Hari Raya with Us

Hari Raya this year is different and the most meaningful Raya for me. Almaklumla.. this is my first Eid as a wife. So far, Alhamdulillah.. we had no problem in deciding whose side first for our first eid. *bukan queen control ye! Reason being is, my fathers parents are very-very old, and they are about to sell the house off after raya. Since husband has never experienced raya in Negeri Sembilan, we decided to grab the last offer! justified kan?

It was all good from the journey to Senaling to every thing that happened after that. We reached Senaling early tuesday morning. Chop2 bilik and all. the boys bergelimpangan kat luar *inc. husband. huhu.the very morning, my cousins and us helped my old grandmother prepare 3 types of rendang. He helped to jaga the rendang, went to kedai *gomok, helped maklang to clear some shrubs.. me? i helped with the rendang jugak la. Later, we went to Gedung Sri Minang in KP to get husband seluar rumah. coz i didnt pack any for him. *haku terlupa!! sempat la dia muncung kejap.:) owh and the ultimate event for the day was when all of the cucu's of Hj Basirun decided that we SHOULD have penganan or famously known as DODOL. yes.

We 'perah-ed' 5 rounds of kelapa parut, each besen containing 6 biji parutan kelapa. Imagine~~ The funny part was, husband and cousins lelaki did help too, only to be condemned by my 81 year old grandmother.."aiyooo hai.. Tangan bosar-bosar.. Santan eee manooo?!" We rolled on the floor laughing. We had a great time! The whole process to make a superb-tasting dodol took us only 4 hours. By 1 am, we were done. By 3 am, zzzzzzzzzzz........

EIDULFITR

Got up early, prepare ourselves for eid prayer. Kami memang sempat membaham ketupat dan kuah kacang, and lemang with the oooh-so sedap rendang before we went for our eid prayer. By 10, we were done, and the house was soooooo riuuuhh!! We had salam-salam and photo-taking session. Dalam gembira-gembira tu, adalah kejadian yang tidak di-ingini. My dad's DSLR fell on the floor. ooh. But, it was alot of fun. It was a happy day. that night itself, husband and i, together with our cousins, went to have char kuey teow.. after too much of lemang,rendang, kuah kacang that is. Poning palo den!

okay, yang Part II akan bersambung. enjoy the pictures..

my first attempt!

husband's new experience making ketupat nasi. In Terengganu, they make ketupat Palas

Dodol making process. Basuh kawah dengan daun keludup (senduduk)
Angkat dodol dengan pelepah pisang

MAJLIS BERSALAM-SALAMAN

thats us. Atuk nangis. :'( but its our turn to give them duit raya.:)

SESI BERGAMBAR

Our big family.

Lastly,

Our little family :)