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Throwback: My Umrah Story

Posted by ZuLaiShah in Family/Friends, Travel, Umrah on Monday, February 17, 2014

Assalamualaikum and Good Day to all...

Sorry again for lack of updates. Ok i almost forgot the whole story of our Umrah. :D

Alhamdulillah we've been given a chance to perform Umrah end of 2013 which was the best memory to close the year ever. Terlalu banyak dugaan dan rintangan untuk ke Umrah ni sebenarnya. Tapi Alhamdulillah dengan izin Allah, kami berjaya menunaikan ibadah ini.

We went on 19th Dec 2013 by Saudi Air. We went to Makkah first means we had to directly perform Umrah. Thus, we needed to be in Ihram in the plane. By the way, enjoy the pics ya. I won't story in details since this is our ibadah :).

at KLIA

in the plane for 10 hours including transit in Riyadh

We arrived Makkah at midnite. We put our luggages and continue for Umrah ibadah. Alhamdulillah we settled around 2.30am and not so many people at that time. Alhamdulillah for the smooth journey. Then, we went back to hotel for some rest. Then went back to masjid for Subuh prayer.

We stayed in Makkah for 6 days. We stayed in Safwah Hotel. These are Masjidil Haram surrounding. Lotsa people are coming in. By 26/12, more pilgrimages were here because Arabs from other countries were on public holidays.

King Abdul Aziz Entrance, Kaabah, Zam Zam Tower, Clock Tower

We had other visits around Makkah. We went to Gua Tsur, Jabal Rahmah, Arafah and Jabal Nur (Gua Hira'). This is for one visit. The next day we went or another visit to the Kaabah Museum and Camel area. Then, we continued for another Umrah prayer.

Arafah, Jabal Rahmah, Gua Tsur

Museum, Camel Area

On the seventh day, we did Tawaf Wida' and went to Madinah. We stayed in Madinah for 5 days. We stayed in Holiday Villa Madinah.

Masjid Nabawi

Visit to Raudhah for female

Maqam Rasulullah and Wida' Visit to Rasulullah

Waiting for the flight!

Overall we had a smooth and worth while ibadah though there were hiccups here and there but Alhamdulillah for the very good health during our time there. I pray that we can go again next time. Maybe for Hajj.

I ope all of you also will have chances to do Umrah or Hajj as well. Ameen. :)

Enjoice~~

Ikan Bakar Muara Sungai Duyung

Posted by ZuLaiShah in Family/Friends, Food/Recipe, Food/Recipes on Monday, December 23, 2013

Assalamualaikum and Good Day u ols.

This is my scheduled post. By this time, we are at Makkah now for our Umrah.

Just a quick post. Last weekend, on Sunday, we went for family makan-makan at Ikan Bakar Muara Sungai Duyung. I tell u, we Malaccan memang x pegi dah Umbai area. Layan kat sini jek. This is the best place so far. I will recommend to all my frens who are visiting Melaka.

Seriously, kene reserve or datang awal klo nak makan kt sini or pegi on weekdays. If not, memang la full sesaje sampai kene queue up. Jackie Chan pon penah datang sini makan makan sampai whole kedai tutup just for him ok. Haha. Lawak btol.

Ok, anyone klo nak makan ikan bakar, i would suggest to go to this place. Really recommended! Price pon affordable. I ni yang x makan sotong kan. I hanya buat acceptional makan sotong goreng tepung dia je sebab sangat sedap!

Details:

Ikan Bakar Muara Sungai Duyung

KM 4-5, Jalan Padang Temu, Permatang Pasir, 75460 Melaka

012-636 2339

Visit their FB : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Medan-Ikan-Bakar-Muara-Sungai-Duyung/272055789562822

Selamat menjamu selera!

Salam dari Makkah,

The Big Bad Wolf!

Posted by ZuLaiShah in Ayser Zarif, BBW, Educational Toys, Family/Friends, Holiday, Travel on Friday, December 20, 2013

Last Saturday, we ols pegi the Big Bad Wolf Book Fair. It was a last minute planned actually. My sis pon nak ikut gak sebab dia nk pegi wedding her fren. So, we dropped her at Nilai area first then we went directly to MIECC. The traffic was really bad plus raining made it worst!

Before pegi the BBW, we went to The Mines for lunch and some shopping at Uniqlo. Seriously, so many people there sampai lunch pon kene queue up. Memang menduga kesabaran la kan.

While waiting for our food, duofie la apa lagi kan. This lil boy ni penat acah dia kata dh x amek dah baru dia nak pandang and senyum. If not, dia pandang tempat lain and buat2 macho. Gerammmm!!!

After lunch and shopping, zasss to the BBW. Memang la ramai orang kan. Sampai we ols angkat stroller naik tangga la. Nak tunggu lif memang berzaman je la kan. Sempat je snap picture kat entrance BBW ni while waiting for daddy.

Nothing much la. Byk buku yang sama kt most of the tables there. We did not our books. Beli buku Ayser je la. Habis beratus gak la kan untuk dia sorang. Nk kene spend time lama nk belek2 cari2 buku. Memang x la kan. Ayser dah x bole duduk diam dalam stroller nak keluar. Orang ramai memang le the very tak bole la kan nk lepaskan dia.

By 5.30pm, we ols terus cabut la x sanggup dah nk meredah lautan manusia. Dengan nak mengadap traffic jam lagi kan. Terus ke Nilai nak fetch my sis back. Then, terus balik Melaka.

So, these are the books that we managed to buy for Ayser. Pakai grab aje la kan. Nk tengok betol2 satu2 no time. Hopefully, he will read all the books la kan. :)

Bandung Trip Day 4

Posted by ZuLaiShah in Ayser Zarif, Bandung Trip, Family/Friends, Shopping/Fashion, Travel on Thursday, December 19, 2013

The first plan for day 4 was to go to Cipaduyut Leather House and in the afternoon Trans Studio / Pasar Baru. But, they changed the plan last minute. I was down with food poisoning and fever. Thus, i could not join them. I even could not get up from the bed. That bad!

The night before i kept on vomiting. Tried eating after that vomited back. Urghhh....The same things happened also in the morning. My fever kept on and off. I just slept and had full rest. I thought we would not managed to buy anything at Pasar Baru.

Around 1pm, i felt more energy but still dizzy. I just took shower, solat and got ready. Took medicines and off we went to Pasar Baru ourselves by taxi. Unfortunately, Ayser's water bottle left in the taxi. We had to find new one before another trip.

First, we went to buy all the things that were ordered by my sis and my mom. Ohh, i forgot one thing, my sis ordered 'pisang salai'. I totally forgot. Pity her. After settled theirs, we went to find 'kain ela' for hubby and Ayser 'baju melayu'.

Then, suddenly my mom asked to buy for the whole family! So, we bought 'kain ela' for 'baju melayu' only for 22 meters! Super heavy. Then, mom ordered some cotton cloths for her Jubah. And i bought 'kain ela' for my 'baju kurung'.

We still brought our small hand luggage. But, this time cannot fit anymore because too many things! Haha. After settled everything which was 5pm on the dot, we quickly went back to hotel by taxi. The trafiic jam is super crazy!

After that, we joined back the group for dinner. But, still i did not have the appetite. I just tasted the tomyam and some rice then i had to sit outside because i could not stand the smell.

Then, we went back to hotel for packing time! We needed to leave early the next day to Jakarta to avoid traffic jam. Ohhh....what a day. Alhamdulillah, i slowly recovered. :)

Bandung Trip Day 3

Posted by ZuLaiShah in Ayser Zarif, Bandung Trip, Family/Friends, Travel on Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Our day 3 began with a trip to Mount Tangkuban Parahu. It's a volcano actually. We had to went out early because the journey took about 2 hours and had to avoid the rain. IT's raining season now!

Hubby was down with fever since day 2 but he recovered fast after took some medicines.

Hubby and the lil boy duofie before the journey. The journey was quite long because of the traffic and also bus took longer time right. In the bus, the tour guide told a tale story about the Mount Tangkuban Parahu. The story was quite long until i fell asleep and i did not managed to listen till the end of the story.

During the journey, some of them already felt dizzy and nausea and vomited because of the road is like a snake!

Once we reached at the bus parking area, we needed to take a van to the top. We had to be careful with 'belerang' smell. People with respiratory problems might face problems with the smell.

As we reached the top, the smell was not really bad. We walked around the volcano crater.This volcano crater is the largest crater called 'Kawah Ratu'. There is small crated at the other side but we did not go there.

We took our photo on our own actually. There were so many street sellers that followed you. I was so irritated actually because we cannot spend time on our own. There was a seller that followed us all the time. He offered to take picture for us but i did not dare to give our handphone to him! So scary ok!

The pictures took usng hubby's handphone because my handphone was full already. Dang! I had to clear up the memory.

After that, we went down to the bus parking area and went to the hotspring. Sorry, cant remember the name agan.

Triofie! Haha. The pool at the back is 30 Degree Celcius! There were other pools that is hotter but we did not go further.

Triofie again while this lil boy is happy!

Mommy and Ayser duofie while waiting for daddy to take off shoes for feet soaking.

I did not join hubby because too lazy. Haha. Then, we went back to the bas parking area which was qute far. Luckily, we managed to reach at the bus on time because it was raining after that! Heavy rain! Like i said raining season.

After that, we had our lunch. This is where i got my food poisoning. On the way back i started felt dizzy and nausea and uneasy. I took medicines but i still felt uneasy. We did not go back to the hotel yet.

We went to De Arum Manis outlet for shopping session. I just bought sleep pants only and had no mood for shopping. Then, we went to Rumah Mode for shopping session. There were lotsa things to shop but i just had no mood and uneasy. I bought another sleep pants. Hubby bought sleep pants too. And Ayser 'pow'ed us a car!

Then, we quickly went back to the restaurant where the bas parked there. I did not take the dinner because i lose appetite at all. It was Nasi Padang cuisine and not my liking. So, i just ordered orange juice. Before that, i had vomited already. So, my food poisoning started! With fever........

That's the end of our day 3...

Bandung Trip Day 2

Posted by ZuLaiShah in Ayser Zarif, Bandung Trip, Family/Friends

Salam and good day uols.

For the 2nd day, the first plan was to go to Tangkuban Parahu. But, later they changed the plan because of the hostel issue so we had to pack our bag again to move to hotel.

Before that, we has our breakfast at Promenade Hotel. This hotel is quite nice. Unfortunately, we couldnt stay here because fully booked already. So, we had to stay at other hotel.

See happy faces! It's very hard to snap his picture when he's smiling. Luckily, i managed to snap one.

While waiting for others, snapped another picture. Then, we went back to the hostel to pack our bag.

The plan changed to shopping at Pasar Baru! We were given approx. 4 hours for shopping.

This lil boy before threw his tantrum. Yes, we did not shop that day because Ayser was not in his mood. He cried out loud! We went to the surau and i bfed him and he fell asleep.

Then, hubby carried him while he was sleeping. We went to buy simcard for our phone. Suddenly, he woke up and continued crying out loud.

I was so exhausted! We went back to the shop that our group were there. I bfed him again and it was very hard to bfed him n public with his tantrums. Urghhh. Finally, i managed to bfeed him and after that he get back to normal and played with other kids. Pheww!! What a relief. But, we went back with empty bag! Yes, we brought a hand luggage to put our haul inside the bag for easy carrying.

Around 12.30pm, we had to gather and had lunch. Then, we went to the hotel to check-in. We had our rest and around 4pm we had to gather again for another shopping session!

We went to Ci-Walk or Jalan Cihampelas i think. I cant remember the name. The were so many outlets along the road. We just walked around at the new outlet.

Anddd he found this! Had to give him to play for a while. Else, mommy and daddy could not shopping :D. After that, we walked along the road and finally stopped at one outlet. We managed to buy a few things. Hehe. But not so many la. I bought a colored jeans and hubby bought a jeans too. That's for today. Hihi.

Around 6.30pm, we had to gather again for our dinner! Sundanes cuisine again. The food was quite nice. Then, as usual we ordered Alpokat Juice! We really love the juice. Here the price was very cheap compared to Malaysia.

Previously, i did on my own the juice but quite messy so i stopped making the juice.

Finally, we went back to hotel for rest. Fuhhh! finish my day 2. Day 3 coming up!!!!!

Enjoice~

Bandung Trip Day 1

Posted by ZuLaiShah in Ayser Zarif, Bandung Trip, Family/Friends, Travel on Monday, December 16, 2013

Assalamualaikum and good day u ols. Sorry for taking some time to update about out Bandung Trip. I was quite busy with preparation and packing for the next trip. Or more likely to be our ibadah.

Ok, on early December to be exact, 6 December 2013, we went for Bandung Trip. Our flight was at 9.10am so we had to depart from Melaka super early at 3.30am! I didnt sleep at all because risau kan terlajak tido and lambat. Dah siap terus pegi hubby's office berkumpul naik bas and zass to KLIA.

We reached KLIA around 5.30am and prepared for checking-in. Meanwhile waiting, we went for Subuh prayer and had a lil breakfast.

Ayser and i waiting for our food! Kelaparan ok. Pepagi buta x tido lagi memang la perut berkeroncong aje. Our flight shud be 9.10am but delayed till 10am i think. Lupe dah. Time tu ngn they changed Gate without proper notice. So, kelam kabut la jd nye. Awal2 kaki dah sakit sebab kene jalan jauh and patah balik. Adoiiyaiiii!

Then, we didnt get the front row seat plak tu. Kesempitan since i have to pangku Ayser for 2 hours! He was sleeping all the time on the flight. Lega sebab dia xde la cranky but i was super tired cos had to hold him.

We arrived at Jakarta airport around 12pm and took a bus to Bandung. The traffic was quite heavy. It took around 4 hrs to reach Bandung. Pheww what a journey! I'm not sure why they chose to Jakarta instead of direct to Bandung. Maybe the tickect fares cheaper i think.

On the way to Bandung, we stopped at the RnR for our lunch! Makan nasi padang. Honestly, i'm not a fan of nasi padang. So makan pon sikit je la. I prefer Sunda more. I cant remember the restaurant name. Actually, i forgot all restaurants name we went for the whole trip! :D

Sorry, dah habis makan baru teringat nak snap picture. The food biasa biasa only. Nothing to fancy about.

Then, we continued our journey to Bandung. We arrived safely around 4pm and directly to the hostel provided. Yessss, hostel not hotel yek. We did not managed to go to Pasar Baru that day because of the heavy traffic caused us to reach Bandung late. After checking-in, we had some rest in the room and prepared for our dinner plak.

Around 6.30pm, we went out for dinner. 6.30pm in Bandung equals to 7.30pm Malaysia. They are late an hour from Malaysia. For dinner, we had Sundanese cuisine. The food here was nice ! I love the tempe cili padi. There's in the picture. Very crispy and spicy!

This lil boy was very hungry and he started eating first! haha. After dinner, we went back to the hostel and had rest for tomorrow. I was super tired plus i didnt sleep the whole night before. Thus, i terus pengsan once everything dah settle.

We continue the next day in the next entry ya!

Happy Monday!

Enjoice~~

Jalan-jalan di Hari Jumaat

Posted by ZuLaiShah in Ayser Zarif, Family/Friends, Holiday, Shopping/Fashion, Travel on Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Last Friday, my parents tutup their clinic because birthday Sultan Johor. So, kene la tutup if not nanti kene saman. My parents nak cari barang2 kat Uniqlo and the nearest is at Alamanda. Melaka belum ada lagi Uniqlo. Maybe this coming December akan buka one outlet at Dataran Pahlawan.

So, we went to KL la on that Friday. By the time sampai dah Friday prayer. we went to Bandar Baru Bangi first and dropped my father at masjid nearby. Then, we went to Siti Khadijah boutique.

I bought a denim telekung. Dark colour so senang la nak gune kan nanti. And for my umrah later too. InsyaAllah. My mom bought the denim telekung too and some tudungs. My sis bought some tudungs. I wanted to buy a jubah but their designs and colours are limited so x jadi la kan.

Then, we went straight to Alamanda. Tak sempat la nak lunch kat area BBB kan coz Ayser dah poo poo ngn incident tangan terkepit kat pintu plakkan. Terberrr terus. Nak kene mencari baby room so terus ke Alamanda.

Sampai2 je terus g Baby Room then baru la ke Uniqlo. Lunch belum lagi ni. Shopping sakan la mereka kan. Ayser plak dok sebok posing ngan sunglasses. Sumer jenis sunglasses dia try la kan. Berkejaran ngn dia nak snap photos and ambik balik the sunglasses.

My sis spent about RM350 alone. My parents 1K++. Haha. I only bought fleece jacket in pink! My dad cakap macam baju tido jek. But bila try nampak ok je x de la mcm baju tido. Japanese style kan. Haha.

Lepas shopping terus g cari makan sebab dah lapar sangat. Ayser pon dh kelaparan. Ngamuk la apa lg kan. After that, we ols terus balik Melaka. My journey the next day pun to Putrajaya again. Haihhh. Kepenatan that weekend.

Source: Uniqlo