"yay!esok raya!esok raya!weeee!"

cried azzam,one of my cousin.well..esok isnt exactly raya yet. but being a 'normal' 5 year old, he doesnt care about that...to him everyday in the last 10 days of bulan pose is raya,although it is not.haha...

"biase la.budak2 kecik"

said my aunt when i voiced out my annoyance.. we all can't blame him for being all hyped out pasal benda nih. after all he's just 5. lol. azfar..azfar.mcam la ko tak pernah buat camtu back in the days. the pot calling the kettle black.haha.Well..those were the days. Time lost is never found again. Lagi2 time lost ransacking your brain looking for answers for this question...

"ape yang best pasal raya?"

I was actually taken aback when someone (a chinese lad) asked me this question. Ape yang best pasal raya?I told him, half-jokingly that raya is a season for children and teenagers alike 'taxing' people out of their money. Raya best because of the foods. Raya best because we get to travel a lot.Raya best because we can visit each other...just my 2 cent la. On a more serious note, raya is a season where we can enjoy ourself (as mandated by Allah in the Quran) after a month fighthing our nafsus from sun rise to sunset. It is also a season where we can catch up with our friends, strenghthen the 'hubungan silaturrahim' among friends and families and main mercun.haha. "I hope this will give you a glimpse of hari raya" i heard myself telling him, although im not sure la whether this is the correct view on raya. After all this is just my 2 sen meh.

"2 sen"

Who gives a damn about 2 sen nowadays. Sungguh ignorant mereka itu. Dont they knw that every 1 sen increase in the world's fuel price can throw people's life into economic uncertainty? This will make life hard for most people who are barely coping with the ever-high inflation that every country is experiencing. There are less foods on the table for iftar this year than last year. The collaspe of Leehman Brothers earlier last week is not helping either. Will all this economic downturn, how can one celebrate a grand hari raya?

"grand hari raya"

Is not possible dah for this year's raya for most people(incld my family). Harga baju melayu dah naik. Kuih2,and basic comodities..heh..tak payah cakap la..naik mcam roller coaster. Langsir rumah aku dah 3 tahun tak tukar.haha. Tapi...satu benda je tak naik. Duit Raya. Minyak naik USD150/barrel ke..turun sampai USD80/barrel ke..remains unchanged. Why?

"budak2 kecik tak leh pegang duit banyak2"

lol.budak2 tak leh pegang duit banyak2. cakap je la that korang kedekut.haha.malas ak nak comment banyak2 on this. the more I speak of this, the more sakit hati i'll become.hahah

anyway.kepada semua orang......

selamat hari raya aidilfitri

maaf zahir dan batin

sorry la kalau aku buat silap kat korang all these while.haha.

-Azfar Syukri