Siti Nurhaliza and Datuk K - The Dowry and Gifts

Senarai Hantaran Pertunangan

Pemberian Khalid kepada Siti Nurhaliza, lima dulang hantaran bertema Adiwarna.

Kesemua dulang hantaran dihiasi menggunakan daun mengkuang
serta songket tenunan Terengganu.

1. Bunga rampai beserta sebentuk cincin tunang berjenama Bvlgari
2. Seuntas emas putih beserta loket yang tertera nama
Allah SWT yang ditempah khas dari Mekah
3. Manisan
4. Kain telekung serta sepasang jubah dari Jeddah

5. Tepak sirih

Pemberian Siti kepada Khalid, tujuh dulang hantaran bertemakan Sanggar Bayu.
Kesemua hantaran baralaskan dulang perak yang melambangkan
personaliti Khalid sebagai ahli korporat.

1. Songket serta kain persalinan untuk baju Melayu.
2. Wajik yang dibawa khas dari Kuala Lipis oleh keluarga Siti
3. Sebiji kek
4. Sejambak bunga mawar kuning
5. Sejadah
6. Al-Quran dihiasi dengan beberapa kepingan wang kertas
7. Tepak sirih

Senarai Hantaran Perkahwinan

Daripada Khalid kepada Siti, tujuh barang hantaran diletakkan di atas
dulang emas bertemakan Azimat Cinta:

1. Seutas ramai bersama loket berbentuk hati dengan
seutas gelang berlian berjenama Chopard
2. Seutas jam tangan daripada Roger Dubius yang diukir perkataan 'Love'
3. Sepasang kain lace berwana cokelat bermanik
4. Sebuah beg tangan berwarna putih berjenama Louis Vuitton
5. Wang hantaran RM30,000 yang dibalut kain berwarna krim
7. Sebiji kek berwarna putih.
8. Makanan kegemaran Siti -- strawberi bersalut cokelat.

Daripada Siti kepada Khalid, sembilan barang hantaran diletakkan di atas
dulang perak bertemakan Sebenar Cinta:

1. Sebentuk cincin berjenama Audemars Piguet
2. Tali pinggan berjenama Baroni
3. Dua pasang penyemat lengan baju berjenama Louis Vuitton
4. Satu sut kot berjenama Cerimonia
5. Satu set butang baju Melayu perak
6. Seutas jam tangan berjenama Richard Mille
7. Sebiji kek dihiasi sekeping gambar pasangan pengantin baru itu.
8. Bunga rampai
9. Sepasang baju Melayu.

Courtesy: Syazwan of Lille

Siti Nurhaliza and Datuk K - Wedding of the Year

Pautan kasih seorang isteri (foto The Star oleh Azhar Mahfof)

KUALA LUMPUR: Hanya dengan satu lafaz, Siti Nuhaliza Tarudin sah menjadi isteri Datuk Khalid Muhammad Jiwa.

Majlis pernikahan yang menyusul majlis pertunangan mereka di Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan, Jalan Duta di sini, menempa sejarah apabila majlis itu pertama dipancarkan secara langsung ke seluruh negara.

Dari saat Siti melangkah tertib memasuki dewan Muslimat untuk majlis pertunangan dengan bertudung litup dan memakai baju kurung moden lace putih bertatahkan taburan batu biru dengan diiringi empat penyanyi latarnya, sehingga majlis selesai, segala-galanya disaksikan secara langsung oleh jutaan penonton TV3 yang diberikan hak penyiaran eksklusif majlis itu.

Dalam hampir seluruhan majlis Siti kelihatan tenang, melainkan ketika dia memeluk ibu bapanya selepas disahkan sebagai isteri.

Bisikan seorang isteri... Apakah agaknya pesanan Siti kepada Khalid?

Pasangan selebriti itu dinikahkan oleh Pendaftar Nikah, Cerai dan Rujuk Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan Nasroddin Mat Daud dengan mas kahwin RM22,222 tunai, mengambil sempena tempoh 22 tahun, dua bulan, dan dua hari Al-Quran diturunkan.

Tarikh pernikahan pasangan itu hari ini juga jatuh pada hari Israk dan Mikraj iaitu 27 Rejab 1427.

Di majlis pertunangannya, Siti duduk bagaikan puteri di pelamin “mahligai permata” sebelum majlis diteruskan dengan penuh adat istiadat Melayu.

Majlis dimulakan dengan wakil dari kedua-dua pihak berbalas pantun dalam menyatakan hasrat meminang dan pinangan diterima. Ia diakhiri dengan ibu Khalid, Siti Zainab Hanafi menyarungkan cincin emas putih bertatahkan berlian ke jari manis Siti.

Anak kelahiran Kampung Awah, Temerloh, Pahang itu menerima tujuh dulang hantaran daripada Khalid yang dinamakan sempena nama lagu popular Siti Nurhaliza "Cindai", mengandungi wang hantaran RM30,000, halwa, kitab al-Quran dan bunga rampai, set permata, kain lace, beg tangan dan seutas jam tangan.

Siti Nurhaliza pula membalas hantaran Khalid dengan sembilan dulang bertemakan lagunya "Sebenar Cinta", terdiri daripada bunga rampai, kain sampin songket, butang baju Melayu, jam tangan, cincin, kek, tali pinggang beserta dompet, cufflink dan sut tuksedo.

Siti melambai kepada jurugambar sewaktu sidang media selepas majlis pernikahannya.

Selepas akad selesai, Khalid menyarungkan cincin berlian bermata satu ke jari manis Siti sebagai simbol membatalkan air sembahyang.

Siti kemudian dua kali memeluk erat bapanya Tarudin Ismail sebelum bersalaman dengan ahli keluarga yang lain diikuti kemudiannya oleh suaminya.

Tetamu kehormat termasuklah Tengku Muda Pahang Tengku Abdul Rahman dan isteri Che Julita Aishah, Yang Dipertua Negeri Melaka Tun Khalil Yaakob dan isteri Toh Puan Zurina Kassim serta isteri Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datin Seri Rosman Mansor kemudian dijamukan dengan makan tengah hari di masjid berkenaan.

Majlis persandingan pasangan itu akan berlangsung di Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur Isnin depan.

Bercakap dengan lebih 100 wartawan tempatan dan Indonesia di dewan Muslimat masjid itu selepas jamuan tengahari, Siti berkata beliau melangkah masuk ke fasa baru dalam kehidupannya sebagai isteri dengan penuh tekad akan meneruskan kerjaya seninya.

"Siti akan cuba jadi isteri yang baik dan pada masa yang sama menjadi wanita yang berkerjaya. Siti tahu, banyak yang perlu Siti pelajari kini.

"Tapi Siti percaya, dengan bimbingan daripada suami, insyallah, Siti mampu melakukannya," katanya.

Khalid pula berjanji beliau tidak akan menghalang Siti daripada terus bergiat di bidang seni.

"Saya tidak akan menghalang kerjaya Siti sebagai seorang penyanyi," tegasnya sambil berkali-kali memanjatkan kesyukuran kerana majlis pernikahannya selesai dalam keadaan sempurna.

Menyerlahkan senyuman puas kerana segalanya berjalan lancar, Siti tanpa segan mengakui bagaimana beliau dihantui perasaan bimbang dan berdebar-debar sebaik tiba di masjid untuk diijabkabulkan dengan pilihan hatinya itu.

"Siti hanya mampu berselawat dan Alhamdulillah, dengan sekali lafaz oleh Datuk Khalid, Siti kini sudah sah menjadi isteri kepadanya," tambahnya.

Pasangan itu yang agak keberatan memberikan sebarang butiran mengenai destinasi bulan madu mereka serta perancangan hidup mereka sebagai suami isteri meninggalkan Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan menaiki kenderaan berbeza.

Courtesy: The Star

Can You Sleep When The Wind Blows?

Since today is a rather special day for me, I am sharing this story just to get ourselves prepared in time of difficulties.
Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received A steady stream of refusals.

Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer. "Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer asked him. "Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.

Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, Hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work. Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!"

The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."

Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had

been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down.

Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically, you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life?

The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he had secured the farm against the storm. We secure ourselves against the storms of life by grounding ourselves in the Word of God. We don't need to understand, we just need to hold His hand to have peace in the middle of storms.

Love Hurts, ... sometimes

Guys, just be extra careful if you love to sleep around on a ONS.

Hardworks Always Pay Off

I was watching the Oprah Winfrey Show the other night about this first woman President in Africa telling her ups and downs that she had gone through really captured my attention. She's from Liberia. In retrospect, it reminded me about the Fleming/Churchill story I kept in my collection. I thought I would share it with you all.

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself.

Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."

"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.

"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did. Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, he graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.

His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth.