It's Syawal now guys! Selamat hari raya Aidilfitri. So how's your Ramadan and raya?
Alhamdulillah sebulan berpuasa di Melaka. Cook myself sahur and dinner for the whole month, ada beberapa kali je keluar berbuka di luar. Challenging jugak la sebab balik kerja kena terus bersilat di dapur pung pang siapkan menu berbuka. Usually simple dish je like ayam sambal, tomyam, ayam goreng, nasi goreng, kari ayam, nasi ayam. Sahur the first 2 week, I had same menu as berbuka.
Tapi stress manjang sebab seluar ketat je tak longgar padahal puasa. Lepastu aku decided to eat kurma and coffee je during sahur and alhamdulillah, ada la sikit turun berat, yasss!
The challenge in Ramadan for me is---work start from 6.30am. Turun rumah pukul 6am okay, lepas sahur solat subuh terus keluar rumah. Alhamdulillah okay je, tak ngantuk sebab dah minum coffee.
For raya, I went back to hometown dua tiga hari sebelum raya. Alhamdulillah tak jam sangat maybe dah ramai yang balik awal sebab school holiday start awal. Sempat la berbuka dan sahur bersama keluarga di rumah, what a bless alhamdulillah.
Kali ni raya tak buat cookies banyak pun sebab malas. Sekadar buat cornflake madu sebab tu wajib ada untuk snacking haha.
First Syawal--there's only me, Nina, Papa and Mama. My other siblings semua beraya di rumah in laws masing-masing. Agak sendu juga la pagi tu tapi best jugak tak perlu berebut turn mandi heheee. Macam biasa, pergi masjid awal sebab mama nak cop kerusi.
Selesai solat sunat aidilfitri, papa ajak berkunjung ke rumah geng masjid dia. Beraya rumah orang pakai telekung solat uolls sebab tak bawa tudung. Sopan santun je makan sebab takut terkena kuah kacang, rendang, gulai ayam.
Since tak ada orang kat rumah, my parents decided to visit the cemetery. Nina and me menyempat je mekap dulu, sanggup tak makan lagi haha. So pergi lah kami berempat ke kubur, menziarahi pusara nenek dan kakak sambil sedekahkan surah Yassin.
At my aunt's house
With Nina before going out
Next--stop dekat rumah my aunts. Selalunya kami the last family yang sampai ke rumah aunts, tapi kalini paling awal pulak. Kenyang dapat makan lemang, ketupat, satay, rendang, roti jala, kari daging fuhhhhh. My aunts dah la semua masak sedap, sekelip mata naik a few kilos hahahaha.
So that's our first day. Second, third and seterusnya pun sama je sendu. Banyak kenduri je. Tapi on 3rd Syawal, I invited my bff to come over. So sempat masak soto for them. Kebetulan my cousins ramai jugak yang datang beraya, alhamdulillah laku soto haritu.
Second day of raya at my aunt's house
4th or 5th day of raya, before they went to kenduri. Since dah pakai lawa-lawa, sempat la salam raya and nope, no family photo :(
My high school babes. Always there for me since 2007.
4th Syawal, me and Nina dah start keluar minum and jalan-jalan. Cuma Kakti ada kat rumah, cooking for her friends. Eh tapi petang tu tetiba ada high school friend called cakap nak datang beraya jugak. So terasa la juga raya vibes tu.
Raya ke-5 dah balik kena balik Melaka.
Sempat belanja KFC for my family before going back. Actually aku yang ngidam hahaha
Raya kali ni terasa sangat berbeza. No siblings at home, no kids, no salam raya and family photo. I gave out my second duit raya to my nieces and nephews but this time my cousins' children pun dapat. I am able to give duit raya to my parents. I just bought 1 baju raya and no new shoes. I cook for my friends.
Well, it was a mixed feeling. Kinda sad, kinda grateful I got to spend more time with my parents and Nina. Apa pun, still blessed sebab masih dapat beraya bersama mama papa. Selamat hari raya you guys!
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