Memoirs of An Ummi..: At The Wedding, "Kuda Kepang" & Happy 2nd Birthday To My Dear Little Asil...!!

Assalamua'laikum people...

It's "Monday blooze" for me... pfft... I'm down with a flu and a sore throat... And I still gotta be in the office coz there's an ISO audit going on today... Boo hoo hoo... :( I'm so not in the mood... My babies and hubby are sick too... Thank God I've mom to take care of the babies while both the hubby and I are working... sigh... Saket2 pon nak kena datang keje...

One of hubby's relatives (from hubby's maternal side of the family) had a wedding feast last Saturday... The whole family were invited... We arrived at the venue around 6 plus in the evening...

There's this "Kuda Kepang" performance with their "Gamelan" music played live on the venue itself... As usual, on almost every wedding feast, there would be a "Kara-OK" DJ to play any "Kara-OK" songs that the invited guests would voluntarily come forward to sing... And as usual, there would always be a few of them, "Kara-OK" singers who would sing with the most "wonderful" voice of all... I was basically sharing my laughter with the hubby who was laughing his heart out just like me coz most of them, singers, sang their songs out of tune... I won't sing if I were them... lol...

Then came this part when I decided to call the hubby up for a duet with me BUT, he wasn't around... pfft... spoil-sport... (Baba!! You owe me ONE!!)

You know earlier in this blog, I told you guys that there's this "Kuda Kepang" performance going on at the wedding venue... Well, after a little enquiry (coz I was basically feeling irritated by their non-stop performance, noise and everything), I was told that the whole "Kuda Kepang" thingy started as early as 8 in the morning... sheesh... Don't they get tired? I mean, the part when they got themselves possessed by the spirits of "Kuda Kepang" la, to the part when they were seen eating broken glasses la, eating flame buds of lighted cigarettes la (asal tak makan the whole of the lighted cigarette skali eh?), climbing of trees la, whatever la kan... I mean, I know it's a part of our heritage and all... But since the arrival of Islam to the land of Java (that's where the origin of "Kuda Kepang" started), it's forbidden coz it's somehow associated with satanic ritual, you know, the got possessed part bla bla bla... So yeah, I was basically not into it... really... Why? Simple coz it's HARAM in ISLAM!! And they are just making a fool out of themselves... sheesh...

Oh!! And yesterday was my little Asil's 2nd birthday (21.12.2008)... Alhamdulillah... Well, there's not much of a celebration though... Just the blowing of candles (Thanks for the birthday cake mom & dad) and singing birthday songs for my little boy... Well, accept for the part when the birthday cake got a little distorted coz the birthday boy and his little baby sister decided to feast on the creamy cake by poking their cute little fingers into it and then, into their mouths... hee hee... They both looked cute and messy... And they grow pretty fast too!!