What I did during Raya 1

I really got nothing to do today, so am pleased to share with you guys on what I did during Raya that was just about a week old.

I was planning to go back Kampung on Saturday (21/10) afternoon, but changed my mind after feeling tired and sleepy, obviously to the effect of clearing the overgrown weeds in the garden and rounds and rounds of laundry before we actually left our home sweet home. My wife is of course exempted from the chores after her gallstone episode that leaving me to take full controls of her ministry.

We left for Kangar on bright Sunday (22/10) morning, cramping everyone together with what we think we need during holidays in my 13–year old faithful. Usually my son would be driving her mother's car together to lessen the loads, but not this year as he has just got to help his girlfriend's father doing something more important than us, at least to what he thought it was. He was only planning to join us on the Raya eve, let him be, I would be in same shoe at his age.

During the journey, we actually stopped at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Duty Free Shop. My wife has been pestering me to get something to wear on the Hari Raya, You see, except for the 10 sarongs and two Baju Melayu, I have not bought anything else for myself. Most of the sarongs anyway, would be given away to my favorite uncles and relatives. Sarongs can be cheap if you buy them in bulk, every year I'd buy the Indonesian Gadjah Duduk Benang 7000 (probably the best available in the market) for about RM20-00 each, that about RM 18 cheaper if you choose to buy a piece or two. Everyone else was well equipped from head to toe, courtesy of my other half. She would take extra effort to see her offspring look radiant on the joyous day and she definately would not want me to be different.

I was actually pleasantly forced to buy 2 pairs of Polo T-shirts and another 2 pairs John Langford's Ease that made me about RM300-00 poorer before tax. We were only on our real Hari Raya Balik Kampong journey after managing to sweet talk the officers for the 30% tax waiver on the way out of the Customs checkpoint.

Check out the sequal...shortly.