House Project : Landscape

Lama tak cerita pasal project rumah.

reason being? CF tak dapat lagi so kunci pun tak dapat lagi.


anyway, today we went to Bukit Beruntung side, batang kali to be exact for my husband's colleague wedding.

My husband has only worked for this company 6 mths but we have attended 3 weddings so far. While me, about 2 years of working, dapat lebih kurang 5 jemputan tapi satu pun tak pergi. I only bought hadiah for them. So rajin my husband tu kan.... I pun kena jadi wife mithali ikut sajalah.....


Of the 3, i actually felt this one is the most honest, original, simple, humble and so happy for the family for it. The other 2 buat di heart of KL, di dewan. Satu pengantin tu actually wear western wedding costume. Satu lagi ada live band and all the yang terkini wedding style...and ada booth for dessert....cendol etc.


This one, bapa dia sudah tiada, yang ramai aku nampak kawan2 sekolah/kerja... kata org, jemputannya ramai orang muda. masa kenduri pengantin aku di Singapore dulu, my hubby wasnt popular kot, so org gelar kenduri kami, kenduri orang-orang perempuan...sbb ramai kawan mak mertua aku.

Makanannya simple, goodiesnya sangat simple, yang paling aku suka homemade kerepek ubi. Meja pengantin tak ada expensive silverware, so i really feel at home... it is nice sometimes to keep it simple and humble like that. yang penting dah sah kan?


On the way to the wedding, i saw a nursery so I asked my husband to stop by during our journey back. Turn out that was a good decision. It's my first visit to nursery actually. And I suka my first visit wasnt turn bad.


Tapi maafkan saya, I forgotten the name but it was on the left side of the main road if you come from KL. and it was quite big in my opinion.


The landscaper was nice. Muka dia macam cina but they way he described macam indonesian. He said he is not. I would love to have him design my garden because he got my idea and he understand all the plants that I described to him... taulah i ni, tak kosa nak ingat nama tumbuhan... nama ubat anak pun tak semua ingat camner kan...i suka bila dia explain details and address my concerns. macam, to my question do they have warranty for the plants I bought, he said, they only sell plants that are stable and mature. bukan baru tanam so chances to survive is high. and to my question on the tree with layers, which he terus jawab, bucida trees, (oh ok so that is the name) , i said why some go upward while some nicely layered... he said, it is actually an effort to make it upward...if it is planted side by side it will make a very good design... ohhh ok... i never appreciate it before.


The owner is a malay lady. she is not as 'explanatory' as the landscaper but she did show me some pictures. I was telling her my budget is only 1k. The picture she showed me was with a budget of 150k..... The cheapest is 15k.


However, i like it when she didn't shot me down with the budget. That encourages me further to ask her. Love it that they could offer design foc if i buy plants with them. they wd recommend where to plant rather than me trying to be the landscaper huhu... So I have to get her visit my site, come back and she would recommend plants that I need.

Lagi satu, i love it that she offers maintenance. but with a fees. MYR180 per worker per day....but to Pajam, much more expensive.



Plants that i love to buy there are:
a. for my backyard - lemon tree (they have planted it for 2 years...surviving well under direct sun wd be nice to have it in the backyard.), i love the jambu air, ciku siam ( but i might not go for it. tak berapa suka makan ciku), the rest i think i can get foc from my dad, so kiv dulu..
b. for the 2 big vase that i plan to put at my main door, aiseh, i forgotten what it is called, but the whole family including hubby agrees to it. so it become clear now what concept we are going to have for the front yard.... i love bourgainvilla, but i might put in as a planter box now..i still want it in the front balcony
c. i am going to stick with bucida as at now. will plant this near the alternative gate. ahh wd be nice. they said 10 ft space is ok. just trim it. they have many customers with 10 ft side space planted with bucida...


1 bucida yang matured berharga MYR800...so i will have to buy babies lucida then to keep my budget low.


I am not going to spend 5k for this. so lets just have the necessities first.

 see the trim ones, the leaves are pointed up...

credit to the internet pictures and the-malaysia-project blog.

Of nothing: Drama "tersalah cinta"

Dah jadik review drama plak ya...

As I said, I am not a fan. Tapi my sis smsed semalam cakap my dd recommended the above drama that she watched in Singapore and re-watched recently during Raya Haji holidays.

My brother and sis in-law watched with dd during Raya Haji and then kecoh lah mereka cerita pasal cerita ni pada my sis. My sis tegar mencari di YOUTUBE.


Lepas dah tengok, dia smsed kata memang best, pandai dd I recommend. (DD is just 10 years old)lawak dan penuh pengajaran.. So camner? Kot tak yah tengok kot? So malam tadi I pun cari sama di youtube... Ada tu ada tapi seingat I di singapore dulu ada beberapa shots yang tak ada di youtube.


Nevertheless memang terhibur. Tergelak2 I sorang sampai my husband tegur yang gelak kecil i secara tertahan2 tu masih lagi dapat mengacau dia tidur.. huhu....


Yang paling best cerita ni pasal boleh mengimbas kenangan dan pengalaman di Mekkah dan masjid Nabawi.... Hatiku semakin rindu. Dulu orang cakap rindu, tak faham. Now dah faham. Sampai sakit hati bila rindu sangat tu kengkadang.. sakit hati sebab sedih tak dapat pergi as and when we wanted....


Synopsis cerita google ya. I admit I pemalas... Sekadar nak kasi gempak jer drama ni best boleh. Pelakonnya, Aqasha (my sis cakap this is his best drama hehehe kalau tak dia suam2 je kan?), Rita Rudaini (best pasai dia guna loghat kedah ekekekeke), and Neelofa (tak tahan aku dengar cara dia panggil Aqasha.. Ustazzzzzzzzzzzzz ekekekekeke lemak sangat! ) dan beberapa pelakon yang aku tak kenal tapi lawak gak la hehe... So please do enjoy ya!

Of nothing : Adam & Hawa

Sebelum I review sesikit pasa tajuk di atas.......Selamat Hari Raya Korban... Happy belated Eid!

Pernah tak renung2 kembali pengorbanan ayah ibu, guru2 kita, kita sendiri sebagai isteri dan ibu, sebagai muslim dan hamba Allah....  Entah kenapa aku sayu bila pandang muka ibuku....Nampak sangat dia sudah aging. Aku jarang tenung dia, tapi bila aku pandang mukanya masa raya tu, aku jadi rindu saat dia muda dan memarahi aku supaya aku rajin2 belajar.. sedih aku jadiknya! Di sudut hati aku, aku tahu aku akan menyesal dan sedih sangat sekiranya dia pergi.... Ya Allah kurniakanlah kesihatan padanya dan panjangkan umurnya. Dalam pada tu, aku buat request pada mak aku, (erk sedey ni!) suruh dia masak tumis sardin sebab aku punya tak jadik macam dia buat huhuhuhuhu... MasyaAllah best sesangat makan dengan nasi panas. Adik aku makan dengan canai panas... Syoknya... teringat zaman kecil dulu.. itulah lauk kami.... So hari tu, kami tak pandang rendang dah! Tu dia kan! comfort food namanya!

Ok masa hari raya tu jugaklah , sibuk adik ipar dan kakak aku bercerita pasal siri drama di Mustika Astro ni - Adam & Hawa. Actually sebelum raya lagi. Pergi concert anak aku pun sempat pegang buku Adam & Hawa. Memang gila dah derang tu hehe...


Pada mulanya, sikit2 jer cerita, last2 sampai mereka beli buku sebab tak sabar punya pasal nak tahu ending. Yang paling aku tak tahan.... siap buat tanda kat buku tu bab2 romantik lol. Adehhhhh!


Aku memang tak minat sangat drama. Malas layan..... Dari kecik aku tak suka. Tapi lain dengan anak sulung perempuan aku tu, memang boleh layan drama dengan nenek dia.... Mak aku dulu kalau dia tengok cerita P.Ramlee ker, dayang senandung ker, adehhhh, bosan sungguh....Tapi si dd ni, dia memang bonding dengan nenek dia melalui cerita melayu... Aku pun tak tahu dapat genes dari mana hehe...


Bila dah asyik bercerita depan aku, sampai facebook setiap komen selit gakkk  nama aaron aziz, maka aku pun curious lah juga.....apalah yang best sangat pasal mamat ni. Masa kat Singapore dulu banyak jer drama dia aku miss, ok jer aku... malas aku nak tengok. Tak pulak aku tergila2kan dia, aku pun kan ker muda dulu hehe...


So malam tadi , lepas curious on Lance Amstrong and his dope scandal (rajin plak aku tengok Tour de France yang aku memang tak minat - semata2 kerana nak tengok how strong he was during the race and whether he deserved it or not. You see, I kind of agree, you can give drug to anyone, but can they have the same talent, energy and determination? kan? cuba ko kasi kat aku, kannnn??... tapi aku pahamlah IT IS WRONG! wrong ok!), lepas dah penat,  aku bukak la jugak adam & hawa.

Diorang cakap "Try tengok 1 episode , sure ko akan suka punya" Aku jawab... "erm tak paham aku lah, apa lah yang best sangat pun. Drama Aaron jer pun!" Ok memula aku tengok synopsis jer, tapi lepas tu lagi curious, amekkk, dapat plak website yang download semua episode. Sampai episode 36 aku habiskan malam tadi. The damage? I only slept for 2 hours last night! huhu....


(I watched the episode jumping) - My impression memang memula , pesal lah minah Hawa ni plain sangat. Tapi, lama kelamaan, ko tengok betul2 ya, dia memang lawa. Macam Wardina Safiyyah. And sejujurnya aku rasa.... yang buat kakak aku dan adik ipar aku tu mabuk, ialah lakonan aaron yang nakai tu kot.. Apa laaa derang ni kan! ekekeke!



Time dia kata "rambut hawa wangi, peh tu mabuk sampai nak pegang rambut minat tu..." adehhhh.... dan lagi satu part "si adam playboy tu hampir nak cium si hawa , sib kena penampar... " huhu.... Bagi aku tu jer lah sipi2 babak romantik. Yang lain bab "Aaron patah balik amik Hawa/Ain nak pergi beli barang lepas Ain nayakan dia suruh sepupu dia yang temankan" hehehe.... Ok ok satu lagi... Bab "Aaron tak kuasa nak bergaduh selepas kena stood up 2 hours tunggu Ain tengok wayang.. aku suka dialog ni....

Aaron :"kenapa awak tak beritahu saya dan biar saya tunggu 2 jam, susah saya nak percaya Ain".. Ain dengan selamba rock.. like she will not lose anything :"tak percaya tak apalah"

kan??? hehehehe....So mamat Aaron ni membawa lakonan sangat berkesan bila dia dapat lakonkan yang dia sayannggggggggggggggg sangat dengan Ain sampai dia mengalah.. walaupun begitu sempat la jugak dia keluarkan sedas dua.. hehehe.. Sebab tu lah agaknya penonton2 kat luar tu mabukkk sangat dengan mamat ni kan kan kan? haha!


Anzalna tu pulak. hehe... Aku cuma tahu dia pasal dia banyak la photo session kat surat2 khabar tu kan. Nasiblah dia pandai gak berlakon kalau tak sesia jer banyak publisiti, kan? You have talent girl!


Owh seperti tak percaya saya blog about drama series. I do not even blog about "Keeping up with the Kardashian"... That was my treat during my "cloth folding session"!


Ok saya malas nak letak link dan gambar2 sebab saya kurang tidur, so lain kali InsyaAllah. Toodles!

Travel : Pt 3 Jordan-Jerusalem-Jordan-Madinah-Mekkah

I ended my part 2 where we were asked to go for our final queue at the immigration office.

It was such a confusing phase and very nerve wrecking sebab first time pergi. We do not know what to expect except stories from blogs that the pre-visa approval is not a guarantee they will let you in.

And my hubby is a Singaporean and no pre-visa approval is needed. No guarantees what so ever. Singapore has their embassy there, but what if he can't go in. And what if I can't go in and he can? That questions went back and forth in our head... infact masa kat Malaysia lagi. Kita print information from the blog yang Singapore tak payah visa nak masuk bagai, but still... no guarantee. So memang kepada Allah sahaja lah pergantungan tu...

We hope Allah help us and they like our face, and minta Allah bagi mood derang tu baik...


At first mereka suruh kitorang tunggu. Lepas datang officer lain, marah pulak, kenapa linger around dan tak queue. So we queued. Ada 2 barisan kena buat sebab ada 2 kaunter jer pun masa tu. Lepas dah buat barisan, dia panggil nama dari list (of the pre-approval visa) dan dia naik moody bila dia panggil, orang2 yang dia panggil bukan dalam barisan dia dan di belakang. Plak dah kan. Haha!


So our guide (we called him ustaz zul), suruh kita berbaris ikut nombor dalam list tu and from then on, we were known by "numbers". If I am not mistaken my number is 22 and my hubby 23. gitulah. dah tak ingat dah. So the immigration officers akan panggil nombor dan sila lah ingat nombor masing2.... Untuk makcik2 tu, yang kat depan semua lepas.... sampai dekat orang kelima kot, mood officer tu dah berubah.. Dia interview seperti ini. "what is your name?" "what is your father's name?" "what is your grandfather's name". "Do you speak english" (sorry ya tang ni aku nak gelak... ko ingat diorang pandai english? broken english gak so motif tanya do you speak english tu ada sedikit unsur2 lawak di situ...) tu yang aku kata, they have insecurity also you know...


So saudara kita lelaki yang di tanya tu menjawab nama dia "fauzi" bukan nama sebenar tapi aku contohkan yang nama dia melayu bukan arab... tang bin tu dia jawab "abdullah".. aha! tang grandfather tu dia jawab "muhammad", kan? (dapat rasa tak bibit2 kemana conversation ni mengarah....) atau vise versa, tang do you speak english tu, dengan bangganya dia cakap "yes i speak english"... So selepas soklan2 bodoh yang tak kemana2 tu, saudara kita tu terus kena side line, tak lepas... ok isteri dia dah lepas, dia tak lepas... kalau dah lepas kena terusssss jalannnnn jangan toleh2 lagi haha! tapi nasib baik isteri dia belum lepas sangat, so dia tunggu kat depan ada tempat kerusi, kalau terus jalan kena surrender dah kertas putih tu dan keluar terus.


Kami dah tahap stress lah masa tu. sebenarnya, officer tu, tak puas hati dengan nama muhammad peh tu ada abdullah pulak. nama Rasulullah SAW kan. Lepas tu bila suruh panggil our guide, dia pulak kata dia boleh speak english. Tetapi jawapan yang di beri masih tak memuaskan hati dia. Soklan yang diberi tu pulak semua soklan carik pasal bukan soklan yang sepatutnya.....Walaupun tahu english, ko buatlah macam tak tahu speak english ya... suruh jer guide yang jawab. Tu post mortem ustaz zul lah kan.


Di pendekkan cerita, turn aku plak. Alhamdulillah senang jer, terus stamp. Aku tak terus jalan sebab risau. Turn hubby, officer tu melolong kat Ustaz zul. "Why his name is not in the list or why no pre-approved visa". "because he is a Singaporean" mungkin dia terasa kebodohan dia bila dapat jawapan bernas tu. sebab dia dah pegang passport Singapore hubby aku tu kan.


Maka officer tu cucuk lagi nak carik pasal "I know Malaysia passport I cannot stamp, but I will stamp his passport" ustaz zul dah sedikit agitated. "no you can't, later we can't enter Madinah or Mekkah"

I think sebab agitated, maka englishnya berbunyi nada "telling-off"..... huhu!

Maka dengan itu, ada lah sebab bagi oficer tu nak masuk jarum carik pasal lagi "are you telling me what to do?"

"No, but please do not stamp it" ... dan beberapa words exchange lagi , masa tu kitorang berdua sangat helpless, kitorang duk tengah dan pandang officer tu dan pandang ustaz zul everytime they have the heated exchange.

And .... of course ustaz zul kalah and my husband was sent to the side. No stamping. You wait. Katanya.


And I go to isteri abang "fauzi" tadi dan join her. I memang bukak semua buku dan baca doa yang sepatutnya. Ada doa untuk syaitan ke apa entah, aku baca doa tu banyak2. Ambil air wudhu' dan baca yaasin di situ pelan2... Allah is greater than them, Allah will help us. Only Allah will help us and not them. Kita masuk nak menyaksikan peninggalan nabi2, sejarah nabi dan untuk merasa tawaddhu', maka penting bagi kami nak masuk. Isra' mikraj berlaku di Aqsa, so kita memang dying to see it for ourselves of this place.


Another tourist group from India yang bersari bagai lepas. Lagi nerve wrecking. Semua jemaah lain lepas dan Ustaz Zul suruh naik ke bas terus, jangan berpaling lagi katanya hehe... Dia suruh aku dan kakak naik juga but we were contemplating, takkan lah kita nak pergi without husbands kan? So we waited. selepas 1 atau 2 jam, memang lama. Mereka kena panggil dengan officers yang dalam office. They interviewed my hubby. And Alhamdulillah lepas....


Orang yang dalam bas tadi pun bersorak gembira! Alhamdulillah, Allah really helps us. And abang "fauzi" kata Alhamdulillah for the experience kalau tak, tak ada apa nak cerita kan.. lawak dia.

Menurut kakak, abang fauzi dengan bangganya bercerita masa kat kampung yang sure dia akan lepas sebab muka dia jawa.... kan? So memang kena humble lah we just do not know. Allah may just want to test us.


For my hubby, maybe the confidence level of being a Singaporean. I do not know. Allah tested us for a reason. tapi kitorang memang dah plan, kalau dia tak dapat masuk, dia izinkan aku masuk sorang. tapi kalau aku tak dapat masuk, dia pun tak masuk... aku tatau kenapa dia buat perjanjian gitu, maybe tak nak tengok aku merana kat Jordan sorang2.... ustaz Zul pun cakap, dia pun tak akan masuk kalau one of us tak boleh masuk.


Syukurlah that everyone tak payah melalui atau membuat decision yang getir gitu.....bersambung....

We met our tour guide, a muslim. I forgotten his name but he was good! Then our journey continues.... first stop is jericho...beginilah pemandangan sepanjang ke jericho... masa ni macam tak percaya, we made it here! Syukur Alhamdulillah... years of envisioning myself going to Palestine. We are on our way to Baitul Maqdis atau nama barunya "Jerusalem"...

 Tembok yang ini tak berapa dramatik sangat lagi...

Hampir sampai, belok ke kanan ya...

 Ada juga palestinian yang berada contohnya, bila nampak kedai dentist dengan nama muslim... I am not sure whose house is this. Tapi di Jericho 95% are muslim. Sorry on the percentage. Not sure if it is 95% or 99%. Google sendiri boleh?

 Dah masuk kawasan Jericho, bandar tertua di Dunia...

Dah sampai...... Ni dah dalam cable car, so I get the shot from the top..... till then!

House Project : Kitchen cabinet

Back to the house project...Let me do the thinking out loud.


I am glad that I read this blog : the-malaysia-project.blogspot.com... Otherwise I would have not known the existence of "corian" solid top. Their good review gave Signature Kitchen (SK) on my top list. However, I can still request for this top from other contractor...so.....

Another blogger reviewed on Defuro kitchen (sorry I missed the link), otherwise I would not know their existence as well. However, I am re-thinking about them now. Hugely due to my limited budget.

For some reason, though Intech/Artak kitchen have good reviews from more than 1 blogger (mostly on their price), I am still not bonding with them.

I sengaja usik my boss that I might engage SK to do my kitchen.. sedikit tercabar boss I.. huhu...relax boss jangan jeles.... it is just about the brand! (ok aku terasa seperti aku di Singapore sekarang ini)... he was recommending Kian Classic as he did his condo's reno with them. I kind of like their "eco" wardrobe (and its price) but not really into their kitchen cabinet.

I still need to visit Artak Kitchen office , Chan's kitchen and houzdepot. Otherwise, I will be ...fidgety. Indecisive. Unsettled.

Time to visit? A lot need to be done I do not know how to organize my time anymore!

For stress reliever, please enjoy these pictures and feeling2 that my house will look like this eventually. Huhu....!

I actually like this you know. Some will say it looks bersepah. (that is my husband saying)... but i love it for practicality. Ko ingat ada masa nak lap2 bebaik during weekdays and letak kat dalam cabinet?? ohhhh semua orang tau itu memang dalam gambar jer begitu.. except for some truly neat people. I give you my respect for being such a rajin person.

Can my family dining room looks like this please? It looks so easy but how much is that table again? here in malaysia you can't get "those table looking design" under rm400. That's the whole problem. How do you quench your "expensive" taste when you only have MYR1 in the bank? (loan is unforgiven answer).

 Erm... do not like the table leg but love the top...the chair's character macam terlampau gah sangat, while I am looking for a "homely and inviting but modern style".... it is just an idea so.....

 None I like here, but this picture strenghten of what I like...

This picture actually told me that, "you do not necessarily need a big mirror to complement your dining area or your 9ft long buffet table..." so thank you picture.

Travel : Gambar2 Jordan-Jerusalem-Jordan-Madinah-Mekkah

 Ramai yang tanya, bukan ker passport kita tak di benarkan ke negara yahudi ni? Ye, betul tu. For some awkward reason, dalam pada susah nak masuk, the custom officer tu boleh pulak buat statement gini " I know about Malaysia passport, we cannot stamp but we should stamp Singapore passport"... means, dia kasi kita masuk, negara kita tak kasik.. kot? kot lah.....

Jadi, for us, muslims, especially yang nak masuk ke Madinah and Mekkah, make sure dia tak tersilap atau buat2 silap stamp kat dalam passport kita. They will actually stamp in this piece of paper.... macam kat atas tu.

 Ni stamp/receipt nak keluar... covered by the travel agencies...

 Remember bila kita mula masuk, kena beratur kat sticker? macam ni lah sticker nya. and the date of arrival... Bila kita nak masuk Madinah or Mekkah, to take out this sticker, kalau tak, kita pulak ada problem dengan customs di Madinah/Mekkah...

 Border di Jordan tempat kita menunggu fax yang berjam2 lamanya...

 Queen Alia airport...sorry tak tersusun, malas huhu....

Pengisian dalam bas, sementara menunggu fax yang sangat lama dari Jerusalem...aku tak sure dari jabatan manalah kan.. kang banyak tanya, kena lempang plak hehehehe..... ikut orang duk dendiam.. Kalau backpack baru boleh panic....

Ok aku lupa ni kat Jordan ke kat Jerusalem... tapi cam ni lah... memang kosong tapi panas dia tak sekering di Madinah or Mekkah... Maybe ni yang dalam buku geography dulu describe "panas lembab" dan "panas kering"... dulu main hafal jer mana ada faham apa maksud sebenar....

Travel : Pt 2 Jordan-Jerusalem-Jordan-Madinah-Mekkah

Kursus Umrah

Secara ringkasnya, kami pergi dengan sekumpulan family yang besar... Bukan setakat ibu bapa anak sahaja tapi nenek, nenek sedara, makcik sedara, ipar duai, uncle, nephew dan seumpamanya. So sedikit hairan padamulanya bila kita dijemput untuk kursus di tempat yang tak berapa familiar tapi juga sedikit special....

Tengok nama tempat macam private property. So anggapan I betul. memang bukan office travel agency tu tapi office "cum" rumah mereka... Masa tu, I bawa semua askar2 I yang tak berapa nak behave nya...esp semasa waktu makan.. huhu....

So, adalah satu makcik tu bertanya dekat 5-6 kali, adakah aku akan bawa baby dan anak2 aku ni.. hehehehehee... Aunty, I sendiri pun tak nak bawa mereka sebab nanti I tak boleh focus, tak boleh nak jalan cepat bagai. Dah lah I first timer, so adalah lebih bagus kalau I pergi sendiri dulu....Aku respect dengan orang yang bawa anak kecik... kalau pergi Zoo atau London aku bawa kot, tapi nak pergi focus ibadat ni, aku tak leh imagine nak kejut mereka awal2 pagi, mandikan, lepas tu nak jalan cepat2 sebab nak dapat saf depan, nak tunggu berjam2 tunggu turn Malaysia di raudhah, aku sendiri tak boleh jaga diri aku, tak sure aku boleh tidur selewat pukul 12 dan bangun pukul 3 pagi, inikan pula nak take care anak2 kecik......

Ustazah yang beri kursus tu bagus... ada 2 kali kursus, dan aku rasa oklah kot. tak ada masalah sangat. Di bantu dengan blog2 dan buku2, macam dah ada confident skit. Faham lah mana yang rukun. Yang penting bagi aku ialah larangan2 tu....paling suspen kot...


Yang interesting nya pertanyaan2 antara makcik2 ni. Mereka ni adalah dari orang2 berada. Tahap2 ada swimming pool kat rumah. Tapi yang lain2nya sangat humble especially yang muda2 ni. A bit of intimidating at first tapi pada akhirnya Alhamdulillah nothing bad happened. They are nice people. Makcik yang sangat mengintimidate aku dengan soklan2 panasnya tu pada akhirnya semasa menunggu turn di Raudhah kata kat aku..."kita memang lahir cakap kasar ini macam tapi hati kita baik, apa mau buat..." So I tend to accept that it is the way they talk and pose the questions but actually they do not have any bad agenda....


Day of Departure

Ni satu lagi big challengenya but sangat peribadi nak mention. Tapi cukuplah dengan peringatan "sabar" mesti bermula berbulan2 dari departure sampai hari nak balik :P

We booked a taxi, got a very peramah young malay chap yang dulunya an ex-diver in Singapore so he conversed in english basically. Memang rasa pelik tapi we enjoyed his company during the journey to KLIA.

We found out that we are extremely early, like 2 hours in advance. Patutlah tak ada orang langsung. Rupa2nya we were not updated by the agent berkumpul pukul 7pm bukan 5pm.... Sedikit merajuk di situ tapi as my hubby puts it, Allah knows best, we came early and we had our dinner and solat calmly. penting tu. sebab bila azan maghrib jer jadik crowded giler kat KLIA tu.

Selepas tu, aku belilah digital kamera sebab nak harap camera bb phone jer ker macam tak puas. pergi Palestine tu kan, entah bila dapat pergi lagi... so maybe tu perancangan Allah, sempat beli camera bagai dan charge the battery sampai departure time.


After dah berkumpul lepas maghrib, senang dah, bergerak je lah. tag smua dah buat, solat sudah. tunggu jer lah kumpulan kita di panggil masuk. Jordanian airlines ni or maybe semua umrah group, seating arrangement ada sedikit tunggang langgang. Tapi sebab pergi dengan family ramai2 tu, senang je lah nak kawtimnya walaupun air stewardessnya macam muka geram campur bengang bila kita bertukar2 boarding pass...hehe...


Landed in Jordan
Kita landed sangat early, I think about 4 or 5am. But masa tu dah tak ada subuh rasanya. Ada travel agency yang lain juga. Masa tu sebab our agency combined with 3 others, memang ada sedikit confused siapa group kita so tak boleh cam.

Jordan customs suruh semua beratur, mengikut agency dan beri passport pada mereka. Sesuatu pengalaman yang baru.... Bukan dan tu stamp dan tu collect. Lepas tu kita collect baggage dan tunggu passport sama transport.

Dalam 30mins gitu, clear semua, baru naik bas dan menghala ke Restaurant Cina for breakfast. Walaupun matahari dah naik tapi tak ada kereta sangat kat jalan. As per my update in pt1, makanannya macam asian tapi tekak tetap rasa cam makanan Arab...


Lepas selesai sarapan, simpan bag2 besar sebab nak masuk Jerusalem, kena avoid thorough check , kenalah limitkan luggage masuk (kedai tutup lagi tapi pekerja dia dah collect bag kitorang, sedikit risau di situ tapi Alhamdulillah, semuanya ok bila balik dari Jerusalem lepas tu)...


So bawa sorang satu hand carry saja cukup untuk 4 hari 3 malam di sana.... Lepas tu gila excited bercampur2 rasa berdebar2 takut sangat kena tahan tak dapat masuk ke Jerusalem. Walaupun dah pre-approved visa tapi sistem diorang ni boleh jer ikut mood masing2 huhu... My hubby pulak passport Singapore yang tak perlu apply visa. Lagilah berdebar, sebab tak ada guarantee langsung boleh masuk.. memang banyak berdoa dan baca Quran masa menunggu tu.


Bila sampai kat border Jordan, selalunya clear, terus kita pergi ke border Jerusalem. Tapi kali ni kena tunggu lama. Ingatkan ada orang pergi toilet, sekali sampai 2 jam tunggu. Rupa2nya dah bertukar sistem, we now have to wait for the clearance for the bus to go to the Jerusalem border. We need to wait for them to fax us the clearance...  Sampai dah tengahari, baru dapat fax tu,  lega dapat bus tu bergerak..... letih sangat menunggu. Dahlah suspence jer masa tunggu tu kan.. Pengisian jemaah tu ada so best jugalah, berharap sangat pada bantuan Allah masa tu.


Sampai ke custom Jerusalem, laa kecik jer. Tak canggih langsung. Di situ nampak ke vulnerabilitian mereka...Taklah banyak duit sangat that they can enhance their systems anytime they like.... Armed army di mana2 sangat intimidate. Bila masuk kena beratur dapat sticker dulu then beratur lagi to scan bag. Kami dipesan suruh ikut jer cakap or arahan mereka. Sebab nak tengok Al-Aqsa kan dan sejarah para Anbia' memang lah kena sabar..... Gambar sila jangan ambil nanti kamera terus di rampas... Sangat suspence kan? Ada pernah pergi negara yang macam tu? masa pergi Estonia via Denmark and Copenhagen (waktu balik) pun tak macam tu, cuma di Denmark they asked us to show the conference invitation sahaja...


Lepas dah scan bag, baru lah pegi ke satu lagi area untuk stamp passport..... Jumpa palestinian yang balik dari US (migrated to US), they told us, it would be a long process katanya.. kami senyum saja... We already prepared for it. Masa kat stamping process ni lah lagi nak jatuh luruh jantung.. This is when "the mood" will make the differences!


Sambung later.....enjoy the picture first.

 pemandangan dari custom border Jordan menuju ke Jerusalem beginilah seterusnya... kosong.. kosong....

 Taxi di Jordan, perasan tak "light taxi" tu odd sangat kedudukannya...

 ha nak dekat sampai dah ni....

Ha ni dah lepas suspense semua.. hehehehehe