alhamdulillah, we'd celebrated the 25th wedding anniversary, in a very modest manner last sunday, 12th april. only chomel was around since both abang and adik were in school. aamal had presented
us with a cheese cake later in the evening, tq chomel, and till today, masih banyak lagi kat dalam fridgeearly this morning had received a call from hani's bakal besan, cikgu yahya, jemput kenduri cukur jambul cucunya in seri gombak lepas subuh (typical kelantanese) also on saturday and nampak gayanya terpaksa give it a go since we'll be hosting the majlis at 11 am. earlier, had apologised to kak sharifah, a closed friend in telekom who had invited us for kenduri kahwin anak sulong, also this saturday, in setapak.
looking back 25 years ago
it was an easy and quick decision, met 4 months ago and we were 23 years old then, had decided to get married in less than 2 weeks. we'd surprised and shocked everybody, tak kira yang kat kelantan or in klumpur, actually nothing bad had happened and it's just that hubby wanted to follow hani balik kampung for the chinese new year. well, hani being the role model and eldest cucu, those days to my parents, it's tak manis bila ada lelaki datang tumpang rumah kita unless ada string attached
dulu, klumpur and pmas was so far cos there's no alternative route except kena lalu kot the coasters of trengganu and the air fare was so expensive. after few phone calls between arwah abah, hj saad in desa jaya kepong and my father, cikgu lloh, in pmas kelantan, we'd decided to host the akad nikah lepas solat isyak hari khamis malam jumaat. mak, abah, kak ani, abang zul, kak iza (tengah pregnant bel), abang tom and zarul had travelled to kelantan on wednesday. abah and mak visited ayoh and cek early thursday morning for merisik.
hani was not around pagi tuu since baru nak mencari barang2 hantaran and tq ana, my sis who'd followed me to kota bharu. dek tak nak menyusahkan ayoh and cek, with a small budget, hani had bought only cheap things, then balik gubah sendiri for the nite's occasion. had borrowed a white laced baju nikah from kak iza, did my own makeup and hair do .. sedih juga bila tengok balik the wedding album. cek had catered nasi puteh, delicious ayam percik and other lauk pauk for the majlis.
it was a small family affair, arwah mok and tok yasin, ayoh long and family, arwah ayohsu and family, mokcik sah and family, cekgu him and mok wan, cekgu abu hasan and kak nik yah, few of cek and ayoh's best friends as well as closed neighbours were there. cekgu shukri cekgu daud (kawan baik) was one of the saksi, my lil bro aar, tengah pakai kain pelikat cos belum baik sunat lagi and my youngest sis, ayu asyik nangis je cos bising and ganggu dia tidur, she's not even a year old then
two weeks later, on sunday the 29th april 1984, majlis menyambut menantu was held in taman desa jaya, kepong. it was a big occasion, siap ngan kompang and pelamin maklumlaa hubby nii the eldest boy after 5 girls. ayoh, ayoh long, arwah ayoh su and poksu (he's in upm, serdang) and many of hani's telekom friends attended the majlis. my sis-in-law mek hadiyati and hubby's buddy, mazni were the pengapit
after the wedding, hani stayed with the in laws in desa jaya kepong for only four months before kena pindah ke sek latihan telekom, rusila trengganu. initially hani stayed with orang bujang in taman pmint jaya since hubby was still working in the bank in kelana jaya before tendering his resignation by end of the year
25 years is a long duration, more than half of our own age and with three precious gifted juniors, alhamdulillah our life is blessed and complete. terlalu banyak pahit manis and suka duka, lots of compromising, giving and taking, tears and laughter happened and shared
LOVE is only a four letter word but it had so much effect in one's life; once cupid had striked, you'll be tied to it for the rest of your life
to my precious aliff, aamal and aqeel, mama and papa's wish is :
- know your true love; no forcing
- nourish your love; don't take things for granted
- keep your love to the end; relationship needs hardwork, understanding and compromising
No comments:
Post a Comment