Tuesday, September 29, 2009
raya, makan dan jalan~
*warning;this will be a verrryyy long entry...Raya - Day 1
As always, we begin our raya with salam2-syahdu2 session at our own home. yg lawak, adik melalak sampai teresak-esak time nak salam ngan abah. rase cam byk dosa la tuh haha~
went to makwe`s house later, for another round of salam-salam, this time with the whole family of Yusof-Hasnah. the morning of the 1st day of raya have always been this way as far as i remember.
mak has 3 sisters-she`s the eldest.
our family always celebrate the first raya with mak`s side first - even when our grandparents on abah`s side were still alive..note to self to find a man as sporting as abah laaa haha~~
the 3 aunties; m.ngah and mak usu got married with men from just around the corner. so its not difficult to find that few hours to gather.
mak uda`s husband comes from the furthest- melaka je tapi hehe..
and he`s something like abah...doesnt care too much about spending the morning of raya at his place.
so thats how we get to gather the whole big family every year-maybe with a few exceptions lah.
and so, after the salam2 session, the big raya photoshoot. untill a few years ago, we would have someone around the neighbourhood coming to our place to click the shutter for us.
now the tripod and the camera do it for us ;-)
it was a bit crazy this year...i hv to get one of those shutter remote soon lahs..
some very close relatives came after that...went to visit an atuk sedara place later..then went straight back to our own place-makngah n family came together and became the first raya visitor this year ;-)
we would normally leave for abah`s kampung in muar after zuhur but this year is a bit different.
we left a bit late, but decided to have a sleepover there. sthg we havent done for years-about 8 years maybe. since Arwah Nyai left us...
so this year, we went there, brought some mercun and bunga api with us and had a lot of fun!!
--> came up with this idea to take some bunga api shot and wallhh, see the photo above? thanks to very cooperative sisters and brother~~
penat wooo...
and it was good seeing that pak utih who live alone in that house was enjoying our presence here.remember when we were small, he wud prepare mercuns and bunga api for us every raya.
note to self lagi, to visit him and the house more frequent...it doesnt have to be raya..
the night was spent doing nothing...mak itam and family arrived later that night.
the night and the morning are freezing cold just like old times.
Raya-Day 2
took us hours to get ready - taking turns for the bathroom la as usual.
made our round around our normal route later-some relatives houses-and more food and sweet drinks.
halfway through we split with mak itam`s family but met them later at mak uda`s place-our last destination for the day.
went back to batu pahat later, dropped by a few a houses on the way, and oh yaaa...went to see this makcik who could treat people - had her take a look at adik and his bisul raya..giler lawak.
raya2 tunjuk bu*tut kat org~~
why laa bisul always come out at the best places haha
malamnye nothing special, mak itam n family came over and stayed for dinner- the kids are just adorable!!
even though we only meet once a year, its amazing how the kids get so warm and cozy with us. its like they understand we`re related or sthg.
Raya - Day 3
err...
sudah ngantuk plak.
esok la sambung lagi haha~~