f.a.m.i.l.y d.a.y

my mom's side held a family gathering at PD on 27th Nov - 29th Nov 09. we had a blast time :)
i am thankful for having a very closed family relationship compared to others. when i heard some not even bonding to their family, to their brothers or sisters, not talking to each other, never hug their family members, that is pathehtic. i feel sorry for them. that is why i'm grateful to be part of rauf saat family.

we had games and karaoke. i saluted the elderly, my mom 62, anty puzi n anty limah in the 50's for having good sportsmanship. we played lari dlm guni, pass gelung, perah air guna sponge and masukkan air dlm botol, kasut terompa with 2 people at one go and dadu game. the games were fun and we even had our group war cries! even the hotel organizer was pening with our family gila2 attitude :)

at night, my uncle threw a game about how fast they can answer about their siblings pasts. we the children were impressed with our aunts and uncles memories on each others pasts. i mean they had 16 brothers and sisters, yet they knew who cried walking back from school, the neighbour who drove the volkswagen, the neighbor's children, their brothers' friends names , their sister who ate ulat gonggok! their brother who doesnt like to be friend with the malays hahaha.... we the nephews and nieces were amazed. they were strongly bonded. :)

karoeke time was a time for everybody to show their singing talent... some sang like broadway, some sang like pros and some just wanna have fun! when my mom's children were singing, the other family members would tease her and said " abih lah korang, mama da tau korang asyik gi karaoke!" and she replied nonchalantly "takpe, i izinkan!" hehehe we had big laugh about it. even opheleea did a striptease on stage when her father sang starry, starry night. she took off her diapers on stage and passed it to my brother coolly hehe... and so my brother had to stop singing by saying "okay terima kasih" and carried her daughter off stage :D

overall, the rauf saat family day was successful and everybody had their great time!