Showing posts with label rants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rants. Show all posts
Assalamualaikum.

Hi everyone. I am proud that I am able to complete my writing for year 2014. Alhamdulillah, everything was a breeze. Even though I find myself forgetting about some details of the trip. That means, I have to re-visit a lot of itinerary made during that time. I just came back from Kuching and yes, there are more travel post pending since March this year! Besides, I do not want to overload any of you. But for those who are waiting for Malaysia's island insight or Euro-Asian adventure or information on travelling to the Kangaroo's land, bear with me! I will try to publish at least 1-2 post per week.

I was writing my first trip of 2015, which was my Umrah trip (here), as usual I open up my iPhoto to extract my pictures - where I usually store my trip pictures; it was not there. I keep calm and open my iPhoto in my Macbook and it was not there either. I usually shared a photo or two for my trip so getting from the social media database is no help either. I was wondering where did all of this picture go?

Then it hit me. I stored it solely in my phone and I might have accidentally delete the whole folder when the storage insufficient error keeps on popping up on my phone. NO! I thought I had saved it in my iPhoto but that just proved it being otherwise. I was bumped. That is why my previous post has no photos. The photos I get was from Ibu's phone which I managed to transfer bit by bit. Nevertheless, the photos were lost.

I read from this blog on how to recover deleted photos from your SD card. I did all the steps, but the result is not what I hoped for. Perhaps I stored in in the device memory instead. I just have to use with what I have in hand. This is a lesson learnt definitely. I will make sure I have at least 2 backups for my trips' photos.

If you read in the My travel Essentials page, I mentioned that my favourite camera is Olympus TG-850. Well, my camera is in Olympus HQ now because it fails to turn on. It happened during my Redang Trip (the post is coming). I did open and check to see if there is water damaged but the inside was dry. Well, the guy at the store promise me that I would here some answer within 3-4 weeks. 

I am still praying that I do not have to chuck this camera out again after what happen to my Sony in Lombok and I do hope any damage is repairable and covered by the warranty.

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Assalamualaikum w.b.t,

Hi buds!

Well, after all these years, why do I start to write a blog now? The answer is..


  1. It just feels right to do so. 
  2. I have been travelling to a lot of places, hence I would like to share my experience with other netizens out there.
  3. I do not want to lose all the memories I had, lesson learnt, tips in the course of time - rugi kan kalau lupa semua tu.
  4. I made time for myself to write it, slowly progressing.

Well, my family are frequent traveller. We started to explore Malaysia during school holidays - every school holidays that is, and we built it up from there. I guess travelling gives me a feeling of euphoria and happiness. 

This will be a long journey of writing as I will try to be as detail as possible - the way I remember it. So, I have decided to start writing about my travel experience from year of 2014 - please bare with me. Percayalah, nampak macam taklah lama, tapi data ingatan untuk semua detail, makin berkurang.

Well, I welcome all questions from all of you or even a story or experience from you. As seen, this will be a bilingual blog all the way.
For me, Tabung Haji offers a great service to the participants. The welfare of every person is taken care of very well. For my Topaz package, there are only 2 bus and each bus are provided one mutawwif. For those who are with TH Travel, they organize some kuliyyah at dinner every 2 days.

For me, the TH Travel staff are very accommodating and efficient. If you are sick or not feeling well, they will make sure you receive proper treatment until basically you get well again.

The hotel in Makkah are truly 5 star. We got what we want. For my family, being close to the Masjid is important. My parents and aunt do not have to walk far to go to the masjid. In Madinah, everyone stay at the same hotel. The food in Madinah is so good because it is Malaysian food. The management of our group is first class. We do not even have to lift a finger. They continue to assist us in any way.


My verdict? We will continue to use TH Travel as our Umrah agent in our next Umrah trip Insyallah. The service is so good that I recommend all of you go for it.
We feel happy when we went to Makkah. I find that I get to go to umrah after I experienced heartache or broken heart or frustration. Which is good. This is the time I need to be close to Allah the most. Well, we covered all parts in Makkah I guess. The last day in Makkah, we perform our tawaf wida in the morning around 10 a.m. We have lunch and perform solat on the way.

This view will be missed.

These were taken a day before we leave the Holy City.

The rules of tawaf wida is that when you finish, you have to go out from the Masjidil Haram and don’t look back. No photograph, no solat, no doa. Straight out. This is heart wrenching. We always prayed that Allah bring all of us here in the future. With a heavy heart, we leave this Holy Mosque. Every step away from the Masjid generate tears and sadness in our hearts.

I truly love this place. It is irony- why? Masjidil Haram is full of people thousands at once and it seems like it is the most busy place on Earth, but, it is the only place that I feel peace. Because this land is Holy and Allah is closer to us here than what we might think.


Kami hanya mampu bersyukur kerana diberi peluand dan rezeki. Kami juga bersyukur Allah mudahkan kami sebagaimana Dia kehendaki dan beri kesihatan. Doa Nadia adalah nadia dapat ke sini lagi dengan keluarga dan mungkin ketika itu dah bertukar status isteri. Itu semua doa dan harapan. Siapa yang tak mahu 100 000 kali ganda pahala dia Tanah Suci Mekah. Semoga dapat jejak kaki ke sini lagi insyallah.
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