Kerja Haji

Catatan Haji 1

Alhamdulillah... syukur. Kami selesai menunaikan haji pada musim haji yang lepas, musim haji 2018 (1439H). Kami mendaftar November 2008, dan Alhamdulillah selepas 10 tahun menunggu, kami mendapat panggilan untuk menunaikan haji secara muassasah. Selepas menunaikan umrah pada 2012 yang lalu, kami menghantar surat rayuan saban tahun, dan kami juga mendaftar untuk mengerjakan haji dengan syarikat swasta. Namun, dengan deposit seorang 2k, untuk pakej 25k seorang, kami tidak dipanggil pun untuk haji 2014 kerana queue si syarikat swasta juga panjang. Kalau yang ada kekosongan pun, hanyalah pakej mahal-mahal yang jelasnya, diluar kemampuan kami.

Setelah 2 tahun tidak mendapat tawaran dari sykt swasta, kami terpaksa mengorbankan budget 50k kami untuk perkara lain yang dirasakan sangat perlu, iaitu menambah bilik untuk anak sulung yang semakin menginjak ke usia remaja. Dengan perginya bajet tersebut, saya pasrah, berdoa agar Allah melorongkan kami untuk diterima sebagai jemaah muassasah dalam masa yang terdekat.

2016 dan 2017, walaupun telah menghantar surat rayuan, dan telah mengikuti kursus (walaupun cuma 1 siri ..huhu), kami hampa lagi. Tiada jemputan. Sahabat yang sama2 merayu dengan saya pun dah selamat mengerjakan haji pada tahun 2017 melalui pakej swasta. Oleh itu, untuk tahun 2018, saya mengkaji semula surat rayuan yang perlu saya kemukakan kepada Tabung Haji. Terbaca satu pos (blog maria firdaus kalau tak silap), yang meminta kita menyatakan juga baki didalam akaun Tabung Haji suami dan isteri di dalam surat rayuan. Dan cuba pastikan baki tersebut paling kurang 15k (10k bayaran muassasah dan 5k perbelanjaan disana). Dan, alhamdulillah ... rezeki dari Allah, seminggu berpuasa, kami mendapat panggilan telefon dari Tabung Haji menanyakan sama ada kami ingin menerima atau menolak tawaran mengerjakan haji. Allahuakbar... gembira bukan kepalang. Alhamdulillah..alhamdulillah.

Notis lewat
Kalau diikutkan, ramai jemaah telah menerima tawaran lebih awal, seawal November 2017. Tawaran yang kami terima agak lambat, lebih kurang 60 hari sebelum hari wukuf. Justeru, kami cepat-cepat belajar dari youtube (terutamanya Ustaz Shapawi Che Mat dan beberapa ustaz lagi) dan juga berguru dengan Ustazah Ummi Ngesah yang merupakan pembimbing haji terkenal dari daerah kami, dan telah menjadi pembimbing selama 18 tahun.

Memories .... and I'm stuck to it

Have you ever feel stuck with your own memories? You know that you remembered it, but somehow, some parts of the memories are missing? And, you can't help it but trace everything back so that you will be able to remember every bits of it? Haha, I happen to experience that tonight.

I wanted to survey on the property that I wish to buy using Google's streetview. But then, Wawan came and interrupted my session, saying that he wanted to see Paris' street view. So, there goes my half an hour, watching views around Eiffel Tower with him and Shakir. Then, I thought of showing him Japan, places that he visited when he was just 1.5 yo. But, I got stuck.

"I'm sure it's Shibakoen, Minato does ring a bell, and Hamamatsucho station for JR Line used to be our main transportation hub. But, I couldn't remember the name of our apartment".

I traced our steps from the station, and I remember walking to the nearest 7E using a pedestrian bridge. I managed to trace all the routes that I mention earlier, and even the ground floor of Premier Stage II Shibakoen seems familiar, but the name doesn't. I spent almost 1 hour retracing, and even googled for the images of the rooms, to make sure that I really stayed there some 11 years ago.

Then, thank God I found the word B-Site Shibakoen as I googled for the images. You know what, it was known as B-Site Shibakoen until 2010, which was then changed to Premier Stage II. Aiyo...

Haih... I have a lot of things to do, yet, I've been doing nonsense. Perhaps, I'm actually missing those days. Those beautiful 2 weeks spent in Japan

Disneyland sampai lembik

Three Hundred Years Pine Tree @ Hamarikyu

Shibarikyu .. notice baju ecah sama? Haha..zaman tu mmg taram je

Dengan Uncle and Auntie yang sgt baik di Yokohama

Hakone

Another chapter

It's been a long time, such a long time that i hv even forgotten about this blog. But, since I'll be going for my Hajj (pilgrimage) soon, then why dont I update this blog. At least, this will be where my catatan is. I used to jot down my feelings here, before I then moved on to facebook, where most of my friends are. But now, as I'm approaching 40 years of age, I feel FB is not for me to write down all my thoughts. Some might interpret my thoughts differently. So, at least here, ni one really knows about it's existence. A few friends from TPG used to visit this blog. But not anymore. Hihi..that's good.

Many things happen since my last post. I have 4 children now, the eldest is 15 and the youngest is 6. All of them are my angels, unique in their own way. The eldest is now bearing the meaning of her name - Najihah (berjaya). She succeed in many ways. Back in 2015, she scored straight As in jer UPSR, Mumtaz in PSRA, got a few medals in MSSM, and represented Selangor in Archery for Sukma 2016. This year, she's going to be in Sukma 2018, and at the same time will be sitting for PT3 a month after sukma. Pity her, her schedule has always been hectic since she started archery. She even complains about mental torture for 'budak manah' from teachers who dislike athletes. I told her ..just be calm because we wont be able to change other people's perspective by using only words. Show them your capabilities..and that, insyaAllah will do.

Wawan got 2As and 4Bs despite being labelled as 'sentiasa berada dalam dunianya sendiri'. Alhamdulilllah.Alhamdulillah ..... syukur ya Allah. I never expect that from him. He is now in TD, crazy about so many games in Nintendo Switch, and have never been happier because there's no more sekolah petang.

Yaya on the other hand, is still a crybaby. I still have to persuade her to go to sekolah petang. She even told me that ustazah tak mengajar pun mama. Then, I threathen her.. "Really? If ustazah x ajar, then Mama kena report polis (kah3x...tak baik tipu)". Then, she would admit that, "Ustazah ajar tapi sikit". Haih...Yaya..yaya.

Shakir has a different story. He's growing up so fast. He can read now, because Papa drills him to read all three books for almost every night before he gets to play Switch. So, memang baca la Read Easy, Bacalah Anakku and Iqra'. He refused to read it with me before because i didnt offer him any rewards. Sabo jelah. And he's crazy about a youtuber named DanTDM. This DanTDM guy is an adult, i think he's already 20+ of age. In his channel, there are variety if game reviews, and that's the main reason Shakir loves him. He loves games as much as abang. Last week, Shakir asked me,
"Mama, mama tahu tak VIP tu apa?"
"Of course! VIP stands for Very Important Person", I told him proudly because I think he wouldn"t figure out what does VIP stands for.
"Not Mama (yes...he loves to say not instead of no), VIP means banyak duit"
Hahahaha... and I had to nod profusely. Bijaknya anak.
"Macam mana Shakir tau VIP byk duit?"
"Ni...dlm game ni..." (Adeh... geleng kepala mama).

Allahurabbi... berkati anak2 kesayangan hambaMu ini. Jadikan mereka anak2 yang soleh beriman yang berjaya di dunia dan akhirat..Amiinnnn