MUTIARA RINI

DADIN'S NEW ABODE

Where we love is home -
home that our feet may leave,
but not our hearts.

After Nazrul's wedding, we drove to Dadin's new house at Mutiara Rini. Very spacious for his family of five. I noticed that Cousin Dadin had given some personal touches to his house and his home proud wife, Chuai was all pleased to show the house round.

The family was offered an alternative place to move out as his present accomodation would be affected by the Iskandaria Project. The spanking new terraced house at Mutiara Rini has four bedrooms and faces a piece of open land. Very comfortable indeed. I could imagine the surrounding being cool during the dew hours. The double storey house decoration is taking shape and the hall and the dining areas are almost completed with the fixtures and furtniture.

Surveying the size and the space of Dadin's new abode, some questions played in my mind. Should I buy a retirement house in JB and carry out my reconcilation pact with nature which I miss a lot here? I grew up in a kampung, amongst greenery and a stream gurgling behind my house. Those were the days...my kampung daze....free to take flight and lose myself in day dreaming under the jambu ayer tree. Terribly miss those memorable times of my life.

Meanwhile I will just dream on of houses with spacious grounds, bay windows, cobbled stones pathway, rose bushes and a swing under a bough.

HAPPY ROOSTING IN YOUR NEW HOME DADIN & FAMILY

Folk art cottage by Catherine Holman

NAZRUL & SITI FAIRUZ BIG DAY
08 09 2009

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

“Nikah (marriage) is my Sunna. He who shuns my Sunna is not of me.”

To Nazrul and Fairuz

'May you lead a happy life as a wedded couple till death doth you apart'

Traditional Muslim weddings are always events of a lifetime, with every friend and distant relative attending, lavish costumes often adorned with gold or silver jewelry, and precise religious rituals to be followed. Thus you can imagine how much preparation and effort have to be put in for the miles long guest list to be pampered and the traditions and rich customs to be observed over a period of days and nights. The entire event planning could backdate a year earlier than the set wedding date.

Nevertheless, weddings are happy occasions and I, for one welcome these auspicious moments, especially those of beloved relatives. I see these moments as times where one deepens and strengthens one ties. These gatherings also act as platforms for the third generation family members to get to know the older ones and continue the family roots to replace the previous generation.

Who else in the Sheikh Madar Clan is getting married? Do let us know in advance.

Enjoy Siti Nurhaliza's 'Bukan Cinta Biasa'

NAZRUL'S JB WEDDING

TO NAZRUL & FAIRUZ

In our life there is a single color,
as on an artist`s palette,
which provides the meaning of life
and art.
It is the color of love.

Nazrul and Fairuz on their wedding day

The dashing looking groom

The demure looking Siti Fairuz

A wedding album with the groom's parents

Reception time for the couple and close family members

The table setting for the couple's tea reception

Groom' s siblings and family members

Couple with my family

Fairuz's mother and family members

Abang Ahmad menepong tawar the couple

Mum also blessed the couple on their happy day

Group photo with the bride's family members

Groom's mother welcoming the bride into the house compound

Couple looking replendent walking towards the groom's house

Abang Manaf and Tok Latiff

Mum and Maznah

Saedah's and Rohana's children

With Jannah - who broke the 16 year old Singapore's long jump record

Ramon and Manaf. Ramon was a 1980's singer and actor

Cik Amy and Gayah (Ramon's wife)

Mum and her PA - Tini

With Jameelah and Rohana

With Zubaidah, Ratna and Farid and the gang

A gathering of cousins and aunty

Qaish and his two body guards

A joyous moment to be together

With Yunus family and Hussein's daughter (far left)

Part of The Madar Clan

Syed Mustapha and Isa exchanging news after a long separation

We were the very first guests to arrive

Kak Ani with Siti greeted us at the gate

On Friday - the rewang night

We popped in on Friday for a night visit

The couple on eve of their wedding

Abang Ahmad inviting us two weeks before the wedding

GATHERING OF THE MADAR CLAN

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Weddings bring about the gathering of many relatives, especially so when you a have large family to boast of. We congregated at Abang Ahmad's wedding for Nazrul's betroth to Siti Fairuz.

Relatives from across the causeway and all over Malaysia were there to join in the merriment and be part of the happening that day. I was there on Friday night itself, because my hubby had wanted to surprise his friend whom he had not met for the past twenty years. We were there again on Saturday with my mum.

I am just going to do a slide show presentation with photos which had captured the beautiful moments we spent together.

EVE OF WEDDING SLIDESHOW

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