Day 1 - 15/12/2003, Monday
Alhamdulillah aku masih bernyawa stelah naik flight Ryanair yg bergoyang-goyang. Flight yg agak membosankan, dah no-frills nye... mmg takleh nak kate ape dah.... janji sampai ke destinasi dengan selamat Insya Allah.
//Sebelum - Gembira bagai nak rak. Dibayangi free meals onboard...
//Sebelum - kene check flight ape... nanti terlepas... naya!
We landed at 1.00pm at Stansted, though it was announced earlier than our flight will be delayed. Stansed... in terms of design mmg best. Lawo gak aaa. Perfect pelanduk dua serupa for KLIA rasenye. As soon as we came out thru gate arrivalnye... sume ke information counter utk amek all leaflets yg ade kat situ. Why? Pasal we weren't really sure mane nak pegi, and mane nak tido dok menunggu flight ke Hamburg rabu nanti. Bincang punye bincang, inilah 2 plan kami:-
1)Go to Central London, meet Ihab, and tido tempat die - sorry pasal menyusahkan. It will cost more to get there, but we could save alot of trouble finding proper accomodation.
2)Wonder around the nearest town - Bishop Stortford. Find cheap acco like B&B, YMCA or youth hostel, and we'll have the chance merayap and berjalan-jalan until Tuesday night.
So kitorg go for the later, amek bus to Bishop Stortford. We don't really how it really looks like... but rasenye mcm bandar lamer dgn bangunan lamer yg lawa. On the bus, we had a nice conversation with an old lady. She was amused meeting 3 org muda yg dok merayap excited meneka ape yg ade kat town tuh. She's the one yg rekemen gi YMCA.
//Posing sebelum naik bas. Mmg tade keje sungguh!
Hmmm... cobaan... YMCA wasn't for us, as it only meant for long-term stay utk student uni kat area situ. Then, we went to tourist centre, hoping that someone over there could find a place for us to stay in. Berat siut beg. Rase lenguh. Tgk-tgk tade tempat penuh... sume lak tuh... that's mean its either tido luar ato tidur masjid, or return back to Stansted airport. Kemudian kitorg tanye ade any mosque tak kat sini, die pon kasi direction. Kami pon walk all the way back gi town centre, sampe la jumpe mosque tuh. Too bad tade org langsung, so terstranded kat luar, time tu dah dark jugak... kendian wan gi ask the librarian (kebetulan lib nxt door je... syukur gile) contact details imam masjid.
Alhamdulillah... kami dpt bermalam di masjid Harty & Essex. Masjid nih, Bangladeshi yg pegang. Dulu die lib, tapi District Council derma utk buat masjid. Kirenye our presence has been accepted lar. Racism tetap ada, tapi selalunya, org yg tak sekolah sahaja yg jadi racist. Fikiran dok pikirkan diri sendiri; terperap. Esoknya, satu bende lain yg pelik dan ajaib terjadi....
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