Kopi Luwak dan Kencing Musang

Kali pertama saya terdengar tentang kopi Luwak ialah melalui rancangan  pemgembaraan Chef Wan di TV9 baru-baru ni. Kopi luwak ni adalah sejenis biji kopi yang dimakan oleh seekor musang yang kemudiannya di ambil selepas dia.......(melalui saluran najisnya). Lepas ia dibersihkan kopi ini di proses menjadi serbuk kopi. Apa macam....larat ke minum kopi ni? Jangan terkejut kerana kopi ni dikatakan antara kopi yang termahal di dunia dan boleh didapati di Indonesia. Saya dah surf internet tentang halal atau tidak kopi ini. Berdasarkan internet,  mengikut pendapat ulama, kopi ini halal di makan. Namun, bila difikirkan saluran yang dilalui oleh biji kopi ni, rasanya setakat ni tak lalu nak rasa. Lebih baik yang diproses secara biasa.

Berbalik kepada cerita musang. Alkisah beberapa hari lepas, sedang suami saya sibuk melakukan kerja di ruang tamu, tiba-tiba  dia terdengar air mencurah melalui siling lalu terkena  kain kusyen di sana. Mulanya kami tak pasti apakah cecair yang turun itu. Baunya seperti daun pandan! Ada orang mencurah air ke daun pandan dari atas siling(Bukan daun keladi)???
Seketika itu saya baru teringat pagi tersebut sememangnya ada bunyi seperti ekor musang di antara bumbung dan siling rumah kami. Memang ketika itu bunyi tersebut   betul-betul di atas ruang tamu.  Lantas saya menyuruh salah seorang dari ahli keluarga mencari di internet tentang kencing musang yang berbau daun pandan. Memang tak di sangka! Berdasarkan internet, memang ada sejenis musang yang kencingnya pada awalnya berbau pandan.
Habis satu kusyen dengan bantal-bantal kami terpaksa bersihkan dek kencing musang itu. Bau kencing musang itu lama kelamaan menghasilkan bau yang menyengitkan....Nasib baik kami dah bersihkan awal-awal.Kalau tidak, habis satu rumah berbau.
Begitulah kisah.......musang dan kencing musang.

Tour Guides

I had always love travelling. I travelled with my family most of the time rather than in large tour groups. My husband I felt that travelling in a small group is easier and more comfortable. Sometimes we used tour guide services especially when we travelled to a non English speaking place or country or a place where it was difficult to get halal food.Another important  factor that made us choose the tour guide services is that he or she could ensure to find a place where we could perform solat when we were unable to reach the hotel on time.The tour guide that really impressed us are the ones that we had during our trip to Medan Danau Toba and Chiangmai.

In our Medan Danau Toba Trip, our tour guide is Mulyadi, a very talkative and informative person. Right after we got into the van at the airport, Mulyadi gave a lenghty information on the places that we were going to visit and a brief history on Medan. Then while we were on our way to Danau Toba, he told us about the Batak people, their way of life and the food that they eat. Upon reaching Danau Toba, he had made sure that we got  rooms with excellent  view of the lake and had a boat ready to be board right in front of our room!Yes, we board a boat in front our door step. In Samosir Island(an Island in Danau Toba), he also gave a lenghty information about the life of the Batak people who had lived there. We were grateful to get so much information from him. Being a talkative person, he only stopped talking when he noticed that most of us were sleeping because we were tired from the non stop travelling. Indeed I highly reccomend him if I know anybody who would like to travel to Danau Toba.

Another tour guide that that I highly reccomend is Jay, from our trip to Chiangmai. Though not really fluent in English, Jay tried very hard to give a lot information regarding the places that we had visited. First, he gave a brief history of Chiangmai, then when we reached a certain tourist spot he will give some information about it since most of the information there was in Thai language. He had also made sure that we stopped over at mosques so that we will not miss our solat. Jay is also easy to get by. He did not feel hesitant  to stop at any places requested by us eventhough he had an ittinerary to follow. Oh yes, he had made sure we went to every place stated in the ittinerary.Once we  experienced a tour guide who was reluctant to go the places stated in the ittinerary that we had to remind him that it is in the ittinerary. This tour guide is not in our Chiangmai trip but somewhere nearby. One unique thing about Jay is that he had always made sure we were served with fruits in  every meal.

Using a  tourist guide gave us a lot of benefit, indeed.

Places to visit in malaysia by muslim tourist

one of the must see place to visit in Malaysia is the Taman tamddun Islam in terengganu