You know, in Indonesia we can find Mosque and Musholla very easy. We can find it in the corner of the street, in the mall, school, office, basically everywhere. When I first preparing my office relocation, one thought came up in my mind. Where am I gonna pray?
I asked my friend who is assigned in Singapore, she said she has to pray in Nursery room. I was like, WHAT? Even in Singapore where there are a lot of Malay, Indian and even Indonesian they don't provide small little corner to pray??? I cannot dare to think about London where it is thousand miles away from Muslim majority country.
Without any expectation I asked HR in my first day at London office. "Sorry, but is there any muslim that I can contact here? I want to know where they pray."
And she was like.
"Oh my God sorry I forget to tell you. We do have prayer room. I'll email you the details."
O-KAY.
So I'm safe.
In the afternoon she emailed me the directory and said sorry to not informed me earlier.
Then I went downstairs, and you know what?!!
IT IS ACTUALLY A PROPER MUSHOLLA!
Complete with Qibla direction, prayer mat, and mukena.
3 men sholat berjamaah, and I met one of my hijab colleagues there.
It was beyond happy. I almost cried.
Now I understand, if we can have something easily we tend to take it for granted. I've never imagined would be this happy just to find a proper place to pray in a foreign country far away from home.
Thank you my company for being very thoughtful 💕
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