On the ...... to understand something ....

almost a week have been here .... and still enjoying my time with my parents and nieces .... yaps, except few obstacles, i still can handle myself ....


had a family gathering hosted by my parents (arisan marga ... apapun itu artinya di bahasa inggris ..) ... maybe it was my first time i really paid attention to the all that happened there ... it was quite surprising that i kind of interesting with all the lengthy procession and very flowery speech that they had .... ok, it is still a bit (very) redundant and if you cannot understand bataks, believe me you will fall a sleep in a few microsecond ... but anyhow, what i want to point is that somehow behind those redundant and lengthy procession, i somehow start to understand the "world" that my parents live in ... i see the way of their thinking and catch the essence behind of all ineffective/redundant/slow/boring cultural ceremony, i can understand my parents more and appreciate them more after all these times ... well, sometimes we can learn something in the most unexpected way ..... and regardless with all of those, i can see the good purpose of all of it, where mainly about faithful in God and be thankful of what you have received ... sounds very familiar but very not easy to do ...


sometimes it needs time to understand your parents ... sometimes we find it a bit weird ... or some of their behavior is old fashioned ... but if you see the big picture, you will see the beauty of it .... but still, it needs a maturity and big heart to realize it .... 

and at the end, i just want to see them smile at me ....

ps. Thx cax, het was gezelig avond .....