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A worth-reading story from one of our brothers in Gaza now.....May Allah give them strength......Ameennn...

source : Al-jazeera.net

Gaza diary: Psychological harm

By Mohammed Ali

The number of Palestinians injured in Israel's war on Gaza continues to rise [GALLO/GETTY] As the death toll from Israel's war on Gaza continues to climb, Mohammed Ali, an advocacy and media researcher for Oxfam who lives in Gaza City, will be keeping a diary of his experiences. Day 4 - Immeasurable psychological damage At midnight last night, I was sitting by my wife and two children who were fast asleep: there was an hour of quiet; no drones, no attacks. I thought to myself "could this be the calm before the storm?" All of a sudden, I heard 10 missiles in a row and my house began to shake once more. My wife awoke in a panic and my small son looked at me with terror in his eyes, he did not say a word. At 2am there was a total black out in the Gaza Strip, except for the light caused by Israeli attacks. At some point we must have fallen asleep. "What have [the children] done to deserve having their precious innocence destroyed? How will this affect them in the future?" Mohammed, Gaza City As soon as we awoke, we went for breakfast at my parents. My sister told us how her youngest daughter, Nada, who is three-and-a-half had that morning begun to draw. Interested by what her child was creating, my sister asked to look at it and motioned to take the picture for a moment "No!" cried Nada pointing at a drawing of an airplane, "stop, this could kill you!" This caused me to pause for thought at all the immeasurable psychological damage that this conflict has caused children; what have they done to deserve having their precious innocence destroyed? How will this affect them in the future? Thankfully, my children do not understand what is happening. Although they often cry from fear, my son, seeing everyone gathered around, staying up late at night, thinks that we are having a party, he jumps around us and laughs, asking himself, "Why are you all together here?" Every time my phone rings, he dances around to the ring tone. Usually, my wife and I leave him with my mother when we go to work but for a few days straight now we have spent every moment with him. It started raining, I comforted myself for just one moment with the thought that maybe, just maybe, the rain would stop the attacks but of course it didn't, and many more lives were soon lost. As I saw on the news the death toll rise, I thought once again, could we all be next? We live in a constant state of fear that is slowly beginning to kill us. Every time the phone rings, my heart skips a beat, what news will it bring? Will it be a friend's, a colleague's a relative's death, injury? Some Gazans are too scared to attend funerals for fear of becoming a casualty [AFP] Sadly, even those who have been killed cannot be mourned properly. I felt immense guilt that I was not able to attend my neighbour's funeral, but few did, fearing that they might be the next victims while grieving for another. Even during the three days of mourning at his family home, the house was almost empty. A few hours ago, I was asked abruptly for my phone by my sister-in-law, she wanted to talk to her family immediately, they had just received a call by the Israeli military announcing that their home might be hit during the next attack. She told her family to come over to the home of ours. They might come, they might not. My wife and her brother started arguing earlier today about where they would be most safe in the event of an attack, upstairs with family or downstairs in their own home. I did not want to tell them that their argument was futile; if a missile hit us there would no longer be an upstairs or downstairs. For a moment today, I stepped outside, I saw people sitting outside their homes, running for cover at every sound of an attack. Overhead were helicopters, I soon went back inside fearing the worst. Our lives have been paralysed. Day 3 - Memories destroyed It is the third consecutive night of the Israeli offensive. My two young children, my wife, my sister-in-law, who is staying with us, and I all slept in our living room, which is in the centre of our flat. During the night, there was an average of two air strikes every ten minutes in Gaza City alone. On the television we heard that the Israeli military had hit a mosque in Jabaliya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip. We were shocked to hear that the shelling caused a house to collapse, killing five sisters inside and injuring all 11 family members. We cried together in the knowledge that no one was safe from the air strikes. We barely slept. Just 500 metres from our home the strikes hit the Islamic University building. I graduated from the Islamic University of Gaza. When I heard that the Israeli F16 missiles had destroyed it, I felt as though my good memories had also been obliterated. I phoned one of my sisters who lives close to the university. She told me: "We are so scared. I don't know where to go, what to do. The explosion shook our entire building." I listened to her but could not find the words to reassure her. How could I? It was obvious that no one was safe. Day 2 - Sleeping with one eye open When I fell asleep on the second night of the Israeli offensive, I was afraid that I may never wake again. So I slept with one eye open, in constant fear for my family's safety. At least once an hour, I was woken by the sound of explosions. I constantly checked on my wife and children, thinking that our home could be the next target of the Israeli jets. In the early hours of the morning, I woke to find my 15-month-old baby walking around the living room sobbing. I rushed over to him and held him in my arms until he fell asleep. My mother called us over for breakfast. All of our family gathered around the table. My mother, who suffers from heart problems, told us all how, whenever a target close to our home was hit during the night, she would wake with her heart pounding. Supplies running out It is no secret that the Gaza Strip is heavily dependent on supplies coming from Egypt via tunnels, especially since the Israeli blockade was stepped up in November. So after we heard that the Israeli attacks had targeted the tunnels, my father went off to the grocery store to buy reserve food supplies. "[My father] told us that food prices had tripled because of the destruction of the tunnels" Mohammed, Gaza City When he came back he told us that food prices had tripled because of the destruction of the tunnels. I wanted to buy nappies for my two children. My younger brother went out but struggled to find anything. I thought to myself that it is only a matter of days now until food and fuel becomes unavailable to us all. We heard an announcement from the Israeli government that the attacks on Gaza would continue for a long time in spite of the calls from regional and international bodies and organisations for them to stop. From my home the sound of ambulance sirens is non-stop. Every time I hear an explosion followed by sirens, I think of those ambulances carrying the dead and injured. I am increasingly fearful for my children, family and friends. I think to myself that the next ambulance might be carrying one of my friends, a member of my family, or even me. Day 1 - Black Saturday in Gaza I was at home, lying down on my bed. It was 11.30am; a time when students fill the streets on their way home from school. All of a sudden I heard massive explosions, one after the other. The windows in my bedroom began to shake violently. I jumped out of bed and tried to turn the TV on, but there was no electricity. I ran around frantically, not knowing what to do. In depth Focus Arab street angry over Gaza attacks Reaction: Raids take toll on Gaza Gaza strikes a challenge for Obama Videos Gaza pounded for third straight day US backs Israeli air raids Hospitals in Gaza struggle to cope Your Views Add your voice to the discussion Send us your video views The explosions grew stronger and sounded closer. I went to my front door and looked up at the sky. It was filled with black smoke. While I was searching for people to find out what was going on, someone told me: "The Israeli jets are targeting all police buildings and the homes of Hamas leaders." I later realised that the explosions I had heard was the Al Abbas police station, 300 metres from my home, being targeted. The first thing that came to my mind was to call my wife and to check that my two young children were okay. They had spent the night in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza, with my wife's family. But the mobile network was down. After 20 minutes of desperate attempts to reach them, I finally talked to my wife who told me that they were very scared but okay. She was crying down the phone to me while watching TV. She said she could see images of dead bodies and that more than 50 people had already been killed. At least now I knew that my wife and children were alive. But what about my three sisters and their children? I eventually reached one of my sisters who started to cry - she still did not know where her children were. An hour later they made it home - scared but unhurt. State of shock As I stood outside my home in a state of shock, I heard women screaming next door. People were running around, crying "Mohammed has been killed". Mohammed Habboush was my 26-year-old neighbour. I felt sad because I knew the guy well. An hour later, I got a message on my mobile telling me that another friend had been killed. My family returned from Khan Younis in the evening. I felt so relieved to see them. We all sat together in front of the television just crying and feeling afraid after every explosion. I tried to pretend that I was fine in order to make my family feel some sort of security, but deep inside I was afraid. At 11pm my wife's mobile rang. It was a recorded voice message from the Israeli army which said: "If you have any kind of weapon in your home, you should evacuate your home immediately as we will target it." At first I told my wife that we should not worry because we don't own any weapons. However, ten minutes later, my father who lives above us, called to say that he had received the same message. At that moment I started to panic.

chukha hae, Wanie-shi!

This entry is dedicated to my little sister (little ke? kui3)
who has just received her PMR results
BIG CONGRATULATIONS from kak long
8A's was gud enough..
walaupun tercicir 1 subject (dun worry, the same thing happened to me also...keep on going!)
Alhamdulillah...
we're proud of u! ^_^
takpe2...
ini tandanya kene lebih berusaha pada masa hadapan.....
score gempak2 time SPM nanti ek..
kalahkan kiteorg ni sume....
make our parents proud!
semoga terus istiqamah.....
ingat..perjuangan menuntut ilmu ini tiada hentinya
dan gagal sekali, bukan bermaksud gagal selama2nye.....
yang penting, kegagalan di masa lalu dijadikan pedoman
agar tidak lagi kecundang lagi di masa hadapan...
go girl!
all the best for your SPM @ 2010 plak (form 4 bukan honeymoon year ye)
kite sama2 berjuang..
kak long untuk PhD, dan wani pulak untuk SPM
fighting!

p/s: InsyaAllah, nanti kak long balik, wani boleh tuntut hadiah ek.... ;p

Lembaran baru....

Salam maal hijrah 1430H
and upcoming 2009
hmm....
dah tercapai ke azam tahun lepas???????
hopefully kalo bukan semua pun
adalah beberapa yang sudah dilaksanakan

tahun 2009...
pastinye akan menjanjikan lebih banyak cabaran buat saya
kalo ikut kan, dah nak dekat 3 bulan sy melangkah ke thn ke-2 PhD
tapi rasanya dah tertinggal sedikit
dek kerana beberapa sebab yang di luar jangkauan saya
harapnye selepas habis cuti ni,
I can get back on track
but then, still some of things are really out of my control
usaha, tawakkal........that's the best things to do

melangkah masuk ke gerbang 1430H
saya rasa gembira
kerana dapat berjumpa dengan teman2 lama dan baru
bermula dgn kunjungan 'cik kiah' raihana dari dublin....
sehingga ke kunjungan sya-z dan adik2 nye ke manchester
dan juga bertemu dengan teman2 baru di Birmingham

thanx a lot to sya-z yang mengajak saya turun ke Birm weekend lepas
apart been to the place that I've never been before,
saya juga berpeluang berjumpa dgn adik2 yang mempunyai semangat yang tinggi dalam mencari ilmu akhirat
betul2 kagum dgn mereka
bersama mereka selama satu malam cukup membuat saya rasa tenang
walopn dalam rumah tu ada 11 orang yang bermalam,
tak terasa pun terhadnye ruang yang ade...tambahan pula toilet nye hanyalah satu

sungguh saya rindukan suasana itu..
solat jemaah bersama2, baca ma'thurat bersama2, tazkirah
dan even kami makan dalam dulang beramai2 (mmg betul2 mengimbau kenangan di al-amin dulu)

mengenali adik2 yang masih muda, tapi berhati besar
sentiasa dahagakan ilmu dan mencari nya untuk menjadi pendakwah yang berjaya
berjaulah ke merata2 tempat...
segan juga dgn mereka ni
rasa sungguh kerdil.....

but seriously to know them was a great pleasure for me
ukhuwwah fillah yang sungguh menenangkan (no wonder sya-z sungguh bahagia belajar di UK ni, bertahun2 kt cni pn xpe ek ;) )
hopefully bleh jmpe diorg lagi in the future....
thanx korang and sya-z for the great time..walopn skejap, tapi cukup mengesankan......

lets share some of the pics (tak sempat nk amek gamba ramai2 dgn adik2 tu time kt birm)

Event pertama: Rombongan cik Raihana dari ireland

spt biasa, tempat yg orang nk pergi di Manchester ni adalah MU stadium....layan aje lah kan..dah tak taulah dah berapa kali dtg cni....and this is my 3rd time ikut stadium tour...huahuahua..dulu dah berjanji kt diri sendiri, kalo ade org yg ajak gi old trafford ni, saya nak tunggu kt luar je..tapi tak sampai hati..gue pun masuk lah jugak..otak pun dah tepu dgn info2 psl MU ni (i'm thinking of applying the job for stadium tour guide..kui3).........ramai btol malaysian yg ade ...sy dah warning awl2 kt diorg: 'korang akn rs mcm berada di bukit jalil.." huhu....tmpt2 lain yg sempat sy bawa (masanye sungguh terhad since diorg ni sume nk kene smpai airport dlm kol 6 petang): manchester uni, manchester uni dan makan2 di rusholme.......

Visiting team from Dublin


Muka rai yang blur bile saya soh die duduk kt jersey rooney tu...alih2 die buat quotes of the day:"rooney? die ok ke?" tak kenal rooney plak dah..keskeskes.....

Selang dua hari lps tu, sya-z and adik2 die tibe di manchester..hari sabtu, diorg buat permintaan nak jln2 di manchester dulu b4 gi Birm.....yer...yer....ke Old trafford juer......i would say that i was overdosed with MU minggu lps...huu..selang beberapa hari je ni kali ke-2 saya berada di sini..huhu..peminat fanatik pn tak macam tu..lps diorg dh shopping n gi museum tu, pergi Trafford Centre untuk makan dan membeli-belah tingkap.........

then pergi ke Birm.....

antara tempat2 yang menarik untuk dilawati:

Birm city centre and University of Birmingham yang sungguh klasik...



I love this place! Cadbury World...mmg rambang mata nak beli chocs yang mana...a gud place for chocs lover like me ^_^ bleh masuk ke dlm cadbury factory untuk melihat bagaimanakah mereka menghasilkan chocs yg enak...



Aston Villa stadium di Villa Park....saya kurang kenal dgn Villa's players, but i know Villa is in top5 now....bleh tahan jgk diorg ni..layann......

hmm.....rsnye dah cukup kot jln2 utk cuti ni..tak sure mahu ke dundee ke tak....tibe2 ade mood nak blajar plak..keskeskes..semangat yang ada ini jangan lah dipadamkan.....insyaAllah di lain masa dan kesempatan akan ku jejak sekali lagi scotland yang sungguh damai itu.....

have a nice year ahead!

p/s: dalam menyambut tahun baru, marilah kita sama2 mengingati saudara2 kite di Palestin...semoga mereka terus diberikan kekuatan dan kesabaran..Mari menderma sahabat2 sekalian....Mereka jihad nyawa....Paling kurang kita mesti jihad harta!

what lies ahead.....

dengan rasminye cuti krismas dan new year sudah bermula minggu ini
maka bertebaran lah semua pelajar ke merata2 untuk bercuti
kebanyakan ofis di uni pun tutup selama 2 minggu
5 Jan nanti baru buka balik
boleh tahan cuti jugak kan diorg ni
tapi patutlah jugak
sebab nya diorg kt cni tak banyak cuti macam kite kt mesia
sume hari pun nak cuti kalo bleh kan
ahaks.......

memandangkan saya pun baru beria2 cuti2 mesia (sampai ingt2 lupa sume bnde..huhu),
winter break kali ni takdelah beria2 sgt nk bercuti mcm thn lps
besides, dgn 'tumbuhan' yg hidup dlm lab saya tu
mana mungkin mampu ku tinggalkan manchester dalam waktu yg lama
banyak perkara yang menanti saya selepas 5 Jan ni
jadi persediaan harus dibuat
jadi
break secara sederhana je lah ye cik illi

esok, rombongan cik raihana dari ireland datang manchester
jadi saya dgn berbesar hatinye menjadi 'tour guide' mereka
yang pasti sesape yg dtg manchester musti mahu ke old trafford
huhu
layan aje lah
tapi kan korang sume
tak de pape pun old trafford tu
stadium je
macam bukit jalil tu
muahahah......(habis aku kena hambur dgn MU fans kalo diorg baca ni..peace no war!)

christmas eve @ 24/12,
saya singgah ke lab sekejap

christmas @ 25/12:
duduk umah diam2
bus sume takde
ape2 pun takde
bertapa adalah aktiviti yg paling sesuai dilakukan

boxing day @ 26/12:
tahun lepas 'berboxing' dengan rabi kat london
tahun ni kite try kat manchester plak
teruk jugak cam kt london ke?
hmm...nak shopping ape ek? (emoticon menggarukan kepala sambil nak buat list)
tapi nak kene singgah lab kejap jugak..keskeskes
mengapakah lab itu harus juga ada dalam kamus harian ku?????
sya-z and adik2nye dijangka sampai ke manchester pada malamnye (spt bese, sya-z kalo dtg umah ku, musti kol 12 tgh mlm...)

27/12:
kiteorg plan nk gi birm
so ape lagi
jln2 kt birm lah kan

28/12:
jln2 kt birm lagi
sya-z kate mungkin gi shopping
huhu
nk shopping ape lagi
membeli-belah tingkap je lah
mayb adik2 sya-z nk shopping utk bw balik ke mesia
tgh hari, adik2 sya-z fly pulang ke malaya
petang tu, saya balik manchester, sya-z terbang ke russia
jmpe adik2 usrah die

29/12:
gi lab (lagi????)
nak bagi tumbuhan2 itu makan
then balik umah rehat2

hari2 seterusnye masih dlm pemerhatian dan perancangan
ikut keadaan
ingat nk gi dundee
tapi since sya-z yang sibuk orangnye tu masih di russia
tangguhkan dulu
mungkin awal tahun dpn kot
hopefully ade snow kt scotland time tu ;)

takpun
jln2 manchester (haha..nk jln mn lagi ni?)
gi tengok teater ke..skrg ni ade citer mary poppins
perempuan yg terbang dgn payung tu
among my fav childhood stories
hahah..best tgk teater citer budak2 kt cni
nnt bdk2 yg dtg sume beria pakai baju yg ade kene mengena dgn citer
teater kt cni sungguh interaktif
2-ways communication

agenda lain....
duduk rumah diam2
belajar my modelling software,
more literature research on sugar analysis + HPLC column
FT-IR + PCA
huuuuuuuuuuuuuu

~kite hanye merancang, Dia yang tentukan~

bila diuji.......

it seems that my blogging activity becomes slower n slower kan
hehe.....
actually
for the past 3 weeks
have been a quite challenging moment for me
i'm not complaining here
instead I'm very grateful coz Allah still give me strength to face it
everything that has happened in our life, there must be some reasons behind it kan

i've been physically n mentally challenged
starting from the weather
yeah, winter this year is a bit 'garang'
last year, during this month, the temperature is still ok
cold but not freezing cold
but.....
we had snow already last 3 weeks!
yeay!!!!!!alhamdulillah... (see? setiap yg berlaku ade hikmahnye kan??)
i love the view of whitey snowy
i mean the fresh snow
and the snow stayed longer due to the freezing cold weather

but I couldn't really enjoyed it since I'm having cold n flu
n this time
the cold n flu really test my patience n courage
my friends said i shud take a rest at home n don't expose too much to the freezing cold weather
but
how I could do that
since I'm running my experiment n I shud be in the lab everyday
can't miss any single day
even on the weekend

since I don't have the rest that I should
my recovery process was a bit slow
and
this year, there's a new virus comes from the cold n flu
that causing you to vomit
huhu
yeah, I experienced it too
loya2, tak lalu makan, sakit kepala, mabuk...

believe me
without the will that Allah gave to me
I think i couldn't manage to go to the lab everyday n face the freezing cold outside
sleeping n resting under my comfy duvet is thousand times better
plus the journey from my home to the university really challenging nowadays
when the snow came, the bus didn't come on time
so more n more people waiting
and there was a day when 4 busses just passed us without stopping because those busses already overloaded
my usual journey on that day became nearly 2 hours (salunye paling lmbt pn 45 mins)

and my research??
hmmm
some parts are ok
n some parts really need my full attention
that's what we call research..huhu

alhamdulillah, i'm fully recovered now
no more running nose
feel more energetic
n one more important thing
hav to gain more weight
hahah.....
my s/v said i've lose some weight when we met yesterday
i don't realize it at all since I don't have time to think about it
she reminded me : "please illi, gain some weight during the holiday"
(dalam hati ade cakap jgk, pernah kah aku kelihatan berisi? confuse2)

hahah
what I've been 'membebel' about kan
nyways
bitter experience makes you stronger
i accept all of these as part of my journey to be more succeed in the future, InsyaAllah
and this is a very small test from Allah
very very small i would say
at least, i got all the facilities, financially stable and families who always support me kan
everytime I face difficulties, I always say all these to myself:
"ramai lagi orang lebih susah dari ko Illi....dan ujian ini tandanya Allah mengasihi kita, ataupun ujian ini adalah untuk kita lebih dekat kepada Allah kerana kite selalu melupakanNya....dan setiap ujian ada hikmah di sebaliknye"

al-Baqarah,2: 233
Seseorang tidak dibebani melainkan menurut kadar kesanggupannya.

~ya Allah, kami bersyukur di atas nikmat Iman, Islam dan segalanya yang telah Engkau berikan kepada kami ^_^~

berkorban-pengorbanan-terkorban

Salam Eid Al-Adha 1429H buat semua
Semoga ibadah korban kita diterima Allah,
InsyaAllah

Dan
berkorban itu banyak maksudnya
semoga pengorbanan itu mendekatkan diri kita kepada Allah
semoga pengorbanan itu dilakukan semata2 kerana Allah
tapi
berkorban tu ada batasnya
bukan semuanya boleh dikorbankan
silap2 ada yang terkorban..huhu

dan........
perlukah aku terus berkorban
berbaloikah pengorbanan ini?
adakah akhirnya aku yang akan terkorban??
atau aku kah yang selama ini sengaja mencari penyakit sendiri?
hmmm....
Ya Allah, hanya kepada Mu aku meminta petunjuk
only time will tell
and Allah knows the best
fighting!!

zulhijjah

Riwayat Abu Hurairah bahawa Nabi SAW bersabda " Tiada hari yang lebih disukai Allah taala dilakukan ibadah padanya daripada 10 hari dalam bulan Zulhijjah, puasa setiap hari daripadanya sama seperti puasa setahun, melakukan qiamullail pada setiap daripada malamnya sama dengan melakukan qiamullaih pada malam al Qadr (lailatul qadr)"
Riwayat Tarmizi, Ibn Majah dan Baihaqi

mari..mari...jom puasa! semoga ibadah kita diterima Allah...wallahu'a'lam....

~~oh, 22 Zulhijjah ni umur ku meningkat lagi (^_^)v

foggy weekend

winter is officially here....
this weekend
i spent my time hibernating in front of computer
huuuuuuu
freezing maa...
with temperature under 5deg C during the day
and reached negative degree at nite
seriously u don't want to do anything
except
sitting under a comfy duvet.....

plus
next weekend onwards I will spend my weekend in the lab (yeah..kembali menjadikan lab sebagai rumah ke2..apo nak buwek)
so that's why this weekend I was just 'lazying' around in my room (haha..rase pemalas gile)

and 1 more thing
I don't know why
everytime new season comes
I will get cold and flu
means that
for the past 5 times the season changed
I got sick
yeah yeah..I think I'm not meant to be living in 4 seasons countries
(owh..bayangkan setiap kali tukar musim, badan ku diserang selsema, batuk dan seangkatan dengannya)
and now I'm struggling with sore throat
ya Allah...bantulah hambaMu ini

I would like to share something after reading Rabi's entry actually (interesting rabi although u r in ur serious mode :P)
but maybe next time
it's true we as muslims are now facing many challenges
i.e. how to get people understand that Islam is a peaceful and beautiful religion
being here in Manchester and mix with other people from many parts of the world
I realized that many of them misunderstood Islam
I have been asked so many things and it made me realized too that I really need to strengthen my knowledge in Islam
and my english too..kui3(kdg2 susah nk terangkan menggunakan term yang sesuai since dulu2 byk blaja dalam malay, jadi kadang2 I avoid to explain things which I'm not very sure coz I'm afraid they will get more confused)
and the latest Mumbai attack also
been linked with Muslim
how long muslims will be known as extremists???
sedih....sob..sob...

huh....ingt nk tulis sket je
my hands are numb already
that's why lately slow je nk tulis entry baru (alasan kah??? haha)
anyways
I will share a story told by my nigerian friend about what happening in his country (owh, tak pernah tahu pun situasinye begitu..am I being too ignorant?.huhu)
next time , InsyaAllah

~~oh, cold and flu, please go away *_*

only £99????!!!!

huhu...
biar betul ni
memang murah banyak
£99 aje from London to KL
bagaimanakah boleh mendapat harga serendah ini?
agak2 nye MAS terasa tercabar tak (harga air ticket MAS utk London-KL return pn lebih kurang 700 pound)
tapi
ni betui2 memang murah
berganda murah dari ape yang orang lain claim diorg balik malaysia dapat air ticket yang murah (using emirates, etihad, qatar airways)
saya ingat hari tu tiket saya pun antara yang termurah..huuuuuuuu
even premium seats adalah murah sedikit dari jumlah tiket saya hari tu

rabi, adakah kata2 mu diriku akan pulang setiap 3 bln akan jadi kenyataan?? huahuahua...itu mcm blaja main2 je...walaupn murah, tapi bile fikir2 balik nk duduk atas flight selama 14 jam tu cukup membuatkan diri ku berfikir bkn setakat 2,3,4 kali tapi lebih dari tu..dgn nak jetlag lagi, nak 'stabilize' kan perasaan sebelum dan sesudah balik..huhu..letih..letih...(tapi lepas ni dengar2 citer nak direct dari KL ke Manchester pulak..huhu..cobaan..cobaan)

bacaan lanjut di bawah ini..diambil dari the star...Marilah berpusu2 rakyat Malaysia datang London!

It’s RM499 to fly to London on AirAsia X (updated)

By CHOI TUCK WO

LONDON: It’s £99 or RM499 one-way – that’s the much-awaited opening fare of AirAsia X’s latest London Stansted-Kuala Lumpur route.

Malaysians flying to London will also pay RM499 for the return flight while travellers from London going to KLIA will pay £99 (RM541) for the return ticket.

Online bookings opened at 8pm Tuesday (Malaysian time) for the five-times-a-week direct flights which will begin in March.

Also on offer are premium seats at £549 or RM1,999. The initial bookings are for the travel period from March 11 till Oct 24 next year.

The AirAsia X flights will use Airbus A340 planes which will have 286 economy and 30 premium seats.

AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani made the announcement during the route launch at London’s County Hall featuring a special performance by five-member British girl band, The Saturdays.

“The London-Kuala Lumpur route is the realisation of a long-held ambition to open up affordable access between Malaysia and Europe for both the Asean and European communities,” AirAsia Group CEO Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes said.

Fernandes said with the airline’s comprehensive route network, the opportunity for Londoners and Europeans to explore Asean has never been greater.

“This new route will benefit all of Asean as it will encourage more economic and tourism activities, bringing in more revenue and creating job opportunities,” he said.

Azran described the London route as a significant achievement, allowing those who had always wanted to travel between Europe and Asean to achieve their dream at an affordable price.

Stansted Airport’s commercial and development director Nick Barton, who finalised discussions with AirAsia X, hailed the launch as a major milestone for low-cost, long-haul air travel around the world.

“This is set to be a hugely popular link for business and leisure travellers seeking affordable long-haul travel options,” he added.

The latest route is the first step for AirAsia to realise its European aspirations and boost Kuala Lumpur as the regional aviation hub and gateway into Asean, China and Australia.

With the launch, Europeans can now see more of Asia for less by tapping into the airline’s network to popular destinations such as Phuket, Borneo, Bali, Angkor Wat and Ho Chi Minh city.

To date, AirAsia X – the long-haul affiliate of AirAsia – flies to the Gold Coast, Perth and Melbourne in Australia, Hangzhou in China and now London, bringing the Asean brand to a global stage.

Stansted is Britain’s third busiest airport, with 22.8 million passengers passing through and many leading low-cost airlines making it their base.

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My 'big' younger brother turns 21 today.....
and....as he gets older, so do I....
huhu.....

Dear Fik,

Dah beso ye ekau..eh, memang dah sedia besar kan (jangan mare..)
tak, dah makin tu0 ye ekau...

Hope you enjoy ur b'day
and 'the card' as well
and do read what had been written in there whole-heartedly ye
I pray for your success always
Be positive and don't give up
Allah knows best
The most important thing in our life is to keep believing that Allah will always be there for us
provided we always remember Him
and we've tried our best

one more thing.....
Don't gain weight anymore ye :P
nanti kak long belikan jersey MU size XXL pun tak muat jugak
sape yang susah??? huhu
don't blame the sleeve tau (kate sleeve tu lebih kecik dari yg dijual kt mesia)
be 'kacak' back as u used to be during ur high school
(i know..i know...susah jadi orang kacak, nanti ramai peminat..ahaks..perasan lah pulok)

Lastly,
just to show few pics
of my only brother
yang melalui beberapa fasa pengembangan dan pengecutan
kui3...(jangan marah ye, fik)

slim je masa baby2 kan, then masa sekolah rendah sampai form 3 chubby2 gitu..(gambarnye ade tapi rasa cam tak nak letak plak..nanti satu dunia tau..ahaks)

stat duduk asrama, badan dah susut sket...ni zaman MRSM-->gaya konon2 kacak ^_^

zaman2 lps SPM dan masuk higher institution...masih maintain tapi dah nampak tanda2 nak naik balik..

yeah, presenting the latest gambo time raya hari tu...gagah tak? :P

ingat ye Fik, kasi slim sket
nanti senang kak long nak beli baju MU
jangan salahkan baju tu yang kecik
tapi salahkan.......(fhm2 aje lah ye)
Selamat hari lahir, adikku!

kutipan semula

huuuu...
agak lama tak update blog
kenapa?

saya takut terlebih 'merepeks' kat sini
nanti orang cakap, tuan punye blog ni ada masalah ke?
keskeskes.....

sebenar-benarnye......
sepanjang minggu lepas
masih dalam proses mengutip semangat yang hilang
(masih belum tahap kronik, alhamdulillah)
cuba mencari mood
pergi ke lab tiap2 hari
walaupun takde bnde nak buat :P
sbbnye sekarang ni masih dalam proses 'establish liquid suspension culture'
akan mengambil masa beberapa minggu
baru boleh memulakan sebarang eksperimen, insyaAllah
jika sume nye berjalan seperti yang dirancang

tapi jangan konfius dgn entry saya sebelum ni yg bertajuk 'recharged' tu ek
mmg sy dah recharged kt KL hari tu
tapi dah tercicir masa perjalanan 20 jam hari tu
ahaks... (dah stat merepek ni kan..)

sebulan saya meninggalkan manchester
macam2 rupanya kisah2 yang berlaku
pada teman2 seperjuangan saya di uni ni
yelah kan
sebulan tu lama sebenarnye
cume untuk orang yang membuang masa dan tak buat ape2 aje yang rasa sekejap (sapekah?? sapekah??)

skrg ni s/v saya ada 2 PhD student yang baru
sorang dari thailand, sorang lagi dari arab saudi
bertambah busy lah s/v ku yang sudah sedia busy kan..huhu
sebelum ni ada 4 orang
me, an Iraqi, a mexican, an egyptian
masa saya balik mesia hari tu, the mexican guy dgn jayanye melepasi viva dan selamat mendapat PhD..tahniah2...
kurang satu student kan
then dengarnye the egyptian was admitted to hospital in London
something to do with his heart
hope he will get well soon
nasib baiklah sume medical fees kat sini ditanggung oleh NHS (kire cam UK nye gov hospital lah)
so tak perlu keluarkan ape2 duit (that's the previlege belajar di UK..but I'm praying that I will never get sick here...huhu)
the Iraqi guy pn baru balik dari Iraq
lebih kurang lah kes nye dgn saya
dia btau saya: " I took few days to remember back what i've done for my research before"
keskeskes
dah kate cuti kan, mmg cuti habis lah
hari tu masa dia mintak report 1st yr saya, saya pn macam ingt2 lupa kt folder mana sy letak report tu
teruk ke tak teruk tu?

nyway
rasanye belum terlambat nak mengucapkan tahniah
untuk adik sepupuku, Ira
yang berjaya dapat 5A dalam UPSR hr tu
go girl!

owh, ayah ku skrg berada di Vienna....
kalau bkn sbb baru balik dr mesia
dah lama sampai sana juga
kui3

diriku di tag lagi
kali ni oleh rabi-chan
we'll see ye rabi
kalo rajin, akan ku laksanakan tag itu
kalo tak....fhm2 aje lah

fuh...tak lame lagi nk masuk bulan zulhijjah plak
sama2 lah kita menjalankan ibadah Qurban....
autumn pn dah hampir berakhir
daun2 sudah hampir habis berguguran
melambak kat atas jalan...
a bit messy lagi2 lepas hujan
tapi seronok gak jln2 atas daun2 kering ni
macam dalam citer Mohabbatein plak...



owh, seronoknye kalo dpt berada di sini skrg ni......

kembali ke dunia yang nyata

Alhamdulillah
setelah hampir 20 jam perjalanan merentasi pelbagai lautan (ye ke?)
selamat sampai ke bumi Manchester
hmmm.....
ramai yang tanye soalan yang same
"camne Manchester?"
nak jawapan yang jujur? haha...
Manchester macam itu juga, spt yang saya tinggalkan sebulan lepas
cuma,
---cuaca makin sejuk
---siang semakin pendek (yang ini sangat men'depress'kan)
---gloomy (sangat mempengaruhi emosi dan perasaan...muaahaha)
---dan juga rasa sunyi =(

haha
rasa mengada2 pulak
ini lah perasaan post-cuti2 malaysia
haruslah jangan dilayan sangat
(rabi-chan, it was a gud decision nti tak balik malaysia hari tu..i think it's better nti balik lps dh habis masters nnt..hehe ^_^)
mungkin perasaan kurang senang tu timbul bila memikirkan ape yang menanti di manchester ni...
apa2 pun buang semua perasaan kurang enak itu
ceria!!!!!!!! (ayat nak pujuk hati sendiri..)

cukuplah melayan perasaan...

nak citer pasal perjalanan pulang ku dari malaya ke manchester
pertama, thanx to my famili kerana menghantar ku pulang
dan juga untuk Aimi and Ama
sanggup hantar walopn esknye keje
(thanx aimi izyana sbb sudi menyempurnakan wasiat aku ^_^)

Flight dari KL ke Dubai agak kosong sebenarnye
saya pilih untuk duduk di isle seat
2 seat sebelah saya kosong
sonok2...boleh lah lunjur2kan kaki
buat macam rumah sendiri
tapi since ade seorang lagi duduk kt seat hujung
cam segan nak beria2 buat rumah sendiri
hahah..

sampai di Dubai airport lebih kurang jam 3.30 pagi (waktu Dubai)
kire hampir 7 jam lebih perjalanan dari KL
since masa balik mesia dulu tak dapat jenguk2 apakah yang menarik di Dubai Duty Free Centre tu (plus my backpack time tu adalah agak berat dan rasa macam kura2 yang berjalan)
kali ni saya pun ronda2 cuci mata kat duty free tu
hmmm..
memang menarik untuk orang2 yang pakai benda2 branded ni, perokok2 dan 'peminum2'
saya ni orang buta bende2 branded
so tak de lah nak teruja sangat kan..hehe
perfumes, make-up, chocs sume ade
barang2 emas pn ada gak
lengkap lah jugak

ingatkan lepas dah round2 duty free complex tu, boarding gate utk flight ke manchester dah 'tersembul' kat skrin
tapi belum jugak lagi
huhu...dah pusing2 sekeliling airport tu still tak de lagi
mati kutu aku
and finally
cari tempat duduk
buka laptop
cari wireless intenet connection
yess dapat!
layan lah citer "Sutera Maya"
keskeskes....
inilah keje orang sangap nak tunggu boarding time

pemandangan2 Dubai airport and Duty free centre...tak pernah sunyi dari orang...macam2 jenis bangsa ade..

akhirnye..boarding time ku tiba
flight ke Manchester ni pn kurang penuh
yang paling seronok
3 seat kat sebelah saya kosong!
yeay..yeay..
noor illi buat macam rumah sendiri lah gamaknye
makan pun siap guna 2 meja lagi
muahahah

part paling seronok sepanjang perjalanan ni..buat katil sendirik! kui3...

after another 7 hours
sampai ke Manchester
alhamdulillah
keluar je dari security dan sampai ke tempat untuk claim luggage
dah nampak kelibat beg ku (ini adalah part paling mendebarkan sepanjang perjalanan.iaitu memastikan beg sampai sama dengan orang nye)
dengan yakinnye menarik beg yang agak berat tu (byk khazanah dari mesia ni..kui3)
sambil berfikir nak naik teksi dari airport sampai ke rumah terus
ataupun naik train then naik teksi
ikut je kaki melangkah...
tengok2 dah sampai depan kaunter beli train ticket
beli je la tiket pegi Manchester Piccadilly
sampai Manchester Piccadilly, tahan teksi
pemandu teksi tu angkat beg tu dan terus meluahkan: "this bag is quite heavy"
dalam hati "tau takpe, tangan aku dah melecet dok angkat beg ni dari terminal 3 ke terminal 2, then naik train, turun train.."
alhamdulillah selamat sampai umah

siapakah yang menyambut kepulangan ku di rumah???
ya...
encik Bubu
hehe...
bubu dok terjenguk2 nak pastikan selamat tak orang yang baru masuk rumah dengan beg yang berat ni
mestilah selamat kan sebab katil sape yang bubu tido selama sebulan ni
katil gue jugak..hihi..

lepas kemas2 ape yang patut
bummm!!!
terbungkam atas katil (padahal baru pukul 2 ptg time tu..hehe)
tapi disebabkan katil ku penuh dengan bulu bubu, duvet tu sy letak tepi
tido dalam sleeping bag aje
tak kisah, asal dapat tido
ingat nak bangun bila my cousin balik..tgk2 jam 12 tgh malam baru tersedar
mak aihhh..dahsyat nye tido
inilah dipanggil 'jetlag'
memang tak boleh nak tahan lagi

esoknya terus pergi lab
berdebar2 ni
alhamdulillah 'anak2' yang ditinggalkan masih survive
walaupun ada yang sudah selamat meninggalkan dunia...huhu

jadi selamat kembali ke alam nyata, Illi!
Bubu pun dah diambil semula oleh tuannya
dah takde roommate (kiteorg guna katil ikut shift, nasib baik Bubu tido siang, malam2 boleh gue tido sorg2 kt katil tu..kalo tak, kenelah tido hujung katil..keskeskes)
huh..panjang pulak merepeks kali ni
(ini tanda orang yang sebenarnye banyak kerja nak kene buat tapi.........hehe..)

recharged......

Alhamdulillah
masa dirasakan mmg sgt pantas berlalu (kalau buang masa tu, mmg pantas je berlalu kan..kui3)
sedang menunggu saat2 terakhir utk pulang semula ke manchester
menyambung kembali perjuangan
yg sy jangkakan akan lebih mencabar...fuhhh....
begitulah perjuangan menuntut ilmu kan

ape2 pun
saya memang meng'enjoy' habis waktu2 di malaysia ni (ye rabi...mmg seronok dan tahap kemalasan mmg sudah mencapai tahap dewa ni.. ;p)
menggunakan segala peluang yg ada untuk memenuhi 'wish list' ku
terima kasih kpd famili terutama ayah dan emak yang bersedia memberi 'makan' ape aje yg anak die yg sorg ni nak
sampai penuh perut..dahsyat2

first week smpi mesia
of course suasana raya sangat terasa (orang mesia kan raya sebula....)
memenuhi jemputan dari seorang teman lama
kawan sekolah rendah saya, rabi-chan dan sya-z
dah lama benar kami tak berjumpa
terharu sbb die masih ingt kt saya dan di mana rumah saya berada
dan juga die sndiri yang dtg menghantar kad jemputan kpd sy seminggu sblm sy smpi di malaya (without knowing I was away from Malaysia)
actually pada hari yg sama
ada 2 jmputan yg lain
salah satunye di Melaka; iaitu majlis pertunangan Cik Adila ;p
thanx adila sbb faham.. (mmg dlm dilema nak pergi ke melaka atau memenuhi jemputan walimatul urus...memenuhi jmputan ni wajib, kn)
hopefully I can attend ur big day nnt
wallahu'a'lam....(xpe, rabi msti boleh dtg punye..kan rabi? hehe)
nyway, khas untuk rabi, gambar di hari berbahagia kawan lame kite, siti

pink in color! husband siti ni ustaz...

every weekend mmg xduduk kt umah
memenuhkan perut memenuhi jemputan open house
berjumpa dgn makcik2, pakcik2, sepupu sepapat, anak2 sedara, kwn2
huuuuu
macam YB plak
thanx kpd yg sudi menjemput

dan alhamdulillah
hajat untuk buat open house tahun ni tercapai jugak
thnx kpd sume yg sudi datang! (kwn2 dari kecik smpi lah ke tua ni..)
antara gambar2 nye (duduk di mesia ni mmg keinginan utk bergambar kurang..that's me actually, kureng gemar ambil gambar =) )

my junior @ UIA and al-amin merangkap kwn adik saya

antara kwn2 UIA yg hadir

diriku kelihatan kerdil skali berdiri di antara wanita2 tinggi yang memakai heels lagi..huhu..dah lah gue hanya berkaki ayam je....wif my ex-schoolmates di SAB dulu, Dalrene and Aleeza...last time kami jumpe tahun 2000..dah 8 tahun tu...nasib masih keep in touch walopn ade waktu tu lost track gak...

reunion in Malaysia...teman2 ku di UK yang kini sudah berjaya mendapat masters dan pulang berkhidmat di UiTM...gud luck korang...i'm going to miss all of u...sob..sob..

kwn2 commu and ain yg mendukung anaknye,adriana syafikah..

dpt juga berjumpa dgn rakan2 lain
berdating sbntar dgn dila di mid valley (busy beno accountant sorg ni)
dan few other frens......

few days b4 flying back
pulang sehari ke JB
walopn skejap
dapatlah melawat kampung dan pusara nenek dan atuk
serta sedara yang masih belum dpt jmpe
yang penting bila balik JB ni
memenuhi keinginan terhadap makanan
muahahaha
JB sesungguhnya adalah syurga makanan

in front of my grandparents' house..yang kini dijaga oleh my uncle...

habis episod cuti2 malaysia
alhamdulillah ape yang dihajati dpt dipenuhi
sekarang fokus utk research plak
insyaAllah panjang umur, murah rezeki jmpe lagi
Thanx all!
nak naik flight hampir 20 jam pulak lps ni..huhu..mati kutu aku...