…with so many ‘highly-organised’ ladies in the group, what with more mums in the mix as time goes by, our yearly raya visits have become a progressively militant affair, with administrative details such as dates and routes efficiently booked and planned way in advance, through at least a hundred emails (at the last count) exchanged between us.
nevertheless, the (in)famous ‘janji melayu’ phrase holds true EVERY year, despite the “be punctual, XX:00HR SHARP” reminders.
oh wellll, kata melayu, beb… :p
and so, this time round, the madness started at 1pm and ended technically the next morning, close to 2am. the kids had all zonked out by then, while the crazy adults wrapped up their ‘happy hour’.
anak-anak pengsan kena dera dengan mak bapak
though i think i was close to collapsing right in the middle of that pile, lol!
so why do we crazy adults still insist on going through what others may deem as a seemingly logistic and geographic ‘nightmare’ every year??
1) we get a chance to see the others’ homes at their best (and get ‘inspiration’ for our own homes! ada yang berkenan dengan orang punye floor tiles, paintings/decorations, kitchen, piano cover…)
2) we meet each others’ family members and get to know them better (mengeratkan silaturrahim lah katakan. mana tau ada some undiscovered hot brother of so-and-so…)
3) we get to… eat! hehe. (kalau tak mee hoon goreng, kuih-kuih dan kerepek. standard! tapi this year, favourite macaroons, or as some may prefer to call it, “meringue”… *looks at fadz*)
4) we get to take lots and lots of pictures (lagi-lagi mereka yang kemaruk camera baru… *looks at pina & esah*)
5) we have a whole day to chat, catch up on each others’ lives, play ‘kakak-kakak’ counsellors to the ‘adik-adiks’ (sampai ada Survivor-type of tribal council to cast votes semua… *looks at Mr B*)
6) we get the kids together to play, babble, and, apparently, pillow-fight (mana tau, satu hari jadi bf/gf, kan??)
etc.
in short, you spend time with people whose company you enjoy. 
till the next year… but will need to work on that ‘janji melayu’ part – a LOT, ok, bebs?
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