Eid and Visiting Relatives (part 2)

I've been waiting since forever to write this post because eid is always fun and interesting!!! And now I finally am able to write it!!

So, here goes the story.....
Well, even though we moved out from our old home, we decided to do the eid prayer in our old neighborhood's mosque because my grandma is still living there. Another reason is because we know all the neighbors there so well. I lived there since I was a baby and every eid, there is this little tradition that still exists until now and it would be weird if we didn't do that again this year so spending the eid at our old neighborhood is really a great choice.

The tradition is still the same, visiting every house in our neighborhood and doing a little chit-chat here and there but what amazed me was that all my friends from childhood have all grown up. When we were children, we had this group that consisted of so many children and we always played. And in that group, there were boys, too and they all looked so dorky and disgusting but today I saw them all and I was like "wow who is that" and my other friend told me who he is. They are older than me by 3-4 years and when we were children they were the ones who made the rules in the group and to see them like that is a surprise. They look so different. Puberty has done them justice....... They look so good and mature and I was like woah (I AM SORRY I CANNOT HELP MYSELF). But well, I don't really know them anymore and it was so awkward today. He came to me and my friend and he was like hey you guys look so different and I was like ha yeah, you too. And that was it. It's kind of funny actually like we used to play hide and seek almost every afternoon, went to the public swimming pool every Sunday and it was never an awkward situation. But then I guess we all have grown up and have our own life outside the neighborhood and we just stopped meeting up and catching up with each other's life. And now, I am only close with 4 friends from my childhood and the group actually consisted of so many children so I kind of miss everyone from the group but even if we decide to catch up, it would be so awkward.

The next thing I did was.... EATING! My whole family from my mom's side is all here so it was a big eating session. Eid's foods are always delicious, especially if my grandma cooked it. The beef was beautifully cooked and seasoned perfectly and it definitely tastes delicious (I think I watch too many Masterchef's episodes that I started to speak like the judges). The next thing we did were doing the apologize thingy and took a lot of pics and after that we went to my grandpa's grave and it was so emotional... My grandma couldn't stop sobbing and it made me cry too. Eid was more loud and fun with him. My grandma cried a lot and I was actually the only grandchild who cried. My brother and cousins don't know him well and my grandma was hugging me and she kept saying how she wished he was here and it was so heartbreaking. I guess they both really did love each other so much. If there is someone who misses him so much, it's my grandma. No one can miss him as much as her and no one can love him as much as she still does.

And here comes the most interesting part of my eid! VISITING MY RELATIVES!! Visiting my relatives always results a funny story for me. I went to see my aunts and uncles and all they said was "WOW LOOK AT CHA YOU ARE SO GROWN UP! I THOUGHT YOU WERE STILL IN JUNIOR HIGH" and it happened every year since I was in senior high. Everyone looked so surprised to see me I mean hey, do I look like 14 to you?! And I don't even know who the heck they are. I'm sorry but we only meet once or twice a year I am not capable to remember all those names. They asked me about uni and I patiently answered every question and all those questions were the same questions only asked differently. I am such a nice person.The most awkward part was when my mom and my aunt (I don't know which one) was talking and my aunt was like "hey my daughter goes to uni in Bandung too!" and she called her daughter and was like "you guys should hang out together sometimes" and she kind of forced us to exchange LINE's id and her daughter and I were like "oh-kaaay? yeah sure" and we kind of look at each other and we gave each other an awkward stare that said "well this is awkward and we are not going to hang out". It is a mutual understanding. And besides, I don't think I could go along with her since all she talked about is boys and she looked like the Indonesian version of a typical blonde girl (I AM SORRY!). But what I love about my aunts is that they are so funny and loud and they still make fun of each other like what teenagers do. They have no pride to keep, unlike me and my relatives who are around me age. It's like they are all best friends who haven't met for years and they always have funny stories to tell and listening to them talking non-stop can seriously make me laugh so hard. I don't think me and my relatives around my age could act like that when we are their age. We never really know each other. I don't even know their names. I think my eid when I am a parent will be spent with only my cousins. What a change. I always want a loud eid with so many people talking and telling stories.

Oh, it's also my uncle's bday today! so it's a double celebrations for us!

Well, Eid Mubarak everyone! I am wishing everyone a blessed and happy eid and I cannot wait for next year's eid!