ahh.. the wedding bliss..

i have always been mesmerized by beautiful weddings.. be it simple or elaborate, i enjoy them all.


almost 30 years ago, i can still remember watching the live telecast of prince charles and lady diana spencer grand wedding. i loved the to see the beautiful diana, the wedding dress, and as a 10 year old girl at that time, i envied the bridesmaid... even they looked pretty and sweet.



and when the wedding was shown again on TLC yesterday (Charles and Di - Once Upon A Time), i still got hooked in front of the box.

and i was actually excited to watch the royal wedding of William and Kate yesterday. i was nailed in front of the tv the whole day! unlike charles and di, the newly-wed couple is so much in love with each other. you can see it in their eyes... i really love watching the way William looked at Kate while saying his wedding vows with his loving smile.


and Kate portrayed a classic beauty.. with her elegant and stunning wedding dress, a beautiful tiara and veil, and of course her graceful smile.. she looked very regal.


what caught my eyes on tv yesterday:

• the royal cars do not have tinted windows.. all are transparently see through.. (cuaca UK tak panas, so ok la,,)
• the people really loves the royal family
• the timing was accurate.. tak de la lambat and slow kena tunggu VIP macam kat malaysia
• besides the main royal family, the rest of the royal members were transported using luxury mini coaches
• the horse carriage memang cantik.. and tahan beratus tahun
• kelakar tengok topi2 the ladies... paling kelakar princess beatrice's hat yang kelihatan seperti tanduk rusa, and victoria beckham's hat yang macam nak jatuh.
• preggy victoria wore a 3-inched heels!!!
• suka tengok kepala william... baru 28 dah macam tu!!
• william was so handsome.. and kate was so beautiful!! what a lovely couple..
• gaya prince harry jalan sungguh tidak macho..
• william sungguh handsome in his military uniform, tapi pingat dia sikit sangat. bajunya nampak kosong.
  
• lama jugak mereka kena berdiri time bertukar2 wedding vows tu.. (tabik tu 90 y.o prince philip and 85 y.o queen elizabeth)
• the young bridesmaids were so cute.. macam ngantuk je!!
• kalau diana masih ade... mesti dia sangat elegant and cantik yesterday as compared to camilla-parker
• hilang sudah ke'handsome'an prince andrew and prince edward..
• time prince philip nak naik horse carriage, tetiba kelihatan carriage tu macam nak jatuh.
• the couple kissed twice at the balcony.. so sweet :)

hari ni kita tengok lagi kat tv... hmm.. tak puas2!!

to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.. may you live happily ever after.. :))

"aku terima nikahnya.."

kata bijak pandai.. "kalau kail panjang sejengkal jangan diduga lautan yang dalam"..

i'm writing this in response to our heated discussion in the "My Family - The Omarsafiah" page in facebook. to those who're not in the group... the discussion is on Nikah Khitbah, and marriage for young couples aka university students.

dear beloved nieces and nephews,

don't get us wrong. perkahwinan itu sesuatu yang tersangat mulia dan suci, dan sangat dianjurkan oleh Islam. di dalam Al Quran dijelaskan bahawa tujuan pernikahan adalah untuk mendapatkan ketenangan dan kebahagiaan, sebagaimana firman Allah yang bermaksud: "dan di antara tanda2 kebesaran Allah itu bahawa Dia jadikan bagi kamu pasangan hidup agar kamu mendapatkan ketenangan/kebahagiaan bersamanya, kemudian Allah ciptakan di antara kamu berdua mawaddah dan rahmah." (surah al-Rum, ayat 21).

we NEVER said that we are against early marriage. but as experienced adults we want you to see marriage in the right perspectives and in a wider aspects of life.

my dearest nieces, all the points mentioned in the discussion, are nothing new to us. itu semua ada termaktub di dalam al quran and hadith sejak dari dulu lagi. we also attended usrah.. we were young and were also a student before. kata orang.. 'been there, done that". jangan fikir kami kawin ni tanpa ilmu!! we do not just get married bersandarkan perspective sosialis, materialis, kapitalis.. for heaven's sake... we are all moslems!! malah di dalam mana2 agama pun.. marriage is a holy institution... its not merely done just to menghalalkan hubungan lelaki dan perempuan. sebab itu kita menyebutnya sebagai MEMBINA sebuah perkahwinan. yang di'bina' itu biar kukuh, tegak berdiri dan tidak mudah runtuh.

tak perlu nak tengokjauh2 pasal kawin masa belajar. mama, che ngah and achik, also got married while they’re still studying (in malaysia, UK dan US). ateh also wanted to get married while in UK but ayah insisted that she need to finished her studies. it happens in our family.. all three ended in three different ways.. but alhamdulillah, with Allah's guidance dan restu ibubapa, semua successful though the journey might have not been a smooth ride, the road was bumpy and winding!! the rest of us waited till we finished our studies and secured ourselves with a stable career. alhamdulillah juga, berkat restu ibuayah dan izin Allah, kehidupan kami juga dirahmati kebahagiaan dan kejayaan. perlu di ingat, perjalanan hidup masih panjang.. apa cabaran yang menanti di esok hari, di luar pengetahuan kita. oleh itu, beringatlah untuk masa depan.. don't look too good, nor talk too wise..

my love, what you are seeing now is only the beauty of the white sandy beach.. dengan pokok kelapa yang melambai, ombak menghempas pantai dan bayu yang nyaman dan mendamaikan. indahnya melihat sunset di waktu senja. ahh.. luasnya lautan dalam.. mesti seronok belayar ke sana..tapi ingat, anda baru mengenal laut yang sekadar di bawah cengkerang kecil..

gelora di lautan dalam tiada siapa yang tahu. persediaanya mesti rapi... you ingat boleh senang2 naik dinghy berdua ke sana? Nak pakai rakit ke, dinghy ke, sampan ke, bot nelayan ke, bot besar atau kapal atau cruise... kesemuanya mendatangkan cabaran yang berbeza. aleh2... tak sampai 10 minit belayar ke lautan, kamu dah terjelepuk.. pening, loya dan muntah2... mabuk laut!! menangis2 nak kembali ke daratan.

kalau sekadar naik bot kecil.. nak kencing and berak pun susah.. apa lagi nak masak. hebat mana pun bot kamu, bila ditengah lautan sana.. baru kamu sedar betapa kerdilnya kamu. stranded in the big sea.. ingat senang2 ade orang boleh locate kamu and selamatkan kamu? kalau senang tak de la yang hilang di lautan di zaman moden ni. come the ribut, taufan, gelora dan badai... mati pulak enjin bot, dan baru sedar tidak tahu mengayuh sampan.. di waktu itu baru kamu tahu langit itu tinggi atau rendah.

dan di kala itu kamu akan terkenang nelayan tua berpakaian lusuh dan tak de gigi yang berkali2 menasihati kamu yang ghairah nak ke laut tadi..

ya.. janji Allah itu benar.. tapi lihatlah perjuangan Rasulllah dan para sahabat... tak mudah!! banyak pahit dan getir yang terpaksa kekasih Allah lalui sebelum Islam dapat benar2 ditegakkan. dan mereka itu semua orang2 terpilih yang sudah dijanjikan syurga.. inikan kita yang kerdil dan tersangat jauh berbanding mereka... apa yang kita doakan hari ni, tak semestinya kita dapat esok, dan tidak semudah itu kita dapat. yang bulat tak datang bergolek, yang pipih tak datang melayang. you wish to see a beautiful rainbow, tapi tak semudah itu kamu boleh jumpa pelangi...

yes, kami semua pernah muda belia. pernah minat, suka, admire budak2 laki. tapi maaf, enda tak pernah jadikan diri enda hamba kepada perasaan. kita ada akal, kenapa nak mudah tergoda dengan lelaki? kita ada harga diri, ada pegangan dan pendirian. bohonglah kalau tak pernah rasa teringat2, excited bila nampak kelibat lelaki diminati. that is normal. tapi biarlah akal yang mengawal diri kita. jangan jadi bodoh dan hamba kepada hawa nafsu semata. as mentioned before, identify your priorities... and focus on it. dan berdoalah untuk jodoh yang baik..

and it is not about habiskan belajar ilmu akademik and money, dear... memang dalam quran tak pernah sebut habis belajar as an indicator you are ready to get married. ingat, mentafsir quran bukan mudah... kena berguru! no doubt, life itself is about learning, and you will never stop learning. the theories you learn in school may not be applicable in 'real' life without taking into considerations many other contributing factors.

in real life, 1+1 is not always equal to 2.. the mathematics is different. kamu umpama anak2 kecil yang baru melihat hebatnya ilmu darab dan bahagi... belum kenal mengira luas dan isipadu ruang yang pelbagai bentuk, teorem phytogoras, ilmu kebarangkalian mahupun matematik pelayaran.

dan ingatlah juga, ilmu akademik itu juga ilmu Allah.. fardhu kifayah kita mempelajarinya. kerana cita2 kita membangunkan generasi islami, masyarakat islamik. tanpa ilmu-ilmu itu, kita tidak mampu berdiri sama tinggi dan duduk sama rendah dengan bangsa dan agama lain. belajarlah dari kegigihan bangsa yahudi dan bangsa cina..

istimewanya kita berbanding makhluk Allah yang lain kerana kita dikurniakan akal. gunakanlah ia sebaiknya... ramai orang yang pandai... tapi tak semua yang pandai itu bijak.. jangan lupa kekuatan mental dan rohani.

a good knowledge may make you a clever person.. but it takes more than that to become a WISE person..

akhir kalam, kita tidak menghalang early marriage.. but you must understand it in the correct perspectives. identify your life priorities.. focus and address them accordingly. equip yourself with knowledge and essential living skills. empowered yourself with spiritual and religious knowledge. istiqamahlah dengan solat dan doa. dan tidak rugi mereka yang beristikharah..

jika sudah bersedia dan sudah bertemu jodoh yang baik, maka teruskanlah.. perkahwinan sangat dianjurkan untuk menjaga keturunan dan mengelakkan maksiat . seperti pesan ayah pada enda satu ketika dulu... mentimun dan pisau sudah di tangan.. corakkanlah ia.. and be responsible on your life decisions.

the world is beautiful to look at..; just remember to pray that your life will be as beautiful..

doa dan kasih sayang enda mengiringi perjalanan hidup kalian.. :)

rescue me..

it has been a tiring week.

well, honestly, i never felt the AGM as a stress factor. i was given the mandate to be the organising chairperson a month before the event was scheduled to take place. i took it as a challenge and consider it as my contribution to society.

this is the first time we held it at a larger scale, outside the hospital premise, and with a limited budget of about RM5k. i thank the Almighty for blessing me with a wonderful committee.. they are young energetic people who work efficiently within the 3 weeks that we had. and believe me, i hardly knew them before this. they came from different departments and were suggested by their bosses.. well, i guess that's the reason why they are outstanding people.

yep, ensuring the preparation ran as scheduled was not easy. they are not my MOs, and they have their own busy schedules and calls to be done. somehow, i was not that worried, tak de sikit pun rasa tense-up. cuma risau sikit pasal multimedia presentation je.. nak kata enjoy, tak jugak. but i took it at a lighter level as compared to my own task in my own dept.

alhamdulillah, yesterday the event ran smoothly as planned, and it even ended on time (this is unexpected!). we worried that people won't come... siapa yang suka dtg AGM?? but, alhamdulillah.. we manage to get crowd. the 80 door-gifts semua habis. some of them went home with lucky draw gifts, and we get some fresh new faces as the newly-elected exco members.

my heartfelt thanks, appreciation and gratitude goes to my committee - zan, kama, firdaus, hafizi, faizal, rosmaliza, ariza, izzah and laila. not forgetting the contributions from the link-MOs, namely firdaus plastic, irman, lim, janaki, redzuan, aljadidi, ropi, shikin; and the emcees, ihfaz and hajar.

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on another note, it was a busy week.

it started with hanif getting the urti.. but his was not that bad. dah besar, pandai jaga ubat sendiri.

sofea had bad urti.. and her asthma exacerbated. tak tidur malam juga.. ensuring she got the puffs as needed, making sure the temperature is under controlled.. kesian bila tidurnya terganggu with all the coughing and nose block. dua hari tak gi sekolah.

that was followed by hubbyby pula.. alhamdulillah, tak terjangkit to ummi.

and to juggle all those things with the burden at work... penat. we're lack of people, some were on leave, and few went to courses and meetings. i know my MOs were doing their best but they really need to work faster and more efficient. tak terkata juga bila keluar OT at 2pm and there were more than 20 morning patients still waiting to be seen, and the afternoon patients dah mula datang.. i just hope things will get better in the next few weeks.. i do really hope so. i'm already at 28 weeks pregnancy..

semalam balik dari AGM, masuk kereta terus rasa penat. sampai rumah terus lembik atas katil after solat asar. my body was aching.. kaki2 terasa lenguh. tertunggu2 hubbyby balik kerja.. i need his shoulder to cry on, i need him to hold me in his arms and give me his big hug, and i need him to release the pain i felt.

tomorrow nak manjakan diri.. lepas round ward harap2 everything is ok.. nak gi salon, sofea pun dah banyak kali request nak potong rambut. kalau sempat, nak gi massage.. harap2 sempat laa..

one word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; that word is love..