Raya Haji

So I just got back from kampung in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan from Raya Haji. This year it was all different. The slaughtering did not take place in my kampung, but it was done in a nearby mosque. It was also different because I brought my friend with me, one of my closest friend during matriculation. Her name is Fasma and she's from Kelantan. She did not go back home as her college only gave 3 days off for this celebration, which obviously is NOT enough for one that has to travel back by bus or train. I decided to take her with me back to kampung to celebrate with us. She hesitated for a moment, all embarrassed and shy, but she got used to it once we've arrived.

After lunch we decided to visit my father's friend who was living near Malacca. He got 3 kids, 2 girls and 1 baby boy and I truly love them! Why? It's because they're so adorable and cute! Plus kids at the age of 3 to 5 years old are so open to strangers and they'll play with anybody unknown to them (which makes it easier for me to play along with) I bonded with them as soon as I got my hands on the toys that they had. For a moment I felt lively with this kids. I felt like I was a child again despite being 20 years old and have a sense of maturity of a young adult. They called me "Kakak" in those little tiny voices and that just made my heart melt so much! They held my hand and drag me to the backyard and asked me to carry them to pick some limau kasturi on the trees. At that exact moment I feel like asking my Mom to have another baby sister or brother. Hehe.

She kept on asking me to tickle her. I find that so strange, but cute too =)

Atikah and her younger sister Atirah

Fasma and me, with a background scenery from my kampung

I realized that being a kid is only once and if you did not embraced your own childhood back then, you might end up being unhappy, and a person who does not know how to deal with children around you. I know this is quite early for me to say this, but when I have a child of my own, I'd give him/her the best of everything and pour all the love I have in my heart to him/her so that one day he/she will grow up happily and have not the slightest regret of having me as his/her parent. I guess that's what most parents are trying nowadays. I love mine just the way they are and I'm proud to be grown up by them.