Raya Celebration ~ 2010

Selamat hari raya all.. this post was created earlier but remained in draft mode for so long coz mama and babah was so busy with stuff.. mama with her classes and babah with his neverending deadlines and sales target.. goodness! how I wish I will never be that busy.. never grow old.. like Peter Pan or Tinkerbell.. for this post, we uploaded lots of photos. You may find the captions confusing and do not relate to one another, we took like hundreds of photos and.. and sorting them was a headache.. but mama managed to uploads them anyway, hope you like it..

this was one of the shots from our hari raya family photos.. adeeb was terrible at that, what was the crying about? I'll never understand.. them kids, hmmmm..

nekwan's specialties.. ayam masak merah, kuat sate, rendang daging.. you eat it with lemang, hmmm yummmyyy..

I wish everyday is a hari raya.. this year nekwan made us eat separately..
this was the table for kids

horaayyyy!! duit raya timeee...

Bg Hakim salam with mama.. and put her hand on his songkok..I thought it was some kind of a ritual, you know, cause Adeeb did that too..

anjang gave me duit raya.. but I was too shy to take it.. until mama made me.. I don't know what to deal with it.. do I have to salam him and put his hand on my head?

babah took Adeeb's angpow.. and put it in his pocket, so I was going to remind
mama about that.. 

before the first raya guests visit.. i need to do quality control first.. hmmm.. what's this smell?

for this photo session with anjang, Adeeb's screamed his lungs out..
what is it about camera that he hates so much?

mama had to cool him down.. adeebbb.. adebbb..!

he must've had inherited it from Bg Zimin.. hehe

Bg Baby and Kak Ema with nenek..

biggg happy family..

uh-huhh.. don't do the ultraman pose.. not today..

that afternoon, after babah returned from Samarahan's muslim graveyard we went to rumah maklong, nek atok with maknek and nek usu Munah were also there.. 

we had to sit outside coz there were too many people inside, not less than 10 families!! seriously.. so we left early and headed to rumah mak anjang..

there, i played with kak yani and kak sofia outside..

while Adeeb was already tired..

Pak Ngah, Anjang Det and Kak Pia.. at rumah Pak Andak.. staring at the cakes.. hmmm we are already full Ngah said..

but surprisingly, still have room for ketupat & rendang, hehe..

we went to rumah Nek Usu Uyah after that.. 

Sarah was not there.. but it was okay, so I have the kacang all for myself..

not so fast kak! mama put napkins on Adeeb.. so he could join me to eat kacang..

that night before we return to rumah maknek, babah brought us to see lampu raya @ bertuntung at Kpg Muara Tuang.. wowww! it was sooo beautiful, this pic didn't do justice to how it actually look like.. seeing it with my own eyes, it was truly amazing..

the 2nd day of raya, we were back at rumah nekwan..

I love this pic.. the smile was genuine lahh.. hehe

unlike this one.. huuu

as usual.. we went to Bako on the 2nd day..

the weather was hot on that day..

first house was rumah arwah Nek Anjang..

we usually spend at least 2 hours there.. this time it was no different

that's a plenty of time to kill..

aisey.. adeeb, kakak already fed-up with raya food lah.. Adeeb said why don't we ask mama to bring us out for dinner? hmmm that's a good idea,

except that Adeeb was already sleeping when we finally going out..

babah suggested that we should try The Banquet.. 

hmm.. let's look at the menu..

as usual, mama ordered me fries.. i thought we should avoid this food!

while mama got herself grilled chicken..

and babah tried.. king prawn noodles, it looked more like a mee maggi to me..

the car is halal.. but what about the food? you can display your halal logo for all I care.. but the licensing authority should do frequent check to ensure all criteria are adhered to at all time..

next day.. we went to Serian.. Ngah invited us to come to their open house..

Udak Sepul was already there.. he could learn a thing or two from uncle Ghaz, a Nikon full-frame user.. especially how to shoot with only one lense.. a 50mm prime.. hehe

as we were leaving, aikk.. mak ngah, where's my angpow?

actually babah went back to Miri on Monday the 4rd day of raya but return on the 6th of Syawal.. so we have more time for shopping..

he let me choose a sport shoe.. but I just couldn't decide between the pink..

or the blue adidas sneaker.. 

ayoooo!! what a headache.. I wish I could choose both..

let's eat first mama.. and I'll think about that later..

unfortunately after that.. mama's old friend called, she was waiting for us, so we just went home.. babah said I can choose the shoe later..

they came all the way from KL ma?

I can't do this anymore.. this, baju kurung, I'm not used to this stuff.. I'm tired..

I was so excited when kak Natasha came down from Sri Aman, though a little bit late..but they spend a week staying with us.. mama let me wear this dress..

while Kak Natasha wearing her baju kurung all the time, but that was ok, we still hang out, like best friends.. 

not in my dreams..

pak long car stuck in the mud.. this happened when we went with them to BDC

can I help them ma? mama said nooo.. you just let Bang Baby do it.. he can fix almost anything..
like Razvan Khan ma?

hmm.. if this car stuck maybe I can help..

On Friday, nekwan asked me to follow her out, she wanted to buy something from the money she earned from making those cakes.. how much did she really earned? well, she sold not less than 300 cakes, go figure.. huuu I need to learn from her one day..

fey looked sad.. coz she was not coming with us ..

turned out that she wanted to buy a display cabinet, so mama help her choose.. then we had our lunch at Planet Sambal..

the choice was not bad at all..

but not up to Kak Natasha's taste probably.. coz she ended up with only nasik
and a fried chicken wing.. and no kuah

pity adeeb as the food was too spicy for him..

so mama let him play with spoon instead hehee..