MECCA

Who doesn't know where the qibla of Muslims is? Who doesn't know where Prophet Ismail and his mother (Siti Hajar) left alone? Who doesn't know where the Zamzam is? Yes, all Muslims must know that the answer is in Mecca. Mecca is the main city in saudi arabia. This city is the destination of Muslims throughout the world to perform the hajj, which is mandatory for those who are able to do it and the sunah for those who don't. In this city, there is a main building named masjidil haram with kaaba in it. This city is a historical city of Muslims, from the direction of qibla, the birthplace of the prophets, and where the zamzam is found.

Alhamdulillah, in 2009 my father and mother had the opportunity to perform the hajj. When they came home, my mother told me her experience while in Mecca. She was very glorify kaaba and masjidil haram. She said praying in the holy mosque and actually being in front of the kaaba which can only be seen from the picture feels like a dream. In Mecca, she also met many people from various countries. I always pray that someday we can go there as a family to perform the hajj.

There are also many students who came from Indonesia to continue their studies and many of them are got a scholarship. Outstanding !! They got a scholarship by memorizing the 30 juz of Quran. According to an article, those who can memorize the Quran are not ordinary people, they are extraordinary people, besides having a strong intention to memorize they also worship diligently and certainly never postpone the time for worship. In addition to get the heaven, they also get the world. To be honest, I am very jealous of them because they can pursue the world without forgetting the afterlife.

Here's my little story about Mecca, the city that the Muslims want to visit. Although I've never been there but I am very excited to be invited there. I knew i would go there someday, yeaaah someday.

INTRODUCTION

Hello everybody, let me introduce my self. My name is Astri Kusuma Pertiwi, you can call me Astri. My father told me my name means, Astri is religious, Kusuma is Hero, and Pertiwi is country, so my father hoped that I can be a religious hero of country. I am the third child of three brothers, I have one big sister and one big brother. My birthday coincides with the anniversary of Indonesia. I am 20 years old. I was borns in Serang city. Since childhood, I lived in Cilegon city until I graduated from high school, and after that I moved to Depok city to continue the education to higher level. I like watching action movie, shopping (if i have more money), culinary tour, travelling, etc.

My father worked as BUMN employee in financial section. I hope I could follow his path when I graduated from here. Me and my sister and my brother had different passions. My sister worked in medical field, my brother worked as an engineer, and I liked finance  field, therefore I chose accounting program. My mother always told us that whatever the job we do, do it with sincerity and full responsibility

Some people said that I was an ignorant person, but behind it I had a great sympathy, just that I couldn’t show it in front of people. I had a lazy habit that makes me procrastinating my tasks.