Madinah Munawarah

Last Saturday my parents,Mal and I went to Madinah from Mecca by van. We arrived at the hotel about 4.30 pm. After that we went to the Nabawi mosque which is a the short distance. The next few days we woke up early for Suboh prayers at the mosque. After that we have breakfast in the room. We went to a Chinese restaurant at the Al noor mall twice . Mal brought us to visit the Quba mosque,the Uhud mountain ,the Quran factory and to drink camel milk one morning. The camel milk is very strong as I had stomach upset soon after. Apart from going to the mosque we also had dinner at a few of Mal's favourite restaurants. We had camel meat one night.It was tasty. There are many bazaars near the mosque. Small shops and good bargain. Mal too loves to go to Abdul Samad Qureshi shops. There are about three shops in Madinah . One at the Dar Taqwa,another at the Madinah Hilton another  I am not sure where .
In Mecca their shops are at the Al Bait shopping mall and at the Mecca Hilton . My mother bought a bakhoor from Ajmal.My father too had made three jubah for himself at a good tailor and my mother goes shopping for my siblings and the grand children. We had a nice time in Madinah , The food is good especially the Taza chicken. Taza restaurant was around in KL a few years ago.  After seven days we are now in Riyadh again. I pray that I will have the chance to be in Madinah again.

Makkatul Mukarramah

After 27 years, I am back in the holy city of Mecca. Alhamdulillah.All of us four sisters, their families ,my parents and myself flew to Jeddah.We stayed at a hotel nearby.After freshening up , we went to perform umrah. It is my first time to do so.  My Tawaf  partner was my sister Yati. After Saie, we went back to the hotel. The next night we went to visit my aunt's sister. I stayed at her house for two weeks the last time I went there.
 There is a nice shopping mall the Al Bait shopping gallery at the clock tower. Today is the last day in Mecca . How sad , insha Allah, I pray that I can come back here again to perform Hajj . After this ,Mal who came all the way  from Madinah will take the three of us to Madinah Munawarrah. 

Ahlan wasahlan

I am now in Riyadh with my parents . My kind sisters had sponsored this trip. Jazakallah hu khair.  We are here for one month and insha allah we will perform umrah on Wednesday. We arrived in Riyadh last Wednesday. Our flight was the Sri Lanka air. We stayed in Sadd's house for two days. Yati's house is very near which is on the same floor. We ate most of the time. We had arabian food the next night.  Now we are at Nas's house. We went to Al Mamlaka mall last night. There I saw my favourite shop. Abdul Samad Al Quraishi and I bought Jedayel hair oil for my mother,sister and myself. Nas gave me the bakhoor. Nas said that Riyadh Gallery has more people. We got the chance to go up the sky bridge of the Mamlaka tower. The price for the hair oil is SAR 60 while the bakhoor is SAR 80.

Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay

This is another gift from my kind sister,  Nas.  I wanted to try this pure calcium bentonite clay from Arizona.  It is said to be very good especially for acne prone skin . My sister Nas had ordered the clay from Iherb.com. We decided to get it sent to Malaysia through DHL  Global Airmail. The package came to the house safely  at last after 20 days.

The colour of the clay is pale green. I have used the clay 4 times .  I have used only water  for the clay all this while. From the reviews it is best to use the clay with apple cider vinegar.  I have not hunt for Braggs just yet   , maybe next month. When I use it with water , it does tend to be clumpy . It does pulsate but not very hard. I washed  off the mask  with warm water and sometimes , with the muslin cloth.  The first two times I used  the mask , I have tiny pimples the  next few days. I am not sure it is because of the mask  or because of the Golden Horse products . After 4 times , I did not get any pimple . I have yet to try this mask with apple cider vinegar. The price for this mask is USD 12.00 inclusive of postage for a  1 lb jar.