Thursday, October 23, 2003
The tour ...
For the past 23 years, I've never celebrated Deepavali at home, as in my own place. It's always has been in my grannies place. Well I'm not complaining n stuff about it, but I'm beginning to loose the joy of traveling to my grannies place just for this purpose. It used to be lots of fun, especially when I was still a kid, maybe around 8 years old. During those days, my grandparents used to live in an estate surrounded by rubber trees. There use to be so much of greenery surrounding that area, that it feels like u've blended with the nature. It was a whole different environment, an environment I deeply miss. During those days (on deepavali day), I'll have to get up early in the morning (around 6) n stand in the queue in front my granny. Y u ask? It's for the customary oil bath. Considering the fact my granny had 11 kids (some married at that time) and almost all will b there for Deepavali, u can imagine how long the queue could get. N then we'll have a small fight on who should shower first n all that crap. After all that, comes the prayers for ancestors n a short trip to temple before having our breakfast, which normally consist of all kind of stuff. N then comes the session which makes me very happy, (at least that time), collecting money (ang pows).
But now, these things don't happen, to be more precise, things have changed. My granny is no more in that estate, she's move out to town now, well kinda got chased. That estate have been evolved into a concrete jungle called Putrajaya. N no more oil bath n many of other things that I use to enjoy as a kid. Now it's all for the sake of formality, the visiting, the staying over n all. Not because I want to, it's because I have to. As a grandchild, I think I owe my granny the respect of making myself present during events which she considers to be very important.
Ok people, I'll b off for my deepavali tour in few hours time n god knows how things r goin to b this year. I'm pretty sure that I'll b stuck in between 2 age group. In one end will be the elder group consisting of uncles n aunties and on the end will be the kids. I'm also sure that I'll b having quite a headache when I'm in the company of the kids, coz somehow I have a feeling they have their own league of who can shout the loudest. Wish me luck…
@ 3:21 PM
A new, brighter beginning, just like the sunflowers.
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