Wednesday, October 1, 2008

in one piece, not in pieces.....

Jon wrote this nice pantun on our mount rushmore-salam perantauan thingy.

Kajang pak malau kajang berlipat,
Kajang hamba mengkuang layu,
Raya tuan raya bertempat,
Raya hamba musafir selalu.

So, Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir dan Batin, to whomever and wherever you may be.
And have fun.

I don’t know why, but I haven’t been excited about raya for quite some time. But, no matter what, how or where, the 1st of Syawal must be celebrated.

And drive safely. My grandparents got in a car crash somewhere in Tapah sometime last week. I don’t really know about the details, because when people get sad, they don’t talk much, and when people get sad, I tend to get angry.
The grandma had to get some metal implanted into her hip or somewhere as the result of the crash, while my grandpa who was fine the first time around was again admitted to the hospital because of some problems with his lungs, but at least it was confirmed that it wasn’t caused by any internal bleeding from the crash. So, the family is going to celebrate raya rather lowly this year, at the hospital.

Last year, today, I was in NYC, celebrating raya with my sister, and that was pretty cool. Though no one came over from home to celebrate together this time around, I think the people here have made this particular first of Syawal a rather enjoyable one. They served good food, and turned this rather cold day into a warm and an enjoyable one.

jemput dtg, i'm serving famous amos cookies this raya....

Next year, makan lemang panas!!!!

Tomorrow morning and khamis, 474 and 486!!!!

7 comments:

iXa said...

and when people get sad, I tend to get angry.

really?

that's news to me. hee.

selamat hari raya jubs!

iXa said...

eh nape test?

Anonymous said...

hmmm..
tu la.. u think i need to go see a psychitrst?.. ahak
no laa.. because then it sucks to not know kn.. sbb then mula la memandai2 overestimate keadaan..

hmm tu la.. evry yr raya mesti ade test..
tp 1st of ramadhan haritu satu us cuti babe.. ahaha

slamat hari raya...
apehal baca blog hari raya nih???
haha

Anonymous said...

i like the pantun very much, cute...
raya was more meaningful when we were younger, wasn't it?

wishing your grandparents a swift recovery...

i baked some chocolate-bread-man cookies. come over.
selamat hari raya again

Anonymous said...

thanks..

will sure come next time

fea said...

our grandparents are fine. cuma they miss each other like crazy because kena duduk asing. haha! very the funny...

happy raya brother dear. tahun depan au ada, tapi abbas pulak takde. entah bila semua dapat kumpul lagi...

masche said...

hahaha.. funny2...

the whole family pg raya europe la pulak...
tp kn mnng lottery dulu la pulak.