Why when you know you should be concentrating on writing at least one of the four term papers that are due, you just have this voice at the back of your mind nagging you to update your blog. It’s not like you update your blog regularly after all, but the voice just wouldn’t stop – so there…
Happy Maal Hijrah 1428. Hope this year is going to be a good one. I don’t have any new year resolutions – I think the last time I made up some was when I was in high school. I guess I’m one of those who make up new resolutions when we feel like we could commit to it, regardless of the beginning period.
Hubby led the recital of doa akhir/awal tahun in Rusdi’s place in Ichikawa Ono yesterday with a small potluck feast after Isyak. (I didn’t bring anything, and was quite embarrassed to note that even 9-month pregnant Kak Mai, Pokcik’s wife who is due to deliver anytime now, contributed some pudding.) I especially enjoyed the pulut prepared by Nor, Syah’s wife with the spicy sambal, the apam (with anonymous contributor) and the mee goreng prepared by Siti, the hostess. We seldom get to go to Hijriah new year party in Malaysia because most people read the doa akhir/awal tahun privately at home or at the mosque – so I kinda enjoyed the opportunity to attend one such party here, even though I was the only female guest (it was an all-male small kenduri actually, but hubby took Huzaifah and I along just so that I could recite the doa together with him)
Oh, by the way, I would like to offer my belated congratulations to newlywed Roza & Meor - and thanks Ahkak for sharing the wedding photos at your blog. I am sure, what with Meor being a photographer himself, they must have loads of gorgeous wedding photos, but even normal photos were enough to prove how radiant Roza looked on her big day. I am happy for her – I will always be indebted to her for being the one who helped telling someone (rather nicely) to stop bugging me a few years back. Roza, Ahkak and Ira were also the one who acted as my make-up artists on my wedding, and I could never thank them enough for being there for me…
I take this opportunity to also congratulate Jehan and Mariam-san – (the fifth actually, but) the first couple to be wedded by hubby this year in Asakusa. The bride shed a few tears when she uttered the shahadah. They didn’t bring any witnesses along, but alhamdulillah the mosque at that particular time was used by a group of Indonesians for some religious meet, so 4 kind guys had agreed to act as the witnesses – 2 for Mariam-san’s shahadah ceremony, and another 2 for the wedding.
On a more sober note, my condolences go out to Shireen – the same one I’ve mentioned in two recent entries - who had just lost her dear dad 2 days before Eidul Adha. I didn’t know about it until a few days ago when she replied my e-mail, thanking me for sending her (long due) photos taken in
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