HIV Test.

Don't freak out.

I'm not with HIV. It's just one of the procedure to be married here in Malaysia.

My cousin from Philippines were here a couple of weeks before, and it's new to her when she found out the procedure when I told her all the things need to be done before I got married. There is no such process in Philippines I guess.

The HIV Test form came with the Marriage Application Form from the Religious Department, where you can get it online now. If you were found positive, then I believe you'll somehow not allowed to get married as it will be dangerous to your future spouse. 

You can get your test done at any local clinics, it took less than 20minutes, to fill up the form, waiting for the queue, and get the blood sample. And there you go. It's done.

By the way, just so you know... I'm negative.

So Tok Kadi, here I come!

The myth of Israel.

This is Miko Peled, one of the Israelis General's son giving a talk on the myth of Zionist where he stressed on how double standard Israel is to the Palestinian. It might be long, but I strongly suggest you watch and listen to him, which does make sense.

We all know how unfair the world has been to Palestine.

"Ya Allah, please save Gaza and the Palestinians. Ameen."

The Time Keeper.

Another Mitch Albom's collection on the bench.

Now I'm starting to like his books after One More Day, which is truly awesome.

It's about Dor, the time keeper, Sarah Lemon and Victor Delamonte.
Dor who is someone cursed for being the first man alive to ever measure time, lives for thousands of years somewhere far, before he was sent back to Earth, where he met Sarah and Victor. He was there not to change their fate, in fact, he's there to make them realize for whatever happens, time flows and past, and you only need to live every moments and appreciate every single seconds that you have.

"Man alone measures time.
Man alone chimes the hour.
And because of this, man alone suffers a paralysing fear that no other creatures endure.
A fear of time running out."
-Mitch Albom

Calendars of Hijrah

Looking at the photo above will let you wondering. No, it's not Ramadan, nether it's Syawal.

It's Muharam! The first day of Muharam.

Muharam is the first month of Hijrah Calendar, which means today is the new year, 1434.

As many of you may know, Hijrah Calendar is according to the Lunar movement, in Islam we call it Al-Qamari. Hijrah started after Prophet Muhammad SAW moved to Madinah from Makkah to built the first ever Muslim country. The first leader who recognize Hijrah as the official Muslim Calendar is Umar Al-Khatab AS, the second 'khalifah', during the 17th years of Hijrah.

On the other hand, the calendar widely used today (including Malaysia) is the Gregorian Calendar, also known as the AD (Anno Domini). It is claimed that the calendar started at the birth of Jesus AS, and differ with the Hijrah Calendar, it is according to the movement of the sun instead, of what we Muslims call As-Syamsi. However, there are claims that Jesus AS was born years before the AD. Wallahualam.

To mark the years before AD, historians used the term BC (Before Christ). However, in between 1AD and 1BC, there is no year "0". Instead, right after 1BC, the calendar moved straight away to 1AD.

So, to all my Muslims brothers and sisters, Happy New Year, Salam Maal Hijrah.

And in Hijrah, today marks my 27th birthday. 

:-)

Online Marriage Form.

I know people are very cynical on the public service, how everything is moving slowly.

I know and I could not deny it. But I think most cases were similar and most of the services provided by the Government has been improved, some are even better than what the private can offer.

One of the improvement is turning all the public related services to online.

It saves cost and time. 

One good example is the marriage form in the state of Perak.

Instead of going to the Islam Department, queuing up for the form, waiting at the counter to be served, we can just fill up the form online, complete with all the proper steps and directions.

Not more than 5 minutes, there you go, a complete form on your computer to be printed out yourself. See, the public service is not that bad after all.

Give them chance, ideas and suggestions. They will improve.

The next step would be the HIV test and I wonder if the service is as good as this one.

 

*90 days*