my JAWI day

Yesterday, I went to JAWI to file for the Big D. I wore a checkered Thai silk baju kurung Johor (the real thang ok, sebab jahit tangan) and the tudung mawi that I bought from pretty zienta. I was really a bundle of nerves. Some friends offered to accompany me, but I thought, it's just filing. And I kind of like the feeling of experiencing this alone. Sick, huh?

When I got to JAWI, I entered the wrong parking basement. I'm always doing this membabi-buta thing when I'm nervous. Finally found the correct parking space and had to walk quite a bit in the hot sun.

There were a few buildings there, I was quite at a loss. The signages on the buildings were written not in NORMAL jawi font but in freaking calligraphy. It took me 5 minutes to read one signage. As expected from clumsy me, I went to the wrong building. And obviously looking lost, a guy came up to me and asked, "Akak nak pergi bahagian penceraian ye?" Hmmm.. I do look like someone who's getting divorced ke?

So finally I found the place. Pressed the B button to get my number and it was attended to immediately. Hats off to JAWI for that. I was greeted by this young lady, too young that it made me feel quite awkward talking to her about this - I was expecting some motherly makcik with a soothing voice... But she was very nice and helpful. She said that I didn't have to file at JAWI, I should just go straight to the Mahkamah Syariah and get a court date. Then she asked, "Suami dah lafaz ke?". I said, no. "Kalau dah lafaz, senang la kak." she continued. Bring the H along and it should be quite straightforward since it's consensual.

Consensual. That's the word of the day.

So right after that I went to see the H over a cup of teh tarik. He was calmer, more rational and most importantly, in a very consensual mood. We spoke about this and agreed to go to the Mahkamah Syariah together, but no dates set yet. I should've just dragged him yesterday to the court.

Bila la akak nak senang ni...