UMRAH From 5th of July till 11July,I was away for Umrah. My flight was SV 630 reach Madinah at 10 pm of 5th July. The different time between Madinah and KL is around 5 hours away.So,but the time I reach Madinah,people there was start having dinner and my kids at home was having lonely night sleep without their father. The 5 days trip was very exciting. I spent 2 days in Madinah and 4 days in Makkah.In Madinah,I stayed in Madinah Hilton,5 star hotel with luxury breakfast like any hotel you can fine in the world. The hotel was not far from Masjid Nabawi because once you step out from the hotel,you can step into the gate of Masjid Nabawi.However,getting into near makam Nabi s.w.t will require you to walk at least 5-7 minutes from the hotel. It was very far. Alhamdulilah,praise to Allah,I managed several times spent time in Raudhah. In Madinah, I bought 4 books. It was my habit to by books anywhere I travel. 1. Sirah Nabawiyah. 2. Riaudus Sholehin Jilid1. 3. Riaudus Sholehin Jilid2. 4. Terjemahan Al-Quran. All these books were original in Arabic and were translated into Indonesia Language by Indonesian student study in University of Madinah or University of Makkah. While I was there,I met with a lot of student either Malaysia,Indonesia,or from Pattani. I enjoyed meeting them as they help me to organize trip to many places in Madinah. I reach Makkah on 7July and alhamdulilah had performed 3 times of Umrah. Before that,just to tell you that we travel from Madinah to Makkah for 5 hours by GMC,a short name for MPV vehicle from U.S .This type of vehicle was very popular among Arabs as it can be used to travel long distance against the desert sand. GMC come with 3.4 liter capacity and powered by V6 cylinder. Alhamdulilah,I travel with much comfort compare to other pilgrims who travel by bus. In Makkah,I stayed in Zam Zam Hotel. I heard that this hotel was occasionally used by Kings,politician and rich people. My brother in law told me the charges for daily was around RM700++ per day. Expensive! Alhamdulilah, again I had the opportunity to stay here,with nice breakfast and nice bed to sleep.However, since the hotel is near to Haram(Masjidil Haram) , i tried to spent less time on the bed. The temperature was 58 degrees during day time and 41 degress at night. Alhamdulilah,again I was very happy to spend Umrah and I believe this was a gift from Allah s.w.t after all dramatic memories and difficulty in Celcom. I was never regret to left Celcom. UMOBILE 1 day I reach KL back from Umrah,I join UMobile the next day.I felt tired as time change and wheather changed,but I felt fine on my first day.Alhamdulilah, I managed myself in UMobile comfortably. 2 days later,the CFO was asking me to join him to Singapore for 1 day trip. Just to learn from Starhub on the Revenue Assurance implementation and what we can learn from them. Unfortunately,when we reached there, we found that the RA implementation was not as complete as we understand.Some of their controls were still manual and in summary level. They don't have any RA system. So, the expectation was dissappointed but the CFO learnt on other things from Starhub especially on Finance operation activity. The Singapore was a 1 day trip through Air Asia. The next day,everybody come to office as usual. I managed to grap 1 controversial book.The book was 'Mahather Maverick', a book which was banned in Malaysia. In the flight back to KLIA,I realised why the book was banned.I believe the reason was because Barry Wain focus more on judging Mahathir on his bad side. I believe, we all know that Mahathir had done good and bad during his term,but as a Malaysian,I will always judge him as a good leader. He managed to bring Malaysia to become one of 'Tiger of Asia' as claimed by many economic journalist during 1990s. I still continued reading this book,but it would not changed my believe to Dr.Mahathir. He had done a lot to the country and we should thank him for his contribution. | 
