of Eid @VPO

Burp! Alhamdulillah :D

Edisi Terlewat..

errr...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Maaf Zahir Batin

adik baju merah tu, boleh tolong duduk tak?

Salam Eidul Adha

MasyaAllah, sejauh mana saya telah membuat pengorbanan sepanjang bernafas di bumi Allah selama lebih 36 tahun? Terasa kerdilnya diri ini. Jarang-jarang solat di surau, sesekali berjemaah terasa satu keheningan yang sukar digambarkan dengan kata-kata.

Ya Allah, berkatilah hambaMu ini.

Salam Eidul Adha dari K Mon.

Adam - orang semayang, dia pulun minum air.

Iman - partner in crime


Para jemaah muslimat. Ada anak kecik, terpaksa duduk di saf belakang sekali.


Salah satu dari enam lembu korban.


Dah kena sembelih

Kakak - Org kalu takut tutup mata, dia tutup telinga he he.

Adam.

Sesi melapah bermula.

First Leg Eid 2010

During our engagement period, Tebby and me have decided that Eid is going to be celebrated alternately between his and my hometown. Well, we celebrated at both hometowns each Eid, it's just that the first day of Eid, there has to be like some kind of 'taking turns'. Well, he defaulted our earlier arrangement by celebrating our very first day of first Eid as married couple at his hometown. I defaulted back by having to celebrate in my hometown 2 years in a row, few years after that, sebab bersalin on 20th Ramadhan. Obviously I punya justification was more valid than his kan. Personally I don't really mind where to celebrate (but I bet his and my parents do). Afterall, marrying someone means you're also 'marrying' his or her family as well.

I notice that when you have small kids, it is so hard to have a proper family photo taken. Here's ours.

Eh, mana Iman? Yang, keep still. Kakak, don't slump please. Adam, don't dial my boss!

Boysss!!! Please! Tengok depan!


Adam!!!!

Which is why I never had any Eid family photo framed and displayed.

First day was a relaxing one. Went for Eid prayer, came back. Very close relatives came. After afternoon, nobody came so we had sort of tidur berjemaah while watching TV!

The girls in orange thights are my nieces. Seluar polka dot tu Kakak and yang bergebor tu is Iman.

In my kampung, since as far back as I can remember, on 2nd day of Eid, we have this 'tahlil kubur'. Went to pay respect for our beloved arwah, sedekah doa, sedekah duit for the kids. A tahlil was held and while we were at it, money is distributed to kids. Balik rumah masing-masing sibuk kira duit raya. And due to the fact that ramai yang datang menziarah kubur, maka ramailah jugak yang datang beraya. I've been dishing out raya delicacies, washing pinggan mangkuk, bancuh air, ketuk air batu and whatnots from 10 am right up to almost Isya'!

Part of the crowd. Total stranger, fimiliar faces, long lost relatives and all.

Adam and Bibik. Taking a sip after membuas. Bibik bawak dia balik awal coz he went out of control *sigh*

Iman and Wan, sebelum mula membuas

3rd day is the day we usually part for the other kampung. So 3rd day kami balik Terengganu. Since last year, due to some reasons that we spent 1st 5 days of Eid in Terengganu, this year we parted Temerloh a little late (usually after breakfast dah bertolak), after Zohor and after a lovely lunch at my brother's.

Humble, yet really fulfilling

Oh ya, while we were busy eating lemang, rendang and munching cookies, my kids' slippers were munched by a dog.

Bad boy you doggie doggie.

Pre Eid 2010

Please note that this is a basi entry actually. This is written on 16th October but I backdated it to 10th September.

Anyway.

This is about our pre-Eid. Went back on the 9th, a day before Eid. Since the terrible congestion took place the night before, we literally had the road to ourselves. Well, almost. Macam hari-hari biasa je. No congestion and we were safely home in my hometown at around 11.00 am.

Sampai aje, kerahan tenaga pun bermula (but I escaped the tear-jerking moments mengupas bawang heh heh). We did Sup Tulang, Lemang, Nasi Impit, Kuah Kacang, Rendang Daging and Kari Ayam. Tu belum masuk juadah berbuka lagi. I did memerah santan 3 times earlier today. Each time sebesen besar. I had to take pills afterwards due to sore muscle. No joke.

My mom. Coordinator-Director of The Day. Problem was, she wanted to supervise every single thing that we did. Kasi empowerment sikit lah Mok.

En Tebby was in charge of Sup Tulang. When he's cooking, it means I'd be his assistant. Chop this much of shallot, pound this much of halia, add this much of garlic. Coarse sugar please. Aye aye captain. It turned out marbeles, as his Sup Tulang always is. I made sambal kicap pedas as accompaniments. I suffered tangan pijar until well after midnight. When the soup is so good, nobody even bother to ask who made the sambal *sigh and suffer in silence*

This is how we've been doing our lemang for the past years. Rebus, bukan bakar. Only after those are well cooked, barulah letak kat tepi2 bara api. The tong is made-to-order. Lemang memang every year without fail akan buat. Dulu ada gak buat dodol. Kalau buat dodol, siap sedialah bersahur makan banyak sikit. Long, tiring process.

tokey lemang for the day.

..... otromen part time jugek


cheap labour... sedang angkat kayu api

Terlewat

Selamat Hari Raya semua.

Masih Syawal kan.