berqcakap: December 2010

1000 finally...alhamdulillah...

12/29/2010 10:52:00 AM
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KOSHARY TIME!!!!

12/28/2010 10:50:00 AM
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the pyramid..the sphinx..tomb of Imam As-Syafi'e..Salahuddin Citadel..all in Cairo

Walla....Assalamualaikum again to all viewers (hopefully there is)....hahaha..quite a long period of rest huh..IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE!!...among 7 wonders of the world!!!I've only imagined to be at these places before...(only in my dreams)....last weekend was a time...once in a life time...i think...being there at the historical pyramid and together with the sphinx..makes me feel...Incredible!...hahaha..

directions at the citadel

Surat Yunus:92

So today We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless

It was said in the Holy Quran itself...story of the Pharaoh..how the body was preserved by god so that it could be seen an taken as lesson for all human kind...

Ayman, our guide said a fact that the pyramid here in giza was built by Khufu (if im not mistaken)...here, there are 3 from hundreds of pyramids which were spread all over Egypt and neighboring region...and pyramid Khufu was the biggest one to be discovered here....

Hahaha...here, i got chance to ride on a Camel (gamal)..hahhaha...really funny...but still..its really interesting!...you should try for yourself!!

After having lunch (buffet lunch..ape lagi...aku hentam laa!!!)..

Next stop is the Makam Imam Syafi'e...(tomb of Imam Syafi'e)..founder of the Syafi'e school...our Imam...(sejuk ati tgk makam nih..)..

Hahaha...our last stop for the day was....Qal'ah Salahuddin (Salahuddin Citadel)...which comprises 2 Mosques and 3 Museums...quite a large complex huh..

National Military Museum

finally...at 540pm....we end our journey...safely...back at ARMA a.k.a DMAK (Dewan Malaysia Abbasiah Kaherah)....hehehe....got very letih maa..

Sarawak Tanah AirKu..

Masjid Mohammed Ali

Masjid Imam As-Syafi'e

Me...at Masjid Mohammed Ali

Entrance to the Citadel

Makam Imam As-Syafi'e Rahimahullah

Makam Imam As-Syafi'e

Angry Gamal..

The Sphinx

Exit?

1st time riding on a camel...

Me wid the Sphinx..

Us..at the entrance of the Pyramid..nk masuk mahal woo...

Model kat piramid la plak...

Me wid the pyramid..

Morning breeze..cool huh...

menunggang Unta...

The Pyramid itself..

Us...wid our banner

Just arrived..

the Pyramid...covered wid mist....

12/27/2010 11:45:00 AM
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khan el-Khalili...stories along the way

Me wid Ucu...at Masjid Al-Azhar

Live never sleeps as we go through our lives in Cairo...Its another day here in the capital of Egypt...feeling the morning breeze in an old town named Abbasiah...named after the 2nd Islamic Dynasty which used to make this place as the centre of everything...masa tu le....

Wahh...who believes....its already our 2nd week here in Egypt...not really bad huh...yet, still a lot to learn...dis week we got our chances to ride the buses and Metro to Kulliyyah....hahaha...thank god our class here starts at 11...still got chance to 'buang apa yg patut' before going to school..hehehe

having a pic at Masjid Al-Azhar

To ease down the flow..e're divided into 4 groups...each with 7-8 members..Me...Ryzal..Raudhah...Farihah...Adilah...Hafizah and Fazilah...Alhamdulillah...no big problems appears as days passes...hehehe...

Syeikh al-Azhar

Last Friday we got lucky for being able to perform our Jumaat prayers at the prestigious Jami' Al-Azhar (Al-Azhar Mosque)...hearing the khutbah from the Syeikh al-Azhar makes our hearts tremble....each words which comes out from his mouth is full of ideas and inspiration...Masha Allah...

Masjid al-Azhar interior look

KUSYARI everyone!!

Later then...KUSYARI...we ate kusyari right in front of Jami' Al-Azhar...cheap...fast...and of course...fills our tummies...hahahaha...

Next is Khan el-Khalili time...or what we call in Malaysia as 'Pasar Seni'....with my little brother as our Musyrif (guide)...we got into Egypt's oldest bazaar...hahaha...

Ariff (ucu)...our Musyrif

Yallah ya rai's..yallah ya brins(prince)..yallah ya mama..yallah ya rigal..

macam2 ada..

shawls...

petola kering also got ka??!ahahahaha..

A place full of stuffs...which is very near especially to the ladies la...ada selendang...jubah...copper stuffs...even rempah ratus also got...you might even get shocked to hear arabs speak malay here...phrases such as 'HARGA MURAH'....HARGA GILA'...PALING MURAH'...and more..hahaha....Arabs here can speak a lot of languages...they can even differ people by a single look...."MALAYSIA??Apa Khabar??"..."CHINA??...Ni Hao.."

Really funny...rite??....but...u should still be aware of this tricky Arabs....Khan el-Khalili is also known as home where many 'cheaters' lives...hahaha..As for today...we manage to get there once more....buying our own goods...I got myself a nice Moroccan Jubah (Jubah yang ade tutup kpala mcm ahli sihir tu..) for only Le55...together wid Al-Ustaz..with his abilities in 'psychology'....(kononnya)...'fi hunaka khamsun faqot'..padahal kat sne Le 65...hahaha...finally this Pak Arab agreed to sell us dat fine Jubah for only Le 55...Alhamdulillah..

Other thing happen to our good frien Rijal....seems dat he's having bad luck since arrival...(xpa jal..sabar k...)...jz now...he got cheated by an Arab...pulling his hands inside his shop...then forcing him (Rijal) to pay...dah la pak Arab ni amik wallet die...siap cek2 plak duit orang....arghhh....poor Rijal...

BEWARE OF PICK-POCKETS!!!

Another thing here in Khan el-Khalili is....PICK POCKETS...you should always beware of your personal and valuable belongings....put your wallets in your up-front pocket...and dont show your money to all people...as it may attract vicious Arabs (those jahat one la..)...hahahaha...

12/23/2010 10:28:00 AM
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SAFETY...SAFELY...

As usual, our so called 'journey' starts at 9.00am ....

Outside the DMAK (Dewan Malaysia Abbasiah Kaherah) or formerly known as ARMA (Asrama Malaysia) are 2 vans (usually TOYOTA HIACE)....hehe....driven by 2 pak Arabs..

Here in Cairo, people called this vans TRAMCO instead of vans...TRAMCO's are one of the most easy to find public transportation.....hehhe....i dont think i'm gonna talk much about this tramco thing....i'll just post it later...

Yesterday i've been mumbling about Metro...and today....still on the public transportation topic...THE BUS....

THE RED BUS..new one LE1 per ride

THE GREEN BUS..LE0.5 (Nusf') per ride...

Hehehe...actually the bus is one of the oldest transportation used throughout Egypt since no one can tell...hehe...above are pictures of buses operating within Cairo...the GREEN one, and the RED one....both are going to same destination...what matters is just that...hehehe THE FARES la!!apa lagi....if u want to jimat2...you better choose the GREEN one, if you're looking for a new bus...better try the red one...

Ok...back on top...SAFETY...SAFELY...hahaha..im really sure, if you've been to Egypt..u'll know what im talking about.....have you all ever heard "LOMPAT BUS"???its not BUS LOMPAT in Malaysia....or HOP-on-HOP buses in KL la....its getting out of the bus by jumping...quite scary arrrr???this is one of the only-can-see in Egypt thing..last saturday, I've got a chance to experience myself..how to lompat into the bus..of course, how to jump out of the bus...luckily i got my brother Ariff teaching me how to do it right...actually its a matter of technique...and a little bit of agility i suppose...and of course...LUCK!...hehehe...

Cairo is an emerging city...with 80 Mil citizens living in a city...seems to me that it 'needs some air to breath'..hehehe...as for the public transportation....i felt that its really unsafe...for one to jump in...and out of the bus...(a moving one la.....)Maybe the government should do something on this..although its a tradition, i think safety is still a priority..unfortunately, we got one of our good fellas today...felt down while doing the jump....luckily he's OK...Syafaahullah (May Allah cure him quickly)....

K guys...I think thats all for today's diary....tomorrow's topic???wait and see la...