ちなみに、コーランは本当に貰いました！行ってきな！⊂( ･∀･) 彡

色んな人に会いたいなら、金曜日の昼頃だね。金曜日の礼拝って事でモスクには外国人が集まってる。イスラム教徒の日本人も結構いるよ〜　英語も日本語もあまり話せない人もいた！話すの凄い面白かった。⁽⁽٩(๑˃̶͈̀ ᗨ ˂̶͈́)۶⁾⁾

ジャーミーだったらトルコ伝統の昼ごはんを出してくれるし、女の子だったら（イスラム風で謙虚な）真っ黒いロングドレスを着れる。こう🌀回ったらディズニープリンセスみたいになる様な。(´͈ ૢᐜ `͈ૢ) もちろん無料！笑

ここに来たのは初めてで、解らない事ばかり。それなりに何倍もたくさん新しい事を学びました！もし間違ってたり、正確じゃない詳細をみつけたら、怒らず優しい言葉で私に教えて下さい。(´･ε･̥ˋ๑)　このビデオから何か疑惑を感じる事があっても、是非教えて下さい！頑張ってはっきりとした答えをみつけます。୧(๑ ⁼̴̀ᐜ⁼̴́๑)૭

例えば、トイレにシャワー！？ (04:42) って驚いたら、いいえ、トイレでシャワーを浴びません。ムスリムは綺麗好き〜（って言ったらなんか変な印象。笑）色々ついてると礼拝はできないってなっていて、トイレを使った後は水で洗う事が習慣になっている。日本ではウォシュレット、海外ではこうしたシャワー（モスクにあるのよりもっと小さめ）を使ってきれいに洗います。ずっと前からお尻や陰部を清潔にしていたんだって。

Ever had someone close to you find / reverted to any religion?

I shared with my Japanese Muslim Friend A about Dr Zakir Naik's talk in Tokyo. So he went there with Friend B who wasn't a Muslim.

And then Last two nights I received a text from friend A about Friend B becoming a Muslim, but I kinda "ignored" the text because I was tired and the line was terrible in Janda Baik where I spent last weekend. Haha

I always wanted to go but the time wasn't right. Father won't let me go on my own, obviously. So having to match the holiday with every family members wasn't a piece of cake, it was almost impossible. 

And alhamdulillah, finally. How beautiful Allah's plan is! I gotta tell you, I'm rather stubborn, when I say no then it is no. I do wanted to go to Japan at first when I heard that the destination for this year's trip is there, ONLY IF my friends go. At first they were so excited but after awhile it diminished just like that, so I kinda forgot about it.. It doesn't excite me that much anyway, Japan isn't an amusing holiday destination to me.

Until few months back, when the participants asked for my help as some of them know I can communicate in Japanese. I had a thought of going to Japan alone. Since my close friends aren't going, I might as well just have an adventure and travel alone! I have no problems about the language anyway. I contacted my friends, assure that I had a place to stay, etc, but unsurprisingly, I got a no from my father.

Since the holiday is quite long, I thought I might use the trip as chance for me to travel without my family, so I proposed to my father about my plan to join. He didn't say anything. So I assumed it was a no. I don't really get the chance to go on my own, so, I was okay. Hahaa

One day while I was talking about writing a letter in Japanese, talked on the phone, he casually said if I wanna go, I can use his credit card to buy the ticket! I was so happy, I cheked the lowest fare available, it was All Nippon Airways. It's not a low cost company (or carrier?), so a bonus for me! I got the ticket for RM 1457, not really a deal, but averagely lower. The Halal meal was nice anyway.

But since I'm getting on different flight with my friends, I had to travel alone to the airport! It's not a "had", it's rather a "get" I think! I always wanted to know how it feels like. Hahahah. Besides that, other than 3 days of University programme, I get to travel on my own to meet old friends and see Islam in Japan!! 

I will talk about it in detail later for my own reference as well. It was such a priceless experience for me. I went to Japan but I didn't go to Tokyo tower, Sky Tree, Shinjuku, Harajuku, Odaiba, Disney parks, no. I only got on the train, and walked just to see the world and to find myself. :)

For example, Makkah and Madinah. It's a holy place for Muslim, where a lot of historic and meaningful event has occur.

For your information, these two cities aren't grand, glorious at all compared to those Paris, or Tokyo. It's all sandy and dusty, citizen with totally different cultures.

Maybe that's why some of us prefer to spend the holiday to famous city than going there. *gulp*

But why most Muslim love going there?

I can bet at least 80% Muslim will say they love going there, some even want to spend the rest of their life over there!

Because travelling isn't equal to fancy place actually.

It's the experience.

Alhamdulillah, I went to Mekkah and Madinah early of this year and I swear it was the calmest place ever! I know very well how complete is it to stay at Japan. Everything is almost perfect but I know there is something missing back then when I think about it now.

What really makes travelling meaningful?

To me, there are two major factors :

1. Who we spend with

2. What we experience

 Who we spend with

Someone you're close with. Someone you can be yourself around. Someone you love. Simple. Du-uh. What I'm trying to say is, the people play the important role as well to make our travel fun and memorable! We get to exchange opinion, say whatever we want, thus making us truly understand each of the places' own value that we can apply in our daily life.

What we experience

Experience is very subjective isn't it. Some people say go on a jet, parachute, hot air balloon, skiing, as an experience. As though a boring, dull travel without any specific program = no experience. Ok I don't know how to put it in words..

You can't simply judge this is experience, this is not. When something didn't go as planned, like the service was horrible, you get terribly upset. The truth is you came there to travel, to experience, so just go along with it!

As a proof

As I have mentioned earlier, Mekkah and Madinah isn't that fancy, but to me, it was one of the best holiday I've ever had! (I want to make the best as during Hajj, aamiinn ya rabbal 'aalamiinn)

I spent my time with my family, the whole two weeks +. I eat, sleep, move around with my family 24/7. Yes we're very very close. They're the best people given from Allah to me. It was really fun. Nothing to worry, you don't have to act, do anything!!

Going to Mekkah and Madinah, the calmest place I've ever been to. I get to do what I could have done everyday because I'm free from any responsibilities. I don't have to think about class, works, and so on. I get to visit Prophet Muhammad SAW's maqam. I get to perform my umrah.

The experience I had has truly changed me. I realized how much I've wasted my time. For example, the few minutes to perform sunnah prayer before the five prayers isn't that hard to do, or read al-Quran. I learn from the citizen over there, relating on the rationality of Allah sending Prophet Muhammad SAW from Arab, try to assimilate in order to gain more understanding by wearing their clothes, niqab, spoke few words (......) and etc.

That's why.

Any places have their own different value we can learn. For example, when you go to Mekkah, you realize how much ibadah actually benefits us. While if you go to Japan, you learn how much you have to be strict in finding halal foods ; you can't just go to the store and grab some ice cream or bread, you have to read the ingredient.

You see? It's never the same. You can go to Kelantan ad Cameron Highland and insya Allah you will learn different things (as long as you are willing to learn). Leave home and learn, if possible. If you're a girl like me, juts stay with your father okay. Hee.

Grand, splendid travel is fun, yes. But don't let it bother you too much that you can't enjoy the moment once it goes against what you desire. It is okay. Travelling isn't all about spending the money. Collect your money, spend it wisely, so that you know how hard it is and you will appreciate the travelling more.

Why I'm saying this? Because I know and have seen so many people who have traveled around the world but they're nothing much different than those who never left their country. The wide vision they had is just literal, it didn't portray in their attitude. What a waste. They can only show the photos and list out places they visit. What have you learnt?

Especially in term of respect. If you've been to so many places, mixed around with various kind of people with different social background, you should know how important it is to respect. You don't pick people to respect. You should respect everyone.

You are a traveler everyday if you know how to teach yourself to accept different things and gain new experience together with moral values which you can apply to be a better person. Stop whining about how lucky others are for able to go around the world. It's their life and you're living on your own. At the first place, comparing yourself with others isn't that healthy anyway, right? 

う～ん。さて、何を書こうかな・・・。書きたいくせに何を書くすら分からない。私は何をしているんだ。ってか、もう最後のポストで話したもん・・・

もう長い間日本語で書かなくて、ごめんなさい！

すごく勉強で忙しくて、Straight A+　が欲しくて、

何もかもする気をなくした私。

家の中にいて、ず～～～っと勉強したい気分！

どうしてこんな楽しく「遊んでる」時に急に勉強したい気分になるんだろうね。

不思議！