TURKI: Part 1 (B)

Assalamualaikum,

Alhamdulillah..Hai uolss..The time now is already 3.43 in the morning and suddenly I woke up for no reason. I realize that I did not sleep on my bed but beside my bed. Heee.. You must think that I fell down during I sleep right? Ahaha..No lahhh.. Actually I was laying down in my room while reading a book. Unfortunately, I fall asleep.  Im so good right.. :P

So I decide to continue writing  about the amazing of Turkey. So, for this time I choose to write in English as I believe PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! To be honest, It takes me a few days to go with this decision.

I got to be bold! I need to get live on. Put away my thought about what toxic people might think if i write incorrect grammar or misspelled any word. Hey, I am still in learning process. So, please do support me and don't judge. That would be so kind of you. =)

Firstly, this trip was named 'Turkey-Malaysia International Networking Educational Programme. 'There are 41 of us in the group with varieties of background and ages. The youngest is 8 years old and the oldest is 57 if I'm not mistaken. But that did not bother us at all as we united till the end of the program.

Next, I would like to introduce to you my handsome tourist guide, Mr. Yusuf. He is the Director of Dilruba Turki Travel company. Initially, before we arrived Istanbul Atartuk airport we were informed that our tourist guide name was Ibrahim. But then, Mr.Yusuf tell us that Ibrahim could not make it to Istanbul as he need to go to Malaysia. For us, nothing special about the information until he added that Ibrahim is going to Malaysia as he will get married with a malaysian girl that he just met during his previous trip as tourist guide for his wife to-be group. Now that was surprising! Haha. He is very lucky to have a Malaysian wife. Mabrook to him!

Alhamdulillah, Allah's plan are always better than our plan. Eventhough Ibrahim could not be with us, we are so thankful that Allah grant us a person that is so generous and patient like Mr.Yusuf to guide us all the way while we were in Turkey. A lot of things that he did, were eye-opening for us  to be a true muslim. (InsyaAllah, I will elaborate more on my next entry).May Allah bless him and his family.

"There are thousands of 'Yusuf' out there, but this one is unique."

Next, there are so many places that I traveled to such as Istanbul, Bursa, Afyon, Pamukkale, Beysheir, Cappadocia, Angkara,dan Bolu. Each of this place has it own attraction that hardly expressed by words. 12 days and 10 night in Turkiye feel like only 10 seconds. cewaahh. haha. Lol.

So, these are the list of places that we went to :

-Visit Ulu Mosque.

-Jumalikizik Ottoman Village(Afyon)

-Entry to Hieropolis Ancient City (pamukkale)

-Visit Mekke Kuran Isparta Tahfiz School (Beysheir)

-Entry to Esrefoglu  Mosque 730 years (Beysheir)

-Entry to Mevlana Museum (Konya)

-Tour of Urgup, Goreme, Uchisar (On the way to Cappadocia)

-Entry to Whirling Dervishes Show. 

-Riding Hot Air Ballon (Cappadocia)

-Entry to Carpet weaving workshop. (Cappadocia)

-Entry to Ceramic Workshop (Cappadocia)

-Visit the Malaysian Embassy  (Angkara)

-Visit Gelisim  University (Istanbul)

-Visit and Pray Solatul Jumaat at the Muhammad Al-Fateh Mosque (Istanbul)

-Entry and Pray Dzuhur at Blue Mosque (Istanbul)

-Entry to Topkapi Palace (Istanbul)

-Visit and Read Yassin at Ahmad Ammar Grave.

-Visit Sultan Al-Ayyubi Al-Ansari cemetery.

-Entry to Turki Miniarturk.

-Bosphorus Cruise (Istanbul).

-Shopping at Grand Bazaar. (Istanbul)

Alhamdulillah. We had the chance to perform Zuhur prayer at the Blue Mosque.

On our way to the Grand Bazaar. Lets shopping! Indirim-indirim! ^_^

Infront of the Eyup Sultan Mosque and we also pay a visit at his cemetery.

There are soooo many interesting places to visit. These are just some of it. Other than that, we also went to varieties of restaurant that served delicious food. But there are also food that I never tasted before. For example, Turkish people used to eat cheese that already cut into small pieces just like that and they also eat olive which is quite salty for me. But somehow I believe that is why Turkish people is so healthy and they have a good skin as they consumed 'Sunnah food'. MashaAllah Tabarakallah..

As this is my first time trying new food, InsyaAllah I will apply this in my diet but not everyday as  i need some time to get used to it. =)

Green and Black Olive.

Other than that, one thing that I really salute about Turkey country is that they are so concerned about their public toilet cleanliness. MashaAllah. I could say that most of the time everywhere we go, the toilet is always in good condition. Hence, do not hesitate if you are intend to go to the toilet. Everywhere the toilet is clean, InsyaAllah. Oh ya!One important thing to share.. Do not forget to get ready with a lot of 1 lira coins in your pocket especially during winter time okayyy.As the weather will be very cold and there are some place that we need to pay first before we enter to do our 'business'. You might need to go there on every hour.  Hee.. =)

This is just the HALF of the introduction..InsyaAllah I will update my new entry about the history places in Turkey and also what I learned from this amazing trip. There are lots of thing that I want to share with all of you that are so diligent to read my blog. Pray for me that I will always have time to write and never give up to do it. As sometimes i tend to procrastinate writing a new entry when I already into book. Hee.. Love you all. May peace be upon you.Bye Bye.

KEEP CALM AND LOVE ISLAM! 

Thank you for reading this entry. =)

For Bahasa Malaysia entry, you can click here.

TURKI : Part 1 (A)

Assalamualaikum,

Hai uollss.Maaf, dah lama tak update blog. Lately, agak sibuk sikit dengan assignment dan beberapa program luar. Memandangkan aku sekarang pun dah semester 6 iaitu semester akhir, makanya sibuk dan penatnya mashaAllah..kadang-kadang tersandar di kerusi sesaat, terbang roh 5 jam baru tersedar aku tertidur depan laptop.Lagi parah bila ada 'peta' negara baru benua Asia Tenggara tercipta pada nota-nota aku.. Dalam tidur pun aku masih mampu menghasilkan seni..Hebatkan. Kekeke..

Tapi sesibuk mana pun aku dengan pelajaran di UPSI..Alhamdulillah, Aku rasa bersyukur sangat kerana diberi peluang untuk menjejakkan kaki ke Turki..Untuk menuntut ilmu luar daripada 'bilik darjah'.. Satu negara yang tak pernah aku terfikir  yang aku akan pergi.. 

Trip yang selama 12 hari ni, memang sangat aku hargai dan syukuri.Aku tahu, ramai kawan aku yang teringin juga nak sampai ke negara ini. Harap jangan la hangpa jeles dengan ceq naa. kehkeh. InsyaAllah, aku doakan kalian juga akan berjaya ke sini kelak. Doa dan terus berdoa. Aku pun doa supaya aku dijemput kembali oleh Allah untuk ke Turki kali yang ke dua.. Huu.. Rasa tak puas mengembara di bumi para anbiya tempoh hari ..

Okay, first of all..Aku perkenalkan tourist guide aku yang kacak lagi bergaya..wakaka.. Beliau ni adalah owner kepada syarikatnya iaitu Dilruba Turki Travel. Pada awalnya,  tourist guide kami bernama Ibrahim (turkish), tetapi kami diberitahu oleh Mr.Yusuf bahawa Ibrahim tidak dapat kembali ke Turki dalam masa terdekat kerana Ibrahim akan berkhawin dengan gadis dari Malaysia. (Gadis itu dikenalinya semasa menjadi tourist guide pada group sebelum kami.Alhamdulillah..Jodoh tak mengenal negara.Hehe.) Jadinya, kumpulan kami sangat bertuah untuk mendapat Director Yusuf  yang penyabar dan baik hati sebagai pengganti.Alhamdulillah.. =)

Mr.Yusuf.. ada janggut, ikut sunnah.. Bagus.

Antara tempat-tempat yang kami lawati ialah Istanbul, Bursa, Afyon, Pamukkale, Beysheir, Cappadocia, Angkara,dan Bolu. Ahamdulillah. seronok bertingket-tingket..Setiap satu tempat ada  keistimewaan destinasi yang tersendiri.. 10 malam di Turki bagaikan berada di Syurga. Cewah.Propa je aku.

Ini antara tempat yang berpeluang kami lawati.

-Visit Ulu Mosque.

-Jumalikizik Ottoman Village(Afyon)

-Entry to Hieropolis Ancient City (pamukkale)

-Visit Mekke Kuran Isparta Tahfiz School (Beysheir)

-Entry to Esrefoglu  Mosque 730 years (Beysheir)

-Entry to Mevlana Museum (Konya)

-Tour of Urgup, Goreme, Uchisar (On the way to Cappadocia)

-Entry to Whirling Dervishes Show. 

-Riding Hot Air Ballon (Cappadocia)

-Entry to Carpet weaving workshop. (Cappadocia)

-Entry to Ceramic Workshop (Cappadocia)

-Visit the Malaysian Embassy  (Angkara)

-Visit Gelisim  University (Istanbul)

-Visit and Pray Solatul Jumaat at the Muhammad Al-Fateh Mosque (Istanbul)

-Entry and Pray Dzuhur at Blue Mosque (Istanbul)

-Entry to Topkapi Palace (Istanbul)

-Visit and Read Yassin at Ahmad Ammar Grave.

-Visit Sultan Al-Ayyubi Al-Ansari cemetery.

-Entry to Turki Miniarturk.

-Bosphorus Cruise (Istanbul).

-Shopping at Grand Bazaar. (Istanbul)

Alhamdulillah berkesempatan menunaikan solat Zuhur di Blue Mosque.

Dalam perjalanan ke Grand Bazaar..Shopping yuk! Indirim-indirim! Murah-murah!:P

Banyak tak? Seronok wa cakap lu.. hehe. Alhamdulillah.. banyak benda aku belajar.. Btw, kalau anda rasa tempat di atas dah banyak, belum lagi tempat makan..Makanan dia sedap.Tapi kalau tawar, terlebih tawar, kalau masin terlebih masin. Aku pun pelik.Tapi kadang-kadang yang tak sedap tulah yang sihat. Macam ubat..Siapa je suka makan ubat? Dah lah pahit..Tapi kalau tak makan, macam mana nak sembuh dari penyakit..betuk tak?

Eh cop .Walaupun makanan dia sedap.. Tapi tekak aku tekak orang Melayu.. Perghh, seminggu tak makan sambal, aku dah meroyan..Nasib baik mama, ada bekalkan sambal ikan bilis..Terubat sikit rindu dengan makanan pedas. Kat Turki makanan dia majoriti rasa harmoni. Susah nak cari makanan yang pedas. Kalau nak kata Turki atau Malaysia  yang layak untuk diitiraf sebagai syurga makanan. Aku rasa gelaran itu pastinya akan menjadi milik Malaysia. Malaysia tanah tumpah air liur ku..(??) Hee..

Plus, Ya Allah.. Turki sangat-sangat cantik..Kat mana je tempat yang aku jejakkan kaki, tandas dia tak pernah mengecewakan. Bersih sangat-sangat. Bilik air asrama aku dulu pun bersih waktu hujung minggu je. Itu pun lepas kene berleter dengan senior apesal junior tak basuh toilet..Kekeke..Kebersihan mereka sangat tip-top.Susah betul nak nampak sampah..InsyaAllah Malaysia akan maju seperti Turki satu hari nanti. Ameen.

Itulah serba sedikit tentang Trip aku ke Turki..Ini baru separuh mukaddimah.. InsyaAllah next entry ialah perkongsian tentang tempat-tempat bersejarah di Turki dan dapatan (ilmu) sepanjang pengembaraan aku di sana. Banyak aku nak kongsi dengan korang yang sudi singgah dan baca blog aku..Doalah supaya aku rajin untuk mengetuk papan kekunci ni k.. Lap u all..kekeke.

KEEP CALM AND LOVE ISLAM.

Thank you for  reading this entry.  =)