Kahwinlah, Pak Lah!

So I'm sure everyone in Malaysia pretty much knows by now that our Prime Minister aka Pak Lah is getting married.

For those of you who live in a cave and can only access my fucskpot, well, YEAH HE'S GETTING MARRIED!

It's not a big news for me really, the rumors have been flying around the political circle for ages hasn't it? Well not that long but long enough.

The thing is, I was talking to someone (I can't remember who) about him getting married and they asked me if i thought if it was too soon.

Is it?

I mean, how long is he supposed to mourn his wife's death anyway?

I asked my dad this question and he goes, "she's dead what else is he supposed to do?"

Haha. Ergh. That's how SWEET my dad is.

But then he went on to explain that Muslims don't need to mourn. And I thought about it. Really? We don't mourn?

And of course obviously I looked it up and this is what I found:

"It is forbidden for those in mourning to excessively wail, scream, or thrash about. Grief is normal when one has lost a loved one, and it is natural and permitted to cry. When the Prophet Muhammad's own son died, he said: "The eyes shed tears and the heart is grieved, but we will not say anything except which pleases our Lord." One should strive to be patient, and remember that Allah is the One who gives life and takes it away, at a time appointed by Him. It is not for us to question His wisdom."

*taken from Islam.About.com

Ah. I didn't know that.

I don't usually like talking about death but this excerpt above did remind me of my favorite poem about death by Christina Rossetti called "When I am dead my dearest...":

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.

It's quite an interesting poem I feel. It's like she's saying in my ghetto interpretation :

"fuck it I'm dead it don't matter no more cos I might not even remember you anyways so don't be sad biyotch."

Of course compared to her poem in Islam you're not supposed to believe you end up becoming worm food when evidently you do.

I mean in Islam, when you die, your soul goes somewhere else. Somewhere else I don't know exactly where but I think its called Alam Barzakh or something like that. Google it if you're eager to know. And apparently there at the Alam Barzakh, you'll wait. Till Judgement Day. Hmmm. Speaking of which, I have many things I want to find out on Judgement Day.

Like who stole Nad's phone at Ili's party, and erm, who stole my laptop. Hehe.

I'm so petty like that. Well okay, there are BIGGER things I want to know but you know. It's just too much to think about right now so let's just leave it at that.

ANYWAYS, back to the main point : is it okay for Pak Lah to be married so soon?

Well, according to Islam, it is. So what's the big deal right?

Yeah. I mean, personally I think it's okay.

It's much tougher to run a country when you come home having no one to comfort you, y'know?

I mean he has to deal with all those backstabbing kiss ass politicians and not to mention the damned world issues left right and centre. Damn, such pressure!

On top of that, you represent Malaysia as a whole so if you say or do something stupid it'll make the rest of us Malaysians seem even more stupid and you sure as hell don't want THAT.

So at the very least this woman can take care of him now. I mean, it's always good to have some support from a woman right? Hehe.

Good for you Prime Minister!