Rindu Sahabat STF

Beberapa bulan aja di Jakarta memberikan pengalaman yang luar biasa buat saya, Alhamdulillah saya dipertemukan dengan sahabat-sahabat shalih in/at.
Harislah sahabat saya yang mengenalkan dengan orang-orang luar biasa itu. Haris menajak saya untuk ikut gabung ngumpul sama teman-temannya program STF yang ada di Pesantren Darut Tauhid Jakarta, tapi ini yang di Serua, Tangerang.

Tidak butuh waktu lama untuk beradaptasi dengan mereka, terasa sekali hubungan "sesama umat Islam itu bersaudara" disini. Banyak ilmu yang saya dapatkan terutama soal agama saya yang masih cetek. mereka memberikan atmosfir baru bagi jiwa saya untuk bersemangat meninmba ilmu agama dan yang penting mengamalkannya.

Budaya makannya Islami

Pergaulan yang islami, nuansa Islami benar-benar menentramkan hati yang sampai saat ini selalu saya rindukan. Kita sudah seperti satu keluarga. Banyak juga acara yang sudah saya ikuti bersama mereka, terutama saat Ramadhan kemaren full of schedule. Ada acara bina yatim yang secara luar biasa responnya sangat baik, peserta diluar perkiraan namun donaturnyapun diluar perkiraan, masyaAllah, Allah maha tahu batas kemampuan umatNYA, kitapun tetap sanggup dan puas menjalaninya.

Bina adik yatim di DT Serua

Hadad ALwi sebagai bintang tamu yang kita hadirkan untuk menghibur adik-adik saat acara Bina Yatim di Mesjid Raya Pondok Indah, Jakarta

keluarga STF

Yang paling sering adalah mabit dan i'tikaf di mesjid. Sampai pada minggu trakhir Ramadhan sebelum kita semua sibuk mudik, kita tour de Masjid ke Bandung,

di Mesjid Parahyangan Bandung

DT Bandung

Masjid UIN Bandung

Pulang dari sini saya dan Tommy teman saya dapat musibah, tiba-tiba saat keluar mesjid sepatu kita lenyap hilang, hehehe ketawa-ketawa miris aja deh :D
Selanjutnya kita pulang menuju jakarta dan di Bus semuanya tepar kecapekan :D :D

Pasir Pangaraian, RIAU

Minggu lalu saya berkesempatan bisa berkunjung ke Pasir Pangaraian sebuah daerah tingkat II di Provinsi Riau. Bertepatan pada hari Jumat, dan kebetulan waktu itu saya menemukan sebuah masjid besar nan megah terletak di samping kantor pemerintahan kabupaten Rokan Hulu.

Gerbang masuk ke kantor pemerintahan Kab. Rokan Hulu-RIAU

Singkat cerita akhirnya saya putuskan untuk Shalat Jumat disana. Dalam benak saya ketika menuju mesjid, akan ramai orang karna ini merupakan mesjid raya, seperti yang kebanyakan saya jumpai. tetapi saat memasuki mesjid ternyata isi jamaahnya kurang lebih hanya separo mesjid. meskipun saat itu bisa dibilang saya sudah terlambat untuk mendapatkan shaf terdepan tapi saat itu saya masih bisa leluasa mendapatkannya.

Mesjid Raya Pasir Pangaraian

Sesaat saya sempat memperhatikan interior mesjid sebelum khotib naik mimbar, terkesan megah. Ketika pengurus mesjid mengumumkan petugas jumat saat itu terdengar lafaz bahasa arabnya bagus, masih muda, dan lantunanya membacakan ayat suci Al quran sangat merdu didengar, saya mulai menikmati sensasi Shalat Jumat disini.

Ketika Khotib menaiki mimbar ada satu yang mengganjal pemandangan saya, papan pengumuman infaq, shadaqah dan para petugas mesjid yang posisinya berada di dinding di atas khotib terasa mengganggu, khotibnya terlihat kecil dan papan pengumumannya besar, jadi mata sering melihat ke papan secara tidak sengaja dari pada memperhatikan si khotib jumatnya.

Interior Mesjid Raya Pasir Pangaraian

Nah selesai shalat ketika hendak keluar ada lagi yang menarik perhatian saya, ada keramaian yang ternyata itu para pegawai kantor pemerintahan yang mengisi absen. Ternyata kebijakan pemerintahnya mewajibkan untuk pegawainya shalat di mesjid ini sampai ada absennya segala, miris mesjidnya bagus jamaahnya sedikit.

Still in Pare, Episode Mount Bromo

Hi, welcome back, on this occasion I wanna tell you my last trip when I stayed at Pare, Kediri, East Java.

Actually I've committed that Bali is the last trip, because I must save my money to survive in the Pare, but my friends teased me to join, and also I can imagine it would be fun and Woow. Mount Bromo is famous for beautiful scenery, and I had a chance to visit it, so I can't deny: D.
Here are photos of my trip to Bromo, enjoy ..

sunrise at Mount Bromo, we're unlucky to get good place enjoyed sunrise

gateway to the summit of Mount Bromo

look at the silhouette, it feels behind the time

really like in the middle of nowhere

this is impact of Mount Bromo Eruption a few time ago

this is the way to summit of Bromo

this is actually stairs, but after eruption the stairs is closed by volcanic material

the crater of Bromo

look at, there's a temple, that's temple of Tengger tribe

actually on this summit was dangerous,
we got many friends on the summit, mostly foreigner and they're friendly, crazy too. we're being crazy with the foreighner here.

he's from Germany

this couple also from Germany

she's from New Zealand, and she's rock, crazy.. :D

The first time a stranger asked for my picture taken together with. this guy, another crazy foreigner, guess why he's wearing sarong..?? haha :D

After getting off from the top of Bromo, our guide told us that there were other interesting places. before OK there were an agreement first, yaa about the price. hehe
If you know Teletubbies, this place is called as teletubbies park. Here are the photos

hahaha, guess which one is boy and girl..??

love this picture, always make me missing you guys..

and the last destination on Bromo is Pasir Berbisik (whispering sands :P )

Okey, finish story for today, nice to share this experience to you, if you have a question feel free to ask me.
Bromo is a highly recomended to visit.

thanks for visiting my blog, have a nice day
see you on the next posting..

Pare, Bitter sweet melon city part 2

how lucky I was, every month Marvelous always goes to Bali for study tour. These moment made us closer, and we knew the original caracter of us each other, crazy.

and here they are the photoes, pictures tells thousand words..

firstly we arrived at Tanah Lot.

 

 

the icon of Tanah Lot

 
next destination is hostel, all of us were very tired, I dont know where our hostel but it was very cozy for us, after shower and breakfast the guide took us to next destination, Nusa Dua and Tanjung Benoa, from here we went to Pulau Penyu, an island where turtle breeding.

the gate of hostel

we and the hostel as background

at Tanjung Benoa Beach

Tanjung Benoa Beach

turtle breeding

I was very lucky, not only turtle in this island

Okay I felt a lot of luck, I was very happy..
Next destination the famous beach in the world and the most in Bali, Kuta Beach.
One thing make me uncomfortable, so hard to find Masjid or Mushalla, and also Halal restorant :(

Kuta Beach

they were very excited in meeting with these foreigner

the most beatiful moment in Bali is the Sunset time

we felt very tired but we were very happy, after dinner we back to hostel to got rest, to recharged our energy for tomorrow.

Next destination is Bedugul, a highland of Bali, there were a lake in here and Balinese believe in this place as a holy place, many of them take a pray here.

the archway of Bedugul

they are the crazy people :P

From here we back again to Pare,
So much fun, back to Pare again with love :P hehehe..
I almost leaved my camera's bag hehehe..



Okay see you on the next chapter of Pare..

Pare si Kampung Ingris di Kediri

Go to Pare (a not-so-long-stay in Pare part 1) , small town in East Java

After I making a big deal in my life (read: resign from my previous job) and I went back to my home town to celebrate feast day of Idul Fitri. Finished from euphoria of Idul fitri, every body had back to their activities and I leaved alone and tried to prepare about my plan in the  future. I didn’t know where I get this idea, I thought and considered about Pare City in East Java,  where this place is famous with “kampong Inggris”. So many students and also common people study or improve their English there. I wonder to get there.

Actually I have some purposes to visit Pare, firstly is  to improve my English while I seek for new job, and the second is for adventure, I had a dream about staying in a place where I never visited before and I don’t know anyone there, or I love to say that really in the middle of nowhere.

Okay I  just need 2 weeks to make this decision, and I tell to my parent that I’ll go. My plan, I’ll go by bus from my home town Bukittinggi to Jakarta, and continue by train to Jombang (last rail station) and then continue by angkot (public transport) to Pare. Thanks God I have Parent who always support me.

Now, the day has come, it’s time to go. My Mom gave me 2 packs of rice covered with banana leaves (I don’t know how to say it in English exactly :D) By Lorena bus will be reaching Jakarta in 1,5 days. In the bus, I had 2 friends, they were old men, and I made some conversations with them, one man wanna go to Ngawi his home town and the another one wanna go to Rawamangun, Jakarta, and we talked about many things, and I was so surprised when the first man asked me to be his son in law. HAAAH..?? My brain one’s beat to look for some reason to deny it. I just smile, and said “better if we (me and his daughter) meet first, what if your daughter dislikes me?” thanks God he agreed.

When we crossed  the Sunda Strait, another man brought me to a place in the ship and he started to talk seriously, and then the same case happened again, he also asked me to be his son in law, but this one really serious. He noted my phone number, and he asked me to visit his house and meet with his daughter when we arrive in Jakarta. OMG, what’s wrong with me?  I just said “yeah if I have leisure time I’ll visit him” fyuuuuh…

I stayed in Jakarta for a week before I continued my trip to Pare I attended some job fair in Jakarta, who knows Allah gives me the way there. After applied some position in some companies but there’s no respond then I decided to continued my trip to Pare. I Bought train’s ticket for executive class Rp 255.000 from Senen Rail station to Jombang. The train was very comfort, I could sleep well along way, just got up twice for bought Pop Mie in Semarang Rail Station and for took a pee. 

Pasar Senen Rail Station

Friend on board

Arrived in Jombang at 5.00 PM, I was quite worry about how to get (to) pare from here? On the way to exit gate I found Mushalla and I take Shubuh pray first and after that I heard a man said “paree.. paree..” and I asked him about bus to Pare, thanks God it’s not as difficult as I thought before. (and note for me, firstly I felt scare about bus broker (in Bahasa said calo) but I realized that now I’m not in Minang any more, because I often feel uncomfortable with bus broker in Minang, some time they looks force us, ggrrrr.

From Jombang to Pare by bus (public transport) around 1 hour, at the time the sun rise was so beautiful, corn field looks gold, so beautiful. I really enjoyed it. Arrived in Pare, Tulung Rejo exactly, the weather was so nice, I came too early morning, so there is no course has opened. 

the sun rise

Tulung Rejo Archway

Pare view in the morning

Note: thanks to Rika daniel for editing :D