hari raya haji

yesterday was hari raya haji, our junior annual festival but one with massive significance, so for the first time in two months i had a break from my walking exercise. truth betold, i missed it and today's walking exercise was another booster.hari raya haji commences with a small family breakfast, then i went with the boys to the mosque for the requisite prayers, here, the imam went a bit over board, the khutbah went on for over 1 and a half hour, can't blame him though, the script was written by the state religious body, so his job was just to read it out, easykan. we did not wait back for the korban or slaughter because we have seen it all before, but went home to pick up the ladies and go to visit graves of our elderly. opt out from going to the bukit kiara graveyard, where my father-in-law was buried as by my reckoning it is going to be busy there, it being the premier muslim graveyard in the klang valley. went to the nearby graveyard of my recently departed mother-in-law, first time i am going there and upon sight of her grave , i rejoiced as inshaallah, there is very little chance of me being buried next to her as the adjoining plots are already occupied. one of my greatest fear has subsided, inshaallah, imagine being terrorised by her even after death, no don't, it's frightening.