Hiking Trip ; Je?těd, Liberec, Czech
February 16, 2015
I don't really have specific plan this time. As I was alone and actually, I don't know if I can survive hiking in winter, alone. I've been hiking to Sně?ka and ?pindler?v Mlyn but it was with other hikers. So, if anything happen, they are always willing to help. Since this was a last minute plan last morning, I can't ask others to join me. :p
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| Snowy forest. |
What I did was I just get prepared and went to the train station which is just 5 minutes walk, then I saw the earliest train was going to Liberec. Ahaaa, That's nice. I suddenly remember few of my seniors been there few days ago and I have asked about the plans :D
I bought a mineral water and a bar of chocolate, And yeah, off to Liberec!
The return ticket Hradec Kralove - Liberec (with IN25 InKarta) = CZK 278
The journey was 139km one way and took about 2 1/2 hours to 3 hours.
I arrived at Liberec at 12pm and directly took a tram to Horní Hanychov, with a ride of about 12 minutes from Nádra?í (train station) plus CZK 20 for the tickets (only accept coins). My advice is to buy 2 tickets so that you can save time and money for the return tram. I mean, you don't have to find the ticket machine or buy from the tram driver (this will cost more).
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| Ticket machine | Verified tickets |
Just push button for základní jízdenka (basic ticket) and here in Czech most of city buses / tram use time for different tickets. For Liberec, there will be either 40 minutes or 75 minutes. So, you can just use the ticket within the time after it is verified by machine in the bus / tram.
By the way, Liberec is at the north of Czech, quite close to the border of Czech-Germany and you can also see the signboards are also in German. For Czech people, Liberec is famous for Je?těd tower designed by Karel Hubá?ek, which where I was heading to yesterday :) This tower is basically a communication tower together with restaurants and hotel where people can stay there while enjoying the view or winter sports.
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| Can you imagine how cold was it. T_T |
I just knew that this place is packed the whole year as people come to nearby ski resorts in winter and in summer, this weather is ideal for trips :)
When I reached Horní Hanychov, this was the view of the area;-
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| This was during my way back :) |
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| Ski jumping statues |
I was greeted by this statue. It was awkward actually to walk under it. Haha.
Based on Wikipedia, I read that this place was once significant with World Championship 2009.
From the tram stop, I can see immediately the signboards of nearby places; like ski school, ski resorts etc. My first plan, was to find route to get to Je?těd tower. So, I went to information center. I met with a friendly old man, who is working there for 11 years (!) and he speaks English too. I guess buy souvenirs here (if you would like to), they are cheaper than at the tower.
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| It was already closed when I return there at 5.30pm. |
There are few ways to go up the mountain;-
1. By car
2. By cable car
3. Hiking (with 2 possible routes)
For the hiking trails, you can choose either short blue route (3.5km - to the north) or long blue + red route (9km - to the south and north again) and both routes will lead to the tower. Since, I haven't hike for a while, I just choose the short route. But it was challenging enough to climb the steep paths covered with ice with snow below it.
But the views were mesmerizing. Now I know the feeling of winter wonderland! Here are few pictures. :) Most of the routes for the first 2km are crossing the forest and at least 2 roads.
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| Spruce tree, I think so ;) |
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| A family sliding down the hills :) One tip if you want to walk beside dogs here, just ignore them. If you don't show you are scared, they will not get near you. But, this may need practices. |
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| Someone made this. |
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| The path is not covered with fresh snow. so, don't worry to get wet stepping on it. Just be careful not to fall down. |
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| The moment I saw blue sky. :D |
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| 0.5 km to reach the tower. I was exhausted. |
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| Trees marked with few colors - to help hikers to know the route. :) |
The last 0.5 km was a bit challenging as I was walking along the edge of the mountain. I can see the view down there, everything covered with snow, white, gloomy but still worth breathtaking. Inspire fresh, cold air will make you not to feel tired.
I just knew the word hard rime; which is used to describe a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects (source; Wikipedia)
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| SubhanAllah! :D |
As I was walking-hiking higher, I reached another road. And this time, I can see the tower, covered with white sky. Walked up for few hundreds meters and I reached the entrance to the tower! :D Most of people who went there are Czech and only some maybe come from Germany as I can hear that language.
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| I can't see the peak. But the tower looks like the one in picture on my left :) |
The tower is free (I think), I didn't pay anything to enter it. Equipped with toilets and free WiFi too. I didn't have plan in mind to have lunch there. But, suddenly there was strong wind bringing all the ice throughout the air. It was painful to the face. I suddenly got scared of the strong wind and I don't think hiking down for another 3.5km would be a good choice.
After sending a postcard, I chose to stay and eat.
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| The restaurant. |
The restaurant up there was really calm and looked high quality. I waited for few minutes as all tables were full and I didn't want to sit in the bar (with lots of alcohol and cigarette smokes). After I got the place to sit, I looked at the menu, and to be honest, it was not that expensive as I thought! I mean, of course it is expensive compared to food prices in Malaysia, but here, a main dish that costs CZK 100-200 (RM 15-30) is normal. Even a kebab costs CZK 60. :p
Easy conversion ; RM 1 = CZK 6
I ordered Grilled Trout with gratin potatoes and brown butter; and I still make confirmation that there will be no alcohol in the food. And also ginger lemonade for the drink. The total was CZK 250.
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| It was a BIG portion for 1 person. T_T I took nearly 1 1/2 hours to eat. But worth the price :) |
There is hotel too at the tower, you can check TripAdvisor for more details.
It was nearly 5pm when I finished my food and made payment. After taking another few pictures, I just wait at the cable car; which run every 1/2 hour. The price is cheaper if you buy return tickets instead of 2 one-way tickets
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| Going down :) |
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| The tower was covered by thick white clouds. Aha, this is the ski areal. |
Cable car normal price;- One way = CZK 75 | Return = CZK 120
With InKarta, IN25;- One way = CZK 55 | Return = CZK 90
Actually the cable car is handled by ?eské dráhy (?D) or Czech Railways; which is the main railway operator in Czech. The cable car ride took only 4 minutes to go down to the ski areal. And I need to walk for another 700meters to get back to the tram stop and return to the train station, to catch the train to Hradec Kralove.
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| Horni means upper. |
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I was reading a book by Hilal Asyraf along the way there. A part of it that really touch my heart; about a chapter; Hati yang Kosong (Empty Heart?)
He said that, in our hearts, there is an empty space, and we try to find something to fill it as we don't want to get lonely with that emptiness. Some people will work hard to find wealth, some will find a partner, some will go hiking and some will go diving. Also, some may do something that will hurt others and there will also be some people fill it by giving happiness to others.
But, the empty spaces still not be filled. Why?
The book said that, the empty space is about our relation with Allah. It was empty as we maybe not doing things that obey His orders or we don't submit ourselves to Him.
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Refresh our intention. Do things for the sake of Allah. T_T
v Khaulah,
150215
Muhammad Atan :)
February 14, 2015
Let me introduce you to...tadaaaaa, our lovely annoying cat.
Muhammad Atan.
Muhammad Atan.
Atan's official picture. ^_^
Few months old, maybe :)
Post-'suicidal' attempt - This was the 2nd time. Falling down from a 2nd floor flat twice was crazy. But alhamdulillah, he survived and well, he lost 2 out of 9 lives, perhaps? ;p
Box-lover. Sleep-lover. Di mana ada kotak, di situ ada Atan.
He was excited for his train ride. Hmm at this time, we were going somewhere, so, we need to leave him into someone's trusted hands to take care of him :)
Funny! He really loves to play or sit or sleep on the keyboard. Hmm, he wants attention and he doesn't like to be left alone. :p manja!
Atan's first car ride, I guess. He can't sit calmly. :p
His favourite sport; to catch flying hair rubber band. It was really exciting for him; like - he saw us holding the rubber band --> tunduk sikit, goyang-goyang bontot --> then we throw it, he will catch it even it was so high up.
His 1st birthday celebration :) And housewarming party too. Well, Atan can not eat all that.
Last but not least, Atan!
Atan is on Instagram if you want to follow his activities :) feel free to drop by and say hi. <3
Box-lover. Sleep-lover. Di mana ada kotak, di situ ada Atan.
He was excited for his train ride. Hmm at this time, we were going somewhere, so, we need to leave him into someone's trusted hands to take care of him :)
Funny! He really loves to play or sit or sleep on the keyboard. Hmm, he wants attention and he doesn't like to be left alone. :p manja!
Atan's first car ride, I guess. He can't sit calmly. :p
His favourite sport; to catch flying hair rubber band. It was really exciting for him; like - he saw us holding the rubber band --> tunduk sikit, goyang-goyang bontot --> then we throw it, he will catch it even it was so high up.
His 1st birthday celebration :) And housewarming party too. Well, Atan can not eat all that.
Last but not least, Atan!
Atan is on Instagram if you want to follow his activities :) feel free to drop by and say hi. <3
http://instagram.com/atan_hk/
4 Things We Can't Recover in Life
February 12, 2015
Hi guys, assalamualaikum :)
I just did my final exam yesterday and now am having 'holidays' for 4 days before starting new semester! Wohoo, alhamdulillah, all went well and I'm looking forward to do my blogwalking! It's been a while, and I really appreciate all the comments and will try my best to visit your blogs :)
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| hari-hari bertapa, bertapa hari-hari |
So, what to do with this 4 days?
I need to proceed with my [Roadtrip] Where East Meets West' posts. Hihi. I must finish it before the real feeling go away.
But, first let me
Before that, I need to claim that the pictures and story are not mine. :) I took them from HERE and they are actually in slideshow. I tried to use embedded code but it turns out to be small for my blog.
What do you feel? At first, I tried to put myself in the lady's shoes. Maybe I don't really get angry if someone beside me take my food, as sometimes I do offer food to strangers while waiting for public transportation. While, for that man, I was amazed as he keep calm till the end.
Let's get back to the title of the post. 4 things we can't recover in life. What do you think?
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Okay, here we go. ^_^
At first, I don't get it; the relation between stone and the stories. But, soon I understand that throwing stone is actually what we do. The stone.... after the throw, is something we did and we can't take it back. Just imagine, you play pranks to someone who doesn't like pranks - and turn out he/she really hate it. And he/she can hate you too T_T
This is the most common thing that happen in our life. Saying something then you regret saying it. That's the reason I guess why people keep saying, "think twice before you said/act". Words can be good but at the same time can be painful to others.
For example, school/college bully on someone who doesn't have pretty face or fat guy/girl. (I saw this on movies actually, haven't experienced in real life). Sometimes, the harsh words can cause them to attempt suicide! or if less than that, it will be a torture to his/her psychology.
Ahaa, doing something on the RIGHT time, at the RIGHT place with the RIGHT surrounding - this is what we in life I guess? It can be anything; planning to do any ceremony, doing something for someone.
What I can reflect from the story; is about the moment we did something wrong to someone, but we have no more chance to ask forgiveness. Huhu. Like people said, doing something bad to Allah, insyAllah we can repent but if to people, we need to find them and ask forgiveness. T_T
Forgive people every day. so, we don't need to carry the burden of hating anyone. :)
This is very general and I can say we can apply to anything we do, even while reading this post, perhaps? Time is a valuable thing and obviously, we can't turn back to even 1 millisecond of our life.
Cherish it and use it wisely.
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I think there are more things we can't recover in life; like - trust after its lost.
Do share some thoughts yea. :)
Do good to people as how we want people to do the same to us. - quote
May this post benefits us. Ameen.
v Khaulah
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Beautiful Sky of 2014 [Part 3]
February 6, 2015
I would love to spend more time to share something in this blog; but I guess I need to take a break and focus more on my reading. Final exam on next Tuesday, wish me all the best! Remember me in your prayers, yea :)
But, since I had this post in my draft, let me share you these beautiful scenery. ^_^
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| 4/7/14 - Going for iftar; it's already Maghrib while I went there T_T blame my time management. | Hradec Kralove, Czech |
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| 16/7/14 - While becoming photographer for dearest sisters for their graduation day | Old Town Prague, Czech |
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| 16/7/14 - Graduation day! Universitas Carolina means Charles University. | Prague, Czech |
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| 21/7/14 - Flying home via Dubai with Emirates. Taken from my favourite seat! | Somewhere in the world |
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| 21/7/14 - Get ready for iftar in the plane! :D The cabin crews were so nice to prepare us food and give announcement for Maghrib. | Somewhere in the world |
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| 6/8/14 - View near my house :) | Perak, Malaysia |
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| 6/8/14 - Nice clouds! Somewhere in new neighbourhood near my house | Perak, Malaysia |
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| 16/8/14 - Morning, with the view of sea and paddy field | Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia |
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| 23/8/14 - I love that light pole. Or are that speakers? :) | Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia |
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| 23/8/14 - FRIM, I guess. | Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia |
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| 23/8/14 - Cameron Valley Tea | Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia |
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| 3/9/14 - Get back to school. Bye, Malaysia | Somewhere in the world |
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| 17/9/14 - 2 days after my Pathology Anatomy final exam :) Boat ride along Labe river | Hradec Kralove, Czech |
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| 18/9/14 - Somewhere in my neighbourhood. | Nerudova, Hradec Kralove, Czech |
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| 27/9/14 - Place to stay away for hectic life in town. | Orlice river, Hradec Kralove, Czech |
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| 28/9/14 - Hiking trip with Izzah | Adrspach, Czech |
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| 29/9/14 - Crazy idea of cycling nearly 64km just to see this place. | Ceska Skalice, Czech |
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Hihi, actually I was wondering if you find it difficult to read the contents of this blog as they are in English? Actually, I do have few reasons to make it an English-medium blog. I gave a deep thought about trying to make my blog like this. But.... hmm leave some ideas about this yea; like do you really prefer Malay / English contents. :)
Thank you for your opinions!
Have a great weekend guys! :)
And pray for my success in my exam. ^_^
v Khaulah
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5 Life Lessons from Ants
January 31, 2015
I was scrolling my Instagram and saw few updates from people I'm following. And some of them are few girls I know when they traveled to Czech few days ago. Actually, I even traveled with them to Adr?pach, a nice place to enjoy the nature if you come to Czech. And few scenes in Narnia were taken at the rock town. ^_^
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| Adr?pach, Czech |
Do you know that there is a surah in Quran entitled Ants?
It is An-Naml, surah number 27.
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| Credit |
“Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear…” (Al-Baqarah, 2:286)
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| Snezka, Czech - Credit to the photographer :) |
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| source - Google image |
I just knew that in summer ants always prepare food, not only for usage in summer but in winter too! They keep on preparing on something which is yet to come. Just imagine, even people would love to stay at home in super cold days, the same goes to the ants. See, they know how to make use of their time to the fullest.
Remember this quote?
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
I know planning is not really the problem here. People plan a lot, but we feel so hard and struggle to make all those planned things work!
Hihi I remember Farah's post on SMART goal;- one of the example is "I want to lose 5kg before 31st March 2015 by 3 times workout weekly."
And I really like her idea of writing it down and tell people about the goal. At least, we will try our best to work hard on it, and other people will keep reminding us too :)
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| Credit - eggs of ants are sold as exotic food. T_T |
At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one of the ants said: "O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it." - An-Naml 27:18
(Maralah angkatan itu) hingga apabila mereka sampai ke "Waadin-Naml", berkatalah seekor semut: "Wahai sekalian semut, masuklah ke sarang kamu masing-masing, jangan Sulaiman dan tenteranya memijak serta membinasakan kamu, sedang mereka tidak menyedari".
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So he smiled, amused at her speech; and he said: "O my Lord! so order me that I may be grateful for Thy favours, which thou hast bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may work the righteousness that will please Thee: And admit me, by Thy Grace, to the ranks of Thy righteous Servants. - An-Naml 27:19
"Maka tersenyumlah Nabi Sulaiman mendengar kata-kata semut itu, dan berdoa dengan berkata:" Wahai Tuhanku, ilhamkanlah daku supaya tetap bersyukur akan nikmatMu yang Engkau kurniakan kepadaku dan kepada ibu bapaku, dan supaya aku tetap mengerjakan amal soleh yang Engkau redai; dan masukkanlah daku - dengan limpah rahmatMu - dalam kumpulan hamba-hambaMu yang soleh".
Can you feel how humble he was? T_T
We can relate this situation in our life too. As ants maybe represent the normal, ordinary people like us; workers, students, children - anyone who don't really have 'power' on others. Nabi Sulaiman represent 'powerful' people that rule the society.
Even though He was chosen to be the prophet, and granted a big kingdom, had lots of abilities and wealth; but he knew that all of them were given by Allah. And they can be taken away from his life anytime. SubhanAllah!
I really wish to see people nowadays, appreciate what they have now. Like not using their power for something that is not serving the community. Back to the basic, all of us are humans and we belong to one God and He is the one who rules us. :)
p/s/s - When you say/share something, you need to do it too. :)
v Khaulah,
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