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For some reason, this year's Hari Raya felt more festive. Celebratory. If such a word exists. I know I say that every time another festival comes along, but this time, it's as though somebody really upped the ante. Maybe it has something to do with my parents flitting off to Europe and leaving Raena and I to go visiting on our own prerogative.
Hari Raya Day One
On the first day, we dragged Rae and Bernard to my grandfather's house, where we waited for Uncle Feisal to turn up. Then he in turn took us to Uncle Mahmud's open house. Auntie Ruby could still remember us, but Uncle Mahmud pretty much drew a blank. Apparently, my grandfather and Uncle Mahmud go all the way back to Penang Free School. Which gives me hope that my fellow Hartamasians will still be in close contact in for a long long time to come. :P
Uncle Feisal took custody of Rae and Bernard for the rest of the day, and Hanie went off to celebrate with Romy and the Filipindo Maids' Brigade. Rae and Yu Ming went off to some open houses of their own, and I went upstairs to Auntie Zalina and Uncle Jamal's open house.
That evening, I took the monorail to Bukit Bintang for my project manager's wedding dinner at Federal Hotel. Rachel (Lam)'s brother was there, and my senior was supposed to come too, but he didn't make it in the end.
Hari Raya Day Two
We didn't originally have any plans for the second day, until Raena groggily woke up in the wee hours of the afternoon to find an SMS from inviting us over to his open house. So we picked up Yu Ming and got there around 3:00pm. The guests for the lunch session were all relatives from Auntie Sandra's side, so us kiddies confined ourselves to the computer room, watching Effendy chat.
The dinner session yielded a few familiar faces. Uncle Bill and Auntie Lillian were pretty impressed with my Moroccan baju Melayu (the red one with the black embroidered trimming), much to my delight. *grin*
Hari Raya Day Three
Yu Ming and I drove down to Low Yat to help Rae and Bernard pick out some computer components to bring back home to France. Or rather, Yu Ming helped them out - I know diddly-squat about hardware. But as it turns out, they had already gone around most of the shops, sniffing out the best bargains. The only problem was that they had forgotten their credit card, so we had to backtrack to the apartment to pick it up.
When they got back, Rae showed us a video tape from Terengganu. Apparently, they became TV stars while they there. They were invited to participate in this RTM travelogue called Orak Arek. The host of the show had given them a challenge to canting and colour some batik. And it wasn't just a short segment - they were prominently featured throughout most of the episode!
nestum's tunes: gospellers - mimosa
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Heheh. I would've posted a picture of me in the baju Melayu, but for some reason, we couldn't be bothered to drag out the camera.
I know it's confusing! That's why I purposely tried to refer to them as Rae (the cousin) and Raena (the sister) in this post.
Alamak! Come to think of it, I should've gotten a photo of them together with me in my baju Melayu. Cheese bead bar baby hew tonne! Menyesal!
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