahtangga, biarlah mereka membina keluarga mereka sendiri mengikut kayu ukur sendiri, punya perasaan memiliki dan punya masyarakat sendiri. Biarkan mereka hidup sendiri. Kita perhatikan sahaja dari jauh. Agak-agak dalam kesempitan, hulurkanlah sedikit bantuan on loan basis...... not free!  Bukan nak menganiayai tetapi ajar mereka bertanggungjawab.

     Cucu? Masa kita untuk menjaga bayi dan anak kecil sudah berlalu. Sesekali bolehlah kita bantu menjaga cucu tetapi Not Everyday. Badan kita tak sekuat dulu. Reflex kita tak sepantas dulu  dan masa untuk diri kita bertambah pendek.  Pergilah cari ilmu agama untuk diri sendiri. Sebenarnya banyak yang kita tak tahu dari yang tahu. Pergilah mengaji Al Quran. Bacalah hari-hari. Janganlah kita menjadi orang yang rugi. Buanglah ego, buanglah malu! Carilah guru untuk mengajar kita ilmu-ilmu agama. Hidup lebih bermakna!

     Dunia ini sangat luas. Islam menggalakkan kita berjalan melihat alam! Seeloknya, kalau ada wang lebih sikit, pergilah  melancung dalam atau luar negeri. Go out and see the world. Jauh Perjalanan, Banyak Pemandangan dan Luas Pandangan! Sekarang kos buat pasport untuk warga emas 50%  dari harga asal.  Pilihan pesawat sangat banyak.  Kalau tak larat naik turun kapal terbang, why not cruising? Banyak pilihan!! Destinasi? Pilih saja.

       

     Pokoknya......Jangan duduk terperuk di rumah saja. Our children will be okay! No worries!

Let's look back!

    
          

           Back in 1955, the 27th day of July.....was the first ever the people of TANAH MELAYU had their first taste of democracy by participating in The First General Election of Federation of Malaya (Pilihanraya Pertama dalam  Persekutuan Tanah Melayu)! 

           Everything was so simple and straight forward. It was a celebration! Everybody was looking forward to that very day! 

           Let's enjoy listening to the feel good song which portray the feelings  of the people back in 58 years ago!

.......... terkenang-kenang!

     Setelah sebulan berehat tanpa menulis, tiba-tiba jari-jemari mendengar suara hatiku untuk menulis sesuatu.  Tapi di manakan kumulai?

     Di luar sana hujan turun dengan lebat sejak jam 5.30 pagi lagi. Kalau semasa zaman persekolahan dulu, jam 5.30pagi adalah masa aku bergerak keluar rumah menaiki Land Rover milik syarikat tempat arwah Abah kerja menuju ke sekolah yang 26batu jauhnya!!! Jalannya adalah laluan lori-lori balak n lori-lori kelapa sawit....berlubang dan  banyak jambatan-jambatan kayu melintasi sungai-sungai kecil. Keadaannya kalau hari panas maka habuk akan melitupi seluruh badan dan kalau hujan, keadaannya seperti memandu di atas coklat yang cair! kalau bernasib baik, akan lalulah binatang-binatang liar melintasi jalan dan bila pandang ke atas , akan kelihatan pelbagai spesis kera dan burung berderetan di atas dahan menanti hari siang.  Itulah antara pengalaman-pengalaman yang akan kekal selamanya di dalam lubuk ingatanku. MasyaAllah! Namun, jika diberi pilihan, tidak mahu aku menjalani kehidupan seperti itu lagi....bukan diumur begini. Cukuplah!

Kenangan lalu mengusik jiwa

Banyak pengalaman suka dan duka

Pengorbanan kedua orang ibu dan bapa

Sampai Qiamat pun takkan mampu terbalas jasa

     Bulan Disember merupakan bulan yang paling aku sekeluarga nanti-nantikan. Bulan Disemberlah bulan paling sibuk buat kami. Mengapa?

10 Disember 1983, kami suami isteri selamat diijabkabulkan. Alhamdulillah bahgian sehingga kini dan semoga terus berbahagia selamanya.  15 Disember tahun berikutnya anak sulong kami selamat dilahirkan. Sihat dan sangat comel. Selang dua tahun pada 26 Disember , anak kedua kami pula dilahirkan. Sangat sihat, bulat dan lebih besar dari kakaknya. Lengkap hidup kami. Pada tahun 2007, anak sulong kami menjadi milik orang. Pada 14 Disember kami telah menikahkannya dengan pilihan hatinya, Alhamdulillah. Bertambah lengkap hidup kami. Kini hidup kami di ceriakan dengan kehadiran dua orang cucu lelaki.

Semasa kami di Johor Bahru. Along 6tahun dan adik 4 tahun.

Setiap tahun, kami akan menyambut tarikh-tarikh  penting hidup kami bersama. Selalunya akan adalah acara bertukar-tukar hadiah tanda peringatan. Kadang-kadang tanpa hadiah sekadar ucapan sahaja. Akan tetapi kami akan  makan bersama tanda kesyukuran kepada Illahi.

Tetapi tahun ini agak berlain sedikit. Kerana bertambahnya umur, kami suami isteri hampir terlupa akan tarikh Ulangtahun Perkahwinan kami yang sudah genap 29tahun...maklumlah! Bila kami teringat, hari sudah agak lewat! hahahahaha.....nasiblaaaaa. 

Anak  sulong kami pulak terpaksa menyambut Hari Ulangtahun Perkahwinannya yang ke5 dan Hari Ulangtahun Kelahirannya yang ke28 tanpa suaminya disisi kerana urusan kerja luar daerah! Tapi hatinya memang cekal. Bertuah suaminya punya isteri yang tidak emo. Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary Along!

Semalam, suami dan kedua anak kami berpakat menghadiahkanku sebuah telefon bimbit yang baru 3 hari di pasaran.....iPhone 5!!!!! Panas..Panas...Panas....... Tidak semua kedai yang punya stok tapi kami memang bernasib baik! Tidak ada yang percaya ia sudah ada di pasaran tapi kami  dapat!!!!Hampir pengsan aku dibuatnya! Tak percaya tapi nyata!!! Sebenarnya Blackberryku dah banyak kali buat hal tapi masih aku gunakan walaupun suami mendesak beberapa kali untuk menggantikan yang baru! Tak sangka kedua anakku menyarankan ayah mereka agar membeli iPhone5 buatku semepena hari jadi anak sulongku dengan alasan Maklah yang sepatutnya menerima hadiah pada hari jadinya kerana mengandungkan, melahirkan dan membesarkannya dengan penuh kasih sayang. Terkedu aku! Bila memikirkannya, sememangnya begitulah caranya! Aku jadi sebak dan bersyukur pada Allah! Semoga anak-anakku menjadi orang yang beragama, berjaya dalam hidup dan berbahagia selamanya! Mungkinkah aku akan mendapat hadiah sempena Hari Ulangtahun kelahiran anak bongsu kami? ??? Kalau padi katakan padi......tidak kami tertampi tampi.....hahahhahhahha!

Pulanglah.....

       Baru-baru ni semasa sedang berehat-rehat sambil mata menonton satu rancangan penganugerahan untuk artis-artis yang berjaya dalam kategori masing-masing. Entah mengapa, hati tidak seperti dulu. Melihat gelagat mereka, aku jadi mual. Melihat pakaian mereka, membuat aku tertanya-tanya.....tak malu pada Allah ke? Tiada garis panduan berpakaian untuk artis lagi ke? Tolonglah berpakaian menutup aurat. Janganlah menghina dirimu sendiri. Daripada kita berdoa untuk menjatuhkan kaum kita sendiri, lebih baiklah kita selamatkan bangsa kita yang semakin lama semakin hanyut. Daripada terjerit terlolong menyalahkan dan menuding jari mencari salah orang, eloklah kita pertingkatkan amalan  ibadah kita. Selamatkanlah anak-anak kita!!!

Hiburan...hiburan...hiburan....

       Seingatku, suatu masa dulu, artis lelaki yang berambut panjang di larang membuat persembahan dalam rancangan hiburan.. Sekarang ni, ada yang hampir telanjang pulak! Di mana silapnya kita? Kerajaan harus melakukan sesuatu . Kembalilah kita kepada agama kita. Banggalah kita dengan bangsa kita. Cintailah bahasa kita! Pertahankanlah martabat keMelayuan dan KeIslaman kita. Kalau kita tidak membuat sesuatu sekarang, apa akan jadi di zaman akan datang? Anak cucu dan waris keturunan kita? 

Pembaziran!

     Kita sepatutnya merasa bersyukur kerana negara kita masih aman. Kalau hendak ke masjid untuk beribadat, tiada siapa yang melarang.  Kita boleh keluar mencari ilmu dunia dan akhirat di mana jua tanpa sekatan. Kita bebas! Kebebasan dalam 'Comfort Zone' yang kita kecapi sekarang menjadi idaman rakyat negara lain. Di sini, kita sibuk mempertingkatkan status kehidupan kita. Kalau dulu kita susah, sekarang kita sudah senang. Kalau dulu meminjam, sekarang kita memberi pinjaman. Kalau dulu makan sekali sehari, sekarang membuang pula. Tetapi, saudara mara seIslam kita di bumi Gaza sekarang ini diserang dan dibunuh tanpa ada rasa perikemanusiaan. Kita membazir makanan sedangkan  mereka tidak cukup makanan. Anak cucu kita tidur lena dalam bilik berhawa dingin, tetapi anak-anak mereka mati dibunuh dengan kejam, disembelih dan dibom. Kita sibuk dengan keputusan peperiksaan ilmu dunia anak kita, mereka terpaksa mempertaruhkan nyawa anak-anak mereka untuk berjuang  mepertahankan diri, keluarga dan negara mereka.  Masihkah kita tidak bersyukur pada Allah?

Kehilangan anak!

Kanak-kanak menjadi mangsa.

Manakah tuannya?

9 bulan mengandung, mati sekelip mata dibom siLaknat!

Ya Allah ampunilah kami ....

Ampunkanlah segala dosa-dosa kami..

Tunjukanlah kami jalan yang lurus

Ya Allah, selamatkanlah anak bangsa kami dari terus hanyut. 

Ya Allah, peliharalah keamanan 

 dan kesejahteraan  Malaysia!

Ya Allah, bantulah saudara kami di Gaza. 

Berikanlah mereka kekuatan

Tingkatkanlah kesabaran mereka

Kasihanilah mereka Ya Allah

Bantulah mereka Ya Allah

Bantulah mereka Ya Allah!

Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Mengetahui dan Maha Bijaksana!

Kami mengharap belas kasihmu Ya Allah!

Kami mengharap ihsanMu!

Hanya kepadaMu...

Hanya untukMu...

Kita bermain bunga api, mereka dibom hingga mati!

Fakta yang diputar belitkan oleh si haram jaddah!

      

Terima Kasih dari kami.....

               Menjemput itu SUNAT tetapi menghadirkan diri memenuhi jemputan itu WAJIB. Begitulah hebatnya  Islam! 

               Baru-baru ni kami menghadiri satu Majlis Perkahwinan di Putrajaya. Meriah! Manakan tidak, yang menjemput kami ialah guru kami Ustaz Haji Muhammad Farhan b Wijaya. Boleh dikatakan majoriti anak-anak murid yang sama bertalaki di rumah kami hadir ke majlis tersebut. Yang membezakan ialah cepat atau lambat sahaja. Terima kasih Ustaz dan keluarga atas jemputan.

Bersama Ustazah Intan dan Kak Leha.

Anak-anak murid Ustaz sentiasa ceria...

Imam Masjid Negeri Sheikh Karim mengalunkan Salawat mengiringi kedua mempelai..

Pasangan mempelai yang diraikan...Ratna danZul. Semoga berbahagia selamanya.

Ustaz  Haji Farhan membacakan doa buat adiknya sebagai hadiah paling istimewa buat kedua mempelai.

Kami bangga jadi rakyat Malaysia!

Kami anak Malaysia...Melayu dan Islam! Alhamdulillah!

Profesyen......pilihanmu!

          Semasa dibangku sekolah rendah, pada zaman dulu, kita semua kena isi satu kad yang dikenali sebagai kad 001. Antara yang perlu kita isikan dalam kad itu ialah cita-cita kita. Semasa itu juga, cita-cita semua kanak-kanak adalah sama iaitu ingin menjadi seperti bapa mereka. Antaranya iala Guru, Doktor, Askar, Peguam dan sebagainya. Semua profesyen pilihan adalah apa yang kita nampak ketika itu. Tetapi kalau sekarang, pelbagai profesyen pilihan yang boleh kita tuliskan.....hahahaha. Bertapa masa dan keadaan sudah jauh berubah dan bertapa manusia juga turut berubah. Berusahalah dan berdoalah!

Mintalah pada Allah.....

          Semasa menunaikan Haji baru-baru ini, ketika itu kami berada di kota Madinah. Kami mendapat berita yang rumah kami dimasuki pencuri. Habis diselongkarnya satu rumah khasnya bilik tidur utama. Tiada apa yang ditinggalkannya. Bila melihat gambar yang dihantar oleh anak sulong kami, rumah dalam keadaan seperti tongkang pecah. Ketika mula mendapat berita, hati menjadi sangat sayu dan sedih. Manakan tidak, barang berharga yang dikumpul sejak mula berumahtangga sehingga kini lesap dalam sekelip mata. Satu hari satu malam termangu. Menitis juga airmata. Tetapi selepas itu , bila suami menegur, tersentak dan terus redho. Katanya, itukan profesyen mereka. Dipagar bagaimana sekalipun dengan alat penggera kecemasan dan sebagainya, tetap dapat mereka masuk kerana itu kerja mereka. Kerja kita menjaga, kerja mereka mencuri. Kan satu profesyen namanya! Betul jugak! Selang beberapa malam, dalam minggu yang sama, di masuknya sekali lagi. Entah apa yang hendak dicarinya lagi! Lantak kau oranglah. 

Ini saja mampuku...

          Namun begitu , kami tetap bersyukur kerana ketika kecurian, tiada sesiapa yang berada di rumah. Nasib baik anak sulong kami berada di rumahnya sendiri. KAlau tidak.....Nauzubillah! Tak sanggup aku nak membayangkannya! Sebelum pulang dari Tanah Suci, kami mendapat berita yang beberapa orang pencuri yang modas operandinya serupa seperti kediamanku ditangkap polis. Padan muka kau orang! Nasib baik ada profesyen polis yang menjaga keselamatan kita. Alhamdulillah.

          Oleh itu, latihlah anak cucu kita supaya memilih profesyen yang betul dan yang menjamin masa depan mereka. Tetapi pengetahuan agama WAJIB diketengahkan dahulu kerana ia menjamin kehidupan di dunia dan di akhirat. Insyaallah. Biarlah dia seorang Akautan, Doktor, Pendidik, Kerani, Peguam dan sebagainya tetapi dalam masa yang sama dia juga  Hafaz Al Quran...Masyaallah.                                                                            

          Itulah cita-citaku buat cucu-cucuku dan seluruh waris keturunanku! Tiada yang mustahil kerana kini sudah ada golongan profesional yang hafaz Al Quran!