raya baru ni dll..

Salam.

We are almost at the end of syawal.. kejap je, ek.

Well, it has been a wonderful and meaningful syawal. For me, at least.

Just like ramadhan.

For one, 1^st raya was a day full of happiness. Everyone was at bak’s place, except for akak and her children. Nevertheless, those who were at bak’s had such a great time: catching up with everyone, abundance of mouth-watering dishes, and most of all, to see mak having a great time seeing that all her children and grandchildren plus great grandchildren were there. Well, almost everyone. Bak as usual, reserved his comment to himself, and by afternoon after lunch and zohor, had his nap as usual. Layan..

Personally, it was a wonderful feeling for me to see everyone. Especially ida n kids who came back from new york for a month holiday. Though we didn’t get to talk much I was glad to see her in person again.

My family and I went back to pj a couple of days before raya so that I would get the opportunity to perform the terawih prayer with bak and mak and also layan sahur with them. Which I did get. Malam raya pun was an exciting one, though not all were around, only ida and family turned up plus al and his children, farez and ellis, as well as nazam making a brief appearance.

In the afternoon of first raya, went to mashor’s place at denai alam. It was my first visit there, and what I can say is, his place was very impressive. Minimalist approach. Cost him quite a lot: rm1.2 million je.. ahaks! Well, he deserved it for the effort and patience that he has spent for it, I guess.

The next day kitorang balik lekio dah. Spent third syawal going to in-laws and open houses. By fourth syawal I was away to kebun and sangkar ikan: running away from hiruk pikuk serabut perut cite raya..

Then school reopened, and reluctantly I started teaching again. With the spm trial in mind, I went ahead with my business as usual. By second day of school I was back in my stride. Still, I just failed to understand why the form fives like to miss classes @ school. Memang tak leh harap. Tapi nak buat camne lagi, layan je la dengan sape yg datang sekola..

Then two Fridays ago 1 murid 1 sukan district meets started off with athletic. I was involved since the post of sports secretary required me to keep track and oversee how things were. Alhamdulillah the athletes did the school proud, winning a few medals.. this Tuesday futsal will be on, and yours truly will be involved again.

In between the sports activities, I had to attend a two-day course. I considered it as a getaway from school work. Had it on Wednesday and Thursday, and on Friday, I took the day off to spend time in kebun jawang: membaja. On the way back stopped at sangkar ikan to clear the debris as well as taking a dip in the cool refreshing river as well as to catch tilapia to bring back to pj.

bak n mak + khan's siblings

We were supposed to have a tahlil and doa selamat on Saturday. The thought was to have all the siblings back home in pj, with bak and mak since the last time we got together was like a few years back. And alhamdulillah everyone: me, ida, nazam, al, ajib, akak and abang,  turned up yesterday, plus kak azizah, kak asiah, kamal, kak lin, farhan and shikin, nashra and ridzuan, mas, fahim and jana, ida’s children + my wife and children too. I brought laksa johor and tepung pelita which everyone complimented, especially the laksa. Alhamdulillah. Akak brought pulut kuning and rendang ayam, kak azizah bought 4 large domino’s pizzas, and ano prepared chocolate cake though she was away in singapore. We took pictures with bak and mak. And I was sure everyone had a wonderful time. At night after dinner consisting of tilapia goreng together with sambal belacan kedondong and ikan masin,  jamming dengan al and ajib, playing songs of yesteryears, songs from rumah kedai dulu.. begitu nostalgic, gua cakap lu..

Then, by midnite semua orang made a move home. Except for me and my family who stayed overnite at pj, together dengan akak and her children. Felt sad to part ways. But life had to go on, kan..

I was very thankful and I still am, for the moments to be together again, like dolu dolu.. ; )

And tonite ida is going back to new york after 35days back home in pj. Guess she’s already boarded the airplane by now coz her flight was to be at half past eight. Hope she’ll have a safe journey.

And I am now back home.

Thank You God for the moments.

I just can’t thank You enough.

May You grant us another opportunity like this again.

insyaAllah.