Salam Aidilfitri

:: Herman & Nana ::

:: Aliah, Jannah, Amir & Umar ::

WW :: Ready for Raya

.: Selamat Hari Raya :.

Eid 2011

photo credit to my cousin, Azrin

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First Kad Raya

Yup.. From the kids! Aliah as always, thoughtful n sweet.

I so love Jannah's attention to colouring in the line and colour choices! This from a kid who 2 months ago REFUSE to even hold a pencil much less colour. :)

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Eid

Eid Adha was a low key one day family only affair.

The kids had fun as usual though.

Didn't even get to take family pictures; everyone was either busy / cranky / sick.

So, I'll leave you with Eid Fitr pictures (which I still owe anyway).

Post Raya

Seminggu dah cuti.. come Monday confirm sangat malas nak pegi keje. *sigh*

Anyway, our Raya in Kuantan was fun. Different, but still fun nevertheless. It took Jannah 2 days to get used to her surrounding. And by the time she was A-OK, we were leaving for KL already. Tsk. Mak Long dah hint that we have to stay a week next time around. Err..

It was a good change for me, we gave Anik some time off which means we were on our own for the couple of days we were in Kuantan. Lucky for me, I have a husband who does not mind giving a helping hand in looking after the kids. (He even fed the kids while I took a nap on one of the days!)

Balik from Kuantan, drove straight back to Mama's place. Mana boleh tinggal sambal sotong, rendang paru n sambal kacang Mama kan. Nothing beats that. And even after 32yrs nih, I still have not mastered those specialty dishes yet. *note to self : sila belajar!!*

Our jalan-jalan Raya started on the 4th Raya, as Abang and Schey beraya with their in-laws. And of course amat penat nak cover belas-belas rumah itu. What to do, begitulah sedara ramai. But I wouldn't trade any of it. Ever. Sungguh bahagia ramai sedara nih.

Earlier today, Mama did her Open House. Dan saya tumpang separuh kaki pasal tahun ni amat malas nak buat open house sendiri. Yang datang pun mostly sedara jugak, tapi itu pun 2 ekor kamben tumbang. Huhuh.. Memang betul la The Ibrahims sangat sinonim dengan makan kambing.

Anyway, penat tahap dewata kelapan. I'll leave you with our gambar raya tahun ni.

Pre-Raya

Am currently blogging from Vis.ta.na Hotel in Kuantan. Yes, even though we balik kampung this year we still have to book a room as the kampung house is already bursting at the seams from accommodating assortments of uncles and cousins and nephews. Plus, I have a feeling J would be very "upset" with having so many people around her.

We started our Raya hols yesterday. And since tak beraya in Bangi this year, we slept over at Mama's for the last iftaar and sahur with them for this Ramadhan. And then, we went for some last minute shopping. Haha. Actually, with the help from our trusted car service guy.. we found out that the Ria could in fact be ready before Raya. Goes to show how you always need to know someone from the inside to get things done. So, that was what we were doing. Waiting for the Ria to be ready. Alang2 tunggu tu yang pegi OU kejap tu. Ahaks!

So yeah, the Ria looks like new. Or more like the old self. Cantek balik dah. And terus Hubby decide we will in fact balik kampung with it. Eventhough it lacks tinting. But that could easily be overcame by travelling at night.

Anyway, Hubby has been bugging me the whole week about what time we should leave (got me irritated too!). But I guess, it worked out in the end. We left from Mama's around 630pm with the plan to not stop for iftaar. (Dah siap2 bawak bekal Subway nih, and Mama tapau-kan rendang paru yang oh sangat yummy!) And it was a good plan. Because while everyone else were berebut iftaar at all the rest stops, we pushed ourselves forward. Arrived in Kuantan at 10pm. Good eh? Heard that traffic was bad a few hours later. Alhamdulillah, Allah permudahkan our journey. And the kids slept the whole way through. That was a bit of a problem coz when we arrived both were up and bouncy. Jannah didn't want to sleep until I have no idea what time. I woke up at 3ish, tersedar because she was falling off the bed. Tried to grab her ankles, only managed to soften her fall. Tapi bertuah la budak ni, she just continued sleeping. Haha.

We're leaving for rumah Tok Long (as Aliah puts it) soon. Hoping Jannah doesn't get into one of her don't-like-crowds tantrums.

Round the Corner

Eid that is.

Huh.. tapi makin nak hujung Ramadhan, makin malas pulak jadinya. Tsk.

Bad news on the Ria. It won't be ready for Raya. Maknanya we have to make do with the Spectra. I don't like it because I have to sit at the back. But yeah, ada la hikmah dia tu kereta tersadai walaupon dah sebulan lebih. Marah sebenarnya dengan the workshop guy.. *sesungguhnya aku berpuasa*.

Couple of days back, invited the whole family for iftaar. Hubby (as usual) wanted to try out authentic chicken rice. Licin kesemuanya.. so I guess it was a success. :)

The office will be closed for a week. Nice. Have started planning on all the visits we'll be doing during that time.

Hmm.. I have to declare, this is quite a boring post. Haha!

Short Note

Sebelum itu, hepppp! Nih kenapa ramai2 bukak blog aku dari atas bukit nih???

*most notes are taken off from my FB status the past week ;)

Semalam, ukur jalan di Ikea-Curve-Ikano. Hehe.. Was looking for baju raya for my nephews n nieces. (Yes, they all do get something from me every year). Aliah's lucky dip was really lucky. We got an 0gawa induction cooker (Hubby's dream come true). Alhamdulillah.. Rezki tak disangka. :)

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At the mall, Jannah suddenly gelak sorang2 while in her stroller. Does she have an imaginary friend already? Or is it an invisible friend? Hmm...

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Aliah has started playing with bunga api this week. Papa dia bersungguh cari kat Param. (Ye, pegi param bukan cari makanan ye!) How little joys can give you so much happiness. Jannah, hmm.. excited tgk pelita. Tapi tak kan dekat dengan bunga api. Syok sendiri dari jauh je. Haha. But the cuteness of it when she goes "Phee-eewww" (sambil tutup hidung) over the smell of turpentine.

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It will be sungguh mencabar for me to ganti puasa after this, but I am determined!

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My eldest nephew, Azhar recently added me on YM. *sigh* Terasa suda tua gitu.. Ahaks!

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Tahun ni raya in Kuantan, tapi sebab rumah kampung dah penuh we'll be staying in a hotel. Hmm... that will definitely be different.

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I am now an official FB-addict. Semata kerna menjaga kebun. *sigh*

In a Hibernate Mode

Decembers are always a slow month.

Everyone wants to finish their annual leave, go away for vacation. And honestly, I've been so out of it lately my brain dah almost jadi bengap. Seriously!

Tsk.

And I've not done a kids update for so long now.

Tsk.

So much for blogging for *that* reason.

Before I forget *again*, I'd better just put up their latest stats now.

Aliah : still at 13.5kgs, and is 1cm short of a meter tall now. (that's 99cm for you slow pokes - haha)
Jannah : also still at 9 ~ 9.5kgs, and has only gained 1cm since the last time (making her 78cm now)


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So, Eid Adha was a really quiet affair. We went back to Kuantan anticipating Mak Ngah would probably be sad seeing that 3 of her sisters are away for Hajj. And she was extremely happy we made an effort to come back.

It rained for the whole 42 hours we were there. Jannah got really cranky (she was cranky even before that - she had the fever and cold - but got crankier while we were there) because she couldn't go out to see all her favourite animals. Hell I got cranky too being coped up in the house. To make it more interesting, we were left without electricity on Sunday and pagi Raya there was no water. It was raining bagai nak rak, but we didn't have water. How ironic is that?

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We're thinking of taking the kids to the zoo tomorrow, either that or Aquaria. But Aquaria is expensive lah. Zoo it is then, unless it rains. Hmm..

Cerita Ceriti

Cerita 1

Pada hujung minggu lalu, saya dengan bangganya telah berjaya memasak untuk menjamu kawan - kawan yang ingin datang beraya. Saya masak roasted chicken, sotong goreng, sambal terong (lagi!) dan sup cendawan. Suami saya pula menyediakan signature dish beliau, lasagna. Kawan baik saya telah membawa macaroni ronggeng. Terima kasih Caza! Penat hokeh nak masak.

Alkisah, tak ramai pon yang datang. Tapi saya tak kisah. Sebab saya puas hati makanan yang saya masak habis licin. Sedap lah kot saya masak tu? Hahaha! Terima kasih kenkawan yang datang. Tahun depan rumah korang pulak ye. Kepada kenkawan yang tak datang, rugi lah korang!

Lalu, hari Ahad menjadi hari malas sedunia.


Cerita 2

Semalam, cadangannya nak keluar berdua-duaan dengan suami tersayang. (ecewah!) Tapi cadangannya lah. Nak buat macamana, dalam perjalanan kereta sulung kami merajuk. Iyelah, sejak dua menjak ni kami asyik membawa adiknya yang debab itu sahaja berjalan. Almaklum, adiknya jimat. Isi RM10 boleh jalan sampai 140km. Banyak tu boleh save!

Berbalik kepada cerita, pening juga kepala memikir. Siapa lah yang nak jadi rescuer nih? Hari pon dah beransur gelap. Akhirnya, ayahbonda jua yang menyahut seruan SOS. Sementara menanti ayahbonda tiba, kami pon berjalan - jalan lah disekitar.

Sempat lah solat Maghrib di masjid. Sesat la juga sebentar nak cari jalan masuk. Itu lah kan, tak pernah nak masuk masjid tu.

Setengah jam kemudian, ayahbonda pon sampai. Sambil - sambil tu memang kena bebel la kan. Dah tau bateri tu nazak, kenapa tak ditukarnya? Jangan pandang saya, bab - bab automotif diluar bidang kuasa saya. Heheh..

Nasib baik ada ayahbonda yang dekat, yang boleh menolong. Dah tua - tua bangka ni pon mengadu hal dekat diorang jugak kan? Haih.. Tapi yang pasti, ayahbonda memang best!


Setelah semuanya selamat, udahnya cadangan dating berubah dari berdua.. kepada berlima. Haa.. macamana boleh jadi lima? Pasal Abang pon join sama. Tengoklah dia buat muka comel tuh. Makan Nasi Lemak Mak Wanjor pon sodap! Hehehe...


















[credit gambar : E66 ku yang baru! heheh.. ]

Post Raya

Penat weh beraya!

Ni tak abes lagi nih.. there are more relatives to visit. And the hordes of open house to go to.

Somehow Jannah bloomed during Raya. And Aliah learned to be more independent.

Let's talk about Aliah first.

Suprisingly she managed to stay up for the house to house Takbir, coming home only at 1am. Way after Mommy has gone to Lala-land. Even her Papa seemed more tired than her. And the next morning she woke up at 6 without a fuss.

She dotes on her cousin Aishah, wants to go wherever Aishah went. Pagi Raya tu when Aishah left for Sg Petani she cried buckets. Konon sedeh gila la "my best friend Aishah is gone". Sheesh! When we went for the Raya rounds, she wanted to ride with her Pak Long coz that's where Aishah was.

And oh how she loves berjalan for Raya. When I tell her we're going for jalan - jalan raya, her question to me would be "Are we going to jalan or in the car?" Haha! She loved the fact that she got to actually jalan (walk) for Raya whilst we were in Kuantan.

Jannah pulak.. well, she's 15 months already! And they say at 15 months they just bloom. And Jannah did! She was still a bit clingy during Raya but sometimes if no one paid too much attention to her, she could just explore on her own.

If told to salam, she'd give a flying kiss first. If you hulur ang pow, she'd take the ang pow first before salam-ing you. And because everyone has been kissing her on her cheeks, she knows too that after salam she'd sua her cheek to you. Haha!

While we were in Kuantan, she was most happiest if we let her roam outside. She'd check out the flowers (foweshh in Jannah-speak), look for the chicken (which she calls birds), see the fishes and points to cats.

And from her milestone chart she can already : play with balls, scribbles (we let her use the doodle), runs, say "shh", combine 2 words like "papa bosh (box)" and "nak up". And she's also achieved her 16 month milestone by switching to only 1 nap a day (sometimes no nap at all!).

Weekend ni beraya lagi. *sigh*

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.

Salam Aidilfitri

Ramadhan is nearing its end. By iftar today, we would have completed 26 days of fasting. By the end of the day, the city would start to be less busy and more quiet. Everyone will be headed back to their respective kampungs. Our office will close for a whole week, thus today is the last day of work. Best kan? Hehe.. Tak tolak AL pulak tu.

We will be in PJ / KL for the Eid. Petang 1st Raya baru gerak balik ke Kuantan. It would be quite significant because this will be the last raya in Kg. Tunku. So much so that all my brothers beraya in KL first this year. Next year, raya would be in Bangi since Mama & Papa have already sold this house. *sigh*

The kids have yet to understand the significance of Eid. Aliah likes the fact that she gets to play bunga api, all the festive cards that we send and receive but that's about it. And I would think she can understand about duit raya. Jannah is still very oblivious to all this.

Anyway, here's wishing everyone a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir Batin.

Drive safe, have fun and see you again after the raya break.

-nana, herman, aliah & jannah