Jaulah Bukan Jauh-lah

Peace Be Upon You...

The Barbican, Plymouth.

Tomorrow i'll start my journey, quite far this time around. Two countries indeed, one is in Europe nd another one, half Asia and half Europe. Try make a guess..hee. Tiba2 rasa sayang pulak mau ninggalin Plymouth ni ohoho. Saturday it is today but the village seems like a haunted village already, most of the locals have gone home except for one of my housemates. Owh, kalau saya ni beliau, cuti mendatang dan rumah plk dekat dah lama berdesup balik, tak de maknanya nak duduk2 sini. Lagi seronok duduk kat rumah sendiri. Walaupon dekat rumah x de benda yang menarik pon sebenarnya tapi bila berada berdekatan dengan keluarga rasa bahagia dan senanghati datang sendiri. Klau tinggal sorang2 macam saya ni waduh, asyik2 nak emo aje..huhu.


Brbalik pada rancangan jaulah saya Spring kali ni, i'll start working it out from Plymouth train  station to London sharp at 7.55 tomorrow evening. From London, I'll take flight trip with Ryan Air to the next station which is in Thessaloniki, Greece. Then from there, i'll roam around Thessaloniki for a while before heading to Athens then make a day trip to Olympia than Athens again. From Athens, i'll be moving to Istanbul taking a bus trip that will take around 22 hours. Mind you 22 hours, kematulah bontot saya nanti..huhu T__T. Rancanganya, saya akan habiskan sebanyak 5 hari di greece sebelum bertolak pula ke destinasi seterusnya iaitu Turki.


 Di Turki, InsyaAllah saya dan rakan2 akan berada di sekitar Istanbul selama 3 hari sebelom berangkat ke Izmir, salah sebuah wilayah kedua terbesar di Turki. Again, i'll experiece another stress time in the bus coz it will take me 9 hours straight from Istanbul To Izmir itself. Arriving in Izmir, i'll take another bus trip worth 4.5 hours to Denizli, specifically to Pamukkale, likely the 8th wonders of the world. After a day trip to Denizli, i'll come back to Izmir, particularly in Konak area and explore what Izmir has in store then on the 12th of April, I'll be heading back to Istanbul before boarding our flight back to London. This time Easyjet,no more pakcik Ryan yang banyak songeh lg x best tu. Phewwwehh..Sounds awesome but i bet that all of us going to be like pickled veges the time we arrive back in Plymouth..hohoho


Okaylah..thats my plan for now and i'll update those journey when i have time or more precisely if i rajin. Assignment pon malas nak buat waduuhhh..tp jalan nak pulak T__T

Spring Update

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I always adore Spring. Lots of flowers and natural perfumes around. Bright colour and soothing environment. It seems like now is the best time to see the world. All plants and trees have the time of the year and me is the one who got excited everytime i see them blooming handsomely. Though there are not many species of flowering trees and plants available near me which is in the student village, it didn' t kill my enthusiasm to capture their beautiful faces hehe.Almost every evening i'll go exploring places near to my places searching for cute little flowers to be captured by my natural lenses and aided lenses. Alhamdulillah, this can be some sort of tadabbur alam i guess ^^.  

Cherry blossoms available everywhere but as many as in Japan i guess

Cute magnolia bud.

Another tulip but different colour tone.

Looking at these tulips reminds me of Belgium, a country famous for tulips around the world. A country which i wish to step foot on but at the time being financial issue refrain me from doing so. Wish that Turkey will look as stunning as Belgium in the spring as I'm going to Turkey next week..weeehooo

 Really can't express my love for spring especially flowers. I really wish that the flowers stay forever but its too good to be true. Sad to say that spring is one of the shortest season and u'll only be able to see flowers for a short time only, then come summer and then again autumn where all those trees and plants will shed away their leaves leaving the branches bare and undeniably not pretty anymore. Well,since i have the opportunity to experience spring, then i should make the best out of it. I have lots of plans to visit garden all around Devon and Cornwall where these two states are quite popular with its lush and beautiful gardens.

Tooo lovely that i have no words to say no more.

The In Thing.

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As of late, the sun is shinning very brightly everyday. So bright that it hurts my eyes sometimes, fyuhh. Maybe i need some shades hehehe. All my housemates too are very happy with this kind of sunny weather. So happy that they went out everyday, laying on the grass in front of our house like there's no tomorrow. With micro mini hot pants and bright tops, they look stunning. Well, stunning for them, not for me i can say. No matter how sunny it might be, i am still with my bulky lots of clothes hehee. I'm comfy that way, covering my aurah which is what i'm supposed to do, no pressure.

Looking at the very lovely weather reminds me of home, where the sun is not called shiny but scorching instead. But it goes with the malay saying that " hujan emas dinegeri org, hujan batu dinegeri sendiri,lebih baik di negeri sendiri. Yeah its kinda true indeed. No matter how cool and wonderful the UK might be but it will never beat those wonderful memory of my own hometown you know.

It is spring now, so all the trees has sprung flowers all over them. So beautiful and breath taking, everywhere i go, i am surrounded by tiny little cammomile and many other various types of flowers.. auuww. So taking opportunity in this spring, i planned to plant something. So my friend and i had requested a plot of land behind the students accommodation where we're living now. There, the accommodation office provide 16 plots of land to those who are interested in gardening and those who have green finger (not necessarily) hehe. Luckily our request was answered and the land that we got was the last one available at the time being. All plots are owned by the staffs of the university and we are the only pair of students to request for land hohoho.
By now i've sowed some tomatoes seed and am patiently waiting for the tomato seedlings to grow before i move them to the their permanent place. Really can't wait to harvest them in autumn. HEhehe

The Real Reason

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Recently I've been reading this one good book on Selections From The Fath Al-Bari by Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani (The Mat Paper No.4). Throughout the book, there are lots of wonderful things that I found absolutely lots of new things that I've never had a thorough explanation on. Praise to God who have given me the opportunity to read the book. The book talks about a commentary on Sahih Bukhari and explain further on those things in very detailed manner. The one that attracts my attention the most is in one chapter of the book that it explains one of the verse in the Holy Quran. Here in this opportunity I would to share some of the wonderful reading ...


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            The life of this world is but games and play [...] enjoyment of delusion. [57:20]
Ibn Attiya said: 'What is meant by the life of this world [al-hayat al-dunya] in this verse relates to conduct this world; the verse does not apply to acts of obedience to Allah or to indispensable means of livelihood. The image invoked by this parable is that of a man, who is born, grows strong, gains money, children, and leadership and then begins to decline as his hair grow grey, and he weakens and become ill, and his health and money fall prey to various forms of affliction, until he dies, so that his body melts away and his property passes to others. Hence he resembles a piece of land on which rainfalls, bringing up splendid and attractive plants,which then fade and dry out and become dust blown about the wind.


This verse really shows that he world is a place that easily wile people from the real reason they are sent to this world. Reading this make realise and renew the real motive or vision I am created. Hopefully I and we all going to stay ahead and do not stray from the straight path that God has given us. InsyaAllah

Picnic Time

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It looks a bit scary in the picture but truth be said; it is a beautiful place indeed

 Alhamdulillah, after few days of planning on having a picnic with bunch of friends, yesterday we got it accomplished. Nothing special with it really as I and my other friend planned to have it near the university not far from my house. It is a place where I always go to every evening while having a good walk alone or with a company. It’s a very peaceful place where not many people know its existence; more like a secret place I can say hehe. To reach there, we need to pass Derriford Hospital which is my favorite place for its peaceful and very beautiful gardens and ponds. Then we’ll enter the hospital’s park reserve where it have many trails that people can explore the beauty of the English forest. It really looks like the one in movies and films, and not to forget like the scenes in the series Merlin. Unlike forest in Malaysia, I really like parks and forest here because they don’t have the one creature that I fear the most; the blood sucking leech…eww. You can walk, crawl or even lay on the grass without having to worry something will invade your body without you noticing them doing discreetly.

The walk took about 20 minutes from my university using the shortest trail I knew because my friends who are not familiar with lots of walking tagging along. It would a hassle for them if they were to use the long trail as they were carrying food with them. Usually I like to use the longer trail because the view is more breathtaking but this not a jungle trekking anyway. It is obviously suppose to be a free willed picnic.

There is even a running brook along the trail. Wonderful

Arrived at the designated place

We arrived there slightly late that day because I had ‘usrah’ meeting in the morning. It ends at slightly after 12 and I need some time to prepare the food to be eaten during the picnic. I prepared the food the night before so I just need about half an hour to fry the spring rolls.

The journey there was a bit chilly because it rained that day. But that didn’t kill our mood to have a wonderful picnic time. The trail along the park reserve looks a bit like Narnia… a little creepy but awesome. The funny thing is, the supposedly interesting picnic turned into a serious talking session when my friends started talking about marriage and everything. Sigh!!!. What a thing..hehehe . 

The food. My friend's work of art.

My craft

The participants

Having a picnic but the topic of our conversation was about marriage hahaha. Anyway it is good to share thoughts and ideas about that thing. Then we also have Frisbee time. My first time ever to play Frisbee, and it was tiring I guess. To catch and chase that disc is not an easy task you know. Every time I throw them it won’t go to the direction that I wanted but stray into the jungle instead haha. It was a wonderful thing to do on Saturday when there was nothing more beneficial to do at home. I definitely would organize another picnic session when the sun is still shining now, coz you know it is now Spring time!!

The kids enjoying frisbee time

Group photo is a must

Heading back home

Some random beautiful purple flower it found on my way back home

Everyday FlavouR

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You Are Not Alone: Michael Jackson

I have no class today, only a tutorial appointment with my lovely tutor Roisin Ni Mchoain at 12.40pm. Before starting my day, I decided to check on the books that i've borrowed quite sometimes ago stacked beneath the heater at the corner of my room. I myself is quite confused as the books were there since two weeks ago without i ever touching it let alone to read it. I don't know why but i really don't have any desire to hold them and check the due date..something un-explainable. But today there is a feeling in me that urges my lazy self to check them out. The one book at the top stack due on the 22nd of March, another week to lay there, then the second one is on the 15th of March, then it's tomorrow. I put the the book and proceed to the next one. Couldn't keep myself still as it showed 1st of March. I sighed hard and long. At that moment I straight away switched on my laptop and checked my library account only to find out that i already have an accumulated fine in total of £10.20. I sighed again. 10 pounds is not a small amount for me, let alone if i convert it to Malaysian ringgit it would be approximately 50 ringgit. I can buy groceries with that money instead. Almost cried that time but if i even cry what for? It would not change anything. It is my fault anyway isn't it? Then just accept it with an open heart and quickly return the books where they belong and pay the fines...At the very moment, I kept thinking why I always experience such an unfortunate event regarding the lost of money..the last time I lost a train ticket from London to Plymouth that cost me £31 one way and before that I missed a train from Salisbury to Plymouth and again £31 was burnt out of my bank account. I keep thinking hard. It took me quite sometime just to figure out that it may be because i have not been generous to those close to me. It do make sense you know. It is true indeed. This is maybe the way Allah want to show me that we as a person who receive enormous amount of 'rezeki' from him should of course be grateful to him and at the same time share it with people as well. Don't be happy all yourself if the person close to you suffer form hunger. This really taught me a lot though. To be considerate and think of others as well. The world does not only revolve about myself.  I also think that this kind of event as 'kafarah dosa'. All those sins that i made throughout my 23 years of living is countless as infinity. 

Thats about it. If you experience an unfortunate event, regardless what it is, do not blame people, do not blame god, You should think hard of your past misleading. It may have something to do with you and your behaviour. Everything that happens will always have it's reason. Thing don't just happen because it is to happen, it is all planned by God. If you accept those thing with reminder that it is all Allah's plan for you then you will be more than pleased to have it. In life do not always think of bad things that will make you feel your life isn't fun. Think of the unpleasant things that happen to you as something beautiful that adds flavour to it, then you will feel that life is a wonderful experience. InsyaAllah.

Not Always A Smooth Sailing Journey.

Peace Be Upon You...

Surah Al-Buruj; ayat 11

Dalam hidup semua, setiap jalan yang dilalui akan ada onaknya. Tidak akan ada jalan yang lurus tanpa sebarang bengkok mahupun tidak akan ada jalan yang disepanjang-panjang laluan tersebut tidak terdapat batu mahupun ranting yang merintangi. Akan ada sahaja yang akan menjadi penghalang atau dalam erti kata lain akan menjadi ujian kepada orang yang melalui jalan tersebut. Sepanjang saya berada di bandar Plymouth ini, Alhamdulillah kehidupan saya sendirian setakat ini seronok sahaja. Mungkinlah ada saat sedih mengingatkan ahli keluarga di kampung juga pengalaman kehilangan ahli keluarga terdekat yang saya sudah pastinya tidak dapat bersama ahli keluarga yang lain dalam menenangkan mereka atas berita yang menyedihkan itu. Namun saya sangat bersyukur pada Allah S.W.T kerana memberi saya kekuatan dalam diri saya yang cukup lemah sendirian menghadapi perkara2 tersebut. Dan setakat 2 tahun berada disini,terlalu banyak yang telah saya pelajari dari alam juga manusia di sekeliling saya. Bahkan setiap peristiwa yang berlaku baik kepada saya mahupun rakan2 terdkat kepada saya memberi terlalu banyak pengajaran kepada saya dalm menjadi lebih matang untuk meneruskan perjuangan hidup yang singkat ini. 


Kelmarin satu peristiwa yang berlaku kepada diri saya juga seorang rakan telah memberitahu saya tentang satu perkara. Petang Jumaat yang cerah itu membawa saya dan rakan saya ke pusat bandar Plymouth yang terletak 37 minit melalui jalan bas. Oleh kerana matahari beberapa hari ini memancar dengan gemilangnya , maka saya dan rakan telah berhajat keluar bersiar2 petang itu sebelum 'send off' beliau yang akan berangkat ke bandar Cardiff untuk menghadiri program 'Talk' yang akan disampaikan oleh Brother Shah Kirit yang didatangkan khas dari Malaysia. Rugi sungguh saya kerana tidak berpeluang turut serta kerana kekangan kewangan yang berlaku. Bas yang kami tunggu di hadapan pintu kecil Universiti tiba tepat pada masanya dan kami hanya menunggu kira2 10minit selepas terlepas bas pada pukul 1.29 petang. Ini antara perkara yang saya sgt suka sekali sejak tinggal disini dan jika ingin dibandingkan dengan sistem yang terdapat ditanah air memang banyak lg perkara yang perlu diperbaharui tapi itu bukanlah perkara utama yang ingin dibahasakn disini. Tidak ramai orang didalam bas petang itu kerana jelas bahawa budak2 sekolah masih belum pulang dan penumpang yang ada hanyalah datuk2 dan nenek2 yang membawa tongkat membawa bersama beg shopping Asda yang sudah pasti selepas ini akan singgah di supermarket tersebut untuk membeli barang dapur. Sngat tenang dan nyaman sekali hari ini, ditemani cahaya yang indah dan rakan baik bersama keluar untuk mencari ketenagan. Di pertengahan jalan bas dihentikan untuk memunggah penumpang yang menahan bas dari kejauhan. Saya kurang perhati penumpang2 yang menaiki bas tika itu kerana khusyuk menatap kecantikan bunga-bungaan ciptaan Allah yang sedang galak berbunga di musim puncak. Yang saya sedar ialah mereka agak bisng sekali jika dibandingkan dengan penumpang yang telah lama berada di dalam bas. Beberapa orang lelaki yang sibuk bercakap2 itu menonong ke bahagian belakang tempat remaja biasa duduk namun mereka tidak nampak seperti masih remaja, meninggalkan kerusi kosong dibelakang kami. Biasa. Pemandangan ke pusat bandar dihiasi bunga2 halus dikiri kanan jalan. Rakan saya tiba2 memandang saya." Ada org tarik tudung kami" jelasnya. Saya hanya diam seketika...mungkinkah? mereka tidak duduk betul2 dibelakang kami macamana tangan boleh sampai untuk menarik tudung rakan tersebut; fikir saya sendiri. Kedengaran perkataan yang tidak enak didengar dari belakang. All the common swear words that English people always used being uttered by the three men behind us. Mereka seolah- olah tidak berada dalam keadaa yang betul2 waras, mabuk di tengahari mungkin. Kami masih tenang, mungkin mereka sahaja ingin mengusik..tp dalam hati terfikir,apakah cara mengusik ini agak kasar? Tidak semena-mena saya terasa kepala saya bergerak kebelakang tiba2. Kali ini giliran saya pula, terasa hati disentap tiba-tiba namun saya tidak berkata-kata. Rakan yang duduk ditepi dikhabar. Kami diam. Terdengar mereka dibelakang masih terkumat kamit dengan F* word mereka dan memanggil kami 'hey you...f***'. Adat berada di negara orang, saya pendamkan rasa ingin marah, begitu juga rakan ditepi. Kami teruskan perbualan tentang perkara2 yang tidak berkaitan unutk menceriakan hati menuggu tiba ke destinasi.


Entah kenapa, perjalanan yang selalunya sekejap saja serasakan amat lama bagi saya kali ini. Masih kedngaran sumpah seranah dibelakang tapi kami pekakkan sahaja telingatidak mahu mendengar segala persepsi buruk mereka terhadap kami. Tiba2 seorang pemuda yang dudukdi sebelah rakan saya di bahagian kiri tempat duduk bas menegur pemuda yang menarik tudung kami. Dikatakannya kpd mereka yg tidak patut sungguh mereka memperlakukan kami seperti itu. Saya terasa sungguh damai tika itu kerana dikalangan mereka masih ada yang berbaik sangka akan kami. Tindakan baik pemuda itu dibalas dengan kata2 tidak enak semestinya drpd mereka yang menarik tudung kami. Saya kagum dengan pemuda tersebut kerana kebaikan hatinya menegur mereka yang tidakbertanggungjawab tersebut walaupun mereka adalah dari golongan yang sama.


Nyata, untuk menjadi minoriti bukan senang. Namun ia bukanlah sesusah yang digambarkan. Dengan adanya sabar dan pertolongan dr Allah maka InsyaALLAH semuanya akan berjalan lancar. Seteruk mana halangan yang dilalui jika pada Allah bantuan dimohon, maka hati akan sentiasa tenang. Moga Allah berikan saya kekuatan untuk terus berada dijalan-Nya. ^__^