Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Announcement

1 ~ Second Hand Bookshop

Anyone looking for second-hand bookshop in Johor Bahru, may find the information in my Tanjung Puteri blog at http://beautifultanjungputeri.blogspot.com

2 ~ Kursus Perkahwinan

I would suggest that sesiapa yang belum pernah mengikuti kursus perkahwinan, adalah lebih baik jika menghadirinya sekarang. I heard from my sister, the Jabatan Agama is changing the format to a more difficult one. Siap ada exam, groupwork lah dan mungkin akan kena bermalam ketika menghadiri kursus itu. Format sekarang, cuma dengar lecture for one and a half days.

Tapi tak pasti samada ini untuk negeri Johor atau nationwide. I am aiming to go samada this coming weekend or the weekend after next. I was told by Pejabat Agama Daerah Johor Bahru that on June 16 and 17, they are going to conduct the kursus kahwin in Pasir Gudang. Tak tergamak aku nak ke Pasir Gudang. But on June 23 and 24, ia akan diadakan seperti biasa di Masjid Abu Bakar Johor Bahru, so near to my house. [Note : I nak attend kursus kahwin bukan kerana nak kahwin, tetapi untuk mengelakkan daripada kena attend kursus format baru. Sesungguhnya I memang benci sangat-sangat kalau terpaksa bermalam di tempat lain, dan melakukan aktiviti. Kalau bermalam di hotel for a holiday lain ceritalah kan.]

Untuk attend kursus kahwin, the fee as quoted by Pejabat Agama Daerah JB is RM 80. Tempat lain I kurang pasti, but that is the rate lah. Sesiapa pakai agensi, hati-hati takut dia charge berlebihan for kursus kahwin.

3 ~ Mandi Ais

This is to say, I telah mengamalkan petua mandi ais, as suggested by my sister, The Naughty Princess. The results - SPLENDID! Panas dalam badan telah hilang, dan rasa sangat fresh and comfortable. Alhamdulillah. Sekarang I selalu pergi 7-E beli ais.
My endless appreciation to Princess.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

:) Seronokkan mandi ais? I love it,too. Only the naughty ones like us will love it. TRUST ME *wink*

BTW, I dah pergi kursus perkahwinan in the year 2000. I temankan my brother and sis in law. Ustaz yang mengajar kita was Ustaz Sulaiman Endut, dah meninggal pun. Have you heard of him before?

I cadangkan, kalau nak pergi, bawa teman, macam I susah sedikit because ada banyak malays yang jenis busybody di tempat-tempat sebegitu. Memang busybody and oh-so-malay-mentality. I didn't enjoy that course. I mean, it was good and informative but dengan atmosphere yang begitu tertekan with the busybody around you, you know what I mean? Susah nak enjoy the class. I dah simpan that cert for 7 years!!! Adik I dah ada 3 sons pun :) My goodness, that shows how careful I am threading my love life. And it's good. Seriously good to be careful. Don't you think? *ahaks*

spectacularwave said...

Yes memangnya seronok.. very refreshing.. I absolutely love it, Princess.. and yes..only the naughty and daring ones will love it. COOL!

I pun terasa you dah pernah attend. Because you bukanlah jenis yang suka put it to the last minute. You are the orderly type, very organized.

Yes, I read about him just 3-4 days ago. I sedang kemas bilik and found this old suratkhabar.. you know.. strange.. that Ustaz tahu bila kematiannya tiba.. he even wrote it in his diary. Tapi I tak baca details.. hehe u know me, I penakut.

Yes, I asked my sis Mas to accompany me.. tetapi dia kata dia belum terfikir nak pergi for now even when I stressed that pergi supaya senang in later days, tak perlu berlama-lama dan bermalam.

Looks like I memang akan pergi seorang diri... harapnya tak ramai yang banyak tanya. You know, jalan rumah I ni sahaja sudah banyak busybodies.. let alone di kursus nanti. Mereka ada network yang baik. Heheh.

I nak pergilah.. senang cerita nanti. Betul, you memang careful but it is good. It pays to be really careful. I agree with you entirely. *smile*

Anonymous said...

ala..i pon xgih lagi...mula2 kat johor jela kut die bat camtu nnti merebak kat negeri lain plak..mcm ujian HIV tu...

eeiii u nk gi sorang2...mesti nnti ade mulut gatai tanya...aii pegi dgn tunang ke?bila nk kawen nya?mesti menyampah dgn soklan cmtu...kan..kan...

Anonymous said...

;) *naughty winks* Pergilah kursus tu...pergi awal-awal, settle the whole thing. Later on, kahwin atau tidak itu bukan masalahnya. It is like pergi revision pelajaran agama Islam. Masa zaman kita sekolah mesti dah belajarkan? Senang aje. In K.L. it was for 2 days. One and half days actually tapi lepas belajar selalu ada makan-makan and I tak join langsung. I balik rumah watch TV, lagi bagus.

In fact, these courses should check on the bakal pengantin(s)sama ada dah hafal Juz Amma atau belum. Kalau belum hafal, TAK BOLEH SIGN UP. Sembahyang betul atau tidak, bacaan Qunut and etc. Semua tu tak ada test tau. They don't ask at all. Kalaulah I, kalau sesiapa interested dengan I tak hafal juz Amma, tak reti baca Qunut, baca tahiyat pun tak betul, tak reti nak ingat masa solat, maksud surah Al-Fatihah pun tak tahu, boleh di persilakan tanam niatnya jauh di lubuk hatinya sampai bila-bila.

Tapikan sekarang, most ladies suka guys yang impressive and good looking. Duit banyak, yang lain semua pass. I juz wonder sekarang ini ada lagi ke masa sebelum akad nikah, kadi bertanyakan pengantin lelaki, apa itu rukun islam, rukun iman, macam mana nak baca Ayatul Qursi etc? Masa my uncle nikah dulu, I masih kecil around 12 years old. I ingat masa tu kadi tanya my uncle, I YANG JAWABKAN :) And then, everyone asked me to keep quiet sebab my uncle repeated my answers *smiles*

Adik I tak pula di tanya. Nasib dia agaknya.

Re that Ustaz, YES, I BELIEVE HIM. Memang boleh tahu, dengan izin Allah. Hanya kadang-kala kalau people like me yang suka reveal things that I want it to be revealed berbicara, NO ONE WILL BELIEVE sebab they are afraid to accept the fact that I am going and leaving them for good and that all my words written and said will be the last few words from me. Macam ustaz tu kalau dia bilang his family members pun, mungkin dia tahu apa reaksi mereka. Probably, they will say 'Jangan cakap macam tu...' Something like that. So, that is probably why he wrote it all in his diaries. It would be good if he wrote everything that he saw 44 days before his death. Memang very good. I would really love to have that diary and read about it because I believe I will understand what he is trying to say, InsyaAllah. Oh ya, you masih simpan ke that suratkahabar? Kalau ada, send it to me or kalau tak keberatan, email it to me. You janganlah takut. Bukan kisah hantu. Kisah sebenar and it is good to know. Boleh kita jadikan pengajaran. Ustaz tu baik tau and sangat kelakar.

spectacularwave said...

jidan, you kira sekapal dengan i.. belum berkursus lagi.. tapi insya Allah I akan pergi attend paling lewat end of this month... tak sanggup nak ikut format baru...

hehehe kalau memang ada yang 'berani' tanya.. i rasa i pun akan jawab dengan 'berani'nya.. hehehe "oh, dato' tak dapat attend today, dia busy.. so dia minta i attend dulu.."

alang-alang menyeluk pekasam.. heheheh *wink*

spectacularwave said...

Yes, Princess.. Insya Allah I will, soon... memang benar. settlekan awal-awal.. you will never know the things you have to do bila nak kahwin nanti.. kalau dah kursus awal-awal senang.

Yes, I memang agree with you seratus peratus. In fact, I rasa.. semua yang you sebutkan.. Juz Amma, dan segala bacaan dalam sembahyang, erti surah Al-Fatihah.. semua itu my future husband perlu PASS. Dia jangan nak banyak cerita, kerana itu semua considered basic sahaja. Belum benda lain lagi, kan Princess? Belum Doa Kanzal Arash, Doa Akasyah dan Doa Haikal.

No matter how good looking, educated,impressive, kaya, speak flawless English.. kalaulah rukun islam, rukun iman, sifat 20, Ayatul Qursi and all semuanya dia clueless.. heheheh.. please learn at once.. kalau tidak tak usah cerita banyak lah.. FAILED TERRIBLY. Basic pun failed.. macamana.

And that's really cute.. about masa you kecil, tolong jawabkan and your uncle 'copy' jawapan you. How sweet.

Yes, adik I pun tak ditanya. But my husband, silap-silap I pula yang suggest beforehand supaya dia menjalani 'Audit and Investigation' hehehehehe.

I cuba cari paper tu, kalau ada lagi, ya. Sebenarnya I kemaskan old newspapers to be disposed/recycled. Kalau masih ada Insya Allah I will send it to you. Oh I memang takut. Boleh trauma, you, sebab itu tak nak baca. Dulu pernah I terdengar orang tua-tua bercerita about someone yang baru meninggal.. the signs and all.. berhari-hari I terbayang dan siap imagine it's happening to me. Tapi ada orang yang memang diizinkan Allah untuk mengetahui.

My great grandma who passed away in Bristol, dia terasa takut berhari-hari. Hingga minta orang temankan.. tak mahu tinggal seorang. Padahalnya dia bukanlah seorang yang penakut. And.. a neighbour staying nearby told my aunt, lepas my great grandma meninggal, he said dia tau tok nek tu nak pergi because he saw her spirit merayau-rayau berhampiran rumah dia days before she passed away.

Okay.. tak mahu cerita lagi dah. Takut teringat-ingat.