New Year 2013

2012 has come to the end. For myself, no big thing has happened on the past year. No big achievement.

Being a student, I think I am useless to my life. I do not any other aim other than finishing my study. I did not contribute to any development of anything. Life was so normal, and not so good as well.

2013 maybe will lead to a better me. I dont want any other dream. Just finish my research. Get job. Earn money. 

Tonight i feel lonely and sad. I was dreaming that bff will come and fetch me out for new year firework, just like last year, but he is not here. And maybe if i can add, I hope 2013 we will be together again.

Khoreshte Bamieh - Okra/Lady Fingers Stew

Okra is one of my favourite vegetables. Unfortunately it is not for bff. After almost 5 years, the last time we went to PG cafe, I ordered khoreshte bamieh (because was on lunch offer)and tasted it for the first time. As a fan of okra, of course I love the khoresht. Normally I dont like khoresht at restaurant because they used too much limoo amani which make it tastes too sour. But then, at PG cafe, the khoresht is so khosmazas that I came for another visit for that.

Khoreshte Bamieh dar PG Cafe - Forget my diet every time I eat here :)

After 2 months, I am craving for it again but bff is not here to accompany me to the restaurant. I just dont like to go to any Iranian restaurant alone. Therefore, I tried to make the khoresht by myself.

Ingredients:

~ Stew meet

~ 1 large onion, diced

~ 5 garlic cloves, finely diced

~ 2 tbsp tomato paste

~ 1 ripe tomatoes, peeled and diced

~ Okra

~ Juice of 1 lime

~ 1 tsp turmeric powder

~ Water

~ Salt and pepper

~ Oil

Methods:

1. Heat some oil and fry onion with garlic until translucent. Sprinkle turmeric and pepper. 

2. Add in meat. Fry until both sides brown. Add in the tomato paste and diced tomato.

3. Pour water, let it boil and simmer for about 30 minutes.

4. In a pan, heat some oil and fry the okra for about 5 minutes until wilted.

5. Add the okra into the stew and simmer for another 30 minutes, until both meat and okra soft. I likethe okra to be super soft which falls apart, just like at the restaurant.

6. 10 minutes before finish, add in lime juice and taste with salt. 

Serve with Persian rice and some pickles. Yummy...

Speaking Farsi my way..

Hello again..life has been so tired for me nowadays. It's not that I did lots of thing, but because there are lots of thing to be done, especially in research. The 3rd semester has finished but I havent defense my proposal. Blame on my laziness. Last 3 days bff told me about a research done to discover the most lazy nation in world and Malaysia is on 10th place over 100++. Haha. Yes I admit that :) Every end of day, I will put aim that tomorrow I'll work more, but in the end of the day, nothing! I just wish that miracle will happen to my life. Yeah, I know theres no such miracle without efforts. Let see what tomorrow will happen ok.

I dont want to talk about study. That will make my wrinkles worst. haha. I wanna share about my passion in learning Persian language aka farsi. I've started last 4++ years since I met bff. And until now, I am still learning. But what Ive been learned up to now are all informal. I prefer to go class so that I can speak better farsi. Also I am still very weak in reading and writing farsi. I really hope to enrol in farsi class but there is no class available in JB, and not sure in KL. Learning from internet is not as good as 2 ways learning in class. I think my progress until now is not good. I can understand when people talking maybe around 70% but there are lots of vocabulary that I dont know yet.

I've came out of an idea to record my journey in learning farsi. It is for my reference later to see how my farsi progress over time. Thus, I recorded my first video in farsi and uploaded it on youtube.

I know my farsi is not good. It was not easy to record video of myself speaking farsi. I think my farsi is better when I do conversation with someone. I have to edit and cut some parts. However, I still think I am good (who will praise if not myself right :)..

Maybe I will continue to record video in farsi. At least I can see how myself look like when speaking farsi.
OK thats all for now. Be omide didar..khodahafez

شب يلدا مبارك Shabe Yalda Mobarak

20 December or 30 Azar in iranian calender, is the last day of autumn/payiz. Tonight is the longest night of the year. Iranian will celebrate it by waking up until late night, eating dried fruits, watermelon (hendooneh), fruit while reciting poems.

Since this year bff is not here, i wont celebrate it. Past years we will buy hendoone and chill it for night comsumption. Inshallah next year we will celebrate it together. On the other hand, rumours spread all over world about the end of World. Scientists claimed that a phenomenon will happen in theee days starting tomorroe. I dont know. But according to islam, no one knows when the world will finish (kiamat). Anyways..i hope bff is happy at iran now celebrating shabe yalda with families. The iranian society at university invited me through facebook group to join the ceremony, but i eont gi since today in johor is also a public holiday for remembering out late sultaan deaths.

Lastly, this is te photo of our last year shabeyalda. For all my iranian friends........شب يلدا مبارك

Stir fried pucuk paku

Among many kampung vege, i love pucuk paku most. Pucuk paku usually can be find near ditch or river. It has crunchy texture and i bet once you have it, you will ask for more. This vege only can be find at kampung. You wont find it at hypermarket and hardly at city market. Pucuk paku will healthyly grown during rain season like now. Yesterday my neighbour gave a bunch of it, so i cooked it for today's lunch.

Ingredients:
- A bunch of pucuk paku, extract from its stalk and wash clean
- 1 large onion*
- 3 garlic cloves*
- 5 chillies bird eye
- a handful of dried anchovies
- salt, sugar, msg to taste
- oil
*pound with mortar and pestle

Methods:
1. In a wok, heat some oil and fry the pounded ingredients.
2. Add in the pucuk paku, season with salt sugar and msg.
3. When the pucuk paku wilted, turn off heat. You dont want the crunchiness gone.

Easy right...

Bakso Bodo

Bakso is originated from Indonesia. I called it bakso bodo because it is very easy to make. Bodo(h) direct translation from Malay is "stupid". While in farsi, bodo means "fast". In broken Malay language if something we called "bodo" doesnt simply means stupid but to refer to something that is easy and simple.

So to cope with the cold weather (winter in Malaysia is monsoon season, wet), it is very nice to sip a bowl of hot soup. Then, I decided to make bakso. After chekcing mr. refrigerator, I have all the basic ingredients. Sap sup sap after an hour tada!! My bakso is ready.

For soup:

Ingredients: 

~ 1 medium onion*

~ 3 garlic cloves*

~ 1 inch ginger*

~ 1 tbsp white pepper powder

~ 1 lemon grass bruised

~ 1 chicken stock cube

~ water

~ salt

~ meatballs

*blend

Methods:

1. Heat some oil in a pot and fry the blended ingredients and lemon grass. 

2. Add in water, white pepper, chicken cube and salt.

3. Let it boil, add in the meatballs.

4. Once the meatballs cooked, turn off fire.

For serving:

Some vermicelli, shredded white cabbage, bean sprouts, coriander leafs and dont forget sambal kicap.

Enjoy sipping =)

Nasi Lemak

Nasi lemak is one of Malaysia's signature dish. I believe everyMalaysians regardless ethnicity or religion must have had this wonderful fragrant nasi lemak at least once, and must be more than one =) In the past nasi lemak is considered as breakfast menu but nowadays it is eaten for all time from morning till midnight. Even the origin is from Malays (I think), you can find nasi lemak in the menu of Chinese and Indian restaurant too! Thus, I think I can label nasi lemak as 1Malaysia menu =)

But....beware of the calories consumption! It is very high in calories and fat as it include several side dishes including sambal, fried egg, fried anchovies, fried peanut, fried chicken and anything fried that you want to. Plus people now like to improvise it by including other side dishes. Dont forget that the rice is cooked with coconut milk, addition to the fat! No problem..for me its ok if we eat nasi lemak once in a while, just workout more after that T__T..

By the way, for me normally I only eat home cooked nasi lemak. Either my mom cooked it or myself. Last night I was craving for nasi lemak. So I made it. Check out my ways of cooking nasi lemak.

For sambal (spicy sauce):
~ 20 stalks of dried red chillies*
~ 2 medium onions*
~ 5 garlic cloves*
~ 1 inch ginger*
~ 1 cm fresh turmeric*
~ half inch of shrimp paste*
~ a handful of anchovies
~ 2 tbsp tamarind juice

Methods:
1. Blend all *.
2. Heat some oil in a pan, fry the blended ingredients until cooked. You know it is cooked once the oil come out to the surface and the mixture turned dark red.
3. Add anchovies and tamarind juice.
4. Season with salt, sugar and msg.

For rice:
~ 2 cups of rice
~ 3 cups of coconut milk
~ 1 medium onion
~ 1 inch ginger
~ 1 pandan leaf
~ 1 lemon grass bruised

Methods:
1. Heat some oil, fry onion, ginger, pandan leaf and lemon grass until the aroma arise.
2. Add in the coconut oil.Let it boil, add some salt and transfer to rice cooker along with the rice.

Other side dish;
This time I made Fried chicken, papadom, fried edd, cucumber and tomato slices.

Have a fat day!

Bishoor

Previously, when I was working, there were so many bad mouths talking about my relationship with bff. The women as usual gossiping about how stupid I was, looking for good looking man only, being cheated to a player, that bff just wanted to play with me for the time being when he is still studying at that particular university. The men were also talking about us. One time, my colleague aka best friend went for exhibition with the other staffs and she heard a man which me and bff referred as 'letter man' and another 'boss' with title DR talked bad about us. Until at one level, bff announced to the staff that we are engaged to shut up their mouth!

After some years, this week I saw that DR again bishoor to bff on facebook. I just couldnt understand why...

Bishoor people will forever be bishoor. Maybe!

Googoosh

Recently, I am so attached with Googoosh songs. Love her voice so much. Hope next nowruz she will come for concert in KL.

These are the 3 most awesome songs for me. Enjoy..

Behesht 

Ye Harfae

Baraye Man

Air Pollution in Tehran

Yesterday and today the government of Tehran shut down their operations because of the bad air pollution. Same goes to bff's office even though its a private company. Many, mostly the old folks has been warded for lung infection due to the pollution. This condition always occur during end of autumn, early winter according to bff. I still remember how bad Tehran's air pollution when I was there. My nose was bleeding because of the smoke from vehicles from a hectic traffics. My assumption is that; not only because of the big number of vehicles on the road, but also because Tehran is surrounded by mountains and hills, thus the air stay stagnant in the circle. Not sure, just assumption. I hope the air would be ok soon because I dont want bff affected with that. He is so fragile and can fall sick easily.

This is how the sight in Tehran on a normal weather. You can see mount Alborz from far

And this is how Tehran's air condition this week. 

8 Thousands km...

We are apart by distance and time. But our hearts are still beating for each other.

The hard times is passing by, decreasing the numbers.

This separation will come to the end.

And soon we will be together again.

Tavalodet mobarak

So sad we couldn't celebrate it together..
Tavalodet mobarak azizam..
Az malezi

The Iran thought by Malaysian

Having relationship with an Iranian has make me alert to any news about the country. My previous posts has somehow described how tense it is to be Iranian nowadays. Because of Iran's economy specifically. Subscribing to PressTV channel on Youtube has updating me with the conditions. I want to share a speech by our former Prime Minister (Dr Mahathir Mohammad) about Iran nuclear technology.

We Malaysians, and might be the world also know his brilliant and brave ideas. His words are not just to show off or pretending that he is strong, but he speak from a well-thinking mind. It is really true that it is the right of every country to have a relationship with others; why we have to follow the US thumb? The current PM has no attributes like Dr Mahathir. I think if Malaysia is given another chance to choose one of the former PMs for a new PM, definitely we will choose Dr Mahathir.

Another news that I want to share is about visa for Malaysian to Iran.

I hope, with this news will strengthen the relationship between the 2 countries.

Befarmaeed sham @azreen's: kampung style

Really lately i have no mood to blog. Its like really hard to create sentence. Let me start it again by sharing my tonight's dinner kampung style. But i am lazy to share recipes. just a photo. Nowadays i cooked only simple foods. Daging masak kicap, terung berlada with petai as ulam and my mom's sambal tahun. Befarmaeeed...

UTM a.k.a Research University??

How come a RU do not provide students any fund to attend conference?

Pfffffttttttt......................

T_________T

D.E.M.O.T.I.V.A.T.E.D

Befarmaeed Sham @azreen's : Zereshk Polow ba Morgh (Barberry Rice with Chicken)

Chicken

Ingredients:

~ Half chicken cut into 2

~ 1 large onion diced

~ 1 tbsp tomato paste

~ 1 tsp turmeric powder

~ 1 cinnamon stick, 1 star anise, 2 clove, 2 cardamom

~ Juice of 1 lime

~ Salt and pepper to taste

~ Water

~ Oil

Methods:

1. Heat oil with cinnamon stick, star anise, clove and cardamom until fragrant smell arise. Saute onion until golden brown, add in chicken, sprinkle turmeric and pepper. Add in also tomato paste.

2. Add in water, let it boil. When boil, slow heat, close lid and simmer for about 30minutes.

3. After 30 minutes, the amount of liquid should be decrease and thicker. Add in juuice of lime.

4. Let it simmer another 15 minutes. Taste with salt. Done

Rice

Ingredients:

~ 1 half cup of rice, soak with some salt at least 20 minutes

~ A handful of barberry (zereshk), soak in water

~ 2 tbsp saffron liquid

~ 1 tbsp sugar

~ Oil

~ Bread for tahdig

Methods:

1. Cook rice according to Persian rice recipe. Can be found here.

2. In a pan with low heat, heat some oil, add in zereshk and sugar. The sugar will balance the sourish taste of zereshk. 

3. Stir for about 1 minute or until the zereshk plump up.

To serve the rice, put the cooked rice on a plate, top with some rice combined with saffron liquid and on top of that sprinkle the zereshk. Previously I put aside the zereshk because of the sour taste. But not anymore because I learned that zereshk is full of vitamins and my way to lessened the sour is by adding extra sugar. This time to balance the food, I made shalad shirazi too! And look the tahdig, it was yummy because I used thin lavash breaf.

Khoda hafez!

Mantou..or lupush.. or magnae..

Whatever it is called, it refers to the long dress i wear on below photo. All of my collections are from iran. I love to wear mantou becoz it covers my body well. Suit with hijab style. Here in malaysia, it is not easy to find this kind of dress. If have, it usually using thick material meant for winter and it is pricey. The best time to buy mantou in iran for malaysia wearing purpose is during summer and autumn bcoz the material is meant to cope with hot weather.

Some of my friends love to have mantou. Maybe i can start my business then!

Sobhaneh (Breakfast) azreen's style 1; chicken and button mushroom sandwich (sandwich -e- morgh ba gharch)

Let me share some farsi words relating to "eat":

1. Sobhaneh: breakfast . The way i remember this word at first was "sobh" = subuh which means dusk in malay
2. Nahar: lunch; i hava a friend named nahar but i dont remember him to remember this word T___T
3. Sham: dinner.

This is my favourite sobhane menu;

Ingredients:
1. One medium onion slice
2. Some button mushroom, slice
3. Chicken breast which i boil with onion,turmeric,salt an pepper for an hour. Cool it down and cut into small pieces. Normally i made this in advance and keep in freezer in small batches, so that everytime i wana use it i just take one batch and defrost.
4. Salt and pepper
5. Some mozarella cheese
6. Bread

Methods:
1. In a pan, saute onion until golden, add in mushroom salt n pepper. Once the mushroom cooked, turn off heat.
2. On bread, put on some chicken, mushroom and top with mozarella.
3. Toast until golden brown at each sides.

Yummy..

Befarmaeed sham @azreen's

1. Persian rice with potato tahdig (berenj ba sibzamini tahdig)
2. Oven baked grouper thai style (bbq mahi)
3. Fresh spinach with meatballs soup (soup-e-esfanaj ba gusht-e-ghelgeli)
4. Crispy fried chicken wings (bala morgh sorkh karde)

Befarmaeed sham..

Oreo Cheese Cake (Cake Panir ba Biscuit Oreo)

I made this cake last week. I gave some to bff but unfortunately he couldnt consume panir (cheese) for the time being because of some health problem. Let me write the recipe for my reference later..

Ingredients:

~ 500 g cream cheese

~ 1 cup of yogurt

~ 2 eggs

~ 1 cup of castor sugar

~ 1 cup of butter

~ 30 oreo biscuits (but i substituted with cream-o brand)

~ 1/2 tspn vanilla extract

Methods:

1. Cover bottom of your baking tin with aluminium wrap to make sure water will not enter into the mixture. 

2. Separate the oreo fiiling. Divide the biscuits onto 3 parts. 1 at the left side, 15 biscuits for the cake crust, 5 biscuit for decoration and another 10 to mix with the cake mixture.

3. Melt butter

4. Finely crush the 15 biscuits.

5. Mix with butter and press to the bottom of baking tin for crust.

6. Whisk cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract. Start with medium speed after 2-3 minutes change to fast speed until the mixture become fluffy

7. Add in egg one by one (no picture)

8. Add in roughly crushed oreo.

9. Decorate the cake as u wish. This time I put some oreo on top and the pattern i piped some chocolate extract and just prick the line with chopstick.

10. Steam bake for about 1 hour

11. After 1 hour, dont directly take the cake outside oven. Open the lid and let the cake cool down inside for about 30 minutes. After that, transfer to chill at refrigerator. Leave t least 4 hours before consume.

This is the result. Lets dig!

Tahchin (Saffron Layered Rice Cake) and Persian song by Malay child

I am drooling over Persian foods. Looking back at my photo folder which I titled "Ghazaha" makes me salivating. I can't wait for bff to come so that I can cook Persian meals. The reason I did not cook Persian foods when he's faraway is who's gonna eat? My family do not like it much. If I want to cook Persian foods for my family, the best choice is kebabs. Going to restaurant is not my choice because I feel awkward to walk into Iranian restaurant without bff as always. Plus everybody that knows bff will ask me questions about bff; when he will come back etc etc.

Above is tahchin which I really love and you can only find it in home as until now I never seen any in restaurants' menu. The crust (tahdig) drive me crazy!! The recipe can be found here Tahchin.

Before I end, here is my niece video mimicking mano bebaksh song from Kamran Hooman. Enjoyyy..

Khorak-e-kufteh ghelgheli (Meatballs stew)

Ingredients:
~ 2 medium onions
~ 500g minced meat
~ 1 medium carrot, sliced into thin rounds
~ 1 tsp turmeric
~ 2 medium potatoes, diced medium size
~ 1 tbsp tomato paste
~ oil
~ pepper, salt to taste

Methods:
1. For meatballs; grate 1 onion and mix with minced meat, salt and pepper. Roll into small meatballs, set aside
2. Heat oil in a pan, fry diced onion until golden, add turmeric, stir once.
3. Add in 3 cups of boiling water, slide the meatballs and carrot in. Simmer over low heat for an hour. Taste with salt and pepper.
4. After an hour, add in tomato paste and potato and let it simmer again for an hour, or until the sauce thickened.

Enjoyy..:)

Yabedabedooo!!

Ahay faryad, faryad, azizam dare miyad!!

I just got a call from him, he is coming next week!! ey khoda, the LDR is going to finish. I'll get back my life. I started to think what he will bring for me? Remember from Iran with happiness? I hope i will get new mantou, saffron, pistachio and almond. Thats all i want, but if he give me something else, i'll love u more azizam :)

I plan to cook something to welcome him. Of course the long flight will make him tired, so good food will become a good healing. So what shall i cook after almost 3 months I didnt cook Persian food? im afraid i've lost the skill..hehe talk like i am an expert ;p whatever...zeresht polo ba morgh would be good with salad olviyeh,salad shirazi and doogh..emm..ok bye

Iranian Woman

What I adore about Iranian woman?

1. Beauty: Most of them have pretty face. Flawless skin - not oily. They are expert in make up even the old ones.
2. Hair: They have a huge amount of hair. Most of them curly naturally. They like to colour and highlight their hair but seems their hair still in good condition, not damage.
3. Body: They have height with slim body. How they manage their body even they consumed large amount of carbo everyday!
4. Cleanliness: Go to any Iranian house (with woman inside), you'll find their house is neat and tidy. Aren't they got tired to keep everything manageable?

Empty

The wind blows
Extracting the juicy of life
Life is nothing like past
The weather changed
Nothing remains same
Distance keep pushing
To know the strength
Do I will stand still?

Motivation

I can feel that everything has entangled each other. 

My life isn't as happy as before. Boring.

My study has no great progress, yet still confuse what should i do, what is my objective. The supervisor has never been helpful nor giving me ideas.

Bff is far. He does not understand what i want, only what he wants. I prefer calm and planned. But seems world is more important. 

I have no friends to hang out with. Most of them has started their own family. I did make new friends but there is barrier between us. 

My life Monday to Friday is lonely. Computer and papers are my accompanies. Weekend I share loves with peoples' kids. 

I don't know what will happen tomorrow. 

I don't put hope. I've stopped dreaming. I just let Allah to guide me. 

Az Roozi ke Rafti

Tonight I burst my tears madly. 

Az Roozi ke Rafti by Arian Band.

My words..

Go catch your dreams..im always here..waiting with God's will

Az roozi ke rafti, donya che ghashange

In khune por az atre golehaye ranggo rangge

Az roozi ke rafti, jovloon mide aftab

Shab too asemoon dobare peydash mishe mahtaab

Ahey ba to ke dige chizi ba chesham kam nemiyumad

To budi ya hichizi ba chesmam nemiyumad

Maaham tohi o shab bi to maahtabi nemishod

Aftaab vaseman pishe to aftaabi nemishod

Sobh ba'daaz oon ruze kazaii asemoon por shod az ranggi hanayi

Nemikhaste be roosh biyare ke to bashi hanash ranggi nadare

Age yek donya ghashangi bashe

Age har ja por az atre gholashe

Bedoon ino, delam pisheto gire

Nemitune kassi ja to begire

Lontong Semarang

Lontong is one of the dishes normally served during hari raya. It is time consuming to prepare this meal because there are several side dishes to be prepared too..but i found this recipe from kak jee's blog which is very easy and it is a one complete meal dish. I cooked this last weekend to finish up my nasi impit stock.

Ingredients:
- 2 medium onions*
- 4 garlic cloves*
- 2 inch fresh turmeric*
- 2 inch shrimp paste*
- 4 candlenuts*
- 2 lemon grass
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 2 thai chillies*
- 2 red chillies, sliced thinly
- water
- oil
- eggplant, halved and cut about 2 inch
- cabbage, roughly tear
- petola (dont know what it is in english) halved and cut about 2 inch
- pucuk melinjau (same goes with this) roughly tear
- 200g daging tetel (same goes with this)

*Grind

Methods:

1. Boil daging tetel until tender for about 1 and half hour.

2. In other pot, saute grounded ingredients and lemon grass until aroma rise.

3. Add in daging tetel along with its water.

4. When everything mix well, after about 5 minutes, add in the eggplant and petola.

5. Follow by other veges.

6. Pour in coconut milk. Let it boil and simmer for about 10 minutes.

7. Taste with salt, msg and sugar. Sprinkle the red chillies. Done

Serve with nasi impit (pressed rice cubes). This time my mom requested kuah kacang (red sauce at bottom) to accompany the lontong. 

Selamat Hari Raya

Hi blog. I think it is still ok to wish Selamat Hari Raya to anybody who's reading this blog.
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!