Monday, June 22, 2009

Umrah 2.0

I am leaving for Umrah (or Omrah) today, inshaAllah.

With no idea how do perform it, i resorted to Internet.

There I learned how to tie Ihram (uniform) with a guy from Turkey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zSO70ZgE5o
Checked where my hotels are in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah
in Wikimapia: http://wikimapia.org/540788/Mubarak-Golden-Hotel
I explored the holy shrine (Masjid Al-Haraam) at a virtual site in
SecondLife: www.SecondLife.com

These days even the acts of worship are made convenient, thanks to
technology. Though its my first time going for a pilgrimage, i call it
Umrah 2.0

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