alhamdulillah ade la rezeki g czech...walaupon rite now account x la berape 'menarik' sgt =D mule2 rase cm, "ok, nk g czech" then a few days b4 school ends, tibe2 rase excited coz cm RAMAI gk la kwn kat sane. hehe! syok!
here goes..~
DAY 1: sunday, 16/3
got to wake up early! nk gerak kol 830 to st margaret's bus station to catch bus to east midlands airport. nasik goreng pg tu x abes so bwk la skali, konon2 bekal la. on d wat to EMA, bas tu bergoyang2 ok? scary~ kuat sgt kot angin. alhamdulillah slmt smpi. bcoz we already check in online, so cm lepak2 je la. oh lupe plak.
introducing angkatan ke czech 08:
-qilah-azhreen-me-mai-
flight delay la plak. maka kami pon pegi la solat kat satu tmpt yg agk ok. obviously bukan prayer room. huhu. get on d flight at 1.45pm. ok, masalah besa! nk angkat beg atas compartment! aiyoo..try la angkat tp x larat. then ade la gentleman baek ati tlg angkat. yeay! selesai problem.
landed at Prague at 5.20pm. ok...smpi2 cm x phm amende. bhs czech la katekan! rase cm tercampak kat planet laen je. kinda scary when u try 2 read d sign board n u cant understand even a word! tgh duduk2 tgu bdk2 prague amek ktorg, tibe2 ade org bg salam. eh?
then die pon tnye la, "indonesia?"
eik. muke org ni cm indon ke? cis. "no, malaysia"
die pon kate la yg die tu from saudi arabia n die tego ktorg bcoz ktorg pki hijab n all..
lapa. mkn choc digestive asda. haha. tibe2 nmpk kelibat org pki tudung! sah. mesti derg. mem'babai' tgn dgn excitednye kat derg: rusna, zainab & syifa'. yeay! gembire sungguh. huhu. then derg dgn baek hatinye menemankn ktorg utk beli tiket utk nk g Hlavni nadrazi (Main Station Prague). tp sistem derg laen drpd yg pnh kt jumpe. die byr ikot bape lame kt on d transportation. so harge same je utk either bas, trem & train. menarik.
naek bas yg cm ular. bole rase cm sume mate dok pandang ktorg. logik je. da la pakai tudung, muke plak cmni! huhu. laen benor ngn org2 sane. hehe. kt yg tgk derg ni rase biase je..derg da warning awal2. kat prague byk pickpockets so cm kene berjage2 la kn..smpi to Hlavni Nadrazi..g keja tren tp cm berlaku confusion over which platform we shud go. maka kami pon sedikit berlari2 mencarik platform. malangnye terlepas. huhu. perot pn lapa. isik prot dulu kat Istanbul Kebab. seriously, rase cm time mkn kat turki dulu. hoho
at last berjaye jumpe platform. babai derg from d tren. bile mule2 smpi tu, tren tu ade cm lbh kurg bilik2. n interior die juz like those in harry potter! (tatau la, kate org2 yg tgk cite tu). tp cm tren yg klasik tu la. haha. d first few seconds ktorg cm terjerit2 excitedly n of coz, aktiviti wajib: take pictures! at 8.11pm, off we go! Prague - Hradec Králové. another weird thing in Prague. when a train arrive at a station, there's no announcement made. bdk2 prague kate bcoz org2 sini cm da biase. so kami org2 yg x biase x brani nk tdo! wuu~
arrive at main station at 10.00pm. ramainye bdk2 HK yg smbut! tekejut plak. hehe. we'll be staying at Madihah & Ijti's house. so kene naek bas nk g umah derg. br je nk kua kn duit nk byr tmbg tp pakcik bas tu x mintk plak. Lah kate sbb myb die assume ktorg sume mmg da ade pass bas. huhu. rezeki~ smpi2 umah derg, cm terjerit2 gk. bcoz umah derg cm best gile, cm hotel je. x aciii~~ huhu. eventho td da mkn, derg kasi lg mkn nasik. haha. da la sedap gile derg msk! haih. mau x kembung prot. huhu..then membawe diri ke alam mimpi. recharge battery 4 d adventure 2moro!
day 2: monday,17/3
kua umah kol 8.00am. follow Madihah & Ijti to their MedSchool. melihat2 kejap smbl mengumpul tenage utk berjalan. it's already raining when we started walking. n it's cold! ok, first stop is Old Town. we dont really know where to go. hanye berbekalkn buku lonely planet qilah, kami pon mencari2 la tmpt nk g tgk. wpon ujan+sejuk, ktorg gigih gk la nk jln. haha. n almost every tmpt yg ktorg nk g cm tutup. ape hal? da la cm x reti nk bace ape2 yg ditulis kat sign board. haha. pastu cm ade sesat gk kot. nk carik ape tah time tu. cm taleh jd ni, so g la kat info centre...
rupe2nye mmg sume mende tutup on monday kat czech! haha. wut a perfect time we came. keh2. pastu laki tu bole ckp english. rase cm heaven gile! hehe. die pon kasi la map nk g mane sume2...lps tu br la rase cm clear sket otak tu. hoho. pengajarannye: laen kali, kalo tatau nk g mane, n when u go to d place where u dunno d language, sile buat research or at least drop by at info centre b4 memenatkn kaki with 'unnecessary walking' (bak kate azhreen =P)
nxt stop: Centrum. tu kire cm town die la kot. jln je la ikot sign board. mak ai, jauh gile. bile da smpi, br la sedar yg rupe2nye ktorg ikot jln jauh. padahal sekangkang je Old Town ngn Centrum tu. jln2 la tgk2 kedai2 kat situ. found some nice place to take pics. huhu. then da tgh hr so cm lapa. hmm...pegi la cm kedai roti (kot?) punye la pening nk pilih ape nk mkn coz cm x phm bhs die kn. tp Madihah ade la ajar some phrases nk ckp time nk beli mknn so that tade daging. so insyaAllah slmt...lps isik prot, we decided to go back to Old Town 2 d info centre. nk beli poskad n all. huhu. harge pon ok la gk. then derg2 ni da beli poskad nk pos plak. so tnye la laki tu mane post office. cube mencari tp still lost. try la tnye 2 pompuan ni. malangnye, die x phm english, ktorg x phm czech. tp from her body language, die cm nk ktorg ikot die. myb die nk tunjuk kot. ktorg pon dgn yakinnye ikot la die. smpi msk satu bgnn ni, turun tangge ntah bape tingkat. time tu da mule rase pelek. eikk, mane die nk bwk ktorg pegi ni? die ni btol ke x? mcm2 la yg timbul. last2 kua cm kat satu jln n die pon tunjuk la post ofis tu. fuh! lega. n berterime kasih gk la kat pompuan tu. punye la adventure ktorg nk smpi situ, tgk2 die tutup plak. tgh lunch break kot. haha. so ktorg pon pegi la carik tmpt duduk. rehat2 sat.
tibe2 dpt msg from Ijti tnye ktorg katne. derg da abes klas kot. so ktorg jumpe die kat Centrum n blk umah skali ngn derg. smpi umah, derg kasi mkn lunch! mak aii...sedap benor derg msk! haha. mau gemok kalo dok lame2 kat situ. huhu. lps mkn, sume cm pnt maka....TIDO~
ptg tu pegi umah Lah&frens. tu kire cm student hall gk kot. smpi2 tu cm meriah gk la. riuh je umah derg. haha. derg cm satu bilik share 3 org. pastu ade la dapor, toilet sume. lps solat, ktorg cm bertaaruf la. eventho tade la knl sume org sgt, tergelak2 la gk ngn derg. time mkn lg la. mcm2 cite derg. lawak psl lecturer, student laen...mau pecah perot gelak. da la mkn byk. huhu.. oh yg menariknye, derg cm baek gk ngn msians laen kat situ. cm indians, chinese. sgt best la tgk derg cm rapat cmtu. laen la drpd kt yg kat sini. myb sbb komuniti derg kecik je, n x rmi pon yg bole speak english. so derg pon rapat la sesame sndr..oh time blk tu cm snow sketkenyang+penat=tido~
day 3: tuesday, 18/3
at 7++ lah,fara & didi dtg umah madihah&ijti utk bwk ktorg g Main Station. nk g Olomouc plak. tp cm ade kene tuka tren kat satu stesyen ni. didi kasi bekal cm honey cake kot. hehe. sedap la gk..oh kat stesyen yg ktorg kene tuka tren tu, ktorg pon turun la. pastu cm qilah & azhreen g check skrin utk tgk which platform we shud go. but still we need some sort of assurance. so try la nk tnye org..malangnye derg x phm engli
shdgn berdebar2nye ktorg pon tgu la kat dis one platform. then bile time yg we r supposed to board d train, ade la satu train ni smpi. try la tnye sorg cm staff die kot. cm tunjuk je tiket. skali die bls in english kate that's d train. huhu. alangkah gembirenye dgr sumting yg kt bole phm! maka kami pon naek la tren tu...8.23am, HK to Olomouc. almost all of us tetdo dlm tren. it was a lil bit snowing time ktorg dlm tren tu
10+ am, arrived at Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi. as usu
al, bole rase la cm org tgk kt heran je. huhu. mesti derg rase ntah ktorg ni dr planet mane la agknye. then muncul la reen & muni utk jemput ktorg! yeay! disebabkan beg2 ktorg sume cm BESA je, ktorg pon g blk derg dulu utk ltk brg2. pastu ktorg pon g la jln2..main transport kat sini r d trem & bus. beli je tiket 24hrs so naek je ape2 yg nk. best kn? n agak murah la. 24hrs for 15kc (which is like 50pee!!)
derg bwk ktorg g town derg kot..tgk la kedai2..tgk astronomical clock kat Horní náměstí (Upper Square)- which i dont really know wuts d significance of it. tp myb die cm hebat sket coz jam tu still functioning walaupon da berzaman2. then pegi tgk2 Lower Square & Centrum gk. that time cm sgt sejuk n it was snowing a little. huhu. ktorg yg x pnh rase snow kat lester pon terjerit2 dgn excitednye~
oh. kat sini ktorg discover yg brand BATA tu dikire sbg brand yg hebat kat czech. first2 dgr cm, "hah?" haha. ye la, kat msia kan die kire tade la hebat sgt kn =D
org2 HK dok kate yg brg2 kat olomouc murah. so ktorg pon cm teruja la sket nk shopping. so reen & muni pon bwk la ktorg g cm dis one shopping complex, Olympia. bile msk from kedai to kedai, cm tade rase ape2 menarik nk dibeli (haha. biase la tu) n bile convert2 cm tade la murah mane. same je harge cm kat uk. baek beli kat uk kn. hoho. tp myb kalo consider derg nye allowance ngn harge brg2, kire murah la bg derg.da tgh hr..perot pon lapa..so singgah la kat sort of food court. reen & muni da biase beli n they know d language so selamat la. huhu. mkn fish fillet ngn tofu. menarik gk. at least isik la perot tu kn. pastu cm jln2 sket lg. kaki da cm sakit gile coz jln byk. hehe. so we decided to call it a day. blk la dgn bas g umah derg..
mlm tu bdk2 Olomouc yg laen ajak dinner. pa'na & ume. actually agak segan la coz bukan nye rapat sgt pon ngn derg kat kmb. tp cm derg layan baek sgt. huhu. da la msk sedap. haih. tercabar je rase org2 uk. =P time nk blk bilik reen & muni, tibe2 ternmpk cm laki msian tp x pnh knl pon la. die tgk (myb sbb cm ktorg2 ni kn muke2 x pnh nmpk kat situ) n i was like stunned tatau nk watpe. pegi je kang cm rude sgt plak. so cm at last i ended up somewhere in btwn smiling n nodding head. haha. hopeless btol. wutever~
day 4: wednesday, 19/3
reen & muni pegi dulu coz they got early class. bgn2 tdo je jumpe sandwich ngn notes yg derg tgglkn. huhu. comel la gk. then pa'na ajak breakfast plak kat blk derg. mkn cm roti bakar, omelette n bubur. haih. canggih benor la breakfast derg2 ni. kt ni even x breakfast pon kat sini. haha..then we followed them to their uni. then we're off to go by ourselves.
pegi town again. n g info centre to buy some souveniers. by noon, perot da lapa so ktorg pn mkn la sandwich tuna yg derg kasi pg td. huhu. syok2. perot pon da kenyang, mase byk lg. so we decided to go to Basilica & Olomouc Zoo! azhreen la smgt nk g zoo. huhu. naek bas yg pegi ke satu kwsn bukit gk. basilica tu basically is a church kot. msk je la tgk2 ape ade kat dlm. nothing special..
then nk carik jln nk g ke Zoo. try la ikut map & sign board, tp cm x jumpe2. haih. kaki da penat da. pastu we decided to ask a pakcik. disebabkan x reti ckp czech, ktorg pon cm maen tunjuk je gmba zoo n luckily pakcik tu phm n show us d way..which is WAY too far. aiyoo. awat la die nk ltk zoo kat ceruk2 mane tah. jln cm x smpi2 je. panjat bukit, turun bukit...at last smpi la gk. n mcm tade org pon. haha. lantak la. ktorg pon msk je n memulekan operasi tgkp gmba..
by d time ktorg nk blk da tu, cm snow sket kot. huhu. sejuk! n when we're on d bus, snow cm lebat gile! wahhh....first time tgk snow! da excited da konon2nye nk maen bile da smpi nnt.. malangnye, bile ktorg smpi je snow pon da stop. waa~~ blk2 tu cm cpt2 kemas brg bcoz we hv 2 catch d train to Prague! hoho. cm org bz je plak rase. so reen & muni pon hanta la ktorg kat train station. at 6.00pm, off we go 4 a 3hrs train to Prague
arrived at Karlovo Namesti, metro station (juz like underground) dkt ngn umah bdk2 prague at 10+pm. derg sume cm da tdo. so mai called fara, who is bdk HK utk tnye how to get out of d station. n berjaye la kua n smpi umah derg. tp, hebat kn? huhu
day 5: thursday, 20/3
our adventure in Prague starts today! td bdk2 prague tu kasi mkn mee bandung as breakfast. melampau x?? mee bandung utk breakfast?? haha. mmg hebat la bdk2 czech ni..kt derg da kasi tu mkn je la kn..eheh. so arini ktorg jln2 sndr gk coz derg ade klas. pegi destination yg wajib kalo dtg prague. Prague Castle. tp nk pegi tu kene lalu d famous Charles Bridge. huhu. agak lawa la scenery kat situ. n sgt SEJUK gk aritu!
by d time nk naek bukit utk nk g Prague Castle, tibe snow plak. lebat plak tu! hoho. kami pon excited la, ape lg. so cm nk jln tu cm tutup2 la mate tu gk coz snow nk msuk mate. huhu. then ktorg pon berjal
an2 la kat tmpt yg bole ktorg g sbb ktorg beli tiket 'short unguided tour' so cm limited la bole msk mane. tp ok je.about noon, ade cm changing of guards ceremony. ktorg smpi lmbt sket so x dpt la nk tgk. bcoz org2 laen sume tggi2 btol. huhu. bile nk blk tu, terjumpe ustaz mazlee n family. pnh jumpe time talkkat loughborough. rupe2nye ustaz akan kasi talk utk program sabtu nnt. huhu~
perot cm da lapa gile. back to town. time nk pegi td, cm ade ternmpk kedai tulis halal. so cm try la nk trace kedai tu. haha. rupenye terturun a few stations earlier. so berjalan jauh la ktorg. smpi2 tu kn cm btol la ade tulis halal. tp still ade perasaan doubt tu. so msk la..msk2 dgr org ckp arab. "ok, myb btol la kot" tp still cm doubt. bcoz we dunno d language, that's why. then tibe2 dgr la bacaan ayat al-Quran~ "ok, sah" taleh digmbrkn perasaan gmbire time tu. da la tgh lapa, pastu jumpe plak kedai halal. hehe. pastu mkn dgn enaknye~
'fuel da diisik' maka ktorg pon troskn berjalan...pegi la ke Stare Mesto (Old Town). situ cm kwsn tourist gk la. byk kedai2 kristal & souvenir. bought some things..tp kat Prague ni considered mahal la compared to tmpt2 laen. myb die cm main tourist attraction kot. ok, badan suda penat! blk dulu~
mlm tu ade talk kat umah boys (which is sekangkang je from umah derg). talk by ustaz mazlee. d talk was ok. n die actually sempena maulidur rasul, which i really forgot about. ish2. ape nk jd ni?? d talk was good & inspiring..tp something i found most shocking there. ceramah tu buat kat blk one of d boys, laki dok atas lantai, pompuan dok atas katil!! haha. bole byg x cane muke terkejut kt time tu?? huhu. tp tabik la kat derg. cm derg really make effort la nk dgr crmh tu. myb sbb derg jauh n org x slalu dtg. so, kt2 yg sng je nk dgr talk tu sile la appreciate ye?
day 6: friday, 21/3
yeay! arini bdk2 prague cuti! pg tu lepak2 je after breakfast. derg pon tunjuk la video msian nite derg. haha. tergelak2 ok. tp satu je la terpk. cm derg ni bernaseb baek la dpt laki2 yg nk la buat keje. so walaupon derg sket je, tp keje jln. x cm kat lester ni *sigh*
ktorg kua umah cm nk dkt tgh hr gk la. disebabkn arini cuti, so zainab pon sudi la temankn ktorg jln2. arini g mane? g Prague Zoo! hoho. cm pencinte binatang la plak ktorg ni. 2 kali da g zoo. huhu..zoo die tersgt la besa! haha. pnt gk la berjalan. tp menarik la. huhu. dpt tgk polar bear! hehe.
fair so ktorg cm nk g tgk la..smpi2 tu cm byr entrance fee 10kc (which is sgt murah)..ade la a few stalls.. rupe2nye kalo nk maen kene byr. huhu. mule2 nmpk cm ape je funfair tu. x menarik. cm permainan kanak2 je.. tp naseb baek la ktorg gigih gk berjalan..n jumpe la tmpt yg lg best! ade ferris wheel, roller coaster n mcm2 lg! haha. terjerit2 kegembiraan time tu! da lame nk naek mende2 cmtu.
so first we decided to play a sort of buaian besa yg naek atas udare n pusing2. huhu. scary gk mule2 naek tu. n d air up there was so COLD!! huhu..agk scary especially when u thought that ur legs r gonna hit d trees! haha~
from up d air, cm tgk2 la ape lg ride yg ade. so lps tu ktorg try la naek roller coaster. murah je, so ingt cm x best sgt la. haha. syok gile ok? eheh..terjerit2 cmpur tergelak2 so jd la senak perot. haha. lps tu azhreen cm sebok ajak ktorg naek ride yg cm spin 360. h
aha. byk plak tu! so at last ktorg decide a ride which we thought worth 4 d money...err..sort of. adeh. i tell u, it's worst than DNA mixer at times square! u sat on a seat which spins 360, n d seat was attached to sumting, which spins it also to 360! can u imagine that? i closed my eyes throughout d ride n worrying whether my camera in my pocket fell or not. haha. n also menjerit kesakitan coz my head was constantly banged onto d HARD seat everytime we spin 360. adehh~ but it was quite an experience. huhu..alang2 da penat tu ktorg g tgk Charles Bridge waktu mlm from Cerni Most (name jambatan kot). then mate n kaki pon da x larat so kami pon berangkat pulang....time tu Madihah ade kat umah derg. oh bcoz 2moro ade program tu..
day 7: saturday, 22/3
one thing that struck me was during dr amal's talk. die ckp, yg kt ni amek medic bukan tade sebab. bole jd kt x pnh terpk nk jd dr tp tibe2 kt amek medic..which is a REAL case of mine. time tu cm tersentak gk la to hear how true that was. hmm..there must be a reason why im in dis road
day 8: sunday, 23/3
after wut seemed like a total mess & rush & running, we reached d airport. it was snowing a little when we're about to leave on d plane. so d flight was a bit late. n d flight was d worst flight i've ever experienced. bising gile ok? ade 2 grps of ppl ni dok berborak2 sesame sendiri, sgt BISING n menganggu ketenteraman org. haih..buat cm plane sndr je plak?
wut did i get after being in czech for 8 days? i admit that it's not like going to turkey where u got to see tmpt bersejarah Islam. but being in a country so different from wut u r used to be can give u new perspective towards life. u may not understand d language but deep inside, all ppl are d same.
n about d language. altho english digembar-gembur as d 'international' language, tp most of european countries cm x menekankn sgt pon english tu. they r proud of their own language n can even stand on their own. malaysia? hm..pk2 sndr la ye~
n thnx for ur hospitality too. ktorg mmg da kaco idop korg tp korg baek je layan ktorg... smoge Allah membalas kebaikan korg~