Hari Raya fell on a Sunday, so today is declared a Public holiday. Hari Raya Puasa is actually a day of celebration marking the end of a period of fasting during the month of Ramadan - the 9th month in the Muslim lunar calendar. The day is also called Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
After a busy weekend we are spending a quiet day at home, apart from visiting our son's home for lunch with the family. Our daughter's family have gone to Malaysia except Emmanuel who is at home busy studying. He is in his last year at ACS (Independent) taking an IB course.
In our younger days we used to visit our Malay friends to wish them Selamat Hari Raya. One of the families we always visited before we left Singapore for our overseas' service was Aziz and family at Toa Payoh. He used to work as a driver at The Salvation Army Headquarters, and even after he left us for another job elsewhere we continued our friendship.He would always insist that we had lunch with the family.
Another lady we visited was Mann as we called her. She used to work part time looking after Poh Chin. In the evenings when both of us and the two older children were at Salvation Army for meetings, practices and other activities she would babysit Poh Chin for us. She was a great help.
Those were the days when we were younger and full of energy. Selemat Hari Raya to all our Malay friends.
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