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I believe in this with no doubt at all... and I received an amazing gift from Allah. Alhamdulillah...alhamdulillah...alhamdulillah...

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Salam semua. Sorry sangat-sangat sebab dah agak lama tak update my blog. I have bunches of stories to share tetapi keadaan tidak mengizinkan untuk saya menulis di blog. Bukan siapa-siapa menghalang cuma keadaan agak suntuk.

Majlis Perkahwinan saya akan dilangsungkan pada 29 April 2012... which is... My birthday!!!! Weeeee.... So I have one month to think about everything... kad jemputan, hantaran, goodies, door gift, pelamin, my bedroom, reception and so on... masa sangat-sangat terhad. Orang lain merancang perkahwinan dalam setahun... but me... in ONE MONTH. Saya harap anda faham kesibukan yang saya alami tika ini. Tak kurang bebanan kerjaya yang merintih setiap hari setelah 2 minggu saya cuti.

Too all my blogger... I will share with you my love story. InsyaAllah... I'm nervous......

XOXO,

Old City of Sana'a, Yemen

The first place the we visit during our umrah trip is Sana'a. Arrived at 10pm and directly checked in to Moonlight Hotel, Sana'a. It's a very simple hotel. In Sana'a you cannot expect for a 5 stars hotel and service. Along the way from airport to hotel I noticed the traffic system was bad. According to our driver, there is no traffic system at all. You can drive at any lane any direction but amazingly there's no accident. But they loved to hon hon and almost non stop press the buzzer. Thehehe.

My special tourist guide is our group leader which is now my husband. He is the one yang keep explained to me about this old city. Sikit-sikit dia akan cari saya and cerita. He is quite familiar with Sana'a sebab dia pernah study di sini. For a few months for language class. Tu yang dia banyak tahu and he really fall in love with this city. Sebelum berangkat pun, dah banyak kali dia ceritakan about Sana'a.

By the time we reach there, Sana'a was just 5 days in peace after election and they finally found their new leader. So, the next morning we went to a beautiful mosque named Raiz Al-Salleh Mosque which also known as Sana'a Taj Mahal. Seriously it is amazingly beautiful and I fall in love with all the ornaments calligraphy and so on. So perfect.

Raiz Al-Salleh Mosque (Sana'a Taj Mahal)

 Prayer Area with beautiful ormnament carved from Italy

Minarate of Raiz Al-Salleh reflected the architecture language on Sana'a City - white plaster & brick

The Arch at the courtyard 

 On top of the hill to view Balqis Queen Palace which stands on a big stone down the hill

Me and my mom

My mom and our group leader (now my husband)

The little cute little dress in a cute little dress.

All women in Sana'a wear a black abaya with purdah. You can even find any other colour in the way they dress except what the wear inside the abaya. So, bila ternampak this two cute girl rasa macam nak cubit-cubit je. Comel sangat. Sampai I asked my mom... " Mak, kalau nak adopt baby dary Yemen ni bole tak? Agak-agak procedure susah tak? Comel sangat la. Geram. Best ni kalau dapat bawak balik" wanna know what my mom said? "Haah kan. nanti kita try tanya nak? Cantik-cantik. Mata biru. Yang tepi-tepi jalan mintak sedekah ni pun kemain comel."

Destinasi seterusnya adalah ke Istana Ratu Balqis. Ratu Balqis memiliki lebih kurang 15 istana secara keseluruhannya dan Istana yang kami kunjungi ini is one of them. Located agak jauh dari Sana'a city melalui jalan-jalan berdebu dan beberapa sekatan jalan raya yang agak menakutkan untuk first timer macam saya. Kalau tengok dalam berita ada sekatan jalan raya dengan senapang dan sebagainya... haaa... macam itulah sekatan jalan raya di Sana'a. City centre dah bebas merdeka tapi masih ada puak-puak yang sayangkan pemerintah lama so... keadaan agak sedikit ketat. Tapi, alhamdulillah perjalanan kami tiada gangguan dan dipermudahkan. Sampai sahaja di istana, pemandu pelancong yang diupah khas dari Yemen (Salleh nama dia) memberitahu... kami diberikan masa 10 minit sahaja. Maka boleh ambil gambar keliling dan tak boleh masuk istana. I was so dissappointed at that time. Terbang sejauh ini dan tak dapat masuk. Sedih.

My special tourist guide tanya saya... "Wanna tour inside?". I replied him.. "Tadi Salleh cakap tak boleh. Tapi... Nakkkkk... " He smiled dan dia terus beli tiket untuk saya dan kami masuk. Me, my mum and him. Dia cakap... takpe... kita masuk bertiga je. Senyap-senyap... but we need to finish it in 10 minutes. So berlarilah saya sambil snap-snap gambar.

Istana Ratu Balqis ini bertingkat-tingkat. Tak terkira bilangan tingkatnya. Sebab circulation di dalam istana ini berbeza dengan pembahagian ruang istana di negara kita. Secara generalnya, sepanjang menaiki anak tangga, akan ada landing dan ruang-ruang tertentu. Ada ruang rehat, dapur, ruang menung, perigi, cold storage (tempat simpanan daging semulajadi), ruang santai, ruang ruang dan macam-macam ruang. Bilik pengawal pintu pon ada. Tapi semuanya sangat simple dan tak la segah dan semewah istana zaman sekarang dengan Ukiran Perabot dari Italy dan sebagainya.Tapi kiranya... pada zaman Nabi Sulaiman a.s  apa yang ada di Istana Ratu Balqis ini dah super canggih dah.

Inilah Istana Ratu Balqis

Ruang santai Ratu Balqis

Inilah cold storage istimewa. Tempat menyimpan daging fresh 

sambil dianginkan oleh udara semulajadi di luar.

Old City of Sana'a... its beautiful

Behind this big gate ada bazaar... sangat lah murah dan cantik cantik semuanya. 

I bought 5 abaya here just for my self. Thehehe.

During the visit in Sana'a... some places was so dusty. I do not have any purdah, dan terlupa bawa mask.. so alternativenya... my selendang. Hehehe.

This is another nice place for shopping.

In Sana'a city saya berkawan-kawan dengan my special tourist guide. But as a friend only. Cuma saya perasan... a few times... tiba-tiba my special tourist guide ada kat belakang me and my mum. Pastu buat tanya-tanya... jumpa abaya? Nak beli yang macam mana? Hehehe

... the story will be continue in the next chapter of Medina.

XOXO,

A bouquet of Pink Roses

I love pink colour so much. My handphone case is pink. My lomo camera is pink. My bedsheet is pink. My feature wall in my bedroom is pink. My pendrive is pink.... too many to list them all. All I can say, my major colour is pink.

At the early stage of knowing each other between me and my hubby he did asked me why I like pink so much. And he did said... "saya kene belajar suka warna pink lepas ni"

Last weekend, he came to my house. Knocked my door with a bouquet of pink roses. He purposely choose pink because I like pink colour. It's pink and it's roses... semestinya suka.

To be honest, saya tak pernak dapat bunga sebanyak ini before. Time conve pun cuma dapat 6 kuntum roses from my mum. But this one.. it's 18 roses in a bouquet. Alhamdulillah. Thank you so much.

I'm back from umrah with 'complete' package

Alhamdulillah. I'm back. Selamat pulang pada hari khamis jam 5 petang di KLIA. The umrah was great great great great great. SubhanAllah. Sungguh cantik aturan Allah. Allah maha berkuasa, maha segalanya. I've been visiting to Sana'a the old city in Yemen for 1 day 2 nights then to Madinah for 4 days then to Mecca for 7 days... The whole umrah is 15 days. 

Alhamdulillah. I've learnt a lot there. You must be patient, redha, tenang dan jangan sesekali ada prasangka. Jangan sesekali berkata tidak dalam apa jua perkara. Allah perencana terhebat. I will post the whole story of my umrah trip. InsyaAllah. Terutama sekali about Sana'a... lawatan saya ke Istana Ratu Balqis. I have no words to describe. SubhanAllah.

And I have an amazing story to share. Sila tarik nafas dalam-dalam..... bersedia untuk dengar apa yang saya akan katakan.....

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...... Dengan nama Allah yang maha pengasih lagi maha penyayang suka untuk saya beritakan... bahawa saya telah bernikah pada 19 Rabiulakhir 1433 bersamaan 12 March 2012 di Masjidil Haram, Makkah. Alhamdulillah... alhamdulillah... alhamdulillah.

I know I never tell any story of my boyfriend. It's not that I don't want to share but to be honest I have none. I met my husband during my umrah trip.... berkenalan, berkawan dan berdating sambil ditemani mak saya yang tersayang setiap masa.... dia menyuarakan rasa hati dan kami mengambil keputusan bernikah di sana. InsyaAllah... saya akan ceritakan apa yang berlaku. But believe it or not... everything happen in just 3 DAYS. Day 1... confession. Day 2... discussion. Day 3... get married. Alhamdulillah. I'm married and I'm a wife. InsyaAllah I will tell the whole story in my next post. 

XOXO,