Sunday, February 01, 2004

hEll0 public... apparently i haven been updating my blog for quite some time... i apologise for the delay if it was of any inconvenience... the main reason of my absence is that i have practically no time to update my blog... whenever i come back from sch i'll be too tired to do anything.. so i end up sleeping... i need to have my full 8 hours of beauty sleep nightly to keep me sane... anyway.. so this whole week has taken a toll over my meek body... i need to sleep and rest...

anyway... today was hari raya haji... apart from the wide believe that hari raya is to celebrate the malay new year, this is a sheer result of being ignorant... i will explain in brief(not underwear) wad both hari raya means... firstly its hari raya puasa also known as hari raya eidulfitri... this is the one celebrated around the december region... the 'puasa' in hari raya puasa here means 'fasting'... fasting is not eating or drinking for about 14 hours... so hari raya puasa is too celebrating the fulfillment of the fast.. there's also a reason behind it but it would be too long to elaborate... so if u wanna knoe go ask ur malay frenz... hari raya haji in the other hand... refers to celebrating the pilgrimage to the holy land in Mecca... it is also known as hari raya korban where the korban refers to sacrifice... a sheep is slaughtered and the meat are given to the needy... a sheep cost around 200+ bucks to be slaugtered... so usually around 100+ people will be sacrifising this sheeps on this day.. the sacrifice is done in the mosque itself... it is either performed or viewed by the person who bought it... theres also a deeper story to it.. so if u wanna know go ask ur malay frenz...

next... i have to stress this... hari raya puasa or haji is NOT a new year for the muslims... they are based on dates calculated by the muslim calender... so, if another bloody neighbour of mine start wishing me happy new year again, i am so gonna shove that spicy curry up their nostrils... hari raya is jus a day of celebration...

anyway... i'll talk bout todays hari raya.. went to my eldest uncle house... had tonnes of food... and i am not exagerating on the tonnes of food... jus looking at the food can give u high blood pressure... but you can never resist the temptation.. anyway its jus once a year... or twice.. had some games... won some prizes... had more food... yada yada yada... so it was like dat for the whole day.. nothing much happen... so watched tv... then we watched my cousin's engagement video... it was so cool.. so dat was about it la...

anyway... i dunno wad to say already... so i'll update when i have the time.. pls leave ur comments in my tagboard.. i'll still check it if i have time during my IT lessons... lol.. so till next time.. have an enjoyable weekend... peace out..

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