Sunday, June 18, 2006

Ada apa dgn nama~?

I had my family dinner last nite. Dinner yang ditempah sebijik meja for my family dalam satu acara. Majlis silaturrahim Asyraf Malaysia. I guess tak ramai familiar dgn persatuan Asyraf ni [sampai skrg I dunno the full name]. basicly, this dinner dihadiri oleh golongan2 syed and sharifah sahaja. Hmm..

As we walk in Dewan International Youth Centre [stated depan HUKM], [lambat sampai ok, VIP dah pun duduk, ikut protocol dah tak boley masuk dah ni], we had most head turning. [ish.. malu jgn ckp lar]. Dah lar abah tempah meja agk depan [betol2 blkg meja VIP boley?] nasib baik kami pilih dress jubah as tema baju dinner mlm tu. [not to mention agk menyerlah] semua meja dah habis mkn rupanyer [ok.. mmg lmbt giler!] kami duduk and mkn jer. Masa mkn, malas nk pikir jelingan2 org yg sdg memndang ke arah pentas sebab pertunjukan sdg berlgsg sdgkan meja kami baru nk mkn. [geram betol kat abah-nape abah lmbat?]. Daku mkn dgn selmba, adik mkn dgn malu2 kucing sbb semua org tgk. [perasan jer kau mazrah~diorg tgh pndg stage lar!]

After the nice Arabian cuisine[rich in spice], our eyes went on the stage. Maka hangat lar pentas dgn gendangan muzik selawat segala. Not to mention, ada acara menari2 mcm org arab selalu buat. Byk terms arab yg disebut2 tapi tak ingat apa. Yang ingt is, diorg menari zapin. Performance by asyraff cawangan johor [patut lar~kagum dgn pakcik tua yg menari lama~kuat stamina dia] and semua lagu arab yg dinyanyi kan kecuali kumpulan nasyid yg diterbangkan dari penang. Tu jer lagu melayu yg daku fhm mlm tu. Ini lah kali pertama daku terdedah dgn budaya arab dari nenek moyang ku.

Well, this is the sedih part. Tertggl digicam!! Ishhh… marah betol~

Pada jam 11.15 mlm, daku mencucuk adik kecilku suruh dia ajak abah balik. Then he said, balik biler semua selesai~ I was lyk.. what? when is that? ‘pukul 12 nnt kaklong’ ujar adik ku, lembut. Aduh…. Rupa2nya, ayahku ada agenda lain. Habis dia perkenalkan kami semua beradik [especially the girls] dgn tok2 dan bapak2 syed yg ada. Daku hnya mmpu senyum geleng kepala sajor. Hish…. Rasa geram and marah pun ada… terasa diri mcm dijual~
I know my dad tak brp setuju dgn pilihan ku but since he got no other reason kukuh nak reject [kecuali dia takde syed jer], syarat2 lain dipenuhi. My doctor-to-be hubby is a son-in-law yg hard to resist. My dad kene bisul kat blkg tengkuk dia now and did seek for my hubby’s medical advice indirectly. So, I consider that my dad setuju dgn pilihanku walupun tau my dad tak berapa rela sebenarnya. My mum? She always hope to see me as a doctor [but sadly to become a physicist], so I brought her one. Don’t have to mention how she treats him!

Frankly, I’m not one of the sharifah yg taksub dgn golongan sendiri. Ish… sorry, not me. I don’t think none of my adik beradik yg taksub pun except my father. Dia agk taksub dgn golongan sendiri. Golongan syed yang dikatakan dari salah silah keturunan nabi. Dia kata, sharifah mesti kawen dgn syed je. And I was like, what?! He married my mother without any sharifah. Well, sorry if you think i’m trying to be rude but marrying a syed without considering other matters such as, what does he do, his family background and education level, I wont choose a guy that doesn’t fit my criteria. Memilih? I admit! I have to be picky when it comes to choose my partner in life. I don’t go for name, asal dia 1-sembahyang tak tggl, 2-tak merokok, 3-educated! [well, ini syarat my mum.. I ikut jer~ hehe]. As my mum said, cukup syarat tu meliputi menjaga agama, kesihatan dan berfikiran matang serta bersifat rasional. Bak kata ummi, Abu Lahab pun keturunan nabi jugak tapi dilaknatullah~ takkan nk pilih yg mcm tu jugak… So, ada apa dgn nama?