This weekend and the last, we were at the wedding events of our nephew, Kamil Zafri. Last weekend, it was at the bride's place in Melaka. We stayed at Melaqua Homestay; it was a comfortable place and it even had its own swimming pool.
Just a day before the event, we were told that there will be a huge event at MITC i.e. a National Sports Day celebration, involving tens of thousands of people. Thus, we decided to be there quite early (even before breakfast). All my family was there, including Ihsan (from JB), Izharuddin (from KL) and Izzuddin (was in Jasin).
In the morning, we had the akad nikah (marriage contract) ceremony.
The wedding ceremony was held in the afternoon but we stayed there in the complex, not moving anywhere due to fear of not getting a parking place if we do that. When the time arrived, we gathered at the ground level to make a procession to enter the hall. We were told that my other half and I will be placed in a special seating at the wedding.
After the event, we returned to the homestay; my children had a go with the snooker that was there at the homestay. I stayed mostly in my room to finish my editorial review of a paper of my ex student. Having done it, I kept myself up-to-date on the escalated war in the Middle East. There was already a fear of how it will spiral out of control. There is certainly a complex political dimension to the war (which I do read for understanding but will not touch), but the immediate concern is the arising humanity crisis. The mainstream media coverage has always been unbalanced, depicting the innocent victims as lesser human beings, savages or even animals. Thus, the need to go for independent news outlet (though there are attempts to repress this; even carrying a Palestinian flag becomes a crime in some countries and not to mention that wearing a saree with red, green and black seems to be disfavoured; thus the need for watermelons). It is quite easy for us to ignore all of these and be so insensitive, given that we are a geographical distance away. The war will eventually has an effect on all of us and to ignore is not really a good option. We all remembered the assassination of a Palestinian academic right here in Kuala Lumpur not too long ago. We also knew how each Ramadhan and Eid, we got the news of how the Al-Aqsa mosque being desecrated. There may be some protest noise thereafter but nothing seems to prevent such desecration from happening again. In the recent bombings, we heard about the 'Malaysian mosque' being destroyed (see video clip). I suppose, we could choose to ignore all of these and continue with our comfortable life until something happens at our doorsteps or something severely affecting our lives even from afar. May Allah protect us from such calamities.
Fast forward to this weekend, the wedding function is now held at the bridegroom side and it took place in Putrajaya. We were there before all the guests arrived to help out on whatever that needs to be done.
Many guests came and it continued until about 4pm. Here are some photos.
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