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Salam...

I talked to my mom yesterday evening. Called her up on raya (two days ago) but she was too busy cooking. So what's new :P

Anyhow, to cut the story (or our conversation) short---oh by the way have i told you how ANNOYING it is to hear gigantic footsteps going up and down the staircase at my home from my bedroom? (i live like in an ANNOYING 3-storey, very narrow apartment whose walls are not made of pure brick) yes it's phreaking annoying. think twice of staying in an apartment such as mine---

ehemm, yes..back to the highlight of this post. Well I told my mom that sejak kebelakangan ini I've been verbally and nearly physically harrassed by drunken aussie monkeys. And that for the Malaysian hall open house I wore her old black jubah (which i find still beautiful, thanks Mom =).. lol..I nearly thought she was about to faint after hearing that.

Yes, a black jasad, swimming along a stream of colorfully dressed people (I seriously didn't expect to be dreaded in long ques with very limited and restricted movement due to overcrowding; trying to avoid oh-please-i-really-don't-want-to-face-you acquaintances AND on top of that feeling nauseous and dizzy. I'd rather be inside my annoying house..oh well at least I got to meet and sit with people tersayang :)

Anyhow, yes, two somewhat different information: Harrassed by some idiots, and wearing what I was comfortable in. Somehow, my mom managed to combine the information together and said something like this, "Eleanor, I don't think you should wear that thing outside the house. They'll (the idiots) be more inclined to do something bad to you. Those drunken people don't know what they're doing until they become sober."

"But mom, I have my right to wear whatever I want..."

"I know, but look, if you wear something that's attracting, they'd be more aware of you and hence the chance of you getting attacked would be high"

--Wait a minute.

Hmmmmmmmm..... interesting, Mom. Very interesting.

What could be more attractive...a piece of old black cloth or baju yang gilang gemilang berwarna warni di sana sini? *one eyebrow lifted*

Padahal masa saya kena kacau tu I was wearing a very bright baju kurung..so how..are you confused now?

And besides, don't we Muslim women have to wear something that DOES NOT attract? how then, baju kurung gilang gemilang berwarna warni di sana sini fits the purpose of not attracting men, let alone drunken idiots? The fact that it's loose does not justify totally of what 'Muslimah identity' should be like. It seems that most of us have been confused with what 'Islam' is, and what 'culture' is. And no, mixing both things does not fit into 'Islam'. So maybe we can change the name of the event to something else like 'Pesta Menikmati Makanan, Muzik and Pakaian kebangsaan orang2 Malaysia campur fashion terkini di bumi Australia' instead of using 'Hari Raya Aidil fitri celebration'. Can you please correct me if I'm wrong? And no, I'm not blaming any of these people for their doings; I understand that they are still confused. And because I am no longer confused, I do not wish to be one of those who are confused. Do you see where my stand is?

To strengthen my argument, kalaulah pakai baju serba hitam dan yang longgar attracts more drunken men than wearing baju yg gilang gemilang berwarna warni di sana sini (both cases bertudung), it actually shows that I can be more identified easily as a Muslim woman, no? Diorang tak puas hati right, because I am actually wearing something that is very modest, yang betul betul ikut Islamic deen, right?

'Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with you unless you follow their form of religion. Say: "The Guidance of God, -- that is the Guidance." Were you to follow their desires (i.e. dressing yourself be attractive so that men will be pleased and attracted with your enhanced beauty) after the knowledge which have reached you (i.e. women should cover themselves, and cover themselves without showing any perhiasan except to husbands, etc.), then you wouldn't find God as your helper or protector.' (Al-Baqarah: 120)

I'm not saying that all of us women should wear black rags. I'm saying that we all should dress modestly without the intention of attracting men. Perhaps when we dress ourselves, ask ourselves: would this please Allah? or would it cause His Wrath by showing my beauty intentionally to other people other than my husband, my dad, etc? Let's not be like those Western women who mainly dress to be attractive. We're not at all like those women; we're much higher than them, if we Believe.

Wallahu 'Alam...

P/S: Knock knock. Who's there? Esok. Esok who? ESOK ADA GENETICS TEST, MICRO ASSIGNMENT BELUM SIAP LAGI. SILA SIAPKAN. TERIMA KASIH. Okiee ^^
PP/S: Nak minta maaf kepada sesiapa yang membaca dan mungkin terasa pedih di hati. Any of my posts were, are and will not go against you specifically; this is just a general reminder. While I'm improving the way I remind people and myself of things, please take in the message and not the way the message is/was presented. Soon or later we all have to face it: Truth just plainly hurts. Wassalam..