Hari Raya??

Oh well...
This year Hari Raya has been sort of hay-wired...

1st day, went out only at 6pm so only managed to go 3 houses.
2nd day, supposedly going out, but then some of our relatives were coming to visit because my father is the 2nd most important person in the family being the 2nd brother. So we had to stayed home.

so yeapps that was my Hari Raya...Pathetic aites??
Probably i'll not be joining the rest for the rest of Hari Raya until i'm done with my 'N's. (sob) ;p

But it was really great to finally having a better understanding of our big big big and real big family.
I mean it when i say its real BIG!!


So lets see if you dont get confused by this.

Lets start with my maternal side::

GrandMa married twice.
One in Malaysia and one in Singapore which is my GrandPa.
The one in Malaysia also married twice, my Grandma is his second wife...
Controversial between my GrandMa and the first wife, so they went separate ways.
My GrandMa left after being harassed and so on with the first wife.

My GrandMa and her first Husband had 2 children.
They are my Aunt and Uncle in Malaysia.
While her first Husband and the First Wife had (i shall say) a few children.
Which meant that the children are my aunt and uncle's step siblings.
So if they had step siblings, i had step aunts and uncles. Am i right??

So when my GrandMa left Malaysia, she married my GrandPa and had 7 children. (counting fingers)
My mother was the last of the seven.
Unfortunately, the second and third child have passed away at a very young age.
Bear in mind, i bear witness of many deaths in my family at a very young age too.
Traumatised?? Not at all. I only understood that they left because God loves them more than we do and He wanted them to return to Him.
Wokays, so back on track...

And both my GrandMa and GrandPa have passed away.
So for those of you who have Grandparents, count yourself lucky and cherish them while they are still alive.
At least you guys still have a lot of memories with them.
Whereas i only have baby memories with my GrandPa. Now its only a blurish flash back.
And I was sort of the replacement of my GrandMa, i was given birth right after GrandMa passed away.
When one goes another will come. Just like that.



Now, my Paternal side::

My Nyayi (GrandMa in Javanese) also married twice.
First one i'm not quite sure yet. But the second one is my Yayii Haji Kayat. A very respected man for his credible Islamic knowledge.
He taught people to read and recite the Quran too.
Proud to be his keponakken (grandchild)!! Eventhough I only knew him from a photograph.

Nyayi had a child with her first Husband.
And then had 5 children with Yayii.
So i have a step uncle who looks so so so so alike my uncles. I almost got shocked looking at him.
In my split-second thoughts i was wondering which uncle he was before i found out from my Romo (Dad) that he was my step uncle. He looks like my oldest uncle to my youngest uncle.
So i guess most of them had their traits from Nyayi??
Kwang kwang kwang

When i thought that i had no grannies at all, i was so DEAD wrong!!
In fact i had!!
In fact its GREATGRANDAUNT!! (She speaks with her javanese accents and we will be catching a train.)
And I almost fall on my knees knowing that.
Then the next most shocking thing is i have Grandaunt and Granduncle who is younger than my parents and i also have Pakciks and Makciks who are wayyyyy younger than me.
Funny huhs how your family rank may not tally with your age.
Kwang kwang kwang

(And i have never had any memories of Nyayi And Yayii.
Both of them passed away in only a difference of one day.
This, a portrait of how strong their love is.
I guess love lives even until death.
May they rest in peace.......)


Besides i am also an Aunt to someone who is wayyyyy older than me...i think??
Because my First step Aunt from my mother's side also married twice, a repetition of history??
She had children which is as old as my mother or perhaps older but my Mom is still considered as their aunt.
See the huge age gap!!!???
So that makes me cousins with Aunt's children which is as almost as old as my Mom...
And so their children are my niece and nephews and i am their aunt and the age gap between us is as thin as a string.

Now i'm scratching my head.
Oh wow, long stretch of decendants.


So in conclusion both my maternal and paternal GrandMa and Nyayi are hot stuff because both of them married twice.
Which means that they must have been very very very chiobu.

And i found out that GrandMa had a taste for Uniform man because her first Husband was a forest ranger always in his uniform while my GrandPa is a Policeman also always looking smart in uniform.
And i think GrandMa and Me we are alike in this part.
I've got to admit i have an eye for uniformed guys. Ooopps.
The other thing is both my GrandPa and Yayii are a very loyal and responsible man taking care of even his step childrens. Noble indeed.

So yeapps indeed my Family is a very very Big Big family!!
Confusing too.
And this is only the draft not yet the other ones that i have yet to meet.


A very long post of a very long history.
We need to do some family tree.