It was that time of the year again, my annual sojourn to KL for Raya. I never had a kampung to return to, if one defines kampung as one’s grandparents’ dwelling located away from one’s home address. I’ve always spent Raya in KL ever since we moved here from Ipoh, although photographic evidence from 1973 possibly says otherwise. Nevertheless, the Taman Tun qariah appeared to be in full force at our masjid during solat sunat Raya. I guess many have opted to balik kampung after solat to escape the pre-Raya balik kampung jam only to create the Raya morning balik kampung jam.

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