It’s been 23 days since I got married.
First, to everyone who attended our wedding, thank you so much. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my life, alhamdulillah. And this comes from someone who tends to view things in a very functionalist perspective. By purely Allah’s grace, everything that my wife and I had planned for what should be a nice, good, halal wedding (no theatrics, no crappy traditionalistic & illogical rituals, but at the same time agreeable to parents and friends and us) turned out well. Thanks to everyone who came and took photos with us and ate the good food and gave us presents. Brilliant. I think the background music worked wonders.
For those who heard about it but weren’t invited, (and there’s a fair number of you), and to you we send our heartfelt regrets that we weren’t able to accommodate the maximum pax. Relatives numbered quite a huge number, so we had to prioritise our friends guest-list. So it doesn’t mean I hate you and all that. I’ll be sure to invite you for something that doesn’t require a lot of relatives to be around.
To answer all my friends’ questions on “how’s married life?”: it’s exceptional.
It’s a totally new phase in our lives, where we are once again revisiting the process of exploration and discovery all over again, as man and wife. It’s thrilling and challenging at the same time. But whatever it is, the goals in life are the same, and ultimately our married life will be a team effort to fulfill those common goals.
We seek blessings and fogiveness from Allah the Supreme, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful, and blessings from our Holy Prophet (s.a.w.), to give us all the good knowledge and resources for a successful life here and more importantly in the Hereafter, and protection from the evil which we are always striving against.
For those who are contemplating marriage: Think, think again and think once more if you really are prepared for marriage. And once you think you've found the right one, just do it (get married, I mean).
First, to everyone who attended our wedding, thank you so much. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my life, alhamdulillah. And this comes from someone who tends to view things in a very functionalist perspective. By purely Allah’s grace, everything that my wife and I had planned for what should be a nice, good, halal wedding (no theatrics, no crappy traditionalistic & illogical rituals, but at the same time agreeable to parents and friends and us) turned out well. Thanks to everyone who came and took photos with us and ate the good food and gave us presents. Brilliant. I think the background music worked wonders.
For those who heard about it but weren’t invited, (and there’s a fair number of you), and to you we send our heartfelt regrets that we weren’t able to accommodate the maximum pax. Relatives numbered quite a huge number, so we had to prioritise our friends guest-list. So it doesn’t mean I hate you and all that. I’ll be sure to invite you for something that doesn’t require a lot of relatives to be around.
To answer all my friends’ questions on “how’s married life?”: it’s exceptional.
It’s a totally new phase in our lives, where we are once again revisiting the process of exploration and discovery all over again, as man and wife. It’s thrilling and challenging at the same time. But whatever it is, the goals in life are the same, and ultimately our married life will be a team effort to fulfill those common goals.
We seek blessings and fogiveness from Allah the Supreme, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful, and blessings from our Holy Prophet (s.a.w.), to give us all the good knowledge and resources for a successful life here and more importantly in the Hereafter, and protection from the evil which we are always striving against.
For those who are contemplating marriage: Think, think again and think once more if you really are prepared for marriage. And once you think you've found the right one, just do it (get married, I mean).
Although it means some expenses to be incurred, it doesn’t mean that you need to buy a condo first and live the high life. If you define yourself to be worth only as much as owning the new Mazda you buy, you should really do some soul-searching. There are priorities and there are priorities. I'm saying this in response to a lot of my peers who are still reeling in shock that one can get married 6 months after graduating from Uni. Time for a paradigm shift, pals.
If you are indeed sure and you marry, you will be, my dear reader, a content person.
Photos from the Big Day:
Nikkah
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80427357@N00/sets/72157594503615501/
Wedding Dinner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80427357@N00/sets/72157594503609913/
If you are indeed sure and you marry, you will be, my dear reader, a content person.
Photos from the Big Day:
Nikkah
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80427357@N00/sets/72157594503615501/
Wedding Dinner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80427357@N00/sets/72157594503609913/
4 comments:
Beautiful pics =)
pics look very good, u two! so cute... my colleagues were looking at the pics and said it was very nice as well :) shan
Thanks shan! the typical 'naanga vanthom' photos would be up soon
Thanks Potter...
Thanks Shan...
:)
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