My First Umrah 26.5.2011

Assallamualaikum w.r.t. and greetings ..

The story continued ...

26/5/2011 (Thursday) - Friday night

2.00pm -Me, my husband and my eldest son continue our journey from Madinah to Mekah by bus. We stop in Bir Ali to do intentional for umrah. After the intentional, all the 13th prohibition start. I don't know why but once i perform my intentional for umrah, my heart start beating very fast. I become quite nervous and somewhat scared. It is also the same when i performed my second and third umrah. In addition to that, my scalp start to itch, so is my nose. I have to control myself from scratching for fear of breaking any one of the 13th prohibitions during umrah.

8.30pm - We reached Mekah and check-in to our hotel. Hotel Hajeej is about 300m from Masjidil Haram. My son burst into tears and throw a tantrum when we first enter our room. "He scream hotel pecah. Lets go back to the hotel ".. :) (he meant the 5 star hotel Anwar Movenpick in Madinah). Our hotel is clean but it is an old hotel. The window airconditioning unit was quite noisy and there is no room service during our stay in Mekah. I explain to my son as long as we are together as a family then we should be thankful. And he calm down.

10.30pm -went to masjidil haram. saw Kaabah for the first time. my first prayer that come to mind is that may Allah grant me heaven. I have always imagine this moment, and when the moment come i don't feel anything. I used to imagine that my first time seeing Kaabah in real will make me faint or something.. at least dropped to my knees in tears. But i do not feel anything, i worry for my self. Some of my group members start crying and me ... getting more worried for my soul. (btw .. i get tougher tests in my second umrah, that is when i really cried and appreciate kaabah - i will write about my second umrah in my next entry insha'allah. and please do not be afraid of the tests because from these tests Allah teaches/guide us how to carry on in our daily lives and the feelings we get afterwards is beyond words. This is the reasons why people keep wanting to performed the umrah and hajj eventhough they know they will be tested)

11.00pm - we performed the tawaf led by our mutawif. Me and my husband and son got separated in the sea of people. I am panicking but i don't dare to look for my husband and son because i am afraid if i lost my group, i will be totally lost. I am confident that my husband and son will be okay BUT i am not so confident about myself. During my tawaf, i pray to Allah for their safety and that we will be regroup again. True enough, we regroup again and me and my husband and my son continue the tawaf. We inform the rest of the group to went ahead to performed the saie and not to wait for us because we are very slow ..heehee. We finally went to performed the saie and completed it sometime just before subuh prayer. For your information, my son do not want to walk so my husband has to carry him all the time.

3.30am - just completed the saie and my husband and son went to the barber's shop to perform the tahallul (bergunting). Then we went back to the hotel, where i performed my tahallul. Now the 13th prohibition has been lifted. Guess what, i lose 3 hairs during the ihram ..so i have to pay the dam -SR30.00 ..heehee. Anyway ... I am immensely happy and satisfied for completing my first umrah.

4.ooam - performed the subuh prayer in Masjidil Haram.

5.00am - went back to hotel to eat breakfast.

6.00am - call Malaysia to ask how Hanzallah my youngest son is doing.

6.30am -finally went to sleep. what a full day it is. we actually did not sleep the whole 24 hrs.

Points to ponder:

(1) i believe our first umrah is a test on our physical and mental strength.

(2) i didn't know that umrah is wajib. i have always thought it as sunat. and i also thought that umrah ziarah is some sort of holiday. i am so ignorant.

(3) Just sharing :

Surah Al -Baqarah :196

" Dan sempurnakanlah ibadat haji dan umrah kerana Allah "

Surah Al- Hajj : 27-29

"Dan serukanlah kepada umat manusia untuk mengerjakan ibadat haji, nescaya mereka akan datang ke ( rumah tuhanmu) dengan berjalan kaki, dan dengan menunggang berjenis-jenis unta yang kurus yang datangnya dari berbagai-bagai jalan (ceruk rantau)

Supaya mereka menyaksikan berbagai-bagai perkara yang mendatangkan berbagai-bagai faedah kepada mereka, serta memperingati dan menyebut nama Allah pada hari-hari tertentu, kerana pengurnaiaanNya kepada mereka dengan binatang-binatang ternak (untuk dijadikan korban) dengan demikian makanlah kamu dari (daging) binatang-binatang korban itu dan berilah makan kepada orang yang susah, yang fakir miskin.

Kemudian hendaklah mereka membersihkan diri mereka, dan hendaklah mereka menyempurnakan nazar-nazar mereka, dan hendaklah mereka tawaf akan Baitullah (Kaabah) yang tua sejarahnya itu.


feels happy .. :) :) :) ... Alhamdullilah ...

My wonderful journey to Madinah

Assallamualaikum w.r.t. and greetings to all dear family and friends.

I believe this picture is taken at the entrance gate to raudhah for ladies -gate no. 25 Ibnu Affan

i would like to share my wonderful journey during my first umrah with my family between 23/5 - 3/6 2011.

23/5 - 12.30 pm malaysian time -me, my husband and my eldest son gather at the KLIA airport to check in with our group to perform the Umrah. Very excited. Performed solat zohor and asar (Jamak Taqdim and Qasar)

23/5 -7.30pm arrived in Jeddah Airport. The time difference between Saudi Arabia and Malaysia is about 5 hrs with Malaysia receiving the sunlight first. :)

23/5 -10.00 pm boarding the tour bus to Madinah. We stop along the way to performed the Jamak & Qasar Maghrib and Isyak prayer. The place is located in the middle of nowhere. There are a few dusty looking arabs (?) and stray dogs. There are 1 surau and roughly 2 medium size shops building surrounded by nothing.

23/5 - Journey to Madinah - 5 hours journey through nothing, nothing, checkpoint, nothing, nothing, checkpoint until we finally reach Madinah. Amazing .. there are no small towns, no villages, no trees, no grass, etc..etc along the road only strecth of barren lands, rocky hills, short very dry looking trees. I used to wonder why arabs don't develop their country as industriously as malaysian. Malaysia is always about development ..development and more development. I am begining to understand why ... there is just nothing to do. The Quran told us to perform Umrah and Hajj and to Fanzuru ie to look/see. I start to appreciate Malaysia my home country. I also kept wondering why Allah place his holy house in this barren land.

23/5 - 3.00am - Enter Madinah and start reciting prayers to enter Madinah. Madinah - my prophet Muhammad town. Then check-in to a 5 star hotel Anwar Madina Movenpick.

23/5 -3.50am - Performed Subuh prayer in Masjid Nabawi where my prophet is. The mosque was so full, i pray on the floor (no carpet) almost at the door entrance/exit. And I have people dirty looking shoes in transparent plastic bag near my head where i sujud ... mmm. This never happened in Malaysia. Nevertheless .. I am extremely Happy :). More over, pahala prayer in Masjid Nabawi (prophet mosque) is 1000x pahala prayer in any other mosque except Masjidil Haram.

To be continued ... Wassallam.

p/s - i do not wish to offend anybody or any races. If you find this article offensive ..please inform and i will stop writing.. Or i will write in malay ... :)

I Am ...

I Am ...

How r u people? .. happy .. stress .. sad .. angry ...tired ..etc..etc..

Me ... most likely happy and tired ... that why this I Am ...post. I am trying to transform my negative energy to positive energy.

I just want to share a few things i have learn in the last 2 and 1/2 years.

1. If you think you can, its true and if you think you cannot, its also true. So choose your thinking wisely my friend.

2. When ever you feel sickly, stress, tired etc..etc.. , stop and think about what you really love .. it could be your family etc..etc ..you will feel better immediately.

3. Hidup bertuhan .. berkomunikasi dengan Allah tentang semua perkara. Allah maha mengetahui .. jadi mohon dan bertawakallah kepada Allah. (Hasbunallah hu wa ni'mal wakil - cukuplah Allah sebagai penolongku)

4. Bersyukur dengan segala nikmat yang diterima (Alhamdullilah - segala puji bagi Allah)

5. Redha dengan ketentuan Allah (Inna lilahi Wa Ilaihi Rajiun - Dari Allah kami datang dan kepada Allah kami kembali).

I want to make my post ..happy ..happy but it turn out very serious ... i must be very tired indeed ...kuang3x

bye ..for now ..

Pengurusan Tekanan Mental

Assallamualaikum w.r.t dan Salam Sejahtera,

Its been a long time since i last posted anything on my blog. I blame it on facebook ..hehehe .. nowadays everybody prefer facebook to blog.

So hari ini sa nak share a few things that i learned from Bengkel Pengurusan Tekanan Mental i have attend.

1. Penyakit mental khususnya penyakit negatif thinking is one of the punca kepada penyakit fizikal seperti sakit jantung, gastrik, sembelit dan tak mustahil penyakit kanser juga.
2. Penyakit negatif thinking boleh dihentikan melalui latihan berterusan. Everytime ada negatif thinking, STOP and replace with positif thinking.
3. Sembahyang tahajud merupakan satu cara pengurusan tekanan mental.

Saja nak share:

1. Seorang nenek yang badan dia dah bongkok 3 (mungkin sebab tak minum susu Anlene .. ). She always says Alhamdullillah ..syukur kerana masih boleh berjalan. Mudah2an panjang umur supaya boleh tengok cucu2 besar. She is one happy old lady ... cth positif thinking.

2. Seorang wanita di usia 40-an yang mempunyai sifat2 yang tidak baik akibat oleh penyakit negatif thinking seperti suka bersangka buruk dan mengumpat telah meninggal dunia kerana penyakit kanser... cth negatif thinking.

Well, kedua-dua contoh di atas merupakan kisah benar dan bukan rekaan. Jadi sama-samalah kita mengambil iktibar. Wallahuallam.

So my Friends .. STOP negative thinking.. START positive thinking .. hehehe

p.s. 1 : Bila ada negatif thinking, body organ does not function well, hence all the toxic yang sepatutnya kena flushed out of our body system tidak kena keluarkan. Bila badan toxic maka penyakit pun datang ..kuang3x.

p.s.2 : Cara mudah sembahyang tahajud. Solat sunat 2 rakaat sebelum azan subuh. Niat solat sunat tahajud.

Ubat Sakit M

Assallamualaikum w.r.t and god bless to you all ..

How are you ? .. and most importantly how is ME ??? ... ha..ha..ha.. sot -sot sudah ni.

Lately i am infected by a certain disease call Sakit M or sakit malas.. going to works .. malas, urus anak ..malas, tengok tv bosan, membaca malas -tengok pic ja, sembahyang malas, semuapun malas ..malas .. malas. (well i know some people will say what else is new hi3x)

Anyway .. i try to analyse why i am so lethargic lately:-

i. Is it because of i am overweight ? ..may be
ii. Is it because i am possesed by other people punya hantu ??? ...high possibility
iii.Is it because i seems to be in financial difficulty ?? ... likely
iv. Is it because i drink too much coffee with caffeine ? ...
v. Is it because my old loyal kancil is too buruk already, every time i turn, my
kancil start coughing and went dead ... mua hua hua
vi. Is it because i cannot afford to change my Kancil to new Honda city at least ..
i can only upgrade to a brand new KANCIL .... argh ....most likely
vii. Is it work ?? .. entahlah ...

Anyhow .. apparently i have many issues ..mmmm ...AND the prescription is ...

i. Be thankful.
ii. Recite this prayer ..

"Allahumma Inni 'Auzubika Minal 'Aj Zi Wal Kasal, Wal Jubni Wal Bukhli, Wal Harhami, Wa 'Aza bil Qabri, Allahumma Aati Nafsi Takwaha, Wa Zak kiha Anta Khairuman Zak kaha, Anta Wa Liyyuha Wa Maulaha, Allahumma Inni 'Auzubuka Min 'Ilmin La Yanfa'u, Wa Min Qalbin La Yah Sha 'U, Wa Min Nafsin, La Tashba'u, Wa Min Da'watin, La Yustajabu Laha"

" Ya Allah, sesungguhnya kami memohon perlindungan-Mu daripada kelemahan, kemalasan, sifat pengecut, kedekut, nyanyuk dan azab kubur. Ya Allah, berikanlah ketakwaan kepadaku dan sucikanlah ia, kerana Engkaulah sebaik-baik tuhan yang menyucikan, Engkau pelindung dan memeliharanya. Ya Allah, aku memohon perlindungan -Mu daripada ilmu yang tidak bermanfaat, hati yang tidak khusyuk, nafsu yang tidak puas dan doa yang tidak dikabulkan"193

193 Riwayat Muslim no.2722

Anyway .. MORAL OF THE STORY is ... if you a experiencing sakit M .. please try the suggested prescription. Insya'allah it will work for you and i pray that it will work for me too ..

Super -Ego

Assallamualaikum w.r.t. dan salam sejahtera kengkawan ..

This is a special blog .. written on special occassion to share with you dear .. to be appreciated and enjoy ..

This evening during a long-long meeting chaired by one of my bosses .. somebody call my boss tanya pasal keselamatan letrik di sekolah.

So my boss cakap2 with him and then he said I pass you to my electrical engineer. So i answer the call and this guy ask funny-funny question such as what is the SOP untuk cikgu-cikgu adhere to bagi menjaga keselamatan di sekolah and berapa bilangan litar pintas berlaku di sekolah. I am so.. konfius with what this guy nak .. and then he also want me to give him the name of related akta yang berkenaan keselamatan pemasangan elektrik. I told him i don't quite remeber the exact name of the akta .. i believe it is Akta Bekalan Elektrik 1990 & Peraturan Bekalan Elektrik 1994 or something.I informed the guy that i will double check the name and ask him to e-mel me his questions and i will reply with the correct information. Mind you .. all this time he is speaking loudly to me with nada marah-marah. And then he said garangly .. How old are you ? .. this is too much. I also answered him garangly ..38 tahun. Btw .. bulum lg bha umur sia 38 thn. masih 37 lg ..hi3x. when i told my husband ..he said why don't you tell him you are 50 ..ha..ha..ha.. very-very senior aaa...

Anyway .. what i am trying to say is.. this guy ego is soo big, he is a Super-Ego. He want to ask for informations from me (he needs a favour right!) .. and he scolded me as if i am his dominion ..hah ..padahal dia yang mo minta tulun, butul2 tiada guna punya orang.Kurang asam betul lah ..Tak kiralah kalau dia boss pun .. he is not my boss what .. durjana.

Anyway .. moral of the story .. do not be like him.

Chairing A Meeting - Petua

Assallamualaikum w.r.t dan Salam Sejahtera to all my friends ..

I just like to share with you a petua when you are asked to chair a meeting. At least it works for me ..

Recently i was promoted with a small increment of RM250.00 (But of course i am thankfull - because Allah say we must ..he..he..he..) with increasing job responsibility.In this new job, i have to chair a meeting from time to time.

Before this, i did not realize chairing a meeting can be quite exhausting, you have to focus and think. Not like before, where my role is just to attend and eat and drink a cup of tea .. sometime 2 cups and contribute one or two comments..he3x. The first time i chair a meeting, i did not even eat or drink.

However, i think i chair the meeting quite well .. and the reason is because .... Here come the petua ..

Before the meeting start ..while seating in the chairman seat ..i recite this doa quietly in my heart... while watching everybody take their seat.

'Rabbis rah li shadri wa yas sirli amri, wah lul ngukhdatan min lisani yaf kahu kauli '

translation:

'Ya Allah, bukakanlah dadaku, mudahkanlah urusanku dan hilangkanlah kekakuan pada lidahku agar mereka faham akan perkataanku'.

This doa is recited by Prophet Musa A.S. when he went to preach to Firaun.

Of course .. you have to be prepared as well .. have your agenda ready etc.FYI, this petua i got from a friend .. and now i am passing it to you.




BTw .. i am not saying the member of the meeting is the Pharaoh ya ...