Rayyan Zariff

7 September 2011 marked another significant date for me when I had my latest addition in the family... It's a baby boy, called Rayyan Zariff.

It was an anxious moment though as he was born 7 months old with less than 2kg weight... Alhamdulillah, today, he has grown up to be a fine young boy... my wife sacrificing her business for 3 months to take care of him had proven to be the right choice...

He is also the least problematic to raise so far, very jovial and smart... I'm now a proud father of 3 sons, 1 daughter & 2 step sons...

I really hate hypocrites

There are many people who I termed as hypocrites...

They know only how to talk but they never practice what they talk...
They showed to the world as though they are the victim when the actual fact they victimised others...
They pretend to be pious but they never practice what Allah swt teach...
They think what people did to them is bad when what they actually did was worst...

Stop pretending...

Resignation

I've submitted my resignation late Friday evening last week...

I never expected that my resignation create so much significant to the company to the extent today I got calls from my CEO, Directors & Chairman persuading me to reconsider my decision...

Off course not to mentioned staff and business associates which make it tougher for me... The least I'm expecting to hear my CEO cried when he talk about me... he did all he can to make me stay and even taking a flight to KL this Thursday with fellow Director to see me...

This is the toughest decision I ever have to make... Because I love my company, I love the colleague and Directors... they are all kind to me and had been very supportive of me...

All my life I always think of other people feeling, it is about time for me to think of what I want... If I decided to stay, that means I will again sacrifice my needs for others... if otherwise, for the first time I'm making decision solely for my benefits... Whatever, hopefully my meeting with them this Thursday turn up well and they accept my decision in amicably manner... We'll see till then...

Golf

Other than cars, my other passion is Golf... unfortunately due to family & work commitment, I'm still unable to spend much time on golf course... My home turf is Bukit Rahman Putra...

Nevertheless, in the last 12 months, I managed to participate in few tournament and mostly is corporate games...

Had good time and hopefully I will have more free time in near future to play more golf and improves my handicap...

Whatelse?

I've done whatever I possible can...
I gave her priority over everything...
I drop everything whenever she want me...
I sacrifice a lot of time & money towards her...
More than i spend on anybody else including my parents...
I even choose her first for Umrah trip...
I spend more time & money for her holiday...
I spend more on her expenses...
I even sacrifice the job that I enjoy just to get more money for her...
I sacrifice my hobby & passion so I can spend more money for her...
I always forgive her whenever she did wrong...
I gave her more expensive gifts than anybody else...
I changed for better to make her happy...
Yet she still potray to others in facebook as though I did not treat her well...

I felt unappreciated & ridicule by my circle...
The pain that I suffer all due to this...
Yet she's asking me what went wrong?

Its ok, that's why when I'm in pain & sick, I kept it to myself...
Maybe that's the way she want to repay my mistakes... Alhamdulillah...

Just that, when I'm no longer around hopefully she will realised...

But because I still love you... I'll sacrifice my ego for you & never fail to pray daily to keep the marriage in tact despite of her request otherwise...

Ya Allah, please keep me strong, humble & patience with this...

My 2nd Umrah - Pt 3

Alhamdulillah... our Umrah done... now time to visit our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. in Medinah Al Munawwarrah...

Our journey took more than 6 hours going through 6 lane highway across desert

We stop for lunch along the R&R... nice arabic rice with fried fish & chicken

We finally reach Medinah right in time for Dinner and after short stroll nearby the hotel, we decided to have a rest.

Despite of my wife unable to perform her prayers there due to health reason, we do spend quality time together for the next 4 days. As for me, nothing beats than managed to visit Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. again in his holy city... Al Fatihah...

On the 5th day, we started our 26 hours journey back home... Medinah - Jeddah - Cairo - Bangkok - KL...

For more photos, do visit my facebook account...

My wish and prayer is may this trip is not my last trip to Mekah Al Mukarammah & Medinah Al Munawwarah... Amin

My 2nd Umrah - Part 2

We reach Jeddah International Airport after 2 hours flight from Cairo...

For this year, all umrah visitors will enter the country through Haj Terminal... better organised and bigger as compared to normal terminal... This year also I'm going straight to Mekah Al Mukarramah instead of Medinah Al Munawwarah to perform my umrah first. So the journey by bus took us only about 1 hour to reach Mekah. Labaikallah...

We managed to reach Mekah Al mukarramah just before midnight and after simple refreshment in the hotel, we proceed to Masjidil Haram for our first Umrah...

Alhamdulillah all went well despite of not being able to meet my target of doing 8 umrah due to health reasons. I managed to do only 7 and at the same time managed to share my experience with my wife going through lives in Mekah. I'm really grateful to Allah swt for bringing me here again...

Catch some of the interesting moment we have in Mekah below

After 7 days in Mekah Al Mukarramah, we continue our journey to meet Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. in Medinah Al Munawarrah... we did tawaf wida and my prayers is to be here again whenever next opportunity arises...

My 2nd Umrah - Part 1

Alhamdulillah my doa was answered... I've been invited to Mekah Al Mukarramah and Medinah Al Munawarrah again early this year... This time, I brought my wife with me as per my wish in 2011...

Instead of just Umrah, we also decided to visit Egypt... For this year, we use Andalusia Travel and their service is commendable. They can be better if they improve the food served in the hotel.

Anyway, our journey start in early April. We departed KLIA in the evening heading to Cairo, Egypt via Bangkok...

It took us more than 12 hours before we finally reach Cairo International Airport next day.

Upon arrival, we were taken for our Egyptian breakfast and subsequently proceeded to to Horizon Hotel in Giza District to check. It's a very cozy and nice hotel with so many happenings nearby. We then proceeded to the most popular spot in Egypt i.e. Giza Pyramid & The Sphinx

We also visited few interesting places in the first two days before going for Nile River Cruise Dinner in our second night

Off course not without the 'traditional' Egyptian dancing...

On our third day, we are off to Alexandria... nice city facing the Mediterranean sea... A nice city in contrast to hustling and bustling city of Cairo. I managed to performed Friday prayer there before heading back to Cairo for our last nite in Egypt.

During our stay, amongst the interesting places which I strongly recommend for anybody to visit there, amongst them are El Khalili Bazaar (unfortunately we only have few hours to spend time there), Saladin Citadel, Sultan Hassan Masjid and Perfume factory... people in Egypt generally are friendly but the food is more towards French taste...

On our 4th day, we depart for Jeddah through their Haj terminal

Will share my experience in Mekah Al Mukarramah in Part 2....