Happy Day with My Cousins

I and My Cousins

1st January ’10, the first day of this year, I spent my time to go to my grandma’s house. It was all because my uncle had a new child, and must be “marhaban” or cut a bit of the baby’s hair like usual done by other new child in Islam. Marhaban did in Saturday night, so I and herewith my big family were getting stuck to prepare many preparation for marhaban in friday. But in this post, I would just write my experiences when I spent my times with my cousins and not discussed about marhaban’s day. So in here I’ll show you when I and my very cute, kind, witty and great cousin spending time with chatting, watching together, and taking photos for reminiscence.

Beneath it all, I didn’t to remember the complete name of my cousins, since I was lazy to use left brain to memorize their name, but I prefer used right brain to memorize their face (ha ha criteria of lazy person). Since I have so many cousins in my big family, so in here I just tell some of them that I think they are interesting for me. So here we are, check it out:

1. Lili

This is my cutest cousins among us I thought. She is the youngest child of my aunt from 4 siblings. We usually call her “Yiyi”, I don’t know, maybe because her tongue couldn’t talked yet, so she always call herself with nickname Yiyi. It’s little awkward. But, you know, it’s really willy freaky hard to take her photo, moreover with me. She always move, or cry if I try to take photo of her. Crying is a mainstay weapon of her if someone wanna try to disturb her. But because of my talent as a professional photographer (ha ha ), I could take her photo, and even I could ask her styled, when I take my camera front of her. You want to know more, how does her face look like? or How cute she is? or how handsome I am? (:P) Well Let’s watch it out:

2. Ing-ga

His name is Lingga bla bla bla.. (as I told before I don’t know my cousin’s complete name). He is elder brother of Lili. And I think, he is really different with his sister, Because you know He is the naughtiest person among my cousins *I thought. He always disturb and arrogate whatever we’re doing and whatever we’re having. So no wonder, if many of my other cousins are crying because of his done. But sometimes I realize that he is not too as naughty as I thought, because he ever lend me his comic, share his game in computer and many again that make us like intimate. And because of that, I often take many photos with him. There we are:

3. Fadil

He has white skin and little chubby. Because of that, it makes him very farcical and amusing for me. He is still enough, and don’t like too much talking, but if we’re talking about Naruto or games relations with Naruto, he always prattle hard stopping. Yup, he is fond of Naruto and other anime like One Piece, doraemon and etc let in comic, film, animation and games. I also took some photos with him, here they are (the red cloth one):

4. Noval

He is still small, couldn’t walk and talk yet, but He is very cute moreover when he is smiling or laughing. Hm, I very want to pinch his cheek when he is smiling with all of my fingers. But the problem from him is he often crying, whenever there is no his parents beside him. So it’s really hard going alongside him without my uncle (his parent) beside us. But I don’t know why, one of solution to make him motionless, with way bring him to go on by car. So although there is no his parent beside him, if we just take him inside car he will quiet without any movement show us he want to cry. Because of that, when we go by car with Noval, it’s the only chance for me to take his photo. And finally I won out take his photos.

5. Della

Her nickname is Della, but I don’t know her complete name. She is still elementary high school and happy girl I think. She always smiling with shows her black and broken teeth inside of her mouth (ha ha). Because of that, she is always shamed whenever I take a camera front of her, and she is in smiling, along of it will show her black and holing teeth. But she is sweet and beautiful little girl, So I proud to take photo together with her (lol). There I and She:

6. Iman

The last cousin I’ll write about is Iman. He is still elementary school too. He is handsome enough I think. I like the style when he is talking, it’s cool . In my grandma’s house he always use microphone to talk and sing with my other cousin breezy. So it whoop it up. But I also accomplish get photos with him:

I think six above of my cousins enough represent among them. But in here I will give Bonus Pictures in this post. *ha ha it’s really not important. Yup but I think I have to show this. Even though the tittle of this post is happy day with my cousin. But I also want show you my private photos with no cousins at all (ha ha). Here we are. Enjoy it

My Parent’s Haj Pilgrimage 2009

7th November – 19th December 2009 was a very admirably big historical event for my parent. Because after waiting along year to years, finally my parent could go to the sacred city Mecca to do haj pilgrimage (Naik Haji). Go haj is the 5th “Pillars of Islam” (Rukun Islam) that Muslims have to do as they can since that’s one of obligatory for adequate people. Because of reason above, my parents plan to go haj in 2009, and Alhamdulillah it’s reached.

7th November 2009

Today was Saturday that my parents leaved us to go haj. But I was actually very regret, I couldn’t accompany and take away them to pilgrim hostel (asrama haji) because I had to join a scientific paper competition at that time. But it was no problem, since I had said goodbye and prayed them one day before departure. But in 7th September my parent hadn’t gone yet to take off to Mecca but then still in Palembang in pilgrim hostel.

In Pusri mosque, seconds before leaving

8th November 2009

At present was a day that all of haj people from Bisri (my parent’s haj group) took off to Mecca. They went to airport first and prepared for flying. And promptly at 2.30 pm or 10.30 a.m in Arab, they took off by plane to go to Jedah, Saudi Arabia.

In Pilgrim Hostel

09th-14th November 2009

Arrived in Jedah, My parent and kloter’s friend (kelompok terbang) went by bus to go to Mecca. Around 00.00 o’clock they arrived in Maktab, Mecca, to take rooms distribution for living and taking rest in Mecca. In Mecca my parent did many religious service. The first and foremost of all, they went to Masjidil Harom to do tawaf, sunnah prayers, tahalul and etc. From 10-14th November, all of pilgrim did routine religious service in Masjidil Harom in order to get “mabrur pilgrimage“.

Met Iraqi

15th-23th November 2009

In these days, all of pilgrim concomitant did pilgrimage to Arafat (Ziarah ke Arafah), musdalifah, mina, Jabal Rachman and etc. “Because of this compact schedule, that’s why I think pilgrim has to prepare let physic and mental condition, because not a bit people dying when do haj because of weak physic and destiny”. We’re back to story. After did so many religious service, my parent moved to seek sacrificing animal for “dam”. My parents bought a camel with cost 300 real or 900.000 rupiah for dam. That was the end of 23th November 2009

Seeking camel

24th-25th November 2009

Preparation to go to Arafat was being done by pilgrim today.  At 15.00 all of them, first did an intention and ihrom sunnah prayers before going to Arafat. After that all of pilgrim were distributed into many groups and went inside bus according to their groups respectively. And around 18.00 they all arrived in Arafat tent and did Maghrib and isya praying before they went to rest.

26th November 2009

Today was a day that my parents and other did wukuf  in Arafat. Among of them began wukuf at 12.oo am continue with wukuf’s khotbah and praying by theirselve until 18.00 pm. At 19.00 they went to Musdalifah to do mabit and looking for stone/rock to used in Lontar jumroh next day. After did all things all of them stand line to get bus to go to Mina.

Wukuf Arafat

Wukuf Arafat

27th November 2009

The first day for Lontar Jumroh. After arriving in Mina, all of pilgrim took a rest while waiting for Lontar Jumroh Aqobah announcement. Began at 3.00 pm, the first lontar jumroh in Aqobah was started. All of them move all at once to throw small rock to do Lontar Jumroh Aqobah. After that, among them do tahalul for Idul Adha preparation.

Lontar Jumroh

28th-30th November 2009

These three days, my parent do the second until the forth Lontar jumroh Ula, Asta, and Aqobah. Those were very tired days for my parents, because of that they directly took a rest in tent or went directly to Mecca in the afternoon. At 11.00 my parent finishing the worship series and did tawaf ifadah before they’d go back to Maktab.

1th-15th December 2009

The haj worship schedule almost end until this day. My parent did Tawaf Wada’ in Mecca and did Arbain obligatory prayers 40 times in Madina. After that, All of pilgrim included my parent went to Jeda to prepare to go back to Indonesia via jedah.

Tawaf Wada'

16th-18th December 2009

All these ending days were free before they would go back to Indonesia. Pilgrimage in jeda and Laut Merah, Packing cases, getting zam-zam water and getting Al-Quran and other souvenirs when they went inside to the plane. And promptly 01.15 wib or 11.15 saudi arabia’s time, the plane took off to Indonesia from jeda, step away foot from the sacred city Mecca to go back to Indonesia and meet us as hope would get Mabrur Pilgrimage 2009. Aaamiiin

Front of Bus

19th December 2009

The plane arrived in SMB II airport Palembang and as fast as all of pilgrim included my parent were going by bus with destination Pusri mosque with tears and contentment to meet their family again after 40 days seperated not meet each other. Alhamdulillah.