The New Cousin Celebration

I haven’t met Baby Rania since she was born, so after that bus trip over the spine of Malaysia we finally arrived in Pasir Mas for her aqiqah ceremony where I finally got to meet her.

Rania

Rania

She is quite a photogenic lady, she is.

Rania with uncle

Rania with uncle

See, she did not mind me telling her about Yog-Sothoth at all.

Rania with cousins

Rania with cousins

Her cousins were all over her as she liked to babble to them in baby talk.

Who these people?

Who these people?

During aqiqah day, all the cousins of the house were lined up for a photograph.

AZI

AZI

As usual the older three cousins were together up to something. Mostly, playing games on the tablet…

Playing

Playing

… or the phone.

Irfan feeds Rania

Irfan feeds Rania

Irfan also fed Rania milk in a bottle.

Rania looks at Aiman

Rania looks at Aiman

Rania glances at cousin Aiman, probably thinking why Aiman is not looking and talking to her.

Irfan meets Danial

Irfan meets Danial

Irfan also meets his second cousin (of the same age) during tahlil ceremony for the late Pak Su.

To the future

To the future

Rania emotes and gazes up into the future and wonders, “What next?”

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Khairul Hisham J. is a freelance artist, writer, editor, translator, English language teacher and a long time tabletop role-playing game player and gamemaster.

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