For me, the best part of Raya is the family breakfast after the Eidil Fitri prayers. Every year since I retired, I made it point to have both my wives and our children over to my Taman Perwira house for the breakfast of lemang, rendang, ketupat, laksa and other raya goodies. It's nice to see the children kissing our hands minta ampun dan maaf to the three of us in anticipation of the duit raya. We reciprocated them with tender kisses on the cheeks and the duit raya of course. Now they are grown up and some have gone to study or work and live overseas. But we never forget them; rather we missed them more than ever. It is sad that of late we have not been able to really have a family reunion at Hari Raya. In fact I wonder when it'll be just us...
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