Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to my readers. Alhamdulillah, masih dipanjangkan umur untuk menyambut Ramadhan dan Hari Raya tahun ini. This year's Raya is wonderful as I got to celebrate it with our baby for the first time! It was fun, yet it's tiring. Every mothers (especially those without maid) would know. For our baju raya, we selected mint green as our theme colour. I got mine from last minute purchase at Zalora website. It's a dress from the brand Zalia. I love the color but it is not really practical to wear it at your kampung because I am not that tall, so kain meleret-leret. Bila bergambar outdoor, habis segala daun-daun kering dan ranting stuck on my dress. With a hot weather, lacey-type dress is not a good idea. Tengahari je terus tukar track suit and t-shirt hahaha.
This year's Raya, we should've celebrated it at my husband's hometown in Tampin according to initial plan. Unfortunately, my father in law is sick few days before Raya thus we canceled the plan last minute. My MIL has to stay in Puchong and we decided to celebrate Raya at my hometown instead in Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan as it is closer journey to Puchong should there is any emergency. It's less than one hour journey lol.
I was on leave from Wednesday and went back to Lenggeng with my dear son to help out my grandmother with Raya preparation that day. Boy, it was really exhausting. My grandmother, I would say very ambitious. She's already old but she insisted to make kenduri-like dishes. The rendang alone was made from 24kg of meats! How crazy! The menu for first day of Raya were Nasi Minyak, Gulai Kawah, Ayam Masak Merah, Acar Jelatah, Lemang, Ketupat, Rendang, Kuah Kacang and Laksa. No pictures because I was so busy entertaining guests, well more like busy in the kitchen. I had a food coma on that day. Bukan selalu dapat makan macam ni..hahaha. The diet in Ramadhan was totally ruined in 1 day! Phew. Mentang-mentang setan hantu dah terlepas, tu yang terus jadi hantu raya tu!
This year is quite special to my family as my whole family members were in Lenggeng. This year also was Aida's turn to Raya in Lenggeng. So, we finally got our complete family picture together. Boy, with two babies and an hyper-active toddler, it is nearly impossible to take a decent photo! This is the best we got: see....semua budak kecik tak tengok kamera pun. Takde kerjasama hmmph.
That afternoon, after Jumaat prayer, we gone back to Puchong and continued eating...again. My MIL cooked sambal jawa gila sedap!! Then, I passed out from 6.00pm until 8.30pm that night! Didn't even meet visiting relatives. Bertuah punya menantu hahaha. Bangun-bangun je tengok banyak sampul raya untuk Hanif Aiden. Alhamdulillah, thank you everyone. Preparing Raya especially with a baby was really taking its toll on me. Did I tell you that my baby refused to sleep from 4am onwards? And he also didn't take his afternoon nap and wanted to be carried all the time! Mommy is pengsan. So, I have to put my ring-sling on and doing work while carrying him. No worries perfect-parent-nazis, I didn't deal with any kitchen works while carrying him. Kang tak pasal kaki dia tercelup dalam kuah rendang lol.
On second day of Raya, we joined my parents to jalan-jalan raya at my father's side relatives in Telok Panglima Garang. Seriously, semalam memang sangat-sangat panas. We only managed to join visiting for 3 houses. Hanif Aiden was so restless because of the hot weather. Even after we changed him, he still crying and cranky. So, we decided to call it a day then. That day I wore modern kurung from Adrianna Yariqa which I purchased from Garderobehaus. I love it, but being a mother, you can forget taking a proper picture or staying pretty with hair down and Chanel N5 smell when your baby has puked milk on my baju. Good job Hanif Aiden.
See......that's what I meant. My hair is forever in a bun this year's Raya.
I just wanted to highlight on few points on adab menziarah during Raya. It gives me some points to write after reading Kak Diana Ishak blog. When we are in our hometown and visit our relatives' houses, some of them are old and rumah kampung. Imagine they have to prepare the dishes and serve it, please at least, wash your own plates even when they say just leave it alone. What worse, I even saw there some houses serve using paper plates, so by common sense, after you've used it, please lah buang dalam tong sampah atau kalau tak jumpa tong sampah, teruk sangat pun letak lah dekat sink orang tu. Ni boleh pula letak dekat coffee table depan tv orang tu! Dah lah tuan rumah susah payah hidangkan makanan, lepas kau melantak bagai nak rak, boleh pulak buat macam tu. Kalau gitu lah pesen nya, tahun depan tak datang pun takpe. Seriously, I think that is the most basic rules kot when visiting people houses, despite even the house has bibik pun. I think that's effing rude. Kadang-kadang tu aku rasa berbalik kepada niat juga. Kalau niat kau nak menziarah, rasanya minum air sirap kosong sahaja pun rasa dah kenyang. Tapi kalau niat nak melantak mengharapkan tuan rumah hidang berbagai, telan kambing golek 10 ekor pun belum tentu kenyang tembolok tu! Lain lah kalau kat bandar where most houses using catering service which after eating there'll be server to clean up your dirty plates.
Plus, if it's rumah kampung and orang kampung, please be considerate if the furnitures or facilities is not up to your standard. No need to put your geli-geleman face on. Mana tahu orang tu dah sehabis upaya cantikkan rumah dia, kemaskan rumah then you guys buat muka macam tu. Please, jaga hati sikit. Bukan kena bayar pun. Dah lah tak menghulur, lepas tu buat perangai pulak. Macam lah kau tu kononnya standard melangit bagai. Hidangkan sambal belacan, bergegar juga iman kan?kan? As human, jagalah adab and courtesy tu. Tak jatuh nya standard pun kalau tolong tuan rumah. Lagi orang hormat ada lah.
I am pretty much seconded what Chef Wan has said on his Instagram about helping each other out at your hometown house. Regardless kau tu balik setahun sekali atau sepuluh tahun sekali pun, at least, give some hands! Agak-agak dah ada orang memasak, please wash the dishes. Agak-agak all the dishes are clean, you still do not know what to do, grab a broom, bawa-bawa lah sapu laman ke apa. Anything, any chores. Some and from what I have read in the comments, dah lah tak membantu, terbongkang lagi ada. Oh lupa, they did help, helping eating Raya dishes. Hmmph. I thought it just happen within my family, but after reading all the comments on Facebook and Instagram, it pretty much happen to every house! Where are all courtesy has gone seriously?
There goes my Raya story and some highlights that I have been experienced Raya after Raya with a little improvement that it become worsen by years. On the third Raya, we just stayed at home doing nothing and just now, we just got back from Mahbub, Bangsar to get our dose of Beriani Ayam Madu. Yumss. Been craving for it sejak dari bulan puasa hari tu. Belanja gambar sikit,
Hope everyone have a blast Raya! Still a month to go. Bengang bengang jugak, raya tetap raya. Again, selamat hari raya, maaf zahir batin. Kalau terkasar bahasa, I am purposely being sarcastic. Ha..sentap? Hope I made my point. Hahaha :P
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