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Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfiri

I've lost the mood to blog especially during Ramadhan. My days always end up early on bed, exhausted of life..Sigh..But Alhamdulillah until today 27 Ramadhan I am still standing, performing ibadat to Allah. I've made some kuih raya as well and doing some house works to celebrate Aidilfitri. Tomorrow I'll go back kampung for a week. I hope this Hari Raya will bring joys and happiness to all of us. But, I'll be happier if bff can come and celebrate hari raya together...

Til then, these are some photos of last year hari raya...

 Ketupat in making
 Galons of water for zilion of guests
 Normal activity for a week of hari raya, picking tapioca leaves for pecal (my mum's signature dish)
 Decorating house
 Still waiting for others to arrive on the night of hari raya
 Happy girls to get duit raya
 pelita
marhaban
 Family portrait
 Visiting relatives
Playing fireworks

Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin

On the 8th day of Ramadhan

Salam..
It has been 8 days Muslims fasting. So far, everything are great for me. I managed to wake up every morning for sahur not like past years which I didn't. I cooked everyday for Iftar but I will not post about it as there's nothing special about the dishes I made so far. Maybe later when bff come back from Philippines tomorrow, I will cook Persian dishes when I go visit him. As I am writing this, actually I am making sholeh zard, a Persian pudding which is a must during Ramadhan. Refer this post for recipe. I can smell the saffron aroma from my room, the pudding is simmering right now, and I have to check it every 5 minutes! I hope bff will like it and will not miss his mum's sholeh zard because I learnt to make it from his mum. :)

Oh... I hate people who do not respect ramadhan.
Til then, have a blessed ramadhan!!

Salam Ramadhan

Ramadhan is coming again..
This year will be the 3rd year of ramadhan with bff. It might be the last for him here as he will pursue his dream soon. So I hope we will make our ramadhan time together as the best, but doesn't mean we will not be together anymore. It's just its the last year for this phase. A new phase is coming.
Let me share how I prepare to celebrate the coming of ramadhan. Yesterday afternoon, me and mum went for groceries shopping. Most of shops and markets were packed of people. Everybody was busy to make sure they have supplies for Iftar and sahur. My mom is one happy woman to see her kitchen full of wet and dry ingredients. On the way back home, I stopped by flower nursery and bought 2 flower pots to cheer up house. Then I bought paint to paint kitchen, alhamdulillah with help from brothers, niece and nephew, we finished the painting this afternoon. Then, in the evening we went out to seaside to relax. My mom said this activity is "ngasuh" in Javanese language referring to going out from house in the last day before fasting. Near seaside we saw people capturing for crescent (I don't know what it calls actually, a group that will determine whether tomorrow will started ramadhan or no) because our city ise one of the spot to capture crescent. So that are my activities before ramadhan..

Oh ya! Ramadhan is also a heaven for food. So, wait until I update about it.

Ramadhan is here..I hope i will have a blessed ramadhan near Allah..You too!