Outreach to Mabul Island (Series 4) Travelog : In the Eye of Kery (29th August 2010 : 4th Day)

This time I woke up as early as 2.30am with an intention to perform Qiamullail. Right when I just started to take wudu’, Macik Sapura accompanied by her child appeared from the side of the mosque to bring me and Rahman home. We finished sahur around 3am, and considering that it was still way too early, we decided to take a nap. Unfortunately, we ended up waking up at 6.45am. After praying and taking pictures of the broken bridge, we moved quickly to the mosque then straight to the Telaga Kasih for photo taking before went back to the mosque for the next activities.

The children were divided into groups according to their levels of mastery of Quranic recitation – knowing Jawi, reading Quran and memorizing short Quranic verses. While the classes were going on, I encountered a problem to prepare for the closing ceremony when the generator could not be used to supply electricity. It turned up that it was caused by the extension, in which one wire was disconnected from its original place. Alhamdulillah, this trouble was fixed with the help from certain villagers.

Next, the closing ceremony which was conducted by Abang Jali took place inside the mosque, started by speeches from Panglima Mubin and Dr Dol. Tokens of appreciation were then given to the foster families and to Shima and the gang for providing so much assistance for us during the programme. Deliveries of fidyah and generator were also done accordingly followed by the photography session of all the members from IIUM and Mabul Island who were involved in this programme. I took a chance to snap pictures with my foster mother, Macik Sapura and thank her for all the hassle she had gone through for the sake of us.

We budged to the jetty after the Zuhr prayer. Some villagers escorted us to the boat and helped us to load our belongings. Macik Sapura also followed sending us to the jetty. I was very content with their kindness and willingness to accept us for three days staying at Mabul. With the waves of goodbye, we were off to Semporna. Before headed to Kak Ramlah’s house in Tawau, we dropped by in Pasar Tanjung Tawau looking for something to be bought. I really did not have anything to buy as this is my hometown; there was nothing special for me to look at.

We arrived in the house of Kak Ram before Maghrib. As great as in Kak Jijah’s house few days back, we were treated with variety of delicious foods for iftar in Kak Ram’s house. After thanking her family for the very pleasant treat, we departed to Tawau Airport. I left my dirty clothes in my house on our way to the airport. Unfortunately, our flight had been delayed by one hour. I spent my time get along with Abang Jali and Cecep waiting for our departure. Boarding at 10pm, we arrived in LCC Terminal around 1.30am and finally arrived at IIUM around 3am. I was very happy and relieved that our journey had come to its end.

That was all, so long for Mabul IV. Thank you to everyone who take part directly and indirectly. We love you sooo much!! =)

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