it's Hari Raya again!!!! and i'm so happy :) hehehehe...
i thought this year's raya experience was a good one...it's been a while since everyone from my extended family balik kampung together-gether...it's been a while more since i caught up with my cousins and their wal hal hidup, hehe...and i'm really glad to know their doing great :)
realising that all my cousins and nieces and nephews are all grown up now is freaking me out just a little bit, knowing that pretty soon i would have to be putting a side money for them as duit raya...haha...watching my dad and brother sit on the dining table the last night of puasa like ceti haram-s counting money and dividing them into little green packets...so systematic...
my closest cousin who's a year older than me now has 2 beautiful little kiddos that's so so adorable i feel like squeezing the life out of them...the eldest boy, Nashriq, came and hugged my head out of the blue one night and just made me feel so excited i wanted to pinch him...honestly, i find it a miracle that i can feel this way with kids because i used to be so freaked with these little creatures i wouldn't dare touch one let alone play with them...they seem so fragile, it's like if my clumsy ganas hands is anywhere near them they might just shatter into a million pieces.
one of my nephew's pulak has the most fantastic smile that just brightens up your day without fail...this little guy is such a sensitive creature, he cried his eyes out on hari raya day because their cat, Herbie, went missing that morning and he was nowhere to be found...my nephew wouldn't eat or drink and just locked himself in his room until we convinced him to go look for Herbie ramai-ramai...sadly we didn't find him then...but on the 2nd day of raya, Herbie came meow-ing back on his own dirty and hungry from his new found Melaka adventure...hehe...he had a shower, ate his food and stayed indoors for the remaining days.
freaking all my cousins and nephews and nieces have a handphone each ok...what has technology brought us to? hahahaha...it's crazy...i was too lazy to bring my camera balik kampung this year, and i so regret it!...i just really loved this raya a lot, it was so much fun...
owh, we also had a collective birthday party...hehe...everyone who's birthday is in this month was celebrated on the 2nd night of raya...and after the candle blowing festivities, there was a fireworks exhibition! cheh...haha...it was really nice though, we all set on a mat in the garden and watched the fireworks break into pretty little flickering lights above our heads...it made me appreciate still having a kampung house to go back to during raya and having my family to share the experience with...
i am utterly thankful, alhamdulillah...:)
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