Bleak Raya?

I'm now in Dungun, en-route to Kuala Terengganu. Thanks for MeksisBB, I'm blogging from the car.

Esok dah raya but the excitement has yet to come for me. First and foremost, just a day before starting my leave, I got not one, but two letters from dear IRB asking for payment of more than RM5K combined. One of the claim was for year 2008 and the other one 2002. Yang mengherankan makcik ialah, in 2008, they gave me a cheque for over-payment amounting to RM4K++. Means, they should have taken 2002 into consideration kan.

Another thing is that, beginning Thursday and then Friday, I was getting emails after emails requesting for this and that and they are all due on 28th September, the first Monday after raya leave. When else can I do those except masa cuti raya kan. Kijam tak merika?

Okay peeps, I hope I can still eat and enjoy my raya despite all these.

To my friends, yang mana pernah berjumpa tete-a-la-tete atau hanya di alam maya, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Kak Mon, singing off in Dungun.

Rutin Ramadhan

Masuk saja Ramadhan, rutin saya pun berubah. Jam 4.30 pagi bangun untuk siapkan sahur. Kali ini memang berbeza dengan tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Tahun-tahun awal perkahwinan kami, saya sorang saja bangun makan sahur. Tebby cuma minum air saja. Begitulah sampailah ke satu tahun dia kena gastrik berdarah. Masa tu bulan puasa. Selepas tu bangun sekadar makan ringan-ringan. Tahun ni, dia nak bangun sahur makan proper meal. Maksudnya nasi lah tu. So kenalah awal sikit kan. Tambahan pulak, nak train Kakak puasa so she needs to learn it properly, proper sahur, proper iftar.

Biasanya si Bibik Ros dah bangun pun jam 4.30 pagi ni. Bila saya masuk dapur, dia dah terpacak kat dapur. Tebby dan Kakak akan bangun jam 5.00 pagi jadi saya suruh Bibik Ros makan sahur dulu. Jam 5.00 pagi, 2 beranak tu turun makan sahur. After sahur, sementara tunggu Subuh, kami tengok TV dulu. Si Adam, memang naturally bangun awal. Kadang-kadang pukul 5.00 pagi dia join kami sahur. Dia minum susu je lahh. Yang last sekali bangun, biasanya Iman. Itupun mesti sebelum jam 7.00 pagi. Macam faham-faham aje orang puasa, Iman makan kurang time Ramadhan kali ni.

Bila azan berkumandang, kami bertiga berbuka dan terus makan heavy meal whereas si Bibik makan kurma then solat. Barulah dia makan nasi. Lepas makan, the usual drill, solat Maghrib. Mengaji sementara tunggu Isya' atau berkemas-kemas mana-mana yang patut. Terawikh saya memang di rumah saja sejak saya ada anak. Hari ke-2 saya kantoi terawikh. Mengantuk sesangat-sangat. Tebby balik dari surau, saya, Iman dan Kakak terbongkang depan TV. Buka pintu, terus naik atas. Sedar-sedar, alarm went off at 4.30am next morning.

Apapun, azam saya nak ambil kesempatan lipat gandakan amalan. Mahu muhasabah diri. Mahu kurangkan pembelian makanan dari luar dan masak dirumah pun tak perlu terlalu bermewah-mewahan. Mahu berbelanja secara berhemah untuk juadah aidifitri nanti. Saya kena setkan quota pembelian biskut, kek, kerepek dan sebagainya. Baju raya dah cukup. Mungkin tambah tshirt sikit untuk anak-anak. Itu saja, insyaAllah.

Since minggu depan baru masuk kerja, tak boleh nak komen lagi rutin weekdays. Yang nyata, kalau ikut trend tahun-tahun lepas, minggu pertama, kesesakan jalanraya selalunya extra. Eloklah bawa air minum sama kurma, kot-kot terpaksa ber-iftar dalam kereta kan.



Menu 2 Ramadhan 1430H

1. Ikan Pari Bakar Berempah

2. Ikan Kerisi Goreng

3. Sotong Bakar

4. Ulam timun & kacang botol

5. Budu

6. Air Teh-O Panas & Homemade Longan

Do Not Disturb, Kakak is Fasting

Last Ramadhan, it was 50% forcing and 50% coaxing. This time around, since she's already 8 and from way we see it, it'll not be a suprise if she gets he P in a year or two time, the ratio is changed to 65%:35%.

To ease things up, I had to scratch her itching leg until she said stop. I had to listen to her story telling (which is endless) with, at times mocked interest. For iftar, she specifically ordered a pasta meal, with kuah yang putih, she said. We had to console her for 2 or 3 times that she cried from hunger and thirst.

So, she got a day already. Yeayyy. She got to tick her 'fasting calendar' and a plate of pasta and I got to part with RM10..

Our menu for 1st Ramadhan 1430h..

1) Daging Goreng Berkacang - easy peasy recipe here.

2) Ayam Goreng Pedas - easy peasy recipe here.

3) Ikan Pelaling Goreng

4) Ulam timun & kacang botol

5) Budu

6) Air Teh-O Panas dan Sirap Cincau

7) Bowtie in Mushroom Sauce - easy peasy recipe here.

Eaten with nasi putih and some kurma. All were homemade. Tebby went to PARAM and came back with 2 Burger Malaysia. They tasted 70% like McD's Prosperity.

Selamtat Menyambut Ramadhan

Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan 1430h
Dari isirumah no 49.

Gambar maknya takde... sebab maknya tukang ambik gambar
Gambar paknya takde... sebab paknya memang takde kat rumah waktu gambar ni diambil