恭禧發財, 紅包拿來!
What it means: Wishing you to be prosperous in the coming year, and red envelope please!
Source: http://goodcharacters.com/newsletters/gong-xi-fa-cai.html
Heh, because of 1Malaysia spirit, I can give green angpows too!
// Photo op with Mr Kevin @ PMCSA CNY Dinner
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Hmmm... Maulidur Rasul. Celebration by Prophet Muhammad's birthday. My oh my, so you want to organise a parade? Its not even a tradition by the prophet Muhammad, but hey, no harm doing it as long as you don't claim it is his instruction. You see, Kelantan has no parade organised, but nobody make any noise?
Anyway, this brouhaha reminds me of the jolly of having Maulid celebration back in high school. Apart from parade, we have lectures on and quiz up and running - with aims to refresh back thought and knowledge about our prophet Muhammad. Everyone was kinda happy about it.
As for the parade, at one particular year it was decided that each batch need to assemble a team, more of a choir, to recite appraisals of the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him (selawat in arabic), or poems (burdah), and then have them do the parade around the school compound.
// An example of Maulidur Rasul parade. This is quite advanced and extravagant, ours were simple - no banner at all, everyone just dressed the same - white baju melayu, green samping, with black songkok. In the light of current situation, you might want to hold up a huge banner saying - "Nabi Anti Rasuah", "Perasuah Masuk Neraka", "Rasuah HARAM!". Heh, let's see if anyone got detained under ISA, heh or State Religion Department for that matter.
This effort prompted many discoveries of 'selawat' and 'burdah' version, including its meaning. A form of intellectual pursuit eh? Yes! At least most of us has no problems comprehending - since all of them in Arabic. Did I tell you that we learn Arabic in school?
The day came, and every batch was duly prepared. And then there was a surprise : One of the selawat rhymes exactly like Siti Nurhaliza's Cindai, originally by Imam as-Syed Jaafar bin Hasan bin Abdul Karim al-Barzanji - in short Imam Al-Barzanji - yes the Malay word Berzanji comes from his name!
Alright let's do some karaoke here:
Marhaban Jaddan / Jaddal Husaini - Welcome! The grandfather of Imam Husain
Marhaban Ya Nur / Ya Nur 'Aini - Welcome! Oh the light of my eyes!
Marhaban Jaddan / Jaddal Husaini - Welcome! The grandfather of Imam Husain
Marhaban Ya Nur 'Aini - Welcome! Oh the light of my eyes!
The stanza above rhymes with:
Cindailah mana / tidak berkias
Jalinnya lalu / rentah beribu
Bagailah mana / hendak berhias
Cerminku retak seribu
Then here comes the chorus, no doubt everyone cheered!
Anta Shamsun Anta Badrun - You are the sun, you are the moon
Anta Noorun Fawqa Noori - You are light upon lights
Anta Ikseerun wa Ghaali - You are gold and even more priceless
Anta Misbaahu's-Sudoori - You are the light of hearts
Hendaklah hendak hendak ku rasa
Puncaknya gunung hendak ditawan
Tidaklah tidak tidak ku daya
Tingginya tidak terlawan
When the result was announced that team didn't win anything. Heh, obviously too much of a parody... Duhhh its quite hard for the judge (our teachers of course!) to accept such a brave stunt. Well, now everyone knows Cindai and Selawat cannot sit together, its hedonisme and spiritual. Yeah, like oil and water.
Morale of the day - If you want to do selawat, do it right. Dapat pahala! Check this link out eh?
Postscriptum - That weekend, am going to have ACLS course. No parade I suppose.
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