happenings

1. went to 2 walimahs this weekend. missed both nikah ceremonies -.-" yesterday was at woodlands. kak khairun's. went with huda and khadijah. and terserempak dgn kak ummu, kak aishah and juwai at the interchange.

bila tgh jalan towards the blocks of flats tu, dari jauh... "eh? tu makcik kantin!".. haha.. boleh tahan kuat kita2 cakap. tapi nasib baik makcik2 tu tak dgr. siapa nama diorang eh, dijah? cik zaiton, cik zainab? lagi satu sape eh? haha.. kita pon salam lah mereka. and they remembered us "eh! ni yang tahun lepas kan?" "bukan cik, kita tahun lepas punye lepas punye lepas" haha..

bila sampai at the MPH, jumpe kawan2 dan juga some familiar faces of my seniors from alsagoff.. esp zakiah and syarafina~ as i pointed out to huda "mcm mak pengantin eh, salam2 orang.."

anyway, we waited for kak khairun to arrive.. and when she did, we were all ready with our cameras (not me tho', i think im getting 'out-of-sync' with cameras) and eager to take picture with her.

ooohh! wait, i must say this. men with simple baju melayu, with the songkok (tapi jgn tinggi sgt pls) and the samping are just.. *melts* hehe.. plus, if they perform the 'silat pengantin'.. *melts even more* k lah, senang cakap, sejuk mata memandang bila pemuda2 melayu berpakaian tradisional. simple2 je tau. takyah nak tanjak lah.. samping yang ikatannye fancy2 lah.. brooch sane brooch sini. or fabric baju/samping yang flashy2. ish. and i've always liked the 'silat part'. makes me wanna join in. haha, as if..

and may i add more.. i have this equation ah:

baju melayu shj = tak best
baju melayu shj + rambut style2 or dyed = merepek
baju melayu + samping = acceptable lah jugak
baju melayu + samping + rambut natural colour + songkok = ni lah baru namanya jejaka melayu! =p

k, next!

masa tgh tunggu budak2 kompang (budak2 eh? padahal bukan) habis diorang punye singing/kompang routine, aszafirah sempat reminisced and joked "haha... silap2 kak khairun kata 'zikir semua!'.. hehehehe" it's an inside joke - kak khairun was our muraqibah musollah. klw kita berbual je, disuruh zikir.. "banat! zikir!" or.. "banat! uskutna!" kadang2 kak khairun lead bacaan zikir. or sape2 dari budak2 sec4 ah. or pelajar yang baca iqamah/doa. hehe.. bila teringat balik nih, mcm nak gelak sey. *k, kite tgh tersengih sorang2 dpn komputer*

supposed to be an 'informal gathering' for us sec42005.. but apparently, kita tak janji what time to be there.. so yupz, not successful. hmmm... should have a gathering next year.. before people start flying off to wherever..

then, today (sunday), went to kak zakiah zar'an's wedding.. kat masjid sultan. i knew the nikah ceremony would start at 9am. but i left my house at that time. bagus eh? nampak sah miss the nikah lerrr.. and yupz. when i arrived, the ceremony had just ended. didnt get to see kak zakiah.. followed the sisters to the reception area.. ate, talked, listened... and then, i had to take my leave. hmm.. rasa tak best gitu tak dpt jumpa kak zakiah. only passed my gift to her mother. takpe lah~~

one thing to note, a few sisters were writing their own wedding cards and giving to their friends. tak sangka pulak kite dijemput. hmmm... taking from begum farah's words, "im just a small fry". so yah, rase touched jugak.

2. am reading Turki Negara Dua Wajah: Pengkhianatan Atarturk Terhadap Dunia Islam by Dr Abdullah Azzam.

uwow - really opens my eyes to who mustapha kamal atarturk was.. hmm.. the first time i knew about him was from buku Sejarah Islam yang tebal, colour biru tu. itu pon, cuma mention that atarturk was the one who changed turki into a republic.

so, when i first saw the review at ust sakinah's blog, i became curious about him. and then, kak afifah also shared what she knows about what he did during his reign. hmm.. interesting. so yupz, i decided to borrow the book from ust sakinah.

3. i have 9 more weekdays left of SIP. i never tell you my SIP story, do i? perhaps when it's over, i'll try to share about it here. in summary, i enjoy my SIP, but Major Project brings me back to reality.

4. visited ust sakinah with marl on friday 16th oct. had a wonderful time there. relaks, chill.. laughed our heads off.. *mak ust sakinah selamba je eh*.. haha.. a nice ending for my and marl's week.

5. this year's aidilfitri was.. hmm.. uneventful. this whole syawal has been uneventful. comparing to previous rayas in terms of raya visiting, this one has to be at the bottom of the list. no pictures to capture this year's raya moments, too. im not sure if i should be upset about it.

6. but i did go raya visiting with my sec42005 mates. only 11 of us. but it was definitely okay! lots of reminiscing.. and you can trust the zaf-dja-mel trio to crack jokes about everything! heheheheh.. gelagat2 ustaz dan ustazah (like, ust juliah's 'hafidzti am laaaaaaakkkk??!!... tau nak markah je, tapi hafal tak nak!... klw tak bayar yuran, tak boleh claim markah!'..aiseyman, ust cute lah).. haha.. diorang ingat aje!

yang paling tak boleh angkat -

kita2 tgh makan kat rumah ust damawiyah. aisyah is tgh 'berinteraksi' dgn huda, my adik angkat/scandal junior. tahu2 je, kamaliah blurted out, "huda dah tak suka kak liyana ke??" mak oi! nasib baik gwe tak tersedak. we all burst out laughing, alright. "direct, sey, cakap!" (padahal ust dama ade kat situ eh! tak ke paisey?) haha.. 'inside story' lagi. tapi kat lain post kite cerita eh. coz it's a loongg story.

the last house that we went to was sir Ali's. kat dover road. yang touchingnyer, he remembers my name. yang guiltynyer, he didnt quite remember the rest of the names. oops. so we reintroduced ourselves and updated him briefly where we are currently studying (DQ.. NUS.. RP.. TP.. MWTI.. Ma'arif.. KUIS..).

you know what, i kinda forgot to 'apply' my self-imposed curfew on that day. i was enjoying myself, alright! pukul sebelas gitu baru keluar dari rumah sir Ali.. thank God the bus service was still available, so me and kak ummu took bus and then mrt home. the rest took cab. "kenapa baru sekarang nak call?" gulp. that was at 11.45pm, using kak ummu's hp to call home. well, i had called at 9 plus, if im not mistaken. hmm.. the moral of the story: "lain kali kena talipon every 15 minutes gitu. update, kat mane, kat mane.." << k, that wasn't the exact words.. but you get what i mean.. gotta keep them informed. hmm.. my bad.

okay, i guess that is all for 'happenings'. i wanna write about something else.