kalau kita nak hidup bahagia, kita kena tahu utk tidak menggunakan fb bila bukan masanya. ada saat, minit, jam, malahan hari atau minggu, kita kena go fb-less, wasap-less, instagram-less. Letak handphone di satu sudut yg diketahui yg jauh dari capaian mata dan tangan kita. bergerak lakukan kerja wajib yg belum selesai. nikmati apa yg sedang dilakukan dgn penuh konsentrasi, tanpa rasa urgensi untuk merekodkannya dlm handphone utk dishare dgn khalayak. Bukan semua masa begini, tapi perlu ada. walaupun sedikit.
Saya pernah merasai satu blissful moment pd ketika sedemikian. iaitu saya jauh dari handphone saya, dan ada beberapa saat semua manusia tidak kelihatan memegang handphone atau mengambil gambar. semuanya berkonsentrasi dgn ibadah mereka. semuanya khusyuk, tiada yg memekik, tiada yg berdesakan. itulah ketika yg berlaku beberapa saat sahaja. rasa bahagia tiba-tiba memasuki diri seperti angin menderu memasuki tingkap kereta yg sedang berjalan. ia cuma sekejap tapi amat kuat. saya rindukan saat itu. Moga Allah rezekikan saya utk merasai lagi tawaf dalam suasana demikian, malahan meluas ke waktu-waktu lain.
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Showing posts with label Tools. Show all posts
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Korea/winter travel essentials to be given away / sold!
Update February 2014: All items are not available anymore. ^_^
However, I advise muslims to get this book from KTO Kuala Lumpur, Wisma Han Seng:
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My old post, and now all these are not available anymore ;-)
If you are travelling to Korea and want these T-money, brochures and maps for free
or you are going to a cold place and want these unused / worn-only-once-or-twice-for-trying winterwear sold for a lot less then the retail price
so please feel free to browse this collection
and contact me khadijahwmg - at - gmail.com
About the winter wear in this album
They were bought and tried for just a few minutes. They were bought to Korea during my trip, but were not worn (except those stated otherwise).
Want to save more money? If you don't mind wearing used items, the down jackets, gloves, and waterproof pants that I really did wear during the trip - I can sell them for RM10 each. The original price of each of them was around RM30. They are all washed clean now :-) Pictures can be sent to email upon request, because I haven't taken pics of them yet.
However, I advise muslims to get this book from KTO Kuala Lumpur, Wisma Han Seng:
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My old post, and now all these are not available anymore ;-)
If you are travelling to Korea and want these T-money, brochures and maps for free
or you are going to a cold place and want these unused / worn-only-once-or-twice-for-trying winterwear sold for a lot less then the retail price
so please feel free to browse this collection
| Korea-09_Tobegivenawayorsold |
About the winter wear in this album
They were bought and tried for just a few minutes. They were bought to Korea during my trip, but were not worn (except those stated otherwise).
Want to save more money? If you don't mind wearing used items, the down jackets, gloves, and waterproof pants that I really did wear during the trip - I can sell them for RM10 each. The original price of each of them was around RM30. They are all washed clean now :-) Pictures can be sent to email upon request, because I haven't taken pics of them yet.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Excellent interactive maps of Seoul - helpful for your planning
Some of them take time to load, and some other needs installation. But these are better maps compared to Google's map and visitseoul map.
http://gis.seoul.go.kr/SeoulGis/NewEnglishMap.jsp
http://emap.visitkorea.or.kr/Scripts/EngMap.aspx
http://maps4pc.com/download/
http://www.johomaps.com/as/korea/seoul/seoulmetro.html
http://gis.seoul.go.kr/SeoulGis/NewEnglishMap.jsp
http://emap.visitkorea.or.kr/Scripts/EngMap.aspx
http://maps4pc.com/download/
http://www.johomaps.com/as/korea/seoul/seoulmetro.html
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Praying in Incheon
Update 14 Feb 2013:
I wrote a story about my experience finding prayer rooms in ICN. It's published by Crescentrating here http://www.crescentrating.com/en/explore-southkorea-for-muslim-halal-travelers/item/3143-praying-made-easy-in-incheon-international-airport.html.
Pictures are here https://picasaweb.google.com/112239297730106550862/Korea08_ICNandFlight?authkey=Gv1sRgCIvMhu33s4TyBA
According to our flight schedule, we'll arrive at Incheon airport (ICN) at 1610 after departing from LCCT at 0850. As it's winter in Korea, maghrib will be around 1745. That means we'll have only about 1 hour to do jama' ta'khir of Zuhur and Asar if we cannot make a complete prayer inside the flight.
So I tried to find out info about praying in ICN as well as masjids in Incheon. There are 5 options to think about praying Zuhur and Asar on the day we leave for Seoul.
Option 1: Praying in the plane
This tool helps to prepare for praying inside the aircraft http://www.crescentrating.com/en/air-travel-prayer-time-calculator.html. Here's the result for my particular travel
Option 2: Praying in the airport upon arrival
Then I'm glad to know that there are 3 prayer rooms in ICN airport! Only that they are multireligion prayer rooms. Here's taken from http://www.crescentrating.com/en/south-korea-airports-guide-for-muslims/1666-incheon-international.html.
"The airport has three prayer rooms in the Duty free zone. All three are on the fourth floor; two on the west side and one is on the east side. They are all open 24 hours and are intended for all religions."
Update: here's the page about the prayer room in the airport's website. Thanks Crescentrating for giving me this link! http://www.airport.kr/iiacms/pageWork.iia?_scode=C2603030900
Option 3: Praying in Masjids / Islamic centre in Incheon
Look like they are not very close to the airport.
http://wikimapia.org/3269673/Bupyeong-Masjid
https://sites.google.com/site/mosquealhuda/contactus
Option 4: Praying in Seoul Grand Masjid, Itaewon
The masjid is located in downtown Seoul. It may take about 1 hour to reach from the airport. The AREX express train from the airport will take 43 minutes to arrive Seoul station. In order to reach Itaewon, need to take subway. I didn't study the route yet, so I don't know how long is the entire journey. But it can possibly give us a panic attack as there's a big possibility that we can only reach the masjid very near to maghrib time, or even after maghrib. So better don't plan to pray Zuhur/Asar there on that day. If for maghrib/isya, then it's ok.
Option 5: Praying in our guesthouse.
As our guesthouse is near to Seoul Station, catching Zuhur/Asar prayer in our guesthouse may be possible. But it's less than 30mins to maghrib. So better not to make it as our 1st choice.
Conclusion
I think the best option is praying in the multireligion prayer room in ICN. If we cannot find the prayer room, we'll just pray anywhere suitable in the airport. I'll consider praying inside the aircraft if the flight is delayed that we won't have enough time to do Zohor and Asar in either LCCT or ICN.
Whatever my choice, I need to have wudhu' before departure and try to stay in wudhu' as long as possible. Another thing to think of is to wear khuf so that there's no need to wash the feet during wudhu'. The question is, where can I find khuf?
I wrote a story about my experience finding prayer rooms in ICN. It's published by Crescentrating here http://www.crescentrating.com/en/explore-southkorea-for-muslim-halal-travelers/item/3143-praying-made-easy-in-incheon-international-airport.html.
Pictures are here https://picasaweb.google.com/112239297730106550862/Korea08_ICNandFlight?authkey=Gv1sRgCIvMhu33s4TyBA
According to our flight schedule, we'll arrive at Incheon airport (ICN) at 1610 after departing from LCCT at 0850. As it's winter in Korea, maghrib will be around 1745. That means we'll have only about 1 hour to do jama' ta'khir of Zuhur and Asar if we cannot make a complete prayer inside the flight.
So I tried to find out info about praying in ICN as well as masjids in Incheon. There are 5 options to think about praying Zuhur and Asar on the day we leave for Seoul.
Option 1: Praying in the plane
This tool helps to prepare for praying inside the aircraft http://www.crescentrating.com/en/air-travel-prayer-time-calculator.html. Here's the result for my particular travel
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| KUL-ICN on flight at time 0850-1610 |
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| ICN-KUL on flight at time 1730-2300 |
Option 2: Praying in the airport upon arrival
Then I'm glad to know that there are 3 prayer rooms in ICN airport! Only that they are multireligion prayer rooms. Here's taken from http://www.crescentrating.com/en/south-korea-airports-guide-for-muslims/1666-incheon-international.html.
"The airport has three prayer rooms in the Duty free zone. All three are on the fourth floor; two on the west side and one is on the east side. They are all open 24 hours and are intended for all religions."
Update: here's the page about the prayer room in the airport's website. Thanks Crescentrating for giving me this link! http://www.airport.kr/iiacms/pageWork.iia?_scode=C2603030900
the sign reads 기도실 (gidosil, but sounds like kidosyiei)
Option 3: Praying in Masjids / Islamic centre in Incheon
Look like they are not very close to the airport.
http://wikimapia.org/3269673/Bupyeong-Masjid
https://sites.google.com/site/mosquealhuda/contactus
Option 4: Praying in Seoul Grand Masjid, Itaewon
The masjid is located in downtown Seoul. It may take about 1 hour to reach from the airport. The AREX express train from the airport will take 43 minutes to arrive Seoul station. In order to reach Itaewon, need to take subway. I didn't study the route yet, so I don't know how long is the entire journey. But it can possibly give us a panic attack as there's a big possibility that we can only reach the masjid very near to maghrib time, or even after maghrib. So better don't plan to pray Zuhur/Asar there on that day. If for maghrib/isya, then it's ok.
Option 5: Praying in our guesthouse.
As our guesthouse is near to Seoul Station, catching Zuhur/Asar prayer in our guesthouse may be possible. But it's less than 30mins to maghrib. So better not to make it as our 1st choice.
Conclusion
I think the best option is praying in the multireligion prayer room in ICN. If we cannot find the prayer room, we'll just pray anywhere suitable in the airport. I'll consider praying inside the aircraft if the flight is delayed that we won't have enough time to do Zohor and Asar in either LCCT or ICN.
Whatever my choice, I need to have wudhu' before departure and try to stay in wudhu' as long as possible. Another thing to think of is to wear khuf so that there's no need to wash the feet during wudhu'. The question is, where can I find khuf?
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
For muslims who plan to visit South Korea
I would like to recommend these services as they are tailored for muslims
1. My travel planner is doing her job very well. I will recommend her for anybody who's visiting Seoul and a few other places in Korea without using tourist guide. Alas she has to be very patient with me :( Here's her website
http://www.muslimbackpackerseoul.com/
2. Check out some tourist guides here. They are Malaysian muslims who can help you throughout your travel. For example, with one of the tourist guides here, the package includes accomodation, meals and transportation, and it's not expensive!
https://www.facebook.com/seoulredcat and
http://budgettravel2korea.blogspot.com/p/tourist-guide.html
3. If we go by ourselves, we may want to stay in these guesthouses that give special care for muslim guests. They provide special service for muslims like qiblah marking and prayer mat. One of them take halal food order. Another can arrange for muslim tour guide.
http://malaysianguesthouseinseoul.blogspot.kr/
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g294197-d2625971-Reviews-Go_Korea_Guesthouse-Seoul.html and its fb page https://www.facebook.com/gokrgh
4. Read up (and save) some guides by muslim students in Korea, esp regarding dry food we may want to buy in convenient stores (bread, chocolates, instant noodles, drink, snacks,..). Other than that, be inspired with these guys as they are very creative in their da'wah..
http://amirkorea.org
5. Of course, do include Seoul Central Masjid in Itaewon which host Korea Islamic Centre in your visit list maybe upon your arrival if you are not using muslim tourist guides services. There is muslim info centre here and around this area are muslim businesses like travel agents, halal restaurants and halal grocery.
6. These are info related to muslim societies, Islamic centres and masajids throughout Korea (not limited to Seoul)
http://alfan-farizki.blogspot.com/2011/01/information-related-to-moslem-society.html
https://sites.google.com/site/islamdikorea/
Anything else? Please add in your comment
1. My travel planner is doing her job very well. I will recommend her for anybody who's visiting Seoul and a few other places in Korea without using tourist guide. Alas she has to be very patient with me :( Here's her website
http://www.muslimbackpackerseoul.com/
2. Check out some tourist guides here. They are Malaysian muslims who can help you throughout your travel. For example, with one of the tourist guides here, the package includes accomodation, meals and transportation, and it's not expensive!
https://www.facebook.com/seoulredcat and
http://budgettravel2korea.blogspot.com/p/tourist-guide.html
3. If we go by ourselves, we may want to stay in these guesthouses that give special care for muslim guests. They provide special service for muslims like qiblah marking and prayer mat. One of them take halal food order. Another can arrange for muslim tour guide.
http://malaysianguesthouseinseoul.blogspot.kr/
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g294197-d2625971-Reviews-Go_Korea_Guesthouse-Seoul.html and its fb page https://www.facebook.com/gokrgh
4. Read up (and save) some guides by muslim students in Korea, esp regarding dry food we may want to buy in convenient stores (bread, chocolates, instant noodles, drink, snacks,..). Other than that, be inspired with these guys as they are very creative in their da'wah..
http://amirkorea.org
5. Of course, do include Seoul Central Masjid in Itaewon which host Korea Islamic Centre in your visit list maybe upon your arrival if you are not using muslim tourist guides services. There is muslim info centre here and around this area are muslim businesses like travel agents, halal restaurants and halal grocery.
6. These are info related to muslim societies, Islamic centres and masajids throughout Korea (not limited to Seoul)
http://alfan-farizki.blogspot.com/2011/01/information-related-to-moslem-society.html
https://sites.google.com/site/islamdikorea/
Anything else? Please add in your comment
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