Salam Eid Mubarak

Hello! It's been a long time since I never post anything to my blog. Btw, first thing is I would to wish "Selamat Hari Raya" to all my muslims' friends. May they forgive me for all my wrong doings which I had done to them before.

Well, Hari Raya is the most joyous occasion for Muslims. As a brief explanation, Muslims starts the day by wearing new clothes and congregating in the mosques early in the morning to perform Hari Raya Puasa prayers followed by visiting the graves of the departed. The young will ask for forgiveness from their elders and have open house for relatives and friends to come to their house. Plenty of traditional Malay delicacies are served during this festive season. Houses are thoroughly cleaned and decorated, and lighting of oil lamps welcomes the angels which are believed to be visiting the earth during the seven days preceding the festival.

The celebration lasts for a month but most of the celebration is concentrated in the first three days. Visiting Muslim homes on Hari Raya Puasa, you can expect to taste a wide variety of delicious spicy dishes. Some favorite dishes that can be found in Muslims homes on this special occasion are ketupat, lontong, nasi padang and beef rendang. The Muslims also give packets of money to kids when they go visiting. The packets are usually green in colour and children often look forward to getting these money tokens on Hari Raya Puasa.

This year, my family got colour theme for our 'baju raya' on this special day which is GREEN. Here are some pictures of us before going for the raya's prayer.

As a means of celebrating the Raya day, quite every year my family will make the ketupat. I means 'anyam ketupat'. Usually around 100 of ketupat. And, just want to say here that I am quite excellent in making the 'sarong ketupat'. =p

My moms cooked a lot for the day besides ketupat, such as 'rendang ayam', 'kuah kacang', 'kuah lodeh' and don't forget about the cookies. I really enjoying myself with all the food. lol.. As a result, my weight had increased quite a lot even only after the first day of Raya and this means I really need to have a strict diet when I went back to INTI to reduce my weight as before-well, fasting is the best way.


Here is me, my sister and my younger sister. This picture was taken when we went to visit the grave on first day morning of Syawal.

Although this time I did not get as much money as I get before-haha..., as I went back to INTI I really miss my home. I wish I could stay more longer at home. Just watch the television and telling jokes with my siblings. *sigh* -singing the 'Selamat Hari Raya' by Saloma. ^^

What a tiring day! T.T

Guess what, today my roommate, Kathy and I went out at 11 in the morning and just coming back to INTI around 11p.m! We went for shopping in Mid. Hehe.. Looks like a shopaholic right? No lah.. we just want to have some new outfits for the coming Raya Day. Actually, I want to find a new shoes and my roommate just want to look around. But, at the end I didn't bought any shoes. Maybe I will just buy it with my mom next week as I will go back home next weak. Yeah! ^^ Mid really doesn't have many shoes' shop. Don't you think so? Melaka is better. lol.. -melaka is my hometown.

Just don't want to make my visit-can I call it a visit?; to Mid a waste, I bought 2 shirts in Carrefour. There, Jusco is having a kind of Megasale as Raya is just around the corner. A lot of people in the store and of course most of them are woman. =p But, I don't know why I didn't buy any shirts there. The price offers is quite cheap-discount 10%, 50% and even 70%. Kathy had bought herself shirts there. Pink colour you know. =)

The time to break our fast was really an interesting moment. At first, we decide to have it in KFC. However, when we arrived there... OMG! It had already fulled with people. A long queue to order the food and even the queue was until outside of the shop. It really shocked me. =( Then, we went to top floor where the food court is located. And the same scenario there. All the tables were fulled. Not even a single chair were available to sit on. Once again we look around to find any food shops with free tables. But, it was really sad because most of the tables in the restaurant had been reserved. So, we really had no idea on how to break our fast. Then, we decided to buy some bread and performed our solah first. And after that we plan to go to KFC to have a meal-hoping that less people are left. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the surau, there was a long queue to go inside the surau. Oh, man! another long queue. Huhu.. After thinking for a while, we decided to take ablution in the toilet and straightly cut the long queue to perform the solah.. Thanks God! Things really went well. And we also succeed to have a meal in KFC. Yeah! at last.. =) Then, we straightly went back.

On the way back, we met with some AUP students. They also went shopping but in Jalan India-if i'm not mistaken. Then, we realised we are not the only one who come back late. Still in the bus, we met another senior who went to Mid also but we never encounter each other. lol.. -is it Mid reallly that big?

After having those all tiring day, now I'm writing it in my blog just to share my experience with others. The lessons is if you want to break fast in a mall, better for you to reserve the place first. Yes, that the main important lesson! Haha..