Day: December 9, 2005

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Kimi’s Done His Umrah

The Kaabah in the evening sun

Kimi has done his Umrah or minor pilgrimage to the Holy Mosque in Mecca. Good for him.

I first went there back in 1998 during Ramadhan…during which I completed 7 umrahs. The another 7 umrahs the next year, before I went sabbatical in 2000.

In 2001 I did my Haj. I did the Ifrad Haj. When I was there in Mecca after the Haj, Formula One was at Sepang…it was rainy at Sepang then, and I saw the Mir space station re-entered earth’s atmosphere and break up before plunging into the South Pacific Ocean.

I also climbed Jabal Nur and went into the Hira’ Cave.

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Pulau Payar

Good or bad viz, here I come!!

Come Christmas Day, my daughters (Noor Farhanah and Nurul Syafiqah), and I, will be diving Pulau Payar. Latest reports say that condition is good but viz is a bit sh**ty…bad at 2m, best at 6m. It’s the moon. Probably it’s waxing and into its first quarter. But come 25th December, it should be just after the last quarter and into waning gibbous. So hopefully the viz will improve and tide changes not too vivid.

Payar, here I come.