Sunday, September 28, 2008

Raya Tag

Got this tag from Loly.

Berapa pasang baju raya anda tahun ini dan kaler apakah?
Due to the fact that I like to kumpul kain sampai time raya baru pegi tailor, I have 5 pairs this year. Colours vary from blue to pink (!). I've got matching ones in blue and purple with my daughters. And the family colour theme this year is peachy on my side of the family and purple on Hubby's side of the family.

Apakah makanan raya tradisional kegemaran anda?
My nenek's rendang paru. And my uncle's ketupat palas. Both of which I don't get to enjoy anymore because nenek's passed away in 1998 and my uncle will be in Doha this raya. Although I must say, Mama is attempting rendang paru this year (nyum! even thinking of it makes me hungry) and Kak Eita would be doing some ketupat palas. Yeah!

Apakah biskut raya kegemaran anda?
When we were small, we used to visit my mom's cousin and she baked the most yummylicious brownie-like candy. I've never seen it anywhere else. Note to self : must get the recipe from her. Apart from that, our fresh from the oven chocolate chip cookies. Have to say, it takes longer to bake it than to finish it. Haha!

Berapa banyak duit raya anda dapat n spend untuk bagi kepada budak-budak?
Sejak kerja, tak pernah dapat duit raya dah. Haha!

Because I have like 40 cousins on my mom's side and we normally meet all of them during 1st Raya in Kg Baru, you can imagine lah berapa banyak kena set aside. What more now, the cousins my age have gotten married and have kids of their own. That's not even looking at the numbers from Hubby's side.

Apakah aktiviti malam raya korang?
Malam raya in Kg Tunku is never a quiet affair. After iftar, the women will be busy in the kitchen preparing the dishes / kueh to be served to the house-to-house takbir entourage of men and children. Dulu, before they pecahkan into small groups we sometime had to wait up until midnight before they reach our house. Now, it's more organised and plus the perk of Papa being the ketua kumpulan they would normally converge at our house first.

Tsk.. somehow thinking about that makes me sad. Coz starting from next year we will have to start a new tradition for malam raya.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

i remember ada this satu tahun you came over after the takbir house to house at your place to sent us some lodeh and sambal sotong (where's the recipe lah?).

the past will always be in our heart as long as we want to remember it.

Nana said...

hahaha.

aku masih gagal belajar tau. mama aku dah buat siap2 sambal sotong tu seminggu before raya. camne aku nak blaja?

the memories remains, true. but still does not solve the problem of what to do for next year.