Alhamdulillah..The Complete Series of Permanent Residence.

Alhamdulillah...

Syukur sangat ke hadrat Illahi yang memudahkan segala urusan kami di sini. Terima kasih buat pembaca blog ni yang mendoakan urusan kami berjalan dengan lancar dalam entry lepas. Maka inilah jalan cerita yang lengkap tentang kami yang sudah berstatus Permanent Residence (PR)...

Al-Kisah....

Bermula awal tahun ni..incek zaid dapat berita yang department dia akan di'transfer' ke Regensburg, Germany dan sebahagian lagi ke Leeds, UK. Most of his projects and specialization will be based in Germany, while in Leeds he will be involved in less-familiar projects. Company bagi pilihan sama ada nak ke Germany, Leeds atau boleh take redundant money. So masa mula-mula dapat news tu, kitorang taktau nak pergi mana..

Jerman? Leeds? Malaysia?

Too many things to think...serabut sangat. Mula-mula kitorang decide nak ke Germany since 'orang kat sana' sanggup fulfill all our requirements and demands, asalkan zaid pegi sana to handle the new department. Aku jugak banyak mintak pandangan dan informasi dari blogger Kak Nana yang menetap di Germany. Thank you kak nana susah2 bagi information kat saya :) Bila zaid dah gi visit Regensburg kitorang pikir balik rasa macam hati ni sayang kot nak tinggalkan UK. Sebab yang paling utama terasa rugi tahun ni dah boleh apply PR. 

Dalam masa yang sama, zaid ada attend interviews dengan company2 Malaysia yang datang di UKEC (setiap tahun banyak company dari Malaysia datang untuk memberi peluang pekerjaan pada UK fresh graduates dan sponsorship to Master & PHD students). Cuma special case to hubby dia bukan fresh grads..haha :p So takde peluang untuk hubby 'selling himself and skills' sebab yang datang mostly untuk mencari graduan for their Graduate Trainee Program. Maka hasrat untuk pulang ke Tanah Tumpah Darahku tidak kesampaian. Kuikui..!

Eventually, we decided to move to Leeds. Satu hari tu hubby took a day off and we went to Leeds to 'feel' and see ourselves how would it be to live in a big city like Leeds. Sebab sebelum ni Stafford mcm small town je kan. Well, I still remember my first impression of Leeds. I said to Zaid, "haa..i think i can picture myself living here". Ok statement jujur ketika kereta nak parking di shopping mall..Erkkk...!  -_-'  Soon later kitorang pun buat keputusan untuk berhijrah ke Leeds. 

Status PR

Untuk mendapat status Permanent Residence, seseorang itu (main applicant) haruslah cukup 5 tahun bekerja dan menetap di UK. Untuk dependent macam aku at least 3 tahun stay di UK. Syarat kedua harus lulus Life In The UK Test dan perlu above Level 3 ESOL (English for Speaker For Other Languages). Nasib baik kitorang dah ambik test ni aritu sebab start October test tu akan ada penambahan pada format soalan iaitu Listening & Speaking. Fuh..selamat! Dan....... fees untuk apply PR ni pun dah naik £1k compare to time kawan kitorang Dalina,Jerul & baby Nadine apply masa Januari lepas. T_T..... redho jelah bayo £3725 untuk ketiga-tiga kami. sobs..sobs..hujung tahun tade acara sopink boxing day. Selain itu, adalah benda-benda lain yang menyumbang pada ke'stress'an kami seperti acara mengisi borang bapak tebal, mengumpul surat-menyurat rasmi ke home address that could cover the whole period of 2 years, nak cari bil/bank statement yang ada nama sama..hoii jahh..boleh muntah kalau ingat balik. Sabo jelah.

Sebab tulah dari awal tahun kalau ada yang bertanya pada kitorang apa plan, kitorang tak boleh nak bagi jawapan. Ada yang tanya bila nak balik Malaysia pun susah nak jawab. Maka maaflah ye pada semua kalau jawapan tidak memuaskan. Sebab hal-hal penting camni selagi belum settle selagi tulah berserabut...Ada jugak kawan yang datang UK September ni, memang ralat sangat tak dapat jumpa dia..sorry beb..but I believe you had good times in London & Paris. ;)

Hari kejadian: Jumaat 20/9/2013
Appointment kami pukul 1 tghari di UKBA cawangan Liverpool. Rutin biasa kalau nak berjalan jauh aku akan siapkan bekal lunch. Pagi tu aku masak nasi goreng ikan bilis+udang kering ketuk beserta kacang peas. Lauk sambal tumis ikan bilis yang dimasak semalam aku panaskan. Telur rebus dan chicken nugget kegemaran Fahim. Sebelum gerak breakfast nasi goreng dulu. Tepat jam 10 pagi kami bergerak sambil mulut tak berhenti zikir 'yassir wala' tua'ssir.

Semua berjalan lancar, dari proses submit form, bayar fees, interview sikit, biometric dan ambik gambar, sampailah ke proses menunggu berjam-jam. In between sempat pegi lunch kat dalam kereta je. Dan kat situ ada multi-prayer room (asing untuk Lelaki & Perempuan) yang lengkap dengan tempat wudhu'. Dari pukul 12.30 sampai pukul 4.30 baru settle! How was my little Zidane? Was he behaving well?

Ok, mula-mula dia diam je dalam stroller. Dah lepas 40 minit, baru dia nak turun dari stroller. Lepas tu pegi lunch dan sepatutnya masa tu dah nap time dia. Tapi makin lama makin cergas pulak budak ni. Bawak dia main-main kat tempat lain yang tak ramai orang, dia nak poo poo plak. Lepas salin dia, dia makin aktif pulak tawaf satu area tu. Harghhh! Memang sangat-sangat penat hari tu. Tetiba biometric incek husband failed, nak kena buat lagi skali. Last-last kitorang jadi orang terakhir yang settle hari tu. Takpelah..ujian kecil je. Asalkan dah selesai pun dah bersyukur dah.

~sudah mampu menarik nafas lega..alhamdulillah...

Kitorang singgah masjid Liverpool..ehem incek Mijoe dan puan Malin,ingatkah lagi kat masjid Liverpool? Lepas tu ke Anfield pulak..kali ni dapat jugak menjejakkan kaki ke Liverpool Stadium setelah sekian lama mengidam. Hahaha! Zaid paksa rela je amik gamba iols. Maklumla dia die Man U die-hard-fan. Wakaka!

Dia Lebih Penat Dari Kita..

Esoknya, budak ni bangun paling lambat. 10.30 pagi baru bangun. Masamm...

~letih sangat sampai terbaring-baring kat lantai..

Tengahari tu daddy nak cari 3 in 1 waterproof jacket, maklumla orang tu nak kena commute hari-hari dengan train, sekarang pulak musim hujan je..So off to Cheshire Oaks we go....

~tak padan dengan kecik..nak jugak join memanjat.

3 Down..What Else To Do?

Exam dah settled,PR dah settled, and now..we are counting the days to move to......

BRADFORD,WEST YORKSHIRE!

Yeay!

Kitorang tak jadi duduk kat Leeds, tapi hubby decided to commute to work by train/by car from Bradford, which takes about 20 mins.

Bab rumah..tungguuu..!!!

2 Down..1 More To Go.

Assalamualaikum peeps..Phew! Hope I didn't leave cobwebs here..*grin*

Ok, short announcement. Alhamdulillah we (Zaid & I) have passed our PR exam (read:Permanent Residence). The exam that has taken most of our Syawal 'excitement' and half of our inner peace. 

Another half is still remain there -_-' ..or at least untill our PR application is successful. Oh my gucci,nervous mak!

Second good news, we have found our new home in Yorkshire land (again,praise to Allah). After couple of months searching, couple of times to-and-fro Stafford-Leeds (but had a pit stop at Al-Jazeera & Moonlight to buy nasik arab & cendol hehheh!) , our house-hunting expedition came to end. Mana tak macam expedition..naik turun hills area Huddersfield, masuk keluar ceruk village and farm dan macam zaman Braveheart dah panoramanya. I should have taken some photos but it was raining heavily, so I just captured with my eyes. 

So, whereabouts? Ahaa...!!! Surprise..surprise! Tunggu jelah next entry. Buat masa sekarang, tolong doakan our PR application and its process will be going smoothly as we will do it on this 20th September in the Home Office. *dupdapdupdap*

Oklah..kita bagi hint skit..ni kitorang jalan-jalan kat city dia. Park dia besar dan santek...

~tgk Fahim dah tawaf dulu.

~yang penting, masjidnya dekat sangat. Massive halal food are available!

Busy..busy..busy..

Form-filling + Stuff-sorting = rumah tunggang langganging (rhyme asal boleh).

Till we meet again..adiosa!

Semoga umat Islam selamat di bumi UK

Assalamualaikum dan salam Jumaat semua. Rasanya ramai yang sudah tahu atau pun menonton berita tentang 'Woolwich attack' yang berlaku di London seminggu yang lepas. Kalau belum boleh baca berita penuh di sini dan sini.

Summary of the news:

• One of the men arrested is believed to be Michael Adebolajo
• Two men repeatedly stab and tried to behead off-duty soldier in SE London
• They shouted 'Allah Akbar' attack and told witnesses to film them 
• Charged at police officers with rusty revolver, knives and meat cleavers
• Killing took place 200 yards from barracks and close to primary school
• Both men placed under arrest after being treated for gunshot wounds 
• PM: Killing is 'sickening' and Britain will 'never buckle' in face of terror

~the slaughtered soldier lying deadly on the road and one of the attackers Michael Adebowale/Adebolajo,22.

Kejadian berlaku pada hari incek husben dijangka pulang dari outstation di Jerman. Aku pulak entah macam mana boleh tak tau Zaid touch down airport mana. Takut jugak kalau-kalau airport di London ke. Tapi logiknya mungkin Birm sebab dekat. Hati yang penuh kerisauan akhirnya lega bila incek husben muncul kat pintu rumah pukul 7 petang camtu. Alhamdulillah.

Kisahnya apabila dua orang Muslim kulit hitam (black) yang menaiki sebuah kereta telah melanggar seorang askar bristish Lee Rigby dan menikam beliau dengan senjata pisau. Setelah dibunuh mayatnya diheret ke tengah jalan dan ada saksi mengatakan ada yang melaungkan 'Allahuakbar' ketika pembunuhan berlaku. Hasil bedah siasat dikatakan mangsa, Lee Rigby mati akibat kecederaan ditusuk senjata bertubi-tubi.

Seorang daripada pembunuh sempat mengatakan sebab melakukan perkara tersebut..

"We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone. Your people will never be safe. The only reason we have done this is because Muslims are dying by British soldiers every day."

Ketika kejadian, seorang wanita cuba berkonfrontasi dan bertanyakan sebab dia melakukan serangan tersebut....

"I asked him if he did it and he said yes and I said why? And he said because he has killed Muslim people in Muslim countries, he said he was a British solider and I said really and he said 'I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan they have nothing to do there."

Now let us all think how relevant this attack to our Islam? Is it going to show to people (the non-Muslim and British specifically) that we Muslim are doing a right thing? Eventhough I agree with some point that Britain should stop sending their British troops to Muslim countries, killing their men, women and children, and we condemn that, but certainly there must be other 'proper ways' to show our condemnation against the war. Obviously not and never with the barbaric attack! Mr. Attackers should know that their actions have given the big impact to Muslim in this country..not as what they wishes for but by putting Muslim's lives into dangerous...

Another attack also happened in Cardiff, Wales..read here for full story.

Berjihad punya definisi yang luas,bukan? I'm not good in explaining about jihad..but one I can share..

"Dan, perangilah mereka itu sehingga tidak ada fitnah lagi dan agama itu hanya semata-mata untuk Allah." (al-Baqarah:193)

Maksud fitnah dalam ayat itu ialah kufur dan syirik, sebagaimana pendapat Ibnu Abbas, Qatadah, Mujahid dan Rabi'.

Islam tidak sekali-kali bermaksud untuk memaksa manusia menganut Islam melalui peperangan.

Mustafa al-Syiba'iy ada menegaskan, peradaban Islam adalah untuk mengajak manusia supaya saling kenal mengenal dan tolong menolong dalam keadaan damai. Prinsip peradaban Islam, katanya, mengharamkan peperangan, tidak boleh menyerang, merampas harta benda dan menghina kehormatan sesuatu bangsa. 

Rujukan daripada http://virtualfriends.net/article/articleview.cfm?AID=42425

Let's hope everything will be back to normal and pray for the safety of all Muslim in UK and all around the world. Amin..

p/s buat semua rakyat Malaysia di UK sekarang berhati-hati dan jaga keselamatan anda dan keluarga.

Love & Peace.

We really do show our virtues, don't we?

Rioting For What?

Just thought to spread the words to all Malaysian who reside at UK.

WARGA MALAYSIA DI UNITED KINGDOM

Assalamualaikum/Salam Sejahtera,

Buat semua Pelajar & Komuniti Masyarakat Malaysia,

Pihak Suruhanjaya Tinggi Malaysia khususnya Education Malaysia UK amat memerlukan bantuan tuan/puan/saudara/saudari untuk menyalurkan maklumat terkini mengenai sebarang kejadian rusuhan atau ketidaktenteraman awam dikawasan sekitar tuan/puan/saudara/saudari dari masa ke semasa.

Maklumat boleh disalurkan kepada saya menerusi:

Email: shahrul.nizam.mahfudz@gmail.com

Telefon (pejabat) : 020 7985 1256

Telefon (Mobile) : 07 553 740 492 (text atau panggilan)

Tujuan utama adalah pemantauan keadaan sekitar dan koordinasi kerja/bantuan kepada pelajar atau ahli komuniti Malaysia di UK yang terjejas dan membahayakan keselamatan ekoran kejadian rusuhan dan sebagainya pada waktu ini.

Mohon jasa baik juga dipanjangkan hebahan ini kepada pelajar/komuniti yang lain dengan meletakkan di wall FB/Blog/Twitter/Laman web masing-masing.

Sekian, terima kasih.

SHAHRUL NIZAM MAHFUDZ

b.p Education Malaysia UK & Eire

** di ambil dari page rakan muka united kingdom. mohon panjang2 kan **

A video of a riot victim in London. He's Malaysian, a student of Kaplan College, has been attacked and mugged while still in bleeding.

click here to read more

Alhamdulillah, when reading this and watching news on telly, I feel very grateful that I am living in Stafford, not a big city like central London, or Birmingham. Mungkin sebab town Stafford dimonopoli oleh kaum mat saleh dan foreigners (Muslim) tak ramai. Tak tau kenapa mesti kaitkan dengan Islam, sedangkan rakyat dia yang tak nak kerja, even kalau ada pun, macamlah ramai yang nak kerja as a cleaner atau carer. Kerja-kerja macam tu foreign students jugak yang buat.

I don't say all of them, but most of them who refuse to work are prefer to live under benefits. I don't understand why those scums pointing the issue to foreigners, especially after the incident of Ashraf Haziq. Aren't they understand that we, as foreigners of non-European who are pursuing studies in UK have to pay double for study fees? Aren't they realize that we, as foreigners of non-European who are working in UK have to pay the tax almost half of what we earned? Yet, we of non-European look always been discriminated even we can talk fluently much better than those with European look you-know-who from. In fact, they don't need visa to stay, plus they could apply for benefits as well, couldn't they? So why must you give all the crap to us, while we're paying out the tax for your very own benefits? I just don't understand......

They claim less jobs, well.. I look around at my workplace today and found nobody except me who from Asia. I walked to the cafeteria and found out there was an old Indian lady, and she is a cleaner. I wandering around the factory and met some foreigners, Asian and Europe..yes they are working there.. as the high-skilled workers a.k.a engineers and etc. My point is, if you want their job, either you willing to be a cleaner or study hard and get the damn bachelor in university, then you can apply for whatever job you want. Got it?

Honestly, I just don't understand. Let's just pray that everything will be fine here. I love my friends over here. They are really nice to me, and even they don't understand either.. sigh.....

* Benefits ialah duit yang diberi setiap bulan oleh kerajaan Britain kepada mereka yang tidak mempunyai pekerjaan, mempunyai anak tetapi unemployed, dan disabled.