Thursday, May 22, 2014

Majlis ilmu ...Ahlak Bermusafir


Kajang Pak Malau kajang berlipat,
Kajang saya , mengkuang layu,
Dagang Pak Malau, dagang bertempat
Dagang saya menumpang lalu.

Puyuh berlari meninggalkan sarang
Mencari makan tidak ketemu
Hamba ini seorang pedagang
Dagang untuk mencari ilmu


Apakah ertinya ini? Ertinya, orang kita sudah mula bermusafir sejak zaman dahulu lagi. Semasa kita memegang jawatan, ada ketika kita ditugaskan ke luar daerah, ke luar negeri dan ke luar negara. Maka bermusafirlah kita. Kini setelah bergelar YB (Yang Bersara), kita masih menjadi musafir apabila kita pergi bercuti, menziarah dan sebagainya. Janji, mesti melebihi 85 kilometer atau 2 marhalah!

Ternyata, ramai sudah tahu tentang ahlak bermusafir tapi ada kalanya pendapat kita bercanggah. Maklumlah pengetahuan dan latar belakang yang berbeza dan ada masanya kita memandai-mandai. Ini sangat bahaya dan merugikan.

The Balticans mengambil inisiatif memohon agar diadakan satu program berhubung kait dengan bermusafir. Alhamdulillah pada 20hb Mei 2014 bertempat di Bilik Seminar Masjid Tengku Ampuan Jemaah, Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam, Selangor, Pengurus yang juga Imam Besarnya Ustaz Muhammad Farhan bin Wijaya, telah meruangkan masa menyampaikan ilmu Ahlak Bermusafir kepada Balticans dan keluarga yang hadir. 

Terima kasih Ustaz.

Islam galakkan kita berjalan,
Pastikan niat dan juga tujuan,
Banyak kemudahan buat kalian,
Rujuklah AlQuran sebagai panduan.

Selesaikan hutang dan amanat sebelum berangkat,
Tinggalkan keperluan, belanja dan wasiat,
Doa kenderaan mestilah ingat,
Sepanjang perjalanan mendapat rahmat.


Sebutlah Subhanallah....,
Sebutlah Masyaallah.....,
Sebutlah Alhamdulillah...,
Bila terpandang kebesaran Allah.

Berbuat baiklah bersama ahli kumpulan,
Bekalan lebih dikongsi bersama,
Peliharalah adab dan pertuturan,
Itu dituntut oleh agama.

  

Wajib bertakbir  pertama menghadap kiblat,
Kemudian bolehlah solat duduk,
Jama' takdim amat digalak,
Pastikan diri sentiasa berwudhuk.

  

Tiada alasan meninggalkan solat,
Jama' Qasar Takdim dan Takhir dianugerah Illahi,,
Insan bermusafir insan yang hebat,
Doa pemusafir pasti dimakbuli.


Makanlah apa yang tidak dikhuatiri,
Jangan makan jika tak pasti,
Ikutlah saja apa kata hati, 
Bacalah Bismillah , ikut Sunnah Nabi.



SELAMAT  MELIHAT KEBESARAN ALLAH !







Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Balticans Ice Breaking


The BALTICANS ....... we call us!




Nothing comes easy. Sometimes, it is easy to say than done! Sometimes your best laid plan goes haywire. We can plan to our level best but Allah knows what's BEST for us! This we have to accept.
   
    

As a human, I can never avoid making mistakes. Maybe out of stupidity, carelessness or lack of knowledge .... BUT I tried my very best... to the top most level that I can. Insyaallah, I believe, when planning something with full heartedly,  full of thoughts , full of love and tender care.... Insyaallah all will be well. Now it is up to Allah....we just make dua for the BEST for all of us.
 

After planning seriously  since Februari 2014, I managed to contact Norwegian Cruise Liner regarding our meals on board. True, there are 11  restaurants on boards Norwegian Star, but being MUslim who are subjected to Hallalan Toyiban kind of food, I take it very seriously. I managed to cater Vegeterian Meals with Seafood, Eggs and Alcohol Free for my group of 45. Alhamdulillah! All I need to do next is, upon boarding the ship, I have to see the person in charge regarding the matter. Thank you NCL!


  

Then comes to our excursions. This is a lot to explain! Out of many, only 7 of us have experienced cruising. The others love listening to our cartoon stories and decided to join us this year! Wow! It was so much easier to deal with 10 but 45 is not a joke! I needed to find a capable Excursion Agency to take us around. I read the reviews of some tour agencies by only one caught my eye and my heart agreed! We appointed SPB tours  to manage our excursions in all ports of call inclusive of Berlin, Talliin, St Petersberg, Helsinki and Stockholm! Alhamdulillah, they gave me the freedom to plan our routes. Thank you very much SPB Tours!



Last 10th May 2014, our group held and ice breaking event at le'Ter (Lembah Temir Eco Resort).It was good, smooth sailing and all of us had fun.  Since then all of us became closer and hopefully this  friendship last forever. The main objective of the event is to sit together and pray to Allah thanking HIM for all the rezeki that He gave all of us in terms of Good Health, Good Wealth but most of all Good new found friends to travel with. Also we seek forgiveness from Allah and May this trip will make us better Muslim when we see His creations as we visit the other side of the world. Definitely, the weather, the people, the environment and everything will be different from what we have. Masyaallah.....


 


I took this opportunity to explained thoroughly regarding our trip especially the excursions of what to expect, what to do, how to response, how much to pay and so on. This is important so that everybody can lead their own family or little groups without having to wait to be reminded. They need to know that we are a group of 45 and we do not have a leader. Yes, that is right.... we DO NOT HAVE a leader! Totally on our own! Everybody have to do everything themselves. It will be fun. But I believe, all will be well! Insyaallah!

At the end of the day, everyone took it seriously and so excited to our trip.
Lots of things can be done in le'Ter. We had an aerobic instuctor to do light low impact aerobic plus taichii, an imam to lead us in reciting the Yaasin and the whole of le'Ter with it's wonderful...wonderful waterfalls, wild Kelah, Koi and fruits orchard to visit. We have to say thank you to the management of le'Ter who supported us full board.... May Allah bless Tuan Haji Che Din Sulaiman, Puan Hajjah Wan Remlah Abd Ghani and their team for making our event very successful! 


Like I said, all is well.......Insyaallah. Hopefully everything turn out as planned if not better!



Friday, May 16, 2014

My upcoming voyage.....

9-Day Baltic Capitals, Round-trip Copenhagen

9 days Baltic Capitals

Last year in June 2013, my friends and I, 10 of us went cruising for the first time in our life to the Mediterranean. We started from Barcelona Spain, Toulon France, Livorno, Rome and Napoli  Italy, Mykonos Greece.  Izmir and Istanbul  Turkey, Athens Greece and Venice Italy. Unfortunately we missed Athens because of a strike and we cruised up to Dubrovnik Croatia! 

All of us had fun and we shared our experiences by telling our friends back home. Guess what? This time around there will be 45 people in our group! WOW! And each and everyone of us are so excited and looking forward. 

Six families from my neighbourhood, seven families are our old friends and five families are friends of friends along with seven out of ten from the first cruise! Having problem to figure out???? No worries.... just remember the total number is forty five!!

It is not easy to please everybody in a party as big as this but for as long as all the NEEDS are fulfilled , the WANTS can just be slot in wherever and whenever possible!  hahahha cheers to all!

We called ourselves The Balticans!

Last weekend, on the 10th of May, we managed an ice breaking event in a privately owned resort by one of us in le'Ter aka Lembah Temir Eco Resort! It was marvelous! We found out that everyone can click together even with different ages, backgound, believes and profession! Amazing!! Well done Balticans! We spent a night together ( of cause in different rooms.....) and it was a good start to a wonderful friendly relationship! 

Now, time is drawing near to our departure. Everybody is busy packing and checking their list! The Norwegian Star will be our home from 28th of May to the 6th of June...... 

Safe journey to all of us!

Bon Voyage to all Balticans!









         

      





To all teachers......




LULU
"To Sir With Love"
Those schoolgirl days 
of telling tales and biting nails are gone

But in my mind
 I know they will still live on and on

But how do you thank someone 
who has taken you from crayons to perfume?

It isn't easy, but I'll try

If you wanted the sky 
I would write across the sky in letters
That would soar a thousand feet high 
'To Sir, With Love'

The time has come 
for closing books and long last looks must end

And as I leave 
I know that I am leaving my best friend

A friend who taught me right from wrong 
and weak from strong

That's a lot to learn, 
but what can I give you in return?

If you wanted the moon 
I would try to make a start
But I would rather you let me give my heart
 'To Sir, With Love'

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Happy Teachers Day 2014



Selamat Menyambut Hari Guru khasnya kepada teman-teman Sepeguruanku di MPKT Turtles! Tiada yang dapat kukatakan .... I am truly lost of words.

 I simply admire each and everyone of you whom I have known and close with since last 30 over years! Ya Allah, how time flies but Alhamdulillah we managed to stay as friends and as crazy as we used to be. No doubt all of us felt the lost of our sister Arwah Norlaila Samad and our brother Arwah Mohd Ali Manaf. Thinking of them and remembering them, brought tears to our eyes. Al Fatihah! Semoga roh mereka dicucuri rahmat!

With the limited time that we have together, let us all make time to see one another.  We all are now more than 50 years old. A short visit and a hi will make us happy. Insyaallah, Turtle Kasmawati will be having one big kenduri at her place in Dungun end of this month. For those who have time, please attend. This year  we have few weddings of our little turtles to attend.....( children of Che Nie, Noi, Manja and Sab..... did I miss any others?)  Do make time.

As for tomorrow, I would like to wish all my Turtle comrades a Happy Teachers Day. Remember our song, Kami Guru Malaysia.... read the wordings and you will feel it!

This song, Biarku menjadi lilin is specially dedicated to you.

Enjoy!!!

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Percutian Penyu......BDO

There were supposed to be 13 clowns but Titina had to back out because of her health. Very sad because she started the plan for this vacation and now we had to leave her.... well, some things are not meant to be..... she might not be there with us but Titina is always on our mind and in our heart.. We even bought her 4 pieces of materials and a telekung. Hope she likes it!

Our first stop was a lunch break at Garuda Nasi Padang in the buzzy city of Jakarta. It  the multi choices dishes of the locals. This was their first taste  Nasi Padang. All eyes on the table full of different kind of dishes. What to choose, what to eat ? The trick is, do not touch if you don not want to eat but if you touch it, you have to finish up. Good that we brought our very own Majlis Bandaran! All food eaten and nothing was left to waste!! The best thing is, everybody enjoyed the food very much.... very-very much indeed!



Then we performed our Solah upstairs before proceeding to our first shopping spree at Pasar Mayestic! This is one of the area in Jakarta where foreigners buy materials of all sorts. Why here? Well, they have lots of shops and loads of choices to be made and the price is out of your mind!!!!  Cheap....cheap....cheap!!! We spent 4 hours choosing, measuring, bargaining and paying..... And at the end of the day,satisfaction shown on the faces of the Turtles! Managed to get for everybody back home, good price and many choices! 




By 5pm, we left Jakarta to Bandung. Everybody were so happy and sharing their shopping experiences with one another. Suddenly, half way to Bandung, Ikram realized that he had overpaid RP400,000 which is equivalent to RM120.... well, that is lot.  Insyaallah we will do something to get his money back! 


Upon reaching the city of Bandung, we decided to take our dinner at The Stone Cafe uphill of Dago. From this spot, we can see the whole of Bandung by night. A beautiful place and the food is marvelous and very much affordable.  Choices of food from locals,  Asians to Western! The best thing about this cafe is they have live music! The songs sang are mostly in the languages that we know! What a night! 

We left the cafe to check in to our hotel at ASTON Braga Hotel at Braga City Walk.  We were given 2 rooms on floor 8, 2 rooms on floor 10 and 2 rooms on floor 17. All rooms were attached with a kitchenette plus a microwave. I would suggest anybody to stsy here whenever you are in Bandung. I guessed each and everyone of us must have slept soundly.



When we got back into our rooms, Ikram came by and told me that he did pay for the 15m material that he did not want. So I bought over from him. Settled!


Tukang order makanan!






Siap bawak balik botol sebagai kenangan!

Appetizer.

Zupa Soup yang sangat sedap!!




Nasi Bebek set komplit.


Kekenyangan