It's raya time again!! It's my 4th raya, and Adeeb's 2nd. I can barely remember what was the raya like last year but one thing for sure, my last year's baju won't fit anymore..
the food, as usual, is heavenly. You don't get to eat all this everyday, I mean, rendang daging & ayam, serunding, ayam masak merah, lemang and kelupis, all on the same table! The special addition to the usual menu is the itik masak kicap, which doesn't normally appear in the raya menu.. The taste? Hmmm.. not bad!
Hari raya morning is always the best part of hari raya, especially after babah returns from solat, it's the time when everybody, well almost everybody, is there. Anjang family will usually turn up for makan-makan and salam.. and duit raya..
and this is another part that I like, duit raya time but before that we have to go through the forgive and forget session. Well, this time of the day can sometimes spring a surprise or two. Someone could suddenly break down and cry, like what Usu Ima had done in previous years.. Talking about Usu, she get me this cute Angry Bird hand bag to keep my duit raya. Well this year how much I get from Anjang, hmmm... let me open the envelope first..
after Zohor, we usually gather at maknek's place, and this year is no difference. We kinda like the way this house is loosely controlled, I mean we can play with the cookies and biscuits and maknek will just say something to this effect.. 'Deena, don't play with the biskut lah.. if you want to eat, eat here lah ' from her kitchen and I will just reply.. ok maknek, with my mouth full of biscuits.. Put it this way, she is the kind of grandma who doesn't pinch..
We are lucky coz Mak Ngah is also there on the first day of Syawal, unlike last year when we only met on our visit to their home in Serian.. and that was on the 5th Syawal already..
Mak Long house is a must, not because she is the eldest in the family but because of Pak Long's special mee goreng. The taste, is out of this world, a little spicy, just the way I like it. You may not see Mak Nek in the pictures. Well, she is at home taking care of our ailing Nek Atok. Pity Maknek, but she gets to go out sometimes, when Usu is at home. Once in a while she ask Mak Andak assistance to replace her. Despite Nek Atok limited movement, she still prays, five times daily and she watches TV too! Not too hard to care for her? Well, wait till she need to answer the call of nature.. you would have hoped Maknek was there.. hehe..
S e l a m a t H a r i R a y a M a a f Z a h i r D a n B a t i n
~DeenaIzzati~
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