Impact Of A Soul To A Soul From A Soul

This year, Christmas was special in a way, we had turkey. My cousin sister invited us for a turkey dinner at their place this year. I was actually reluctant as it was on Christmas Eve. You know of coz, Christmas Eve, what better to do than booze and get drunk with a bunch of people you don’t even know. I guess the idea of having spending Christmas Eve with relatives and family was not such an appealing idea at all. Nonetheless, I went along as I do not want to be the black sheep of the lot, missing from family and relative functions.
I drove to Bentong, a small town in Pahang, kind of my hometown as well, coz I spend most of my childhood festivities here with families and relatives. The drive started off quite torturing with the sudden downpour which caused a bit of jam and some visibility issues. Other than that the highway was really smooth. Reached my cousin sister’s place around 8 and waited for a while before the little buffet was to begin. All the dishes were prepared by my 2 cousin sisters and a cousin brother. It was indeed a buffet although there were only 11 of us.
The dinner consisted of salads, pasta, potato, ham, desserts, drinks and of coz the main attraction is the turkey. The dinner was fabulous and I really want to thank my cousin sister for all the trouble and of coz thanks for inviting us. It was my first taste of turkey and of coz my first encounter with one. To the eye, a turkey simply does not look any different from a normal chicken, other than the size. The turkey that was on the table was actually the smallest one around that they bought right from the supermarket. Although it was the smallest one it still costs more than a hundred bucks. It just simply looks like an overgrown chicken, its size is roughly about twice or thrice the size of the largest chicken around in the market. We only managed to eat half of the turkey. Imagine that, 11 person and we could only finish half of the darn bird. But then at least I have tasted turkey before, and in whole while we carve into it. Such an experience, its definitely priceless, other than that, there’s mastercard or visa.
Even though we did not finish the food as it was really filling, especially the turkey, it was a memorable occasion. It could be so far the best Christmas Eve I have had in all these years. How best to celebrate Christmas than having family and relatives getting together to feast on the turkey, which would sound so much like a European family gathering. Christmas was definitely in the air during that night.
I guess such gatherings are so often neglected, especially while we are younger. I remembered that I would kill to go out and be with friends every other occasion, be it Christmas, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Thaipusam or whatever the holiday it was. It just seems at that time, spending time with family is just pointless or so to speak, can be done later. The only reason we might want to spend with family might be the all expenses paid trips or vacations. I was a bad bad bad boy.
As we grow older, we find out that spending quality time with family and relatives are such golden opportunities that it has become priceless. It’s has suddenly shot to top ranking in our list of jobs or task or even wish list. I have started to appreciate the time spent with family even though just a small outing such as applying passport and stuff like that. The satisfying feeling of just being there with your family is a feeling of nirvana which to me has no substitute.
I guess I am very lucky to still be able to experience such a gift where some may not be able to. So many of us does not know the meaning of lucky, as we have so much that others may only yearn for.

Have you spent enough time with your families and relatives?
Do you appreciate or do you retaliate to spending time with families and relatives?