Monday, June 04, 2007
i'm back from malaysia and i don't feel very happy.
firstly, i'm having a sore throat that hurts REAL bad.
secondly, i miss malaysia ALOT.
thirdly, i BADLY want Lock Up's new CD.
however, i'm happy that i didn't have to go to school today.
and i get to use the computer. =)
lol.
so here's how my wonderful weekend went. (:
Saturday
morning was extremely lazy. went to fetch my sister from my mum's centre in the afternoon.
dad came with his friend from KL to fetch us. the friend's wife ah...so damn stuck up eh!!
she refused to look at my direction. so i decided to not even say hello to her. =P
they left for lunch after that and i got ready to go to Malaysia.
my dad was a little unhappy about me going. but who cares. =P
so i left for Malaysia around 6.
went in my anni's car, heard Chakra Sonic songs!!!! =)
and i saw a Kawasaki along the causeway. (:
these are two of the many things that make me extremely hyper. heh.
at JB, we stopped to buy stuff for prayers.
and my anni was telling me about how last time the whole road was closed for some prayers and it was damn packed.
so she was standing in front of this guy who suddenly pushed her and ran forward and she saw another guy throw a parang towards that guy.
she was traumatized, it seems.
anw, i was carrying the basket with all the stuff and my cousin was like 'okay, radha. go and pay.'
he was joking la, and anw i didn't have a single cent with me. =P
that was when i saw Lock Up's poster.
i should have asked the guy how much the CD costs. haiz.
anw, then we continued the ride to Ulu Tiram and the roads were ahlgjflgkf.
i've driven my dad's previous car there, though. =P
a few years back.
when we reached there, it was 9 already, if i'm not wrong.
walked to the tentage made for us, put our bags there and sat around with cousins at the temple.
i met this cousing brother whom i've never, ever seen before.
and i like him alot.
like how i like my anni.
he's super jovial, wherever he goes you can see people laughing.
the first time he saw me, i was sitting with my anni and aunty and he went, 'yaar intha beauty?'
and i started smiling. my anni intro-ed me. Prem's the name. (:
then he sat in front of us and started talking2, never stop.
he kept joking.
there was this girl, his cousin sister also, about 11 plus. he just asked where's the other girl who was with her and she started talking3 about how he's supposed to be their maternal uncle and all that so he went, 'okay bring that girl here, i wash eyes on her also.'
and i burst out laughing.
and for the two days, everytime i saw him i couldn't help but laugh. =P
there were also this group of people, the urumi melam group. they are the people who play the music and one of them will sing god-related songs.
and there will also be two guys in the group dressed like ladies, and they are the dancers. it's a ritual.
so anw, he went off to mock them. =P
and i got intro-ed to this guy who went in for TEN years and had just been released on that day.
yet another cousin.
and around 11 something, they had another ritual where there is this hot wok with boiling oil and a type of indian sweet cooking in it.
many of it la.
so alot of people will queue up to take the sweet out of the wok and apparently, it wouldn't feel hot.
i haven't tried though, so i don't know. =P
my grandmother and cousin brother did it.
anw, there's this guy who's the temple owner's son and he's, by far, the most PERFECT person i've seen.
his social life, from what i see, very very good.
well-liked by everyone. that includes me. (:
and his appearance, i'd say perfect.
he gets possessed by the goddess Amman and when he dances at that time, it's heavenly.
like you can just look at him dancing and you wouldn't care about anything else.
you'd feel peaceful.
and his name's Sujith. i don't know his full name, though.
[btw, the possessed thing is very hard to explain. you've got to see it to know it.
and only a selected few get it, like my anni, cousin brother and aunty.
a few years back when i went for a prayer at my cousin's house, the person who got possessed told that i'll get it too.
but next time la. haha.]
the whole thing ended at about 1 and we sat around till 2 plus.
slept in my anni's car that night, kinda uncomfortable. and COLD. =(
Sunday
i woke up when it was still dark and i didn't want to go out cause there were trees all around. =P
so i went back to sleep and woke up at 9!
hehe.
had my shower in the toilet which didn't even have a proper door. =P
but THAT was fine. the water supply stopped half way through!!
so i used whatever little water that i had left.
i didn't have breakfast, was just walking around with cousins and admiring Suji.
after that, helped anni arrange the flowers on the platter that she was gonna use for her oil lamps. some the agal kind and some just lemon that had been emptied of the flesh inside. [i used to do the latter for Amman. =)]
she had extras of the agal ones so she let me put for Mariamman.
after such a long2 time, i prayed whole-heartedly.
it made me happy. =)
after that, we walked to the river bank. the path was very muddy so my legs were muddy as well.
didn't wear my slippers.
and after a while, my anni felt giddy so i walked with her back to the temple.
and we rested.
it was so peaceful. not much people around, so quiet. (:
and after 1.5 hrs, they came back.
the river bank thing is just to decide who will carry the karagam which is another ritual.
they carry this thing decorated with flowers and all that over their head. and walk from the river bank back to the temple.
and Sujith was carrying it!!
by then he was possessed already la. =)
so i watched them firewalk at the temple.
when he crossed over, the karagam almost fell.
then the other person carrying the karagam did the firewalk as well.
so there was another queue to firewalk and i watched everyone do it until my cousin brother.
Prem anna did it as well. he was carrying a small girl and boy. i think his neice and nephew.
when my cousin was crossing halfway, he got possessed and we followed him around the temple.
there was this guy who got possessed by hanuman. his also very nice. =)
i got close-up view of them. hehe.
after that, it slowly ended and that afternoon was pretty boring.
had lunch, anni fed me. ;D
but she was very2 sick.
so poor thing, couldn't even eat.
so she took medicine and went to sleep in her car.
i went to watch movie in my aunty's car with all my cousins.
first they were watching Mr Bean's Holiday.
and the CD stopped halfway so they watched Night At The Museum.
apparently, it was too boring so Saakti decided we watch Lee, the tamil movie, since most of them were sleeping already. =P
Saakti was sitting beside me in the car.
he and his curly2 hair. haha.
anw, then Lee got kinda boring too so we asked Indran to switch off the thing but he was like so blur2 and just went back to sleep. in the end, Saakti did it himself.
and we slept too.
he said 'sorry radha' before sleeping. i don't know for what but i just said 'it's okay'. =P
Karthik was lying with his head on my lap and was taking up more space than he should.
i got to see the two tattos on his thighs. =P
and he kept making funny noises and hand actions.
weirdo.
but i like him. =)
after a while, Ditusha woke up and started sneezing.
poor girl.
and i was trying to sleep but it was kinda uncomfortable.
cause i was already having slight sore throat.
[i ate the Twisties that Saakti and Sathish bought halfway throught the movie, though. =P]
Saakti leaned his head on my shoulder, then totally turned to face the other direction and he just kept moving. must've been really uncomfortable.
what with Indran snoring. =P
so he just got off and Karthik and I had more space. hehe.
around 6, my aunty came to wake us.
went to take my shower, had tea and waited for my anni.
followed her to put the oil lamps again, did my duty of arranging flowers. =P
this time it was mostly petals. haha.
anw, prayed and went to sit with cousins.
Sanjiv came and gave us vibuthi[the white powder used by Indians for prayers] and put a small dot of 0.5 cm diameter of henna on the girl's hands.
at around 9, the evening prayers started.
this one was the ratha oorvalam.
basically, they carry the god statue on a palanquin around the estate stopping at 4 places.
there, the urumi melam started playing the instruments and danced. and the people carrying the karagam danced as well.
so i got to watch Sujith dance again. hehe.
and Prem anna danced as well. lol.
and my aunty got possessed so my cousin and i followed her the entire way chanting Om Shakti.
but the road was very, very rocky.
and when the thing was going to end about 1 something, the crowd at the temple had dispersed and i was standing there with my cousins and one aunty.
she asked us to take blessings from the people who were possessed so i went to my aunty and touched her feet, she took the kungumam[the red powder used by indians for prayers] from her forehead, put on mine, and touched my head[it's the way they bless].
next was Sujith, touched his feet, he did the same thing with the kungumam but he held my head with both hands and touched with his forehead.
wah, i was in heaven. haha.
when we were leaving, shook hands with Prem anna, said bye and all that.
i can't wait to go back next year. haha.
the trip back was boring.
i didn't even get to buy gumgum. =(
next week la, in KL. haha.
so i was sitting right at the back of my aunty's Wish with Sathish and Karthik.
Karthik was sleeping as usual and Sathish and I were trying to make ourselves comfortable. but we simply had no place to put our legs comfortably so we were leaning on each other's shoulders.
alternating between him on my shoulder and i on his shoulder. =P
and when we crossed the Causeway, i wanted to call my Mum but my phone had no battery at all.
so i borrowed my aunty's but nobody was picking up the phone. =(
my uncle followed me up to my house and my Mum answered the phone when i was in the lift and opened the door for me.
so i reached home at THREE in the morning, changed out and slept with a horrible sore throat.
now, i'm having a fever as well.
and there's no gas for cooking so no lunch for me.
aiyah, i miss Malaysia!!!!!!!!!! [except for the toilets. =P]
i was reluctant to leave last night.
haizz.
nvm, next year. =)
and going on trips without your parents, i highly recommend. ;D
EMO-ME.
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