Friday, January 29, 2010

can tis be called as a family vacation??

My second post..OK..today i woke up a lil bit late coz today i'm going no where. only at noon i went to the mosque with my grandfather to have our friday prayer. we went to Indian mosque or famously known as Masjid India among kuching city folks. we reached there at 12 noon. not so many people in the mosque as it was still early. we entered the mosque and had a place to sit and later we prayed at the same spot. i observed tat mostly old folks went to that mosque. my grandfather told me tat most people who go to the mosque are people from rural area-not originally from kuching or in local sarawak malay dialect as 'orang pesisir'. they come from samarahan, pasir pandak, santubong and etc. as zohor prayer time was around 1 o'clock, i had a long conversation with my grandfather and my eyes were still observing people coming in and out the mosque. we talked about our own family stories and our family trees. now i know tat i have lots of family all over sarawak. some of them are at kabong (betong area) but i dont know them. never met before. but of coz we have a very far family relationship. my grandfather kept on advicing me to study hard and lead a good life in the future like my aunts and uncles. he told me how hard he raised his children and now he can live a comfortable life. now he doesnt need to work hard coz all his children are working and can support him anytime. he also told me tat how we need to have good relationship with anyone. help others in need and they might help us when we face problems. we dun know when we will get into trouble. it's true, at the mosque, while waiting for prayer time, lots of people came to my grandfather and greet him. some of them had a short chat with him. he told me tat he dun mind to mix with people from different races. malay, chinese, indian and ibans (just mentioning some) can all be friends. he made me to think for a while. oh yeah!!i'm like tat too. i have lots of friends from different background-malay, chinese, ibans, bidayuhs and not forgetting navien, my indian friend. when i further my study i might have more friends from different races. tat's the uniqueness of malaysia. then, while sitting i also realised tat people in the mosque-in groups had their on discussion. some of them are indonesian workers, indians, and malays. they talked with each other as if they have known each other for long time-i can see tat people who never met before also can mix with other people very well. at 1.30pm, friday prayer started and i saw a difference between tat mosque and sibu mosque, the way the khatib read khutbah was more relax and in casual way while in sibu, the khatib read khutbah more to formal tone. after friday prayer, my grandfather brought me to have lunch at a nearby indian coffee shop. the timing was right as i'm so hungry at tat time. lol. i ordered roti canai and iced milo. i'm glad tat i could treat my grandpa for lunch after 17 years he takes good care of me and bought me toys when i was a little kid. thank you so much grandpa!! after having lunch, we walked around the masjid india. went into several shops. after 30 minutes walking, we went to tower market which is just opposite the masjid india and electra shopping house to have ABC and rojak. just then my mom and my aunts fetch us home. had a 'short' nap again and now i'm alone at home as my mom and my grandparents are going to bintawa. i'm home alone now. :)

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