Salam alayk.

Waktu itu, kami berdua di dalam bas ke goreme sambil memerhatikan indahnya bumi ciptaan Allah. Alhamdulillah, syukur dilepaskan dari segala ujian yang berlaku di nevsehir tadi. Tambang bas hanyalah TL5 untuk membawa kami ke destinasi kami. Tidak lama kemudian, landskap bumi berubah menjadi seperti Cappadocia dan belon panas yang terapung di udara menjadi santapan mata kami. Banyak sangat belon panas di udara dan kami jakun. Bibir tidak putus-putus mengucapkan alhamdulillah. Saya tersenyum sendirian. Hehe.

Perjalanan tidaklah lama, dalam 10-15 minit saja. Sampai saja stesen Goreme, Dhamirah sedang menunggu kami di situ. Ada sebuah keluarga Malaysia juga di situ, baru tiba dari Istanbul. Kami berkenal-kenalan sebelum berpisah mengikut haluan masing-masing. Berbekalkan peta yang saya download, kami melangkah kaki ke guesthouse yang dibook awal semasa di Safranbolu. Sambil jalan tuh, kami mengunyah kudap-kudapan dan menikmati angin pagi Cappadocia. Tidaklah jauh sangat. Dalam 15 minit jalan campur berhenti ambil gambar, gurau-gurau sikit, dah sampai. Alhamdulillah.

Setelah check in dengan harga TL60 untuk kami bertiga, owner guesthouse mempelawa kami meletak barang di dalam bilik dan breakfast di bawah. Jujur lah, bilik dia memang tiptop walaupun itu antara yang termurah. Actually, ingatkan bilik, tapi dia more to suite. Dalam suite tuh kena lalu ruang tamu. Then, ada pintu masuk bilik tidur yang luas gila ada dua katil queen. Jarak antara tengah-tengah katil boleh buat solat jemaah 2 or 3 saf. Hehe. Jangan main-main.  Lepas tuh, ada bathub jakuzi boleh main air. Hehe.

Lepas jakun dengan bilir ala-ala gua, kami pun pergi breakfast di bawah. Sebab kami awal, jadi dapat seat dekat dengan bufet. Roti yang saya makan waktu tuh adalah antara yang tersedap. Letak sikit jam coklat and memang sedap. Makan banyak tak ingat orang lain. -.-"

Sebenarnya, kami tidak ada itinerary sangat masa travel. Prefer bebas. So, kami tanya owner guesthouse apa yang boleh dilawat pada hari itu. Beliau mencadangkan untuk ke Goreme Open Air Museum. Katanya, boleh jalan kaki dah sampai. Kami pun percaya cakap dia. Memang, memang kalau ikut map, ada jalan.

Bila jalan tuh, pelik sebab kenapa makin lama jalan, makin jauh map tuh bawa kita masuk semak, jalan tanah, naik bukit apa. So, time tuh sangatlah noob tak perasan tuh ada track jalan kaki Cappadocia. One of the trail yang memang ada dekat situ. So, waktu tak sure tuh, kami decide untuk ikut jalan raya ikut signboard. Dengan berjalan kaki. Memang macam nak patah lutut. But it really fun. Singgah kat satu port ni ambil gambar cun sangat, and masa jalan tuh, ada anjing kindly follows us. Aiza too scared but me being comfortable with anjing sebab dekat India banyak sangat anjing yang 'lemah'. Hehe. Anjing tuh became like a guardian for us lah.

Sampai saja Open Air Museum, we bought tickets for 3, me, Aiza and Dham. And explore museum tuh kasi pecah. Memang besar and jujur lah, tak sesuai untuk mereka yang berkerusi roda and yang tak larat. Make sure breakfast dulu so that ada energy! Hehe.

Open Air Museum ni adalah satu penempatan Kaum Kristian dahulu yang nak berlindung dari pemerintahan Rom yang berlainan mazhab dulu (betulkan jika salah). Bentuk batu macam tuh datang daripada letupan gunung berapi beribu tahun dahulu. Dia mengeras dan kaum Kristian ni ukir batu ni so that diorang boleh tinggal dalam ni. Unik kan? Bila fikir balik, sangatlah amazed macam mana diorang boleh design that kind of house zaman dulu. Ada tangga, ada dapur, ada gereja. No kidding. Some areas tak boleh masuk sebab preserved kan. Tapi the whole thing memang mesmerized. :)

After dah puas explore and tangkap gambar, we walked back to our guesthouse. Tiba-tiba,

"Eh, jom nak hitch hike?" Dham bagi cadangan.

Saya terdiam. Boleh ja. Lagipun, jauh kan. And it's new experience!

"Ok ja," Aiza balas.

Pada waktu Aiza cakap tuh, betul-betul ada sebuah kereta menuju ke arah jalan di hadapan kami. Dengan segan silunya, kami bertiga mengangkat thumb menunjuk arah jalan (tanda hitch hike) yang nak ditujui. Segan wehh.

Kereta tuh pun dah nampak kitorang, segan nak jalan lagi, so dia berhenti. Ada uncle and aunty Turkish dalam tuh. Yeay! Alhamdulillah, first try berjaya!

Luckily, diorang tahu English. So kitorang introduce ourselves masa dalam kereta. They are a very lovely couple. Hehe. And then, they dropped us dekat simpang jalan besar tuh. Waktu tuh memang happy giler sebab dapat buat one of the bucket list. All 3 of us memang excited. Hehe. Alhamdulillah.

Along the shops, ada banyak kedai cenderamata and restoren. My suggestion is beli ja cenderamata dekat Istanbul. Much cheaper especially in Spice Bazaar. So, perut pun dah berbunyi. We opted untuk makan dekat Turkish restaurant. Sebenarnya, masa travel jangan kedekut nak makan outside sangat. Hehe. Sometimes, kena try masakan luar and enjoy the culture. :) We ordered few kebabs and donnas and baklava too.

Lepas makan, kitorang search around pekan nak cari transportation untuk roaming bigger area. Trust me, Cappadocia is a really big big county. So, takes time untuk explore. When we realised yang Maghrib is coming, we postpone the idea untuk roaming sebab tak solat lagi. Nanti after pray Asar, nak try pergi tengok sunset dekat sunset point.

After solat, we rushed untuk pergi tengok sunset, in which we had no idea where the place is. So, kami bertiga pergi bertanya dekat owner yang ada bisnes skuter, atv sewa semua.

"Can we rent scooter now?"

"No, it's already 7pm. We will be closed soon."

"Please.. please.." kami merayu. Ni semua sebab sunset punya pasal. Hehe

"Where you want to go? It's almost dark." mamat tuh balas.

"We want to go see sunset."

"ok, I'll bring you there."

"how much?"

"it's free. don't worry." dia senyum. Melt sebab handsome. Mamat Turki sangatlah handsome.

So, dia drive kitorang ke Sunset point yang rupa-rupanya belakang our guesthouse. Jalan naik bukit sikit, dah sampai. And the view really nice. Alhamdulillah. :) Mamat tuh tunggu sambil we enjoyed the moments.

Hari makin gelap, so dia hantar kami balik hostel. So kind of him. We rushed into hostel sebab hari makin sejuk and we are so tired.

layan gambar.

Safely in the bus

on our way from nevsehir to goreme

the part when we got sesat

Aiza and Dhamirah

yup,that's the road we walked to the museum. -.-"

finally! Museum it is!

Us three.

hitchhiked from the museum

lunch at Turkish restaurant

our hotel room

on our way to sunset point

Sunset view

goremedown there. our hostel is just next to this hill.

that is Urchitsar castle

till then. Assalamualaikum!

salam alayk

i often found myself hard to laugh and hard to cry as well. when people could laugh for a mere thing, i only managed to smile as if i was entertained by it, in fact i didn't. and i'm not a person who could cry easily for trivial thing as well. however, i often cried when farewell comes. especially with close people.

aina's farewell was still floating in my mind vividly. it was as if she was leaving manipal yesterday although it's been a year since then. when she got those problems, it was tough for her. and it was hard for me as well. being the one closest to her put me in a big responsibility to take care of her, brought her to see mentor, to meet doctor, to eat with her, to sleep with her, send her to meet someone while i'm late for school and sometimes, i need to skip my class. it was hard.

maybe waktu tuh, Allah nak uji sejauh mana persahabatan tuh kerana Allah. aina was having depression during that time. and it was super chronic till she became suspicious to everyone including me. so, things became harder then. she thought everyone thinking she is a bad person and everyone was laughing at her, blablabla. if you think this is just a mere problem, then don't. because, although she was with me all the time, she always found it was hard to trust me, her closest friend though every time she felt guilty for being like that.

memang waktu tuh susah sangat nak convince dekat aina to trust Allah even she afraid to trust humans. but, from my side, i always gave her advice to do this and that, but talking seem to be easy for me, the one who need to do all those things was her! so, all choice and changes depend on her. and she was yet, clueless to decide. memang pening kepala.

things happened in 2 weeks, yet so fast! she was admitted to hospital, her family came twice to india, and she went back to malaysia to get treatment and got back to manipal.

and the comeback was just to take few things before she went back for good. she continuing her study in malaysia. Allah..

waktu tuh memang rasa sangat sedih yang melampau. until now, i can still reminisce her car gone from my sight and i cried at anis's shoulder. it was tough for me, and after all that we encountered, Allah had plan it this way. Allah.

i cried few days and always texted her mom about her progress. i don't know whom i should be friend with, who will eat with me, who will share all her laugh with me and secrets, etc.

and up until now, i still miss her badly. alhamdulillah, she is doing good in malaysia. insyaAllah, that is the best for her. and insyaAllah this is also the best for me.

Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.

the reason why i write this post is because hazim's farewell remind me so much of aina's. and may Allah had plan what's the best for us, insyaAllah.

all the best hazim for your future undertakings! and to aina, i miss u badly. ;)

while on the road to jaipur. aina dan peace.

hazim dan peace.

doakan yang terbaik untuk mereka dan kita semua. moga Allah berkati. :)

salam alayk.

saya bertanya padanya,

"tak sedih ke nak balik malaysia dah?"

"tak lah. lagipun, akan datang ke sini lagi." dia membalas.

saya memandang raut mukanya. kemudian, saya mengalihkan pandangan saya ke pemandangan di hadapan saya. dia hanyalah orang asing yang saya jumpa di airport cairo. namanya pun saya tidak bertanya. sekadar bertegur sapa.

"dari mana?" dia bertanya pada saya sewaktu dia berbaris di belakang saya di kaunter immigrasi.

"dari india. datang sini lawat kawan." saya menjawab.

"owh, india. india dekat mana?" dia bertanya lagi.

"di manipal. hmm, ramai juga student mesir di situ." saya menjawab.

dia bertanya lagi, ke manakah saya pergi, ada orang jemput ke tak, ada musyrif tak dan pelbagai soalan.

saya merasa sedikit janggal kerana ditembak soalan bertubi-tubi daripadanya. saya bermula menanyakan soalan.

"study sini ke?"

dia mengangguk.

"medic?" saya bertanya lagi. dia mengangguk. tadi dia tanya saya scholar mara atau jpa, saya cuba bertanya soalan yang sama.

"tak ah. bukan dua2...." dia menjawab dan jawapan seterusnya saya tidak mendengar dengan jelas. dia menunduk lagi.

saya merasa segan untuk bertanya lagi. kemudian, tiba giliran saya di kaunter. setelah habis, saya cuba untuk tunggu dia. dan berjalan bersama dia ke bawah untuk mengambil bagasi kami.

pada mulanya, saya tidak bercadang untuk mengambil trolley kerana hanya ada dua beg, backpack dan beg tarik. kemudian, saya menukar fikiran dan bergegas ke tempat trolley. dia menjerit pada saya,

"eehhhh.. tak payah-tak payah. ada ni." dia menunjukkan trolley kosong di sebelah dia.

"terima kasih." saya merasa sedikit segan.

beg yang saya tunggu tidak berkunjung tiba. saya melihat jam terakhir beg sampai adalah pukul 9.30 pagi. sekarang bar pukul 9.10 pagi. dia yang sudah mendapat begnya mengucapkan selamat tinggal dan beredar.

pukul 9.20 am, screen menunjukkan tiada beg lagi. saya kecewa. beg saya tertinggal di istanbul. saya cuba untuk tidak nangis. cuba untuk bersangka baik. cuba untuk fikir dari sudut positif. semua ini, Allah yang rancang. mungkin, beg nak merasa duduk di istanbul lagi. tak ready nak datang cairo, saya bermonolog dalaman. cuba memujuk hati. setelah membuat aduan, saya keluar dengan trolley yang mengandungi backpack saja. saya melangkah berat hati.

di luar, saya melihat dia menunggu saya. saya terkejut.

"kenapa lama sangat? kena tahan ke?" dia bertanya curious.

"tak lah. beg tertinggal di istanbul!" saya menjawab.

dia tergelak. dan menyambung semula.

"owh, ingatkan kena tahan. haaa..!! tu ujian pertama!"

saya terdiam. Allah, deepnya perkataan tuh. dahulu, di kms, ada seorang ustazah ni pernah belajar di mesir. dan dia pernah mengatakan bahawa

"mesir adalah bumi anbiya. balasan baik atau buruk cepat datang."

saya teringat balik kata-kata ustazah itu. saya tak tahulah yang saya ni kena ujian apa, tapi nak katanya, memang Allah nak kita muhasabah diri, bersihkan niat betul-betul waktu datang bumi barakah. nak ceritanya betapa barakahnya bumi mesir ni, sewaktu di atas flight, apa yang saya lihat hanyalah padang pasir. kering. tiada hidupan dan tumbuhan. kemudian, perlahan-lahan, saya melihat kawasan yang sangat subur, hijauuu, dan berpenduduk. dan ketika itu, tahulah saya bahawa saya di atas cairo. dan saya tahu apa puncanya. sungai nil! saat saya teringat sungai nil, ia muncul di luar tingkap saya. subhanallah. dan tahulah saya mengapa ada orang mengatakan,

"sungai nil dan mesir itu jodoh!" saya tersenyum sendirian.

padang pasir, sungai nil, dan tanaman menghijau!

dan mengenai jawapan dia di permulaan post, dia berkata yang dia akan datang lagi di mesir walaupun sudah habis pengajian. saya terfikir apa yang menjadi sebab di sebalik pernyataannya itu. dan setelah 12 hari di mesir, saya mendapat jawapan. Allah..

walaupun tak ramai ingin ke mesir kerana negara bergolak, tak selamat, orang Arab kasar dan sebagainya, tapi bagi saya, bumi itu terasa hidup ruhnya. lagi hidup daripada Turki!

memang betul segala sangkaan buruk tentang mesir itu benar, tapi bukan kesemua penduduknya. walaupun saya melihat signboard tepi jalan memaparkan dilarang mursi, dan di suatu dinding, saya melihat wajah as-sisi dicat dengan penuh hormat, itu hanyalah di luarannya.

antara mursi dan sisi.

di tram, saya melihat wajah wanita mesir itu cantik kesederhanaan. mungkin wajah asiah seperti ini, saya berbisik pada hati saya. dan orang lelakinya pula, putih berjambang dengan rambut yang sedikit kerinting. mungkin seperti ini raut wajah nabi-nabi yang pernah mendiami bumi ini.

di dalam tram

pernah sekali saya tersesat mencari supermarket. ketika itu, saya keseorangan. saya membeli sesikat pisang dari penjual tepi jalan. kemudian, saya bertanya soalan;

"fathalla?". dia seperti tidak pernah mendengar tempat itu. namun, dia tidak berhenti di situ.

dia bercakap dalam arab yang saya kurang fahami. tetapi, bahasa tubuhnya menjelaskan bahawa "tunggu, saya akan bertanya pada orang lain." dia menahan seorang lelaki yang sedang berjalan dan lelaki itu datang pada saya;

"what you are searching for?" lelaki itu bertanya dalam Inggeris.

"fathalla. supermarket." saya menjawab. sekali lagi, dia semacam tidak pernah mendengar.

"wait, i'll ask somebody." dia menyuruh saya tunggu dan memasuki kedai gunting rambut.

dia kembali semula dan memberi directions yang betul. Alhamdulillah. apa yang saya nak ceritakan bukanlah bagaimana saya ke supermarket, tapi macam mana orang arab kat sana tolong saya. nak ceritanya seorang tak dapat, dia pergi cari orang lain, orang lain tak dapat, dia cari orang lain pula. Allah.

dan makcik-makcik pengemis di sana, selepas mendapat duit, dia akan mendoakan kita, insyaAllah. dan ketika saya bertemu dengan peminta sedekah di india, saya kecewa. mereka orang bukan islam, dan mereka tidak akan mendoakan kita.

penyanyi femes.

di bumi yang penuh dengan azan yang bersahutan, masjid yang bertaburan, kedai-kedai yang beralunkan Quran dan di sebalik orang arab yang bergurau seperti mahu bergaduh besar, hati saya rasa tenang. di sebalik lorong-lorong bangunan yang lama dan hanya berwarna tanah, saya merasa nostalgia. mungkin, dinding ini pernah diconteng dengan begitu banyak perkataan Allahu Akbar semasa demonstrasi. dan apabila saya mendengar orang berbahasa arab mesir yang saya kurang faham, mata saya bulat dan saya merasa sangat excited dan bersemangat! bahasa arab sangat menarik! intonasinya, entah semacam ada sesuatu yang bagus di situ. dan tidak pernah membosankan.

daging lembu yang sangat jarang di india.

ebrahimiya tram station

gama'ah tram station.

 keramahan penduduk tempatan sangatlah terasa. begitu juga dengan pelajar malaysia dan indonesia yang sangat-sangat terasa adab mengalu-alukan tetamu yang sememangnya sangat tiptop!

typical kedai kopi.

jzkk to mieyn dan kila. dan juga hazqel!

jzkk to alak and muhaimin.

and my dearest ukhti, i miss you. jzkk for the hospitality.

Allah, walaupun bumi ini diperintah As-Sisi, ia masih milikMu. apa yang saya rindui di Mesir bukanlah lautnya semata-mata, bukanlah tempat bersejarahnya, tetapi ruhnya. Dia masih hidup. mesir masih hidup. ruh islamnya belum padam lagi. insyaAllah, sinaran Islam akan datang lagi. Allahu Akbar!

mode rindu mesir. nak datang lagi. moga Allah sampaikan saya ke mesir lagi. insyaAllah, amin!

salam alayk.

last week was quite hectic for me. so busy with study, baking and all. so, i was quite miserable last week. annual day was held last friday, it means that we will be having holiday in saturday, insyaAllah. turned that it happened. so, on friday night, i finished myself with house chores, baking orders and doing notes so that i'm totally off on saturday. the whole day! alhamdulillah.

for those who are still clueless where we were going last saturday, here is the answer. we went for snorkelling and scuba diving at netrani island, murudeshwar. after subuh, we took off at 5.45 am by taxi and reached there by 7.15 am. and subhanallah, the view during dawn was super beautiful. i didnt sleep on my way there, so, i took the chances to snap some good photos. hehe. and since it was a last minute plan, we were still trying to refine our intention just for Allah. we really hope that our musafir, insyaAllah did some benefit for us. and while on our way, we were still thinking what's the hikmah we're going there. wallahu ahlam.

upon reaching there, we need to wait for an hour because the office will be opened at 9 am. so, we took a stroll around the sea. the wind was quite strong and cold, winter is coming. hehe. we took our breakfast there and having dhuha. subhanallah, it was quite new for me, and such a bliss. the dhuha was so comforting with the waves and the wind. it was still early in the morning and we felt so calm.

then, we registered and signed our liability of loss and risk formed. it's kinda like you are signing your death form. it states that the company will not responsible for any casualty. but, seriously, they really take care of us there. so, we took a bot to netrani island and the journey will be around 1 hour. while in the boat, they will teach you how to dive, equalise our pressure when we are going deeper, the emergency things, hand signals and many more. but the thing is, no practical.

once we reached there, everyone got their own instructor and so as we. mine taught me how to breath using oxygen tank and blabla, and five minutes later, i found myself in the sea bottom with fishes around me. it was my first time of diving. i did snorkeling before but the feelings was very different. u got to move with fish and see the surface with some sun rays fall upon the sea surface. alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah.

every time i saw fish or anything, it always came up in my mind that they also berzikir and bertasbih to Allah in every inch of their movement. how can i not to? hehe. and subhanallah, inside the sea, you will never hear anything, thus everything will be very very peaceful. even when at first, i was panicked. because we need to go inside the water secara terbalik. like u sit at the corner of the boat, and the guy will push you backwards. siapa yang tak panik, huhu? then, by the time i saw the bottom of the sea, i quickly became calm and very relaxed. and i forgot every fear i felt when they taught bout emergency things. alhamdulillah.

we were diving for 30 minutes and snorkelling as long as we want. then, around 4pm, we took off to mainland. i didnt feel anything at all. but, by the time i reached home, i felt sort of longing to be there back. underwater is a peaceful place. i didnt see any danger by doing that as what people tend to say. hehe.

so, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, thanks to Allah for giving us this opportunities. i reminisced back what anis nur said when she returned to the boat;

"aida, memang sebab ni kot Allah nak tunjuk. sebab cantik sangat. Allah nak kita tengok benda ni.". syukur.

And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise. (31:27)

so, here are the pictures. i spent loads of time choosing and editing these, so enjoy! :)

sunrise. :3

first view of sea

sunrise near savannah area.

man out of nowhere

finally, here! in murudeshwar.

at dreamz diving office

filling oxygen tank in pile of water

the gear

to be~

anis panjat lori untuk ke pantai

seaside

the biggest Shiva statue in karnataka i think.

anjing tak bangun pagi lagi.

waiting for our boat

off we go!

arabian sea is quite rough as usual.

netrani island. 30 minutes more.

a cave on the island.

our diving spot

indian guys who were with us.

anisses!

anis nur and her diving instructor

stone fish. camouflaged.

me with my instructor

dayaye!

tanah gersang

i love the rocks colour. sandy brown to white to dark choc. hee..

alhamdulillah. so, if anyone want to go there, pergilah. kembaralah di bumi Allah and saksikan betapa Allah Maha Bijaksana and Maha Indah. insyaAllah. moga mendapat ibrah!

the company: dreamzdiving
total package fee: rs4500.