A family that can bond together will be a family that is united forever

Assalamualaikum,

How's everyone's Saturday so far? Mesti ramai yang keluar berjalan-jalan hari ni kan? The weather is lovely here with a lot of sunlight enhancing the blue sky. Perfect for outing but it might be too late if I want to go out now. Tak sampai sejam lagi dah nak masuk maghrib pun. It's okay, maybe next time.

Ohh, I want to share something that caught my attention today. Tadi masa tunggu bas untuk datang ke uni, there was this cute little family waited with me at the bus stop near my house. A nice couple with a son and a daughter. Sambil tunggu bas dalam 15minit tu diorang main hide and seek sama-sama. Comel kan? hehe.

The mommy was team up with the son while the daddy was together with the daughter. So, masa team daddy tutup mata, team mommy pulak cari tempat untuk menyorok. Padahal bukan menyorok tang mana pun, that boy (I heard them calling him Oliver), pergi menyorok belakang mak dia je. Yang si kakak buat-buat tak nampak, yang si adik ketawa terkekek-kekek dekat belakang mak dia ingat semua orang tak nampak dia menyorok dekat mana. =__='

Looking at them made me realize that's how a family should be. Zaman sekarang ni I rasa terlampau banyak alat bantuan peribadi sampai bonding di antara family pun makin lama makin longgar. Tak payah banyak, mobile phone yang canggih pun dah cukup untuk jadi culprit. And I think I'm not excepted! :(

Fenomena sekarang ni rasanya masing-masing sebok dengan gadjet masing-masing. Si ayah dengan iPad mengadap facebook, si ibu dengan iPhone mengupdate Twitter, anak lelaki khusyuk main game dalam PSP, yang anak perempuan pulak sibuk dengar lagu dalam iPod. Bila masa nak berborak manja atau main hide and seek sama-sama? Memang tak lah kan. huhu.

I think that's the value that I need to bring up when I have a family later on. Tak best kan rasanya kalau salah seorang sedang berkomunikasi, yang lain pulak tak tumpukan perhatian sibuk buat hal masing-masing. Kalau orang dulu-dulu mesti dah anggap biadab dah pun. huhu. Tak elok lah kalau macam tu kan? 

So, I think I got to improve myself first from now in order to have a better quality family bonding later in future. I will start practising to give my undivided attention and listen carefully when someone shares something with me. Let's do that together yea! :)

Eexample of family activity that help to build closeness among family members
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