This year eid was very hectic and tiring for me. Every preparation works was done by me and a little helped from my siblings. Even though they are living nearby, but they too have house to be settled.
Starting from Thursday, I started to clean house, bought new fresh flowers, changed curtains and cushion covers, mopped floor, washed window glasses and all of other cleaning works from front to back from floor to ceiling to toilets. phew!
Baking cookies has started a week before so by Thursday everything were reading to be put on containers which I did on Friday night with my nieces. Yes, what a miracle after 3 years my brother came back with his family to celebrate hari raya with us. I cant tell how much happy i was especially to have chance get in touch with my nieces and nephews who had grown up now.
On Friday I prepared things to cook on eid day. After Subuh, me, my mom and sister went to pasar tani to buy fresh ingrediets such as veges, meat and chicken. Came back home my another sis gave 2 ayam kampung. I cleaned and frozen it for later use. Plus my another sis came and gave us tulang lembu (cow's ribs) which I cooked soup on hari raya third. Also cow's intestine which is our family's favourite which my mom cooked "ungkep" for iftar on the last day of ramadhan. At the same time, I started to boil gallons of water and chilled it to serve to our guests on hari raya and this job continues until today. Plus kilos of sugar to be boiled to make sugar water so that drinks preparing become easier. Just pour some juice concentare and sugar water mix with water. My house is different because guests will come continuously from first hari raya until a week because my mom is older, the younger will come to visit. Plus the pecal! Talking about pecal, I did prepared for it too and this continues until 6th hari raya. And it was not an easy task! There are several types of ingredients and cooking methods. Maybe later I will post about how to prepare pecal especially my mom's recipe.
So...comes the eid on Sunday. Thank God sis in law was here to prepare food. So my task on hari raya morning is only to make sure house in a good condition, neat and well managed to welcome guests. After my mom and brother came back from eid prayer, we seek for apologize with each other, a ritual of every family on hari raya and then we went to father's grave, another ritual.
Then...start the tiring period of preparing pecal, washing dishes, welcoming guests, giving duit raya. On second day i could rest coz my sis said so because they were here to handle the house chores. And after they all went back, its all on my hands..Oh...so tiring..exhausted..but what can I do..this is the tradition. When I was child, all my sis did the same thing. Plus, it is hari raya babe! Once in a year..even it was hard..in the end of the day i felt happy because I made others happy..
Oh ya! On the 2nd day of hari raya, after preparing gallons of drinks on chiller and kilos of pecal and clean dishes for guests, we left mom for visiting our relatives. This is to make sure my mom need not to go to kitchen to prepare everything. On the afternoon when we came back, everything has finished and my sisters did the cleaning job.
So thats a little story of my 2012 hari raya. Eid hasnt finish yet. This weekend we have to be ready for the second cycle of guests. All in all,hari raya is the day we meet families and friends. To tightened the relationship, to seek for forgiveness and also to have a good food!!Even though bff wasnt here to celebrate, we did skype on 1st syawal with all my families. I hope next year we will celebrate hari raya together again..maybe he miss to eat ketupat, rendang, sambal goreng jawa and pecal. aint you azizam??
So here the photos of my hari raya..enjoy it.
The ayam kampung
brother's family with mom
aaron on his malay attire
Playing fireworks
The adik with ibu
Yours sincerely :)
with puteri
time to eat - on aaron akikah day
the abang with cikhaziq
beraya on 2nd eid
at sis liza's
the 2 girls who need to strive for upsr
seeking forgiveness
hey this two munckin!
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