another girl in her own world..

last saturday, i attended a doa selamat for a cousin who had just turned 5. (Happy Birthday, Areez!! )and so, long after the event ended, me and my siblings started to hang out with three of our six uncles who are all barely 2 decades older than me. ever since my parents divorced,my mother’s brothers put in more effort to know my siblings and i. its sad but at the same time, i’m glad that we are closer. particularly, to my youngest uncle, cuaji. he was 17 when i was born. he’s the cool uncle. hehehe.

anyway, i dunno how it happened but the conversation that turned nostalgic. we were doing the usual ‘teka-teki’ jokes. i realise that what we call lame, its incredibly funny to the ’slightly’ older generation. i find it cute the way my uncles laugh. especially uncle ‘nell,who has the tendency to laugh before telling. i found out that night that uncles, my dear sweet uncles, weren’t always angelic.

there are 5 of them. and they were born at least a year apart, making them very close not only as siblings but also as friends. they are the typical brothers. cuaji told me how dulu-dulu mana ada jamban. kami ‘membuang’ (i’m paraphrasing here) di sungai. me: ‘eeeeee!! di blaking atu wah???’ *pointing to the murky pond behind my nene’s house* before residing permanently where they are now, my grandparent used to live somewhere in gadong near a river. it hard for me to imagine living without air-conditioner, let alone indoor plumbing!! anyways, you know how nowadays, kids would ask their sibling to ‘dangankan’ ke toilet pasal takut? afraid of the unknown. back then, there was really something to be scared about. a freakin alligator!! (..or crocodile.. buaya ani apakan?) my uncles would always cry alligator/croc whenever they could. but there’s this one time, an amphibian really was in the vicinity. the lil brother tried to warn his big brother. the big one, who thought it was made, ignored the warning and continued with his business. the little brother ran for his life (he did give out the warning). next thing he knew, he heard a splash and saw the big brother running for his life,leaving the tiny one behind. hehehehehehe.

my uncles defense was that back then they didn’t have what we have to entertain them. so they had to make up all these different ways to amuse themselves. my cool uncle one time, bought a puppy back home. only to be greeted by the eldest sister shouting ‘HARAM!! HARAM!!’ kana samak tarus, on the spot.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

that night was just filled  with happy memories from back when. my uncles reminising their younger years. they can be quite a bully!! especially with one another. my granmother even put her two cents in. she knows she her boys were difficult but oh my god. she loves them. her eyes sparkle recounting the time when my uncles were playing football and the ball accidently hit some passerby. i think she told each and everyone of them off for being ganas beforehand and warned them to be careful. so when the ball flew, all my uncles froze. nothing but their eyes moved. ‘bah,mistilah takut. kalau nene tau, inda jua lagi dapat main lagi tuu’

mwahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha.. and here i thought they were worried about the ‘victim’. 

my uncles.. *shakes head* i have to admit, listening to their stories, they certainy are a creative bunch. i am definately looking forward to the next family gathering..

today is the day that the reason for my being (literally) was born.

my mother was born 50 years ago today. may ALLAH bless you in everything you do.

the brats and and i celebrated it with umi, paul and B. at charcoal. as it is extremely late, i will give more detais soon.

 taaaa~

 updated:

ok, i’ve been trying to upload photos of the birthday lunch for 2 hours now and still inda mau.

$#$@%!@#!@#!$!#$

*sigh* oh well.. at least those who mattered knew we had a satisfying day..

it was one year ago when you made your first appearence in the world (14/3). i witnessed your first poop. it was not a pretty sight. then i took this photo:

i seriously thought that you had your father’s sepet eyes. but you proved me wrong. hehehe. it got rounder and rounder.   you turned out to be a very girly girl. you love everythink pink and flowery.hehe. ure so cute and cuddly. oh, and you are very much attached to your mother and very manja with your dad. you also know how to make your really cute in front of the camera.

its your birthday, Darwisya Leong. may Allah bless you and may you have a long and happy life ahead.

 *squeezes lingling’s cheeks and smothers her with kisses*

i am posting thing after 12am here, so it is officially your 16th birthday. you are finally there, semi-mature.

you are definately, hands down, the most annoying little brother a girl could ask for. (kan yan?) you seem to always, ALWAYS, demand attention when i either have none to give you OR when its just not the time. you have no idea how annoyed i was when we were kids. umi would make me babysit you because she’s always busy with the housework. since i was the eldest, it was my resposibility. at the age of 10, i grew to loathe sesame street. however, you did get me addicted to power rangers. (in my defence, the white ranger was hot.) hahaha.

but now, i am so grateful that eventhough you are still annoying (more now in your own special way), you are also smart and share a slightly lamer with a hint of witty/sarcastic sense of humor with me. :p you finally understand that if i say “not now, di.”, it means not now. you would’ve thunk it? the annoying little brat (#2) is now a teenager. good luck going through it. haha. then again, you know that no matter how many times i slam my door in your face, it will be open a few minutes later just for you.

i love you,brat. May ALLAH bless you in everything you do.

xoxo, kawa.