DALAM MEMAHAMI KETAMADUNAN YANG DIIMPI
PART 1
Assalamua'lykum wbt
Ape khabar kalian semue?! Seronoknye dpt bertemu kalian kembali setelah lame halim berehat panjang, bercuti menenangkan fikiran dan merantau lagi gitu ke negare orang.. Puas sebenarnye halim mencari kekuatan ingin mencoretkan sesuatu di arena maya ini, akhirnye hari ini, telah ditetapkan Allah swt, memberi ruang mase dan tenage mengadap laptop cabuk ni, menitip papan kekunci, menarikan jari-jemari, meninta entri yg belum tentu menjadi aspirasi atau hanye mungkin sekadar omongan tidak berisi.. --/ panjangkan permainan bahase halim..
Well, halim agak lame sebenarnye bermenung sama ade betul ingin membicarekan sesuatu atau tidak pada hari ni. Maklumla, sejak kembali ke bumi Jordan ini, selepas menghabiskan cuti hampir 2 minggu dalam safarku ke negare orang di sane, halim agak berat ingin menulis di blog ni. Buka je blog ni sekembali drp safar itu, blog ni halim lihat diserang dgn komenan drp Mr. ANON.. Sape die sebenarnye, halim tak tau la.. Tp, halim agak terkesima dgn tuduhan die terhadap halim dlm satu post pade tahun lalu. Ape pun, halim tak kesah je dgn komenan2 tersebut, yg halim anggap sbg satu perkongsian dan pertukaran idea serta pendapat. Buat pe la ingin bermujadalah dan berbalah-balah melainkan hanye akan menyakitkan hati satu-satu pihak. Satu toleransi yg ingin halim hidupkan dalam kehidupan kite, kerane toleransi itu juge sebahagian drp HUSNUL KHULUQ yg sepatutnye ade dlm diri kite sbg ummat Islam.. --/ tajuk ceramah dan isi penting penulisan ini gamaknye kot..
Ok la, hari ni halim nak berkongsi dgn peminat-peminat halim (betul kan.. korang peminat2 halim.. haha) sedikit rumusan, ulasan, buah fikiran dan pandangan halim yg dapat halim perolehi dalam safar halim ke mane ek?!! Bukan Turki.. halim pegi Turki tahun lepas. Bukan Mesir.. sbb tak berkesempatan lg. Bukan Europe.. takde duit byk mane pun mcm kengkawan len yg dah pi Europe tu.. Tp ke UK.. tak kesah la korang nak kate ulu kelang ke, ulu kajang ke -- ade ke?!!, united kingdom ke.. Pokoknye, ke situ la halim pergi mase cuti lepas, dgn izin Allah dan bantuan drp beberape rakan termasuk juge keluarge.
So, halim nak mulekan rumusan tu mcm mane ek?! Let see, kite start ngan tempat2 yg kami lawati, rentasi sedari awal hingge la ke akhirnye.. boleh eh.. some of the place, i dont really remember the name, dont know how to spell.. if there'r any mistakes, mohon ampun laa ye..
>> boleh tak pose mcm ni utk bercerite kat anda semue?!! haha<< Journey kami start pagi Jumaat 29 Jan --/ besday sorang kawan halim tu.. a great friend he is.. kami amik kerete sewe dgn byrn JD 25 utk ke airport.. Mane lg, Queen Alia Airport la.. ala, airport yg 'moden' tu.. Flight kami kul 11.20 pg. Ade 2 org drp travel mates kami plak, bersikap sederhane, nek bus dah sedari 27hb lg. By the time kami punye flight, they said, they already arrived in Istanbul n already checked in for hostel. Wow.. sampai la tibe waktu flight, berlepas la flight RJ 165 tersebut menuju Ataturk International Airport. Sgle urusan mudah, Alhamdulillah. Takde masalah kat imegresen pun. Tak mcm tahun lepas, halim pi, tuptup sbb pasport baru, tersangkut sekejap. Tp kali ni urusan selesai dgn mudah.
Kat Ataturk tu gak, kami berpisah ngan CD n kawannye yg sesaing satu flight ngan kami. Depa ade hotel nye van dtg amik, kami sekadar nek train ke aksaray. Atas pengalaman sape?! Halim jugak.. --/ gitu boleh?! Tggu kawan kpd dzul agak lame dan penat. Alang penat tu smpai mengah dah, dtg la kawan nye itu bersame ngan sorang pelajar M'sia yg tgh wat research kat Istanbul University, pasal hubungan antare Ottoman empire ngan Kerajaan Melayu JOHOR.. negeri mane.. JOHOR! Bagus.. Kak wahida namenye, comel je orgnye, but i really respect her becoz she can survive living in Istanbul by herself.. Bukan senang, lelagi wanita. Kalau tak cekal alamatnye seminggu je, pastu balik la nnti.
Kami bermalam kat Istanbul sehari, kat hotel yg di'recommend'kan oleh kawan dzul tu.. Dan esoknye atas bantuan kawan dzul tu, pagi2 lg kami bertolak ke Sabiha Gokcem Hawalimani Istanbul mengambil flight Easy Jet ke London Gatwick Airport. Kat sini masalah pulak, dgn imegresen. Habis kene masuk bilik gelap, kene soal siasat. Puncenye sape?! Halim tak tau. Padahal ade 3 Indians and 2 other Chinese from Malaysia could passed through with ease, tp kami kantoi plak. Betul2 tinggal dlm 10-15 min nak boarding, baru lepas, terus berlari ke gate. Kat sini baru kami bertemu 2 kawan yg akan travel ngan kami serte Manja n the gang.. Derang yg lambat check in drp kami, lg lame menunggu kat waiting lounge tu. Sbb senang lepas imegresen. Tak pe la pengalaman.
Dlm flight tu, memasing tak sabo2 katenye nak jejaki bumi UK ni. Tp halim tenang je. Takde la terlalu excited, takde plak terlalu upset, takde la over sgt mcm baru 1st time travel, atau jakun tak penah tgk negare org. Sbb halim ckp ni, masalahnye ade yg mcm tu. Kang klu halim sentap kang, ado yg makan hati plak. Kat Gatwick nye airport tu, urusan halim agak senang. Halim ngan afiq muiz, acap, amad n some others dah isi borang masuk UK kat atas flight lg. So, takde la kene tahan ngan makcik mongel yg gebu tu suh pi isi. Dan halim pun agak bernasib baik sbb peg. imegresen tu very kind, didn't ask me a lot.. Dgn muke tenang je halim jwb soklan die walaupun kaki menggigil gak.. hahaha.. takde la.. saje seloroh, it's easy ekceli masuk UK ni. Tak susah mane. Ape pun, halim kesian gak ngan sorang kawan kat immigration desk sblh halim. Nak tergelak pun ade. Tp, takkan la nak gelak kat situ, depan peg. imegresen tu.. ish ish..
Lepas je semue lepas imegresen, waktu tu dah agak malam.. Kami terpisah. Kami 6 org berpisah dgn grup amad n the gang. Kami amik shutter bus, it cost us for 7pound kalau tak silap, to bring us to Fulham Broadway so that we could take the underground train to Westminster. Di sinilah permulaannye perjalanan kami, di London dan UK amnye.
a. Malam sampai London
1. Big ben.. keluo2 je stesen, mmg tersergam clock tower tu..
2. House of Parliment
3. London Eye and all attractions around it..
- kesudahanye OK! tu je la boleh komen. Len2 takda. Konsepnye sbb penat dan mengantuk. Travel dgn halim mmg mcm tu skit ye. Haha..
- after taking lots of photos there, kami pun took the underground train (pas ni underground je la) direct to Bayswater
- menunggu kawan dzul utk kami tumpang rumah tu mmg lame betul. Dgn sejuk je, mmg boleh kene asthma halim. Tp tetap tabah ni. While we'r waiting there, ade gak la some Malaysians, students lg, baye2 kami je, waiting for their friends as well. Tak lame lepas tu, we had to go to Royal Oak station and wait for dzul's friend to fetch us there plak. Finally, menumpang jugak kami kat umah kawan tu. Bukan kami je, there r students from Moscow travelling as well, dan menumpang rumah yg same. Kate tn umah, rumah mereke tu mcm rumah kebajikan dah, every 2 weeks ade je tetamu. Bawa berkat katenye.. --/ kot.. haha
>> London Dungeon.. bijak mereke mengubah suai bangunan lame.. << 
>> very the cliche punye gaye kan.. sape2 travel, kemane-mane pun mesti ade melompat-lompat ni << b. Hari ke-2 London
1. Tower bridge
2. London Castle /Tower of London
3. London Dungeon
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Berkejaran ke Natural History Museum, Science Museum, London Imperial College and Royal Albert Hall.. sbb satu jalan je senanye.. senang la skit kan.. it's only one way, starting from the Natural History Museum till Royal Albert Hall, u wont get lost..
- malas nak cite. Konsepnye, nak cari tower bridge agak susah. Yg memeningkan, bukan ape, GPS ade, map ade.. tp nak membacenye.. ikut kepale sape?!! halim pun tak tau. Jgn ulas panjang halim pasal bende ni, sensitif gamaknye. Yg penting mmg boleh buat halim hilang iman jugak la. Terus halim ragut map tu, n i led the way. Sesambil tnye org gak, finally sampai..
- biase la jambatan2 ni kan, sekejap tak lame kot.. dah bosan n penat tu beredar la, ke tempat sekitarnye.. terus menghale ke London Dungeon
- dlm perjalanan tu plak ade org mengadu lapo.. hei.. singgah jap kat gerai jual jajan pe, die beli cokelat, terus makan dgn rakus. Aiyo.. beberape yg lain hnye menggelengkan kepale.. walhal sarapan td, tn umah de buat dan kami makan dgn enaknye.. sape orgnye?! pun halim tak tau
- London Dungeon, quite worthy gak la masuk.. Bg yg berani, tak takut hantu, masuk la kan, yg takut toksah la masuk.. halim ngan 2 org lg beli tiket gabung utk masuk London Dungeon ngan Madame Tussauds.. kami masuk dulu, privilege la.. so, kluo awal dan lepas tu terus pi makan kat fast food restaurant, Pakistan punye.. halal tau.. termasuk la kami menumpang solat di situ --/ kewajipan tetap ditunaikan
- Sempat pergi ke Buckingham Palace jap.. amik gambar beberape skit.. cukup la sekadar bukti kan.. haha
- Setel everything, terus kami pun berkejar-kejar nak pi Natural History Museum. Last2, sampai gate, exactly at the time, the guard closed the gate. MERASE! Science Museum pun tutup, amik beberape gambar kat London Imperial College, which is one of the colleges in London yg ade bebudak Malaysia stadi kat situ. Teruskan perjalan ke Royal Albert Hall, i dont really know whether we can have a tour inside that hall. Kami sampai pun malam, and the guard said that we could not enter except to be audiences to any particular shows that night. So, amik gambar kat luar sudah..
>> on the way to Natural History Museum n Royal Albert Hall << 
>> org tu terlupe, patutnye mlm tu halim punye show kat Royal Albert Hall ni.. boleh plak batalkan.. << 
>> lepas stadium Arsenal je.. penat.. nak balik tido.. << c. Hari ke-3
1. Madame Tussauds
2. Natural History Museum.. tabah ni nak pi jugak
3. Malaysian Hall (Malaysian Student Department of UK + Eire)
4. Arsenal Emirates Stadium
- tn umah mmg baik, pagi2 sediekan sarapan utk kami. Terharu sgt.. sbb sarapan plak, selalu kami kluo umah agak lewat. So, this morning, at first we wished to go to Marble Arch and take some photos there.. tp, tn umah sediekan sarapan, dan dgn perbualan yg pnjang nye, sah2 la kluo umah lambat.
- Sblm masuk Madame Tussauds, kami ade masalah senanye. Halim ngan harith, we lost our tickets, resits actually, as we bought a ticket for 2 places, London Dungeon and Madame Tussauds. The only things we had r our resits for some items we bought at the dungeon, which is around 4pound each one of us, compared to the ticket price which is 43pound for those 2 places. But, the one in charge at the counter that morning was really good. It's beyond thing that's expected. He really saved us. He trusted us, and said that; "i believe u, becoz u hv London Dungeon's resit with u (which is not the ticket).. that means u must hv been there.. here'r ur tickets and enjoy".. WOOOOOWWWW!!!!
- Kat Malaysian Hall, kami mmg menghabiskan mase utk menyantap je la kat kantin JPM tu. Kami bertembung ngan ramai rakyat Malaysia. Some are officers, some who work in UK, some are travelers like us n some r students.. Kami bertembung ngan pelajar2 Moscow yg travel.. Mesir as well as i remembered (akhawat lg.. kot klu tak salah la). Makan mmg tak hengat la. Paling mahal 8pound ade sorang tu makan.. halim je yg biase 3.50pound. Sedap masakan Malaysia kat situ. Org Kedah owner kantin tu. Baik sgt. Paham kot kehendak masyarakat Malaysia kat sane. When we r bout to settle makan kat sini, tup tup.. adelah kakak2 khunssss.. kemain lg cantik kan.. tp, muscle tangan tetap tak boleh buang.. opsss..
- that nite, bile mcm agak senggang tak de nak buat ape.. kami pun amik keputusan nak pi Stadium Arsenal. Agak berkejaran jugak la nak ke sane, tp dah tutup pun setibenye kami di sane. Ye la, dah kul 6 lebeh kan. Ape je bukak lg kat UK, tinggal pubs n bars je la.. balik umah penginapan agak awal sbb esok nak keja train ke Salisbury and Cardiff
>> haha.. asyik2 gambar ngan J.Lo kan kat Madame Tussauds.. << 
>> Natural History Museum.. org sibuk cari maklumat research sgle kat sini, kitorg bergambar je sudah << d. Hari ke-4 (2/3/2010) London ke Salisbury ke Cardiff
1. Salisbury and Stonehenge
2. Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
3. Cardiff Castle
4. Some places around Cardiff Bay
- penginapan kat London best. Tn umah semue baik. Sampai 3 malam kami menumpang kat sane.. malu je..
- kat Salisbury we took the bus tour, 11pound klu tak silap halim.. we stopped at Stonehenge, very small area, very simple attraction. Has nothing much except batu2 besar yg tersusun n a very wide scenery all around. We spent about only half an hour and then back to the station to take train to Cardiff
- I think, actually Cardiff has a lot to be explored, but becoz we didnt have ample time.. we just walked around the city center, took some photos in front of the Millenium Stadium n Cardiff castle and went down to Cardiff bay area. It almost maghrib when we wanted to get into the castle, but it already closed. NTL, we spent a lot of time and enjoying ourselves in the area near the Cardiff Bay. The reason behind, becoz we hv to wait until 8, when dzul's friend came to fetch us n bring us to his house..
- kat umah tu mmg best. Rase mcm berade di rumah sendiri.. Tn umah mesre sgt. Terbaik la. Puas hati sgt. Mcm2 cerite kami tahu, kami dgr, kami perolehi, walaupun mate dah ngantuk nak tido nih. Hehe.. penginapan kat Cardiff adelah antare yg best la sepangjang travel kami..
- klu ade mase lebeh, boleh spend it with quite a lot of places here in Cardiff. Sayang sgt tak sempat nak melihat dan meneroka Cardiff.. pape pun, let go the the next destination
>> Amik bus tour kat Salisbury << 
>> ragam pelik kat Stonehenge.. << 
>> Cardiff dan kenangan-kenangannye.. << e. Hari 5 (3/2/2010) - Cardiff to Didcot parkway to Oxford
1. Tour around Oxford
2. Swindon
- Oxford adelah satu bandar yg besar.. klu jalan kaki satu bandar mmg penat, lelagi klu menggalas beg besar kat blkg. So, we decided to take city tour bus as well (the like we did in Salisbury..). It's only 10pound. And thare is no rules. U can simply hop off at any stop, and hop in back onto the bus all day long.. At first, kami nek bas tu pusing2 seluruh Oxford without hopped off at any stop. Then, the 2nd round, we hopped off kat castle that was said to be used in Harry Potter film. The ticket to enter that castle only 4.50pound, student rate. It's really big area n walking around was so tiring. Kami tunggu dining hall dibuke je, sbb mase kami masuk tu, dining hall tgh tutup utk student Oxford makan. Lepas je dibuke, kami amik beberape photos dan took the bus back to the train station.
- Derang bayangkan nak amik gambar yg ade tulis like 'Welcome to Oxford University' ke hape.. but Oxford University mixes with the town.. So, u could not find any particular entrance to the university. U could not also distinguish between faculties and people's houses.. Kadang2 kite ingt tu umah org, rupenye Fakulti Perniagaan. Ingtkan bungalow org kaye mane, rupenye Department of Pathology. Dah gile tak mcm tu?! Tp, begitula keadaannye Oxford.. Mostly u could find very old castles, traditional houses for their residents, very minor or almost none of modern building..
- klu dpt bermalam kat Oxford, bermalam la.. sbb byk sgt tempat yg boleh diterokai.. Kami nak cepat, so kami memilih utk habiskan mase kat satu tempat je, kat castle tu. Ade je tempat menarik yg lain, yg boleh dilawati
- Swindon, adelah keputusan tergese-gese. Sehingge membuatkan halim hilang pedoman dan emosional kejap. Ade org nak beli kasut baru sbb kasut die rosak.. Kat factory outlet Swindon tu jugak die buang kasut lame die.. hahaha..
- that night we took train to Birmingham and another one to Nottingham.. mase ni ade org belum tau yg kat Birmingham tu, die ade kawan rupenye.
>> Halim tak suke sgt gambar2 dlm dining hall nye.. mcm tak real dlm movie.. kat tangge ngan persekitarannye lg real.. << 
>> mcm dlm gambar ni.. mase derang sentap Malfoy lepas derang tnye Prof. McGonagall pasal the Chamber of Secrets.. << Sambung part 2 eh..
