Yeay! Today is the last working Saturday for Malaysian civil servants. I hope the government will retain this 5-days week policy for good. Aaammmiiiiinnnnn :-)
Anyway – I’ve been wanting to blog about so many things but somehow could not find enough time doing so, here’s a quick note on this and that: -
# Firstly, I think it’s not only appropriate, but almost necessary, to applaud Aiz for a job well done with PPS. Like so many other Malaysian bloggers, I am glad that I can rely on this blog-tal, not only to increase my own readership, but to enable me sneaking a peek at other people’s thoughts and views. In a way, PPS is almost akin to KL Sentral Station – where blogs with different voices, nuances and definitions all come together under one roof just like KTM trains, Komuter, Putra LRT and Monorail all congregate at Sentral… Happy belated 2nd birthday PPS and here’s wishing that you will live on and on and on...
# Then, there’s that recommendation by this blogger to err, write a memorandum on this issue. The so-called issue on misuse and abuse of the Internet by civil servant is rather close to my heart since I use the e-mail a lot not only for official uses but also to interact with friends and colleagues; I make a lot of friends and also keep in touch with both friends and family via Yahoo Messenger and I blog. And yes, I do receive lots of funny and not-so-funny video via the email as well as downloading stuff on my own. I’ll try to write more about this some day, insya Allah.
# Next, there was this heartfelt plea by this blogger on this issue that actually stirred something inside me to share my own experience. But then again, I guess since Ayah had trained me to wear tudung since I was eight and I actually started to wear tudung properly (as in – at school, after school and even at home whenever non-mahram visited) when I was about 11, I guess my story won’t be as interesting as those who actually has to find real courage and strength to don the hijab, like this girl. Still, at the end of the day, I guess I worry more about those who are already wearing the hijab but are not showing qualities as Muslim women… (those who wear tudung but don’t mind losing their virginity before marriage, wear tudung but matched with really sexy outfits, wear tudung but indulge in heavy petting at public places – the kind of girls who got written about in Mastika and covered in NTV7’s Edisi Siasat a while back)… The kind which make some people come out with remarks such as “baik tak payah pakai tudung…” I worry about them as I worry about the trials and tribulations the future generation have to face in maintaining their dignity and modesty as practising Malay Muslim women.
# Then, another note by this blogger also actually touched somewhere deep inside since currently hubby is a ‘monthly husband’ and we have been a long-distance couple since our first month of marriage. Come September, when I have to fly to Japan to pursue my masters degree in Waseda and leave both him and baby behind first (for him to finish his course and then to apply for unpaid leave and for baby to get all her required early immunisation shots), it’ll be about five or six months before we’ll get reunited. It’s going to be very difficult being away from both a newborn baby and hubby. But nobody said that it would be easy. Besides, I believe if both of us do what we have to do as in accordance to Allah’s plan for us, then we should not be sad neither should we feel afraid as He promises that He will be with those who are patient…
This old nasyid below by Suara Hati, as I got on e-mail this morning, somehow reminded me that for those who have to be apart from their loved ones for a long time, life could be sweeter when we remind ourselves that it’s all in Allah’s will, not ours.
PERTEMUAN BUKAN MILIK KITA
Pertemuan menghadiahkan kita kasih sayang
Jika cinta satu pasti bertemu ia tidak ternilai
Kerana antara hati kita
Telah tiada antaranya lagi
Yang ada hanya cinta kasih Ilahi
Kita berpisah hanya sementara
Kerana pertemuan bukan milik kita
Jasad dan suara berjauhan sentiasa
Namun cinta abadi
Biar terpisah selalu menderita
Kerana syurga menagih ujian
Sedang neraka dipagari oleh nikmat
Bertemu tidak jemu berpisah tak gelisah
Bicara kita adalah bicara sufi
Tanpa suara dan kata-kata
Kerana penghubung kita adalah suara hati
Bertemu berpisah kerana Allah
Lagu: Suara Hati
Lirik: Pahrol Mohd Juoi
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