Away from home

Assalamu'alaikum,

I have been away from home for ten days. Right now I am in Utsunomiya at my kohai's house. I was planning to return to Akita today, but I changed my mind because there are works to be done in Tokyo. So far the tenki here is great, maximum temperature rises up to 17 C. Before coming to Utsunomiya I visited Kobe, Fukui anda Kisarazu.

Chizu

My jouney from Akita started on 9th March. I begin my jouney with a ferry, travelling for almost 20 hours to a place called Tsuruga. Travelling with ferry is relatively cheap but it takes time and strength. Yes, strength, to endure the tiring journey and water sickness(water sickness = mabuk laut?? correct me if I am wrong). Except for sailors, they are the best at the sea. It might be boring too, imagine spending long hours alone onboard doing nothing. But there are many ways to utilize time, a book will be nice.
Tsuruga

From Tsuruga I took a train, actually not "a train" but a few trains before reaching Kobe, a port city. Its a nice place, at least for me. Not too big but not too small. But there was a great jishin in 1995 which reduced Kobe into ruins.

Thanks to Batu Terang who is wiling to be my guide the whole day. I managed to visit the kobe mosque, the first mosque in Japan, before going to Batu Terang's hostel in Akashi.

Kobe Mosque

So on the next day day, I continued my jouney, together with Batu Terang. We stopped for a while at Kyoto, before reaching our next destination which is Fukui. In Fukui I met my senpai's and friends.


A view from kyoto tower


Fukui

Kembara kali ni bukan sekadar makan angin. Sambil meluaskan pandangan, dapat berjumpa sahabat-sahabat yang banyak mengingatkan aku tentang tujuan hidup yang sebenar di dunia ini. Lima hari aku di Fukui, aku dan rakan-rakan yang lain disambut oleh Samuraisyahid selaku tuan rumah. Alhamdulillah, banyak yang dibualkan dengan sahabat-sahabat. Disamping mendengar nasihat dan amanat mereka yang akan pulang ke Malaysia.

Menyentuh tentang isu semasa, senkyo dah tamat. Semua dah tahu keputusannya. Yang menang usah terlalu gembira, kerana tugas yang berat menanti. Yang kalah perlu muhasabah diri. Semoga mereka yang betul-betul ikhlas untuk bekerja demi rakyat akan terus memimpin.

Cuma aku kurang selesa kebelakangan ni, banyak isu yang berunsur perkauman telah dimainkan di media. Kita sebagai rakyat biasa, jangan cepat melatah k... Di P.Pinang pulak agak "panas" dengan isu DEB. Aku berpendapat, satu hari nanti hak keistimewaan bumiputra termasuklah DEB dan lain-lain akan dimansuhkan jugak, whether we like it or not. Tunggu masa je. Sooner or later. Apa pendapat kawan-kawan?

There are seventeen days left before haru yasumi ends. In the southern parts of Japan sakura have started to bloom beautifully. For Tokyo, it is expected not to be sooner than 23rd of March. Japan is a beautiful country, yet sometimes disastrous. But I always love Malaysia =)

I stop here. Take care my friends. Tsutzuku...

Nota sisi;
1) kohai = junior
2) senpai = senior
3) tenki = wheater, cuaca
4) jishin = earthquake, gempa bumi
5) sakura = sejenis pokok ceri
6) haru = spring, musim bunga
7) yasumi = holiday, cuti
8) tsutzuku = bersambung...
9) chizu = peta
10)senkyo = election, pilihanraya