CCMP'12 : #5 - Diari Scotland (Final)

Assalammualaikum w.b.t

Alhamdulillah,segala puji untuk-Nya yang memberiku peluang bernafas sehari lagi di atas muka bumi-Nya.

ok, ni merupakan entri akhir pasal scotland. (sebenarnya dah malas.) haha. sebenarnya memang 2 minggu berjalan-jalan mengangkut beg besar tu. tapi seminggu dekat scotland and seminggu lagi dekat london. oleh kerana london tak berapa menarik/hijau (personally), aku pilih untuk cerita pasal scotland sahaja. cerita ke? macam letak gambar je lebih. hehe. just a few more photos of the beautiful Scotland..!

Inverness Castle

Inverness Street - bagpipe street performance

dari dalam bas. again tingkap bas tinted. so gambar gelap. 

subhanallah! welcome to Isle of Skye!

Isle of Skye in the morning.

sampai kat Portree!

naik boat tengok singa laut. ini serious. kitorang nampak kepala dia tapi jauh sangat.

pakcik belakang teropong. rugi oh takde teropong! isma with the poncho. pakcik boat kasik sebab hujan renyai-renyai.

jalan-jalan around Uig (where we stayed)

hello there!

trying macro photography.

subhanallah! the sheeps too were enjoying the sunset!

sunset around 10 pm.

sunset around 1130 pm.

aku pernah dengar, orang selalu cakap, janganlah sesuatu perjalanan tu, hasilnya hanyalah tapak kasut yang haus. lebih kurang gitu bunyi ungkapan tu.


ok. tapak kasut aku tak haus.


haha. sungguh, sebelum mula perjalanan, memang sangat perlu pasangkan niat. jadi kenapa sebenarnya asal-asalnya aku tiba-tiba nak pergi backpacking. dan kenapa Scotland? wallahualam. tiba-tiba je hati tertarik nak pegi Scotland. nak 'bergelumang' dengan alam semulajadi katanya. nak cari tempat berfikir kononnya. entah, makin tua, makin rumit ke fikiran manusia? sebab aku rasa macam makin tua, makin sentimental pulak. suka termenung and kadang-kadang tak fikir apa-apa pun.


so, apa yang dapat dari pengalaman berbackpacking (oh menangis cikgu BM aku baca) ni? i discovered more about myself. tipikal ek. memang kebanyakan orang, lepas dah lama berjalan, mesti cakap lebih tahu pasal diri-sendiri.


i have always underestimated museums. rasanya, most of Malaysian memang cenggitu kot. haha. so racist. tapi disebabkan tempat-tempat ni kebanyakannya free, aku masuk la jugak. who would refuse knowledges and plus, it is free? would you? if you have been refusing all this while, then it's time to stop being a fool. rupa-rupanya, it's not that bad, you know, visiting museums. it's such a beautiful place. the architecture has never failed to amaze me. and look around, you'll see different people from all around the world. while we are in the same room now, do you exchange glances? do you smile to each other? what are they thinking? do they have the same thoughts as us? ada satu waktu tu, we were looking at a painting and it's called 'Joseph and the Brothers'. and so Isma and I started to talk about Nabi Yusuf and abang-abangnya yang dengki sampai sanggup buang Nabi Yusuf  dalam sumur. and we started discussing about how Islam forbid us to potray a prophet in a drawing like they do. and then I started to wonder, what do this people see in the painting? how would they know about Islam? have I preach them? no? not yet? never will? then why do most of so-called muslim people calling the non-muslim as kafir, etc? what happen to the world? where is the manners? until finally I couldn't stand all the questions that popped up in my mind so I kept myself in silence and walk out from the room, making my way to the other room.


also, i have learnt to take easy on myself. i mean, on life. why rush on planning in details? i still believe we need to plan our future ahead, because it is called vision. but be more relaxed and don't panic. Allah will be there, I am sure, to guide. chances are everywhere, as long as you, yourself sees it as an opportunity. but however, i'm still working on this.  i was always worried about what people might think if i do this or that. tapi jarang fikir apa yang diri sendiri nak sebetulnya. i've been so careful all this while, too careful and i was stressed, yes. alhamdulillah, that was what i learnt on my journey from Isle of Skye to Glasgow. we were actually travelling by train when suddenly the train had technical problem and we were late for an hour and a half. we missed the next train to Glasgow but anyhow we managed to catch the replacement train. I was impatient at that time and it was shown clearly on my grumpy face although I said nothing. just after we settled in the replacement train, I felt guilty. guilty to Isma, guilty to myself but especially, guilty to Allah. astargfirullah. why do i behave that way, I think. life isn't that perfect and it doesn't always go up. lepas tu, ok je. i started to smile again. tapi dengan rasa sedikit bersalah pada isma. senyum malu. ahaha. relax la kan, sebenarnya, ok je. lambat je pun, kenapa nak susah-susah hati sangat.



itula serba-sedikit apa yang aku belajar sepanjang berjalan. ada lagi, tapi nantilah kalau ada masa, aku share.  so, conclusion, Scotland should be in your list of places to go! oh ya, a question that came to my mind during my backpacking was : why do rich/or not people go to London or Paris for honeymoon? Scotland is a peeeeerfect destination. beautiful nature itself is already romantic. because its Creator, Allah swt IS romantic. hehe. but for me, sebab dah pegi Scotland, my dream place for my honeymoon would be Kampung Kuantan, Kuala Selangor for the kelip-kelip. (oh kelip-kelip, please dont go pupus masa saya kahwin nanti.) or anywhere near the beach in Kuala Terengganu, as simple as that. amboi, berangan, kahwin lama lagi, dik. hehe. anyway, thank you for reading!



p/s : destinasi seterusnya adalah tanah jejakan terakhir si pujangga Chairil Anwar, insyallah, ramadhan nanti. doa-doakan. :)