Hajj - 10 years ago

Sayup2 kedengaran takbir raya dari Masjid Bukit Sentosa Subuh pagi tadi.... tiba2 rasa sebak... :(( Hari ini hari para jemaah haji mengerjakan wukuf di Arafah... teringat pada rakan2 yang menunaikan haji tahun ini... and that remind me of my own experience 10 years ago back in 2003. Oh wow... 10 tahun dah berlalu ya.... rindu rasanya nak tenguk rumah Allah again....

10 years ago, if people asked me... I would say I wasn't ready for Hajj... with Izzat just 1 year-old and still breastfeeding... terasa macam belum bersedia utk menunaikan haji. Bermacam2 bermain di kepala. Surat tawaran dari Tabung Haji dah kali ke2 di terima (first time kami terima, terpaksa reject as I was pregnant of Izzat). Tapi dengan sokongan keluarga dan rakan2 semua.... alhamdulillah... segalanya dipermudahkan.... Allahu Akbar.... syukur sangat2! It was indeed an amazing experience!! Thank you Allah for the invitation... Thank you Allah for giving me the chance to perform rukun Islam ke 5...  Thank you Allah for everything! Syukur... syukur... alhamdulillah...

A card from my colleagues at work just before I left for hajj... 

They are the bestest!!!! Love you all!! *muah!*

Map of Mecca 10 years ago...  (yes, I still kept this in my album... hehe)

Mecca 10 years ago... Kaum muslimat menunaikan solat Jumaat.... sampai ke jalan raya... subhanAllah... 

Jabal Rahmah.... very2 crowded during Hajj

At Padang Arafah

At Mina... khemah yang sangat sempit dan kurang selesa... tapi alhamdulillah... dipermudahkan... 

Keadaan ketika melontar.... zaman ni kawasan melontar hanyalah satu kawasan bulat dan tiada sistem yang sistematik lagi.... so nak pergi melontar tu bagai pergi berperang.... masyaAllah... tak boleh lupa sangat! Hubby basically had to cover me to avoid terjatuh atau tercedera. Manusia berpusu2 dan bertolak2 masuk dan keluar... memang ramai yang cedera. Sekarang ada sistem in-out yang lebih  sistematik lagi... lebih proper lah.. alhamdulillah.

Still in Mina... right after melontar.

With my Kurshian friends who performed Hajj on the same year as I did... Zita and Nini. As the photo stated above, this pic was taken on 23/2/03. Love this pic so much as these two girls are very special to me! ❤

At ladang unta.... my first experience drinking camel milk. For someone who don't drink milk, I think susu unta is not so bad.... seriously! You guys should try okay :)

I had such an amazing experience performing Hajj! Banyak kenangan manis yang tak boleh dilupakan... masyaAllah... :)) Have re-registered myself and hubby (with kids this time!) for Hajj again... tapi lama lagi la queue nya... huhu! Hopefully dalam masa terdekat ni... dapat lah berpeluang menunaikan umrah with the kids dulu..... InsyaAllah...