hari RAYA!!!

Listening to: Breathing – Yellowcard
Mood : okay
Current Status : annoyed by this hotness!

Hari Raya was pretty fun!!!

So Mama did it again!! She woke me up early in the morning despite the fact that I slept real late last night. I knew the first thing I had to have my hands on were the food on the table that is always always ready whenever I wake up! I brushed my teeth and sat abruptedly at the dining table and ate lemang! Good old lemang with the Rendang Ayam I made. It was good!!!

Ayong was already halfway through her plate when I joined her. And both of us were just sitting there, not having a care in the world. Eating lemang and other Raya goodies. Until Mom shooed me to the bathroom for a shower since we had to be going to the surau nearby for the sembahyang Raya we do every year.

By the time I was done, the other women were already ready to go! So I had to rush through everything! And Ayong was complaining on hom she hadn't even had time to mandi yet and we're already suppose to go. We were both really going berserk over the whole thing. After that, I realize I hadn't take air sembahyang so I had to take off my telekung to do that and rush to car to go.

When we got there, they already started the praying. Both of us just joined them, not even knowing if what we did were counted as sah or not. And we were both complaining on the way back. After that, it was the guys' turn to go for prayers, so the women had time to stay at home before they get back. I was straightening and crimping my hair whilst waiting. Even Mama agreed that the straightening looked nice. She braided my hair a little and beautified it.

After that, the guys came back and we were getting ready for our traditional ask for forgiveness moment. This is what we always do. Usually it starts of with my grandmother asking for forgiveness over my granpa. then It'll be my dad since he's the oldest. Followed by my mom and then they will ask forgiveness from my grandma before they take their seats so that my uncle could do the same thing. So its like that until the very youngest one. So usually it takes a long time. And especialy now that my Family has expended.

And unlike every year, this time I did it. Wait let me rephrase that. This time, I didn't do it. I didn't cry!! I managed to hold back my tears. Actually, there were no tears at all. I don't feel like crying. I don't feel what I feel always. I know I'm sorry but its.. not.. there... YISHK!! Well, I managed to ask for forgiveness from Pak Su though I so think he should've done the same thing.
But anyways, my 8 year old cousin Aida was crying madly. Like how I was when I was 8. Crying as if she just did something hugely wrong like killing somebody. Where as she's only so 'perfect' for the adults. WHATEVER!! Its pretty funny imagining I was once upon a time like that. It disgusts me. Hahahha!

It was all good up until I got to Mom, who I saved for the last one. I started crying the minute I kneeled down. God!! Whats wrong with me! But she's MOM you know. So its all different!!! After that, all of us went to do our own thing. And basically end up gathering in front of the tv to Puteri Gunung Ledang. I seriously didn't have the mood to watch it though tried hard as I could.

And then the whole family went to Tok Cho's house. He's our relatives. We go there every first day of Raya. When we got there, the 'anak daras' aka me, Ayong, Along, Tikah, Kak Ju and Kak Azza sat at one corner of the wooden house and only had each other to talk to. Which is not really a problem with me. And then, we went to Chu Era's house. She has the BEST murukus ever made! I love her tempeyeks! Yum!!! We spent a pretty long time there.

The adults were having fun chattering, while the kids were left feeling miserable and restless there doing nothing. Theres no tv. The only thing we could do is sit there and talk to each other. Which at one point could get tiring too. We were playing 'guess whats in my mind' with my 6 years old cousin who's really cute when we play this game. At one point, even that was not so exciting anymore, I was just getting really restless.

When we got back, I just spent timewandering around the house, trying to figure out what to do. And end up reading a book and wasting my time. Happy Raya eyh!?

- Selamat Hari Raya. Kami Ucapkan kepada semua.