American Cousins

A cousin of mine, Azura (Aju) married a UPM-grad Jordanian, Ibrahim. They're living in Sacramento, California. They've been staying there for 10 years or so since Ibrahim is working there. Aju's parents would go there once or twice a year and stay there for 2-4 months each time. Nice, eh?

Recently, they came back for summer holidays and came to visit. Rayyan and his cousins - Osama, 'Aya and Yazeed had a great time. It's nice to see Osama and the mak nenek 'Aya played along great and became the best playmates. Yazeed is still too young.. only 2. 'Aya is 5, Osama is 8. Rayyan fits well with his "American" accent. Hahaha.. how I wish we could just pack our bags and live in the states.. hahaha

This is Osama.

This is 'Aya (right) and Yazeed (left).

When they came for visit, Ja's sister and family was already here. So Rayyan had 3 cousins from the US, and 2 Malaysian cousins to play with. Naturally, he got along better with the American speaking cousins, especially Osama. But kids being kids.. language is no barrier. Nice to see the Malaysian cousins - Afiq and Adib joined in and play together.

When Ja's sister and family went home, there were less adults in the house. Apa lagi.. Osama, Rayyan and 'Aya took charge... bringing toys outside to the corridor and had the fun of their life. By the end of the day sekor2 belengas-lengas.. sweaty and all, especially the "American" kids.



They have all went back to the States last Monday. Hmm.. maybe next year they'll come again.. or kalau ada rezeki maybe we'll go there and visit them.. boleh pergi Disneyland and round2 San Francisco.