What’s up with all the unnecessary drama?

You know how everything we see and read always has drama. All fiction TV shows, movies and romance novels must always have some drama in it. The exaggerated, tear-jerking, or frustrating sort of drama.  We get excited when there’s forbidden love between the co-starts. We make decisions on the worthiness of a film depending on how twisted the plot is. So, since we’re suckers for all this ; do you think it explains why most of us like to create unnecessary drama in our own lives? Have we subconsciously made all the fiction, made-up, fabricated stories we see  on the screens and pages of a chick lit as a benchmark to whether we’re living the “real” life?

Think about it.

Cricket. Cricket.

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah and HELLO~!

Yes yes, it’s been awhile. Forgive me. I haven’t been able to sit still in one city since the day I officially completed my course )) Been visiting friends here and there (being homeless in UK forces you to city hop), and insya Allah, will come back to motherland early next month. No fixed dates yet, but that’s no biggie.

No productive post for today, sorry…but do come again!

<3

Marriage proposals at Secondary 5

I was listening to Nur Islam a few nights ago. Forgot what the program was called but the topic was to do with students – pemaslahan penuntut (sp?). The show received this text from a mother who was concerned about her secondary 5 daughter who had been receiving a couple of marriage proposals. People at the studio, including I, couldn’t hold back a chuckle upon hearing this. I was soooo interested what the ustaz had to say to this *rub palms together*

Well, the ustaz’s reply was indeed intriguing. Very..creative and smart. He bengan with, “Boleh tahan jua ah anak daranya ani ah.” Funny, ustaz…funny. Anyway, he advised the mother to looking at the daughter herself. What is it about her that’s  inviting so much attention from the male species? How does she dress? How does she interact with people and the opposite sex? I forgot the rest of the details (because it was 2-3 nights ago)..but the take home message is this (IMHO):

Janganlah kitani jadi fitnah kepada kaum lelaki

Janganlah kitani jadi penyebab kaum lelaki diheret kedalam api neraka

Apostasy (kemurtadaan) in Brunei

You how the khutbah jumaat (Jumaah sermons) are often about what’s going on within the society. They’re like the Dear Sally (or Dear Salleh/Salmah), but addressed to the whole community.

Anyway, today’s khutbah was themed around apostasy (kemurtadaan ). The deen’s POV on a apostasy, the sings and so on.

So my question is this; are there significant cases of apostasy going on in Brunei?