Story....from the first day raya

11 Oct 2007

Arrived on 5.00 pm, after flight landing on 4.30. My eldest brother, Sham take me take me home. He looks very happy; I guess maybe because of me and others come back home after a year.

Home sweet home…when I arrived home, I got stunned by the changes of my little house where I grow up. There’s a lot of new thing added and old things gone..especially all the ducks in front of my house. Well, my father is a farmer and he also have some ducks..value added. But now, since daughters, all her sons and us all are in good condition and stable so he decided to sell all of the ducks and concentrate on his farm. Ohh…. I miss all the ducks. So many good and bad memories with all of the ducks…and I was with them since I was one year old. Ducks are one of the simplest farm animals to have. Jenis ikut cakap semuanya…. and sometimes…so pampered with us..hahahaha…

Bersalam dengan mak…I saw her crying. And that almost makes me cry…wonder how she feel at that time. I’m the only daughter that is far away from her, and jarang-jarang balik…that’s why she so sad and crying, hug me. Mak…don’t worry. I will always be your good daughter. hm…listening to Aman Shah, Kepulangan yang dinanti makes her cry again and again and me also….touched.

After talking with her, I get my dear Afiqah, who is also interested to hug me. Afiqah…I miss you so much dear…. and then I asked her to try all the shirt and baju raya I bought for her. She looks really cute, and what makes me proud of her is, my mom told me that Afiqah would finish 5 more verse of Quran. Wahhhhhh…I’m so excited heard bout it. After she finishes it, I plan to take her to Kuala Lumpur and live with me. So that I can take care more of her.

6.00 pm. My elder sister, Suraya arrived home and we started talking about everything after a year didn’t met. Sue looks so ‘sihat’…so happy I think, lived near with her fiancée. My mother and all my younger sisters busy preparing for buka puasa. I’m very lazy to help, so I discuss with Sue about preparation for raya tomorrow. 10 minutes before buka puasa, my second brother, Ijam arrived and….hampess! He throws his shoes to me and we all burst out o laugh. Aparaaaaaaaaa…….

After buka puasa, we all started to cook and prepared all the things for hari raya tomorrow. As usual, Sue will ask me to help her and mom cook, my sister, Siti to clear up the untidy house, Wani to iron all the baju melayu and baju kurung, my younger brother, Iwan will help on lemang and pelita, lampu raya. Being half of one big family is such a special gift for me…and I can feel it now….

Menu for hari raya tomorrow, kari ayam, ayam masak merah and daging masak kicap. I prefer cooking ayam masak merah because it is my fav menu, so Sue agrees to cook daging masak hitam and mom will preparing kari ayam. Whooaaaa…I can feel something when I touched the knife to cut ayam. Heheheehe…I didn’t cook it for a year..and now I will start it again. Phewwww…berpeluh jugak nih…..i have to admit that I’m not a good cooker, I just know how to make a novel or a short story with a mountain of idea…or playing with my pc and my work. That is me…

We finish cooking at 1.00 am…and while me and Sue tidy the kitchen, mom go to bed and I heard Iwan and Afiqah yelling in front. They are played with mercun and bunga api, and didn’t invite me…haiiyaaa….

So, in 1.00 am in the morning, all of us playing bunga api with laugh and yelled at each other. Sham and Ijam try to use mercun and it works. It flied up there and sparkle in red, soooo beautiful! I feel like standing in front of KLCC while New Year countdown..watching every different of mercun sparkle here and there…

We sleep at 4.00 am (itupun selepas dimarahi ayah…sebab menganggu jiran sebelah..heheheheh)..

Wake up at 6.00 am…my eyes and my mind blurred…but listen to takbir slow down from the radio wakes me up. Sham and Ijam already take a shower and they busy with their baju melayu and songket. Sue didn’t join us to pray so she prepares breakfast and food to give to neighbors. I want to take a shower first but change my mind after saw Siti, Jue and Afiqah sitting sleepy in front of bathroom, waiting for Wan inside there. Kene tunggu turn la nampaknya…so I help Sue with her breakfast, ketupat and ayam masak merah.

Go out pray at 8.00 am. After finish praying, we all go back and saw Sue are ready with her baju raya. Bersalaman with my parents…mohon maaf zahir dan batin. And then we were eating together, one of my family traditions in hari raya. Macam makan besar time Chinese New Year la juga…

While eating, Razlan call me and wish me Selamat hari raya. He and others was in Malaysian Hall, celebrate it with other Malaysian student in Japan. “rindu ketupat mak..” he said, makes me and Sue grinned each other.

First day raya, we just stay at home…there’s a lot of people come…means no time for beraya and us to go out. Until night comes, we all are sitting in front of TV…watching CINTA the movie in NTV7. My fav Malay movie after all…

Second day barulah dapat keluar beraya. We go out in 10.00 am until 10 pm…so tired. Jue start packing all her stuff to go back to work tomorrow. She works with MAS as ticketing assistant; take a leave for two days only.

Third day raya…seems like others are tired too. My house start to become untidy again…but everyone seems so lazy to makes it better. At night, we all play mercun and bunga api again…but brutal than before. I keep three of bunga api on my left hand and try to play it all at once but…seems like it bring a bad thing to me. One of the mercun drops on my feet. Painful can’t describe with words… Jeeezzzzz……

Fourth day raya…I was in clinic. Go without my parents know about what happen to me…just my sisters and my brothers only knows. Alhamdulillah…its just a little burn skin so I just put a handyplast on it and try to act cool..or else my mom and dad will realize it. So kekawan sume…janganlah bermain mercun…so dangerous. Hehehehe.,..