Friday Morning Memories...

Good morning 7venians!!!!

Guess what! Today isssss FRIDAYYYYYY!!! So what ya guys doin? Hello exammers what ya up to?

Over here people doing quite a lot of shopping for Diwali (Indian light festival). Did u know/realize that Thadingyut has already passed? Gosh i didn’t even know, then a friend of us came to pay respect for granny at home then realizes wow it's Thadagyut!!! Been living overseas really slacken our traditional way of life, forget most of the seasonal festivals, beliefs and changed our whole attitude.

This time of the year back in our mother land, we would be visiting temples, pagoda and worship elders with gifts. My favorite part is go pay respect to elders with small gift and gets some pocket money in return, oh me bad!! :-D I remember those times, when my siblings and I gather to light up candles all over our compound and hanging pretty lamps over the veranda.

Playing with fireworks is the most joyful part of that season. Some of you might remember pushing the candle light bunny pushers which make funny “tat tat tat” noise all over the place, or lighting up the mercury pieces, when it grow bright, we hit with our shoes or slippers so that all the sparks fly out or rather blow up the noisiest crackers and argue over whose cracker make the most noise. Shooting the rocket firework up in the air is also my favorite part. I would scream and try to count how many sparks it makes in the air or wonder over the colors of its fuzzy form.

Just after the sunset in the starting of twilight, us three kids would pull down all the seats or benches from the house to the front yard, gather neighbor kids, our playmates, and started playing “Nyoung Pin Ta Say”(ghost of the old tree) , “A yuu ma gyi Ma Sar Oo” (crazy old lady), “Shew ZinYaw & Ma Htwe”, “Htote See Htoe” (tried to get to the other side by going through the blockers who are running along the lines) and all sort of our favorite games. Our parents would make “lat fat thote”, boiled sweet corn or seasonal foods and chat around the yard, those who love music would play their time favorite songs and some would sing along with the rhythm. We kids have had the time of their life while eating and playing under the beauty of full moonlight. Those were the priceless moments of my life.

Been here for more than 8 years, sometime make me forget those precious moments and traditions. May be I’m no longer a kid, may be we too busy with daily worries or may be we just no longer care or want to be part of our originalities. It is so heartbreaking to realize sometime that how we had changed over the years and how the western life style has taken control over our lives.

No matter how I changed or where I am, I would always remember those treasured moments back in my mother land. Wonder when or how I could ever have second chance to be in those moments again…This is all for now. My Friday started with Thindingyut memories and hope you remember something about your Thindingyut too.

Belated Thindingyut Greetings from me,
Gifted.