Sakan beraya.. Part 1

After the hectic week at work, now only I am able to update the blog with a raya entry.. Alhamdullillah, eventhough me and Nasir takdela prepare beria sangat nak beraya, sambutan and the feel raya tahun ni memang meriah..

First of all, tahun ni giliran beraya kat Penang so hari Jumaat (last day Ramadhan) early morning we all bertolak balik Penang. Baru sampai ke simpang keluar kat Greenwood tu nampak ada kakak tu jual kelongsong ketupat, terus beli...sajala nak rasa buat ketupat daun betul.. asyik ketupat Nona je, boring jugak. Alhamdullilah, the traffic tak la teruk sangat..

Sampai Penang dah tengahari.. terus tolong mama prepare untuk buka puasa hari tu.. sempat buat inti popiah goreng lagi.. Yone and Cha dah penat tolong mama buat rendang ayam pagi tu..so, bagi ‘can’ they all relax dulu..Meor, Rina and Adi balik esok pagi lepas sembahyang raya..So, malam raya tu ada 3 je la anak mama & abah kat rumah.. plus 1 menantu..

Malam raya tengah sibuk mengisi beras dalam ketupat...ee.. best kan.. baru real rasa macam raya kat kampung..

Pagi-pagi raya, we all semua pegi solat sunat aidilfitri kat Masjid Negeri.. Nasir teringin nak solat kat Masjid Terapung Tanjung Bunga, tapi sebab dah lewat and tak sure kat masjid tu sembahyangnya pukul berapa, we all tukar plan..

Lepas solat, beraya dan bagi duit raya kat mama and abah, we all makan breakfast – rendang ayam, ketupat nasi (kelongsong and Nona), sup daging/tulang famous mama, roti benggali and kuih2. Lepas makan..semua siap nak pegi beraya.. first stop rumah ‘Memah’ – mama’s aunt duduk dekat je kat satu taman dengan we all. Baru nak kluar, Meor & family pun sampai.. tak sempat masuk rumah, terus je ke rumah Memah..

Adi masa baru sampai kat rumah Memah..terus cari TV..ntah apa ntah yang dikerutkan tu..Probably someone is blocking his views kot..

The whole family tengah beraya kat rumah Memah..

Pas rumah Memah, pi rumah ‘Mak Chom’, mama’s eldest living cousin.. Rumah Mak Chom ni paling klasik la yang we all pernah jumpa..Nasir sibuk meng'interview' Mak Chom pasal rumah ni – according to Mak Chom, rumah tu dah dekat 43 tahun dah.. design ala2 kolonial, lantai – colourful tiles ala2 spanish.. The most beautiful thing is the door.. ala2 stain glass tapi style dulu2.. Malangnya asyik bersembang, terlupa nak amik gambar..Nasir teringat nak amik a family picture in front of the door, tapi sebab panas, semua orang dah berlari ke kereta memasing, tak terbukak plak mulut..

Lepas rumah Mak Chom, we all pi lunch kat rumah Mima (mama’s youngest sister)..Banyak la Mima masak..tak terlarat dah we all nak makan.. Duduk sekejap je for about an hour..

Lepas makan tengahari semua orang balik rumah, semua dah ngantuk dan kekenyangan.. Sebelum semua orang beradu.. we all took family pictures tapi ada kat dalam kamera Cha.. terlupa nak download.. So, please upload kat your blog k..Then dekat2 Maghrib, me and Nasir pegi beraya plak ke rumah Mamu Ekan, Mami Khairun and Mamu Non (my uncles and aunty). Mamu Ekan and family dah bertolak ke Alor Setar so tak sempat la nak jumpa.. Kat rumah Mami Khairun pun banyak gak makanan..tapi yang paling best sekali tengok Ayu dah kurus – she lost more than 20kg kalau tak salah in almost 1 year..Teruskan usaha Ayu!! Kak Anom ni tak tau la bila lagi..

Tengah menjamu selera kat rumah Mami Khairun.. Lawakan cermin besar tu.. dah dekat 20 tahun umurnya. A friend of Mami Khairun gave it to her, tapi she tak sampai hati nak amik free, bayar la sikit.. Kayu jati tu.. berat.. Ayu plak bersembunyi di sebalik mamanya..

Ni makanan yang Mami Khairun hidangkan..kat Penang, we all suka makan ketupat pulut palas yang ada kacang dengan rendang..Since lately ni susah dapat ketupat palas kacang, we resort to lemang kacang (actually buat macam buat kuih lopeh..tak pakai buluh pun)

Mamu Non was alone kat rumah.. Mami Timah and kids pegi rumah Tuk Undai kat Sg Pinang (Rumah mak Mami Timah) .. Almost midnight, we decided to leave and not wait for the kids and Mami Timah.. Baru jalan keluar, terserempak.. Dah semua kena masuk balik..Mami Timah jamu plak nasi minyak and ayam 'piru' (ayam belanda) masak merah..I think dekat pukul 1 pagi baru we all berdua balik rumah Mama.. Flat dan kekenyangan..

Hari Ahad second raya, pagi-pagi lagi me and Nasir bertolak balik ke KL.. sebab kena beraya kat KL plak with MIL and family.. Sebelum balik, Nasir kena siapkan dulu tiles kat garden mama..hehe..mama demand dengan menantu nii..kenala buat..

Sebelum balik sementara menunggu Pak Sir siapkan garden Mak Tok.. sempat la menangkap gambar dengan si kecik Fimiyun ni..dengan baju tidor lagi.. (Zaili, ada iras muka Fariz kan..)

Dalam perjalanan balik, ingat nak singgah Pengkalan.. tapi tak de sesapa kat rumah, so teruskanla perjalanan. Lagipun, in a few days akan jumpa Wan Chik, Wan Chu and Pak Su.. so tak la ralat sangat.

Sampai kat Rawang singgah beraya di rumah Abang Manap (Nasir's eldest brother) and malam tu pegi beraya kat rumah MIL...As usual, MIL masak 2-3 round Nasi Minyak and lauk pauk on first raya..ayam je selalu tu dekat 15-20 ekor sekali masak..My MIL memang terrer bab masak-memasak ni, so memang licinla selalu first raya..Sedara-mara ramai bertandang but anak cucu pun ramai jugak sebenarnya..

Okla..panjangnya entry raya part 1 ni.. ni la kot entry paling panjang I've done..Sakannya Raya Part 2 akan menyusul.. tungguu...

Another girl missing

The New Straits Times Online

Girl, 10, leaves home to buy VCD, goes missing By : Audrey Dermawan

GEORGE TOWN: Even as Nurin Jazlin Jazimin's abduction-cum-murder case remains unsolved, another girl has gone missing under almost similar circumstances.

Ten-year-old Rekha Ahamad left her squatter home in Kampung Kolam alone at 9pm on Monday to buy a VCD at a nearby night market.She has not returned.Police are baffled why her stepfather, Ahamad Omar, 49, allowed Rekha to leave home alone at night.They are also puzzled why the girl wanted to buy a VCD as there is no electricity supply to their house. They don't even have a VCD player.

Rekha, a Standard Four pupil of Sek Keb (P) Island at the city centre here, was last seen leaving her home after she managed to coax Ahamad to give her RM5 to get the VCD.Her mother, Salmah Sellamah Abdullah, 41, was at work at a factory in Bayan Lepas at the time.Rekha, the sixth of seven siblings, was wearing a white T-shirt with the "Ultraman" character printed on it, and a pair of shorts, when she left home.Ahamad said it was not the first time he had allowed his stepdaughter to go out alone."She always goes for a walkabout near our house and has never encountered any problems."She always returns home around 8pm or 9pm but I don't know what happened on Monday.

She left and never returned," he said when met at home yesterday.Ahamad said he and a few neighbours went out to search for Rekha when she failed to return home about midnight.The couple lodged a report at the Central police station early on Tuesday morning."We are worried sick about her.

We have not seen her for three days and we just don't know where she could have gone," said Ahamad, a sidewalk trader.Asked why Rekha wanted to buy the VCD although their house did not have any power supply, Ahamad said his stepdaughter usually watched movies in a relative's house nearby.Salmah said she had been praying hard for Rekha's safe return.

Meanwhile, Northeast district police chief Assistant Commissioner Azam Abd Hamid said investigations were ongoing and police had yet to pick up anyone in connection with the case."We view this case seriously as there have been many similar cases before this. We will intensify the search for the little girl," he added.

Rekha's disappearance comes in the wake of Nurin's murder, which, more than a month after her body was found, remains unsolved.It was reported that Nurin, a year two pupil of SK Desa Setapak, went missing on Aug 20 after going to a night market near her house at Section 1 Wangsa Maju in Kuala Lumpur. Her naked body was found stuffed inside a sports bag placed at the bottom of a staircase at a shoplot in Taman Petaling Utama on Sept 17.

Note: they all ni, tak belajar-belajar lagi..tak serik agaknya..

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin

Ikhlas dari

Nasir & Anom,

Berbuka Puasa with good old friends and weekend..

Setelah lama tak berjumpa in a conducive environment , last Friday me, Leen and Zaili decided to berbuka puasa sekali with the hubbies and kid (Zaili's).. We decided to berbuka kat Vistana Hotel sebab the buffet is the cheapest and the spread's not bad. Besides, nak solat pun senang so Vistana Hotel it is..

Zaili, Onn and Fariz was the first one to arrive, then Leen ,me and Nasir followed just minutes behind. Memandangkan dah lama tak jumpa, topik perbualan bukan main banyak lagi.. sekejap2 dah tukar topik -- tapi kebanyakannya berkait dengan hal kerja la.. Fariz being the only kid around was as active as ever -- first dish he took was cendol tanpa apa2 kecuali ais..(meaning shredded ice ajela..).. Disebabkan terlalu sibuk bersembang dan makan, terlupa plak nak amik gambar.. Anyway, it was an enjoyable outing. Sayang it was only sekejap.. we had to wrapped up by 9-ish coz Leen had to leave for Melaka the next day. To Leen and Zaili (and the hubbies), thank you for the night out and all the advises given.. Will see how it goes and update you all soon.. Next time kita buat pot luck kat rumah la, lebih comfortable and boleh sembang lagi lama..

On Saturday, misi buat chocolate cookies for hari raya berjaya tapi tak de la great macamana pun.. lupa nak be a little bit more creative.

Chocolate cookies instant..hehehe..

Bila malam, amik Cha kat LRT stesen (lupa plak nak citer, Cha decided to come down again to KL on Saturday -- nak bukak posa together with her ex-IKIP friends) So, overnight kat my house..

On Sunday morning lepas sahur, terus start buat another kuih raya -- recipe dapat kat one of the website --tak ingat plak kat mana...Peanut Butter cookies with Strawberry Jam.. Start buat dough dulu sampai pukul 7.45.. Pukul 11 baru started baking with Cha's help..

Tapi by 2.30 dah stop sebab had to send Cha nak balik Melaka at 3.30pm..After dropping her off kat LRT Sentul Timur (so that tak payah go through the jam kat Pudu), we all singgah kat rumah Mak kejap..

Nasir wanted to picked up the boys (anak2 kakak and abang Nasir) for operasi menebas kawasan kubur ayah Nasir (atok bebudak tu).. Disebabkan ayah Nasir dah meninggal lama (I think masa tu Nasir pun form 5), the cucus sorang pun tak pernah jumpa atok diaorang. So, you can imagine la bila Nasir ajak diaorang pegi kubur tok..Ada yang macam tak paham ..the youngest boy dengan tangan patah (gambar dia kat bawah) siap tanya Azlil (cousin dia -- yang dah umur 15 tahun)

Fazli: "Abg Lil, kita nak pegi kubur sapa ?"

Lil: "Kubur Tok, suami nenek"

Fazli: " Oo.. kita nak pegi kubur Tok Abg Lil, ye??"

Lil: "Apa la kau ni, tok aku, tok kau la jugak.."

Si Fazli yang masa ni baru patah tangan

Another conversation kelakar masa diaorang tengah menglearkan kawasan kubur -- between Nasir, Faiz (14 thn - anak abang Nasir) and Hairi (21 thn - anak kakak Nasir) and the rest..

Hairi: "Pak Sir, masa Atok meninggal, Pak Sir umur berapa ?"

Nasir: "Pak Sir masa tu tingkatan 5.."

Hairi: "Pak Long ?" (Eldest brother Nasir)

Nasir: "Pak Long dah kerje dah.."

Hairi: "Abang Wan ?" (the eldest cucu)

Nasir: "Isk.. abang Wan dalam perut lagi.."

Tiba-tiba Faiz mencelah: "Pak Sir, pak Sir.. Abah Faiz dah ada dah ke masa tu ??"

Semua org terus ketawa..

Hairi: "Abah kau memang la ada.. kan ke dia abang Pak Sir.. kau ni apa la.."

Anyway, niat awal diaorang, nak singgah menziarahi kubur Nurin Jazlin lepas menebas kubur atok.. tapi sebab hari dah mendung dan nak hujan, tak sempat.. Lagi pun kawasan kubur tu memang besar.. nak cari kubur pun payah jugak.. So, Nasir ajak semua baca al-fatihah untuk Nurin dari jauh aje..

Bila cakap pasal Nurin.. teringat la plak kat anak2 Faridah (adik Nasir).. ada yang sorang tu ada iras2 Nurin..

Dari kiri--Shawani (umur 7 tahun), Aina (6 tahun - sepupu) dan Sharina (iras Nurin - 4 tahun - dah start puasa penuh.. tinggal the first 3 days of puasa je -- willpower kuat)

Tagged: All Five

I was tagged by my cousin – Abang A'a last week tapi baru hari ni dapat complete.. I guess I’m the last one who actually did it! Okay.. here it goes..

Five things in my handbag
1. Wallet ciplak ‘Gucci’ yang dah pakai almost 6 years..
2. Handphone (yang kadang-kadang tertinggal di tepi katil)
3. Hand fan (mesti kelakar kan – tapi sebenarnya I dapat the fan as wedding favours from one of my friend’s wedding (Adju’s) – so bila panas2, ada la kegunaannya)
4. Lipsticks – ber’stick-stick’ – tak sure ada berapa.. bila nak pakai, main raba and cekup aje..tak kira colour apa..
5. Small round mirror with ‘lacquered’ cover – colour merah.. given to me by a colleague from KBS, Korea..

Five things in my wallet:
1. My Bank Cards – ada HSBC, ada CIMB + credit cards (my kad and license duduk kat dalam wallet lain)
2. My memberships cards – I never thought that I would be someone yang suka sign up for membership – tapi bila tengok dalam wallet – berlambak2 la plak membership cards – padanla kembung memanjang – ada Enrich, MPH, Toy ‘R’ us, Sony Style, Jusco, Real Rewards, Body Shop
3. Hubby punye Business Binary School’s student card
4. Gambar Hubby masa Form 5 – ala2 70’s – memang gambar 70’s pun..
5. US Dollars – duit ‘allowance’ yang disimpan untuk tujuan shopping bila kena travel nanti.. Kalau ditukar, nanti nak shopping kena convert duit sendiri (RM).. sakit tu

Five things in my favourite room (I have 2 favourite rooms actually, living room and the bedroom – pikir punya pikir last2 pilih bedroom la..):
1. The whole bedroom set – because I won it through a radio contest on Mix FM – ntah apa ntah nama the contest.. eeemmm… “RHB Home.. something..something.. tak ingat dah.. in year 2002 kot..
2. This unique lampshade I bought in Cha Tu Chak market in Bangkok – made from thai silk – ala2 retro.. tapi tak boleh pasang sebab the bulb tak sama system ke or something like that..
3. My collection of bracelets – siap dah penuh dah my jewellery box.. now into my second box.. Dah quite sometime stop beli bracelet (atas nasihat hubby) tapi friends keep on giving them -- during birthday, dapat 1 from my team mate, last week got 2 from UK, courtesy of my boss and today dapat another 1 from a close colleague who just got back from Bangkok.. camna la tak penuh..
4. My books – kalau dah tak de stock buku nak baca.. make sure sebelum balik rumah – singgah kat our internal library kat office – the books in this library are contributed by the staff's own collection..(kira ala2 sistem barter la, safe sikit duit tak payah beli buku..)
5. The bed.. ye la tempat tido kan.. mestila favourite..

Five things I would like to do:
1. To reduce weight so that hubby will stop worrying over my health and of course to make things easier to get pregnant etc..
2. Sambung buat Masters – maybe in Communication or International Relations insyallah sementara masih berdua ni..
3. Buat kuih raya sendiri raya tahun ni.. at least sejenis atau dua pun jadik la..(Oven baru beli – yone nanti yong claim birthday present ni aa..hehehe..)
4. Habiskan filing bil-bil (rumah) yang dah dibayar..
5. Basuh and vacuum kereta (ingat dapat la settle ni masa hubby pegi service kereta semalam kat Subang.. tapi pasal takut nanti Cha terlepas bas nak balik Melaka.. tak sempat la. Nasib baik pun – hujan plak sampai hari ni..)

Five things I'm currently on:
1. Trying to decide nak raya kat mana 1st raya – it all depends whether the ‘Laos’ trip is happening on 3rd raya ke tak.. hopefully dapat la postpone.. boleh la raya sakan sikit..
2. Pikir budget raya + sanggup ke nak tempuh jem kat high way nak balik raya..
3. Menyiapkan this entry..
4. Tengah pikir nak tukar kerja ke tak..
5. Menghabiskan kerja-kerja yang ada kat atas meja kat office ni..

Wuh.. finally complete jugak this entry..Jenuhnya..Ok abang a.. tugasku sudah siap.. Memandangkan semua yang I kenal dah ditag.. Makanya I will end the tagging here..Unless kalau ada sesapa yang melawat my blog, nak continue..