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Klo bab makan2 mmgla bole buat entry seminggu skali..but last week was something else. it was a masquerade party. birthday party utk bebudak tp mak bapak budak yg lebih2 kan!! we had so much fun that night. me especially dgn syndrome "hyper-sugar high" aku that night.sgt best bile pg party yg smua org involve & being sgt sporting..best okeh!!

Pg tuh we had picnic kt Aspire..disbbkan kemeriahan mak2 &bapak2 budak beli roller blade aku pn termakan hasutan gaklah..belilah roller blade dgn segala guard2 yg perlu..ngeh..2 kali gaklah aku terduduk mase main tuh. fyi aku ni kire budak br belajarlah..tp yelah org kate never too late to learn something kan??so..sblm bday ke 30 aku nakla berjaya swirl sambil menari guna roller blade..*roll eyes*hahaha..oklah..some pics during the party..me love d party sooo much!!

2~mosque with 6 minarets. Sultan Ahmet wanted a mosque with gold minarets tp architect ingat 6 because 6 and gold sounds similar in arabic. Sultan Ahmet dikritik sbb 6 minarets same dgn bilangan minaret MasjidilHaram so, Sultan Ahmet arahkan membina minaret ke 7 di MasjidilHaram.

3~the biggest mosque in Istanbul adalah Sulaymaniye mosque. Xpg sbb tgh renovate.

4~Population in Turkey 98% Islam. 2% Christians & jews. They have 2 synagoges, 122 churches and 2800 mosques. bole bayangkan mase azan waktu solat?for me..satu perasaan yg buat meremang bulu roma. every corner of the city dgr azan!!

2~first dijdkan church and it was d largest cathedral for thousand years. Ade engrave gambar saint mary (maryam) & angel gabriel. Gambar st mary tuh pointing to the jerusalem. When Islam brtapak di Turkey semasa era Ottoman. Smua engrave ditutup dgn tile & dijdkan masjid. with a nice mimbar and mihrab. & they built an anjung for the sultans to pray. Now, the place adalah museum & u'll be amazed to see all the history engraved here. After Hagia Sophia, we went for Bhosporus tour sbb weather sgt cantik & avoid possibility hujan d next day so ktrng trus hop for the 40lira=100riyal tour. View of the Golden Horn..palaces..forts..mosques etc..etc..after about 2hours cruising we stop for lunch & after that patah balik ke area galata bridge. Some people go with the normal public cruise. it costs much less tp for me, it's not just the view yg i nk enjoy. I want to know about the history. the place. the people & so much more!!all in all.. worth it. Singgah ke Egyptian Market lps cruise. Org kt hotel kata kt situ murahlg berbanding Grand Bazaar. we spent 4 good hours shopping. moroccon lights,decorative ceramics & mcm2 lg. Lps memborong xlarat nk angkat naik tram, ktrng pn naikla teksi. dlm teksi br trpk..cmanelah agaknyer nk angkut naik flight..smua mende fragile..gulpp!! Smpai hotel, freshen up a bit then naik for dinner. Since mlm new year's eve ktrg amikla package dinner-belly dancing show. after dinner, ktrng jalan2 pusing Sultan Ahmet. i bet kt taksim square mesti lg ramai org. tp ktrng cam malas nk brsesak-sesak.

Pose vain..skali pandang nampak classic 2kali pndang lain mcmlah plak..

Skalitu acara belly dancing kt hotel start after midnite.nk menunggu agak seksalah..10.45 aku duk lepak kt terrace atas. ramai dh start minum2 & menari2. aku menguap pd sela masa seminit 10x..kul 11 turun bilik kejap..nk terkencing..& naik balik..tahan mata nih..elok kul 11.20, aku turun bilik kejap. 12 midnite..aku dh kt la la land..aku dgrlah dyrng countdown..fireworks die lamelah jugak..& aku dgr dyrng cheer mase belly dancing kt atas..tp my whole system dh hibernate. gud nite Istanbul & happy new year everyone!! *wink*

Day 2~Start pg hippodrome then ke Basilica Cistern. Sgt kagum dgn kehebatan cistern ni. Cistern ni is a huge chamber yg store 80,000m3 of water. Underground water tank. Air disalurkan 19km away using aquaducts. Cistern ni cater utk palaces, mase drought & during under siege. gua sembah ratulah kt engineer die!!!

Then gerak ke Topkapi palace. Palace for the sultans during the Ottoman empire. Normal gigantic palace. 4 courtyards.Yg menarik adalah harem~section only for the females termasuklah Queen mother, queen, princesses, concubines & helpers. 1 building display all relics from this era. A few relics adalah hadiah from the Ottoman's sultan to Nabi Muhammad SAW tomb kt Madinah. And brought back to the palace during world war 1. gifts for/from tzar (Russia), Shahs (Iran) & Emperors (China). Tanpa sedar, we spent 4 hours here alone!!kaki mak sakit oooo!!!Memandangkan winter & sunset lebih kurang kul 4 lebih, we tried to rush nk g Galata tower tp takut nanti terlajak mase & bakal frust sbb bile dh malam gambar xbrape nk menarik. so, we proceed to Tunel & naik classic tram ke Taksim. mencanak naik bukit. but i love it. kedai2 kt tepi2 jalan..& i bought i nice painting. not the expensive one. nice tepi jalan nyer painting. lepak for dinner kt bwh galata tower smbil makan kebab & air pomegranate. damn sedap!!tram from tunel ke taksim adalah best sbb aku duduk kt belakang skali & menghadap lautan org.nice!! Smpai Taksim Square ktrng patah blk naik d same tram. sbb kt situ ramai sgt org & for me, xbrape interested ngn starbucks, zara and what not sepanjang jalan tuh. we tried to catch a darwisy dance show. alaa..org turkey yg pakai tarbus & skirt menari tuh. tp malangnya ktrng salah tempat. I end up menyamankan diri ke chamberlitas turkish bath. teringat citer fatima, thousand years ago, akan ade satu event dimana smua pempuan akan pg for turkish bath. Bakal2 mertua akan memilih menantu dyrng kt situ..scarry weh!!sila bayangkan naked dpn mak mertua korang??grrr..turkish bath die bole tahan bestla walaupn smua org ckp tempat tuh sgt touristy & mahal. for first timer mcm aku ni..seronokk weh!!note:turkish bath skrg dh x naked dh. half naked je..balik tdo dgn lena setelah mendapat scrub & urutan yg menyamankan..siap mandikan&shampookan rambut ok!!

Turkish Bath @ Hamam

Day 3~Hujan dr subuh tp ktrng tetap kna abiskan tempat2 yg xpg lg. First stop Grand Bazaar. 4,000 shops. Imagine that. aku siap print layout kedai sbb takut sesat!! mmg byk brg & yg best bole singgah minum teh dulu before smbg jalan. tp sbb kesuntukan masa, spent 1 hr je sbb nk ke Egyptian bazaar blk. dissappointed sbb souviner kt egyptian bazaar xsecantik kt grand bazaar..uhuk!!

Grand Bazaar

Rush for hop on hop off bus. decided utk pusing sa2 Istanbul ni. yelah, pasni dh xpg dh kan..knala round setiap pelusuk tempat.

View dr atas Bus.

Hop off kt Dolmabahce Palace. Another favourite spot. Palace ni dibina mase zaman Ottoman yg dh nk ujung2. Byk influenced dr English,French&Italy. Hugeeee!! org ramai gile & masuk batch by batch sbb smua interior still same since late 1800. so dyrng xnak org ramai2 masuk skali sbb bole sesat&bole runtuh kot!!kt sinilah Kamal Attaturk meninggal dunia.aku suka chandelier yg berat die 41/2 ton!!sayangnyer xleh amik gambar dlm palace. kate tourist guide tuh klo nak copy paste dr website!!apekah??

Spend sejam stgh beratur. tour sejam setgh jugak!!grr..kluar je palace tuh hujan dh brenti. sunny!!suke..trus menghala ke Galata tower. view sgt cantik. 360 degree view of Istanbul. awesome!!rush back utk hop on our bus & smbg tour sa2 Istanbul.

Galata Tower

Complete sa2 round ktrng kembali ke Egyptian Bazaar for some shopping yg trtinggal & rush plak ke Grand Bazaar sbb ade yg xde kt Egyptian bazaar tuh. Sebelum tu smpat dinner kt bwh Galata Bridge. Restaurant biase2 je tp ambience sgt best. Price wise oklah. mcm mkn kt Kg Baru je.

Dinner~Galata Bridge

Dlm gamat gempita & tension yg melanda di tanah air ku, aku terpanggil untuk menulis entry ni. First, ini adalah pandangan saya yg sgt sayangkan tanah tumpah darah saya & sgt berpegang kepada kalimah Aku naik saksi bahawa tiada tuhan yg disembah melainkan Allah & aku naik saksi Nabi Muhammad S.A.W itu adalah pesuruh Allah!!

Last Friday, Fatime wrote on my fb wall..

Fatima Hammad January 8 at 12:18pm
I don't get why arent christian malaysians allowed to use
the word Allah???? I hear about it in the news but I don't get the reasoning
behind it?????thought it's probably best to ask one of my lovely malaysian
friends.. but I couldnt decide who to ask: Zila or Haniz? =P no seriously... why
arent they allowed to use it?

I did not answer d question until we met up for lunch 2 days ago. please note she is Palestinian-Jordanian and she is Muslim This is my answer...

Allah is a literal translation of god in arabic. In malay, translation of Allah=god=TUHAN. If the christians really want to write or read or preach in malay, they still can do dat and if they really want to use 100% malay language they SHOULD use tuhan instead. why Allah?? If they really have no hidden agenda why they keep on fighting to use the term Allah??

What i dun understand is the government. they should see this thing coming wayyyy before the case was brought up to the High Court. Why didn't they act on it before??why now??lepas case ni boil up br nk sibuk2. where were you guys??xkan xleh foresee that this matter will DEFINITELY create more tension to the multi-racial/religion in our country.

& the 'retaliate' act of churches arson are not wise at all!! Bring your mind wayyy back mase zaman pemerintahan Nabi Muhammad S.A.W & khalifah2 dulu. They lived in a community of Jews & Christians. and bare in mind they were more orthodox than now. Islam itu sempurna. I am very sure, there are a lot of examples during zaman kegemilangan Islam yg bole kita opt to mitigate this matter. What confuse me even more is if we are talking about akidah. what about the decision to give the rights utk org islam convert??knape xmengamuk mase tuh?? that is more akidah to me. I dun agree with the verdict, the decision to use the word ALLAH in their preaches&bible. is not right at all..it's FUNDAMENTAL..what's next we shall say??we afraid of our iman. our kid's iman & our community's iman, that's why we need to protect the fundamental.

& when this matter dijadikan as an political propaganda?? my jaws just drop!!

Not in a position to brag but this is my own experience, being away from Malaysia soil, i learn & expose to the world more..you won't be surprise if people say things like..

"ohh..that place is greattt!! it's like the 'mecca' for party people..." or

"this book is the fundamental & must have for waste management. It's like the 'quran' for waste management.."

dun be surprise people...dun be surprise when u watch MTV arabia, and those almost naked singers sing their heart out with Allah in their lyric..which ditranslatekan jd..'oh..my god..i am crazily in love' or something like that. it is their language.

I remember i read somewhere that klo anak2 kita..adik2 kita or saudara mara kita keluar dr kepompong comfort zone mereka. tell them utk amalkan surah2 dibwh..kerana

Surah Al-Ikhlas-surah yg menguatkan ikatan seorang Hamba dan Penciptanya.
Surah An-Nas- surah ini adalah bagi menganjurkan manusia memohon perlindungan Allah dari godaan syaitan, baik yang berasal dari golongan manusia mahu pun jin.
Surah Al-Kafirun- surah yg menguatkan hati org mukmin dr terpedaya dgn godaan org2 kafir.
Surah Al-Alaq-surah utk mengelak akan godaan syaitan dan manusia, takut dalam kegelapan malam atau takut dengan kejahatan manusia.

Complete kan??Islam itu mmg Indah.

So, the verdict? i use my fiend's status dlm fb last week to sum it all..

if you really want to fight, fight IN the name of Allah, not FOR the name Allah. remember "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful"..

p/s: andaikata ade fakta yg salah, please..feel free to comment!! more than welcome..

Result PMR dh kuar. Aku & Haniz kecuttt perut bile result nk kuar. dlm ktrng kecut2 perut tuh, aku call haniz & tanye jaja cmane?? "jaja??hmm..die tgh crk uban rehan.." skit punye relaxlah. Bile pepg, 4am (doha time) jaja call aku nangis2 konon2 takutlah kan..well..itu taktik xnak aku marahlah tuh klo result truk. aii..ade hati nk kelentong aku..been there done that sistaa!!jgn menipu dgn penipu!! hahahaha..

so, lepas dpt result. ktrng pasrah dgn result yg die dpt. So, parlimen pn bersidang lepas result die kuar...(aku & hanizlah kan!!). parlimen dgn kata sepakat utk die skolah blk kt KL. die sukelah!!Parlimen menyerahkan rang perlaksanaan kepada Yang Dipertuan Agong (mama). Setelah mendapat persetujuan mama, Haniz pn melaksanakan tugas penukaran skolah. Finally die dpt skolah Kiara Mas. dekat skit ngn rumah. Alhamdullillah.

Funny thing is mase Haniz g Pejabat Pendidikan nk tukar skolah, she went there alone..& sorang Ah So dgn concernnyer brkata..

"U nk tukar skolah dtg sorang2 ka?? Mak xdtg kaaa??"

Haniz hanya bg jelingan manja kt Ah So tuh!!hahahahhahahaha...lawak penutup 2009..damn funny!!

am back!!!!


breathless landscape+friendly stylish people+shopping heaven+nice weather+timeless historical monuments+western eastern fusion= purrrrfect!!

Sebagai menutup tirai 2009 & sebagai pembakar semangat 2010. (alasann..) I am going to Istanbul tonight for a short weekend holiday. Weather will be cold (10degrees C). 2 am from Doha to Kamal Attarturk Airport, Istanbul. Xsabar nk witness with my own eyes pertembungan dua benua (asia-eropah). Pertembungan sejarah (Rome-Byzantine-Ottoman). Hopefully smua brjalan lancar & xkna ape2 scam yg berleluasa kt sane. and dpt mencuci mata. ngeh. Turks are gorgeous!! Sneak peek (courtesy of National Geographic pic)

Gambar2 sepanjang mama & adik2 kt sini. Since xbyk tempat nk dibawa melawat kt sini so ktrng g yg mane ade jelah.