. . . Eid Fitri Al-Mubarak . . .
assalamualaikum
before i start my blogpost, i wanna say (in Malay), SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI, MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN kepada sekalian keluarga-keluarga (n keluarga masa depan *blush*), kawan-kawan, rakan sekerja... dan sekalian umat muslimin & muslimah di seluruh dunia. mari kita menikmati hari2 kejayaan selepas menempuhi sebulan lama berpuasa menahan lapar dahaga. all the best to you n sadang2 melanggar rumah urang & makan atu jgn sampai menempirit parut meluah dari baju raya. makan utk hidup, bukan hidup utk makan yoo...
aight, on to my blog *caution: may cause involuntary tears, laughter n green stuff running outta ur nose*
no matter how many times i rub my eyes just as soon as i woke up, i was for sure not dreaming. its real as it can get. i wanna slap myself to reality but remembering that its not worth to slap such a cute face, i declined. i did try to click my heels together a few times wishing i was back to Kansas... err, i mean Brunei. but still, its plain ol'freezin my butt crack Geneva. maybe bcoz i didnt have red shoes or it only happens in 'Alice in Wonderland'.
obviously its not hard to tell that i am sad. ever seen Winnie the Pooh sad? yeah just like that, except the main character wears pants, no fur, isnt a bear, has a goatee & cuter than Winnie the Pooh (dont try to deny it...). everything came n went in a blink of an eye... a set of squinty eyes plus another set of eyes (spectacles).
for 24 long miraculous & magical years, i have celebrated this very day, a day of all days, full of laughter n joy where i truly belong, Brunei Darussalam. with an added bonus, Mum & Dad.
i used to think that celebrating away was gonna be fun. you know, no hassles of planning to here n there, no worrying that 20+ car convoys with 15 strong new-baju-raya-clad men n women backed up by tiny screaming packages of agony will come over n flat out ur house in a mere nanosecond... no worries mate. but i never thought of it without the two treasures of my life. regardless of having millions n millions of jabro... i mean friends, it still doesnt beat the sheer excitement of celebrating this day with them.
*oh by the way, Hari Raya Aidilfitri was officially announced on the 30th of September in Geneva*
listening n saying the beautiful Takbir Raya was so fun n excruciating at the same time. no complaints on religion, no no no. not there. only on being alone in a foreign land. fun n excruciating. me, myself n i. consider me an orphan here. blinded by mid-summer-autumn watever sales... beautiful sceneries... but still, alone.
i longed for kissing my parents hands on the beautiful morning of Hari Raya Aidilfitri. mum would be running here n there to prepare our clothes. dad shaving. me still struggling to get out of bed. ah... the memories. n it was just last year! oh god that was fast. stupid of me not to enjoy it. trust me, best things is life comes for free but the most terrible thing is that you wont even bloody notice it.
if you are having ur Hari Raya right now with your family, do make the best out of it... dont make the same mistake i did. a mistake that had to be made whether i like it or not.
wassalam
before i start my blogpost, i wanna say (in Malay), SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI, MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN kepada sekalian keluarga-keluarga (n keluarga masa depan *blush*), kawan-kawan, rakan sekerja... dan sekalian umat muslimin & muslimah di seluruh dunia. mari kita menikmati hari2 kejayaan selepas menempuhi sebulan lama berpuasa menahan lapar dahaga. all the best to you n sadang2 melanggar rumah urang & makan atu jgn sampai menempirit parut meluah dari baju raya. makan utk hidup, bukan hidup utk makan yoo...
aight, on to my blog *caution: may cause involuntary tears, laughter n green stuff running outta ur nose*
no matter how many times i rub my eyes just as soon as i woke up, i was for sure not dreaming. its real as it can get. i wanna slap myself to reality but remembering that its not worth to slap such a cute face, i declined. i did try to click my heels together a few times wishing i was back to Kansas... err, i mean Brunei. but still, its plain ol'freezin my butt crack Geneva. maybe bcoz i didnt have red shoes or it only happens in 'Alice in Wonderland'.
obviously its not hard to tell that i am sad. ever seen Winnie the Pooh sad? yeah just like that, except the main character wears pants, no fur, isnt a bear, has a goatee & cuter than Winnie the Pooh (dont try to deny it...). everything came n went in a blink of an eye... a set of squinty eyes plus another set of eyes (spectacles).
for 24 long miraculous & magical years, i have celebrated this very day, a day of all days, full of laughter n joy where i truly belong, Brunei Darussalam. with an added bonus, Mum & Dad.
i used to think that celebrating away was gonna be fun. you know, no hassles of planning to here n there, no worrying that 20+ car convoys with 15 strong new-baju-raya-clad men n women backed up by tiny screaming packages of agony will come over n flat out ur house in a mere nanosecond... no worries mate. but i never thought of it without the two treasures of my life. regardless of having millions n millions of jabro... i mean friends, it still doesnt beat the sheer excitement of celebrating this day with them.
*oh by the way, Hari Raya Aidilfitri was officially announced on the 30th of September in Geneva*
listening n saying the beautiful Takbir Raya was so fun n excruciating at the same time. no complaints on religion, no no no. not there. only on being alone in a foreign land. fun n excruciating. me, myself n i. consider me an orphan here. blinded by mid-summer-autumn watever sales... beautiful sceneries... but still, alone.
i longed for kissing my parents hands on the beautiful morning of Hari Raya Aidilfitri. mum would be running here n there to prepare our clothes. dad shaving. me still struggling to get out of bed. ah... the memories. n it was just last year! oh god that was fast. stupid of me not to enjoy it. trust me, best things is life comes for free but the most terrible thing is that you wont even bloody notice it.
if you are having ur Hari Raya right now with your family, do make the best out of it... dont make the same mistake i did. a mistake that had to be made whether i like it or not.
wassalam
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