Recap: Return Home

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

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On 27th I guess my pocket is going to be broke if I stay longer. I had activated the account but my account would be insufficient while I have no one in the city. So, I decided to withdraw some 3000 bhat (RM300) at Thai CIMB and decided to board a flight to return home as it is more fast. Since I didn't stay for another booked night at the room. The receptionist lady had returned me some 25% of my money. Good, I could try some food out there if I am fortunate to find some halal stalls.

First I walked along Silom road first and finding some breakfast. I could see two Muslim stalls in the morning. So, I approached them and bought a round bread with butter spread and sugar sprinkled in it baked on a charcoal stove for 10 bhat (RM 1). And then I get some cold coffee from a stall ran by two Muslim girls for 18 bhat (RM 1.80). 

I could see some Buddhist ladies offering necessities for the monks who stand along the road and ladies listening to prayers in Bali after made their offerings. I just put some donation at the beggars along the road and also buying a pack of rice from stalls to be given to the monks. I do not offer it as a believer anymore, but as a sign that Allah mercy is boundless. His mercy does not bound only to Muslim but to all of His creatures. His unworthy slaves and servants must also propagate mercy, peace and love amongst fellow slaves.

Chong Nonsi BTS Station in day light. 

Morning activity in Silom road.

Stalls along Silom road.

Near Chong Nonsi area.

To Airport Rail Link heading for airport, haha.

An Asura replica in Suvarnabhumi airport.

Vishnu Kurmavatara churning milk sea which is an incarnation of Vishnu in the 10 incarnations from Thai Brahmanical narration depicted just after the customs check.

Going to the departure to board the flight for Penang.

Gate where I board the flight.

I took BTS line at Chong Nonsi but before that I thought that I wanted to take the train from Rajathamri but I was lost after crossing Henry Dunant. So, I walked again some kilometers back to Chong Nonsi line and from there straight to Airport Rail Link to Suvarnabhumi airport. 

After arriving at Suvarnabhumi I bought a ticket at Thai Airasia counter after a short waiting and instantly paying around RM375. Just can't wait longer in the city or I have to beg beside the road to return. It would be different if I work or live there.

Then at 15:15, I board the flight and around an hour and 45 minutes arrived at Penang International Airport. Thank You Allah for this safe journey. I arrived at my hostel around 19:00 after an hour in the bus because there was so many cars on the road. Then I prayed at Sungai Dua USM mosque and thanking Allah again.

Thank You Allah through this short travel, I had learned a lot. Although I didn't get to cover many places, many mosques, or any interesting area but just wandering around Silom road but I had learned new things. I learned on how Thais feeling confident with themselves and they do not shy although they don't speak English. They keep talking in their national language and forcing foreigners to learn their isolated language. I was forced to speak in a language that I had left unspoken for about 10 years while in the city.

I saw many different cuisines although most of them are non-halal as the cooks are non-Muslims. I had tried public transportation in Thailand. Those rail lines are quite a headache for me even when I am in KL, but very interesting. I also get a new spirit after such a boring time at home and at hostel. At least I had done something meaningful for myself and I engrave this memory in this site to be revised again by myself if I have other opportunities to visit the city again, insya'Allah :)

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Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa ahlihi wa sahbihi ajma'in. Our Lord please be in contact with prophet Muhammad s.a.w and his family and his companions and everyone. Sealed with prayers for peace, love, and mercy on everyone, amin!   

100 Words Praise to Honor Sage Muhammad s.a.w

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

While doing some boring reading on my research topic, I managed to clicking here and there in the search engine on Muslim news since my research is about Muslim in British Isle but I stumbled at a website which is called the Muslim Observer and founded this 100 words praise honoring sage Muhammad s.a.w. It is claimed by someone from Taiwan as issued by the emperor Hongwu of the Ming dynasty around 13th C. 

 

Since the creation of the universe,

Heaven has already appointed.

As a great saint preaching the faith,

in the West he was born.

To receive the holy scripture,

with thirty part book,

as a guidance for all creatures,

King of kings,

leader of holy ones,

Through divine support,

protecting his nation,

with five times daily prayers,

silently hope for peace.

With heart toward Allah,

empowering the poor ones.

Save them from calamity,

sees through the unseen.

Pulling souls and spirits,

away from wrongdoings.

Mercy to the world,

walking the ancient crowned Path.

May evil being vanquished by the One,

pure and true teaching.

Muhammad, the noble precious one.

The picture in the site shows that the poem was erected around 2004 in a mosque in northern China. I don't really care on what is the religious status of this emperor because it's just a name or whether he is the one who produced this poem. Many believe that emperor Hongwu is a Buddhist or a Taoist. 

However, Hongwu was just a peasant who became an emperor and modern China has no feudal system, hahaa. Many people never declare what is their religion. The name of the religion is not important in the statement in documents compared to our faith, practices, sincerity, and devotion toward Him.

This poem seems quite nice for a person who is not creative like me. It also has philosophical values. There was also a Sultanate in Southern China called as Pingnan Guo which was located in Western Yunnan established in Qing dynasty by Yang Xiu or Sulaiman bin Abdul Rahman. It was there for about 16 years before the sultan was beheaded by central power in Beijing.  

Anyway, this poem is some excerpts from our exploration of China's empire history. It was a land full with mysticism and attracting the attention of Europeans to explore it since previous centuries. Of course ancient China is different from nowadays China. World is evolving and it will evolve until the Resurrection.  

Salawat on the noble prophet Muhammad s.a.w and his companions and his family. Sealed with prayers for peace, mercy, and love on brothers and sisters in faith, amin!!!