And I shed a tear to a goodbye

Bismillah.

Today is the day where they will leave Malaysia. Again. After spending a week here. They are going home tonight. Midnight flight as scheduled. Time flies and that I feel a lot when best things happen.

I wish I could send them off to the airport. To bid and wave final goodbye. Unfortunately I'm working today. But I told myself that I would give them a call before midnight. Before they go on board.

After I reached home at about 9pm, and was doing some cleaning, I was thinking of them. Really. How yesterday's outing was greatly good yet too short. Imagining that they are not going home for good tonight. Hoping to rewind it some other times again.

When I walked into my room, I checked my phone. And saw a text message and one missed call.

*Oh my oh my* 

I touched on the envelope icon on screen and the message says;

"Selam, we are heading towards airport, we all feel that time spent with you was too short, all the best to you and your families, Seida, Serif, Davud n Delila..."

:')

Quickly, I checked out call log on the phone, and it was from Serif. 

With an overwhelming heart, I returned the call and we were exchanging words and best wishes. And both were wishing, hoping and praying that we could meet again in future. Whether in Malaysia or Bosnia. As Seida said earlier, she always prayed to come back to Malaysia and when all of us were least expecting it, thought that it was almost impossible, Allah has granted and allowed them to walk again in the land of Malaysia. Allahu akbar! Never lose hope in Allah. Never. :') And I can then meet them in my country this time. 

And I can't put words on how I felt after we hung up the phone. All I know I was shedding tears. Oh how I love them in the name of Allah. Never that I regretted my decision taking the path to Bosnia and to have met them. And everyone there. 

"O Allah, bless them. And their land.

And let me walk in Bosnia again. Ameen Ya Robb."

ćao ćao i vidimo se, inshallah!

Awaiting Guests

Bismillah.

Next week, I will receive guests from far far away, Bosnia. Yeay! Mr Šerif and Seida Mustafić  (remember the post on Sledging) are coming back to Malaysia, along with their kids, Davud and Delila, after 12 years they left Malaysia. They used to live in Malaysia for 8 years. I bet they have a pretty long list-to-do in mind. Tom yam soup! Durian! Seremban! And the list definitely goes on and on. hehe. I am feeling excited for them. Yeah, thinking how lucky for them to come back to their second home. Hey, I miss my second home too! Doesn't that count? :P 

 Seida and Šerif

Oh, what bring them down here after 12 years?

Well, our well known architect, Dato Haji Esa Mohamed (who designed Kuala Lumpur International Airport etc) is a friend to them. 

I met Dato Haji and his Bosnian Australian wife during Sarajevo Business Forum 2011.

And then, me and my friends and also Šerif and Seida, along with other Bosnian friends were invited by Dato Haji Esa for a dinner at Park Prinčeva. 

Nice place, though.

Dato' Haji Esa was trying to get some camera shot and Šerif (in red shirt) was sitting next to him. And I was at the end of the table. :P

Dato Haji Esa's wife with Seida and Delila

So, they are coming down soon to attend Dato Haji Esa's invitation on his daughter's wedding.

Aww..

Can't wait to meet them. 

Any idea on where to bring them in KL? :)

What is it with me and the bus?

Bismillah.

I don't really opt for bus if I had to take public transport to go around the city at my place. Unless there is a need for me to travel far to other state, then I would consider it. I'd rather take the trains. Even now, I'm taking trains to go to work. It is faster and you can avoid road congestion. :)

My so-called moments with bus:

• Kindergarten time
• School trips
• When I studied in a university in north Malaysia (UiTM Kedah). I have no choice but to take express bus from my hometown of KL to Kedah which takes five hours.
• When I continued my studies in Shah Alam. The bus-stop is right in front of my house block. It was impossible not to feel fortunate and take the bus when other students complained they had to walk three to four blocks to get to the bus-stop.
• Practical training / internship in Bosnia. The bus is free of charge. Furthermore, the city trams is not linked to my office complex area so I had to

This yellow bus is the company's bus. 

Hari-hari naik bas ni. Seriously, macam kerja kat kilang. Memang pun! :p Cumanya bas ni lebih dipenuhi dengan orang-orang tua berbanding orang muda seperti kat Malaysia.

Apologize for the blurry picture. It was cold I can hardly hold the camera.

Wanna have a ride?

Apart from that, I actually would like to admit I like to do one thing when I travel to another country. If I see any tourist bus like hop-on hop-off in other country, the result is going to be as below:

There was no me in this photo unfortunately because the bus was moving.

Okay. That is the main point of this post actually. haha. I started to take photo with tour bus when I was in Budapest though I know we have it here in Kuala Lumpur. And then, I saw more and more in Vienna, Paris, and Germany. InshaAllah, hopefully more to see. All of a sudden, it has become a must-take-photo for me if I see it.

So, what is your must-take-photo when you travel?