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| My Little Cousins |
Syawal is a month where a proud Muslim will celebrate it with happiness and gratefulness as Ramadhan passed by. Syawal has its own feeling. And I’m always looking forward to feel it. The sense and smell of reward, forgiveness, money [!!] makes me appreciate this month every time it arrives. Variety of foods, family gathering, convoy, family reunion [ouch!! I don’t even remember those far relatives. There are too many of them, I can hardly recognize each and everyone specifically], a lot of streaking and owh, duit raya for sure.
Yet, this year’s Syawal is not as fun as past years. The foods, the smells, the feelings are the same. But it lack one thing: my very own lil’ brother. Yea, yea he’s in India, studying like nerds to become a doctor. But heck he is my brother and I miss him badly. My mum didn’t cry in front of us siblings but deep inside I know she was torn apart. When my cousin first departed to Kiwi’s, I felt a little blues but now that my own brother is not here in front of my eyes, it hurts… a lot. But then it is for good.
Yet again, I had so much fun. I eat almost everything on the table, I drink fuzzy-to-fancy drinks, convoy [routine every year], running around foolishly, teasing my cousin till they laugh all right and visiting people that I don’t even know. I think I’ve gain 5 pound which is called as ‘pound of happiness’ and yea I am happy.
I really hope that everyone dear to me feel happy and content all the time. Trouble is a friend but I know somehow the people I love will get over it and live life happily ever after. Hope this year and years to come will bring the goodness in all people that I care about. Amen..
Do you believe in soul mate principle? Count me out; even if the sound of it tempted me. But I believed that we must find the right person. Once we meet him/her, it is our responsibility to give and take, listen and remember, watch and learn. We need the whole life to understand someone, there are new things that we discover about our mate, maybe not everyday, but he/she did sometimes surprise us, either in a good way or bad way. If you made a decision to be with someone, then never look back. Nobody’s perfect. Even you yourself have your own weaknesses, even me. All we need is a piece of patience and leave no room for regret. Ever!! Hard though to find someone who complement us which his/her weaknesses and gifts combined with ours, making life beautiful.
Or maybe all need is a little pixie dust and luck. Sounds fairy tale? (Of course the pixie dust part but luck exists) Look around. Can you find people with less effort but find ‘true love thus making the world a happier place to live’? I do. In fact, I’m living with them, eating with them even argue with them, sometimes. Meet my parents (ok, forget the less effort, they were engaged for 3 years. Phew!) My mother is lucky to have a husband like my father and my father is lucky for marrying women like my mother.
The luckiest? Us, the children. We have no heliparents, house full of love and almost everything we wanted. We might disagree with each other sometimes but I always look forward to go home and kiss my parents.
You always need to nurture the relationship and STOP taking things personally. My parents were married for 24 years now, lived happily ever after (real tale). Or maybe, just get lucky!! =]
