Pengalaman indah Somerset West, Cape Town

Salam

Alhamdulillah, Dr.Har dah selamat tiba di tanahair tepat jam 5.55am tadi, selepas hampir 14 jam menaiki MH202 - direct dari Cape Town ke KLIA.

Masih terasa keletihan - namun puas dan gembira kerana diizinkan Allah, bertemu dgn rakan-rakan ahli Islamic Medical Assoc. of South Africa (IAMASA) yang datang berkampung dari Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth ke The Lord Charles Hotel di Somerset West (lihat gambar) - 25 minit perjalanan dari bandaraya Cape Town. Terasa sudah bahang World Cup 2010, jalan raya siap diturap baru, stadium Cape Town dah siap, iklan dalam saluran utama SABC - penuh persiapan menyambut acara terbesar dunia. Sempat diusik oleh salah seorang delegate convention - `Are not your visit to Cape Town now, two months early, Prof. Harlina?' Cape Town amat cantik sekali menjelang autumn, dah mula chilly esp in mornings & late evenings. Angin kuat - malam last Dr.Har kat Somerset West, kelajuan mencecah 50 knots.

Seramai lebih kurang 300 org delegasi hadir. Seorang lagi guest speaker Dr. Muneer Fareed dari Detroit USA, official of Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

Alhamdulillah, my six lectures were very much well-received. Dr. Har sampaikan keynote address masa official opening : Spirituality & Medicine & Gala Dinner talk in front of their VIP, Prof. Dr. Bongani Mayosi, the Head , Dept of Medicine Fac of Health Sciences University of Cape Town : Managing Diversity! Everybody loved the videoclips shown during the dinner - Mother Theresa, Ghandi & Kingdom of Heavens. I could clearly see, that everyone in that ballroom was focusing on the topic - recalling the apartheid regime esp among the seniors of IMASA.

Can you imagine, delivering SIX lectures in one convention - tak pernah dibuat dek orang! Hanya Allah SWT sahaja yang memberikan kekentalan azam, keberanian dan keteguhan semangat - almaklum, semua yang dengar, very distinguished members of IMASA, yang datang dari Durban, mostly doctors from Indo-Pakistani origin, nampak kurang selesa dgn speaker perempuan dan convenor event tahun ni pun perempuan (Dr. Lameze Parker) - janggut masing-masing macam Abraham Lincoln.

Untuk semua yang doakan, jazakallah. Kamera Canon G10 Dr.Har, lepas balik service ni, tangkap gambar sikit punya besar MB dia, too big for my laptop. Once dah okay, I'll put in my FB insyaAllah.

Tu dulu


Dr.Har