This week, my neighbour’s brother got married. The most tedious part of an Indian wedding would be the numerous preparation ceremonies, and we have been invited to every single one of them. Not to mention the wedding itself and the wedding dinner, which would mean our whole holiday would be occupied. To top it all off I have my exams in another 2 weeks. So to sum it all up, this holiday was a crazy one for me.
I wondered how my family’s holidays were in contrast to mine and wanted to see what they thought about our whole situation. To conduct this little experiment, I interviewed my brother, my mother, my father and myself .
How did you think your holiday was going to go?
My brother: I thought my holiday would be fun because I wouldn’t have to go to school for 1 week and I knew my cousins would come to stay for 2 days.
Me: I thought this week was going to be super fun but a little repetitive because we had a myriad of activities planned to do everyday and in addition to the revision for my exams that were coming up.
My mother: I thought that I would mostly spend time with my family by going out together and having fun.
My father: I thought we were going to be by the beach, sipping coconut water, listening to the sound of the waves crash onto the sand and watching the sunset.
How is it going so far?
My brother: It’s ok because I get to sleep and watch much more TV. Spending time with my cousins was also very fun. I hung out with my family today so that was cool too.
Me: It’s going great! Meeting my cousins was super fun. We played congkak and stayed awake until midnight listening to music. I have also been sleeping in and even though I have been revising, sometimes I enjoy finding out something I couldn’t understand before in those subjects.
My mother: It’s going good, and the whole week has been fun but a different kind of fun than I imagined.
My father: It’s going ok. I’ve gone to a few meetings and events this week and had my tea today. So far, so good.
How do you think your holiday will end in contrast to how you originally planned or imagined?
My brother: Last week, I thought that we would be going to the beach but we couldn't go. Even though we are staying at home, I am still happy because I get to play games and go to my neighbour’s birthday party.
Me: I think that we will go to the wedding dinner like we planned but probably meet some family friends during the weekend. Even though we planned this whole week out and it seemed like we had a lot to do, everything went by so fast.
My mother: I thought that we would be going on a road trip this weekend but since we have many functions to attend to we probably won’t be going. We might go out to some malls and roam around.
My father: We originally planned to go on a road trip but couldn’t go. We are still meeting our neighbours this weekend for the wedding dinner.
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