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Alhamdulillah, me and my usrah circle had just been achieving our dream to make an usrah outside Christchurch City. With a huge support from our naqibah, Sister Aziemah, we were all driven to Cheviot District by Kak Sakina... Again, I was being in charge of cooking department. Hihihi... Serve you right, Anis! :P
Our first stop was at Gore Bay Cathedral Cliffs. Jeez, the cliffs are so unique and we thought it was attributed to soil corrosion, but it's natural. Kak Mun took her role as a photographer (but unpaid) and a few minutes later, Azie offered herself to help Kak Mun taking pix. As a matter of fact, Azie is very interested in photography, so she tried using Kak Mun's dslr... Well, thumbs up to an amateur! Azie's a quick learner, tho...
Then, we continued our photo session at Gore Bay as well as in a private property (upon Kak Sakina's persuasion towards the owner). Huhuhu... Posing, posing... Fiqs had become our model. She knew all too well the right angles to get nice shots! Hehehe... We also had our brunch on the rocky shore and treated with Kak Mun's choc brownies! =) Yummy!
Continuing our way to find Manuka Bay, but getting lost in Cheviot District. The i-site was useless since there was only a big map board. So, we decided to follow Robin's Port route. Instead of reaching at Manuka Bay, we got to Hurunui River Mouth. It was deep into a remote area where there were sheep farms and bleak cottages only... Huhuhu... Driven by a high spirit of braveness, we stopped inside a camp site. There was no one but we.
Starting with praying on a rocky shore (we took our wudu' at the crystal clear river mouth). After that, we ate our lunch, the fried rice prepared by me and Fiqs. It was more delicious to eat with ikan bilis goreng and keropok udang. Seeing everyone was getting cold esp Kak Sakina and Kak Mun, I offered my homemade hot green tea. They all liked my purple 'Thermos'. Hihihi... Whilst eating, we listened to an usrah delivered by Azie. We reflected what we saw around us to our topic. There we go, when Kak Mun touched on a verse from Surah Ar-Rahman about Allah's blessings.
When the usrah finished, we unintentionally started our modus operandi. Kahkahkah... Kak Mun suddenly noticed an apple tree right beside a loo when she got out from it. Without waiting any longer, we quickly picked the red, small apples and tossed 'em into our huge bag. We thought next time, we dont have to pay to do apple picking in Chch. Do it in Hurunui. It's for free... hehehe... The apples were so crunchy. We could get approximately 5-kg harvest of the apples. Quite a lot... It was so funny to see the tree was getting bald without apples..... Luckily, there was no one around. That's why we dubbed the place as our new private place.
We washed out the apples at the river mouth. Later on, we took pix and wandered along the river bank. The foggy sky never showed that it was goin' to be sunny. We hurried up shooting here and there, then walked back to our car and reversed the wheel to go back home. The road we took to get out from Cheviot District was just like during the time we arrived.
(The trip was made on last Saturday.)
Our first stop was at Gore Bay Cathedral Cliffs. Jeez, the cliffs are so unique and we thought it was attributed to soil corrosion, but it's natural. Kak Mun took her role as a photographer (but unpaid) and a few minutes later, Azie offered herself to help Kak Mun taking pix. As a matter of fact, Azie is very interested in photography, so she tried using Kak Mun's dslr... Well, thumbs up to an amateur! Azie's a quick learner, tho...
Then, we continued our photo session at Gore Bay as well as in a private property (upon Kak Sakina's persuasion towards the owner). Huhuhu... Posing, posing... Fiqs had become our model. She knew all too well the right angles to get nice shots! Hehehe... We also had our brunch on the rocky shore and treated with Kak Mun's choc brownies! =) Yummy!
Continuing our way to find Manuka Bay, but getting lost in Cheviot District. The i-site was useless since there was only a big map board. So, we decided to follow Robin's Port route. Instead of reaching at Manuka Bay, we got to Hurunui River Mouth. It was deep into a remote area where there were sheep farms and bleak cottages only... Huhuhu... Driven by a high spirit of braveness, we stopped inside a camp site. There was no one but we.
Starting with praying on a rocky shore (we took our wudu' at the crystal clear river mouth). After that, we ate our lunch, the fried rice prepared by me and Fiqs. It was more delicious to eat with ikan bilis goreng and keropok udang. Seeing everyone was getting cold esp Kak Sakina and Kak Mun, I offered my homemade hot green tea. They all liked my purple 'Thermos'. Hihihi... Whilst eating, we listened to an usrah delivered by Azie. We reflected what we saw around us to our topic. There we go, when Kak Mun touched on a verse from Surah Ar-Rahman about Allah's blessings.
When the usrah finished, we unintentionally started our modus operandi. Kahkahkah... Kak Mun suddenly noticed an apple tree right beside a loo when she got out from it. Without waiting any longer, we quickly picked the red, small apples and tossed 'em into our huge bag. We thought next time, we dont have to pay to do apple picking in Chch. Do it in Hurunui. It's for free... hehehe... The apples were so crunchy. We could get approximately 5-kg harvest of the apples. Quite a lot... It was so funny to see the tree was getting bald without apples..... Luckily, there was no one around. That's why we dubbed the place as our new private place.
We washed out the apples at the river mouth. Later on, we took pix and wandered along the river bank. The foggy sky never showed that it was goin' to be sunny. We hurried up shooting here and there, then walked back to our car and reversed the wheel to go back home. The road we took to get out from Cheviot District was just like during the time we arrived.
(The trip was made on last Saturday.)
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