Rolling on Raya

This year's Aidilfitri had been a hustling-bustling one for all of us.It was tiring,but I savored every moment of it.It's not like everyday you got this gathering with a bunch of relatives.It was soothing to see such lively conversations taking place,and the laughters...gosh,the feeling there at that time left a sense of belonging in me.I'll miss that feeling,yes, indeed I will.

All muslims celebrated Raya: they went back to their kampung,cleaned the house,had their curtains changed,cooked dainty dishes and even lighted up the front yard with those oil lamps..What was it for me then that makes this particular Raya worth a while?

I was glad and even grateful to God for the changes I'd seen-for better or worse,they were still changes.It's too personal to be mentioned here but let us assumed that these changes surprised me as they happened.I was and still incandescently happy! This is a believable evident which convinced me that we do and will change-whether we realize it or not and either we like it or not.Time will tell.

In recent years,my mum and I would actually had this argument on where should we celebrate the Raya occasion.We were actually trying to persuade each other to agree with each other's choice of 'kampung'.Before this year,the choice had been either Penang or Johor but this year,there's another option available-our own house,the so-called Bukit Beruntung.

Nah,I won't agree to that last option anyway.That place turned out to be dull,lifeless,and annoying if  Raya is to be celebrated there.No traditional house ever existed in that area,nor orchard with plenty of fruits!I don't really fancy the people there though the neighbours are okay,and I'll promised myself to go bonkers if mum really insist to celebrate our Aidilfitri there.Come on,it's Hari Raya!We need a livelier environment..

I've get used to the tradition where Raya is to be celebrated in kampung,and even though I don't really favoured 'lemang','ketupat daun palas' and whatsoever things that are supposed to be eaten during this festive day, I do fancied their existence and love to see people eat them.So,this year we decided to prepare something which was considered oddly distinct: Spaghetti and 'nasi Beriani'.Imagine eating spaghetti on the first day of Raya.It was overwhelming for everybody,but we just ate it anyway.My aunts did cooked other side dishes,but these were the main menus.

As for 'duit raya',I still managed to get some relying to the fact that I'm still studying.Haha.Thank you!
I bought 2 new books with the money. =P
Plus,another thing that made our Raya is my beloved Granpa.He's the only one left.I hope he would live a long happy and healthy life.I don't really talked that much to him but I do try to make the best of his existence.

Wish I could tell him how wonderful it is to have him here with us.Love ya Gram!