Raya..raya..raya..-Edisi Gambar

Nothing much, just a typical Raya for most Malay in Malaysia (oversea lain cerita..) Let the pics tell the story :)

Child labour - very cheap ones!!!

new deco for this year

ketupat palas, northern delicacy

family portrait

nak pi beraya

model jelapang padi ;)

Salam Aidilfitri 1431H ;)

Ain't Life Interesting?

Wanted to update this but ran out of ideas. Currently watching the AI Denver Audition and suddenly it hits me!!! My sis text me earlier and told me Kris Allen is coming to KL!!!! Day : 8th Feb (freaking working day) , and I am in the middle of unit shutdown now, and no chance of even going back this weekend. Also, to make matters worst, the performance tickets are not up for sale. It has to be won via some radio contest, lucky SMS through...I was never that lucky.

So to cut story short, I cannot see Kris Allen this time around ;( He will have paid performance in Singapore on the 10th, and on any day I will buy the tickets in a heartbeat, but not this time. I'll have to be here, in PD, working!!!

And that is not the best part, ready.....? I am working on the freaking Chinese New Year weekend, not kidding, plant start up being brought forward to capture the high margin. And in this volatile market condition, who am I to say no? I have to cancel my Penang trip with the girls, which is such a bummer...

So February this year is definitely not my fav month, ain't life interesting?

Open Jangan tak Open....

Raya time = Open House. Working in PD does have big (foodie) advantage in this festive season. Most of the people are married and we the 'singles' will always get invited to their houses. Some even invited the singles only. I did host open house 2-3 years back, but not this year, too much work and too many invites to begin with.

Lets start with last week when I came back from long Raya break:-

1. Wednesday 30 Sept - Hj Ismail, PD Villa
2. Thursday 1 Oct - Kak Linda, Taman Dato'
3. Friday - speed up back to KL before maghrib (no invites ;))

This week...the invite keeps coming:-

1. Monday 5 Oct - Kak Nita, TNB Kuarters (actually TNB staff had marhaban from house to house, Fareha and I were invited last minute for the makan-makan)
2. Tuesday 6 Oct - Hani, Kg Baru SiRusa
3. Wednesday 7 Oct - Wani (don't know where the house is, will go with my hsmate, invite came in last minute, just when I started to think about my dinner plan)
4. Thursday 8 Oct - Kak Kamsiah , Taman NLFCS
5. Friday 9 Oct - Afandi, Masjid Tanah, Melaka (sampai Melaka tu orang jemput..hehehe... will be carpooling with Sakina)

Weekenders:
Saturday 10 Oct -

1. BBGS OGA Raya Tea, Brickfield
2. Su's (Shaz's friend), Wangsa Maju ke ? not sure
3. Azee (Chem Eng friend), Klang
4. Fareha's sis, Kepong
5. Wati (colleague), Senawang

-don't think I can make it to all..mati oo..driving one way is already 1.5 hrs (traffic??)

Sunday 11 Oct
Suprisingly no invite yet? Sapa nak jemput aku?? Open ni..hehehe.....mati kekenyangan ;)

Update:
Today 7 Oct - Kak Yati, Teluk Kemang
Saturday 10 Oct
Yus (DIC Classmate) , Shah Alam
Amri (Colleague), Bangi

p/s: Syukur Alhamdulillah....
p/p/s: feels like important person..hehehe....

Lebaran 1430H

Its after lunch and the office still quite. My neighbours (colleagues in next cubicles) are still out and my boss is nowhere to be seen ;)

I have just had a handover session before lunch and my head is kinda filled with -things to do- from that session. Howeverrr...I have this urge to post about my Raya this year. Many pics will be attached as the friendly IT ppl have configured all USB connections to my laptop. (at least they did something right)

My car is packed as ever with stuffs to bring back home. We started from KL on Friday at 2pm-ish.Arrived at Juru exit around 5.30pm- ish, only to be greeted with heavy traffic jam. After about 1.5 hrs crawling, we managed to arrive in SP just in time for iftar.

We had quite a full schedule, having only arrived 1+ day before Raya. First things first, pelita..and my sis bought the deco lights

We sort of hold back all the preparation until official announcement aired on TV, from then onwards, it chaos!!.

Little did I know my mom revert to using the 'kukur nyok', a traditional tool to grate coconut. It took me half an hour to finish half coconut, and we need at least easily 20 coconuts to be grated for all dish to be prepared.

LOL!! so in the end my father took all the coconuts to local grocery store and have a more industrial way done, by the machine ;) This time we even imported coconut leaves from KL so that we can make 'ketupat nasi'.

We also put up a temporary shade outside. We did all the cooking using 'kayu api' to save on cooking gas ;). besides, it free fuel..

Notice the three 'supervisor' at work 'supervising' my youngest sis doing her chores.. :p

We made dodol and my mum forgot the original recipe that we used last year, so we ends up making 4 times than what we make last year ;p. The cooking starts around 2am-ish and only finishes at 7.30 am. I was so beat up that after solat sunat Aidilfitri, I spent almost the whole day sleeping (both my sis and I)

We also had ketupat palas (I did not take any pics though..) and lots other cookies (which none that I made)

More pics on pagi Raya, we always tried to get a family photo, this year my younger sis - kakdik spend the first day with the hubby side, so she was not in.

Najia was in bad mood and I tried to 'pujuk' her to get in the mood for the photo session, not really working though....

This Raya, we also had kenduri, a wedding reception for my sis (delayed one to combign with akikah + tahlil masuk rumah baru) So all in one due to recent economics crisis..hehehe...

We ordered the cow from my uncle 'Pak Lang' and I went to see the slaughtering process but didn't have heart to stay and witness. My sister snap all the photo

The kenduri is on 5th Syawal, tahlil was done on 4th Syawal after Isya'. Some pics during preparation of tahlil + kenduri+ many others;

Preparation for kenduri went on smoothly although on D-day itself I was rushing in and out to send to send the bride for make up, pick up cupcakes and many more neverending chores. Alhamdulillah all things went well. More pics, as usual....

Cupcakes orders came from SP and all the way from Kulim, the decos are lovely and I loike ;)
more pictures....

I also bought fresh flowers from KL since its much cheaper and I have reliable supplier. Stairs deco are made of fresh flowers..

The bride....

Candid and not so candid shots...

Later that night kids have fun playing fire crackers- supplied from the long arm of the law..hehehehe..

I was using my tripod, but the subject were not static, hence the results ;p

Only on Saturday did I managed to do some visiting to my aunts place, after all the dust had settled.

At Mak Njang's place...

Most of the beautiful pictures not taken by me, my sis and nieces was doing most of the snapping as I was pretty much occupied doing other stuffs.

We head back to KL on Monday and yesterday I spent all day in KL settling stuffs. Today back to work although am still very much in Raya mood....sigh.....

Ya Allah...tolonglah hambaMu ini...

Astaghfirullahal'azim....I am so not in the mood to do any work. My mind is halfway across the country. Counting down to time to go back which is 12pm :) I have telecon at 10.30, and after that bye-bye PD, I'm off to KL to pick up my sisters and we'll head straight to SP.

I just hope that I can stay focus, not much cars on the road, and I can arrive safely. InsyaAllah. Now I am killing time, I still have work to do but that have to wait until I'm back..hehehe.. ;)

Selamat Hari Raya!!

I sort of make it a habit, to wish Hari Raya with a 'pantun'. I did it last year and struggle to compose yet another 'Pantun Raya' for this year. In school, I can come up with a good pantun in less than 5 minutes, yes I realise my Bahasa Melayu command is deteriorating....

So this is my best attempt for this year, sounds like amateur right?
The picture is my own this time. I capture during last year's Raya ;)

I Get A Card!!!

Today I received a CNY card!! first time ever..I am not a Chinese in the first place and I did not celebrate CNY, but what the heck :)
Its from my current trainee, well if he's hoping I would give him good grades, this card will not be really much of help. But I guess that is far from his intention.



Thanks Chua!!

Aildilfitri 1429H/2008

This year I spent the most time on holiday which resulted in the most money spent. Probably due to new home, therefore needs new stuffs to make it liveable for our Raya break. Take a look at some of the pics..

The sofa from Courts Mammoth (the most convinient store,cos they have outlet like almost anywhere plus I am on tight budget) Although I would love to have my kinda sofa (L-shape) my mother was against it for undisclosed reason..hehehe..

Dining table from local furniture store...I wanted with the Lasy Susan, but they ran out the one that is within my budget but its OK, I can always add on later :). Notice the seashell curtain. Was bought by my cousin in Labuan

Finally completed the kit cab!! this one after strings of drama with my cousin who claimed that he can make it..long story..anyway it's done!! But I don't know where the pic..I thought I had it somewhere...

This year, my sister and I were determined to make our own dodol...we've been warned that it will take 8 hrs to complete (continuous stirring and all) but nothing can stop us..some pics....

Najwa and Najmi having their first taste of Raya in Kedah . Playing fire crackers with adik.

And the family photo on first day raya...I know the walls are empty but its a new home..what do you expect? Next year we'll think of something to hang..probably this photo? :)