Ella in London - Che Lah's Funeral at Gardens of Peace, Ilford, Redbrige, UK on 17/2/2016

17th February 2016 - Harini hari pengebumian Che Lah. Today, another cousin, Fendi (Ma Jah's son) arrived from Kuala Lumpur to witness the funeral. I was told it is 50km away from home and the journey from our home took more than an hour. We rented 2 cars and departed from home almost at 9am and reached Gardens of Peace more than an hour later.

Gardens of Peace, salah satu dari tempat pengebumian orang-orang Islam di London.

Can be reached via public transport .. 45 minutes from Queensway station to Hainault Station (by tube).

I love the clean, cool and peaceful environment. They run this place without government fund. Semuanya atas hasil sendiri dan sumbangan dari warga Muslim di London. The Funeral cost is not cheap .. £3000 bersamaan RM18,000 but everything will be arrange by the Funeral Centre .. from transporting the 'jenazah' from the Hospital to the Centre till the end.

Jenazah dimandikan pada jam 10.30 pagi. Two representatives from the family were allow to join the bathing .. so Ma Jah and Ma Su joined in. Dari jam 11 pagi - 1 tengahari adalah Sessi Ziarah buat saudara mara dan sahabat handai Arwah. Solat Jenazah diadakan sebaik sahaja selesai Solat Zohor. Alhamdulillah, ramai yang datang menyempurnakan Solat Jenazah Arwah.

What I like about 'pusara-pusara' di sini adalah its standardization. Semua pusara, tak kira bangsa, pangkat atau darjat adalah sama.  Ya Sesungguh nya kita adalah sama apabila pulang ke pangkuan Nya.

Hampir jam 2.30 petang, urusan pengebumian Che Lah selesai. Moga Che Lah tenang di sana .. di sisi para syuhada. Moga Che Lah berada di bawah lindungan serta kasih sayang Allah Swt. Moga Allah Swt ampuni dosa-dosa Che Lah. Far away from her hometown in Malaysia .. you will always be in our heart .. you will be missed, dearly.

Met more relatives who live in London - Asyraf Afnan, Aleeza and Azreen who came for the funeral. Hikmah di sebalik sesuatu perkara adalah ianya menyatukan kami semua .. nun jauh di Kota London merentasi benua demi benua. Alhamdulillah .. perancangan Allah Swt itu sangat indah.

Marina, Fendi and Misz-ella .. we are cousins and there you are, Martyne, Marina's husband.

Later we went home by train. It was fun travelling with the whole family by train together .. From Hainault train station to Queensway .. entah bila saat begini bakal berulang lagi? 

Next was Dinner with the whole family at Sadaf, a Persian Restaurant at Bayswater Arm. The food here tasted better than the one that we had a night before. 

Day 1 was our Travelling Day. Day 2 was the Funeral of my beloved aunty, Che Lah. A memorable and unforgetable experiences and moment for our family. Pengalaman berharga yang takkan kami lupakan sampai bila-bila.

It was raining while we were having our Dinner. Hujan kat London macam tu la .. sekejap-sekejap dan tidak lebat tapi sejuk nya 4°C .. oh ya .. only me tak tahan sejuk, i guess .. siap ber thermal .. yang lain rilek je. Ingatkan kau cuma Puteri Lilin, Puteri Ais jugak kau rupanya ye wahai Ella. 

Berakhir nya pengebumian Che Lah, maka berakhir lah misi serta tujuan utama kami di Bumi London ini. Next day is our resting day. An Entry about it will be in my blog, soon. Thanks for reading. Bye, lovely readers.