More Samarkand

Tidak pernah termimpi untuk ke sini..bumi para auliya' dan sarjana Muslim dan pemerintah yg hebat2.Syukur,syukur alhamdulillah.

From Tashkent to Samarkand

We took the bullet train to Samarkand.At Tamurlane's mousoleum,Sheila and I hugged and cried - in awe of Tamurlane's grandeur...baru mausoleum dia..belum istananya lagi.He asked to be buried at the feet of his religious guru whose tomb was more gah than his.

Greetings from Uzbekistan

Mother's Day

Gayah ajak pi pesta buku pagi ni.Pucuk dicita becos' I promised Dato' I'd attend his book launch but last night fikir how to go cos' Sabtu dah pi and so exhausted caught in the heavy rain and all.

Nmpknya it's meant to be.They changed the topic cos' the original speaker's mom died this morning so he was replaced by the country's top scientist.I'm glad I went.So padat ilmu tasawuf sciencenya. So humbling.

Then went to buy more DBP and PTS books.Wei...tak tidur mlm mcm ni.Reading about Imam Bukhari at the mo.Dia pernah buta but dek disebabkan usaha ibunya yg begitu yakin Allah itu Maha Mendengar (dia bangun tahajjud bagai)...one night she dreamt Nabi Ibrahim sendiri dtg beritau dia mata anak dia dah ok.Mmg betul..besoknya anaknya melihat kembali.

Just the story I need as I sat looking at Mek dlm keadaan yg begitu menyedihkan tadi at the hospital.Selagi blm ajal, kita jangan berputus harap dengan Allah.

Melissa said our book is no. 1 bestseller at the ITBM booth on its 9th day.Syukur alhamdulillah.

Rushed back to Absolutely Thai to celebrate Rose's bday and lunched out with all the lovely moms in the family. Ajir was trying to buckle up for almost an hour.I nak tolong, he pushed me away.So kiasu one! But I showed him anyway.Then he did it on his own.Not once but twice. :D

A bunch is from Z for me for Mom's Day and the other is from me
to her for her bday (we quarelled over who gave the nicer one)

The forum

We were running behind time.A bit late for Dato Wan Sabri's son's wedding reception (married to Perak MB's daughter). I think Wan invited satu UIA! Saw him for a bit before rushing to the book fair in Serdang.Dr. Farizah was late so we had to start without her but she came in time to share her bit. I moderated. 5 pm di tempat jin bertendang. Heard so many complaints of the new place.Heard also they had prob with PWTC..tak byr hutang ke?

There were a few people who came purely for us.Munira for example. So sweet.I also saw U-Wei showing his thumb up.Nik said we should do it again for a larger audience..things we shared were interesting he said. Kalau suami sendiri tak support, siapa lagi kan? :D

Trapped in the heavy rain.Tak sempat singgah tengok Mek. Dr CN tumpang me balik so we had dinner, durian at her place. Her hubby demam but came down to meet us. Demam politik ke, asked Nik. And they spoke at great length of local and international politics. I dah penat so sibukkan diri mkn durian. Lagi berfaedah.

Mek's humour

She is the funniest in the family and her witty remarks come oh! so naturally.Maybe that is why people love her so much...friends, families...but she can be so gutsy and fierce if you step on her sense of justice.

I remember the night I stayed over to look after her. She said it was the easiest night cos' she had to fast for the operation the following day so I need not worry about waking up at odd hours to make her a cup of Horlicks or oat drinks. But at 11 pm she had to drink her ubat to empty her stomach so that her bowel was clean for the operation. Luckily Sal was still around. The nurse said dah boleh minum (it was only 10.20 pm). Sal was about to help Mek to drink it but I said go and check with the nurse - maybe tersilap. Sal went and true enough, the nurse said tersilap after Sal showed the 11 pm sign.

When Sal came back and told us, we started laughing and said nasib baik we asked.Mek quickly said nasib baik mak kita hantar kita ke sekolah and we could read..then she said Terima Kasih Mok kerana menyekolahkan kami dan  jadikan kami cerdik. Sal and I just rolled on the floor laughing.

That's Mek. There are other funny stories.Too many to share.Yup, despite her illness.
May Allah give her more time with us (and us with her).

Israk Mikraj

Selamat menyambutnya.The family had a busy weekend.I slept over at the hospital for a night on Wedn night, tunggu Mek.But everyone said I was hopeless...sebaik ada nyawa je they said.Haha.Mmg betul..I kalau dah sleepy, buat sendiri le apa2. I cannot write too much about Mek here.Takut org yg menyihir dia dok follow to find out hidup lagi or mati dah ke pompuan ni.I only have this to say: yg menghidupkan dan yg mematikan, yg memberi penyakit dan yg menyembuhkan hanya Allah Taala.Semoga Allah memberi kita semua perlindungan dan kasihsayang belas kasihan.

Kiah sent me back.Jimat duit Uber I.Such a dear friend she is to Mek.In fact there are many who came all the way frm Sban, JB.When we could not accompany her, her friend would be there.I told Sal, I don't think I would hv any friend this kind should I fall sick like this.Begitu kasihsayang Allah pada Mek.Masjid UIA, our surau, friends in Makkah/Madinah all prayed for her.Mek actually lives on these doas.Subhanallah.

It's Mikraj today.Semoga  ada peningkatan iman in all of us.We cleaned the river during the day.

First attempt