I was so tired yesterday. I was not in campus the whole day. I want to write about what happen yesterday and the day before yesterday. But along writing this blog, I fall asleep thinking what to write next. Huhu. I think I’ll start with the day before yesterday soty and continue with yesterday story other time. So, here it is.

The day before yesterday, after CPDC final exam, my friends invited me to join their plan to go bathing at the waterfall in Ipoh. At first, I’m not sure that I’ll go with them. My friend (we called him Gjo) ask me whether I’ll come or not and I answered that “if there is a light shining upon me that make me feel about going, then I’ll go”. It’s not like I dun like to go socializing with my friend. I was not sure to come and I dun want to make any promise that can arise in creating a hope. If I say I want to go, then I’ll make preparation (like thinking what to wear, what to bring, what to buy for instance) for the trip. But I dun want to end up frustrating if suddenly the trip is cancelled and ruin my plan. Furthermore, there is a possibilities that I feel to tired tomorrow morning and end up not going to the trip. Then it will make them frustrated. So, not saying I’ll go is a good strategy for this situation. Hehe.

Last 2 night, we had gone to my friend’s triple purpose kenduri (Doa Selamat, Kenduri Arwah, and i forgot another one. or is double purpose…. forget already. Haha). It was held at his house in Taman Meru, Ipoh. The kenduri was not only attended by his family’s members and his parent’s colleague, it was also attended by half of his batch friends (or to be more specifically, propanian friends). At first, there was speech from his father saying thank you for all of us (and all his father’s friends and families) for coming that night. His father then passed the ceremony to the ustazs that conduct the ceremony of citing Yasin. The ceremony ends with the kenduri. The ceremony was smoothly and successfully done by the Ustazs. Let me tell you what grab my attention after citing the Yasin. It’s the way this Pak Cik head banging when zikir.

At first I follow the Ustazs and cite it with everyone else. After some times, this Pak Cik head banging make me what in Malay call terkesima. Without my knowing, I had stop citing and watch the Pak Cik with my mouth open. I dun know much of the history or benefit of this way when zikir. At first it looks odd and funny (kind like he is overdoing). But thinking back about it, he actually makes us more exited to zikir (and follow head banging with him).

Next is the the kenduri (eating time). I want to sit with my friend (my best friend), so I wait for him. We do sit together in one table, but unfortunately, my seat is at the wrong side of the table. It was a rectangular table. The first square is seated with Pak Ciks and the other square is with my friends. I end up sitting at the Pak Ciks side. Huhu. I can’t make my Gile-Gile there since I was being watched by them. Eventhough my friends is making their own noises, I was being quite to be extra polite. Waaaaaa.

The most unsatisfied in this kenduri is there is one of my friends that openly smoking along the kenduri. This is kind of rude since we’re at our friend house. Meaning, whatever we do, it will be reflected back at him. I remember the time of my brother’s wedding. There is one time where my brother’s friends and my friends come at the same time. Both of our friends sit at two different tables. When I was helping at the kitchen, one of my aunties said “look at those two tables. We can easily see whose friends belong to.” What I want to stress here is that when we’re at others people that relate to us, they will judge what we do and compare back to him/her. So it’s not wrong being extra polite at others people house to hold our own and other people dignity.