Getting Married

Yes!, i am getting married in the next 9 weeks and to tell the truth i am already having that “butterfly feeling” in my stomach. Let me share how the process went about finalizing my imam for the nikah. Although i was not happy at all with the processes i had no other choice but to follow.

It started with me and my fiancée going for the HIV test with one of the government hospital or clinics. So as planned in the afternoon me and my fiancée took leave and went to the nearest Pusat Kesihatan, which was located at Plaza Pantai. It was on the guideline that all HIV test will be done daily from 2PM to 4PM, so we were there sharp at 2PM and the clinic was still empty and I was happy that we were the first couple for the day, to my surprise when we approach the girl at the counter and told her that we are here for our HIV test, she asked me “Do you have an appointment?” and I asked her back “Where in the guide its says that I need to make an appointment, it says that we can walk-in to any government clinics from 2PM till 4PM to get it done” . She pointed to the notice board in their clinic which has a notice saying that we need to make an appoint for HIV test as they will only conduct 12 test a day. Rather then wasting my time arguing with them I just got myself an appointment for the next day.

The next day the HIV test was quick, and we got the result within 30 minutes. Next was for us to go to JAWI to sort out the certificate for “”Kursus Kahwin”. The issue was that they have misspelled my father in law name in the cert as well as typed in my fiancée IC number wrongly. In the first place it was their mistake to type it wrongly when the form we submitted was correct, but again I was told that in order for them to reprint the cert I need to pay RM5, again I asked why do I have to pay when the mistake is yours, the answer was simple “macam itu, you bayar dulu la…”. Well again I have to just do it as I wanted to get married. After the RM5, waited for about 30 minutes and it was printed correctly.

Next was my trip to the masjid to book the Imam for my marriage. Here it was fast, meet the Imam and filled in all the form needed a quick check by the Imam and he signed it. Next he told us to take the forms to JAWI to get it approve from them before he could confirm the date with us. We reached JAWI at about 1030AM, took our numbers and waited to be called. Within 10 minutes our number was called and I spoke to them and submitted the forms to them, again we was ask to wait while they process the forms. As I was sitting and waiting I was just looking at where my forms was moving to, first it moved to a guys table where he just flip through the pages and put in into a tray, a data entry girl picked it up and she was at the front desk computer keying the information into the system, the about 11 they called my name and told me to go to the counter to make my paying, which I did happily. Once payment is done I was asked to wait again, and within 5 minutes they called me and gave me a computer generated form which has the same information that I have submitted in the form, to my surprise again! My father in law’s name was spelled wrongly which I have to tell them and had to wait for another 10 minutes for before it was fixed and reprinted.

Finally, we submitted the form to the Imam and got the date confirmed!, and now I have 9 more weeks before I get married… and I can feel the butterflies coming…..

Leave me your comments on how you feeled when you got married…

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