1. Pak Usu anak-anak saya ini masih bujang. Dah puas saya dan Kak Long memujuk agar dia segera bernikah. Beberapa tahun yang lepas, sudah hampir menikah. Tetapi Allah ambil tunangnya beberapa minggu selepas Allah ambil emak kami. Lama juga Pak Usu mengambil masa mengatasi double blow itu.
2. Sejak itu, saya pastikan pada sehari sebelum semua raya kami berada di rumah Pt Jamil. Kami perlu tolong Pak Usu menyediakan juadah sambutan raya.
3. Tapi tahun ini, zaujah dah janji untuk menolong emaknya memasak di BP. Jadi kami di BP sejak malam akhir puasa. Sejak pagi last Ramadhan, saya sudah dikerah dengan abang ipar ke pasar BP membeli rempah beryani IBY (Ismail bin Yahya), ayam, kambing, sayuran, herbs dll. Abang ipar siap belikan dapur gas baru untuk emaknya. Lepas zohor membuat piping di bilik mandi-tandas luar. Sempat pasang shower lagi. Seronoklah anak-anak buat tak perlu menadah air dan mandi pakai gayung. Kira sibuklah saya sepanjang hari.
4. Tahun ini (pagi raya) zaujah berani modified resipi menu-menu wajib keluarga Al Jabri ini. Rempah beriyani dikurangkan supaya jadi mild, beras ditumis dulu..... Nasib baik uminya tak mengamuk! Biasanya dia tak suka resipinya diubah. Alhamdullillah OK semuanya. Taklah panas perut saya bila kena beryani mertua!
5. Kami tiba di rumah Pak Usu hampir magrib raya pertama. Adalah dibawa bontrot Al Jabri. Dan rupanya Pak Usu tak masak apa-apa. Katanya dapat bekalan dari Kak Long dan ngonjongan jiran-jiran dan this one lady dari Pt Yusof.
6. Nampaknya ada tanda-tanda Pak Usu sudah "moved on". Raya tahun ini dinding dan siling rumah dicatnya. Parit keliling rumah dijetnya. Rumput-rumput diracun. Rumah surprising bersih! Malah Pak Usu beli daging kambing. Malangnya dia tak beritahu awal. Kalau tidak pasti saya dah minta zaujah tolong masakkan Irish Stew kegemaran kami sekeluarga. Paling idak zaujah boleh masakkan beriyani kambing!
7. Oh yang paling hebat, Pak Usu beli set sofa kulit menggantikan set kulit lama yang saya tinggalkan sebelum ke OZland. Set canggih yang boleh direbahkan dan terangkat-angkat! Selain dari itu, set kerusi makan yang lunyai dicakar kucing juga direfurbished dan Pak Usu pasang dua spotlight baru. Cerialah rumah Pak Usu tahun ini!
7. Malangnya saya cuma dapat berborak lama dengan Pak Usu pada malam raya pertama sahaja. Malam kedua, Pak Usu dah tidur sewaktu kami pulang beraya di rumah Kak Long.
8. Kami doakan Pak Usu akan segera mendapat jodohnya. Kebetulan raya ketiga, harijadi Pak Usu. Di fridge, ada dua kotak kek. Khabarnya hadiah dari this mystery lady. Barangkali orang yang sama yang preordered pizza dari JB untuk dijamu di Pizza Hut Muar! Nampaknya Pak Usu sudah ada beberapa pilihan. Tetapi "belum berbunyi.......!"
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Pak Utih
1. Sehari sebelum Raya Haji yang lalu, saya terserempak Pak Utih depan Pasar Besar Bandar Maharani. Sudah beberapa tahun saya tak berpeluang jumpa Pak Utih. Malangnya dalam kesibukan trafik, Pak Utih tak dapat memberhentikan kapcainya untuk kami bersalaman dan bertanya khabar. Rayanya saya tak sempat ke rumah Pak Utih kerana bergegas ke BP selepas selesai masak lamb stew di Pt Jamil.
2. So raya aidilfitri ni, saya berhasrat menziarahinya. Kebetulan keluarga bersetuju balik ke Muar pada raya pertama. Pagi kedua, kami ke Jalan Jonid dulu nak jumpa Chiro. Chiro pi PD pula. Then ke rumah Mak Pon di Jalan Khatib. Tiada orang.
3. Terus pula ke rumah Pak Utih. Dalam sesat-sesat jumpa "rumah" Pak Utih. Tiada orang di rumah. Dan saya hairan kenapalah banyak motorsikal berpelekat P di rumah itu sedang anak-anak Pak Utih semuanya dah berkeluarga di KL dan Penang.
4. Berpatahlah balik ke Jalan Abdul Rahman ke rumah Pak Unggal. Seperti biasa Pak Unggal buat open house di raya kedua. Mak datuk, kali ini ramai pula kenalan Cina Pak Unggal. Open house kali ini agak lain. 1. Makanan lambat keluar ~ 1.30pm. 2. Cuma jumpa 2 sepupu (Azad dan Nor) selain anak Pak Unggal. 3. Pak Unggal pelawa join "syarikat"nya.
3. Di situ jumpa Azad anak Pak Utih. Saya kata saya ke rumahnya tapi tiada orang. Dia kata Pak Utih ada. Tapi bila dia sebut no rumah Pak Utih, ternyata saya sudah salah rumah pagi tadi.
4. Selepas menjamah nasi tomato dan mee kari, kami berusaha lagi ke rumah Pak Utih. Jumpa rumah yang betul. Malangnya Pak Utih dah keluar beraya. Besar kemungkinan ke rumah Pak Unggal dan kami selisih jalan. Kecewa dan rengekan zaujah kesakitan bahu, kami terus ke Pt Jamil. Tak dapat pergi rumah Pak Itam dan Mak Pon.
5. Semoga Allah panjangkan umur kami supaya dapat bertemu lagi.
2. So raya aidilfitri ni, saya berhasrat menziarahinya. Kebetulan keluarga bersetuju balik ke Muar pada raya pertama. Pagi kedua, kami ke Jalan Jonid dulu nak jumpa Chiro. Chiro pi PD pula. Then ke rumah Mak Pon di Jalan Khatib. Tiada orang.
3. Terus pula ke rumah Pak Utih. Dalam sesat-sesat jumpa "rumah" Pak Utih. Tiada orang di rumah. Dan saya hairan kenapalah banyak motorsikal berpelekat P di rumah itu sedang anak-anak Pak Utih semuanya dah berkeluarga di KL dan Penang.
4. Berpatahlah balik ke Jalan Abdul Rahman ke rumah Pak Unggal. Seperti biasa Pak Unggal buat open house di raya kedua. Mak datuk, kali ini ramai pula kenalan Cina Pak Unggal. Open house kali ini agak lain. 1. Makanan lambat keluar ~ 1.30pm. 2. Cuma jumpa 2 sepupu (Azad dan Nor) selain anak Pak Unggal. 3. Pak Unggal pelawa join "syarikat"nya.
3. Di situ jumpa Azad anak Pak Utih. Saya kata saya ke rumahnya tapi tiada orang. Dia kata Pak Utih ada. Tapi bila dia sebut no rumah Pak Utih, ternyata saya sudah salah rumah pagi tadi.
4. Selepas menjamah nasi tomato dan mee kari, kami berusaha lagi ke rumah Pak Utih. Jumpa rumah yang betul. Malangnya Pak Utih dah keluar beraya. Besar kemungkinan ke rumah Pak Unggal dan kami selisih jalan. Kecewa dan rengekan zaujah kesakitan bahu, kami terus ke Pt Jamil. Tak dapat pergi rumah Pak Itam dan Mak Pon.
5. Semoga Allah panjangkan umur kami supaya dapat bertemu lagi.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
The Lonely Kopitiam Table
Sudah hampir dua bulan, meja kopitiam kayu jati ini bermukim di bawah patio menghadap kolam mandi. Entah bilakah ia akan dapat bersarapan pagi bersama kami berempat di setiap hujung minggu seperti yang dijanji zaujah?
Sesekali hanya saya menemaninya di hujung minggu. Barangkali nasibnya serupa mertua di kampung!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
MIB
Dalam pencarian saya mengenai nas berpuasa tiga hari dalam baju hitam, terjumpa pula yang lain tapi menarik.
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
While we were with Allah's Apostle who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu-l-Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Do Justice." The Prophet said, "Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not do justice." 'Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off." The Prophet said, "Leave him, for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting negligible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur'an but it does not go beyond their throats (i.e. they do not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim's body, so that the hunter, on looking at the arrow's blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing: he would look at its Na,di and see nothing, and he would look at its Qudhadh ( 1 ) and see nothing (neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to smear. The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of whose arms will resemble a woman's breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will appear when there will be differences amongst the people." I testify that I heard this narration from Allah's Apostle and I testify that 'Ali bin Abi Talib fought with such people, and I was in his company. He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet ) should be looked for. The man was brought and I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet had described him. (Bukhari 4:56:807)
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
While we were with Allah's Apostle who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu-l-Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Do Justice." The Prophet said, "Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not do justice." 'Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off." The Prophet said, "Leave him, for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting negligible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur'an but it does not go beyond their throats (i.e. they do not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim's body, so that the hunter, on looking at the arrow's blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing: he would look at its Na,di and see nothing, and he would look at its Qudhadh ( 1 ) and see nothing (neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to smear. The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of whose arms will resemble a woman's breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will appear when there will be differences amongst the people." I testify that I heard this narration from Allah's Apostle and I testify that 'Ali bin Abi Talib fought with such people, and I was in his company. He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet ) should be looked for. The man was brought and I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet had described him. (Bukhari 4:56:807)
Jom Puasa
1. Berita di bawah menarik perhatian saya.
2. Wonder bagaimanakah niat puasa itu nanti... "....kerana Allah Ta'ala" atau "...kerana rakyat marhaen" atau "....kerana pakatan" atau "kerana Tuanku" atau ke lain-lain. Dan bagaimanakah hukum puasa itu? Wajibkah? Sunat Muakatkah? Haruskah? etc etc... Menarik juga antara syarat puasa wajib berbaju hitam. Haji Hamdy dan Haji Nasir mungkin tahu ada nas-nas sohih syarat puasa ini.... Mungkin Tok Udin tahu ada syarat berbaju hitam dalam pertapaan?
Interesting juga siapa lebih gah laparnya....
*Dalil puasa tiga hari kerana mungkir sumpah
Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the oaths which ye swear in earnest. The expiation thereof is the feeding of ten of the needy with the average of that wherewith ye feed your own folk, or the clothing of them, or the liberation of a slave, and for him who findeth not (the wherewithal to do so) then a three days' fast. This is the expiation of your oaths when ye have sworn; and keep your oaths. Thus Allah expoundeth unto you His revelations in order that ye may give thanks. Al-Maidah:89
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Star
Published: Saturday May 23, 2009 MYT 3:03:00 PM
Updated: Saturday May 23, 2009 MYT 3:54:06 PM
Nizar, Sivakumar to go on 3-day hunger strike (Update)
IPOH: Former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and Tronoh assemblyman V. Sivakumar will lead a hunger strike calling for the dissolution of the state assembly.
Revealing this, Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming said the two men would join Pakatan Rakyat supporters in the hunger strike to be launched on Tuesday at Wisma DAP here.
The strike was meant to last at least three days, but those who were willing to continue could do so, said Nga.
The peaceful campaign, he said, was meant to send a serious message asking that the people be given the right to choose their leaders.
"A democratic government must receive the mandate from the rakyat. The people do not want a government to be dictated by a judge only," he told a press conference at Wisma DAP Saturday.
Nga argued that the state Barisan Nasional government had no moral basis to administer the state as it was relying on three state assemblymen who had supposedly "betrayed" the will of the people.
He invited the public to turn up for the three-day event, even for those not fasting, as it would include talks and a signature campaign.
Nga said among the DAP, PAS and PKR leaders joining in the hunger strike were himself, Pasir Pinji assemblyman Thomas Su, Titi Serong assemblyman Dr Khalil Idham Lim Abdullah and Simpang Pulai assemblyman Chan Ming Kai.
"The public is urged to wear black as a sign of protest against the undemocratic power grab by Barisan," he said.
Participants must first sign a pledge with guidelines stating that one could take part after checking with one's doctor, with a liquid break to be taken every six hours.
The guidelines added that one could fast according to their faith, such as Muslims could fast from sunrise to sunset.
Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran called for the setting up of a constitutional court to specifically deal with constitutional and political crisis, such as in India and Thailand.
2. Wonder bagaimanakah niat puasa itu nanti... "....kerana Allah Ta'ala" atau "...kerana rakyat marhaen" atau "....kerana pakatan" atau "kerana Tuanku" atau ke lain-lain. Dan bagaimanakah hukum puasa itu? Wajibkah? Sunat Muakatkah? Haruskah? etc etc... Menarik juga antara syarat puasa wajib berbaju hitam. Haji Hamdy dan Haji Nasir mungkin tahu ada nas-nas sohih syarat puasa ini.... Mungkin Tok Udin tahu ada syarat berbaju hitam dalam pertapaan?
Interesting juga siapa lebih gah laparnya....
*Dalil puasa tiga hari kerana mungkir sumpah
Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the oaths which ye swear in earnest. The expiation thereof is the feeding of ten of the needy with the average of that wherewith ye feed your own folk, or the clothing of them, or the liberation of a slave, and for him who findeth not (the wherewithal to do so) then a three days' fast. This is the expiation of your oaths when ye have sworn; and keep your oaths. Thus Allah expoundeth unto you His revelations in order that ye may give thanks. Al-Maidah:89
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Star
Published: Saturday May 23, 2009 MYT 3:03:00 PM
Updated: Saturday May 23, 2009 MYT 3:54:06 PM
Nizar, Sivakumar to go on 3-day hunger strike (Update)
IPOH: Former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and Tronoh assemblyman V. Sivakumar will lead a hunger strike calling for the dissolution of the state assembly.
Revealing this, Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming said the two men would join Pakatan Rakyat supporters in the hunger strike to be launched on Tuesday at Wisma DAP here.
The strike was meant to last at least three days, but those who were willing to continue could do so, said Nga.
The peaceful campaign, he said, was meant to send a serious message asking that the people be given the right to choose their leaders.
"A democratic government must receive the mandate from the rakyat. The people do not want a government to be dictated by a judge only," he told a press conference at Wisma DAP Saturday.
Nga argued that the state Barisan Nasional government had no moral basis to administer the state as it was relying on three state assemblymen who had supposedly "betrayed" the will of the people.
He invited the public to turn up for the three-day event, even for those not fasting, as it would include talks and a signature campaign.
Nga said among the DAP, PAS and PKR leaders joining in the hunger strike were himself, Pasir Pinji assemblyman Thomas Su, Titi Serong assemblyman Dr Khalil Idham Lim Abdullah and Simpang Pulai assemblyman Chan Ming Kai.
"The public is urged to wear black as a sign of protest against the undemocratic power grab by Barisan," he said.
Participants must first sign a pledge with guidelines stating that one could take part after checking with one's doctor, with a liquid break to be taken every six hours.
The guidelines added that one could fast according to their faith, such as Muslims could fast from sunrise to sunset.
Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran called for the setting up of a constitutional court to specifically deal with constitutional and political crisis, such as in India and Thailand.
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