Television is an anesthetic for the pain of the modern world

After sahur today, I watched a tazkirah program aired on RTM1. Sadly, the Ustaz made a rather comical generalization about genggaman tangan; bagaimana lelaki dan wanita sepatutnya menggenggam tangan. The left picture shows genggaman tangan lelaki and on the right, wanita. I don't know if this is true, but in my ignorance, I'd like to believe that this is according to the Ustaz. The ustaz went on saying, “Jadi para lelaki, sebelum berkahwin, periksalah bakal isteri anda, bagaimana dia menggenggam tangan. Jika seperti ini (he shows genggaman like the one in the right picture), maka baguslah, lemah-lembut dan perempuanlah dia. Dan jika lelaki pula, jika dia genggam seperti ini (masih menunjukkan genggaman like the one in the right picture), ada sesuatu yang tak kenalah pada lelaki itu. Mungkin dia ‘aww’ sedikit.” Like, what?! I unashamedly mengaku that my genggaman tangan is like the one on the left picture; yes, the genggaman tangan lelaki. Why? Not because I am not lemah-lembut enough or that I am not a real perempuan. It is simply because from my early years, I’ve been learning Taekwando and that is how we are supposed to genggam tangan for punching effect. Tidak, tidak. Bad generalization. Otherwise, it would be a good, entertaining tazkirah.

Wahida (Wassini) on the talk show Hijrah Remaja yesterday posed an excellent question: “Jika seorang lelaki berada dalam keadaan di mana ibu dan isterinya kedua-duanya sedang lemas, who would (and should) he save first?" Remaja wanita kesemuanya menjawab ibu, kerana jika isteri yang lemas, lelaki boleh berkahwin lain. Tetapi ibu hanya satu. I agree, but for different reason. My husband should save his mother first, not because I am replaceable, but because I don’t want my husband to be anak derhaka because of me, which in return would also timbal balik on me di dunia dan akhirat. Plus, although I myself tak pandai berenang, I believe I could (and would) find a way to save myself. Heh. And more, I would want my own Little Bro to save my Ibu first in any given situation. Heh. Any other answer or reasoning, do let me know, people.