walked in to my local Qins at my usual happy hour 15% discount time, in my tradie pants, but "my spot" was taken. it was a family of four, who sounded Malaysian. so sat at my alt spot, which happened to be next to yet another Malaysian family. halfway through my bowl (and after my usual free noodle refill) the dad tapped me on my shoulders and went .. "S'lmat Raya bang".

ok. that made me feel old. i mean .. he had 2 little kids. but still.

we chatted a bit (they also on holidays) while a constant flow of (presumably) Malaysian and/or Singaporean families walked in too. different ages, but yet, by then .. i already felt like i'm the oldest male mat yoyo.

when i left, gave thanks to the staff (something i always do) and wished "Selamat Raya" back to all the Malay(sian?) males there .. with my tongue withholding the "abang".

home. mirror. stared at my greys. and eh kang kong .. i'm old.

Eid Adha Mubarak to all who celebrate.

D's currently in KL, G and eldest in Perth. may do dinner later (doing my prayers tomorrow). so meanwhile .. here's a photo of me and my 2 brothers for Eid 10 years ago.