hie people! i just got back yesterday afternoon from Raub. it was swell. really really swell.
firstly, i got to see relatives i haven’t seen in YEARS! all my uncles and aunts and cousins from my dad’s side, not to mention my 90 year old grandpa who doesn’t seem to remember me. 😛 it was great being able to catch up with my cousins, without any awkward feelings (it was before, as i wouldn’t know what on earth to talk about). but anyways, all the males on this side are the strong silent type. you can see all of us hanging out in the living room but not saying a single word. 😛
except when we’re having fun of course, like when discussing exciting topics over the dinner table or playing pingpong at Ayah Da’s house only 500m away from my grandpa’s.
then there was the food! god, i was stuffed with food throughout my two nights stay there. yummy spicy kampung food which my mom wouldn’t cook becuz my siblings cannot tahan pedas. the only i regret was not being able to try the rendang landak (i.e. porcupine rendang) Mak Long brought over while we were playing pingpong. and no ikan patin masak tempoyak either. 🙁
Raub is a small town still surrounded by dense jungle. Ayah Da built his place right at the edge, so there are always monkeys coming out onto the streets. at night, you can hear all sorts of noises coming from the jungle. sometimes the animals stray and you hear things crawling or jumping on the roof. i think they’re monkeys. i hope.
so here i am back in modern civilization. with my astro, and my computer, and my ps2. there wasn’t much to do back at Raub. except eat, chat, nap, read newspapers, pingpong, and watch analog tv. a lot of napping. not much chatting. there was, but not much. khairil, on the other hand, had lots of fun playing and running around with his kiddie cuzzies.
anyways, last day before work! gonna keep this ps2 on till midnight!
Hari Rayas are all like that aren’t they? Sitting around, being with relatives that (depending which side of the family we’re talking about) have not seen for years, eating, sleeping, more eating – at least for me – and then… it’s all over. And when it’s all over, you want it all back ^^
The girls are silent too! =D Except for the last time I went there, finally started chatting with her a lot, since she became my junior in UiTM.. wahaha, gone were the days when we’d hunt for the football and play at the grass, picking rambutans and playing with fireworks 😀
which one you talking abt kittenz?
they’re all silent =o but i started talking to Ayah Da’s elder daughter, Nadirah