Confession of Ramadhan

Hey what is up everyone?

The 18th day of fasting, I have experience my own share of Gerai Ramadhan hoping. I went to the stadium for a few times and as i expected everything is still the same. Not that it's a bad thing but sometimes i prefer my gerai ramadhan to be like that forever.

It's almost sungkai and i heard my mother waking me up, "Jah..jah.. keejah bangun kan sungkai" i woke up from the so called relaxing beach chair and infront of me i saw a group of people just standing there staring at me. For a moment i forgot where i am, shook my head a little and everything is clear now!!!! the gazing eyes are just people buying my mom's begedil. It used to be so famous and delicious the VIP's came to us to order hundreds and hundreds of em.

I'm 8 and i love tagging along at the stadium, you can find friends from every corner and row there!! not good with names so i gave them a nickname. The sugarcane boy, the pais boy and the pulut pangang boy from Kg. Burong Pingai family and there's the cucur udang girl, the cindul girl from temburong and the Dayang Senandung sisters. All of us is from different kampong, different school but our playground is the same GERAI STADIUM!!!. Our meeting point is at the sugarcane boy because his family rented 3 row "KEM" hahahah..

BENDAHARA DATANG!!! BENDAHARA DATANG!!! (shout the cucur udang girl). I frantically jumped on my feet and ran all over the Gerai Stadium looking for him. Sweats running down my forehead but i keep on running and searching!! there he is! near the Dayang Senandung sisters corner. Relief!!!! I follow the queue among the children and receive our 20 dollars "SEDEKAH". Yes BENDAHARA really loves his daily dosage visit of the gerai ramadhan and sedekah to all the children he saw there. Happy happy happy.. we don't do bank yet so it goes directly to my TABUNG.

KEEEEEEJJJ!!!!! called my friend Bibi, "How are you?!!!, bhapa ko?!"

Keej: Bibi!!!!! Syukur alhamdulilah, ni saja jalan-jalan sama laki lawat stadium tarus kan bali barang sungkai!!! (Bibi is one of the few children who had experience life at gerai stadium and the pais boy is his brother)

I lead my husband to buy the famous Cindul Temburong and there i saw her "the cindul girl" with 3 children i think hehehe... but for her to remember me is impossible and i don't think it is the right or a good time to share your childhood story. Nevermind i said to myself, let's find some kebab!! so we keep on walking and there he is "the pulut pangang boy" i was so happy to see him and he is selling LALAP now. We know each other because he was a good friend to my older brother.

Keej: BAB! pa bar mu eh?!!

Bab: Baik eh! keej aku kan kawin ni!!! datang ah.

Keej: Syukur alhamdulilah!!! mau jua ko kawin, pikir kan bujang selamanya. Hehehe, insya'allah ada ku datang tu.

I bought Pais daging, Cindul temburong and lalap that day. Almost six so we decided to go home, on our way back i saw two of "The senandung sisters" and a few people i remember from my childhood "GERAI RAMADHAN FREINDS".

That is part of my story growing up. till next time.