I am at home on the 3rd day of Eid,sitting in front of the computer and blogging.Yesterday on the 2nd day of Eid,I went out with my family to Orchard,where I got a free bottle of shampoo for coloured hair.Go figure.And on the 1st day of Eid,I went to my grandmother's house and two other houses and that was all the raya visiting I did.Now don't get me wrong.I absolutely love Eid.The whole lively atmosphere,being able to eat after fasting for a whole month,visiting relatives and spending the day with the people I love and of course the good food and money but that's a different story.I don't have much family that I'm really close to in Singapore.My family's everywhere,mostly in Malaysia and since Eid doesn't fall during the school holidays like it used to in previous years,I don't get to do much visiting.And I don't know,it makes me pretty sad that I don't celebrate Eid with as much vigour and enthusiasm as I used to.I want to but I just don't get to.This year,most of the fasting month was during my exam period so I didn't get to savour that as well and then WHAM,Eid.And it really sucks that we still have to go back to school for at least 3 more weeks by which Eid would be over and I can't go raya-visiting with my friends.And what's sadder is that the spirit of Eid is dying,slowly,whether you accept it or not.Of course there are those that are always psyched about it but everyone's so busy with work and school now.Lesser people are sending out Raya cards,even lesser people are hanging out raya lights.It's just sad when you think about it.I miss the Eid celebrations when I was younger.Then,Eid always fell during the holidays and since most of my family's in Malaysia,naturally that's where my family always went.Eid was really happy and loud and noisy and I loved every minute of it cause my family's really huge and whacky and everyone's just really fun.One Eid,my whole family on my dad's side drove in a convoy from KL to Penang where we all bunked in my grandfather's house,and the abandoned house next door.Another Eid at my great-grandmother's house,my dad set off a firecracker and my cousins and I screamed when it exploded,having never heard one before living in Singapore where sadly firecrackers are banned.The same Eid, at my uncle's house,my cousins and I went up and down the street playing with sparklers in the night and on Eid morning,kids from the neighbouring houses would go to each house for food and money.It was so simple and yet fun.And I miss all of that.And I can't do that anymore now.Maybe we've all grown up or maybe we just don't have the time.I think it's more the latter cause night before Eid my cousins and I played with sparklers but anyway,I just wish Eid would fall during the holidays again or that we don't have to go to school after Eid.I can't do anything about it but I'll always treasure the really good Eid celebrations of previous years and hope those of the coming years would hopefully come as close.Eid this year,for the one day I celebrated it,was good.I got a fairly good amount of money and well,I did spend the day with the people I love most and I'm still waiting for pictures from Shereen.

So here's to a joyous Eid to those who are still celebrating.May you have all the fun and joy that I wish I could have.

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From the Lake, No. 1 by Georgia O'Keeffe